Don’t Call it A Comeback
Highfalutin show marks the triumphant return of Kevin Harrison to Charleston’s visual art scene by Lorne Chambers | editor It’s been 20 years since protesters filled the sidewalks of Broad Street in historic downtown Charleston, holding signs and picketing an art...
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Handle With Care
No one has seen them together since 1990 and they never did get around to touring, but this Saturday, Dec. 14, they’ll reunite for one epic performance at the Tin Roof … sort of. Nelson, Otis, Lefty, Charlie T., and Lucky Wilbury, otherwise known as George Harrison,...
Nothing Passes, This Too Shall Pass
On Sunday, Dec. 15, artist Sarah Boyts Yoder will unveil her latest collection of daring, mixed media pieces at Jericho Advisors in Avondale, West Ashley, during her solo gallery show “Nothing Passes, This Too Shall Pass.” Created as part of her week-long residency at...
A Stroke of Nostalgia
On its surface, Mark Beale’s award-winning painting, “Creekside Dusk,” is simply a riverbank backlit by the setting sun. And he did such a fine job of it, it recently won a major local art award. Last week Beale was awarded a $3,000 first-prize from an art contest,...
Lighting a Fire Under Holiday Tradition
The Little Match Girl is a Christmas story that isn’t often read this time of year. During a time of warmth, family and sweet indulgences, Hans Christian Andersen’s short story about a penniless child trying to sell matchsticks on the last day of the year is a...
To Hear Them Tell It
“If you put two Charlestonians in a big room full of people, somehow they are going to find each other and they will start talking about Charleston and their memories of it,” says Mary Coy, author of To Hear Them Tell It: Memories of Growing Up in Charleston. This...
When Presumption Meets Providence
For six long days in the heat of a Charleston August, West Ashley resident Cynthia Pulsifer coached nine volunteer actors and a number of crew members through the production of a film that had come to represent as much of a journey for her as it had to her main...
Doing What Must be Done
“What must be done eventually, should be done immediately” - anon. Over the past several months, West Ashley resident Skyla Campbell has spent countless hours collecting and shipping school and art supplies, toys, shirts and shoes for more than 12 non-profit...
Love, Loss, and Lingering Souls
Losing anyone in the course of life is tragic, but losing the love of your life can be as close to dying as you can get without crossing the threshold. But what if that person came back in the form of a spirit that only you could see and hear? Would you still be able...
A Look into Legend
The people who make up Charleston’s illustrious and often infamous past are not always the ones that get into history books. Take Ralph Johnson, for example, the person for whom the Veteran’s Hospital downtown is named for. Johnson was a 17-year-old African American...
The Victory Season
Author Robert Weintraub visits the Jewish Community Center this Sunday, Oct. 27 to talk about his book , The Victory Season: the End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball’s Golden Age, along with The Citadel’s associate athletic director Andy Solomon. In 1945...
