Weekend Preview
Weekend Events, Parties, & Plans: 3/7 – 3/9/14
The Charleston Wine + Food Festival is certainly dominating this weekend, but there’s plenty of other events, parties, and plans going on this weekend! Check it out…
Friday, 3/7/14
9 am – Otranto Book Sale – Otranto Regional Library
9:30 am – Cooking Class with Chef Kevin Gillespie – Art Institute of Charleston
10 am – Breakfast – The Grocery
10 am – East Cooper Crafters Guild Craft Show – Shelmore Boulevard Bi-Lo in Mount Pleasant
10 am- 6 pm: Life is a Party Pop-Up Store – Various
10:30 am – 2014 Festival Opening Ceremonies – Marion Square
10:30 am – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: Built To Amaze – North Charleston Coliseum
11 am – Art of Design – Gibbes Museum of Art
11 am – Big Bottles Brunch + Live Auction – Marion Square, Art Institute of Charleston Main Event Tent
11 am – Grand Tasting Tent Sneak Preview – Marion Square, Grand Tasting Tent
11 am – The Diversity of Rioja, Spain: An Exploration of Wine Varieties + Styles – Palmer Amphitheater 182
11:30 am – “Roots Run Deep” Cooking Demonstration + Tasting with Chef Michael Anthony – Marion Square, SCE&G Celebrity Kitchen
11:30 am – Spirit of Charleston: An Exploration of Rum – High Wire Distilling Co.
12 pm – Bouchon Lyonnais Luncheon – Fish Restaurant
12 pm – 5 pm: Charleston Animal Society Dog Adoptions – PetSmart
12 pm – Early Spring Harvest Luncheon – Stars Rooftop & Grill Room
12 pm – Grand Tasting Tent (FRI. AM) – Marion Square, Culinary Village
12 pm – Gullah Pop-Up Luncheon – Proof
12 pm – La Bubbly La Luncheon – Social Restaurant + Wine Bar
12 pm – Palmetto Classic – Park West Track Complex in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
12 pm – Patricia Moore-Pastides Book Signing – Blue Bicycle Book
12:30 pm – Lunch with Chef Kevin Gillespie – Art Institute of Charleston
1 pm – Two Cultures, One Kitchen: Latin Cuisine Using Southern Staples Demonstration + Tasting with Chef Anthony Lamas – Marion Square, Celebrity Kitchen
1 pm – Brew Hop (Shuttle One) – Various
1 pm – Brew Hop (Shuttle Two) – Various
1:30 pm – Eat, Drink (a Cocktail) + Be Merry – Palmer Amphitheater 182
2:30 pm – At Home with Celebrity Tastemakers – William Aiken House, 456 King Street
2:30 pm – Passport to Pairings – Governor Thomas Bennett House, 69 Barre Street
3 pm – Grand Tasting Tent (FRI. PM) – Marion Square, Culinary Village
4 pm – Amori Vini – Palmer Amphitheater 182
4 pm – Cooking in the Casbah: A Taste of Zahav Cooking Demonstration + Tasting with Chef Michael Solomonov – Marion Square, Celebrity Kitchen
5 pm – Acoustic Sunset Oyster Roast – The Wreckfish
5 pm – An Unfolding Pause Opening Reception – Robert Lange Studios
5 pm – Fashionable First Friday – The Principle Gallery
5 pm – First Friday Art Event – Wasabi
5 pm – French Quarter First Friday Art Walk – French Quarter
5 pm – Jimmy Landry and Friends – Pour House Deck
5 pm – Palmetto Brewery Loading Dock Music Series – Palmetto Brewery
5 pm – The Tao of Stillness Opening Reception – Corrigan Gallery
5 pm – Vibrant Interpretation Opening Reception – Lowcountry Artists Gallery
6 pm – Lisa Shimko: Wine & Food Festival Artist Champagne Reception – Michael Mitchell Gallery
6 pm – SloCuts – Eliotborough Mini Bar
6:30 pm – Evening Art Market – The Market
7 pm – Cocktail Dinner with Mixologist Dale DeGroff – Poogan’s Porch
7 pm – Community Yoga Social – Yoga House of Charleston
7 pm – Chamber Music Series – First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, Charleston
7 pm – Craft Beer Dinner – 82 Queen
7 pm – Jailhouse Shake-Up – Old City Jail
7 pm – Perfectly Paired Dinners – Various
7 pm – Pippin – Midtown Cabaret, 2816 Azalea Drive
7 pm – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: Built To Amaze – North Charleston Coliseum
7 pm – Victory Brewing Company Craft Beer Dinner – Craftsmen Kitchen & Tap House
7:30 pm – CSO Chamber Music – A Musical Journey to Germany – First (Scots) Presbyterian Church
7:30 pm – The Other Place – Woolfe Street Playhouse
7:30 pm – The Foreigner – Dock Street Theatre
7:30 pm – Sherlock Holmes and The Charleston History – 164 Church Street
8 pm – Betrayal – James F. Dean Theatre
8 pm – Improv Smack Down – Theatre 99
8 pm – The Sugar Bean Sisters – Footlight Players Theatre
9 pm – Pop-Up Bar – Charleston Distilling Co.
