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TODAY'S
FOCUS
Wine and food are great, and so is the support of local causes
By ANGEL PASSAILAIGUE POSTELL
Executive director, BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival
Special to CharlestonCurrents.com
FEB.
4, 2010 -- In just five years, the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food
Festival has raised over $130,000 for area charitable initiatives.
This includes over $70,000 to MUSC for the Children's Hospital and
Juvenile Diabetes Research Center and $60,000 for scholarships at
area colleges. As one of the organization's initial goals, it is
something to celebrate.
Postell |
In
2009, the festival launched an application process to select the
designated signature charities for the 2010 festival. Over a dozen
of Charleston's top nonprofit organizations applied, and after thorough
interviews of six finalists, Louie's Kids and Slow Food Charleston
were selected as the recipients.
Louie's
Kids
Anyone
who has not met Louis Yuhasz is missing out. Yuhasz exemplifies
passion and has spent his adult life working to ensure his father's
tragedy would not become that of others. Yuhasz father, Louie, died
in 2002 of complications after a stroke, mostly because he was morbidly
obesity (weighing over 550 pounds). Since that time, Louis founded
Louie's Kids
in his father's honor to help children fight obesity. What started
out as an organization funding summer camp scholarships for obese
children to attend specialized wellness and weight loss camps has
now turned into year-round programs in area Title One schools. One
girl has lost 64 pounds and helped her family make significant changes
as well. Yuhasz would like the funds received from the festival
to start new programs in North Charleston schools.
What:
BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival.
When: March 4-March 7.
Tickets/event schedules: Click
here
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Slow
Food Charleston
Carole
Addlestone is leading the effort for people to "slow"
down and appreciate the "fresher" things in life. Under
her leadership,
Slow Food Charleston is now an extremely active and organized
chapter with monthly programming and community outreach. Slow Food
Charleston is working hard to motivate people to support their local
farmers and restaurants that serve seasonal foods from the Lowcountry.
Slow Food has established a school-garden partner, the Charleston
Area Children's Garden Project, in order to financially support
hands-on, student-driven organic gardens in the Charleston area.
These outdoor classrooms educate students about growing and preparing
real food, as well as taking responsibility for their own health.
With the festival's support, Slow Food Charleston will foster this
education by financially assisting another garden at Stono Park
Elementary School in West Ashley this spring. Proceeds from the
festival will also provide scholarships to chefs and farmers to
attend Terra Madre, the biennial Slow Food event in Italy.
The
most exciting thing about these two organizations being selected
is their new-found connection and partnership. "We have really
enjoyed working together and are now collaborating on so many projects
that are making Charleston a better place to live," Yuhasz
says.
Wine
+ Food Festival attendees can help support these charitable initiatives
in a number of ways. The easiest and most rewarding is bidding on
amazing auction items at the various silent auctions inside the
Culinary Village's Signature Charity Tent or at the various "Main
Events." On Feb. 19, you will also be able to
log on to our Web site and visit the Culinary Village/Live Auction
page to bid on items like Rachael Ray show tickets, a trip to New
Orleans, and murals created by David Boatwright and the School of
the Arts. The online auction will end at 8 p.m. on March 7 during
the festival's BBQ, Blues & Brew event.
Other
ways to donate and support the charitable efforts include providing
direct donations at the Signature Charity Tent or online at "donate
now."
CURRENTS
MSNBC
to look at local businesswoman's sweet success
By
ANN THRASH, editor
FEB.
4, 2010 -- We've all heard our share about how the giants of American
business have been affected by the economic crisis. This weekend,
a nationally known business TV show will turn to a small-business
owner in Charleston for advice on how she has weathered the storm.
Thrash |
Judith
Moore and her Charleston Cookie Company will be featured nationwide
on MSNBC's "Your Business," which regularly looks at American
entrepreneurs and what they do to thrive - and, in the financial
upheavals of recent years, how they survive. The show will air at
7:30 a.m. Sunday, with a rebroadcast on Feb. 13 at 5:30 a.m. (MSNBC
on Comcast is channel 31.) You'll also be able to check out the
show online at http://www.yourbiztv.com
after it airs.
Moore
says the show was filmed back in November. "Basically they
asked about how we were coping with the economic downturn, not just
how we were getting through it but how it was affecting us in terms
of planning for the business," Moore says.
