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The case for legalizing cannabis-related medicine By Tom Davis

Did you realize that only 38 percent of Americans now live in a state where seriously ill patients are considered criminals if they use medical cannabis, even if their doctors say it is the only thing that can provide relief? Unfortunately, that includes all the residents of South Carolina. State Rep. Peter McCoy (R-Charleston) and I are trying to change that. Earlier this year, we introduced the S.C. Compassionate Care Act to create a highly regulated program that would allow patients with certain medical conditions and a doctor’s written recommendation to access medical cannabis from state-licensed facilities. Among others, the qualifying conditions would include cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, PTSD, autism, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Parkinson’s disease, epileptic seizures, and neurological disorders. In our bill, a limited number of licenses would be issued by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control to growers, processors, dispensaries, and independent-

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testing laboratories, and a seed-to-sale tracking system would be put into place so state regulators would know, in real time, where the product was at all stages. Cannabis-related medicines would be treated as a controlled substance in the same way that the currently legal opium-related medicines are. An overwhelming body of scientific evidence supports the efficacy and safety of medical cannabis. Just last month, after reviewing more than 10,000 scientific abstracts, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report concluding there is substantial or conclusive evidence that cannabis is beneficial in the treatment of several medical conditions, including those referenced in our bill. And despite what the chief of law enforcement in our state says, the Academy also found no physiological “gateway” effect and no link between cannabis use and mortality, overdose deaths, or occupational accidents. In addition, a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that states with medical cannabis programs had a significant reduction in opioid overdose deaths — a decrease of 25 percent after the first year and 33 percent after five years. Why is that important? Well, in 2015, there were 715 opioid overdose deaths in South Carolina. A medical cannabis program could literally save hundreds of lives every year in our state. With so many benefits, it is not surprising that medical cannabis has strong support from the public, medical professionals, and — in other states, anyway — law enforcement. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have already enacted medical cannabis pro-

grams, and a poll released last week by Quinnipiac showed 93 percent of Americans support the use of medical cannabis. In addition, a Pew poll from last January found that almost 70 percent of police officers also support medical cannabis programs, and a 2015 report published in the New England Journal of Medicine found 76 percent of doctors would recommend medical cannabis to a patient. Those who oppose these compassionate programs rely on misinformation. One such canard is that medical cannabis increases teens’ recreational use; in reality, however, every state with a medical cannabis program has witnessed either a consistent use rate or a reduction in use. Another false claim is that medical cannabis programs lead to an increase in crime; to the contrary, there is no evidence that states with a medical cannabis program have had an increase in crimes. And opponents’ claim that cannabis is a “gateway drug” has been thoroughly debunked by numerous studies and is broadly dismissed by the medical community. With all of these objections rebutted, opponents of medical cannabis are now reduced to saying that federal law prohibits the S.C. General Assembly from enacting such a program. This is simply not true. Currently, 44 states — including South Carolina — have laws that acknowledge and protect the use of medical treatments derived from medical cannabis, and there has been no interference from the federal government. In fact, for the past several years, both the U.S. Department of Justice and Congress have officially adopted policies that prohibit federal intervention in state medical cannabis programs. And any concerns that the Trump administration would change this policy of noninterference have been eliminated, with the White House press secretary providing express assurances that states with medical cannabis programs would continue to be left alone. The bottom line is that medical doctors — not politicians — should be in charge of deciding what medicine their patients should take. And it is past time for lawmakers in South Carolina to accept this basic truth: Thousands of residents in our state are needlessly suffering. Please contact your state senator or representative and demand they do the right thing. Sen. Tom Davis is the state senator for South Carolina District 46.

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highlight reel 5 Hours it takes to change the Bon Secours Wellness Arena from hockey to basketball 240 Pieces to make the basketball court 6 Months to plan logistics for events from Feb. 24 to March 19 100 Working media expected to cover the NCAA men’s basketball tournament games in Greenville 14,000 Tickets available for NCAA tournament in Greenville

Last Last weekend, weekend, workers workers installed installed aa special special fl floor oor at at Greenville’s Greenville’s Bon Bon Secours Secours Wellness Wellness Arena Arena in in preparapreparation tion for for the the SEC SEC Women’s Women’s Basketball Basketball Tournament. Tournament.

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It’s March, and the madness has begun in Greenville. Basketball is king at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, starting last weekend with the Upper State high school basketball finals, continuing this week with the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball tournament, and culminating with the first and second round of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament March 17-19. But with a string of hockey games and concerts scheduled between the high school games, tournaments, and tourneys, the crew at The Well will become masters of the quick change. The week of the high school basketball tournament, crews removed the hockey rink walls and covered the ice with a 525-piece black cover that has one and a half inches of fiberglass insulation and a dehumidifying system to prevent condensation. The Well basketball floor was put together, piece by plywood-sized piece. It’s a process that takes five hours. The hardwood remained until Sunday, when it was taken up and a new SEC basketball court installed instead.

Why not use the arena’s court, you ask? Because the Well’s floor needs to be emblazoned with SEC decals, and temporary ones can’t be used on the Well’s floor because they may create a slipping hazard, said Bon Secours Wellness Arena General Manager Beth Paul. It’s also worth noting that the flooring for the Well’s court will be stored at the TD Convention Center on Pleasantburg Drive, because the storage room in the basement of the arena will be used as a media area for the SEC and NCAA tournaments. The SEC basketball floor will stay down until March 5, when crews will remove it and reveal the ice once again for two Greenville Swamp Rabbits home hockey games on March 7 and 8. The ice goes undercover again for a Casting Crowns concert on March 9, before it’s uncovered for a March 10 hockey game. After that game, country band Parmalee will perform. Country superstar Luke Bryant will fill the Well on March 11 before crews get to work to install a special NCAA basketball court in time for the first and second rounds of the men’s championship. Whew! It’s tiring just listing all that stuff out. But changing out the playing surface isn’t the only thing the Well had to do to get ready for the big basketball tournaments. The arena ran more phone lines and internet connections specifically for the media and is coordinating a large catering order for journalists, corporate partners, and conference officials. Risers for broadcast crews have been built and carpeting laid down in the new media space. The arena even needs to get a portable Xray machine, something it will borrow from

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the Bon Secours Health System. Although you might think the Well crew isn’t used to hosting two basketball tournaments in the midst of a business winter season, last year’s in-house run by the Clemson

University men’s basketball team prepared them. “Clemson basketball was a great warmup for us,” Paul said. “But it is certainly escalated when you get to the tournament.”

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The S.C. House has given overwhelming support to new bills that seek to make it easier for children in foster care to move into permanent families through adoption. The legislation was referred to the S.C. Senate Judiciary Committee in early

February. “I have a passion for children who are most vulnerable to have permanent placement,” says S.C. Rep. Raye Felder (RYork). Felder is a co-sponsor of S.C. H. 3442, which passed 103 to 0, and H. 3465, which passed 99 to 1. The way foster children currently are handled can lead to months or years of foster limbo, even when their birth families want them to be adopted. The adoption process is held up by red tape. “The sooner a child can have family placement with continuity, then I think that child’s success is increased,” she says. In recent years, state court decisions have created a situation where only DSS has the ability to place children for

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adoption, ignoring the desires of the birth parents, foster parents, and others, who might desire to petition to adopt. Trey Ingram, an attorney at Smith Moore Leatherwood, has seen the foster system problems from the perspective of a lawyer working on behalf of birth parents and also as a foster parent. His family of six, including four daughters, has fostered infants. They have a foster baby now and, until December, had a toddler foster boy they had raised from infancy. The foster boy’s mother chose the Ingrams to be her son’s parents, but because of the way the current foster laws are being interpreted, they were not able to ask the courts for the right to adopt the boy. “The court was not even able to consider whether or not we should adopt him, because we did not have standing because of the current interpretation [of the law],” Ingram says. The child’s birth parent had no rights regarding where her son would end up, and that’s a situation that the legislation hopes to change, Ingram says. “Until you walk in their shoes, you don’t know what it might be like to face the prospect of the state taking your child forever and your never knowing where the child goes,” Ingram explains. “I’ve heard people say this is a foster par-

ent-friendly bill because it will allow foster parents to adopt,” he adds. “Actually, everyone needs this bill: Parents need it to select the parent of their choosing; grandparents need the bill. This bill clarifies [adoption] standing across the board, equally.”

The way foster children currently are handled can lead to months or years of foster limbo. Recently, Ingram spoke with a woman whose child was taken into foster care, and the parent wanted to relinquish her parental rights and place the child with a Christian adoption agency. She said she’d rather have her child placed with a Christian agency that would find a good home for her child than continue to fight DSS to have her child returned to her. But she quickly learned that she would not be able to suggest that her child be placed with the adoption agency, he explains. “This bill would allow her to do that,” he says.

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NEWS In the interview, Sanford says he doesn’t have a personal problem with Trump, who he once met briefly at a primary debate in South Carolina. However, Sanford says that he can’t “look the other way” as Trump pushes a false narrative to suit his political aims. “I believe in a war of ideas… and I tell the staff all the time: Look, we’re in the business of crafting and refining our arguments that are hopefully based on the truth,” Sanford says. “Truth matters. Not hyperbole, not wild suggestion, but actual truth.”

Lindsey Graham by Kate Salley Palmer

Sanford, who is described by his colleagues as “eccentric” and “odd,” is leading an effort in the House to replace Obamacare, according to Politico’s Tim Alberta, who writes that Sanford “is not like most Republicans in Washington.” —Andrew Moore

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Graham says free press is worth fighting for

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has responded to President Donald J. Trump’s criticism of the media, calling a free press and independent judiciary “the backbone of democracy.”

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“They’re worth fighting and dying for,” the South Carolina Republican told CBS’s “Face the Nation” during a Feb. 19 appearance. Graham also defended Sen. John McCain, RAriz., who recently told NBC’s Chuck Todd that the suppression of a free press typically leads to a dictatorship. “That’s how dictators get started,” McCain said. “They get started by suppressing free press, in other words, a consolidation of power.” Graham, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that while America isn’t becoming a dictatorship any time soon, McCain “was right to say that we need, as politicians, to understand the role of the press and jealously guard it.” However, Graham also voiced his concerns about the media. “I would say this to the American press corps: When it comes to Trump, you’re over the top,” Graham said. “Every president’s had problems with the press. You need to do your job, but from a Republican point of view, I think the coverage against President Trump has been almost to the point of being hysterical.” —Andrew Moore

Sanford says Trump has ‘fanned the flames of intolerance’ In a recent interview with Politico, former South Carolina governor and current U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., says President Donald J. Trump “has fanned the flames of intolerance” during his first 100 days as the leader of the free world. Sanford, who claims he’s already a “dead man walking” politically, says Trump isn’t trustworthy. “At some level he represents the antithesis, or the undoing, of everything I thought I knew about politics, preparation, and life,” he says.

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‘Hamilton’ coming to Peace Center in 2018 This is not a drill. “Hamilton” is coming to Greenville. Mark Sanford by Kate Salley Palmer

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Artisphere juried exhibit accepting local submissions Local artists, take note. The 2017 Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition presented by Artisphere is accepting submissions now through March 31 from local artists. This juried exhibition, supported by a grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council, seeks to recognize the outstanding quality and diversity of work being generated by visual artists of the Upstate. Artisphere runs May 12-14. The show is open to artists ages 18+ living within a 35-mile radius of Greenville. Entries must be original works of art that have been completed within the last three years. Entries in all media categories will be accepted but should not exceed 40 pounds in weight or 60 inches in height or width. The exhibition is not judged in media categories. The show’s juror is Denise Woodward-Detrich, director of the Lee Gallery in the Department of Art at Clemson University. Four cash prizes will be distributed, including Best in Show ($1,000), Second Place ($750), Third Place ($500), and Merit Award ($250).

