Paula’s Journey, Part Three
November 15, 2018
By Tom Poland An Uncommon Passage Down The River Of Life Author’s Note: Paula Deen’s story appears in the fall 2018 issue of Shrimp, Collards & Grits magazine.…
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Holiday-Themed Magic Show Comes to Threshold Repertory Theatre
November 15, 2018
Threshold Repertory Theatre is putting a twist on the traditional holiday performance as it hosts singing illusionist Russell Anderson for “It’s a Magical Christmas.” The show runs Nov. 30 to…
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Paula’s Journey, Part One
November 2, 2018
By Tom Poland An Uncommon Passage Down The River Of Life Author’s Note: Paula Deen’s story appears in the fall 2018 issue of Shrimp, Collards & Grits magazine. This…
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The Beetles, Performing Near You
October 26, 2018
By Tom Poland Beetles. They’re coming and they need no introduction. Southern pine beetles that is. For years now, I’ve watched one pine after another turn reddish-yellow-brown as it…
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S.C. Arts Commission offers $5,000 to state’s artists
October 25, 2018It’s not a multi-state lottery win, but there are more recipients and they’ll at least get the full, stated value. Individual artist fellowships of $5,000 are awarded every spring by…
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S.C. Arts Commission offers $5,000 to state’s artists
October 25, 2018
It’s not a multi-state lottery win, but there are more recipients and they’ll at least get the full, stated value. Individual artist fellowships of $5,000 are awarded every spring by…
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The John de la Howe School
October 19, 2018
By Tom Poland A Story About Change When I first heard that aristocratic four-word name, “John de la Howe,” I sensed something monumental, a nobleman, perhaps. Later, I heard…
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Entrepreneur Minute – Sharon Graci, PURE Theatre
October 15, 2018
This LowcountryBizSC Entrepreneur Minute is a one minute interview in support of entrepreneurship. We would like to thank our sponsors of this video series – Wells Fargo and Bauknight, Pietras and Stormer. …
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SC Humanities Grant provides scholarship to the Pawleys Island Writers’ Conference
October 15, 2018The Pawleys Island Writers Conference is growing thanks to support from Litchfield Books and a grant from South Carolina Humanities. Writers from all over the state will learn from some…
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A Coach’s Life
October 12, 2018
By Tom Poland We who love college football don’t grasp how hard football is on coaches and their families. We watch the games but seldom think of what’s behind…
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Top Grossing Movies – October 8, 2018
October 8, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 10/05/2018 to 10/11/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Wk Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Venom PG13 Sony 1 4,250 $80,255,756 $80,255,756 2 A…
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SEWE 2019 Featured Artist and Painting announced
October 1, 2018Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) announces its Featured Artist and Featured Painting for the 2019 event today, marking 37 years of excellence in wildlife art, conservation and the sporting life. Lou Pasqua has been…
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An Afternoon For Redfish
September 21, 2018
By Tom Poland Many years it’s been since I fished, forty at least. The drought ended August 22. Out onto Port Royal I went with Beaufort fishing guide, Capt.…
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Beautiful But Deadly
September 13, 2018
By Tom Poland I was driving back from a speaking event in Lake City, the town that reinvented itself thanks to art and the vision and financial support of…
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Marsha Polier, Portrait Artist
September 6, 2018
By Tom Poland Note: The North Carolina Museum of Art has exhibited Marsha Polier’s work. A fellow at the MacDowell Artist Colony, she worked with Time Life Music on…
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S.C. Arts Commission makes $4 million impact in state’s communities with new grants
September 6, 2018
The South Carolina Arts Commission is announcing $3,982,012 in grants for South Carolina communities, artists, arts organizations, and schools for the 2019 fiscal year as of Sept. 1, 2018. See…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 4
September 4, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/31/2018 to 09/06/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Crazy Rich Asians PG13 Warner Bros. 3 3,865 $21,964,345…
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Official artwork released for 2019 Cooper River Bridge Run
