Paula’s Journey, Part One
November 2, 2018
By Tom Poland An Uncommon Passage Down The River Of Life Author’s Note: Paula Deen’s story appears in the fall 2018 issue of Shrimp, Collards & Grits magazine. This…
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The Beetles, Performing Near You
October 26, 2018
By Tom Poland Beetles. They’re coming and they need no introduction. Southern pine beetles that is. For years now, I’ve watched one pine after another turn reddish-yellow-brown as it…
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S.C. Arts Commission offers $5,000 to state’s artists
October 25, 2018It’s not a multi-state lottery win, but there are more recipients and they’ll at least get the full, stated value. Individual artist fellowships of $5,000 are awarded every spring by…
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S.C. Arts Commission offers $5,000 to state’s artists
October 25, 2018
It’s not a multi-state lottery win, but there are more recipients and they’ll at least get the full, stated value. Individual artist fellowships of $5,000 are awarded every spring by…
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Anastasia announces $25 digital lottery for performances at Peace Center
October 22, 2018The Peace Center is pleased to announce that Anastasia will host a digital ticket lottery during the upcoming Greenville engagement from Oct. 23-28, offering fans the chance to purchase a limited number…
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The John de la Howe School
October 19, 2018
By Tom Poland A Story About Change When I first heard that aristocratic four-word name, “John de la Howe,” I sensed something monumental, a nobleman, perhaps. Later, I heard…
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Contemporary Print Collective to host Print Fair – October 26-28
October 18, 2018The Upstate’s largest collection of printmakers will be in one place next weekend. The Contemporary Print Collective’s Annual Print Fair, a showcase of fine art prints, will be held October…
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Contemporary Print Collective to host Print Fair – October 26-28
October 18, 2018
The Upstate’s largest collection of printmakers will be in one place next weekend. The Contemporary Print Collective’s Annual Print Fair, a showcase of fine art prints, will be held October…
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SC Humanities Grant provides scholarship to the Pawleys Island Writers’ Conference
October 15, 2018The Pawleys Island Writers Conference is growing thanks to support from Litchfield Books and a grant from South Carolina Humanities. Writers from all over the state will learn from some…
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A Coach’s Life
October 12, 2018
By Tom Poland We who love college football don’t grasp how hard football is on coaches and their families. We watch the games but seldom think of what’s behind…
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Top Grossing Movies – October 8, 2018
October 8, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 10/05/2018 to 10/11/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Wk Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Venom PG13 Sony 1 4,250 $80,255,756 $80,255,756 2 A…
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Bryn Carrier selected as John Philip Sousa Young Artists Solo Competition 2018 winner
September 26, 2018
Bryn Carrier, a senior at Bob Jones Academy, was recently selected as the winner of the John Philip Sousa National Young Artists Solo Competition for High School Band Instrumentalists. The John…
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An Afternoon For Redfish
September 21, 2018
By Tom Poland Many years it’s been since I fished, forty at least. The drought ended August 22. Out onto Port Royal I went with Beaufort fishing guide, Capt.…
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Spartanburg Philharmonic’s unveiling of 10th Music Trail Sign
September 20, 2018The Spartanburg Philharmonic and the Spartanburg Convention and Visitors Bureau will unveil the 10th music trail sign on September 26, 2018. Located in front of the Subway in downtown Spartanburg,…
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Come From Away tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, Sept. 21, at 10 a.m.
