By Hudson Zadig
Come to Magnolia Plantation for an evening of folk, bluegrass and old-time music. Performing in Magnolia is Grammy-nominated singer, Josh Goforth who has toured around the country, winning audiences over with his music. Goforth will bring the story and history of the Appalachian Mountains to life with his bluegrass.
Born in Madison County, North Carolina, Goforth has been immersed in the Appalachian Mountains and the history of its people for his whole life. Goforth will play a variety of different instruments on his mission to let Charlestonians fully appreciate the story of the Appalachian Mountains.
This event will be held on August 14 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at 3550 Ashley River Rd. in Charleston. To see more information, visit https://www.charlestoncvb.com/events/bluegrass-storytelling~27590/.
By CDD Staff
Few may realize August marks the 500th anniversary of the historic 1526 expedition led by Spanish explorer Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, which brought the first sizable European and African colonizing group to the South Carolina coast. He founded the short-lived settlement of San Miguel de Gualdape.
Six Spanish ships carrying roughly 600 colonists, African slaves, and captive Native Americans arrived in August 1526. The flagship Capitana foundered off the coast near the mouth of the North Santee River / Winyah Bay area, causing a devastating loss of supplies.
This Thursday, August 13, the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce will host a free public program at the Winyah Auditorium featuring State Underwater Archaeologist James Spirek discussing the ongoing search for the Capitana shipwreck.
The Winyah Auditorium is located at 1200 Highmarket St. in Georgetown, inside the historic Winyah School building near downtown. The lecture is free.
By Capers Tabrizian
Spanish exploration commemoration continues further down the coast as Hilton Head Island remembers a remarkable chapter of Lowcountry history with the 500th Anniversary Celebration of Santa Elena. The event marks five centuries since Spanish explorers named Santa Elena, now associated with Port Royal Sound, along with Rio de Santa Elena, known today as the Broad River, and Cabo de Santa Elena, present-day Hilton Head Island. The celebration will highlight the region’s early Spanish history and its place in the broader story of European exploration in the Americas.
One of Beaufort’s finest places to stay — the Rhett House Inn — has a nifty website with maps and a brief historical summary of the history of the area, including the earliest days. Visit here: https://rhetthouseinn.com/beaufort-history/.
The 500th Anniversary Celebration of Santa Elena will be held Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 2:30 p.m. at USCB Hilton Head Island, 1 Sand Shark Dr. on Hilton Head Island. To register to attend and for more information, click here.
By Capers Tabrizian
Residents and visitors may spend an evening sampling local flavors during the Isle of Palms Farmers Market & Food Truck Jam on Aug. 20. The community event brings together specialty food vendors, artisans and food trucks while offering live music and family-friendly activities near the beach.
The Farmers Market & Food Truck Jam will be held Thursday, Aug. 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Isle of Palms Recreation Center, 24 28th Ave. on the Isle of Palms. Admission is free. For more information, click here.
Ingram, Martha. —Nashville. Martha Rivers Ingram, age 90, passed away peacefully on August 6, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Charleston on August 20, 1935. Martha was predeceased by her parents, John Minott Rivers Sr. and Martha Elizabeth Robinson Rivers, and her sister, Elizabeth Craig Rivers Lewine (Richard Lewine). She also was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 36 years, Erskine Bronson Ingram II.
Martha was a student at Ashley Hall in Charleston before attending Vassar College, where she earned a bachelor of arts in history in 1957. Following her graduation, she worked with her father at WCSC Inc., radio and television stations in Charleston, and was a deejay for a classical music program on the WCSC FM station. In 1958, she married E. Bronson Ingram; and in 1961, they moved to Nashville, the city Martha would call home for the rest of her life.
Martha was a businesswoman, fierce supporter of the arts and education, philanthropist and civic leader. Following her husband’s death in 1995, she became the chairman of Ingram Industries, one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. She served on the board of directors of several public companies: Baxter International; Ingram Micro; Regions Financial Corporation; and Weyerhaeuser Company. In 1995, she was elected to the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, and she served as the chairman of the Board of Trust from 1999 until 2011. Martha also was a trustee of Vassar College, Ashley Hall and The Harpeth Hall School. In 1992, Governor Ned McWherter appointed Martha to chair the Tennessee Bicentennial Commission, which commemorated the state’s admission to the U.S.
