Part Two of the reform to South Carolina’s public-employee pension system is turning out to be a classic case of concentrated benefits and dispersed costs, a phenomenon which favors recipients of government payments at the expense of the average taxpayer. There’s a way we might mitigate some of the harm that’s already been done; but first, let’s review where we are now and how we got there.
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Jazz saxophonist Thom Chambers will headline the second Notes: An Evening of Musical Storytelling & Casual Conversation to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Beaufort County. The first Notes event in 2016 set a very high bar - showcasing Frank Almond and his Lipinski Stradivarius - and the organizers are delighted to follow that success with a musical guest of equal caliber who might just be Beaufort’s best-kept secret.
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The December tenth USCB Chamber Music concert features four works that range from tuneful, evocative, vibrant, and achingly rhapsodic. It begins with a work for friends: Beethoven’sDuo in E-flat Major for Viola and Cello. Beethoven was a passable violist, and he wrote a duet for himself to perform with an amateur-cellist pal.
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It is the time of year to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, and the Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort want to help you do just that with “A Nativity Celebration.”
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Marshall Chapman grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As a debutante and the daughter of a textile mill owner she started life “firmly part of proper society” but was determined to make a very different life doing something else - somewhere else.
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This year, Modern Jewelers celebrates 70 years in business. For over 50 of those years, the store has been in Rosemary Cuppia’s family - her parents bought it in 1966 - and she and her husband Kevin have owned and operated it together since the early 80s. Their son Chase came on board almost ten years ago, making Modern Jewelers a three-generation family business. We recently spoke with Rosemary and Kevin Cuppia about this downtown Beaufort institution.
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The Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the first Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Friday, December 15, in MacLean Hall (bldg. 12) on the Technical College of the Lowcountry’s Ribaut Road campus. An all-day event, 10:00 am 4:30 pm, this will be an opportunity for book club members – or anyone interested in joining or forming a book club – to meet, mingle, and exchange ideas about fostering, inspiring, and sustaining a community of fellow book lovers.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorFor this week’s issue, I considered recycling last year’s Christmas column. Just didn’t think I had a new one in me. I began perusing the old piece online - to make sure it still held up, wasn’t too “2016″ - and when I got to the end, I found an editor’s note that read, “This column first appeared in Lowcountry Weekly in December of 2014.”
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Lowcountry Weekly is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Sea Island Spirit Writers Short Story Contest. Participation was even better this year than last! The writers were asked to respond to the prompt ‘Seven Times’ in 750 words or less. There were so many great stories, we’re glad the Sea Island Spirit Writers served as judges, not us. Those judges were: Donna Armer, Katherine Tandy Brown, Emily Davis-Fletcher, Virginia Hall-Apicella, and Jacqueline Markham.
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“Every year you say you’re going to do it, but this is the year! Create your own unique and personal holiday cards that will be memorable for your family and friends. Artists of all levels will benefit from this workshop,” states Nancy Carney, award-winning Bluffton artist and instructor. Carney will hold a 2-day workshop on creating your own holiday cards at Art League Academy in November.
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