Events Calendar
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Sunday, March
22, 2020
The Orange Peel: Ticket Holders
United Way of Pickens County COVID-19 Community Relief, Food, Utilities, Health
Upstate Individual Volunteer Sign Up Harvest Host Food Bank
Verner Early Education: How to Keep Kids Engaged at Home
Virtual Museum Tours
Baseball Factory Tryouts at Fluor Field CANCELLED
The Utley Collection of Brass Instruments
Vintage Market Days of Asheville Metro
Sesame Street Live CANCELLED
Greenville Scavenger Hunt
Rocky Cove Railroad Exhibit
Chalk Paint® Basics Workshop
Charlotte’s Web CANCELLED
CROP Walk
Sesame Street Live CANCELLED
Anne of Green Gables
Hedwig and the Angry Itch
The Merrell Adventure Dash CANCELLED
We are asking fans to hold onto their tickets, as they will be valid for the rescheduled performance date as soon as they’re announced.
We understand that there is uncertainty for you as you wait for replacement shows to be scheduled and to determine whether it will work out for all the previous buyers to attend. If you are able to hold onto purchased concert ticket and be patient with us as tours work through this large volume of rescheduling, it will allow venues like us to survive being closed for an extended duration while we have no new streams of bar, concessions or ticket revenue.
We want our customers to know that the Orange Peel, like many Asheville’s venues, is a locally owned, locally run small business that employees over 50 local workers at a living wage during normal business operation. Our plan and hope is that we will be able to weather this difficult time, and come out stronger for it on the other end, when we can again be together, enjoying live music. COVID-19 and the resulting bans on crowd gatherings has had and will have a massive financial impact on our business, and every other business in the live events and performance arts sector. We are trying to keep as many of our staff employed as we can while trying to remain strong and sustainable in the interim weeks and months that we are closed.
We appreciate your patience and ongoing support of small businesses and venues like ours as we navigate this unprecedented situation. Please keep supporting each other and our local small businesses. Together, we’ll get through this!
XO,
The Peel
FOOD
- Clemson Community Care remains open for regular service hours. Please confirm before visiting: 864-653-4460.
- United Christian Ministries remains open for regular service hours. Please confirm before visiting: 864-671-1134.
- SHINE Soup Kitchen is closed for regular dining, but “to go” meals and personal hygiene bags will be distributed tonight (March 19) at 5:30 p.m.
- Meals on Wheels will close the two Young at Heart Senior Centers in Liberty and Central March 17-March 31. Senior members who have requested a daily meal will be offered the option of a home delivered meal. MOW will continue to deliver hot meals to homebound clients. MOW is preparing frozen and shelf stable meals in the event that volunteer deliveries become limited.
- WYFF is maintaining a list of area restaurants who are offering free meals to school aged children: https://www.wyff4.com/article/upstate-restaurants-offering-free-food-to-students-during-school-closures/31662340
- SDPC will be serving free breakfast (7-9 a.m.) and lunch 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) for anyone under the age of 18. The student must be present for the meal to be served. SDPC is working on a plan for delivering food via school buses which they expect to begin Monday, March 23. More information to come. The free meal sites are:
- Central Academy of the Arts
- Chastain Road Elementary
- Dacusville Elementary
- McKissick Academy of Science & Technology
- Pickens Elementary
- West End Elementary
- The Free Little Library at the Dream Center will temporarily serve as an emergency food pantry for anyone who needs it. (111 Hillcrest Drive, Easley)
UTILITIES
- Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas are suspending disconnection for nonpayment to all home and business accounts in South Carolina and six other states effective immediately.
- Charter is offering free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 students who do not already have a Spectrum subscription. To enroll call 1-844-488-8395. Installation fees waived for new student households. Confirm terms with provider.
- Visit SDPC for details on how students can access wifi in the parking lots of the following schools:
- East End Elementary School
- West End Elementary School
- R.H. Gettys Middle School
- Pickens Elementary School
- Hagood Elementary School
- Crosswell Elementary School
- Six Mile Elementary School
- Liberty Middle School
- Daniel High School
HEALTH
- Samaritan Health Clinic Free Medical and Dental Clinic of Pickens County is open but only seeing sick visits. They are triaging patience in accordance with CDC, DHEC and PRISMA guidelines and regulations. Please confirm before visiting: 864-855-0853.