September 18, 2018
Come From Away will play eight performances in the Peace Concert Hall, April 16-21, 2019, as part of the Peace Center’s 2018-2019 Broadway season. Tickets are $35-$100. The true story of the…
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Chapman Cultural Center expands downtown street programming
September 17, 2018
Chapman Cultural Center is expanding its street music programming downtown to now include all of the performing arts. “Our street music programming has been a huge success booking 241 gigs…
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Spartanburg arts executive to keynote Arts Council’s Creative Conversations event
September 13, 2018
Jennifer Evins, President and CEO of Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, will be the featured speaker at the September 17 Creative Conversations Network gathering sponsored by The Arts Council of…
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Beautiful But Deadly
September 13, 2018
By Tom Poland I was driving back from a speaking event in Lake City, the town that reinvented itself thanks to art and the vision and financial support of…
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Marsha Polier, Portrait Artist
September 6, 2018
By Tom Poland Note: The North Carolina Museum of Art has exhibited Marsha Polier’s work. A fellow at the MacDowell Artist Colony, she worked with Time Life Music on…
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S.C. Arts Commission makes $4 million impact in state’s communities with new grants
September 6, 2018
The South Carolina Arts Commission is announcing $3,982,012 in grants for South Carolina communities, artists, arts organizations, and schools for the 2019 fiscal year as of Sept. 1, 2018. See…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 4
September 4, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/31/2018 to 09/06/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Crazy Rich Asians PG13 Warner Bros. 3 3,865 $21,964,345…
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Re-Imagined, an exhibition of constructed paintings by Kirkland Smith
September 2, 2018
The Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery at the University of South Carolina Upstate presents Re-Imagined, an exhibition of constructed paintings by Kirkland Thomas Smith. Re-Imagined will be on exhibit August…
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Contemporary Print Collective to host Print Fair this October
August 28, 2018The Upstate’s largest collection of printmakers will be in one place this October. The Contemporary Print Collective’s Annual Print Fair, a showcase of fine art prints, will be held October…
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Contemporary Print Collective to host Print Fair this October
August 28, 2018
The Upstate’s largest collection of printmakers will be in one place this October. The Contemporary Print Collective’s Annual Print Fair, a showcase of fine art prints, will be held October…
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Recognize a local arts hero with an S.C. arts award
August 27, 2018COLUMBIA, S.C. – Not all heroes wear capes, goes the internet meme. Indeed, you can find some in tutus, smocks, business attire, concert black, stage makeup, or even a t-shirt…
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Recognize a local arts hero with an S.C. arts award
August 27, 2018
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Not all heroes wear capes, goes the internet meme. Indeed, you can find some in tutus, smocks, business attire, concert black, stage makeup, or even a t-shirt…
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A Folk Artist Preserves The Past
August 24, 2018
By Tom Poland Harold Branham Every community needs a Harold Branham. In a time when things old and quaint fall to modern ways, it’s good to have someone with…
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A Cheap Jug Of Poison
August 17, 2018
By Tom Poland A Public Service Column A deck open to sunlight and the weather surely will lose its pizzazz. That’s when a good pressure washing works miracles. Prep…
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The Camellia Project: The Complicated Languages of Love
August 17, 2018
By Tammy Davis What Love Language Do You Speak? According to Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages, my daddy would have been a gift giver for sure. Gifts were extravagant,…
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Peace Center announces 2018-2019 Peace Voices poetry program
August 15, 2018
The Peace Center’s 2018-2019 Peace Voices poetry program features Poetic Conversations, master classes with visiting artists, teen and adult workshops, readings, a poetry slam and book discussions. With Poet-in-Residence Glenis…
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Two Spartanburg artists exhibit expressive paintings and sculptural forms
July 31, 2018Spartanburg artists Nancy Williamson and Nancy O’Dell-Keim will exhibit their latest works in ceramics and painting — Primordial Voices: Expressive Paintings and Sculptural Forms — at West Main Artists Co-op,…
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Music in the Street: Internationally recognized Commercial and Fine Artist to exhibit in Spartanburg
July 30, 2018College-level art teacher, freelance illustrator, and poster designer Mike Massengale of Greenville, SC will exhibit a collection of mixed media-on-canvas-and-paper artwork at West Main Artists Co-op (WMAC) Aug. 7-24 based…
