Author: Margaret Evans

“Lately, most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, have been asking themselves some version of the same question: How did we get here? How did the world’s greatest democracy and economy become a land of crumbling roads, galloping income inequality, bitter polarization and dysfunctional government?

The Coastal Discovery Museum will introduce a new series of programs every Tuesday from 10:30 – 11:30 am June through August.  See history come alive through these hands-on, family-friendly programs led by experienced first-person interpreters.  Planned activities include Games of the Past, Camp Dig It, Living History with Captain William Hilton and Indigo Discovery with Eliza Lucas Pinckney.

Something very old is new again at Beaufort’s famous Arsenal. Beaufort History Museum, which occupies the second floor of the historic building, has completed the renovation of its Exhibit Hall and it is now open to the public.

Hundreds of rising kindergarten through eighth-grade students are expected to register for the Beaufort County School District’s Virtual Summer Reading Challenge, which lets students log their summer reading online. Students who meet reading goals for their grade levels will earn certificates of celebration from the school district.

The dueling piano duo of Marty Richardson and Greg Cloninger (aka El Grego) are once again bringing to Port Royal a night of music, laughter, and hopefully a bit of charitable giving. On Friday, June 15th “the show will go on” again. Dueling Pianos, sponsored in part by CBC National Bank, is Alzheimer’s Family Services’ eleventh annual dinner theatre and their major fundraiser of the year. The agency, a local non-profit, provides education, support and respite to area caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease.

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2018 Civitas Awards Gala presented by Lockheed Martin and Hargray on Thurs, May 24th at Tabby Place in the heart of Downtown Beaufort. The annual Civitas Awards recognize outstanding businesses, organizations, and individuals who are exemplary in our region.