9 pm – Universal Sigh & The Butternecks (Mackie Boles/Aaron Firetag) – Pour House
10 pm – Dusty Slay’s Homegrown Stand-Up Showcase – Theatre 99
10 pm – Frances Cone – Tin Roof
10 pm – Henry’s Attic – Home Team BBQ, West Ashley
10 pm – Momma & the Redemptions – Home Team BBQ, Sullivan’s Island
Saturday, 3/8/14
All Day – 15th Annual National Pro-Am – Kiawah Resort
All Day – Friendship Cup 2014 – The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort
7:45 am – Arsenal Game – My Father’s Moustache
8 am – The 7th Annual Pedal 4 Pattison’s Spinning Marathon – Grace on the Ashley, 2014 Bees Ferry Rd in West Ashley
8 am – 7 pm – Charleston Style Exchange – Sundrops Montessori, Mount Pleasant
9 am – Charleston RiverDogs’ Annual Job Fair – Joe Riley Park
9 am – Dad’s Morning Out – Blackbeard’s Cove, Mt. Pleasant
9 am – Louie’s Kids Grocery Store Tours – Harris Teeter, Meeting Street
9 am – Louie’s Kids’ Saturday Morning Workouts – Hampton Park
9 am – Otranto Book Sale – Otranto Regional Library
9 am – Rugged Maniac 5k – Boone Hall Plantation
9 am – Wake + Bake – Callie’s Kitchen
9:15 am – Calligraphy for Beginners and Brides-to-be – Charleston Museum
9:30 am – Breakfast – The Rarebit
9:30 pm – Middleton Place Kayak Tour – Middleton Place
10 am – Captain’s Comic Expo 2014 – Captain’s Comics & Toys
10 am – Carifest Salute to Women – Armory Park Community Center
10 am – Charleston Cinderella Project 2014 – John Wesley United Methodist Church
10 am – East Cooper Crafter’s Guild Craft Show – The BI-LO Palmetto Pavilion, 774 S. Shelmore Boulevard
10 am – 4 pm – International Women’s Day – Armory Park Community Center, North Charleston
10 am- 6 pm: Life is a Party Pop-Up Store – Various
10:30 am – Waffle House Smackdown Hosted by Bon Appétit’s Andrew Knowlton – Marion Square, Celebrity Kitchen
11 am – Camellia Walks – Middleton Place
11 am – 5:30 pm: Charleston Animal Society Dog Adoptions – PetSmart
11 am – Charleston’s Top Sommeliers Wine + Food Pairing – Palmer Ampitheater 182
11 am – The New California Wine – FIG
11 am – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: Built To Amaze – North Charleston Coliseum
11:30 am – Grand Tasting Tent (SAT. AM) – Marion Square, Culinary Village
11:30 am – Stacked: A Sandwich Showcase – Marion Square, Art Institute of Charleston Main Event Tent
12 pm – Lowcountry Locavore Luncheon – Slightly North of Broad
12 pm – Luncheon – Muse
12 pm – Lyra Lab and Spin Modalities with T Lawrence-Simon – Aerial Fit
Sunday, 3/9/14