Arts & Entertainment
Flooding is the Focus of Next Interactive SciArt Happy Hour
It’s a great day in South Carolina—except for when flooded streets back up traffic, damage houses and limit access to hospitals and emergency response vehicles. With our surrounding marshes and shorelines expected to be 17 more inches underwater by 2050 how are we going to adapt? Just how much water can our engineers hold back…
Read MoreIN THE MIX Returns with Quentin Baxter, Arabella String Quartet
“IN THE MIX: An Evening with the Arabella String Quartet” will feature a conversation with host Quentin Baxter and internationally recognized classical music ensemble, the Arabella String Quartet, about recording, touring, and management. The Fall 2019 installment of IN THE MIX, the College of Charleston Arts Management Program’s music industry series, will be held on Monday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Recital…
Read MoreColumbia Opportunity Resource to Host its Sixth Annual Time for Art Gala
Columbia Opportunity Resource’s (COR) Time for Art Gala will be held Saturday, November 23, 2019 at the Columbia Museum of Art from 7 to 11 p.m. Time for Art celebrates the Midlands’ arts, nonprofit and business communities through a unique silent art auction. Attendees bid with volunteer hours for pieces of art and take…
Read MoreFilm Gems Screen at 2019 New York Film Festival
The lineup at the 2019 New York Film Festival included art films that will likely be remembered more for their beauty than their content. Yet there were gems among the programming that will win awards, play in art film houses, thrive on streaming services and be remembered favorably. American Trial: The Eric Garner Story (***1/2) If…
Read MoreCharleston Music Hall to Host World Premiere of Hot New Musical “Love & Southern D!scomfort”
Patton Daye Slater Productions and South Of Broadway Theatre Company are proud to present the WORLD PREMIERE of the captivating new musical “Love & Southern D!scomfort”. Music, mystery, and good old-fashioned family drama collide on January 11th and 12th at The Charleston Music Hall, as Tony Award Nominee Felicia P. Fields from The Color Purple and Dreamgirls, surrounded by Charleston’s finest actors, take the…
Read More2020 North Charleston Arts Fest poster design competition underway
The City of North Charleston is calling upon South Carolina visual artists to participate in the 2020 North Charleston Arts Fest Poster Design Competition. The winning piece will become the official poster design of the 2020 North Charleston Arts Fest, taking place April 29-May 3, and will be featured on all promotional materials and merchandise,…
Read MoreThe City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents We The People: Portraits of Veterans in America
The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents We The People: Portraits of Veterans in America, on view October 26 through December 22, 2019. In 2010, internationally renowned artist Mary Whyte set out on an inspirational seven-year mission to paint fifty large scale watercolor portraits of current day American veterans. WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in…
Read MoreApple TV+ First Film ‘The Banker’ Will Close AFI FEST 2019
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will close with the World premiere of Apple’s The Banker, Apple TV’s first original film, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie. Michael Lumpkin, Director of AFI Festivals shared, “THE BANKER joins a remarkable group of films…
Read MoreFilm Review: Little Monsters
You couldn’t guess from her dramatic Oscar-winning performance in 12 Years A Slave or her kinetic warrior/spy role in Black Panther that Lupita Nyong’o has a gift for romantic comedy. But she does. In fact, this rom/com/horror movie hybrid is the perfect vehicle for her frothy comic expression. Her ingenuity, a cast of adorable kids, a smarmy children’s TV host and an army…
Read MoreMotown Founder Berry Gordy Retires
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia From the Miracles, Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie, and the shaping of the original Little Steven, to being the genius behind the launch of the man that would become known as “the King of Pop,” Berry Gordy long ago indelibly cemented his place as one of the…
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