(NEW) Kwanzaa Kinara Lighting: 5 pm., Dec. 26, Marion Square, Charleston. As part of the city’s holiday events, you can enjoy the lighting of the candle holder, the kinara, used in Kwanzaa celebrations across the country.
(NEW) Happy New Year, Charleston: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Dec. 31, Marion Square, Charleston. The city offers a family-oriented, non-alcoholic celebration to ring in the new year in Charleston. More info.
(NEW) Viennese New Year’s Eve: 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Dec. 31, Gaillard Center, Calhoun Street, Charleston. The Charleston Symphony Orchestra will perform Mahler, Strauss and more with acclaimed mezzo-soprano MaryAnn McCormick. Afterwards, a meal and drinks with an Austrian twist will be offered in the grand ballroom. Tickets for an hour-long concert starting at 7:30 p.m. range from $35 to $100, while costs of a two-hour dinner are $115 per person. Package prices are slightly lower. More.
(NEW) Yorktown Countdown: 9 p.m. to 1 p.m., Dec. 31, aboard the USS Yorktown, Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant. The area’s largest annual New Year’s Eve celebration will feature a thriving ball drop party with music, drinks, special appearances and entertainment. Tickets are $100 to $150. More on this website.
(NEW) Polar plunges: You’ve got two to pick from. The 3rd annual Bill Murray Look-a-Like Polar Bear Plunge will be 2 p.m., Jan. 1, on the beach in front of The Tides on Folly Beach. Registration is at noon; judging is at 1 p.m. More online here. And then there’s the longtime classic plunge at 2 p.m. Jan. 1 on Sullivan’s Island — the Dunleavy’s Pub Polar Bear Plunge, which will benefit Special Olympics this year. There’s no registration or charge to plunge, but you can buy a T-shirt. The walk to the beach starts at 1:30 p.m. More info online.
Museum Mile Month is coming. For the cost of one $25 ticket throughout January 2016, adults can enjoy visits to 11 attractions along Charleston’s Museum Mile. These include the Aiken-Rhett House Museum, Charleston Museum, Nathaniel Russell House and Museum and The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon. More: CharlestonsMuseumMile.org.
Bird walks: 8:30 a.m. to noon, every Wednesday and Saturday. This is the time of year that a great variety of migrating birds fly through the Lowcountry so what better time to take part in one of the regular early morning bird walks at Caw Caw Interpretive Center in Ravenel. Pre-registration is suggested. Cost is $10. Walks also are conducted on James Island and Folly Beach. Learn more online.
- If you have an event to list on our calendar, please send it to editor@charlestoncurrents.com for consideration. The calendar is updated weekly on Mondays.
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