As I write this, the Savannah Music Festival’s Kickstarter campaign to raise $25,000 for its Swing Central Jazz educational efforts has been a success. 171 backers have so far pledged $25,058, but I’m sure the SMF would love to see…
Category: Living Savannah
The new Savannah Dance Festival and thinking big
I’m incredibly excited about the Savannah Dance Festival planned for October 2012. My entire column today is devoted to it. SDF board president Pat Alley, as I note in the column, is a daughter of the late great Emma Kelly…
CSPAN videos explore Savannah history and literature, including Flannery O’Connor
CSPAN’s Local Content Vehicle (LCV) came to Savannah recently for a weekend of literary and historical pursuits. I recently turned over the reins of the presidency of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home and am proud of some of the press…
Savannah metro area unemployment up slightly in May
The dark picture for employment has been a running theme of my writing for a while now. So regular readers will not be surprised that the Savannah metro area’s not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for May was slightly higher than April (which…
Herzog’s “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” screens Sunday in Savannah
Back in college, I was sort of a Werner Herzog groupie. I’m pretty sure the first Herzog movie that I saw was 1972’s Aguirre: The Wrath of God, but in pretty short order — in part because of a class…
Savannah Music Festival fundraising for Swing Central Jazz nears goal
I love the transparency of fundraising efforts through Kickstarter. The website lists donors’ names immediately and keeps a running total of the amounts raised. No pledges are final until the entire campaign goal is met. Kickstarter takes a 5% commission…
In race to dredging, Charleston leaves the starting gate
The Charleston Post and Courier is reporting this morning that efforts are finally underway to look at dredging the Port of Charleston to accommodate the post-Panamax ships so that they won’t be reliant on the tides: “Port, Army Corps to…
Savannah Jazz Festival – Various Venues – 09/18 to 9/25
The 8-day 2011 Savannah Jazz Festival lineup has been announced, but I’m still waiting for final details re locations, times, etc. This info so far has not appeared on the Savannah Jazz Festival website — I’ll obviously double check everything…
Recent changes to this blog
I’ve made a number of changes to the blog recently. Less than two weeks ago, I added a calendar for live music: 912 Music Calendar. That has its own page and is accessible through the menus like the one at…
Life expectancy still increasing in Savannah area, but dropping behind national trends
A couple of days ago, I posted about new data regarding life expectancy: here and here. Today’s post covers only the Savannah metro area. For all of this local data, I’ll put the equivalent national number in parentheses. For men…
A deeper look at housing inventory in various Savannah neighborhoods
In my column this past Tuesday in the Savannah Morning News, I raised a few questions about the current inventory of houses on the market. We have about a year’s worth of single-family homes listed for sale in the Savannah…
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor, to speak at Savannah conference
WTOC in Savannah is reporting tonight that there is an upcoming conference on the family at St. Philip Monumental AME Church. WTOC quotes the pastor: “After reviewing data that focused on the number of low-birth weight babies born in the…
4 minute video captures essence of Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy’s 33rd Annual Covered Dish Supper
As of this month, Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy has one video on YouTube and it’s a pretty darn good one. The organization, which pairs citizens diagnosed with developmental disabilities with other citizens in the community who can provide various means of…
Savannah area gas prices down 35 cents a gallon from recent peak
Since we see the price of gas more than the price of anything else, it’s easy to get caught up in very small changes, especially when the price is going up and up and up. According to GasBuddy.com, Savannah area…