Author: Margaret Evans

David Shipper: Focusing on the Dream

For David Shipper, a Beaufort photographer whose works of fine art include both landscapes and wildlife, the love of photography comes naturally but the dream of becoming a successful, full-time photographer took time to develop.

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Beaufort Young Life: Changing Young Lives

By Margaret Evans, EditorThere is a powerful force at work in our community, but if you don’t have a high school or middle school student in your house, you might be unaware of it. No, I’m not talking about adolescence – though, indeed, that is a force to be reckoned with.             I’m talking about Beaufort Young Life. Adolescence, meet your match.

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Where the Wild Things Are

By Margaret Evans, EditorI think I’ve mentioned our cat door, haven’t I? There’s no more certain indicator that spring is sprung than the sudden annual influx of critters – the undomesticated kind – through the small, humble flap that separates our kitchen from our backyard.

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‘Bilt to Last

In this time of increasing incivility, at least in politics, I have a confession to make. Across a lifetime in nine states—from New York to California—I can barely give myself a B- in etiquette.

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Notes from a Small Island

“Hey, let’s put on a show! We can put a stage in that old barn out back, and surely it won’t be too hard to rig up a spotlight or two…” This movie motif became a cultural cliché thanks to young film stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. (If you’re too young to remember them or their impact on pop culture, think Brad and Angelina.)

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A Writer in Motion

Set in the turbulent, colorful 1970’s, Stephanie Austin Edwards’ debut novel What We Set in Motion finds the daughter of a prominent old South Carolina Lowcountry family fleeing to New York’s Greenwich Village in pursuit of a dance career.

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A Gem of a Local Legacy

Bay Street Jewelers celebrates 75 years in the heart of downtown Beaufort. Last Wednesday afternoon, Mark and Terri Stokes finally cut the ribbon they never got to cut 25 years ago when they purchased Fox Jewelers, which was already a staple of downtown Beaufort after 50 years in business.

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‘Academy Awards’ at Art League Gallery

Art League Academy students who have won awards during the Spring 2015-Winter2016 sessions will showcase their award-winning artworks alongside their instructors at “The Academy Awards” exhibition opening on April 5, 2016 at Art League Gallery. Winning categories are: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, honorable mention and People’s Choice awards. The public is invited to the artist’s reception on Thursday, April 7th from 5-7pm.

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