Just got a heads up that Yonrico Scott (of the Derek Trucks Band) called over to see what kind of house PA was at the Pour House. He and Kofi Burbridge are in town, and word is they’re looking to do some impromptu jams after the Tom Crowley show tonight. 12 - 12:30 ish.
There’s some very cool stuff going on this weekend. Forgive me for straight-up posting the releases, but it’s the easiest way to get you the info on a busy day when I’m trying to finish up to drive to Myrtle Beach to hurl on Led Zeppelin - The Ride.
Pangaea Day at the Daily Dose
WHO: WINEDINEWINE & Conscious Tribe presents Think Global Act Local ~ Charleston, South Carolina’s only Pangea Day Screening.
Viewing films that promote global oneness all day locally at the Daily Dose, Charleston’s best organic restaurant.
WHAT: The Pangea Day Mission & Purpose - Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film.
WHY? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that – to help people see themselves in others – through the power of film.
WHEN: Join us locally at The Daily Dose, at 2:00 p.m. SATURDAY for the kickoff or anytime that night for a great party! The Pangea Day Event starting at 18:00 GMT (2:00 PM East Coast USA) on May 10, 2008, locations in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked for a live program of powerful films, live music, and visionary speakers. The entire program will be broadcast – in seven languages – to millions of people worldwide through the internet, television, and mobile phones.The 24 short films to be featured have been selected from an international competition that generated more than 2,500 submissions from over one hundred countries. The films were chosen based on their ability to inspire, transform, and allow us see the world through another person’s eyes. Details on the Pangea Day films can be viewed here.The program will also include a number of exceptional speakers and musical performers. Queen Noor of Jordan, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, musician/activist Bob Geldof, and Iranian rock phenom Hypernova are among those taking part.
WHERE: Locally at Charleston’s exclusive location: The Daily Dose, 1622 Highland Avenue, James Island/Charleston 29412
DETAILS: What will happen after Pangea Day? Those inspired by Pangea Day will have the opportunity to participate in community-building activities around the world. Through the live program, the Pangea Day web site, and self-organized local events, everyday people will be connected with extraordinary activists and organizations.Many of the films and performances seen on Pangea Day will be made available on the Web and via mobile phone, alongside open forums for discussion and ideas for how to take social action.A Pangea Day documentary will be created to catalyze future activities, and dozens of talented filmmakers will make strides in their careers.
Go Green night with the Charleston Battery soccer team:
The Charleston Battery is hosting a GO GREEN celebration Friday night at Blackbaud Stadium as the Battery takes on the Miami FC Blues. The match is presented by MUSC and the first 2000 fans will receive a free recycled plastic water bottle. As part of the celebration there will be over 30 local green businesses and vendors on the stadium concourse with displays and information about various GREEN happenings in Charleston; the game is live on FOX Soccer Channel with post-game fireworks ($5 - $15, 971-GOAL / charlestonbattery.com).
Participating organizations include: Argand Energy, Carolina Algae Control, Charleston County Solid Waste and Recycling, Charleston Green Committee, Charleston Moves, City of Charleston Greenhouse, Coastal Conservation League, DesignWorks, Dwellsmart, Earth Comfort Company, Eccotemp, Ecolibrio, EverGreen Concepts, Fields to Families, Fisher Recycling, General Electric, Global Awakening, Green Drinks, Hilke Development, Hunley Waters, Little Black Book for Every Busy Woman, Meadors Construction, Middleton Outdoor Center, Mixson, Mount Pleasant Open Space Foundation, Natural Awakenings, OM Fuels, Possums Landscape & Pest Control Supply, Solar Hot Water Works, South Carolina Aquarium, Sustainability Institute, The Sprout & Vaughn Hayes Landscape Design.
Fans can visit with each organization before the game and at half-time; the GREEN business will be located on the South stadium concourse and under the West Stands. In addition the Battery will be donating $1 to the Sustainability Institute from every beer purchased until kick off at the Bud Light Beer Garden.
The Battery has arranged for a free biodiesel bus pick-up and drop off between North Charleston and Blackbaud Stadium on Friday evening. The bus will leave from Madra Rua Irish Pub in North Charleston starting at 5:45 PM. Immediately following the match there will be a fireworks display from the solar panel end of the stadium.
The Charleston Battery is committed to reducing its carbon footprint as and has implemented a wide range of energy-saving and environmental initiatives at Blackbaud Stadium. One of the more visible additions was the installation of 60 solar panels behind the goal at the north end of the stadium. There are 6 poles, each mounted with 10 solar panels generating 11kW of power through photovoltaic, the conversion of sunlight into electricity. The system is expected to offset approximately 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Other key changes include an implemented energy reduction plan designed by the Sustainability Institute, a new Geothermal HVAC system for the stadium offices, 100% concessions recycling, and the elimination of bottled water from the stadium concessions (the Battery is now offering free filtered tap water). Fans will be able to sign up to receive an emailed PDF document outlining all the Charleston Battery’s GREEN changes at the game on Friday night.
