More than 1,200 students from 42 public schools throughout the tri-county area battled for top honors at the 30th Annual Quest Academic Competition held Saturday at Trident Technical College.
Artist and author Nick Kuszyk, also known as “R. Robots,” painted a colorful mural on an exterior wall of the John L. Dart Branch Library last week to honor Cynthia Graham Hurd, a 31-year employee of Charleston County Public Library and one of nine victims shot last year at Emanuel AME Church.
In the days ahead: “A Sudden Spontaneous Event,” Where the Wild Things Run/Walk, “The Seat of Justice,” Terrace Charleston Film Festival, Walk for Water
Longmire, TV series: Westerns are not really my favorite, but the TV series “Longmire” is an exception. This series is set in present day Wyoming, though it’s actually filmed in New Mexico. The scenery is quite rugged and beautiful.
Set under magnificent moss-draped oaks, the fourth annual Charleston Tells Storytelling Festival on March 11 and 12 will bring together some of the best national and local storytellers with performances that reminisce about the carefree days of childhood, showcase humorous slice of life moments and transport audiences to significant times in history.
The festival, held at Wragg Square in downtown Charleston, offers full weekend passes for $40 each before March 10. Click link above to find other prices and more info.
Lots of great theater and walks in the weeks ahead: “The Secret Garden” on stage at the College of Charleston; “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” at Midtown Theatre; “A Sudden Spontaneous Event” at PURE Theatre; “The Seat of Justice” by Charleston Stage, and the Walk for Water on March 12.
The Scam, a novel by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg: In the newest installment of the O’Hare and Fox series, FBI Agent Kate O’Hare and con man Nicholas Fox continue to secretly work together to bring down the bad guys, one elaborate scam at a time.
Ninety-six percent of the 700,000+ South Carolinians who voted in Saturday’s GOP presidential primary were white, according to exit polls. You can sense that racial divide when you show up at polling locations in mostly black neighborhoods versus those in areas where more white residents live.
At left, no one was in line at 9:45 a.m. to vote at Sanders Clyde Elementary School on Charleston’s east side. When polls closed in the two precincts at the school, 75 of 2,620 registered voters (2.9 percent) cast ballots. Contrast the turnout at Stiles Point Elementary School in James Island, where almost 600 voted by noon and people had to wait 15 to 20 minutes to cast their ballots. When polls closed in the three precincts at the school, 1,242 voters of 4,839 cast ballots — a 25.7 percent turnout.
Summer is coming eventually, and you may want to take a last minute trip. Rental cars have become essential for many vacations or business trips, but rental contracts are often misunderstood. Better Business Bureau Serving Metro Atlanta, Athens and Northeast Georgia advises consumers to read contracts carefully before signing.
For a law school, winning a national moot court title is an educational equivalent of winning an NCAA basketball title. After a weekend competition in Florida, a team from the Charleston School of Law has won its fifth — yes fifth! — national tax moot court championship in a row. Also in good news: Magnolia poetry contest, Business of Barbecue, and Homeless to Hope Fund.
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