Category: Events and Happenings

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Here comes BarcampCHS 2

There’s just two days left until Barcamp Charleston 2.

On the surface you’d think it was just a thing for techie geeks. In part, you’d be right. Because of its origin, many Barcamps tend to be inherently geared towards the tech community. However the Barcamp concept has spread to just about every area and item you can think of. Take last week’s Cupcake Camp Charleston for example.

Barcamp Charleston organizers have worked extremely hard over the past 6 weeks to pull together the second (hopefully annual) event. Like last year, it won’t be exclusively techie and will hopefully have a something that will appeal to everybody regardless of what field they choose to express their geekery in. Like all Barcamps though, that will be determined entirely by the people that go. With proposed sessions like Homebrew 101, Podcasting 101, Geocaching in the Lowcountry, Salsa dancing for noobs and Sci-fi costuming there should be something that everybody can get interested in.

Sound interesting? See you on Saturday then, but go get your ticket first!

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Cupcake Camp Charleston

Yesterday’s inaugural Cupcake Camp Charleston was pretty epic. It was hard to count, but I’d guess somewhere around 200 or so people showed up to sample the cupcake offerings. The actual area where the cupcakes were exhibited was kind of small with only 4 or so cupcake bakers at a time. The lines ended up getting pretty long, but a few bakers sent out trays of cupcakes so people in line would be able to get some. That’s one aspect that will probably have to be changed for future Cupcake Camps.

Despite the lines, the general mood of the gathered crowd seemed pretty happy. It’s probably hard to be upset when cupcakes are involved I suppose.

Snowman cupcakes
Cupcakes with candied bacon

A lot of people came to eat cupcakes

Cupcake eaters
Cupcake eating a cupcake

Cupcake Camp Charleston was a really fun event, and I think a good time was had by all who came. Like last year’s Barcamp Charleston, it sounds like people are already looking forward to the next one.

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Save the Windmill!

I’ll bet you never knew there’s a windmill in Charleston, did you. It’s located at Plymouth Park in the Riverland Terrace area on James Island. Not only will you find this windmill there, but also a nice little playground, baseball field, a boat launch and a fire station. It’s also a great place to sit and watch the water go by.

A large decorative windmill located at Plymouth Park on James Island, South Carolina.

Ok, it’s not exactly functional, but it is interesting and unique. And the dogs like to visit it.

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It’s also in need of repair. The Riverland Terrace Garden Club is putting on a fundraiser dinner this weekend to raise some money to repair the windmill.

Windmill Fundraiser

The Riverland Terrace Garden Club is raising funds to repair and paint its Dutch-style windmill.

Chef Barry Waldrop, owner of Stono Cafe Catering, will prepare a dinner Saturday to raise the $3,000 needed for the project.

The windmill, built by John Roessler at the Wappoo Cut around 1936, was a landmark along the Intracoastal Waterway. It was donated to the club and moved near Elliott’s Cut adjacent to the Plymouth Avenue firehouse boat landing and playground in 2000.

The dinner menu is croissants, fall salad, herb encrusted pork tenderloin with a port wine demi-glaze, garlic mashed potatoes, vegetable medley and a fall berry cobbler. A silent auction will be held during the event, which takes place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the James Island Baptist Church social hall.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Charleston Post Card Co., 182 Plymouth Ave., James Island. Or call Edith Mclemore, event chair, at 762-0771 or Barbara Knight, president, at 762-1243.

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BarcampCHS 2010 Poster

Got my hands on some of the new posters for this year’s BarcampCHS. The posters are pretty sweet.

Barcamp Charleston 2010 poster

And when you turn the lights out,

Glowing Barcamp Charleston 2010 poster
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BarcampCHS tickets available now!

Tickets for this year’s BarCamp Charleston are now available through Eventbrite!

Tickets this year are $10 to help cover some of the costs associated with Barcamp. That gets you breakfast, lunch, a t-shirt and the awesomeness that is BarcampCHS. There’s also an individual sponsor option ($25) which includes the above plus parking and the knowledge that you’re helping to make the awesomeness that is BarcampCHS possible.

The new website is also up and running so go propose your sessions!