Author: Margaret Evans

BA Blue Notes Holiday Concert

Beaufort Academy is getting in the holiday spirit by presenting to the community its new choral ensembles. Under the direction of Victor Varner, Beaufort Academy is hosting a holiday concert featuring the Beaufort Academy Blue Notes at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, at Sea Island Presbyterian Church on Lady’s Island.

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‘Around the World In a Sleigh’ with LCCB

When I last visited this space, I described how joining the Lowcountry Community Concert Band led me to a reunion with a college band friend I’d not seen in 45 years. Here’s another LCCB short story. During one of our Tuesday-night rehearsals, which are held at May River High School, I was chatting up a fellow tuba player, Lee Wiggins.

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New Fantasy Novelist Signing Books at Luther’s

“In a fantasy world where religion and nationalism are the driving forces between the races of their world, one’s miracle is the other’s abomination. In The Siege of Sternz, these conflicts come to an epic climax with both sides fighting to defend their beliefs and save their people in The Siege of Sternz . . . “

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BAA Offers Watercolor Workshop

Columbia award-winning artist Ron Weathers will present a two-day watercolor workshop January 11 & 12. Hosted by the Beaufort Art Association (BAA), the workshop will be held at The Retreat on Lady’s Island, 9 Sunset Blvd. Designed to be fun and inspirational for beginners and intermediate artists, the program is $125 for BAA members and $150 for non-members.

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Fiber Artists of Beaufort Hosts Holiday Boutique

The Fiber Artists of Beaufort (FAB) will host a Holiday Sale at the Coastal Art Supply at 216 West Street, Beaufort from December 7 through December 9. Hours will be 12:00 am to 5:00 pm daily with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 pm on December 7. The member artists will have items for sale that will make excellent Holiday gifts for the fiber lovers in your family.

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Conroy Center Will Unveil New Pat Conroy Portrait by Susan Graber

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will unveil an original portrait of beloved southern writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) on Friday, December 7, at 5 pm, the same evening as Beaufort’s annual Night on the Town. Portrait artist Susan Graber was commissioned to paint the portrait of Conroy, which will hang in the Conroy Center’s new and expanded location at 905 Port Republic Street in downtown Beaufort. The portrait unveiling event is a free public event with light refreshments.

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Conroy Center Will Unveil New Pat Conroy Portrait by Susan Graber

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will unveil an original portrait of beloved southern writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) on Friday, December 7, at 5 pm, the same evening as Beaufort’s annual Night on the Town. Portrait artist Susan Graber was commissioned to paint the portrait of Conroy, which will hang in the Conroy Center’s new and expanded location at 905 Port Republic Street in downtown Beaufort. The portrait unveiling event is a free public event with light refreshments.

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Seasonal Signs and Wonders

By Margaret Evans, EditorIt’s been a crazy fall at our house. Our daughter is a high school senior, so we’re caught up in a frenzy of college applications, senior portraits, cap and gown orders, campus tours, and whatnot. Add to that the fact that Jeff and I just bought a second business, the world’s an absolute mess, the country’s going up in flames – both literal and figurative – and everybody’s finished their Christmas shopping while I haven’t started mine, and well… I’m a wee bit stressed.

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