A
producer of the show sent Moore an e-mail recently saying that the
segment on Charleston Cookie Company is the "launching point"
for a conversation with two experts who will discuss a transition
Moore herself has made successfully: shifting business from retail
to wholesale. A promo at the show's
Web site shows Moore and some of the company's fabulous cookies,
and host JJ Ramberg says, "We'll tell you when this entrepreneur
knew it was time to expand her cookie marketing to the masses."
Charleston
Cookie Company is in its sixth year of business, operating out of
a bakery at 1750 Signal Point Road on James Island. The company
has garnered all sorts of honors, including being named a Blue Ribbon
Small Business of the Year in 2008 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce named it Small Business
of the Month in August 2005, and the company was nominated for the
chamber's Small Business of the Year honor in 2006.
Moore |
Moore,
who'd been a "hobby baker" all her life, came up with
the idea for the company back in 2001 as the result of a two-month-long
quest to find the perfect recipe for chocolate chip cookies. After
testing every recipe she could get her hands on, Moore still wasn't
satisfied - she didn't have exactly the kind of cookie she was looking
for. So she decided to start truly from scratch, taking a basic
butter-cookie recipe and tinkering until she made the cookies her
own.
Obviously,
the response was great. Moore started putting together a team, and
the business officially launched in 2003. The company has 10 cookie
varieties - the signature pecan chocolate chip cookies that started
the whole enterprise, as well as varieties such as peanut butter,
oatmeal golden raisin, double fudge chip, and gingerbread. You can
also get seasonal treats such as "Whoopie for Valentine's Day!"
cookies - two double fudge chocolate chip cookies sandwiched together
with buttercream frosting, then rolled in tiny sugar hearts.
Currently
the store sells its cookies, brownies and other yumminess online
at http://www.charlestoncookie.com
and by phone at 762-4185. And if you wonder whether big-time exposure
like the MSNBC show has gone to Moore's head, fear not - she's likely
be to the one who cheerily answers the phone when you call.
Ann
Thrash is editor of Charleston Currents. She can be reached at:
editor@charlestoncurrents.com.
FEEDBACK
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was 'right on' in column about Bauer remarks
To
the editor:
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read your
article about Andre (Bauer). Right on! Thanks for putting it
so eloquently!
--
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BUSINESS
INDIGO
CPA offers
businesses advice on working with Boeing
By
PETER D. LUCASH, contributing editor
The
economic development folks have been working overtime to justify
the mammoth tax spending to support Boeing building a 787 assembly
plant in North Charleston. Boeing needed a large chunk of land next
to an airport, and we happen to have that (there are very few such
places in this country).
Lucash |
Now,
of course, every business is panting at the thought that Boeing
will rain riches on the land. But are you ready for prime time?
Ready to work with not only Boeing, but the critical suppliers who
will be located within short range of the plant? Charleston based
consultant and CPA Andra Watkins (Positus) has some reasoned advice
for companies. See this site: http://posituspoints.wordpress.com.
Update:
Charleston Co-working Group launches
As
noted here recently, while coffee shops have been a favorite haunt
to get out and be around people, Ken Hawkins (The Digitel) and Chrys
Rynearson took the lead (with lots of help) in organizing the Charleston
Co-working Group, a social gathering of a group of people who work
independently. The first gatherings have been held at Rehava, 5060
International Blvd in N. Charleston, above Starbucks from 10 a.m.
to 8-ish p.m. - come as you can. There is a high-speed Internet
connection. The cost is $10 to help cover expenses. In one or two
months, the gatherings will move to space in Park Circle provided
by the city of North Charleston. Get more info and see an introduction
video at and listen
to a podcast of the wrap-up discussion yesterday on ChucktownDeals.
FastTrac
reaches a milestone: 1,000th graduate
FastTracSC
reached a statewide milestone by celebrating its 1,000th graduate
at a luncheon in Columbia last week. The FastTrac entrepreneurial
training programs was developed by the Kauffman Foundation to provide
aspiring and existing entrepreneurs business insights, leadership
skills and professional networking connections. For more information
on becoming involved in the FastTrac program, contact Mary Dickerson
at 805-3089 or mdickerson@charlestonchamber.org.
Peter
Lucash is a Charleston-based businessman who runs Digital
CPE, a training, consulting and information media company that
works to improve the business management of organizations. You can
read and subscribe to the full edition of the Business
Indigo blog here.
