AltWeeklies Wire
Guy Fieri and the Perils of Middlebrow Foodnew
The bad food diaries.
Charleston City Paper |
Robert Moss |
11-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
What's with the Cracker Barrel's enduring appeal?new
"You're just plain dumb."
This is what it means to leave three golf tees on the triangular pegboard at Cracker Barrel. The peg game is an addictive diversion supplied to every table. Leave two tees and you're "purty smart."
Charleston City Paper |
Eric Doksa |
11-07-2012 |
Food+Drink
Trick or Treatnew
Leave the store-bought candy to the kids and try one of these homemade Halloween treats.
Charleston City Paper |
Seth Clare |
10-24-2012 |
Food+Drink
Rye Revivalnew
Can rye whiskey regain its throne as the South's favorite spirit?
Charleston City Paper |
Robert Moss |
10-17-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Rye Whiskey
A Mega-Watt Show Brings All the Musical Greats to the Gibbesnew
At the Gibbes Museum of Art, beginning this Friday, the late Lizard King wants to give you a hug. Jimi Hendrix will be in attendance as well, along with his contemporaries the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Janis Joplin. Bob Marley will be hanging out, and so will Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. And, of course, let's not forget the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-19-2012 |
Art
Rachel Kate Gillon and Joel T. Hamilton join the Unchained Tournew
Rachel Kate Gillon is under the impression that she has a tendency of telling really dumb, irrelevant stories. Those are her exact words.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Performance
Peter Aguero shares a story about Shovels and Ropenew
The second to last night, we did a show in Atlanta at Manuel's Tavern. By that time, we had all just gotten into the rhythm and it was a lot of fun. I was talking to Michael Trent from Shovels and Rope, and we were both talking about, when we get to Atlanta, let's go get tattoos.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Performance
Some Tips for Newbies to Neil Gaiman's Sandman seriesnew
Amber Gibson, an employee at Soundwave Music, Comics, and Movies in Summerville, has been a fan of Neil Gaiman ever since a friend gave her some of his Sandman comics back in middle school. While Gaiman is known for movies like Coraline and Stardust and books like American Gods and Anansi Boys, his career really took off with DC/Vertigo's Sandman series.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Performance
The Return of Craigslist Poetrynew
These poems are taken word-for-word from entries in the Missed Connections section of Charleston Craigslist. Never been to Missed Connections? It's a place where people go to rekindle missed romantic opportunities and to sound the depths of their late-night lusts and lonesome feelings.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-19-2012 |
Culture
A Look at Charleston's Percolating Coffee Scenenew
Every morning, Tyler Gilliam starts his day chasing after that perfect cup of coffee. The daily ritual begins with boiling water, dark-roasted grounds, and a French press. Brewing coffee for him is more than just a caffeine fix. It's an opportunity to relive delicious memories of European cafés and years of family tradition.
Charleston City Paper |
Nikki Seibert |
09-19-2012 |
Food+Drink
Free the Instagrams from your iPhone with a hand-crafted framenew
Like so many other smart phone users, I love Instagram. Being a visual artist, the application is a very handy and inspiring way to edit and share photos easily and save them for inspiration. I recently started printing my Instagrams, but I had a hard time deciding how to display them. I wanted to be able to easily switch the photos while also keeping up the ones I couldn't part with. The solution: I made my own interchangeable Instagram frame.
Charleston City Paper |
Kristen Solecki |
07-25-2012 |
Art
The Makers: A Photographic Look at Master Craftsmennew
Born from flame-belching furnaces and hammered into shape, Charleston's architectural future is being forged from the past. A new generation is carrying on the ancient arts of blacksmithing, wood carving, and glassmaking.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
05-16-2012 |
Art
Columbia’s Art Community Gives Charleston a Run For Its Moneynew
If you live in a city with an international arts festival, a gallery on every other corner, one of the oldest art museums in the nation, and an amazing contemporary art center — and that city is also on the ocean — why would you spend 90 minutes on a congested highway to check out the art scene in a state government-dominated city where life often revolves around large young men bashing into one another under stadium lights?
Charleston City Paper |
Jeffrey Day |
04-13-2012 |
Performance
Can Charleston's Dance Community Bounce Back?new
The local dance scene is going through a rough patch. The two companies that have carried the community for decades are in flux. Robert Ivey Ballet is adjusting to new management after Ivey, a major figure in the local arts world, passed away late last summer. And the Charleston Ballet Theatre rang in its 25th anniversary season with a slew of board resignations, talk of financial mismanagement, and accusations of plagiarism — and some are wondering if the company can even recover.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson Curran |
04-13-2012 |
Performance
Ridiculously Photogenic Guy is a Local Boynew
Here’s one more thing Charlestonians can brag about: Zeddie Little, a.k.a. Ridiculously Photogenic Guy of internet fame, grew up here. He worked in our restaurants, attended our schools, and ran on our bridge. Take that, New York City.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-06-2012 |
Culture
