🌱 Charleston Counts Down To 2022 + Gibbes Museum's Hip-Hop Show

Charleston SC

30 December, 2021

3:43 PM

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Good morning, Charleston! Like many of you, the Patch team is taking some time off to celebrate the New Year, so there will not be a newsletter in your inbox tomorrow. We appreciate your understanding of this slight pause in our schedule, and I will be back on Monday with the next edition of the Charleston Daily! Now, here's everything happening around town today. First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy. High: 75 Low: 65. Here are the top three stories today in Charleston: Charleston is counting down to 2022 with several live music shows. The events include Extra Chill New Year's Eve at LO-Fi Brewing, New Year's Eve 2021 at The Royal American, We're Feeling 2022 at Uptown Social, and The Countdown to 2022 at King Street Dispensary. (Charleston City Paper) Charleston Gibbes Museum's first-ever hip-hop show is inspired by the art of Romare Bearden. He honed in on Black life and struggles to achieve equality and respect. Bearden was awarded the National Medal of Arts one year before he passed. (Charleston Scene) The CDC is investigating a Charleston-based cruise ship for potential COVID cases. The Carnival Sunshine was supposed to leave the Port of Charleston in mid-Jan., but they currently have a yellow status which prompted the investigation. (Live 5 News WCSC) Today's Charleston Daily is brought to you in part by our friends at Verizon. They're building the fastest 5G network in the country. To learn how 5G is going to change life for you and your community — and to get access to this amazing technology — click here. And thank you Verizon for sponsoring this community resource in Charleston! Today in Charleston: Ring In the New Year With 15 Percent Off Beautiful Blooms - FTD Flowers (9:00 PM) Warehouse Shoe Sale Closing Weekend - Sam Rittenberg Boulevard (9:00 AM) Swamp Fox New Years Eve Comedy Party with Dat Phan - Dreamers Restaurant (7:00 PM) New Year's Eve Fireworks - James Island County Park (8:30 PM) From my notebook: The Whipple Trails Public Meeting will be held on Thurs., Jan. 6 at the R.L. Jones Center from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The next phase of Mount Pleasant Way is ready for input. (Facebook) Registration to attend the Jan. Black Ink Book Festival is open. Sign up on the Black Ink website for the 3-day virtual conference. (Facebook) All CCPL branches will be closing early this evening to celebrate the New Year's holiday. We'll reopen on Monday, Jan. 3. (Facebook) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Featured businesses: C.W. Electrical Construction Service Add your business here Events: Ring In the New Year With 15 Percent Off Beautiful Blooms From FTD! (December 31) Add your event Loving the Charleston Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers That's it for today. Have a very happy New Year! — Nicole Fallon-Peek About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.