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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...
A Feast for the Eyes and Tastebuds
Sweatman’s Garden is as visually dazzling as it is delicious by Lorne Chambers | Editor The highly-anticipated Sweatman’s Garden has officially opened in South Windermere and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen in West Ashley. Charleston’s first sodary and fondue lounge...
West Ashley Flashback — ShaMelLon’s Golden Anniversary
Looking back at the first 50 years of the Shaftsbury, Melrose, and Longbranch neighborhoods Flower Power was a popular peace slogan in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Over time, the ladies that formed neighborhood garden clubs may have seen the power of the flower...
West Ashley Wanderer — Say Yes to the Dress
A comfy, $25 dress on Amazon brings local women together by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer Reviewing past event pictures on my phone, I discovered to my slight embarrassment that I’d been wearing the same colorful, affordable, one piece, washable, dress from Amazon...
Make Way for the “CowFartBus”
Orange Grove Charter School goes Green(er) with school bus that runs off renewable natural gas by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer It's name may be funny, but its mission is sincere. The “CowFartBus” looks exactly like any other school bus at Orange Grove Charter...
Local Track & Field Stars Shine on the Big Stage
Four St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground athletes head to Oregon for the National Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships from Staff Reports It was another great year for the St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground track and field team. It had approximately 70 boys and girls,...
Holla at Ya’ Boy
Bok Choy Boy’s residency at Charles Towne Fermentory is a win-win-win, for chef, brewery, and customers by Lorne Chambers | Editor Charleston’s many food trucks and pop-ups are an exciting way to offer diners a different kind of cuisine every day of the week outside...
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...
Every Picture Tells a Story
As the old idiom says, they are worth a thousand words Sometimes it takes a while to learn the full story that the photograph tells, unless one is very lucky and the photographer inscribed it on the back. The lack of dates, names or details is the norm for many...
West Ashley Wanderer — For the Love of Gates
West Ashley gates are full of color and character I take a lot of photographs. I take so many that they eventually fall into categories. I have collections of tiny houses, sidewalk graffiti, murals, heart-shaped symbols, and favored trees. When I noticed there was a...
