AltWeeklies Wire
Mark Sanford's victory is a triumph of ideology over decencynew
The good news is that Jon Stewart will have no shortage of material for The Daily Show in the foreseeable future. The bad news is that the good people of South Carolina's 1st Congressional District will hang their heads and deny their origins when they travel beyond the Lowcountry in the foreseeable future.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
05-09-2013 |
Commentary
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
Food Film Festival plans to make Charleston a permanent stopnew
Imagine watching Jiro Dreams of Sushi in a movie theater on an empty stomach. It would be torture. All that raw fish, expertly prepared by a master? Your stomach would growl so loudly your fellow audience members would report you to an usher.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
05-09-2013 |
Food+Drink
From farmers markets to cooking classes, schools are helping families grow better eating habitsnew
The children gathered around the classroom table at Pinehurst Elementary in North Charleston are having a difficult time cutting mangoes. Ann Hoch, a former chef, is there to help.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
05-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
The League of Women Voters champions ethics reform in Columbianew
Charleston County's legislative delegation has been making a lot of news lately, and not the kind that makes us proud.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
05-02-2013 |
Commentary
A cast of crab lovers embark on an epic search for softies in honor of Bobby Carrollnew
I'm a big fan of soft-shell crabs, and some equally enamored friends and I have been talking for a while about putting together a soft-shell crab crawl, hitting as many restaurants as we can to see what all the chefs are doing with this seasonal treat.
Charleston City Paper |
Stephanie Barna |
05-02-2013 |
Food+Drink
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
CIFF goes beyond screenings for an all-inclusive film experiencenew
Get ready, Charleston. If the organizers behind the Charleston International Film Festival achieve their goals, our little town may one day be home to a film festival on the scale of Tribeca, Sundance, and Cannes. "We want to be the biggest, best festival on the East Coast," says board member Margaret Ford Rogers.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson Curran |
04-24-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Black Erosionnew
Gentrification breaks a neighborhood down from the inside out.
Charleston City Paper |
Jenna Lyles |
04-23-2013 |
Race & Class
Local filmmaker gets into Indie Grits with Reednew
Dorian Warneck's mother Petrea is an oboeist, and like many oboeists, she makes her own reeds. Carving tools, lacquers, and cane shavings were a normal sight during his childhood, so Warneck never thought twice about his mom's craft.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
04-18-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gay marriage is not a simple step forwardnew
Don't get me wrong. I love weddings. I love big parties full of food, happy people, and hopefully, an open bar. I love it when the gays, the homos, the queers, the fags, the queens, the dykes, and the feisty bisexuals are all working it out on the same dance floor.
Charleston City Paper |
Jenna Lyles |
04-18-2013 |
Commentary
S.C. public university boards have an X chromosome shortagenew
When Susan Pearlstine started campaigning to join the Medical University of South Carolina's board of trustees, she didn't imagine that the process would involve traveling to Columbia and cornering legislators in the Statehouse parking garage.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-18-2013 |
Policy Issues
Why Johnny Can't Use Condomsnew
South Carolina lawmakers are revisiting the state's sex ed laws.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-28-2013 |
Education
Bat-killing fungus arrives in South Carolinanew
It was only a matter of time before the North American batpocalypse reached South Carolina. But now that the S.C. Department of Natural Resources has announced that the bat-killing fungus behind the epidemic known as White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has arrived, biologists are hoping that some rapidly retreating species will be able to make a stand in the Palmetto State.
Charleston City Paper |
Dan Conover |
03-21-2013 |
Health
Tags: Bats, White Nose Syndrome
Park Chan-Wook's thriller delves deep into psychosexual territorynew
That's when Chan-Wook takes over, and it's a bloody, hallucinogenic marvel.
Charleston City Paper |
Jake Mulligan |
03-21-2013 |
Movies
