Father and Sons
“Did you ever think you’d have another boy?” That’s what my wife asked me in the quiet aftermath of receiving the genetic results of blood tests for our baby due in July.
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Author: Margaret Evans
On Springing Forward
By Margaret Evans, EditorWell, they went and did it again. They made us spring forward. Seems like only yesterday we were falling back, doesn’t it? In reality, it was four months ago. We now spend only four months a year on Standard Time. (Is it just me, or does that completely upend the meaning of “standard”?) Yes, my friends, Daylight Savings Time is steadily expanding – creeping like kudzu right under our noses – and we’re just letting it happen. Some people even like it.
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Moving Still Lifes
New work by Casa Huger Bacot will be on display through mid-March in an exhibit at the Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort. The public is invited to an opening reception on Friday, February 27, from 5:30 to 9pm.
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International Prize Winners Play USCB
Piano Quartets will comprise the primary offerings of the March 8 Chamber Music concert at the USCB Center for the Arts. Schubert, Saint-Saens and Dvorak quartets will display the brilliant talents of composer and pianist Adam Neiman, violinist Maria Bachmann (left), violist Hsin-Yun Huang, and the USCB Festival Series host and resident cellist Edward Arron. Neiman and Bachmann, who tour and record together as two-thirds of the Trio Solisti, will also perform a serenade composed by the pianist.
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Ancestors with a Plan
It was a week before Christmas, 1882. Stephen Binyard was at work, loading lumber onto boats at Duncan Wilson’s lumber yard located on the Beaufort River at the end of Pigeon Point Road. Stephen’s wife, Jane, was home just a few blocks away caring for their eight children.
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Stevie Wonder, Ruby Slippers & Hoop Cheese
Did you watch the all-star tribute to Stevie Wonder television special last week? It was wonderful! I was 12 years old when Stevie’s album, Songs in the Key of Life, was at its peak. Listening to all of the old songs made me a bit homesick for my friends, my youth and the food that I grew up with.
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St. Baldrick’s Day Returns
Mellow Mushroom of Hilton Head Island will host the fourth annual St. Baldrick’s headshaving fundraiser on Saturday, March 14 from 3pm -to 5pm.
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Deep Ties to Duke & BMH
The Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) Foundation recently announced that Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gray III will serve as honorary chairs for the 2015 Duke Symphony Orchestra Concert which will be held on March 28th at the USCB Performing Arts Center.
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Journeys – People, Places, and Nature
The Art League of Hilton Head proudly presents Journeys- People, Places, and Nature, an exhibit featuring the newest works of local artist Mark E. McCoy. The show will run from March 3rd through March 27th at the Art League Gallery located at 14 Shelter Cove Lane.
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gods, goddesses & the fame game
By Margaret Evans, EditorLast week, when Pat Conroy stood up to present an award to Andie MacDowell at the 9th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival, he said, “As the first thing you’re seeing after watching a video montage of Andie MacDowell’s career, I have never felt uglier in my life.” The audience howled – it was classic Conroy – but something he said later struck a serious note with me. Speaking of movie stars, he said (and I paraphrase), “The ancient Greeks were not the only ones who needed gods and goddesses. People have always needed them, since the beginning of human history, and we still do.”
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Celebrate with Catering by Debbi Covington
