Baldwin, Dormer among Film Fest guests
The Savannah College of Art and Design says that in addition to previously announced honoree Alexander Payne, Academy Award-nominated actor Terence Stamp and actress Natalie Dormer will be honored at the Savannah Film Festival, which begins later this month. Terence Stamp, veteran of over 60 films. will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. His film debut…
Chief Lovett retires amid allegations
With rumors mounting over the previous 24 hours, a hurried press conference late Friday afternoon finally affirmed what was suspected: Savannah Metro Police Chief Willie Lovett would retire from the force, effective immediately. The retirement comes in the wake of an ongoing investigation of allegations by a female officer that Lovett sexually harassed her. The…
Film Fest announces competition flicks
In addition to the usual competition categories, the 2013 Savannah Film Festival is adding a couple of new sectors. Historical Shorts will acknowledge the unique challenges and extra expense involved in producing a short set in a particular historical period. SuperShorts! highlights films clocking in at under six minutes. Here’s the full lineup of competition…
Free People opens on Broughton Oct. 4
Specialty clothing brand Free People will open its 85th boutique in Savannah on October 4 in the old Clothing Warehouse space on West Broughton Street. The 2,200 square foot space “was designed in the brand’s Black Smith’s Cottage concept, highlighting Free People’s rugged side and maintaining the site’s historical integrity by leaving the original storefront,”…
All that and bean pie
Their friends and family already knew: Yusuf had a way in the kitchen, always did. The man knew his way around a frying pan and how to bring a fine piece of fish to just the right stage of perfect crispiness surrounding a tender, flaky inside.
Between Heaven and Hell: Purgatorio
Two characters, called Man and Woman, are in that color-less, form-less place called Purgatory. With one or the other dressed in the clinical white coat of a therapist, they spend eternity interrogating each other.
Snap: Infinite Progress blends music, photography
The evening is a fundraiser for the Savannah-produced photographic art magazine Aint-Bad, founded in 2011 by four SCAD alumni.
Doug and Jean Carn: The First Couple of Black Jazz
“There was this engineer who had his own mixing studio in his house in Santa Monica,” Doug Carn recalls. “He mixed for motion picture soundtracks, and he charged $200 an hour. And I had $200. I said ‘The album is 52 minutes long.'”
Review: Rush
There’s always a chance in sports films that the scenes set away from the hard-hitting action won’t measure up, but Morgan writes the two leading characters with such complexity that there’s never a concern the drama will go flat.
Review: Don Jon
Hold the phone: Proving he’s more than just a pretty face, Gordon-Levitt blazes the way with a neat series of turns that left me surprised by the story’s developments and impressed with its creator’s generosity of spirit and understanding of human nature.
Body in the river
Two witnesses said they saw the black male appearing to be in his teens or early 20s sitting along the waterfront and then heard a splash.
Editor’s Note: ‘Creeping resignation’ on guns
The day after the Navy Yard massacre a Facebook friend posted that he was unsettled by the conspicuous lack of discussion in social media. He was worried it signaled acceptance of the unacceptable.
Thinking down the road
Ah, traffic! How do we fix it? Wider and faster roads of course! That’s been the status quo “solution” to traffic congestion for decades. But times are changing and massive spending on automobile-only infrastructure — to the exclusion of bicycle, pedestrian and transit projects — will soon be regarded as a colossal mistake.
SCAD edition
At times solemn and at times insouciant al Hadid, Drew and von Rydingsvard offered advice on the challenges and the benefits that go along with being an artist. Through their stories it is evident that what began as a mischievous flirtation with materials became passionate love affairs with sculpture, painting, and art.
The Veep came to town and I didn’t even get a T-shirt
Thing is, Biden gave almost exactly the same speech earlier that morning in South Carolina, which has its own harbor deepening enterprise brewing at the Port of Charleston.
The educated beer snob
Three new books shed light on different aspects of the craft beer renaissance. Whether your interest is in becoming more adept at detecting the varieties and nuances of different beer styles, the history of craft beer in America or how to extend your love of drinking beer into the opportunity to eat it instead, there’s…
Battleship (almost) down
Battle Voices is a collection of personal accounts and recently-acquired treasures that uncovers new depth of the events of Sept. 11, 1943 aboard the USS Savannah (CL-42), the light cruiser named for the Hostess City.
Victims finding closure
Several hundred people traveled from near and far for Victims Visitors’ Day, a day-long program that gives victims of violent crime and their families an opportunity to discuss the parole status of the offenders that have irrevocably affected their lives.
Bicycle Campaign director & Connect columnist among Leadership Savannah class
John Bennett, executive director of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Connect Savannah’s “The News Cycle” columnist, is among the just-announced 2013-2014 class of Leadership Savannah. Here are the others: Jamal Barrow, United States Air ForceMark Bennett, GulfstreamKate Blair, Wells Fargo Insurance ServicesKaren Bogans, International PaperTommy Branch, Callaway, Braun, Riddle & Hughes, P.C.Toby Browne, The Savannah…
Forum on dolphin-killing airguns set for Sept. 26
The advocacy group Oceana is hosting a public forum about the threats of seismic airgun testing off the East Coast in Savannah on September 26, 6-8 p.m. at the new SSU Student Union (next to Tiger Arena), Building 200, Event Room C, 3219 College St. The event is free and open to the public. Seismic…
Homeless vets events are Oct. 8-9
The tenth annual Veterans Stand Down for Homelessness Resource and Job Fair will be held October 8 & 9 at the Savannah Civic Center from 8 am until 2 PM. The Stand Down is a collaborative effort by area veteran’s organizations and local nonprofits to reach veterans and others in the Savannah area that are…
