11.18.2010 charleston scene

O n a day known forits feasting, lazingaround the TV and

watching football, many maynot know that Thanksgiv-ing Day is the one of the twobiggest single days for run-ning road races in the UnitedStates. The other one is Inde-pendence Day.

Active.com, the leading on-line sports registration website, recently reported thatit will handle the sign-upsfor more than 300 “TurkeyTrots” this year in the UnitedStates. Last year, more than230,000 people signed upfor a Thanksgiving Day racethrough the web site.

It’s nothing new in theLowcountry. The metropoli-tan Charleston area has longhosted two Thanksgiving-themed races, including theMoncks Corner KiwanisClub’s Run for Thanks inPinopolis.

The 26th annual Run forThanks, which includes a5-mile run and 3-mile walk,will be at 9 a.m. Saturday atTrinity Episcopal Church inPinopolis.

Online registration www.strictlyrunning.com hasclosed. Only on-site registra-tion ($25) before the race willbe available.

The big race, though,comes at 9 a.m. Thanksgiv-ing Day, one week fromtoday, with the 33rd Knightsof Columbus Turkey DayRun and Gobble Wobble 5Kin downtown Charleston.

Under the leadership ofKnights of Columbus leaderPeter Shahid, the race hasgrown at about a 15 percentannual clip from 2,467 in2003 to 5,135 last year.

A shake-up earlier this year

over incorporation causedShahid to resign from the or-ganization, but momentumis proving to be on TurkeyDay’s side.

As of Monday, CarolineMorris, a spokeswoman forthe run, says that 3,000 peo-ple already had registered,which is about 500 moreyear-to-date from last year.

Many of the Turkey Day’straditions such as a post-racebeer garden and innovationsthat Shahid helped bring tothe race in recent years willremain intact. This year, theevent will feature the musicof a long-time Charlestonfavorite, the Blue Dogs.

Another highlight to thisyear’s race will take place7,400 miles away in Afghani-stan.

At the request of LeonorLourido Spahr, a Charles-ton-based member of theS.C. Army National Guardstationed in Afghanistan, theKnights of Columbus sent250 free registration pack-ets to troops stationed at aparticular camp (they didn’twant it disclosed for securityreasons) to hold a TurkeyDay Run there on Thanks-giving Day.

In her e-mail correspon-dence, Spahr says that thetroops at the camp, whichalso include members fromthe Army, Air Force and Ma-rines, had no Thanksgivingplans and that a run wouldbe a “huge morale booster.”

For us living stateside, on-line registration on www.turkeydayrun.com (goes toactive.com) closes Tuesday.On-site registration will be

at Marion Square, 5-8 p.m.Tuesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.Wednesday and 7 a.m.-8:45a.m. Thursday. (A quickheads-up: The fee goes from$30 at 11:59 p.m. Sunday to$35 Monday. And on racemorning, it’ll cost you $40.)

A portion of proceedsfrom the Turkey Day Runwill benefit the Boy Scoutsof America Coastal Coun-cil, the MUSC Children’sHospital and the Hospice ofCharleston Foundation.

Back to the weekendBesides Run for Thanks in

Pinopolis, those wanting totest their legs before TurkeyDay can head to WandoHigh School for the inau-gural Run with the War-riors at 9 a.m. Saturday. Thecourse starts at Wando, goesthrough Carolina Park andfinishes at the Wando track.

The cost is $15 for Wandostudents, faculty and boosterclub members and $25 forother runners and walkers.The fee on race day is $30.Proceeds benefit WandoAthletics.

Besides awards for top agegroup winners, an award willbe presented to the male andfemale in the best warriorcostume. For more, contactShannon Champ at [email protected].

Finally, the third of fourraces in the Charleston Bi-cycle Company Fall Cyclo-cross will be held at Wanna-maker County Park, NorthCharleston.

More at www.charlestonbi-cyclecompany.com.

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“The Thinker andHis Burden” byCuban artist LivanRicardo Hernandezwill be on displayFriday at the RealEstate Studio, 214King St.

Iron Studios opens,Halsey stays ‘blue’

I ’m continuously amazedthe vast array of talentthat keeps coming out of

the woodwork in the Low-country.

Last week’s Pecha Kuchawas a veritable buzz of cre-ativity and intelligence. I es-pecially loved hearing fromJohnny Pundt, Mary EdnaFraser, Marjorie Wentworthand Robert Lange.

Last Thursday, I attendedFashion Group Internation-al’s first public event at theMichael Mitchell Gallery,launching the Charlestonchapter of this major fashionassociation.

Regional Director Rose-anna Krekel, Anna Lassiter,Ayoka Lucas, AngharadChester Jones, Gillian Mul-ligan Kohn, Katie Kern wereamong the many who dis-cussed the future of fashionin Charleston.

The first major event willtake place in February. Thenit was off to the new barat Husk. Be sure to try theWhiskey Daisy!

On Saturday, Redux heldits annual art auction wherepieces were flying off thewalls. My heart broke as Hi-rona Matsuda’s piece wenthome with someone else.

Halsey still blueThis week, don’t miss the

Halsey Institute’s “Blue-sphere-centric” weekend,including its sixth annualmembership party takingplace 7-10 p.m. Friday.

Tickets for the event and/or memberships begin at$15 for students and $30 forindividuals.

Tonight, check out GregStewart’s lecture and open-ing reception for “Meat NotTaken” at Redux and theAddlestone Library’s paneldiscussion “Fueling the De-bate: The Future of Energy.”

Also at 7:30 p.m. today inCannon Park, the Halsey,Clemson Architecture Cen-ter in Charleston, AmericanInstitute of Architects-Charleston, Art Instituteof Charleston and GibsonGuess Architects present thedocumentary film screeningof “Citizen Architect: Samu-el Mockbee and the Spirit ofthe Rural Studio.”

On Saturday, Butch An-thony’s “Museum of Won-der” opens with an artistlecture and reception at EyeLevel Art. All of these eventsare free and open to thepublic. Visit www.halsey.cofc.edu for event times.

Iron Lotus Studiosopens

Iron Lotus Studios is a newtattoo studio that just recent-ly opened in West Ashley.

Having just put all the fin-ishing touches on their newplace, 1921 Savannah Hwy.,they are now inviting thepublic to check it out start-ing at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The studio is split up intoan art gallery/tattoo studioand features art from region-al/local artists, includingMeta, Tim Showers, Proton,Christina Rodino, ChuckKeppler, Robert Donovan,Chad Haselden, BadJon,Johnny Pundt, and others.

All the art on the walls willbe for sale and the majorityof the artists will be on handand will be selling prints oftheir works all night.

All of Iron Lotus Studiostattoo artists will be onhand to do custom work,show their portfolios and setup appointments.

There will be a “tattoo” in-spired mini-photo booth byBadJon, which will includeda lot of custom stuff fromthe artists at Iron Lotus.

Munchies will be providedby Early Bird Diner.

PROVIDED

Tonight, the Halsey will host a free outdoor filmscreening of “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbeeand the Spirit of Rural Studio” at 7:30 p.m. atCannon Park. Director and producer Mockbee(shown) will be on hand for a Q&A session afterthe screening. It’s part of the “bluesphere” seriesof shows.

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Iron Lotus will also bedonating $5 of each tattoothey do through Dec. 18 tothe Presents from Punks Artshow for charity. 225-1304.

Cuban artists at studioI walked in to the Real

Estate Studio to say hello toTraci Magnus and check outthe newest exhibit, “LatinCultural Fusion” from theReynier Llanes Collection.

I quickly fell in love with apencil drawing called “TheThinker and his Burden” byLivan Ricardo Hernandez.

The entire show was puttogether by artist and cura-tor Llanes and it features hiswork along with five otherartists working in a varietyof mediums.

Check out the openingreception 6-8:30 p.m. Fridayat the Real Estate Studio, 214King St. 722-5618.

Buzzing little craftbees

If you’re into making

homemade gifts to sharethis holiday, check out thesecond annual CharlestonCraft Bee 3-5 p.m. Saturdayat the Barn at Mixson inPark Circle.

Choose from five differ-

ent creative stations: featherearrings, dry-erase calen-dar, bubble notecards, tilecoasters and etched drink-ing glasses. Cost is $10 inadvance; $12 day of. www.charlestoncraftbee.com.

Gallery tour with MaryWhyte

Coleman Fine Art is host-ing a “Gallery Tour withMary Whyte” starting at5:30 p.m. today.

This is an opportunity to

meet and learn from thisnationally known artist asshe shares stories and tech-niques.

Her newest figurativewatercolor exhibit, “FacingOut,” is a continued celebra-tion of African-Americans

and Lowcountry locals.Contact gallery Director

Katie Lindler at 853-7000 orwww.colemanfineart.com.

Collins at MichaelMitchell Gallery

Check out artist KC Col-lins’ newest collection ofworks at the Michael Mitch-ell Gallery, 438 King St., 5-8p.m. Friday.

Here’s what the artist saysabout the work, “In my paint-ings, I pull from extremes;bold and soft, saturated andmuted colors. The imagesfade among positive andnegative spaces. It is betweenthese two extremes that I finda special place where the ab-stract and the real meet.

“By simplifying selecteddetails in a face, a landscape,or an object, I try to touchthe true essence of the image.The paintings I create aredone with a specific purposein mind, but I encouragethe viewer to experience mywork on an individual level.

“By doing this they can,hopefully, see the worldaround them in a new way.”

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Village Tavern comes back from the deadBY DEVIN GRANTSpecial to The Post and Courier

W hen the Village Tav-ern in Mount Pleasantclosed this summer, it

seemed to mark the end of an erafor local music lovers.

While it had a tiny stage andany crowd more than a coupleof hundred made things prettycramped inside, it nonethelessmade its mark for not only fea-turing plenty of local acts, butalso numerous national and in-ternationally touring acts.

Artists such as Robbie Fulksand Band of Horses played atthe venue prior to its closing inAugust.

At first, it appeared that TheVillage Tavern would simplytake its place on the list of now-defunct music venues alongsideMyskyns, Cumberlands and ThePlex.

Happily, it appears that TheVillage Tavern is back from thedead.

Charleston Scene spoke to Da-vid Warren, who handles book-ing for the resurrected club.

Along with owner and man-

ager John Morlan, Warren saidthat the idea for the new VillageTavern was a music venue run bymusicians and music lovers.

“We liked what The VillageTavern used to do and wanted tokeep it going,” said Warren. “Itwas always a cool place, and wewanted to bring it back. MountPleasant needs a music venue,and after The Village Tavern

closed, it didn’t really have one.”Warren and Morlan have big

plans for the venue. The iconicawning will remain outside,although the club’s logo willchange.

Inside though, everything willbe different. The previous ver-sion of The Village Tavern hada small area for patrons to standand watch the band.

This was surrounded by somebooths, and the back of the roomwas taken up by pool tables. Ac-cording to Warren, that space isnow wide open for folks to watchthe music.

“It’s all new inside,” said War-ren. “New sound system, newkitchen, we took the top off thebar, and the televisions will onlyplay music videos and rock docu-mentaries. If you want to watcha football game, you’ll have to gosomewhere else.”

Plus, wherever possible, thestaff is comprised of musicians.One such new employee is localsinger-songwriter Mac Leaphart,who will be tending bar at TheVillage Tavern when he is notperforming.

Leaphart said he was amazedat how different the space waslooking.

“They have gutted the place,”said Leaphart, “made it more ofa music venue. It’s a lot like theTin Roof in West Ashley; a greatmusic venue, but it’s a great placeto go and grab a beer too. It isbringing something to MountPleasant that has been missingfor a few months.”

Leaphart is among an impres-sive list of local artists who willbe performing on the new Vil-lage Tavern’s opening weekend.

Tonight’s lineup includes Lind-say Holler’s Western Polaroids,Jamie Resch, Run Dan Run andThe Hungry Monks.

On Friday, Ben Walker, ScottFreeman, Gregory Scott, Har-rison Ray and James Justin & Co.perform.

Saturday night features MichaelKorbar, Alan Stockard, DanielleHowle, and Mac Leaphart.

While there will be plenty of lo-cal acts playing the club, Morlanand Warren still plan to try to at-tract out-of-town artists as well.

It’s rare that a beloved musicvenue gets a second chance, sohopefully the community willcome out and support version 2.0of the Village Tavern.

PROVIDED

The Village Tavern closed recently, but will open again with a lot oflocal music. On Friday, catch Ben Walker, Scott Freeman, GregoryScott, Harrison Ray and James Justin & Co. On Saturday, MichaelKorbar, Alan Stockard, Danielle Howle and Mac Leaphart willperform. Call 884-6311 for more information.

if you goWHAT: Village TavernWHERE: 1055 Johnnie DoddsBlvd # 100 Mount PleasantPHONE: 884-6311

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BY MATTHEW GODBEYSpecial to The Post andCourier

H e’s written 12 al-bums, six of whichhave been certified

gold in the U.S. and has col-lected four Grammys overhis 27-year career.

He was married to JuliaRoberts for a few years backin the early ’90s and hangsout with guys such as KrisKristofferson, Willie Nel-son, Robert Earl Keen andJohn Mellencamp.

He’s been hailed by manyas a renaissance man havingacted in movies and televi-sion in addition to his illus-trious music career.

But when the tours end,the cameras turn off and theaward shows draw to a close,Lyle Lovett disappears backinto the same rural Texas

back country he grew upin. He’s a true country manwho still rides horses andtames bulls on the familyranch that sits in the townnamed after his great-great-grandfather, a small Hous-ton suburb called Klein.

He’s been dating the samesweetheart, April, for 11years and when he talks, hespeaks only of the good andnever says a bad thing aboutanyone, at least not to thepress.

“It’s not cool to talk aboutthat,” he once said when

asked if there was anyone hedidn’t like.

Lovett’s long road to coun-try music stardom beganas an odyssey of sorts andwas more of an amble thana sprint.

Having spent seven yearsat Texas A & M Universityearning degrees in Germanand journalism, and playingthe occasional coffee house,Lovett left Texas and trav-eled to Germany in 1979.

He spent the next severalyears wandering aroundGermany and Europe until

a performer named BuffaloWayne asked him to sing ata country-themed event inLuxemberg. The event urgedLovett to give country musica real try. By 1983, Lovettdecided to return to theStates.

Lovett almost immediatelytraveled to Nashville to singback-up on Nanci Griffith’s“Once in a Very Blue Moon”album.

By 1986, Lovett had a re-cording contract with MCARecords and a self-titleddebut on the shelves earningrave reviews. He was hailedas a new-age Hank Williamsand folk icon for a new gen-eration.

But Lovett wasn’t quitecomfortable with the Nash-ville scene, after all, he neverreally considered himself all

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Senses Fail

BY MATTHEW GODBEYSpecial to The Post and Courier

Senses FailSaturday at The MusicFarm

In the ’80s, emo sprungfrom the bowels of punk/rock subculture as a way toexpress something morethan the boundaries ofhardcore punk would al-low. Bands such as Rites ofSpring and Embrace lead thefirst emo wave and the genrehas progressively softenedits melodies and sound eversince. It’s a downward pro-gression that has depictedemo as a far flung offshootof punk music and culture.

New Jersey’s Senses Failstraddles the line betweenpunk/rock, hard core andemo so widely that it some-times finds the quintettaking hits from critics andhard-core purists alike.Despite the criticisms, theband’s members, especiallyoutspoken frontman BuddyNielsen, maintain that theymake the music they wantto make, when they want tomake it. No apologies andno pretensions.

The band enters its eighthyear together with the re-lease of its fifth album titled“The Fire” in October.

Senses Fail will performSaturday at the Music Farm,32 Ann St. with Title Fightand Balance and Com-posure. Tickets are $15 inadvance, $17 the day of theshow and are available at

www.etix.com or at thedoor.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Visitwww.musicfarm.com or call577-6989 for more informa-tion.

Blair Crimmins andThe HookersFriday at The Tin Roof

He’s been called overlyhopeful, behind-the-timesand even stubborn, so don’tbother telling him again. Itis, however, that same un-yielding love for a musicalgenre all but forgotten thathas put Blair Crimmins onthe map. When everyonesaid the music of the ’20sand ’30s was dead, Crim-mins forged on in a deter-mined effort to resurrect theovershadowed era.

A musical historian ofsorts, Crimmins plays theliveliest music of the deadwith such an authentic formthat one often finds them-selves wondering if theyhave stumbled upon someobscure, Depression-era,gypsy-jazz recording.

Haunting and yet advanc-ing, Crimmins brings backthe music that helped healthe hearts of a strugglingnation at a time when per-haps we could all use a littlehealing.

Blair Crimmins and TheHookers will perform Fri-day at the Tin Roof, 1117Magnolia Road.

Visit www.myspace.com/westashleytinroof or call571-0775 for more informa-tion.

if you goWHO: Lyle Lovett.WHERE: Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive,North Charleston.WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today.HOW MUCH: $49.50 and $75.TICKETS: ticketmaster.com, 529-5000.

Lyle Lovetthas won four

GrammyAwards. Seehim tonight

at The NorthCharleston

Performing ArtsCenter.

Lyle LovettMuch more than‘Natural Forces’brings heraldedsinger to town

ON TOUR PR

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Etienne Charlesvisits Lowcountryfor the Jazz Artistsof CharlestonBY DENISE K. JAMESSpecial to The Post and Courier

A s the mercury dipsjust a little (but notenough to send us in-

to hibernation, thank good-ness), we tend to choose co-zier nights out with smokiermusic.

This weekend, catch theJazz Artists of Charleston’sfirst event at CharlestonBallet Theatre, headlined byEtienne Charles.

Charles, who was born inTrinidad, will perform mu-sic from his album, “Folk-lore,” a musical anthologyof tales from the Africanand Caribbean oral tradi-tions.

“The album is based onthe characters of legends,”explains Charles. “There’sa devil woman in a white

dress, for example, whoonly comes out at night.There’s a demonic childwith backwards feet, wholeads people astray. ...There’s a half-woman, half-serpent, who protects theanimals of the forest. Theseare all really old tales passeddown over the years. So Iwrote these pieces inspiredby the stories, and it becameFolklore.”

“Etienne is an accom-plished composer as well,writing all of the tunes onhis latest project Folklore,”says Leah Maria Suarez,president of the Jazz Artistsof Charleston. “I initiallymet Charles during PiccoloSpoleto when he was play-ing with Gradual Lean. Themore we found out about

his work, the more we want-ed to bring him back — heis perfect for this show.”

