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FROM THE EDITOR Food. One of my all-time favorite topics. I love to talk about it, eat it, watch TV shows about it, read about it, shop for it ... anything that can be done with or about food, I’m all about. I received my love of cooking twofold — from my grandmother and my mother, not to mention the fact that I’m Southern, so it’s in my DNA. Cooking and eating with others creates a special bond on so many levels. My best

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WHAT’S INSIDE 5

GET OUT

David Quick previews outdoor fitness options

ON A BUDGET?

Check out Paige Hinson’s Dollar Days column

7-8 I MOVIES’ “Glass Bullets for Broken Hearts,” “The Devil Inside,”“The Iron Lady”

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28-29 I CALENDAR, NIGHTLIFE, SUDOKU 30-34

COMICS+TV GRID

With horoscopes and a crossword puzzle

35 I TRIVIA, ABBY

9 I MOVIE LISTINGS 10-13 I

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MUSIC

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ARTS

Raul’s Taqueria and Mexican Grill, Chew on This, La Fontana

CD reviews, upcoming shows

A look at upcoming events, Artist of the Week

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WEEKEND EVENTS I

COVER STORY

A look at Restaurant Week and 10 of the chefs behind the food

Cover:

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Chef Ken Vedrinski at Trattoria Lucca.

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conversations have been over meals, and the best parties I’ve attended have revolved around the kitchen. So imagine my delight to live in a town that celebrates

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food as much as I do. And Restaurant Week does just that, celebrates food. But we at Charleston Scene wanted to take it a bit further and celebrate some of the great chefs behind the great food (Pages 18-27). Go out and experience all Charleston has to offer the palate, and don’t forget to send your compliments to the chef. – Allison Nugent anugent@postandcourier.com Facebook.com/AllisonTNugent

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Charleston Marathon continues to grow, evolve T he early, formative years of the Cooper River Bridge Run faced obstacles and challenges, and the same holds true for this weekend’s Charleston Marathon. Unlike the Bridge Run, the Charleston Marathon includes multiple events over two days, including the second annual marathon, a third annual half-marathon and a third annual 5K on Saturday and bikes rides of 30 and 60 miles on Sunday. Last year, organizers scrambled when barricades appeared on certain roads along the course in North Charleston. This year, part of the heartburn came with an announcement that officials soon would ban bikes on the James Island connector, part of the bike ride course. Organizers were assuring folks that the ban won’t start

before the weekend, or if it did, it wouldn’t apply to participants this year, according to marathon co-founder Charles Fox. Meanwhile, the event is enjoying healthy growth, and I’m confident it will evolve into something better and bigger. It likely will never become a mega-race like the Bridge Run, but with the right changes and support, the Charleston Marathon has the potential of being a national-level race. As of Tuesday morning, 2,416 had signed up for the

half-marathon, 1,114 for the marathon, 476 for the 5K and 269 for the bike rides. The numbers have been running at about 15 percent above last year’s year-to-date numbers. With online registration closing on Wednesday but in-person registration still available, and with the forecast looking cold but dry, the event could still get a late registration bounce for the half-marathon and 5K. Meanwhile, organizers seem to have improving routes as their No. 1 goal for 2013. In a good move, the event hired a paid part-time director, Liz Alford, who has experience in event planning for the Olympics, to provide a new level of professionalism to the event. Organizers have found North Charleston to be extremely accommodating for the event, while Charleston,

tors (less than half of those signed up are local) in one of the few months that Charleston doesn’t have many visitors, it needs to change three The route basic elements: the course, The basic “rolling” road the day of the event and the closure plan is this: Downnumber of events. town’s East Bay Street from I’ve long said the course Calhoun Street to The Batneeds to be more scenic (one tery will be closed 7:30 a.m. word: Spruill?). And the Saturday until runners pass; marathon and half need to King Street will be closed as be on Sunday, which is when the runners approach and most marathons are and pass from The Battery all gives visitors an extra day the way to North Charlesto settle in and carbo-load ton; Spruill Avenue will be at local restaurants before closed from 8 a.m. until the the big race. Also, Sunday last runners pass (there is a races improve the chances of 6½-hour limit); Park Circle, people staying Friday, SaturWest Montague Avenue to day and even Sunday night, Mixon Avenue, and around with the Martin Luther King the School of the Arts will be Jr. holiday giving people an closed about 9 a.m.-1 p.m. To extra day to relax. see the course, go to www. I know the argument charlestonmarathon.com. against Sunday, and it has to With the marathon being a do with living in The Holy potential draw for more visi- City. But I know plenty of

which has to deal with exponentially more event-driven road closures, has been less so.

good Christians who run marathons on Sunday and even witness by doing so. As for the events, focus on the marathon and half. Ditch the 5K and bike ride.

Helping the arts

Ultimately the marathon events raise money for the Youth Endowment for the Arts. All proceeds fund grants to support fine arts programs in Charleston County schools. Last year’s event raised $40,000. In fact, children and the arts are key components of the event. A Youth Marathon encourages kids to run the equivalent of a marathon with the final miles culminating Friday. And youth bands, along with other musicians, pepper the course.

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C of C bands will battle; birds of prey in Awendaw

The Center for Birds of Prey is showing some love for locals during January by offering two-for-one admission for the upcoming three Saturdays. Residents of Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester,

Civil rights film

“Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock.” The documentary, which begins at 4 p.m., tells the story of Daisy Bates, a woman who advocated the right of nine African-American students to attend an allwhite high school in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957. Following the film, Daisy Alcox will discuss her life as a teenager living in Orangeburg during the civil rights movement. The Olde North Charleston Picture House is at 4820 Jenkins Ave. Go to www. parkcirclefilms.org.

On Sunday, just in time for Budgeting seminar Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kick off the new year the the Olde North Charleston right way by attending a Picture House in Park Circle free budgeting seminar at will host a free screening of 11 a.m. Wednesday. The South Carolina Federal Credit Union’s Rivers Avenue branch, 6265 Rivers Ave., is hosting the seminar, titled “Building a Budget.” Led by Leslie Howard, the seminar will teach participants how to set up realistic spending goals in order to save money, get and stay out of debt and stay motivated. FILE/WADE SPEES/STAFF The event is free, but tickets should be reserved by go- This Saker falcon is among the amazing animals you ing to www.eventbrite.com. could see at the Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw.

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he College of Charleston Battle of the Bands returns to the Music Farm this Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m., with music beginning at 8 p.m. Performers will include

For the birds

Georgetown and Horry counties can pay $12 for two adults and $10 for two youths 6-18. Children under 6 can get in free. While at the center, guests will learn all about hawks, eagles, owls, vultures and falcons through guided tours, flight demonstrations, the Owl Wood and other attractions. The Center for Birds of Prey is at 4872 Sewee Road in Awendaw. Saturday hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 9717474 or go to www.thecenter forbirdsofprey.org.

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Tyler Boone, South Street, Brother, Tom Mackell and Bianca & Page. Admission is $3 per person and free for C of C students who show their IDs. Proceeds will benefit ACE Africa, an organization dedicated to supporting orphans and other children affected by the HIV and AIDS epidemic. The Music Farm is at 32 Ann Street. Go to www. musicfarm.com.

Mondays in

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Billy the Kid movie shot in S.C. screened Sunday

‘Devil Inside’ major disappointment BY ROGER MOORE

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

he things young Isabella Rossi sees on her fateful trip to Rome! illiam Bonney, She sees bodies contort into alias Billy the Kid, pretzels and climb walls has been a favorite and fling themselves across of filmmakers since Johnny rooms, breaking restraints as Mack Brown strapped on a they do. She sees blood and sixgun for “Billy the Kid” in hears all manner of blood1930. curdling cursing in languagSince that time, the notoes familiar and foreign. rious outlaw, little known And playing her in “The during much of his life, Devil Inside,” actress Ferhas been played by such nanda Andrade, who is easy worthies as Paul Newman on the eyes, barely bats an (“The Left-Handed Gun,” eye. I guess she’s grown up 1958), Val Kilmer (“Billy the with exorcism movies, so STEPHEN GILLIAM nothing’s going to shock her. Kid,” 1989), Emilio Estevez Christopher Bowman stars as Billy the Kid in (“Young Guns,” 1988) and If it’s January, it must be Kris Kristofferson (“Pat Gar- Christopher Forbes’ “Glass Bullets for Broken Hearts.” low-grade horror season. rett & Billy the Kid,” 1973), Why not roll out a “Blair western, as well, and has a among others. “I was making one of my Witch”-type hand-held very natural, very real screen “We’re making a documenAdd Christopher Bowman westerns at the time, and presence,” Forbes said. “He al- tary about my ‘possessed’ to the ledger. Approaching Graye told me he was going so wrote a great original song mother” film? the character of Bonney (born to write one that I should William Henry McCarty Jr. in consider making. I told him, for the movie, ‘I Just Might The un-emotive Andrade 1859) at a time before the leg- ‘Do it. You never know what Live Forever.’ I shot the video for that song and we’ll screen end took root, Bowman and might happen.’ Six months that video just before the feadirector Christopher Forbes later, he showed me the first ture. Also in the cast is music saddle up with “Glass Bullets draft, and lo and behold if it legend Billy Joe Royal, who for Broken Hearts,” the latest wasn’t pretty darned good.” in Forbes’ series of feature Principal photography took plays a ruthless gunslinger.” Rounding out the gallery films on the Old West. place in North Augusta, FairShot largely in South fax, Brunson and St. George. are Jerry Chesser, Kimberly Campbell, Ronald BumgardCarolina, the movie will be “To add legitimacy to the ner, Jason Harbour, Dave screened at 2 p.m. Sunday at project, we also traveled to Cinebarre Theatre in Mount Lincoln County, N.M., which Long, Richard Kinsey, Clarence Bernard Nalley, Taylor Pleasant. Also to be screened is an important location in Grace-Davis and Stan Fink. at 4 p.m. is Charleston filmthe Billy the Kid legend,” maker Gretchen Dzedzej’s Forbes said. “Lincoln County Doggone it comedy “My Doggone Desis a large piece of land with tiny.” Admission is $8 at the varied landscapes. ... We shot Dzedzej’s “My Doggone door for both films. in New Mexico in August of Destiny” centers on Sarah, last year.” a young woman who frets The Kid legend Like his last western, “Cole she may be next to succumb “It’s an origins picture,” said Younger and the Black Train,” when a good friend dies Forbes’ latest embraces an Forbes, an Augusta-based unexpectedly from a heart aticon of the genre with a difdirector whose films include tack at 19. ferent narrative strategy, “The Battle of Aiken” and When Sarah’s therapist “Firetrail.” “Although the film focusing on those elements shows her an article on the of a character’s life that selwill be released as ‘Billy the power of happiness and posidom have been addressed. Kid,’ it was shot under the tive thinking, she resolves to title ‘Glass Bullets for Broken Only this time, it will be in take control of her own destriplicate. “Glass Bullets for Hearts,’ which derived from tiny. That resolve is put to the our screenwriter, Graye Bum- Broken Hearts” is the first of test when the pet she’s agreed a planned trilogy of pictures to “dog-sit” escapes. gardner. It refers to a glass bullet necklace worn by Leon that chronicles Bonney’s life. Starring are Naomi Dod“Playing bounty hunter Le- dington, Michelle Mills, Copper, a bounty hunter in the movie and the love interest on Copper is country singer Gabrielle Blevens, Ruth Ann of William Bonney’s mother.” Cody McCarver, who was Oliver, April Rollins, Barbara with the band Confederate Bumgardner, then 19, apGehl, Monique MoralesRailroad for a decade. Cody proached Forbes two years Kroll and Toby as Charlie, played a major role in my last the dog. ago with the idea.

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Movie review

★ (out of 5 stars) DIRECTOR: William Brent Bell CAST: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley and Ionut Grama RATED: R (for disturbing violent content and grisly images, and for language including some sexual references) RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 27 minutes WHAT DID YOU THINK?: Find this review at charleston scene.com and offer your opinion of the film. plays a young woman whose mother killed three members of the Catholic clergy 20 years before in an American exorcism. She was transferred to a hospital for the criminally insane in

Rome, where Isabella drags filmmaker Michael (Ionut Grama) and his video cameras to make a movie that provides Isabella with answers. “Is it in my genes? Am I going to flip out some day?” She visits Mom (Suzan Crowley, very creepy) in her hospital room, rattling Isabella. She takes in a lecture at The Vatican School for Exorcism, which is like Hogwarts without the cool scarves. She takes up with a couple of young priests (Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth), who promptly invite her and Michael along on a couple of house calls. It’s a profoundly foolish script filmed with a shaky cam. There are some gripping images and one hairraising moment. But it’s not enough, of course, and the ending is such a cheat that you’ll be fighting back the urge to boo during the closing credits.

