One for the Books
Charleston Friends of the Library to open temporary West Ashley branch at Citadel Mall by Elise Lusk | Contributing Writer Charleston Friends of the Library is bringing its mission to empower literacy and learning to a new, temporary branch in West Ashley. The...
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Art Matters — A Conversation with Gale Ray
Artist actively painting, retired weaver and faux finish painter Describe your work I capture passages and pathways, both manmade and in nature by painting landscapes and sculpting and making paintings of shells. Current project Making pottery based on shells that I...
Nostalgia Wave Hits West Ashley
NeoPop art show featuring works by Patrick Prickett and T.M. Showers is an homage to the TV, toys, and tech from their youth by Lorne Chambers | Editor When local artist Patrick Prickett first saw the work of fellow painter T.M. Showers he knew they were kindred...
Art Matters — Catherine Lamkin
Describe your art: Pictorial. Portraits, that tell stories of the African Diaspora. My people, my life, and how the world touches me. The joy in our lives, and the injustices, what would I see through the magnifying glass of my sewing needle. What makes your work...
The Harmony in Hominy
Brukes Coffee & Music brings passion for music to your neighborhood coffee shop by Lorne Chambers | Editor It’s two days before Christmas and as people are zooming all over West Ashley getting last minute gifts and holiday preparations, Brukes Coffee & Music...
Art Matters — Christopher Murphy
Describe your art: It is an exploration of movement, composition, color, and text. It is a process of discovery never knowing when it will end. It is abstract. Biggest challenge: Some people are turned off by non-representational art. I work in a frame show, too. My...
West Ashley, a Hidden Gem(stone)
Gemstone Prayer Center — Locust Grove will remain at Citadel Mall as HBO renews Rightous Gemstones for for second season by Bill Davis | News Editor It’s hard to drive around West Ashley and not see something that has appeared on the first season of HBO’s The...
A ‘Spectacular’ Holiday Variety Show
A Charleston Holiday favorite returns for its sixth year from Staff Reports The sixth annual production of the Cultural Arts Center Charleston’s (formerly Charleston Performing Arts Center) Holiday Spectacular will be held at the new CACC’s brand new West Ashley home...
Art Matters — James Richardson
Graffiti Artist — made the ChART sign in Alycia Alley Describe your art: Graffiti on walls, large canvases, or miniature murals on paper. Graffiti like abstracts. I like shapes and colors. Were you an Artsy Kid: Yes, I liked making something out of nothing with my...
Laughing Outside the Box
All-female comedy show eXcess boXes at Tin Roof on Nov. 17 by Lorne Chambers | Editor This month Tin Roof in West Ashley will stage a variety show written and produced entirely by talented local woman comics. On Sunday, Nov. 17, sandwiched in between brunch and...
Art Matters
Charlotte Fraser Describe your work: I am a representational artist. I use watercolor and acrylic to paint portraits, pets, people, and places. As an artsy person, people expect you can: Write trivia answers in fancy script, make a poster, be a wedding photographer....
