Perhaps this image should be this issue’s new Mystery Photo. But if you realize cold Charlestonians woke up to rare below-freezing temperatures today, it may not be too much of a stretch to figure out that area fountains are generating icicles for a change. Brrrr. Stay warm. Photo by Andy Brack
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | It’s no surprise that politicians in our state have credibility problems thanks to distant and recent scandals that continue to tar the whole Statehouse. Confidence in government, to put it mildly, ain’t all that strong.
In the 1990s, several South Carolina legislators went to jail after a Statehouse sting. A generation later despite ethics reforms, corruption allegations led to resignations of a lieutenant governor and powerful House speaker. And then December brought a 30-count corruption indictment for one House member and a felony domestic assault charge against another.
Emergency workers in Charleston and across the nation are ready to go, despite any holiday, as highlighted by this photo at a Charleston fire station. Which one is it and where? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live. Photo by Andy Brack.
If you drive around and look around in non-historic areas, you’re likely to stumble upon a mural as Charleston seems to be getting more and more of them (witness the recent fracas in Mount Pleasant over a painting on the wall outside Moe’s). A great place to find colorful murals is in an alleyway behind Avondale shops on Savannah Highway between Daniel and Nicholson streets. Not only is there thing great black-and-white painting of Bill Murray from 2015, but the chART initiative has all sorts of wall art from realistic birds to whimsical animals. You can check some of this out online on Facebook. Photo by Andy Brack.
Holiday Festival of Lights: Continues nightly through Jan. 1, James Island County Park, James Island. The 27th presentation of the annual festival features an estimated two million shimmering lights. It’s one of the top 10 holiday light shows in the nation. Underneath the Lintel: Through Dec. 23, 477 King St., Charleston. PURE Theatre will offer “Underneath the Lintel” as its holiday production in lieu of another […]
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | For U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, presence matters for “America’s away team” – the almost 900,000 sailors and Marines who comprise the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps under his leadership.
You see #presencematters in tweets and on Facebook and Instagram. You hear about it in the hundreds of talks given by Mabus as he has traveled 1.35 million miles around the world. Since 2009 when he took office, Mabus has been to more than 150 countries and all 50 states to meet the men and women serving in the Navy and Marines and help the country reconnect with their service around the world.
Where have you seen this clock, now festooned with holiday garland? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | In pictures and words in Western society, we understand justice to be blind, meted without favor to rich or poor, powerful or powerless, famous or average Joe.
“Justice for all,” we recite in the Pledge of Allegiance. The concept of equal justice is a foundation of American jurisprudence. Everyone is supposed to be treated the same in the eyes of the law if they run afoul of it.
Santa greeted this little boy after stepping off of a city fire boat on the way to the Light up the Night Parade Party offered Saturday by the Rotary Club of Charleston. Hundreds attended the party on a brisk night at the Charleston Maritime Center to watch the 35th annual Charleston Parade of Boats that featured more than 35 boats this year.
Click this link for lots of holiday events in the coming weeks, including three performances by local theater companies.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina! (2019) by editor and publisher Andy Brack offers incisive commentaries on the American South, politics, the common good and interesting South Carolina leaders. Available exclusively for Kindle for $7.99. A paperback version will be ready soon. Learn more.
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