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My parents recently asked me what I wanted for Christmas. So I spent a considerable amount of time on the Internet, trying to figure that out. And then it hit me — I already have everything that I want. And more importantly, I’m working on wanting what I already have. Wouldn’t that be awesome? It’s interesting how the “reason for the season” has changed for me as I’ve matured. This year, I am just thankful to be in the company of people who show love. (But, um, if anyone wanted to give me an old-school typewriter, I wouldn’t complain ...)

Sprouts Theatre’s “Cinderella” DEC. 3-12 // 757 LONG POINT ROAD

Sprouts Children’s Theatre presents “Cinderella” on Dec. 3-12 at Creative Spark Center for the Arts, 757 Long Point Road, No. 2, Mount Pleasant. With the children sitting only five feet away from the action, there are humorous lyrics, ballads, magical effects, chase scenes and tons of audience participation. The ideal ages for these shows is 4 and up. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. “Cinderella” will be playing 7 p.m. Friday and Dec. 10, 1 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 11, 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 12, and 11 a.m. Dec. 11. Tickets are available by calling 881-3780.

Christmas Party for Camp Happy Days 7-11 P.M., SATURDAY // 56 BEAUFAIN ST.

Don’t miss the Annual Cabooty Christmas Party and Live/Silent Auction Benefiting Camp Happy Days. For more than 28 years, Camp Happy Days has offered support and encouragement to children diagnosed with cancer and their families by providing year-round programs, special events and access to crisis resources. The goal is to improve the physical, emotional and psychological health of the entire family facing pediatric cancer. The party will take place 7-11 p.m. at Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain St. Tickets are $50 and include live music by Plane Jane, open bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres. Tables and sponsorship packages are available.

To learn more about Camp Happy Days’ programs or the party, call 571-4336 or visit camphappydays.com.

All decked out in satin and lace

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t’s that time of year, that what-do-I-get-her time of year for many people.

One of the classic answers to that classic question is sleepwear or lingerie, and one of the classiest places to get such a gift in Charleston is Bits of Lace, in business for 33 years.

“This is the only location, and we ship all over the United States,” says Zee Patel, buyer and general manager for the store. “We have a lot of European lingerie and specialize in sleepwear.”

Patrons can get a fun and flirty peek at what all the fuss is about on Dec. 9, when the Bits of Lace Lingerie Fashion Show hits the onenight-only catwalk at Southend Brewery & Smokehouse.

Katie Penta, fashion show organizer and sales manager for Bits of Lace, has been gathering talent and outfits for the show. The models will be wearing fine lingerie and sleepwear from Bits of Lace, accessorized by hairstyles from Salon Couture, makeup design by EQmakeup, Bob Ellis footwear and Croghan’s jewelry.

Patel says, “This is not sleazy, not any of that stuff.

if you go WHAT: Bits of Lace Lingerie Fashion Show.

WHEN: Dec. 9. Cocktails at 6:30 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m.

WHERE: Southend Brewery & Smokehouse, 161 East Bay St. TICKETS: Available at Bits of Lace, 302 King St. COST: $15 plus a unwrapped toy to donate at the door for Debi’s Kids.

INFO: 577-0999.

The store is very tasteful, and the show will reflect that.”

The restaurant will be closed for the evening, and fashion will take over the first floor, with cocktails and treats starting at 6:30 p.m. (two beverages and hors d’oeuvres are included in the ticket price) and the show at 8 p.m. Also included with each ticket is the chance to win an Andres Italian silk robe from Bits of Lace. A raffle will be held the following Thursday at Men’s Night, Dec. 16, and the winner must be present to receive their prize.

“We are part of this community, and we felt like we needed to do something to give back connected with this show,” Patel explains.

“So that’s how we chose Debi’s Kids.”

Debi’s Kids was started

by Live 5 News anchor Debi Chard in 1993 to serve families who have no other resources for the holidays. The charity provides holiday gifts for children 12 and under, and in 2009 signed up 2,289 families, including more than 4,300 children.

The show also will serve as a fundraiser. Live 5 News reporter Nicole Johnson will emcee the event, and guests are asked to bring a toy to donate.

As far as shopping the night of the event, it’s all about the gift cards. Purchase a $200 gift card, and Bits of Lace will increase that to $250 to be used in the store. It’s all in the spirit of giving, Patel says, and who doesn’t like something satiny under the tree?

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Tonight Enjoy the Holiday Festival of Light’s movie night. Bring a chair and warm blanket to enjoy a favorite holiday film. The event is free with admission and will take place at 6 p.m. in the Winter Wonderland at the FILE/STAFF Picnic Center in James Island A basset hound gives parade-goers a smile as it County Park, 871 Riverland marches down King Street during the Christmas Drive. Call 795-4FUN.

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Sunday

The holiday tradition is better than ever as bands, floats, marchers and performers parade through downtown Charleston. The Charleston Christmas Parade begins at 2 p.m. at Calhoun and Meeting streets, and proceeds down King Street to Broad Street and Lockwood Drive.

Monday

Drop by Redux Contemporary Art Center and see visiting artist Greg Stewart’s latest project “Meat Not Taken.” By drawing inspiration from the notion that the world does not begin or end, but that it is always cycling, Stewart constructs his sculptures in the idea that life must be moCome enjoy oysters, chili, bile. The project’s title is an burgers and other food while adaptation of the “Hymn to listening to live music folHermes,” and is considered a lowed by the Parade of Boats creation story of the imaginain Charleston Harbor. The oys- tion. Stewart’s project will be ter roast takes place 2- 6 p.m. on display until Jan. 8 at 136 on the beach overlooking St. Philip St. Call 722-0697.

Charleston Harbor at 20 Patriots Point Road. S’Mores kits Cold War Kids and The Cave will be available for purchase by the fire pits. Tickets are $5 Singers will perform at the and may be purchased at the Music Farm. Doors open at 8

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p.m. at 32 Ann St. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door.

Wednesday

Get up close to rescued sea turtles at South Carolina’s only Sea Turtle Hospital at the S.C. Aquarium. Discover first hand the extraordinary care that is provided to sick and injured sea turtles. Tours take place 11:30 a.m.-noon, and again 1-1:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children.

Thursday, Dec. 9

The classic holiday movie “White Christmas” comes to the stage of the Footlight Players. This musical shines with classic Berlin hits such as “Blue Skies,” “How Deep is the Ocean?” and, of course, the unforgettable title song, “White Christmas.”

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A meet and greet happens 49:30 p.m. Friday at The Tides, continues Saturday at Lost Dog Cafe and a Yappy Hour on Folly, and ends with the Charleston Christmas Parade on Sunday. Participating bassets and their owners meet at 10 a.m. in Brittlebank Park on Sunday to be transported to the parade site. Further information can be found at www.cbhr.com or by calling 814-1096.

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the holiday season.

It’s true of all the senses — sight, smell, taste, feel and, most of all, sound. All of them associated with the season conjure up warmth and comfort. But, for me, sound, particularly music, stands out.

I guess my earliest impression came from sacred music. “Silent Night” moved me like nothing else as a child, especially at Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Street. The anthemic “O Holy Night” was pure majesty to me, the height of holiday high holy days. “We Three Kings” made me feel regal just listening to it.

Then, there was the secular music stuff.

The Temptations album, “The Temptations Christmas Card,” had a huge impact on me, as it did on the rest of the world. While it was pop music, it swung the traditional Christmas material like nothing I had ever heard. To me, that made it jazzy.

I was a young adult by the time, 1970, that the Temps made that record, so I had already been affected by R&B Christmas music from my boyhood and adolescence. Charles Brown’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was available on every jukebox for a nickel a play in 1961, as well as being one of several seasonal sensations, such as “Merry Christmas Baby,” on the King label album “Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs.”

Hearing Brown’s hits ranked right up there with the taste of my uncle John’s eggnog, the smell of Christmas trees and the sight of gifts under those evergreens.

Also before the Temps was jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi’s album “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the soundtrack for a TV special of the same name in 1965.

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music fans on to jazz. It’s the one with the cover that has Charlie Brown, Lucy and the Peanuts gang dancing around a Christmas tree with Snoopy sitting on top.

The big hits on the Latin-flavored album were “Christmas Time Is Here” and “The Christmas Song.”

The latter is the chestnut written by jazz singer Mel Torme, aka the Velvet Fog, and Bob Wells. The song, which is also known as “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire,” first was recorded by Nat “King” Cole.

It is the most performed Christmas song, according to Broadcast Music Inc., a collector of license fees for member songwriters, composers and publishers.

The late Jack White, a Charleston businessman and jazz producer, was known for his stirring versions of this tune. Longtime jazz fans like me have vivid memories of his offerings of the classic on stages around here, such as The Village, the Blue Book, Lonnie’s, Reno Sweeney’s, Moulin Rouge, Chef and Clef, Faculty Lounge, Kozy Korner and many others. Like the song, Jack was irrepressible.

Ah, the memories of the yuletide season.

Straddling sacred and secular was Thad Jones’ “A

Child Is Born,” an evocative modern jazz hymn that probably was not even written for Christmas — it was released in May 1970 around the time a son of his was born. Nevertheless, it has evolved as a seasonal favorite, perhaps because it is strikingly beautiful and reverent.

Of course, just about every celebrated jazz musician has made a Christmas record, everybody from Lois Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis.

One of the more interesting ones for me is “The Swingin’ Nut,” a jazz reimagination of Peter Tchaikovsky’s classic “Nutcracker” featuring pianist Kenny Barron, Stefon Harris on vibraphone, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Lewis Nash. It was produced by Lowcountry native and Grammy winner Bob Belden. This treatment lives up to its name.

It swings like the classic Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn “Nutcracker Suite,” recently performed at the Charleston Music Hall by the Charleston Jazz Orchestra, but it’s more open, unbridled swing, if you will.

So, you can see, there’s all kinds of holiday season jazz. Just like the art form itself, there’s a great diversity.

Pick up one or two as gifts, even for yourself.

Here are some other suggestions: ◗ “Verve Presents: The Very Best of Christmas Jazz” (Verve). Featuring an eclectic slate of players such as John Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Freddie Green and many others. ◗ “Sound of Christmas” (Chess/MCA). Ramsey Lewis Trio. ◗ “Jingle Bell Swing” (Columbia/Legacy). Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. ◗ “Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas” (Verve). Ella Fitzgerald. ◗ “Hipster’s Holiday” (Rhino). Louis Armstrong with the Benny Carter Orchestra. ◗ “A Mellow Jazz Christmas” (Kind of Blue). Patrice Rushen, Phil Woods, Stanley Clarke, Eddie Henderson, Ndugu Chancler and many others. ◗ “A Concord Jazz Christmas” (Concord). Jack McDuff, Nnenaah Freelon, Chris Potter, Marlena Shaw and many others. ◗ “An A Cappella Christmas” (Rhino). Manhattan Transfer.

Jack McCray, author of “Charleston Jazz,” can be reached at jackjmccray@aol. com.

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Side” of life. Recent illness has helped her focus on painting as a means to regain health. Some of her paintings are made, tongue in cheek, with recycled, melted and dissected doll parts to illustrate unusual, yet provocative and mysterious images.

“No one is safe from artistic can’t believe it’s already ridicule,” states Biernbaum. here: the last Art Walk of “We live in a society filled the year. There’s always with unachievable, idealistic so much going on at every social goals. We are accosted art walk that it’s impossible daily with life’s conflicting SANTIAGO PEREZ to list it all here. You’re just yet humorous ironies.” There “Saturday Night in Mergatroidville” is a part of going to have to come down- will be live music provided Santiago Perez’s show at Mary Martin Gallery, 39 Broad town to the French Quarter by Pedro Rodriguez.

St. See the exhibit Friday. Also, check charlestonscene. and, of course, Gallery com for more images from the art walk.

Mary Martin Gallery, Row, in person and see for yourself this Friday evening. 39 Broad St. has been described as a com- quirkily calling “in the heart Unless otherwise noted, all bination of creativity and opening receptions are 5-8 “Welcome to Fantomas, of NoMo.” 853-3345, www.

Southern soul. He makes his cone10studios.com. p.m. Here’s a glimpse at just The Fantastical World of a few of the shows.

Santiago Perez” will soon be debut in Charleston with a mixed-media show of careturning this gallery into a An afternoon of art magical place full of surreal- fully cut images, words, on John’s Island numbers and signs mixed ist-fantasy artist Perez’s inwith drawing and painting to Lucy’s Red Sky Grill on credible visual stories. One Carolina Galleries, create an interesting collage, Johns Island is hosting a of the main pieces in this 106A Church St. a show the gallery is calling exhibit is titled “Our Lady showing of original paint“Smut and Paste.” “My imof Fantomas, and the Tree Check out their new “12 ings from local artists 3:30-6 ages are often veiled illusions p.m. Saturday. Artwork feaThat Holds Up the World.” x 12 Young Collectors which echo deep layers of The tree plays a big part in Show,” featuring some of tured in the show includes my own life experience, both the oil landscapes of Jennifer the gallery’s resident artists this piece; it is nature and like Craig Crawford, Julyan life itself. “The work is about positive and negative. My Black; the plein-air paintpaintings simultaneously Davis and Johnson Hagood, nature, our connections to ings of Joan Davis; the loose, as well as some notable guest it, and the role we play in it. evoke a conscious, as well as expressionistic landscapes We make stories and myths subconscious, reaction from of Madeline Dukes; the bold artists like West Fraser, Robert Lange, Megan Aline, and scientifically study it to the viewer,” states Goodman. textural paintings of Tate The mixed-media collages John Carroll Doyle and Lese understand it. I use humor Nation; and the plein-air, oil and fantastic and funny be- blend the modern day with Corrigan. landscapes of Sally Reynolds. retro imagery. ings to convey my feelings Find it at 1001 Landfall Way, Johns Island (just M Gallery of Fine Art, about it” states Perez. outside the entrance gate to 11 Broad St. Seabrook Island), 768-8118.

Robert Lange Studios, This new gallery in town Cone 10 is fired up 2 Queen St. will be showing work by Sullivan’s Island’s first Cone 10 is fired up and California artist Tony Pro Come one, come all to ready to open its doors at a Action Art Festival called “Tony Pro: People, artist Amy Lind’s “Circus new location on Morrison Places, and Things.” Accom- of Wonders.” This series of Drive. “We’ve finished scrap- The Island Gallery on panying this will also be a 15 oil paintings evokes the Sullivan’s Island is presenting, painting, hammering duo exhibition titled “Back feeling of being a little kid ing the inaugural Action and sawing. The wheels are Home,” featuring the latoohing and ahhing at the turning, the kilns are firing, Art Festival 11 a.m.-9 p.m. est by Matteo Caloiaro and amazements of a circus.

Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and the gallery is stocked Brooke Olivares.

Expect to see depictions Sunday on Middle Street. with fresh new work. We’re of everything from a giant There will be pottery, glass ready to show off the fabuCharleston Artist Guild stilt-walker to an elephant to lous new studio and gallery,” jewelry, paintings, sculpsays Betsey Carter, one of the ture, wool yarn objects, live Gallery, 160 East Bay St. jokers and clowns. owners of the studio. You can music, fashion demonstraThe guild’s featured artist, SCOOP studios, tions, interactive crafts, and support this group of artMarty Biernbaum, was inmore for the whole family. ists by stopping by 5-9 p.m.

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Shopping Local Part 2: East Cooper books. 423 Coleman Blvd.

(Peachtree Plaza), 881-7994.

Gifts and home

Gwynn’s of Mount Pleasant: We could have put Gywnn’s in the clothing heading, but you can get other gifts here, too. They have upscale choices for men, women and the home, including bed and bath, kitchenware and furniture.

Best of all, they’re right over the bridge so you don’t have to travel far if you don’t live in Mount Pleasant. 916 Houston Northcutt Blvd., 884-9518.

Celadon: Continue down Johnnie Dodds, and you’ll find Celadon, a chic shop with everything for the home. You can get everything from candles to throw pillows. Shop early because their Christmas decorations are beautiful and unusual.

1015 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., 884-6508.

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ladies’ clothing, plus accessories. Owner Kathryn Poe is always ready to lend a hand in finding the perfect item.

Trust me, you won’t end up in the same dress as your co-worker. 1405 Ben Sawyer Blvd., 388-2868.

Groove Girl: Groove Girl is a new consignment shop (just two months old) and

BY DENISE K. JAMES Special to The Post and Courier we’re thrilled to discover it.

Owner Lisa Blalock is great Ah, East Cooper. It’s so at selecting gently used goreasy to hit up Banana Regeous clothes and other fun public or some other mall accessories. My personal store, but resist the urge! favorites are the handbag Mount Pleasant and the selection and the abundance beaches are brimming with of shoes for large feet! 423 W. places to find unique, awe- Coleman Blvd. (Peachtree some items. I found lots of Plaza), 284-8661. places (and lots of gifts) on Munchkins Children’s my visit.