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‘Iron Lady’ more personal than biographical Movie review

to construct more of a memory poem. It makes for a movie that is highly here is far more softness personal in every sense of than steel in “The Iron the word. Even the political Lady,” starring Meryl highs and lows that come to Streep as the iconic British Thatcher in flashbacks are Prime Minister Margaret of a more private sort: how Thatcher. The film catches isolated she felt as a woman her long after she’s left the in a man’s world. Why she public eye, and rather than was willing to lose the hat, an examination, or an assess- but not the pearls, during a ment, of her politics, it incampaign media makeover. stead offers up an affecting if Lloyd and Morgan’s intennot always satisfying portrait tion is telegraphed from of the strong-willed leader the opening scenes, when humbled by age. a simple trip to the grocery Director Phyllida Lloyd store for a now-unsteady and screenwriter Abi Mor- Thatcher becomes a confusgan have discarded most ing difficulty for her and a of the conventions of film frightening surprise for her biographies and chosen caretakers when they dis-

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Meryl Streep portrays Margaret Thatcher and Jim Broadbent is Denis Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” cover she’s gone. The movie unfolds over just a few days, plucked from the filmmakers’ imaginations, looking in on Thatcher when she finally starts packing up her late husband’s clothes. As happens in times such as these, small things trigger memories, the distant past coming more easily to mind than the day’s agenda. She finds herself frequently drifting back in time, which the director uses as a device to fill in the primary trajectory of her roughly 40-year political career — snapshots of various triumphs, her failures less so. Back in present-day reality, or the blurred version within which Thatcher now exists, she creeps around her house as if she were being watched. And when no one is looking, she carries on conversations with her much-loved Denis. Jim Broadbent is wonderful as Thatcher’s husband and confidant, with his amused smile and crisp common sense defining “devoted”

quite succinctly. It all serves to humanize her starched and stolid public face. The notion of social class and the ways in which one transcends that, or tries to, is thrown into the mix, but as with too much else in the film, is never thoroughly tossed. Thatcher was a shopkeeper’s daughter, watching her father work long hours. As the daughter of a small-business owner, she had little patience with the labor unions that she felt were breaking the country’s economic back. Though she never identified herself as a feminist, she always felt she was an the outsider in a Parliament dominated by Britain’s mostly male upper echelon. But the implications never hold the filmmakers’ attentions for long. Designer Marese Langan (“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” “A Mighty Heart”) does a remarkable job of taking away and putting years on Streep as she moves from Thatcher’s

late 30s to her 80s; makeup has gone a long way to help transform the actress (though the irregular teeth are a bit disconcerting at first). But mostly, it is Streep’s uncanny ability to disappear inside her characters that is striking. (Alexandra Roach and Harry Lloyd play the Thatchers as a young couple.) Because the film moves between so many time periods, the task for production and costume crews, headed by Simon Elliott (“Bleak House”) and Consolata Boyle (“Angela’s Ashes,” “Into the West”), respectively, was substantial, as well, and the effects do an excellent job at making the various eras distinct. Director of photography Elliot Davis (“Out of Sight,” “Twilight”) keeps the look throughout very clean. Together, they create the sense of a carefully manicured life where nothing seems frivolous. Even the children — or so you sense, when Thatcher’s daughter Carol

(Olivia Colman) drops by to check on Mum, keeping her frustration in check. This is the director’s second feature film and the second time she’s had Streep as a star. While Thatcher is a far different woman than the hippieexpat-mom who favored ABBA and anchored 2008’s fizzy musical “Mama Mia!,” it suffers from some of the same meandering style. Perhaps because of Lloyd’s theater background, both films feel like a series of loosely linked set pieces — plays in 15 or so acts. That leaves the boat feeling rudderless despite its very shiny brass battlements and beautifully waxed decks. What helps elevate the film is the searing insight Streep brings to Thatcher’s aging; she catches every one of the emotional crosscurrents that gets to the truth of the matter. But if you come expecting keen insight into the intrigues of her very long political life, or even something as simple as why the Soviets dubbed her the Iron Lady, consider a trip to the library instead.

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NOW PLAYING THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN ★★★★ PG UNIVERSAL/AP

Mark Wahlberg is shown in a scene from “Contraband.”

OPENING THIS WEEK

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST G

Disney’s 1991 masterpiece returns to the theatres.

James Island 3D: Fri and Tues-Thurs, Jan. 19: 6:50 Sat-Mon: 1:50, 6:50 James Island: Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 4:20, 9:15 Northwoods 3D: Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:10, 9:20

BEING ELMO NR

A documentary about Kevin Clash, the voice and puppeteer of Elmo from “Sesame Street.”

Park Circle: Sat: 8 p.m.

CONTRABAND R

Mark Walhberg stars as a former smuggler who must return to a life of crime in order to save his brother-in-law from a drug lord.

James Island: Fri and Tues-Thurs, Jan. 19: 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Mon: 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Northwoods: Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 1:10, 3:55, 7, 9:35

THE IRON LADY ★★★ PG-13

Tintin and his friend, Captain Haddock, go on a search for a lost treasure.

Cinebarre 3D: Today: 12:55, 7:10, 9:40 Cinebarre: Today: 3:55 Citadel 3D: Today: 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50 Citadel IMAX: Today: noon Hwy. 21: Fri-Sun and Thurs, Jan. 19: 7 James Island: Today: 4, 9:15 James Island 3D: Today: 6:40 Fri and Tues-Thurs, Jan. 19: 4 Sat-Mon: 1:15, 4 Northwoods 3D: Today: 12:55, 3:45, 7, 9:30 FriThurs, Jan. 19: 12:55, 3:45, 7 Palmetto Grande 3D: Today: 1:55, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10 Regal 18 3D: Today: 1:45, 6:55 Regal 18: Today: 4:15

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED ★★ G

The Chipmunks and Chipettes are marooned on a desert island.

Citadel: Today: noon, 12:30, 2:10, 2:40, 4:20, 4:50, 7, 9:20 James Island: Today: 4:15, 6:45, 9 Northwoods: Today: 12:05, 12:55, 2:15, 3:05, 4:25, 7, 9:15 Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:05, 2:15, 4:25, 7, 9:15 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:10, 5, 7:20, 9:35 Regal 18: Today: 1:15, 2:05, 3:55, 4:30, 6:45

THE DARKEST HOUR PG-13 Aliens attack Earth and its power supply.

Terrace: Fri-Sat and Mon-Thurs, Jan. 19: 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:20 Sun: 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:20

Cinebarre 3D: Today: 1:15, 4:15, 7:40, 9:55 Citadel 3D: Today: 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30 James Island: Today: 4:10, 9:15 James Island 3D: Today: 6:50 Northwoods 3D: Today: 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 9:30 Palmetto Grande 3D: Today: 7:55, 10:10 Regal 18 3D: Today: 2:10, 4:25, 7:05

JOYFUL NOISE PG

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Meryl Streep stars as the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in this biopic.

Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah play two very different members of the same choir who team up to win a national competition.

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THEATERS

A land baron attempts to reconnect with his two teen daughters after his wife is in a boating accident.

Citadel: Today: 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:50, 4, 7:05, 9:45 Terrace: Today: 1:40, 4:15, 7:10, 9:25

THE DEVIL INSIDE ★ R

A young woman in Italy gets involved in exorcisms during her investigation of her mother, who allegedly murdered three people.

Cinebarre: Today: 1, 4, 7:30, 9:55 Citadel: Today: 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:15, 9:40 James Island: Fri and Tues-Thurs, Jan. 19: 4:25, 7:15, 9:30 Sat-Mon: 2, 4:25, 7:15, 9:30 Northwoods: Today-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:35, 4:05, 7:10, 7:45, 9:30, 10:05 Regal 18: Today: 1:30, 4, 7, 7:30

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO ★★★★ R

An investigative journalist teams up with a computer hacker to solve a murder.

Cinebarre: Today: 11:30, noon, 3, 3:30, 6:45, 7:15, 10:05, 10:35 Citadel: Today: 12:30, 1:30, 4, 5, 8, 9 Northwoods: Today-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:30, 4:10, 8 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:50, 9:50 Regal 18: Today: 1, 1:35, 4:20, 5, 7:55 Terrace: Today: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25 Fri-Sat: 10:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25 Sun-Thurs, Jan. 19: 3:30, 6:30, 9:25

HUGO ★★★ PG

An orphaned boy attempts to finish an invention started by his father.

James Island 3D: Today: 4, 6:40, 9:15 Fri and TuesThurs, Jan. 19: 4 Sat-Mon: 1:15, 4 Palmetto Grande 3D: Today: 1:25, 4:35 Regal 18: Today: 1:25, 4:10

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL ★★★★ PG-13

When the IMF is shut down and accused of being involved in a bombing, Ethan Hunt and his team must clear its name.

Cinebarre: Today: 12:35, 1:05, 3:35, 4:05, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30 Citadel: Today: 1, 4:30, 8 Citadel IMAX: Today: 3:20, 7, 9:50 Hwy. 21: Fri-Sun and Thurs, Jan. 19: 8:50 James Island: Today-Fri and Tues-Thurs, Jan. 19: 4, 7, 10 Sat-Mon: 1, 4, 7, 10 Northwoods: Today: 12:20, 2, 3:40, 5, 6:50, 8, 9:45 Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:20, 2, 4:20, 5:10, 7:15, 8:10, 10:15 Regal 18: Today: 1:20, 1:50, 4:10, 4:50, 7:15, 7:50

THE MUPPETS ★★★½ PG

The Muppets reunite when they learn of an oil tycoon’s plan to destroy their theater.

Citadel: Today: 12:55, 3:30 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:20, 5:20 Regal 18: Today: 2, 4:35

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN ★★★ R

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY ★★★★ R

During the Cold War, an aging spy must find a Soviet operative who has infiltrated MI6.

Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:40, 4:40, 7:35, 10:15 Terrace: Today-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:10, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30

An employee of Sir Laurence Olivier’s tells of a week spent with Marilyn Monroe during the filming of “The Prince and the Showgirl.”

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN — PART I ★★★★ PG-13

NEW YEAR’S EVE ★★ PG-13

Citadel: Today: 9:30 James Island: Today: 4, 7, 9:45 Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 7, 9:45 Regal 18: Today: 2:20, 5:05, 7:45

Citadel: Today: 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30 Regal 18: Today: 2:15, 4:40, 7:10

The lives of couples and singles living in New York City merge on New Year’s Eve.

Citadel: Today: 7, 9:40 James Island: Today: 4:05, 7, 9:40 Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 7, 9:40 Northwoods: Today-Thurs, Jan. 19: 1, 3:45, 7, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 4:45 Regal 18: Today: 7:20

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS ★★★ PG-13

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson endeavor to defeat their archenemy, Professor Moriarty.

Cinebarre: Today: 12:40, 1:10, 3:40, 4:10, 7:05, 7:35, 9:55, 10:25 Citadel: Today: 12:45, 2:30, 3:45, 5:30, 7, 9:55 Hwy. 21: Fri-Sun and Thurs, Jan. 19: 9 James Island: Today-Fri and Tues-Thurs, Jan. 19: 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 Sat-Mon: 1, 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 Northwoods: Today: 12:20, 3:25, 5:15, 7, 8:10, 9:55 Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19:12:20, 3:25, 5:15, 7, 9:55 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:05, 1:35, 4:30, 6:45, 7:20, 10:15 Regal 18: Today: 1:05, 1:35, 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:40

THE SITTER ★★ R

A college student baby-sitting several children endures a wild night.

Northwoods: Today-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40 Regal 18: Today: 7:10

The werewolves and Volturi threaten Edward and Bella’s unborn child.

WAR HORSE ★★★★ PG

After his horse is sold to the British cavalry, a young man joins the military during World War I.

Cinebarre: Today: 12:50, 3:50, 7:20, 10:30 Citadel: Today: 12:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Northwoods: Today-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:45, 1:15, 3:50, 6:55, 7:25, 10 Regal 18: Today: 1:10, 1:40, 4:20, 4:55, 7:25 Terrace: Today: 12:25, 3:10, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Thurs, Jan. 19: 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30

WE BOUGHT A ZOO ★★½ PG

Based on a true story, the film tells the story of a man who purchases an old zoo in England and struggles to rebuild it.

