CALENDAR: Inauguration day in Charleston to be Jan. 13 

Staff reports  | Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg will be sworn in for his second term during a noon ceremony Jan. 13 at City Hall, 80 Broad St.  Also to be sworn in are six members of city council, including newly-elected members Ross Appel, Karl Brady, Marie Delcioppo and Jason Sakran, and current members Peter Shahid and Keith Waring.

Following the ceremony, there will be an inauguration free, open reception for the mayor and council members in Washington Square.  It will last until 1:45 p.m. 

Then at 6 p.m., the Cannon Street Arts Center, 134 Cannon St., will host an inauguration celebration with live music, dancing, drinks and light fare.  Tickets are $50 each. For more information, go to CharlestonTogether.org.  

Also on the calendar:

Ahead at Gaillard Center:  Enjoy something a little different (perhaps) in January at the Charleston Gaillard Center on Calhoun Street:

Bach’s Brandenburg: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 and 11.  The Charleston Symphony Orchestra will present an evening of groundbreaking and brilliant—but certainly not overwrought—baroque classics, featuring two of Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos. Tickets are $25 to $114.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra:  7:30 p.m., Jan. 14.  Led by conductor Mark Wigglesworth and featuring pianist Olga Kern, RPO will perform Dove Sunshine, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2, and Sibelius Symphony No.2. Tickets are $25 to $119.

From Russians With Love: 7:30 p.m., Jan. 23.  The Charleston Symphony Orchestra will offer an evening of Russian symphonic and popular music, including Flight of the Bumblebee, Firebird, Night on Bald Mountain, and of course, From Russia with Love. Tickets are $25 to $114.

Black America: Resilient:  Through Jan. 25, 2020, Redux Contemporary Art Center, 1056 King St., Charleston.  The center offers this solo show that highlights the work of Dontré Major, a College of Charleston art graduate whose work takes a look at Black/African Americans in the United States during different periods throughout time. Each photograph is meant to emulate the feelings individuals had during these specific times, and touch on the struggle they went through to be seen as equals.  

North Charleston art shows:  Open daily through Jan. 31, North Charleston City Gallery, Charleston Area Convention Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston.  On display are paintings by Pinopolis artist Katherine Hester in an exhibit titled Ebb and Flow and photographs by North Charleston photographer Jenion Tyson in A Bug’s Eye View: Macro Photograph in the Garden.  Admission is free.  

Lights of Magnolia: 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., through March 15, 2020, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, West Ashley.  Enjoy nine acres of Chinese lanterns, dragons and more at the venerable garden’s new evening attraction.  The lantern festival includes custom-designed installations of large-scale thematically unified lanterns, a fusion of historic Chinese cultural symbols and images that represent the flora and fauna of Magnolia. Learn more online.  Tickets are $11-$26.  On-site parking is limited, but shuttles are available.  For more information and frequently asked questions, click here.

Early morning bird walks at Caw Caw:  8:30 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday, Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel.  You can learn about habitats and birds, butterflies and other organisms in this two-hour session.  Registration is not required, but participants are to be 15 and up. $10 per person or free to Gold Pass holders.  More:  http://www.CharlestonCountyParks.com.

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