Events Calendar

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Friday, January 27, 2023
2023 Season Flat Rock Playhouse
Jan 27 all-day
online w/ Flat Rock Playhouse

Purchase a subscription to the Music on the Rock® Winter / Spring Concert Series and receive a 10% Discount!

Don’t miss out!

Performances are limited. Join us for a rockin’ night with these enduring tunes and the incredible artists that will have you swooning and hungry for more!

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Categories: Music Theatre
Art Exhibit: už linijos (beyond the line)
Jan 27 all-day
Woodbine Studio & Gallery

už linijos (beyond the line) is a conceptual installation by multimedia artistic team Jeff + Goda.

The exhibit features allegorical pointillism and three dimensional mixed media works that pull focus on the physical and emotional lines seen and felt in universal topics, such as temporality, stability, and a constant search of one’s identity.

Lines are an integral component for giving shape, form, and interpretation to stories and personal experiences. However, the core feelings and immediacy of living are often blurred, overlooked, or hidden; somewhere beyond those visible lines.

už linijos (beyond the line) strives to reflect, and bring awareness to, the rarity and significance of those imperceptible day to day moments.

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Categories: Art & Craft
Nantahala Outdoor Center 2023 Adventure travel trips
Jan 27 all-day
Nantahala Outdoor Center
Inflatable Kayaks in Ecuador

Adventure is what we do.

Nantahala Outdoor Center has a long history of venturing where many haven’t, pioneering new adventures, and bringing opportunities to experience the outdoors to millions of guests over five decades. Our International Adventure Tours offer unique destinations, exciting adventures and activities, experienced guides, and world-class hospitality. These all-inclusive, small group excursions will redefine how you travel. Experience some of the most breathtaking places in the world without feeling like a tourist.

If your idea of fun is a rafting trip on the Chilko, a quiet lake paddle in Argentina, surf lessons in Ecuador, or trekking in Iceland, our trips have something for every adventure and skill level. Enjoy kayaking, hiking, fishing, horseback riding, yoga, surfing, ziplining, wine tastings, or cultural experiences, along with the flexibility to customize your own adventure. Settle in after your travels in some of the most unique accommodations in the world; from cozy lodges and five star resorts, with local cuisine and tastings, every detail is meticulously planned so you can soak up every moment.

We hope these guided, off-the-beaten-path expeditions will foster the same spirit of adventure we encourage in our Southeastern locations, while giving you the opportunity to explore beyond your own backyard.

 

We have officially announced our new 2023 Adventure travel trips for you to explore new destinations, try new adventures, and experience new cultures! Our trips are small groups, offer world-class hospitality, unique lodging and the most diverse activity options for you to try! We’re giving “revenge travel” new meaning.
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Categories: Family Fun Outdoors
Seeking Contemporary Art Exhibition Proposals
Jan 27 all-day
online

Call for 2024-2025 Main Gallery Proposals

The submission deadline is Friday, January 27, 2023.

GCCA’s Main Gallery exhibitions strive to educate and inspire by promoting diverse ideas while encouraging innovative, contemporary approaches to visual arts. GCCA is currently seeking proposals to fill our exhibition schedule for the 2024-2025 calendar year.
The Main Gallery provides approximately 2,000 square feet of exhibition space and has featured the work of local, regional, national, and all disciplines of the visual arts. Our movable gallery wall system allows for dynamic designs and fresh experiences for every exhibition. Each exhibition is on display for approximately two months.
Please note that GCCA will not accept exhibition proposals submitted via email or traditional mail. All submissions must be completed via the online application. There is also a non-refundable $30 application fee to be submitted electronically with the application form (the fee aids with the operations of GCCA and its galleries). The application fee and proposal submission do not guarantee acceptance for an exhibition in GCCA’s Main Gallery. An exhibition agreement and additional information will be provided if the proposal is accepted
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Categories: Art & Craft
The Southern Studies Fellowship in Arts and Letters: Culture of the American South
Jan 27 all-day
online
South
The Southern Studies Fellowship in Arts and Letters is a first-of-its-kind and immersive fellowship focused on the culture of the American South. We’ve officially opened applications for year three of the program starting this summer!

This first-of-its-kind program brings one early-career artist and one early-career writer to Spartanburg, South Carolina, for a nine-month fellowship of research, creativity, teaching, and travel, culminating in a collaborative project informed by the region. This program is perfect for those looking to immerse themselves in the culture of the American South.

