Park(ing) Day in downtown Charleston

How much space do you think those metered parking spaces downtown take up?  How much space in any city is ceded to cars and their needs, instead of people and THEIR needs?  On September 19, you can catch a glimpse of what those parking spaces could become, if only we citizens would work together to [...]

Updated: North Charleston Play Fest Schedule

We just got the latest schedule for the N. Chas. Play Fest (Mixson’s a sponsor), from Mary Gould of South of Broadway - and whether you’re a dedicated writer, avid spectator, fervent reader, or even a lover of fun food and drink (check out the Oscar Wilde martini bar at The Chart!) there is something [...]

North Charleston Play Fest!

Play as in theater, that is - for the last three Saturdays in September, South of Broadway Theatre Company, together with the Old North Charleston Merchants’ Association, will host the first annual North Charleston Playwrights Festival. Mary Gould, who heads up South of Broadway (which also has an amazing program called Summer in the [...]

Charleston Poets in North Charleston

Many of you may have come to the weekly open mic events at Kudu and East Bay Coffee House, hosted by Charleston Poets, but did you know they have an event in North Charleston too?  It’s the last Friday of each month at Sonia’s Manila Grill and Lounge, at 3381 Ashley Phosphate Rd.  Open mics don’t work all that well [...]

Help plan “The Promenade”

You can still make the last day of presentations on proposed projects to redevelop the old Romney St. landfill into a downtown arts district: from 9:00 am to 11:30 am there will be an open house, and the public presentation will run from 11:30 to 12:30. The event will be held at the Charleston [...]

Critical Mass in Charleston

Critical Mass is a world-wide bicycling movement that started in San Francisco in 1992, in which bicyclists gather together regularly for community rides around their cities. We’re lucky enough to have one here in Charleston, SC, which meets the last Friday of every month at 5:30 in Cannon Park, downtown (at Calhoun [...]

Morris Square Party at the Piazza

Last night, June 30, the Morris Square and I’On Group community got together to celebrate the completion - and dedication to the City of Charleston - of the piazza and Morris Square’s park, Simonton Park. It was a beautiful evening, with excellent food from Bohicket Barbecue, incredible musical entertainment from Leah Suarez, and gorgeous [...]

Charleston Summer Disc Golf Tour

This summer, starting on July 12 and ending August 16, the Charleston Dept. of Recreation is holding a disc golf tournament! So come on out - Frisbee enthusiasts, hackeysackers, natural athletes, general sports lovers, and people who think disc golf is a hippie sport but it looks fun anyway - and register by e-mailing [...]

Mixson - Green Drinks Charleston Throw Their First Party

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See photos from Jason Cronen here.
Mixson’s inaugural street party, thrown in conjunction with Green Drinks Charleston, was a major success, with people coming from all over the Charleston area to talk green, drink green (local organic beer from Coast) and be [...]

Mixson’s Dog Park is officially open!

Saturday, May 10th saw the bounding, bouncing entrance of about 50 dogs to Mixson’s brand new dog park, and WOW was it a fun time! There were labs, basset hounds, golden retrievers, mutts galore - plus a litter of seven or eight puppies! Jennifer, one of Mixson’s agents, kept a kiddie pool full [...]