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Dropping out with the Chocolate Dropsnew
It's been an eventful year for the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Around the same time the neo-traditional string band learned of their Grammy Award nomination, co-founder Justin Robinson announced his departure from the band. His decision shadowed nearly everything that happened this year.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Carolina Chocolate Drops
Pedophiles and Politicians: who is the greater threat to our children?new
There is never a good time to be dragged into a child sex abuse scandal, but the Citadel's timing could not be worse. Dealing with the fallout from Louis "Skip" Reville's recent arrest would have been difficult enough.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Police Arrest Occupy Charleston Protestersnew
Jessica Dugan says she lost her voice chanting last night as police arrested at least eight fellow members of the Occupy Charleston protest group in Marion Square. Others have reported as many as 10 arrests overnight. Police have not released an official statement or incident report about the arrests.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-23-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Charleston
Police Intervene at Occupy Charlestonnew
About 30 Occupy Charleston protesters hunkered down in Marion Square Monday night, bracing themselves for the fallout of an unsuccessful meeting with Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. earlier in the day. Organizers say Riley had warned them not to be in the park after 11 p.m., when the park supposedly closed.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-22-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Sesame Street Composer Faces Child Porn Chargesnew
Fernando Rivas, who occasionally wrote for Charleston City Paper, pled not guilty to allegations that he produced child pornography, possessed child porn, and transported the images through a computer in April.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-21-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Queen Anne's Revenge Embraces More than Pirate Historynew
If you haven't been to Queen Anne's Revenge recently you've missed some significant changes. Yes, it's still a pirate-themed restaurant named after one of Blackbeard's ships, and the dining area remain largely unchanged with rough-hewn tables hanging by chains from the ceiling and swords and other pirate relics lining the entryway. The bar area, however, has been totally revamped, a new large outdoor deck added, and, most importantly, the menu has been significantly overhauled.
Charleston City Paper |
Robert Moss |
11-17-2011 |
Food+Drink
Run Dan Run are Mad Pop Scientistsnew
Run Dan Run's Normal is a dynamic, moody collection with a solid full-band sound. Songwriter Dan McCurry and his troupe reach far beyond their initial efforts in the early days.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jorma Kaukonen Doesn't Hesitatenew
Whatever the source of his boundless endurance, guitarist Jorma Kaukonen shows no signs of slowing down — even after a career that's led him from legendary San Francisco acts Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna to a long run as a solo artist.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jorma Kaukonen
Remembering Jack McCraynew
Jack McCray left us a wealth of knowledge, a physical archive, stories, memories, advice, and blessings. He was a visionary who realized his visions -- not by "magic," but by hard, tiresome, selfless work.
Charleston City Paper |
Leah Suárez |
11-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Martha Marcy May Marlene is Creepy, Sexy, and Very Stylizednew
A semi-sinister little film with the eerie, sunlit ambiance of headspace thrillers like Rosemary's Baby or the original The Stepford Wives, Martha Marcy May Marlene presents a young woman trapped between two worlds.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
11-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Martha Marcy May Marlene
S.C. General Assembly Tries to Regulate Immigrationnew
South Carolina's politicians have never been afraid to drag their state into fights in which it is hopelessly overmatched both on principal and on substance.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-16-2011 |
Commentary
The ReVille Files: Counselor Lured Campers with Chinese foodnew
According to one former camper’s testimony, former Citadel summer camp counselor Louis Neal "Skip" ReVille lured boys into his room on campus with pizza and Chinese food, showed them pornography, and coerced them to masturbate.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Citadel releases ReVille documents under pressurenew
Under mounting pressure from the press and from an accuser’s lawyer, the Citadel released a 160-page document Monday afternoon detailing the sexual abuse allegations made by a Citadel summer camp attendee and his family in 2007. The school has come under fire in recent weeks for failing to report the case, which involves Citadel graduate Louis "Skip" ReVille, to police.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: The Citadel, Skip ReVille
Filmmaker Stephen Cone premieres The Wise Kidsnew
For Stephen Cone, church has always been a part of life. The son of a Baptist minister, he remembers going there three times a week for 18 years. In the same breath, Cone is also a self-proclaimed lifelong lover of film, with movies and religion playing an equal role in his youth.
Charleston City Paper |
Ryan Overhiser |
11-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stephen Cone, The Wise Kids
Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar is a Sympathetic Portrait of a Closeted Mannew
A fascinating portrait of an influential American, J. Edgar presents Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) as a flawed but prescient figure whose public role building the FBI into an important institution is contrasted with a private life as a closeted gay man devoted to his right-hand man Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer), who became a devoted soulmate.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2011 |
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