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Rock-n-rollers may be at Blackbaud Stadium this Saturday, but the truly hip will be at the Southeast Zine Fest. Here's why...

Southern rock legend Greg Allman plays a spirited, if curiously jazzy set for fans at the PAC, starting with a Sleepy John Estes cover of "Floating Bridge"

Here's what happens when a patron blasts the IOP mainstay for (GASP!) allowing children into their family and tourist-friendly beach bar...

Did you know it's illegal to move citrus out of Charleston County? Here's why, what the ramifications are, and how you can help stop the spread of a citrus epidemic

I talked to Greg Tavares, cofounder of Theatre 99 and now author, about his book "Improv For Everyone"—perfect, he says, for "the improviser who loves improv and wants improv to love you back"

A "wild" thing happened when I fell in love with a book I bought by accident...

There's a little more in our blood than triglycerides and cholesterol, sometimes we come face to face with our DNA

Is the truth as elusive as Sasquatch or as original as a fingerprint? From the looks of some Facebook posts leading up to November, truth and opinion seem to have cloned one another

Need a laugh? Come on out to the Hippodrome this Wednesday night for a stellar line-up up comics to help raise funds for Joe Meli, a Charleston nightclub legend

Nora Zelevansky dispells myths about writing, publishing, and first-timer's luck. Come meet the charming author of Semi-Charmed Life... TONIGHT!

This one's lightweight and fitted (but not TOO fitted). I'll show you where I found it and a few stellar combos for wearing it right

From here to there and back again, summer has us on the move. An OBX excursion, a New York Times essay, and Charleston's Vikki Matsis on the nuances of travel

There are many adventures ready to be had here in the Lowcountry. Some just require a bit of gas, an RC Cola, and a willingness to turn down that unfamiliar road

Here they are: The Second Quarter, 2012 Gritty Award winners

One of our very own Grit gals WOWS on the pages of Charleston magazine's August issue—you won't believe these photographs (or this super spa of a master bath)

Sometimes all you need to feel better is some favorite-restaurant TLC. Yesterday, I ran through my round-up of sure-things (including Monza, Rue, and Glass Onion) to find just what the doctor ordered

Ripe with just-in-time growing tips and gorgeous photography, the Grit team found Joan's colorful, summer-ful post to be a standout source of weekend gardening (and eating!) inspiration

The heat plus this summer's steamy releases might well leave you sweating it, but why not grab a glass of iced tea and cool off with some Southern euphemisms and a real-life romance novel blunder

With help from a well-worth-a-second-read quote from the late Nora Ephron, Stephanie's "Read On" post reminds us to unplug every now and then—to swap out our computer screens for nature or a nice book

Steep, curvy roads. Cool mountain rivers. The bliss of books. Mulling on vacation, with thanks to the late Nora Ephron