Last week, it was announced that the national tour of the hip-hop musical will play Greenville’s Peace Center in 2018 as part of the 2018-2019 Broadway season. The best way to guarantee tickets to “Hamilton”— which tells the story of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton from his days as an immigrant to his death at the hands of Aaron Burr — is to purchase a season subscription for the 2017–2018 Broadway season, which will be announced on March 28. Season ticket holders who renew their subscription for the 20182019 season will be able to guarantee their tickets for the Peace Center’s premiere South Carolina engagement of “Hamilton” before tickets become available to the general public. Information regarding engagement dates and how to purchase groups and single tickets will be announced at a later time. The book, music, and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning musical were written by LinManuel Miranda. In addition to its musical hip-hop foundation, “Hamilton” bucks tradition by casting minority actors as the Founding Fathers. —Staff Report

FOOD

Growler Haus opens in Greer The successful Anderson-based craft beer lounge Growler Haus opened in downtown

Greer last week in the former home to Rhythm and Brews, 213 Trade St. It’s the business’ fourth location. Upstate entrepreneur Craig Kinley and his team spent the past two months renovating the space, which features a mural dating back to 1912, when the building was an alleyway beside a hardware store. “We’re very excited,” said Kinley, who also owns Growler Haus stores in Greenville, Anderson, and Fountain Inn, and has one more under development in the Village of West Greenville. “Greer is a pretty established market with BIN112, The Strip Club, and Southern Grounds. It’s a great area. There is a lot of economic growth. The city is very active and enthusiastic… We think it’s a great fit.” The Greer location will operate from 3–11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday. It will feature a dozen taps that will be rotated regularly, a dozen or more bottles and cans of craft beer, and a selection of some domestic favorites. Kinley said the store will have a broad range of food options for customers from the company’s recently launched menu. Kinley said the store has created about eight new jobs. Ashley Hileski, a native of Michigan who lives in Spartanburg County, will manage the store. Hileski most recently ran the Growler Haus in Fountain Inn. The Greer store has several plush couches, hardwood floors, exposed brick walls, ample lighting, a bright paint scheme, large bar, and a signature Growler Haus sign made from reclaimed wood. “It used to be very dark in here. We wanted to brighten it up and make it a place that appeals to a broad customer base,” Hileski said. Kinley plans to open the store in the Village of West Greenville this spring. —Trevor Anderson

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New Technology for Cataract Patients Cataracts are a common eye condition where the natural lens becomes clouded, impairing a patient’s vision. According to the National Eye Institute, more than 20 percent of Americans will have cataracts by the age of 65, and the prevalence increases with age. In cataract surgery, the clouded natural lens is removed and replaced with an IOL. For many patients, cataract surgery freed them from prescription glasses, but sometimes replaced them with readers. A new intraocular lens (IOL) that provides a full range of vision for cataract patients, even those with astigmatism, is now an option for many patients. Clemson Eye surgeon Dr. Brian Johnson calls Th Thee Symfony lens a “game changer.” In September, Dr. Johnson became one of the fifirst rst surgeons in Greenville to implant the new lens, which was just approved by the FDA in July for use in the U.S.

Until the Symfony, cataract patients with significant significant astigmatism were limited to monofocal lens implants that would correct either distance or near vision, but not both. Symfony is the first first extended depth of focus lens with astigmatism correction. Th is allows excellent night vision This and sharpness of vision (visual acuity) at near, intermediate and far distances. New technology innovations, like the Symfony, continue to improve the IOLs and the visual outcomes for patients with a variety of conditions. The The two most signifi cant improvements are vastly significant improved intermediate vision and an extended range of vision acuity for patients with astigmatism.

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Euphoria’s Roast + Toast tickets now available It’s time to save the date and snap up tickets for euphoria food, wine, and music festival’s Roast + Toast on April 23, 2–5 p.m. at Wyche Pavillion, which will kick off the ticket sales for the 12th annual festival, Sept. 21-24. The Roast + Toast will feature Elliott Moss from Asheville’s Buxton Hall Barbecue – Bon Appetit’s “Best Restaurant of 2016” and a James Beard Foundation “Best Chef: Southeast” semifinalist. Moss will serve his whole-hog barbecue alongside Rappahannock Oyster Company’s briny oysters from the Chesapeake Bay. West End String Band will entertain with live bluegrass music. “It’s a real honor to return to my home state and share my South Carolina-style whole-hog barbecue with euphoria again this year,” says Moss, who will also join the euphoria festival in September. Tickets for Roast + Toast are now on sale at euphoriagreenville.com. This announcement comes on the heels of euphoria’s first “A Southern Remedy” event, held Feb. 24 at Revel Event Center. The sold-out event (350 guests with a 75-person wait list) featured dishes from some of the newest restaurants in town, along with specialty cocktails and music from Erica Berg and friends. —Ariel Turner

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Education Week names GCS superintendent Leader to Learn From Education Week, a national news publication covering K-12 education, has named Greenville County Schools Superintendent Dr. W. Burke Royster a Leader to Learn From.

Royster is one of 14 district leaders from across the country to be profiled in the report. The Education Week profile, titled “Superintendent Knocks Down Barriers to Learning for Poor Students,” primarily focuses on Royster’s sustained commitment to two initiatives aimed at increasing positive outcomes for students: OnTrack Greenville and Graduation Plus. OnTrack Greenville helps ensure that middlegrade students remain on the right path toward graduating high school and achieving academic success. The program uses an early warning and response computer system to indicate “when a student’s attendance, behavior, or core course performance (ABC’s) begins to slip.” This method enables teams of faculty, staff, and community agencies to provide immediate intervention and identify the underlying factors that are inhibiting student progress. Graduation Plus encourages students to not only graduate with a high school diploma but also with other credentials that will prepare them for future workforce participation, such as college credits through Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs or industry certification. The Greenville County School District serves nearly 77,000 students, making it the largest in the state and the 44th largest in the nation. Under Royster, the graduation rate for GCS has increased from 72 percent in 2012 to 87 percent in 2016. Furthermore, during this time period, the graduation rate for African-American students has increased from 62 percent to 82 percent, and the graduation rate for Hispanic students has increased from 67 percent to 88 percent. Overall district SAT scores have also improved, with GCS students’ scores exceeding both the state and national average. —Emily Pietras

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Upstate Forever hosts annual awards Greenville’s Upstate Forever recently honored the area’s most impressive environmental projects at its annual “ForeverGreen Awards” luncheon. The nonprofit selects projects based on their significant contributions in the areas of sustainable development, land conservation, clean water, air quality, waste reduction, public service, and volunteer work, according to a press release. “Every day, Upstate Forever’s staff of 17 works hard on programs and policies to balance development with the protection of our natural resources and special places,” said Andrea Cooper, Upstate Forever’s executive director. “We can’t do this work alone. Citizens, local governments, businesses, and institutions must all work together to protect the clean water, healthy air, farm and forest lands, and high quality of life we all enjoy. Fortunately, there are some very important champions of this mission,” she added.

Homes of Hope was named the “Sustainable Communities Champion” for providing low-tomoderate income families and individuals with affordable, energy-efficient housing. Renewable Water Resources, also known as ReWa, was named the “Clean Water Champion” for its effort to keep Greenville County’s water supply free from pharmaceutical pollution. TreesGreenville was named the “Clear Skies Champion” award for its efforts to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere through tree plantings. S.C. Sen. Larry Martin, R-Pickens, was named “Public Servant of the Year” for his efforts to prevent the disposal of out-of-state coal ash in South Carolina. Neil Batavia, a Clemson University graduate and lawyer at Greenville’s Dority and Manning, was named “Volunteer of the Year” for his role as chair of Greenville B-Cycle, a bike sharing program. Gina McClellan and the Pickens County Traveling Trash Bash received the “Three R’s Champion” award for teaching elementary students various environmental concepts. —Andrew Moore

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It’s hard to find a list Greenville isn’t on these days. Just this year — a mere nine weeks into 2017 — Greenville has already made the New York Times’ list of 52 places to go, was named one of Country Living’s best Southern towns for a girlfriend getaway, and was a Money magazine top pick for vacationers on a budget. Add to that Greenville’s regular inclusion on “best of” lists for bike and walking trails, the arts, the foodie scene, business, farmers markets, downtowns, family attractions, and coolest Main Streets in recent years, and it’s evident we’re getting a lot of attention. The question is not why — we know what’s great about our town. The question is: Why now? Surely, something else is at play, too. And that something is VisitGreenvilleSC. “Greenville wasn’t looked at as a tourist destination. Our citizenry never believed that Greenville was that kind of place,” said Chris Stone, president of VisitGreenvilleSC, which began in 2012 to get Greenville on the radar of out-ofmarket leisure travelers. “We thought you had to drive or fly somewhere else to go someplace cool. Tourism was something that happened elsewhere.” No longer. Tourism is one of South Carolina’s major industries, with an annual economic impact of $20.2 billion, according to figures released last week by the South Carolina Department of Parks and Tourism. And Greenville’s share of it has dramatically increased since the start of the decade. In 2015, Greenville was fourth in the state in domestic travel impact, behind Horry, Charleston, and Beaufort. Visitors spent $1.145 billion in Greenville County, or 9.1 percent of the state’s lucrative travel market share. And that’s without having a beach or a heavy concentration of golf courses, two of the state and region’s top built-in tourism magnets. Accommodations tax revenue, collected on hotel rooms and other lodging, has increased by 65 percent in the city of Greenville, 44 percent in the county. Hospitality tax revenue, a tax added to bills for prepared food and beverages, has increased from $6.85 million in 2011 to $9.67 million in 2015. Thirty percent of restaurant sales come from visitors. More evidence that Greenville is attracting tourists on top of the business travelers it has always drawn is a change in hotel occupancy patterns, according to Jennifer Stilwell, VisitGreenville’s executive vice president and chief strategic officer. In years past, Greenville hotels had more guests during the week than on weekends, indicating most visitors were in town for business. Over time that has shifted, especially downtown, with hotel occupancy rates countywide increasing from 58 percent in 2008 to 73 percent in 2016, dramatically outperforming state, regional, and national figures. “We’ve gone from zero to one of the South’s hottest tourism destinations,” Stilwell said.

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But the challenge was that few people outside of Greenville knew about what the city offered. “We didn’t do Main Street for it to be a cool place, but it was. We didn’t think about becoming a tourist destination, but we were. The problem was nobody knew,” Stone said. “It wasn’t that Greenville had a negative connotation. There was zero connotation.” But 60 couples from Atlanta convinced Stone that Greenville had something to sell. In the early 2000s, VisitGreenvilleSC, known then as the Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau, brought in the couples over two weekends. Before they went home, they were asked if they’d spend the weekend in Greenville and all of them said yes. “That proved to me Greenville had something to sell,”

Twenty years ago, Chris Stone recognized that Main Street had the potential to draw tourists to Greenville. He just had to help others see the same thing. “I tried to elevate the aspirations. Whatever they were trying to do, I encouraged them to do better,” he said. “Whatever we did, we needed to do it to the degree that a visitor would say it was great.” And then Falls Park was completed in 2004. “That was the turning point in getting the destination to the point that there were enough things to do in Greenville to be attractive to tourists,” Stone said. “The restaurant scene began to flourish. The Peace Center began to have shows. The arena popped up.”

