WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The Literary Competition Public Reading and Awards Ceremony was held on May 22, 2024, at the Center for the Arts. The event celebrated the 19th Annual Literary Competition, highlighting the best in short stories and poetry from across the Southeast United States; and the 11th Annual Youth Literary Competition, highlighting the best in short stories and poetry by students enrolled in K-12 programs from across York County, SC.

Prizes and awards for the Annual Literary Competition are underwritten by the Perihelion Club and Evelyn Eick-Quinones, and those who place in the competition have the opportunity to have their winning works placed in the Cotton Alley Writers’ Review, an online literary magazine published annually by the Arts Council of York County.

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LOCAL & NATIONAL ARTS NEWS

CHARLOTTE’S ONLY ART HOUSE MOVIE THEATER DETAILS EXPANSION PLANS IN NODA

Charlotte’s only art house movie theater is expanding less than two years after opening in NoDa. “This expansion adds a fourth auditorium, which will be our largest, currently estimated at 145 seats,” Independent Picture House said.

Along with film screenings, this 4,639-square-foot space can be used for poetry, theater, music and comedy performances. It also will be available to rent for...

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'I'LL SEND YOU TO BULL STREET!' NEW MOVIE EXPLORES GENERATIONAL IMPACT OF INFAMOUS SOUTH CAROLINA ASYLUM

A new movie set and filmed in rural South Carolina is tapping into that dark legacy with “Bull Street,” which pulls on writer and director Lynn Dow’s summers spent in Clarendon County visiting family. 

“My aunt would say to me, ‘You got to sit down or I’m gonna take you to Bull Street,’” the writer and director remembered. “I thought it was a zoo.”…

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