An interview with Actor Michael Weaver, starring in “The Misanthrope” at ARTworks Michael Weaver auditioned for this long respected and influential play from the 1600s because “it’s one of those things you don’t pass up if you’re serious about acting.” Director JW Rone gave Weaver the lead role of Alceste in the November 8-18 production, in the black box theater at ARTworks in Beaufort.
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Leapin’ Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage November 16 -17 at 7 PM and Sunday, November 18 at 3 PM at USCB Center for the Arts in one of the world’s best-loved musicals. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan ANNIE charms everyone’s hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan.
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Madeleine Pollitzer lived life with vitatlity. My daughters, Abbie and Julia, and their cousin, Madeleine, sleep right now after a long day yesterday saying goodbye to their beloved great-grandmother, Madeleine Paula vonBernuth Pollitzer. I’m certain Madeleine is looking at them from Heaven, smiling contagiously as she always did, and saying, “I am so blessed to know my great-grands!”
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Move over Martha Stewart. George and Mary Lee Grove are planning the party of the season, an elegant evening of dining, dancing and decadent desserts for 800 of their closest friends.
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Red Piano Too to feature Sonnell Thompson in Heritage Days exhibit The weekend of November 8 – 11 will witness fifteen to twenty thousand visitors to Saint Helena Island. The visitors will be in the Lowcountry to commemorate 150 years of Penn Center History. This will all occur during the 30th annual “Heritage Days” at Penn Center.
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In the world of art, seldom do you hear more profound advice than “paint what you love and it will show in your work,” says local artist and Realtor Wendy Goller of Beaufort. “With that in mind, it was natural for me to paint from the photographs and memories of great saltwater fishing trips.” Wendy’s art series, Reel Women Go Fish, will be featured at The Gallery, 802 Bay Street Saturday, November 10th from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM. The public is invited.
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Betsy Chaffin creates her abstract artwork, which she often refers to as “markings,” from her studio on Spring Island. She has a synergistic relationship with the Lowcountry: she worked to ensure that Spring Island was developed smartly to preserve the pristine environment, and in turn the environment fills her canvases.
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SoBA hosts its 2012 fundraiser featuring 12 x 12 originals The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “12,” a new and exciting collection of 12 x 12 inch paintings and photographs by over 100 local artists, each selling for only $120.
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I don’t know how to start this piece. I’m hoping to share some wisdom I recently picked up, but it’s almost too fresh. I haven’t had time to mull it over properly. Or test it for accuracy. I’m not even sure I can put it into words. But, hey – that never stopped me before. So here goes . . .
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Her movie ‘Must Love Dogs’ made you laugh and so will she, in person. For a pre-Holiday perfect day, come to the USCB Lunch With Author Series on Wednesday, November 7th at Dataw Island’s Carolina Room to hear New York Times bestselling author, Claire Cook, who wrote her first novel in her minivan when she was 45. At 50, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere based on her second novel, Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack.
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