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SAN FRANCISCO — Some things in San Francisco never change. The Golden Gate Bridge is still, in fact, orange; Lombard Street still has eight hairpin turns in one block.

Dorchester County author Jo-Ann "Jody" Wilhelm will be among the writers at the Tri-County Literary Celebration 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. She will autograph "Where’s Stephanie? A Story of Love, Faith, and Courage" that she wrote under the pen name Lenora Livingston.

THE PATRIARCH. By Martin Walker. Knopf. 321 pages. $24.95.

WHERE IT HURTS. By Reed Farrel Coleman. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 368 pages. $18.39.

ANDY & DON. By Daniel de Vise. Simon & Schuster. 264 pages. $26.

THE QUARTET: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789. By Joseph Ellis. Knopf. 320 pages. $27.95.

TEDxCharleston is seeking a featured artist to assist with creating onstage visuals for the upcoming lecture event, whose theme is "Tipping Point."

NEW YORK — The national tour of the thrilling musical "Cabaret" is about to launch and it’s led by a young woman who knows it intimately. After all, she watched it for a year on Broadway — from the stage.

LONDON — Filthy, dressed in rags and living in a battered old van, Maggie Smith’s latest character is a long way from "Downton Abbey" — and the actress couldn’t be happier.

NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen’s tour showcasing his 1980 album "The River" is more than an exercise in nostalgia. It’s a telling example of how veteran artists are adjusting to the new realities of the music business by super-serving their longtime fans.

NEW YORK — Before book buyers get to read Julia Claiborne Johnson’s debut novel, "Be Frank With Me," they’ll have a chance to hear it.

NEW YORK — In one of the best entrances on Broadway this season, Jeremy Shamos appears onstage and slams a door behind him.

A mosquito bite in Charleston is just part of venturing outside in the Lowcountry at certain times of the year. We know it’ll be a nuisance, but it goes with the territory whether paddling in a tidal creek or just trying to break a sweat with the company’s softball team.

NEW YORK — For years, men and legacy acts have dominated in the rock category at the Grammy Awards, leaving little room for female stars who rock as loud and hard as the guys and young bands hoping to breakthrough on the music scene.

"I knew it was her; I could tell by her hair," recalled author Mary Alice Monroe, describing a "tortuous" short flight from Atlanta to Charleston a couple of years ago when she realized that actress Andie MacDowell, with her signature wavy dark locks of L’Oreal fame, was sitting a few seats in front of her.

Lenten roses growing in the Lowcountry may miss the first day of Lent, Feb. 10 this year, due to the recent cold weather. Not one of my plants has a bud yet.

Everyone familiar with the historic landscape of South Carolina’s Upstate knows how textile mills played a key role in ushering this impoverished state into a 20th-century industrial economy.

What makes a great bathroom, one perfect for prepping and primping?

Bold stuccoed columns support the gently arched opening that frames the entry of the Montrose, a large contemporary townhome. A railed covered porch spanning the rest of the front facade can comfortably shelter a suite of wicker or other outdoor furniture.

NEW YORK — When workers say they hate their jobs or their bosses are abusive, people wonder: Why don’t you quit?

The transactions listed below include properties sold for $200,000 or more and recorded between Dec. 28-Jan. 1.

BERRY, Rose, Walterboro

BRISBANE, Frank, 39, of Charleston died Monday. Arrangements by Murray’s Mortuary of North Charleston.

Joel Parrish Ford, a former director of planning and development with the Town of Mount Pleasant, died Thursday. He was 64.

Every time you think that our political discourse can’t get any worse, it does. The Republican primary fight has devolved into a race to the bottom, achieving something you might have thought impossible: making George W. Bush look like a beacon of tolerance and statesmanship. But where is all the nastiness coming from? Well,...