07 / 28
(all day)
Start: 07/17/2008 - 22:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 22:59
Laugh, cry and be
grateful you’re not a Magrath sister when the Little Theatre of Savannah
finishes up their season with Crimes of
the Heart, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer prize-winning play about a dysfunctional
Southern family. Runs through Aug. 3. Th-Sa 8pm, Sunday 3pm. $20 general/$15
seniors and military. 912.631.3773or littletheatreofsavannah.org.
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07 / 29
(all day)
Start: 07/17/2008 - 22:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 22:59
Laugh, cry and be
grateful you’re not a Magrath sister when the Little Theatre of Savannah
finishes up their season with Crimes of
the Heart, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer prize-winning play about a dysfunctional
Southern family. Runs through Aug. 3. Th-Sa 8pm, Sunday 3pm. $20 general/$15
seniors and military. 912.631.3773or littletheatreofsavannah.org.
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07 / 30
(all day)
Start: 07/17/2008 - 22:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 22:59
Laugh, cry and be
grateful you’re not a Magrath sister when the Little Theatre of Savannah
finishes up their season with Crimes of
the Heart, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer prize-winning play about a dysfunctional
Southern family. Runs through Aug. 3. Th-Sa 8pm, Sunday 3pm. $20 general/$15
seniors and military. 912.631.3773or littletheatreofsavannah.org.
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Ready to bring down the sky with their powerful mix of
R&B and Gullah classics, the Hallelujah
Singers return to the Lowcountry with a new show full of Roberta Flack,
Aretha Franklin and other divalicious favorites. 8pm at the
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07 / 31
End: 10:59 pm
Start: 07/17/2008 - 22:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 22:59
Laugh, cry and be
grateful you’re not a Magrath sister when the Little Theatre of Savannah
finishes up their season with Crimes of
the Heart, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer prize-winning play about a dysfunctional
Southern family. Runs through Aug. 3. Th-Sa 8pm, Sunday 3pm. $20 general/$15
seniors and military. 912.631.3773or littletheatreofsavannah.org.
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08 / 1
Start: 10:00 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in the United States, was born on this day in 1818. Mitchell was raised in a Quaker community, which was one of the few groups that felt women should have equal educational opportunities as men. She had the notable discovery that sunspots are “whirling vertical cavities” and not, as thought at the time, clouds.
Start: 10:00 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 22:59
Sales tax holiday!
Pay what’s on the price tag for clothing, school supplies, computers and
electronics in
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08 / 2
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 22:59
Sales tax holiday!
Pay what’s on the price tag for clothing, school supplies, computers and
electronics in
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Bring your buckets, shovels and mad skills to the Friends of Hunting Island Sand Sculpture
Contest, part of the nature preserve’s 75th anniversary
festivities. 10am,
Start: 10:00 pm
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” Myrna Loy would have been 103 today. She used her fame in the 1930s-40s to champion the rights of black actors and to give them dignity onscreen, rather than the stereotypes they often played at the time.
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08 / 3
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
End: 10:59 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 22:59
Sales tax holiday!
Pay what’s on the price tag for clothing, school supplies, computers and
electronics in
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Martha Stewart’s birthday is today. Bake a cake entirely out of the flour you hand-milled from your personal wheat crop and decorate it with homemade buttercream frosting and fruit from your organic orchard to celebrate.
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08 / 4
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today is the 52nd birthday of Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of eBay. Since resigning from eBay in March 2008, she is considering a run for Governor of California in 2010.
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08 / 5
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Dame Miriam Rothschild, a leading entomologist and zoologist, was born on this day in 1908. Scientifically, she was a foremost expert on fleas and was the first person to figure out the biology of how fleas jump. Socially, she campaigned for the legalization of homosexuality in the U.K. in the 1960s and was a vegetarian—she refused to wear any form of leather or fur.
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08 / 6
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
Start: 08/06/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
A girl who loves books and
saves the prince? That’s our kind
of heroine. Check out Belle in person when Main Street Youth Theater presents
the enchanting musical Beauty and the
Beast. Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Lucille Ball’s birthday is today…she clashed with CBS execs after they tried not to let her have a pregnancy storyline in her show. They finally caved, but still wouldn’t allow her to say “pregnant.” Throughout the episode, they had to refer to her as “expecting” instead.
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Grandma Moses was born 148 years ago today. She started painting in her 70s after arthritis made it difficult for her to continue her art of embroidery. She went on to become one of America’s most popular folk artists and lived to the age of 101.
