Sunday Calendar

Upcoming

Charleston Art and Antiques Forum: March 12-16. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St., Charleston. Enjoy lectures, tours and special events at the 11th annual forum benefiting the Gibbes. Opening Charleston's acclaimed Antiques Week, this year's forum will examine Southern fine and decorative arts in a program titled "Terra Incognita: New Discoveries and Influences of the South." Visit www.charlestonantiquesforum.org for a complete schedule of events and tickets.

Charleston International Antiques Show: March 14-16. 40 East Bay St., Charleston. $15 day pass. More than 30 nationally renowned dealers will return for the fifth annual show, featuring a diverse range of antiques from the late 17th century to the early 20th century and including everything from furniture to vintage jewelry. Call 722-3405 or visit www.historiccharleston.org for tickets.

61st Annual Spring Festival of Houses and Gardens: March 13-April 12. $45. Explore the private residential interiors and gardens of 150 of America's most distinctive houses in 11 colonial and antebellum neighborhoods. Call 723-1623 or visit www.historiccharleston.org for tickets; early reservations strongly encouraged.

CSOL Designer showhouse: March 13-April 13. 108 Murray Blvd., Charleston. $20, $15 in advance. Every year, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra League asks talented interior designers to transform the rooms of a downtown home into intriguing spaces for living with furnishings available for purchase. Also, enjoy music by symphony members, alfresco luncheons and a boutique. Call 723-0020 or visit www.csolinc.org.

Today

Garden Tour: 1-4 p.m. tour, 3:30-5:30 p.m. cocktail reception. $60, reservations required. This year's self-guided Emily Whaley Memorial Garden Tour's theme is "Charleston Gardens by the Sea," and features 10 gardens on Church and East Bay streets. Call 953-7691 for reservations and a list of gardens.

Monday

A Cappella Concert: 8 p.m. Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St., Charleston. $5, free for students with valid ID. Student ensemble Chucktown Trippin' Tones performs a variety of favorites by The Beach Boys, Billy Joel, Blink 182, Elton John, Journey and more. Call 953-8228.

Tuesday

"A Night with our Novelists": 6:30 p.m. Graham Copeland Auditorium in Grimsley Hall at The Citadel, 171 Moultrie St., Charleston. Free. Alan Cambeira and Eloy Urroz of The Citadel Modern Languages Department will discuss their novels. Call 953-2155.

Thursday

Green Party at the Museum: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St. $20 member, $25 nonmember. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day and the coming of spring, the evening includes live Irish tunes, Irish beer tasting, 19th-century fashions and curator-led tours of the Clothes to Dye For exhibit. Don't forget to wear green. Call 722-2996 or visit www.charlestonmuseum.org to register by March 11.

Charleston Music Fest: 7:30 p.m. Ashley Hall, 172 Rutledge Ave., Charleston. $25. Enjoy world-class chamber music at this intimate performance featuring works by Schubert, Faure, Chopin and Dvorak. Call 953-0935 or visit www.etix.com for tickets.

Friday

Lecture: 4 p.m. Simons Center for the Arts, Room 309, 54 St. Philip St., Charleston. Free. The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at College of Charleston presents "You Are Here" by Mark Trujillo. Call 953-5680.

Saturday

Mount Pleasant Art festival: All day. Mount Pleasant Towne Centre. Free. From art and music to dancing and children's activities, the goal of the 12th annual festival is to celebrate all areas of the arts. Enjoy live entertainment on two stages, art exhibits and fun, family activities. Call 849-2061 or visit www.townofmountpleasant.com.

Flowertown Festival Run/Walk: 8 a.m. Begins at the YMCA Gymnastics Center, 205 W. Richardson Ave., Summerville. Prices vary. 5K, 10K and 1-mile fun run. Proceeds benefit the YMCA. Call 871-9662 or visit www.summervilleymca.org to register by March 12.

Next Sunday

Reopening of Folly Beach Pier: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier. After almost six months of extensive renovations, the fishing pier opens with a daylong celebration, including free fishing and parking, children's activities, music and giveaways. Call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.

Theater/dance

"Cinderella: or how Pipsqueak the Mouse became a Stallion": 9:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m. March 10-14, 7 p.m. March 14, 3 p.m. March 15. Flowertown Players, 133 S. Main St., Summerville. $5. Presented by the Flowertown Players and the Lee A. Barrett Children's Theatre. Call 875-9251 or visit www.flowertownplayers.org.

"The Violet Hour": 8 p.m. March 13-15, 20-22; 3 p.m. March 9, 16. The Footlight Players, 20 Queen St., Charleston. $25 adults, $22 seniors, $15 students. The Footlight Players present this complicated drama about a young book publisher in New York City. For tickets, call 722-4487 or visit www.footlightplayers.net.

"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown": 7 p.m. March 15 and 3 p.m. March 16. South of Broadway Theatre Company Studios, 1080 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. $12 adults, $5 students. South of Broadway's ShowBiz School presents this musical comedy based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip, "Peanuts." Call 745-0317.

"Fiddler on the Roof'': 3 p.m. March 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.

'The Tragedian': 7:30 p.m. March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St., Charleston. $25. This one-man tour de force is an explosive portrait of Edwin Booth, a brilliant theatrical artist and the older brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. For tickets, visit www.brownpapertickets.com or www.puretheatre.org.