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Yiasou to you

It’s time to say Yiasou. That’s the Greek work for “to your health,” and it can also mean “hello” or “goodbye.” They all fit, because it’s time for the 54th annual Savannah Greek Festival. Sponsored by St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church, it will be held Oct. 20, 21 and 22 from 11 a.m. to 9…

Michael Banks: 10 years of Outsider art

In all figurative visual imagery, whether painting, photography or film, there are generally two ways in which the viewer interacts with the represented. In one, the subjects perform their narratives unaware of the contemplative gaze of their audience. We see them but they do not see us. This is as true of documentary photography and…

Letters to the Editor

STORY POINTS OUT NEED FOR POLICE REORGANIZATION Editor, “Night Patrol: An eye-opening ride with the Savannah Police on a downtown Friday night”; eye-opening, indeed. Ten police officers in an unmarked van, numerous unmarked police cars, a helicopter, and a couple of drug-sniffing dogs swarming the streets of Savannah; net result: one arrest (and THAT because…

Requiem for a fighting angel

A wasp bit me on the cheek the other day. And not the White Anglo Saxon Protestant variety, although that has happened in the past, too. This was an angry stinging insect, pissed at my proximity to his or her home. I had plenty of warning, including an earlier bite. But some of us are…


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