Good Times Jazz Bar celebrates one year with help from a music icon
Cole has fond memories of spending time in Savannah, particularly alongside the late, great bassist Ben Tucker
Illegal Drugs, Vincas, Florida Man, Faucet Talk @The Jinx
There isn’t a synth in sight, but the almost goth-like spirit of that music is very much alive with this band
Jalen Baker Quintet @Good Times Jazz Bar & Restaurant
He’s a singularly talented individual who’s helping Good Times Jazz celebrate their inaugural anniversary week
Megan Jean and the KFB turn heads with ‘Tarantistas’
Their latest album finds the duo exploring bold new musical directions and incorporating a more produced approach to recording
Moonlight Garden Ride marks decade of fun in the dark
It’s not a race, therefore the group travels at a very casual pace despite the ride’s length
The importance of poetry
THIS Sunday, explore the enduring beauty and importance in poetry. Olivia Stiffler’s lecture, “Poetry: Why Read it? Why Write It? Who Cares?” is the first in the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home fall lecture series. She’ll discuss her journey of becoming a poet and how the perception of poetry is changing from stale to fresh. She’s…
5 Questions with Patricia K. Hecht
YOU MIGHT leave Patricia K. Hecht’s exhibition feeling a little claustrophobic. “You Are Here | Exit Unlikely” explores architectural repurposing, beginning with prisons and insane asylums and ending with our own familiar structures. The work is a dizzying array of meticulously drawn black line. We spoke with Hecht last week. 1. How did you come…
Mimosas and Marsy’s Law: A voting guide to the ballot questions this year
You’re going to be voting on nine, yes nine, ballot questions this election season. Do you know what they are?
Plein Air with Will Penny
‘I’m always thinking about trying to create different ways of a reward in actually seeing it in person’
Whitehall, Traverse, Goddamnit @El Rocko Lounge
Whitehall’s soulful vocals, brilliant saxophone arrangements and intricate guitar-centric compositions make them a band to keep an eye on
Girl Going Nowhere comes to town: An evening with Ashley McBryde
SEEMING overnight sensation Ashley McBryde is no stranger to the long haul of music. Before her 2018 breakout album, “Girl Going Nowhere,” McBryde logged eleven solid years in Nashville, relentlessly hitting open-mics and songwriter nights. She took to the road—years as a solo performer, then with a band—playing a loop from Nashville to Memphis, Little…
Coastal Empire wins big at Great American Beer Festival
The GABF is a great party but the enduring legacy of each year’s event is the beer competition
Unitarian Church of Savannah honors Leonard Bernstein at 100
Kurt Ollman, a noted operatic baritone with a successful career in his own right, is known by many as having been a longtime friend and collaborator of Bernstein
Billy Moon, Bero Bero @El Rocko Lounge
Canada’s Billy Moon offers up a brand of garage rock that’s uniquely theirs
Recess and unstructured break time: Parent voices
A majority of parents responded that schools should not be allowed to withhold unstructured breaks (including recess) for disciplinary purposes or for academic activities
Editor’s Note: How To Do Business in Savannah 101
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. But not one Council member broke in to question why Somesso’s political contributions were relevant to her alcohol license.
Don’t Drill GA event raises awareness of environmental threat off Georgia coast
‘It affects us all, not just fisherman or people who are into the ocean. It affects every part of how our coast functions’
Georgia Public Broadcasting brings ‘Troy Davis Project’ play to radio
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Story on Georgia Public BroadcastingSun., Oct. 21, 10 A.M. TROY DAVIS might be the most high-profile murder case in Savannah’s history. In 2011, Davis – convicted in 1991 in the murder of Savannah police officer Mark McPhail – was executed after maintaining his innocence since the beginning and…
