Savannah being Savannah, that means some great musicians and artists pooling their talents to raise money for Cody Rexrode, who was injured by a hit-and-run driver while on his bicycle.
CUSSES, Niche headline benefit show at The Jinx
More “CBGB” comings and goings hit Twitter
drummer from the foo fighters in the house ! playing iggy pop in the cbgb’s movie ! @gilbertocruzjr twitter.com/thejinx912/sta…
— thejinx (@thejinx912) July 19, 2012
More on the opening of “The Journey to the Beloved Community” tonight at the Jepson Center
The centerpiece of those shows is Journey to the Beloved Community: Story Quilts by Beth Mount. You can read more about that show and related ones on the Telfair website and the Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy website.
Obama executive order should expedite Savannah harbor deepening
“The first 7 of the initial 43 projects that will be expedited by the Executive Order are located at five ports – the Port of Jacksonville, the Port of Miami, the Port of Savannah, the Port of New York and New Jersey, and the Port of Charleston.”
Classy Nude / Sins of Godless Men / Dude Magnets – The Sparetime – 07/23/12
Looks like a fun Monday night at a relatively new venue that I’m listing on this calendar for the first time.
Ike Stubblefield – Congress St. Social Club – 07/20/12
Ike Stubblefield will be joined by Jack Sherman (formerly of Red Hot Chili Peppers) and “Big E” Eric Moore (Voodoo Soup) in this free show.
Listening to Television
Danny Fields — an author and music industry executive important in the punk scene — called Television “the band of beauties.”
Ellis Square in Savannah: an appreciation
Why I’m voting for T-SPLOST
Desperate for safer bridges on the road to Tybee? Desperate to get out of the train-induced gridlock over on 21? Desperate to see some forward movement on Project DeRenne? You might quite literally have to wait a generation to see those projects completed without the T-SPLOST.
Another roundup of “CBGB” tweets and Facebook posts
Donal Logue, Stana Katic, Joel David Moore, and Rupert Grint in Savannah.
Savannah Dance Festival launches Kickstarter campaign for Sean Curran Company show
The headliner on Saturday, Oct. 13, will be Sean Curran Company at the Lucas Theatre. The SDF now has a Kickstarter campaign for the relatively modest sum of $7,500 to help fund that show.
Which stars are still in Savannah for “CBGB” filming?
I had the good fortune to run into Rupert Grint yesterday (Friday) in Ellis Square, as he walked with his assistant back to their hotel.