Maura Hogan

Raised and now back living in the Columbia area, the author’s name is hitting shelves and online carts around the country in bright yellow type on the cover and spine of “Redwood Court,” the published poet’s debut novel.

My ’tween daughter and I recently fired up the cult classic ahead of the new PG-13 version now playing in theaters. We also plan to see the staged production in North Charleston.

“The Lehman Trilogy,” in its SC premiere, comes to Charleston in a Pure Theatre production. It runs through Feb. 10 at Cannon Street Arts Center, 134 Cannon St.

In early February, Charleston Gaillard Center will wrap up the fourth season of its dance initiative with “The Rite of Spring” and the new “common ground(s)”

“Something Terrible May Happen: The Works of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward ‘Ned’ I.R. Jennings” is on display at the Gibbes Museum of Art. The something terrible that may happen is plucked from the text of Oscar Wilde’s banned 1893 play “Salome.”

“Payne-ful Business, Charleston’s Journey to Truth” and “Sleeping with the Ancestors” are both the products of books that offer unprecedented insight to the enslaved.

“Hadestown” is a musical created by Anais Mitchell and developed, directed by Rachel Chavkin that follows the underworld trek of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Yes, we all relish the ring ting tingling of Pops! concerts and the treacly splendor of local Nutcrackers. But January is here with its completely different entertainment value.

Three centuries later, Ravenel descendants from Charleston and beyond revisit their Huguenot roots in their ancestral home of Vitre, France.

Local meets global in this artful gift guide rooted in Charleston.