Just in time for the holiday season, the luminous production of Singin’ in the Rain is onstage at the Arts Center, December 3- 28. Hilarious situations, snappy dialogue, and a downpour of Hollywood standards make Singin' in the Rain the perfect entertainment for all ages.

Bestselling author and Beaufortonian Pat Conroy remembers the friendship of a lifetime.

(Read Part One)

I was living with my family in Italy when I read a report in the International Herald Tribune about a mysterious disease that was killing gay men in San Francisco and New York. I ran to the telephone and dialed Tim Belk’s number in San Francisco. When he answered in his refined, cultured Southern accent, I said, “Tim, whatever you are doing in your unspeakable gay life, I want you stop this minute. No more hanky-panky for you, son.”

  Volunteering in my friend Charlotte’s first grade class, I get to relearn some things I’ve had to toss out of my brain to make room for the more “important” stuff like my social security number and all my online passwords. 

A few weeks ago, one of my favorite customers approached me about catering a birthday dinner for his wife that would feature foods from New Zealand. I, of course, hopped on the idea and suggested that we serve the meal tapas-style. The rest is history. We had a great night and the yummy small plates were well-received!