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he said. “The beginning days were harder because people thought Greenville was a place for football games or weddings, not for the weekend.” In 2012, in came Stilwell, an advertising agency veteran, to market the product. “Greenville is a classic business story. The product in our case is the destination and experience. The product became good, then it became really good,” Stone said. “But the marketing challenge was nobody knew about our really good product.” When Stilwell asked what her marketing budget was and was told $30,000, she thought she had made the biggest mistake of her career. “We’re competing against markets that are dramatically outspending us and who have been advertising for 15, 20, 25-plus years,” she said. YEAH THAT continued on PAGE 14

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“Greenville is a virgin brand in terms of telling its story,” Stilwell said. “We literally had to create Greenville’s story.” And with no real advertising budget, she knew she’d have to rely on an incredibly aggressive public relations campaign that has become Greenville’s calling card: “Yeah, That Greenville.” The catchphrase was meant to help distinguish Greenville, S.C., from the other 35 Greenvilles scattered across the country. “At the time, none of the Greenvilles stood out from the rest. People would end up at GSP [Greenville Spartanburg International Airport] thinking they were in Greenville, N.C., and vice versa,” Stilwell said. “The question was how do you use that as an advantage?” While Greenville residents believe their city has special and unique qualities, the biggest difference is the people, Stilwell said. “People want to share what they like about Greenville. They want to tell people about that… whether it is their favorite coffee shop or restaurant downtown or their favorite hike in a nearby state park. Everybody has their favorite, something that they want to share,” she said. So when “Yeah, That Greenville” was launched in 2013, it set out to tell Greenville’s story. Stilwell’s meager advertising budget paid for the first television ads ever placed by the convention and visitors bureau — 2,000 spots on cable channels in 18 Southeastern markets — as well as a social media push and an outreach effort aimed at travel writers. “It wasn’t what we were saying about Greenville. It was about what others were saying about Greenville and amplifying it,” she said. And they were saying a lot. In 2016, Greenville was mentioned in 185 media outlets, exposure that would have cost $4.6 million in advertising. “Yeah, That Greenville” also had nearly 427.4 million social media impressions, an increase of 372 percent. Clearly, Greenville had entered the tourism game.

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The campaign has made Greenville one of the South’s hottest tourist destinations — with double-digit growth — even though we don’t have a beach, a national park, a Civil War fort, or a plantation. And there’s plenty of room for growth. “There are still so many people who don’t know about Greenville,” Stilwell said. So far, the “Yeah, That Greenville” campaign has focused on “drive markets” in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida that are within 350 miles of Greenville, but the campaign is expanding into select markets in the Midwest and the Northeast. Last year, VisitGreenvilleSC conducted a three-month campaign in Chicago in conjunction with GSP. Before the ad blitz, Illinois ranked 18th in inquiries for information through the VisitGreenvilleSC website. After the ads, Illinois was second.

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Mich.; Greenville, Calif.; Greenville, Texas; or the other Greenvilles scattered across the country? The people. Stilwell said time and again, tourists said it was the people who kept them coming back. Greenville was their happy place, she said. So how about Grinville? “Looking back, that probably wouldn’t have worked because it’s not all grins and smiles,” Stilwell said, mentioning the flak former Gov. Nikki Haley caught after she ordered state employees to answer the phone, “It’s a great day in South Carolina.” NORMAL continued on PAGE 18

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“We redid Main Street for ourselves. We didn’t do it for tourism,” Stone says. “We redid Main Street for ourselves” — that’s a sentiment that you’ll hear if and when you have a chance to talk to our city’s current leaders. Greenville is first and foremost a place for locals. Not that outsiders aren’t wanted. We welcome tourists with open arms, whether they are businesspeople or the new species that we are now seeing in Greenville: day-trippers and weekenders. Stone himself would probably admit there was a time when the idea of our town as a place that others would visit solely to walk our streets, dine at our restaurants, and relax by our waterfalls was a far-fetched idea — a notion, some might say, that was every bit as whimsical as Don Quixote’s pursuit of windmill dragons. Back in the days before the Liberty Bridge, tourism wasn’t even on the radar. And yet, here we are, being written about by the New York Times, National Geographic, and others. We’re also pulling in visitors from within a five-hour radius, men and women who are looking for a new town to explore, people from Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Knoxville. We’ll never be a Myrtle Beach or a Charleston, but Greenville does have its place, particularly for those who like the city life and the hills. “When people read about us

in Men’s Journal or they read about us in Outdoor magazine, that makes them curious. If they are looking at spots for the East Coast, we get a call about that,” Stone says. “We’re in a fortunate spot where our biggest strength will always be our corporate business travel. That will increase for us,” he adds. As for the future of downtown, Stone envisions the continuing expansion of euphoria and Artisphere, the addition of a film festival, and the possibility of the Gran Fondo Hincapie bike race expanding into an event rivaling the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston. He thinks about how the city no longer has just one signature park, Cleveland Park; now we also have Falls Park and, one day perhaps, City Park. He talks about the mountains immediately to our north and how they are just as much a part of our town’s draw as the city itself. Today, years after Chris Stone first took the helm of what is now VisitGreenvilleSC, our Greenville has found a way to stand out from the scores of other similarly named towns that dot the American landscape. “I think we have the opportunity to own Greenville,” Stone says. Indeed we do. And because of Chris Stone and VisitGreenville SC, we have. —Chris Haire

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Euphoria hosted “A Southern Remedy – Comfort Food, Booze, and Blues” last Thursday at Revel Event Center. The evening showcased dishes from new Upstate restaurants and featured music from blues artist Erica Berg.

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A large crowd gathered at Birds Fly South last Sunday for a Mac-NCheese Off competition. The public was invited to taste and help judge entries.

feast 128 N. MAIN ST.

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MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, 8:30 P.M.

TUESDAYS, 7:30 P.M.

City Tavern has not one, but two trivia nights: Name That Tune on Mondays and Bar Trivia for Dummies on Wednesdays. The winners of each round receive a gift certificate to City Tavern that is valid for 30 days.

Tuesdays at Gringos are double the fun, with both trivia night and Taco Tuesdays ($2.50 tacos all day).

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POP QUIZ! A GREENVILLE JOURNAL GUIDE TO TRIVIA NIGHTS

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Trivia nights are a fun excuse to grab a group of friends and get out on a weeknight — and, yes, also drink on a weeknight. Below are some of the bars and restaurants around town that regularly host them.

CONNOLLY'S IRISH PUB

TUESDAYS, 8–11 P.M.

Occasionally, Connolly’s will have a drink special during trivia night, but the big draw is a chance to win a $500 cash prize. The bar has 100 bottles of beer, and after each trivia round, a member of the winning team gets to smash a bottle for a chance to win a prize, which can range from a free T-shirt to a free round of drinks to $500. If a team wins all four rounds of trivia, they’ll receive a $50 gift card to Connolly’s.

1606 WOODRUFF ROAD

THE FLAT

TUESDAYS, 7–9 P.M.

The Flat’s happy hour is from 4–7 p.m., just before trivia begins. Specials include $1 off all drafts, $2.50 domestics, $3 house liquor, $3 house wine, $3 Fireball shots, and half-off appetizers. If you get the munchies during trivia, check out their wing menu, which has more than 15 flavors.

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1565 LAURENS ROAD

FITZPATRICK'S WEDNESDAYS, 7:30–10 P.M.

Trivia night at Fitzpatrick’s coincides with Wednesday bourbon night (specials on Jack Daniel’s and Jameson Irish Whiskey) and $4 Smithwick’s (that’s an Irish red ale, for the unfamiliar). If you arrive a little early, take advantage of happy hour. From 4–7 p.m., Fitzpatrick’s serves $3 well drinks and 79-cent wings.

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QUEST BREWING CO. WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M.

Each week Brett Barest leads Quest’s trivia night. During the evening, Barest has 10 $6 gift cards at his disposal. (The dollar amount isn’t completely random, as most Quest beers are that price.) He’ll give away half the gift cards to random participants on a whim, and the remaining five go to the winning team. And while Quest’s food truck schedule varies, they usually have one parked outside for part of trivia time.

6 S. BUNCOMBE ROAD, GREER 7 FALLS PARK DRIVE

POUR TAPROOM TUESDAYS, 7–9 P.M.

Choose from Pour Taproom’s self-serve rotation of more than 70 beers while testing your knowledge. If you arrive early, happy hour is from 4–7 p.m., with 25 percent off your tab. First, second, and third place trivia winners all receive Pour gift cards. Also, the taproom is dog friendly, so bring along your pup to boost team morale.

THE SOUTHERN GROWL WEDNESDAYS, 7:15 P.M.

The Southern Growl has a selection of around 60 beers, many from Southeastern breweries, so if you’re playing trivia here, you’ll have plenty of choices for accompaniments while racking your brain. Every week, owner Matt Bowes writes the trivia questions himself.

640 S. MAIN ST., STE. 101B

JOE’S PLACE

LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH, 7–9 P.M.

300 E. STONE AVE.

UNIVERSAL JOINT TUESDAYS, 8–10 P.M.

Universal Joint’s friendly, casual neighborhood vibe is an ideal setting for a night of trivia. It’s even better if you sit out on the dog-friendly outdoor patio while sipping on drinks and playing along. The Southern Growl in Greer hosts Trivia Night every Wednesday. Photos by Two Acorns Photography.

Trivia at Joe’s Place usually falls on the last Friday of each month, but the schedule is subject to change. Trivia night covers questions pertaining to books, wine, art, and more. The winning team will have its bar tab covered up to $50 (applying only to food and drinks ordered before the winner is determined). Each member of the second-place team can choose a book from Joe’s Place secret stash.

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feast farmers, and organic grocers. For example, Furman University biology professor John Quinn will be teaching people how to manage farms and create a habitat to support beneficial species for pollination, biological control, and recreation. Also, Greenville’s Mary Walsh and Jacqueline Oliver will be discussing how U.S. Department of Agriculture grants can provide various benefits for businesses. The duo partnered in 2011 to open the Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery just off the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail. A 2015 grant from the USDA’s Local Food Promotion

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Program allowed Walsh and Oliver to expand their locally sourced grocery store from 2,600 square feet to 6,100 square feet. For more information, visit scorganicliving.com

Saturday, March 4 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Culinary Institute of the Carolinas Greenville Technical College $65, includes a locally sourced breakfast and lunch and four workshops.

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amoore@communityjournals.com As food prices continue to soar, researchers are predicting widespread food shortages that could leave grocery store shelves empty across the country, including South Carolina, where thousands of people go hungry each year. The S.C. Organization for Organic Living is hoping to prevent those shortages with its Cultivate conference, which aims to strengthen the state’s food system by educating farmers and gardeners about growing and raising food sustainably and organically, according to Rebecca McKinney, executive director of the S.C. Organization for Organic Living. “When a shortage does occur, we’re going to need our gardeners and farmers for food. ... Most grocery stores across the country only have enough food for three days, so it's very important that we support our local farms and provide them with the information they need to grow their businesses,” McKinney said. “Our food supply sort of depends on it.” The conference will feature more than 20 workshops designed to teach both farmers and gardeners the ins and outs of adopting various sustainable growing methods and developing a healthy local food system. According to McKinney, the workshops will explore healing plants and fungi, improving soil and pasture health, permaculture, animal farming, and agri-

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business tips. Also, there will be various workshops for residents interested in farming or gardening. “We’re going to be teaching a lot of things that would interest anyone who wants to start a farm or garden of their own," McKinney said. "These workshops should provide them with the information they need to get started." One of the workshops will be taught by Nat Bradford, who is best known for reviving his family’s heirloom Bradford watermelons that were once extinct. Now, Bradford is owner of New Earth Farm and the Bradford Watermelon Company and sells pickled rind, watermelon molasses, and juice for distilleries. At the conference, Bradford will be discussing how to maximize a product’s profitability with innovative, value-added items. University of South Carolina professor Buz Kloot will be discussing various topics related to soil health, which will range from the basic biology of soil to the methods used to attain the best soil conditions possible for growing produce. Chris Smith, of Asheville’s Sow True Seed, will be teaching people the seed life cycle for squash, tomatoes, beans, and basil. More specifically, the workshop will show farmers and gardeners how to save their seeds and reuse them from season to season. The conference will also include workshops led by Greenville’s researchers,

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CONFERENCE HOPES TO PREPARE FARMERS FOR A FEARED FOOD SHORTAGE

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MARCH AT THE GCMA! Best-selling author Christina Baker Kline Tuesday, March 21 6 pm - 9 pm The New York Times best-selling author of The Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline will speak about her latest novel, A Piece of the World at the GCMA. Based on the Andrew Wyeth painting Christina’s World, Kline’s book tells a fictional story about one of Wyeth’s dearest friends and subjects, Christina Olson. This event is co-presented with independent Greenville bookstore Fiction Addiction. Cost of the event is $30, which includes a copy of A Piece of the World. GCMA members enjoy their usual discount. Register at gcma.org or call 864.546.4066. Seating is limited.