The Jazz Artists ofCharleston is a nonprofitgroup largely made up oflocal musicians such as Su-arez and Quentin Baxter.It’s been around for aboutthree years, and continuesto help bring quality musi-cians to the Lowcountry.

“The idea for this particu-lar event has been buildingup since 2008,” says Suarez.“Part of our mission in theJazz Artists of Charlestonhas been to start holdingsmaller concerts in smallervenues. We want to bringlisteners from around theworld for these shows — tovisit Charleston for its jazzculture, and to enjoy an

intimate concert. We antici-pate more events like this,maybe eight or 10 per year.”

Saturday night’s event willfeature Charles flanked byjazz musicians Nick Rosen,(piano), Stan Piper (bass),Chris Burroughs (drums)and Jacques Schwarz-Bart(tenor saxaphone).

“Presenting in smallervenues gives the musiciansthe opportunity to be morecreative,” says Suarez. “Themusicians will be able tochoose what they present,choose their outlet. Wefeel like it’s a chance forCharleston to experiencesomething different. Thelandscape in the city is re-ally changing.”

“Charleston has such a richhistory of both African andCaribbean culture,” saysCharles. “I’ve been theretwice, and I love it. It’s agreat city, filled with beauti-ful images, vibes and people.Honestly, whenever I’m inCharleston, I feel like I’mback home in Trinidad. It’sthe pace and the warmth.I’m really looking forward tocoming back to play.”

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that “country.”His influences and sound

include blues, gospel andswing. Being made into thenext Hank Williams leftLovett feeling uneasy, to saythe least.

Lovett largely ignored thecomparisons and hype thathad begun to swirl aroundhim releasing his first goldalbum “Pontiac” in 1988. Thesophomore effort seemed tosettle any doubts naysayersmight have and proved thatLovett was more than just aflash in the pan.

Lovett began his acting ca-reer almost simultaneously,earning perhaps his mostmemorable role in 1995 asLenny on the popular sitcom“Mad About You.” His morerecent roles include a cameoappearance in the film“Walk Hard: The Dewey CoxStory” and a guest appear-ance on the ABC comedy-drama “Castle.”

His latest album, “NaturalForces,” was released lastyear reaching the No. 8 po-sition on the U.S. countrycharts and No. 29 overall.

Lovett still seems like thesame guy from Klein he’salways been. Lovett will tellyou a dozen things about hisband Large Band before hesays one thing about himself.Although you would be hardpressed to find many inter-views or articles about thereserved singer/songwriter,that’s what has made Lovettso endearing to fans for solong. He’s made a career outof being a musician first anda media player last. Publicityisn’t what is important to the53-year-old music vet.

In fact, when CharlestonScene requested an inter-view with Lovett, he saidhe needed to visit too manyfriends while he was touringhis home-state of Texas to doan interview and, well, youjust have to respect a guy likethat.

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if you goWHO: Etienne Charles and Folklore, presented by theJazz Artists of Charleston.WHEN: 9 p.m. Saturday at the King Street Theatre,home of the Charleston Ballet, 477 King St.TICKETS: $15-20 through thejac.org, etix.com or bycalling the box office at 641-0011.MORE INFO: thejac.org.

Trinidad-bornEtienne Charlescomes to town

to play tunesfrom his album,

“Folklore.”

A jazzy,new show

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It’s all relative.Family LifeMondays in

Crowfield keeps up hard workafter getting signed to major labelBY DEVIN GRANTSpecial to The Post and Courier

M any people thinkthat when a bandgets signed to a la-

bel, it means that said band isautomatically on easy street,flush with money and imme-diately ready to go into thestudio to record the albumthat will make them super-stars.

In reality, it doesn’t quitework that way.

When it was announcedearlier this year that the localgroup Crowfield had beensigned to Universal/Re-public, it marked the lateststep in a dream that startedwith keyboardist Joe Gi-ant and guitarist and singerTyler Mechem in Ohio a fewyears ago. The pair came toCharleston in 2005 with onlya few dollars in their pocketsand quickly landed a gigplaying at a downtown bar.

Five years later, the bandhas expanded to includedrummer Parker Gins, gui-tarist Micah Nichols andbassist Ethan Ricks, andafter releasing its own in-dependent CD, “Goodbye,Goodnight, So Long Mid-western,” things are hum-ming along nicely. While theband, which plays Friday atthe Music Farm, has indeedbeen signed to a major label,it still is working as hard asever. The small advance theband received after gettingsigned went mostly to buya new van after the band’slongtime ride finally gave upthe ghost shortly after thecontracts were signed. “Ourvan died 20 miles outside ofCharlotte,” said Mechem,“and it wasn’t just a matterof the van shutting off. Itstarted spewing fluid on thewindshield and smoking. Webasically left it at the yardwhere it was towed.”

That story had a happyending. Well, kind of.

“Apparently there is ahomeless guy living in it

now,” said Mechem, “so I stillfeel like we’re giving some-thing back.”

The Music Farm show onFriday will be the first timethe band has performedlocally since opening forHootie & the Blowfish atthe Family Circle MagazineStadium in August. In prepa-ration for Friday’s show, theband rented out the Farmfor an extra day to get thingsready.

“We definitely try to makeeach show different,” saysMechem, “to make it just asexciting for people who haveseen us before. You’re goingto see more production thistime out.”

The band also has beenwriting new material.Mechem says that Crowfieldhas enough new material torecord a triple album.

“We won’t do that,” laughsMechem, “but we could if wewanted.” Tyler uses the voicerecorder on his cell phone torecord ideas for songs, and aglance at the phone’s screenreveals dozens of sound files,each one a potential newsong for the band.

So how has being signedchanged things? “It bringsa lot more people into themix,” said Giant, “but themusic is still grass roots.We’re still doing a lot of thepromoting ourselves.”

The band will be one of thefeatured acts on the upcom-ing VH1 Best Cruise Ever,which happens in late Apriland will have the band per-forming alongside the likesof Train, Lifehouse, and Col-bie Caillat.

Friday’s show also will bethe band’s first performancewith Ricks, who replacedJonathan Gray. The bandsays that the parting of wayswith Gray was amicable.“He deserves so much morethan we could give him,” saidMechem.

Fans who buy their ticketsto Friday’s show from etix.com will also be able to seeCrowfield play a specialsecret show at a later date.The details of the show willbe sent to ticket buyers, andwhile the band memberswere tight-lipped about anydetails for the secret show,they did promise that thelocation will be intimate, andthat the band will perform alot of material it doesn’t nor-mally play.

The band also expects toget into the studio early nextyear to begin recording itsmajor label debut, whichwill allow it to use that back-log of songs.

PROVIDEDCrowfield’s Music Farm show on Friday is the firsttime the band has performed in Charleston sinceopening for Hootie at the Family Circle MagazineStadium in August.

if you goWHAT: Crowfield withCharlie Mars.WHERE: The MusicFarm, 32 Ann St.WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday.HOW MUCH: $12.TICKETS: etix.com.


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Joel Summer shares his life through low-fi recordingsBY PAUL PAVLICHSpecial to The Post and Courier

A s a young boy, JoelSummer picked upa guitar for the first

time, and since then, he canbarely keep his hands off ofone. The six-string swoonedhim.

“When I was young, I guessI had a lot on my mind,”Summer said. “It was the bestway to get things off of mychest. Once I found that out-let, it started snowballing. Itkind of consumed me.”

Summer has jumped whole-heartedly into the role of themusician, rejecting a conven-tional career path for the loveof the game and the oppor-tunity to reach more peoplewith his songs.

Summer spends his freetime recording new songs in

his house, a practice that hehas become accustomed toover the past few years.

“I record constantly. It’s allrough demos and it’s prettylo-fi, but that’s the charm of

my tunes. I’ll have somethingon my mind, and I record itright then and there. I prettymuch have a diary of my lifethrough low-fi recordings,”he said.

Some Charleston concert-goers may recognize Sum-mer from his former bands:Thomas Elite and Your Re-gional Airport.

His crisp vocal stylingstays intact in his solo tunes,layered over intriguing gui-tar work that resonates withboth country twang and

Southern rock.Summer is playing a benefit

concert at Yo Burrito down-town on Friday for Ameri-cans of Informed Democracy,a nonpartisan advocacy orga-nization that is raising moneyfor “Not For Sale South Caro-lina,” which works to preventdomestic human trafficking,both for labor and sex trade.

The benefit will be the firsttime Summer is playing ahandful of new material, andhe is very eager to do so.

“A lot of them are aboutthe mistakes I’ve made andthey’re about a lot of the badin my life, lessons I learned,”he says.

“Things aren’t always goodfor people, and it’s the onlything I can do. Take the badin my life and turn it intorock and roll,” Summer says.

“I’m excited to play and ac-

tually give people the chanceto hear the music. Betweenrecording and work, I haven’thad the time to let peoplehear it, but now I actuallyhave the time.”

Within the next six months,Summer intends to playout as much as possible. Hewants to establish himself asa musician in Charleston andto allow his music to be ac-cessed by as many people aspossible.

Ideally, he says he’d like toget some small label supportto record a bare-bones studioalbum, but he’s content withhis procedure for the timebeing.

Summer also is collaborat-ing with Charleston musicianAndrew Petersen, who re-cently had his original musicremixed by Realboy, a DJfrom San Francisco.

PROVIDED

Joel Summer will perform Friday at Yo Burrito indowntown Charleston for the Americans of InformedDemocracy organization.

more infoWHO: Joel Summer,guitar and vocals.ORIGINALLY FROM:Trenton.WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/joelsum-merandfriends.SEE HIM NEXT: 7 p.m.Friday at Yo Burrito, 77Wentworth St., down-town Charleston.


Cee Lo GreenTHE LADY KILLER(Elektra/Asylum)

If Cee Lo Green had been born about 30years earlier, he just might have been aspopular a performer as Marvin Gaye orSmokey Robinson.

OK, so maybe that’s taking it a bit toofar, since neither of those R&B giantsever wrote a hit single whose title was toovulgar to be printed in a newspaper. (Goahead and Google it, then have the kidsleave the room and play it on YouTube.

Tell me it’s not as catchy as all getout). Still, there is no denying thatGreen has a gift when it comesto writing and collaborating. His

new CD, “The Lady Killer,” features notjust that aforementioned song with thenaughty title, but also printable and equal-ly catchy songs such as “Bright Lights Big-ger City,” “I Want You” and “It’s OK.”

There is also a beautiful cover of Bandof Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You,”that prompted that band to start coveringGreen’s “Georgia” in concert.

Green, who performed and recordedwith Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkleybefore releasing this solo effort, definitelyhas the chops to make it as a solo artist.

While “The Lady Killer” is ultimately anuneven collection of songs, happily whenthings work, they work very well, mean-ing that we will likely be hearing from CeeLo Green as a solo artist again in the nearfuture.KEY TRACKS: “It’s OK,” “No One’s GonnaLove You” and that unprintable song.

Elvis PresleyVIVA ELVIS: THE ALBUM(RCA/Legacy)When Cirque du Soleil started staging a

show set to the music of the Beatles a fewyears ago, they got the Fab Four’s longtimeproducer George Martin to remix theband’s songs.

It was the first time anyone had beenofficially authorized to do so, and the re-sulting album, “Love,” breathed new lifeinto the songs, some of which were fourdecades old.

These days, Cirque du Soleil is bowingdown to The King of Rock andRoll, aka Elvis Presley.

The newest Cirque show incor-porates the music made popular

by Presley, and just as with the Beatles,some of Elvis’s best-known songs havebeen remixed. So is the Elvis version asintriguing as the Beatles version? Actually,for the most part it is.

Both projects could have gone so wrongso fast, and it is to the credit of the show’srespective producers that both sets of mu-sic actually work.

For “Viva Elvis: The Album,” produc-ers got Brendan O’Brien, Serban Ghenea,Robert Meunier and Erich van Tourneauto re-imagine The King’s songs.

The resulting tracks are actually quitegood. Vocal snippets of both Presley him-self, as well as other influential figuresfrom his career such as Ed Sullivan arepeppered throughout the tracks.

“Blue Suede Shoes” gets a Charlie Mus-selwhite-like electric harmonica riff, while“That’s All Right” makes it sound as if El-vis is being backed by The Strokes.

“Can’t Help Falling in Love” becomes anR&B slow jam, while “Suspicious Minds”soars like a U2 song. I was all set to turnmy nose up at this CD, and instead, I wasimpressed enough to now want to see theshow when I finally get out to Las Vegas.KEY TRACKS: “That’s All Right,” “Can’t HelpFalling in Love,” “Suspicious Minds.”

Billy JoelTHE HITS(Columbia/Legacy)

As hard as it might be to believe, nextyear marks the 40th anniversary of therelease of Billy Joel’s first solo album,“Cold Spring Harbor.” Over the past fourdecades, Joel has made a lot of great mu-sic, and his work is being discovered by awhole new generation of fans.

In celebration of the anniversary, Co-lumbia and Legacy will be releasing spe-cial editions of all of Joel’s albums, which

will feature newly remastered ver-sions of the original songs, as wellas rare, live and previously unre-leased tracks.

While fans wait for those reissues, theycan enjoy “The Hits,” which collects 19of Joel’s most popular songs. There havebeen previous compilations of Joel’s work,but most of those were multidisc affairsthat cost more.

This single CD does a pretty good job ofgiving an overview of Joel’s career withsongs that include “Piano Man,” “MyLife,” “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me,” “Al-lentown,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and“The River of Dreams.”

There are some glaring omissions, in-cluding “Uptown Girl,” “Just The Way YouAre” and “Goodnight Saigon,” but thenthere is only so much room on a singleCD. If you don’t mind a condensed over-view of Joel’s career, then one could doworse than this collection.KEY TRACKS: “Piano Man,” “Movin’ Out(Anthony’s Song),” “We Didn’t Start theFire.”

Michael JacksonMICHAEL JACKSON’S VISION(Epic/Legacy)

It is probably safe to say that even with-out the benefit of music videos, MichaelJackson’s music would have been popularin the ’80s and ’90s. Throw in the beauti-fully conceived video shorts that camewith his numerous hit singles though, andit’s no wonder he was the superstar he wasin his heyday.

The newly released “Michael Jackson’sVision” collects all of the King of Pop’s

video shorts on three DVDs,marking the first time they haveall been available in one place.

The first DVD kicks off with“Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” andeven though the ’80s-era special effectslook pretty cheesy by today’s standards,there is no denying that the young mandancing and singing in the clip has some-thing out of the ordinary.

Other memorable scenes on that firstDVD include Jackson lighting up every-thing he touches in “Billie Jean,” dancingwith zombies in “Thriller,” leaning like a“Smooth Criminal,” and being directed byMartin Scorsese in “Bad.”

The second DVD includes videos forsongs such as “Black or White,” “Re-member the Time” and “Scream,” whilethe third bonus DVD features clips fromThe Jacksons, as well as “Say Say Say,”Michael’s duet with Paul McCartney.

There is also a previously unreleased clipfor the R. Kelly-penned song “One MoreChance.” Any Jackson fan will want thiscollection of 40 videos, 10 of which arepreviously unreleased.KEY TRACKS: “Don’t Stop ‘Til You GetEnough,” “Thriller,” “Smooth Criminal.”

–By Devin Grant,Special to The Post and Courier

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ALLUETTE’S JAZZ CAFE: 137Calhoun St. 737-0090. Tonight-Sat: 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 RESTAURANTAND WINES: 2063 Middle St.,Sullivan’s Island. 883-9452. Fri: LiveJazz; Sun: Spanish and FlamencoGuitar w/Dori Chitayat; Tues: An-nie Boxell and Jim Algar.

AWENDAW GREEN: 4879 Hwy17 North, Awendaw. 452-1642.Wed: Contemporary Christian Mu-sic Showcase w/Amber Caparas,Hanna Burton, Marc Collins and T.Culler Band.

BIG JIM’S DIAMONDBACK SA-LOON: 5991 Rivers Ave. 744-2501.Fri-Sat: live music; Tues: karaoke.

BIG JOHN’S TAVERN: 251 EastBay St. 723-3483. Fri: DJ Adam; Sat:Simple Possession; Tues: karaoke.

BLU RESTAURANT AND BAR: 1Center St., Folly Beach. 588-6658.Fri: Ben Fagan Duo, 8:30 p.m.; Sat:Ryan Becknell, 8:30 p.m.; Sun:Nikolai Svishev, 11 a.m.; Wed:Mitch Wetherington, 6 p.m.

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

BOWEN’S ISLAND RESTAU-RANT: 1870 Bowen’s Island Rd.Folly Beach. 795-2757. Fri: OpenJam w/Smoky and Steve and Co.,7 p.m.

BUCCA’S: 1000 Tanner FordBlvd., Hanahan. 553-2008. Sat:Chris Dodson, 9:30 p.m.

BUDDY ROES SHRIMP SHACK:1528 Ben Sawyer Blvd. 388-5270.Tonight: Ronnie Johnson andChris Clifton, 6 p.m.; Fri-Sat: Ron-nie Johnson and Chris Clifton, 9p.m.; Sun: Ronnie Johnson, ChrisClifton, The Maniax and KevinChurch, 2-6 p.m.; Tues: KevinChurch, 7 p.m.; Wed: John Bran-nen, 8 p.m.

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

CHARLESTON GRILL: 224 KingSt. 577-4522. Tonight-Sat: QuentinBaxter Ensemble followed byLate Night Jazz, 8 p.m.; Sun: BobWilliams Duo, 7 p.m.; Mon-Wed:Quentin Baxter Ensemble, 7 p.m.

CITY LIGHTS COFFEE SHOP:141 Market St. 853-7067. Sat: JesseLedford; Wed: The Amazing Mit-tens, 6:30-8 p.m.

THE CLUB AT MEYERS RD: 216Meyers Rd., Summerville. 875-4215. Fri: Bert Floyd; Sat: DJ anddance; Wed: karaoke.

CLUB H2O: 8484 Dorchester Rd.767-1426. Tonight: Country DanceParty, 9 p.m.; Fri-Sat: DJ Mike Men-doza, 9 p.m.

