CinemaSavannah presents Prince Avalanche
CinemaSavannah presents Prince Avalanche (2013) Nov. 9 at 5 and 8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse. Cost is $8. With performances from Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, Prince Avalanche is an offbeat comedy about two men painting traffic lines on a country highway ravaged by wildfire. Against this dramatic setting, the men bicker and joke…
So what do you think about low speed vehicles?
Members of the public are invited to attend two upcoming meetings on a proposed City of Savannah ordinance to regulate motorized carts and low speed vehicles on public streets. The City is in the early stages of drafting the ordinance and is seeking input from residents. The meetings will be held at the Coastal Georgia…
City selling discount parking ‘stocking stuffers’
For a limited time, the City of Savannah is selling Parking Smart Cards for 50 percent off face value. Parking Smart Cards are “like gift cards that can be used at any pay and display parking meter in Savannah,” a spokesman says. The cards can be purchased in denominations of $25, $50, $75 or $100.…
AASU/SSU collaborate in theatre production
Partnering with Savannah State University’s Players by the Sea, the Armstrong Atlantic State University Department of Art, Music & Theatre Masquers troupe will perform The Amen Corner, a comic drama in three-acts by novelist and playwright James Baldwin. Performances are November 7-17th on Armstrong’s Jenkins Hall Theater stage. In the mid 1950’s, Baldwin wrote The…
Security up for fair
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police and the Exchange Club of Savannah say they’re “teaming to enhance security measures” at the Exchange Club Fair opening Oct. 31. A similar event late last year saw a mass shooting in which 7 were shot, none fatally. “Fair attendees will be greeted by metal detectors at entrance gates, additional law enforcement…
Marine Science Day: only 9 pounds unrecyclable
The effort to make Skidaway Marine Science Day a ‘landfill-free’ event was apparently pretty darn successful. Held on the campus of the University of Georgia (UGA) Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, the annual open house attracted nearly 2,000 visitors Saturday, Oct. 26, but generated only nine pounds of unrecyclable trash. The event organizers used recycling and…
Bands that go bump in the night
Halloween weekend marks the annual resurrection of GAM, Savannah’s psychedelic punk pioneers, for a painted pagan rock ‘n’ roll ritual at the Jinx, followed by the big, bad blood-wrestling competition.
Heroes in unusual places
‘Instead of going to a small community and performing, this was really a two-way street. We asked, what does dance mean to you and your community? And we got some amazing stories.’
Film Festival: A boy & his tiger
“Anybody who has made a movie can attest to the fact that making films is hard. It takes a long time, it’s not cheap. You finish film school and you’re ready to make movies, and the reality is, you also need to make a living.”
Gallery Hop: ‘Transplant’ and ‘Impressions’
The masks are made from exposed concrete, peeling paint and Spanish moss taken from sculptures that Ramirez created with materials from her immediate environment.
Film Festival: Horns of Plenty
“These guys were playing on the street, so I assumed that any help they could get, they would take. I didn’t realize that wasn’t the case! One of them said to me, ‘Yeah, yeah, you want to support us? Best thing you could do is buy some CDs.'”
Halloween tribute bands @ The Jinx
Because there are so many bands this year, the 9 p.m. start time will be (more or less) observed. Four of these bands include at least one Jinx bartender.
Film Festival: Better dead than Fed
“We could be subsidizing education, paying teachers, investing in infrastructure and R&D. But we’re subsidizing the financial sector through the Fed.”
Fracking: What’s the bottom line?
I don’t dismiss concerns. Nonetheless, the environmental cost of fracking so far seems controllable and beats alternatives like coal.
Review: Ender’s Game
The strength of the film is not in its conventional sci-fi elements but in the manner in which Ender relates to everyone around him.
Review: Last Vegas
Don’t expect to see a geriatric version of The Hangover – the film is better than that.
Goodbye to Binky
Binky, known for his sniffing ability and veteran of hundreds of arrests, died Saturday at the home of his original partner and handler.
Editor’s Note: Is SPLOST lost?
Nick Doms says ironically the arena, the item intended to put a glamorous sheen on SPLOST, may prove its undoing.”Drainage is no longer sexy to voters. But the arena was a bad calculation from the city’s perspective.”
Power play
“It’s unfair and inequitable for a multimillion dollar company like Georgia Power to put more financial burden on its customers,” says Seth Gunning, a conservation organizer with the Sierra Club.
Inside SPLOST VI
For Savannah voters, it’s all about the arena.
Still haunted on 61st Street
Since we last saw our heroic midtown residents and business owners, they were pitted against the ghoulish developers in a gory showdown that resulted in the city kowtowing to the powerful invaders.
Carbo load with Connect
“It makes people feel comfortable because it’s a tradition,” explains Espinoza, who has helped coach hundreds — possibly thousands — of runners to the finish line.
Brown bread ‘n’ butter
It’s a simple place, really, just sandwiches, baked chips and fruit for lunches, and a wonderful selection of fresh breads, muffins, scones, and a cookie menu that changes daily.
Victim of Island Breeze shooting charged
A 35-year-old Savannah man has been charged with criminal trespass after being shot in a closed bar Sunday morning. John Clifford Gadson of the 1700 block of Archer Street was charged by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police after he was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with non-life threatening wounds. Central Precinct Patrol officers responded to the…
Demery Bishop retiring from CrimeStoppers
Demery Bishop, the longtime director of CrimeStoppers of Savannah-Chatham County has announced he is retiring, effective November 1. Bishop has served as the director of CrimeStoppers since 1999. During his14 years, Bishop created CrimeStoppers Focus Radio, CrimeStoppers Focus TV, boosted the Reward Fund, modernized the tip collection and information sharing and started several community fundraisers…
