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Here are 7 amazingly fun activities for children while vacationing in Charleston, South Carolina
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Charleston Climate Coalition Presents: Sustainable Fashion Show to Celebrate Climate-Conscious Clothing
Charleston, SC – March 2, 2022 – The Charleston Climate Coalition will host the “Give Me Green Sustainable Fashion Show” 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 16th at Society Hall, located at 72 Meeting St. in Charleston.
Tickets are $25, with a $20 student option. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Mask and proof of Covid-19 vaccination are required.
Click Here to Register for Tickets
The centerpiece of the event will be a fashion show featuring sustainable outfits designed by eleven local climate-conscious clothing shops. The event will kick off with keynote speaker Prof. Louise Doire on the connections between sustainability and fashion, and close with a designer panel discussion discussing sustainable fashion trends, the circulation of textiles and circular economies, designers’ experience as leaders in the Charleston fashion scene, and their visions for a future where style supports well being for the planet and people.
The event will also feature a plant-based charcuterie spread from Nordic Cooking, drinks from Freehouse Brewing and Huriyali, and music from DJ Moldybrain. Attendance is capped at 100, so it’s recommended that folks try to buy their tickets ahead of time.
The local clothing shops fielding outfits include: Riciclare by Livasey, Closet Case Thrift, Billy Thrift Shop, High Tied Dyes, Cassie’s Shop, Portal, True Lucia, Maude Couture, Local Love CHS, Farside Vintage, Open Road Vintage Co..
Alison Craig, Climate Alliance Director with the Charleston Climate Coalition, will introduce the event and explain its connection to CCC’s Climate Alliance campaign.
“In an effort to engage our Lowcountry Clothing Shops for Climate Action alliance, this educational event will uplift the work of local sustainable fashion leaders, initiate discussion on the connections between clothing and the climate crisis, and promote climate conscious consumption. Collectively the alliance partners are working towards a world where fashion has a healing impact on the environment and people.”
ABOUT CHARLESTON CLIMATE COALITION
CCC is a 501c3 non-profit and grassroots group of Lowcountry citizens working creatively and compassionately to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, while keeping social and environmental justice for our most vulnerable communities at the core of our mission.
It’s no secret that the Lowcountry is especially susceptible to the climate crisis — we see this as a call to action for the region to become a climate action leader for the Southeast. Our work is to ignite a mass movement and usher the Lowcountry towards climate liberation
LEARN MORE & GET INVOLVED
CharlestonClimateCoalition.com
Freshfields Village Partnering with Kiawah Conservancy for New Art Installation
CHARLESTON – Freshfields Village in partnership with the Kiawah Conservancy, is honored to welcome and host a temporary art installation by Aurora Robson. The original three-part sculpture, “Troika,” will be on display at the Lakeside Park in the Village through the end of April 2022.
“Troika” is comprised of three blue and white spires that appear to emerge from the earth. The spires are made from welded industrial plastic debris, including old barrels and bins, taken from the waste stream. The spires have an internal glow at night from solar powered lights located in its spines. The sculptures’ forms reference how plants grow in a meandering fashion, but ultimately towards the light. “Troika” also speaks to the potential of shifting the direction of earth’s downward spiral of waste into an upward spiral of innovation.
“The majority of the work I’ve been doing over the past eighteen years has been centered around exploring plastic debris as a viable art material,” said Robson. “While extracting plastic debris from its problematic destructive fate, I highlight its potential to become a harmless source of beauty and enjoyable reflection, instead of a toxic waste nightmare.”
On Wednesday, March 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Freshfields Village invites the community to participate in an Artist Reception & Unveiling Party at the Lakeside Dock. Guests can enjoy beverages, light appetizers and music while meeting the artist and viewing “Troika.”
Ahead of the unveiling, Kiawah Conservancy will host The Art of Conservation at 4:00 p.m., an exciting presentation by Erin Simon of the World Wildlife Fund and artist, Aurora Robson. Simon and Robson will discuss plastic pollution, art, conservation and more. The presentation will take place at the Kiawah Island Town Hall, guests are encouraged to register in advance.
For more about Freshfields Village and its upcoming events and installations, visit freshfieldsvillage.com, or visit them on Facebook and Instagram.