CRAB SHACK, FOLLY BEACH:26 Center St. 588-3080. Tonight:Folly Beach Bluegrass Society,8 p.m.; Mon: Open mic w/ DaveGrunstra, 9:30 p.m.

CRAZY D’S FOOD AND SPIR-ITS: 224 Redbank Rd., GooseCreek. 572-2658. Fri: Karaoke, 9p.m.; Tues: Trivia and Karaoke, 7:30p.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 JohnnieDodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant. 971-9034. Wed and Fri-Sat: Riccardosings Opera and Italian songs, 7p.m.

DORCHESTER LANES: 10015Dorchester Rd., Summerville. 376-2200. Fri-Sat: The Cool; Sun: teamtrivia w/Bad Joke Tom; Mon: kara-oke w/Rocky; Tues: acoustics w/61Daze; Wed: karaoke w/Rocky.

DUNLEAVY’S PUB: 2213 Mid-dle St., Sullivan’s Island. 883-9646.Sun: Carroll Brown, 8 p.m.; Tues:Maniax, 7:30 p.m.

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

FIERY RON’S SULLIVAN’S IS-LAND: 2209 Middle St., Sullivan’sIsland. 883-3131. Tonight: MinorAdjustments, $5, 10 p.m.; Fri: JeffBeasley Band, $5, 10 p.m.; Sat: MadTea Party, $5, 10:30 p.m.; Tues:Steve Cheseborough’s open micand guitar clinic; Wed: Wednes-day Nite Ramble, 8:30 p.m.

FIERY RON’S WEST ASHLEY:1205 Ashley River Rd. 225-2278.Tonight: South Carolina Broad-casters, free, 9 p.m.; Fri: MinorAdjustments, $5, 10 p.m.; Sat:Redneck Grease Delux w/Whiskyn Ramblin, $5, 9 p.m.; Mon: openmic, 8 p.m.; Tues: Reid Stone, 9p.m.; Wed: Lowcountry BluesClub, 7 p.m.

FIREWATER GRILLE: 109 Holi-day Drive, Summerville. 261-2121.Fri: Eddie Bush; Sat: comedy w/SidDavis; Wed: team trivia, 8-10 p.m.

FISH RESTAURANT: 442 KingSt. 722-3474. Tonight: Elise Tes-tone, 7 p.m.; Sat: DJ, 10 p.m.

FOLLY BEACH BREWING COM-

PANY: 34 Center St. 588-0095.Fri: South Carolina Broadcasters,9 p.m.

GENNARO’S RESTAURANT:8500 Dorchester Rd. 760-9875.Tonight: live jazz, 8 p.m.

GILLIGAN’S: 582 Dock Rd.,Moncks Corner. 761-2244. Fri:Keith Bruce, 6 p.m.

GRIFFON PUB: 18 VendueRange. 723-1700. Tonight: GreenLevels; Thurs: Reid Stone and MacLeaphart.

HALLS CHOPHOUSE: 434 KingSt. 797-0090. Fri-Sat: AnthonyOwens, 7 p.m.; Sun-Wed: AnthonyOwens, 6:30 p.m.

HALLIGAN’S RESTAURANTAND BAR: 3025 Ashley TowneCenter, Suite 201. 225-4347. Fri:live entertainment.

IACOFANO’S: 629 ColemanBlvd., Mt. Pleasant. 881-2313. To-night: John Chilton, Kara Hesseand Jesse Prichard, 6:30 p.m.;Fri: Annie Boxell and the ViciousCircle, 6:30 p.m.; Sat: The WyattGarey Band, 6:30 p.m.; Mon:Kevin Church, 6:30 p.m.; Tues: KaraHesse, 6:30 p.m.; Wed: Keith Bruce,6:30 p.m.

JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR ANDGRILL: 431 St. James Ave., GooseCreek. 553-8766. Tonight: TeamTrivia; Fri-Sat: DJ/Karaoke, free;Tues: Chris Sullivan, free, 8-11 p.m.;Wed: DJ/Karaoke, free.

JOHNSONS PUB: 12 Cumber-land Street. 277-2961. Fri: HighSociety.

J’PAULZ: 1739 Maybank Hwy.,James Island. 795-6995. Fri-Sat:live music.

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

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1175 FollyRd., James Island. 225-6996. Wed:Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music.

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

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 800 N. MainSt., Summerville. 875-6998. Wed:Trivia, 9 p.m.; Thurs: Live music.

KICKIN’ CHICKEN: 1179 SamRittenberg Blvd., West Ashley 766-5292. Wed: Trivia, 9 p.m. Thurs:Live music.

KUDU COFFEE AND CRAFTBEER: 4 Vanderhorst St. 853-7186.Tonight: Eric-Scott Guthrie, 9 p.m.;Fri: Michael Trent, 9 p.m.; Sat: Har-rison Ray, 9 p.m.

LALO’S MEXICAN RESTAU-RANT: 1585 Central Ave., Sum-

merville. 873-9988. Tonight: NorthBy South, 7 p.m.; Sat: DJ/live band,9 p.m.

LOCALS BAR: 1150 Queensbor-ough Blvd., Unit B. 388-5114. Mon:Keith Bruce, 6-9 p.m.

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

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

MAD RIVER BAR & GRILLE: 32N. Market St. 723-0032. Fri: live mu-sic; Mon: live music; Tues: trivia.

MANNY’S NEIGHBORHOODGRILLE: 1608 Old Towne Rd. 763-3908. Tonight: team trivia; Fri: latenight jazz w/The Joe Clarke Trio;Sat: Coastal Carolina Karaoke, 9:30p.m.; Sun: team trivia; Wed: TedMcKee “Tropical Rock,” 6-9 p.m.,DNR, 9:30 p.m.

MED BISTRO: 90 Folly Rd. 766-0323. Fri: Scratch, 7-10 p.m.; Sat:Mark Schuler, 7-10 p.m.

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

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

THE MILL LOUNGE: 1026 E.Montague Ave. 225-2650. Tonight:New Terminus, 9 p.m.; Fri: DJNattyHeavy, 10:30 p.m.; Sat: TheDefilers, 4 p.m., DJ NattyHeavy,10:30 p.m.

MOLLY DARCY’S: 235 East BaySt. 737-4085. Tonight-Sat: DJ.

MOJO’S CLUB AND CIGARBAR: 945 Bacons Bridge Rd. 875-5099. Mon: Shag.

MORGAN CREEK GRILL: 8041st Ave. IOP. 886-8980. Sat: Ca-sual Kings.

MUSIC FARM: 32 Ann St. 577-6989. Fri: Crowfield w/CharlieMars, $12-15; Sat: Senses Fail/Bay-side w/Title Fight and Balanceand Composure, $15-18; Sun: TheExpendables w/John Brown’sBody and The Snips, $13-15; Tues:Pop Evil w/Seasons After, AtomSmash and New Medicine, $12-15;Wed: The Movement w/MamboSauce, $10.

OASIS BAR AND GRILL: 778Folly Rd., James Island. Sun:acoustic night w/Cody Burbage,Tyler Boone, Gregory Scott, KaraHeese and Mac Leaphart, $6-8,8 p.m.

O’MALLEY’S: 549 King St. 805-5000. Tonight-Sat: Live Music;Mon: Live Music; Tue: Trivia, fol-lowed by Karaoke, 7 p.m.; Wed: DJ.

OSCAR’S RESTAURANT: 207W. 5th North St., Summerville.871-3800. Tonight: Calvin Taylor,6-9 p.m.

PATRICK’S PUB: 1377 AshleyRiver Rd. 571-3435. Tonight: Kara-oke, 9 p.m.; Sat: Drag Show.

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

THE POUR HOUSE: 1977 May-bank Hwy. 571-4343. Tonight: SamBush w/James Justin Burke andCo., $20-22, 8-9 p.m., Flatt City,free; Fri: Signal Path, Bluetech andSpankalicious, $13-15, 9-10 p.m.;Sat: Second Annual Duane AllmanBirthday Celebration w/Revivaland The Shane Pruitt Band; Sun:Dan Wright and The New Beat,Mac Leaphart and The RaggedCompany, Ben Fagan, The Tips,Ryan Bonner and Dearly Beloved,$12, 6 p.m.-midnight; Mon: Irationw/Long Miles and The Green, $12,8:15; Tues: Shonuff, free, 10:30p.m.; Wed: Gaslight Street andWeighstation, 9:30 p.m.

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

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

THE ROOFTOP AT VENDUEINN: 19 Vendue Range. 414-2341.Tonight: Steam Brothers; Fri: OldYou; Sat: Louis “D” Project; Tues:trivia.

SAFFRON CAFE AND BAKERY:333 East Bay St. 722-5588. Tonight:Jeff Wilson and Kyle Graham,7:30-9:30 p.m.; Fri: Jeff Wilson andKyle Graham, 8-10 p.m.; Sat: DeliaChariker, 8-10 p.m.; Sun: Duda Lu-cena, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

SALTY MIKE’S BAR: 17 Lock-wood Dr. 937-0208. Fri: GregChapman, 8 p.m.

SAND DOLLAR: 7 Center St.,Folly Beach. 588-9498. Fri-Sat: FatAlice.

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

SOUTHEND BREWERY ANDSMOKEHOUSE: 161 East Bay St.853-4677. Tonight: Salsa Night, 10p.m.; Fri-Sat: live music.

SOUTHERN COMFORT BARAND GRILL: 1761 North Main

Street, Summerville. 873-9220.Tonight: team trivia, 8 p.m.; Fri:E.O.D.; Sat: Top Jimmy.

SUNFIRE GRILL & BISTRO:1090 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. 766-0223. Tonight: Allyson Taylor, 6-9p.m.; Fri: Chris Tidestrom, 6-9 p.m.;Sat: The Ginhouse Boys, 6:30-9:30p.m.; Mon: singer and songwriternight; Tues: Ted McKee, 6-9 p.m.

THE SWAMP FOX AT THEFRANCIS MARION HOTEL: 387King St. 724-8888. Fri-Sat: PianistBill Howland. .

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

THIRSTY TURTLE II: 1158 Col-lege 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 JeffersonCoker.

THROUGHBRED CLUB ATCHARLESTON PLACE: 224 KingSt. 722-4900. Tonight-Sat: Livemusic, 1-11 p.m.; Sun: Live music,5-10 p.m.; Mon-Thurs: Live music,1-11 p.m.

TOAST: 155 Meeting St. 534-0043. Tonight: Abe White; Fri: LiveMusic; Sat: Annie Boxell, 6 p.m.

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

TRAYCE’S TOO NEIGHBOR-HOOD GRILLE & PUB: 2578Ashley River Rd. 556-2378. To-night: Trivia; Mon: Open mic; Tues:Karaoke.

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

WILD WING DOWNTOWN: 6N. Market St. 722-9464. Tonight:Karaoke; Fri: The Secrets; Sat: DJDance Party w/DJ DDL; Mon: RotieAcoustic; Tues: Team Trivia; Wed:pre-Thanksgiving bash w/TheDiesel Brothers.

WILD WING MT. PLEASANT:664 Coleman Blvd., Mt. Pleasant.971-9464. Tonight: Plane Jane; Fri:Soulfish; Sat: The Piedmont Boys;Sun: David Dunning; Tues: TeamTrivia; Wed: Amber Caparas.

WILD WING N. CHARLESTON:7618 Rivers Ave. 818-9464. To-night: Jody Lee Petty; Fri: PlaneJane; Sat: Tokyo Joe; Mon: TeamTrivia; Wed: pre-Thanksgivingbash w/Plane Jane.

THE WINDJAMMER: 1008Ocean Blvd., IOP. 886-8596. Fri: Onthe Hunt w/Neverthaless, $5; Sat:Possum Jenkins, $5.

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BY DENISE K. JAMESSpecial to The Post and Courier

I f you’re trying to getsome early holiday shop-ping done, or scout some

one-of-a-kind decorationsfor your household, checkout the Holiday Market.

Returning this weekend tothe North Charleston Con-vention Center, it’s a placefor families to get into a fes-tive frame of mind.

The Holiday Market hasvisited Charleston for morethan a decade, with this yearbeing the 12th annual. Itbegan as part of the GilmoreShows, an award-winningorganization that hosts artsand crafts shows and beganin Greensboro, N.C.

“We saw how much suc-cess we had in Greensboroand decided Charleston wasanother great place to bringthe market,” says AnitaMeyer, one of the organiz-ers.

“We currently hold 10 artsand crafts shows throughout the Southeast region, aswell as a Holiday Market inGreensboro and Charles-ton.”

The Market is billed as “acomplete holiday experi-ence,” meaning that you canfind whatever you need fora winter solstice bonanza inone spot.

There are gifts, decora-tions, food and drinks to sipwhile you shop. There’s evenSanta Claus.

“We bring in specialty ven-dors from all over the coun-try,” says Meyer. “We haveitems from independentboutiques, meaning lots ofholiday fashion, jewelry andunique gifts.

“We have decorations forthe inside and outside of thehome. We even have sam-ples of holiday foods andbeverages to enjoy while youbrowse,” she says.

“This year we’re offeringthe familiar favorite ven-dors, as well as some excit-

ing newbies. The artists andcraftsmen who participatestrive to bring exclusiveitems for the market.”

One of the perks of visitingthe event is getting feedbackon things such as recipesand parties.

“We have vendors who of-fer expert advice on the bestholiday cooking and enter-taining for the season,” saysMeyer. “We like to say thatthe market offers everythingthat you’d want to give orreceive.”

Visit the Holiday Mar-ket and buy tickets at thedoor, or, starting this year,get tickets ahead of timethrough the website, holi-daymarket.com.

Admission is good for allthree days of the weekend,so feel free to return the nextday. Parking is free.

Even Santa Clause picturesare free: Guests can bringtheir own cameras and take

as many photos as theywant.

“Santa Claus is the focalpoint and the hallmark ofthe show,” says Meyer. “Ifyou aren’t in the holidayspirit when you arrive, youwill be soon!”

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Exhibitors from all over the nation will participatein this year’s Holiday Market.

more infoWHAT: Holiday Market.WHERE: North Charleston ColiseumConvention Center.WHEN: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m.Sunday.ADMISSION: $7 for adults and $1for ages 6-12, with admission goodall three days with a free return pass.Save $2 by buying tickets online atholidaymarket.com.PARKING: Free at the CharlestonColiseum.

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For cooksCharleston Farmers Market at Marion

Square.Saturdays 8 a.m.-2 p.m.724-7309

Local foodsThornhill Farm10882 U.S. Highway 17McClellanville743-9749Ourlocalfoods.com

Baked goodsRemember to place your order early.

Saturday might be a good deadline date.

Local grocery storesBaked160 East Bay St.http://bakednyc.com (click on Loca-

tions)577-2180

Callie’s Charleston Biscuitswww.calliesbiscuits.com577-1198

Charleston Sweet GourmetSouth Windemere Center36 Windemere Blvd.Charlestonsweetgourmet.com225-5936

3.14 Pies654 King St.314piescharleston.com

Sugar Bakeshop59½ Cannon St.Sugarbake.com579-2891

Wildflour73 Spring St.Wildflourpastry.com327-2621

Saffron Bakery and Cafe333 East Bay St.722-5588

Normandy Farm Artisan BakeryWest Ashley32 Windermere769-6400Johns Island3155 Maybank Highway737-4122Thanksgiving menu: Order deadline

Saturday for Wednesday pickup.

Prepared itemsCaviar & Bananas51 George St.www.caviarandbananas.com577-7757

Ted’s Butcherblock334 East Bay St.www.tedsbutcherblock.com577-0094

Whole Foods MarketOrder in store with catering representa-

tives, online or by phone.Deadline: Sunday for Wednesday

pickup.WFM is open 8 a.m-3 p.m. Thanksgiv-

ing Day. Menu items are available bydepartment and in the hot foods case,and those items will be discounted $1 peritem.

U.S. Highway 17 and Houston NorthcuttBlvd.

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Kitchen suppliesFor all your cooking and serving needs.

The turkey baster, roasting pan and rack,whisk, strainers, twine and all the otherimplements of the feast — you name it;these people sell it and can give you a les-son on how to use it.

Charleston Cooks!194 East Bay St.charlestoncooks.com722-1212

The Coastal Cupboard644J-Long Point Road, Mount Pleasantthecoastalcupboard.com856-4321

RestaurantsNeed a reservation. Tax and gratuity are

not included in prices.

17 North3563 U.S. Highway 17, Mount Pleasant606-2144www.17North.netBuffet: $25 adults; $25 children

Blossom171 East Bay St.722-920011 a.m.-9 p.m.www.magnolias-blossom-cypress.comThanksgiving menu: turkey dinner, $27;10-under $14; other menu options.

BLU Restaurant and Barin Tides Hotel1 Center St., Folly Beach588-6658Reservations and menu atwww.blufollybeach.comAdult $29.95; 4-12 $14.50; under 4 freeBuffet served noon-6 p.m.

Charleston Grill224 King St.577-4522www.charlestongrill.comThree-course menu (about five choices

per course) $80 per person, 20 percentgratuity

Cypress167 East Bay St.727-0111www.magnolias-blossom-cypress.com5:30-10 p.m.Regular menu plus Thanksgivingspecials; turkey dinner $28

Halls Chophouse434 King St.727-0090www.hallschophouse.com1-9 p.m.; live music 5-8 p.m.Complete menu plus traditionalturkey dinner $32

Husk Restaurant76 Queen St.577-2500huskrestaurant.comThree-course menu $45. All local,Southern and seasonal menu.11 a.m.-7 p.m.

McCrady’s Restaurant2 Unity Alley577-0025www.mccradysrestaurant.comThree-course menu served in themain dining room and the Long Room,$505-9 p.m.

Magnolias, Uptown, Down South185 East Bay St.577-7771www.magnolias-blossom-cypress.comRegular menu plus Thanksgivingspecials. Turkey entree $28; 10-under$14.11:30-9 p.m.

Market Pavilion Hotel225 East Bay St.266-4222Adults $79; 7-12 $34; 3-6 $18Buffet and carving stationSeatings 1-7:30 p.m.

Slightly North of Broad192 East Bay St.723-3424www.slightlynorthofbroad.netPrix-fixe two-courses $38;add dessert $44Noon-6 p.m.

High Cotton199 East Bay St.724-3815www.high-cotton.netComplete menu plus“turkey-to-go sandwich” $81:30-8 p.m.

