SCAD Savannah Film Festival announces full schedule
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival has announced its full schedule for this year’s edition, happening Oct. 26-Nov. 2 and taking place downtown, primarily at the Lucas and Trustees Theatres. Tix are on sale now at filmfest.scad.edu There is a full range of feature screenings, documentaries, pro and student shorts, animation, and a series of panels…
Review: Downton Abbey
After a typically hyperactive summer season, Downton Abbey will prove to be just the soothing nightcap sought by many moviegoers eager for something that’s all talk and no action.
City to host meeting to discuss potential archaeology ordinance
The City of Savannah will be hosting a meeting to discuss the formation of an archaeology ordinance on Thursday, Sept. 26, 6 p.m. at the Coastal Georgia Center. Contrary to popular opinion, Savannah currently has no ordinance specifically protecting archaeological assets. “Since the early 1970s, the City has developed and approved ordinances to protect the…
Visit Savannah collaborates with County Wexford in Ireland on history project
Visit Savannah has collaborated with the Dunbrody Famine Ship interactive museum experience to tell “a complete story of the Irish people who left the country during the Great Famine and arrived at the port of Savannah,” a spokesperson says. A new attraction at the Dunbrody called “Savannah Landing Point” depicts what Irish immigrants would have…
Whippoorwill Farms: Giving back to the community
Besides a location at the Forsyth Farmer’s Market, you can order directly from Whippoorwill. Marissa Paykos personally delivers the orders for free. Just another way for her to give back to the community.
Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s new outlook
The album is a beautiful, honest indie folk portrait that is both sonically pristine and edgy
Challenges building for Rep. Buddy Carter
Representative Carter always appears to be on this hyper-speed agenda that is timed for maximum camera and media exposure, pressing a little flesh and he zooms off to the next event
Katie Deal celebrates Patsy Cline
Deal has actually been involved in several Patsy Cline shows, having performed in two national productions of A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline and staging her own one-woman tributes
Perpetual Groove @Victory North
The Athens powerhouse band’s two-night stint at Victory North is sure to be talked about for quite some time
Preachervan @The Jinx
They’ll be sharing the bill with Oklahoma’s Psychotic Reaction and locals Forest Evil
5 Questions with Nicholas Wozniak
The Broughton Street that Wozniak remembers was run-down, full of mom-and-pop shops with hand-painted signs
Selwyn Birchwood readies Jazz Festival performance
When he was 13 years old, Birchwood started playing guitar and discovered Jimi Hendrix not long after
Connecting us through art
The artists came up with the title of the show first, allowing the words to direct their work
Twen @El-Rocko Lounge
Now’s your chance to see the duo’s ethereal, psychedelic songs in a small venue before they inevitably blow up
The mural of the story
Over the course of eight weeks, eight artists will create eight murals on the walls of the old Starland Dairy
Reform Georgia, Open Savannah host National Day of Civic Hacking
Darby Cox of Reform Georgia is finding that people inside the system are affected by it in ways those outside the system can’t even fathom
Country rap pioneer Colt Ford blazes trails
Ford is prepping the release of his latest album, We The People, Volume 1
American Band: a Drive-By Truckers Q&A
Led by songwriters and co-founders Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the Athens-based band has enjoyed immense success since their debut album in 1998
Easy Honey @Barrelhouse South
Whether it’s headlining or opening for the likes of Cowboy Mouth and Metro Station, Easy Honey has done it all
Editor’s Note: Observations from the Detroit renaissance
For many, the word ‘Detroit’ is a catch-all, almost generic pejorative referring to economic and educational decay and depression. But just about anyone who has actually visited Detroit lately knows that the city has made leaps and bounds over the last decade.
Savannah Global Climate Strike seeks to involve younger people
Inspired by Fridays for Future school strikes, the Global Climate Strike is an initiative to get younger people involved in demanding change
Fresh has no season: Farmer’s markets continue into the fall
Here’s where you can go in Savannah to find both indoor and outdoor options
Review: Ad Astra
It’s a bold piece and unapologetically so, and it ultimately makes the likes of Gravity look like an episode of The Jetsons by comparison.
