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Chamber Music Charleston’s Sandra Nikolajevs marks the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary with a trip to Carnegie Hall

Through MUSC’s pet therapy program, pups Maddie and Bristol, with “mom” Kathy Sykes, bring happiness to hospitalized...

A Big Apple transplant reflects on the luxury of small-city living in her new Southern home

Rarely viewed and never-before-seen works by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, aka “Cousin Alice,” will be reunited at...

A young family trades the bustle of Manhattan for a custom oceanfront oasis on the Isle of Palms

The Sewee tribe of Native Americans was first to live along this waterway’s shores and gave it the name “Shemee” (...

Discover a cool, locally designed line of cotton clothing

Right now, tassels are bringing color, texture, and movement to everything from dresses to sandals to handbags, but we’...

On the night of February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley slipped out of Breach Inlet and headed for...

Projekt CHARME fosters connections between Charleston and the German town of Haldensleben

Tina Hirsig creates space for her own artistic practice despite a hectic schedule as wife, mom, and teacher

The Travelin’ Kine releases its debut album

Through its hands-on approach to media arts education, Yo Art! is molding local students into budding fashion designers...

Looking back at early Lowcountry hurricanes

Books I wish I’d written, and how Pat Conroy got there first

The Charleston Museum’s 19th-century curator, Gabriel E. Manigault, masterfully prepared dozens of skeletons now on...

A longtime resident ponders the natural blessings bestowed upon us

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How Shem Creek fares in Mount Pleasant’s current population and development boom is a microcosm of growing pains...

“They say we’re a dying breed,” says fourth-generation shrimper Franklin Rector. “That’s nowhere near true. Every year...

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