Spoleto Festival USA kicks off with Brazilian hip-hop 
24 May 2013, 5:33 pm

It's official! Welcome to the 37th annual Spoleto Festival USA! more…... Read More

Remembering the past, looking to the future, and finding the Spoleto sweet spot 
24 May 2013, 5:30 pm

Departures were very much a part of the first few hours of the 37th Spoleto Festival. At opening ceremonies foremost in the remembrance was Ted Stern, the founding chairman of the festival board, who died in January at 100 and to whom the 2013 festi... Read More

Follow Spoleto, Piccolo, and Fringe with CP's free Spoleto app 
24 May 2013, 5:06 pm

It's a common dilemma, you're standing at intermission during your favorite Spoleto opera and you can't wait to plan your next show but don't have a City Paper Spoleto guide handy. No fear, the City Paper Spoleto mobile app is here to help. Read More

Video: Preview the puppets of A Midsummer Night's Dream 
24 May 2013, 3:41 pm

We bet Shakespeare never would have guessed that one day that his fantastical play about love and fairies would be performed by puppets. South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company has adapted A Midsummer Night's Dream over the last few years, and we ca... Read More

Compagnie XY gets the South of Broad treatment 
24 May 2013, 1:42 pm

When we heard that Spoleto SCENE was hosting their Le Grand C after-party at a South of Broad mansion, we expected a fancy affair. But like the French acrobatic show, which is a more bare-bones spectacle than the commercialized Cirque du Soleil, the... Read More

Video: Behind the scenes with Le Grand C 
24 May 2013, 1:05 pm

Yesterday, City Paper photographer Jonathan Boncek stopped in to the Memminger Auditorium to check out the members of Compagnie XY as they prepared for their show Le Grand C, which officially opens tonight after two preview performances. You can read... Read More

Stalk your favorite festival artists on Twitter 
24 May 2013, 12:49 pm

One of our favorite parts of Spoleto is spotting performers around town, whether it's orchestra members lugging around their heavy instruments in black-tie attire or the star of the festival's big opera eating lunch at Basil. To keep tabs on our visi... Read More

Hot Ticket: Spoleto sell-outs 
24 May 2013, 12:35 pm

With opening night just a few hours away, you can bet the Spoleto box office phones are ringing off the hook (we know — we've tried calling a couple of times already). And while you'd think that would mean that your chances of getting tickets to so... Read More

P&C parent company planning development at Meeting and Columbus 
24 May 2013, 12:18 pm

Evening Post Publishing Company, the Charleston-based parent company of the Post and Courier, announced this week that it had selected a pair of developers for a 2.8-acre mixed-use project being planned at the northwest corner of Meeting and Columbus... Read More

Nikki Haley appoints member of white power organization to campaign 
24 May 2013, 12:08 pm

The Post and Courier just dropped a doozy of a story: Gov. Nikki Haley has appointed an alleged member of a white supremacist organization to her campaign. The man in question: Roan Garcia-Quintana. more…... Read More

Hey Eric Holder ... 
24 May 2013, 10:23 am

Is it possible to sign a search warrant for your own ass, because it would be really nice if you did that, you know? And can you get Roger Ailes to do it? more…... Read More

JAC kicks off jazz series, runs until June 7 
24 May 2013, 9:32 am

Last night Kevin Hackler and company kicked off the 6th annual Jazz Artists of Charleston (JAC) Jazz Series, which runs until Fri. June 7, or more or less until the end of Spoleto. more…... Read More

Order your Whole Foods Memorial Day Bundle day now! 
24 May 2013, 9:05 am

This year, take it easy on Memorial Day when you take advantage of Whole Foods' bundle deal, below. Place your order soon, while supplies last! more…... Read More

Video: Le Villi/Mese Mariano dress rehearsal 
24 May 2013, 4:47 am

One of Spoleto's grand operas this year is a double bill featuring Puccini's Le Villi and Umberto Giordano's Mese Mariano. Le Villi, Puccini's first, rarely seen opera, is about a young man who abandons his lover and is then tormented by her spirit a... Read More

Cartoon 'child porn' & 3D printer guns, the 1st Amendment protects them both 
23 May 2013, 3:50 pm

I feel for the gun nuts, I really do. As I a staunch First Amendment freak, I feel their pain. more…... Read More

On Repeat: A look back at some Piccolo veterans 
23 May 2013, 3:35 pm

Piccolo season is always a good time to see new plays, but it's an equally good time to catch that production you missed during the fall theater season, or even a couple of Piccolos ago. Here's our rundown of some of the productions returning (in wha... Read More

Hip-hop folkie McKenzie Eddy opens new music venue, gallery 
23 May 2013, 1:28 pm

Young Platinum by McKenzie EddyMusician McKenzie Eddy can now add another title to her resumé: entrepreneur. With the recent opening of King Dusko at 541 King St., Eddy marks her first Holy City venture into the art gallery, coffee shop, music venue... Read More

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra to play Pour House June 4 
23 May 2013, 12:42 pm

Jonathan Scales started playing the steel pan at college when his friends convinced him to join the Appalachian State steel band. Fortunately for everyone else, it was love at first ping. more…... Read More

S.C. pint bill makes it through Senate and House, awaits Haley's signature 
23 May 2013, 12:32 pm

Back when we wrote about the South Carolina Senate's pint bill in April, things weren't looking so good. The Senate Judiciary Committee had amended a bill that would allow state breweries proposed to sell 64 oz. more…... Read More

Spoleto kicks off unofficially at the Halsey's Rebound opening 
23 May 2013, 12:22 pm

For all intents and purposes, Spoleto starts tomorrow, May 24. But only festival amateurs really trust that date, even if it is posted on Spoleto's website and in its program and on our website so on and so forth. more…... Read More

The Agenda: Drivers, Folly police prep for Memorial Day, Gowdy scolds IRS official, Boeing praises N. Chas. 
23 May 2013, 12:07 pm

Cheap gas = crowded beaches - Low gas prices (Sun News) this Memorial Day weekend should make for crowded beaches (AP) as crowds flock to the coast for the unofficial beginning of summer over the long weekend. Folly booze ban - Live 5 News reports t... Read More

Sign up now for FREE beer festival tickets 
23 May 2013, 9:31 am

Good news! If you missed the early brew offer from Mt. Pleasant International Beer Festival, you sign up to win your pair of FREE tickets here. more…... Read More

Isn't it time we quit talking about Tiger Woods? 
23 May 2013, 6:58 am

Tiger Woods is the Amanda Bynes of golf. Scratch that. more…... Read More

Video: Matsukaze dress rehearsal 
23 May 2013, 4:34 am

Matsukaze — the Japanese opera from a Chinese director sung in German — opens on Friday, but City Paper stopped in to the dress rehearsal to get a sneak peek of what's in store. Read our preview of the show here, and check back Saturday for our... Read More

Home brewers learn the secret ingredient for 2nd annual Iron Brew Competition 
22 May 2013, 6:35 pm

Last year, the Inaugural Iron Brew Competition at Holy City Brewing was a huge hit. There were over 30 teams registered that brewed up some fantastic beers. more…... Read More
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