Beaufort-based literary house Short Story America has published its newest collection of short stories: LOSS ANGELES, a beautiful hardcover collection of fifteen stories by Los Angeles author Mathieu Cailler.
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“Let’s Dance!” says the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra, inviting you to its final concert of the season on May 7 and 10.
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Let’s see if we road warriors of life have this straight. According to vocabulary.com, “Milestone literally refers to a roadside marker that lists the distance to a particular location.
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James E. McTeer II has won the SC First Novel Prize and will launch his book in Beaufort. It’s all part of the family legacy. Hub City Press and Beaufort County Friends of the Library will host a book launch reception Saturday, May 2, for Beaufort native James E. McTeer II and his book Minnow, winner of the 2015 South Carolina First Novel Prize.
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The Beaufort Charities Golf Tournament is getting older AND better. Celebrating its 40th year, The Beaufort Charities is the oldest charitable golf tournament in the state of South Carolina and the premiere golf event in Northern Beaufort County.
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USCB Center for the Arts invites you to fall in love with the arts all over again at The Affair. In a town filled with phenomenal fundraisers like the Lafayette Soiree, the Valentine’s Ball, Twilight Run and Bands and Brews, USCB Center for the Arts desired to throw an event worthy of the rest. Something captivating, entertaining, and downright fun, with no guilt included. Thus, you are cordially invited to The Affair, an evening of libations, savors, entertainment and good company.
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Celebrated author and beguiling historic reenator Kim Poovey will open a door to the opulent past, as she recreates the enchanting “corsets to crinolines” female dressing rituals of the Victorian age, at a lavish and delicious Tea Party. The event, a fundraiser to benefit the Beaufort History Museum, is planned for 2:00 pm on Tuesday, May 12, at the Dataw Island Club Carolina Room.
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Fashion and Finery of the Victorian and Edwardian Eras on display at the Beaufort History Museum
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Story & Aerial Photos by Mark ShafferGround Photos by Susan Shaffer I’m sitting in the back seat of a 75 year-old World War Two trainer preparing to take off from the Marine Corps Air Station with several other media thrill-seekers for a bit of wing-tip-to-wing-tip aerial derring do with the precision pilots of the GEICO Skytypers. We’ve all signed the requisite disclaimers, suited up and been briefed on the safety protocols. Skytyper Steve Kapur helps with my parachute and life vest and runs me through the procedures in the unlikely event we have to jump or ditch. “So what do you do if you hear Bail! Bail! Bail!?, he asks. Well, realistically I’d lean toward sheer panic.
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Story and photos by Jeff Evans, publisherIt was getting hot. And it was cramped. But more than anything else it was loud. Really loud. Teeth-rattling, bone-jarring loud. And squeezed into one of the little metal jump seats below the top turret of a vintage B-25 Mitchell Bomber, I was right between the twin engines hanging just outside under each wing. The noise made it impossible to communicate with the photographer crammed into the seat right next to me. I was thankful for the ear protection I was given. And I was thrilled.
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