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The 17th Annual Spring Fine Arts and Crafts Festival will be held Saturday, March 27 & Sunday, March 28 from 10am-5pm in Postell Park in the Village of St. Simons (in front of the visitors center at the casino). The festival is hosted by Glynn Art Association
Rhythm on the River, a monthly event created and promoted by The Brunswick Downtown Development Authority and Mainstreet Brunswick, has been changed to Saturdays! The first Saturday Rhythm on the River will take place Saturday, March 27 from 6:00-8:00 at Mary Ross Waterfront Park in Historic Downtown Brunswick. The nights entertainment will feature a local band “Dennis and the Menace”. It’s sure to be a great time. Bring your lawn chairs and $10 to get in!
This Sunday, March 28, the annual Taste of Glynn will take place from 5-8 pm at the King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort.
A Taste of Glynn, the signature event for Amity House, has become a highly anticipated tradition and a delicious way to raise monies to help put an end to domestic violence in our community. Each year this prestigious event enjoys phenomenal growth. This year will be no different, join us and showcase your top cuisine and food presentation for 1,000 plus expected patrons. This fundraiser invites local restaurants to compete for prizes and the honor of being voted the People’s Choice Award Winner.
Tickets $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Tickets are available by calling Amity House (912-264-1348) or can be picked up at the following locations:
Moore Stephens Tiller and MST Wealth Management Brunswick & SSI Office, The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, color me happy, Hattie’s Books, SunTrust Bank on Demere Road St. Simons Island.
Shuttle service available from Massengale Park, St. Simons Island
This weekend (March 26-28) is the last weekend to enjoy this fabulous performance by the Island Players.
Alan Baker, a 30-ish swinging bachelor with time, money and women to spare, welcomes rebellious and eager 21-year brother Buddy into his den of iniquity while their horrified parents can only watch and pray. This farcical 60′s romp became a hit movie starring Frank Sinatra.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for Students 18 and under. Performance times are: Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 at 8:00 pm. Sunday, March 28 at3:00 pm. All performances take place at the Casino Theater on St. Simons Island.
Are you a visitor? A local? What is there to do on St. Simons Island?
VirtualStSimons.com is a website that lets you see what might be of interest to you on the island. The site features several virtual tours of attractions on the island. The virtual tours give you a small glimpse of what is at an attraction so you can decide if you want to see more of it. It’s also a great tool to show your friends some of the sites that you saw on vacation or that you get to see on a day-to-day basis, enticing them to visit.
Jekyll Island Historic District, a National Historic Landmark administered by the state of Georgia, is situated on the southeast side of Jekyll Island. Occupied by the Guale Indians who called the area Ospo, the island was a popular hunting and fishing site. Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, maintained an outpost on the island, and a plantation was established by one of his officers, Maj. William Horton. In 1794 a French family, the du Bignons, bought the island. They retained possession until 1886 when the island was sold to the newly formed “Jekyll Island Club.” Considered to be the most exclusive social club in the United States, the Jekyll Island Club had a limit of 100 members, among them the Astors, Vanderbilts, Pulitzers, Morgans and McCormicks and was laid out by prominent landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland. A club house was built on the island and members constructed private “cottages”– enormous residences designed to house entire families with staff. The club was open for the post-Christmas season when many families came down from Newport and New York to relax and enjoy the “country life.” In 1942 the U.S. government ordered the area evacuated. The state of Georgia purchased the island from the club in 1947 and turned it into a state park. Most of the cottages have been preserved and are open to the public. Among them are San Souci, owned in part by J.P, Morgan and one of the first condominiums in the U.S.; Indian Mound, the twenty-five room home of the Rockefeller family; the Goodyear Cottage completed in 1906 from designs by the firm of Carrére and Hastings; Crane Cottage, circa 1917, the largest and most lavish of the cottages; the original Club House, a wood and brick Victorian structure with towers and manicured lawns; and Faith Chapel, built in 1904 in the Gothic style with copies of the Notre Dame de Paris gargoyles. The chapel also has a large signed Tiffany stained glass window.
