Free Post SMF: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder push each other to greater heights 'We pretty much all play different every night,' says the country/bluegrass legend.
Free Post Orthodox brings the breakdowns and big pants to AURA Fest We spoke with Adam Easterling, vocalist with the Nashville-based straight edge metalcore phenomenon.
Free Post MPC Wrap-up, Feb. 6: Sey Hey owners seek second bar next door A neighbor opposing the project said it was an expansion of Sey Hey in everything but name and should be regulated as such.
Free Post 'Disastrous bill' in GA legislature would overcrowd jails and criminalize bail funds, critics say At our local level, Deep Center's Coco Guthrie-Papy says 'this will result in more overcrowding of the jail. It’s essentially dumping all societal problems into our jails.'
Free Post 'Midnight' at 30: My look at The Book from the time and place it was written The first thing to know – and I’m not making this up – is that my mom was John Berendt’s travel agent, while he was researching and writing what would become Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I shit you not.
Free Post 'The Orchestra Chuck Built': Inner City Youth Orchestra of LA is focus of documentary There are no auditions and no fees to join ICYOLA, and the group isn’t a subsidiary program of a school or university. Yet the music they make is amazing, and they routinely play for large audiences at major venues throughout L.A.
Free Post Chatham County Commission Wrap-up, Jan. 5: Managing the 'economic tsunami' headed our way 'All the problems we face now come from the Westside leading in. If they can’t get into Savannah to start with, then Savannah’s doomed,' Commissioner Kicklighter said.
Free Post Newbie's Guide to Savannah: How to pronounce local names If I hear another tourist call it “BROW-ton” Street I might throw my to-go cup at them (not really).
Free Post Rachael Flora 2023 In Review: The year that was The top news/arts/culture stories of the year
Free Post Public art or marketing sign? Visit Savannah's 'SAV' sculpture for City Market is denied The proposal states that one intention of the sculpture would be to attract photography, but a public commenter opined that it is 'an ugly and desperate attempt for an Instagram photo-op.'
Free Post Editor's Note: Meet the new bosses—same as the old bosses A look at the "new" Savannah City Council, after a remarkably low-turnout, low-interest election.
Free Post Savannah Music Festival 2024: An early look at the highlights While some old favorites are returning, the 2024 Festival marks a renewed push to bring more first-time artists to Savannah, especially international ones.
Free Post 'Mind-numbingly ambitious' show celebrates music of The Traveling Wilburys with unprecedented cast of local all-stars The goal of the Thanksgiving Eve show is not only to highlight the diversity and range of Savannah’s musicians, but to try and create the feel of The Traveling Wilburys planned world tour – which poignantly never took place.
Free Post Out of tragedy, hope: Mountainfilm doc explores legacy of late North Face founder Doug Tompkins The conservation effort in Chile catapulted out of Doug Tompkins' dream, says Lorenzo Alvarez, who was with Tompkins the day he died in a tragic kayaking accident.
Free Post MPC Wrap-up, Oct. 17: Controversy over Gould Cottage/Hull Park proposal 'That school was open 180 days a year. This will be a 25-unit apartment complex open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with one to two residents per apartment…. It will be disruptive to the neighborhood.'