What to write about as the New Year rushes forward? So many topics I’d love to discuss; so many reasons not to. As you may remember, I’ve made a resolution to be more temperate in this column. Less offensive. Less controversial.
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Blues man and Beaufort native Cool John Ferguson is back in town, and will appear on Friday, December 21st for "An Evening with Cool John Ferguson."
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Divine Shoes announced today that it is hosting a shoe drive to benefit Soles4Souls™ Inc., the international footwear charity that delivers shoes to needy people around the world. Every 28 seconds Soles4Soles provides a pair of shoes to someone in need. The nonprofit hopes to donate a pair every 14 seconds in 2008.
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In February 2008, former LowCountry Habitat for Humantity President Barbara Thomas will lead its first international team to participate in LentBuild08 in Mexico.
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This January 26th, at the Parris Island Lyceum, Harlem Renaissance 2008 will celebrate the historic musical collaboration of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. Their jazz arrangements, like "Take the A Train" and "Deep South Suite" are a significant part of the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance, an intense and productive era for the arts between 1919 and 1940. Expect to dance the night away, thanks in part to general sponsor Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services
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It’s a new time and a new place but The Friends of the Beaufort County Library kick off their 22th annual Books Sandwiched In program on Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 with the same stimulating entertainment, coffee and cookies. For eight weeks, through Feb. 25, book lovers are invited to gather at 1 p.m. on Mondays in the Sea Island Presbyterian Church on Lady’s Island for an opportunity to listen to reviews of eight best sellers or books of local interest.
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Well known local landscape/wildlife photographer, Ed Funk, will be joining Pluff Mudd Art (757-5590) at 27 Calhoun Street in Bluffton beginning January 1, 2008. Ed will be joining an already existing cadre of 15 artists, specializing in two dimensional oil, acrylic and watercolor painting as well as three dimensional pottery, wood carving and jewelry.
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In this new year show, engaging photographer Gary Geboy, author of "Transfer of Grace" from Joggling Board Press of Charleston, presents the dream-washed colors of the Lowcountry and beyond.
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The other day, someone at a luncheon I attended said she feels like she’s known me for years because she reads this page. “Margaret pours her heart out in her column,” she told another woman at our table. “She can’t help herself.”
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