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Charleston’s yoga scene in Charleston has grown in recent months, producing tight-knit communities and more than 20 studios to explore.


But Sarah Frick, owner of The Works and The Renew — which have several locations across Charleston — said it wasn’t always this way.

“When we opened our first studio, we were on upper King Street, there was nothing there,” Frick said. “There were maybe two other studios in town, and now it seems there is one on every street corner.”


In the midst of the y...

Charleston is a manufacturing hub for high-quality American flags. And with the Fourth of July just around the corner, the local team behind red-white-and-blue flags is faced with soaring demand during what it calls “flag season.”


Allegiance Flag Supply got started in North Charleston in 2018 after they learned most American flags are made outside of the United States.


“We were surprised to learn that so many American flags were actually being made overseas,” said co-founder Max Berry. “We...

The Charleston County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote on a proposed 2024-2025 budget June 24 after it passed unanimously at the May 20 first reading..


Almost seven in 10 dollars of the $847.5 million budget — a 20% increase over the current budget — will go toward teacher and staff pay.


“[The budget] includes a teacher pay raise of $7,500,” Superintendent Anita Huggins said during a May 16 North Charleston City Council meeting. “I listened to principals who sa...

South Carolina ranked as the eighth worst state for mental health care in the U.S. in a 2024 study published by Forbes from federal and mental health data.


The study looked at treatment centers and treatment quality in 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine which have the best overall care across seven metrics. Out of the top 10 worst states for mental health care, six are located in the South: Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina.


Data include the...

LGBTQ+ advocacy group Alliance For Full Acceptance (AFFA) recently launched a new publicity campaign in support of the transgender community within South Carolina regarding anti-transgender legislation passed by the S.C. legislature in early May. 


The message, “While We Breathe, We Fight: Compassionate Americans stand with our trans community” is displayed on 10 billboards throughout the state as a direct response to legislation that would prevent gender-affirming healthcare access to trans y...

A Valentine's Day showcase of art and entertainment entitled "Infamous Lovers" is a fundraising event that will allow attendees to celebrate love as well as art produced by some of Columbia's very own at the historic 701 Whaley venue.
This '70s themed event held by local publication The Jasper Project will feature live entertainment, food, local art and a costume contest with local prizes. 

Jasper Magazine was a Columbia-based arts magazine founded in September 2011. Aft...

USC alum Barnett Greenberg took creative inspiration from some of "the greats" to produce his band The Magnadoors' debut album, "Underground Heroes," which will be celebrated at an album release party on April 19.
The band's first project is an original rock album which expresses the personal yet relatable experiences of everyday heroes.

Greenberg founded his band The Magnadoors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Greenberg is the main vocalist and plays with percussionist Pa...