Newsletter – February 10th 2019

Dear Friends – Lots of fun pics and links at the end!

Hope you’re having a great weekend!

Yesterday was an awesome celebration of Community on the South End of Hilton Head Island. Coligny hosted the SOUPerBowl of Caring event to benefit Second Helpings – 13 local restaurants sampled delicious soups for over 400 guests and we listened to music from the Matt Brantley Band!  Note, they are a great band if you ever want to book them! My personal favorite, the Guinness Beer Cheese soup from the amazing Chef Olivier at VINE in Coligny!

Following our event at Coligny, I met up with my girlfriends Courtney and Carmen for the BJ Dennis Pop Up Dinner with Clayton at Lucky Rooster. BJ is a Gullah chef and caterer who is committed to preserving the Gullah Culture through food. Check out his Garden and Gun featured recipe for sauteed shrimp and okra here. 

There are some super exciting events on the Island this week, including MountainFilm Hilton Head at Coligny Theatre, featuring films from ? Telluride ? Film Festival. Tickets are selling SUPER fast so grab them here. Shows are this Friday the 8th at 4:30pm and 8:00pm – all to benefit Island Academy.

Saturday is the Community Mural Creation with Culture HHI at the NEW Island Rec Center! Deets below. As a non-painter, I’m stoked they are doing a ? paint by numbers program so I can follow along 😉

Gullah Celebration will be hosting a Gullah Institute event, from 4pm – 6pm on Sunday the 10th, with a panel discussion on The Great Migration and a presentation of Culture and Community Awards to outstanding leaders and supporters. The night before is the annual Sweetheart Ball ? ? ?. Grab your tickets to all #GC23 events here. 

Something new on the Island this year is the re-birth of Southender Maga’zine’ – a project from my friends and Island locals John and Lindsay Cranford and Matt Stock, along with a host of young talent. The Island is witnessing an impressive push to build community through their monthly printed ‘zine, along with their #iamasouthender campaign, and videocasts. They are also spreading the word on topics (like the overdoses this week) that are super timely and important. It’s good, stuff – give them a follow here and pick up their magazine at Stu’s in Coligny along with other spots. 

Hope to see you around the Island this week!

– Heather Rath

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