History in a Whole New Light
Garden Lights illuminate Middleton Place with art, color, and history after dark by Hanalei Potempa | Contributing Writer Located along the Ashley River in Charleston, Middleton Place is America’s Oldest Landscaped Gardens, standing as a National Historic Landmark....
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Legally Blonde
The Drama Studio at West Ashley High School has put on a Broadway caliber spring musical every year since the school opened in 2000. Some of their previous productions include Les Miserables, Ragtime, Little Shop of Horrors, The Blues Brothers, Shrek-The Musical, and...
Disgrace Your Stereotype
Based in New York City and originally hailing from Columbia, Md., Militia Vox is a multi-talented artist who has recorded, toured and shared the stage with some of the best in the business, including: Cyndi Lauper, Twisted Sister, Living Colour, Taylor Dayne, Nancy...
The Road is Home
Australian singer/songwriter Mark Wilkinson is financing his worldwide tour by playing at house parties in various cities. Northbridge Terrace resident Michael Nolan persuaded Wilkinson to add Charleston to his itinerary and is hosting him for an intimate concert in...
¡Cincopalooza!
In parts of Mexico, the 5th of May is observed to commemorate the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Despite being outnumbered two-to-one, the Mexicans defeated a much better-equipped French army. The battle marked the...
Inside The Minds of History’s Great Personalities
As part of the Jewish Community Center Without Walls (JCC WOW) Bookfest, acclaimed author and health and science journalist Claudia Kalb will discuss her book that probes the minds of history’s great personalities. In her surprising and inventive book Andy Warhol Was...
Cosmic Twang Stomp
Hailing from Indiana, the core of T.V. Mike and the Scarecrowes moved to California in 2007 and have been rolling up and down mountains and deserts since. Described as a “Cosmic Twang Stomp” band, T.V. Mike and the Scarecrowes stomp their way into West Ashley when...
Pickin’ On West Ashley
For the first time ever, the Charleston Bluegrass Festival will be held in West Ashley. This weekend more than 20 local and touring bluegrass bands will be a part of the festival, held April 7-8 at the Middleton Place Woodlands, located at 4279 Ashley River Road in...
Right In Tune
Charleston native Clelia Reardon, owner of Clelia’s Guitar Studio, began her career illicitly. “My dad had this guitar (my sister and I) weren’t allowed to touch,” she recalls, but she would sneak into the closet to tinker around with the instrument. Reardon comes...
Genre-Bending Hip-Hop
Golden era hip-hop roots planted in black Iowa dirt, tempered by ’90s alternative era rock influence, yields a juxtaposition of the dark, horrific nature of life paired with a slapstick and comedic view of the world. It allows for a wide, unpredictable arsenal of...
Without Regard to Sex, Race or Color
A large bell hangs in the clock tower overlooking the now quiet campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta. Its inscription reads, in part, “Dedicated to the Education of Youth, Without Regard to Sex, Race or Color.” Founded by African Americans in 1881, Morris Brown...
