Kalyn Oyer

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Kalyn Oyer

An Emmy Award-winning performance collective is making a second appearance at the Spoleto Festival since being founded back in 2010. Manual Cinema has been an innovative force in the shadow puppet world, combining cinematic techniques, vintage projectors, paper puppets and live shadow actors to craft immersive live performances that push the boundaries of what a stage production can be.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kalyn Oyer

MOUNT PLEASANT — The backs of two beach chairs read "Wastin' Away in Margaritaville" and "Coolest Spot in Paradise." A triangle of pelicans forms overhead in the blue sky, brown wings coasting on ocean breeze. A shaded tiki hut is serving up cocktails and canned wine. It's Friday at happy hour, and more than 1,000 people have gathered on a beach in Mount Pleasant to listen to live music, sip Coronas with lime and forget about the work week.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kalyn Oyer

A worn rocking horse and an old wooden spindle sit under a window overlooking a neighboring historic home with peach hurricane shutters and pansy-filled window boxes in Omar Najmi's Airbnb off State Street. Just a couple of blocks away from Dock Street Theatre, the venue in which he'll perform Spoleto's "The Turn of the Screw" opera, Najmi has a rare day mostly off.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kalyn Oyer

CHARLESTON — The city's premier art museum has announced a new president and CEO. H. Alexander Rich has been named as Angela Mack's successor at the Gibbes Museum of Art once she retires in October after a distinguished 44-year tenure. An eight-month-long process began last fall to fill the position, shared Gibbes Museum of Art Board Chair Spencer Lynch. There were more than 20 listening sessions before even defining criteria for the role, and more than 80 potential candidates were interviewed.

3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kalyn Oyer

Spoleto Festival USA prides itself on being a multidisciplinary arts festival, and one work this year is a great example of that. "White Box," in its U.S. premiere, blends dance, film, music, theater and projection all while honing in on a true-life story full of intrigue, shrouded in a layer of mystery.