By Margaret Evans, EditorI’ve been writing a lot about nature lately. Have you noticed? It’s an interesting turn of events – to me, anyway – because up until recently, thinking about nature was not really… in my nature.
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Shakespeare Rep has announced its 2014-15 season line-up. A Season of Wonders will pair two enchanting romantic comedies that spotlight the magic of love: Almost, Maine by John Cariani and William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Gary Yeagle pens the latest Beaufort mystery. And the books set in Beaufort just keep on coming. Mystery writers, in particular, can’t seem to resist our moody, moss-shadowed atmosphere. Who can blame them? The latest scribe to fall victim to our sultry charm is Gary Yeagle, who has just released Lowcountry Burn: A Nick Falco Mystery.
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Organized to promote the little known story of America’s first colonel capital, the Santa Elena Foundation is reliant upon a small but distinctive group of historians and archaeologists. This team assembled in Beaufort last week to craft a Santa Elena timeline, which will be the basic for future research.
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‘Grease’ is the word at the USCB Center for the Arts. By Margaret Evans, EditorIf you happened to be a 14-year-old girl when the movie Grease was released, chances are you’re still lugging it around in your cultural suitcase. I can’t speak for those who were older or younger at the time (1978), but for my friends and me, Grease hit the sweet spot. For one thing, it was set in the 1950s. In the 1970s, we were all about the 1950s. Collectively obsessed. (Remember the Happy Days craze?)
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Rob Mondavi Jr., and wife Lydia Mondavi (left) are establishing their southern roots with the creation of a new designer home right here in in Beaufort. Located on the banks of Port Royal Sound overlooking Parris Island, the home, designed by Reu Architects, blends Napa’s acclaimed wine country with the casual elegance of the Lowcountry to embody the family’s entertaining lifestyle and reconnect them to Lydia’s South Carolina ancestral heritage.
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The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “Summer Light,” a lively collection of recent paintings by local artist Murray Sease, on display from September 2 through October 4.
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Like so many anxious parents around the state, my sister in Charleston sent her firstborn off to kindergarten last week. On the third day of school, she posted the following mini-diatribe on Facebook:
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A history professor at USCB has been awarded a grant of nearly $200,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a three-week institute for school teachers on the history of Reconstruction and its aftermath along America’s Southeastern coast.
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Isn’t life tricky? Filled with potholes, loopholes, sinkholes and human threats to peace and safety. Gosh, it’s so tricky and even scary that we need a constant stream of reminders and warnings about all those products that otherwise make modern life possible. Caveat emptor indeed.
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