“Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more . . . He became as good a friend, as good a master, as good a man as the good old City knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough in the good old world.” – Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol”
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Down the alley and up the stairs, ArtLofts takes Beaufort’s art scene to a whole new level. THE CONTACT POINT My first ever assignment for Lowcountry Weekly was to interview the author of 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. The Beaufort Guild of Galleries flew John Villani in for a weekend art event in February 2008. As I recall – much to the Guild’s chagrin – gale force winds and rains blew in right along with him.
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Down the alley and up the stairs, ArtLofts takes Beaufort’s art scene to a whole new level. THE CONTACT POINT My first ever assignment for Lowcountry Weekly was to interview the author of 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. The Beaufort Guild of Galleries flew John Villani in for a weekend art event in February 2008. As I recall – much to the Guild’s chagrin – gale force winds and rains blew in right along with him.
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(Part Two in a Series. Read Part One here.) As I mentioned in the last issue, Port Royal is in the midst of making significant history…again. The first part of this series took a look at the town’s various eras of prosperity as well as its many instances of untimely fate. By understanding the town’s history, readers can now share in the contagious excitement surrounding the current slate of events that will put 2011/2012 on the town’s perpetual timeline of monumental feats.
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As part of the Lowcountry Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration, The Coastal Discovery Museum and the Lowcountry Civil War Roundtable are pleased to announce a performance of “The Road Home” on Thursday, December 1st at 7:30 pm at the Hilton Head Island High School Visual and Performing Arts Center. “The Road Home” is a journey and weaving of thoughts, words, songs and speeches of those caught in the maelstrom of the early years of the Civil War.
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Conversations about ethics, education, creativity, love, parenting and pretty much anything else except chess or math. Dr. Maggie: Of the countless questions we’ve received thus far, which strikes you guys’ fancy this week? Dr. Martha: Questions? Did we get any questions? This is our first column. Who would’ve written in? A benevolent psychic?
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Conversations about ethics, education, creativity, love, parenting and pretty much anything else except chess or math. Dr. Maggie: Of the countless questions we’ve received thus far, which strikes you guys’ fancy this week? Dr. Martha: Questions? Did we get any questions? This is our first column. Who would’ve written in? A benevolent psychic?
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Piano Virtuoso Thomas Pandolfi makes a much-anticipated return to Fripp Island. Fans remember his incredible Fripp performance in 2009. Scarcely had the encores and raucous standing ovations faded, when the audience was demanding that Fripp Island Friends of Music book him again as soon as possible. Well, his many fans are getting their wish!
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(And you don’t have to go to Lincoln Center!) ”It would be hard—very hard—to find better chamber music playing than at the cellist Edward Arron’s enterprising series.” This high praise appeared in the NEW YORKER, and although the reference was to Mr. Arron’s chamber music series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it could just as easily be said of the USCB Festival Series that Mr. Arron will continue in the Lowcountry on December 11 at the USCB Center for the Arts.
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The BMH Valentine Ball is back in February, and the dinner party hosts and hostesses are already planning their menus… Join the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation for an evening aboard the Orient Express for this year’s Valentine Ball on February 11, 2012. The Ball will benefit BMH’s Emergency Room Expansion, so it can continue to serve the needs of our town so successfully. This vital renovation, which will more than double the size of the ER, will help the hospital meet the community’s increasing demand for emergency medical services. Beaufort Memorial’s emergency department visits currently total nearly 40,000 a year.
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