USCB Students Raise Awareness . . . and Lettuce
USCB students are making a difference with a student-led greenhouse project.
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Author: Margaret Evans
As You Were Saying… Part II
On this the occasion of my 100th column for Lowcountry Weekly, I thought it might be worth taking a breath and sifting through reader feedback. For better or worse, almost all the feedback that comes to me directly is positive. Yes, I suspect that negative responses just don’t reach my eyes and ears though such responses surely exist. But all of your thoughts are much appreciated, whether in person or via e-mail. I read them all and never discount anyone’s reaction. Never.
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Lean Ensemble Presents ‘The Clean House’
Matilde, an earthy young Brazilian housekeeper, would rather be onstage delivering comic lines than wielding a feather duster for her employer, an uptight doctor named Lane. Along with her frustrations about her messy home, Lane discovers she’s about to lose her surgeon-husband to his 67-year old Argentinian breast cancer patient. Thrown into the mix are a loopy quest to find a healing yew tree in Alaska, an extended dirty joke told in Portuguese, and a sponge-wielding sister who finds scrubbing bathrooms therapeutic.
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The Tao of Tech
Beaufort’s New Hi-Tech Incubator Brings the 21st Century to Town By Mark ShafferPhotos courtesy of Beaufort Digital Corridor Last January Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling cut the ribbon at 500 Carteret Street officially ushering in the city’s Age of Technology. In a town that dates back centuries some things are better late than never. Enter the Beaufort Digital Corridor, a hi-tech incubator sponsored by the city to grow the tech and knowledge-based companies of tomorrow in the shadow of the Antebellum South. The Beaufort model is a slightly modified spin-off of the highly successful Charleston Digital Corridor, the brainchild of Earnest Andrade – also instrumental in getting the Beaufort project up and running.
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From Russia with Love
The season-ending USCB Festival Series chamber music concert, on Sunday, April 30 at 5 pm, is an all-Russian affair, featuring music that will appeal to every temperament. The four works include passionate (Tchaikovsky), austere (Stravinsky), sentimental (Schnittke), and Mother-Russia (Glière) moods and constructions.
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It’s All American!
The Lowcountry Wind Symphony celebrates America’s greatest composers. There’s something for everyone in our spring concert as LWS rounds out its 2016-2017 season. Music Director Donald F. Jemella has chosen music that will be familiar to many, as the band performs compositions of American icon, John Williams and excerpts from Aaron Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring’.
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Brahms – A German Requiem
On April 23 and 24th, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra will present Brahms’ A German Requiem with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the Georgia Southern Chorale, soprano Alexandra Schoeny and baritone, Thomas Dreeze, 75 vocalists strong.
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Earth Day Flower Show
“The Beaufort Council of Garden Clubs is proud to host a National Garden Club accredited standard flower show right here in Beaufort,” says Norma Miller, President of the Council. “This flower show is our gift to the people of Beaufort County and its visitors. Admission is free and open to the public.”
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Heritage and History
The Heritage Library is now offering classes at the Santa Elena History Center at 1501 Bay Street in Beaufort. These classes are on Thursdays from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Class fees:$10.00 Heritage Library members; $15 Non-members. Class size limited, reservations are required. Call 843-379-1550 or visit www.santa-elena.org
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Parenting with Purpose: Family Finance 101
Since January 2016, Parenting with Purpose has successfully hosted 5 parenting workshops. The workshops are held quarterly and are always free and open to the community. Free childcare is provided to make it easy for parents to attend.
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Celebrate with Catering by Debbi Covington
