Account team: Kristin Byars, Hank Lunn, Kate Robbins
National ad sales: VMG Advertising
More info: charlestoncitypaper.com
DESIGN
Art Director: Scott Suchy
Art team: Christina Bailey, Ashleigh Keiser
DISTRIBUTION
Circulation team: Stephen Jenkins, Aidan Lauderdale, David Lampley, Spencer Martin, John Melnick, Judy Narry, Aidan O’Connor For staff email addresses, visit us online.
Published by City Paper Publishing, LLC
Views expressed in Charleston City Paper cover the spectrum and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. Charleston City Paper takes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts.
Proud member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and the South Carolina Press Association
Pioneering sexual assault center charts the next 50 years
By Jessica Mischner
It might be rape. Or non-consensual sex. Or inappropriate touching. Or a boundary of personal space breached more broadly.
While the definition of sexual assault may be ambiguous depending on the context, who is involved and any number of contributing factors, what’s not dispute is that these incidents constitute a real and present danger throughout Charleston … and have for decades.
“This is happening in our community everywhere, everyday, to everyone,” said Deborah Freel, executive director of TriCounty S.P.E.A.K.S. (TCS), a sexual assault prevention, advocacy and support organization once known as People Against Rape celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. “And, more importantly, it is underreported, underfunded and underrecognized.”
Past as prologue
“The most direct definition of ‘sexual assault’? Any unwanted touching of a sexual nature,” Freel said. “It’s important to understand, though, that what determines the nature of the touching is often up to the person on the receiving end of the laying on of hands.
“For us, it’s less about retroactive work [i.e., excavating the past] than it is about ensuring that people understand and respect proactive communication. That means affirmative and enthusiastic consent and clarity so that questionable situations never arise. Every single time.”
Nationally, sexual assault remains a clear threat and mirrors what is happening locally here in Charleston, Freel said. Over the course of a person’s lifetime, according to data gathered by the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network, someone in America is sexually assaulted every 68 seconds. One in six American women will experience an unwanted advance or attack in their lifetime; one in 33 American men will have endured the same.
In South Carolina, according to statistics reported by rape crisis centers statewide, there were 3,536 new primary survivors of sexual assault who sought services from a rape crisis center in the past year — 2,037 adults and 1,499 children under 18. The vast
*Experts say more than 90% of sexual assaults may not be reported to authorities. Source: Charleston Police Department Reported sexual assault locations on the Charleston peninsula since October 2023
majority of survivors (92%) reportedly knew their offender, but only 12% of primary victims reported the incident to law enforcement.
In 2023 in Charleston, TCS answered 1,428 calls through its 24/7 crisis prevention hotline, which provides counseling, assistance, resources and law enforcement support for callers in need.
Sexual assault numbers are underreported in Charleston, like everywhere else, observers say. The map on this page highlights a cross-section of sexual assault crimes — nearly 30 incidents — investigated just on the peninsula over the past year. But Freel and others say they know there were many more.
Additionally here and across the
nation, crime reports and active investigations do not reflect actual occurrences of sexual assault by anyone’s measure. But that disparity also represents an opportunity, according to both Freel and Charleston Police Department spokesman Chris Stinson.
“When we launched our recent transparency initiative, our goal was both to provide the public with greater access to information AND to create more accessible means for survivors to come forward and share their experiences,” Stinson said. “The goal is that by making the data available more frequently, making it visually mappable through location- and crime-
Heart disease rising in S.C., experts say
Heart disease is getting worse in South Carolina, home to fried chicken, fried fish and fried okra.
According to the S.C. Department of Public Health, more than 11,000 people died from heart disease in 2020. More recent federal data suggests the problem is getting worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported heart disease deaths surpassed 12,000 in 2022. Among those more predisposed are women, due to stress; African Americans, due to disproportionate incidence of high blood pressure; and those living in poverty. As of 2023, more than 17,000 Charlestonians fell into the latter category.
The American Heart Association’s Jessica Rodgers of Charleston urged area residents to familiarize themselves with heart health community resources and life-saving procedures. Read more online at charlestoncitypaper.com
Madison Clark
$65.5 million
The amount of emergency funds approved for South Carolina hurricane relief by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of Helene’s impact. The storm damaged at least 5,200 homes, 300 of which were destroyed. The total cost of needed repairs is still unknown.
Source: S.C. Daily Gazette
GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER
5 shot, killed across South Carolina Oct. 2 to Oct. 9
Charleston police charged local resident Samuel Antonio Cooper, 26, with murder in connection with a Thursday shooting in West Ashley that killed Robert Campbell, 49, of Charleston. Five others died in Berkeley, Dorchester, Greenville, Sumter and Anderson counties; four more were hurt in shootings state-wide. Nationally, there were three mass shootings for the week, totalling 414 for the year.
Sources: gunviolencearchive.org; S.C. official and media reports.
Council members, Cogswell butt heads on Charleston’s path
By Skyler Baldwin
Three Charleston City Council members voiced concerns Tuesday about a lack of communication from Mayor William Cogswell on big decisions, saying they felt city processes — and city council itself — were being ignored.
The majority of the discussion during Tuesday’s council meeting revolved around the quiet rollout of a new brand mark for the city in August, which council members at the time said came as a surprise. On Tuesday, council member William Dudley Gregorie said he first learned about the new brand in the Charleston City Paper’s Aug. 12 article.
“Unfortunately, a lot of things I’m learning that’s going on in our city, I learn about it through the newspaper,” Gregorie said. “Particularly on things that I should know about. [The new brand] generated a lot of questions in my district, in terms of, ‘Where did it come from? Did council have input?’ And I’m embarrassed to tell them that I had never seen it before.”
He isn’t alone.
“My biggest problem is … things coming in the paper before council has a chance to act on it or even know about it,” council member Robert Mitchell said during the Oct. 8 meeting. “I have my constituents texting me asking what the devil is going on, and you know what I tell them? ‘I don’t know. Call the mayor.’”
New brand mark impacts tradition
While several council members agreed that communication surrounding the new brand mark’s rollout was the problem, it also didn’t help that the new brand seemed to some to be evidence of the city moving away from its historic roots.
“I’m a preservationist. I’m a traditionalist,” Gregorie said. “I think we need to protect our [overall] brand at all costs. I’m just now sure how we got to the need to change the brand, particularly a brand that’s No. 1 in the country in terms of travel destination.”
Cogswell denied that the new logo, which is based on the city’s seal, was part of a rebranding strategy.
“This is in no way, shape or form intended to be a rebranding of any sort,” he said at the
“There
is an issue here with council being caught not knowing what’s going on. I don’t like it. It’s got to get better … because it’s embarrassing.”
—City of Charleston council member
William Dudley Gregorie
meeting. “I, too, am a preservationist and traditionalist and want to make sure the seal remains the seal of Charleston.”
But the city’s communications director previously told the City Paper differently. Spokesperson Deja McMillan said in August that the new brand mark was being used as a sort of “placeholder” logo for unofficial use, while a larger rebranding project was “a ways away.” The image can be spotted currently on city vehicles.
“It just points toward what we’re wanting to do overall with this administration, which is to modernize and streamline how we do things,” she said in the Aug. 12 report, adding that involving council on rebranding decisions is a goal for future efforts, but that getting something digital now rather than later was a bigger priority.
But Cogswell said on Oct. 8: “I don’t consider this a rebranding. If you want the feathers and you want more lamp on there, we can do that.”
Mitchell and council member Caroline Parker also spoke against the idea of rebranding the city.
“This is the second oldest city hall in the United States of America,” Parker said. “That has to mean something. This does feel like a rebranding. … I think it’s confusing. We are the City of Charleston, and I think the best way to respect that is to keep the current feel.”
A larger trend
Gregorie said decisions being made by the mayor’s office without the input of council was a part of an ongoing problem with city leadership.
“I think it is very important for us to be honest with ourselves,” he said. “There is an issue here with council being caught not knowing what’s going on. I don’t like it. It’s got to get better … because it’s embarrassing.
“I am not the only one that has that concern,” he added. “I’m the one who put
ROCK THE DOCK
LIVE BAND ON PALMETTO BREEZE
80’S TRIBUTE BAND MR.
QUEEN’S TRIBUTE BAND
COUNTRY ON THE CREEK
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
COWGIRL
Cogswell
Gregorie
Moore running hard but uphill in gerrymandered 1st district
By Jack O’Toole
Conventional political wisdom in South Carolina says that incumbent GOP U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of Isle of Palms effectively won reelection to represent the First Congressional District in May. That’s when six conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled her highly gerrymandered, overwhelmingly Republican district was legal.
But her Democratic opponent, businessman and former International African American Museum
President Michael B. Moore, says in this case, at least, the conventional wisdom is just plain wrong.
“We’re pulling together a broad coalition of Democrats, of course, but also of independents and moderate Republicans,” Moore told the Charleston City Paper in a recent interview. “What I’m hearing is that Nancy [Mace] has worn out her welcome with all the antics and media attention and that voters are looking for someone who really wants the job.”
party, Mace is an attention magnet. And as a result, the outsized press coverage she gets has made her a lightning rod for criticism, even among fellow conservatives.
“Watching Mace continue to embarrass herself is both amusing as an observer of D.C. and sad on a human level,” conservative commentator Jeffrey Blehar wrote recently in the National Review, adding that the combination of political calculation and attention-seeking behavior have made her “the Ted Cruz of Lauren Boeberts.”
But Mace has said she’s not fighting for attention, she’s fighting for her constituents — and getting things done, according to reports.
“When Hamas invaded Israel, my team worked around the clock to help evacuate over two dozen Lowcountry residents who were stranded in Israel,” Mace noted in a Sept. 23 forum. “I take on the tough fights … [and] whether you vote for me or not, I work for you.”
Contrasting styles and issues
The Sept. 23 forum, hosted by the Charleston Jewish Federation, gave both candidates an opportunity to focus on what they saw as critical issues in the race.
For Moore, that meant challenging the incumbent on issues like abortion, where Mace has sought to present herself as a moderate.
“We’ve been out engaging with voters broadly, but also working hard to inspire and give voters of color a reason to vote.” —Michael B. Moore
during the debate was flooding, where Mace touted her record of bringing home the bacon for major projects.
“I’ve worked with all levels of government, from the governor’s office down to our mayors and county supervisors, to find authorizations and funding,” Mace said. “One of the things I’m most proud of in the work I’ve done in Congress is being able to identify grant funding … for stormwater development and flooding.”
But Moore wasn’t buying it, noting Mace has been called a “climate denier” by major environmental groups, and pointing to a study that says the 1st Congressional District faces greater threats from climate change than any other in the country.
“This is a hair-on-fire moment,” Moore said. “We have to get serious about this.”
Blotter of the Week
Mount Pleasant police on Oct. 1 responded to Lucy Beckham High School after a female student was reportedly caught with a sealed can of piña colada as she passed through the entryway metal detectors. While it may be a great time for piña coladas (and getting caught in the rain), that’s definitely not the right place.
Confidence is key
The City Paper asked Mace’s campaign office for an interview about the election, but was rebuffed.
Congressional stunts
The “antics” Moore alluded to have been a core feature of the Mace brand since she arrived in the Capitol in 2021. Whether it was walking the halls of Congress with a scarlet letter “A” affixed to her dress, or lamenting a missed opportunity for morning sex at the National Prayer Breakfast, or joining with a band of rogue Republicans to bring down a House Speaker of her own
Council CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7
it out there, but many of us have the same concern because we talk amongst ourselves about how we’re being left out and about the appearance of [Cogswell] usurping the authority of this body. That’s how it’s coming off to me, and I’m very uncomfortable with it.”
Gregorie pointed to the mayor’s new organizational flow chart as a major point of
“Look, it’s fine to talk one way, but you’ve got to look at how someone votes,” Moore said. “When you vote against [codifying] Roe v. Wade, when you vote against laws that would allow IVF, when you vote against women in the military having access to reproductive care, it doesn’t matter what you say. Your votes stand on their own.”
For her part, Mace drew a hard line on the issue of illegal immigration, where Moore favors combining strong border security with a pathway to citizenship.
“I believe that if you’re here illegally, you gotta go home,” Mace said during the forum. “We have a process to come here legally and earn the right to citizenship and we need to follow our laws — full stop.”
The other major area of contention
disagreement. The new chart, which demonstrates how authority and power flows through the city government, puts the mayor on the same level as council, but Gregorie said that isn’t how it’s supposed to run.
“The administration has a reporting requirement to this body,” he said. “The administration reports to council.”
Charleston historically has been a strongmayor form of government in which the mayor directly oversees several branches of city operations. Under the new chart, the
But does Moore have a path?
In 2020, Mace narrowly defeated thenincumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham in what was then a competitive district. The following year, Republican supermajorities in the state legislature redrew the lines, moving about 30,000 Black voters into different congressional districts. Mace then went on to win reelection against Annie Andrews by 14 points in 2022 — almost exactly the Republican numerical advantage created by the legislature.
The new district was initially struck down in 2023 by a federal court, which found that it illegally disenfranchised Black voters. But
CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
mayor directly oversees only three people, including his chief of staff, who oversees several offices that previously reported directly to the mayor.
While the chart demonstrates a shift of authority from the mayor toward a chief of staff, Gregorie said in practice, it seemed that the mayor has pooled more power into his office, away from council.
“I have been told [by city staff] that process is not important, results are,” he said. “I found that insulting.”
While patrolling around Meeting Street on Oct. 3, Charleston police spotted a “gaggle” of homeless individuals, according to a police report, congregating around a business entrance. One of the men had a half-full, still-cold beer bottle, and when police asked about the drink, he stated he was in a public space and could drink “whatever he wanted.” We think his confidence is respectable, but his arrest record says differently.
Well, while we’re out …
Three men on Oct. 4 reportedly loaded two shopping carts with several cases of a variety of beers from the back room of a Dorchester Road dollar store and fled out of the back of the store to a waiting vehicle. From there, according to a North Charleston police report, the trio went to a Spruill Avenue dollar store, where they apparently made very reasonable purchases for bargain prices. We guess you could call that a successful shopping run.
By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin
The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Oct. 1 and Oct. 4
Mace
Moore
Congress in the 1880s before Jim Crow disenfranchised Blacks across the South — says he still sees a legitimate path to victory.
earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the district could stand because the gerrymandering was motivated by partisan politics rather than race, per se.
But Moore — the great-great grandson of Reconstruction-era icon Robert Smalls, who represented the Lowcountry in
specific filters, we’ll be a better partner and resource for people in the community.”
The ripple effect
For Freel, the idea that sexual assault is more than just an individual issue is crucial.
“Sexual assault as an issue is woven into the fabric of who we are as a society,” she said, “and the impact isn’t limited to survivors. Trauma affects us all, and the stranger danger fear-mongering no longer works because survivors almost always know their assailant. In other words, we are ‘the stranger’ when we fail to recognize how intertwined a community is with its members, in good times and bad.”
From its inception, TCS, which was known as People Against Rape prior to
First, he says, as a successful entrepreneur with a master’s degree in business administration from Duke University he “speaks moderate Republican” better than most Democrats — a key strength in the 1st District.
“Nikki Haley beat Donald Trump in the
2021, has been instrumental in setting the standard of initial care and support for individuals in crisis. And importantly, it has continuously helped to develop and evolve legislation to codify methods of trauma response in cases of sexual assault.
And though the organization has adopted a new name — “TriCounty” to encompass Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties, its primary sphere of service and influence, and “S.P.E.A.K.S.” to reflect its primary areas of focus (Sexual Violence, Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Knowledge and Services) — its driving mission remains largely the same: to provide free and essential support to survivors of sexual assault.
Education is prevention
Still, much has changed since the organization’s earliest days, Freel said, when pre-
presidential primary here,” Moore said. “This isn’t a MAGA district. So independents and moderate Republicans are an important part of the puzzle for us.”
And second, he believes Vice President Kamala Harris’s presence at the top of the ticket will work alongside his own to increase turnout in the minority community.
“In the last cycle, if Dr. Andrews had gotten just half of the voters of color in
vention seemed paramount to recognition of root causes and mitigation of broader fallout were ever taken into account.
Survivors agree.
“Early intervention had the most positive effects for me on my long-term outcome,” said Katie, a survivor and newly minted TCS volunteer who asked for her last name to be withheld. “When you experience help and support on such a deep and human level, it’s impossible to watch anyone else suffer.”
Freel was also quick to point out that while the group is absolutely dedicated to its current course — because the data demands it: Sexual Assault cases happen here at a rate on par with national statistics, and those numbers show no sign of going down anytime soon — she and her cohorts — the survivors, collaborators, volunteers and affected community members — are also adamant that TCS is
the district [out to the polls], she’d have won,” Moore said. “So, we’ve been out engaging with voters broadly, but also working hard to inspire and give voters of color a reason to vote.”
That’s the path through the heavily gerrymandered district as Moore sees it. Voters will determine whether he — or the conventional wisdom — is right when they go to the polls Nov. 5.
unique in its mandate of constantly pursuing change. And that that very specific directive is crucial to its continuing to be a model for how organizations can both illuminate an overlooked problem and create an integrated response with real and lasting impact.