Award-winning silhouette artist Clay Rice Saturday, March 25 10:30 am - 1:30 pm The grandson of renowned Lowcountry silhouettist Carew Rice (the subject of a current GCMA exhibition), Clay Rice, an award-winning children’s book author and artist in his own right, carries on his grandfather’s tradition, capturing silhouette portraits with a flash of his scissors. Register now and enjoy a keepsake of your children or grandchildren that you will treasure for years to come. Cost is $42 for two silhouettes of the same subject. GCMA members enjoy their usual discount. Register at gcma.org or call 864.271.7570 x1021. Space is limited.

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Roman Kim accomplishes feats on the violin no one else has done before VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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When you watch the YouTube video of Kazakhstan’s Roman Kim playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Air on a G String,” it’s almost impossible to reconcile what you’re seeing with what you’re hearing. It’s a solo performance, but you’ll swear you’re hearing other strings behind Kim’s passionate, virtuosic violin. There have to be more players on this, right? But a closer look at the video reveals that while he’s bowing with his right hand, Kim is somehow plucking notes on the neck of the violin with his left to create a different melody line that goes along with his lead. It’s a feat no one had attempted before Kim did so; he’s the first person ever to transcribe Bach’s classic piece for a solo performance. The fact that he was barely in his 20s when he did so is astounding. Kim’s performance style is an exercise in contrasts. He’s a passionate player capable of dizzying solos, but he’s also a showman. His love of the Romantic composers, Niccolò Paganini in particular, shows in his dramatic stage attire, usually a frilled white

shirt topping an otherwise all-black outfit, with his dark hair dancing around his head as he plays. In performance, he seems to wrap himself around his instrument, darting and diving and throwing himself into every note. It’s a nod to his other major inﬂuence: Jimi Hendrix. “Paganini and Hendrix both have an incredible charisma,” Kim says. “I think the two of them were truly pioneers in art, politics, and many other areas that we then took and further developed. At that time, you could say Paganini was like Jimi: a star. He created musical language innovations. He was technically perfect. His energy was tremendous. With all of these things you can say he showed people: Here is the new world!” Kim got his first violin from his parents at age 5, and he won his first competition at age 7. At 16, he began studying at the Cologne Academy of Music in Germany. He’s studied under many master musicians and instructors, including conductor Viktor Tretyakov, Midori Gotō, and Lewis Kaplan, but he’s taken his main inspiration from two of them. “My most important teachers were [Moscow State Conservatory instructor] Galina Turchaninova and Viktor Tretyakov,” Kim says. “Turchaninova gave me a wonderful technical basis, and Tretyakov affected me very strongly musically.” Kim says that despite his wild performance style, he strives to recreate the compositions he chooses as faithfully as possible, even if those compositions typically call for an instrument other than the violin.

“I always try to retain all the original harmonies,” he says. “The music is the most important thing to me. I only transcribe some piece that I can’t get out of my head, or when I’m fascinated by a recording. And when it’s not for the violin, then I will live with the music for a while and then begin making attempts to play it. It’s as if searching for solutions to overcome these difficulties, I learn something new about the instrument and improve the possibilities of the violin as a byproduct.” Kim will play as a soloist with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra at the Peace Center on Saturday and Sunday, as part of the GSO’s Musical Desserts and Magic series. As you might expect, after the symphony’s opening overture, Kim will be featured playing a Paganini piece: the Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 6, in D major. “Unfortunately, we were not lucky enough to see Paganini perform live, and know exactly how a violin sounded in his hands,” he says. “But I do know he was just a cool guy. From his letters, press descriptions of his concerts, and the audience’s reactions, from various contemporary comments, and of course from his music, we can safely thank the Creator that humanity was allowed to experience such a talent and such an artistic figure.”

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Led by Mark Hall (center), Casting Crowns has sold 10 million albums over the last decade, becoming one the country’s most popular Christian bands.

Casting Crowns’ Mark Hall channels cancer battle into new song VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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Since 2003, Franklin, Tenn.’s Casting Crowns, who will play at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena next Thursday, has been creating wide-screen contemporary Christian music, with surging vocal harmonies, uplifting choruses, and messages of faith and devotion. Led by Mark Hall, the band has been steadily on the rise commercially, selling over 10 million albums over the last decade and becoming one of the most popular Christian bands in the country. They’ve won a Grammy and a Dove award, and they hold the record for the longest-reigning No. 1 song on the Contempo-

rary Christian charts, staying on top for 16 consecutive weeks with “East to West.” The band’s career had essentially gone from one high point to the next until 2015. That’s when Mark Hall was diagnosed with kidney cancer. On the day he was diagnosed, Hall, stunned and overwhelmed, wrote “Oh My Soul,” the centerpiece track on Casting Crowns’ new album, “The Very Next Thing.” “Oh my soul, you are not alone,” Hall sings with palpable emotion on that track. “There’s a place where fear has to face the God you know.” Miraculously, the cancer had not spread outside of Hall’s kidney, and he’s been cancer-free since having it removed that same year. “I’m good,” Hall says, still sounding a bit surprised. “I go back for scans every once in a while, but they’re all good news. I’m glad to be done with that chapter of life.” It would be understandable if that ex-

perience dominated the rest of “The Very Next Thing,” but Hall tries to think of others before himself. He’s been a youth pastor for more than 25 years, and when it comes time to write songs for Casting Crowns, that’s where he draws inspiration. “The songs come from what I’m teaching in student ministry,” he says. “All the songs for Casting Crowns started out as Bible studies for teenagers. The themes that rise to the top over time end up being songs.” In fact, the album’s title comes from conversations Hall had with his students about the day-to-day meaning of faith. “How do we follow Jesus?” he says. “What does that really mean? Because so many times you have these giant declarations. ‘We’re going to give it all to you,’ and all those kind of moments. But when church is over, we’re not really sure what that’s supposed to look like. But following Jesus just means doing the very next thing he says. God’s will for you isn’t 10 years from now — it’s right now.”

When it comes to putting music to those thoughts, Hall is conscious of creating stirring, emotional anthems that carry the weight of the band’s message. “I like for the music to agree with the lyrics, but I don’t want the music to run away with the songs,” he says. “Sometimes I’ll hear a really cool song, but I’ll have to listen to it five or six times before I can figure out

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Brad Willis’ music column is right — but it’s also wrong IN MY OWN WORDS

By Vincent Harris

For years, I’ve tried to make myself stop and take a breath when I get angry. I’ve tried to make myself take a moment and put things in perspective. Is this really what I think it is? Should I investigate further before reacting? It’s been a struggle, but it’s something I’d like to be able to do. So when I began reading Brad Willis’ column about Greenville’s music scene, a scene I’ve spent much of the last 10 years writing about, I told myself not to get angry.

Read the whole thing. Read it again. Then read it again. And I’m glad I did, because the main point of his piece is something I agree with. Greenville seems to be apathetic toward live, original music. There’s a lack of response to local and national bands that aren’t playing at the Peace Center or Bon Secours Wellness Arena. I’ve been to countless shows at places like Gottrocks, The Radio Room, Smiley’s Acoustic Café, or Independent Public Ale House that pitted an incredibly talented band against a handful of people. And I agree with his point that, in the wake of The Handlebar closing, there’s a hole that needs to be filled. A 500to 1,000-seat venue near downtown would no doubt be

great for music fans around the Upstate. But the last section of the piece is something I cannot accept and cannot move past. To be fair, he’s speaking hypothetically about what people might say about Greenville if the situation doesn’t improve: “Greenville, S.C., is a wonderful destination for shopping, food, and outdoor life, but if you’re looking for a community that supports music, keep driving until you see the signs for Asheville. At least, that’s how I’d write it.” To me, that stands not only as an example of the very apathy Willis is decrying, but also as the exact sentiment that’s going to keep Greenville’s music scene from

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what the song is about. There’s a sense of urgency in what we sing; I don’t want there to be any mystery as to what our songs are about.” Hall says the music has to match perfectly with the lyrics. “I want the music to say what we’re saying, too. There’s a lift in those choruses, and there’s a tension when there’s a question in the lyrics. It’s called ‘text painting.’ I want to paint the

ever becoming what it can be. Yes, The Handlebar is gone. And yes, it presented many great bands over the years. And yes, our scene is smaller now. But I would argue that the musicians and venues are working harder than ever. Venues like Gottrocks in Greenville and The Spinning Jenny in Greer have extensively renovated their spaces, while the Radio Room and Smiley’s Acoustic Café are putting on three shows a night, in some cases seven nights a week, showcasing any and every kind of music you can think of. And that’s to say nothing of the work that Soundbox Tavern in Simpsonville and Ground Zero in Spartanburg are doing. Musicians are creating weekly concert series and banding together in collectives and relentlessly promoting their shows on Facebook and Twitter and everywhere else they can think to do so. They’re giving their music away for free and riding 10 hours in vans to play here. Some of this you know, some you may not. And believe me, there are some weeks when the concert calendar looks mighty thin, and the bands I planned to interview stand me up, and I wonder if maybe we’re headed where Willis thinks we’re headed. But does that mean the shows aren’t there, or that I’m not looking hard enough? At what point does it become a music writer’s, or a music fan’s, turn to step forward and do some of the work? At what point does promotion and marketing and hustle need to be rewarded with a little searching, a little curiosity, and a little bit of effort? Is a music fan obligated to do that kind of legwork? There might be an example in Willis’ column that gives us an answer. Willis mentions Charleston’s Shovels & Rope, talking about how he attended the band’s packed Fall for Greenville performance a few years back. But does he know that Shovels & Rope played the Radio Room and, yes, The Handlebar first? The point is that Shovels & Rope weren’t always Shovels & Rope. They were once a band in a van playing for a handful of people. That’s where bands you haven’t heard of become bands you’ve heard of. That’s where Jason Isbell becomes Jason Isbell, where The Avett

picture with the music.” Despite the band’s successful career, all of them still work in the church, and Hall says that’s what has allowed them to keep coming up with new songs to sing. “To me, there’s a person in my mind whenever I sing a song, because that song happened. It’s always fresh,” he says. “I’ve never gone to write a record and not known what we were going to say.”

Brothers become The Avett Brothers — small places like the Radio Room or The Wheel or Chicora Alley or The Spinning Jenny. There’s also a rosy sense of hindsight here when it comes to The Handlebar. I’ve heard the lament at Ted talks and meetings and committees over and over again: Now that The Handlebar is gone, we can’t get certain bands to come here. I worked at The Handlebar for three years in the early 2000s. The truth of the matter is that for every sold-out show we had, for every Robert Earl Keen or Little Feat or Delbert McClinton, there was a show we missed out on because of what’s called a “proximity clause.” Once they’ve booked a band, venues like the Orange Peel often place restrictions on where in the region a band can play before or after, simply to make sure the venue sells as many tickets as possible. There’s nothing wrong with that, but that’s what any midsize venue is going to be up against if and when they open their doors here. The point of all this is to ask: Why not control what we can control? Right now, we’ve got a midsize venue 20 minutes down the road in Greer. It’s called The Spinning Jenny, and Jim Lauderdale, the cosmic-country-cowboy who graced The Handlebar stage many times, is playing there in May. Why not hop in the car and drive 20 minutes instead of an hour and a half? Worried about a show starting late? Why not go to Smiley’s? Their shows run like clockwork starting around 6:30 p.m. Do you love to dance? Why not check out Karma Grooves’ monthly electronic dance music shows at Independent Public Ale House? Do you love punk rock? The Radio Room has a loud, fast, and angry band waiting for you. And Gottrocks’ concert calendar over the next few months is packed with fun jazz, rock, and country. To Brad, and those who feel like he does, I simply say, we’ve got you covered. Just take a chance. Give it a shot. The next big thing, the next Shovels & Rope, is playing somewhere in Greenville tonight, for around $10 or $5 or even free. Why not see them up close?

