For fans of Charleston culture
Did you know you can take a FREE class at King Street’s own Apple Store every day of the week? Visit https://www.apple.com/today/ for the schedule. We happen to know that October 9th you can get started with iPad, make fun family portraits with your kids, or learn techniques for taking striking black-and-white portraits on your iPhone. Daily offerings also include iPad drawing with Procreate! Have fun. Be artsy!
In Apple Procreate class number three, we created a GIF inspired by Matija Medved.
Like it? Click on it for more information.
Charleston Police Department, Charleston Fire Department, health care workers and all those willing to run toward danger instead of away from it. We see you, we appreciate you. Thank you.
Lower King Street this Sunday
You can’t have a popular event with thousands in attendance every month for over a dozen years without a cast of, well, many. Thank you…
Stop by to see Gretchen Scott’s 2nd Sunday Street Sale Racks 60% off XXS-XXXL and refreshments! 235 King Street
Join us for Charleston’s most fun, regular, popular indoor/outdoor event, 2nd Sunday on King Street. Our “Main Street” will close to traffic at noon, fans will spill into the street, stores and galleries and everyone will celebrate Charleston.
Music? Yes! Art? Yes! Shopping? Yes! Food? Absolutely! Also free parking and photo ops galore.
Don’t miss it. See you there!
Four new oil paintings by Zhiwei Tu at Reinert Fine Art Gallery, 179 King Street
Click on an image to see more info, and join us downtown for 2nd Sunday on King Street in Charleston, the best city! Noon to 5:00 pm, rain or shine.
And you thought the celebrations were over! Gretchen Scott’s having a huge sale! Hundreds of unique specialty pieces 60% off. 235 King Street.
And that’s not all! More shopping, dining and rich Charleston culture coming up. Watch your email this Saturday,
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Wabi Sabi Food Truck will be there. a.w. Shucks will be alfresco. So will Lib’s Diner. And Lobster—specifically & Lobster! So many food options! Watch your email for Sunday’s schedule of events.
Give her some lovely flowers from Sweet Jessamine’s Flower Truck, located this month in front of the Riviera Theater at Market and King. Will there peonies in Haddie’s spectacular assortment? Big yes! Go early, these beauties won’t last.
She is a thoughtful mom. Stop by King & Hasell and see Tate Nation for some colorful notecards or a nice print. While supplies last she’ll also get a free 2nd Sunday calendar, Charleston Water and Skies.
Oh what fun at 2nd Sunday on King Street this month! Like what you see? Click on it!
Thank you Charleston Police Department for keeping us safe.
Oh what fun at 2nd Sunday on King Street this month! Like what you see? Click on it!
A “Mardi Gras Indian” Performance And Second Line Parade will close down 2nd Sunday for the month. The term “second line” refers to the growing group of people that follow behind the “first line’, which is the brass band and parade organizers or performers. Join in the parade by following behind the musicians. More info here.
Thank you Charleston Police Department for keeping us safe.
Second Sunday on King Street is this weekend… FREE Gift with purchase from Tate Nation Studio!
Keep track of every 2nd Sunday on King Street throughout the coming year, with a calendar (including dates through February, 2023!) featuring breathtaking photographs of Charleston water and skies, captured by 2nd Sunday’s very own Susan Lucas … FREE with any purchase of $25 or more (Paintings, prints, posters, & puzzles), this Sunday, at Tate’s tiny gallery (257 King Street).
Watch our website or sign up for News to hear what's going on this weekend! Food, friends, art, culture, shopping, flowers, music, free parking— and Josh Marler predicts a perfect sunny/70 day!
Wandering around on King Street you’ll hear the magical sounds of the Southern Flavor Bluegrass Band. We’ll also enjoy The Chucktown Trippintones, College of Charleston’s oldest student-run a cappella group. We’re hoping Austin Fitzhenry will take his usual place in front of the Apple Store, and almost certain our O-Bar oyster shellers will be there with fresh, live oysters.
Vanessa Hill will have some lovely floral arrangements at Liberty Street and Sweet Jessamine will too! Pop by the Information Tent for information.
John Duncan’s charming paper house portraits will be on the bricks near Tate Nation’s gallery. Also, Scotty Cash will bring some of his new pieces. At the corner of Beufain Street you can get a Connecticut style lobster roll, a New England Style lobster roll or other delicious lobster options from Chef Robert Cassi’s & Lobster.
