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A New Focus

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 24, 2015 | Art | 0

With his ‘heritage portraits’ and other innovative fine art techniques, veteran photographer Eric Smith is taking his work to creative new heights.By Margaret Evans, Editor When I offered to do a story about local photographer Eric Smith, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I owed Eric a favor – he’s been very generous with us here at Lowcountry Weekly – and he’d mentioned he had an upcoming exhibit at the USCB Gallery. Maybe I could help him promote it? The conversation started casually, almost a year ago, when neither of us knew exactly what that exhibit would be. All we had was a date: April 3, 2015.

A Vision of Ireland

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Art | 0

On our cover is a painting by Carol Henry, from her exhibit with photographer Mark Evans called...

Scooting Off To Work

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Local Color | 0

Having a decent if not great job and exciting career is a persistent focus of human activity. Fortunately so, because how else can we ever go shopping and find good new stuff on store shelves or the web?

The Santa Elena Project Comes Home

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Local Color | 0

The mission of the Santa Elena Foundation is the discovery, preservation, and promotion of the “lost 100 years of European colonization” through the international story of Santa Elena, the 16th Century settlement and colonial capital on present-day Parris Island. Lowcountry Weekly recently interviewed some key players in the evolution of the Santa Elena Project: Executive Director Andrew Beall, Chairman of the Board Daryl Ferguson, and County Council Chairman Paul Summerville, who just announced that the Foundation will be moving into the Federal Building on Bay Street.

‘Midsummer’ in the Summer of Love

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Theater/Dance | 0

Shakespeare Rep continues its Season of Wonders with a modernized interpretation of Shakespeare’s most popular comedy. Set in 1967, the Summer of Love, A Midsummer Night’s Dream brings a lot of happy vibes and great music to help fuel the comic masterpiece.

Susan Werner Encores at Fripp

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Music | 0

Publicists aren’t supposed to run out of superlatives. Ever. But the return of singer/songwriter Susan Werner to the Fripp Island Friends of Music stage on March 22nd could change that.

At Last…

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Music | 0

… Jaimee Paul is coming to Beaufort The USCB Beaufort Center for the Arts will present Jaimee Paul in “At Last,” a powerful jazz tribute to the great female singers of our time, on Friday, April 3 at 7:30 pm. Imagine a 1940’s jazz club, filled with the voices of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Rosemary Clooney, and other favorites. Jaimee Paul and her jazz combo, led by husband Leif Shires on trumpet, deliver just that. “At Last,” a tribute to that wonderful era and those fabulous female vocalists, will take you back to the glory days of yesteryear.

Chamber Singers Perform Sacred Music

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Music | 0

On Sunday, March 15 at 7:00 pm, the Sea Island Chamber Singers will present a concert of sacred music at Sea Island Presbyterian Church.

Be Sherlock Holmes In Your Garden

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | How Does Your Garden Grow? | 0

Garden guru Walter Reeves heads to Beaufort. Ever puzzled over a diseased flower or a shrub with holes in the leaves? How can you figure out what’s afflicting your plants without being a plant pathologist or an entomologist?

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Honors the Upshaws

Posted by Margaret Evans | Mar 10, 2015 | Local Color | 0

USCB Chancellor Jane Upshaw and retired Palmetto Electric Cooperative CEO Tom Upshaw will be Co-Grand Marshals for the 32nd Annual Hilton Head Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 15th at 3 pm on Pope Avenue.

Author: Margaret Evans

A New Focus

A Vision of Ireland

Scooting Off To Work

The Santa Elena Project Comes Home

‘Midsummer’ in the Summer of Love

Susan Werner Encores at Fripp

At Last…

Chamber Singers Perform Sacred Music

Be Sherlock Holmes In Your Garden

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Honors the Upshaws

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