Author: Margaret Evans

Anything Goes!

Art League of Hilton Head announces Anything Goes!, the 2017 annual member show. The entire gallery will be devoted to the best new works from Art League’s exhibiting members. Artworks in all media will be on display and for sale and truly, anything goes! 

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In Praise of the Single Ladies

Frank Roberts might grow the world’s best oyster right here in Beaufort. Now the world is about to find out. Story and photos by Mark Shaffer A good oyster smells like the sea breeze skipping over the shore. A bad oyster smells like a murder victim. I prefer the former. But I like how even the latter helps exemplify the essence of the interface: an oyster conveys its life experience directly to your senses. Â      – Rowan Jacobsen, from The Essential Oyster, a Salty Appreciation of Taste and Temptation, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016

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Saddle Up

“’I was so reduced and debilitated,’ [early 1800’s sea captain James] Riley recalled, ‘that I could not support even good news with any degree of firmness, and such was my agitation that it was with the utmost difficulty I could keep on my mule for some moments afterwards.’” – Dean King, Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Little, Brown, 2004)

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Singing with Helpful Hearts

The members of the Hilton Head Choral Society gathered the first weekend in November for a retreat. Not only did the group come together to reflect on their 41st season of song, the HHCS also came to the aid of some of the most helpless victims of Hurricane Matthew.

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Brooklyn Rider, Chamber Music Rebels

There will truly be something for everyone during the next USCB Festival Series Chamber Music Concert, when Brooklyn Rider blazes onto the stage. Like classical music? How about something tuneful from the 18th century and something emotionally-charged from the 19th? Or maybe you like the latest cutting-edge rock? Brooklyn Rider does it all!

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Annual Nativity Celebration

The Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian Church invite you, once again, to take time off from your holiday hustle and bustle to enjoy some moments of quiet wonder at the annual Nativity Celebration. In just a few short years, this exhibit of crèches from around the world has become one of Beaufort’s favorite downtown Christmas events.

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CraftHiltonHead2016

One-of-a-kind crafts are available for inspired gift-giving at the 5th edition of CraftHiltonHead2016. This National Juried Fine Arts Craft Guild Exhibition, which occurs only once every two years, showcases ninety 2 and 3-dimensional craft works of featured artists from around the country, competing for cash awards.

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Give the Gift of Art

Deck Your Halls with limited-edition treasures from Beaufort Art Association’s Holiday Boutique. Are you looking for that special one-of-a-kind Christmas gift? Something funky like a painting of an alligator with a Santa hat? Or just beautiful, Beaufort inspired Christmas cards? The classroom area of the Beaufort Art Association Gallery has been transformed into a winter wonderland full of fine art and crafts especially created for this event.

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When The Holidays Hurt

By Margaret Evans, Editor I’m not sure when it happened, exactly. Looking back, I can’t pinpoint the specific year things changed… when I transformed from a cheerful holiday enthusiast into one of those folks who often feels cranky and overwhelmed this time of year.

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