Celebrating the vibrant arts scene in Beaufort, Port Royal, and the Sea Islands. This section features visual arts, performances, local galleries, festivals, cultural events, creative heritage, artist profiles, and community arts programming. It highlights how arts and culture enrich life along the South Carolina Lowcountry coast.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, commemorates the 10th anniversary of the passing of Pat Conroy, and the Pat Conroy Literary Center is hosting the 10th annual March Forth celebration to pay homage to the extraordinary life and legacy that this literary giant left behind.
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It’s safe to say that this year’s Beaufort International Film Festival will display oodles of passion, and the USCB auditorium will ring loudly with applause. It runs from Thuesday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 22.
Jonathan Haupt, longtime Executive Director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center, has resigned, according to a news release dated Sunday, Jan. 22.
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is hosting the Broadway (Off Paris!) choral extravaganza at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 15. Due to overwhelming demand for seats, the event has a new location: St. John’s Lutheran Church, 157 Lady’s Island Drive in Beaufort.
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Lowcountry romance author Jennifer Vido will be doing local book signings to promote her latest book, “Simplicity by the Sea,” the third of her Gull Island series of books via Wild Rose Press that are set in the Lowcountry.
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Two book signings are scheduled for “Contemporary Southern Vernacular: Creating Sustainable Houses for Hot, Humid Climates,” written by local architects Jane and Michael Frederick of the Beaufort firm Frederick + Frederick Architects.
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Renowned for his electrifying performances from New York’s Carnegie Hall to London’s Wigmore, internationally acclaimed pianist, Andrew Armstrong, along with eight extraordinary musical friends, is on a special mission: to share the wonder of classical music with the young explorers of the Lowcountry in USCB Chamber Music’s third Youth Concert.
String octet, pianist Armstrong bring Mendelssohn, Ravel to Lowcountry youth Read More »
The highly anticipated 62nd annual Beaufort Art Association Spring Art Exhibit, titled “Unveiled,” is just around the corner — Tuesday, March 10 through Friday, March 13.
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Beaufort Memorial Foundation project aims to bring healing effects of Lowcountry art into new Bluffton Hospital.
‘Heart of Healing’ program will unite power of local art, healthcare Read More »
The Beaufort Film Society announced in December that acclaimed actor, writer, and director Grainger Hines will receive the prestigious Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award during the 20th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF) taking place Feb. 17 through Feb. 22 in Beaufort.
