Lighthouse Island Tour

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is offering a tour to Lighthouse Island, a National Wilderness Area, where two historic lights can be viewed.  The tour starts with a slide presentation at the Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center at 9:30am.  Participants will then drive to the McClellanville boat landing and board the Coastal Expeditions Island Cat Ferry at 11:00am.  The ferrry will leave Lighthouse Island at approximately 2:30pm.

There are no dock or facilities on the island; participants will wade ashore and walk a dirt path so wear appropiate footwear for water and pluff mud.  Bring insect repellent, water, snacks, and weather gear as appropiate.

Transportation fee:  $40.  Reservations required.  Mail check to Coastal Expeditions to Sewee Visitor Center, 5821 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC  29429

For more information, call 928-3368 between 9am and 5 pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

 

Lighthouse Island Tour

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge is offering a tour to Lighthouse Island, a National Wilderness Area, where two historic lights can be viewed.  The tour starts with a slide presentation at the Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center at 9:30am.  Participants will then drive to the McClellanville boat landing and board the Coastal Expeditions Island Cat Ferry at 11:00am.  The ferrry will leave Lighthouse Island at approximately 2:30pm.

There are no dock or facilities on the island; participants will wade ashore and walk a dirt path so wear appropiate footwear for water and pluff mud.  Bring insect repellent, water, snacks, and weather gear as appropiate.

Transportation fee:  $40.  Reservations required.  Mail check to Coastal Expeditions to Sewee Visitor Center, 5821 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC  29429

For more information, call 928-3368 between 9am and 5 pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

 

Civil/Uncivil: The Art of Leo Twiggs

 

A gallery reception honoring Rhodes and Dr. Leo Twiggs will be hold on April 8 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

This exhibit features artistic interpretations of the impact that the Civil War had on American Society in the late 19th and 20th century.  Orangeburg native Dr. Leo Twiggs documents the continuum from the Civil War to the civil rights movement, providing a different perspective on the impact on Southern society of slavery.

A gallery reception in honor of Twiggs and Rick Rhodes will be on April 8 from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

FREE

The City Gallery, 34 Prioleau Street

 

Post Civil War Charleston – 1865: A Photographic Retrospective

It was not until the Civil War that photography became the most vivid and immediate means of chronicling a large scale human drama.  This exhibit showcases large format images from the archives of the Library of Congress that were taken in Charleston in 1865.  These photographs have been painstakingly restored by Rick Rhodes of Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging. 

A gallery reception honoring Rhodes and Dr. Leo Twiggs will be hold on April 8 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

A discussion of post-Civil War Charleston conducted by Rhodes and historian Robert Rosen will be on April 9 at 2:00pm.

FREE

The City Gallery, 34 Prioleau Street