The 8th Annual Kiawah Island Art and House Tour will take place on Friday, April 11 from 2pm – 6pm on beautiful Kiawah Island. The tour features five exceptional homes with views of the salt marsh, ocean, ponds and lagoons that showcase spectacular private art collections. Gibbes, etc., a group of Kiawah Island women dedicated to supporting the Gibbes Museum of Art, has produced this event since the group was founded in 2001.
Fitter, Happier: Instrumental Arrangements of Radiohead
The College of Charleston School of the Arts will be presenting the work of music students Andrew Walker and Lee Marchbanks in a benefit concert entitled Fitter, Happier: Instrumental Arrangements of Radiohead. For the concert, Walker and Marchbanks have created original arrangements for classical ensembles from the music of popular rock group Radiohead. The evening, benefiting Charleston Breast Center, will be held at the Sottile Theatre at 44 George St. on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 8 p.m.
[Read more…]
Sidewalk Arts Festival – Savannah, Georgia
The Savannah College of Art and Design presents the annual Sidewalk Arts Festival April 28, 2007. This popular event features a chalk drawing competition on the sidewalks of Savannah’s centerpiece, beautiful Forsyth Park. Drawing competition entries will be judged and awarded prizes. The event also includes food, and children’s and youth areas for young artists as well as live music throughout the day.
Admission is free and open to the public. The chalk competition features categories for students, alumni and prospective students.
Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Forsyth Park, between Whitaker and Drayton streets, Savannah, Ga.
for more information, visit www.scad.edu
Amelia Island Is Going Wild – Amelia Island, Florida
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – The 2008 Wild Amelia Nature Festival, May 16-18, is an exciting and memorable way for residents and visitors to experience the wild side of Florida’s Amelia Island. The three-day festival offers something for everyone, with more than 25 seminars and outdoor experiences designed to showcase the natural beauty and wonder of the popular barrier island destination.
Bed and Breakfast Tours in 2008 – Amelia Island, Florida
The Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Association invites the public to enjoy three new open-house walking tours in 2008.
Beginning on Saturday, May 10, the seven member inns will offer a House and Garden Tour, giving guests a unique view of some of Amelia Island’s hidden gardens. Scheduled the day before Mother’s Day, the House and Garden Tour will showcase the properties’ flowering gardens, period architecture and unique decorating schemes.
Addison on Amelia, the Amelia Island Williams House, the Ash Street Inn, Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, Fairbanks House, Florida House Inn and the Hoyt House will participate in the tours.
In the fall, the inns will open again, on Saturday, Oct. 11, for a Fall Decorating Tour, and again on Saturday, Nov. 22, for a Holiday Cookie Tour.
Fairbanks House owner Theresa Hamilton, formerly the Holiday Tour coordinator, proposed three, smaller tours as a way for guests to enjoy the inns throughout the year.
Tickets for the tours are $20/each or $45 for the series and will be available beginning in April at any of the seven inns and the Chamber of Commerce Gateway Office.
For more information, visit www.ameliaislandinns.com.
[Read more…]