Thursday, October 15, 2020

Your FOWL newsletter is here!

What's happening on the Waccamaw Neck ~ compliments of the Friends of Waccamaw Library!

Dear Friends, 

The Georgetown County Library System continues Phase 5 of their 7-phase re-opening strategy, library hours are Monday-Friday, 10 AM-6 PM

Browsing (30 minutes in the adult and young adult and children stacks), curbside book delivery and limited access to circulation desks plus limited access to the adult computer area!
  • Patrons can receive Circulation Desk assistance, and faxing and copying services are available.
  • Thirty (30) minute sessions are available for computers in the adult computer area.
  • Patrons (including children three years of age and older) must wear a face covering if they enter the building. The Library has a limited number to give out.
  • Curbside book delivery is still available.
See the library website and Facebook page for exact working details.
  • Accepting phone calls Mon-Fri, 10 AM-6 PM: 843-545-3623
  • Free WiFi in the Library parking lot, 24/7: Password wifi123!
  • 60-day temporary cards so folks who don't already have a library card can use e-book services.
Also, Waccamaw Library is offering access to its archive of videotaped programs on the Georgetown County Library YouTube channel. These videos will be posted on Tuesdays at 10 AM under "In Case You Missed It" on the Georgetown County Library Facebook page and also on the FOWL Facebook page. This is a good opportunity to view adult programs and series that you might have missed (or want to see again) from the comfort of your home. Please "like" or comment to increase activity on the Facebook page! For virtual and online library resources, visit
Join Friends of the Waccamaw Library Facebook page - we now have a virtual Reader's Lounge: This group brings readers together to talk all things books. Feel free to discuss your favorite books, favorite characters, current reads, and books you can't wait to read. Please be mindful of others and don't spoil the book for someone!

For accurate and up-to-date information from the "horse's mouth," about favorite venues, hosting sites, and organizations, please visit their websites:

Avian Conservation Center                www.TheCenterforBirdsofPrey.org 
Brookgreen Gardens                           www.Brookgreen.org 
Burroughs & Chapin Art Museum    www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.com 
Chamber of Commerce, Gtn Co        www.VisitGeorge.com  
CLASS (Fall Art Courses)                     www.ClassAtPawleys.com 
Coastal Carolina University                www.Coastal.edu/culturalarts 
Freewoods Farm                                  www.FreewoodsFarm.com                  
Georgetown Business Association    www.GeorgetownSeaport.com    
Georgetown County Museum           www.GeorgetownCountyMuseum.com     
Georgetown County Parks,                www.GTCounty.org  
   Recreation & Leisure Services       
Georgetown Library System              www.GeorgetownCountyLibrary.sc.gov 
Grand Strand Arts Calendar              www.TheArtsGrandStrand.org
Hampton Plantation                           www.SouthCarolinaParks.com  
Hobcaw Barony                                   www.HobcawBarony.org
Hopsewee Plantation                         www.Hopsewee.com 
Horry County Museum                      www.HorryCountyMuseum.org
Huntington Beach State Park            www.SouthCarolinaParks.com
Kaminski House Museum                  www.KaminskiMuseum.org 
Litchfield Books                                   www.LitchfieldBooks.com
The Moveable Feast                           www.ClassAtPawleys.com
Murrells Inlet 2020                             www.MurrellsInletSC.com
Myrtle Beach State Park                    www.MyrtleBeachSP.com
My Sister's Books                                www.MySistersBooks.com 
North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR           www.NorthInlet.sc.edu/discovery
Pat Conroy Literary Center                www.PatConroyLiteraryCenter.org
Pawleys Island/Litchfield                    www.JoinPilba.com 
   Business Association                     
Pawleys Island Festival of                   www.PawleysMusic.com
  Music & Art                                        2020 Season has been postponed to 2021
The Rice Museum                                www.RiceMuseum.org
Robin McCall's Storehouse Tours      www.StorehouseTours.com 
SALT (Senior Adventures in Learning & Travel) www.RideN2N.org/n2nsalt 
                                                                New virtual learning opportunities
SC Maritime Museum                         www.SCMaritimeMuseum.org
Sewee Visitor Center                           www.SeweeCenter.fws.gov
Strand Cinema                                      www.StrandCinema.org
Swamp Fox Players                              www.SwampFoxPlayers.com
Theatre of the Republic                      www.TheatreOfTheRepublic.com
Visitors Center, Gtn Co                        www.VisitGeorge.com
Friends of Waccamaw Neck Library  www.TheFOWL.org    
Winyah Rivers Foundation                  www.WinyahRivers.org

