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n a day known for its feasting, lazing around the TV and watching football, many may not know that Thanksgiving Day is the one of the two biggest single days for running road races in the United States. The other one is Independence Day. Active.com, the leading online sports registration web site, recently reported that it will handle the sign-ups for more than 300 “Turkey Trots” this year in the United States. Last year, more than 230,000 people signed up for a Thanksgiving Day race through the web site. It’s nothing new in the Lowcountry. The metropolitan Charleston area has long hosted two Thanksgivingthemed races, including the Moncks Corner Kiwanis Club’s Run for Thanks in Pinopolis. The 26th annual Run for Thanks, which includes a 5-mile run and 3-mile walk, will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pinopolis. Online registration www. strictlyrunning.com has closed. Only on-site registration ($25) before the race will be available. The big race, though, comes at 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, one week from today, with the 33rd Knights of Columbus Turkey Day Run and Gobble Wobble 5K in downtown Charleston. Under the leadership of Knights of Columbus leader Peter Shahid, the race has grown at about a 15 percent annual clip from 2,467 in 2003 to 5,135 last year. A shake-up earlier this year

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Boys in the 4 and under 25-meter run sprint toward the finish at last year’s Turkey Day Run. over incorporation caused Shahid to resign from the organization, but momentum is proving to be on Turkey Day’s side. As of Monday, Caroline Morris, a spokeswoman for the run, says that 3,000 people already had registered, which is about 500 more year-to-date from last year. Many of the Turkey Day’s traditions such as a post-race beer garden and innovations that Shahid helped bring to the race in recent years will remain intact. This year, the event will feature the music of a long-time Charleston favorite, the Blue Dogs. Another highlight to this year’s race will take place 7,400 miles away in Afghanistan. At the request of Leonor Lourido Spahr, a Charleston-based member of the S.C. Army National Guard stationed in Afghanistan, the Knights of Columbus sent 250 free registration packets to troops stationed at a particular camp (they didn’t want it disclosed for security reasons) to hold a Turkey Day Run there on Thanksgiving Day. In her e-mail correspondence, Spahr says that the troops at the camp, which also include members from the Army, Air Force and Marines, had no Thanksgiving plans and that a run would be a “huge morale booster.” For us living stateside, online registration on www. turkeydayrun.com (goes to active.com) closes Tuesday. On-site registration will be

at Marion Square, 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Thursday. (A quick heads-up: The fee goes from $30 at 11:59 p.m. Sunday to $35 Monday. And on race morning, it’ll cost you $40.) A portion of proceeds from the Turkey Day Run will benefit the Boy Scouts of America Coastal Council, the MUSC Children’s Hospital and the Hospice of Charleston Foundation.

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Besides Run for Thanks in Pinopolis, those wanting to test their legs before Turkey Day can head to Wando High School for the inaugural Run with the Warriors at 9 a.m. Saturday. The course starts at Wando, goes through Carolina Park and finishes at the Wando track. The cost is $15 for Wando students, faculty and booster club members and $25 for other runners and walkers. The fee on race day is $30. Proceeds benefit Wando Athletics. Besides awards for top age group winners, an award will be presented to the male and female in the best warrior costume. For more, contact Shannon Champ at Shannon_champ@charleston. k12.sc.us. Finally, the third of four races in the Charleston Bicycle Company Fall Cyclocross will be held at Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston. More at www.charlestonbicyclecompany.com.

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Iron Studios opens, Halsey stays ‘blue’

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“The Thinker and His Burden” by Cuban artist Livan Ricardo Hernandez will be on display Friday at the Real Estate Studio, 214 King St.

’m continuously amazed the vast array of talent that keeps coming out of the woodwork in the Lowcountry. Last week’s Pecha Kucha was a veritable buzz of creativity and intelligence. I especially loved hearing from Johnny Pundt, Mary Edna Fraser, Marjorie Wentworth and Robert Lange. Last Thursday, I attended Fashion Group International’s first public event at the Michael Mitchell Gallery, launching the Charleston chapter of this major fashion association. Regional Director Roseanna Krekel, Anna Lassiter, Ayoka Lucas, Angharad Chester Jones, Gillian Mulligan Kohn, Katie Kern were among the many who discussed the future of fashion in Charleston. The first major event will take place in February. Then it was off to the new bar at Husk. Be sure to try the Whiskey Daisy! On Saturday, Redux held its annual art auction where pieces were flying off the walls. My heart broke as Hirona Matsuda’s piece went home with someone else.

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This week, don’t miss the Halsey Institute’s “Bluesphere-centric” weekend, including its sixth annual membership party taking place 7-10 p.m. Friday. Tickets for the event and/ or memberships begin at $15 for students and $30 for individuals.

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Tonight, the Halsey will host a free outdoor film screening of “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of Rural Studio” at 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Park. Director and producer Mockbee (shown) will be on hand for a Q&A session after the screening. It’s part of the “bluesphere” series of shows. Tonight, check out Greg Stewart’s lecture and opening reception for “Meat Not Taken” at Redux and the Addlestone Library’s panel discussion “Fueling the Debate: The Future of Energy.” Also at 7:30 p.m. today in Cannon Park, the Halsey, Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston, American Institute of ArchitectsCharleston, Art Institute of Charleston and Gibson Guess Architects present the documentary film screening of “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio.” On Saturday, Butch Anthony’s “Museum of Wonder” opens with an artist lecture and reception at Eye Level Art. All of these events are free and open to the public. Visit www.halsey. cofc.edu for event times.

Iron Lotus Studios opens Iron Lotus Studios is a new tattoo studio that just recently opened in West Ashley.

Having just put all the finishing touches on their new place, 1921 Savannah Hwy., they are now inviting the public to check it out starting at 6 p.m. Saturday. The studio is split up into an art gallery/tattoo studio and features art from regional/local artists, including Meta, Tim Showers, Proton, Christina Rodino, Chuck Keppler, Robert Donovan, Chad Haselden, BadJon, Johnny Pundt, and others. All the art on the walls will be for sale and the majority of the artists will be on hand and will be selling prints of their works all night. All of Iron Lotus Studios tattoo artists will be on hand to do custom work, show their portfolios and set up appointments. There will be a “tattoo” inspired mini-photo booth by BadJon, which will included a lot of custom stuff from the artists at Iron Lotus. Munchies will be provided by Early Bird Diner. Please see ARTS, Page 12E

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and Lowcountry locals. Contact gallery Director Katie Lindler at 853-7000 or www.colemanfineart.com.

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Collins at Michael Mitchell Gallery

Cuban artists at studio

I walked in to the Real Estate Studio to say hello to Traci Magnus and check out the newest exhibit, “Latin Cultural Fusion” from the Reynier Llanes Collection. I quickly fell in love with a pencil drawing called “The Thinker and his Burden” by Livan Ricardo Hernandez. The entire show was put KC COLLINS’ “MT. PLEASANT DRIVE” together by artist and curaOn Friday, head to the Michael tor Llanes and it features his Mitchell Gallery, 438 King St., to work along with five other see new works by KC Collins. artists working in a variety of mediums. Check out the opening reception 6-8:30 p.m. Friday ent creative stations: feather at the Real Estate Studio, 214 homemade gifts to share earrings, dry-erase calenthis holiday, check out the King St. 722-5618. dar, bubble notecards, tile second annual Charleston Craft Bee 3-5 p.m. Saturday coasters and etched drinkBuzzing little craft ing glasses. Cost is $10 in at the Barn at Mixson in bees advance; $12 day of. www. Park Circle. charlestoncraftbee.com. Choose from five differIf you’re into making

Gallery tour with Mary Whyte Coleman Fine Art is hosting a “Gallery Tour with Mary Whyte” starting at 5:30 p.m. today. This is an opportunity to

Check out artist KC Collins’ newest collection of works at the Michael Mitchell Gallery, 438 King St., 5-8 p.m. Friday. Here’s what the artist says about the work, “In my paintings, I pull from extremes; bold and soft, saturated and muted colors. The images fade among positive and negative spaces. It is between these two extremes that I find a special place where the abstract and the real meet. “By simplifying selected details in a face, a landscape, or an object, I try to touch the true essence of the image. meet and learn from this The paintings I create are nationally known artist as done with a specific purpose she shares stories and tech- in mind, but I encourage niques. the viewer to experience my Her newest figurative work on an individual level. watercolor exhibit, “Facing “By doing this they can, Out,” is a continued celebra- hopefully, see the world tion of African-Americans around them in a new way.”

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Village Tavern comes back from the dead BY DEVIN GRANT

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hen the Village Tavern in Mount Pleasant closed this summer, it seemed to mark the end of an era for local music lovers. While it had a tiny stage and any crowd more than a couple of hundred made things pretty cramped inside, it nonetheless made its mark for not only featuring plenty of local acts, but also numerous national and internationally touring acts. Artists such as Robbie Fulks and Band of Horses played at the venue prior to its closing in August. At first, it appeared that The Village Tavern would simply take its place on the list of nowdefunct music venues alongside Myskyns, Cumberlands and The Plex. Happily, it appears that The Village Tavern is back from the dead. Charleston Scene spoke to David Warren, who handles booking for the resurrected club. Along with owner and man-

WHAT: Village Tavern WHERE: 1055 Johnnie Dodds Blvd # 100 Mount Pleasant PHONE: 884-6311

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The Village Tavern closed recently, but will open again with a lot of local music. On Friday, catch Ben Walker, Scott Freeman, Gregory Scott, Harrison Ray and James Justin & Co. On Saturday, Michael Korbar, Alan Stockard, Danielle Howle and Mac Leaphart will perform. Call 884-6311 for more information. ager John Morlan, Warren said that the idea for the new Village Tavern was a music venue run by musicians and music lovers. “We liked what The Village Tavern used to do and wanted to keep it going,” said Warren. “It was always a cool place, and we wanted to bring it back. Mount Pleasant needs a music venue, and after The Village Tavern

closed, it didn’t really have one.” Warren and Morlan have big plans for the venue. The iconic awning will remain outside, although the club’s logo will change. Inside though, everything will be different. The previous version of The Village Tavern had a small area for patrons to stand and watch the band.

This was surrounded by some booths, and the back of the room was taken up by pool tables. According to Warren, that space is now wide open for folks to watch the music. “It’s all new inside,” said Warren. “New sound system, new kitchen, we took the top off the bar, and the televisions will only play music videos and rock documentaries. If you want to watch a football game, you’ll have to go somewhere else.” Plus, wherever possible, the staff is comprised of musicians. One such new employee is local singer-songwriter Mac Leaphart, who will be tending bar at The Village Tavern when he is not performing. Leaphart said he was amazed at how different the space was looking.

“They have gutted the place,” said Leaphart, “made it more of a music venue. It’s a lot like the Tin Roof in West Ashley; a great music venue, but it’s a great place to go and grab a beer too. It is bringing something to Mount Pleasant that has been missing for a few months.” Leaphart is among an impressive list of local artists who will be performing on the new Village Tavern’s opening weekend. Tonight’s lineup includes Lindsay Holler’s Western Polaroids, Jamie Resch, Run Dan Run and The Hungry Monks. On Friday, Ben Walker, Scott Freeman, Gregory Scott, Harrison Ray and James Justin & Co. perform. Saturday night features Michael Korbar, Alan Stockard, Danielle Howle, and Mac Leaphart. While there will be plenty of local acts playing the club, Morlan and Warren still plan to try to attract out-of-town artists as well. It’s rare that a beloved music venue gets a second chance, so hopefully the community will come out and support version 2.0 of the Village Tavern.

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Lyle Lovett Much more than ‘Natural Forces’ brings heralded singer to town

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BY MATTHEW GODBEY

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Senses Fail Saturday at The Music Farm In the ’80s, emo sprung from the bowels of punk/ rock subculture as a way to express something more than the boundaries of hardcore punk would allow. Bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace lead the first emo wave and the genre has progressively softened its melodies and sound ever since. It’s a downward progression that has depicted emo as a far flung offshoot of punk music and culture. New Jersey’s Senses Fail straddles the line between punk/rock, hard core and emo so widely that it sometimes finds the quintet taking hits from critics and hard-core purists alike. Despite the criticisms, the band’s members, especially outspoken frontman Buddy Nielsen, maintain that they make the music they want to make, when they want to make it. No apologies and no pretensions. The band enters its eighth year together with the release of its fifth album titled “The Fire” in October. Senses Fail will perform Saturday at the Music Farm, 32 Ann St. with Title Fight and Balance and Composure. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 the day of the show and are available at

Lyle Lovett has won four Grammy Awards. See him tonight at The North Charleston Performing Arts Center.

www.etix.com or at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Visit www.musicfarm.com or call 577-6989 for more information.

Blair Crimmins and The Hookers Friday at The Tin Roof He’s been called overly hopeful, behind-the-times and even stubborn, so don’t bother telling him again. It is, however, that same unyielding love for a musical genre all but forgotten that has put Blair Crimmins on the map. When everyone said the music of the ’20s and ’30s was dead, Crimmins forged on in a determined effort to resurrect the overshadowed era. A musical historian of sorts, Crimmins plays the liveliest music of the dead with such an authentic form that one often finds themselves wondering if they have stumbled upon some obscure, Depression-era, gypsy-jazz recording. Haunting and yet advancing, Crimmins brings back the music that helped heal the hearts of a struggling nation at a time when perhaps we could all use a little healing. Blair Crimmins and The Hookers will perform Friday at the Tin Roof, 1117 Magnolia Road. Visit www.myspace.com/ westashleytinroof or call 571-0775 for more information.

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BY MATTHEW GODBEY

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e’s written 12 albums, six of which have been certified gold in the U.S. and has collected four Grammys over his 27-year career. He was married to Julia Roberts for a few years back in the early ’90s and hangs out with guys such as Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen and John Mellencamp. He’s been hailed by many as a renaissance man having acted in movies and television in addition to his illustrious music career. But when the tours end, the cameras turn off and the award shows draw to a close, Lyle Lovett disappears back into the same rural Texas

if you go WHO: Lyle Lovett. WHERE: Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today. HOW MUCH: $49.50 and $75. TICKETS: ticketmaster.com, 529-5000.

back country he grew up in. He’s a true country man who still rides horses and tames bulls on the family ranch that sits in the town named after his great-greatgrandfather, a small Houston suburb called Klein. He’s been dating the same sweetheart, April, for 11 years and when he talks, he speaks only of the good and never says a bad thing about anyone, at least not to the press. “It’s not cool to talk about that,” he once said when

asked if there was anyone he didn’t like. Lovett’s long road to country music stardom began as an odyssey of sorts and was more of an amble than a sprint. Having spent seven years at Texas A & M University earning degrees in German and journalism, and playing the occasional coffee house, Lovett left Texas and traveled to Germany in 1979. He spent the next several years wandering around Germany and Europe until

a performer named Buffalo Wayne asked him to sing at a country-themed event in Luxemberg. The event urged Lovett to give country music a real try. By 1983, Lovett decided to return to the States. Lovett almost immediately traveled to Nashville to sing back-up on Nanci Griffith’s “Once in a Very Blue Moon” album. By 1986, Lovett had a recording contract with MCA Records and a self-titled debut on the shelves earning rave reviews. He was hailed as a new-age Hank Williams and folk icon for a new generation. But Lovett wasn’t quite comfortable with the Nashville scene, after all, he never really considered himself all Please see LOVETT, Page 15E

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A jazzy, new show

Trinidad-born Etienne Charles comes to town to play tunes from his album, “Folklore.” PROVIDED

BY DENISE K. JAMES

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s the mercury dips just a little (but not enough to send us into hibernation, thank goodness), we tend to choose cozier nights out with smokier music. This weekend, catch the Jazz Artists of Charleston’s first event at Charleston Ballet Theatre, headlined by Etienne Charles. Charles, who was born in Trinidad, will perform music from his album, “Folklore,” a musical anthology of tales from the African and Caribbean oral traditions. “The album is based on the characters of legends,” explains Charles. “There’s a devil woman in a white

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intimate concert. We anticipate more events like this, WHO: Etienne Charles and Folklore, presented by the maybe eight or 10 per year.” Jazz Artists of Charleston. Saturday night’s event will WHEN: 9 p.m. Saturday at the King Street Theatre, feature Charles flanked by home of the Charleston Ballet, 477 King St. jazz musicians Nick Rosen, TICKETS: $15-20 through thejac.org, etix.com or by (piano), Stan Piper (bass), calling the box office at 641-0011. Chris Burroughs (drums) MORE INFO: thejac.org. and Jacques Schwarz-Bart (tenor saxaphone). “Presenting in smaller dress, for example, who his work, the more we want- venues gives the musicians the opportunity to be more only comes out at night. ed to bring him back — he creative,” says Suarez. “The There’s a demonic child is perfect for this show.” musicians will be able to with backwards feet, who The Jazz Artists of choose what they present, leads people astray. ... Charleston is a nonprofit choose their outlet. We There’s a half-woman, half- group largely made up of serpent, who protects the local musicians such as Su- feel like it’s a chance for Charleston to experience animals of the forest. These arez and Quentin Baxter. something different. The are all really old tales passed It’s been around for about landscape in the city is redown over the years. So I three years, and continues ally changing.” wrote these pieces inspired to help bring quality musi“Charleston has such a rich by the stories, and it became cians to the Lowcountry. Folklore.” “The idea for this particu- history of both African and “Etienne is an accomlar event has been building Caribbean culture,” says plished composer as well, up since 2008,” says Suarez. Charles. “I’ve been there twice, and I love it. It’s a writing all of the tunes on “Part of our mission in the great city, filled with beautihis latest project Folklore,” Jazz Artists of Charleston ful images, vibes and people. says Leah Maria Suarez, has been to start holding president of the Jazz Artists smaller concerts in smaller Honestly, whenever I’m in Charleston, I feel like I’m of Charleston. “I initially venues. We want to bring back home in Trinidad. It’s met Charles during Piccolo listeners from around the Spoleto when he was playworld for these shows — to the pace and the warmth. I’m really looking forward to ing with Gradual Lean. The visit Charleston for its jazz coming back to play.” more we found out about culture, and to enjoy an

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His latest album, “Natural Forces,” was released last that “country.” year reaching the No. 8 poHis influences and sound sition on the U.S. country include blues, gospel and charts and No. 29 overall. swing. Being made into the Lovett still seems like the next Hank Williams left same guy from Klein he’s Lovett feeling uneasy, to say always been. Lovett will tell the least. you a dozen things about his Lovett largely ignored the band Large Band before he comparisons and hype that says one thing about himself. had begun to swirl around Although you would be hard him releasing his first gold pressed to find many interalbum “Pontiac” in 1988. The views or articles about the sophomore effort seemed to reserved singer/songwriter, settle any doubts naysayers that’s what has made Lovett might have and proved that so endearing to fans for so Lovett was more than just a long. He’s made a career out flash in the pan. of being a musician first and Lovett began his acting ca- a media player last. Publicity reer almost simultaneously, isn’t what is important to the earning perhaps his most 53-year-old music vet. memorable role in 1995 as In fact, when Charleston Lenny on the popular sitcom Scene requested an inter“Mad About You.” His more view with Lovett, he said recent roles include a cameo he needed to visit too many appearance in the film friends while he was touring “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox his home-state of Texas to do Story” and a guest appearan interview and, well, you ance on the ABC comedyjust have to respect a guy like drama “Castle.” that.

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Crowfield keeps up hard work after getting signed to major label BY DEVIN GRANT

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any people think that when a band gets signed to a label, it means that said band is automatically on easy street, flush with money and immediately ready to go into the studio to record the album that will make them superstars. In reality, it doesn’t quite work that way. When it was announced earlier this year that the local group Crowfield had been signed to Universal/Republic, it marked the latest step in a dream that started with keyboardist Joe Giant and guitarist and singer Tyler Mechem in Ohio a few years ago. The pair came to Charleston in 2005 with only a few dollars in their pockets and quickly landed a gig playing at a downtown bar. Five years later, the band has expanded to include drummer Parker Gins, guitarist Micah Nichols and bassist Ethan Ricks, and after releasing its own independent CD, “Goodbye, Goodnight, So Long Midwestern,” things are humming along nicely. While the band, which plays Friday at the Music Farm, has indeed been signed to a major label, it still is working as hard as ever. The small advance the band received after getting signed went mostly to buy a new van after the band’s longtime ride finally gave up the ghost shortly after the contracts were signed. “Our van died 20 miles outside of Charlotte,” said Mechem, “and it wasn’t just a matter of the van shutting off. It started spewing fluid on the windshield and smoking. We basically left it at the yard where it was towed.” That story had a happy ending. Well, kind of. “Apparently there is a homeless guy living in it

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Crowfield’s Music Farm show on Friday is the first time the band has performed in Charleston since opening for Hootie at the Family Circle Magazine Stadium in August.

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So how has being signed changed things? “It brings a lot more people into the mix,” said Giant, “but the music is still grass roots. We’re still doing a lot of the promoting ourselves.” The band will be one of the featured acts on the upcoming VH1 Best Cruise Ever, now,” said Mechem, “so I still which happens in late April and will have the band perfeel like we’re giving someforming alongside the likes thing back.” of Train, Lifehouse, and ColThe Music Farm show on bie Caillat. Friday will be the first time Friday’s show also will be the band has performed the band’s first performance locally since opening for with Ricks, who replaced Hootie & the Blowfish at Jonathan Gray. The band the Family Circle Magazine Stadium in August. In prepa- says that the parting of ways with Gray was amicable. ration for Friday’s show, the “He deserves so much more band rented out the Farm for an extra day to get things than we could give him,” said Mechem. ready. Fans who buy their tickets “We definitely try to make to Friday’s show from etix. each show different,” says com will also be able to see Mechem, “to make it just as exciting for people who have Crowfield play a special secret show at a later date. seen us before. You’re going The details of the show will to see more production this be sent to ticket buyers, and time out.” while the band members The band also has been were tight-lipped about any writing new material. Mechem says that Crowfield details for the secret show, they did promise that the has enough new material to location will be intimate, and record a triple album. “We won’t do that,” laughs that the band will perform a Mechem, “but we could if we lot of material it doesn’t norwanted.” Tyler uses the voice mally play. The band also expects to recorder on his cell phone to record ideas for songs, and a get into the studio early next year to begin recording its glance at the phone’s screen reveals dozens of sound files, major label debut, which will allow it to use that backeach one a potential new log of songs. song for the band. WHAT: Crowfield with Charlie Mars. WHERE: The Music Farm, 32 Ann St. WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday. HOW MUCH: $12. TICKETS: etix.com.

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Joel Summer shares his life through low-fi recordings

Southern rock. Summer is playing a benefit concert at Yo Burrito downtown on Friday for Ameris a young boy, Joel WHO: Joel Summer, cans of Informed Democracy, Summer picked up guitar and vocals. a nonpartisan advocacy orgaa guitar for the first ORIGINALLY FROM: nization that is raising money time, and since then, he can Trenton. for “Not For Sale South Carobarely keep his hands off of WEBSITE: www. lina,” which works to prevent one. The six-string swooned myspace.com/joelsumdomestic human trafficking, him. merandfriends. both for labor and sex trade. “When I was young, I guess SEE HIM NEXT: 7 p.m. The benefit will be the first I had a lot on my mind,” Friday at Yo Burrito, 77 time Summer is playing a Summer said. “It was the best Wentworth St., downhandful of new material, and way to get things off of my town Charleston. he is very eager to do so. chest. Once I found that outPROVIDED “A lot of them are about let, it started snowballing. It Some Charleston concertJoel Summer will perform Friday at Yo Burrito in the mistakes I’ve made and kind of consumed me.” goers may recognize Sumthey’re about a lot of the bad Summer has jumped whole- downtown Charleston for the Americans of Informed mer from his former bands: in my life, lessons I learned,” heartedly into the role of the Democracy organization. Thomas Elite and Your Rehe says. musician, rejecting a convenmy tunes. I’ll have something gional Airport. “Things aren’t always good tional career path for the love his house, a practice that he His crisp vocal styling on my mind, and I record it for people, and it’s the only has become accustomed to of the game and the opporright then and there. I pretty stays intact in his solo tunes, thing I can do. Take the bad over the past few years. tunity to reach more people much have a diary of my life layered over intriguing gui- in my life and turn it into “I record constantly. It’s all with his songs. tar work that resonates with rock and roll,” Summer says. through low-fi recordings,” rough demos and it’s pretty Summer spends his free both country twang and he said. “I’m excited to play and actime recording new songs in lo-fi, but that’s the charm of

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tually give people the chance to hear the music. Between recording and work, I haven’t had the time to let people hear it, but now I actually have the time.” Within the next six months, Summer intends to play out as much as possible. He wants to establish himself as a musician in Charleston and to allow his music to be accessed by as many people as possible. Ideally, he says he’d like to get some small label support to record a bare-bones studio album, but he’s content with his procedure for the time being. Summer also is collaborating with Charleston musician Andrew Petersen, who recently had his original music remixed by Realboy, a DJ from San Francisco.

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Cee Lo Green THE LADY KILLER (Elektra/Asylum)

If Cee Lo Green had been born about 30 years earlier, he just might have been as popular a performer as Marvin Gaye or Smokey Robinson. OK, so maybe that’s taking it a bit too far, since neither of those R&B giants ever wrote a hit single whose title was too vulgar to be printed in a newspaper. (Go ahead and Google it, then have the kids leave the room and play it on YouTube. Tell me it’s not as catchy as all get out). Still, there is no denying that Green has a gift when it comes to writing and collaborating. His new CD, “The Lady Killer,” features not just that aforementioned song with the naughty title, but also printable and equally catchy songs such as “Bright Lights Bigger City,” “I Want You” and “It’s OK.” There is also a beautiful cover of Band of Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You,” that prompted that band to start covering Green’s “Georgia” in concert. Green, who performed and recorded with Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley before releasing this solo effort, definitely has the chops to make it as a solo artist. While “The Lady Killer” is ultimately an uneven collection of songs, happily when things work, they work very well, meaning that we will likely be hearing from Cee Lo Green as a solo artist again in the near future. KEY TRACKS: “It’s OK,” “No One’s Gonna Love You” and that unprintable song.

Elvis Presley VIVA ELVIS: THE ALBUM (RCA/Legacy)

When Cirque du Soleil started staging a show set to the music of the Beatles a few years ago, they got the Fab Four’s longtime producer George Martin to remix the band’s songs. It was the first time anyone had been officially authorized to do so, and the resulting album, “Love,” breathed new life into the songs, some of which were four decades old. These days, Cirque du Soleil is bowing down to The King of Rock and Roll, aka Elvis Presley. The newest Cirque show incorporates the music made popular by Presley, and just as with the Beatles, some of Elvis’s best-known songs have been remixed. So is the Elvis version as intriguing as the Beatles version? Actually, for the most part it is. Both projects could have gone so wrong so fast, and it is to the credit of the show’s respective producers that both sets of music actually work. For “Viva Elvis: The Album,” producers got Brendan O’Brien, Serban Ghenea, Robert Meunier and Erich van Tourneau to re-imagine The King’s songs. The resulting tracks are actually quite good. Vocal snippets of both Presley himself, as well as other influential figures from his career such as Ed Sullivan are peppered throughout the tracks. “Blue Suede Shoes” gets a Charlie Musselwhite-like electric harmonica riff, while “That’s All Right” makes it sound as if Elvis is being backed by The Strokes. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” becomes an R&B slow jam, while “Suspicious Minds” soars like a U2 song. I was all set to turn my nose up at this CD, and instead, I was impressed enough to now want to see the show when I finally get out to Las Vegas. KEY TRACKS: “That’s All Right,” “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “Suspicious Minds.”

Billy Joel THE HITS (Columbia/Legacy)

As hard as it might be to believe, next year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Billy Joel’s first solo album, “Cold Spring Harbor.” Over the past four decades, Joel has made a lot of great music, and his work is being discovered by a whole new generation of fans. In celebration of the anniversary, Columbia and Legacy will be releasing special editions of all of Joel’s albums, which will feature newly remastered versions of the original songs, as well as rare, live and previously unreleased tracks. While fans wait for those reissues, they can enjoy “The Hits,” which collects 19 of Joel’s most popular songs. There have been previous compilations of Joel’s work, but most of those were multidisc affairs that cost more. This single CD does a pretty good job of giving an overview of Joel’s career with songs that include “Piano Man,” “My Life,” “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me,” “Allentown,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “The River of Dreams.” There are some glaring omissions, including “Uptown Girl,” “Just The Way You Are” and “Goodnight Saigon,” but then there is only so much room on a single CD. If you don’t mind a condensed overview of Joel’s career, then one could do worse than this collection. KEY TRACKS: “Piano Man,” “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”

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Michael Jackson MICHAEL JACKSON’S VISION (Epic/Legacy)

It is probably safe to say that even without the benefit of music videos, Michael Jackson’s music would have been popular in the ’80s and ’90s. Throw in the beautifully conceived video shorts that came with his numerous hit singles though, and it’s no wonder he was the superstar he was in his heyday. The newly released “Michael Jackson’s Vision” collects all of the King of Pop’s video shorts on three DVDs, marking the first time they have all been available in one place. The first DVD kicks off with “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” and even though the ’80s-era special effects look pretty cheesy by today’s standards, there is no denying that the young man dancing and singing in the clip has something out of the ordinary. Other memorable scenes on that first DVD include Jackson lighting up everything he touches in “Billie Jean,” dancing with zombies in “Thriller,” leaning like a “Smooth Criminal,” and being directed by Martin Scorsese in “Bad.” The second DVD includes videos for songs such as “Black or White,” “Remember the Time” and “Scream,” while the third bonus DVD features clips from The Jacksons, as well as “Say Say Say,” Michael’s duet with Paul McCartney. There is also a previously unreleased clip for the R. Kelly-penned song “One More Chance.” Any Jackson fan will want this collection of 40 videos, 10 of which are previously unreleased. KEY TRACKS: “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” “Thriller,” “Smooth Criminal.”

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The deadline for Night Life items is Tuesday at noon the week before the event or concert takes place. E-mailed to clubs@postandcourier.com. THE CLUB AT MEYERS RD: 216 Meyers Rd., Summerville. 8754215. Fri: Bert Floyd; Sat: DJ and dance; Wed: karaoke. CLUB H2O: 8484 Dorchester Rd. 767-1426. Tonight: Country Dance Party, 9 p.m.; Fri-Sat: DJ Mike Mendoza, 9 p.m. CRAB SHACK, FOLLY BEACH: 26 Center St. 588-3080. Tonight: Folly Beach Bluegrass Society, 8 p.m.; Mon: Open mic w/ Dave Grunstra, 9:30 p.m. CRAZY D’S FOOD AND SPIRITS: 224 Redbank Rd., Goose Creek. 572-2658. Fri: Karaoke, 9 p.m.; Tues: Trivia and Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. THE CRESCENT CONNECTION: 1910 E. Montague Ave. 528-0777. Fri-Sat: Abe White, 6 p.m.; Sun: Sunday Jazz Brunch, noon. CUOCO PAZZO: 1035 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 9719034. Wed and Fri-Sat: Riccardo sings Opera and Italian songs, 7 p.m. DORCHESTER LANES: 10015 Dorchester Rd., Summerville. 3762200. Fri-Sat: The Cool; Sun: team trivia w/Bad Joke Tom; Mon: karaoke w/Rocky; Tues: acoustics w/61 Daze; Wed: karaoke w/Rocky. DUNLEAVY’S PUB: 2213 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island. 883-9646. Sun: Carroll Brown, 8 p.m.; Tues: Maniax, 7:30 p.m. EAST BAY MEETING HOUSE: 159 East Bay St. 723-3446. Mon: Monday Night Poetry and Open Mic, 8 p.m. FIERY RON’S SULLIVAN’S ISLAND: 2209 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island. 883-3131. Tonight: Minor Adjustments, $5, 10 p.m.; Fri: Jeff Beasley Band, $5, 10 p.m.; Sat: Mad Tea Party, $5, 10:30 p.m.; Tues: Steve Cheseborough’s open mic and guitar clinic; Wed: Wednesday Nite Ramble, 8:30 p.m. FIERY RON’S WEST ASHLEY: 1205 Ashley River Rd. 225-2278. Tonight: South Carolina Broadcasters, free, 9 p.m.; Fri: Minor Adjustments, $5, 10 p.m.; Sat: Redneck Grease Delux w/Whisky n Ramblin, $5, 9 p.m.; Mon: open mic, 8 p.m.; Tues: Reid Stone, 9 p.m.; Wed: Lowcountry Blues Club, 7 p.m. FIREWATER GRILLE: 109 Holiday Drive, Summerville. 261-2121. Fri: Eddie Bush; Sat: comedy w/Sid Davis; Wed: team trivia, 8-10 p.m. FISH RESTAURANT: 442 King St. 722-3474. Tonight: Elise Testone, 7 p.m.; Sat: DJ, 10 p.m. FOLLY BEACH BREWING COM-

PANY: 34 Center St. 588-0095. Fri: South Carolina Broadcasters, 9 p.m. GENNARO’S RESTAURANT: 8500 Dorchester Rd. 760-9875. Tonight: live jazz, 8 p.m. GILLIGAN’S: 582 Dock Rd., Moncks Corner. 761-2244. Fri: Keith Bruce, 6 p.m. GRIFFON PUB: 18 Vendue Range. 723-1700. Tonight: Green Levels; Thurs: Reid Stone and Mac Leaphart. HALLS CHOPHOUSE: 434 King St. 797-0090. Fri-Sat: Anthony Owens, 7 p.m.; Sun-Wed: Anthony Owens, 6:30 p.m. HALLIGAN’S RESTAURANT AND BAR: 3025 Ashley Towne Center, Suite 201. 225-4347. Fri: live entertainment. IACOFANO’S: 629 Coleman Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 881-2313. Tonight: John Chilton, Kara Hesse and Jesse Prichard, 6:30 p.m.; Fri: Annie Boxell and the Vicious Circle, 6:30 p.m.; Sat: The Wyatt Garey Band, 6:30 p.m.; Mon: Kevin Church, 6:30 p.m.; Tues: Kara Hesse, 6:30 p.m.; Wed: Keith Bruce, 6:30 p.m. JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL: 431 St. James Ave., Goose Creek. 553-8766. Tonight: Team Trivia; Fri-Sat: DJ/Karaoke, free; Tues: Chris Sullivan, free, 8-11 p.m.; Wed: DJ/Karaoke, free. JOHNSONS PUB: 12 Cumberland Street. 277-2961. Fri: High Society. J’PAULZ: 1739 Maybank Hwy., James Island. 795-6995. Fri-Sat: live music. KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 337 King St. 805-5020. Wed: Trivia; Thurs: Live music. KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1175 Folly Rd., James Island. 225-6996. Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music. KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1119 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 881-8734. Tues: Theme trivia, 9 p.m.; Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music. KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 800 N. Main St., Summerville. 875-6998. Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music. KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1179 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., West Ashley 7665292. Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m. Thurs: Live music. KUDU COFFEE AND CRAFT BEER: 4 Vanderhorst St. 853-7186. Tonight: Eric-Scott Guthrie, 9 p.m.; Fri: Michael Trent, 9 p.m.; Sat: Harrison Ray, 9 p.m. LALO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT: 1585 Central Ave., Sum-

merville. 873-9988. Tonight: North By South, 7 p.m.; Sat: DJ/live band, 9 p.m. LOCALS BAR: 1150 Queensborough Blvd., Unit B. 388-5114. Mon: Keith Bruce, 6-9 p.m. LOCO JOE’S FOOD & SPIRITS: 1115 Miles Rd., Summerville. 8212946. Fri-Sat: Karaoke; Wed: Karaoke and Trivia. LUCY’S RED SKY GRILL: 1001 Landfall Way, Johns Island. 7688118. Sun: Ann Caldwell, free. MAD RIVER BAR & GRILLE: 32 N. Market St. 723-0032. Fri: live music; Mon: live music; Tues: trivia. MANNY’S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILLE: 1608 Old Towne Rd. 7633908. Tonight: team trivia; Fri: late night jazz w/The Joe Clarke Trio; Sat: Coastal Carolina Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.; Sun: team trivia; Wed: Ted McKee “Tropical Rock,” 6-9 p.m., DNR, 9:30 p.m. MED BISTRO: 90 Folly Rd. 7660323. Fri: Scratch, 7-10 p.m.; Sat: Mark Schuler, 7-10 p.m. MERCATO RESTAURANT: 102 N. Market St. 722-6393. TonightFri: Ann Caldwell w/LooseFitt; Sat: Lewis, Wiltrout and Gregory; Sun: Jordan Gravel; Mon: Leah Suarez Trio; Tues: Frank Duvall Trio; Wed: The Pulse Trio. MERLY’S PUB: 1217 Red Bank Rd., Goose Creek. Fri: Karaoke, 9 p.m. THE MILL LOUNGE: 1026 E. Montague Ave. 225-2650. Tonight: New Terminus, 9 p.m.; Fri: DJ NattyHeavy, 10:30 p.m.; Sat: The Defilers, 4 p.m., DJ NattyHeavy, 10:30 p.m. MOLLY DARCY’S: 235 East Bay St. 737-4085. Tonight-Sat: DJ. MOJO’S CLUB AND CIGAR BAR: 945 Bacons Bridge Rd. 8755099. Mon: Shag. MORGAN CREEK GRILL: 80 41st Ave. IOP. 886-8980. Sat: Casual Kings. MUSIC FARM: 32 Ann St. 5776989. Fri: Crowfield w/Charlie Mars, $12-15; Sat: Senses Fail/Bayside w/Title Fight and Balance and Composure, $15-18; Sun: The Expendables w/John Brown’s Body and The Snips, $13-15; Tues: Pop Evil w/Seasons After, Atom Smash and New Medicine, $12-15; Wed: The Movement w/Mambo Sauce, $10. OASIS BAR AND GRILL: 778 Folly Rd., James Island. Sun: acoustic night w/Cody Burbage, Tyler Boone, Gregory Scott, Kara Heese and Mac Leaphart, $6-8, 8 p.m.

O’MALLEY’S: 549 King St. 8055000. Tonight-Sat: Live Music; Mon: Live Music; Tue: Trivia, followed by Karaoke, 7 p.m.; Wed: DJ. OSCAR’S RESTAURANT: 207 W. 5th North St., Summerville. 871-3800. Tonight: Calvin Taylor, 6-9 p.m. PATRICK’S PUB: 1377 Ashley River Rd. 571-3435. Tonight: Karaoke, 9 p.m.; Sat: Drag Show. PELICAN’S NEST: 3772 Seabrook Island Rd., Seabrook Island. 768-2500. Fri-Sat: Live music. THE POUR HOUSE: 1977 Maybank Hwy. 571-4343. Tonight: Sam Bush w/James Justin Burke and Co., $20-22, 8-9 p.m., Flatt City, free; Fri: Signal Path, Bluetech and Spankalicious, $13-15, 9-10 p.m.; Sat: Second Annual Duane Allman Birthday Celebration w/Revival and The Shane Pruitt Band; Sun: Dan Wright and The New Beat, Mac Leaphart and The Ragged Company, Ben Fagan, The Tips, Ryan Bonner and Dearly Beloved, $12, 6 p.m.-midnight; Mon: Iration w/Long Miles and The Green, $12, 8:15; Tues: Shonuff, free, 10:30 p.m.; Wed: Gaslight Street and Weighstation, 9:30 p.m. RED DRUM GASTROPUB: 803 Coleman Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 8490313. Wed: live music; Thurs: Bill Johnson. RITA’S: 2 Center St., Folly Beach. 588-2525. Tonight: Frank Royster; Fri: David Dunning; Sat: David Landeo; Wed: Jamison. THE ROOFTOP AT VENDUE INN: 19 Vendue Range. 414-2341. Tonight: Steam Brothers; Fri: Old You; Sat: Louis “D” Project; Tues: trivia. SAFFRON CAFE AND BAKERY: 333 East Bay St. 722-5588. Tonight: Jeff Wilson and Kyle Graham, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Fri: Jeff Wilson and Kyle Graham, 8-10 p.m.; Sat: Delia Chariker, 8-10 p.m.; Sun: Duda Lucena, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. SALTY MIKE’S BAR: 17 Lockwood Dr. 937-0208. Fri: Greg Chapman, 8 p.m. SAND DOLLAR: 7 Center St., Folly Beach. 588-9498. Fri-Sat: Fat Alice. SEEL’S ON SULLIVAN’S: 2213 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island, 8835030. Fri and Sat: DJ C-Nile, 10 p.m.; Wed: The Bushels, 7 p.m. SOUTHEND BREWERY AND SMOKEHOUSE: 161 East Bay St. 853-4677. Tonight: Salsa Night, 10 p.m.; Fri-Sat: live music. SOUTHERN COMFORT BAR AND GRILL: 1761 North Main

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f you’re trying to get some early holiday shopping done, or scout some one-of-a-kind decorations for your household, check out the Holiday Market. Returning this weekend to the North Charleston Convention Center, it’s a place for families to get into a festive frame of mind. The Holiday Market has visited Charleston for more than a decade, with this year being the 12th annual. It began as part of the Gilmore Shows, an award-winning organization that hosts arts and crafts shows and began in Greensboro, N.C. “We saw how much success we had in Greensboro and decided Charleston was another great place to bring the market,” says Anita Meyer, one of the organizers. “We currently hold 10 arts and crafts shows through out the Southeast region, as well as a Holiday Market in Greensboro and Charleston.” The Market is billed as “a complete holiday experience,” meaning that you can find whatever you need for a winter solstice bonanza in one spot. There are gifts, decorations, food and drinks to sip while you shop. There’s even Santa Claus. “We bring in specialty vendors from all over the country,” says Meyer. “We have items from independent boutiques, meaning lots of holiday fashion, jewelry and unique gifts. “We have decorations for the inside and outside of the home. We even have samples of holiday foods and beverages to enjoy while you browse,” she says. “This year we’re offering the familiar favorite vendors, as well as some excit-

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-Day — seven days and counting. Here is the cautionary tale folks. You all know the date: Nov. 25. You might even know what you want to eat and may have decided if you are cooking, catering or going out. So now, take the simple step: reserve. Whether it is food you want to pick up, a restaurant at whose table you wish to dine or the bakery whose bourbon-pecan pie you salivate for — do the easy thing and let them know now to avoid disappointment. Thanksgiving was my mother’s favorite holiday. It began early in the morning in order to prepare the stuffing (dressing) for the bird. The bread was lining baking sheets in order to properly “stale” before it was cut into croutons for the base of the stuffing recipe. Vegetables were diced, cooked in butter and folded into the mass that eventually would go into the bird. These were the days before the Food Police, the cook-to-temperature mantras, the food safety initiatives. Our turkeys were “stuffed.” Turkey innards simmered in a stock pot to become the gravy and baste the bird. Cabbage was grated for slaw. Green beans were pulled through the peeler to french them for their butter bath. This was scratch cooking, and it took all day. The modern Thanksgiving is a forgiving feast. You can find a wonderful restaurant that not only serves a delicious dinner, but allows those who really would pass on our national bird to have roast pork instead. Buffets permit a menu of extravagance, an alphabet of vegetables from artichokes to zucchini. Bakeries will bake your pie and let you take the glory. Pies with top crusts, no crust, lattice or streusel. Pies in apple, cranberry, pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato flavors. The deli departments of most grocery stores have prepared all the sides you need to make everyone happy at the table. Gourmet shops will prepare your feast, and all you will need to do is reheat and eat. So if the thought of lumpy gravy, dry roasted turkey, charred marshmallows, raw green beans and a mountain of dirty dishes is your “Nightmare on Elm Street: Thanksgiving Edition,” know that the following will make your holiday as easy as pie.

Thornhill Farm 10882 U.S. Highway 17 McClellanville 743-9749 Ourlocalfoods.com

Baked goods

Remember to place your order early. Saturday might be a good deadline date.

Local grocery stores Baked 160 East Bay St. http://bakednyc.com (click on Locations) 577-2180 Callie’s Charleston Biscuits www.calliesbiscuits.com 577-1198 Charleston Sweet Gourmet South Windemere Center 36 Windemere Blvd. Charlestonsweetgourmet.com 225-5936 3.14 Pies 654 King St. 314piescharleston.com Sugar Bakeshop 59½ Cannon St. Sugarbake.com 579-2891 Wildflour 73 Spring St. Wildflourpastry.com 327-2621 Saffron Bakery and Cafe 333 East Bay St. 722-5588

Stuffed turkey served on a bed of wilted spinach accompanied by seasonal vegetables. Photo by Rohit Seth/Dreamstime.com

Normandy Farm Artisan Bakery West Ashley 32 Windermere 769-6400 Johns Island 3155 Maybank Highway 737-4122 Thanksgiving menu: Order deadline Saturday for Wednesday pickup.

Prepared items

Caviar & Bananas 51 George St. www.caviarandbananas.com 577-7757 Ted’s Butcherblock 334 East Bay St. www.tedsbutcherblock.com 577-0094

Whole Foods Market Order in store with catering representatives, online or by phone. Deadline: Sunday for Wednesday pickup. WFM is open 8 a.m-3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Menu items are available by department and in the hot foods case, and those items will be discounted $1 per item. U.S. Highway 17 and Houston Northcutt Blvd. 971-7240 www.wholefoodsmarket.com

Kitchen supplies

For all your cooking and serving needs. The turkey baster, roasting pan and rack, whisk, strainers, twine and all the other implements of the feast — you name it; these people sell it and can give you a lesson on how to use it. Charleston Cooks! 194 East Bay St. charlestoncooks.com 722-1212 The Coastal Cupboard 644J-Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant thecoastalcupboard.com 856-4321

Restaurants

Need a reservation. Tax and gratuity are not included in prices. 17 North 3563 U.S. Highway 17, Mount Pleasant 606-2144 www.17North.net Buffet: $25 adults; $25 children Blossom 171 East Bay St. 722-9200 11 a.m.-9 p.m. www.magnolias-blossom-cypress.com Thanksgiving menu: turkey dinner, $27; 10-under $14; other menu options.

BLU Restaurant and Bar in Tides Hotel 1 Center St., Folly Beach 588-6658 Reservations and menu at www.blufollybeach.com Adult $29.95; 4-12 $14.50; under 4 free Buffet served noon-6 p.m. Charleston Grill 224 King St. 577-4522 www.charlestongrill.com Three-course menu (about five choices per course) $80 per person, 20 percent gratuity Cypress 167 East Bay St. 727-0111 www.magnolias-blossom-cypress.com 5:30-10 p.m. Regular menu plus Thanksgiving specials; turkey dinner $28 Halls Chophouse 434 King St. 727-0090 www.hallschophouse.com 1-9 p.m.; live music 5-8 p.m. Complete menu plus traditional turkey dinner $32 Husk Restaurant 76 Queen St. 577-2500 huskrestaurant.com Three-course menu $45. All local, Southern and seasonal menu. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. McCrady’s Restaurant 2 Unity Alley 577-0025 www.mccradysrestaurant.com Three-course menu served in the main dining room and the Long Room, $50 5-9 p.m. Magnolias, Uptown, Down South 185 East Bay St. 577-7771 www.magnolias-blossom-cypress.com Regular menu plus Thanksgiving specials. Turkey entree $28; 10-under $14. 11:30-9 p.m. Market Pavilion Hotel 225 East Bay St. 266-4222 Adults $79; 7-12 $34; 3-6 $18 Buffet and carving station Seatings 1-7:30 p.m.

Slightly North of Broad 192 East Bay St. 723-3424 www.slightlynorthofbroad.net Prix-fixe two-courses $38; add dessert $44 Noon-6 p.m. High Cotton 199 East Bay St. 724-3815 www.high-cotton.net Complete menu plus “turkey-to-go sandwich” $8 1:30-8 p.m. Old Village Post House 101 Pitt St., Mount Pleasant 388-8935 www.oldvillageposthouse.com Thanksgiving menu: turkey dinner $24 Noon-6 p.m. Peninsula Grill 112 N. Market St. 723-0700 www.peninsulagrill.com Three-course menu plus dessert, $60 per person 3-9:30 p.m. Tristan Restaurant 10 Linguard St. 534-2155 www.tristandining.com Thanksgiving menu: adults $50; children under 12 $20 1-6 p.m. Woodlands Inn and Resort 125 Parsons St. www.woodlandsinn.com 308-2115 11 a.m-3:30 p.m. Buffet: $79 per person; $24, children (4-12); 3 and under, free Oscar’s of Summerville 207 W. 5th North St. Summerville 871-3800 www.oscarsofsummerville.com Thanksgiving buffet $28.95; children $14.95; under 5 free 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Boathouse at Breach Inlet 101 Palm Blvd. Isle of Palms 886-8000 www.boathouserestaurants.com Four-course menu (soup, salad, entree with two sides, dessert) $26.95 per person. Noon-4 p.m.

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The Grill on the Edge R

.J.’s Seashell Restaurant was purchased this year by Ryan Condon, Dan Doyle and Jody Hawkins. Condon and Doyle have been part of the locally owned and operated Crab Shacks since 1999, and R.J.’s was too good a piece of real estate to pass up. The new owners have transformed the restaurant into The Grill on the Edge. R.J.’s Seashell was owned by Hank and R.J. Holliday. The restaurant was designed by architect Dan Sweeney with interior designer Amelia Handegan and landscape architect Sheila Wertimer handling the inside and outside of the property. Located at the gateway to the “Edge of America,” this was a business built by talent but now in need of nurturing. The bones of 41 Center St. were strong and the strength of the original design required nothing more than a coat of paint, a little furniture rearranging and the strategic positioning of fabric-covered baffles that provide sound absorption and privacy. The color palette went coastal. A few tables were removed to create a better traffic flow and potted plants now lend tropical notes to the space along with softening the hardness of concrete and stucco. New lamp shades erased the “shell game” of the former design motif, and framed prints of Folly’s history continue to decorate the walls. The Crab Shack team hired chef Julia Barstow to command the kitchen. Barstow worked under the master of “Bam!” — Emeril Lagasse. In Charleston, her pedigree included stints at Charleston Grill and Hall’s Chophouse. The Grill on the Edge had a benevolent opening. In mid-August it dipped its feet into the tourist trade and had late summer and early fall to fine-tune its menu and operation. Hours have changed along with the seasons. Barstow has exhibited restraint when it comes to menu options

native to New Orleans. Eggs Sardou ($9.95), the flavorings of andouille and the trinity of onions, bell peppers and celery, currently season her menu. No boudin, “pirogues” or jambalaya. The menu has global flavors with local ingredients. Crosby’s Fish and Shrimp on Folly Road is the seafood supplier. Saffron Bakery and Cafe on East Bay Street provides some desserts. The “grill” offerings are mostly steaks ($16.95-$23.95), chicken breasts ($9.95, $14.95), pork chops ($9.95, $14.95) and skewers ($13.95$17.95). The latter are marinated Mediterranean-style with olive oil, garlic, parsley and spices, anchored by a green apple and served with curried vegetables and tropical rice. Chipotle barbecue and wasabi cream sauces accompany each dish. The options are chicken, beef and scallops, shrimp or tuna. A little shipwrecked on a plate when it comes to flavor profiles, but a dish true to Folly’s eclectic roots. Barstow seasons with a balanced hand. Heat segues into sweet. Try the shrimp dynamites ($5.95) in which local shrimp are battered, fried and drizzled with a Southeast Asian-inspired sweet chili sauce and served with Asian slaw. Just imagine coleslaw marries ambrosia and has an affair with wasabi and you will have conjured up the flavors of this dish. A nest of shredded lettuce accompanies this appetizer and is the natural foil for the heat of the wasabi. A perfect use for iceberg lettuce. Our server recommended the sweet soy salmon ($15.95), and it did not disappoint. The salmon was gently cooked; its soy glaze was just that — a glaze and not the culinary spackle that passes for a glaze in some restaurants. A tangle of red, green, yellow, orange and red peppers along with cabbage and onion strands seasoned with cilantro and mint refreshed the caramelized flavors of sugar

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and soy. The tropical rice side dish with its flavor of coconut rounded this dish to a fine finish. The crispy fried flounder ($16.95) fared well on the cooking side, but its topping of crema was bland and the South Beach salsa suffered from flavorless, watery tomatoes, minimal herbs and lackluster seasonings. The Grill offers daily specials, and these will change with the seasons. Oysters were featured at the time of our visit. The burgers are two-fisted affairs and can be had as a Cheddartopped classic ($8.95) along with the Washout ($9.95), layered with oven-roasted tomatoes, spinach, onion and remoulade sauce. Shrimp and flounder ($13.95; $17.95 combination basket) make up the fry baskets. They are accompanied by french fries and the wasabi slaw along with trickedout tartar sauce with lemon and capers and cocktail sauce jumpstarted with cilantro and lime that make these ubiquitous compositions not just the same old fry babies. Desserts included cheesecake, chocolate cake and coconut cake. House-made desserts are a brownie chocolate sundae and Key Lime pie ($4.95). Wines by the glass are nicely priced, and the restaurant plans to host monthly wine tastings. Cocktail fans will not be disappointed. The Grill has a menu of “When Folly Freezes Over” frozen drinks ($7.95), an Edge Martini ($7.95)

restaurant review CUISINE: American Eclectic CATEGORY: Neighborhood Favorite PHONE: 633-0143 LOCATION: 41 Center St., Folly Beach FOOD: ★★★ SERVICE: ★★★½ ATMOSPHERE: ★★★ PRICE: $-$$$ COSTS: Appetizers $5.95-$7.95; soups $3.95-MP; salads $3.95-$12.95; sides $2.50; entrees $9.95-$23.95; burgers $8.95-$9.95; fry baskets $13.95-$17.95. Lunch: burgers $8.95; sandwiches $5.95-$8.95; fry baskets $8.95-$9.95; pastas $7.95-$10.95. Brunch: $7.95-$12.95; kids brunch $5.95; brunch sides $1.50-$3.50. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE: Yes VEGETARIAN OPTIONS: Limited BAR: Full-service bar HOURS: Seasonal changes, please confirm. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner; Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; SaturdaySunday brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. DECIBEL LEVEL: Moderate PARKING: Parking lot, street parking OTHER: www.follygrill.com. info@follygrill.com. Monday Madness, specially priced margaritas, mojitos and martinis; Taco Tuesdays; Wine On Wednesdays; monthly wine tastings; bottomless mimosas and Blood Mary bar at weekend brunch; happy hour 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday; children’s menu; takeout; patio dining; loyalty cards.

with a Champagne float and a variety of tropical-based cocktails ($6.95). Service is friendly, attentive and collaborative. The management staff makes a point to visit each table. The business of hospitality is taken seriously. The next order of business for the property — outdoor heaters and plastic walls for the patio shel-

ter — is scheduled to take place very soon. The location at 41 Center St. once was home to the H and K Super Esso Service Station. Now home to a third restaurant, refueling seems to be in its nature. With a little adjustment to some culinary wrinkles, The Grill on the Edge can easily become your fullservice destination for good eats.

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Arts& Travel Sundays in

All things Irish

New at 17 North

17 North is now serving lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. They are also hosting a chef’s dinner and wine-pairing menu on Mondays; burgers and bocce on Tuesdays with a specialty burger menu and Wednesday ladies night with Happy Hour prices for the ladies all night long. 17 North is at 3563 Highway 17, Mount Pleasant. 606-2144

Poogan’s new menu

The folks at Poogan’s Porch did some improvements on their property. The famous porch now has a patio and the interior has been refreshed. In keeping with these fall improvements, chef Dan Doyle and his team have created a new menu. Check it out at www.poogansporch. com/food.html. The restaurant is at 72 Queen St., 577-2337. Poogan’s Porch serves lunch 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., dinner 5-9:30 p.m. daily, and brunch 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Both indoor and outdoor seating are offered, and a variety of rooms are available for special events. Reservations are recommended. Call 577-2337.

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Monza was recently named to USA Today’s list of top pizza parlors. 1-5 p.m. Dec. 5. $40 per person in advance; $50 at the door (if available). The price includes commemorative Stolzle glassware, live music, food and beverage stations, culinarythemed gifts and crafts, and tickets available for purchase to the 6th annual festival. Visit www.charlestonwineandfood.com to purchase tickets. Use discount code wineunderoaks2011*

Woodlands palate

Expanding on its successful launch of its Grand Champagne Sunday Brunch buffet, Woodlands Inn has added an “artist’s palate” to its weekly menu. Each Sunday, a local artist takes up residence in the dining room during brunch and paints a Lowcountry landscape or feature. Led by noted contemporary impressionist Rick Reinert, the artists interact with guests and offer painting tips. The $42 cost is exclusive of tax and gratuity. Reservations can be made at 308-2115. Visit www.woodlandsinn. com for upcoming artists.

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Molly Darcy Traditional Irish Pub and Grill will host its grand opening celebration Nov. 18-21. On the menu: Bagpipers, step dancers, green beer and a 5 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Joe Riley. There will be promotional giveaways and food and drink specials. Molly Darcy is the former Meritage, 235 East Bay St., 737-4085. www.mollydarcy.com.

are featured in this year’s Nei- recently named to USA Today’s list of top pizza parlors. man Marcus Holiday Book. You can find Callie’s Biscuits at www.calliesbiscuits.com ‘Early bird’ specials and at Piggly Wiggly. TBonz Gill and Grill has just released its “early bird menu” 3-6 p.m. SundayOn the block Thursday featuring $9.95 Looks like Amalfi’s restaurant in the Best Western entrees. These specially priced options join its new on King Street is now for fall and winter menu. sale. A spring fire sent it into repair mode. While the TBonz is at 1668 Old Towne renovation was taking place, Road, West Ashley, 5562478, and at 80 North Maranother Amalfi’s has been ket St., 577-2511, downtown. under construction in the Belle Hall Shopping Center of Mount Pleasant. The Seel’s on Sullivan’s Charleston location now The last day for Seel’s on features a “For Sale” sign. Sullivan’s will be Sunday. The owner is selling the Saffire’s special menu business to pursue other professional opportunities. The Saffire restaurant in The restaurant plans to go the Charleston Marriott is out with a bang by rewarding serving a special fall menu customers with deep disof three courses for $30. counts on food and alcohol. Saffire is at 170 Lockwood Food and drink specials will Drive. 723-3000. vary each day. Call 883-5030.

Square Onion, squared

Now there are two! The Square Onion, a popular gourmet shop, has expanded from its Resolute Lane locaFest to present poster tion in I’On to Coleman BouNew to the BB&T Charleslevard in Mount Pleasant. On ton Wine + Food Festival is Say (hot) cheese Saturday from 3-7 p.m., meet the featured revealing of the Callie’s Biscuits recently has local artists and authors. You 2011 poster contest winner produced a “hot” version of can sample the holiday menu at Boone Hall Plantation. its famous small-batch, hand- and check out the wine colThis event will be celebrated crafted Callie’s Pimento lection. They are at 411 Colewith Wine Under the Oaks Cheese. Named after Callie’s man Blvd., 416-8684. www. at the Plantation. A special daughter, Carrie’s Fiery Pisquareonion.com. offer of $10 off the ticket mento Cheese is as “hot as a price is available until FriCharleston summer.” Callie’s Pies the limit Monza, at 451 King St., was day. The event takes place Biscuits and full product line

Fourchette on film

The Cooking Channel was in town filming the Upper King Design District in downtown Charleston. On tape will be La Fourchette French Bistro. According to owner Perig Goulet, the Cooking Channel will be filming for a future program for their “Unique Eats” series on French Bistros that will air in 2011. The exact date has yet to be determined. The other featured bistros are in Los Angeles and Montreal and all feature casual, high-end, French cuisine.

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O’ My, this deli has the goods BY ROB YOUNG

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WHAT: O’ My Deli. WHERE: 2150 Northwoods Blvd., Unit 60, North Charleston. PHONE: 797-7661. HOURS: noon-6 p.m. Sun., 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat.

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A burger, fries and wings from O’ My Deli.

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just a buck more. Which means, my grand total came to $10.69. The burgers are thin and steamed, a metal cup fit atop the patty as it grills so that the meat is moist. The crinkle-cut fries, as expected, are well-salted, and the wings are cranked up with a sauce applied post deep-fry dip. There’s some heat here, surprisingly. Additionally, the fish and shrimp platters cost $7-$8, and the Philly cheesesteaks about $5. Bottom line: If you’re not in the neighborhood, don’t bother. Otherwise, it’s about as good a place as any in the food court. Santa, given the big fella’s girth, would no doubt approve.

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ith the holidays approaching — just 37 more shopping days until Christmas! — most of us are likely to make an excursion to the mall(s) to fill up on gift requests. Me, I went early this year. Why? For you, people. All for you. I felt like making a closer inspection of the food court, any food court, to see what had changed. Had they swapped out shipped-in veggies for the local stuff? Had they exchanged the frozen hamburger patties for fresh beef ground in-house, er,

mall? Please ... Santa’s still fat, right? My trip found me trapped inside the neon jungle at Northwoods Mall, standing before the O’ My Deli, which is a delicatessen in title alone. In the absence of cured meats, cold cuts, made-to-order salads or a sandwich board, the O’ My offers up griddle-top treats and other items a la deep fryer. Burgers, cheesesteaks, wings, chicken fingers, fried shrimp and fried fish. These are the jewels of America’s underbelly. It’s cheap, easy stuff and surprisingly palatable. The burgers run $5-$6, a 5-piece wing order can be added for $3, and french fries for

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Ocean Room’s pastry chef takes pride in learning about Southern cuisine

mother bake items since I was tall enough to reach the counter using a homemade rin Cross graduated step stool. from the Culinary It is funny, and possibly Institute of America cliche, but I still cannot with a degree in baking and figure out what makes her pastry arts management. chocolate chip cookies the She has been the pastry chef best cookies. To this day, she of the Ocean Room since mails me her cookies once a March. year for me to indulge in. Q: Your biography states Q: What’s the first dessert that you come from genera- you remember making? tions of scratch home bakA: The first dessert that I ers. Is this where your love remember making is cheeseof baking developed? cake. I can still remember A: Yes. As a family, mostly the phone calls to my grandwhen I was younger, we used ma asking her step-by-step to come together for large directions and then calling family dinners that revolved about every 15 minutes after around everyone lending a that just to make sure I folhand in making either a side lowed her specific instrucdish or some sort of dessert. I tions correctly. I obviously have been helping my grand- didn’t, because I can rememBY ANGEL POWELL

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ber pulling that cheesecake out of the oven with a giant crack right down the center. Practice makes perfect, right? Q: What is your favorite dessert to make? A: I am super simple. At home, I love making pies and crisps with whatever local fruit is available at the time. Especially with being away from home, I love making desserts that can warm your soul and remind you of home. Q: You came from the Midwest and then later New Jersey. Has the Lowcountry been a bit of a culture shock for you? How do you like it here? A: Well, considering I moved from the Chicago

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area when I was four, New Jersey has always been where I can remember living, but since all of my family still lives in the Midwest, Chicago will always be considered home. Moving to the Lowcountry has definitely been a bit of a culture shock. I grew up and then went to school about an hour outside of New York City and I grew accustomed to the fast pace of living that close to the city. Moving down here has definitely changed my outlook on time and the pace of life. Learning more about Southern cuisine has been fascinating. Chef Thurston has done a great job educating me on some Southern specialties like Cheerwine and Banana Pudding.

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Q: How difficult is it to incorporate local and seasonal products into your desserts year round? A: I would have to say it was difficult at first, but as time goes on, it gets much easier. It is more about researching and figuring out what products are available when and what the growing seasons are for certain fruits and vegetables. I think it is easier at the Ocean Room as well because

we do have such a great relationship with the local farmers and can acquire the freshest and most local ingredients possible. Q: What is your guilty pleasure food? A: I am known for sitting on the couch, wrapped up in a blanket with a big bowl of ice cream and a spoon while watching a movie. And you better believe that the ice cream in that bowl contains some sort of chocolate item.

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into exercise, another imSpecial to The Post and Courier portant aspect of her life. “We did a bodycology WHAT: YesUmay cookies shley Swider stopped class. An 80-minute work through Charlesout, followed by meditation, WHERE: 280 West Coleton on her move to then followed by a cookie man Blvd. Suite L-1, New York. She stayed two tasting. We ate them with Mount Pleasant days, then relocated here our eyes closed, and the PHONE: 866-986-6946 a month later. She fell in cookies tasted so different. INFO: info@yesumaylove with the city, and has The flavors were intensicookies.com since opened two local busified,” she said. WEBSITE: www.yenesses. YesUmay plans to have a sumaycookies.com. The first was Cose Belle comparable yoga workshop on Beaufain Street with in December with instrucher mother. Swider calls tor Kathryn Buding. YesUmay was opened it a “lifestyle boutique.” It On Saturday, the bakery around the idea of wellness. carries both clothing and has planned a Toys for Tots “The more I was baking, furniture, including sparkly the more I heard ‘No, I can’t event. They’re calling it gold Toms, ostrich feather have that.’ YesUmay is about Cookies for a Cause and plan to give a free cookie to vests, bed frames and floor giving yourself permission lamps. to enjoy the cookie, and life everyone who brings in a toy to donate. Swider’s second local busi- itself,” she said. Also for the season, the ness is yesUmay Cookies. The cookies’ names are She says the location in the positive affirmations. Opti- bakery has added new cookie varieties. Fall Delight is Houston Northcutt shopmistic Chew is an oatmeal a pumpkin-spiced cookie ping center in Mount Pleas- cookie with apple chunks with cream cheese icing, ant is “kid central.” and butterscotch chips. and Peppy Mint Cheer is a “There’s a ballet studio Blissed Out is a chocolate cookie with dark chocolate right down the walk. A chunk cookie with bits of chunks and melted bits of Gymboree. Southern Belles, toffee and topped with sea peppermint. the kid’s boutique, is right salt. With the Inspiration All cookies are being sold next door.” Indie, Swider tweaked a packaged in wine boxes for Milk’s Companion, her favorite. holidays. updated chocolate chip “I’ve always thought that cookie, and Sweet Satisfac- white chocolate, macadamia Cookies are nice to share. tion, a sugar cookie topped nut cookies were too sweet, Swider thinks that everyone can and should “stop, smile, with buttercream icing, re- so I added curry to mine.” and enjoy a cookie.” ally appeal to children. Swider ties the cookies BY ELIZABETH BOWERS

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Setup is nearly perfect for a fantastic finish to beloved series BY ROGER MOORE The Orlando Sentinel

here are no eye-rolling pauses to stare at this new magical prop or that extra-special special effect. No time for timekilling Quidditch matches. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” is a film of actors in closeup. The lead players have grown into the roles and the who’s who of British character actors in supporting parts shine like never before, placed, as they are, in both real-world London and a selection of desolate landscapes that match the gloom of this apocalyptic tale. Alternately funny and touching, it’s the best film in the series, an “Empire Strikes Back” for these wizards and their wizarding world. And those effects? They’re so special you don’t notice them. The digital elves are the most lifelike the movies have ever seen. In a hellfire and brimstone opening, the head of the Ministry of Magic (Bill Nighy) roars that “our world has faced no greater threat.” The forces of “You Know Who” have seized this and infiltrated that. The Hogwarts trio have gone into hiding, protecting their families as best they can. When Hermione (Emma Watson) movingly whispers “obliviate” and removes any memory of her from her family, her image fading from photographs as she sadly covers her tracks, we realize the stakes. And when we see Voldemort’s brain trust meet and torture a random Hogwarts

teacher, the blood tells us this will be the darkest and most violent Potter film yet. Spirited chases with Death Eaters and “snatchers,” cut like a real action film, break up Harry, Hermione and Ron Weasley’s search for “Horcruxes,” the evil talismans they must destroy on “The Chosen One’s” way to his date with destiny — aka battle with You Know Who. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Watson, seeing the finish line of this movie marathon, fully invest in the characters again. Supporting players such as David Thewlis (Remus Lupin), Rhys Ifans (as Luna’s dad, Xenophilius Lovegood) and Helena Bonham-Carter — more devilish than ever as Bellatrix Lestrange — stand out. And when the characters, as they sometimes do, disguise themselves in the bodies of others to sneak into the Ministry, David O’Hara gives a deliriously spot-on physical imitation of Radcliffe, mocking his slant-shouldered shuffling walk to a T. Director David Yates, Ralph Fiennes. overwhelmed by “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” after a career doing smart miniseries for British TV (“State of Play”), finds firmer footing here. The script (by Steven Kloves) is peppered with trivia — little bits of the history we’ve seen in the six preceding films. Even taking a few moments to tell us (with stark, stylized animation) what the Deathly Hallows are doesn’t interrupt the pace he’s set. The first third is brisk and witty, the middle third gloomy and the finale not so much a cliffhanger as a grim, inspiring tease, a masterly build-up to put “I can’t wait for Part 2” on every Muggle’s lips. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1’

Jason Isaacs (left) and Tom Felton.

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movie review ★★★★ (of 5) DIRECTOR: David Yates. STARRING: Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Grint, Rhys Ifans, Brendan Gleeson. RATED: PG-13 for some sequences of intense action violence, frightening images and brief sensuality. RUN TIME: 2 hours, 19 minutes. WHAT DID YOU THINK?: Find this review at www.charlestonscene.com and offer your opinion of the film.

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ance of different types of people. It deals with several types of discrimination, stereotypes and other adorlene Lagos believes lescent issues.” in the power of art The plot of “Powerto inform, and even to make a real difference in play” is something many teenagers can relate to. It people’s lives. centers on five teen girls As the director of a hip, who fit five typical high new drama called “Powschool cliques: the jock, erplay,” Lagos is part of the geek, the beauty queen, a greater effort to inspire today’s teenagers to stop the the chubby misfit and the violence, and to inspire par- gothic chick. ents to understand the perils Instead of having real of youth. names, they are simply re“ ‘Powerplay’ is getting a ferred to as Bitter, Beauty, great deal of attention beBrawn, Beaker and Belly. cause of its story line,” says This twist helps the girls Lagos, the assistance protake on the role of “everyducer and director at South teen” and identify with a of Broad Theatre Company high school audience. in North Charleston “It’s sort of like a ‘Breakfast “The play talks about Club’ meets Columbine type awareness and about tolerof story,” explains Lagos.

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have formed a real family with each other,” says Lagos. “We have a really strong cast here.” WHAT: “Power Play,” a teen drama put on by teens ages One of the coolest things 13-16. about “Powerplay” is the WHERE: South of Broadway Theatre, 1080 E. Montague possibility that it can leave Ave. the walls of the theatre, and WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. spread its message throughTICKETS: $10 for adults and $5 for students. out the Lowcountry’s high MORE INFO: 745-0317. schools. “We have already been approached by high schools “The play deals with teenage these kids could be the victim, or be the one carrying around Charleston who violence, bullying and the the gun,” Lagos says. would like the play to be everyday pressures of teen Written by Lindsey Price, featured in some type of life. “Powerplay” is performed by assembly for the students,” “One of the kids gets shot says Lagos. “South of Broad in the play, and it’s a mystery students from several high schools in the Lowcountry. is also hoping to get more who committed the crime. The cast ranges from age art funding to take this type The audience can’t tell. 13 to 16, and both Saturday of programming into the People always assume that schools, for juvenile violence you can just ‘tell’ which teen and Sunday performances feature a different group of awareness. “ would be violent, but you Catch “Powerplay” at 7 really can’t, and that’s what girls. “It’s amazing how they p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. this play teaches. Any of

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Sunday at the South of Broad Theatre, 1080 East Montague Ave. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. “The play sends a good message, and kids can really identify with it,” says Lagos. “Plus, it helps make parents more aware. We can really do so many things with it. We can really make a difference with art.”

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Russell Crowe is a desperate man who risks everything in an elaborate plan to break his wife out of prison in “The Next Three Days.”

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aul Haggis is back to his tricky script tricks with the thoroughly engrossing prison-break thriller “The Next Three Days.” He foreshadows, hides details, delays his “reveals” and does a pretty good job of keeping us guessing, even if we remember the 2003 French film he adapted for this Hollywood project. Russell Crowe, one of the few actors able to suggest “mild mannered community college teacher” and “obsessed husband capable of breaking his wife out of jail” at the same time, stars as John, that teacher whose wife (Elizabeth Banks) has been arrested, tried and convicted of murdering her boss. John almost but not quite takes his lawyer’s bad news lying down. “I need you to look at the evidence,” that lawyer (Daniel Stern) begs him. “Lara is not getting out.” John, being an academic, starts doing his research. He’ll watch how-to videos on YouTube and come up with a plan, a plan he’ll have to change on the fly time and again as he realizes just how out of his depth he is as he undertakes this.

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★★★ (of 5) DIRECTOR: Paul Haggis. STARRING: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Brian Dennehy, Daniel Stern. RATED: PG-13 for violence, drug material, language, some sexuality and thematic elements. RUN TIME: 1 hour, 58 minutes. WHAT DID YOU THINK?: Find this review at www.charlestonscene.com and offer your opinion of the film. Haggis bounces back and forth with the narrative, catching us up on “the last three years” counting down to the attempt. That allows the director to establish the sexual heat Lara and John have as a couple, her devotion to their young son and the toll prison has taken on her. It’s what justifies John’s declaration, visiting her in a Pittsburgh jail, that, “This will not be your life.” Haggis deftly makes great use of terrific actors in brief but important roles. Liam Neeson knocks his lone scene out of the park, playing a convict who escaped from numerous prisons and lived to write a book about it. Brian Dennehy plays John’s distant dad, a man who has no lines in his first few scenes, saving his words for when they matter. Lennie James and Jason Beghe score as cops who eye the

husband of the convicted killer with suspicion. Banks does only a so-so job of suggesting a woman who might be capable of this crime, yet who dies a little every time she looks at her future and sees no husband or son in it. But this is Crowe’s movie to carry and he does it with an earthy realism that remind you of the actor he is beneath the persona. It’s no stretch seeing him as a man of action. But we believe John’s desperation, his clumsy blunders when dealing with the criminal element he needs to enlist in his scheme. Haggis takes relish in doling out clues, false leads and red herrings (some a little too obvious). As he has fun leading us on, we have fun letting him, making “The Next Three Days” a thriller that lets us keep up even as it races to a conclusion.

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36E.Thursday, November 18, 2010________________________________________ CHARLESTONSCENE.COM __________________________________________________ The Post and Courier * Movies opening this week SCORE: Out of 5 stars G: General Audiences PG: Parental Guidance PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned, some content unsuitable for children under 13 NR: Not Rated R: Restricted Note: Dates and times are subject to change. Call the theater to make sure times are correct.

BURLESQUE PG-13

Small-town girl Ali Rose (Christina Aguilera) finds a job in Los Angeles at The Burlesque Lounge with the help of Tess (Cher), the club’s proprietor and headliner.

Terrace: Wed: 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:30, 7:15, 9:35

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST ★★½ R

HEREAFTER ★★★★ PG-13

Follow three people in their search for answers about the afterlife.

While Lisbeth Salander is recovering in the hospital, Mikail Blomkvist works to clear her of criminal charges.

Cinebarre: Today: 3:55, 10:30 Citadel 16: Today: 11:50, 4:45, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1, 3:50, 6:45 Regal 18: Today: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:25

Terrace: Fri-Tues: 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Wed: 1, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 Thurs, Nov. 25: 3:50, 6:50, 9:20

CONVICTION ★★★½ R

INSIDE JOB ★★★½ PG-13

After her brother is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, a working mother dedicates her life to proving him innocent.

This film investigates the causes of the global financial meltdown.

Terrace: Today: 2:15, 4:40, 7:25, 9:20

Terrace: Today: 2, 9:10 Fri-Tue: 1

JACKA** 3D ★½ R

DUE DATE ★★★ R

Stunts and pranks are performed by the stars of the MTV series.

A first-time father hitches a ride with an aspiring actor in order to make it to his child’s birth on time.

Citadel 16: Today: 12:10, 2:15, 4:35, 7:20, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:20 Regal 18: Today: 7:30, 9:50

Cinebarre: Today: 4:05, 4:35, 7:15, 7:45, 9:40, 10:15 Fri-Sun: 1:15, 4:15, 7:25 Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 9:50 Citadel 16: Today: noon, 1, 2:10, 3:10, 4:20, 5:20, 7, 8, 9:10, 10:05 Fri-Tues: noon, 2:10, 4:20, 7, 9:45 Hippodrome: Today: 7:15 James Island 8: Today: 4:10, 6:30, 8:50 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:20, 7:15, 9:40 Sat-Sun: 2, 4:20, 7:15, 9:40 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2, 2:30, 4:30, 5, 7:15, 7:45, 9:35, 10:15 Regal 18: Today: 12:15, 1:15, 2:45, 3:55, 5:10, 6:30, 7:40, 9:15, 10 FriThurs, Nov. 25: 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:25, 2:40, 5, 8, 10:15

*HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 ★★★★ PG-13

FAIR GAME ★★★ PG-13

Two single professionals must struggle to find common ground when they suddenly become caretakers of an orphaned girl.

Citadel 16: Today: 11:55, 2:20, 7:10 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:20, 7:05 Regal 18: Today: 12:35, 3:25, 6:35, 9:20

MEGAMIND ★★½ PG

Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes in their continued efforts to defeat him.

This film is based on Valerie Plame’s memoir, “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House.”

Terrace: Fri-Tues: 1:30, 4:00, 7:20, 9:10 Wed: 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:30 Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:15, 7:05, 9:30

FOR COLORED GIRLS ★★★★ R

Nameless women portray characters from 20 poems.

Cinebarre: Today: 3:50, 7:20, 10:25 Fri-Sun: 12:45, 4:20, 10:50 Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:45, 4:20, 7:45, 10:50 Citadel 16: Today: 12:20, 3:30, 7, 9:45 James Island 8: Today: 3, 6, 9 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 7, 10 Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:45, 4, 6:55, 10 Regal 18: Today: 12:40, 1, 1:20, 3:40, 4, 4:20, 6:40, 7, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 FriThurs, Nov. 25: 12:15, 1:10, 3:30, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:50, 10:20 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 1:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:40 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:50

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LIFE AS WE KNOW IT ★★½ PG-13

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Robbie Coltrane (left) and Daniel Radcliffe star in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”

Cinebarre: Today: 12:01 a.m. Sat-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:25, 10:20, 11:25 Citadel 16 IMAX: Fri-Tues: 10:30, 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Citadel 16: Today: 12:05 a.m. Fri-Tues: 11, 11:30, noon, 1, 1:50, 2:20, 3, 4, 4:45, 5:15, 6:15, 7:40, 8:15, 9:15, 9:40 Hippodrome: Today: 12:01 a.m., 2:30 a.m. Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Hwy 21: Today: midnight Fri-Sun and Tues: 6:30, 9 James Island 8: Today: 12:01 a.m. Fri and Mon-Wed: 3:45, 7, 10:10 SatSun and Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:10 Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:01 a.m., 12:10 a.m., 12:20 a.m. Fri: 12:20,12:50, 3:40, 7, 7:30, 10:15, 10:45 Sat: 12:20, 12:50, 3:40, 4:10, 7, 7:30, 10:15, 10:45 Regal 18: Today: 12:01 a.m., 12:15 a.m., 12:30 a.m. Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:40, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 2:20, 2:50, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9, 10:15, 10:45 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: midnight Fri-Tues: 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20, 2, 5:20, 8:40 Wed-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:20, 2, 3:40, 5:20, 7, 8:40,10:20

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A villain defeats his nemesis and now must find a new opponent.

Cinebarre: Today: 4, 7, 9:25 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1, 4, 7:15, 9:40 Cinebarre 3D: Fri-Sun: 1:30, 4:30, 10:45 Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:30, 4:30, 8:20, 10:45 Cinebarre 3D: Today: 4:30, 7:25, 9:50 Citadel 16 3D: Today-Tues: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10 Citadel 16 IMAX: Today: 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 Hwy 21: Today: 7 Fri-Sun and Tues: 7 James Island 8: Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 Sat-Sun: 2:15, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 James Island 8 3D: Today: 3:55, 6:15, 8:35 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:30 Sat-Sun: 2, 4:30 Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 8 Palmetto Grande 3D: Today: 1:50, 2:20, 4:10, 4:40, 7, 7:30, 9:20, 9:50 Regal 18: Today: 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:40, 3:25, 6:40, 9:05 Regal 18 3D: Today: 1, 1:30, 3:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:45, 10:10 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:25 Fri-Tues: 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:10, 9:35

Azalea Square, 215 Azalea Square Blvd., Summerville, 821-8000 Cinebarre, 963 Houston-Northcutt Blvd., Mount Pleasant, 884-7885 Citadel Mall Stadium 16 with IMAX, 2072 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., 556-IMAX (4629) Highway 21 Drive In, Beaufort, 846-4500 James Island 8, Folly and Central Park Rd., 795-9499 Hippodrome, 360 Concord St., Suite 100, 724-9132 Cinemark Movies 8, 4488 Ladson Rd., Summerville, 1-800-326-3264 (dial 1415#) Palmetto Grande, U.S. 17 North, Mount Pleasant, 216-TOWN Regal Cinemas 18, 2401 Mall Drive, North Charleston, 529-1946 Terrace, 1956-D Maybank Hwy., 762-9494 Ivanhoe Cinema 4, Walterboro, 549-6400

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MORNING GLORY ★★★★ PG-13

RED ★★½ PG-13

TANGLED PG

Cinebarre: Today: 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 Citadel 16: Today-Tues: noon, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 James Island 8: Today: 3:25, 6:10, 8:50 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 Regal 18: Today: 12:40, 3:35, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:40

S’ville Cinemark 8: Wed-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:55, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35

A princess escapes her tower-prison in this Disney-animated film based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale “Rapunzel.”

Four former CIA agents become targets for assassination.

TV producer Becky Fuller attempts to revive a struggling morning news show.

Cinebarre: Today: 4:20, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:10, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 12:10, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35 James Island 8: Today: 3:15, 6, 8:45 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:15, 7, 9:45 Sat-Sun: 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:40, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Regal 18: Today: 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 2, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10

THE TILLMAN STORY ★★★★ R

This film unveils the military’s manipulation of Pat Tillman’s death.

SAW VII 3D ★ R

Terrace: Today: 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:05

THE TOWN ★★★½ R

A continuation of serial killer Jigsaw’s exploits.

Cinebarre: Today: 4:15, 7:05, 9:30 Citadel 16: Today: 12:50, 2:50, 5, 7, 9:20 Fri-Tues: 7 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:45, 5:40, 8:10, 10:25 Regal 18: Today: 12:50, 3:10, 5:25, 7:55 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 9:40 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:10

A bank robber develops feelings for a victim and wards off a determined FBI agent. Palmetto Grande: Today: 4:15, 9:45

UNSTOPPABLE ★★★ PG-13

SECRETARIAT ★★ PG

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery takes over her parents’ stable, enters the male-dominated horse racing business, and eventually fosters a Triple Crown winner.

LIONSGATE

Russell Crowe (left) and Rza star in “The Next Three Days.”

Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 11:55, 12:35, 2, 2:40, 4:10, 4:50, 7, 7:55, 9:10, 10 Cinebarre: Today: 4:10, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:05, 4:05, 7:25, 10 James Island 8: Today: 4:10, 4:35, 9 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Regal 18: Today: 12:30, 1:25, 2:55, 4:30, 5:20, 7:15, 7:45, 9:25, 10:10 FriThurs, Nov. 25: 12:30, 1:25, 3:35, 4:30, 6:55, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:15, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55

Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Hwy 21: Today: 8:35 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30

SKYLINE ★ PG-13

*THE NEXT THREE DAYS ★★★ PG-13

An extraterrestrial force descends on Los Angeles.

When his wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is convicted of murder, John Brennan (Russell Crowe) must free her from prison.

Cinebarre: Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:55, 4:10, 7:30, 10:35 Citadel 16: Fri-Tues: 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 James Island 8: Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:15, 7:10, 10 Sat-Sun: 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10 Regal 18: Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25:1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 ★★★ R

Citadel 16: Today: 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7, 9 Fri-Tues: 2:30, 4:30, 7, 9 Palmetto Grande: Today: 9:40 Regal 18: Today: 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:20

WAITING FOR SUPERMAN ★★★★½ PG

Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Cinebarre: Today: 4:40, 7:20, 10 Fri-Sun: 1:25, 4:25, 9:30 Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:25, 4:25, 7:05, 9:30 Hwy 21: Today: 7:30 Fri-Sun and Tues: 8:35 James Island 8: Today: 4:05, 6:30, 8:55 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:35, 7:05, 9:30 Sat-Sun: 2:15, 4:35, 7:05, 9:30 Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10 Regal 18: Today: 12:45, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:55, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35 S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10 Fri-Tues: 12:40, 3 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Wed-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20

A documentary by Davis Guggenheim analyzing the failures of the American public education system.

Citadel 16: Today: 2:20, 7:10 Fri-Tues: 12:30

WHAT IF... PG A high-paid executive gets a glimpse of what his life would have looked like if he had made different choices.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK ★★★★½ PG-13

After a series of supposed “break-ins,” a family sets up security cameras, which reveal more than they expected.

THEATERS

A veteran train engineer and young conductor must stop an unmanned train before it destroys a city.

Regal 18: Today: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER ★★★★ R

A computer programming genius encounters problems as he creates a revolutionary global social network.

Cinebarre: Today: 7:40 Citadel 16: Today: 4:45, 9:35 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55

This film follows the passions and delusions of two couples.

