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Happy Thursday, Charleston. Ten years ago today, Hurricane Matthew pushed Charleston Harbor's tide gauge to its third-highest level ever recorded, behind only Hugo in '89 and a nameless 1940 storm. No landfall here, just the kind of near-miss that still rearranged everyone's week.
Dinner Club remains a hit, but some of you still haven't been. What's actually stopping you?
Haven't grabbed a Dinner Club seat yet? What's actually stopping you?
Dinner Club just went fully in-house, and the price dropped to prove it. $12 a seat. Strangers in, friends out, same as always. This round, we're dining in Summerville. If you've been meaning to try it, there's never been a smaller excuse not to.
Congrats to Timothy K. of Old Village, who guessed correctly in last week's "Where Are We?" This must have been a tough one—I got only 4 guesses! I was at Hermosa Jewelry on Coleman Boulevard. Check out my interview of Haley Holzworth, Hermosa's dynamic founder.
Thursday 80° / 72° ☁️ 💧4%
Friday 78° / 74° ☔ 💧20%
Saturday 79° / 76° ⛈️ 💧70%
Sunday 81° / 76° ⛈️ 💧90%
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December gets booked in October. Ask anyone who's ever been handed the company holiday party in November.
Magnolia & Moss Events provides curated vintage and specialty pieces for exactly this — bars and shelving, tabletop and dessert displays, candleware, drinkware, linens, framed signage. 108+ pieces across 12+ categories, delivered, set up, and broken down by them.
Corporate parties, milestone birthdays, family gatherings that outgrew the dining room. Mount Pleasant based, serving Charleston and the Lowcountry.
The Lowline's construction contract just grew by another $2 million, and the date it finishes keeps sliding. Here's the new calendar, the money math, and the two dates worth marking.
Just reply to this email, or if you're reading on our website, email me here. The first person to guess correctly will get a shout-out at the top of our issue next week!
TOGETHER WITH FLEET FEET CHARLESTON
Owners, HR directors, wellness chairs: Fleet Feet will come to your team
Run a company, an HR department or a wellness committee? This one's yours.
Fleet Feet's math: your people spend about 50 hours a week at work and eat roughly a third of their meals there. Their pitch: if work is where your team lives, work is where to help them. So the fit specialists bring the store to you, free. Gait analysis. A 3D foot scan. Real recommendations on gear that actually fits, all during a work break or lunch hour.
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Thursday, October 8
North Charleston Farmers Market | 3 - 7 PM | Park Circle Pavilion | Local produce, crafts, a food truck, and live music till 7.
Live Under The Oaks: Tripping Billy Goats | 6 PM | The Oaks at Mount Pleasant Towne Centre | A free DMB tribute, food trucks, right under the oaks.
Southern Screams presents Macabre | 7 PM | Southern Screams | Charleston's biggest haunted house dares you into a dark museum.
Friday, October 9
Charleston October Art & Craft Market | 9 AM - 6 PM | Marion Square | Local makers take over Marion Square for the day.
Riverfront Revival | 12 PM | Riverfront Park | Darius Rucker's riverfront festival is back for round two. Friday AND Saturday.
MOR+ Music Bingo | 7 - 9 PM | Firefly Distillery | Music trivia bingo, Firefly style. Sing, dance, show off.
Saturday, October 10
Peter and The Wolf w/ Charleston Symphony Orchestra | 11 AM | Gaillard Center | The CSO's kid-friendly classical intro, complete with a wolf.
The Citadel vs ETSU | 2 PM | Johnson Hagood Stadium | Parents' Weekend football, Citadel style, at Johnson Hagood.
Charleston Battery vs Louisville City FC | 6 PM | Patriots Point Soccer Stadium | Battery soccer with a Breast Cancer Awareness theme night.
Sunday, October 11
Palmetto Park Jam | 11 AM - 4:30 PM | Charleston County Parks | A free county parks music jam to close the weekend.
Bluegrass Harvest Farmers Market | 11 AM - 3 PM | Commonhouse Aleworks | Brunch, beer, and live bluegrass at Commonhouse's monthly market.
2nd Sunday on King Street | 12 - 5 PM | King Street | King Street goes car-free again, Queen to Calhoun.
| Development Watch | October 8, 2026 |
A $13.5 Million Flip, Still No Shovel in the Ground
A vacant Pepsi plant on the Upper Peninsula just sold for $13.5 million, the second sale in six years, and still nothing's been built. The city just gave preliminary blessing to 332 apartments on the site. Whether that actually happens is a different question.
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▍ Charleston’s newest container terminal has been parked since Aug. 1, and it was running at under 10% of capacity before that.
→ See the numbers behind the shutdown
▍ A rooftop Italian spot is serving dinner at Navy Yard, and one of the pastas comes with a whole lobster.
→ See what’s on the menu
▍ Baba’s moved into the old Rodney Scott’s space on King Street, and it now pours beer and wine.
→ Check out Baba’s new King Street shop
▍ We’re taking the pulse of this list again, and last time’s answers changed how we cover this town.
→ Tell us what you actually want more of
▍ A new seafood spot just opened downtown, and the chef behind it has a resume most restaurants would kill for.
→ See who’s cooking at Charleston’s newest seafood spot
FRI — High June at Music Farm — jam-band energy to kick off the weekend. Or A Soulful Serenade: Marvin Gaye & Sam Cooke at Forte Jazz Lounge — a tribute set built for slow dancing.
SAT — Bad Medicine: The Iconic Bon Jovi Experience at The Windjammer — every power ballad, played straight. Or Echoes of Ella at Forte Jazz Lounge — a jazz-lounge tribute to the First Lady of Song.
SUN — Thundercat at Charleston Music Hall — the bass virtuoso closes out the weekend in style. Or Joshua Ray Walker at Charleston Pour House — Texas twang for a Sunday night.
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