Charleston City Paper

Type Castingnew

Jack plays Jack, Morgan plays Morgan, and The Bucket List plods along.

Charleston City Paper | Scott Renshaw | 01-09-2008 | Reviews

The Met Gets a Virtual Outletnew

For well over half a century now, we've been able to catch live radio broadcasts from New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera. But a recent high-tech update of that process has become the buzz of the opera world -- and it could well turn out to be one its saving graces.

Charleston City Paper | Lindsay Koob | 01-09-2008 | Music

Mike Farris: a Uniquely Redemptive Storynew

"When I'm playing music, it's like prayer," Farris says.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 01-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mike Farris, Salvation in Lights

Say Hello to 'The Merkin Man'new

What a perfect place for a TV special like Devin Dukes' Gettin' Around the Lowcountry, a short film similar to public TV-style magazine shows, that visits charming locales for in-depth looks at South Carolina's most colorful inhabitants.

Charleston City Paper | Nick Smith | 01-09-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Devin Dukes, The Merkin Man

Q: What is Islamofascism?new

A: A simplistic term designed to mask the complexities of the Middle East.

Charleston City Paper | Jack Hunter | 01-09-2008 | Commentary

Making Noise: The Composer's Cultural Predicament in the 20th Centurynew

New Yorker critic Alex Ross' book is a corrective for classical music history.

Charleston City Paper | John Stoehr | 01-02-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: Alex Ross, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Nonfiction Reviews

Will Hoge: The Man Behind the Curtainsnew

For a guy who's spent two-thirds of each year for the last 10 on the road as a working musician, Will Hoge maintains a refreshing sense of humor about it all.

Charleston City Paper | Jon Santiago | 12-26-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Draw the Curtains, Will Hoge