“Communities are not vacuums,” Freel said. “Their problems are dispersed. Their needs are shared. Their members and individual cohorts are symbiotic. Without recognition of the way one person’s trauma affects everyone else, at the cellular level, there’s a certain blindness that benefits no one and inhibits everyone.”
To celebrate its milestone 50th anniversary, the group will hold a fundraising event at The Wonderer from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Oct. 24. Tickets to the TriCounty S.P.E.A.K.S. 50th anniversary gala are available online at https://tricountyspeaks.org/events/.
Charleston City Council members need to keep freshman mayor in check
embers of Charleston City Council need to start standing up to freshman Mayor William Cogswell, who shows brusque, authoritarian leanings in how he runs things. Otherwise, council members risk being dubbed milquetoast puppets who roll over for anything the mayor wants — and that’s not their job.
Currently on Cogswell’s radar is an $82 million bicyclepedestrian bridge over the Ashley River to connect West Ashley and the Medical District. The city already has a contract, funding and plans for the new access, which lots of residents are counting on as a new way to get to work — and avoid the pain in the neck of finding a parking place near the crowded hospitals.
According to the city’s own project narrative about the Ashley River Crossing, “the purpose of the project is to enhance the connectivity between downtown Charleston (the largest employer area) and West Ashley (the densest residential area).” The bridge is expected to increase access to jobs and schools, address currently inadequate alternative transportation modes and help to revitalize West Ashley.
But Cogswell surprised many recently by saying publicly that he doesn’t want the new bridge to connect directly to the hospital area along Bee Street. Instead, he apparently has concocted some new plan that would send pedestrians and bicyclists way down the street before crossing.
Cogswell’s half-baked power play flies in the face of common sense and underestimates how West Ashley residents have made financial decisions based on using the new bridge.
Fortunately, there seems to be an awakening of sorts among council members that may be occurring after the City Paper reported on how the mayor’s office rammed through changes in the city’s branding without involving council. Now they need to pay extra attention to what’s happening with the bridge.
At a Tuesday city council meeting, Councilman William Dudley Gregorie tore into Cogswell about a dull new simplified logo based on the city’s seal. He outlined how the protocol and process of doing things are important. He stressed how decisions should be more inclusive and team-oriented.
“Many of us have the same concern because we talk amongst ourselves about how we’re being left out and about the appearance of [the mayor] usurping the authority of this body,” Gregorie said. “That’s how it’s coming off to me, and I’m very uncomfortable with it.”
Brain cells of the council’s 12 elected members also may be starting to churn over a huge staffing reorganization that some say leaves Charleston as less of a strong-mayor form of government than a city managed by an unelected chief of staff who earns $30,000 more a year than the mayor. Before Cogswell’s tenure, the city’s 26 departments reported to the mayor. Now the mayor has three people who directly report to him — a scheduler, a special assistant and a chief of staff.
We already have a good, strong design on a pedestrianbicycle bridge over the Ashley River. Now we need to move forward with it instead of doing things to mess up or delay the project.
CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community
objectives
We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:
1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.
2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.
3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.
4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.
5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.
6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.
7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.
8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.
9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.
10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.
Americans might not be as divided as you think
By Andy Brack
The common assumption among pundits, talking heads, influencers, water cooler chatters and many neighbors is that Americans are polarized, deeply divided into two intractable camps. It’s as if they are on opposing football teams and you can almost hear their helmets ready to crack.
But are we making more of so-called political division than there really is? In other words, is there any “there” really there?
Maybe not. Just look at what’s happened in the cleanup after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. People giving aid didn’t ask whether those in need were Republican or Democratic. Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, warmly shook the hand of President Joe Biden when he landed in Greenville to survey damage and unleash more floodgates of federal help. People on the receiving end were thankful for the kindnesses and routinely remarked how their communities came together in new ways.
“Def loving all the good,” one North Carolina texted. “Community center feeding everyone.”
And while a new Winthrop political poll in South Carolina says 52% of South Carolina’s likely voters will cast ballots for former GOP President Donald Trump and 42% for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, those results are political choices — not necessarily a reflection of a society at loggerheads. In fact, 72% of respondents said they thought the South was better off as part of the United States than as a separate country — and this in the state where the Civil War started.
Analysts say we may live in a society where there is a myth of polarization — that we think we know where everybody stands, but we really don’t.
A July 2024 article in Time magazine dove into the question by looking at a 2021 survey that tried to figure out what kind of country Americans wanted to leave to future generations.
In the study, researcher Todd Rose concluded Americans think they’re divided, but are pretty bad at figuring out what other Americans really think.
His American Aspirations Index survey found “stunning agreement” on national goals across the country’s population. There was disagreement on immigration but “intense disagreement was the exception, not the rule.”
Perhaps, the Time story continues, Americans don’t really have the right idea about polarization and society: “It may not be nearly the engine we thought. It’s possible that what it produces, as much as anything, is noise.”
Just look at an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll from July. Core American beliefs, it said, are shared by a vast majority of Americans — beliefs in the rights of equal protection under the law, the right to vote, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, freedom of religion, the right to assemble peacefully — and even the freedom of the press.
And a review of studies on polarization by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace seems to point blame at politicians on both sides for fueling ideological perceptions of polarization — that they intentionally ratchet up heat on political issues to score points. And part of the blame is the media that spread the mess.
“The American public feels affectively polarized largely because of misunderstandings about the other side (though the misunderstandings seem sensitive to actual ideological differences),” the review said.
About the only meaningful conclusions to draw from all of this seem to be:
1. Think for yourself.
2. Look inside your heart to check if what they’re saying is your reality.
You probably think you are thinking for yourself, but the politicians and media are spinning you to get you to vote red or blue.
Perhaps the best thing during this election season is to look around and consider which candidates will most help your grandchildren to be educated, safe and have a good standard of living. And then take a deep breath and relax. Because, as it turns out, that’s what your neighbors, red or blue, really care about too.
Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment?
Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.
LOYALTY CASH
Moe’s Crosstown remains a beloved local watering hole
By Connelly Hardaway
Moe’s Crosstown Tavern celebrates 26 years in Charleston this November — a notable feat for a burger joint. Owner Mike Tronoski says he had no idea Moe’s would last as long as it has. And yet, there was something a bit fortuitous about those early days.
“I did have a good feeling the day I walked into Moe’s for my first bartending shift,” he said. “It happened to be Saint Patrick’s day, so maybe it was lucky? And my first son was born on Saint Patrick’s day years later.”
Tronoski credits consistency, a friendly staff and a welcoming atmosphere with the tavern’s long-term success.
“We all have our ups and downs in the business, but our food is consistent,” Tronoski said. “We do simple, yet good, bar food and a large portion is made in house.” If you’ve never been to Moe’s (shame!) you may not know about the restaurant’s food, which is, just as Tronoski described it, good bar food. While you can order your share of wings, quesadillas and wraps, the place is best known for its pub-style burgers.
Photos by Ashley Stanol
Mike Tronoski said Moe’s has stood the test of time because of its good food and great staff
BEST PLACE TO GET A BURGER
Smash BurgersCity
2nd Place: Sesame Burgers and Beer
3rd Place: Moe’s Crosstown
CHEESIEST BURGER
The Beer.Bacon.Burger, Smash City Burgers
2nd Place: The Patty Melt, Sesame Burgers and Beer
3rd Place: The Palace Burger, Palace Hotel
Best Faux Burger
The Jodie Foster, Smash City Burgers
2nd Place: The Faux-lafel Burger, Sesame Burgers and Beer
3rd Place: Black Bean Burger, Bohemian Bull
Best Hangover Helper
The Irish Bastard, Smash City Burgers
2nd Place: The Hangover Burger, Sesame Burgers and Beer
3rd Place: The Famous Burger Basket, Palace Hotel
Most Creative/Innovative Burger
The Irish Bastard, Smash City Burgers
2nd Place: The Crunchy Dill Smash, Sesame Burgers and Beer
3rd Place: ‘French Toast with the Most’ Burger, Moe’s Crosstown
Best Buns
Smash City Burgers
2nd Place: Sesame Burgers and Beer
3rd Place: Palace Hotel
THANKS
Open Now!
Kid Friendly: 5-7pm
Adults only: 7:30 - 11pm
Step into the chilling world of the Midnight Butcher’s domain, where Charleston’s haunted past comes alive in a nightmarish spectacle!
Moe’s
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12
Tronoski said he is partial to the Eye Opener, served with bacon, cheddar, sunny up egg, lettuce and tomato on a buttertoasted brioche roll.
Local love
In addition to killer burgers, Moe’s is also known for its “moe-mances,” aka romances that started at the friendly neighborhood tavern.
“I met my wife here and so have many others,” Tronoski said. “Patrons come back to celebrate when they met here, like we did years ago. We have hosted many wedding after-parties, receptions or wedding brunches over the years. Those things I believe help keep us going.”
Jordan and Marcus Amaker had their first date at Moe’s in 2012.
“I’ve been a regular at Moe’s since 2010,
“There’s a beautiful consistency in that place; the energy at Moe’s has remained the same since the beginning.” —Marcus Amaker
when I bought a loft on the same street, Francis Street. There’s a beautiful consistency in that place; the energy at Moe’s has remained the same since the beginning,” Marcus said.
Jordan said she and Marcus became regulars when they lived within walking distance (they even took their engagement photos at Moe’s) and while they’ve moved out of the neighborhood, their 4-year-old daughter is now a big fan of the spot.
Photos by Ashley Stanol
Folks flock to Moe’s for a variety of reasons — from catching a game on TV to noshing on spicy fries. Loyalty is the name of the game at this longstanding downtown tavern
“Our daughter loves the fries — I’m pretty sure the food is somehow permanently in her blood,” Marcus said.
Michael Bourke and Jenny Ferrara, the owners of Philosophers & Fools bookstore on Bogard Street, also had their first date at Moe’s. Charleston City Paper covered their love story in a 2017 story aptly titled, “A Moe-mance to remember.”
Ferrara said Moe’s is still the couple’s neighborhood go-to. “We’ve gotten to know the staff and it’s so nice to walk in and see a friendly face,” she said. “When we close Philosophers & Fools at 10 p.m. on weekends, Moe’s is one of the best places in Charleston that serves food late-night and has become part of our weekend routine.”
J.T. Stellmach, former sales director at Holy City Brewing and current market manager at Pabst Blue Ribbon, started going to Moe’s when he moved to Charleston in 2006.
“Moe’s succeeds as one of the greatest neighborhood watering holes with great food and even better service,” he said. “The staff are some of the best multitaskers and hustlers in town, and they do it all while looking like they genuinely want you there — true professionals.”
The staff is indeed the star of the show, at least in Tronoski’s mind. He can name employees who have been with Moe’s for over a decade and a couple who have been with the bar and restaurant for two decades. “We are truly a family and half the staff I have seen get married and have children,” Tronoski said.
“Over the next 25 years, I would love for Moe’s to still be a staple in the Charleston area and doing what we do!” he said. “With any luck, my two sons will get involved in the business side of Moe’s with me in the future. And who knows — maybe even some of the staff’s children.”
Need help ordering?
Here’s what locals love at Moe’s Crosstown Tavern:
Mike Tronoski (owner) is a fan of the Bronco Wrap, made with fried chicken strips, bacon, ham, cheddar, shredded Monterey Jack, scallions and homemade ranch dressing in a flour tortilla. He also recommends the “Moe Hot” wings. “We make the Moe Hot sauce in house and it is no joke,” he said. “I haven’t found anything hotter that isn’t using some form of pepper extract. Moe Hot Sauce also has a really good flavor, before it melts your face off!”
Michael Bourke and Jenny Ferrara are, per Ferrara, slowly working their way through all of the sauces for the chicken wings. Choose from hot honey garlic, garlic parmesan, teriyaki and more.
J.T. Stellmach said he has a hard time choosing a favorite menu item. He loves the BLT Burger, hot honey mustard wings with blue cheese , veggie quesadilla (add steak), balsamic shrimp wrap with pasta salad and to wash it all down, Coors Banquet and tequila.
Jordan and Marcus Amaker love the Santa Fe wrap with spicy fries — Jordan likes hers with a mimosa on the side. Plus, Marcus (former poet laureate of Charleston) added, “It’s the best place to write poetry and watch football. You’ll also meet weird folks like me who enjoy doing both.”
The 2024 Burger Throwdown winner
Thank you to everyone who participated and voted in this year’s Burger Throwdown!
This year, one winner swept all six categories: Smash City Burgers. What started as a love of cheeseburgers turned into a pop-up, then a thriving food truck, and now, a brick-and-mortar business taking over Fair Deal Grocery at 47 Cooper St., Charleston. Congrats to Smash City Burgers on its win of this year’s Burger Throwdown as voted by
What To Do
SATURDAY
1
Charleston Mimosa Festival
Mimosas, brunch punch, beer and wine — oh my! This Saturday, dive into a myriad of mimosa flavors you won’t find anywhere else. Enjoy unique sips and live entertainment, and bring home a souvenir cup to remember the occasion. This event is for ages 21 and up. Bags must be clear when on site. Free bottled water will be available, and alcohol will be cut off at 4:45 p.m.
Oct. 12. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. $50/in advance; $65/day-of.
Johnson Hagood Stadium. 68 Hagood Ave. Downtown. charlestonwinefestivals.com/mimosa
2
THIS WEEKEND Fall Book Sale
Shop for great at bargain prices at Charleston Friends of the Library’s Fall Book Sale at Baxter-Patrick James Island Library. Proceeds from the sale support programs offered across the 18 branches of the Charleston County Public Library.
Oct. 11, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Oct. 12, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free to attend. Baxter-Patrick James Island Library. 1858 S. Grimball Road. James Island. charlestonlibraryfriends.org
TUESDAY
3 4 5
Distinguished Lecture Series: Spike Lee
The Gibbes Museum of Art and Charleston Music Hall welcome Academy Award–winning filmmaker and art enthusiast Spike Lee as its 2024 Distinguished Lecture Series keynote speaker. Attendees will hear Lee discuss his vast collection and influences behind his work. Oct. 15. Doors open at 5 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Charleston Music Hall. 37 John St. Downtown. charlestonmusichall.com
SUNDAY
Wagoween Charleston
Don’t miss out on this year’s costume contest for dogs with a panel of local celebrity judges, great prizes and a meet and greet with Charleston’s Police Department’s (CPD) courageous K9 Unit and the hero horses of the Mounted Patrol. Proceeds benefit public safety initiatives. Oct. 13. Check in from noon to 1 p.m. Judging begins at 2 p.m. $35/entry. Market Street between King and Meeting streets. Downtown. wagoweencharleston.com
SPONSORED
THURSDAY
Park & Grove local vendor market
Sip, shop and vibe to local tunes at Park & Grove’s fall market Thursdays in October. Enjoy live music, an outdoor bar and a variety of unique goods from local vendors, including Siren Swim Co., Butter Me Up Bakery, Harbor Bee Boutique, Leni Designs and more. Thursday’s market will feature live music by Danny May. This event is pet friendly, so be sure to bring your furry friend and enjoy patio seating with your pup.
Oct. 17. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free to attend. Park & Grove. 730 Rutledge Ave. Downtown. parkandgrovechs.com
Digs
Crisis not needed for collaboration to bloom
By Toni Reale, special to City Paper
One of the most beautiful things happening right now, amidst the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Helene, is the overwhelming generosity and teamwork pouring from our communities.
Businesses and neighborhoods everywhere seem to be organizing donation drives for those most impacted by the storm. While the reason behind all of this is heartbreaking, it’s equally heartwarming to see people come together, giving whatever they can — from bottled water to blankets. This isn’t a top-down relief effort; it’s grassroots support from everyday people stepping up.
For many, these efforts have restored faith in humanity, especially in a time of political divisiveness. Our friends in the Upstate and mountains throughout the Southeast will need our help for years to come. I’ve heard from many here during Hugo when those same communities rushed to our aid, so it’s appropriate that now is our time to repay that kindness.
But collaboration shouldn’t just bloom in times of crisis. It can — and should — happen in our everyday lives, too, whether it’s business to business or community to community. Since entering the events industry in 2010, I’ve witnessed the incredible things that happen when businesses move away from competition and lean into collaboration. There’s a saying, “A rising tide lifts all ships,” and Charleston’s floral community is a perfect example of how businesses can succeed together by supporting one another.
Just take a look at our Roadside Blooms wedding Instagram account and you’ll notice that at least half of the praise comes from other florists. We cheer each other on. Not only do we genuinely appreciate each other’s work, but by we also elevate the entire industry by lifting each other up. This sense of camaraderie makes the Charleston floral scene more appealing to anyone considering holding their events here.
In January 2016, Beth LeonGuerrero, of Charleston Wedding Studio, started a local Facebook group for those in the floral industry. The idea was simple: provide a place to post if someone needed help, had extra flowers or wanted to share inventory. What began as a small idea has blossomed into a thriving collaborative community.
“I started the group because I truly believe that if we are all successful, it benefits us as a whole,” LeonGuerrero said.
“We are so fortunate that Charleston is a popular wedding destination, but that could change if couples have bad experiences. Working together to ensure every wedding is a success cultivates an attractive environment for couples considering whether or not to get married in Charleston.”
