Staff reports | You might be surprised to learn that 81,000 Charleston-area adults don’t have their GED, or General Education Diploma that equates to a high school diploma. In fact, according to the Trident Literacy Association, one in seven adults in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties can’t read this sentence.
To make a dent in illiteracy, the association is holding its first annual Adult Literacy Fair. It will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at the organization’s headquarters, 5416 Rivers Ave., North Charleston. You can register by clicking here.
The event will offer free information about getting a GED, as well as help in finding English as a Second Language classes. The first 16 people who sign up for GED classes will get a voucher to pay for one full GED exam, a $160 value.
Also available at the four-hour event: Free music, food, face-paint, a jump castle and games as well as free childcare for adults who want to explore options with community partners, which will be on hand to share social and financial assistance services so they can remain in classes.
- More info: Trident Literacy Association.
In other good news:
Guggenheim comes to Charleston. We’re excited about a three-month modern art exhibit from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York that will open at the Gibbes Museum of Art on October 22. “Realm of the Spirit” will feature 36 masterworks presented here originally in 1936 by artists such as Vasily Kandinsky, Fernand Leger, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani and more.
McCormick to return to sing. Internationally-acclaimed soprano MaryAnn McCormick returns to the Charleston Symphony Orchestra 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Gaillard Center to sing Bach cantatas for the Chamber Music Series after her stirring performance on New Year’s Eve 2015. Music Director Ken Lam will conduct the CSO Chorus in three Bach cantatas and the orchestra in Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
- For more information or to purchase tickets, please click here.
New board members. Congratulations to Carol Herzman Fishman of Charleston, Robert Seidell of Wadmalaw Island, Lenna Ruth Macdonald of Daniel Island and former College of Charleston President Leo Higdon for being named to the board of directors of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
Solar energy’s bright future. Statehouse Report senior editor Bill Davis took a look in the most recent issue of our sister publication into how a 2014 law is working. The law allows state residents to lease solar arrays and sell back extra power to the utilities. Verdict: It’s working slowly, but will pick up. Read the story.
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