Bob Ray (b. 1952) works in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and even correspondence and performance. Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, just east of Kansas City, he now lives with his wife in the small town of Washington in eastern North Carolina.

Guest-curated by Mark Sloan, Bob Ray: Suit Yourself features a selection of the artist’s most recent paintings and drawings. Inspired by the Abstract Expressionist painters, Ray also draws from the Dada and Fluxus movements. Each of Ray’s artworks offers evidence of its own evolution. Erasures, false starts, notes, scribbles, overpainting, and tentative asides are visible on the layered surfaces. The artist incorporates household substances into his work, including housepaint, tar, masking tape, coffee, butter, tea, and collaged fragments of previous works.

Ray was the recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in 2015, and he has had recent shows at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina; Lump Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina; and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

The GCMA has published an exhibition catalog of Ray’s works that includes a commissioned collaboration with California poet Allison Benis White, which will be available for purchase.

The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, plays the Jacksonville Icemen at the Bon Secours Wellness Area. Puck drops at 7:05pm.

Over the past three decades, composer/guitarist/vocalist Trey Anastasio has forged a multi-faceted career, winning acclaim in rock, classical and theatrical circles. From founding innovative rock band Phish and composing Tony-nominated Broadway musicals to genre-bending collaborations and celebrated solo work, the Texas-born musician has left an indelible mark on music and culture.

Serving as lead guitarist and vocalist for Phish, the band completed an unprecedented 13-night residency at world-renowned Madison Square Garden, bringing their total number of performances at the famed arena to 64. In his work with Phish and as a solo artist, he has collaborated with a wide array of artists, including Dave Matthews, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, and as part of the trio Oysterhead. The project types are as diverse as the artists themselves. Anastasio co-wrote the music for the Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody, which received a Tony nomination for “Best Original Score” in 2013, just a few years before joining the surviving four members of the Grateful Dead for five stadium shows in celebration of the band’s 50 anniversary. Somewhere in between, he found time to perform original compositions and debut new orchestral works alongside symphonies in some of the most famous performance halls.

If you’re seeking a look inside Anastasio’s creative genius mind, simply turn to Between Me and My Mind, a film documenting his creative process, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and played a sold-out limited run engagement in theaters across the country. All this while continuing to release solo works, like his 14th solo album, Ghosts of the Forests, which Rolling Stone said was “built around psychedelic guitar liftoffs, ambitious arrangements and extremely personal lyrics.”

Bob Ray (b. 1952) works in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and even correspondence and performance. Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, just east of Kansas City, he now lives with his wife in the small town of Washington in eastern North Carolina.

Guest-curated by Mark Sloan, Bob Ray: Suit Yourself features a selection of the artist’s most recent paintings and drawings. Inspired by the Abstract Expressionist painters, Ray also draws from the Dada and Fluxus movements. Each of Ray’s artworks offers evidence of its own evolution. Erasures, false starts, notes, scribbles, overpainting, and tentative asides are visible on the layered surfaces. The artist incorporates household substances into his work, including housepaint, tar, masking tape, coffee, butter, tea, and collaged fragments of previous works.

Ray was the recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in 2015, and he has had recent shows at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina; Lump Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina; and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

The GCMA has published an exhibition catalog of Ray’s works that includes a commissioned collaboration with California poet Allison Benis White, which will be available for purchase.

NOMA Square. 220 North Main Street.

Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive presented by Spectrum benefiting Metropolitan Arts Council, kicks off the weekend every Thursday night with music at NOMA Square on Main Street. FREE ADMISSION. More than 45,000 people attend this event annually. The event serves as the single largest fundraiser for the Metropolitan Arts Council. Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. Bands play two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:20 p.m

Uncensored expression: anyone is invited to step up to share song, music, poetry, comedy, rants & raves!

The most eclectic open mic around, in a welcoming gallery setting! 6 pm signup, perform 6:30-8:30 pm.

Hey look! It’s Jon Reep. You know, that guy, from that thing. You might remember Jon from Dodge Ram Truck’s popular ad campaign as the “That thing got a HEMI?” guy or the comedian who won the world wide show “Last Comic Standing” with the most votes ever cast on NBC or as “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay. Either way Jon Reep is a legendary powerhouse comedian! A national touring comedian whose contemporary country clean point of view has won over legions of fans in theaters, comedy clubs, and on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials on Comedy Central, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. He can be seen in Netflix’s “Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo” and his standup special on Amazon Prime “Ginger Beard Man” or his new standup album “Ginger Pain”.

Bob Ray (b. 1952) works in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and even correspondence and performance. Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, just east of Kansas City, he now lives with his wife in the small town of Washington in eastern North Carolina.

Guest-curated by Mark Sloan, Bob Ray: Suit Yourself features a selection of the artist’s most recent paintings and drawings. Inspired by the Abstract Expressionist painters, Ray also draws from the Dada and Fluxus movements. Each of Ray’s artworks offers evidence of its own evolution. Erasures, false starts, notes, scribbles, overpainting, and tentative asides are visible on the layered surfaces. The artist incorporates household substances into his work, including housepaint, tar, masking tape, coffee, butter, tea, and collaged fragments of previous works.

Ray was the recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in 2015, and he has had recent shows at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina; Lump Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina; and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

The GCMA has published an exhibition catalog of Ray’s works that includes a commissioned collaboration with California poet Allison Benis White, which will be available for purchase.

Shop the hottest small businesses one Friday Night every month in the beautiful Drayton Mills event venue with drink specials + small bites.

Wind up the work week at Greenville Heritage Main Street Fridays presented by Pepsi, listening and dancing to the best in musical entertainment on the Spectrum Stage. FREE ADMISSION

This weekly music series on Main Street at NOMA Square opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 9:30 p.m., with bands playing two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. NOMA Square chairs go fast, so bring a tailgating chair if you are not arriving early.

Head on out to the ballgame at Fluor Field taking on Bowling Green. Game starts at 6:45pm.

Come check out the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center.

New York. 1950s. When David Wilkerson senses the call of God to minister to the gangs of New York, he could never have imagined the challenges and struggles he was going to face along the way. The violence, drugs, and despair that plagues the gang members seem to overwhelm his every effort, but soon, through God’s work in the life of one young man named Nicky Cruz, David begins to see that the transformation he is working for comes only through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Play by Rajiv Joseph

“King” LeBron James’s years playing in Cleveland bring promise, prosperity, and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three.  His tenure also unites Shawn and Matt in an unlikely bond forged by fandom.  Over twelve years, from LeBron’s rookie season to an NBA Championship, the men navigate their turbulent friendship through their shared love of basketball—and the endless amiable arguments that erupt from that love.  A clever comedy, King James is an intimate exploration of the place that sports occupy in our lives and relationships.

Shows Thur, Fri, Sat are 8pm. Sunday shows are 3pm.