City soliciting public input on future of Confederate Memorial in Forsyth Park
The City of Savannah has created a “Confederate Memorial Task Force” to draft recommendations for City leadership concerning the future of Savannah’s Confederate Memorial, located in Forsyth Park. “As part of that process, the Task Force is seeking public input from Savannah’s citizens. The City of Savannah will be accepting input from now through 5:00…
Timberland Apartments shooting appears to be self-defense
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives are investigating a shooting at Timberland Apartments in the 10600 block of Abercorn Street, on October 25. “Around 7:30 p.m., officers responded to a call of an attempted robbery in the area. Through their swift and thorough response, patrol officers found Jaques Stuckey, 18, nearby. He was suffering…
Editor’s Note: Murder on the Southside
The circumstances of this past weekend’s murder of Akins have yet to completely come to light. But it certainly Savannah is increasingly plagued with an epidemic of deadly juvenile crime.
Estelle: ‘Be yourself unapologetically’
“American Boy,” Estelle’s hit single featuring Kanye West, became the song of the summer
Little Duck Diner: Retro-chic Asian cuisine
Little Duck Diner is unlike anything that this restaurant collection has produced before; in fact, its approach is distinct in the Savannah food scene
Shalom Y’all: Same nosh, less shlep
For the first time in almost two decades, the Shalom Y’all Jewish Food Festival will be serving it up in front of the historic synagogue on Monterey Square, the event’s original location.
Halloween Happenings
MUSICIANS, DJs, comedians, film enthusiasts, poets, storytellers, and more are celebrating Halloween throughout the Savannah scene this year. Celebrate all weekend long with a variety of performances, costume contests, and crawls. Jinx-O-Ween The Jinx is a top downtown destination for Halloween revelry. This year, the bar will take on an immersive Twin Peaks theme, so…
The Music of Miles Davis @Tybee Post Theater
Savannah jazz pianist Eric Jones will perform the highlights of Davis’s career through the 1950s to the 1980s
all boy/all girl, Daily Exercise, Beach Sex @El-Rocko Lounge
With experimental edges and an indie-rock backbone, all boy/all girl’s completely one-of-a-kind sound has something for everyone
5 Questions with Hailee Potter
“In America we forget how much we have. It’s not that France doesn’t have a lot, because they do, but things are different.”
Two-Year Party @House of Strut
Celebrate the Starland District vintage fashion mecca with an evening of live music, prizes, drinks, and sales
A year in a kennel
In October of last year, Rosenmeier began following two kennels at the Humane Society shelter and documented their personalities and painted their portraits for a full year
Trinidad James @Club Elan
These days, James releases music through his own label, Gold Gang Records
Bertha Husband’s legacy
“Lost at Sea” blends Husband’s interests seamlessly. In her work, she was fascinated with the horizon and with using allegory.
How Great Thou Art @Trinity UMC
Savannah’s own crooner, Trae Gurley, will honor the release and Elvis’s legacy by performing the album in its entirety
Susan Earl’s debut novel In the Dark explores a side of the city few see
With almost four decades of living in Savannah behind her, Earl brings intimate local knowledge to her first novel.
GLOVE, Twisty Cats, Too Much @El-Rocko Lounge
Tampa’s GLOVE makes their El-Rocko debut this weekend
Me, witch. You, too?
Guess what? The witches are turning the tables, bitches.
Clownvis Presley is coming to Savannah!
Even coulrophobics can’t help falling in love with Clownvis Presley
World’s Smallest Music Festival turns 3
Since its inception, QuoLab has created a performance space that centers the work of queer, gender variant, POC and femme performers
Corey Smith, Special Guest @The Stage On Bay
The Jefferson, Georgia native is a beloved alum of University of Georgia, the campus upon which he began honing his sound
Cycling never sleeps
For one boy, it ended in disappointment. He was sad to learn Midnight Garden Ride doesn’t happen every Saturday night.
Does artificially altering hurricanes’ strength have any effect?
The thinking went that if you could seed a hurricane with something that would cause the supercooled water to cohere into raindrops, this would release pent-up heat energy and disrupt the wall of thunderstorms that define the hurricane’s eye
Murder suspect to be tried as adult in death of 15—year-old
SCMPD has released the name of the suspect charged with murder in the shooting death of 15-year-old George Akins Jr. at a Southside McDonald’s over the weekend. The arrestee’s name is Jeffery Burton, who is 16 years old. Police say he will be tried as an adult. Akins was shot along with a fellow Windsor…
SCAD Savannah Film Fest Schedule
Saturday 10.28 The Year of Spectacular Men — 11 a.m.. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Jane — Q-and-A with director Brett Morgen following screening. 11 a.m.. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Chasing Coral — Q-and-A with director Jeff Orlowski following screening. 1:30 p.m.. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. The Big Sick —…
