C Street Brass on campus for a weeklong residency at USC
September 17, 2014September 22–26, 2014 ~ “…a fantastic and imaginative approach to brass quintet music.”– Chris Botti, Soloist Pittsburgh’s C Street Brass loves collaborating with other artists to create new and exciting…
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One Columbia Issuing a Passport for Arts and Culture
September 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Based on the principle that passports provide access to new experiences, One Columbia for Arts and History announces the launch of cultural passports for Columbians to utilize…
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Brad Moranz, Moranz Entertainment
September 15, 2014LowcountryBizSC Podcast Series’ mission is to support leadership in Giving Back, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Continuous Education, the Knowledge Economy and the Arts. Thanks to our Sponsor: Brad and Jennifer Moranz are former Broadway…
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Cultural Council Announces 2014-2015 Programs
September 15, 2014COLUMBIA, SC, September 15, 2014 – The Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties has announced its programs for 2014-2015, which includes a change of emphasis on its grant…
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2014-2015 Carolos Moseley Chamber Music Season Announced
September 14, 2014World Renowned Countertenor Returns to Native Upstate to Perform SPARTANBURG, SC – The Carlos Moseley Chamber Music Series brings world-renowned musicians to the intimate venue of Converse College’s Daniel Recital…
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Columbia Classical Ballet to Host Annual Cabaret Night Fundraiser
September 12, 2014Sunday, September 14, 2014 (6:00-8:30 pm) Who: Columbia Classical Ballet What: Columbia Classical Ballet invites you to meet our 2014-2015 company of dancers at their annual Cabaret Night and live auction.…
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DHEC coastal photography contest accepting entries
September 11, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Photographers of all ages and degrees of expertise are invited to ready their cameras and tripods to enter their best photographs of coastal South Carolina scenes in…
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USC’s Southern Exposure Music Series announces 2014-15 season
September 10, 2014The award-winning series of free, innovative concerts opens on Sept. 26 The University of South Carolina’s Southern Exposure Music Series season is a star-studded year filled with the superb artistic quality…
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701 Center for Contemporary Art Presents: The Birth and Rebirth Of A Museum
September 10, 2014September 18 at 701 CCA, 701 Whaley St, 2nd Floor, YOU GOTTA MAKE SOME PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY! The Birth and Rebirth Of A Museum by Barry Gaither National Juror,…
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One Columbia Unveils New Public Art Piece on Main Street
September 10, 2014Unveiling Event on September 17 at 10:00am on 1400 Block of Main COLUMBIA SC – One Columbia for Arts and History and the City of Columbia announced the installation and…
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Jerryfest in Five Points: A Celebration of the Life and Art of Jerry Garcia
September 8, 2014October 5 at 3:30 p.m. ~ The Five Points Association, in conjunction with alternative clothing store Loose Lucy’s and Concert Promoter Listen Local, will be hosting this year’s Jerryfest,…
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Indie Grits Film Festival, “Future Perfect,” Announces 2015 Festival Dates, Call for Artists
September 5, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Indie Grits Film Festival, the Southeast’s premier film and culture festival in Columbia, S.C. for DIY media-makers, will take place April 15-19, 2015, and for the first time, the festival…
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Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra Opens Season with ‘Fire, Sun and Water’
September 5, 2014Saturday, September 13, 2014 ~ SPARTANBURG, SC – Celebrating its 10th Anniversary with Maestra Sarah Ioannides, Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra will present its opening night concert on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. in Twichell…
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Spartanburg Regional History Opens Civil Rights Exhibit
September 5, 2014September 11, 2014 ~ SPARTANBURG, SC – On July 2, 1964 the United States Government issued one of the most notable pieces of legislation in our nation’s history prohibiting discrimination based on…
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Opening @ if ART Gallery Sept. 5th
September 5, 2014[row] [col col=8] September 5 – 27, 2014 ~ ERIC MILLER: The Technology of Bricks & MARCELO NOVO: Paintings 2012 – 2014 Artists’ Reception: Friday, Sept. 5, 6 – 9…
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Local Initiative Teaches Teens to Challenge Racial Stereotypes Through Visual Storytelling
August 29, 2014The #NoFilter Project Encourages Empowerment Art In Traditional and Emerging Media COLUMBIA, SC – The #NoFilter Project and Reel2Real Productions are launching a three week youth workshop on the fundamentals of…
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Auditions Announced for Teen Production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
August 27, 2014CAMDEN, SC – Auditions for an exciting Teen Production at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) are fast approaching! William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been chosen as…
