Community Features

Listen to your Mama!

They nurture and try to guide us from the moment we’re born—whether or not we heed their advice is another story.... In honor of Mother’s Day, some notable locals share the best bits of wisdom their moms have imparted and explain how they’ve helped shape their lives

Beach Read

Author Stratton Lawrence delivers the “Edge of America’s” story through historic photos and fascinating prose

Set to Sail

Sperry Top- Sider Charleston Race Week breezes into town from April 18-21, bringing three days of competitive international racing and four nights of parties

Hot Commodity

A Walterboro couple’s Carolina Kettles are attracting clients far and wide

Kiawah Dreamin’

The winner of the HGTV Dream Home is announced this month

Hope, without a Home

Of all the superlative labels attached to Charleston—“most polite city,” “best place to live,” “top spot to visit”—the least talked about may be the only one that really matters: “most homeless.” A study conducted for the Conference of Mayors revealed that between 2010 and 2011, of 29 U.S. cities surveyed, Charleston had the greatest percentage increase of families experiencing homelessness—150 percent. The following school year (2011-2012), Charleston County School District documented 700 homeless children in its classrooms. Here, we move beyond the statistics by meeting two local families whose road to the American Dream took an unexpected detour through homelessness.

Shooting Big

A locally based film production company has crews working around the nation

It’s Always Sunny

International corporation Speedwell Weather forecasts for smart business

The Rise of Silicon Harbor

Charleston’s economic future hangs on more than dredging silt. Let’s talk silicon, software, and more cowbell

Book Marquee

YALLFest engages young adult readers on November 10

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