About Freshfields Village
Ideally located at the crossroads of Kiawah, Seabrook, and Johns islands, just 30 minutes from downtown Charleston, Freshfields Village is a true mixed-use town center offering residents and visitors an extraordinary outdoor shopping and dining destination. The Village is comprised of specialty shops, contemporary dining options, and everyday amenities. The sidewalks are lined with both local shops, high end boutiques and regional and national retailers. With 30 unique shops to browse through, there is something for everyone. From gourmet coffee and pastries to a casual bite at a vintage drugstore lunch counter, or an elegant evening followed by a tasting at a sophisticated wine and craft beer bar, there are 11 dining experiences to please every palate and accommodate every occasion. For more information, visit www.freshfieldsvillage.com
About Aurora Robson
Aurora Robson is multi-media artist known predominantly for her innovative meditative work intercepting the waste stream. Her practice consists of creating visual hybrids between her own semi-abstract childhood nightmares and forms found in nature. It is a meditation on integration fueled by gratitude. She works to create harmony in uncomfortable areas ripe with neglect, friction, and chaos. A recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, a TED/Lincoln Re-Imagine Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts Art Work Grant, Robson has exhibited her work internationally in museums, galleries and non-traditional spaces since 2002. In addition to her studio practice, Robson is the founding artist of Project Vortex, an international collective of artists, designers and architects who are also working with plastic debris to transform toxic waste into art objects and valuable cultural experiences.
About the Kiawah Conservancy
The Kiawah Conservancy is a non-profit, accredited land trust focused on the preservation and restoration of natural habitats and conservation education. The Conservancy’s mission is to measure, manage, improve, and advocate for the ecological health of Kiawah Island and its environs. Now celebrating our 25th year, the Kiawah Conservancy has preserved over 60 properties, including over 2,000 acres of tidal saltmarsh and hummock islands within the Kiawah River watershed and we’re working to preserve more every day! Learn more about the Kiawah Conservancy online and join in our efforts.
The Historic Charleston Supper Club is Moving to the Governor’s House Inn
The Historic Charleston Supper Club, founded in 2020, is changing its location to the historic Governor’s House Inn, located on Broad St in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
The Governor’s House Inn was built in 1760. It was the home of Edward Rutledge, one of this country’s founding fathers as he was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He hosted many dignitaries during his time there, including
George Washington. Also, born in this very house in 1782 was Edward’s daughter, Sarah. She would go on to write the very first published cookbook in Charleston’s history, “The Carolina Housewife.” Mike Hebb is the operator of the Historic Charleston Supper Club. He is both a Chef and a Culinary Historian.
Mike offers a five-course tasting menu where each of the first three courses focuses on a specific period of Charleston’s food history: Colonial, Antebellum, and Reconstruction. Each dish served is authentic to the time period. The dinner on average offers 3 entrees and sides, 2 desserts, and 4 candies, so please come hungry. Mike dresses in period attire and narrates each course with culinary history and general Charleston history.
“I am so excited about this opportunity to move the Historic Charleston Supper Club to the Governor’s House Inn. The Governor’s House Inn has such a rich culinary and political history, and I look forward to now being a small part of that history and sharing it with others,” said Mike.
The Historic Charleston Supper Club will be offering dinners at the Governor’s House Inn on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 7:30 pm. A glass of Madeira wine, the most popular wine of this era, will also be offered upon arrival as well. Opening weekend is the weekend of March 12, 2022. Booking and more information are available at www.historicsupperclub.com.
For any inquiries, please feel free to contact:
- Mike Hebb
- Chef/Culinary Historian
- Historic Charleston Supper Club
- (843)754-2398
- mike@historicsupperclub.com
- www.historicsupperclub.com
Live theatre is becoming a real drag at the Queen Street Playhouse
CHARLESTON, SC, (Feb. 28, 2022) – In a dingy and failing dive bar in the Florida panhandle talented Elvis impersonator and expectant father Casey has just been handed his walking papers. To drum up business, the owner has recruited two talented but equally desperate drag queens to hopefully draw bigger crowds.
It’s sink or swim for Casey who quickly picks up some new performance skills that send his act catapulting to ‘legendary’ new heights. That is the premise of recent Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew Lopez’s (The Inheritance) outrageous Elvis goes drag comedy The Legend of Georgia McBride, making its Lowcountry debut at the Queen Street Playhouse on March 11th. The play made its debut Off-Broadway at MCC Theatre in September 2015 before transferring to the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles and receiving subsequent premieres throughout the country. The play is currently in plans to be transferred into a Netflix film by prolific producer Ryan Murphy.
