Shakespeare Rep's Debra Charlton talks about the Scottish curse, those crazy Oxfordians, the Bard on film, and her upcoming production of Macbeth at USCB.
By Margaret Evans, Editor
Debra Charlton knows her Shakespeare. The founding artistic director of Beaufort's newest theatre company, Shakespeare Rep, she holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin, where she pursued specialties in Shakespearean performance, production and pedagogy. She completed additional graduate work at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford, England.
Jonas Kaufmann, the most versatile and exciting tenor in opera today, stars in the title role of French composer Jules Massenet's "Werther," presented by The Met:Live in HD at USCB Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 15 at 12:55 p.m.
My husband and I were watching a news report from Ukraine the other night, and I said to him, "Having lived here in my American bubble all my life, this stuff seems almost unreal to me. It's like I'm watching a movie."
The daffodils are some of the first heralds of spring in my pass along garden. They are the alarm clock that let me know that the garden soil temperature is warming. The red maples and Carolina jessamine are also coloring the skyline and treetops.
Corned beef is a long-standing American St. Patrick's Day tradition. In Ireland, the St. Patrick's Day meal would most likely be ham and cabbage. Corned beef is a beef brisket or round roast cured in brine which leaves the beef bright red and flavorful.
Lowcountry's Biggest 8K-5K Running Festival Poised for Record Turnout
More than 2,000 participants and spectators are anticipated at the 6th Annual Beaufort Twilight Run (BTR) and Oyster Roast presented by Habersham Properties on Saturday, March 22 in the Habersham Marketplace from 4:30-10:30 pm.
The USCB Center for the Arts is currently exhibiting the Lowcountry Photography of Chris Kirk in its Main Gallery. A retired CPA who for the past decade has resided on St. Helena Island, Chris uses the other side of his brain to indulge his passionate hobby of photographing his Lowcountry home.
The Hilton Head Island St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee introduced G. Neil Love, M.D. as Grand Marshal for the 31st Annual Hilton Head Island St. Patrick's Day Parade Presented by iSelectMDTM at a ceremony held last month. iSelectMD president Michael Iaquinta presented Dr. Love with the traditional Grand Marshal's Sash following opening remarks by Parade Committee co-chair Alan Perry.
Griffin Market's Riccardo and Laura Bonino take wining and dining to a whole new level.
By Terry Connor
It was a bitter cold, rainy day in Beaufort when I met with Riccardo and Laura Bonino, the owners of Griffin Market. I had been looking forward to this meeting, and a little bad weather wasn't going to ruin my mood. Dodging the raindrops from the restaurant parking lot, I went inside and was introduced to a very warm couple – surrounded by an equally warm and inviting dining room – and I soon forgot the lousy weather outside.
The Hilton Head Choral Society is welcoming spring in the Lowcountry with "Music from The Stage" at 8 pm on Friday, March 21 at First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.