LOWCOUNTRY IMPRESSIONISM

FOR MOST PEOPLE, the word “painting” denotes a work of art done with a paint-brush, the colors applied with a deft hand that seems to know just where a stroke is needed. It’s a straightforward concept, but for artists whose vision of the picture being brought to life on their canvas is less defined and […]
THE ODYSSEY OF A SACRED SONG

Herb Frazier was captivated by a centuries-old funeral song and its ancestral echo. He had gone to Africa in the spring of 1994 to report on efforts to collect hospital supplies for Rwanda, a drive in which the Medical University of South Carolina was involved. Writing for the Charleston Post and Courier, he covered the local medical community as well as an agonizing recovery from the Rwandan genocide.
CHARITY BEGINS WITH FUN

Been to a silent auction lately? A festival? A fair? If you have been, you were upholding one of Charleston’s favorite traditions—raising money to support a community project with swag and entertainment.
THE WAY OF ALBARIÑO

Blessed with “verdant valleys, rocky highlands and Atlantic surf,” the autonomous community of Galicia lies at the northwest corner of Spain, extending from the Cantabrian Sea down to the border with Portugal.