Consignment: Right beside Clothing and accessories Groove Girl, you can find Mary Mojo Boutique: Munchkin Consignment for Located right off of Ben kids. This store is completely Sawyer on your way to stuffed with everything you Sullivan’s Island, Mary need for children.

Mojo is a great place to go There are gifts, clothes for both casual and dressy for every season, toys, even

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories about shopping local for the holidays. On Dec 9, we will explore the North Area, and Dec. 16, West Ashley and the islands. To send suggestions, e-mail charlestonscene@ gmail.com.

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Sullivan’s Trade-a-Book: This independent book shop is bustling all day long with hard-core literati as well as folks seeking books for the beach.

You can find the perfect tome for the toughie on your list. And prices are affordable, so it’s great for those last-minute gifts.

1303-3 Ben Sawyer Blvd., 884-8611.

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Wonder Works is a member of Lowcountry Local First. The store, on 624 Long Point Road, has a large variety of local gift baskets.

Home and gifts

Wonder Works: If you’re seeking an unusual gift that was designed locally, this is the place to be. Wonder Works offers all sorts of gift baskets, toys, books and other items made in Charleston in its new section, “Straight from the Lowcountry.” You can feel good about supporting local artists when you shop here. 624 Long Point Road, Unit D, 849-6757.

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monologues have featured a lot of jokes about some of the hot news topics, including the TSA airport procedures.

His one-liners definitely have had me laughing, but his interviews haven’t really held my interest. I’ve sort of tuned out after the first 20 minutes of the show, when the Conan spotlight turns to the so-far kinda weird interviews.

Particularly noteworthy was Harrison Ford’s Nov. 16 appearance. Conan called the interview his “most honest.” It also confused bloggers, Twitterers and journalists, because Ford was somewhat rambling and not-so-focused.

Andy Richter, Conan’s sidekick from some of his years on “Late Night” and

his short-lived stint at “the Tonight Show,” made the transition to TBS with Conan as well. The two poke fun and complement each other well so it was definitely a good call.

A rather large addition to the show is Conan’s new blimp. Yeah, blimp, like a ginormous balloon. I can’t decide if I like it, but it is definitely unique.

Conan’s blimp has taken to following actor Gary Busey around Los Angeles, and throughout the show, Conan checks in to see how the stalking is going.

Funny, but kind of weird.

Sort of like Conan, right?

In terms of popularity, his numbers on Twitter have continued to grow.

In April when I first wrote about Team Coco, Conan’s

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TV host Conan O’Brien debuted his new late night show, “Conan,” on Nov. 8 on TBS. “ConanOBrien” Twitter handle had close to 850,000 followers. Now, his account has close to 2 million.

Likewise, the “I’m with CoCo” Facebook page has almost 1.2 million fans.

And his premiere episode had higher ratings than either Leno’s “Tonight Show” or Letterman’s “Late Show.”

His first week’s episodes pulled in almost 3 million viewers, and while

his second week’s ratings dropped, he apparently has the youngest audience of the late-night shows.

So far, it seems Team Coco stuck with Conan.

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Following his ousting at NBC, fans united as Team Coco and tracked Conan’s post-network moves.

But did that loyal audience follow him to cable?

So far, it seems yes. His return to late-night television, this time through cable network TBS, has been wellreceived. onan O’Brien (and The first “Conan” show his beard) returned to aired Nov. 8 with guests The late night last month. White Stripes’ Jack White, After nine months off Lea Michele of “Glee” and the air, Conan came back funny man Seth Rogen. partially thanks to the And, in the past dozen or fan-generated Team CoCo so shows, other guests have movement. included Zachary Levi of While between jobs (he “Chuck,” Christina Aguleft NBC’s “The Tonight ilera, and Bob Saget.

Show” in February), he grew While Conan hasn’t been “an unemployment beard,” back on the air long, the joined Twitter and toured half-dozen or so shows North America with a com- I have caught have been edy show. pretty funny. His opening

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20th annual Reindeer Run sets sight on 3,000 mark It was cold and rainy (more on that in a sec).

On Saturday, the Charitable Society organizers are seeking to surpass the 3,000 mark for the first time in the Reindeer Run’s 20-year history and hoping for more typical early December weather.

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strollers and dogs not only prompts many to dress up in creative outfits but also draws that range of participants to the event. Also, the event features free beer at Southend Brewery 9:30-11 a.m. and music by Kurly Wolf.

FILE/DAVID QUICK/STAFF Meanwhile, the race’s festive Even last year’s atmosphere doesn’t take away Good forecast ahead cold deluge didn’t from the competition. Prize deter Reindeer Run n the 40 years since runAccording to the 10-day money totalling $3,000 goes participants, many ning and walking events forecast from Monday, the to the top five overall, top of whom still showed became a common week- weather looks ideal for the ar- three masters (40+) and top up in costumes, such end activity in the United ray of Christmas/Hanukkah grandmasters (50+) male and as this group that States, the 5K (3.1 miles to the holiday events this weekend. female runners. Finish times dressed, appropriately, metrically challenged) has Temperatures are expected are as competitive as the Turas Santa’s reindeer. emerged as the predominant to be in the 40s and 50s, and key Day Run, which also ofdistance. there’s was zero chance of fers prize money, though on a Why? It’s short enough to rain. different structure. www.reindeerrun.org. take most people less than The forecast should be Beat the crowds an hour and not cause mawelcome relief to dedicated Reindeer runners. Last year’s jor traffic snarls, but long Late registration and packet Reach David Quick at event was dubbed the “Rain- pickup will be 11 a.m.-6:30 enough to make people feel dquick@postandcourier.com. deer” run by some of the par- p.m. Friday at Gaillard Aulike it was worth sweating ticipants, not only because of ditorium. The fee for the run and get their money’s worth out of a race fee, the proceeds the cold rain but because the is $33 for adults and $28 for start was delayed for nearly of which usually benefit a kids, while the fee for the un20 minutes, leaving many charity. timed walk is $28 for adults shivering in misery.

As a result, the 5K has and $23 for kids. On SaturThe delay was due to some suffered from the “dime-aday, registration will be held dozen” syndrome. For some, of the volunteers not show7-8 a.m. at Southend Brewery ing up and others hanging including myself, they have and the fee goes up to $35, become formulaic and unin- out in a coffee shop too long. across the board. Those who Charleston police, for safety spired. wait until Saturday will not reasons, wouldn’t let the But there are exceptions. be timed. race start until the intersecThe two best 5Ks in Proceeds from the Reindeer tions along the course were Charleston, in my humble Run, sponsored by Piggly manned. opinion, are the Knights of Wiggly and Half-Moon OutRace Director Craig JohnColumbus’ Turkey Day Run fitters, benefit the Medical son says that delay won’t hap- University of South Carolina and Gobble Wobble and pen this year because former Children’s Hospital. In the the Charitable Society of Race Director Paul Carroll Charleston’s Reindeer Run. past 20 years, the event has Both of the events are awash will focus on it. That should donated more than $370,000 assure participants that they to the hospital, including in the spirit of their respective holidays, take place with- can enjoy the usual features $70,000 last year. of the event. in nine days of each other The race itself starts at 9 and are perennial favorites, as a.m. Saturday, so those drivA Charleston tradition ing downtown should be evidenced by their growing numbers. aware that East Bay Street “For many people in Last Thursday’s 33rd anin front of Southend will be Charleston, the Reindeer nual Turkey Day Run and closed 7:45-11:30 a.m. SatRun is the unofficial kickoff Gobble Wobble set new reto Christmas,” says Johnson, urday. And the race course cords for registrants at 5,888 adding that the event has a — from Southend to Broad, and finishers at 5,308. Last Meeting, South Battery, reputation for being steeped year’s Reindeer Run drew a Murray and back to East Bay in a festive holiday atmorecord 2,975 registrants and — will be closed roughly sphere.

1,276 finishers (only timed 8:30-10 a.m. Saturday for the A costume contest with runners are officially count- categories for groups (three event. ed), despite horrible weather. or more), adults, children, Find more information at

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The signature style of Michelle Jewell commissions and says she’s actually booked through Christmas for custom toys.

One of her more interesting projects for someone is a “sock monkey roller derby nun” which will actually come with two different outfits. Another is a 6-foot octopus that will cost $300.

Jewell credits Etsy.com, which she joined in March, with opening doors for her and finding out about craft festivals. She says the crafting community is really tightknit and that people are willing to answer questions and give tips to someone like herself who’s still kind of new to the whole thing.

She’s participated in Holy City Artists and Fleas and the Lowcountry Artist’s Market that was held at the Music Farm. Poe Studio on Savannah Highway has carried her items, and this

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month some of her figures will be featured in Charleston Magazine.

As for the future of Finkelstein’s Center, Jewell would like to do more fabric art and installations.

Jewell’s just as unique when it comes to personal style. She says that 99 percent of the clothes she buys are vintage, and when she travels, she seeks out vintage shops. She says she loves the hunt and likes to dig through stuff.

She’s a big fan of anything oversized and especially loves ’80s structured jackets.

Another style signature of Jewell’s is the lace-up ankle boot, which is a huge trend right now, but she’s been wearing them for years.

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’ve always been inspired by creative people doing their own thing.

Locally, one of those people right now is Michelle Jewell, who makes handstitched fabric figures under the name Finkelstein’s Center.

Recently, I met up with Jewell at Hope & Union to talk about style, the local crafting scene and what inspires her.

A native of the Upstate, Jewell moved to Charleston about four and a half years

ago because she had friends in the area and was looking for a change. She worked at Urban Outfitters as the merchandising manager until last Christmas when she decided to start her own business.

One of my first questions was about the unusual moniker, Finkelstein’s Center, and Jewell laughingly said it was her dog’s middle name.

Her figures are all handcut and hand-stitched. She doesn’t work with patterns, so everything is one of a kind, and all the ideas come from her imagination. Her material of choice is the humble sock, but she will work with reclaimed material to be more “green” when it’s available.

Most of her projects take an hour to make like the catnip stuffed cat toys and the cute little acorns. She also does

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The Modern Skirts

BY MATTHEW GODBEY

Special to The Post and Courier

Modern Skirts Friday at the Tin Roof Proving Athens, Ga., still rules the indie/pop underground, Modern Skirts jumped out of the gates rather quickly after the band’s self-released debut, “This is Winning and Thinking,” in 2004.

The baby-faced quartet took the Athens scene by storm with its layered, Beach Boys-inspired harmonies and multidimensional song structure. The group’s 2005 release, “Catalogue of Generous Men,” received rave reviews and earned the guys a Flagpole Music Award in 2006.

The group melds the tongue-in-cheek pop of the ’60s with a modern indie-rock depth that leaves the band straddling both a generational and categorical gap.

The Modern Skirts released its latest EP, “Happy 81,” earlier this year and will perform at the Tin Roof, 1117 Magnolia Road, with Gifthorse. The show starts at 10 p.m. Visit www. myspace.com/westashleyt-

Cold War Kids’ new album “Mine Is Yours” is set for a 2011 release.

inroof or call 571-0775 for more information.

EOTO Friday at Music Farm The impromptu duo known as EOTO was formed by The String Cheese Incident’s percussion team, Jason Hann and Michael Travis, in an effort to explore the pair’s love for spontaneous musical creation and audience-induced improvisation.

Having never written, prerecorded or prerehearsed a single song they’ve recorded, Hann and Travis rely solely on the ability to feed off the audience while generally creating beats and rhythms as they go.

The music is electronic enough for trip-hop but fast and erratic enough, with a heavy reliance on percussion, to be considered breakbeat.

The duo released its junior full-length album, “Fire the Lazers!!!” last year.

EOTO will perform Friday at the Music Farm, 32 Ann St., with Robert Rice. Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 the day of the show and are available at www.etix.com or at the door. Doors open at 8 p.m. Call 577-6989 or visit www.musicfarm.com.

Cold War Kids

Soldiers of meaningful rock

BY MATTHEW GODBEY

Special to The Post and Courier

By the time the soul/punk band Cold War Kids released its debut full-length, “Robbers & Cowards,” in 2006, the group already had released four EPs in its less than two years as a band.

“Robbers & Cowards” earned the California quartet a four-star review from Rolling Stone and a No. 15 spot on the Billboard indie charts.

It was clear that the band had plenty to say and that Cold War Kids was planning on sticking around for longer than a few good

singles. The band was developing a new sound altogether, one that teetered on chaos and swayed with discordant harmonies and impassioned, albeit unstable, rhythms.

Despite its eclectic sound, Cold War Kids manage to keep it all together and deliver something that’s genuine and evocative. Rather than a 50-track production filled with auto-tuned choruses and sampled riffs that leave us all feeling a little disconnected, Cold War Kids give us something we can all believe and relate to.

The band is preparing for the release of its new album, “Mine is Yours,” in 2011

if you go WHO: Cold War Kids with The Cave Singers.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday.

WHERE: The Music Farm, 32 Ann St., downtown.

COST: $18 in advance at www.etix.com, all Cat’s Music and Monster Music locations. $20 the day of the show.

HEAR THE MUSIC: www. coldwarkids.com.

INFO: 577-6989, www.musicfarm.com.

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Community comes to the aide of Leslie after robbery

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t’s in the Ten Commandments — thou shalt not steal — but apparently, not everyone is good to his brother.

Local rock band Leslie was a victim this past month.

While touring in the Northeast, the band’s gear was stolen from its trailer in Philadelphia.

Guitars, amps, bass guitars, guitar pedals, P.A. speakers. “Most everything that makes our show was taken from us,” said Sadler Vaden, Leslie’s lead singer.

A detailed list can be found the band’s Tumblr page.

Mid-November, the disheartening news went viral on Facebook. Awendaw Green, Guerilla Cuisine and Cary Ann Hearst all made

EP’s and the single “Touch Me” on iTunes, and marketing their merchandise.

Tonight, the Pour House WHAT: Benefit for Lesis putting on a benefit for lie featuring Joel Hamthe band. Joel Hamilton, ilton, Gaslight Street, Gaslight Street, Firework Firework Show and Show and Sons of Cain are Sons of Cain playing. Tickets are $10, and WHEN: 9 p.m. tonight 100 percent of the proceeds WHERE: The Pour made at the door will go House, 1977 Maybank toward replacing Leslie’s Highway. stolen goods.

HOW MUCH: $10. All On Dec. 10, the Windjamof the proceeds go to PROVIDED BY SADLER VADEN mer also is helping out. The the band Holy City Heartbreakers Local band Leslie’s gear was stolen from its trailer — Leslie’s Tom Petty cover in Philadelphia last month. Since then, fans have it a point to post a link on band — is set to play the supported the band through social networking sites. their personal pages to dobenefit. Vaden says, “Instead Benefits will happen tonight at The Pour House, Dec. nate to the guys via PayPal. of Leslie playing, we decided 10 at The Windjammer and Dec. 15 at Wild Wing Cafe.

“Everybody really stepped to have the Holy City Hearthas been setting up acoustic breakers play again. Tom keep it going.” up,” Vaden says.

Bassist Jason Fox said, “We house shows, re-releasing old Petty will always put people “We’ve never felt so much want to give a big thanks to love,” says drummer Jonathan Carman, “It’s been very all of you out there that care humbling. Very overwhelm- about us and love us. We really, really appreciate it.” ing. But we wanted to say To replace their gear, Leslie thank you for helping up

if you go

in the room, and it takes the pressure off.”

Tickets for that show also are $10.

Local restaurant Wild Wing Cafe is also planning a benefit with Leslie on Dec. 15. The Venue in Camden is helping out, too.

To donate to the band, there’s a PayPal link on Leslie’s Facebook fan page.

Vaden says, “We want to give a special thanks to the Charleston music community. Sometimes when you’re out there on the road, you don’t realize how fortunate you are to live in such a great city that’s given us so much, and one day we’re going to give it all back to you.”

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Kanye West MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY (Def Jam)

Given the sort of bad publicity that Kanye West has collected in the past few years, it’s a wonder that the guy wants to show his face in public, much less record and release a new album. But outside of the egomania, aside from the inexplicable bad choices, one must remember that Kanye is a musical double threat. This is a guy who got his start twirling the knobs while acting as producer for an impressive list of fellow hip-hop artists.

But away from the producer’s booth, Kanye has proven himself to be an amazing performer, with a string of successful albums and more than enough talent to back up the hype. Now comes “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” which is easily his most ambitious release to date. Given his less-than-stellar public behavior over the past few years, I honestly wanted to not like this CD. After one listen though, I knew that would be impossible. While West is far from the best rapper out there, he makes up for it by surrounding himself with lush arrangements and big-name guests.

