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Find your authentic voice with a poet laureate

Set intentions Explore emotions and techniques for creative expression. Learn the theme I’ll perform an original poem related to the day’s theme. Meet the page Begin a structured and tailored writing exercise. Reflect on work Share your writing or offer others feedback. Keep exploring Leave with more prompts and tools for creative practice.

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Explore iconic Charleston murals with their creator

Join me, a prolific public artist and muralist, for a 90-minute walking tour exploring the historic Market Street area in downtown Charleston, which showcases six of my iconic murals and hand-painted signs decorating businesses and restaurants. • I’ll share insights into the story of each mural, including one on the oldest restaurant in the city, and one depicting Charleston locals painted in the style of Renoir. • Pause for a cappuccino and Italian pastry at Carmella’s Cafe, which features a photorealistic mural and a series of my paintings depicting the restaurant’s namesake. • Learn the techniques used to create large-scale public art, including collaborating with local businesses, and gain a unique understanding of the city’s approach to balancing public art with historic preservation. You’ll leave with a newfound perspective on Charleston’s vibrant art scene from the eyes of a local.

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Shop Charleston’s Spring Street with a jewelry designer

Shop your way through Charleston’s Cannonborough-Elliotborough neighborhood with me, the founder of The Tiny Tassel jewelry, clothing, and accessories brand. I’ll introduce you to other shop owners in this neighborhood known for its quaint streets, historic architecture, and residential charm. • After meeting outside The Tiny Tassel, we’ll start with an icebreaker before our first stop on Spring Street: Taxidermy. The shop sells leather handbags, shoes, and jackets in bold colors, some of which have been spotted on celebrities such as Beyoncé, Kylie Jenner, and Kourtney Kardashian. • Pop into a stationery shop inspired by the owner’s return to the South, and at Bad Bunnies Coffee, you’ll get to taste why it’s my favorite spot for a treat and a drink. • Browse the curated selection at Philosophers & Fools, a bookstore bar founded by a husband-and-wife team, before returning to The Tiny Tassel, where you’ll get to shop for handmade jewelry pieces and exclusive clothing pieces. Then, we’ll take a group photo. In the end, you’ll have had the opportunity to browse locally owned shops and connect with the close-knit creative community in this Charleston neighborhood.

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4.95 out of 5 average rating, 311 reviews

Charleston Walking & Storytelling Tour

This tour is an exploration of Charleston that highlights the women and men who helped found Charleston and the United States. Did you know, without the pirates and patriots of Charleston, the United States may not exist today? We start our experience in front of the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, one of Charleston’s oldest and most historical buildings. Learn about George Washington’s visit in 1791, and the dungeon’s prisoners who met their fate. Next, we venture down East Bay Street, passing Rainbow Row. Behold gorgeous mansions, and witness breathtaking views of the Charleston Harbor and White Point Garden. Walk in the footsteps of pirates and their captors. Next, we turn inward and walk through Charleston’s South of Broad neighborhood. Learn about the man George Washington and Thomas Jefferson said was the true father of America. stand on the same grounds where many pirates and robber barons met their fate. Learn the true stories of how pirates looted and plundered to make their way. Last, we venture back to our starting point, passing by the Four Corners of the Law and the shops and residences on Broad Street. Join us for an exploration, an awakening, and an empowerment trip through time in Charleston’s oldest neighborhood.

4.98 out of 5 average rating, 517 reviews

Boo-Hag and Brews Ghost/Bar Tour

Is this a walking brew tour with a side of ghosts or a ghost tour with a side of brews? While guests will have to decide on that, we can tell you this is not an average "sit there and shut up " tour, but rather an opportunity to engage back and forth with a 7th gen. local. As a combined bar and ghost tour guests will start out at a local Irish pub where an appetizer will be provided complimentary and guests can order some delicious cocktails or beers (yes the Guinness is on tap ) while the guide goes over the basics of local history and the ghosts present in the City of Charleston. From there guests will walk by several historic graveyards and alleyways to hear in-depth stories of local ghosts and spirits such as the notorious BOO-HAG which is only known to Charleston. Guests will begin to understand why/how ghostly activity can take place after particular circumstances of love, tragedy, and horror. Eventually the group will make its way over to the relative safety of another bar. The tour will wind down at a hauntingly beautiful local park to hear about one of the first female serial killers. Don't stick around too long after... -Please bring valid photo identification (license or passport). -Experience is for guests 21+ only. -This experience is Not for guests with walking difficulties -One small snack provided at beginning of tour - Two bars are visited

4.98 out of 5 average rating, 153 reviews

Small Groups, Small Alleys & Great Stories From History

Small Groups (10 People Max), Small Alleyways & Great Stories From a Local Historian & Licensed Tour Guide. On our historic walking tour, we will walk the oldest parts of Charleston, SC. These historic streets are streets that that former presidents, soldiers, vagabonds & pirates have all walked. Throughout the tour, I will take us through 3 historic hard-to-find alleys + provide entertaining stories from our history. I am a licensed and experienced tour guide with the City of Charleston and part of the Palmetto Guild. I started giving tours in 2016 and I consider myself an excellent storyteller. My passion for history and Charleston will shine through on our tour. Stops Include -Circular Congregational Church & Graveyard - The Powder Magazine - French Huguenot Church - Dock Street Theater We usually go INSIDE & tour the Theatre unless it's closed for a private event. - Pink House - Chalmers Street, Charleston, SC - Old Ryan Slave Mart Chalmers St, Charleston, SC -The Old Exchange Bulding -Waterfront Park -Rainbow Row

4.98 out of 5 average rating, 44 reviews

Mini-Photoshoot at Rainbow Row and Pineapple Fountain

Photoshoot at Rainbow Row and Pineapple Fountain while meandering through beautiful downtown Charleston. Utilizing iPhone camera technology, pictures are digitally delivered the same day (with quick edits). Fun and affordable way to capture your Charleston vacay. Experience Charleston through a local lens and get an insiders perspective from a photographer that lives and works in downtown Charleston.

