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“We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dream, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;– World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.”
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One time my dad and I were having what we like to call a ‘talking about thinking’ conversation. Effortlessly yet earnestly he proposed that, “We didn’t become human beings on an evolutionary timeline. We became human when we started dancing, and singing, and telling one another stories.” It was so profound. I’ll never forget that.
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” — Joan Didion
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As a self-proclaimed storyteller, I couldn’t wait to ask artists Lisa Shimko, Michelle VanParys, and Daniel Velasco about the stories in their work. Acrylics, a camera, and pencils are the tools these artists use to craft compelling stories.
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Lisa Shimko ANIMAL TALES & WATER HALOS by Amy Stockwell Mercer
isa Shimko is known for her portraits of animals in whimsical poses. A fortune telling owl, an elephant wearing boots with a goldfish on his back, and a bear on a surfboard playing drums. These clever portraits reel viewers in with joyful compositions and vivid colors, and hook them with subtle messages of environmental issues.
Mitchell Hill 438 King Street mitchellhillinc.com 843.564.0034 A college class titled “Prolific Writing” influenced Shimko’s creative process, which she describes as a “stream of consciousness;” the instructor had students write uninterrupted for long stretches of time. As a painting and art therapy student at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, she learned the value of letting ideas flow onto the page organically. The byzantine altarpieces at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s African and Oceanic collections were early sources of inspiration, but she says, “My artistic influence comes more from nature, philosophy, and learning.” In 2006 she moved to Charleston and felt an immediate connection with the thriving coastal arts community. Today, she paints from her home studio in downtown Charleston and shows her work at Mitchell Hill. After a decade of creating art in the Lowcountry, Shimko is having a banner year. In February she won the 2016 North
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Charleston Arts Fest Design Competition for her abstract painting Air and Water, and in May she was awarded the 2016 GriffithRayburn Lowcountry Artist Award. She is also the featured artist for this year’s Charleston Marathon. The Griffith-Reyburn Visual Arts Fund of Coastal Community Foundation was created in 2003 by Michael Griffith
and Donna Reyburn, Seabrook Islanders passionate about arts and the Lowcountry. The Fund supports the annual Lowcountry Artist of the Year Award, encouraging the creation of art focused on different aspects of the Lowcountry’s unique life, culture, or environment. Shimko’s winning submission is comprised of a five panel “pentaptych,” something she’s not done before, that depicts the five different stages of the day, FALL 2016 | 19
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“Both kinds of work
use different parts of the brain and keep me balanced.”
from sunrise to sunset. She listened to John Luther Adams’ 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning composition “Become Ocean,” while she painted and says, “I can feel the swells of the water in his music.” The result is a collection of abstract landscapes that express her subjective experience with the Lowcountry and will be exhibited at Redux Contemporary Art Center in October. While Shimko has always transitioned between representational and abstract art, she has only recently begun exhibiting her abstract paintings. “Both kinds of work use different par ts of the brain and keep me balanced.” The representational works have a clear beginning and end whereas the boundaries of abstracts are less clearly defined. The process of creating abstracts is more playful, “It’s a game to make
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the colors come together and I keep going until it feels right.” What remains consistent between the two styles are her vivid and evocative colors. Shimko explains, “These paintings are my attempt at describing and celebrating the landscapes of the Lowcountry without the usual language of representational painting. Within these works are my meditations of the aquatic world and the edges of land to the water, constantly changing with tides, various organisms, big and small, and accentuating the range of colors found both up close and seen at the landscapes’ distance.” Shimko’s hope is that viewers will create their own unique story in response to her work. AM
Patricia R. Huff artist pastels & oils
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Upcoming Exhibition Griffith-Reyburn Lowcountry Artist Exhibition: Low Country Water Halos Oct 13 – Nov 19, 2016 Redux Contemporary Art Center, 136 St. Philip Street
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Michelle Van Parys EMBRACING THE SHADOWS by Amy Stockwell Mercer
Corrigan Gallery 62 Queen Street 843.722.9868 corrigangallery.com
ichelle Van Parys’s black and white photographs are a visual narrative of the changing landscape and our complex relationship to the natural world. A creek meanders beneath a highway overpass in one image, and a twisting waterslide is concealed by an overgrowth of trees in another. These are not romanticized images of the Holy City
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meant to stir the desires of tourists. Van Parys says the images from Beyond the Plantations: Images of the New South tell the story of real places. Van Parys moved to Charleston when her husband, Mark Sloan, was hired as the director of the Halsey Institute of
“I photograph subjects that people pass by everyday but never really notice.” Contemporary Art. At the time, the College of Charleston didn’t offer photography in the Studio Art Department, but they had a lot of interested students. So one year over winter break, she got a group together and they renovated two bathrooms and a janitor’s closet for darkrooms. Now they have a state of the art darkroom and digital lab in the Cato Center. Images of the New South is an extension of Van Parys’ 20-year landscape project of the American southwest entitled The Way Out West: Desert Landscapes. “After photographing in the west for so many years, I found it very difficult to photograph in the Lowcountry. It literally took me
years to figure out how to see and capture the landscape here. I was used to seeing wide-open spaces and bright high-key tones. I kept looking for similar spaces here. Also, I was not used to dealing with so many trees and the dark shade that they create. Finding a way to expose and develop film so that I would have beautiful shadow details without losing the highlight details was a challenge.” This ongoing search for inspiring Lowcountry landscapes means driving for hours and FALL 2016 | 23
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sometimes days. “I photograph subjects that people pass by every day but never really notice.” The juxtaposition of manmade objects (like the waterslide or the overpass) in the natural landscape creates a visual narrative. “These images are offered in contrast to the idealized or romanticized landscapes that are often illustrated in depictions of the south through literature, cinema, or visual art. Images of the Old South are often sanitized views of a perfect and prosperous plantation life yet ignore the conflict, conquest, and transformation that is manifested in the changing landscape.” Van Parys works in black and white because it captures the beauty of the light and pays homage to early geographic survey photographers. “For me, black and white is a myriad of grays; it is unlimited.” She explains that traditional selenium gelatin silver prints capture tone and detail, and are more permanent than any other process.
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These stark and haunting images offer a compelling story of the evolving contemporary southern landscape. With her unique perspective, Van Parys focuses her lens to capture the subtle beauty in the places most people overlook. AM
Upcoming Exhibition Beyond the Plantations: Images of the New South Corrigan Gallery Opens November 4, 2016
Lisa Willits
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COLLECTORS FEATURE
TERRY FOX:
COLLECTING THE DARK ARTS By Stacy Huggins | Photography by Karson Photography
After years of endless renovations to his downtown Charleston home, Terry Fox was staring down the barrel of yet another major project. Mentally spent, Fox opted instead to escape to the sea islands outside of Charleston, where he found an idyllic retreat on Johns Island. “It’s a private little out-of-theway place. It’s 10 minutes to downtown, and I’m still in the middle of any fray I want to get in the middle of.” 26 | thear tmag.com
The views are peaceful and bucolic, quintessentially Lowcountry with live oaks dripping in Spanish moss and egrets fishing in the pond. These gentile surroundings create a dynamic contrast to the dark and seductive qualities of the art collection housed on the inside. “There’s lots of weird stuff here,” he jokes. And he’s right, there is a lot of weird stuff.
Visual Mesmerizing, intriguing, gloriously weird stuff—drawings, paintings, sculptures, and ceramics that bewitch the viewer like a temptress with her siren song. “Oddly, somehow, this much smaller house shows artwork so much better than my house downtown ever did. It just seems like everything has gravitated to finding its own little place to be.” However, there are no accidents here; this is whom Fox is and who he was always going to be. But how does one get here? ORIGIN STORY Fox comes from a small town in the foothills of North Carolina, and as soon as he graduated he left town and never looked back. He jokes that his English degree from the University of North Carolina taught him how to “Speak and spin tales and talk smack.” Anyone that knows Fox will agree that ‘talking smack’ is one of his greatest joys and skills. After college, he was attracted to a version of Charleston that “was dark and magical and mysterious in ways that it certainly isn’t anymore.” He held a laundry list of wildly odd jobs, like bartending at the original Garden & Gun Club on King Street, which was demolished to make way for the Charleston Place hotel in the 80s. “It was the place where everyone came
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the artists that mean so much to me, and their work that means so [much].” Every piece has a story, and he is a champion of them all. AVOIDING PRETTY
together, everyone: gay, straight, black, white. Great music; it was the era of disco…it was a great time for the community because it really did bring a lot of diverse types of people together. You’d have male couples dancing next to white South of Broads…it was a unique point in time.” As an art collector, Fox sees “this experience as being a little bit about me but more about 28 | thear tmag.com
“I don’t have any pretty artwork. I just don’t do pretty. Most everything I have has a darker kind of edge or approach to it,” he says. Fox has a huge amount of artwork by Mt. Pleasant native Kevin Earl Taylor, dating back to Taylor’s very early work. Taylor once quipped that a pretty, perfect work of art is forgettable, but works with an unanswered question will keep a viewer engaged indefinitely. There are dozens of Taylor’s work ranging in size and scope all over the house, dating all the way back to his years right after
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Kirsten Moran OPPOSITE PAGE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Charles DeAn-
tonio, Elyse Defoor, Tim Hussey, Kevin Earl Taylor, Aggie Zed, Nina Liu, Sarah Boyts Yoder, Janie Askew
finishing Savannah College of Art and Design. “I really love the earliest work, no matter how hastily sketched or painted with refinement,” he says. In those days, Taylor and his contemporaries like Tim Hussey, who is also prominently featured in Fox’s home, were the young artists challenging the nascent contemporary art scene in Charleston. Building a career in that climate was exceedingly challenging—there just weren’t enough patrons like Fox. Hussey has departed and returned a couple of times while Taylor has permanently relocated to San Francisco. Since Hussey’s return, he and his wife Elise have become dear friends of Fox’s. Paul Cristina is a young local artist who is a relative newcomer to the community, but FALL 2016 | 29
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“ I don’t have any pretty artwork. I just don’t do pretty. Most everything I have has a darker kind of edge or approach to it.”