This is no mere rap album. There are hints of R&B, rock, world and other styles here. Guest artists range from rapper Rick Ross to Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. From the epic opener, “Dark Fantasy,” with its repeated line, “Can we get much higher,” to “Power,” with its sample of King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man,” to “So Appalled,” which features the combined talents of Jay-Z, Pusha T, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beats, and The RZA, the music here is dizzying. The centerpiece of the album is “Runaway,” in which West seems to acknowledge his bad behavior over hypnotic piano plinks and plunks, which eventually give way to yet another beat that will stick in your head for days. Again, I would have loved to hate this album, but even with his lack of social grace, Kanye is undeniably at the top of his game.

KEY TRACKS: “Runaway,” “Dark Fantasy,” ”Power”

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Dave Matthews Band Various Artists LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (RCA)

In case you couldn’t make it to the North Charleston Coliseum recently to see the Dave Matthews Band perform live, this new live release from the band might ease a bit of the pain. Recorded at Citi Field on July 17 of this year, the 2-CD live set features a few DMB favorites and plenty of surprises performed before a sold-out New York City crowd. While DMB has released a generous amount of live albums throughout its career, this CD gains its strength by containing the least amount of “greatest hits” material. “Crash Into Me,” “Satellite” and the ever popular cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” are the only tracks that will be immediately recognizable to all but hard-core fans. The mood during the NYC show was much more jazzy than jammy, and the opening salvo of “The Stone,” “Warehouse” and “One Sweet World” sets things up for a stellar show. Other highlights include Carter Buford’s incredible drum solo on “Time Bomb,” and Stefan Lessard’s bass solo before “All Along the Watchtower.”

While songs such as “Ants Marching” and “Jimi Thing” are noticeably absent, listeners likely won’t care given the power of this great live performance.

KEY TRACKS: “The Stone,” “Seek Up,” “Two Step”

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COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER: A TRIBUTE TO LORETTA LYNN (Sony)

While a tribute album always starts out with the best of intentions, it can often go horribly wrong. Thankfully, that isn’t the case with “Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn,” which gathers a fairly eclectic group of artists together to sing some of the country music legend’s bestknown songs. Some of the artist choices are no-brainers, such as Carrie Underwood (“You’re Lookin’ at Country”), Lee Ann Womack (I’m a Honky Tonk Girl”), and Faith Hill (“Love is the Foundation”). Other choices are more of a stretch, including rap/rock bad boy Kid Rock (“I Know How”), punk-popsters Paramore (“You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” and indie rock darlings The White Stripes (“Rated X”). Ultimately, most of the covers here actually work, with some of the best moments coming with two or more artists collaborating. Husband and wife Steve Earle and Alison Moorer do a great job on “After the Fire is Gone,” while Alan Jackson and Martina McBride have fun with “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man.” In the end though, it is Loretta Lynn herself who shows them all how it’s done, collaborating on the title track with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow. It’s a reverent and entertaining tribute to one of country music’s most beloved legends.

KEY TRACKS: “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “After the Fire is Gone,” “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man”

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Pink GREATEST HITS … SO FAR!!!

(La Face)

Alecia Moore, aka Pink, has come a long way in the 11 years since her debut single, “There You Go,” was released.

Since then the singer, who could so easily have been a one-hit wonder, has reinvented herself more than once and has managed to stay relevant in a business that tends to chew up and spit out young artists. “Greatest Hits … So Far!!!” collects 14 of Pink’s most popular songs, and really lets the listeners hear the evolution of the artist’s sound. After that inauspicious beginning, Pink took control of her career, enlisting heavy-hitting songwriters such as Linda Perry to strengthen her sound. Songs such as “Don’t Let Me Get Me,” “Get the Party Started,” and “So What” show Pink could carry a good pop hook. Particularly good are “Who Knew” and “Dear Mr. President,” the latter of which is a collaboration with the Indigo Girls.

That makes it all the more curious as to why the new material on this collection, such as “Raise Your Glass” and “Heartbreak Down,” are so generic and weak. Whatever the case, once one ignores the substandard new material, “Greatest Hits … So Far!!” will appeal to any fan of pop music performed by a strong-willed female.

KEY TRACKS: “Get the Party Started,” “So What,” “Dear Mr. President”

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– By Devin Grant, Special to The Post and Courier

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ALLUETTE’S JAZZ CAFE: 137 Calhoun St. 737-0090. TonightSat: Oscar River Trio, 9:30 p.m.; Mon-Fri: Calvin Taylor, 11:30 a.m.; Wed and Sun: Abe White.

AROMAS: 50 N. Market St. 723-9588. Fri-Sat: Cotton Blue, 7 p.m.

ATLANTICVILLE RESTAURANT AND WINES: 2063 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island.

883-9452. Fri: Live Jazz; Sun: Spanish and Flamenco Guitar w/Dori Chitayat, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tues: Annie Boxell and Jim Algar.

AWENDAW GREEN: 4879 Hwy 17 North, Awendaw. 4521642. Sat-Sun: Awendaw Green Music Festival, $10-25, noon-10 p.m.; Wed: Hwy 17 Blues Band, Joel Hamilton, Ashley Wells and Lizzy Pitch.

BIG JIM’S DIAMONDBACK SALOON: 5991 Rivers Ave. 7442501. Fri-Sat: live music; Tues: karaoke.

BIG JOHN’S TAVERN: 251 East Bay St. 723-3483. Fri-Sat: live music; Tues: karaoke.

BLIND TIGER PUB: 38 Broad St. 577-0088. Tonight: Porkchop; Fri: Sweetgrass Girls; Sat: Long Time Coming; Mon: Big Hit and Baby Kit; Tues: Velvet Jones Duo; Wed: Long Time Coming.

BLUE’S HOUSE OF WINGS: 1039 Anna Knapp Blvd., Mount Pleasant. 881-1858. Fri: live music, 7:30 p.m.; Sat: Karaoke w/Big Al, 9 p.m.; Tues: Trivia, 7 p.m.; Wed: live music.

BUDDY ROES SHRIMP SHACK: 1528 Ben Sawyer Blvd.

388-5270. Tonight-Sat: Ronnie Johnson and Chris Clifton, 9 p.m.; Sun: Carroll Brown, 7 p.m.; Tues: Kevin Church, 8 p.m.

BUFFALO SOUTH: 1409 Folly Rd. 406-0888. Tonight: Trivia, 6 p.m.

CHARLESTON GRILL: 224 King St. 577-4522. Tonight-Sat: Quentin Baxter Ensemble followed by Late Night Jazz, 8 p.m.; Sun: Bob Williams Duo, 7 p.m.; Mon-Wed: Quentin Baxter Ensemble, 7 p.m.

CITY LIGHTS COFFEE SHOP: 141 Market St. 853-7067. Sat: Jesse Ledford; Wed: The Amazing Mittens, 6:30-8 p.m.

THE CLUB AT MEYERS RD: 216 Meyers Rd., Summerville.

875-4215. Sat: DJ and dance;

The deadline for Night Life items is Tuesday at noon the week before the event or concert takes place. Items should be faxed to the newsroom at 937-5579 or e-mailed to clubs@postandcourier.com. Items submitted after the deadline will not be printed. For more information, call 937-5582.

Wed: karaoke.

CLUB H2O: 8484 Dorchester Rd. 767-1426. Tonight: Country Dance Party, 9 p.m.; Fri-Sat: DJ Mike Mendoza, 9 p.m.

CRAB SHACK, FOLLY BEACH: 26 Center St. 5883080. Mon: Open mic w/ Dave Grunstra, 9:30 p.m.

CRAZY D’S FOOD AND SPIRITS: 224 Redbank Rd., Goose Creek. 572-2658. Fri: Karaoke, 9 p.m.; Tues: Trivia and Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

THE CRESCENT CONNECTION: 1910 E. Montague Ave. 528-0777. Fri-Sat: Abe White, 6 p.m.; Sun: Sunday Jazz Brunch, noon.

CUOCO PAZZO: 1035 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant.

971-9034. Wed and Fri-Sat: Riccardo sings Opera and Italian songs, 7 p.m.

DORCHESTER LANES: 10015 Dorchester Rd., Summerville.

376-2200. Fri-Sat: Numb 909; Sun: Team Trivia w/Bad Joke Tom; Mon: Karaoke w/Rocky; Tues: Acoustics w/61 Daze; Wed: Karaoke w/Rocky.

EAST BAY MEETING HOUSE: 159 East Bay St. 723-3446. Mon: Monday Night Poetry and Open Mic, 8 p.m.

FIERY RON’S SULLIVAN’S ISLAND: 2209 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island. 883-3131. Tonight: Eric Sommer, 10 p.m.; Fri: The Trainwrecks, $5, 10 p.m.; Sat: Fairy God Muthas, $5, 10 p.m.; Tues: Steve Cheseborough’s open mic and guitar clinic; Wed: Wednesday Nite Ramble, 8:30 p.m.

FIERY RON’S WEST ASHLEY: 1205 Ashley River Rd. 225-2278.

Tonight: South Carolina Broadcasters, free, 9 p.m.; Fri: Eric Sommer, 10 p.m.; Sat: Robert Paige and Holy City Sinners, $5, 10 p.m.; Mon: Open Mic, 8 p.m.; Wed: Lowcountry Blues Club, 7 p.m.

FIREWATER GRILLE: 109 Holiday Drive, Summerville.

261-2121. Fri: live music; Sat: comedy; Wed: team trivia, 8-10 p.m.

FISH RESTAURANT: 442 King St. 722-3474. Tonight: Elise Testone, 7 p.m.; Sat: DJ, 10 p.m.

GENNARO’S RESTAURANT: 8500 Dorchester Rd. 760-9875.

Tonight: live jazz, 8 p.m.

GILLIGAN’S DOWNTOWN:

14 N. Market St. 853-2244. Tonight: Justin.

GILLIGAN’S MONCKS CORNER: 582 Dock Rd. 761-2244.

Fri: Keith Bruce, 6 p.m.

GILLIGAN’S MOUNT PLEASANT: 1475 Long Grove Dr. 8492244. Tonight: Mark Schuler.

HALLS CHOPHOUSE: 434 King St. 797-0090. Fri-Sat: Anthony Owens, 7 p.m.; Sun-Wed: Anthony Owens, 6:30 p.m.

HALLIGAN’S RESTAURANT AND BAR: 3025 Ashley Towne Center, Suite 201. 225-4347. Fri: live entertainment; Sat: Tantric Unplugged featuring Hugo Ferriera w/Swyrl.

JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL: 431 St. James Ave., Goose Creek. 553-8766.

Tonight: Team Trivia; Fri-Sat: DJ/Karaoke, free; Tues: Chris Sullivan, free, 8-11 p.m.; Wed: DJ/Karaoke, free.

J’PAULZ: 1739 Maybank Hwy., James Island. 795-6995.

Fri-Sat: live music.

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 337 King St. 805-5020. Wed: Trivia; Thurs: Live music.

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1175 Folly Rd., James Island. 225-6996.

Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music.

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1119 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 881-8734. Tues: Theme trivia, 9 p.m.; Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music.

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 800 N. Main St., Summerville. 8756998. Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music.

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1179 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., West Ashley 766-5292. Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m.

Thurs: Live music.

KUDU COFFEE AND CRAFT BEER: 4 Vanderhorst St. 8537186. Tonight: Moonlight Ale, 8 p.m.; Fri: Matt Hamrick, 8 p.m.; Sat: Michael Trent, 8 p.m.

LOCALS BAR: 1150 Queensborough Blvd., Unit B. 3885114. Mon: Keith Bruce, 6-9 p.m.

LOCO JOE’S FOOD & SPIRITS: 1115 Miles Rd., Summerville. 821-2946. Fri-Sat: Karaoke; Wed: Karaoke and Trivia.

LUCY’S RED SKY GRILL: 1001 Landfall Way, Johns Island. 768-8118. Sun: Ann Caldwell, free, 6-9 p.m.

MAD RIVER BAR & GRILLE:

32 N. Market St. 723-0032. Fri: live music; Mon: live music; Tues: trivia.

MANNY’S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILLE: 1608 Old Towne Rd. 763-3908. Tonight: team trivia; Sat: Coastal Carolina Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.; Sun: team trivia; Wed: Ted McKee “Tropical Rock,” 6-9 p.m., DNR, 9:30 p.m.

MERCATO RESTAURANT: 102 N. Market St. 722-6393. Tonight-Fri: Ann Caldwell w/LooseFitt; Sat: Lewis, Wiltrout and Gregory; Sun: Jordan Gravel; Mon: Leah Suarez Trio; Tues: Frank Duvall Trio; Wed: The Pulse Trio.

MERLY’S PUB: 1217 Red Bank Rd., Goose Creek. Fri: Karaoke, 9 p.m.

THE MILL LOUNGE: 1026 E. Montague Ave. 225-2650. Wed: Blues Piano Madness w/Shimp City Slim, free, 8-11 p.m.

MOLLY DARCY’S: 235 East Bay St. 737-4085. Tonight-Sat: DJ. MOJO’S CLUB AND CIGAR BAR: 945 Bacons Bridge Rd. 875-5099. Mon: Shag.

MORGAN CREEK GRILL: 80 41st Ave. IOP. 886-8980. Wed: Shag night, 7-10 p.m.

MUSIC FARM: 32 Ann St. 5776989. Tonight: Ronald’s Rockfest, $8-10, 7 p.m.; Fri: EOTO w/Robert Rice, $13-15, 8 p.m.; Sat: Wale w/Savoy, $20-23, 8 p.m.; Sun: Benefit for Trevor Erickson, $10-75, 7 p.m.; Mon: Allstar Weekend w/Stephen Jerzak, The Scene Aesthetic and Action Item, $13-39, 5 p.m.; Tue: Cold War Kids w/The Cave Singers, $18-20, 8 p.m.

O’MALLEY’S: 549 King St. 805-5000. Tonight-Sat: Live Music; Mon: Live Music; Tue: Trivia, followed by Karaoke, 7 p.m.; Wed: DJ. OSCAR’S RESTAURANT: 207 W. 5th North St., Summerville.

871-3800. Tonight: Calvin Taylor, 6-9 p.m.

PATRICK’S PUB: 1377 Ashley River Rd. 571-3435. Tonight: Karaoke, 9 p.m.; Sat: Drag Show.

PELICAN’S NEST: 3772 Seabrook Island Rd., Seabrook Island. 768-2500. Fri-Sat: Live music.

THE POUR HOUSE: 1977 Maybank Hwy. 571-4343. Tonight: A Benefit for Leslie, $10, 9 p.m.; Fri: Jimmy Herring Band

w/Vertigo Jazz Project and Kofi Burbridge, $20-22; Trivia w/Val and Ryan, 6:30 p.m.; Sat: Dyrty Byrds, $8-10, 10 p.m.; Mon: Graham Whorley, 6-9 p.m.; Tues: Lindsay Holler, 6-9 p.m.; Wed: Dead Wednesdays w/Reckoning and For the Faithful, 6-9 p.m.

RED DRUM GASTROPUB: 803 Coleman Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 849-0313. Wed: live music; Thurs: Bill Johnson.

RITA’S: 2 Center St., Folly Beach. 588-2525. Tonight: Frank Royster; Fri: David Dunning; Sat: David Landeo; Wed: Jamison.

THE ROOFTOP AT VENDUE INN: 19 Vendue Range. 4142341. Fri: Old You; Sat: Magic Taxi; Tues: trivia.

SAFFRON CAFE AND BAKERY: 333 East Bay St. 722-5588.

Tonight-Fri: Long Time Coming; Sat: Chris Hyatt; Sun: Duda Lucena.

SALTY MIKE’S BAR: 17 Lockwood Dr. 937-0208. Wed: Karaoke w/Richard Clayton.

SAND DOLLAR: 7 Center St., Folly Beach. 588-9498. Fri-Sat: Johnny Mac and Booty Ranch.

SEEL’S ON SULLIVAN’S: 2213 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island, 883-5030. Fri and Sat: DJ C-Nile, 10 p.m.; Wed: The Bushels, 7 p.m.

SEEWEE RESTAURANT: 4808 North Highway 17, Awendaw.

928-3609. Fri: Bluegrass w/ Lance; Sat: Jef Wilson.

SOUTHEND BREWERY AND SMOKEHOUSE: 161 East Bay St. 853-4677. Tonight: Salsa Night, 10 p.m.; Fri: Kel and Gino; Sat: Katbandoo.

SOUTHERN COMFORT BAR AND GRILL: 1761 North Main Street, Summerville. 873-9220.

Tonight: team trivia, 8 p.m.; FriSat: live music.

