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Together we can partner to make Greenville healthier By Lisa Stevens and the Rev. Sean Dogan
In Greenville County, we have the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail, county parks, food trucks, health clinics, top-ranked health systems, and destination downtowns. But even with all of that, the county is ranked fourth out of 46 South Carolina counties in health outcomes and second out of 46 in health factors, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control places Greenville County in the middle of 3,100 peer counties for health outcomes and factors. That’s not good enough. We believe that Greenville County can, and should, be the healthiest county in America. Greenville Health System’s vision is to “transform health care for the benefit of the people and communities we serve,” and we’re willing to invest the money to prove it’s possible. Healthy Greenville 2036 is what we’ve named our new grant initiative because our goal is just that — make Greenville County the No. 1 best place to live, work, and be healthy by 2036. The funding for the grant is provided to Greenville Health Authority (GHA) from Greenville Health System (GHS). It’s our way of giving back to the community and recognizing our long-standing commitment to the county. And it’s a big, bold commitment — approximately $4 million a year for 20 years. That’s enough time to do great work and change the health outcomes and factors for Greenville County.
We believe that there are organizations — many of them — interested in joining GHA in this bodacious goal. So the GHA Board of Trustees, community members, and experts worked for hundreds of hours to develop a process to allow eligible organizations to apply for grant money to make residents healthier. How will organizations get the money? By coming up with new ideas, or improving on existing ideas that involve health care, mental health, healthy eating and exercise, and the social determinants of health, which is how conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes. We’re looking for people and organizations that intend to make an investment in the lives and health of the current generations and those to come. Our hardworking local nonprofits are already part of the solution, busy tackling today’s immediate issues. We believe Healthy Greenville 2036’s unprecedented commitment gives both us and the existing network a unique opportunity to work together to change behaviors long-term. Every community in Greenville County, regardless of its socioeconomic status, has room for improvement. And, just like GHS has collaborated with Bon Secours St. Francis Health System to come up with our Community Health Needs Assessment, we believe there are organizations that can follow that example and collaborate to offer bigger and greater programs to the county’s residents. We have a clear and transparent process for applying. To be eligible to receive a grant, an organization must be one of the following: a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status; a health care provider regardless of affiliation; an academic institution, coalition, or collaborative; or a government agency. The minimum grant will be $250,000, with multiyear collaborative projects encouraged. The first deadline is May 15 for letters of intent. The GHA Board of Trustees plans to have grant money in Greenville County communities by mid-September after the board makes the final determination of the first grant recipients. This is the beginning of change, and the GHA Board of Trustees is committed to seeing that the change happens. Healthy Greenville 2036 is possible. Greenville County deserves nothing less than to be the best. For information on applying for a grant, visit ghs.org/ healthygreenville2036. Lisa Stevens is chair of the Greenville Health Authority Board of Trustees, the new operating name for the previously named Greenville Health System Board of Trustees. She is a community volunteer and founding chairman of Langston Charter Middle School. The Rev. Sean Dogan is the vice chair of the GHA board and is the pastor of Long Branch Baptist Church.
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Has Bob Jones University truly repented for its past? By Dr. Chuck Hartman
Across the nation universities are dealing with buildings named in honor of white supremacists: Benjamin Tillman (Clemson), Woodrow Wilson (Princeton), John C. Calhoun (Yale), and others. Yet in the April 14 issue of the Greenville Journal, the paper honors the 90th anniversary of a local university named for one such individual, Bob Jones Sr. To be sure, officials at this university deny that the school has ever been racist. Bob Jones III is quoted denying that the ban on interracial dating was racist, since it was promulgated before blacks were admitted as students. But does not the ban on the admission of blacks constitute a very powerful form of racism itself? Discrimination and segregation on the basis of race is racism. The prohibition on black enrollment was racism and the limitation of the university’s Christian education to white students a manifestation of white supremacism. Furthermore, the stipulation that black students, once enrolled, only marry “within their race” was racism, and the continuation of that policy until the end of the century was a continuation of racism. Has this attitude changed? John Chrysostom famously exhorted, “Let the sinner’s repentance be as notorious as his sin.” Has the Bob Jones University leadership truly repented from its racist past? In the Greenville Journal article Bob Jones III is further quoted saying that the interracial dating ban was “so insignificant to the school and never talked about.” This is a remarkable statement by the same man who fought the IRS over the school’s loss of tax-exempt status due to this very issue. That fight was taken all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, hardly an effort to be expended for an “insignificant” matter. This was a principled fight by the university to preserve both its tax-exempt classification and its ban on interracial dating. The Journal article quotes current President Steven Pettit as saying, concerning the repeal of the ban on interracial dating, that “this was not a hill to die on.” Consider that metaphor for a moment. It means that interracial dating was no longer an issue the university leadership considered important enough to continue
the fight. In truth, as my daughter wisely stated, this was not a hill that they should have been on in the first place! Pettit also states that the dating issue is “a social and cultural issue, not a biblical issue.” As an evangelical pastor, I can hardly accept the dichotomy between biblical and social, believing, as most evangelicals do, that biblical principles have their most abiding influence on social and cultural norms. Historically, the ending of the slave trade and the eventual abolition of slavery were movements led by evangelical Christians like William Wilberforce. Is Pettit saying that the university continues to advocate segregation of the races as a “social and cultural” issue, though not as a biblical one? Why is it so hard for the university’s leadership to acknowledge that the school’s attitude was wrong? Not insignificant, not unbiblical, not unimportant, but wrong? The only person in leadership who has actually apologized for the school’s attitude toward race relations is former President Stephen Jones, who sadly was not interviewed for the article. Bob Jones University does have a welldeserved reputation for academics. The institution has the right to attempt a change in worldview, and to distance itself from that past. Unfortunately the comments quoted in the Journal article leave room for doubt regarding the sincerity of this attempt. Perhaps a movement should begin to take down the name so long associated with institutionalized racism. If Bob Jones University were a rose, then it would certainly smell sweeter to many by another name. Dr. Hartman has been pastoring elder at Fellowship Bible Church. He is a chemical engineer by degree and training, with a Masters of Divinity from Greenville Presbyterian Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte.
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For 18 years, Greenville’s Gillaine and Charles Warne have grown food and taught sustainable agriculture in Haiti to eliminate malnutrition. Now they’re feeding thousands with three farms, a family security program, and a vocational school. In 1999, Gillaine Warne made her first trip to Haiti’s Central Plateau through Christ Episcopal Church after Father Fritz Lafontant, a Haitian Episcopal priest, asked her to teach English in the small rural village of Cange. During her visit, Warne witnessed the
extent of malnutrition. “I felt as if each of my senses had been assaulted,” Warne says. “Children were dying, and mothers were walking barefoot across mountains for days to find help. It was even more astonishing to see that nobody was growing anything.” Warne, who previously farmed in Australia and studied landscape design at New York Botanical Gardens, started a garden to demonstrate the types of crops that could be grown and how to do it. “We eventually grew vegetables that were taken to nearby hospitals, clinics, and schools to combat malnutrition,” she says. Centuries of poor environmental practices and natural disasters have left Haiti one of the poorest countries in the world. Haiti’s Central Plateau, where deforestation has turned once-abundant agriculture into barren soil, is one of the country’s most impoverished regions. Although agriculture is an important sec-
tor of Haiti’s economy, the country imports more than 50 percent for its population’s needs. About 100,000 Haitian children under 5 suffer from malnutrition, and many more don’t get the proper nourishment needed for healthy immune systems. Warne eventually recruited the help of her husband, Charles. In 2002, they met Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, a Boston-based nonprofit providing health care in developing countries. Shortly after, the duo partnered with Farmer to produce Nourimanba, a peanut-based therapeutic food, for nine PIH clinics. They named their new effort Zanmi Agrikol, which is Creole for “Partners in Agriculture.” “In the early days, we actually made Nourimanba by hand with a peanut butter machine that we purchased from the Fresh Market in Greenville,” says Gillaine Warne. “It wasn’t a sophisticated operation, but it got the job done.” In 2010, PIH partnered with Abbott Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company, to build a Nourimanba production facility in the Haitian town of Corporant. PIA has since treated over 35,000 children with more than 150,000 pounds of Nourimanba. PIA also helps Haitian families establish their own farms. In 2010, Warne started the Family Security Program, which provides training and agricultural starter packages to families. Men are provided tools and seeds, and women are educated on proper nutrition for their children. They also get one goat for milk. Each family receives support for one season and then must pay back the seeds to PIA and give their goat to another family. “We believe in helping them help themselves. It’s not a handout. It’s a hand up,” Warne says. The program, which started with just 20 families, has enrolled and helped more than 1,500 families, according to Warne. It’s also created a 60 percent increase in land productivity due to the terracing and fertilization. As the Warnes noticed the malnutrition rates drop in the Central Plateau, they realized that sustainable farming and education is key to the long-term success of Haiti. In 2012, they opened the vocational school
Centre de Formation Fritz LaFontant. The school concentrates on three disciplines: agriculture, woodworking, and construction. “The only way out of poverty in Haiti is through education. They must learn how to grow and cultivate correctly and use rotation and multiple cropping and other things they weren’t previously doing,” Charles Warne says. The tuition fee to attend CFFL is $2,500 per student. PIA aims to cover 60 percent from its endowment due to the limited economic capacity of students. Each student covers the remaining $1,000. However, PIA also offers full scholarships for those who meet certain criteria, according to Gillaine Warne. “Some students graduate and work construction sites or with farmers. Some start their own businesses,” says Charles Warne, adding that the school has already graduated 120 students. “They’re each working towards a better Haiti.” In 2013, the Warnes established Partners in Agriculture as a separate nonprofit, allowing more supporters to donate funds. The Warnes credit the generosity of Christ
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T wo and a half million Haitians live in extreme poverty. Haiti is the poorest country in the northern hemisphere.
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L ess than 50 percent of households have access to safe water and only 25 percent benefit from adequate sanitation.
Fifty percent of urban Haitians are unemployed. inety percent of farmers depend on N rain for their harvest as only 10 percent of the crops are irrigated.
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Church Episcopal, Rotary International, and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, as well as many other groups and individuals for PIA’s successes. Now the husband-and-wife duo is planning PIA’s future. They were recently awarded a $500,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to construct a Nutrition and Education Learning Center in Corporant. The 17,000- to 18,000-square-foot facility will feature a commercial-grade kitchen, student center, dormitories for students and visitors, intensive training in nutrition and food preparation, and vocational training,
according to David Smith, whose Greenville architecture firm designed the building pro bono. The new building will help train and educate more Haitian women, according to PIA founder Gillaine Warne. “We want to empower more women and help them become more aware of what they’re feeding their children,” she says. “They’ll learn about nutrition and various other things that can help their families.” A groundbreaking ceremony will be held in May for the new facility.
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Wider sidewalks coming to Augusta Street Work on a streetscape project designed to bring the vibrancy of Main Street to Augusta Street will begin in May. The project will widen the sidewalk on the east side of Augusta from Smiley’s Acoustic Cafe and install a mid-block crosswalk, something merchants and city officials said will make the area more pedestrian-friendly. Ornamental trees will also be planted on both sides of the street. The streetscape will cost $533,315, with an additional $97,000 for lighting, said Edward Kinney, senior landscape architect for the city. Work will begin in the first or second week of May. Pedestrian lighting will be installed in June, with construction ending in September, Kinney said. Each storefront in the affected area will be impacted for two to three weeks, but wooden walkways will be constructed to allow access to the businesses, said Bill Williams of Saluda Construction, the contractor on the project. Alta Planning +Design drew up the plan, one of three alternatives presented to merchants more than two years ago. Under the plan, parallel parking remains and no spaces will be lost. One of the plans called for angled parking on one side of the street and shorter crosswalks at Main Street, but Kinney said the state Department of Transportation would not allow that change. Augusta Street is a state road, not a city street. —Cindy Landrum
Science supporters, Flying Spaghetti Monster rally Scientists, a cancer survivor, a science author, and others spoke to more than 500 people in Greenville on April 22 as part of the March for Science rally, which also was held in hundreds of cities around the world. Science supporters waved more than 75, mostly handmade, signs. The speakers’ theme was of unity, support for the scientific method, and a call to base national policies on evidence-based facts. “When answers arrive through the scientific process, they stand for themselves, and they’re not subject to what politicians believe,” said Kyle Barrett, assistant professor of aquatic ecology at Clemson University. Barrett’s comments drew loud applause. “When there’s debate, the debate should be driven by data and not politics,” he added. Several speakers spoke to the curiosity of children and of their own childhood fascination with the natural world. National speaker and science author Eve Herold outlined the nation’s two centuries of scientific innovation. “In the past 200 years, scientific innovation and technological advances The Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical deity, graced last have been the main drivers for a weekend’s March for Science with his noodly presence. longer life, greater health, and dramatic improvements in the average person’s standard of living,” Herold said. Speakers talked about how non-scientists also use scientific processes. “You are using the hypothetical deductive method when you are trying to figure out what’s wrong with your outboard motor,” said Rob Baldwin, an associate professor in forestry and environment conservation at Clemson University.
