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Happy Thursday, Charleston. On this day in 1863, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley failed to surface during a diving drill in Charleston Harbor, and all eight men aboard drowned, including Horace Hunley himself, one of its owners. They raised it anyway. Four months later it sank the USS Housatonic off Sullivan's Island, the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship, then went down again and stayed there until 2000.
Shout-out to the Taylor Festival Choir. They open their season this Sunday, Oct. 18, at 3 PM at Circular Congregational Church with Sea to Shining Sea, a tribute to America's 250th. Expect a fiddle, a guitar, a brand-new barbershop quartet, and God Bless America and the national anthem. Get tickets →
Eight new gyms and studios just landed around Charleston. So where do you actually work out?
Charleston just got eight new places to work out. Fess up, where do you actually sweat?
Dinner Club heads to Summerville on Wednesday, Oct. 28. $12 a seat, 6:30 PM, a table full of people you haven't met yet. It's our first night running the whole thing in-house, so come help us break it in.
Congrats to Behren K. of James Island, who guessed correctly in last week's Where Are We? It was Alhambra Hall in the Old Village.
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You've Tried The Gym. This Isn't The Gym
I'm Kim. I've trained women over 50 for years, and I know the quiet dread of walking into a room where everyone already knows what they're doing. Nobody here is keeping score. We start where you are.
We warm up together. Then 45 minutes of strength work, and I explain every move as we go.
Wednesday at 8:30am on the courts at Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park. Free, and nothing to sign up for.
A newly built restaurant in Mount Pleasant has never served a single plate. The first plan came with a lawn, a live music stage and an ice cream shack, then it never opened. Now one of Charleston's best-known restaurant groups is taking it over, and what it's becoming is the part nobody can answer.
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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 ISMASH CHARLESTON
Amanda Edwards opened Charleston's only rage room a year ago. Here's 15% off your turn.
A year in, her favorite part is watching people walk out lighter than they walked in. Pick your room, grab a sledgehammer and let it all out. Good for a rough week, a birthday, a company outing, or a date that isn't dinner.
For CHS Happenings readers: 15% off any booking through October 31. Valid on sessions, not parties.
Thursday, October 15
Sweat on the Ship x Latin Pilates by KLUB | 6 - 7 PM | Patriots Point | Latin-flavored Pilates at Patriots Point. Core, glutes, zero mercy.
Bingo @ Blokes | 6 PM | Two Blokes Brewing | Monthly bingo, real prizes, cold beer. Dab responsibly.
Halloween in the Swamp | 7 PM | Cypress Gardens | Opening weekend. Gates at 7. The swamp handles the scares.
Friday, October 16
The Coastal Witch's Apothecary | 6 - 8:30 PM | Island Candles | Pour a candle, mix bath salts, sip something seasonal.
Southern Screams presents Macabre | 7 - 10:30 PM | Southern Screams | A haunted museum with very dark corners. You've been warned.
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors | 7:30 - 9 PM | Queen Street Playhouse | The Footlight Players play the Count for laughs. Garlic optional.
Saturday, October 17
Charleston Farmers Market | 8 AM - 2 PM | Marion Square | Fall produce, breakfast in hand, one lap of Marion Square.
Charleston Pride Parade 2026 | 9 - 11 AM | King Street | Year 17. King Street, glitter, then the festival at Building 64.
STEAM Saturday: Spooky Science | 10 - 11:30 AM | The Charleston Museum | Franken-hands, candy catapults, dancing gummy worms. Kids will lose it.
Fall Food Truck Feastival | 12 - 4 PM | Firefly Distillery | 15-plus trucks, free admission, pumpkins and Firefly cocktails.
Sunday, October 18
The Sunday Flow - Yoga @ Two Blokes | 11 AM | Two Blokes Brewing | $20 gets the flow and your first beer. Fair trade.
Halloween Edition Pottery Workshop | 12 - 2 PM | Edmund's Oast Brewing Co. | Spooky clay creations, with a brewery pint within reach.
The Witches Pick Market | 1 - 5 PM | Estuary Beans & Barley | A Halloween makers market on Johns Island. Brooms not required.
Taylor Festival Choir: Sea to Shining Sea | 3 - 5 PM | Circular Congregational Church | A choir, a fiddle and a brand-new barbershop quartet toast America's 250th.
FEATURED EVENT: DERMHAUS
Dermhaus Fall Open Haus
Charleston's newest dermatology practice opens its doors: tour the space, meet the team, shop local vendors and grazing boards, and get 20% off everything in the office that day.
Saturday, October 24, 10am-1pm. 320 Broad St., Suite 103 (The Jasper, Harleston Village).
Local vendors Lenore Collective, Coastal Chains, The Coastal Petal Co. and Seaport Lane, a grazing board from Social Spread Charcuterie, and door prizes. Free, and RSVP if you want a reminder.
| Development Watch | October 15, 2026 |
Live Oak Square Wants to Grow Again
Live Oak Square on Maybank Highway leased up so fast in 2021 that the developer put out a press release about it, all 14 storefronts done. Months later, the same ownership filed to add one more commercial building on the same lot. It went quiet for three years, then came back this spring, and this week it's on the city's agenda again with no tenant named yet. With Johns Island growing the way it is, retail follows rooftops, and this corner looks ready for its next chapter.
| Read What We Know → |
▍ Four Charleston chefs told a national magazine where they actually eat, and one of them skipped his own restaurant.
→ See where the chefs eat
▍ A fast-growing eyewear brand picked King Street for its first store anywhere, a few doors from Warby Parker.
→ See why it chose Charleston
▍ Charleston wants developers to own the traffic they create, but 1,500 Johns Island homes are already locked in.
→ See what the new rule can and can't fix
▍ Food & Wine's Charleston festival returns Nov. 13-15 with Nancy Silverton and Eric Ripert on the bill, and two events are already sold out.
→ See what's still worth booking
▍ Eight new gyms and studios are open or on the way around Charleston, and half of them are built around a reformer.
→ Find your next workout
FRI — Trampled by Turtles at The Refinery — Minnesota string-band heavyweights, fast and loud. Or The Marshall Tucker Band at Charleston Music Hall — Southern rock royalty. You know the songs.
SAT — The Red Clay Strays at Credit One Stadium — the Grateful Tour, with The Revivalists and Haley Reinhart along for the ride. Or What a Wonderful World at Charleston Music Hall — Bruce Harris fronts the Charleston Jazz Orchestra for a big-band night.
SUN — The Living Tombstone at Charleston Music Hall — the internet-famous electronic act, with Mystery Skulls opening. Or Silverada at Charleston Pour House — Texas country with a honky-tonk heart to close the weekend.
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