Events Calendar

We love it when the bookstore becomes a place where different kinds of storytelling get the chance to take the stage. Join us for Songwriter’s Circle, in collaboration with some of the Upstate’s finest singer/songwriters, to hear music and talk inspiration (because storytelling runs through everything we love). Come join us on Wednesday, April 10 at 7PM. Absolutely free!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2157630091217323/

Dan & Susan’s Trivia is a Wednesday night staple at Growler Haus and once you’ve seen it, you’ll know why.

Dan and Susan are Trivia Pros and will keep your team (with that awesome team name) guessing all night long.

Best part is, you can win free beer money for playing. So put your thinking caps on and get a seat early!

https://www.facebook.com/events/235746614007810/?event_time_id=235746660674472

Trivia with Brett. Every Wednesday starting at 7 pm. 4 rounds of questions and a bonus round. Prizes awarded throughout the evening. Grab some friends and come have some fun with us.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1639934182974617/?event_time_id=1639934232974612

Dry Falls Village has been isolated for as long as anyone can remember. Her inhabitants grow weary and thirst for adventure. Now, they decide, is the time to venture into the wilderness and explore!

Do you have what it takes to brave the dangers of the unknown? Will you steel yourself and venture to uncover sights unseen? Can you handle what lies beyond the borders of the village?

This is West Marches!

The Bearded Dragons Inn hosts their weekly West Marches game. This is a drop in game for all to join. If you have never played before come and join us. Our amazing community will teach you all you need to know. If you have years, or even decades of experience stop on by as well as you’ll experience a whole new style of play. For more information check out our website: https://sites.google.com/view/west-marches-at-dry-falls/home

Please note that this game is family friendly but anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

https://www.facebook.com/events/401870287020606/?event_time_id=401870333687268

“…be prepared to have all your emotional and sensory buttons pushed, including a few you may have not known existed.”
– The New York Times

The University of SC Theatre Program will present THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, the critically-acclaimed stage adaptation of the bestselling novel, April 5-13 at Longstreet Theatre.

Winner of five Tony® Awards (including “Best Play”), Simon Stephen’s stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s beloved novel has been hailed as “a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle” (The Times). The play takes audiences along on the life-changing journey of fifteen-year-old Christopher, a math savant on the autism spectrum who becomes consumed with finding the killer of his neighbor’s dog. He soon finds that fingers are pointing at him as the suspect, setting him off on a daunting odyssey that turns his entire world upside down.

Although it is commonly acknowledged that Christopher is autistic, that description is never specified in either the novel or the play. For director Robert Richmond, however, the question of whether or not Christopher is autistic misses the point.

“It’s a show about awareness,” he says. “It’s a show and a story that asks us to find the things we have in common rather than the things that divide us.”

Richmond and his artistic team have envisioned a design and in-the-round staging that will enable the audience to experience the story from Christopher’s unique point of view.

“We want the audience to be able to get inside Christopher’s head,” he explains. “It’s about creating this ‘photonegative’ idea that Christopher doesn’t have special needs – the rest of the world does.”

The immersive experience will begin before the show, as the audience will be ushered into the theatre from below via Longstreet’s hydraulic stage. They will then be welcomed into a planetarium-inspired environment created by scenic designer Jim Hunter, a nod to the central character’s infatuation with all things outer space. Richmond says the entirety of the theatre, including its overhead lighting grid and domed ceiling, will be incorporated into the production’s 360-degree design.

Richmond says the on-stage storytelling will be equally distinctive, incorporating stylized movement by choreographer Terrance Henderson.

“I think the physical nature of this production is unusual to our main stage,” Richmond says. “It’s a full-bodied performance. Every cast member is doing something, creating something, so that you not only see the whirlwind challenges of Christopher’s journey, but experience it with him, too.”

Appearing in the production are graduate and undergraduate theatre students Tim Giles (as Christopher), Lochlan Angle, Kimberly Braun, Kinzie Correll, Amber Coulter, Jennifer Moody-Sanchez, Gabe Reitemeier, John Romanski, and M. Can Yasar, as well as guest actor (and UofSC theatre alum) Hunter Boyle. In addition to Jim Hunter and Terrance Henderson, the show’s artistic team includes graduate students Molly Morgan (costume designer), Allison Newcombe (projections designer), and Tyler Omundsen (lighting designer), and instructor Danielle Wilson (sound designer).

“The big question this play is asking us is whether Christopher is capable of pursuing the goals he would like to pursue, or if he is in some way overreaching his capabilities,” says Richmond. “But Christopher doesn’t fear what he’s capable of and shows that he is braver than perhaps every single ‘normal’ adult in the story.”

