Author: Margaret Evans

BTC is Back with Mamma Mia!

The USCB Center for the Arts kicks off its most ambitious season to date with Beaufort Theatre Company’s production of fan favorite Mamma Mia!  You can dance, you can jive, you can have the time of your life experiencing this Broadway smash-hit right here in the Lowcountry.

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Learn About Yamasee Indians and Altamaha Town

Beaufort History Museum, in partnership with the Beaufort County Library, will present a lecture on the Yamasee Indians and Altamaha Town by noted authority and archaeologist Dr. Eric Poplin. The lecture is scheduled for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 11 at the Beaufort Branch Library, located at 311 Scott Street.

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Unveiling History Along the Trail

The Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail (FSMT) will celebrate the unveiling of seven new additions to the historic markers along the Spanish Moss Trail – Thursday, September 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Spanish Moss Trail’s Depot Road Trailhead.  This community-wide event, will be a one-time opportunity to view the new panels in the historic Depot Building prior to their permanent installment along the Trail. In addition to the display, the FSMT-led Historic Sign Committee, the historians and community leaders who researched these points of interest, will be available at each panel to share more about these points of interest such as – the Battle of Port Royal, Clarendon Plantation, Industrial Beaufort, Port Royal Agricultural and Industrial School, Pick Pocket Plantation and the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

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USCB Faculty Art Exhibition

The Sea Islands Center Gallery at the University of South Carolina Beaufort is pleased to present an exhibition featuring the work of the Department of Visual Art & Design faculty. The artist reception is Friday, September 7, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. and the exhibition is currently on view until September 21.

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Inside Out: Expressing Our Inner Voices

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.

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Putting Figures in Your Landscapes

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.

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The Great Love of Pat Conroy

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.

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Pies Or Pajamas

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. 

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On Going Back to School

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.

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