LOOKING at Charleston ©
Looking at Charleston is a unique perspective of the homes, churches, and buildings on the peninsula. Rather than the standard historical tour, it provides a glimpse into how these buildings were built, by whom, and with what purpose in mind. Of particular note is that so many of them were designed by “gentlemen architects” during the period before architects received formal training in the United States. Read more ~>RECOMMENDED
Digital Nation: a PBS video. If you have kids or are yourself knee-deep in email, messaging, cell phone, and computer use, you will benefit from this insightful video about the pervasiveness of technology in our lives. There is no conclusion on the matter, but this video casts light on it and gets you thinking. ~> watch the video
Meet our Writers
Eliza Ingle • inglee@cofc.edu • See all postsAs a freelance writer, Eliza regularly reviews dance performances for the Post & Courier and the Charleston City Paper. Eliza received her BA from Middlebury College in Vermont and continued her training at the Merce Cunningham and Erick Hawkins Studios. She has performed and choreographed in New York, Massachusetts, and South Carolina. She has also danced extensively with the Anonymity Dance Company, and in her own solo works. She teaches modern dance, dance history, and choreography at the College of Charleston and is a certified Pilates instructor.
Lindsay Koob • scorpsinger@aol.com • See all postsLindsay is Charleston’s premier music expert and concert reviewer. As his Charleston City Paper bio says, he had a fantasy-ridden, army-brat upbringing, featuring culture-soaked interludes (with music lessons) in places like Vienna, Austria. Cap that with a Citadel education, and the resulting clash of the military and the musical can seem downright schizoid. But the only thing he gets militant about any more is music. It’s his whole life: a day job at Millennium Music supports busy sidelines as a freelance musician and critic. And it’s times like Spoleto that justify his existence. “May my musings and blogservations bear passionate and wondering witness to the musical miracles that come to Chucktown for a few fleeting weeks every year—proof positive that some of the best eargasms can still happen at home.”
Oksana Petrovna • ingleo@cofc.edu • See all postsOksana Petrovna is the pseudonym of Oksana Ingle who is an adjunct professor of Russian Language and Literature at the College of Charleston. Oksana also hosts the blog A Window into Russia, which includes articles, pictures, videos, and travel notes—all of which she uses to promote the Russian curriculum and Russian Studies Abroad program at the College. She holds a Masters in Journalism from St. Petersburg University, Russia—her hometown.
Peter Ingle • inglep@charlestontoday.net • See all postsPeter is the founder of CharlestonToday. For the last 20 years he has worked as a strategic business writer helping companies pinpoint the benefits of their products and services. He has taught business writing workshops at the University of California-Chico, and at Sacramento State University, and has written an ebook entitled Writing Methods That Work for business, school, and life (learn more here). A Charleston native, he returned with his wife and daughter in 2008 and started blogging as The Charleston Observer, which led to the conception of CharlestonToday. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Agricola • addison.ingle@gmail.com • See all postsAgricola is the pseudonym of Addison Ingle, a Charleston native who hosts the blog Thus Agricola. Ad is an information guru, statistics freak, and professional data research (informatics) specialist who frequently thinks of opening a meticulously clean lawnmower-repair shop. But right now he is too busy researching and designing the world’s next great fantasy-football-league metrics tool. So many interests, so little time.
Hattie Nuff • hnuff@charlestontoday.net • See all postsHarriet “Hattie” Nuff is a social critic and technology watchdog who comments on local issues, corporate incompetence, consumer frustrations, and other things. Her husband originally came to us and explained that Hattie, in fits of rage about customer service, bad products, road conditions, and such, was destroying electronic equipment in their home (telephones, toasters, TVs). She clearly needed an outlet, so we decided to give her one. With new found focus, Hattie is already working on her first book entitled, OMG, Here They Come Again.
Goodie Nuff • gnuff@charlestontoday.net • See all postsGoodwin “Goodie” Nuff is a part-time gardener who takes life pretty much as it comes, especially on the weekend. Not as hot-tempered as his better half, he nevertheless scrutinizes the news to form his own conclusion about the state of affairs here and abroad. Once he saw how much fun Hattie was having on CharlestonToday, he decided to join in the fun. Thus was born our most unique column: “A Nuff is a Nuff.”
