Sybil Fix, a Charleston artist and writer, paints birds in order to free them from the invisibility to which they have been relegated by our insatiable appetites and dulled sense of observation. Her work seeks to highlight and sensitize usRead more
Marcus Amaker, Charleston's 1st Poet Laureate, will recite two original poems and serve as DJ. Don't forget to bring cash; copies of his music and poetry will be available for sale DANCEFX, Charleston's Premier Nonprofit Adult and Youth Dance Studio willRead more
Regina Marler, editor of Selected Letters of Vanessa Bell, and Sarah Milroy, curator of the recent Vanessa Bell exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery London, discuss the modernist painter, a pivotal figure in 20th century British art - as innovative as her sister Virginia WoolfRead more
David Hare was recently described by the Washington Post as "the premier political dramatist writing in English." His stage plays include the Tony Award nominated Plenty, Racing Demon, and Skylight, and his screenplays include Damage, The Hours, The Reader, and Denial. His memoir, The Blue Touch Paper, is a frank account ofRead more
In the era of populism, Christopher Dickey, World News Editor of The Daily Beast, and David Hare, British playwright renowned for his state of the nation dramas, discuss the implications of the Trump regime in the US and Brexit in the UKRead more
Margo Jefferson's memoir, Negroland, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. A deeply felt meditation on race, sex, class and American culture, it describes the contradictions of her comparatively privileged upbringing among Chicago's upper-class Black community. She is alsoRead more
Madeline Miller's Circe - an uncompromising portrait of a super-heroine who wields divine power - makes Homer pertinent to the 21st century. The novel has garnered praise equal to her previous work of fiction based on Homer's epic poem, the Orange PrizeRead more
John Avlon, author and Senior Political Analyst at CNN, Elliot Ackerman, novelist and former Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Lynsey Addario, photojournalist who has documented every major conflict of her generation, discuss the desire to communicate andRead more
Sounds of the South is a symposium focused on the evolving historical and contemporary music of the American South. The symposium features lectures by renowned historians, ethnomusicologists, musicians, and Southbound photographers, with presentations on subjects ranging from praise-house history toRead more
Ramie Targoff's biography of Vittoria Colonna is a timely study of the first published female Italian poet, a close friend of Michelangelo. With a novelist's flair she brings this remarkable and influential woman to life, while also dissecting an entireRead more