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MUSIC If you are a fan of the local music scene, you know that last week fans and frenemies alike engaged in a sometimes contentious, furious, and thoughtful discussion about the state of live music in Greenville. The whole thing was kicked off by a column in the Greenville Journal, but it was a discussion that has been going on in barrooms, clubs, and coffee shops for years: WHY DON’T MORE BANDS COME TO GREENVILLE? Is it because we don’t have a midsize venue like the now-defunct Handlebar? Is it because our community is apathetic? Or is it something else entirely? Recently, our workmates at GVLtoday conducted a survey of their readers to get to the bottom of what’s great — and not so great — about Greenville’s music scene.

AGE OF THOSE SURVEYED

2.91% 30.98% 24.95% 41.16%

WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER TO SUPPORT LOCAL MUSICIANS? “Go to their shows, spread the word, don’t try to get in free, tip.” “Promote and invest. Greenville can be a music scene if we start to care more about music.” “We need a hub to let people know who’s playing where. We also need the under-25 crowd to step up. People in their late 20s (usually with kids) can only make it to a handful of shows each year. #CanIGetASitter?” “Show up. Show up. Show up. Buy T-shirts and CDs. Eat food and drink beer at the venues.”

UNDER 21 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 & OVER

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LED ZEPPELIN 21 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND 14 GRATEFUL DEAD 12 AVETT BROTHERS 10 R.E.M. 5

IF WE HAD AN ORANGE PEEL-LIKE VENUE, HOW MANY TIMES A YEAR WOULD YOU ATTEND?

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WHERE IN GREENVILLE SHOULD THE NEXT MIDSIZE VENUE BE BUILT?

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TOTAL RESPONSES: 396

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What Local Venues Have You Visited In The Last Year? 33.4%

Peace Center Venue Size: 2,111 Avg. Shows Per Week: 2

13.8% Greenville County

Gottrocks Venue Size: 200 Avg. Shows Per Week: 5

13.7%

IPA Venue Size: 200 Avg. Shows Per Week: 3

24.6%

Smiley’s Venue Size: 95 Avg. Shows Per Week: 6

41.5%

6.7%

The Radio Room Venue Size: 75 Avg. Shows Per Week: 3

Of our respondents attended local shows in Greenville 0-2 times in the past year

5.3%

38.4% Of our respondents have left Greenville 3-5 times in the past year to see a show

The Spinning Jenny Venue Size: 600 Avg. Shows Per Week: 3

2.5%

Pump House Venue Size: NA Avg. Shows Per Week: 2

TOTAL SURVEYED 421 | Data gathered by GVLtoday email survey / Illustrated by Lina LeGare | “Avg. Shows” refers to music shows

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220 Weatherstone Ln · $549,900 · MLS# 1337846

37 Isbell Lane · $400,000 · MLS# 1336365

5BR/6BA Spacious 4600+Sf Custom Home W/Basement! Master Plus One Bedroom On Main, Bonus Rm, Rec Room, Custom Patio, Screened Porch&More! I385S to R@Harrison Bridge, Continue to L@N Harrison Bridge, R@Weatherstone

5BR/3.5BA Beautiful brick ranch in Parkins Mill Area which is so close to Downtown with Master Suite, large fenced in yard. Laurens Road to E Parkins Mill Road. Left Isbell Lane

Contact: Milly Major 477-8952 Allen Tate

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Contact: Jacob Mann 325-6266 Coldwell Banker Caine

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5BR/3.5BA Gorgeous, well maintained home with spacious, functional open floor plan and three car attached garage. A must see! HWY 14 to Stokes Rd. Left on Jonesville.

4BR/2.5BA 4 BR/2.5 BA home w/ 2 car gar. Covered back patio. 2 stry foyer. Open flrpln. Formal LR & DR Woodruff Rd, right on Scuffletown, right Montalcino, right on Dante

Contact: Blair Miller 430-7708 Wilson Associates

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117 Ivory Glen Court · $253,000 · MLS# 1336459

4 Augustine Court · $216,747 · MLS# 1338519

3BR/2.5BA Wonderful updates! Kitchen with new granite countertops, new tiled backsplash and new stainless appliances. Master on main. Private level backyard! HWY 153 to Right on Hood Rd. Right onto Lakeview.

4BR/2.5BA Incredible move-in ready home! Features new paint, master on main, wonderful screened-in porch, fenced yard and more! Right into Fountainbrook, right on Augustine Court, house in cul-de-sac.

Contact: Blair Miller 430-7708 Wilson Associates

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175 Waters Road · $729,000 · MLS# 1337854 5BR/3.5BA Privacy Plus CONVENIENCE with 8+Acres. Home with 3 car garage, Guest House. Stone Cottage that could be Art Studio/office. Master on Main. Gourmet kitchen. Screened porch/Covered Pavilion w/Outdoor Fireplace. Fantastic!

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$325,000 · MLS# 1337637 Jennifer Davis · 608-8866 CODE 4154223

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$149,900 · MLS# 1334436 Eliza Foster · 434-0338 CODE 4036264

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101 Smith Farm Way • 3BR/2.5BA

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303 Chick Springs Rd • 3BR/3BA

112 Nora Ave • 3BR/1BA

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with Kathy Slayter

Good fences make good gardens — and keep out the rabbits

Cilantro in a raised bed

I am harvesting fresh cilantro from my winter garden every day. I use it in salads, chili, soups, and smoothies. Cilantro prefers cool temperatures.

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When out in the vegetable garden this past “warm spell” preparing more of my raised beds for planting, I noticed that one row of cilantro on the outside of the raised bed had been nibbled to the nubs overnight. Rabbits are cute, but they multiply quickly, and, like most of us, stick around when they have a good thing. Critters can wreak a lot of havoc on your fresh seedlings and crops quickly. So be prepared to have your garden beds or plots properly fenced off to prevent nocturnal

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marauding. I have raised beds, so what works for me given my labor pool are simple metal stakes on the four corners and nylon netting secured along the edges with big removable metal staples. I know there are many other options, but the nylon netting is easy for me to handle and roll up when not needed and to store in the winter. Be thinking about how you will protect your garden plot from critters. Re-securing my fencing seems to have quelled my rabbit problem.

Upcoming crops Beets, carrots, peas, onion sets, kale, spinach, early lettuce mixes, Italian parsley, cabbage sets, radishes, turnips, and mustard can already be in the ground. Potato seed goes in the ground in mid-March. There is nothing quite like the taste of a freshly dug potato from your own garden. Keep in mind what other crops you want to plant in April and where you will put them all. Spacing is important for the health of the plant. Proper soil preparation is critical for successful planting when root and soil merge with sun and sky. Preparation is imperative for any successful endeavor.

Potatoes in the soil

Annuals and flowering shrubs, trees, and seeds are in the garden centers now.

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My advice, and I speak from experience, is not to go and buy everything that looks appealing and then bring it home and ask, “OK, now where do I plant this?” Plan where you want to put what. Make your list and don’t shop without it. Besides plant catalogs that I get in the mail and touring gardens both public and private, a book I am partial to for helping me choose plants I can’t live without is the “American Horticultural Society Southeast Smart Garden Regional Guide.”

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The green, green grass of home Lawn care is an important task this time of year. I mow the lawn down as low as the mower will let me, apply a pre-emergent, and water it well. I prefer to apply my lawn care products in the rain, as this is less work for me. A pre-emergent is not a fertilizer. It stops weeds from germinating. You have to apply it before weeds start growing. If you have not done that, then a “weed and feed” appropriate for your grass type may be your next best bet. Lawns are tricky, so I want to advise you to go to clemson.edu/extension/hgic. There is so much information on this fabulous website you will be challenged to digest it all. Remember that you cannot seed grass after you have applied a “weed and feed” type product, as it will kill the germinating grass for approximately three months. I always raise my mower back up to its highest setting before I mow again.

The spring garden is coming For more flower power, everyone can have lilies, the genus “Lilium,” in their garden. This large family of bulbs fits all our garden conditions; sun or shade, wet or dry, heavy or light soils. The Easter lily, commonly found in the grocery stores as holiday gifts, can be planted in the garden when they start to fade after Easter. They multiply rapidly given the

Easter lily

right conditions. Asiatic lilies (“Black Beauty” is what I have at the lake) are fabulous for early summer blooms — and rabbits don’t eat these. Cast the net of your attention on the sounds and fragrance of the spring garden. The birds sound off and the wind whispers as it moves through the yard. The last of the winter leaves shake as they desperately try to hold onto their winter perch. The scents of the plants are attracting insects with their buzz and activity, and the rich soil has a fragrance all its own. Some say you can listen with your invisible ear. Our own senses come alive and our hearts open as we immerse ourselves deep into the garden. See you there. Kathy Slayter is a Greenville realtor and Clemson Certified Master Gardener who is passionate about growing, cooking, and eating her homegrown food. Contact her at kathyslayter@gmail.com.

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CALENDAR CONCERT

MAR. 3

VISUAL ARTS

First Fridays

The first Friday of each month, visual art galleries and venues around the Greenville area open to the public from 6–9 p.m. A wide range of media are represented – oils, watercolors, acrylics, pottery, jewelry, glassworks, wood works, photography, and mixed media. Participants include more than 30 veteran and emerging visual artists in the local community in Taylors, downtown Greenville, West Greenville, and Travelers Rest. To view the participating locations, visit firstfridaysgreenville.com. —Ariel Turner

MUSIC

Angela Easterling

The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., Greer 8 p.m. | $10 in advance/$12 day of show Singer and piano player Nathan Angelo’s sound is, in some ways, a throwback. He writes soulful pop songs that seem to leap out of the speakers, and he’s been able to consistently craft great hooks into all of his material. And when he talks about his influences, it’s obvious how he’s been able to do so. “My mom was a huge Elton John fan when I was growing up,” he says. “I come from a family of piano players, so to hear piano-led pop music was exciting for me. Then my older brother got a greatest hits album by Stevie Wonder, and that rocked my world. Those are the two that I really go back to. If I was stranded on a desert island, it would be so hard for me to choose between Stevie and Elton.” And though Angelo, who will release a new single called “Any Day Now” on the day of his Spinning Jenny show, incorporates a lot of the introspective soul-searching of Stevie Wonder’s 1970s work, he’s got Elton’s instincts when it comes to showmanship. “I love to connect with people and find ways to engage people and make it more than just me sitting on my stool behind the piano and singing,” he says. —Vincent Harris

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ARTS

Art School Open House

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 6-8 p.m. | FREE Join us First Friday in March to register for upcoming six-week classes, one- and two-day workshops, and summer art camps. Winter session II is from March 6-April 15, and spring session is from April 24-June 3. Summer art camps for kids are eight weeks of programming (June 12-Aug. 11) for kids ages 5-8 and 9-12. Register for classes and summer art camps at the art school open house and receive 10 percent off your class fee.

