Dock Street reopening celebrated

Renowned French soprano Natalie Dessay and violinist Geoff Nuttall, director of chamber music for Spoleto Festival USA, will be joined by chamber musicians Pedja Muzijevic (piano), Christopher Costanza (cello) and Caroline Blackwell (viola) for a special gala concert April 1 to celebrate the reopening of Charleston's historic Dock Street Theatre. Read More

Music Fest opens

Feb. 14 performance to raise funds for C of C string scholarships

As Valentine's Day fare, "HeartStrings" weds dulcet tones to the harmonies of romance, getting the fourth season of the College of Charleston chamber music series off to a winging start, Cupid-style. Read More

Defying gravity

Charleston Ballet Theatre to dance 'Masterpieces'

"He rises and begins to round, He drops the silver chain of sound, Of many links without a break, In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake." -- George Meredith, "The Lark Ascending" The man with the lighter-than-air constitution believes dance is more than an art form: It is a metaphor for living. Read More

Dear John: Sparks should be happy with film adaptation shot in the Lowcountry

Great close-ups are the essence of romantic melodrama. Nothing matters so much, save for chemistry (or lack of same) between the leading players. Read More

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 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. Read More

Film location scout puts Lowcountry in spotlight

Steve Rhea

On a raw, blustery day at Boone Hall Plantation, Steve Rhea is quite happily in his element. Balanced on oyster shells, with golden grasses offering a splash of color to a gray tableau, he surveys the landscape with a practiced eye. 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

'Dear John'

Actors hope film inspires audiences to 'find love or keep love'

Not every love story needs to be a saga, like "Dr. Zhivago." Sometimes the simplest stories make the best movies, and Nicholas Sparks has made a mint feeding a public ravenous for romance. Read More

Exhibition to showcase visions of landscapes

The landscapes John Folsom portrays do not exist in nature, but rather in the mind's eye, and in the province of emotion. "It's bringing this other level of expressive intuition to the work and creating something fictional," says the mixed-media artist, who melds photography and painting ... Read More