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The Furman Department of Music has announced its 2019-20 Sound Quality Concert Series.
Open to the public, the 11 featured events include performances by the Furman Symphony Orchestra under the baton of two esteemed guest conductors; the Furman Symphonic Band conducted by Director of Bands Sue Samuels; Hugh Ferguson Floyd and the Furman Singers as they prepare for their European Tour; smaller chamber groups including the Jazz and Percussion ensembles; as well as guest organist Paul Jacobs and many of Furman’s own music department faculty.
2020 Minor League Baseball Season Cancelled Over Ongoing COVID-19 Concerns
Drive’s 15th Anniversary Season in Downtown Greenville delayed until 2021
The Greenville Drive, in conjunction with Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and the South Atlantic League today announced that the 2020 season has been cancelled due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic that has swept across the world.
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The ongoing concern regarding the safety of our community, and Minor League Baseball communities across America – including fans, front office staff, gameday staff, players and coaches – led to this decision.
These are very unusual times in which we are living, and we here at Artists Collective | Spartanburg must do all we can do to keep ourselves and our patrons safe. For this reason the Collective will not be open to the public until further notice. This also means the cancellation of ArtWalk this month, Thursday, March 19, 2020.
We will evaluate every week. This does not mean you cannot come and go as you please. We will hang art, make art, and be ready “hopefully” to be open for next month’s ArtWalk.
According to experts, outdoors might not be much safer as far as this fast-moving virus is concerned. Maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet from others, no matter indoors or outdoors, is the recommended practice during this pandemic.
the Blue Ridge Parkway closed its year-round Visitor Center in Asheville, at Milepost 384 near the U.S. 74A entrance, out of safety concerns for staff, volunteers and visitors.
“Other year-round facilities on the parkway managed by local partners will remain open at this time,” according to a statement from the National Park Service. “These sites include the Folk Art Center at Milepost 382 and the Museum of NC Minerals at Milepost 331.”
The parkway motor road and all accessible trails will also remain open where not otherwise closed due to weather. Decisions regarding planned seasonal, spring openings, such as park campgrounds and visitor centers, will be made at a later date.
Similarly, Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced March 17 that Sugarlands, Oconaluftee, and Cades Cove visitor centers are closed until further notice for public safety.
Seasonally open park campgrounds, picnic areas, roads, trails and restroom facilities located adjacent to visitor centers remain open and accessible to the public.
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site temporarily closed the Sandburg Home and Barn on March 17. This includes Sandburg Home tours, the park store, access to the goats and farm animals, all special events, all volunteer shifts, and in-park and off-site programs. Park grounds, except for the barn area, trails, and restrooms will remain open.
The world has changed. It’s probably changed for you. For many people, working from home is a new experience. How do you make that work? Even if you’ve been working remotely for awhile, you may be facing new conditions. You may have people or pets wandering in and out of your workspace when that’s not happened before. How do you make working away from others work for you? We’ve got some help for you, today. We’ve got Carol Hamilton, a global communications expert to share with us some of her thoughts as she has worked with people and teams from around the world. How do you get your head right? How do you get your space right? How do you stay focused? How do you come to agreement with those around you on how you will create boundaries and work and life?
We’ve got some answers in this episode of the Tech After Five podcast.
Follow these steps:
1. Get Buy In From Your Household
2. Setting Your Environment for Success
3. Managing the potential for interruptions
4. Creating the Opportunity for Quality Contact with Colleagues
5. Keeping Yourself working with loops that preserve the selfLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn.
The exhibit of about 40 pieces of art is housed in the facility’s newly renamed and largest gallery—“The Solomon Gallery.” It opened Tuesday, Jan. 7, and will close Saturday, Feb. 29. It features the work of Janet Kozachek, Janet Orselli, Lee Malerich, and Nathaniel Wallace. The public may view the 2-D and 3-D art at no charge Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit’s reception will be Thursday, Jan. 16, 5-9 p.m., during the city’s monthly ArtWalk.
The exhibit features selected pieces from one of the world’s finest collections of over 600 historic brass instruments from the Joe and Joella Utley Collection of Spartanburg, SC. In collaboration with the National Music Museum (NMM) in Vermillion, South Dakota, which will soon house the Utley Collection, Dr. Sabine Klaus, curator of the Utley Collection, worked closely with Tom Strange, Curator and Artistic Director of the Carolina Music Museum to prepare the exhibit.
Tuesday – Saturday 10-5 Sunday 1-5
Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support groups are a safe place for caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia to share feelings, needs and concerns. We would love for you to join us the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 10:30am until 11:30am for a support group facilitated by Sandi Martin & Natalie Kramer. FREE and open to the community!
Jump to the beat with your friends on Sesame Street! Join the fun with an interactive show that unfolds on one of the world’s most famous streets at the funniest, furriest party in the neighborhood…get ready for Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!
Learn new songs and sing along to familiar favorites with Oscar and Cookie Monster; build a snowman with Elmo; flap your wings with Big Bird; marvel at Abby’s magic; be amazed when Super Grover flies, and move to the rhythm with Rosita.
Anything’s possible when everyone who shares something in common gets together. Kick your feet to the beat at Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!
There is no better Win-Win in the world!
A au pair is an educated young person from abroad who lives in your home for up to two years, cares for your children, shares their language and culture with you fostering a mutual sense of curiosity and global perspective and becomes a special part of your family.