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Furman University completes $1.7M solar farm South Carolina’s largest campus solar farm is up and running at Furman University. Last Tuesday, campus officials connected more than 2,000 photovoltaic solar panels to the electrical grid. The solar farm, which is located on 6 acres near the main campus entrance along Poinsett Highway, has an output of 743 kilowatts and should reduce the university’s electricity expenditures by up to 5 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by at least 3 percent, according to Jeff Redderson, Furman’s associate vice president for facility and campus services. “Furman takes its environmental responsibilities seriously, and we’re proud to be a leader in our sustainability programs and renewable energy systems,” said Furman University President Elizabeth Davis. “In addition to increasing the university’s solar power production and reducing our energy costs, the new solar facility will serve as a laboratory for Furman students pursuing careers in sustainability.” She added, “We are constantly working to become a more sustainable campus, and this project is another example of our commitment to that goal.” Last year, Furman’s board of trustees approved $1.7 million for the project and hired Power Secure Solar, a North Carolina-based energy services company, to oversee the installation process. Duke Energy, which conducted engineering studies last year to support the solar farm’s connection to the electrical grid, plans to issue a $997,000 rebate to the university that should defray installation costs, according to company spokesperson Ryan Mosier. The solar farm, which is the first in the area to tie directly into an electrical transmission line, has also been set up for net metering. That means any excess power it generates can be sold back to Duke Energy. Furman expects an eight-year return on investment, according to Redderson. —Andrew Moore
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GRC unveils final plans for Monaghan Mill After several years of planning, the Greenville Revitalization Corporation (GRC) has unveiled final plans for the Textile Heritage Park, a 6-acre mixed-use park that aims to celebrate the textile history of Greenville County. The park, which is going to be located on the old Monaghan Mill parking lot and across the street from the Lofts of Greenville, will feature a walking trail with 12 alcoves dedicated to the history of various Upstate mills. “Once constructed, this new park is going to enhance the Monaghan community and help our effort to revitalize the surrounding area. It’s also going to be the Upstate’s only location dedicated to the history of the textile industry, which was once the economic engine of South Carolina,” said GRC board chairman Wil Brasington. Textile Heritage Park will also include a recreation area and playground, a community garden, an outdoor classroom for study of the area’s natural wildlife and foliage, and about 80 parking spaces, according to Brasington. NEWS continued on PAGE 10
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GRC has received several grants and donations from various community stakeholders to fund the $500,000 park project. The nonprofit, for example, recently received a $43,000 grant from the Greenville Textile Heritage Society and a letter of support from the Greenville Soil and Water Conservation District. “We are so excited that Greenville will now have a lasting memorial to the great textile industry that once dominated the industrial climate of the entire Upstate of South Carolina,” said Don Harkins, president of the Greenville Textile Heritage Society. “This joint venture with the GRC is a means to what was once a mere dream and now will become a reality.” GRC plans to begin construction on the park sometime this summer, according to Dent, who said the park would be complete by early 2018. However, the nonprofit still needs more money. It’s now allowing the public to purchase bricks or plaques for the textile mill alcoves along the park’s Mill Walk. —Andrew Moore
dudes, and Tim O’Brien. This year’s lineup is no less adventurous. The full list of performers is available on the LEAF website, but here are some of the highlights of the next edition of the festival, which takes place Friday, May 12, to Sunday, May 14. Ashley Heath & Her Heathens Our 2016 pick for Regional Artist of the Year, Ashley Heath is a young woman with a thunderously powerful voice and an uncanny feel for acoustic blues. The African Guitar Summit Possibly the most exciting group on this year’s schedule, the AGS is an award-winning sextet that combines virtuosic guitarists, feverishly danceable percussion, and a liltingly melodic marimba into a joyous, massive-sounding expression of multicultural musical spirit. The Jon Stickley Trio A dazzling instrumental group that combines lightning fast acoustic guitar and fiddle with furiously rhythmic percussion, this is a fast-on-the rise group of musicians with a new album on the horizon. Macy Gray Though the commercial heat
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LEAF is coming It’s simply called LEAF nowadays, but when it was begun back in 1995, the acronym for this nonprofit with a mission of enriching lives through the arts stood for the Lake Eden Arts Festival. The twice-yearly festival has spent the past two decades bringing together artists and musicians around the world for an event that goes beyond typical food-music-and-art gatherings. Nearly 100 performers have graced the Black Mountain, N.C., festival, including Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Fishbone, The Fairport Convention, Marcia Ball, Richie Havens, The sub-
The Indoor Kids
Let’s face it: Sometimes producers can be a pain in the ass. And that’s apparently the case for punk-pop band The Indoor Kids, who were so unnerved by the producer of their first EP, “First Day of Camp,” Eli Hancock, that they felt compelled to make a film that documented his tyrannical approach and merciless criticism. As the group, singer/guitarist Matt Fessler, bassist Wes Gilliam, and drummer Will Thornhill, struggles to lay down four tracks of tight, loud, and fast three-chord rock at Greenville’s Sit N’ Spin studio, Hancock screams, “This is horrible!” and “You’re useless!” from behind the board, saving most of his abuse for Fessler as he tries to record his vocals. It might also be worth mentioning at this point that Eli Hancock is Gilliam’s then-10year-old stepson, and might have played a less significant role in the EP’s production than the “documentary” suggests. At any rate, the band has decided on a different approach for their second as-yet-untitled EP, which they’re recording at Studio 101 in Woodruff, and they’ve realized that to make great punk rock, sometimes you’ve got to do some very non-punk things. “I think we just learned a lesson from the first one about taking our time,” Gilliam says. “For the last EP, we booked roughly the
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same amount of time to do four songs as we did this time doing two songs. It’s still a short amount of time, but I feel like we were able to make more creative decisions this time around instead of, ‘Nope, that’s the way we wrote it. Next!’” And what’s more punk than using a click track to get the rhythms down? “It was a good, necessary constraint that led to us slightly tweaking some arrangements. It’s the first time we’ve been able to have a ‘studio version’ and a ‘live’ version of a song.” —Vincent Harris
SPORTS
Big stars coming to BMW Pro-Am Former Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers are among the celebrities slated to participate in the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation, organizers announced last Thursday. The tournament, held May 18–21 at Thornblade Club, Furman University Golf Club, and the Preserve at Verdae, groups Web.com tour professionals with amateurs and celebrities. Participants rotate between the three courses on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and the final round on Sunday is held at Thornblade Club. Other celebrities who will tee off include former Major League Baseball players Jose Alvarez, Josh Beckett, and Tim Wakefield; coun-
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try music artists Steve Azar and Colt Ford; actors Gary Valentine (“Kevin Can Wait”), John O’Hurley (“Seinfeld”), and Alfonso Ribeiro (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”); and comedian Larry the Cable Guy. Tickets are available at buybmwtickets.com, and the tournament is still looking for volunteers for all event days. Since 2001, the BMW Charity Pro-Am has raised $12.1 million for charities across the Upstate. This year’s goal is to surpass $13 million in total donations. Fourteen charities were selected as beneficiaries for the 2017 tournament, including Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County, Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas, Shriners Hospital for Children – Greenville, and Upstate Warrior Solution. — Emily Pietras
The South Carolina Football Hall of Fame (SCFOF) held its fifth annual enshrinement ceremony Thursday, April 20, at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. Doc Blanchard, Charlie Brown, Fisher DeBerry, Levon Kirkland, and Dick Sheridan are members of the 2017 inductee class, the SCFOF’s fifth. “South Carolina has a rich history of great football, from the coaches, players, and administration, so it’s always an honor to be a part of that history,” said Kirkland in an interview with WSPA 7News. Kirkland, a former Clemson and Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, is currently an outside linebackers coach for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals. Former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was awarded the inaugural 2016 Blanchard-Rogers Trophy, which is presented to the top college football player in South Carolina. Formerly known as the Collegiate Player of the Year, the award was renamed this year to honor former Heisman Trophy winners Doc Blanchard and George Rogers. Watson was also named Collegiate Player of the Year in 2015, making him the first and only two-time winner of the award. Past winners are former Clemson football players Tajh Boyd (2013) and Vic Beasley (2014). “We have so many rivals in this state… but this is one of the nights where we can come
The SCFOF awarded former Clemson QB Deshaun Watson the inaugural Blanchard-Rogers Trophy. Photo by Leland Outz.
