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July 2015
GFM Woodworks crafts sleek seats

July 2015
Inside the shop coloring our world with luxe paints and papers

July 2015
On July 16, 2005, the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (named for the state senator who spearheaded the campaign for its...

July 2015
Heroic Charleston County Rescue Squad members volunteer their time to save Holy City lives

July 2015
A home-improvement newbie on the trials and errors of his first fixer-upper

June 2015

June 2015
Eating piles of fried seafood is a rite of summer. And while longtime favorite shacks like Bowens Island, SeeWee, and...

June 2015
“I’d go to the beach every day if I lived here!” How many times have you heard that from a visiting friend? No matter...

June 2015
Anna Hopkins’ vibrant art is on a roll

June 2015
Hearts & Plugs incubates Charleston’s next musical standouts

June 2015
Of all the stinging, biting, buzzing insects inhabiting the Lowcountry, mosquitoes may bug us most. Some 3,200 species...

June 2015
No boat or mountain house? Fake it til you make it with these tips

June 2015
A new program helps adults overcome fears and teaches them, finally, to swim

May 2015
Take a sneak peek at native son Jack Alterman’s soon-to-be-released photography book, My City Charleston (My City...

May 2015
Each Memorial Day, the Charleston Men’s Chorus honors fallen heroes with an always-sold-out Piccolo Spoleto concert

May 2015
The early 18th-century British explorer Mark Catesby called this tall, slender perennial grass the “sea-side oat,”...

May 2015
Rachel Clore capitalizes on print-on-demand web platforms

May 2015
The Preservation Society of Charleston launches an exclusive line of goods by favorite local makers

April 2015
One writer’s annual search for native spring wildflowers evokes memories of her Lowcountry upbringing and her beloved...

April 2015
The Bee Cause Project is busily installing hives (67 by spring’s end!) in schools and businesses here and beyond

April 2015

April 2015
The 13 adjoining houses making up what’s known as ”Rainbow Row” are today one of the city’s most photographed landmarks...

April 2015
St. George hosts the World Grits Festival April 10-12  

Workshop comes to King Street

April 2015
Charleston Wholesale Florist is bringing more blooms—and business—to town

March 2015
From the aerospace spector to our first-class-food-and-bev scene, busness is booming in the Holy City

March 2015
Uncovering the secret for perfect hair in Charleston

The Charleston Natural History Society transforms 40-some acres of former farmland into thriving native ecosystems

March 2015
Meet the bird you’ve seen wading in local marshes and lowlands: the American wood stork (Mycteria americana), which...

March 2015
CofC’s Natural History Museum explores marine mammals