Word: charlestoning
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...Worby all along has had defenders who value what she brings to the state. "Like a bird,'' former Charleston Gazette columnist Don Marsh wrote in 1991, "she is too vivid; her color is too bright." Added a recent Gazette editorial: "In all her plumage, she's a conspicuous member of West Virginia's ornithology ... Undoubtedly, she will continue to draw barrages. But wouldn't it be dull without...
...probably the best thing that could have happened to the festival, which is currently in the midst of its 1995 edition. Under its formidable new general manager, Milton Rhodes, a native South Carolinian and former president of the American Council for the Arts, and with enthusiastic support from Charleston's feisty mayor, Joseph P. Riley Jr., Spoleto has weathered the artistic equivalent of Hurricane Hugo (which battered the city in 1989), reduced its debt by half a million dollars, and boosted its schedule to a robust 17 days, 51 programs and 141 performances-from the previous 12 days, 45 programs...
...Carlo Menotti, 83, was noted more for his dark, neo-Puccini operas, such as The Saint of Bleecker Street and The Medium, than for comedy or farce. In later years, however, the aging composer more than made up for it. The setting was the antebellum-in-aspic city of Charleston, South Carolina, where in 1977 Menotti founded an American counterpart to his annual Spoleto Festival in Italy. Two years ago, Menotti resigned in a huff after a petulant, embarrassing two-year power struggle with the festival's board and management. First the board insisted on including an avant-garde...
...best. One would hope, in years to come, that the festival will give more stress to American programming-it makes little sense to celebrate Europe here, when Europe is perfectly capable of celebrating itself there. In addition, the festival could integrate itself more closely into the fabric of Charleston history by offering, for instance, concerts of mid-19th century American music in one of its great houses...
...pair of veteran bicycles departed by bike from Cooper City, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, and traveled continuously, with only rest stops for sleep and a quick stop in New York City. On the way, they traveled through Hermosa Beach, Fla., Savannah, Ga., Charleston, S.C., Kitty Hawk, N.C. and Cape...