By Dariel Bendin The debut album of Royal Southern Brotherhood, which hit the street on May 8, is one of the most exciting releases of the year, and that’s only slightly due to the hype that preceded it. The lion’s share of the credit flat out goes to the band, Royal Southern Brotherhood: Cyril Neville, [...]
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Downhome Sophistication: 36th Annual Spoleto Festival USA
By Dariel Bendin Thanks to assistance and contributions from Spoleto Festival USA When you think about it, Charleston, S.C. is the perfect city for a festival such as Spoleto. It’s both intimate and cosmopolitan, sophisticated yet downhome, traditional but leading edge. In short, Charleston is the perfect setting to celebrate the broad spectrum that is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Feelin’ Blue? 2012 Blue Crab Festival • May 19 & 20
By Dariel Bendin As far as the town of Little River, S.C. is concerned, the month of May means just one thing: the town’s annual and ultra-popular Blue Crab Festival, which takes place this year from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20. The waterfront area of this fishing [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Get A Dosage Of Collective Soul At HOB May 13
By Brian M. Howle As a music writer, nothing burns my butt more than seeing some fluff piece or hit piece, where the personal agenda is so blatant that even a blind man could see it. Well, if you’re a writer with the same outlook – prepare to be burned – but, in a [...]
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By Brian M. Howle As life continues its daily, relentless grind on us all, wearing us down, beating us into submission – it is only natural for almost everyone to just accept this as a given; to take in stride the changes that affect us in all the negative manners we are told is our [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Beach Newz: ‘Hangin’ Out With the Rick Strickland Band
By Dariel Bendin Multi-talented S.C. musician Rick Strickland is a one-man band. To say he’s a prolific songwriter just hints at his lyrical stamina. His soulful stylings are out of this world and and – with a four-octave range – his vocals reach even further. Add to that technical savvy, masterful guitar work and a [...]
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FOWL Request for Art Donations The Friends of the Waccamaw Library (FOWL) will be holding a live and online art auction Saturday, June 23, at the home of Caroline and Rich Drummond in Prince George ~ River to raise matching funds for The Library Center – Waccamaw (TLC), a new facility to be constructed on [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Glenn’s Ten: The Way I See It!
By Glenn Arnette, III Manchester New Hampshire A Living Historical Treasure in America! It’s a marshmallow world, accented with gourmet cupcakes and topped off with a delicious glass of fine wine. That is just the beginning of Manchester, N.H. Who would have thought this old historical cotton mill town would become a livable, lovable and [...]
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By Paul Gable Don Wolford Don Wolford enlisted in the Air Force after graduating from high school in his native Roanoke, Va. “I was 18 years old and I wanted to get some training,” said Wolford. “It was 1958 and I didn’t have the money for college. I thought I could gain some skills and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Motivational Author Will Speak At Sunset River Marketplace May 9
Motivational speaker, author and educator Dr. Muriel O’Tuel will present Heartprints: Creating Lasting Legacies at the next Creative Exchange event on Wednesday, May 9 at Calabash, N.C. gallery, Sunset River Marketplace, owner Ginny Lassiter has announced. A successful career in education and private psychology practice behind her, Dr. O’Tuel now devotes her time to a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mayfest On Main Set For May 12 In North Myrtle Beach
By Patrick Dowling The seventh annual Mayfest on Main Festival will be held May 12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., on Main Street from Hillside Drive to Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach. The popular festival offers live musical acts; street entertainers; arts, crafts and food vendors; a community stage; and a children’s area. The Main Stage [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Seniors Enchanced Golf
By Shelby Smith ‘Sweet Feet’ For Balance and Power Your mind and body is your best golf equipment. Supporting your swing from the ground up are your feet, with the 52 bones in the feet accounting for 25% of the total bones in the body. The average person takes 3,000 – 4,000 steps daily, and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Gurney’s ‘Black Tie’ Coming To Inlet Stage
By June Jordan A time-warp wedding with a ghost, A.R. Gurney’s hit play “Black Tie” is coming to the stage of the Murrells Inlet Community Theatre. The troupe’s final show in the red-brick Community Center on Murrells Inlet Road – slated for replacement next year – “Black Tie” is a charming look at fathers and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrate Mom With A Mother’s Day Getaway To Wilmington
By Connie Nelson Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 13) is a time to celebrate Mom and to thank her for all she does throughout the year. Why limit the fun to just one day when you can celebrate all weekend in Wilmington, North Carolina’s historic river district, and area beaches? Three island beaches and a downtown [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CCU To Hold Campus Salvage Community Sale
By Mona Prufer Coastal Carolina University will hold its annual Campus Salvage community sale on Saturday, May 12, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the PODS parking lot located at 370 Allied Drive in Conway—in CCU’s Atlantic Center. The sale, organized by CCU’s Sustainability Initiative, will offer items that have been left behind or donated [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Two Special Exhibitions Open At The Gibbes In May
By Marla Loftus The Gibbes Museum of Art will have two special exhibitions which opened May 4 and run through Sept. 9, 2012, Mary Whyte: Working South and Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens of the South. In the Main Gallery, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Jordan Receives CCU’s Ammons Award
By Mona Prufer McKenzie Jordan, president of Chancel Builders Inc. and Chancel Hospitality Residential and Tourism Inc., is the recipient of the 2012 Jason Ammons Free Enterprise Award, given annually by Coastal Carolina University’s E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. Jordan, who graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Artists Vie For Honors In Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Competition
By Casey Church Over 40 artists from around the region will vie for top honors and over $2000 in cash prizes in the fifteenth annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition, opening Thursday, May 3, at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum. A reception (free and open to the public) will be [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Snead, Hickey Featured At Franklin Square Gallery Thru June 14
By Paula Thommen Two featured artists will debut their latest works at Franklin Square Gallery‘s new Members Show opening May 7 and running through June 14. Both construct art rooted in land and sea, inspired by their natural surroundings. Ceramic artist Dinah Snead embellishes her pottery with imprints and textures, and watercolorist Carole Hickey creates [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Runners, Roses, Tiaras, Boas And More Coming To North Myrtle Beach May 20
By Patrick Dowling The Divas Half Marathon is all About Girl Power! The most fun and glam women’s half marathon series in the nation will be held May 20 in North Myrtle Beach. To date, close to 4,000 women have signed up to run in North Myrtle Beach’s first Divas Half Marathon and related 5K [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset River Marketplace Features Vignettes Of Eclectic Design Through May
By Dariel Bendin Calabash, N.C. art gallery Sunset River Marketplace is featuring Feed Your Eclectic Soul through May 31. According to gallery owner and design consultant Ginny Lassiter, the group exhibition is “a showing of custom design ideas, fine crafts and gently loved pieces from the past.” Lassiter and fellow designer Beth Pethtal of Sunset [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrate Cinco de Mayo With Rosa Linda’s
By TBone Terry Rosa Linda’s in Murrells Inlet will be the place to be on Cinco de Mayo. (That’s the 5th of May for you Gringos). With its assortment of Southwestern food, Mexican beers, tequila drinks, and a great band outside under the huge live oak tree, it’s certain to be one of the most [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Myrtle Beach Speedway’s New Makeover With The NASCAR Racing Experience
By Brian M. Howle Sometimes those phrases you hear all the time have a renewed meaning when recast with an appropo twist. Case in point: What goes around, comes around, and goes around and around again. And this time, it brought a new friend along for the ride. Such is the case for the historic [...]
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