Here’s a glimpse of the kinds of things we share — and maybe some will inspire collaboration in your own industry:
• Freelance help. I’ve freelanced for others, and they’ve freelanced for me — even those with competing businesses. We want each other to look good.
• Inventory needs. If someone runs short on vases or needs a specific structure like an arbor, we borrow or rent from one another.
• Extra product. Sometimes all you need is a few stems to complete a masterpiece. Years ago, I was able to provide a fellow florist with just three peonies to finish her bridal bouquet. Small acts make a big difference.
• Tips and advice. New florists often ask for tips on mechanics or setups. Within minutes, someone usually contributes their know-how.
• Flower sources. We openly share the best flower sources, whether it’s a local farmer or a wholesaler.
• Referrals. When one of us is booked, we refer clients to others in the group.
Earlier this year, a beloved floral designer in our community suddenly passed away, leaving behind a husband and child. The floral community rallied to finish her contracted weddings, raise money for her family and sell her inventory.
Instead of focusing on survival of the fittest, we thrive by lifting each other up. Consider finding one or two peers in your own industry that you trust to refer business when you’re too busy. They’ll likely return the favor. This approach may feel unconventional in some fields, but it works for us. As we often joke in our floral community: If the flower people can’t figure out how to support each other, the rest of the world is in trouble.
Toni Reale is the owner of
Blooms, a
Loyalty app Blackbird expands in Charleston
By Connelly Hardaway
Blackbird, a New York–based restaurant loyalty app, recently celebrated its official launch in the Holy City. While several local restaurants first started using Blackbirdlast year, the app’s September kick-off included more than 30 local restaurants.
Blackbird’s founder, Ben Leventhal, said Blackbird, which is also available in New York City and San Francisco, will be available for use within 50 Charleston area restaurants by the end of the year.
“I love Charleston,” Leventhal said. “It’s one of the great food cities in the country and in terms of its size, I just think it punches way above its weight class in terms of restaurants.”
Leventhal knows a thing or two about the restaurant world: He’s also a co-founder of the reservation platform Resy, and of the pioneering digital media brand Eater.
With Blackbird, Leventhal said he hopes to reward diners for their loyalty to local bars, restaurants and coffee shops. When diners check into participating restaurants, they earn points and gain access to exclusive benefits like last-minute tables, welcome drinks, off-menu items and more.
“I think we want to be everywhere in the world where there are great restaurants,” Leventhal said of Blackbird. “And Charleston checks that box.”
Charleston-area restaurants currently using Blackbird
What’s new
Vicious Biscuit , located in Mount Pleasant and Summerville, recently launched a seasonal menu. You can snag pumpkin-themed goodies now through Nov. 24. Featured items include pumpkin fritters served with vanilla icing, pumpkin cream pancakes and, of course, a pumpkin spiced latte. Learn more at viciousbiscuit.com.
What’s happening
The fifth annual Cookin’ on the Creek BBQ Festival takes place Oct. 11 and Oct. 12 at Bay Creek Park, Edisto Beach. Celebrate two days of barbecue, live music and family-friendly activities. The event is free to attend and food and beer and wine will be available for purchase. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Candlefish has partnered with Off Track Ice Cream to create a limitededition birthday sundae, available Oct. 12 and Oct. 13. Head to Off Track for the sweet treat made with vanilla ice cream, brown sugar caramel sauce, orange sprinkles and Swedish fish (a nod to Candlefish’s logo).
Costa hosts a collaborative dinner Oct. 15 and Oct. 16 with the Virginia–based, Michelin–starred chef and co-owner of Joon restaurant, Christopher Morgan . Costa’s executive chef Vinson Petrillo will team with Morgan to serve a fourcourse, family-style dinner highlighting Costa’s coastal Italian dishes and Joon’s Persian menu staples. Tickets are $215 per guest and can be purchased for seatings at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Book your seat at resy.com.
The Restaurant at Edmund’s Oast hosts a Prosecco evening with locally owned brand Don Luchi Prosecco from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 16. Edmund’s Oast will be pouring $12 glasses both outside on the bower and inside the main dining room. Owners Andre Grundy, David Kinloch and Justin Wages will be on hand from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. to meet and greet diners.
Get your tickets now for The Loutrel ’s first State Street Dine Around, an all-inclusive dining experience highlighting three local participants, held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 24. Tickets are $110 per person and can be purchased at theloutrel.com. — Connelly Hardaway
Photos courtesy Leon’s
Blackbird celebrated its official Charleston launch with a party at Leon’s Oyster Shop (a Blackbird participant, of course)
By Connelly Hardaway
‘Tis the season for pumpkin-spiced everything, costume parties and things that go bump in the night. Several area bars, restaurants, coffee shops and breweries are getting into the Halloween spirit with parties, popups and oyster roasts (this is the Lowcountry, after all). Here’s where to celebrate:
A Nightmare on Cannon Street
The Co-Op. Downtown. All month
Through the end of the month, The Co-Op’s downtown location turns into A Nightmare on Cannon Street. The cafe will operate normally between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. but once the clock strikes 5 p.m. every day, the nightmare begins with specialty food and drink menus. Snack on cheekily named items like the Sorority Massacre sandwich, made with tomato, mozzarella, basil pesto and balsamic vinaigrette on sourdough served with fries. Drinks include the Brat Halloween, with vodka, sour apple liqueur and house mix and the Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini which is just what its name suggests.
“Halloween has always been my favorite holiday ever since I was a kid. My family decorated our house together and we celebrated all month long,” Co-Op owner Jess Patterson said. “I wanted to create that for the neighborhood on Cannon Street. A fun place to enjoy the decor, cocktails and food all month long. Horror movies. Well, I like them. I like them a lot. Maybe too much.”
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Prohibition. Downtown. Oct. 24 through Nov. 2
Prohibition’s Halloween pop-up features over-the-top decor and Halloweeninspired food specials from chefs Greg Garrison and Analisa LaPietra. Guests can also order specialty cocktails from Jim McCourt including a Patron cocktail served in a blood bag (fun!) and test tube shots of Cazadores Cafe. The pop-up kicks off Oct. 24 and runs through Nov. 2. Hours are 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday through Sunday. Reservations are available online.
Espookio
Estadio. Downtown. Oct. 15 through Nov. 2. Special event at 6 p.m. Oct. 31.
Things get spooky at Estadio during Espookio, with Halloween decor and food and drink specials starting Oct. 15. Make your way to the Spring Street spot on all Hallow’s Eve for a special party featuring a variety of bites and spooky, boozy bevs. Follow Estadio on Instagram to learn more.
Oddtober
Odd Duck Market. Park Circle. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 25
Odd Duck Market throws a good ol’ fashioned Halloween party, Oddtober, with local vendors, tarot card readings and live bandana stitching. Take part in an Oktoberfest beer tasting, snag discounted beer and wine and nosh on bratwurst cooked on the Blackstone. DJ Slowcountry will be spinning tunes and there will be a costume contest with $200 and $100 gift cards up for grabs for first and second place.
Spooktacular Vendor Market
Commonhouse Aleworks. Park Circle. Noon
to 5 p.m. Oct. 26
Commonhouse Aleworks hosts its Spooktacular market featuring more than 80 local vendors on Oct. 26. Attendees can look forward to trick-or-treating for the kids, costume contests for all, tarot card reading, airbrush tattoos and more. While you’re there be sure to enjoy some Commonhouse beer and food from the brewery’s in-house restaurant, Swig & Swine.
Hutson Alley Halloween
Between Coast and CSB. Downtown. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Oct. 29
Coast Bar & Grill and Charleston’s Smallest Bar host Hutson Alley Halloween Oct. 29. Tickets ($40) include all-you-can-eat oysters, three drinks and a pumpkin prepped and ready for carving. Guests can choose from seasonal draft beer or spooky-inspired Bacardi cocktails. Prizes will be awarded for most creative, spookiest and best traditionally carved pumpkins. Kids are free with the purchase of an adult ticket.
Provided by Estadio
Things get Espookio at Estadio this October with food and drink specials and a Halloween party
Ruta Smith
Sip on spooky drinks at The Co-Op all month long
So far, so good
“The feedback has been fantastic,” Leventhal said of Blackbird’s initial foray into Charleston. “We couldn’t be happier with how the app is working and how we’re connecting with people. It feels to us like Charleston just gets it.”
David Schuttenberg and Tina HeathSchuttenberg, owners of Beautiful South and Kwei Fei, have been using the app for several months now.
“Once we learned more, it was a nobrainer,” HeathSchuttenberg said.
“We’re able to not only treat guests to VIP services during their visit, but we’re also able to update reservations, invite them to previews and more through the messaging feature.”
She said that she loved the ability to be accessible to anyone who dined at her restaurants. “With Blackbird, I feel like we’re texting with friends.”
Heath-Schuttenberg also noted that she appreciates being able to “spoil” years-long loyal customers of Kwei Fei, a cult-favorite
—Tina Heath-Schuttenberg
James Island Sichuan restaurant.
In Charleston’s super-saturated dining scene, which relies heavily on tourism dollars, it can be hard for locals to feel like they are getting special treatment. This is an issue for area business owners given how crucial locals: After all, locals are the folks responsible for repeat dining, and a restaurant’s identity is often determined by the nature of its most frequent fliers.
Leventhal agreed locals are “the bedrock” of the restaurant industry.
Speaking of the industry — with a number of recent restaurant closures, morale, can at times, seem low. Is Charleston’s hospitality industry in peril? Is it getting too expensive to operate a restaurant?
Leventhal doesn’t think so.
“We are here because we believe in the long term viability of restaurants … There are ebbs and flows to the industry,” he said. “But we deeply believe in restaurants in the long run, and we think that Blackbird can be a crucial part of the
Johns Island Townhomes from
Leventhal
Culture
Arts, etc.
Voting now open for City Paper Music Awards
It’s time for the annual City Paper Music Awards! Submit your votes for the best in local music through Oct. 22 by voting at: vote.charlestoncitypaper.com . This year, the paper recognizes outstanding Holy City talent in 17 categories. After the votes have been tallied, a musical showcase will be held at The Commodore on Nov. 6, and winners will be announced in our Nov. 8 print issue. Learn more at charlestoncitypaper.com.
Find fashion and music during Second Sunday
Boatwright’s That’s All Folks! contends with history at Aiken-Rhett House
By Chloe Hogan
David Boatwright, known for his murals around Charleston, considers himself a “Southern artist.” He makes narrative acrylic paintings that often include quintessentially Southern symbols like alligators and Spanish moss alongside pop culture motifs like Coca-Cola cans and pin-up girls. With his latest show in the AikenRhett House, That’s All Folks! he offers 13 paintings which were nearly all created for and inspired by the Aiken-Rhett House and its history.
If the walls of the 1820s era house museum could talk, they’d tell two distinctly different tales: one of urban life in antebellum Charleston through the eyes of the powerful and wealthy governor, William Aiken Jr., and his wife, and a totally different story from the perspective of enslaved Africans who maintained their house, property and way of life. Boatwright’s paintings make many nods to the “as-found” preservation approach of the house, which includes furniture, architecture and finishes that have not been altered since the mid-19th century.
His site-specific paintings take inspiration especially from the Aiken family art collection and how the many portraits on the walls do not represent the enslaved individuals who lived there.
“Most of the subjects in (my) paintings start off with images of the family portraits and artworks,” Boatwright said. “At the same time, it is impossible to not be aware that the quality of the family’s life was in large part derived from the labors of the enslaved population, so I felt the need to acknowledge that.”
Artistic acknowledgement
One work in the exhibit exemplifies this concept in a direct way: a six-foot tall painting titled “Dorcas and Harriet,” displayed in the house’s double parlor. Boatwright used archival images plus his imagination to inform the portrait, which depicts Harriet Lowndes Aiken standing beside and at equal height to Dorcas Richardson, one of the enslaved women that accompanied Harriet to her new home when she married Aiken in 1831.
Behind the two female figures, there’s a chipped blue and white china plate, and further beyond that, a house with what appears to be spirits of the enslaved floating above it. The motif brings to mind the diagrams that show the inhumane living
conditions that enslaved Africans endured during the Middle Passage.
“That’s the overarching premise, to acknowledge what went on here,” Boatwright said.
Another painting honors Leonard Norris, based on a daguerreotype taken when he was an elderly, freed man, with a forlorn expression on his face.
“He wasn’t a household slave here, but in Arlington, Va.,” Boatwright explained. “But of course, there are not many photographs from that era, and this one kind of knocked me out.”
Across the room from this portrait, an enslaved Confederate soldier wears a name patch, calling to mind the coveralls a mechanic in 1960s America might wear, his name reading “True.” The juxtaposition of modern moments among antebellum inspiration results in a show of complex paintings that seem to say many things at once.
Boatwright’s sense of whimsy brings a sort of levity to the show’s dark subject matter. Examples: hands reaching from beyond the painting’s plane to offer you a cold drink, a woman basking in the sun next to an alligator and a happy puppy barking in the foreground of a cotton field.
Fresh Prince Fits Designs (FPF) bids farewell to Charleston with a special pop-up event 12 p.m to 5 p.m. Oct. 13 at Cola Kicks, 1051 King St. FPF Founder Brandon Alston offers a rare opportunity to purchase his clothes at discounted prices before he relocates to Atlanta. The event will also feature a Tiny Desk–style concert by local Charleston musicians B.A.S.I.C , COSMO, and Jack . Free to attend. @fresh.prince.fits on Instagram for more.
See The Cake at South of Broadway
The Void and South of Broadway Theatre companies collaborate to present The Cake, a drama based on the true story of the Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission — a case where a gay couple believed their civil rights were violated when the owner of a bakeshop refused to make their wedding cake because of his Christian beliefs. Tickets are $18 to see the play which runs at South of Broadway Oct. 12, Oct. 13, Oct. 19 and Oct. 20. citypapertickets.com.
Megan Jean’s Secret Family takes Tin Roof
Megan Jean’s Secret Family will play songs from their new album PLOT (Play Loud On Turntable), at Tin Roof in West Ashley at 8 p.m. Oct 18. For years the psychedelic rock band from Frostburg, Md., was based out of North Charleston. Learn more on Instagram at @tin_roof_charleston. Chloe Hogan
Photos provided
Artist David Boatwright presents a site-specific installation which takes inspiration from the Aiken-Rhett art collection
Boatwright
Dangermuffin’s latest self-titled EP crosses the borders of Americana, folk, jam and rock, and marks a season of creativity for a group of well-established
By Vincent Harris
There’s a saying that’s floated around the South about NASCAR racing, which goes, “Yes, rednecks like it, but you don’t HAVE to be a redneck to like it.”
That type of comparison also applies to the Lowcountry-based band Dangermuffin. After more than 15 years on the road and on record, the band has built a solid following on the jam-band scene. That does make sense, simply because the band’s genre-free style and incredibly skillful playing do line up with the jam band ethos.
But take a look at its just-released, new self-titled album, which includes 10 songs with only one stretching past the fiveminute mark, a haunting, twilit ballad called “Luminous Teacher.” It begs the question: Is it possible that jam band fans love Dangermuffin, but you don’t HAVE to be into jam bands to like them?
“It’s an interesting question,” said the band’s lead guitarist Mike Sivilli. “We feel like since day one, we’ve always been a songwriter type of band. We wanted to focus on writing songs that were three to four minutes, and we appreciated that craft. But as we played more and more live shows, it just became fun to explore, to say, ‘Alright, after the second chorus, let’s just hang out and jam on this.’ ”
Sometimes when you’re a band that’s just starting out, as Dangermuffin singer/guitarist Dan Lotti pointed out, you’ll play on any stage you can.
“It was about whatever footing we could find (at first),” Lotti said. “We wanted to play festivals and if someone said, ‘You guys are a jam band,’ we thought, ‘Whatever works.’ We just wanted to keep doing it, and we wanted to grow. So we just fell into that a little bit. But the best thing is that jam-band fans are the biggest music fans. They’re people that embrace new bands.”
The band’s new album is its first studio release since 2018, and it’s brimming with exciting musical ideas and experimental exploration. Steven Sandifer’s drumming is so light-footed that it’s easy to miss how complex some of the time signatures are, and the band’s smooth mix of Sivilli’s spidery leads and Lotti’s emotional voice (which occasionally resembles Jackson Browne’s) creates gorgeous melodies above the sonic architecture.
As for genre, Dangermuffin ignores boundaries entirely, jumping from pop to jazz to rock to Americana with zero regard for musical fences. It’s joyous music that is both progressive and soothingly melodic.
It’s also the first album to integrate the band’s newest member, electric mandolin player Andrew Hendryx, whose sparkling lines are a highlight.
“We’ve known Andrew for many years,”
VOTED BEST DANCE CLUB
HIRING SINGERS!!
Saint James Episcopal Church on James Island is hiring one female and one male singer for its parish choir. Must read music; prior choral experience preferred. Thursdays 7–8:30pm and Sunday mornings 9-11:15am. Pay is $75–85/ rehearsal and $75–85/service, depending on Xmas Eve. For more information, please text Dr. David Friddle, Director of Music, at 864–633–7997.
Dangermuffin
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23
Dan Lotti said. “We met him at a surf bar back in 2008 and immediately hit it off with him. Our paths crossed touring, and he’d sit in and jam and it was always this amazing synergistic experience.”
