The Savannah Arts Academy celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Junk 2 Funk Fashion Show in high style this past weekend. Using the them Let Them Eat Cake, students displayed a variety of fantastic creations using various recycled and repurposed…
In April, I posted photos from the Art Rise’s inaugural Art March Parade in Thomas Square, so I decided to check out the fun last weekend at the Waters Avenue Art March Parade. There was a nice turnout, but it…
Savannah’s first art parade (presumably?) — a DIY affair supported by a host of community and neighborhood organizations — meandered through the Starland district on Saturday before ending in a huge block party in the vacant lot along DeSoto Avenue.…
If you want to feel good about the state of public education in Savannah, you should take a look at the programs at the Savannah Arts Academy. The interior of the building looks a lot like a high school I…
A couple of years ago, Kevin Klinkenberg, who currently heads the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority, authored an excellent book about the myriad benefits of a day-to-day lifestyle that relies on walking: Why I Walk: Taking a Step in the…
Roberto “Rob” Hernandez was named this morning as the pick for Savannah’s new City Manager. Savannah City Council will vote on his selection at an upcoming meeting, and there are surely some contract details yet to be finalized. There will…
I’ve lived for 20 years in historic Thomas Square in a house that dates to the 1870s, and in that time the neighborhood has changed in many ways — mostly good ways. My house has only a narrow front porch…
My City Talk column today is about Sunday evening’s Black Lives Matter vigil and march. Check it out. For what it’s worth, and at the risk of oversimplifying some complex issues, I think a lot of the tension over the…
We’ve all struggled in our own ways to make sense of the Orlando tragedy, and I’m sorry how much those struggles have led to division and argument. If you haven’t looked at the living faces of the 49 who were…
If you’re interested in issues related to neighborhood revitalization and concerned about some of the downsides of gentrification, you should read the recent Politico piece by Colin Woodard about Cincinnati’s 362-acre Over-the-Rhine neighborhood: How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation’s Most Dangerous…
Hillary Clinton led Barack Obama in dozens of polls of Democratic primary voters from late 2006 into early 2008. According to this huge list at RealClearPolitics, Obama didn’t once break 40 percent in any major polls until the end of…
There has definitely been some creative tension in recent years in Savannah’s fashion scene. Both Savannah Fashion Week and Fashion’s Night Out have gone on hiatus (I guess that’s the right word?), but it seems like the number of Savannah-based…
The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home recently threw another big party for the Savannah-born author’s birthday. The street fair and homemade parade are a few years old now, and this was the biggest turnout yet. Seriously, chicken shit bingo, The Sweet…
I don’t know if I really ought to try this or not, but I’m going to be live blogging off and on all evening. I will be at home listening to some music, hopefully editing some photos, and following the…
