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Written by Mindy Lucas
Monday, 15 February 2021 07:59
Rich in American history, Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve now open to the public� By Mindy Lucas At the end of a narrow road running through an unassuming residential section on the eastern side of Port Royal Island, sits an equally unassuming but picture-perfect little park overlooking the Beaufort River. Here Spanish moss, hanging from the branches of hardwoods and massive live oaks, stirs gently in the breeze as salt marshes give way to a grand sweeping view of the river.�
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 07:38
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Illuminating the Life of Robert Smalls

Written by Patricia Denkler
Monday, 15 February 2021 07:26
Fortitude: the strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage � Merriam-Webster �Before this decisive night, I�d not fully appreciated the subtle line between inspiration and insanity. But now, with all of our lives at risk, I found myself navigating that most perilous edge. "Only the enslaved can fathom the price and the cost of freedom � life or death itself. Not only my life, but that of my wife, our children. And not just my family�s, but those of my crewmates.��Would we live an unknown future of freedom, or perish to the dark and watery depths? Men.�Women. Babies. Fifteen lives hanging in the balance, entrusted to me.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 07:13
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On Springsteen, The Middle, and The Media

Written by Margaret Evans, Editor
Monday, 15 February 2021 08:55
By Margaret Evans, Editor It was just past halftime on Super Bowl Sunday, and I was in bed reading.� (Hey, I�d made it through the first half � despite having no interest in football � and the entire halftime show, despite having no knowledge of �The Weeknd,� his music, why he spells his name like that, or what was up with those creepy, bandage-faced dancers. My wifely duty was done.)
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 08:31
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Divine Comedy

Written by Margaret Evans, Editor
Monday, 01 February 2021 14:28
Filmmaker�Chris White�talks storytelling, music, memory, and the�second coming of�Electric Jesus�to the Beaufort International Film Festival. �By Margaret Evans, Editor For Greenville filmmaker Chris White, appearing at the Beaufort International Film Festival � whether as an actor, screenwriter, director, or producer � has become something of an annual tradition. �Except for that one year I was snubbed,� he cracks. ��We shall never speak of it,� I whisper.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 06:57
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Stars Align for 'Bama in Beaufort

Written by Mark Shaffer
Monday, 01 February 2021 13:50
Apart from a readily available and highly effective vaccine what the world in lockdown craves most right now is distraction. We wish to be removed from reality and transported to a place without care in a way not experienced since the Great Depression. As it turns out, the perfect prescription for pandemic escapism was filled right here in Beaufort and is currently being administered at will, often in multiple doses, via your preferred method of Video on Demand.�
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2021 06:56
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Presenting The BIFFwich

Written by Debbi Covington
Monday, 15 February 2021 07:38
We�re smack dab in the middle of the 15th annual Beaufort International Film Festival. It�s been a wonderful week so far, and we still have several days of film watching to look forward to. In honor of BIFF, and with the help of BIFF co-directors Ron and Rebecca Tucker, I created the BIFFwich.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 06:54
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Against All Odds

Written by Margaret Evans
Monday, 01 February 2021 13:28
The 15^thAnnual Beaufort International Film Festival Goes Live By Mark Shaffer, Editor at Large Around this time last year as the Beaufort International Film Festival was coming to the end of another record-breaking run, the term �COVID 19� was rapidly becoming part of the worldwide public lexicon. Ron and Rebecca Tucker � like most people � thought that whatever this thing was, it would certainly run its course by summer�s end. And then like the hackneyed plot of a Sci-Fi �B� movie, the world went into lockdown. The virus spread, and . . . well, we all know the rest. The Tuckers, who run the festival via the Beaufort Film Society, have parlayed BIFF into a destination event during a traditionally slow time for business in Beaufort. If at all possible, the Tuckers felt the show must go on.�
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 06:56
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Requiem for a (Movie) Heavyweight

Written by Mark Shaffer
Monday, 01 February 2021 13:43
Danny Aiello�s final film premieres at BIFF �Michael Corleone says hello.�� The scene is from Francis Ford Coppola�s classic The Godfather: Part II. Corleone family enforcer, Tony Rosato casually drops the line as he attempts to assassinate Frank Pantangeli in one of the film�s most harrowing and pivotal moments. It was Danny Aiello�s only line in the film. In hindsight it served as his �hello� as one of the great character actors of his time.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 06:57
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Best Supporting Snacks

Written by Debbi Covington
Tuesday, 02 February 2021 06:06
Roll out the red carpet! The 15th annual Beaufort International Film Festival is almost�here. Starting on Monday night, February 15^th�we�ll be viewing all of the nominated flicks leading up to the Awards Ceremony on Friday, February 19th. For many people, the experience of going to the movies includes popcorn and candy.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 06:57
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Written by Editor
Monday, 15 February 2021 07:31
*Bestselling Novelist Sara Shepard and Teen Actress Lilia Buckingham join Conroy Center for virtual conversation* The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host�#1 New York Times best-selling novelist Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars)�and teen actress and advocate Lilia Buckingham, coauthors of the new novel�Influence, a murder mystery set in the glamorous and precarious world of instantly famous social media influencers. Shepard and Buckingham will be in conversation with the Conroy Center's Beaufort High School student intern Holland Perryman and executive director Jonathan Haupt.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2021 07:01
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