Arts & Travel

Local designer falls short of win

College of Charleston grad was a finalist

She gave it a good run, but came up short. Carol Hannah Whitfield, a 2007 graduate of the College of Charleston, made it to the finals of the reality TV show Project Runway, but she and fellow finalist Althea Harper were bested by Irina Shabayeva in the finale, which aired Thursday on the Lifetime channel. Read More

Moment of truth on 'Runway'

College of Charleston grad could win big prize on finale

Susan Whitfield never imagined she'd be the mother of a reality show star. But with her daughter, Carol Hannah Whitfield, in the finals on season 6 of "Project Runway," that's precisely what's happened. Read More

Series fine pairing of music, setting

REVIEW

On Sunday afternoon, Chamber Music Charleston presented the first concert in its Gallery Concert Series to a large audience packed into The Wells Gallery on Meeting Street. Read More

'New Moon' star trying to tune out constant tabloid attention, fan obsession

LOS ANGELES -- Kristen Stewart was a bundle of nerves talking about "Twilight" a year ago. She's far more confident these days as "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" gets ready to rise in movie theaters Nov. 20. "I think I've gotten a lot more comfortable with talking about myself. Read More

This Week in the Arts

Closing this week "last days of don juan": The College of Charleston's theater department presents "The Last Days of Don Juan," Nick Dear's contemporary adaptation of the classic tale. 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 3 p.m. today. Emmett Robinson Theatre, 54 St. Philip St. ... Read More

Photographer wants essay images to teach

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe wants everyone to remember the Daufuskie Island she photographed 30 years ago. Read More

Sotomayor on cover of Latina magazine

Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmation process -- up to a point. Read More

'Precious' star true to herself

Actress says film role of traumatized teenager opposite to her real-life childhood experiences

From the moment actress Gabourey Sidibe enters the suite at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, it's clear that she is not, as she has worked to remind many interviewers in the past few weeks, a "Precious" teenager, a victim of abuse who suffers from little, if any, self-esteem. Read More

Artist says cities inspire her work

A resident of New Orleans likes to think she is a Charlestonian at heart because she has been coming here so long and loves the mix of cultures between the two cities that inspires her art. Read More

Sojourn inspires prose

THE LION'S EYE: Seeing in the Wild. By Joanna Greenfield. Little, Brown. 312 pages. $23.99. Read More

Potential connects stories

NOCTURNES: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall. By Kazuo Ishiguro. Knopf. 221 pages. $25. Read More

Book neglects Lowcountry roots

JAZZ. By Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux. Norton. 720 pages. $39.95. Read More

An entertaining romp in 'Rough Country'

ROUGH COUNTRY. By John Sandford. Putnam. 388 pages. $26.95. Read More

Drabble brings subtle wit to memoir

THE PATTERN IN THE CARPET. By Margaret Drabble. Houghton Mifflin. 368 pages. $25. Read More

Oates explores fallout of tragedy

LITTLE BIRD OF HEAVEN. By Joyce Carol Oates. EccoHarper Collins. 442 pages. $26. Read More