Three police chief finalists selected
Out of over 100 applicants, the City of Savannah and Chatham County have agreed on a final list of three candidates for Savannah/Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Chief. They are: Joseph Lumpkin, Athens/Clarke County police chief since 1997 Ralph Evangelous, current chief of Wilmington NC police since 2004 William Heim, Reading, PA, chief since 2006
Anne & Christopher Rice, P.J. O’Rourke announced for SAV Book Fest
Three blockbuster authors will kick off, keynote and close the 2015 Savannah Book Festival, Feb. 12-15, 2015. Janet Evanovich, New York Times best-selling author of 21 Stephanie Plum mystery novels, will open the Festival with a presentation at SCAD Trustees Theater at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. The following night, National Public Radio…
Yonder Mountain String Band to play Trustees Garden in Oct.
Yonder Mountain String Band headlines music festivals and venues across the country on their Fall Tour 2014, including a stop at Savannah’s Trustees Garden on Oct. 26. Over the past decade and a half — much of it on the road — Yonder Mountain String Band has spearheaded a renegade movement to rewrite the definition…
Roger Moss of Savannah Children’s Choir moves into development role
At the annual Board of Trustees retreat of the Savannah Children’s Choir (SCC), Roger Moss, co-founder and formerly Artistic Director of the organization was awarded the title of Director of Development. As Director of Development, Moss is t”asked not only with matching potential sponsors with the goals and mission of the organization, but also identifying…
Keith Kozel donations being accepted
Keith Kozel is a well-known and beloved local singer, songwriter and artist, serving as frontman for popular bands GAM, Superhorse, The Hall Monitor and the Foxedos. You may also know him as kitchen manager at Vinnie Van Go-Go’s. Keith has battled a rare degenerative kidney disease for several years. He has endured a stroke as…
John Mellencamp in SAV in June 2015; tix on sale Sept. 19
John Mellencamp will perform in the Johnny Mercer Theatre on June 19, 2015, as part of his Plain Spoken tour, beginning in January and lasting throughout the summer. He will play 80 shows including multiple dates in the his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana; Nashville, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, and more. The special guest is Carlene…
Spirits of Savannah entwines history, legend and lavish art
Phantom piano players, mystical mirrors and eternal Jones Street resident Eliza Thompson make eerie appearances.
Review: Frank
As Frank, Fassbender must act without his facial expressions, a daunting task for any actor. Yet even donning that gargantuan fake head, he carves out a complete characterization.
Review: The Drop
The title refers to Brooklyn bars where gangsters deposit illegally acquired loot that will later be picked up by their bosses. One such place is a small joint that used to be owned by Marv (James Gandolfini) until the Chechens showed up and took over.
Review: The Last of Robin Hood
The film focuses on the event that defined the final years (1958-1959) of Errol Flynn’s (Kevin Kline) life: his relationship with 18-year-old Beverly Aadland (Dakota Fanning).
College Issue: Can’t spell SEC without beer, sort of
A hoppy hop through breweries of the SEC East.
Editor’s Note: City’s new bar law is drunk with power
The proposals don’t really address current issues, and instead seem likely to close businesses and put people out of work—while concentrating more power into the hands of big hotel and chain store developers.
College Issue: Keeping it together on campus
Even if your roommate is a World of Warcraft-obsessed sociopath who uses your brush and then lies about it, it is not OK to replace her toothpaste with Preparation H.
Latin Chicks opens second location
My Peruvian husband courted me with the superb concoction known as the Pisco Sour, so tread lightly at first,
College Issue: Clinics ‘r’ them
ONE OF the true tests of growing up is how you handle your first illness away from home. Do you take a NyQuil and hope to sleep off your illness, or do you go to the doctor? What do you do if something major happens and you can’t handle it yourself? Never fear, Class of…
College Issue: The Bicycling Guide
Savannah is becoming one of the Southeast’s best bicycling cities. If you like using bikes for transportation or recreation or both, you are in the right place at the right time.
College Issue: Top 10 Coffee Spots
Best Spot for a Rainy Day: The Foundery Coffee Pub Location: 1313 Habersham St. Serves: Cup to Cup, Savannah I recently discovered this newly-opened gem of a coffee shop, and one of my favorite things about it is they offer board games and books with Monday night dedicated to ‘Game Night’. They opened last November…
PerkinsWood @Sentient Bean
‘We picked Savannah for our return to live performance because of the haunted quality in our music and the current resurgence of psychedelic music here.’
Help yourself to better health with health literacy
There are three steps you can take to become an informed and active partner in your health care.
The Rosies @Ampersand
The Rosies are preparing for the release of a new album, Efflorescence.
Dirty Dolls @Pour Larry’s and Club One for Pride Weekend
‘Our first show was in the basement of Club One during Pride 2013. We’re still thrilled to be Savannah’s only event catering to LGBT women.’
Shannon on the Philharmonic
THE SAVANNAH Philharmonic’s summer break has been a bit like that one summer you took lots of photos and regretted nothing. There’s been a lot of activity, to say the least. Since the curtain closed on last season, the orchestra announced that conductor Peter Shannon will take a second job, conducting the orchestra in Jackson, TN. And last month,…
Should you ever wash jeans?
Freezing your jeans is an idea that’s been floating around the Internet for a while.
College Issue: SCAD Soccer
International flavor is the name of the game
‘I try to stay positive. That’s the main thing. To stay positive.’
IT’S BEEN SIX YEARS since the hot summer night in 2008 when Jason Statts and his friend and bandmate David Williams were shot in an armed robbery on 48th Street. They were unloading their gear right after a gig at the old Live Wire. One bullet from the robber’s pistol entered Statts’ neck, immediately paralyzing…
Sun Araw, Weyes Blood @Hang Fire
Sun Araw mixes tasteful dashes of Afropop, reggae, experimental low-fi loop music.
Grey Gardens: Beautiful garbage, beautiful dresses
Connect sat down with Savannah stage veterans Mickey Dodge and Maggie Hart to discuss the enduring adoration of Grey Gardens, the Kennedy connection and the importance of being Edie.
Review: Life After Beth
Erica (Anna Kendrick) is a nice girl who’s only shoehorned into the plot so we can all rest assured that Zach will have a new relationship waiting once he lays his current one to rest (pun fully intended.
