Enocha Edenfield

While this is an event that dogs enjoy, there are things many people also enjoy. Many people walk around downtown to see the costumes and shop the vendors in the squares.

'We have spirits that are traveling through the old cemetery or come from the old orphanage next door.'

'We're kind of bringing it back to the hometown grassroots feel that it had very early on in roller derby.'

In a city where art galleries are tough to keep open and rent is high, artists who busk at Forsyth Park told me this is an easier way to get their art in front of new eyes. Recently, though, many buskers have felt unwelcome and are questioning the future of the program.

'I really wanted to create a place where people could come and just exist, a place where they felt safe and could hang out.'

'I've noticed a lot more of a DIY-all-age scene with SCAD kids than there has been in a long time.'

The healing Patt Gunn refers to involves two factors of the square: it is originally named for John C. Calhoun, a slavery advocate and South Carolina politician; and it is a former burial ground.

'I thought it would be awesome to have a space that centered lesbians, dykes, and sapphic people'

The book club will follow in O’Connor’s footsteps by reading some of the very same stories she read. The museum was able to compile a list from published letters written by the author.

Many of the live oak trees seen around downtown were planted in the late 1800s and early 1900s after a series of devastating hurricanes uprooted many of the city’s trees

As Spracher explains, it’s not simply keeping older documents, it’s also documenting our communities and their stories.

'I love that nothing is set in stone the day of the performance. It really keeps the experience fresh for the audience and also for the performers'

New tiny location for books set to open soon

'There’s a huge deficit in most of our neighborhoods. It's like read or die'

'Early on, we wanted to have a positive vibe, but over time, it's just kind of grown naturally as the band's grown'