The Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery welcomes N. Jack Huddle as the featured artist now through December 5. “An Exhibit of Contemporary Art” presents colorful abstractions of common themes with dominant colors in each, intentionally used to set the mood of the viewer.
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The ‘Pat Conroy at 70’ Literary Festival has finally come and gone. We talked it up quite a bit in this publication – for quite a while – and some of you might be all Conroy’d out by now. If so, I humbly invite you to turn the page. I won’t take it personally. Neither will Pat. He’s sick of himself, too. But I couldn’t let this weekend pass into history without sharing my impressions. ‘Cause, you know . . . that’s what I do. It’s a compulsion.
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Six seniors will take the stage for May River Theatre’s third show of the season, You Haven’t Changed a Bit (And Other Lies), playing November 6 through 22 at Bluffton’s May River Theatre. The adventures of aging are filtered through three married couples in their sixties who have known each other for more than 30 years in this riotous Baby Boomer musical.
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 Travel much? For many of us, a trip to “Shangri-La,” an epically lovely retreat, is on our bucket lists. For American military personnel and civilians stationed in Hawaii or the Philippines in 1941, such a paradise anchored their life. Gorgeous scenery, luscious food and drink, sumptuous hotels, friendly people and a relaxed tempo defined their stay. We’re also talking pristine beaches spanning Hawaii’s eight major islands and the sprawling 7,100 or so islands that comprise the Philippines, most uninhabited. The sky was the limit in 1941, until the Japanese wreaked havoc, destruction and mass murder when they bore in like termites from hell, savagely attacking the United States and its multicultural friends as Christmas approached.
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Enjoy an evening of a cappella singing of Plantation Melodies and Negro Spirituals performed by South Carolina’s Musical and Cultural Ambassadors, The Hallelujah Singers, under the direction of Dr. Marlena Smalls.
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BACH-FEST 2015, celebrating the legacy, theology, and music of Johann Sebastian Bach, features six concerts this November at multiple venues in Beaufort and Hilton Head Island. Presented by the Low Country Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, this second annual Bach Fest presents 3 sets of concerts intended to be both informative and audience-pleasing.
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The 2015 Lowcountry Arts and Literary Festival will take place on Saturday, October 24 from 10 am – 6 pm on the grounds of the historic Frampton Plantation, 1 Lowcountry Lane, in Yemassee, SC.
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Pat Conroy is turning 70 and the Beaufort History Museum is preparing to celebrate the milestone with a festive birthday party on Saturday evening, October 31, beginning at 7:30 pm in the courtyard at the Arsenal. The event will feature live music, a delicious Lowcountry feast with beer and wine and, of course, birthday cake.
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The first-ever exhibit of the Pat Conroy Archive housed in the Ernest Hollings Special Collections Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia will be held at the Verdier House, 801 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC October 23, 2015 – March 31, 2016.
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Don Nagel, one of Hilton Head Island’s best-known artists, is talking about his newest exhibit, Sunlight & Shadow: “It’s about working with contrast and color to express how I feel about a particular subject. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.’
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