Staff reports | The Charleston City Paper’s annual Best of Charleston issue hits the street Wednesday with winners in more than 350 categories — including recognition in more than 20 special categories that pay tribute to best efforts during the 2020 pandemic.
Staff reports | You can tell that the heat is coming when you hear that the county waterparks are planning big openings. Each of Charleston County’s three parks — in North Charleston, Mount Pleasant and James Island — will open May 15 for weekends only.
Staff reports | Bring your chairs or blanket and your love of music with the opening of the new Johns Island Concert Series on May 1 at Johns Island County Park. The May 1 concert will feature the shag and beach music of Vinyl Daze , followed by the reggae sounds of Mystic Vibrations on June 5 and the Motown sounds of The Legacy on June 10. For each show, gates open at 6 p.m. with music beginning at 7 p.m. Shows end by 9:30 p.m.
Staff reports | You can enjoy the spring influx of birds to the area starting at 8:30 a.m. April 24 at the Charleston Museum’s Dill Sanctuary, a 580-acre wild preserve located along the Stono River on James Island that is home to a wide array of birdlife. A six-acre wildlife pond with three nesting islands attracts numerous wading birds, including threatened wood storks, while maintained fields, surrounded by woodland, provide habitat for songbirds, wild turkeys and raptors.
Staff reports | The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet will perform socially distanced shows at 7:30 p.m. April 23 and 24 at the Gaillard Auditorium under the musical direction of master trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
Staff reports | The next trivia event for West Ashley’s Mex 1 Coastal Cantina is set up, and this time, the team is honoring its favorite local celebrity, Bill Murray.
Staff reports | Next month’s Quiet Edge exhibit at Redux Contemporary Art Center brings together the works of two artists who address rectangular forms that ebb and flow between depiction and abstraction: Suzanne Dittenber of Ashevlle, N.C., with the form of the book and Benny Fountain of Waco, Texas, with the window and room.
Staff reports | Celebrate Women’s History Month with a talk about women creators in the Lowcountry through the ages with a special March 25 talk at the Charleston Museum. Virginia Theerman, curator of historic textiles, will highlight women creators currently featured in Designers + Artisans: Made in the Lowcountry, now on view in the Historic Textiles Gallery.
Staff reports | The Junior League of Charleston (JLC) will hold its 2021 Little Black Dress Initiative March 22 to March 26 to draw attention to the local effects of poverty.
Staff reports | Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services will have prints on archival paper and giclee of a colorful, stunning painting representing “Blind Justice” through March 15 that will benefit the organization. Charleston artist Danielle Cather Cohen recently donated the original artwork (oil on linen, 24” x 30”) to the nonprofit and gave exclusive rights for sale of the prints to benefit the legal aid organization.
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