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The article focuses on the 20th annual Chocolate Festival in Aiken, South Carolina, in October 2008. It notes that the festival aims to generate funds for St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School. The festival features the products of 2007 winners of the Chocolate Challenge who include John Martone, Joan LaBone and Elizabeth Tucker. It also highlights the activities of the festival including carnival games, book sales and music and dance performances.

The article offers information on painter Jim Harrison in Aiken, South Carolina. It notes that Harrison portrays rural community in his watercolor-style paintings. Harrison cites that watercolor style promotes visual appeal to artists. Moreover, Harrison believes that good painting is 90 percent looking and 10 percent doing.

Reports on HopeSpring's 'The Way of the Shaman' workshop in South Carolina. Founders of HopeSpring; Workshop instructors from the Omega Institute.

The article reports on the staging of the traveling art exhibition titled "The Connection," in South Carolina and Barbados from December 2007 to October 2008. The exhibition features 75 pieces of artworks that highlight the connection between Barbados and South Carolina in areas such as African-American heritage, architecture and agriculture.

The article explains that Edgefield, South Carolina's cultural property are tourist attractions in the holidays. The Heritage Holidays tourism initiative promotes the Open House tour of dwellings, a visit to the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Region 2 Discover Center museum, a poetry reading by Laurel Blossom, and a Christmas parade with a tree lighting ceremony in the evening.

Focuses on the reopening of Dorn Gold Mine for visitors in South Carolina. Effort of the rejuvenation of the town; Formation of Willington on the Way, a nonprofit organization; Significance of the community for the economy of the state. INSET: If You're Going.....

Focuses on the history of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Barnwell, South Carolina. Description of the gothic architecture of the church; Accounts on the resolution to form an Episcopal church; Costs for the building construction.

Features the historical family home Redcliffe and Silver Bluff Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Aiken, South Carolina. Emphasis on the origin of the Hammond family legacy; Political interests of James Henry Hammond; Efforts of the educational center to teach the public about the nature and woods management.

Describes sites of interest for tourists in Aiken, South Carolina. Information on the historic value of the Hitchcock Woods; Legacy of the Hopeland Gardens as a Winter Colony during the Civil War.

Highlights the annual thoroughbred racing in Aiken, South Carolina. List of racing stables in Aiken; Different races included in the program; Claim that the races are open only to horses trained on the grounds.

Profiles Jeanette Ross, an artist from McCormick, South Carolina, who signs her artwork as 'Pink Earth.' Background information on Ross; Art credits; Predilections.

Reports on the growth of Aiken, South Carolina's theatrical sector. Celebration of the anniversary of the Aiken Community Playhouse with the staging of 'Footloose'; Performances at the theaters and galleries of the Etherredge Center of the University of South Carolina; Opening of the Washington Center for the Performing Arts.

Profiles Barnwell, South Carolina potter Elizabeth Ringus. Display of Ringus' work at the Little Red Barn Pottery, Art & Antiques building which she leases; Use of the trademark Paw Print Pottery; Production of functional pieces, such as bowls and pie plates; Description of Ringus' traditional face jugs.