7th Annual “It’s In The Bag” Purse Silent Auction & Reception
A wide variety of artists and other talented women (and men) create unique purse designs that are the focus of this popular fundraising and networking event at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, 34 Prioleau Street. More than $40,000 was raised to support Center for Women programs and services last year!
Sponsor opportunities available! Tickets are $25 at the door.
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Annual Spring Festival of Houses and Gardens
Charleston’s 61st Annual Spring Festival of Houses and Gardens will showcase six decades of the historic city’s accomplishments as a national leader in preservation. The month-long series of house and garden tours, as well as many special ancillary events, will run March 13 – April 12. Held during the peak of the historic port city’s blooming season, the festival offers guests the rare opportunity to explore the private residential interiors and gardens of approximately 150 of America’s most distinctive historic houses in 11 colonial and antebellum neighborhoods.
Phone: 843-723-1623
http://www.historiccharleston.org
Historic Old Village Home, Garden and Art Tour – Mt Pleasant, South Carolina
The tour offers guests a unique opportunity to look inside 12 of the Old Village’s most beautiful homes and gardens, including the historic old Methodist Church (pictured, painted by artist Laurie Meyer) and the little blue school house which have both been converted to private residences along with the home of former South Carolina Governor Edwards to name a few. This self paces walking tour allows guest to wander the Old Village at a leisurely pace from 1-5pm.
The tour will also feature an art sale, on Pitt Street in front of Out of Hand and the Pitt Street Pharmacy, showcasing the talents of 10 Mt. Pleasant artists. All Tour proceeds and a portion of the artist’s sales will benefit the local Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of the Red Cross.
Tickets are $45 per person and $35 per person for groups of 10 or more. Purchase tickets in advance by calling 843-764-2323 x355, or by visiting www.MyCommunityTickets.com and search for events in Mt. Pleasant, SC to purchase tickets securely online.
Benefiting American Red Cross – Carolina Lowcountry Chapter.
The Old Village, Mt. Pleasant
Phone: 843-764-2323
www.MyCommunityTickets.com
Annual East Cooper Coastal Triathlon – Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:30 a.m. Hosted by the Town of Mount Pleasant, the City of Isle of Palms, the Town of Sullivan’s Island and the Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission. The race consists of a 0.6-mile swim, a 16-mile bike ride, and a 4-mile run. Individual entry fee: $50; relay team entry fee: $75. Applications available at any MPRD location and at various health and fitness establishments throughout Mt. Pleasant. Online registration available at www.charlestontriathlonclub.com. For more information, contact race director Paul King at 881-8872. Race t-shirt design contest is open to middle schoolers through March 20.
Call 884-2528 or visit www.townofmountpleasant.com for
Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s Ginn Resorts Masterworks – Candide
David Stahl, Conductor – Thomas Cooley, Candide – Jacob Will, Pangloss – Steven Bryan, Maximillian, Cornelia Goetz, Cunegonde – Suzanne Fleming Atwood, Paquette – Jennifer Luiken, Old Lady – Bruce Reed, Governor
Gaillard Auditorium, 77 Calhoun Street
Enjoy this enormously popular comic operetta based on Voltaire’s 1759 novella. Composer Leonard Bernstein brings the cartoonish characters to life in his 1956 musical, proving that great comedy can span the centuries!
Gaillard Auditorium
www.charlestonsymphony.com