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Room: Inman Mills Activity Room
Category: Fun & Games
Contact Phone: 864-596-3504
A funtastic medley of comic mayhem, this magical professor is sure to entertain.
“Why So Many Shapes?: Explorations of the Steel and Junction Group Sites” – Timothy Everhart
Date: July 24, 2018
Time: 7:00pm, doors open at 6:30pm
Location: Mound City Group Visitor Center, 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, OH 45601
Famous ancient sites such as the Pyramids of Giza or the Pantheon led to the lasting association between monuments and complex societies like the Dynastic Egyptians or the Romans. Yet more recent research has documented that many small-scale societies worldwide constructed monuments. Unique among these examples are the Woodland earthworks of the Central Scioto River Valley. The noteworthy features of these societies and their monuments include their wide-spanning ritual network used to acquire exotic raw materials, the art of unprecedented skill produced from these materials and ultimately incorporated in funerary ceremonies, the varied and complex architecture of earthen monuments, and the scale and diversity of form of these monuments. Together these features were a complicated dynamic between people and the landscape – what archaeologists call monumentality. One of the most striking features of this monumentality is the variability in monumental forms. Excavation at the Steel and Junction Group sites over the last two years has sought to explain the source of this diversity. This talk will detail the results of those field campaigns and offer suggestions as to why these societies chose to build such an array of earthworks.
For more information, please call the park at 740-774-1126. For a complete list of lectures please visit https://www.nps.gov/hocu/planyourvisit/summer-lecture-series.htm
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Shared Worlds, a unique summer writing camp for rising 8th through 12th graders, takes place July 15-28 at Wofford College. Faculty authors including Jeff VanderMeer and Charlie Jane Anders will read their works over two evenings (July 17 and 24) at the Hub City Bookshop.
Reading scheduled for July 17:
Charlie Jane Anders
Jeff VanderMeer
Readings scheduled for July 24:
Gwenda Bond
John Chu
Julia Elliott
Hiromo Goto
Ekaterina Sedia
Leah Thomas
Ann VanderMeer
Charlie Jane Anders is the author of All the Birds in the Sky, which won the Nebula, Locus and Crawford awards and was on Time Magazine’s list of the 10 best novels of 2016. Her Tor.com story “Six Months, Three Days” won a Hugo Award and appears in a new short story collection called Six Months, Three Days, Five Others. Her short fiction has appeared in Tor.com, Wired Magazine, Slate, Tin House, Conjunctions, Boston Review, Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, ZYZZYVA*, and several anthologies. She was a founding editor of io9.com, a site about science fiction, science and futurism, and she organizes the monthly Writers With Drinks reading series. Her first novel, Choir Boy, won a Lambda Literary Award.
Jeff VanderMeer is an award-winning novelist and editor, and author of the New York Times bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy—the first volume of which, Annihilation, is currently being made into movie to be released by Scott Rubin/Paramount this year. His latest novel, Borne, will be published by MCD/FSG April 25th, 2017 and has been optioned by Paramount. His fiction has been translated into thirty-five languages and has appeared in the Library of America’s American Fantastic Tales, Conjunctions, and multiple year’s-best anthologies as well as on such sites as Slate and Vulture.
VanderMeer grew up in the Fiji Islands and spent time traveling through Asia, Africa, and Europe before returning to the United States. These travels have deeply influenced his fiction. He is the recipient of an NEA-funded Florida Individual Artist Fellowship for excellence in fiction and a Florida Artist Enhancement Grant. A three-time winner of the World Fantasy Award and fifteen-time finalist, VanderMeer has also won the Shirley Jackson Award and Nebula Award as well as been a finalist for the Hugo Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.
In addition to his writing, VanderMeer has edited or co-edited several anthologies, including Best American Fantasy, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction. His award-winning Wonderbook is the world’s first fully illustrated creative writing book. He also writes for The NY Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic Online, Electric Literature, LitHub, and many others. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and two cats.
