The Breeze October 2015

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October 2015

The BreezeTHE MAGAZINE OF BLUFFTON

SPECIAL ARTSEDITION

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THE MAGAZINE OF BLUFFTON

The BreezePUBLISHER

Lorraine [email protected]

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EDITORRandolph Stewart

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COPY EDITORAndrea Six

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SALES DIRECTORChierie Smith

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GRAPHIC DESIGNERLiz Shumake

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ART DIRECTORJennifer Mlay

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Joan Morris, Jevon Daly,

Fran Heyward Bollin, Steve Nichols,William Porter

PHOTOGRAPHERS , ARTISTS Michele Maffei, Steve Nichols, Wayne Moore

Matt Richardson, Chierie Smith

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There are so many things going on this month its like we need an extra weekend. Arts and Seafood Festival, Oktoberfest, great lectures at the Heyward House, local election debates, Halloween, oyster roasts, a polo match, Bluffton High football, 5Ks here, 10Ks there, Jazz and Swing, fundraisers. Please make sure you find the time to read this issue; you wont be disappointed.

Did you know 3,500 people died in the Lowcountry during The Great Storm of 1892? In this issue, Fran Heyward Bollin shares an extraordinary excerpt from her new book and shows us pictures of the aftermath it is a must read!

But thats not the only history this month; in our Antiques Column, you will learn all about extinct antiques. You know, collectibles that use to be ordinary everyday necessities, but now are not needed like buggy whips and hat pins! Pay close attention because there is a test.

We are so fortunate to be able to present some amazing art from some of the best artists in the Lowcountry to celebrate the Arts and Seafood Festival. Thanks to all the artists as their paintings are an expression of what they sense and feel. These paintings are (to a great degree) what were about and they show why we love living here. As my dear friend Eric said, The art of Bluffton reflects the soul of Bluffton. We received more paintings than we had room, so we apologize to those we were not able to include. There is also a nice piece written by watercolorist William Porter that speaks about the elements that go into creating watercolors.

We also feature a Spanish Wells home that is truly special. You wont believe that its a remodel, or as we call it a transformation. The vision of the owners and the photography of William Moore bring this home to life for our readers to admire, a Cooper River Italian Villa.

Now many of us have been to the Okatie Rotary Club Polo match but no one has explained what it is all about as Steve Nichols has done for us. Horse croquet and gourmet tailgating. More folks enjoy the southern fare dressed in outlandish hats and colorful dresses, while you feel the thundering hoofs as the ponies race back and forth. Make sure you put this event on your calendar.

Bluffton: Music Town, by our own Jevon Daly is going viral. I get so many great comments about the diversity and his insight, and this article is no exception. So October, guess what? Weve got Black Magic Music. Jevon talks about all the scary and dark music we have grown up with from Beethoven and Ozzy Osbourne to the Grateful Dead. But he forgot to mention Silicone Sisters! Enjoy.

ANSWERS TO THE ANTIQUE TEST:(dont read this until you take the test)

1. Washboard 2. Coffee/pepper mill 3. Sock/stocking stretcher

4. Sheep/dog shears 5. Boot scrape 6. Roller skates 7. Deer foot

ink well 8. Bed warmer 9. Foot warmer 10. Ice tongs 11. Wagon

wheel jack 12. Snuff box


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D E PA R T M E N T S

THE MAGAZINE OF BLUFFTON

PUBLISHERLorraine Jenness

[email protected]

EDITORRandolph Stewart

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COPY EDITORAndrea Six

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SALES DIRECTORChierie Smith

[email protected]

GRAPHIC DESIGNERLiz Shumake

[email protected]

ART DIRECTORJennifer Mlay

[email protected]

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Joan Morris, Jevon Daly,

Fran Heyward Bollin, Steve Nichols,William Porter

PHOTOGRAPHERS , ARTISTS Michele Maffei, Steve Nichols, Wayne Moore

Matt Richardson, Chierie Smith

CORPORATE OFFICE40 Persimmon St. Suite 102

P.O. Box 472, Bluffton, SC 29910843.757.8877

OCTOBER 2015, VOLUME 13, NO. 10

F E AT U R E S

CONTENTS

08 The Great Sea Island Storm

12 Extint Treasures

16 A Philistines Guide to The Sport of Kings

20 Magic on the Page 21 Featured Artists 28 Cooper River Villa A Tuscan Transformation

38 The Best Music After the Witching Hour

08 History

12 Antiques

19 Tide Chart

26 Your Corner

28 Architecture

36 Fellowship

38 Bluffton: Music Town

40 Over the Bridges and Beyond

42 Restaurant Guide

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COVER PHOTO :Moules, Michele Maffei

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On Sunday night, August 27, 1893, the eye of the huge, slow-moving Category 3 hurricane landed just south of Savannah, ripping through South Carolinas coastal islands with a 10- to 12-foot storm surge on a high tide. Estimates of the death toll ranged up to 3,500. No one could count all of the bodies that washed up in the marshes, drowned in the trees, were killed in their homes and suffered in the aftermath from starvation, dehydration, injuries, exposure and disease. At the time it was the nations worst-ever natural disaster. It marked the first time the country realized that a cyclone, as it was called in those days, could kill people on land as well as at sea. The countys population was 92 percent black at the time, mostly former slaves, their children and grandchildren. Many on the islands lived in wooden cabins, several with dirt floors. Their diets consisted of what they could raise on the land livestock, corn, sweet potatoes, collard greens, rice, okra and what they could catch in the creeks oysters, fish, crabs, shrimp. They traveled by foot, ox cart, horse and wagon, sailboats and bateaux. In those days, the Weather Bureau had no way of knowing about offshore storms except through ships crews when they came into port. The forecasters had no way to notify coastal residents that they might be blasted by a hurricane, except by mailing postcards, flying storm flags from the top of buildings and sending telegraph messages. Some Savannah and Charleston residents got the word that a storm might be coming, but most of the people knew nothing about the dangers they faced until they heard the wind howling and saw the creeks rising over their banks. Growing up in Beaufort, my late husband, Bill Marscher, discovered old newspapers about what happened in the basement of an old house on The Point in Beaufort when he was about 12 years old. Later, over a period of about 50 years, he collected photographs, diaries, journals and correspondence from those who had lived through the hurricane. He followed up with research in the Library of Congress, the Boston and New York libraries, the American Red Cross headquarters, the U.S. Weather Service and other sources. Then, more than a century after that hurricane after I retired from The Island Packet we sorted his massive information, did a bit more research at the National Hurricane Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and wrote The Great Sea Island Storm of 1893, which Mercer University Press published in 2004.