MUSIC

Karma Grooves presents Truth w/ Airplane Mode and Soul Candy

Independent Public Ale House 110 Poinsett Highway 9 p.m. | $12-18 Truth is a cutting-edge dubstep duo that can go from punishing, heart-pounding dance beats to ambient beauty in a flash. And don’t miss out on opener Airplane Mode, one of the most captivating beat makers and performers on the regional scene today. 864-552-1265 | bit.ly/2l5ZnE9

FRI-MAY

03-28

SPORTS

College Baseball Series at Fluor Field

Fluor Field | 945 S. Main St. $9 (games not featuring Clemson or South Carolina); $8-$12 (games featuring Clemson or South Carolina) Tickets are now on sale for the College Baseball Series at Fluor Field, featuring games involving Clemson, South Carolina, Furman, Presbyterian College, and Wofford, among others. The series begins March 3 and ends May 23-28 with the Southern Conference Tournament. Note that Reedy River Rivalry tickets (Clemson vs. South Carolina on March 4) must be purchased through Clemson or South Carolina ticket offices. 864-240-4528 bit.ly/fluorfield-collegebaseball

FUNDRAISER

Plant a Dream: A Pajama Black Tie Soiree

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 6-10 p.m. | $75 Please join us for the inaugural Plant a Dream: A Pajama Black Tie Soiree benefiting and hosted by the Barbara Stone Foundation. WYFF’s Geoff Hart will be the event’s emcee with The Erica Berg Collective spinning tracks, special performance by Centre Stage performers Taylor and Daniel Marlatt, and GoodLife Catering serving up a menu set to impress. Help make dreams come true for our friends and neighbors with special needs and disabilities by wearing your finest pajamas on the red carpet. plantadream.info

THEATER

“Jungle Book” Ballet

Carolina Ballet Theatre Gunter Theatre | 300 S. Main St. 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. | $25 This is an original, storybook ballet based on Rudyard Kipling’s book, “Mowgli.” The combination of exotic jungle creatures and upbeat music bring to life the journey of a young boy who learns many life lessons while exploring the world around him. Through the unique choreography, the audience will experience the journey themselves. Tickets can be purchased from the Peace Center. 864-467-3000 or 800-888-7768 peacecenter.org

CONCERT

Carolina Bronze Handbell Concert

Greenville County Library 25 Heritage Green Place 3 p.m. | FREE Join the Carolina Bronze ensemble combined with the Palmetto Bronze. Carolina Bronze seeks to further the musical art of handbell ringing in Upstate South Carolina, to encourage worthy new compositions utilizing handbells, to educate the public about the musical art of handbell ringing, and to promote the use of handbells in music education. 864-238-4639 | bit.ly/2m86jSy director.carolinabronze@gmail.com

MAR. 3 CONCERT

Nathan Angelo w/ Kylie Odetta

Southern Culture 2537 N. Pleasantburg Drive 8 p.m. | FREE Beneath Angela Easterling’s pleasant folk-rock and clear, light vocals is a more complex songwriter than you might notice at first. Easterling’s most recent album, “Common Law Wife,” is largely about the doubts, fears, and hopes that accompany first-time motherhood, set to some seriously catchy melodies. bit.ly/2lDocsq

SAT

The Trongone Band | Gottrocks, 200 Eisenhower Drive | 9 p.m. | $8

THEATER

“Peter & The Starcatcher”

Most of us know Dave Barry as a good-natured newspaper columnist who pokes fun at the weird, wacky, and downright senseless aspects of American life. But fewer may know that Barry is also a children’s book author, and quite a successful one at that. His 2004 collaboration with Ridley Pearson, “Peter & The Starcatcher,” launched a successful franchise that includes three additional books and a new musical version, currently being staged by Greenville Little Theater. The stage version of “Peter & The Starcatcher,” adapted by Tony-award-winning writer and actor Rick Elice, serves as a prequel to Peter Pan, offering a story that follows an orphan named Peter and his best friend Molly as they battle pirates and thieves to keep a magical secret safe. The performance includes appearances by a familiar-looking pirate named Black Stache, a bird named Tinker Bell, and a sinister crocodile, but otherwise introduces a whole new cast of characters to the Peter Pan story. “It’s such a unique work,” says GLT’s Artistic Director Allen McCalla. “It caught my eye when it was on Broadway, and it was just magical. Our theater likes to appeal to a broad spectrum, and anything that people feel like they can bring their kids and grandkids to, that’s just a win-win.” McCalla says that part of the appeal of “Peter & The Starcatcher” is that it answers questions about a character that’s ingrained in our culture. “How did Peter become that boy who could fly, and the boy who wouldn’t grow up?,” he says. “How did Captain Hook lose his hand? Why is that crocodile chasing him? How did that clock get inside him? It ties everything in; it sets it all up.” —Vince Harris

WHAT “Peter & The Starcatcher” WHERE Greenville Little Theater WHEN March 3–4, 9–11 at 8 p.m., and March 5 & 12 at 3 p.m. TICKETS $25-$35 INFO 864-233-6238 greenvillelittletheatre.org THEATER

James Gregory comes to the Upstate

Richmond, Va.’s Trongone Band started out as a heavy Southern rock outfit in the vein of the Allman Bros. But after musical siblings Andrew (vocals, guitar) and Johnny Trongone (drums) added bassist Todd Herrington a year or so ago, the band’s sound began to incorporate some serious funk into the mix. The end result is a bottom-heavy, groove-oriented sound that’s heavy on the syncopated beats and Hammond organ. And as the group developed it, one band became their standard bearer. “One of our big influences is Little Feat,” Johnny says. “That’s the vibe we like to go after, that Southern rock and bluesy stuff with that deep pocket behind it. That groove feels good to the crowd, or at least we hope it does.” He also adds that Herrington has been the most important building block in their newly funky sound. “Todd produced our album and brought that sound to the band,” he says. “We love it.” —Vincent Harris

Mauldin Cultural Center 101 E. Butler Road, Mauldin 7:30–9 p.m. $30 For over two decades, the unforgettable caricature of veteran comedian James Gregory has stood grinning: his shirt untucked, his arms outstretched, a carefree welcome to a down-home, hilarious comedy experience. It’s storytelling at its best. Seating will be handled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets can be purchased online or through the box office. 335-4862 bit.ly/2kxcsdf

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The Art of Dr. Seuss

“America first” — it’s a slogan that propelled the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump. It’s a phrase that you’ll still hear in the president’s speeches today. However, those very words — “America first” — have a darker past. They were used by the isolationists during World War II, those who wanted the United States to sit idly by while the Nazis marched across Europe. If you’re a social media user, you’ve likely seen posts that draw those parallels between the past and the present using editorial cartoons drawn by Dr.

« Eli Cook MUSIC

Dr. Mac Arnold’s Blues | 1237 Pendleton St. 8 p.m. | $10 The National Steel guitar is a difficult instrument to master. It’s like an acoustic, a slide guitar, and a dobro all in one, and Eli Cook plays it with a bluesy relish and incredible skill. His liquid mercury solos are a must-hear, but his command of blues songwriting is impressive as well. 864-558-0747 | bit.ly/2kUHE6T

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August is Ours

Ground Zero | 3052 Howard St., Spartanburg 9 p.m. Ground Zero continues to push against their all-metal bands with August is Ours, a North Carolina group that plays country-tinged folk music with tight, poppy vocal harmonies. 864-948-1661 | bit.ly/2lAVPwz

Seuss, illustrations in which he heavily criticized the America-first policy as being pro-Nazi. That Seuss was a political cartoonist might come as a shock, but the fact is, prior to the good doc’s time as a beloved children’s book author, he held scores of jobs; in addition to being an editorial cartoonist, he was a magazine illustrator, an ad man, and a propagandist working for Uncle Sam. The Upcountry History Museum’s current exhibit, “The Art of Dr. Seuss,” traces the writer and illustrator’s entire career. Included in the show are examples of sketches, magazine illustrations, pages from his

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The Greer Children’s Theatre presents “Madagascar”

J. Harley Bonds Career Center 505 N. Main St., Greer | Fridays & Saturdays at 7 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. | $15/adults, $12/students/ seniors/military, $7/children Family fun entertainment based on the movie. greerculturalarts.com

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Music on Sunday Series

Temple of Israel | 400 Spring Forest Road 3 p.m. | $20/adult; $5/child A program of Broadway highlights, solos, and duets from shows old and new, followed by a wine and cheese reception to meet the artists. A fourth consecutive year featuring Jack Cohan, piano; Brittany Hogan Alomar, soprano; and Luke Browder, baritone. 292-1782 | templeofIsrael.org

famous books, private paintings, and some of the most delightful taxidermy you’ll ever come across. Each work features the whimsy you’d expect from the

Cat in the Hat creator, but they also offer a look into Seuss’ darker and more adult wit. —Chris Haire

WHAT The Art of Dr. Seuss: A Retrospective and International Touring Exhibition

WHEN Now–May 21

WHERE Upcountry History Museum

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Makers Talk: Panel Discussion and Gallery Walk

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 6-8 p.m. | FREE Meet the artists exhibiting in the “Possibilities: Ceramics Invitational” exhibit, discuss current ceramic topics, and learn more about the contemporary clay community. Open to the public, so just come ready to learn and be inspired. 864-735-3948

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Greenbrier Farms Porch Series

766 Hester Store Road, Easley 5-8 p.m. | Wednesdays through Oct. 8 $10 (kids under 5 free) Every Wednesday starting March 1 through October, drop by and join Greenbrier Farms on the porch. Each

TICKETS $4–$6; 3 and under, free INFO 864-467-3100 | upcountryhistory.org week they will have festive farm-to-table snacks made from whatever they are harvesting at the farm, along with live music from a variety of talented local musicians. 864-855-9782 | bit.ly/2l7GnEC

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Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux

Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St. 7:30 p.m. | $45-55 Two-time Grammy award-winner Rickie Lee Jones exploded onto the pop scene in 1978 and has made a career of fearlessly experimenting with her sound and persona over 15 critically acclaimed albums. Madeleine Peyroux’s releases range from 2004’s “Careless Love” - a diverse collection of covers - to 2009’s “Bare Bones,” which featured all original compositions. 864-467-3000 peacecenter.org

MUSICAL DESSERTS AND MAGIC A delectable, musical treat for the ears... Violin Virtuoso Roman Kim performs Paganini’s thrilling Violin Concerto SATURDAY, MARCH 4 at 8:00 PM & SUNDAY, MARCH 5 at 3:00 PM

The Peace Center

An exhilarating program awaits that includes Rossini’s Overture to “The Thieving Magpie” made famous in Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, “A Clockwork Orange.” The highlight of the evening features young virtuoso Roman Kim, who will amaze with his technical wizardry in Paganini’s magnificent Violin Concerto. The concert closes on a very satisfying note with Dvorak’s enthralling “New World Symphony.”

Give yourself a little credit.

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Glass Mansions, w/ Trolls & Hugger Mugger Radio Room, 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive | 9 p.m. | $5

In a career that’s included no shortage of addictive dance-rock songs, the Columbia trio Glass Mansions has outdone themselves with their new single, “Nightswimming.” The song is a blissful mix of funk, serrated synths, and pure pop hooks. Singer Jayna Doyle says she and keyboardist Blake Arambula knew they had something special when they were writing it. “We had a feeling when we started writing it that it was just one of those songs where everything felt right,” she says. “But in a different way than we’d done before.” The song was accompanied by a slick, slow-motion-heavy video, a step that Doyle says represents the band’s commitment to presenting a more focused image. “I’ve always felt like we were kind of all over the place both genre-wise and visually, so we took a step back and tried to go about it more cohesively,” she says. “We want to have a more singular aesthetic and have our visuals represent what we sound like.” —Vincent Harris

« Casting Crowns CONCERT

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N. Academy St. Multiplatinum-selling and Grammy-winning group Casting Crowns will hit the road again this spring for the second leg of “The Very Next Thing” Tour, featuring K-LOVE Radio’s Male Artist of the Year Danny Gokey and special guests Unspoken. Presented by Compassion International and Museum of the Bible. 241-3800 | bonsecoursarena.com

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Take a class or two this summer, and you can return to campus a step ahead. Students have different reasons for taking courses as a Transient Visiting Student at GTC: to graduate early, recover from dropped classes, take fewer hours in a challenging semester, or take difficult classes one at a time in the summer without the distraction of a full schedule. But no matter what the reason, most find that the cost per credit hour here is lower than at their home school, many classes are smaller, and if they stay at home, there’s no room and board to pay. Choose from five campuses and hundreds of courses offered in convenient formats with condensed and full summer schedules. To get started, visit gvltec.edu/transient-visiting.

