Leadership Beaufort Alumni Takeover Tuesday at Hemingway's
2023-06-20 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Hemingway’s, 920 Bay Street, rear entrance, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
You are invited to attend Leadership Beaufort Alumni Association’s “Takeover Tuesday” event at Hemingway’s on Tuesday, June 20th from 6:00-8:00 pm.
What is “Takeover Tuesday?” It’s time for you to network with leadership, alumni and participants of the legendary Leadership Beaufort program! Whether you graduated as a member of the “Best Class of 1985” or the “Best Class of …”, we’d love to connect with you! We’ll share what LBAA has been up to and how you can get involved. We’ll also have giveaways and plenty of LBAA merchandise on hand!
Our host, Hemingway’s is excited to serve you! Come out, bring friends, and support LBAA’s Takeover Tuesday! Who knows, there might even be an opportunity for some karaoke! (and, of course: DON’T FORGET YOUR NAMETAG!)
RSVP at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4EA4AA2EA4FBC34-lbaa8

HarbourFest Fireworks
2023-06-20 21:00 - 21:15, 2023-06-27 21:00 - 21:15, 2023-07-04 21:00 - 21:15 | Shelter Cove Harbour and Marina, 1 Harbourside Ln, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, US
Celebrating its 34th year, the popular festival is back with music from the beloved Shannon Tanner, kids activities with Cappy the Clown and weekly Tuesday night fireworks (fireworks June 6 – August 22 starting when the sky is dark) including the island’s largest 4th of July show!
Shannon Tanner continues to run all summer long Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday with two shows at 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM. On Thursday evenings starting June 15 (through August 24), the Parrot Palooza Sunset Celebration showcases Shannon Tanner & The Oyster Reefers performing a Caribbean-style concert with one show starting at 7 p.m. Parrot Palooza will conclude with shows on Saturday, September 2 and Sunday, September 3 in celebration of Labor Day Weekend. Cappy the Clown will be at the harbour with kids activities Monday-Friday through Labor Day weekend from 6 – 9 p.m.
*HarbourFest entertainment & fireworks shows are subject to change and weather permitting. Events are free and open to the public.
2023 Fireworks Schedule (shows start when the sky is dark):
Tuesdays: June 6, 13, 20 & 27
*Special show on Tuesday, July 4!*
Tuesdays: July 11, 18 & 25
Tuesdays: August 1, 8, 15 & 22
Event Address:
17 Harbourside Ln
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
For the full summer schedule of fireworks and entertainment, please visit ShelterCoveHarbourFest.com. Visit our Facebook page here (@ShelterCoveHarbourMarina) for show updates throughout the summer.

Sweetgrass Creations Workshop with Lynette Youson @ The Beaufort Arsenal
2023-06-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor National Heritage Area
Art in the Arsenal presents Sweetgrass Creations by Lynette Youson on Wednesday, June 21st from 11am to 1230pm at the Beaufort Arsenal on downtown’s Craven Street.
The tradition of basket-making came to America in the 17th century by way of enslaved West Africans who were brought to America to work on plantations. Lynette Youson, a fifth generation sweetgrass basket artisan from the Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, learned the art of weaving from her great great grandmother and continues to pass the tradition down to future generations!
Join us for an interactive workshop to learn more about the art of weaving through the eyes of Lynette!
This program is free and open to the public.
Registration required. Limited space is available.

1st Annual Ugliest Dog Contest and Yappy Hour
2023-06-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Martin Family Park Historic Bluffton SC, Boundary St, Bluffton, SC, 29910, US
Does your dog have what it takes to be Bluffton’s ugliest pooch? Come out for our 1st annual Ugliest Dog Contest! We’ll be giving away 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes! One of our wonderful vendors, Wheelie Good Treats will be helping to decide the weiner! Wheelie Good Treats makes healthy and delicious treats for your pup! These are great snacks that you can feel good about.
Before the contest, get your pooch hydrated with a Doggy Beer from Gordon’s Hop Stop. An all-natural brew just for dogs! Each can contains 12oz of different fresh ingredients carefully cooked down to make a refreshing and healthy treat for your best friend. Don’t worry, he has adult beverages too, so you can enjoy a beer with your best friend, even better, “growl”ers are available for purchase. 😃

Victoria Benton Frank - Books & Bites with the Author
2023-06-21 17:00 - 18:30 | The Beaufort Bookstore, 2127 Boundary St Suite 15, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
Beaufort Bookstore presents Books & Bites with the Author featuring Victoria Benton Frank!
My Magnolia Summer, the debut novel from the daughter of beloved Lowcountry Tales writer Dorothea Benton Frank, will transport you right back to delicious summer days on Sullivan’s Island!
We welcome you to come meet the author with us, and pick up an autographed copy of her new can’t-miss summer read.
Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be offered by Beaufort Bookstore. We have plenty of room, though seating may be limited. Call to reserve a chair at 843-525-1066.