In a sense, the mandolin is part of Dangermuffin’s general goal on their new album. Like many self-titled releases are, this album is meant to be an introduction to a new musical direction. Most notably, this is the band’s first release (of seven) to feature only electric instruments.
“I think it’s a redefining of the band’s sound,” Lotti said, “like a reset or the beginning of a new era. That was the inspiration for self-titling the album.”
The band was also inspired to self-title the album by a somewhat unexpected source.
“When I was younger, I was a huge Metallica fan,” Lotti said. “And they had Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning and Kill’em All and then they did their biggest album, which was self-titled. That was
Boatwright
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22
Narrative impulses
“To me, a successful painting has to work on several levels,” Boatwright writes on his website. “It should have elements of humor, or sexual tension, or a political sense or all three, and it must be painted in a way that supports the subject.”
Instead of approaching the canvas with a preconceived idea of what he wants the painting to mean, Boatwright said, he starts with the “germ of an idea” and responds intuitively to his figures and the world they exist in. In addition to his work as a painter, Boatwright is also a documentary filmmaker, and the impulse to narrate drives everything he creates.
“I start with the figure and then I think about letting a story form, loosely ... People invariably ask, what does it mean? For me, nothing I put in there is random. (It comes from asking) is this honest, is it authentic? Is it right for the figure, the character, does it say something about the character?”
Boatwright’s vast and nostalgic visual vocabulary uses elements of advertising culture, which (at least partly) explains why Coca-Cola cans appear in multiple works. The symbol might also point to a statement on exploitation, and how we frame it — historically and literally.
Most of the paintings in That’s All Folks! include a painted frame on the canvas, with a tattered, run-down effect just like the physical frames in the house.
Meanwhile the painting that welcomes viewers into the exhibition is a blackand-white sort of title card, referencing Boatwright’s love for film, and including diverse references — from a James Brown-
kind of part of the mindset; it’s a little bit more rock and roll.”
Dangermuffin’s rock ‘n’ roll isn’t quite as noisy and brutal as Metallica’s, but there are moments on the new album where the members seem to move as one organism, each instrument melding perfectly into a larger sound. It’s playing with a level of confidence that only 15 years of playing together can create.
“I think we’ve all had experiences where you play with these great players but it doesn’t have the same sort of special vocabulary and connection you have with people you’ve been through thick and thin with,” said Dangermuffin drummer Steven Sandifer.
“It’s a connection between people who have spent a million miles on the road with each other and who learned the art of the recording studio together. And I think that the rapport we have from a decade and a half of playing together has definitely given us our own voice.”
Learn more about Dangermuffin at dangermuffinmusic.com.
esque figure to a baton twirler. The title itself, That’s All Folks!, hints at what Boatwright wants his viewer to get from the show: a sense of how universal the human experience is. His own portrait appears multiple times in the paintings, reiterating that it’s his own personal insertion of narrative on the complex history of the space.
“I’d like for viewers to feel the political nature of the subject in this space, and have a sense of the humanity that has passed through here. And then, honoring that … I also want it to be beautiful, and a little humorous if it can be. (It’s about) the human story; the beauty and the pain.”
That’s All Folks! is on view now through Nov. 11. Included with daily admission to the Aiken Rhett House Museum. Learn more at luckyboyart.com and historiccharleston.org.
“Dorcas and Harriet D” (detail) by David Boatwright
“Dorcas and Harriet” exemplifies Boatwright’s reckoning with the history of the Aiken-Rhett House
FREE VERSE POETRY FESTIVAL
YOUTHFUL CURIOSITY: A JOURNEY INTO CHILDHOOD MAGIC
THU, OCT 17 AT 7PM AT CANNON STREET ARTS CENTER
THE RED PARTY
THU, OCT 31 AT 8PM AT RED’S ICE HOUSE
THRILLS & CHILLS
FEATURING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS GREGG HURWITZ, TOSCA LEE, BRIAN ANDREWS AND JEFFREY WILSON SAT, OCT 26 AT 6PM AT HALLS SIGNATURE EVENTS
REVELRY BREWING + THE GREEN HEART PROJECT 10 YEAR BLOCK PARTY SUN, OCT 27 AT NOON AT REVELRY BREWING
CITY PAPER MUSIC
WED, NOV 6 AT 7PM AT THE COMMODORE
Real Estate Services
VACATION PROPERTY
ADVERTISE YOUR VACATION PROPERTY FOR RENT OR SALE to more than 1.5 million S.C. newspaper readers. Your 25-word classified ad will appear in 80 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Call Randall Savely at the South Carolina Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377.
Summerville
CANE BAY
4 BR, 3 BA w/ open floor plan. Guest suite on 1st floor, gourmet kitchen, fully finished 2-car garage, $430,000. Call Courtney Davis at (843) 822-5424, Carolina One RE. MLS# 24024965, https://bit.ly/185countrygate
BENNY 3 month old male, domestic short hair mix. (843) 747-4849, www.charlestonanimalsociety.org
BUTTERCUP Young, female tabby. Shy, but curious and friendly. Call (843) 795-1110, www.pethelpers.org
CUCUMBER
2 month old female kitten. For more information, call (843) 871.3820 or email adopt@dorchesterpaws.org
EMMA
4 year old female, domestic medium hair mix. (843) 747-4849, www.charlestonanimalsociety.org
HAKEEM
Adult male tabby. Friendly & sweet. Call (843) 795-1110, www.pethelpers.org
LILITH
3 year old female, domestic shorthair mix. (843) 747-4849, www.charlestonanimalsociety.org
MANDI
4 year old female. For more information, call (843) 871.3820 or email adopt@dorchesterpaws.org
Dogs
AKC MINI AMERICAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES. Also known as MINI Australian Shepherds. We’re relocating to TN in a few weeks. Trying to find her a home before the big move. 1st & 2nd shots. 5 mos old. Gorgeous Black tri female w/ one blue eye & one brown eye. She loves people & kids! Nice bone structure, Great temperament, $600. Bouchard’s Best Shepherds has an A+ rating w/BBB. (Charleston, SC)
AKC MINI AMERICAN SHEPHERDS ADULTS. Also known as MINI Australian Shepherds. Cocoa is a 3 year yr old red tri female. Lucy is a 5 year old black tri girl. Both raised with kids and family. Trying to find both of these girls loving homes. I am a breeder and I am retiring these two. They are house dogs. Lucy wants to be with you all the time. She is a total pleaser and loves cuddles. She comes when called and sticks around. Cocoa is more aloof until she gets to know you. She is a good girl, a bit independent and, will need you to be patient as she settles into a new home. Change is harder for her than Lucy. Both girls are good with other dogs. Call (978) 2570353. (Charleston, SC)
BAILEY
3 year old female male retriever hound. Independent, sweet, energetic & playful. (843) 747-4849, www.charlestonanimalsociety.org
ITALY
4 year old female. For more information, call (843) 871.3820 or email adopt@dorchesterpaws.org
BMW 335I CONVERTIBLE 2013. Hard-top convertible in tip-top shape. Less than 65K miles. Cream beige leather seats. 3.0L, 6-cylinder turbo automatic gas engine that gets about 18 mpg in city, 27 mpg on highway, $12,000. Contact: sales@charlestoncitypaper.com
Electronics
DIRECTV All your entertainment. Nothing on your roof! Sign up for Directv and get your first three months of Max, Paramount+, Showtime, Starz, MGM+ and Cinemax included. Choice package $84.99. mo. Some restrictions apply. Call DIRECTV 1-844-624-1107.
DIRECTV OVER INTERNET
Get your favorite live TV, sports and local channels. 99% signal reliability! CHOICE Package, $84.99/mo for 12 months. HBO Max and Premium Channels included for 3 mos (w/CHOICE Package or higher.) No annual contract, no hidden fees! Some restrictions apply. Call IVS 1-855-237-9741.
+
80,000 On-Demand Movies, Plus Limited Time Up To $600 In Gift Cards. Call Today! 1-877-542-0759.
STREAM DIRECTV OVER INTERNET. Get your favorite live TV, sports and local channels. 99% signal reliability! CHOICE Package, $84.99/mo for 12 months. HBO Max and Premium Channels included for 3 mos (w/ CHOICE Package or higher.) No annual contract, no hidden fees! Some restrictions apply. Call IVS 1-855-403-3648.
CA$H FOR GUITARS TOP CA$H PAID FOR OLD GUITARS! 1920-1980 Gibson, Martin, Fender, Gretsch, Epiphone, Guild, Mosrite, Rickenbacker, Prairie State, D’Angelico, Stromberg. And Gibson Mandolins / Banjos. 1-855-402-7208.
DENTAL INSURANCE from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. Coverage for 350 plus procedures. Real dental insurance - NOT just a discount plan. Do not wait! Call now! Get your FREE Dental Information Kit with all the details! Call: 1-855-397-7030. www.dental50plus.com/60 #6258
HIRING SINGERS FOR CHURCH CHOIR. Saint James Episcopal is hiring singers. Gig pays $75/85 per call, depending on Xmas eve. Thursday 7-8:15pm. Sundays 9-11:15am. MUST read music. Choral singing experience preferred. music@saintjamesji.org
BATH & SHOWER UPDATES In as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices - No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available. Call 1-877-510-9918.
BEAUTIFUL BATH UPDATES in as little as ONE DAY! Superior quality bath and shower systems at AFFORDABLE PRICES! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Call Now! 1-855-402-6997.
CLEANING GUTTERS?
Eliminate gutter cleaning forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking gutter protection. Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate today. 20% off Entire Purchase. Plus 10% Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-855-875-2449.
DISABILITY BENEFITS YOU MAY QUALIFY for disability benefits if you are between 52-63 years old and under a doctor’s care for a health condition that prevents you from working for a year or more. Call now! 1-877-247-6750.
Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board (GAB) Subcommittee Meetings
Prepare for power outages today with a Generac Home Standby Generator. Act now to receive a FREE 5-Year warranty with qualifying purchase. Call 1-844-775-0366 today to schedule a free quote. It’s not just a generator. It’s a power move.
JACUZZI BATH REMODEL
can install a new, custom bath or shower in as little as one day. For a limited time, waving ALL installation costs! (Additional terms apply. Subject to change and vary by dealer. Offer ends 9/30/24) Call 1-877-582-0113.
NEED NEW WINDOWS?
Drafty rooms? Chipped or damaged frames? Need outside noise reduction? New, energy efficient windows may be the answer! Call for a consultation & FREE quote today. 1-877-248-9944.
PEST CONTROL
PROTECT YOUR HOME from pests safely and affordably. Roaches, Bed Bugs, Rodent, Termite, Spiders and other pests. Locally owned and affordable. Call for service or an inspection today! 1-833-237-1199.
PORTABLE OXYGEN
Portable Oxygen Concentrator May Be Covered by Medicare! Reclaim independence and mobility with the compact design and long-lasting battery of Inogen One. Free information kit! Call: 1-833-230-8692.
PREPARE FOR OUTAGES
with Briggs & Stratton PowerProtect(TM) standby generators – the most powerful home standby generators available. Industry-leading comprehensive warranty of 7 years ($849 value.) Proudly made in the U.S.A. Call Briggs & Stratton 1-855-212-3281.
STOP OVERPAYING FOR AUTO INSURANCE! A recent survey says that most Americans are overpaying for their car insurance. Let us show you how much you can save. Call Now for a noobligation quote: 1-866-472-8309.
TOP CA$H FOR WATCHES!
PAYING TOP CA$H FOR MEN’S SPORT WATCHES! Rolex, Breitling, Omega, Patek Philippe, Heuer, Daytona, GMT, Submariner and Speedmaster. Call 1-855-402-7109.
VIAGRA & CIALIS
Attention: VIAGRA and CIALIS USERS! A cheaper alternative to high drugstore prices! 50 Pill Special - Only $99! 100% guaranteed. CALL NOW: 1-866-472-4367.
WALK-IN TUB
Safe Step. North America’s #1 Walk-In Tub. Comprehensive lifetime warranty. Top-of-theline installation and service. Now featuring our FREE shower package and $1,600 Off for a limited time! Call today! Financing available. Call Safe Step 1-877-852-0368.
WATER DAMAGE CLEANUP
& restoration. A small amount of water can lead to major damage and mold growth in your home. We do complete repairs to protect your family and your home’s value! For a FREE ESTIMATE, call 24/7: 1-888-290-2264.
Entertainment
AFFORDABLE TV & INTERNET. If you are overpaying for your service, call now for a free quote and see how much you can save! 1-844-588-6579.
Music
IN PERSON OR ONLINE MUSIC LESSONS IN GUITAR, BASS, MANDOLIN, BANJO in Rock, Pop, Jazz and Blues. Celebrating 33 years! Call (843) 556-6765. VOTED BEST MUSIC INSTRUCTION IN BEST OF CHARLESTON AND CHARLESTON’S CHOICE.
Notices
ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION
In 80 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 1.5 million readers. Call Randall Savely at the S.C. Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377.
PUBLIC AUCTION!
Sat., Oct. 19 at 9:30 AM. 510 Stoller Rd., Bamberg, SC (Hwy 301). Selling for City of Bamberg, consignments, much more! Backhoe, pickups, tractors, trailers, cars, boats, tools, syrup kettle, farm implements, lawn mowers, much more! Call now to consign! 803-860-0712. www.cogburnauction.com
REAL ESTATE AUCTION
Prime Redevelopment / Commercial Site in Rock Hill Opportunity Zone. Real Estate Sells Live On-Site: Wed. October 9th at 12PM 1182 Saluda Street, Rock Hill, SC. TheLigonCompany. com, Call 803-366-3535. Randy Ligon, CAI, CES, BAS SCAL1716 SCRL17640 SCAFL4120
4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston Meetings are open to the public and will include a time for public comment.
The Subcommittee is a 6-member committee appointed by the Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board to review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the GAB regarding Greenbelt applications for funding.
ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION
INVITATION TO BID
Archer Western Construction invites all Disadvantaged Business Enterprise [DBE] firms to propose on the Checked Baggage Inspection System [CBIS] 3rd Electronic Detection System [EDS] project at Charleston International Airport. Project Description: Designing, manufacturing, testing, furnishing, installing and commissioning all necessary equipment for modifications to the existing checked baggage inspection system (CBIS) at Charleston International Airport, including but not limited to, incorporation of a 3rd Electronic Detection System (EDS), improvements/ modifications to the existing curbside portions of the system, improvements/ modifications to the Checked Bag Reconciliation Area (CBRA) system, and addition of a new OS (oversized) line to CBRA and all necessary controls. Further, the work includes all necessary facility modifications/alterations needed to facilitate check baggage inspection system work, including but limited to, architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, electrical and communication systems.
Please note the following: Sales tax should be included on all permanent material Buy American applies to this projects so all goods must be US-made. The project has a DBE goal of 8.8% and DBE subs are strongly encouraged to bid. Interested bidders should contact the following estimator via email: Tim Fischen - 312.563.5402 or tfischer@walshgroup.com
Archer Western Construction is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Notice of Master’s Sale
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 2024 CP 10 00454
STAR PARTNER LLC, Plaintiff, vs. CROWN ME, LLC JOHN BEASLEY, JEANNA BEASLEY, and 84 LUMBER COMPANY, L.P., Defendants,
NOTICE OF MASTER’S SALE
Pursuant to the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in that certain action entitled Star Partner, Plaintiff, versus Crown Me, LLC, et al. Defendants, filed in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County in Civil Action No. 2024 CP 10 00454, Notice is hereby given that at 11:00 a.m.,
November 5, 2024, at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, the following described property will be sold to the highest bidder: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Harbor Woods Subdivision, James Island, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, more clearly shown and designated as LOT 21, BLOCK G, Harbor Woods, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, on a Plat by John F. Murphree, R.L.S., dated January, 1974, and recorded March 29, 1974 in Plat Book V, at Page 118, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, SC; said lot having such boundaries and measurements as shown on said plat.
Being the same property conveyed to Crown Me, LLC by deed of Patricia J. Hornsby dated August 12, 2022 and recorded August 22, 2022 in Book 1132 at Page 625 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.
TMS No.: 428-11-00-093
Street Address: 957 Regatta Road Charleston, SC 29412
As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be reopened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 5th day of December 2024.
The sale shall be for cash and the highest bidder shall make a cash deposit of five (5%) percent of the bid as earnest money and evidence of good faith. Personal or deficiency judgment having not been waived, the sale will remain open for thirty days (30) days pursuant to South Carolina Code Ann. §15-39-720, (1976).
The percentage rate on the Note is 25% percent per annum.
Purchaser shall be responsible for the cost of recording the deed, documentary stamps, and interest on the bid amount from the date of sale until the date of full compliance with the bid at the rate of 25% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, and any other senior encumbrances.
The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining and independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.
If, upon such sale being made, the purchaser should fail to comply with the terms of his bid within (30) days after the date of sale, then the undersigned Master in Equity may apply the earnest money to the debt owed the Plaintiff and may re-advertise the premises for sale, on the same terms as set forth above, at the risk of the former highest bidder.
