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Free Market Warrior
When: 5 p.m. today; 6 p.m. Monday
Where: First Baptist Church of Bluffton, 1300 May River Road
Description: Loren Spivak will present his two-part "Economic Literacy Seminar." He teaches classical theory in a very understandable and, at times, entertaining manner. His seminar covers topics such as: comparative intellectual and historical roots of socialism and capitalism, the source of value and applying the principles of freedom to the problems of today: taxes, education, health care, trade protectionism and outsourcing.
Details: RSVP to email@example.com or call 843-705-7102 or Jane at 904-612-6728. All are welcome to attend.
'80th Reunion: A Comedy'
When: 3 p.m. Today
Where: ARTworks Black Box Theatre, 2127 Boundary St., in Beaufort Town Center
Description: This slightly risque play by Jim Herring is a parody of retirement living and the medical profession: "We'll sell you health insurance... First swear you're never ill..." The playwright is a retired resident of Beaufort, and describes the play as "goofy and risque."
Details: All seats are $12. Go to www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org or call 379-2787.
National Drinking
Water Week
When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday
Where: BJWSA Administrative Building, 6 Snake Road, Okatie
Description: Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority is holding its annual Customer Appreciation event in celebration of our most precious natural resource and recognition of all its customers. This year's Drinking Water Week theme is "Water: Celebrate the Essential," drawing special attention to water infrastructure, the economy and careers in the water profession. Stop by for light refreshments. Staff members will be available to answer questions about BJWSA and our drinking water.
Details: Call 987-9213 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. To learn more about where BJWSA's drinking water comes from and how it is treated, go to bjwsa.org/about/videos.html.
The Hilton Head
Shore Notes
When: 7 p.m. Monday
Where: Island Lutheran Church, 4400 Main St., Hilton Head
Description: The 4-part a cappella harmony women's chorus is hosting a membership drive. Prospective members need not read music, which is learned on CD's or tapes. If you're looking for your inner diva, come hear what we're all about!
Details: Call Barbara at 705-6852 or go to www.hiltonheadshorenotes.com.
Free seminars for seniors, families
When: Tuesday, May 15, 22 and 24
Where: Indigo Pines, at 110 Gardner Drive, Hilton Head
Description: A free series of seminars will address a variety of topics including finances, health, elder law and estate planning. Wellness Solutions will kickoff of the series with a free health and wellness fair at 2 p.m. May 8. The health fair features a presentation on insomnia and fibromyalgia by Dr. Kelley Graham, foot scan stations, mini-massages, nutrition information, and spinal screenings. ComForCare will share simple, practical ways to prevent falls and avoid fall-related injuries with a special presentation at 6:30 p.m. May 15. Jay Mullinax, Esquire will explain how to understand estate planning and living trusts at 6 p.m. May 22. Brian Treacy, an elder law attorney, will offer his expertise on estate planning, veterans benefits and Medicaid planning at 6 p.m. May 24.
Details: Call Indigo Pines at 843-342-3228.
Holistic Health lecture
When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Hilton Head Library, 11 Beach City Road
Description: The topic will be "A Holistic Approach to Digestive Health." Additional topics for upcoming lectures are: treating infertility holistically, treating allergies holistically, medication and drug alternatives, alternatives in treating pain, and a presentation on various fatigue syndromes (chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Metabolic Syndrome X, Epstein Barr) from a holistic perspective. Rahmie Valentine, OMD, and Moshe Dekel, MD, will be conducting the seminar.
Details: The lecture is free. Call or email to reserve a seat at firstname.lastname@example.com or 843-298-2886.
Lowcountry Civil War Round Table
When: 6:45 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Bluffton High School auditorium, McCracken Circle, Bluffton
Description: A presentation by Dennis Cannady on the topic Robert Smalls and the SS Planter. Robert Smalls, a child born into slavery, became one of the best wheelman in the Lowcountry. Information from the SS Planter's logbook and journal provides the framework for understanding how the CSC Planter was commandeered by her enslaved crew, led by Robert Smalls, and delivered into Union hands. The actual "Great Escape," the capture of the CSC Planter, occurred 150 years ago on May 13, 1862.
Details: For additional information, call 843-681-1956. Guests/nonmembers pay $10 each at the door. Students are free.
Open studio
When: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday and May 23
Where: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head
Description: Come and spend the evening with friends and fellow artists and do your own thing, from watercolor to mixed media, scrapbooking to journaling or decoupaging. Bring your own materials or pay $5 to use some of ours.
Details: Cost is for $20 studio fee. Call 843-686-3945, Ext. 233 or go to www.artshhi.com.
Do the Write Thing
When: 1-3 p.m. Thursday
Where: Technical College of the Lowcountry, U.S. 278
Description: Jodie Randisi, speaker and coauthor of "Total Pardon, An Extraordinary Love Story, will conduct a creativity workshop for anyone with a story to tell, especially those who may be considering writing (or publishing) a personal essay, memoir, novel, speech or presentation. Whether participants want to celebrate and preserve family history or discover clever ways to communicate and share their unique stories, this highly interactive, hands-on workshop provides both inspiration and instruction.
Details: Registration is required. Deadline is Wednesday. Go to www.do-the-write-thing.com. Cost is $29.95 and includes a 40-page, full-color workbook with exercises and valuable resources for both authors and speakers.
RED Day
When: Thursday
Where: Throughout the Lowcountry
Description: Keller Williams Realty associates will "Give Where They Live" as part of RED Day, short for "Renew, Energize and Donate." An international day of service, Keller Williams Realty Lowcountry has chosen to spend the day with Livable Habitats thru Deep Well, Salvation Army, Family Promise, Bluffton Self Help, and Ridgeland Nursing Center.
Details: For more information about RED Day go to www.kw.com/redday.
Concert on the Green
When: 6 p.m. Thursday
Where: Palmetto Bluff
Description: The area's top jazz musicians will perform in a benefit for the Junior Jazz Foundation.
Details: Cost is $25 per car at the Palmetto Bluff Main Gate.
DAR meeting
When: 2 p.m. Thursday
Where: Bluffton United Methodist Church social hall, Calhoun Street
Description: The Emily Geiger Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host guest speaker Fran Heyward Marscher-Bolin. Her topic will be "How Folks Lived in the Low Country in the Early 20th Century." Members are reminded that they may pay their annual dues at this meeting and Peggy Garnier will be collecting items for the Tamassee School Thrift Shop.
Details: There will be no meetings in June, July and August. The September meeting will be held at the Bluffton United Methodist Church, Calhoun Street.
When: Opens 8 p.m. Friday
Where: May River Theatre, Ulmer Auditorium, 20 Bridge St., Bluffton
Description: "Evita" is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread controversy, her passion changed a nation forever.
Details: Tickets are $20 and can be charged. Reserve seating can be purchased from April 16-May 25 by calling the box office at 843-815-5581. Box office hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Other evening performances will be at 8 p.m. Saturday May 18, 19, 26, 27; Sunday matinee performances will be at 3 p.m. May 13, 20, 28. Go to www.mayrivertheatre.com or call the home office at 843-837-7795.
Bluffton JROTC
Yard Sale
When: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday
Where: H.E. McCracken Middle School parking lot.
Description: Do you have stuff to sell? Do you have stuff you want to get rid of? Do you need more stuff? You can reserve a parking spot for $15 or two for $25 or donate your unwanted items to the Bluffton High School JROTC. Bring your own table if desired. Call Jody Gray at 843-415-2449 for more information or to reserve your space.
Pentecostal hoops tourney
When: 9 a.m. Saturday
Where: Agape Family Life Center, 5855 S. Okatie Highway, Hardeeville.
Description: The Greater Pentecostal Men's Ministry is sponsoring an intramural basketball tournament. Any teams interested in competing can call 843-784-6988 or 866-708-3686. Come out for some family fun, food and entertainment.
Hen Party
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Newberry Opera House, 1201 McKibben St., Newberry
Description: Leanne Morgan and Karen Mills, two of the original "Southern Fried Chicks," are teaming up for their latest tour "Hen Party" where they ponder the question, "Do these feathers make my butt look big?" Leanne's comedic style combines her southern charm with her hilarious story-telling. Married, as well as a stay-at-home mom of three children, her stories are relatable to all audiences alike. Tennessee native Karen Mill, got her start of entertaining crowds in sports arenas, where she played basketball for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Details: Tickets are $22. Call 803-276-6264 or go to www.newberryoperahouse.com.