Gates open at 6:30 PM with kick off set for 8:00 PM; a limited number of tickets for Friday’s game vs Miami are still available from $5 - $15; to purchase tickets please call (843) 971-GOAL or visit www.charlestonbattery.com.
World Fair Trade Day at Global Awakenings, 499 King Street
WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY SATURDAY, MAY 10TH 2008, 12 - 5 p.m.
World Fair Trade Day is an international celebration of Fair Trade internationally, with events organized worldwide. On and around the second Saturday of May every year, IFAT member organizations based in 70 countries, along with Fair Trade shops and networks, host events including Fair Trade breakfasts, talks, music concerts, fashion shows and much more, to promote Fair Trade and campaign for justice in trade. Fair Trade products from marginalized communities in the majority world, including coffee and tea, clothes, jewelry and beautiful handicrafts will be showcased on this day. Many events continue throughout the month of May.
From store owner Maren Anderson: Stop by for fair trade coffee, african drumming, capoeria, tshirts, and tables of information.
We are blocking the parking spaces in front of the shop so it will be indoor/outdoor!!
Sponsors
*Charleston’s most unique
*Green Drinks of Charleston *Whole Foods
**Dirty birds Drumming (ACADEMIC MAGNET) Perform at 1 p.m.
**NORMANDY FARMS & Muddy Waters Cafe
And of course, it’s LEAF festival up in Black Mountain!! This’ll be the first one I’m missing in two years, so those in the know, spread some love for me.
I was pretty surprised to see this in a Piccolo Spoleto email this morning. The block parties on the steps of the Customs House have been a tradition for years. Even though I love the feel of being on the harbor, the sight of the massive Customs House steps covered in hundreds of dancing people, and that it’s about the only weekend night of the year I go anywhere near Market Street, Marion Square should be a sweet venue for this. I’m just wondering how? — the City is typically pretty hesitant about loud, live music in Marion Square. If they’re loosening up a bit this could be a very cool thing…
New Location for Festival Block Dances! Marion Square, corner of King and Calhoun Streets
Admission: Free; food and beverages available for purchase
Piccolo’s annual Reggae Block Dance is moving to a new location in 2008…Marion Square! That’s right, the Piccolo Spoleto Reggae Block Dance that draws over 10,000 people is moving to the heart of the urban center of Charleston and will be more exciting than ever! A Cuban Block Party the middle weekend of the festival will also be in Marion Square. Parking is convenient at this new venue with several parking garages within easy walking distance of the park. Of course King Street is home to Marion Square so you’ll be able to do some shopping right there adjacent to the park, have dinner or just head to the block party to buy some international festival food from the vendors on-site.
REGGAE BLOCK DANCE
Saturday, May 24, 2008 from 7-11pm
SLICE International headlines this annual outdoor music event favorite! Enjoy the pulsating rhythms of the Caribbean as Piccolo brings African drumming, dance and reggae music to Marion Square.
CUBAN BLOCK PARTY
Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 7-11pm
The Jazz Artists of Charleston bring the sounds and flavor of Cuba to Marion Square with a concert featuring the Garage Cuban Band, followed by headliner Havana Son.
SPONSORED BY: Wild Wing Cafe, WTAT-FOX24, My TV Charleston, APEX Broadcasting, Charleston.com
Local artist Janelle Riolo is putting on an art show tomorrow night at J. Paulz on Maybank Highway. I went to her show last year and was duly impressed by the quality and bright, alive nature of her paintings. She’s promised a sweet playlist to accompany the viewing, mingling, and sipping.
Just when I thought I’d vomit if I heard the word “green” again (at least in quotation marks like I’ve just done here), I saw this video. Put the earmuffs on your kids for this one - there’s some big boy language.
Salon.com has one of the best stories I’ve read in awhile on the sustainability of seafood. (Actually it’s an interview with author Taras Grescoe about the new book Bottomfeeder).
With our local shrimping fleet facing a do-or-die season that begins this week, this information is timely. Salmon is a bigger no-no than I realized (unless it’s wild Alaskan), and imported shrimp is the devil.
I’m going to post this entire letter we received from Pet Helpers’ Emily Laurie yesterday. I got the numbers used in the story from an employee. We’ve smoothed things over with them, but apparently a lot of folks have tried to take them dogs this week after reading the article. I disagreed with her that anything in the story was negative about Pet Helpers or discredited their mission, but said I’d do what I could to let the public know that they are indeed FULL. (Until they get 3 million dollars).
