The Thumbs Up Children’s Learning Center will present A Christmas Gospel Concert featuring Candice Glover and Friends on Saturday, December 12 at 5 pm to celebrate 20 years of positively enhancing the lives of disadvantaged children through education and the arts.
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World-renowned violinist Frank Almond brings his famous centuries old Stradivarius to Beaufort to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs. Interview by Mark Shaffer Frank Almond talks about the 300-year-old violin he plays as if it were a person. Although he considers the rare and valuable Lipinski Stradivarius to be a “super high-end tool” it is also the most intimate of partners, one who pushes his skill far beyond the limits of lesser instruments. So, when a stranger tasered him and took it in a Milwaukee parking lot on a subzero winter’s night in 2014 it felt more like a kidnapping than an armed robbery.
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The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “A Holiday Boutique,” a collection of local handmade treasures, artsy crafts, unique furniture pieces and small paintings on display and available from November 21 through December 30. Look for holiday decorations, perfect hostess gifts and extra special presents for extra special people.
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The Beaufort Arts Council has announced the inaugural ArtPop Beaufort competition. ArtPop Beaufort is a partnership between Adams Outdoor Advertising, Beaufort Arts Council and the local art community to provide artists with an opportunity like no other!
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By Margaret Evans, EditorIn April of 1742, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah ignited the stage of Dublin’s Musick Hall, where a record-breaking 700 people had turned out for the superstar composer. (The ladies had been asked by management to wear “dresses without hoops, to make room for more company.”) From the first strains of the tenor’s opening lines – Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God – the massive audience sat spellbound, completely enthralled. The following year, Messiah made its London debut, where legend has it the “Hallelujah” chorus moved King George II to his feet.
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The University of South Carolina Beaufort is hosting the South Carolina Arts Education Association Conference November 13th – 15th, 2015 at the Center for the Arts on the historic Beaufort Campus.
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“The Great American Trailer Park Musical,” a bawdy, politically un-correct and uproarious musical comedy pulls into The Shed, 809 Parris Avenue, Port Royal, for two performances, Friday and Saturday, November 6 and 7 at 8:00 p.m.
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Tuba’s back was sticky with sweat. His mouth was dry as every one of his senses concentrated on landing the plane. The F-14 roared across the stern of the carrier. Fourteen feet over the deck. Just where Tuba wanted it. Rosie’s eyes darted left. She could see the LSO platform zoom past her. Then the carrier’s tower on her right. The Tomcat slammed onto the deck. Tires screeched. The tailhook banged on the greasy metal deck sending sparks flying…
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Each fall for the last six years, Fripp Islanders have come together in a herculean effort to raise money for Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s Keyserling Cancer Center. This year they outdid themselves and raised over $113,000 for the not-for-profit hospital’s cancer program.
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It’s becoming harder for us to keep our Lowcountry treasures to ourselves. One of those treasures is the diverse, dynamic performing arts climate that has developed here, along with our varied communities of discriminating residents who seek out a range of high-quality live entertainment close to home. Fripp Friends Of Music has been a force behind that vibrant Lowcountry entertainment atmosphere, making Fripp an “Island of Music,” fall, winter and spring, for over three decades!
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