Penny Beesley is January’s featured artist at the Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) gallery in Old Town Bluffton. Her exhibit “Following Intuition: Expressive Abstracts,” includes acrylic, charcoal and pastel works that will be displayed in the gallery until February 4.
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Stephanie Nakasianwhat a melodious, jazzy name for “the Renaissance woman of Jazz,” one of the most celebrated Jazz singers in the world. Nakasian is recognized as a leading voice of this genre, continuing the legacy of the Great Ladies of Song like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, June Christy and Rosemary Clooney.
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A Roundtable Discussion of Sexual Harassment (Part 2)”Asking women why they didn’t report their sexual assault right away is akin to asking someone why they didn’t report their own kidnapping.” Aparna Nancherla, American actress and comedian
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The small town of Habersham just got some BIG news! The quaint waterfront neighborhood was just named one of Coastal Living Magazine’s ‘20 Best Places to Live’ for 2018; it’s near the top of the list, at #4.
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Since ancient times, artists, poets, literary figures, and composers have followed beauty’s elusive flame, in life experiences searching to create that perfect form of expression.
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Mitchelville Preservation Project will present The Freedom Experience: Men of Mitchelville, to celebrate National Freedom Day. The Freedom Experience is a series of programs that tell the story of Mitchelville, the first self-governed freedman’s town in America. The Freedom Experience: Men of Mitchelville will be Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park (formerly Fish Haul Creek Park), 226 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 from 11 am - 1 pm. There is no admission, but donations are welcomed.
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The Pat Conroy Literary Center will hold its second annual March Forth on March Fourth, commemorating the second anniversary of Pat’s death, on Sunday, March 4th, at the Frissell Community House at Penn Center on St. Helena Island. The Penn Center, a place of quiet dignity and rich history, is a perfect setting for the day-long embrace of nature, poetry, fiction, and fellowship among writers and readers in the heart of Conroy’s beloved Lowcountry.
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Local artist Joan Wykis will display watercolor and mixed media art in an exhibit called Artistic Musings from February 5-March 4 at the Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) gallery, located in Old Town Bluffton. An opening reception is slated from 3-5 p.m. February 11 at the gallery. The event is free and open to the public.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorSomewhere between Harvey Weinstein and Al Franken, I started to get uncomfortable with the MeToo movement. Oh, who am I kidding? I hated it from the get-go. The way it dumped every sexual offense since the beginning of time into one big cauldron, mixing them all up into an unsavory stew with indistinguishable ingredients.
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“And people say it all the time: ‘You’re a celebrity.’ No, I’m an actor. I’m a producer. I’m a director. I’m a toad. I’m roadkill. I’m anything but a celebrity.” – Drew Barrymore
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