together as one state and be a family and be friends and be able to celebrate all the good things that are part of this state,” Watson told the Anderson Independent Mail. In addition to honoring South Carolina football legends, the SCFOF aims to increase player safety, assist with football career transitions, and promote the growth of the game of football in the Palmetto State. —Emily Pietras
Greenville gains ‘instant credibility’ with 2022 NCAA announcement Greenville proved to the NCAA in March that it was a place capable of hosting big sporting events after it was picked to replace Greensboro, N.C., as one of the sites for the opening rounds of the men’s basketball tournament. NEWS continued on PAGE 12
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The NCAA rewarded it by naming the city the host of a women’s basketball regional in 2020 and the first and second rounds of the 2022 men’s basketball tournament. It’s the first time the city has hosted an NCAA regional tournament where the winner advances to the Final Four. “We were optimistic the success demonstrated by the city, arena, and the teams that played here in March would bring the NCAA back,” said Bon Secours Wellness Arena General Manager Beth Paul. Now, the city hopes the confidence shown in it by the NCAA will translate into hosting more large sporting events that would dump millions of dollars into Greenville County’s economy. “With each new event we are building a reputation that Greenville is a great place for sporting events. It creates a momentum,” said Mayor Knox White. “We have the right venues and the amenities. And for those of us who live here, it’s not just about the revenue bump; it’s also just fun to play host.” Chris Stone, president of VisitGreenvilleSC, said a NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the most prestigious events a city can host and having success with it shows a city can jump over a high bar. “The NCAA gives us instant credibility when we pitch other meeting planners and sports organizers,” he said. The two NCAA tournaments are expected to pump more than $5 million into Greenville’s economy. Greenville could also get some of the economic benefit of the Cliffs at Keowee Falls hosting a Division I golf regional in 2020. —Cindy Landrum
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Tickets for the 12th annual euphoria food, wine, and music festival went on sale over the weekend, and to celebrate fest organizers threw Roast and Toast, a barbecue and oyster bash at the Old Cigar Warehouse, on Sunday. The Sept. 21–24 foodie fest will feature at least one new event — The Big Easy Bash — and several returning faves, such as the fantastic barbecue-centric brunch, Fired Up! The latter includes such noted barbecue heavy hitters like Charleston’s Lewis Barbecue, Georgia’s Southern Soul Barbecue, and North Carolina’s Buxton Hall Barbecue, the home of Elliott Moss. Moss was on hand at Sunday’s Roast and Toast to show everyone why this whole-hog-lovin’ pitmaster was recently named a 2017 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Southeast. Like all the top Q-maestros, Moss understands that the best barbecue doesn’t need to be smothered in sauces — it can stand on its own. Tender and moist, with just a tinge of smoke and pepper, Moss’ pulled pork was quickly gobbled up by the revelers. The Bacon Bros. Public House team was in attendance as well, with chef Anthony Gray serving up some smoked brisket buns with spring onion, ramp vinegar, aged cheddar ají dulce cheese. The slider-sized sandwich was balanced by the salty, fatty brisket and the tangy pop of vinegar. Caviar and Bananas’ charred corn and chorizo offering was another standout, with the taste of sweet corn giving way to the fatty heat of the chorizo and the nuttiness of the pepitas. But as good as the barbecue was, it’s tough to beat a bucket or two of steamed oysters. There’s not much to say about the oysters other than they were worth every single shuck, whether you had them sans accoutrements or with hot sauce, lemon, and a cracker. In the end, we left with more than enough food in our bellies, and longing for Sept. 21. For more on euphoria, including how to get tickets, visit euphoriagreenville.com. —Chris Haire
ARTS
Vote for your favorite local artist at Artisphere The number of artists at this year’s Artisphere presented by TD Bank who entered but did not get their work into the fest’s Artists of the Upstate exhibit speaks volumes about the growth of the Greenville area’s arts scene. One hundred eighty-eight artists who live within 35 miles of Greenville entered the juried competition this year, and 66 of them had works accepted into the show, said Robin Aiken, Artisphere’s visual arts programs coordinator. “The number of artists and quality of the entries gets better each year,” Aiken said. The exhibit will be on display in the Founder’s Room above Larkin’s on the River during Artisphere, May 12–May 14. “The exhibit is an exclusive opportunity for local artists and is a bit more user-friendly than the outdoor Artists Row element of the festival. Juried artists are not required to have a tent, display walls, or even an extensive inventory,” Artisphere Executive Director Kerry Murphy said. “They simply drop off the accepted piece, we install, and tens of thousands patrons tour the exhibit. It’s a win-win for the artists and has been a great addition to our programming for the past 10 years.” The pieces chosen for the exhibit include mixed media, paintings, photography, fiber art, ceramics, and drawings. The Greenville Journal, which sponsors the Artists of the Upstate exhibition, is conducting a People’s Choice contest on its Facebook page. You’ll be able to view each work and “like” your favorites. The work with the most likes wins. The contest opens April 28 and the winner will be announced May 15. —Cindy Landrum
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For banker and City Council candidate Matt Cotner, growth must be tailored to address individual communities’ needs CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF
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Greenville City Council candidate Matt Cotner is focused on the city’s future. “For me, it’s all about being futurefocused,” he said. “We need Greenville’s next generation of leadership that has the energy to tackle critical issues the city will face.” Cotner, a Republican, will face Democrat incumbent and longtime District 2 councilwoman Lillian Brock Flemming in the Nov. 7 general election. District 2 snakes through the city and includes parts of North Main Street, the Southernside neighborhood, West Greenville, the West End, part of Augusta Street and the Alta Vista neighborhood, and the Pleasant Ridge area. Cotner, a commercial banker with SunTrust Bank, said all of the issues the city faces, from transportation to fiscal responsibility and affordable housing, center around three themes — livable growth, the importance of neighborhoods, and economic development that works for everybody.
“Greenville has been successful because people have been able to work together.” “I think we all can come up with examples of cities that are not livable,” he said. “Greenville has done a great job with growing the right way. In the future, growth has to honor the authenticity of where we are and who we are.” For some places in the city, growth means going up. In others, it means going out. In others, it means getting more compact, he said. District 2 has a unique mix of neighborhoods, from historic to new, rural, and urban. “Each is unique and each has its strengths, needs, and opportunities,” Cotner said. “They need to feel like they have a voice that is respected and that they have an advocate.” Cotner believes Greenville should continue to recruit companies and grow its own small companies through entities such as Textile Hall in the Village of West Greenville and downtown’s Endeavor to make sure all residents have job opportunities. “I know there are people in Greenville who don’t see the same opportunities as oth-
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ers,” Cotner said. “Greenville has been successful because people have been able to work together,” he said. “We need to understand that we’re concerned about the same things, but we are approaching it from different perspectives. For instance, in banking buyers want to buy and bankers want to lend. We have different goals but the same mission.” Cotner said his experience and skill set make him the best candidate. His career as a banker has required him to think strategically and creatively and gives him the necessary financial background and negotiation skills, he said. His military career gave him leadership experience. “Often times, council has to choose between two good ideas,” he said. Cotner advocates using data to make decisions, as well as looking to other cities for solutions. Some ideas can be adapted for here. “Everyone loves Greenville, and I’m vested in this community,” he said. “For me, being on council is about serving the community and playing a role in determining its future and making sure we get it right.” He is a graduate of Leadership Greenville Class 33, and has served as the United Way of Greenville’s Young Philanthropist chair, Friends of the Greenville Zoo treasurer, and a Metropolitan Arts Council board member. Cotner is co-chair of the 2017 March of Dimes Walk for Babies and is a member of the Rotary Club. He holds a master’s from the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business.
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THE MAKEOVER MILE Could Laurens Road become Greenville’s newest redevelopment success story? WORDS BY CINDY LANDRUM | COVER ILLUSTRATION BY ALICE RATTERREE
Laurens Road’s success as one of Greenville’s leading commercial corridors once rested on the automotive industry and big-box stores. But as automotive dealerships merged and big-box stores left, the state highway’s significance in Greenville’s commercial landscape plummeted. While it may not look like it yet to motorists, Laurens Road is once again becoming a hot spot all the way from Interstate 85 and the Motor Mile to Washington Street and Interstate 385 — interest that Greenville Mayor Knox White said will turn the area into one of the city’s biggest redevelopment success stories.
Much of the interest comes because of the proposed expansion of the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail along Laurens Road and across Haywood Road. The GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail is largely responsible for the revitalization of Travelers Rest. On the end of Laurens Road closest to downtown, a once dilapidated feed-andseed built in 1934 transformed into the wildly popular modern cantina Willy Taco. The revamp, which carried a seven-figure price tag, “sets the standard for what the area could look like,” White said. “It’s a good marker of what could happen in that area of Laurens Road,” he said. “In a decade, that section might look like our Travelers Rest.” On the other end, the Verdae development is in the beginning stages of a $100 million project, a site bordered by Woodruff Road, Verdae Boulevard, and Laurens Road that includes the former Sam’s Club and Best Buy sites.
The development will mark a change in commercial design for the strip. Instead of having buildings recessed away from the road behind vast parking lots like the prominent car dealerships on Greenville’s Motor Mile and the big-box stores it will replace, Verdae’s development has frontage directly on the road. The development will also connect residential areas to more shopping and recreation activities. In the middle is Laurens Village, McCall Capital’s redevelopment of the former Department of Motor Vehicles facility at Laurens and Pleasantburg roads. That site also at one time housed the state Department of Transportation and the Highway Patrol. McCall closed on the land a couple of months ago. “Laurens Road is being transformed,” said Marcus McCall, president of McCall Capital, developer of Laurens Village. “I see it as having a lot of niche development, unique retail, not big boxes, providing retail for local
residents. I see something like Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward along their beltway where you have mixed uses.”
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Over the years, Laurens Road has been one of Greenville’s biggest commercial corridors. In 2001, the Motor Mile portion of Laurens Road recorded $771,653,302 in total gross sales, second only to downtown’s $928,220,914. The northern part of Laurens Road, home to much smaller businesses, contributed another $228,255,095. By 2010, when Greenville and the rest of the country were in the throes of the Great Recession, total gross sales for the Motor Mile stretch had plummeted to $379,003,256. The other end of Laurens produced $196,534,703 in gross sales. Tracy Ramseur, a development coordinator for the city’s economic development department, blamed the fall on the consolidation of auto dealerships and the relocation or closure of
several big-box stores such as Sam’s Wholesale Club, Best Buy, and Goody’s. Fast-forward to 2016. Total gross sales for the Motor Mile section jumped to $847,765,814, a significant increase over the nearly $676 million in sales just two years earlier. “It’s so good to see the auto dealerships doing well. They upgraded their facilities over the past years,” Ramseur said. “Every city needs a Motor Mile.” Laurens Road North’s gross sales rose to more than $230 million, a $24 million increase over 2014. “It’s the same pattern we’ve seen in any of our corridors. It’s cyclical,” Ramseur said. “Laurens Road is the ideal place for growth because of its location.” Ramseur cites the street’s proximity to downtown and Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research. “Laurens Road is certainly an area with the capacity for growth,” said Debbie Wallace, vice president of Verdae Development. MAKEOVER continued on PAGE 16
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Willy Taco turned the vacant Feed and Seed complex at the intersection of Laurens Road and East Washington into a popular indoor-outdoor restaurant and bar that Mayor Knox White said sets the standard for what that part of Laurens Road could look like. In addition, Centre Stage plans to convert the nearby aging East Park Baptist Church into Off Centre, a second performance space, rehearsal space, and storage facility. The church on Ebaugh Avenue is behind the Spinx station at that Laurens Road and Washington Street corner. At the groundbreaking of its Pendleton Street store, Spinx announced it was considering building a new headquarters at the corner as well.
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In February, plans were filed for a mixeduse commercial project for nearly 70 acres at Henderson and Laurens roads owned by Verdae Properties. The project, which includes the former Sam’s Club and Best Buy sites, is a part of a $100 million redevelopment effort Verdae announced in 2014 that includes retail, residential, and a park and trails connecting to the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail. Camperdown Academy, a nonprofit school for dyslexic students, will build a new school in the development near a new section of the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The school plans to open in June 2018. Construction of Verdae Commons Drive, the main entrance to the new development, has begun.
LAURENS AND PLEASANTBURG
LAURENS ROAD TOTAL GROSS SALES Laurens Road South (Motor Mile) 2016 $847,765,814 2015 $803,186,121 2014 $675,888,057 Laurens Road North 2016 $230,377,653 2015 $226,819,928 2014 $206,108,171
McCall Capital plans to build a mixed-use development on the 10-acre site at Laurens and Pleasantburg that was once home to the Department of Motor Vehicles and offices for the state Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol. Plans call for about 300 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments called Enclave at Laurens Village; retail and restaurant space; and perhaps office space and a boutique hotel, said President Marcus McCall. The development will also have a park and an easement from the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail to Laurens Road. McCall said he expects construction of a new sewer line serving the development and the surrounding area to begin soon. He said he expects construction for the development to start late this year or early next year.
LAURENS ROAD RESIDENT BUSINESS LICENSES Laurens Road South (Motor Mile) 2016 111 2015 97 2014 120 Laurens Road North 2016 231 2015 202 2014 201 Building Permits Year No. 2016 14 2015 26 2014 13
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For years, development in the Pleasantburg area of Laurens has been stymied because of a lack of sewer capacity. Through a development agreement with the city, McCall Capital is building a sewer line that will serve its Laurens Village project, as well as the surrounding area. As a result, it will allow additional growth. Verdae’s best piece of land — an 80acre parcel bordered by Interstate 85, Laurens Road, and the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail — remains undeveloped. The land, known as Bonaventure, is the crown jewel of the Verdae Master Plan because of its interstate frontage, Wallace said. The property will be one of the last pieces developed, in part because it will impact Laurens Road and the Interstate 85 interchange. Verdae, the City of Greenville, and the state Department of Transportation are working to come up with a plan, Wallace said. Wallace said Bonaventure could have shopping, office space, a hotel, and recreation offerings. “It really will be a special place,” she said, “that could hold up to the bigger projects in Atlanta and Charlotte.”
