Spoleto board's mood optimistic

An upbeat tone, leavened by guarded optimism, was the prevailing mood of the annual winter meeting of the Spoleto Festival USA Board of Directors here Saturday. Challenges abound, but so do energy, innovation and resolve, board members said. Read More

Spoleto auction set for Friday

Spoleto Festival USA will hold its 30th annual La Dolce Vita auction Friday at Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain St. Read More

Spoleto's 30th auction

Traditional gala event Friday to raise funds for festival orchestra

Grand total: $4,000. That's the decidedly modest sum raised by the inaugural Spoleto Auction in 1979. The Spoleto Festival USA had just embarked on its maiden voyage two years before, and was fated to earn a reputation as one of the nation's finest celebrations of the arts. Read More

Spoleto Festival USA announces 2010 lineup

The Spoleto Festival USA, running May 28 to June 13, has announced its schedule of events for 2010. Its restoration complete, the Dock Street Theatre again is a showcase venue. Read More

Festival enjoyed robust ticket sales

This year's Spoleto Festival USA came with a silver lining. Despite a challenging economy that forced organizers to reduce the festival's budget from $8.4 million to $6.2 million and limit some programming, ticket sales were mostly robust; and it appears the festival will end with a balanced budget, perhaps a modest surplus, officials said. Read More

Spoleto Finale

Hundreds of people picnicked Sunday beneath the Spanish moss-draped trees at the Spoleto Finale at Middleton Place. Read More

Another fine festival takes a bow

The party's over. After tonight, the 2009 Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, which hadn't even held its first rehearsal a month ago, will cease to exist except in the memories of those who were there to play or listen during its few weeks of glory in Charleston. Read More

Chamber music performance brilliant

Franz Schubert's ethereal String Quintet in C major ended the 11th chamber music program Saturday and will be the last piece played today in the final concert. Charles Wadsworth programmed this for his final year as artistic director, a piece Spoleto Festival founder Gian Carlo Menotti often requested as a final one to end a festival. Read More

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Chamber concert delivers seasoned talent

Spoleto Chamber Music Series X, featuring very difficult and very beautiful music by Haydn, Dvorak and Schumann, was a delight to the packed audience at Memminger Auditorium. Read More