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Author: Margaret Evans

Historic Belfair & Rose Hill

Alexandra Sharma’s exhibition of intimate and revealing watercolor paintings, Historic Belfair and Rose Hill, fulfills her fascination with finding scenes and objects in hidden or forgotten places.

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‘Beholding Nature’ at BAA Gallery

A photographic exhibition by commercial and environmental photographer Eric Horan entitled, “Beholding Nature” will be featured at the Beaufort Art Association (BAA) Gallery from Feb. 26 – April 30. An opening reception will be held at the Gallery at 913 Bay Street in Beaufort on Friday, March 3, from 5 – 7:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. There will also be on exhibit the work of 65 other local artists, who are members of the Gallery. The public is invited.

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Feeling Feverish?

By Margaret Evans, EditorLast Thursday, slightly after lunchtime, everybody and their brother was watching Donald Trump’s press conference. I know this, because I logged onto Facebook right around then and found my newsfeed littered with real-time commentary. I say “littered,” because what confronted me was a stream of blow-by-blow reportage from ticked-off armchair critics, and certain words just make you feel battered even when they’re not aimed at you. I would quote some of them here, but as you’ve often heard me say . . . my mom reads this column.

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Still

“Children are not fragile.  Their parents can screw up, lose their tempers, and sometimes ignore their children’s needs, and yet if the overall pattern of care is reliable, then their kids still feel secure in their presence.  Another lesson is that there is no one right parenting style.  Parents can deliver stern punishments, and as long as the child thinks the conversation is coherent and predictable, then the attachment will probably still be secure.” – David Brooks, The Social Animal (Random House, 2011)

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Gloriosa Trio on Fripp

The Fripp Island Friends of Music will host the Gloriosa Trio on Sunday, February 26. Gloriosa, the beautiful flame lily, is an apt name for a trio that never fails to fire up an audience.

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Short Story Festival Returns

The 2017 Short Story America Festival and Conference will be held in Beaufort for the fourth time, during the weekend of February 24th-26th. This three-day literary celebration of the short story will begin with a catered opening reception on Friday, February 24th, from 5 pm to 8 pm at the historic Lewis Reeve Sams House overlooking the water in downtown Beaufort.

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Poets Respond to Race

“In the vast repository of language, the poets never shout at you when you pass them by. Theirs is a seductive, meditative art. They hand you a file to cut your way out from any prison of misrule…. The poets of the world occupy a place of high honor in my city of books.” – Pat Conroy, My Reading Life

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Bren McClain in Beaufort

South Carolina native Bren McClain will be touring extensively with her debut novel, One Good Mama Bone, published by USC Press under its Story River Books imprint. The imprint was founded by Pat Conroy, and McClain’s book was selected for publication by Conroy, himself, before his death last March.

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