SpongeBob street closings announced
Sections of Broughton Street between Montgomery Street & Habersham Street will be closed to traffic from October 9-18 to allow for the filming of SpongeBob 2. Some adjacent streets will be impacted as well. Local businesses will remain open and pedestrian traffic will be allowed during filming. Broughton Street merchants will have vouchers to give…
More changes at the top for Savannah Police
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Interim Chief Julie Tolbert and Acting Assistant Chief Terry Enoch have “made some changes to the command staff,” says a spokesman. Effective Sunday, Capt. Ben Herron will move from the Criminal Investigations Division to take command of the Downtown Precinct. This position was vacated by Acting Major Mike Wilkins. Capt. Carl…
Rain location set for Picnic in the Park
The annual Picnic in the Park is set for this Sunday, Oct. 6, in Forsyth Park featuring the Savannah Philharmonic. A City spokesperson says that due to weather forecasts, “If it is raining or appears to be a strong chance of rain for 7:15 p.m., Picnic in the Park will be moved to the Trustees…
Motorcyclist dies from injuries
The motorcyclist critically injured in a crash in west Chatham County on Wednesday has died. David Hardy, 63, of a Croatan Street address, died at Memorial University Medical Center where he was transported for treatment. A passenger, Sarah Napier, 73, of Dallas GA, received non-life threatening injuries in the 12:01 p.m. crash. They were riding…
Savannah Bank helps out Meals on Wheels
The Savannah Bank is taking action to help the Meals On Wheels program of Senior Citizens, Inc. “Due to Federal cuts through Sequestration and the current Federal government shutdown, the organization is facing large cuts to this and other programs that are provided to help older adults age successfully in their homes,” a spokesperson says.…
Man shot on Eastside
Detectives are investigating the reported shooting and robbery of a Savannah man this past Wednesday afternoon. Robert Ward, 26, of the 1300 block of East 57th Street escaped serious injury and refused emergency medical treatment after the 12:02 p.m. incident in the Sunset Park neighborhood of east Savannah. The victim told responding Islands Precinct patrol…
Everything Zen? I don’t think so
We do have a host of meditation practitioners making testable claims—for example, the TM crowd declares their technique improves cognitive function and increases intelligence. It’s to such folk we now turn.
When school buses attack
She struck the car a second time as she attempted to back up and finally drove across a grassy area to leave the scene.
An evening with brews, bites & nature
The fundraiser’s format was crystallized into a three-night series, each night featuring beer from one of Savannah’s breweries and food prepared by a chef that creates innovative dishes with locally harvested ingredients.
Running for Liam
We cross the lap line and look at Liam. “Are you ready to go?” His face would light up and he’d run over to the slide and “teach” us how to do it right.
Ghost story
“There’s so much more that we can do here, and they are really receptive. And we are so very grateful for that. Never underestimate your audience, ever.”
The mother of all thrift sales
The 66th annual Junior League Thrift Sale promises to be a wonderland of good deals and epic scores, boasting aisles of gently-used clothes, lovely furniture, in-demand toys, barely-read books and adorable tsotchkes
Get sick at the Davenport House
Set in various parts of the refined American Federal-style domicile on Columbia Square, the hour-long show chronicles the horrific illness that killed one out of five Savannah citizens and provides a fascinating and germane context of social norms, race relations, media propaganda and medical inefficacy.
Savannah’s sustainability headquarters
Some of the cut timber could end up as a fence or paneling for a kitchen remodel across town; other chunks may find their way across the room to Southern Pine Co.’s furniture building studio. One thing is for sure, however: Every piece of wood stacked inside this building originally started out as something else.
La Canasta: Genuine Mexican
Julio Cesar, native son of Guerrero, Mexico, stood there in his baker’s apron, loading delicious goodies into a big, wooden case with glass doors. He smiled and handed me a tin platter and tongs. In a panaderia, you see, it’s a Pick Your Own Goodies service.
Two nights of Ear Candy
Our own Liquid Ginger is co-producing a special event this weekend at the Boiler Room
Sunday in the park, with opera
This year’s theme is Celebrate the Arts. Participants are encouraged to design a creative picnic spread inspired by any form of the arts. These can get pretty creative, and colorful, and wacky.
Time to give it up for Niche
The band is raw and riff-based, with swirls of psychedelia, swamp blues and even prog. There’s a definite and very welcome ’70s feel.
The joy of jookin’: JJ Grey
“If I wanted to be like anybody, I always wanted to be Jerry Reed. Of course, I haven’t come close … I wanted to land somewhere between him and Jerry Clower.”
Refuges close due to shutdown
Due to the shutdown of much of the federal government beginning today, the Savannah Coastal Refuges (Pinckney Island, Savannah, Tybee Island, Wassaw, Harris Neck, Blackbeard Island and Wolf Island) will be closed to the public. “While a lapse in appropriations remains in effect, public access to Service properties will be prohibited and fish and wildlife…
Editor’s Note: Sponging off Jay Self
The bottom line is that a very small market like Savannah was extremely lucky to have a person of Self’s abilities in what amounts to an almost impossible job.
Baldwin, Dormer among Film Fest honorees
Multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Alec Baldwin and Oscar-nominated writer and director James Toback will premiere and discuss their HBO doc Seduced and Abandoned.