The Great Sea Island Storm of 1893By Fran Heyward Bollin


Various personal accounts described the horrors of that Sunday night and St. Helena Islands Penn Center has an even greater collection of survivors stories. Keep in mind there were 20-foot waves, or bigger, on top of the storm surge of 10 to 12 feet deep on top of the normal high tide. One St. Helena Island man used ox chains to save his home. He put the chains out one window of his small cabin, wrapped them around the trunk and put them back through another window and tied them together. Viola Chaplin, a Penn School student, said the following in her paper The Cyclone: I will never forget as long as I live, how our island was overflowed with water, and we had nowhere to look for help, but [to] our Lord. Not one of us had the least idea that such a thing could happen. Our island was almost submerged. It was 12 feet deep in some places. Houses were shaken and floated by in the water, and there was a violent commotion everywhere. One man took his wife and children on his back, one by one, and put them up in a big oak tree and there they remained until morning. I heard of another man who was taking his family in a large oak tree in the same way. He took his children first, thinking that his wife could protect herself better than the little ones, but when he hurried back for her, there lay his poor wife, knocked dead by the fallen limbs of the trees. Wasnt it sad? But I cannot tell all the sad things that happened that night before the wind changed and the tide ebbed.i Obviously, in a region so dependent on boats boats for the phosphate business, boats for transportation and boats for fishing for food the hurricanes damage to boats and docks was devastating.

The regions only significant wage-paying industry at the time river phosphate mining was wiped out. Its fleet in the Coosaw River consisted of 12 huge dredges, 11 wash boats, 10 tugboats, 107 flat barges and 95 tonging flats. It employed almost 3,000 workers. As reported in the Savannah newspaper: On Monday after the storm, the scene (on the Coosaw River and the Sea Islands) beggared description. Looking down the Coosaw River ... not a living object could be seen, not a craft afloat, but here and there appeared a blackened crane or barnacle-covered bottom of a barge or wash boat. The mining fleet, the pride and support of the people of this part of the state, lay wrecked and ruined in the marshes and woods along the shores for a distance of 12 miles. Among the hurricanes casualties was the grand 272-foot steamship City of Savannah. On her way from Boston to Savannah, she lost power and washed up on a shoal just off Fripp Island in the teeth of the storm and immediately began to break apart. Fortunately, all 30 people on board were rescued. Today her boiler is a fishing drop called The Wreck. As for Hilton Head Island, what happened there was unreported until mid-October almost two months after the hurricane roared through. After an inspection of Hilton Head, Red Cross agent Dr. John MacDonald wrote the following: I found 304 families, 1,285 people, in need of assistance. Those whose corn was entirely destroyed by the salt water were still eating it, having nothing else. This accounts for much of the stomach trouble I found. I advised them to burn what was rotten and issued grits to them to replace it. With the exception of two wells ... there is no water on either Hilton Head or Pinckney Island fit to drink, all of it being brackish.

Downtown Beaufort after the storm

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There are a great many cases of malaria of more or less acuteness, and a majority of the people are suffering from what I term storm sickness, i.e., contusions, colds, rheumatism, etc., the effect of exposure. These people are destitute of bedding and wearing apparel, their houses in many cases being entirely washed away. Many people are sleeping in the open air on the ground. We need lumber, nails, hatchets and saws badly.ii Bluffton on a high bluff as the name says escaped the worst of the hurricane. It took plenty of wind damage to roofs and trees and boats, but the storm did not surge into what is now known as Old Bluffton. No one from Savannah to Georgetown escaped the losses. The regions fragile economy was destroyed. The people were left destitute, terrified and helpless. Those who had a little left tried to help those with nothing, but nobody had enough of anything. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross and president at the time, was appalled at the state and federal governments indifference to the threat of a famine in the South Carolina Lowcountry. The state legislature adjourned without making the slightest provision for the sufferers, she said. The U.S. Congress specifically denied the request from the Red Cross for money to help. Garden seeds, tents and a couple of deep-draft boats came from federal departments, but everything else to help the stricken people had to be raised through private donations. Fortunately, Clara Barton had spent a few months on Hilton Head Island during the Civil War and so was familiar with the lay of the land, the creeks and some of the people. She sort of knew what she was getting into when she agreed, at the age of 72, to take charge. Relief and recovery was a long, arduous process that lasted almost a year. Clara had to appeal northern donors for cash, food, clothing and other

supplies through newspapers across the entire eastern half of the United States. Then, when provisions came into Beaufort by train or steamboat, she shipped them by ox cart, rowboat or sailboat to the other islands. The hurricanes victims had to do the rebuilding themselves. One of the remnants of their effort was about 37 miles of drainage ditches on Hilton Head Island, dug to drain off the saltwater before they could plant food crops. In the 122 years since that hurricane, this region has had some close calls and a few really unpleasant hurricane evacuations. Still, it is the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 that haunts coastal South Carolinians who know about it. The St. Helena Island ministers ballad hints at the horror:

The Storm of 1893Twas the twenty-seventh of August

In eighteen and ninety-threeThe wind from the north did blowing

The people beginning to fear.Oh the wind did blow so highAnd de storm was all abroad

But yet we recognize in itThe wonderful power of God.Was the mid-day of Sunday

The wind from the north did blowThe cyclone did come to rage us.The people beginning to pray.

Have been four-hundred bodiesHave been washed ashore

The islands surrounded with sufferersSo God knows how many more.Now we come to persuade youPersuade you to come to Christ.

Cast all your sins upon him.Youll have everlasting life.

Actually, the dead totaled 2,000 or more, possibly as many as 3,500, counting those who died in the aftermath from injuries, starvation, malaria and other illnesses the Gullahs called storm sickness. All of the lives of those lost will not be forgotten. References: iArchives, Penn Community Services, St. Helena Island, South Carolina. iiThe New York World, Oct. 19, 1893.

Not one of us had the least idea that such a thing could happen.

Miss Clara Barton

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PASSION & MUSIC IN THE LOWCOUNTRY

34TH SEASON HHSO.ORG

GALA OPENING NIGHT MONDAY, OCT. 19, 2015 7:30PM

John Morris Russell Conductor

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A veteran of the international concert stage, Jon Kimura Parker opens the HHSO 34th

Season with Rhapsody in Blue.

Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italian Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espanole

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ANTIQUES

R emember the collection of dolls at your grandmas house, all the tools your great grandpa worked with and the wooden box full of old toys in your aunts guest room? What about the drawers of jewelry your mom gathered over the years or the 45 and 33 records grandpa had in his music room, along with all kinds of gadgets that arent used much anymore?Many collectibles are antiques that were once common everyday objects and are now obsolete or shall we say extinct? Some of these items were bought to be used, others were meant solely for decoration, but most all had function and were a modern convenience. They led to the beginning of new technology or just simply became outdated. These belongings can be many things, from coffee cans to roller skates and rocking chairs, but theyre almost always treasures, especially to those who own them. They say something about that person, who admires and preserves that piece of the past which, many times, was handed down, and became a passion to search and build an endless collection.What you might have happened upon by accident turns into a hunt, rummaging around antique shops, yards, garage sales and flea markets. Finding that one special item, often times leads to the beginning of a lifelong agglomeration of anything from pottery to jeweled boxes. It is the fun of the hunt. Each find has a story and a memory to tell. Like pack rats, we like to collect things; even museums collect and display old items! What extinct treasures do you have placed around decorating your home? Do you have an old foot-powered Singer sewing machine, a spinning wheel and loom, needle and thread, or do you have the electric and computerized sewing machines that came from those things?

