That’s a wrap — Jeff Evans’ name, legacy, take stage at 20th Beaufort International Film Festival
The Beaufort International Film Festival has handed out a screenplay award for years. This year, it carried a new name and a different kind of meaning.
Arts
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.
Freedman Arts District expands to historic Beaufort Arsenal
The Freedman Arts District has expanded into the historic Beaufort Arsenal at 713 Craven Street, as the organization continues to grow and serve the Beaufort community, according to a media release.
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USCB Artist in Residence Fayle to lead public workshops Feb. 27-28
The University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) has announced Hillary Waters Fayle as the Sea Islands Center Gallery Artist in Residence, according to a media release. A Virginia-based textile artist, Fayle is known for her delicate botanical constructions. Using found leaves and simple hand tools—needle and thread and X-Acto knives—she creates refined, fragile assemblages that invite viewers to see art in nature.
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Voice, violin, piano: The Lindsay and Jason Duo
Are you one of the lucky people who got to hear — and see — TAKE3 on Fripp Island in the fall of 2023? Three musicians who dazzled both the ears and the eyes of the audience and received such enthusiastic ovations that they played two encores. Well, two of those fabulous musicians are coming back to Fripp on Sunday, March 1: Lindsay Deutsch, founder of TAKE3, vocalist, violinist, raconteur and gymnast (of sorts), and Jason Stroll, pianist. The duo is adhering to Lindsay’s idea of combining, as she put it, “classical music with music people actually like.” A principle that she applied to the repertoire of TAKE3.
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USCB Center for the Arts showing Academy Award-nominated ‘Hamnet’
USCB Center for the Arts will be showing Academy Award-nominated film “Hamnet” at 3 and 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 23
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Celebrate the legacy of Pat Conroy at the 10th annual March Forth Celebration
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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Mossy memories: 20th Beaufort International Film Festival filled with nostalgia, passion, movie magic
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.
Executive Director Haupt leaves Pat Conroy Literary Center
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 hosting Broadway (Off Paris!) at new location
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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