Dismantling racism
Rev. Joseph Barndt is a longtime soldier on the front lines of civil rights and a published author since the early ’70s. Brought in town by the local nonprofit Interracial Interfaith Community, he will be on hand all weekend for a booksigning at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church (where he’ll give the sermon this Sunday as well), and…
One man’s scam is another man’s treasure
Everyone has a hobby. As longtime readers will know, mine is collecting Nigerian scam letters. For those of you who’ve lived under a rock and/or had no internet access for the last 10 or 15 years, the fabled “Nigerian scam” involves an e–mail (a fax in the old days) soliciting help in moving a…
‘Drive-by’ laws, water woes
Stop ‘drive-by legislating’ Editor, Certainly anyone who has paid attention to the health care debate has, at one time or another, wished it all to be done. As absurd as it may appear to Ms. Gunn and others, all the loud talking has prevented the even bigger headache of drive-by legislating. Letting people debate the…
A closer walk with Dan
Last Tuesday afternoon I took a bus tour of three of Savannah’s historic neighborhoods, courtesy of the City of Savannah. Billed as a “walking audit” given by Dan Burden, (a “walkable communities” consultant) 17 people boarded a Leisure Services bus just south of DeRenne Avenue and for the next two hours, drove through Paradise Park,…
Three Bites
Kayak Kafe Hmmm, hoofing it down Broughton Street … looking for quick lunch with character. Burger, no. Hot dog, no. Kayak Kafe? What a serendipitous choice! I slipped in the door, honestly fueled by their Facebook status touting a Wild Georgia shrimp and sliced mango wrap. Man, it was crazy good and refreshing! Thin strips…
Go for White4
I enjoy spreading the love around. There’s so much great juice out there to tell stories about, so I make sure I move from distributor to distributor, winery to winery and varietal to varietal. Still, at the end of 2008 I reviewed all of my past year’s columns, all 52 of ’em. What I found…
Blues you can use
Ace Andersson is a native Swede – he’s been in the States for 10 years – who wears a blonde beard so long he could pass for a member of ZZ Top. And he lives in a North Carolina town called Lizard Lick, which got its first traffic light in 1997. All well and…
Talking healthcare reform with John Barrow
Democrat John Barrow has been Savannah’s congressman since 2004. Though an early supporter of Barack Obama’s presidential run, he has since become something of a thorn in the president’s side on the issue of health care reform. As a member of the so-called “Blue Dog” coalition of conservative House Democrats, Barrow has been working to…
What’s Next: Tybee Americana
Bobby Lee Rodgers, Savannah’s multi-talented rock ‘n’ roll wunderkind, will make a special appearance with Atlanta’s blues-rocking Donna Hopkins Band at the Sept. 26 Tybee Island Americana Music Festival. It’s a big ole bash on the Tybee Lighthouse grounds, starting at 6 p.m. And dig this: It’s going to be wind- and solar-powered. A portion…
Noteworthy: 40 oz. to Freedom
40 OZ. TO FREEDOM “We do Sublime with a twist,” says Dane Scott of 40 oz. to Freedom, playing Friday at Loco’s. Scott is the lead singer for the San Diego-based quartet – his job is to channel Sublime’s poly-energetic vocalist Bradley Nowell. He’s also the tribute band’s guitarist. “We play a lot of…
Cue the orchestra
There’s a new sheriff in town, but he’s packing a skinny little baton instead of a six-shooter. With the apparent demise of the Savannah Orchestra, and its chamber-music offshoot the Savannah Sinfonietta, the big man at the podium is Savannah Philharmonic conductor Peter Shannon. Shannon was hired two years ago by the Savannah Choral…
Square deal
Correction: When this story was originally published, the fountain designer was incorrectly listed as Hobbs Architectural Fountains. It has been changed to the correct company, the Georgia Fountain Company. We apologize for our mistake and any confusion this may have caused. With the last two live oak trees in place, Ellis Square is starting to…
A day in someone else’s shoes
Over the last four years, Step Up Savannah, the initiative to reduce our city’s stagnant poverty rate has used poverty simulations as one of the most effective tools in the fight to increase awareness. Regularly drawing participants from across the spectrum of city life, from students to business and community leaders, the simulations help illustrate…
Getting better all the time
In the liner notes for a Beatles record released in 1963, publicist Tony Barrow challenged the reader to check back with him in a decade: “Exhume it from your collection somewhere around the middle of 1973, and write me a very nasty letter if the pop people of the’70s aren’t talking with respect about at…
