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Darcy Shankland | 06/10/2012 - 12:04pm
Approaching the Cistern as the Rebirth Brass Band launched into their first song, the scene didn't look too promising. Everyone was sitting down. My hyped up group was concerned, saying “You can't listen to music like this and not...

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Ayoka Lucas | 06/08/2012 - 12:34pm
      Last night I wasn't sure if I had stepped onto a yacht in Miami or a rooftop for the Spoleto Scene Annual White Party! Luxe and sexy is the best way to describe this gathering of the Spoleto 'It' girls and...

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Darcy Shankland | 06/07/2012 - 10:54am
  Written by Stanfield Gray Photograph by Chris Strong Mercy, can she still bring it. In her 62nd year as a performer, Mavis Staples turned the Gaillard Auditorium into a revival last night, conjuring the ghosts of her father,...

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Darcy Shankland | 06/05/2012 - 4:32pm
  By Stephanie Hunt Anne Cleveland is on a mission. As director of the Charleston Library Society, she’s dusting off the antiquity mustiness and high-brow patina that may have attached itself to the “oldest cultural...

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Kinsey Gidick | 06/04/2012 - 10:46am
The magic of Spoleto, in addition to the world class performances, lectures, and exhibits, is how multicultural it is. Cedar Lake's Saturday night Spoleto Party was a perfect example as dancers from all over the world converged on the College...

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Reese Moore | 06/04/2012 - 1:03am
The press to partygoer ratio was about one-to-one at the Joy Kills Sorrow Spoleto SCENE party. Flashbulbs aplenty fired while media mavens scribbled in notebooks and the stylishly dressed crowd of socialites mugged for the camera in groups of two...

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Ayoka Lucas | 06/03/2012 - 4:04pm
  The parties continue as we reach the halfway mark during Spoleto Festival USA. Friday night delivered an Irish themed celebration for Hay Fever, a production from the Festival's popular Gate Theatre hailing from Dublin. Cocktails and...

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Darcy Shankland | 06/02/2012 - 3:30pm
  Pure joy: those little words sum up last night’s mighty performance by ukuleleist Jake Shimabakuro, both in the joy the audience experienced in witnessing a master at his craft and the musician’s own joyful exuberance which...

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Kinsey Gidick | 06/02/2012 - 9:55am
The air was dewy from the fresh rainfall, but no one seemed concerned by the added humidity at the Gaillic-themed Spoleto Hay Fever party. At 9 Limehouse, home of gracious hosts Preston and Christine Wilson, cast and crew along with patrons...

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Ayoka Lucas | 06/01/2012 - 5:02pm
  Spoleto Scene threw a festive pre-show bash for the Joy Kills Sorrow performance and the style mavens were in the house at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. I spotted a few gems from Candy Shop Vintage (Charleston's newest...

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