The Rebirth of Cool
Local band Rhodium returns to The Garden for a series of shows this spring/summer by Miranda Steadman | Contributing Writer Last month, West Of Free Press celebrated its 20th anniversary at The Garden by Charles Towne Fermentory on Ashley River Road. Local band...
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Spirit of America
Eddie Bush picked up his first guitar when he was four years old and it was “love at first strum.” Mesmerized and inspired by The Beatles, Elvis, the Osmond Brothers, and Glen Campbell, Bush spent hours strumming and evenutually began to develop his natural singing...
Tall Tales & Tiny Fables
Oh, Jeremiah is the musical cocktail of the musings and tall tales of singer/songwriter Jeremiah Stricklin. Each of his songs are filled with the distinct characteristics of the Deep Southern culture that he’s called home for so long. The familiar people and places...
Finding Finklestein's
The creatures from Finklestein’s Center aren’t sad, but the slightly low slant of the hand stitched mouths and the dark, Gorey-esque eyes make you want to cuddle them just a little bit more. That was more or less the idea behind their creation, according to artist and...
Red and Black…and Green
Known more for his grinding, running-based offense, former University of Georgia football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley will soon be in West Ashley, spreading his love for gardening like it was fertilizer. On Friday, Aug. 23 Dooley will be at Fiery Ron’s...
Gardens of Dreams
Every year Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and the Charleston Artist Guild will award a top prize of $3,000 to the best painting that embodies the impressionistic style of painters during the Charleston Renaissance. The nationwide contest, called Gardens of Dreams, is...
Recycle. Reduce. Reuse. Re-Trend!
Re-Trend, a nomadic clothing swap started by local fashionista Lindsey Chambers (also this newspaper’s sales manager) will be setting up shop from 5-8 p.m. this Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Tin Roof in West Ashley. “It’s a fun way to keep your closet fresh, cute, and unique...
All Shook Up
After Elvis Presley’s second appearance on the Milton Berle show in 1956, critics tore him apart for the "suggestive and vulgar" way in which he danced, particularly the slow, grinding rotations of his pelvis. New York Times writer Jack Gould even wrote that "Mr....
Jamaica's Albino Son Returns
Yellowman, or King Yellowman as his is often called, has an incredible history in Reggae music. His upbringing at the Maxfield Home orphanage in Kingston and being albino in Jamaica were two obstacles the he overcame to become one of the biggest reggae artist since...
Opening a Can of Whoop Art
Somebody call the firemen! Someone is spray-painting graffiti on the St. Andrews Fire Station! Cool your jets, Bucky. They’re supposed to be there, and they’re muralists, not vandals. Crosby Jack and JahSun, a creative duo that just returned from completing five...
From Charleston to Pluto
When West Ashley resident Jonathan Miller graduated from the College of Charleston in 1998 with a business degree, he had no idea that the business he’d be managing would depend on his hidden talent as a paper cut artist. Today, Miller is known as the talented and...
