Best Bets | Lowcountry Rice Culture Forum spans three days
OPENS NEXT THURSDAY | 09.17-09.19
The 2015 Lowcountry Rice Culture Forum, in the Georgetown area, comprises three days of events, opening Sept. 17:
▪ Premiere of “Gullah Artists of the Lowcountry” documentary showing nine artists and cultural leaders, 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at Georgetown County Library Waccamaw Neck branch, 41 St. Paul Place, Litchfield Beach, off Willbrook Boulevard. Free.
▪ “Rice Culture Influences on the Arts,” with panel discussions, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 18 – “Visual Arts before the Civil War” 10:30 a.m.-noon, “Visual Arts from Reconstruction through the Mid-20th Century” 1:30-3 p.m., and “Contemporary Visual Arts” 3:30-5 p.m. $20.
▪ “Off the Wall and Onto the Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green,” with Columbia City Ballet, 8 p.m. Sept. 18 at Winyah Auditorium, 1200 Highmarket St., Georgetown. $20.
▪ “A Celebration of Gullah Music,” with Freedom Readers Children’s Choir, 4 p.m. Sept. 19, on lawn of Kaminski House Museum, 1003 Front St., Georgetown, with introduction from Eric Crawford of Coastal Carolina University. Songs will include “Wait in the Field,” Aunt Pearlie Sue’s “Shake ’em Song” and “The Gullah Gullah TV Show Theme Song.” Free.
▪ “God’s Trombones,” with readings by Ron and Natalie Daise from “God's Trombones: Seven Negro Poems in Verse” by James Weldon Johnson, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in Winyah Auditorium. $20.
Also, all-access pass available for $55. Reservations are recommended at 843-545-3316.
Other related events, not covered by all-access pass, and with separate, respective reservations required, are:
▪ Plantation tour, 2-5 p.m. Sept. 17 at Hobcaw Barony, on U.S. 17, north of Georgetown. $20. 843-546-4623 or www.hobcawbarony.org.
▪ Jonathan Green Exhibit and Brunch, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at Georgetown County Museum, 120 Broad St., Georgetown, and with meal at Big Tuna Raw Bar, nearby at 807 Front St. $20. 843-545-7020 or www.georgetowncountymuseum.com.
More details at georgetowncountylibrary.sc.gov/programs/Pages/RiceForum2015.aspx.
This story was originally published September 14, 2015 at 11:20 AM with the headline "Best Bets | Lowcountry Rice Culture Forum spans three days."