GOOD
NEWS
Two
state sites make list of South's endangered areas
A
South Carolina site that made a 2009 list of "Top 10 Endangered
Areas in the South" is now safe enough that it didn't make
the new 2010 list - but two other state sites have taken its place.
The list is put out annually by the Southern Environmental Law Center,
the largest environmental advocacy organization dedicated solely
to protecting the Southeast. It includes ten places in the region
that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2010,"
the SELC says.
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The
Palmetto State sites on the new list, released Feb. 1, are freshwater
wetlands on the Pine Hill tract near Charleston, and the Catawba-Wateree
Basin. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly determined
that the Pine Hill tract northwest of Charleston falls outside the
scope of Clean Water Act protection," according to the SELC.
"If allowed to stand, this ruling would put thousands of acres
of wetlands and hundreds of miles of streams in the state's coastal
plain at risk of development or destruction." Threats to the
Catawba-Wateree Basin, the organization says, "include a low-flow
scheme for hydroelectric dams that would restrict the flow of water
essential to a healthy river system, and the lack of an overarching
and coherent plan to protect the ecological integrity of the river
from over allocation."
The
success story from last year's list concerned the Great Pee Dee
River. The SELC says the river was saved when Santee Cooper suspended
its plans for "an old-style, coal-fired plant which would have
pumped out more than 10 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide
each year, as well as toxic mercury pollution and other harmful
emissions."
Jeff
Gleason, SELC's deputy director, says that in the Carolinas, Virginia,
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, common threats to the environment
include uncontrolled growth, flawed energy policy, and lax environmental
enforcement, particularly concerning the region's heavy reliance
on coal to produce electricity. For a full list of endangered sites,
go to http://www.southernenvironment.org/topten_2010.
Gala
concert planned for reopening of Dock Street Theatre
After
three years of renovations, the historic Dock Street Theatre will
open to the community again during a gala concert on April 1. Spoleto
Festival USA will sponsor the event, which will feature both emerging
and internationally known artists.
Among
the performances, Geoff Nuttall, the festival's director of chamber
music, will be joined by other chamber musicians for the performance
of a new work commissioned for the occasion from Jonathan Berger,
the festival's chamber music composer-in-residence. Guests will
also get a sneak preview of the upcoming festival production of
"Flora," a ballad opera that was first seen at the Dock
Street Theatre in 1736. Actress Heather Gillespie, one of the stars
of the 1999 festival production of Dubose Heyward's "Mamba's
Daughters," will perform Heyward's prologue to "The Recruiting
Officer"; Heyward wrote the prologue for the reopening of the
Dock Street after a renovation in 1937.
A
champagne reception will begin at 6 p.m., and guests will have time
to explore the restored public spaces before the concert starts
at 7 p.m. A seated dinner will be held after the performance. Tickets
are $250 for champagne and the concert; $500 for above plus the
dinner; and $1,000 for the champagne reception, premium concert
seating, and dinner on stage with the evening's featured artists.
Call 579-3100 or buy online at http://www.spoletousa.org.
Salvation
Army asks Blackbaud for help with Haiti donations
Daniel
Island-based Blackbaud is partnering with the Salvation Army World
Service Office to power its Haiti relief online fundraising efforts.
The site is processing donations at https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org.
The
Salvation Army has had a presence in Haiti since 1950 and currently
operates schools, clinics, a hospital, feeding programs, children's
homes and church-related activities spread across two major facilities
in Port au Prince, close to the epicenter of the earthquake. Because
of the tremendous worldwide response to the disaster, the Salvation
Army asked Blackbaud was help handle the surge of donations coming
in online.
"Blackbaud's
rapid response helped us get our Haiti relief site up and running
in a matter of hours, with no disruption to our fundraising efforts,"
said Major George Hood, the agency's national community relations
secretary. To date, the organization has received $8.7 million in
donations for the relief effort, and has delivered food, water and
other emergency supplies, to assist in the recovery. The organization
has sent more than 350,000 meals to the country, along with a number
of disaster teams.
More:
Visit the Salvation Army's
blog or click
here to make a donation to the relief efforts.
Patriots
Point to hold open house on plans for future
The
Patriots Point Development Authority will hold an open house next
week to hear from the public about its ideas and expectations on
the future of the naval and maritime museum complex.
Members
of the community can offer their thoughts and input on the Patriots
Point Master Plan from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at Mount Pleasant
Memorial Waterfront Park at the base of the Ravenel Bridge. The
meeting will take place in the Cooper River Room.
