conNECKtedTOO Story Circle

Due to measures taken to prevent COVID19 from spreading, the conNECKtedTOO Story Circle event has been modified into a virtual gathering that emphasizes solidarity and community over panic and isolation. Share stories, laugh, recite a poem or just let us know how you are doing at this Community Check-In via Zoom. Click here to join […]

Swinton’s Cleaners

[from the obituary of Mr. William Swinton 1925-2013] “He was a noted business entrepreneur. He worked in the dry cleaning business for many years, including the dry cleaners on the Charleston Naval Base, before ultimately opening his own business, Swinton’s Cleaners. This accomplishment was his dream come true and he was praised for his business […]

The Veggie Bin story

VEGGIE BIN (click here)

Why Reynolds?

Choosing to present the whole of cTOO’s work at Reynolds brings the collective very close to the struggle for neighborhood revival. It EXPOSES it to the harsh realities of a rundown area, showing signs that speculators have started betting on it! Then: Are there policies shielding present residents from displacement? Will existing businesses be supported […]

The arts and the spirit of the arts

Connection. Conversation. Community. Communicate. A string of words. A single word to acknowledge. Something. Since we’ve been here I’ve grown attached. Faces and people have become familiar. Now, when I smell fresh linen I think of this street. The block is starting to wake up by the time I get here in the mornings — […]

TINYisPOWERFUL POP-UP COMMUNITY LAB – FULL SCHEDULE

MARCH 26, 4:00 P.M. A TINYisPOWERFUL COMMUNITY LAB STORY CIRCLE in conjunction with the USDAC STATE OF THE UNION MARCH 1st – MARCH 24 OPEN ON DEMAND. Call 843-607-5811 or 843-209-7902 JANUARY 23 – FEBRUARY 23 WEEKLY HOURS: TUESDAY thru SATURDAY 9:30 A.M. – 6:30 P.M. and SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 (12:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.) […]

JANUARY-FEBRUARY AT 2023 REYNOLDS, NORTH CHARLESTON

conNECKtedTOO is transitioning. For the purpose of supporting TINY BUSINESS as an essential form of commerce in Charleston, the Collective is morphing from the hard media of sculpture, poster, performance and diagram making, to the virtuality of a Mobile App to be found at TINYisPOWERFUL.com. conNECKtedTOO is dedicated to very small enterprises. They are powerful […]

The MLK, Jr. MEMORIAL DISTRICT

A conversation with Richard Wigfall Recorded April 17, 2019 by Theron SNYPE                         Richard is from a family of entrepreneurs who created and operated businesses in the Spring and Cannon Streets corridor.  Due to the number of African American business enterprises historically located along this corridor, in 1999, city council passed a resolution designating those streets […]

conNECKted TOO Answers

conNECKted TOO Artists Apprentices Part 1