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Folly Beach comes to life in Plum Elements exhibit
Thursday, July 2, 2009
A high-backed dining chair in a tree, just where its owner likes it. A dog pulling his skateboarding owner down the middle of the street. A man fishing in head to toe deer camouflage.
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Center for Photography displays work of Gary Geboy
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Charleston Center for Photography, 645 King St., is currently showing "The Lost," a photographic exhibit by Gary Geboy.
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Dorothea Benton Frank on success, fame and the desire to write for 'Saturday Night Live'
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Dorothea Benton Frank is, arguably, one of the most successful writers to come out of the Lowcountry. A number of her novels have made it to the New York Times Best-seller's List, and she has appeared on a number of TV shows such as NBC's "Today."
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Chatting with Kevin Murphy, editor of Dark Sky Magazine
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Kevin Murphy, editor of the online literary magazine Dark Sky, was just about to pack up and move to Vashon Island, Washington when I met with him in downtown Charleston. Originally from Boston, MA, Murphy has spent the last five years in the Low Country area interacting with the literary community.
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Footlight Players offers intimate theater experience
Thursday, July 2, 2009
'Big things come in small packages," is how Executive Director Jocelyn Edwards describes Footlight Players community theater. "You can walk by this place every day and never know we're here, but once you're here, it's a surprise."
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Charleston Museum aims to bring out the kid in all of us
Thursday, July 2, 2009
With summer in full heat, what better way to spend it than in a museum. The Charleston Museum is cooling down kids' summers with its Kid Tours, a series designed to highlight artifacts from its collection that fascinate kids. Every Wednesday in June and July, the curator-led tour start...
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Local Artist of the Week
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The work of Tiffany Lippincott is the kind that appears purely abstract at first glance, with its brilliantly colored oils and repeated sections of pattern intermingling on canvas.
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A beautiful view: Deaver shows multiple and unique perspectives of Ravenel bridge
Thursday, June 25, 2009
'In modern mathematics, the vertex is where many paths meet. The paths become the symbol of the center," said local photographer Diana Deaver. "Vertex" is also the name of her photographic debut and first official solo show. It will feature 18 different perspectives of the Ravenel Bridge ...
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Local artist of the week
Thursday, June 25, 2009
In Bennett Goodman's world, an enormous flowerpot can become a sculptural cityscape reaching skyward, complete with a King Kong; an overgrown wooden computer keyboard enter key can be a bench; and picture frames can be ornate jewelry boxes. Goodman is in charge of framing at Eye Level Art,...
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Dannye Powell: journalist, poet, philosopher
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Dannye Powell is a news columnist for the Charlotte Observer by day and a poet the rest of the time. Her love for writing started early and has matured and grown over her lifetime to become an award-winning talent. Powell shared her thoughts on writing with Preview. Q: How do the w...
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Kenton James creates visual history of his life
Thursday, June 25, 2009
"My inspirations shift with my life, where I live at the moment, a book or movie or song that shakes me up, the look of a woman sitting alone in a booth across the bar, everything I experience, from the extraordinary to the mundane seems to influence my work in one way or another," says visual ar...
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Art retrospective
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Billy Cone's artistic journey began 27 years ago when a university physics photography course hooked him on the possibilities of photography. Since then, he has developed his signature style traveling through Europe, shooting thousands of sights, scenes and societies, and his works have be...
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I Am For Now
Thursday, June 18, 2009
I don't know the exact reason why artist Tim Hussey lives in Charleston, but I do know that even though he has won numerous national awards for his art and graphic design work and has a fair amount of acclaim in the national art world, to most of us here, he is, endearingly, just Tim.
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James J. Lundy Jr. shares his love for Bob Dylan and the craft of writing
Thursday, June 18, 2009
James J. Lundy Jr. is a poet, songwriter, emcee and the president of the Poetry Society of South Carolina. It's safe to say that he doesn't have much free time. Lundy did find the time to tell Preview about his love for the craft … and his deep respect for "Ulysses."
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LOCAL ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Tina Christophillis
Thursday, June 18, 2009
After one glance around her chaotic, colorful painting studio, it came as no surprise when Tina Christophillis revealed that she used to be a dancer.
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Editor's Picks
Bryce Donovan: It Beats Working...

Funny how life works.
Back in 1985, when I was just 10-years-old, my buddy Andy Nelms and I spent the entire summer trying to catch lizards. Every time we would catch one, we would put it in a container, label it and observe the lizard's behavior. Fast forward 25 years later, and wouldn't you know it, I still make poop jokes.
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Back in 1985, when I was just 10-years-old, my buddy Andy Nelms and I spent the entire summer trying to catch lizards. Every time we would catch one, we would put it in a container, label it and observe the lizard's behavior. Fast forward 25 years later, and wouldn't you know it, I still make poop jokes.
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Jack McCray: JazzBeat(s)...

Calling all crate diggers, mods and others who enjoy mesmerizing funk jam experiences: The New Mastersounds, hailing from Leeds, England, will be performing at The Pour House on Friday and Saturday.
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Olivia Pool: Arts...

A high-backed dining chair in a tree, just where its owner likes it. A dog pulling his skateboarding owner down the middle of the street. A man fishing in head to toe deer camouflage.
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