Sanford's struggle to inject responsibility into a reckless ... Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 43 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - Among voters, there are few true moderates in American politics. While conservatives typically want drastic cuts in government and liberals typically want drastic expansions, even self-described moderates are usually open to any daring new idea that might pose a challenge to a status quo that everyone seems eternally unhappy with. By Jack Hunter....
RESTAURANT REVIEW | Six Tables | No Rush: Six Tables lets diners ... Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 43 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - Six Tables is a small restaurant that fills a unique niche in Charleston's restaurant scene. Its stated goal is to recreate the lost art of fine dining. If you take that to mean an elegant, relaxing setting for a meal to remember, it succeeds remarkably. By Robert Moss....
For its sixth year, the Charleston Comedy Festival exposes itself | ... Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 44 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - Now in its sixth year, the Charleston Comedy Festival has grown from a one-night, all-local showcase into an extended smattering of the nation's best, most cutting-edge stand-ups, sketch acts, and improv groups. By Stratton Lawrence....
A look at the local band scene and what's to come | 2009: The Year in ... Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 45 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - Here we are at the end of a tumultuous and exciting year in the local music scene, and at the beginning of a new series of adventures and misadventures. This music department is looking forward to a memorable 2009. What's in store? This list of carefully-considered predictions may help prepare you. All of these predictions will come true. Just wait and see. By T. Ballard Lesemann....
Spoleto lineup, Cookie Washington, Charleston Arts Coalition, Theatre ... Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 45 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - The stand-out thus far is a "punk cabaret operetta" called Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century. It's a collaboration between director Jay Scheib and the World/Inferno Friendship Society, whose New Yorker frontman Jack Terricloth leads a nine-piece band in front of an array of videos. The other opera is Gustave Charpentier's Louise, about a young French girl's desire for freedom. By John Stoehr....
Seeing through the bull | Resolutions we won't keep this year Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 45 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - The New Year is here, and it's time to look ahead with a renewed sense of purpose and optimism. It's time to finally get it all together and do the right thing. It's time to lose weight, eat healthy, and quit texting while driving. Or at least that's what we tell ourselves. Truth be told, nobody really keeps their New Year's resolutions. Throughout human history, no one has ever done it. No lie. So in the spirit of being honest, here are a few resolutions that we won't be keeping in 2009....
How we broke from Europe in Painters of American Life | Henri, the ... Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 46 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - Take the art scene of the early 1900s. American Impressionism was all the rage, taking its cue from French artists like Monet and Manet. These painters had waged their own rebellion in the 1860s, risking ridicule by showing in Paris' Salon des Refusés. Fifty years later, however, America's accepted style of loose brushstrokes and bright colors was getting old fast; as early as 1895, painter Robert Henri regarded it as a "new academicism." By Nick Smith....
LOCAL ACT | The Specs | Long Sessions, Late Nights: The Specs were ... Found: 1 Day 21 Hours 48 Minutes ago Charleston City Paper - An elegant blend of gorgeous pop and cleverly orchestrated guitar-rock, The Specs' newly-released, self-titled album has already foxed many listeners in town. In some spots, the local quartet resemble a gang of pastoral alchemists, conversant with the sounds of Brian Eno, U2, Elliot Smith, and Echo & the Bunnymen. In other moments, they bounce off the bombast of the loudest songs Queen, Sonic Youth, Guided by Voices, and Mission of Burma ever attempted. By T. Ballard Lesemann....
