Celebrating Art, Culture, & History on Hilton Head Island
6TH ANNUAL CRESCENDO CELEBRATION OF ARTS & CULTURE
2022
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WELCOME TO THE
6th Annual Crescendo: CELEBRATION OF ARTS CULTURE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND
This regional event, organized in honor of October’s National Arts and Humanities month, showcases the vast array of arts, culture and history organizations, individual artists, performers, and authors residing and working on Hilton Head Island. With over 100 events produced during this time frame, there is something for everyone and we would venture to say that there are many somethings for everyone. Whether you like theatre, jazz, outdoor concerts, poetry, art classes, dance performances, or history, Hilton Head Island is where you will find it this fall. Our signature arts and humanities events this year include a free Hilton Head Island Symphony Orchestra pops concert in Lowcountry Celebration Park, the Latin Music Fest produced by our friends at La Isla Magazine, and the return of TedX Hilton Head. We’re also psyched about the return of Rock N’ Ribs to Coligny Plaza featuring food from BBQ pitmasters across the Southeast and music by the Grammy Award winning jam band Blues Traveler. And, of course, we will close Crescendo with the 2022 Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade. This month-long fête kicks off with a free party at Shelter Cove Community Park featuring performances by celebrated musicians and dancers, Gullah storytelling, and a mini art market featuring Island artists. This year, we’ll also be cutting the ribbon on the Island’s new Sculpture Walk and hosting walking tours by the artists who created the work along the trail. Throughout this catalog you will find many things to see, do and learn from and you can stay engaged with up-to-the minute changes at CultureHHI.org/ Crescendo2022. We can’t wait to celebrate our cultural community with you!
Signature Events
Crescendo Kick-Off Party Shelter Cove Community Park, Oct 11, 2022 Rock N’ Ribs HHI Coligny Plaza, Oct 14-15, 2022 Latin Music Festival Shelter Cove Community Park, Oct 16, 2022 HHSO Symphony Under the Stars Lowcountry Celebration Park, Oct 21, 2022 TEDxHiltonHead 2022 Seahawk Cultural Center, Nov 4, 2022 Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade South Forest Beach, Nov 12, 2022
For full calendar of events Scan or visit CultureHHI.org/events
Theatre & Dance
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Little Shop of Horrors Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Oct 1-30, 2022 The Taming Lean Ensemble Theater, Oct 20-30, 2022 Rising Stars Island School Council for the Arts, Nov 5, 2022 Spamilton: An American Parody Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Nov 10-12, 2022 The Nutcracker Hilton Head Dance Theatre, Nov 11-20, 2022
Visual Arts
Art Quilters of the Lowcountry Coastal Discovery Museum, Sept 10 - Oct 23, 2022 CraftHiltonHead2022 Art League of Hilton Head, Oct 4-Nov 12, 2022 Featured Artist Exhibit: Richard Grant Art League Academy, Oct 1-Nov 30, 2022 Sweetgrass Basket Making Classes Coastal Discovery Museum, Every Saturday Fall Art Festival BO Art, Oct 22, 2022 Featured Artist Exhibit: Amiri Farris Gallery at Island Rec, Oct 1 - Dec 31, 2022 Discovery Night at the Museum Coastal Discovery Museum, Every Thursday Art League 50th Anniversary Gala Sonesta Hotel, Oct 29, 2022 Lantern Puppet Making with Hobey Ford Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Oct 29, 2022 Lisa D. Watson: Avant Gardener Coastal Discovery Museum, November 2022
Lantern Puppet Workshop featuring Master Puppeteer Hobey Ford October 29 @ 9:30 a.m. Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Education Alana Adams and Master Puppeteer Hobey Ford. From pirates and mermaids to crabs and critters, participants will get creative as they craft their very own illuminated lantern rod puppet to participate in the Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade on November 12, 2022. Create a one-of-a kind Lantern Puppet using an assortment of translucent forms and materials under the guidance of the Arts Center’s Senior Director. Ages 13+. More Info @ ArtsHHI.com