Rooftop Yoga at Old Bay Marketplace
2023-06-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-06-28 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-07-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Old Bay Marketplace
join us on the rooftop for our HOT YOGA pop up series this summer!
class will meet every Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30pm (weather permitting) and practice will be held atop Old Bay Marketplace rooftop overlooking downtown Beaufort.
this class will be all-levels Vinyasa (flow) so come ready to move, build energy + awaken your body while quieting the mind.
cost: $10/class (FREE for BBF members and guests of the Beaufort Inn)
sign up is available on our website or the MINDBODY app.
ps. please bring a yoga mat if you have one, towel, water + bug spray!

Paint & Sip Night at Wet Willie's Beaufort
2023-06-22 18:00 - 21:00 | Wet Willie’s Beaufort, 2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
Join us for our first Paint & Sip with local artist Kandace Joy of Southern Palette Art Studio in Beaufort Town Center.
Let our rainbow of daiquiri selections inspire your creativity and inner artist!
$60*/person includes all supplies, instructions to paint the 20″ x 10″ beach scene pictured, and complimentary light bites.
Space is limited. Sign up by calling (315) 409-5636 or (843) 441-8338.
*Full menu and daiquiri bar/craft beers available for separate purchase. Must be 21 with valid ID to purchase alcohol.

Pat Conroy Center Monthly Book Discussion - The Great Santini
2023-06-22 18:30 | The Rhett House Inn, 1009 Craven St, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and the award-winning Rhett House Inn will host a monthly book club discussion of Pat Conroy’s dozen books in order of publication, moderated by Charlene Spearen and Jonathan Haupt. Book discussions will be held on fourth Thursdays beginning at 6:30 p.m. Limited to 20 participants each month. $10/person. Advance registration required. Participants are expected to read the books and to come prepared to discuss them. Discussions will be held at the Rhett House Inn, 1009 Craven St., Beaufort.
April 27: The Boo (1970)
May 25 The Water Is Wide (1972)
June 22: The Great Santini (1976)
July 27: The Lords of Discipline (1980)
Future discussion dates will be announced this summer, once the book club is underway.
Learn more and register at: https://patconroybookclubatrhetthouseinn.eventbrite.com
About Our Discussion Leaders
Dr. Charlene Monahan Spearen received her MFA degree in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of South Carolina. She is currently serving as the Public Relations and Special Projects Coordinator for Penn Center after a successful career in academia at Allen University. She served as the Program Coordinator for the University of South Carolina’s Arts Institute and was the Assistant Director for the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. In addition to her work throughout the Carolinas, Spearen has been a featured reader and Creative Writing instructor and scholar in County Monaghan and County Mayo, Ireland. She has published a full-length collection of poems titled A Book of Exquisite Disasters. Her poems have appeared in journals and publications throughout the United States.
Jonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Conroy Center and the former director of the University of South Carolina Press, where he created the Story River Books fiction imprint with Pat Conroy, named by Garden & Gun magazine as one of “the top ten things to love about the South.” Haupt’s book reviews and author interviews have appeared in the Charleston Post and Courier, Lowcountry Weekly, Beaufort Lifestyle, Savannah Morning News’ Beacon magazine, Southern Review of Books, and Southern Writers Magazine’s Suite T blog. He is co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, the recipient of seventeen book awards. He serves on the boards of the Friends of South Carolina Libraries and the South Carolina Academy of Authors. In 2020, Haupt was recognized with the Doug Marlette Literacy Leadership Award presented by the Pulpwood Queens, the largest book club in the U.S.

Rooted To Rise Camping Retreat at Coffin Point
2023-06-23 17:00 - 2023-06-25 12:00 | Coffin Point, St. Helena, SC, Saint Helena Island, SC, 29920, US
💚Join us for a weekend to relax, renew and reclaim your roots to rise💚

Father/Kids Fishing Derby At Broad River Pier
2023-06-24 09:00 - 11:00 | SC
Decibel Church is hosting its first Father/Kids Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 24th, from 9am to 11am at the Broad River Fishing Pier.
Bring your own fishing gear, and bait will be provided. See poster for more details.

