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Happy Thursday, Charleston. On this day in 1863, Union guns on Morris Island and ironclads in the harbor were four days into a renewed pounding of Fort Sumter. By an Associated Press count, 1,657 shells hit the fort that day alone. James Henry Gooding, a Black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts who wrote letters home to the New Bedford Mercury, watched from Battery Gregg. Around 10 o'clock, he wrote, Sumter's flag and staff were shot off the wall and into the water. A Confederate soldier put up another under steady fire, waited for a lull to set it upright, then waved his hat and barely dodged a shot from a field gun.
Source: 54th Massachusetts, Gooding letter of Oct. 31, 1863 and Texas Public Radio / AP, This Week in the Civil War
After 38 years, I called time on my real estate career a few weeks ago. I spent my first 31 years as a commercial broker, leasing space to restaurant owners and retailers. That’s what formed my lifelong connection to local entrepreneurs and was the genesis for CHS Happenings. I was ready to try something different, though. I’m excited about what’s next.
So…no more Broker’s Take. From me anyway. But if you’re a Realtor and would like to sponsor that section, email me!
Congrats to Tyler W. of James Island, who guessed correctly in last week's Where Are We? It was Berlins Clothing on King Street.
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Let's be honest: it's easier with a friend
"She takes the chore out of fitness and creates a welcoming space that leaves you counting down the days until your next session." — Mary C.
Text a friend right now. Tell her Wednesday, 8:30, Memorial Waterfront Park. It's free for both of you, and I'll be the one with the whiteboard. Want a second morning? Monday classes are at 8:30 too, $12.
Mount Pleasant just wrote a $28.5 million check on Highway 41. On paper, it bought 129 acres for a park. What it really bought was about 1,500 houses that will never get built, and I did the math on what each one cost. The seller did just fine, too.
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 MAGNOLIA & MOSS EVENTS
The pie deserves a pedestal
Thanksgiving is four weeks out, and somebody's bringing a pie that deserves better than the foil tin. Magnolia & Moss Events rents vintage dessert pieces, like the Sweet Magnolia Set, the White Gardenia Stand and the Mosswood Pedestal, plus candleware, linens and tabletop to dress the rest of the table. Mount Pleasant based, serving Charleston and the Lowcountry.
James Island put in an order for a steakhouse. The couple behind The Harlow asked the island what it wanted, and the answer came with a stage, a char grill and one firm rule about franchises. I talked with the owner before the doors open.
Thursday, October 29
Sunset on the Stono at the Dill Sanctuary | 5 - 7 PM | Dill Sanctuary | The museum's hidden James Island preserve opens up for golden hour
Clerks Pumpkin Carving Date Night | 6 - 8 PM | Emeline | Knives, gourds and cocktails. Bring a date with steady hands
Gothic Gibbes: A Halloween Masquerade | 8 - 11 PM | Gibbes Museum of Art | Open bar, a live violinist and a museum after dark. Adults only
Friday, October 30
Holy City Fall Art & Craft Festival | 8 AM - 6:30 PM | Charleston Area Convention Center | Three days of handmade finds. Knock out holiday gifts early
Firefly Pumpkin Patch | 12 PM | Firefly Distillery | Pick a pumpkin, then pick a cocktail. Priorities, in that order
Charleston Battery vs. Rhode Island FC (Playoffs) | 7 PM | Patriots Point Soccer Stadium | Win and advance. The Battery's playoff run starts at Patriots Point
Saturday, October 31
Boos & Brews 5k Fun Run | 11 AM | Commonhouse Aleworks | Run in costume, finish at a brewery. That's the whole pitch
Children's Halloween Festival | 5 PM | Folly River Park | Folly's little ghouls get their own party before the Witches' Dance
HalloQween 2026 | 8 - 11 PM | Holy City Brewing | Drag, costumes and cash prizes. Bring your best look
Sunday, November 1
American Gardens Sunday Bazaar | 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM | American Gardens | Local flower farms, artisan vendors and live music, open-air on King Street
Stingrays vs. Atlanta Gladiators: Scooby-Doo Day | 3:05 PM | North Charleston Coliseum | Scooby-Doo shows up, and fans toss new undies for charity
Gather & Bloom: Lowcountry Friendsgiving | 4 - 8 PM | The Lowline Hotel | Flowers, cocktails and local vendors. Friendsgiving, minus the dishes
FEATURED EVENT: 23RD ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
Thu, Nov 5 · Patriots Point Links, Mount Pleasant
128 golfers. One Thursday. Last year Knights of Columbus Council #12472 gave over $30,000 to local causes, from Wounded Warriors and Veterans on Deck to Habitat for Humanity and the Charleston Miracle League. This is the fundraiser that makes it happen, and the field is 128. $150 covers green fees, cart, breakfast, lunch, drinks and a swag bag. No foursome? They'll team you up. Don't golf? The live online auction is open to everyone.
▍ The best thing at West Ashley's new cocktail bar might be the front door, and it has a backstory.
→ Meet the door
▍ Food & Wine asked chef Amethyst Ganaway where to eat in Charleston, and her list is worth saving.
→ See her picks
▍ One of Charleston's longest-running Indian restaurants closed for a seven-month renovation. It took three years.
→ See what came back
▍ The breakfast chain that ringed Charleston for 17 years just found its missing piece, and it's a building you know from the mural.
→ See where it's landing
▍ A Mount Pleasant toy shop just did the same thing it did in 2017, only bigger.
→ See what changed
FRI — Sol Driven Train at The Charleston Pour House — the hometown horn section, back on its home deck. Or It's A 2000s (Halloween) Party at Music Farm — low-rise costumes and every song you swore you forgot.
SAT — 6th Annual Boogieman Halloween Festival at The Royal American — year six of an all-day Halloween takeover. Or Masquerade Ball 2026 at Forte Jazz Lounge — masks on, lights low, the jazz does the rest.
SUN — Hawthorne Heights at Charleston Music Hall — twenty years of If Only You Were Lonely, played loud. Or The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes at Gaillard Center — every étude, one piano, one long hypnotic exhale.
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