Visitors to the Smithsonian exhibit, New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music at the Beaufort Branch Library, agree that it is an unforgettable, toe-tapping musical experience! Â Â Be sure to experience this one of a kind exhibit during its stay at the Beaufort Branch Library (311 Scott Street). The exhibit will be on view during hours of operation until Saturday, February 4th.
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Everybody loves the Valentine Ball… and they REALLY love the dinner parties!  When Polly Swenson makes her annual contribution to the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation, she doesn’t write a check. She throws a party.
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Beaufort author Kami Kinard debuts novel for tweens, signs book at ARTworks. Kami Kinard’s debut novel The Boy Project: Notes and Observations of Kara McAllister is a good-hearted look at the trials and tribulations of eighth-grader Kara McAllister who has one huge problem: Kara is the only person in her grade to have never had a boyfriend.
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The beginning of a new year can be a great time for a clean slate. Unfortunately, people often use this fresh start to commit to eating nothing but cabbage until they lose twenty pounds. While this is an interesting test of willpower, it will hopefully have worn off by the time you read this article, in favor of just a few more vegetables and a little more walking.
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The Art League of Hilton Head presents Atelier/ABSTRACT opening with an artist reception on Thursday January 5, 5-7pm at the Art League of Hilton Head, Walter Greer Gallery at 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. The exhibit runs through January 28.  The public is cordially invited. 843-681-5060 or visit www.artleaguehhi.org
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As I intimated in my last column, I am often the victim of great expectations. I tend to idealize all sorts of things in my life, only to crash hard when the ideal turns out to me merely… real. The first step toward curbing this dynamic is, of course, recognizing it. (Check.) The second is maintaining a sense of humor. And I’ve found that if I can write about it, I can usually laugh about it.
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 I breathe in the salt air and think, I know what it is like to grow up without the tides. It is like growing up without the change of colors in the trees during autumn. I came to the Lowcountry in tears, grateful and insecure, leaving behind what I knew and cherished forever. Or at least so it felt. I was moving back in with my parents after college.
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Our cover painting is “Story Girl,” by Amiri Farris, first place winner in the...
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Dear L. A. Plume, Last year for Christmas I received a gift certificate for a local restaurant from a colleague. My co-worker used her similar gift certificate and found it was for fifty dollars. Mine, when I went to use it recently, turned out to be for one dollar and twenty four cents.
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A Christmas Wish I have not seen my oldest daughter nor heard a word from her in almost two decades. I, now, would not recognize her if she passed me in the super market. I have seen her once since she was 11. She has not been in touch with my other daughters, my brothers and sisters—with any member of my family since she was 11.
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