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FEBRUARY 12-18, 2015
WHAT’S INSIDE?
ISLAND GIRLS NIGHT OUT
Ladies have a night out on Bay Street at three local businesses.
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Annual grants reception unites donors, grantees and guests from across the Southern Lowcountry Coastal Community Foundation, a grant making institution dedicated to serving coastal South Carolina, today announced that The Beaufort Fund, an endowed grant making fund managed by the Foundation, awarded $656,670 to 60 nonprofits. Members of the Southern Lowcountry community gathered at an annual reception on Friday, February 6th honoring grantees at the Port Royal Sound Foundation’s Maritime Center. The reception brought together many guests, including Mayor Billy Keyserling of Beaufort and State Representative Weston J. Newton, to celebrate the success of grantees from across the region. “The Beaufort Fund of Coastal Community Foundation once again brought out the best in the charities of the Lowcountry,” explained George Stevens, President/CEO of Coastal
SOCIAL
Beaufort Memorial Hospital hosts a successful Valentine Ball Group shot of all 60 grantees.
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DOUBLE FEATURE OPERAS LIVE IN HD
A preview of “Iolanta” and “Bluebeard’s Castle” by The Met at the USCB Center for the Arts Wednesday, February 25, at 1 p.m. By Alan Schuster
First up on-stage for the two oneact performances will be Tchiakovsky’s “Iolanta” which becomes a unique and challenging role for the dynamic diva, Anna Netrebko. Iolanta is blind. Equally distinctive is Bela Bartok’s chilling and intriguingly-crafted “Bluebeard’s Castle” which takes place in a gloomy castle with seven locked doors and only two singing characters on stage throughout the act. Mariusz Trelinski, the artistic director
for these dramatic presentations, defines them this way: “Both are very black and white, partly because they have to do with darkness and light, and partly because these backgrounds allow their female protagonists to stand out.” Iolanta, born blind, is a beautiful princess whose protective father, King Rene, has placed her in the loving care of servants in a secluded garden. Not only blind, she has never been made aware of the meaning of sight. One day,
Rene arrives with a doctor who thinks that Iolanta can be cured, but only if she is told of her disability. Rene says no. Robert, her future husband by an arranged engagement, arrives with his friend Vaudemont. When they see Iolanta, Robert doesn’t realize that she is his betrothed and besides, he is in love with someone else. Vaudemont, however, is entranced by her beauty. OPERA continued on page 8
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE VALENTINE’S DAY 2015
Support local small businesses and find great gift ideas for the special people in your life. Page 11
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