Ill be the first to admit that not everything becomes obsolete or extinct with time. The materials to make the items may change but theyre still around. We still have the mouse trap, the shovel and the wheel, dont we? Old items transform.Remember seeing the old wall hung crank phone with an exposed bell and the electronics inside a nice oak box? Now they are decorations on the wall, but who needs one with a cell phone in your pocket?Bot everything transforms into something new. Think about the obsolescent buggy whip; every household had one (or more). I bet one was for everyday use working on the farm or riding back and forth to town for supplies. Another for the lady of the house a bit smaller and decorated, perfect for her little mare and quite possibly another to take the family to church on Sunday in the family carriage. Then along came the horseless carriage; I sure would not want to have had a ton of buggy whips in stock at my store when that happened. Mankind has advanced so far and so fast the last several hundred years. From the wooden wagon wheel to a trip into space, from the goose quill pen to the word processor. Rummage around Stock Farm Antiques in Old Town Bluffton and hunt for extinct treasures.

Extinct Treasures

To the right are pictures of some collectible antiques. You might have a few decorating your home. Guess what they are and see how many you get right.

The answers are on page 6.


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10. 11. 12.

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OLD TOWN

You dont want to miss historic Bluffton near the May River for some of the most unique shopping and dining in our area. Its all blended with colorful and creative art galleries, history up and down local streets, and dining for lunch and dinner in charming settings. The Bluffton Old Town Merchant Society warmly encourages visitors to come and spend an afternoon or a day discovering historic Bluffton.

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I actually laughed out loud when I got the as-signment to write about the Rotary Club of Okatie Polo for Charity event on October 11. After all, the only thing Ive ever watched on TV that remotely resembles athletic competition is The Antiques Road Show. Secondly, my knowledge of the sport is limited to a couple of marginal refer-ences: Polo is a brand of stinky cologne in a green bottle. In the early 1990s, it hovered like a storm cloud over any crowd of three or more people. Also, polo looks a lot like croquet, but I quickly learned

that the matches, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Okatie, now in their 22nd year, will serve to raise funds and awareness for local organizations in-cluding Family Promise, who works to empower homeless families and their children. The event will also support Moss Creek Marines, who are providing support and service dogs to veterans suffering war injuries, mental and physical. Thats quite an accomplishment, and certainly nothing to laugh at! So, I dug in my heels and decided to see what the fuss is all about.

By Steve Nichols

A Philistines Guide toTHE SPORT OF KINGS


No Cake WalkPolo is fast, rough and its considered to be one of the most dangerous sports in the world. It even sounds dangerous. For example, the offense is referred to as The Attack. The first historical references of the game, earlier than 600 B.C., suggest that nomads in Central Asia played a version of polo as battle training. I shudder to think what they might have used instead of mallets and balls hatchets and heads? As the centuries galloped along, polo was played mostly by noblemen, hence the moniker, Sport of Kings.

What is it like to play polo? Imagine a ball, similar in size and weight to a billiard ball, hurtling at 100 mph towards you. Your job is to maneuver atop a snorting, 1,000-pound behemoth, staying at agallop of 20 to 30 mph, then passing the ball to your teammate or carrying it down the field for a goal all while another 7,000 pounds of horses and riders are chasing you. Theres no clubhouse at the halfway point where you can get a cold beer or an Arnold Palmer. In other words, its not a game for the timid.

Looking For TroubleAs an animal rights enthusiast, I went digging for stories of mistreatment, so I could rally with righteous indignation against the sport. I summarily learned that polo ponies are some of the best-treated animals not just in sports but also in modern society. Abuse or neglect would be detrimental to the players, who entrust their lives to their horses every time they ride onto the field. Polo ponies run the equivalent of one to two miles during a seven-and-a-half-minute period of play, so they are rested frequently. What about the shaved manes and braided tails? Looks pretty kinky, I thought. Turns out that a free flowing mane and tail would increase the likelihood of becoming entangled with players mallets or the reins.Consequently, the horses manes are shaved to prevent entanglement.Wrapping and braiding the tail is also a safety precaution, and replaced the practice of amputating the tail long ago. Even their travel trailers are nice nicer than my first car and their stables are cleaner than my first apartment. Looks like its the polo ponies that are laughing now.

And exactly why are they called ponies when they are obviously full sized equines? Originally, no horse higher than 54 inches was allowed, so the horses were technically pony sized. Today, there is no size limit. An ideal polo pony combines speed, agility, temperament, and intelligence. Polo players quickly acknowledge that a good pony contributes 50 to 80 percent of the teams abil-ities. (You never see anyone in the NFL giving credit to the quality and skills of the football in their Sports Center soundbite.)

An Equal Opportunity Game, unless youre a LeftyMen and women can play polo, even against each other in the same match, and it didnt take a Supreme Court ruling to make it happen! While making a giant leap forward for gender equality, the sport emphatically discriminates against left-handed players. They dont care if you write left-handed, just dont bring that deviant behavior on the field! Left-handed play was officially banned from polo in the mid-1930s for safety reasons, but the restriction was relaxed after World War II when polo players of any persuasion were scarce.The lefty ban was rein-stated in 1974 and its still in effect today. Think about it like this: youre driving down the road when a truck comes careening at you in the same lane. The panic youd feel is exactly what a right-handed polo player feels when he and a lefty approach the same ball from opposite directions.

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OCTOBER TIDESChukkers, Hooking andRide-Offs, Oh My!Polo has a curious vocabulary and intriguing traditions. The games vernacular includes bump, throw-in, ride-off and hooking. There are six timed periods called chukkers, and after the third chukker, spectators go onto the field to participate in a social tradition of divot stomping. During the match, the horses tear up patches of grass and dirt, creating divots that can later cause injury to players and ponies. Spectators make a party out of stomping the divots back in place during halftime sometimes to music! For many, its one of the more festive parts of the day a halftime event that easily surpasses footballs celebrity lip-syncing and wardrobe malfunctions.

After the match, spectators, players and sponsors gather on the field to congratulate the win-ners and enjoy the ceremonial sabrage or Sabre a Champagne.Sabrage is the act of opening a bottle of Champagne by using a small sword which only reinforces the notion that polo is the worlds most dangerous sport. Granted, any sport that combines swordplay and booze would motivate me to change the channel from Antiques Roadshow.

Fashion ForwardThe Okatie Rotary Polo for Charity event is a casual day of fun for the whole fami-ly, with a tradition for some spectators to wear creative or outlandish attire, provid-ing as much to look at off the field as on. The players, however, will be in tradition-al togs, which include white pants (even after Labor Day gasp). Like many polo traditions, this one can be traced back to India, where competing in the intense heat, players preferred clothing that was light in weight and color. A modern day fashion essential, the button-down collar, was developed specifically for polo play-ers, who wanted to keep their collar tabs from flapping in their faces during the game. While polo has the perception of being stuffy and buttoned down, the charity event at Rose Hill Plantation is far more relaxed, and has that Lowcountry state of mind. When you go, remember its still quite warm in mid-October, so dress for a day of outdoor comfort, and not high fashion. Dont forget to acces-sorize with picnic blankets, folding chairs and your favorite foods and beverages. There are prizes given for the best hats and most creative picnic. Think of it as civilized tailgating with prizes.

All photos provided by Steve Nichols.

It didnt take me long to realize that my narrow misconceptions of polo were unfair to the game and to myself. Polo is rich with tradition, the social aspects are intriguing, and this partic-ular polo event is just plain FUN and worth checking out with my friends. You dont have to understand the rules or the history of the Sport of Kings to turn off the TV and be a part of the tradition. Besides, you can always DVR Antiques Roadshow.

Patron slots, tents & sponsorships available.

