Earlier this month, I visited our sister cultural agency, the Beaufort History Museum, located in Beaufort City Hall.

Designed to showcase the collection of historic artifacts that belong to the City originally housed in the now defunct Beaufort Museum, the Beaufort History Museum is like a survey course on Beaufort history, with a sampling of a little bit of quite a lot — from arrow points that are evidence of the first technology, ca 8000 BC, to a picture of Beaufort taken from space in this century. Not to mention a few artifacts from the intervening years.Read More...

A Playaway is a preloaded digital audio player. It brings pages to life at the push of a button. I find that the Playaway is the simplest way to listen to an audiobook on the go. It's perfect to listen to at the pool or beach, when you go for a walk, on an airplane, or in the middle of the night when you wake up and can't go back to sleep. Our libraries have a great selection. I'll tell you about some of my favorites.Read More...

Most of our blog readers are old enough to probably have fond memories of participating in the Summer Reading programs at their public library during their childhood. I know that I do. Even then, I was a voracious reader and because of the proximity of our house to the library, I could make two round-trips a day to get new (to me) books to devour.Read More...

This is a banner year for commemorations of American history: 450th Anniversary of the First European settlement in North America at Charlesfort; the second year of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War; and the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812.Read More...