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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Spartanburg Community College Fall Festival 2025
Oct 18 @ 4:00 pm
Spartanburg Community College Giles Campus

107 Community College Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Trick-or-Treat Trail. Games. Program Highlights and hands-on activities. Food truck, vendors, free balloon twisting and face paintin, inflatables, live DJ, and so much more! Don’t miss SCC’s Fall Festival! Mark your calendars for October 18, 2025!

To learn more information about our upcoming festival, visit myscc.info/fallfest.

Sunday, October 19, 2025
Knit-n-Give
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Mission Rathbun House

Are you looking for an excuse to knit or crochet for a good cause? Help make baby hats and blankets and adult hats, scarves, and slippers to support at-risk newborns and homeless adults.  Your handmade knitwear will keep our neighbors warm.  Volunteers with basic skills in knitting or crocheting are welcome. Please bring your own needles or crochet hooks and a pattern.

Check out Knit-n-Give on WLOS: http://wlos.com/news/only-on-wloscom/close-knit-group-of-women-use-their-talents-to-help-asheville-charities

 

 

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Adult Creativity Night
Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm
The Kava Konnection

Join us for coloring, perler beads, bracelet and necklace making, and legos!

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Books Over Drinks with Chris Whitaker
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

An epic, soaring coming-of-age story, All the Colors of the Dark shows the cost of keeping things hidden, how love can grow stronger over the years, about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope. If you love Jodi Picoult and Kristin Hannah, you do not want to miss Books Over Drinks with Chris Whitaker!

Thursday, October 23, 2025
In Conversation with Omkari Williams
Oct 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Join us for a free In Conversation event with author and activist Omkari Williams to discuss her new book, Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World (Without A Bullhorn)!

Friday, October 24, 2025
Bacon & Barrel 2025
Oct 24 @ 7:00 pm
1800 Drayton Catering and Events

Join us on Thursday, October 24 at 1800 Drayton for Bacon & Barrel — a lively evening of bourbon tastings, bacon-inspired bites from local restaurants, live music, and a curated silent auction, all in support of St. Luke’s Free Medical Clinic. This beloved annual fundraiser helps provide free, high-quality healthcare to uninsured residents of Spartanburg County.

Tickets include access to bourbon samples, food tastings, and entertainment. Proceeds go directly toward sustaining our clinic’s mission of compassionate care for those who need it most.

To learn more or purchase tickets, visit: https://slfmc.networkforgood.com/events/88843-bacon-and-barrel

Gaming Night
Oct 24 @ 8:00 pm – Oct 25 @ 1:00 am
The Kava Konnection

Join us for a night of video games and computer games!

Saturday, October 25, 2025
Pop-Up Author Kimalee Finelli
Oct 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Stop by M. Judson for a free pop up with local author Kimalee Finelli and her new book, Under Authority!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

A powerful Reverend with a hidden agenda. A blind and fearful congregation. In this unusual account of Kate Elliot’s experience as a victim of a manipulative church leader, Kate arrives home in Twin River’s Junction after a long absence. As phantoms from long ago emerge, she must return to the place where it all began. Will Kate be able to face her tormented past and find the answers she’s looking for along with the courage to forgive?

Pumpkin Carving
Oct 25 @ 4:00 pm
The Kava Konnection

Bring your own pumpkin and we will have carving tools available!

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Bingo Night
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Kava Konnection

Join us for Bingo night!

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Books Over Drinks with A.T. Qureshi
Oct 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

A cozy romantic fantasy novel for fans of Legends and Lattes and Assistant to the Villain, with friends-to-lovers, small-town setting and baby dragons. This friendship is going up in flames, and you do not want to miss Books Over Drinks with A.T. Qureshi for Baby Dragon Bakery! She will be in conversation with fellow author Beth Revis.

Friday, October 31, 2025
Kava Halloween Party
Oct 31 @ 6:00 pm – Nov 1 @ 12:00 am
The Kava Konnection

Dress in costume for the annual costume contest! Join us for games, activities, snacks, and Halloween fun!

