The final installment of Dan Chapman’s 3-part, over 6,000-word look at the proposed dredging of the Savannah River channel begins like this: “Critics say a national strategy should govern the deepening of ports.” For all the study of the proposed…
Month: April 2012
CUSSES’ “Worst Enemy” on MTV (video embedded)
The music video “Worst Enemy” by Savannah’s hard-charging CUSSES is in regular rotation on MTV and MTVU, the network’s effort to make more inroads into the college market. Yes, MTV still plays music videos. The video was directed with Nathan…
AJC’s “Port Wars”: part two looks at dredging depth, navigation, cost, and environmental impacts
The first subhead says a lot: “Deepened Georgia port will still be shallower than many of its rivals.”
NYT on the fallout from the housing boom and bust
Highly recommended for those with a stake in housing: the NYT’s Where Housing Once Boomed, Recovery Lags From the piece: The official statistics say that the national economy has been growing for almost three years, and that Maryland is growing…
Another SMF chamber music performance on NPR
“In this program, Hope and his handpicked group of players begin with a musical memorial to Tchaikovsky and close with music by the master himself. When Tchaikovsky died in 1893 at age 53, he left more than a few young Russian composers devastated. “
AJC’s “Port Wars”: part one looks at uncertainties of global trade
Click here for part one, which talks about uncertainties regarding global shipping generally and Savannah specifically.
Regular readers of this blog and my columns already know the basic terrain of the issues laid out clearly in Corps of Engineers’ analyses:
The looming — and current — crisis: Americans have $870 billion in student loan debts
Travel + Leisure: Savannah is 2nd “greenest” city in America . . . huh?
A new poll and Romney’s “women problem”
From USA Today’s Swing States Poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead: In the fifth Swing States survey taken since last fall, Obama leads Republican front-runner Mitt Romney 51%-42% among registered voters just a month after the president…
NPR featuring classical from Savannah Music Festival all week
NPR’s music blog Deceptive Cadence will be featuring classical concerts all week from the ongoing Savannah Music Festival. Today’s post by Tom Huizenga — Takacs Quartet: A Slice Of Schubert And A Bartok Palindrome — begins this way: The Takács…
In praise of Savannah’s “Music March”
There was a time when it was routine — almost mandatory it seemed — for Savannahians to complain about “nothing going on.†Hard to make that argument anymore.
Sneak peek of upcoming new work from Gallim Dance
A “sneak peek” of a photoshoot with Gallim Dance (founded and directed by Andrea Miller) of a piece premiering in June at the Joyce Theater in NYC — dancers put it all out there, huh?
So what will happen in July vote for 1% sales tax for transportation?
I’m going to suggest that any voter interested in taxation and in transportation infrastructure take a look at Mary Mayle’s piece today in the SMN: Georgia’s transportation system ‘running out of gas’
Savannah Urban Arts Festival enters 4th year with strong legacy
The new local public art organization SeeSAW, who are hosting two incredible events during the festival, was created after an attempt to do a public mural during last year’s event was rebuffed by the city. Vinyl Appreciation, a monthly event for DJs and record collectors that is celebrating its 2 year anniversary during SUAF 2012 initially started as a SUAF event, and now serves as the closing event of the festival. On the talent front, the local band KidSyc@Brandywine played their first show together two years ago at a SUAF event in the Civil Rights museum.