The Beaufort Art Association will feature recent paintings and drawings by Pat Connor in an appealing exhibit entitled “Pets, People, and Other Animals.” The show opens on September 7 and runs through October 16. A reception for the artist, to which the public is cordially invited, will be held on Friday, September 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the BAA Gallery in the historic Elliott House, 1001 Bay Street at the corner of Charles Street in Beaufort.
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Obviously, I had to see the movie the minute it hit the screen. I’d been giddy with anticipation for weeks, acting much like my 4th grade daughter in those heady days leading up to Miley Cyrus’ cinematic debut. In my own defense, I’d read the book on the recommendations of people I actually know – my mom, my friend, an old boyfriend from college – not Oprah’s. But still, I was unabashedly one of “those women” – the millions who, for whatever reason, had flocked like twittering birds around “Eat, Pray, Love,” turning Elizabeth Gilbert’s quirky little memoir into a bona fide cultural phenomenon. I hate being part of a cultural phenomenon. But I loved “Eat, Pray, Love.” And now it was a movie. And I couldn’t wait. I saw it immediately, in my favorite, most delicious way. Alone.
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The Hilton Head Island New Play Festival is an event unlike any other in the Lowcountry. It’s an opportunity for playwrights to receive feedback on their work from audiences outside New York and L.A. and hear a different perspective than they might find elsewhere. It gives Hilton Head residents the chance to hear brand new plays and shape the final product into something that speaks to them and their experiences. SCRC is becoming a testing ground for new voices and is an organization that is committed to nurturing American playwrights. The Hilton Head Island New Play Festival will also strengthen our relationship with the SCRC audience by providing a venue for frank discussion of the work while offering new audience members another way to experience theater on the Island.
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“Some people call it “the sane version of Method acting,” said instructor Gail Westerfield, who is preparing to teach a class in Meisner Technique at ARTworks. “The class will be an introduction to the fundamentals of Sanford Meisner’s work, a practice that trains actors to be fully ‘in the moment’ on stage. Through a series of exercises, both experienced and inexperienced actors will learn what Meisner called ‘living truthfully in imaginary circumstances.’”
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The Art Gallery at the University of South Carolina Beaufort presents “National Postcards,” a traveling exhibit of 50 postcard-sized works of art, each created by a different artist to represent their state. Jeanne Voltura, Director of the Bridge Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, assembled the collection and hosted its opening exhibit. USCB Assistant Professor of Studio Art Jon Goebel represents South Carolina with his work entitled “Lowcountry.”
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An extraordinary exhibition of abstract art, presented by Art Beyond Tradition, opens at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island, SC on Friday, September 10, 2010 with a reception in the Walter Greer Gallery from 5:00-7:00 PM. Thirteen fine artists are presenting their latest works including paintings in oils, acrylics, watercolors and collage, as well as sculptures in stone.
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The absolutely best organic compost you can make for your garden is worm compost. And the great part is, once you set up this odorless composting system, the worms do all the work for you. The fancy word is ‘Vermiculture’, but basically it’s just a bunch of worms in a box. Or in my case, an old claw foot bath tub left in my backyard.
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In the Age of the Internet, a columnist can’t be too careful of the company she keeps. As a peddler of opinion, it’s hard to keep my “product” pure when there are so many competing – and compelling – perspectives, only a mouse click away. Obviously, a certain amount of reading is necessary to forming any opinion worth passing along. But in my case, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Just when I think I know what I think – about whatever given subject – I stumble upon a deft turn of phrase, an elegant paragraph, a sparkling-fresh line of thought, and there goes the proverbial rug, right out from under me.
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Novelist Pat Conroy and daughter, Melissa, discuss the cutthroat world of children’s books, Pat’s Reading Life, a curtain call for The Great Santini, and what James Joyce and The Grateful Dead have in common.
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