2010 Piccolo Spoleto Festival Announces 32nd Season Highlights
May 5, 2010CHARLESTON, SC – May 28 to June 13, 2010 – The 32nd annual Piccolo SpoletoFestival, the official outreach arm of Spoleto Festival USA, will runMay 28 to June 13, 2010. …
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Names Michael Krajewski Principal Pops Conductor
March 19, 2010ATLANTA, SC – March 19, 2010 – The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra today announced today that its long-time conductor and collaborator, Michael Krajewski, has been named Principal Pops Conductor of the…
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'But Rabbits Don't Climb Trees': Nature's Wonders, Animal Inhabitants of South Carolina Coast, Set in Poem
March 8, 2010EDISTO ISLAND, SC – March 3, 2010 – The coastal islands of South Carolina down near Charleston are a unique world where the marshes are home to lush, green, plant…
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Perm Ballet Comes to Spartanburg
December 8, 2009SPARTANBURG, SC – December 8, 2009 – The world-famous Perm Ballet from Perm, Russia is coming to Savannah, Spartanburg, Charleston, and Charlotte to perform the classical ballet Sleeping Beauty. The Perm…
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Perm Ballet Comes to Charleston
December 8, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – December 7, 2009 – The world-famous Perm Ballet from Perm, Russia is coming to Savannah, Spartanburg, Charleston, and Charlotte to perform the classical ballet Sleeping Beauty. The Perm…
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S.C. Arts Commission grant helps SCP sustain education and outreach positions
December 4, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – December 3, 2009 – The South Carolina Philharmonic was awarded an Arts Recovery Grant by the S.C. Arts Commission, allowing the orchestra to keep an educational outreach coordinator and…
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Suzette Surkamer Elected President of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
November 20, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – November 20, 2009 – The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies elected Suzette Surkamer as president during its annual business meeting on Nov. 6. Surkamer retired as executive…
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Kim Harne Joins S.C. Arts Commission as Assistant Director of Arts in Education
November 12, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – November 12, 2009 – The South Carolina Arts Commission welcomes Kim Harne as assistant director of the Arts in Education and S.C. Artists’ Ventures Initiative programs. In…
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SC Production Fund Winning Film Wraps Shooting
October 16, 2009COLUMBIA. SC – Saying Goodbye, a winner of the SC Production Fund, wrapped filming on Friday, October 9th. Saying Goodbye is one of the three winners selected this year by…
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Hilton Head Island Art Festival at Shelter Cove Harbour May 23-24, 2009
May 15, 2009HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – May 8, 2009 – An exciting new juried fine art show will debut Memorial Day weekend at Shelter Cove Harbour on Hilton Head Island, S.C.…
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Dramatic Notes to Fill out the SC Philharmonic Season
April 18, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 20, 2009 – The South Carolina Philharmonic shines the spotlight on its own talented musicians during “Heroes & Legends,” a dramatic 7:30 p.m. season finale concert…
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SC Philharmonic – March to go out lion-like for SCP
March 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 10, 2009 – The South Carolina Philharmonic paints vivid pictures with the help of an accomplished clarinetist and a visiting composer during Portraits, 7:30 p.m. on Saturday,…
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McKissick Museum to present ‘The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls’
February 3, 2009“The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls,” an exhibit that chronicles the life of the former slave who became a Union hero in the Civil War and a five-term…
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State Museum to Present Business of Art Workshop
January 26, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina State Museum will present a four-day workshop for artists entitled “The Business of Art During Hard Economic Times” on Feb. 14, 15, 22 and 28.…
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New Blockbuster at State Museum Demonstrates Nature's Power
January 26, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – January 26, 2009 – The incredible forces of wind, water and earth are demonstrated vividly in the South Carolina State Museum’s latest exciting blockbuster exhibit Powers of Nature,…
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Sidebottom Named Interim Executive Director of Design Arts Partnership
January 21, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – January 21, 2009 – Richard Sidebottom has been named the interim executive director of the S.C. Design Arts Partnership, a joint initiative of the South Carolina Arts…
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Design Arts Partnership Invites Volunteers and Groups to Help Johnny Walk to School
November 20, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – November 20, 2008 – The S.C. Design Arts Partnership is inviting collaborators to lend a hand with the School Design and Sustainable Communities Initiative, a year-long program…
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Suzette Surkamer Receives 2008 Gary Young Award from National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
November 17, 2008WASHINGTON, DC & COLUMBIA, SC – November 17, 2008 – The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) has named Suzette Surkamer, executive director of the South Carolina Arts Commission,…