he has quickly found his way into Fox’s heart. Fox shows off pictures of Cristina’s work on his iPhone the way most folks would show off photos of their child or dog. “He basically starts with what is, more or less, a museumquality classic charcoal drawing…then he adds paint and he glazes and abrades the surface, tears it, slices it…I think his work’s extraordinary…it’s pretty dark,” says Fox. But dark is exactly what speaks to him. 30 | thear tmag.com
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Paul Cristina, Megan Aline, Kevin Earl Taylor, Aggie Zed, Janie Askew, Jill Hooper
Fox collects work by artists who he has meaningful relationships with. In the stairwell there are three large-scale works of art by Elyse Defoor that are very dear to him. In the mid-80s, Fox was involved with an artist who introduced him to Defoor, a classmate from the University of Georgia. “She and her husband and Bill and I became incredibly close friends. We would visit them in Atlanta, they’d come visit us here. [We were] the best of friends.”
During a visit to Fox and his partner, Defoor suffered a devastating loss. “She went back to Atlanta, and she painted out her sense of loss and all her feelings in these three canvases. I said to her at that time, I knew how much of a healing process it was, that if she ever did not have to live with them, I would like to buy them.” That time eventually came eight or nine years later. “These have a special kind of resonance for me.” FALL 2016 | 31
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He proudly displays Defoor’s book Relics of Marriage on his coffee table and another small work on the mantle. Relics of Marriage features an installation that Defoor mounted in Atlanta in 2012, where she suspended 23 wedding dresses outdoors for two months. The resulting images are alternately sculptural and haunting in their beauty. 32 | thear tmag.com
“I do even now look at pieces that will make a cohesive whole in the house. Like that piece by Nina Liu is where it is because that’s where it belongs. I couldn’t take that piece of Nina’s work and move it over there.” Fox has an incredible collection of pottery that pervades every floor and every nook and cranny of the house, but he wasn’t always interested in ceramics. “It took me finding Nina. To be totally honest, I didn’t like Nina’s work for a long time, and then somehow, something came together and I
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woke up. I’ve got 35 or so pieces of her pottery here and around the house.” Fox credits Liu as “the source for so much of my good early art acquisition,” and observes that the closing of her downtown gallery, Nina Liu & Friends, “Was such a great loss for the arts community. She was such an important figure in every, everything that happened here.” THE EPIC SALON WALL Curating and executing this momentous grouping of work that surrounds his bed, well, “It was a feat,” he laughs. “They came somewhat piecemeal. There’s a piece up there I had reframed after having it stashed for 20 years and losing sight of it. I thought, ‘This is really cool. I want to have it out again.’ So I got it reframed, and it’s right out in the middle of 34 | thear tmag.com
that mess…I’m intent on having a sort of order, visually, to things.” Fox has also blended in work by artists like Megan Aline, Sarah Boyts Yoder, and Kristi Ryba who would not usually be thought of as dark, but the presentation, subject matter, and color palette of these particular images create moody additions that complement the neighboring artworks. “Just weirdness everywhere you look.” The bathrooms and closets included.
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Kucha posters are scattered throughout, reverently framed to celebrate the bounty of artists these organizations have brought to the Charleston community. Fox seems to have boundless energy to support the arts in Charleston. CHARLESTON ARTS FESTIVAL “Andrew [Walker] and I’ve been friends for three or four years. I’ve been a follower of Jail Break and enjoyed what he did with that, and enjoyed his company, and we built a friendship. When he closed down Jail Break, we began loosely talking about things, about his thinking to move it forward into an expanded format.”
“In February or March, we began talking about how this thing could come together, to bring together our shared resources, community-wise and artistically, to make an inaugural effort. For example, the Pecha Kucha piece was…a natural fit to what we’re doing and an event that he didn’t have to plan. So much of the rest of the festival is labor-intensive for him.” Walker is composing music and performing in the culinary event on Thursday and playing with Entropy Ensemble for Women & Radiohead on Friday. “On Saturday, we’re both going to be crazy.” The Saturday finale will revive the best parts of Jail Break, combined with the new opportunities that Fox’s gravitas brings to the table. “We see it as having legs, and perhaps even being something the community needs and cries out for, we hope.” They have ideas already in the works for 2017, to expand the number of events and collaborations with other organizations in the city, “but we’ve gotta get through year one first!” “It’s what drives me at this point, being supportive of the creative community. It’s important. I derive a lot from the people I come in contact with and the people who I’m striving to support, and I think in many regards it’s appreciated. I feel that it is. I get a lot back from people who let me know that they respect the effort.” Fox’s stunning collection is a testament to the meaningful relationships and inspiring surroundings that collecting art offers to everyone if you buy with intent and heart. How could you not respect this effort? AM
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— A F T ER 8 0 YEA R S —
THE GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION RETURNS TO THE GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART — by Stacy Huggins
THERE ARE FEW COLLECTORS WHO HAVE BEEN SO WIDELY INFLUENTIAL IN HOW WE SEE AND VALUE MODERN ART.
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Often it’s a trait or interest that runs in families, like Solomon R. Guggenheim and his niece Peggy, or in social circles catapulted by central guiding figures, like Gertrude Stein and her brother Leo. All champions of modern art, they brought attention to young artists pioneering a way forward in a chaotic modern world. But it is perhaps Solomon whose legacy has had the farthest reach of them all. In 1936, the first exhibition of the Solomon Guggenheim collection was organized at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC. Not New York, not London, or Paris, but Charleston. With the Gibbes’ recent $14 million dollar major renovations finally complete, it seems apropos to mount the Guggenheim Collection once more, honoring many of the original exhibition’s designs. It will be displayed in the very same building and divided into the same categories—non-objective vs objective.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973); Accordionist, Céret, summer 1911; L’accordéoniste; Oil on canvas; 51 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (130.2 x 89.5 cm); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift; 37.537
Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953); Space, 1932; Ink, watercolor, pastel, and graphite on paper; 16 x 19 inches (40.6 x 48.3 cm); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift; 41.146
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Drawings, prints, and paintings by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Vasily Kandinsky often make their way down south in traveling exhibitions, but these pieces in the Guggenheim Collection are fully-developed, exemplary works of art by masters. Picasso’s Accordionist could be studied for hours, as the eye naturally wants to make relationships between shapes to turn them into recognizable objects. Others, like Chagall’s Paris Through the Window, feature more immediately accessible FALL 2016 | 39
Visual imagery, but his emotional, fantastical works—which are understandably credited with giving rise to Surrealism—will still leave the mind a bit perplexed. Perhaps one might approach viewing the exhibition without reading the titles of the
paintings. Often we seem to get hung up on understanding what a particular piece is about, and titles feed into that inclination. There’s not a ‘right’ or a ‘wrong’ to how a painting makes you feel. The true mark of a great work of art is if it makes you stop, think, and feel something. Don’t worry about ‘getting it;’ instead, give yourself permission to purely enjoy it. Very frequently we’ve found much deeper connections to a work of art by letting go of that need to understand and simply letting the majesty of its complexities wash over you. AM
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Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944); Composition 8, July 1923; Komposition 8 Oil on canvas; 55 1/8 x 79 1/8 inches (140 x 201 cm); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift; 37.262
Upcoming Exhibition Realm of the Spirit: Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection and the Gibbes Museum of Art OCTOBER 22, 2016 – JANUARY 15, 2017 Gibbes Museum of Art 135 Meeting Street gibbesmuseum.org
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storytelling T H RO U G H THE LENS
The success or failure of making a good story great lies in the hands the photographer. Creating a compelling image is so much more complicated than most realize. These five photographers have made many of our best articles truly fly off the page with their visual narratives. We have witnessed first-hand their commitment to crafting images that reach off the page to engage the viewer. They have a gift for framing the story, and
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putting their subjects at ease in front of the camera, to accurately capture their spirit in a moment of time that will live on forever. We have been privileged to work with some incredibly gifted photographers who move us with the images they create. Meet the artists behind the lens, the visual storytellers who put their hearts and energy into creating compelling images.
