Events Calendar
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The Upstate Holiday Light Show is the area’s biggest Christmas light event! Each year thousands of families create lifelong memories at the Upstate Holiday Light Show. Drive your car around the Greenville-Pickens Speedway track to see millions of multi-colored lights illuminate the sky while synced to your favorite Christmas music on 104.3 (Traditional) or 92.1 (Kids) as you drive through. Being the best Christmas light show around, you will definitely not want to miss seeing the spectacular view as the lights shine throughout the night.
Park your car and enjoy the lights or feed animals from your car in our drive-thru Petting Zoo. Concessions are also available for cash purchases.
Drive through the Upstate’s biggest, nighttime Christmas wonderland as 32 million colors set the sky ablaze, synchronized to the music of your favorite holiday classics.
Take your time. Park and enjoy. The show lasts 30 minutes, but drive around the track as many times as you’d like!
Santa Land and Ice Skating will be closed due to COVID-19, but you can enjoy feeding the animals inside our Petting Zoo or from your car using our drive-thru lane! We are open rain or shine, 7 days a week!
This tour begins at the very birthplace of Greenville—Falls Park. The same allure of the gorgeous 40-foot natural waterfall that casts a spell on Falls Park visitors today must have had the same impact on the first colonial settler, Richard Pearis, when he arrived in c.1769. Less than a handful of American cities can boast such a waterfall in the heart of downtown. Visitors receive a chronological history of our city beginning with a view of the falls from the newest icon of the city’s cityscape—the award-winning pedestrian Liberty Bridge. At the foundation walls of an 1816 grist mill built by Vardry McBee, guests will learn about the factors that caused this small trading post town to grow into the textile center of the world.
Other highlights of the tour include discussion of some of the oldest buildings still existing along the banks of the river, including the 1882 Huguenot Mill and the Gower, Cox and Markley Carriage factory buildings that are now used for dining and entertainment. On the other side of the river banks, visitors will soak in the magnificent features of the $137 million Riverplace development with its unique mix of restaurants, offices, condominiums, artists’ open studios, a 30-foot cascading waterfall feature, hotel and more.
A stroll back up Main St. into the West End discusses a famous Greenvillian, Charles Townes. This tour will give you a great overview of our city’s past but you’ll also hear about the exciting current projects that are adding to the downtown experience as well as future projects that are going to be transforming us into the future.
Highlights include:
• Ruins of an 1816 grist mill built by the “Father of Greenville”, Vardry McBee
• The 1882 Huguenot Mill – learn how Greenville became the “Textile Center of the World”
• The 1857 Gower, Cox and Markley Carriage factory building, once the largest carriage company in the South
• Riverplace – stroll the river walk while learning about the beautiful complex of fine restaurants, shopping, condos, open artist studios, and more overlooking the Reedy River that has sparked a revitalization of the Historic West End
• The bronze memorial to Charles Townes, a Greenvillian who became the inventor of the laser.
Winter Lights returns to the gardens November 19-January 1
Tickets are now sold PER VEHICLE, not per person.
We are thrilled to announce that the 2021 Winter Lights holiday event will welcome members and guests back into the gardens as it returns to the traditional outdoor walk-through open-air show format. The famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden will be back, outfitted with new designs in lights, while throughout the gardens, popular arrangements will mingle with ones never seen before.
You can find everything you need to know about Asheville’s Brightest Holiday Tradition at the tabs above, and be sure to secure your tickets now.
We hope you will join us this holiday season!
Winter Lights is the Arboretum’s largest annual fundraiser, and supports many parts of its mission driven programming.
See ‘How to find us’ to get the location right.*
Vele’s forward lean: foot mobilization and deep intrinsic muscle activation
Dynamic warm-up: we’ll go through the whole body
Skill and mobility work: ~10 minutes
-Skill work: lateral movement in boxing
-Mobility work will be individually guided based on any specific restrictions you have.
Full body circuit workout: the workout will have 5 stations for partner exercises. You’ll do each exercise for 1 minute and then rest 15 seconds and repeat the exercise, switching roles if the station requires. After doing the station twice, you and your partner will then go to the next station. We’ll go through all 5 stations, rest 2 minutes, and then switch partners and go through all 5 one more time.
