Let me begin by saying that I can’t imagine the horror and sadness in Newtown over the last 24 hours or so. My heart goes out to those whose lives have been devastated by yesterday’s mass shooting.
From January 11 to 19, the evening of storytelling and music will appear in Chattanooga, Huntsville, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Memphis, Booneville, Oxford, Birmingham, Montevallo, Montgomery, and finish in Carrollton, Georgia. Click here to see further details and to purchase tickets.
Just a couple of Facebook pics of cast members at Fort Pulaski and at Leoci’s Trattoria.
Jean Anderson’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal — Southern Hospitality, Wrapped Up – WSJ.com — has a subhead that says it all: “Below the Mason-Dixon, Christmas comes in bite-size portions, baked to box and share”.
Some good news from the Twitterverse via actress Ashley Greene about CBGB, the movie about Hilly Kristal’s iconic NYC nightclub that was shot primarily in Savannah this past summer.
“Like the rest of Hawaii, I refused to believe it. All along the sunny road to town were people just coming out of church, dogs lazy in the driveways, mynas in noisy convention.”
Is it just a big pop joke? Is the goal to make a quick fortune in crazy, campy holiday gifts for folks with plenty of money to burn? I’ve read several articles about the new line, which is based on semi-erotic drawings Ono did for husband John Lennon decades ago, and I still really don’t have a clue.
I write a lot about Savannah’s retail landscape, but I’m not much of a shopper. My last batch of shirts — both casual and “work” — came from Goodwill. Last week, I needed some new shoes; I bought three pair at Payless in 15 minutes for $37.
I’d never dream of going out super-early on the Friday after Thanksgiving to buy anything, but I get it — some of those markdowns on major items can make a huge difference for many Americans.
“Franklin also understood the beauty of diversity. During his lifetime, he donated to the building fund of every church constructed in Philadelphia. When a hall was being built to accommodate visiting preachers, Franklin urged his fellow citizens to donate ‘so that even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service.’ On his deathbed, he made one of the largest donations for the first synagogue built in Philadelphia.”
The Joel David Moore-directed film starts shooting in Savannah on Monday, Nov. 26. Moore recently spent time in Savannah starring as Joey Ramone in “CBGB”.
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Back in the summer, Express spent several days here doing a fashion show and shooting still images for its holiday line. Now we have some of the video from those various shoots and productions.
Bay Street Theatre has had some stellar productions over the last couple of years, including Rent and Avenue Q (my reviews are here and here). The old show bar on the 2nd level, above Club One’s dance floor, has some limitations, but there’s a wonderful, somewhat aging intimacy to the space, with every seat close to the stage.
And things are going swimmingly, with the book at #29 on the poetry bestsellers as tracked by the Poetry Foundation.
Re: Magazine is a pretty slick product that has now published three editions. It’s produced by college students in Savannah.