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Nickie Stone (Above) “A little over a year ago I began shooting landscapes of Wadmalaw Island where I live. I gain most of my inspiration these days being at home, and these photographs have become an exploration of home and connection. Shooting landscapes are like therapy to me - I shoot thoughtfully, and I feel grounded and more connected to myself and the land. I am able to be completely in the moment. These images are a reflection of that, as well as a personal reminder to continue making meaningful art.”
Reese Moore (Right) “One of my favorite things to photograph is other creatives practicing their own craft. There’s something so special about documenting another artist moving through the nuances of their craft and capturing those highs and lows, the artistic struggle and transformation. So when I got the opportunity to go backstage with camera in hand before one of Patti O’Furniture’s shows, I was thrilled. I loved capturing every moment of the transition into full makeup and into character, and telling the story of the nightly creation of Patti O’Furniture, queen extraordinaire.” 42 | thear tmag.com
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Jonathan Boncek (Above) “I consider myself a food photographer. Some of the images that strike me most are the quiet scenes of not the food, but the people that are pouring their hearts into the taste. Here Tim Jackson, of now shuttered Georgean’s, concentrates on his craft. I love the stillness of this scene. The light and the focus on Tim.”
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Kip Bulwinkle “As I stepped out onto Michigan Avenue in Chicago, the sun streaming through the Wrigley building across the street stopped me in my tracks. I had been photographing the city all day, and now this... I had to capture the ethereal effect of the light rays stretching out from the doors. So much meaning can be gleaned from it, especially with the lone figure emerging from the scene. For me it has become such an introspective image, its meaning often altered by my mood and circumstances.� 44 | thear tmag.com
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Minette Hand “This was my second time driving the coast of California, so I wasn’t looking for anything specific. This time, it was just observations. The fog was lingering pretty much the entire time. When it wasn’t, it was glory. It was so rare that I gave up on getting any pictures of the coast this time around. As we were winding, I kept seeing this tiny boat. It was so consistent that it was haunting me. But, it portrays a sense of calm at the same time. It would disappear and reappear with the fog. My boyfriend was driving, so I kept staring at it. It was a photographer’s dream— someone else driving you everywhere. My only job was to observe and ask him to stop every 5 miles. Finally, I gave in and asked one more time. I don’t know if it was my competitive side or what, but I think I took 2 rolls of this damn boat. In the end, when I got my film back there were some not-so-good ones and then we opened this one and- Christmas- it was just what I wanted. We’re probably going to print this huge and put it in our house somewhere. It’s so serene and still. Maybe not for the boat captain but for pretty much everybody else. I hope there’s pause when others see this. I felt that. And, honestly, could probably use it again.” FALL 2016 | 45
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Chef Michael Toscano of Le Farfalle by Stacy Huggins
15 Beaufain Street, Charleston 843.212.0920 lefarfallecharleston.com become obsessive when I’m passionate about something,” says Chef Michael Toscano. That statement can be applied to seemingly all areas of Toscano’s life. He is a driven and talented man who has accomplished more at 31 years old than many can hope to in an entire career. With his wife and co-owner Caitlin at his side, Toscano has brought his vision for high-level cuisine in an approachable osteria to life in Harleston Village.
Growing up, Toscano was surrounded by great food. “My mother cooks amazing Mexican food; my father is great at frying a whole fish or cooking steaks or smoking barbecue, and our fun was always surrounded by a meal…Food was always a part of my life without me knowing it,” he says. Toscano was a natural athlete, first playing competitive baseball and then seriously pursuing golf. He took a job as a cart boy at his golf course to gain unlimited access to the links. Then he started watching Iron Chef Japan, with its obscure, exotic challenge ingredients. He began taking all his questions to the club chef and soon found himself trading his cart boy duties for a spot in the kitchen. He started out washing dishes and worked his way up with the same drive he had previously applied to golf. He actually turned down a golf scholarship for an American Culinary Federation Apprenticeship through Pinehurst Resort in N.C. His drive
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and passion catapulted him through the program, graduating a semester early to leave for New York and begin his career. He mused that perhaps this all came about because cooking came more naturally to him than golf did. “It’s one of my biggest passions, putting together food and making people happy by eating my food.”
“Meeting all the chefs, seeing the lifestyle down here, the great food that already existed, it checked all the boxes I needed to move,” he says. “We realized that there’s life outside of New York and that we had to get out of New York City when we had our second child.” That’s when they decided to call Charleston home.
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Toscano was invited to cook at the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, and after returning the following two years, he was hooked.
“We looked for eight months until we found this spot…we were starting to get a little frustrated, with little things not working out…and then we came across this space.” He was intrigued by the light as the sun set against the building and knew it was the perfect space. Toscano jumped on the space immediately and locked it down within a week’s time.
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culinary Michael and Caitlin first began working together when they opened Eataly in New York City. “She was the general manager and I was the chef. They gave us a hard time about [working together], like ‘it doesn’t work,’ and ‘you can’t do it.’ We had the best time ever.”
“Granted we run the business together, but it’s separated enough where we’re not both in the kitchen. I’m doing my part, she does her part. The part that I’m not doing…who do I trust more than her? It’s perfect; it really works out.” Toscano brought the majority of his kitchen team from New York, including bar manager Brad Goocher, which made the process much more smooth. Charleston wasn’t a hard sell either. “They were all ready to get out and see something different,” he says. He views his kitchen as an incubator and training ground for future chefs, where they’ll experience every aspect of the kitchen and leave ready to step into any fine dining kitchen anywhere.
“It’s one of my biggest passions, putting together food and making people happy by eating my food.”
GM Anthony Merlino had been living in Charleston for three months when he ran into Toscano, and they hit it off straightaway. They knew about one another in New York, where Merlino ran the Baccarat Hotel, but never formally met. It was a hand-in-glove fit. Le Farfalle is the manifestation of “how Caitlin and I like to dine, the kind of food I like to cook,” and he’s pleased with the 48 | thear tmag.com
culinary huge range the space and menu offer. “It can be your every night restaurant or your blow-out anniversary meal, whatever you want it to be…that’s exciting for me,” Toscano says. The restaurant’s transformation is stunning for those of us who recall the long ago days when Vickery’s inhabited this location. The main entry brings you through the garden for an enchanting entrance into the bright and airy, contemporary bar and dining rooms. Le Farfalle feels luxe but unpretentious; even the music choice is a little unexpected, sprinkled with some post-punk tunes that make the whole experience more accessible.
FAMILY AFFAIR Michael and Caitlin build their family time right into the restaurant. “That was the big
draw of coming here, having the kids grow up in the restaurant.” After school, the children come to Le Farfalle, where they regularly have dinner as a family. “That just wasn’t possible in New York…to have them come in and this be their home also, it’s huge for us.” Welcome home. AM
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS: The Octopus Carpaccio is a bright, fresh, garlicky delight, a pleasing combination of flavors that is easy to share and impossible to put down. Order the Fazzoletti Verde with Ragu Bolognese for a robust and deep flavored sauce that’s in perfect contrast to the stunning bite and texture of the pasta. Pair with a big red wine for culinary Heaven on earth.
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FIVE NEW BREWERIES TO DISCOVER The brewing scene has THIS FALL been growing at an by Matt Dobie
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exponential rate across the Lowcountry, with new concepts and great environments that make us more inclined to head to a local brewery rather than a bar.You can enjoy the freshest beer possible and get the lowdown straight from the brewers themselves, at a better price than anywhere else in town. What’s not to love?
