Written by Katey Rich Photo Creds: SC Film Commission/Disney, Explore Edgefield When the Disney production of That Darn Cat set up camp in Aiken and Edgefield in the early months of 1996, it was a thrilling exposure to Hollywood magic for those of us who had never imagined seeing our quiet hometowns onscreen.  As it turns out, the film’s star Christina Ricci was also experiencing something totally new. “That town square was like nothing I had ever seen before,” Ricci, who was

Katey Rich remembers Aiken snow days.

Support the Fermata Club here! Aiken Swiftie? Grab your "Aiken Era" mug here! It had been 60 years since the Fermata School for Girls last taught the daughters of America’s finest families about everything they’d need to know to enter high society, from cooking to horseback riding. But on monthly weeknights in the late ’90s, in that wide wood and stucco gymnasium that had once been state of the art, I was still there being taught the foxtrot and the waltz. The Fermata Club, f