With Casey (Footlight newcomer Brandon Chinn) barely making ends meet by living out his passion for performing, the brunt of the financial stability of the family is left to his newly pregnant and very practical wife Jo (Imani Lloyd). When seasoned drag queen Miss Tracy Mills and her more reckless protégée Rexy (‘Miss Anorexia Nervosa…it’s Italian‘) arrive and quickly begin drawing huge crowds at the bar, it is left to Casey to fill in one night when Rexy (Matthew Lombardo) is too wasted to go on for her Edith Piaf extravaganza. Casey is an instant hit and quickly picks up the art of drag with some Obi Wan-style mentorship from Brandon Chinn and Imani Lloyd as Casey and Jo
Miss Tracy (Footlight newcomer Clark Haywood). Without Jo’s knowledge, Casey has become a sensation taking on the persona of a new country-style queen named Georgia McBride and learning a whole lot about life, show business, and himself in this feel-good comedy.
Directed by Kyle Barnette (Ruthless! The Musical, Head Over Heels), the show features a lineup of fabulous live drag performances, stunning costumes, and the zing of hilarious one-liners and bon mots that only the most seasoned of queens can serve up on the regular!
Cast:
- Casey – Brandon Chinn
- Jo – Imani Lloyd
- Miss Tracy Mills – Clark Haywood
- Rexy/Jason – Matthew Lombardo
- Eddie – Chad Estel
The Legend of Georgia McBride
- by Matthew Lopez
- March 11 – 27, 2022 at the Queen Street Playhouse
- Tickets and more info at: footlightplayers.net or 843.722.4487
On March 10, 2022, Sun Country and Delta will begin nonstop service to Minneapolis-St. Paul
From Minnehaha Falls to the Fitzgerald Theater; From the Walker Arts Museum to Target Field; Minneapolis-St. Paul is a mecca for theater, art, outdoor lifestyle, sports, and the home of Prince.
We are thrilled to share that on March 10, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – MSP and Charleston International Airport will be linked with a new nonstop service offered by Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines. ‘
Delta Airlines will offer daily service while Sun Country will offer service on Thursday and Sunday well into the fall.
Great Things to do in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Comprehensive Video Tour of Charleston, South Carolina (As told by a Raleigh resident on a road trip) – From Hotel Bennett to Angel Oak and Beyond
n this video we take you on a trip to Charleston South Carolina, one of our favorite cities in the Carolinas. Charleston SC is full of things to do, has tons of history, and a thriving restaurant scene. If you’re thinking about moving to Charleston South Carolina or planning a vacation to Charleston South Carolina, make sure to watch this video to learn about all our favorite things to do and places to eat.
Help Park & Grove Support a Dear Friend and Colleague Willie Brown – A True Charleston Community Rally
A few words from Park
During these uncertain and trying times, we come together as a community to support those we love who have shown us nothing but love and support in return. Our colleague William “Willie” Brown recently suffered the devastating loss of his wife, his best friend. Together for 16 years, he spent his days working to care for her and provide her with every comfort possible. While we cannot replace the life lost, we can, in our own small way, show that we are always a family, no matter the circumstances.
Please join us in lifting up Willie and helping him in starting the next steps in recovering from the fire that took his home and his heart. Any contribution is a gesture of friendship and we appreciate your outreach of support. If you would like to contribute in other ways, please reach out directly to us here at the restaurant by going to our website parkandgrovechs.com.
We thank you for giving this a moment of your time and please ask that you keep Willie and his family in your hearts and in your thoughts.
Sincerely,Samson, Ramon and the family at Park & Grove
Charleston Restaurant Spotlight: Soul Food Magic with an Accent of Gullah in Charleston – My Three Sons (North Charleston)
Some places remind us of the importance of family. Some places remind us of the comfort of good home cooking. Yet, when you find that winning combination of love and comfort, you find a way to gravitate to it. My Three Sons in North Charleston is the right mix of amazingly delicious comforting Southern cuisine and an at-home feel.
Where ever you are, make time to venture over and enjoy some of the fresh home cooking and hospitality of My Three Sons, open every day from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Also, you can order ahead online for pick up).