OTHER
- United Way of Pickens County Free Tax Preparation sites are closed through March 31, and all March appointments have been cancelled. When we have more to share, that information on rescheduling will be posted on our website and our Facebook page. Visit myfreetaxes.com or IRS.gov to see if any of these online tax preparation services are right for you. Check back with our website for updates.
https://www.harvesthope.org/upstate-branch-individual-volunteer-sign-up
Thank you for your interest in volunteering as an individual at Harvest Hope Food Bank’s Upstate Branch!
Please use this link to complete the steps below. *If you are signing up to volunteer during the COVID-19 crisis, please choose the shifts named “Crisis Volunteer-Upstate”*
If you are signing up to volunteer for the first time, you will need to click on “Sign Up” and create a profile before scheduling your first shift.
If you are a returning volunteer, please click on “Login” to login to your account and schedule your shifts.
*You only need to sign up for an account one time. After you intially sign up, you will only use the login button to schedule shifts.*
We look forward to working with you. If you have further questions after you have watched the volunteer orientation video and completed the application and waiver, please contact Tanya Yachaina at [email protected].
Early Education Home-Days: Socially Distanced But Still Connected
Even during social distancing, families and their early learners benefit from high-quality early education.
Like so many families in our community that are practicing social distancing and are fortunate to have the ability to do so, I am working from home. As early educators, we know very well the struggles of working from home while having little ones at your side. Verner staff are working remotely and supporting Verner families that are now practicing “home-days” while center-based care is suspended.
Some observations about home-days:
Early educators speak frequently about the importance of trusting connections and relationships and their importance for the development of children’s social-emotional intelligence and foundations for life-long learning. This is true for both children and adults! During these days of increased isolation, Verner’s early educators have all been asking what can we do to support families so home-days feel good for everyone and our community remains connected even if we cannot all be together at school right now.
Our staff are making these home-day suggestions available to the community:
https://www.vernerearlylearning.org/covid-19.html
We have also created a YouTube site so that our children can share videos that their teachers have recorded of themselves reading stories, going on an exploratory hike, etc.:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dZ7hot37TIK8EYzgdnBcA
Buncombe Partnership for Children has also compiled a great list of supports for families:
https://buncombepfc.org/covid19/
Our community is coming together in amazing ways to support families through this transitional period.
We hope to back serving families in center-based care soon!
Verner Center for Early Learning fosters holistic learning environments where young children and families thrive.
Verner supports over 250 families with center-based and home-based services at four locations throughout Buncombe County. For more information please visit www.vernerearlylearning.org
https://artsandculture.google.com/project/streetviews
Virtual tour
Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.
Get your start with Baseball Factory just like Greenville Drive alums Triston Casas, CJ Chatham, Jarren Duran, and Thad Ward! The National Tryout Tour comes to Fluor Field on Sunday, March 22nd. The Baseball Factory National Tour is the #1 skills evaluation in the USA.
There will be two sessions at Fluor Field, one for Middle School athletes at 8 AM, and one for High School atheltes at 12 PM. Middle School athletes can click HERE to register, while High School athletes can click HERE to register.
During both sessions, parents will have access to a suite at Fluor Field that will include complimentary refreshments, snacks, and a short presentation by Baseball Factory.
Baseball Factory is on a mission to help every young baseball player in America know where he stands and how he can reach his full potential. The Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout Tour is where it all begins. The Baseball Factory has a passion for creating opportunities and player development has helped more than 100,000 players earn over $1 billion in scholarships for more than 25 years.
100% of Division I and II Programs, as well as 96% of Division III Programs have a Factory Alum on their rosters!
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
We are excited to welcome everyone back to Asheville for our Spring market! We are excited about moving over to the larger building where we can offer more vendors indoor and outdoors !
Vintage Market Days® is an upscale vintage-inspired indoor/outdoor market featuring original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, handmade treasures, home décor, outdoor furnishings, consumable yummies, seasonal plantings and a little more. Vintage Market Days® events are so much more than a flea market. Each Vintage Market Days® event is a unique opportunity for vendors to display their talents and passions in creative venues.
Sesame Street Live (March 21-22) is cancelled. All tickets purchased at Ticketmaster will be automatically refunded. All other tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase.
Your favorite Sesame Street friends are back in Sesame Street Live! Make Your Magic! When magician extraordinaire Justin visits the neighborhood to put on a magic show, Elmo wants to join in. But there’s one problem: Elmo doesn’t know how to do magic, so he teams up with Justin, Abby, and friends to practice his trick while discovering the magical moments in everyday life!
