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Happy Thursday, Charleston. On this day in 1945, about 1,000 workers, most of them Black, walked off the job at the American Tobacco Company's Cigar Factory on East Bay Street. They wanted a 25-cent raise, back pay from the war years and an end to discrimination in hiring, and they held the picket line for five months. To keep spirits up, strikers closed out each day singing an old hymn, "I'll Overcome Someday." The song traveled, picked up new verses and became "We Shall Overcome," the anthem of the civil rights movement. Next time you pass that big brick building on East Bay, now you know.
A new private club just opened on the Neck, and it stops at 400 members. So where do you land?
Tidewater Social Club opened this summer on the Neck. Real talk, where are you on the private club thing?
Dinner Club heads to Summerville on Wednesday, Oct. 28. $12 a seat, 6:30 PM, and a table full of people you haven't met yet. That's next Wednesday, so grab your spot now.
Congrats to Steve S. of Wagener Terrace, who guessed correctly in last week's Where Are We? It was the John L. Dart Library on King Street.
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Friday 70° / 52° ☀️ 💧0%
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PRESENTED BY DERMHAUS
This Saturday: Dermhaus Open Haus
Tour Charleston's newest dermatology practice, meet Dr. Richmond and the team, shop four local vendors, enjoy a Social Spread grazing board and take 20% off everything in the office. Saturday, Oct. 24, 10am-1pm, 320 Broad St., Suite 103. Kids welcome, and insurance accepted for medical dermatology.
One of Charleston's ghosts has better paperwork than most of us. He was a poet, a doctor and 22 years old when a friend shot him in a duel 240 years ago this week. The records still can't agree on where it happened, and the people on Church Street aren't convinced he ever left.
Credit: Vanessa Kauffmann
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!
Credit: Global Girl Travels
TOGETHER WITH FLEET FEET
Show up. Run. Repeat.
Every Monday at 6:30pm, Fleet Feet hosts Monday Runday at all four Charleston-area locations, with a walking route planned too. On Wednesdays, the group runs somewhere new: a pub run, a Memory Game Run, a Football Run, a Silent Disco Run, a Scrabble Run, each at a different Charleston bar or restaurant.
Next up: the Halloween Run at Commonhouse Aleworks, Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 PM. It's a joint pub run for all four stores, featuring Altra, Feetures, Oofos and Nathan.
All faces, all paces, runners and walkers alike. Just show up.
Charleston chases every grand opening. Kim and I spent a night at a restaurant that opened in 1992, and it ran circles around most of them. The chef says lasting is the new cool, and there's a dish that isn't even on the menu.
Thursday, October 22
Clerks Presents: Little Pumpkins | 5 - 7 PM | Emeline | Twenty little decorators, one pumpkin each. Check for open spots first.
Dog-Friendly Trivia & Bingo Night at Broken Leash | 6 - 9 PM | Broken Leash Dog Park & Bar | Trivia or bingo, depending on the week. Your dog runs free.
Halloween Themed Candle Class | 6:30 - 8 PM | Edmund's Oast Brewing Co. | Ghouls, gravestones and a scent called Medusa's Elixir. First drink's covered.
Friday, October 23
Nighttime at the Museum: Halloween Edition | 5:30 - 7 PM | The Charleston Museum | Wear the costume. The galleries feel different after dark.
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors | 7:30 - 9 PM | Queen Street Playhouse | A female Van Helsing, quick-change chaos, and zero solemn vampires.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Absent Friends | 10 - 11 PM | Terrace Theater | Full shadow cast in screen-accurate costume. You know the drill.
Saturday, October 24
Autumn on the Ashley 5K | 8 AM | Magnolia Plantation & Gardens | Under the Avenue of Oaks, then straight into the swamp.
Charleston Beerfest | 2 - 7 PM | Riverfront Park | Seventy-five breweries, one park, and it all funds HIV care.
Charleston Battery vs Indy Eleven | 6 PM | Patriots Point Soccer Stadium | Indy's in town and Patriots Point gets loud for this one.
Sunday, October 25
Disney On Ice presents Magic of Family | 1 PM | North Charleston Coliseum | Anna and Elsa on skates. The kids will remember this.
Holy City Vintage Market | 1 - 6 PM | The Royal American | Free to browse, and the good racks get picked over early.
Charleston Cougars vs. Furman Paladins (Men's Basketball) | 4 PM | TD Arena | Your first look at Groce's new Cougars. Exhibition, so stakes stay low.
| Development Watch | October 22, 2026 |
A Hotel Was Supposed to Bring 159 Homes Back to Meeting Street
In 2017, a block of apartments on Meeting Street came down for a hotel. The city’s price for the hotel was homes, 159 of them. Nine years later the hotel is back in front of the architecture board, and the homes are on a different street.
| See where the homes went → |
▍ The Neck's new private club has a hard member cap, and we did the math on when it fills.
→ See the countdown
▍ Michelin's new guide to America's best pies names two Charleston kitchens, and my vote goes to the one you reach only after the meat.
→ See the pie worth pacing yourself for
▍ Johns Island's first city rec center is real, and an endangered bat is running the construction calendar.
→ See the new timeline
▍ A downtown beer hall is heading to Bees Ferry, and the neighbors it's bringing along are the interesting part.
→ See the tenant list
▍ The Food & Wine Classic in Charleston is three weeks out, and Southern Living is spotlighting the makers behind it.
→ Meet the makers
FRI — The Hip Abduction at Charleston Music Hall — island-tinged grooves built for swaying, drink in hand. Or Joe Clarke & Forte Jazz Quintet at Forte Jazz Lounge — a full quintet in a room made for listening.
SAT — Karina Rykman at The Charleston Pour House — bass-forward, psychedelic and a little bit wild. Or Emo Night Brooklyn: Halloween Edition at Music Farm — dig out the eyeliner and the old band tees.
SUN — Ghostbusters in Concert at Gaillard Center — the score you know, played live under the film. Or Motown Throwdown at The Charleston Pour House — Motown classics, a dance floor, and no excuse to sit.
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