Lowcountry Autism Foundation Spring Fling
When: 6 p.m. Saturday
Where: Port Royal Clubhouse, Hilton Head Island
Description: The evening is semi-formal/cocktail attire and will include live entertainment, dinner, dancing and a silent auction. All of the proceeds provide direct support and evaluation services to the many families affected by autism in the Lowcountry. LAF is a local, volunteer based, non-profit corporation dedicated to supporting individuals and families living with autism in Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, and Colleton Counties and the surrounding areas. Its primary mission is to provide autism service and advocacy support to individuals and families who face the challenges of living with autism.
Details: Tickets are $75 per person. To donate items to the silent auction, call 843-342-9000. For more information about the event or for tickets, call event co-chairs Janet Williams, Bina Patel or Meredith DiMuzio at 843-342-9000.
Bluffton Village Festival
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday
Where: Calhoun Street, Old Town Bluffton
Description: At the 34th annual festival, commonly known as Mayfest, guests can enjoy The Ugly Dog Contest at 1 p.m., kids' activities and a chance to meet old friends and new ones. Entertainment begins at 10 a.m. More than 170 vendors are expected, including local and visiting artists, restaurants, churches and non-profits offering unique arts and crafts, delicious food items and other goods. A good pair of walking shoes, bug spray, sunglasses and sunscreen will keep you comfortable. Friendly dogs are welcome at the festival on a leash. Several of the pet nonprofits provide water and a swimming pool for hot dogs.
Details: Admission is free. Free parking will be available at Red Cedar Elementary School with free shuttle services to Calhoun Street running continuously from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The buses are air conditioned, and there will be one bus designed for guests with disabilities. For information call 843-815-2277 or go to blufftonvillagefestival.com.
Labors of Love: Basketry
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday
Where: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head
Description: Weave love into your Mother's Day weekend. Give this workshop as a gift to your mother and receive our special mother and daughter rate of $110 ($100 tuition plus $10 materials). Great for beginners as well as experienced basket makers. Instructor Kim Keats will provide instruction and the materials for a start-to-finish basket made from imported and locally collected natural materials. Participants will learn a variety of basketry techniques.
Details: For ages 12 and up. Cost is $65 and includes materials. Call 843-686-3945, Ext. 233 or go to www.artshhi.com.
Grooving with the Beatniks on Paris Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: The Shed, Old Village Port Royal
Description: The GrooveTones, a South Carolina blues/rock outfit has been tearing things up. The band's ace in the hole is guitarist Bill Luebke, who has been playing for 45 years and has a frightening mastery of the heavy-bending Stevie Ray Vaughan sound. Bassist Tony Reyes has a throat-shredding Texas blues vocal style, veteran drummer Greg Gresham was schooled in big band and jazz fusion, which gives his groove-laying, heart-skipping beats a heavily syncopated and funky edge.
Details: The concert series is produced by ARTworks and is free. Bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
League of Women Voters
When: 11:30 a.m. May 16
Where: Port Royal Golf Club, Hilton Head Island
Description: Campaign finance reform at the national and state levels will be the topic of guest speaker John Crangle, executive director of Common Cause of South Carolina.
Details: The public is invited to attend. For details and reservations, call Katie Miller at 681-6448.
Pentecostal revival
When: 7:30 p.m. May 16-18
Where: Greater Pentecostal Temple, 5905 S. Okatie Highway, Hardeeville.
Description: Join Deloris M. Young, pastor, and members of the congregation as they continue to "Move Forward" during their Spring Revival. Keynote speaker is Elder Ezekiel Gloster of Bluffton. Everyone is welcome.
Details: Call 843-784-6988.
A Night for the Children
When: 6-9 p.m. May 17
Where: Hampton Hall Clubhouse, Bluffton
Description: Family Promise of Beaufort County's third annual fundraising gala features the Dick Hoff Band, hors d'oeuvres, drinks and silent and live auctions. Items already on the list include vacations, golf rounds, day spas, private dolphin tour, jewelry and restaurant gift certificates. Proceeds will help homeless children and their families find sustainable housing
Details: Tickets are $40 per person. Call 843-815-4211 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Tickets may be purchased at the Levy Family Center, 164 Bluffton Road.
Financial Empowerment Workshop
When: 6:30 p.m. registration; 7 p.m. workshop May 18
Where: First Zion Baptist Church, 10 Robertson St., Bluffton
Description: Non-profit segment will educate any non-profit organization on how to obtain free money coming into the organization with on-going monthly contributions as opposed to traditional fundraising methods. Individuals will be empowered on how even during economically challenged times they can recession proof their income. Guest speakers are Samantha Bullard, former legal liaison for Georgia and the Rev. Ron Williams, co-founder of the International Youth Summit.
Details: Call 843-227-0054 or go to www.ltdexclusiveevents.com/. Special drawings will include vacation certificates for a three-night hotel stay, four nights in Las Vegas, airfare and hotel vacation and two-night Bahamas Cruise.
2012 Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
When: 6 p.m. May 18
Where: Lyceum at Parris Island
Description: Tri-Command Area's and Beaufort County's biggest and most colorful cultural event will include Asian-Pacific and Oriental dances, songs, fashion show, martial arts and more. Dinner includes lumpia, chicken adobo, teriyaki, lomein, fried rice, vegetable masala, etc.
Details: Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $7.50 for ages 6-12, 5 and younger free. Call 228-4198 to find the closest ticket seller.
Appliquéd Apron workshop
When: 9 a.m.-noon May 19
Where: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head
Description: Aprons are a true double-duty accessory in the garden, kitchen, or studio, both keeping you clean and helping you look your best while doing so. In this workshop instructor Alana Adams will teach you to make your own cute, appliquéd aprons even if you are a novice seamstress with basic sewing skills and do not have a sewing machine.
Details: Cost is $42 and includes $12 materials fee. Call 843-686-3945, Ext. 233 or go to www.artshhi.com.
25th Annual All Saints Garden Tour
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 19
Where: Hilton Head locations
Description: The 25th Annual All Saints Garden Tour will present "A Potpourri of Gardens" at eight of the finest gardens in the area. All proceeds will be donated to the Backpack Buddies Program; Born to Read Inc.; Family Promise of Beaufort County; Neighborhood Outreach Connection; New Destiny Center, Inc.; and Senior Services of Beaufort County. The gardens on display this year are: "A Mini-Landscape Garden" in Sea Pines; "An On-Going Labor of Love Garden" in Hilton Head Plantation; "A California Meets the South Garden" in Leamington; "A Kaleidoscope Garden" in Hilton Head Plantation; "The Arboretum" at Port Royal Plantation; "Our Happy Place Garden" in Port Royal Plantation; "The Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts Gardens"; bonus tour "The Two Gardens of All Saints: The Barbara B. Hodges Columbarium and The Spirit Garden." Other activities at the church will include organ music, a lecture on drought-tolerant plants and a floral arrangement demonstration.
Details: Tickets cost $30 and include a seated luncheon from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the parish hall. The church is at 3001 Meeting St. off Main Street. Call 843-645-4111 or go to http://allsaintsgardentour.wordpress.com/.
Artist Showcase 2012
When: Noon-8 p.m. May 25; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. May 26
Where: Sea Island Best Western, Beaufort
Description: The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 10th annual showcase featuring local and visiting artists as well as live entertainment by recording artist Mahoganee during a free reception from 5-7 p.m. May 25. Exhibitors will include Hank D. Herring,
Claudette Humphrey, Patricia Wells, Marquita Willis, Marie D. Lewis, Mary Anderson and Bridget Murray. Liz and Charlie Mitchell, authors, marketing consultants and event managers for international clients and cultural organizations, will be showing their mobile travel apps Hilton Head Essentials and Myrtle Beach's Best.
Details: Go to www.bcbcc.org, on Twitter @BeaufortBlack or the Facebook page Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.
26th annual Gullah Festival
of South Carolina, Inc.