This newsletter: The Friends of Waccamaw Library's digital newsletter (sent on the first and 15th of each month) aims to let you know what's happening on the Waccamaw Neck and Georgetown (farther afield if it's library-related). This e-communication is sent to all Friends (whose e-dresses we have) and to all who ask to be added to the e-list.

In addition to the programming developed by the library system and the Friends (in red), we will cover other opportunities for quality experiences, education and entertainment. The information is organized by date, so scroll down to the date you are seeking. If you are part of a group or organization with news to share, we welcome your announcement. Keep it short; just the facts. We cannot reproduce an elaborate pdf with graphics and photos. The key information needed includes: Title of event, Where held, When (date and time), BRIEF description, Benefit for (if applicable), Cost (if any), Contact (phone and email), Website (for more information).
  
To be added to the e-mail list or to submit an announcement, please send your information directly to the e-newsletter editor Linda Ketron at:  linda@classatpawleys.com.
www.thefowl.org
Kids & Families at Waccamaw Library 
Outstanding virtual programs for kids and families have been developed for Waccamaw and Georgetown libraries. For more information, visit:

Adult Programs
For prior programs presented by FOWL at the Waccamaw Library and by FOGL at the Georgetown Library, check out our YouTube listings at
If you missed any of the DigiBridge presentations, all ten are available for viewing on the Georgetown County Library YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-slNZZqPfl14nl7-faVD9Q?view_as=subscriber
Please note: Even if you do not have a Facebook account, you can still go to the Library Facebook page and watch the presentations live.
CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS 

Missing your Friends Center bargain books and fabulous seasonal gifts?! FOWL has solutions! First: The .50 cent paperback cart and the bargain book cart have been brought out in front of the still-locked-down Friends Center. Second: Though the Friends Center is not open for browsing, a number of devoted volunteers have arranged to staff the pick-up site at the library during specific hours. Visit our online store, select from among the many gently used, cleaned, and so reasonably priced books and/or the great gifts available, pay securely with your credit card, and you will be notified when your items will be available for pick-up during specific hours at the library. Third: The famous book towers, now themed and including a gift or gift certificate worth at least $25, are available for only $30!! Here's your Friends Center shopping site: 

Check out the routinely re-stocked shelves of "Bargain Books to Benefit FOWL" at the Litchfield Exchange (14363 Ocean Highway behind Applewood House of Pancakes). Browse through organized hardcovers ($1) and paperbacks (50 cents) and find recent releases and older treasures you always meant to read. Your donations can be placed in the envelopes provided and slipped under the door of Art Works (if no one is on duty). The traditional FOWL Annual Book Sale in July and the Holiday Book Sale have both been cancelled as the Friends - volunteers all - do not feel it can be safely organized and delivered. We will let you know if and when a book sale can go forward; meanwhile, many of the "best" recycled books are being shelved by Berni and Chuck Bader at the Litchfield Exchange.