Station 1: bodyweight row ladder
-You and your partner will alternate doing bodyweight row reps, adding 1 rep each time. Once one of you get to your limit, you’ll start back at 1 and build back up, repeating this pattern until time is up.
Station 2: mitt work – combo and duck
-One partner will hold the boxing mitts and the other will be punching. The mitt holder will call out a number from 1-6. The puncher will then throw that many punches and duck at the end. You’ll continue this for the minute.
Station 3: partner band walk
-You and your partner will put a thick resistance band around both of your waists and then the leader will walk in any direction to put tension on the band. The partner will follow and you’ll repeat for the minute.
Station 4: knee tag
-You and your partner will play a round of knee tag – a boxing game where you try to touch your partner’s lead knee.
Station 5: wheelbarrow walk
-This is where one partner holds the other’s legs while they walk on their hands like a wheelbarrow. The holding partner can steer their partner in different directions to make it harder. The lower the ‘wheelbarrow’ partner is to the ground, the harder! Going backwards is also much harder.
Cool down
Come ready to workout with proper hydration as needed.
*We are technically in Cleveland Park but if you put that in a GPS, it will take you to the wrong part.
What we’re about
This group is for anyone who is interested in improving their health and fitness! The workouts cover a wide variety of movements from bodyweight calisthenics to sled pulling to boxing conditioning. Everything can be easily modified to make it harder or easier based on your current fitness level. I’m a physical therapist so helping you find the right level or variation for each exercise is what I do. If you can’t do a pull-up, you can do incline rows. If you want to do a pull-up, we’ll make a progression to get you there. If you don’t have the proper mobility for a movement (a full squat, for example), then we’ll go over some specific drills to get you there quickly.
Many people have pain due to bad movement patterns. These can be corrected with good form. But probably more people have pain due to too much tension. Having good fitness isn’t just about being able to squeeze your muscles really hard. It’s also about being able to relax your muscles fully. We’ll start workouts with some individual mobility work where everyone can loosen up and release muscular tension while I circle around to provide guidance as needed.
A general layout of a session would be:
-Dynamic warm-up
-Mobility work
-Circuit workout: we’ll do a full body workout that will always include pushing and pulling with the upper body as well as some leg exercise.
-Cool down
So join us if you want to do your first pull-up or do more pushups. If you’re interested in learning how to pull a car or swinging harder (golf, tennis, boxing, etc.). Check us out if you want to become more flexible or learn to relax your muscles.
This is a dynamic group! We’ll learn and hypertrophy together.
About Eric:
Eric has a doctorate in physical therapy and has worked as the head of the chronic pain team at Tuomey Hospital’s outpatient clinic, as well as a PT at Furman’s SportsMedicine clinic. He’s worked with people of all ages and fitness levels, from people just after surgery to collegiate athletes. He’s also trained in many different exercise styles including powerlifting, Olympic lifting, kettlebell training, calisthenics, and martial arts. He owns a health coaching and physical therapy company, The United Strengths LLC. You can find out more about his approach or contact him through his website: www.theUnitedStrengths.com.
The longest running comedy show in Greenville! Free admission with food &/or beverage purchase every Monday at 7:30pm! To sign up, arrive a bit early.
We are pleased to announce that we are now taking applications for our first ever Operations Manager.
Deadline Dec. 10th
The 29th Annual National Gingerbread House Competition™ – the largest in the world – will be held at the resort on Monday, November 22, 2021. This year, the Competition will be a combination of aspects from The 2020 National Gingerbread House Competition™, while bringing back the in-person events that make this experience so special to the competitors, Gingerbread enthusiasts, and the hotel. It is our mission to ensure that the Competition’s legacy built on design, innovation and tradition continues for future generations.
Like last year, the Competition will conduct the first round of judging virtually. This will enable documentation of the creation process, enhance the first round of the judging experience, and ensure the competition will continue safely, even if unforeseen circumstances were to arise. The first round is meant to give the judges a visual idea of the creation by showcasing a framework and different portions of the piece that highlight the story behind it- even if your final product is not yet completed. More details on this below.
