Man shot on Southside
Detectives seek information on a shooting that occurred late Saturday night. “At about 9:18 p.m. Metro responded to a convenience store on Diamond Causeway and Ferguson Avenue, where Franchesca Camarda, 28, was found suffering from a gunshot wound. Camarda was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries,” police say. “Investigators believe Camarda…
Man stabbed Friday night
Detectives seek information on the events leading to a cutting on Friday night. “Just after 7 p.m. Metro responded to a residence on the 9100 block of Ferguson Avenue, were a relative found 30-year-old James Nichols, III, with a stab wound. Investigators are determining whether the incident occurred near the 9100 block of Whitfield Avenue,”…
Body found on Eastside ID’ed
Detectives of Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department have identified a deceased man found outside McAlpin Square Friday night. “Metro responded to the shopping plaza at about 8:15 p.m. where Allen J. Harrelson, 48 was found unresponsive. No foul play is suspected at this time,” police say. Metro detectives, Islands Precinct patrol officers, Forensics, EMS and the…
Man shot early Saturday morning
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives seek information in a shooting that occurred Saturday morning. “Just before 2:30 a.m. SCMPD investigators met Jonathan Hobson, 27, at Memorial University Medical Center. Hobson arrived at MUMC in a privately owned vehicle to seek care for a non-life threatening gunshot wound,” police say. Investigators are working to…
Shots fired during robbery of IHOP employee
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Robbery Unit is investigating an incident at a Savannah restaurant that ended with a suspect firing shots at an employee Thursday night. “The incident happened just before 8:30 p.m. at IHOP on the 1800 block of Victory Drive. The suspect entered the restaurant where he snatched an undisclosed sum of money…
Homeowners foil burglary near White Bluff; suspect in custody
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Robbery Unit is investigating a residential burglary attempt that was interrupted by homeowners this morning. “The burglary happened just before 10 a.m. on Seneca drive near White Bluff Road. One resident of the house was present as two male suspects tried to kick in the door,” police say. “A second resident…
Two arrested at homeless camp
“Two men are arrested following an investigation into a homeless camp by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT),” a spokesperson says. “Yesterday, Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) requested CNT agents search a wooded area behind McAlpin Square. The area is a known-homeless camp. Residents in the Winter Garden Community told police that people living…
Armstrong statement on shooting incident
Armstrong State University issued the following statement earlier today about a shooting incident on campus: “Several persons of interest are being interviewed in connection with a single shot fired at Compass Point, Building 8000 early this morning. Fortunately, no one was injured. An investigation, led by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, is currently in progress,”…
Original draft of U.S. Constitution on view Thursday only to celebrate Constitution Day
The Georgia Historical Society will publicly display Abraham Baldwin’s draft copy of the United States Constitution this Thursday, September 17, in commemoration of Constitution Day 2015. “One of only thirteen still in existence, the draft includes the handwritten margin notes of Baldwin, one of Georgia’s signers of the Constitution of 1787,” a GHS spokesperson says. …
Editor’s Note: Welcoming a new generation of black leadership
The most significant development of this year’s elections is this is the first time Savannah is seeing a new generation of African American candidates aggressively challenge older black leadership.
Fall Preview: Visual Arts
With the arrival of Impressionist masters, art workshops and stunning new works by local favorites, this fall is poised to be one of Savannah’s best.
Savannah Children’s Choir’s decade of diversity
Vienna Boys Choir, Night at the Opera events are part of the group’s tenth anniversary celebration.
Adam Intrator and Eric “Big E” Moore @Trinity Lunchtime Concert Series
This year, Trinity’s Music Director Jared Hall and Andrew Jay Ripley are introducing a new take on lunchtime performances. By pairing up unlikely Savannah musicians and asking them to create a half-hour set together, lunchtime just got far more interesting.
Keep on (food) truckin’
IT IS the stuff drooling dreams are made of: Sriracha-soaked barbecue on a stick. Lobster rolls dripping in butter. Mexican Korean short rib tacos so delicious they have more Twitter followers than certain Kardashians. Such culinary creativity, so many tantalizing possibilities, served fast and hot and handed out a window on wheels. And we can…
Everybody (Hearts) Community Radio
WRUU’s program hosts and disc jockeys have their guests and playlists ready now, and listeners can tune into a live stream starting Sept. 21
Art on Tap: Jepson Unplugged @Jepson Center for the Arts
The full set of cover songs, handpicked by Coy Campbell, range from Nirvana to Pixies to R.E.M. to Neutral Milk Hotel.
David Liebe Hart @The Wormhole
Hart is touring in support of his latest album, Astronaut. Once again, he’s teamed up with collaborator Jonah Mociun as a backing musician, creating electronic adaptations of Hart’s old work and sharing new songs.
Diarrhea Planet @The Jinx
It’s a notoriously joyous live show, appealing to fans of classic rock, metal, power-pop, punk, and folks who just love good, solid entertainment.
Dope Sandwich 10th Anniversary @Blowin’ Smoke, The Jinx
Dope Sandwich artists Cult Cyph, Bassdrum Bloodlust, $uper Toine, Mafamadix, Solo, Black Ceaser, Spitfire Poetry Group and Re2se are all slated to appear, along with DJ Valis and DJ Word Life. Atlanta’s The Difference Machine makes a hypnotizing kind of textural, noise and psychedelic-influenced hip-hop.
The Carters, The Cashes, & Americana
Psychotronic Film Series brings the Southeast premiere of The Winding Stream, an award-winning music documentary, to Muse Arts Warehouse.
The Force is wide awake at GuildCon
The second annual “celebration of all things nerdy and geeky” was conceived last year to coincide with the launch of the Guild Hall, the nexus of nerdery on Montgomery that offers everything from sword-forging classes to Magic: the Gathering tournaments.
Beat goes on at Savannah Jazz Festival
“It’s been two and a half years since Ben died,” Jennings says. “He had a lot of connections, and everyone loved him. He was able to raise money. We’re not able to replace Ben.”
#StattsFest2015
ON June 28, 2008, Jason Statts and Dave Williams were shot in an armed robbery while unloading gear after their band, sürt {the destroyer}, played their first show. Statts was shot in the neck; Williams in the throat. Bassist Statts was paralyzed from the chest down immediately, and Williams has one paralyzed vocal cord. Statts…
Five Questions: 24 Hour Play Festival
ONE OF Savannah’s most unique performing arts events, the 24 Hour Play Festival, happens this weekend. No, the plays aren’t a day long. The 24 hours is the amount of time each team of writers, directors, and actors have to put together from start to finish a ten-minute piece for your pleasure. This is the…
Suffragette to open Savannah Film Festival
Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter star; full schedule announced Oct. 1
Hop over to Hops & Barley
David Barker, Hops and Barley’s owner took the “unfortunate opportunity” of the Beer Growlers demise and turned it into a positive. Barker purchased ten of the Beer Growler’s taps, their cooler and sinks.
