Last week, Lowcountry Weekly had the privilege of participating in the third annual Lt. Dan Weekend as media partners. Translation? In exchange for our help in publicizing LDW3, we got to hang out with some of the people involved, many of whom are genuine, bona fide heroes. Last week, those heroes saved another life – mine.
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This arresting image is from “Let Our Voices Emerge,” a collection of oil paintings by...
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September always catches this editor off guard. After a low key, easygoing summer – interrupted only by that fleeting burst of hysteria we call Water Festival – my inbox suddenly erupts with a flood of exuberant press releases vying for my immediate attention. Once summer passes, Beaufort’s the most happening small town on earth, and all those happenings start happening at once.
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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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