The second round of judging will be done in-person at the hotel in the Grand Ballroom as in years past. The Omni Grove Park Inn is thrilled to once again display all Gingerbread entries at the Resort for public viewing to celebrate the hard work and dedication that goes into these edible works of art. All Gingerbread entries will be reviewed in-person during the second round to ensure the integrity of the Gingerbread creation physically meets the criteria.
For those who may not travel this season, the hotel will continue, “The 12 Days of Gingerbread” by releasing one of the Top 12 finalists, per day, on the hotel’s Facebook (@omnigroveparkinn) and Instagram (@omnigrovepark) channels from December 1 – 12, 2021 to spark Ginger-love for all during the happiest season of the year! This provides an in-person and virtual way for all to enjoy.
The winning creations will be on display Sunday, November 28, 2021 – Sunday, January 2, 2022. The Omni Grove Park Inn invites guests not staying at the Resort to view the display after 3:00 p.m. on Sundays or anytime Monday through Thursday, based on parking availability and excluding holidays and the following dates: December 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31 and January 1. Public viewing on December 26 and January 2 will reopen after 3:00 p.m. Please note that only Registered Resort Pets will be permitted. No outside pets will be allowed.
Proposed materials will be on display in the Education Media Center in 212 Tillman Hall (Old Main) from November 5, 2021 through December 5, 2021 during the hours of Monday – Thursday 7:30am-9:00pm and Friday 7:30am-4:30pm. All materials must remain the EMC per the SC State Department of Education.
“Natural History/Critical Condition” is a visual compendium of cautionary reflection. The artists included in the portfolio, present a reflection on the natural environment that unveils a growing list of environmental concerns facing humanity. The exhibition points to disruptions in our environment such as ocean acidification, global warming, declines of critical food chains species, melting glaciers, animal extinctions, plastic detritus, and deforestation. “Natural History/Critical Condition” questions are capacity and willingness to address the changes taking place us and muses on our ability to reconcile the destruction humanity is causing around the globe. It encourages the viewer to take action before conditions progress beyond our ability to take meaningful action.
Participating artists include: Lynne Allen, Dale Clifford, Carmon Colangelo and Ashley Colangelo, Syd Cross, Georgia Deal, Maggie Denk, Bill Fisher, Diane Fox, Adele Henderson, Pat Hunsinger, Anita Jung, Cima Katz, Kumi Korf, Robert Lazuka, Pam Longobardi, Angela Oates, Dennis O’Neil, Cynthia Osborne, Andy Rubin, Joe Sanders, Jewel Shaw, Aaron Wilson, and Anderson Wrangle.
Organized by Sydney A. Cross, Sponsored by the Department of Art, Lee Gallery & Clemson Advancement Foundation at Clemson University.
With the convenience of being open year-round, 7 days a week, the WNC Farmers Market offers a selection of farm-fresh produce at the lowest prices in Western N.C. Our popular retail buildings, providing a selection of non-perishables, fruits, vegetables, crafts and more, are open daily.
