City of Savannah Announces Ebb & Flow Project

The City of Savannah unveiled its most recent community documentary Ebb and Flow: Live and Community in Eastern Savannah, at a book signing reception on Thursday, May 19, 2011. The reception took place at the Telfair Museum's Jepson Center. A combination of research, resident recollections, and historic images the Ebb & Flow documentary project spurs public appreciation of the people and places that uniquely shaped Savannah.

Ebb and Flow is the result of a city-sponsored documentation initiative. It is the City of Savannah's recent documentary that provides a glimpse of several historic neighborhoods throughout Savannah.

An exciting free program series is occurring in conjunction with Ebb and Flow. The program series is the result of the community collaboration of the Telfair Museums, All Walks of Life, and the City of Savannah.

• The Telfair’s Lewis Gallery has an eponymous exhibition of images and documents that are selected from the Ebb and Flow book. The exhibition dates are May 7th through July 17th.

• Dr. Charles J. Elmore moderating a panel discussion entitled, Great Expectations: Baby Boomers in Eastern Savannah on May 26, 2011, 6 pm at the Jepson Center.  
  

• Ebb and Flow: Life in Eastern Savannah Documentary Jepson Center, 207 W. York Street (in the Neises Auditorium) 6 pm, Thursday, June 2nd

• The Ebb and Flow exhibition, July 17, 2011, at the Jepson Center, will incorporate historic images and ephemera.