When: May 25-27
Where: The Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, Beaufort S.C. Description: May 25 will be "Family Day" from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. with featured performances from elementary to high school students. The official opening ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. followed by the Miss Gullah Teen Pageant. An Evening of Jazz and Blues for adults at at 9 p.m. The Quality Inn. May 26 will feature music, Gullah storytellers, African dancers, arts and crafts, special features such as an Off Broadway Play "Decoration Day," Gullah historical experiences, food and clothing vendors, "Back in the Day" The Gullah Village and DJ Mike Fresh of E93-WEAS 93.1 Radio Station, Savannah. Recording artist Tony Terry will sing hit hit "When I'm with You" at 8 p.m. On May 27, featured artists will be The Swanee Quintet, Tommy Ellison's Legendary Singing Stars, The Blessed Ones from Ridgeland, and the legendary "Manhattans" from New York City.
Details: For more Information call 843-525-0628 or go to www.gullahfestival.org/.
Grooving with the Beatniks on Paris Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. May 26
Where: Paris Avenue, Old Village Port Royal
Description: Angela Easterling and The Beguilers - Angela Easterling was raised in the South Carolina foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and her debut album, "Earning Her Wings" was chosen as "Americana Pick of the Year" by Smart Choice Music. Her second album, "BlackTop Road", produced by Will Kimbrough, was released in July '09, landing in the top 5 for adds to the Americana radio charts and debuting on the Americana top 40 chart in September, where it remained for 7 weeks. She was selected for an official Americana Convention Showcase and also named a 2009 & 2010 Kerrville New Folk Finalist and a 2011 Telluride Troubadour.
Details: The concert series is produced by ARTworks and is free. Bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
America Sings!
When: 7 p.m. May 27
Where: First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head
Description: The Hilton Head Choral Society presents its annual Memorial Day concert with brass, percussion, singing of the National Anthem and a Salute to the Armed Forces.
Details: General admission is $15, preferred seating $20. Call 843-341-3818 or go to www.hiltonheadchoralsociety.org.
America Sings!
When: 7 p.m. May 28
Where: Holy Family Catholic Church, Hilton Head
Description: The Hilton Head Choral Society presents its annual Memorial Day concert with brass, percussion, singing of the National Anthem and a Salute to the Armed Forces.
Details: General admission is $15, preferred seating $20. Call 843-341-3818 or go to www.hiltonheadchoralsociety.org.
Beaufort Beauties
When: 7:30 p.m. May 31
Where: The Shed of Port Royal, Port Royal
Description: Main Street Beaufort will host the third annual Beaufort Beauties fundraiser to benefit Main Street Beaufort, USA, Lions Club of Beaufort, Thumbs Up and Friends of Caroline Hospice on Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Details: Tickets are available at Main Street Beaufort at 525-6644 or 101 West Street Extension, Beaufort.
'Time and Timelessness'
When: June 4-July 14
Where: Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA), corner of Calhoun and Church streets
Description: Mary Sullivan is the featured artist and will present all new work, exploring her theme with the poured ink abstracts for which she has become known. She will add two additional techniques which ultimately evolved from the ink paintings.
Details: The opening wine and cheese reception is 3-5 p.m. June 10 at the gallery. Call 843-757-6586.
Summer swim for dogs
When: Begins June 15 and continues all summer on Fridays
Where: Various water locations in the Lowcountry - Bluffton, Hilton Head, Ridgeland, Okatie
Description: Want to teach your dog to swim, safely get out of a pool, enhance their swimming abilities, romp with other dogs in the water? And just have some plain all out wet fun? For the 13th year, Abby Bird of Alphadog Training Academy, will offer free training and play on Friday late afternoons or evenings.
Details: For more information and to get on the swim email list for weekly locations and times email firstname.lastname@example.com. There is no signup required, come when you want.
Photography workshop at Skidaway
When: June 16
Where: Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Causeway, Savannah
Description: 2012 South Carolina Artist-in-Residence Jackie DeBusk will teach a workshop for beginning digital SLR photographers. Choose either the morning session from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or the afternoon session from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The workshop includes three hours of instruction with a visual presentation, hands-on activities and a booklet to keep. After the workshop, participants head out into the beautiful coastal park to apply their newfound skills.
Details: There is a $5 parking fee. To find out more about this event and about Skidaway Island State Park call 912-598-2300 or go to gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. Go to the artist's website at www.DeBuskPhoto.com.
Hilton Head Jazz Camp
When: Registration deadline is June 30
Where: Hilton Head Christian Academy
Description: A jazz camp will be held July 9-14 for aspiring young musicians entering grades 7-12 to further their understanding of and skill playing jazz. The day camp will be split into two divisions - a Junior camp for grades 7-9) and a senior camp for grades 10-12. No audition is required, but students should have 1-2 years experience on their instrument and basic skill reading music. The camp will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for older students, with a shorter three-hour day option for junior students.
Details: Deadline for registration is June 30. Call James Berry at 843-321-8174 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Go to jwww.hhjazzcamp.com.
Grooving with the Beatniks on Paris Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. June 9
Where: Paris Avenue, Old Village Port Royal
Description: Havana Son - Cuban native Rene Herrera is a seasoned veteran of Cuban symphonies and bands, recording artist, and accomplished composer and arranger. His wife and partner Lillian Herrera uses her background in classical music in concert with her Cuban roots to create an intoxicating and soulful sound of her own. Havana Son plays authentic Latin rhythms such as Salsa, Merengue, Son, Cha Cha, and Boleros in traditional and modern styles the way you would hear them in their respective countries.
Details: The concert series is produced by ARTworks and is free. Bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
Grooving with the Beatniks on Paris Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. June 23
Where: Paris Avenue, Old Village Port Royal
Description: Webb Wilder and The Beatnecks - Webb Wilder is an evangelist for real rock 'n' roll. As a singer, guitarist, bandleader, film actor, songwriter and humorist, he may be roots-rock's only true Renaissance man. The Webb Wilder Credo: "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
Details: The concert series is produced by ARTworks and is free. Bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
Buckwalter Farmers Market
When: 2-6 p.m. Opens Tuesday for the season
Where: Opposite CareCore National at Buckwalter Place
Description: The market will include traditional produce as well as baked goods, frozen pierogis, local jams, jellies and honey.
Details: Go to www.buckwalterfarmersmarket.com.
'My Muse is Back'
When: Through May
Where: The Filling Station Art Gallery, 69 Calhoun Street, Bluffton
Description: Art Cornell, acclaimed artist, photographer and poet, presents "My Muse is Back," a collection of new paintings.
Details: Go to www.fillingstationartgallery.com.
'How to Succeed in Business …'
When: Through May 27
Where: Elizabeth Wallace Theatre of the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Island
Description: Follow window washer Pierrepont Finch as he makes his way up the corporate ladder, landing the corner office and the girl, with the help of his trusty "how-to" book.
Details: Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. April 29 and May 27. Tickets are $55 ($50 for the April 25-26 previews), $39 for children 15 and younger ($35 for the previews), and may be purchased at the Arts Center box office, online at www.artshhi.com or by phone with a credit card by calling 843-842-ARTS (2787).
The Artist's Path
Where: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head
Description: The Artist's Path is a new course of advanced independent study offered by the Art Academy of the Art League of Hilton Head. Sign on with a faculty/mentor to review your portfolio. Then explore your artistic goals in 10 hours of one-on-one sessions in your chosen media. This personalized program also allows you to drop in on any classes, workshops or round-table sessions led by your mentor.
Details: Call 843-842-5738 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Coast Guard Auxiliary
When: 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month
Where: BJWSA Community Room, S.C. 170 and Snake Road/Callawassie Drive, Okatie.
Description: Beaufort-Jasper Flotilla 070-10-01 welcomes new members. Learn how to help keep the waters safe by assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in various inspections, courses and search and rescue missions.
Details: Call Tom Sellers at 705-7174, email firstname.lastname@example.com or go to http://a0701001.wow.uscgaux.info.
Bereavement Group
When: 5 p.m. every Tuesday
Where: Summit Place of Beaufort, 1119 Pick Pocket Plantation Drive, Beaufort
Description: Tidewater Hospice and Summit Place have joined together to offer a weekly bereavement group. This free forum will provide help to people who have experienced a loss and would like support and information associated with grief and bereavement.
Details: Call Marie James, MA, Tidewater Hospice, at 757-9388.
