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State of the Suds: How local breweries continue to evolve a decade after Charleston’s craft beer boom

Pivots include offering expanded food and cocktail options, as well as increasing wholesale production
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Fire & Flavor: Go-to grilling recipes from top local chefs

Get fired up for summer cook outs
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Before the Fourth: The Unfinished Sullivan’s Island Fort That Stopped the British Fleet in 1776, and Why It Matters

The battle turned a palmetto fort into a symbol of American resistance and inspired Carolina Day
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Review: A Way Home—Cinelle Barnes Turns Devastation into Revelation

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How Dale Watson’s Revolutionary illustrations bring historic milestones to life

Learn where you can find his work celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary
Biz - Sci - Tech
Golden Girls Outdoors Teaches Women to Captain Their Own Boats—with Confidence

How the company helps women and girls take the helm
Giving Back
Miles That Matter: Three local men take on an epic Ultramarathon to benefit at-risk boys at Windwood Farm

Wyoming’s Bighorn Trail Run takes place June 19 and 20
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Long-Forgotten Gullah Performers in Charleston’s Porgy and Bess — Inside the New Documentary

Hear a discussion of the opera and the people who inspired it during a Spoleto Festival USA presentation
Milestone
A Unifying Force: How Charleston-born Louis Gregory rose to the highest honor in the Bahá’í faith

Learn how you can visit Gregory’s home that serves as a memorial to the religious and social justice leader
Scouting Report
The Summer Edit: Seven Locally Sourced Cover-Ups for Effortless Beach-to-Bar Style

Style Q & A
Pack Like a Pro: Kenny Flowers’ Christina Haisfield Reveals Her Summer Vacation Checklist

Style Buzz
Retail Buzz: Greyson Clothiers brings its modern performance wear to King Street

Plus, Bobbi Brown’s Jones Road Beauty makes its Charleston debut
The Charleston Home
West Coast Style Meets Lowcountry Charm in a Sullivan’s Island Retreat

New & Notable
How Alex Eaton Is Evolving La Cave’s French Provincial Menu

Step into the intimate sibling to Félix Cocktails et Cuisine
15 Minutes With
Meet the Sisters Behind Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine

Learn how ’Emma Cromedy and Sameka Jenkins’s share their Gullah heritage and get their recipe for a refreshing...

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PHOTO GALLERIES



On the Town: Joy Rider
For the love of cycling—but also good food and company—Charles Fox serves up an 18th FestiVELO


On the Town: Going Batty
In honor of National Bat Week, which ends, appropriately, on Halloween, we do some myth-busting about one of Charleston’s native flying mammals, the “big brown”


A Cooler Container
This autumn, plant a striking display mixing evergreens and colorful annuals


On the Town: Grand Harvest
Chef Ken Vedrinski prepares a delectable winter squash recipe


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Bloomin’ Brilliant
Bringing the buy-local movement to the floral industry  
Community Catalyst, Thomas Hamlin
Running and raising funds for wounded vets and locals in need
Joggling Board
It just might be the most unusual—and enjoyable—of all Charleston creations. 
Paddle Power
Charleston SUP Safaris uses paddleboarding to teach students about respecting and enjoying Lowcountry waterways
Bread & Butter
Carrie Morey shares her family’s recipes in a new cookbook, Callie’s Biscuits and Southern Traditions  
Scary Good
Need decorations and dessert for your Halloween fête? These spooky treats do double duty and look as good as they taste
Art of the Brew
From inspired murals to beautiful beer bottles, Sean Williams is Holy City Brewing’s unofficial painter-in-residence  
How To Throw An Oyster Roast
Charleston entertaining style editor Mitchell Crosby—owner of event planning biz JMC Charleston—knows how to throw just...
Modern History
Local art enthusiasts Michele and Mike Seekings team up with muralist Karl Beckwith Smith to update a grand 1850s...
Elegant Harvest
Growing as shrubs and trees, pomegranates make for a beautiful and fruitful transition from summer to fall
Color Theory


The Baroness of Hobcaw


Our Town
National accolades and “Best-of” designations have stacked up for Charleston in recent years, but we’ve known all along...
The Sweet South
History takes the plate in recipes using a favorite 19th-century ingredient, sorghum
Get Growing
Sea Island Savory Herbs promotes garden-to-table dining  
A Love & Hate Affair
Power-folk singer Rachel Kate Gillon debuts her first album
Making Conversation
Herb Parker sculpts found objects and natural materials alike into works of art that inspire dialogue
Class Notes
The Charleston Academy of Music brings classical training to young students across the Lowcountry
Reality? Really?
One local writer ponders just how Southern, charming, and real Bravo’s new TV show set in Charleston could possibly be
Cuff Love


Tux redux
The women’s tuxedo has taken many forms over the decades, but we love the wearability of Jenni kayne’s 2013 riff. we...
How To Boil Peanuts
Don’t let the fact that he’s a New Jersey native fool you—Charleston Farmers Market vendor Mike Shaughnessy knows...
Sweet Smarts
Buzzing area schools.
Materials Girl
The Sustainable Warehouse rescues building materials destined for the landfill, then welcomes shoppers into the...
NYC or Bust!
A local play heads to an Off-Broadway stage
A Patriotic Society


Shades of Green
Under cover of a handful of oaks, self-taught gardener Tommy Peters creates a cool garden hideaway
Cool Mountain Adventures
Head for the hills in Western North Carolina to finish off your summer with some fun new outings - plus a few old...
August 2013
Fresh finds for late-summer shopping
Waves of Sun
Blanket your garden in Helianthus debilis for an ocean of cheery blooms
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