To view library presentations live, go to the Georgetown County Library Facebook page at the scheduled date and time: 
https://www.facebook.com/Georgetown-County-Library-103748677057/?ref=bookmarks You do not have to have a Facebook account to watch the presentations on the Georgetown County Library Facebook page.  If you miss a presentation on Facebook Live, all four presentations will also be made available for viewing afterwards on the Georgetown County Library YouTube page:

PILBA announced its Call To Entry for Wreaths for their 3rd Annual Festival of Wreaths, Nov. 18-20, 2020 to benefit Smith Medical Clinic. Area artists, designers and businesses are being asked to create and donate wreaths to be auctioned starting Nov. 18 online, and at the Live Auction at the Wreath Fest Party on the evening of Friday, Nov. 20. Admission to the Wreath Fest is free to PILBA Members and wreath donors. Tickets are $20 in advance and at the door. If you know of anyone who would be interested in joining this ZOOM event who is not already a member of PILBA, please encourage them to join! Its FREE for the rest of this year. Have them log onto our website and use PROMO CODE: Join2020. www.joinpilba.com.
 
Through Thursday, Oct. 22
10 AM - Low Country Herb Society virtual meeting features Carmen Ketron MUSC (Round 2) via Zoom. Members will be notified when 'in-person' meetings will resume. This year Low Country Herb Society will not be having its typical annual Fall Festival. Instead Inlet Culinary Garden has offered to continue to support our scholarship fund.  Starting October 13 through October 22 Inlet Culinary Garden will donate a percentage of sales to our scholarship fund. This scholarship fund helps local students planning to study in a field using herbs, whether agriculture, horticulture, medicine, etc.. So, start making your list of fall plants and favorite autumn decorations.  Inlet Culinary Garden always has a great selection of herbs, vegetables, fall plants, pumpkins and squash!  Stop by any day through October 22. Contact sclchsnews@gmail.com or look for us on Facebook.

Friday, Oct. 16
11 AM-1 PM - The Moveable Feast: Jeff D. Upshaw (Twelve Days in Sunset) at Litchfield Country Club. Jeff Upshaw grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. After 35 years working for ad agencies in Memphis, Dallas, and Atlanta, he retired to catch his breath and write this book. Jeff lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Ann. He has two grown children and five grandchildren. Twelve Days in Sunset is his first book and was inspired by his many visits to his grandparents' home in the tiny town of Louise, Mississippi. Bull Santee, a thirteen-year-old black boy, is being held by the sheriff of tiny Sunset, Mississippi for sneaking into a white man's back yard and brutally beating his pet dog to death. But Shy Brown knows Bull didn't do it. How did Shy, a privileged white kid from Memphis and the grandson of one of the most important men in Sunset, get involved in something as ugly and dastardly as this? What does Shy know? How does he know it? And what is he going to do about it? Limited capacity, social distancing observed, masks required. $30, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com

Friday & Saturday, Oct. 16-17
7-9:30 PM - Autumn Nights in the Field of Light at Brookgreen Gardens. Spend a beautiful fall evening that begins with a Lowcountry Supper of Frogmore Stew, Chicken Bog, and roasted oysters. Then wander through Bruce Munro's exquisite Field of Light with your favorite beverage. Possibly the most romantic date-night ever! Tickets are $45 for members and $50 for general public. Your ticket includes admission and your meal. A cash wine and beer bar will be available.  A VIP package is also available, which includes 2 admission tickets, Lowcountry Supper Buffet with reserved seating in the Leonard Pavilion, 2 glasses of wine, Premier parking, and Bruce Munro's book, Light book which features photos from the Brookgreen exhibit, photos from his exhibits around the world, and the artist's inspiration for his work.  Also offered Oct. 23-24, Oct. 30-31. 843.235.6000 or www.Brookgreen.org. 

Saturday, Oct. 17
8 AM-1 PM - The Friends of Georgetown Library (FOGL) Book Sale at the Georgetown Farmers Market (on Screven Street across from the old County Courthouse) continues every Saturday through October. Please note that each week different books are for sale and different topics are offered.  The prices will be: hardbacks, $1.00; paperbacks, $.50; coffee table books, $2.00; and antiquarian and rare books, $3.00.

