The cellist for Brandi Carlile has a new solo album out this month
  
  
          
  
           
                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The artist and musician on what fuels her creativity
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The straws made from wheat stems are biodegradable
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Pick your vantage point for catching this year’s patriotic pyrotechnics
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The exuberant violinist celebrates his 10th season as director of Spoleto’s chamber music series in Charleston—his home...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Mount Holly native Sunn m’Cheaux is back in school, teaching the Gullah language at Harvard 
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A trio of local creatives threw an intimate (and seriously stunning) tropical-themed dinner party to celebrate the...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Rusty’s Cool Guitars sells specialty instruments to support veterans, arts education, and animal rescue
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          In his new album, Lee Barbour shares an experience at once personal and universal
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          From a laugh-out-loud memoir to historical fiction by a best-selling author, local—and locally connected—writers have...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Conductor, concertmaster, and violinist Yuriy Bekker kicks off Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s Pops series on October...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Local drummer Brandon Brooks boosts the local music scene with Jyve  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Mega-selling author Bernard Cornwell proves the pen is at least as mighty as the sword  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Following a celebrity-infused F...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Jazz musician Robert Lewis discusses his career as a performer, composer, and educator   
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          SUSTO advances its indie rock sound in a new album  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A new album, a new baby, and a new take on some old-as-the-hillbillies rock ’n’ roll truths keep Charleston’s favorite...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Catching up with Edith Howle, curator of TEDxCharleston, in advance of the October 19 event  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
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          Calling out his creative seafood sales pitches, huckster and political provocateur Joe Cole became a cultural...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Conor Donohue’s songwriting shines in new release Cayenne  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Ninety years after the untimely death of Edmund Thornton Jenkins, Spoleto Festival USA premieres his unfinished...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Speaking with poet, teacher, and Holy City Youth Slam founder Matthew Foley   
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Portraitist Molly B. Right transforms vintage bottle caps into dazzling works of art  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Attorney-turned-celebrated-conductor Ken Lam takes the helm of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Meet the two Charlestonians who started Independent Journal, one of the nation’s fastest- growing media outlets, in a...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          To commemorate Charleston’s 40th anniversary, we honor 40 influential people and groups whose vision, passion, focus,...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Filmmaker Julie Dash, celebrated for elevating African-American heritage on the silver screen, is chronicling the...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Gillian Zettler dishes on her first year as executive director of the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival