Indigo in Bloom
An immersive celebration of art, history and nature at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens from Staff Reports This month, you can step into a world where art and nature intertwine, where history whispers through the petals, and where indigo—a color as deep as the...
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Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
West Ashley's Art Scene Evolves
It looks like everyone wants to get into the act, as several local groups have joined with City Hall’s recent effort to expand and strengthen arts programming in West Ashley. For years, the Charleston arts’ spotlight has been trained on the peninsula, with its...
Living History Comes To Magnolia
Last weekend visitors to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens experienced history with period-dressed “living historians” as they told stories and presented craft and cooking demonstrations to mark a time when enslaved Africans labored in America. The Slave Dwelling...
Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
The Never Ending Mile
If progress is a double-edged sword, then West Ashley’s Motor Mile is definitely a two-lane street. Actually, it’s less than three miles long, starting at Baker Motor’s Maserati showroom, and running up past Lexus of Charleston’s lot to Church Creek. And, to be even...
Swap ’Til You Drop
Spring has sprung in the Lowcountry and with each sunny day we inch a little closer toward that innevitable, annual closet clean-out — a tradition shared equally by both rich and poor, young and old, small and large. Instead of donating or sending those clothes to...
A Picnic On Wheels
This article previously ran over two years ago. The modern proposed pedestrian/bike access over the Legare Bridge is now in a test phase that has caused quite the controversy. The idea had great momentum over 100 years ago. “A Wheelmen’s Retreat. A Club House...
Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Race The Landing
“The Friends of Charles Towne Landing hope you’ll will be able to join us for the 2016 Race the Landing Series,” says Gary Nichols President of the Friends of Charles Towne Landing, who will be putting on the 2016 Race The Landing Series. The series officially began...
Sandhurst Backyard Garden Tour
Five homes in the Sandhurst neighborhood in West Ashley are opening their backyards up for the Sandhurst Backyard Garden Tour between 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, May 15. The tour includes gardens with serene Ashley River views, flourishing Lowcountry and tropical plantings,...
