Reviewed by Mike Nelson | Under the Harrow {Flynn Berry) is an intriguing look at the relationship between two sisters, Nora and Rachel. Rachel is a successful nurse, living close to Oxford, an hour’s train ride from London. Her slightly younger sister, Rachel, has an ill-defined job in the city. On one of her many weekend visits, Nora arrives at Rachel’s house to find her sister brutally killed.
S.C. Encyclopedia | One of the grandest and most significant public buildings constructed in colonial America, the Exchange and Customs House at 122 East Bay was designed by William Rigby Naylor in 1766 and constructed by Peter and John Adam Horlbeck between 1767 and 1771 on the site of the earlier “Court of Guard” and Half-Moon Battery. The original design included a cellar, a first-floor open arcaded piazza, and a large second-floor assembly room. The roof was hipped with a parapet and lead-coated cupola.
Staff reports | The Petco Foundation on Saturday awarded a $400,000 grant to the Charleston Animal Society to fund the organization’s effort to try to save every healthy and treatable animal in the Palmetto State.
The funding by the Petco Foundation, which help the Charleston Animal Society launch the No Kill South Carolina (NKSC) program earlier, will help it bring together 350 rescue organizations across South Carolina with funding over the next two years.
Here’s a lighthouse somewhere along the east coast. Hmmm, is it in South Carolina, or is this a trick photo? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
I Got You Babe: Various times, June 13 to Sept. 13, 34 West Theater, 200 Meeting St., Charleston. 34 West Theater’s downtown venue will be California Dreaming all summer with its newest musical, I Got You Babe. Tickets are $30 each. For the schedule and more about the production, visit www.34west.org.
Mary Alice Monroe luncheon: Noon, June 20, High Cotton, 199 East Bay St., Charleston. New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe will introduce a new novel, Beach House For Rent, at this three-course luncheon that is part of Blue Bicycle Books’ Charleston author series. Click here for tickets.
Carolina Billfish Classic: June 21-24, Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina, Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant. The state’s premiere billfishing tournament and the third leg of S.C. Governor’s Coup Billfishing Series comes to the Lowcountry during this weekend along Charleston harbor. Learn more.
Hat Day in the Sun: Noon to 1 p.m., June 22, Marion Square, Charleston. The Hat Ladies will distribute Free Hats to promote hat wearing for sun protection. One per person as long as supplies last. More: hatladies.org
Judy Hines: “As we approach the anniversary of the deaths of the Emanuel Nine two years ago, we should pause to take stock of where we are in terms of the public health menace of gun violence.”
Glenda Nemes: “Yes, I agree there is a poor customer service epidemic. But Customer Service is multifaceted. “
Staff reports | The Lowcountry Food Bank will create its one millionth meal June 20 in The Zucker Family Production Kitchen.
And if that’s not enough – the Zucker Family has offered a matching gift challenge leading up to the millionth meal to encourage the nonprofit to raise $50,000 before the June 20 celebration. The donations will be used to continue the work done in the production kitchen.
Staff reports | The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments is seeking public input in three meetings to help it develop the region’s 2040 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).
There should be enough clues in this photo that you can figure out where this flower is growing. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
S.C. Encyclopedia | Fort Moultrie was the site of the June 28, 1776, American victory in the Revolutionary War. Fort Moultrie I, the Revolutionary War–era fort, was replaced in 1798 by Fort Moultrie II, which was followed in 1809 by Fort Moultrie III, which served as a military post until 1947.
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