“Coming South for the first time in the late spring I had a head of full of images of what this place might be like,” writes Jayne Parker in the Artist Statement for her photography exhibit, A Year in the Lowcountry. 

For the Lowcountry Wind Symphony’s Winter Concert, Music Director Donald F. Jemella has chosen the themes of ‘Mystery and Mythology.’ These free concerts will be held at 7 pm on Friday, February 1^st, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 70 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort; and on Saturday, February 2^nd, at 4 pm, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 351 Buckwalter Parkway, Bluffton. All are invited to attend.

Beaufort’s own Dr. Marlena Smalls and the Hallelujah Singers will help to kick off Black History Month with a special public performance of their musical storytelling and a celebration of the Lowcountry’s Gullah culture on Thursday, January 31 at 4 pm at Beaufort’s City Hall.