Beaufort Art Association’s Spring Art Show winners announced

From staff reports

The 59th annual Beaufort Art Association’s Spring

Art Show and Sale opened

Monday, March 27, and was judged by Chris Robinson, retired Visiting Artist and Chair of Visual Art and Design at USC Beaufort.

The winners included:

Best in Show – Feeling the Way, by Penny Beesley

First Place – Floating

Over, by Tricia Gardner

Second Place – Rushing

In, by Beth Williams

Third Place – Excitement, by Mary Segars

BAA Founders Award –

The Birds, by Frank Cirulli

Also these special memorials were awarded: Midcoast Maine, by

Robert Steinmetz (Michael Pearson Memorial Watercolor Award)

Profile of Heron, by Robert Ryzner (Larry Kay Memorial Photography Award)

Fishing, by Lindsay Boyd (Neidich Memorial Award)

The Many Colors of My Day, by Frank Anson (Valerie Jansen Memorial Award)

Chinatown, San Francisco, by Lynne Morgan (Bogan Memorial Award)

The People’s Choice award, voted on by show attendees, will be announced soon.

Holy Trinity presents ‘Mischief Matters’ May 4, 5

From staff reports

More than 40 Holy Trinity

Classical Christian School students will be performing in the 10th annual Spring Production, “Mischief Matters,” at 6 p.m., on Thursday and Friday, May 4 and 5, at Praise Assembly Church, 800 Parris Island Gateway.

“Mischief Matters,” an original play written by Holy Trinity second-grade teacher and Drama Department Head Elizabeth Booman, is a play for the whole family.

Booman writes in her introduction: “Mischief is brewing in the town of Dusseldorf, Germany, in the year 1364, where the townspeople are crushed under the heavy hand of a power-hungry mayor. To make matters worse, a mysterious infestation of vermin threatens to overwhelm what little

Arts Briefs

CFA to show National Theatre

Live broadcast of ‘The Seagull’

USCB Center For The Arts will show the National Theatre Live broadcast of “The Seagull” at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 22.

Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) makes her West End debut in this 21st-century retelling of Anton Chekhov’s tale of love and loneliness.

A young woman is desperate for fame and a way out. A young man is pining after the woman of his dreams. A successful writer longs for a sense of achievement. An actress wants to fight the changing of the times. In an isolated home in the countryside, dreams lie in tatters, hopes are dashed, and hearts broken. With nowhere left to turn, the only option is to turn on each other.

Following his critically happiness they have. When an ancient, magical object is discovered in the river of Dusseldorf, Paulus Leuthold, the son of the rival may- or, wonders if its power can defeat the forces of evil – or if its power is locked somewhere in the past. To find the answer, Paulus must

WANT TO GO?

Who: Holy Trinity Classical Christian School’s 10th annual Spring Production

What: “Mischief Matters”

When: 6 p.m., Thursday and Friday, May 4 and 5

Where: Praise Assembly Church, 800 Parris Island Gateway journey into the pages of history, back to the little town of Hamelin, where he is faced with startling truths about his past, his future, and the future of all Dusseldorf.”

Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for students. Visit www.HTCCS.org/ theater/mischief-matters/ or call the school’s office at 843-5220660.

Booman began writing plays for her family to perform when she was 9; she has loved theater and writing ever since. She wrote her first play for non-family members in 2012 when the need arose for a school Christmas program. Since then, she has written, directed, and choreographed 20 more plays for Holy Trinity Classical Christian School. Elizabeth Booman writes the scripts, songs, and lyrics, while her sister Anna Booman provides musical arrangement. Anna Booman teaches music and art at Holy Trinity. Complete with songs and dances, strong morals and Christian ideals, “Mischief Matters” is a play for the whole family. Online ticket reservations and payment are available on the school’s website at www.HTCCS. org/theater/mischief-matters/ The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for students. For additional information, contact the school’s office at 843-522-0660. acclaimed five-star production of Cyrano de Bergerac, Jamie Lloyd brings Anya Reiss’ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play to stage. Filmed live in London’s West End. For more information or tickets, call USCB Center for the Arts at 843-521-4145 or visit uscbcenterforthearts.com

Pat Conroy book club starts this month

The nonprofit Conroy Center and the 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, the cost is $10 per person. Advance registration is required at http://

Education Briefs

LIMS performing ‘Pirates 2’

The Lady’s Island Middle School’s Theatre and Chorus presents “Pirates 2 – Hidden Treasure” at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 20.

Tickets are $5 for the public and $3 for children, ages 4 to 14 years old.

2 from Beaufort initiated into Phi Kappa Phi

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines:

• Elizabeth Chain of Beaufort (29907) at Clemson University

Ethan Glover of Beaufort (29902) at Clemson University bit.ly/40Ixlm7. Discussions will be held at The Rhett House Inn at 1009 Craven Street, Beaufort).

The initial schedule is as follows:

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)

Lowcountry Wind Symphony performing

April 30

The Lowcountry Wind Symphony will perform “European Escapade” from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, April 30 at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. This is another of the many family-oriented events the City of Beaufort is bringing to Waterfront Park in 2023.

– Staff reports

They are among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

Beaufort’s Rohrbough honored at OSU

Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll Winter 2023 have