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1/16/2020: The City of North Charleston’s Cultural Arts Department is pleased to announce that paintings by Lori Starnes Isom of Columbia, SC, will be on display at the North Charleston City Gallery from February 3-28, 2020. The exhibition is free and open to the public. In her exhibit, Grey Matters: Women in Progress, Lori Starnes Isom...

1/13/2020: Stories, songs, and humor of the heart combine in Lowcountry Love Cabaret The North Charleston Cultural Arts Department is set to host a special dinner theatre performance in North Charleston on Thursday, Feburary 13, with Lowcountry Love Cabaret presented by Actors’ Theatre of South Carolina. This original ensemble production offers a great night out for...

1/9/2020: Bright Star Touring Theatre tells tales from Africa in second performance of series The City of North Charleston’s Cultural Arts Department is pleased to offer a Children’s Theatre performance in recognition of Black History Month at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center from 10:00-11:00am on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. North Carolina based performing arts group...

12/17/2019: Fine craft artists from across the state are invited to participate in the 19th annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition.  As the state’s longest-running fine craft competition and exhibition, objects selected for the show may compete for cash prizes totaling up to $6,500. The exhibition is presented as a component...

12/16/2019: The City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department is proud to sponsor the annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert by the popular and internationally acclaimed Lowcountry Voices on Saturday, January 18, 2020, at 5:00pm. The concert, titled Hold Fast: I Dream a World, will take place at St. Matthew Baptist Church, located at 2005...

12/12/2019: The City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department is seeking entries from African American textile artists from across the nation for a special exhibition presented as a component of the 2020 North Charleston Arts Fest, set to take place April 29-May 3 in North Charleston, SC. African American artists, ages 18 and up, living in...

12/9/2019: Sculpture artists from across the nation are invited to participate in the fifteenth annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition, which opens in conjunction with the 2020 North Charleston Arts Fest. Up to 14 sculptures will be juried into the exhibit and compete for cash prizes totaling up to $19,750. A $1250 honorarium is given...

12/2/2019: The City of North Charleston’s Cultural Arts Department is pleased to announce that paintings by the Katherine Hester of Pinopolis, SC, and photographs by Jenion Tyson of North Charleston, SC, will be on exhibit at the North Charleston City Gallery from December 3, 2019-January 31, 2020. The artists will host a free public reception for...

11/13/2019: Carol of the Belles offers a merry mixtape to get you in the holiday spirit The North Charleston Cultural Arts Department is set to host a special seasonal dinner theatre performance in North Charleston on Friday, December 13, with Carol of the Belles presented by What If? Productions. This festive musical production offers a great...

10/24/2019: THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED The City of North Charleston’s Cultural Arts Department is pleased to offer the first performance of its 2019/20 Children’s Theatre Series at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center from 10:00-11:00am on Friday, November 15, 2019. Florida based theatre group Atlantic Coast Theatre for Youth will present The Reluctant Dragon, a...