LOW TIDE BREWING JOHNS ISLAND While it’s a fairly common practice for breweries to collaborate on a beer together, Low Tide Brewing of Johns Island took their collaborative spirit to local restaurants instead. They only opened their doors this past March but they’ve already crafted an American wheat beer with Triangle Char & Bar, a Vienna lager with Charleston Beer Works, and a peach habanero IPA with Fat Hen. Their devotion to community involvement is only matched by their fervor for experimenting with complex flavors. They even have a Belgian Dubbel brewed with chamomile, lavender, and rose petals that they call, “a high alcohol beer that goes down maybe a little too easy.” lowtidebrewing.com
TWO BLOKES BREWING MT. PLEASANT Two Blokes Brewing is part of a new crop of breweries popping up in Mt. Pleasant. Open seven days a week, they offer a spacious taproom with tons of bar seating, leather furniture, kids “half pint” play area, and communal games like foosball, darts, and giant jenga. They boast some ambitious brews, including their Bushfire Chipotle Amber, a pepper beer that won’t annihilate your palate, and a Drone Honey Rye IPA, brewed with locally sourced wildflower honey. And guests can take a tour and experience the inner workings. Once you’ve left, keep your eyes peeled, because their Publican English-style pub ale is kegged and ready to be shipped to local watering holes. twoblokesbrewing.com FALL 2016 | 51
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TRADESMAN BREWING JAMES ISLAND With 15 taps and two bars, Tradesman Brewing on James Island has a wide variety of ales and lagers and stouts, oh my! You can partake in the standard stuff (there’s no shame in that) or you can be adventurous and try something like the Green Tea Tripple, a Belgian Tripple bittered with local green tea from the Charleston Tea Plantation. With dessert beers like their Sweet Potato Pie—a brown ale brewed with maple syrup and sweet potatoes—and Coconuts and Bolts, a chocolate and coconut stout, you’d think these brewers had a sweet tooth. But really it’s just that desire for diversity that they pride themselves on. tradesmanbrewing.com
GHOST MONKEY BREWERY MT. PLEASANT The most recent brewery to join the Mt. Pleasant community, Ghost Monkey Brewery, started serving suds on July 9th. They may be in their infancy, but they already dish out 11 different brews from an American Red Ale to a Nitro Stout to a Sour Farm House Ale. Their cozy taproom is lined with comfy couches and wooden tables. And grab a cue, ‘cause their pool table is just begging to be used. They may be closed Monday through Wednesday, but all weekend long you can expect to find live music and food trucks parked outside the bustling little brewery. ghostmonkeybrewery.com
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REVELRY BREWING CHARLESTON PENINSULA Located on the upper Charleston peninsula off Meeting Street, Revelry Brewing has a rustic interior bar and a large patio built for relaxation on a sun soaked afternoon. Standard brews, like their award winning Gullah Cream Ale and Lean or Fat? English Summer Ale, are side by side with their wilder endeavors, like the Naturaleza Viva. A collaboration with Burial Beer Co. of Asheville, NC, it is a fruited Saison incorporating hibiscus and prickly pear foraged from local sea islands. Revelry is also one of the few local breweries to offer an in-house food menu, so you can sit back with a charcuterie and cheese board while you wet your whistle. revelrybrewingco.com
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Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers by Stacy Huggins | photos by Alysse Gafkjen
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ven when I’m sitting still, my soul still wants to run,” sings Oliver Wood. This line from “Never and Always” is on The Wood Brothers’ new album Paradise, which is full of poignant moments like that—the kinds of thoughts that we all have but often don’t give voice to.
Oliver Wood lends his voice and guitar to these touching poems; his brother Chris Wood plays bass, harmonica, and provides back up vocals, while Jano Rix offers inventive percussion on his ‘shuitar,’ drums, vocals, and the piano. Another theme that surfaces repeatedly in this beautiful assemblage of 10 earnest songs is the desire to connect with others— with strangers, with family members, with lovers. “As musicians, as artists, we’re always trying to connect to each other. Our favorite thing about performing is when the audience and musicians are all on one team, rising up together,” says Wood. As a musical team, Wood says that collaborating with his brother is not really any more or less challenging than collaborating with anyone else. “You really have to trust who you’re collaborating with…it can be hard to compromise sometimes, but it’s also more rewarding, more triumphant,” he observes. During our conversation, light guitar
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strumming periodically comes across the phone line. It’s just delightful. After their mother passed away, Oliver and Chris felt compelled to move their families closer together; Oliver’s family left Atlanta, GA, and Chris’s family left Woodstock, NY, to create their new home in Nashville, TN. “As a musician, it’s a great place to be based,” Wood says. Nashville may have come to prominence as the home of country music, but it has grown into a vibrant home for musicians and creatives of all genres. “There’s so much going on here that has nothing to do with country music, and most folks don’t know it,” says Wood.
music and visual art offer joy and stimulate the creative drive, but most of all he enjoys reading lately. “I’m drawn to abstract art in all forms that you have to use your imagination for,” says Wood, preferring subtle and emotional works of art that allow the viewer to fill in some blanks, to draw their own conclusions, and make direct contact on an emotional level.
“As musicians, as
artists, we’re always trying to connect to each other.”
Being in the same town has allowed the Wood boys to keep their families connected and to work closely together for this, their fifth album, Paradise. They both still do their own thing: Chris’s celebrated avant-jazz-funk-groove band Medeski, Martin, and Wood is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year; Oliver is a sought after session musician who sits in with other bands frequently.
“There are a lot of things that influence the writing,” he says, like where they’ll be playing that tour, but mostly the motivation comes from knowing what they don’t want to do and beginning from there. “We try to impress ourselves, try to do something new that we haven’t done before…and just feel our way around like that,” Wood says. These musical storytellers have created a roster of wise observations of the human condition that are wholly relatable, uplifting, and will carry you away with their infectious grooves.
Wood found his passion for music through the blues as a young man, drawn to its simple, straightforward qualities. Now he finds inspiration in many forms of art—
The Wood Brothers live at Charleston Music Hall October 11, 2016 | 8PM | 37 John Street 843. 853.2252 | charlestonmusichall.com
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Dr. Karen Chandler PRESERVING THE ORIGIN STORIES OF SC’S JAZZ MUSICIANS by Stacy Huggins
Charleston Jazz Initiative charlestonjazz.net e all know the big names…Count Basie…Miles Davis…Duke Ellington. But do you know Freddie Green? St. Julian Dash? Cat Anderson? Dr. Karen Chandler thinks you should. One of the great wonders of Jazz in the early 20th century is the quantity and quality of jazz musicians that came out of Charleston, South Carolina. The trouble is that most folks
James Jamerson (1936-1983), back right on upright bass, with Stevie Wonder.
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haven’t bothered to preserve the artifacts of the band member, just the bandleader. Dr. Chandler has been researching what will become a jazz anthology preserving the stories of the band members, the sidemen, and the ensemble musicians that came from Charleston and South Carolina. This project began nearly a decade ago, in 2007, a shared passion with her late colleague Jack McCray. Finding the photographs of the bands has provided the structure for the book. They scoured the Library of Congress, private collections, and worked every contact to track down the source material. Once those resources were exhausted, McCray and Chandler began tracking down surviving family members and band mates to collect oral histories and photographs of the early years of the musicians.
Jack McCray passed suddenly in 2011, leaving a heartbroken community behind. “It’s a special thing to have a colleague when you’re doing research. They’re a sounding board; that’s kind of how we were with each other. He’d call me up and say, ‘Ohhhhh! You can’t believe what I just found!’…It was great to be able to bounce ideas off of, but also just have someone celebrate in your research discoveries,” she recalls.
“I woke up every day with Jazz in
Charleston on my brain, and really attempting to piece together a history.”
Chandler is grateful that the bulk of the research discoveries happened during McCray’s life so that he could revel in them with her. “What has been the result since his passing is my analysis of them,” she says. Chandler has just returned from a research sabbatical at the College of Charleston, where she is Director of the Arts Management Program. “I knew I needed to hurry up and get back to the work, and I knew I needed the space to do it…I couldn’t afford to wait any longer,” she says, because the more time that lapsed, the harder it would be to get back to it. “I woke up every day with Jazz in Charleston on my brain, and really attempting to piece together a history; I don’t have a road map, nobody’s done this before. That’s the coolest thing about this research, but it’s also the most challenging.” The Jenkins Orphanage, founded in 1891, played a major role in training many of the jazz musicians that populated the big bands of the superstar musicians. They learned good musicianship at Jenkins Orphanage, the fundamentals of music. “You can’t do anything without good musicianship…they learned how to growl on the trumpet later, when they ran away to some jazz club in New York,” she says.
Karen Chandler and the late Jack McCray, Co-Founders/ Principals, Charleston Jazz Initiative
“We’ve had many a-ha moments; one of the a-ha moments I will never forget. We were sitting at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History when we discovered that a lot of our guys who we knew were great instrumentalists were also great composers. WHOOSH! Your whole perspective now on these musicians has completely changed. They now are creating the music and they’re playing, really, really well.” Almost a decade later, Dr. Chandler is excited to begin this next phase of the anthology project. “The journey has been great. I am able now to put a pin in it…and pull it all together.” AM
REQUIRED READING: Charleston Jazz by Jack McCray available at arcadiapublishing.com
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offer to take the family out to the theater or a concert hall for one of these holiday-themed performances. Some are familyfriendly heart warmers, some are brashly irreverent, but no matter which you choose, it buys you quality family time where silence is required. Win-win.
Corpse! OCTOBER 21 – NOVEMBER 5 Woolfe Street Playhouse 34 Woolfe Street | woolfestreetplayhouse.com
It’s not necessarily Halloween-related, but the timing is sublime for a comedy of murderous intent set in 1936 London. Woolfe Street’s Cabaret-style theater is one of our favorites in town.
Evil Dead:The Musical OCTOBER 6-29 What If? Productions + Threshold Rep Collaboration 34 ½ Society Street thresholdrep.org or whatifproductions.org
“What the f@#k was that?!” is an actual song title in this collaborative production and for a mere $3 extra bucks you can score a seat in the ‘splash zone’ where you’re assured to get doused with blood and guts. Yes. Now.
A Motown Christmas NOVEMBER 25 Charleston Music Hall 37 John Street | charlestonmusichall.com
There is no way your parents won’t love an evening of Christmas songs performed in the iconic Motown style. Members of The Temptations, The Miracles, and The Capitals will perform their hits and holiday tunes.
