Author: Margaret Evans

News from the Coastal Discovery Museum 

Oyster Shell Recycling, Renourishment and Management The Coastal Discovery Museum will host Ben Dyar on February 6 at 3 pm for this program. Oysters are a keystone species in our estuaries and play many critical roles. Come and learn why they are so important and why DNR is returning oyster shell back to our estuaries.

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PAL Pups Featured During Puppy Bowl XV

The game of football has never seen a Cinderella Story quite like Bailey’s. This sweet shelter pup was adopted from Palmetto Animal League (PAL), the Okatie-based non-profit, no kill rescue, in 2016 only to be returned 2 years later when her adopter deemed there wasn’t enough time to spend with Bailey. 

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In the Eye of the Beholder

Award-winning photographer Edith Wood has always had a love of the outdoors. She uses natural light and composition to capture perfect moments in time. Her photography exhibit “In the Eye of the Beholder” will showcase wildlife, landscape and macro photography from February 4 through March 3 at The Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) gallery, located at 6 Church Street in Old Town Bluffton.

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 Moonlight Over Monte Carlo to Benefit USCB’s CFA 

USCB Center for the Arts is rolling out the red carpet for its annual “An Affair with the Arts” benefit. The Moonlight Over Monte Carlo casino theme promises to entertain and delight all who attend.  Black Jack and Craps tables, live music, a silent auction with amazing treasures, open bar and fabulous nibbles from The Kitchen are only some of the highlights of the evening.  

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Pins and Needles

Pins and needles: A pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness. On pins and needles: in a nervous or jumpy state of anticipation- Merriam Webster

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Fripp Island on Fire—Musically

I suspect that the name of the band from Toronto, Sultans of String, was inspired by the famous song “Sultans of Swing” by the British rock group Dire Straits, which hit the top ten charts world-wide in 1979 and celebrates musicians, albeit in London. Ask the Canadian Sultans, when they play on Fripp Island January 27, if I hit the nail on the head.

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Warm Up To Chamber Music During Post-Holiday Chill 

The January 13, 2019, 5:00 pm USCB Chamber Music concert features compositions for three string instruments—guitar, violin, and cello—across eight works: three for solo guitar, one for solo violin, two for cello and guitar, and two for violin and guitar. It traces an arc from old (1735) to modern (1986) and swings from North German High Baroque counterpoint to Argentinian-Barrio Tango, with two stops in Brazil, and one each in Spain, Paraguay, Venezuela. If you are intrigued by the guitar, this concert is for you.

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Conroy Center Hosts ‘Indigo Girl’ Author Natasha Boyd

Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793) revolutionized Colonial American agriculture by successfully cultivating commercial indigo dye production in South Carolina. She was a teenager at the time, entrusted by her father with the management of his Lowcountry plantations. At 21, Eliza married widower Charles Pinckney, and their sons, Thomas and Charles Cotesworth, played distinguished roles in the founding of the new American Republic.

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BAA Features Fiber Artists

The Beaufort Art Association is featuring the work of the Fiber Artists of Beaufort (FAB) during the months of January and February. Participating artists are Sandra Atkins, Eileen Berchem, Laura Burcin, Margo Duke, Barbara James, Sari Kandel, Kim Keats, Laurie Lovell, Linda Patalive and Cynthia Zeiss.

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