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The Subversive Beauty of Jonathan Green
Story by Stephanie Hunt Photographs by Lindsey Shorter One image stands out at Charleston’s new and long-awaited International African American Museum. Amid the powerful exhibits conveying the heart-wrenching horrors that unfolded on this site—Gadsden’s Wharf, where hundreds of thousands of captive Africans were forced into enslavement—a Jonathan Green painting delivers…
A Prehistoric Paradise
Story by Dr. Mary Socci Mastodons, giant ground sloths, and saber-toothed cats probably don’t spring to mind when you think of Kiawah Island wildlife. But at the peak of the last Ice Age, 21,000 years ago, these animals called South Carolina home. And that home would have been unrecognizable to…
History Comes Alive
Written by Stephanie Hunt Photography by Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto Charleston’s International African American Museum is a long-awaited athenaeum on one of the most historically significant sites of the African American experience. A group of Kiawah residents and IAAM donors tour the museum with Chief Learning and Engagement Officer Malika Pryor. On…
Drop Anchor
Photography by Lawson Builder Story by Hailey Wist The South Carolina Lowcountry is a mosaic of ecosystems, a geological symphony of wild islands, abundant estuaries, and a labyrinth of meandering rivers and creeks. Kiawah Island is folded into this uncommon coastline, the crown jewel of the lowlands. It is a…
Kiawah Island Club Members: Barb & Bob Struble
Barb & Bob Struble Mansfield, Ohio Where are you from? Barb: I’m from Rockford, Illinois. Bob: And I grew up in the small town of Bucyrus in northern Ohio. How did you meet? Bob: We met in Boston. I was an intern/resident at Massachusetts General Hospital. Barb: I graduated from…
Let’s Go Kiawah
Photographs by Charlotte Zacharkiw Swim! Surf! Kayak! Fish! Kiawah’s kids get out on the water with the Kiawah Island Club’s GoKiawah summer camp. Kayak Kiawah GoKiawah Campers ages nine to twelve arrive at the kayak dock in the Cassique neighborhood. Counselors lead the kids south through tidal creeks and…
Spring Table
Recipes by Chef Kelly Franz Lucas Photography by Lizzy Rollins Three couples, old friends and new, gather for a sunset dinner at the Beach family home on Kiawah Island. Tonight, the three couples are gathered to experience the culinary prowess of Kiawah Island Club Chef Kelly Lucas. She is a…
Kiawah’s Golden Hour
Story by Katherine Barry Verano and Mike Touhill A look back at the events that shaped the last fifty years on Kiawah Island Milestones are almost always celebrated with one eye on the future and one on the past, a lifetime of memories woven together to create the moment that…
Beau Welling Takes Orange Hill
Story by Sandy Lang Photography by Joel Caldwell and Patrick O’Brien One of the busiest golf course designers in the country spins stories and talks design under the oaks Along this stretch of Bohicket Road, the memories begin. Beau Welling recalls his childhood visits to Kiawah Island. He zeroes in…
