Shiloh Waits for Help

  July 15, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   I call it the Roll Call of The Waiting. Inactive churches in need of friends. Friendship, Dothan Methodist, St. Simon’s Episcopal Church, Halfway Creek, Workman Methodist,…

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Blink Book Review: Allen Levi’s “Theo of Golden”

  July 14, 2026

By Reba Hull Campbell   Theo of Golden was high on my TBR list for summer this year. From what I’d heard, it needed to be a summer book –…

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City Gallery presents Testaments & Revelations: Second Verse

  July 9, 2026

An Exhibition of Work by Katelyn Chapman, Ashleigh Coleman, and Patrick Owens, July 17 – August 30, 2026 Charleston City Gallery presenting Testaments & Revelations: Second Verse, a three-person exhibition…

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Bookhardt Cemetery

  July 8, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   On a cool, windy day I drove Old Number 6 through farm country. You’d a thought wild horses had kicked up the pollen-yellow dust drifting over…

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Struggle

  June 29, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   Title my photo Struggle. Caption it: Dreams die along the back roads. First two sentences: Can’t even sit in a chair and look forward to better…

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A Body Of Work

  June 24, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   A woman asked what made me the proudest of all I had written. It isn’t books. Maybe one. It’s not the films. It’s not the magazine…

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A Curious Battle For Independence

  June 17, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   It’s a battle Britain claimed to have won, and yet it sent the Redcoats to Charleston and back to Britain ending their presence in the Carolina…

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A Rare Sighting

  June 10, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   I have seen outhouses, smokehouses, henhouses, doghouses, and all manner of birdhouses. Mankind has its jailhouses, cathouses, flophouses, and roadhouses. A first for me, I saw…

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Reggae Nights continues June 26 with Da’ Gullah Rootz!

  June 10, 2026

Charleston County Parks continues the 2026 Reggae Nights Summer Concert Series The 2026 Reggae Nights Summer Concert Series continues at James Island County Park on Friday, June 26, with a…

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My City Of Dust Calendar

  June 3, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   Passport To Preservation John Mulhouse sent me his 2026 Abandoned New Mexico City of Dust calendar, and it’s a keeper. John’s beat is why. “The lost…

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Man, The Intruder

  May 27, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   The rains of late and spring’s approach set my mind on the Carolina bays, those coastal plain wetlands of mystery and life. The elliptical depressions are…

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The World Book

  May 20, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   A lulu of a lady sold my parents a set of the World Book Encyclopedia. Miss Lulu Goolsby to be exact. It changed my life living…

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A Striped Bass & An Oak

  May 13, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   Though my hair was chestnut brown, I was green, a young writer hoping to create something memorable. I needed inspiration and I found it in a…

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2026 Piccolo Spoleto Festival poster unveiled

  May 12, 2026

Mayor William Cogswell and City Director of Cultural Affairs Rochelle Riley unveiled the official 2026 Piccolo Spoleto Festival poster on Friday, May 8, at City Gallery. This year’s winning artist,…

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Buried Alive

  May 6, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   A road down Edisto Island way will take you past green swamps and oaks dripping with Spanish moss and shanties with bright, sky-blue doors. Churches white…

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2026 South Carolina Arts Awards date, time set

  May 6, 2026

Streaming presentation on Sunday, May 17 at 7 p.m. The South Carolina Arts Commission is announcing that it will recognize nine distinct and deserving recipients of the 2026 South Carolina…

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The Spirit We Move With documentary up for a Shorty Award

  May 4, 2026

  The Spirit We Move With, a documentary focused on Hilton Head Island’s Gullah community, has won “Best Documentary Short” at the Columbus International Film & Animation Festival and has also…

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Charleston Jazz summer combo camps

  April 23, 2026

Three weeks: June 1-5, June 22-26, July 20-24 Charleston Jazz is proud to present three unique weeks of Summer programs: Summer Combo Camps, including Camp Coltrane from June 1-5, It’s Electric from June 22-26, and All Blues from July 20-24. Each week…

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Come to Georgetown for the Food, Beer & Wine Festival: Fun for the entire family

  April 22, 2026

The Georgetown Business Association is pleased to host the 5th Annual Food, Beer & Wine Festival on Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm in beautiful downtown…

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The Transistor Made History

  April 21, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   Cell phones are a big deal but to some of us the transistor was an even bigger deal. I was disobeying my parents staying up late…

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Peach Blossom Lit

  April 15, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   Come March, my thoughts turn to peach blossoms and memories of family fruit trees. One tree from youth stands above others. From my deep well of…

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Masters Memories

  April 5, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   I never had time for golf, but I love the Masters. I never miss the Sunday round on TV. It almost always provides high drama. I…

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Clunky Phones & Party Lines

  March 25, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   In rural Georgia the party line was our lot back in the early 1950s. When the phone rang, we counted. Our phone rang two times. Three…

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Southern Truth Tellers

  March 18, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   Each January, my thoughts turn to a fellow Georgian. James Dickey died January 19, 1997, of the same disease that took my mother’s life. On June…

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A Good Whooping

  March 11, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   I am no stranger to the flyswatter, switch, belt, and paddle. I even got a good whooping with a paint brush. I ought to be a…

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Muzika! 2026 Festival announces 5th anniversary season in South Carolina 

  March 5, 2026

25-year international legacy brings Metropolitan Opera leadership, Broadway classics, and Bulgarian folk to the Palmetto State this June This June, the Muzika! Festival returns to South Carolina for its fifth…

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Osprey At Crooked Bridge

  March 4, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   Three birds hold me in their thrall. The osprey, whippoorwill, and oft-slighted buzzard. I love the whippoorwill’s lilting call. The noble osprey and its distinctive M-shaped…

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Mischief Along The Augusta Highway

  February 26, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland   A restless boy grew up in the midst of forests and pastures. Outside of biking, reading, and exploring woods, the Augusta Highway entertained me. If Rambling…

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Girls Who Paint Murals

  February 25, 2026

Girls Who Paint Murals is a South Carolina–based, female-owned mural company specializing in large-scale commercial and residential artwork, as well as hand-painted branding and signage. The company partners with businesses,…

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The Ghosts Of Winter

  February 18, 2026
Tom Poland

By Tom Poland Fall in full tumble gives us a kind of X-ray vision. We see that a leafless land is a lovely land, a surprising land. We see what…

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SC Humanities announces Ask Me Anything State Tour

  February 18, 2026

Statewide series introduces new Executive Director and invites public dialogue across all seven congressional districts. South Carolina Humanities announces the launch of its new statewide public engagement initiative, SC Humanities…

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