According to Hollywood legend, Frank Sinatra was so shattered by the assassination of President Kennedy, he had his film The Manchurian Candidate – which deals with political murder at the […]
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Kids in the park
One of the nice things about living in Savannah is the traditional concert for graduating SCAD seniors at the start of every summer. You don’t have to be part of […]
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If the shoe fits…
Few names in any pursuit inspire such immediate positive reaction as the name Manolo Blahnik. For millions of women all over the world, his name is synonymous with shoes. Amazing […]
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A review: SCAD’s ‘Hair’
Halfway through Friday night’s performance of Hair at the Lucas Theatre, it came to me: It’s not about the big songs, “Aquarius,” “Easy To Be Hard,” “Good Morning Starshine,” and […]
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A ‘Hair’ for all seasons
If you can remember the ‘60s, goes the old saying, you probably weren’t there. Movies and television would have us believe the ‘60s were all about peace, love, flower–power and […]
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Mark Your Calendar: Miranda Lambert
When Miranda Lambert was born, in 1983, the country charts were dominated by the likes of Kenny Rogers and the Oak Ridge Boys. Those guys are still around, of course, […]
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You talk the talk, but can you chalk the walk?
Artists participating in the SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival are given three hours and a blank, bumpy concrete page to create a masterpiece. Well, the word “masterpiece” might be pushing it […]
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Discology 101
Video killed the radio star, the compact disc killed the vinyl record, downloading killed the compact disc. Vinyl, once thought to be as extinct as the passenger pigeon, is making […]
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The Sartorialist speaks
It’s a beautifully simple concept: Take photos of people on the street wearing cool stuff in cool ways. Post the photos to a blog. That’s it. That’s what Scott Schuman […]
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Short stuff
The Black Maria Film Festival, April 14 at the Trustees Theater, isn’t quite as involved as the mammoth Savannah Film Festival. Despite its brevity, however, it’s one of the city’s […]
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Gail Collins: Call feminism ‘Fred’
Author and New York Times columnist Gail Collins knows quite a lot about the achievements of women, and in her last several books she’s created a social history for several […]
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The next chapter?
In Ray Bradbury’s futuristic story Fahrenheit 451, a group of brutish law-enforcers called the Firemen are responsible for “disciplining” anyone caught with books – the paper is instantly burned, and […]