Old Village Post House101 Pitt St., Mount Pleasant388-8935www.oldvillageposthouse.comThanksgiving menu: turkey dinner $24Noon-6 p.m.

Peninsula Grill112 N. Market St.723-0700www.peninsulagrill.comThree-course menu plus dessert,$60 per person3-9:30 p.m.

Tristan Restaurant10 Linguard St.534-2155www.tristandining.comThanksgiving menu: adults $50;children under 12 $201-6 p.m.

Woodlands Inn and Resort125 Parsons St.www.woodlandsinn.com308-211511 a.m-3:30 p.m.Buffet: $79 per person; $24,children (4-12); 3 and under, free

Oscar’s of Summerville207 W. 5th North St.Summerville871-3800www.oscarsofsummerville.comThanksgiving buffet $28.95;children $14.95; under 5 free11 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Boathouse at Breach Inlet101 Palm Blvd.Isle of Palms886-8000www.boathouserestaurants.comFour-course menu (soup, salad, entreewith two sides, dessert)$26.95 per person.Noon-4 p.m.

DEIDRE SCHIPANISpecial to The Post and Courier

T -Day — seven days and counting.Here is the cautionary tale folks. You all know the date: Nov. 25. You

might even know what you want to eat and may have decided if you arecooking, catering or going out. So now, take the simple step: reserve. Whether itis food you want to pick up, a restaurant at whose table you wish to dine or thebakery whose bourbon-pecan pie you salivate for — do the easy thing and letthem know now to avoid disappointment.

Thanksgiving was my mother’s favorite holiday. It began early in the morn-ing in order to prepare the stuffing (dressing) for the bird. The bread was liningbaking sheets in order to properly “stale” before it was cut into croutons for thebase of the stuffing recipe. Vegetables were diced, cooked in butter and foldedinto the mass that eventually would go into the bird. These were the days beforethe Food Police, the cook-to-temperature mantras, the food safety initiatives.

Our turkeys were “stuffed.” Turkey innards simmered in a stock pot to becomethe gravy and baste the bird. Cabbage was grated for slaw. Green beans werepulled through the peeler to french them for their butter bath. This was scratchcooking, and it took all day.

The modern Thanksgiving is a forgiving feast.You can find a wonderful restaurant that not only serves a delicious dinner,

but allows those who really would pass on our national bird to have roast porkinstead. Buffets permit a menu of extravagance, an alphabet of vegetables fromartichokes to zucchini. Bakeries will bake your pie and let you take the glory.Pies with top crusts, no crust, lattice or streusel. Pies in apple, cranberry, pump-kin, pecan and sweet potato flavors. The deli departments of most grocery storeshave prepared all the sides you need to make everyone happy at the table. Gour-met shops will prepare your feast, and all you will need to do is reheat and eat.

So if the thought of lumpy gravy, dry roasted turkey, charred marshmallows,raw green beans and a mountain of dirty dishes is your “Nightmare on ElmStreet: Thanksgiving Edition,” know that the following will make your holidayas easy as pie.

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R .J.’s Seashell Restaurant waspurchased this year by RyanCondon, Dan Doyle and

Jody Hawkins. Condon and Doylehave been part of the locally ownedand operated Crab Shacks since1999, and R.J.’s was too good a pieceof real estate to pass up. The newowners have transformed the res-taurant into The Grill on the Edge.

R.J.’s Seashell was owned byHank and R.J. Holliday. The res-taurant was designed by architectDan Sweeney with interior design-er Amelia Handegan and land-scape architect Sheila Wertimerhandling the inside and outside ofthe property. Located at the gate-way to the “Edge of America,” thiswas a business built by talent butnow in need of nurturing.

The bones of 41 Center St. werestrong and the strength of theoriginal design required nothingmore than a coat of paint, a littlefurniture rearranging and the stra-tegic positioning of fabric-coveredbaffles that provide sound absorp-tion and privacy. The color palettewent coastal. A few tables were re-moved to create a better traffic flowand potted plants now lend tropicalnotes to the space along with soft-ening the hardness of concrete andstucco.

New lamp shades erased the “shellgame” of the former design motif,and framed prints of Folly’s historycontinue to decorate the walls.

The Crab Shack team hired chefJulia Barstow to command thekitchen. Barstow worked under themaster of “Bam!” — Emeril La-gasse. In Charleston, her pedigreeincluded stints at Charleston Grilland Hall’s Chophouse.

The Grill on the Edge had abenevolent opening. In mid-Au-gust it dipped its feet into thetourist trade and had late sum-mer and early fall to fine-tune itsmenu and operation. Hours havechanged along with the seasons.Barstow has exhibited restraintwhen it comes to menu options

native to New Orleans.Eggs Sardou ($9.95), the flavor-

ings of andouille and the trinityof onions, bell peppers and celery,currently season her menu. Noboudin, “pirogues” or jambalaya.

The menu has global flavors withlocal ingredients. Crosby’s Fishand Shrimp on Folly Road is theseafood supplier. Saffron Bakeryand Cafe on East Bay Street pro-vides some desserts.

The “grill” offerings are mostlysteaks ($16.95-$23.95), chickenbreasts ($9.95, $14.95), pork chops($9.95, $14.95) and skewers ($13.95-$17.95). The latter are marinatedMediterranean-style with olive oil,garlic, parsley and spices, anchoredby a green apple and served withcurried vegetables and tropicalrice. Chipotle barbecue and wasabicream sauces accompany each dish.The options are chicken, beef andscallops, shrimp or tuna. A littleshipwrecked on a plate when itcomes to flavor profiles, but a dishtrue to Folly’s eclectic roots.

Barstow seasons with a balancedhand. Heat segues into sweet. Trythe shrimp dynamites ($5.95) inwhich local shrimp are battered,fried and drizzled with a South-east Asian-inspired sweet chilisauce and served with Asian slaw.Just imagine coleslaw marriesambrosia and has an affair withwasabi and you will have conjuredup the flavors of this dish. A nestof shredded lettuce accompaniesthis appetizer and is the naturalfoil for the heat of the wasabi. Aperfect use for iceberg lettuce.

Our server recommended thesweet soy salmon ($15.95), and itdid not disappoint. The salmonwas gently cooked; its soy glazewas just that — a glaze and notthe culinary spackle that passesfor a glaze in some restaurants. Atangle of red, green, yellow, orangeand red peppers along with cab-bage and onion strands seasonedwith cilantro and mint refreshedthe caramelized flavors of sugar

and soy. The tropical rice side dishwith its flavor of coconut roundedthis dish to a fine finish.

The crispy fried flounder ($16.95)fared well on the cooking side, butits topping of crema was blandand the South Beach salsa sufferedfrom flavorless, watery tomatoes,minimal herbs and lackluster sea-sonings.

The Grill offers daily specials, andthese will change with the seasons.Oysters were featured at the time ofour visit.

The burgers are two-fisted af-fairs and can be had as a Cheddar-topped classic ($8.95) along withthe Washout ($9.95), layered withoven-roasted tomatoes, spinach,onion and remoulade sauce.

Shrimp and flounder ($13.95;$17.95 combination basket) makeup the fry baskets. They are ac-companied by french fries and thewasabi slaw along with tricked-out tartar sauce with lemon andcapers and cocktail sauce jump-started with cilantro and lime thatmake these ubiquitous composi-tions not just the same old frybabies.

Desserts included cheesecake,chocolate cake and coconut cake.House-made desserts are a browniechocolate sundae and Key Lime pie($4.95).

Wines by the glass are nicelypriced, and the restaurant plans tohost monthly wine tastings. Cock-tail fans will not be disappointed.The Grill has a menu of “WhenFolly Freezes Over” frozen drinks($7.95), an Edge Martini ($7.95)

with a Champagne float and avariety of tropical-based cocktails($6.95).

Service is friendly, attentive andcollaborative.

The management staff makes apoint to visit each table. The busi-ness of hospitality is taken seriously.

The next order of business forthe property — outdoor heatersand plastic walls for the patio shel-

ter — is scheduled to take placevery soon.

The location at 41 Center St.once was home to the H and KSuper Esso Service Station. Nowhome to a third restaurant, refuel-ing seems to be in its nature. Witha little adjustment to some culi-nary wrinkles, The Grill on theEdge can easily become your full-service destination for good eats.

restaurant reviewCUISINE: American EclecticCATEGORY: Neighborhood FavoritePHONE: 633-0143LOCATION: 41 Center St., Folly BeachFOOD: ★★★SERVICE: ★★★½ATMOSPHERE: ★★★PRICE: $-$$$COSTS: Appetizers $5.95-$7.95; soups $3.95-MP; salads $3.95-$12.95;sides $2.50; entrees $9.95-$23.95; burgers $8.95-$9.95; fry baskets$13.95-$17.95. Lunch: burgers $8.95; sandwiches $5.95-$8.95; frybaskets $8.95-$9.95; pastas $7.95-$10.95. Brunch: $7.95-$12.95; kidsbrunch $5.95; brunch sides $1.50-$3.50.WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE: YesVEGETARIAN OPTIONS: LimitedBAR: Full-service barHOURS: Seasonal changes, please confirm. Open 7 days for lunchand dinner; Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m.DECIBEL LEVEL: ModeratePARKING: Parking lot, street parkingOTHER: www.follygrill.com. [email protected]. Monday Madness,specially priced margaritas, mojitos and martinis; Taco Tuesdays;Wine On Wednesdays; monthly wine tastings; bottomless mimosasand Blood Mary bar at weekend brunch; happy hour 4-7 p.m. Mon-day-Friday; children’s menu; takeout; patio dining; loyalty cards.

The Grill onthe Edge

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All things IrishMolly Darcy Traditional

Irish Pub and Grill will hostits grand opening celebra-tion Nov. 18-21. On themenu: Bagpipers, step danc-ers, green beer and a 5 p.m.ribbon-cutting ceremonywith Mayor Joe Riley. Therewill be promotional give-aways and food and drinkspecials. Molly Darcy is theformer Meritage, 235 EastBay St., 737-4085. www.mol-lydarcy.com.

New at 17 North17 North is now serving

lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Theyare also hosting a chef’s din-ner and wine-pairing menuon Mondays; burgers andbocce on Tuesdays with aspecialty burger menu andWednesday ladies nightwith Happy Hour prices forthe ladies all night long. 17North is at 3563 Highway 17,Mount Pleasant. 606-2144

Poogan’s new menuThe folks at Poogan’s Porch

did some improvementson their property. The fa-mous porch now has a patioand the interior has beenrefreshed. In keeping withthese fall improvements, chefDan Doyle and his team havecreated a new menu. Checkit out at www.poogansporch.com/food.html.

The restaurant is at 72Queen St., 577-2337.

Poogan’s Porch serveslunch 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., din-ner 5-9:30 p.m. daily, andbrunch 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Satur-day and Sunday. Both indoorand outdoor seating are of-fered, and a variety of roomsare available for specialevents. Reservations are rec-ommended. Call 577-2337.

Fest to present posterNew to the BB&T Charles-

ton Wine + Food Festival isthe featured revealing of the2011 poster contest winnerat Boone Hall Plantation.This event will be celebratedwith Wine Under the Oaksat the Plantation. A specialoffer of $10 off the ticketprice is available until Fri-day. The event takes place

1-5 p.m. Dec. 5. $40 per per-son in advance; $50 at thedoor (if available).

The price includes com-memorative Stolzle glass-ware, live music, food andbeverage stations, culinary-themed gifts and crafts,and tickets available forpurchase to the 6th annualfestival. Visit www.charles-tonwineandfood.com to pur-chase tickets. Use discountcode wineunderoaks2011*

Woodlands palateExpanding on its suc-

cessful launch of its GrandChampagne Sunday Brunchbuffet, Woodlands Inn hasadded an “artist’s palate”to its weekly menu. EachSunday, a local artist takesup residence in the din-ing room during brunchand paints a Lowcountrylandscape or feature. Ledby noted contemporary im-pressionist Rick Reinert, theartists interact with guestsand offer painting tips.

The $42 cost is exclusive oftax and gratuity. Reservationscan be made at 308-2115.Visit www.woodlandsinn.com for upcoming artists.

Say (hot) cheeseCallie’s Biscuits recently has

produced a “hot” version ofits famous small-batch, hand-crafted Callie’s PimentoCheese. Named after Callie’sdaughter, Carrie’s Fiery Pi-mento Cheese is as “hot as aCharleston summer.” Callie’sBiscuits and full product line

are featured in this year’s Nei-man Marcus Holiday Book.You can find Callie’s Biscuitsat www.calliesbiscuits.comand at Piggly Wiggly.

On the blockLooks like Amalfi’s res-

taurant in the Best Westernon King Street is now forsale. A spring fire sent itinto repair mode. While therenovation was taking place,another Amalfi’s has beenunder construction in theBelle Hall Shopping Cen-ter of Mount Pleasant. TheCharleston location nowfeatures a “For Sale” sign.

Saffire’s special menuThe Saffire restaurant in

the Charleston Marriott isserving a special fall menuof three courses for $30.Saffire is at 170 LockwoodDrive. 723-3000.

Square Onion,squared

Now there are two! TheSquare Onion, a populargourmet shop, has expandedfrom its Resolute Lane loca-tion in I’On to Coleman Bou-levard in Mount Pleasant. OnSaturday from 3-7 p.m., meetlocal artists and authors. Youcan sample the holiday menuand check out the wine col-lection. They are at 411 Cole-man Blvd., 416-8684. www.squareonion.com.

Pies the limitMonza, at 451 King St., was

recently named to USA To-day’s list of top pizza parlors.

‘Early bird’ specialsTBonz Gill and Grill has

just released its “early birdmenu” 3-6 p.m. Sunday-Thursday featuring $9.95entrees. These speciallypriced options join its newfall and winter menu.TBonz is at 1668 Old TowneRoad, West Ashley, 556-2478, and at 80 North Mar-ket St., 577-2511, downtown.

Seel’s on Sullivan’sThe last day for Seel’s on

Sullivan’s will be Sunday.The owner is selling thebusiness to pursue otherprofessional opportunities.The restaurant plans to goout with a bang by rewardingcustomers with deep dis-counts on food and alcohol.Food and drink specials willvary each day. Call 883-5030.

Fourchette on filmThe Cooking Channel was

in town filming the Up-per King Design District indowntown Charleston. Ontape will be La FourchetteFrench Bistro. Accordingto owner Perig Goulet, theCooking Channel will befilming for a future programfor their “Unique Eats” serieson French Bistros that willair in 2011. The exact datehas yet to be determined.The other featured bistrosare in Los Angeles and Mon-treal and all feature casual,high-end, French cuisine.

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A burger, friesand wingsfrom O’ MyDeli.

if you goWHAT: O’ My Deli.WHERE: 2150 Northwoods Blvd., Unit 60, NorthCharleston.PHONE: 797-7661.HOURS: noon-6 p.m. Sun., 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat.

O’ My, this deli has the goodsBY ROB YOUNGSpecial to The Post and Courier

W ith the holidays ap-proaching — just 37more shopping days

until Christmas! — most of usare likely to make an excursionto the mall(s) to fill up on giftrequests. Me, I went early thisyear. Why? For you, people. Allfor you.

I felt like making a closer in-spection of the food court, anyfood court, to see what hadchanged. Had they swapped outshipped-in veggies for the localstuff? Had they exchanged thefrozen hamburger patties forfresh beef ground in-house, er,

mall? Please ... Santa’s still fat,right?

My trip found me trappedinside the neon jungle at North-woods Mall, standing before theO’ My Deli, which is a delicates-sen in title alone.

In the absence of cured meats,cold cuts, made-to-order saladsor a sandwich board, the O’ Myoffers up griddle-top treats andother items a la deep fryer.

Burgers, cheesesteaks, wings,chicken fingers, fried shrimp andfried fish. These are the jewels ofAmerica’s underbelly.

It’s cheap, easy stuff and surpris-ingly palatable. The burgers run$5-$6, a 5-piece wing order can beadded for $3, and french fries for

just a buck more. Which means,my grand total came to $10.69.

The burgers are thin andsteamed, a metal cup fit atop thepatty as it grills so that the meatis moist. The crinkle-cut fries,as expected, are well-salted, andthe wings are cranked up with asauce applied post deep-fry dip.There’s some heat here, surpris-ingly.

Additionally, the fish andshrimp platters cost $7-$8, andthe Philly cheesesteaks about $5.

Bottom line: If you’re not inthe neighborhood, don’t bother.Otherwise, it’s about as good aplace as any in the food court.

Santa, given the big fella’s girth,would no doubt approve.

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Ocean Room’s pastry chef takes pridein learning about Southern cuisineBY ANGEL POWELLSpecial to the Post and Courier

E rin Cross graduatedfrom the CulinaryInstitute of America

with a degree in baking andpastry arts management.She has been the pastry chefof the Ocean Room sinceMarch.

Q: Your biography statesthat you come from genera-tions of scratch home bak-ers. Is this where your loveof baking developed?

A: Yes. As a family, mostlywhen I was younger, we usedto come together for largefamily dinners that revolvedaround everyone lending ahand in making either a sidedish or some sort of dessert. Ihave been helping my grand-

mother bake items since Iwas tall enough to reach thecounter using a homemadestep stool.

It is funny, and possiblycliche, but I still cannotfigure out what makes herchocolate chip cookies thebest cookies. To this day, shemails me her cookies once ayear for me to indulge in.

Q: What’s the first dessertyou remember making?

A: The first dessert that Iremember making is cheese-cake. I can still rememberthe phone calls to my grand-ma asking her step-by-stepdirections and then callingabout every 15 minutes afterthat just to make sure I fol-lowed her specific instruc-tions correctly. I obviouslydidn’t, because I can remem-

ber pulling that cheesecakeout of the oven with a giantcrack right down the cen-ter. Practice makes perfect,right?

Q: What is your favoritedessert to make?

A: I am super simple. Athome, I love making piesand crisps with whateverlocal fruit is available at thetime. Especially with beingaway from home, I love mak-ing desserts that can warmyour soul and remind you ofhome.

Q: You came from theMidwest and then later NewJersey. Has the Lowcountrybeen a bit of a culture shockfor you? How do you like ithere?