Tickets: $15 in advance $20 at the gate Children under 12 - FreeAvailable at BB&T bank locations, Markels, Coastal Home,Heritage Library HHI and Atelier on Bay in Beaufort FOR MORE INFORMATION: (843) 298-3055 0R (843) 706-3760 Email: [email protected] Okatie-Rotary-Polo-for-Charity

P LO22nd Match

Sunday, October 11 Rose Hill Plantation Bluffton, SCGates open at noon Match starts at 2pmSilent Auction with fabulous packages

Fall 2015

Painting by Steve Weeks

CharitySAVE THE DATE!


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Will this be a keeper? I anxiously think while working. When will I know? Early or toward the end? You really never know with the watercolor medium for, as we all know, once its down on paper, theres not much an artist can do to change the painting unlike oils or other media.

If one is an artist, creating is something you just do instinctively, not a process that you follow like cooking. Thus dissecting this thing we call the creative process into distinct pieces takes some reflection. But here we go.

Regarding creating there are five or so specific aspects that seem to always be present. From my perspective, they include Getting into Character, Dimension, Illumination, Drama and finally, Serendipity.

First, no matter whether you call it Getting into Character or into the zone you have to take your mind to a different place as you transition from whatever youre doing at the time - business consulting, writing, distance walking (my particular daily activities) - over to the painting table. You need to be fully engaged with your brushes, paint and the particular world you are trying to create on paper.

The second aspect I call Dimension, which can include many details like foreground, background, depth of field, height and others. In Middle Bay Light for example, the looming rain-laden stormy sky overhead dominates the whole painting, while Oaxaca Street, puts the viewer, hopefully, just on the sidewalk across a hot sunny street from a very brightly painted residence in a quiet neighborhood. Dimension plays a major role in both works.

Next, Illumination is vital to any good watercolor painting and Fountain on the Square that I painted several years ago in Mexico is a good example here. The fountain literally jumps out at the viewer as seemingly

a spotlight illuminates it in the midst of dark shadowy glade of encircling cool leafy trees.

Aspect number four, I call Drama or tension, which drives my paintings to have a lot of visual interest, characterized often in the form of movement or motion. For example, in Match Point, the sports-themed watercolor about tennis, I hope the viewer senses ball motion, racquets swinging and net swaying in a light breeze, yet frozen in a moment of time - at the crucial point of the match. Depicting these of multiple energies, simultaneaously and suddenly stopping, made for the most abstract painting I have ever completed. Middle Bay Light, too, exhibits Drama, with gulls wheeling overhead, the approaching stormy summer rain squall and wind - ah the wind - blowing the retreating sailboats. (I can almost hear their sails flapping as they beat on a westerly tack toward the distant safety of the small yacht club - how about you?) The white caps on the bay waves and the water spraying horizontally manifest an uneasy feeling as the storm rapidly approaches.

The final aspect of the artists creative process is simply Serendipity. Either a work has it or it doesnt, and theres really no in between. That look, that sizzle, that ... well, you know what Im talking about here! The final work presented to you here, Fountain at the Pier, has Serendipity all over it. From the deep almost purplish blue sky in the right upper corner, to the water splashing and gurgling off the terra cotta colored fountain lip, this painting oozes movement - and that drama and tension - from every pore of its pebbly surface!

So these are my thoughts on the creative process. And I invite you to, the next work you gaze at, see if you can pick out the five elements deeply at work in that particular work of art. My bet is that, if you are drawn to the work, it has at least four of my five aspects present!

MAGIC AN ARTISTS PERSPECTIVE ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS

Am I there yet? A question I regularly ask myself when Im starting a new work.By William Porter

William Porter is an award-winning watercolorist just moving to the Lowcountry from Atlanta and is currently working on a coffee table book of his large career portfolio of work. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Oaxaca Street

Match Point

Fountain at the Pier Middle Bay LightFountain on the Square


Oaxaca Street

Match Point

Middle Bay Light

Wade and Wait V, LeAnne Kalita - SOBA Palmetto on the Bluff, Mary Segars

Bait Fisherman, Louanne Laroche - Four Corners Resurection I, Peggy Duncan - La Petite Gallery

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Low Country Splendor, Michael Karas

Smooth Sailing, Norma Deal - SOBA

Water Lily, Louanne LaRoche - Four Corners

Golden Rail, West Fraser

Weasely Congratulations, Susan Van DenhendeCottage on Lemon Island, Robert Sefton - Calhoun Street Gallery


Blue Heron, Ashley Hahn Street Blues, Albert Seidl

Serene Schooner, Judelle McArdle - SOBA Gotcha, Pat Wilund - SOBA

Water Lily, Louanne LaRoche - Four Corners

Golden Rail, West Fraser

Weasely Congratulations, Susan Van Denhende

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Crabbing off Dock, Pearce Hammond - Filling Station

The Dispensary, Donna Ellis - Calhoun Street Gallery

Radishes, Murray Sease - SOBA & La Petite Gallery

Ebb and Flow, Lina Nickels - SOBA

Doug Corkern - Four Corners Primping, Anita Stephens - SOBA


The Dispensary, Donna Ellis - Calhoun Street Gallery

Ebb and Flow, Lina Nickels - SOBA

Primping, Anita Stephens - SOBA

May River Bounty, Marge Agin - Four Corners

Sarah Leigh Brich - SOBA

Garden Lady, Maggie Karis - Kart Art Gallery

Pinckney Oaks, KathyTortorella Morning Rounds, Judelle McArdle - SOBA

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A Spring Island Home & Habitat

Spanish Wells got its name from the fresh sweet water springs and wells discovered by the indigenous Indians. Spanish ships would anchor in the deep water river, protected from ocean winds, to restock their water supplies aided by the Indians. Later the French, and finally the English and Colonial Planters, made Hilton Head their home. Thousands of Federal troops made the island their base to control the region during the Civil War.

Ray and Terry Travaglione, of Hilton Head and New York, knew what they were looking for when they first drove by the flanking brick piers and discovered this naturally landscaped site on a high bluff of the Cooper River. The unappealing house was constructed in 1992 and was your typical island home. They thought about tearing it down and starting over, but after great discussion and a vision of what it could be, decided not to destroy but to transform the existing structure into an Italian River Villa. Now, there is nothing quite like it on Hilton Head, for it feels as if it has been there for well over a hundred years. Lets take a look around!Pulling in the motor court, the first thing you see is the small, ivy-covered carriage house, which was featured on a bottle of a Napa Valley vineyard wine. It has a guest quarters, fitness room and three car garage. This old world cottage becomes a piece of the garden, giving natural botanical views to anyone coming or leaving the home from the main raised terrace.