Cinebarre: Today: 12:45, 3:45, 7:25, 10:15 Citadel: Today: 12:50, 3:50, 7, 9:50 Hwy. 21: Fri-Sun and Thurs, Jan. 19: 7 Northwoods: Today-Thurs, Jan. 19: 12:20, 3:40, 7, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45 Regal 18: Today: 1:55, 4:45, 7:35 Terrace: Today: 12:10, 2:25, 4:45, 7:20, 9:35

YOUNG ADULT ★★★½ R

A writer returns to her hometown to try to rekindle a relationship with an ex-boyfriend. Palmetto Grande: Today: 4:25, 9:55

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Raul’s adds heat to Mexican offerings If you go

Raul’s is a hospitable place, too. The complimentary salsa is contained in squirt WHAT: Raul’s Taqueria aul’s cuts a flashy bottles, meaning that it’s and Mexican Grill figure, decked out thinner than most blends, WHERE: 5634 Rivers with reddish-orange which allows it to escape Ave., North Charleston walls, red booths and purple from narrow nozzles. But HOURS: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. plastic tablecloths. Several careful, there’s a bit of heat. daily murals and an S-shaped bar And the day of our visit, MORE INFO: 554-5433 cut from light wood ring we were given tamales on or www.raulsmexican the North Charleston resthe house wrapped in corn grill.com taurant, distinguishing the husks and filled with beef. The carne en su jugo place from a run-of-the-mill They’re not on the menu, ($9.75) doubles (or triples) Mexican eatery. mind you, but they’d make a as Raul’s signature dish, as Another distinguishing strong addition. well as a stew or soup. It fits characteristic? Burritos, tortas, enchilasomewhere between the Raul’s arsenal of authendas and chiles rellenos ($9) two, as few or perhaps no tic tacos ($2.75), set with also are selections. Though other area restaurants list onions and cilantro, red or for our the money, our next green salsa, and wrapped in the Guadalajara specialty on order might just be the Pollo corn tortillas. Choose from their menus. It’s certainly Acapulco ($10.25), chicken worth a taste, bite or slurp, steak, chicken, marinated in parchment paper that’s pork or beef, beef tongue or combining bacon, cilantro, flavored with citrus marionions, radishes and avofish — swordfish the day nade, white wine, butter cado to create a smoky, well- and a garlic-chile reduction we tried — with an orange seasoned broth. mango salsa. sauce. The carne en su jugo, Raul’s signature dish.

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offering the “Barn Raiser”

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Special to The Post and Courier cocktail to help raise money

Brewing event

A beer dinner hosted by Holy City Brewing will take place Jan. 19 at Laura Alberts on Daniel Island. This four-course dinner by executive chef Matt Brigham will be paired with Holy City’s beers. The cost is $45 plus tax and gratuity. Expect a beer reception at 7 p.m. and dinner to follow at 7:30 p.m. Reservations are required. Call 881-4711. Laura Alberts is at 891 Island Park Drive. Go to lauraalberts.com.

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The men behind Holy City Brewing — Mac Minaudo (from left), Chris Brown, Joel Carl and Sean Nemitz — will host a beer dinner Jan. 19.

Welcome to Charleston Restaurant Week! Three Amazing Items for only $20

FIRST COURSE

Choice of Mixed Greens Salad with Blue Cheese, Candied Pecans and Balsamic Vinaigrette or Potato Leek Soup

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for Keegan-Filion Farms in its efforts to rebuild after a fire in December. Order a “Barn Raiser” cocktail and $2 from every one purchased will be donated to financially assist the farm. The cocktail costs $9 and will be offered through Jan. 22. Frank Lee, executive chef of Slightly North of Broad, will be participating in a Barn Raiser event on Jan. 22 at Lowndes Grove Plantation For information on the 1-4 p.m. Barn Raiser, go to ldeicharleston.com.

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CHEW From Page 11E

12-year run. Operations manager Dave Bucks told Post and Courier retail reporter Warren Wise that the restaurant and bar will reopen later this year after a renovation and new concept application.

6 tonight. Diners may enjoy four courses paired with four wines. The winterfocused dinner will be paired with an Alsatian blend, a Cotes du Rhone, a Cahors and a Banyuls. The cost is $50, and reservations can be made by calling 722-6464.

Crab House gone

The Charleston Crab House on Highway 17 in James Is. bakery, cafe Mount Pleasant has closed. Baguette Magic, a bakery Owner John Keener plans and cafe at 792 Folly Road, to put the building up for FILE/MARIE RODRIGUEZ lease. offers handcrafted fresh Gin Joint owner Joe Raya (left), with Dave Brown, at the bread and croissants in the The Charleston Crab French tradition. In addition Woodford Reserve Manhattan Experience at Midtown Houses on Johns Island Bar and Grill. Raya won the competition and will to baked goods, Baguette and in Charleston remain compete nationally. Magic serves breakfast and open. lunch Tuesday-Friday and held locally at Midtown Bar lunch and dinner service. Remedy closes brunch on Saturday. and Grill. With the win, The Remedy Market at 162 Cru Cafe is at 18 Pinckney A full menu can be found Raya will compete nationSpring St. has closed. St. 534-2434 at www.baguettemagic. ally with his Connecticut com. Shade Manhattan, featuring Sunfire closes Shop hours are 8 a.m.Under Construction shade-grown tobacco that is 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and ◗ Belgian Gelato at 324 King Sunfire Grill and Bistro steeped in bourbon. Raya’s 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. St. closed last week after a winning combination is on the menu at The Gin Joint at And so on The popular Daniel Island 182 East Bay St. 577-6111 tapas and coffee shop Et Cetera changed hands in Weekend brunch December. The Farina famHeirloom Eats, 1795 U.S. ily sold the eatery to Phil Pa- Highway 17 in Mount dilla and Hamilton Rivers. Pleasant, will begin serving The new owners promise brunch 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Satbusiness as usual with a few urday and Sunday. 284-8921 changes to the menu and or www.heirloomeats.com. the product assortment. Et Cetera is at 245 Seven Farms Clean sweep Drive, Daniel Island. The Tides Hotel on Folly Beach and Blu Restaurant New chef de cuisine and Bar temporarily closed Chef-owner Ken Vedrinski for an early “spring cleanwelcomes Michael Perez as ing” and renovation Jan. 9chef de cuisine to Trattoria 12. The hotel and restaurant Lucca. will reopen Friday. For resPerez brings serious reservations or information on taurant experience with him Tides Folly Beach, call 588from New York-based Scar- 6464 or go to www.tides petta and Tabla in Oregon. follybeach.com. Perez’s specialty is making pasta. New look for Lata Plans are for Perez to cook Chef Mike Lata and parton the line and assist with ner Adam Nemirow have Lucca’s daily pasta prepara- closed FIG until Monday. tions as well as source local The popular restaurant is fish and vegetables. being redecorated with new Trattoria Lucca is at 41-A paint and furnishings. FIG Bogard St. is at 232 Meeting St. Joe Raya, owner of The Gin Joint, took first place in the Woodford Reserve Manhattan Experience,

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La Fontana expression of Italian cooking

BY DEIDRE SCHIPANI

Special to The Post and Courier

f the name La Fontana rings your dinner bell, it should, as chef Gary Langevin operated a restaurant under the same name on Sam Rittenberg Boulevard a few years ago. If Langevin sounds familiar, he should, as this prolific chef with roots in Naples, Italy, has operated Bella Napoli on Ashley River Road, Bella Napoli in North Charleston and Cuoco Pazzo in Mount Pleasant. La famiglia si espande — the family is expanding. In 2011, Langevin’s sister, Veronica Langevin, opened La Fontana in a former Pizza Hut location on Savannah Highway in West Ashley. A three-month renovation resulted in cozy booths, a comfortable banquette that allows for quick conversion for large parties and an eclectic decorating mix that celebrates the chef’s accomplishments as well as Lowcountry grillwork, Italian prints and a hodgepodge of tchotchkes that we refer to as “nonna’s basement style” of decorating — a little of this, a little of that. The entrance opens into the restaurant proper and would benefit from the addition of a foyer or, at minimum, a decorative screen to shelter the seating area. La Fontana is the hyphenated food of the ItalianAmerican table: The red sauces and stuffed pastas that say old school. Do not expect crudo, mostarda, guanciale, priest stranglers, cured lardo or vialone nano. Here you will find the cucina di povera — the foods

of the poor — carried on the backs of the immigrant and set forth at the table in America. The menu closely mirrors what you will find at Bella Napoli and Cuoco Pazzo. Your meal begins with friendly service, soft bread and a bottle of ruddycolored oil seasoned with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and herbs. Pass on the bruschetta ($6.95) and caprese ($9.95) during the winter months and stick to cold-weather favorites such as stracciatella ($4.50) perfumed with roasted garlic and laced with egg, spinach and Parmesan cheese. Or go for the eggplant ($9.95) stuffed with ricotta and mozzarella that lends itself to a shared first course or a vegetarian entree. Generous portions of mussels or clams ($9.95) can be ordered sauced with white wine or tomato sauce. The wine sauce was flabby, needing acid from either wine or lemon, but the mussels were tender and plump with no trace of grit. A simple salad ($4.95) of spring mix and Roma tomatoes, dressed with a sweet raspberry vinaigrette, is a culinary disconnect from the flavors of Southern Italy. The Caesar ($5.95) fared no better in its dressing, which lacked the salty boldness of anchovy and the bracing citrus of fresh lemon. Pastas can be topped with meatballs, sausage, chicken or shrimp for an additional $4. They are served piping hot on warmed plates, but most are overcooked. Portions are substantial and complete meals in themselves. It would be

good to see half-portions on the menu. Ravioli ($13.95) and manicotti ($12.95) are “homemade” and lasagna ($13.95) layered with meaty ragu and rich besciamella can easily be shared. Entrees are accompanied by a side of pasta or a vegetable. The pasta at the time of our visit was spaghetti, and its garlic and wine sugo (sauce) did not glide but glued the over-cooked pasta to the plate, whether it was accompanying a veal dish ($18.95) or part of scampi ($16.95). The pantheon of chicken and veal classics, piccata, Marsala, parmigiana and saltimbocca, are all represented. Grilled steak ($17.95) and sausage ($15.95) and a few shellfish dishes round out the menu. The sauces at La Fontana were heavy. The pastas were blanketed in thick sugo, and the herbs of basil and sage

and parsley were strangely silent. Yet our neighbors cleaned their plates. Comforted with the abundance of the portions at La Fontana and charmed by the friendly staff, it was easy to see why La Fontana succeeds. Expect to see the chef and entourage parade through the dining room. Sometimes, there will be singing. Always, there is the friendliness of the Italian nature at the table — generous, sincere and giving. Much of what we consider the Italian-American recipe canon are dishes of adaptation. Through innovation in America and the resourcefulness of the Italian immigrant cooks, what we call “macaroni” is a tribute to them. It is this expression of Southern Italian cooking that you will find at all the Langevin restaurants. For him, it is a recipe for success.

La Fontana CUISINE: Southern Italian-American CATEGORY: Neighborhood Favorite LOCATION: 1759 Savannah Highway, West Ashley HOURS: Monday -Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., FridaySaturday 11a.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 3-9 p.m. Lunch menu service ends at 4 p.m. FOOD: ★★ ATMOSPHERE: ★★ SERVICE: ★★★½ PRICE: $-$$ COSTS: Appetizers $6.95-$11.95, soups $4.50, salads $4.95-$5.95. Pastas $11.95-$17.95, add-on proteins $4; entrees $15.95-$19.95. Desserts $5.95. Lunch: daily panini and pasta specials $6.99; pizza, stromboli, calzone $6.95-$18.95. VEGETARIAN OPTIONS: Yes WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE: Yes BAR: Full-service bar PARKING: Lot and street parking FUTURE PLANS: Outdoor seating and covered patio and live jazz. OTHER: Carry-out, delivery through QuickFoxes. com. Monday nights, partnering with Il Tavolo Italiano for Italian language study and workshops. Pizza can be ordered at dinner. Daily specials, MP. The chef is open to making customer’s favorite dishes if he has the ingredients. www.lafontana restaurant.net, e-newsletter, Facebook.

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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

“THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO” SOUNDTRACK/NULL CORPORATION

similarly fruitful. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past three years or so, then you know that “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is the American film version of the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s first book of the “Millennium Trilogy.” There have been Swedish film versions of all three books, but of course if it’s popular, then Hollywood has to take a crack at it. Reznor was formerly the brain behind the alternative rock band Nine Inch Nails. Ross, who frequently produced and contributed to Nine Inch Nail albums before he and Reznor turned to film scoring, has a long resume as a producer and programmer. Once again, the music helps successfully set the mood in the tale of deception and mystery, and Nine Inch Nails fans will note that the film’s music is reminiscent of the band’s industrial rock sound. There’s a very good chance that we could see the duo making a return trip to the podium at this year’s Oscars.

