This Calendar of Events lists many of Hilton Head Island's events and activities likely to be of interest to visitors. Most events are open to the public for free or at a modest charge....except where luncheons, dinners, fees for classes and/or special programs are involved. Because scheduling and location of events and activities may change without notice, please call the telephone numbers listed for confirmation, and for additional information.

THROUGH JANUARY 9TH...HOLIDAY ARTS BOUTIQUE & MINIATURES SHOW. Art League Gallery, Pineland Station Atrium A collection of holiday-themed art objects in addition to our regular gallery offerings. Art League Gallery, Pineland Station Atrium. More January Events, Activities.

8TH...ORGAN RECITALS. Visit Holy Family Catholic Church. 24 Pope Ave, for a pipe organ recital on the second Friday of each month. Low Country Chapter, American Guild of Organists. MUSIC AT NOON, 12 noon to 12:45 pm. Free and open to the public. Please call 888-840-0152 for more information.

10TH & 11TH...TCHAIKOVSKY & RACHMANINOFF. 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. ConcertContact: Mary Ann Rebish - 843-842-2055. Event held at the First Presbyterian Church. We open with the Russian master’s favorite March, and feature the 2009 Hilton Head International Competition Winner (who won with Tchaikovsky’s Piano concerto No.1), who returns to play Rachmaninoff’s tour de force on Paganini’s memorable theme. Tchaikovsky’s greatest and fi nal symphony, fi lled with beautiful melodies and pathos brings the concert to a dramatic close. Fee. For more information, please visit them online at www.hhso.org.

17TH...PUREBRED DOG SHOW. 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm. This annual event sponsored by the Hilton Head Kennel Club, includes obedience, junior showmanship and conformation. The event is free. 12:30-4:30 pm. Center Court at The Mall at Shelter Cove. For more information, please contact Cheryl Jackson. Visit them online at www.mallatsheltercove.com.

20TH... BEING A TOURIST IN YOUR OWN TOWN LECTURE AT HAMPTON LAKE. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. Contact: Catherine Guscio. Kick off the New Year by getting to know the area better! The topic of the January’s lecture is “Being a Tourist in Your own Town.” Bluffton native and Member Services Director at Hampton Lake, Catherine Guscio, will share some of her favorite places to go and things to do in and around Bluffton. Learn about the local hot spots where “all the locals go” and fi nd out about special offers from area businesses. There’s so much to do there may not be time to cover it all! Event held in the Lakeview Room at Hampton Lake located on Bluffton Pkwy off Hwy 278. Call Catherine for details at 843.836.7463.

21ST...USCB LUNCH WITH AUTHOR SERIES. 12:00 pm - 2:25 pm. Contact: Jo Ann Kingsley. Location: Dockside Restaurant on 11th Street - Port Royal, SC. 843-521-4147. Maryann Mc- Fadden, winner of best fi rst novel award in 2006, will talk about her new book, So Happy Together which deftly portrays all women who have lived the ‘sandwich generation’ and survived with a smile. Fee for talk and lunch. For reservations, please call 843-521-4147. www.uscb.edu community outreach.

23RD...HARGRAY SNOW DAY. 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Contact: Island Recreation Association. Event held at the Shelter Cove Community Park. Fee for admission. Parents and Grandparents are invited to be our guests with FREE ADMISSION. Includes: Snowfi eld & Infl atables. Refreshments sold separately. For more information, please visit them online at www.islandreccenter. org.

24TH...LOWCOUNTRY SOUP CHALLENGE. 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Don’t miss this delicious event going on its 18th year! Enjoy amazing soups from local restaurants and chefs as they compete in the challenge. Proceeds benefi t Volunteers in Medicine. For more info call (843) 689-6612. Center Court, The Mall at Shelter Cove, 24 Shelter Cove Lane. www.mallatsheltercove.com.

24TH & 25TH...HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Tchaikovsky On Stage! Location: First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway. Phone: 843-842-2055. Tchaikovsky - the master of ballet music, along with songs and dances from his opera Eugene Onegin! The concert begins with his musical postcard from Italy, fi lled with Italian folk themes, and concludes with his ever-popular Overture solnnelle - 1812 Overture sung in Russian by our Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Fee. www.hhso.org.

30TH... PINCKNEY LECTURE AND BOOK-SIGNING AT HAMPTON LAKE. 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Contact: Catherine Guscio. Join us at 1 pm as we host Roger Pinckney, local novelist and sports writer for a lecture and book signing featuring his latest novel, Reefer Moon. Pinckney is a native of the South Carolina Lowcountry and resident of Daufuskie Island. His fi rst successful book was Bluff Roots, a history of South Carolina voodoo and his novel, Little Glory, has been purchased by a Hollywood independent fi lm maker. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the area’s most celebrated authors. For more information about Pinckney visit www.rogerpinckney.com. The lecture and book signing will take place in the Lakeview Room at Hampton Lake located on Bluffton Pkwy off Hwy 278. The public is invited, reservations are encouraged. Please call Catherine at 843.836.7463 for details.