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Much of the redevelopment interest near downtown Greenville is generated by the imminent expansion of the Swamp Rabbit Trail. A 4.5-mile extension is planned and will mostly follow an abandoned rail line along Laurens Road. The trail will cross Laurens Road, Haywood Road, and Verdae Boulevard. Bridges will be built across Laurens and Haywood so trail users won’t have to navigate those busy roads. The exact location of the bridges has yet to be determined. “We’re already starting to see interest from investors and businesses who want to be near the trail. Surprisingly, not all
of the businesses are the kind you’d necessarily think of as businesses that would benefit from being on the trail. The other day, I talked to somebody looking for a place for a computer repair business,”
“The biggest challenge on Laurens Road is the road itself.” Tracy Ramseur, development coordinator
Greenville development coordinator Ramseur said. Ramseur added that the Laurens Road properties that will generate the most interest are those near crossings and areas where potential spurs will make it easy to connect to the trail. One major Laurens Road hurdle: how to make all those new businesses and amenities accessible by foot to nearby residents. “The biggest challenge on Laurens Road is the road itself,” Ramseur said. “The nature of the road is going to make it difficult to make it walkable, especially in the northern area. Laurens Road is a state highway, meaning the city does not control where streetscapes, road diets, and center medians can be done, Ramseur said. The road also has a lot of curb cuts. “It’s typical of a suburban development pattern where you have drive after drive,” she said. The city hopes with the renewed interest in Laurens Road, developers will either acquire several pieces of property and combine them or work with adjacent property owners to close some of the curb cuts, Ramseur said. “Laurens Road is strong,” she said.
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Henry Moore, 19, has had a surprisingly easy first year in Clemson University’s College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences. Unlike most of his fellow computer science and engineering majors, he didn’t have to take engineering calculus or any science courses. To the complaints he’s heard from friends about freshman classes that are too large and too difficult, he can nod sympathetically but cannot offer advice. Moore started his first day on Clemson’s campus 41 semester hours ahead of his peers with a great college GPA. The 2016 J. L. Mann graduate was one of the first 16 high school students across South Carolina to take three years of college-level engineering, calculus, and science courses before graduating from high school. “I had knocked out all the math and natural science classes I had to take for my major,” Moore says. And he didn’t have to pay for any of it. The dual-enrollment credits he earned saved
him more than $25,000, the yearly cost of in-state tuition at Clemson. Moore is part of a grand experiment in growing and retaining the state’s brightest young minds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies. The theory is that if students were to start taking college-level STEM classes in their sophomore year of high school, they would be better prepared for South Carolina universities. And STEM companies statewide have invested money in the program in hopes that these same students will one day work for them. “Our program’s goal is for everybody to go to school in South Carolina and be an engineer in South Carolina, but if the majority can do that, it’s a great success,” says Kim Bowman, chief executive officer of the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) Foundation in Hartsville. Bowman helped design and launch the program, which is called Accelerate, South Carolina’s Engineering LaunchPad. She and former Governor’s School President Murray Brockman met with Stanford University deans several years ago to see how they were
preparing STEM students for technology and engineering jobs. “We knew there was an engineering deficit in South Carolina,” Bowman says. “Often, companies are going out of state to find talent, and we wanted to put a stop to that. So the conversation at Stanford put us on a journey to find something better in South Carolina, a mission to build our state’s own talent base.” There are more than 20 schools participating in the program this year. For the 2017-18 school year, there will be 30-plus schools. The Accelerate program is reaching a more diverse demographic compared to traditional engineering majors, and this might expand the state’s engineering field, says Ershela Sims, a biomedical engineer and the vice president for Accelerate Engineering at the Governor’s School. “Right now, we have 35 percent female, 16 percent of underrepresented minorities — typically blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans that have a low percentage in the STEM field,” Sims says. “We’d like to see those numbers grow as we continue to
be the pipeline, and our program will help with the overall numbers of females and underrepresented minorities with engineering degrees.” The first students took Accelerate classes for the 2013-14 school year, and they each entered college – mostly Clemson – last fall. “I had to devote more time to it in terms of studying, but it didn’t seem like a heavy stress,” Moore says. “I had friends who took AP courses, and they always seemed more overburdened because of AP testing.” There were a few glitches as the first class of engineering students went through the system, and more than half of those who enrolled in their sophomore year had dropped out by their senior year. Attrition is common in college engineering programs, where about one in two students who start out in the field will quit, Sims says. “We’re hoping to decrease our program’s attrition as the years go by,” she notes. Accelerate’s virtual classroom format takes the Governor School’s STEM courses to students across the state. Clemson and GSSM staff teaches classes. Also, Ac-
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celerate students attend summer camps with laboratory experiences at the Hartsville school and college campuses. There can be a summer internship after they graduate from high school, and there are occasional Saturday field trips involving robotics, engineering design, and other activities. Moore particularly enjoyed the summer camps, which he calls “mini-college experiences.” He recalls one week when he and other Accelerate students toured Boeing,
an aerospace company with a site in North Charleston, and Sonoco, a materials packing company in Hartsville, to see what engineering jobs looked like at those companies. “It helped me narrow down what I want to do with my career,” Moore says. Accelerate has 115 students from across South Carolina, including 16 seniors. It is expected to grow to 300 students over the next three years, Bowman says. Ninth-grade students can apply for the
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program, but only if they have completed Algebra II before they start 10th grade. If accepted into the program, students take honors pre-calculus and pre-engineering courses in 10th grade, and then buckle down with engineering, calculus, chemistry, physics, and English accelerated composition and literature courses. Each student completes an honors senior project and takes an honors literature course. When they finish the program, they receive a
Clemson college transcript, along with their high school diploma. “Our long-term goal is to make the program available to any student in South Carolina who is interested and to eventually scale it nationally,” Bowman says. “If you create a model that works, why not share it with everybody else? We’re trying to create a more competitive South Carolina but also trying to create a competitive country.”
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Laurens Electric offers golfers shot at $1 million Laurens Electric Cooperative will host its 15th annual hole-in-one shootout on April 28–29 at Eagle Zone on Pelham Road. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Project Hope Foundation. Each day, 10 players who are closest to the pin will qualify to compete in the finals, where participants have a chance of winning $1 million by shooting a hole-in-one. Qualifying times are April 28 from 9 a.m.–9 p.m. and April 29 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. The finals will follow on April 29 at 6 p.m. Other prizes include $500 each day to golfers with shots closest to the pin, and during the finals, $1,000 to the golfer closest to the pin, $500 for the second closest, and $250 to third.
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catering,” O’Rourke says. “This is a large step for us.” It’s something Wilder has already been offering on a smaller scale when Henry’s catering clients ask for nonbarbecue items. “We’ll be able to make the menu as unique as the person wants,” O’Rourke says. The name Pure is a nod to the chefs’ respect for ingredients and how they were trained to handle each component. “Pure — it’s clean cuisine,” Bolton says. “We let the product speak for itself.” Wilder, who joined the Henry’s staff in search of a simpler life after stints at Devereaux’s and Azia, will operate as chef and owner of Pure. Bolton, who
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Fabulous home steps away from Downtown. Originally constructed in 1910, this 5,000 sq. ft. home underwent a complete renovation in 2005 keeping with the Arts and Crafts details and the modern conveniences one would expect. Open floorplan with no detail missed. Large living room graciously leads you into a keeping room with built-ins. Eat-in kitchen provides entertaining space. Granite and marble countertops, built in stainless appliances, large island, and butler’s pantry. Huge dining room with original chandelier and fireplace.
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5BR/5f2hBA Beautifully appointed all brick estate on 3+ acres. Fabulous floorplan and upgrades. Exquisite outdoor living spaces and immaculate landscaping! US-123S to Rock Springs. R Dayton School. Continue onto Mcalister.
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5BR/4.5BA Situated on large corner lot in beautiful golf course community. Open floorplan and all upgrades desired! A must see! Exit 63. 2.5 miles R on Player R Old South.
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The word “bean” has existed in common use since before the 12th century. Beans are pod-borne seeds. Bean seeds are easy to plant, easy to grow, and take very little care. Reaching full maturity in 50–55 days, they produce all summer. Pole beans develop slowly as they crawl up their pole, and they mature in different stages. Bush beans, a relatively recent invention of modern times, do not require staking and are planted in rows and come in all at once. If you want “bush” type beans all summer, then you can plant them successively — say every two to three weeks — for a continuous crop. Promptly harvesting your beans at maturity will encourage them to produce more beans. Beans like loamy soil with a pH of 6.0-6.5. Don’t over-fertilize or you will get a lot of leaf growth on the plant but little produce. I have chosen “blue lake” Stringless Pole Beans, Roma II Bush Beans, Provider Bush Beans, and Dixie Lee Peas to plant from seed this year. Pole beans are great for a small garden, as they grow vertically. Plant your seeds about 1 inch deep and every 3 inches. The Roma beans are a bush type, and I thin them to about 1 foot apart once they get up out of the ground. The Provider bean is a productive snap bush bean, which can be eaten right out of the garden. This year I will try the Dixie Lee peas planted in their own bed. They are a bush plant and thrive on neglect, my type of plant. The pods are long and thin. The pods will dry out, turn brown in the summer heat, and crack open. Then you can shell the peas. Store as a dry bean for soups and stews and enjoy them this winter. Bush beans are great to start a crop in late August for a fall harvest. Beans can get pests and diseases. Mulching helps to keep the diseases at bay. When you water overhead and the soil is splashed up on the plants, it is the soil that can spread
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the viruses or the diseases. When the garden heats up in July, the bugs will have found your beans or your squash. Once you see bean bugs or squash borers, get rid of your plants. Don’t let those bugs have babies and spread. They multiply quickly and are not what you want on your plants or in your garden. I try to garden organically, so when I find a diseased plant or a squash vine full of borers, I just pull the plants up and discard the plants. Do not compost a plant with a disease. I recently learned of Ruth Stout, a now 94-year-old gardener who has a multitude of YouTube videos. She calls her method of gardening the “no work” garden method. I encourage you to watch her. Her videos have some wonderful ideas. She reminds me of my grandmother from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I like to plant my seeds and plants that grow above ground in the waxing moon. This is when the moon is on the increase or moving from new moon to full moon. This is the time for growth as the light of the moon stimulates the seed to sprout. This is the process of photosynthesis, where leaves turn light into sugar, which feeds them and makes them grow. It is an amazing process. As a favorite writer of mine, Mark Nepo, puts it, “Something in our very nature knows where the light is, even when we can’t see it.” We are like the tiny seed buried in the ground straining to come to the surface of ourselves. See you in the garden.
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There’s a lot of writer Scott Gould in his new book, “Strangers to Temptation.” Both Gould and the book’s unnamed adolescent, newspaper-delivering protagonist, call the small Lowcountry town of Kingstree, S.C., home. And the paperboy’s mother is a nurse, just like Gould’s mom, although their personalities are different. As for the main character’s father, aside from his love of fishing, he’s nothing like Gould’s dad. “Strangers to Temptation” is a collection of 13 short stories about a quirky Southern town and its quirky residents in the 1970s, an era that Gould says was “a weird time to be living in the South.” In particular, it’s a time of racial strife. In the short, “May MacIntosh Flies, John Wayne Runs,” the protagonist’s family is talking about desegregation and white flight at the dinner table. For his father, the local white families who flee public schools to attend an all-white private school are cowards, a stark difference from John Wayne, who never ran from anything. His wife points out, “John Wayne doesn’t live in South Carolina. He lives in Hollywood.” This starts a fight between the pair. Although the issue of white flight and racism are important, Gould doesn’t shy away from seeing the humor in his parent’s spats, writing, “Those years, there was no movie theater in town. This was our entertainment: watching our nurse mother nudge her husband right to the edge of a nervous breakdown a couple of times a week.” As chair of the creative writing department at the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Gould teaches creative nonfiction. To keep his own fiction-writing flames burning, he has made it a habit to write at least 200 words per day during the
school year — and he does it all in longhand. “I write a lot in the summer, and then I spend time revising and tweaking and getting it right,” Gould says. “I don’t like to revise until I get the whole story down, and then I go back and see what has gone wrong because something always does.”
“Strangers to Temptation,” written by Scott Gould, was published in April 2017 by Hub City Press of Spartanburg. The softcover is $16.95 and available at M. Judson Books.
Editing is something Gould understands very well. He has his students rewrite their essays five times, and he reads and comments on each version. For his own work, he edits as he goes, wasting few words. With 13 years of teaching at the Governor’s School — “the best job in the world,” Gould says — he knows teenagers.
