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A deep delving into diversity

Mike Grabman tries one-handed cooking and works up an appetite in the process.

With this blog I aim to illustrate the lush variety of careers that we just never learn about in school. Hats off to all the lawyers, doctors, and bankers whose careers are so vital to our society but if you are like me the idea of a job that requires a suit and a neat bun sounds about as close to a nightmare as I can imagine for myself. I am insanely lucky to be able to be creative at work everyday and meet other women who do the same. So, with that said, meet Tory.

Woolfe Street Playhouse presents Red, White, & Cash- A Johnny Cash Tribute

When I saw the musical Johnny Cash, Red White & Cash was playing at Woolfe Street Playhouse, I thought I would take one for the team and surprise Don with the event. About an hour in, I wished I'd had on cowboy boots.

Salsa is Colorblind

Dip into the diversity of salsa, a "sauce" combining cultures

Don't You Know Me Kansas City, I'm the New Berlin Wall, Try and Tear Me Down

After a rousing performance in last Thursday's charity drag show at Upper Deck, I learned a valuable lesson: hangovers and kids are a terrible combination.

Play, Getting Flipped, and Overcoming Fear

Every so often find yourself upside down, stuck in a eddy, unable to right yourself. But fear can keep us from really playing, really living, really doing the things we love to do if we become afraid of "flipping."

#DearWhitePeople: Recognizing Racism and Redefining Whiteness

If white people want to make a substantial contribution to society and the fight against racism, they need to develop an awareness of the real ways it impacts non-whites

Get Your Brunch on at Caviar & Bananas

Eating my way through Caviar & Bananas's new brunch menu, FOR SCIENCE.

Charleston, Out of the Ashes

As Charleston buries its own, its people personify unity, hope and change. (All the pics are mine and can be used)

Warrior Surf Foundation to Host First Surfing Clinic for Wounded Veterans

Spread the love this Saturday, June 27, at 8:30 am at 3rd Street on Folly Beach.

DIY Wedding Contest

The results are in! Now's your chance to pick the winner of the Charleston Grit DIY Wedding Contest.

Becoming a Warrior with Andrew Burnell

Professional acrobat teaches salsera tumbling and parkour. Results TBD.

I’ve Been First and Last, Look at How the Time Goes Past: Father’s Day

Father's Day was a fairly somber day this year, but sometimes the best days, the days where you feel like you and your community have moved forward, are

Standing to Grieve in Charleston

Keeping Vigil

#CharlestonShooting: Race, Religion, and Guns

The shooting at Emanuel AME Church was a hate crime—and we need to talk about race.

AIDS? Get a Clue and #GetTestedCHS

Charleston has some pretty sobering AIDS stats: get tested!

Spoleto Finale Ends With a Bang

St. Paul and the Broken Bones' performance at Middleton Plantation was a perfect send-off to this year's festival

Collective Disparity: Music That Heals

Jared Aaronson, a student at College of Charleston, is creating a sound all his own as a local DJ/producer under the name Collective Disparity—and redefining what it means to have a full plate on his hands.

Bleona Wants to Tie You Up, Not Down

The "Madonna of Albania" talks music, the power of lipstick, and not taking no for an answer.