This week on the calendar: Free cancer screening on May 2; hotel development listening session on May 3; and Lowcountry Giving Day all day on May 3 (give early and give often!)
William Heitsman, Darlington: After reading your article on dark money, isn’t it nice to know some things do not change in American politics?
There’s at least one place in Charleston that doesn’t need to fool with all of the legislative nonsense over state Sen. Lee Bright’s transgender “bathroom bill” as is clearly labeled in this photo by editor Andy Brack. But where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
You’ve got to love this colorful, watermelon-themed bicycle parked on a street in Florence, Italy. How Italian! How uplifting!
This photo and others below are by Charleston’s Cynthia Bledsoe, who has a photographic eye we’ve long admired. When we learned she was headed to Italy recently for a vacation, we asked her to share some of her favorite travel pictures with us to give us a taste and feel of Italy. You won’t be disappointed starting with some photos from Tuscany and Umbria in the north and followed by images from the Sorrento area south of Naples. Thanks, Cynthia!
On the calendar for the week of April 25: Art in the Barn, Law Day Community Run, free skin cancer screening, Lowcountry Giving Day, more.
A novel by Charles Martin: This book looks at how different people react to tragedies in their lives, yet it is very uplifting. A man who has an unexplained tragedy in his past meets a 7-year-old girl who is living a tragedy in her life now. However, the author makes us love these characters and ultimately come to root for them.
By David Heilman, guest contributor | Once viewed as a last resort financial option advertised by aging celebrities on late-night television, reverse mortgages have long suffered from a bad reputation. Now thanks to new qualifications and needed program changes by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the “new reverse mortgage” is getting more attention from many and is seen as a viable retirement option.
These changes are beneficial to the industry and will help expand the conversation around how best to use home equity in retirement planning.
This photo might be a little tough, but if you’ve traveled around Charleston County, you might have seen it. (That’s about as much of a hint as we’ll give.) First to correctly guess the location of this Michael Kaynard photo gets a pair of ticket vouchers for box seats at a Charleston RiverDogs’ game. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Staff reports | The North Charleston Arts Fest, started 34 years ago as a half-day community celebration, kicks off nine days of free and ticketed activities on April 29 with a bevy of activities.
On the calendar for the week of April 18: Lend Me a Tenor at Footlight Players, Spring Jazz jam, Avi Jacob concert, more.
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