The Rocky Shoals Highway
July 7, 2022
By Tom Poland Come May-June I burn the Rocky Shoals Highway up. I drive from Irmo, South Carolina to McCormick County and on into Georgia. My mission? Visiting two…
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South Carolina State Fair Accepting Entries for 2022 Competitive Exhibits
July 6, 2022
The South Carolina State Fair is now accepting entries for this year’s competitive exhibits, which will be on display Oct. 12-23, 2022, at the S.C. State Fair. The annual exhibits will…
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Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston
July 5, 2022
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston School of the Arts provides a multidisciplinary laboratory for the production, presentation, interpretation, and dissemination of ideas by innovative…
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IAAM adds chief learning and engagement officer to leadership team
July 5, 2022
Malika N. Pryor-Martin has joined the International African American Museum (IAAM) as chief learning and engagement officer. In this role, Pryor will provide strategic direction for creating museum programs and…
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Folk Medicine Remedies
June 30, 2022
By Tom Poland Like the Black Crowe’s “Remedy, and its line, I need a remedy”, folks of yesteryear needed remedies and they came up with them. We call their…
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Through Broken Glass
June 16, 2022
By Tom Poland The old church just wanted to be left alone, but that didn’t happen. Someone shot out her windows. Some kid’s BBs shattered panes, leaving sharp jagged…
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IAAM adds PR and community relations manager
June 10, 2022
The International African American Museum (IAAM) has added Keisha Kirkland as the public and community relations manager. In this role, Kirkland will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive…
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Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art has announced poster image for 2022
June 9, 2022
Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art has announced that Michael Hunt’s Fleur De Lis Jazz, has been chosen as the image to adorn this year’s Festival materials. “We simply…
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A Creek Runs Through It
June 9, 2022
By Tom Poland Writers title works and often they fail to come up with a good one. Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas comes to mind. Sometimes a gem of…
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Arts Grow SC to expand, first executive director named
June 8, 2022
The South Carolina Arts Commission and the South Carolina Department of Education announce the expansion of Arts Grow SC as a permanent fixture in the state’s arts learning landscape. An…
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International artists to visit Jazz Combo Camp
May 31, 2022
Jazz Combo Camp Charleston Jazz Academy June 6-10, 2022 | June 13-17, 2022 9AM-3PM Grades 7-12 $210 Register: CharlestonJazz.com The award-winning Charleston Jazz Academy is offering youth grades 7-12 the…
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Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience opens July 19 at the Charleston Area Convention Center
May 25, 2022
Tickets on sale now at VANGOGHCHARLESTON.COM Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, an internationally-acclaimed Vincent Van Gogh multimedia exhibit, will feature a limited-run, special show in Charleston, SC from July…
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International African American Museum receives second donation from TD Bank
May 25, 2022
TD Bank’s donation of $250,000 to the International African American Museum builds on the TD Charitable Foundation’s 2016 donation of $250,000 The International African American Museum (IAAM) has received a…
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International African American Museum receives second donation from TD Bank
May 24, 2022
TD Bank’s donation of $250,000 to the International African American Museum builds on the TD Charitable Foundation’s 2016 donation of $250,000 The International African American Museum (IAAM) has received a…
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The Cedars Of Philomath
May 19, 2022
By Tom Poland Long ago it was, in the late 1980s. I was in a hurry to get back to South Carolina. Thus did I take Georgia Highway 22,…
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A New Broom Sweeps Clean
May 18, 2022
By Tom Poland “A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.” Mom pulled out this old saw when a new preacher attempted wholesale change or…
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Rediscovering An Old Friend
May 12, 2022
By Tom Poland March 3rd is a day I’ll long remember. A bit earlier I had given a talk to the Kiwanis Club at the Darlington Country Club. Returning home…
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An Old Tree, An Old Academy
May 5, 2022
By Tom Poland A Magnolia and a School of Consequence As you top the Edgefield County rise, that fine word “copse” comes to mind. Copse, a small group of…
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Cotton Pickin’ Memories
April 27, 2022
By Tom Poland My jaunts around the South take me past old haunts, a cotton gin now and then. I’ve seen gins in Salters, Bishopville, and other rural places.…
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The Gibbes Museum of Art awarded prestigious grants from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Art Bridges Foundation
April 26, 2022
The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, has been awarded three grants, one from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and two from the Art Bridges Foundation, that…
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International African American Museum sponsors Fireside Chat event on International Museum Day
April 23, 2022
#1 New York Times best-selling author Clint Smith to discuss slavery across America The International African American Museum will sponsor a virtual Fireside Chat event with author Clint Smith in…
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Miss Emily’s Oak
April 20, 2022
By Tom Poland She planted the oak some sixty-eight years ago. Miss Emily was around twenty-six then. The years passed, the tree grew, and today it’s a setting Normal…
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Artist Mary Whyte donates bronze statue to the City of Charleston
April 14, 2022Unveiling and Dedication Ceremony, Friday, April 15th at 11:30 AM, Joe Riley Waterfront Park Please join Mayor John Tecklenburg and Mary Whyte at the unveiling and dedication ceremony of a…
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Masters Memories
April 11, 2022
By Tom Poland There comes a memory from long ago when Georgia had yet to win 1980 and 2021 national champions. No worries, Georgia was and is an annual…
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The Riviera announces upcoming concert with The Wallflowers
March 28, 2022
Grammy Award-winning American rock band coming to downtown theater this April The Riviera, Charleston’s 1930s Art Deco theater, is excited to announce its upcoming concert next month with The Wallflowers…
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Wild Horses
March 24, 2022
