Renee Zellweger, Matt Bomer, Gena Rowlands among Film Fest honorees
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) announces honorees for the 2014 Savannah Film Festival. Matt Bomer and Renée Zellweger will receive Spotlight Awards; Asa Butterfield and Analeigh Tipton will receive Rising Star Awards; and Gena Rowlands will receive th e Lifetime Achievement Award. The festival runs from Saturday, Oct. 25 to Saturday, Nov.…
Former Athens chief Lumpkin selected as new SAV/Chatham Police Chief
Savannah City Manager Stephanie Cutter today announced the selection of Joseph “Jack” Lumpkin as the next Chief of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department. He is scheduled to begin November 9. “Chief Lumpkin brings proven leadership that exhibits standards of excellence in policing and qualities that will serve all citizens of Savannah and Chatham County with…
Rosalynn Carter coming to town tonight
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will speak at the NAACP State Conference in Savannah Friday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m., at Savannah State University. Carter will speak about her grandson, Jason Carter, who is running for governor.
Pooler carjacking suspect caught after 100 mph chase
Police have filed multiple charges against a Pooler man who led five agencies on a 50-minute automobile pursuit after a car-jacking robbery Thursday night. Jordan Christopher Oneal, 21, was charged with armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle and fleeing to elude police officers. He also has been charged with agg ravated assault, failure to maintain…
K-9 catches Bolton burglar
A convicted felon has been charged with two counts of burglary after Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police caught him exiting a house he was burglarizing Thursday morning. Johnny Lee Ellis, 23, of Yamacraw Village, was arrested by a Metro canine officer when he tried to flee by climbing a chain link fence on the 600 block of…
Fred & Dinah Gretsch receive GA Governor’s Award
Earlier this week, Fred and Dinah Gretsch, president and CFO of the Savannah-based Gretsch Company, were honored as recipients of the third annual Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities. Presented by the Office Of The Governor in partnership with the Georgia Council for the Arts and the Georgia Humanities Council, the award recognized the…
Country Day educator receives GA DNR grant
A Savannah Country Day School teacher’s vision of creating an outdoor classroom for teaching wetland biodiversity has earned a $1,000 Teaching Conservation grant from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The agency recently announced William “Bill” Eswine, science specialist at Savannah Country Day School, as the recipient of the grant given annually to a third-…
Business Award winners announced
The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated its members at the annual Business Expo & Awards Banquet at the Savannah Civic Center on Oct. 9. “Recognizing the people and communities that help our economy succeed is the main focus of the Business Awards,” said Bill Hubbard, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. “We…
Body cams planned for SAV Metro police
City Manager Stephanie Cutter and Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Chief Julie Tolbert announced today they’ve “put together a plan to purchase body cameras, Taser upgrades and a digital evidence management system,” a police spokesman says. The City Manager will present the proposal to City Council on Thursday, Oct. 16. Chief Tolbert is requesting 360 body cameras,…
Talking with… Chris Desa
Savannah Folk Music Festival Schedule Friday, October 10th, Ellis Square 7:00 Chris Desa 7:45 Michael Maddox 8:20 David Alley 8:55 Amburgey and Hanson 9:35 Jim McGaw 10:10 Cynergy Saturday, October 11th, First Presbyterian Church 2:00 Youth Songwriting Competition 3:30 Youth Songwriting Workshop Saturday, October 11th, Notre Dame Academy Gym 7:30 Old Time Country Dance featuring…
Mother’s Finest @Tybee Island Pirate Festival
Among a packed schedule of rock n’ roll, country, and Americana acts, they headline Pirate Fest on Saturday to remind us all that they’ve still got it.
Outlaws @Screven Motorsports Complex
2012’s It’s About Pride, a 4-year-long endeavor, was a return to form and a chance to present a new band to old and new fans.
Prince Party @Seed Eco Lounge
It may be a weeknight, but glitter is proven to cure any case of the Mondays.