F. Miles Adler (SC Bar #70238), ADLER LAW FIRM, LLC PO Box 4743 Pawleys Island, SC 29585. Attorney for the Plaintiff
(843)685-3311 miles@adlerlaw.partners
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-08-1967
SOUTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS ALISON WARD, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2009. TO DEFENDANT: ALISON WARD
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on September 28, 2023, 12:50 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Jason D. Pockrus, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Jason D. Pockrus SC Bar # 101333, 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, SC 29461, 843-719-1080.
TYLA N. BOWMAN, ESQUIRE
Attorney for the Plaintiff
P.O. Box 63384 North Charleston, SC 29419-2252
T: (843) 300-0373
F: (843) 273-8481
E tyla@bowman-law.net
July 24, 2024 North Charleston, SC
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2024-CP-10-03100
MidFirst Bank, Plaintiff, v. Jakera Mims; Oakleaf Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.; B and D Training Services, Inc., Defendant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury)
FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
of Court for Charleston County on June 20, 2024. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-04332
ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Ferndale, a subdivision of Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 26, Block 4, on a plat made by James O’Hear, and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book E, at Page 20. Said lot having a frontage on Nesbitt Avenue of Thirty (30’) feet with a depth running East and West of One Hundred (100’) feet, and a width on its back orWest line of thirty (30’) feet. Be the said dimensions a little more or less.
TMS No. 471-13-00-178
YOUR LEGALS HERE! CALL KRISTIN 843-885 4086
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-DR-08-1385
MACARENA SANCHEZMARQUEZ, Plaintiff, vs. PETER MITCHELL, Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, Tyla N. Bowman, Esquire within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, not counting the day of service, If you fail to submit your Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk
Anthony Campbell and Samuel Grimes, Plaintiffs, vs. Esther T. Pryor, E. Ulysees House, Deceased and Mary House, Deceased, collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are Minors or other disability, or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through E. Ulysees House, Deceased and Mary House, Deceased and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants.
TMS No.471-13-00-178
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated August 23, 2024, which has been filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 27th day of August 2024. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs or their Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on the 19th day of September 2024
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar # 000974 tbrush@brushlawfirm.com 12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407
The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 27th day of August 2024.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiffs against the above-named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, 12-51-40, et seq. and 12-61-10, et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs are the owners of a portion of the said property described as follows:
ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM
Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order. AND IT IS SO ORDERED!
s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NUMBER: 2024-CP-1004141
Joanne W. Porcher, Plaintiff, -versusDavida Y. Breshers, Edna J. Breshers, Daniel M. Edwards, Sr., Letiesha Edwards, Dana L. Edwards, Daniel M. Edwards, Jr. and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Edna D. Washington, Jestine D. Washington and Letty W. Edwards, all of whom are deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants.
TMS #411-15-00-191
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the
Complaint in this Action dated August 15, 2024, which was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 15th day of August 2024. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs or their Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on the 20th day of September 2024
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.
s/Thomas H. Brush
Thomas H. Brush Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar # 000974
tbrush@brushlawfirm.com
12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407
The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 15th day of August 2024.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiffs against the above-named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, 12-51-40, et seq. and 12-61-10, et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs are the owners of a portion of the said property described as follows:
ALL that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying, and being on the East side of Henry Street (formerly Merritt Street), South of Dorchester Road, in the settlement of Murray Hill, St. Phillip’s and St. Michael’s Parish, County of Charleston and State of South Carolina; possessing the following metes and bounds, to wit: Measuring and containing forty-two (42’) feet in width on the front or West line; thirty-seven (37’) feet in width on the back or East line; and one hundred and twenty-three (123’) feet in depth on the North and South lines; be the aforesaid measurements a little more or less. And bounded on the front or West line by Henry Street (formerly Merritt Street); on the North by property of parties unknown; on the East by property now of formerly Eugene Cochran; and on the South by a lot under contract of sale to J.L. Sims and Mary Ann Sims by the grantor herein.
TMS # 411-15-00-191
Property Address: 2631 Henry Street, North Charleston, SC 29405
ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM
Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for
such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED!
s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2178
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Brendalyn Johnson, Terrance Brown and Dale Robinson. DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2012, 2023
TO DEFENDANT: Terrance Brown
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on July 30, 2024, at 4:14 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.
RECYCLE THIS PAPER
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1107
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS KIMBERLY O’BOYLE and DAVID BRIGGS.
DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2017, 2016 TO DEFENDANT: DAVID BRIGGS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on April 19, 2024, at 3:40 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2317
SOUTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES
VERSUS
Asia Drayton, Anton White and Andrew Drayton Jr DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2011
TO DEFENDANTS: Asia Drayton and Anton White
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 19, 2024 at 9:42 am. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, Attention: W. Tracy Brown, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 (843) 953-9625.
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of:
AUDWIN JAMES BENTON
2024-ES-10-1704
DOD: 7/3/24
Pers. Rep: ANN KHEBOIAN BENTON 6938 BEARS BLUFF RD., WADMALAW ISLAND, SC 29487
Atty: THOMAS H. BRUSH, ESQ. 12-A CARRIAGE LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29407
***********
Estate of: HENDRIKA JOHANNA ADRIANA LEGGETT 2024-ES-10-1771
DOD: 9/8/24
Pers. Rep: KELLY A. SMITH 3316 HEARTHSIDE DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29414
***********
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-4225
LARMONT EMANUEL Petitioner, v. CRAIG EMANUEL, JOHN DOE, MARY ROE, adults, RICHARD ROE and JANE DOE; adults, infants, persons under disability, if any, including those person who might be in the military and covered under the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, fictitious names designating the unknown heirs, devisees, distributes, issues, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of above name defendants, and all other persons known or claiming any right, title state in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, Respondents.
North Charleston Public Service District, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 570 on a plat of Waylyn Subdivision by Tomlinson Engineering Company, dated March 16, 1942 and recorded March 28, 1942 in Plat Book F, at Page 117, Office of the R.M.C. for Charleston County, Reference is also made to a plat “Showing a portion of a block as surveyed” by J. O ‘Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated January 20, 1953 and recorded in Book H, at Page 138 in the Office of the R M.C. for Charleston County. Reference is made to said plat for a description of metes, bounds and measurements. Be all measurements a little more or less.
BEING THE SAME PREMISES conveyed to Grantor by Deed of Distribution (Real Property Only) for the Estate of Gloria Emanuel (2020-ES-10-00239), dated July 30, 2022 and recorded on August 4, 2022 at 3:31:58 p.m. in the R. O. D. Office for Charleston County in Book 1129 at Page 087.
BEING A PORTION of the same property conveyed to LAMONT EMANUEL and GLORIA EMANUEL by Deed of Distribution for the Estate of Arthur James Emanuel (2008ES-10-1329), dated December 12, 2019 and recorded on December 17, 2019 at 09:25:26 a.m. in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Book 0846 at Page 958.
TMS#: 411-12-00-125
NOTICE OF FILING
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2277
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS HALEY KOCAK and STEPHEN SCIARRINO. DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024
TO DEFENDANTS: HALEY KOCAK and STEPHEN SCIARRINO
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on August 14, 2024, 1:40 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: DIANE C. CUDAHY
2024-ES-10-1673
DOD: 9/6/24
Pers. Rep: JULIE LONGMUIR 33-27 91ST ST., #6D, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372
Atty: SUSAN A. TESCHNER, ESQ. 3 LOCKWOOD DR., #204, CHARLESTON, SC 29401
***********
Estate of:
ELIZABETH COX PRYOR
2024-ES-10-1675
DOD: 8/22/24
Pers. Rep: SHIRLEY S. LUTZ
4733 S. PAMLICO WAY, NAGS HEAD, NC 27959
Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ.
115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
***********
Estate of:
ELEANOR CRAIG KLINE
2024-ES-10-1683
DOD: 8/26/24
Pers. Rep: STEVEN E. CRAIG 22 RUTLEDGE AVE., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
Atty: F. PATRICIA
SCARBOROUGH, ESQ.
115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
***********
Estate of: GALEN LIONEL BARIL
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Atty: DAVID W. WOLF, ESQ. 748-D ST. ANDREWS BLVD., CHARLESTON, SC 29407
SUMMONS
TO: THE RESPONDENTS/ DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition /Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Petitioner or her attorney, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within time aforesaid, the judgment by default shall be rendered against you.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon the Petition/ Complaint of the Petitioner above named against the Respondents above named for the purpose of determining the interests of the Petitioner and the interests of the Respondents in the parcel of land hereinafter described, and is brought under the provisions of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws; Section 15-67-10, et. seq. (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), for the Purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Petitioner and certain of the Respondents above named be declared the owners in fee simple, having good and marketable title to herein below described property. That the premises to be affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced was, at the time of the filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Lis Pendens, Summons, Complaint, Notice of Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem, and Notice to Refer to Master in Equity, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on August 20, 2024. The purpose of this action to confer title to the rightful owner(s) of the real property described in the Complaint – Partition and should issue a Master’s Deed to the premised to the said Petitioner.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
UPON READING and filing the within Petition For Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem and after consideration of the same: it is ORDERED, that George E. Counts, be and is hereby appointed Guardian Ad Litem for such of the Defendants as may be minors, infants, persons in the Military within the meaning of Title 50 United States Code commonly referred to as The Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act of 1940, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, to service as such unless they, or someone on their behalf, shall move to have appointed a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Summons herein.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER TO MASTER IN EQUITY
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned attorney on behalf of the Plaintiff herein, will move for an order, thirty (30) days from the date of service, to refer the above entitled matter to the Master-InEquity for Charleston County, to take testimony and issue a Final Decree. Any appeal from the judgment by the Master-In-Equity shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.
s/Charlie L. Whirl CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Road N. Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705 – Office cwhirl2112@gmail.com Attorney for the Petitioner LET
This public notice and affirmation that Kaia-Lynne of the family Yurko has been born on the land in a mortal body. The living female is the result of life and love and physical embodiment of the biological father David-Richard Edward: Yurko and biological mother Courtney-Lynne Brandenburg: Yurko (nee Brandenburg). Kaia-Lynne of the family Yurko is their living daughter from the moment of conception from the first combining of their unique genetic code and was born earthside on the land in the geographical location commonly known as Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Republic, United States of America. She was born on August 24th in the calendar year 2024 Anno Domini at the hour and minute of 1:57 AM, weighing 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long. She is happy, healthy and thriving!
FINAL HEARING DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF Charleston IN THE FAMILY COURT 9th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2024-DR-1000843
In Re: The Marriage of: Darryn L. Parks, Plaintiff, and Latrice W. Parks, Defendant.
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
To: Latrice W. Parks Address: Unknown
A final hearing for the divorce case between Darryn L. Parks (Plaintiff) and Latrice W. Parks (Defendant) will take place on November 8, 2024 at 10:00AM in Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2D, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401. This hearing will address the finalization of the divorce, including matters of property division, alimony, and other legal issues. The Defendant’s failure to appear may result in a default judgment.
Dated: October 2, 2024
Respectfully submitted, Darryn L. Parks (Plaintiff)
Christopher Robinson Household goods
Cherylann Prince Covers, blankets, pillows, stove, boards, lawnmower
Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405
10/22/2024
1:00 PM
Tanico Brown
2bdrm, Queen, boxes, Dryer, nightstand, dresser, 20 medium boxes
Facility 5:
1861 Ashley River Rd. Charleston, SC 29407
10/22/2024
1:15 PM
Nyimia Middleton Personal items, household goods, couch
Bethany Alston Appliances
Lindsi Belcher Appliances, boxes furniture
Breyron Cusack Promotional items, bins, decor
Shaine Green Rims, boxes, clothes
The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Jr; Terry Mitchell a/k/a Terry L Mitchell; Raymone S Reed; South Carolina Department of Revenue; Microf LLC, DEFENDANT(S)
TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:
Dakota Willimon Household Goods/Furniture
Gregory Wooten Bedroom Furniture
The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700
Firm Case No: 20456 - 98196
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
9TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CP1002009
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, a/s/o William Ducker and Jerri Ducker, Plaintiff, vs. LAWRENCE A KINLAW, Defendant.
SUMMONS
TO: LAWRENCE A KINLAW P.O. BOX 487 AWENDAW, SC 29429
Whereabouts Ad
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of NELSON TAMAYO, please contact Priscila Ebony Ray, Attorney at Law, at (815) 566-1179 or Praylaw1@yahoo.com
HAVE YOU BEEN SERVED?
Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com
Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400) Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend.com
R. Brooks Wright (SC Bar #105195) Brooks.Wright@rogerstownsend.com
1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444
Columbia, South Carolina
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2019-CP10-04807
NOTICE OF SALE
Docket No. 2024-CP-10-0437
By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of The Sunset Cay Marina Council of Co-Owners, Inc., Plaintiff, against Jacksoha, LLC, Defendant;
I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on November 5, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:
All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title. See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)
Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of the sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RICHLAND
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)
C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-03112 DEFICIENCY WAIVED
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-OP2, PLAINTIFF, vs. Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr, and if Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Thelma Mitchell; Julian Mitchell a/k/a Julian E Mitchell;
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.
NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on June 19, 2024.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscriber at P.O. BOX 2189, MONTGOMERY, AL 36102 within thirty 30 days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of service hereof. AND IF YOU FAIL to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Prepared and submitted by: PARNELL LAW GROUP, LLC, /s/ Alexandria C. Heard Alexandria C. Heard S.C. Bar Number 105707 Email: aheard@plgse.com
Correspondence Address: The Parnell Law Group, LLC P.O. Box 2189 Montgomery, AL 36102-2189
T: 866.629.0912 Attorney for Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2024CP1004092
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-3, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Arthur L. Simmons, Jr.; South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority Defendant(s).
SUMMONS
Deficiency Judgment Waived (011847-05327)
TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Arthur L. Simmons, Jr.:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 1056 Martin George Ln, Awendaw, SC 29429, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 629-00-00235, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.
NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on August 13, 2024.
s/ Brian P. Yoho Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com
Susan Rhoden, Erik Kramer, and Kevin N. Hedges, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. Lennar Carolinas, LLC, Alpha Prime, LLC, Alpha Prime Construction, LLC, Sagehorn and Company, Inc., Royal Palms Holding, LLC, Defendants.
Lenore Carolinas, LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff, vs. Alpha Omega Construction Group, Inc.; Valmar Nunes, Individually; Bruza Construction, LLC; Simons Construction Company, LLC; Cesar E. De Souza a/k/a Cesar DeSouza, Individually; Raul Martinez Masonry, LLC; Mark Wolverton, Individually; DVS, Inc.; Carolina Foundation, Inc.; CEBS Construction, LLC a/k/a CEBS Custom Homes LLC; Archer Exteriors, Inc.; Builders FirstSource – Southeast Group, LLC; Associated Materials, Incorporated a/k/a and d/b/a Alside; Cohen’s Drywall Company, Inc.; Guaranteed Framing, LLC, Third-Party Defendants,
CEBS Construction, LLC, Fourth-Party Plaintiff, vs. WW Pereira Construction, LLC; CMAC Construction, LLC; Della Putti Construction, LLC; J. Plitz Construction, LLC, Fourth-Party Defendants.
SUMMONS (Fourth-Party Complaint) TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED FOURTH-PARTY DEFENDANT:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the fourth-party complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said fourth -party complaint upon the subscriber at P.O. Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the fourth -party complaint within the time aforesaid, the fourth-party plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the fourth-party complaint.
Columbia, South Carolina July 11, 2024 ROGERS TOWNSEND, LLC
s/Joshua A. Bennett Joshua A. Bennett (SC Bar #: 100023) ROGERS TOWNSEND, LLC 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor (29201) Post Office Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202 Main: (803) 771-7900; Fax: (803) 343-7017
Email: Joshua.Bennett@ rogerstownsend.com Attorneys for CEBS Construction, LLC [erroneously identified as d/b/a CEBS Custom Homes, LLC]
DOCK UNIT A-3, SUNSET CAY MARINA HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME, a Horizontal Property Regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Regime Act, 27-31-10, et seq., and submitted by Master of Deed of Sunset Cay Horizontal Property Regime dated August 18, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Book W-549 at page 258 on August 18, 2005, as shown and delineated on that certain plat entitled, “EXHIBIT “B” TO THE MASTER DEED FOR STAGE 1 OF THE SUNSET CAY MARINA HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME SHOWING DOCK “A”, DOCK “B”. DOCK “C”. DOCK “D”, DOCK “E” AND COMMERCIAL UNIT AND RESTROOM FACILITY, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF FOLLY BEACH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC”, prepared by Horner, Eelman & Gearhart, LLC dated August 15, 2004, and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Charleston County as Exhibit “B” to the aforementioned Master Deed. Said Master Deed may thereafter be amended from time to time (hereinafter described as “Master Deed”), together with an undivided interest in the appurtenant common elements, all as described more fully in the Master Deed.
This being the same property conveyed to Jacksoha, LLC by deed of Gregory W. Westall dated October 12, 2018, and recorded October 25, 2018, with the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 0755, at Page 859.
TMS No.: 325-15-00-079
Property Address: WE 10th Street, Unit A-3, Folly Beach, SC 29439
TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:
The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.
The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].
The sale shall be subject to any and all liens including taxes, tax liens, government liens etc. recorded in the Charleston County Register of Deeds or filed with the Clerk of Court and/or with/by the South Carolina Department of Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service or any other agency or department of the United States of America.
Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser.
Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County
Attorney for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412
NOTICE OF SALE
Docket No. 2024-CP-10-0438
By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of The Sunset Cay Marina Council of Co-Owners, Inc., Plaintiff, against KBA Holdings, Inc., Defendant;
I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on November 5, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:
DOCK UNIT B-12, SUNSET CAY MARINA HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME, a Horizontal Property Regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Regime Act, 27-31-10, et seq., and submitted by Master of Deed of Sunset Cay Marina Horizontal Property Regime date August 18, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in W-549 at page 258 on August 18, 2005; as amended by First Amendment to Master Deed of Sunset Cay Horizontal Property Regime dated March 8, 2006, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Book S-578 at page 1 on April 5, 2006, as shown and delineated on that certain plat entitled, “EXHIBIT “B” TO THE MASTER DEED FOR STAGE 1 OF THE SUNSET CAY MARINA HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME SHOWING DOCK “A”, DOCK “B”. DOCK “C”. DOCK “D”, DOCK “E” AND COMMERCIAL UNIT AND RESTROOM FACILITY, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF FOLLY BEACH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC”, prepared by Horner, Eelman & Gearhart, LLC dated August 15, 2004, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County as Exhibit “B” to the aforementioned Master. Said Master Deed may thereafter be amended from time to time (hereinafter described as “Master Deed”) together with an undivided interest in the appurtenant common elements, all as described more fully in the Master Deed.
This being the same property conveyed to KBA Holdings, Inc. by deed of Sunset Cay, LLC dated May 1, 2007, and recorded May 11, 2007, with the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book G625, at Page 297.
TMS No.: 325-15-00-115
Property Address: WE 10th Street, Unit B-12, Folly Beach, SC 29439
TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:
The Master-in-Equity will require
a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.
The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].
The sale shall be subject to any and all liens including taxes, tax liens, government liens etc. recorded in the Charleston County Register of Deeds or filed with the Clerk of Court and/or with/by the South Carolina Department of Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service or any other agency or department of the United States of America.
Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.
See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)
Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of the sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412
THE SUMMONS & NOTICE, COMPLAINT, LIS PENDENS AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY
ACT WERE DULY FILED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN CHARLESTON COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 1, 2024 AT 11:36 A.M.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-0559
THE SUNSET CAY MARINA COUNCIL OF CO-OWNERS, INC., Plaintiff,
v. STEPHEN T. AUST AND NANCY M. AUST, Defendants.
SUMMONS AND NOTICE
TO: ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604, Charleston, South Carolina 29412,
or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AND/ OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, Plaintiff(s) may move for a general Order of Reference to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action.
s/Derek F. Dean S.C. Bar No. 65279 Attorney for Plaintiff Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite Charleston, SC 29412 843-762-9132 dfdean@charlestonattorneys.net
February 1, 2024 604
MORE CLASSIFIEDS ONLINE
NOTICE OF SALE
Docket No. 2023-CP-10-4583
By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Sienna at Grand Oaks Homeowners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Patrice A. Sune and Patrick C. Bishop, Defendants;
I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on November 5, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:
ALL that certain piece, parcel, lot or track of land with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 15 of Sienna at Bee’s Landing, Phase 1, on a Final Plat of aforesaid subdivision prepared by Trico Engineering Consultants, Inc., dated November 9, 2000, recorded in Plat Cabinet EE, Slides 603 and 604, Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, and said lot having such boundaries and measurements as shown on the above described plat, which is specifically incorporated by reference herein.
Subject to Covenants, Restrictions and Easements of record.
Being the same property conveyed to Patrice A. Sune and Patrick C. Bishop by deed of Palmetto Traditional Homes LLC, dated March 7, 2002, and recorded March 12, 2002, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book O399, at Page 500.
The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.
The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].
The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in the original amount of $140,000.00 dated May 21, 2009, and recorded May 29, 2009, in Book 0057 at Page 522 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.
Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.
See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)
Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of the sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County
Attorney for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412
SUMMONS AND NOTICE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-03691
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-FF11, Plaintiff vs. Jerome Gadsden; and Credit Acceptance Corporation, Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Jerome Gadsden:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action,
a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 22, 2024, and thereafter amended on August 23, 2024.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Jerome Gadsden and Lottie Gadsden to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF11 bearing date of May 23, 2006 and recorded May 31, 2006 in Mortgage Book J585 at Page 456 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Three Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($112,300.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded October 1, 2008 in Book 12 at Page 971, the mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, c/o Wells Fargo Home Mortgage thereafter, by assignment recorded October 29, 2015 in Book 514 at Page 48, the mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF11., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated, lying and being on Commander Road in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, formerly part of the North Charleston Public Service District, and also formerly known as St. Philip’s and St. Michael’s Parish, and known and designated as Lot 121, on a plat of Nafair Addition, as shown on a plat made by the John McCrady Company, Francis M. Harleston, Licensed Surveyor, dated June 15, 1940 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book F, page 63. Said lot having such approximate size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings, location and encroachments as shown on said plat and as further shown on a unrecorded plat by W. L. Gaillard dated November 24, 1986. Said premises are known under the present numbering system as 2132 Commander Road.
TMS No. 469-11-00-054
Property Address: 2132 Commander Road, North Charleston, SC 29405
Riley Pope & Laney, LLC
Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211
Telephone (803) 799-9993
Attorneys for Plaintiff
6379
To all persons claiming an interest in: 2017 - 14’ - FIBERGLASS - ANKONAVQGSM456B717 2017-20HP - SUZUKI - 029547AF WOODS BROWDER will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/ outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 7343699. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title.
Case No: 20240514950294
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier,
or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: ERIC D. PHILLIPS 2024-ES-10-1433
DOD: 6/16/24
Sp. Admin.
JOHN SINCLAIRE, III, ESQ. 115 RIVER LANDING DR., #102, CHARLESTON, SC 29492 ***********
Estate of: KATHRYN L. DUCKWORTH 2024-ES-10-1753
DOD: 5/11/24
Pers. Rep: MARIE EIZABETH DAVIS 11016 SOUTHFIELD DR., CHARLOTTE, NC 28273
Atty: JONATHAN S. ALTMAN, ESQ. 575 KING ST., #B, CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ***********
Atty: ROBERT W. HAINES, ESQ. 1092 JOHNNIE DODDS BLVD., #112, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ***********
11. Animal den
12. “Unbelievable” band
Across 1. Beyonce alter ego ___ Fierce
6. Moving picture?
9. Mouselike farmland critter
13. Constellation with a belt
14. 1,500-mile Eurasian chain
16. “Batman” star West
17. “Cheers!” in Mexico
18. ___ Lee (dessert brand)
19. Salon creation
20. Actress Teri appearing on every network at once?
23. This, in Spain
24. Partner of paste
25. Cash-spewing devices
28. Everyday glass container?
34. Jazz legend Armstrong
36. Sea bird
37. Reverent wonder
38. Pub where you can drink samples of precipitation from around the world?
42. ___Kosh B’Gosh (kids’ clothing line)
43. P’s somewhere on campus?
44. Limerick’s rhyme scheme
45. Sailor with a foot injury?
49. Stuck-up
50. Assistance
51. Annual milestone, for short
53. Author who’s a distant relative of Henry VIII’s last wife?
60. The trans pride one has light blue, light pink, and white stripes
61. “Birthplace of Aviation” state
62. Cobra’s foe
63. Cosmo rival
64. ___ doble (two-step dance)
65. K-pop hub
66. Musical with the song “Good Morning Starshine”
68. “___ Remember”
15. Opera venue in Milan
21. Amtrak stop, for short
22. Canadian Olympic skateboarder and LGBTQ rights activist Annie
25. Section on risers
26. Glass-lifting reason
27. “Mulan” dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy
29. Eliminate from the body, to a biologist
30. Karel Capek robot play
31. “Star Wars” villain ___ the Hutt
32. Abalone, in sushi bars
33. Played once more
35. Belgrade’s country
39. 2014 Tom Hardy/James Gandolfini crime drama
40. Brick transporter
41. Landmark on the Chicago shoreline
46. Supermarket assistant
47. In full flower
48. Nutrition label fig.
52. Dreadful feeling
53. Kamala Harris’s stepdaughter Emhoff
54. Painter of melting watches
55. Subject of Ishmael’s tale
56. Actress Kudrow
57. “... beauty is ___ forever” (Keats)
58. Crushing defeat
59. Change addresses, in real estate lingo
60. Disgusted utterance
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks, you may be tempted to spar and argue more than usual. You could get sucked into the fantasy that it would make sense to wrangle, feud, and bicker. But I hope you sublimate those tendencies. The same hot energy that might lead to excessive skirmishing could just as well become a driving force to create robust harmony and resilient unity. If you simply dig further into your psyche’s resourceful depths, you will discover the inspiration to bargain, mediate and negotiate with élan. Here’s a bold prediction: Healing compromises hammered out now could last a long time.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Question #1: “What subjects do you talk about to enchant and uplift a person who’s important to you?” Answer #1: “You talk about the feelings and yearnings of the person you hope to enchant and uplift.” Question #2: “How do you express your love with maximum intelligence?” Answer #2: “Before you ask your allies to alter themselves to enhance your relationship, you ask yourself how you might alter yourself to enhance your relationship.” Question #3: “What skill are you destined to master, even though it’s challenging for you to learn?” Answer #3: “Understanding the difference between supple passion and manic obsession.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1819, Gemini entrepreneur Francois-Louis Cailler became the first chocolatier to manufacture chocolate bars. His innovation didn’t save any lives, cure any disease or fix any injustice. But it was a wonderful addition to humanity’s supply of delights. It enhanced our collective joy and pleasure. In the coming months, dear Gemini, I invite you to seek a comparable addition to your own personal world. What novel blessing might you generate or discover? What splendid resource can you add to your repertoire?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): *Ayurnamat* is a word used by the Inuit people. It refers to when you long for the relaxed tranquility that comes from not worrying about what can’t be changed. You wish you could accept or even welcome the truth about provocative situations with equanimity. Now here’s some very good news, Cancerian. In the coming weeks, you will not just yearn for this state of calm, but will also have a heightened ability to achieve it. Congratulations! It’s a liberating, saint-like accomplishment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Healing will be more available to you than usual. You’re extra likely to attract the help and insight you need to revive and restore your mind, soul and body. To get started, identify two wounds or discomforts you would love to alleviate. Then consider the following actions: 1. Ruminate about what helpers and professionals might be best able to assist you. Make appointments with them. 2. Perform a ritual in which you seek blessings from your liveliest spirit guides and sympathetic ancestors. 3. Make a list of three actions you will take to make yourself feel better. 4. Treat this process not a somber struggle, but as a celebration of your mounting vitality.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Beatles were the best-selling band of all time and among the most influential, too. Their fame and fortune were well-earned. Many of the 186 songs they composed and recorded were beautiful, interesting and entertaining. Yet none of four members of the band could read music. Their brilliance was intuitive and instinctual. Is there a comparable situation in your life, Virgo? A task or skill that you do well despite not being formally trained? If so, the coming months will be a good time to get better grounded. I invite you to fill in the gaps in your education.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 2010, Edurne Pasaban became the first woman to climb the world’s tallest 14 mountains, reaching the top of Shishapangma in China. In 2018, Taylor Demonbreun arrived in Toronto, Canada, completing a quest in which she visited every sovereign nation on the planet in 18 months. In 1924, explorer Alexandra David-Néel pulled off the seemingly impossible feat of visiting Lhasa, Tibet, when that
By Rob Brezsny
place was still forbidden to foreigners. Be inspired by these heroes as you ruminate about what frontier adventures you will dare to enjoy during the next six months. Design a plan to get all the educational and experimental fun you need.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Alnwick Garden is an unusual network of formal gardens in northeast England. Among its many entertaining features is the Poison Garden, which hosts 100 species of toxic and harmful plants like hemlock, strychnine and deadly nightshade. It’s the most popular feature by far. Visitors enjoy finding out and investigating what’s not good for them. In accordance with astrological omens, Scorpio, I invite you to use this as an inspirational metaphor as you take inventory of influences that are not good for you. Every now and then, it’s healthy to acknowledge what you don’t need and shouldn’t engage with.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian Tom Rath is an inspirational author who at age 49 has managed to stay alive even though he has wrangled with a rare disease since he was 16. He writes, “This is what I believe we should all aim for: to make contributions to others’ lives that will grow infinitely in our absence. A great commonality we all share is that we only have today to invest in what could outlive us.” That’s always good advice for everyone, but it’s especially rich counsel for you Sagittarians in the coming months. I believe you will have a special capacity to dispense your best gifts those who need and want them.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn writer Susan Sontag was a public intellectual. She was an academic with a scholarly focus and an entertaining commentator on the gritty hubbub of popular culture. One of my favorite quotes by her is this one: “I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.” In other words, she made sure her curiosity and open-mindedness flourished by always assuming she had much more to learn. I especially recommend this perspective to you in the coming weeks.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Salem Witch Trials took place in Massachusetts from 1692 to 1693. They were ignorant, superstitious prosecutions of people accused of practicing witchcraft. The modern holiday known as Freethought Day happens every October 12, the anniversary of the last witch trial. The purpose of this jubilee is to encourage us to treasure objective facts, to love using logic and reason, and to honor the value of critical thinking. It’s only observed in America now, but I propose we make it a global festival. You Aquarians are my choice to host this year’s revelries in celebration of Freethought Day. You are at the peak of your ability to generate clear, astute, liberating thoughts. Show us what it looks like to be a lucid, unbiased observer of reality.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A YouTube presenter named Andy George decided to make a chicken sandwich. But he didn’t buy the ingredients in a store. He wanted to make the sandwich from scratch. Over the next six months, he grew wheat, ground it into flour and used it to bake bread. He milked a cow to make cheese and butter. He got sea salt from ocean water and grew a garden of lettuce, cucumber, tomato and dill for toppings. Finally, he went to a farm, bought a chicken, and did all that was necessary to turn the live bird into meat for the sandwich. In describing his process, I’m not suggesting you do something similar. Rather, I’m encouraging you to be thorough as you solidify your foundations in the coming months. Gather resources you will need for long-term projects. Be a connoisseur of the raw materials that will assure future success in whatever way you define success.
“OH NO!” —More like didgeri-don’t.
Friday, Nov. 1
11 a.m. SHARON MALONE with Michele Norris GROWNWOMANTALK
$30
1 p.m. ANDRÉ ACIMAN with Edoardo Ballerini ROMANYEAR:AMEMOIR $30
3 p.m. EMILY WILSON with Judith Thurman THEILIAD $30
5 p.m. PAUL MURRAY with Bill Goldstein THEBEESTING $30
8 p.m. GALA EVENT BLACK AND WHITE MASQUERADE
See page 4 for details $350+
Saturday, Nov. 2
12 p.m. CHARAN RANGANATH with David Adams WHYWEREMEMBER $30
2 p.m. MICHELE NORRIS with Kerri Forrest OURHIDDENCONVERSATIONS $30
4 p.m. CLAIRE MESSUD with Georgina Godwin THISSTRANGEEVENTFULHISTORY
$30
6 p.m. JAMES SHAPIRO with Dominic Dromgoole THEPLAYBOOK
$30
Sunday, Nov. 3
12 p.m. EDDIE S. GLAUDE JR. with Joan Robinson Berry WEARETHELEADERSWEHAVEBEEN LOOKINGFOR $30
2 p.m. KATHERINE BUCKNELL with Bill Goldstein CHRISTOPHERISHERWOOD:INSIDEOUT $30
4 p.m. DAVID W. BLIGHT with Richard Brodhead YALEANDSLAVERY:AHISTORY $30
6 p.m. MAURICE SAMUELS with Adam Gopnik ALFREDDREYFUS:THEMANATTHECENTER OFTHEAFFAIR
$30
8 p.m. GRIFFIN DUNNE with Marie Brenner THEFRIDAYAFTERNOONCLUB
$30
Monday, Nov. 4
12 p.m. NIKKI GIOVANNI with Tonya Matthews ACONVERSATIONWITHNIKKIGIOVANNI
$30
2 p.m. KWAME DAWES & KIMIKO HAHN with Marjory Wentworth FORTUNATETRAVELERS
$30
4 p.m. GEOFF DYER with Geoffrey Harpham THELASTDAYSOFROGERFEDERER
$30
6 p.m. THEATER DEBATE:BALDWIN VS.BUCKLEY LIVE PERFORMANCE by the american vicarious
$35
Tuesday, Nov. 5 BREAK IN PROGRAMMING
Wednesday, Nov. 6
4 p.m. MARIE ARANA with Bilal Qureshi LATINOLAND
$30
6 p.m. BRODY MULLINS & LUKE MULLINS with Monica Langley THEWOLVESOFKSTREET
$30
8 p.m. CHRIS WHITAKER ALLTHECOLORSOFTHEDARK
$30
Thursday, Nov. 7
12 p.m. ATTICA LOCKE with Tamara Butler GUIDEMEHOME
$30
2 p.m. ANGELA SAINI with Jennet Robinson Alterman THEPATRIARCHS $30
4 p.m. ROSS BENJAMIN & MARK HARMAN with Scott Denham A KAFKA CENTENARY CELEBRATION
$30
6 p.m. MICHAEL J. SANDEL with Geoffrey Harpham DEMOCRACY’SDISCONTENT
$30
Friday, Nov. 8
2 p.m. JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS with Ann Close NIGHTWATCH $30
2 p.m. JEAN HANFF KORELITZ with Anne Blessing THESEQUEL
$30
4 p.m. RACHEL KUSHNER with Autumn Phillips CREATIONLAKE
$30
6:30 p.m. THEATER - WORLD PREMIERE ALLTHEBEAUTY INTHEWORLD starring Patrick Bringley $45
Saturday, Nov. 9
9:30 a.m. FILM SCREENING BROOKLYN
Directed by John Crowley $10
12 p.m. COLM TÓIBÍN with Bilal Qureshi LONGISLAND $30
2 p.m. BIANCA BOSKER with Patrick Bringley GetThePicture $30
4 p.m. RAMIE TARGOFF with Regina Marler SHAKESPEARE’SSISTERS
$30
6 p.m. CATHERINE LACEY with Regina Marler BIOGRAPHYOFX
$30
Sunday, Nov. 10
12 p.m. LOTTIE HAZELL with Emmeline Clein PIGLET
$30
2 p.m. DEESHA PHILYAW with Jeannelle Perkins THESECRETLIVESOFCHURCHLADIES
$30
4 p.m. ILYON WOO MASTER,SLAVE,HUSBAND,WIFE FREE
6:30 p.m. THEATER ALLTHEBEAUTY INTHEWORLD
starring Patrick Bringley
$45
When shivers flew up and down Woo’s spine
By Andy Brack
Author Ilyon Woo’s skin tingled when she walked into the Dock Street Theatre as she researched her recent Pulitzer Prizewinning nonfiction book, Master Slave Husband Wife
More than 175 years ago, the theater was home to the Planter’s Hotel, which the protagonists of the book, Ellen and William Craft, visited briefly as they escaped slavery in Georgia.
