Savannah Fall Events Guide
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Find all the fun this fall with Do's events guide
As the summer fades and cooler days beckon, Savannah's fall events calendar starts to get jam-packed. No need to be overwhelmed, though, as the Do team has put together a guide of some of the best upcoming arts, community, food, music and theater events you'll want to add to your calendar.
And remember, you can always find updated event listings (as well as add your own events for free) on our Big Calendar at dosavannah.com.
So what are you waiting for? Start planning now!
ARTS: Exhibits, film and more
"Monet to Matisse, Masterworks of French Impressionism": Sept. 28-Feb. 10; Jepson Center, 207 W. York St.; admission prices vary; telfair.org. This exhibit boasts significant works of art by the most dynamic artists to work in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, including Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, and Henri Matisse. From plein air landscapes to scenes of modern life in Paris, the 30 paintings featured illustrate the radical innovations launched by artists we know today as Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.
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Graveface/Psychotronic Fright Fest: 11 a.m.-midnight Sept. 29; Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St.; $20 or $50 VIP in advance at terror-vision.com, $25 at the door. This all-day horror flick fest also features special guests, memorabilia vendors, giveaways and more. VIP passes include special gift pack.
Three of the day’s six films have been announced so far: director Fred Dekker’s beloved, gloriously retro 1986 horror/sci-fi comedy “Night of the Creeps,” director Herschell Gordon Lewis’ disturbingly bizarre 1964 “hicksploitation” shocker “2000 Maniacs,” and the unjustly overlooked 1990 film “Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.”
"Contemporary Spotlight" exhibitions: Oct. 5-March 3; Jepson Center, 207 W. York St.; telfair.org; Telfair Museums presents artists creating original works that address questions and themes specific to our region, considering what it means to tell the history of a place.
Erin Johnson’s solo exhibition “Heavy Water”: This newly commissioned body of work investigates the social and political implications of South Carolina’s Savannah River Site, a U.S. nuclear weapons program facility and National Environmental Research Park. Johnson’s video and sound installation explores the relationship between SRS – a key disposition site for weapons-grade plutonium – and the free-ranging, wild dogs that live on the 310-square-mile complex.
Ken Ueno’s “Ghost Vault Triptych”: American composer, vocalist, and improvisor Ken Ueno will create his exhibit off-site at the Cluskey Embankment Stores, or “Cluskey Vaults” in Historic Downtown Savannah. Ueno will compose, direct, and inhabit two site-specific performances, “Ghost Vault Triptych,” at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 and 7. Both events take place rain or shine and are free and open to the public. There is no seating, so plan accordingly to stand or bring a portable chair.
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SCAD Savannah Film Festival: Oct. 27-Nov. 3; Downtown Historic District; ticket prices vary at filmfest.scad.edu. Get ready for eight days of cinematic excellence and join more than 50,000 film aficionados and industry insiders for screenings of documentaries, shorts, student work, animation and Hollywood’s most promising Oscar contenders.
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THEATER: Savannah troupes offer variety
Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents "Big Love": 8 p.m. Sept. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22; 3 p.m. Sept. 9, 16, 23; Kennedy Fine Arts Building, Savannah State University, 3219 College St.; $5-$25 at brownpapertickets.com. "Big Love" is a colossal, poetic work that explores the hunger for independence, the burden of tradition, and the shape and size of love.
Savannah Repertory Theatre presents “The Diary of Anne Frank”: 8 p.m. Sept. 27, 28, 29 and Oct. 4, 5, 6; 3 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 7; Savannah Repertory Theatre, 980 Industry Drive, $20-$25; savannahrep.org. In this powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with honesty, wit, and determination.
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