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You say you want a revolution?
IT MUST have been horrific. On Oct. 9, 1779, 8,000 soldiers from three different armies fought for control of Savannah. By the battle’s end, after about an hour’s time, 800 of them were wounded, dead or dying. The Battle of Savannah was the second bloodiest battle of the American Revolution. For many years, this sacred…
A rare vision, in more ways than one
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG is old school. The locally-based, world-renowned painter doesn’t believe in overexposure, but rather in the value of a certain amount of mystique. To that end Armstrong has done only a single annual show for the past several years, out of his Taylor Street home. The annual receptions — organized by Armstrong’s delightful French…
The meat of the issue
Alright now! Won’t you listen? /When I first met you, didn’t realize/ I can’t forget you or your surprise/You introduced me to my mind/ And left me wanting you and your kind… There’s a Black Sabbath poster behind the entrance door. The lyrics above are to their song “Sweet Leaf” from the album Master of…
Music you can sink your teeth into
AFTER TAKING a year off, one of Savannah’s most beloved public events returns to its traditional outdoor stage in Forsyth Park. Picnic in the Park, featuring music by the Savannah Sinfonietta, is this Sunday, with events starting at 5 p.m. For many years, the Picnic was a staple of autumn life, with the Savannah Symphony…
Robin’s world
If he grills it, they will come Two years ago Wayne Jackson had a big idea–nothing new for the Richmond Hill home builder and shopping center developer. But Jackson’s latest vision had nothing to do with setbacks, driveway cuts, rooflines and zoning. It had everything to do with hamburgers. Lots of hamburgers. Its name is…
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Shark facts Editor, Just a couple of corrections to the quoted material from me in the recent Connect Savannah issue lead story “Deep Focus,” by Linda Sickler: There are over 300 species of sharks worldwide. Only 57 are known from the western north Atlantic coast, only about 30 species are likely to be found in…
Very personal
A woman was seen driving north on East Broad from Gaston. A records check of the vehicle’s tag revealed the driver had no valid insurance, a suspended registration and the tag had expired. A traffic stop was issued and the officer explained why she was stopped. The woman was adamant that everything on the car…
You cannot be serious
Government in Action! Bookkeepers Wanted: (1) Pentagon investigators discovered in August that a small South Carolina company fraudulently collected $20.5 million in shipping costs, including one invoice of $999,798 for sending two washers (cost: 19 cents each) to a base in Texas. According to Bloomberg News, the Defense Department was said to have a policy…
This butterfly spreads her wings
LAUREN LAPOINTE’S BACK STORY is tailor-made for a newspaper writer. It comes with a ready-made hook. Back in 2001, the youthful Savannah resident was toiling away at an otherwise unnamed “office job,” and feeling restless. Watching her life go by one day at a time from behind a desk, Lapointe decided she could no longer…
Party like it’s 1824
FOLKS AT THE Isaiah Davenport House Museum are very excited about their new living history program. Our Once Cheerful Island: The World of Savannah in 1824 will portray the city in all aspects of life from that year. The Davenport’s troupe of interpreters is giving its award-winning program, Dreadful Pestilence: Encountering Yellow Fever, a rest.…
Exhibits and openings
‘Tall Tales and Stories’ — Show by painter Lilly Harms Oct. 4-10 at Desot-O-Row Gallery in the Starland District. Reception Oct. 5, 7-10 p.m. Free and is open to the public. Bryan Stovall — Nature photography benefits Ossabaw Island Foundation, through Oct. 6 at Iocovozzi Fine Art, 1 W. Jones St. The Space Between –…
Jazz Festival Spotlight
THIS 26TH ANNUAL INSTALLMENT of our city’s well-known free music festival (sponsored in large part by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs) continues this week with a schedule of impressive regional, national and even internationally-known artists representing a wide swath of traditional and contemporary jazz, as well as that genre’s kissing cousin, the…
Noteworthy live gigs
Mike Cross Part humorist, part storyteller and part singer, this exemplary fiddle player and guitarist has been making people of all ages laugh, tap their toes and sing along for over 20 years. With over a dozen critically-acclaimed albums to his name, and a legion of diehard fans the world over, this Appalachian ambassador is…
SuperKalafragilistic
I have a love/hate relationship with sampling. It can be ingenious, recontextualizing sounds from records we know into something completely original. DJ Shadow’s “Lost And Found” used the urgent, instantly recognizable drums from U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday” as the backbone of a laid-back trip hop classic. Kanye West has established himself as one of the…
A taste of this week’s live gigs
Appetite For Destruction One of the premiere bands of its type, this touring act recreates the look, sound and attitude of vintage, pre-sabbatical Guns-N-Roses, and often fills 2,000-seat rooms on their own. Fri., 8 pm, Retriever’s (Statesboro). Bottles & Cans Swinging, garage-rock influenced blues. Wed., 9 pm, Bay Street Blues + Thurs., 7 pm, Dawg…
Crossfire
A dispute between neighbors on Sept. 17 escalated to gunfire. Rosalyn Pinckney, 59, and Whitney Byrd, her 15-year-old granddaughter, were both wounded in the incident. Pinckney was sitting on the porch of her East 53rd Street home and her granddaughter was standing in the street when suspect Stacy Williams, 25, started shooting. The victims were…
Strange but true
News that Sounds Like a Joke (1) In July, National Hockey League player Derek Boogaard, an “enforcer” known for his willingness to brawl, opened the Derek and Aaron Boogaard Fighting Camp in Regina, Saskatchewan, to train teenage hockey players in that highly essential skill. (2) Iran’s state-sponsored news agency IRNA announced in July that its…
“Why the Face?”
“Why the Face?”–and why does it never change? by Matt Jones You need Java enabled to view the crossword applet. If you do not have Java installed you can obtain it from java.com. If do have Java you may need to check your security settings to make sure that applets are enabled, especially if you…
Diary of the planet
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‘Savannah Collects’
One of the appeals for collectors of African popular art is that, for its own society, it has a use value and therefore, a meaning. For at least the last 100 years this has been its attraction for European artists and collectors whose own art forms have lost any collective communication ability and are reduced…