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“They’re really courageous, and it’s so fun to read what they come up with,” he notes. “I’m not grading them. I’m going on a journey with them.” Gould also empathizes with their pain as writers. Although 10 of the 13 stories in “Strangers to Temptation” were previously published, he has racked up his fair share of rejection letters.
reach, possibly even pop-up performances at schools and public locations. Harnessing the momentum of the past season, the 2017-18 season will also include guest dancers, yet to be announced. “Snow White: The Ballet” opens the season, Sept. 29–30. Blough describes the work as “dark and comedic,” involving mystery and intrigue. The role of wicked queen/stepmother is danced by a male dancer, while the seven dwarves provide the comedic relief, Blough says. As in years past, CBT will present three performances of artistic director Hernan Justo’s uniquely Greenville version of “The Nutcracker” (Dec. 22–23). This year, among other staging and costuming changes, the Party Scene will feature local children with disabilities alongside the professional dancers. “We want to showcase all different
A scene from “The Nutcracker”
“I see the kids send their work out and it gets rejected, and you see them go through an emotional rollercoaster,” he says. “I say, ‘I’ve gotten three rejection slips in the mail today,’ and they say, ‘Oh, it still happens. Okay.’ And they go on.” Over the past decade, Gould’s students have received 11 portfolio awards of $10,000 from the national Scholastic Writing Com-
types of dancers and involve children who’ve always wanted to be on stage that might not otherwise be able to,” Blough says. In recognition of February’s Black History Month, the three company dancers will perform a new smaller vignette piece created by Justo titled “Black & Beautiful: A Tribute to African-American Dancers.” The work tells the stories of three dancers who shaped the American dance landscape. The date and location are still being solidified. CBT’s spring show on March 10 will be a the rock ’n’ roll-inspired “The School of Hard Rocks.” Performers will include dancers of all varieties, musicians, and visual artists. Justo uses old and modern well-known rock ballads to showcase arts integration with an emphasis on bullying prevention. In addition to strategically planning performances to draw diverse audiences, CBT is launching a program called Dreaming on Your Feet to bring dance to Title 1 schools. Along with performing at the schools, the company will audition interested students and choose 15 students — five each from elementary, middle, and high schools — to take weekly classes at Dance Arts Greenville on scholarship. Those students will then have the opportunity to perform in May during Artisphere 2018. “We’re giving kids a chance to get real training and giving them a stage to perform on,” Blough says. Speaking for the board that has grown from three to nine members in the last few years and as a marketing professional, Blough says the goal over the last two years has been to identify key aspects that would attract those outside of the small dance community and educate the uninitiated. “I often hear after performances that people thought ballet was only for girls or women, but it’s not,” Blough says. “They also say, ‘I didn’t know that dancers were so athletic.’ We want to entice people who’ve never experienced ballet.” For more information or to partner with CBT, visit carolinaballet. org.
petition, seven U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts awards, and two Thomas Wolfe Scholarships from UNC-Chapel Hill. “If they totally immerse themselves in being an artist, a writer, they will progress,” Gould says. “The awards come naturally because they work so hard. They’ve earned it.” For Gould, courage is a writer’s starter, and hard work is the engine.
“Snow White: The Ballet,” Sept. 29–30
“The Nutcracker,” Dec. 22–23
“The School of Hard Rocks,” March 10
The author acknowledges as much in his short story, “You Dream, You Leave.” Gould writes, “My idea is that if you’re leaving a place like Kingstree or any spot you’re not particularly fond of, you got to go out big, so if you fall on your face somewhere and come running back with your tail tucked, at least you can brag about the figure you cut when you left.”
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The music of Columbia’s Those Lavender Whales is so beguiling, so effortlessly melodic, that it’s easy just to get lost in the music. Sounding like some perfect blend of Yo La Tengo and the Magnetic Fields, the band specializes in deceptively simple, almost childlike indie-pop that’s unabashedly sunny. Or at least that’s how it seems. A closer examination of the lyrics on the band’s just-out new album, “My Bones Are Singing,” written by band founder, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Graves, reveals something a little darker. “Oh my God, I don’t know if I can handle this,” Graves sings in a
2014, he was diagnosed with astrocytoma, a rare type of brain tumor. “My Bones Are Singing” was largely written and recorded as he dealt with the aftermath of that diagnosis and the debilitating rounds of radiation and chemotherapy that followed. “It definitely did affect my writing,” Graves says. “There were songs that I’d started before my diagnosis, and I finished them through the lens of finding out I had cancer. I think it’s definitely about that struggle and seeing things through that perspective. In fact, when we were recording the songs, I took my last dose of chemo pills at my last session. It was a good marker.” The studio acted as a sort of safe haven
them.” That positivity is definitely reflected in the music. Every lyric about fear or uncertainty is couched in incredibly catchy guitar pop and soothing vocal harmonies. As a songwriter, Graves simply refused to allow any sort of darkness into his art, musically speaking. “I think that’s kind of a conscious thing, because that’s just my personality,” he says. “Part of me getting through that experience and other hard moments in life is trying to stay positive and put optimistic spins on difficult things. And it’s easier for me to do that with music. I can work through tougher things and put a fun spin on it with the music and keep myself positive by making a poppy song.” And as the band prepares to tour behind “My Bones Are Singing,” the news about Graves’ health is, for the moment, nothing but positive. “My tumor is stable,” he says. “I’ve still got stuff that shows up on MRIs, and my doctors are keeping an eye on it, but I get an MRI every three months now, but I’m not actively on any medication. I’m at a really good spot right now. Everything’s where it’s supposed to be.” And now that everything’s where it’s supposed to be, Graves is ready to make music his most important priority. “We’re feeling like we want to take advantage of our time,” he Those Lavender Whales singer Aaron Graves (bottom) says. “Having gone finished his cancer treatments while recording the band’s through something latest album. life-threatening, I feel for Graves while he was dealing more motivated, and I want to promote this with his diagnosis. “It was on my music I’m really proud of.” mind writing and recording the songs,” he says. “But I was with THOSE LAVENDER WHALES a couple of really close friends, and making music is always WHEN kind of an escape. Writing songs Saturday, April 29, at 8 p.m. about what you’re going through WHERE is therapeutic. I was thinking and talking Hospitable Cat, 6 Rowley St. my way through it, and making myself stay positive through my songs. So I was able to INFO explore my emotions with my close friends hospitablecat.com and share my experiences and feelings with
“When we were recording the songs, I took my last dose of chemo pills at my last session.” Aaron Graves
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shaky voice on “Oh My God,” the album’s first single. “Oh My God, I’m acting like somebody else.” And at the time that song was written, Graves had every reason to be terrified. In
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A WORLD OF STORIES AWAITS AT THE GCMA. MARK YOUR CALENDAR Apr 30
2 pm Sundays at 2: Artist Demonstration Join South Carolina artist Russell Jewel for a demonstration of watercolor painting techniques inspired by the various methods of Andrew Wyeth
May 6
10 am - 5 pm Figure Drawing Workshop with Visiting Artist Susan Vecsey This workshop, offered for artists with previous drawing experience, explores the fundamentals of figure drawing from a model. Cost of this workshop is $90, which includes a catered lunch. Space is limited to 15Â students. Adults only. Register at gcma.org.
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2 pm Sundays at 2: Artist Talk with Susan Vecsey Join us as Susan Vecsey shares the inspiration and techniques behind her unconventional landscapes.
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11 am Third Thursday Tour: Wyeth Dynasty Meet in front of The Salon near the front door at 11 am and join us for a free docent-led tour of the exhibition Wyeth Dynasty.
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“Mutually Exclusive” When you think of the prime places for new musicals to make their theatrical debuts, The Spinning Jenny probably isn’t the first venue that comes to mind. But this weekend that’s exactly what’s happening with the premiere of “Mutually Exclusive.” Written by Colton Beach, the music director for the Artios Academy of Greenville, “Mutually Exclusive” centers around Jess (Christina Rose Yasi), a Big Apple newbie who meetcutes with Miles (Jack Sterner) while he’s on a date with another girl. Jess and Miles fight their feelings at first before diving right in. This is Beach’s first stab at a true-blue musical, an endeavor that began less than a year ago. “One of my mentors, Ted Sperling, advised me to create a musical over a conversation we had while I shadowed him conducting ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on Broadway this past summer,” Beach says. “My creative team, Bekah Frampton and Alyson Burrell, helped develop the script in February, and the cast have been hard at work originating their roles since then.” Beach adds, “They have each had a major say regarding their characters and even the plot line of the musical, and it has been an incredible artistic experience. —Chris Haire
WHEN Friday, April 28, at 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. WHERE The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., Greer ADMISSION $7 INFO bit.ly/2pdV5xA
“Seussical”
“Seussical” is a fantastical show, weaving together imaginative elements and unforgettable characters from Dr. Seuss’ beloved stories. The play loosely follows the plot of “Horton Hears a Who,” but with a series of twists as humorous as they are clever. And with the Cat in the Hat as the master of ceremonies for the musical, there’s no limit to the wild and wonderful things you will see. Come ready to enjoy toetapping music, witty lyrics, wacky characters, and pretty much all that you’ve come to expect from Dr. Seuss. — Kristen Ferris
WHEN April 29, 10:30 a.m.; April 29–30, 1:30 p.m.; April 30, 5:30 p.m. WHERE Gunter Theater, 101 W. Broad St. TICKETS $18–$27 INFO scchildrenstheatre.org
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SAT., MAY 6 AT 8 PM & SUN., MAY 7 AT 3 PM THE PEACE CENTER This spectacular and mesmerizing program marries symphonic hits with live, heart-pounding acrobatic feats by some of the world’s greatest cirque artists. Each performance is perfectly choreographed to popular orchestral masterpieces and will astonish and captivate in this incredible, once-in-a-lifetime event.
Reserve your seats now before it sells out. For tickets call (864) 467-3000 or purchase online at greenvillesymphony.org.
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24-Hour Play Festival Sam McCalla calls the Greenville Little Theatre’s 24-Hour Play Festival proof that anything is possible. Three teams will write, rehearse, and perform one-act plays in — as the name suggests — 24 hours. “Writing a play is a demanding task even when you have all the time in the world to write it. Our writers have to discover an idea, create three-dimensional characters, and develop a clear and engaging plot in 12 hours,” said McCalla, who will direct one of the plays. “Also, having to learn your lines, and truly understand your characters in 11 hours is a huge undertaking.” Each play must incorporate a character quirk, a line of dialogue, and a prop selected by an online vote. “The guidelines make things easier and harder for the writer. Sometimes the specific items give the writers structure, and help guide the piece in a clear direction. However, it can be really challenging to put a strange item into a play,” he said.—Cindy Landrum
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WHERE Greenville Little Theatre WHEN Saturday, May 6, 8 p.m. ADMISSION $15 INFO 864-233-6238, greenvillelittletheatre.org
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$150, VIP $250 ZooTunes is a concert series, hosted by The Greenville Zoo Foundation, and offered in partnership with the Greenville Zoo, the City of Greenville, and Eleven Events. These concerts featuring Keller Williams (June 23) and The Revivalists (Aug. 25) are offered in an intimate and unique setting at the Greenville Zoo. In addition to amazing music in this unusual venue, beer, wine and food offerings will complete the intimate VIP experience. Series tickets are on sale now at zootunes.eventbrite. com. Proceeds benefit the Greenville Zoo Foundation. zootunes.eventbrite.com
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Brooks Center | 141 Jersey Lane, Clemson Admission varies by production Musicians from the Nile region of Africa, dancers from the heart of New York, and theater from the streets of Ireland are among the season’s entertainment at Clemson University’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. bit.ly/BrooksCenterSchedule
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Jazz Revolution
NOMA Square | 220 N. Main St. 5:30 p.m. | FREE Moving away from the Southern rock and R&B heavy bands that have populated Main Street Fridays to this point, Jazz Revolution specializes in, you guessed it, jazz and swing music, with occasional dips into Jimmy Smith-style soul jazz. bit.ly/2oepvP7
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Southern Dreaming
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 1135 State Park Road $15-$150 IASD and Hosts Benjamin Whitehurst (Durham, N.C.) and Deborah Armstrong (Greenville) lead this two-day conference on discovering the meaning behind your dreams. Keynotes and symposium topics include the science and psychology of dreaming, lucid dreaming, dreaming as an ‘experience in being,’ dreamwork in spiritual organizations, and dreamwork in southern U.S. culture. The conference also includes a full line of experiential dreamwork and art workshops. Activities include a short-film festival, a visual art exhibition, a live theatrical performance, and a special drumming circle/ ecstatic dance event on Friday night. asdreams.org/regionals/southcarolina2017/
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Kelly King Ceramics Exhibit
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Lipscomb Gallery | 15 University St. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | FREE Kelly King is a faculty member at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, where she teaches sculptural and functional ceramics. Her hand-built ceramics fuse drawing, painting, sculptural elements, and narrative ways in which we shape the natural landscape around us. She takes interest in how suburban ideals organize nature and how the natural world imprints itself upon these manmade constructs.