A: Well, considering Imoved from the Chicago

area when I was four, NewJersey has always been whereI can remember living, butsince all of my family stilllives in the Midwest, Chicagowill always be consideredhome. Moving to the Low-country has definitely been abit of a culture shock. I grewup and then went to schoolabout an hour outside ofNew York City and I grew ac-customed to the fast pace ofliving that close to the city.

Moving down here has def-initely changed my outlookon time and the pace of life.Learning more about South-ern cuisine has been fascinat-ing. Chef Thurston has donea great job educating me onsome Southern specialtieslike Cheerwine and BananaPudding.

Q: How difficult is it to in-corporate local and seasonalproducts into your dessertsyear round?

A: I would have to say it wasdifficult at first, but as timegoes on, it gets much easier.It is more about researchingand figuring out what prod-ucts are available when andwhat the growing seasonsare for certain fruits andvegetables.

I think it is easier at theOcean Room as well because

we do have such a greatrelationship with the localfarmers and can acquire thefreshest and most local in-gredients possible.

Q: What is your guiltypleasure food?

A: I am known for sittingon the couch, wrapped up ina blanket with a big bowl ofice cream and a spoon whilewatching a movie. And youbetter believe that the icecream in that bowl containssome sort of chocolate item.

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Baker puts new twist on cookiesBY ELIZABETH BOWERSSpecial to The Post and Courier

A shley Swider stoppedthrough Charles-ton on her move to

New York. She stayed twodays, then relocated herea month later. She fell inlove with the city, and hassince opened two local busi-nesses.

The first was Cose Belleon Beaufain Street withher mother. Swider callsit a “lifestyle boutique.” Itcarries both clothing andfurniture, including sparklygold Toms, ostrich feathervests, bed frames and floorlamps.

Swider’s second local busi-ness is yesUmay Cookies.She says the location in theHouston Northcutt shop-ping center in Mount Pleas-ant is “kid central.”

“There’s a ballet studioright down the walk. AGymboree. Southern Belles,the kid’s boutique, is rightnext door.”

Milk’s Companion, herupdated chocolate chipcookie, and Sweet Satisfac-tion, a sugar cookie toppedwith buttercream icing, re-ally appeal to children.

YesUmay was openedaround the idea of wellness.

“The more I was baking,the more I heard ‘No, I can’thave that.’ YesUmay is aboutgiving yourself permissionto enjoy the cookie, and lifeitself,” she said.

The cookies’ names arepositive affirmations. Opti-mistic Chew is an oatmealcookie with apple chunksand butterscotch chips.Blissed Out is a chocolatechunk cookie with bits oftoffee and topped with seasalt. With the InspirationIndie, Swider tweaked afavorite.

“I’ve always thought thatwhite chocolate, macadamianut cookies were too sweet,so I added curry to mine.”

Swider ties the cookies

into exercise, another im-portant aspect of her life.

“We did a bodycologyclass. An 80-minute workout, followed by meditation,then followed by a cookietasting. We ate them withour eyes closed, and thecookies tasted so different.The flavors were intensi-fied,” she said.

YesUmay plans to have acomparable yoga workshopin December with instruc-tor Kathryn Buding.

On Saturday, the bakeryhas planned a Toys for Totsevent. They’re calling itCookies for a Cause andplan to give a free cookie toeveryone who brings in atoy to donate.

Also for the season, thebakery has added new cook-ie varieties. Fall Delight isa pumpkin-spiced cookiewith cream cheese icing,and Peppy Mint Cheer is acookie with dark chocolatechunks and melted bits ofpeppermint.

All cookies are being soldpackaged in wine boxes forholidays.

Cookies are nice to share.Swider thinks that everyonecan and should “stop, smile,and enjoy a cookie.”

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if you goWHAT: YesUmay cookiesWHERE: 280 West Cole-man Blvd. Suite L-1,Mount PleasantPHONE: 866-986-6946INFO: [email protected]: www.ye-sumaycookies.com.


‘Harry Potterand the DeathlyHallows: Part 1’

Ralph Fiennes.

Setup is nearlyperfect for afantastic finish tobeloved seriesBY ROGER MOOREThe Orlando Sentinel

T here are no eye-roll-ing pauses to stare atthis new magical prop

or that extra-special specialeffect. No time for time-killing Quidditch matches.

“Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows: Part 1”is a film of actors in close-up. The lead players havegrown into the roles andthe who’s who of Britishcharacter actors in support-ing parts shine like neverbefore, placed, as they are,in both real-world Londonand a selection of desolatelandscapes that match thegloom of this apocalyptictale.

Alternately funny andtouching, it’s the best filmin the series, an “EmpireStrikes Back” for these wiz-ards and their wizardingworld. And those effects?They’re so special you don’tnotice them. The digitalelves are the most lifelikethe movies have ever seen.

In a hellfire and brim-stone opening, the headof the Ministry of Magic(Bill Nighy) roars that “ourworld has faced no greaterthreat.” The forces of “YouKnow Who” have seizedthis and infiltrated that.The Hogwarts trio havegone into hiding, protect-ing their families as bestthey can. When Hermione(Emma Watson) movinglywhispers “obliviate” andremoves any memory of herfrom her family, her imagefading from photographs asshe sadly covers her tracks,we realize the stakes. Andwhen we see Voldemort’sbrain trust meet and tor-ture a random Hogwarts

teacher, the blood tells usthis will be the darkest andmost violent Potter film yet.

Spirited chases withDeath Eaters and “snatch-ers,” cut like a real actionfilm, break up Harry,Hermione and Ron Weas-ley’s search for “Horcrux-es,” the evil talismans theymust destroy on “The Cho-sen One’s” way to his datewith destiny — aka battlewith You Know Who.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry),Rupert Grint (Ron) andWatson, seeing the finishline of this movie mara-thon, fully invest in thecharacters again. Support-ing players such as DavidThewlis (Remus Lupin),Rhys Ifans (as Luna’s dad,Xenophilius Lovegood) andHelena Bonham-Carter —more devilish than ever asBellatrix Lestrange — standout.

And when the charac-ters, as they sometimes do,disguise themselves in thebodies of others to sneakinto the Ministry, DavidO’Hara gives a deliriouslyspot-on physical imitationof Radcliffe, mocking hisslant-shouldered shufflingwalk to a T.

Director David Yates,overwhelmed by “HarryPotter and the Half-BloodPrince” after a career doingsmart miniseries for BritishTV (“State of Play”), findsfirmer footing here. Thescript (by Steven Kloves) ispeppered with trivia — lit-tle bits of the history we’veseen in the six precedingfilms. Even taking a fewmoments to tell us (withstark, stylized animation)what the Deathly Hallowsare doesn’t interrupt thepace he’s set.

The first third is briskand witty, the middle thirdgloomy and the finale notso much a cliffhanger asa grim, inspiring tease, amasterly build-up to put “Ican’t wait for Part 2” on ev-ery Muggle’s lips.

movie review★★★★ (of 5)

DIRECTOR: David Yates.STARRING: Daniel Rad-cliffe, Ralph Fiennes, EmmaWatson, Helena BonhamCarter, Rupert Grint, RhysIfans, Brendan Gleeson.RATED: PG-13 for somesequences of intense actionviolence, frightening im-ages and brief sensuality.RUN TIME: 2 hours, 19 min-utes.WHAT DID YOU THINK?:

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The power of art in ‘Powerplay’BY DENISE K. JAMESSpecial to The Post and Courier

A rlene Lagos believesin the power of artto inform, and even

to make a real difference inpeople’s lives.

As the director of a hip,new drama called “Pow-erplay,” Lagos is part ofa greater effort to inspiretoday’s teenagers to stop theviolence, and to inspire par-ents to understand the perilsof youth.

“ ‘Powerplay’ is getting agreat deal of attention be-cause of its story line,” saysLagos, the assistance pro-ducer and director at Southof Broad Theatre Companyin North Charleston

“The play talks aboutawareness and about toler-

ance of different types ofpeople. It deals with severaltypes of discrimination,stereotypes and other ado-lescent issues.”

The plot of “Power-play” is something manyteenagers can relate to. Itcenters on five teen girlswho fit five typical highschool cliques: the jock,the geek, the beauty queen,the chubby misfit and thegothic chick.

Instead of having realnames, they are simply re-ferred to as Bitter, Beauty,Brawn, Beaker and Belly.This twist helps the girlstake on the role of “every-teen” and identify with ahigh school audience.

“It’s sort of like a ‘BreakfastClub’ meets Columbine typeof story,” explains Lagos.

“The play deals with teenageviolence, bullying and theeveryday pressures of teenlife.

“One of the kids gets shotin the play, and it’s a mysterywho committed the crime.The audience can’t tell.People always assume thatyou can just ‘tell’ which teenwould be violent, but youreally can’t, and that’s whatthis play teaches. Any of

these kids could be the vic-tim, or be the one carryingthe gun,” Lagos says.

Written by Lindsey Price,“Powerplay” is performed bystudents from several highschools in the Lowcountry.The cast ranges from age13 to 16, and both Saturdayand Sunday performancesfeature a different group ofgirls.

“It’s amazing how they

have formed a real familywith each other,” says Lagos.“We have a really strong casthere.”

One of the coolest thingsabout “Powerplay” is thepossibility that it can leavethe walls of the theatre, andspread its message through-out the Lowcountry’s highschools.

“We have already been ap-proached by high schoolsaround Charleston whowould like the play to befeatured in some type ofassembly for the students,”says Lagos. “South of Broadis also hoping to get moreart funding to take this typeof programming into theschools, for juvenile violenceawareness. “

Catch “Powerplay” at 7p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.

Sunday at the South ofBroad Theatre, 1080 EastMontague Ave. Tickets are$10 for adults and $5 forstudents.

“The play sends a goodmessage, and kids can reallyidentify with it,” says Lagos.“Plus, it helps make parentsmore aware. We can reallydo so many things with it.We can really make a differ-ence with art.”

if you goWHAT: “Power Play,” a teen drama put on by teens ages13-16.WHERE: South of Broadway Theatre, 1080 E. MontagueAve.WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.TICKETS: $10 for adults and $5 for students.MORE INFO: 745-0317.

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‘The Next Three Days’a detail-oriented thrillerBY ROGER MOOREThe Orlando Sentinel

P aul Haggis is back tohis tricky script trickswith the thoroughly

engrossing prison-breakthriller “The Next ThreeDays.”

He foreshadows, hidesdetails, delays his “reveals”and does a pretty good jobof keeping us guessing, evenif we remember the 2003French film he adapted forthis Hollywood project.

Russell Crowe, one of thefew actors able to suggest“mild mannered commu-nity college teacher” and“obsessed husband capableof breaking his wife out ofjail” at the same time, starsas John, that teacher whosewife (Elizabeth Banks) hasbeen arrested, tried andconvicted of murdering herboss. John almost but notquite takes his lawyer’s badnews lying down.

“I need you to look at theevidence,” that lawyer (Dan-iel Stern) begs him. “Lara isnot getting out.”

John, being an academic,starts doing his research.He’ll watch how-to videoson YouTube and come upwith a plan, a plan he’ll haveto change on the fly timeand again as he realizes justhow out of his depth he is ashe undertakes this.

Haggis bounces back andforth with the narrative,catching us up on “the lastthree years” counting downto the attempt. That allowsthe director to establish thesexual heat Lara and Johnhave as a couple, her devo-tion to their young son andthe toll prison has taken onher. It’s what justifies John’sdeclaration, visiting her ina Pittsburgh jail, that, “Thiswill not be your life.”

Haggis deftly makes greatuse of terrific actors in briefbut important roles. LiamNeeson knocks his lonescene out of the park, play-ing a convict who escapedfrom numerous prisons andlived to write a book aboutit. Brian Dennehy playsJohn’s distant dad, a manwho has no lines in his firstfew scenes, saving his wordsfor when they matter. Len-nie James and Jason Beghescore as cops who eye the

husband of the convictedkiller with suspicion.

Banks does only a so-sojob of suggesting a womanwho might be capable ofthis crime, yet who dies alittle every time she looks ather future and sees no hus-band or son in it. But this isCrowe’s movie to carry andhe does it with an earthyrealism that remind you ofthe actor he is beneath thepersona. It’s no stretch see-ing him as a man of action.But we believe John’s des-peration, his clumsy blun-ders when dealing with thecriminal element he needsto enlist in his scheme.

Haggis takes relish in dol-ing out clues, false leads andred herrings (some a littletoo obvious). As he has funleading us on, we have funletting him, making “TheNext Three Days” a thrillerthat lets us keep up even as itraces to a conclusion.

movie review★★★ (of 5)

DIRECTOR: Paul Haggis.STARRING: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wil-de, Brian Dennehy, Daniel Stern.RATED: PG-13 for violence, drug material, language,some sexuality and thematic elements.

RUN TIME: 1 hour, 58 minutes.WHAT DID YOU THINK?: Find this review atwww.charlestonscene.com and offer youropinion of the film.

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BURLESQUEPG-13Small-town girl Ali Rose (Christina Aguilera) finds a job in Los Ange-les at The Burlesque Lounge with the help of Tess (Cher), the club’sproprietor and headliner.

Terrace: Wed: 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:30, 7:15, 9:35

CONVICTION★★★½RAfter her brother is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentencedto life in prison, a working mother dedicates her life to proving himinnocent.Terrace: Today: 2, 9:10 Fri-Tue: 1

DUE DATE★★★RA first-time father hitches a ride with an aspiring actor in order tomake it to his child’s birth on time.Cinebarre: Today: 4:05, 4:35, 7:15, 7:45, 9:40, 10:15 Fri-Sun: 1:15, 4:15, 7:25Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 9:50Citadel 16: Today: noon, 1, 2:10, 3:10, 4:20, 5:20, 7, 8, 9:10, 10:05 Fri-Tues:noon, 2:10, 4:20, 7, 9:45Hippodrome: Today: 7:15James Island 8: Today: 4:10, 6:30, 8:50 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25:4:20, 7:15, 9:40 Sat-Sun: 2, 4:20, 7:15, 9:40Palmetto Grande: Today: 2, 2:30, 4:30, 5, 7:15, 7:45, 9:35, 10:15Regal 18: Today: 12:15, 1:15, 2:45, 3:55, 5:10, 6:30, 7:40, 9:15, 10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Thurs, Nov.25: 12:25, 2:40, 5, 8, 10:15

FAIR GAME★★★PG-13This film is based on Valerie Plame’s memoir, “Fair Game: My Life asa Spy, My Betrayal by the White House.”Terrace: Fri-Tues: 1:30, 4:00, 7:20, 9:10 Wed: 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:30 Thurs,Nov. 25: 4:15, 7:05, 9:30

FOR COLORED GIRLS★★★★RNameless women portray characters from 20 poems.Cinebarre: Today: 3:50, 7:20, 10:25 Fri-Sun: 12:45, 4:20, 10:50 Mon-Thurs,Nov. 25: 12:45, 4:20, 7:45, 10:50Citadel 16: Today: 12:20, 3:30, 7, 9:45James Island 8: Today: 3, 6, 9 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 7, 10Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:45, 4, 6:55, 10Regal 18: Today: 12:40, 1, 1:20, 3:40, 4, 4:20, 6:40, 7, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:15, 1:10, 3:30, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:50, 10:20S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 1:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:40 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25:1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:50

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’SNEST★★½RWhile Lisbeth Salander is recovering in the hospital, MikailBlomkvist works to clear her of criminal charges.Terrace: Fri-Tues: 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Wed: 1, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 Thurs, Nov.25: 3:50, 6:50, 9:20

*HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLYHALLOWS: PART 1★★★★PG-13Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxesin their continued efforts to defeat him.Cinebarre: Today: 12:01 a.m. Sat-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, 2:30,3:30, 4:30, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:25, 10:20, 11:25Citadel 16 IMAX: Fri-Tues: 10:30, 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05Citadel 16: Today: 12:05 a.m. Fri-Tues: 11, 11:30, noon, 1, 1:50, 2:20, 3, 4,4:45, 5:15, 6:15, 7:40, 8:15, 9:15, 9:40Hippodrome: Today: 12:01 a.m., 2:30 a.m. Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:30, 7:15, 9:50Hwy 21: Today: midnight Fri-Sun and Tues: 6:30, 9James Island 8: Today: 12:01 a.m. Fri and Mon-Wed: 3:45, 7, 10:10 Sat-Sun and Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:10Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:01 a.m., 12:10 a.m., 12:20 a.m. Fri:12:20,12:50, 3:40, 7, 7:30, 10:15, 10:45 Sat: 12:20, 12:50, 3:40, 4:10, 7, 7:30,10:15, 10:45Regal 18: Today: 12:01 a.m., 12:15 a.m., 12:30 a.m. Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25:11:40, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 2:20, 2:50, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 6:30, 7,7:30, 8, 8:30, 9, 10:15, 10:45S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: midnight Fri-Tues: 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:20, 2,5:20, 8:40 Wed-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:20, 2, 3:40, 5:20, 7, 8:40,10:20

HEREAFTER★★★★PG-13Follow three people in their search for answers about the afterlife.Cinebarre: Today: 3:55, 10:30Citadel 16: Today: 11:50, 4:45, 9:45Palmetto Grande: Today: 1, 3:50, 6:45Regal 18: Today: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:25

INSIDE JOB★★★½PG-13This film investigates the causes of the global financial meltdown.Terrace: Today: 2:15, 4:40, 7:25, 9:20

JACKA** 3D★½RStunts and pranks are performed by the stars of the MTV series.Citadel 16: Today: 12:10, 2:15, 4:35, 7:20, 9:45Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:20Regal 18: Today: 7:30, 9:50

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT★★½PG-13Two single professionals must struggle to find common groundwhen they suddenly become caretakers of an orphaned girl.Citadel 16: Today: 11:55, 2:20, 7:10Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:20, 7:05Regal 18: Today: 12:35, 3:25, 6:35, 9:20

MEGAMIND★★½PGA villain defeats his nemesis and now must find a new opponent.Cinebarre: Today: 4, 7, 9:25 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1, 4, 7:15, 9:40Cinebarre 3D: Fri-Sun: 1:30, 4:30, 10:45 Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:30, 4:30,8:20, 10:45Cinebarre 3D: Today: 4:30, 7:25, 9:50Citadel 16 3D: Today-Tues: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10Citadel 16 IMAX: Today: 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30Hwy 21: Today: 7 Fri-Sun and Tues: 7James Island 8: Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 Sat-Sun: 2:15,4:40, 7:15, 9:35James Island 8 3D: Today: 3:55, 6:15, 8:35 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25:4:30 Sat-Sun: 2, 4:30Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 8Palmetto Grande 3D: Today: 1:50, 2:20, 4:10, 4:40, 7, 7:30, 9:20, 9:50Regal 18: Today: 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:40,3:25, 6:40, 9:05Regal 18 3D: Today: 1, 1:30, 3:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:10,2:35, 5, 7:45, 10:10S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:25 Fri-Tues: 12:05, 2:30, 4:55,7:10, 9:35

THEATERSAzalea Square, 215 Azalea Square Blvd., Summerville, 821-8000 . Cinebarre, 963 Houston-Northcutt Blvd., Mount Pleasant, 884-7885 . Citadel Mall Stadium 16 with IMAX, 2072 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., 556-IMAX (4629) .Highway 21 Drive In, Beaufort, 846-4500. James Island 8, Folly and Central Park Rd., 795-9499 . Hippodrome, 360 Concord St., Suite 100, 724-9132 .Cinemark Movies 8, 4488 Ladson Rd., Summerville, 1-800-326-3264 (dial1415#) . Palmetto Grande, U.S. 17 North, Mount Pleasant, 216-TOWN. Regal Cinemas 18, 2401 Mall Drive, North Charleston, 529-1946 . Terrace, 1956-D Maybank Hwy., 762-9494 . Ivanhoe Cinema 4, Walterboro, 549-6400

* Movies opening this week SCORE: Out of 5 starsG: General Audiences PG: Parental Guidance PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned, some content unsuitable for children under 13

NR: Not Rated R: Restricted

Note: Dates and times are subject to change. Call the theater to make sure times are correct.

