Author: Margaret Evans

Benches, Books & More!

Art League of Hilton Head and The Literacy Center have teamed up in a collaborative effort entitled Benches, Books & More! This week-long exhibition features hand-painted furniture by locally well-known artists inspired by, and in partnership with, Lowcountry authors.

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Art League Sells Fine Art Prints and Posters

Art League of Hilton Head is holding a liquidation sale of their large inventory of fine art prints and posters at Art League Academy. Unique posters and limited edition prints will be available at unbeatable prices. Notable signed and numbered prints, like Walter Greer’s Joy’s Pond and Jesse Barn’s The Simple Life, will be sold while supplies lasts.

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Tribalism and the Y

I spend too much time on social media. I think we’ve established this.      When you spend too much time on social media, you can develop a skewed sense of reality – a “virtual” reality, as it were. As in . . . almost, but not quite. As in . . . fake.

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Save an Animal, Bid for PAL

For the 9th year in a row, Palmetto Animal League is giving folks a great excuse to shop during their ‘Bid for PAL’ online auction. This highly anticipated event is a unique opportunity to treat yourself and save homeless pets at the same time. All the funds raised benefit PAL’s no kill Adoption Center, located in Okatie’s Riverwalk Business Park.

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BTC Presents Hilarious Tribute to Broadway

 USCB Center For The Arts announces Beaufort Theater Company’s production of “Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits,”  a hilarious, loving and endlessly entertaining tribute to many of Broadway’s biggest shows. Laugh out loud as the cast parodies selections from Annie, Wicked, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and Cats, as well as Broadway legends like Carol Channing, Ethel Merman, Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli.

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Sinatra & Swing

Those who love the songs of Frank Sinatra and the sound of the great big bands can get both when the 17-piece Odyssey Jazz & Swing Orchestra presents ‘Sinatra & Swing’. Two shows mark this major music event – Friday evening April 20 at 7:30 pm on Lady’s Island in Beaufort in the Walsh-Palmetto Hall at St. Peter’s Church, and on Hilton Head at the Hilton Head Beach & Tennis Resort on Sunday afternoon, May 6 at 5:00 pm.

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Recovering My Musical Chops

The Lowcountry Community Concert Band plays ‘Pops from Stage to Screen’ Among the baggage we brought when we moved to the Lowcountry in 2015 was an old, silver-plated B-flat tuba, which I’d played in college and in many reunion parades (and office parties) since graduating from Rutgers University in 1971. I didn’t think I would still be playing the horn in retirement, and it seemed fated to sit in a corner in our living room as a rather unusual objet d’art.

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LWS Features Young Violinist in ‘Cinematic Highlights’

The Lowcountry Wind Symphony will round out its third season with a program entitled ‘Cinematic Highlights.’ Back to back free concerts will be presented at 7 pm on Saturday, April 21 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 351 Buckwalter Parkway; and Sunday, April 22 at 4 pm at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 157 Lady’s Island Dr. in Beaufort.

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