Free CPR Training Class For Students
2023-06-24 09:00 - 13:00 | SC
The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department is offering a FREE CPR class for rising 6th graders through 12th grade students.
Class will be held at Station #2, 1120 Ribaut Road, from 9am – 1pm on Saturday, June 24th. Class will be limited to 25 students.
Please email thodges@cityofbeaufort.org & rvezin@cityofbeaufort.org to reserve your spot today!

Gullah Art Gallery June Sip & Paint Event
2023-06-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Gullah Art Gallery/Museum, 711 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, 29902, United States
Join the Gullah Art Gallery for a FUN time at their upcoming Paint n Sip event and celebrate Juneteenthat the Gullah Art Gallery on Saturday, June 24th, from 2pm to 4pm, with Brenda Singleton.
Learn some basic principles of art and color composition while enjoying an afternoon with friends. Step by step we will help you create your own one of a kind piece of artwork to take home!
All supplies and materials will be provided…just don’t forget to bring some good company, maybe some dancing shoes, and your favorite bottle of wine!
Cost to attend is only $40
Reserve your spot by calling 843-986-1102 ext. 7

An Evening with Polly Stewart, Author of The Good Ones, in Conversation with Dana Ridenour
2023-06-29 17:00 - 18:30 | The Beaufort Bookstore, 2127 Boundary St Suite 15, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
The Beaufort Bookstore, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an evening with novelist Polly Stewart, author of The Good Ones, in conversation with retired FBI special agent turned thriller writer Dana Ridenour. This free event will be held on Thursday, June 29, at 5:00 p.m., at 2127 Boundary St., Ste 15. Books will be available for sale and signing. Call Beaufort Bookstore to reserve your seat: 843-525-1066.
“Polly Stewart’s The Good Ones is a fantastic achievement. A classic Southern Gothic tale told through the prism of modern-day sensibilities. Not to be missed.”—S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears
“Smart, dark, and suspenseful, The Good Ones skillfully navigates the sharp edges of small-town secrets that cut deep. A beautifully written mystery that’ll keep you guessing til the end.”—Laura McHugh, award-winning author of What’s Done in Darkness
About The Good Ones
The last time Nicola Bennett saw Lauren Ballard she was scraping a key along the side of a new cherry-red Chevy Silverado. That was the night before her friend mysteriously vanished from her home, leaving a bloodstained washcloth and signs of a struggle—as well as her grieving husband and young daughter—behind.
Now, nearly twenty years later, Nicola, newly unemployed and still haunted by the disappearance of her childhood friend, is returning to her Appalachian hometown. For Nicola, Tyndall County has remained frozen in time. Everywhere she turns she’s reminded of Lauren. Yet shockingly, her former friends and neighbors have all moved on. Drawn to stories of missing girls, Nicola obsessively searches the internet, hoping to discover a clue to Lauren’s ultimate fate.
Driven by a desperate need to know what happened to her friend, Nicola takes a job in her hometown, determined to uncover any bit of information, any small clue, that can help. Deep down she knows the answers are tucked in the hollows and valleys of this small Blue Ridge county. As secrets come to light and the truth begins to unravel, will Nicola finally find release and break free of the past—or lose herself completely to unanswered questions from her adolescence?
Polly Stewart is the author of The Good Ones, forthcoming from Harper Books in June 2023. As Mary Stewart Atwell, she’s also the author of Wild Girls (Scribner 2012). Her essays have appeared in the New York Times and Poets & Writers, among other publications. She runs the Craft of Crime Fiction interview series, formerly published on Fiction Writers Review and now appearing on Instagram.

Chill with a Cop at Pigeon Point Park!
2023-06-30 17:00 - 19:00 | Pigeon Point Park
Come hang out with your favorite Beaufort Police officers at Pigeon Point Park!
🗓: June 30th
⏰: 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm
📍: Pigeon Point Park
Outdoor Games🏀🏈⚽️
Snacks🌭
Kona Ice
Raffle
City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department🚒
Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services 🚑
Walmart
Decibel Church
Exchange Club of Beaufort