SUNFIRE GRILL & BISTRO: 1090 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. 7660223. Tonight: Allyson Taylor, 69 p.m.; Fri: Chris Tidestrom, 6-9 p.m.; Mon: singer and songwriter night; Tues: Ted McKee, 6-9 p.m.; Wed: Jef Wilson, 6-9 p.m.

THE SWAMP FOX AT THE FRANCIS MARION HOTEL: 387 King St. 724-8888. Fri-Sat: Pianist Bill Howland. .

THE TATTOOED MOOSE: 1137 Morrison Dr. 277-2990.

Tues: Laura Jane Vincent, free, 9 p.m.

THIRSTY TURTLE II: 1158 College Park Rd., Summerville.

851-9828. Fri-Sat: Karaoke, 9 p.m.; Sun: Mike Peifer or Jefferson Coker; Mon and Wed: Karaoke, 9 p.m.; Tues: Mike Peifer or Jefferson Coker.

THROUGHBRED CLUB AT CHARLESTON PLACE: 224 King St. 722-4900. Tonight-Sat: Live music, 1-11 p.m.; Sun: Live music, 5-10 p.m.; Mon-Thurs: Live music, 1-11 p.m.

TOAST: 155 Meeting St. 5340043. Tonight: Abe White; Fri: Live Music; Sat: Annie Boxell, 6 p.m.

TOMMY CONDON’S: 160 Church St. 577-3818. TonightSat: Steve Carroll and the Bograts; Wed, Sun: Fried Rainbow Trout.

TRAYCE’S TOO NEIGHBORHOOD GRILLE AND PUB: 2578 Ashley River Rd. 556-2378.

Today: Team trivia, 7-9 p.m.; Fri: Zero to Never, 9:30 p.m.; Sat: Hot Sauce, 9:30 p.m.; Wed: Ten Fifty Duo, 8 p.m.

VOODOO: 15 Magnolia Rd. 769-0228. Tues: Gradual Lean w/Quentin Baxter, Lee Barbour, Kevin Hamilton and Charlton Singleton, $3, 9 p.m.

WET WILLIE’S: 209 East Bay St. 853-5650. Mon: Metal Mondays; Wed: Jerry Cooper; Sat: Jamisun.

WILD WING DOWNTOWN: 6 N. Market St. 722-9464. Tonight: Karaoke; Fri: Quiana Parler and Friends; Sat: Good Times; Sun: Plane Jane; Mon: Rotie Acoustic; Tues: Team Trivia; Wed: The Diesel Brothers.

WILD WING MT. PLEASANT: 664 Coleman Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 971-9464. Tonight: Plane Jane; Fri: Tokyo Joe; Sat: Home Made Wine; Sun: David Dunning; Tues: Team Trivia; Wed: Sarah Cole and the Hawkes.

WILD WING N. CHARLESTON: 7618 Rivers Ave. 8189464. Tonight: The Diesel Brothers; Fri: Soul Fish; Sat: The Krays; Sun: Trickknee Acoustic; Mon: Bingo w/DJ SLK T; Tues: Ed Millers Karaoke Mayhem; Wed: Dance Party w/DJ SLK T. WOLFTRACK BAR AND GRILL: 1807 Parsonage Rd. 768-0853. Fri: Hed Shop Boys; Sat: Karaoke By Bonnie.

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Shopping With Friends

BY STEPHANIE BURT

Special to The Post and Courier

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t has been 20 years since Magic Johnson announced to the world he had HIV. Johnson is still very much in the limelight, staying active and managing the disease, but not everyone is as lucky as he is to have ample financial resources and access to cutting-edge disease care.

Locally, Lowcountry Aids Services has been filling a service gap in the fight against this deadly disease for as long as Johnson has been living publicly with his. A lot has changed in the fight against AIDS since the 1990s, but a lot has remained the same.

“The stigma is still there, and the stigma of this dis-

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On Saturday, 150 retailers will give 10 percent of every dollar spent to Lowcountry Aids Services.

Attitudes and understanding.

if you go Friday WHAT: Shopping With Friends Cocktail Party and Fashion Show hosted by Biton.

WHEN: 6-8 p.m.

WHERE: 275 King St. TICKETS: www.aids-services.com/events/shopping_with_friends/index. html.

COST: $10 donation to Lowcountry AIDS Services.

ease is more than half the battle,” says LAS Director Brad Childs. “It’s not just a gay disease.”

Childs has been part of LAS for 10 years, and he has seen it grow from a little office above a downtown nightclub to its current facility in North Charleston. The building is paid off (through private funds from the Pelham Foundation), and now he and his staff of 14 are looking toward the future, hoping one day to offer satellite offices.

“We have a fantastic test that takes 20 minutes to

Saturday

WHAT: Shopping With Friends Kick-Off Brunch at the Riviera at Charleston Place.

WHEN: 10 a.m.-noon.

TICKETS: www.aids-services.com/events/shopping_with_friends/index. html.

COST: $45.

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get the results from a single finger prick. It’s 99 percent accurate, and we do the test at five other sites as well,” he explains. “But transportation is still a huge issue for many of our patients.”

LAS does not receive any direct funding from the state, so private funding from grants, donors and special events keeps its doors open. That is why events such as Shopping With Friends are so important for the organization.

“The community has always been so good to us in the past,” Childs says. “We

are so fortunate to have retailers get behind this event each year.”

And the concept of Shopping With Friends is simple.

On Dec. 4, shop at any of 150 Red Ribbon Retailers, and they will give 10 percent of every dollar spent to LAS. Shopping With Friends is celebrating its seventh year in the Lowcountry, and more than $600,000 has been raised since the event started.

“It’s a good event, and it’s something that businesses and the local community can do together to give back,” says Mike Furlinger, co-owner of Sweet Gourmet in West Ashley.

In addition to being one of the participating retailers, Sweet Gourmet also donated 150 boxes of chocolates as a sweet incentive for the retail participants. To Furlinger, it was a fun way to get involved and show his support for the organization.

“Shopping With Friends is really a win-win for retailers and the charity,” he explains. “It’s different than just having a banquet since it’s a little more interactive, and it’s a great kickoff for the holiday season.”

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emerges as top-notch resource, performance space for local musicians “These festivals are a great way to get people together and bounce ideas back and forth. It is all about collaborating. Who knows — we might meet somebody that plays an integral part in advancing the band’s career.”

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PHOTOS BY GLYN COWDEN

Awendaw Green Music Festival WHERE: 4879 Highway 17 N, Sewee Outpost, Awendaw.

WHEN: Noon-10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Sunday.

TICKETS: $15/day or $25/weekend pass; students, $10/day or $20/weekend pass.

CAMPING: Available for $20/car or $40/RV (no hookups).

150 artists. 4 stages Performers include Steven Fiore, Gaslight Street, James Justin & Co, Mark Bryan, the Shrimp Record Family Band, Slow Runner, Mac Leaphart and My Ragged Company, The Hawkes, The Tips, John Wesley Satterfield and his Damn Fine Band, Ryan Bonner and the Dearly Beloved, The Bushels, Lindsay Holler and the Western Polaroids, The Casual Kings, Firework Show, Deepwater Soul Society, Megan Jean and the KFB, The Freeloaders, Torture Town, Po’Ridge, Steel Petals, The Danielle Howle Band, Josh Roberts and Doug Jones.

The complete lineup and schedule is available at www.awendawgreen.com.

ocal music lovers have an early present to unwrap.

Saturday and Sunday, the Awendaw Green Music Festival will feature more than 150 artists performing on four stages. It’s this year’s version of Rocktoberfest, which started in 2008.

The Sewee Outpost hosts the four stages: two main, plus a dance stage and a singer/songwriter stage.

Performers include Gaslight Street, James Justin & Co., Mark Bryan, the Shrimp Record Family Band, Slow Runner, Mac Leaphart & My Ragged Company and many more. Each performance will be a 45-minute set.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Toys for Tots, the American Red Cross Emergency Fire Relief Fund and the Wando High School Band.

Food and beverages will be provided by Seewee Restaurant and Palmetto Brewery (no coolers). Merchandise such as CDs and Tshirts will be sold by individual artists.

“It is our attempt to connect the many diverse groups of artists in Charleston and around South Carolina in one place so that they can rekindle and form bonds that allow their music to grow,” said Eddie White of Awendaw Green.

“It would have been easy to skip this year, but artists kept asking, and the Awendaw Green Music Festival was born. It is an extension of our popular and connective Barn Jam Series.

Many of the bands help us throughout the year, and this brings the group together. We added a fourth stage this year to allow the bands that might not normally get to play a festival the chance to be a part of the mix.”

That fourth singer/songwriter stage also will include interesting pairings that may not normally play together or impromptu pairings as the inspiration strikes. After all, just like Awendaw Green, this festival is artist-focused

Zach Bodtork of Firework Show

Barn Jams happen every Wednesday night at Awendaw Green. It has been described as “music in your own backyard.” For a schedule of the bands participating, visit http:// www.awendawgreen.com/home/barn-jams/ and encouraging of collaboration.

“Awendaw Green is offering musicians of all different levels to get out there and get on stage, whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned musician, and not have any concerns about money. You’re truly out there for your own art,” said Barn Jam regular and festival performer Blake Ohlson of Steel Petals.

His band is one of many that have been supported by Awendaw Green. It’s the talent and aspiring talent that are fostered by the musical compound that Ohlson, like many, passed up Austin, Texas, and Nashville, Tenn., in favor of the opportunities of the Lowcountry scene.

A Fragile Tomorrow is another such band that has benefitted from the support and con-

nections provided by Awendaw Green. Originally from New York, the band has become a frequent part of Barn Jams and is a Rocktoberfest veteran.

The band recorded its last album there and plans to record its spring follow-up there as well.

“It’s very laid back and almost relaxing to work there, and a lot of times being in a studio is the opposite of relaxing,” said A Fragile Tomorrow’s Sean Kelly. “I always get that vibe from Awendaw Green. Same goes for performing there. The crowds are always really receptive. They come there to hear the whole show, not just one band. Oftentimes I’ll go there for a show and leave with a new favorite band.”

Another Awendaw Green regular and festival performer, Danielle Howle, has collaborated with A Fragile Tomorrow and even served as producer for its Awendaw Green-recorded effort. Her friendship with the band is one of the major reasons the members made Charleston their home.

“I see a lot of collaboration in this scene.

Even if it’s just helping another band get a gig or getting up on stage to sit in when you’re on a bill with someone, it’s a really great collaborative scene,” said Kelly. “I’ve been involved with side projects that include local musicians doing their own thing, but who like to work with other people, even if it’s just for a little extra creative inspiration. This is really the perfect place for collaboration.”

At the heart of all this is Eddie White and his passion for live music.

“Eddie is an exceptional connector,” said Firework Show’s Zach Bodtorf. “These festivals are a great way to get people together and bounce ideas back and forth. It is all about collaborating. Who knows — we might meet somebody that plays an integral part in advancing the band’s career.”

Maybe it’s the chance to collaborate, maybe it’s the laid-back atmosphere, or maybe it’s just the great music, but this weekend’s festi-

val is one that both artists and fans alike are looking forward to. But more than just the artists and fans will feel the vibrations of the event.

“Art is definitely one of the most important forms of human expression. We should support it and encourage everybody to create,” said Bodtorf. “(Bandmate) Brandon and I work at Pecknel Music Co. out in West Ashley and a lot of what we do revolves around middle and high school band programs.

Some of the band directors come in and end up having to pay for basic supplies out of their own pockets. It is good to see AG putting money back into a local band program.”

Awendaw Green does support musicians, but White just wants the attention for the artists. His festival this year, as in past years, is a celebration of live music, the passion for it and the rich offerings of the local scene.

“Awendaw Green has played a small role in bringing musicians together through events like this festival and our weekly Barn Jams,” says White.

“The friendships that have been created will outlive everything associated with any event we can ever plan.”

Lawrence notes that White’s dedication to live music is not only one of the reasons Awendaw Green’s events thrive, but one of the reasons he wanted to be part of it.

“It is the post-capitalism music festival because all the bands are playing for free. No one is capitalizing on this. Any money that comes out over the top is being used to go to charities,” he said. “Awendaw Green is solely for the love of the music. ... A lot of the bands are used to paying for a bar audience,” he continued. “The audience didn’t go for the band, they went for the bar and the live music there. They don’t even know the name of the band. But here, you’re playing for an audience that cares, and it makes you grow. It made us grow. You take it seriously. You’re not just in the corner playing when you play at Awendaw Green.”

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The Gin Joint: Where the ice is hot and the vibe is cool

BY DEIDRE SCHIPANI

Special to The Post and Courier

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hen it comes to pedigree and legacy, MariElena and Joe Raya have it covered.

She is the daughter of Robert Dickson of Robert’s of Charleston fame, and both are graduates of the Culinary Institute of America.

They have worked at Blackberry Farm, The Four Seasons, The Breakers Hotel and, until Dickson’s retirement, at Robert’s of Charleston. Joe Raya is also on the faculty of The Art Institute of Charleston.

The Gin Joint is their own baby. Their initial thoughts were to operate a fish-andchips establishment, which then morphed to a house of pork and ultimately to a preProhibition gin joint where the focus would be on quality drinks and classic foods with a little speakeasy twist.

A careful and considered renovation resulted in The Gin Joint, which opened in August. Local craftsmen and women painstakingly rebuilt the small restaurant space into a cocktail bar.

But this is no ordinary cocktail bar. First, its drink menu features only pre-Prohibition spirits, and second, its menu is the work of a classically trained chef in MariElena Raya. They juice their own fruits, prepare their own syrups, and here, ice baby ice, is taken very seriously. For if you are a cocktail aficionado, you know it is all about the ice.

The size, the shape, the clarity, the dilution factor, the mouth feel factor, and even the displacement factor (and that is why you studied Archimedes!). All of these ice attributes affect the taste of your drink. Japan leads the way with Hoshizaki Cubes, and the Rayas have invested in a Kold-Draft ice machine that provides cubes

restaurant review CUISINE: Global bar food CATEGORY: Neighborhood Favorite; Night Out PHONE: 577-6111 LOCATION: 182 East Bay St., Charleston FOOD: ★★★½ ATMOSPHERE: ★★★½ SERVICE: ★★★½ PRICE: $-$$$ COSTS: Snacks $6-$8; charcuterie $8-$28; plates $11$24; cheeses $6-$15; desserts $6-$12 WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE: Yes VEGETARIAN OPTIONS: Limited BAR: Full-service bar HOURS: Monday-Wednesday 5 p.m.-midnight; Thursday-Saturday 5 p.m.-2 a.m.

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of ice worthy of a carver.

Their menu also brings back the “lost boys” of the spirit world: creme de Violette, Falernum, Old Tom and absinthe.

The Gin Joint requires your time. This is no ordinary bar and pub grub.

Much like restaurants such as Husk, SNOB and Cypress look to the seasonal

the late fall menu.

Cheese lovers will find the milks of cows, sheep and goats leaping for immortality in Porter Cheddar, Applewood Smoked Cheddar, Morbier and Gorgonzola.

Like the charcuterie, they are priced by the “each”: 1$6 to 4-$15.

The Korean pork buns ($13) are tasty; they are served with kimchee (cured, spicy Korean cabbage) in its own miniature French canning jar and the bland doughy buns so necessary to balance the heat of the kimchee. The giant meatball ($12) blends veal, beef and pork with a ricotta center and is right at home in tomato sauce. Give the “hog” dog a try if you are into wursts, and there is also filet mignon ($24) on the menu.

Partner that with the fingerling potato skins ($8) and LEROY BURNELL/STAFF you have dinner.

Save room for dessert bewill enjoy Pad Thai popcorn cause the foie gras “M&M’s” and the local, the heirloom ($12) are outstanding. A ($6) with its tart, salty and and the heritage — well, cloud of foie gras mousse is Joe Raya, the alchemist and sweet notes of lime, fish impresario of The Gin Joint, sauce and palm sugar. Phila- covered, you know, in that delphians will take pleasure “thin candy shell, that melts attempts the same for his in your mouth, not in your in the toothsome, warm, bar. Beet juices reduced to hand” along with a quenelle soft pretzels with their molasses; Carolina apples of house-made Nutella and a unctuous sriracha cheese in fall libations; micro-dispile of hazelnut brittle. dipping sauce or housetilled spirits; Old Raj gin; a The menu changes at The made Porter honey mustard Seido Sling made with the Gin Joint with the seasons.

