I covered a number of things in my City Talk column today in the SMN: Ships of the Sea to add garden, event space. I’m obviously very excited about the potential of that new garden, event space, and music venue…
From the SMN today, Local economy still growing, but slowly: “The regional economy is currently being supported by healthy tourism activity, strong ports activity and the improving health of the services sector, including business and professional services and transportation,†[Armstrong…
[UPDATE, WED, SEPT 14TH: I’ve posted some new information here.] I’m not really a Corey Smith fan, but I understand his appeal. He taps into many themes that touch the lives of teenagers and youngish adults — feelings of wonder,…
After three years as president of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, I was kind of thrilled to give up the leadership reins to Helen Borrello earlier this summer. But I’m still on the board and will likely stay involve on…
I hope Congress will pass the job creation proposal — the American Jobs Act — that President Obama delivered last night. There are obviously many opinions on the package — what it does, what it doesn’t do — but, as…
Interesting piece from the Charleston City Paper that might have some logical extensions to Savannah: Nine ways to make Charleston a bicycle-friendly city. There’s considerable emphasis in the piece on the success of the wide bike lane for the Arthur…
Sandrine Piau: From the Savannah Music Festival: French soprano Sandrine Piau is a seasoned recitalist and soloist who has captured the respect of the classical music world with her unmatched interpretations of the Baroque repertoire. In recent years she has…
Here’s a live video from Tipitina’s:
While I have a lot of latitude in choice of topics for my Man About Town columns each week in Do in the Savannah Morning News, I rarely end up devoting that space to art reviews. There are a variety…
We’ve been getting a lot of good news in recent days here in Savannah. And this surely counts: the Savannah Music Festival’s new SMF Live Concert Series will be bringing world-class acts like Audra McDonald in November and the Jazz…
In an earlier post — Will Savannah jump on the food truck bandwagon? — I discussed some of my serious doubts about whether Savannah is a viable place for a thriving food truck culture. But as I said in a…
Tonight the Washington Post is reporting on the Federal Reserve’s likely (or at least possible) decision in a couple of weeks to sell some of its shorter term securities and buy longer term ones. So there wouldn’t be any additional…
