In partnership with NeverMore Books, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a reading by award-winning novelist Mark Powell from his new book Firebird on Monday, December 9, at 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, and followed by a book signing, the reading will be held at the Conroy Center, 905 Port Republic Street. Mark Powell’s explosive new literary thriller delves into the 2014 Ukraine-Russia conflict.
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Lean Ensemble Theater takes another giant step in its BOLDEST season yet with a new production of the much-acclaimed Every Brilliant Thing, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe. Directed by Maegan Azar, the one-man show stars Lean Ensemble member Matt Mundy.
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Annually, all net proceeds from the All Saints Garden Tour are donated to charities in Beaufort and Jasper Counties that focus on hunger, homelessness, literacy or aging with budgets of less than $650,000.
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The 40th anniversary season of USCB Chamber Music continues with its second concert, on Sunday, December 15, 5:00pm, featuring music as old as 285 years and as young as yesterday (literally).
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Come celebrate the Christmas season at the Hilton Head Choral Society’s annual holiday concert on Friday, December 13 at 7 p.m. THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS will feature the 85-voice chorus with orchestra, and promises to capture the joy, magic and effervescence of the holiday according to HHCS Artistic Director Tim Reynolds.
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As a gift to the community, First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort will present a weekend-long 9thAnnual Nativity Display Celebration on December 13-15 – featuring more than 100 different nativity scenes from around the world. “These are truly one-of-a-kind pieces of art from across the globe,” said Donna Sheetz, First Presbyterian’s Volunteer Nativity Event Coordinator. “They are all telling the same story of Jesus’ birth, but each scene showcases the rich culture of the people who created it.”
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Indivisible Beaufort will take a look at racial diversity at its Dec. 7 meeting with Dr. Gloria...
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Atelier is a working collective art studio, located in the historic Lipsitz building in the heart of downtown Beaufort, South Carolina. Built in 1883, this gorgeous building, with the original hardwood floors and high ceilings, houses 14 individual art studios of local Lowcountry artists. On any given day, you can climb the original staircase to Atelier and witness any number of the artists at work. With the historic charm, slightly slanted floors, natural light and gorgeous artwork covering the walls, Atelier is truly a one-of-a-kind experience.
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Last Saturday, I took part in a writers’ conference in Summerville sponsored by the Pat Conroy Literary Center. I was officially an “instructor,” but I learned more than I taught. Love it when that happens! The “faculty” was made up of contributors to Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, and we ended the day with a panel discussion during which we… well, remembered Pat Conroy.
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The Magic is gone. The haunting beauty of the enchanted bone yard at Hunting Island is gone, erased, stripped clean, cut up, pushed into piles of rubble, leaving nothing but stacked pyres and an empty expanse of sand.
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