ARCHITECTURE

A TUSCAN TRANSFORMATION

COOPER RIVER VILLA Designer and Author: Randolph Stewart


A Spring Island Home & Habitat

COOPER RIVER VILLA

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Take a few steps and live oak limbs lead you through a geometric, yet classical, U-shaped garden to the front door. While approaching, take in the stained batten, bi-fold shutters and recessed windows with coral stone sills, mottled old world stucco walls, and the low pitch, lightly multi-colored patinate terra-cotta roof, all creating a true Tuscan structure. Notice the oak double diamond pattern bolection molding on the front doors with flanking copper gas lanterns. There is no knob to turn on the door, although inside is an iron rim lock and surface bolts. This is typical in Italy for security, but the Travagliones want to open the doors from the inside to greet their friends personally. Once inside you are in awe with the rear terrace and river views, taking your eye and thoughts. You then realize the scale of the great room and the height of the ceiling, with beaded heart of pine beams and large corbels. Look up and see a floating bridge

overhead with iron rod balustrade and ogee railing. Large sitting and reading niches to your left and right open to the tall ceiling. You step under the bridge and beyond to behold a space that is unique to others. No clutter, sparse, great art, sophisticated, yet inviting each element separate unto itself, yet part of the whole. The kitchen is a connoisseurs dream. Every convenience one would want, with a farm table for family dinning adjacent to a series of stained French doors, which open to expansive river views across the entire width of the room. During the transformation, the lower ceiling beams were actually the original floor joist for a guest room above, creating an intimate ambiance. There is a formal butlers pantry behind the kitchen and a large mudroom beyond, which was actually the original garage for the house. The limestone floors throughout this wing, the off-white counters and cabinets evoke a light and cheerful cooking and family entertainment space.


The wine cellar is located off the kitchen in a new connector hall to the billiard room. It is properly insulated and conditioned to the right temperature for the knowledgeable wine collector. The floors are recycled brick, the walls and arched ceiling stucco. The wine racks are made of white oak that are hand oiled and waxed to give it the fumed oak patina and designed to permit the wood to contract and expand by being entirely rabbeted together. The heavy entry batten door with strap hinges and clavos is complete with a speakeasy iron and wood peephole.

The billiard room addition features recycled heart of pine beams in the cathedral ceiling, the beaded panel chest- nut bar with a copper top and opposite an oversized fireplace with recycled im-ported firebrick in an alternating diagonal pattern, and large period andirons. This wing is angled to maximize the river view with tall casement windows. Notice again, the inset windows with round corners, plaster finish walls, heavy antique pine lintels and sills, as well as the French limestone floors. The space has two comfortable seating areas and a large television opposite the pool table.

Step out of the master bedroom and take a dip. The major and minor antique pine beams define the ceiling and helps create an intimate, but luxurious space. The room has direct access to a private lounging library overlooking the river and a paneled second floor stair hall leading to opposing bedrooms and baths on each end of the bridge.

The master bathroom is private, yet spacious, open to two sources of light. Fixtures are more like furniture with separate marble top table sinks and an armoire linen cabinet. The centerpiece is an oversized pine island with drawers and storage. The room is completed with a spacious walk-in, full-height limestone shower, a free standing Kohler claw foot lounging tub and a sauna. What more could you ask for?

Walking outside through the multiple French doors from the great room, you enter a trellis-covered lanai. Recycled brick columns support the beam and joist overhead. The climbing jasmine engulfs the columns and frames the views. Copper gas lanterns provide just the right ambience for outdoor dining or enjoying an evening after watching the sunset over the water. This riverfront garden and terrace is complete with a

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black marcite lap pool, fire pit made from a South Carolina iron sugarcane cooker, a beach below the bluff and boat dock with a covered lounge. The riverfront garden has multiple bricked terraces and sitting areas, arranged for large parties or intimate gatherings, all wonderfully shaded by live oaks, pines and palms.

This home is truly a marvel in so many ways the gardens, front and rear, the masterfully-transformed structure with attention to details at every turn, the comfortable and sophisticated interiors

and, of course, the river. If you meet or know Ray and Terry, ask them if they are glad they did not tear the original house down. Visiting their home, you might just reflect on what the Indians would be thinking as they paddle by.

With appreciation to:Wayne Moore, Back River Photography. www.waynecmoore.com.

For additional information:Janet Boyden, Celia Dunn Sothebys International Realty, at [email protected].


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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPALCambell Chapel A.M.E.

25 Boundary St.(843) 757-3652

Sunday School: 8:45 a.m.Worship: 10 a.m.

ASSEMBLY OF GODNew River Worship Center

Hwy 170 & Argent Blvd. (next to ESPY)(843) 379-1815

Sunday: 10:30 a.m.Wednesday: 7 p.m.

BAPTISTFirst Baptist Church of Bluffton

Boundary at Church St. (843) 757-3472

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.Worship: 11 a.m.

First Zion BaptistWharf & Robertson St.

(843) 757-3128Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Maye River Baptist Church3507 Okatie Hwy.

(843) 757-2518Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

St. Johns Baptist Church103 Pritchard St.

(843) 757-4350Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

St. Matthews Baptist ChurchSC Hwy. 170

(843) 757-3255Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Indian Hill Baptist ChurchHwy. 278 next to Eagles Point

(843) 757-2603Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

JEHOVAHS WITNESSESKingdom Hall119 Bluffton Rd.(843) 815-4455

Sunday Public Talk: 9:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.Spanish Public Talk: 12:30 p.m.

Bible Missionary Baptist ChurchGoethe Road Community Center

(843) 815-5523Sunday Worship: 11 a.m., Bible Study: 6 p.m.

CATHOLICSt. Gregory the Great Catholic Church

333 Fording Island Rd.(843) 815-3100

Sat.: 4 & 6 p.m. Sun.: 7:15 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., Spanish, 12:45 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: 6:45 a.m. Chapel,

8:30 a.m. Church

ANGLICANThe Church of the Cross

110 Calhoun St.(843) 757-2661

Saturday Worship: 5:28 p.m.Sunday Worship: 8 & 10 a.m.

495 Buckwalter Pkwy.(843) 757-2661

Sunday Worship: 9 & 10:30 a.m.

The Church of the Holy Trinity 2718 Bees Creek Rd., Ridgeland

(843) 726-3743Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 a.m.

Sunday School for All Ages: 9:45 a.m.Midweek Services: Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

EPISCOPALThe Episcopal Church of Okatie

231 Hazzard Creek, Okatie, SC(843) 592-3965

Worship: Every Sunday 9 a.m.

GREEK ORTHODOXHoly Resurrection Churchat St. Andrews Catholic Church

220 Pickney Colony Rd.(843) 837-4659

Orthros: 9:30 a.m., Liturgy 10 a.m.

JEWISHTemple Oseh Shalom

at Lowcountry Presbyterian278 Simmonsville Rd.

(843) 705-2532 Shabbat Worship third Friday of month, 8 p.m.

LUTHERANLord of Life Lutheran Church

351 Buckwalter Pkwy.(843) 757-4774

Sunday School: 10 a.m.Sunday Worship: 8, 9 & 11 a.m.

METHODISTBluffton United Methodist Church

101 Calhoun St.(843) 757-3351

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship: 8:45 & 11 a.m.

Church of the Palms United Methodist1425 Okatie Hwy.

(843) 379-1888Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

St. Lukes United Methodist ChurchSC Hwy. 170 near Sun City

(843) 705-3022Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 10 a.m.

St. Andrew By-The-Sea UMCBluffton Campus

One University Blvd. (USCBs HHI Gateway Campus,

Hargray Building)(843) 785-4711

Sunday worship: 10:30 a.m.