Saturday, November 8, 2025
Brick Fan Event- A LEGO Fan Experience
Nov 8 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Join us at the Greenville Convention Center for Brick Fan Event- a LEGO Fan Experience on November 8-9, 2025. Do you love LEGO®? Brick Fan Event has it all. Come see amazing LEGO® creations, large LEGO® displays, fan creations, games, contests, STEM zones, speakers, and more at the expo. Come join us and other LEGO® fans at Brick Fan Event – A LEGO® fan experience. Two days filled with everything LEGO®.

Show Hours:

Saturday, November 8th 10AM – 5PM

Sunday, November 9th 10AM – 4PM

Sunday, November 9, 2025
Brick Fan Event- A LEGO Fan Experience
Nov 9 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Join us at the Greenville Convention Center for Brick Fan Event- a LEGO Fan Experience on November 8-9, 2025. Do you love LEGO®? Brick Fan Event has it all. Come see amazing LEGO® creations, large LEGO® displays, fan creations, games, contests, STEM zones, speakers, and more at the expo. Come join us and other LEGO® fans at Brick Fan Event – A LEGO® fan experience. Two days filled with everything LEGO®.

Show Hours:

Saturday, November 8th 10AM – 5PM

Sunday, November 9th 10AM – 4PM

Sit Down Supper with Kardea Brown
Nov 9 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
J Hudson Booksellers

Kardea Brown, the breakout star of Food Network’s hit show Delicious Miss Brown, celebrates the Gullah/Geechee culinary traditions of her family in this spectacular cookbook, Make Do With What You Have, featuring 125 original mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous four-color photos. To celebrate this new cookbook, M. Judson is throwing a dinner party like no other. Your ticket includes entrance to the event, a copy of the book, and a four course meal with wine pairings.

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Racial Justice Workshop
Nov 11 @ 11:30 am
YWCA of Asheville

The YWCA Racial Justice Workshop is open to our entire YWCA Asheville community – including our staff, volunteers, board, donors, program participants, Fitness Center and community members. This 90-minute workshop will take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 11:30 am and will be facilitated by Gerry Leonard, Racial Justice & Outreach Specialist and Lexus Walker, Tzedek Social Justice Fellow.

 

Sunday, November 16, 2025
Knit-n-Give
Nov 16 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Mission Rathbun House

Are you looking for an excuse to knit or crochet for a good cause? Help make baby hats and blankets and adult hats, scarves, and slippers to support at-risk newborns and homeless adults.  Your handmade knitwear will keep our neighbors warm.  Volunteers with basic skills in knitting or crocheting are welcome. Please bring your own needles or crochet hooks and a pattern.

Check out Knit-n-Give on WLOS: http://wlos.com/news/only-on-wloscom/close-knit-group-of-women-use-their-talents-to-help-asheville-charities

 

 

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Fill the Cruisers – Emergency Response Food Drive
Nov 19 @ 7:00 am – 2:00 pm
Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Join the Greenville Police Department and Bon Secours Wellness Arena for the Fill the Cruisers Emergency Food Drive, benefiting Project Host. With food insecurity rising and potential delays in SNAP benefits across South Carolina, this community event aims to support local families in need ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Residents are encouraged to stop by the Arena and help fill police cruisers with nonperishable food and essential items, which will be delivered directly to Project Host’s Soup Kitchen and outreach programs. Most needed items include canned vegetables and fruit, canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, peanut butter and jelly, applesauce, snack crackers, mac & cheese, and pop-top soups. Monetary donations can also be made at projecthost.org.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Ernest Hemingway Talk led by Deno Trakas
Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm
Hughes Main Library

Free admission. This event is a discussion, not an in-character performance. Hughes Main Library and online.

Ernest Hemingway – Novelist, journalist and short story writer,
Hemingway revolutionized all three literary forms, earning him
the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. His life was as rebellious and
noteworthy as his writings.

Ernest Hemingway Talk led by Deno Trakas
Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm
Hughes Main Library

Free admission. This event is a discussion, not an in-character performance. Hughes Main Library and online.

Ernest Hemingway – Novelist, journalist and short story writer,
Hemingway revolutionized all three literary forms, earning him
the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. His life was as rebellious and
noteworthy as his writings.