The 85th anniversary of the famous composer’s visit to Charleston to write the score of Porgy & Bess
  
  
          
  
           
                                      
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Charleston’s growth has been a boon for, and in part driven by, its creative community. The return of festival season...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Not sure how to choose among all the Spoleto 2016 offerings? Here, leaders of area arts organizations, plus a couple of...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Ninety years after the untimely death of Edmund Thornton Jenkins, Spoleto Festival USA premieres his unfinished...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Artist Jonathan Green brings a colorful dose of African cultural authenticity to the Spoleto stage  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Colour of Music festival founder Lee Pringle works to awaken the nation to black classical music  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Things Every Local Must Experience Whether your bloodline dates back generations or you just moved to town, check out...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          From the Lowcountry’s Pour House to Tokyo’s Orchard Hall, Wando High and College of Charleston grad Cameron Handel is...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A revised version of Porgy and Bess stirs controversy as leading lady Audra McDonald visits Charleston  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The dynamic talents of jazz singer Ann Caldwell  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Seventy-five years ago, DuBose Heyward and the Gershwin brothers took a chance on Broadway with Porgy and Bess  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Read the romantic sagas of three legendary local couples— the Dawsons, the Heywards, and the Warings— whose shared...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Frolicking with free spirits on the Edge of America.  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          For painter and printmaker Mary Walker, life on the canvas continuously evolves