Can we talk about the blues? Back in the 50’s and 60’s lived a popular show on TV called “Queen for a Day.” It starred Jack Bailey, a backbench actor who played miniscule parts in huge hits like “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “Gunsmoke.”
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The experience of acting as the primary caregiver for an abusive father forms the basis of an article by USCB Sociology Professor Deborah Cohan that appeared in the April 2016 issue of Utne Reader.
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In 2006, 100 Women from Jackson, Michigan were faced with the challenge of providing funds to purchase 300 baby cribs. Not wanting to take on a major fund-raising event, they gathered and came up with a simple concept: “What if we all just chipped in $100?”
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“Love’s action. It isn’t talk and it never has been.” – Beach Music The friends of Pat Conroy – including his wife Cassandra King – are currently raising funds and seeking volunteers to help create a living memorial to the beloved writer here in his adopted hometown of Beaufort. Pat started his working life in Beaufort as a teacher, then went on to become one of America’s best loved writers, revered for his extraordinary storytelling abilities, his truth-telling courage, and his great heart.
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South Carolina’s Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth will be one of the featured guests at USCB’s Lunch with Author event on Thursday, June 30th, where she’ll discuss We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel, the book she coauthored with Dr. Bernard E. Powers, Jr. and Herb Frazier.
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With a mission to tell the Gullah-Geechee story visually, Patricia Sabree will exhibit Remembering While Evolving at Art League Gallery June 28-July 23, 2016. An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, June 29th from 5-7 pm.
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Mastering the fundamentals and various approaches to watercolor art is challenging and rewarding. Michael Pearson, Beaufort Art Association’s next featured artist, has truly mastered her technique.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorI’d like the say a few words about baseball. Shocked you, didn’t I? I never write about sports. Come to think of it, I never say “a few words,” either.
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The Friends of Hunting Island Sea Turtle Conservation Program is underway again. Dawn patrol volunteers walking the beach on May 23 discovered Nest #10. It was located below the Spring High Tide Line, so the nest was carefully uncovered, the eggs were moved to higher ground, and the nest was cordoned off.
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The South Carolina Humanities Festival returns to Beaufort By Mark Shaffer For many of us the humanities constituted a portion of our college curriculum that we were either eager to pursue or desperate to avoid. One of the best explanations of the humanities I’ve come across is simply: “the study of how people process and document the human experience.” That generally encompasses things like philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history, language and all that spins within these complex and interconnected orbits. Back in 1972 the South Carolina Humanities Council was formed “To enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians.”
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