Pigeon Point Park invites local families to touch some trucks, take some pics, and maybe even buy some bricks… An exciting adventure is in store for Beaufort area youngsters when “Touch A Truck” comes to Pigeon Point Park, Saturday, April 21st from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
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The Habersham Marketplace in Beaufort, S.C., will launch the third season of its First Fridays Series on Friday, April 6, with “Island Time,” beginning at 4 p.m. The event will feature the Marketplace drenched in island decor, Hilton Head Island Reggae band Patwa, an expanded Farmer’s Market complete with local and regional growers, as well as arts, crafts and specialty food vendors from 4-9 p.m. Family friendly and children’s activities will also be offered. There is no cost to enter.
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Short Story America, the Beaufort-based publisher of contemporary and classic short stories, has chosen Beaufort as the location for the first Short Story America Festival and Conference. Scheduled for September 21-23, the festival will feature readings and signings by top writers of short stories, seminars and discussions for aspiring and emerging authors of short fiction, and opportunities for readers to discuss short stories with authors.
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Sunday, March 18 saw a great turnout of folks at the reception for the SoBA Black and White Photography Exhibition.
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The Photography Club of Beaufort’s semi-annual print competition was held Monday night. Three local artists served as judges for the club: JW Rone, director of ARTWorks; Stuart Lathrop, IT director and visual artist; Bob Sofaly, photojournalist.
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Bridges Preparatory School to open in 2013 Charter schools in South Carolina are growing, in enrollment numbers, in popularity and with support from state legislators. On Wednesday, March 21, the South Carolina Senate approved a bill that Superintendent Mick Zais called his top legislative priority, a bill designed to boost the growth of charter schools statewide.
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The artwork of James St. Clair will be in the gallery @ ARTworks, April through May 2012. The Artist Reception is Friday, April 27, 6 to 8pm.
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Amiri Geuka Farris is the winner of the Art League of Hilton Head’s 2012 RBC Heritage Poster Competition. The poster, celebrating the island’s 44-year old PGA golf tournament, depicts a young version of the event’s mascot gentleman golfer Sir William “Willie” Innes. Dressed in vintage Scottish plaid, Innes stands mid-swing at the 18th fairway overlooking the Hilton Head Lighthouse.
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Recent Works by Vickie Jourdan Vickie Jourdan titled her new exhibit of recent abstract works “For the Love of Red,” a name that has become her good luck charm. In a past one-woman show at the Art League, Jourdan’s signature painting by the same name sold before the opening.
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Tricia Gardner’s exhibit opens at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery “Great art is not made by timid people.” It’s one of Tricia Gardner’s favorite quotations from a former art teacher, and her paintings make it obvious that she took his words to heart. As featured artist, her coming exhibit at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery, at 913 Bay Street in downtown Beaufort, is filled with new, original oil paintings of coastal scenes in bold hues.
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