'Grease’ is the word at the USCB Center for the Arts.
By Margaret Evans, Editor
If you happened to be a 14-year-old girl when the movie Grease was released, chances are you’re still lugging it around in your cultural suitcase. I can’t speak for those who were older or younger at the time (1978), but for my friends and me, Grease hit the sweet spot.
For one thing, it was set in the 1950s. In the 1970s, we were all about the 1950s. Collectively obsessed. (Remember the Happy Days craze?)
Long ago in a misty age known as “The 80s” a visionary reporter named Jim Atkinson set out on a quest to document the great American institution of the Dive Bar, or in Atkinson’s terminology the “bar bar.” It was a risky and often thankless task, but Atkinson stuck to it and eventually published a book of his findings in 1987.
The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “Summer Light,” a lively collection of recent paintings by local artist Murray Sease, on display from September 2 through October 4.
I’d like you to meet the Mallow family. They are a handsome bunch and will add daily interest and color to your perennial and shrub beds during the summer and fall.
There’s the name calling, the obnoxious drunk people falling down in the parking lot before the players even reach for their helmets, not to mention the large grease stains on your best blouse from the fried chicken, and the heartburn from all the pulled pork you inhaled off the back of a pick-up truck before kickoff . . .
Rob Mondavi Jr., and wife Lydia Mondavi (left) are establishing their southern roots with the creation of a new designer home right here in in Beaufort. Located on the banks of Port Royal Sound overlooking Parris Island, the home, designed by Reu Architects, blends Napa’s acclaimed wine country with the casual elegance of the Lowcountry to embody the family’s entertaining lifestyle and reconnect them to Lydia’s South Carolina ancestral heritage.
Like so many anxious parents around the state, my sister in Charleston sent her firstborn off to kindergarten last week. On the third day of school, she posted the following mini-diatribe on Facebook:
I always gain weight in the summer. It has happened every single summer for as long as I can remember. It's so hard to be active in 95 degree weather when you're a non-athlete, like me.
Shakespeare Rep has announced its 2014-15 season line-up. A Season of Wonders will pair two enchanting romantic comedies that spotlight the magic of love: Almost, Maine by John Cariani and William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Organized to promote the little known story of America’s first colonel capital, the Santa Elena Foundation is reliant upon a small but distinctive group of historians and archaeologists. This team assembled in Beaufort last week to craft a Santa Elena timeline, which will be the basic for future research.