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Story Time & More
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | Free with admission Join us at Story Time & More for a month of Laura Numeroff’s stories. 864-233-7755 | info@tcmupstate.org
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Community Tap Craft Beer Festival
Flour Field at the West End 945 S Main St. 2-6 p.m. $55 Come enjoy this 12th annual festival featuring smallbatch beers, funky seasonals, and one-off selections from over 50 featured breweries along with live music, food, and fun. VIP tickets are limited. bit.ly/2phWTFC
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Artist Workshop: Jewelry Cuttlefish Casting
Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $89 Learn to cast jewelry or small-scale objects in sterling silver with Athens, Ga., jeweler and wearable art exhibiting artist Barbara Mann. Using the ancient technique of cuttlefish bone casting, students will learn to make molds into which molten metal will be poured. Within minutes after casting, the molds are opened and the metal objects are ready for finishing. Students will learn how to use a jeweler’s saw, hand files, abrasive paper, and how to patina metal and use a rotary tumbler for polishing. Register by Wednesday, April 26. Following the workshop will be a free Meet the Artist with Barbara Mann from 4-5 p.m. bit.ly/2p3olK7
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18th and Addison w/ The Indoor Kids, Quality Time, and Monty Carlock Radio Room, 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive 9 p.m. | $7
The musical chemistry between singer/guitarists Kait Kait DiBenedetto and Tom Kunzman, the duo that leads 18th and Addison, is stunning. For starters, they don’t sing traditional duets; they circle around one another, calling and responding over a blazing punk-pop concoction that’s polished, razor-sharp, and loud. Each of them served as the lead singers for buzz-worthy bands in the past (A Criminal Risk for Kunzman and New Found Glory for DiBenedetto), and neither had any interest in standing in the spotlight alone again. “We’ve both gotten good at leaving verses or bridges open when we’re writing so that the other person can fill it in,” Kunzman says. “People will know there’s not one lead singer in this band, which is great because we’ve both been the lead singer before.” —Vincent Harris
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Birds Fly South Ale Project 1320 Hampton Ave. 2-5 p.m. | $25 The goal of this family-friendly event is to raise funds and awareness for TreesGreenville’s urban forestry programs. All proceeds from this event will assist TreesGreenville in continuing our mission: to plant, promote, and protect trees in Greenville County. Ticket includes craft beer, food, tree sale, a chair affair, live music, and more. bit.ly/2oAJUNv
Temple of Israel 400 Spring Forest Road 3 p.m. adults $20, students $5 This distinguished trio featuring pianist Inessa Zaretsky, violinist J Frievogel, and cellist Rachel Frievogel will perform a program that will include the Rachmaninoff Elegiac Trio and other ensemble works. This is the final concert in the Music on Sunday Series and is a prelude to the Swannanoa Festival five-concert series coming this July to the Fine Arts Center. 864-292-1782
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Weaving the Colors of Nature: Intro to Natural Dyes and Tapestry
Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 1-4 p.m. $225 Learn from Charleston-based fiber artist Kristy Bishop how to extract color from natural sources like onion skins and goldenrod to create dye that is lightfast, permanent, and brilliant. Bishop will also introduce several tapestry weaving techniques such as hatching, supplemental weft, Rya knots, and more on handbuilt wooden table top looms. All materials, including looms for each student, are included in class fee. Register by Wednesday, April 26. bit.ly/2p3olK7
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Sundays at 2: Artist Demonstration
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2 p.m. Join South Carolina artist Russel Jewel for a demonstration of watercolor painting techniques inspired by the various methods of Andrew Wyeth. 864-271-7570 gcma.org
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“The Elephant Man”
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities SCGSAH Sakas Theater 15 University St. 7:30 p.m. FREE “The Elephant Man” centers on the life and hardships of Joseph Merrick, a Victorian-era Englishman with shocking deformities, who for a brief time became a celebrity in London society. It questions the relationships between physical and spiritual beauty, the duality of fame, and our capacity for mercy and cruelty. This production, directed by Jayce T. Tromsness, SCGSAH drama faculty member, was chosen to challenge the school’s senior actors in the areas of movement, voice, speech, acting, and storytelling and will be their last main stage opportunity here at the Governor’s School. All performances will take place in the Sakas Theatre at the Governor’s School. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 864-282-3737. Performaces April 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m., April 30 at 2 p.m. 864-282-3737
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Chamber Concert Series
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Smith Recital Hall | 15 University St. 7:30 p.m. FREE The S.C. Governor’s School for the Arts presents a chamber concert series featuring chamber ensembles from across music disciplines: April 27 - brass chamber concert, April 28 - woodwind chamber concert, April 29 - string chamber concert, and April 30 - percussion ensemble concert.
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Ground Zero, 3052 Howard St., Spartanburg 8 p.m. The musical blueprint for ’68, a duo led by singer/guitarist Josh Scogin, is simple. Set the amps on tidal wave, count the song off, and scorch the earth with ground-shaking drums and a mountain of guitar noise. Scogin, formerly of the hardcore band The Chariot, fuses his sixstring with Michael McClellan’s drums to create a fast-moving juggernaut of aggression that will thrill anyone who loves the sheer power of rock. “Chariot decided to part ways that summer of 2013 while we were on the Warped tour,” Scogin says. “And at that moment I had zero idea what I wanted to do. I knew I was going to keep playing music, but I didn’t know what that looked like. Fast forward a few months to our last show, and ’68 had already recorded a 7-inch.” Scogin says he moved forward with his new band by not overthinking things. “The first record was a blank slate,” he says. “I could do whatever I wanted. As an artist, it’s liberating, but maybe a little too liberating. So at the end of the day I kept it very impulsive. I didn’t want time to second guess myself.” —Vincent Harris
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Fiction Addiction Book Club Party
Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 6 p.m. $15 Come join us for another Book Club Party on Monday, May 1, at 6 p.m. at Fiction Addiction. Store owner Jill Hendrix will present suggested titles for book clubs. Anderson, SC, author Kathryn Smith will talk about her book, “The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency” (Touchstone, hardcover, $28.00). We will be serving wine and cheese and giving away a number of advance reader copies. Tickets are $15 each. Each ticket admits one and can be redeemed for $10 off any merchandise purchased at the event. 864-675-0540 bit.ly/2ocBsZy
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Cesar Chavez, Chautauqua Talk led by Vera Gomez
Greenville Chautauqua Hughes Main Library 25 Heritage Green Place 7-8:30 p.m. FREE Discuss Cesar Chavez’s message of non-violence, protest, and hope with Vera Gomez, workshop facilitator, performance poet, SmartArts’ teaching poet, founding member of Greenville Poetry Slam, president of Emrys, and author of “Barrio Voices.” For Vera Gomez, the story of Cesar Chavez is not just history. It’s personal. Vera was born to immigrant parents and raised in Lubbock, Texas. Cesar Chavez was the voice that spoke for her family. Vera is a bilingual poet and a firm believer in the power of words. 864-244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org
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Mystery Author Panel Talk and Book Signing
Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 5:30 p.m. $10 Meet these mystery authors as they talk about their latest books, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing: Katherine Bolger Hyde (author of “Arsenic with Austen”), Sasscer Hill (author of “Flamingo Road”), and Paul A. Barra (author of “Astoria Nights”). In a nice tie-in with the upcoming Kentucky Derby, two of the three featured books involve horse racing. Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket can be redeemed for $10 off a purchase of the featured authors’ books prior to or at the event. Tickets and books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling 864-675-0540. bit.ly/2pLKcmq
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Book Signing and Author Discussion with author Kristy Woodson Harvey
Home of Laura Hodge 440 Old Iron Works Road, Spartanburg 5-7 p.m. $50 This event will offer participants the opportunity to be one of the first to acquire a signed copy
of “Slightly South of Simple” and benefit The Children’s Security Blanket nonprofit. The book explores the powerful bonds between sisters and mothers and daughters and is the first book in Simon & Schuster’s new Peachtree Bluff Series. Author Kristy Harvey will also discuss her passion for interior design at the event and share tips with attendees on how to create a fabulous outdoor space. The Children’s Security Blanket is a Spartanburg-based nonprofit that has been serving local families affected by childhood cancer for the past 15 years. 864-582-0673 childrenssecurityblanket.org
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Cirque & Sangria Fundraiser
and avionics technology programs. Speak oneon-one with faculty about the education needed for Upstate employment opportunities. RSVP online. bit.ly/2pMCCuO
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Storytime Thursdays
Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 10:30 a.m. FREE Local independent bookstore, Fiction Addiction, hosts a free children’s storytime at their shop every Thursday morning.
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Hispanic Alliance The Old Cigar Warehouse 912 S. Main St. 6:30 p.m. $100 (single ticket) The Hispanic Alliance will host La Fiesta, an evening celebrating Latin cultures in the Upstate. This year’s theme focuses on the blend of Hispanic-American cultures, food, music, and dance. bit.ly/2m1WQzt
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Greenville Health System 2017 Swamp Rabbit 5K
Pregnancy and Postpartum Workshop
His Therapy 3921 South Highway 14, Ste. A 6 p.m. FREE Pregnancy and welcoming a baby into your family is a beautiful season of your life. During this time, however, your body goes through many changes in a short period of time. These changes can lead to pain and/or muscle dysfunction. Join us for a free workshop to learn more about these changes and ways you can limit them. We will discuss posture during pregnancy and breastfeeding, preventing a weak pelvic floor that can lead to urinary leakage, and much more. RSVP to lana.robinson@ histherapy.net. lana.robinson@histherapy.net
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Champions of Hope Charity Event Grand Finale
Zen 924 S. Main St. 6-9:30 p.m. $100/individual, $150/couple, and $1,500/reserved table for eight The grand finale marks the finish of a fundraising competition that launched on Feb. 23, 2017. Local winners will go on to compete for the national title, which will be announced later in the summer. Come and enjoy an elegant evening filled with heavy appetizers, an open bar, a DJ, a photo booth, and a champagne toast. A complimentary Waffle House truck will even provide all guests nighttime treats as they leave. 864-370-2402 bit.ly/2poUhZQ Nicole.Ramsbey@lls.org
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Project Host BBQ Cookoff & Music Festival
Project Host Future City Park 320 S. Hudson St. 6-4 p.m. FREE Project Host has announced its eighth annual BBQ Cook-Off & Music Festival on May 5 and 6. The festival will include a best chicken wing competition, a barbecue and rib cooking contest, and great family entertainment including live music, food trucks, and games. 864-905-1026 | projecthost.org sallyg@projecthost.org
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Railroad Concert Series
Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater 101 East Butler Road, Mauldin 7 p.m. | FREE The Railroad Concert Series features musicians offering up a heady mix of bluegrass, Americana, and folk every Friday night in May. Come enjoy those early summer nights with live music, food trucks, local wine, and craft beer. This year’s lineup includes The Secret Sisters, Mountain Heart, Cereus Bright, and My Girl, My Whiskey and Me.
