Extensive travels have given Juliana Kim ample material to investigate the essence of space and place. When she moved from Boston to Hilton Head Island, she embraced her new environment by painting landscapes "en plein air.”

In October 2015, more than a thousand people participated in the Pat Conroy at 70 Festival celebrating a milestone birthday and honoring the iconic southern writer in his hometown of Beaufort, South Carolina. The event was a once-in-a-lifetime gift to the community and to the author himself, who passed away from pancreatic cancer just months later. The immersive festival model of author discussions, a film screening, a museum exhibition, a tour, and special lunch and reception events proved to be so successful that the organizers are continuing it as an annual event honoring Conroy and now called the Pat Conroy Literary Festival.

The Hilton Head Choral Society extends a call to everyone who loves America to attend their season opener POPs Concert “This Land I Love” at 8 p.m. Friday, September 9th at First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.