The last time we saw Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the two were stepping on stage at last year’s Academy Awards broadcast to accept the Oscar for best film score for “The Social Network.” Apparently, the relationship between “The Social Network” director David Fincher and the musicians was good enough to warrant another KEY TRACKS: “Immigrant Song,” “A Thoucollaboration, and this time the results are sand Details,” “Is Your Love Strong Enough?”

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Elvis Presley THE COMPLETE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE ARCHIVES/PHANTASM

While not quite as well-known as Nashville, Tenn.’s Grand Ole Opry, the Louisiana Hayride weekly radio broadcasts were responsible for introducing America to such musical luminaries as Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Johnny Mathis. One of its biggest coups though was one Elvis Presley, who early on in his career performed on the show six times between 1954 and 1956 after his one and only Opry appearance was deemed unsuitable for that program by its organizers. The Opry’s loss was the Hayride’s gain, and Presley’s career flourished in part thanks to those appearances in Shreveport, La. Now Elvis fans can get all of The King’s Louisiana Hayride performances. “The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives” includes all 24 songs Presley performed on the show, as well as the opening and closing show themes, a remix of “Maybellene” and audio of June Carter talking about Elvis during her Hayride performance. It’s pretty amazing to hear the evolution of the crowd, which goes from polite enthusiasm in 1954 to screaming pandemonium in 1956. Possibly the most amusing piece of audio included is the Hayride announcer advising the crowd at the Dec. 16, 1956, broadcast, the last one to include Elvis on the roster, that Elvis had indeed left the building. It’s an interesting collection that documents the rise of Presley’s career, but really only recommended for completists.

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings SOUL TIME!/DAPTONE

If Adele and the late Amy Winehouse are considered to be two of today’s more gifted vocalists, then hopefully at some point soon the public will discover and embrace Sharon Jones. The Brooklyn-based singer is Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and Gladys Knight all rolled into one. Add her backup band, The DapKings (who, incidentally, backed Winehouse on her “Back to Black” album), and it’s truly a wonder that Jones hasn’t achieved the same sort of superstar status as Adele. With releases such as “Soul Time!” though, it’s likely just a matter of time. Jones’ powerful vocals on tracks such as “He Said I Can” and “Settling in” make the listener wonder if she somehow arrived in a time machine from the ’60s. The two-part kickoff track “Genuine” is great, and “Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects” puts a nice spin on the holiday song, which has very few of those left. Long story short, if you’re a fan of that retro-sounding ’60s R&B sound that has become popular in the past few years, then Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings definitely deserves a listen. Oh, and if you think the albums are good, wait until you see her live.

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The alt/country group Blue Mountain formed in 1991 as a duo — husband and wife Cary Hudson and Laurie Stirratt. Stirratt is the twin sister of John Stirratt, bassist for the similar-sounding band Wilco, and formed Blue Mountain with her husband after the pair’s previous group, The Hilltops, disbanded. The couple moved from Los Angeles to Oxford, Miss., to refocus on making Americana music. After recruiting drummer Matt Brennan, Blue Mountain released its selftitled debut album in 1993. It wasn’t until the group’s junior release, “Home Grown,” in 1997, however, that the trio began making serious waves in the industry. Three critically acclaimed albums followed before Blue Mountain split in 2001 following the divorce of Hudson and Stirratt. It would take seven years before Hudson and Stirratt would

reignite Blue Mountain after deciding that, despite their failed marriage, the two should carry on making music together. They recorded “Midnight in Mississippi” as well as rerecorded several older songs for the album “Omnibus” in 2008, and began touring again that same year. Blue Mountain will perform Friday at The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway, with The Ryan Bonner Band and Reid Stone. Tickets are $10 at the door or online at www.etix. com. Go to www.charleston pourhouse.com.

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A native to the South, John Brannen has shared his Southern-drenched brand of country and rock with the world since the early ’80s. Armed with a gift for melody and a poetic sense of storytelling, Brannen has propelled himself to a lifelong music career. It’s a career that has led Brannen to such feats as touring with Toby Keith and Shania Twain, big record deals and

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The heart of “Amish Country,” as the motto goes, doesn’t sound like a fitting location for a metalcore band to get its start, but August Burns Red somehow flung its way out of Lancaster, Pa., and onto some of the biggest stages in the metal/hard-core scene. The quintet formed in 2003 while the members were in high school and began performing mostly at an egg house on drummer Matt Greiner’s family farm. Exceptional instrumental talent and an eruptive presence during performances helped the band gain a quick following around Lancaster. The group was signed to Pennsylvania’s CI Records after playing together for less than a year. In 2005, August Burns Red was picked up by the Christian, hard-core label and Tooth & Nail division Solid State. The band has released all four of its albums with the label, producing three No. 1 albums on the Christian charts as well as two Top 25 albums on the overall charts, according to Billboard Magazine. The band’s latest release, 2011’s “Leveler,” reached No. 11 on the overall U.S. charts, No. 2 on the rock charts and No. 1 on the Christian charts and the hard-rock charts. August Burns Red will perform Tuesday at the Music Farm, 32 Ann St., with Silverstein, Texas in July and Letlive. Tickets are $17 in advance, $20 the day of the show and are available online at www.etix.com or at the Music Farm box office. Go to www.musicfarm.

the Southern way of life in a fashion that is poetically country and inescapably rock ’n’ roll. He lived in New York and Nashville before being persuaded by Walsh to move to Los Angeles. After two well-received albums, Brannen moved to Charleston in the early ’90s and lay low for nearly seven years before releasing his album, “Scarecrow,” in 2000. Following his 2006 album, “Twilight Tattoo,” Brannen released his latest album, “Bravado,” in 2010. The album has since broken into the top 50 records on the Americana Music Radio charts. John Brannen will perform a free show Friday at Home Team BBQ, 1205 Ashley River Road. The show starts at 7 p.m. Call 225-7427 or go to www. hometeambbq.com.

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ell, we’re almost two weeks into 2012, and I hope you’re all sticking to your resolutions. If anyone’s resolved to be more creative this year, you’re in luck as there are all kinds of classes available to get you started this month.

Concert association

The Charleston Concert Association started the new year off with an announcement that it had been awarded more than $11,000 from the S.C. Arts Commission. The grant will allow it to MLK concert continue bringing great perDr. Martin Luther King formances to town. dents open studio time in Pottery, sculpture Jr.’s poignant message still “We are very excited to addition to class time, so Cone 10 Studios’ winter reverberates throughout the receive a grant from the S.C. class sessions begin as soon you can work on your new nation. Arts Commission,” said as Monday (different classes masterpieces when it’s conThis Saturday, join the Jason Nichols, president venient for you. Class sizes start on different dates). Charleston Symphony Orof the Charleston Concert are limited to provide space Whether you’re a beginchestra Gospel Choir and Association. “This support and individual instruction. ner or you’ve gotten your Spiritual Ensemble as they is especially appreciated in To register, call 853-3345 hands dirty with some clay perform a concert titled light of today’s economic before, there are a variety of or visit Cone 10 Studios at “His Light Still Shines.” conditions. It will be a treclasses for all levels and ages. 1080-B Morrison Drive. Advance tickets to the mendous help toward the Some of the classes include: tribute to the life and cost of bringing national Beginning Wheel Throwlegacy of King are available and international performYouth acting classes ing and Introduction to for pickup in person at the ers to Charleston.” Have a theatrical teenager Clay; Advanced Beginning North Charleston Cultural on your hands? Send him or The concert association Wheel Throwing; InterArts Department office at has other generous supher to acting school and put mediate Wheel Throwing; North Charleston City Hall porters, as well. Local busiall that drama to good use. Clay Sculpture; and Clay for The Charleston Acting Stu(2500 City Hall Lane) or nesses such as Handsome FILE/AP Royal Missionary Baptist Kids. dio, also home to Midtown/ Properties, Baker Motor Co. Most of the classes are Sheri Grace Productions Two Charleston Symphony Orchestra groups will honor Church (4761 Luella Drive) and Levelwing, as well as about four weeks long and in North Charleston. The on James Island, is offering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. foundations and individucost about $200, with the concert will take place at two sessions geared towards als, are helping to match the kids’ class costing a bit less. youngsters this month. vocal-based activities, stu7 p.m. Saturday at Royal eight-week class seeks to commission’s grant. The fee includes glazing and dents gain essential perforMissionary Church. ignite the students’ passion The Teen Acting Class “Grants from the Yaschik firing. mance skills of professional www.northcharleston.org Foundation, South Arts will begin Monday. Created for acting. Cone 10 also offers stuactors,” artistic director “Through movement and for 14- to 17-year-olds, this and Target are also being Sheri Grace Wenger said. Sculpture competition used to help with the local These classes will take If you’re a sculpture lover, match,” said Carolyn place 6:30-8 p.m. each Mon- make sure to check out the Lackey of the concert day and at the end of eight sixth annual National association. weeks will culminate with a Outdoor Sculpture ComLackey suggests local resiperformance showcasing the petition and Exhibition dents experience first-hand students’ work. installed at Riverfront Park how the funds are benefitThe Youth Acting Class, at the Navy Yard in North ing the association by atgeared for 10- to 13-yearCharleston. tending the upcoming perolds, will give students the Well-placed among 10 formance of “Complexions opportunity to explore actacres of walking paths, a Contemporary Ballet” at ing as well as playwriting. fishing pier, boardwalk 7 p.m. Saturday at the GailThis confidence-building and children’s play area, lard Auditorium. class will help them develop are imaginative, large-scale Tickets are available at *New students only. ** First 50 callers. performance and creativesculptures by 14 artists. the Gaillard box office and thinking skills through the Organized and presented through www.ticketmaster. many vocal and movement- by the North Charleston com. based activities. Cultural Arts Department, For information on the Not only will they learn this is a great outdoor place arts commission, call 803to act, but at the end of the to have a picnic while enjoy- 734-8696 or go to www. eight-week class, the stuing works of art. The park southcarolinaarts.com. dents will have created an is free and open daily, and Learn more about the original script and a host this exhibit will be on view Charleston Concert Associperformance of that. through March. ation’s upcoming shows by These classes will be For maps, images and art- calling 727-1216 or going to ists’ statements, go to www. www.charlestonconcerts. 1850 Wallace School Road • Charleston, SC 29407 • Behind Barnes and Nobles in West Ashley held 4:45-6:15 p.m. every Monday. northcharleston.org. org. www.carolinadancesportcharleston.com • info@carolinadancesportcharleston.com

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Local artist of the week: Deborah Sisco

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Special to The Post and Courier

eborah Sisco is celebrating being the featured artist at the Charleston Artist Guild Gallery this month. Her opening reception, “Breaking Out,” took place Jan. 6 and featured new work by the oil painter. About her exhibit, Sisco said, “It is all about leaving ordinary behind and pushing yourself to new and uncomfortable places in hopes of ending up with that one brilliant work that all artists continue to strive for.” Sisco works with oils, oil bars, inks and plaster to create works of art that come together on the canvas. The artist begins with a vision in her mind and then works to make it a reality, one that will move her viewer and elicit emotion. She

describes her process as one of love/hate, and that’s when she knows she’s on the verge of a breakthrough. View her work this month at 160 East Bay St. MY INSPIRATION COMES FROM: Deep inside. Many times I dream and have to wake up and write notes. I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR: Each new day. I wake up every morning and look outside to make sure the sun is shining and I am grateful that it is a new day and I get another chance at life. MY WORST FEAR IS: The unknown. I am not afraid of dying, but I do worry about what happens on the journey there. IF I HAD THREE WISHES, THEY WOULD BE: 1. We could return to a time when morality and honor was the most important thing in a person’s life. 2. All children

would be protected and allowed to mature in a healthy and nurturing environment. 3. People around the world would stop killing each other. HERBIVORE OR CARNIVORE?: Herbivore TELEVISION IS: Too violent and too promiscuous. MY FAMILY SAYS I AM: Talented, caring and giving, sometimes a bit goofy. I LOVE TO: Watch an eagle that perches on my dock every day. I’M DAYDREAMING ABOUT: My next painting. PRICE RANGE OF ARTWORK: $400 to $10,000 MY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS: To increase my artistic representation to galleries in the Northeast and the West Coast. WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS: Tolerance. WEBSITE: deborahsiscoart. com

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Charleston Marathon

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Hymns & Spirituals Concert

Film screening The Park Circle Film Society will host its weekly screening at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Olde North Charleston Picture House, 4820 Jenkins Ave. This week’s pick? “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey.” This documentary featuring the man behind Elmo, Kevin Clash, won a special jury prize at Sundance. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others. It also offers a behind-the-scenes look at “Sesame Street” and the Jim Henson Workshop. $5 for general admission, $2 for members of the Film Society. For details, go to parkcirclefilms.org.

