The Beaufort Children’s Theatre will present “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” at USCB’s Center for the Arts during the month of May. Based on the 1920 classic “The Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, the play brings to life the young heroine, Dorothy, who is transported by a cyclone from her grandparent’s farm in Kansas to the magical Land of Oz, where she is greeted by the Munchkins of Munchkinland.
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The Choir Festival with Brian Jones will feature the choirs of St. Helena’s along with members of choirs from Bluffton and Charlotte. The four-day festival culminates with a performance Saturday, May 19th at 7 pm. The festival will be held at the Parish Church of St. Helena, 505 Church Street in downtown Beaufort. The concert is free and open to the public.
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Beaufort is a town famously steeped in history, chock full of national historic landmarks and other distinguished legacies. Having recently celebrated our city’s Tricentennial, we shouldn’t be surprised that someone’s always marking one significant milestone or another around here. Among them, this year, is the congregation of First Presbyterian Church, which has – as of 2012 – officially been in existence for 100 years.
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“Because it can’t be preserved, published, produced or performed if it doesn’t exist.” – Jodie Randisi, coauthor TOTAL PARDON, An Extraordinary Love Story Author and speaker Jodie Randisi is presenting a DO THE WRITE THING Creativity Workshop on Thursday, May 17th, at the Technical College of the Lowcountry from 1 – 3 pm.
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The 34th annual Bluffton Village Festival promises to be a fun celebration of what makes Bluffton so unique. 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 12 in Old Town Bluffton.
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Life-size oil paintings of “Goddesses in World Cultures” will be featured all summer (June 1 – September 1) at the Bluffton Branch of the Beaufort County Library System, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton. The work of artist and author Mary B. Kelly of Hilton Head, will display deities from Europe, Asia and the Americas. These also form the illustrations for Kelly’s book Goddess, Women, Cloth, published in 2012 and available on Amazon and Kindle.
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Mary Sullivan is the featured artist at the SOBA Gallery from June 4 through July 14. Her exhibit “Time and Timelessness,” will present all new work, exploring that theme with the poured ink abstracts for which she has become known. She will add two additional techniques which ultimately evolved from the ink paintings.
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Paintings by Mary Jane Martin at the BAA Gallery The Beaufort Art Association will be presenting, “How I See It,” paintings by featured artist Mary Jane Martin from May 15 through June 23, 2012 at the BAA Gallery, 913 Bay Street. The exhibition will kick off with a free reception, open to the public, in honor of the artist on Friday, May 18, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Writing a book review – or even a book preview – of a book I haven’t read is probably a bad idea. So let’s not call this either of those things. The other day, while I was browsing in cyberspace, the title of a new book by Gregory Wolfe caught my eye: Beauty Will Save the World. Catchy, huh? A bold pronouncement. A firm handshake of a title.
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Next time you’re shopping for wine, why not go beyond red and white… and try green? Our mission at Herban Marketplace is to promote health and wellness – naturally. A big part of achieving your best ‘you’ is finding a healthy balance and savoring the good things in life. For many of us, that includes relaxing with a nice glass of wine.
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