RECOMMENDED
Nathanael
Greene, by Gerald Carbone
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Historian
David McCullough said in a speech to a North Carolina audience in
2006 that he considered Gen. Nathanael Greene to be the most brilliant
strategist for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Suckered
in by this intriguing comment on a podcast, I picked up reporter
Gerald Carbone's acclaimed 2008 biography, "Nathanael Greene:
A Biography of the American Revolution." It was well worth
it. Carbone described how Greene, an asthmatic with a limp who most
today would probably ignore as "leadership material,"
was a natural leader who took over the command of America's Southern
Army in late 1780. Then he turned a ragged bunch of militia and
soldiers into a fighting force that outwitted and outmaneuvered
the better-trained and larger British army. Greene's strategic engagement
and disengagement with the British guided Lord Cornwallis to Yorktown
and the eventual British surrender. Carbone's book is lively, entertaining
and filled with a history about how the South's involvement in the
war was crucial to the colonies becoming an independent country.
--
Andy Brack
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SC
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Asparagus
Asparagus
was an important cash crop in South Carolina from the 1910s until
the mid-1930s. Commercial asparagus production began in response
to the "cotton problem." With cotton prices low and the
boll weevil creeping ever closer, farmers in the "Ridge"
counties of Aiken, Edgefield, and Saluda began planting asparagus
to supplement their dwindling cotton incomes. By 1916 Ridge farmers
had organized an Asparagus Growers Association and shipped forty-four
railroad carloads of asparagus to northern markets. High food prices
during World War I helped to spread asparagus culture. Soon the
neighboring counties of Barnwell and Orangeburg were shipping asparagus
as well. The most intensive culture area centered around Elko and
Williston.
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Asparagus
continued to gain ground after World War I. By 1923 South Carolina
was shipping hundreds of carloads of asparagus yearly and ranked
among the top five asparagus-producing states. Asparagus culture
required patience, and sometimes growers did not turn a profit until
the third year. Although not a quick moneymaker, asparagus offered
substantial returns to the patient grower. By the late 1920s some
asparagus growers were earning as much as $180 per acre, about four
times the value of cotton.
Asparagus
culture declined during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Adverse
weather and weakening markets undermined the crop in the Palmetto
State. Ultimately, South Carolina's market share was absorbed by
California and Florida, and peach orchards rose where cotton and
asparagus once flourished.
--
Excerpted from the entry by Becky Walton. To
read more about this or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina,
check out The South Carolina Encyclopedia by USC Press. (Information
used by permission.) To
read more about this or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina,
check out The
South Carolina Encyclopedia by USC Press. (Information used
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Sweet Cupcake
deal
Here's some
delicious news: From Feb. 12 through Feb. 14, Cupcake
stores in Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Columbia will donate 10
percent of proceeds on sales of their cupcakes and heart cakes to
the American Red Cross for relief efforts in Haiti. Owner Kristin
Kuhlke says the stores will also donate 10 percent of the proceeds
from heart-cake sales all month long. Kuhlke gave us this list of
the stores' six best-selling cupcakes. Check
them out online or at the local stores -- 433 King St. downtown
or Belle Hall Shopping Center off Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant.
- Red Velvet
Cupcake: Southern red velvet cake topped with cream cheese
icing.
- Black
and White Cupcake: Dark chocolate cake with vanilla bean buttercream
icing.
- Black
Bottom Cupcake: Chocolate
cake with chocolate chip cheesecake baked inside and topped with
cream cheese icing.
- Carrot
Cupcake:
Moist carrot cake with chopped nuts, pineapple and cream cheese
icing (no raisins).
- Death
by Chocolate Cupcake:
Chocolate cake with chocolate chips topped with chocolate buttercream
icing, dipped in chocolate ganache with more chips on top.
- Chocolate
Peanut Butter Cupcake: Dark chocolate cake topped with a creamy
peanut butter icing with a Reese's cup.
QUOTE
On
opportunity
"Opportunity
is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks
like work."
-- Thomas
Alva Edison, American inventor (1847-1931)
CALENDAR:
THIS WEEK
Art-Collecting
Advice: 6 p.m. Feb. 4, Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting
St., downtown. Barbara Guggenheim, an author and art consultant,
will give a talk titled "How the Art World Works: New Twists
on the World's Second Oldest Profession." A reception will
follow the talk. Tickets: $10 museum members, $20 nonmembers. Advance
purchase required; buy
online through Jan. 29 or call the Gibbes, 722-2706, ext. 22.