PRESBYTERIANLowcountry Presbyterian Church

US 278 and Simmonsville Rd. (843) 815-6570

Sunday School: Adult 9:40 a.m.,Child 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Grace Coastal Church (PCA)15 Williams Dr. (off 170)

(843) 379-5521Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

NON-DENOMINATIONALLive Oak Christian Church

Bluffton High School Auditorium,(843) 757-5670

Kidstreet: 9:15 a.m., Worship: 10:15 a.m.

Lowcountry Community ChurchBluffton: 801 Buckwalter Pwky.

(843) 836-1101Sunday Worship: 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Congregationof the Lowcountry

110 Malphrus Rd.(843) 837-3330

Sunday Services: 10 a.m.Religious Education & Childcare provided

Unity Church of Hilton Head IslandSeaquins Ballroom

1300 Fording Island Rd., Bluffton (Near Tanger I)(843) 682-8177

Sunday Services: 10 a.m.

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BLUFFTON: MUSIC TOWN

THE BEST MUSIC

Around this time of year every kid in elementary school (and even some 40 year old kids) are preparing costumes and frightful ideas. Tricks are not the norm anymore, though if you venture out after dark you and your children will surely run into zombies and possibly a yard full of gravestones and eerie music. This is where i come in. This month we will explore some of my favorite dark sounds and songs, best played after the witching hour.

I can remember some of the first music i heard as a kid. My father was and still is a huge music fanatic, and i was literally wearing headphones in the crib. The music was Anthem of the Sun. In 1968 a band called the Grateful Dead was the first band to manipulate live recordings of their performances in the studio. Alligator/Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) is one of the most spellbinding musical journeys one can take if they are ready to enter the dark world of the Grateful Dead. Lead singer Pigpen spits out lyrics about gypsy women and the mind playing tricks on itself. Its spooky, beautiful and deserving of a listen.

You cant talk about spooky music without mentioning Ozzy Osbourne. Did he really eat a bat? (Yes, accidentally onstage.) Did he bite the head off of it? (No, he actually bit the head off of a dove in a record executives office.) Has he made scary music? Yes and no. Tony Iommi deserves most of the credit here. The composer of the song Black Sabbath, you can google Tony (get well brother!) and take a look at the master of Gloom and Doom Guitar. Countless copycats have tried to be as dark and twisted on the six string, but no one has surpassed freakouts like Children of the Grave and Fairies Wear Boots. Ozzy has written seriously messed up

lyrics, dont get me wrong. But if you really listen closely to most of Ozzys later work, it is more about love, peace and regret. Songs like Suicide Solution were misinterpreted early on in the parental advisory era. Go listen for yourself. i know the Oz man has sung about his demons and troubles, but i always got a kick out of peoples idea that he worshipped the devil. Marketing 101!

Now to Beethoven, a master of all things dark and eerie. As i sit listening to Moonlight Sonata, its as if i can hear beauty. Beethovens student,Carl Czerny,called it a nocturnal scene, in which a mournful ghostly voice sounds from the distance. My wife often puts our children to bed listening to classical piano pieces, and i have to admit that walking past their bedroom, ive gotten chills from the stark melodies these men put into their work. (Were there any female composers back then?) Beethoven has really tapped into the human emotion of melancholia here, and the large piano strings reverberate in my ears.

Claire de Lune is my daughters favorite song for nighttime snooze music. If you get scared listening to Ozzy or the Dead, play this uplifting tune to cheer you up before you take your rest. Maybe Black Sabbath is too wimpy for you to play in your garage waiting for the kids. Here are my top five scariest albums:

1. Khanates Capture and Release2. Sunn O)))s White 23. Pharmakons Bestial Burden 4. Cathedrals Forest of Equilibrium5. Demilichs Nespithe

Hope you have a freaky Hallows Eve.

After the Witching HourBy Jevon Daly

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OVER THE BRIDGES

*Wheelchair accessible event. Additional fees may apply.

BLUFFTON

*Bluffton Public Library, (843) 757-6293, 120 Palmetto Way. Free Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Bluffton Genealogy 2-4 p.m. Oct. 10 & 16 Fall Foreign Film Series 1 p.m. Oct. 17: Midnight Baker 2 p.m. Oct. 21: Book Club 1-3 p.m. Oct. 31 Monster Clearance Sale of used books. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. blufftonpubliclibrary.org.

*Metopera Live! at Cinemark, 106 Buckwalter Pkwy. 12:30 p.m. $25-27 (seniors $23-25, kids $17-19). Encore, 6:30 p.m. $23 (seniors $21, kids $16) Oct. 3: Verdis Il Trovatore. (Encore Oct. 7). Oct. 17: Verdis Otello. (Encore Oct. 21). Oct. 31: Wagners Tannhuser. (Encore Nov. 4). (843) 757-2859.

Oct. 3: Alzheimers Association Walk to End Alzheimers. Check-in on Oct. 2, registration at 10:15 a.m., walk at 11 a.m. in Old Towne Bluffton at the Promenade, 110 Calhoun St. act.alz.org.

*Oct. 10-18: 11th Annual Bluffton Arts And Seafood Festival, featuring historic property tours, fishing tournament, boat parade, May River boat tours, 10K run and more. Free admission. (843) 757-2583 or blufftonartsandseafoodfestival.com.

*Oct. 11: Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow presents Giselle at Cinemark, 106 Buckwalter Pkwy. 12:55 p.m. $18 (seniors/students $17, kids $16). (843) 757-2859.

*Oct. 15: Hamlet at Cinemark, 106 Buckwalter Pkwy. The story of a son who is forced to avenge his fathers death. 12:30 p.m. $20 (seniors/students $19, kids $18). (843) 757-2859.

*Oct. 16: Pat Conroy Joins Untying The Moon Author For Book Launch Party at the Heyward House, 70 Boundary St., in Old Town Bluffton. Free and open to the public. 4-6 p.m. (843) 757-6293.

*Oct. 27: Halloween Party at Fred Astaire Dance Studio, Seaquins Ballroom, 1300 Fording Island Rd. Wear a costume! 7 p.m. Admission is a dish to share. (843) 837-6161.

*Oct. 27: Odyssey Swing & Jazz Orchestra. Bluffton United Methodist Church, (843) 757-3351, 101 Calhoun St. Free-will offering.

*Oct. 29: Lunch With Author: Ron Rash at Hampton Hall Clubhouse, 170 Hampton Hall Blvd. Tickets are $42 (includes lunch). Reservations required. (843) 521-4147.

Oct. 31: Blufftons Annual 5K Zombie Run with a one-mile fun run and block party at the Calhoun Street Promenade. 3 p.m. Registration is $20 for the one-mile run and $25 for the 5K. A $5 late fee applies after Oct. 27. bearfootsports.com.

*Sundays: Enjoy arts and crafts and good food at Palmetto Bluffs

Artisan Market in Palmetto Bluff on the Village Green at Buffalos Caf. 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free admission. (800) 501-7405.

BEAUFORT AREA

*Oct. 2-3: Beaufort Shrimp Festival. Fri.: Arts and crafts open at noon; food, beverages and live entertainment 6-10 p.m.. Sat.: 5K race at 8 a.m.; food and beverages, childrens area, competitions and live entertainment 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in Downtown Beaufort. Free admission. (843) 525-6644.

*Oct. 10: Rebecca Folsom at Beaufort County artworks, 2127 Boundary St. (K-Mart Plaza). 7 p.m. $20 (843) 379-2787.

