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This week I bring you insight into the inner workings of one of Charleston’s most generous minds. Meet Carolyn Finch. She’s the founder of Charleston Women in Tech, been a guest and speaker at the White House, and mother to baby Juliette, who gently sleeps through the hustle and bustle of Black Tap on a crisp morning.

The 33rd annual Lowcountry Oyster Festival is happening on January 31, 2016 at Boone Hall Plantation. Tickets are on sale now! Shuck, yeah.

Keep moving before the stones disappear beneath the water.

We've got your Grit Picks—all the best events happening in Charleston this weekend, November 6-8

On November 3rd, 2015, the people of Charleston will do something that has not been done since 1975: go vote in a mayoral race that won’t have Joseph P. Riley, Jr. on the ballot. For this historical election, I decided to research the candidates to discover more about them, and determine who were my top choices and who I felt needed one more four year term before winning the hottest seat in town.

How, in a city that is heavily stratified by race, income, and history, can one man remain in power so long and remain so beloved? We say thank you to Mayor Joe Riley for forty years of service.

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.

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

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.

An interview with the Hair Guru of Charleston, Butch Jones, Artistic Director at Stuart Laurence Salon

Get Hitched! Charleston, the first annual LGBT wedding showcase in South Carolina

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.

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

As the community continues to advocate on behalf of the future of Burke High School, it's important to draw on the lessons of past educational movements and their failings.

Check out 10 of our favorite downtown places to beat the heat with a cold drink for happy hour.

You many know Patti, but do you know Pat? In a town where his drag persona takes center stage, Pat Patterson talks about life growing up in a small, conservative enclave and the path paved by politicians that bred in him a desire to serve. In a unique and sometimes unconventional manner, using his stage name as well as his given moniker by birth, he goes above and beyond to give back to and enrich the communities that embrace them both. The resident drag queen of Dudley's on Ann steps aside for this one-on-one interview with the man behind by the makeup.

"Goliath was the best thing that ever happened to David." Carla Lynne Hall

Scott Carpenter, community manager of Yelp Charleston, explains how volunteering at Charleston Fashion Week gave him the tools necessary to land a new gig.

Our newest blogger, Ben Grenaway, tells the story of how transparency set his sexuality free.

Overcome that turkey-induced trytophan coma and channel your creative energy.