Books Sandwiched In prepares to serve up another great season. It’s almost time again for Books Sandwiched In, the popular winter series sponsored by the Friends of the Beaufort County Library. Featuring authors, community leaders, educators, world travelers and other local “celebrities,” Books Sandwiched In invites book lovers to discuss the books they love before an audience of fellow book lovers.
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October 21, 1862. 4400 Union troops sail out of Hilton Head and up the Broad River. Their orders are simple: destroy the tracks and bridges of the Charleston to Savannah Railroad and land a hammer stroke to cripple the Confederate war effort. The next morning near Frampton Plantation, in what is now called Point South, they clash with a vastly outnumbered force of 675 Confederates. The Federals are held at bay until the Charleston Light Dragoons provide reinforcements.
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Where does Tango Meet Classical? Where can you hear classical music with a distinct Spanish flair? The answer is right on Fripp Island when the Fripp Friends of Music starts off 2013 with the innovative pairing of Lopez & Tabor!
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As social affairs go, Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s winter fundraiser promises to be a ball. Some 50 elegant dinner parties have been planned all over town in some of the area’s finest homes.
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Local civic organizations are invited to compete in Grape Stomping & I Love Lucy Look-Alike contests for their favorite charity.
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Bringing its unique sizzle to the stage, the contemporary dance company, Hubbard Street 2 (HS2), based in Chicago, IL, will be performing at the Arts Center for one night only, at 8pm, January 18th. Celebrating 15 years this season, HS2 was founded by Julie Nakaawa Bottcher and is now led by Taryn Kaschock Russell. HS2 was recently acclaimed by the Julliard Journal Online as “….a tremendous show of virtuosity, beauty and intimacy.”
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The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina has just announced that Andrea Gannon as its new Vice President of Marketing, with responsibility for promoting all events at the Arts Center as well as the Center’s branding presence in the region and on the internet.
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Gloria Dalvini will be Beaufort Art Association Gallery’s featured artist from January 6 to February 16. A reception to meet the artist will be Friday evening, January 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery, 913 Bay Street.
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It’s been a numbing transition. In the past few weeks, Newtown has gone from a dot on the map to a state of mind. My journey spans 30 years.
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It’s that time of year when folks like me are expected to offer up an annual reflection . . . a thoughtful retrospective that somehow – through the magic of hindsight? – might lend new insight into the year gone by. Since I can hardly remember what happened last week, much less last year, I began reading through my old columns to see what I obsessed about most in 2012. Was it the soul-crush of election year politics? The antisocial effects of social media?
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