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Income Tax Course
2021 Clemson University Income Tax Course
Fourth Online Offering
3-Day Program
November 30, December 1 and 2, 2021
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
IRS Program Codes:
General Tax Law Online: 3XKET-T-00017-21-O for up to 13 credit hours
Federal Ethics Online: 3XKET-E-00015-21-O for up to 2 credit hours
Tax Law Updates Online: 3XKET-U-00016-21-O for up to 3 credit hours
Continuing Education Credits:
For CPA and Enrolled Agents: 18 hours total
Federal Tax Law: 11.5 hours
Federal Ethics: 2 hours
Federal Tax Law Updates: 3 hours
South Carolina Tax Law Updates: 1.5 hours
AFSP, RTRP and other Tax Return Preparers: 16.5 hours total
Federal Tax Law: 11.5 hours
Federal Ethics: 2 hours
Federal Tax Law Updates: 3 hours
Attorneys: 15 CLE credit hours total
Tax Law: 13 hours
Ethics: 2 hours
Certified Financial Planners: 16 hours total
Program Faculty:
Ronny Burkett, CPA, CVA: President, Burkett, Burkett & Burkett Certified Public Accountants PA, Columbia, SC
Mark J. Hendrix, CPA: Executive Vice-President, Burkett, Burkett & Burkett Certified Public Accountants PA, Columbia, SC
Daniel L. Crowson, CPA: Executive Vice-President, Burkett, Burkett & Burkett Certified Public Accountants PA, Columbia, SC
Evette Davis: Tax Specialist, Stakeholder Liaison, US Internal Revenue Service – IRS
Keith J. Wicker, CPM: Special Projects Coordinator, SC Department of Revenue – SCDOR
Marquita Simmons: Tax Law Coordinator, Employee & Taxpayer Education, SC Department of Revenue – SCDOR
Taxpayer Advocate, US Internal Revenue Service – IRS
Taxpayer Advocate, SC Department of Revenue – SC-DOR (Columbia event only)
Topics:
Individual Issues: key challenges that tax professionals face preparing individual income tax returns, including: charitable contributions (including the expanded limit for the above-the-line deduction); tax issues for ministers; tax issues to consider when remodeling a home (including residential energy credits); exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence or a rental converted to a principal residence; and expanded limits for the earned income tax credit.
Business Tax Issues: issues that tax practitioners encounter when preparing returns for clients who operate a business. Topics include the following: new guidance for marijuana businesses; the business-use-of-the-home deduction, and how that deduction applies to day care providers; how to maximize the qualified business income (QBI) deduction by dividing or aggregating businesses; how to comply with new partnership capital account reporting requirements; final regulations that define real property and incidental personal property that is eligible for like-kind exchange treatment; and deferring recognition of gain on an involuntary conversion.
Choice of Entity: review of the default and elective classification rules for a business entity. It discusses key tax characteristics to consider in choosing a business entity, and compares the loss limitation rules, self-employment tax, the QBI deduction, and the availability of fringe benefits for different types of business entities.
Trusts and Estates: important information for tax practitioners preparing a return for a deceased taxpayer, including: discussion of the assets that are included in the gross estate for purposes of calculating the estate tax and determining whether an estate tax return is required; when it is advantageous to elect portability of the deceased spousal unused exclusion (DSUE) and how to calculate the DSUE; when the grantor of a trust is the deemed owner; new regulations that clarify the deductions that are available to an estate or a trust; and the deductions that carry over to the beneficiary when an estate or trust terminates.
Retirement, Investments, and Savings: investment and retirement tax planning issues, including the following: social security planning; IRA conversions; self-directed IRAs; stock options; and section 403(b) plans.
IRS Issues: topics the IRS targets as of key relevance for practitioners, including: the Taxpayer Advocate Service; cybersecurity and data breaches (include COVID-related scams); new IRS options for electronic communication, signatures, and filings; installment agreement options; and revised COVID-related payment procedures.
Payroll and Credits: emerging payroll and credit issues including employer and employee employment tax deferral; employer credits for family and medical leave (including for vaccine-related leave); the employee retention credit; and a review of how the paycheck protection program (PPP) loan forgiveness affects wages.
Ethics: important topics that help tax practitioners comply with their ethical obligations, such as: ethical challenges in remote work settings; what business services constitute the unauthorized practice of law; ethical considerations for tax practitioners volunteering on the board of a nonprofit organization; recognizing abusive tax evasion schemes; and understanding the role of judicial doctrines in tax research. Ten case studies that illustrate real-life ethical scenarios are presented.
South Carolina – Department of Revenue Issues: SC Tax Legislation, SC-DOR Security Updates, and update on South Carolina E-File.
And as in the previous years, dedicated chapters to: Agriculture and Natural Resource Issues, New and Expiring Legislation, and Rulings and Cases.
Maintenance of Records:
“We have entered into an agreement with the Office of Director of Practice, Internal Revenue Service, to meet the requirements of 31 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 10.6(g), covering maintenance of attendance records, retention of program outlines, qualifications of instructors and length of class hours. This agreement does not constitute an endorsement by the Director of Practice as to the quality of program or its contribution to the professional competence of the enrolled individual.”
