Day has slightly overtaken night. Flowering trees amorously erupt yellow pollen onto your skin. All of nature desires admiration, and the poets are as demanding for attention as clamorous crows. It must be April, National Poetry Month, which means you are in luck of seeing Beaufort’s Otram Slabess Poets in full bloom at two readings this month.  

Experience ARTRAGEOUS, a troupe of 12 artists, singers, dancers and musicians, creating art on the stage of USCB Center for the Arts, on March 29 at 7:30 pm. Imagine the excitement of a team of exceptional artists painting at electric speed, creating giant works of art, right before your very eyes – accompanied by live music, powerful vocals, and creative choreography. ARTRAGEOUS is a unique visual journey of wild inspiration, creativity and fun for all ages.  

"Calling John McCutcheon a 'folksinger' is like saying Deion Sanders is just a football player.” To really appreciate this compliment by the Dallas Morning News, you should ask a football fan about Deion’s many varied accomplishments, and you should come to Fripp Island on March 24 to let John McCutcheon, folk music’s “Rustic Renaissance Man,” dazzle you with his many talents, from writing songs, singing, playing a dozen instruments to telling stories.