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Pew: Teens “have waning enthusiasm for Facebook, disliking the increasing adult presence, people sharing excessively, and stressful ‘drama’”

By bill dawers On May 23, 2013 · in Arts & Culture
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There’s a really interesting report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project: Teens, Social Media, and Privacy. It’s fascinating stuff. Teens are continuing to use Facebook in extremely large numbers. About 81 percent of all teens use at least one social media platform; 94 percent of all teen social media users have [...]
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A thank you to readers of Connect Savannah

By bill dawers On May 21, 2013 · in Arts & Culture
A sincere thank you to the readers of Connect Savannah for voting me best local columnist and best local blogger in the alt weekly’s annual Best of Savannah poll. I’ve been fortunate to win best local columnist for a number of years running for my work three days per [...]
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Will Ben Affleck make his next movie in Savannah?

By bill dawers On May 21, 2013 · in Arts & Culture, Living Savannah
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Ben Affleck was apparently wandering around downtown Savannah on Monday (yesterday) scouting locations for an upcoming film. A word of caution: the film business is pretty fickle. Sometimes, projects evaporate overnight and production plans shift in a heartbeat. I have no idea if Affleck is considering other cities or how much of the film might be shot in Savannah if things move ahead. I don't have any inside knowledge about much of anything, but it's worth noting that there has been considerable press recently about Affleck's newest project Live by Night, which he is apparently producing, directing, writing, and starring in.
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Barbara Garcia, elderly tornado survivor, finds dog while being interviewed (video)

By bill dawers On May 21, 2013 · in Odd & Random
This is pretty powerful stuff. Barbara Garcia's restrained emotions are really something here. It's also worth noting that the cameraman keeps filming rather than helping Garcia get Bowzy out from under the debris. Both Garcia and Bowzy appear to be physically OK.
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Yahoo buys Tumblr for over $1 billion — a bad deal or a good one?

By bill dawers On May 20, 2013 · in Arts & Culture, Economics
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A few years ago, a young photographer casually asked me, “Do you have a Tumblr?” I wasn’t even sure what he was talking about. But since I started blogging just over two years ago and since I’m a teacher of journalism classes at Armstrong Atlantic State University, I’ve spent some time figuring out what Tumblr [...]
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Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors (1939-2013)

By bill dawers On May 20, 2013 · in Music
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Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboardist for The Doors, died today of bile duct cancer, according to a statement on the artist’s Facebook page. From the obituary in the Washington Post: Musically, Manzarek’s spidery organ on “Light My Fire” is one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in rock history. But he [...]
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Time for Savannah and Chatham County to move forward with Unified Zoning Ordinance

By bill dawers On May 20, 2013 · in Living Savannah, Politics
Want to open a “trampoline center”? Think your property should be zoned “agricultural tourist”? Then we have the obsolete zoning just for you. We’re constantly fighting about zoning here in Savannah, most recently in a controversy involving new townhouse apartments on 61st Street and a proposed restaurant at Drayton and Liberty [...]
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Economic development in Savannah — are we lagging?

By bill dawers On May 19, 2013 · in Economics, Living Savannah
Business professor Russ Wigh has been writing columns every other week for the Exchange in the Savannah Morning News for over two years. His final column came out last week: Same song, second verse for Savannah’s economic development I’ve enjoyed Wigh’s work but have never met him. Wigh and I are in general [...]
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My first dinner at Oliva Restaurant & Bar (just one photo)

By bill dawers On May 18, 2013 · in Living Savannah
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Check out my Sunday City Talk column for more on Oliva Restaurant & Bar, now open at 10 Whitaker Street. In the column, I talk a bit about my first dinner there — grilled octopus. Here it is, via Instagram:
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If Ben Bernanke gave a commencement speech…

By bill dawers On May 18, 2013 · in Economics
Actually, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke did give a commencement address at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Economic Prospects for the Long Run. Not surprisingly, it’s a really interesting talk. Here are his final two paragraphs, with emphasis added: Finally, pessimists may be paying too little attention to the strength of [...]
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Momentum building for Gregg Allman biopic by “CBGB” filmmakers

By bill dawers On May 18, 2013 · in Arts & Culture
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From The Hollywood Reporter’s Cannes: Gregg Allman’s Autobiography to Become a Movie: Open Road Films and Unclaimed Freight Productions’ Randall Miller and Jody Savin are partnering to bring My Cross To Bear, Gregg Allman’s autobiography to the screen. Miller and Savin produced CBGB, about the famous New York City rock ‘n’ roll club, which [...]
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Urban opossums in Savannah — better get used to them

By bill dawers On May 18, 2013 · in Living Savannah
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About every six months to a year, an opossum will show up in my yard. And it won’t leave. My house is pretty much surrounded by pavement, parking lots, and churches and commercial establishments with minimal tree cover. My yard, on the other hand, has lots of mature trees and thick ivy in lieu of [...]
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New owners taking over Papillote on Savannah’s Broughton Street

By bill dawers On May 17, 2013 · in Arts & Culture, Living Savannah
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From a City Talk column in 2009, French food to go on Broughton Street: On my first anonymous trip, I tried a tartine ($7.99), which is defined as a “French open-faced sandwich.” The relatively thinly sliced bread was covered with an unusual combination that included duck confit, pecans and caramelized onions. The rich [...]
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Private Savannah screening of “CBGB” gets a good reaction

By bill dawers On May 17, 2013 · in Arts & Culture, Living Savannah
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Well, I wasn’t invited — no reason I should have been — but there was a private screening of the upcoming movie CBGB last night in the 250-seat theater at the SCAD Museum of Art. I gather that the invited guests did not even fill the theater. A friend who attended wasn’t even quite sure [...]
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