Free Post Is Amazon really what Savannah needs? From peeing in buckets to vicious anti-union tactics, Amazon will bring its dismal track record on working conditions to Savannah with a new 1000-job fulfillment center.
Free Post Unicorn in the herd: When the vaxxed remain the minority While most everyone in my personal circle is vaccinated, the fully vaccinated represent only about 28 percent of the population of Chatham County. It’s the very definition of “living in a bubble.”
Free Post Gordon Varnedoe: Much more than just 'Batman' Varnedoe famously took on SCAD in the struggle to establish the School of Visual Arts here in the early 1990s.
Free Post Savannah Music Festival's 'gradual reemergence' Spring Season features Wynton Marsalis, Rodney Crowell, and a host of diverse artists from an array of genres over eight days in May.
Free Post Forsyth Park changes will be a balancing act between recommendations and public input Some of the envisioned changes are minor, others are clearly more ambitious. But the proposals sometimes seem more noteworthy for what they don't propose.
Free Post The Weeping Time controversy: An explainer A proposal for a homeless shelter faces community opposition in West Savannah, near the site of the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history. We delve into the particulars of this increasingly heated debate.
Free Post Georgia on everyone's mind: From 'saving the world' to boycott over voting law in two short months Georgia, for one brief and shining moment, was the epicenter of global political change. But now there are calls to boycott the entire state due to the party-line passage of sweeping and onerous new voting legislation.
Free Post What if we gave a mass vaccination and nobody came? The way out of COVID-19 now has a lot more to do with getting needles in arms than getting masks on faces. There should have been much more of a coordinated city/county effort to publicize the GEMA mass vaccination site at Gulfstream.
Free Post When Superhorse rocked the parade: An oral history Atop imaginative and masterfully constructed Primary Art Supply floats, Savannah's guitar army entertained St. Patrick's Day Parade crowds for three years in the early 2000s.
Free Post Shenanigans or Superspreader? Plant Riverside stokes controversy with St. Patrick's festival The announcement drew the ire of Mayor Van Johnson and many citizens, but also highlighted the limits of City power over private businesses.
Free Post African American tourism to be bolstered in hotel/motel tax hike The new agreement with Visit Savannah isn't welcomed by everyone, however.
Free Post Crushing the curve: Too soon to start imagining a better future? If you believed in the science in 2020, shouldn’t you also believe in the science in 2021? And the science shows us that COVID-19 is diminishing much more rapidly than even the most optimistic scenarios would have predicted six months ago.
Free Post Public safety or criminalizing poverty? New panhandling ordinance raises concerns Perhaps most problematic is the fact that some fundraising in medians and busy intersections will in fact still be allowed – any claims about public safety to the contrary.
Free Post 'Perfect in isolation': Savannah Rep streams cabin-fever story 'Brilliant Traces' "Theatre people are the most resourceful people. Theatre has survived TV, the movies, the Black Death, everything that history could throw at it. It's just too magical to die."
Free Post The show must go on: Charlie Ellis readies SLAM art event while rebuilding his own life The event, held March 6 at the Salvation Army baseball field off Bee Road, features dozens of local artists, their work arranged on the tall fence around the field, in an all-outdoor, socially distanced art show.