That’s another problem. In addition to the abuse and tight confinement dogs face at puppy mills, they add to the growing problem of overcrowding at kennels. Moncks Corner’s Doc Williams SPCA has 25 dogs right now, the Charleston Animal Society has 50, and the Francis Willis SPCA in Summerville has over 100. The area’s “no kill” shelter, Pet Helpers on James Island, recently expanded and has about 17 adults — they can keep up to 40.
And here’s the letter… (In my own defense, 14+14+4+4=36 — the employee wasn’t too far off with the 40 figure, and 15 now could mean 17 last week).
My name is Emily Laurie. I am the PR/Event Coordinator for Pet Helpers. I am the person who is in charge of speaking with the media about anything involving Pet Helpers.
I am very disappointed with your article “Saving the Furbabies.” As I applaud your efforts in making puppy mills and Furbabies aware to the public, your article discredits what Pet Helpers stands for.
In the article Mr. Lawrence wrote that we have a total number of 17 adult dogs and then adds we can hold up to 40 at full capacity. This information is NOT TRUE! I do not know who Mr. Lawrence’s source is. He did try to get hold of me but I never spoke to him directly. I returned his message and he never called me back.
We have 14 kennels on the adoption floor, 4 kennels in intake (We keep these dogs separated from the rest of the dogs for 14 days. We do this to make sure they have no diseases or behavioral problems.) and 4 kennels in quarantine (for sick dogs who have parvo or injuries). We try to double up our dogs in the 14 kennels on the adoption floor. However, some of our dogs have behavioral issues and we CAN NOT double up because these dogs don’t get along with other dogs.
We currently have 15 adult dogs and 25 puppies. That equals to 40 dogs alone. Plus we have another 20 adult dogs in foster care.
Kristin Kifer is our Operations Manager. She deals with people calling us every day to drop off their animals because they know we are a no-kill shelter. We have a waiting list just of people who want to get rid of their animals. The public does not understand that we are at maximum dog capacity. They just want to get rid of their animal as quick as possible and writing false information about Pet Helpers just adds fuel to their fire.
Everyone at Pet Helpers works extremely hard to fight the use of euthanizing unwanted animals. This is why we joined forces with Charleston Animal Society and the national ASPCA.
If Mr. Lawrence would like to come by and take a tour our shelter to see first-hand that we are at maximum dog capacity and what he wrote is incorrect, I’d be more than happy to make this happen. I would also love it if he would write an article explaining why we have to turn away people who want to get rid of their animals and also explain that we are still in the process of building our new shelter. We have only finished phase one of our shelter. We are in the middle of a capital campaign where we need to raise another 3 million to start building phase two. Once we finish building phase two we will be able to almost double our intake of animals. But as you know, raising 3 million dollars is not easy! ;0) We’ll take any POSTIVE publicity we can get.
All Loving Liberal White Guy: This dude changed culture! Vietnam probably would have gone on until the 80’s had it not been for this dude. Rest in Peace.
lemak91: this just shows the L aint bad for you if that dude lived till fuckin’ 102..
larrydurango: Peace Albert thanks for changing mine and so many others lives
loudooben10: the world sure does owe’s you one al. thanks for somting easy to use and cheeper than booze
bnaylor: his shit made me piss my self watching south park ahahaha haa great times man.
CEO Lonnie Carter’s boost of $29,991 (up to $404,756) is more than most teachers, or alt-weekly writers for that matter, make in an entire year.
The “ironic”(her words) part of it that company spokeswoman Laura Varn points out is that executives at private utilities make $4-6 million. So it’s only fair…
I wonder what the correlation on a line graph would look like of peoples’ jobs, with “Responsibility for Environmental Destruction” on the side and “Annual Income” at the bottom.
On a more personal note, if I come home to my roommate leaving the A/C on in April one more time, I’m filling his pillow case with “clean coal” and beating him over the head with it.
At the Department of Natural Resource’s facility at the end of Fort Johnson Road, a few hundred scientists and researchers work tirelessly to monitor and protect our waterways, forests, and islands. Their jobs are likely among the most important (and fun) of anyone in the Lowcountry. This Saturday, they’ll be showing off their research, with touch tanks, fish prints, and boat tours. Biologists will be cooking up some of their catch, from flounder to shark, squid, and shrimp, and of course, offering samples. They’ll teach you how to shrimp bait and throw a cast net, and seminars include sea turtle conservation, history of the fort, and green energy efficiency techniques. Bring the family, but park at James Island Charter High School and catch the free shuttle in, where they’ll have plenty of food and drinks available for purchase as well.
DNR Marine Resources Center Open House
Saturday, May 3
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fort Johnson
Free
www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/openhouse.html
953-9300
"Way back in the days when the grass was still green
and the pond was still wet
and the clouds were still clean,
and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in space...
one morning, I came to this glorious place."
—Dr. Seuss