(NEW)
Charter
First Friday: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Feb. 5, Orange Grove Elementary
Charter School, 1225 Orange Branch Road. New program that seeks
to raise awareness about public charter schools and the charter
school movement in the state. Families can get a school tour and
take part in a Q&A session with principal Larry DiCenzo and
S.C. Association of Public Charter Schools Executive Director Mary
Carmichael. Details/registration: 743-6406.
Workshop
for Nonprofits:
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 5, First Federal Corporate Center,
Mall Drive, North Charleston. Part of a free series of luncheons
for nonprofits. Topic: "Social Media Basics 101: How Nonprofits
are Using Social Media." Tina Arnoldi, director of information
management at Coastal Community Foundation, will talk about how
the organization got started with social media and what's worked
along the way. RSVP by Feb. 3 by contacting Lynn Greer, lgreer@firstfederal.com
or 529-5940.
Artist's
Visit: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 5, Carolina Galleries, 106-A
Church St., downtown. Artist P. Smallwood will attend a special
opening of his watercolor paintings inspired by Charleston and the
rural region around it. Smallwood will give a talk at 6:30 p.m.
discussing his process as an artist and what inspires him. More
information.
CALENDAR:
ONGOING AND SOON
Gourmet
Wild Game Dinner: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, Halls Chophouse,
434 King St., downtown. One of several new events associated with
the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. Five-course dinner with wine
pairings. Menu includes local oysters, quail, bison ribeye and more.
Cost: $115/person. Tickets: Buy
online or phone 723-1748.
Women
in Business Conference: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 12, Charleston
Marriott. The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Center
for Women will present the conference, which focuses on integrating
female business professionals into mainstream networks and expanding
their business opportunities by providing access to successful business
leaders in the region. Cost: $75 for chamber or Center for Women
members; $100 for nonmembers. Registration:
Online.
An
Evening with Jack Hanna: 7 p.m. Feb. 12, South Carolina
Aquarium, 100 Aquarium Wharf, downtown. Spend an evening with animal
expert Jack Hanna during his visit to the Lowcountry for the Southeastern
Wildlife Exposition. Guests will be able to meet Hanna, enjoy hors
d'oeuvres and cocktails, and hear stories about his animal adventures
around the world. Cost: $85 per person ($75 for aquarium members,
who can order by calling 723-1748 and giving their member number).
More info: Online
or 723-1748.
Birds
of Prey Brunch: 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 13, Francis Marion
Hotel, corner of King and Calhoun streets, downtown. Jim Elliott,
executive director of the Center for Birds of Prey, will show off
some of his feathered friends in this new event, which is part of
the Southeastern Wildlife Expo. Hearty buffet-style brunch includes
coffee, tea, juice, and bottomless mimosas and Bloody Marys. $42
per person; tickets may also be purchased at the door. Tickets:
Online or 723-1748.
SEWE
Cooking Classes: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 14, Charleston
Cooks, 194 East Bay St., downtown. A new feature of the Southeastern
Wildlife Exposition calendar. The hands-on cooking class will give
participants a chance to prepare fish and wild game, then enjoy
the food prepared in class along with a glass of wine. Cost: $75
per person. Tickets: Online
or 723-1748.
(NEW)
Third
Thursday: Feb. 18, downtown Summerville. The monthly
Third Thursday promotion in historic Flower Town has a February
theme of "Fall in Love with Downtown Summerville." Stores
will be open until 8 p.m. for shopping and strolling, and restaurants
will be offering dinner. More info: Online
or 821-7260.
ABWA
Game Night: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 22, Holiday Inn Express,
120 Holiday Drive, Summerville. The American Business Women's Association's
Jessamine Chapter of Summerville will hold a game night fundraiser
and silent auction to benefit women's scholarships. Open to the
public. Guests are invited to bring their favorite game and/or team.
Prizes, food and beverages provided. Cost: $10 ticket donation.
Reservations requested. Contact Shirlie
Taylor, 873-6769 or get
tickets online.
(NEW)
Arts
in Crisis Tour: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Feb. 23, Recital Hall,
Simons Center at the College of Charleston. Michael Kaiser, president
of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., chose Charleston for
his only South Carolina stop on his 50-state Arts in Crisis Tour.
