Anything Goes!, an exhibit of member art at Art League Gallery, celebrates the depth and breadth of artwork created by Art League exhibiting members. Truly anything goes at this exhibit: any media, size, shape, form or subject. From 2D media such as painting and photography to 3D art including sculpture, ceramics and jewelry, all artworks will be on display and for sale.
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By Margaret Evans, Editor “Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more . . . He became as good a friend, as good a master, as good a man as the good old City knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough in the good old world.” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol I love a conversion story. Especially at Christmas. You can have your Rudolph, your Frosty, your “Wonderful Life” and all those other yuletide tales of kindly underdogs who deservedly triumph over adversity. I, myself, am a sucker for that far less common narrative – the black heart utterly transformed. The undeserving, unbearable wretch redeemed.
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How the Beaufort Digital Corridor is working to bolster startups and possibly the future of Beaufort’s economy itself By Mindy Lucas On a recent Thursday night in downtown Beaufort, a few dozen people gather in a brightly lit, modern office space to talk shop. Over drinks and appetizers of sushi and steamed dumplings they talk about what they’re working on, who might be someone to connect with and, most important of all, how they can get their product or idea off the ground.
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During the annual Night on the Town celebration in downtown Beaufort on Friday, December 6, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a poetry reading featuring Andrew K. Clark (Jesus in the Trailer), Benjamin Cutler (The Geese Who Might Be Gods), and Miho Kinnas (Move Over, Bird). Free and open to the public, the reading begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Conroy Center, 905 Port Republic Street. Books will be available for sale and signing, with wine and light refreshments served.
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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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