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A Song For Miss Johnnie
July 20, 2018
By Tom Poland —“I hear the train a’coming, rolling round the bend” —“Look a-yonder comin’, comin’ down that railroad track, it’s the Orange Blossom Special, bringing my baby…
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HUB-BUB announces 2018/19 Artists-in-Residence
July 16, 2018
HUB-BUB, a division of Chapman Cultural Center, has announced the two artists chosen for their 2018-19 Artists-in-Residence program. This will be the 10th year for the program that has recruited artists…
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Upstate artist receives S.C. Arts Commission business development grant
July 13, 2018Three artists to develop businesses with new S.C. Arts Commission grants The South Carolina Arts Commission continues its commitment to helping the state’s artists build or bolster sustainable arts careers…
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Upstate artist receives S.C. Arts Commission business development grant
July 13, 2018Three artists to develop businesses with new S.C. Arts Commission grants The South Carolina Arts Commission continues its commitment to helping the state’s artists build or bolster sustainable arts careers…
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Sentimental Journey Along Highway 25
June 29, 2018
By Tom Poland I was making my way from Greenville to Lincolnton, Georgia one Saturday afternoon. I had to take a back road, a blessing. The light was bad…
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S.C. Arts Commission honors four with fellowship grants
June 25, 2018South Carolina artists in Charleston, Horry, Richland and Spartanburg counties representing four arts disciplines received individual artist fellowships after approval by the S.C. Arts Commission board in Columbia. Individual artists…
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Plein Air: artists who paint outdoors bring their work to co-op
June 25, 2018West Main Artists Co-op will host in July a group exhibit by plein air artists, showcasing a large collection of artwork that was created outdoors in Upstate South Carolina. The…
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Chapman Cultural Center launches Second Sundays – a free monthly community event
June 25, 2018
On July 8th, Chapman Cultural Center is launching its newest program, Second Sundays, which is a free community event held on the second Sunday of every month between May and…
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South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities receives former Spoleto Festival USA Steinway & Sons Grand Piano
June 25, 2018The piano that served Spoleto’s world-renowned musicians for 30 years will now serve South Carolina’s emerging young artists for years to come The Steinway & Sons grand piano that has…
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S.C. Arts Commission honors four with fellowship grants
June 25, 2018South Carolina artists in Charleston, Horry, Richland and Spartanburg counties representing four arts disciplines received individual artist fellowships after approval by the S.C. Arts Commission board in Columbia. Individual artists…
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Eastover writer wins biennial South Carolina Novel Prize
June 19, 2018The South Carolina Arts Commission, Hub City Press, the College of Charleston, and the South Carolina State Library are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 South Carolina…
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Eastover writer wins biennial South Carolina Novel Prize
June 19, 2018
The South Carolina Arts Commission, Hub City Press, the College of Charleston, and the South Carolina State Library are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 South Carolina…
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Life Without Fathers
June 15, 2018
By Tom Poland There’s something about being a writer that makes people confide in you. Why tell a writer, who uses life as raw material, your deepest secrets. But…
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Chinaberry’s Rise & Fall
June 7, 2018
By Tom Poland A lovely shade tree, I played beneath its canopy; rolled its berries in my palm. It stood seven yards beyond an old hand-dug well. I sucked…
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West Main Co-op Participates in SC Ag + Art Tour
May 24, 2018
As one of the newest participants in the South Carolina Ag + Art Tour, West Main Artists Co-op will welcome guests on Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with several…
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Squatters
May 17, 2018
By Tom Poland Looking back, I realize they lived like frontiersmen. A squirrel-hunting boy who skirted their wooded encampment, I considered them bums. Looking back that seems harsh. Down…
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The Beauty Of Old Bridges
May 4, 2018
By Tom Poland File this column under “Progress.” I guess. I remain a skeptic of much that is new and better and that includes the new bridges going up…
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The Beauty Of Old Bridges
May 4, 2018
By Tom Poland File this column under “Progress.” I guess. I remain a skeptic of much that is new and better and that includes the new bridges going up…
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