USC Aiken to Host Charles Joyner Historian Visit
USC Aiken schedules two events with Charles Joyner a noted historian and folklorist. A noon lecture on Southern Songs of Protest at the Etheredge Center and a 3 5 pm teacher workshop on Using Oral History in the Curriculum in Classroom Building Room 116. Both events are free with workshop funded by an NEH grant. Joyner holds doctorates from Penn and USC and authored Down By the Riverside. For details contact Dr. Cimbala or Dr. Mack at USCA.
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USC Aiken
Charles Joyner
Joyner
Coastal Carolina College
University of Mississippi
O’connell
Etherredge Center
National Endowment For the Humanities
University of Pennsylvania
University of South Carolina
Riverside
Paul Cimbala
USCA
Department of
Tom Mack
Easter Parade Pageant Set By Miss Aiken County Foundation
The CSRA Easter Parade Beauty Pageant will be held Saturday April 4 at 6 p.m. at South Aiken High on Pine Log Road with age divisions Wee Miss to Miss. Each winner receives trophies a crown banner and flowers. runners up also receive trophies. For info call Sandra Hopkins Linda Moore or George Siegler after 5 p.m. Tickets at the door are $2.
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Miss Aiken County Scholarship Foundation
CSRA
South Aiken High
Pine Log Road
Sandra Hopkins
Linda Moore
George Siegler
Rose Hill Art Workshop at Rose Hill Art Center
The Rose Hill Art Center hosts an Art Workshop on Saturday February 28 from 9 30 a m to 4 p m. Sponsored by the Aiken Artist Guild the session is led by Nell Lafaye with 30 plus years teaching experience. Registration contacts Barbara Cheetham Charlotte Kuehn and Marion Smoland.
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Rose Hill Art Center
Aiken Artist Guild
Nell Lafaye
Ms. Lafaye
Barbara Cheetham
Charlotte Kuehn
Marion Smoland
Poets Workshop At USC Aiken Promotes The Butterfly Connection
The Minority Student Association at USC Aiken hosts SheRob Productions Poets Workshop and Performing Arts Co in the Etherredge Center O'Connell Theatre. Sheila Kingsberry and Robert Barnwell wrote and perform The Butterfly Connection dedicated to Black History Month. Free admission. call Eileen Menefree at 648-6851 for more information.
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Minority Student Association of
USC Aiken
SheRob Productions Poets Workshop and Performing Arts Co
O’connell Experimental Theatre
USCA
Etherredge Center
Sheila Kingsberry
Robert Barnwell
SheRob Productions
Eileen Menefree
Musical Group A Touch of Music Seeks Male Singers
The group A Touch of Music invites male singers to audition Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Rose Hill Art Center. Bring a memorized piece and a copy of sheet music. an accompanist will be provided. The ensemble performs Broadway and pop standards.
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Rose Hill Art Center
Library Screening of She Done Him Wrong at Aiken County
The 1933 Mae West and Cary Grant classic She Done Him Wrong will be shown today at 2 30 p m in the Aiken County Public Library meeting room. The event is free and open to the public.
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Aiken County Public
Mae West
Cary Grant
Bluebirds Seek Warm Roosting Boxes In Snowy South Africa
A reader reports seven bluebirds seeking a nesting box after a big snow, five reaching roosting inside. South Africa experiences cold snaps and enthusiasts study efficient roost designs with top entrances and floorward sleeping habits.
Roosting Boxes For Bluebird Joy And Winter Romance
Readers discuss roosting and nesting box specs to shelter bluebirds through winter. Deeper roosting boxes deter predators and wind with no ventilation, five feet high facing prevailing winds, and lined bottoms with pine straw. Nesting boxes should be sealed during nesting and opened when nesting begins. Bluebirds show winter roosting in reader reports. as spring warms they return with mating on their minds.
Recollections of Aiken History by Elizabeth Teague
Aiken’s late educator and historian Elizabeth Teague is chronicled in a book titled Recollections edited by Vivian Milner. It gathers 30 letters from 1962 to 1971 and eight essays recounting local events from 1830 railroad paths to the Savannah River Plant and Whiskey Road lore. Proceeds support charity and the book is sold at the church, the Aiken Chamber of Commerce, and the Aiken County Historical Museum.
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Elizabeth C. Teague
Aiken
Vivian G. Milner
Miss Teague
Andrew Dexter
Savannah River
Whiskey Road
St. Elizabeth
Episcopal Churchwomen of
St. Thaddeus
Recollections of Aiken Life by Miss Teague
Lively essays blend peach picking azaleas blooming and porch rocker days with Miss Teague s teaching memories and her father s Civil War journey from Appomattox. Includes photos of local landmarks and portraits of people from Aiken s history for residents and newcomers.
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Rose Hill
Poets Workshop
Allo
Ees Sd Carmike
Richard Pryor
South Africa
Birds
Bluebirds
Edward B. McClain
Lindberg Baby
Vivian Milner
Hizarfing Teague
Vivian Go Milner
Lzee
HY Wat
Whiskey Rd
S.C
Peach Orchard
Augusta
Washington Rd
Martinez
Etta Findley
Eddie Murphy
Golden Child
Paramount Picture
MaGrath Sisters
Kindred
Sun
Maya
State 19
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