No longer Soko’s ‘First Kiss’
SOKO IS BUSY. Between directing music videos, winning awards for her acting, wrapping up a new album, and mastering new instruments, who knows when—or if—she sleeps (even more puzzling: how does she achieve that perfect, enviable bedhead?). “I need my head totally clear from the other to be able to focus fully on one thing…
Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck Five @Graveface
An in-depth look a seminal emo band that got its start in the golden age of Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate.
A wheel good time
Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s Sixth Annual Midnight Garden Ride, Saturday, Oct. 11 Ellis Square 5-6:30 p.m. Registration and Check In 6:15 p.m. Costume contest begins 7 p.m. Ride leaves from Ellis Square 8 p.m. Good and Evil Party in Ellis Square THE MIDNIGHT Garden Ride, a nighttime bicycling event that attracts hundreds of people—many in elaborate…
The truth about Le Snoot
THREE YEARS ago, Logan McDonald had an idea that to him seemed simple and logical. “I was seeing that there were more and more students outside of fine art that wanted to have shows, but didn’t think that was a thing they could do. It wasn’t a thing they could afford, either,” McDonald said. From…
Cans=cheap? Nope. Think mini-kegs!
The higher up-front cost means a superior vessel to package and distribute beer, making sure the flavor doesn’t change from loading dock to drinking glass.
Naked singularities
Hawking says black holes “should be redefined as metastable bound states of the gravitational field,” which I take to mean they may not necessarily be the one-way ticket to oblivion previously assumed.
Enveloped in the Beloved Community
Keeping the ‘social’ in social change” is the rallying cheer that continues to buoy the story of Waddie Welcome.
Editor’s Note: Two Savannahs, further apart than ever
Downtown Savannah could easily morph into a Disneyfied entertainment/tourism zone of corporate interests catering to affluent visitors, ringed with socioeconomic despair.
Tuning in to community radio
The station is expected to begin broadcasting as WRUU at 107.5 on the FM dial in September 2015.
Review: The Judge
Downey Jr. and Duvall are both excellent actors, and their roles certainly fit them like tailored suits. But playing to their strengths proves to be a weakness, since it results in performances offering little that’s fresh or surprising.
Savannah Water Film Festival inspires awareness—and perhaps activism
The brainchild of the City of Savannah’s Water Resources Bureau, the Oct. 1 festival invited local middle school students and teachers to watch a series of short films about humanity’s single most important resource.
Review: Dracula Untold
History’s own Vlad III, whose gruesome modus operandi of mounting corpses on stakes earned him the nickname Vlad the Impaler, would probably likewise be startled to learn that he had the ability to leap over tall castles with a single bound.
Help yourself to better health with health literacy
What has changed over the past several decades is that health literacy disappeared. People lost their ability to find, understand, evaluate, communicate, and use information to make informed decisions about their life.
New buccaneer film premieres at the Pirate’s House
LOCAL HISTORY buffs know Michael Jordan as a longtime director and producer of entertaining and interesting documentary videos on sale in bookstores and gift shops all over town. As owner of Cosmos Mariner Productions, he’s made documentaries about everything from WWII Liberty Ships to Isaiah Davenport. “But one thing I’ve never really delved into with…
Greek Festival: Top Five
Popular event comes to the Hellenic Center once again this weekend
Calling shenanigans on the new ballpark study
The fatal flaw is one big whopper of a ridiculous idea: All of the money spent in Savannah by people who attend a Sand Gnats game, on the day of that game, is directly attributable to the stadium.
CUSSES find their voice
THE TEASER ART for Golden Rat is CUSSES through and through. In the first peek at the Savannah band’s sophomore album, a young girl ascends from swirling, golden-murky water, clutching tight to the hilt of a sword. Artist Katie Campbell’s image is ominous, yet emanates a message of conviction and inner strength. It’s pure, distilled…
