Charleston Currents – 2021

Archive for April, 2021

CALENDAR: Dill Sanctuary offers Birding Day April 24

Staff reports | You can enjoy the spring influx of birds to the area starting at 8:30 a.m. April 24 at the Charleston Museum’s Dill Sanctuary, a 580-acre wild preserve located along the Stono River on James Island that is home to a wide array of birdlife. A six-acre wildlife pond with three nesting islands attracts numerous wading birds, including threatened wood storks, while maintained fields, surrounded by woodland, provide habitat for songbirds, wild turkeys and raptors.

by Charleston Currents · 04/19/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

NEW for 4/19: Maritime forest at polls; Thank a teacher; New bridge

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Maritime forest looms large in Sullivan’s Island election
COMMENTARY, Brack: Now is the time to thank a South Carolina teacher
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
NEWS BRIEFS: Feedback sought on Ashley River bike/pedestrian bridge
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not the Citadel
CALENDAR: Dill Sanctuary offers Birding Day April 24

by Andy Brack · 04/19/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Group plans to plant 3.3 million trees on Earth Day

By Skyler Baldwin | PowerPlantSC is prepping for what may be a record-setting loblolly pine tree planting event across South Carolina. The group estimates more than 3.3 million trees will be planted throughout the Palmetto State on Earth Day, April 22.

Several state groups have signed on to the event, conceived and directed by global expedition leader and S.C. Floodwater Commission Chairman Tom Mullikin of Camden. PowerPlantSC will involve the Boy Scouts, 4-H Club members, Future Farmers of America, schools and other key partners in the state’s 46 counties.

State leaders including Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette will participate in the statewide effort as well. “We are not only planting and growing trees, but this is about growing our economy and growing our state,” Evette said.

by Charleston Currents · 04/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

BRACK: Redistricting delay is a public shame

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Every 10 years in spring like clockwork, the General Assembly is mired in the minutia of redrawing election lines as required by the U.S. Constitution.

Except this year because of a double-whammy that has delayed everything for months.

by Andy Brack · 04/12/2021 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views

Jazz at Lincoln Center Septet, photo by Justin Bias.

CALENDAR: Marsalis, septet to bring jazz to Gaillard April 23, 24

Staff reports | The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet will perform socially distanced shows at 7:30 p.m. April 23 and 24 at the Gaillard Auditorium under the musical direction of master trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

by Charleston Currents · 04/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

MYSTERY PHOTO: In the distance

You may know generically what is pictured in the distance, but where is it specifically and why is it significant? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Epic fail,” showed an old, seemingly abandoned church along U.S. Highway 17 in Jacksonboro, S.C. Nearby was a billboard that said “Epic fail,” which seems like what’s happened to the church.

by Charleston Currents · 04/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 4/12: Planting trees; Shame of redistricting

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Group plans to plant 3.3 million trees on Earth Day
COMMENTARY, Brack: Redistricting delay is a public shame
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: S.C. Ports Authority
FEEDBACK: Special funds being hijacked for regular responsibilities
MYSTERY PHOTO: In the distance
CALENDAR: Marsalis, septet to bring jazz to Gaillard April 23, 24

by Charleston Currents · 04/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Brookgreen Gardens offers a magnificent day trip

Staff reports | There couldn’t have been much more of a perfect day than a Sunday day trip to Brookgreen Gardens in Georgetown County. The temperature was mild. Humidity wasn’t anywhere around. And the sun shined a penetrating light on scores of statuaries and thousands of flowers that filled the attraction.

Brookgreen Gardens, known as one of the world’s finest outdoor museums of American figurative sculpture, has a stunning collection of more than 2,700 works by 425 artists.

Take a look at some photos below from the Easter visit. Brookgreen Gardens is about an hour and a half from downtown Charleston. The ticket price is affordable — $18 per adult — and good for seven days.

by Andy Brack · 04/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, Photo Essay

BRACK: Get the vaccine to promote the common good

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Getting immunized with a COVID-19 vaccine is a huge act of kindness to your community.

While being vaccinated will give one a high level of personal protection against the highly infectious disease, it also helps to dampen its spread around the state.

by Andy Brack · 04/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

MYSTERY PHOTO: Epic fail

This may be tough: Here’s an old church somewhere in the Lowcountry. Where? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Last week’s mystery, “Natural mystery,” showed a close-up of an azalea flower, which Columbia resident Jay Altman told us usually has five stamens per lobe and five lobes in a flower.

by Charleston Currents · 04/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos