The Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) presents âSide By Side,â an art exhibit that explores photography and its mixed media interpretation June 5-July 1 at the SoBA gallery, located at 6 Church Street in Old Town Bluffton. An opening reception is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 9.
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“Another story concerns a masterful piece of wartime understatement by one of our truck drivers, Private Carl Vonhorn, of Cooperstown, New York. He had pulled into an apple orchard adjoining ours the night before, parked his truck in the darkness, spread his blankets on the ground in front of the truck, and gone to sleep.
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The Wardle Family YMCA of Beaufort County was granted $14,400 in donations through 100 Women Who Care Beaufort on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Funds are earmarked for the YMCA Migrant Summer Education Camp as well as the 2017 Scholarship Campaign.
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The Swingin’ Medallions, known as, “The Party Band of the South,” will perform here at the Jasper County Farmers Market Friday, June 9th.
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“There was no roasted peacock for Thanksgiving in John Waters’s 1st Battalion. Tucked once again into the Tine River valley, twenty-five miles west of Tunis, his tank crews settled for a breakfast of greasy mutton stew with hardtack, heated over gasoline-soaked dirt and washed down with thick tea. Their cigarettes long gone, the men rolled dried eucalyptus leaves in toilet paper and pretended they were Chesterfields. “Each soldier habitually watched the sky as he ate, smoked, scribbled a letter, or cleaned his weapon. Luftwaffe pilots now attacked on average once an hour, and the Americans had renamed the Tine glen ‘Happy Valley.'” Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn (2002, Henry Holt and Company)
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The Beaufort County Library St. Helena Branch recently announced the formation of the Earl Dietz Environmental Library collection. A donation from the Dataw Island Conservancy is being used to launch the collection and also included a scholarship for one of the librarians to attend the Master Naturalist certification training.
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Stanley cruises the open road in an RV with his people and his Labrador brother, stopping at state parks to volunteer. Chick changed her name to the more sophisticated Savannah Belle and set up housekeeping with her best friend on Society Hill in Philadelphia.
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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. Enjoy peach tea and homemade cookies provided by the Club as you meander. Master Gardeners from the area are there to answer questions and offer advice.
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On May 21st, the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Visiting Writers Series and Porch Talk blog will welcome Deno Trakas, five-time winner of the South Carolina Fiction Prize and author of Messenger from Mystery, a new literary thriller published by Pat Conroy’s Story River Books imprint. Deno will appear in conversation with Mindy Lucas, co-host of Porch Talk.
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Award winning Lowcountry artist James E. St. Clair (aka The Artist Saint) has recently released his first coloring book, Lowcountry Life. He calls it an “artist coloring book” rather than an “adult coloring book.” While primarily for adults, the artist feels that it will also appeal to younger artists-to-be. The book was designed to take users on a tour of the South Carolina Lowcountry through scenes of local lifestyles and creative images from various cities around the region.
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