6th Annual CCA Freedom River Run
2023-07-01 09:00 | The May River Sandbar, Bluffton, SC, 29910, US
Live Music by House of Greybirds
Raffles
and a good time for ALL!
Come out and enjoy a day on the river with your family and friends.
1. Palmetto Bay Marina – 9AM to 11AM
2. The Boathouse – 9AM to 12PM
3. Bluffton Town Dock – 10AM to 1PM
4. Upper Sandbar (May River) – 10AM to 12:30PM
Main “big” Sandbar (May River) As soon as the tide permits until…..
ALL Hands must be turned in at the Big Sandbar by 1:30PM.
Purchase hands at any stop for $20. Bring your entire family or load up your boat with friends. Visit all of our stops or just some, but make sure you’re at the big sandbar in the May River.
Captains of each boat will receive one free t-shirt*.
(*Captain must purchase their ticket at a stop other than the main Sandbar)

Gullah Museum of Hilton Head's Gullah Heritage Festival
2023-07-01 11:00 - 16:00 | Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island, 12 Georgianna Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926, US
The Gullah Museum of Hilton Head is hosting its Gulllah Heritage Festival on Saturday, July 1st from 11am to 4pm.
Attendees will enjoy entertainment, Gullah storytellers and food vendors, and there will be face painting and bounce houses for the kids.
For more info and tickets, visit this link.

Jack and Cyndi Book Signing
2023-07-01 13:00 - 15:00 | The Beaufort Bookstore, 2127 Boundary St Suite 15, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
Beaufort Co-Authors Jack Gannon and Cyndi Williams-Barnier will be signing all their books, including the five-star award-winning I WALKED IN SANTA’S BOOTS, 2S AND 3S, TRAIL OF THE TALON, and BITE OF THE BLACK WIDOW!

Community Kickball Event
2023-07-01 17:00 | Crossings Park
July 1, Saturday, kickoff at 5pm
Must register by June 17
Coed, ages 15 and up
Crossings Park | FREE
The Hilton Head Island Rec Center is so excited to “kick-off” Parks and Recreation Month with our 2nd annual Community Kickball Event. This kickball event will be on July 1st starting at Crossings Park starting at 5pm. This is a free event. You can register as a team captain and list your teammates or you can register as an individual who would like to be placed on a team. As a team captain, you must have 11-15 people on your roster.

Town of Bluffton 2nd Annual Independence Day Celebration
2023-07-01 17:00 - 20:00 | Martin Family Park Historic Bluffton SC, Boundary St, Bluffton, SC, 29910, US
The Town of Bluffton is hosting its 2nd Annual Independence Day Celebration, on July 1, 2023. The celebration will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a pre-party at Martin Family and DuBois Parks, and the firework show will begin shortly after 9:00 p.m.
• Carnaval, interactive games: Games, such as an inflatable axe and score-a-basketball- hoop, will be available at Martin Family Park. Children will receive a patriotic-themed prize at each game station, while supplies last.
• Concessions: Food and drinks, such as hotdogs, pretzels, snow cones, and lemonade, will also be available from a vendor at Martin Family Park.
• Food Trucks: Chef B, Rolling Cow Creamery, Lowco Grub, and Cinnabun.
• Rock wall, Bungee Jump Station & Bounce Houses: These stations will be located throughout and between Martin Family & DuBois Parks.
• Fireworks: The firework display will begin around 9 p.m. The fireworks will be launched from a barge in the May River therefore, the show can be viewed from Oyster Factory and Wright Family Parks.

4th of July Arts & Crafts Show
2023-07-03 09:00 - 2023-07-04 16:00 | Fripp Island Golf & Beach Resort, Tarpon Blvd., 29920
The annual 4th of July Arts & Crafts Show on Fripp Island is happening Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July 4th from 9AM – 4PM. The event will be located in front of the Beach Club circle along Tarpon Blvd as usual.
Featuring an array of lowcountry vendors (up to 45 booths) with various handcrafted artwork including paintings, pottery, jewelry, candles, photography, home decor, gift items, and more!
We are still ACCEPTING VENDOR APPLICATIONS! Apply today at https://forms.gle/QkctyU9yLRcwayHk9
Email fripprecreation@frippislandresort.com with any questions!