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August 19, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 6pm Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain Street $50 Members, $60 Non-Members The Gibbes Museum Distinguished Lecture Series is sponsored by Charleston Magazine and PDA. On November 19, the Gibbes…
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USC Symphony Orchestra opens the season with the music of Russia
August 18, 2014The September Concert features Zuill Bailey, among the most sought after cellists today Donald Portnoy, music director Concerts take place at the Koger Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m.…
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Local Artisans Sought for Community Event
August 18, 2014UPSTATE, SC – Interested in selling your crafts, jewelry, art, and more? For a $50 booth fee that is donated to local charities, you can take part in the Holy…
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EMRYS Announces 2014 Fall Reading Room Schedule
August 14, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – EMRYS, a local non-profit organization dedicated to building a community of readers and writers, has announced its 2014 Fall Reading Room schedule. EMRYS began hosting the Reading…
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Lucas the Beaver Brings Home First Prize
August 6, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Lucas the Beaver, star of an engaging children’s book about following one’s dreams, is now a first-place award winner. Lucas’s story recounts the journey of a youngster…
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Lucas the Beaver Brings Home First Prize
August 6, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Lucas the Beaver, star of an engaging children’s book about following one’s dreams, is now a first-place award winner. Lucas’s story recounts the journey of a youngster…
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University of South Carolina School of Music announces the 2014 Cornelia Freeman Concert Series
August 4, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – September 7 – October 5, 2014 ~ Spend your Sunday afternoons with the university’s renowned music faculty at the Cornelia Freeman Concert Series. This popular fall chamber music…
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Come See Famous Victorian Artists before They Leave Greenville
August 3, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Since opening August 2013, M&G’s Charles Dickens: The Continuing Victorian Narrative exhibition has thrilled thousands with its colorful characters, interactive vignettes, and beautiful displays of period-antiques and works of…
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Theatre Charleston Announces 2014 Award Nominations
July 25, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Theatre Charleston is thrilled to announce the nominees for the second annual Theatre Charleston Awards! The first of their kind, these Awards were created to recognize excellence in…
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Crafty Feast, Columbia, S.C.’s Largest Indie Craft Fair, Announces 2014 Date
July 23, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Crafty Feast, the Midlands region’s largest all-handmade indie craft fair, is set to take place on Sunday, December 14, 2014, from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. at the Columbia Metropolitan…
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The Gibbes Museum of Art Receives $250,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
July 23, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – On Monday, July 21, The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $34 million in grants for 177 humanities projects. The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to…
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Coldwell Banker Caine to Host Artist Jacki Newell Exhibit at Main Street Real Estate Gallery
July 23, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Coldwell Banker Caine will host an exhibit opening reception for its next resident artist, Jacki Newell. The event will be held at The Real Estate Gallery at 428…
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Greenville Businessman Elected Chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission
July 21, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Greenville businessman Henry Horowitz has been elected chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission Board of Commissioners. Horowitz is the co-founder, principal and managing partner of Oxford…
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Greenville Businessman Elected Chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission
July 21, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Greenville businessman Henry Horowitz has been elected chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission Board of Commissioners. Horowitz is the co-founder, principal and managing partner of Oxford…
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Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Arts Awarded Grant by South Arts
July 21, 2014PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC – The Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art has been awarded a Regional Touring grant by Atlanta-based South Arts. The grant will support, in part, the upcoming…
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District Five Student Starts His Own Art and Apparel Business
July 16, 2014CHAPIN, SC – Joshua Smith always had a passion for creating artwork. But the recent graduate says he never imagined how drastic a role art would take in his life…
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New Biography Tells History of Bull Street’s Babcock Building
