It is startling to realize that 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. For those women who have cervical, ovarian or another gynecologic cancer, there is the added burden of having cancer in a part of the body that people are generally uncomfortable discussing.
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Through the receipt of a federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, the Beaufort County Library is hosting an ambitious series of events to celebrate One County Reads One Country which takes place primarily during the months of September and October 2012.
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It’s definitely Vive le France! for the opening of the USCB Lunch With Author Series on Thursday, October 11, 2012 when Joanne Harris takes us to the village of Lansquenet, France for the sequel to the international bestseller Chocolat. The new book is Peaches for Monsieur Le Curé (American version, Peaches for Father Francis) and Harris is making Hilton Head Island part of her whirlwind tour of England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
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Lowcountry Bicycles Celebrates 25 Years in Beaufort “I thought of that while riding my bicycle.” – Albert Einstein, on the Theory of Relativity I’m sitting at the bar at Emily’s Restaurant in Beaufort trying to conjure up a vision. Now, the people who know me will not find this at all unusual – sitting at this bar, that is. The conjuring of the vision is a bit different: I’m trying to imagine what this room looked like a quarter century ago sans bar and filled to bursting with bicycles from floor to ceiling.
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An exhibition of the art of longtime Hilton Head Island residents Jack and Irene Williamson opens with a reception and gallery talk by Irene Williamson on Thursday, September 13, at 2:00 pm.
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Ellen Long will be the featured artist at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery from Sept 16 – October 27. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception on Friday, September 21 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Here’s what Long had to say about her work and her new exhibit, “Views from my Window”…
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The inaugural Short Story America Festival and Conference starts Friday, September 21st in Beaufort. Authors from all over the country – and right here at home – will converge on our fair city for a host of workshops, readings and other exciting literary pursuits. The event will also be the “coming out party” for the Short Story America Anthology, Volume Two, which will be available for purchase.
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What if academics got as much coverage as athletics? We have reached that time of year when we will be regaled by pigskin previews and prognostications galore. From high school to college to the NFL we will all read about the expectations of every coach from Podunk to Pittsburgh. And what will they say? There are phrases that can be predicted from the pedestrian to the pompous.
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Beaufort’s 3rd Annual Lt. Dan Weekend Hooks a Pair of Sporting Legends – Flip Pallot & O’Neill Williams “People seem to appreciate the story of that character, which is one that goes through tragedy and adversity and comes out on top. And I think that’s an important lesson.” – Oscar nominee Gary Sinise in a 2010 Lowcountry Weekly interview
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If you are between the ages of 6 and 18, Beaufort Children’s Theatre needs YOU! Auditions for “Annie, Jr.”
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