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Deliberately Unpredictable, a new exhibition by Art Beyond Tradition group
2025-10-29 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-10-30 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-10-31 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-01 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-02 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-03 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-04 09:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926, United States
Art Beyond Tradition Group Returns to the Coastal Discovery Museum for Biennial Exhibit
The Coastal Discovery Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, will present Deliberately Unpredictable, a new exhibition by the Art Beyond Tradition Group. This biennial show features 12 Lowcountry abstract artists working in various media, including painting, collage, encaustic, sculpture, mixed media, and ink. Admission is free.
The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Thursday, September 11, from 5 to 7 pm. A gallery walk with participating artists will take place on Thursday, September 25, at 11 am.
The Coastal Discovery Museum has hosted several exhibitions by the Art Beyond Tradition Group, most recently the 2022 show Interpretations. Formed in 2006, the group was created by a handful of local artists seeking to bring more attention to abstract art in the Lowcountry.
“This show brings together artists who work independently yet share a commitment to experimenting to push the boundaries of the ordinary,” said Elizabeth Greenberg, Director of Exhibitions at the Coastal Discovery Museum.
Participating artists in Deliberately Unpredictable include:
Cindy Chiappetta, Arla Wible, Vickie Jourdan, Sharon Licata, Mark Larkin, Margaret Crawford, Jo Dye, Earline Allen, Donna Varner, Joanna Chalson, John Crum, and Linda Tully.
The Museum gallery is open Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 4:30 pm, and Sunday, 11 am to 4:30 pm.

What Did They Do in the War?
2025-10-29 13:30 - 14:30 | USCB Hilton Head Campus, 1 Sand Shark Drive, Hilton Head, SC, 29928, United States
Once you have identified if there is a Revolutionary War Patriot or Loyalist in your family, learn how to dig deeper into the research and learn as much as you can about that family member including what they did in the war.
Presenter: Jane Theissen
Room 115

THE SIEGE OF SAVANNAH
2025-10-29 14:30 - 15:30 | Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926, United States
Speaker: Coastal Heritage Society
This talk takes you through the timeline leading up to the Second Battle of Savannah—better known as the Siege of Savannah—on October 9, 1779. Learn about key figures involved, including Comte d’Estaing, Casimir Pulaski, Benjamin Lincoln, and William Jasper, along with British commander Augustine Prevost and his wife, Nanette, and local observer Elizabeth Lichtenstein. The lecture highlights French involvement, the order of battle, major casualties, and what the siege meant for the Revolutionary War in the South.
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Ages 13 and older, please.

Poetry and Patron
2025-10-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Tio’s at Shelter Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, United States
Elizabeth Robin will emcee.
October 29 Featured Poet: Zachery Williams
Zachery Williams is a 28-year-old Black author, poet, and storyteller whose work blends historical truth, emotional vulnerability, and unapologetic social commentary. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, his voice is deeply rooted in the cultural legacy of the Gullah-Geechee people, whose traditions and ancestral strength shape his creative expression. Through his writing and performances, Zachery seeks to honor the past, spark necessary conversations in the present, and imagine a more liberated future. His literary journey is driven by a passion for uncovering stories often left untold—stories of marginalized voices, generational pain, and hard-earned hope. His acclaimed poetry collections, Dear You: Journey of Emotions and Through the Moon Lynite, stand as powerful testaments to his ability to turn raw experience into healing art. Each poem reflects inner resilience, spiritual wrestling, and the layered beauty of identity. He is the author of the bold and unapologetic novel, N.E.G.R.O.E.S.: Black, Before He Was Anything Else, a work that challenges narratives and centers the voices too often silenced. Zachery’s words don’t just speak—they testify.
October 29 Warm-up act: Island Writers Network Open Mic
October 29 Musician: Corey Tate
Corey Tate, a South Carolina native now living in Savannah, composes and performs his own work in solo gigs throughout the area, from Big Bamboo and Tin & Tallow to Jamaica Joez, GG’s and Coconutz. He promises at least one tonight using a spoken word poem as a bridge.

Poetry and Patron
2025-10-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Tio’s at Shelter Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, United States
Featured Poet: Zachery Williams
Zachery Williams is a 28-year-old Black author, poet, and storyteller whose work blends historical truth, emotional vulnerability, and unapologetic social commentary. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, his voice is deeply rooted in the cultural legacy of the Gullah-Geechee people, whose traditions and ancestral strength shape his creative expression. Through his writing and performances, Zachery seeks to honor the past, spark necessary conversations in the present, and imagine a more liberated future. His literary journey is driven by a passion for uncovering stories often left untold—stories of marginalized voices, generational pain, and hard-earned hope. His acclaimed poetry collections, Dear You: Journey of Emotions and Through the Moon Lynite, stand as powerful testaments to his ability to turn raw experience into healing art. Each poem reflects inner resilience, spiritual wrestling, and the layered beauty of identity. He is the author of the bold and unapologetic novel, N.E.G.R.O.E.S.: Black, Before He Was Anything Else, a work that challenges narratives and centers the voices too often silenced. Zachery’s words don’t just speak—they testify.
October 29 Warm-up act: Island Writers Network Open Mic
October 29 Musician: Corey Tate
Corey Tate, a South Carolina native now living in Savannah, composes and performs his own work in solo gigs throughout the area, from Big Bamboo and Tin & Tallow to Jamaica Joez, GG’s and Coconutz. He promises at least one tonight using a spoken word poem as a bridge.

