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EDITORS' PICKS

MOJA ARTS FESTIVAL
Friday, Oct 01, 2021
“THE HIVE”
Friday, Oct 01, 2021
MOJA ARTS FESTIVAL
Friday, Oct 01, 2021
BOONE HALL FRIGHT NIGHTS
Friday, Oct 01, 2021
Dance & Theater
September 24
A TRIUMPHANT RETURN
After a year hiatus, the Charleston Symphony returns performing musical selections based upon the theme of joy,...
Dance & Theater
September 24
KENNY G
Experience one of the best-selling jazz musicians of all time at the Charleston Music Hall. Known for his sultry and...
Outdoors
September 25
COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN
Charleston’s favorite race returns for the 44th year over the Ravenel Bridge. Normally held in April, the Bridge Run, a...
Dance & Theater
September 25
HIGH TIDE MUSIC FESTIVAL
This new immersive music festival presents a lineup of local musicians, rappers, and DJs at Riverfront Park in North...
Dance & Theater
September 25
JEFF ALLEN: THE AMERICA I GREW UP IN TOUR
With rapid-fire humor centered on family and marriage, Jeff Allen’s comedy has something for all ages to appreciate....
Charitable Events
September 27
LIVE, LAF, LOVE GOLF TOURNAMENT
Enjoy a round of golf at the scenic Daniel Island Club while supporting the Lowcountry Autism Foundation (LAF), an...
Dance & Theater
September 28
OVATION CONCERT SERIES
Chamber Music Charleston continues its mission to present exceptional music across the city with its new ovation series...
Dance & Theater
September 29
THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY
PURE Theatre begins its 19th season with a South Carolina premiere of a detective‘s look into the disappearance of...

ARTS & EVENTS


September 2021
With New Muse Concerts, violinist Lydia Chernicoff aims to make classical music more accessible
Why she thinks Charleston’s art scene is flourishing

September 2021
A Short History of Charleston: The newly expanded edition examines the decades from Mayor Riley’s election to the Emanuel AME church shootings
Attorney and author Robert Rosen stresses the city’s contradictions

August 2021
See the finalists of our 8th Annual Images of Charleston Photo Contest
And help select the Readers’ Choice Award winner!

August 2021
Get an insider’s look at Charleston society through author Gervais Hagerty’s debut novel
With In Polite Company, she joins the coterie of local women novelists writing beach-worthy reads

August 2021
A Cut Above: Illustrator Sam Sidney attracts a strong following with her colorful felt creations
Find out how her pandemic project led to hundreds of commissions

July 2021
Learn about the legacy of artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Exhibitions of her work are spread from the Gibbes Museum of Art to Middleton Place and the Edmondston-Alston House

July 2021
Author David Rogers’s work of devotion documents the city’s oldest neighborhoods and buildings
It’s part comprehensive reference guide and part coffee-table book

June 2021
Black mermaids and goddesses tell empowering stories on Cookie Washington’s quilts
See her latest work at the African American Fiber Arts exhibit at North Charleston City Hall

June 2021
Charleston Music Hall’s Charles Carmody on the joy of live music and anticipating a full house later this summer
Learn about the successful Around the Bend outdoor concert series and what’s to come

June 2021
Lowcountry author Mary Alice Monroe explores family dynamics in her latest summer release that feels written in real time
The Summer of Lost and Found revists the Rutledge family during a pandemic

May 2021
The 45th season of Spoleto Festival USA will be Nigel Redden’s grand finale as general director, and a curtain call like no other
Learn about the impact he’s made on the arts in Charleston, and around the world

May 2021
Glimpse the minds of four local artists via personal tours of their studios that are as intriguing as they are revealing
Visit the creative spaces of sculptor Herb Parker, painter Rhett Thurman, graphic designer Gil Shuler, and batik and...

May 2021
A Fitting Tribute to beloved late author Dorothea Benton Frank, just in time for beach reading
Fellow writers Mary Alice Monroe, Patti Callahan, and Marjory Wentwoth contributed

May 2021
How photographer Jack Alterman captures Charleston’s people and places in a surprising light
The photographer's latest book juxtaposes images from his 40-year career

March 2021
How artist Whitney Stoddard uses tea-stained paper to create a vintage yet modern look
Learn why she uses bold but minimal brushstrokes

March 2021
Country singer-songwriter Lauren Hall’s upcoming EP could propel her to stardom
Find out how the Charleston native's sound came to life

February 2021
Why painter Mark Horton had his heads in the clouds
The SEWE artist is always looking for silver linings

January 2021
The virtual Black Ink book festival aims to promote diverse authors and expand its audience
Best-selling author Kwame Mbalia headlines

January 2021
Charleston native Eden Royce explores her Gullah-Geechee roots in her first middle grade novel
Root Magic debuts this month

January 2021
Contemporary painter Cory Hyatt Hines reflects on transforming herself and her art
Find out how she's rediscovering her passion and her goals for 2021

December 2020
Gil Shuler’s new book, Barn Jam Posters, captures the spirit of Awendaw Green’s beloved concert series
A graphic design ode to imagination

December 2020
The whimsical world of painter Nathan Durfee feels as familiar as it does exotic
Love for community is a major theme in his most recent work

November 2020
Learn to Survive with singer-songwriter Michael Flynn's latest album
The Slow Runner front man recently released his third solo album

November 2020
Watercolorist Andrea Hazel calls viewers to remember and appreciate her childhood neighborhood
Her series “How It Was—Charleston in 1963” depicts homes and streetscapes that were demolished to make way for the...

October 2020
Think You Know Charleston? Take our local landmarks pop quiz
Identify these 40 Lowcountry locales for a chance to win a Charleston Magazine Club membership

October 2020
With Her New Anthology, Cinelle Barnes Aims to Help People of Color Feel More Welcome in the South
She asked 21 writers to share how they define their sense of place

October 2020
Peek Behind the Scenes with Horror Animator Trent Shy, if You Dare
Find out why millions of viewers are scared silly by his gory YouTube videos

September 2020
Finding Merlin's Twin Sister
Local Author Signe Pike resureects Languoreth in her Lost Queen trilogy

September 2020
A new twist on the sweetgrass tradition
See artist Antwon Ford's “Grass in Motion” sculptures this month at the Gibbes

August 2020
Meet the Wild, Weird, & Wonderful Mr. Sloan
For the past quarter-century, the Halsey director and chief curator has taken chances, championing the odd and...

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