CALENDAR: Be on the lookout for oyster roasts

Photo by Rob Byko.

With the cold sweeping in, watch out for local groups with tantalizing oyster roasts, such as:

Shucked + Sauced:  1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 25, Rose Pavilion , Hampton Park, Charleston.  Local oyster farmers, premier Charleston restaurants and barbecue pitmasters will come together for one quintessential Lowcountry afternoon as the Charleston Parks Conservancy hosts the second annual Shucked + Sauced.  Guests will enjoy wine, beer and bloody marys, plus live music under the oaks with Dallas Baker and Friends. Tickets are $95 per person and \proceeds benefit the Conservancy’s work renovating and beautifying public parks and green spaces around the City of Charleston, including the Rose Pavilion at Hampton Park. Last year’s event sold out so purchase tickets early at www.charlestonparksconservancy.org. 

Good Catch Oysterfest:  7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Feb. 21, S.C. Aquarium, Charleston.  The aquarium’s Good Catch series opens with an oyster event with Folly River Shellfish as the purveyor for a range of culinary preparers.  Tickets are $50 to $75. For more information on Good Catch Oysterfest and the aquarium’s entire After Hours series, visit scaquarium.org/afterhours

Charleston Museum’s roast: Noon to 3 p.m., Feb. 22, Dill Sanctuary, James Island.  The Charleston Museum will host its annual oyster roast and allow guests to enjoy Dill Sanctuary.  Tickets to this event are all inclusive and include two tours with Museum Archaeologists, oysters, BBQ, sides, live music with the Paul Quattlebaum Jazz Band and a cupcake and coffee or hot cocoa courtesy of The Holy City Cupcakes! And of course, one of the best Lowcountry views Charleston can offer.

Also on the calendar:

Several events on tap for Martin Luther King Day.  You still have a chance to commemorate the Martin Luther King holiday at a couple of events:

•  MLK Commemorative Concert, 5 p.m. Jan. 20, First Baptist Church of James Island (details).
• MLK Breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Jan 21, Charleston Gaillard Center (tickets).  The keynote speaker will be entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson, founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, co-founder of the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network, producer of the critically acclaimed film “The Butler,” and the first African American woman to achieve a billion-dollar net worth. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg will serve as the event’s honorary chair.  More than 700 leaders are expected.
• MLK Youth Summit, 9 a.m., Jan. 21, Charleston Gaillard Center.
• MORE INFO.  Learn more about the 2020 MLK Celebration online at ywcagc.org/mlk. 

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

• 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.

2020 Charleston Jazz Festival: Jan. 23 to Jan. 26.  Venues around town will highlight jazz during the sixth annual festival with a wide variety of talented jazz artists.  To learn more and get tickets, click here.  Among the highlights:

• Local Band Day with Offramp and the music of Pat Metheny: 6 p.m. Jan. 23, Forte Jazz Lounge, 477 King St., Charleston.
• Local Band Night with Cameron and the Saltwater Brass: 7:30 p.m., Jan. 23, Forte Jazz Lounge.
• Local Band Night with Lee Barbour’s Polyverse Art of the Modern Organ Trio, 9 p.m., Jan. 23, Forte Jazz Lounge.
• The World of Regina Carter: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, Charleston Music Hall.
• Monte Alexander Trio + Jane Monheit + Freddy Cole + Charleston Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 25, Charleston Gaillard Center.

Charleston Boat Show: Jan. 24-26, Charleston Area Convention Center, 5001 Coliseum Dr., North Charleston.  The 40th anniversary of the show will offer the best in boating to thousands who attend the three-day event. There will be more than 85 boat brands and more than 100 vendors selling marine related products and services.  The Charleston Boat Show tickets range from $5-$20. For tickets and details please visit www.TheCharlestonBoatShow.com

Charleston Food Truck Festival:  Jan. 25 to Jan. 26, Navy Yard, North Charleston.  More.

Colour of Music Festival:  Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, three Charleston locations, including the Murray Center Salon, Edmondston-Alston House and Middleton Place Pavilion.  The Color of Music Festival will showcase leading black classical artists from France, Great Britain, Colombia and the Caribbean.  Info on shows and tickets: www.colourofmusic.org

ONGOING

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.

• If you have an event to list on our calendar, please send it to feedback@charlestoncurrents.com for consideration. The calendar is updated weekly on Mondays.