Martha held a lifelong passion for the arts. She has been called “the principal architect of Nashville’s cultural infrastructure.” She was the board chair of The Advent Theater, Nashville’s first professional repertory company. She was very involved in the development of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in the 1970s and also the establishment of the Tennessee Repertory Theater (now Nashville Repertory Theatre). She served on the boards of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, Nashville Symphony, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and the Spoleto Festival U.S.A in Charleston. She was instrumental in the building of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville and the Gaillard Center in Charleston. The Martha Rivers Ingram Center for the Performing Arts at the Blair School is named after her.
Martha received numerous honors: President Richard Nixon appointed her to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center; she has a star on the Music City Walk of Fame; and Belmont University presented her with the Applause Award. The State Hermitage Museum and the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts presented her with the Gold Medal in the Arts Award for her lifetime achievements supporting the arts. She has been honored with the Order of the Palmetto from South Carolina, and she was inducted into the Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame.
She also received the Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award; De Tocqueville Award; and the AJLI Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award. In 2005, Martha received an honorary degree from the Baker School of Business at The Citadel. Several significant sites bear her name: Martha Rivers Ingram Garden Courtyard at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center; a bronze statue of her in front of Ingram Commons on the Vanderbilt campus; Martha Rivers Ingram Art Center at Ashley Hall; and Martha Rivers and E. Bronson Ingram Library addition at Vassar College. In leisure, Martha enjoyed spending time on her boat with friends and fishing. She loved to travel, especially to New York, London, Paris, Vienna and Rome, and she played golf and tennis.
Martha is survived by numerous family members. Son: Orrin Henry Ingram II Grandchildren: Orrin Henry Ingram III (Kate Barnes Ingram); Aaron Forrest Barrett (Camille Bentz Barrett); Virginia Ingram Garchitorena (Christopher James Garchitorena) Son: John Rivers Ingram (Stephanie Hampton Currey Ingram) Grandchildren: Alexa Davol Chapman; Christina Currey Vance (Trenton Joshua Vance); Martha Hampton Ingram; Lucas Rivers Ingram Son: David Bronson Ingram (Sarah LeBrun Ingram) Grandchildren: Henry LeBrun Ingram (Yi Jiang); Erskine Bronson Ingram III Daughter: Robin Bigelow Ingram Patton (Richard Connell Patton) Grandchildren: Wilson Rivers Patton (Jasmine T. Patton); Reid Patton Fleishman (Kevin Allen Fleishman); Crawford Bronson Patton Brother: John Minott Rivers, Jr. Nieces/Nephew: Martha Elizabeth Rivers; Caroline Chafford Rivers; John Minott Rivers
Visitation with the family is scheduled for August 13 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at St. George’s Episcopal Church located at 4715 Harding Pike in Nashville.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on August 14 at St. George’s Episcopal Church. A private graveside service will be held for the family after the funeral service.
Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to any of Martha’s favorite arts groups or Vanderbilt University.
The Ingram Family would like to thank the team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including Dr. Emily Kurtz and Dr. Mayur Patel, for their wonderful care.
Charleston
Inshore: Captain Rob Bennett (843) 367-3777 and Captain Addison Rupert (843) 557-3476 report that bait is easily available in the creeks, and after a very strong late July for redfish they expect August to continue the same way. All you need is live shrimp under a popping cork, but mullet will also work. Trout will be caught from time to time but will get better as fall approaches, while they hope to continue to pick up unexpectedly good numbers of (mostly smaller) flounder — with a few better ones mixed in. August is also the best time of the year to catch a tarpon around sandbars and inlets as well as deeper in the rivers, and bull reds will be in residence in the harbor and around the jetty rocks. Finally, don’t overlook sharks for excitement.
Surf and pier: Folly Beach Pier (843) 762-9516 reports that in August the best fishing should continue to be early and late, as by the middle of the day the surf just gets too warm for much action. Black drum, whiting, pompano, bluefish and trout should continue to be caught this month, and Spanish mackerel should continue to be caught off the diamond. Kings may be around in August although September is frequently better.
