Charleston

The Charleston Jazz Foundation is a gateway to a vibrant music, education, and community world. Founded in 2008, the Foundation is dedicated to celebrating and preserving Charleston’s rich history in jazz.

Before New Orleans became the center of jazz, Charleston, South Carolina, had already planted deep musical roots—thanks in large part to the Jenkins Orphanage Band.

Charleston, South Carolina, holds a rich yet often overlooked place in jazz history. The Charleston Jazz Initiative, co-founded by Dr. Karen Chandler and the late Jack McCray, is dedicated to uncovering and celebrating this legacy.

The toppled statue of John C. Calhoun will soon change hands from city storage to a group with plans to display it again, five years after its removal.

The South Carolina Shrimpers Association has filed an amended federal lawsuit in Charleston, naming more than 2 dozen restaurants it alleges falsely advertise locally caught shrimp.

As Charleston marks the 10-year anniversary of one of the nation's most horrific hate crimes, the community looks back and asks, "what's still needed to heal?"

A fixture in the Charleston legal community, Gedney Howe lll is remembered as, "an incredible individual who just happened to be a lawyer.”

Three Charleston orchestras traveled to Carnegie Hall in late February to perform a program of works linked to the Holy City and the people who have called it home.

“C” is for the Charleston Riot [1876]. As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina reached a boiling point.

“C” is for the Charleston Riot [1876]. As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina reached a boiling point.