July 4th Celebration at The Sands in Port Royal
2023-07-04 12:00 - 22:00 | Sands Beach, Port Royal, Sands Beach Road, Port Royal, SC, 29935, United States
Locals and folks visiting the Beaufort area are again in for a treat as the Town of Port Royal will be putting on its Independence Day Celebration and fireworks for the 4th of July.
After your done with the day full of boating, relaxing, barbecuing and having fun with family and friends, get on down to The Sands for more fun and fireworks.
The festivities at The Sands start at noon and you’ll enjoy lots of family fun including good eats and drinks that will help combat the heat we usually have here in the Lowcountry.
Starting at Noon, local Boy Scouts will be on hand serving hot dogs and burgers, as well as The Snack Shack and Tropical Treasures, and a Beer Truck will be on hand to quench your adult thirst. At 4pm, the food trucks roll in. Enjoy fare from Fly Pies, Time to Eat, Shellring Ale Works, Lawyers BBQ and Molly’s Fish and Chips.
Live entertainment starts at 4pm on two different stages with Campfire Tyler from 4pm to 6pm and Josephine Johnston from 6pm to 8pm. Then, the Marine Corps Brass Band will perform from 8pm until the fireworks start, again over at the Main Stage.
According to the Town of Port Royal, free parking on Paris Avenue and side streets will be available and the road to the Sands landing will be shut down effective midnight prior to the 4th of July for all traffic including boats with trailers. 7th Street is typically closed to all traffic except for residents that live on that street.
According to the Town, golf carts will be allowed to be driven down to the sands beach, but golf cart owners will have one of two choices to make. Golf carts will either have to be gone by 8pm, before the fireworks start, or wait till ALL pedestrians are gone, before making the drive back from The Sands.
The fireworks at The Sands are put on by East Coast Pyrotechnics and usually begin around 915pm.
Yes, what better way to celebrate the 4th of July in Beaufort than fireworks, family fun and community at the Sands in Port Royal.
It’s a lot of fun and you won’t find a better place to enjoy a night of celebrating.
More info here.

Movie Night with Beaufort Police Department
2023-07-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Waterfront Park, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
Movie Night with Beaufort Police
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy a family movie night with us at the Waterfront Park! We will be serving popcorn and popsicles!
Date: July 6th, 2023
Time: showing starts at 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Waterfront Park
Movie: Rio

An Evening with Ruth P. Watson, Author of A Right Worthy Woman
2023-07-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce, 711 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, 29902-4574, US
“A Right Worthy Woman takes its place alongside novels such as Rebecca Dwight Bruff’s Trouble the Water, illuminating African-American heroes born in strife who find the strength, fortitude, and love to lead lives touched by grace.”–Historical Fiction Review
I﻿n partnership with the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with historical novelist Ruth P. Watson, author of the newly published A Right Worthy Woman. A reception will follow the author’s presentation, with books available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. Free and open to the public, advance registration is requested. This event will be held at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce, 711 Bladen St., on Friday, July 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Register in advance at https://aneveningwithruthpwatson.eventbrite.com
A﻿bout A Right Worthy Woman
In the vein of The Engineer’s Wife and Carolina Built, an inspiring novel based on the remarkable true story of Virginia’s Black Wall Street and the indomitable Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a formerly enslaved woman who became the first Black woman to establish and preside over a bank in the United States.
Maggie Lena Walker was ambitious and unafraid. Her childhood in 19th-century Virginia helping her mother with her laundry service opened her eyes to the overwhelming discrepancy between the Black residents and her mother’s affluent white clients. She vowed to not only secure the same kind of home and finery for herself, but she would also help others in her community achieve the same.
With her single-minded determination, Maggie buckled down and went from schoolteacher to secretary-treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, founder of a newspaper, a bank, and a department store where Black customers were treated with respect. With the help of influential friends like W.E.B. DuBois and Mary McLeod, she revolutionized Richmond in ways that are still felt today. Now, her rich, full story is revealed in this stirring and intimate novel.
“A Right Worthy Woman is a remarkable and stirring novel, a story destined to be told. Ruth P. Watson brings to vivid life a woman who changed history, a woman both determined and fascinating, a woman named Maggie Lena Walker. From the heartbreaking opening line to the closing scene, the reader is on a transformational journey as Maggie Lena Walker revolutionizes both Richmond, Virginia and women’s history. Inspiring and rich with detail, this is your next book club read.” — Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author
“History that’s never been told is being shared by master storyteller Ruth Watson in such an epic way.” — Brenda Jackson, New York Times bestselling author
“It is my distinct honor and pleasure to support this inspiring novel based on the life and times of Maggie Lena Walker, who was one of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority esteemed honorary members, inducted into our beloved organization in 1926.” — Dr. Valerie Hollingsworth Baker, 25th International Centennial President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc
About the Author
Ruth P. Watson is the author of Blackberry Days of Summer, An Elderberry Fall, Cranberry Winter, and Strawberry Spring. A musical stage play, Blackberry Daze, is based on her debut novel. She is the recipient of the Caversham Fellowship, an artist and writer’s residency in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where she published her first children’s book in Zulu, Our Secret Bond. She is a freelance writer and member of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and has written for Upscale, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other publications. She is an adjunct professor and project manager, who lives with family in Atlanta, Georgia. https://www.ruthpwatson.com/

