Best of Charleston
Culture, Arts & Entertainment
Readers' Picks
- Local Theater Company
Theatre 99 - Piccolo or Spoleto Show
Don John - Play of 2009 (non-Spoleto)
A Flea in Her Ear - Cultural Event
Kulture Klash - Movie Theater
Cinebarre - Local Actor
Rodney Lee Rogers - Local Actress
Sharon Graci - Local Comic
Andy Livengood - Local Author
Pat Conroy
- Museum
Gibbes Museum of Art - Art Gallery
Robert Lange Studios - Art Gallery Show
Aldwyth: work v. / work n. - Local Visual Artist
Nathan Durfee - Music Concert of 2009
Kings of Leon - Rock Music Club
Music Farm - Jazz & Blues Club
Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ - Local Band
The Plainfield Project - Cover Band
PlaneJane
- Jazz Band
Quentin Baxter Jazz Ensemble - Musician
Darius Rucker - Female Vocalist
Cary Ann Hearst - Male Vocalist
Ben Fagan - Karaoke Night
Island Bar & Grill - Club DJ
DJ Moo Moo - Stage Show
Bizarro Burlesque - Hip Hop Club
Kush Lounge - Local Hip Hop Artist
Righchus
Critics' Picks
- New Digs
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art - New Local Venue
Eye Level Art - Hipster Hangout
Outer Space - Use of 22 Eyeballs and One Asshole
Aldwyth: Work v. / Work n. - Renovation
Dock Street Theatre - Guerrilla Gallery
Margo Kaufman - Hard-Working Gallery
SCOOP Studios - Real-Life Superhero
Stacy Pearsall - Artist to Get Big Screen Treatment
Tim Hussey - Soccer Player Turned Artist
Ben Hollingsworth - Kid Who Played with Bugs Done Good
Ben Timpson - Punky Philanthropists
Sht! and Badjon - New Entertainment Trend
Burlesque - Actor’s Revenge
Treeligion - Multiple Orgasms
William Haden - Dog Boy
Addison Dent - Chance to Have a Twilight Saga of Our Own
Beautiful Creatures - Mother-Daughter Writing Team
Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor - New Rogues
Assorted Rogues - New Young Actor
Braeden Reed - Local Filmmaker to Luck Out with a Screening at Sundance
John Patton Ford
- Place to Catch a Film on a Saturday Night
The new home of the Olde North Charleston Talking Picture House - New Music Video Makers
Movable Type Pictures - New Lobby
The North Charleston Performing Arts Center - Place to Get Your Face Melted
Oasis Bar & Grill - Sign that the Charleston Music Scene Is on the Rise
Barn Jam at Awendaw Green - New DJ Supergroup
Electric Friends - Spur-of-the-Moment Show
Band of Horses at Music Farm - Conductor
Charlton Singleton with The Charleston Jazz Orchestra - All-Around Venue
Pour House - Wishes that Didn't Come True
Plum Elements - Much-Needed Expansion
Robert Lange Studios - Place to Buy Gig Posters
16 Penny Gallery - Way to Take a Trip to India
Yve Assad's photos - Mushroom Man
Carl Janes - Play with Folks in their Skivvies
Love's Fire, College of Charleston - Theater Crash Course
24-Hour Plays - Way to Meet Your Underground Neighbors
City of the Silent - Tagline for a Book
"Jesus Walked on Water. Nab Jones Ran On It. - Trend We'd Like to See Continue
Stand Up at dance clubs and bars - Formerly Local Comedian to Get a Show on Sirius Radio
Kenny Z - Way to Get Shaken and Stirred
CSO Bond concert
- Place to See Celebrities Next to Sea Life
Dear John premiere, Jan. 24, 2010 - Digital Prodigal
Nafees Bin Zafar - Western Featuring David Carradine Shot in Summerville
All Hell Broke Loose - Way to Celebrate the Opening of the Peninsula's Only Movie Theater
30 hours of Star Trek - Place to Catch a Flick in the Middle of the Parking Lot
Cinebarre - Unexpected Premiere at the Terrace Hippodrome
Bronson - Way to Get Decapitated by a Ceiling Fan
Eight Graves - Radiohead Cover by a Bluegrass Band
The Punch Bros., Spoleto Festival USA 2009 - Rock Concert in a Movie Theater
Leslie at the Terrace Theatre, Oct. 16, 2009 - Ukulele Concert
Jake Shimabukuro at The Cistern, May 30, 2009 - Jazz Series
Upstairs at Mistral by the Jazz Artists of Charleston - Radio Jingle in the History of Mankind
"Hoover Country" - In-Store Concert Venue
Monster Movies & Music - Actual Guttermouth
Guttermouth - Zeppelin Cover
The Opposite of a Train at Memminger Auditorium, Feb. 2, 2010 - Shag Night
Anything hosted by Jim Bowers - Barely-Attended Outdoor Concert
ShineFest 2009 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Stadium - Country/Dance Musician Since Rednex
TEX! - Rockumentary
The Next Big Hootie - Gathering of Tribes
Beatles vs. Stones at The Tin Roof, Sept. 13, 2009 - Yuppie Gathering
ShemDig, Spring 2009
- Burbage’s sale in the works1 comment
- Gearing up for a sober summer on Folly Beach7 comments
- City Council considers requiring bar security to patrol sidewalks, parking lots9 comments
- Late Night law would force bar owners to create powerless police force, endanger lives18 comments
- Mr. Sanford goes (back) to Washington1 comment
- Clean energy activists to join Saturday for "Hands Across the Sand"1 comment
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Charleston Bakery
Web site advertising, sign on door, and telephone message says hours are 7 AM to… -Jim McKelvey
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Chopsticks House
This is truly the tastiest Chinese food in recent memory. After 10 years living near… -drval
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Phuong Restaurant
Yes! -Paul Cheney
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Novel.
Designer Vintage Inspired Clothing....not that unclear! All seem to be beautiful from the photos provided....interesting… -leveta
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Cha Cha's Tequila Bar
Cha Cha's is a creeper. You can walk in to this lost strip mall joint… -Frugal Gourmet
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Weekend Round-Up: Fes-tea-val Season
The best events in Charleston May 17-19
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School of the Arts tweet exposes Charleston County Schools' hypocrisy
When the Tweet Hits the Fan
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City Council considers requiring bar security to patrol sidewalks, parking lots
You Don’t Have to Go Home But You Can’t Stay Here
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New lofts in East Central could fill in the cracks of development
Hipster Haven
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Republic Reign touches down like a fabulously stylish mothership on King Street
It Has Arrived