What you need to know
- Location: My Three Sons of Charleston – 5237 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC 29418
- Menu
- Online Ordering
- Official Website
Testimonials
“We stumbled upon this place as soon as we landed in Charleston and it was the best coincidence EVER!! The food is so delicious and the people were so nice!!” – Emil
“Nice down-home cooking and recipes. The shrimp and rice that I had was super tasty! I will go back again.” – Canto
“Great food, wonderful customer service. I felt like I was with family with the level of care. The food was delicious, and there was plenty to eat. Seafood was delicious, so were the burgers.” –
“Ordered from this place for the first time. I had the rib dinner which was pretty good. The ribs were tender and off the bone the red rice and Mac and cheese were delicious and above all the okra soup was done right. I’ll be coming back in the near future” – Adam
2022 Birthday Party Trends for Kids and some great Charleston Local Businesses to Partner with to Meet All Your Needs
By Kelsey Bates, Author of Chasing Cinderella Blog
Kids birthday parties seem to be getting more extravagant each year, with trendy and creative themes to boot. We see these Pinterest-worthy parties on Instagram and wonder to ourselves if it’s even possible to throw an event like that in Charleston. Well, I am here to tell you that yes, it is indeed possible!
Not only can you throw these lavash birthday parties for your kids, but you can also do so by supporting small Charleston businesses! Below are six birthday party trends for kids that you will be seeing this year, along with companies in Charleston that provide each service.
White Bounce Houses
At the center of these luxe children’s birthday parties, you will most likely see a white bounce house. These open-faced jump castles are the perfect addition to any special event. Little Babes of Charleston offers two different styles of luxury white bounce houses that can be completely customized to any event
Giant Balloon Displays
It isn’t a party without balloons and Balloon Therapy Charleston will bring your vision to life! Whether you add a garland to your white bounce house or create a backdrop for photos, extravagant balloon displays are a must at any party!
Another fantastic Charleston balloon stylist is The Festivity Fairy.
Marquee Letters
Nothing screams “happy birthday” like your name in light-up marquee letters! Alpha-Lit offers 3-foot letters and 4-foot numbers to spell out any name of saying. Keep it simple or add balloons, your guests will be wowed either way
Jumbo Ball Pits
Ball pits are back and in a big way! They are the perfect addition to any event to keep the kids entertained all party long. Little Babes of Charleston brings the party to you with a 7×10 foot customizable soft play ball pit. They even offer an upgraded ball pit package with a large slide, personalized vinyl and, color-coordinated balls to match your theme!
Wooden Backdrops
Whether you’re looking for a backdrop for smash cake photos or a selfie station, wooden backdrops are the perfect addition to any party! There are so many different trendy shapes and sizes, you’ll be able to personalize your backdrop to any event. Check out Shindig Social, or ask your balloon artist what they have available
Personalized Cookies
Personalized cookies are becoming very popular for favors for every event from birthday parties to weddings. 22LeeLa Cookies can personalize these yummy desserts with names, designs, objects, you name it- anything to match your party theme! Did I mention they are not only cute but delicious?!
Another talented Charleston cookie company is Bullfish Cookie Company
Whether you include all six trends, or just one or two, your child’s birthday party will be something to remember! Thank you for supporting local!
About Kelsey Bates
- Charleston Blogger vwww.chasingcinderellablog.com
- @Kelseyjhill
LINKS
- Little Babes of Charleston – https://www.littlebabesofcharleston.com
- Balloon Therapy Charleston – https://balloontherapychs.com
- The Festivity Fairy – https://www.thefestivityfairy.com
- Alpha Lit – https://www.instagram.com/alphalitcharlestoncolumbia/
- Shindig Social – https://shindig.social
- 22Lee La Cookies – https://www.22leelacookies.com
- Bullfish Cookie Company – https://www.bullfishcookieco.com
Photo Credits
- Bounce (www.instagram.com/littlebabesofcharleston/)
- Balloons (www.instagram.com/balloontherapycharleston/)
- Letters (www.instagram.com/alphalitcharlestoncolumbia/)
- Ballpit (www.chasingcinderellablog.com)
- Backdrop (www.instagram.com/shindigsocial/)
- Cookies (www.instagram.com/22leelacookies/)