- John Stoehr
Arts Editor
There's more to art than you think. It's not just theater, paintings, books and dance. It's the enterprise of human creativity and it takes vastly different shapes and forms. Here you'll find my thoughts about the arts in Charleston and beyond. Neither of us knows what to expect.
Category Archives: Review
Review: Gary Grier and Lou Stovall at City Gallery
February 10, 2008 – 7:41 pm
The City Gallery at Waterfront Park opened its new exhibit Friday featuring the work of Georgia artist Lou Stovall and Charleston painter Gary Grier. Kevin Murphy went to the show and sent us this review. —JS
History is full of groundbreaking artists. To celebrate that artistry, along with Black History Month, the City Gallery at Waterfront [...]
Review: The Savages opens today at the Terrace
February 8, 2008 – 10:45 am
The Savages, starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, opens tonight at the Terrace Theater on James Island. It’s the story of a brother and sister who must now deal with an abusive father who’s falling into severe dementia. Andrea Warner, a new writer for City Paper, sent us this review. Check complete showtimes at [...]
Review: A new history of the Charleston Five
February 7, 2008 – 3:10 pm
A new book about the Charleston Five, the controversial group of longshoremen who went on strike only to face political and economic pressures, has been published by the Monthly Review Press. It’s called On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston Five. Will Moredock, our political columnist, sent us this review. There will [...]
Review: CofC’s Chas. Music Fest
February 3, 2008 – 8:07 pm
The College of Charleston presented a series of concerts last week for its annual Music Festival. Lindsay Koob had been looking forward to it all year, but was able to make only one of three concerts on Friday night. He sent us this review. — J.S.
One of Chucktown’s chief musical blessings these days is the [...]
Review: Bad Dates
February 3, 2008 – 11:10 am
Charleston Stage opened a production of Bad Dates Friday at the American Theater. We sent Kevin Murphy over to see how it was. He sent us this review to be printed Wednesday. The show continues Feb. 6-8, 13, 15, 8 p.m. Feb. 9, 14, 16, 6 & 9 p.m. $19.50-$26.50, (843) 577-7183, www.charlestonstage.com, American Theater, [...]
Weekend Arts Wrap: 01.29.08
January 29, 2008 – 2:55 pm
Yeah, I’m a day late on this wrap thing. So sue me. Nothing in the news biz is certain. What is certain is that last weekend was busy. Lots of theater, dance, visual art, and music to be had by fans, fanatics, connoisseurs, and the mildly interested. Here are the reviews we did over the [...]
Review: Crowns
January 28, 2008 – 1:35 pm
The Footlight Players opened Crowns last Thursday. Our critic, Elizabeth Pandolfi, took some time away from her busy getting-ready-to-get-married schedule to send us this review. —J.S.
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Some African-American women have such gorgeous dignity that it’s quite difficult not to notice your own posture leaves something to be desired, and that your outfit, [...]
Review: CSO Backstage Pass
January 26, 2008 – 5:42 pm
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra gave another Backstage Pass concert at the Sottile on Friday night. Lindsay Koob was having a bad day before he got there and filed this review. —J.S.
Welcome, Louise
CSO’s new principal cellist struts her stuff
By Lindsay Koob
Friday was an utterly rotten day for me — that is, until I got to the [...]
Review: Twisted Tango
January 26, 2008 – 4:13 pm
The Charleston Ballet Theatre open Twisted Tango last night, a hot-blooded mix of Latin movement and classical ballet. Dance critic Kinsey Labberton went to check it out. After catching her breath, she sent us this review. —J.S.
Some Like it Hot
CBT ends Twisted Tango panting
By Kinsey Labberton
The dancers were breathing heavily as they took their bow. [...]
Review: The Halsey’s Red State Blues
January 22, 2008 – 10:30 am
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art opened its first exhibit of the new year last Friday with Red State Blues, a showcase of S.C. artists concerned about the current state of politics in the Lowcountry, the Piedmont, and beyond. Kevin Murphy went to see the exhibit. He sent us this review. —J.S.
Bombs hang from the [...]