10 AM-2 PM - "Back to Front" features visits with the artists of Art Harbor Gallery, The Cottage, and The Georgetown Art Gallery as they paint "en plein air" in Georgetown's Historic Business District. Reception to follow at the Cottage from 2-3 PM (some finished works will available for purchase). Masks are required at all locations and please observe social distancing.

Monday-Thursday, Oct. 19-29
4 PM daily - Georgetown Library offers Palmetto Storytelling Festival - Online! Just in time for cozy gatherings with hot cocoa, the Georgetown County Library is offering the Palmetto Storytelling Festival, a celebration of Gullah-inspired tales, amazing animal yarns, and even some spooky stories. A different Georgetown County storyteller will appear each day on Facebook > Georgetown County Library at 4 pm, from October 19 - 29. Natalie Daise, Gloria Barr Ford, Zenobia Harper, Elizabeth Huntsinger, and Jolla Powell each have side-splitting, hair-raising, and touching tales that will appeal to all ages. There are also kid-friendly crafts featured on some of the broadcasts, and free supplies for the crafts are available at all four library branches. (Monday-Friday at Georgetown and Waccamaw, and Monday - Thursday at Andrews and Carvers Bay.) The Festival is sponsored in part by a grant from the Bunnelle Foundation. If you have any questions, please call Sheila Sullivan at 843.545.3310.

Wednesday, Oct. 21
10-11:30 AM - Georgetown County Library System (GCLS)
 offers "Voice & Tone: Immersion in literature to speak truthfully and well,new online learning experience led by award-winning Plantersville poet Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul. All sessions will be conducted online with the video-conferencing program BlueJeans. The program is free and open to the public. However, space in the workshop is limited in order to give proper attention to all participants. Additional topics Oct. 28 and Nov. 4. To register, please contact Dr. Dan Turner at 843-545-3363 or dturner@gtcounty.org

11 AM - The Rice Museum announces "Juneteenth," a lecture and dramatic reading by Vennie Deas Moore, part of a series of lectures and events Under the Clock Tower, Sponsored in part by the SC Humanities Council. Social distancing and face masks required. Refreshments. Free to attend but reservations required. 843.546.7423.

Noon - SC Maritime Museum presents Smithsonian's Traveling exhibit "Water/Ways," a History at Home virtual series, with "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste" with Brian Hicks, author, senior writer/metro columnist, Charleston Post & Courier. $5, 843.520.0111, 
www.SCMaritimeMuseum.org or HHA.SCMM@gmail.com.

Friday, Oct. 23
11 AM-1 PM - The Moveable Feast: Carole Bellacera (Howling at the Moon) at Kimbel's, Wachesaw. Although she had dreams of becoming a novelist, Carole joined the United States Air Force to see the world and became a medical technician, serving assignments at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois and in Crete, Greece. It was in Crete that she met her Italian-American husband, Frank Bellacera. Her first published story recounted their chance meeting with Princess Di and Prince Charles; with its publication in the military magazine Family, she never looked back. After 11 years, Border Crossings was published and her dream of becoming a published novelist was realized. Now seven books later, she takes us to Salamander Cay in Howling at the Moon: A resort-like neighborhood on an artificial floating island off the coast of South Carolina where four very different women get together monthly for a "goddess meeting" to drink wine and generally have an all-out "bitch-fest." But behind the humor and close friendships, each woman harbors secrets that can destroy each other's lives. $30, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com.

Friday & Saturday, Oct. 23-24
7-9:30 PM - Autumn Nights in the Field of Light at Brookgreen Gardens. See Oct. 16-17 entry for details. Also offered Oct. 30-31. $45 (members), $50 (nonmembers), 843.235.6000 or www.Brookgreen.org. 