Holy City Messiah Dracula, King of Vampires OCTOBER 19 – NOVEMBER 6 Dock Street Theatre 135 Church Street | charlestonstage.com
Why wait for Christmas? We all know there’s nothing better than a spooky Halloween tale to kick off the holiday season.
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Handel’s Messiah might be one of the most moving works of classical choral music still to this day. The CSO and CSO Chorus will perform under the direction of Conductor Ken Lam in three different locations across the Lowcountry. FALL 2016 | 59
Bourdain there for a late-night feast, but Waffle Haus Christmas is the epitome of everyone’s favorite greasy-spoon and Dickens classic mashed into one scattered, smothered, and covered hash brown of crazy.
Charleston Jazz Orchestra Presents Holiday Swing DECEMBER 3 Charleston Music Hall 37 John Street | thejac.org
Holiday Swing is one our family favorites. It’s festive and jazzy, it’s never, ever slow, and they usually reprise some of the hits from the season…just in case you missed it. Maestro Charlton Singleton has a beguiling and engaging stage presence that will get the grumpiest of Grinches in a good mood.
Charlotte Ballet performs The Nutcracker DECEMBER 10-11 Gaillard Center 95 Calhoun Street | gaillardcenter.com
For the traditionalists, no holiday season would be complete without The Nutcracker. The Charlotte Ballet’s new version will feature the CSO and more than 100 dancers on stage at the Gaillard Performance Hall.
Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops Waffle Haus Christmas DECEMBER 9-23 PURE Theatre 477 King Street | puretheatre.org
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Yuriy Bekker leads the CSO and CSO Chorus in an annual holiday celebration. If you haven’t been to the new Gaillard Performance Hall yet, this will be an aural treat of epic proportions.
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Erik & Nicola Johnson of Henry & Joy Bags by Matt Dobie
or painters Erik and Nicola Johnson, venturing into the world of handcrafted purses and messenger bags might seem unorthodox, but to them, it’s just another fruit in the same cocktail. “Our primary thing is painting,” says Erik. “But ultimately we just like to make stuff.”
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They began painting together in Erik’s home studio, discussing technique and experimenting with new materials, and it wasn’t long before they realized this was going to be an enduring relationship. Says Nicola, “We dated for like six months, and we knew.”
They’re artists in the truest sense of the word. For their new collection of Henry & Joy bags, they not only waxed, molded, and buffed the leather, they not only processed, cut, and bent the raw planks of locally grown Red Oak, they also designed the website and did all the promotional photography. “We enjoy having our stamp on everything,” says Nicola. Both working in the fine art community of Charleston, SC, Erik and Nicola had known about each other for years but had never formally met, refusing the coercion of their mutual friends who insisted they’d make a great couple. On being blindly setup on a date, “It’s usually a really bad idea,” says Erik. Not the case for these prolific painters. “Finally, we did meet,” says Nicola. “And our minds worked so well together.” 62 | thear tmag.com
“And to take a bunch of raw
material and turn it into something, hopefully cool, that’s the object of every artist.”
They were married in Robert Lange Studios, the gallery where Erik shows his work, and now, four and a half years later, their working partnership continues to flourish. “When we do art together, we have a similar aesthetic,” says Erik. “And we have a similar kind of standard of excellence so everything just flows very easily.” Erik and Nicola’s current endeavor, handcrafting pristine bags of leather and wood, has gone through quite a transformation over the last year. Their love of painting materials inspired them to design bags made of linen, canvas, and
“We have a naming convention for our bags based on artists that we love. The large messenger is the Leyendecker (for J.C. Leyendecker… amazing illustrator!), the minimalist messenger/tablet carrier is the Maxfield (for Maxfield Parrish), the purse is the Hepworth (for Barbara Hepworth) and the clutch is the Calder (for Alexander Calder),” says Erik.
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cotton. “Then an evolution took place and it turned into something entirely different,” says Erik. They decided to add leather touches, then wooden touches, and before long, the bags were all leather with bent wood for the frames. “We were excited in the beginning but now it’s even more exciting.” Each piece they design begins with a drawing. “Lots and lots of drawings,” says Nicola. “Lots of prototypes and bad mistakes and broken things.” And the two of them are behind every aspect of construction: measuring, drilling, sewing, fastening, and of course, bending the wood. “Definitely one person can’t do it,” says Nicola. “Because you have to manhandle this wood.” It’s all a process they’re happy to endure. “We’ve been working towards this for probably over a year,” says Erik. “And to take a bunch of raw material and turn it into something, hopefully cool, that’s the object of every artist.” And to have a like-minded partner to labor through these creations with you only sweetens the pot. Says Erik, “Everything that we do has meshed together. And way more than we or anyone else ever imagined.” AM
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Daniel Velasco FASHION + FI N E A RT by Amy Stockwell Mercer
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enezuelan born artist Daniel Velasco describes himself as “an impassioned fashion illustrator who seeks to tame the ferociousness of fashion using the gentle approach of watercolor.” In 2015, he worked with designer Ryan Workman to create a collection for the Emerging Designer competition at Charleston Fashion Week. Their collection was inspired by street art and tribal prints and was composed of hand-painted fabrics highlighted by bold graphics. Velasco says the best part about the experience was the friendships he made.
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concerned about the risk, so I went to college and earned a BFA in Mass Communications with a minor in graphic design. After years of working as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines in Venezuela, I applied to the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and moved to the United States in 2011. I started my Master of Fine Art in Illustration with the intention of becoming an author illustrator. Halfway through the program, one of my professors suggested I take a class in the Fashion department, and that completely changed my career. I worked very hard to build up a portfolio with new
pieces. I learned about fashion history, fabrics, silhouettes, and I learned how to sew.
Q. Describe your creative process. Where do you find inspiration? A. I love the way clothes communicate. Whatever it is, clothes always have something to say. Even a plain white shirt tells a story. Like Bill Cunningham (legendary New York Times fashion photographer) said, “Fashion is the armor to survive everyday life,” and I believe that armor we put on our back every morning is a visual speech we give the world. I am very inspired by vintage photography, the compositions of photographers like FALL 2016 | 67
wearable Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon, and the colors of Guy Bourdin. Anything can become a source of inspiration—a film, a conversation with someone, a sight on the street. Visiting an art gallery or going to a museum is most inspiring.
“ Fashion illustration tells stories in a subtle way. I want to believe that I am a participant in the dialogue. ”
Q. Tell me about your fashion heroes. If you could invite 3 designers or artists (dead or alive) to dinner, who would you ask? A. My favorite designer is Jean Paul Gauthier. I love how artistically bold he has been over the years and how his career took him to the world of costume design, which is something I would love to do in the future. Elsa Schiaparelli and Keith Haring would be the other two guests.
Q. How do your illustrations “tell a story”? A. Fashion illustration tells stories in a subtle way. I want to believe that I am a participant in the dialogue. With every evident brushstroke or splash of color I am talking to the viewer, creating an intimate relationship between them and the moment the work was created, and that is the most wonderful story an artist can tell: the instant you are lost in your work, merged as one. AM
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Storyteller
Karen Mae Black T RU T H I S . . . by Hunter Gardner
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aren Mae Black’s childhood was full of words and imagination. She openly admits to coercing family members into playing pretend, making imaginary friends, and inventing her own languages. With that in mind, it was perhaps inevitable that she became an artist—in particular, a storyteller. “I have always had a big mouth and loved to talk and tell stories,” says Black. But there would be a bit of a journey before she found her creative calling. In school at Boston University, she tackled parliamentary debate. After graduation, it was classes at The Boston Improv Asylum. Then, she discovered the 48-Hour Film Festival, which sparked a love of film. Ready to “go for broke,” she quit her job at Harvard, got her master’s degree, and moved to Los Angeles in 2007. This is when Karen discovered storytelling as an artform, first through the international storytelling show The Moth as well as True Story, hosted at iO West. 70 | thear tmag.com
“[I thought] this could be my thing. I can’t paint or draw, I am a weak singer and too lazy to learn an instrument, and there are no adult debate teams—but I am very creative and very verbal.” After developing rheumatoid arthritis, Black moved back to the Lowcountry to once again work in education communication — a way to create stability and capture health benefits, but the seed had been planted. Opportunity came when Black performed in the traveling storytelling show Listen To Your Mother at the Charleston Music Hall, and she soon found herself in conversation with others who yearned to find a home for storytelling in Charleston. “It was Rebecca Roberts Finley who pushed me to just do it. She gently brought me around to the idea of starting a monthly show.” Black considers Finley not only a great friend and supporter, but coproducer of Truth Is…. Truth Is… premiered at Gala Desserts in the Avondale neighborhood of West
“ The elements of a good story are authenticity and detail.” Ashley in February of 2016. The show has attracted both veteran and first-time storytellers: Listen To Your Mother alumni, comedians, journalists, cancer survivors, and summer camp haters, all telling stories aligned to a monthly theme. “The elements of a good story are authenticity and detail,” says Black. “It is all about painting a vivid picture through first person narrative that moves the audience emotionally.” Live, true storytelling is already recognized and appreciated by millions across the country and across the world. While Black plans to continue evolving Truth Is…, her top ambition is to open up the Charleston audience to a new artform. “Maybe one day we’ll have a bigger venue, but I am thinking more along the lines of really telling Charleston what true storytelling is all about.” To find out, you’ll just have to show up and hear for yourself.
