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Spoleto

Darcy Shankland | 05/26/2012 - 2:10pm
After many phone calls and emails exchanged with the kind and enthusiastic Michael Grofsorean—longtime director of Spoleto’s jazz series—for a profile in our May 2012 issue, I was happy to finally see him in person Friday night,...

Spoleto

Darcy Shankland | 05/26/2012 - 1:25pm
Journalists don't often get to step from behind the keyboard and onto a stage to tell their stories live and in real time. Noted writer and Charleston native Jack Hitt mesmerized a sold-out audience at Emmett Robinson Theater on Friday night...

Spoleto

Darcy Shankland | 05/25/2012 - 3:12pm
  The 36th Spoleto Festival USA kicked off under sunny skies and an explosion of confetti after the bell ringers in St. Michael’s tower chimed at the corner of Broad and Meeting streets at noon downtown today. The crowd, sporting...

Spoleto

Darcy Shankland | 05/25/2012 - 2:30pm
  The dramatic sounds of drumming from performance group Taiko Charleston welcomed guests inside the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art (HICA) for one of Spoleto 2012’s first events: the opening of Motoi Yamamoto’s...

Style File

Rory Johnson | 05/22/2012 - 2:58pm
The Living Vintage event at Novel truly gave me life! Just walking through the rooms curated so flawlessly by both Angie Hranowsky (decor) and Lauren Rider Lail (fashion), aesthetically taking cues from vintage photographs sent me into a time warp...

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Gulfstream | 05/15/2012 - 2:52pm
I so look forward to stepping back into decades past this week at the “Living Vintage at Novel” event, a unique shopping experience created by two Charleston power girls Angie Hranowsky and Lauren Lail. Inspired by an iconic old...

Party Scene

Gulfstream | 05/14/2012 - 11:19pm
  Operation Home brought the bayou to North Charleston with their Big Easy-themed party on Saturday, May 12. Gimme Shelter, the second annual fundraiser for the local non-profit, took place at the old naval base. Partygoers entered to the...

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Gulfstream | 05/12/2012 - 1:22pm
Spring has returned to the Lowcountry, and with it the 6th Annual Meals on Wheels Gala, which boasted a garden theme this year. Those who entered the Omar Shine Center found the space swathed in soft shades of blue and green, with beautiful floral...

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Gulfstream | 05/11/2012 - 7:54pm
    Tinsley Mortimer swept through town with her new book Southern Charm in tow! All of the festivities celebrating the book launch took place at Hampden Clothing and was hosted by Stacy Smallwood and Leapfrog PR's Jackie...

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Gulfstream | 05/10/2012 - 8:23pm
Michael Mitchell Gallery does more than support local artists, the King Street art gallery gives back to our community as a whole through their annual series of events, Art for Charity, which benefit various local non-profits. This year’s...

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