Registration opens today for the third lecture in Season 6 of the joint Beaufort History Museum- Beaufort County Library local history series coordinated by the Beaufort District Collection. We turn our attention to the history of one of our local seafood industries, commercial shrimping.
Shrimping is a tough, messy business full of physical risks and economic hardships. Beverly Jennings interviewed over 65 fishermen, marine biologists and others to explore the commercial shrimping life along the southeastern coast to create an exhibit for the Sharon and Dick Stewart Maritime Center - which in turn led to the publication of her book Shrimp Tales: Small Bites of History in 2020.
The book explores the trade that started in Florida and eventually found its way up to Georgetown, SC. There are lots of photographs, illustrations, quotes from shrimpers and even some recipes you can cook at home after the program.
Beverly Bowers Jennings has loved the sea since age 6 when her father built a white rowboat named Little Fish for her. A Master Naturalist, Jennings has designed exhibits for the Port Royal Sound Maritime Center and Coastal Discovery Museum. She has been featured on Walter Edgar’s Journal, Local Life magazine, and SCETV’s By The River series.
Registration is required. Space is limited. Reservations will close when room capacity is reached. Please note that this BHM/BCL local history program coordinated by the BDC will be held at the St. Helena Branch Library located at 6355 Jonathan Francis, Sr. Road.
Just a reminder: We learned by trial and error that the 2 weeks window for registration resulted in getting the most butts in seats. We are pleased that our programs have been quite popular in the past, often "selling out" all seats. However, even with the shorter registration period, we may have no-shows. Therefore, we decided that a reservation holds a seat for you up to 1:54 pm the day of the program. Any seats vacant at 1:55 pm are offered to others on stand-by to enter the session until room capacity is reached. So don't be late!
No comments:
Post a Comment