Bluffton Relax-and-Create Meetup Group
When: 10:30 a.m., on first Saturdays
Where: Each Other's Muse Studios, 19 Buckingham Plantation Drive, Bluffton.
Description: Join for creative, art-orientated, no-pressure fun. Go to www.meetup.com/Bluffton-Relax-and-Create/.
Old Town Dispensary
When: 7-11 p.m., every Friday
Where: Calhoun Street, Bluffton.
Description: J. Howard Duff performs his brand of Lowcountry blues and rock'n' roll.


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Mayor Don Wesely and officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today participated in a celebration of the Summer Food Service Program for youth. The event took place at the new "F" Street Recreation Center, one of 31 sites serving free meals to young people ages three through 18 this summer. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) partners with the Food and Nutrition Service of the Nebraska Department of Education to offer the program.
"Research shows a direct link between eating a nutritious diet and the mental alertness and intellectual development of children," said Mayor Wesely. "During the summer when kids are no longer receiving school lunches, this partnership fills a real need in providing them with good balanced meals."
The summer food program began in Lincoln in 1980. In the summer of 2001, 24 sites fed an average of 664 children a day. This summer, the program is serving about 800 meals a day, and attendance is expected to increase. The hours and dates vary at each site (see attached list).
"We are very proud of this outstanding program and are pleased the USDA is working to expand the service," said Bruce Dart, Director of the Health Department. Those wishing to sign up can call the LLCHD at 441-8045.
At today's presentation, the USDA introduced Power Panther, the national "spokes character" for USDA Food and Nutrition Services who promotes the "Eat Smart, Play Hard" campaign. The Department of Education arranged for UNL athletes to visit with the kids, and the children received gifts from the Dairy Council of Central States and the Nebraska Beef Council.
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Izmir (Ĭzmīr´), formerly Smyrna (smûr´nə), city (1990 pop. 1,762,849), capital of Izmir prov., W Turkey, on the Gulf of Izmir, an arm of the Aegean Sea. The largest Turkish seaport after İstanbul, its exports include cotton, tobacco, vegetables, manufactures, and carpets. It is also an important commercial and industrial center, whose manufactures include processed food, textiles, tobacco, cement, petrochemicals, and manufactured goods. Tourism is increasingly important. It is a road and rail transportation center, and an annual trade fair is held there. The Aegean Univ. and several museums are there, and Izmir was probably the birthplace of the poet Homer. Izmir prov. is rich in mineral resources.
The city was settled during the Bronze Age (c.3000 BC). It was colonized (c.1000 BC) by Ionians and was destroyed (627 BC) by the Lydians. Rebuilt on a different site in the early 4th cent. BC by Antigonus I, it was enlarged and beautified by Lysimachus, and became one of the largest and most prosperous cities of Asia Minor. Its wealth and splendor increased under Roman rule. The city had a sizable Jewish colony, was an early center of Christianity, and was one of the Seven Churches in Asia (Rev. 2–8).
Pillaged by the Arabs in the 7th cent., it fell to the Seljuk Turks in the 11th cent., was recaptured for Byzantium by Emperor Alexius I during the First Crusade, and formed part of the empire of Nicaea (see Nicaea, empire of) from 1204 to 1261, when the Byzantine Empire was restored. Also in 1261 the Genoese obtained trading privileges there, which they retained until the city fell (c.1329) to the Seljuk Turks. The Knights Hospitalers captured the city in 1344, restored Genoese privileges, and held the city until 1402, when it was captured and sacked by Timur. The Mongols were succeeded in 1424 by the Ottoman Turks. A Greek Orthodox archiepiscopal see, the city retained a large Greek population and remained a center of Greek culture and the chief Mediterranean port of Asia Minor.
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the city was occupied (1919) by Greek forces. The Treaty of Sèvres (1920) assigned Izmir and its hinterland to temporary Greek administration, but fighting soon erupted between Greek and Turkish forces. Izmir fell to the Turks in Sept., 1922, and a few days later was destroyed by fire. Thousands of non-Muslims were killed by Turkish troops and thousands of Greek civilian refugees fled the city. The Treaty of Lausanne (1923) restored Izmir to Turkey. A separate convention between Greece and Turkey provided for the exchange of their minorities, which was carried out under League of Nations supervision, and the population of Izmir became predominately Turkish. The city suffered greatly from severe earthquakes in 1928 and 1939. It is now a NATO command center for SE Europe.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Mega mosquitoes known as gallinippers could invade Central Florida this summer as flood waters from tropical storms force the larvae to hatch this hurricane season.
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Gallinippers were spotted last year in Florida after Tropical Storm Debbie doused the state, but scientists predict they'll make an appearance again this summer.
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How The Supreme Court Helped Stomp Out The Public Domain
from the sad-things deptWe already wrote about how the Center for the Study of the Public Domain recently published their list of things that should have entered the public domain in the US this year, but didn't. But that's not the only reason to lament. 2012 was particularly painful for the public domain for a separate reason, as the Center noted in a lament about the shrinking public domain, with a harsh, but completely justified, condemnation of the ridiculous Supreme Court decision in the Golan case, which tragically was decided the very same day as the SOPA/PIPA protests. Just as the public was telling DC the importance of not strengthening copyright law, the Supreme Court announced that there was no problem at all with Congress taking works out of the public domain and putting them back under copyright by force.
This decision marked a significant departure from the "bedrock principle" that once works enter the public domain, they remain there, free for anyone to use and build upon. The law at issue in Golan – Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act – "restored" copyright to foreign works that had entered the American public domain for any of three reasons: the author failed to comply with copyright formalities, the U.S. did not have copyright relations with their country of origin at the time of publication, or they were sound recordings fixed before 1972. Golan was different from Eldred because while the works in Eldred were on the brink of entering the public domain, the works at issue in Golan were already in the public domain, and conductors, educators, film archivists and others were legally using them.We were just discussing recently if the government taking away copyright could be considered an illegal "takings" issue under the Constitution. For those who support such an argument, I can't see how they can, at the same time, then argue that works seized from the public domain and locked away under copyright aren't a similar "taking." And, yet, the Supreme Court basically argued that Congress can take away the public domain at will. This is horrifying for a variety of reasons:
In upholding the law, the Golan majority explicitly endorsed the position that the public has no rights to the public domain. None. Under U.S. law as declared by the Court in this case, copyright is now officially "asymmetric." While those who have copyrights enjoy vested, legally protected rights, "[a]nyone has free access to the public domain, but no one, after the copyright term has expired, acquires ownership rights in the once-protected works." The majority could not seem to imagine that the public had rights other than "ownership" over a free, collective culture. In a dissenting opinion, Justices Breyer and Alito asked "Does the [Constitution] empower Congress to enact a statute that withdraws works from the public domain, brings about higher prices and costs, and in doing so seriously restricts dissemination, particularly to those who need it for scholarly, educational, or cultural purposes – all without providing any additional incentive for the production of new material?" Their answer was "No."
What are the limits on this decision? Could Congress recall the works of Shakespeare, Plato, Mozart and Melville from the public domain, and create new legalized monopolies over them? It is hard to imagine anything more contrary to the First Amendment – would privatizing Shakespeare by government decree abridge freedom of speech? – or to the attitudes of those who penned the Copyright Clause that limits Congress's power to create new exclusive rights. Yet if one reads Golan, one searches in vain for any limiting principle on Congress's actions. In this decision, Justice Ginsburg's majority opinion effectively denies the public domain any meaningful Constitutional protection. Under the U.S. Constitution, says this case, the public domain is "public" only by sufferance. It may be privatized at any moment, at the whim of the Congress and without violating the Bill of Rights.And this is one of the many reasons why it's important for the public to understand the importance of this stuff. It's become obvious that Congress and the Supreme Court don't understand it at all.
In our opinion as legal scholars, this decision is shockingly cavalier in its dismissal of the importance of the public domain to free speech and to the progress of science and culture. It is also, again in our opinion, unsupported by the text, structure and history of the Constitution. Indeed, it seems flatly contrary to the dictates of the First Amendment and the limitations imposed by the Copyright Clause. Yet its message, however lamentable, is clear. If the public domain is to be protected in the United States, it is not going to be through the Constitution, but through reasoned argument, democratic pressure and legislative action. The public domain will be "public" only so long as the public demands it.