Oct & Nov Classes @ the Art League Academy: • Painting Landscapes, Faces & Figures in an Abstract/ Impressionistic Style with Art Cornell • Stained Glass Christmas STARS with Cynthia Buckley • Spooky Halloween Stained Glass with Cynthia Buckley • Jewelry Making, Polymer Clay Beads with Jami Wright • Painting Marshes 101 with Addison Palmer • Mixed Media: B-E-E Kind with Julie Schroeder • Amazing Watercolors with Julie Schroeder • Dive Into Alcohol Inks with Julie Schroeder • Mixed Media MAYHAM with Debi West • Blowing Flowers in Alcohol Inks with Julie Schroeder • Pinot & Palette Knife, an Evening of Wine and Art with Julie Schroeder • Edible Art Series - Thanksgiving Cookies, Gobble Gobble with Jami Wright • Learn How To Create Collages with Washi Tape with Joan Moreau McKeever
6th Annual Gullah Food Festival October 29, 2022 Gullah Museum of Hilton Head
Come as vendors serve up their best pot and recipes of Shrimp and Grits, Seafood Gumbo, Devil Crabs and Stew Chicken, and more. An all ages event that celebrates the heritage and the tradition of the Island. Featuring music by Stee & the Ear Candy Band. More Info @ GullahMuseumHHI.org
Music Songwriter Series Lowcountry Celebration Park, Every Thursday Rock N’ Ribs HHI Coligny Plaza, Oct 14-15, 2022 Latin Music Festival Shelter Cove Community Park, Oct 16, 2022 HHSO Symphony Under the Stars Lowcountry Celebration Park, Oct 21, 2022 HHSO Season Opener: Coleridge-Taylor and Dvořák First Presbyterian Church, Oct 23-24, 2022 Jazz For All Ages Jazz Fest Sonesta Resort, Oct 30-31, 2022 HHSO Jazz: America’s Voice SoundWaves, Nov 6-7, 2022 The Performing Arts Consortium Benefit Concert TidePointe, Nov 9, 2022
History 2022 Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade Saturday, November 12, 2022 South Forest Beach - Free
Featuring artist Chantelle Rytter, the Lantern Parade is a free event to celebrate the history, ecology and people of Hilton Head Island. We want to see our whole community as volumes of light! The only requirement to participate is having a lantern! Lineup for the parade begins at 5:00 p.m. at the Alder Lane Beach Access. The parade will step off at 5:45 PM, right after sunset, and travel north along South Forest Beach up to Coligny Beach Park. Spectators can watch along the beach anywhere between Alder Lane and Coligny Beach Park. More Info @ culturehhi.org/lanternparade2022
Forts of Port Royal Coastal Discovery Museum, Every Wednesday Civil War Era Coastal Discovery Museum, Every Thursday 2022 Ghosts and Myths of Hilton Head Island Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery, Oct 20-22, 2022 Italian Heritage Festival Coastal Discovery Museum, Oct 22, 2022 6th Annual Gullah Food Festival The Gullah Museum of Hilton Head, Oct 29, 2022 Living Museum of Artists through the Centuries Island Academy, Nov 3, 2022
Humanities
Kent Harrington: North Korea’s Nuclear Threat World Affairs Council, Oct 21, 2022 Grand Motoring Film Festival Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Nov 3, 2022 TEDxHiltonHead 2022 Seahawk Cultural Center, Nov 4, 2022 Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival, Nov 4-6, 2022
Symphony Under the Stars
Sergie Medvedev: The Return of the Russian Leviathan World Affairs Council, Nov 4, 2022
October 21 @ 7:30 PM Lowcountry Celebration Park
Kevin Cassidy: Global Supply Chains World Affairs Council, Nov 11, 2022
Enjoy jazz, musical theatre, and popular film score medleys at this free concert. A celebration of great American music under the stars. Bring a blanket or chair, a picnic dinner, and enjoy the HHSO al fresco. More Info @ HHSO.org
The Chef’s Table Gala Sea Pines Resort, Nov 10, 2022 Poetry & Patrón Tio’s Latin American Kitchen, Every Tuesday