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Robbie Coltrane (left) and Daniel Radcliffe star in“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”


MORNING GLORY★★★★PG-13TV producer Becky Fuller attempts to revive a struggling morningnews show.Cinebarre: Today: 4:20, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:10, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 12:10, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35James Island 8: Today: 3:15, 6, 8:45 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:15, 7,9:45 Sat-Sun: 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:45Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:40, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05Regal 18: Today: 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:55, 3:50,6:45, 9:25S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 2, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:35,2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10

*THE NEXT THREE DAYS★★★PG-13When his wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is convicted of murder, JohnBrennan (Russell Crowe) must free her from prison.Cinebarre: Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:55, 4:10, 7:30, 10:35Citadel 16: Fri-Tues: 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45James Island 8: Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:15, 7:10, 10 Sat-Sun: 1:20,4:15, 7:10, 10Regal 18: Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25:1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2★★★RAfter a series of supposed “break-ins,” a family sets up security cam-eras, which reveal more than they expected.Citadel 16: Today: 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7, 9 Fri-Tues: 2:30, 4:30, 7, 9Palmetto Grande: Today: 9:40Regal 18: Today: 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:25,2:45, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:20

RED★★½PG-13Four former CIA agents become targets for assassination.Cinebarre: Today: 4:25, 7:10, 9:55Citadel 16: Today-Tues: noon, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40James Island 8: Today: 3:25, 6:10, 8:50Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10Regal 18: Today: 12:40, 3:35, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:45, 2:25,5:05, 7:50, 10:40

SAW VII 3D★RA continuation of serial killer Jigsaw’s exploits.Cinebarre: Today: 4:15, 7:05, 9:30Citadel 16: Today: 12:50, 2:50, 5, 7, 9:20 Fri-Tues: 7Palmetto Grande: Today: 2:45, 5:40, 8:10, 10:25Regal 18: Today: 12:50, 3:10, 5:25, 7:55 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 9:40S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:10

SECRETARIAT★★PGHousewife and mother Penny Chenery takes over her parents’stable, enters the male-dominated horse racing business, andeventually fosters a Triple Crown winner.Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40Hwy 21: Today: 8:35Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30

SKYLINE★PG-13An extraterrestrial force descends on Los Angeles.Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45Cinebarre: Today: 4:40, 7:20, 10 Fri-Sun: 1:25, 4:25, 9:30 Mon-Thurs, Nov.25: 1:25, 4:25, 7:05, 9:30Hwy 21: Today: 7:30 Fri-Sun and Tues: 8:35James Island 8: Today: 4:05, 6:30, 8:55 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:35,7:05, 9:30 Sat-Sun: 2:15, 4:35, 7:05, 9:30Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10Regal 18: Today: 12:45, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:55, 2:30,4:50, 7:10, 9:35S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10 Fri-Tues: 12:40, 3 5:15,7:40, 10:05 Wed-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20

THE SOCIAL NETWORK★★★★½PG-13A computer programming genius encounters problems as he cre-ates a revolutionary global social network.Cinebarre: Today: 7:40Citadel 16: Today: 4:45, 9:35Palmetto Grande: Today: 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55

TANGLEDPGA princess escapes her tower-prison in this Disney-animated filmbased on the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale “Rapunzel.”S’ville Cinemark 8: Wed-Thurs, Nov. 25: 11:55, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35

THE TILLMAN STORY★★★★RThis film unveils the military’s manipulation of Pat Tillman’s death.Terrace: Today: 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:05

THE TOWN★★★½RA bank robber develops feelings for a victim and wards off adetermined FBI agent.Palmetto Grande: Today: 4:15, 9:45

UNSTOPPABLE★★★PG-13A veteran train engineer and young conductor must stop an un-manned train before it destroys a city.Citadel 16: Today-Tues: 11:55, 12:35, 2, 2:40, 4:10, 4:50, 7, 7:55, 9:10, 10Cinebarre: Today: 4:10, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 1:05, 4:05, 7:25, 10James Island 8: Today: 4:10, 4:35, 9 Fri and Mon-Thurs, Nov. 25: 4:20, 7:20,9:50 Sat-Sun: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50Palmetto Grande: Today: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20Regal 18: Today: 12:30, 1:25, 2:55, 4:30, 5:20, 7:15, 7:45, 9:25, 10:10 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25: 12:30, 1:25, 3:35, 4:30, 6:55, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30S’ville Cinemark 8: Today: 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Thurs, Nov. 25:12:15, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55

WAITING FOR SUPERMAN★★★★½PGA documentary by Davis Guggenheim analyzing the failures ofthe American public education system.Citadel 16: Today: 2:20, 7:10 Fri-Tues: 12:30

WHAT IF...PGA high-paid executive gets a glimpse of what his life would havelooked like if he had made different choices.Regal 18: Today: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER★★★★RThis film follows the passions and delusions of two couples.Terrace: Today: 4:30, 7:15 Fri-Tue: 4:05, 7:05, 9:30

THEATERSAzalea Square, 215 Azalea Square Blvd., Summerville, 821-8000 . Cinebarre, 963 Houston-Northcutt Blvd., Mount Pleasant, 884-7885 . Citadel Mall Stadium 16 with IMAX, 2072 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., 556-IMAX (4629) .Highway 21 Drive In, Beaufort, 846-4500. James Island 8, Folly and Central Park Rd., 795-9499 . Hippodrome, 360 Concord St., Suite 100, 724-9132 .Cinemark Movies 8, 4488 Ladson Rd., Summerville, 1-800-326-3264 (dial1415#) . Palmetto Grande, U.S. 17 North, Mount Pleasant, 216-TOWN. Regal Cinemas 18, 2401 Mall Drive, North Charleston, 529-1946 . Terrace, 1956-D Maybank Hwy., 762-9494 . Ivanhoe Cinema 4, Walterboro, 549-6400

* Movies opening this week SCORE: Out of 5 starsG: General Audiences PG: Parental Guidance PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned, some content unsuitable for children under 13

NR: Not Rated R: Restricted

Note: Dates and times are subject to change. Call the theater to make sure times are correct.

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BY VIKKI MATSISSpecial to The Post and Courier

L isa Abernathy speaksin the soft language offabric, pattern, texture

and color. Her current art-work evolved through herlove of poetry.

As a result of her beliefthat everything in lifeshould be a beautiful itcan be, Abernathy createddelicate journals covered infabric to house her hand-written words.

About a year ago, she be-gan to tell stories throughher fabric. Concepts wouldtake shape in the form ofan image, and through theprocess of cutting and handsewing, she would begin theprocess of self-expressionthrough folk art. Most ofthe fabric Abernathy usescomes from thrift stores;she is drawn to vintage pat-terns and recycled material.

“There’s a quiet awaken-ing of myself that comesthrough this work. It’s likea meditation. The scatteredchatter of the day fades, Ican tune in to a deeper re-serve and I finish the workon my art refreshed. Addi-tionally, there’s a lot of hurtand loneliness in the world.I hope my pieces melt someof that,” she said.

Abernathy spends half ofher time in Charleston andthe other half in Asheville,N.C., as a graduate studentof Chinese medicine. In hercar is a suitcase that con-tains her art supplies andtravels with her around theSoutheast. Abernathy spokeabout how her studies tobecome an acupuncturistand her art coalesce.

“The realm of Chinesemedicine has really expand-ed my vision of the cyclesand rhythms of the world,my holistic understand-ing of people, and givenme a deeper look into theways poetry can infuse allaspects of life. My art keeps

my brain making new con-nections, roots me deeperinto my self and expandsmy mindfulness.” Aber-nathy has been curating aseries of art shows calledShibboleth with Seth Cortsat Muddy Waters CoffeeShop in West Ashley.

Her artwork will be fea-tured at the Dec. 10 event,beginning at 6:30 p.m.

View her artwork at theclosing reception for theUnearthed art exhibit 3-9 p.m. Saturday at RickRhodes Photography, 1842

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upcomingHOLIDAY MARKET: 10 a.m.-9

p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat-urday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.Charleston Area ConventionCenter, 5001 Coliseum Drive.,North Charleston. $7 adults,$1 children 6-12. Get a jumpon Christmas shopping at the“Lowcountry’s Complete Holi-day Experience.” The marketwill feature holiday arts andcrafts, food, decor, music andmore. 336-282-5550 or www.holidaymarket.com.

“UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS”:4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nov.23-24; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Nov.25. North Charleston Coliseum,5001 Coliseum Drive. $13.50-$24.50. UniverSoul Circusfeatures a diverse collection ofperformers from Asia, Europeand Africa and combines art,theatre and music. 800-316-7439, www.ticketmaster.com orwww.universoulcircus.com.

GUN AND KNIFE SHOW: 9a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 27; 10 a.m.-4p.m. Nov. 28. $7 adults, chil-dren 12 and under free. Ex-change Park Fairgrounds, 9850U.S. Hwy. 78, Ladson. The Landof Sky Gun and Knife Show isback with 300 tables of books,ammunition, accessories, sur-plus and, of course, knives andguns. Nov. 27-28 is a tax-freeweekend for gun shopping.770-630-7296.

“A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS”:7 p.m. Nov. 27 at Royal Mission-ary Baptist Church, 761 LuelleAve., North Charleston; 3 p.m.Nov. 28 at Historic Bethel UMC,57 Pitt St., Charleston. $10-$25.The Charleston Symphony

Orchestra Spiritual Ensemblewill present a holiday-themedprogram of African-Americanspirituals and sacred music.866-811-4111 or www.csospiri-tual.org.

ongoingHOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF

LIGHTS: 5:30-10 p.m. Sun-day-Thursday; 5:30-11 p.m.Friday-Saturday through Jan. 2.James Island County Park, 871Riverland Drive, James Island.$10 for carloads of 1-15 people,$25 carloads of 16-30, $100carloads of 31 or more. Call795-4386 or visit www.holiday-festivaloflights.com.

CHARLESTON FARMERSMARKET: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat-urdays. Marion Square. Localvendors offer produce, plants,

baked goods and more. 724-7309.

COOSAW POINTE FARMERSMARKET: 1-6 p.m. Wednes-day. Ball field behind Publix,8409 Dorchester Road, NorthCharleston. www.coosaw-pointe.com.

FRESHFIELDS VILLAGEFARMERS AND ART MARKET:4-8 p.m. Mondays. FreshfieldsVillage at the crossroads ofKiawah and Seabrook islands.Purchase local produce, honey,gourmet items, barbecue andlive music. www.freshfieldsvil-lage.com.

MARKET AT ROSEBANKFARMS: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.Rosebank Farms, 4455 BetsyKerrison Parkway, Johns Island.The farm will offer local pro-duce, seafood, baked goods,

flowers and more. 768-0508 orwww.rosebankfarms.com.

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FO-RUM: 7-8 p.m. third Wednes-day of each month. C of C Hol-lings Science Center, Room 112,58 Coming St. Free. Network atMellow Mushroom afterward.www.gogreencharleston.org.

ASTRONOMY CLUB: 7-9 p.m.First Thursday of each month.Atlantic Aviation, 6060 Avia-tion Ave., North Charleston.The Lowcountry StargazersAstronomy Club meets eachmonth. www.lowcountrystar-gazers.org.

ART DISCOVERY WALKINGTOURS: 10:30 a.m. Saturdays.Gibbes Museum of Art, 135Meeting St. $20. 90-minutetour highlights historic sitesthat have inspired artists for

centuries. www.charleston-walks.com or 729-3420.

“ART IN THE EVENING”:7:30 p.m. Fridays. CharlestonMarket. An art show and saleaccompanied by live music.937-0920.

BALLROOM DANCE CLASS-ES: 7-8 p.m. Thursdays. Ball-room Dance Club of Charles-ton, 1632 Ashley Hall Road. $30per month. Taught by StevenDuane. 557-7690.

BALLROOM DANCE PAR-TIES: Every weekend (exceptholidays). Creative Spark Centerfor the Arts, 757 Long PointRoad, Mount Pleasant. $10(may increase for theme ordinner parties). Adult ballroomdance party with group lessonsbeforehand. 881-3780.

BEGINNER SHAG LESSONS:8:15 p.m. Mondays. ArthurMurray Dance Studio, 1706 OldTowne Road. $10 per class. 571-2183 or www.arthurmurraychs.com.

BRIDGE LESSONS: 3-5 p.m.or 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays.Bridge Center, 1740 AshleyRiver Road. $135 for 11 begin-ner sessions. 556-4145.

BOOK LOVERS GROUP:7-9 p.m. third Friday of everymonth. Dreamalot Books, 123-B S. Goose Creek Blvd. Comewith a book and a snack. 572-4188.

CANOE AND KAYAK TOURS:9 a.m.-noon. Saturdays. FrancisBeidler Forest, 336 SanctuaryRoad, Harleyville. $30 adults,$15 children 6-12. Paddlethrough virgin swamp whilea naturalist points out plantsand animals. 462-2150 or www.beidlerforest.com.

CAROLINA SHAG WORK-SHOPS: Saturdays. Trudy’sSchool of Dance, 830 FollyRoad, James Island. $25 fortwo-hour lessons. For studentsat any level. Registration re-quired. 795-8250.

CELTIC FIDDLE CLASSES:5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. NaFidleiri and the Taylor MusicGroup will conduct prepara-tory classes. 819-6961.

CHARLESTON CIVIL WARROUND TABLE: 7 p.m. SecondTuesday of each month. Ryan’srestaurant, 829 St. Andrews

Blvd. [email protected] MUSIC CLUB:

Free music programs throughMay. 795-7842 or www.charles-tonmusicclub.org.

CHARLESTON POETRY SE-RIES: 7 p.m. Fourth Tuesday ofeach month. Circular Congre-gational Church, 150 MeetingSt. 577-6400.

CHOPSTICKS: 3-5 p.m. Fri-days. Charleston County MainLibrary, 68 Calhoun St. All ages.Light classical music and favor-ite children’s songs while kidscolor with friends. 805-6930.

CHORUS REHEARSALS:3:30-5 p.m. Tuesdays. Franke atSeaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road,Mount Pleasant. The FrankeChorus invites men and wom-en to join. 654-5973, 881-1158or 881-9691.

CHRISTOPHER’S READINGROOM: 4-4:30 p.m. Thursdays.Johns Island Library, 3531 May-bank Highway. Grades 6-12.Earn one Johns Island Librarydollar for each session. 559-1945.

“COMMON GROUND-SOLIDGROUND”: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat-urdays. Marion Square. Join theGrassroots Call to Action Groupfor nonpartisan open discus-sion. 810-0088 or www.grass-rootschange.ning.com.

CYPRESS SWAMP TOURS:1-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Saturdays. Middleton PlaceOutdoor Center, 4300 AshleyRiver Road. $55-$65. 266-7492or www.middletonplace.org.

DANGEROUS BOOK CLUB:3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays.Charleston County Main Li-brary, 68 Calhoun St. Exploresomething new every weekfrom “The Dangerous Book forBoys.” 805-6930.

DANGEROUS BOYS CLUB:7:30 p.m. first Friday of eachmonth. Barnes & Noble, 1716Towne Centre Way, MountPleasant. Community leaderswill host meetings based onactivities from “The DangerousBook for Boys.” 216-9756.

EARLY MORNING BIRDWALKS: 8:30 a.m.-noon.Wednesdays and Saturdays.Caw Caw Interpretive Center,

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Sprouts Children’s Theatre presents “Cinderella” Dec. 3-12 at Creative SparkCenter for the Arts, 757 Long Point Road, No. 2, Mount Pleasant. The idealages for these shows is 4 and up. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.Tickets are available by calling 881-3780.

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7 I EIGHT DAYS A WEEKThere’s a lot going on this week. Go here to find out the best ofthe best.

8 I COLUMNSDavid Quick, Jack McCray, Olivia Pool and Sydney Smith

13 I MUSIC AND EVENTSThe Village Tavern, Lyle Lovett, Etienne Charles, Crowfield, JoelSummer, CD reviews

19 I NIGHT LIFEE-mail us at [email protected]

20 I SEE AND BE SCENEPhotos from two recent fashion events.

21 I HOLIDAY MARKETFriday-Sunday in North Charleston.

24-25 I COVER STORYThanksgiving dinners around town.

27 I FOOD + BEVThe Grill on The Edge, Chew on This, O’ My Deli, Ocean Room’spastry chef, YesUmay cookies

32 I MOVIES AND THEATREThe latest Harry Potter film, ”Powerplay” at The South of BroadwayTheatre, “The Next Three Days”

36 I MOVIE GRIDS

38 I LOCAL ARTIST OF THE WEEKLisa Abernathy

39-41 I CALENDAR, SUDOKU

42 I COMICS+TV GRIDWith horoscopes and a crossword puzzle.

47 I TRIVIA, DEAR ABBYON THE COVER: Fillet of turkey from the grill with bacon fromthe oven, forest bilberries and chunks of roast vegetables in a herbmarinade. Photo by Patrycja Kierno/Dreamstime.com.

