Sept. 17: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, Sept. 17): It’s CD release day for Savannah’s resident Big Band, Jeremy Davis & the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra. The guys are celebrating with a “Mad Monday” performance in the Westin Resort ballroom; doors open at 6:30. Catch Word of Mouth – one of the local artists featured on Connect’s…
Sept. 16: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Sept. 16): The U.S. Army Band gives a free concert in Forsyth Park at 5 p.m., sponsored by the Savannah Ocean Exchange. The late, great Mark Sandman, of the band Morphine, is the subject of the documentary Cure For Pain, screened at 5 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse as…
Sept. 15: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Sept. 15): The Savannah Music on Film Festival continues with three screenings today at Muse Arts Warehouse. The 2 p.m. feature is the Japanese punk drama Iden & Tity; at 5, it’s Black Francis’ The Golem, a rare German black and white silent drama with compelling original score by…
The Intouchables, The Cold Light of Day, Finding Nemo
THE INTOUCHABLES **1/2 In these United States of America, it may be all about The Avengers and Avatar and Armageddon, but in the rest of the world, where subtitles aren’t viewed as a national threat but as a fact of life, there’s also been room for The Intouchables on the all-time box office champs list.…
Sept. 14: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Sept. 14): One of the 1970s’ finest pop songwriters is profiled in the documentary Paul Williams Still Alive, the opening feature in the Savannah Music on Film Festival, at 8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse. Or catch the Train Wrecks at Live Wire Music Hall, Tonto at the Jinx,…
Sept. 13: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Sept. 13): Go dumpster-diving for VHS gold with the Found Footage Festival, a national hilarity tour that stops at Muse Arts Warehouse with shows at 7 and 9 p.m. The documentary film Joe Papp in Five Acts – about a legendary figure from the New York stage – screens…
Sept. 12: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Sept. 12): Look for Mermaids at the Sentient Bean. The Psychotronic Film Society screens the 2003 USA/Australia production about mermaid sisters and their human relationships. Jon Lee’s Apparitions play the Warehouse, and there are Open Mic nights at Live Wire and Screamin’ Mimi’s.
Gettin’ schooled
For a town that’s not generally considered a college town, Savannah sure is… well, a college town. While Savannah’s certainly better known to the world at large for our squares, our history, and for better or worse by celebs like Paula Deen, life here wouldn’t be the same without the students, faculty, and contributions of…
COLLEGE ISSUE: Players
There’s a whole world of sports in Savannah that you won’t necessarily hear about through your school. They open a door to meeting new people, whether they’ve lived here all their lives or moved here just like this year’s incoming college crowd. Women’s Sports Savannah Derby Devils Savannah’s own roller derby team was started in…
COLLEGE ISSUE: Rock on
New to the ever–changing West Victory corridor — and just in time for an influx of students from other parts of the country where the sport is more popular — is Savannah’s first climbing gym. The Savannah Climbing Co–op opened its doors to an enthusiastic audience over Labor Day weekend. It was the penultimate moment…
The choice is clear
Editor, George Bernard Shaw got it right. “If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” People started panicking; economists told us not to worry. Then the banks failed. Unemployment rose. The policies of one president and his inability to understand the scope of the issues…
COLLEGE ISSUE: Ahead of the curve
Most college students wait until graduation to make that first big leap into their real world careers. Not Adam Nelson. The SCAD sophomore is already waist–deep in his first feature film project, courting real money from investors and scouting countryside locations. So much for the safe cloister of academia. “I realized early on that I…
COLLEGE ISSUE: Food for thought
In the last five years, more and more universities across the country have adopted the practice of assigning incoming college freshmen the same book. Common Read programs serve several noble purposes: They give newbie students a shared academic experience to jumpstart their scholarly chops. The book choice often crosses disciplines, illustrating the connections between science,…
COLLEGE ISSUE: The Connect Playlist
People keep asking “What is the Savannah sound?” That’s like asking a zebra why half his stripes are black, and the other half are white. There is no good answer. Savannah’s music scene, which is the currently the healthiest and most productive it’s been in years, has no definitive sound. College towns are melting pots,…
Surf’s up! And Triathalon’s making waves
DICK DALE, “King of the Surf Guitar,” is 75 and still going strong. Were he not happily ensconced in Southern California, good old Dick might be right here in Savannah, playing the muse to Triathalon. This relatively new, guitar–based band consists of four 21–year–old SCAD students who imbue the classic surf sound with extra, extra…
Alumni Advice 101
Well, here we are up to our knee socks and hipster moustaches into Connect’s College Student Issue! I remember college. I had plenty of issues. Longest five years of my life. My higher education adventure took place at a massive Southwestern state university, famous for its basketball program and astrophysics research. As I am not…
A man with a plan
It’s been nine years since crooner Ruben Studdard took top honors on American Idol. The big man with the big voice came charging out of the gate with a debut album, Soulful, piloted by music–biz mentor Clive Davis on his then–red–hot J Records label. Soulful entered the charts at No. 2 and went platinum. Fast–forward…
COLLEGE ISSUE: The cycling life
Need to outfit your dorm room or buy supplies to sustain you through the fall term? In a big box store you can get everything – furniture, bedding, a three–month supply of individual ramen packets shrink–wrapped together on a pallet – all under one roof. But there’s one particular item you should avoid buying there:…
COLLEGE ISSUE: God 101
For college students seeking a spiritual connection, Savannah’s cup runneth over with faith–based organizations and worship services geared towards students’ unique needs and lifestyles. Evening worship so you can sleep in on Sundays. Fellowship meals. Small Bible studies at lunchtime on campus. Gatherings on major Jewish holidays. Rides to worship services. More fellowship meals. Contemporary…
Savannah Foodie
Not your dad’s lunch box “Convenient.” That’s what the term “bento” means in the slang language it originated from in Japan. Today, the two–syllable word signifies a simple boxed lunch that traditionally consisted of fish or meat, rice and cooked or pickled vegetables.Being Americans, we want a bit more than that — how else can…
Looking ahead
@ New Edition. Sept. 20. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival. Sept. 20-23. @ Film screening: Gone With the Wind. Sept. 21. Lucas Theatre. @ Unchained Tour w/Neil Gaiman. Sept. 22. Knights of Columbus. @ Savannah Jazz Festival. Sept. 23-30. @ Film screening: Vertigo. Sept. 28. Lucas Theatre. @ Film screening: Notorious.…
Nothing to see here, move along
Police and city officials insist an altercation between a white man with a black girlfriend and a group of black men in Ellis Square which left the white man in the hospital wasn’t a hate crime. Detectives released a video showing the events leading up to an altercation between Andrew Quade, 31, and three black…
