L’Organo featuring Jack Cleghorn
The organ concert series continues with a performance by College of Charleston graduate Jack Cleghorn with renditions of the “Tuba Tune of Norman Cocker” and “The Squirrel” by Powell Weaver, along with music from Gawthrop and Bach.
10 a.m. | St. John’s Lutheran Church | 5 Clifford Street
Palmetto Choral Collective presents Sing Me a Story
The youth singers of Palmetto Choral Collective will offer an uplifting and interactive concert for all ages celebrating Charleston County Library’s summer reading program “Endless Eras: Endless Stories.”
11 a.m. | Charleston County Public Library Main Branch | 68 Calhoun Street
Young Artists Series: American Songbook
This ever-popular concert of jazz standards features the College of Charleston jazz combo Aidan Johnson (piano), Michael Ahern (bass) and Brice Waldron-Noren (drums).
Noon | Simons Center Recital Hall | 54 St. Philip Street
Early Music Series: Mozart – A Little Night Music
Delight in Mozart’s iconic Eine Kleine Nachtmusik along with other chamber masterpieces performed by members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra
3 p.m. | St. Mary’s Catholic Church | 95 Hasell Street
Piccolo Spoleto Dance Showcase
A featured component of Piccolo’s Stelle di Domani series, this showcase features dance artists and organizations celebrating the diversity, creativity and vitality of the Charleston and broader Southeast dance communities.
4 p.m. & 7 p.m. | May 29
1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. | May 30
Simons Center Black Box Theatre | 54 St. Philip Street Too Clever by Half
Shortwave Kitsch will serve up a riotous double feature: “To Whom It May Concern” spins sharp wit, scandal and suspicious letters, while “A Hog Killin’ Time” kicks up dust with romance, racketeers and frontier foolishness in a night of laughs, chaos and vintage radio fun.
5 p.m. | Cannon Street Arts Center | 134 Cannon Street
Against the Grain: Art Talk
This art talk with Michelle Kaye Washington will be hosted by Arun Drummond at the Drummond Studio Gallery The talk is named for Washington’s “Against the Grain” solo exhibition examining the brutal legacy of rice plantations in the Carolinas and their foundational role in shaping the American South. Through large scale abstract paintings embedded with rice, symbolic imagery, and immersive installation, Washington confronts the short and brutal lives of enslaved Africans forced to labor in rice fields.
6 p.m. | Drummond Studio Gallery | 12 Line Street, Suite 102
Sundown Poetry featuring A$iahMae
The series continues an evening with A$iahMae, the black, non-binary writer, cultural worker, Watering Hole Fellow and child of the South who is Charleston’s current Poet Laureate. Performance is followed by a reception at Buxton Books, 160 King Street.
6 p.m. | Washington Square Park | 80 Broad Street
Sounds of Brazil with Porto Seguro and Alva Anderson
Embark on a musical journey through the vibrant Streets of Brazil with Charleston’s own Porto Seguro. Alva Anderson’s soulful voice serves as a centerpiece of a set backed by impressive instrumentals from Susan Conant (flute), John Holenko (mandolin), Tom Noren (guitar), John Kennedy (bass) and Bryce Waldron-Noren (drums).
7 p.m. | Gage Hall | 4 Archdale Street
On the Other Side
Enjoy an evening of storytelling through dance and movement interlaced with text and vignette. Anita Zucker (played by Megan Lane) takes the audience through her life and the lives of her parents as they navigate the difficulties of the Holocaust.
7 p.m. | May 29 & 30 | Cannon Street Arts Center | 134 Cannon Street
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