Japanese whisky Yamazaki; served in mustard-colored Some of the classic menu no peaches in the winter; no crocks. items have been tweaked; The charcuterie is priced cranberries in the summer. presentations have been reKeeping it seasonal, one sip by the “each” and you can fined. More bar chefs have select 1-$8; 2-$15; 3-$22; at a time. facilitated the time it takes to 4-$28. The preparations Beer drinkers will find a order and receive your drink. changing menu of light and are creative and the exAt The Gin Joint, the chaecution delicious. Chicken dark brews; wine drinkers risma of the cocktail speaks galantine, classic French, can choose among three easy to you. The foods are expressed itself with Medisparkling, white and red well-crafted and the attenterranean accents of feta, wines, but the stars of the tion to detail is spot on. artichokes, olives and sunshow are the cocktails and In this era of the resurgence dried tomatoes. A spicy the spirits. Here you will of the bar, the evolving tastes Merguez sausage was acfind a menu of seasonal of the consumer and the drinks, daisies, sours, juleps, companied by “buttons” desire for small plates with of crispy polenta and the slings, smashes, fizzes and caramelized leaves of Brus- big flavors, The Gin Joint fancy sipping spirits. sels sprouts. The “faux gras” resonates. Riding a high tide The menu permits a dinof ice and classic cocktails, of GJ’s earlier menu has ner experience but is really designed to provide worthy been renamed chicken liver this is a bar where shake, stir, mix, muddle and pour are mousse, and the foie by the snacks to the retro cocktail taken to a new level. experience. Casual drinkers foot has walked away from

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In addition to the oysters and chili, there will be live music each week at both locations. www.gilligans.net.

BY DEIDRE SCHIPANI

Special to The Post and Courier

Progressive Dinner

Twenty-five years and counting: Circa 1886 Restaurant and Charming Inns will play host to the “Charleston Holiday Progressive Dinner,” where diners journey by carriage to three locations.

Guests start the evening with hors d’oeuvres at Kings Courtyard Inn at 198 King St., travel to Circa 1886 Restaurant at 149 Wentworth St. for a three course dinner, and wind down at the John Rutledge House Inn at 116 Broad St. for coffee and dessert.

Hors d’oeuvres start at 5:30 p.m., and the evening wraps up at 8:30 p.m. A carriage will transport guests from one location to the next.

Dates of the Charleston Holiday Progressive Dinner are Dec. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23.

The cost is $95 per person, excluding beverages. Payment must be received seven days prior to the dinner, and there is a 72-hour cancella-

High on the hog

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The 11th annual Charleson Animal Society Celebrity Chili Cook-off is 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Held at the Charleston Maritime Center, there will be amateur, restaurant and celebrity categories. Also on site will be beer, wine, oysters and hot dogs. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 for children 10 & up and free for kids under 10. There will be a special kids fun zone and adoptable animals on site. Go to www. charlestonanimalsociety.org/chili to buy tickets online or to find out more information.

Up for a road trip? Charleston chefs Sean Brock of McCrady’s and Mike Lata of FIG along with Julian Van Winkle and chef Michael Paley will offer an evening celebrating the whole hog and Van Winkle Bourbon at The Hog and The Barrel Dinner in Kentucky. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m. today. The cost is $125/person. Call 502-217-6360.

Proud oysters

Charleston Pride, a nonprofit group, will hold its second annual oyster roast 18 p.m. Dec. 12 at 123 Scrapbook Lane in Summerville in the Reminisce subdivision.

On the menu: oysters, chili and hot dogs, plus beer and a live DJ. The price of the Pleasant will offer guests fundraiser is $30 in advance; free local steamed oysters and homemade chili on their $35 at the door. Tickets are limited. Go to charlestonpatios beginning 5-8 p.m. pride.org or call 609-6104. today. They plan to run the offer through oyster season.

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The Let’s Do Lunch in Charleston event will be held at Lower King Street’s Il Cortile del Re. The event takes place on Friday. On the menu: a three course lunch.

In the spirit of the holidays, the nonprofit partner will be HALOS, which provides assistance to abused and neglected children in Charleston County through a variety of initiatives. Guests may win holiday treasure from King Street shops while they share a meal and support the worthy organization. Il Cortile del Re is at 193 King St. Parking is available in the City Garage on Queen Street, or in the Majestic Square Garage on Market Street.

Parking will be validated at the event.

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Party North of Broad

Slightly North of Broad celebrates 17 years of hospitality on Wednesday.

Lunch guests may enjoy drink specials and complimentary cupcakes. Dinner guests will enjoy menu favorites from the past 17 years. Happy hour will take place 5:30-6:30 p.m. with drink specials and complimentary hors d’oeuvres to toast Slightly North of Broad.

Reservations can be made by calling 723-3424 or visiting www.slightlynorthofbroad. net.

Slightly North of Broad is at 192 East Bay St.

‘Offally’ good eats

The Glass Onion restaurant will celebrate all things offal on Monday, during dinner service, which is 6-10 p.m.

The West Ashley restaurant at 1219 Savannah Highway plans to offer a prix-fixe “Offally Delicious” menu in addition to the regular dinner offerings. Choose from among favorite organ meats such as fried liver mush, pig tail tamale and sweetbread surprise.

The cost will be $35 per diner, and reservations are recommended but not mandatory.

The full menu can be found at the website: www.ilovetheglassonion.com. The restaurant will close for lunch at 4 p.m. that day to prepare for dinner.

Sangria Sunday

Atlanticville Restaurant

will have Dori Chitayat on the Spanish/flamenco guitar 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sunday during the Sangria Sunday Brunch. Atlanticville is at 2063 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island To reserve space, call 8839452 or e-mail atlanticvillewines@gmail.com.

Winner and nominee

James Beard Award winner Mike Lata of FIG and James Beard nominee Craig Deihl of Cypress will prepare an Italian-inspired luncheon noon- 2 p.m. Dec. 16 at FIG Restaurant to celebrate their recent Terra Madre experience. The exclusive event gives locals a chance to hear about the experiences Deihl, Lata and five other locals — Elizabeth Beak, Dena Davis, Darlena Goodwin, Gra Moore and Alluette JonesSmalls — had while attending Slow Food International’s Terra Madre conference in Italy in October.

The luncheon costs $40 for Slow Food members and $50 for nonmembers, excluding tax, gratuity and alcohol.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling FIG at 805-5900.

Wines Under the Oaks

The Charleston Wine + Food Festival and BB&T host Wine Under the Oaks 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Boone Hall Plantation. Guests may mingle, eat, drink and shop on the oak-lined front lawn of the historic Lowcountry site.

Guests may enjoy live music and holiday shopping while viewing the winning poster design of the 2011 BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival poster competition. Area culinary-themed crafts, festival tickets and wine, available from Boone Hall Farms, will be available for sale. A portion of the proceeds benefits the American Red Cross. Dress is casual, and tickets are $40 per person in advance and $50 at the door. For more information about Wine Under the Oaks or the festival, visit charlestonwineandfood.com or call 727-9989, ext. 1.

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hef Mike Lata just keeps making the news. Although I think what he does with veggies is always news (who knew, beets?), this time the news is big.

The James Beard Award winner competed on “Iron Chef America” this past summer, and the episode is slated to air Sunday.

He’s nice. He’s passionate about food. But there are still some things he can’t reveal about the show. Such as if he won. Or who the guests are who get to eat his food.

Or how the producers build the elaborate towers of food that are the secret ingredient. But he still can tell us a lot.

Q: How many staff members did you take with you to New York?

A: Two to compete on the stage, and another one to act as a general assistant.

Q: How long did the taping take?

A: Well, for a one-hour

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episode, it took a full day, really 10 to 11 hours. But the competition was an hour just like you see on the show.

Q: I notice on the show that chefs really do have “go to ingredients.” What are your go-tos?

A: It sounds obvious, but good olive oil, sea salt and vinegars. You have to have fats and seasonings, and then you can work with what’s available.

Q: Is the Chairman (the host) really involved, or is he more of a figurehead?

A: He is absolutely involved, and he is a riot offcamera. He is very invested

in the show, and what he did is help us understand the intensity of the competition experience. He was also very nurturing and very excited about the competition itself.

Also, Alton Brown (the commentator) made a special point to come over and speak with me. He said he’d been to my restaurant multiple times, and said FIG was a special place and that he knew I was going to compete well.

Q: Besides the general honor of being asked, what was the one thing about the experience that you were the most proud of?

A: Plain and simple, we had fun. We put it in perspective. Originally, I was hesitant about says yes, but the timing was right. From the time they call to the time you compete, you can’t stop thinking about it, but that day, I told my staff, “We are going to take the next hour and have the most fun we can have.” And I think you’ll see that come through when you watch the show.

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he Lost Dog Cafe has been around since 2002, and while relative newcomers such as Rita’s or even Blu might garner the lion’s share of recognition on Folly Beach, the Lost Dog remains an estimable favorite.

Just off the main drag, they’re still pouring drinks into mason jars, still opening early and still packing the joint full on weekends.

Dozens of pictures of dogs hang from the walls, comprising a de facto canine gallery. But special mention must be awarded

to the large picture of the Peanuts crew, the depiction also containing the phrase, “Happiness is being one of the gang.” Funny, I had the very same pillowcase as a child, which pretty much guarantees my affection.

Dishes emerge from the kitchen quickly and efficiently, brought to tables, booths, the porch and bar by a friendly and attentive staff.

The Lost Dog trades in breakfast and lunch, which include shrimp and grits with bacon, scallions and garlic; biscuits dressed in homemade sausage gravy; the Bob Barker, a spicy black bean burger with

mango salsa; fresh fish; and a tasty Thai wrap with peanut sauce.

Specials alternate, one of which combines bacon slices, spinach leaves, fried green tomato and egg, and sharp pimiento cheese, setting the ingredients inside a fluffy croissant ($10.95).

Startlingly good on its own, a bit of sweet, peppery sriracha sauce enlivens the sandwich, taking it up another notch.

But just how good is it?

Before even receiving my croissant, two different servers congratulated me on the order. And that, of course, is an excellent beginning to anyone’s day.

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Lost Dog Cafe is a Folly Beach favorite

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George Younts tackles ‘Carol’ as a one-man show

‘A Christmas Carol’

BY DENISE K. JAMES

Special to The Post and Courier

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Charleston Stage adaptation opens Friday

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he magic of a stage production is no more diminished by peering behind the scenes than the fascination of a clock is lessened by observing its mechanism. In fact, it is only enhanced.

When the play in question is a holiday period piece, and a musical to boot — as is the case with Charleston Stage’s latest adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” — there is even more to dazzle the eye and seduce the senses.

No less so with preparations backstage, as one sees all the elements coalesce from script and lighting to costuming, score and the first dress rehearsals.

Charles Dickens would be wowed.

So may audiences be when the play opens Friday at the Dock Street Theatre.

Augmenting a lively cast of 30 are sumptuous sets and a group of strolling musicians who play a medley of traditional carols.

“Back in 9th-century England it was traditional to tell ghost stories at Christmas time,” says director Julian Wiles, whose adaptation frolics with some of the more ghostly aspects of Dickens’ original, along with the conventional Yuletide verve.

“There will be plenty of fog, thunder, lightning and special effects. We’ve even added some new touches this year including the strolling musicians, new scenic and costume elements, as well as a new scene or two.”

Wiles notes that with few

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Brian J. Porter plays Ebenezer Scrooge in Charleston Stage’s production of “A Christmas Carol.”

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exceptions, the actors in this year’s production have not played these roles previously.

“So they will be bringing their own imaginative takes on these classic characters.”

The cast includes Brian J. Porter as Ebenezer Scrooge; Lee Hollis Bussie as Fred, Scrooge’s estranged nephew; Stephanie S. Faatz as Caroline, Fred’s wife; Mikey Nagy as Young Ebenezer; Mary-E Godfrey as Mrs. Cratchit; and Ira Lindberg Harris in a variety of roles, not least the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Marley is played by Gabriel Wright, with Jerrad Aker as Bob Cratchit and Josh McCoy as Tiny Tim. The Ghost of Christmas Past is embodied by Marybeth Clark and the Ghost of Christmas Present by Chris Edwards. New and original musical arrangements were created by Amanda Wansa, with choreography by Lindsey Lamb Archer, costumes

by Barbara Young, sets and lights by Ghost of Wiles and Stefanie Christensen, and props by Mike Christensen.

Yet “A Christmas Carol” is but Act One for Charleston Stage’s holiday fest. The troupe is presenting a contemporary piece, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” also at the Dock Street Theatre.

“Like ‘A Christmas Carol,’ ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ is a tale of transformation,” says director Clark.

“Based on an acclaimed children’s novel by Barbara Robinson and set in the present day, it tells the story of the Herdman kids, the absolutely worst kids in town being cast as the leads in the annual Christmas Pageant.”

As always, however, even the sourest of personalities winds up being sweetened by the irresistible allure of the holidays.

The cast is composed of members of Charleston Stage’s Resident Professional Acting Company and members of its KidStage and Theatricals Performance Troupes.

Performances are scheduled for 3 p.m. Dec. 11 and 18. Tickets are $22.

eorge Younts isn’t one to be intimidated. He’s taken one of history’s great pieces of literature, turned it into his own show and performs it all by himself. His one-man rendition of “A Christmas Carol” is back for this season, and it’s the perfect way to kick off the holidays.

Thanks to a long history in the theater, Younts is wellknown in the Charleston acting scene. He toured and worked with professionals in New York City, he ran an acting company in Georgia, and finally, he moved to the Lowcountry area in 1999.

“Since coming to Charleston, I’ve been a director, a designer and a performer,” he says. “Currently, I’m teaching and directing shows at The Art Institute. I also recently starred in Charleston Stage’s ‘39 Steps,’ and I regularly do ‘neck improv’ at Theatre 99.”

Younts has always been a fan of Dickens. He’s performed “Nicholas Nickleby” for his students before and also wrote an adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” for another acting company.

“You sort of have to become a ‘geek’ on the topic — full of information in order to do a performance like this,” he laughs. “When Dickens first wrote ‘A Christmas Carol,’ he did readings of the play, which is known as a platform performance. It became one of his core programs. Even now, my performance is more about words than action. It comes from a time when people were more about the oral tradition. The stage is simplistic; the props are as basic as a box and two stools.”

Since the show’s sole cast member is Younts himself, he really gets the chance to know his role.

“It makes me grateful doing this,” he says. “It makes me

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George Younts brings a holiday classic to life all by himself.

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“A Christmas Carol,” adapted and performed in a oneman show by George Younts, will be performed at The South of Broadway Theatre Company, 1080 E. Montague Ave. The show will run through Dec. 20 at the Charleston County School of the Arts Black Box Theatre, The South of Broadway Theatre Company, Bees Landing Recreational Complex, Colleen O. Williams Theater, Sumter High School, Zucker Middle School and the Horizon Bay Retirement Center.

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more aware, when I’m acting with others, of how important every cast member is.

Performing alone helps keep my acting chops up.”

This year marks the third Christmas that Younts has performed the Dickens classic. He has 14 shows to perform, including one at the South of Broadway Theatre in North Charleston. Yet Younts also performs the play in slightly more unorthodox places.

“The idea of this show is to outreach to others, and let them see what the theater can be about,” explains Younts. “I’ve performed this play in schools, churches, hospitals, retirement

homes — even prisons. I try to visit places where there are people who don’t regularly attend the theater.

It’s different each time I do it. I think the audience’s imagination gets into the story and helps it to carry through.”

Younts thinks that the play is a secular, yet meaningful, way to approach Christmas, making it crowd friendly for any audience.

“It’s synonymous with the way people view the season,” he says. “Dickens was leery of organized religions, so this play is secular enough, but it still keeps us focused on the ideas of redemption and rebirth.”

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‘Burlesque’ shakes, shimmies, doesn’t stir substance.

It’s also a shameless vehicle for Christina Aguilera, trytop me if you think ing to position herself as an you’ve heard this one actress in her film debut, before. even though she’s essentially A small-town girl with big playing a version of herself. dreams and a big voice packs She can really sing, of course up everything she owns in — one character aptly dea suitcase, makes her way to scribes her as having “muHollywood and wows the tant lungs” — and she looks world with her talent. But great on camera, but the not everyone has her best in- performance is all one note terest at heart, so she’ll have otherwise, if you’ll pardon to cling tight to her values to the pun. figure out whom she should And while we’re comparing trust.

“Burlesque” to trash of the And she’ll do it ... in song! past, it isn’t the abject failure Yes, they should provide a that Mariah Carey’s simicliche checklist at the door lar “Glitter” was, but that’s of “Burlesque,” just to make mainly because it has better it interactive and help pass production values. the time.