By Tom Poland When I hear some determined soul say “wild horses couldn’t pull me away” thoughts race through my mind. First, I think of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. You’d…
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Charleston Heritage Federation announces new events and activities for Spring 2022
March 16, 2022Charleston’s historic sites, museums and cultural organizations that make up the Charleston Heritage Federation (CHF) are pleased to announce a number of exciting activities and events for spring that bring…
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The Best Drink Of Water
March 16, 2022
By Tom Poland Seems to me, as the old folks would say, an aluminum dipper delivered the best drink of water. You’d sink that dipper into a wooden bucket. And…
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Read The Fine Print
March 10, 2022
By Tom Poland Note: For Non-Offended Eyes Only Some say we are what we eat and that what we eat these days is killing us. Down in Australia, some…
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Four South Carolina Cultural Districts earn recertification
March 8, 2022
Congaree Vista, Lancaster, Rock Hill and Spartanburg Downtown The first four South Carolina Cultural Districts designated in 2015 after the program’s launch earned recertification based on FY2020 data gathered by…
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Winter In Wambaw Bay
March 3, 2022
By Tom Poland The orchestra is quiet, as winter holds the conductor’s baton. Still, a song comes to mind. “California Dreamin” where much is brown and gray—every shade of…
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Ingevity invests $500,000 in International African American Museum
March 1, 2022
The International African American Museum has received a $500,000 pledge from Ingevity, the North Charleston, South Carolina-based specialty chemicals, high-performance activated carbon and engineered polymers company with a mission of…
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Middleton Place Foundation announces the release of “American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place”
February 23, 2022
Middleton Place Foundation (MPF), the non-profit educational trust announced the launch of “American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place” on March 8, 2022. Charles Duell inherited Middleton…
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The Emperor’s Hem
February 23, 2022
By Tom Poland In the late 1990s, a time that seems ancient, I touched the emperor’s hem. That is I corresponded with a writer whose words revealed a style…
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Noble Ruin of the South
February 17, 2022
By Tom Poland When man abandoned it, the traffic diverted west, and the forest began to claim it. Today, sycamores, cedars, and oaks console it, and wind and water…
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Spoleto Festival USA announces a robust 46th season
February 16, 2022
International performers return to Charleston for a program exploring themes of faith, migration, intertwining histories, and reclamations of the past Spoleto Festival USA General Director Mena Mark Hanna announced today…
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Inspired by Gullah Geechee history, Yawkey Foundation donates $1MM to International African American Museum
February 14, 2022
Gift Perpetuates the Foundation’s Longstanding Commitment to South Carolina’s Lowcountry The International African American Museum has received a grant of $1 million from the Yawkey Foundation in support of the…
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Plans for IAAM’s Gullah Geechee exhibit made possible by Yawkey Foundation
February 10, 2022
Inspired by Gullah Geechee History, Yawkey Foundation donates $1MM to International African American Museum The International African American Museum has received a grant of $1 million from the Yawkey Foundation…
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Miss Lucy, Childhood Legend
February 10, 2022
By Tom Poland “Perhaps you recall a person from childhood whom everyone kept their distance from. Enjoy this glimpse of small-town life in the 1960s.” Small towns have that one…
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State Museum and the City of Charleston working on an extended loan agreement of the Calhoun Monument
February 7, 2022
Officials with the South Carolina State Museum and the City of Charleston are working collaboratively on an extended loan agreement of the John C. Calhoun Monument statue to the State…
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2022 Southeastern Film & Photo Conference begins Feb. 24
February 7, 2022
The Southeastern Film & Photo Conference is coming to Charleston, February 24–26 Photographers, YouTubers, filmmakers, TikTokers and students will want to attend this three-day conference. Hosted by ASMP South Carolina,…
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International African American Museum receives third grant from FordFoundation
February 3, 2022
Third Round of Funding Sets the Stage for a new Telling of the African American Journey. The International African American Museum has received a grant of $500,000 from the Ford…
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Bitters, A History In Life And Literature
February 2, 2022
By Tom Poland Among the dusty bottles and vase stand three alcoholic potions. I bought the matador-like bottle in Madrid when I traveled by train through hard, brown Spain. Next…
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Charleston students reach S.C. Poetry Out Loud finals
February 1, 2022
From among statewide submissions, judges selected eight finalists who now have a chance to represent South Carolina this spring in the national finals of Poetry Out Loud—an annual, nationwide recitation…
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IAAM’s Dr. Tonya Matthews earns spot on “50 Most Influential People”list
January 31, 2022
Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, president and CEO of the International African American Museum (IAAM), has been selected by the Charleston Business Magazine (CBM) as one of the 50 Most Influential…
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Crow Tastes Pretty Good In Snow
January 27, 2022
By Tom Poland My last column criticized I-20 as a barrier to snow in the classic South. “Winter after winter, radar reveals blue, pink, and white blotches rolling north…
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Wild Dunes Resort announces new artist in residence at The Gallery at Sweetgrass
January 25, 2022
Wild Dunes Resort, a Destination Hotel located on Isle of Palms in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, is pleased to announce Fallon as the new artist in residence at The Gallery at…
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The Great Dividing Line
January 21, 2022
By Tom Poland Yet another dud weather storm forecast teaches me something. When the next Ice Age arrives, its frozen sheet will grind to a halt where I-20 crosses…
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Remembering Smokehouses
January 20, 2022
By Tom Poland I wrote about old hand-dug wells not long ago. Many old wells had a companion nearby, smokehouses. I’ve written about these farm icons before, but a…
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The Old Hand-Dug Well
January 12, 2022
By Tom Poland Driving a country road, I passed an old well house. It didn’t look like a wishing well. It looked rustic, more like a shed, a practical…
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