For the past quarter-century, the Halsey director and chief curator has taken chances, championing the odd and overlooked, and in doing so, transformed a small college gallery into an internationally ...

Ninety years after the untimely death of Edmund Thornton Jenkins, Spoleto Festival USA premieres his unfinished operetta, Afram ou La Belle Swita. Learn more about the son of the world-renowned ...

2. Henry’s Cheese Spread Many decades ago, long before Charleston’s restaurant scene exploded, a big night out involved Henry’s on Market Street, where white-jacketed waiters swooped in with trays of ...

Still, Nathan saw the hand of God at work as well. With so many structures lost, many residents fled, and when the Federal troops started shelling the city in 1863, the bombs fell into the abandoned, ...

In the gentrifying enclave just beyond Hampton Park, this sunny spot beckons with the promise of a simple, leisurely meal. In warm weather, it’s best to perch out front at a breezy picnic table, but a ...

Even on the sunniest days downtown, it’s possible to get a break from the rays. Follow garden paths. Stop for a cool drink. Pop into a gallery. Or wake early and explore before the city’s brick and ...

This mildly potent punch is credited to South Carolina’s oldest and most exclusive social institution, the St. Cecilia Society. The recipe, first published in 1950 in the Junior League’s inimitable ...

Activist and educator DR. MILLICENT BROWN was a “first child” to integrate Charleston public schools in 1963 and today continues to speak out against racism and social injustice ...

(Painting by John Michael/courtesy of Wikipedia) 1663: Carolina Charter Issued (March 24) - King Charles II grants the territory called “Carolana” to eight Lords Proprietors, serving as a blueprint ...

Saute onion over low fire in half of the butter until soft but not brown. Add the crab meat and heat. Heat the milk in the top of a double boiler, but do not boil. Add the crab meat mixture and the ...

Recipes Featured - The city magazine for Charleston, South Carolina, since 1975, Charleston is the authority on living well in the Lowcountry, embodying the beauty, style, and sophistication of our ...

(From the Historic American Engineering Record/courtesy of Library of Congress) 1920: Preservation Begins - Susan Pringle Frost founds the nation’s first preservation society (originally called ...