Make a date with your BFF to attend the Spirit of Women Girls’ Night Out, a gal pal party complete with wine, hors d’oeuvres, music, mini-spa services, and even a chick flick. The only things missing are the pajamas and pillows. But it’s not just fun and games. With a theme of “indulge in your best health now,” participants also will have the opportunity to learn ways they can stay healthy from eating more nutritious foods to sleeping more soundly.
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Heather Metcalfe, founder of the non-profit Artfully Unforgotten, will give a short presentation about her trip to Afghanistan and sign copies of her book, Voices of Afghanistan, at the Rhett House Inn on October 21, from 6 – 8 pm. The Inn is located at 1009 Craven Street in downtown Beaufort. In June 2009, Heather visited Mazar-e Sharif and Maimana, Afghanistan, where she interviewed men and women about the status of women’s rights. She heard stories of oppression, violence and discrimination towards women, yet also heard numerous stories of their strength and hope.
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This year’s Chamber Music Festival Series once again promises to fill the USCB Performing Arts Center with the finest music played by internationally acclaimed artists. The season will offer works by composers from Mozart to Luciano Berio, prize-winning artists including baritone Randal Scarlata and violinist Kyung Sun Lee and donor receptions with the artists highlighted by a soiree at one of Beaufort’s finest eighteenth-century homes. The University of South Carolina Beaufort Festival Series will open its 32nd season on November 7 at 5:00 in the Performing Arts Center. The evening’s performance offers a great variety of composers, with exquisitely crafted classical period masterworks by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven anchoring the program. Colorful and fascinating works from the twentieth century by Bartok , Villa-Lobos, and Giya Kanchelli will complete the evening’s performance.
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One Hundred framed photos by members of the Camera Club of Hilton Head are currently on display at the Hilton Head Public Library. During the first two weeks of the exhibit, the public had the opportunity to vote for their favorite photo for the People’s Choice award. The Camera Club is pleased to announce the winners:
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Beaufort Art Association is proud to present “Gates, Gardens, and Grace”, a new exhibition by artist Michael B. Pearson, running from October 18 through November 27. The public is invited to meet the artist at an opening reception on Friday, October 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the historic Elliot House. Michael holds a degree in Fashion Illustration from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and has an extensive background in commercial art, advertising, and children’s book illustration. She has been a full time painter for over 30 years and has had over 40 solo shows. While being primarily a watercolor artist, she also works in acrylic, pen and ink and is well known for exquisite wall murals.
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Lowcountry Shakespeare founder and “Twelfth Night” director, Jeff Evans, discusses the troupe’s return from hiatus and how Falstaff (the character, not the beer) changed his life. The October, 2010 production of “Twelfth Night” marks a long-awaited homecoming for Lowcountry Shakespeare to Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Lowcountry Weekly Publisher, Jeff Evans – or as we fondly refer to him “the guy who signs the checks” – formed the troupe in the mid 1990’s. Having played the likes of Iago and Macbeth on stage, this time around Evans chose the role of Director. Obviously hard questions had to be asked. In lieu of those, we had the following conversation on the magazine’s porch overlooking the park…
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As a frequent wanderer through the painted desert that is American pop culture (because y’all know I just can’t help myself!), I find one TV show particularly maddening in its inconsistency. That show is “Glee.” I’ve been trying to write about the “Glee” phenomenon for a year now, but can never quite nail down my opinion. I’ve decided that’s because the show can’t quite nail down its tone, its characters, or its point of view. It’s an ongoing, onscreen identity crisis. It can’t decide what it wants to be, so I can’t decide how I feel about it. One week I love it, the next week I hate it. Two weeks ago, the trashy, irredeemable Britney Spears episode almost had me swearing off “Glee” for good.
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With the last glorious notes of Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slav still ringing through the hall, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra announces plans for its 25th season! Subscriptions are now available on the BSO’s website at www.beaufortorchestra.org. World-renowned keyboard artist, Daniel Adni will return for the opening concert in October of 2010. Mr Adni is a resident of London, England and a celebrated performer with orchestras and chamber groups throughout Europe. He appeared with the Beaufort Symphony last year, with the generous support of local music patron, Martha Hoke. Mrs. Hoke will again sponsor Mr. Adni’s performance with the orchestra in October.
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Trent Sims will perform a free organ concert on Friday, October 1st at Noon at The Parish Church of St. Helena in downtown Beaufort. This concert will kick off the fall season of Music at St. Helena’s. Sims is a native of Dayton, Ohio and began playing the organ at the age of seven. He began classical organ instruction at 16, studying with the late Paul Ray Jones. Trent accepted his first professional church organist position at a large downtown Dayton church when he was 18 and still a senior in high school. Over the next eight years he continued classical organ studies under Rev. John W. Neely and Ms. Lee McGinty.
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The Marsh Hatters of Beaufort, SC, a chapter of the international women’s organization, The Red Hat Society, is hosting a luncheon on Saturday, October 23 at The Holiday Inn and Suites in Beaufort. A “Glitz and Gritz” Red Hat Cabaret, with Angela Beasley’s world famous “The Puppet People” of Savannah, GA will be the featured entertainment. This event is open to all Red and Pink Hatters, and all visitors and guests are welcome. Come meet Lady Formica Dinette, in her Red Hat finery, and meet her friends as they join together to entertain the Marsh Hatters and their guests.
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