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park to host 160th Anniversary Observance of the 1863 Willtown Raid
2023-07-08 10:30 | SC
On Saturday, July 8 at 10:30 am, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park will hold a free one-hour, ranger-guided program at the Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve in Port Royal marking the 160th Anniversary of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers raid on Willtown Bluffs.
In the early morning hours of July 10, 1863 African American soldiers of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry launched a raid up the Edisto River and along the bluffs of Willtown, South Carolina – a backcountry mission which led to the liberation of around 200 enslaved people. For those who lived along this particular stretch of the Edisto River, July 10, 1863 marked their last day in slavery, and the beginning of new lives of freedom amongst the Sea Islands. Many remembered this time as “The Year of Jubilee,” or a time of widespread emancipation on the South Carolina coast. The Willtown Raid took place little more than a month after Harriet Tubman and soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry liberated over 750 people along the Combahee River.
In commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the Willtown Raid, the National Park Service is planning special programming to take place at Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve in Port Royal on July 8 at 10:30am.
This ranger-led program, centered around the events of the raid, will meet at the site of Camp Saxton where the soldiers of the 1st South Carolina trained for service in the months leading up to the Willtown Raid. The Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve is located at 601 Old Fort Road. Visitors are encouraged to bring a water bottle and a lightweight folding chair. There is some parking at the Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve, and the site is located around a ½ mile walk from the Port Royal Farmers Market.
For more information about Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, visit www.nps.gov/reer

Beaufort Litter Patrol 2 Year Anniversary Community Clean Up
2023-07-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Shellring Ale Works, 1111 11th street, Port Royal, SC, 29935, US
Come celebrate TWO years of community clean-ups with Beaufort Litter Patrol on Sunday, July 9th, from Noon to 2pm at Shellring Ale Works in Port Royal.
This will be an extended event, come when you can.
We will be setting up AT Shellring Aleworks with a table and supplies.
Come check-in at the BLP table to grab your supplies before you venture out for 30 minutes to clean-up litter. Once you’re done, drop your trash back off at the check-in table where we will have hand sanitizer and a small treat waiting for you before you grab a drink from Shellring.
Be sure to enter your name in for a raffle of prizes from local businesses!!

An Afternoon with Beatriz Williams, Author of The Beach at Summerly
2023-07-09 13:00 - 14:30 | Pat Conroy Literary Center, 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Literary Center will host an afternoon with New York Times bestselling novelist Beatriz Williams, author of the The Beach at Summerly, on Sunday, July 9, at 2:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, this event will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; call 843-379-7025 to reserve in advance.
ABOUT THE NOVEL
New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams returns with a ravishing summer read, taking readers back to a mid-century New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue.
June 1946. As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly’s year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island’s settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating men, and involved herself in political causes. She’s also the beloved aunt of the two surviving Peabody sons, Amory and Shep, with whom Emilia has a tangled romantic history.
As the summer wears on, Emilia develops a deep rapport with Olive, who urges her to leave the island for a life of adventure, while romance blossoms with the sturdy and honorable Shep. But the heady promise of Peabody patronage is blown apart by the arrival of Sumner Fox, an FBI agent who demands Emilia’s help to capture a Soviet agent who’s transmitting vital intelligence on the West’s atomic weapon program from somewhere inside the Summerly estate.
April 1954. Eight years later, Summerly is boarded up and Emilia has rebuilt her shattered life as a professor at Wellesley College, when shocking news arrives from Washington—the traitor she helped convict is about to be swapped for an American spy imprisoned in the Soviet Union, but with a mysterious condition only Emilia can fulfill. A reluctant Emilia is summoned to CIA headquarters, where she’s forced to confront the harrowing consequences of her actions that fateful summer, and a choice that could destroy the Peabody family—and Emilia’s chance for redemption—all over again.
Beatriz Williams is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including Her Last Flight, The Summer Wives, and The Golden Hour, as well as All the Ways We Said Goodbye, cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.
