Oct. 7: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Oct. 7): Check out the acclaimed indie drama Compliance, at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse. It’s Picnic in the Park day at Forsyth Park; festivities begin at 2 p.m. A Nickel Bag of Funk plays Molly Maguire’s tonight, and Train Wrecks Jason Bible and Eric…
Oct. 6: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Oct. 6): The No Control Fall Festival at Southern Pine kicks off at 5 p.m. On the bill: Whaleboat, Triathalon, Odist, Cloudeater, Heyrocco and more. Motley Crue’s Vince Neil rocks the Tybee Island Pirate Fest at 9:30 tonight; the festival opens at 10 a.m. (the parade’s at 3 p.m.).…
Oct. 5: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Oct. 5): Tennesse Williams’ gothic drama Suddenly Last Summer, from the Collective Face, opens at Muse Arts Warehouse. Comedians Vic Clevinger and Brian Thomas headline the Savannah Comedy Revue at Club One. The Tybee Island Pirate Fest, Day One, starts at 5 p.m. The Mantras and Listen 2 Three…
Reviews: Looper, Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania
LOOPER *** The pretzel-twisted thriller Looper may not take us back to the future as satisfyingly as director Robert Zemeckis’ Marty McFly trilogy or James Cameron’s Terminator franchise, but writer-director Rian Johnson does enough right to all but guarantee that he now has a future cult film on the books. Johnson, who made an attention-grabbing…
Oct. 4: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Oct. 4): Walter Parks and Swamp Cabbage play Rivers Rock, the annual Moon River Brewing Co. benefit for the Ogeechee Riverkeeper. Catch one of the last-ever performances by General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers, with Shark! And Dinosaur Feathers, at the Jinx (it’s the “Ancient Predators Ball”). And the always-great…
Oct. 3: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Oct. 3): The title says it all: The Terror From Beyond Outer Space (1958) screens at 8 p.m. at the Sentient Bean, from your friends at the Psychotronic Film Society.
New Edna, new era?
As I WRITE this column it appears — despite whatever incendiary opinions we may hear in the “public comment period” a few hours before — that Rochelle Small-Toney will be terminated as city manager at this week’s City Council meeting, if not prior to that due to some late-breaking development. I say this not because…
Georgia on my mind
There were times, along Walter Parks’ journey, brief and inexplicable moments where he imagined something deep, warm, southern and well, kind of old. “I’ve always been magnetized by the inspiration and aesthetics of Savannah,” says the career guitarist. “I always knew Savannah was there, but I never knew it’d be a part of my life.”…
The summer of our discontent
Sebastian Venable is dead. This much we know. Although the events in Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer take place after Sebastian’s death on a hot beach in Spain, he is very much a presence in the play. His story is told through interpretive flashbacks by his doting mother, the eccentric New Orleans belle Violet Venable,…
Rock ‘n’ roll pirate
With worldwide sales of more than 80 million albums, Motley Crue doesn’t have anything left to prove. Yet the band is still out there slugging, and just wrapped up a global (and mostly sold–out) tour with Kiss. Singer Vince Neil, who’s been out in front of the pioneering glam metal quartet since the beginning (we’re…
Britt Scott: Hello, goodbye
After seven years, various musical and artistic projects completed and a million friends made, Britt Scott is leaving Savannah. The flame-haired Virginia native is headed back home (to Virginia Beach), and her dad’s recording studio, in mid-October to make an EP of original songs. Scott came to Savannah to study graphic design, and in 2010…
Shine the Light
A pogostick might not seem like a tool of social revolution. No one’s more surprised about it than Christopher. In 2005, when he was in his mid–60s, the photographer/author began a project to document homelessness in America. When a friend suggested that he take his pogostick with him as he crisscrossed the country, he balked.…
An enchanted and funkadelic evening
Every fall, when the biting bugs have absconded and the coastal breezes have turned in our favor, the City of Savannah throws its citizens a celebration. Ostensibly, Picnic in the Park is in honor of National Arts and Humanities Month, established in 1933 to encourage Americans to explore new aspects of culture. Here, it’s another…
State adopts new approach to transportation
In Atlanta recently, a government board you may have never heard of made a decision that will impact all Georgians. Members of the State Transportation Board, a 13–member panel that oversees the Georgia Department of Transportation, voted unanimously to adopt a “Complete Streets” policy. The policy requires transportation planners to consider everyone, not just those…
Savannah Foodie
La Comarca I’m prone to rant about authentic foods — dishes that genuinely represent an ethnicity and its nation’s native ingredients. That’s why I’m a regular at places like La Comarca, Mi Vida Loca and La Xalapena. Generally, these ethnic–owned eateries express themselves with the real food of their countries, not Americanized adaptations meant to…
Another day, another murder
Police charged a 19–year–old Savannah man with murder for a fatal shooting. Basheen Fayon Hills, of an East 37th Street address was arrested by SCMPD Violent Crimes Detectives Friday afternoon. He is charged in the shooting death of Gregory Bivens, 24, who was found deceased in his car in the 2300 block of Loraine Drive…
A big nasty revelation
Every birthday, I renew my contract with life with an action that makes me a shade uncomfortable, like cutting off my hair or say, skinny–dipping in a public fountain. Any therapist will tell you stepping outside your comfort zone once in a while is a fine idea, right? Stretching your boundaries builds confidence! they say.…
Where church and state intersect
They had a place to express themselves at the 11 a.m. worship at Greater Gaines Chapel A.M.E. Church on May Street. The patriarchs in their Sunday best and matriarchs in white from head to toe sat in the front rows. The rest of the pews were filled with spirited singers of all ages. They didn’t…
Dave Barry to hit Savannah Book Festival
Author and humorist Dave Barry will come to Savannah on Valentine’s Day for a talk at the Trustees Theater, as part of the Savannah Book Festival taking place that weekend. Barry will be focusing on his suspense novel, Insane City, scheduled for release in January, 2013. Tickets for Dave Barry’s talk on February 14, 2013…
Oct. 2: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Oct. 2): Lantern and Wet Socks perform at the Sparetime. The fantastic musician Gabriel Donohue is in residence at Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub all week; Sincerely, Iris has a gig at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar; Word of Mouth sits in with Basik and the gang at the Jinx’s hip hop…