Oct. 15-17: Marine Corps Centennial Celebration on Parris Island. Tours of Parris Island, graduation ceremony, museum, guest speakers and more. Scramble golf tournament on Sat. (entry fee $75, military $50). (843) 228-2738 or mcrdpi.marines.mil/centennialcelebration.

*Oct. 22 & 25: Symphonic Showcase By The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra at Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Ladys Island Dr. Purchase in advance at TIX.com or call (800) 595-4849. Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m. $40 (Students $15). (843) 812-0183.

Oct. 23-25: Fall Festival Of Houses & Gardens. Fri.: Walking tour of historic downtown district starts at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.; Sat.: Ramble around Beaufort. Starts at 10 & 11 a.m.; Sun.: Kitchens and Cuisine (car transportation required) at 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. & 12:30-3:30 p.m. $50/day. (843) 379-3331.

*Oct. 26: 7th Annual Habersham Harvest Fest at Habersham Village Marketplace, 13 Market. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. (843) 846-3444.

*Oct. 30: Special Lunch With Authors Mary Alice Monroe And Patti Callahan Henry at Holiday Inn, 2225 Boundary St. Noon, $42 (includes lunch), Reservations required. Get tickets at USCB Center for the Arts or at uscbcenterforthearts.com.

*Ongoing: Tuesday Talks And Other Events at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center, 310 Okatie Hwy. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Donations accepted for Maritime Center. (843) 645-7774 or portroyalsoundfoundation.org.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND

*Oct. 2-11: The Addams Family at Main Street Theatre, 3000 Main St. Thurs.-Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. $25 (students $15). (843) 689-6246.

*Oct. 6-25: Inherit The Wind at Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Ln. Tues.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 & 7 p.m. $46 (kids $33)

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(preview $36 for adults, $25 for kids). (843) 842-2787.

*Oct. 12: Music For String Quartet at All Saints Episcopal Church, 3001 Meeting St. 7:30 p.m. $18 in advance, $20 at door. Chamber Music Charleston, (843) 763-4941.

*Oct. 17: Fred Astaire Dance Studios A Salute To Broadway at Hilton Head High Schools Seahawk Cultural Center, 70 Wilborn Rd. Enjoy this ballroom dance showcase! (843) 837-6161, 7 p.m. $20 (kids $15).

*Oct. 19: Gala Opening Night with The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra at the First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Pkwy. 7:30 p.m. $30, $45. (843) 842-2055.

*Oct. 22-25: The Lean Ensemble Theatre Presents The Glass Menagerie at Main Street Theatre, 3000 Main St. Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 p.m. $40, Sun. matinee 2 p.m. $35. (917) 771-4038 or (843) 689-6246.

*Oct. 23: The Hilton Head Choral Society Presents Chanticleer at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 24 Pope Ave. 8 p.m. $30-35. (843) 341-3818.

*Oct. 23-25: The Hilton Head High School Seahawk Theatre Guild presents Little Shop Of Horrors at the Seahawks Cultural Center, 70 Wilborn Rd. Fri.-Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. matinee 2 p.m. $20 (students $10). (843) 689-4800.

*Ongoing: Coastal Discovery Museums Honey Horn History Walk, Exploring Pinckney Island, May River Expedition, Salt Marsh Discovery, Dolphin and Nature Cruise, Shrimp Trawling Expedition and more! Reservations required. 70 Honey Horn Dr. (843) 689-6767 ext. 223 or coastaldiscovery.org.

SAVANNAH & TYBEE ISLAND

*Oct. 1: Blues Trinity: A Tribute To The 3 Kings Albert, Freddy and B.B. at the Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St., 7 p.m. $20. (912) 525-5050.

Oct. 2-4: 32nd Annual Savannah Oktoberfest on River Street featuring German food, crafts, music, contests, wiener dog races and fireworks! River Street Savannah. Fri. 4-10 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. (912) 234-0925.

*Oct. 3: Live Forever Tour at the Johnny Mercer Theatre in the Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. 6 p.m. (912) 651-6550.

*Oct. 4: Picnic In The Park with a stunning repertoire from the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (performing at 7 p.m.). Forsyth Park, between Drayton and Whitaker St. and Gaston

and E. Park St. 4-9 p.m. Free. (912) 232-6002.

*Oct. 8-10: 65th Annual Savannah Greek Festival at St. Pauls Greek Orthodox Church, 14 W. Anderson. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $2 donation (free until 4 p.m. on Thurs. & Fri.). (912) 236-8256.

Oct. 8-11: 11th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest. All festival activities at the Strand Parking Lot. Fri. $12, 5-11 p.m., Sat. $15, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. with the parade from 3-5 p.m., Sun 12:30-4 p.m., Weekend Pass $23 (kids free). (912) 786-5444.

Oct. 9-11: 26th Annual Savannah Folk Music Festival. Fri.: Folk Fest in Ellis Square, 201 W. Bay St. 7-11 p.m.. Sat: Old Time Country Dance at Notre Dame Academy gym, 1709 Bull St., 7:30-11 p.m.. Sun.: Concerts at Grayson Stadium, 1401 E. Victory Dr. 1:30-7:30 p.m. Free. (912) 898-1876 or savannahfolk.org.

*Oct. 10: Free Family Day at Jepson Center For The Arts, 124 Abercorn St. 1-4 p.m. (912) 790-8800.

*Oct. 14 & 16: A Classical Halloween with The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra at the Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Open Concert Rehearsal: Oct. 14, 7 p.m. Free Performance: Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. $16-75. (912) 525-5050.

Oct. 17: Historic Savannah Homes Tour and Tea at St. Vincents Academy, Lincoln and Harris St. Self-guided tour includes the 1845 Convent with an elegant tea and six residences in the Historic District. Purchase online or call to reserve tickets. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $45 (912) 236-5505.

Oct. 17: Vienna Boys Choir at Armstrong Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. The choirs repertoire includes everything from medieval to contemporary and experimental music. 7 p.m. $25-100.

*Oct. 18: Chamber Concert No. 2 by The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra at the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull St. 5 p.m. $20. (912) 525-5050.

*Oct. 26: The Shalom Yall Jewish Food Festival at Forsyth Park, between Drayton and Whitaker, Gaston and E. Park St. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission. Mickve Israel Food Fest, (912) 233-1547.

Ongoing: Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $37 (Coupon $34, Kids $18) Oct. 1-29 Savannah Live: Tues., Thurs., & Sat. 8 p.m.. Oct. 2-30 Jukebox: Wed. & Fri. 8 p.m. Oct. 4-25 Gospel Celebration: Sun. 3 p.m., Sat. 10/24 3 p,m. (912) 233-7764.

For a full calendar of events, go to Bluffton.com.

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Cahills Chicken Kitchen** - Southern1055 May River Rd. (843) 757-2921Mon.-Wed.: 11a.m.-3 p.m.Thurs.-Sat.: 11a.m.-9 p.m.Saturday Breakfast: 7 a.m.-12 p.m.Sunday Brunch: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.Corner Perk** - Breakfast, Lunch, CoffeeThe Promenade & May River Road(843) 816-5674Tues.-Thurs.: 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7 a.m.-11 p.m., Sunday Brunch: 7 a.m.-4 p.m.Latitude Wine Bar** - Wine, Tapas, Lunch6 Promenade St.(843) 706-9463Wed.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.May River Grill** - Seafood ContemporaryOld Town Bluffton 1263 May River Rd.(843) 757-5755Lunch Tue-Fri.: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner Mon.-Sat.: 5-9 p.m. Mulberry Street Pizzeria**15 State Of Mind St. (843) 757-7007Tues.-Wed.: 11a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sun. 12 p.m.-wheneverPour Richards** - Contemporary 4376 Bluffton Pkwy.(843) 757-1999Mon.-Sat.: 5:30-10p.m.