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The Charleston Museum is celebrating its 239th birthday. In addition to all-you-can-eat oysters, chili and an open bar, the event will feature a curator-led history walk and live bluegrass by the Blue Plantation Band. The event is 2-5 p.m. Saturday at the Dill Sanctuary, 1163 Riverland Drive; tickets are $30 for museum members and $40 for nonmembers. For more info, call 722-2996, ext. 235, or go to www.charlestonmuseum.org.

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Participating restaurants

To view menus, make reservations, get links to websites and more, go to www.charlestonrestaurantassociation.com.

3 courses for $20 A.W. Shucks Seafood Restaurant Charleston Crab House Firewater Grille Fish Restaurant Fuji Sushi Bar and Grill Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant Grindz Burgers & Brew Heirloom Eats Hyman’s Seafood Iacofano’s Italian Bistro & Bar J. Paul’z Juanita Greenberg’s, Mount Pleasant (2 people for $20)

Locklear’s Restaurant Manny’s Neighborhood Grille Noisy Oyster Seafood Restaurant North Towne Grill and Seafood Old Towne Grill and Seafood Queen Anne’s Revenge Southend Brewery Starfish Grille Swamp Fox Restaurant & Bar, Francis Marion Hotel Tabbuli

The Roost Bar N’ Grille Toast! Tommy Condon’s Tsunami Downtown Vespa Pizzeria Virginia’s on King Wild Wing Cafe, Coleman Boulevard, Mount Pleasant; Market at Oakland, Mount Pleasant; Market Street downtown; and North Charleston (2 people for $20) Yokoso Japanese Restaurant Zeus Grill and Seafood

3 courses for $30

Restaurant

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WEEK BY TERESA TAYLOR

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oday kicks off the fifth installment of Charleston Restaurant Week, which runs through Jan. 22 and has become one of the most popular dining-out times of the year. The Charleston Restaurant Association organizes the week for its members. Restaurant Weeks are held in January and September, when business tends to be flat. “It’s a great way to bring people out in a slow time of year,” said Steve Kish, owner of 82 Queen. The longtime downtown restaurant will triple its business during this promotion compared with a typical January week, he said.

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On the Web Are you planning on participating in Restaurant Week? If so, Charleston Scene wants you to head over to our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/chasscene, and share your experience and photos with us.

17 North Roadside Kitchen 39 Rue de Jean 82 Queen Amen Street Fish & Raw Bar Anson Restaurant Bambu Barbadoes Room at The Mills House Hotel Blossom Blu Restaurant & Bar Bocci’s Italian Restaurant Chai’s Lounge Circa 1886 Coast Bar & Grill Cork Neighborhood Bistro Cypress Eagle’s Nest Pub at RiverTowne Country Club Eurasia Wine Bar & Cafe Fat Hen Fleet Landing Fulton Five Graze Gullah Cuisine High Cotton Huck’s Lowcountry Table Husk Restaurant II Cortile Del Re Jacob’s Kitchen La Fourchette Lana Magnolias Mercato Italian Restaurant

3 courses for $40

Carolina’s Charleston Grill Grill 225 Halls Chophouse Hank’s Seafood Restaurant Langdon’s Restaurant and Wine Bar McCrady’s Restaurant

Middleton Place Restaurant Morgan Creek Grill Muse Next Door, A Neighborhood Bistro O-Ku Oak Steakhouse Old Village Post House Opal Restaurant and Bar Osteria La Bottiglia Poogan’s Porch Red Drum Restaurant Red’s Ice House John’s Island and Shem Creek (2 people for $30) Roadside Kitchens Saffire Restaurant at Charleston Marriott Sea Island Grill at Wild Dunes Shem Creek Bar and Grill Slightly North of Broad Social Restaurant + Wine Bar Station 22 Restaurant The Atlantic Room at the Ocean Course The Boathouse at Breach Inlet The Grocery The Jasmine Porch at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort The Library Restaurant at Vendue Inn The Macintosh The Palm Tree Grille @ The Embassy Suites Tomasso at Turtle Point Two Keys Tavern Wentworth Grill

Peninsula Grill The Ocean Room at The Sanctuary, Kiawah Island Golf Resort Trattoria Lucca Tristan Woodlands Inn, The Dining Room – Charleston Restaurant Association

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Restaurant Week: 10 chefs to watch

Ben Berryhill

Jeremiah Bacon

The Macintosh and Oak Steakhouse

Red Drum and Next Door

s executive chef of Oak Steakhouse and the recently opened The Macintosh, Jeremiah Bacon’s food is turning a lot of heads lately. But Bacon’s cuisine isn’t about ego, it’s about a natural pride of place. He recharged the steakhouse concept at Oak by increasing its prime beef choices and sourcing local oysters, clams, fish and vegetables, including salad greens. But The Macintosh, which Bacon terms an “upscale tavern,” is a concept closer to the chef’s heart. There he also is buying as much as possible from South Carolina farmers and fishermen. “You’ll always see a backbone of Southern food here because of that,” Bacon said. Nevertheless, the eclectic menu defies stereotypes. Grilled octopus salad and braised rabbit are popular starters. A beef cheek ravioli is on its way to becoming a signature dish. Sides include a bone marrow bread pudding. “Everything has to be grounded in flavor,” Bacon said. At the same time, “we try to keep it real.” The soft-spoken and focused Bacon brought a stellar resume home to Charleston when he took over the kitchen at Carolina’s in 2007. He grew up on Kiawah Island in the 1980s when it was still a playground of nature. Now 41, Bacon graduated from Bishop England High School and the College of Charleston (philosophy). He was bartending in London when bitten by the food bug. Bacon returned to the U.S. and did a volunteer stint under Frank Lee at Slightly North of Broad restaurant before setting off for the Culinary Institute of America in New York. Afterward, Bacon spent a decade honing his skills in the Big Apple’s finest, including The River

he Cooper River is not the Rio Grande, but Texas native Ben Berryhill staked his territory on its east side by opening the Red Drum restaurant in Mount Pleasant six years ago. He’s driven familiar ingredients of the South to a unique place within the restaurant landscape here, a style he defines as “Lowcountry local with bold Southwest flavors.” Think Breach Inlet clams with Texas toast and a red chile broth. Or a woodgrilled steak with a lime beurre blanc and a side of jalapeno cheese grits. As of August, Berryhill and company (wife Marianna and Charlie Chance) are riding a new steed: Next Door, just down the street on Coleman Boulevard. Next Door allows the chef more wide-open cooking while still using locally sourced products, such as white pizza topped with speck ham, cippolini onions and a lemon basil pesto. Those local clams are cloaked in a bacon and white wine cream sauce and nestled with fettuccine. Berryhill, 46, said he was feeling a little fenced in by the Red Drum concept, as popular as it is. “I have a guy that comes two or three times a month and he never orders anything but the grilled chicken.” With the Red Drum being a big, bustling, go-to kind of place, he desired an intimate neighborhood bistro that would allow him to stretch his creativity. Enter the Next Door, at the former location of Samos. Berryhill said its menu is more vegetable-driven, artisan and spontaneous. He gives a lot of credit to sous chef Nathan Hood, whom he calls the “most inquisitive sponge I’ve ever met.” Next Door is a “very sexy restaurant,” Berryhill said. “I

The Macintosh

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479 B King St., Charleston, 789-4299, www.the macintoshcharleston.com Chef Jeremiah Bacon and his team will be serving three courses for $30. Choose between a salad of young greens or braised oxtail for your first course. For your entree, select a crispy duck leg or Mark Marhefka-vermilion snapper. Dessert comes in the form of carrot cake.

Oak

17 Broad St., Charleston, 722-4220, www.oaksteak houserestaurant.com Bacon and his team will be serving up three courses for $30. For a first course, choose between the soup of the day or a wedge of Hurios Farms bibb lettuce salad. The second course serves up a choice of Prime CAB filet of beef, the local market catch or the crispy veal Marsala. Dessert will be Oak’s chocolate cake.

Cafe and Le Bernardin. He was part of the opening team for chef Thomas Keller’s Per Se restaurant, the New York extension of California’s famed French Laundry. Bacon has been rendering his talent since he returned

to Charleston five years ago. He joined the Indigo Road Group (Oak, O-Ku, The Macintosh and The Cocktail Club) more than a year ago. Now he’s definitely found his sizzle. – Teresa Taylor

Red Drum Restaurant 803 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant, 849-0313, www. reddrumrestaurant.com Executive chef Ben Berryhill and his team will be serving three courses for $30. Choose an appetizer of young lettuces, seared sea scallops or chicken flautas. For your entree, choose between wood-grilled chicken, Painted Hills short ribs and market fish. Dessert gives you an option of molten chocolate cake or sake poached pear with brown butter almond cake.

Next Door

819 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant, 881-8817, www. nextdoormp.com Berryhill and Co. will be offering up three courses for $30. The first course choices are oyster stew or endive and watercress salad. The second course options include pappardelle, triggerfish or braised beef short ribs. Dessert tops it off with a choice between chocolate hazelnut mousse tart and mascarpone and goat cheese cheesecake.

think you could plant it inside any major city. (But) a lot of people come in and think, ‘Oh, special occasion.’ That’s not what we want. We want to be approachable every day.” Berryhill is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America whose trail led

to the Rocky Mountains and back to Texas before Charleston. He spent a dozen years at Cafe Annie in Houston under chef Robert Del Grande, regarded as one of that city’s top chefs. – Teresa Taylor

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Restaurant Week: 10 chefs to watch

Sean Brock

Husk and McCrady’s

hat does Sean Brock do for an encore? After being named the James Beard “Best Chef Southeast” in 2010 and after Husk notched No. 1 as “Best New Restaurant in America” from Bon Appetit in 2011, the question is inevitable. For Charleston’s mosttalked-about chef, there’s only one answer: keep your nose to the grindstone. As master of the kitchens of McCrady’s and Husk, Brock rarely rests for long. That level of devotion is simply part of his ethic. To wit: Making his debut as executive chef at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., a decade ago, he slept in the kitchen for eight months after a critic’s bad review. Moreover, the 33-year-old never stops being inquisitive — probing and pushing the limits of food and flavor. That is Brock’s zen. This past year, Husk diners have been treated to the delights of pigs ears, trout “ribs” and fried chicken skins (at last, only the best part). National media has lauded his farm-to-table extreme with its all-South pantry and suppliers listed on a huge chalkboard. It’s a different experience at McCrady’s, one Brock describes as “refined food” that targets international foodies and adventurers. Take the same chicken from the same farm, stuff truffles and foie gras under the skin and breast, seal and poach. “Like something straight out of France,” said Brock, who grew up in a Virginia coal-mining town. The ball-capped chef’s latest project is a “native” soy sauce. Brock wants to use Sea Island red peas, farro or grits instead of soybeans. In the same breath, Brock

Marc Collins Circa 1886

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ever mind that Marc Collins will turn 40 this year and that he has been the executive chef of Circa 1886 for more than a decade. Collins thrives on keeping his menu interesting and a bit international, even as Circa remains grounded by the Southern table. Two years ago, he began exploring ways to prepare healthier dishes without sacrificing flavor. Collins 76 Queen St., Charleston, 577-2500, www.husk found substitutes for fatrestaurant.com laden creams and butter, Executive chef Sean Brock and his chef de cuisine, Travis such as vegetable purees, Grimes, will be changing the Restaurant Week menu daily, as fruit sauces and plant oils. they do with their regular menu. The three-for-$30 offerings will be comparable to items on their regular menu. For details, Whole grains and flours such as rice also were incorcall Husk. porated into the dishes. With foie gras, for example, instead of using it as is, his 2 Unity Ally, Charleston, 577-0025, www.mccradys kitchen chose to make a restaurant.com stock from the ultra-rich Brock and his team will be offering three courses for $40. Select a first course, a fish or meat course, then a dessert. If you’re goose liver through caramela bit hungrier, you can select from each of the four courses for izing and adding vegetables, herbs and white wine. $60. “You get the flavor and waxes about the “beautiful” a year and a half now that’s essence of foie gras without vinegars from his kitchens. close to balsamic. It’s pretty the calories,” said Collins, amazing. It smells like Big Among them are Concord, an ardent supporter of LouLeague chewing gum.” stout beer, honey-bourbon ie’s Kids, a nonprofit that foVintage Sean Brock. and apple. cuses on childhood obesity. “We’ve been aging one Circa isn’t trying to “hit muscadine vinegar for about – Teresa Taylor people over the head” with