UPCOMING TRUTH IS… DATES Gala Desserts 829 Savannah Highway, Charleston OCTOBER 18 - Scary Moments NOVEMBER 15 - Thanks (and Giving) DECEMBER 20 - Holidays, Holidaze Disclaimer – show content is unpredictable and may not be suitable for children.
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SOCIAL CUES
from The Modern Connection
THE SECRET TO SNAPCHAT?
Storytelling!
— By Ashley T. Caldwell, CEO, The Modern Connection
Snapchat is taking the world by storm, and businesses are scrambling to keep up. Want to stand out? Keep it simple by using your content to tell a story. Snapchat has revolutionized traditional marketing—even social media marketing— because of its immediate and uber-personal approach. Snapchat is hard to control, and that’s why people love it. It’s real. As a general Snapchat user, the majority of your story feed is comprised of selfies, food photos, concert snaps, and other mundane pics, so adding in a narrative will really help your brand stand out.
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TRY THESE TIPS: • When trying to story tell in Snapchat, try new shots, tricks, and types of content. Play and experiment to see what works and what doesn’t. Remember you’re limited to 10 seconds, have to hold the record button the entire time, AND you’re fighting with audience that has a 6 second attention span (really). This is the time to use those creative juices! • Begin by setting up what you’re doing in your story: Where are you going? With who? Why? What’s the objective? Now dive into the narrative. Don’t just tell us what you’re doing, show us! • Be human. Businesses that are genuine do best on Snapchat. Be yourself, and share your core brand values. Too much scripting ruins the spontaneity of
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2. Coleman Fine Art 79 Church St. | 843.853.7000 colemanfineart.com
3. Carolina Antique Maps and Prints 91 Church St. | 843.722.4773 carolinaantiqueprints.com
4. Dog & Horse Fine Art & Portraiture 102 Church St. | 843.577.5500 dogandhorsefineart.com
5. Charleston Renaissance Gallery 103 Church St | 843.723.0025 charlestonrenaissancegallery.com
6. Helena Fox Fine Art 106-A Church St 843.723.0073 helenafoxfineart.com
7. Ellis-Nicholson Gallery 1 1/2 Broad St | 843.722.5353 ellis-nicholsongallery.com
8. Laura DiNello 111 E Bay St | 843.764.9941 lauradinello.com
9. Cecil Bryne Gallery 7 Broad St. | 843.720.3770 cecilbyrnegallery.com
10. Edward Dare Gallery 31 Broad St | 843.853.5002 edwarddare.com
11. Martin Gallery 18 Broad St | 843.723.7378 martingallerycharleston.com
12. Ann Long Fine Art 54 Broad St | 843.577.0447 annlongfineart.com
13. Rebekah Jacob Gallery 54 Broad St | 843.577.8081 rebekahjacobgallery.com
14. Spencer Art Galleries 55 Broad St | 843.722.6854 spencerartgallery.com
15. Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art 58 Broad St | 843.722.3660 ellarichardson.com
16. Mary Martin Gallery of Fine Art 103 Broad St | 843.723.0303 marymartinart.com
17. Stewart Fine Art 12 State St. | 843.853.7100 suesteartpaintings.com
18. Bird’s I View 119-A Church St 843.723-1276 birdsiviewgallery.com
19. Gaye Sanders Fisher Gallery 124 Church St | 843.958.0010 gayesandersfisher.com
20. John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery 125 Church St | 843.577.7344 johncdoyle.com
21. Charleston Artist Guild 160 East Bay St | 843.722.2425 charlestonartistguild.com
22. Graffito 151 E Bay St | 843.727.1155 graffitocharleston.com
23. Anglin Smith Fine Art 9 Queen St | 843.853.0708 anglinsmith.com
24. Hagan Fine Art 27 1/2 State St | 843.901.8124 haganfineart.com
25. The Vendue 19 Vendue Rg | 843.577.7970 thevendue.com
26. Robert Lange Studios 2 Queen St | 843.805.8052 robertlangestudios.com
27. Horton Hayes Fine Art 30 State St | 843.958.0014 hortonhayes.com
28. Gordon Wheeler Gallery 180 E Bay St | 843.722.2546 gordonwheelergallery.com
29. Lowcountry Artists Gallery 148 E Bay St | 843.577.9295 lowcountryartists.com
30. Corrigan Gallery 62 Queen St | 843.722.9868 corrigangallery.com
31. Atrium Art Gallery 61 Queen St | 843.973.3300 atriumartgallery.com
32. Alkyon Arts and Antiques 120 Meeting St | 843.276.5899 alkyon.us
33. Meyer Vogl Gallery 122 Meeting St. | 843.805.7144 meyervogl.com
34. Principle Gallery 125 Meeting St | 843.727.4500 principlegallery.com
35. Atelier Gallery 153 King St | 843.722.5668 theateliergalleries.com
36. Sportsman’s Gallery 165 King St | 843.727.1224 sportsmansgallery.com
37. Sylvan The Sylvan Gallery 171 King St | 843.722.2172 thesylvangallery.com
38. Reinert Fine Art 179 King St. | 843.345.1785 reinertfineart.com
39. John Pope Antiques 180 King St | 843.793.4277 johnpopeantiques.com
40. LePrince Fine Art 184 King St. | 843.442.1664 leprince.com
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1. Julia Santen Gallery
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188 King St | 843.534.0758 juliasantengallery.com
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214 King St | 843.722.5618 17 dunesproperties.com/the-realestate-studio/ R 5. Chuma Gullah Gallery GE HU 188 Meeting St | 843.722.1702 gallerychuma.com
2. Audubon Gallery 190 King St | 843.853.1100 audubonart.com
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2. Alterman Studios 36 George St | 843.577.0647 altermanstudios.com
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Gallery Openings & Visual Arts Events OCT 5 – 8: Charleston Arts Festival Fostering creative energy in venues across the city and celebrating all things creative.
OCT 7: Charleston Gallery Association Art Walk, 5-8pm
3. Surface Craft Gallery
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49 John St | 843.530.6809 surfacegallerycharleston.com
4. Art Mecca 427 King St | 843.577.0603 artmeccaofcharleston.com
5. Ben Ham Images
6. Mitchell Hill 438 King St | 843.564.0034 mitchellhillinc.com
7. King Street Studios 511 King St | 843.628.5515 thecharlestonphotographer.com
OCT 7: Twin Perspectives featuring Shannon Smith Hughes and Jennifer Smith Rogers,
Shannon Smith Hughes
416 King St | 843.410.1495 benhamimages.com
Anglin Smith Fine Art, 5-8pm A selection of new paintings by twin sisters.
8. Sanavandi Gallery 66 Spring St. | 843.937.0107 sanavandiart.com
9. Molly B. Right 68 Spring St | 843.568.3219 mollybright.com Joseph Bradley
10. The George Gallery 50 Bogard St | 843.579.7328 georgegalleryart.com
11. The Southern 2 Carlson Ct | 843.642.8020 thesouthern.gallery
UPTOWN 12. Cone 10 Studios 1080 Morrison Dr 843.853.3345 cone10studios.com
OCT 7: New works by Joseph Bradley, Atrium Art Gallery, 5-8pm Flay away with Bradley’s Gold Finch series. Oil and gold leaf on wood panel.
OCT 7: Currently Extant featuring Kristi Ryba, Corrigan Gallery, 5-8pm Using slices of the 1950s life in the manner of Italian altarpieces, Ryba calls into question embedded attitudes and beliefs regarding the value of woman’s work, the messages and myths regarding family, as well as how longing and nostalgia influence our memory. FALL 2016 | 77
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OCT 7: Modern Realism featuring Roger Henry, Dog &
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Grand Bohemian Gallery, 5:30-8pm Equestrian paintings exploring the connection of the rider/horse relationship to the relationship between the artist and subject.
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OCT 7: Twelve, Robert Lange Studios, 5-8pm Celebrating the gallery’s twelve year anniversary show with over 60 works of ar t from more than 30 ar tists. 12% of the sales will go to create an ar t scholarship for a graduating senior from the College of Charleston.
OCT 7: Secret Life of Your Mind by Anna Wypych Principle Gallery, 5-8pm
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OCT 7: Art Horse: Series I featuring Julie Ferris,
Amy Lind
Horse Fine Art, 5-8pm Dog & Horse is celebrating their 15th year with an artist who exhibited in their very first show.