Robert PlantFormer Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert

Plant is considered by many to be a god ofrock music. He’s coming to town next yearwith The Band of Joy. The show is scheduledfor 8 p.m. Feb. 4, 2011 at The North Charles-ton Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $65and $45 and will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com


5200 Savannah Highway, Rave-nel. $5; Gold Pass members free.Preregistration encouraged, butwalk-ins welcome. 795-4386 orwww.ccprc.com.

EAST COOPER COFFEECLUB: 10 a.m. Fourth Wednes-day of each month. Franke atSeaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road,Mount Pleasant. Bring a mugand see presentations by dif-ferent speakers. Refreshmentswill be provided. 856-2166.

EDISTO ISLAND MUSEUM:1-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdaysthrough Dec. 31. Edisto IslandMuseum, 8123 Chisolm Planta-tion Road. An art exhibit byBruce Nellsmith. 869-1954.

“FACE LIFT”: Through Dec.5. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135Meeting St. The museum pres-ents a collection of Americanportraiture from the 1700s topresent day. 722-2706 or www.gibbesmuseum.org.

“FAVELAS” EXHIBIT:Through Tuesday. City Galleryat Waterfront Park, 34 Prio-leau St. Pedro Lobo, artist inresidence at the Art Institute ofCharleston, presents “Favelas:Architecture of Survival,” acollection of photographs ofRio de Janeiro’s squatter settle-ments. 958-6484.

FOLLY BEACH BLUEGRASSSOCIETY: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays.The Kitchen, 11 Center St. Bringan instrument and participatein an open jam. 345-1678.

FREE SHAG LESSONS: 7:30p.m. Mondays. Mojo’s, 975 Ba-cons Bridge Road, Summerville.214-0242.

“FREUD AND PSYCHOANAL-YSIS”: Through mid-Decem-ber. Karpeles Manuscript Mu-seum, 68 Spring St. Free. Themuseum will host an exhibitconsisting of about two dozenof Sigmund Freud’s originalmanuscripts. 853-4651.

THE GATHERING BOOKGROUP: 7 p.m. Last Thursdayof each month. Barnes & Noble,1716 Towne Centre Way, MountPleasant. 216-9756.

GRASSROOTS CALL TO AC-TION: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays.Fort Johnson Cafe and Coffee,1014 Fort Johnson Road, JamesIsland. 810-0088 or [email protected].

“HARRY POTTER’S WORLD”:Through Jan. 7. CharlestonCounty Main Library, 68 Cal-houn St. The library will host a

traveling exhibit titled “HarryPotter’s World: RenaissanceScience, Magic and Medicine.”805-6930.

“LET’S DISCUSS IT” BOOKGROUP: 10 a.m. Third Friday ofeach month. Mount PleasantRegional Library, 1133 MathisFerry Road. New members wel-come. [email protected].

LOWCOUNTRY BACKPACK-ERS CLUB: 7-8:30 p.m. secondThursday of each month. Col-lins Park Clubhouse, 4115 Fel-lowship Road, North Charles-ton.

OPEN STUDIO: 10 a.m.-12:30p.m. Last Tuesday of eachmonth. The Meeting Place,1077 E. Montague Ave., NorthCharleston. $5. Each class willbe taught by professional art-ists. 740-5854.

PARENT/CHILD BALLROOMCLASSES: 6:30-7 p.m. Thurs-days. G.M. Darby Building, 302Pitt St., Mount Pleasant. $30

residents, $37 nonresidents.Parents and youths ages 5-9will learn basic dance steps.849-2061 or www.townof-mountpleasant.com.

POSTPARTUM SUPPORTGROUP: 6:30-8 p.m. First andthird Thursday of each month.Church of the Holy Cross, 299Seven Farms Drive, Daniel Is-land. Psychologist Risa Mason-Cohen leads a support group.769-0444.

POWDER MAGAZINELUNCH AND LECTURE SE-RIES: Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday.The Powder Magazine, 79 Cum-berland St. $16 per lecture or$116 for series. Each week willfeature a different speaker aswell as deli-style lunches fromvarious local restaurants. 722-9350 or www.powdermag.org.

PRESERVATION TECHTOURS: 8:30-10:30 a.m. FirstSaturday of each month. Dray-ton Hall, 3380 Ashley River

Road. $20 members, $25 non-members. Tours will showcasethe technical aspects of theplantation’s preservation ef-forts, design, architecture andmore. 769-2638 or www.dray-tonhall.org.

“RHYTHM AND STROKES”:Through March 11. The AveryResearch Center for AfricanAmerican History and Culture,125 Bull St. Free. The center willhost an exhibit by artist Hamp-ton R. Olfus Jr. that examinesthe African diaspora. 953-7609or www.avery.cofc.edu.

SALSA DANCE LESSONS:6:45 and 7:30 p.m. Mondays.Arthur Murray Dance Studio,1706 Old Towne Road. $10 perclass. Beginner and advancedlessons. 571-2183 or www.ar-thurmurraychs.com.

SALSA NIGHT AT SOUTH-END BREWERY: 10 p.m. Thurs-days at Southend Brewery, 161East Bay St. $4 cover. DJ Luigimixes live. 853-4677.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCELESSONS: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays.Felix C. Davis CommunityCenter, 4800 Park Circle, NorthCharleston. Free. No partnerneeded. 810-7797.

“SEA-RENITY YOGA”: 5:30-7p.m. First and third Mondaysthrough December. S.C. Aquar-ium, 100 Aquarium Wharf.$10-$15 per class, $35-$55 forfour classes, $70-$110 for eightclasses. Tej Thompson will leadKundalini Yoga classes next tothe Great Ocean Tank. 577-FISHor www.scaquarium.org.

SEA TURTLE HOSPITALTOURS: 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-days-Sundays. S.C. Aquarium,100 Aquarium Wharf. $8 ages2-11, $16 adults, $14 ages 62and older. Reservations recom-mended. 577-3474.

SQUARE DANCE CLASS: 7:30p.m. Tuesdays. Felix C. DavisCommunity Center, 4800 ParkCircle, North Charleston. 552-3630.

SUMMERVILLE 9-12 GROUP:Every third Thursday of themonth. Holiday Inn Express,120 Holiday Drive, Sum-merville. The Summerville9-12 Project holds monthlymeetings. www.summervil-le912project.com.

SUMMERVILLE WRITERSGUILD: 6:30 p.m. Last Mondayof each month. Perkins Res-taurant, 1700 Old Trolley Road,Summerville. 871-7824.

SUMMER WINE STROLLS:5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays.Middleton Place, 4300 AshleyRiver Road. $10. Wine in theplantation’s gardens. 266-7477or www.middletonplace.org.

TANGO LESSONS: 7:30-8:30p.m. beginner class; 8:30-9:30p.m. practice. Tuesdays, MUSCWellness Center, 45 CourtenayDrive. Free. 345-4930.

WEST ASHLEY DEMOCRATSMEETINGS: 6:30-8 p.m. sec-ond Monday of each month,Bluerose Cafe, 652 St. AndrewsBlvd.; 8-9:30 a.m. third Satur-day of each month, Ryan’s res-taurant, 829 St. Andrews Blvd.576-4543.

WINE TASTINGS: 6-8 p.m.Fridays. Whole Foods Market,923 Houston Northcutt Blvd.,Mount Pleasant. Until the 2011Charleston Wine + Food Fes-tival, Whole Foods will hostweekly wine tastings to show-case the festival’s winemakers.971-7240.

ZEN MEDITATION: 7-8 p.m.Wednesdays. Cheri Huber willlead the class, which will focuson meditation and discussion.Call 224-2468.

today“HARRY POTTER” EXHIBIT

OPENING: 4-6 p.m. CharlestonCounty Main Library, 68 Cal-houn St. Celebrate the openingof “Harry Potter’s World” withchildren’s activities, costumes,refreshments, trivia and more.805-6817 or www.ccpl.org.

SUMMERVILLE THIRDTHURSDAY: 5-8 p.m. Down-town Summerville. Get intothe holiday spirit during Sum-merville DREAM’s Third Thurs-day Holiday Open House. Theevent will feature a decoratingcontest, storytelling, art show,music, shopping and more.821-7260 or www.summerville-dream.org.

WINE DINNER: 6 p.m. Bocci’sItalian Restaurant, 158 ChurchSt. $75. Chef John Arnold willteam up with the Ben ArnoldBeverage Group’s MichelleBraud to present a four-coursedinner complete with Italianwine pairings. 720-2121 orwww.boccis.com.

BLUESPHERE FILM SCREEN-ING: 7 p.m. blues performance;7:30 p.m. film. Cannon Park,Rutledge Avenue and CalhounStreet. Free. “Bluesphere: EarthArt Expo” will host an outdoorscreening of “Citizen Architect:

Samuel Mockbee and the Spiritof Rural Studio.” The film’s pro-ducer and director will be avail-able for a question and answersession after the film. Free pop-corn will be available. 953-4422or www.halsey.cofc.edu.

fridayCSO BENEFIT LUNCH: Noon.

Carolina’s, 10 Exchange St. $25.Enjoy a delicious lunch at a topCharleston restaurants andsupport the Charleston Sym-phony Orchestra. www.king-streetmarketinggroup.com.

OYSTER SHINDIG: 6-10 p.m.Pine Forest Country Club, 1000Congressional Blvd., Sum-merville. $30 in advance, $35at door, $15 ages 5-12. TheSummerville Family YMCA willhost its fifth annual OysterShindig, which will feature oys-ters, wings, barbecue, dessert,a cash bar, music by the EastCoast Party Band and a “pearldive.” 871-9622 of www.sum-mervilleymca.org.

“THE SOUND OF CHARLES-TON”: 7 p.m. Circular Congre-gational Church, 150 MeetingSt. $16-$28. Enjoy performanc-es celebrating Charleston’s mu-sical history. 270-4903 or www.soundofcharleston.com.

MONTHLY VARIATIONS:8-10 p.m. Gullah Cuisine, 1717Hwy. 17 N., Mount Pleasant.Free. Enjoy an evening of ‘70s-themed musical performances,a comedy routine by Shon Ken-nedy and even a Soul Train line.853-8969.

saturdayFEEDING OF THE MULTI-

TUDE: Noon-4 p.m. Call forlocations. Eight churches willhost the Feeding of the Multi-tude event that will serve thosein need in West Ashley, JohnIsland and Charleston’s EastSide. Call 200-4299 or 571-2993for locations. www.socialminis-tries.com.

OPERA AT THE LIBRARY:12:30 p.m. Charleston CountyMain Library, 68 CalhounSt. Free. A simulcast fromthe Metropolitan Opera ofMussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.”805-6930.

JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY: 1:30p.m. Berkeley Electric Building,3351 Maybank Hwy., Johns Is-land. JoAnne Jones will discuss“Persuasion.” 768-6453.

CHARLESTON BALLET THEATRE

Charleston Ballet Theatre will perform “Howthe Grinch Stole Christmas” 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Black BoxTheatre, 477 King St. Tickets are $22 for adultsand $12 for children. Call 723-7334 or visit www.charlestonballet.org.

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FIBER ARTS MEETING: 2p.m. Charleston Area SeniorCenter, 269 Meeting St. The Pal-metto Fiber Arts Guild will hosta program led by Arianne KingComer, “The Gift of Our Creativ-ity.” www.palmettofiberartsguild.blogspot.com.

“IMPENDING WAR” LEC-TURE SERIES: 2 p.m. FortMoultrie Visitor’s Center, 1214Middle St., Sullivan’s Island.Park ranger Gary Alexanderwill present “Southern Sea-coast Forts on the Eve of Seces-sion.” 883-3123 or www.nps.gov/fosu.

ART GARAGE SALE: 3-9 p.m.Rick Rhodes Photography andImaging, 1842 Belgrade Ave.The gallery will host an art salethat will include art by JohnPundt, Lisa Abernathy, ScottDebus and others, with piecesstarting at $25. A closing recep-tion for “Unearthed” will beginat 7 p.m. and will feature livemusic by Wawona as well as re-freshments and wine. 766-7425or www.rickrhodesphotogra-phy.com.

GULLAH FUNDRAISER: 7-10p.m. Gallery Chuma, 43 JohnSt. Free. Support the Gullah-GeecheeAngelNetwork duringan evening of food, poetry,book signings, music, art andmore. 572-6788 or www.gullah-geecheeangelnetwork.com.

PARK CIRCLE FILM SOCIETY:7 p.m. Olde North CharlestonPicture House, 4820 JenkinsAve., North Charleston. $2members, $5 nonmembers.The club presents “WinnebagoMan,” a documentary aboutthe man dubbed “The Angri-est RV Salesman in the World.”628-5534 or www.parkcircle-films.org.

SUMMERVILLE SHAG CLUB:7 p.m.-midnight. SummervilleCountry Club, 400 CountryClub Blvd. $15. The Sum-merville Shag Club will host adance party that will includefood and music by the Out ofTowners Band. A cash bar willbe available. 214-0242.

BENEFIT CONCERT: 7:30p.m. Gage Hall, 4 Archdale St.$10. The Hungry Monks willperform a benefit concert toraise money for academic en-richment programs at local in-ner-city schools. Refreshmentswill be available for purchase.224-4472 or 367-9663.

sundayINTERFAITH THANKSGIV-

ING MEAL: 1:30 p.m. UnityChurch of Charleston, 2535Leeds Ave. Bring a side dish.RSVP by calling 566-0600.www.unitychs.org.

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYMEETING: 2:30 p.m. MasonicCenter, 1285 Orange GroveRoad. The South Carolina Ge-nealogical Society’s CharlestonChapter will hold its monthlymeeting, which will include alecture on the Charleston Houseof Corrections records by Dr. NicButler. 577-2639 or 767-2133.

CMC CONCERT: 3 p.m. CityGallery at Waterfront Park,34 Prioleau St. $25. ChamberMusic Charleston presents itsGallery Concert Series, whichwill feature selections by Mo-zart, Delibes and Schubert. Areception will follow the per-formance. 763-4941 or www.chambermusiccharleston.org.

OYSTER ROAST: 3-7 p.m.Bowens Island Restaurant, 1870Bowen’s Island Road, JamesIsland. $30 adults, $15 childrenover 12, free to children 12 andunder. Charleston CommunitySailing will host its fourth an-nual oyster roast, which willfeature live bluegrass, oystersand barbecue, beverages, araffle and more. Proceeds willbenefit CCS. 607-4890 or www.charlestoncommunitysailing.org.

HOSPICE MEMORIAL: 5:30p.m. Colonial Lake, downtown.Hospice of Charleston Founda-tion will hold its 22nd annualCandlelight Memorial Cer-emony to honor the memoriesof loved ones who have died.The ceremony will includethe lighting of hundreds ofluminarias around the lake aswell as a performance by AnnCaldwell. www.hospiceof-charlestonfoundation.org.

wednesdayAWENDAW GREEN BARN

JAM: 6:30-11 p.m. AwendawGreen, 4879 U.S. Hwy. 17. Free.This week’s performanceswill showcase contemporaryChristian music. Performers willinclude Amber Caparas, HannaBurton, Marc Collins and theT Culler Band. Barbecue anddrinks will be sold. 452-1642 orwww.awendawgreen.com.

MOVIES ON THE GREEN: 8p.m. Eye Level Art, 103 Spring

St. $5. Celebrate “Noir Vio-lence” and enjoy the 2001 film“The Man Who Wasn’t There.”Refreshments will be availablefor purchase. 425-3576.

nov. 26CRAFT SHOW: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

today and Saturday. OmarShrine Convention Center, 176Patriots Point Road, MountPleasant. The East CooperCrafters Guild will host its 27thannual Holiday Show. Visitorsare encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate.737-0927.

nov. 27CHARITY AUCTION: 6-8 p.m.

Gage Hall, 4 Archdale St. $10donation includes wine andhors d’oeuvres. The CharlestonTibetan Society will host itsannual silent and live auctions.937-4849.

nov. 28FRIENDS OF MCLEOD OYS-

TER ROAST: 2-6 p.m. BowensIsland Restaurant, 1870 Bow-en’s Island Road, James Island.$20 in advance, $25 at door.The Friends of McLeod will hostits annual oyster roast and si-lent auction. Enjoy oysters, bar-becue, hotdogs, dessert, drinksand music. 795-3544 or www.mcleodplantation.org.

theater/dance“OLIVER TWIST”: 8 p.m.

today-Saturday. The VillagePlayhouse, 730-E ColemanBlvd., Mount Pleasant. $12-$27.A dark production of CharlesDickens’ literary classic about ayoung orphan who gets caughtup with a gang of pickpockets.856-1579 or www.villageplay-house.com.

“SONGS OF SONDHEIM”DINNER THEATRE: 7 p.m.Friday. Charleston Area Con-vention Center Ballroom, 5001Coliseum Drive, North Charles-ton. $35. Enjoy dinner and acollection of performancescelebrating the music of com-poser Stephen Sondheim. 740-5854.

“HOW THE GRINCH STOLECHRISTMAS”: 11 a.m. and 1p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.Black Box Theatre, 477 King St.$22 adults, $12 children. TheCharleston Ballet Theatre’sChildren’s Series brings backits interpretation of Dr. Seuss’sclassic story. 723-7334 or www.

charlestonballet.org.

call for entriesCALL FOR ARTISTS: The

Receiver Time-Based MediaFestival is looking for artistswho work in time-based mediato submit their work. The fes-tival will take place at variouslocations around Charlestonon March 10-13. Visit www.re-ceiverfest.com or contact JarodCharzewski or Liz Vaughan [email protected] forsubmission guidelines.

volunteersCITY OF CHARLESTON

GREENHOUSE: Volunteers areneeded to help produce the fallcrop. 958-6434.

ARTISTS NEEDED: The Cul-tural Arts Alliance of GreaterSummerville is looking forartists to submit paintings forits first Town Hall Art Show.871-0297.

SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE:Volunteers are needed. CallCarolyn at 569-0870.

TRICOUNTY FAMILY MINIS-TRIES: The organization is inneed of experienced cooks andmen’s, women’s and children’sclothing. 747-1788 or www.tri-countyfamilyministries.org.