Saturday, Oct. 24
8 AM-1 PM - The Friends of Georgetown Library (FOGL) Book Sale at the Georgetown Farmers Market (on Screven Street across from the old County Courthouse) continues every Saturday through October. Please note that each week different books are for sale and different topics are offered. The prices will be: hardbacks, $1.00; paperbacks, $.50; coffee table books, $2.00; and antiquarian and rare books, $3.00.

10 AM-12:30 PM - SC Maritime Museum hosts part 1 of "Communal Pen: Water/Ways," a virtual writing workshop celebrating memories, stories and traditions of place.  No previous experience necessary. Space is limited. Free and open to the public. Part 2 offered Saturday, Oct. 31. For more information or to register, 803.734.8680.

10 AM-5 PM - Paint-in with Danny McLaughlin at the Litchfield Exchange. Join this day-long opportunity to paint with one of the region's finest. Bring finished/unfinished works in any medium, any subject matter, any skill level for review, suggestions and instruction in color theory and composition by one of the area's local art treasures. Offered alternate weeks, space is limited.Tables and chairs provided and spaced for safety; bring art supplies, face mask, and easel, if needed.  Also offered Oct. 24, Nov. 7 & 21, Dec. 5 & 19.  $50, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com. 

12:30 PM - The Rice Museum announces "The Friendship Bracelet," a children's program with Zenobia Harper, part of a series of lectures and events Under the Clock TowerSponsored in part by the SC Humanities Council. Social distancing and face masks required. Refreshments. Free to attend but reservations required. 843.546.7423.

Wednesday, Oct. 28
10-11:30 AM - Georgetown County Library System (GCLS) offers 
 "Sound & Noise: Consideration of the musicality of words," new online learning experience led by award-winning Plantersville poet Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul. All sessions will be conducted online with the video-conferencing program BlueJeans. The program is free and open to the public. However, space in the workshop is limited in order to give proper attention to all participants. Additional program on Nov. 4. To register, please contact Dr. Dan Turner at 843-545-3363 or dturner@gtcounty.org

Thursday, Oct. 29
11 AM - The Rice Museum announces "Reflections on Sierra Leone - A View of Two Rice Capitals," a lecture by Dennzon Winley, introduced by Zenobia Harper, part of a series of lectures and events Under the Clock Tower, sponsored in part by the SC Humanities Council. Social distancing and face masks required. Refreshments. Free to attend but reservations required. 843.546.7423.

Friday, Oct. 30
11 AM-1 PM - The Moveable Feast: Lee G. Brockington ("From Storytelling to Research to Writing) at Ocean One, Litchfield. FULL! And a special treat: Lee has culled her professional library of history books and will bring them for your browsing/purchasing pleasure! Come armed with cash, check or credit card! Brockington is the author of Plantation Between the Waters: A Brief History of Hobcaw Barony and editor of Pawleys Island, Stories from the Porch, as well as the coveted writer of photography captions (e.g., Linwood Altman's Pawleys Island: A Century of History and Photographs, 2008),forewords and introductions (e.g., Tanya Ackerman's Pawleys Island: Chasing the Light, 2014). $30, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com.

2 PM - Georgetown Library Livestream Talk/Q&A with Journalist Issac Bailey on Why Didn't We Riot?: A Black Man in Trumpland. Bailey is a South Carolina-based journalist and author who explores important, timely questions of racial division and equality in ways that combine the personal with the political. He is a native of Horry County who worked for years as a columnist and senior writer for The Sun News in Myrtle Beach. In 2011, he was awarded a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for stories about a child protection case in South Carolina; consequently, the state altered the way it manages such cases. Bailey is James K. Batten Professor of Public Policy at Davidson College, his alma mater. He has served as a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University, a frequent commentator for CNN, a columnist for The Charlotte Observer, and a contributor to Politico, Time, CNN.com, and The Washington Post. His previous book is My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South (Other Press, 2018). Because of COVID-19 concerns, library meeting rooms are currently closed to public gatherings; as a result, the Library will feature virtual presentations, while enabling folks to contribute to real-time Q&A sessions following each presentation by commenting on Facebook Live. All presentations are free and openly available to the public online. To view the presentations live, go to the Georgetown County Library Facebook page at the scheduled date and time: https://www.facebook.com/Georgetown-County-Library-103748677057/?ref=bookmarks You do not have to have a Facebook account to watch the presentations on the Georgetown County Library Facebook page. If you miss a presentation on Facebook Live, presentations will also be made available for viewing afterwards on the Georgetown County Library YouTube page:
 
