“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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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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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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The Beaufort History Museum, in partnership with the Beaufort County Library, will present a lecture on Monday, October 24th called Songs of the Civil War.
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The Habersham Marketplace is celebrating the 8th Annual Habersham Harvest Festival by increasing its offering of special events over the weekend of October 21-23, 2016.
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By Margaret Evans, Editor “The Truthful Story is a wonder. Like the Lowcountry river that nurtures and sustains young Genevieve Donovan—and takes the life of her beloved Nannie—this debut novel runs deep and even dark. But the light shines in the darkness, and Helen Stine’s gentle humor, uncanny insight, and quiet wisdom shine through every page of this book, carried along on a stream of luminous prose. The 1960s South she recreates is one born of rapturous memory, painful reflection, an artist’s imagination, and love. Most significantly, Stine gives us the great gift of Genny Donovan, a character who set up residence in my heart the same way Jean Louise Finch did so many years ago. I have a feeling that, like Scout, she will live there forever.”
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The Pat Conroy Literary Center is finally ready to open its doors to the public. The Center will hold Open House hours Friday, October 21 – through Sunday, October 23, during the Pat Conroy Literary Festival, and also the following weekend, during the HBF Fall Festival of Houses and Gardens.
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“Art in the Life of Joan” is the title of well-known artist Joan Templer’s featured exhibit at the Beaufort Art Association (BAA). Her work will be highlighted from October 31st to January 7, 2017 at the BAA Gallery at 913 Bay Street in Beaufort. An opening reception will be held at the Gallery on Friday, November 4th, from 5 to 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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The SOBA Gallery is happy to introduce Joan Moreau McKeever as the Featured Artist in November with her show entitled “From Maui to Maine and Back to the Lowcountry.” As you might expect the body of work is a range of scenes inspired by Joan’s travels, painted with skill and attention to detail. You can almost smell the salt air viewing her coastal landscapes and the scent of Plumeria in a gorgeous floral scene.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorFor this issue, I had planned to write about A Lowcountry Heart, the wondrous new collection of essays by the late Pat Conroy. (After almost six months, that phrase still looks outrageous to me in print. “The late Pat Conroy.” Every fiber of my being resists that sequence of words.) This compilation of never-before-published letters, speeches, journal entries and blog musings is making its debut this weekend at the inaugural Pat Conroy Literary Festival here in Beaufort, and it seemed like a natural column topic.
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