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PHOTOS PROVIDED BY HILTON HEAD ISLAND CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE & MOTORING FESTIVAL Given that cars and their owners come from all over the country, if not the world, to participate in Hilton Head’s Concours, it’s very impressive (and a compliment to the show) that nearly half of the Best of Show winners have agreed to send…
By Carolyn Males When you own a video company named Popcorn Octane, you might expect people to think of action-charged movies like Top Gun or Mad Max. But as Guy Smith found out a while back, naming your company Popcorn Octane also can bring the island’s fire marshal to your door to check out the…
Examining the oyster shell concrete that helped build the Lowcountry
Each year the Concours spotlights a collector who has gathered a set of cars that has swept up wins from judges known for letting no imperfection go unnoticed (and subtracted from the overall score.) This year’s Pinnacle Collector is Anne Brockinton Lee of Reno, Nevada. But don’t let that Western residence fool you. Brockinton Lee…
2022 Crafted in the Lowcountry Awards Presented by Hargray Grand Prize Winner + Crafts Category Winner Deb Staub Designs If you’ve been lucky enough to see the work of Debra Staub, you’ll know how inspiring pieces like this are. She has perfectly captured three passions into one beautiful Lowcountry Boil set: nature, education and art….
Story by Richard Thomas + illustrations by Carly Schultz Since Hilton Head Island is ringed by the sea, life on this and other islands was dependent on methods of transportation that would safely cross expanses of water. It is not surprising, then, that among the first hand-crafted items in the Lowcountry were boats of one…
While the Hilton Head Concours doesn’t have an official artist in residence, one can easily make the case that it’s Amiri Farris. The Bluffton resident and professor at Savannah College of Art and Design has created the poster depicting the Flights & Fancy Aeroport Gala since that event’s inception in 2016. This year he’s also…
TWO LOCAL EXPERTS GIVE US AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE SHRIMP INDUSTRY Story by Michaela Satterfield + Photos by Megan Goheen Tales from the shrimp industry as told through the lens of past and present shrimp trawler captains paint a picture of the ebb and flow of the trade. That lens is literal for former…
BLUES TRAVELER GUITARIST CHAN KINCHLA TALKS MUSIC AND BARBECUE LEADING UP TO HIS BAND’S ANTICIPATED PERFORMANCE AT ROCK N’ RIBS. Story by Leslie T. Snadowsky Chan Kinchla has been playing guitar for Grammy Award-winning rock band Blues Traveler for 35 years. He and singer and harmonica player John Popper, drummer Brendan Hill and original bassist…
THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF LOWCOUNTRY SHRIMPING Story by Richard Thomas + Illustrations by Carly Schultz Though the visibility of oysters on the low-tide mounds of area creeks, or in the shell rings still there in various places on Hilton Head, make the oyster the obvious leading candidate for the true indigenous food of the Island,…
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