Taking pictures is second nature to most residents and visitors to Beaufort. We love photographing the outstanding beauty and nature that surrounds us. Those who enjoy it as a hobby have joined the Photography Club of Beaufort. Each year the organization has a year long photo project. This year it was "Creatures Great and Small". A majority of the 65 members in the club submitted photos... from egrets feeding their young, to pets to African wild animals. There are even a few abstract surprises in store.
Old Town Bluffton’s thriving and eclectic art community will host its annual Holiday Gallery Walk on Friday, November 19, from 3 - 8 pm. Wine and refreshments will be served by each gallery. Visitors can also enjoy live music and browse through Old Town’s “walkable” galleries on Boundary, Church, May River and Calhoun Streets throughout the entire event. The event is sponsored by the Old Town Bluffton Merchants’ Society with funding from local A-tax dollars. Hundreds of visitors to the area and local art patrons have traditionally enjoyed this local art experience. The event will showcase Bluffton's local talent and is a great resource for one-of-a-kind gifts. Wine and refreshments will complete the event on the streets of Old Town. Galleries and shops will be "lit up" for the holidays. The community can show its support for the arts, restaurants and shops in Bluffton by attending this fun event and having a great time! This year is a perfect opportunity to support your community by shopping locally.
Think Greek cooking is hard, tedious, time-consuming, way too many ingredients and worst of all unhealthy and fattening? Then it’s time for enlightenment!
On December 2nd, Patricia Moore-Pastides will introduce her dazzling new cookbook, Greek Revival: Cooking for Life to local residents attending the USCB Lunch With Author series at the Moss Creek Clubhouse, Hilton Head. Moore-Pastides, an accomplished cook and public-health professional, has taken eighty-seven ambrosial recipes designed for the needs and appetites of everyday cooks, leavened the pages with delectable anecdotes about the Greek lifestyle, then peppered it with revealing scientific insight, and the result is Greek Revival: Cooking for Life. The Moss Creek Chef will make Milopita, one of the desserts from the Greek Revival cookbook, for the luncheon.
Beaufort Children’s Theatre is back on stage at the USCB Center for the Arts with Disney’s “Mulan, Jr.” for one weekend only: Nov. 13 at 7 PM Nov. 14 at 3 PM. Join 70 aspiring actors, ages 6 – 18, while you to travel back to the legendary, story-telling days of ancient China with this action-packed stage adaptation of Disney’s “Mulan.” The Huns have invaded, and it is up to the misfit Mulan and her mischievous sidekick Mushu to save the Emperor! “Mulan, Jr.” is a heartwarming celebration of culture, honor and the fighting spirit. The score includes favorites like “Reflection,” “Honor to Us All” and “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” as well as new songs that will get your audience up on its feet!
Joyce and Don Nagel present their recent oils and pastels in “Portfolio” opening with an artist reception on November 9 at 5-7pm at the Art League of Hilton Head Gallery. Painting demonstrations will be on Nov 13 at 11AM and Nov 20 at 2PM and a USCB Lifelong Learning presentation on Dec 1, 1-3PM. The show runs through December 4. For details call 843-681-5060 or visit www.artleaguehhi.org
Joyce and Don Nagel barely need an introduction in the HHI area. As painters, instructors and workshop leaders they are well known to local art aficionados.
Acclaimed Southern writer Rose Senehi invites reader participation when she describes her latest romantic thriller, The Wind in the Woods, at the USCB Lunch With Author series on Wednesday, November 3 at the Sea Pines Country Club, Hilton Head Island. The bookrecreates the rampage of serial killer, Gary M. Hilton, who stalked and murdered hikers in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2008.
Midwest Book Review described the book as: Re-kindled love, a relentless stalker, an overprotected boy—woven into a compelling tale of the Blue Ridge Mountains.Part mystery, part family saga, and part love story, Rose Senehi’s latest Romantic Thriller reveals a man’s devotion to North Carolina’s Green River Valley and the camp he built to share its wonders; his daughter’s pledge to hike the Blue Ridge, never suspecting that a serial killer is stalking her; and nine-year-old Alvin Magee’s heart-warming discovery of freedom and responsibility in a place apart from his adult world.
Reservations are necessary and made by calling Jo Ann Kingsley 843-521-4147 or
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. Lunch is served at noon followed by author’s talk, Q&A and book signing. The all-inclusive price is $42. The USCB bookstore will be present to sell books.