For more information about THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME or the theatre program at the University of South Carolina, contact Kevin Bush by phone at 803-777-9353 or via email at [email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/events/273127830244936/?event_time_id=273127850244934

Chris Jones & The Night Drivers (Album Release Show) at The Grey Eagle

https://www.facebook.com/events/2235351876728401/

The South Carolina 4-H Small Garden Project is an independent-study project where youth plan, plant, maintain, and harvest a garden, as well as compete for county, regional, and state awards. The purpose of the Small Garden Project is to educate the youth of South Carolina on where and how their food is grown using hands-on, in-the-garden experiences.

The project runs from April – July 2019. (There is NO actual event associated with this project. Materials will be sent to your local Extension Office for pick-up.) The deadline to register is April 11, 2019.

https://www.facebook.com/events/324202394866748/

Fiction Addiction Storytime

Fiction Addiction hosts a free children’s storytime at our shop at 1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5 every Thursday morning at 10:30am.

Human Trafficking Panel Discussion featuring Author & Educator Carol Hart Metzker.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carol Hart Metzker, M.S, is a human trafficking/modern-day slavery
abolitionist, survivor advocate, Tedx Speaker, educator, author of
Facing the Monster: How One Person Can Fight Child Slavery
and Consultant for the Salvation Army’s New Day to Stop Trafficking
Program. She has led projects for former-slave/human trafficking
victim-survivor residential and rehabilitation centers in the U.S
(Dawn’s Place, Salvation Army’s New Day to Stop Trafficking Drop-in Center and New Day New Home, Covenant House), India (Bal Vikas Ashram, Punarnawa Ashram, Rotary School4Freedom), and Nepal (Asha Nepal/Shakti Samuha). Carol was the 2009-2010 recipient of Rotary International’s highest award for an individual’s humanitarian service, the Service Above Self award

Sponsored by the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Questions? Cynthia L. Haynes Eshleman, MS, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/319268675439075/

On the heels of a highly successful 2018 Campaign, we’re happy to invite area businesses to once again participate in the 2019 Power in the Flower Campaign to Beautify the main commercial corridor through Lake Lure and Chimney Rock Village.
The Power in the Flower Campaign is an effective branding tool to visually connect our towns and create a sense of harmony, cohesion, and beauty. For this year’s project, we would love to see the participation grow even more!
Thanks to the ongoing commitment of a core group of volunteers from the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge, the Town of Lake Lure, and the Chimney Rock Village Community Development Association, the Chamber is able to sell the hanging flower baskets or pots at a minimal cost. Our volunteers will do all the legwork for you.
All you have to do is make your selections, and pay for your order. We’ll do the rest! To participate, you must order and pay by April 22nd.
All details here: https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1811/CMS/Press_Releases_Infographics/Power-in-the-Flower-2019-PR.pdf
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https://www.facebook.com/events/405846953566685/?event_time_id=405846966900017

Join us on the second Thursday of every month at Grateful Brew GVL (501 South Pleasantburg Dr., Greenville, SC 29607). No RSVP required. Drop-ins welcome. For more information, email our Greenville Director Nate Moore at [email protected]. Thank you! We hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/276493489684576/

For more information contact: 864-489-9119
Admission: free

https://www.facebook.com/events/2451530438255056/?event_time_id=2451530571588376

Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5pm
Saturday 9am – 1pm

For more information contact: 864.489.9119

https://www.facebook.com/events/2200523790164555/?event_time_id=2200523946831206

First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg and the Spartanburg County Foundation, in partnership with Spartanburg’s Faith Community, are working together to eradicate child poverty!

Recently, the Racial Equity Index has exposed deep ills within our town:
• 45.7 % of children in this city live in poverty.
• Blacks are three times as likely to live in poverty as whites.
• The wage gap for Black and Latina women shows that they are paid less than 57 cents for every dollar paid to their white male counterparts.

The sheer magnitude of these statistics shows us that no one group can achieve what is necessary. It will take all of Spartanburg, working together acting with courage, fortitude, and self-giving love to begin to make a difference.

To that end, we are inviting you to spread the word, invite your friends, your colleagues, and your faith communities to come to a Faith Summit on Child Poverty at First Presbyterian on April 10-11, hosted in partnership with the Spartanburg County Foundation.

Join us for Worship and an interactive kick-off workshop on Wednesday evening, April 10, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm and then, a day of speakers, relationship-building, and table discussions on Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm. Snacks and lunch will be served.

This will not simply be a time of hearing the challenges but beginning to work together to forge a path forward.

