Heritage Days returns to Penn Center on St. Helena Island November 8 – 11, a three-day cultural celebration of Gullah/Geechee Sea Island history, folk arts, food, music, crafts, and West African cultural legacy.
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristina McMorris will be the featured guest at the USC Beaufort Author Luncheon Series with her remarkable new work of historical fiction set during the Great Depression, Sold on a Monday (Sourcebooks Landmark, September 2018).
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What do you like about the South? For artist, Margaret Crawford, she can remember the salty air and peacefulness since the late 70’s. Before becoming a Lowcountry resident, Crawford studied at the Pittsburgh Art Institute, Carnegie Mellon University and The Art Students League in New York City. With over twenty solo exhibits on her resume, you do not want to miss this exhibit and its ode to the South.
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The Port Royal Sound Foundation is hosting a Recycled Art Contest to help bring awareness to Beaufort County’s plastic bag ban and keep the water and land of the Port Royal Sound Area clean and healthy.
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The Sea Islands Center Gallery at the University of South Carolina Beaufort will present Indigo Rain: Secreta, Magica, Memoria, an exhibition featuring artwork by Zipporah Camille Thompson, Nov. 8 from 5 to 8 pm. A gallery talk by the artist will take place at 6 pm.
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“No man is lonely while eating spaghetti.” – Christopher Morley (American writer, 1890-1957) Having lost nearly 50 pounds this year, I’ve been paying more attention than usual to my diet and sagging appetite. Health challenges have kept me at home more than usual and away from my usual source for my favorite newspaper, The New York Times.
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A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kathleen ParkerBy Margaret Evans, EditorCalling myself a Kathleen Parker “fan” would be like calling my teenage daughter a Harry Potter fan – a gross understatement. Though I seldom curl up on rainy days with a pile of old Parker columns – a la Amelia with old Potter movies – Kathleen has topped my short list of must-read columnists for as long as I can remember. Smart, witty, fearless, southern. Slightly right of center, except when she’s not. Vexing Republicans as often as she does Democrats. Maybe a little ornery. She’s not just a role model; she’s my spirit animal.
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Lowcountry Weekly is pleased to announce the winners of the 4th Annual Sea Island Spirit Writers Short Story Contest. Participation, like last year, was wonderful! The writers were asked to respond to the prompt “a half-eaten pastrami sandwich” in 750 words or less. There were so many great stories, we’re glad the Sea Island Spirit Writers did the judging so we didn’t have to! Those judges were: Donna Armer, Katherine Tandy Brown, Emily Davis Fletcher, Ginny Hall-Apicella, and Jacqueline Markham. Thanks to everybody who entered a short story this year, and congratulations to the winners! And now, without further ado . . . the winning stories…
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With more than 330 walkers joining the second annual Beaufort Walk for Water on Saturday, September 22nd at Live Oaks Park in Port Royal, over $30,000 was raised to provide sustainable safe water around the world. All donations benefit Water Mission, a nonprofit Christian engineering organization that builds safe water solutions in developing countries and disaster areas.
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Lean welcomes you to The North Crawford Mask & Wig Club for Aaron Posner’s Who Am I This Time? (& Other Conundrums Of Love), based on stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Narrator Tom Newton takes us along on three funny romantic episodes: A young soldier goes AWOL to profess his love to another man’s fiancée; two shy actors, unable to express feelings without a script, figure out a clever workaround; and a Silver Screen diva and her new husband stage a nuclear break-up while Tom comes away with a lesson in love.
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