Aguilera’s romantically Sure, this song-and-dance named Ali Rose is bathed in extravaganza is sufficiently warm, golden light wherever shiny and sparkly, an explo- she goes. This includes the sion of sequins and feathers opening sequence in which and sass. she leaves the dingy Iowa Writer-director Steven An- diner where she works as a tin is the brother of Pussycat waitress (but not without Dolls creator Robin Antin, belting out a bluesy tune so there’s a certain familiar- first), gathers her meaity to the bump-and-grind ger belongings, traipses numbers the dancers perthrough the trailer park she’s form. The mere presence called home, then crosses of Cher guarantees a high a railroad bridge and steps camp factor; at a recent through a hole in a chainscreening, the first sight of link fence en route to the bus her on stage in all her sailor- station. hatted, Plasticine glory drew Once in Los Angeles, she appreciative laughs and apliterally stands on the corner plause from the audience. of Hollywood and Vine, Although “Burlesque” is holding a list of want ads for never the juicy diva smackbackup singers and dancers. down of “Showgirls,” to Then she stumbles upon The which comparisons are Burlesque Lounge on Sunset inevitable, it’s good enough Boulevard, an aging theater as a guilty pleasure, simply where the ageless Cher rules because it’s all splash and no as the proprietress and head-

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liner, Tess.

Ali’s hooked the second she walks in the door, and insinuates herself from cocktail waitress to backup dancer to featured star in the blink of an eye. (Alan Cumming is depressingly underused as the lounge’s host, in a halfhearted nod to “Cabaret.”)

From there, the rest of “Burlesque” plays like an extended version of the “Lady Marmalade” video, with a

few contrivances to provide vague conflict. There’s never a doubt that the plucky, determined Ali will win over Tess and her obligatory best gay pal, stage manager Sean (Stanley Tucci, who has an effortless rapport with Cher).

When jealous bad-girl Nikki (Kristen Bell) threatens to stand in the way of her fame, we know Ali will triumph anyway. When Tess

is on the verge of eviction, we know she won’t have to sell the place to a predatory real estate entrepreneur (Eric Dane).

And when Ali meets eyelinered bartender Jack (“Twilight’s” Cam Gigandet), who’s really a sensitive, aspiring musician, it’s only a matter of time before they fall for each other — in chaste, tastefully lighted love scenes, of course.

movie review ★★★ (of 5)

DIRECTOR: Steve Antin STARRING: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Julianne Hough, Kristen Bell.

RATED: PG-13 for language, brief nudity, suggestive material.

RUN TIME: 1 hour, 40 minutes.

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‘Slumdog’ director has another winner with ‘127 hours’

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thers heard the story of rock climber Aron Ralston’s days-long ordeal, trapped by a boulder that pinned his arm, and winced.

Danny Boyle saw a tale of endurance and triumph, a spiritual journey in which a young man comes to terms with the phrase “No man is an island.”

“127 Hours” is the remarkable film the director of “Slumdog Millionaire” and his “Slumdog” screenwriter (Simon Beaufoy) conjured out of that excruciating tale.

It’s a tribute to Boyle’s filmic flair and the humanity he wears on his sleeve that we can recall how Ralston’s 127-hour saga ends and still be stunned, moved and thrilled by the finale.

James Franco carries this gorgeous picture, giving us a Ralston as grinning Extreme Sports cliche.

He works in a mountaineering equipment shop and takes off on solo weekend trips, hurtling across buttes on his mountain bike, exulting in nature and even in the spills he takes along the way.

The film’s opening minutes, with Ralston narrating his gonzo adventures on his personal camcorder, show us just how long it takes him to get to the middle of nowhere and how psyched he is to reach his fortress of solitude.

movie review ★★★★★ (of 5)

DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle.

STARRING: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Treat Williams, Clemence Poesy.

RATED: R for language and some disturbing violent content/bloody images.

RUN TIME: 1 hour 33 minutes.

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On the day of his accident, he stumbles into a couple of cute coed hikers (Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn) and disarmingly offers to show them the Blue John Canyon that only he knows.

Ralston’s open-faced grin advertises a big, open heart, and Franco effortlessly conveys the guy’s innocence, and his lust for life.

The girls move on, after an adventurous side trip (videotaped) to a water hole, and not before Aron has promised to come to their party that night.

Then he dashes up a hill and out of sight. By the time he takes his big tumble, there is nobody within miles of him. He’s going to miss that party.

Boyle and Beaufoy are fascinated by the kid’s reaction to his plight. He’s self-reliant, with all sorts of things in his pack that might help.

None do. But he won’t panic.

He even keeps his camcorder diary up to date as he tries this and that, makes sure to hydrate and rest between at-

tempts at self-rescue.

He’s taken one calculated risk too many and he is perfectly OK with that. He bundles up, as best he can, overnight, and marvels at the way the light plays down into the crack he’s stuck in at sunrise. Here’s a guy who lives every day as if it might be his last.

But in dreams, flashbacks and hallucinations, Aron remembers the girl (Clemence Poesy) he wouldn’t commit to, the mistakes he made with his parents and others that are reflected in what has happened to him.

He’s a lone wolf, living for himself. And nobody knows where he is or that he’s missing.

Boyle, Beaufoy, Franco and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle have created a film of breathtaking scenery, awe-inspiring silences and a perilous puzzle.

It’s a tribute to them all that this myopic Man vs. His Wild Self drama is as utterly absorbing and thrilling as it is.

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New ‘Narnia,’ indie ‘Rabbit Hole’ among December film highlights ‘How Do You Know’

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Aslan is back in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

where the fate of Narnia rests on their confrontations with various foes — one of which is very familiar.

The buzz: The first “Narnia” film was a big hit and ‘Black Swan’ well-made; the second, not so Opens Friday.

The story: The latest from much. But the Lewis books and the films have a dedirector Darren Aronofsky voted following, particularly (“The Wrestler”) is a dark, among Christian readers, psychosexual drama set in the competitive world of top and the previews suggest veteran director Michael Apted ballet companies. Natalie Portman plays a young balle- has brought some flair to this rina who pushes aside an ag- edition. ing star (Winona Ryder) for the lead in “Swan Lake,” only ‘The Fighter’ to find herself up against a Opens Dec. 10. new rival (Mila Kunis) for The story: Mark Wahlberg the role. spent years trying to get this The buzz: The film really story about the early years of got the critics’ attention at real-life fighter “Irish” Micky recent film festival showWard to the screen. That ings, and Portman is already rough life included crime, considered a front-runner drugs and a troubled brother for an Oscar nomination. On (played by an almost unrecpaper, “Black Swan” doesn’t ognizable Chrisian Bale). appear to be the kind of The buzz: Lots for the actmovie that appeals to a broad ing of Wahlberg, Bale, Amy audience, but then again, no Adams as Ward’s girlfriend one thought “The Wrestler” and Melissa Leo as a mother would make any box office from hell and for the direcwaves, either. tion by David O. Russell (“Three Kings”).

‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’

Opens Dec. 10.

The story: In the third film drawn from C.S. Lewis’ beloved novels, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are sucked into a painting and find themselves in a watery world

type of picture in the past, it’s the story of King George VI, a severe stutterer who unexpectedly ascended to the throne just before World War II, and speech therapist Lionel Logue, who helped him overcome his problem.

The buzz: Colin Firth, Colin Firth, Colin Firth. And did we mention Colin Firth?

Even the critics who had reservations about the film as a whole have lavished praise on Firth’s performance as the king, making the alwaysengaging actor an instant Oscar contender.

‘Tron: Legacy’

Opens Dec. 17.

The story: This is a sequel to a 1982 film that was way ahead of its time in terms of storytelling and special effects. This time around,

the son of the video-game developer who got trapped in a digital world is pulled into the same world.

The buzz: The original — with Jeff Bridges, who returns for the sequel — was considered an expensive failure 28 years ago but then became a cult classic. The early reaction to previews within the fanboy nation has bordered on the rapturous, and the special effects look, well, really special.

Mitchell (“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”), is attracting increasing attention because of the luminous performance

by Nicole Kidman as a mother whose life is totally altered by her son’s death.

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‘Rabbit Hole’

Opens Dec. 25.

The story: An examination of grief and the way it can consume lives as seen through the eyes of a couple mourning the loss of their son. Based on the beautifully written, Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David LindsayAbaire.

The buzz: This indie film, directed by James Cameron

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Opens Dec. 17.

The story: A young woman with love and romance issues starts what she thinks will be a brief fling with a professional ballplayer. Complications ensue.

The buzz: No directorwriter does love and romance better than James L. Brooks (“Broadcast News,” “As Good As it Gets”) when he’s at the top of his game. Paul Rudd is said to be terrific as the ballplayer with Reese Witherspoon (who’s been in something of a slump since “Walk the Line” five years ago) rising to the occasion as the young woman.

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The story: This romantic drama-thriller centers on a man (Johnny Depp) who travels to Venice to mend a broken heart, only to cross paths with a beautiful and mysterious woman (Angelina Jolie) who is on the run from the police and some nasty Russian mobsters (are there any other kind?).

The buzz: This film, various scripts of which have been kicking around Hollywood for years, could be ‘The King’s Speech’ the stealth hit of the holidays.

Opens Dec. 10.

Originally, it was going to The story: Based on hisopen early next year, but the torical fact, this film is the studio rushed it into theaters kind of British drama-peafter seeing an early cut. riod piece that Oscar voters — and many American film- And, hey, it’s got Depp and goers — just adore. Directed Jolie, two very good actors who also light up the screen.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 ★★★★ PG-13

DUE DATE ★★★ R

127 HOURS ★★★★★ R

A first-time father hitches a ride with an aspiring actor in order to make it to his child’s birth on time.

A hiker becomes trapped in an isolated canyon in Utah.

Terrace: Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 2, 4:45, 7:30, 9:30

Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes in their continued efforts to defeat him.

Azalea Square: Today: 1:05, 3:25, 5:35, 7:55, 10:05 Cinebarre: Today: 1:35, 4:35, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:05 Citadel 16: Today: noon, 2:10, 4:20, 7, 9:45 Hwy 21: Fri-Sun and Thurs, Dec. 9: 9:30 James Island 8: Today: 10 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 Regal 18: Today: 1:10, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:20, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20

Azalea Square: Today: 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 7, 7:30, 8, 10:15, 10:45 Cinebarre: Today-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:25, 1:25, 3:40, 4:40, 7:10, 8:10, 10:25, 11:25 Citadel 16 IMAX: Today: 10:30, 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Citadel 16: Today: 11, 11:30, noon, 1, 1:50, 2:20, 3, 4:45, 5:15, 6:15, 7:40, 8:15, 9:15 Hippodrome: Today: 7:05, 9:50 Fri: 7:05, 9:45 Sat: 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Sun: 1:45, 4:30, 7:05 Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 7:05, 9:45 Hwy 21: Fri-Sun and Thurs, Dec. 9: 7 James Island 8: Today: 3:45, 7, 10:10 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 3, 6:10, 9:15 Sat-Sun: 11:45, 3, 6:10, 9:15 Northwoods: Today: 1, 1:45, 4, 4:45, 7, 8, 9:55 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:20, 1:50, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9:45, 10:45 Regal 18: Today: 11:45, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 3, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:20, 12:50, 1:10, 1:40, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 10:05, 10:40

FAIR GAME ★★★ PG-13

This film is based on Valerie Plame’s memoir, “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House.”

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Stanley Tucci (left) and Cher star in “Burlesque.”

BURLESQUE ★★★ PG-13 Small-town girl Ali Rose (Christina Aguilera) finds a job in Los Angeles at The Burlesque Lounge with the help of Tess (Cher), the club’s proprietor and headliner.

Azalea Square: Today: 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Cinebarre: Today-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1, 4, 7:25, 10:20 Citadel 16: Today: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:50 Northwoods: Today: 1:30, 4, 6:55, 9:15 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:10, 2:10, 4, 4:50, 7:10, 7:50, 10, 10:30 Regal 18: Today: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 10:25 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:25, 4:30, 7:15, 10:25 Terrace: Today: 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:15 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:15

COOL IT PG

Terrace: Today: 1, 3:45, 7, 9:10

FASTER ★★ R

On a mission to avenge the murder of his brother, an ex-con (Dwayne Johnson) is trailed by a veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) and a young hitman.

Azalea Square: Today: 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Cinebarre: Today-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:15, 4:15, 7:30, 10 Citadel 16: Today: 11:50, 2:05, 4:20, 7, 9:35 James Island 8: Today-Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 SatSun: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Northwoods: Today: 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:40, 5:40, 8:15, 10:35 Regal 18: Today: 12:05, 12:35, 2:40, 3:20, 5:05, 6:30, 7:40, 9:45, 10:20 FriThurs, Dec. 9: 12:05, 12:35, 2:40, 3:20, 5:15, 6:30, 7:40, 9:45, 10:20

FOR COLORED GIRLS ★★★★ R

Jake Gyllenhaal (left) and Anne Hathaway star in “Love and Other Drugs.”

Azalea Square: Today: 1:40, 7:40 Citadel 16: Today: 12:20, 3:30, 7, 9:45 Regal 18: Today: 12:15, 3:30, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:40, 3:35, 6:50, 9:50

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS ★★★ R

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Nameless women portray characters from 20 poems.

This documentary addresses the global warming crisis.

Terrace: Fri: 1:45, 9:20

DONNIE DARKO R

Free-spirited Maggie (Anne Hathaway) finds herself falling in love with a charming pharmaceutical sales rep (Jake Gyllenhaal).

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST ★★★★ R

A troubled teenager has visions that cause him to commit a series of crimes.

Terrace: Fri: 11:45 p.m.

Azalea Square: Today: 11:40, 2:15, 5, 7:35, 10:15 Cinebarre: Today: 1:20, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:40, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 Citadel 16: Today: 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55 James Island 8: Today-Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 SatSun: 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Northwoods: Today: 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:20, 5:20, 8:05, 10:40 Regal 18: Today: 1, 3:45, 6:55, 9:40 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1, 3:45, 6:55, 9:35

While Lisbeth Salander is recovering in the hospital, Mikail Blomkvist works to clear her of criminal charges.

Terrace: Today: 1:15, 4, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1, 4, 6:50, 9:25

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TANGLED ★★ PG

THE POLAR EXPRESS ★★★★ G

MEGAMIND ★★½ PG

A villain defeats his nemesis and now must find a new opponent.

Azalea Square: Today: 11:55, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 Cinebarre: Today: 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Cinebarre 3D: Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:05, 4:30, 7:45, 10:10 Citadel 16 3D: Today: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10 James Island 8: Today-Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 SatSun: 2:15, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 Northwoods: Today: 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30 Palmetto Grande 3D: Today: 2:25, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Regal 18: Today: 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:10, 2:30, 5, 7:45, 10:10

On Christmas Eve, a doubting boy boards a train headed to the North Pole.

A princess escapes her tower-prison in this Disney-animated film based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale “Rapunzel.”

Hippodrome: Sat-Sun: noon

Azalea Square: Today: 11:30, 12:30, 1:55, 2:55, 4:20, 5:20, 6:45, 7:45, 10:10 Azalea Square 3D: Today: noon, 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Cinebarre: Today: 1:05, 4:05, 7, 9:30 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 11:30, 1:50, 4:10, 6:30, 9 Citadel 16: Today: noon, 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 8:50 Citadel 16 3D: Today: 11:15, 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, 7:35, 9:40 Hwy 21: Today-Sun and Thurs, Dec. 9: 7 James Island 8: Today-Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 4:40, 7, 9:30 Sat-Sun: noon, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:30 Northwoods: Today: 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:40, 4:20, 6:45 Palmetto Grande 3D: Today: 1, 2:30, 3:50, 5, 7:40, 10:10 Regal 18: Today: 11:50, 1:15, 2:25, 4, 4:55, 7, 7:35, 9:25, 10 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 11:55, 1:15, 2:25, 4, 4:55, 7:05, 7:35, 9:25, 9:55 Regal 18 3D: Today-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:05, 10:30

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW R

After their car breaks down in an isolated area, a couple meets Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Terrace: Fri: 11:30

RED ★★½ PG-13

Four former CIA agents become targets for assassination.

Azalea Square: Today: 10 Citadel 16: Today: 2:05, 4:30, 9:45 Regal 18: Today: 2:15, 7:20

UNSTOPPABLE ★★★ PG-13

SECRETARIAT ★★ PG AP PHOTO/PARAMOUNT PICTURES/MACALL POLAY

Diane Keaton (center) stars in “Morning Glory.”

MORNING GLORY ★★★★ PG-13

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery takes over her parents’ stable, enters the male-dominated horse racing business, and eventually fosters a Triple Crown winner.

A veteran train engineer and young conductor must stop an unmanned train before it destroys a city.

Azalea Square: Today: 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:35, 9:55 Citadel 16: Today: 11:55, 2, 4:10, 7, 9:30 Cinebarre: Today-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:30, 4:25, 7:40, 10:15 James Island 8: Today-Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 SatSun: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Northwoods: Today: 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:50, 5:30, 7:55, 10:25 Regal 18: Today: 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:15 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:15

Citadel 16: Today: 11:40, 7:15 Hwy 21: Today-Sun and Thurs, Dec. 9: 8:55

A TV producer attempts to revive a struggling morning news show.