Click HERE for our standard arena policies and our most frequently asked questions. Ticket prices are always subject to change without notice. Additional fees apply.
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!
On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4 p.m., Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is located below the Grand Promenade. Please note, Rocky Cove Railroad will not operate in rainy or wet conditions.
Super fun! This workshop covers the basics of the Annie Sloan Method. You will learn how to create a two-color distressed finish, a smooth or modern finish, a textured or rustic finish, and a color wash using Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan. All supplies are furnished, including an apron for you to wear, since this is a hands-on workshop. Approx. 3 hours. $49 each.
A 5K family walk-a-thon bringing the community together to raise money and awareness for hunger relief – locally and around the world. One-fourth of the funds raised stays in Greenville to support local hunger and poverty fighting programs. The 2020 walk will support the work of Loaves & Fishes of Greenville. The remaining money is used by Church World Service to alleviate hunger in poor communities throughout the world. This the 34th year for the Upstate walk!
Sesame Street Live (March 21-22) is cancelled. All tickets purchased at Ticketmaster will be automatically refunded. All other tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase.
Your favorite Sesame Street friends are back in Sesame Street Live! Make Your Magic! When magician extraordinaire Justin visits the neighborhood to put on a magic show, Elmo wants to join in. But there’s one problem: Elmo doesn’t know how to do magic, so he teams up with Justin, Abby, and friends to practice his trick while discovering the magical moments in everyday life!
Click HERE for our standard arena policies and our most frequently asked questions. Ticket prices are always subject to change without notice. Additional fees apply.
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L.M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children’s novel since the mid-twentieth century. Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl, who is mistakenly sent to two middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Presented by special permission by the Samuel French Company.
The story of “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig, a fourth-wall smashing East German rock & roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation. This outrageous and unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed by Hedwig in the form of a concert gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by the hard-rocking band “The Angry Inch.” Hedwig describes her life’s search for “The Origin of Love” and her other half. It’s a rocking, funny, touching, and ultimately inspiring ride to anyone who has felt life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile.
Age: All Ages
The Merrell Adventure Dash is all about getting outside and challenging yourself to work hard for your good time. Suitable for families as well as adults, participants will negotiate a series of natural and man-made obstacles along the 5K course, including balance components, climbs and nets, a river-run, and raft crossing. This holiday weekend, enjoy a fun, family-friendly adventure run in the beautiful Nantahala Gorge. Merrell Adventure Dash participants can choose between the 5K dash or a 1K fun run. Kids aged 12 and under race free with a participating adult.
Registraion opens March 1, 2020. Check back for more details.
Onsite Registration is available from 1pm – 3:30pm day of. The race starts promptly at 4PM on 5/23/2020.
Remember to wear anything you don’t mind getting dirty!
Monday, March
23, 2020
30th Annual Conference and Trade Show Carolina Recycling Association POSTPONED
All Children’s Meals Free at Farm Fresh Fast!
The CRA Board and Staff have been closely monitoring the coronavirus situation along with the concerns of our members and attendees. The Board met this morning and agreed that postponing the conference is best. CRA is working diligently to finalize the details for the rescheduled conference, tentatively scheduled for August 4-7. We will send out updated details as soon as possible and ask for your patience as we work through this process.
Please read the information below for important information about hotel reservations and registration. The CRA website will have the most updated information, please check www.cra-recycle.org for updates.
Please direct any questions and inquiries to [email protected] or call us at 877.972.0007
More than 500 representatives of recycling companies, local governments, state and federal agencies, universities and colleges, state recycling organizations and other non-profits will gather in Raleigh, NC – the vibrant capital of North Carolina – at the Raleigh Convention Center from March 23-26, 2020 to network, learn, plan, and influence issues affecting recycling in both states and beyond.
With the closing of SC schools, we worry about the children who rely on school to get hot meals. So that being said, starting 3/16, all children meals are FREE to whomever needs food, no questions asked. We have our farmers @sharonhillfarm donating chickens and @trailplacefarmssc donating beef to help! Anyone wanting to donate time, money or product please contact us through messenger or call Jonathan at the restaurant. It’s time to do the right thing so lets band together and feed some children! Please SHARE to get the word out!