Staff reports | An estimated 12,000 runners, walkers and wheelchair participants ran over the Ravenel Bridge from Mount Pleasant to Charleston in the 44th annual Cooper River Bridge Run, an event postponed from spring by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, which traditionally attracts 40,000 entrants, this year was limited.
Staff reports | Charleston Jazz Orchestra will kick off season 14 in February 2022 with singer/saxophonist Camille Thurman, a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in New York City. Other performances will include a Marh big band show, a May tribute to Chick Corea, a September 2022 Cuban carnival and an October 2022 tribute to Miles Davis.
Here’s a brick structure sent in by a reader. What is it? Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)
Our previous Mystery Photo
In our most recent mystery, “A real mystery” we asked readers to find out the story behind a sign along Folly Road in Charleston that asked for thieves to return some stolen jewelry.
IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: RiverDogs win first minor league title in 99 years
COMMENTARY, Brack: Congress must help Lejeune toxic water victims
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
NEWS BRIEFS: Thousands take part in Saturday’s Cooper River Bridge Run
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: A brick folly?
CALENDAR: Jazz group to kick off season 14 in February
Staff reports | There’s plenty you can do to take part in highlighting the diversity and uniqueness of the Charleston LGBTQ community during Charleston Pride week starting Sept. 25, even though the annual Charleston Pride Festival on Oct. 3 was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.
Kicking off the week, Closet Case Thrift Store will host the inaugural Rainbow Market, a day-long event full of treasure hunting, tasty bites,and thrifty finds from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 25 at its store’s parking lot at 1801 Reynolds Ave. in North Charleston. Mask-wearing requested. There also will be a contest for best mask.
The event will feature more than 20 curated vendors Grease Kelly Vintage, Embellished Premium Apparel, Butter Fruit Frog Jewelry, Bitty Chip Cookies, and other community-based businesses offering clothing, accessories, records and home decor …
Staff reports | The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced Thursday that the state reached a 50 percent vaccination rate among eligible residents. S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster says the milestone was important, but there was still work to do. Some 59 percent of South Carolinians have had at least one vaccination shot.
We’ll try something different this week: a real mystery. We’ll tell you where the sign is — it’s across from South Windermere shopping center on Folly Road on a fence in The Crescent neighborhood — but we want you to tell us about the story behind the sign. If you don’t know, make it up! (NOTE: We don’t know the answer and we’re looking for help in learning the truth about the jewelry theft. If you make up your answer, please let us know that it’s fiction. Have fun.) Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our most recent past mystery, “Graffiti” showed boxcar art in the S.C. Port Authority rail yard along East Bay Street in Charleston near Cooper Street.
Staff reports | As scorching summer temps cool and fall creeps in, it’s time for many favorite farmers markets in the area to pack it in until next spring. Luckily, there are still a few more weeks to get your farmers-market fix — and even some markets that say open year-round. We’ve rounded up the closing dates of local farmers markets, organized by month:
In this issue:
FOCUS: Pride Week offers plenty of events to celebrate diversity
COMMENTARY, Brack: Murdaugh case’s twists, turns in national spotlight
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
NEWS BRIEFS: State sets pandemic milestones on vaccinations, deaths
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: A real mystery
CALENDAR: Few weeks left to get your farmers market fix
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