WANT TO HEAR some of the best French romantic music while sipping wine in a Paris bistro? In this case, the ‘‘bistro’ will be at 56 Beaufain Street next Saturday, February 4, when Chamber Music Charleston presents its second installment of the Kuhn & Kuhn Law Firm Memminger Concert Series. Come early to sip... Read »
LESLIE VICARY gave a daunting, daring portrayal in “The Last Flapper,” which unfortunately ran for only one weekend at the South of Broadway Theatre on Montague Avenue. The one-woman play by William Luce (here directed by Mark Gorman) is... Read »
IN A FEROCIOUS PERFORMANCE where he portrays three different characters—sometimes within seconds of each other—Robbie Thomas proves himself one of Charleston’s most versatile actors. So fascinating are his transfigurations in this Village Playhouse production that you forget you are... Read »
CHARLESTON CONCERT ASSOCIATION presented the second dance offering of their season on Saturday night at the Gaillard with the dynamic Complexions Contemporary Ballet, perhaps in a bold effort to appeal to a younger audience. However, a less than half full... Read »
CONDUCTOR JOANN FALLETTA represents the best of what classical music is all about, and it rubs off—as it did Thursday night at the Gaillard Auditorium where she led the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in a lyrically rich program of Russian-European... Read »
SOMETIMES it takes an art exhibit to remind us that, as fast and formidably as America has developed, the most monumental thing about this country is its vast and varied landscape which offers awe-inspiring views of Nature. The nineteenth-century... Read »
THE GOOD NEWS is that it is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition. The unfortunate part is that they are on display for only another 3 weeks (through January 22) at the North... Read »
A FEW WEEKS AGO I made a pilgrimage to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) to see the second to last performance of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Like me, many of you might think traveling to Brooklyn is... Read »
YOU CAN ALWAYS count on the College of Charleston’s International Piano Series (IPS) to bring the Holy City a complete and varied cross-section of the pianist’s art. From brilliant young sensations, through mid-career masters, to legendary “elder statesmen” of... Read »
HELPING to bring in the Christmas season, the Charleston Concert Association presented Tuesday evening December 12 the Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band in a rollicking concert “Christmas Bells Are Swingin’!” to an enthusiastic audience at Gaillard... Read »
ACTORS’ THEATRE of South Carolina and Chamber Music Charleston will again present their delightful mix of superb music and acting to the Dock Street Theatre on December 22 and 23 with a return production of “The Gift of the... Read »
The churches of Charleston
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