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MYSTERY PHOTO: Wild mural

We hope you enjoy this wild mural as much as we did, but where can you see it in real life? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Familiar archway,” showed a short tunnel that people can go in and out of the Cistern Yard in front of Randolph Hall at the College of Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 05/31/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 5/31: Redux shows open, Heritage Act, big ship

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Redux hosts opening of two new exhibitions
COMMENTARY, Brack: Throw out the Heritage Act
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
NEWS BRIEFS: Big ship stops by port of Charleston
FEEDBACK: Use opioid funds carefully, transparently
MYSTERY PHOTO: Wild mural
CALENDAR: Photos come alive in museum’s new Living Color exhibit

by Charleston Currents · 05/31/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Charleston Law graduate wins prestigious fellowship

Staff reports | Michelle Mapp, a 2021 graduate of the Charleston School of Law, is one of 77 public interest lawyers who will be a fellow with Equal Justice Works, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that seeks to promote a lifelong commitment to public service and equal justice.

“Coming into law school, I knew about the Equal Justice Works because I knew Amy Armstrong who runs the S.C. Environmental Law Project, and she had done a fellowship and gotten her start that way,” said Mapp, who entered law school mid-career after serving as executive director of the S.C. Community Loan Fund. “In my second year at law school, I did an internship with the S.C. ACLU, and it sparked my interest in the right to counsel.”

by Charleston Currents · 05/24/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

NEWS BRIEFS: Spoleto season starts May 28; Piccolo guide is now online

Staff reports | Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival returns May 28 with a slate of all-free, all-outdoor performances and safe, pandemic-friendly exhibitions that will scratch that itch you’ve been feeling to get out and experience the Holy City’s creative community.

by Charleston Currents · 05/24/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

CALENDAR: Take the bus to the beach, more

Staff reports | The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority will start operating its Beach Reach Shuttle with hourly weekend service on May 29 to provide a new connection between Mount Pleasant and Isle of Palms.

by Charleston Currents · 05/24/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

MYSTERY PHOTO: Familiar archway

Here’s an archway that may look familiar. But what and where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Moon shot,” came from longtime reader Barry Wingard of Florence, who shared this photo near his hometown’s Hotel Florence of a sculpture showing a man and woman trying to lasso the moon.

by Charleston Currents · 05/24/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 5/24: Mapp wins fellowship; Improve jail safety; Piccolo Spoleto

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Charleston Law graduate wins prestigious fellowship
COMMENTARY, Brack: Legislature needs to get it right on making state, jails safer
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SC Clips
NEWS BRIEFS: Spoleto season starts May 28; Piccolo guide is now online
FEEDBACK: Send us a letter
MYSTERY PHOTO: Familiar archway
CALENDAR: Take the bus to the beach

by Charleston Currents · 05/24/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Tips on tax day if you can’t afford to pay now

Staff reports | State and federal individual income taxes are due today, a month after the regular deadline thanks to the pandemic. But what do you do if you can’t afford to pay right now? The S.C. Department of Revenue (SCDOR) says there are options:

First, the IRS advises, don’t panic. Both the IRS and the SCDOR offer payment plans that may be available to you.

Second, here’s what the agencies say not to do:

* Do not delay filing your return on time. Filing your return on time will reduce the amount of penalty and interest you will owe, which is added based on the amount of tax not paid by the due date (which is May 17 this year).

* Do not believe paying installments to the SCDOR and the IRS is your only choice. Weigh your options. …

by Charleston Currents · 05/17/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News

NEWS BRIEFS: Legislative work left on the table for summer, fall and 2022

Staff reports | State lawmakers finished their regular legislative session Thursday but still have a lot of work this year. In June, they’re expected to finish with reform to the state’s utility, Santee Cooper, and put final touches on the state’s $11 billion spending plan for 2021-22. Then in the fall, they’ll return to Columbia to hammer out constitutionally-mandated redistricting and details of two supplemental appropriations bills.

by Charleston Currents · 05/17/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

CALENDAR: Jazz meets classical in four coming shows

In three shows this month called “Symphonic Swing: Jazz Meets the Classics,” the Charleston Jazz Orchestra will bring the world of improvisation and swing to notable classical compositions, bridging the gap, bending the genres, and introducing the styles of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Billie Holiday to Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven.

by Charleston Currents · 05/17/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar