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What’s inside 5 | On a budget?

Check out Dollar Days, written

by Charleston Scene editor Allison Nugent

6-8 | Movies

“Bully,” “Chimpanzee”

9 | Movie listings 13-15 | Food + Bev

Filipino Cafe and Bakery, Iacofano’s Bistro & Bar, Chew on This

17 | Arts

A look at upcoming events

18-19 | Weekend events 23-24 | Music

CD reviews, upcoming shows

26-28 | Calendar, Nightlife, Sudoku 30-34 | Comics + TV grid

With horoscopes and a crossword puzzle

35 | Trivia, Abby

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Another busy weekend in the Lowcountry S o much to do and so little time! So we’re just going to jump into the deep end.

Food Truck Festival

Crisis Ministries will host six food trucks 11 a.m.2 p.m. Friday to support Charleston’s homeless.

Geechee Island, Roti Rolls, HELLO My Name is BBQ, Diggity Doughnuts, The Magic Cheese Truck and Happy Camper Snowballs will be behind Crisis Ministries (573 Meeting St.) on Walnut Street.

There’s no attendance charge, but attendees are encouraged to bring summer supplies such as deodorant and sunscreen, and canned food is always accepted.

Go to www.charlestonhomeless.org or call 7239477.

Moonlight Mixer

Dust off your dancing shoes as shagging returns to the Folly Beach Fishing Pier.

Starting at 7 p.m., dance Friday night away to the sounds of oldies and beach music provided by DJ Jim. Tickets are $10, $8 if you’re a Charleston County resident.

Beverages will be available for purchase.

Go to www.ccprc.com or call 795-for details.

doing demonstrations while the Carolina Ladies Aide Society will demonstrate domestic arts.

Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., will be “National Junior Ranger Day.” Events will include historic cricket, lawn hoops, nature-trail bingo, dyeing handkerchiefs with indigo, dress-up chests and other period games.

Call 881-5516 for reservations. Go to www.nps.gov/ chpi.

groups, play on a climbing wall, bounce around in jump castles and more at this family event during the Charleston Farmers Market.

Call 853-8962 or go to www.explorecml.org.

Taste of Goose Creek

This annual event will be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Provided Church, 510 St James Ave. The Teddy Bear Picnic will Sample a variety of fare, be 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday at including Filipino, Hispanic, Hampton Park.

Irish, Italian and of course Fam Jam American. Games and acNational Park Week Children’s Museum of the tivities will be available for In celebration of National Lowcountry is holding a free the kids. Admission and Park Week, the Charles Fam Jam Festival 10 a.m.parking are free.

Pinckney National Historic 2 p.m. Saturday in Marion Call 572-1270.

Site will hold free events to Square.

Family Fun on Creek celebrate outdoor activities Compete in a series of This family-friendly event and American heritage. physical challenges, listen From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, to live music from the Elec- features live music, food, jump castles, a petting zoo, “Colonial Day” will feature tric Company, watch perpony rides, harbor cruises craftsmen in period dress formances by local school

on the Palmetto Breeze and more. Tickets are $10, $5 for children 5-12 and under 5 get in free.

The event will be held noon-5 p.m. Sunday at Lighthouse on the Creek, 100 Church St. Call 953-3715 or go to www.charlestonhalos.org.

Teddy Bear Picnic

This annual free event put on by the Charleston Parks Conservancy will be held 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday at Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Blvd.

Pack a picnic lunch and enjoy live music and entertainment. Children can participate in a dunking booth, face-painting, a bubble factory and craft stations.

Call 724-5003 or check out www.charlestonparks conservancy.org

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‘Bully’

WeInsteIn Co.

Alex Libby’s story became the focus of the film “Bully.”

Film delivers emotional impact

By Kenneth turan Los Angeles Times

and younger audience. and “Bully” has an emotional impact that must be viewed to be understood. f you feel like you’ve already read quite a passion project for filmmaker Lee a bit about the documentary “Bully,” hirsch, who also served as his own you have. But that still won’t prepare cinematographer, “Bully” hopscotches you for the experience of seeing it. around the country looking at the situa“Bully” has been in the news a lot tions of five children who have suffered lately because it received a restrictive the effects of bullying. r rating (for a small amount of bad two of these children are unable to aplanguage) and then chose to go into pear on camera. They’re represented by theaters unrated; the film’s director sub- their parents because they were driven to sequently negotiated a PG-13 rating to suicide by persistent taunting, a situation open it up to a wider audience. that is every bit as disturbing as it sounds.

Its distributor, Weinstein Co., made as difficult as it is to watch children that choice because the film’s subject being bullied, it is just as hard to experimatter, the pervasiveness of schoolence the look of unfathomable despair related bullying and what can be done Please see ‘bully’, Page e7 about it, cries out for a high school age

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movie review

1/2 (out of five stars) Director: Lee Hirsch cast: Ja’Meya Jackson, Kelby Johnson, Londa Johnson, Bob Johnson, Alex Libby, Jackie Libby, Philip Libby, Maya Libby, Jada Libby, ethan Libby, Logan Libby, Kim Lockwood, David Long, tina Long, teryn Long, troy Long rateD: PG-13 running time: 1 hour, 34 minutes What DiD you think?: Find this review at charleston scene.com and offer your opinion.

special screening WInGs, a local nonprofit, is hosting a special screening of “Bully” at 4 p.m. sunday at the terrace theater, 1956 Maybank Highway. the screening will include brief remarks by WInGs

Ceo Bridget Laird, and attendees will receive a complimentary anti-bullying kit. to end the event, the Cupcake van will be on-site with free cupcakes for attendees. tickets are being offered

for a discounted price of $5 (regularly $7) at the box office. For more on the terrace theater, go to terrace theater.com.

WInGs began in 1996 in Charleston and, according to the organization, is the

only group in the U.s. focusing on teaching social and emotional skills to elementary kids in an after-school setting. to learn more about WInGs go to, www.wings forkids.org or call 296-1667.

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what some kids go through on a daily basis, “Bully” on the face of David Long concentrates on the situation of Murray County, Ga., of 12-year-old Alex Libby of whose 17-year-old son, Tyler, Sioux City, Iowa. Ironically, hanged himself in a closet in precisely because the Sioux the family home.

City school board takes the “I knew he would be vicbullying problem seriously, timized at some point in it allowed filmmaker Hirsch time,” the father says, debroad access to East Middle scribing the indescribable.

School and to the buses “He had a target on his back. where much of the bullying Everyone knew that.” of Alex takes place.

Sharing that agony is Kirk Since the kids on the bus Smalley of Oklahoma, whose were used to treating Alex 11-year-old son also took his with impunity and because own life. “We’re nobody,” Hirsch shot with a small says the father, searching Canon 5D Mark II, no one around for answers to why held back from hitting and family complaints about cursing Alex just because a school bullying had gone un- camera was present, which is heeded. “If it had been some where the footage that gave politician’s son, there’d be a “Bully” its R-rating came law tomorrow.” from.

This theme of parental Hirsch clearly developed difficulty in getting satisfac- a strong rapport with Alex, tory responses from those a bright, aware kid with in authority positions in an awkward manner who schools is one of “Bully’s” seems to confide in the constant refrains. Adults filmmaker more than in are portrayed as clueless his own parents. Alex is and ineffectual, reduced to desperate for friends, and either “kids will be kids” he doesn’t want to make platitudes or hand-wringing waves, so he spends quite a sentiments such as, “This is bit of time trying to downan awfully complicated and play the extent of his bullydifficult situation.” ing, until Hirsch takes the When it comes to showing unusual step of showing ‘bully’, from E6

adults some of the footage he has shot.

For a variety of reasons, the two other teens depicted get less — and less effective — screen time than Alex.

Though we hear from Kelby Johnson, a 16-year-old from Tuttle, Okla., who was ostracized when she came out as a lesbian, we do not see her being taunted. And young Ja’Meya Jackson of Yazoo County, Miss., who took her mother’s handgun to her school bus to stop chronic bullying, is in so much trouble that we hardly hear from her at all.

“Bully” is not comprehensive, the more modern torments of cyber bullying are not much dealt with, and it can feel haphazard as it jumps back and forth between its subjects.

Still, the film’s cumulative force is considerable, and, more than that, it shows the efficacy of a recent “I Stand for the Silent” campaign that encourages all kids to speak up when they see bullying taking place.

Maybe, this film suggests, getting power to the powerless is not as impossible as it sounds.

The people behind ‘Bully’

BY JEn CHAnEY The Washington Post Before filmmaker Lee Hirsch began shooting the documentary “Bully,” he walked into a school board meeting in Sioux City, Iowa, and asked for permission to film students and staff for months, while retaining full editorial control.

“We need to be in buses, classrooms, in the halls for one year,” Hirsch recalls telling officials that evening in 2008. “And we’re going to tell an honest story about what we find. And they agreed.”

“Bully” aims to show what teen bullying looks like in contemporary America, in all its cruelty. Shot beginning in 2009 in Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia and Mississippi, the film focuses on five families coping with the daily abuse their kids experience under the noses of sometimes apathetic administrators. Two of those

families lost sons to suicide.

To capture incredibly personal details, Hirsch needed unlimited access. Surprisingly, worried parents, tormented students and imageconscious educators were willing to grant it.

As “Bully” prepared to open, some participants explain why they did.

The parents of 12-year-old Alex Libby, a gangly, irrepressibly innocent Sioux City boy who has become the de facto face of “Bully,” believed the experience might help their withdrawn son. Alex has Asperger’s and at the time of filming was mired in a two-year depression, his mother said.

“Bully” reveals the intensity of Alex’s abuse. Hirsch’s cameras captured kids bashing his head into seats, stabbing him with pencils and threatening to kill him. Things got so dire that Hirsch ultimately showed the more disturbing footage

to staff members at Sioux City’s East Middle School and to Alex’s parents.

Paul Gausman, superintendent of the Sioux City Community School District, said officials granted access, with approvals from individual parents, because of a longstanding partnership with the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention. A partner on the film, the institute has spent years helping implement anti-bullying curricula in Sioux City schools.

“We had hoped that some of our success and some of our triumphs to prevent bullying would have made it into the film,” Gausman admits.

“Am I disappointed that certain scenes in the film show us in a less-than-positive light? Of course I am,” Gausman said. “But I believe this district was willing to stick our chin out there just a little bit because this is that important.”

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DisNey

Oscar and alpha male Freddy

Disney swings for the trees with ‘Chimpanzee’

By RogeR MooRe McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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isney’s 2012 movie offering for earth Day is a gorgeous and technically dazzling look inside the world of chimpanzees: their use of tools, their nurturing instincts, their means of organization during fights and hunts for smaller monkeys, whom they sometimes eat.

But “Chimpanzee” is also a throwback, a documentary that follows a baby chimp named oscar as he struggles to learn the ways of his tribe and to survive in the dense rain forests of Africa’s Ivory Coast. It’s moving and entertaining as well as informative.

And as Tim Allen narrates and the chimps themselves provide moments of low comedy and high pathos, you might be reminded of the studio’s popular “True Life Adventures” nature docs of the last century, films that humanized, sometimes to the point of cloying, their wild and untamed subjects.

In a vast, fog-enshrouded jungle, we meet baby oscar, his mom, Isha, and the chimp in charge of this tribe, Freddy, an alpha male tasked with

movie review

1/2 (out of five stars) Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield cast: Narrated by Tim Allen rateD: G running time: 1 hour, 24 minutes What DiD you think?: Find this review at charlestonscene.com and offer your opinion. keeping order and keeping other chimp packs from invading their turf, eating their figs and taking over the grove of nut trees that keeps oscar’s extended family fed, even in the jungle’s lean months.

They’ve learned to use rocks and sticks to open the nuts.

But despite this advantage, the vast “army” of chimps led by one-eyed “Scar” (of course) threatens to chase them to the hinterlands, where the food promises to be more scarce.

If you see allegories in human behavior among our primate cousins, take that as purely intentional, too.

Allen’s narration makes this kid-friendly film even more

so, though the script does tend toward underscoring that which is made obvious by the images on the screen.

And since these chimpanzees use tools, you know “Tool Time” Allen will join them in a healthy grunt or two.

But that doesn’t spoil what is a lovely film, all extreme close-ups of chimps grooming, eating (with their mouths open), working out which rocks or sticks are good for cracking nuts and which aren’t. Watching the chimps hunt tiny monkeys (nothing remotely graphic is shown) for food is a lesson in roleplaying, teamwork and elementary tactics. We see them build their intricate “sleeping platforms” at night, wash their food and pass down knowledge from parents to children.

Nature itself makes a glorious set as we’re treated to stunning shots of fluorescent mushrooms and dazzling little-known waterfalls. After the omnibus documentary “earth” and the broader “African Cats” (by the same filmmakers), Disney may have hit on just the right mix of information and entertainment with “Chimpanzee,” the best Disneynature film yet.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012: E9 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.

Opening

TERRACE: Fri-Thurs April 26: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7:05, 8:50

April 26: 1, 4, 7:20, 9:55 CITADEl: Today: 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 JAMES ISlAND: Today-Fri: 4:25, 7:20, 9:55; Sat-Sun: 1:35, 4:25, 7:20, 9:55; Mon-Thurs April 26: 4:25, 7:20, 9:55 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 1:15, 4:05, 7:10, 9:45 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:15 REGAl 18: Today: 2:05, 4:40, 7:45

CITADEl: Today: 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 JAMES ISlAND: Today-Fri: 4:20, 7:10, 9:30; Sat-Sun: 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30; Mon-Thurs April 26: 4:20, 7:10, 9:30 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:20, 9:40 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 2:40, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 REGAl 18: Today: 1:40, 4, 4:35, 7:10, 7:40

Chimpanzee

Act of Valor

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

This Disney documentary follows a 3-year-old chimpanzee as he gets separated from his troop and is adopted by a fully grown male chimpanzee.

An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a secret mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA agent and ultimately discover an imminent global threat.

1/2

Bully PG-13

This documentary follows the lives of five high school students who are victims of bullying on a daily basis.

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TERRACE: Fri-Sat: 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 7:15, 8:40; Sun: 12:30, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 7:15, 8:40; Mon-Thurs April 26: 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 7:15, 8:40

The Lucky One PG-13

A Marine returns to North Carolina after serving in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman in a photograph he believes was his good luck charm.

CINEbARRE: Fri: 1:10, 4:10, 7:30, 10; Sat-Sun: 10:40, 1:10, 4:10, 7:30, 10; Mon-Thurs April 26: 1:10, 4:10, 7:30, 10 Hwy 21: Fri-Sun: 8; Thurs April 26: 8 JAMES ISlAND: Fri: 4:30, 7:10, 9:40; Sat-Sun: 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40; Mon-Thurs April 26: 4:30, 7:10, 9:40

Think Like A Man PG-13

Four diverse friends turn the tables on their women once they discover the ladies have been using the advice from Steve Harvey’s book on relationships.

CINEbARRE: Fri: 12:50, 3:50, 7:25, 10:15; Sat-Sun: 10, 12:50, 3:50, 7:25, 10:15; Mon-Thurs April 26: 12:50, 3:50, 7:25, 10:15

Playing 21 Jump Street R

 Young police officers pose as high school students.

CINEbARRE: Today: 1, 4, 7:50, 10:25; Fri: 1, 4, 7:20, 9:55; Sat-Sun: 10:25, 1, 4, 7:20, 9:55’ Mon-Thurs

TheaTers

R

NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 7:05, 9:45

American Reunion R

1/2 Jim, Michelle, Stifler and their friends get together for their high school reunion.

CINEbARRE: Today: 12:50, 3:50, 7:40, 10:15; Fri: 12:55, 3:55, 7:40, 10:20; Sat-Sun: 10:15, 12:55, 3:55, 7:40, 10:20; Mon-Thurs April 26: 12:55, 3:55, 7:40, 10:20 CITADEl: Today: 12:45, 1:45, 3:15, 4:45, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:50 JAMES ISlAND: Today-Fri: 4:15, 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:50; Mon-Thurs April 26: 4:15, 7:15, 9:50 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 1:05, 3:55, 7:10, 9:45 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 1:30, 2:30, 4:10, 5:10, 7:20, 7:50, 10 REGAl 18: Today: 1:30, 2:10, 4:05, 4:45, 7:30, 8

Battleship Potemkin NR

A silent film dramatization of the violent mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin in 1905.

TERRACE: Today: 4, 5:30

Cabin in the Woods R

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Bad things happen when five friends go to a remote cabin in the wilderness.

CINEbARRE:Today: 1:25, 4:25, 7:30, 9:50; Fri: 1:20, 4:20, 7:45, 10:05; Sat-Sun: 11, 1:20, 4:20, 7:45, 10:05; Mon-Thurs April 26: 1:20, 4:20, 7:45, 10:05

PG

A boy searches for the one thing that will win the affection of the girl of his dreams: a tree.

CITADEl: Today: 12:30, 2:40, 5, 7:50, 9:50 JAMES ISlAND 3D: Today: 4:30 NORTHwOODS:Today-Thurs April 26: 12:30, 2:45, 5 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 1:05, 4, 6:45, 9:30 PAlMETTO GRANDE 3D: Today: 1:55, 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 REGAl 18: Today: 1:05, 3:25, 6:45

The Hunger Games PG-13

 In a post-apocalyptic world, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen must compete in a televised survival game.

CINEbARRE: Today: 12:40, 1:10, 3:45, 4:15, 7:15, 7:45, 10:20, 10:45; Fri: 12:40, 3:45, 7:15, 10:20; Sat-Sun: 9:45, 12:40, 3:45, 7:15, 10:20; MonThurs April 26: 12:40, 3:45, 7:15, 10:20 CITADEl: Today: 12:30, 2, 3:30, 5, 6:45, 8, 9, 9:45 CITADEl IMAX: Today: 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 Hwy. 21: Today-Sun: 9:50; Thurs April 26: 9:50 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 12:45, 2, 3:45, 5, 6:45, 8, 9:45 JAMES ISlAND: Today-Fri: 4, 7, 10; Sat-Sun: 1, 4, 7, 10; Mon-Thurs April 26: 4, 7, 10 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 12:50, 1:15, 3:55, 4:20, 7, 8, 10:05 REGAl 18: Today: 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 7:55

In Darkness R

Based on the true story in German Nazi-occupied Poland, a petty thief hides Jewish refugees in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers.

TERRACE: Today: 12:45, 3:30, 6:45, 9:20; Fri-Thurs April 26: 6:50

Juan of the Dead NR

Juan takes charge during an attack of the Cuban Zombies.

TERRACE: Today: 7, 9

Lockout PG-13

A falsely convicted ex-government agent can regain his freedom if he rescues the president’s daughter.

CINEbARRE: Today: 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 9:45; Fri: 1:25, 4:25, 7:50, 10:10; Sat-Sun: 10:55, 1:25, 4:25, 7:50, 10:10; Mon-Thurs April 26: 1:25, 4:25, 7:50, 10:10 CITADEl: Today: 1:15, 4:05, 7, 9:35 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 1:10, 4, 7, 9:35 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 2:20, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 REGAl 18: Today: 1:20, 3:40, 7:20

Mirror Mirror PG

 A comedy fantasy based on “Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm.

CINEbARRE: Today: 1:05, 4:05, 7, 9:35; Fri: 1:05, 4:05, 7, 9:30; Sat-Sun: 10:35, 1:05, 4:05, 7, 9:30; Mon-Thurs April 26: 1:05, 4:05, 7, 9:30 CITADEl: Today: 12:30, 1:15, 3, 4, 5:30, 7, 9:30 Hwy. 21: Today: 8; Fri-Sun: 9:50; Thurs April 26: 9:50 JAMES ISlAND: Today-Fri: 4, 6:40, 9; Sat-Sun: 1:20, 4, 6:40, 9; MonThurs April 26: 4, 6:40, 9 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 1:10, 3:55, 7:05, 9:30 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 REGAl 18: Today: 1:55, 4:30, 7:35

Project X R

Three high school seniors throw a birthday party to gain popularity, but things quickly spiral out of control.

NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 9:40

PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 1:25, 4:40, 7:35, 10:15 REGAl 18: Today: 1:50, 4:20, 7:50 TERRACE: Today: 2:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:10; Fri-Thurs April 26: 9:15

Safe House

CINEbARRE: Today: 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40; Fri: 1:30, 4:30, 7:05, 9:25; Sat-Sun: 11:15, 1:30, 4:30, 7:05, 9:25; Mon-Thurs April 26: 1:30, 4:30, 7:05, 9:25 CITADEl: Today: 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30 Hwy 21: Today-Sun: 8; Thurs April 26: 8 JAMES ISlAND: Today-Fri: 4:10, 6:45, 9; Sat-Sun: 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9; Mon-Thurs April 26: 4:10, 6:45; 9 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 PAlMETTO GRANDE: Today: 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 REGAl 18: Today: 1, 2, 3:20, 4:25, 7

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Titanic 3D

Sadie Thompson NR

A silent film about a “fallen woman” who seeks a fresh start, but an extremist missionary wants to force her back to her previous life.

TERRACE: Today: 1:45

R

A young CIA agent finds himself on the run.

CINEbARRE: Today: 12:55, 3:55, 7:10, 9:50 REGAl 18: Today: 1:25, 3:55, 6:50

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen PG-13

1/2 A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help actualize a sheik’s vision of bringing flyfishing to the desert.

TERRACE: Today: 1, 3, 5, 7:20, 9:15; Fri-Thurs April 26: 1:50, 3:50, 7, 9

This Means War PG-13

 Two CIA agents battle against each other after discovering they are dating the same woman.

Hwy. 21: Today: 9:40

A Thousand Words PG-13



After stretching the truth on a deal, literary agent Jack McCall learns a valuable lesson on the consequences of every word.

CITADEl: Today: 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:20, 9:35 NORTHwOODS: Today-Thurs April 26: 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 REGAl 18: Today: 2:15

The Raid: Redemption

The Three Stooges

A SWAT team is trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his gang.

In an attempt to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly stumble into a murder plot and onto a reality TV show.

R

PG

PG-13

 An epic story of romance and disaster on the ill-fated ship, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

CINEbARRE 3D: Today: 11, 3:15, 7:35; Fri: 3:15, 7:35; Sat-Sun: 11, 3:15, 7:35; Mon-Thurs April 26: 3:15, 7:35 CITADEl 3D: Today: 12:30, 4:30, 8:30 CITADEl IMAX: Today: noon JAMES ISlAND 3D: Today-Fri: 5, 9; Sat-Sun: 1, 5, 9; Mon-Thurs April 26: 5, 9 NORTHwOODS 3D: Today-Thurs April 26: 12:30, 4:30, 8:30 PAlMETTO GRANDE 3D: Today: 1, 2, 5, 7:15, 9 REGAl 18 3D: Today: 1:05, 1:35, 5

Wrath of the Titans PG-13

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In this sequel to “Clash of the Titans,” Perseus must rescue Zeus from the underworld and overthrow the Titans.

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Charleston the next fashion capital? FGI thinks so

By Seth McCorMiCk Cooke

Special to The Post and Courier

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ashion Group international brings to Charleston the trends coming out of Paris, Milan, London and New york with its Best of Fall/Winter 2012 international Collections video presentation, edited by fashion journalist and FGi Creative Director MaryLou Luther on Thursday at The hippodrome.

After an opening reception and cocktail hour, FGi will present its recap of the most exciting trends of the most recent fashion season, then host a panel discussion and a question-and-answer session

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with some of the industry’s top talent.

The panel will include karen Giberson, president of The Accessories Council; edward Cortese, fashion manager of Departures Magazine; Cator Sparks, editor of LookBook. com and columnist for huffington Post; and Charleston’s own Stacy Smallwood, owner of hampden Clothing. in a conversation with Charleston Scene, rosanna krekel, regional director of FGi of Charleston, spoke about her desire to make Charleston a fashion capital and expose the rest of the world to the homegrown talent that is here, as well as bringing in outside talent to

expose Charleston to the rest of the fashion world.

“The city of Charleston is the perfect mix of old World beauty with great history, design and talent in all areas of fashion — from apparel to retail to beauty, accessories and interiors,” krekel said. “our city belongs on the map with all of the great fashion and design capitals around the world for the unique strengths and people it offers.”

Those who attend tonight will hear about the top upcoming trends, how to wear them, and how magazines and other media will interpret them. it will be an opportunity for

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guests to meet and ask questions of the people who work and run the fashion cycle on a daily basis. “one of the ways Fashion Group international of Charleston continues to spotlight the fashion businesses in Charleston is by hosting these unique events and creating a dialog with industry experts from all over the world. These experts discuss the key issues facing both the trade and consumers,” krekel said.

This is the second year FGi of Charleston is hosting this event, and it will follow, as the industry does, in the fall with the Best of Spring/Summer 2013.

if you go

What: Best of Fall/ Winter 2012 International Collections When: 6-9 tonight Where: The Hippodrome, 360 Concord St. Price: $45 for members, $65 for nonmembers For more inFo: www. fgi.org, brownpaper tickets.com/event/ 236148, 696-2688

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Canoe & Kayak Fest adds to offerings

By Allison nugent anugent@postandcourier.com

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n its 22nd year, the east Coast Canoe & Kayak Festival is all about bringing together paddling enthusiasts for a weekend on and off the water. one of the premier paddlesport events on the Atlantic Coast, it will be held Friday-sunday at James island County Park and will offer everything from history lessons to buying and selling opportunities, meaning it isn’t just for hard-core paddlers.

The old

Carrying over from years past will be on-water classes, lectures and demonstrations, among other events.

Directed toward the novice and the experienced, well-known instructors will be on hand as the “heart” of the festival is the simultaneous running of four classrooms throughout the threeday event. opportunities range from daily sampler packages for the beginner to a full weekend package designed for the paddling enthusiast.

The novice classes, offered by the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission, H2outfitters and other vendors, provide an opportunity for the beginner to develop more proficient techniques with sea kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards.

The Master Classes cater to the paddler who is ready to move beyond the basics, offering participants the

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What: East Coast Canoe & Kayak Festival When: Friday-Sunday Where: James Island County Park, 871 Riverland Drive Price: $1 (regular park admission); more for classes For more inFo: 7954386 or www.ccprc.com opportunity to work with expert leaders in their respective fields. learn new strokes, rescues or dive in even deeper with slide shows of exotic paddling locations, how-to sessions on navigation, selecting or repairing equipment, safety and preparing gourmet cuisine fresh from your dry bag. onsite registration is offered 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. sunday. Prices vary for different activities.

And don’t forget the kids.

Children are free to participate in activities with a registered adult. Families also can learn to paddle in clinics, compete in cardboard canoe races and register youths for camps. if you’re looking to do more than learn, more than 50 equipment manufacturers will be onsite offering the chance to try the latest equipment. test boats, paddles and accessories on the water, and speak with equipment designers. used gear also will be available, as folks are encouraged to bring items to sell.

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The new

This year’s featured speakers will be Mike simpson and Will Rich of “suP the Coast.” simpson and Rich paddled 1,800 miles on stand-up paddleboards from Key West, Fla., to Portland,

new this year are the Bodhi’s Revenge suP Race and the Kayak Fishing tournament. starting at 8 a.m. sunday PRovIDED near the Folly Beach Fishing Pier, intermediate and Maine, to raise awareness for advanced stand-up paddlethe Wounded Warrior Proj- boarders will take on Boect and suP Cleanup. Their dhi’s Revenge, “the Charleston area’s first and only suP trip, called suP the Coast, surf slalom and Battle of the recently was nominated Paddle-style event.” for story of the year This surf-style race inthrough suP Connect, a cludes buoy turns and a stand-up paddleboarding

beach sprint, and is expected to draw a crowd.

Cash prizes will be awarded, and race proceeds will benefit the surfrider Foundation of Charleston.

Also on sunday, but at the James island park, will be the fishing tournament, which will have novice and expert categories. The objective is for participants to photograph the longest “slam” for their category.

For full details on these two competitions, go to www.ccprc.com/ecckf or call 795-4386.

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Rob Young

Pork adobo (left) and grilled pusit from the Filipino Cafe and Bakery.

Traditional Filipino fare tasty, inexpensive

By RoB young Special to The Post and Courier

if you go

he fridge comes stocked with several aloe juice drinks, while the TV relays programming from The Filipino Channel. Sure, the surroundings might give away the cafe’s roots, but the title leaves no doubt.

The Filipino Cafe and Bakery, owned by nonah garcia, sits in a corner of the Piggly Wiggly shopping center off Rivers Avenue in north Charleston. It’s a small place, with just enough room for three or four tables, most joined together in a communal fashion.

Various sundries are available, red bean cakes, for instance, but the cafe and bakery tends to the obvious: Filipino delicacies and breads.

Here, you can try something traditional such as fried, salted spot and rice or pusit, the chewy squid dish marinated in soy sauce, vinegar and seasonings prior to grilling.

And naturally, adobo, one of the Philippines’ national dishes, receives star billing.

At the cafe, the pork

What: Filipino Cafe and bakery Where: 8780 Rivers Ave., Suite 318, north Charleston More info: 797-7709

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adobo is cooked bone-in and braised in soy sauce and vinegar and the dish presented in a small bowl containing the marinade. Each entree additionally comes with a generous portion of rice in a Styrofoam container.

Breads range from pan de coco, a sweet, tasty treat with a coconut filling, to ensaymada, a buttery pastry shaped into a pinwheel and typically topped with cream, sugar and grated cheese.

For dessert, the Filipino Cafe and Bakery also makes a yummy halo-halo, a milky, mixed fruit dish with sago pearls. Its consistency is similar to ambrosia salad, only it’s sweeter.

And here’s a bonus: The bill was easy on the wallet. My meal — pork adobo, grilled pusit and rice, plus the sour pork soup and pan de coco — cost about $7. now, that might turn some heads.

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Italian fare is served up with a local touch

By DeiDre Schipani Special to The Post and Courier

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or chef/owner John iacofano, the marinara, well, it runs in his blood. he is a third-generation restaurateur following in the footsteps of his grandfather, also John iacofano, who ran Johnny’s room 24 outside cleveland. cleveland is home to a strong italian-american community, and i suspect that the photo of the First communicants at holy rosary church that hangs on the wall of iacofano’s is a family treasure. you see, holy rosary church is the heart and soul of cleveland’s Little italy. This was the city where the first home handcranked pasta machine was invented by angelo Vitantonio, and the residents continue traditional celebrations and feast days. young John worked with his grandfather and father and set his sights on a culinary career. he went to Johnson & Wales University and in 2001 opened a deli in north charleston and West ashley. in 2005, he opened iacofano’s in Mount pleasant. Over the winter, he spruced up the interior and reopened as iacofano’s Bistro & Bar. On the menu? The staples of the italian-american food culture along with a commitment to seasonal and local products. Look for produce from ambrose, Blackbird and Thackeray family farms, catch of the day from abundant Seafood and bread from Saffron Bakery. iacofano also has the Lunch academy by iacofano, catered by iacofano, Johnny Q’s BBQ and Oyster roast catering, and JLi catering and events.

With family roots in campobasso in the region of Molise, italy, you will see the liberal use of lamb in his cooking along with polenta, chile peppers and “diavolillo,” hot peppers.

This is a kitchen where the pasta is made from scratch,

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Iacofano’s Bistro & Bar CuIsIne: Italian Category: Neighborhood Favorite LoCatIon: 626 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant Phone: 881-2313 hours: Dinner 4-11 p.m. Monday-Saturday Food:  servICe:  atmosPhere: 1/2 PrICe: $-$$$ Costs: Appetizers $5-$12; soups and salads $4-$15; entrees $12-$25; desserts $6 vegetarIan oPtIons: Yes WheeLChaIr aCCessIBLe: Yes Bar: Full-service bar and specialty cocktail menu ParkIng: Lot other: Limited tables on sidewalk, happy hour specials, Facebook specials, online reservations, gift cards, newsletter, iacofanos.com; info@iacofanos.com the mozzarella curds pulled by hand, the bacon smoked on premises and a patient hand stirs the polenta.

Our server was wellinformed on the nuances of the menu and well-schooled in the preparations and presentation of each dish.

We began with a grilled calamari ($9) appetizer that was first rate. The squid was grilled and cut into strips and then finished with olive oil, lemon, pickled cherry peppers, oregano and chickpeas. it was garnished with fine chile pepper threads that lent a sweet heat to the dish. This tangle of squid was bold and fiery. not to be missed are the veal-ricotta meatballs ($7).

Tender, flavorful orbs of ground veal are held together with ricotta cheese, simmered in a smooth tomato sauce and garnished with

pecorino romano cheese.

They also are available with house-made linguini ($16).

Salads are generous in size ($5-$9), and the spring season features a local strawberry and baby lettuce salad with hazelnuts, goat cheese and hibiscus vinaigrette ($8).

The menu is well-balanced with italian classics such as old-school lasagna layered with sausage, lamb, ricotta and mozzarella cheeses ($17), as well as chicken parmesan ($16), linguini and meatballs ($16) and a seafood risotto ($23) with local shrimp and diver scallops.

The vegetables are local and seasonal, and the kitchen offers a seasonal vegetable plate for $14. Farro and polenta share equal billing with the pastas.

Our server’s favorite, grilled hanger steak ($21) with roasted cremini mush-

rooms and onions, was served sliced and plated over creamy polenta and sauced with a vin cotto reduction.

The “cooked wine” was a bit sweet for my taste, but the dish was substantial and cooked as ordered.

The pan-roasted local flounder ($22) earned high marks for presentation and taste. a thick portion of fish was lightly crumbed and pan-seared. it was stacked over a green pea risotto and topped with a slaw of shaved fennel and radish. The flavors played off each other, and the hibiscus-honey vinaigrette brought the right notes of sweet and tart to the fish and rice.

Berkshire pork is featured in the pork belly ($20) and pork ragout ($12, $18); young chicken is simply grilled ($17) and finished with a lemon-thyme seasoned pan sauce.

The portions are generous, and most guests were seen leaving with leftovers in tow.

Bread is served warm and combines a crunchy crust and well-developed crumb and is the perfect foil for mopping up your plate, which you will be doing, as well as dipping in the seasoned oil amplified with cheese and chiles.

Morgan Vineyards, out of St. helena, calif., bottles the private label wine for the restaurant and it is nicely priced at $6.50 per glass, $22 per bottle.

Desserts are remarkably un-italian: blueberry cheesecake, chocolate-hazelnut tart and an apple cake ($6) that we ordered. a bit of overkill there: apple cake, cream cheese frosting, whipped cream topping, salted caramel sauce and Boone hall Farm’s strawberries. Too many tangled tastes on a slice of cake. chef iacofano has brought new life to his former deli and presents careful preparations of humble italianamerican fare. he does his father and grandfather proud and celebrates the Lowcountry with local and seasonal sourcing.

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By DeiDre Schipani and Luncheon 11 a.m.Special to The Post and Courier 2 p.m. april 26-29. The proceeds will be used for church Wine dinner repairs. Look for homemade Osteria la Bottiglia, 420 soups, salads, sandwiches King St., will host a wine and homemade desserts. dinner Tuesday featuring Takeout available. 747-7389. bottles from piemonte and Tuscany. The dinner will be Catering partnership cru catering announces a three courses served with partnership with chef Justin four wines. an importer Broome, owner of Fuel canfrom italy is flying in. The dinner is $55 and doesn’t in- tina, a caribbean-inspired clude tax and gratuity. call restaurant in charleston.

727-4158 to reserve a spot. chefs John Zucker of cru cafe and Broome will overAll fired up see all aspects of cru catera wood-fired pizza oven ing, including enhancing workshop will take place culinary opportunities un10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at der the cru and Fuel brands. awendaw Green. The sugFuel cantina is at 211 rutgested donation is $20; chil- ledge ave. Visit www.fuel dren are free. www.lowcoun- charleston.com and www. trynaturalbuilding.com. crucatering.com.

Tea time

cooper river Baptist church, 1059 crawford St., north charleston, will host its third annual Spring Tea

Cook-off competition

aspiring chefs with a passion for food will put their kitchen skills to the test as they compete for tuition

scholarships Saturday at The international culinary School at The art institute of charleston, a branch of The art institute of atlanta.

The Local cook-off competitions will be judged by professional chefs and culinary faculty, who will name one winner in each of two categories: high school seniors (The art institutes Best Teen chef competition) and high school graduates (The art institutes culinary Scholarship competition). a second-place finisher also will be named in the Best Teen chef competition for high school seniors. The winners will earn tuition scholarships: $4,000 for the Best Teen chef winner and $1,000 for the Best Teen chef second-place winner, while the winner of the high school graduate category will earn a $1,500 tuition scholarship. Go to www. artinstitutes.edu/culinary or

ton angler also will be doing a fly-line demonstration. reservations at 588-6658 or at Opentable.com. The cost Dinner and a show is $50.

Tristan restaurant and Blu also has announced the charleston Stage partner for launch of the new Grab and dinner and two tickets to Go “cafe roasted,” which “The Wiz” for Thursday, Fri- will open for the season day and Saturday night per- april 25. Blu is at 1 center formances. The cost is $150 St., Folly Beach. and includes valet parking at Bull Street Gourmet Tristan, one appetizer, two Bull Street Gourmet & salads and two entrees plus one bottle of house wine and Market is partnering with a post-show dessert. Dinner Westbrook Brewery and hosting six ales and five courses begins at 5:30 p.m. call the charleston Stage Box Office at their first beer dinner at 6 p.m. april 26. reservaat 577-7183 to purchase a tions are required. The cost package. is $50. call 722-6464; info@ Blu ‘Wine and Dine’ bullstreetgourmetandmarket.

Blu restaurant and Bar Bull Street Gourmet & Marand FlyLine Wine presket is at 120 King St. ent “Wine and Dine With Tutti Frutti opens a View in Mind” today. a Tutti Frutti frozen yogurt champagne reception will begin at 6 p.m. followed by a has opened at 903 houston four-course dinner with des- northcutt Blvd. Visit tutti fruttimtp.com 654-9231. sert and a cordial. charlescontact The art institute of charleston at aicscadm@aii. edu or 803-737-2260.

New Dunleavy’s chef amanda Karkut has joined Dunleavy’s pub on Sullivan’s island as head chef and new menu development manager. Dunleavy’s pub is at 2213 Middle St., 883-9646.

World of wine

charleston Grill will host the second installment of its charleston Grill Wine region Series at 6:30 p.m.

May 8. executive chef Michelle Weaver and sommelier rick rubel will explore the flavors of wine and food from the Umbria region, starting the evening with a tasting reception of wines and hors d’oeuvres. a three-course wine dinner with pairings will follow in the Vintner’s room at charleston Grill.

The cost of the reception and dinner is $75, plus tax and gratuity. reservations are required, and seating is limited. call 577-4522.

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C of C professor talks shop

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’ve quietly watched Herb Parker’s career over the past few years and must say I’m so impressed by this sculpture professor who teaches at the College of Charleston. He has done amazing things throughout the world.

Karen Ann Myers of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art said, “Parker has participated in over 50 site-specific installations in the landscape since the early 1980s, creating pieces in botanical gardens, a centuries old Japanese temple, universities, urban centers and museums around the world. The artist states that his ‘nature-based installations are created to enhance a viewer’s perception of the environment and our relationship with nature.’

“Herb Parker combines the art of architecture and sculpture with the beauty of landscape to create organic sculptural installations that resemble grass houses or temples made from lawns. His art com-

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The earthen labyrinth was created by Herb Parker outside the City Gallery at Waterfront Park in 2004 as part of Piccolo Spoleto. The labyrinth was made with sod, steel, stone, earth, plants, and mulch. bines the beauty of nature’s ‘materials’ with easily recognizable man-made structures, which give off an ethereal, contemplative feeling,” continues Myers.

And Parker states, “The nature-based work speaks in a hybrid language from three distinct realms: architecture (experience), sculpture (concept) and landscape (medium).”

My layman’s reaction to his works of art is simply that is just so cool!

His sculptures are not just visually interesting, but many of them are also creations that people can actually walk on or in and physically interact with. A double “cool” in layman-speak.

Find out how he does it with a free artist lecture at 6 tonight in Room 309 of the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St. The public may attend. Immediately following the lecture, there will be a reception at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 161 Calhoun St.

Save the date

Painting class: Wine and Design, the recently renamed and refurbished Mount Pleasant art studio hosting weekly group painting classes, summer camps and local art events, will host its fourth annual “Painting Under the Bridge” class.

Benefitting Blessing of the

Fleet and the local shrimping community, the event will be April 26 at the Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park on Harry M. Hallman Jr. Boulevard.

Cost is $40, which includes all paint supplies and the finished canvas. Beer and wine will be for sale on-site, and guests may bring their own food.

Space is limited, so reservations are required and can be made at www.wineand designsc.com or by calling 388-7857.

Peter Max comes to Charleston: Legendary artist Peter Max will have a brief but impressive exhibit of works in Charleston on

Justin Mercer (left) and Catherine Starek make their way through Parker’s earthen labyrinth at Waterfront Park in 2004.

April 26-29.

The Karis Art Gallery on Hilton Head Island will host a temporary pop-up gallery in the Kress Building on Wentworth Street showcasing Max’s vibrant works.

It’s been said that “Peter Max was to art what The Beatles were to music. As

The Beatles sang of the surreal characters in ‘Sergeant Pepper,’ Max’s bold, beautiful colors painted a world of cosmic fantasy.”

Meet this man in person next week.

More information can be found at www.karisart gallery.com.

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MYCHARLESTONWEEKEND Charleston Craft Beer Week

Gibbes on the Street:

It’s all about the beer! This inaugural fete kicks off Sunday and runs through April 29. Featuring more than 60 events throughout the area, enjoy beer tastings, beer dinners, film screenings, concerts, a rare Beer Bar Crawl and more. The week kicks off with “Bark for Your Brew,” a dogfriendly beer festival that will take place at 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Joseph P. riley Jr. Park. The week concludes April 29 with the SweetWater Music Festival, an all-day craft beer and live music event 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium. For pricing and info on all the events in-between, check out www.

CharlestonCraftBeerWeek.com or email dboozer@reyesholdings.com.

Renovation Celebration

old village Home, Garden & Art Tour Sponsored by McAlister development, enjoy a rare opportunity to explore 10 homes and gardens in the old village of Mount Pleasant. From 1-5 p.m. Sunday, enjoy food tastings from local chefs along the tour and check out the artists showcase in edwards Park. Tickets are $45, and proceeds benefit the American red Cross. Go to www.Lowcountry RedCross.org or call 764-2323, ext.

386, for more info.

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This third annual street party offers food, music and fun, all while celebrating the Gibbes Museum’s renovation plans. With some of the top restaurants participating, among them FIG, The Macintosh, Circa 1886, Cypress and McCrady’s, it’s worth it just to go for the food. The festivities are 8-10:30 tonight in front of the Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St., between Cumberland and Queen streets. Tickets are $100 for museum members, $135 for nonmembers. The event will be held rain or shine and is for those 21 and over.

Check out www.gibbesmuseum. org/events or call 722-2706, ext. 22, for details.

Kiawah Island Motoring retreat

NoH8 campaign party Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley bring their NoH8 campaign for equality and tolerance to Charleston on Friday. With their signature photo shoot happening 5-8 p.m. and a party set to ramp up at 10 p.m., 587 King St. will be a busy place. The party kicks off with a 70-person interactive number that’s not to be missed. dJ Trevor and dJs Jeffersonic & Turbo will be spinning as attendees nosh on food provided by dellz deli and hydrate at the cash bar. Admission in $10 in advance, $15 at the door with a portion of proceeds benefiting the NoH8 campaign.

For more info, check out www.chs365.com. Go to www. noh8campaign.com for more on the campaign.

Southern Food and Music Fest If you’re looking for a taste of the South, this event has you covered. With a barbecue competition featuring 20 to 30 teams, a People’s Choice Southern Foods Competition featuring eight to 10 local restaurants and bluegrass tunes, this is guaranteed to be a fun-filled day. Held at The Ponds in Summerville (near dorchester road and U.S. Highway 17A) 11 a.m.8 p.m. Saturday, this family-friendly event will have food and drinks available for purchase. There’s a $10 car-parking fee.

The festival benefits the Summerville Miracle League. Attendees are welcome to bring lawn chairs. Find out more at www. southernflamefestival.org.

Chef’s Potluck

Part of eat Local Month, 12 local restaurants will be partnering with growers to produce an array of local dishes. Accompanied by live music, cooking demos and a variety of local beers, wines and specialty cocktails, this event will be 4-7 p.m.

Sunday at Middleton Place, 4300 Ashley river road. Tickets are $65-$70 in advance, $75 at the door. Check out lowcountrylocalfirst.org for details.

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‘ebb and Flow’

Making its professional debut at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Sottile Theatre, 44 George St., the Charleston dance Project will present “an enchanting portrayal of life’s natural balance through human movement and dance.” Featuring musical guests entropy ensemble and a special appearance by revolve Aerial dance, the event costs $18-$35; the higher price includes a vIP champagne reception immediately following the show with entertainment by What If? Productions. For more info, call 637-4722 or go to www. dancefxcharleston.com.

Charleston Home + design Show This open-air home show allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds: being outside while perusing the latest in interior design from 75 local companies. In addition, there will be Food Truck row, and home tours of six private residences Saturday. After years at the Gaillard Auditorium, this year’s event movies to Family Circle Cup Stadium, 161 Seven Farms drive, daniel Island. To be held rain or shine, the event runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday. Admission to the show is free; tickets for the home tours are $15 in advance, $20 the day of. For more info, go to HomesBy ArchitectsTour.com. For more on the show, go to DanielIsland Homeshow.com.

This family-friendly event 1:304:30 p.m. Saturday will feature 100 classic, collectible, antique, exotic and special interest cars.

Held at Night Heron Park on Sea Forest drive on Kiawah Island, the event is free. The retreat will kick off at 6:30 Friday night with a gala featuring 20 show cars, live music, heavy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. The gala at the Cassique clubhouse is $75 and a portion of the proceeds will go to MUSC Children’s Hospital. For more information, go to kiawahisland motoringretreat.com.

rockin’ the ’ville Break out the hair gel and the poodle skirt. The Summerville evening rotary Club will hold its sock hop fundraiser at 7 p.m. Saturday at Miler Country Club, 400 Country Club Blvd., Summerville.

With music by the east Coast Party Band, prepare to dance, eat, drink, bid (silent auction) and ogle (classic cars). Tickets are $50, $90 per couple in advance; $60, $100 per couple at the door. Proceeds will benefit local and national charities.

Call 830-9096 or email hlewis45@ prepaidlegal.com for tickets.

Cultural dance Fest Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, experience the world with a celebration at Cypress Gardens, 3030 Cypress Gardens road, Moncks Corner. The event will feature traditional dances, local and exotic vendors, a silent auction, raffle, food and more.

While there, you also can enjoy park activities such as boat rides, walking trails and the butterfly house. Admission is $10, seniors get in for $9, kids 6-12 get in for $5 and children 5 and under get in free. Call 553-0515 or go to www. cypressgardens.info.

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Charleston Race Week

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By Stratton Lawrence Special to The Post and Courier

anymore,” said randy Draftz, who’s in his fourth year as race director. “This is like a top-drawer, best event in the country kindf it comes as a surprise to you that the Sper- of-thing nowadays. ... There might be an ry top-Sider charleston race week is one event in chicago that has as many boats, but of the nation’s largest sailboat races, you are I don’t think so anymore.” not alone.

In 16 years, charleston race week has “I race in events all over the country, and grown from a handful of local sailors into I’ve had to get up in front of the cora a marquee regatta attracting boats from (charleston ocean racing association) around the world, with Sperry top-Sider as crowd and try to explain to them that this the title sponsor. isn’t our little old charleston race week This year, 269 boats have registered, in-

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cluding six in the first 50-feet-and-longer category. “we’ve ratcheted it up to another caliber level,” Draftz said. “It’s off the hook.”

By land

For landlubbers and casual sailors not competing in the four days of races this week, the event also includes plenty of shore-side action.

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if you go What: Charleston Race Week When: today-Sunday Where: Charleston Harbor and Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina Price: Free-$75 For more inFo: www.charlestonraceweek.com

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Most sailors have been groomed toward an affinity for the sport’s signature cocktail, the Dark ’n’ Stormy, a Bermudan-born amalgam of dark rum, ginger beer and a pinch of lime.

The drinks will be poured by the dozen at the daily post-race beach parties.

Over the weekend, Draftz estimates that attendees consume 260 gallons of Gosling’s Rum — about a gallon per boat — and peel through 150 pounds of limes.

“It’s scary,” laughs Draftz.

“I think it’s the widest disbursement of Gosling’s anywhere.”

The imbibing doesn’t occur on the water. Even local sailors who breezily compete in the association’s Wednesday race series step up their game for Race Week. Still, evenings at the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina at Patriots Point allow for some serious reveling.

Tickets to the on-shore events are available via a weekend pass, which includes dinner, an open rum and beer bar, and live music each night. Thursday’s lineup features Ben Fagan and Friends, with 17 South taking the stage on Friday. There also are daily bocce and cornhole tournaments.

For people not seeking a four-day commitment, Saturday night’s beach party is available as a stand-alone ticket, with music by Calvin Taylor and the ubiquitous all-you-can-drink Gosling’s.

Saturday afternoon will be highlighted with a display of the “oldest trophy in international sport,” America’s Cup.

Sailboat racing is always colorful, as shown by this 40-footer hoisting their spinnaker sail.

Tight racing in years past has dominated the inshore fleets, with just inches often separating racing boats. trophies’ metal sails with the Sperry Top-Sider logo and the CORA flag, flying over a hand-carved wooden skiff.

“It’s a Charleston-oriented trophy that people will want to win,” Draftz said. “It’s not something they’ll just put off on a bookcase somewhere.”

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Tom Ehman, Golden Gate Yacht Club (they currently hold the cup) vice commodore and 32-year America’s Cup veteran, will be on hand at 1 p.m. to present a kid-friendly multimedia presentation of the historic race’s history and its latest developments.

Speaking of trophies, Race Week underwent an upgrade this year thanks to Isle of Palms-based sculptor Fred Moore, who emblazoned the

By sea

For a contest with no cash prizes, the level and variety of competition are staggering. This year’s series includes six courses, including an open ocean cruising category.

Sail Magazine even got behind the event, sponsoring a Best Around the Buoys contest, won by a Florida team whose trip to Charleston is provided by the magazine and CORA. Six foreign teams have registered, representing

Sweden, the U.K., France and Bermuda. Eighty-five percent of the boats are from somewhere out of town.

Nevertheless, Charleston teams often manage to beat the out-of-town entrants on their home waters.

Don Terwilliger, a local engineer, has watched Race Week grow from a small locals event into a major regatta, racing on three different boats over 11 years of competing. He won his class two years ago with the boat Dauntless, “and a whole lot of second place finishes, every other year.”

“Last year, we were racing against our friends on Big Booty (another Charlestonbased team) and went out the first day and got three first place finishes out of three races,” recalls Terwilliger. “We had to go in really

light winds the next day, which is not our forte with Dauntless, and watched the first place slip away from us

by Sunday.”

With more boats and more categories, Terwilliger anticipates some of the tightest races ever this year, with finishes within 15 or 20 seconds of each other.

“There’s a buzz around the marina for the whole week or two leading up to the race, with the local guys tweaking their boats and everybody from out of town rolling in,” Terwilliger said.

“This is our big event for the year, and we’re fortunate that we don’t have to travel to participate.”

Offshore races launch from the harbor each morning at 8 a.m., with in-harbor racing beginning at 11 a.m.

More than 350 staff and

volunteers work the event, including 150 in-water staff who set buoys and carefully time and document each boat’s rounding time.

Whenever the wind shifts, the whole course must be quickly reset.

“These guys are super busy all day long,” Draftz said, adding that the Coast Guard is on hand to help keep the race courses clear of other boat traffic.

Still, spectators with their own boats are welcome to watch the action from the water.

“You can get pretty close and get a good idea of what’s going on,” Draftz said.

To view the races from land, organizers suggest watching from the regatta village at Patriots Point or from Demetre (Sunrise) Park on James Island.

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Lindsay Holler has always been a local musician who could be counted on to do her own thing musically and bare her soul while creating and performing that music.

Her latest project, “Oh! Ginger,” continues that trend.

A collaboration with Michael Hanf, who previously played with Holler in the Dirty Kids, Oh! Ginger’s self-titled debut EP is a wonderful mixture of music styles that doesn’t really sound like anything Holler or Hanf have released, and yet has a comfortable sense of the familiar nonetheless.

“Dust,” the EP’s leadoff track, features hauntingly distorted vocals by both artists over a simple guitar melody. “End Over End” takes on a jazzier feel, with Holler’s vocals blending well with Hanf’s vibraphone, while “Don’t Call Me,” which finds Hanf taking over lead vocals, has a folkier flavor. A little reverb on Holler’s exquisitely rich voice adds a dreamlike quality to “On the Inside,” and the EP concludes nicely with “Where We Stand,” a lovely song that reminds you of early Wilco or late Whiskeytown.

The best thing about the EP is that it’s all killer and no filler. Holler and Hanf have promised two more EPs later in the year, and if those collections of songs are even half as good as what’s on “Oh! Ginger,” then I eagerly await the next installment.

If you’re a fan of the TV sitcom “Community,” then you’re no doubt familiar with Donald Glover, who plays Troy Barnes, the geek trapped in a jock’s body.

Glover, who also writes for another NBC comedy, “30 Rock,” wears many hats in the entertainment field. At the beginning of the performance that was recorded for his new album, “Weirdo,” Glover asks the audience if they’re familiar with his character from “Community.”

“Just so you guys know, this is going to be nothing like that,” says Glover.

“It’s going to be a lot grosser.” True to his word, Glover isn’t shy with letting the expletives fly. The amount of language is nowhere near the level of more established comedians but this is definitely an R-rated album.

Language aside, Glover definitely has material that is funny and, perhaps most importantly, original.

Amusing is his observance of how musicians have the only job where sampling their own product seems egotistical, explaining that no one bats an eye when a sandwich maker makes himself a sandwich, but if you listen to your own album in your car, you’ll get called out.

Listening to Glover’s philosophy on various subjects definitely shows the listener why he is currently one of the comedy world’s fastest rising stars.

key trackS: “Dust,” “Don’t Call Me,” “Where We Stand”

key trackS: “Weird Is Good,” “Kix,” “Home Depot”

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Wilson Phillips DeDicateD/ Sony MaSterWorkS Recently in the news there was an item about the children of the members of The Beatles wanting to form a rock band of their own.

While the idea seems intriguing at first, I strongly urge those famous offspring to scrap the idea.

Why, you ask?

Two words: Wilson Phillips.

The group includes Chynna Phillips, daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and Wendy and Carnie Wilson, daughters of Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The trio’s 1990 selftitled debut sold several million copies thanks to the singles “Hold On” and “Release Me.” On Wilson Phillips’ latest effort, “Dedicated,” the singers have dispensed with any original material, choosing instead to cover songs made famous by their parents.

The even sadder fact is that this is not the first time these ladies have released an album of covers. Listening to the sanitized versions of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Monday Monday” makes Wilson Phillips the poster children for the argument against the offspring of famous musicians forming their own bands.

I understand they are trying to cash in on the unexpected bit of rediscovery after their appearance in the film “Bridesmaids,” but seriously, why listen to this when the vastly superior original versions are readily available.

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key trackS: Do yourself a favor and listen to the originals by their parents.

— By Devin Grant

CSO to tackle Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’

BY ADAM PARKER Gaillard Auditorium, which aparker@postandcourier.com soon will be closed for a restructuring of its own folIs it symbolic? The Charles- lowed by a 2015 resurrection ton Symphony Orchestra, as a world-class concert hall. which faced the prospect of The five-movement, bankruptcy and extinction 90-minute symphony retwo years ago, stormed back mains one of Mahler’s most after restructuring and nepopular. It’s scored for orgotiations with musicians. chestra, mixed choir, sopraOn Saturday, it concludes no and contralto soloists and its 2011-12 Masterworks an off-stage brass ensemble. series with a massive perforMahler was most famous mance of Gustav Mahler’s as a conductor in Vienna Symphony No. 2, nicknamed and later in New York City. the Resurrection.

Saturday’s concert will feaAbout 250 musicians will ture conductor Daniel Hege, populate the stage of the soprano Jill Lewis, mezzo-

if you go

What: Charleston Symphony performs Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, 77 Calhoun St. coSt: $10-75 More inFo: www. charlestonsymphony.org soprano Jennifer Luiken, the CSO Chorus and the College of Charleston Concert Choir.

Concertmaster Yuriy Bek-

ker said playing Mahler is “a triumph for musicians.”

“It’s the most incredible and unbelievable feeling because this music contains everything that a person can experience in their lifetime, from happiness to despair,” Bekker said. “It’s a symphony that everybody can relate to.”

And when the last movement comes, the listener can’t help but be moved, he said. “You think about people who are very close to you, your friends and family.

It’s just so powerful.”

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Guitar guru doesn’t miss a chance to collaborate if you go

By devIn GRant Special to The Post and Courier

WHAT: the Warren Haynes Band WHen: 8:30 tonight WHeRe: Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St. PRice: $20 FoR MoRe inFo: www. charlestonmusichall.com or 853-2252

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hen music fans start listing the greatest guitar players of all time, there are certain names that inevitably come up. Jimi hendrix, eric Clapton and eddie van halen are a few of the no-brainers who should always make the top 10. when Rolling Stone magazine compiled its own list last year, many rock fans noted the absence of warren haynes. while haynes wasn’t on the main list, he was involved in the voting, and when Rolling Stone editor david Fricke compiled his own list, he placed haynes at no. 23, just ahead of U2’s The edge and right behind the late Mike Bloomfield. talking by phone from his hotel room in asheville with Charleston Scene, haynes acknowledges the honor, but is also quick to shrug it off.

“I was obviously honored and flattered to be on that list, especially that high,” said haynes, who performs with the warren haynes Band tonight at the Charleston Music hall.

“But you have to take those things with a grain of salt because they’re someone’s opinion. you can’t really place people in order like

Warren Haynes that, except as an opinion, because it’s not like a sport where there are statistics to rely on. everybody has their own taste,” haynes says.

The warren haynes Band is just one of many acts with which haynes records and tours.

Since picking up a guitar at age 11, haynes has played with david allen Coe and is a member of The allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule,

By Matthew GodBey Special to The Post and Courier

Mayer Hawthorne

There’s a freshness in Mayer hawthorne, something that is much more rare than the cliche phrase itself. It’s a feat that the Michigan native accomplishes by reaching into the past to slingshot himself into new territory.

Perhaps what makes hawthorne (born andrew Mayer Cohen) so appealing is his doing so many things right: the bridging of retro and modern, the weaving of styles, the honesty and irony. hawthorne drags his life with him, collecting new

Provided

Mayer Hawthorne inspiration and influences as he travels. he brings the soul of detroit to the shores of California, where his penchant for hip-hop found a home under his alter ego

Phil Lesh & Friends and The dead.

In addition to playing with those bands, haynes seems to pop up frequently at other artist’s shows. This fall at the Southern Ground Music and Food Festival on daniel Island, haynes joined headliner Zac Brown Band onstage for a few songs, including an incredible cover of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably numb.”

So why does he feel the need to be one of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest overachievers?

“I’m just grateful for the various opportunities that have come along, and it’s also not wanting to turn down something that I might look back on later and say, ‘I wish I’d done that,’ ” haynes said. when asked about his frequent collaborations with other bands, such as

“haircut.” But of all the descriptions that could be flung at Mayer hawthorne, it seems that neo-soul sticks the most; and that’s fine with us.

Mayer hawthorne will perform tuesday at the Music Farm, 32 ann St., with Stepkids. tickets are $10 and are available online at www. etix.com or at the door.

Go to www.musicfarm. com or call 577-6989 for more information.

than a sidekick. Reynolds has been making waves in the underground jam/instrumental scene for the past two decades since his debut album with his group tR3 in the mid-1980s.

Reynolds is a self-taught musician, playing guitar, djembe, violin, mandolin, piano, bass, sitar and a variety of ethnic percussion instruments, all of which he incorporates into his symphonic-like performances. his fusion of jazz, funk, rock and experimental is played with seamless skill and provocative emotion that is sure to wow music lovers of all backgrounds.

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Perhaps best known for his collaborations with dave Matthews, guitar virtuoso tim Reynolds is much more

cover of neil young’s “Cortez the Killer” with the dave Matthews Band in new york’s Central Park. “dave and I realized that we both knew the song, so we just kind of winged it, and it turned out to be a very memorable performance,” haynes said. The performance can be heard on the dave Matthews Band live Cd “The Central Park Concert.”

For fans of one of haynes‘ devin Grant best-known projects, Gov’t Mule, haynes said that tonight’s show with the warren haynes Band will be Zac Brown and the dave Matthews Band, haynes ex- much different.

“The bands are very difplains the attraction. ferent stylistically,” he said.

“It’s just really fun,” he “also, there are only a handsaid. “I really enjoy it, and ful of songs that overlap most of that stuff happens between the two bands. in a very impromptu way.

They’ll mostly be hearing There’s no rehearsal, you just sort of do it, and it’s fun songs from my new album, “Man in Motion,” as well as for the musicians and the my first solo album, “tales audience.” of ordinary Madness.” It’s haynes said one of his very different from a Mule favorite moments came in set list.”

2003 when he performed a tR3 will perform Sunday at The windjammer, 1008 ocean Blvd. tickets are $15 at the door or online at www.the-windjammer.com. doors open at 8 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m.

Call 886-8596 for more information.

leased five albums, spinning a live show of break beat and synth-funk that is as trancing as it is prodding.

The Polish ambassador will perform Saturday at The Pour house, 1977 Maybank highway, with Pressha, Major Flavor and Stumble. doors open at 9 p.m.

Polish Ambassador tickets are $14 in addavid Sugalski began vance, $16 the day of the making electronic music show and are available at the several years ago in his nadoor or online at www.etix. tive oakland, Calif., but it com. wasn’t until 2007, under the The show is 18 and up; moniker under 21 is subject to a $4 The Polish ambassador, surcharge. that Sugalski began making Call 571-4343 or go to waves internationally. www.charlestonpourhouse.

Since then, Sugalski has re- com.

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Today

N. Charleston Market

What: The North Charleston Farmers Market opens April 19 and takes place every Thursday through Oct. 25. The market offers an abundance of fresh, locally grown produce, and features art and craft booths, food vendors and entertainment. Enjoy live music every first, third and fifth Thursday and visual art demonstrations by local artists every second and fourth Thursday. Market open noon-7 p.m./entertainment 4-6 p.m.

When: Noon-7 p.m. Thursdays April 19-Oct. 25 Where: Felix Davis Community Center, 4800 Park Cir Price: Free More info: 740-5854 or http:// northcharleston.org

For more weekend events, go online to www. charlestonscene.com.

Festival of Houses

What: The 65th annual spring Festival of Houses and Gardens offers visitors the opportunity to venture inside nearly 150 Charleston private houses and gardens in the city’s Historic District. Daily tours, musical concerts, luncheon lectures and wine tastings are among the events. All proceeds benefit HCF’s preservation and education efforts.

When: 2-5 p.m. April 19, 6-9 p.m.

April 20, 2-5 p.m. April 21 Where: Historic Charleston Foundation, 40 E. Bay St. Price: $45 per tour ticket, other events varied prices More info: 722-3405 or www.

HistoricCharleston.org/Festival

Third Thursday

What: There will be dancing in the streets of downtown Summerville. Little Main Street will close to traffic and DJ Jim Bowers will

spin the tunes for shaggers. The Summerville Shag Club has been invited to participate. Dancers of all ages and experience are encouraged to join the fun. Additionally the Art Walk on Short Central will be in full swing with artists and artisans setting up booths to showcase their talents. Classic Cars will be on display on Little Main Street.

When: 5-8 p.m. April 19 Where: Historic Downtown Summerville, E Richardson Avenue and N Main Street Price: Free More info: 821-7260 or www. summervilledream.org

ton, 24 N. Market St. Price: Free More info: 727-3500 or 803737-2260 or aicscadm@aii.edu or www.artinstitutes.edu/charleston

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Art Reception

What: The Art Institute will present “What Those Who Teach Can Do” with a gallery exhibition highlighting the works of local high school educators.

When: 5:30 p.m.

Where: Art Institute of Charles-

The deadline for items is Friday at 5 p.m. the week before the event or concert takes place. Items should be submitted online at events.postandcourier.com.

Items submitted after the deadline will not be printed.

For more information, call 937-5582.

Today Whiskey Diablo

What: Variety of great tunes from Elvis, Sinatra, CCR, gypsy jazz and blues.

When: 6:30-10:30 p.m. April 19 Where: Morgan Creek Grill, 80 41st Ave. Price: Free

Soul Fish

What: The band will perform immediately following Team Trivia.

When: 7 p.m. Team Trivia, 9 p.m.

Band April 19 Where: Trayce’s Too Neighborhood Grille and Pub, 2578 Ashley River Road Price: No cover charge and drink specials.

Rik & Derek Cribb What: Live music.

When: 9 p.m.-midnight Where: Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ, 1205 Ashley River Road Price: No cover.

Friday Graham Whorley

What: Rock and funk guitar.

When: 6-9 p.m. April 20 Where: Juanita Greenberg’s Nacho Royale, 410 W. Coleman Blvd.

Anthony Owens

What: Rock/beach/pop.

When: 6:30-10:30 p.m.

Where: Halls Chophouse, 434 King St.

Cotton Blue

What: Live blues music.

When: 7-10 p.m.

Where: Aroma’s, 50 N. Market St.

Tyler Collins

What: Acoustic/reggae/rock.

When: 7 p.m. April 20 Where: Salty Mike’s Bar, 17 Lockwood Drive

The Cool

What: Pop, rock, dance and party covers.

When: 7 p.m.

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Blues and BBQ Cruise

What: Come aboard the Carolina Belle for the Sunset Blues and BBQ cruise. A night of blues music and barbecue. Organizers have partnered with blues Shrimp City Slim, Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ and The Bridge at 105.5 to throw the Charleston Harbor Tours event.

The cruise boards at 6:30 p.m. and leaves at 7 p.m. to return at 9 p.m.

Where: Carolina Belle, 10 Wharfside St. Price: $39.95 More info: 722-1112 or http:// charlestonharbortours.com/special-events-blues-barbeque.cfm

‘Catholic School Girls’

What: Presented by the Crabpot Players, this satire of Catholic school life in the 1960s uses four actresses to play the nuns and the first through eighth grade girls at St. George’s School in Yonkers.

When: 7:30 p.m. April 19-21, 26-28 Where: Pure Theatre, 477 King St. Price: $15 (students and seniors), $18 (general admission) More info: 410-8886 or www. crabpotplayers.com

Friday Art & Fine Craft Sale

What: View a collection of works by this local artist cooperative. A wide range of pieces including paintings, prints, sculpture, fine crafts, jewelry, fiber art and more will be available for sale. The public is invited to a free reception hosted by the artists 5-8 p.m. May 9 during the North Charleston Arts Festival Art Walk.

clubs, from E26 Where: Sand Dollar Social Club, 7 Center St.

Shane Clark Experience

What: Many genres ranging from new and old school country to current and older rock tunes.

When: 9 p.m. April 20 Where: Jon’s Mixed Drinks, 100 Crickentree Village Price: No cover.

Cherry Bomb

What: Party rock from the 80’s to today.

When: 9 p.m. April 20 Where: The Windjammer, 1008 Ocean Blvd.

Nathan Calhoun

What: Jam/acoustic/folk rock.

When: 9 p.m. Fridays, March 30May 25 Where: Folly Beach Crab Shack, 24 Center St.

Ellen Drive

What: Nu-jazz/R&B/rock.

When: 9:30 p.m. April 20 Where: Trayce’s Too Neighborhood Grille and Pub, 2578 Ashley River Road Price: Free; $4 Jagers, $2.50 Fire-

Thursday, April 19, 2012: E27 When: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May 26 Where: The Meeting Place, 1077 E. Montague Ave. Price: Free admission/free parking More info: 740-5854 or http:// bit.ly/culturalarts

New Music Collective

What: The New Music Collective continues its celebration of the 2012 John Cage Centennial with a concert of selections from Cage’s 44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776 (1976) as arranged by Jason Brogan, Sam Sfirri, and Ron Wiltrout for the NMC Chamber Ensemble.

When: 7 p.m. April 20 Where: Charleston Library Society, 164 King St. Price: $25 More info: 888-718-4253 or www.charlestonlibrarysociety.org

Saturday Benefit Golf Tourney

What: American Legion Post 208’s second annual golf tournament is set. Prizes and events include a $1,000 putting contest and $10,000 for a hole-in-one.

Proceeds will benefit local veterans’ charitable programs and local high school students to attend 2012 boys and girls state program.

When: April 21. Registration 11:30 a.m., putting contest 12:30 p.m., shotgun tee time 1:30 p.m.

Where: Shadowmoss Plantation Golf Course, 20 Dunvegan Drive Price: $300 per four-member team More info: 766-0889, post208sc@yahoo.com or http:// post208.bbnow.org/ balls, $2 Burnetts flavored vodka specials.

More info: 556-BEST

Saturday Jeff Liberty

What: Blues and classic rock on the upper deck.

When: 6:30-10:30 p.m. April 21 Where: Morgan Creek Grill, 80 41st Ave. Price: Free

Port Authority Band

What: The band will perform their “Timeless Top 40s” show.

When: 7 p.m.

Where: Plan B, 3025 Ashley Town Center Drive Price: $5 More info: (845) 222-7223 or www.portauthoritybandsc.com/

The Vegas Show

What: Food, drink and three different entertainers, including an Elvis.

When: 7 p.m. April 21 Where: Zeus Grill & Seafood, 725 Johnnie Dodds Blvd.

Double Up 4 Vision

What: Double Up 4 Vision is a tandem biking event pairing sighted and visually impaired riders to enjoy the experience of cycling.

A 24-Hour Tandem Bike Relay will kick off at 6 p.m. April 20 and will end at 6 p.m. April 21 starting and ending at the RiverDogs stadium.

Six teams will ride for four hours each. A Vision Rally is at 10 a.m.

April 21 at Hampton Park. Closing ceremonies will be April 21 at the RiverDogs game with free vision screenings and a silent auction.

When: 6-9 p.m. April 21 Where: Riley Park, 360 Fishburne St. More info: 723-6915 or www. associationfortheblindsc.org

Charleston Eco Fashion

What: The Second Edition of the Charleston Eco Fashion Event, produced by Circa PR, showcases independent fashion designers who make strides to support and embrace responsible eco-friendly philosophies. The event seeks to promote environmentally conscious trends in fashion and applauds and supports designers who are shaping these trends.

When: 7-9 p.m. April 21 Where: Michael Mitchell Gallery, 438 King St. Price: $25

‘The Road Home’

cast.

When: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 21 and 2 p.m. April 22 Where: Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. Price: $20 More info: 723.3225, ext. 11, or www.schsonline.org

Sunday Music Club Recital

What: The Charleston Music Club will present its annual student awards recital.

When: 4 p.m. April 22 Where: Franke at Seaside Rodenberg Hall, 1885 Rifle Range Road Price: Free More info: 886-0245 or http:// charlestonmusicclub.org

‘Hell and Back Again’

What: Academy Award-nominated documentary “Hell and Back Again” is a film by Danfung Dennis. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate, visceral portrait of Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris, 25, after being injured in combat. Discussion following the film with Joseph A. Lysaght, deputy director of Veterans Affairs for Charleston County When: 4-5:30 p.m. April 22 Where: The Olde North Charleston Picture House, 4820 Jenkins Ave. Price: Free

Monday

What: “The Road Home” is a oneact play created from accounts of people caught in the maelstrom of the Civil War, all wrapped in music that touched the hearts of both sides as they fought, prayed and longed for home. Broadway, film and TV actor Clarence Felder will be supported by a professional

What: Alice Osborn will read selections from her book, “Unfinished Projects,” at Monday Night Poetry & Music.

Where: East Bay Meeting House, 159 E. Bay St.

When: 8 p.m.-midnight Where: VFW post 3142, 3555 Dorchester Road Price: $5

When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: High Cotton, 199 E. Bay St. Price: Free

Cherry Bomb

What: Party rock from the ’80s to today.

When:9 p.m.

Where: K C Mulligan’s, 8410 Rivers Ave.

Estee Gabay

What: Pop/acoustic/alternative.

When: 9 p.m.-midnight April 21 Where: Folly Beach Crab Shack, 24 Center St.

Irresponsible Beach Life

What: Modern rock covers and hits from the ’90s to today.

When: 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. April 21 Where: Trayce’s Too Neighborhood Grille and Pub, 2578 Ashley River Road Price: No cover charge and drink specials all night long.

Sunday

Poetry & Music

The Bill Show

What: Every Sunday, come in and enjoy live music.

When: 3-6 p.m. Sundays, April 1-May 27 Where: Folly Beach Crab Shack, 24 Center St.

Ted Mckee & Friends

What: Ted McKee and various pickers perform live music.

Where: D.D. Peckers Wing Shack, 1660 Savannah Highway Price: Free

Monday Blue Monday

What: Lowcountry blues pianist/ singer Shrimp City Slim performs in cool and funky bistro setting.

When: 7 p.m. Mondays through June 25 Where: Med Bistro, 90 Folly Road Blvd.

Price: Free

South Jazzmen David Landeo The Tommy Ford Band New What: A trad jazz band that plays What: Acoustic/electric rock.

What: Ken Waters and Gary Zink on vocals. Open to the public.

a variety of teens and twenties standards during brunch.

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Price: Free

Tuesday CSO Mixed Ensemble

What: The Charleston Symphony

Orchestra presents a mixed ensemble chamber concert as a part of the City Gallery three-concert series.

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EVENTs, from E27 When: 7:30 p.m. April 24 Where: City gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau st.

Price: $15, $10 for students More info: 723-7528 or www. charlestonsymphony.org

Wednesday Barn Jam

What: Musicians to perform include Chompin’ at the bit string band, smoke stack, XVsK, Folly beach reggae All-stars and Travis Allison at the Awendaw green.

When: 6-10 p.m.

Where: sewee outpost, 4853 U.s.

Highway 17

Thursday, April 26 Beach Music Benefit

What: step back in time to the heyday of dancing at Folly beach and the grand strand at the Charleston Museum’s annual fundraiser. dance the night away at beach Music on the boardwalk, featuring live beach music by the ocean drive Party band, boardwalk-style eats, live auction, roller derby demos by the Lowcountry Highrollers and an open bar. Proceeds benefit the beautification of the museum courtyard. Hosted by the Friends and needed supporters of the Charleston Museum.

Auction highlights: two Wanamaker Club Tickets for the 2012 PgA Championship, mountain vacation house for a week, sewanee vacation house for a week, Cottage at Wild dunes for a week.

When: 6:30-9:30 p.m. April 26 Where: Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting st.

Price: $75/member, $80/nonmember More info: 722-2996, ex. 235, or www.charlestonmuseum.org/ event.asp?id=471

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CSO Mixed Ensemble

What: The Charleston symphony orchestra presents a mixed ensemble chamber concert as a part of the daniel island Chamber Music series.

When: 7 p.m. April 26 Where: Providence baptist Church, 294 seven Farms dr.

Price: $15 More info: 723-7528 or www. charlestonsymphony.org

Shakespeare’s Birthday

What: The Charleston renaissance Ensemble celebrates shakespeare’s birthday with readings by author bernard Cornwell and enhanced with music from the time. since 1977, the renaissance Ensemble has shared its passion for early music with Charleston and the world. The ensemble has been featured at spoleto and the national Cathedral. Cornwell, obE, is the best-selling author of 50 novels, most notably the richard sharpe series.

When: 7 p.m. April 26 Where: Charleston Library society, 164 King st.

Price: $15 More info: 888-718-4253 or www.charlestonlibrarysociety.org

Friday, April 27 Colleton Rice Festival

What: Held in downtown Walterboro, this annual three-day event will feature arts and crafts, food, fireworks, music and other live entertainment, a 5K run/walk and an open car and bike show. special performances by the East Coast Party band and the Mason dixon band, as well as a dog show by The Marvelous Mutts.

Where: downtown Walterboro, E. Washington st.

More info: 549-1079 or http:// festivalnet.com/cgi-bin/subs/subsdb.cgi?db=subs&view_records2= 1&ww=1&id=4613&fn=fn01058

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When: 7 p.m.

Where: red’s ice House, 98 Church st.

Price: Free

Tuesday TrickKnee Duo

What: Acoustic rock with Matt and Fred.

When: 8 p.m. April 24 Where: Trayce’s Too neighborhood grille and Pub, 2578 Ashley river rd.

Price: no cover and all-night drink specials.

Fire and Ice Karaoke

What: Karaoke with dJ Wild bill.

When: 9 p.m. Tuesdays Where: Wet Willies, 209 E. bay st.

Price: no cover More info: 826-2193 or www. facebook.com/Fire-ice-Karaoke

Wednesday Barn Jam

What: Musicians to perform at the Awendaw green barn Jam include Chompin’ At The bit string band, smoke stack, XVsK, Folly beach reggae All-stars and Travis Allison.

When: 6-10 p.m.

Where: sewee outpost, 4853 n. Highway 17

Dave Landeo

What: Acoustic/electric rock.

When: 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Where: red’s ice House, 1882 Andell bluff blvd.

Price: Free

Jordan Igoe

What: With Aaron Firetag and Jessica daisi. Acoustic/folk/rock.

Stand Against Racism

What: The YWCA of greater Charleston invites local residents, schools, organizations and businesses to join this year’s stand Against racism. in addition to celebrating diversity with speakers and multicultural entertainment, the annual observance will feature participants in a dramatic human chain at the foot of the Arthur ravenel Jr. bridge to help increase awareness about prejudice in society.

When: 3:30 p.m. April 27 Where: st. Julian devine Community Center, one Cooper st.

Price: Free More info: 722-1644 or www. ywca.org/charlestonsc

Saturday, April 28 Push-Up Challenge

What: Teams of six people compete to complete as many push-ups as possible in 30 minutes (school division is 20 minutes) at the Push-Up & Up Challenge Charleston. There are three divisions: open, Competitive and school division. Each team will raise money for Communities in schools of the Charleston Area.

When: 9:20-11:30 a.m. April 28 Where: Marion square, Calhoun st. and King st.

Price: $150 team registration; fee waived for school teams More info: 882-7444 or www. pushupandup.org

Improv for the Kids

What: This fast-paced short-form improv show will provide plenty of laughs for parents, too. Think of it as “Whose Line is it Anyway?” for kids. The show will be based on audience suggestion and will be interactive (perfect for kids). seven of Theatre 99’s company members will take the suggestions and create one-of-a-kind scenes.

When: 1 p.m. April 28 Where: Theatre 99, 280 Meeting st.

Price: $5 More info: 853-6687 or www. theatre99.com

2nd Recurring Revival

What: An all-day festival catered to children and adults featuring live music, face-painting, modern dance, live screen printing (don’t forget your T-shirt!) beverages and food vendors. The redux artist studios will be open so visitors can talk with the artists, see their work and maybe learn new techniques.

Where: redux Contemporary Art Center, 136 saint Philip st.

Price: $10 advance, $12 day of, kids free!

S.C. Aquarium Gala

What: The s.C. Aquarium will host its annual gala, titled An Evening in Madagascar. An event dedicated to worldwide conservation The evening will allow guests to feel they have traveled to the island and back in one night with themed cocktails, seated dinner, an Environmental stewardship Awards presentation, theatrical performances and, new to the evening, an After Affair inside the aquarium. The gala is black tie.

Where: 100 Aquarium Wharf More info: 579-8541

Shaggin’ On Cooper

What: spend an evening dancing on the scenic Mount Pleasant Pier to live classic oldies and beach music. beverages will be available for purchase on-site. only 800 tickets will be sold for this event. Advance purchase is recommended. in the event of cancellation, tickets will be good for any 2012 shaggin’ on the Cooper event.

Where: Mount Pleasant Pier, 71 Harry M. Hallman Jr. blvd.

Price: $10/$8 Charleston County discount & $10 (onsite if available) More info: 795-4386 or www.ccprc.com

More games at postandcourier.com/ games.

Where: Juanita greenbergs, 439 King st.

ACE’s on bridgE

By BOBBY WOLFF

Jeff Bateman

In today’s deal you could argue that West might have raised to four spades over South’s four hearts, but West was not sure at this vulnerability what the size of the penalty might be. As it was, he passed, and North bid five hearts as a general try, focusing on spades more than anything else. South looked at his quick tricks and accepted the invitation. In this position one should pass with no control, and cue-bid five spades with the ace and anything but a dead minimum. You can use your discretion with a second-round control, typically bidding slam unless you are otherwise unsuitable.

Against six hearts, when the spade three was led to the jack and 10, East insulted declarer

by trying to cash the spade ace, perhaps not seeing the downside of this move.

South ruffed the second spade high, and now it was an easy matter to cross to dummy with a trump and lead the spade queen to pin the nine and establish the eight for a discard.

Of course if the spade nine had not fallen, declarer would have been reduced to taking the club finesse for his contract, and today would not have been his lucky day.

Had the spade nine and eight been switched, declarer could have husbanded the entries to dummy and have brought about this position for himself without any help from the defenders after the opening lead.

What: Acoustic rock/funk.

When: 7 p.m. Wednesdays April 4-May 30 Where: Lucky’s southern grill, 1271 Folly road

New South Jazzmen

What: A trad jazz band that plays a variety of teens and twenties standards.

When: 8 p.m.

Where: osteria La bottiglia, 420 King st.

Jeff Houts

What: Acoustic classic rock and reggae.

When: 9 p.m. April 25 Where: Folly beach Crab shack, 24 Center st.

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DOONESBURY By Garry Trudeau

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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: INTELLECT

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TODAY’S WORD: BEWAILS

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lilt line lint lintel little cell celt cent cite client

THE RULES -Words must be four

or more letters.

-Words which acquire 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 & Paul Anderson

BIZARRO By Dan Piraro

Yesterday’s Solution

ZIGGY By Tom Wilson

Crossword Puzzle

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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): Put everything you’ve got into personal gain. Invest in you and what you can do to improve your situation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Plan a vacation or get involved in a project, course or apprenticeship that will allow you to expand your mind and improve your lifestyle.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22DEC. 21): You’ve got all the moves and ideas to win favors. Communication is the key to getting what you want.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t divulge private information if you want your plans to unfold without a hitch. Take care of any loose ends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t get angry, get moving. It’s up to you to take control and make things happen. Focus on gathering information.

CApRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Put your money and possessions in a safe place. You stand to lose if you are too trusting. Focus on home and family.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll impress people if you participate in a cause, fundraiser or event you believe in. Don’t be surprised if someone is jealous of you.

LIBRA (SEpT. 23OCT. 22): Plan to have some fun. Get out with friends you enjoy or people who offer good conversation. Love and romance are highlighted.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): You can turn a good idea into a profitable venture. Don’t just talk about your plans; spring into action and get things up and running.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep your thoughts to yourself. Accept the inevitable. An emotional matter will develop if you or someone you are close to becomes controlling or pushy.

SCORpIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Take a timeout. Be creative and you will come up with a way to enhance your living arrangements to better suit your personal and professional needs.

pISCES (FEB. 19-MARCh 20): Don’t take anything or anyone for granted. You are better off doing things on your own. You will be disappointed in someone you thought you could trust.

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Ex-wife can’t take man’s talk about girlfriend

Sustain your brain with Earth Day trivia

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BY REBEkAH BRADfORD Special to The Post and Courier

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arth Day is April 22, and this year’s message is to “Mobilize the Earth” by standing united in the quest to have a more sustainable future and to demand positive action in that direction by our leaders.

Last week, Jenna Byers won against a longtime Head2Head Trivia champ. This week, her opponent, Jason Andrews, is looking for his first victory.

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Earth Day isn’t all about dirt, but it sure is a fun part of it.

QUESTIONS 1. When was the first Earth Day celebrated?

2. What was the world’s first established national park?

3. Name the environmental activist who recently spoke at the Sottile Theatre and who has organized demonstrations against the Keystone XL pipeline?

4. What percentage of the world’s population is without safe drinking water?

5. One bus carries as many people as how many cars?

6. Where was Greenpeace founded?

7. Name the island nation that is just 8 feet above sea level and whose recently ousted president tried to call the world’s attention to the dangers of climate change.

8. Where was the first major international conference on environmental issues?

9. Of all the water on Earth, what percentage is fresh water?

10. How many trees are saved for every ton of paper recycled?

CONCLUSION Jenna racks up her second victory in a row with a win over Jason. Can she make it to three? We’ll have to wait until next week to find out.

In the meantime, if you’re looking for ideas of what to do for Earth Day or just ways to live a greener lifestyle, check out www. earthday.org/2012.

JENNA’S ANSWERS

JASON’S ANSWERS

1. Sometime in the ’70s.

2. Yellowstone. Helps that I’ve been there.

3. Bill McKibben. Love him.

4. I’m guessing, but I’ll say 25 percent.

5. 50 6. Canada 7. It’s the Maldives, and the former President’s name is Naveed.

8. This I don’t know, so maybe Denmark?

9. Five 10. 20

1. 1986 2. Yosemite 3. Don’t know.

4. About a quarter?

5. You looking for an average? 100.

6. Canada 7. Philippines?

8. Japan 9. 1 percent 10. 10

CORRECT ANSWERS 1. 1970 2. Yellowstone National Park, in 1872.

3. Bill McKibben 4. 25 percent 5. 40 6. Canada 7. Maldives 8. Sweden 9. 2.5 percent 10. 17

EAR ABBY: My exhusband likes to call to ask me for advice.

Our most recent conversation was in regard to his girlfriend and her sexual past, which he knew about before they started dating. He now disapproves of her history and he began calling her unpleasant names. He tells me he deserves better but intends to stay with her until he gets bored.

Hearing this sort of talk gives me a stomachache and heartburn. I feel terrible for the woman. I want to be a friend to my ex, but I’m not sure I can handle the stress.

Is the only solution not to take his calls, like my friends tell me? I’m not sure I can do that without major guilt. — WISCONSIN READER DEAR READER: I’ll offer

DEAR ABBY another option: The next time your ex starts asking you for relationship advice, tell him you don’t like hearing the way he talks about his girlfriend. Explain that it makes you so uncomfortable that you prefer to avoid the topic. If he respects your wishes, continue taking his calls. If not, refuse them.

And please, stop feeling guilty about the divorce.

From your description, your former husband is a user, and you’re lucky to be rid of him.

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