Events Calendar
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Eat, drink and be merry! Join us this Saturday (and every Saturday) from 7pm to 10pm as we host live local talent! The talent in our beautiful city is incredible, so come out for dinner and live music. Saturday, February 3rd we will have the acoustic sounds of Katie D. Check out our website for a list of all artists that will be playing!
Live Music provided by our good friends Sydney Cox, Steve Mcgaha, and Larry Looper!
https://www.facebook.com/events/540598153031770/
Join the Mayor’s Youth Council for a community viewing of the popular movie The Sandlot. Bring canned food items for our local food pantry and receive a free box of popcorn. Vendors will also be on site selling a variety of food and drink items. Pack your favorite lawn chair, a blanket, and your family and join us for an evening of fun.
https://www.facebook.com/events/333694203848177/
There are always people and situations that try to hold you hostage to your past so that you can’t focus on your future! Never No More is sure to quench your thirst for a meaningful, heartfelt stage play!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1925965127482128/
We are hosting a Pot Luck Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 17th beginning at 7 p.m. We are asking for everyone to bring your favorite Thanksgiving dish to go along with the Turkey.
Please post below what you will be bringing or let Free Spirit or Susan know.
We will update as to what is being brought and what is still needed.
This will be a wonderful time for us to gather together and let everyone know how grateful we are for another year.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1377478182386400/
Come out and network with us and meet small business owners in the Greenville, SC area while enjoying some wine and creating a masterpiece of your own.
https://www.facebook.com/events/738885033113176/
Join us on Saturday, November 17th for Hero’s Night at Swamp Rabbits Hockey! Tickets are $15 with $5 coming back to Wreaths Across America at M.J. Dolly Cooper!
We will also have a table at the event to teach more about Wreaths Across America!
We can’t wait to see you there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1898065506939798/
This Saturday, Nov 17th, 7-10:30pm, It’s USA DANCE’s November Ballroom Dance @ The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St, Greer, SC.
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Jason Barnes will be teaching West Coast Swing from 7-8p and then we will dance and have dinner from 8-10:30pm.
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Mark Ullmann will be our DJ for the night. He always gives us beautiful music to dance to.
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So get ready to have a blast! Come join us on the dance floor and let’s dance the night away!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1929869520395409/
7th Annual Vulcanalia; A Festival of Fire, Fashion, and Fantastic Live Music presented by Artistry Workshops and Gallery
Live Music by
Marvin King Revue
Wasted Wine
Fashion Show featuring Ellen Durkan of Iron Maiden Forge
Fire Arts Demonstrations including Raku, Glass, & Metal Sparks
Hooping and Fire by Cirque Spin Tribe
Performance by NIAD Dance Company
Fire Art and Amazing feats of Wonderment from TimTv & the Secret Cirkus
Food for Sale from Wholy Smoke and Resident Dogs
This year’s theme is Iron Maiden. Can’t wait to see you there.
21 & up
$25 at the door $20 on Eventbrite
Saturday, November 17th, 2018. 6pm
Sponsored by:
Swamp Rabbit Inn, Fete, Cole Properties, Llyn Strong Fine Art Jewelry, Stella’s Music Emporium, Smoke and Brew, Cannabis Forward, Swamp Rabbit Cafe, Community Tap
12 Andrews St
Greenville, SC 29601
https://www.facebook.com/events/333686007169237/
Please note that this Saturday night show is at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, not the Artisan of Flat Rock. One night, one show…. and this is going to be a blast. Meet N Greet also available.
Pam Stone co-starred in the television series Coach for seven seasons as the character, Judy Watkins. She also appeared in the sit-com, “The Drew Carey Show”, the Rob Reiner political documentary, “But Seriously, Folks,” and the George Lucas 1994 film “Radioland Murders,” starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Brian Benben.
Nelson specializes in rubber-faced comedy characters, much as Red Skelton did in his heyday. His most popular originals include Jiffy Jeff, a punch drunk prizefighter with a Gym in NYC; Eppy Epperman, a brilliant but nerdy kid with deeper insights than meet the eye; an entire football team of stereotypical characters and unnamed football stars doing a charity commercial; Wilby Stuckerson, a hillbilly chicken farmer based on a life experience of Nelson’s from Shreveport, Louisiana, and Mr. Pingyeh, an argumentative Asian man who is more eloquent than the people with whom he argues. He is also known for his Jacques-Yves Cousteau impersonations and his “football act” in which he parodies the old team rundowns in the College Football All-Star games, in which players announce their names, numbers and teams (example: “Quasimodo… Notre Dame… halfback!”)