Azalea Square: Today: 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:25 Cinebarre: Today-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 Citadel 16: Today: 12:10, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35 James Island 8: Today-Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 4:15, 7, 9:45 Sat-Sun: 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 Regal 18: Today: 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:55, 3:50

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THE NEXT THREE DAYS ★★★ PG-13

When his wife is convicted of murder, John Brennan must free her.

Azalea Square: Today: 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Cinebarre: Today: 1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:15 Citadel 16: Today: 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 James Island 8: Today: 4:15, 7:10 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Dec. 9: 4:15, 7, 9:45 Sat-Sun: 1:20, 4:15, 7, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Regal 18: Today: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15

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After refusing a mission, a warrior abandons his clan and starts a new life in the American Badlands.

Fighter jets attack an alien ship over the city of Los Angeles in the sci-fi thriller “Skyline.”.

Regal 18: Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 12:15, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25, 10

SKYLINE ★ PG-13

WILD TARGET ★★½ PG-13

Azalea Square: Today: 5:25, 10:35 Citadel 16: Today: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Palmetto Grande: Today: 9:20 Regal 18: Today: 11:55, 4:50, 9:55 Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 7:20, 9:40

Terrace: Fri-Thurs, Dec. 9: 4:15, 7:10

An assassin becomes attracted to one of his intended victims.

An extraterrestrial force descends on Los Angeles.

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Lori Starnes Isom’s first art show on display

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ori Starnes Isom moved to Charleston earlier this year and already is preparing for her first art show.

On Nov. 19, Isom celebrated her art opening at Sugar Bakeshop, 59½ Canon St., where the vintage walls are decorated with her detailed paintings and drawings.

Isom spoke about drawing as an ability she always remembers having. Her need to create sounded like a deep ache she’s always had, a compulsion that she constantly needs to convey.

“I feel so blessed to be able to express what’s inside of me in this way. When I get an idea about something I want to paint, I cannot wait to get to the canvas. I struggle to maintain a good mood if I’m not able to paint when I want to. I create because I can’t stop myself,” she said.

Isom attended an art high school in Manhattan, where she was surrounded by creativity and an encouraging atmosphere. The teachers she had in her formative years were instrumental in her decision to pursue a life as an artist. Isom attended the Parson’s School of Design. She spent years after college working as a dancer and then as a actor in New York.

Fifteen years ago, she yearned for the simplicity and satisfying nature of putting charcoal to paper or acrylic paint to canvas as she had when she was younger. Isom is honing her craft as an artist and is working on a collection of paintings and drawings to

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“Forward” exhibit at other venues in Charleston.

Meet the artist at Sugar Bakeshop and view her work on exhibit until Dec. 4.

WEBSITE: www.lorisartspace.blogspot.com.

CONTACT INFO: lorstarnes@ yahoo.com, 323-8001.

BIRTH DATE AND PLACE: Aug. 6, Brooklyn, N.Y. RESIDENCE: West Ashley, six months.

FAMILY: Mother, Daisy; father, Charles; brother, Cazembe; husband, Robert; dog, Duchess.

EDUCATION: Parsons School

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of Design, fashion illustration.

CAREER: Cupcake decorator, visual artist, wife.

GOALS: I would love to work every day in my own studio/ gallery and be able to offer art lessons, as well as live model sessions.

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?: “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle.

INFLUENCES: Too many artists to name here. Also, people who have discovered a way to be successful entrepreneurs.

PRICE RANGE: $200-$1,500.

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CHRISTMAS MADE IN THE SOUTH: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FridaySaturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Exchange Park Fairgrounds, 9850 Hwy. 78, Ladson. $6 adults, children 12 and under free. The 18th Annual Christmas Made in the South shopping event will feature gift items from hundreds of artists and crafters. 704-8479480 or www.madeinthesouthshows.com.

ACTION ART FESTIVAL: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. The Island Gallery, 2214 Middle St., Sullivan’s Island. Free. Local artists will demonstrate techniques such as sculpting, pottery-making, glass jewelry-making and more. Live music, crafts, children’s activities and refreshments also will be featured. 882-8019 or www. actionart2010.com.

AWENDAW GREEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: Noon-10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Awendaw Green, 4879 U.S. Hwy. 17. $15 per day or $25 weekend pass, $20-$20 camping. Enjoy performances by dozens of local acts, camping, food, beverages and more.

Proceeds benefit the Wando High School Band, the Red Cross, Toys for Tots and other local charities. www.awendawgreen.com.

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HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: 5:30-10 p.m. SundayThursday; 5:30-11 p.m. FridaySaturday through Jan. 2. James Island County Park, 871 Riverland Drive, James Island. $10 for carloads of 1-15 people, $25 for 16-30, $100 for 31 or more. Call

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Hip-hop mastermind Wale is performing at The Music Farm, 32 Ann St., on Saturday. Tickets are $20 in advance and $23 at the door. Visit www. musicfarm.com or www.walemusic for more information.

795-4386 or visit www.holidayfestivaloflights.com.

CHARLESTON FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Marion Square. Local vendors offer produce, plants, baked goods and more. 7247309.

FRESHFIELDS VILLAGE FARMERS AND ART MARKET: 4-8 p.m. Mondays. Freshfields Village at the crossroads of Kiawah and Seabrook islands.

Purchase local produce, honey, gourmet items, barbecue and live music. www.freshfieldsvillage.com.

MARKET AT ROSEBANK FARMS: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.

Rosebank Farms, 4455 Betsy Kerrison Parkway, Johns Island. The farm will offer local produce, seafood, baked goods, flowers and more. 768-0508 or www. rosebankfarms.com.

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FORUM: 7-8 p.m. third Wednesday of each month. C of C Hollings Science Center, Room 112, 58 Coming St. Free. Network at Mellow Mushroom afterward. www.gogreencharleston.org.

ASTRONOMY CLUB: 7-9 p.m.

First Thursday of each month.

Atlantic Aviation, 6060 Aviation Ave., North Charleston. The Lowcountry Stargazers Astronomy Club meets each month. www. lowcountrystargazers.org.

ART DISCOVERY WALKING TOURS: 10:30 a.m. Saturdays.

Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. $20. 90-minute tour highlights historic sites that have inspired artists for centuries. www.charlestonwalks.com or 729-3420.

“ART IN THE EVENING”: 7:30 p.m. Fridays. Charleston Market.

An art show and sale accompanied by live music. 937-0920.

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: 7-8 p.m. Thursdays. Ballroom Dance Club of Charleston, 1632 Ashley Hall Road. $30 per month. Taught by Steven Duane. 557-7690.

BALLROOM DANCE PARTIES: Every weekend (except holidays). Creative Spark Center for the Arts, 757 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant. $10 (may increase for theme or dinner parties). Adult ballroom dance party with group lessons beforehand.

881-3780.

BEGINNER SHAG LESSONS: 8:15 p.m. Mondays. Arthur Murray Dance Studio, 1706 Old Towne Road. $10 per class. 5712183 or www.arthurmurraychs. com.

BRIDGE LESSONS: 3-5 p.m. or 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays. Bridge Center, 1740 Ashley River Road. $135 for 11 beginner sessions.

556-4145.

BOOK LOVERS GROUP: 7-9 p.m. third Friday of every month.

Dreamalot Books, 123-B S. Goose Creek Blvd. Come with a book and a snack. 572-4188.

CANOE AND KAYAK TOURS: 9 a.m.-noon. Saturdays. Francis Beidler Forest, 336 Sanctuary Road, Harleyville. $30 adults, $15 children 6-12. Paddle through virgin swamp while a naturalist points out plants and animals.

462-2150 or www.beidlerforest. com.

CAROLINA SHAG WORKSHOPS: Saturdays. Trudy’s School of Dance, 830 Folly Road, James Island. $25 for two-hour lessons. For students at any level.

Registration required. 795-8250.

CELTIC FIDDLE CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Na

Fidleiri and the Taylor Music Group will conduct preparatory classes. 819-6961.

CHARLESTON CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE: 7 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month. Ryan’s restaurant, 829 St. Andrews Blvd. jeannescla@aol.com.

CHARLESTON MUSIC CLUB: Free music programs through May. 795-7842 or www.charlestonmusicclub.org.

CHOPSTICKS: 3-5 p.m. Fridays. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. All ages.

Light classical music and favorite children’s songs while kids color with friends. 805-6930.

CHORUS REHEARSALS: 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesdays. Franke at Seaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Mount Pleasant. The Franke Chorus invites men and women to join. 654-5973, 881-1158 or 881-9691.

CHRISTOPHER’S READING ROOM: 4-4:30 p.m. Thursdays.

John’s Island Library, 3531 Maybank Highway. Grades 6-12. Earn one John’s Island Library dollar for each session. 559-1945.

“COMMON GROUND-SOLID GROUND”: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. Marion Square. Join the Grassroots Call to Action Group for nonpartisan open discussion. 810-0088 or www.grassrootschange.ning.com.

CYPRESS SWAMP TOURS: 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Middleton Place Outdoor Center, 4300 Ashley River Road. $55-$65. 266-7492 or www.middletonplace.org.

DANGEROUS BOOK CLUB: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. Explore something new every week from “The Dangerous Book for Boys.”

805-6930.

DANGEROUS BOYS CLUB: 7:30 p.m. first Friday of each month. Barnes & Noble, 1716 Towne Centre Way, Mount Pleasant. Community leaders will host meetings based on activities from “The Dangerous Book for Boys.” 216-9756.

EARLY MORNING BIRD WALKS: 8:30 a.m.-noon.

Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Caw Caw Interpretive Center, 5200 Savannah Highway, Rave-

nel. $5; Gold Pass members free.

Preregistration encouraged, but walk-ins welcome. 795-4386 or www.ccprc.com.

EAST COOPER COFFEE CLUB: 10 a.m. Fourth Wednesday of each month. Franke at Seaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Mount Pleasant. Bring a mug and see presentations by different speakers. Refreshments will be provided. 856-2166.

EDISTO ISLAND MUSEUM: 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Dec. 31. Edisto Island Museum, 8123 Chisolm Plantation Road. An art exhibit by Bruce Nellsmith. 869-1954.

“FACE LIFT”: Through Saturday. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. The museum presents a collection of American portraiture from the 1700s to present day. 722-2706 or www. gibbesmuseum.org.

“FAVELAS” EXHIBIT: Through Tuesday. City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau St. Pedro Lobo, artist-in-residence at The Art Institute of Charleston, presents “Favelas: Architecture of Survival,” a collection of photographs of Rio de Janeiro’s squatter settlements. 958-6484.

FOLLY BEACH BLUEGRASS SOCIETY: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays.

The Kitchen, 11 Center St. Bring an instrument and participate in an open jam. 345-1678.

FREE SHAG LESSONS: 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Mojo’s, 975 Bacons Bridge Road, Summerville.

214-0242.

“FREUD AND PSYCHOANALYSIS”: Through mid-December.

Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring St. Free. The museum will host an exhibit consisting of about two dozen of Sigmund Freud’s original manuscripts.

853-4651.

THE GATHERING BOOK GROUP: 7 p.m. Last Thursday of each month. Barnes & Noble, 1716 Towne Centre Way, Mount Pleasant. 216-9756.

GRASSROOTS CALL TO ACTION: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays.

Fort Johnson Cafe and Coffee, 1014 Fort Johnson Road, James Island. 810-0088 or grassroots calltoaction@gmail.com.

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“HARRY POTTER’S WORLD”: Through Jan. 7. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. The library will host the traveling exhibit “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine.” Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Jason Coy, history professor at the C of C, talks about the historical background of magic. 805-6930.

“LET’S DISCUSS IT” BOOK GROUP: 10 a.m. Third Friday of each month. Mount Pleasant Regional Library, 1133 Mathis Ferry Road. New members welcome. shgalos@juno.com.

LOWCOUNTRY BACKPACKERS CLUB: 7-8:30 p.m. second Thursday of each month. Collins Park Clubhouse, 4115 Fellowship Road, North Charleston.

OPEN STUDIO: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Last Tuesday of each month. The Meeting Place, 1077 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. $5. Each class will be taught by professional artists.

740-5854.

PARENT/CHILD BALLROOM CLASSES: 6:30-7 p.m. Thursdays. G.M. Darby Building, 302 Pitt St., Mount Pleasant. $30 residents, $37 nonresidents. Parents and youths ages 5-9 will learn basic dance steps. 849-2061 or www.townofmountpleasant. com.

POSTPARTUM SUPPORT GROUP: 6:30-8 p.m. First and third Thursday of each month.

Church of the Holy Cross, 299 Seven Farms Drive, Daniel Island. Psychologist Risa MasonCohen leads a support group.

769-0444.

PRESERVATION TECH TOURS: 8:30-10:30 a.m. First Saturday of each month. Drayton Hall, 3380 Ashley River Road. $20 members, $25 nonmembers.

Tours will showcase the technical aspects of the plantation’s preservation efforts, design, architecture and more. 769-2638 or www.draytonhall.org.

“RHYTHM AND STROKES”: Through March 11. The Avery Research Center for AfricanAmerican History and Culture, 125 Bull St. Free. The center will host an exhibit by artist Hampton R. Olfus Jr. that examines the African diaspora. 953-7609 or www.avery.cofc.edu.

SALSA DANCE LESSONS: 6:45 and 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Arthur Murray Dance Studio, 1706 Old

H. Designs will launch a line of custom cocktail rings that will be available for purchase. www. vanhjewelry.com.

“STYLE SWAP”: 7-9 p.m.

Seeking Indigo, 445 King St. $20 online, $25 at door. Bring gently worn clothing and accessories and swap styles with other local women while enjoying a beauty station, prizes, wine and sweets, live music and more. www.styleswap.net.

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The Annual Lowcountry Women Authors Holiday Book Signing & Literary Tea will be from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at S.C. Thrift & Resale, 1670 Hwy 17 N, Mount Pleasant. Admission is $10 at the door. Among the 40 authors participating are Mary Alice Monroe (pictured), Marjory Wentworth, Susan Myers and Signe Pike. Visit http://www.c4women.org/book_signing.html for more info.

Towne Road. $10 per class. Beginner and advanced lessons.

571-2183 or www.arthurmurraychs.com.

SALSA NIGHT AT SOUTHEND BREWERY: 10 p.m. Thursdays at Southend Brewery, 161 East Bay St. $4 cover. DJ Luigi mixes live.

853-4677.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE LESSONS: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Felix C. Davis Community Center, 4800 Park Circle, North Charleston. Free. No partner needed. 810-7797.

“SEA-RENITY YOGA”: 5:30-7 p.m. First and third Mondays through December. S.C. Aquarium, 100 Aquarium Wharf. $10-$15 per class, $35-$55 for four classes, $70-$110 for eight classes. Tej Thompson will lead Kundalini Yoga classes next to the Great Ocean Tank. 577-FISH or www.scaquarium.org.

SEA TURTLE HOSPITAL TOURS: 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays-Sundays. S.C. Aquarium, 100 Aquarium Wharf. $8 ages 2-11, $16 adults, $14 ages 62 and older. Reservations recommended. 577-3474.

SIERRA CLUB/ROBERT LUNZ GROUP: 7 p.m. First Thursday

of each month. Baruch Auditorium, 284 Calhoun St. www. southcarolina.sierraclub.org/ lunz.

SQUARE DANCE CLASS: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Felix C. Davis Community Center, 4800 Park Circle, North Charleston. 5523630.

SUMMERVILLE 9-12 GROUP: Every third Thursday of the month. Holiday Inn Express, 120 Holiday Drive, Summerville. The Summerville 9-12 Project holds monthly meetings. www.summerville912project.com.

SUMMERVILLE WRITERS GUILD: 6:30 p.m. Last Monday of each month. Perkins Restaurant, 1700 Old Trolley Road, Summerville. 871-7824.

SUMMER WINE STROLLS: 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays.

Middleton Place, 4300 Ashley River Road. $10. Wine in the plantation’s gardens. 266-7477 or www.middletonplace.org.

TANGO LESSONS: 7:30-8:30 p.m. beginner class; 8:30-9:30 p.m. practice. Tuesdays, MUSC Wellness Center, 45 Courtenay Drive. Free. 345-4930.

WEST ASHLEY DEMOCRATS MEETINGS: 6:30-8 p.m. second Monday of each month,

Bluerose Cafe, 652 St. Andrews Blvd.; 8-9:30 a.m. third Saturday of each month, Ryan’s restaurant, 829 St. Andrews Blvd.

576-4543.

WINE TASTINGS: 6-8 p.m.

