Back in “the good old days,” there was an exemption allowing 18-20 year olds into bars to see live music, but that changed in early 2006 and hasn’t been up […]
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Five years of spitting fire
Towards the end of a lengthy chat about the upcoming 5th Annual Savannah Spoken Word Festival with Spitfire Poetry Group co-founder Clinton Powell, I ask the dedicated local booster of […]
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Psychotronic Film Fest continues
JOE REDNER, often called “The Larry Flynt of the South,” is a most unlikely folk hero. While Redner has many admirers, he has even more detractors. Depending on who you […]
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Savannah’s ‘other’ film festival
MONSTER ROAD is a mesmerizing, astonishing view into the life of a brilliant but profoundly disturbed artist. You aren’t likely to see it at a local movie theater, and it […]
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Sinister Moustache & Mortal Coil inaugurate The Wormhole
Sinister Moustache, Mortal Coil *** This brand-new, 250-capacity 21+ bar and music venue in the Starland District seems like it’s aiming to fill the niche between the booking practices of […]
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Moira Nelligan’s Celtic Christmas show at The Bean
Moira Nelligan *** This rare local appearance by an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist and singer of Irish heritage (with family ties to the Savannah area) finds the beguilingly-voiced Nelligan out in […]
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My life with Reilly
My mom likes the Game Show Network. She can sit for hours in front of the TV with 1970s episodes of The Match Game, watching Bert Convy and Zsa Zsa […]
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More than just a rock opera
“IF WE’D EVER HAD ANY LUCK, we wouldn’t be so far under the radar,” says songwriter Jeff Holmes. He’s speaking of The Floating Men, the band he co-founded almost two […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Savannah Music Festival presents: The Infamous Stringdusters Every year around this time, the folks over at the SMF hold a big press conference. That’s when and where they announce to […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Wiyos @ The Telfair & Jepson *** If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to travel back in time to the USA of the 1920s and 1930s, […]
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Fantastic, frightening cinema abounds!
WANNA SEE SOMETHING REALLY SCARY? Then you’re in luck for the next five weeks, as two local independent film societies and one corporate-owned cineplex are offering movie lovers a whopping […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Jonathan Richman & Tommy Larkins *** It’s been exactly 18 years since this legendary indie-rock singer/songwriter graced Savannah with his inimitable presence, and in that time an awful lot has […]