“Even to approach this space from the outside felt unreal — to glimpse the lacy ironwork, the dramatic facade — and yes, shivers flew up and down my spine when I went inside,” Woo said. “To stand inside the lobby, where the Crafts moved through; to mount the stairs, where Ellen rushed up, pretending to be sick; to look out windows through which they were once visible; and to behold the ornamentation that their eyes might also have touched — all was wondrous and vital.
“It will be emotional, I am sure, to journey into this space again, this time with descendants of Ellen and William Craft.”
On Nov. 10 during the Charleston Literary Festival, Woo will discuss the book with Kim Long, a member of the festival’s board, during the third annual city-wide Charleston Reads! initiative. Tickets are free but must be reserved online due to limited space.
An escape in broad daylight
Woo’s book tells the true, emotional tale of the Crafts, who pulled off one of the most dramatic escapes in U.S. history in 1848 by posing as master and slave in broad daylight. Ellen, dressed as a young, rich, disabled White gentleman was accompanied and served by her slave, who was actually her husband, William, a carpenter.
After amassing some money through extra work, they started their escape by getting on an early train in their home of Macon, Ga., for Savannah. They then boarded a steamship to Charleston, where they faced two nerve-racking tests for the light-skinned Ellen to “pass” as a White man and not be caught.
First, the “young gentleman” told a story at the hotel that he needed to rest before continuing the journey. But he and his “slave” had to make it through the registration process.
“Planter’s Hotel is pivotal, because it’s the first hotel where Ellen has to check herself in — which means signing her name, when
she is unable to read or write — and therefore a huge test in her passing as a rich, White, disabled man,” Woo said. “And what a hotel it was! The Crafts note that it was a favorite of the one-time Vice President, John C. Calhoun, who is buried nearby.”
Not long thereafter, the Crafts faced their second test — getting tickets for an outbound ship toward freedom at the nearby U.S. Custom House.
“Again, she would have to sign not only for herself but for William,” Woo said. “The standoff there is one of the most dramatic in their story: I was practically biting my nails as I wrote it.”
This experience also led to more chills for Woo.
“My chills started here, from the outside, when I spotted a plaque that described how outdoor sales of enslaved people took place north of the Exchange, which was then the Custom House.
“To think that they passed an auction site — which represented not only the fate they could encounter, should they fail, but also the trauma of separation they had each experienced as children — it’s just devastating, and underscores their bravery and heroism.”
Later she added, “That’s the thing about the story of the Crafts. Even if you know the outcome, it’s incredibly suspenseful because of how the Crafts take ownership of
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Courtesy Charleston Stage
To escape slavery, Ellen and William Craft briefly stayed at Planter’s Hotel which is today known as Charleston’s Dock Street Theatre
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3
seemingly impossible situations.”
Another person has chills
West Ashley resident Gail DeCosta is the great-great granddaughter of Ellen and William Craft. She said she gets chills still when she thinks about what her grandparents went through.
“Just the courage that they had,” reflected DeCosta, who returned to Charleston about 10 years ago after a career in IT consulting. “I just can’t even imagine.
“They came close to being caught, and if they had been caught, who knows? They wouldn’t probably have lived … and we wouldn’t be here.”
DeCosta said she knew a little about her famous ancestors as a girl, but didn’t really learn about them until she received a republished copy as a young adult of their 1860 book, Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery She said it was humbling to know how determined her great-great grandparents were to be free.
“There’s a quote that a lot of people say Ellen said when they got to England. Someone tried to make some comment that they had it better off when they were slaves. She said something like she would rather starve a free woman than ever go back to slavery.”
A past and future
Woo reminded that the Crafts’ connection to Charleston went far beyond their 1848 experiences at the Planter’s Hotel and Custom House.
“They had both a past and a future in the city, and in fact, one of my biggest ‘Eureka’ moments in the research process had to do with Charleston,” Woo said. “But I’ll let your readers discover more connections for themselves!”
She also added that her own visit to Charleston was essential in imagining the Crafts’ world in 1848.
“Strolling by the [old] Planter’s Hotel at sunset, walking through the nearby graveyard, paying my respects in the silence of the Old Slave Mart Museum, I felt the nearness of the nineteenth century,” Woo said. “Since my book came out, I’ve heard of readers traveling the trajectory of the Crafts’ journey, or parts of it, using my book as a guide.
“To future travelers, I’d say that one stop that must be visited for such a tour is Charleston — for the archives, for the sites, for the modern-day hospitality. I personally can’t wait to return.”
LIT UP! Events
CHARLESTON
GALA
What’s black , white and read all over this November?
Answer: Charleston Literary Festival’s Black and White Masquerade.
This fun Nov. 1 ball will be the perfect opportunity to dress up and celebrate the opening of this year’s festival with a fabulous evening of drinks, dining and dancing.
Masquerades are all about reveling in the freedom of expression. They offer moments of inspiration and invention. It is no coincidence, after all, that it is at a masquerade where Romeo kisses Juliet for the very first time.
At the heart of everything done at Charleston Literary Festival is a commitment to the free exchange of ideas — and this year’s masquerade embodies that mission.
Masks are mandatory at the 8 p.m. gala, which will be held in Festival Hall, 85 Beaufain St., Charleston. The attire? Anything, but only in black and white (hence the name).
This year’s masquerade will honor the festival’s founding artistic director and literary legend, Diana Reich. She also was founding artistic director of the prestigious Charleston Festival in East Sussex in the United Kingdom. It is based at the former home of the innovative Bloomsbury Group of writers, artists and intellectuals. Hosted by internet personality Landon Bryant (@landontalks), the event will feature literary interludes by Laurence Leamer, author of Capote’s Women; Stephen Graham, son of Washington newspaper publisher Katharine Graham; and Asiah Mae, Charleston’s poet laureate. And in best mystery masquerade fashion, the ball will feature the reveal of an extra special mystery guest.
To learn more, visit: charlestonliteraryfestival.com/masked-literary-feast
From Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s The Iliad to Nikki Giovanni’s iconic love poetry to Geoff Dyer’s meditations on endings — this year’s Charleston Literary Festival is a heady feast of human experience. With 37 events over 10 days, Charleston Literary Festival is a hotbed of ideas and conversation that you cannot miss.
This year’s offerings range from two 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners to the writer of Oprah’s Book Club pick of the summer. With record-breaking popular thriller fiction alongside the high art of Kafka’s stories alongside world premiere theater — Charleston Literary Festival is a melting pot of literary invention. We welcome all to join us this year — find your session, find your people, and embrace the conversation!
SHARON
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
MALONE with Michele Norris
GrownWomanTalk
11 a.m. / $30
“Dr. Sharon Malone is one of the smartest, funniest, and most charismatic women I know.” —Michelle Obama. A leading expert on women’s health, Sharon Malone, M.D., joins us to discuss Grown Woman Talk. This New York Times bestseller dives into what we’re not talking about as women: our health. Inspired by questions her friends and family have asked her, Dr. Malone shows us that we’re in charge of our own health — not anyone else! She also shares how we can advocate for ourselves and march to the beat of our own drum (or in her case, her custom playlist!). Sharon Malone will be in conversation with journalist and broadcaster, Michele Norris.
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
ANDRÉ ACIMAN
RomanYear:AMemoir
1 p.m. / $30
with Edoardo Ballerini
EMILY WILSON
TheIliad
3 p.m. / $30
Award-winning author of Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman revisits Rome in a memoir that reads like a novel. On the cusp of adulthood, Aciman and his family were expelled from their hometown, Alexandria, Egypt, for being Jewish. In the book, Aciman describes his experience in the “Eternal City.” Woven into Aciman’s amusing style is a story of trauma and displacement. He will be in conversation with world-class audiobook narrator, Edoardo Ballerini, who performs the voice of André Aciman in Roman Year
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
PAUL MURRAY with Bill Goldstein
TheBeeSting
5 p.m. / $30
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE. Paul Murray joins us from Ireland to discuss his novel The Bee Sting — a dazzling multi-generational family drama about a wealthy Irish family’s financial ruin. Told from multiple perspectives, we learn of the struggles of adolescence and the devastating effects of secrets — set against concerns of climate change. The Bee Sting was a New York Times top ten Book of the Year for 2023, and has been featured in New Yorker, The Sunday Times, and The Washington Post. According to The Guardian, “It is a tragic-comic triumph. You won’t read a sadder, truer, funnier novel.” Paul Murray will be in conversation with Bill Goldstein, author and interviewer with NBC’s Weekend Today.
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
with Judith Thurman
Emily Wilson, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses her “sparkling and buoyant” translation of The Iliad (New York Times). This effervescent version — a vivid retelling of Homer’s great war story for modern times — conveys the timeless battlefield epic’s emotional impact. Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Guardian and The Washington Post, this contemporary translation has been lauded as a revelation and a cultural landmark. Emily Wilson will be in conversation with New Yorker essayist and cultural critic, Judith Thurman.
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
CHARAN RANGANATH
WhyWeRemember
12 p.m. / $30
Professor Charan Ranganath, neuroscientist and psychologist, discusses groundbreaking new research that radically reframes how we think about memory and reveals the powerful role it plays in our lives; from recalling faces and names to learning, decision-making, and healing. “Not only will every reader remember better afterward, they’ll also never forget this life-changing book,” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Professor Ranganath, who plays in punk bands when not studying the mind, will be in conversation with Dr. David Adams, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Surgery MUSC.
with David Adams
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
MICHELE NORRIS
OurHiddenConversations
2 p.m / $30
From Michelle Norris, award-winning journalist and the first African-American female host for NPR, is a profound project on race that began with a simple note on a card, “Race. Your Thoughts. Six Words. Please Send.” Over half a million people submitted their responses to what we now know as The Race Card Project. Her resulting book, Our Hidden Conversations, was a New York Times bestseller. Norris discusses her transformative national project on race and identity — a unique, moving compilation of personal stories, essays, and photographs providing a window into real-life experiences of race in the United States — with Kerri Forrest.
with Kerri Forrest
CLAIRE MESSUD
ThisStrangeEventfulHistory
4 p.m. / $30
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
with Georgina Godwin
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024, as well as an Oprah most anticipated book of 2024, Claire Messud’s seventh novel traces three generations of an itinerant French family with roots in colonial Algeria. “One of those rare novels that a reader doesn’t merely read but lives through with the characters…”
Yiyun Li. Inspired by the displacement of her own ancestors, the novel charts the odyssey of a family torn apart by war, politics, and religion. She discusses the joys and pitfalls that come from fictionalizing one’s own relatives with Monocle journalist and broadcaster Georgina Godwin.
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
JAMES SHAPIRO with Dominic Dromgoole
ThePlaybook
6 p.m. / $30
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
EDDIE S. GLAUDE JR. with Joan Robinson Berry
WeAreTheLeadersWeHaveBeenLookingFor
12 p.m. / $30
World-famous Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro joins us to discuss his vivid and stirring account of a 1930s culture war over the role of theater in American society. He recounts the 1935 foundation and 1938 demise of the Federal Theatre Project which toured groundbreaking productions across America, until it was finally destroyed by the head of the newly formed Un-American Activities Committee. He discusses the contemporary relevance of the artistic project with Dominic Dromgoole, Former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, who staged Hamlet in every country of the world.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. discusses his new book — a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can break loose from their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume individual responsibility for a more just and perfect democracy. The New York Times bestselling author and distinguished professor of African-American Studies at Princeton draws from the lives and work of James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Toni Morrison (among others) to inspire ordinary citizens towards greater social impact.
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
KATHERINE BUCKNELL
ChristopherIsherwood:InsideOut
2 p.m. / $30
with Bill Goldstein
DAVID W. BLIGHT
YaleAndSlavery:AHistory
4 p.m. / $30
Join us for an in-depth discussion of the transcendent author Christopher Isherwood — best remembered for his 1939 novel, Goodbye To Berlin, which inspired the musical Cabaret. He died in 1986 an icon of gay liberation in California. His 1964 novel, A Single Man, was made into a period romantic film by designer Tom Ford. He might also be known as the only person in recorded history who turned down an invitation to Truman Capote’s legendary 1966 Black and White Ball. Katherine Bucknell discusses Isherwood’s life and legacy with Bill Goldstein, author of the forthcoming biography of Larry Kramer.
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
with Richard Brodhead
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, David W. Blight, answers the call to investigate Yale University’s historical involvement with the slave trade and abolition. His findings take the form of a compelling narrative account of the role of slavery in the university’s past, based on the premise that the history of Yale is aligned with the history of the United States, and therefore American slavery. He considers the implications of his findings with Richard Brodhead, former Dean of Yale College and Emeritus President of Duke University.
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
MAURICE SAMUELS
with Adam Gopnik
AlfredDreyfus:TheManAtTheCenterOfTheAffair
6 p.m. / $30
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
GRIFFIN DUNNE
TheFridayAfternoonClub
8 p.m. / $30
In France, 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s treason charge — for passing secret documents to the enemy — split the country, dividing families (including that of Proust), friends, and artists; such as Claude Monet, who was pro Dreyfus, and Paul Cézanne, who was anti. Emile Zola’s famous manifesto J’accuse was written to rally the country in favor of Dreyfus. Although Dreyfus was eventually exonerated when the true culprit confessed, the Dreyfus Affair’s repercussions continued to echo around the world. Maurice Samuels, Director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, discusses the significance of the Dreyfus Affair with Adam Gopnik, New Yorker essayist and author.
with Marie Brenner
An instant New York Times bestseller, Griffin Dunne discusses his warm, dramatic, and moving family story — full of twists and turns growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan, including his Aunt Joan Didion and close friend Carrie Fisher. At the core of his memoir is the heart-breaking story of the murder of his younger sister and the controversial court case that followed. He will be in conversation with Vanity Fair journalist and author Marie Brenner, who played a part in his story.
Events
MONDAY, NOV. 4
NIKKI GIOVANNI
with Tonya Matthews
AConversationWithNikkiGiovanni
12 p.m. / $30
Nikki Giovanni is a generation-defining poet, writer, and activist renowned for her conviction, humor, and devotion to telling her truth as a Black woman.
In this marquee event, Prof. Giovanni will be in conversation with Tonya Matthews, CEO of IAAM. This is an important opportunity for audiences to embrace a conversation with one of the most important poets of our time. Prof. Giovanni has been awarded seven NAACP awards, a Grammy nomination, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. This event is in collaboration with the International African American Museum (IAAM), made possible by the generosity of TD Bank.
MONDAY, NOV. 4
KWAME DAWES & KIMIKO HAHN
with Marjory Wentworth FortunateTravelers
2 p.m / $30
MONDAY, NOV. 4
GEOFF DYER
with Geoffrey Harpham
TheLastDaysOfRogerFederer
4 p.m. / $30
“I define retirement as the phase of life in which I will do nothing but watch tennis,” writes Geoff Dyer in The Last Days of Roger Federer. The book is his meditation on things coming to an end and an examination of the late achievements of a range of writers, painters, athletes and musicians.
Geoff Dyer once again melds commentary and observation with intellect and wit.” —Steve Martin. He muses on last performances and last works, with plenty of lively detours along the way, together with Geoffrey Harpham, author of Citizenship on Catfish Row.