Sonic Drive In** - Fast food5 Sherington Dr. (843) 815-3630Daily: 6 a.m.-Midnight Squat N Gobble** - American, Greek1231 May River Rd. (843) 757-4242Daily: 7 a.m.-3 p.m.Toomers Bluffton Seafood House**27 Dr. Mellichamp Dr. (843) 757-0380Mon.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-9 p.m.The Village Pasta Shoppe** - Italian, Deli, Wine 10 B. Johnston Way (across from post office)(843) 540-2095Tue-Fri.: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Agave Sidebar13 State Of Mind St. (843) 757-9190Mon.-Thurs.: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri. & Sat.: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.Bluffton BBQ - Barbeque, Pork, Ribs11 State Of Mind St. (843) 757-7427Wed.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-wheneverThe Bluffton Room - Fine dining15 Promenade St. (843) 757-3525Tues.-Thurs.: 5-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat.: 5-11 p.m.Closed Sunday & Monday

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Sonic Drive In** - Fast food5 Sherington Dr. (843) 815-3630Daily: 6 a.m.-Midnight Squat N Gobble** - American, Greek1231 May River Rd. (843) 757-4242Daily: 7 a.m.-3 p.m.Toomers Bluffton Seafood House**27 Dr. Mellichamp Dr. (843) 757-0380Mon.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-9 p.m.The Village Pasta Shoppe** - Italian, Deli, Wine 10 B. Johnston Way (across from post office)(843) 540-2095Tue-Fri.: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Agave Sidebar13 State Of Mind St. (843) 757-9190Mon.-Thurs.: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri. & Sat.: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.Bluffton BBQ - Barbeque, Pork, Ribs11 State Of Mind St. (843) 757-7427Wed.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-wheneverThe Bluffton Room - Fine dining15 Promenade St. (843) 757-3525Tues.-Thurs.: 5-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat.: 5-11 p.m.Closed Sunday & Monday

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British Open Pub - Pub, Seafood, Steaks1 Sherington Dr. #G, Sheridan Park (843) 705-4005Mon.-Sun.: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday Brunch: 8 a.m.-1 p.m.Buffalos - Contemporary1 Village Park Square (843) 706-6630Lunch Mon.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Butchers Market and Deli - Deli102 Buckwalter Pkwy. (843) 815-6328Tues.-Sat.: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun.: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.Captain Woodys - Seafood, Sandwich, Salads17 State Of Mind St., The Promenade(843) 757-6222 Daily: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Claude & Ulis Bistro - French1533 Fording Island Rd. #302, Moss Creek Village(843) 837-3336Mon.-Sat.: lunch & dinnerCorks Wine Co. - Contemporary, Tapas14 Promenade St. #306, The Promenade (843) 816-5168Biz hours: Tues.-Sat. 5-12 p.m.Kitchen hours: Tues.-Wed. 5-10 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 5-11 p.m.Downtown Deli - Burgers, Sandwiches27 Dr. Mellichamp Dr. (843) 815-5005Mon.-Sat.: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.Hogshead Kitchen - Contemporary1555 Fording Island Rd.(843) 837-4647Mon.-Sat.: 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.Closed SundayInn At Palmetto Bluff - Continental1 Village Park Square, Palmetto Bluff Village(843) 706-6500 Daily: 7 a.m.-10 p.m.Katie ODonalds - Irish, American1008 Fording Island Rd. #B, Kitties Crossing(843) 815-5555Daily: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Longhorn Steakhouse - American 1262 Fording Island Rd. (843) 705-7001Sat.: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.Sun.-Fri.: 11 a.m.-10 p.m.Mulberry Street Trattoria - Italian 1476 Fording Island Rd. (843) 837-2426Tue-Sat.: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. & 5-10 p.m.Sun.: 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.Neo - Gastropub - Farm To Table Fare1533 Fording Island Rd. #326, Moss Creek Village (843) 837-5111Mon.-Thurs.: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

Fri.-Sat.: 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.Sunday: 5-9 p.m.Okatie Ale House - American 25 William Pope Dr.(843) 706-2537Mon.-Wed.: 11 a.m -9 p.m.Tues.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-10 p.m.Sun.: 12 a.m.-9 p.m.Old Town Dispensary - Contemporary15 Captains Cove, off Calhoun Street(843) 837-1893Mon.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-2 a.m.Sunday BrunchPeaceful Henrys and the Bluffton Cigar Bar181 Bluffton Rd.(843) 757-0557Store: Mon.-Thurs.: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri. & Sat.: 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun.: 12-5 p.m.Bar: Monday: 12-6 p.m., Tues.-Thurs.: 1-11 p.m., Fri. & Sat.: 1-1 a.m., Sun.: 1-11 p.m.Peppers Old Town - American, Seafood1255 May River Rd., Old Town Bluffton(843) 757-2522Daily: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Redfish - Contemporary32 Bruin Rd., Old Town Bluffton (843) 837-8888Mon.-Sat.: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 4:30-10 p.m. Sun.: 10 a.m-2 p.m., 4-10 p.m.Siglers Rotisserie & Seafood - Contemporary 12 Sheridan Park Circle (843) 815-5030Mon.-Sat.: 4:30-9:30 p.m.Sippin Cow At Peppers Old Town - Breakfast Lunch Dinner1255 May River Rd. (843) 757-5051Tue-Sat.: 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Dinner Thurs.-Sun.: 4-9 p.m.Sunday Brunch: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Southern Barrel Brewing Co. - American375 Buckwalter Place Blvd. (843) 837-2337 Tues.-Thurs.: 2-9 p.m.Fri.: 2-11 p.m.Sat.: 11-11p.m., Sun.: 2-8 p.m.The Cottage - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner38 Calhoun St. (843) 757-0508Mon.-Sat.: 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-7:30 p.m.Sunday Brunch 8 a.m.-2 p.m.Vineyard 55 - Pizza, American55 Calhoun St.(843) 757-9463Daily 11:30 a.m.-Whenever

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843-706-9463 6 Promenade Street

Come for the wine.Stay for the food!

L i v e M u s i c Thursday night!

Now serving lunch!


Pasta ShoppeVillageThe

10B Johnston Way www.villagepastashoppe.com(opposite the Bluton Post oce) 843.540.2095

Tue - Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 10am - 4pm

Delicious homemade Italian dishesready to heat and serve.

Enjoy home-made Italian dishes without paying restaurant prices. Bring us your

dish (or use ours) and well ll it up with authentic Italian favorites like Lasagne,

Chicken Parmesan, Ziti, Eggplant Parmesan and more. We also have Fresh Pasta and many hard to nd Italian deli products.

Its like mom or grandma made it!

5 Sherington DriveBluffton, SC 29910

(843) 815-3630

we cater parties large and small!

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