In addition to focusing on their own creative projects, the Southern Studies Fellows will have opportunities and requirements for educational community service in Spartanburg County; these will include college and high school classroom visits/lectures, readings, open studios, workshops, and projects affiliated with the host organizations. The fellows will be expected to contribute up to 20 hours per week in the following areas: community service, artist-writer collaboration, and out-of-town travel for project research.

A key component of this unique fellowship is the opportunity to interact with leading scholars, artists, and writers throughout the South. Each fellow will have opportunities to travel in the Southern region to conduct research at cultural and educational institutions, which will inform their work and will be critical in the development of their ideas for a collaborative project that expands the understanding of the modern South.
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Categories: Art & Craft Writing
Saturday, January 28, 2023
2023 Season Flat Rock Playhouse
Jan 28 all-day
online w/ Flat Rock Playhouse

Purchase a subscription to the Music on the Rock® Winter / Spring Concert Series and receive a 10% Discount!

Don’t miss out!

Performances are limited. Join us for a rockin’ night with these enduring tunes and the incredible artists that will have you swooning and hungry for more!

Read more
Categories: Music Theatre
Art Exhibit: už linijos (beyond the line)
Jan 28 all-day
Woodbine Studio & Gallery

už linijos (beyond the line) is a conceptual installation by multimedia artistic team Jeff + Goda.

The exhibit features allegorical pointillism and three dimensional mixed media works that pull focus on the physical and emotional lines seen and felt in universal topics, such as temporality, stability, and a constant search of one’s identity.

Lines are an integral component for giving shape, form, and interpretation to stories and personal experiences. However, the core feelings and immediacy of living are often blurred, overlooked, or hidden; somewhere beyond those visible lines.

už linijos (beyond the line) strives to reflect, and bring awareness to, the rarity and significance of those imperceptible day to day moments.

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft
Nantahala Outdoor Center 2023 Adventure travel trips
Jan 28 all-day
Nantahala Outdoor Center
Inflatable Kayaks in Ecuador

Adventure is what we do.

Nantahala Outdoor Center has a long history of venturing where many haven’t, pioneering new adventures, and bringing opportunities to experience the outdoors to millions of guests over five decades. Our International Adventure Tours offer unique destinations, exciting adventures and activities, experienced guides, and world-class hospitality. These all-inclusive, small group excursions will redefine how you travel. Experience some of the most breathtaking places in the world without feeling like a tourist.

If your idea of fun is a rafting trip on the Chilko, a quiet lake paddle in Argentina, surf lessons in Ecuador, or trekking in Iceland, our trips have something for every adventure and skill level. Enjoy kayaking, hiking, fishing, horseback riding, yoga, surfing, ziplining, wine tastings, or cultural experiences, along with the flexibility to customize your own adventure. Settle in after your travels in some of the most unique accommodations in the world; from cozy lodges and five star resorts, with local cuisine and tastings, every detail is meticulously planned so you can soak up every moment.

We hope these guided, off-the-beaten-path expeditions will foster the same spirit of adventure we encourage in our Southeastern locations, while giving you the opportunity to explore beyond your own backyard.

 

We have officially announced our new 2023 Adventure travel trips for you to explore new destinations, try new adventures, and experience new cultures! Our trips are small groups, offer world-class hospitality, unique lodging and the most diverse activity options for you to try! We’re giving “revenge travel” new meaning.
Read more
Categories: Family Fun Outdoors
The Southern Studies Fellowship in Arts and Letters: Culture of the American South
Jan 28 all-day
online
South
The Southern Studies Fellowship in Arts and Letters is a first-of-its-kind and immersive fellowship focused on the culture of the American South. We’ve officially opened applications for year three of the program starting this summer!

This first-of-its-kind program brings one early-career artist and one early-career writer to Spartanburg, South Carolina, for a nine-month fellowship of research, creativity, teaching, and travel, culminating in a collaborative project informed by the region. This program is perfect for those looking to immerse themselves in the culture of the American South.

In addition to focusing on their own creative projects, the Southern Studies Fellows will have opportunities and requirements for educational community service in Spartanburg County; these will include college and high school classroom visits/lectures, readings, open studios, workshops, and projects affiliated with the host organizations. The fellows will be expected to contribute up to 20 hours per week in the following areas: community service, artist-writer collaboration, and out-of-town travel for project research.

