Events Calendar
Event Cancellations Due to Coronavirus
Several upcoming events have been canceled or postponed due to concerns about the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Events listed on this page may be outdated, so please visit the event website or contact the event organizer for the latest information.
Event organizers can contact us to update their event’s information.
Explore family friendly events, theatres, galleries, concerts, nightlife, things to do, and more in the Greenville, SC and Upstate areas.
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TATT volunteers have developed a number of interactive regional asset maps. Check out links to regional resources below.
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We created a resource answering frequently asked questions on what to expect while traveling by plane amid COVID-19 and the safety precautions vaccinated individuals should take when planning their upcoming vacations.
Learn from the experts
Entrepreneurs benefit from a variety of regularly scheduled, low or no-cost educational workshops. Piedmont SCORE has a Basic Start-up Workshop somewhere in the Upstate every month.
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TATT volunteers have developed a number of interactive regional asset maps. Check out links to regional resources below.
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We created a resource answering frequently asked questions on what to expect while traveling by plane amid COVID-19 and the safety precautions vaccinated individuals should take when planning their upcoming vacations.
Learn from the experts
Entrepreneurs benefit from a variety of regularly scheduled, low or no-cost educational workshops. Piedmont SCORE has a Basic Start-up Workshop somewhere in the Upstate every month.
It’s the 10th anniversary of the Mountain Science Expo at The North Carolina Arboretum, and this year the Expo is once again going virtual! Celebrate the occasion with our Youth Education team and science partners across our community on Thursday, April 22, and Friday, April 23, as we present this special two-day summit of interactive programs and activities for students and their families.
Attendance is FREE and pre-registration is required. Simply create a login for the event, then add individual sessions to create your own custom itinerary.
LEADERSYP: BUILD YOUR BRAND
Branding is more than just a visually-pleasing logo, it’s a strategy that each and every one of us can identify and define for ourselves.
Join SYP as we dig into the tips and tricks of building a successful personal and professional brand at our next LeaderSYP virtual event. Panelists Alex Moore, Senior Director of Brand Experience for The United Way of the Piedmont, Mark Nelson, and Lanie Whitaker, President of Arrowhead Design Company, will share their experience on brand-building, why it’s important, tips on how to get started and how they’ve used successful branding to grow their business.
About Our Panelists
Alex Moore is the Senior Director of Brand Experience for United Way of the Piedmont, overseeing the day to day and long term strategic marketing of the organization. She develops innovative ways to communicate the important work of nonprofits to the Upstate community. Alex is also a small business consultant, helping local micro-businesses and entrepreneurs grow their passions through marketing. Alex has been in the nonprofit sector for most of her career and has also worked in business development for a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), in addition to helping establish a Community Development Credit Union. Alex is a graduate of Wofford College and originally from Knoxville, Tennessee.
Lanie Whitaker is the Founder and President of Arrowhead Design Company, a local marketing agency in Spartanburg, SC. Arrowhead was created in May of 2016 with the goal to help bring affordable web and graphic design services to local businesses everywhere. Today, Arrowhead has worked with hundreds of local businesses to improve their branding and communicate with their audience in a new way! Lanie is a graduate of USC Upstate and has lived in the upstate her entire life. Lanie is the Communications Chair on the Spartanburg Young Professionals board and is also on the board of the Spartanburg Soup Kitchen, and the SCC Digital design board. Lanie’s company is also the proud winner of OneSpartanburg Inc.’s Small Business of the Year in 2020!
Aurality, Wonder, Environment. Musician and environmental soundscape artist Tyler Kinnear takes participants on a Listening Awe Walk designed to deepen an aural connection to the local soundscape. Learn to give your ears priority and listen to the sounds around you.
Racism is a Public Health Crisis
This year, our Stand Against Racism Campaign centers around the theme of Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis.
Public health is, and always has been, central to racial justice work. This year our theme is especially pertinent as our nation continues to face the intersecting public health crises of COVID-19 and racism.
Join us from April 22 – 25, 2021, as we hold virtual events, share information, advocate, and more with a common goal in mind. Understanding the economic and social determinants of health and how racism impacts public health outcomes. We see this critical work as necessary to uprooting systemic inequity in communities of color.
Thursday, April 22: Join us in a virtual town hall as we discuss the connections between racism and public health outcomes, how to implement public health practices to effectively identify and address racial injustice in our communities, and community engagement and public policy strategies to advance racial equity through a public health lens.
Register today for a powerful event uplifting the voices of public health professionals, advocates, and trailblazers doing the work to improve the future for people of color!
Deepen your intimacy with your surroundings and the natural world through photography. Award-winning documentary photographer Susan Patrice offers a heart-felt photography workshop that combines contemplative practices with ways to document this extraordinary time that might keep us six feet apart from other humans but can inspire a closer and more intimate focus on nature and our surroundings. Through this simple photographic practice, a nearby green space can become an oasis of beauty and connection and your own backyard can come alive with extraordinary photographic opportunities. Four Zoom-based class meetings include photographic assignments, rich sharing and discussion, and supportive critiques. Registration for this class also includes one half-hour individualized consultation with the instructor to workshop equipment, portfolio or composition questions (offered online, time to be determined).
BRN Elective credit, NC EE Criteria II or III credit
Part of Adult Education Programs offered in celebration of The Enveloping Landscape: A Contemplative Photographic Journey, showing at the Baker Exhibit Center at The North Carolina Arboretum through May 2, 2021. The exhibition brings together Susan Patrice’s photographs shown alongside participants in The Enveloping Landscape workshops in each season of 2020 at the Arboretum. This stunning and expansive exhibition shows the breadth and depth of our region through the eyes and hearts of 23 regional photographers.
Click here for additional information and educational programs and events planned in connection with the exhibition.
Tools: Zoom, Google account for sharing images
*Instructions for joining via Zoom will be sent by email the day prior to the first class. Please add [email protected] to your contacts to ensure our emails do not end up in your spam folder. This is a live, interactive class, though recordings of class sessions can be made available to registered participants by request if they need to miss a session.
Are you interested in acting but not quite sure where to start? We’ve got you covered! This class will build self-confidence while developing physical, vocal, and creative skills for the stage. You will leave the class with a strong foundation in stage performance and a newfound sense of self-expression.
This class will meet weekly on Thursdays for 10 weeks starting Thursday, February 25, 2021. The final class will be on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Classes will not meet the week of April 5-9, 2021 due to district 7 spring break.
Grades: 4th – 8th
Virtual Platform: Zoom
Instructor: Anna Kimmell
Supplies Needed: Internet connection, a small, designated space to safely move around during class.
Virtual Platform: Zoom
Instructor: Lisa K. Bryant
Supplies Needed: Internet connection and a journal for notes, reflections, and musings.
REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 8
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TATT volunteers have developed a number of interactive regional asset maps. Check out links to regional resources below.
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We created a resource answering frequently asked questions on what to expect while traveling by plane amid COVID-19 and the safety precautions vaccinated individuals should take when planning their upcoming vacations.
Learn from the experts
Entrepreneurs benefit from a variety of regularly scheduled, low or no-cost educational workshops. Piedmont SCORE has a Basic Start-up Workshop somewhere in the Upstate every month.