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Friday, March 24, 2017
María Clara Bingemer: "This pope's theology isn't made in the sacristy, but gets down to the streets"
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"If women leave the Church, the Church will fall to pieces. We're the ones who support the Church." Brazilian theologian Maria Clara Bingemer has demonstrated beyond a doubt the truth of this statement of hers with her own professional career, from her chair at the Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro and other positions at several North American universities. She spoke to RD during the 1st Ibero-American Conference of Theology in Boston about how she sees Francis' papacy as a committed theologian and woman.
We are at Boston College with Maria Clara Bingemer, who will participate in the First Ibero-American Conference of Theology. What do you expect from the meeting?
A lot, because it's been a long time since there's been a meeting of this size seeking, precisely during the pontificate of Pope Francis, the questions that he has raised and brought back. Pope Francis has again put the Latin America Church in the spotlight.
And it's an opportunity to dialogue with the historians who experienced the whole genesis of Medellín, of liberation theology, of the option for the poor ... All that painful process that happened, of difficulties with the Vatican. And it's an opportunity to have them together with Europeans and people from the north who are in tune with this theology. And the young, who are the hope of the future.
Are you trying with this, in some way, to help the Pope with his reforms?
Certainly it's a way of making everything that Francis is proposing go further and be amplified. Of spreading it in the Church.
And there's an important point that I hope we'll be able at least to start addressing here. There's a lot of work ahead, first of English-Spanish text translation, because the people of the English-speaking world, if the text isn't in English, they don't read it, and don't even know it exists.
Very good theologians, Latin American and even Spanish ones, aren't even cited. I know because I spent a lot of time in American universities looking for their works and I didn't find them because they weren't translated into English. The great thing that made liberation theology enter the United States was that Orbis translated an entire corpus into English. So I think we have to do this work, both in the north and in the south.
From a woman like Dorothy Day, who is in the process of canonization and who was the pioneer of what could be liberation theology in North America, there isn't even one of her works translated into Spanish or Portuguese. It's totally unknown. [Translator's Note: Actually Sal Terrae/Loyola has published a couple of Day's titles in Spanish, including La Larga Soledad (The Long Loneliness, 2000) and Panes y Peces (Loaves and Fishes, 2002)] We did a symposium on her at our university and the book has just come out [Fé, justiça e paz: o testemunho de Dorothy Day by Maria Clara Bingemer and Paulo Fernando Carneiro de Andrade, PUC-Rio and Paulinas, 2016]. And people marveled and didn't understand how they knew nothing of her.
The book, are you thinking of translating it into Spanish?
Her texts are what should be translated into Spanish, because Brazilians read it perfectly. I don't know if it happens the other way around.
We manage too.
That, on the one hand. On the other hand, we have to learn to make more agile publications. Blogs, short texts, interviews, videos of people who are thinking, because sometimes that gets there faster.
But for that, theologians are very reticent. You want to qualify everything; you run away from the headlines. The media is scary to many. I'm not generalizing, of course.
It's the result of the thirty years we lived under censorship and under surveillance. Everything a theologian might say can be used against them. You might lose your chair. But today is a different time.
Do you now notice that different time, this freedom?
Yes, I notice it. And I'm from the most conservative diocese in Brazil.
Which one?
Rio de Janeiro, which had Dom Eugenio Sales. You had to watch every whisper, because otherwise it might be interpreted as heresy. I made a video that the Paulines asked me for about the Holy Trinity and I had to go and talk with the auxiliary bishop. He said, "Why don't you talk about the Ingénito ["Unbegotten One"]?" I told him, "That's not language for a video." I thought, "People are going to believe it's a remedy."
I don't know, I tended to say the Father, not the Ingénito, because to speak in those terms ..., they were like crazy things. And of course, there was also a lot of self-censorship.
From Sales you went to Scherer.
Yes, Eusebio was more open. But today the air feels freer. It can no longer be said that the Pope is against it. You can cite it abundantly.
Has there been a change of tone?
Yes. Although I believe there are sectors in the Church that don't give much importance to what the Pope says. They continue in the previous pontificates. Precisely for this reason we must work to make this pontificate accessible.
Get in the dream car coming from Rome. But a lot of the hierarchy isn't getting in that car.
Yes. And they don't fight him; they just ignore him. There are some, not many, for whom the news was hard to swallow. And the four cardinals who fought openly.
Now we are looking at the University to hire new professors in the department. And admitting lay teachers is very difficult. When we remind them of what Pope Francis says, they don't listen to us much.
That is, there's old inertia that's hard to overcome.
Yes. But I think there's mobility on the whole. And people are becoming aware of the path Latin America made that was cut halfway along.
That is, Latin America is in fashion. Theology from the south, the Pope of the south.
Yes, it's in the forefront. And the good thing I'm seeing is that this pope's theology isn't made in the sacristy, but gets down to the streets. He talks about other subjects, his writings, Laudato si', Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia, are streetwise, as we say. They aren't made in a closed office, with five high up men legislating on the sexual relations of couples, which is absurd. You feel a different spirit. And I think we have responsibility towards this new situation. Not only to not let it die, but to make it grow.
You know the United States well. You've given classes here.
I've been here many times in the last ten years.
Hispanics, at the church level, how are they in the United States?
They're almost a majority numerically. But there are fairly conservative bastions, Hispanic ones as well. On the other hand, there is a large mass that fills the churches and is thirsting for ministry, for spirituality. And I think everything that is being organized here in Boston, in Chicago and elsewhere --Spanish-language theology courses -- is helping a lot for those Hispanics to become more active players in the church setting.
But this still isn't reflected at the hierarchy level, at future levels?
Not yet, but it will end up being so because there will be more Hispanic bishops, and more African-American bishops. We are in difficult times in the United States too.
Especially with Trump. What does Trump's coming into power mean for the Church in general and for the Church in the United States?
It's very complicated, because many bishops supported him when he declared himself pro-life. It's easy to say "I'm pro-life" when really I don't think it matters much to him. Here they're obsessed with things like abortion and they think that Hillary, since she's a feminist, was pro-abortion. I don't think she is. She has the view of Catholics for Choice. These things that are very American. And it seems to me, at least, that she is a better prepared, better qualified person.
That man, I don't understand how he managed to get so many votes. It's because of money issues. Talking with some Americans, for example the electrician, very American, very middle class, he told me he was going to vote for Trump. "But why?," I asked him. "Well, because I'm fed up with paying so many taxes, and the illegal immigrants don't pay them...," things like that. All because of money.
The Pope could become the other great world leader who might counterbalance this man.
He already is. He's a person who has input on all sides. He got the United States and Cuba back to talking. In the Middle East, he is listened to a lot. And in Europe. I think he's the positive figure, the positive leader in the world.
And can they slow him down?
No. That is, he has to know that he is going to get to a certain point. What they won't let him do, perhaps, is go further. But many things he can do. And his voice can be heard. And it is, in fact, because he speaks in various forums. He's not limited to the Church and talking about salvation and the Eucharist. He talks about that too, but he also talks about society, about the dictatorship of money, about poverty, about the excluded, about ecology.
Laudato Si' I think has been an influential element because the document is so good that it's respected by everyone. I read an interview with Edgar Morin, who's a French thinker, and he said it was the newest and most marvelous thing he'd seen.
But Trump's not that way.
But I don't know if Trump is going to become a world leader. He's president of the United States, and has that power. Obama was a leader. Trump is like George Bush, a fool who's sitting in the White House.
Are we going to a Star Wars scenario? The man of light and the man of darkness?
Yes, the two standards. A little like the two standards of St. Ignatius. He's a scary guy, who can shout, make edicts, and make life difficult for many people. Who's bringing suffering to the migrants, certainly.
About immigration, are the people now mobilizing against Trump?
It seemed that there was informal talk about that, but now, at the airports, I was impressed by how they checked the bags of those from the Middle East, of all those who seemed to be coming from Muslim countries.
We were greeted in Boston by a gentleman with a banner saying "Muslim = terrorist".
You see? In Europe it happens a bit too, but not so blatantly. In France, there's a lot of opposition to Arabs. I think the most.
Should the Latin American Church take a stand in CELAM, in its joint institutions, to fight against this?