Friday & Saturday, Oct. 30-31
7-9:30 PM - Autumn Nights in the Field of Light at Brookgreen Gardens. 
See Oct. 16-17 entry for details.  $45 (members), $50 (nonmembers), 843.235.6000 or www.Brookgreen.org. 

Saturday, Oct. 31
8 AM-1 PM - The Friends of Georgetown Library (FOGL) Book Sale at the Georgetown Farmers Market (on Screven Street across from the old County Courthouse) continues every Saturday through October. Please note that each week different books are for sale and different topics are offered.  The prices will be: hardbacks, $1.00; paperbacks, $.50; coffee table books, $2.00; and antiquarian and rare books, $3.00.

10-11 AM and 2-3 PM - Kaminski House Museum presents A Virtual Family Fun & Literacy Day with storytellers, spooky treats, fun crafts for the fall, and special messages from Miss Ruby's Kids and Freedom Readers. Craft boxes are available from Oct. 1 on with the items you'll need to make the crafts demonstrated in our virtual event ($10 on the Museum's website at www.KaminskiMuseum.org/products). 

10 AM-12 PM - SC Maritime Museum hosts part 2 of "Communal Pen: Water/Ways," a virtual writing workshop celebrating memories, stories and traditions of place.  No previous experience necessary. Space is limited. Free and open to the public. For more information or to register, 803.734.8680.

12:30 PM - The Rice Museum announces "Hags, Haints and the Plat Eye," a children's program with Natalie Daise, part of a series of lectures and events Under the Clock TowerSponsored in part by the SC Humanities Council. Social distancing and face masks required. Refreshments. Free to attend but reservations required. 843.546.7423.

Wednesday, Nov. 4
10-11:30 AM - Georgetown County Library System (GCLS) offers "Before We Wrote, We Spoke: Vocal ways to recall oral traditions,"  new online learning experience led by award-winning Plantersville poet Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul. All sessions will be conducted online with the video-conferencing program BlueJeans. The program is free and open to the public. However, space in the workshop is limited in order to give proper attention to all participants. To register, please contact Dr. Dan Turner at 843-545-3363 or dturner@gtcounty.org.

Thursday-Friday, Nov. 5-6
3:30-9 PM - Nights of a Thousand Candles Photography Workshop at Brookgreen Gardens. Instructors Jack Eyler and Bill Barber, assisted by Anne Malarich, George DeCamp, Bernie Lamar, and Don Nilles. Learn the techniques of night photography in this combination online and in person workshop. A Zoom virtual classroom covering the introduction to hight photography and necessary equipment will be held one week before the onsite workshops. Limited to 25 per evening. Social distancing and masks required. Members $35, Non-members $50. Register at www.Brookgreen.org/photoworkshop
 
Friday, Nov. 6
11 AM-1 PM - The Moveable Feast: Virginia Brock (When the South Wind Blows) at Inlet Affairs. When The South Wind Blows is based on a Pawleys Island legend that tells the story of a restless spirit and the dangerous times he lived in. It is also about the love of a man for the South Land and a woman that no battle of the Civil War could conquer, no storm could dampen as he rode through the swamps of South Carolina to make it home to her on the shores of Pawleys Island. Riding through the night, ferocious winds and high waters, he emerges on the shores of Georgetown County at dawn to face the most dangerous passage of all. The crossing of Winyah Bay, the Land between the Waters and a waterway named No Man's Friend Creek that will put him on a new path through a new dimension - finally to reach his beloved Katie Rose.  $30, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com.
 