31ST...CHAMBER MUSIC HILTON HEAD. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Contact: Bob Shamo. Location: Lowcountry Presbyterian Church. Address: Simmonsville Rd & Hwy 278 Bluffton. Phone: 843.681.9969. For more information, please visit them online at www.cmhh.org.

FEBRUARY All or Much of the Month

3RD THROUGH 21ST...BOEING-BOEING. Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Coming off a successful 2008 Broadway revival that netted the play two Tony Awards and six nominations, this French farce keeps audiences laughing. Boeing-Boeing answers the question, what do you get when you combine an eager lothario and three beautiful stewardesses? Bernard is a successful architect juggling three fi ancées and their airlines’ timetables. But when a faster Boeing jet throws their schedules off, sending all three women to Bernard’s apartment at once, hilarity ensues. The Wall Street Journal called Boeing-Boeing, “The funniest play to hit Broadway in ages!” Tickets may be purchased Online or by calling the Box Offi ce at 1-843-842-2787 or 1-888-860-2787.

More February Events, Activities

1ST...CHAMBER MUSIC HILTON HEAD. 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Concert. Contact: Bob Shamo. Location: All Saints Episcopal Church. Address: 3001 Meeting Street Hilton Head Island. Phone: 843.681.9969. For more information, please visit them online at www.cmhh.org.

6TH...THE HEART BALL OF THE LOW COUNTRY. 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm. Auction. This is the annual American Heart Association Heart Ball. For more information, please contact the Chamber of Commerce at 843-785-3673.

6TH...A TASTE OF GULLAH. Honor native island heritage and culture in this celebration of all things Gullah. Feed your spirit with a heapin’ helpin’ of storytelling, gospel music and crafts. Feed your tummy with lip-smacking Lowcountry specialties such as conch stew, shrimp and grits, and shrimp and okra gumbo. Sponsored by The Island Packet.

12TH...ORGAN RECITALS. Visit Holy Family Catholic Church. 24 Pope Ave, for a pipe organ recital on the second Friday of each month. Low Country Chapter, American Guild of Organists. MUSIC AT NOON, 12 noon to 12:45 pm. Free and open to the public. Please call 888-840-0152 for more information.

13TH...CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND ANNUAL BALL “STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.” 6:30 pm - 12:00 am. Contact: Rose Fotia. Crowne Plaza Hilton Head Island Beach Resort. For more information, please call 843-681-7668.

14TH & 15TH...HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Location: First Presbyterian Church. Phone: 843-842-2055. Strike up the Band! After last season’s stunning Benny Goodman Tribute, Ken Peplowski returns to perform music by the great GEORGE GERSHWIN, including such favorites as “I Got Rhythm”, “Lady Be Good”, “Someone to Watch Over Me”, his dazzling “Cuban Overture” and highlights from “Porgy and Bess”. Fee. for more information, please visit them online at www.hhso.org.

21ST...4TH ANNUAL COOKS & BOOKS. 11:30 am - 4:00 pm. Contact: Dodi Eschenbach. Take one part tantalizing tastings from top local restaurants, mix with Lowcountry authors and cook book authors and stir in ten chefs vying for honors in a cooking competition and you have a recipe for fun and entertainment at the 4th Annual Friends of Literacy’s fundraiser, Cooks & Books. Event held at the Mall at Shelter Cove. Proceeds will benefi t Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry’s adult literacy programs which serve more than 700 adults annually at twelve different sites throughout Beaufort County.

25TH...USCB LUNCH WITH AUTHOR SERIES. 12:00 pm - 2:25 pm. Contact: Jo Ann Kingsley. Location: Sea Trawler Restaurant at 35 Fording Island Rd. Ext. Bluffton, SC. Phone: 843-521-4147. Karen White, award winning Southern author,talks about her three 2009 best sellers which exhibit her skills as an author of mystery, humourous page-turners to a romance novel covering eighty years and fi ve generations. Fee for talk and lunch. For reservations, please call 843-521-4147. Visit them online at www.uscb.edu community outreach.

MARCH

1ST... HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Elena Urioste, Violin Delicate portraits of Children by a French Impressionist, an ethereal romance for violin and orchestra and a fi ery ballet by the contemporary Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin based on Bizet’s classic opera and written for his wife, the prima ballerina Maya Pilsyetskaya - make an evening of contract, intimacy and passion. Contact: Carmen. Location: First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. For more information, please call 843-842-2055. Visit them online at www.hhso.org.

