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Hispanic Heritage Month – Celebrating Afro Hispanic Identity

As an African Studies enthusiast, I learned a long time ago that the overwhelming majority of enslaved people brought from Africa during the Trans Atlantic Slave trade ended up in Hispanic colonies throughout the Caribbean and South America. So for me, Hispanic Heritage Month represents another opportunity to celebrate and uplift black history on a national scale, similarly to how it’s done in February for African American History.

Boss Lady Lee Deas

Lee Deas is the founder and Principal Imaginator at Obviouslee Marketing and her company works on some of Charleston’s biggest events and with some of its best companies including the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, Cigar Row, SEWE, Family Circle Cup, Kiawah Partners, The Gaillard Center and a whole host of local and regional businesses within the creative and hospitality centric realm.

Dance | Never Good Enough

A self-reflection on why I am sometimes my worst enemy

Living Small Part I

Teenie, tiny, not so tiny, just right.

There’s No Place Like Charleston

A local artist and businessman making a big movement in the local Charleston community with his "There's No Place Like Charleston" T-shirts.

Part 4: The Car Diaries, Summer Tour 2015

Mike Grabman takes a road trip across the Southern United States along with his wife and child.

Becca Barnet of Sisal & Tow

You could call her an artist, taxidermist, metalsmith, illustrator, sculptor, teacher, photographer, or businesswoman, and each time you would be right. You would think someone with such a breadth of experience wouldn’t be so fantastic in each discipline, but she is.

Eight Reasons To See "The Transcendents" at Woolfe Street Playhouse

Derek Ahonen's new play, commissioned by The Village Repertory Company premiers at Woolfe Street Playhouse July 31, 2015.

Nantahala Outdoors Center: Mountain Water Getaway

Need to get away from the heat for a bit of fun? Nantahala Outdoors Center is the perfect getaway.

Meta Mag 2: Diversity

A deep delving into diversity

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."

DIY Wedding Contest

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

AIDS? Get a Clue and #GetTestedCHS

Charleston has some pretty sobering AIDS stats: get tested!

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.

Screw That Squash

My tribute garden restoreth my soul, but depletes my bank account.

Face Value

Review of "Breathe: A True Story," a one man show written and performed by Brennan Reeves, telling of his life with cystic fibrosis, as well as his experience of undergoing double-lung transplant surgery.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: Life As a New Dad

The life of a new dad who works nights and may be experiencing Stockholm syndrome

Be Mom's Favorite

This fab mix of local gifts, creative crafts, and DIY projects will make mom swoon.

So Long, Gray Days! Add Some Color to Your Home for Spring

Vibrant textiles are the perfect way to bring a touch of spring indoors.

5 Bad Reasons to Shack Up

You need a good reason for moving in together.

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