I think it should be much more involved in the issue of migrants. I'm now gong back to Brazil, and on November 20th, I'll be in Rome with my husband, who works with the Scalabrinians, and they are doing a migration forum. A large forum, with many sessions. It's a congregation dedicated to that.
I think the issue of migration is one of the key issues today. I think we are living in a world with a new geography and there are people, even Trump, who are wanting to go back to ancient geography. This could harm many things that have been done, for example, the whole dream of the united Europe. This could ruin everything. Dividing again, changing the currencies ... It was a huge advance; Latin America was to have done something similar with Mercosur.
The "great homeland" the Pope talks about.
Sure. And this implies a new geography and a new vision of what the border is. We have just had a symposium in Rome, with the University of Notre Dame here, the University of Perugia, the French one and ours in Rio on "The Stranger," the challenge of the migrant. It seems very important to me.
That's why the Pope stresses this theme over and over again. It's one of his causes.
He deals with the issue of migrants himself. It shows how important it is to him.
We aren't so aware of that. In Latin America we don't have as serious a problem as in the United States or in Europe. It's a tragedy.
I saw something interesting on Facebook. There was a photo of an embryo on one side and on the other a girl with a life jacket, as if she were drowning. The question was whether one life counted and the other didn't. It's about human lives.
This dynamic that both lives count has been turned over at the church level. Up to now, the embryo was assessed greater.
But we're in the process of change. It's already on everyone's mind. The process is taking place.
Do you think that the process opened by Francis is going to set in? Does it have time to set in?
I trust a lot. First, that God will give him health for at least a few years. In this situation you need a couple more consistories to guarantee the succession a little. He doesn't have the number of electors yet.
But on the other hand, his election was something so surprising that I don't think we have the right to doubt the Holy Spirit. I must confess that when they announced his name, I didn't know about his history in Argentina, sometimes not very positive, that they were talking about. But later, when he greeted us with his impeccable theology, and gave the blessing, he conquered the whole world. I met him in Buenos Aires and he was very serious. He didn't smile. And now, he's joy walking.
His face changed.
It changed completely.
Does he think he has a special mission?
I think he had consolation without a precedent cause there, like a good Jesuit, he went ahead and that is what gives him strength. Because imagine everything, all the work, all the brickbats this man must have every day.
And at 80 years old, too.
He's not a boy.
In Spain, there are many bishops and many priests who when you tell them to get on board, say "No, we're old, we're tired ..." And I always tell them, "Hey, the Pope is older than you and he's pulling the cart in an exemplary way."
Of course. He's awesome. When he was in Brazil on Youth Day, wow, it was a total success. Without security, with the window open, strolling quietly, drinking coffee with the Pentescostals and with umbandistas ...
In the middle of the favelas.
He's street savvy.
The Church in Brazil seems to follow him more. It was already on the road, wasn't it?
Yes. we have the best episcopacy in the world. There are 400 bishops. There were 300 in the era of John Paul II. There was a moderate majority, a small conservative group, and a very active, very strong and very prophetic group of progressives. And they set the tone. And the moderate majority followed it. The bishops were living life to the fullest. Everything the Bishops' Conference said was news. John Paul II undid it. He had 26 years to do so by naming, observing those from the movements in secret. Then it began to change.
Is it reverting back again?
Yes, but to reverse something of so many years, where the last of that generation are dying now -- Dom Luciano has died, Dom Pablo Evaristo ... Dom Angélico is still alive, but he's old now. I don't know how many Focolare members were named. Even, for example, the cardinal responsible for the dicastery of Religious Life, is a Brazilian. He's a Focolare member. What's he doing there? Why did they put him there?
Francis confirmed him. Maybe he's an easy man to work with, I don't know, but the appointment comes from before, it comes from Benedict. John Paul II kindled the movements. Religious life, he put to the side. I think that had a lot of influence on the configuration.
Now new good bishops are beginning to appear in the Church in Brazil. And open ones. I think that we're in a good times. But you need time. Let's hope Francis stays another five years or so. It would be ideal so he can name more cardinals.
And that someone along the same lines succeeds him.
Of course. Because all this is a political game. Gustavo Gutiérrez used to say that if John Paul had retired, being very sick, Martini would have been pope. And he would have been very different. When he died, Martini was already very sick, he didn't accept. And it was Benedict. Poor man, he would go down in history because of his resignation. A great gesture, recognizing that he wasn't able to cope, that he couldn't do it anymore.
Does that justify him before history?
Quietly. An intelligent man.
Is the new trend that Pope Francis is setting irreversible? Is it impossible for it to be reversed, at least in the short term?
No. Nothing is impossible. The conservative footprint is still very much alive. Very lively and very active. It has a lot of power. Cardinal Burke, with his train ... That attracts some people. It even attracts young people. The young clergy are impressed sometimes. The young diocesan clergy love the trappings, the ornaments, the power. Most of our students are laypeople and in graduate school we have many young Protestants and they're excellent. They're married and have to support women and children. The young priests are ...
That is, that one of the solutions to this might be optional celibacy? Would it make them more human, more "real life"? Or not?
I think for diocesans that would be something to seriously consider. First, the Church needs it. Brazil is the largest Catholic country in the world. 70% of Brazilians don't have Eucharist on Sunday. Not because they don't want to, because there are no clergy. It depends entirely on the clergy to do the Eucharist. So there are women ministers with Celebrations of the Word, which the people consider Mass. They even say that they prefer the nun's Mass to that of the priest.
I think they could call the married priests back. Some would be delighted to return. There would be a way. I think Francis has thought about that.
How is that movement in Brazil? In Europe, they say that Francis told Cardinal Hummes, "Open ways in this territory. Go forward." Is anything being done in that sense?
There are various fronts. First, reinforcing the theme of permanent deacons, who can become priests. They have training and half of them are already married.
Another is allowing the relationships of the viri probati. Maybe first for some regions that need it the most. Not in the urban areas that have a lot of clergy.
The Brazilian Bishops Conference already brought that question to Aparecida. They took up the problem but not the solution. All the Christian churches allow married priesthood. Even the Orthodox and the Anglicans.
The subject of women in the Church interests you as a woman theologian, I suppose.
Poor women. Well, many people were angry with Francis when he said that women's ordination was very hard to do. I didn't get angry, first because it's true, John Paul II tied things up. There may be some canonical path, but it must be very difficult.
And second, because I don't think it should be a priority. I know that for many women this is a sore point. They know they can offer a service, sometimes much better than the priests. But I think there's a long road ahead.
He's done some things; he put some women in key posts, he included more women on the International Theological Commission. In April, I'm going to Rome to participate in a meeting of a group of women that's going to be a theology seminar to put into practice what Pope Francis says is lacking, a theology more from women. There was a first encounter and in this second one, the theme is "Tears."
He's also created the Commission on Women Deacons.
Of course.
Can this commission get anywhere? Or was it opened just to do something?
Sure it can. It was a specific gesture, we'll wait to see what comes out. The American who's there is a warrior, Phyllis Zagano. She wrote a book on the diaconate for women. She's very open and a fighter. She isn't there just as a figurehead. I think she's going to fight.
But aren't there some issues, such as this women's one we're talking about, that are so urgent that it's inevitable and inescapable to work on them? Facing the people. My 24 year-old daughters don't understand it.
I totally agree with you. But even among the laity, according to the mentality, it's macho. Machismo is a plague. It's something very ingrained. Especially in Latin culture. This has to be said in favor of the gringos. Women have won many things, for example, in the teaching bodies of the theology schools, there are many women. In important positions, as directors.
Once, the Jesuit provincial went to the Cardinal of Rio to propose my name as department director and it almost gave him a heart attack. What? A woman? It couldn't be.
The first time I went to speak at the Bishops' Conference about John Paul II's document Dominum et Vivificantem, Dom Luciano who adored me and was a friend of mine, when the nun who was organizing it said, "The one who's going to come is Doctor Maria Clara Bingemer," said, "But how, sister? To talk to the bishops about a pontifical document?" Then he embraced me and told me, "I believe it's a matter of getting into spaces, isn't it?"
But it's like a foreign body. They think women are beings from another galaxy, I think.
There's fear. The fear of Eve, always.
Fear-panic. Women who have a profile, scare them like crazy. And the criticisms begin: she's butch, she's not feminine ..., thus they're marginalized.