Join poet, Kwame Dawes, current poet laureate of Jamaica, and Kimiko Hahn, distinguished Creative Writing & Literary Translation professor at Queens College, CUNY, in conversation. Dawes is the author of twenty books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His work often centers on his childhood and early adult life in Jamaica. This talk is moderated by former poet laureate to South Carolina, Marjory Wentworth. Hahn is the author of nine books with many honors, including the PEN/Voelcker Award for poetry and the American Book Award.
MONDAY, NOV. 4
LIVE THEATER PERFORMANCE
DEBATE:BALDWINVS.BUCKLEY by the american vicarious
6 p.m. / $35
To commemorate the centenary of the birth of James Baldwin, we re-create the legendary Cambridge University debate between two intellectual titans:
“The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro,” —James Baldwin.
Experience a live staging of the historic 1965 Cambridge Union debate, televised across the world, between James Baldwin, leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., the US’s most influential conservative intellectual. Following the re-enactment, members of the audience will be invited to have their say regarding the contemporary relevance of the debate.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6
MARIE ARANA
with Bilal Qureshi
Latinoland
4 p.m. / $30
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6
BRODY MULLINS & LUKE MULLINS
with Monica Langley
TheWolvesOfKStreet
6 p.m. / $30
Peruvian-American author and Former Literary Director of the Library of Congress, Marie Arana discusses her sweeping book Latinoland with broadcaster, editor and critic, Bilal Qureshi. Arana conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews about the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S. Her family arrived in Miami in the 1950s, back when Latinos officially made up 2 percent of the United States. That number is closer to 20 percent today, an enormous and increasing population that is also growing in its diversity. A central tension of Latinoland is how to navigate these demographic differences while holding 60 million people to a single, collective identity.
On K Street, a few blocks from The White House, sit the offices of the most powerful men in Washington. Join brothers and co-authors Brody Mullins, an investigative reporter in the Washington, D.C., bureau of The Wall Street Journal and Luke Mullins, a contributing writer at POLITICO magazine as they discuss their book The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government, a dazzling, yet infuriating, portrait of fifty years of corporate influence in the U.S. capital. Brody and Luke will be in conversation with board member, Monica Langley, former VP of Salesforce and former Wall Street Journal reporter.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6
CHRIS WHITAKER
AllTheColorsOfTheDark
8 p.m. / $30
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
ATTICA LOCKE
GuideMeHome
12 p.m. / $30
British author Chris Whitaker discusses his New York Times Bestseller All the Colors of the Dark — a gripping thriller and love story that delves into the shadows of a small town, where secrets, betrayal, and haunting pasts converge in a tense, emotionally charged narrative of survival. A Read With Jenna book club pick, People magazine says it “melds tense suspense with a powerful exploration of devotion, obsession, and love.”
with Tamara Butler
Attica Locke, award-winning author and screenwriter, discusses her third and final book in the Highway 59 trilogy. Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is back to investigate a Black college student who goes missing from an all-white sorority. Described as “timely and evocative” by NPR, Guide Me Home is a searing portrait of political and racial tensions in contemporary America. This mystery book is for readers who appreciate excellent writing and storytelling, not just mystery readers. Locke’s screenwriter credits include the Emmy-nominated Little Fires Everywhere, for which she won an NAACP Image award for television writing. She will discuss her writing career with Dr. Tamara Butler, Executive Director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
ANGELA SAINI with Jennet Robinson Alterman
ThePatriarchs
2 p.m / $30
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
ROSS BENJAMIN & MARK HARMAN
AKafkaCentenaryCelebration
4 p.m. / $30
For centuries, societies have treated male domination as a natural state. Join Angela Saini, award-winning science journalist and lecturer in science writing at MIT, as she debunks this idea by exploring the roots and various iterations of patriarchy and shows how more equal societies are structured and flourish. Analyzing the latest research findings in science and archaeology, and tracing cultural and political histories from the Americas to Asia, she discusses why ideas about patriarchy are so difficult to dismantle with Jennet Robinson Alterman, women’s rights advocate.
A century from Franz Kafka’s death, ‘Kafkaesque’ is an adjective, a meme, and a Simpson gag. International fascination with the German language writer from Prague shows no signs of abating: new translations of his diaries and short stories just published in English, a TV serialization of his life produced in Germany, and a Polish director working on a biopic. Ross Benjamin, translator of The Diaries of Franz Kafka, and Mark Harman, translator of Kafka’s Selected Stories, will discuss Kafka’s surreal worlds and lasting impact. In collaboration with Kafka2024 (coordinated by the Adalbert Stifter Association and the Prague City Library).
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
MICHAEL J. SANDEL with Geoffrey Harpham Democracy’sDiscontent
6 p.m. / $30
FRIDAY, NOV. 8
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
with Ann Close NightWatch
2 p.m / $30
Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel explores themes from his recent works, Democracy’s Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times and The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good? Sandel has been described as “a rock star moralist” (Newsweek) and “the world’s most influential living philosopher” (New Statesman). He analyzes the challenges to democracy and the pursuit of common good following the 2024 U.S. election, and the turbulent international times in which we live, with Geoffrey Harpham, Emeritus Director of the National Humanities Center.
Join Jayne Anne Phillips in conversation with her long-time editor at Knopf, Ann Close, on her haunting novel about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War, whose perilous circumstances lead them to a lunatic asylum in West Virginia. With meticulous research, Phillips has crafted a mesmerizing portrait of family suffering and endurance against the odds.
Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of six highly regarded novels.
FRIDAY, NOV. 8
JEAN HANFF KORELITZ
TheSequel
2 p.m / $30
with Anne Blessing
RACHEL
CreationLake
4 p.m. / $30
Jean Hanff Korelitz discusses her latest novel, The Sequel, a gripping follow-up to The Plot (currently in development for a limited TV series). In what Stephen King describes as “insanely readable,” Korelitz continues the story of Anna WilliamsBonner, the widow of a successful writer who committed suicide and then goes on to become a bestseller, attracting nasty rumours about her past. Experience the psychological suspense and literary intrigue at the heart of this page-turning book that explores the nature of storytelling. She discusses her twisty new thriller with Anne Blessing, Charleston Literary Festival Board member.
FRIDAY, NOV. 8
KUSHNER with Autumn Phillips
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024. Join Rachel Kushner as she discusses her wickedly funny and unnerving book, Creation Lake. A reimagination of the spy novel, it explores environmental destruction and the complexities of survival in a rapidly changing world. The novel revolves around an unlikely female spy tasked with infiltrating a group of eco-activists in rural France, where she follows a trail from Neanderthals to modernity. “A novel this brilliant and profound shouldn’t be so much fun,” —Hernan Diaz. She discusses her novel of espionage and ideas with Autumn Philipps, Post and Courier Editor at Large.
FRIDAY, NOV. 8
ALLTHEBEAUTYINTHEWORLD
starring Patrick Bringley
DirectedbyDominicDromgoole
6:30 p.m. / $45
We’re excited to announce the world premier of the monologue play All The Beauty In The World by Patrick Bringley, adapted from his book of the same name. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, Former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, and produced by Charleston Literary Festival, with the help of Spoleto Festival USA, the play is a story of grief, healing, and the power of art. Prepare to be moved, enthralled and entertained.
FILM SCREENING
BROOKLYN
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
Starring Saorise Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters
“You have to think like an American. You’ll feel so homesick that you’ll want to die, and there’s nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won’t kill you. And one day the sun will come out — you might not even notice straight away, it’ll be that faint.”
Brooklyn, adapted from Colm Tóibín’s novel, follows Eilis Lacey, an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York, as she navigates homesickness, love, and identity. Torn between two countries and two lives, she ultimately must choose one path forward. The film won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film 2015, and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
COLM TÓIBÍN
LongIsland
12 p.m. / $30
with Bilal Qureshi
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
BIANCA BOSKER
GetThePicture
2 p.m. / $30
Celebrated author Colm Tóibín, currently Laureate for Irish Fiction, discusses his latest novel, Long Island, a sequel to his awardwinning novel Brooklyn, which reunites the reader with Eilis Lacey in the 1970s, as she returns to Ireland and tries to reconcile lost love with current reality. Set mainly in Enniscorthy, the small town in Ireland where Colm Tóibín was born and still has a home, the novel foregrounds some of the minor characters in Brooklyn. He discusses the themes of abandonment, loss, lust and denial in the novel with Bilal Qureshi, broadcaster, editor and critic.
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
with Patrick Bringley
Join Bianca Bosker as she plunges deep inside the world of art and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, curators and, of course, artists themselves — the kind who work multiple jobs and let their paintings sleep soundly in the studio while they wake up covered in cat pee on a friend’s couch. Bosker details her experiences stretching canvases until her fingers blister, attending A-list parties full of billionaire art collectors, and staring at a single sculpture for an hour straight while working as a museum security guard — all on a journey to discover why art matters and what it does for us.
From ancient cave paintings to Instagram posts, Bianca Bosker will discuss art and its role in our lives with her friend, author and former museum guard at The Met, Patrick Bringley.
RAMIE TARGOFF
Shakespeare’sSisters
4 p.m. / $30
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
with Regina Marler
CATHERINE LACEY
BiographyOfX
6 p.m. / $10
Ramie Targoff, Professor of Humanities at Brandeis University, presents her groundbreaking book, Shakespeare’s Sisters. This illuminating work uncovers and celebrates the overlooked lives and contributions of women writers in Shakespeare’s era, offering fresh insights into their impact on literature and the challenges they faced and surmounted. Taking her cue from Virginia Woolf’s famous essay, A Room of One’s Own, Targoff refutes Woolf’s argument that the voice of Shakespeare’s mythical sister would have been suppressed. Ramie will be in conversation with Regina Marler, editor of the Letters of Vanessa Bell.
Biography of X, named one of The Great American Novels by The Atlantic, and “a Russian Doll of a book” by the Financial Times, is a novel disguised in biographical form. When “X”, an iconoclastic artist dies suddenly, her grief stricken widow begins to realize how little she knew the woman she loves. Together with Regina Marler, New York Review of Books essayist, Lacey will discusses the figure of the artist and how our own stories impact our experience of art.
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
with Regina Marler
SUNDAY, NOV. 10
LOTTIE HAZELL
with Emmeline Clein Piglet
12 p.m. / $30
SUNDAY, NOV. 10
DEESHA PHILYAW
TheSecretLivesofChurchLadies
2 p.m / $30
As Piglet takes on the task of preparing an elaborate dessert for her wedding day, she is faced with the fact that, just days before the ceremony, her fiancé has confessed to a terrible secret. Lottie Hazell joins us to discuss her stunning, delicious début Piglet with literary critic Emmeline Clein. The pair will dive into the luscious world of Piglet and tease out the commentary that the novel has on our relationships with food, diet culture, and questions about what women are allowed to have an appetite for.
Deesha Philyaw joins us to discuss her acclaimed story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. These nine stories explore the inner lives of Black women—often caught between their religious upbringing and their personal desires. The collection highlights perceived tensions between tradition and freedom, creating a powerful and nuanced exploration of Black womanhood and spirituality.
Deesha Philyaw will be in conversation with Jeannelle Perkins, a psychotherapist and licensed family therapist who specializes in intimacy in Black relationships.
with Jeannelle Perkins
SUNDAY, NOV. 10
ILYON WOO
with Kim Long Master,Slave,Husband,Wife
4 p.m. / FREE
SUNDAY, NOV. 10
LIVE THEATER PERFORMANCE
ALLTHEBEAUTYINTHEWORLD
starring Patrick Bringley DirectedbyDominicDromgoole
6:30 p.m. / $45
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY. This event is our 3rd annual CHARLESTON READS! program: a city-wide reading initiative run in tandem with the Mayor’s Book Club. Ilyon Woo appear in conversation about her novel Master Slave Husband Wife — winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography — in a historic location with deep significance, The Dock Street Theatre. Woo’s book is the true story of Ellen and William Craft who pulled off one of the most dramatic escapes in U.S. history by performing, in broad daylight, as master and slave. In 1848, the couple fled in the early hours of the morning by train from Macon, Geogria. In Charleston, they stayed at the Planter’s Hotel, which today is the Dock Street Theatre. So, we will listen to the couple’s story in the exact building where they were hiding in plain sight 176 years ago.
We’re excited to announce the world premier of the monologue play All The Beauty In The World by Patrick Bringley, adapted from his book of the same name. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, Former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, and produced by Charleston Literary Festival, with the help of Spoleto Festival USA, the play is a story of grief, healing, and the power of art. Prepare to be moved, enthralled and entertained.
2024 contributors
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
Judy and Bernard Cornwell
Geraldine and Walter Fiederowicz
The McCausland Foundation, Bonnie and Peter McCausland
Thomas F. Taft Sr. and Kathleen Parramore
SUSTAINING SPONSORS
Summer and Clyde Anderson
Sarah Beardsley and Christopher Randolph
Lee Bell and Fotios Pantazis, Rodney B. & Marjorie S. Fink Foundation
Sam Easley and Jason Owen
Marion Cato
Elizabeth Hazard and Ted Dintersmith
Carol and Roch Hillenbrand
Michael Johnson
Teresa and Roger Jones
Deborah Kennedy Kennard and William Kennard
Dr. Ann Maners and Dr. Alex Pappas
Mrs. Peter Manigault
Leigh and John McNairy
Wenda Harris Millard and Jay Millard
Pallotta Family Foundation
EXECUTIVE SPONSORS
20 South Battery and Dr. Jack Schaeffer
Martha and Orton Jackson
Pat and James Marino
Richard Wilson and David Trachtenberg
SENIOR SPONSORS
Kay Bachmann
Joan Robinson Berry and Chris Berry
Laura Gates
Russell Holliday
Ala and Ralph Isham
Betsy and Rusty Kellogg
Sigrid and Mike Laughlin
Vickie and Pete Neighbour
Dr. Jeannelle Perkins-Muhammad
Peter R. and Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation
John Rhodes
Anne and Ken Tidwell
PARTNER SPONSORS
Bessent-Freeman Family Foundation
Miranda Brooks and Stephen Webb
Christina and Ernst Bruderer
Jennifer Chestnut Comer
Donatella and Giulio Della Porta
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
E. Vernon Glenn
Guffrey Family Foundation
The Hubbell Difference Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Levy
Julie Bell Lindsay
Dr. Kim Cliett Long and Dr. Jonathan Green
Martha Rhodes McLendon
Caroline and Jerry Milbank
Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation
Debora and Samuel Peretsman
Debbie and Jay Robison
Laura and Klaus Said
Tara Shannon
Peggy and Brian White
PREMIER SPONSORS
David Adams
Martie Adams
Almeida Foundation
Kamal Ayyildiz
Butter and Balint Birkas
Margie and Dick Bondy
June Bradham
Kathleen Brady and Bruce Lydiard
Margi and Bill Brenizer
Francine and Stephan Christiansen
Judy and Jim Cooper
Tanny Crane and John Wolff
Kathleen Cudahy
Missy and Andrew Dewing
Ann Dibble
Sheila and Paul Galvani
Anne and Neil Garfinkel
Belinda Gergel
Ruthann Granito
Barbara and Richard Hagerty
Elizabeth Hall
Elizabeth Hancock and Didi Summers
Dr. Elizabeth Harden and Dr. Richard Hoefer
Beth and Bill Hobbs
Deb and Mark Isaacs
Anne and Dick Keigher
Donald E. King
Monica Langley
Leilani Brown, LLC
Cindy Mabry
Debbie McRacken
Ann and Jerrold Mitchell
Ronda Muir
Nancy Noyes
Kathleen Parramore
Anne and Scott Perper
Dr. Linda Plunkett and Mr. Ron Plunkett
Emily J. Ramsay and Elizabeth S. Lipscomb
Susu Ravenel and Robert Kirby:
Kirby Family Foundation
Nicole Rubin
Nedenia Rumbough
Monica M. and Kenneth T. Seeger
Sally Self
Susan Simons and John Hagerty
Ellis and Matt Sisto
Alison Spear and Alex Reese
Anne Tinker and John Henderson
Jacqueline and Richard Trezza
Cindy and Richard Urquhart
Asha and Ravi Veeraswamy
Ellen and Chris White
Ann and Fred Willis
Barbara Wind
FESTIVAL SPONSORS
Dr. Renee D. and Mr. Ivan V. Anderson
Lyn and Paul Attaway
Charlotte Beers
Sandie and Archer Bishop
Drs. Anne and Bo Blessing
Patricia Bliss
A.B. Babanoury
Katherine Ford
Caroline Forgason
Frederick and Patricia Supper Foundation and Cynthia Chace
Lucinda and Benjamin Lenhardt, Jr.
Renee Levow
Sally Lovejoy
Terry Monell
Laura and Bruce Monrad
Emily Morrison
Nan and Tom Morrison
Dee Myers
Elizabeth and George Peper
Barbara Riordan
Jen and Patrick Robinson
Tyler Rollins
Darlene Shaw
Teri Siskind
Suzanne Togna and David Haythe
Victor C. Young
FRIENDS OF CLF
Jasmine Burns
Ellen M. Costello and Michael D. Judge
Kathleen Ferrell and Arthur Ferrell
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Fridholm
Deborah Gage
Kathryn Haas
Lewis McKee
Kitty and Randal Robinson
Peter Stonefield
UPS
Thank you to our sponsors and supporters. Without you, the festival would not be possible.
