Martin Gallery will welcome a photographer this weekend who doesn’t always use a camera to create his artwork. Don Dudenbostel’s “culinary X-rays” will be on display at his Smorgasbord show through July. Dudenbostel studied photography under Ansel Adams, and has exhibited his award-winning photographs around the globe. Dudenbostel has been doing x-ray photography since high school, [...]

The PBS series, “History Detectives,” visited Charleston last December to investigate metal shavings that may be linked to the cannon that fired the first shots of the Civil War. Hollywood, S.C. antique dealer, Robert Sarco, found a tube containing metal shavings and a note indicating they may have played a role in that historic moment. History detective, [...]

The Cooking Channel show, “Hook, Line, Dinner,” premiered its Charleston episode last night. This is the first season of the series hosted by Ben Sargent. The show’s premise is simple: take viewers on a “sea to table” adventure while showing off seafood and regional specialities. Sargent, aka Brooklyn Chowder Surfer, is a celebrity chef best known for [...]

You may wonder, as we have, how this new practice of “vertical gardening” works.  Found most often in large cities with little outdoor space, vertical gardens are also just as useful – and bountiful –  in smaller metropolitan areas. The Clemson Architectural Center- Charleston has created a vertical garden in Elliotborough, at  134 Line St., to educate [...]

The June issue of Spirit Magazine, Southwest Airlines’ inflight publication, introduces readers to Charleston in a variety of articles. Southwest began flying here in March, and this issue exposes travelers to our vibrant home town. Art, food, hotels, history, business and interesting people make for some great reading. In “State of the Art,” the writer describes [...]