Cheating our children: Suspicious school test scores across the nation is definitely worth a read. From the piece: Suspicious test scores in roughly 200 school districts resemble those that entangled Atlanta in the biggest cheating scandal in American history, an…
Category: Arts & Culture
Check out the teaser trailer for “Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies”, filmed in Savannah
According to BeyondHollywood.com, Teaser Trailer for the Asylum’s Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies is Surprisingly Not Awful: Every now and then, The Asylum, the makers of fine products like the popular “mockbusters†(i.e. moderately budgeted copies, often with similar sounding titles…
“Savannah” — a lush new feature film
Click here for my Sunday City Talk column at SavannahNow, half of which is devoted to last Monday’s screening of the feature film Savannah. Here I’ll add a few details and thoughts to that column. I found producer John Cay’s…
A quick update on the feature film “Savannah”
From IMDB’s description of the upcoming feature Savannah:
‘Savannah’ tells the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic naturalist in the vein of Thoreau, a man of privilege who turned his back on a life of material comfort and a fiery romance with the love of his life to become a market hunter. […]
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New commercial for Savannah Music Festival features world class musicians Wynton Marsalis, Daniel Hope, David Finckel and Wu Han
Visit Savannah during the 2012 Savannah Music Festival! from Savannah Music Festival on Vimeo.
Wynton Marsalis: “The thing that I find most inspiring about being in Savannah is that you can get a good plate of grits.”
A quick trip through SCAD’s painting department in Alexander Hall
I’ve always thought of SCAD’s Alexander Hall, which houses the college’s painting department, as one of the most extraordinary spaces in Savannah. Last evening, Alexander hosted a student showcase as part of deFine Art. I’m glad to report that the…
Local project “Glitter + Gold” is a Kickstarter staff pick
I’ve been intending for ages to write a longer post about Kickstarter, the remarkable online crowd-source funding mechanism that has had a dramatic effect on DIY arts projects. I’ll save that longer discussion for another day, and here I’ll just…
Bar business up in Savannah in first smokefree year
There will be endless and sometimes legitimate arguments against limitations to smoking, especially indoor smoking in bars. A new ordinance to that effect was just passed for Chatham County, mirroring the ordinance enacted in the city of Savannah at the…
Mary Flannery O’Connor, age 5, teaching a chicken to walk backwards (video)
In her essay “King of the Birdsâ€, primarily about life with peacocks, O’Connor begins by talking about a bit of childhood fame.
The romance of Casablanca at the Savannah Dance Festival’s first big party and fundraiser
Click here for my November blog post about some of the developments regarding the Savannah Dance Festival, which will be held October 18th to 20th. Click here to visit the SDF website. For more background, click here to read my…
Quick preview of the 2012 Savannah Book Festival
My Tuesday City Talk column is going to be about the lower than anticipated retail sales associated with the Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, and for Do on Thursday, my Man About Town column is about Saturday’s No Control Festival.…
For the love of stories: The Unchained Tour’s simple majesty
In the final story of The Unchained Tour on Friday night, Savannah native Edgar Oliver told stories of growing up here, painting an image of himself as a child desperate to understand his real and imagined worlds. Near the end…
Why has this video been watched 417 million times?
Today’s probing piece in the NYT — 417.6 Million Bites Later … by Sarah Lyall — raises some fascinating questions about the viral video Charlie bit my finger — again!
According to the piece, it’s the most-viewed noncommercial video in YouTube history. The British family that uploaded it has made over [. . .]