Saturday, Nov. 7
10 AM-5 PM - Paint-in with Danny McLaughlin at the Litchfield Exchange. Join this day-long opportunity to paint with one of the region's finest. Bring finished/unfinished works in any medium, any subject matter, any skill level for review, suggestions and instruction in color theory and composition by one of the area's local art treasures. Offered alternate weeks, space is limited.Tables and chairs provided and spaced for safety; bring art supplies, face mask, and easel, if needed.  Also offered Nov. 21, Dec. 5 & 19.  $50, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com. 

Friday, Nov. 13
11 AM-1 PM - The Moveable Feast: Beach/Ketron/Malarich/McMillan/
Moore/Salmon (Sandy Island ... forever) at Pawleys Plantation.
Join the team of essayists, photographers, artists and editors to celebrate the completion of a three-year project to capture in words and images the world of Sandy Island, one of America's largest, undeveloped islands. Our intent is to provide a satisfying armchair appreciation of what has been preserved and why it matters. Sample the rich history of Sandy Island with Susan Hoffer McMillan, the Huntington/Brookgreen Garden connection to the island with Robin R. Salmon, the people of Sandy Island with Vennie Deas Moore, how the efforts of multiple individuals and agencies guaranteed the conservation of the island with Virginia and Dana Beach, and a natural history tour of Sandy Island with Linda Ketron and Anne Malarich. PLUS, a modified version of Litchfield Books Holiday Book Review, complete with the staff recommendations for great book gift-giving and free advance readers for those attending!
 $30, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com. 

Monday, Nov. 16
18th Annual Georgetown County Chamber Golf Classic at Wachesaw Plantation Club in Murrells Inlet, presented by The Lakes at Litchfield. Prizes awarded to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and last place teams as well as other individual skill awards. Red tee and mulligan add-ons are available for purchase upon registration.


ONGOING!
Renew Your FOWL Membership Online: Being a FOWL Member is so easy! You can now renew your membership on the FOWL website at www.theFOWL.org. Just click on "Join Us"  at the top of the page and fill in your information. With this new online process, renewal is faster and easier than ever. Your information is accurate and instantly accessible - plus you can renew your membership from home, any time day or night!  For those who prefer human interaction, you can still come in to the Friends Center in the Waccamaw Library and let one of our wonderful volunteers renew your membership for you.  Either way, we're so glad you are a FOWL Member, with all the benefits this entails, including Members Only events, Friends' Night at the Annual Book Sale, and numerous Volunteer opportunities - all in support of the Waccamaw Neck Branch Library.
 
FOWL Community Book Donations: Friends of Waccamaw Library  volunteers receive the donated books, categorize them, and deliver to them to a number of literacy-based and social-service nonprofits in the Waccamaw Neck Community.
Recent book recipients have been Freedom Readers, DSS offices, Friends of Arnett AME foster children, Waccamaw Recreation Center, and Habitat Restore. You can help us make a difference in our community by cleaning out your shelves of children's books and donating them to FOWL for this worthy cause.

Through Oct. 25 - Brookgreen Gardens presents the National Sculpture Society 87th Annual Awards Exhibition in the Jennewein Gallery (Rainey Pavilion). The extraordinary annual juried exhibition, by the oldest professional organization of sculptors in America, presents the work of masters alongside rising stars in American sculpture. Brookgreen Gardens is the only venue for this exhibit. Fifteen awards are presented by the Society along with the popular People's Choice Award, determined by votes of visitors to Brookgreen Gardens. Daily through Sunday, October 25, 9:30 AM- 5 PM, included with garden admission, 843.235.6000 or www.Brookgreen.org. 

Through Nov. 7 - The Rice Museum (633 Front St., Georgetown) presents the Waccamaw Neck Arts Alliance Show through Nov. 7. Meet the Artists  will be scheduled through the run of the exhibit. Tues.-Sat., Noon-4 PM, free admission, www.RiceMuseum.org or www.SCWNAA.org.