Not here. There's respect here. They have, in the theology schools, so-called tenure , which is stability. You can't throw them out because the bishop gets in a bad mood. And there are women who have stood out a lot. That, in the theological field; another thing is what happens in the parishes. Because this thing of not having access to the levels of coordination and power, really plays a role. Women are never at the altar.
In Europe, in the center, for example in the Cathedral in Amsterdam, they have a Eucharist every six months. There are many women who give homilies. In Europe, these things are starting to happen. In Germany. And here, the Americans invent anything. There are mixed churches.
But in the Catholic churches and the traditional Catholic parishes, I think there's still a long way to go. And I think it's a very urgent subject because women are fed up with always being subordinate, always in second place, always treated with condescension.
And the image we give at the social level.
Yes, which is horrible. This gives rise to something which I don't think is very positive. For example, women here are a bit bitter. You go to help them carry something and they say, "No, I can do it by myself." But it's a reaction just to reaffirm equality.
I'm more aligned with the feminism of difference. We are different, but because of this we have to be together, to enrich humanity. If women are out, humanity is impoverished. The Church remains a bastion of celibate males who understand nothing about certain life issues. And you have to legislate about everything.
And do you think that the institution will be able to get on that bandwagon that's going faster and faster?
Martini used to say that we were 200 years behind and I don't know now. Pope Francis is accelerating the process of adaptation and updating -- the aggiornamento -- but even so it seems to be going so slowly ...
It's going very slowly. For example, last semester I was on sabbatical here at Boston College and my research was on an atheist French thinker, an agnostic. Julia Kristeva. They call her a lot to speak at Notre Dame Cathedral about humanism.
I remember her in Assisi.
She has some thoughts about motherhood that are the most lovely I've ever seen. And her symbol is the Virgin Mary. She says that the West lost the discourse about motherhood. That it must regain it. And Catholicism has a fantastic contribution with the Virgin Mary.
She gives a very lovely interpretation of Mariology, and very different, but very respectful, of faith. She is a representative of the secular world. Of the world without beliefs. And I'm afraid that we woman are also losing what is ours -- the power of women to be mothers. It's a power, although it's also a vulnerability.
And a privilege, of course.
Yes, the power to feed the child with one's own body. I've written a lot about this. It's a Eucharistic gesture. So, [a woman] can't celebrate it but she can be Eucharist.
That's where the Pope is aiming, I think.
He's hoping for that a bit. That women's theology not be so vindictive. That it not be a female version of machismo.
But in the end one has the impression that the institution always makes half-hearted attempts -- that this type of outcome, invariably, is to justify why they are not considered on equal terms.
Yes, it will take millennia to recover. In the early Church women had a more active role.
And -- this is also important -- there were women in the Church who are now beginning to be recovered, the mystics. Because you can't mess with mysticism. What are they going to do? Deny it? no.
Before it was a bit like there was just Teresa of Avila, but there are many more and contemporary ones.
For example, that Benedict XVI quoted Etty Hillesum in his last homilies as Pope, an agnostic Jew who had four hundred thousand lovers, and one day she fell in love with a psychologist and he told her, "I think you should pray." And henceforth she was a mystic. She went voluntarily to the concentration camp, she left two diaries and incredible letters. Everyone is studying her all over the world. She is an inspiration for Catholics, Christians of all shades, atheists, for everyone.
She was a very womanly woman, very aware of her body, of her sexuality. She had an abortion along the way. Imagine, during the war...
This abortion thing is a very delicate subject. Very serious. I'm against abortion. But as Ivone Gebara says, sometimes we start talking about abortion and not about the abortion society that pushes women, especially poor ones, to get abortions, because the men don't take responsibility, they abandon them. That was the root of her conversion, she suffered a lot. Because her boyfriend told her, "If you have this child, I'm leaving." She loved him a lot and she lost the child and the man. She thought she'd never get pregnant again, but then she had a daughter, and she converted. [Translator's Note: Although it's not indicated in the transcript, Dr. Bingemer seems to have switched back to talking about Dorothy Day here.]
In the end, I do see that you're an optimist, and that you have hope.
You have to have hope. If the women leave the Church, the Church will fall to pieces. We're the ones who support the Church. In the film about the life of Francis, you see the importance women had in his life. A Communist who was his boss when he worked as a chemist, then another who was a judge and who helped him get people out ...
His grandmother.
I think women are the pillars of the Church. And I hope that we become aware of the need for action and a more effective presence of women, because thus we'll go far.
Thank you very much, a pleasure.
You're welcome.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Teresa the Rebel
La Repubblica (in Italiano)
March 9, 2017
Interview with Sister Teresa Forcades. The Benedictine theologian in her fifties, born in the more popular and "atheist" Barcelona, astonishes women by her nonconformist thinking.
There is a small revival of female vocations ...
"In Spain, we are seeing late vocations of educated and independent women. And vocations of teenagers who are entering the monastery right after high school. The two cases are to be distinguished clearly. The influence of charismatic personalities and movements (such as the Neocatechumenal one), who look on the secular world with superiority and make the Church (and its affiliates) the outpost of a moral crusade, might be weighing on the girls. In late vocations like mine (28 years old, in the monastery at 30) various reasons coexist, but there is no fear of the world. If anything, the search for a space of freedom, from which to help those who suffer most and fight against injustice."
The Vatican has led an apostolic visitation to investigate the orthodoxy of US nuns.
"The nuns of the LCWR (Leadership Conference of Women Religious) account for 80% of the 56 thousand US nuns. The way they responded to Cardinal Rodé's visitation was exemplary. They practiced "constructive resistance", that is instead ceding to or opposing it, they took the opportunity to deepen their understanding of themselves and of the Church, as well as the bonds that unite the different communities. This attitude, neither high-handed nor submissive, is the main theoretical contribution that many female orders already offer. And then there are specific contributions. For years, many sisters have been revising history and theology from the gender equality perspective. Elisabeth Johnson explores feminine imagery and language and the relationship between theology and ecology; Ivone Gebara is a liberation theologian, committed against injustice; Margaret Farley argues for a moral theology that separates sexuality from sin and guilt. Today a queer theology is crucial -- thinking about sexual diversity from the theological perspective and, from there, developing an anthropology that promotes the originality of each human being and his/her freedom. In the community perspective, it's not about strengthening capitalist individualism, but the solidarity that makes us happy. Yes, I have faith in this moment being experienced by the Church, not because I'm waiting for a solution from Pope Francis, but because I expect that he will give space to proposals that come from below, from the margins."
Pope Francis has limited the web in the monasteries.
"Recommending to contemplative women religious and not to contemplative male religious to restrict the use of social networks reflects a still prevailing sexist prejudice in the Roman Catholic Church. In my monastery, the fact has not provoked changes. We continue to use the social media and try as always to use it responsibly."
About Catholic feminist theology, what's on the horizon? Women priests? The reformulation of chastity and sexual identity?
"There is the awareness that the 'woman problem' has not yet been overcome in the Church or even in 21st century society. In Europe in 2015, women earned 16% less wages than men for equal work -- everything else proceeds from that. How do theology and ecclesial practices continue to contribute to the exploitation of women? Why is their exclusion from the liturgical representation and Church government still being justified?"
What do you think of the new sexism?
"Most of the women, particularly the young, feel themselves to be "women" and different from "men". This gender diversity feels attractive to them and they don't accept that men or society impose anything on them, like switching from a paid job to an unpaid one or dressing in a certain way. But, with the imposition eliminated, there are many women who leave work after the birth of their first child or dress sexy, even if it means annoying shoes and cosmetic surgery. I believe, however, that this patriarchal model is not the society that men impose on women, but the one that men and women build together when they do not have the courage to be queer, to each develop their own originality."
Will you return to the convent?
"The exclaustration permit will end in August 2018. It's my intention to respect it."
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Christina in the name of Christ
El Progreso
March 19, 2017
Christina Moreira of Corunna defends her pastoral work as the only woman priest in Spain. The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests is calling for equality but its members are excommunicated.
Even a pontiff deemed "progressive" in his social vision like Pope Francis has stated his opposition to introducing change in the matter. "On the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, the last word is clear and was said by Saint John Paul II," he declared in November after meeting with the head of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Not even the shortage of priests makes a dent in a rule carved in stone, an infallible part of the Catholic tradition and heritage itself of the word of Christ, who only surrounded himself with men to form his group of apostles.