August 29, 2018Scott Stevenson’s Impressionist-style illustration Captures the Spirit of the Bridge Run Julian Smith, Executive Director of the Cooper River Bridge Run (CRBR), has announced the official artwork for the 42nd Annual Cooper River…
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New exhibition to showcase the Art of Herbaria
August 27, 2018
The Charleston Museum will present an original exhibition, Preserving Nature’s Beauty: The Art of Herbaria, from September 14, 2018 through April 28, 2019. In this new lobby exhibit, examples from the Museum’s extensive herbarium…
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Recognize a local arts hero with an S.C. arts award
August 27, 2018COLUMBIA, S.C. – Not all heroes wear capes, goes the internet meme. Indeed, you can find some in tutus, smocks, business attire, concert black, stage makeup, or even a t-shirt…
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Recognize a local arts hero with an S.C. arts award
August 27, 2018
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Not all heroes wear capes, goes the internet meme. Indeed, you can find some in tutus, smocks, business attire, concert black, stage makeup, or even a t-shirt…
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A Folk Artist Preserves The Past
August 24, 2018
By Tom Poland Harold Branham Every community needs a Harold Branham. In a time when things old and quaint fall to modern ways, it’s good to have someone with…
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A Cheap Jug Of Poison
August 17, 2018
By Tom Poland A Public Service Column A deck open to sunlight and the weather surely will lose its pizzazz. That’s when a good pressure washing works miracles. Prep…
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The Camellia Project: The Complicated Languages of Love
August 17, 2018
By Tammy Davis What Love Language Do You Speak? According to Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages, my daddy would have been a gift giver for sure. Gifts were extravagant,…
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Charleston County Public Library hosts week-long Literacy Festival
July 25, 2018
Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) is hosting the Write On! Literacy Festival, featuring authors, workshops and activities celebrating writing, starting on Saturday, July 28 through Saturday, Aug. 4. The festival includes the…
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A Song For Miss Johnnie
July 20, 2018
By Tom Poland —“I hear the train a’coming, rolling round the bend” —“Look a-yonder comin’, comin’ down that railroad track, it’s the Orange Blossom Special, bringing my baby…
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Sentimental Journey Along Highway 25
June 29, 2018
By Tom Poland I was making my way from Greenville to Lincolnton, Georgia one Saturday afternoon. I had to take a back road, a blessing. The light was bad…
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S.C. Arts Commission honors four with fellowship grants
June 25, 2018South Carolina artists in Charleston, Horry, Richland and Spartanburg counties representing four arts disciplines received individual artist fellowships after approval by the S.C. Arts Commission board in Columbia. Individual artists…
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S.C. Arts Commission honors four with fellowship grants
June 25, 2018South Carolina artists in Charleston, Horry, Richland and Spartanburg counties representing four arts disciplines received individual artist fellowships after approval by the S.C. Arts Commission board in Columbia. Individual artists…
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Eastover writer wins biennial South Carolina Novel Prize
June 19, 2018The South Carolina Arts Commission, Hub City Press, the College of Charleston, and the South Carolina State Library are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 South Carolina…
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Eastover writer wins biennial South Carolina Novel Prize
June 19, 2018
The South Carolina Arts Commission, Hub City Press, the College of Charleston, and the South Carolina State Library are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 South Carolina…
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Life Without Fathers
June 15, 2018
By Tom Poland There’s something about being a writer that makes people confide in you. Why tell a writer, who uses life as raw material, your deepest secrets. But…
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Spoleto Festival USA: the 42nd season ends with second-highest ticket sales in festival history
June 13, 2018
Ticket sales top $3.3 million Highlighted by four US premiere productions, four world premieres, and several new musical arrangements, the 42nd season of Spoleto Festival USA proved to be another…
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Chinaberry’s Rise & Fall
June 7, 2018
By Tom Poland A lovely shade tree, I played beneath its canopy; rolled its berries in my palm. It stood seven yards beyond an old hand-dug well. I sucked…
