Charleston Green Fair
September 25, 2008
Green Fair to help Earth-friendly practices take root
By Lauren Santander
The Post and Courier
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Marion Square may seem a little greener to some this Sunday when hundreds converge on the downtown park to promote environmentally friendly living.
Organizers of Charleston Green Fair, which will include entertainment, food and education about the impact people’s daily lives have on the environment, expect about 2,000 to attend the event scheduled from noon to 6 p.m.
If you go
WHAT: Charleston Green Fair
WHEN: Noon-6 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Marion Square
WHY: The free event will promote environmentally safe choices available in South Carolina and educate the public. Read more
Charleston Garden Festival
September 10, 2008
Charleston’s Fourth Annual Garden Festival Focuses on Preserving the Natural World Through Responsible Gardening
Attendees of the Fourth Annual Charleston Garden Festival are invited to visit Charleston’s beach resorts for discounts and benefits on vacation rentals while attending the event.
Charleston, SC (PRWEB) September 6, 2008 — The Fourth Annual Charleston Garden Festival will take place October 17-20 at Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark encompassing America’s oldest landscaped gardens. This year’s theme will be “Metamorphosis” - celebrating the preservation of the natural world through the lifecycle of change. Attendees can expect gardening demonstrations and lectures, panel discussions, horticultural tours, live jazz, food, family activities and a children’s “fantasy” area. Guests are encouraged to picnic all day on the Greensward. Log on to charlestongardenfestival.org for ticket
information. Read more
“Gone With The Wind” returns to Charleston
June 16, 2008
Getting ‘Gone’ on the big screen once again
By: Bill Thompson
It was to be the grandest of the grand, a landmark motion picture so perfectly realized that it would cast a giant shadow over the sweep of film history.
Producer David O. Selznick wanted the screen adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind” writ as large as could be in the public mind. More, he wanted a movie that would look as “absolutely modern” in the future as it would in 1939. Read more
Hip-Hop History at Spoleto
May 29, 2008
Multimedia trip through hip-hop history
One could describe Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s “the break/s” as a mix tape for stage, the charted course of hip-hop over continents and generations.
Joseph does. He also calls it “a dream journal,” as he guides audiences across Planet Hip Hop.
Umi Vaughn
Mark Bamuthi Joseph will perform “the break/s,” a multimedia exploration of today’s hip-hop generation, during the Spoleto Festival. Read more
Memorial Day in the Lowcountry
May 27, 2008
Area residents soak up fun at beaches, Spoleto
Some took it easy on the beach. Per usual this time of year, many headed downtown for Spoleto events. Others tried to start or finish home-improvement projects.
Memorial Day proved to be the day of relaxation and remembrance that many in the Lowcountry come to expect. The traffic on Folly Road gave way to throngs of people blasting music, splashing in the ocean, flying kites and soaking up rays.
West Ashley residents Rose and Mark Luppino took it easy under their beach umbrella with drinks, snacks and homemade hummus.
Wade Spees
The Post and Courier
Claudia Burik (left) and Margie Pommer applaud the Columbia Community Band during the band’s Memorial Day concert in Marion Square. Read more
2008, Charleston Harbor Fest
May 16, 2008
Charleston Harbor Fest
May 16 -18, 2008
We are very excited to announce the annual maritime festival is now called Charleston Harbor Fest and is scheduled for May 16 – 18, 2008. We have expanded this year to include locations on both sides of the harbor in a true harbor-wide celebration of the sea. A Water Action Village Expo (WAVE) at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant will highlight extreme water sports and modern boating, modern marine sports equipment, water sports non-profits, and boat, kayak, kite boarding, and surfing vendors. In addition, a Maritime Village downtown at the Maritime Center and in Ansonborough Field will highlight traditional maritime activities and/or past times, pirate themes, marine related non-profits and vendors selling traditional marine items. A water shuttle and bus shuttle will provide transportation between the downtown location and the Patriots Point location (fees may apply).
Access to the Festival grounds is FREE to the public and we anticipate 50,000+ visitors throughout the weekend. Attractions downtown will feature tours of tall ships including the Amistad, Schooner Virginia, the Spirit of South Carolina and the Corwith Cramer, an authentic pirate camp, wooden boats, a children’s village, family boat building, an education village, food, music and more. Across the harbor at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant attractions will feature extreme wake boarding demos, an aerobatic flight demonstration, the Water Action Village Expo (WAVE), a static boat display, helicopter harbor tours, a children’s village, food, music and more.
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