The Westies will gather at Marion Square mid-afternoon, then head for Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming for a treat and photo op. We may see a few fashionable Westie winter coats as the little guys parade.
Bundle up, and enjoy the sunshine, shopping and camaraderie at Charleston’s favorite monthly event.
2nd Sunday on King Street continues its monthly schedule Sunday, March 13, Shop2ndsunday.com has all the updates for people that want to follow along, as well as the barcode for parking lots and the link to purchase calendars. Come to stroll, shop, dine and enjoy Charleston’s “Main Street” on a vehicle-free, pedestrian-only afternoon. From noon to 5:00 pm.
This month we’re celebrating 2nd SATURDAY, with Gracie & Lacy at the Fortè Jazz Lounge. As seen in NYC, sisters Gracie & Lacy bring the house down with their signature harmonies, tap dancing and glittering costumes! As Charleston's premier listening room, Fortè Jazz Lounge is patterned after famed New York-style jazz clubs, providing a big city sound paired with southern hospitality. Click here for tickets.
Food trucks will be on lower King, including Wabisabi, and Libs Diner
& Lobster returns to Beaufain Street next to Peanutman, so we’ve got your street food covered.
Watch this space for more news and events coming up at 2nd Sunday on King Street.
As seen in NYC, sisters Gracie & Lacy bring the house down with their signature harmonies, tap dancing and glittering costumes!
"Best Charleston has to offer. If you see them once you want to see them for every show."
★★★★★ Joyce Y., Facebook
“I thought your show was great!”
★★★★★ Bob Cabana, Director - NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
“We have been to a number of the Gracie and Lacy shows and are never let down. These sisters are top notch entertainers!”
★★★★★ Google Review, Sandra Selvitelli
"Their talent and unrelenting devotion to the Great American Songbook can't be underestimated..."
★★★★★ Cabaret Scenes Magazine
Sat, March 12, 2022 | 9:30 PM – 11:00 PM EST | Forte Jazz Lounge | 477 King Street | Charleston, SC 29403
Order tickets here.
BLUE BICYCLE AUTHOR LUNCHEONS ARE BACK!
Blue Bicycle Books and national bestselling writer Mary Laura Phillpott (author of I Miss You When I Blink) invite you to a luncheon for her new memoir Bomb Shelter: Love, Time and Other Explosives, Wed. Apr. 20, 12 pm at Halls Signature Events, 5 Faber St., downtown Charleston.
Tickets are $39 for the three-course lunch, or $66 with a signed copy of Bomb Shelter (Atria, hb., 288 pp).
Doors open at 11:30 am, lunch served promptly at noon, talk to follow. Click here for tickets.
Books provided by Blue Bicycle Books.
Can’t make it? Order a signed copy here.
About Bomb Shelter:
A lifelong worrier, Mary Laura Philpott always kept an eye out for danger, a habit that only intensified when she became a parent. But she looked on the bright side, too, believing that as long as she cared enough, she could keep her loved ones safe.
Then, in the dark of one quiet, pre-dawn morning, she woke abruptly to a terrible sound—and found her teenage son unconscious on the floor. In the aftermath of a crisis that darkened her signature sunny spirit, she wondered: If this happened, what else could happen? And how do any of us keep going when we can’t know for sure what’s coming next?
Leave it to the writer whose critically acclaimed debut had us “laughing and crying on the same page” (NPR) to illuminate what it means to move through life with a soul made of equal parts anxiety and optimism (and while she’s at it, to ponder the mysteries of backyard turtles and the challenges of spatchcocking a turkey).
Hailed by The Washington Post as “Nora Ephron, Erma Bombeck, Jean Kerr, and Laurie Colwin all rolled into one,” Philpott returns in her distinctive voice to explore our protective instincts, the ways we continue to grow up long after we’re grown, and the limits—both tragic and hilarious—of the human body and mind.
About the Author:
Mary Laura Philpott’s first book was the national bestseller I Miss You When I Blink. Her essays that examine the overlap of the absurd and the profound in everyday life have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Real Simple, and more. A former bookseller at Nashville’s Parnassus Books and a Davidson grad, she is a life-long visitor to the Charleston area. She lives in Nashville with her family.
"Mary Laura Philpott is a writer, artist, and creator of singular spark and delight" — Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)
