America’s premier performing arts festival returns to the Holy City for its 43rd annual season. Check out our picks for...  
  
          
  
           
                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival returns, bigger and better 
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Charleston’s growth has been a boon for, and in part driven by, its creative community. The return of festival season...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Harlan Greene brings daring gay author Harry Hervey out of oblivion
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Schola St. George studies historical martial arts
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Overwhelmed by all the Spoleto Festival USA offerings? Click on the flip-book below to find out which events local arts...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Showcasing emerging designer and model talent across the East Coast, Lexus Charleston Fashion Week® has fast become one...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Hit the streets for an urban art walk highlighting one-of-a-kind murals that decorate our city  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          An aerial look at our fragile coastline  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Not sure how to choose among all the Spoleto 2016 offerings? Here, leaders of area arts organizations, plus a couple of...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A new exhibit explores the art of wood turning  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The CSO holds a young musicians’ competition
   
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Don’t miss Carolina Custom Canoe Paddles at SEWE
   
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Columbia Museum of Art exhibits a local twist to Georgia O’Keeffe’s story
   
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A new woodworking school carries on a traditional art
   
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A local expert’s new release will have kids building and pretending, drawing and dancing  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Join the conversation at the Arts Matter Mayoral Summit
   
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Catch up on 30 years of reading with Art & Craft  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          William Baldwin’s new 18th-century action tale
   
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Gibbes is ”on the go”  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          William Halsey, Jasper Johns, and Shepard Fairey: three South Carolina artists from three generations, whose insistence...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Find out what’s shaking at the second annual Charleston Dance Festival
   
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          SpaceCraft drives Charleston’s DIY movement forward with techy innovation  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Meet the Spoleto scene makers  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Two sleuths team up on a major mystery in a young adult page-turner set in the Lowcountry  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Meet Scott Watson, the new leader of the Office of Cultural Affairs, and learn what the regime change means for banking...