Peace Concert Hall 300 S. Main St. | 8 p.m. | $35-55

Seamanship Class

CONCERT

Parmalee performs after Swamp Rabbits Game

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N. Academy St. 7 p.m. | FREE Stick around after the Swamp Rabbits’ game on Friday, March 10, to hear the latest country sensation, Parmalee. The chart-topping band has had three Top 10 hits from their album “Feels like Carolina.” 864-241-3800

MUSIC

Poinsett Wind Symphony Helping people love what they do for a living: Business &Technology • Health & Wellness Public Service, Arts & Sciences Economic Development and CorporateTraining

Amos Lee

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Lake Hartwell Sail & Power Squadron | Cabela’s 1025 Woodruff Road, Ste H101 5:30-7:30 p.m. | $60 Build boating confidence and competence for safe and fun on-the-water adventures. Seamanship provides a foundation of knowledge and skills in boat handling and maneuvering, boat operation, skipper’s responsibilities, and boating techniques that will advance your boating enjoyment. 864-567-1394 | bit.ly/2k4m6Af

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Furman University McAlister Auditorium 3301 Poinsett Highway 8 p.m. | FREE Join the Poinsett Wind Symphony under the direction of Les Hicken and Jay Bocook. 864-294-2086 bit.ly/2mDaR2r furmanmusic@furman.edu

Amos Lee continues to excite fans worldwide. His most recent album, “Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song,” earned acclaim from The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Paste, and more. His previous album, “Mission Bell,” took No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. 864-467-3000 | peacecenter.org

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Ticket Alert: Luke Bryan

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N. Academy St. 800-745-3000 | ticketmaster.com

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Character Breakfast

South Carolina Children’s Theatre Poinsett Club | 807 E. Washington St. 8:30-10 a.m. and 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | $30 A magical morning for children and their families, the 22nd Annual Character Breakfast brings together some of the most beloved characters around. From princesses to Winnie the Pooh himself, kids will have the opportunity to get pictures with them all. Be sure to bring your appetite, because they’re serving up eggs, bacon, grits, fruit, biscuits, beverages, and a heaping helping of

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fun. Advance reservations are required and seating is limited; reservations are not interchangable. 864-467-3000 | scchildrenstheatre.org

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Symphony Guild Black and White Ball

Westin Poinsett Hotel | 120 S. Main St. 6 p.m. | $160 The black-tie ball benefits the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and will be an evening of sparkle and oohla-la Paris glamour. Guests will enjoy valet parking, an open bar, beautiful seated dinner, silent and live auctions, special entertainment, and dancing to the best of live music. 370-0965 | guildGSO.org

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Yoga Nidra

Vibrant Life Yoga Studio | 2021 Augusta St. 4-5:30 p.m. | $20 Yoga Nidra is a yoga class that anyone can do – it’s simply learning how to relax and release stress. Medical research has proven that Yoga Nidra improves sleep, relieves stress, anxiety, and depression, and is very effective for those suffering from PTSD. Kerry McKenzie will discuss the latest research at the start of class then guide you into a deeply relaxed state of mind. If you are under stress or are having trouble relaxing due to life events or chronic pain, this class will show you how to improve your overall health and well-being. 864-241-0870

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Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue

Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St. 6:30 p.m. | $25 Taj Express captures the sounds of India and Bollywood, portraying the vibrant, expressive spirit of the world of Bollywood movies that have entertained billions of people in India for generations. A fusion of film, dance, and music, this dazzling international sensation will take audiences on a live cinematic journey through modern Indian culture and society during their 2017 U.S. tour. The production is a high-energy celebration of new India’s pop music, Bollywood culture, and deep traditions featuring colorful costumes, joyful dance, and thrilling live music. 864-467-3000 | peacecenter.org

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Return to the Green Irish Cultural Festival

Fluor Field | 945 S. Main St. 2-6 p.m. | FREE Return to the Green has been a signature event in Greenville’s West End district since 1996 and is Greenville’s first outdoor event each year. The celebration includes traditional Celtic music, bagpipes, dance, Irish food, drinks, and a variety of children’s activities. All children’s activities are free of charge. 864-525-8319 | bit.ly/2lHOyfw

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Furman Singers in Concert

Furman University Daniel Chapel 3300 Poinsett Highway 8 p.m. | $12/adults, $10/seniors, $5/students The performances by the 70-voice Singers are part of Furman’s Sound Quality Concert Series. Conducted by Hugh Ferguson Floyd, music professor and director of the Furman Singers, the ensemble continues a tradition of performance nearly 70 years old. The Singers will present traditional favorites and new choral music from both the sacred and secular repertoire including “Prayers from the Ark” by Ivor R. Davies. The concert also features student conductors leading the ensemble. 864-294-2086 | bit.ly/2lPMJNk furmanmusic@furman.edu

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“Sense of Place: Picturing West Greenville” Exhibit

Clemson University Sikes Hall, Ground Floor 101 Calhoun Drive, Clemson 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Monday-Friday FREE

This exhibition examines the people, places and the cultural life of West Greenville in a project organized by the Center for Visual Arts - Greenville. Artists invited to participate in the project demonstrate relevant experience in creating a collection of works using environmental portraiture or storytelling. The goal of the project was to build community and convey and bring together a significant exhibit meant to honor West Greenville residents and the surrounding community. The artists selected to participate in the project and exhibit are Dawn Roe of Asheville, N.C., and Winter Park, Fla.; Dustin Chambers of Atlanta; Kathleen Robbins of Columbia, S.C.; and Leon Alesi of Asheville, N.C., and Austin, Texas. calendar.clemson.edu WED

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Navy League Dinner Program

Poinsett Club | 807 E Washington St. 6 p.m. The local Navy League Council dinner will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. with a cash bar followed by dinner. Following dinner ADM Walt Cantrell, USN (RET), will discuss the importance of a modern naval shipbuilding capacity as ocean commerce is vital to the U.S. and S.C. economies. navyleague.uppersccouncil@yahoo.com

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Furman School of Music Faculty Recital Furman University Daniel Recital Hall 3302 Poinsett Highway 8 p.m. | FREE Join Furman faculty members for an intimate evening of music, including Cecilia Kang, clarinet, and Kristen Ironside, piano. 864-294-2086 | bit.ly/2mDaR2r furmanmusic@furman.edu

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THEATER

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”

Greenville Little Theatre | 444 College St. various times | $15 In this delightful adaptation of her popular book, Judith Viorst sets Alexander’s rather trying life to music and brings to the stage one of America’s feistiest characters. Alexander’s struggles with life’s daily dramas entertain and educate young audiences as they identify with Alexander and the obstacles he encounters, encouraging them to share their feelings and to realize that bad days happen. Group discounts available for ticket purchase. 233-6238 | greenvillelittletheatre.org

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THEATER

“Sister Act”

Centre Stage | 501 River St. Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $20-35 “Sister Act” will give you a reason to rejoice. Based on the popular 1992 film, this heavenly smash hit musical tells the story of disco diva Deloris Van Cartier who, after witnessing a murder, is put into protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won’t be a found: a convent. See online for tickets. 233-6733 | centrestage.org

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Biltmore 1 North Pack Square, Asheville

Palmetto Children’s Charity Fluor Field | 945 S. Main St. 8 a.m.-noon The sixth annual St. Paddy’s Day Dash & Bash is a unique event that is fun for the entire family. The Dash & Bash not only features a certified 5K run/walk but also a family friendly post-race celebration including a Kids Fun Run, costume contest, bounce houses, face painting, musical entertainment, food, and green adult beverages in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. 406-5522 | stpaddysdashandbash.com

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Hagood Mills Kids Fest

Visit Pickens | Hagood Mills 137 Hagood Mill Road, Pickens 10 a.m.4 p.m. | $5 The 10th annual Kids Fest concert and the YAMS talent show will be held on Saturday, March 18, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the historic grounds of Hagood Mill in Pickens. 864-898-5963 | bit.ly/2kc0DJP In the early months of the year, Biltmore offers a peaceful retreat following the hectic pace of the holidays. Discover our great indoors in Biltmore House, America’s largest home. Explore the conservatory with complimentary guided tours of Biltmore’s extensive orchid collection, offered weekdays. Winter specials include lowest admission of the year. Tickets include a free audio guide of Biltmore House for a limited time. 800-411-3812 | biltmore.com

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Celtic Woman: Voices of Angels

Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St. 8 p.m. | $55+ This captivating performance showcases the angelic voices of Susan McFadden, Mair-ad Carlin, and Éabha McMahon and introduces the breathtaking Celtic violinist Tara McNeill. Accompanied by a group of equally talented musicians and dancers, the artists bring a fresh fusion to centuries of musical and cultural tradition. The experience features all new stage designs, stunning wardrobes, superb choreography, and magnificent arrangements of timeless Irish traditional and contemporary standards in the group’s award-winning signature style. 864-467-3000 | peacecenter.org

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17-25 Music”

Annual Spring Cleanup

Friends of the Reedy River | St. Matthew Methodist Church and Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery 701 Cleveland Street and 205 Cedar Lane Road 8:30 a.m.-noon | FREE Help protect our hometown river by joining Friends of the Reedy River at their annual Spring Cleanup. There will be two check-in points: St. Matthew Methodist Church and Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery. Check-in is 8:30-9 a.m., and clean up begins at 9 a.m. Make sure to bring gloves, and also consider bringing old shoes or boots that can get wet, long pants, hat, sunscreen, and yard clippers or extension arms. bit.ly/2lrMbKW pcarson@friendsofthereedyriver.org

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Chicago

Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St. 7:30 p.m. | $65-95

THEATER PRODUCTION

Celtic Sounds

The Academy of Arts Ministries The LOGOS Theatre | 80 Schools St., Taylors 7 p.m. | $15-$20 This amazing concert has quickly become a favorite at the Logos Theatre, and we are delighted to bring it to you once again this coming spring. If you enjoy live Celtic music, singing, and dancing then you will not want to miss this incredible concert that celebrates the many seasons of life though music and song. 268-9342 theAcademyOfArts.org information@theAcademyOfArts.org

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Greenville Concert Band presents “A World of

Mar 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Greenville Tech Auditorium, 506 S. Pleasantburg Drive Mar 25 at 3 p.m. at Greenville County Hughes Main Library FREE Original and transcribed works for the concert band, many with an international connection, will be presented. greenvilleconcertband.org

Hailed as one of the “most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era” by former President Bill Clinton, the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in at No. 9, the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums across six decades. 864-467-3000 | 800-888-7768 | peacecenter.org

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1 Deceive 8 Scarce supply 14 Champaign’s twin city 20 Composer Vivaldi 21 Concert bonus 22 “La Cage aux —” 23 What Swiss steak may be braised in 25 Circular window 26 Personal identity 27 High-arcing shots 28 “Gotcha!” 30 To be, in Bordeaux 31 Expanded 35 Ballpark snack with lots of toppings 39 Amtrak stop 40 Care for 41 Make sad 42 Title for Tuck 44 Big bird that doesn’t fly 47 Honeybunch 48 They may be sprinkled on sauteed spinach 55 Partner of Porgy 56 Southern French city 57 Yuletide 58 Quits 61 Arab prince 62 Mine metal 64 Genie’s gift 66 Actor Cariou

67 Actor Jacobi 70 Popular cookout side 73 Armour product in a can 76 With 96-Down, “Hang on a minute!” 77 “I’m impressed!” 78 Jane of fiction 80 Suffix with pagan 81 Final words from Caesar 82 Superstars 84 Two-masted craft 86 Exhorting individual 87 Abnormally deep sleep 90 Movie theater tubful 94 Staves off 97 Colo.-to-Ga. direction 98 Thrashes 99 Old World elk 101 “’Tis a shame” 104 Midday snoozes 109 Specialty of Popeyes 112 Cause of heartache 113 Elvis’ middle name 114 Go — spree 115 Indian tourist city 117 Ride ordered by app 118 Like some census data 121 Rollmop’s main ingredient 126 Big name in online brokerages 127 Alternative to PJs 128 Oozing stuff

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129 Teeterboard 130 PC-linking protocol 131 Head locks DOWN

1 Catholic services 2 Bent (on) 3 — Artois (beer) 4 Unlike the Atkins diet 5 Ending for phenyl 6 Assistance 7 “i” or “j” top 8 Floor model 9 Empower 10 Follows, as advice 11 Aussie hopper 12 Tire feature 13 Pronoun for both genders 14 Aliens’ craft 15 Fabled bird 16 Maryland crustaceans 17 Mentally alert 18 Woody Allen film subject 19 Sizes up 24 Prehistoric 29 Total up 32 Schisms 33 ’90s veep Al 34 “Idylls of the King” lady 36 Yemeni city 37 Homer’s TV neighbor 38 Lummox 40 Sextet half

Celebrate a local tradition! Do you know a special child turning 6 this month?

