Join us Thurs., Nov. 1, 5:30 – 7:30 pm for Greg Tavares signing his new book Improv for Everyone. Co-founder of Theatre 99 and the local improv troupe The Have Nots!, Greg has been teaching improv for over ten years and to over 500 classes. In an interview, he compares learning improv to learning a […]
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David Porter signs In the Shade of the Mango Tree
Friday, October 5, 2012
Thurs., Oct. 18, 5 – 7pm, author David Porter will be singing copies of his first novel, In the Shade of the Mango Tree (226 pgs, pb., $20). A globe-trotting crime novel, the book follows a retired Communications professor and a former Navy Special Operations officer as they, with the help of a Lebanese ex-pat […]
David St. John and Anna Journey at the Poetry Society of South Carolina
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Fri., Oct. 12, 7 pm, California poets David St. John and Anna Journey will speak and read selections of their work at the Poetry Society of South Carolina, 164 King St. The writers of more than ten collections of poetry, David St. John is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation […]
Storytelling with Hawk Hurst
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Thurs., Oct. 4, 5 – 7, storyteller and Native American-style flute maker and player Hawk Hurst will be reading and signing copies of his educational children’s book The Way of the Forest. The book follows two tribe members on their search for a solution to their ecological woes. Hawk has been crafting flutes for over […]
OK Corral
Saturday, September 22, 2012
South Carolina’s first on-street bike corral was installed this week in front of the store. Thanks to the City of Charleston Planning Dept., the Civic Design Center, Charleston Moves and many others who’ve worked towards this for more than two years. The corral replaces the 15-min. parking meter, which was little used, except by confused […]
Dirt Candy Release Party
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Chef Amanda Cohen and her husband and co-author, Charleston’s own Grady Hendrix, will sign copies of their unique graphic novel cookbook, Dirty Candy: A Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, 2012, pb. 224 pp, $19.95), Sun. Oct. 14, 3 – 6 pm, Square Onion, 18 Resolute Lane in I’on, Mt. Pleasant. Dirt Candy: A Cookbook, emerged from the […]
Keven Eberle signs A History of Charleston’s Hampton Park
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Join us Wed., Sept. 26, 4:30 – 6:30 for the release of Kevin Eberle’s new book A History of Charleston’s Hampton Park. Beginning more than three hundred years ago, the book chronicles the park’s growth through early plantation life, Revolutionary War battles, horse racing, the Civil War, professional baseball, a zoo, and a disco. Eberle, […]
Editor Curtis Worthington signs Literary Charleston & the Lowcountry
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Join us Thurs., Sept. 27, 5 – 7 pm, as Curtis Worthington signs copies of his anthology Literary Charleston and the Lowcountry (Trinity University Press, pb., 321 pp., $16.95). Literary Charleston is a fascinating collection of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by 34 different local and internationally acclaimed authors. Local literary heavyweights like Pat Conroy and […]
Neil Gaiman and The Unchained Tour Visit Charleston!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of The Sandman comic books and the novels Coraline and American Gods, will perform at the Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St., 8 pm, Fri., Sept. 21, 2012, as part of the Unchained Tour, a group of storytelling writers. Riding around in a 1972 Bluebird bus,the Unchained raconteurs are touring North […]
Clay Rice Returns to Blue Bicycle, Sept. 5!
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Renowned silhouette artist Clay Rice is returning to Blue Bike to cut personal silhouettes and sign copies of his book The Lonely Shadow (Joggling Board, hb., $19.95) on Wed., Sept. 5, 3 – 6 pm. Taught by his grandfather Carew, Clay Rice is a 21st century folk artist and a Lowcountry treasure. Watching him cut […]