Beaufort International Film Festival returns to the USCB Center for the Arts “I feel like we’ve always had a diamond in the rough, but I think the diamond’s got a bit more polish to it, now.” – Ron Tucker, Executive Director, Beaufort International Film Festival. “We learn from our audience. We learn from our volunteers. It’s a constant process of evolution.” – Rebecca Berry Tucker, President, Beaufort Film Society
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Executive Chef Brian Waters Gets Fired Up. “It’s good to stay hip to the current culinary trends, but it’s also really, really important to know your roots. Sometimes tried and true techniques are best. Sometimes simple is best – especially when you’re dealing with the kind of product I get all the time.” – Saltus Executive Chef Brian Waters
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Eric Smith shoots The Farmer’s Table. The postcard community of Habersham recently hosted the 3rd annual Farmer’s Table to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank. The evening brings together a corps of acclaimed local chefs for one of the most anticipated culinary gatherings in the region. This dazzling outdoor supper is sourced entirely from local farms, prepared and served in the heart of Habersham. The 2012 event also featured live bluegrass music, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Habersham Farm, a silent auction, fine wine, craft brews, the debut of a new boutique whiskey, and dancing under the stars. And of course, a meal made to remember.
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Burger Beat represents an ongoing search for the Lowcountry’s best local handmade burgers. The Delicious Conundrum Nick Borregine could have called his wildly popular Shell Point eatery Plan “B” Burgers. That’s kind of how Fat Patties happened.
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Beaufort’s Homegrown Film Fest is On The Clock The Beaufort International Film Festival – BIFF to locals – celebrates its seventh season come February. The festival’s grown exponentially in recent years from few hundred mostly local attendees its first year to about 7000 in 2012. This was a milestone year for the festival as it moved across the river from the old Lady’s Island location into the USCB Center for the Arts.
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A culinary extravaganza to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank For the third year running the idyllic community of Habersham plays host to one of the most anticipated culinary events in the Lowcountry. The Farmer’s Table brings together seven of the area’s most acclaimed chefs for a spectacular outdoor harvest supper sourced entirely from local farms to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank and its Growing Food Locally program.
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A Conversation with Gary Sinise Author’s note: As this issue of Lowcountry Weekly hits the streets and the giant pneumatic tubes of the internet the 3rd Annual Lt. Dan Weekend (LDW3) gets underway. The event to benefit Wounded Warriors and their caregivers is named for Gary Sinise’s Oscar-nominated roll of Lt. Dan Taylor in 1994’s Forrest Gump (filmed in and around Beaufort). The original event – a waterfront concert by Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band – was attached to Beaufort’s 2010 Shrimp Festival. The overwhelming hordes of fans seemed to merit a stand-alone Lt. Dan-themed weekend, and 2012 marks the the band’s third consecutive appearance in Lt. Dan’s figurative place of birth. I spoke to Sinise by phone from the set of CSI: New York a few days before he was due to fly in for the show. It was his first trip back to Beaufort since filming Gump. The following was originally published September 29, 2010.
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Islands Meat Market is the real deal… Just beyond the glass storefront the late summer downpour drowns the parking lot, discouraging all but the most intrepid or determined shopper. I’m hanging out with the man who’s been cutting my steaks since we landed in Beaufort, Julian Johnson.
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Over the Moon… at Moondoggies Cafe and Grill BEFORE WE BEGIN The English eccentric, gambler and former clergyman, Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) once famously observed that, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Shortly after the folks at Moondoggies came up with the idea of Burger Night some years back it seemed like Burger-themed evenings suddenly became ubiquitous.
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