A key component of this unique fellowship is the opportunity to interact with leading scholars, artists, and writers throughout the South. Each fellow will have opportunities to travel in the Southern region to conduct research at cultural and educational institutions, which will inform their work and will be critical in the development of their ideas for a collaborative project that expands the understanding of the modern South.
Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Writing
New Year’s Resolutions: Be a community blood donor
Jan 28 @ 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
The Blood Connection--Greenville

 Right now, a team of doctors is scrubbing in for a surgery while a patient waits for a procedure that they hope will save their life; blood bags are prepared and ready.  In a different hospital, a team of nurses is giving a trauma victim a lifesaving blood transfusion.  Several floors away, a cancer patient is receiving a platelet transfusion after chemotherapy.  Those patients, and thousands of others, can hope and plan for the new year because blood products were available.

 

As we enter 2023, many are looking at a piece of paper, writing down their new year’s resolutions and goals: ‘read ten books…get outside more often…go to the gym.’ The Blood Connection (TBC), the non-profit community blood center, is encouraging people to add one more thing to that list: save a life with TBC. It may sound daunting.  It may sound unachievable.  But with just one hour and one blood donation, three lives can be saved in this community. The difference between a joyous and tragic new year for many local families is community blood donors.

 

TBC is urging community members to make blood donation a priority in 2023 – because, simply put: lives depend on it.

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Categories: Community Donations
American Kennel Club Dog Agility Trial
Jan 28 @ 8:00 am
T. Ed Garrson Arena

The Blue Ridge Agility Club of Western North Carolina will host an American Kennel Club (AKC) agility trial Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 9 – 11. The event will be held at the T. Ed Garrison Arena in Pendleton from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm on Friday and 8:00 am – 3:00 pm on Saturday & Sunday. Spectators are welcome to attend and admission is free. Please leave your dog comfortably at home. Agility is a competitive team sport comprised of a handler and his or her dog. The object of agility is for the handler to navigate the dog through a timed obstacle course without the dog making a mistake. The agility course is comprised of jumps; weave poles, tunnels and climbing apparatuses. Agility rules focus on safety for the dog.

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Categories: Pets
Greenville State Farmers Market
Jan 28 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Greenville State Farmers Market

 

The Greenville State Farmers Market includes retail sheds and farmer stalls that offer a wide variety of locally grown products and specialty goods. Both quality and variety are standards for the volume of products offered for sale at the Greenville State Farmers Market. Market operations continue Monday – Saturday all year long, ceasing for only two holidays: Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Find information about upcoming events and what’s in season at our market’s Facebook page.

 

Office Hours

Monday – Friday  •  7:30 am – 4 pm
Closed on State Holidays

 

Retail Hours

Monday – Saturday  •  8 am – 6 pm
Admission and parking are free
Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day

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Categories: Farmers Market
Travelers Rest Farmers Market
Jan 28 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Travelers Rest Farmers Market

Travelers Rest Farmers Market

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Categories: Farmers Market
Naturalist Niche: Winter Birding
Jan 28 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Chimney Rock State Park
Advance registration required.

Though some of our feathered friends have migrated to warmer climates for the season, the Park is home to many year-round residents. Leafless trees are the perfect perches against which to spot many unique species from our spot on the N.C. Birding Trail. Join a local birding expert on this easy hike and learn why the early bird gets the worm.

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Categories: Education Outdoors Parks & Recreation
Qi Gong with Simon Cairns
Jan 28 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve

Qigong is a system of self-healing exercises that includes posture, movement, self massage, breathing techniques and meditation.

We meet every Saturday morning within Hatcher Gardens, just past the pond to the right at an enclave called the Garden of Hope and Healing.
Class starts at 9:30am and goes ahead every week unless a weather advisory alerts us to stay home.

The exercises are very gentle, suitable for all ages and free of cost.
Wear comfortable clothing and no yoga mat required.

If you have any questions call Simon 864-921-7867

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Categories: Yoga
A Cut Above Maker Space FREE Kid’s Craft Club
Jan 28 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
A Cut Above Maker Space

Join us in the Maker Space for our first monthly Kid’s Craft Club! The
first twenty kids to drop in between 10 and 2 will get to make their very
own wooden Valentine completely free of charge. No purchase or registration
necessary. Craft club will happen the fourth Saturday of each month so keep
your eyes peeled for more info!