5TH...ANNUAL BARBERSHOPPERS’S SHOW. 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. Contact: Kirby Sullivna. This show will be staged on two nights: Friday and Saturday, March 5 & 6 at the Hilton Head High School. The school’s Visusal & Performing Arts Center is state-of-the-art. Theme of the show is College Days, a collections of skits and songs recalling the best years of your life through classic college songs sung in 4 part Barbershop harmony. Featuring: Hilton Head Barbershop Chorus, Local Quartets, Lots of surprises and laughs, and a SING ALONG. Special guest: International Quartet Champions VOCAL SPECTRUM. For more information, visit the Hilton Head Barbershoppers website at www. hiltonheadbarbershoppers.org.

6TH...ADVENTURE COVE’S FUN FESTIVAL. 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. Adventure Cove will be hosting its second Fun Festival. There will be infl atables, food, and raffl e ticket prizes. Pre-Sale Admission is discounted for kids. (adults free). Regular fee for day of event. Adults are free. Combo Special - Unlimited Minigolf and Unlimited Infl atables only special fee. Fee for Raffl e Tickets. Chance to win local dining & entertainment certifi cates along with a grand prize Charter Fishing Trip. All proceeds from raffl e sale tickets will be donated. Donated organization will be updated later. Concessions will be sold separately. For fee details and more information please call Adventure Cove at 843-842-9990. www.adventurecove.com.

6TH...YOUTH ARTSFEST. Help us celebrate National Youth Arts Month as we turn over the stage to local young singers, dancers, actors and musicians. This funpacked festival will include variety showstyle performances, free mini art workshops and an all-youth art exhibition. Sponsored by Palmetto Electric Cooperative and The Island Packet. Call 785-3673.

7TH... HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION. Location: First Presbyterian Church. Phone: 843-842-2055. Round 1 - March 8 & 9, 2010. 1:30 - 4:40 pm & 7:00 - 9:10 pm. Round 2 - March 11 & 12, 2010. 1:30 - 5:10 pm & 7:00 - 9:30 pm. Round 3 - March 13, 2010. 1:30 pm - 5:30 & 7:30 - 9:15 pm. Finals March 15, 2010. 7:00 pm Fee for tickets. For more information and tickets, please contact the Box Offi ce: 843-842- 2055. Visit them online at www.hhso.org.

10TH...USCB LUNCH WITH AUTHOR SERIES. 12:00pm - 2:25 pm. Contact: Jo Ann Kingsley. Location: Dataw Country Club Carolina Room. Address: Dataw Island Beaufort, SC. Phone: 843-521-4147. Stephen Hoffi us and Robert Cuthbert talk abou the 1930 articles of then current plantation life in their book, Northern Money, Southern Land. The Lowcountry Plantation Sketches of Choltilde R. Martin. Fee for lunch and talks.

12TH...ORGAN RECITALS. Visit Holy Family Catholic Church. 24 Pope Ave, for a pipe organ recital on the second Friday of each month. Low Country Chapter, American Guild of Organists. MUSIC AT NOON, 12 noon to 12:45 pm. Free and open to the public. Please call 888-840-0152 for more information.

12TH...HHI WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL - “GREAT CHEFS OF THE SOUTH”. 6:00 pm. Contact: Hilton Head Area Hospitality Association. Phone: 800-424-3387. Two Seating Times 6:00 pm and 8:30 pm, Fee per person. Chefs with distinction and some notoriety will join out local island chefs on Thursday evening to prepare exquisite meals paired with wine. Contact the restaurant of your choice to make your reservation for this evening. Welcome reception 6:30 pm. Dinner begins 7:00 pm. Old Fort Pub 843-681-2386,. Keith A. Josefi ak, Executive Chef. Guest Chef: Mike Juliano, South City Grille, New Jersey. Redfi sh 843-686-3388. Sean Walsh, Executive Chef. Guest Chef: John McAllister, The Old North State Club, New London, North Carolina. Sea Pines Country Club 843-671-2345. Joel “Max Johnson”, Executive Chef. Guest Chef: John E. Cuff, Rosebank Farms Café, Seabrook Island, South Carolina. Aqua Grille & Lounge 843- 341-3331. Eric Seaglund, Executive Chef. Guest Chef: Steven Shipley, Director of Development & Alumni Relations, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island. For more information, please visit them online at www.hiltonheadhospitality. org/sections/wine.

20TH...HARGRAY WINGFEST. 11:00 am - 6:00 pm. Contact: Island Recreation Association. Event held at the Shelter Cove Community Park. Fee for admission. Area Restaurants cooking up their BEST wings!!! Kids Zone * Live Music * Rock Wall & Bungee Jump. No Pets Please. For more information, please visit them online at www.islandreccenter.org.