The last time G. Love & Special Sauce played Savannah, they headlined SCAD’s New Alumni Concert in Forsyth Park.
G. Love & Special Sauce: photos from Live Wire
New study skirts primary issues regarding East Coast port dredging
Which ports on the East Coast or in the Gulf would it be most cost-effective to deepen in anticipation of larger ships coming through the Panama Canal in 2014? What’s the best way to fund those dredging projects?
Little Beasts’ closing reception for last show on Friday
Little Beasts is closing, but the versatile gallery space will reopen under another name and under slightly different leadership in the coming weeks. The final group show — Last Beast — is a strong one, well worth a look by Savannah art lovers and collectors.
State-by-state economies show broad-based if uneven recovery continuing
There’s been some disappointing economic data flowing out in recent weeks, but it doesn’t look like we’re headed toward a recession — just more slow growth.
Highway conversion in New Haven as a model for I-16 flyover removal
I’m firmly with the urban planners who think that removal of the I-16 flyover, which would get a small share of the TSPLOST revenues, makes sense from every angle: traffic flow, economic development, the push for “complete streets”, tax revenue, residential development, and on and on. But I didn’t know of a project of similar scale in New Haven until I saw a tweet from Streetsblog this morning about it.
“The Dark Knight Rises” — new trailer
We’ve seen some of the snippets in this trailer already — including that scene with the mines exploding on the football field.
Updated Fed economic predictions guarantee another round of quantitative easing (QE3)
Today’s economic projections after the latest round of Fed meetings are, in a word, dismal. They show continued growth and continued declines in unemployment — i.e., no recession — but with a growth so slow that millions of Americans will remain un- or underemployed. Many Americans already have a tenuous hold on their standing in the middle class; millions more will fall out of it if the Fed doesn’t do more.
Freddy Rodriguez (“Six Feet Under”) joins CBGB cast
NPR intern has bought 15 CDs in her life, but has 11,000 songs in iTunes library
So music is so meaningful to her, but she won’t cough up $5 to $15 for a CD or digital download?
Washington Post examines effects of Alabama immigration law
Call me a liberal on immigration issues, but my opinions aren’t far from those of Haley Barbour, of all people.
“These Birds Walk” — trailer for a documentary portrait of contemporary Pakistan
I just wanted to share the beautiful teaser trailer for “These Birds Walk”, which is being shot, co-directed, and co-produced by my old friend Omar Mullick.
CBGB Festival lineup and schedule taking shape
While the film CBGB is shooting here in Savannah, the first ever CBGB Festival will be held at venues in New York City. The festival runs from July 5th through 8th.