Charleston Currents

CALENDAR: Lowcountry Cajun Festival around the corner

Staff reports | Get ready to eat crawfish and listen to zydeco. The 29th annual Lowcountry Cajun Festival returns noon to 6 p.m. April 5 to James Island County Park.

This ragin’ Cajun Festival features a full day of zydeco music, authentic Cajun and Creole food, children’s activities and more! Charleston’s best Cajun restaurants, caterers and food trucks will cook up a variety of delicious foods. Attendees will discover a variety of dishes for sale including jambalaya, alligator, etouffee, andouille sausage and of course, crawfish! Those who prefer a tamer menu will have the option to enjoy some Lowcountry favorites including seafood, Southern barbecue and traditional festival foods such as hot dogs, snow cones, funnel cakes and more.

by Charleston Currents · 03/09/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Charleston Museum announces Charleston 350 lecture series

Staff reports | The Charleston Museum will offer three lectures in association with the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Carolina colony. The Charleston 350 Commemoration Lecture Series will feature leading scholars who will look at the early history of the colony that would become South Carolina. The lectures will examine the three cultures that came together to influence the area’s early history – Native Americans, enslaved people and Europeans.

by Charleston Currents · 03/02/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Jazz standards set for March 9 at College of Charleston

Staff reports | The 2nd Monday Series at the College of Charleston School of the Arts will present the CofC Faculty Jazz Ensemble March 9 to perform jazz standards, arrangements and originals. Performers will include Robert Lewis (saxophones), David Heywood (flute), Tyler Ross (guitar), Gerald Gregory (piano), Ron Wiltrout (drums) and Frank Duvall (bass).

by Charleston Currents · 02/23/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Symphony quintet to perform March 21 for parks group

Staff reports | McLeod Plantation Historic Site on James Island will host “LIsten to Spring,” a March 21 fundraising performance by a quintet of the Charleston Symphony for the Charleston County Parks Foundation.

by Charleston Currents · 02/10/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Old Slave Mart Museum open on Sundays in February

The Old Slave Mart Museum will be open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays in February as a part of the celebration of Black History Monday.

“The Old Slave Mart Museum serves an important role in telling the full history of Charleston,” said director Ista Clarke said, “We are glad to open our doors every day this month to our visitors to help us share in remembering all that happened here.”

by Charleston Currents · 02/03/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Be on the lookout for oyster roasts

With the cold sweeping in, watch out for local groups with tantalizing oyster roasts, such as Shucked + Sauced: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 25, Rose Pavilion , Hampton Park, Charleston. Local oyster farmers, premier Charleston restaurants and barbecue pitmasters will come together for one quintessential Lowcountry afternoon as the Charleston Parks Conservancy hosts the second annual Shucked + Sauced.

by Charleston Currents · 01/20/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Charleston Comedy Festival offers 26 shows Jan. 15-18

Staff reports | You can get ya after ya out Jan. 15 to Jan. 18 at any of 26 shows offered during the 17th annual Charleston Comedy Festival, the Southeast’s premier comedy event.

The Charleston City Paper and Theatre 99 have teamed up to bring laughter and comedic relief to cure the post-holiday blues.

by Charleston Currents · 01/12/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Inauguration day in Charleston to be Jan. 13

Staff reports | Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg will be sworn in for his second term during a noon ceremony Jan. 13 at City Hall, 80 Broad St. Also to be sworn in are six members of city council, including newly-elected members Ross Appel, Karl Brady, Marie Delcioppo and Jason Sakran, and current members Peter Shahid and Keith Waring.

by Charleston Currents · 01/06/2020 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: Free downtown garage parking until Jan. 1

Staff reports | Charleston city and county governments have partnered to offer two-hour parking vouchers valid at select garages, now through Wed. Jan. 1. Print the voucher.

by Charleston Currents · 12/16/2019 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

CALENDAR: North Charleston gallery features two Lowcountry artists

Staff reports | Two Lowcountry artists are showing their work in the North Charleston City Gallery through Jan. 31, 2020, in exhibitions that celebrate the beachy outdoors and microcosms of nature.

by Charleston Currents · 12/09/2019 · Comments are Disabled · calendar