On Sunday, March 4 at 5 pm, USCB Chamber Music celebrates the brilliance of four musical wunderkind as well as the anniversary of two American originals. Composer Amy Beach's 150th birthday was on September 5, 2017; Leonard Bernstein's 100th will be on August 25, 2018. Both were prodigies and ground breakers but different in temperament and style.

Beach Shack Writers, a new writers retreat and resource on Hilton Head Island, in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, presents a weekend writers retreat and workshops for visitors and locals alike, March 1-4, 2018 at the Hilton Head Beach & Tennis Resort.

By Margaret Evans, Editor

Last week, a reader dropped me a line to tell me that I’m too timid, I don’t stand for anything of substance, I need to do some soul searching, and I’m wasting my platform.

That’ll put a damper on your morning.

I'€™m still discovering damage to the garden from the serious cold spells and nasty freezes of the last weeks, in both the farmstead garden inland and in the garden on the water in Beaufort County. After all the earlier damage I had found, each new discovery stabs at the heart just a little deeper and makes the dreary cold we always get in February frightening to contemplate.