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Happy Thursday, Charleston. On November 5, 1912, Charleston voters sent Sam Rittenberg to the South Carolina House, and if that name rings a bell, it's because you've probably sat in traffic on it. Rittenberg came to America from Lithuania as a teenager, landed in Charleston, and built a career in real estate and insurance before trying politics. He went on to co-author the bill that created the Charleston County Library and the Rittenberg School Act, which shaped local education standards for decades. In 1972, Highway 7 in West Ashley was renamed in his honor. A library, a school law and a boulevard. Not bad for a kid who got here from Lithuania.
Source: Live 5 News
Two pieces of news, and one of them is a big deal.
First, the website got a complete redesign. New look, easier to find what you're after, same Charleston obsession. Take it for a spin at chshappenings.com.
Second, drumroll please: starting Monday, Nov. 16, CHS Happenings hits your inbox twice a week. Thursday isn't going anywhere. Monday is the new one, with the same quality and consistency you’re used to, plenty of what you already like, and a few things you'll only find on Mondays. Development Watch, for one, is moving there.
Why the 2nd day? I’ve heard from a lot of you that you’d like to hear about more events. New restaurants and retail. Civic news. More frequently.
After trying a number of things—broadcast channel on instagram, Facebook page, and a few others—it seems email is what y’all like best, given my insanely high open rate! 😆
Worried about inbox overload? Fair. Twice a week is the ceiling, and it's staying that way. You have my word.
Thanksgiving is three weeks out. Fess up, how much of that dinner are you actually cooking?
Dinner Club is back in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 PM. The last time we ate there, several Mount P restaurants treated us like regulars, and we've been looking for an excuse to go back ever since. Here it is.
Congrats to Colin C. of Mount Pleasant, who guessed correctly in last week's Where Are We? It was The Charleston Pour House on James Island.
Thursday 80° / 66° ☀️ 💧0%
Friday 79° / 60° ☔ 💧40%
Saturday 75° / 51° ☀️ 💧0%
Sunday 70° / 49° ⛅ 💧0%
PRESENTED BY DERMHAUS
Gift the glow (or keep it)
Dermhaus, Charleston's dermatologist-led practice on Broad Street, rolled an AquaGold® treatment, DAXXIFY®, two glow peels and ALASTIN Vitamin C into one Holiday Glow Package for $1,249. Wrap it up for someone on your list, or call it an early present to yourself.
Available through Dec. 31. Shopping the Jasper holiday market on Saturday, Nov. 14 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)? You can grab one there too.
Or book by phone: 843-300-7840
A famous South of Broad house just listed for a price 62% above Charleston's record home sale. The last time this same house went big, it took eleven years to sell, and it closed for less than half the original ask. We ran the numbers.
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
Socks as a gift? Hear us out
Fleet Feet's Holiday Run Shop takes the guesswork out of giving, starting with the running socks every runner and walker on your list will reach for on the first cold December morning. Not sure about size or style? The Fleet Feet crew will get it right.
Thursday, November 5
Gator Tales | 10 AM - 12 PM | Charleston County Parks | Go looking for gators with a naturalist. Ages 12 and up.
Art Bite | 12 - 1 PM | Gibbes Museum of Art | Bring lunch and your half-finished project. Nobody's judging. Probably.
Trivia Night | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | Estuary Beans & Barley | Free trivia on Johns Island. Bring the friend who knows everything.
Friday, November 6
Horse Care Demonstration | 2 - 2:30 PM | Middleton Place | Middleton's draft horses, up close. They're bigger than you think.
Charleston Cougars vs. Newberry | 7 PM | TD Arena | College hoops is back downtown. Show up loud.
SC Stingrays vs. Orlando Solar Bears | 7:05 PM | North Charleston Coliseum | Jets and Vets night, plus $5 Friday deals. Easy call.
Saturday, November 7
Charleston Farmers Market | 8 AM - 2 PM | Marion Square | Only three Saturdays left this season. Don't sleep on it.
Citadel vs. Furman | 2 PM | Johnson Hagood Stadium | Homecoming at Johnson Hagood. The tailgate starts way before kickoff.
Bourbon and Bluegrass at Middleton Place | 5 - 8 PM | Middleton Place | Sold out two years running. That should tell you something.
Charleston Battery vs. Hartford Athletic | 7:30 PM | Patriots Point Soccer Stadium | Playoff soccer, plus all-you-can-eat oysters with your ticket.
Sunday, November 8
BARBREWGRASS Festival | 11 AM - 5 PM | Firefly Distillery | Bluegrass, an oyster roast and a circus. All for a good cause.
Art on the Beach Community Market | 11 AM - 3 PM | Downtown Sullivan's Island | Fifteen local makers, live music and Donut Daddy. Free.
2nd Sunday on King Street | 12 - 5 PM | King Street | King Street goes car-free. Walk right down the middle.
FEATURED EVENT: GROWFOOD CAROLINA TURNS 15
One restaurant, one farmer, one small bite
Thu, Nov 12 · 6-9 PM · GrowFood Warehouse, 1814 Harmon St
GrowFood Carolina turns 15 with a night of food, drinks, live music, community partners and raffle prizes. The centerpiece: each participating restaurant is paired with one of GrowFood's longtime farmers or producers and makes a small bite that shows off their product. Raffle tickets fund a new refrigerated vehicle for farm pickups.
Fifteen years in, GrowFood has returned more than $16 million to local farmers and producers and conserved more than 6,600 acres of rural South Carolina land.
| Development Watch | November 5, 2026 |
The Pig Never Penciled
For years the city tried to build on the old Piggly Wiggly lot in West Ashley, and the plan that got closest needed an underground garage on about three acres. It died on a 6 to 6 vote. What finally got Ashley Landing moving was a different kind of fix, and the new Publix is landing somewhere else entirely.
| See what changed → |
▍ Costco paid about $750,000 an acre for a North Charleston tract with a famous no-show in its past.
→ Meet the ghost tenant
▍ The Morris Island Lighthouse turned 150, cost $75,000, rents for $1, and still needs millions in repairs.
→ See the repair bill
▍ A downtown brewery that outlasted Charleston's beer shakeout is now betting on tequila and a chef's family recipes.
→ See the new menu
▍ Hanahan's newest soft serve truck is run by the same people building the town center going up across the street.
→ Meet the landlords with the cones
▍ Daniel Island just hit its cap, and the tab for what comes next is being split between the city, a developer and the county.
→ Follow the money
FRI — honestav at Charleston Music Hall — a rising voice gets the big room. Or Alva Anderson at Forte Jazz Lounge — the Ella Fitzgerald songbook, up close.
SAT — Holywatr at Music Farm — guitars up, lights down. Or Forte Big Band / Joe Clarke at Forte Jazz Lounge — a full big band, close enough to feel it.
SUN — Tab Benoit at Charleston Music Hall — Louisiana swamp blues from a master guitarist. Or Sunsquabi at The Charleston Pour House — funk-laced electronic jams to close the weekend.
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