Actors Patricia Clarkson, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster and Emmy Rossum are the celeb honorees who’ll turn up at the SCAD-sponsored 2009 Savannah Film Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 7 Clarkson is […]
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Saying something new
The Creative Seed Initiative is a collaborative endeavor between SCAD and Bluffton-based marketing firm BFG Communications to bring talented, creative professionals to share their insight and experience with the local […]
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The Black Box becomes The Listening Room
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, the greater Savannah area has slowly but surely begun to re-establish itself as a worthwhile destination for touring popular music acts. Much of that long-overdue […]
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Bobby Lee Rodgers rings in the New Year
WHILE FANS OF SINGER (AND WHIP-ASS GUITARIST) BOBBY LEE RODGERS may know him best from his role as the frontman of the internationally known original pop-fusion band The CodeTalkers, this […]
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Vote for hop and change
BEFORE YOU get caught up in the whirlwind of holiday traveling and partying, treat yourself to an evening of art and a chance to see what SCAD has been up […]
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Parking is people
NEXT TIME you’re watching your child’s soccer game or in line at the grocery store, ask any nearby person two questions: 1) What should be done in Savannah about the […]
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Savannah Music Festival Lineup Announcement Interviews
In anticipation of this week’s public unveiling of the lineup for the 2009 Savannah Music Festival, Connect spoke briefly with the SMF’s Communications Manager and Director of Marketing and Public […]
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“It is the beat of my heart”
LAST YEAR, THE LUCAS THEATRE TRIED SOMETHING a little different. They booked a touring dance production called Tango Buenos Aires — a 20-piece group of musicians and dancers performing fast-paced […]
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Savannah Film Festival: A reporter’s notebook
ALTHOUGH I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE the opening night of the 11th Annual Savannah Film Festival, I’m told that Darren Aronofsky’s latest critically-hailed offering, The Wrestler, did not disappoint. In […]
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Seeing liabilities as opportunities
IS DARE DUKES A SAVANNAH MUSICIAN and songwriter? That seems like it would be an easy question to answer, but the reality is a bit more complex. The ultra-indie artist […]
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A drink of cool water in a theatrical desert
DESPITE boasting an internationally-known annual film festival and at least three community-based film societies, Savannah has never enjoyed a dedicated, full-time art-house cinema. Over the past several years, local venues […]
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A musical homecoming for a good cause
IT’S BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS SINCE STEWART MARSHALL first collaborated with Winfield Smith, and in that time, the two singing guitarists’ six albums’ worth of original material have won them […]