I already posted my own review of The Conspirator here. I thought it would be interesting to look at few other reviews. In The New Yorker, Anthony Lane complains a bit about the overly obvious parallels to today: “one wishes…
Category: Living Savannah
Cathy Solomons chosen interim director at Telfair Museums
Ever since Steven High rather suddenly announced that he was resigning from his post as director of the Telfair Museums (the Telfair Academy, Jepson Center for the Arts, and Owens-Thomas House) to take over the Ringling Museum of Art in…
A review: Robert Redford’s “The Conspirator”
One of the most interesting — and perhaps most perilous — artistic choices is obvious in the opening moments of The Conspirator, which will be released nationwide on April 15th. There’s a great action story that could be told here…
More thoughts on population loss in older neighborhoods, the clustering of services, and supporting existing neighborhoods
In my City Talk column last Sunday, “How public policy can fight population loss in Savannah”, I continued my ongoing discussion about some of the demographic issues evident in the 2010 census data, especially the population loss in many of…
Photos from SCAD’s International Festival 2011
Not much to this post, just some shots of the Savannah College of Art & Design’s annual International Festival, which is a great, colorful event that shuts down a block of Broughton Street one Saturday every spring. A lot of…
Population loss in older Savannah neighborhoods, gains in West Chatham
In last Tuesday’s City Talk column, I wrote about the increasing vacancy rates in Chatham County: According to the census in 2000, Chatham County had 99,863 housing units, with 9,818 vacant (about 9.8 percent). In 2010, the county had 119,323…
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: a review from the 2011 Savannah Music Festival
I was among the first ticket buyers for last night’s electric performance by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at Trustees Theater on Broughton Street, so we were seated in the front row. Well, for a minute anyway. In a rarity…
The Savannah Music Festival: watching the audience
I’m going to be making a number of posts over the next couple of weeks about the Savannah Music Festival, which begins today. I’ve got tickets for tonight’s performance of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings — I’ll be disappointed…
“Black flight” rises along with “white flight”
I’m going to be writing a lot in upcoming columns and blog posts about the recently released census data for 2010. In my City Talk column this Tuesday, I’ll have something to say about the increase in the residential vacancy…
Official trailer for “The Conspirator”
I saw this at the Savannah Film Festival a few months ago and will post a mini-review before it’s released. Enjoy: The Conspirator: Official Site: Directed by Robert Redford.
City council’s compensation offer to Small-Toney
Well we’re nearing the end of a long, long process. Maybe. Acting city manager Rochelle Small-Toney, oddly using an Atlanta-based law firm, made some pretty ambitious demands of Savannah’s city council, but the mayor and aldermen wisely offered her a…
Savannah Stopover festival photos 2011
I decided to put all my Savannah Stopover photos in this one post. If you want more of my text about the festival, you can find more than you could ever want by using the search box or browsing all…
A final take on the Savannah Stopover
[If you’re just looking for pictures, see all my Stopover photos here.] In my City Talk column today in the Savannah Morning News, “Savannah Stopover could have huge impact in future”, I tried to cover a lot of ground. I…
Savannah Stopover quick take: Murder By Death with Fake Problems and Buried Beds
[If you’re just looking for pictures, see all my Stopover photos here.] Well this was one of the best shows I’ve seen in Savannah in ages. The Jinx was already working on this booking before the Savannah Stopover was even…