For details, visit WMYI.com or WSSLFM.com Keyword: BIRTHDAY

If you live in Greenville or Laurens County and your child will be 6 years old in March, bring your child’s birth certificate to the Pepsi Plant and receive a FREE Pepsi Birthday Party Package! March 6th-10th, Mon.- Fri. 1pm-5pm & March 11th, Sat. 10am-12pm 751 State Park Road, Greenville, SC • 864-242-6041

43 Sleeping woe 45 Lotsa 46 4x4, briefly 48 Judo-like exercise fad 49 Financial guru Suze 50 Comparable 51 Sahara-like 52 Info-packed 53 Lilly of drugs 54 Sea dogs 59 Look as if 60 Termination 62 Certain reed 63 Program for getting clean 65 Lance 67 Turn loose 68 Western film 69 Do a 180 71 Palme — 72 Finches’ homes 74 Wavy mark in Spanish 75 Bygone Ford make, briefly 79 Reuben bread 82 Fragrant white flowers 83 Natl. voting day 85 Spun traps 86 Agitate 87 Subway charges, e.g. 88 Judge too highly 89 So-so 91 Ship wood 92 UTEP part 93 Big elevator innovator 95 Nugent with a guitar

96 See 76-Across 100 Pi-sigma link 102 Enter via the cracks 103 “Life of Pi” director 105 Drinks loudly 106 Memoirist Wolff 107 Redress 108 Durable coat fabrics 110 Data for a database 111 Michael of “Alfie”

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112 Sonny 116 Be still 119 Mouth rinse bottle abbr. 120 Writer Wallace 122 Cato’s 450 123 33rd pres. 124 Eternally, to poets 125 Singer Des’— Crossword answers: page 16

by Myles Mellor and Susan Flannigan

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Life in the Fast Lane with Joan Herlong

Out of The Blue Recent and not-so-recent events have compelled me to steer clear of The Blue.

But really good things also come out of The Blue, too.

The Blue is the great petri dish in the sky that breeds utterances and outbursts that are so far out that listeners have no ready answer, let alone a clever riposte.

Like when I called my friend Nik a million years ago, and insisted that she meet my friend Allen. I said, “I think you two would really hit it off. He would really appreciate your panache.” And he still does.

The Blue spews questions from grown children such as “How many weeks” — yes, weeks — “are you planning to stay with us after the baby is born?”

Or like being quiet instead of cussing. I didn’t say anything to the other agent; I just hung up, and took some deep breaths.

The Blue incubates Fake News, executive denials of facts, and unforeseen diagnoses. The Blue foments endless inquiries about rumors, which always start with, “I know this question is coming out of The Blue, but is it true that…” The Blue is also where grief goes subterranean until the pressure builds so high that it spews out in an embarrassingly messy puddle. This happened to my friend Barbara when she was on the phone with the cable company. When the cable rep suggested that Barbara unplug her modem, yet again, Barbara’s grief storage capacity in The Blue suddenly ran out, which prompted uncontrolled sobbing on Barbara’s part. “Ma’am… ma’am, are you having difficulty unplugging your modem?” “N-n-no,” Barbara heaved, “my father died three weeks ago, and I’M JUST SO SAD.” We all have storage facilities in The Blue, ranging in size from bus station-size lockers to obscene McMansions, and they’re all dangerously nearing capacity. The other day, I was driving down Augusta Road, with a grandbaby in one of the car seats, when the phone rang. It began as a routine conversation about a routine addendum to a real estate contract, generated by the fact that the other agent’s client did not like a standard provision in the addendum. My client had already declined to change the standard provision, and I reiterated that. Out of The Blue… the other agent suggested that I perform an act that would be anatomically impossible for me, and deeply threatening to his own professional health. I begged his pardon, and played deaf, as in, “WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY??” When something pops out of The Blue and through your mouth, it’s not unusual for it to open a verbal spigot. Other, similar words just FLOWED out of this poor guy. There was a time, even as recently as a week ago, that I might have yanked some choice words of my own out of The Blue, and we’d have engaged in some verbal mud wrestling.

And then another weird thing happened, out of The Blue. He apologized. Too many people equate apology with a form of weakness. They will say anything but “sorry.” My mom, God bless her, was chief of that tribe. Others make it worse by invoking the passive voice, as in “I’m sorry you’re upset” or “I’m sorry this has happened,” as if they’re a fellow victim. One of my delightfully passive-aggressive siblings specializes in blanket apology, as in a group email stating that if she’s offended anyone, she’s sorry — but she can’t quite bring herself to say it one-on-one. For years, one of our children thought “sorry” was spelled S-O-R-R-Y-B-U-T. No worries; she spells and says it correctly today. So anyway, this guy had the guts and character to call back to say, “I’m sorry, I don’t know why I lost it like that, I was having a really bad day, and those words just came out of The Blue. That’s not an excuse. I’m just so sorry. You don’t have to forgive me.” Oh, yes I did. Those who know me too well might assume that I found this guy’s apology to be a little too quick, too facile, too thin. I used to have Irish Alzheimer’s — I forgot everything except my grudges. I don’t know if it’s age, wisdom, or just plain fatigue setting in, but grudges don’t keep me warm at night, and they take up needless storage space in The Blue. We all make mistakes; my quota is several daily. I forgave him, quite happily, and the day, the deal, and the relationship were all better for it. That doesn’t mean my own bad words won’t come spewing out of The Blue on another not-so-fine day, or that I will always forgive or be forgiven easily. In that event, please accept this as my blanket apology, in advance. Joan Herlong is a Realtor who loves to write. Reach her at joan@augustaroad.com.

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 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, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT SHOULD BE ENLARGED TO INCLUDE THOSE CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED ON MONTAGUE CIRCLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORDERLY COLLECTING AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE, GARBAGE AND TRASH WITHIN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE NEW BOUNDARY LINES TO RESULT FOR THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE GREENVILLE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS (“TMS#”) 0430000300100 0430000300108 0430000200200 0430000200300 0430000100400 0430000200400 0430000401100 0430000100500 0430000200709 0430000402100 0430000300101 0430000200715 0430000300109 0430000300107 0430000200712 0430000200706 0430000401900 0430000200600 0430000200701 0430000300103 0430000402000 0430000200705 0430000300105 0430000401101 0430000401400 0430000400501 0430000300106 0430000100601 0430000401103 0430000100100 0430000100200 0430000400500 0430000200714 0430000401800 0430000401500 0430000200707 0430000200702 0430000300102 0430000401300 0430000200713 0430000200601 0430000401102 0430000200100 0430000100800 0430000100300 0430000400502 0430000400102 0430000401600 0430000400101 0430000200710 0430000401200 0430000100604 0430000300110 0430000200703 0430000200704 A MAP OF THE NEW BOUNDARIES AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE. THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE. NO ADDITIONAL BONDS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT, NOR WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGE IN THE COMMISSION OR IN THE PERSONNEL OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT. BUTCH KIRVEN, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 34-03/21/17, Operation and Management of Riverbend Equestrian Park, March 21, 2017, 3:00PM. RFP# 54-03/28/17, WIOA Outof-School Youth Program, March 28, 2017, 3:00P.M., E.D.T. A pre-proposal meeting will be held at 9:00A.M., E.S.T., March 14, 2017, Greenville County Procurement Services Division, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org/ Procurement or by calling (864) 467-7200. PUBLIC SALE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 3/11/2017, at 9:00 a.m. at Woodruff Road Storage, 1868 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, Woodruff Road Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: B012: Evangeline S Butler Furniture, Clothing, Boxes, Misc. 2. Unit: A010: Katherine M Flanagan Furniture, Boxes/Misc. 3. Unit A026: Ashley J Huffstetler Furniture, Household Items, Boxes/Misc. 4. Unit C258: Terry L Edens Bike, Chairs, Boxes/Misc. 5. Unit E22: Mary C, Wright Appliances, Boxes/Misc. 6. Unit C204: Patricia Stasney Appliances, Furniture, Boxes/Misc. 7. Unit A050: Joseph G Rollins Furniture, Boxes/Misc. 8. Unit E16: Allison C Burnett Furniture, TV, Appliances, Boxes/Misc. 9. Unit C233: Dennis R Young Tools, Furniture, Misc. 10. Unit B217: Dennis R Young Tools, Mini Fridge, Clothing/Misc. 11. F02: Grant P Mies Wooden Furniture Pieces/Misc.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Noble-Interstate Management Group, 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 40 W. Orchard Park Drive, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 19, 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 David B. Duncan DBA Cherokee Rose Saloon 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 at 2824 Geer Highway, Marietta, SC 29661. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 5, 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 PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 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 for the purpose of receiving comments from the public concerning a proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 11, Article IV of the County of Greenville, South Carolina Code of Ordinances so as to require an alarm system monitoring company to attempt to verify whether an alarm signal is valid before requesting dispatch; to change the number of permitted false alarms from per calendar quarter to per calendar year; to provide for graduated increases in the civil penalties for false alarms, and related matters thereto. Butch Kirven, Chairman Greenville County Council

ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE GREENVILLE EN LA CORTE DE FAMILIA C.A. No.:2016-DR-23-4431 NOTA DE ACTOS A: JESSICA CENTENO Usted ha sido notificado de acuerdo al Código de Carolina del Sur Ann Sec. 15-9-710. Que actos de divorcio han sido iniciados bajo el caso arriba mencionado por Katia Odalis Maradiaga. USTED HA SIDO NOTIFICADO COMO SIGUE : 1. Que dentro de treinta (30) días de haber recibido la notificación usted responderá la clasificación por escrito a nuestra oficina localizada en 201 W. Stone Ave., Greenville, SC 29609 o con la Corte del Tribunal que se encuentra localizada en el 301 University Ridge, Greenville, SC 29602 la nota y las razones para refutar intervenir ó de otro modo responder: 2. Que el Tribunal debe ser informado de su dirección actual y cualquier cambio de domicilio durante el proceso legal de divorcio. 3. Que si no presenta una respuesta dentro de (30) días de recivir el edicto constituye juicio de manera predeterminada rendido contra usted para el alivio demandado en el reclamo. Nathalie M. Morgan (69848) Nathalie M. Morgan, LLC 201 West Stone Avenue Greenville, SC 29609 (864)242-6655 (864)242-6111 (facsimile)

GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, March 20, 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-2017-18 APPLICANT: Paul Larsen Johnson for Norman Agnew Waldrop CONTACT INFORMATION: paul@paulljohnsoninteriors.com or 864-905-8330 PROPERTY LOCATION: 121 Rutherford Road PIN: 0151000501401 EXISTING ZONING: C-2, Commercial REQUESTED ZONING: C-3, Commercial ACREAGE: 0.5 COUNTY COUNCIL: 22 – Taylor DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-19 APPLICANT: AJ N. Hamam for Ameen K. Aljaouni CONTACT INFORMATION: ahamam1@charter.net or 864-906-5705 PROPERTY LOCATION: 3807 White Horse Road PIN: 0242010203400 EXISTING ZONING: R-12, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: FRD, Flexible Review District ACREAGE: 0.72 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Fant DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-20 APPLICANT: Alexander Zuendt for Brent Jones CONTACT INFORMATION: azuendt@zuendtengineering. com or 864-990-2995 PROPERTY LOCATION: 3725 and 3729 Woodruff Road PIN: 0550010102502 and 0550010102505 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: R-15, Single-Family Residential ACREAGE: 6.48 COUNTY COUNCIL: 27 – Kirven DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-21 APPLICANT: Matt Marflake for Greenville White Horse FDS 715966, LLC for M & T Enterprises, Inc. CONTACT INFORMATION: matt.marflake@durbangroup. com or 704-319-8303 PROPERTY LOCATION: 1145 White Horse Road PIN: WG05000100700 EXISTING ZONING: S-1, Services REQUESTED ZONING: C-1, Commercial ACREAGE: 2.47 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Fant 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.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Lois Marie Hodges DBA The Depot 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 1702 Rutherford Road, Greenville, SC 29609. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 19, 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

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