By Margaret Evans, EditorJanuary 20, 2017 – It’s early in the morning on Inauguration Day. I’m at my computer and have just watched a YouTube video of a 12-year-old boy, oozing braggadocio, discussing the fire he set at a protest last night. This clean-cut, apple-cheeked lad is so proud of himself, so completely without shame or fear of reprisal, I can hardly believe my eyes and ears. Not much surprises me anymore, but I am aghast.
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Can one photo accurately depict the essence of a song? The Photography Club of Beaufort hopes thinks so. Throughout 2016, members of the club were asked to select a song title and spend the year photographing events, places, landscapes, still lifes or portraits that represent that song in a single photograph.
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The garden in winter is never as quiet or inactive as I might wish, and this is emphatically true for gardens in the Lowcountry. While I might dream of several months off from the labors associated with keeping a garden healthy – things like weeding, pruning, digging up and dividing, adding mulch, etc – in fact, winter is a great time for doing just those jobs. Fortunately, not everything requires attention this season, unlike the rampant demanding growth everything shows once the weather warms up.
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The thriller, ‘Wait Until Dark’ is a play by Frederick Knott, first performed on Broadway in 1966 and often revived since then. A film version was released in 1967 starring Audrey Hepburn. The suspense-filled drama will hit the stage at Magnolia Hall with the tense plot that twists and turns and ultimately shocks audiences. Directed by William McDougall & Mary-Alice Mangan and Produced by Dominick Wasliewski.
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“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” – Abraham Lincoln “Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it’s always interesting how many people toss the facts.” – Rebecca Solnit
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After Hurricane Matthew forced a postponement last fall, the USCB Center for the Arts is delighted to finally host the much-anticipated musical tribute to the legendary three time Grammy winner Etta James on Saturday, January 21 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, January 22, at 3 pm. Dr. Marlena Smalls, world renowned singer, entertainer, educator and actress, will perform many of James’ hits including her signature hit, “At Last.”
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DragonBoat Beaufort members get back as much as they give.By Joy CraigThe first time I set foot in Beaufort was when I took my place on those famous Yellow Footprints over on Parris Island. Suffice to say that for the next thirteen weeks I looked forward to putting Beaufort far in the rear view mirror. My Drill Instructors called it, “The land that God forgot” and boy did I agree.
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A living history program with battles, infantry and period demonstrations, local authors, Gullah historian Aunt Pearlie Sue and a traveling exhibit of a life-size replica of the CSS H.L. Hunley Submarine will take place on the grounds of Frampton Plantation House and Visitors’ Center in Yemassee, SC, January 21 & January 22. The program runs from 10 am to 5 pm both days and admission is free.
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Right down the road in Savannah, returning for its 17th year, the Annual Low Country Home &...
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Museum members and the public are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Beaufort History Museum, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at 6 p.m. in the museum’s main hall on the second floor of The Arsenal, located at 713 Craven St.
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