CALENDAR, Jan. 18+: Two new shows, new Comic Con, more
On the calendar, Jan. 18+: Ryne Sandberg to speak Jan. 22; Realistic Jones to open Jan. 21; Streetcar Named Desire to open Jan. 22; Comic Con is here Jan. 23; oyster roasts, more.
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REVIEW: Gamble
The novels of the Dick Francis series were always entertaining, centering around the ex-jockey’s love of horses and steeplechase races. Unfortunately, the author died in 2010, but the series continues with his younger son, Felix, now the author.
FOCUS: On Haley’s accolades, raspberries and revisionism
Staff reports | Gov. Nikki Haley earned a lot of accolades last week for moderate comments, particularly on immigration, during the nationally-televised GOP response which she gave following President Obama’s final State of the Union address.
Haley said the country needed to head in a “new direction,” but added that Democrats like Obama weren’t totally to blame for the nation’s problems.
GOOD NEWS: College of Charleston to host race, social justice series
Three nationally-known speakers are scheduled to present in a new Race and Social justice Initiative 2016 Event Series at the College of Charleston.
Speakers include education activist Marion Wright Edelman, social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates. The program series will feature several nationally known thought leaders discussing issues surrounding race and social justice in the Charleston area and throughout the nation.
MYSTERY: Big pig
Loyal reader Deborah Getter of John’s Island sends along this photo of an art pig taken somewhere in South Carolina, but where? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live. First person to get it right (who hasn’t won in awhile) will get two tickets to see camellias at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
FOCUS: What Mayor John Tecklenburg said today
“First, I want to personally thank the citizens of Charleston for this incredible opportunity to serve. It’s a great honor to become Mayor of my hometown — and at the same time humbling and exciting.
“Never before in our city’s history has a mayor taken office at a moment so rich with the promise of a better, brighter future for all our citizens – we must only have the will, and the wisdom, to work together to claim that promise.
Everywhere we look — from West Ashley to James and Johns Islands, from Daniel Island to the Peninsula — we see that promise …
CALENDAR, Jan. 11+: From new shows to a musical and oyster roasts
Lots of events for January 2016: The library’s “I Make a Difference” initiative, Museum Mile Month, make a sweetgrass basket, new plays and performances, oyster roast fundraisers and more.
FOCUS: Tecklenburg to be inaugurated today
Staff reports | For the first time in 40 years, Charleston will get a new mayor today when businessman John Tecklenburg takes the oath of office at noon. He’ll be replacing 10-term Mayor Joe Riley, who retires today.
The swearing-in ceremony is set for noon today at City Hall, 80 Broad Street, in Charleston. Nearby roads will be blocked to traffic as hundreds are expected to fill streets to watch the transfer of power. After a reception in Washington Square, Tecklenburg is expected to sign an ethics pledge he made during his campaign, meet with senior city department heads and get to work to build efforts to push completion of Interstate 526.
PHOTO: New York library releases thousands of old images
More than 200 old photos and maps involving the Charleston area and more of South Carolina are part of a new collection of 180,000 high-resolution digital images that have been released into the public domain by the New York Public Library. Above is a stereoscopic image — a 19th century version of an image that you could use special glasses similar to the more modern View-Master to get a 3-D image — of cotton drying on a roof of a warehouse in downtown Charleston in the late 1870s.
PHOTO: Early berries
The crazy warm weather at the end of the year flushed a strawberry patch out of dormancy at Boone Hall Plantation at the end of December, which led to five days of berry-picking. “We put it up on Facebook and people came running,” said Boone Hall Farms manager Tim Junkins. On Sunday, there were only a few of the fresh berries left, but the folks at the store also have been using them to make fresh strawberry ice cream. Photo courtesy of Boone Hall Farms.
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