Shuck Cancer
Veteran Nashville songwriter Dave Gibson and newcomer Charlie Argo play Shuckin’ Shack as part of Fresh & Raw Tour from Staff Reports Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar aims to Shuck Cancer with a live music fundraising event featuring a mix of nostalgic country and new...
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Local Royalty
Last week West Of had the opportunity to pin down the always entertaining and tireless Lily Slay, one-fifth of the popular local band The Royal Tinfoil. Well, you don’t really pin down Lily Slay, who’s a part time comedian as well as a full time rock star, even when...
A Bash In The West Ashley Bayou
Listening to some of the best blues and Americana music in the Southeast is not an unusual occurrence at Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ in West Ashley. However, listening to it while sucking the heads of some spicy crawfish is. There’s only one day every year when Home...
In Praise of Spray Paint
When the St. Andrews Fire Station needed a colorful facelift, street artist Crosby Jack was there, working with fellow artist JahSun to create a tribute both to the lives saved by the department as well as the preservation of nature in their vibrant, tree-filled mural...
Art for chART’s Sake
Just when you thought it was safe to walk down an alley again … BOOM! Avondale salon owner and local art-o-phile Geoffrey Richardson puts on another art walk. This Sunday, April 27 from noon-6 p.m., Richardson will present chART-Aid, a fundraising block party in the...
Record Store Re-Vinyl-ization
What do an Easter egg hunt, Instagram-ing for prizes and ultra rare records have in common? The 7th annual Record Store Day at Monster Music in West Ashley this Saturday, that’s what. The fact that more than 450 limited edition vinyl releases from artists such as...
The Fine Print for Full Time Photography and Art
In Avondale, Josh Silverman is known as a strong supporter of the arts, offering his financial advisors office, Jericho Advisors, up as a premiere gallery for established and up-and-coming artists in a broad variety of mediums. From high quality scans of bird skeletal...
Local Writers Given New Parts to Play
From Piccolo Spoleto to the FringeNYC festival in New York, playwrights Thomas and Judy Heath recently made their name in national theater with the success of their co-written play, Perfectly Normel People, which just finished a run at Threshold Repertory Theatre in...
Lactose Intolerance Reaches New Levels
After more than a year of secret exchanges and clandestine dates, the Coburg Cow has announced that she’s not only coming out of the closet, she’s also getting married … to Elsie, the Borden Cow. “We’ve suspected that she’s been seeing someone for some time, but we...
Art Wars Rage in Avondale
Between the hours that patrons and then staff left the bars and the pre-dawn shift of delivery workers began rumbling through their rounds, the infamous English graffiti artist known at Banksy managed to go completely unnoticed as he tagged the brick wall of...
Superstars Converge on Peckers
In a surprising change from their typical wing eating contests and football bingo nights, D.D. Peckers of West Ashley recently announced that pop superstars Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus will be performing for one-night-only on Pecker’s main stage this coming April 1, with...