UPCOMING EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
HALSEY INSTITUTE OCT 6: Members-Only Curator-Led Tour: Fahamu Pecou: DO or Die: Affect, Ritual, Resistance OCT 21 - DEC 10: Aviary, Sara Angelucci OCT 21 - DEC 10:
GIBBES MUSEUM NOV 16: The Distinguished Lecture Series presents Jeff Koons, Charleston Music Hall
OCT 22 - JAN 15: Realm of the Spirit, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection and the Gibbes Museum of Art
DEC 2 - APRIL 23: Painting a Nation: Hudson River School Landscapes from the Higdon Collection, Gibbes Museum of Art
OCT 7: Garden Party
Robert Lange
Marissa Vogl
Myer Vogl Gallery, 5-8pm Artist and gallery co-owner Marissa Vogl is making a big, flowery splash with new works.
OCT 13: Design + Discover, 5-8pm The Upper King Street Design Collective hosts the design walk.
OCT 20: Lions and Tigers and Bears, The Vendue An animal-related theme focusing on the surreal and nontraditional that combines more than 30 artists, many showing their work in Charleston for the first time.
NOV 4: Lowcountry interuptus featuring Michele van Parys,
This is Not an Object, Peter Eudenbach
NOV 11: Halsey Moon Bash
REDUX CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER OCT 13 - NOV 19: Lisa Shimko: Low Country Water Halos
DEC 1: Redux Annual Art Auction
DEC 1-31: Founders Farewell Exhibition
Using traditional photographic processes, van Parys captures Lowcountry images that include jarring man-made interruptions.
NOV 4: The Essential Dog featuring Ian Mason, Dog & Horse Fine Art, 5-8pm Explores deconstruction and reconstruction of the dog portrait by referencing 18th and 19th century portraits, combined with found-image appropriations from old books, photographs, and video stills.
NOV 4: Fluid Movements of the Organic Form featuring porcelian by Maree Nicholson, Grand Bohemian Gallery, 5:30-8pm
Maree Nicholson
NOV 4: Hirona Matsuda, Mitchell Hill, 5-8pm New works inspired by Matsuda’s recent travels.
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Culinary Events OCT 2: Commune Supper Cult,
Nathan Durfee
NOV 4: Weaving Through the Woods and Shoulds featuring Nathan Durfee,
Middleton Place, 5pm Featuring Chef Brandon Buck and Air Casebier of FEAST Charleston.
Robert Lange Studios, 5-8pm “Over the years I’ve accumulated a list of things I should do with my art; ideas that I want to test and try but may not want to dedicate and entire body of work to the experiment. This show is me exploring a few of these ‘Shoulds’ in my woods.”
NOV 11: Scripting Space featuring Frank Phillips, The George
OCT 30: Halloween Brunch,
NOV 17: Jean Claude Roy,
Frank Phillips
Gallery, 5-8pm
DEC 2: Charleston Gallery Association Art Walk, 5-8pm DEC 2: (In)Spires featuring Lese Corrigan, Corrigan Gallery, 5-8pm With a lush, colorfully loaded brush, Corrigan depicts the steeples of our special city.
DEC 2: Champagne and Shop featuring designs by Oksana, Grand Bohemian Lese Corrigan
Gallery, 5:30-8pm
DEC 2 – 16: Small Works,
The George Gallery Gallery artists group show of “Small Works”, including painting and photography.
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Jean Claude Roy
Grand Bohemian Gallery, 5-8pm
Mercantile & Mash A kid-friendly event with mini activations including pumpkin decorating, face painting, and a special Halloween brunch.
NOV 16: Good Catch Dinner, High Cotton, 6pm Prepare your taste buds for a sustainable seafood feast prepared by Chef Shawn Kelly. Benefiting the South Carolina Aquarium.
NOV 16: Artist Dinner & Preview Party for Jean Claude Roy, Grand Bohemian, 6pm
DEC 10: Brunch with Santa, The Cedar Room, 10am - 2 pm A brunch buffet including pictures with Santa, face painting, and cookie decorating.
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2. Fast & French 36 George St | 843.577.0647 fastandfrenchcharleston.com
3. Bull Street Gourmet 120 King St | 843.722.6464 bullstreetgourmetandmarket.com
4. Queen Street Grocery 133 Queen St | 843.723.4121 queenstreetgrocerycafe.com
5. Bin 152 152 King St | 843.577.7359 bin152.com
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9. McCrady’s 2 Unity Alley | 843.577.0025 mccradysrestaurant.com S. BATTERY
10. Minero 153BMEUBay RRASt Y | 843.789.2241 minerorestaurant.com
11. Drawing Room 19 Vendue Range 843.414.2334 drawingroomrestaurant.com
12. Cypress 167 E Bay St | 843.727.0111 cypresscharleston.com
171 E Bay St | 843.722.9200 blossomcharleston.com
14. The Gin Joint 182 E Bay St | 843.577.6111 theginjoint.com
15. Magnolias’s 185 E Bay St | 843.577.7771 magnoliascharleston.com
16. Poogan’s Smokehouse 72 Queen St | 843.577.2337 poogansporch.com
17. Slightly North of Broad 192 E Bay St | 843.723.3424 snobcharleston.com
18. High Cotton 199 E Bay St | 843.724.3815 highcottoncharleston.com
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20. Fulton Five 5 Fulton St | 843.853.5555 fultonfive.com
21. Kitchen 208 208 King St | 843.725.7208 kitchen208.com
22. Bar at The Spectator 67 State St | 843.724.4326
23. Grill 225 225 E Bay St | 843.266.4222 marketpavilion.com
24. 5 Church 32B N Market St | 843.937.8666 5churchcharleston.com
25. Burwell’s Stone Fire Grill
32. Élevé at the Grand Bohemian 55 Wentworth St 843.724.4144 grandbohemiancharleston.com
33. Sermet’s Downtown 276 King St | 843.853.7775 sermetsdowntown.com
34. Cristophe Chocolatier 90 Society St | 843.297.8674 christophechocolatier.com/
35. Muse 82 Society St | 843.577.1102 charlestonmuse.com
36. Co 340 King St | 843.720.3631 eatatco.com
37. Ted’s Butcherblock 334 E Bay St | 843.577.0094 tedsbutcherblock.com
14 N Market St | 843.737.8700 burwellscharleston.com
26. Peninsula Grill 112 N Market St 843.723.0700 peninsulagrill.com
27. Charleston Grill 224 King St | 843.577.4522 charlestongrill.com
28. Circa 1886 149 Wentworth St 843.853.7828 | circa1886.com
29. Hank’s Seafood 10 Hayne St | 843.723.3474 hansseafoodrestaurant.com
30. Cru Café 18 Pinckney St | 843.534.2434 crucafe.com
31. FIG 232 Meeting St 843.805.5900 | eatatfig.com
39 John St | 843.722.8838 holycityhospitality.com
45. The Victor Social Club 39 John St | 843.722.8838 holycityhospitality.com
46. Halls Chophouse 434 King St | 843.727.0090 hallschophouse.com
47. Monza 451 King St | 843.720.8787 monzapizza.com
48. Closed For Business 453 King St | 843.853.8466 closed4business.com
49. Fish 442 King St | 843.722.3474 fishrestaurantcharleston.com
50. O-Ku 463 King St | 843.737.0112 o-kusushi.com
MIDTOWN 38. Virginia’s on King 412 King St | 843.735.5800 holycityhospitality.com
39. The Westendorff 114 St Philip St | 843.400.0026 thewestendorff.com
40. Pane e Vino 17 Warren St | 843.853.5955 panevinocharleston.com
41. 39 Rue de Jean 39 John St | 843.722.8881 holycityhospitality.com
42. Coast 39 John St | 843.722.8838 holycityhospitality.com
43. Michael’s on the Alley 39 John St | 843.722.8838 holycityhospitality.com
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51. Basil 460 King St | 843.724.3490 eatatbasil.com
52. Cocktail Club 479 King St | 843.724.9411 locu.com
53. The Macintosh 479 King St | 843.789.4299 themacintoshcharleston.com
54. Rarebit 474 King St | 843.974.5483 therarebit.com
55. Belmont 511 King St locu.com
56. 492 492 King St | 843.203.6338 492king.com
57. Bay Street Biergarten 549 E Bay St | 843.266.2437 baystreetbiergarten.com
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72. Trattoria Lucca 41 Bogard St | 843.973.3323 luccacharleston.com
73. Elliotborough Mini Bar 61. Five Loaves Café 43 Cannon St | 843.937.4303 fiveloavescafe.com
62. Xiao Bao Biscuit 224 Rutledge Ave xiaobaobiscuit.com
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84. Fiery Ron‘s Home Team BBQ 126 William St | 843.225.7427 hometeambbq.com
85. Edmund’s Oast 1081 Morrison Dr 843.727.1145 edmundsoast.com
86. Butcher & Bee 1085 Morrison Dr | 843.619.0202 butcherandbee.com
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11. Music Farm 32 Ann St | 843.577.6989 musicfarm.com
12. PURE Theatre 477 King St | 843.723.4444 puretheatre.org
13. Charleston Academy of Music 189 Rutledge Ave 843.805.7794 charlestonmusic.org
14. Jazz Artists of Charleston/ Charleston Jazz Orchestra 93 Spring St | 843.641.0011 jazzartistsofcharleston.org
15. Woolfe Street Playhouse/ Village Rep. 34 Woolfe St | 843.856.1579 woolfestrretplayhouse.com FALL 2016 | 85