He will speak about current challenges and opportunities for arts
organizations. The Charleston Concert Association is hosting the
program in partnership with the S.C. Arts Commission, the City of
Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, and the College of Charleston
School of the Arts. Free and open to the public, but advance registration
is required; e-mail or call
727-1216.
Amuse
Bouche: 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 26, Halsey Institute
of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, 161 Calhoun St. The
event, the unofficial kickoff of the BB&T Charleston Wine +
Food Festival, benefits the Lowcountry Food Bank's Kids Café
and Backpack Buddies Programs and the Halsey Institute. Jim 'N Nick's
Bar-B-Q will "Pork from Around the World" tastings, and
Whole Foods will offer an open wine bar. Cost: $20 per person at
the door; RSVP no later than Feb. 24 to 747-8146 or mcoombes@lcfbank.org.
House
& Garden Tours: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. April 9 and April
10, downtown Charleston. The Garden Club of Charleston offers
its 75th annual walking tour of private homes and gardens in the
Historic District. Homes also feature flowers arranged by garden
club members, and refreshments will be served in one of the gardens.
All proceeds benefit the garden club's year-round maintenance of
several public gardens, including those at the Manigault House,
the Heyward-Washington House, the Gateway Walk and the Healing Garden
at MUSC. Tickets: $35. Details: http://www.thegardenclubofcharleston.org
or 530-5164.
Talk
by Christo: 5:30 p.m. April 13, Memminger Auditorium,
56 Beaufain St., downtown. Internationally known artist Christo
will visit talk about his work in a slide presentation and lecture
sponsored by the Gibbes Museum of Art. Christo and his late wife,
Jeanne-Claude, have collaborated throughout the world on large-scale
art projects using fabric, including wrapping the Pont-Neuf bridge
in Paris, the 24½-mile-long Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin
counties in California, and The Gates in New York's Central Park.
Tickets (in advance only): $25 for museum members, $35 for nonmembers,
and $15 for students (with ID); available at the Gibbes Museum Store,
by calling 722-2706, ext. 22, or online
through April 6.
FOCUS
ARCHIVES
3/11:
Whiteside:
Economic conf
3/8: Echols:
RiverDogs baseball
3/4: Martin:
Celebrating parks
3/1: Bledsoe:
Help library
2/25: Mettler:
Network policy
2/22: Arnoldi:
Chas Twestival
2/18: Fleming:
Outdoor living
2/15: McFadden:
Health savings
2/11: Tompkins:
Patriots Point
2/8: Williams:
EXECnetSC
2/4: Postell:
Wine + Food ahead
2/1: Butler:
Past Haiti effort
1/28: Bingham:
Women's conf
1/25: Slane:
New at SEWE
1/21: Franklin:
Long-term care
1/18: Lindbergh:
New school
1/14: Lahm:
Riverfront Race
1/11: Holling:
Business cards
1/7: Graham:
Chamber's agenda
1/4/10: Flinn:
Getting help
THRASH
ARCHIVES
3/4:
Green
mowers
2/25: Get
outdoors
2/18: Local
guide book for kids
2/11: Reviewing
Jenny's book
2/4: MSNBC
looks at success
1/21: Tell
Mt. Pleasant
1/14: Winter
plant tips
1/7: New
books
BRACK
ARCHIVES
3/1:
Cut
all of the cuts
2/22: A
look at summer camps
2/15: School
district Einsteins
2/8: About
mules
2/1: Bauer
should get out
1/28: Gibbs
at White House
1/25: Friend's
new show
1/18: Rockwell
painting
1/11: Palmetto
Priorities
1/4/10: Piggly
Wiggly visit
BUSINESS
INDIGO
2/4:
Advice
on working with Boeing
1/21: Co-working
group
1/7:
Free
library text questions
LIST
ARCHIVES
3/4:
Tickets
still left
3/1: Eat
& Run
2/25: RiverDogs'
auction
2/22: Recycling
bins
2/18: Designer
data
2/15: SC
Olympians
2/11: Prohibition
cocktails
2/8: Tops
for Charleston
2/4: Sweet
treats
2/1: Free
at SEWE
1/28: Artists'
gift
1/25: Sharks
at Aquarium
1/21: Church
turns 100
1/18: 3
helping Haiti
1/14: Civil
War lectures
1/11: 5
for King Day
1/7: New
at SEWE
1/4/10: Staying
warm
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