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Podcast Experiment/Collaboration

By conNECKted TOO / April 18, 2020

by Aysha Bowens When you think of the word experiment, do you think about a podcast? Maybe, maybe not you may think of science. With Science and a podcast there is a correlation, the procedure, also known as the scientific method. For example, the moment the idea of a podcast with Rain came about, I […]

Rising Together: What Bread Making Has To Do With Art In/With Community

By conNECKted TOO / April 16, 2020

by Markelle Elizabeth Evans Last Friday, conNECKtedTOO hosted its third Zoom gathering during quarantine in regards to the health and safety of our communities during COVID19. For those that are not familiar with Zoom, it has risen in popularity during quarantine as a digital communicative tool […]

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 […]

Join conNECKtedTOO for a 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

[from the obituary of Mr. William Swinton 1925-2013] “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 […]

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 […]