Shout! The Mod Musical, the Arts Center’s big summer shindig, will have audiences shimmying and shaking to the chart-topping tunes that made England swing in the sixties. The show, now on stage of the Elizabeth Wallace Theatre through July 31, recreates the fancy free era of thigh-skimming skirts and white vinyl boots.
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On a gorgeous afternoon earlier this month, Lowcountry Weekly joined other media folks, along with a host of university employees, for a delightful cruise around the Calibogue Sound, courtesy of USCB and Vagabond Cruise.
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Penn Center is one of the oldest and most historically significant African American cultural and educational institutions in the United States. Founded in 1862 as one of the first schools established in the South to educate newly freed African slaves, today, Penn Center remains a major educational, historical and cultural resource and service center for Sea Islanders and offers a wide range of programs and activities to tens of thousands of visitors annually. The recent passing of the legislation of the Gullah/Geechee Act has focused on Penn Center as one of the interpretive sites along the national Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.
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International Short Story Day coincides with Beaufort author’s release on Amazon Kindle. Did you know that June 20th is International Short Story Day? If you’re reading this after the fact, don’t despair. There’s still plenty of time to join the world in celebrating our nation’s original literary art form. And here in Beaufort, we can even think globally while acting locally, because our own resident short story specialist, T.D. (Tim) Johnston, has just announced that one of his short stories is now available on Amazon Kindle.
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The Beaufort Art Association is proud to feature Cathy Keup, whose exhibit “Shaken, Not Stirred” will run at the BAA Gallery on 913 Bay Street from June 25 through August 4 with an opening reception on Friday, June 29.
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The sluggish season is hard upon us, y’all – that lazy, languid time of year when thinking deep thoughts can be so terribly draining. So allow me to offer up a few shallow thoughts, instead, as we all wade inexorably into the hot, thick soup of another Lowcountry summer. At best, this miscellany of anecdotes and observations might bring you a moment of mild pleasure while you’re dangling in a hammock somewhere. If not? Those of you reading it in print can always use it as a fan. Or peel shrimp on it.
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Christopher Plummer, one of the greatest actors of our time, will star in William Shakespeare’s “the Tempest” on screen in high definition beginning on Thursday, June 14 at USCB Center for the Arts.
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Alzheimer’s Family Services hosts 6th Annual Dinner Theatre, featuring three “unreliables”… and Ron Daise. Remember all those stories you lived and probably even shared with friends about growing up in Beaufort? Remember the stories about when Mizu was the Pig gy Park, and going to the Greenlawn Drive-In, the Breeze Theatre or the Shack? Remember when Koth’s was the place to go for boiled peanuts or Pruitt’s Grocery Store on Rib aut Road was where you went after school to turn in your soda bottles for a refund and a handful of penny candy?
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Naturalist and photographer Marvin Bouknight will speak at the Photography Club of Beaufort on June 11th. Using his outstanding images and knowledge of our environment, Marvin will inspire photographers how to become part of nature as they try to capture the flora and fauna of the Lowcountry through their lenses.
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Student poster contest honors H2O… Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority held its annual Poster Contest this Spring, in conjunction with the American Water Works Association’s Drinking Water Week.
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