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Categories: Art & Craft Family Fun
Art Exhibit: Adrian Rhodes: After the Ravens
Jan 28 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Spartanburg Art Museum

\an exhibition of site-specific mixed media contemporary art.

Adrian Rhodes, (b. 1983, in Logan, Utah) grew up and resides in Hartsville, South Carolina. She received her BFA in 2005 and MFA in 2011, both from Winthrop University. She is the recipient of the SC Arts Commission’s 2020 Individual Artist’s Fellowship and the 2019 SECAC Artist’s Fellowship. Her work has been included in highly competitive group exhibitions at museums and contemporary art institutions in the southeast. Drawn: Concept and Craft at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem presented her work alongside artists including LeRoy Neiman, Kara Walker, Kiki Smith, Sarah Sze and Buckminster Fuller. Paper Worlds at the Spartanburg Art Museum exhibited herwork with eight other artists who, according to the curatorial statement, “push the boundaries and capabilities of paper.” 2019’s Coined in the South at the Mint Museum Uptown selected 64 works by 45 artists from a submission pool of 2000 entries, and was a survey of groundbreaking contemporary southern art.

Winner of the 2020 701 CCA Prize from the  701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC, she was also featured in the 701 CCA SC Biennial in 2019. In 2017 she was included in two national print exhibitions: the Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibitionand VAE Raleigh’s Under Pressure. Her work has received numerous accolades including Best of Show/Top Honors at VAE Raleigh’s Contemporary South in 2018, Small Works 2018: A Florence Regional Arts Alliance Juried Showand the Arts Council of York County’s 24th Annual Juried Show in 2013.

Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at institutions including Coastal Carolina University, Francis Marion University, The University of South Carolina, UNC Charlotte, USC Beaufort, Jones Carter Gallery and TRAX galleries in Lake City, SC, the Arts Council of York County, and City Art in Columbia SC.

To see more of Adrian’s work, visit her website or follow her on Instagram @adrian_rhodes.

This exhibition is generously sponsored by Davis + Walker Barnes, Michele + Halsey Cook, Misti + Kevin Hudson, Susu + George Dean Johnson, Jr., Vicki + Tom Nederostek, and Margaret + George Nixon.

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Categories: Art & Craft
Artist Collective: New Members Show
Jan 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Artists Collective | Spartanburg

New Member Showcase

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Categories: Art & Craft
Artist Collective: Pushing Pop
Jan 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Artists Collective | Spartanburg

Art Exhibit

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Categories: Art & Craft
Nutcracker: the Exhibition
Jan 28 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Upstate History Museum

The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale…

In the Christmas season of merry making, the ways of celebrating are as many and as varied as possible, but familiar traditions and stories connect all of us during this time, influencing our celebrations and holding a special place in our hearts. One such story and tradition is The Nutcracker.

Whether it’s a tradition to see the ballet or if you only know the songs from hearing them played on Christmas playlists, we are all familiar with the story of The Nutcracker. Or are we truly?

The Upcountry History Museum in partnership with Walt Disney Archives, The Walt Disney Family Museum, Charles M. Schulz Museum, artists James Ransome and Jan Brett, R. Michelson Galleries, and the Carolina Ballet Theatre will invite visitors to explore the history of the surprisingly dark story behind the ballet and its evolution into a holiday classic.

From its origins as a short story written by Prussian author, E.T.A. Hoffman in 1816, to its premiere as a fairy tale ballet in two acts that opened a week before Christmas in 1892, The Nutcracker has become the most popular ballet to be performed around the world at Christmas time.

Nutcracker: The Exhibition, a 1,200 square foot exhibition, organized by the Upcountry History Museum, will explore the kaleidoscope of artistic re-imaginings of The Nutcracker, from the 1820’s to the present. The immersive experience will take visitors on a journey from The Nutcracker’s beginnings as a short story, to its artistic interpretations in literature, ballet, theater, and film. Original illustrations, drawings, film and ballet costumes, props, and ephemera will examine multiple perspectives of one of literature’s greatest paradoxes that continues to inspire imagination, creativity, and discussion.

Rich with visual interpretation, the exhibition will take visitors on a journey through the cultural, technological, and societal shifts that have compelled artists, filmmakers, and fans to return to tale of The Nutcracker time and time again.

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Categories: Art & Craft Family Fun Holiday