The Power Of Moonlit Imagery
September 15, 2022
By Tom Poland Herman Melville created Moby Dick, the great white sperm whale that bit off Ahab’s leg. James Dickey had a 12-point white buck that swam from island…
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Original Fine Art Print Fair at GCCA on Oct 14-15
September 15, 2022Original Fine Arts Print Fair at Greenville Center for Creative Arts on October 14-15, 2022 Don’t miss the Printmaking Fair where you can chat with artists, watch printmakers demonstrate making…
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Peace Center announces two new music venues and more
September 13, 2022Major renovations underway for live music club, listening room, and more! The Peace Center announced a major renovation project designed to diversify Greenville’s live music scene like never before. Dubbed…
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The National Park Nearest You
September 8, 2022
By Tom Poland Here in the classic South, we have two choices when it comes to national parks. We have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and…
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Greenville Theatre is thrilled to open season 97 with Broadway’s newest comedy smash, Something Rotten!
September 8, 2022
This 2015 musical takes audiences back to the Renaissance time, where everything is new! With a book by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and Music and lyrics by Karey and…
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South Carolina State Fair discount tickets are now available
September 7, 2022
Discount admission and ride tickets for the 153rd annual South Carolina State Fair are on sale now through Tuesday, Oct. 11. Patrons can save up to 50% by purchasing S.C.…
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Botanical Beauty—For Women Only
August 31, 2022
By Tom Poland What’s behind a name? Lots most of the time. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s a mystery, but often it’s botanical. I’ve not met a woman named…
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S.C. Arts Commission doubles grantmaking record with $11.9 million investment
August 30, 2022
FY22 grants for arts and arts learning impacted 43 counties The South Carolina Arts Commission is announcing that it more than doubled its previous grant-making record by investing $11.9 million…
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S.C. Arts Commission expands team of arts professionals
August 26, 2022
The South Carolina Arts Commission is announcing that four skilled professionals joined its team so far in 2022, creating two departments, expanding another, and providing critical support for a growing…
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The Gospel. Sunday Piano Memories
August 25, 2022
By Tom Poland The old book and instrument of wood and ivory need each other. In fact, they share what biologists call a symbiotic relationship. In my recall of…
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Ferns, Nature’s Colonists
August 18, 2022
By Tom Poland Ferns bless us with classic Southern settings but doing so isn’t always easy. Random winds pick up fern spores and scatter them, their destiny determined by…
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Chapman Cultural Center announces expansion of its grants and funding opportunities
August 17, 2022Chapman Cultural Center announced the expansion of its various grant programs as of July 1, 2022, including changes to its General Operating Support Grant application process. In order to better…
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Contemporary Print Collective’s “Unmasked” to open at GCCA’s Community Gallery
August 17, 2022
Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) in association with the Contemporary Print Collective is excited to announce the opening of the new Community Gallery exhibition, Unmasked. The exhibition features the…
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Vintage Enamelware
August 10, 2022
By Tom Poland I was visiting the past at the Lincoln County History Park when I spied a graceful blue enamelware pot sitting among fire logs. Warm memories came…
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Greenville Center for Creative Arts names recipients of 2022-23 Brandon Fellowship
August 10, 2022
Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) revealed the incoming class of the Brandon Fellowship at its Annual Showcase on August 5. The Fellowship is a 12-month program that aims to…
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Thistles, A Prickly Subject
August 4, 2022
By Tom Poland We’d be walking to a farm pond in quest of bream when Grandmom Poland would spot a thistle. “Watch out for that nettle.” She’d hardly break…
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Alchemy Comedy announces Ninth Annual Greenville Comedy Marathon
July 20, 2022
Twelve Straight Hours of Comedy Alchemy Comedy Theater announces their 9th Annual Greenville Comedy Marathon. The shows will take place at Alchemy Comedy Theater located at 1 E Coffee St,…
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A Peach Of A Summer
July 20, 2022
By Tom Poland From my orchard of memories a lonely peach tree stands in the front yard of my youth. The tree looked sickly and produced fruit a tad…
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Greenville Center for Creative Arts opens 7th Annual Showcase on First Friday, August 5
July 19, 2022
Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) will hold its seventh Annual Showcase on Friday, August 5, from 6 – 9 pm at 101 Abney Street in the Village of West…
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Porch Sitting
July 14, 2022
By Tom Poland It’s a vanishing art, porch sitting. There was a time, though, when folks retired to the porch just to pass the time. As a boy, I…
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Flavia B. Harton appointed to S.C. Arts Commission board
July 12, 2022
The South Carolina Arts Commission welcomes Flavia B. Harton of Greenville to its nine-member board of directors after her appointment by Gov. Henry McMaster effective July 1. Harton has extensive…
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S.C. Arts Commission names FY2023 fellowship recipients
July 8, 2022
Program changes reinforce the arts’ influence in the creative economy A diverse group of four South Carolina artists working in different artistic disciplines are the latest recipients of new-look $10,000…
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The Rocky Shoals Highway
July 7, 2022
By Tom Poland Come May-June I burn the Rocky Shoals Highway up. I drive from Irmo, South Carolina to McCormick County and on into Georgia. My mission? Visiting two…
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Spartanburg Philharmonic Youth Orchestra announces new flexible program model
July 7, 2022
Introduces Prelude and Symphony Ensembles For Student Musicians Grades 6th-12th The Spartanburg Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (SPYO) is growing once again. Since launching as an orchestra for 9th-12th graders in 2019,…
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South Carolina State Fair Accepting Entries for 2022 Competitive Exhibits
July 6, 2022
The South Carolina State Fair is now accepting entries for this year’s competitive exhibits, which will be on display Oct. 12-23, 2022, at the S.C. State Fair. The annual exhibits will…