Nelson was Rodney Dangerfield’s opening act for eight years and was featured in two of Rodney’s HBO stand-up comedy showcases, alongside Jerry Seinfeld, Roseanne Barr, Rita Rudner and Bob Saget. That led to two HBO specials starring Nelson, including “Nelson Schmelson”.[1] He considers Rodney his ‘Comedy Godfather’. Nelson was also in a comedy group called “The Identical Triplets” with Eddie Murphy and Rob Bartlett.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1216565125152408/
You might have seen “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” but did you know it had a sequel? That’s right! This time around, the one in the spotlight is the one, the only, the legendary … SNOOPY!
Full of Charles M. Schulz’s classic Peanuts humor and poignancy, you’ll see a block of life from characters we know and love: Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie Brown, Sally, Lucy, Linus, and Peppermint Patty.
Don’t miss the fun, thrilling song and dance! See if Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock ever behold the mysterious Great Pumpkin in “The Vigil,” witness Snoopy’s incredible creative power as he types an epic saga in “The Great Writer,” get back in the Peanuts classroom with “Edgar Allan Poe,” learn how “Just One Person” can beautifully change the world — and many more! Don’t be wishy-washy; we hope to see the whole family there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/301242610463077/
You might have seen “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” but did you know it had a sequel? That’s right! This time around, the one in the spotlight is the one, the only, the legendary … SNOOPY!
Full of Charles M. Schulz’s classic Peanuts humor and poignancy, you’ll see a block of life from characters we know and love: Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie Brown, Sally, Lucy, Linus, and Peppermint Patty.
Don’t miss the fun, thrilling song and dance! See if Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock ever behold the mysterious Great Pumpkin in “The Vigil,” witness Snoopy’s incredible creative power as he types an epic saga in “The Great Writer,” get back in the Peanuts classroom with “Edgar Allan Poe,” learn how “Just One Person” can beautifully change the world — and many more! Don’t be wishy-washy; we hope to see the whole family there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/301242610463077/?event_time_id=301242640463074
One night….One show! This comedy event is the perfect way to kick-off your holiday. Come join in on the fun, and bring your friends. And if you want to meet the comedy legends, up close and personal, we are offering a limited “Meet & Greet” ticket, that gives you a backstage pass, to chat with the stars. Buy yours now for an additional $30…but don’t delay because we are only selling 50 of the Meet & Greet passes.
Michael Winslow is an American actor, beatboxer, and comedian billed as the “Man of 10,000 Sound Effects” for his ability to make realistic sounds using only his voice. He is best known for his roles in all seven Police Academy films as Larvell Jones. He has also appeared in Spaceballs, Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie, The Love Boat, and commercials for Cadbury and GEICO.
Pam Stone co-starred in the television series Coach for seven seasons as the character, Judy Watkins. She also appeared in the sit-com, “The Drew Carey Show”, the Rob Reiner political documentary, “But Seriously, Folks,” and the George Lucas 1994 film “Radioland Murders,” starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Brian Benben. She currently writes two columns including her newest, “Ask Aunty Pam,” and has a highly praised new novel, “Girls Like Her.”
https://www.facebook.com/events/286128688818427/
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Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Fri, 30 Mar 2018 at 10:00 AM
https://www.facebook.com/events/2126483160919794/
We are Excited to have Murdercat Live on stage Saturday Nov. 17th at 8pm!!
Come out for Great Craft Beer, Fine Wine, Great locals and make new friends!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2113978605598555/
Free Webcast Saturday, November 17 at 8:00 PM EST https://www.bju.edu/live/
BJU’s Classic Players’ present Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Produced by Darren Lawson. Directed by David Schwingle. Featuring Ron Pyle in the title role. #shakespeare #BJUclassicplayers #BJUfinearts #kinglear
https://www.facebook.com/events/546709629021703/
Downtown Hendersonville! Come party with us!
Free Music – 3 Sets
https://youtu.be/K9Mh3jzM8Cw – Live Video from the Orange peel
Modern Strangers is an Asheville-based band playing high-energy, toe-tapping, and melodic rock music! A 4-piece combo of journeymen musicians, they take their varied influences and form them into a JanglePop juggernaut. Hard to pin down their sound, they’ve heard comparisons from The Beatles to The Pixies to early REM to Elvis Costello to The Kinks. Catchy songs, vocal harmonies and just the right amount of edge make these guys a fun night whether they’re playing originals or quirky covers.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1019572284881873/
Boisterous, ribald and ultimately shattering, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the unforgettable story of a mental hospital and its inhabitants. When a brash new inmate arrives, the rigid program of the ward, headed by the tyrannical Nurse Ratched, is thrown up for grabs. In a world where sanity means conformity and following the rules is the only way to survive, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a powerful exploration of both the beauty and the danger of being an original.
https://www.facebook.com/events/313207202825896/
The University of SC Department of Theatre and Dance will present PLATONOV, the rarely-performed first play by influential playwright Anton Chekhov, at Longstreet Theatre, November 9-17.
