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.
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.
Photo sleuth George Graf of Palmyra, Va., (the state might be a clue) sent in this photo of an Italianate mansion for readers to identify. Give it your best shot. (We had never heard of the place.) Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Across the Lowcountry, the end of the school year last week brought laughter, tears, smiles and field days galore. If you weren’t lucky enough to enjoy what kids did throughout the area, perhaps these photos from Charles Towne Montessori by Susan Burkhardt and Jody Huddleston will bring a little smile to you as you remember school days gone by.
For some, this week’s Mystery Photo might be just too hard. For that, we apologize. Others, however, might have driven by it. Hmmm … Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Staff reports | If you’re downtown over the next few days and have a few minutes, you might want to step in to the cool, conditioned air of the City Gallery on Prioleau Street. It’s featuring a grand variety of more than four dozen works in the Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Show – everything from paintings, sculpture, drawing and photographs by South Carolina artists. Click to see some favorites:
Here’s an old store, but it’s somewhere in Charleston. Can you tell us exactly where? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Charleston isn’t New Orleans. Spotted near Marion Square in two locations on Saturday were Booze Pop vans – portable places that adults could purchase frozen cocktails on a stick. What could be a worse idea than providing another way for tourists on a hot day to party on streets crowded by people and too many cars? This won’t have a happy ending. Note to City Council: Is this the kind of town you really want visitors to see? (On the other hand, maybe we’ll lose our top travel ranking and life downtown will become more Holy City than Disney City.)
Contributing photographer Michael Kaynard took an annual trip to Hampton Park over the weekend to photograph magnolias in all of their glory. He writes, “Magnolias vary a great deal. Some are beautiful when they first bloom and others when they are near their end. They are all beautiful in their own way. I think there is a parallel that can be drawn regarding people. Embrace the beauty in all of us, no matter how different we are.”
There’s a pretty good chance that if you live in Charleston you might hear about this room sometime this week. What and where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
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