Veterans Memorial Park set for dedication Saturday parade
The Horse Creek Midland Valley Veterans Memorial Park will be dedicated Saturday signaling years of planning and labor. A parade from Langley Baptist Church on SC 421 to the park starts at 10 a.m. Local dignitaries will attend as flags line the route and donors funded the $125 000 project through caps shirts totes bricks and donations. Volunteers sod the site in Bath after fundraising concluded.
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Horse Creek
Midland Valley Veterans Memorial Park
Valley
Langley Baptist Church
S.C. 421
Bath
Scott Webster
Aiken
Going to See the Elephant opens at Aiken Community Playhouse
The Aiken Community Playhouse presents Going to See the Elephant by Karen Hensel et al today and this weekend. Director Drew Davis leads the 8 p.m. shows Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday with ticket prices 8 for adults 7 for seniors 5 for teens and 4 for children at the door.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Karen Hensel
Elana Kent
Patti Johns
Sylvia Meredith
Elizabeth Lloyd Shaw
Laura Toffenetti
Kansas
Drew Davis
Atre
Haynes Auditorium
Main Street
Leesville
Lisa Cook
Beat the Heat 5K Road Race at Odell Weeks Center
The Aiken Running Club hosts Beat the Heat at Odell Weeks Center with a 7:30 a.m. 5K and 8:30 a.m. Kids Dash. Awards go to overall winners and ribbons in each 5 year age group. Kids’ Cash entrants receive a participation ribbon. Entry is $8 per family, $4 for ABC families.
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Aiken Running Club
Odell Weeks Center
ABC
Charleston festival showcases regional arts and region tours
A historic Charleston festival runs with jazz and blues, chamber music, theater, opera, and a Puccini triple bill. Free events include a children’s festival and art shows. June activities cover performances at Haynes Auditorium Leesville and Leesville theater, plus a host of regional concerts.
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Charleston
City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
Bonnie Earle
Howard Brown
Smoker Weiner
The
Hot Links
Calvin Taylor
Slidin
Scott Perry
College of Charleston
Mojo Collins
Brown Bag and Ballet
Charlotte City Ballet
High Tea
Robert Ivey Ballet Company
Charleston Renaissance Ensemble
Benny Goodman
Charleston Ballet Theater
Charleston Symphony
Instinct Review A yawner with Hopkins and Gooding
A critique of Instinct says the film fails to engage with a weak opening and unclear motives. Hopkins plays a killer while Gooding Jr. seeks the reason behind murders in a jungle tragedy that never finds real suspense or clarity.
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Anthony Hopkins
Cuba Gooding Jr
Gooding
Hopkins
Hannibal Lector
Brad Pitt
Bears
The
Edge
Discovery Channel
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Uiverse
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Peaceful Hearts Quilters
North Augusta Middle School
St. Joseph Foundation
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