Celtic Crossroads redefines traditional Irish music with energy and excitement. Young, ambitious and phenomenally talented, seven traditional musicians from the Emerald Isle have set about to do for Irish music what Riverdance did for Irish dance.
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Captain Richard Phillips was held hostage by Simali pirates for five days, then freed by Navy SEAL snipers. Sea Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama was held captive for 5 days by Somali pirates, until U.S. Navy SEAL snipers completed a high seas rescue, killing his captors and ending the tumultuous standoff. Acting with the President’s authorization and in the belief that hostage, Capt. Richard Phillips, was in imminent danger of being killed by captors armed with pistols and AK-47s, snipers opened fire and killed the three captors.
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Diana Churchill will be presenting “Spring Migration – What to Watch and How to Find It” at the March 8 meeting of the Hilton Head Island Audubon Society at Honey Horn in the Sea Island Room at 3:00 pm. The meeting is open to the public and is without charge. Diana Churchill has a passion for birds. She loves watching them, photographing them, and reading about them. Diana especially loves sharing her passion with others.
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Historical novelist Michael Parker is next up at USCB Lunch With Author Series When you are a ‘come yah’ to the South Carolina Lowcountry invariably you’re given a list of must-read books of history, environment and culture. The USCB Lunch With Author Series is adding the new historical novel, The Watery Part of the World by Michael Parker, who will be guest author on Wednesday, March 14th at the Country Club of Hilton Head.
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Lynda K. Potter explores the diversity of the Lowcountry in “Celebration of Paint and Water” at the Art League of Hilton Head’s Walter Greer Gallery now through March 31st. The public is cordially invited to the opening reception on Friday, March 2 from 5 –7 PM. The Art League Gallery is located in the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane in Hilton Head.
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New Work by Carol Henry at the Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort From March 9 through April 1, the Charles Street Gallery offers a show of new work by Carol Henry, an international printmaker whose vibrant colors on paper reflect a beauty-saturated world. Henry lives in Beaufort a few months of the year, also maintaining a home and studio in Ireland, where she is a member of Cork Printmakers, a jury-selected association for artists working in Ireland.
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Last Wednesday, our mischievous cat Arthur – not to be confused with our mannerly cat Frodo – came prancing through the cat flap with a baby squirrel in his mouth. I heard it before I saw it; the wee critter was squeaking up a storm. Panicky – my mother’s voice in my head warning, “you don’t know what diseases it has!” – I picked up the cat, critter in mouth, and put them both outside. My daughter was screaming – “Mom! Get the squirrel out of his mouth!” – but Arthur had already trotted off, and there was nothing I could do.
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Ah, spring! The season brings increasing daylight, warming temperatures, and the rebirth of flora and fauna. And the urge to be outdoors increases with every turning page on the March calendar.
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Bestselling novelist and cookbook author PAT CONROY discovers a world class Italian restaurant on a corner in downtown Beaufort. When Pat Conroy called to ask if he could write a review of his favorite local restaurant for Lowcountry Weekly, we were honored and thrilled. Pat tells us this is the first restaurant review he’s ever written. We think the kid has a bright future ahead of him. – Editor The best restaurant in my history in Beaufort opened quietly in January at the corner of Carteret and Craven streets. It is called Griffin Market, which makes it the worst named Italian restaurant I’ve ever heard of in my life. Its food is glorious and it is, by a long shot, the best Italian food ever served in South Carolina. The chef is the inimitable Laura Bonini and she received her classical training at Galileo’s in Washington, DC.
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Of Dogs & Men I don’t know if this is an appropriate question for your column: I have always loved animals. I have also always thought of myself as “good with animals.” I love Cesar Milan, and I love what he does and watching him do it. When I go to apply his techniques to my own dogs though, I often feel like my heart—which I have always trusted—is no longer reliable.
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