Gwenda Bond writes YA and children’s fiction. Her novels include the Lois Lane series (Fallout, Double Down, and Triple Threat), which bring the iconic comic book character front and center in her own YA novels, and the Cirque American series (Girl on a Wire, Girl Over Paris, Girl in the Shadows), about daredevil heroines who discover magic and mystery lurking under the big top. She and her husband author Christopher Rowe launched a middle grade series, the Supernormal Sleuthing Service, in 2017 with The Lost Legacy.
Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Publishers Weekly, Locus Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She has an MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in a hundred-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband and their unruly pets. There are rumors she escaped from a screwball comedy, and she might have a journalism degree because of her childhood love of Lois Lane.
John Chu is a microprocessor architect by day, a writer, translator, and podcast narrator by night. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming at Boston Review, Uncanny, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, and Tor.com among other venues. His translations have been published or is forthcoming at Clarkesworld, The Big Book of SF and other venues. His story “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
Julia Elliott’s writing has appeared in Tin House, The Georgia Review, Conjunctions, The New York Times, and other publications. She has won a Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award, and her stories have been anthologized in Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses and Best American Short Stories. Her debut story collection, The Wilds, a was chosen by Kirkus, BuzzFeed, Book Riot, and Electric Literature as one of the Best Books of 2014 and was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Her first novel, The New and Improved Romie Futch, arrived in October 2015.
Hiromi Goto is an emigrant from Japan who gratefully resides on the Unceded Musqueam, Skwxwú7mesh, and Tsleil Waututh Territories. Her first novel, Chorus of Mushrooms, was the 1995 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book, Canada and Caribbean Region, and co-winner of the Canada-Japan Book Award. Her second adult novel, The Kappa Child, was awarded the 2001 James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award. Her YA novel, Half World, was the recipient of the Sunburst Award and the Carl Brandon Parallax Award. She’s published two more novels for children and youth, a book of poetry, and a collection of short stories (adult). Hiromi is a mentor in The Writer’s Studio Program at Simon Fraser University, a mentor for The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, and is a board member of Plenitude magazine. Hiromi has a graphic novel pending with First Second Books. She is currently at work trying to decolonize her relationship to the land and to be a responsible guest on Turtle Island.
Ekaterina Sedia resides in the Pinelands of New Jersey. Her critically-acclaimed and award-nominated novels, The Secret History of Moscow, The Alchemy of Stone, The House of Discarded Dreams, and Heart of Iron, were published by Prime Books. Her short stories appeared in Analog, Baen’s Universe, Subterranean, and Clarkesworld, as well as numerous anthologies, including Haunted Legends and Magic in the Mirrorstone. She is also the editor of the anthologies Paper Cities (World Fantasy Award winner), Running with the Pack, Bewere the Night, and Bloody Fabulous as well as The Mammoth Book of Gaslit Romance and Wilful Impropriety. Her short-story collection, Moscow But Dreaming, was released by Prime Books in December 2012. She also co-wrote a script for YAMASONG: MARCH OF THE HOLLOWS, a fantasy feature-length puppet film voiced by Nathan Fillion, George Takei, Abigail Breslin, and Whoopi Goldberg to be released by Dark Dunes Productions.
Leah Thomas frequently loses battles of wits against her students and her stories. When she’s not huddled in cafes, she’s usually at home pricking her fingers in service of cosplay. Leah lives in San Diego, California and is the author of Nowhere Near You and the William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalist, Because You’ll Never Meet Me.
Ann VanderMeer serves as the Shared Worlds editor-in-residence. Over a 30-year career, she has won numerous awards for her editing work, including the Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award. Whether as editor-in-chief for Weird Tales for five years or in her current role as an acquiring editor for Tor.com, Ann has built her reputation on acquiring fiction from diverse and interesting new talents. As co-founder of Cheeky Frawg Books, she has helped develop a wide-ranging line of mostly translated fiction. Featuring a who’s who of world literature, Ann’s anthologies include the critically acclaimed Best American Fantasy series, The Weird, The Time Traveler’s Almanac, Sisters of the Revolution, and the Big Book of Science Fiction (Vintage, 2016).
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Join us for a southbound Tap Takeover from 7-9pm!
