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The Charleston Area Regional Transit Authority (CARTA) wants more people to ride the bus, and in service of that mission they're adding free wi-fi to area buses. Verizon has enabled CARTA buses with their latest XLTE technology free of charge, providing an advantage for commuters who might otherwise

The new Charleston-area restaurant Ellis Creek Fish Camp already has a tumultuous history behind it. The site it sits on was once The Boathouse on Ellis Creek, but that restaurant burned down as a result of a midnight kitchen fire. The new establishment, in a new building but with the same owner, ha

Cat cafes are a new trend that's sweeping the nation from California to Texas to New York. They're basically coffee shops, but the addition of some cuddly feline friends for customers to snuggle with and/or adopt. The world's first cat cafe opened in Taiwan in 1998, but the concept has recently made

In April, Charleston was all abuzz with news that TV personality Anthony Bourdain was in town to film an episode of his CNN show Parts Unknown. The episode is finally on its way, and you can check out the trailer by clicking the link below! The full episode will premiere in Charleston at November's

The entire East Coast of the United States is rich with colonial history, and South Carolina is no exception. Still, when a discovery this spectacular is made people tend to take notice. A team of South Carolina archaeologists recently pulled three cast iron Civil War cannons from Pee Dee River and

Saturday, October 17 will see music and movies come together for one blowout event at The Grove at Patriots Point in Charleston. The Rockumentary Series is a new endeavor that will celebrate music and movies by showcasing local bands and concluding with a screening of Dave Grohl's documentary Sound

Oktoberfest celebrations are always a good time, but wouldn't they be even more fun if you could bring the dog along? On Sunday, October 18th, Charleston County Parks will host the Bark in the Park Oktoberfest event in Charleston, which will include German food, beer, and plenty of fun for man's bes

Boone Hall is a historic plantation in the Charleston area that still actively harvests local produce. Once a year, though, the plantation morphs into a haunted house for locals who want to get into the Halloween spirit. That's right, Boone Hall's "Fright Nights" is back, and this year the annual ev

College of Charleston students are enthusiastically embracing a new hybrid sport that's spawning leagues all over the country: bubble soccer. The silly sport involves wearing large translucent inflatable balls. Players bounce off of one another and struggle to stay upright as they kick the ball up a

Jacobo Mintzer, a local Charleston doctor, attended a spring solo concert by Norbert Lewandowski, principal cellist in the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and came away with an idea to bring art and science together in a new and creative way. This led to a project that would map Lewandowski's brain a