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America’s Boating Course
Lake Hartwell Sail & Power Squadron Cabela’s 1025 Woodruff Road, #H101 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | $50 America’s Boating Course, developed by the United States Power Squadron, will be presented by Lake Hartwell Sail & Power Squadron on Saturday, May 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The course will be at Cabela’s on Woodruff Road. The eight-hour course covers boat handling, anchoring, finding directions, adverse condition, and using the marine radio. This course has been approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and reecognized by SCDNR and many major insurance carriers and the U.S. Coast Guard. The cost of the course is $50 and $10 for each additional family member. 864-567-1394 | bit.ly/2n1vXZD
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Sharon Jones Birthday Tribute Show Gottrocks, 200 Eisenhower Drive 8 p.m. | $12
COMMUNITY
Aircraft Maintenance Technology Open House
SC-TAC (Donaldson Center) 111 Connecticut Court 5-7 p.m. FREE Here’s your opportunity to learn more about career and academic options in Greenville Technical College’s aircraft maintenance technology
05-06
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Gateway Park 115 Henderson Drive, Travelers Rest 6:309:30 p.m. $6, $15 starting 4/30 Sign up for the ninth annual GHS Swamp Rabbit 5K, the largest 5K in the state. Pre-registration is online only through a secure site. The low $6 fee ($15 starting 4/30) includes processing fees. All online registrants receive a free GHS Swamp Rabbit 5K T-shirt. Electronic scoring will be used for all runners and walkers to capture start and end times. Awards will be given for age groups afterward. Join us for a block party from 7-8:30 p.m. where you can enjoy free food, drinks, and music. We also will feature many children’s activities. 864-455-9259 ghs.org/events/swamprabbit5k/
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FRI-SAT
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La Fiesta
Lobby of the Peace Center Concert Hall 101 W. Broad St. 6:309 p.m. $55 Celebrate the end of the season with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra as we sip sangria and enjoy delicious food while being mesmerized by astonishing acrobats. Guests will have the opportunity to watch the live rehearsal of the Cirque de la Symphonie at this concert. Casual attire. 864-232-0344 ext. 12.
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The loss of Sharon Jones late last year was a shock and a tragedy. Without question, she was one of the best neo-soul singers in the country, and she and her band, The Dap-Kings, had so much more joyous, raucous R&B to give to us. Jones’ 61st birthday would’ve been May 4, and as a tribute to this great performer, Greenville Jazz Collective bassist Shannon Hoover has put together a special birthday show at Gottrocks that will feature Jamie Wright, Darby Wilcox, Audrey Hamilton, and Kelly Jo on vocals, Philip Howe and Evan Jacobi on horns, Troy House and Matt Dingledine on guitar, Hoover on bass, and Tez Sherard and Jeff Holland on percussion. “I was always a big fan of her music,” Hoover says of the late great Ms. Jones. “She was one of those stars that I never got to see. And I just thought it would be cool to bring a whole night of her music to Greenville, with musicians who you might know, but you haven’t seen them play her music before.” —Vincent Harris
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Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N. Academy St. See two Eric Church sets in one night on his upcoming Holdin’ My Own Tour. 241-3800 | 800-745-3000 ticketmaster.com
CHARITY, RECREATION, COMMUNITY
Tails & Trails 5k
Greenville County Animal Care Conestee Park 601 Fork Shoals Rd. 8:30 a.m. $25/entry+$15 per person for teams of six or more/$30 entry after April 24 This is your chance to help save lives. By starting a team or individual fundraiser for Tails & Trails, you can ask your friends and family to help you reach your goal of raising funds to help build a no-kill community in Greenville County. pchurch@greenvillecounty.org
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Responsible Dog Owner Day
Greenville Kennel Club Astro Kennels 418 Scuffletown Road, Simpsonville 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE Join the Greenville Kennel Club at Astro Kennels for a Responsible Dog Owner Day celebration. Events include “My Dog Can Do That,” a training and companion sports demonstration; dog dock diving; “Meet the Breeds” learning session; a fun dog show; and more. There will also be Upstate vendors and food trucks. The event is free and open to the public. All leashed and well-behaved dogs are welcome. (Proof of rabies, DHPP, and bordetella vaccination is required for dog entry.) bit.ly/2mfGUGS
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Reedy River Duck Derby
Greenville Rotary Club Falls Park 601 S. Main St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE Come spend the day in Falls Park and cheer your little yellow duck across the finish line. The day is filled with entertainment from Tim TV and the Secret Cirkus, My Girl Whiskey and Me, Vilai Harrington and the Hamptones, and Morgan Riley. There will be food, face painting, balloon artists, games, and more. bit.ly/2oD2WGQ
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International Drone Day Greenville & MultiGP Drone Race Carolina Dronz, Synergy Mill, International Drone Day Team Greenville The First Tee 10 Reach St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE Admission is free, but a release will need to be signed prior to entering the property. A couple of food trucks will be present. If you bring a drone over .5 lbs to fly, it must be registered with the FAA and have numbers displayed on the craft. bit.ly/2oukFNC
and Canada. The event is coming to Greenville on May 6. The event is a new take on fitness that will challenge everyone from seasoned marathon runners to weekend warriors. The course features a dozen extreme inflatable obstacles and is over 3 miles long. Participants and spectators have access to games, food, beverages, merchandise, and swag from local vendors and sponsors. No matter where you are in your fitness journey, you’ll be sure to have a blast at this event. bit.ly/2lfRaR9
ART
Figure Drawing Workshop with Visiting Artist Susan Vecsey
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $90 This workshop, offered for artists with previous drawing experience, explores the fundamentals of figure drawing from a model. By working from direct observation, we will investigate composition and structure, scale, space and depth, form, the nature of mark making, the correction process, and the concept of relational drawing. Participants may choose to work in whatever medium they would like to bring to the class, such as graphite, charcoal, pastels, or paint. Cost of this workshop is $90, which includes a catered lunch. Space is limited to 15 students. Adults only. bit.ly/2oZLMBh
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06-07
CONCERT
Greenville Symphony Orchestra presents “Cirque de la Symphonie”
Peace Concert Hall 300 S. Main St. Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. $20-80 Our final Masterworks of the 69th concert season comes to a breathtaking conclusion in this spectacular and unique program marrying classical symphonic hits with live, heart-pounding acrobatics. Each performance is perfectly choreographed to popular masterpieces and is sure to astonish and mesmerize in this incredible, once-in-alifetime event. 864-467-3000 | peacecenter.org
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Sundays at 2: Artist Talk with Susan Vescey
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2 p.m. Join us as Susan Vescey shares the inspiration and techniques behind her unconventional landscapes. 864-271-7570 gcma.org
SUN-SAT
07-13
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CONCERT
Greenville Concert Band presents “The Fairest of
May 7 at 3 p.m. at the Cascades at Verdae May 13 at 3:30 p.m. at Rolling Green Village FREE You are invited to take a musical journey with the band as it performs outstanding selections from an eclectic assortment of genres. greenvilleconcertband.org
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Insane Inflatable 5k Heritage Park | 861 SE Main St., Simpsonville $49, $75, $100 Be part of the fun fitness experience. The Insane Inflatable 5K, a run series made up of inflatable objects, will be taking place in more than 120 cities across the U.S.
Pebble Creek, Links Golf Course 101 Pebble Creek Drive, Taylors 8 a.m. | $95 for single player The proceeds from the Second Annual Rotary Charities Cup Golf Tournament, presented by
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CONCERT
Steve Winwood
Peace Concert Hall at the Peace Center 7:30 p.m. | $45-$75 For more than five decades, Steve Winwood has remained a primary figure in rock ’n’ roll. Bursting into prominence in 1963 with the Spencer Davis Group, Winwood also co-founded Traffic and Blind Faith. His solo career has yielded a rich catalog of popular songs, including “When You See a Chance,” “Valerie,” and “Higher Love.” Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and listed among Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, Winwood remains one of the most influential artists in popular music. 864-467-3000 | 800-888-7768 | peacecenter.org
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Learn to Play Appalachian Music
Trinity United Methodist Church 2703 Augusta St. | $60 Registration begins April 24 for banjo, guitar, fiddle, or mandolin lessons. Classes are grouped by skill level and will begin on Thursday, May 11, at Trinity UMC. Beginners are welcome. Lessons are open to children (at least 9 years old) and adults. The total fee for six weeks of lessons is $60. Rental instruments are available and can be reserved if needed. This program supports the nonprofit Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music. 864 979-9188 | susu9196@gmail.com
MUSIC
Lyrics for Literacy Benefit Concert
Greenville Literacy Association Revel Event Center | 304 E. Stone Ave. 7 p.m. | $50, $70, and $100 ticket packages available Greenville Literacy Association (GLA) will host its first annual Lyrics for Literacy benefit concert featuring renowned bluegrass guitarist Billy Strings; My Girl, My Whiskey & Me; and Vilai Harrington. This evening of rockin’ bluegrass will benefit GLA’s programming and raise awareness of the ever-present issue of adult illiteracy in the Upstate. Three ticketing tiers allow concertgoers to optimize their experience. The audience package, $50, includes admission to the concert plus two drinks. The promo package, $70, includes admission to the concert, two drinks, and the 2017 Lyrics for Literacy collectible T-shirt. The all-access package (limit 20), $100, is the ultimate fan package and includes an exclusive meet-and-greet with Billy Strings and his band, concert admission, two drinks, and the 2017 collectible Lyrics for Literacy T-shirt and poster. lyricsforliteracy.brownpapertickets.com
COMMUNITY
Physician Lecture: There is No Incurable
West End Community Development Center 404 Vardy St. 7 p.m. | FREE Healed people report how they became healthy. Professionals present medically documented healings. Speakers convey Brun Groening’s knowledge in such a way that everyone can experience his statement that “There is no incurable.” 864-402-4606 | bruno-groening.org/english
THU-SUN
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THEATER
“DelikateSSen”
Centre Stage | 501 River St. Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. | $15-30 When a landmark New York City delicatessen falls on hard
times in 1972, the Jewish owners, both concentration camp survivors, are stunned to discover a new German delicatessen preparing to open its doors across the street 233-6733 | centrestage.org
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Artisphere
Downtown Greenville | FREE Artisphere will present some of the country’s most promising performers and veteran entertainers. After GE Artist Row closes on Main Street, the GSP Airport After Hours Concert Series begins Friday night at 8 p.m. when Southern rock-soul artist Marc Broussard (Carencro, La.) takes the WYFF-4 Main Stage. Opening for Broussard at 6:30 p.m. is rhythm & blues duo Smooth Hound Smith (Nashville, Tenn.). Saturday’s 8 p.m. concert on the Main Stage will feature Gulf Coast soul band The Suffers (Houston, Texas). The Suffers are currently touring Europe leading up to their Artisphere performance. The Suffers’ 6:30 p.m. opening act is neo-folk trio The Ballroom Thieves (Boston). Artisphere will also feature a variety of local culinary delights and rising musicians. bit.ly/2mkeom2
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Books, Bites, & Bubbly
Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 2 p.m. | FREE On Mother’s Day weekend, treat yourself to free champagne and some yummy nibbles as three women’s fiction authors talk about their book series, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing: Christine Nolfi (author of the “Liberty” series, starting with “Second Chance Grill”), Julie Allan (author of the “Lowcountry Home” series, starting with “The Eyes Have It”), and Pamela Poole (author of the “Painter Place” series, including new book “Jaguar”). Please RSVP to Fiction Addiction if you plan to attend. 864-675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com info@fiction-addiction.com
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Book Talk and Signing: Mary Kay Andrews
Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 2 p.m. | $40 You don’t have to own a beach house to enjoy New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews’ recipes. Meet the author and enjoy some nibbles from her new cookbook, “The Beach House Cookbook,” at her book talk and signing at Fiction Addiction, where Mary Kay will give a talk about her new book, take questions from the audience, and then sign books. Tickets, available online, include one copy of “The Beach House Cookbook” as well as samples to taste. 864-675-0540 bit.ly/2p5G5os
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Generations Group Luncheon
TD Convention Center 1 Exposition Drive noon FREE Join us for our 12th annual fundraising luncheon on May 17 featuring speaker Tony Williams, CEO and president of Infinity Marketing. Of the over 900 kids that have gone through Generations’ programs, 98 percent have returned to their communities as successful, taxpaying, contributing citizens who become employees, employers, husbands, and caring parents. Though this is a fundraising luncheon, there is no cost to attend. Come witness the impact Generations has on our communities and make an investment in our work. Donations are not required, and any amount of support will make a big difference. conta.cc/2pn2opT
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Centre Stage Series
The Academy of Arts Ministries The LOGOS Theatre 80 Schools St., Taylors 2-5 p.m. FREE This exciting recital given by the Academy of Arts Christian Conservatory students will include several cuttings from some of your favorite books and stories of all time. Don’t miss this opportunity to get a glimpse into our unique, hands-on conservatory program and show your support to each student for their hard work. 268-9342 | theAcademyOfArts.org information@theAcademyOfArts.org
COMMUNITY
Super Saturday: Mess Fest
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | free with admission The annual Mess Fest event is back and better than ever. Artist-in-residence Michael Albert will be in the Off the Wall area creating cereal box collages. All classrooms are dedicated to messy science and art. tcmupstate.org
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The Art of Dr. Seuss: A Retrospective and International Touring Exhibition
Upcountry History Museum 540 Buncombe St. $4–$6; 3 and under, free Visitors will walk through Dr. Seuss’s life as they weave through a mind-altering collection of estate authorized artworks adapted and reproduced from Dr. Seuss’s original paintings, drawings, and sculpture. This incredible exhibition explores known and unknown facets of Ted Geisel’s life, including careers as an editorial cartoonist, advertiser, military propagandist, children’s book author, poet, sculptor, and influential artist. 864-467-3100 upcountryhistory.org
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Biltmore Blooms
Biltmore 1 North Pack Square, Asheville Biltmore’s gardens - designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted - come to life with immense floral displays featuring nearly 100,000 tulips across the estate. Biltmore’s restaurants will include special menu items, with the winery offering specialty tours. 800-411-3812 biltmore.com
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College Baseball Series
Fluor Field | 945 S. Main St. $9 (games not featuring Clemson or South Carolina); $8-$12 (games featuring Clemson or South Carolina) Tickets945 are E. now on sale for the College Baseball Main Street, Spartanburg, SC Series 29302 at Fluor Field, featuring games involving Clemson, 864-573-2353 South Carolina, Furman, Presbyterian College, and Wofford, among others. 864-240-4528 bit.ly/fluorfield-collegebaseball
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Celebrate a local tradition! Do you know a special child turning 6 this month?