Concerts, Theatre, Dance, & Performing events SEPT 30 - NOV 12:
OCT 6: Dance Theatre
Moonshine County Line, 34 West THEATRE
of Harlem, Gaillard Center DANCE
OCT 4 – 5: Dirty Dancing,
OCT 7: Najee, Gaillard
North Charleston Performing Arts Center PERFORMING
OCT 6 – 29: Evil Dead: The Musical, Threshold Rep and What If? Productions, Threshold Rep. THEATRE
Center MUSIC
OCT 8: An Evening With Bernadette Peters, Gaillard Center PERFORMING
OCT 9: Jonny Lang, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
OCT 11: The Wood Brothers, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
OCT 12: Fall Y’all, Gaillard Center MUSIC
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OCT 13: Love Jones: The Musical, North Charleston Performing Arts Center PERFORMING
OCT 14 – 15: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Gaillard Center MUSIC
OCT 19: Band of Horses,
OCT 20 – 23: Colour of Music Festival, Gaillard Center MUSIC
OCT 21 - NOV 5: Corpse!, Village Rep Co., Woolfe Street Playhouse THEATRE
OCT 22: Jazz on the Screen II, Charleston Jazz Orchestra, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
North Charleston Performing Arts Center MUSIC
OCT 22: Mary Wilson of The Supremes, North Charleston Performing Arts Center MUSIC
OCT 19 - NOV 6: Dracula, King of Vampires, Charleston Stage, Dock Street THEATRE
Charleston Jazz Orchestra
OCT 23: Rusted Root, NOV 6: Dracula, King of Vampires
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OCT 25 – 26: RENT, North Charleston Performing Arts Center PERFORMING
OCT 27: Beethoven to Bernstein, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Gaillard Center MUSIC
OCT 28: Loreena McKennitt, Gaillard Center MUSIC
OCT 29: R.E.M. Rock Violin Concerto, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
NOV 11: The Finnish Line, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Simons Recital Hall MUSIC
NOV 12: Jackie Evancho, Gaillard Center MUSIC
NOV 12 – 13: Beneath the Sweetgrass Moon, Charleston Stage at Dock Street THEATRE
NOV 13: Drive-By Truckers,
NOV 18: Dolly Parton, North Charleston Performing Arts Center PERFORMING
NOV 18 – 19: A German Requiem, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Gaillard Center MUSIC
NOV 22 - DEC 31: Groovy Kinda’ Christmas, 34 West THEATRE
Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
OCT 29: MaryAnn McCormick Sings Bach, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Gaillard Center MUSIC
OCT 28 - NOV 19: The Beauty Queen of Leenane, PURE Theatre THEATRE
NOV 2 – 6: Charleston International Film Festival, Charleston Music Hall FILM
NOV 9: Stomp, Gaillard Center PERFORMING
NOV 9: The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Screening, Charleston Music Hall FILM
NOV 11: An Evening With Gladys Knight, Gaillard Center MUSIC
NOV 13: NOV 15 – 16: Annie, North Charleston Performing Arts Center PERFORMING
NOV 17 - DEC 11: My Fair Lady, Village Rep Co., Woolfe Street Playhouse THEATRE
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DEC 10: The Nutcracker,
NOV 25: A Motown Christmas in Charleston
Gaillard Center PERFORMING
DEC 10 & 17: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Charleston Stage, Dock Street THEATRE
DEC 15: Holiday Strings, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Library Society MUSIC
NOV 25: A Motown Christmas in Charleston, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
NOV 28: Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, North Charleston Performing Arts Center PERFORMING
NOV 30 - DEC 18: White Christmas, Charleston Stage, Dock Street THEATRE
DEC 2: Melissa Etheridge’s Holiday Trio, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
DEC 2 – 18: Nuncrackers,
DEC 17: Holiday Pops,
Footlight Players
Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Gaillard Center MUSIC
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DEC 3: Holiday Swing, Charleston Jazz Orchestra, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
DEC 8 – 23: The Charleston Christmas Special, Charleston Music Hall PERFORMING
DEC 21: Canadian Brass with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Brass, Gaillard Center MUSIC
DEC 30: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, North Charleston Performing Arts Center PERFORMING
DEC 30 & 31: Shakey Graves, Charleston Music Hall MUSIC
Keep up with the latest arts events at theartmag.com/events
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11. Peyton William Jewelry 241 King St | 843.724.7061 peytonwilliam.com
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13. Croghan’s Jewel Box 308 King St | 843.723.3594 croghansjewelbox.com
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5. Filigree 47 John St | 843.722.6189 filigreecharleston.com
2. Artist & Craftsman Supply 6. Mitchell Hill 143 Calhoun St 843.579.0077 artistcraftsman.com
MIDTOWN 3. Beckett Boutique 409 King St beckettboutique.com
4. Blue Bicycle Books 420 King St | 843.722.2666 bluebicyclebooks.com
438 King St | 843.564.0034 mitchellhillinc.com
7. Seeking Indigo 445 King St | 843.725.0217 seekingindigo.com
8. ONE Boutique 478 King St | 843.259.8066 onelovedesign.com
9. Distil Union 525 King St | 843.321.4068 distilunion.com
10. Candy Shop Vintage 9 Cannon St | 843.737.4289 candyshopvintage.com
11. Mac & Murphy 74 ½ Cannon St 843.576.4394 macandmurphy.com
12. Indigo and Cotton 79 Cannon St | 843.728.2980 indigoandcotton.com
13. Lula Kate 2nd Floor, 82 Spring St 843.805.7193 lulakate.com
14. Open Door Shop 78 Line St | 843.872.6469 opendoorshop.com
15. Fritz Porter 701 E Bay St #106 843.207.4804 fritzporter.com FALL 2016 | 91
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Beads and Brushstrokes Havens Fine Framing The Artist’s Loft School Wine and Design Tidewater Editions
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Coleman Public House Vickery’s Bar & Grill Water’s Edge Tavern And Table Geechie Seafood Basil Thai Bottles Beverage Store Vintage Coffee & Cafe Red Drum Gastropub The Americano Southerly Restaurant and Patio Southern Seasons The Pickled Palate Pages Okra Grill Mustard Seed Old Village Posthouse Village Bakery The Wreck of the Richard & Charlene Crave Kitchen & Cocktails Mosaic Sweetgrass Café See Wee
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Chart Outdoor Initiative & Gallery Fazal Gallery Jericho Advisors Frametastic Fabulon Center for Art & Education Fire & Earth Fine Pottery
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Ms. Rose’s Fine Food & Cocktails Charleston Burger Company Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ Early Bird Diner The Glass Onion Triangle Char & Bar Avondale Wine & Cheese Al Di La Pearlz Oyster Bar Three Little Birds Cafe Boxcar Betty’s
PERFORMING ARTS 4 5
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Robert Ivey Ballet
Accent on Wine Fratello’s Lotus Vietnamese Cuisine Stems and Skins EVO Pizzeria & Craft Bakery The Orange Spot Cafe The BBQ Joint Basico Mixson Market Stiped Pig Distillery Holy City Brewing
PERFORMING ARTS 1 1 1 2 3
North Charleston Artist Guild South of Broadway Theatre Company The Sparrow The Mill North Charleston Performing Arts Center
DESIGN & DECOR Urban Electric Co 1 1 Kistler 1 Avrett 2 Celadon Warehouse CREATIVE BUSINESSES Ink Meets Paper 2 Finklestein’s Center 2
Explore our online creative business directory for more information! theartmag.com/directory
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BARRIER ISLANDS Isle of Palms / Sullivan’s Island / Folly Beach / James Island / Johns Island / Kiawah Island
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JAMES ISLAND FOOD & WINE 7 Bohemian Bull 9 Salty Waters Rawbar and Grill 10 Zia Taqueria 10 Crust Wood Fired Pizza 11 Muddy Waters Coffee Bar 12 The Lot 13 Sweetwater Cafe 14 The Screen Door 15 Stereo 8
FOLLY BEACH FOOD & WINE 16 Taco Boy 16 Lost Dog Cafe 16 The ‘Witch Doctor 16 Rita’s Seaside Grille
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND & ISLE OF PALMS ARTISTS & GALLERIES 1 Sandpiper Gallery FOOD & WINE 1 Coda Del Pesce 2 Boathouse at Breach Inlet 3 Poe’s Tavern 4 High Thyme 5 Home Team BBQ 6 The Obstinate Daughter
CREATIVE BUSINESSES 1 The Terrace Theater
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“THE LIGHTER SIDE” | ALICIA LEEKE & CHRIS FULP SEPTEMBER 2
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