This event takes place at Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah, Georgia. Activities include cannon firings, skirmish drills, Civil War soldier talks, and guided fort tours. The highlight of the day will be an 1862-style baseball game between members of the 48th New York and the 8th Georgia Regiments.
Call 912-786-5787 www.nps.gov/fopu
Starry Nights in downtown St Marys, Georgia
St. Marys Convention & Visitors Bureau presents the “Starry Nights†concerts in Howard Gilman Memorial Park downtown 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM on July 26th. This time Reggie’s Blues Band. Enjoy Rock and Roll, with a vocalist, drummer and two guitarists – entertaining with music from the 70’s to present.Bring friends, family, pets and maybe even a picnic for a relaxing evening. For information call 912-882-4000.
Coastal Companion Weekly Georgia 2908
Weekly show from Coastal Companion about Upcoming events in Georgia. This episode is for the week of July 14 – 20, 2008. This week’s show highlights music performances in the squares in Savannah,a turtle event at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island , and the Chair-ity auction in downtown St Marys. Find out what to see, what to do and where to go. For more information visit www.coastalcompanion.com
Joe Strummer – Film Screening – Savannah, GA
The Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah, in conjunction with local music aficionado Larry Dane-Kellogg and Sony Pictures, are proud to present a free showing of this award-winning (named Best British Documentary of 2007 by the British Independent Film Awards) feature-length look at the life and times of famed rock star Joe Strummer, front man of British punk legends The Clash.
Four years after his sudden and untimely death, Strummer’s influence reaches worldwide, perhaps more strongly than ever before. Director Temple, a close friend of Strummers, draws on their shared personal history in the punk movement (Temple directed The Sex Pistols’ infamous film THE GREAT ROCK & ROLL SWINDLE), and constructed this “biographical art movie†out of rare performance footage, home movies and animated sequences. It includes on-screen interviews with Bono, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Johnny Depp, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joe Ely, Mick Jagger, Jim Jarmusch and others. (Language Advisory).
Savannah Ranks Among Top Ten Travel Cities
Savannah was ranked No. 9 on Travel + Leisure’s list of Top Ten Cities in the Continental U.S. and Canada, according to the magazine’s 2008 World’s Best Awards readers’ recent survey.
This is the first time that Savannah has made it into the top ten in the thirteen years of the Travel + Leisure Magazine’s survey.
TOP 10 CITIES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 2008
1. New York
2. San Francisco
3. Chicago
4. Charleston, South Carolina
5. Santa Fe
6. Quebec City
7. Montreal
8. Vancouver
9. Savannah **
10. Victoria, British Columbia
The 2008 World’s Best Awards readers’ survey results (listed by overall and regional rankings) and survey methodology will be featured in the August issue of Travel + Leisure magazine, and is available on-line now at www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest.