The 2nd Annual High on the Hog BBQ Festival celebrates a long legacy of barbequing in Beaufort County. By Jim Gibson Beaufort recently celebrated its 300th anniversary, and now the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity, with their 2nd annual High on the Hog BBQ Festival, presented by CBC National Bank on June 7th and 8th, will be celebrating 447 years of barbequing in Beaufort County.
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Homeowners are busily preparing for the visitors to the 2013 ‘Garden a Day’ sponsored by The Beaufort Garden Club. This is the annual Garden a Day event first envisioned by club member Marion Leach 19 years ago. Marion, now 90, still attends every garden, every year.
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Book Review by Margaret Evans “We started coming to Hunting Island in the early 1980s. Our first year, we arrived after dark and had to unlock the front gate with headlights as our only illumination. It was eerie driving through the Palmetto forest in the pitch dark that first night. It felt as if we had entered a pre-historic time. We quickly learned to keep the cabin light on if we went out, but mostly we settled in after dark. “I generally rise with the sun. That very first morning Hunting Island filled my soul and marked it forever; and the Island continues to renew me even today. If we allow it, every life story is one of beauty, tranquility, and loss, and the ever-renewing cycle of life…”
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By Willa Koretz When Mayor Billy Keyserling handed Candice Glover the key to the city, everyone cheered! But no one had ever seen a key quite like this. True to Lowcountry tradition, it was made out of the bulrush that grows along the Beaufort River shore. How did this key come to be? You’d have to ask Mayor Billy himself – and the much beloved traditional basket weaver Jery B. Taylor – to find out. And that’s exactly what we did.
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Lowcountry artist Jonathan Green will be at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery signing the newly released book “Seeking” on May 17th from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. “Seeking” is a compilation of poetry and praise inspired by the art of Jonathan Green. Twenty-nine different authors and poets were inspired to write about Green’s work.
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Our cover photograph of American Idol Top 3 contender Candice Glover was shot by Eric Smith of...
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You sure can cycle plenty of thoughts through your head while walking your dog. Like this one: maybe I’m not really in control here. Dixie, our hyper friendly and enthusiastic Yorkie, like many other dogs, has a mind of her own.
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The Beaufort Children’s Theatre presents “Disney’s Little Mermaid, Jr.” The Beaufort Children’s Theatre returns to charm and dazzle audiences at USCB Center for the Arts with Disney’s “The Little Mermaid, Jr.” The 60-minute musical is based on the 2008 Broadway production and the 1989 animated feature film. The cast features about 80 aspiring young actors, led by directors Bonnie Hargrove, Jim Riley, and Valerie Hobbs.
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There are few institutions born of circumstance with such longstanding records of contribution to...
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Bluffton knows how to throw a party. And the 35th annual Bluffton Village Festival won’t disappoint. The festival, coordinated by The Rotary Club of Bluffton, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mother’s Day weekend Saturday, May 11 in Old Town Bluffton. The street fair is truly “a celebration of Bluffton life,” filled with all things quirky, eclectic and family friendly.
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