What if a Postmistress chose not to deliver the mail?
Books
USCB Lunch with Authors welcomes Sarah Blake
The NY Times best selling novel, The Postmistress, debuts in paperback at the USCB Lunch With Author series on Thursday, February 3rd/ Author Sarah Blake will discuss this mind-boggling, fabulous book which alternates between an America on the eve of entering into World War II, still safe and snug in its inability to grasp the danger at hand, and a ravaged Europe being torn apart by war. The stories collide in two letters: one kept by Iris James, the postmistress of a tiny Cape Cod town, and the other by Frankie Bard, an American radio journalist covering the London blitz and fleeing European Jews with the iconic radio broadcaster, Edward R. Morrow.
The Charles Street Gallery will host a reception for Joan Templer on Friday, January 21st, in honor of her new exhibit, “Joan’s Space,” and her new book, “Joan’s Eye.” The exhibit will feature recent paintings by Templer, while her book is an overview of her career as an artist, featuring pictures, descriptions, and some of her techniques.
Come meet the artist and discover her extraordinary work. The opening will be from 5:30 – 9 pm, on January 21st, at the Charles Street Gallery in downtown Beaufort.
Famed Parsons Dance company to perform at the Arts Center
The New York Times once called famed dancer/choreographer David Parsons, “One of the great movers of modern dance.” Parsons’ influence is evident in his group, Parsons Dance, which brings its contemporary style to the Arts Center at 8 p.m. Jan. 15.
“Beaufort County is full of dancers, from young to old,” Kathleen Bateson, Arts Center president and CEO, said. “So we try every year to spotlight a national dance company. I think the community really appreciates having a chance to watch professionals dance up close.”
Books Sandwiched In, sponsored by Friends of the Beaufort County Library, returns for the 25th year on January 10, 2011, and continues every Monday through February 28, 2011. The 8-week program will be held in a different place - USCB Performing Arts Center, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort, and at a different time – noon to 1 p.m. Co-Chairs Sherry Hirsch and Gretchen Blickle selected local personalities to review the 8 books that focus on Beaufort and South Carolina in recognition of the 300th anniversary of Beaufort.
The program is free and open to everyone. Attendees are encouraged to bring their lunch or, as an alternative, purchase it from the Outtakes Café take-out table in the Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
The Photography Club of Beaufort is pleased to announce winners of the 2010 Dale Westcott High School Nature Photography Award. This annual award is given in memory of Dale Westcott, a Habersham resident who died suddenly in 2005. Dale was a retired teacher and administrator and avid nature photographer. Barbara Westcott will award the checks and ribbons at the club meeting on January 10, 2011 at 7pm. The students, guests and general public are invited to attend and celebrate the accomplishments of these talented students.
If the ghost of artist Vincent van Gogh came looking for his missing ear, he’d be delighted to find the one fashioned by sculptor Dave Musial for the Art League of Hilton Head’s Golden Ear Award. Van Gogh, who sliced off his lobe in a fit of madness (or, as yet another story goes, got part of it hacked off in a dust-up with his friend Gauguin) is the inspiration for the Art League’s First Prize in its annual Members’ Show.