Through Nov. 26 - The "Gratitude" fabric arts exhibit by Cookie Washington of Goose Creek, SC, will be in the Lowcountry Center Auditorium, and can be viewed by only 10 guests at a time. It will showcase creations from throughout her career that exemplify the power and resilience of the human spirit.  Her project themes have included African American history, spirituality, portraits, and music. The exhibits may only be viewed by visitors wearing facial coverings, and they will be provided. Daily, Noon-4:30 PM, free with garden admission, 843.235.6000 or www.BrookgreenGardens.org.

Through December - Burroughs & Chapin Art Museum offers several new exhibits free and open to the public (with pandemic precautions observed), Tuesday-Saturdays, 10 AM-4 PM, 843.238.2510, www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org:
Persistence is an exhibition of over 60 commemorative medals in recognition of women who have challenged societal perceptions and worked to improve conditions for all. According to Hewitt, a senior art instructor at the University of South Carolina, "They are intended to familiarize and instruct, lest we forget the women that forged a path to give us voice today." Through Dec. 6.
From artist and educator Maura Kenny | Where the Rivers Flow is an exhibition of 35 watermedia paintings depicting the views, flora, fauna, people and architecture found along the great Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers, including their bays, creeks, inlets and islands. Her works range from sweeping views of the inlet at low tide or quiet, wildlife impressions of alligators resting in the marsh to majestic architectural renderings of historic buildings. Autographed copies of Sandy Island ... forever, featuring several of these paintings, are available in the Museum giftshop. Through Dec. 20.
Model Home is a modular, site-responsive sculptural installation of staged domestic spaces. Farrington, an artist/educator and Myrtle Beach native who now lives and works in the Raleigh, NC area, describes her work as a metaphor for the American ideal or dream: the commodity of a perfect domestic space marketed specifically for status, but an unattainable goal for most. Through Dec. 20.
Jim Creal | The South Carolina Coastal Lithograph Project. A native of Spartanburg, SC, who was educated in geology as well as in the fine arts, Creal uses the medium of traditional stone lithography to capture "the mood, spirit and rich diversity of South Carolina's coastal habitats and some of their extraordinary indigenous creatures." As Creal notes ominously, "What is here today may not be there for future generations to enjoy." Through Dec. 20.

Robin McCall's Storehouse Tours offers a series of day trips this fall, including:
Oct. 23 - The Hunley and Citadel Dress Parade
Nov. 5 - Charleston Carriage Ride and Charleston Market
Nov. 12 - Southport, N.C. and Fort Fisher Aquarium
Dec. 3 - Rosewood Manor
Dec. 15 - Mepkin Abbey Creche Festival

plus two extended trips to the Grand Hotel - Mackinac Island (Oct. 11-19, passport required) and to visit our nation's capitol during the holiday season (Dec. 6-9). For more information, visit www.StorehouseTours.com or 843.235.2966 or robininpi@gmail.com

Cultural events on the Grand Strand - Check out this updated nonprofit website: www.TheArtsGrandStrand.org, created and maintained by Murrells Inlet resident John Morken, is a complete calendar and guide to the fine arts from Calabash to Conway to Georgetown.  There are more than 700 events and 50 interviews per year.  The calendar displays as a month, week, day or agenda. Each event is categorized (e.g., music, art), and you can choose to view any or all of the categories by clicking on them in the dropboxes at the top of the calendar. For health reasons, John is seeking a dedicated person or group to take the reins of this valuable website and continue to provide timely information about the quality cultural offerings along the Grand Strand. He estimates the time commitment at 3-5 hours per week. If you are interested, please contact him at jmorken27@gmail.com.

FOWL Community Connector | Friends of Waccamaw Library| | linda@classatpawleys.com | www.theFOWL.org
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