Husk Restaurant

McCrady’s

Circa 1886

Pa., and had early dreams of being a fighter pilot. His less than 20-20 eyesight shot 149 Wentworth St., that down, but meanwhile, Charleston, 853-7828, he found himself drawn into circa1886@charminginns. the culinary world. The seed com was planted when he served Executive chef Marc Collins as a chef’s apprentice aboard and his team will be serving a yacht as a teenager. up three signature courses Collins graduated from for $30. Choose from four the Pennsylvania Institute appetizers — smoked trout, apple-barbecue braised pork of Culinary Arts and went to San Antonio, Texas, to ton toro, green pea and garlaunch his career. After lic bavarois or baby iceberg working at a number of ressalad. For the main course, taurants there, he was made choose between strip steak, executive chef of Fairmont cinnamon-rubbed antelope Hotel. He was only 23. loin, five-spice “chicken fried” Collins was lured to catfish, cabernet braised duck Charleston in 2001. Within leg or salmon paella. Desert choices range from buttermilk a few years, he was to make praline panna to Meyer lemon an impact on the city’s restaurant community, espesorbet, Valrhona chocolate cially its national visibility. cake and a trio of cheeses. Collins and Angel Postell hatched the idea of the a health message but simply Charleston Wine + Food hopes the food will be so ap- Festival in 2004. Postell is now director of the festival, pealing they won’t notice. which turns seven this year. Like whipped olive oil instead of butter for the bread, The festival was a $7 milor pressure-cooked summer lion shot to the economy squash that becomes so rich last year and attracted more than 20,000 people. and creamy that it can replace butter in certain dishes. The chef grew up in Erie, – Teresa Taylor

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Restaurant Week: 10 chefs to watch

Frank Lee

Slightly North of Broad rank Lee’s name fits like Slightly North F a glove. It fits his food, his down-to-earth nature, of Broad his candid talk. He favors a denim work jacket. There is no pretense about the executive chef of the Maverick Southern Kitchens family, which includes Slightly North of Broad restaurant. After two decades with Maverick, Lee, 58, has made a big imprint on Charleston’s dining scene and its reputation. He was onboard SNOB from the get-go in 1993, when many of today’s hot, young chefs were mere adolescents. Lee earned his stripes in some rigorous kitchens during the 1980s. Among them were Le Pavillion in Washington and Le Perroquet

192 East Bay St., Charleston, 723-3424, www. slightlynorthofbroad.net Executive chef Frank Lee and his team will be serving up three courses for $30 and a menu that will change nightly. To see what they’re serving, check out the website the day of.

and Les Nomades in Chicago. He labored long hours and under exacting chefs, but learned much. The South Carolina native got into the restaurant business on a whim. In 1974, he and three teenage friends

opened a vegetarian restaurant in Columbia called 221 Pickens Street. What was supposed to be a summer work bridge turned into six years for Lee. His hiring by Charleston restaurateur Dick Elliott in the early 1990s also was serendipitous. Elliott, then owner of the Colony House, often observed a young chef (Lee) unloading fresh vegetables and fish from a truck across the street. Chefs gathering food from local sources was unusual at the time. Not today. Lee firmly established that as the norm for fine dining in all of Charleston. Lee said there is no deep mystery about his approach

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to cooking: “Take good ingredients and don’t screw them up.” Consistency is SNOB’s strength, Lee said. “When I go back to old

menus, in the fall, the ingredients aren’t much different than they are now. I’m serving triggerfish in the fall and crowder peas ... pea shoots and soft-shell crab

and shad in the spring. It’s about the rhythm of the seasons and the rhythm of your mise en place.” – Teresa Taylor

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Restaurant Week: 10 chefs to watch

John Ondo

Lana Restaurant and Bar

hef John Ondo said restaurant diners tend to be chicken-averse, but he’s proud to call chicken one of Lana Restaurant and Bar’s signature dishes. His kitchen does it Basque-style with tomatoes, peppers and prosciutto. The “airline” breast, with an attached wing joint, is crisped up then finished off in the oven. “And it comes with potato croquettes, which is probably the second-best thing on the planet because it’s fried mashed potatoes.” The towering chef is fearless and funny, has a way with words and an affinity for BMW motorcycles. He once tried out for “The Next Food Network Star.” Thankfully for his fans, it didn’t work out. The co-owner of Lana since 2005, Ondo is a Charleston native and Culinary Institute of Charleston graduate. He has worked in the kitchens of McCrady’s, Carolina’s and Il Cortile Del Re, and is known as a hands-on guy. And he may be one of Charleston’s best-kept secrets. That is only because of Lana’s relatively low profile at Rutledge Avenue and Cannon Street. He characterizes Lana’s cuisine as “new Mediterranean.” “We have a big Old World influence in classic dishes, but we do it with stuff we can source around here.” That translates into dishes such as pork belly confit with Mepkin Abbey oyster mushrooms, local greens, pearl onions and a bit of agrodolce — “like a highfangled sweet and sour pork,” he said. (Agrodolce means sweet and sour in Italian.) Ondo, 39, always knew he wanted to cook. With a

Patrick Langdon Owens

Langdon’s Restaurant and Wine Bar and Opal

onsider the suburban strip mall setting of Langdon’s Restaurant and Wine Bar like a Sleeping Beauty that is awakened as soon as one steps inside. Within, one finds sleek, sophisticated surroundings and an eclectic menu of beautiful food and wines to match. Chef-owner Patrick Langdon Owens set up shop in Mount Pleasant in 2003. Nine years later, the culinary flame still burns brightly in the same unlikely locale. Last summer, Owens expanded his East Cooper footprint by opening the Mediterranean bistro Opal. Langdon’s stands tall among its peers across the river. It holds AAA’s Four Diamond Award seven years running, the only restaurant east of the Cooper to claim the honor. Wine Spectator also has weighed in with an “Award of Excellence” every year since 2004. Owens, 36, is a self-taught cook whose muse lies in his Mount Pleasant upbringing. He was an all-star football player at Wando High School, who went on to Clemson University and a PHOTOGRAPHS BY GRACE BEAHM/STAFF degree in marketing. Restaurant chef wasn’t his clear calling for some years. As a young adult, he worked 210 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, 720-8899, www.lana in several local restaurants restaurant.com Chef John Ondo and his team will be cooking up three courses such as Circa 1886 and Magfor $30. Start off with gnocchi Abruzzese, shrimp or an arugula nolias. At the same time, he salad. For your second course, choose between fish, pork and played guitar in a band for seven years and was torn bebeef. For dessert, the choices are olive oil cake, panna cotta tween the two. and pudding. “Ultimately, I was a better chef than musician and because it looked like a working mom always on it made the decision pretty the go, Ondo started “dab- paddle.” easy,” he said in 2009. He says he loves what he bling” in the kitchen as a At Langdon’s, Owens plays does. kid and aggravating his culinary riffs on seasonal “I don’t think I’m wired grandmothers. Southern ingredients with to sit at a desk. I have the “I always liked to eat,” he global notes, often Asian. attention span of a cocker deadpans. His Hoisen-Honey Glazed He got an omelet pan when spaniel.” Kurobuta Pork Chop might he was 12. be set off by local collards “I thought I was bad – Teresa Taylor and a bacon-leek mac ‘n’

Lana Restaurant and Bar

Langdon’s Restaurant and Wine Bar 778 South Shelmore Blvd., Mount Pleasant, 388-9200, www.langdonsrestaurant.com Chef Patrick Langdon Owens and his team will be offering three courses for $40. The appetizers to choose from include house-made gnocchi with duck confit, the soup of the day and a beef tenderloin carpaccio. The entree offers prime ribeye, an orange and soy grilled salmon or seared Maple Leaf duck. Dessert choices include a chocolate and Chamborde pot de creme, lemon cheesecake and a warm chocolate cake with espresso ganache.

Opal Restaurant and Bar

1960 Riviera Drive, Mount Pleasant, 654-9070, www.opaldininggroup.com Owens, along with chef de cusisine Ryan Camp, will be serving up three courses for $30. The first course offers a choice of artisanal meats and cheeses, a salad of local herbs and lettuces or the daily soup. The second course offers seared organic salmon, New York strip or tagliatelle. Dessert offers up a selection of sorbets and gelatos and a warm chocolate-hazelnut cake.

cheese. Or sweet potato gnocchi and spinach. At Opal, the shrimp bruschetta with chiles and garlic is on the way to becoming a signature dish. Pastas are made in-house and include

the likes of a “lasagnette” — narrower noodles — with a local pork and lamb ragu. North, South, East or West, the food is music to the palate. – Teresa Taylor

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Restaurant Week: 10 chefs to watch

Ken Vedrinski

en Vedrinski is a chef who has a history of taking a gamble and succeeding. The Italian cuisine he brought to the peninsula in 2008 at his Trattoria Lucca restaurant is no bluff, either. The veteran chef landed in Charleston in 1995, taking the reins as the first executive chef of the newly opened Woodlands Resort & Inn in Summerville. Within two years, the resort had earned a prestigious AAA Five Diamond Award, the only place in the state with the distinction. Eventually, Vedrinski desired to be on his own. He left to open Sienna on Daniel Island in 2004. Esquire magazine named it one of the “Top 20 New Restau-

Trattoria Lucca

But Lucca soon established itself as a gem, a kitchen that sparkles in its preparations 41 Bogard St., Charleston, of local fish, seafood, vegetables and handmade pas973-3323, www.lucca tas. Lucca also shines in its charleston.com offerings of Italian cheeses Chef Ken Vedrinski and his and salumi, Italian wines team will be serving up four and fruity olive oil, all handcourses for $40 that will picked by the chef. Many change daily. Call Trattoria Lucca beforehand or ask your fawn over his super-fresh pesce crudo, the Italian verserver the day of. sion of sashimi. But for Vedrinski, the backrants of the Year.” bone of Lucca is its pasta. A Then he risked location in customer favorite is one with a bigger way. He sold Sienna Calabrian chiles, preserved and renovated a former soul lemon and roasted local tofood restaurant on Bogard matoes, with fresh raw tuna Street in 2008 to become tossed in at the finish. “AlLucca. The small, cozy tratmost like a crudo,” he said. toria sits in the midst of a Inspired by the cooking transitional neighborhood of of his Italian grandmother old homes, far from downand her big Sunday dinners, town’s bustling dining core. Vedrinski set his sights on

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being a chef straight out of high school in Columbus, Ohio. He traveled through kitchens here and abroad, including the Hyatt in Grand Cayman, Four Seasons in Chicago and Opus in Atlanta.

Since launching Lucca, Vedrinski also opened Enoteca in 2010, a wine and cheese bar on nearby Percy Street. Vedrinski, a James Beard Award semifinalist for “Best Chef Southeast” in 2011, said his staff goes quietly

about its business. “We almost work like we have a chip on our shoulder. ... We’re full all the time, and there is something to be said for that with the location.” – Teresa Taylor

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Restaurant Week: 10 chefs to watch

Michelle Weaver Charleston Grill

ichelle Weaver has a little extra challenge in her job as executive chef of Charleston Grill at Charleston Place. The hotel restaurant has to appeal to the tastes of locals and tourists. It also must please the diverse palates of business and luxury travelers. That’s why in 2007, under the tutelage of then-top chef Bob Waggoner, she created a menu of four quadrants: Lush, Pure, Southern and Cosmopolitan. It’s where Coconut and Kabocha Soup share space with an Oyster Po’ Boy Salad, for example. Signature dish? Her crab cakes. “I would be torched if I every tried to take the crab cakes off the menu.” Weaver, 46, came to Charleston in 1997 with her mentor, Waggoner, from the Wild Boar restaurant in Nashville, Tenn. She became

Charleston Grill

224 King St. (inside the Shops at Charleston Place), Charleston, 577-4522, www.charlestongrill.com Executive chef Michelle Weaver and company will be serving up three courses for $40. The first course offers a choice of butter lettuce or Lowcountry minestrone. For the second course, choose between shrimp and grits and Guinea hen breast. And dessert will be a tough choice between goat cheese cake and milk chocolate mousse. GRACE BEAHM/STAFF

his sous chef at Charleston Grill, and they worked alongside each other for years. As a team, they earned Four Diamond and Four Star awards for the restaurant.