" A Stitch in Time"
2025-10-30 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-31 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-01 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-02 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-03 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-04 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-05 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-06 08:00 - 17:00 and 6 more dates | Hilton Head Island Recretion Center, 20 Wilborn Road, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926, United States
Heritage Library is once again exhibiting with “A Stitch in time”. Our 2025 celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution quilt, is surrounded by additional Revolutionary War moments and bracketed by fabric art pieces by Peg Weschke and Jody Wigton. Peg and Jody are part of the team from Art Quilters of the Low Country that created “A Stitch in Time”. Frances Marion (the Swamp Fox) is part of the exhibit and gives you a perfect “selfie” moment with the Birg. General. There is lots to see and learn, so please visit this exhibit. You can purchase a raffle ticket for a chance to win “Stitch in Time on the website at heritagelib.org

Lantern Parade Workshop: Illuminated Parasols
2025-10-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, United States
Family Fun: All Ages (children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult)
Instructor: Alana Adams
During this workshop students will get creative as they craft their very own illuminated parasol umbrella lantern to participate in the Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade on Saturday, November 22, 2025.

Crescendo Original Music Concert Series
2025-10-30 17:30 - 19:30 | Lowcountry Celebration Park, Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, United States

Poetry and Patron
2025-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Tio’s at Shelter Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, United States
Elizabeth Robin will emcee.
November 5 Featured Poet/Comedian: Brooke Barry
Brooke Barry is a writer and comedian from South Georgia where she grew up on a farm and was raised by bulldogs. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University and is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Awards. Brooke’s work has received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference, and Writers in Paradise. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Florida Review, Copper Nickel, New South, Salt Hill Journal, Potomac Review, The Southeast Review, Columbia Poetry Review, RHINO Poetry, Artemis and Kestrel. Most recently, she won the Audience Choice Award at the 12th Annual Comedy Battle in Savannah, GA. She lives with two dogs, Jane and Arlo. She is excited about a tour that began this summer, where she says she’ll “be everywhere from Tennessee to South Carolina to Florida and more places to come. From where I grew up, that’s around the world.”
November 5 Musician TBA
November 5 Warm-up comedian: Matt Stock
When he’s not tapped for stand-up, you’ll find Matt Stock at Mojo’s Island Records, or the Sea Glass Stage at Coligny, or Cool Cats, or anywhere all the coolest kids are. This man is an island staple; if you haven’t heard of him, you need to ask yourself what you’re doing with your life.

Poetry and Patron
2025-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Tio’s at Shelter Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, United States
Featured Poet/Comedian: Brooke Barry
Brooke Barry is a writer and comedian from South Georgia where she grew up on a farm and was raised by bulldogs. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University and is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Awards. Brooke’s work has received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference, and Writers in Paradise. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Florida Review, Copper Nickel, New South, Salt Hill Journal, Potomac Review, The Southeast Review, Columbia Poetry Review, RHINO Poetry, Artemis and Kestrel. Most recently, she won the Audience Choice Award at the 12th Annual Comedy Battle in Savannah, GA. She lives with two dogs, Jane and Arlo. She is excited about a tour that began this summer, where she says she’ll “be everywhere from Tennessee to South Carolina to Florida and more places to come. From where I grew up, that’s around the world.”
Musician
Hilton Head Jammers is a word of mouth community of amateur singers/musicians, who assemble to share the joy of music. The group conducts mostly acoustic round-robin sessions.
Warm-up comedian: Matt Stock
When he’s not tapped for stand-up, you’ll find Matt Stock at Mojo’s Island Records, or the Sea Glass Stage at Coligny, or Cool Cats, or anywhere all the coolest kids are. This man is an island staple; if you haven’t heard of him, you need to ask yourself what you’re doing with your life.

MUSKETRY, INFANTRY, AND GUERRILLA TACTICS DURING THE REVOLUTION
2025-11-12 14:30 - 15:30 | Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926, United States
Speaker: Coastal Heritage Society
This talk explores British, American, and French musketry drills and how they shaped tactics during the Revolutionary War—based on original, primary source material. You’ll also learn about the use of guerrilla warfare in the South and the military careers of William Jasper and William Moultrie, heroes of the Revolution.
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Ages 13 and older, please.
