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Inside Out: Expressing Our Inner Voices

Posted by Margaret Evans | Sep 4, 2018 | Art | 0

They found each other on a Facebook group called “35 Women of Expressive Abstracts” dedicated to what they love the most: abstract art. Over the last year, they became each other’s sounding boards, always encouraging each other to express themselves through their art. They bonded through their mentor and teacher Steven Aimone, whose teachings based on his book “Expressive Drawing”, gave them the tools and exercises to explore their particular art form.

Putting Figures in Your Landscapes

Posted by Margaret Evans | Sep 4, 2018 | Art | 0

Award-winning impressionist painter and part-time Lowcountry resident Leslie Dyas is excited to teach a one day workshop at Art League Academy. Dyas will share her approach to planning and building art that captures the visual essence of the scenes that strike your imagination. “In this hands-on workshop, you will work to create your own Lowcountry landscape, alive with the beauty of the region and its inhabitants,” states Amy Wehrman, Academy Manager.

The Great Love of Pat Conroy

Posted by Margaret Evans | Sep 4, 2018 | Rants & Raves | 0

By Margaret Evans, EditorMy advance copy of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy had been languishing on my bedside table for weeks. I couldn’t bring myself to pick it up. There were reasons for my reticence. For one, my beloved friend, mentor, and sometime-employer had been gone for almost two and ½ years now, and I was loath to rekindle the grief that had been such a long time leaving.

Pies Or Pajamas

Posted by Margaret Evans | Aug 21, 2018 | Local Color | 0

Author’s note: As regular readers of this column have noticed, I frequently like to start with a related quote, something to whet the reader’s appetite, so to speak. Some are from notable authors, politicians, or comedians, while others are deliberately chosen from less well-known writers whose thoughts caught my attention and hopefully yours as well.

On Going Back to School

Posted by Margaret Evans | Aug 21, 2018 | Rants & Raves | 0

By Margaret Evans, EditorAnother school year has begun, and for me, it’s the end of an era. Our only child is a senior at Beaufort High (what?!), so this is my last official back-to-school column. My grand finale. My School Mom swan song.

CSP Presents ‘Sex Please, We’re Sixty!’

Posted by Margaret Evans | Aug 21, 2018 | Theater/Dance | 0

This weekend the cozy B&B is hosting three mature women for a relaxing get-away. The guests include the plucky romance novelist Victoria Ambrose (Connie Hoskins), who is suffering from writer’s block and hoping for some local inspiration; the sophisticated scientist/researcher Hillary Hudson (Anne Helm), and a properly over-the-top Southern charmer Charmaine Beauregard (Carol Miller).

LeFavi Named Founding Dean of USCB’s Beaufort Campus

Posted by Margaret Evans | Aug 21, 2018 | Local Color | 0

The University of South Carolina Beaufort has selected Robert (Bob) LeFavi, Ph.D., a career academic scholar, to become the Founding Dean of the university’s Beaufort Campus. Dr. LeFavi comes to USCB from Georgia Southern University where he was Professor and Head of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, a department that served roughly 2,000 students.

Auldbrass Now On Tour Annually

Posted by Margaret Evans | Aug 21, 2018 | Local Color | 0

Frank Lloyd Wright’s only home in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Auldbrass, is now on tour every year. The privately-owned home was previously only open for public tours every two years, but that’s changed. The Beaufort County Open Land Trust has teamed up with local event planner, Ashley Rhodes, to host the Auldbrass Plantation Tours annually!

Conroy Center Hosts ‘Southern Writers on Writing’ Panel

Posted by Margaret Evans | Aug 21, 2018 | Books | 0

The South is often misunderstood on the national stage, characterized by its struggles with poverty, education, and racism, yet the region has yielded an abundance of undeniably great literature. In the newly published anthology Southern Writers on Writing, editor Susan Cushman collects 26 writers from across the South whose work celebrates southern culture and shapes the landscape of contemporary southern literature. Contributors hail from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida.

2018 Short Story America Festival

Posted by Margaret Evans | Aug 21, 2018 | Books | 0

The 2018 Short Story America Festival and Conference is scheduled for the weekend of September 28-30 in downtown Beaufort. This fifth celebration of short fiction will feature top presenting authors like John Engell (San Francisco, CA), Niles Reddick (University of Memphis), Marjorie Brody (San Antonio, TX), Gregg Cusick (Durham, NC), Nancy Allen (Dallas, TX), John Newlin (Wilmington, DE), James Goertel (Rochester, NY), Ray Morrison (Winston-Salem, NC), and Beaufort-based author and editor Tim Johnston (left).

Author: Margaret Evans

Inside Out: Expressing Our Inner Voices

Putting Figures in Your Landscapes

The Great Love of Pat Conroy

Pies Or Pajamas

On Going Back to School

CSP Presents ‘Sex Please, We’re Sixty!’

LeFavi Named Founding Dean of USCB’s Beaufort Campus

Auldbrass Now On Tour Annually

Conroy Center Hosts ‘Southern Writers on Writing’ Panel

2018 Short Story America Festival

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