Every time I sit down to write this column, I’m obliged to contend with the devil on my shoulder… and the angel on my other one. The former is forever jumping up and down, vying for my attention – “Pick me, pick me! Write something controversial! Get ‘em all riled up!” – while the latter sits quietly, with her secret smile, trusting me to do the right thing. She doesn’t know me that well.
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Owner of Dancing Dogs Yoga (and Lowcountry Weekly columnist) becomes a Certified Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Instructor When I first met Shelly Lowther in 2010, she was opening her first yoga studio in the Lowcountry in Beaufort Town Center. I was intrigued from the moment I met her. She exudes all things feminine… grace, poise, gentleness and beauty. And when it’s time to talk business, she’s all business. Her confidence is admirable, and her success story is one that every little girl needs to hear.
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The Lands End Woodland, Inc. of St. Helena Island, SC will celebrate the 8th Annual Lands End Woodland River Festival on Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 1. The festival is a multi-cultural community celebration of the Gullah ancestry and history of the people of St. Helena Island through music, storytelling, historical presentations, crafts, art, and food.
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A southern lit fan meets one of his heroes, thanks to USCB’s Lunch with Author Series. It was my wife who alerted me to the press release regarding author Ron Rash’s visit to Hilton Head as part of USCB’s “Lunch With Author” series. It was an early birthday gift that she even told me about it, much less that she agreed to go with me.
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I’ve been writing a lot, lately, about the ways that social media tends to emphasize, and maybe even enhance, our various divisions – be they social, political, religious, or what have you. I have a friend who calls it the “Facebook Effect,” this unfortunate phenomenon that emboldens people to say things online that they would never, ever say – in language they would never, ever use – in person, face to face.
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The musical group celebrates its 20th Anniversary with CD release concert at the Arts Center of Coastal CarolinaPerforming traditional spirituals, contemporary gospel and original songs, the Voices of El Shaddai has touched audiences in festivals, events, churches and even weddings, from Brooklyn to the Gulf Coast of Florida since 1992.
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Red Piano Too hosts Annual Summer Show, featuring the work of Shirley “SA” Hunter. No mistake about it – it’s summer time on Saint Helena Island with heat ‘n more heat at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery’s Annual Summer Show. Be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, August 4, 2012 from 1-5 pm at the gallery “Where Art is Joy.”
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Short Story America, the Beaufort-based publisher of great short stories by current and classic authors, has announced that its acclaimed first anthology, The Short Story America Anthology, Volume I, is now available on Kindle. This 580-page collection of 56 short stories by 46 top authors has been called “literary fiction at its best” and “better than Best American Short Stories” by reviewers.
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The inaugural Short Story America Festival and Conference comes to Beaufort. Great news for fans of literature in the Lowcountry! The inaugural Short Story America Festival and Conference is scheduled for September 21-23, 2012 right here in historic Beaufort.
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USCB presents “The Phantom of the Opera” 25th Anniversary production live from the Royal Albert Hall… and “Love Never Dies” a week later. To mark its 25th Anniversary year, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh present “The Phantom of the Opera” in a fully-staged, lavish production, set in the sumptuous Victorian splendor of the Royal Albert Hall.
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