The conversation has started. Charleston’s fall cultural scene has already begun to animate the city, and the signs are auspicious. Rousing musicals have already riveted packed houses. Standout art exhibitions are turning heads and testing preconceived ideas.
There’s such a swell of excellent offerings, a comprehensive roundup would be unwieldy at best. Here, Charleston City Paper cuts a sizable swath across promising offerings, just through November.
September
Through Oct. 11 – Redux Contemporary Arts Center presents To Hell You Preach, the site-specific installation by multidisciplinary artist Michaela Pilar Brow envisioned as a memorial garden. 1056 King St. More: reduxstudios.org
Through Dec. 6 – Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art presents two solo exhibitions, Kenny Nguyen: The Divine Eye and Rahe/eh Fi/soofi: At the Edge of Arrival.
A Halsey After Hours event takes place on Sept. 26, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Calhoun St. More: halsey.charleston.edu
Through Sept 28, various times – Charleston Stage is up and running its own cautionary, if cleaner-cut production The Sound of Music, which runs at the Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church St. More: charlestonstage.com
Sept. 19 and 20, 7:30 p.m. – Charleston Symphony opens its season with a double-hitter Masterworks featuring works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Charleston Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun St. More: charlestonsymphony.com
Sept. 20, 2 p.m. – Celebrated anchor Hoda Kotb appears at the Riviera Theater for her Jump and Find Joy Book Tour, a Charleston Literary Festival Spotlight Event. 227 King St.
More: therivierachs.com
Sept. 23, 6 p.m. – For its 250SC Series, Charleston Library Society presents “Two Types of Liberty,” a discussion with Andrew Lawler involving his book on a 1775 Virginia rebellion and its significance to the American Revolution. 164 King St. More: charlestonlibrarysociety.org
Sept. 25-Oct. 5, various times – MOJA Arts Festival, locations throughout Charleston. More: mojafestival.com
Sept. 25 and 26 – South Carolina Ballet’s Motown Ballet spans classical ballet, jazz and contemporary movement. Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St. More: charlestonmusichall.com
Sept. 26-Oct. 5, various times – At South of Broadway, Dear Jack, Dear Louise, is Ken Ludwig’s awardwinning play about his parents’ courtship during World War II. 3346 Rivers Ave. lA, North Charleston. More: southofbroadway.com
Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. – The Lumineers take the stage at Credit One Stadium, 161 Seven Farms Dr., Daniel Island. More: creditonestadium.com
Sept. 27, 8 p.m. – The comedy/ performance art outfit Nameless Numberhead takes Rip City CHS to the new Silver Hill Studio. 4628 Spruill Ave., North Charleston. More: namelessnumberhead.com
October
Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m. – John Cleese heads to Charleston Music Hall in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 37 John St. More: charlestonmusichall.com
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