Review: The Skeleton Twins
The surprise is Bill Hader, who’s usually cast in small parts but here ably demonstrates that he can carry a heavy load.
Review: The Equalizer
The Equalizer isn’t a film for those seeking moral ambiguity or thought-provoking shades of gray. It’s cinema as catharsis, allowing ordinary people weary of living in a world run by vile criminals and corrupt cops the fantasy of seeing a sentient superman righting all wrongs on their behalf.
SCAD’s Paula Wallace selected as new GA History Trustee
The Georgia Historical Society announced today that Paula S. Wallace and Alana Smith Shepherd will be the latest inductees to the Georgia Trustees at the annual Trustees Gala in February 2015. Paula Wallace is the president and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), established in 1978. Today SCAD awards undergraduate and…
County votes to split up police merger; City Manager issues statement
Earlier today the Chatham County Commission voted to exercise its option to terminate the decade-old merger of city and county police forces. Negotiations had been stalled for several months over the City’s insistence on a certain funding formula and the County’s insistence that it have more control over the Chief’s position. City Manager Stephanie Cutter…
Planned mosquito spray causes controversy
A low-flying Chatham County Mosquito Control plane sparked accusations of intimidation and controversy by some leaders of street protests in West Savannah, who said they were deliberately sprayed with the chemicals. But Chatham County responds with records indicating the flight was pre-planned and the community was notified. “Because of positive testing for West Nile Virus…
Fire Marshal warns of scam
The Savannah Fire Marshal’s office warns of a scam involving a caller demanding payment from business owners for work that supposedly performed at the business under the direction of the local fire marshal. The phone calls originate from a telephone number that is located in or assigned from Virginia. The callers are “very insistent and…
Around the fire with Michael W. Twitty
I don’t know if he’s the only gay, black, Jewish culinarian in the entire world, but this gent is definitely my kind of unicorn.
Dare Dukes: Deep impact
“I was kind of mess myself in middle school—as many of us are—and I very much found a place of solace and strength in creative work, in music and writing.”
Everybody get up and move!
Lady Mahogany hopes to see a colorful cross section of Savannah’s community when she hosts a West African Dance Workshop this Sunday, Sept. 28 at the W.W. Law Center on Savannah’s eastside.
Help yourself to better health with health literacy
Doctors, physician’s assistants, and nurses need to carefully consider the words they use.
Will zinc go the way of Vitamin C?
Okay, Cecil. Sixteen years ago, at the end of a column about whether zinc lozenges cure the common cold, you wrote: “Today you don’t hear much about vitamin C as a cold cure. I’ll bet you a jumbo box of Contac that the same thing happens to zinc.” Did you win the bet? We’re left…
Editor’s Note: Mista Dee’s reality
Mayor Edna Jackson deserves kudos for her statesmanlike response to the shooting.
5 Questions: Keith Kozel
KEITH KOZEL is best-known to his many fans around town as kinetic frontman of the epic glam-psycho-metal outfit GAM and member of sludge/stoner guitar army Superhorse. But to his friends and family, he’s known simply as one of the most genuine and creative people they’ve ever known. Kozel has given his all to Savannah’s arts…
The Accomplices/Waits & Co. @The Jinx
Not your typical double bill.
Cranford Hollow @Wild Wing Café Pooler
One part Allmans, one part Mumfords, and one part Charlie Daniels.
Les Racquet @Barrelhouse South
After recording some demos, Daniel Malone says, the songs will now face further honing in front of live audiences.
Shonen Knife just wants to make people happy
THERE ARE plenty of bands who’ve stuck it out for three decades. But only a handful who’ve stayed relevant the whole time. Shonen Knife is among the latter. Formed in 1981 in Osaka, Japan, by Naoko Yamano, her sister, and a friend, Shonen Knife—the name literally means “Boy Knife,” ironic for an all-girl outfit —gleefully…
Talking with… Teddy Adams
SAVANNAH TROMBONIST Teddy Adams just finished the first draft of a book chronicling his career in jazz. And there’s a chapter in it called “Conversations.” “There’s a lot of trivia in there that I’ve gotten from guys who really knew what they were talking about,” Adams says. “I have no reason to doubt what they were telling me.” Can you…
Art mag from SCAD grads is making waves
Aint-Bad examines the South from a contemporary perspective while addressing the region’s history
Crystal-izing a great draft beer menu
A talk with John Nichols and Ben Mammina of the Crystal Beer Parlor.