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Edisto Island
Inshore: Captain Ron Davis Jr. (843) 513-0143 reports that the creeks will continue to teem with bait shrimp and finger mullet this month, and mullet and menhaden should run the beaches. The trout bite should continue to be fair around main river points with live shrimp or finger mullet, and after a good late July for small redfish they hope for a productive fall. It should continue to be an above-average year for numbers of flounder with live minnows or mullet, and mostly smaller sheepshead should also be around all this month. This is peak tarpon season in South Carolina around the inlets, sand bars, and deep holes at creek mouths, and you can catch them with menhaden or mullet. The most important consideration to remember in August is that you need to fish in cooler times of day to get bites from almost all inshore species.
Nearshore and offshore: Captain Ron Davis Jr. reports that it’s been a tough year so far for Spanish mackerel, but this August they may be found from a couple of miles out to about 60 feet. Bottom fishing should be strong for a mixed bag in 90 feet and even better by the ledge, and the wahoo bite should get better and better in the blue-water zone — especially around the full moon. It’s an excellent year for sailfish, which should continue in August, but for tuna it will likely need to cool off.
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Beaufort
Inshore: Captain Tuck Scott (843) 524-5250 and Captain Patrick Kelly (843) 962-3503 report that in late July young-of-the-year redfish showed up in droves, which provide a ton of action for anglers and also indicate that it should be a good fall for fishing. Anglers may still pick up some bigger fish in the creeks, particularly around creek mouths with oyster beds, but in August targeting tailing fish on the flats may continue to be one of the best ways to find a bigger grade of fish. July also saw good catches of trout on live shrimp, and the trout should only get bigger this month as we approach the fall. Though legal fish are still relatively uncommon, there have been more flounder caught this year than usual, particularly around structure, and a few good ones. At the rocks they expect to continue to catch lots of black drum this month, and with fiddler crabs, you may also catch numbers of sheepshead. Later in the month, more big sheepshead should be landed if there is a little cooling. Migratory species like jacks, tripletail and tarpon should be around until the fall and, finally, don’t overlook sharks, which can provide a ton of action for anglers.
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Hilton Head
Inshore: Captain Kai Williams (843) 816-7475 and Captain Trent Malphrus (843) 301-4634 report that July was good for fishing, and they don’t expect much of a slow-down in August, although with very warm water temperatures fish are sometimes more active early and late this month. Redfish and some trout will be picked up on finger mullet, and tarpon, bull reds, jacks, Spanish mackerel, and more that are feasting on menhaden, and mullet schools should continue to be prolific in areas like the Port Royal Sound, Calibogue Sound and on the front beaches.
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By Hudson Zadig
Wander into the Secret Garden in downtown Charleston for a magical night of drinks and relaxation. Enjoy the ivy, florals and flowers as the sun gives way to night and the candles come out.
During the night, guests will be served botanical inspired cocktails like the Queen Bee, which is made with Hendrick’s gin, peach, lemon, mint and honey. The icing on the cake is a delicate mint bubble that sits on the drink like a midsummer moon. If you get hungry, you may pair your cocktails with the Frannie and Fox full menu.
This event is on August 13 from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at 181 Church St. in Charleston. To see more information, visit https://6amcity.com/sc/charleston/events#/details/the-secret-garden-a-midsummer-night-s-bloom/19574876/2026-08-12T17
By Capers Tabrizian
Downtown Summerville will welcome residents and visitors for Third Thursday, a monthly evening event featuring local vendors and activities throughout the historic downtown district. Streets surrounding Hutchinson Square will close to traffic as visitors explore local businesses, browse vendor displays and enjoy an evening in the heart of Summerville.
Third Thursday will be held Aug. 20, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at Hutchinson Square, 102 S. Main St. in Summerville. Admission is free. For more information, click here.
By CDD Staff
Deer season opens this Saturday on private land for South Carolina game zones three and four. Those new to the sport or a little rusty need to check out the requirements of registering one’s harvest. If you have a smart phone, the process is quite smooth; however, DNR has other options for those who need them. Check it out here: https://dnr.sc.gov/harvestreport/.
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