Week of March 3, 2025
Mardi Gras, Greening The Fountain, Women's History Month
Happening this week
Monday, March 3
When my friends from New York visited me seven years ago, they raved about The Diplomat. I am so happy that Sixby is collaborating with James of The Diplomat to bring back some of the sandwiches from their old menu. Starting Monday!
Tuesday, March 4
Pancakes and Samba at Epiphany Episcopal Church ・6pm
Shrove Tuesday, also called Pancake Day, is the feast day before the Lent fast starts on Ash Wednesday. Come celebrate Mardi Gras with music by Samba Savannah and pancakes Epiphany Episcopal Church (3101 Waters Avenue).
Fat Tuesday at Black Rabbit ・7pm
New Orleans cocktails, King Cake, burlesque and more.
Wednesday, March 5
Dinner at The Hawthorn 5 to 8pm
Friday, March 7
Greening the Fountain @ Forsyth Park・12pm
The color is green. The annual dyeing of the water at the Forsyth Park Fountain is the kick-off of St. Patrick’s Day festivities.Dyke Book Club @ The Stacks Bookstore・6:15pm・FREE
This month’s book is Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg.
Saturday, March 8
Women’s Day Concert at Asbury Memorial Church・3pm・FREE
Join Spectra Choir for a special International Women’s Day performance.Afternoon of Literary Excellence with Tayari Jones ・2pm
Acclaimed novelist and professor Tayari Jones is speaking at The Links event at Georgia Southern.
Sunday, March 9
Second Sunday @ SCAD Museum of Art・12-5pm・FREE
Free admission for Savannah locals. Go see the new exhibit by Zanele Muholi.
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Oscar! Oscar!
Tonight is the Oscars. Next year, SCAD may be in the mix for Oscar nomination since films released in 2025 will be eligible for an Oscar in best casting. The Savannah College of Art and Design is the country’s only on-site, professionally run casting office at a college or university.
Women’s History Month
Savannah’s history is marked with amazing women who forged a path. Susie King Taylor was a nurse and a teacher. Mother Mathilda Beasley was the first African American Roman Catholic nun in Georgia. Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts. Flannery O’Connor was one of most prolific short story writers. Anna Colquitt Hunter, Lucy Barrow McIntire, Elinor Grunsfeld Adler Dillard, Nola McEvoy Roos, Jane Adair Wright, Katherine Judkins Clark and Dorothy Ripley Roebling all worked together to save The Davenport House and other historical structures in the city.
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~Nichelle