July 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC —Historic Columbia is proud to host the debut of Dr. Charles S. Bryan’s newest book, Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the Red Plague of Pellagra, with a special…
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The Gibbes Museum of Art Receives $100,000 from The Henry Luce Foundation for the Re-installation of the Permanent Collection
July 8, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – The Gibbes Museum of Art has received a grant award in the amount of $100,000 from the prestigious Henry Luce Foundation for the reinstallation and reinterpretation of…
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Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Celebration of Stanley Donen
July 8, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 26 -27, 2014 ~ The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater, will host “A Lotta Talent and a Little Luck: A…
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Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Celebration of Stanley Donen
July 8, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 26 -27, 2014 ~ The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater, will host “A Lotta Talent and a Little Luck: A…
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State Museum Opens New Civil War Art Exhibit on Saturday, July 12
July 7, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 12, 2014~ The South Carolina State Museum presents a new temporary exhibit, Chapman’s Charleston, 1863-1864, which tells the story of the Civil War in Charleston from 1863-1864…
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Richard Buckner, Fulvia Zaninelli, and Family Fun
July 2, 2014Richard Buckner LIVE! Thursday, July 10 Happy Hour at 7:00 p.m. Concert at 8:00 p.m. The CMA, in collaboration with The Whig, hosts a concert by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Richard Buckner. The performance will…
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Columbia Museum of Art August 2014 Calendar
July 2, 2014Major Exhibitions: Animal Instinct: Paintings by Shelley Reed On View in the Lipscomb Family Galleries through Sunday, September 14 The CMA is the first museum to present a career retrospective of American…
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Broadway Actress, Chryssie Whitehead, is Guest Artist at the Tri District Arts Consortium
July 2, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Star of stage, screen and TV, Chryssie Whitehead, a graduate of Richland Northeast High School, has returned to her alma mater this week to serve as a…
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We Cast Shadows; New Work by Mark Garry at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park
July 1, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents We Cast Shadows; New Work by Mark Garry at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park from July 12 – August 24, 2014. …
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Bird Pictures Take Top Three Photo Contest Prizes
July 1, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Three Charleston-area photographers took the top three prizes in the 4th Annual Magnolia Plantation and Gardens Photo Contest with images of birds. . Justin Falk of Charleston was…
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Brad and Jennifer Moranz Announce the Premiere of Charleston’s Newest Musical Spectacular: The Charleston Variety Show
June 30, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Broadway performers Brad and Jennifer Moranz, producers of the long-running Charleston Christmas Special, have worked their musical magic once again as they present an entirely new variety…
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Local Quilter Semifinalist in International Quilt Show
June 28, 2014CAMDEN, SC – Pearl Nester, a Camden resident has been chosen as a semifinalist for the 2014 American Quilter’s Society (AQS) QuiltWeek® in Charlotte, NC, July 30-August 2 at the…
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Local Quilter Semifinalist in International Quilt Show
June 28, 2014CAMDEN, SC – Pearl Nester, a Camden resident has been chosen as a semifinalist for the 2014 American Quilter’s Society (AQS) QuiltWeek® in Charlotte, NC, July 30-August 2 at the…
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Lexington Educator Named Winner of South Carolina First Novel Prize
June 24, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Arts Commission and Hub City Press of Spartanburg announce James Edwin McTeer II of Lexington as the winner of the 2014 South Carolina First Novel Competition. McTeer’s novelGrave…
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The Columbia Museum of Art Presents Richard Buckner LIVE!
June 24, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 10, 2014 – The Columbia Museum of Art, in collaboration with The Whig, hosts a concert by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Richard Buckner on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 8:00 p.m. in…
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USC Ph.D Student Launches Photography Camp and Responsible Social Media Initiative for Teen Girls
June 23, 2014The #NoFilter Project Encourages Empowerment Art In Traditional and Emerging Media COLUMBIA, SC – For concerned parents, there is now an added layer to keeping children safe in an increasingly…
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Storm the Castle and Explore Life in Medieval Times
June 23, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Knights and dragons are popping up all over this summer. While the movie theaters are filled with tales of adventure, it is only at the Upcountry History…
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