Author: Margaret Evans

Union Troops to Occupy the Beaufort Arsenal

Beaufort History Museum will present its third annual Living History Encampment on Saturday, March 24, 2018 from 9 AM – 5 PM in the Arsenal courtyard. This year, the popular event will include displays of South Carolina militia from 1860 – 1861 and describe the militia’s role in defending the Port Royal Harbor, and subsequently in defending the mainland against the Federal forces.

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Symphony Under the Stars: All That Jazz

Come and enjoy an evening with the music of Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein and the music from Chicago with conductor John Morris Russell and the refreshing and beautiful voice of Tatiana “LadyMay” Mayfield, a nationally renowned jazz vocalist, musician, and educator. Join the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Under the Stars as it presents “All That Jazz.”

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Duke Symphony Orchestra to Perform with BA Blue Notes

Yes, they are coming again. For the 15thconsecutive year, Duke University’s Symphony Orchestra will perform in Beaufort. This year’s concert will be hosted by the Foundation for Leadership Education, a newly established organization formed to promote leadership education for youth throughout Beaufort County. 

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Quilt Festival 2018

Quilt Festival 2018 is the Palmetto Quilt Guild’s 14th biennial Quilt Show, featuring a display of over 150 quilts, and a quilt competition, judged by a nationally-certified judge. A Boutique of handcrafted items, Vintage Marketplace, Silent Auction, and thirteen vendors will offer visitors an array of shopping opportunities.

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Bren McClain Back in Beaufort

Bren McClain will be at NeverMore Books in downtown Beaufort on Friday, March 23, signing copies of her award-winning novel One Good Mama Bone, published by Pat Conroy’s Story River Books. Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer’s quest to find her “mama bone” after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own, but the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and neighbor, a woman she calls “Sister.”

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Frol Boundin at Sea Islands Center Gallery

The Sea Islands Center Gallery at the University of South Carolina Beaufort is pleased to present an exhibition of the work of Frol Boundin. Frol Boundin: Etchings, Monoprints Series, open now through March 31, 2018. The artist reception is Friday, March 23 5:30-8 pm with the artist talk at 7 pm.

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Fractured Shells: Seeing the Unseen

Art League of Hilton Head presents Judy Blahut Fractured Shells: Seeing the Unseen this April at Art League Gallery. Living on Hilton Head Island, with all of its raw natural beauty, inspired artist Judy Blahut to create Fractured Shells. Blahut explains her fascination with shells and sea creatures led her to “take these beautiful life forms and transform them into a unique exploration of line and form. Each shell or coral bring a different story and message.”

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Internationally Acclaimed Artist to Judge BAA Spring Show

The Beaufort Art Association’s 57th Annual Spring Show will be open to the public from Wednesday, March 28, through Saturday, March 31, from 10 am to 7 pm at Tabby Place, 913 Port Republic St. in downtown Beaufort. Local artists will present their finest works for exhibit and sale during the show. Oils, acrylics, watercolors, photography, mixed media, pottery, woodturning, jewelry, and metal sculpture are among the artforms featured. Admission is free and open to the public.

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