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featured artists and speakers!

JOHN SMITH, 2010 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
March and April at The Hill House

Come see the photography of well known landscape photographer, John Smith, March 1 - April 29th at the Hill House. John will be exhibiting photographs of his travels in the mountains as well as local photographs taken at The Reserve. If you are a Reserve property owner and would be interested in having John come to your property to possibly take some photographs, contact Kathryn Gravely. John will be onsite at The Reserve throughout the 2010 calendar year.

> Browse John Smith's work.
> Read full press release on The Reserve at its Community Foundation lending support to local artists. 
> Read more about John Smith and preview his current online collections at www.johnsmithphotography.net. 

ED BEARDSLEY, "BULLY,
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT"
6:30pm March 16th at Founders Hall

In 1961, Ed Beardsley left the field of chemical engineering to pursue a Ph.D in American history, enrolling at the University of Wisconsin in 1966 and afterwards taking a post in the history department at USC, where he taught and did research for the next 32 years.In 2009, Reserve audiences enjoyed his performance of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the homefront.

This year, Ed will portray Teddy Roosevelt in a one-man shows. He performs in Chautauqua style, allowing the audience to interact with Teddy Roosevelt after the initial performance. This program is in partnership with the SC Humanities Council as part of their Humanities Out Loud Series.