Steeplechase | Scene Around Town
Steeplechase October 26, 2019 Bruce’s Field Photography by Christine McKeel Samantha Turner and Charles Smith Spencer Abbott and Gracie Duffy Vikki Woody and Charlotte Bailey Corey Fisher and Bonnie Mangelly Taylor Braithwaite and Benjamin Latham Tracey Thompson, Susan Payne and Rebecca Stevens Deb Stroupe, Dale Harris and Debby Harris Scott Flesher, Hugh Simmons, Steve Simmons and Jeannie Simmons
The Aiken Civic Ballet | Dracula | Scene Around Town
The Aiken Civic Ballet Dracula October 19,2019 Etherredge Center Photography by Michael St. John
The 2019-2020 Cultural Series | The Four Tops
The 2019-2020 Cultural Series The Four Tops October 22, 2019 The Etherredge Center Photography by Daniela Negrete…
Aiken Civic Ballet | Dracula Flash Mob | Scene Around Town
Aiken Civic Ballet Dracula Flash Mob October 10, 2019 The Alley Photography by AP Gouge Photography
Beaux Arts Masquerade | Scene Around Town
Beaux Arts Masquerade Octobe 18, 2019 Aiken Center for the Arts Photography by Monte Holt
St. Mary’s Chocolate Festival
St. Mary’s Chocolate Festival October 5, 2019 St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School Photography by Christine McKeel
SEED | Scene Around Town
SEED October 5, 2019 Univesity of South Carolina Aiken Photography by Christine McKeel
Aiken City Limits Opening Night | Scene Around Town
Aiken City Limits Opening Night October 17, 2019 The Alley Photography by Michael St. John
Timely Social Media Tips
The influence of social media on our lives has been both good and bad for holiday planning. On the up side, it’s easy to get all kinds of great ideas for gifts, recipes, and decor. On the down side, seeing all the picture-perfect crafts and family outings online can make us feel like our efforts don’t measure up. The challenge, then, is to find what’s good about social media — what makes our holiday celebrations more meaningful and fun — and ignore all the rest. First of all, let’s step back and think about what makes social media so popular in the first place: it builds connections between people. You […]
A Joyful Tradition | Crafting a Community
Aiken Crafters have formed a community of supportive people with a passion to create and socialize with one another. ~ Kathy Klein Amy Moore was going through the motions of dealing with the grief that followed her like a dark shadow after the death of her husband in 2016. Never forming any close friendships, she felt loneliness envelope her even as she drove to her son’s soccer tryouts at the church in Midland Valley. She decided to talk to a couple of moms about making crafts and sensed a strange lifting of her sadness. Amy felt a glimmer of joy in that moment. It was August of 2019, and it […]