Artist Michael Fowler creates evocative abstract landscape paintings by incorporating vibrant colors with subtle, complex details. His semi-large-scale approach invites viewers to step into his work and build a sense of wonder and contemplation surrounding the natural world. Fowler’s artistic response in contemplating nature is to capture something of a landscape’s pleasantness, which is often unexpected harmonies of color and shape. In his latest exhibit, Arbor Huescapes, Fowler highlights the distinctive vegetation – primarily trees – and topography of North and South Carolina’s midlands and piedmont regions.
Fowler received his Bachelor of Arts from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas with a focus in Advertising Design. He then attended the University of Nebraska where he received a Master’s degree in Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing with a minor in Art History. From there, he attended the University of Memphis where he earned a Doctorate in Higher Education. Based in North Augusta, South Carolina, Fowler is currently an associate professor of design and computer graphics and serves as the Mary Durban Toole Chair of Art at the University of South Carolina in Aiken. His paintings are in a number of public and private collections nationally, and he actively exhibits in regional and national shows.
Please note: Arbor Huescapes has been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 crisis and will now open in fall 2021. The exhibit is on display daily September 18, 2021 – January 9, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. inside the Baker Exhibit Center. All works are available for purchase and a portion of sales will be donated to The North Carolina Arboretum Society.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibit showcases work by seniors in the studio disciplines of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking and Photography.
The Lee Gallery exhibits artwork of graduating students enrolled in the Department of Art academic program at the end of each semester. Students are required to present their final creative research in a professional exhibition and deliver an oral presentation about their work. All events are free and open to the public.
artists
On loan from the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Over the past seven years, Tina Freeman has photographed the wetlands of Louisiana and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctica. In Lamentations, Freeman pairs images from these desparate regions in a series of diptychs that function as stories about climate change, ecological balance, and the connectedness of disparate landscapes.
images courtesy of and © Tina Freeman.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by Davis + Walker Barnes, Alice + Ty Dawson, Leah Kent + Mici Fluegge, Misti + Kevin Hudson, Susu + George Dean Johnson, Jr., Leigh Ann + Ryan Langley, Vicki + Tom Nederostek, Margaret + George Nixon, and Agnes + William Peelle.
The Soldier Bishop: Ellison Capers, a special exhibit created by Faith Memorial Chapel, Cedar Mountain, NC, now on display at the Upcountry History Museum, presents the unshakable faith of Rt. Reverend Ellison Capers and how his fortitude created a lasting legacy.
Though he lost loved ones and survived many of his own near-death experiences in some of the most horrific engagements of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Capers’ trust in God and the path before him never faltered. In 1865, at the age of 28, he was promoted in the military to Brigadier General receiving recognition for his leadership and distinguished service. After the war Capers was elected Secretary of State for South Carolina. Even so, his calling to Christ was overpowering. The Governor told him, “You can be a Governor, Senator, or anything you like. You will be a fool to give all this to become a preacher.”
In 1866, Capers accepted a call to Christ Church Episcopal in Greenville, South Carolina, where he served for 20 years. He was consecrated as bishop of the State of South Carolina in 1893 and moved to Charleston. To escape the summer heat, he purchased a plot of land in Cedar Mountain, NC, and erected a cottage. This inspired in Mrs. Capers a dream to erect an Episcopal chapel for the local population. In 1894, this dream became a reality, and “Faith Chapel” was built.
“Faith Chapel” fell into disrepair following Capers death in 1908. In honor of his enduring influence and guidance, a disciple of Capers, the Reverend Dr. Alexander Mitchell from Greenville, began a movement to rebuild the chapel and dedicated the new church, “Faith Memorial Chapel,” in Capers’ memory in 1941.
The exhibit shares the story of Ellison Capers and the history of Faith Memorial Chapel. Historical artifacts, including Capers’ original military sword, the musket balls that nearly killed him, his war diaries and handwritten letters to his wife from the battlefield, and the preserved renderings for rebuilding the Chapel dedicated to his memory, highlight key moments of Capers life’s journey through war, faith, and salvation.