To register: www.fpcspartanburg.org/povertysummit and if you can’t join us in person, please tune in for the live stream of the event! Also please like and share this event.

Questions? Contact Joy Jones; 864-583-4531 x121; [email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/events/418672668885887/?event_time_id=418673488885805

First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg and the Spartanburg County Foundation, in partnership with Spartanburg’s Faith Community, are working together to eradicate child poverty!

Recently, the Racial Equity Index has exposed deep ills within our town:
• 45.7 % of children in this city live in poverty.
• Blacks are three times as likely to live in poverty as whites.
• The wage gap for Black and Latina women shows that they are paid less than 57 cents for every dollar paid to their white male counterparts.

The sheer magnitude of these statistics shows us that no one group can achieve what is necessary. It will take all of Spartanburg, working together acting with courage, fortitude, and self-giving love to begin to make a difference.

To that end, we are inviting you to spread the word, invite your friends, your colleagues, and your faith communities to come to a Faith Summit on Child Poverty at First Presbyterian on April 10-11, hosted in partnership with the Spartanburg County Foundation.

Join us for Worship and an interactive kick-off workshop on Wednesday evening, April 10, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm and then, a day of speakers, relationship-building, and table discussions on Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm. Snacks and lunch will be served.

This will not simply be a time of hearing the challenges but beginning to work together to forge a path forward.

To register: www.fpcspartanburg.org/povertysummit and if you can’t join us in person, please tune in for the live stream of the event! Also please like and share this event.

Questions? Contact Joy Jones; 864-583-4531 x121; [email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/events/418672668885887/

Wildflowers springing from the ground are a sign that spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. Capture photos of your family and friends enjoying the Park and enter them into our Shades of Spring Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

Cost: No additional cost to enter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2260375557328117/?event_time_id=2260375597328113

Meet with local business owners and entrepreneurs who help sharpen each other by providing a unique board of advisors for those who attend. You will have an opportunity to network and leave with ideas on how to grow your strengths , change your weaknesses, and trouble shoot your growth obstacles!

We are excited to announce that beginning in 2019 we will be meeting at The Commerce Club of Greenville. Our meetings will still be on the 2nd Thursday of each month.

We will have a private meeting room with audio visual equipment and a continental breakfast. In addition, there will be a tables where everyone can place their flyers and business cards. We will also have one sponsor for each meeting who will be given 5 minutes to talk about their products/services. This sponsor will also be featured on the group FB page. If you would like to be a sponsor, please email Starr at [email protected].

You must RSVP to attend and tickets can be purchased on Facebook through EventBrite. There will be a separate ticket link per month.

Cost is $15 and this is to cover the cost of the meeting room so all attendees must pay the fee regardless of membership status with the Commerce Club.

8:30 – 8:45 Mingle and Grab Some Continental Breakfast

8:45 – 8:50 A Word from Our Sponsor / Heather Allen with Mindful Meeting Pros

8:50 – 9:55 Q&A / Whiteboarding with Group Discussion

9:55 – 10:00 Doorprizes & Recap

Sponsored by Southern Starr Promotions
#LoveLocalUpstate

https://www.facebook.com/events/276397359682498/?event_time_id=303092013679699

Celebrate “Week of the Young Child” with us! We’ll have a petting zoo, fire trucks, police cars, sensory stations from Pickens County Library System, free books, and more. Explore the 5 Palmetto Basics through a fun-filled morning at J.B. Owens Park in Easley! #DoBasics

https://www.facebook.com/events/2386764164690022/

Three days of music, camping, food, beverage and craft vendors, and kiddie land in Greer, SC. Tickets available at gate. Gate opens each day at 10:00 am for new entries.

Thursday
2:30 Oliver Hazard
3:50 IDA MAE
5:20 Lula Wiles
6:50 Darin & Brooke Aldridge
8:20 Ruen Brothers
9:50 Dangermuffin

Friday
12:05 Oliver Hazard
1:25 Lula Wiles
2:50 Wild Ponies
3:55 Dean Owens Musician – Official
5:20 The Deer
6:50 Ruen Brothers
8:20 The National Reserve
9:50 The War and Treaty

Saturday
11:30 Ella and Mary
12:50 The Deer
2:20 Dean Owens Musician – Official with Wild Ponies
3:50 David Myles
5:30 Lera Lynn
7:05 The Steel Wheels
8:40 Jim Lauderdale
10:15 Acoustic Syndicate

https://www.facebook.com/events/627306090996531/

Books, songs, and sensory playtime for ages 0-2!

https://www.facebook.com/events/282638249050879/?event_time_id=282638329050871