Weaver has deep Southern roots. She hails from Decatur, Ala., the daughter of “one of the best Southern cooks I’ve ever known,” in her words. The family garden supplied the kitchen. Weaver read cookbooks

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she worked in New Orleans before connecting with Waggoner. Weaver, 46, said the goal of Charleston Grill is “not to be just another hotel restaurant. We still want to be part of the Charleston culinary

scene, as well. We’ve got some farm-to-table stuff, some steakhouse stuff; we’re a combination of several restaurants you would find in this city.” – Teresa Taylor

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Restaurant Week: 10 chefs to watch

Nate Whiting Tristan

he icy hues of Tristan’s dining room are in tune with the food of its kitchen: simple, pure, contemporary. Executive chef Nate Whiting, 32, describes himself as the “middle man” between the farmers, fishermen and purveyors that supply the restaurant, which is part of the French Quarter Inn. “I really don’t feel that I’m an artist or creator, I feel at most I enhance. I just try to get the best ingredients I can and make them taste more like what they taste like. I just focus on the journey of the dish, every little detail, and as they accumulate, the cooking gets better.” Whiting said his cuisine is Italian-inspired with vegetables dictating the menu, which frequently changes. Tristan doesn’t have signature dishes but more of a signature style, he said. Whiting has been working in restaurants since age 13. He learned at the side of his father, a cook who at one time ran the cafeteria for Xerox in Rochester, N.Y. The Johnson & Wales University graduate worked under former Peninsula Grill chef Robert Carter.

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The event has tripled in size to include 100-plus restaurants that offer specially priced menus for the duration.

Tristan 10 Linguard St., Charleston, 534-2155, www. tristandining.com Executive chef Nate Whiting and his team will be offering up three courses for $40. Choose between truffled popcorn sformantio, beef carpaccio or borolotti bean and rye bread soup for an appetizer. For an entree, choose between house-made octechino sausage, semolina crusted skate wing and beef short rib lasagna. For dessert, choose between pear tart tartine, R.C. Cola cake or Bijou goat cheese. An optional wine pairing is an additional $15.

Whiting’s resume includes training at the prestigious Da Vittorio in Bergamo, Italy, and The Inn at Little Washington and Maestro in Washington. Whiting made the move to Tristan in 2009 after six years cooking for the Dining Room at Woodlands Inn in Summerville. He left there as executive chef. The chef said he is open to new ideas and techniques

but not just for the sake of using them. His aim is to find a balance between traditional and modern, with restraint as a guiding hand. Whiting is reluctant to

name customer favorites at Tristan, but allows that the She-Crab Raviolo and the Lowcountry Carbonara — quail, pasta, bacon creme fraiche and a sunny-

side up egg — are always in demand. Those and the salad of roasted and raw beets with goat cheese, oranges and pistachio pesto.

“If I tried to take that off the menu, I would have a problem on my hands.”

Restaurants take different tacks with their menus, but they are priced in one of three ways: three (occasionally four) courses for $20, $30 or $40. It’s only the second ap-

pearance for the $40 category, which includes several of the area’s higher-end eateries. At least a dozen restaurants are participating for the first time, such as Pen-

insula Grill and its sister restaurants, Hank’s and Mercato. Peninsula Grill executive chef Graham Dailey thought it was time to get on board.

“We had seen the potential over the years. It’s grown and grown.” He sees an opportunity to give diners a taste of his cuisine that he hopes will whet the appetite for more. “It

generates people ... and they might return later on down the road.”

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– Teresa Taylor

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Today Window Exhibit

WHAT: Local artist Francina SmallsJoyner will present “Through the Window: A Moment in Francina’s Time,” featuring original abstract oil paintings signifying memorable and personal moments of joy and spirituality from the past year of her life. WHEN: Through Feb. 29 WHERE: The Meeting Place, 1077 E. Montague Ave. PRICE: Free admission/free parking MORE INFO: 740-5854 or http:// bit.ly/culturalarts

‘Letters to Sala’

WHAT: In conjunction with C of C’s production of “Letters to Sala,” Addlestone Library will host the exhibit “Letters to Sala: A Young Woman’s Life in Nazi Labor Camps.” The exhibit is on loan from the New York Public Library. WHEN: 7:30 a.m.-2 a.m. MondaysFridays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sundays through Jan. 27. Closed Jan. 16 WHERE: Addlestone Library (College of Charleston), 205 Calhoun St. PRICE: Free MORE INFO: 953-8002 or http:// cofc.edu

Lori Starnes Isom

WHAT: The city of North Charleston’s 2011-12 artist in residence, Lori Starnes Isom, will present realist

portraits in various mediums in her exhibit “Personal Possessions: Portraits of Me, My Family and My Dog.” WHEN: Through Jan. 31 WHERE: North Charleston City Gallery, 5001 Coliseum Drive PRICE: Free admission/free parking MORE INFO: 740-5854 or http:// bit.ly/culturalarts

Houdini vs. Doyle

WHAT: The Karpeles Manuscript Museum is hosting a new exhibit during the first trimester of the year. The exhibit will run through April. It consists of two dozen items that focus on the relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the famous magician Houdini. WHEN: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through April 27 (closed Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays) WHERE: Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring St. PRICE: Free parking and admission MORE INFO: 853-4651

CSO: ‘Scheherazade’

WHAT: Noted conductor JoAnn Falletta takes to the podium for three great works including Lalo’s “Symphonie espangnole. “The “Overture” from Borodin’s opera “Prince Igor” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” a symphonic suite based on “The Arabian Nights,” round out the evening of music. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 WHERE: Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, 77 Calhoun St.

PRICE: Single tickets start at $20; students $10 MORE INFO: 723-7528 or www. charlestonsymphony.com

Chorale Concert

WHAT: The Notre Dame Chorale comprises 48 young men and women who are students at the university. The Winter Tour brings them to Charleston courtesy of the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Charleston. The Chorale will be singing ancient and traditional Christmas carols by Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, Bruckner and Stravinsky. WHEN: 8-9:30 p.m. Jan. 12 WHERE: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 120 Broad St. PRICE: Free and open to the public

Friday Sound of Charleston

WHAT: Experience music of Charleston’s past, from gospel to Gershwin, Civil War and light classics. WHEN: 7 p.m. Jan. 13 WHERE: Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. PRICE: Adults $28, seniors $25, students $16, children 12 and under free MORE INFO: 270-4903 or www. soundofcharleston.com

‘The Turn of the Screw’

WHAT: The Village Playhouse and

Rep presents “The Turn of the Screw” by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James. A young governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children. But she is not alone. Is she being haunted or is she losing her mind? WHERE: The Village Playhouse, 730 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant PRICE: $27/$25/$20 MORE INFO: 856-1579 or www. villageplayhouse.com

Saturday Middleton Place

WHAT: Charleston tri-county area residents receive 60 percent off general admission every weekend in January. Explore America’s oldest landscaped gardens with overview tours given on the hour from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and the Plantation Stableyards where craft artisans demonstrate the working life of many slave men and women. Winter weekends are an exceptionally beautiful time of year to visit Middleton Place with many camellias and other flowers in bloom. WHERE: Middleton Place, 4300 Ashley River Road PRICE: Adults $10, students $6 and children $4 MORE INFO: 556-6020 or www. middletonplace.org

MLK Concert

WHAT: The CSO Gospel Choir and the CSO Spiritual Ensemble will perform an inspirational concert titled “His Light Still Shines” as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For tickets (limit four), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope with request to Tickets/City of N. Charleston Cultural Arts Dept./P.O. Box 190016, North Charleston, SC 29419, or pick up in person at the North Charleston Cultural Arts Department office at City Hall or Royal Missionary Baptist Church. WHEN: 7 p.m. Jan. 14 WHERE: Royal Missionary Baptist Church, 4761 Luella Ave. PRICE: Free; advance ticket required MORE INFO: 740-5854 or www. csogospelchoir.com

Sunday Critique My Antique

WHAT: Bring in your “treasures” to the second annual Critique My Antique for an informal opinion and learn interesting information about your pieces. Bring as many items as you can carry. Avoid lines the day of the event by purchasing tickets in advance. WHEN: 1-5 p.m. Jan. 15 WHERE: Summerville High School, 1101 Boone Hill Road PRICE: $10 per item MORE INFO: 225-2789 or www. ABCCsummerville.org

‘Daisy Bates’

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WHAT: Daisy Bates was fearless in her quest for justice, stepping into

the spotlight to bring national attention to issues — and some say herself. She became a household name in 1957 when she fought for the right of nine black students to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. Following the film, Daisy B. Alcox will share her personal experience as a college student in Orangeburg during the civil rights movement. WHEN: 4-5:30 p.m. Jan. 15 WHERE: Olde North Charleston Picture House, 4820 Jenkins Ave. PRICE: Free

Monday House concert

WHAT: Chamber Music Charleston continues its house concert series with an intimate performance in the historic Edmondston-Alston House. Flutists Regina Helcher Yost and John Samuel Roper, bassoonist Sandra Nikolajevs and harpsichordist Julia Harlow perform works of Bach, Pergolesi, Haydn and Villa Lobos. A wine and cheese reception follows the performance. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 WHERE: Edmondston-Alston House, 21 E. Battery St. PRICE: $35 MORE INFO: 763-4941 or www. chambermusiccharleston.org

Tuesday MLK Breakfast

WHAT: The 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Business and Professional Breakfast will feature keynote speaker Eugene Robinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and news commentator. WHEN: 7:30 a.m. Jan. 17 WHERE: Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, 77 Calhoun St. PRICE: $30 MORE INFO: Call 722-1644 for tickets.

Daniel Is. Concert

WHAT: The Daniel Island House Concert Series continues with a program of music for piano trio. Pianist Irina Pevzner, violinist Frances Hsieh and cellist Timothy O’Malley perform Schubert’s “Sonatensatz,” Piazzolla’s “Primavera Portena” and Mendelssohn’s “Piano Trio in D minor.” A reception follows the hourlong performance, providing the opportunity to meet the musicians and fellow concert-goers. WHEN: 7 p.m. Jan. 17 WHERE: The Drew Residence, 611 Island Park Drive PRICE: $35 MORE INFO: 763-4941 or www. chambermusiccharleston.org

Wednesday Barn Jam

WHAT: Enjoy music from Allen Smith, The Kickingrass Band, Black-

foot Gypsies and Doug Jones. Food and beverages are available for purchase. WHEN: 6-10 p.m. Jan. 18 WHERE: Sewee Outpost, 4853 U.S. Highway 17 PRICE: Free

Sunday, Jan. 19 Zucker celebration

WHAT: Join the Center for Women for an evening as group recognizes Anita Zucker’s accomplishments and celebrates her philanthropy. Sponsorships and table sponsors are still available. Contact info@ c4women.org for more information. WHEN: Jan. 19; cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Marriott Charleston, 170 Lockwood Blvd. PRICE: Tickets: $150; tables: $2,500 MORE INFO: 763-7333 or http:// c4women.org

Monday, Jan. 20 ‘Art of Alfred Hutty’

WHAT: One of the principal artists of the Charleston Renaissance, “The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston” features more than 50 works in oil, watercolor, pastel and, most importantly, his exquisite prints created in Charleston and Woodstock, N.Y. WHEN: 10 a.m. Jan. 20, 21, 24-28, 31 WHERE: Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. PRICE: Museum admission is $9 for adults; $7 for seniors, students and military; $5 for children 6-12; free for members and children under 6 MORE INFO: 722-2706 or www. gibbesmuseum.org/explore

Jill Hooper

WHAT: This exhibition features recent work by Charleston artist Jill Hooper, a classically trained realist painter whose portraits have earned international recognition. WHEN: 10 a.m. Jan. 20, 21, 24-28, 31 WHERE: Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. PRICE: Museum admission is $9 for adults; $7 for seniors, students and military; $5 for children 6-12; free for members and children under 6 MORE INFO: 722-2706 or www. gibbesmuseum.org/explore

‘The Last Flapper’

WHAT: Come do the Charleston with Zelda Fitzgerald. A one-woman show starring Leslie Vicary. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20-22 WHERE: South of Broadway Theatre Company, 1080 E. Montague Ave. PRICE: $15 adults; $5 students (18 and below with ID) MORE INFO: 745-0317 or www. southofbroadway.com

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Today Ann Caldwell with LooseFitt

WHEN: 6-10 p.m. WHERE: Mercato, 102 N. Market St. PRICE: Free

Live Music at Juanita’s

WHEN: 6-9 p.m. Jan. 12, 19, 26 WHERE: Juanita Greenberg’s, 410 W. Coleman Blvd.