Show times are 8pm Tuesdays through Saturdays, with additional 3pm matinees on Sunday, November 11 and Saturday, November 17. Tickets for the production are $15 for students, $20 for USC faculty/staff, military personnel and seniors (60+), and $22 for the general public. Tickets are available online or can be purchased in person at the main box office located at Longstreet Theatre beginning Friday, November 2. The main box office phone number is 803-777-2551. Box office hours are 12:30 – 5:30pm, Monday – Friday. Longstreet Theatre is located at 1300 Greene St.
The originally untitled comedy, written in 1878 when Chekhov was only 20 years old, was never published in his lifetime. Its four-act structure has been substantially abridged and adapted for this production by director Steven Pearson. The story follows a day in the life of disillusioned schoolteacher Mikhail Platonov, who proudly lives by the credo “speak ill of everything.” Platonov’s cynical wit belies a charisma that proves irresistible to the opposite sex, and as he descends into a downward spiral fueled by lust and alcohol, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of love and deceit.
Professor Pearson has an extensive knowledge of Chekhov’s works, having taught and directed all of the major Chekhov plays many times over his career, and co-written a trilogy of original works inspired by Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” “Three Sisters,” and “The Seagull.” The third in that trilogy, “Flight” (based on “The Seagull”), was produced at the University in April, 2018.
“A number of years ago I became really intrigued by ‘Platonov,’” says Pearson. “I could see connections between some of the characters in this first script and those that appear in his other plays, most particularly “The Cherry Orchard,” which was his last play. There’s a kind of youthful energy, and wrestling with the political and social stresses that were happening then. I thought it would be fantastic to edit it using some awareness of his later work.”
Unedited, Pearson says, the original script is “totally unwieldy. It’s about 5 1/2 hours of material. Anybody who wants to do it – and there have been a number of interesting takes – has to edit it, while staying true to his voice and the characters and scenes that he’s written.”
The play is a comic, almost farcical, take on the human condition that Pearson compares to Charlie Chaplin.
“It’s the structure of what Chaplin did in “City Lights,” where you have a serious moment that builds up, and just before it gets too sentimental, you undercut it with something falling on someone’s head. Chekhov had that sort of farcical sense. He was able to get the deep understanding of the juxtaposition of the serious and the comic, and what it’s like to be alive.”
The spiritedness of Chekhov’s young voice is perfectly matched to the university environment, Pearson says, and to the cast, which includes the new class of MFA in Acting students. The theatre program offers an intensive three-year course of study for graduate-level actors, many of whom come to the University after working professionally.
“They’re all really different, and have really different skills,” Pearson says of the new MFA Acting class, “but what I think they all bring is a terrific sense of humor. Not just being funny, although some of them are very funny, but they have a great appreciation of humor. You can’t teach that.”
Cast in the production are first-year MFA Acting students Sean Ardor, Tim Giles, Iuliia Khamidullina, Kelsie Hensley, Jennifer Moody-Sanchez, Gabe Reitemeier, Leslie Valdez, and Can Yasar, as well as undergraduates Olivia Hensley, Will Hollerung, and John Romanski, and theatre professor Stan Brown. Scenic design and projections for the production are being created by theatre professor Nic Ularu. The show’s costume design is by assistant professor of costume design Kristy Hall. Lighting design is by MFA design student Tyler Omundsen. Pearson is designing the show’s soundscape.
Ultimately, “Platonov” gives the audience a chance to experience a master literary force while he was still honing his craft. And, Pearson says, audiences will be surprised at just how funny he was.
“People have this notion of Chekhov plays that they are all serious, but they’re comedies. They’re about the human condition. We know what we should do, and we just don’t do it…and that’s essentially a comic experience.”
For more information about “Platonov” or the theatre program at the University of South Carolina, contact Kevin Bush via email at [email protected] or by phone at 803-777-9353.
https://www.facebook.com/events/550679312027224/
IPRA World Championship Rodeo. IPRA is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Events include Bareback Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, Calf Roping, Steer Wrestling, Barrel Racing, Team Roping and Bull Riding.
Cash or Check only at the box office – box office opens at noon November 14th and November 15th until 4:30pm and November 16th and 17th noon until showtime
Please note all tickets are general admission