The woman from Corunna, Christina Moreira, however, accepts the principles that Christianity is a faith that, by its very nature, is egalitarian and she stands against what is established, rebellious against the hierarchies and privileges of the status quo. Breaking canon law, therefore, seems to her an act of social -- and especially moral and spiritual -- justice. Something similar to what Manuel Espiña, founder of the Comunidade Cristiana do Home Novo to which she belongs, did by introducing Galician into the Mass.
The Bible says nothing about prohibition against the priesthood for women, argues the theology student. The ways to which the interpretations of the divine word lead are inscrutable -- heretical or legitimate depending on who you ask. "Only the baptized male validly receives holy ordination," booms Catholic law on this sacrament, which is accessible to women in Lutheranism and Anglicanism. "There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus," reply others quoting the Apostle Paul's Epistle to the Galatians. "The Church in no way has the power to give women priestly ordination, and this judgment must be considered final by all the faithful," proclaimed John Paul II. "God created male and female in His image," says the Association of Roman Catholic Priests (ARCWP), the "movement of renewal and justice" with which Moreira is associated together with more than a hundred women priests and which aims to "heal centuries of misogyny" by demanding that women "preside at the altar and in all leadership roles in the Church." The first seven of them were ordained in 2002 on the waters of the Danube by a prelate objector who transmitted to them the apostolic succession. It happened, therefore, outside the jurisdiction of the bishops in order to be free of the authority that the latter have over the priests.
ACTIVE RESISTANCE. Sacrifice in the name of one's beliefs, another foundation of Christianity, has been fulfilled by Moreira, who in 2015 had to move to Florida to be ordained a priest by the ARCWP, the first one in all of Spain. And, like Job, she assumes with perseverance the trials of adversity, since the Vatican has excommunicated all these women priests.
"This lady's ordination is illegal and invalid, so neither she nor the faithful who follow her validly celebrate the sacraments nor are they in communion with the Catholic Church," responds the archbishopric of Santiago de Compostela to disavow any sacrament that Moreira officiates. "What this lady is doing has the same value in the Church as if she were making pancakes," charge the most conservative faithful.
Moreira has a pink shirt with a clerical collar that reads "Do not be ashamed of what you are, show it." The woman from Corunna relies on the beneficial effect of her actions, her continuation of the ministry of Jesus, to ask Pope Francis for dialogue and openness. Up to now, the so-called "women's theology" of the pontiff has been reduced to the announcement of his intention to create a commission to study the possibility that women might be deacons -- a rank inferior to the priesthood and who can perform a service but not administer a sacrament -- as well as claiming that "the Virgin Mary was more important" than apostles, bishops, deacons and priests. Theoretical, symbolic power.
Meanwhile, with active resistance, Christina Moreira and the ARCWP await actual progress, this time with the Gospel of Luke in hand. "Jesus called women and men to be disciples," is written there.
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Part of National Museums Liverpool
Villanovan and Etruscan Collection:
Joseph Mayer's pre-Roman Italian collection was presented to the museum in 1867 and its importance has been recognised for many years. Jewellery and personal ornaments make up a third of the collection of 250 items, which include high quality pieces and unusual items such as two human teeth in a gold mount. About half of the collection is metalwork, such as bronze hand-mirrors with engravings of individuals and groups of Etruscan myth and legend.
Over the last two years we have been preparing some of our collections of Roman sculpture for the exhibition, 'Age of Reason' at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
Author: Hunt, Tristram; Whitfield, Victoria
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers; Manchester Art Gallery
Date: 2007
Description: Published on the occasion of the exhibiiton 'Art Treasures In Manchester: 150 years on', held at Manchester Art Gallery from 6 October 2007 to 27 January 2008.
Author: MacIntosh Turfa, Jean; Muskett, Georgina
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Date: 2017
Description: One of the finest collections of Etruscan artifacts outside of Italy was begun in the 19th century by Joseph Mayer, goldsmith, of Liverpool. His donation of the collection became the core of Liverpool Museum, now World Museum, and has been augmented over the years by additional gifts and other acquisitions, such as those from the Wellcome Collection and Norwich Castle Museum. Much of the original material came from the necropolis of Vulci (Canino) when it was excavated by Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, while additional objects represent several other cities and sites. Already famous for its gold jewellery and bronze vessels of the 6th to 4th centuries BCE, the Liverpool collection includes a fine selection of Etruscan vases, especially bucchero ware and Archaic painted vases, several scarab seals in semiprecious stones, a small number of carved ivories, and funerary urns, including that of Larui Helesa, in which were found gold earrings identical to those worn by her colourful effigy on its lid. A large group of bronze fibulae (safety-pins) furnish examples of most major types of those important ornaments of the Iron Age and Archaic periods. Engraved bronze mirrors and terracotta votives in the form of heads and body parts (such as uteri) of the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE illustrate myths and offerings that were essential to Etruscan religion. From a Villanovan sword to Hellenistic epitaphs, the Liverpool Etruscan and Italian collection offers a rare glimpse of early civilization in central Italy.
Author: Mayer, Joseph
Publisher: Joseph Mayer
Date: 1852
Description: Joseph Mayer published a catalogue of his collection in 1852, whilst it was at his Egyptian Museum in Colquitt Street. This is before he donated his collection to the Liverpool Free Public Museums in 1867 so his entries do not include the accession numbers that the objects now bear.
Author: Gatty, C T
Date: 1883
Description: Article within the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.
Author: Lloyd-Morgan, G; Girardon, S P
Publisher: The Society of Antiquaries of London
Date: 1988
Author: Johnstone, M A
Publisher: University Press
Date: 1932
Author: Johnstone, M A
Date: 1932-11
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It was incredibly shiny and pretty :) This got a few days of wear because of finals, too, and it held up pretty well. This is about 3 coats. I have read in a few places that it's a dupe for the gold in the OPI Bond collection, which may be easier to obtain than this Sally Hansen.
I added some glitter on top, of course, for the last day and I decided on Bitches Brew by Nail Pattern Boldness.
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Chronicles of Reilukerho Ptolus campaign: Claw and the prison plane
Warning: Spoilers!
Plans and preparation ideas for this session can be read at http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/topic/17942
Warning: Spoilers!
Plans and preparation ideas for this session can be read at http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/topic/17942
Raguel, Lord of Dark Reliquary and Leader of the Fallen, has asked a PC's to do them a job. In addition to promise of an enormously valuable diamond, he promises to help them free their lost friend, Calista from dungeons below the Dark Reliquary. In the picture above, players have just entered the reliquary using teleport.
Session log entry (I'll order the entries later in a format where you can follow the whole story)
Spoiler alert! This log contains Ptolus spoilers, even if the storyline isn't identical to written adventures.
After about five years of playing, my 4E Ptolus campaign has reached it's finale. This post has SPOILERS so if you're playing in a Ptolus campaign, or are going to, you better not read this post. The campaign has a lot of elements from the book, but also many elements created by myself.
The final session I had initially planned to run on one night become one 6-hour session and one 10-hour session. This last 10-hour session had just 3 combats, and while it had also good amount of non-combat playing, combats were really long, even if a lot of the opponents were minions.
Lord Zavere had promised to Linele's ghost and Reilukerho to find out where Linele's body and the demon possessing it are. With Shard's help, he found that the demon is inhabiting the lighthouse island in front of Ptolus. Reilukerho got themselves a boat on started to row towards the island.
Rowing towards the island
Heroes have been going adventuring while the workers they've hired are starting to build basement to the house. To everyone's surprise, the building seems to actually have a basement - the workers hit solid built stone and couldn't advance more. After a bit of searching, the heroes found a secret door that leads to the basement.
Into the cellar
This post isn't ready and therefore isn't promoted to front page. It's published in order to gather all the Session posts under it.
Ptolus players, this post will contain spoilers!
In my last night's game, pc's reached the end of Goth Gulgamel, a fortress half-way up the 3000ft spire shadowing the city. They arrived to the Ageless titan, a dormant undead titan. Fooled by the Rakshasa, they told the titan they want the key to the darkness. Infuriated by some arrogant and foolish adventurers stopping to shop, he attacked.