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Folk Medicine Remedies
June 30, 2022
By Tom Poland Like the Black Crowe’s “Remedy, and its line, I need a remedy”, folks of yesteryear needed remedies and they came up with them. We call their…
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Through Broken Glass
June 16, 2022
By Tom Poland The old church just wanted to be left alone, but that didn’t happen. Someone shot out her windows. Some kid’s BBs shattered panes, leaving sharp jagged…
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South Carolina filmmaker selected as one of five finalists for the American Black Film Festival’s HBO Short Film Award
June 13, 2022
A Greenville-based writer and director was recently named one of the five finalists for the American Black Film Festival’s (ABFF) annual HBO® Short Film Award. Destiny Macon’s short film, TALK BLACK,…
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Upcountry History Museum is a 2022 Blue Star Museum
June 13, 2022
The Upcountry History Museum – Furman University has joined museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to museums for the nation’s active-duty military…
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A Creek Runs Through It
June 9, 2022
By Tom Poland Writers title works and often they fail to come up with a good one. Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas comes to mind. Sometimes a gem of…
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Arts Grow SC to expand, first executive director named
June 8, 2022
The South Carolina Arts Commission and the South Carolina Department of Education announce the expansion of Arts Grow SC as a permanent fixture in the state’s arts learning landscape. An…
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‘We’re Back!’ – Dinosaurs reawaken at Upcountry History Museum
June 6, 2022
Hear the roars, feel the rattle of pounding footsteps, and marvel at the incredible creatures in the world of Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice, the newest exhibition opening at…
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International African American Museum receives second donation from TD Bank
May 25, 2022
TD Bank’s donation of $250,000 to the International African American Museum builds on the TD Charitable Foundation’s 2016 donation of $250,000 The International African American Museum (IAAM) has received a…
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International African American Museum receives second donation from TD Bank
May 24, 2022
TD Bank’s donation of $250,000 to the International African American Museum builds on the TD Charitable Foundation’s 2016 donation of $250,000 The International African American Museum (IAAM) has received a…
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“In Flux” to open at GCCA’s Main Gallery
May 24, 2022
Exhibition begins First Friday, June 3rd, 2022 Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) is excited to announce the opening of their Main Gallery exhibition, In Flux. The exhibition features the…
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The Cedars Of Philomath
May 19, 2022
By Tom Poland Long ago it was, in the late 1980s. I was in a hurry to get back to South Carolina. Thus did I take Georgia Highway 22,…
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Greenville Theatre closes out Welcome Back season with the smash hit musical, Mamma Mia!
May 18, 2022
Greenville Theatre is ecstatic to close out their Welcome Back season with the Broadway smash hit musical, Mamma Mia! Come see this energetic story brought to life like never before on…
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A New Broom Sweeps Clean
May 18, 2022
By Tom Poland “A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.” Mom pulled out this old saw when a new preacher attempted wholesale change or…
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Rediscovering An Old Friend
May 12, 2022
By Tom Poland March 3rd is a day I’ll long remember. A bit earlier I had given a talk to the Kiwanis Club at the Darlington Country Club. Returning home…
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An Old Tree, An Old Academy
May 5, 2022
By Tom Poland A Magnolia and a School of Consequence As you top the Edgefield County rise, that fine word “copse” comes to mind. Copse, a small group of…
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Chapman Cultural Center presents first-ever President’s Choice Youth Art Month Awards
May 4, 2022For the first time ever, Chapman Cultural Center presented participants of the annual Spartanburg County Youth Art Month Exhibit “President’s Choice” awards to celebrate their work. Out of 400 plus…
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Cotton Pickin’ Memories
April 27, 2022
By Tom Poland My jaunts around the South take me past old haunts, a cotton gin now and then. I’ve seen gins in Salters, Bishopville, and other rural places.…
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Chapman Cultural Center awards $539,400 in grants to local arts and cultural organizations
April 27, 2022
Chapman Cultural Center is pleased to announce we’ve awarded $539,400 in General Operating Support (GOS) Grants to 11 arts and cultural organizations for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The funds are…
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Greenville Theatre is celebrating 96 years of success with an original revue concert weekend, Celebrate 96!
April 25, 2022
This incredible show will feature some of the best talent in the Upstate area singing songs from past Greenville Theatre productions as well as Broadway songs never heard before on…
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Please join us for Greenville Theatre’s re-dedication ribbon cutting ceremony
April 25, 2022
Greenville Theatre is thrilled to be celebrating 96 years serving our community through necessary art and storytelling. We invite you to join us for a “re-dedication” ribbon cutting on May 3,…
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Miss Emily’s Oak
April 20, 2022
By Tom Poland She planted the oak some sixty-eight years ago. Miss Emily was around twenty-six then. The years passed, the tree grew, and today it’s a setting Normal…
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Masters Memories
April 11, 2022
By Tom Poland There comes a memory from long ago when Georgia had yet to win 1980 and 2021 national champions. No worries, Georgia was and is an annual…
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Greenville Center for Creative Arts announces new Chief Executive Officer
April 5, 2022
Jess Burgess has been named Chief Executive Officer of Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) following an extensive local and national search. Burgess brings 15 years of experience in nonprofit…
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Greenville Theatre is excited to continue celebrating season 96 with one of the funniest comedies ever written, A Flea in Her Ear!
April 4, 2022
This hilarious show has mistaken identities, a spinning hotel bed, a doppelganger, a jealous Spaniard, and a foreigner no one can understand which make this a pell-mell story that will…
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Wild Horses
March 24, 2022
By Tom Poland When I hear some determined soul say “wild horses couldn’t pull me away” thoughts race through my mind. First, I think of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. You’d…
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