From Ku Klux Klan to protest removal of Confederate flag on July 18 at Statehouse in today’s Charleston Post & Courier: The Ku Klux Klan has been approved to hold a protest rally at the Statehouse next month against removing…
Category: Living Savannah
The New York Times spends “36 Hours in Savannah”
The NYT’s popular “36 Hours” column covers Savannah this week. I like the opening: Some of Savannah’s best-known attractions — mossy cemeteries, old mansions, ghost tours — give the misleading impression that the city is a macabre vestige of its…
Savannah vs. Charleston: CBS Sunday Morning considers role of contemporary architecture
From A tale of two cities at CBS Sunday Morning: While it’s tempting to want to put these historic cities in formaldehyde, to embalm them and shun anything modern, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley says that’s not a viable answer. “A…
With departure of Sand Gnats, Savannah should redouble efforts to preserve and update Grayson
From Columbia’s The State newspaper today, It’s official: Savannah baseball team moving to Columbia: Columbia team owner Jason Freier, whose Atlanta-based Hardball Capital operates minor league teams in three cities, announced Thursday that his group is moving the Savannah franchise…
If you’re looking for SCAD graduation concert info for 2015 in Forsyth Park . . .
SCAD’s 2015 New Alumni Concert in Forsyth Park on May 29 will feature The Wailers and Rusted Root. Click here for more info on the music blog hissing lawns. Since founding hissing lawns, I’ve been posting music content to that…
Demolition of Meldrim Row cottages will expose other problems – photos
In my City Talk column for March 29, I talk again about Meldrim Row. (Click here for a post from June 2014 with more detailed background.) It’s absurd that the homes weren’t saved on the basis of their history, but…
American Legion Post 135, Betty Bombers have returned
It was a long 10 months or whatever in the wilderness for us Legion refugees. I live about 5 very short blocks from Savannah’s American Legion Post 135 and I’m sort of a night owl and I don’t watch much…
“Brooding twilight,” “great pie,” and “a southern version of Twin Peaks”: Savannah through the eyes of Patton Oswalt, Anne Rice, and other Savannah Book Festival authors
I wasn’t able to attend any of the Savannah Book Festival this year, but I’ve been following some of the action on Twitter and Facebook. (By the way, the SBF could be a lot more active on social media when…
Is Ben Affleck finally moving ahead with adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s “Live by Night”?
Mr. Affleck, please don’t make a fool of me again. It seemed obvious a couple years ago (check out my posts from May 2013 and July 2013) that Ben Affleck was poised to direct and act in an adaptation of…
Junk 2 Funk 2015 — “Insectum” — at the Savannah Arts Academy continues a stellar tradition
The Savannah Arts Academy‘s 2015 Junk 2 Funk Fashion Show was, predictably, a rousing success. Presented by the arts magnet high school’s visual arts department, the event taps the expertise of students and faculty schoolwide and features tremendous production values.…
A few preview shots of the American Legion Post 135 before the reopening
I’ve been out of town a lot over the last nine months, so the prolonged closure of the American Legion Post 135 hasn’t hit me quite as hard as it could have. But, wow, it has sure been hard. As…
A few photos of The Grey
My City Talk column today is about The Grey. I love it. I took a few photos with my new Fujifilm x100t when a friend and I ate there last Tuesday night.
What state am I living in? In new poll, Georgians show strong support for medical marijuana, more transit funding, local flexibility on minimum wage
With the 2015 state legislative session (for which I do not have high hopes) upon us, the AJC has released a fascinating interactive poll on a variety of issues. Let me say at the outset that one could make a…
“The Interview” opens Christmas day in Savannah and Pooler
Honestly, I haven’t really followed the whole mess with The Interview very closely, but Sony’s film will be released on Christmas day in both Savannah and Pooler. Here’s the full list of Georgia theaters that will screen the film via…