Cultur To arrive at the singular soul of Charleston, head straight for the art.
Grand concert halls, smartly refurbished museums, chic galleries, sleek theaters and pulsing music venues are part of a cultural legacy that began in the city’s earliest days, and continues to spark exchange. In the Charleston area, there is always something going on. Charleston Symphony’s annual Masterworks and pops concerts infuse the state-of the-art Charleston Gaillard Center with superior sounds that musical artists and audience members alike are known to praise. Annual arts festivals like Spoleto Festival USA draw devoted crowds from near and far. Choral groups and chamber music groups regularly fill the city’s sacred halls and receiving rooms. Opera, which debuted in America in Charleston, enjoys a stellar plethora of works of every scale. When it comes to the visual arts, a multitude of art museums and galleries regularly revolve new exhibitions that pay tribute to established greats and showcase emerging visionaries. Theater and dance companies mount hot-ticket contemporary plays and musicals through lavish productions and edgy, new work, too. Literature lovers will relish the plentiful independent bookstores, literary organizations and acclaimed festivals that attract best-selling authors and tackle meaningful topics.
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