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Three Dog Bakery to host book signing Oct. 29 for “A Paw on My Heart”
October 28, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – October 27, 2008 – Three Dog Bakery, the all natural bakery for dogs, is hosting a book signing Wednesday, Oct. 29, for A Paw on My Heart …A…
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AAA Accurate Loses Lesser Player to Lesser League
October 22, 2008Goiters News Service © 2008By: G. Ott Flatulence COLUMBIA, SC – October 22, 2008 – October 16, 2008 – In a stunning development today the “Head” Coach for AAA Accurate (Plumbing)…
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Pulitzer Prize-winner to open exhibit of Associated Press photos at University of South Carolina library Sept. 25
September 13, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – September 12, 2008 – Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Scott Applewhite will open an exhibition of Associated Press photos that capture key moments in U.S. presidential history Sept. 25 with…
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Theatre South Carolina to present ‘The Violet Hour’ Sept. 26-Oct. 5
September 13, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – September 12, 2008 – Theatre South Carolina at the University of South Carolina will present “The Violet Hour” by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg, beginning Sept. 26. The…
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Poetry and art come together in museum event
September 13, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – September 12, 2008 – The natural and the supernatural, the personal and the mythic all meet in “Fire and Transformation,” a multi-themed University of South Carolina event featuring…
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EdVenture’s New Exhibit Gives Kids Interactive Look at Famed Painter’s Works
September 9, 2008Getting Creative with Chagall COLUMBIA, S.C. – Children can create mosaics, weave tapestries, paint with touch screen technology and even conduct symphonies in EdVenture’s new exhibit Chagall for Children opening…
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McKissick Museum presents ‘Fall in the Garden’ fundraiser Oct. 10
September 7, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – September 5, 2008 – The University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum will hold its annual fall fundraiser, “Fall in the Garden,” from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Friday,…
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Prestigious National Award to Opera House
July 26, 2008League of Historic American Theatres 2008 Outstanding Theater Award Goes to the Newberry Opera House in Newberry, South Carolina NEWBERRY, SC & BALTIMORE, MD –July 21, 2008 – Celebrating excellence…
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Southern Strutt Sweeps Starpower World Championships
July 25, 2008MYRTLE BEACH, SC-July 24, 2008 – Southern Strutt, Central South Carolina’s premiere dance studio, swept the Starpower World Championships at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center July 10-14. Seventy-three Southern Strutt…
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S.C. Department of Commerce Announces Two New Feature Films Approved to Shoot in the Palmetto State
June 25, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – June 25, 2008 – The South Carolina Department of Commerce today announced two new feature films have been approved to begin filming in South Carolina in 2008. …
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Cayce Announces Amateur Photography Contest
March 12, 2008CAYCE, SC – March 12, 2008 – The City of Cayce is looking for a few great photos, 12 in fact, of life in Cayce for its 2008-2009 citizens’ calendar.…
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Carolyn Ramsay, Jewelry Designer, Columbia Regional Visitors Center – January Artist of the Month
January 14, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – January 14, 2008 – With a background in the arts, it is no wonder Carolyn Ramsay would become a jewelry designer and glass bead artist. She grew…
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Mann’s New Book, WENG, Attitude of Growth After Intellectual Failure, Now Available
December 3, 2007DARLINGTON, SC – November 30, 2007 – WENG, Attitude of Growth After Intellectual Failure, the first book from Jamaica Mann, is now available for purchase at major online booksellers or…
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Shandon Baptist Church to Unveil Whale of a Sculpture
November 29, 2007COLUMBIA, SC – November 29, 2007 – Shandon Baptist Church will dedicate a “whale” of a sculpture Dec. 2 at 11:15 a.m.—Jonah and the whale, that is. The 1500 pound…
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The Newberry Opera House announces its 10th season of bringing the stars to South Carolina
September 8, 2007August 20, 2007 – NEWBERRY, SC – The Newberry Opera House announces its 10th season with some 100 performances for the 2007-2008 calendar. Highlights include a sneak preview of Ken…
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Columbia Museum of Art Shows Photographic Masterworks from the George Eastman House Collection
August 12, 2007COLUMBIA, S.C. – Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography from the George Eastman House Collection opens at the Columbia Museum of Art on September 14, 2007, and runs through January…
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Bubbles and Big Adventures at EdVenture Children's Museum
June 13, 2007Columbia, S.C. – Children will love the hands-on fun and learning this summer at EdVenture’s two newest exhibits, the Big Adventure and Bubbleloosa. The wonderfully wacky challenge game of fun-filled…
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