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By BOBBYWOLFF

The Principle of RestrictedChoice applies when an oppo-nentplaysanhonorandyouneedtofindatouchinghonorbyeitherplayingfor thedropor finessing.It says that the missing honor ismore likely to be in the otherhand because with both honorsa defender had a choice of whichto play. Say you are missing fourcards including the queen andjack. When you play the ace, oneopponent plays an honor. Doyou play him for Q-J-double-ton or a singleton honor? WithQ-J-doubleton, the defendermight have played either honorat his first turn; with a singletonhonor, the player had no choice.The odds heavily favor finessingon the next round, playing himfor a singleton honor.

The same theory can be ap-plied to situations like the one intoday’s deal, where North-Southbid to their best game — fourhearts. The defenders startedwith three rounds of spades. De-clarer won and cashed the heartkingandace.WhenWestplayedthe queen, declarer, using thePrinciple of Restricted Choice,correctlydecidedthatanoriginalholding of honor-doubleton wasmore likely than Q-J-7.

Accordingly, declarer playeda club to dummy’s ace, ruffeda club, took the diamond king,crossed to dummy’s diamondace, and played winning clubsthrough East. It did not matterwhen East ruffed in. Whetherhe ruffed high or low, declarerwould lose just one trump trick.

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CURTIS By Ray Billingsley

JUMP START By Robb Armstrong

DOONESBURY By Garry Trudeau

PEANUTS By Charles Schulz

GARFIELD By Jim Davis

SALLY FORTH By Francesco Marciuliano & Craig Macintosh

BLONDIE By Dean Young

DUSTIN By Steve Kelley & Jeff Parker

B.C. By Mastroianni & Hart

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BIZARRO By Dan Piraro

DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham

MARMADUKE By Brad Anderson

ZIGGY By Tom Wilson

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ROSE IS ROSE By Pat Brady & Don Wimmer

MALLARD FILLMORE By Bruce Tinsley

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE By Lynn Johnston

NON SEQUITUR By Wiley Miller BEETLE BAILEY By Mort, Greg & Brian Walker

HI AND LOIS By Brian & Greg Walker & Chris Browne

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE By Stephan Pastis

JUDGE PARKER By Woody Wilson & Mike Manley

LUANN By Greg EvansMARY WORTH By Joe Giella & Karen Moy

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THE WIZARD OF ID By Brant Parker

GRAND AVENUE By Steve Breen

ZITS By Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

BABY BLUES By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

GET FUZZY By Darby Conley

ANDY CAPP By Reg Smythe

DILBERT By Scott Adams

ARIES (March 21-April 19):You’ll be emotional.Don’t jump impul-sively into somethingthat has proven to bedifficult in the past.

TAURUS (April 20-May20): You cannotchange much per-sonally or profession-ally right now, butyou can discover interestingways to make life better.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):An opportunity is ap-parent and you don’twant to miss outbecause someoneforgot to mention somethingimportant.

CANCER (June 21-July22): You’ll be takenadvantage of if youare too willing to dofor others. Keep yourfinger on the pulse at workor where new positions arebeing posted.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

Things are really cookingaround you, so don’ttake time to restwhen you should bein the middle of allthe excitement.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Spending unneces-sarily will lead to wor-ry and stress. Budgetwisely and put yourmoney into something thatwill grow in value.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22):You’ll feel burdenedby someone whodoesn’t enjoy thesame things you do.Consider whether or not youare wasting your time.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV.21): If you don’t seeany options, youaren’t looking hardenough. There isplenty going on, so startsharing your thoughts andincluding people in yourplans.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Your determinationand progressiveaction will lead tocontroversy but willalso help you standout and be counted.

CAPRICORN (DEC.22-JAN. 19): Love isapparent but maytake you by surprise.Make sure you aren’t infring-ing on someone else’s terri-tory.

AQUARIUS(JAN. 20-FEB. 18):Remember yourdreams and goalsand try to incorporate theminto your current lifestyle orsituation. You will gain great-er perspective.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Youshould allow time forlearning and apply-ing what you have discov-ered. Someone will be quickto complain or criticize.

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Dillard makes it two in a row and proves that while be might notbe smarter than a fifth-grader, he’s at least smarter than his Head-2Head trivia opponent.

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Last week was another busy, busy one for me. I wentto Pecha Kucha on Wednesday, judged the CharlestonMac Off on Friday, performed for the LIME dinner Sat-urday and then hosted the fashion show at Chai’s onSunday (and also watched football at Moe’s CrosstownTavern, of course).

Like Olivia Pool says in her column on Page 11, I amamazed by all of the talent in this city. And its energy.Friday’s Mac Off was so packed, you could hardly move.And even though I unfortunately missed the Lowcoun-try Artist Market on Saturday, I heard it was really inspir-ing. Sunday night was the kicker, though. The fashion

show turned into a hard-core dance party, courtesy of the wonderful DJ talents of Jeff ET.And I didn’t even get to mention Redux’s art auction. I’m starting to think that Charleston

never sleeps. Or maybe it’s just me.

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Lowcountry Artist Marketat Music Farm

The second installment of the Lowcoun-try Artists Market was held Saturday at theMusic Farm on Ann Street in downtownCharleston. Guests were entertained by ven-dors, most of whom were found on the vin-tage and handmade product website Etsy.

Tables were set up in a labyrinth-typemaze that, while sometimes a little dodgyto navigate, gave more time to take in allthe wares. The market was slightly heavyon products oriented for children (not a badthing), including whimsical stuffed animalsas well as handmade baby clothing galore.

A standout of the market was the Lowell& Louise booth, which featured beautiful,glowing lamps made of recycled ink car-tridges. The Music Farm plans to hold theartist market seasonally.

Second Sundayson King Street

Sunday marked the second occasion for

Charleston to close down middle KingStreet allowing pedestrians run of the land.

Restaurants, including Mellow Mushroomand WOK, set up outdoor dining sets, muchto the pleasure of Sunday brunchers.

The Holy City Bike Co-op was kindenough to set up the bike valet at the start ofKing and Calhoun, offering bicyclists a safespot to stash their bike while they enjoyedthe afternoon.

Alas, it felt as if this Second Sunday justdidn’t have the vigor and excitement as thefirst. Perhaps it’s the changing seasons, orjust a particularly long weekend, but thathappy buzz that was so present during thetrial run in May and first installment inOctober just seemed a little fainter this go-round.

With rumors of a possible early evening

expansion to Upper King Street, hopesare renewed that this event will renew itssparkle.

Local Color Fashion Show at ChaisChais Lounge on King St. played host

to the fourth annual Local Color FashionShow benefiting Charleston Chefs Feed theNeed on Sunday evening.

The event was hosted by night life groupCharleston After Dark.

The show featured collections by six region-al designers, including ONE LOVE, KennethBeatrice, MEW, Pilger, LulaKate and MamieRuth. The collections were overall impres-sive, although many of the models’ presenta-tions left something to be desired.

The first set of shows was closed out byMEW by designer Megan Waldrep. Her com-bination of sequin shorts and houndstoothcapelettes was quite nice, if at times a bitbulky.

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ThursdayThe Village Playhouse presents a

dark adaptation of “Oliver Twist.”The show starts at 8 p.m. at 730Coleman Blvd. Tickets are $27, withdiscounts for students and seniors.The show runs for about 2 hours.

FridayCharleston’s Greatest Pub Tour

Event begins at 7 p.m. at TheCharles Towne Pub Stroll at Wash-ington Square Park near CharlestonCity Hall. The presentation will beoutside, and guests of appropri-ate age will have the opportunityto enjoy libations at several ofCharleston’s most historic taverns.Drinks are not included. Arrive 15minutes prior to tour time.

SaturdayTurn downtown Charleston into

your own personal gym for a Satur-day morning of running, pull-upsand squats using historic land-marks as your guide. EatFit LiveFit+ CrossFit Mount Pleasant is host-ing CrossFit Across Town at 8 a.m.at Ansonborough Field, betweenConcord and Washington Streetacross from the South CarolinaAquarium. The event is free andopen to the public and prizes willbe awarded to the top finishers.

SundayHospice of Charleston Founda-

tion’s 22nd Candlelight MemorialCeremony will take place at 5:30p.m. at Colonial Lake in downtownCharleston. This event offers an

opportunity to remember lovedones through luminarias aroundColonial Lake and a brief servicewith music, readings and time toreflect. The rain location for thisevent is Grace Episcopal Church,98 Wentworth Street. Visit www.hospiceofcharlestonfoundation.org/events/candlelight_memorial.html for more information.

MondayCharleston Mayor Joe Riley will

announce Charleston FashionWeek 2011 with a press conferenceat Hampden Clothing, 314 KingSt., at 2 p.m. Riley will highlightthe financial impact of the five-night fashion event on the localeconomy, and the return of TheArt Institute of Charleston as thepresenting sponsor for the third

consecutive year. Tickets for thefifth annual event are now avail-able online. Nightly tickets for thefashion extravaganza range from$45 - $95, with weekly passes start-ing at $210.

TuesdayThe public is invited to experi-

ence the feasts, festivities and localtraditions at Historic CharlestonFoundation’s two museum houseswhere Yuletide in the Lowcountrywill take participants on a journeythrough Christmas past. This exhi-bition will be on view Nov. 23-Jan.6. The houses are open 10 a.m.-5p.m. Monday-Saturday, and 2-5p.m. Sunday. The houses are at 51Meeting St. and 48 Elizabeth St.Admission is $10. Call 724-8481 forinformation.

WednesdayJoin the Charleston Jazz Orches-

tra for Holiday Swing! It all startsat 7 p.m. at The Charleston MusicHall, 37 John St. Tickets are $30. Forsenior and student tickets, call thebox office at 641-0011.

Thursday, 11/25Join up for the third-largest 5K

walk/run in the state and burn offthose Thanksgiving calories beforeyou’ve even consumed them! Thisyear’s proceeds will benefit localcharities, including MUSC Children’sHospital, Hospice of CharlestonFoundation and Boy Scouts of Amer-ica, Lowcountry Chapter. The racebegins at 9 a.m. and the Children’sRun kicks off at 10 a.m. at MarionSquare. www.turkeydayrun.com

A lampmade of inkcartridgeswas oneof manyitems at lastweekend’sArtist Market.

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“Duke Ellington touchedmore people than confetti. Hecaptured the sound of trains,planes, babies, lions and ele-phants. He liked simple songswith complicated develop-ments and pretty endings.”

Wynton Marsalis, from theforeword to John EdwardHasse’s 1993 “Beyond Cat-egory: The Life and Genius ofDuke Ellington”

B andleaders love themusic of the legendaryDuke Ellington who,

for many, is the greatest com-

poser of jazz music.Some scholars, such as Dr.

John Edward Hasse of theSmithsonian Institutionand author of the definitivebiography of the Duke, have

lifted that accolade out of theboundaries of jazz to includeAmerican music. Period.

Hasse is the curator of theDivision of Culture and theArts at the Smithsonian’s Na-tional Museum of AmericanHistory in Washington, D.C.

He knows what he’s talkingabout.

To write his book, “BeyondCategory: The Life and Ge-nius of Duke Ellington,” onlyone of many, he pored overthe vast amount of materialon Duke at the museum.

Ellington wrote about2,000 compositions of allforms: suites, concertos,soundtracks, art songs, sym-phonic music and pop songs.

New York Times writerMargo Jefferson called himin 1993, the same year Hasse’sbook was published, “an Af-rican Stravinsky,” referring toIgor Stravinsky, the cosmo-politan, stylistically diverseearly 20th-century classicalcomposer.

Charlton Singleton, con-ductor and artistic director ofthe Charleston Jazz Orches-tra, will feature the music ofEdward Kennedy Ellington(1899-1974) in the band’s2010 season finale, HolidaySwing, at the Charleston Mu-sic Hall on Nov. 24.

There will be other music,mostly favorites from theseason’s other five shows.

As an example, he will re-prise from January’s Swing,Swing, Swing “Minnie theMoocher” and “Lover Man.”From March’s Singin’ onBasie there will be “I Left MyBaby,” featuring singer TonyBurke, and Leah Suarez’ ver-sion of “Honeysuckle Rose.”

He’s bringing forward fromlast month’s Pops! concert“What Is Hip” and “Pick Upthe Pieces.”

Pointing toward Christmas,Singleton has added CountBasie’s version of “JingleBells.”

From Ellington, there willbe “Take the A Train” andthe opener from September’sLatin Night, “Flaming

Sword.” The latter will fea-ture tenor saxophonist MarkSterbank.

But the centerpiece of theevening on Wednesday willbe Ellington’s “The Nutcrack-er Suite,” a work adapted withhis genius collaborator, BillyStrayhorn, from Peter Tchai-kovsky’s “Nutcracker.”

They have names such as:“Sugar Rum Cherry” fromTchaikovsky’s “Dance of theSugar Plum Fairy”; “TheVodka Vouty” from “Rus-sian Dance”; “Danse of theFloreadores” from “Waltz ofthe Flowers”; and “ArabesqueCookie” from “ArabianDance.”

As an encore to the Pops!concert, Singleton teased theaudience for Wednesday’sshow with the spirited “Pea-nut Brittle Brigade” from“March Militaire.” It got astanding ovation. The re-

sponse was more than whatthe nearly sold-out crowdgave Tower of Power’s ever-green “What Is Hip.”

Singleton, who also playstrumpet, is completely fasci-nated with Ellington’s work.

“Duke Ellington’s music ispriceless. It is emotional, so-phisticated, swingin’, orches-trated, and well thought out.There aren’t any wrong notes.Every note for every instru-ment that Duke and BillyStrayhorn wrote had a spe-cific meaning and purpose.

“I am reminded of astory about how Duke hadsomeone in the band copythe parts from the score tothe individual parts andthey changed ONE note insomeone’s part. Duke caughtit in the run-through andsimply said to never changehis notes.

“ ‘The Nutcracker Suite’

is one of the few pieces thatDuke and Billy decided todevote an entire album to, interms of arranging anothercomposer’s music. It reallyseems too natural of a fit, be-ing that Ellington and Stray-horn wrote mostly suites fortheir orchestra. When listen-ing to their arrangement ofTchaikovsky’s masterpiece,you will hear all of the fa-miliar themes and countermelodies.

“I especially enjoy listen-ing to various grooves andpatterns that Ellington andStrayhorn created. It giveseach of the nine movementsthat they arranged a specialtwist that is spirited, moodcreating, sophisticated and,of course, swingin’.

Swing into the holiday sea-son with CJO at 7 p.m. thenight before Thanksgiving.Tickets are $30 adults, $25 se-niors and $20 students. Add$10 for each category the dayof the show. For information,call 641-0011 or visit www.thejac.org or etix.com.

Trumpeter and bandleaderMarsalis also wrote of Dukein Hasse’s masterpiece:

“He didn’t change with thestyle; he developed.

He invented a new systemof harmony based on theblues — whole musical formsthat have yet to be imitated.

He invented new logics ofpart writing and orchestra-tion for each composition.

In other words he was slaveto no systems.

Duke Ellington combinedthe sensuality of the blueswith the naivete of societymusic to create blue moodpieces.

He understood that music isneither new nor old.

He believed that there weretwo kinds of music: the goodkind and the other kind.”

Amen.

Jack McCray can bereached at [email protected]

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This 1958 photo released by Herman LeonardPhotography, shows jazz great Duke Ellingtonplaying the piano at the Olympia Theater in Paris.The Charleston Jazz Orchestra’s “Holiday Swing”show, featuring the music of Ellington, will be 7p.m. Nov. 24. Tickets are $30 adults, $25 seniorsand $20 students. Add $10 for each category theday of the show. For information, call 641-0011 orvisit www.thejac.org or etix.com..


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Guess who’s back?

I spent much of this pastweek babysitting myniece, who like the babies

from those YouTube viralvideos, LOVES to dance tothe latest top 40 hits. That,combined with a new iPod(my last one was recentlymurdered by an ellipticalmachine), and it was finallytime to do some seriousiTunes updating.

As I went through theBillboard and iTunes top 10lists to create a play list forthe baby who loves to dance,

I wasn’t surprised by someof the recent pop songs onthe list – Rihanna’s “OnlyGirl in the World,” KatyPerry’s latest “Firework” andthat ridiculously annoying/catchy “Like a G6” song.

But I was surprised whenI tallied the artists who’vebeen MIA the past fewyears and have made their“comebacks” on the top lists.I’ve always been a fan of thecomeback artist, and espe-cially since a lot of these art-ists haven’t been on the topcharts in half a decade:

1. Eminem: When Emi-nem first debuted in the late’90s, he was everywhere.He took the past few yearsoff and returned to themusic forefront in the pastyear. This year’s “Recovery”album was released in thespring, and I’ve ended updownloading half of it sofar. From the Rihanna duet

“Love the Way You Lie,” theLil Wayne collaboration “NoLove,” “Not Afraid” and“Cinderella Man” the albumis really solid (even if a littledirty for me).

2. Usher: Whenever Ithink of Usher, I think ofhigh school. “Yeah!,” “Letit Burn,” and “You MakeMe Wanna” were all greatsongs, but they were a longtime ago. But this summerI did a double take whenUsher’s “OMG” and “DJ GotUs Falling in Love Again”dominated the radio. Andmost recently, his “Hot Tot-tie” featuring Jay-Z might beone of the most overplayedsongs on my iPod.

3. Nelly: Nelly’s first al-bum “Country Grammar”featured some great run-ning songs – from “EI” toRide Wit Me” and “CountryGrammar.” Back in 2005,Nelly offered up “Grillz,”

which was played so muchI’m pretty sure I still knowall the words to it. Andhe’s back at least with onehit song, “Just a Dream.” Iheard it on the radio about adozen times before I foundout it was a Nelly song, andI love it that much more forciting Usher’s “Let it Burn”song (with the line “tryingto get my Usher on, but Ican’t let it burn”).

4. Pink: Pink’s “You MakeMe Sick” and “There YouGo” were huge hits aroundthe millennium. “Save theLast Dance” soundtrackanyone? Her trapeze per-formance at this year’sGrammys seemed out ofthe blue since she seemedto have dropped off the ra-dar. But she’s back, and hernewest song “Raise YourGlass” is one of the mostpurchased songs on iTunesright now.

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