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.
We’ve seen some of the snippets in this trailer already — including that scene with the mines exploding on the football field.
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.
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.
The piece has the predictable angst about CBGB being filmed primarily in Savannah rather than in New York. That’s in keeping with a number of other articles, none of which seem fully in touch with the illusions of film . . .
We didn’t go to the point of the island at all, but we did explore some interesting streets that I’d never seen in addition to some very familiar ones.
Justin Bartha has been cast as Dead Boys’ late lead singer and guitarist Stiv Bators. Meanwhile, the actual interior of the club is on its way to Savannah — or maybe even here already.
The premise is a pretty simple one: the half dozen performers occasionally share snippets from their own lives into a mic that drops from the high ceiling, and then they launch into routines that require incredible acrobatic skills, or delicate dance skills, or a bit of musicianship and singing, or just require a keen sense of drama and timing.
In preparation for takeover by the Nola Media Group, layoffs for half the newsroom employees at the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Never dull and constantly moving forward, Patti Smith is not so impressed with the idea of the movie CBGB, in which she will be played by Mickey Sumner (Sting’s daughter). Her new album is also streaming in this post in its entirety.
Charleston’s Husk Restaurant was chosen in 2011 by Bon Appetit as the nation’s #1 new restaurant.
Keep this in mind over the next couple of months should you encounter Rickman at The Sentient Bean or Gallery Espresso while he’s in Savannah filming CBGB.
With the addition of Ashley Greene of Twilight to the CBGB cast, we also get a better sense of the script.
