Author: Margaret Evans

Friends of Hunting Island Hosts 3rd Annual 5K Run/Walk

October 8th event showcases the park’s beautiful, recently-refurbished trail network   Friends of Huntin g Island (FOHI) is once again joining with Hunting Island State  Park to sponsor its 3rd annual 5K Run/Walk along the park’s beautiful, recently refurbished trails. The Run/Walk will be held on October 8th, starting at 10:00 am. Runners, walkers, and supporters will gather at the park’s Nature Center, the entrance is just short of the Fripp Island bridge.

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USCB Festival Series Heats Up

This year’s series will offer works by composers from Mozart to John Novacek, and prize-winning artists like soprano Hyunah Yu and the genre-defying string quartet, Brooklyn Rider. The University of South Carolina Beaufort Festival Series will open its 33rd season on November 6, 2011. The season will include five early Sunday evening concerts from November through April at the USCB Arts Center.   Artistic Director and cellist Edward Arron will welcome new and returning talents for musical programs that will ensure the Series’ continued reputation as one of the most distinguished musical offerings in the Savannah—Hilton Head—Beaufort and Charleston area.

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Beaufort Symphony Opens Season with a 20th Century Celebration

Local concertgoers are in for a rare treat on October 13th and 16th when The Beaufort Symphony opens its 2011-2012 season. Guest soloist, Alexander Pershouinin, will offer the Koussevitsky Bass Concerto, accompanied by the orchestra. Dr. Alexander Pershounin is Associate Professor of Bass at Columbus State University in Georgia, where he is also director of jazz studies. He has performed extensively throughout Europe and the United States and has appeared with world-class artists ranging from Itzhak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma to Ray Charles and Benny Golson.

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Six Artists One Palette

This exhibit has been assembled by a group of artists who have been painting together for the last 2 years. The palette they use is a concentrated palette of 8 colors and white – minus black (they mix their own). Each artist explored their own motif. The artists and their subjects are as follows: Linda Mack has given us an impressionistic view of Historic Savannah for this show. Linda focused on the interplay of lush oaks, period architecture and courtyard gardens. Dolphin Head is Pepi McNair’s special place. Pepi visits the beach regularly on family outings and walks with her dogs.

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Photos Selected for Beaufort County Calendar

A photo of Stony Preserve by Bluffton resident, Stan Abrahamson, was selected for the cover of the 2012 Beaufort County Rural and Critical Lands Calendar. The photo shows a forested lagoon area at the preserve, which was purchased jointly by Beaufort County and the Town of Hilton Head Island for conservation as a passive park. 

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A Time to Paint

Lowcountry Watercolors at the Beaufort Art Association Human beings are masters of time. We lose it, gain it, spend it, save it, waste it, and even share it with others. Like many people with countless demands on their precious hours, artists often feel there are never enough minutes in a day. But Audrey Montgomery made a commitment to spend more time following her creative desires.

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Beaufort Embraces Fandango Productions South

The national event-planning firm makes its home on Charles Street   Have you been curious about the colorful new sign on Charles Street that announces Fandango Productions South? Wondering what it is that Fandango is all about? Well, Fandango, in one word, is a marvel. They are a company that is bringing extraordinary ideas to Beaufort and the Southeast.

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Life’s Rich Pageant

Fall came early this year. By the time you read this, it may have retreated again – who knows around here? – but the fact remains that we enjoyed a cool, autumnal blast the weekend of September 16th, and I, for one, was caught completely off guard.

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Ten Days in BRAZZAVILLE

An excerpt from the new novel by Beaufort author Scott Graber O N E The envelope was there, in plain view, but he did not see it. Instead, his sleep-filled eyes went to a bookcase. His eyes always went to his bookcase. His bookcase was eight feet tall and ran for twenty uninterrupted feet along his northern wall. This long run of American walnut was dark, almost purple in color and featured an ancient set of Blackstone’s Commentaries. Blackstone’s books were never opened—admittedly they were décor. They were secondary to a paper cup, a plastic valve, and ten other objects that were individually illuminated in a way that reminded Jake of Hittite burial objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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