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Don’t let the pipes fool you. Gary Lindemann’s penchant for comedy is as strong as his voice.

Fresh off the Arts Center’s October production of “Man of LaMancha,” Lindemann returns to the Hilton Head Island stage in a decidedly different role than the immortal Don Quixote. As Richard Hannay — a man on the run for a crime he didn’t commit in the mystery/comedy “Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps” — Lindemann gets to stretch his acting muscles in a role that calls for perfect timing and physical comedy.

By GAIL WESTERFIELD
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Tom Hindes is not a musician himself, just a music lover: “I play the stereo,” he said. And of the six years he’s lived on Fripp Island, he’s been the president of Fripp Island Friends of Music for three.

By HILARY KRAUS
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Music lovers with a thirst for jazz will have the chance to be part of a special event at The Jazz Corner tonight and Saturday.
Award-winning jazz pianist Rossano Sportiello will join vocalist and bassist Nicki Parrott and percussionist Eddie Metz Jr. at the Hilton Head Island supper club for a rare live-recording concert.

By KELLY WILL
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Indie/punk band Come What May considers themselves to be “brothers” — a well thought-out group of five men out of Athens, Ga., ranging in age from 20 to 24 years old. Their guitars, drums, keyboards and vocals blend to create an inspired mix from down and dirty blues to pop culture beats.

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Like any good a cappella group, Voces8 has the pipes to sing everything from Bach and Mozart to Nat King Cole and Billy Joel. But what’s made this young British crossover octet an international sensation is its flair for performance.

These choristers are cool. James Bond cool.

By LIZ FARRELL
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Gail Simmons has a mantra — one that quite possibly could take down the diet industry and solve America’s obesity problem: “There will be another dessert. I will have another meal. I will eat again.”

Repeating those words has helped keep the host of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef: Just Desserts” from overdoing it — which is easy to happen when you’re a professional food critic and the task at hand is to judge plate after plate of cupcakes, mousses, cookies and truffles.

“I only need one or two bites of every dessert,” she said. “Sometimes I struggle with the fact that I’m wasting ... but there are certainly lots of people on our set who are happy to take bites as well. We all taste it together. It’s about learning to taste.”

It’s oyster season, and the roasts are in high gear. As a matter of fact, this weekend is the two-day Hilton Head Oyster Festival at Shelter Cove Community Park. So whether it’s time to brush up on your shucking skills, or you’re new to the Lowcountry sport of slamming down a bucket of oysters, we’re here to help you make a good run of it.

Here’s some useful information and a few helpful tips to feast on:

Larry Hughes has always been an audio sort of guy, starting with his early days listening to radio dramas as a kid to his days as a DJ at a college jazz station in New Jersey. He’s also a loyal fan of “Prairie Home Companion,” the venerable weekly public radio show hosted by Garrison Keillor that has somehow remained a huge hit in the age of iPads and Netflix.

It’s a scene familiar to many: hair dryers, gossip, sassy one-liners and occasional beauty advice, such as “time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin’ across your face.”

For the women of “Steel Magnolias,” life is what happens between hair-styling appointments, and it’s in Truvy’s salon where they find the perspective, strength and friendship to make it through the highlights and lowlights.

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," presented by the May River Theatre Company
• WHAT: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”
• WHEN: 8 p.m. tonight, Saturday, Nov. 12, 13, 19 and 20; matinees at 3 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 14 and 21
• WHERE: Bluffton Town Hall’s Ulmer Auditorium, corner of Bridge and Pritchard streets, Bluffton
• COST: $20