Beers will include:
Mountain Jam – 5.1% – Southern Lager
Hoplin – 6.3% – American IPA
Scattered Sun – 5.2% – Belgian Witbier
Desert Dawn – 5.3% – Elderberry Saison
Rolling Tumbling – 6% – American IPA
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Do you want to improve your writing skills? Do you want to write for publication, posterity, or just for fun? Learn from veterans in the writing/illustrating field.
Students should have the first draft of a manuscript in hand to start the class. those who are also illustrators should have sample illustrations. Six in-depth sessions to further your storytelling skills. This class will focus on sharpening writing and/or illustrating skills and preparing your manuscript for the next step.
Tim Davis is the author and illustrator of several books and leading Hidden Pictures illustrator for HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINE. Melinda Long is the author of several books including HOW I BECAME A PIRATE.
Hillman Beer is hosting Tuesday Trivia Night from 7pm-9pm! Get ready to drink some beer, test your wit, and have some fun!
Details:
– Please arrive at 6:30pm
– Max 6 people per team
– First place gets a $50 Hillman Beer Gift Card and other fun chances to win
Come cheer on the Tourists!
Come cheer on the Greenville Drive!
21+/ 730pm signups/ 830pm start
All acoustic acts welcome!
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Each week hoop class will focus on a different set of moves and transitions in/out of each move.
Classes are *ALL LEVELS WELCOME* There will be moves covered that accommodate all skill levels! When the first 8 weeks is over, it’ll start again so if you missed the first one or still need help, we’ll have time designated for that.
Pre-registration is suggested and recommended via the link provided. Multiple sizes/weights of hoops are available for use in class.
May 29th: Week 1:
Intro to Hoop Dance: beginners/basic on/off body skills
June 5th: Week 2:
Isolations: how to create the illusion of isolations using body hands, and physics.
June 12th: Week 3:
Tosses: Some of the most wow tricks, we’ll cover transitions into several different forms of release/catch.
June 19th: Week 4:
Contact Hooping: using your body as a tool, from hand to body and back.
June 26th: Week 5:
Body Rocking: manipulating the hoop and finding movement within the hoop without using hands.
July 10th: Week 6:
Flips, Folds, and Spins: Moves that require precision rotation of the hoop on a balanced axis
July 17th: Week 7:
Breaks and Reversals: Changing the current of the hoop, ways to stall and redirect the hoop
July 24th: Week 8:
Collective Choreography:
Experienced Hoopers Only*
1-minute choreography to beats-based music
We’ll incorporate moves from the entire series and include footwork/levels to help open up your flow.
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Greenville Jazz Collective “Jazz Underground” Series at Coffee Underground in downtown Greenville, SC!
Tribute to Mongo Santamaria featuring Tyler Housholder Tuesday July 24th, 730pm at Coffee Underground!
Tickets are $12, $10 for students and seniors
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GJC Quintet:
Tyler Householder-percussion
Matt Dingledine-guitar
Keith Davis-piano
Shannon Hoover-bass
Justin Watt-drumset
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Named by USA Today as one of the Top Twenty Festivals in North Carolina, Folkmoot is a ten-day event, held across the mountains of Western North Carolina in Waynesville, Clyde, Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley, Canton, Cherokee, Franklin, Hickory, Asheville, and Hendersonville. The 2018 festival dates are July 19 – 29 and feature cultural ambassadors/dance performing groups from Ghana, Italy, Czech Republic, Mexico, Venezuela and Northern Cyprus, Thailand and local Appalachian and Cherokee dancers and musicians.
Tickets are now on sale for all performances and can be purchased at Folkmoot.org, in person at the Folkmoot Friendship Center, or by calling 828-452-2997.
For the seventh consecutive year, the Asheville Habitat
ReStore at 31 Meadow Road near Biltmore Village is encouraging residents to show off their
creativity and talent for a chance to win in the ReStore ReUse Contest. Garden shed, artist
studio, chicken coop…tree house, playhouse, tiny house…if you recently built a structure like
this using predominantly reused building materials, Habitat wants to know. The contest runs
July 1-August 31 and submissions must be sent electronically. Information and entry form will
be available on ashevillehabitat.org starting July 1 st .
