Healing Through Music
Lakeside Harmony for Healing: Music for June Waterman to be held at Woodlands Nature Reserve by Jenny Peterson | News Editor The Woodlands Nature Reserve is a West Ashley gem—6,000 acres of unspoiled wilderness featuring lakes, blackwater swamps and forested trails...
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More Than Just Lip Service
West Ashley salon owner continues personal fight to raise money for charity with Lip Sync for Lungs Live Battle VIII: Totally ’80s by Lorne Chambers | Editor Being an entertainer has always come naturally to Geoff Richardson. Whether it’s on stage or behind his chair...
Sinatra Night at Ireland’s Own
Lounge singer Mike Milo brings the sound and spirit of Ol’ Blue Eyes to West Ashley with a special evening of food and music by Lorne Chambers | Editor There are few performers as iconic as Frank Sinatra. The late-great crooner has sold more than 150 million records...
Home on the Road
Iconic psychobilly trio Koffin Kats will be celebrating two decades on the road when they return to Tin Roof Jan. 10 from Staff Reports The groundwork for what has become the relentlessly-touring sonic assault known as The Koffin Kats was laid near Detroit, MI when...
Turning the Page
Former d.d. Pecker’s owner Derek Harris tries his hand at writing children’s books by Lorne Chambers | Editor West Ashley resident Derek Harris is a man of many talents. Once a math teacher at Porter-Gaud, he went on to become an assistant principal at the school only...
Shades of Blue
Local band Current Blue is helping to re-shape Charleston’s live music scene by Lorne Chambers | Editor When it comes to the local music scene, trying to identify what exactly Charleston’s “sound” is has always been a moving target. From the ’90s post-grunge pop...
Devil Makes One
Pete Bernhard of acclaimed Americana trio Devil Makes Three plays to play show at Tin Roof from Staff Reports The power of words isn’t lost on Pete Bernhard, the frontman and primary songwriter for longstanding Americana triumvirate The Devil Makes Three. For as much...
Ready Player One
From vintage arcade games to state-of the art iRacing simulators, Gamehaus is a welcomed addition to the West Ashley nightlife scene by Lorne Chambers | Editor Asked recently if he would be interested in opening a restaurant and bar in Mt. Pleasant, local restaurateur...
Local Laughs
Local comedian Brian T. Shirley performs at the Elks Lodge on July 22 from Staff Reports For more than a quarter of a century, entertainer Brian T Shirley has toured the USA, Canada, the Bahamas and Japan. In that time, he has performed hundreds of times as a stand-up...
West Ashley Poet, Acadia Reynolds, Wins Statewide Prize by Hailey M. Williams | Contributing Writer Charleston County School of the Arts (SOA) sophomore Acadia Reynolds recently took the stage to read her poem, “For Jadzia Stern” during the 5th Annual MUSC Septima P....
State of the Arts
A glimpse at the artsier side of West Ashley by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer As Charleston prepares for the 47th season of the annual Spoleto Festival USA, an internationally-recognized performing arts festival over 17 days from May 26-June 11, we couldn’t help but...