Larry Ford and Co.

WHEN: 6:30-10:30 p.m. WHERE: Halls Chophouse, 434 King St.

Elise Testone

WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Fish, 442 King St. PRICE: Free

Abe White

WHEN: 7-10 p.m. WHERE: Toast Restaurant, 155 Meeting St.

Quentin Baxter Ensemble

WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Charleston Grill, 224 King St. PRICE: Free

Steve Carroll and The Bograts

WHEN: 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Tommy Condon’s Irish Pub, 160 Church St. PRICE: Free

SIRSY

WHEN: 9 p.m.-midnight Jan. 12 WHERE: The Chart, 1078 E. Montague Ave. PRICE: Free

PlaneJane

WHERE: Wild Wing Cafe, 644 Coleman Blvd. PRICE: Free

Bill Howland

WHEN: 6-9 p.m. WHERE: Swamp Fox Restaurant & Bar, 386 King St. PRICE: Free

PRICE: Free

Greg Neff

Rotie

WHEN: 6 p.m. Jan. 14 WHERE: Single Smile Cafe, 100-A South Main St. PRICE: Free

Thomas Champagne, Skye Paige, Kristi Starr Frank Duvall and Gary Hewitt WHEN: 7-11 p.m.

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Morgan Creek Grill, 80 41st Ave.

Anthony Owens

WHERE: High Cotton, 199 E. Bay St. PRICE: Free

WHEN: 7-10 p.m. WHERE: Wild Wing Cafe, 36 N. Market St. PRICE: Free

Baxter Ensemble

WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Charleston Grill, 224 King St. PRICE: Free

The Tommy Ford Band David Landeo

WHEN: 6:30-10:30 p.m. WHERE: Halls Chophouse, 434 King St.

WHEN: 8 p.m.-midnight WHERE: VFW post 3142, 3555 Dorchester Road PRICE: $5

WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Red’s Ice House, 98 Church St. PRICE: Free

James Slater Trio

Sunday

Tuesday

Dori Chitayat

James Slater Trio

WHEN: 7-11 p.m. WHERE: High Cotton, 199 E. Bay St. PRICE: Free

WHEN: 6-10 p.m. WHERE: High Cotton, 199 E. Bay St. PRICE: Free

Cotton Blue

WHEN: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. WHERE: Atlanticville Restaurant, 2063 Middle St. PRICE: Free

Hot Jazz

WHEN: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. WHERE: High Cotton, 199 E. Bay St. PRICE: Free

WHEN: 6-10 p.m. WHERE: Mercato, 102 N. Market St. PRICE: Free

Jordan Gravel

Jim and Whitt Algar

WHEN: 7-10 p.m. WHERE: Aroma’s, 50 N. Market St.

WHEN: Intermediate lesson, 7:15 p.m.; Beginner lesson, 8 p.m.; Dance party, 8:45 p.m. WHERE: Spirit Moves Studio, 445 Savannah Highway PRICE: $10 MORE INFO: 557-7690 or http:// roaringtwentieshotjazzdanceclub.com

Brad Surovec

WHAT: Great food and live music. WHEN: 8 p.m. Jan. 13 WHERE: Parson Jacks Cafe, 3417 Shelby Ray Court

The Cool

WHEN: 9:30 p.m. Jan. 13 WHERE: Sand Dollar Social Club, 7 Center St. PRICE: Free

New South Jazzmen

WHEN: 7-10 p.m. WHERE: Atlanticville Restaurant, 2063 Middle St. PRICE: Free

Bob Williams Duo

Fire and Ice Karaoke

WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Charleston Grill, 224 King St. PRICE: Free

Jefferson Coker

WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Thirsty Turtle II, 1158 College Park Road

Fried Rainbow Trout

WHERE: Wolf Track, 1807 Parsonage Road

WHEN: 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Tommy Condon’s Irish Pub, 160 Church St. PRICE: Free

Never Tha Less Band

PlaneJane

Friday John Cusatis

Funk & Roll

WHEN: 5-8 p.m. Jan. 13 WHERE: Mueller’s Pub, 630 Skylark Drive

WHEN: 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Jan. 13 and Feb. 17 WHERE: Silver Dollar, 478 King St. PRICE: TBA

David Patterson Ensemble

Saturday Lewis, Wiltrout and Gregory

WHEN: 6 p.m.-midnight

Frank Duvall Trio

WHEN: 6-9 p.m. WHERE: Mercato, 102 N. Market St. PRICE: Free

Gracious Day

WHEN: 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Jan. 13 and 14 WHERE: The Strike Zone at Dorchester Lanes, 10015 Dorchester Road PRICE: Free

WHEN: 6 p.m.-midnight WHERE: Mercato, 102 N. Market St. PRICE: Free

WHERE: Mercato, 102 N. Market St. PRICE: Free

WHEN: 9 p.m. Tuesdays WHERE: Wet Willies, 209 E. Bay St. PRICE: No cover MORE INFO: 826-2193 or http://facebook.com/Fire-IceKaraoke

ACE’S ON BRIDGE By BOBBY WOLFF

WHEN: 10:30 p.m. WHERE: Wild Wing Cafe, 36 N. Market St. PRICE: Free

Monday Margaret Coleman and Wayne Dawes

WHEN: 6-10 p.m. WHERE: High Cotton, 199 E. Bay St. PRICE: Free

Leah Suarez Trio

WHEN: 6-10 p.m. WHERE: Mercato, 102 N. Market St.

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Declarer looked beyond the obvious when playing this heart slam. Unfortunately, he did not look far enough, and the slam failed. Declarer appreciated that theobviousrouteto12trickswas to find the club king with East, and dummy’s trumps provided the necessary two entries to repeat the finesse. But South saw another possibility — that he could give up a diamond trick in exchange for two extra winners — in which case he would not need the club finesse at all, since therewouldthenbetwodiscards for the queen and jack of clubs. Forthistobeso,themostlikely lie of the diamonds would be the king in West’s hand, with the jack due to fall in three rounds. So declarer cashed the heart ace,

then followed with the ace and another diamond. West took the king,andwhenthejackdropped doubleton from East, followed withathirddiamond.Eastruffed and South overruffed, but now only one club discard was available. With the club king offside, down went the slam. Declarer was on the right track, but failed to allow for the diamond jack being doubleton with East. The way home is, at trick three, to lead the diamond seven toward the queen — without first cashing the ace. West cannot afford to duck, but now a diamond return can do no harm. After South draws trump ending in dummy, both of his losing clubs can be offloaded on dummy’s good diamonds.

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GRAND AVENUE By Steve Breen

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19): Expect someone to confuse you or misrepresent you. You are best to take control and refrain from letting anyone speak on your behalf. TAURUS (April 20May 20): You will fall heir to valuable information if you attend a conference or seminar, or just listen to what someone with experience has to say. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t let emotions or the people you love stand in your way. You have to pick your battles wisely.

Time spent working toward a professional goal will pay off. Don’t give in to someone trying to talk you out of finishing what you start. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Make plans to attend an event that will allow you to expand your interests and your friendships. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Spending time with children or getting together with someone you love will help you form a closer bond.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Look to the past for anCANCER (June 21-July 22): swers that will help you out now. The Talk to your partner experience you have about your future had with someone plans. Getting an will give you insight into how outside opinion as to handle a situation you curto how you should proceed rently face. professionally will give you SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22greater insight. DEC. 21): Covering up an LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

incident that needs to be addressed or trying to avoid hurting someone’s feelings will only make matters worse. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22JAN. 19): You can handle whatever you are up against. Keep your plans a secret until you are ready to put them into motion. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Form an alliance with someone you trust. You can stabilize your life personally, financially and medically by doing what’s best for you. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): You have all the right moves and will outshine anyone who competes with you. A partnership from your past can be revisited.

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Try some quoteworthy trivia BY REBEKAH BRADFORD

Special to The Post and Courier

here are certain famous quotations that everyone knows. For example, most of us learned in school that Marie Antoinette infamously declared, “Let them eat cake,” even though now it’s generally acknowledged by historians that she probably didn’t say that. Then there’s “Go ahead, make my day.” Even if you’ve never seen the movie, you probably know who said it (Dirty Harry, played by Clint Eastwood). This week’s trivia is all about famous quotations and who said them. Current winner Michael Flynn is taking on Renee Coombs, who’s studying for the NCLEX, an examination for the licensing of nurses.

QUESTIONS

1. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...” 2. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” 3. “Give me liberty or give me death.” 4. “Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.” (Clue: Comic strip character) 5. “We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first — rock ’n’ roll or Christianity.” 6. “I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.” 7. “I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.” 8. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” 9. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” 10. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”

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Mickey is loved by many, but loved by one more than most. And no, it’s not Minnie.

MICHAEL’S ANSWERS

1. Dickens. “A Tale of Two Cities” is the book. 2. The greatest, Muhammad Ali. 3. Patrick Henry 4. Calvin and Hobbes 5. Sounds like something John Lennon probably said back in the day. 6. (Laughing) That could be any politician! 7. My guess is Walt Disney. 8. Winston Churchill 9. George Burns 10. Dr. Seuss

CONCLUSION Is anyone surprised Michael’s streak continues? He’s turning out to be unstoppable, and his wins now total five, which is more than anyone’s had in a while. How long will it last? That’s anybody’s guess, but next week is a whole new game. Until then.

RENEE’S ANSWERS

1. Isn’t this from a book? Maybe Hemingway. 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Oh, I used to know this. John Hancock? 4. It’s from a comic strip? Then I will say Cathy. 5. He says “we” so it must be a band. How about Led Zeppelin. 6. That’s kind of funny, but I’m not sure who said this. 7. Donald Duck? 8. George Washington, but that’s obviously a guess. 9. I don’t know, although when I think about it, this phrase doesn’t really make sense. 10. This is from a Dr. Seuss book.

CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Charles Dickens 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Patrick Henry 4. Charlie Brown 5. John Lennon

6. Dan Quayle 7. Walt Disney 8. Winston Churchill 9. Yogi Berra 10. Dr. Seuss

Family pressures woman on marriage

EAR ABBY: I am a very feminine 23year-old woman who lives at home with my father. I am completely uninterested in getting married or having children now or in the future. I don’t believe it’s the end of the world to be a woman and not want children, but my dad and my grandmother act as though I’m abnormal. Dad says he blames himself for “failing to raise me right.” He also blames himself for the fact that I’m not interested in guys. The thought of being intimate with a guy is disgusting to me. I identify as mostly asexual, although I have had passing infatuations with women. Dad takes this personally like HE is responsible for my desires, or lack thereof. Grandma is worse. She constantly makes excuses to my male friends about how I’m just “not ready yet” and that they should be “patient.” Abby, I know nothing I say will change their minds, but is there something I can do to make them understand they didn’t fail? This is who I AM. How can I end the guilt trip and keep the peace? — BORN THIS WAY IN NORTH CAROLINA DEAR BORN THIS WAY: People who have no sexual feelings are asexual. People who are attracted to members of the same sex are gay, and they, too, are born that way. It has nothing to do with the way they are raised. You cannot live your life trying to please your father and grandmother, and you have nothing to apologize for. If you need help explaining why you are the way you are, contact PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), an organization that can provide you with literature that will explain it to them. You can find more information at www.pflag.org. DEAR ABBY: I’m a 37-yearold wife and mother of three. My mother visits us when

DEAR ABBY she’s in town during workrelated trips, so it’s not like she’s around all day, thank heavens. But when she’s here, she constantly corrects my children (ages 8, 14 and 18) and instructs my husband and me how we should spend our money. She also doesn’t like it when I swear (which I usually don’t do unless she’s around) or mention what I think of people she has sent my way who have burned me. By the time she leaves, usually four days, I am so stressed and emotional that I cry at the drop of a hat. I cannot, nor do I want to, continue to have her here when she doesn’t respect my rules. I respect her rules when I visit her home. Obviously, there is much more, but I’m stressed to the max and nearly at the point of being done. Abby, can you give me any pointers to deal with this? — VISIT OR NOT? DEAR VISIT OR NOT?: After you have calmed down, and before your mother’s next “raid,” write her a letter. Explain that while you love her, her visits are taking a significant emotional toll on you. Say she is welcome as long as she refrains from correcting your children because that’s YOUR job. Say also that she must stop telling you what to do with your money and correcting your language because you’re an adult now. Remind her not to send any more people your way, and why. If she can accept those terms, she’ll be welcomed with open arms. Some people need ground rules spelled out for them, and your mother appears to be one of them.

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