Beaufort Art Association presents a different way of seeing the Lowcountry. From May 22 through July 2, Beaufort Art Association will feature “What’s That?” — photographs by Ron Mabey. An opening reception will be held in the BAA Gallery at 913 Bay Street on May 27 from 5:30 until 7:30 pm. The public is invited.
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Members of the Camera Club of Hilton Head submitted 78 entries in the April club contest. Images were entered in one of two categories: Digital Art, for photos creatively edited or enhanced, and Black and White, for photos shot or transformed to black and white. Judges were Jerry Griffin Judy McElynn and Patty Schoelkopf, who provided many helpful suggestions in their comments on the ribbon-winning photographs.
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Beaufort’s own Blue Mudd has been selected to perform in the Piccolo Spoleto Jazz series on May...
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The Art League of Hilton Head Island presents Ted Jordan as the Honored Artist for their 2011 Art and Flowers Festival, Sunday, May 15, noon – 3pm at the Sea Pines Country Club. The Art and Flowers Festival, known for its elegant fusion of fine art, floral design and fashion, will host 20 artists and floral designers with Palmettos showcasing the newest in spring fashion. In its 23rd year, the luncheon event introduces a new Art Boutique along with the Show Exhibit. Reserved tickets are on sale now, please call 843-689-9989. www.artleaguehhi.org
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The Beaufort Theater Company takes on an American classic that’s every bit as relevant today – and maybe just as shocking – as it was 50 years ago. To Kill a Mockingbird has been on my mind for a while now. Last year – as the novel celebrated its 50th anniversary – I reread it for my book club, attended a birthday party for it at our local library, and wrote about it in my column. From Rants & Raves, June 2010: “I can’t imagine Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird in hopes that her readers would come away feeling “comfortable.” I don’t think any serious author writes for that reason. What I found, upon revisiting TKAM as an adult, was a beautiful, funny, poignant story… that made me deeply uncomfortable. And I needed it. I needed to feel – really feel – how things were at that time, in that place, for those people. I needed to wrestle with their contradictions, recognize their flaws and their gifts, watch as some of them evolved while others stagnated. I needed to see my own resemblance to these characters – even some of the “bad” ones – and acknowledge our kinship. I needed to feel uncomfortable.”
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Barreling down the streets of the Historic District at speeds reaching 40 miles an hour, nearly 200 professional cyclists will compete for a piece of a $15,000 purse in the Fifth Annual Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic. Some 4,000 spectators are expected to turn out for the May 3 event, part of the USA Crits Southeast series. The seven-race schedule starts April 30 in Athens, Ga., with the Terrapin Twilight and ends eight days later in Sandy Springs, Ga. The Beaufort heat is the third race in the series.
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Big tunes and lots of dance in store at Hairspray! Break out the Aqua Net — the glamour do is back! “Hairspray,” Broadway’s big musical comedy, will be rockin’ the Arts Center this spring with the music and dances of the trend-setting ‘60s — and some very cool coifs. Casey Colgan returns to Hilton Head Island April 27-May 29 (preview performances are April 27-28) to direct this new-millennium mega hit, winner of eight Tony Awards and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. He also stars as Edna Turnblad, the protagonist’s mom, in a role traditionally played by a man.
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The University of South Carolina Beaufort is pleased to announce that political activist and communications strategist Ambassador Karen P. Hughes will deliver this year’s Commencement address. Karen Parfitt Hughes, Ambassador, political activist and communications strategist, was born in Paris, France, the daughter of the last U.S. Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Journalism summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University, where she was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
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The five internationally acclaimed artists who will perform next at the USCB Festival Series have studied under exceptional professors at the best schools, have won major prizes and have played the world’s finest music at the world’s grandest venues and music festivals. They have also performed with great artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Jaime Laredo, Joshua Bell, Menahem Pressler and the St. Lawrence String Quartet and played with great orchestras in music centers such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Paris, Quebec, Montreal, Moscow, Tokyo, Cologne and London. On May 1, they will play Schubert, Berio, Mozart and Dvorak in Beaufort, South Carolina.
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New coffee table cookbook serves up the flavor of the South in stories, images and, of course, recipes. “The South is a place where tea is sweet and accents are sweeter, macaroni and cheese is a vegetable, front porches are wide and words are long. Buttermilk pie is a staple. Y’all is a proper noun. Chicken is fried and biscuits come with cream gravy. Everything is darlin’ and someone’s heart is always being blessed.”
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