Sunday Calendar

Upcoming

BB&T Charleston food + Wine Festival: Feb. 28-March 2. Times and prices vary. Marion Square, King and Calhoun streets. Highlighting Charleston's epicurean culture, this four-day event is packed with culinary events, including wine seminars, a culinary village, chef's competitions and dine-arounds. Call 722-5549 or visit www.charlestonfoodandwine.com for a complete list of events.

Today

beethoven concert: 3 p.m. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St., Charleston. $25. Chamber Music Charleston presents "Beethoven: His Women and His Music," which captures excerpts from Beethoven's music and mind. For tickets, call 763-4941 or visit www.chambermusiccharleston.org.

Chef's feast: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Embassy Suites Hotel Convention Center, 5055 International Blvd., North Charleston. $150, $1,500 table of 10. Recognized as Charleston's largest charitable event, this night of food and entertainment is led by chef Robert Carter of Peninsula Grill. Proceeds benefit the needy children in the coastal area. Call 747-8146 or visit www.lowcountryfoodbank.org.

Monday

champagne raw dinner: 6:30 p.m. Charleston Grill, 12 N. Market St. $150, plus tax and tip. Highlights of the seven-course meal include wild salmon tartar with winter truffle carpaccio, duck prosciutto salad and Kumamoto oysters with Uni and Osetra caviar. Each course is paired with a different Veuve Cliquot champagne. Call 577-4522 for reservations.

Monday night concert series: 8 p.m. Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St., Charleston. $5, free for students. The College of Charleston jazz faculty, including Robert Lewis (soprano and tenor saxophones), Quentin Baxter (drumset), Lee Barbour (guitar), Frank Duvall (bass) and Tommy Gill (piano), will perform jazz standards and originals. Call 953-5927.

Tuesday

winter golf classic: 10 a.m. registration and practice, 11:30 a.m. shotgun start. Wild Dunes Resort, 5757 Palm Blvd., Isle of Palms. $800 team, $1,000 hole sponsor. The Charleston Metro Chamber presents its Winter Golf Classic, providing players with an opportunity to network while enjoying a day of golf. Register at www.charlestonchamber.net.

Thursday

Independent lens film: 6:30 p.m. Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. See "Iron Ladies of Liberia," an intimate documentary that goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. Call 805-6930.

comedy hypnotist show: 7 p.m. The Music Farm, 32 Ann St., Charleston. $15, $10 with student ID. Comedy hypnotist Gary Conrad entertains. Visit www.etix.com for tickets.

Friday

The Preemie Project benefit show: 8 p.m. The Music Farm, 32 Ann St., Charleston. $5, $3 under 21 surcharge at the door. Proceeds benefit the Preemie Project. Featuring Path of Reprisal, In This Skin, Two Steps Back, Blindsyght, Virgil Kain, Affectation and Mind's Own Brutality. Visit www.etix.com for tickets.

Saturday

Museum mile: Start at the Charleston Visitor Center, 375 Meeting St., end at the Nathaniel Russell House, 51 Meeting St. The Charleston Museum Mile initiative features six museums, five historic houses, four scenic parks, a Revolutionary War powder magazine and five historic public buildings. Call 722-2996, ext. 235, or 722-2706, ext. 38.

charleston quilt show: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 1-2. Gaillard Auditorium, 77 Calhoun St., Charleston. $5. This event will feature nationally known quilter Anita Shackelford as well as more than 250 quilts from local and regional artists, including antique, bed-size and wall quilts, and wearable art. Visit www.charlestonquiltguild.com.

gullah heritage program: 2 p.m. Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, 1254 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant. Free. Featuring a Gullah cooking demonstration, African tales, drumming and dance. Call 881-5516.

21st annual MUSC Charity Ball: 8 p.m. Omar Shrine Convention Center, 176 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant. $40. This black-tie-optional event benefits local charities and includes a silent auction, open bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres and live entertainment. Call 792-2086 or visit www.musc.edu.

Theater

"defiance": 8 p.m. Feb. 29, March 1, 6, 7, 8 and 5 p.m. March 2. The Village Playhouse, 730 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant. $24 adults, $22 seniors and military, $20 students. Patrick Shanley's play, set in 1971 at Camp Lejeune, is about power, love and responsibility. To purchase tickets, call 856-1579 or visit www.villageplayhouse.com.

"Fiddler on the roof": 7 p.m. Feb. 29, 8 p.m. March 1, 6, 7, 8 and 3 p.m. March 2 and 9. Sottile Theatre, 44 George St., Charleston. $36.50, $34.50 seniors, $26.50 students. One of the most beloved Broadway musicals of all time, this performance is directed by Marybeth Clark and tells the story of a Jewish milkman and his daughters in turbulent turn-of-the-century Russia. Call 577-7183 or visit www.charlestonstage.com.

"Quilters": 8 p.m. Feb. 25-26 and 3 p.m. Feb. 24. Emmett Robinson Theatre, Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St., Charleston. $15, $10 C of C students. Presented by the College of Charleston, this is a musical about life on the prairie told by Sarah, a pioneer woman, and her six daughters.

"The Tragedian": 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28; March 6, 13, 20, 27; April 3, 10, 17. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St., Charleston. This one-man tour de force is an explosive portrait of Edwin Booth, one of the most brilliant theatrical artists in history and the older brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. For tickets, visit www.brownpapertickets.com or www.puretheatre.org.