Fridays. Whole Foods Market, 923 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Mount Pleasant. Until the 2011 Charleston Wine + Food Festival, Whole Foods will host weekly wine tastings to showcase the festival’s winemakers.

971-7240.

ZEN MEDITATION: 7-8 p.m.

Wednesdays. Cheri Huber will lead the class, which will focus on meditation and discussion.

Call 224-2468.

today

“COCKTAILS FOR A CAUSE”: 5:30-8 p.m. The Spa at Charleston Place, 205 Meeting St. $25.

Firefly Vodka will team up with The Spa at Charleston Place to help raise money for and awareness about skin cancer.

The event also will include a silent auction and more. 9378522 or www.charlestonplace. com.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING EVENT: 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Restoration on King, 75 Wentworth St. Van

“LET’S DO LUNCH”: Noon1:30 p.m. Il Cortile del Re, 193 King St. $20. A three-course lunch, goodies, prizes and more. Proceeds will go to HALOS. 303-1113 or www.letsdolunchincharleston.com.

DOG SHOW: 2:30 p.m. registration. 3 p.m. show. Stern Student Center, 71 George St. $5 entry fee. The College of Charleston women’s tennis team will host the Second Annual Dog Show, which will award prizes in categories such as Best Tricks, Most Holiday Spirit, Most C of C Spirit, Prettiest Mutt and more. Proceeds will benefit Pet Helpers. 7951110 or www.pethelpers.org.

FIRST FRIDAY ON GALLERY ROW: 5-8 p.m. Gallery Row on Broad St. Celebrate the holidays by browsing art and enjoying refreshments at galleries along Broad Street. The theme of December’s walk will be “White Lights and Red Boxes,” and participants are asked to donate nonperishable food items at galleries. 722-1944.

ART OPENING: 6-8 p.m. First Federal Bank, 34 Broad St. The Yo Art Project will host an art show featuring works by local children. Live music by Duda Lucena and refreshments will also be provided. 577-4122 or www.yoartproject.org “SEA LIFE BY STARLIGHT”: 6:30-10 p.m. S.C. Aquarium, 100 Aquarium Wharf. $50 members, $60 nonmembers. Support the aquarium’s new group, the Aquarium Alliance, and enjoy food from Caviar & Bananas, silent and live auctions, dancing, live music from Tonawanda Kardex and DJ Trailmix and more.

579-8660 or www.scaquarium. org.

saturday

HOLIDAY BAZAAR: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Gage Hall, 4 Archdale St.

Free admission. The church will host a sale of baked goods, crafts, books, white elephants and more. 723-4617.

HOLIDAY TOUR OF HOMES: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $20. The Riverland Terrace Garden Club will host a tour of five of the members’ homes. A tea room will be available at James Island UMC during the tours. Call 762-1243 or 762-0688 for ticket information.

“HOLLY DAYS OPEN HOUSE”: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Hutchinson Square, Main St. between 2nd St. and Doty Ave. Summerville DREAM will host a holiday arts and crafts market that will feature caroling and holiday music. 821-7260 or www.summervilledream.org.

CD RELEASE PARTY: 1 p.m.

Monster Music, 946 Orleans Road. Free. The Hungry Monks and Hazel Ketchum and the Cooper School Choir will release albums and perform instore. 571-4657.

TOUR OF HOMES: 1-5 p.m. $15. The Coosaw Creek Women’s Club will host the Coosaw Creek Christmas Tour of Homes and Christmas Boutique. Proceeds benefit My Sister’s House and the Low Country Orphan Relief. For locations or tickets, call 552-8909.

“HOLIDAY ON THE AIR”: 2 and 7 p.m. Physicians Auditorium, 72 George St. $10-$15.

The Charleston Barbershop Chorus and Southern Harmony Chorus will present a holiday concert in the form of a radio broadcast. 557-0500 or www. charlestonbarbershopchorus. com.

OYSTERS ON THE POINT: 2-6 p.m. Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, 20 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant. $5. Enjoy oysters, chili, burgers and more and watch the Parade of Boats at 5 p.m. 856-0028 or www. charlestonharborresort.com.

ART SHOW: 3:30-6 p.m. Lucy’s Red Sky Grill, 1001 Landfill Way, Johns Island. The restaurant will show works by Jennifer Black, Joan Davis, Madeline Dukes, Tate Nation and Sally Reynolds. 786-8118.

CONE 10 STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE: 5-9 p.m. 1080-B Morrison Drive. Celebrate the holidays and enjoy tours of Cone 10 Studio, as well as live music,

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crafts, beverages and gifts.

853-3345 or www.cone10studios.com.

PARADE OF BOATS: Begins at 5 p.m. in Mount Pleasant and can be viewed from the peninsula around 6:30 p.m. It ends around 7:30 p.m. in the Ashley River. 724-7305.

SHAG DANCE PARTY: 5-9 p.m. Miler Country Club, 400 Country Club Blvd., Summerville. $5. An afternoon of shagging to music by the Ocean Drive Party Band, as well as a cash bar and food. 214-0242.

CABOOTY CHRISTMAS PARTY: 7 p.m. Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain St. $50. Food, an open bar, silent and live auctions, live music by Plane Jane and more. Proceeds benefit Camp Happy Days. 571-4336 or www.camphappydays.com.

“EMMANUEL! EMMANUEL!”: 7 p.m. St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 405 King St. The Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir’s annual gospel Christmas concert.

442-6329 or www.csogospel. com.

PARK CIRCLE FILM SOCIETY: 7 p.m. Olde North Charleston Picture House, 4820 Jenkins Ave., North Charleston. $2 members, $5 nonmembers.

The club presents “Trapped in Paradise,” a 1994 comedy starring Nicholas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz. 628-5534 or www.parkcirclefilms.org.

SALON OPENING: 8 p.m.

Willow Salon, 4 Liberty St. Free.

Celebrate the opening of a new salon and enjoy complimentary beer and wine, a raffle and music by Dub Island Sound System. 720-7557 or www.willow-salon.net.

sunday

“WINE UNDER THE OAKS”: 1-5 p.m. Boone Hall Plantation, 1235 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant. $40 in advance, $50 at gate. Enjoy a selection of wine and food, listen to live music, shop for last-minute gifts and see the poster for the 2011 Charleston Wine + Food Festival. A portion of proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross. 881-4371 or www. boonehallplantation.com.

OYSTER ROAST: 2-5 p.m.

Bowen’s Island Restaurant, 1870 Bowen’s Island Road,

James Island. $20 in advance, $25 at door. The Fourth Annual Charleston Audubon Oyster Roast will include oysters, chili, desserts and soft drinks. Beer will be available for a donation.

Live music and a raffle also will be provided. www.charlestonaudubon.org.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 3 p.m. Franke at Seaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Mount Pleasant. The Franke Chorus presents its annual Christmas concert, featuring 35 vocalists.

881-1158.

TREVOR ERICKSON FUNDRAISER: 7-11 p.m. Music Farm, 32 Ann St. $10 in advance, $12 at door, $50 VIP. Performances by local musicians, a fashion show, dance troupes, kung fu demonstrations, an appearance by the Lowcountry Highrollers and more. Proceeds will benefit local stuntman Trevor Erickson, who was injured in a car accident. 722-8904 or www. musicfarm.com.

monday

HEALTH ASSESSMENTS: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Total Life Care, 825 Wappoo Road. $20. Total Life Care will offer computerized health assessments, which will include range of motion, strength and flexibility testing.

Reservations required. 4020310 or www.tlccharleston. com.

tuesday

CREATIVE RETIREMENT LECTURES: 1 and 2:30 p.m. St. Joseph Family Life Center, 1695 Raoul Wallenberg Blvd. The Center for Creative Retirement presents two lectures. The first will be given by Dennis Lima, who will present “The Story of the Green Berets.” The second will be presented by CCR member Martin Mosely, who will explore “Mayor John P. Grace: A Progressive Voice in Charleston.” 953-5488.

PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE: 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. Enjoy a screening of “Tora! Tora! Tora!,” followed by “From Here to Eternity.” 805-6842.

“WINTER SKETCHES”: 7 p.m. Holy Spirit Church, 3871 Betsy Kerrison Pkwy., Johns Island. Free. An installment of the Sea Island Concert Series.

768-8920.

wednesday JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE: 6-7:30 p.m. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. Free. Local performers including The Amazing Mittens, Frank Royster and others will perform a musical tribute to John Lennon. 805-6842.

AWENDAW GREEN BARN JAM: 6:30-11 p.m. Awendaw Green, 4879 U.S. Hwy. 17. Free.

Music by Hwy. 17 Blues Band, Joel Hamilton, Ashley Wells and Lizzy Pitch. Barbecue and drinks will be sold. 452-1642 or www. awendawgreen.com.

theater/dance

“A CHRISTMAS STORY”: 7 p.m. today-Saturday and Dec. 10-11 and 16-18; 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 12 and 17. The Village Playhouse, 730 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant. $12-$27.

A stage production of Jean Shepherd’s beloved Christmas tale of Ralphie and his burning desire for a Red Ryder BB gun.

856-1579 or www.villageplayhouse.com.

MADRIGAL FEAST: 7 p.m. today-Saturday, Randolph Hall, 66 George St. $60. The College of Charleston’s Madrigal Singers present a Yuletide Madrigal Feast, which will feature a Renaissance menu and entertainment. Call 953-8231 for reservations.

“CINDERELLA”: 7 p.m. Friday and Dec. 10; 1 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 11; 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 12. $10 in advance, $12 at door. Kids will enjoy SPROUTS Children’s Theatre’s production of “Cinderella.” 881-3780 or www.creativespark.org.

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Dec. 8-11 and 16-18; 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 12 and 19. Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church St. $22-$52.

A Charleston Stage presents Charles Dickens’ beloved Christmas tale “A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas.” 5777183 or www.charlestonstage. com.

24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL: 7 p.m. Saturday. South of Broadway Studios, 1080 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. $10.

Enjoy six one-act plays that are written, directed, rehearsed and performed in a 24-hour period.

810-2771 or deucetheatre.com.

“WHITE CHRISTMAS”: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Dec.

9-11 and 16-18; 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 12 and 19. Footlight Players Theatre, 20 Queen St. $15-$30. The Footlight Players will bring Irving Berlin’s classic movie to the Lowcountry stage.

The production tells the story of two friends who open an inn in Vermont and find their true loves. 722-4487 or www.footlightplayers.net.

call for entries

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Receiver Time-Based Media Festival is looking for artists who work in time-based media to submit their work. The festival will take place at various locations around Charleston on March 10-13. Visit www.receiverfest.com or contact Jarod Charzewski or Liz Vaughan at

receiverfest@gmail.com for submission guidelines.

volunteers

CITY OF CHARLESTON GREENHOUSE: Volunteers are needed to help produce the fall crop. 958-6434.

ARTISTS NEEDED: The Cultural Arts Alliance of Greater Summerville is looking for artists to submit paintings for its first Town Hall Art Show. 8710297.

SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE: Volunteers are needed. Call Carolyn at 569-0870.

TRICOUNTY FAMILY MINISTRIES: The organization is in need of experienced cooks and men’s, women’s and children’s clothing. 747-1788 or www.tricountyfamilyministries.org.

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ACE’S ON BRIDGE

By BOBBY WOLFF

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The normal effect of a ruff and sluff is to allow declarer to succeed in an otherwise unmakable contract.Sohowareyoutoknow when the right moment has arrived? In principle, it is when declarer can be placed with all the missing side-suit honors.

Inthisdeal,fromthe2008Warren Buffett Cup, Jill Meyers led her two top spades against three diamonds, then continued with the spade deuce, ruffed by Larry Cohen. East dutifully returned the club requested by Meyers’ suit-preference signal.

Declarer, Sabine Auken, reasoned that if West held the club king in addition to her spade honors, she might have made a simple overcall rather than a weak jump.

Additionally, rising with the ace, then discovering later that the club king was onside, could costheavilyinthescoring(which was closer to pairs than teams).

Moreover, nobody likes to concede a psychological edge in this way.SoSouthinsertedherqueen, West captured it, and believing that there were no further plainsuit defensive tricks to come, returned another spade.

Thisprofferedruffanddiscard was the killer defense. If declarer ruffedlowindummyordiscarded, East would ruff in with the nine, forcing South’s king and ensuring that his queen would score a trick. And if declarer ruffed with the diamond jack, East would discard, establishing a trump trick for himself.

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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE By Chris Browne GET FUZZY By Darby Conley

ZITS By Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

GRAND AVENUE By Steve Breen

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may be used to rushing but today you must slow down and give a little more time and attention to what you do and say.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Sticking around home may result in an emotional situation. Do something that challenges and inspires you.

TAURUS (April 20May 20): Be the leader and take charge.

Getting along with colleagues will ensure you get the support you need. A change at work will be favorable.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22): You’ll have to pick your battles carefully. On the one hand, you can have some really good talks that lead to constructive change.

GEMINI (May 21June 20): An opportunity to help someone will lead to a job that brings a cash return.

Don’t turn down a chance to volunteer your services.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Plan a social event or get together with friends who share your interests. Do something that will make you happy.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23OCT. 22): Don’t let depression set in just because someone is giving you a hard time. Do something nice for a friend, relative or neighbor.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Plan to have friends over or offer your home as a meeting place for colleagues.

You may find that you are thinking more about a past partner.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22DEC. 21): It will be difficult to contain your feelings, especially if someone is giving you the runaround or playing emotional games with you.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): You can avoid a lot of unnecessary turmoil if you refuse to argue with someone who is looking for a fight.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Emotions will escalate.

You can start working on something innovative. A last-minute change of plans will cause upset.

PISCES (FEB. 19MARCH 20): Try your hand at something you’ve always wanted to do but never had the time. The skills you have will lead to a profitable venture.

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EAR ABBY: I’m responding to the letter from “Petless in Maryland,” who moved without her dog, cat and goldfish, but wants to encourage her son’s love of animals.

Your advice was spot-on, but there is a deeper issue.

By leaving their pets behind, she has taught her son that animals are “disposable.”

An animal is a commitment for life, not an object to be disposed of once one’s lifestyle changes.

“Petless” should have kept looking until they found an affordable place where they could keep their pets.

She missed a chance to teach her son how to be a responsible pet owner, and how to honor the commitment that was made to those pets. What a shame. — RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER, READING, PA.

Here kitty, kitty

BY REBEKAH BRADFORD

Special to The Post and Courier

Recently, some engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study about how cats drink water, and it’s not what you’d expect. Something to do with a balance between gravitational and inertial forces.

It’s fascinating stuff and reminded us just how amazing cats really are. Current trivia champ Anne Irish is taking on Kendra Cleary.

DEAR ABBY DEAR RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER: Your point is well-taken, and some readers did agree with you.

Other readers did reach out to offer ways to encourage “Toby” to love animals and someday become a responsible pet owner.

DEAR ABBY: There are a lot of options for pet lovers without resources for permanent adoption. “Petless” could contact the local SPCA and other agencies that might be looking for volunteers to have “visits” with pets.

There is also a big market for “dog walkers.” — SANDI IN SAN FRANCISCO

JANET BLACKMON MORGAN/JBLACKMON@THESUNNEWS.COM

QUESTIONS

1. What is a group of kittens called?

2. Ernest Hemingway famously had cats that were known for what?

3. At their fastest, how many mph can a cat run?

4. How do cats perspire?

5. What ancient civilization first domesticated the cat?

6. Who wrote “The Tale of Tom Kitten”?

7. What was the musical “Cats” inspired by?

8. Who sang the song “Cat Scratch Fever”?

9. What famous scientist is attributed with inventing the cat flap?

10. What does a cat use its tail for?

ANNE’S ANSWERS 1. Ah, cute?

2. What’s it called when they have extra toes? Poly something.

3. 25 mph.

4. I think this is a trick question. Cats DON’T sweat.

5. The Egyptians.

6. Beatrix Potter.

7. A poem, I think, but I don’t remember which one.

8. Um. Honestly no idea.

9. Einstein.

10. To indicate their displeasure.

CONCLUSION New week, new winner. Kendra was clearly more knowledgeable about all things feline, and she’ll be back next week to take on a challenger. For those interested in the MIT study, you can read all about in the recent issue of Science magazine.

KENDRA’S ANSWERS 1. Litter.

2. Additional toes.

3. 30.

4. The pads of their feet?

5. Ancient Egypt.

6. Mother Goose.

7. I’m afraid I don’t know.

8. Ted Nugent.

9. I’m guessing, but is it Newton?

10. Keep their balance.

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CORRECT ANSWERS 1. A kindle.

2. Extra toes.

3. 30.

4. Through their paws.

5. Egypt.

6. Beatrix Potter.

7. T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.”

8. Ted Nugent.

9. Sir Isaac Newton.

10. Balance.

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