5 out of 5 average rating, 128 reviews

Privet & Professional Photo Session in Charleston

What You'll Experience Ready to make your Charleston adventure unforgettable? I’m here to sprinkle a little magic on your trip! We'll explore the town's beautiful streets, from hidden alleys and cobblestone paths to stunning Charleston homes, discovering stories and scenes that turn moments into memories. And guess what? I’ll capture it all through my lens, giving you professional photos that are as amazing as the experience itself. Think of it as exploring Charleston with a friend who knows all the best spots and how to make you look great in photos. Let’s create some epic stories and snapshots to take home! In addition to that, the photo session can be done at: Boone Hall Plantation; Cypress Gardens; Charles Towne Landing; Isle of Palms; Shem Creek. To see the full quality and loads of my work, check out my INSTA(@charleston.proposal). What you get: Good conversation, professionalism, and assistance with posing; The most beautiful and popular spots in town for a professional photo session; After the photo session, you'll get 10 photos of your choice, professionally edited for social media. This experience would be an ideal match for: Sailboat photo session; Secret proposal; Family vacation; Anniversary; Elopement; Babymoon; Bachelor party; Honeymoon; Best friend photo session. Unfortunately, I don’t do single portrait sessions, except for senior and graduation sessions.

4.99 out of 5 average rating, 337 reviews

Nennella Sailing on Charleston Harbor

Nennella Sailing offers year-round sunset and daytime charters on a classic 1964 Pearson Vanguard 32-foot sloop. Only about 400 of these yachts were built. Nennella is No. 109. When these boats were made, sailors navigated the seas using paper charts, sextants and the stars above. Step onto the boat—with her high bow and raised transom, full keel, original spruce boom and teak-lined cockpit—and get unstuck in time: you will be transported, literally and metaphorically, across the waters of Charleston Harbor and through the history of one of the most fascinating cities in the U.S. First settled in 1670, Charleston became the epicenter of rice production during the antebellum period, and the most significant port of entry in North America of the transatlantic slave trade. Here, determined American Patriots defeated the mighty British Navy in the Battle of Sullivan's Island. Here, the first shots of the Civil War rang out. In this harbor Robert Smalls commandeered the Confederate transport ship CSS Planter and piloted it and its enslaved passengers to freedom. Here, the courageous 54th Massachusetts Volunteers fought the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. The history is rich, troubling, fascinating. Learn about it, as well as the details of contemporary life in Charleston, aboard the classic sailing yacht Nennella! (Ask about 2-boat tandem sails for parties of 8 or more.)

5 out of 5 average rating, 166 reviews

Badass Broads of Charleston

The Badass Broads tour is a two hour walk through the history of CHS with a special emphasis on eight of our badass women. We will visit a spot, discuss the historical importance of that spot, and connect it to one of the women from Charleston's history. You can't tell the story of the women without the history and you shouldn't tell the history without the story of the women.

5 out of 5 average rating, 134 reviews

Chicora History Walk

On our walk together, you’ll become part of a city with a rich and fascinating story to tell. From it’s wealth and opulence to the many disasters that fell upon it as well as its participation in the darkest parts of American history and humanity. Like any city with opportunity, people of great diversity came from near and far to participate in the building of one of the early melting pots in America. They built enduring structures; houses, churches, businesses and forts all with their own stories to tell. These streets and structures have been walked by presidents and foreign dignitaries, generals and soldiers, slaves and slave traders, and pirates and merchants. You will feel a part of the celebrations held for visiting presidents to the devastating fires, earth quake, hurricanes along with attacks by foreign invaders, pirates and eventually Union armies that were defended against.

4.98 out of 5 average rating, 186 reviews

The Historic Table Colonial and Antebellum Dining Experience

Charleston’s two biggest passions are food and history. We combine those two passions as you transport yourself through time on our unique tour where you never have to leave your seat. You will enjoy a generous course meal served in “service a la Francais” in the dining room at the Fireproof Building, the first fireproof building built in US history in 1827. Each entree covers a different period of Charleston’s history, with food authentic to the times. It’s all fully narrated by your host and culinary historian, Mike Hebb. You will not only taste Charleston’s history, you’ll also learn about domestic life, the walled city of Charlestowne, the Revolution, slavery, and the Civil War. Plus, you’ll get a free after hours tour of the South Carolina Historical Society Museum! Meet at the back entrance to the building on Chalmers St. A glass of Madeira will be provided. All other drinks, besides water, are BYOB.

4.85 out of 5 average rating, 86 reviews

Family-Friendly Ghost Tour

It's a ghost tour where you you'll be taught how to see a ghost! We start our experience in the haunted Charleston City Market. Briefly learn about how the Market was the center of Charleston's economy and how the ghosts of the past still haunt its walls. Next, we walk around the corner to St. Philip's Church graveyard where you'll be taught how to see a ghost! Stand in front of the most photographed ghost in the United States and the most robbed grave in Charleston. From the graveyard, we walk down Philadelphia Alley, a gunfighters alley, where robber barons, merchants, and businessmen met their fate. Hear the stories of those that perished, and learn why some still haunt the alley to this day. Last, we walk over to the echo stone at waterfront park where our experience ends. Stand in the right spot, and you'll almost think you're hearing the voices from the past.

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