Month: May 2011

Cold War Kids booked for SCAD’s New Alumni Concert in Forsyth Park

Several times in the last month or so, I’ve searched some online databases to try to figure out who SCAD has booked for this year’s New Alumni Concert, traditionally held on the Friday before graduation. Sometimes I locate the news…

Photos of Armstrong’s tennis teams advancing to the NCAA round of 16

It was a gorgeous day on Tuesday at the Bacon Park tennis complex, where Armstrong’s women’s and men’s tennis teams both defeated Flagler to advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA Division II championships. In an afternoon match,…

Should a community respond when Westboro Baptist Church picketers come to town?

My post on Monday about the Westboro Baptist Church’s plans to picket Savannah schools and religious institutions has attracted over 2,200 page views. That’s on a blog that averages 80-something views per post. Part of that overwhelming response might be…

New gallery 1704Lincoln to launch with Cain Powers Sandoz exhibit

The new gallery 1704Lincoln opens its doors on Friday, May 6th with Cain Powers Sandoz, an exhibit featuring three well-established and widely collected Savannah painters: Betsy Cain, Blanche Powers, and Katherine Sandoz. The space is owned by Powers, who used…

The New Mastersounds master a Sunday night at Locos in Savannah

I’m a big fan of good events on off nights, especially when it comes to good music. So it didn’t take much prodding to get me out this past Sunday to Locos on Broughton Street for The New Mastersounds, a…

Armstrong tennis teams in local action Tuesday to reach NCAA DII round of 16

Armstrong Atlantic State University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams are two of the best-kept secrets in Savannah. The women have won three consecutive NCAA DII championships, while the men won in 2008 and 2009. Both have solid chances of winning…

Babysitter attacked by cats

So this is my second post in a new category on this blog: Odd & Random. I’ve run across a lot of things lately that I think my readers will want to check out, and plan to use a minimum…

Photo of Obama and company as they watch the mission to reach Bin Laden

This is sort of an amazing photo from the White House Flicker stream of Obama, Biden, Clinton, Gates, and others watching the live feed of the attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden. The intensity of the gazes and the viewers’…

Westboro Baptist Church picketers headed to churches, synagogues, schools in Savannah

[UPDATE, 5/20: I have made three posts about the WBC since this one. Find all the posts here.] Well, as if we didn’t have enough to talk about in Savannah, the fine people of the Westboro Baptist Church — the…

The Ryan plan’s strange assumptions for another housing boom, beginning next year

This is another in occasional posts about the federal deficit and debt. Congressman Ryan’s plan to slash federal spending, which drew the votes of almost every House Republican, doesn’t just rely on dramatic spending cuts. The math behind the plan…

Some pics from SCAD’s 2011 Sidewalk Arts Festival

A gorgeous day for the 2011 edition of this 30-year old festival. The people watching is quite amazing. I was playing with some different settings on my camera to try to make up for some extreme shadows, but it didn’t…

Savannah Town Hall meeting to deal with business issues — but will the business owners show up?

My column in the Savannah Morning News has for the last decade dealt with small business issues — from endless profiles of new enterprises to the larger challenges of business in our diverse market. For today’s column (“Will Savannah small…