Charleston has really racked up accolades this year, earning ranks in listings like: Forbes.com’s World’s Smartest Cities, Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Cities, Conde Nast’s Top 10 US Cities and Travel + Leisure’s America’s Favorite Cities. To round out the year, we’re excited to see Charleston ranked #3 on Away.com’s “Top 10 Destinations for Christmas Vacation.” The [...]

The Art Institute is holding a teen chef competition, and the winner will receive a full tuition scholarship and more! Aspiring chefs will cook a pre-determined menu and will be judged on taste, presentation and culinary technique. The local cook-off will take place on April 17 at the Charleston location, and the local winner will receive [...]

Forbes.com recently ran an article entitled “The World’s Smartest Cities,” and Charleston was lucky (and smart) enough to earn the #8 spot on this listing. The description for Charleston reads: Charleston has expanded its port and manufacturing base while preserving its lovely historic core. Once an industrial backwater, Charleston now seems poised to emerge as a [...]

Lonely Planet, an international tourism guide, has named Charleston one of the “Top Cities to go to in 2010.” The listing is a category in the annual “Best in Travel” guide. An excerpt from the Charleston listing in a Post & Courier article reads:This South Carolina city is the United States’ home of aristocracy,” the [...]

Downtown’s favorite, local bookstore, Blue Bicycle Books, has announced a book signing for Charleston’s favorite, local author Pat Conroy on Saturday, December 12. The event will take place at the store and in the parking lot adjacent to the store (420 King St.). This is the only signing on the peninsula for the Citadel grad’s South of [...]