Archive for August, 2018

MYSTERY PHOTO:  Look familiar?

MYSTERY PHOTO:  Look familiar?

This image should look familiar, but what is it?  Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo
The Aug. 13 mystery was the gazebo, or bandstand, built in Charleston’s Hampton Park  for the S.C. Inter-State and West Indian Exposition of 1901-02.

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8/20, full issue: Good breakfasts; Joshie the Giraffe; North Charleston library

8/20, full issue: Good breakfasts; Joshie the Giraffe; North Charleston library

IN THIS ISSUE:
FOCUS: Start the day with a great breakfast
COMMENTARY, Brack:  Go the extra mile, do the extra work and exceed expectations
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
GOOD NEWS:  Plans to be unveiled for new North Charleston library
WHAT WE LOVE: Floating and fishing on the Edisto
FEEDBACK: Readers respond to column on Dick Riley
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Look familiar
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: The lettered olive
CALENDAR, Aug. 20+:  ACLU to have back-to-back events

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FOCUS: 5th annual S.C. Reggae Jerk and Wine Festival is Aug. 26

FOCUS: 5th annual S.C. Reggae Jerk and Wine Festival is Aug. 26

By Herb Frazier, contributor  |  Celebrate Jamaica as you wine and dine at this charity event, the 5th Annual SC Reggae Jerk Wine Festival from noon to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26, at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.

Sample the succulent taste of Jamaican jerk paired with wines while enjoying Reggae music.

Guests receive a complimentary engraved 9-ounce wine glass to commemorate the event, as well as a complimentary jerk sample paired with wine.

by · 08/13/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news
Clinton and Riley at the Aug. 6 event. Photo ©University of South Carolina

BRACK:  Dick Riley reminds us what decency in leadership is all about

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  Good old-fashioned decency in political discourse is a rarity in these times of electronic and highly-partisan discontent.

But good old-fashioned decency was on full display Aug. 6 in Columbia as the University of South Carolina commemorated the life and work of former Gov. and U.S. Secretary of Education Dick Riley during the official opening of his political collection.   Part of it is now on public exhibition in the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library and includes thousands of photographs, speeches, notes and more that give insights into Riley, a quiet lion of a leader.

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"Requiem for Mother Emanuel #7," 2016, by Leo Twiggs; batik; 30 x 24 inches. Image via Gibbes Museum of Art.

GOOD NEWS: S.C.’s Twiggs wins Gibbes’ 1858 Prize

Staff reports  |  Orangeburg artist and arts educator Leo Twiggs has won the $10,000 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, according to the Gibbes Museum of Art and its 1858 Society.  A formal announcement reportedly will be made today.

A painter born in 1934 in St. Stephen, S.C., who works with wax and batik, Twiggs is the first South Carolinian to win the prize, awarded since 2008.

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MYSTERY PHOTO:  Distinctive green roof is memorable

MYSTERY PHOTO:  Distinctive green roof is memorable

If you live in Charleston, you should know where this is.  If you don’t live in the area, the photo might tease your brain a bit.   Where is this structure and why was it erected?   Send your guess to:  editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: The Aug. 6 mystery got the neurons flowing for photo sleuths who correctly identified it as the Haig Point Lighthouse on Daufuskie Island, an eight-square mile island between Hilton Head Island and Savannah.

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Riley. Photo ©University of South Carolina

8/13, full issue: Reggae festival; Riley’s decency; Twiggs wins art prize

IN THIS ISSUE:
FOCUS: 5th annual S.C. Reggae Jerk and Wine Festival is Aug. 26
COMMENTARY, Brack:  Dick Riley reminds us what decency in leadership is all about
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
GOOD NEWS:  S.C.’s Twiggs wins Gibbes’ 1858 Prize
WHAT WE LOVE: Tell us what you live in the Lowcountry
FEEDBACK: Reader loves news he can use
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Distinctive green roof is memorable
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gov. Richard W. Riley
CALENDAR:  From a run and a show to art and wine

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FOCUS: Rooftop bars offer great views of Holy City

FOCUS: Rooftop bars offer great views of Holy City

By Gary Crossley, special to Charleston Currents  |  There has been an explosion of new rooftop bars and restaurants in Charleston in the past few years.

Here is an alphabetical list with the name, hotel/restaurant, and location of 17 current options, with more planned in the next couple of years. 

Enjoy this list and the beautiful views of the Charleston area, compliments of LovetoDineOut.com mobile app, Facebook page, and web-blog.

by · 08/06/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news
BRACK:  S.C. leaders suggest history, fiction titles for summer reading

BRACK:  S.C. leaders suggest history, fiction titles for summer reading

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  Summertime and vacation conjure images of spending time with a light novel – a “beach read” – to while away the time and recharge the brain’s batteries.

But what if someone wanted to read something a little more substantive to learn about South Carolina’s history or politics?  Or read a great novel that inspires?

At the top of the history list should be “The Palmetto State: The Making of Modern South Carolina,” a 2009 examination of modern South Carolina history by Jack Bass and Scott Poole that gives context to everything going on today.

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PALMETTO POEM: IF, THEN

PALMETTO POEM: IF, THEN

If two red-tailed hawks nest in your tree,
then call your sister and tell her to sell the Studebaker.

If one cloud breaks off and fights the current,
then name your daughter Linoleum.

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