Savannah has a familiar old-meets-new mix, but Charleston’s sister city 100 miles southward always feels like a true...  
  
          
  
           
                                      
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Overwhelmed by all the Spoleto Festival USA offerings? Click on the flip-book below to find out which events local arts...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          What’s happening this month?  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Charles Gaines’s mathematically based grids reject the idea that art must be a function of personal expression  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          On April 7 and 8, Old Towne Creek County Park blooms into a gardener’s paradise: the 16th annual Plantasia, organized...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
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www.lefarfallecharleston.com  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Jazz musician Robert Lewis discusses his career as a performer, composer, and educator   
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Timothy Banks illustrates a whimsical world in children’s books, magazines, apps, and more  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Wilma Maiers is ready to decorate her walking cane and don her Christmas tree hat to make the Holy City holidays all...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A new album, a new baby, and a new take on some old-as-the-hillbillies rock ’n’ roll truths keep Charleston’s favorite...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Chamber Music Charleston’s Sandra Nikolajevs marks the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary with a trip to Carnegie Hall  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Ahead of its premiere June 4, Carrie Mae Weems discusses her Spoleto Festival USA production
   
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Footlight Players award the first Anthony Aston Honors this month  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Listened to a Spoleto Festival USA concert in the last two decades? It’s likely that John Kennedy had a hand in its...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          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  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          For prolific artist Richard ''Duke'' Hagerty, a four-decade retrospective of his wild surrealist paintings is just...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Attorney-turned-celebrated-conductor Ken Lam takes the helm of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A Charleston native reflects on the evolution of local philanthropy  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          How do you define “luxury”? Perhaps it’s an occasional indulgence, or a unique experience, or even something...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          To commemorate Charleston’s 40th anniversary, we honor 40 influential people and groups whose vision, passion, focus,...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Preservation Society executive director Kristopher King seeks to dovetail the past with progress in his favorite city  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Whether creating fine art sculptures or in-demand tableware, Fiorenzo Berardozzi trusts in the beauty of wabi sabi
   
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          No boat or mountain house? Fake it til you make it with these tips  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Each Memorial Day, the Charleston Men’s Chorus honors fallen heroes with an always-sold-out Piccolo Spoleto concert  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Passion, lust, and revenge heat up the modern-day premiere of a Baroque opera last performed in the early 1650s  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          As he heads down the homestretch, Mayor Riley seems to be gaining steam. He may need it  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A young creative couple infuses their Charleston single house with a stripped-down contemporary aesthetic that...