Supporting Art in the Age of COVID
Local arts champion Susan Irish helps get Artist Support Pledge kicked off in the Carolinas, raises money for local artists by Lorne Chambers | Editor The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted every corner of our society in some way or the other over the last several...
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Red and Black…and Green
Known more for his grinding, running-based offense, former University of Georgia football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley will soon be in West Ashley, spreading his love for gardening like it was fertilizer. On Friday, Aug. 23 Dooley will be at Fiery Ron’s...
Gardens of Dreams
Every year Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and the Charleston Artist Guild will award a top prize of $3,000 to the best painting that embodies the impressionistic style of painters during the Charleston Renaissance. The nationwide contest, called Gardens of Dreams, is...
Recycle. Reduce. Reuse. Re-Trend!
Re-Trend, a nomadic clothing swap started by local fashionista Lindsey Chambers (also this newspaper’s sales manager) will be setting up shop from 5-8 p.m. this Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Tin Roof in West Ashley. “It’s a fun way to keep your closet fresh, cute, and unique...
All Shook Up
After Elvis Presley’s second appearance on the Milton Berle show in 1956, critics tore him apart for the "suggestive and vulgar" way in which he danced, particularly the slow, grinding rotations of his pelvis. New York Times writer Jack Gould even wrote that "Mr....
Jamaica's Albino Son Returns
Yellowman, or King Yellowman as his is often called, has an incredible history in Reggae music. His upbringing at the Maxfield Home orphanage in Kingston and being albino in Jamaica were two obstacles the he overcame to become one of the biggest reggae artist since...
Opening a Can of Whoop Art
Somebody call the firemen! Someone is spray-painting graffiti on the St. Andrews Fire Station! Cool your jets, Bucky. They’re supposed to be there, and they’re muralists, not vandals. Crosby Jack and JahSun, a creative duo that just returned from completing five...
From Charleston to Pluto
When West Ashley resident Jonathan Miller graduated from the College of Charleston in 1998 with a business degree, he had no idea that the business he’d be managing would depend on his hidden talent as a paper cut artist. Today, Miller is known as the talented and...
Writing A New Song
While all the rocks have been turned hundreds of times and the melodies have become inverted to a fray, music still creates the freedom, expression, and escape that makes our world continue to search for innovation. From a man who originally set out to play jazz...
Playing On Your Heart Strings
As much as most of us would like to do what we love for a living, it often doesn’t work out that way. A waitress might be a gifted author or a lawyer an excellent musician, but life, more often than not, gets in the way. That doesn’t mean that these talents are...
The Girl with the Silver Thimble
Sigrid Rothchild is what you might call a clothing anthropologist. A graduate in Art History from the College of Charleston, Rothchild enjoys applying her seamstress skills not only to the everyday alterations and adjustments that make up her day to day business, but...