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08 / 7
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
(all day)
Start: 08/06/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
A girl who loves books and
saves the prince? That’s our kind
of heroine. Check out Belle in person when Main Street Youth Theater presents
the enchanting musical Beauty and the
Beast. Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm,
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08 / 8
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
(all day)
Start: 08/06/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
A girl who loves books and
saves the prince? That’s our kind
of heroine. Check out Belle in person when Main Street Youth Theater presents
the enchanting musical Beauty and the
Beast. Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm,
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08 / 9
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
(all day)
Start: 08/06/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
A girl who loves books and
saves the prince? That’s our kind
of heroine. Check out Belle in person when Main Street Youth Theater presents
the enchanting musical Beauty and the
Beast. Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Janie Porter Barrett was born on this day in 1865. She founded the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a rehabilitation center for troubled girls which was centered on self-reliance and self-discipline. It became a model for other similar schools and was extremely successful—the majority of students found jobs and had families after leaving the facility. It became integrated in 1965 and still exists today under the name of the Barrett Learning Center.
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08 / 10
End: 10:59 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
Storytelling, calypso beats and social commentary make for
spicy theatrical gumbo in the Tony Award-winning Once on This Island, a Caribbean-inspired musical based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Presented by
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
End: 10:59 pm
Start: 08/06/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/10/2008 - 22:59
A girl who loves books and
saves the prince? That’s our kind
of heroine. Check out Belle in person when Main Street Youth Theater presents
the enchanting musical Beauty and the
Beast. Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Mary Gove Nichols was born 198 years ago, today. She traveled the country speaking about women’s health and anatomy, but was scorned by many of her time for her belief in “free love” instead of marriage, which Nichols considered to be the “annihilation of women.” She believed that health, freedom and sexual liberation were all linked was an outspoken advocate for all three.
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08 / 11
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
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08 / 12
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today would have been the 91st birthday of Gladys Bentley, a Harlem Renaissance blues singer. Openly lesbian during her early career (she dressed in tuxedos and top hats with a drag queen chorus line singing back-up and flirted with female patrons), during the McCarthy era, she put on dresses, married a man and claimed that taking female hormones had “cured” her, in order to avoid being put on trial.
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08 / 13
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Left-hander’s Day is today. Approximately 7-10% of the population is left-handed, and left-handed females are rarer than males. Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria, Eudora Welty, Greta Garbo and Ruth Bader Ginsberg are some of these unique, southpawed females.
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08 / 14
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (often known as L.E.L.), a poet, was born on this day in 1802. While her poetry has not withstood the test of time, she was respected by her contemporaries for paving the way for other female writers. Christina G. Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were just a few of her literary admirers who wrote tributes to her.
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08 / 15
(all day)
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Country chanteuse and “It” girl Taylor Swift shakes the teardrops from her guitar with special
guests Love and Theft. 8pm,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Julia Child, former assistant in the OSS’s Secret Intelligence division and celebrity chef and author, would have been 96 today. Her legendary persona and accessible recipes made her a pop culture icon.
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08 / 16
End: 10:59 pm
Start: 08/02/2008 - 22:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 22:59
The mundane becomes miraculous in Kanako Muraguchi’s
“Minutiae," an exhibitionof digital prints on fabric featuring simple objects transformed
through a variety of media. Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm. Free. Hall Street Gallery,
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Madonna turns 50 today. From “Like a Virgin” to “4 Minutes,” she manages to push the envelope on the issue of sexuality and proves to be an enormous influence to society (Kabbalah, anyone?) while putting out an endless stream of shake-your-booty tunes.
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08 / 17
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West, stage and screen actress, who pushed the social limits on female sexuality, was born on this day in 1893.
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08 / 18
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08 / 19
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Coco Chanel, the revolutionary designer who liberated women from centuries of corsets with simple, menswear inspired fashions, was born 125 years ago today. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
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08 / 20
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08 / 21
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08 / 22
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08 / 23
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Get your hands dirty with community artists at the Rediscovering and Reclaiming Arts &
Wellness Expo, sponsored by the City of
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08 / 24
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08 / 25
Start: 10:13 pm
Chew on a little community theater: Cardinal Rep presents
another wacky and entertaining installment the Peanut Butter Radio Show, vaudeville-esque collection of stories
and music that’s kinda like “A Prairie Home Companion” hyped up on sweet tea.
The Freight Station, 703D
Start: 10:40 pm
Come out and wave those rainbow flags high! Everyone’s
welcome at Savannah Pride, a
colorful, family-friendly and music-filled celebration of GLBT life. 11am-10pm,
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08 / 26
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today is Women’s Equality Day or Susan B. Anthony Day—it’s the 88th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, allowing women the right to vote.
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today is also the 73rd birthday of Geraldine Ferraro, the first and only (so far) female Vice Presidential candidate for a major political party. In 1984 Walter Mondale selected her as his running mate in the campaign against Ronald Reagan. She went on to serve as a U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Commission of Human Rights under President Clinton’s administration, and also worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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08 / 27
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