Enjoy a haunted evening with author, storyteller Poovey
From staff reports
The Pat Conroy Literary Center is hosting local local author and storyteller Kim Poovey for an evening of spine-tingling tales and haunted history from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19 at the Rhett House Inn at 1009 Craven Street, Beaufort.
Refreshments, including one glass of wine, will be served. A cash bar also available. Poovey will also be signing copies of her latest hauntedly historical novels The Haunting of Monroe Manse, The Haunting of Edgefield Manor, and Shadows of the Moss.
Space is limited. Tickets are $20 and available at https://bit.ly/3tza9Lv.
Poovey is an author, storyteller, and living historian. She has written several books, including Truer Words, Through Button Eyes: Memoirs of an Edwardian Teddy Bear and Dickens’ Mice: The Tails Behind the Tale. She resides in a haunted 1890s Victorian cottage in the South Carolina Lowcountry with her husband, Darryl, and their furry children.
Learn more at www.kimpoovey.com, www.patconroyliterarycenter.org and www.rhetthouseinn.com.
Shorts @ High Noon continues October 25
From staff reports
Shorts @ High Noon, the weekday series of short film screenings of selections from the Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF), continues on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Every Wednesday, check-in is at 11:30 a.m., at the Technical College Of The Lowcountry Auditorium (Building 12) at 921 Ribaut Road in Beaufort. Screenings begin promptly at noon and will last approximately an hour.
Admission is free.
REMAINING SCHEDULE
(Asterisks indicate BIFF 2023 Category Winners)
Oct. 25: The Son, The Father (14 minutes, Short), Wicked Image (9 minutes, Short), Wicked Plans (6 minutes, Short), Ghosted (17 minutes, Short)
Nov. 1: Murder Tongue (18 minutes, Short), Past Prologue* (17 minutes, Short), Naptime (10 minutes, Short)
Nov. 8: Overdue (15 minutes, Short), My Over There (13 minutes, Short), A Best Man (13 minutes, Short), Wheel (10 minutes, Short)
Nov. 15: Beaufort Film Society Members will vote on one of three 2024 BIFF submissions t help determine an official selection for the upcoming festival. Proof of membership is required.
