AltWeeklies Wire
Preservation Society works to save one of Magnolia Cemetery's masterpiecesnew
Before he was ultimately laid to rest, William Burroughs Smith spent 30 months inside the Magnolia Cemetery receiving tomb. Or, more accurately, his body did.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
05-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
Charleston Animal Society thinks outside the box to create a no-kill communitynew
Last week, a speckled brown kitten was rescued by Charleston County animal control from the south side of the Ravenel Bridge. "We get calls every spring where people say someone threw a kitten on the bridge," says Kay Hyman, the director of community engagement for the Charleston Animal Society. "No one's ever seen it actually happening really. Kittens are born all the time under that bridge, and what happens is they get spooked ... and they start moving."
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
04-24-2013 |
Policy Issues
Former NFL player Wade Davis finds new career helping LGBTQ youthnew
Wade Davis has come a long way since the days when he would drop dollars at a strip club, hoping to impress his teammates on the Tennessee Titans. A free agent in the NFL, the cornerback didn't want to give his football family even the tiniest inkling that he might be a little bit different from them.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
01-16-2013 |
LGBT
Tags: Wade Davis NFL
This is the Way the World Endsnew
There are lots of theories out there about the exact way we're all gonna die on Dec. 21. Pick your favorite theory from the options below. Some are real. Others we threw in for fun.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
12-13-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Mayan Apocalypse
Some Tips From A Survivalistnew
Have a hurricane kit. Steve Mosher learned that even before he moved to Charleston. Make sure there's a gallon of water for every person in the house. Don't forget the non-perishables either. "It's not about how much money you have in a crisis situation," he says, "because when Katrina hit Baton Rouge, it didn't matter how much money you had.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
12-12-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Mayan Apocalypse, Doomed
How Would Pot Tourism Impact Charleston?new
The answer: We have no idea.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
11-14-2012 |
Drugs
Are Abstinence-Only Programs the Solution?new
In theory, $51,000 could buy a lot of condoms and prevent a lot of babies and STDs (if used correctly).
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-26-2012 |
Policy Issues
The Charleston Museum may be empty of people, but it's full of stuffnew
The Charleston Museum has a parking lot. In this city, that's currency. It's not very large, but it is free, and that's all that matters.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Policy Issues
CofC professor Christopher Lamb talks Sarah Palin, 2012 election cyclenew
Christopher Lamb is a bit disappointed that Sarah Palin decided not to throw her hat into the 2012 Republican presidential nominee ring. While it could have been monumentally precarious for our country, it at least could have moved copies of the College of Charleston professor’s 2011 book, The Sound and Fury of Sarah Palin, a 179-page work tearing down the “politician” who was the butt of so many of 2008’s best jokes.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
08-24-2012 |
Policy Issues
Tags: sarah palin, chris lamb
How to Be a Stage Parentnew
There are plenty of real-life good and bad examples of stage parenting, ways to encourage your child's professional entertaining career without turning them into nutcases or squandering their millions.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
12-30-2011 |
Children & Families
Tags: Stage Parents
Evangelical Christians Reinvent the Haunted Housenew
A Charleston church presents an alternative not only to traditional Halloween, but to the darker and more violent hell houses that have garnered so much controversy in the last 20 years.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
10-27-2010 |
Policy Issues
