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PHOTO ESSAY: Visiting a city in the south of France

Australian photojournalist Bill Hawker spent a recent week in Perpignan, France, attending Visa Pour L’Image, an international festival of photojournalism. While in the city, which is the capital of the Pyrenees-Orientals department in the south of France, he snapped this photo (above) of a woman kneeling in prayer inside the Eglise Saint Mathieu. It reflected, he said, a much quieter side to Perpignan than experienced throughout most of the week.

by Charleston Currents · 09/12/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Photo Essay, Photos

GOOD NEWS: From a show on banned books to a great season and more

Local models are featured in a new show called “Banned Books,” which opened Sept. 8 at PULP Gallery and Bookstore, 535 King St., Charleston. The show, which runs through Oct. 30, is by Kimberly Butler and features “stunning black and white photography featuring books that have been targets of censorship. Also featured: Kurt Vonnegut’s works on paper. Also in Good News: Charleston RiverDogs end great season; start of West Ashley Farmers Market; Trident Tech’s grants; and the Living Green Fest.

by Charleston Currents · 09/12/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

CALENDAR, Sept. 5+: A week full of Hairspray, food, film and turtles

Lots on tap for the coming couple of weeks including Hairspray (the musical comedy), Charleston Restaurant Week, “Liberty and Slavery” film, Turtle Trek 5K and more.

by Charleston Currents · 09/05/2016 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

FEEDBACK: Readers enjoy Hollings’ wit, colorful language

J.J. Anderson, Charleston: “I really enjoyed this article. The phrase, “You don’t know from sic’ em,” I suspect to be a shortened version of the phrase, “You don’t know sic’ em from come here,” referencing the command to a dog to get after someone or something. A command used to release a dog to attack and the “come here” portion is hopefully self-explanatory. ” Letters also from three other readers.

by Charleston Currents · 09/05/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback

REVIEW: A Head Full of Ghosts

Reviewed by Maggie Mohr: “A Head Full of Ghosts,” by Paul Tremlblay: The Barretts are a family of four who live in suburban New England. When 14-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia and resulting medical treatment is ineffective, the family turns to a local Catholic priest for help.

by Charleston Currents · 09/05/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Reviews

GOOD NEWS: Mash it up Friday with Holly Herrick

Staff reports | Food writer Holly Herrick’s new book, “Mashed: Beyond the Potato,” will get royal treatment at a three-course luncheon at noon Sept. 9, the date of the book’s launch.

As part of the Blue Bicycle Books Charleston Author Series at High Cotton (199 East Bay Street, Charleston), Herrick will discuss the book over a meal with costs $31. If you add a cost of the new book, you’ll pay $56.

by Charleston Currents · 09/05/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

PHOTO: They’re getting better … all the time

Not only are loggerhead turtles the state’s reptile, as highlighted in today’s history tidbit, but the new Zucker Family Sea Turtle Recovery center at the S.C. Aquarium will next year to serve as a living exhibit and interactive learning landscape. The exhibit will present the remarkable journey from rescue to rehabilitation to release experienced by each of the Aquarium’s turtle patients. The center will allow visitors to share in the as well as learn about issues like water quality, marine debris and plastics consumption. Learn more. (Photo provided by S.C. Aquarium.)

by Charleston Currents · 09/05/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Photos

SPOTLIGHT: LaFond Law Group. P.A.

Attorneys Catherine E. LaFond and Ashley Andrews and their competent team offer compassion and broad experience in helping clients with real estate closings, estate planning, and securing veterans’ benefits and other long-term care benefits.

by Charleston Currents · 09/02/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Underwriters

CALENDAR, Aug. 29+: Music, plays, food, turtles, more

On the calendar for Aug. 29, 2016 and beyond: Jazz Fest, Hairspray, Charleston Restaurant Week, Liberty, Turtle Trek 5K, Tuesday Brewsdays, more

by Charleston Currents · 08/29/2016 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

REVIEW: Jane Steele: A Confession

Reviewed by Lindsay Clark: “Jane Eyre meets Dexter in this darkly humorous crime novel inspired by Charlotte Bronte’s classic. Jane Steele, orphaned as a child, struggles with guilt over becoming a “murderess” several times over, beginning with the accidental death of a predatory male cousin.’

by Charleston Currents · 08/29/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Reviews