Learn more at our informative event.
Forget tourist-filled museums, make your own memories with a photo scavenger hunt tour in Greenville! On a Let’s Roam scavenger hunt, you and your team will work together to wander throughout Greenville, racking up points and laughs along the way. Greenville Adventure is the perfect small group activity for anyone looking to spend an enjoyable afternoon in Greenville.
Some of the more memorable landmarks you’ll see are: NOMA Square, Swamp Rabbit Trail, Greenville Drive Baseball Stadium, Baseball Library..
Let’s Roam scavenger hunts work great for outdoor team building games in Greenville too! Whether you work in Greenville or are just visiting, you are sure to learn some new facts about the city as well as your teammates on this creative corporate event! This is one of the happiest hours your team will spend together!
Fear not, maids of honor, these hunts are sure fire ideas for Greenville bachelorette parties! Bachelors and bachelorettes will both enjoy roaming around on their wedding-themed Greenville scavenger hunts. Why just bar hop when you and your team can jump for joy as you complete hilarious photo challenges and see the best that Greenville has to offer!
Looking to check out a different part of the city? Check out Downtown Asheville Scavenger Hunt, Classic City Culture & History, and Lap Around Charlotte as well!
Here is some more info about this hunt:
Follow the Blue Ridge Mountains and you’ll find one of South Carolina’s most picturesque cities. On this fun-filled Greenville scavenger hunt, explore the storied buildings, great green spaces and cultural institutions.Is there a waterfall in NOMA Square? Who left their sox in the baseball stadium? Find out on this scavenger hunt of Greenville!
Parallel to the broader battle early twentieth-century American women waged to overturn the socio-political constraints historically prescribed by men and law, female artists of the era struggled to earn access to and acclaim in the country’s cultural arena. Working in a region that trailed the national arc toward gender equality, Southern women artists routinely encountered resistance in their quest to gain parity, especially when their mode of expression was modern in style or subject.
This one hour film provides a great overview of the current arts scene in Zimbabwe, which is our Artist in Residence (AiR)’s home country. Enjoy the movie and stay for a Q&A with Masimba afterwards. A program of the Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC.
In every city, every month Tech After Five connects the tech community. We invite IT Professionals, Startups, Entrepreneurs and Service Providers to the IT Community to come together and make meaningful professional connections.
The first Tech After Five was in Greenville, SC on February 20, 2008. Now, 11 years later, we’ve have hosted 500 events where we bring the IT community together within cities between cities. We are a community of communities.
You may be looking for work or looking to hire. You might be looking for customers or prospects. You may need co-founders, partners or mentors. We’ve got you covered.
Tech After Five is not like other networking events. We work particularly hard to make sure we get the right people in the room and then make sure it’s easy for you to find each other. Sign up using the right ticket type for you. We will then follow up with custom emails that let you know who you can expect to meet. We will print custom badges for the event that make it easy for you to find the people you are looking for.
We know that networking can be hard. We try to make it as easy as possible for you to meet the right people. We know that when smart people come together we can make things happen. We hope you will join us and become part of our community.
By the way, have you checked out the Tech After Five podcast? We’ve got ideas you can use at our events as well as introductions to important people and ideas. Check out the “Tech After Five Podcast” on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Anchor FM and more!
The Upper South Carolina Council of the Navy League is pleased to announce that US Coast Guard Captain Jeffrey K. Randall will be the guest speaker at its March 18, 2020, dinner program at the Poinsett Club in Greenville, SC.
CAPT Randall is the Commanding Officer of the USCG Cutter JAMES and will talk about the Coast Guard mission and JAMES operations. JAMES was commissioned in Boston on August 8, 2015 and is the fifth Legend-class National Security Cutter, the largest and most technically advanced class of cutter in the Coast Guard, with robust capabilities for maritime homeland security, law enforcement and national defense missions. Last October, JAMES returned to Charleston following a 62-day counter-drug patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean, interdicting seven drug-smuggling vessels with more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine and 4,085 pounds of marijuana bound for the United States. JAMES also served as Commander of Task Force Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
Tickets are $33 per person and include dinner. For details and reservations, please go to: http://bit.ly/NavyLeagueDinner031820 or email [email protected]
There are two available times for this event:
Jump to the beat with your friends on Sesame Street! Join the fun with an interactive show that unfolds on one of the world’s most famous streets at the funniest, furriest party in the neighborhood…get ready for Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!
Learn new songs and sing along to familiar favorites with Oscar and Cookie Monster; build a snowman with Elmo; flap your wings with Big Bird; marvel at Abby’s magic; be amazed when Super Grover flies, and move to the rhythm with Rosita.
Anything’s possible when everyone who shares something in common gets together. Kick your feet to the beat at Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!
Monday, March 16 – Wednesday, March 18
Children of all ages love the circus — especially the Hejaz Shrine Circus, Upstate South Carolina’s premier family entertainment extravaganza! Held at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, this family-friendly event is incredible fun for the whole family and should not be missed! It brings in families from all over the Upstate!
The circus offers lots of fun, but it is also an annual fundraising event for the Hejaz Shrine. The profits of the circus support the operations of the Hejaz Shrine and allow us to effectively serve the Hejaz Charities in the Upstate.
When you attend the Hejaz Shrine Circus, we know you and your family will have lots of fun — all while helping local children and families.