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Rapid Eye Reality with Brad Willis
A Brad by Any Other Name Brad Willis, a 17-year-old British bodybuilder, aims to be the best Brad Willis. I know this because the bronzed behemoth followed me on Instagram last week. His profile listed him as International Bodybuilding and Fitness Association Best Prospect, junior world champion, and 2016 Mr. Britain. He plans to be Mr. Universe. He had two large yellow-brown pythons running down his back that I eventually determined to be muscles. Before I’d gotten over a day of identity crisis and straining to look over my shoulder at my own back, British Brad Willis had unfollowed me, leaving us both forever ignorant to how each other’s muscles have grown or what we’ve eaten for lunch. While neither my first name nor surname is the most common in the world, there are a startling number of Brad Willi in the world (yes, that’s the plural, and I’ll fight anybody who says differently). This is something I — a child of the pre-internet era — hadn’t considered when I was 17 years old and thought I was going to be the best Brad Willis. There is a certain hubris that comes with not yet having discovered the depths of one’s flaws and psychological inconsistencies. This was compounded by living in an information void in which my world was only as big as the town around me. There weren’t any other Brad Willi in my hometown that I ever found. By the time I was in my early 20s, however, it became clear the competition to be the best Brad Willis was going to be a lot tougher. By the time I’d gotten my foot in the broadcast journalism door, I discovered there was another Brad Willis, who was already a network news reporter and had become both famous and infamous for the very job I wanted to do. The NBC war correspondent had won awards for his coverage of conflicts all over the world but eventually drew some criticism from non-pool reporters for getting too friendly with the military machine. He ultimately retired after an injury, changed his name to Bhava Ram, and wrote a book about yoga. I shuddered every time I’d find another Brad Willis with another sideways story. “Hey!” someone would say. “Did you hear about that weatherman who got scared by a bug live on the air? Video went viral! Did you know his name was Brad Willis, too?” That’s a true story. Throughout my career, I was fortunate to
meet and work with people all over the world, a great many of whom had grown up familiar with the Australian soap opera “Neighbours.” One of its most popular characters was a surf bum. By now, you know what his name was. This Bradley don’t surf. That’s not entirely true. Over time, I became sort of an ego-surfing bum. Instead of good looks, a flat stomach, and a storyline that has me taking a bullet from an escaped convict to save my mother, I became… well, me, for better or worse. It’s an ugly habit. A quick search of my name reveals in the top few spots: 1) The yoga guy 2) The fake surf bum 3) A criticism of one of my columns in this very newspaper 4) And then the actual me. Even then, if one were to stumble on the “actual me” in Google, it wouldn’t be exactly that, would it? No matter whether it’s a Twitter post, a portfolio, or what I had for lunch, it’s all filtered, from an angle I deemed comfortable, and a curated form of what I’ve come to think of as Facebook Reality. There is a certain amount of peril that comes with identifying with the Internet You, because one day you can wake up and realize you have misplaced the 17-year-old version of yourself that still believed you could be the best of yourself from any angle. If I’d really taken the time to think about it, I probably would’ve spent a lot less time searching out the other Brad Willi and more time learning about this one. Though I’m a long, long way away from the kid who set out to be the best Brad Willis, I still have enough of myself to know that was never really the goal anyway. That is, it probably doesn’t matter all that much whether I was ever going to be the best Brad Willis. It matters even less whether I’m a good Internet Brad Willis. The real goal is to simply just be the best man I can be. That’s probably harder to achieve than all the rest, but it’s the only one that’s really worth working for. Well, that and maybe a couple of bronzed python-muscles on my back. Brad Willis is a writer who lives in Greenville County. You can find more of his work at BradWillis.net.
THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017, AT 6:00 p.m., (or as soon thereafter as other public hearings are concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC 29601, TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE E911 SPECIAL REVENUE FUND – FUND BALANCE TO INCREASE FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017 BUDGETED E911 REVENUES THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($375,000) DOLLARS AND TO INCREASE FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017 BUDGETED E911 EXPENDITURES THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($375,000) DOLLARS TO COVER THE COST OF AN UNANTICIPATED PURCHASE OF 9-1-1 CALL REPORTING SOFTWARE AND REPLACEMENT OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT. HERMAN G. KIRVEN JR., CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL
SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: • Wheel Loader,Training RFP #75-05/15/17, due at 3:00 P.M., E.D.T., May 15, 2017. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Procurement/ or by calling 864-467-7200.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017, AT 6:00 p.m. (or at such time thereafter as other public hearings may be concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE PROPOSED RELINQUISHMENT OF A 2,105 SQ. FT. PORTION OF SEABORN LINE ROAD (I0431) TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER (TMS# 0107001202800). BUTCH KIRVEN, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017, AT 6:00 p.m. (or at such time as other public hearings are concluded) IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE BROOKFIELD SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT OPERATIONAL MILLAGE LEVY FOR THE TAX YEAR 2016-2017. THE BROOKFIELD SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS REQUESTED THAT GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL INCREASE THE AD VALOREM TAX MILLAGE LEVY OF THE BROOKFIELD SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT BY TWO (2.0) MILLS, BRINGING THE TOTAL MILLAGE FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BROOKFIELD SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT TO TEN AND THREETENTHS (10.3) MILLS. HERMAN G. KIRVEN JR., CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that 1705 Grill LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 1705 White Horse Rd., Greenville, SC 29605. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 14, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that The Firmament intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 5 Market Point Drive, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 14, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110
GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, May 15, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following items: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-25 APPLICANT: John E. Shaw CONTACT INFORMATION: js@shawrealty.net or 864-908-7429 PROPERTY LOCATION: Bent Bridge Road PIN: 0230000901300 EXISTING ZONING: R-10, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 0.8 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Fant DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-27 APPLICANT: Robert Louis Bryan CONTACT INFORMATION: randsbryan@gmail or 864-320-8026 PROPERTY LOCATION: 444 W. Warehouse Court PIN: P015010100101 EXISTING ZONING: I-1, Industrial REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 0.91 COUNTY COUNCIL: 20 – Cates DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-28 APPLICANT: Mary Allison Stengel c/o River-James, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: mstengel@hughesdevelopment. com or 864-242-4483 PROPERTY LOCATION: Hudson Road and Brushy Creek Road PIN: 0538040102801 and 0538050102805 EXISTING ZONING: PD, Planned Development and O-D, Office District REQUESTED ZONING: C-1, Commercial ACREAGE: 1.27 COUNTY COUNCIL: 21 – Roberts DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-29 APPLICANT: Ronald P. Cabana for Scuffletown Woodruff LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: rcabana@crowachercorp.net or 239-649-8606 x 101 PROPERTY LOCATION: 202 Scuffletown Road PIN: 0548020103400 EXISTING ZONING: C-1, Commercial REQUESTED ZONING: C-2, Commercial ACREAGE: 1.41 COUNTY COUNCIL: 27 – Kirven DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-30 APPLICANT: Brian Robert Thomsen for Del Lomax Thomsen CONTACT INFORMATION: btontheroad@yahoo.com or 864-238-7784 PROPERTY LOCATION: 7 West Warehouse Court PIN: P015020300300 EXISTING ZONING: R-10, SingleFamily Residential REQUESTED ZONING: O-D, Office District ACREAGE: 0.65 COUNTY COUNCIL: 20 – Cates DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-31 APPLICANT: Colby Tanner Price for SC Greenville Highway 14, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: cprice@realtylinkdev.com or 864-263-5439 PROPERTY LOCATION: Highway 14 and Woodruff Road PIN: 0539030102404 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: PD, Planned Development ACREAGE: 10.06 COUNTY COUNCIL: 28 – Payne
DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-32 APPLICANT: Raymond Levy CONTACT INFORMATION: raymondlevy.zw@gmail.com or 305-469-7605 PROPERTY LOCATION: Allen Street, Bynum Street and Hillhouse Street PIN: 0103002400600, 0103002400700, 0103002400800, 0103002400900, 0103002401000, 0103002401100, 0103002401200, 0103002401300, 0103002401400, 0103002401500, 0103002401600 and 0103002401700 EXISTING ZONING: C-3, Commercial, C-2, Commercial and R-10, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: R-M16, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 2.28 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-33 APPLICANT: Timothy (Chip) Lewis Buchanan, Jr., for John Kennedy, JK Squared, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: ChipB@CCADEngineering.com or 864-250-9999 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2311 Woodruff Road PIN: 0531030100100 EXISTING ZONING: POD, Planned Office District REQUESTED ZONING: POD-MC, Planned Office District (Major Change) ACREAGE: 1.38 COUNTY COUNCIL: 21 – Roberts DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-34 APPLICANT: Jason Howard Blasenak for Sammy and Margaret Weaver CONTACT INFORMATION: erblaz@mac.com or 864-991-6156 PROPERTY LOCATION: Woodruff Road PIN: 0531030102800 and 0531030102801 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: POD, Planned Office District ACREAGE: 3.14 COUNTY COUNCIL: 21 – Roberts DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-35 APPLICANT: Ted White for Double Diamond Ventures, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: dbabr549@bellsouth.net or 864-201-3445 PROPERTY LOCATION: E. North Street PIN: 0278000108500, 0278000108600, 0278000108700 and 0278000108800 EXISTING ZONING: R-20, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: R-M10, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 1.55 COUNTY COUNCIL: 22 – Taylor DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-36 APPLICANT: Greenville County Council CONTACT INFORMATION: kkurjiaka@greenvillecounty.org or 864-467-7425 TEXT AMENDMENT: The proposed amendment is to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance Table 6.1, Section 6:2, and Article 4 to make Automobile and Personal Motorized Vehicle Sales and Rental a conditional use, establish conditions for such use, and amend related definitions. All persons interested in these proposed amendments to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance and Map are invited to attend this meeting. At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendments as requested or approve a different zoning classification than requested.
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