The purpose of the contest is to showcase innovative building projects constructed
predominantly of used building materials. “Our customers often tell us about the projects they
make using materials purchased at the ReStore. This contest is a great way to showcase their
projects and inspire others to reuse, recycle and repurpose usable materials,” said Scott
Stetson, ReStore General Manager. Five judges will select winners in the following categories: Furniture, Homesteading, Live
and/or Work Space, Home Décor, Youth (age 16 and under), and Best in Show. Winners will
be announced in
mid-September.
While having school supplies may simply be an item on the ‘to-do’ list for many parents and guardians, for others, the calculator that their child needs, or a backpack without last year’s broken zippers, may not be in the cards. 
These parents—and especially their children—should not have to worry about heading into school without the necessary supplies. This is why the United Way has this drive and, by contributing the supplies our students need to succeed, we’re investing in the future of our community. Together we are stronger. United, we make a difference. #BackpacktotheFuture.
This year’s 2018 school supply drive will be July 9th trough July 27th. If you visit www.handsonasheville.org/schoolsupplydrive, you will see that there are links for that online shopping avenue, a downloadable supply list for going to the store yourself, a downloadable “toolkit” should you decide to hold your own drive, and if you would simply like to donate, in general, to the School Supply Drive’s efforts, there is an option for that as well. Any and all options and the donations we receive help us invest in our future!
Students at the Visual Arts Preschool at Roots + Wings School of Art and Design engage with pre-K education fundamentals through a dynamic, arts based curriculum. Literacy, numeracy, social skills, community building, cultural and environmental studies are approached through an art and design thinking lens, as students explore learning concepts experientially across multiple platforms.
The Roots + Wings Visual Arts Preschool ‘Best of 2018’ collection is a cross section of the diverse pre-K education program and includes investigations into art movements, community and culture, storytelling, and creative play.
Register today for our 8th annual SC 4-H Volunteer Leaders Symposium!!! It will be a great day of learning, networking, and fellowship with others. You will be prompted to make your workshop selections during the checkout process. If you cannot select an option that is displayed (if it is grayed out), that workshop is full. Please select another option. We have limited seating available in each workshop; so sign up early! To be put on a waiting list for a particular workshop or if you have any issues with registration, please contact Ashley Burns at 404-580-7984 or [email protected]. Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there. More information can be found on our 4-H Volunteer website.
Saturday, August 11, 2018 (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
Midlands Technical College – Northeast Campus (151 Powell Road | Columbia, SC 29203)
Cost is $15 until July 13, 2018 (After that day, the cost goes to $25 until the final deadline on Friday, July 27th.)
The Wildlife Food Plot Project is a hands-on environmental education program and an independent-study project that allows youth (ages 5-18) an opportunity to establish, maintain, and observe a wildlife food plot. Youth learn concepts of wildlife conservation, plant identification, and habitat management and have the opportunity to put that knowledge into practice. The project runs from September 2018 to January 2019. Food plot seed and record book materials are provided. Record books are judged on the county, region, and state level to determine winners in Junior (9-13 years) and Senior (14-18 years) age divisions. We thank our sponsors, Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) and Wannamaker Wildlife, for their support of this project! Please register online if possible. However, if you would like to register for this project at your local Extension office, complete the 2018 Wildlife Food Plot Project Contract (PDF 0.1MB) and return it with with payment.
Sly Sparrow is back at The Village Tavern!
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It’s Salsa-Bachata Tuesdays! 9:15PM-1AM…at Danz Place! (near Pine Street)
DANZ PLACE, 100 McMillan Dr #C, Spartanburg SC 29303
LESSON: 8:45am-1am
DANCE: 9:30pm-1am – Salsa, Bachata, (some Merengue and Cha Cha)
BEGINNERS WELCOME! ID required… any form of ID is fine.
Please note: Many of the Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cha Cha moves taught in the lesson will be infused with Tango.
THE FOOD AT DANZ IS FABULOUS… JUST SAYING
Judith has the most delicious recipes you have ever tasted!
Taco Salad = $8;
2 Large Soft Tacos = $5
Chips and Salsa – $5;
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