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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‘Lowcounty Oils and Silks,’ an exhibit of works by renowned Charleston fabric artist Mary Edna Fraser, is currently hanging at the USCB Center for the Arts, where it will make an ideal backdrop for the ‘Pat Conroy at 70’ Literary Festival, October 29 – 31.
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Three local photographers have joined forces to form the Beaufort Photography Collective. This group of seasoned professionals, comprised of Eric R Smith, Phil Heim, and David Shipper, will host a joint show, “Return to Realism – A Black & White Collection,” from November 5 – 22 at Beaufort Pics, located at 910 Port Republic Street in Downtown Beaufort.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorI first heard the name ‘Pat Conroy’ as a young graduate student at the University of Alabama. It was the late 80s, I was fresh out of Sewanee - a kind of English major’s paradise - and deconstruction was suddenly all the rage in the rarified world of literary criticism. If you’ve never heard that word - deconstruction – consider yourself lucky. Just seeing it in print still makes me shudder, and to this day, I couldn’t quite define it for you.
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Lowcounty Oils and Silks, an exhibit by world-renowned fabric artist Mary Edna Fraser will be held at USCB Center for the Arts beginning October 16 through November 4, 2015. An opening reception is planned for October 15 from 5:30 – 7 pm. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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Bestselling Author/Designer James Farmer Comes to the Lowcountry Interview by Mark ShafferPhotos courtesy of James Farmer Sea Island Garden Club brings internationally known lifestyle expert and author James Farmer to the Dataw Club Tuesday, November 4th. A native of Kathleen, Georgia, Farmer’s authored a number of bestselling books including A Time To Plant, Sip & Savor, Porch Living, A Time to Cook, and Dinner on the Grounds. He is also an editor-at-large for Southern Living Magazine and has been featured on NBC TODAY, HGTV Gardens, Paula’s Home Cooking, as well as in Harper’s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping Magazine and Woman’s Day. According to jamesfarmer.com his “love of Southern food and cooking have put him at the forefront of the garden-to-table lifestyle. James was taught as a young boy how to pull vegetables, herbs and flowers from the family farm and kitchen garden to provide much of the food, decor and flavor of his family’s everyday life.” I spoke to him by phone from his design and antique store in downtown Perry, Georgia.
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