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Rural creatives, S.C. Arts Commission to launch program
June 1, 2018The South Carolina Arts Commission and a newly formed team of creative professionals is launching CREATE: Rural S.C. with a networking and informational meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at…
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Rural creatives, S.C. Arts Commission to launch program
June 1, 2018
The South Carolina Arts Commission and a newly formed team of creative professionals is launching CREATE: Rural S.C. with a networking and informational meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at…
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6 Questions for Ranky Tanky’s Quentin Baxter
May 31, 2018Charleston’s homegrown chart-topping band Ranky Tanky, which includes three College of Charleston alums, will take to Cistern Yard on June 2, 2018, as part of Spoleto Festival USA. Ranky Tanky has had…
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Squatters
May 17, 2018
By Tom Poland Looking back, I realize they lived like frontiersmen. A squirrel-hunting boy who skirted their wooded encampment, I considered them bums. Looking back that seems harsh. Down…
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The War and Treaty to play the Wells Fargo Festival Finale – June 10
May 15, 2018
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park | Sunday, June 10 The War and Treaty performs at 6:45pm | The Lone Bellow headlines at 8:30pm Special musical guest The War and Treaty will perform on the…
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Spoleto Festival USA’s 2018 poster features painting by David Hockney
May 15, 2018Festival General Director Nigel Redden revealed the 2018 Spoleto Festival USA poster, featuring the work of renowned British painter, David Hockney. Beginning May 11, the 2018 poster will be available…
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The Beauty Of Old Bridges
May 4, 2018
By Tom Poland File this column under “Progress.” I guess. I remain a skeptic of much that is new and better and that includes the new bridges going up…
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The Beauty Of Old Bridges
May 4, 2018
By Tom Poland File this column under “Progress.” I guess. I remain a skeptic of much that is new and better and that includes the new bridges going up…
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Details for Spoleto Festival USA’s Opening-Night Fête on Bedon’s Alley
April 30, 2018
Kicking off the 2018 season, Spoleto Festival USA’s Opening-Night Fête will take place on May 25 at 8:00pm within the picturesque, brick-lined “South of Broad” street, Bedon’s Alley. For many Festival-goers and…
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Spoleto Festival USA’s in-person box office opens May 1
April 30, 2018
Beginning Tuesday, May 1, members of the public can purchase and/or pick up Spoleto Festival USA tickets from knowledgeable box-office agents at the Charleston Gaillard Center, located at 95 Calhoun Street. HOURS:…
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PURE Theatre to Produce Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, & Alison Bechdel and Stages by David Lee Nelson during 2018 Piccolo Spoleto Festival
April 30, 2018
This 2018 Piccolo Spoleto Festival, PURE Theatre is proud to produce the remount of Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron and Alison Bechdel, as well as the world premiere…
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Charleston student is Poetry Out Loud national champ
April 26, 2018
Janae Claxton of First Baptist Church School in Charleston wins in Washington Last night in Washington, a Charleston student became the first South Carolinian to win the national finals of…
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The Charleston Museum opens new photo exhibit
April 25, 2018
The Charleston Museum is pleased to announce the opening of a new photo exhibit in its Lowcountry Image Gallery. A Photographic Artist: Morton B. Paine’s Shots of Charleston, on display through November 4,…
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Piccolo Spoleto announces details of 2018 Festival
April 24, 2018Charleston, SC—The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs today released details of the upcoming 2018 Piccolo Spoleto Festival, which opens on May 25 and runs through June 10, 2018, in Charleston, South…
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The battle of the sexes has begun…
April 20, 2018Who: The Flowertown Players Underground Where: 133 South Main Street Summerville, SC 29483 – Annex Facility What: Bouncers by John Godber, Directed by Daniel Rich Shakers by John Godber &…
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Gov. McMaster to present 2018 S.C. Arts Awards – May 2
April 19, 2018The seven individuals and three groups visiting the State House to receive the 2018 South Carolina Arts Awards Wednesday, May 2 at 10:30 a.m. will do so from a high-profile…
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