Art Exhibit to Benefit Friends of Hunting Island
Robert Hild, a resident of Beaufort County and a member of the prestigious American Watercolor Society, received his Doctor of Arts Degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Author: Margaret Evans
Nature’s Elegance: National Parks & Beyond
Bill Bogle, Jr. has a passion for capturing the beauty of nature — from the crisp morning air at sunrise, the quiet marsh, fog on the water, hills, trails, mountain peaks or canyon walls — through the lens of his camera. His landscape photography will be on display during an exhibit called “Nature’s Elegance: National Parks and Beyond” from May 7-June 3 at The Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) gallery in Old Town Bluffton. The public is invited to an opening reception from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, May 13 at the gallery.
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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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Back to the Bookmobile: Three Wonderful Books
Since I was a little boy, reading books has been an absolute passion, ever since the bookmobile visited our neighborhood in rural Kutztown, PA (population then about 3,200). I well remember walking home with an armful of books, ready to burrow into my favorite wicker chair and dive into them.
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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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Celebrate with Catering by Debbi Covington
