From the City of Savannah’s press release yesterday, “Savannah breaks records for film production in 2012”: Savannah set records for the number of media projects shot within the City last year, according to the recently released Savannah Film Commission 2012…
“Good Lord!” That was the not-so-subtle reaction of the man behind me when Cameron Carpenter appeared in the organ loft at Christ Church Episcopal here in Savannah on Wednesday night for the first show of the 2013 Savannah Music Festival.…
It’s hard to imagine any better way to spend an hour than listening to French cellist Vincent Segal and Malian kora master Ballake Sissoko.
Except maybe for spending an hour listening to Cedric Watson, Dirk Powell, and their band perform Cajun and Creole classics.
The two acts are sharing the stage four times as part of the Savannah Music Festival’s African Blues & Creole-Cajun Crossroads (a name that would have been more fitting if Boubacar Traore had not changed his scheduled, which brought Segal and Sissoko back to Savannah).
Earlier this afternoon, on a fairly stark 7-2 vote, Savannah City Council rejected amending ordinances to allow double decker tour buses in the Historic District. Good. Even the possibility of an ordinance change had seemed to be on the back…
A really provocative column today in the Washington Post by Kathleen Parker: Steubenville, social media and the bystander effect. From that piece: With a cellphone in every pocket, it has become second nature for most people to snap a picture…
From Video: SXSW 2013: Charles Bradley Gets the Love Bug Blues | Rolling Stone (click in lower right corner to go full screen): Wow. There are still seats available — quite a lot of seats actually — for Charles Bradley…
Congratulations to John Bennett, the new executive director of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign. From Connect Savannah: Bennett will be responsible for coordinating the Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s events, including the annual Earth Day Wheelie ride and the Midnight Garden Ride. He…
Well I’m nearing the end of my posts about the 2013 Savannah Stopover. I recapped the entire event in my glowing Unplugged column last week in Do in the Savannah Morning News, so here I’m just going to make some…
Ok, I’ll admit to being a little bit of a doubter regarding Thurston Moore’s new band Chelsea Light Moving. Not that the former Sonic Youth guitarist is old or anything, but is 54 to old for indie garage rock? I…
The Savannah Music Festival kicks off on Wednesday night. After the last two weekends — Savannah Stopover and St. Patrick’s Day — many of us are a little weary, but I’m sure that feeling will wear off when the world…
Maybe now that Nate Silver is researching and writing about topics beyond the presidential race, some of the doubters will get a sense for the FiveThirtyEight statistician’s nuanced use of numbers. Those of us who trusted Silver’s work in making…
