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Author: Margaret Evans

Pat Conroy Literary Center Taps Jonathan Haupt as Founding Director

Pat Conroy Literary Center Taps Jonathan Haupt as Founding Director

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | | 0

Hundreds of Pat Conroy fans, friends, and family members gathered in Beaufort, SC on Saturday night, October 22 for the closing ceremony of the inaugural Pat Conroy Literary Festival. The program, which took place in the auditorium of the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Center for the Arts, was intended to share information about the new nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, formed last April as a living legacy to the beloved writer Pat Conroy (The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, A Lowcountry Heart, and others), who died of pancreatic cancer on March 4, 2016.

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Heritage Days Honors Floyd Gordon

Heritage Days Honors Floyd Gordon

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | | 0

Penn Center celebrates its 34th Annual Heritage Days Celebration, November 10-13, 2016 and honors South Carolina native artist Floyd Gordon, by naming him the 2016 Featured Artist. Penn’s York W. Bailey Museum located on St. Helena Island, South Carolina will exhibit a collection of Floyd Gordon’s artwork.

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David Noyes: Portraits

David Noyes: Portraits

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | | 0

David Noyes: Portraits opens at Art League Gallery November 8 and runs through December 3, 2016. The public is invited to the artist’s reception on Thursday, November 10th from 5 – 7 pm.

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Keeping the Darkness at Bay

Keeping the Darkness at Bay

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | | 0

By Margaret Evans, EditorA few weeks ago, a friend invited me to speak at an event being hosted by a local civic group later this month. A “post-election” event, specifically. The plan, she said, was to help our community heal, rebuild relationships and make new connections after this horrific election season. (No pressure, right?) The theme of my talk was to be “forgiveness and unity,” a topic upon which I have zero authority to speak. Fortunately, I was unavailable on the date they had in mind.             Unfortunately, they changed the date.

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Off The Rails

Off The Rails

Posted by | Oct 19, 2016 | | 0

“He went to record stores and jazz clubs and sat alone in the back. What they saw: a scrawny Chinese guy, barely any meat on his bones, five-foot-seven on a good day, Coke-bottle glasses, cheap clothes, an underfed accountant’s underfed accountant loser brother. They saw a man who couldn’t dance. They heard a man who couldn’t sing. But in his leaky water-balloon heart, Sam could sing and dance.” – Lisa Ko, “Pat + Sam,” The Best American Short Stories 2016, Mariner Books

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Ron Rash Rising

Ron Rash Rising

Posted by | Oct 19, 2016 | | 0

The inaugural Pat Conroy Literary Festival is finally upon us, bringing literary stars to Beaufort from all over the South for an exciting series of workshops, presentations, performances, panel discussions, film screenings, and social events centering around the USCB Center for the Arts.

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Spanish Moss Trail Unveils

Spanish Moss Trail Unveils

Posted by | Oct 18, 2016 | | 0

Sp The Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail (FSMT) will host a community event to celebrate the unveiling of the first seven historic markers that will be installed along the Spanish Moss Trail on Thursday, October 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Depot Trailhead.

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