Terrace: Today: 4:30, 7:15 Fri-Tue: 4:05, 7:05, 9:30

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Lisa Abernathy finds peace in fabric BY VIKKI MATSIS

Special to The Post and Courier

isa Abernathy speaks in the soft language of fabric, pattern, texture and color. Her current artwork evolved through her love of poetry. As a result of her belief that everything in life should be a beautiful it can be, Abernathy created delicate journals covered in fabric to house her handwritten words. About a year ago, she began to tell stories through her fabric. Concepts would take shape in the form of an image, and through the process of cutting and hand sewing, she would begin the process of self-expression through folk art. Most of the fabric Abernathy uses comes from thrift stores; she is drawn to vintage patterns and recycled material. “There’s a quiet awakening of myself that comes through this work. It’s like a meditation. The scattered chatter of the day fades, I can tune in to a deeper reserve and I finish the work on my art refreshed. Additionally, there’s a lot of hurt and loneliness in the world. I hope my pieces melt some of that,” she said. Abernathy spends half of her time in Charleston and the other half in Asheville, N.C., as a graduate student of Chinese medicine. In her car is a suitcase that contains her art supplies and travels with her around the Southeast. Abernathy spoke about how her studies to become an acupuncturist and her art coalesce. “The realm of Chinese medicine has really expanded my vision of the cycles and rhythms of the world, my holistic understanding of people, and given me a deeper look into the ways poetry can infuse all aspects of life. My art keeps

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$350 OFF my brain making new connections, roots me deeper into my self and expands my mindfulness.” Abernathy has been curating a series of art shows called Shibboleth with Seth Corts at Muddy Waters Coffee Shop in West Ashley. Her artwork will be featured at the Dec. 10 event, beginning at 6:30 p.m. View her artwork at the closing reception for the Unearthed art exhibit 39 p.m. Saturday at Rick Rhodes Photography, 1842

Belgrade Ave. CONTACT INFO: lisaabernathy13@yahoo.com. BIRTH DATE AND PLACE: June 1980. RESIDENCE: James Island and Asheville. FAMILY: Mother, Cindy; father, Jim; sister, Sarah; cats, Albert and Stuie. EDUCATION: Pursuing my graduate degree in Chinese medicine at Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts in Asheville. Bachelor of Art in psychology, minor in English, Ap-

palachian State University, 2001. CAREER: Aspiring acupuncturist, artist and grant writer. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?: “The Girl Who Played With Fire” (Stieg Larsson) and a plethora of Chinese medicine books. INFLUENCES: Japanese and American folk art, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Henry Darger. PRICE RANGE: $25-$175.

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HOLIDAY MARKET: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Charleston Area Convention Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive., North Charleston. $7 adults, $1 children 6-12. Get a jump on Christmas shopping at the “Lowcountry’s Complete Holiday Experience.” The market will feature holiday arts and crafts, food, decor, music and more. 336-282-5550 or www. holidaymarket.com. “UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS”: 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23-24; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Nov. 25. North Charleston Coliseum, 5001 Coliseum Drive. $13.50$24.50. UniverSoul Circus features a diverse collection of performers from Asia, Europe and Africa and combines art, theatre and music. 800-3167439, www.ticketmaster.com or www.universoulcircus.com. GUN AND KNIFE SHOW: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 27; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 28. $7 adults, children 12 and under free. Exchange Park Fairgrounds, 9850 U.S. Hwy. 78, Ladson. The Land of Sky Gun and Knife Show is back with 300 tables of books, ammunition, accessories, surplus and, of course, knives and guns. Nov. 27-28 is a tax-free weekend for gun shopping. 770-630-7296. “A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS”: 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at Royal Missionary Baptist Church, 761 Luelle Ave., North Charleston; 3 p.m. Nov. 28 at Historic Bethel UMC, 57 Pitt St., Charleston. $10-$25. The Charleston Symphony

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HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: 5:30-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 5:30-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday through Jan. 2. James Island County Park, 871 Riverland Drive, James Island. $10 for carloads of 1-15 people, $25 carloads of 16-30, $100 carloads of 31 or more. Call 795-4386 or visit www.holidayfestivaloflights.com. CHARLESTON FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Marion Square. Local vendors offer produce, plants,

baked goods and more. 7247309. COOSAW POINTE FARMERS MARKET: 1-6 p.m. Wednesday. Ball field behind Publix, 8409 Dorchester Road, North Charleston. www.coosawpointe.com. FRESHFIELDS VILLAGE FARMERS AND ART MARKET: 4-8 p.m. Mondays. Freshfields Village at the crossroads of Kiawah and Seabrook islands. Purchase local produce, honey, gourmet items, barbecue and live music. www.freshfieldsvillage.com. MARKET AT ROSEBANK FARMS: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Rosebank Farms, 4455 Betsy Kerrison Parkway, Johns Island. The farm will offer local produce, seafood, baked goods,

flowers and more. 768-0508 or www.rosebankfarms.com. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FORUM: 7-8 p.m. third Wednesday of each month. C of C Hollings Science Center, Room 112, 58 Coming St. Free. Network at Mellow Mushroom afterward. www.gogreencharleston.org. ASTRONOMY CLUB: 7-9 p.m. First Thursday of each month. Atlantic Aviation, 6060 Aviation Ave., North Charleston. The Lowcountry Stargazers Astronomy Club meets each month. www.lowcountrystargazers.org. ART DISCOVERY WALKING TOURS: 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. $20. 90-minute tour highlights historic sites that have inspired artists for

centuries. www.charlestonwalks.com or 729-3420. “ART IN THE EVENING”: 7:30 p.m. Fridays. Charleston Market. An art show and sale accompanied by live music. 937-0920. BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: 7-8 p.m. Thursdays. Ballroom Dance Club of Charleston, 1632 Ashley Hall Road. $30 per month. Taught by Steven Duane. 557-7690. BALLROOM DANCE PARTIES: Every weekend (except holidays). Creative Spark Center for the Arts, 757 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant. $10 (may increase for theme or dinner parties). Adult ballroom dance party with group lessons beforehand. 881-3780. BEGINNER SHAG LESSONS: 8:15 p.m. Mondays. Arthur Murray Dance Studio, 1706 Old Towne Road. $10 per class. 5712183 or www.arthurmurraychs. com. BRIDGE LESSONS: 3-5 p.m. or 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays. Bridge Center, 1740 Ashley River Road. $135 for 11 beginner sessions. 556-4145. BOOK LOVERS GROUP: 7-9 p.m. third Friday of every month. Dreamalot Books, 123B S. Goose Creek Blvd. Come with a book and a snack. 5724188. CANOE AND KAYAK TOURS: 9 a.m.-noon. Saturdays. Francis Beidler Forest, 336 Sanctuary Road, Harleyville. $30 adults, $15 children 6-12. Paddle through virgin swamp while a naturalist points out plants and animals. 462-2150 or www. beidlerforest.com. CAROLINA SHAG WORKSHOPS: Saturdays. Trudy’s School of Dance, 830 Folly Road, James Island. $25 for two-hour lessons. For students at any level. Registration required. 795-8250. CELTIC FIDDLE CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Na Fidleiri and the Taylor Music Group will conduct preparatory classes. 819-6961. CHARLESTON CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE: 7 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month. Ryan’s restaurant, 829 St. Andrews

Blvd. jeannescla@aol.com. CHARLESTON MUSIC CLUB: Free music programs through May. 795-7842 or www.charlestonmusicclub.org. CHARLESTON POETRY SERIES: 7 p.m. Fourth Tuesday of each month. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. 577-6400. CHOPSTICKS: 3-5 p.m. Fridays. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. All ages. Light classical music and favorite children’s songs while kids color with friends. 805-6930. CHORUS REHEARSALS: 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesdays. Franke at Seaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Mount Pleasant. The Franke Chorus invites men and women to join. 654-5973, 881-1158 or 881-9691. CHRISTOPHER’S READING ROOM: 4-4:30 p.m. Thursdays. Johns Island Library, 3531 Maybank Highway. Grades 6-12. Earn one Johns Island Library dollar for each session. 5591945. “COMMON GROUND-SOLID GROUND”: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. Marion Square. Join the Grassroots Call to Action Group for nonpartisan open discussion. 810-0088 or www.grassrootschange.ning.com. CYPRESS SWAMP TOURS: 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Middleton Place Outdoor Center, 4300 Ashley River Road. $55-$65. 266-7492 or www.middletonplace.org. DANGEROUS BOOK CLUB: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. Explore something new every week from “The Dangerous Book for Boys.” 805-6930. DANGEROUS BOYS CLUB: 7:30 p.m. first Friday of each month. Barnes & Noble, 1716 Towne Centre Way, Mount Pleasant. Community leaders will host meetings based on activities from “The Dangerous Book for Boys.” 216-9756. EARLY MORNING BIRD WALKS: 8:30 a.m.-noon. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Caw Caw Interpretive Center,

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5200 Savannah Highway, Ravenel. $5; Gold Pass members free. Preregistration encouraged, but walk-ins welcome. 795-4386 or www.ccprc.com. EAST COOPER COFFEE CLUB: 10 a.m. Fourth Wednesday of each month. Franke at Seaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Mount Pleasant. Bring a mug and see presentations by different speakers. Refreshments will be provided. 856-2166. EDISTO ISLAND MUSEUM: 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Dec. 31. Edisto Island Museum, 8123 Chisolm Plantation Road. An art exhibit by Bruce Nellsmith. 869-1954. “FACE LIFT”: Through Dec. 5. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. The museum presents a collection of American portraiture from the 1700s to present day. 722-2706 or www. gibbesmuseum.org. “FAVELAS” EXHIBIT: Through Tuesday. City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau St. Pedro Lobo, artist in residence at the Art Institute of Charleston, presents “Favelas: Architecture of Survival,” a collection of photographs of Rio de Janeiro’s squatter settlements. 958-6484. FOLLY BEACH BLUEGRASS SOCIETY: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. The Kitchen, 11 Center St. Bring an instrument and participate in an open jam. 345-1678. FREE SHAG LESSONS: 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Mojo’s, 975 Bacons Bridge Road, Summerville. 214-0242. “FREUD AND PSYCHOANALYSIS”: Through mid-December. Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring St. Free. The museum will host an exhibit consisting of about two dozen of Sigmund Freud’s original manuscripts. 853-4651. THE GATHERING BOOK GROUP: 7 p.m. Last Thursday of each month. Barnes & Noble, 1716 Towne Centre Way, Mount Pleasant. 216-9756. GRASSROOTS CALL TO ACTION: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. Fort Johnson Cafe and Coffee, 1014 Fort Johnson Road, James Island. 810-0088 or grassroots calltoaction@gmail.com. “HARRY POTTER’S WORLD”: Through Jan. 7. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. The library will host a

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Charleston Ballet Theatre will perform “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Black Box Theatre, 477 King St. Tickets are $22 for adults and $12 for children. Call 723-7334 or visit www. charlestonballet.org. traveling exhibit titled “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine.” 805-6930. “LET’S DISCUSS IT” BOOK GROUP: 10 a.m. Third Friday of each month. Mount Pleasant Regional Library, 1133 Mathis Ferry Road. New members welcome. shgalos@juno.com. LOWCOUNTRY BACKPACKERS CLUB: 7-8:30 p.m. second Thursday of each month. Collins Park Clubhouse, 4115 Fellowship Road, North Charleston. OPEN STUDIO: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Last Tuesday of each month. The Meeting Place, 1077 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. $5. Each class will be taught by professional artists. 740-5854. PARENT/CHILD BALLROOM CLASSES: 6:30-7 p.m. Thursdays. G.M. Darby Building, 302 Pitt St., Mount Pleasant. $30

residents, $37 nonresidents. Parents and youths ages 5-9 will learn basic dance steps. 849-2061 or www.townofmountpleasant.com. POSTPARTUM SUPPORT GROUP: 6:30-8 p.m. First and third Thursday of each month. Church of the Holy Cross, 299 Seven Farms Drive, Daniel Island. Psychologist Risa MasonCohen leads a support group. 769-0444. POWDER MAGAZINE LUNCH AND LECTURE SERIES: Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday. The Powder Magazine, 79 Cumberland St. $16 per lecture or $116 for series. Each week will feature a different speaker as well as deli-style lunches from various local restaurants. 7229350 or www.powdermag.org. PRESERVATION TECH TOURS: 8:30-10:30 a.m. First Saturday of each month. Drayton Hall, 3380 Ashley River

Road. $20 members, $25 nonmembers. Tours will showcase the technical aspects of the plantation’s preservation efforts, design, architecture and more. 769-2638 or www.draytonhall.org. “RHYTHM AND STROKES”: Through March 11. The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, 125 Bull St. Free. The center will host an exhibit by artist Hampton R. Olfus Jr. that examines the African diaspora. 953-7609 or www.avery.cofc.edu. SALSA DANCE LESSONS: 6:45 and 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Arthur Murray Dance Studio, 1706 Old Towne Road. $10 per class. Beginner and advanced lessons. 571-2183 or www.arthurmurraychs.com. SALSA NIGHT AT SOUTHEND BREWERY: 10 p.m. Thursdays at Southend Brewery, 161 East Bay St. $4 cover. DJ Luigi mixes live. 853-4677. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE LESSONS: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Felix C. Davis Community Center, 4800 Park Circle, North Charleston. Free. No partner needed. 810-7797. “SEA-RENITY YOGA”: 5:30-7 p.m. First and third Mondays through December. S.C. Aquarium, 100 Aquarium Wharf. $10-$15 per class, $35-$55 for four classes, $70-$110 for eight classes. Tej Thompson will lead Kundalini Yoga classes next to the Great Ocean Tank. 577-FISH or www.scaquarium.org. SEA TURTLE HOSPITAL TOURS: 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays-Sundays. S.C. Aquarium, 100 Aquarium Wharf. $8 ages 2-11, $16 adults, $14 ages 62 and older. Reservations recommended. 577-3474. SQUARE DANCE CLASS: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Felix C. Davis Community Center, 4800 Park Circle, North Charleston. 5523630. SUMMERVILLE 9-12 GROUP: Every third Thursday of the month. Holiday Inn Express, 120 Holiday Drive, Summerville. The Summerville 9-12 Project holds monthly meetings. www.summerville912project.com. SUMMERVILLE WRITERS GUILD: 6:30 p.m. Last Monday of each month. Perkins Restaurant, 1700 Old Trolley Road, Summerville. 871-7824.

