Charleston Currents – 2021

Archive for June, 2021

Exploring Caw Caw park. Photo provided by CCPRC.

FOCUS: Counting on Nature promotes better understanding

Staff reports | Look around and you might find something new, just as local resident Tess Moody did three years ago.

In June 2018, Moody, a part-time staff member at the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission (CCPRC), found a new species of millipede at Caw Caw Interpretive Center, according to the agency. She took a photo of the arthropod and posted it to an online forum for entomologists for identification.

She then was contacted by Jackson Means of Virginia Tech, who believed it could be an unidentified species. They were unable to find the millipede specimen at Caw Caw again until June of 2020. This second discovery allowed the two to confirm that the millipede was indeed previously undescribed in scientific literature.

by Charleston Currents · 06/28/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

BRACK: Celebrate Carolina Day with gusto

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | All South Carolinians today should toast the courage and mettle of patriots from 245 years who vanquished the powerful British navy in the Battle of Sullivan’s Island and secured the first major colonial victory in the Revolutionary War.

by Andy Brack · 06/28/2021 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views

CALENDAR: Enjoy all of our local farmers markets

Here’s a look at a bunch of local farmers markets where you can find fresh fruit, vegetables, crafts and more. If you know of others, send us a note at: feedback@charlestoncurrents.com.

by Charleston Currents · 06/28/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

MYSTERY PHOTO: Curious bridge

A longtime loyal reader sent in this curious photo of a bridge that’s somewhere in the Lowcountry. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo: Last week’s mystery, “Take a walk in these shoes,” showed the walking feet from a bronze statue of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond located at the Statehouse complex in Columbia.

by Charleston Currents · 06/28/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 6/28: Counting nature; Carolina Day; Farmers markets

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Counting on Nature program promotes better understanding
COMMENTARY, Brack: Celebrate Carolina Day with gusto
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: South Carolina Ports Authority
NEWS BRIEFS: State ranks slightly worse on child well-being in new survey
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Curious bridge
CALENDAR: Enjoy all of our local farmers markets

by Charleston Currents · 06/28/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

Dome inside the refurbished Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, S.C.

FOCUS: Grad students revel in everything Charleston

Staff reports | Looking at Charleston through the eyes of outsiders is revealing.

During Spoleto Festival USA and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, seven graduate arts journalism students from Syracuse University wrote more than three dozen previews, reviews and stories to connect enthusiasts with the city’s bubbling art scene. Along the way, they noticed things about the Holy City. You might know some of them; others may be novel. Regardless, their observations highlight the depth and breadth of what it is to be in Charleston — for visitors and residents.

1: Charleston green. The color “Charleston Green” has a storied past, one that now makes me wonder about the history of other iconic colors. Whether the murky, dark shade came from mold on dark shutters, degrading paint or color-loving locals fighting against government-issued black paint by mixing it with yellow and blue, it has its place in the city.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 06/21/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Uncategorized

BRACK: State is awash in big spending

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | A righteous cynic might say the state of South Carolina is about to turn on a spigot of spending that would make a drunken sailor proud. But perhaps the state is finally starting to catch up on investments that it didn’t make for years in education, employee salaries and neglected infrastructure.

by Andy Brack · 06/21/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

NEWS BRIEFS: Charleston Forum to kick off 2021 series on June 22

Staff reports | The Charleston Forum will hold the first discussion of its 2021 event series on June 22, a virtual panel addressing challenges and possible improvements in public education.

According to this story in the Charleston City Paper, results from the group’s new annual survey shows overwhelming support exists for dramatic reforms to improve quality of life in Charleston’s tri-county area, according to results from a survey published by The Charleston Forum. But intense disparities between local Black and white residents show diverging outlooks on the prospect for improved race relations in the community.

by Charleston Currents · 06/21/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

MYSTERY PHOTO: Take a walk in these shoes

Take a guess about whose shoes are captured in this bronze statue, which is located in South Carolina somewhere. Who and where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo: Last week’s mystery, “Cool bridge,” was a picture sent in Summerville reader Frank Bouknight when he was floating on the Ashley River. It showed the CSX rail bridge near Drayton Hall.

by Charleston Currents · 06/21/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

CALENDAR: From Coffee with the Mayor to concerts

Coffee with the mayor: 7:30 a.m., June 23, Park Cafe, 730 Rutledge Ave., Charleston. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg will talk about local issues that matter during this informal gathering.

by Charleston Currents · 06/21/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar