Staff reports | Emmy Award-winning celebrity dog trainer Brandon McMillan will roll up his sleeves Nov. 21 to help shelter animals in the 20th anniversary presentation of the Charleston Animal Society’s annual Chili Cook-off.
At 8 p.m. Nov. 17, the Charleston City Paper will offer a virtual mini-concert called 2020 SUCKS, a City Paper Concert for Charleston with Charleston favorite Edwin McCain as well as Country artist, Lauren Hall.
Staff reports | Redux Contemporary Art Center’s18th Annual Art Auction will be held in-person and virtually from Nov. 9 to Nov. 21. The auction is the organization’s primary fundraising method each year.
Opera on the Waterfront is a free outdoor, socially-distanced concert presented by Charleston Opera Theater and the Town of Mount Pleasant on the lawn at Memorial Waterfront Park in Mount Pleasant at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The 11th Annual Wild Side, a yearly event to benefit the South Carolina Environmental Law Project, will be held Sept. 26 under oak trees at the Kaminski House in Georgetown, but an online auction is now open.
Staff reports | YALLFest, Blue Bicycle Books’ popular annual young adult book festival, is moving online with a new format, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. YALLFest fans can now look forward to YALLWrite, a “craft-themed extravaganza” to be held Nov. 13-14.
Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston will present Studio Works (2018-present) as an Ag. 10-28 solo exhibition featuring the work of North Charleston artist Fletcher Williams III.
Staff reports | Admiral Radio will kick off the continuation of the Gaillard Center’s Lowcountry Listens program on July 22 with the first of five new performances.
Staff reports | Author Grady Hendrix will discuss his new book, “The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires,” in a Zoom call with Buxton Books at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Hendrix, a Charleston native who lives in New York, writes fiction and nonfiction. He is a founder of the New York Asian Film Festival. His latest novel is a bestseller being turned into a television series by Amazon.
Staff reports | Local jazz musician Charlton Singleton will release his first new studio album in seven years when Date Night is available July 3 on the Beehive label. It’s the first time Singleton, who helped propel Lowcountry band Ranky Tanky to a Grammy award, will enter the smooth jazz genre.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina! (2019) by editor and publisher Andy Brack offers incisive commentaries on the American South, politics, the common good and interesting South Carolina leaders. Available exclusively for Kindle for $7.99. A paperback version will be ready soon. Learn more.
Charleston Currents is brought to you free of charge thanks to the generosity of our underwriters:
Charleston City Paper, an alt-weekly seen by more than 100,000 people, offers the latest on news, views, arts, dining and music. Sign up for newsletters that will keep you up-to-date all week.
Statehouse Report is a renowned statewide policy and politics forecast published every Friday that informs South Carolina’s opinion leaders with key insights and news.
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Use our feed
Send us your comments
Recent Comments