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December 2014
In fields just south of Charleston, Dr. Brian Ward is resurrecting the Carolina African runner peanut

November 2014
This month, YA fiction writer Ryan Graudin appears at YALLFest days after releasing a buzzed-about new book 

November 2014
Catching up with Holy City Beard & Moustache Society commander Paul Roof on the Follicle Brown fallout

October 2014
The Gibbes is ”on the go”

October 2014
Meet Cherie Blackburn, the 52-year-old attorney scaling crags around the country

October 2014
Colour of Music festival founder Lee Pringle works to awaken the nation to black classical music

October 2013
From inspired murals to beautiful beer bottles, Sean Williams is Holy City Brewing’s unofficial painter-in-residence  

September 2014
Karl Beckwith Smith creates murals on canvas for homes and businesses all over town

September 2014
Checking in with Park Circle Film Society cofounder Nicholai Burton before this month’s Lowcountry Shorts Festival

August 2014
PURE Theatre’s Sharon Graci preps for another season of pushing the envelope

August 2014
Marine scientist Dr. Peter Kingsley-Smith talks artificial oyster reefs, invasive shrimp, and miraculous crabs

Bette Mueller-Roemer puts decades of ceramics study to work in her vibrant raku pottery

Andy McCarthy, ruler of King of Pops’ Charleston empire, fills us in on his cool job

June 2014
Talking hip-hop with dancer, instructor, and choreographer Naquan Villega

June 2014
Top concierge Kevin McQuade makes it his mission to show visitors the essence of Charleston

May 2014
William Halsey, Jasper Johns, and Shepard Fairey: three South Carolina artists from three generations, whose insistence...

May 2014
Tiffany Reed Silverman leads an artistic renaissance as director of The Citadel’s fledging fine arts program

May 2013
Julianna Gaillard takes dance to new heights

May 2013
Artist Jarod Charzewski creates intriguing installations from modern consumer society’s castoffs

May 2013
Musician Bill Carson is dedicating his life to the next generation

May 2013
Only four years out of college, Michael Smallwood has already found the role he was born to play

May 2013
A Charleston native channels her creative energy into a genre-defying performing arts series

May 2014
Nationally lauded poet Richard Garcia celebrates his new book’s debut at Piccolo Spoleto

April 2014
Catch up with guitarist Lee Barbour, who creates surf jazz, gypsy swing, and more

April 2014
Toy inventor Dr. David Wyman takes entrepreneurship seriously    

March 2014
The latest book in a locally set young-adult series promises infectious fun

March 2014
Janine McCabe conjures theatrical characters through costume design 

March 2014
Meet Dana Stevens, the L.A. writer and producer who set sultry new legal drama Reckless here in Charleston. 

February 2014
Natural-world inspiration is at the heart of all Becca Barnet’s creations—from taxidermy to site-specific installations.

February 2014
Justina Lasley has devoted 20-plus years to helping people seek out the answers they’re sleeping through