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Spoleto Festival USA has partnered with local bars and restaurants to promote “Spoleto Sips,” a series of drinks inspired by the season’s shows.

Saturday morning, several teams gathered at Isle of Palms — with rakes, molds, water bottles and other innovative tools in hand — to show-off their sand sculpting skills for the 34th annual Piccolo Spoleto Sand Sculpting Competition.

Twenty-eight artists, whose crafts range from clothing and jewelry to dishware, will be present on Saturday and Sunday at the 2023 Piccolo Spoleto Craft Show, sponsored by Charleston Crafts Cooperative Gallery.

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Arts coverage for the 2023 Spoleto Festival USA and Piccolo Spoleto will be deeper and broader than ever before in the Charleston City Paper.Eight arts journalism students finishing their master’s degree at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University will join City Paper staffer Chloe Hogan and veteran culture writer Bill Thompson.

The weekend of May 26 is the opening of Celebrating Black Mermaids: From Africa to America, an exhibition of more than 120 mixed-media works. 

L ast March I went on a frantic, crafting dash. I grabbed my keys, and drove to Michaels Arts and Crafts, soaking in every moment of the drive, of normal life. Scanning every aisle from the very front to the back of the store, I grabbed acrylic paint, watercolors, paint brushes, embroidery thread, sewing needles — anything I thought would keep me occupied for the uncertain lockdown timeframe. As a last addition to my crafting supply haul, I decided to check Amazon, where I w...