Arts & Entertainment
Motown in the Moonlight Series Continues this Fall with The Majestics
Get down to the sounds of your favorite Motown tunes with an unmatched sunset view of the Charleston Harbor! Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission (CCPRC) is excited to kick off fall with the second Motown in the Moonlight event on Sept. 21. Come dance the night away to “the sound that changed America” as…
Read MoreNew Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Shows Rarely Seen Photos of Billie Holiday’s Private and Public Worlds
In April 1957, photographer Jerry Dantzic had an assignment from Decca Records to photograph Billie Holiday during a weeklong run of performances at the Newark, New Jersey, nightclub Sugar Hill. What unfolded was an unexpected and intimate journey into her private and public worlds. His photos comprise the largest collection of images from any single…
Read MoreColumbia Opportunity Resource issues call for artists for 6th annual Time for Art Gala
Columbia Opportunity Resource (COR) is seeking artists to submit their work to the 6th annual Time for Art Gala, to be held Saturday, November 23 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Columbia Museum of Art. Time for Art connects the arts, business and nonprofit communities throughout the Midlands for an evening to network and…
Read More“Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” Film Screening 2019 Part of MOJA Arts Festival
The Charleston Music Hall and MOJA Arts Festival are pleased to present Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am film screening on Tuesday, October 1st at 7PM. There will be a special introduction and poetry reading by Asiah Mae and Marcus Amaker before the film begins. Tickets for the film are $8 and are on sale now. After a…
Read MoreReggae Nights finale coming up August 23 with Mystic Vibrations – Rain date from August 2
The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) hosts its final summer 2019 Reggae Nights Concert series on Friday, Aug. 23. The last concert of the season will feature Mystic Vibrations at James Island County Park. This event was rescheduled from Aug. 2 due to rain. Gates open at 7:30 p.m. and music by…
Read MoreCharleston Gospel Choir Announce Auditions For New Singers August 20 and 27
The Charleston Gospel Choir is seeking new volunteer members for its 2019-2020 season. The Gospel Choir will hold a voice assessment Tuesday, August 20 and Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. each evening at Second Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 342 Meeting Street, downtown Charleston. Volunteers are asked to prepare a solo of their choosing and vocalize in a…
Read MoreHarlem Renaissance Movie Night
Members of Gamma Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. gathered in sisterly fellowship and “Harlem Renaissance” era fashion on Friday, July 19, 2019, to view the movie, “Swing,” which was written, directed, and produced by Oscar Michaeux. He was described as the first major and most successful African American filmmaker of the…
Read MoreNikki Giovanni To Headline 2019 Black Ink Charleston
Nikki Giovanni, the world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator, will be featured as the keynote speaker at this fall’s Black Ink, Charleston’s African American book festival. The festival, a program of the Charleston Friends of the Library and a part of the MOJA Arts Festival, will take place on Saturday, October 5 at 2…
Read MoreThe City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents Without Regard to Sex, Race or Color and HBCUs: Creating Power Through Education
The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents two concurrent exhibits, Without Regard to Sex, Race, or Color by Andrew Feiler and HBCUs: Creating Power Through Education by Synthia SAINT JAMES, on view at City Gallery August 23 through October 6. The two distinct shows examine race, privilege, and the power of education…
Read MoreFilm Review: Good Boys
By Dwight Brown Quick! Someone call Child Protective Services. Three juvenile actors have been kidnapped and forced to play bawdy tweens in this uncontrollably hilarious coming-of-age film. With a salacious script by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, pervy direction by Stupnitsky, and a sense of devious humor that reeks of producer Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express), audiences…
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