Starry Nights Over West Ashley
Local artist shares love of painting with a regional flare by Lorne Chambers | editor For the better part of the last decade, local artist André Singleton has been encouraging others to unlock their inner Van Gogh. In fact, his business, Art with André, even offers a...
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Wine Down Wednesdays Returns For Fall
Wine Down Wednesday returns to Old Towne Creek County Park this fall! The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission invites the Lowcountry to view this beautiful future park and enjoy wine, live music and a food truck. The first event of the four-part fall...
While Mommy Is Out
Every child has experienced the fear of a new babysitter arriving and wondering if mommy will return. Every mother has felt a tug at her heart when leaving an upset child. To ease those fears, local author and West Ashley mom Teri Errico Griffis wrote While Mommy is...
More Than Just Lip Service
We’ve all done it. Whether it’s singing into our hairbrush microphones or just fantasizing in front of the mirror that we’re our favorite singer when our song comes on the radio. Lip syncing is an age-old guilty pleasure that predates other revered art forms such as...
You Almost Had It!
Vince Fabra, a local comedian and West Ashley resident, is no stranger to sharing insight and challenging those around him. As a professional speaker and comic, Fabra traveled to more than 300 cities and colleges over the past 7 years, to entertain, enlighten, and...
Welcome to West Laughly
Be careful where you put your hand in West Ashley: standup comedy is spreading here, and in places you’d never expect. Over the next 10 days, a multitude of shows will … show how far the comedy scene has come this side of the river. The first will be the return of...
Souvenirs of Summer
As summer swiftly comes to a close, Fabulon: Center for Art & Education transitions to new schedules, rituals, and routines. For some it is a new beginning associated with starting school, but for others it is bittersweet evidence that children are growing up and...
Getting Jerked Around
Celebrate Jamaica as you wine and dine at the 4th Annual SC Reggae Jerk & Wine Festival from 12 noon to 7 pm on Sunday, Aug. 27 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Meet Chef Ty from Jamaica and enjoy a sample of Jerk chicken paired with a wine sample in your...
Rock the Rescue
Over the course of two days this week, 40 bands are coming together to support Frances R. Willis SPCA (FRWSPCA), located in Summerville. But two of the participating venues are located right here in West Ashley. On Friday, Aug. 18 and Saturday, Aug. 19, The Tin Roof,...
Youth In Revolt
5th Wall Productions opens their fourth season with the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening (book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik). The production, which opens August 11, may be the West Ashley-based theatre company’s most ambitious project...
Comedy and Curls
“Every relationship has a few split ends” is the subtitle to real life couple Fray Forde and Catherine Dee Holly’s new romantic comedy short film Good Hair, in which a conditioner bottle sets a chain of hilarious events. Not to be confused with the 2009 Chris Rock...
