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SUMMARY:An Evening with Award-Winning Journalist Steve Oney\, Author of On Air
DESCRIPTION:The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning journalist\, author\, and longtime Pat Conroy friend Steve Oney\, author of On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR\, on Thursday\, February 5\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Oney will be in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited for this free event; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nABOUT THE BOOK\n“A lively and engaging new history of the organization . . . Oney’s account of how all this developed has plenty of color and sweep.”—Washington Post \n“Engrossing and entertaining . . . A major work of media history.”—New York Times Book Review \n“A raucous history . . . Oney’s fleet-footed storytelling and immersive prose bring to life the network’s colorful personalities. The result is an entertaining window into the creative but rancorous scene at one of journalism’s most hallowed institutions.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) \nFounded in 1970\, NPR is America’s most powerful broadcast news network. Despite being overshadowed by the larger and more glamorous PBS\, public radio has long been home to shows such as All Things Considered\, Morning Edition\, and This American Life that captivate millions of listeners in homes\, cars\, and workplaces across the nation. NPR and its hosts are a cultural powerhouse and a trusted voice\, and they have created a mode of journalism and storytelling that helps Americans understand the world in which we live. \nIn On Air\, a book fourteen years in the making\, journalist Steve Oney tells the dramatic history of this institution\, tracing the comings and goings of legendary on-air talents (Bob Edwards\, Susan Stamberg\, Ira Glass\, Cokie Roberts\, and many others) and the rise and fall and occasional rise again of brilliant and sometimes venal executives. It depicts how NPR created a medium for extraordinary journalism—in which reporters and producers use microphones as paintbrushes and the voices of people around the world as the soundtrack of stories both global and local. Featuring details on the controversial firing of Juan Williams\, the sloppy dismissal of Bob Edwards\, and a $235 million bequest by Joan B. Kroc\, widow of the founder of McDonald’s\, On Air also chronicles NPR’s daring shift into the digital world and its early embrace of podcasting formats\, establishing the network as a formidable media empire. \nFascinating\, revelatory\, and irresistibly dishy\, this is a riveting account of NPR’s chaotic ascent\, cultural triumph\, and imperiled future. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nSteve Oney is a longtime journalist who worked for many years as a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine and Los Angeles magazine. He has also contributed articles to many national publications\, including Esquire\, The Wall Street Journal\, New York magazine\, GQ\, and The New York Times Magazine. His history of the lynching of Leo Frank\, And the Dead Shall Rise\, won the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award and the National Jewish Book Award. He is also a contributing writer to Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy and a featured presenter at the 2026 Savannah Book Festival. Oney was educated at the University of Georgia and at Harvard\, where he was a Nieman Fellow. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife\, Madeline Stuart.
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SUMMARY:Monthly Teddy Bear Picnic Read-Aloud with DAYLO
DESCRIPTION:On the first Saturday of every month\, you can join the student volunteers of DAYLO: Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization for a Teddy Bear Picnic read-aloud at the Port Royal Farmers Market (1615 Ribaut Rd.). In collaboration with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, high school and college student volunteers from the Beaufort-based chapters of DAYLO gather at the gazebo in Naval Heritage Park from 9:30 a.m. to noon to read diverse\, inclusive picture books to children and their families\, inspiring a love of stories\, books\, reading\, and peer-to-peer mentoring.  \nCozy blankets\, a plethora of stuffed animals\, and some snacks help the students make a welcoming environment in this free community literacy program. Several times a year\, National Park Service Ranger Katherine Freeman also joins in for Read with a Ranger\, a literacy and art project thematically connected to the missions of DAYLO\, the Conroy Center\, and the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park.  \nDAYLO is a student-led diversity themed book club and community service group founded at Beaufort High School and now with chapters across South Carolina. Learn more at: https://linktr.ee/DAYLOBFT. \nThe Pat Conroy Literary Center is a nonprofit interpretive and learning center advancing the legacy of beloved\, bestselling writer\, educator\, and mentor Pat Conroy (1945-2016)\, author of The Water Is Wide\, The Great Santini\, The Prince of Tides\, and more. Learn more at: www.patconroyliterarycenter.org.
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LOCATION:Port Royal Farmers Market
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