CHARLESTON, S.C. - Do you enjoy working with your hands and take pride in your skills and craftsmanship? The US Department of Labor reports over half of trade workers in America are age 45 or above. Over the next five years, experts predict nearly 2...
Do you feel unsure about resumes? Are you confused about how to start? In this blog I’ll discuss why a resume is important, how to get started and how to store your resume digitally for the future. There are also some links to additional resources...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Coronavirus pandemic drastically affected service sector jobs in Charleston County and South Carolina. Workers in industries such as restaurants, hotels, childcare services, retail trade and transportation services have taken a...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Librarians at Main Library returned to the building Saturday morning to find pizza crusts and empty soda bottles strewn on the floor, and a bunch of toys left in precarious places. This comes after a group of stuffed animals...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Join America’s largest discussion series that fosters civic participation through conversations about world affairs. Read the briefing book for background information about the featured topic each week, then join one or both of the...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Let's take a trip back into the past to check out how some Charlestonians celebrated Thanksgiving through a love of reading.
The Book Lovers' Club of Charleston was founded in 1927 by African-American women who wanted to create a...
Sentenced to hang in 1747, Elizabeth McQueen cried out from the Charleston jail and asked the governor of South Carolina for mercy. She was a poor woman who was ignorant of the law and did not realize that her personal grief amounted to a capital...
Accused of having murdered her newborn child, Elizabeth McQueen was arrested and transported to urban Charleston to stand trial in 1747. Details gleaned from contemporary documents allow us to reconstruct many of the experiences this half-Creek...
When an unmarried young woman of Native American ancestry lost a newborn child in 1747, her white neighbors on the frontier of South Carolina interpreted her private grief as a mask for clandestine guilt and summoned the force of English law. Today...
CHARLESTON - Now that Game of Thrones is done and the criticisms of the final season – and that final episode – are hitting peak form with epic memes and hilarious tweets. For eight seasons, Sunday nights on social media have been focused on what’s...