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PODCAST – I Like My Tea Sweet Episode 1 part 1

By conNECKted TOO / April 3, 2020

LISTEN TO EPISODE 1 ON SOUNDCLOUD BY CLICKING HERE: https://soundcloud.com/user-327792440/i-like-my-tea-sweet-theron-snype Hello everyone, this is a part of the conversation with Theron Synpe. Please stop by, stay and enjoy the honesTEA. Episode 1 – Part 1 of Art & Culture with Theron Synpe. – – – Meet the Creators – – – “I Like My Tea […]

conNECKtedTOO Story Circle

By conNECKted TOO / March 11, 2020

Due to measures taken to prevent COVID19 from spreading, the conNECKtedTOO Story Circle event has been modified into a virtual gathering that emphasizes solidarity and community over panic and isolation. Share stories, laugh, recite a poem or just let us know how you are doing at this Community Check-In via Zoom. Click here to join […]

The Veggie Bin story

By conNECKted TOO / March 3, 2020

VEGGIE BIN (click here)

Swinton’s Cleaners

By conNECKted TOO / March 3, 2020

“He was a noted business entrepreneur. He worked in the dry cleaning business for many years, including the dry cleaners on the Charleston Naval Base, before ultimately opening his own business, Swinton’s Cleaners. This accomplishment was his dream come true and he was praised for his business acumen and excellent service. This service allowed him […]

The arts and the spirit of the arts

By conNECKted TOO / February 25, 2020

Connection. Conversation. Community. Communicate. A string of words. A single word to acknowledge. Something. Since we’ve been here I’ve grown attached. Faces and people have become familiar. Now, when I smell fresh linen I think of this street. The block is starting to wake up by the time I get here in the mornings — […]

Register of Memories

By conNECKted TOO / August 2, 2019

Register of Dreams

By conNECKted TOO / August 2, 2019

The MLK, Jr. MEMORIAL DISTRICT

By conNECKted TOO / December 2, 2019

A conversation with Richard Wigfall Recorded April 17, 2019 by Theron SNYPE Richard is from a family of entrepreneurs who created and operated businesses in the Spring and Cannon Streets corridor. Due to the number of African American business enterprises historically located along this corridor, in 1999, city council passed a resolution designating those streets […]

MEMORIES, QUESTIONS and THOUGHTS

By conNECKted TOO / November 19, 2019

conNECKtedTOO, the Charleston Rhizome Collective’s TINY Business initiative continues
the social activists/artists/educators group’s visionary expedition into using art as a medium
to facilitate social change. The TINY Business initiative employs artists and apprentices in a
unique approach to presenting how small businesses impact the communities in which they
exist.

Adventures at Barbershops, and Other Matters

By conNECKted TOO / October 7, 2019

If I told you that getting a hairstyle is about a lot more than losing a bit of unnecessary hair, because it involves self-expression, self- esteem, and even a sense of social identity, I probably wouldn’t be telling you anything new.