The demand for Ken Burns was so great that one venue wasn’t enough.
The acclaimed filmmaker’s sold-out appearance at Spoleto Festival USA’s “An Evening with Ken Burns” on May 27 drew such a large response that organizers added a free simulcast at the Charleston Visitor Center, where festival employees expected about 350 guests to watch live.
“I’ve been coming to Charleston for almost 40 years for one historical subject or another,” Ken Burns said. “Charleston’s centrality is hard to deny.”…