The 2nd Annual “Salty Dog Sunday” fundraiser event at the Club at Bennie’s Red Barn on St. Simons Island will be held on Sunday, March 21. The event raises funds for the Glynn County 4-H Advisory Council! Tickets are $10 each and get you in the door to see two SUPER FANTASTIC local bands – “The Three of Us” and “Dennis and the Menace” AND get you all-you-can-eat BBQ! There will also be live and silent auctions and door prize give-aways. All proceeds benefit Glynn County 4-H activities.
Saturday and Sunday, March 20 & 21, the Annual St. Simons Island Spring Invitation Arts and Crafts Festival will take place in the Pier Village on St. Simons Island (in front of the visitor center at the casino). The booths are open from 10-5 both days and are sure to feature a variety of items for all to enjoy! The show is sponsored by the Pier Village Association.
Art Can Help! Haiti Relief Benefit for Kids Against Hunger
A silent Auction full of Art + more and a day full of music featuring some of Saint Simon’s best! The amazing Nichols sisters (xada & xan) will kick off the event at Wake Up Coffee Co @ 9 am! Music will travel through Red Fern with special performance’s by The Corn Pone Nation, Honey Blue + Will Gore, The O’Really’s, Corn Eyed Trout and Marsh Land Groove!
The silent auction will take place @ Wake Up coffee and will include work by:
Niki Coverstone Jewelry
Ginny Walker Photography
Eva Hershaw (austin, TX)
H. Hambright Photography
Chance Isbell (jacksonville FL)
Madelaine Plauche Ceramics (austin TX)
Jesse Gordon (austin TX)
Anthony Quickle
D.Goad
MissKay
Ed Hose
Little Bird Stitching
Claire Buck Jewelry (austin TX)
Eva Hershaw (austin TX)
Ben Galland
Pane In the Glass
s.tharpe photography
Chris Moncus, + many more!
Under The Oaks Arts will also have a KiDs art tent set up for the wee ones to create and have fun! For more information on how to get involved email undertheoaksart@gmail.com or post a comment to this event!
For more information, visit their facebook event page.
The Annual Tour of Homes and Gardens on St. Simons Island and Sea Island seems to crown the Spring season on these two magnificent coastal barrier islands. This event is sponsored by the Episcopal Church Women of the historic Christ Church, Frederica, has been described as one of the premier tours in the entire Southeast. It will take place on Saturday, March 20, 2010.
Visitors will be treated to homes and gardens on both Islands featuring styles ranging from low-country, old south plantations to old world European estates. In addition to the elegant homes so generously opened for this special event, tour stops will include Musgrove Plantation; Wesley Memorial Gardens and Christ Church. Each stop on the tour will offer something unique, either through its’ architecture, location, decoration or landscaping. Homes are an extremely important aspect to the grandeur of the surrounding area and homeowners go to great lengths to feature and highlight the natural setting of oaks, marsh and beach.
Perhaps one of the most popular stops is the historic Christ Church itself. Founded in 1736 by General James Oglethorpe and Charles Wesley, it was rebuilt in 1884 after the Civil War by The Reverend A.G.P. Dodge, Jr. in memory of his first wife. Refreshments are always served in the Parish House by the members of the congregation and make a relaxing break in the day. Many ladies take the opportunity to purchase the church cookbook, which in addition to featuring many favorite island recipes, showcases stunning photographs of the church’s stained glass windows and a lovely hard cover of an original watercolor by local artist Betty Lowe.
The tour has historically been very successful and the money raised has been turned back into the community in support of charitable, educational and Christian organizations. The women of Christ Church work tirelessly to present an elegant, yet fun-filled event.
To purchase tickets online for this event visit: www.christchurchtourofhomes.org
