Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one. – Anonymous Well, sports fans, it’s official. I just turned 69 and am now “elderly.” Seems like a good time to take stock of the past few weeks. From a more dignified, senior position. (Remember when it was cool to finally become a high school senior?)
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How Beaufort’s newest public art project is causing people to think about their lives By Mindy Lucas It’s the simplest of things really. Six words etched on what could pass for a grammar school chalkboard that stands in front of the Pat Conroy Literary Center in downtown Beaufort. Only the words seem to hang there as with the greatest of expectations. Before I die I want to…
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Pastor Paul may have begun his ministry in a small storefront church but now, twenty years later, he’s the leader of a grand megachurch of devoted parishioners. Yet now he stands on the brink of a theological earthquake. He’s had a revelation. In a late night talk with God he has come to the understanding that Hell, as he had been preaching, is not a physical place with fire and brimstone. Instead, Hell is the misery mankind makes on earth.
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The Friends of the Beaufort Library have announced the 2020 schedule for their popular 8-week annual Books Sandwiched In series, featuring book talks by local personalities to provoke interest in books: both fiction and non-fiction. After each talk presenters will welcome questions.
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“This and That: the Art of Arla Crumlick Wible” opens at the Beaufort Art Association (BAA) January 5, and will run until March 1, 2020. An opening reception will be held at the Gallery at 913 Bay Street in Beaufort on Friday, January 10, from 5 to 8 pm. Light refreshments will be served. There will also be on exhibit the work of over 75 other local artists, who are members of the Gallery. The public is invited.
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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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