The Center for the Arts and Beaufort Theatre Company will hold auditions for CONRACK, a musical based on Pat Conroy’s famous semi-autobiographical novel ‘The Water is Wide,’ on June 20 and 21 from 6 – 7:30 pm in the CFA auditorium. The production is scheduled for October.
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The work of artists Joseph “Big Joe” Abell and Anne M. Jennings will be featured at the Beaufort Art Association (BAA) starting July 2 and running through August 27, 2017. The theme of their exhibit will be ‘Loving the Low Country’ dedicated to the marshes, ocean, people and wildlife of this fascinating and mysterious land we call home.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorMy family’s on vacation, so to lighten my load, I’d planned to rerun a column I wrote this time last year called “A Graduation Address Of Sorts.” I read it over, and it seemed relevant enough, but I couldn’t help wondering if I’d gained any additional insight since I wrote it. Had I soaked up any Life Lessons in the past year that might be worth sharing with our fresh-faced graduates?
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During the week of June 5-9, stroll through lovely gardens at The Beaufort Garden Club’s 23rd annual Garden-A-Day. This event allows visitors to enjoy the beauty of a different private garden each day. It is FREE and open to the public.
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Beaufort-based author T.D. (Tim) Johnston has been named the winner of the 2017 International Book Award for Short Fiction, for his short-story collection Friday Afternoon and Other Stories. Johnston’s book, which contains a dozen short stories, has drawn rave reviews since its publication last year.
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Interview by Janis Owens Porch Talk, the blog of the Pat Conroy Literary Center, is pleased to welcome Kerry Kletter, author of the debut YA novel The First Time She Drowned, an American Library Association’s Booklist magazine’s Top 10 for Youth selection. A former film and TV actress, Kerry lives and writes in Santa Monica, California. Kerry joins us on the Porch to share some reflections from her writing life.
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In partnership with historic Grace Chapel AME Church, the Pat Conroy Literary Center presents a community poetry reading featuring eight talented writers from South Carolina, representing Palmetto State natives and newcomers alike. Poetry of Place will explore (among other subjects) our inherent connectivity to a sense of place, be that home or elsewhere, real or imagined.
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Best-selling novelist Mary Alice Monroe on shorebirds, story telling, and her new book, Beach House for Rent My Lowcountry home is the Isle of Palms. The wildlife and landscape here inspire my writing life. Loggerhead sea turtles, bottlenose dolphins, birds of prey, and monarch butterflies have inspired a number of novels. This time, for my new novel, Beach House for Rent, the source of inspiration came from the seabirds and shorebirds we all enjoy seeing at the beach. Squadrons of pelicans flying in formation above the dunes and tiny, adorable peeps skittering along the water’s edge in search of food are common sights. But what beachgoers don’t notice is the startling fact, according to the Audubon Society, that 70 percent of shorebird populations in the U.S. are in decline. Frankly, that’s shocking.
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SoBA’s Center for Creative Arts presents âSeven Keys to Successful Paintingâ from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 24-25 at the Center for Creative Arts, 8 Church Street in Old Town Bluffton.
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