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| 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 for the 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:
Recreation & Leisure Services Business Association Music & Art 2020 Season has been postponed to 2021 New virtual learning opportunities
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. |
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 (First Thursdays) and by FOGL at the Georgetown Library (Tuesdays with ...), check out our YouTube listings at 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. - Elizabeth Huntsinger, "Georgetown Historic Ghostlore" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5osxXdlDP0
- Steve Williams, "'Stony the Road We Trod: Notable Black Georgetonians" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJOw7iOHHoM
- Vanessa Greene, "A Continuum of Spirits: A Pictorial Presentation of Gullah Life in Georgetown County" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLc_msLFa2s
- Vennie Deas Moore, "Traveling the Historic Waters of Georgetown's Winyah Bay" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxZMNKT1aa8
- Justin McIntyre, "The History of the Battleship USS South Carolina, America's First Dreadnought" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPdsFQs7c8
- Zenobia Washington Harper, "The Gullah Dream Keeper" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5FZ1JXqozU
- Bud Hill, "Indigo Girl Eliza Lucas Pinckney: One of the Most Influential Women in American History" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmPDZeEe3A
- Laura Herriott, "The History of Wilma's Cottage on Sandy Island" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKi7CebZt5U
- Dedric Bond, "The Legacy of Georgetown's Committee for African American History Observances (CAAHO)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgUXLMc_YoE
- Marilyn Hemingway, "Continuing the March for Social and Economic Justice in Georgetown County" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkk9Oz1Z1gM
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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!! Fourth: Colorful and Crafty Sea Critters Mobile Kits were the hit of the Summer Reading Program and you can now buy the kits at the Friends Center Online Book Store and Gift Shop! Each kit contains all of the creatures, waves, string, paint, and glitter you need to create your very own Sea Critters Mobile. Made of laser-cut wood and crafted here at the Library, this well-designed kit is durable and easy to put together! It's an ideal project for a rainy day - or a Thanksgiving weekend with the grandchildren! The kit costs $20. After you pay securely online, you can pick up your mobile kit two days later at the Library, Monday-Friday from 10 AM-2 PM. 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.
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. Get Your Art On with the Myrtle Beach Art Museum's HOLIDAY GRAB 'N' GO GLAZE Glaze handmade pottery at your own pace & space. Pick up a kit from the Museum's Pottery Studio on one of the designated dates below. Each kit includes: handmade pottery of your choice (many new holiday-themed pieces, prices range from $10-$80), glaze, paint brushes, instructions and an online tutorial on how to glaze. Bring your work back on one of the designated drop-ff dates, and pottery studio manager Natalie von Loewenfeldt will fire it for you! - Pottery/Kit pick-up - Nov. 4 (3-5 PM) and Nov. 7 (2-4 PM)
- Glaze Pottery drop-off - Nov. 11 (3-5 PM) and Nov. 14 (2-4 PM)
- Final Pottery pick-up - Dec. 2 (3-5 PM) and Dec. 5 (2-4 PM)
Great for all ages, home schoolers, family projects, a personal alternative to online shopping! For more information, call Natalie at 843.238.2510 or visit www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org.
Wednesday, Nov. 4 10-11:30 AM - Georgetown County Library System (GCLS) offers "Before We Wrote, We Spoke: Vocal ways to recall oral traditions," a new online learning experience led by award-winning Plantersville poet Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul. 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. 1 PM - Brookgreen Gardens presents "Gullah Geechee Salone-Mania" at the Lowcountry Center Auditorium. The 50-minute interactive program Entertaining and educational, this interactive, cultural game show informs viewers about the rice culture lived and passed down by Gullah Geechee people of the southeastern coastal United States and its connections with Salone (Sierra Leone, West Africa). Each guest becomes a "contestant" who will answer questions about Gullah Geechee people, songs, history, culture, foods, and trivia. Also offered Nov. 11. Free with garden admission, however there is limited seating and reservations ARE required, 843.235.6049.
Thursday, Nov. 5 10 AM - FOWL First Thursday presents "The Bohemian South" with Shawn Bingham, Ph.D., coeditor of The Bohemian South: Creating Countercultures from Poe to Punk (UNC Press, 2017), about various ways, past and present, that the American South has served as an epicenter for progress, innovation, and experimentation. From the southern influence on nineteenth-century New York to the 1990s Athens, GA music scene, to cutting-edge cuisines of millennial Asheville, NC, the bohemian South has long challenged traditional views of the region as a cultural backwater. Dr. Bingham is Director of the Honors Scholars College and Associate Dean at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. To view the presentation 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 First Thursday presentations will also be made available for viewing afterwards on the Georgetown County Library YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-slNZZqPfl14nl7-faVD9Q?view_as=subscriber
Friday, Nov. 6 11 AM-1 PM - The Moveable Feast: Virginia Brock ( When the South Wind Blows) at Inlet Affairs. Based on a Pawleys Island legend that tells the story of a restless spirit and the dangerous times he lived in, Brock's historical novel 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.
5:30-8:30 PM - Brookgreen Gardens' Brew at the Zoo is always a favorite fall event. This year the event will be held in Bruce Munro's expansive work of art, The Field of Light. The Paul Grimshaw Band will be performing! Three food trucks will be on site for our guests to choose from: Austin's Garden Galley, EZ Cheezy Food Truck and The Fish Shak. All Brookgreen events are fundraisers so tickets are non-refundable; unused tickets will be considered a donation to Brookgreen Gardens. This event is only open to those aged 21 and over. Tickets are $40 for members, $45 for the general public, and $20 for guests designated as drivers. One ticket is required for every person. Space is limited.
Wednesday, Nov. 11 1 PM - Brookgreen Gardens presents "Gullah Geechee Salone-Mania" at the Lowcountry Center Auditorium. See Nov. 4 entry for details. Free with garden admission, however there is limited seating and reservations ARE required, 843.235.6049. 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 10 AM - 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. Team of four $700; individuals, $500. 843.546.8436, jdyer@visitgeorge.com or www.visitgeorge.com.
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