SUMMER WINE STROLLS: 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Middleton Place, 4300 Ashley River Road. $10. Wine in the plantation’s gardens. 266-7477 or www.middletonplace.org. TANGO LESSONS: 7:30-8:30 p.m. beginner class; 8:30-9:30 p.m. practice. Tuesdays, MUSC Wellness Center, 45 Courtenay Drive. Free. 345-4930. WEST ASHLEY DEMOCRATS MEETINGS: 6:30-8 p.m. second Monday of each month, Bluerose Cafe, 652 St. Andrews Blvd.; 8-9:30 a.m. third Saturday of each month, Ryan’s restaurant, 829 St. Andrews Blvd. 576-4543. WINE TASTINGS: 6-8 p.m. Fridays. Whole Foods Market, 923 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Mount Pleasant. Until the 2011 Charleston Wine + Food Festival, Whole Foods will host weekly wine tastings to showcase the festival’s winemakers. 971-7240. ZEN MEDITATION: 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Cheri Huber will lead the class, which will focus on meditation and discussion. Call 224-2468.

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“HARRY POTTER” EXHIBIT OPENING: 4-6 p.m. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. Celebrate the opening of “Harry Potter’s World” with children’s activities, costumes, refreshments, trivia and more. 805-6817 or www.ccpl.org. SUMMERVILLE THIRD THURSDAY: 5-8 p.m. Downtown Summerville. Get into the holiday spirit during Summerville DREAM’s Third Thursday Holiday Open House. The event will feature a decorating contest, storytelling, art show, music, shopping and more. 821-7260 or www.summervilledream.org. WINE DINNER: 6 p.m. Bocci’s Italian Restaurant, 158 Church St. $75. Chef John Arnold will team up with the Ben Arnold Beverage Group’s Michelle Braud to present a four-course dinner complete with Italian wine pairings. 720-2121 or www.boccis.com. BLUESPHERE FILM SCREENING: 7 p.m. blues performance; 7:30 p.m. film. Cannon Park, Rutledge Avenue and Calhoun Street. Free. “Bluesphere: Earth Art Expo” will host an outdoor screening of “Citizen Architect:

Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of Rural Studio.” The film’s producer and director will be available for a question and answer session after the film. Free popcorn will be available. 953-4422 or www.halsey.cofc.edu.

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CSO BENEFIT LUNCH: Noon. Carolina’s, 10 Exchange St. $25. Enjoy a delicious lunch at a top Charleston restaurants and support the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. www.kingstreetmarketinggroup.com. OYSTER SHINDIG: 6-10 p.m. Pine Forest Country Club, 1000 Congressional Blvd., Summerville. $30 in advance, $35 at door, $15 ages 5-12. The Summerville Family YMCA will host its fifth annual Oyster Shindig, which will feature oysters, wings, barbecue, dessert, a cash bar, music by the East Coast Party Band and a “pearl dive.” 871-9622 of www.summervilleymca.org. “THE SOUND OF CHARLESTON”: 7 p.m. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. $16-$28. Enjoy performances celebrating Charleston’s musical history. 270-4903 or www. soundofcharleston.com. MONTHLY VARIATIONS: 8-10 p.m. Gullah Cuisine, 1717 Hwy. 17 N., Mount Pleasant. Free. Enjoy an evening of ‘70sthemed musical performances, a comedy routine by Shon Kennedy and even a Soul Train line. 853-8969.

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FEEDING OF THE MULTITUDE: Noon-4 p.m. Call for locations. Eight churches will host the Feeding of the Multitude event that will serve those in need in West Ashley, John Island and Charleston’s East Side. Call 200-4299 or 571-2993 for locations. www.socialministries.com. OPERA AT THE LIBRARY: 12:30 p.m. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. Free. A simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera of Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.” 805-6930. JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY: 1:30 p.m. Berkeley Electric Building, 3351 Maybank Hwy., Johns Island. JoAnne Jones will discuss “Persuasion.” 768-6453.

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FIBER ARTS MEETING: 2 p.m. Charleston Area Senior Center, 269 Meeting St. The Palmetto Fiber Arts Guild will host a program led by Arianne King Comer, “The Gift of Our Creativity.” www.palmetto fiberartsguild.blogspot.com. “IMPENDING WAR” LECTURE SERIES: 2 p.m. Fort Moultrie Visitor’s Center, 1214 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island. Park ranger Gary Alexander will present “Southern Seacoast Forts on the Eve of Secession.” 883-3123 or www.nps. gov/fosu. ART GARAGE SALE: 3-9 p.m. Rick Rhodes Photography and Imaging, 1842 Belgrade Ave. The gallery will host an art sale that will include art by John Pundt, Lisa Abernathy, Scott Debus and others, with pieces starting at $25. A closing reception for “Unearthed” will begin at 7 p.m. and will feature live music by Wawona as well as refreshments and wine. 766-7425 or www.rickrhodesphotography.com. GULLAH FUNDRAISER: 7-10 p.m. Gallery Chuma, 43 John St. Free. Support the GullahGeecheeAngelNetwork during an evening of food, poetry, book signings, music, art and more. 572-6788 or www.gullahgeecheeangelnetwork.com. PARK CIRCLE FILM SOCIETY: 7 p.m. Olde North Charleston Picture House, 4820 Jenkins Ave., North Charleston. $2 members, $5 nonmembers. The club presents “Winnebago Man,” a documentary about the man dubbed “The Angriest RV Salesman in the World.” 628-5534 or www.parkcirclefilms.org. SUMMERVILLE SHAG CLUB: 7 p.m.-midnight. Summerville Country Club, 400 Country Club Blvd. $15. The Summerville Shag Club will host a dance party that will include food and music by the Out of Towners Band. A cash bar will be available. 214-0242. BENEFIT CONCERT: 7:30 p.m. Gage Hall, 4 Archdale St. $10. The Hungry Monks will perform a benefit concert to raise money for academic enrichment programs at local inner-city schools. Refreshments will be available for purchase. 224-4472 or 367-9663.

sunday INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING MEAL: 1:30 p.m. Unity Church of Charleston, 2535 Leeds Ave. Bring a side dish. RSVP by calling 566-0600. www.unitychs.org. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 2:30 p.m. Masonic Center, 1285 Orange Grove Road. The South Carolina Genealogical Society’s Charleston Chapter will hold its monthly meeting, which will include a lecture on the Charleston House of Corrections records by Dr. Nic Butler. 577-2639 or 767-2133. CMC CONCERT: 3 p.m. City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau St. $25. Chamber Music Charleston presents its Gallery Concert Series, which will feature selections by Mozart, Delibes and Schubert. A reception will follow the performance. 763-4941 or www. chambermusiccharleston.org. OYSTER ROAST: 3-7 p.m. Bowens Island Restaurant, 1870 Bowen’s Island Road, James Island. $30 adults, $15 children over 12, free to children 12 and under. Charleston Community Sailing will host its fourth annual oyster roast, which will feature live bluegrass, oysters and barbecue, beverages, a raffle and more. Proceeds will benefit CCS. 607-4890 or www. charlestoncommunitysailing. org. HOSPICE MEMORIAL: 5:30 p.m. Colonial Lake, downtown. Hospice of Charleston Foundation will hold its 22nd annual Candlelight Memorial Ceremony to honor the memories of loved ones who have died. The ceremony will include the lighting of hundreds of luminarias around the lake as well as a performance by Ann Caldwell. www.hospiceofcharlestonfoundation.org.

wednesday

AWENDAW GREEN BARN JAM: 6:30-11 p.m. Awendaw Green, 4879 U.S. Hwy. 17. Free. This week’s performances will showcase contemporary Christian music. Performers will include Amber Caparas, Hanna Burton, Marc Collins and the T Culler Band. Barbecue and drinks will be sold. 452-1642 or www.awendawgreen.com. MOVIES ON THE GREEN: 8 p.m. Eye Level Art, 103 Spring

St. $5. Celebrate “Noir Violence” and enjoy the 2001 film “The Man Who Wasn’t There.” Refreshments will be available for purchase. 425-3576.

nov. 26

CRAFT SHOW: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Saturday. Omar Shrine Convention Center, 176 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant. The East Cooper Crafters Guild will host its 27th annual Holiday Show. Visitors are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item to donate. 737-0927.

nov. 27

charlestonballet.org.

call for entries

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Receiver Time-Based Media Festival is looking for artists who work in time-based media to submit their work. The festival will take place at various locations around Charleston on March 10-13. Visit www.receiverfest.com or contact Jarod Charzewski or Liz Vaughan at receiverfest@gmail.com for submission guidelines.

volunteers

CITY OF CHARLESTON

GREENHOUSE: Volunteers are needed to help produce the fall crop. 958-6434. ARTISTS NEEDED: The Cultural Arts Alliance of Greater Summerville is looking for artists to submit paintings for its first Town Hall Art Show. 871-0297. SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE: Volunteers are needed. Call Carolyn at 569-0870. TRICOUNTY FAMILY MINISTRIES: The organization is in need of experienced cooks and men’s, women’s and children’s clothing. 747-1788 or www.tricountyfamilyministries.org.

CHARITY AUCTION: 6-8 p.m. Gage Hall, 4 Archdale St. $10 donation includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. The Charleston Tibetan Society will host its annual silent and live auctions. 937-4849.

ACE’S ON BRIDGE By BOBBY WOLFF

nov. 28

FRIENDS OF MCLEOD OYSTER ROAST: 2-6 p.m. Bowens Island Restaurant, 1870 Bowen’s Island Road, James Island. $20 in advance, $25 at door. The Friends of McLeod will host its annual oyster roast and silent auction. Enjoy oysters, barbecue, hotdogs, dessert, drinks and music. 795-3544 or www. mcleodplantation.org.

theater/dance

“OLIVER TWIST”: 8 p.m. today-Saturday. The Village Playhouse, 730-E Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant. $12-$27. A dark production of Charles Dickens’ literary classic about a young orphan who gets caught up with a gang of pickpockets. 856-1579 or www.villageplayhouse.com. “SONGS OF SONDHEIM” DINNER THEATRE: 7 p.m. Friday. Charleston Area Convention Center Ballroom, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. $35. Enjoy dinner and a collection of performances celebrating the music of composer Stephen Sondheim. 7405854. “HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS”: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Black Box Theatre, 477 King St. $22 adults, $12 children. The Charleston Ballet Theatre’s Children’s Series brings back its interpretation of Dr. Seuss’s classic story. 723-7334 or www.

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Moxie Fridays in

Courage. Vigor. Determination. Verve. Skill. Pep. Know-how.

The Principle of Restricted Choice applies when an opponentplaysanhonorandyouneed tofindatouchinghonorbyeither playing for the drop or finessing. It says that the missing honor is more likely to be in the other hand because with both honors a defender had a choice of which to play. Say you are missing four cards including the queen and jack. When you play the ace, one opponent plays an honor. Do you play him for Q-J-doubleton or a singleton honor? With Q-J-doubleton, the defender might have played either honor at his first turn; with a singleton honor, the player had no choice. The odds heavily favor finessing on the next round, playing him for a singleton honor. The same theory can be applied to situations like the one in today’s deal, where North-South bid to their best game — four hearts. The defenders started with three rounds of spades. Declarer won and cashed the heart king and ace. When West played the queen, declarer, using the Principle of Restricted Choice, correctlydecidedthatanoriginal holding of honor-doubleton was more likely than Q-J-7. Accordingly, declarer played a club to dummy’s ace, ruffed a club, took the diamond king, crossed to dummy’s diamond ace, and played winning clubs through East. It did not matter when East ruffed in. Whether he ruffed high or low, declarer would lose just one trump trick.

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DOONESBURY By Garry Trudeau

B.C. By Mastroianni & Hart

SALLY FORTH By Francesco Marciuliano & Craig Macintosh

PEANUTS By Charles Schulz

JUMP START By Robb Armstrong

BLONDIE By Dean Young

DUSTIN By Steve Kelley & Jeff Parker

CURTIS By Ray Billingsley

GARFIELD By Jim Davis

WORD GAME

YESTERDAY’S WORD: DEXTERITY

deer deity deter Average mark 20 dexter words Time limit 35 minutes diet dieter Can you find 31 dire or more words in dirt LIASED? dirty The list will be published tomorrow. ditty dyer – United Feature 11/18 edit

TODAY’S WORD: LIASED

Syndicate

eery eider exert exit eyed eyrie teed text tide tidy tied tier

tire titer tree trey tried trite reed reedy rete retie ride rite

THE RULES yeti

◗ Words must be four

or more letters.

◗ Words which ac-

quire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats,” are not used. ◗ Only one form of a verb is used. For example, either “pose” or “posed,” not both. ◗ No proper nouns or slang words are used.

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DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest & John Reiner

MARMADUKE By Brad Anderson

BIZARRO By Dan Piraro

Yesterday’s Solution

ZIGGY By Tom Wilson

CROSSWORD PUZZLE MORE GAMES AND PUZZLES AT POSTANDCOURIER.COM/GAMES

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NON SEQUITUR By Wiley Miller

BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg & Brian Walker

MALLARD FILLMORE By Bruce Tinsley

JUDGE PARKER By Woody Wilson & Mike Manley

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE By Lynn Johnston

ROSE IS ROSE By Pat Brady & Don Wimmer

MARY WORTH By Joe Giella & Karen Moy

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE By Stephan Pastis

HI AND LOIS By Brian & Greg Walker & Chris Browne

LUANN By Greg Evans

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THE WIZARD OF ID By Brant Parker

BABY BLUES By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

DILBERT By Scott Adams

ANDY CAPP By Reg Smythe

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE By Chris Browne GET FUZZY By Darby Conley

ZITS By Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

GRAND AVENUE By Steve Breen

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll be emotional. Don’t jump impulsively into something that has proven to be difficult in the past.

Things are really cooking around you, so don’t take time to rest when you should be in the middle of all the excitement.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You cannot change much personally or professionally right now, but you can discover interesting ways to make life better.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Spending unnecessarily will lead to worry and stress. Budget wisely and put your money into something that will grow in value.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): An opportunity is apparent and you don’t want to miss out because someone forgot to mention something important.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): You’ll feel burdened by someone who doesn’t enjoy the same things you do. Consider whether or not you are wasting your time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ll be taken advantage of if you are too willing to do for others. Keep your finger on the pulse at work or where new positions are being posted. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): If you don’t see any options, you aren’t looking hard enough. There is plenty going on, so start sharing your thoughts and including people in your plans.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22DEC. 21): Your determination and progressive action will lead to controversy but will also help you stand out and be counted. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Love is apparent but may take you by surprise. Make sure you aren’t infringing on someone else’s territory. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Remember your dreams and goals and try to incorporate them into your current lifestyle or situation. You will gain greater perspective. PISCES (FEB. 19MARCH 20): You should allow time for learning and applying what you have discovered. Someone will be quick to complain or criticize.

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