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Stop the Anger

By Jason Zacher

A few months ago, I joked with a neighbor that if the NSA hacked into my Samsung TV and wanted to listen to me, some analyst would only hear me shouting, “Stop wailing on each other.” Because, being brothers, my two boys’ arguments are frequently settled with fists.

When news alerts blasted that there was a shooting at the GOP congressional baseball practice last Wednesday, I paused. A friend played for the team and he and his staff were probably on that field. (Thank goodness they were all safe.)

Later that afternoon, the world saw a hate-filled Facebook page from someone who decided it was “Time to Destroy Trump & Co.” And, like my pre-adolescent boys, he resorted to violence as an outlet for misdirected, nebulous anger. Shortly after the shooting, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) tweeted something that I have preached since 2010: “We must address the seeming anger of so many Americans with a caring spirit and action for their basic needs. We must heal this Nation.”

We — as Americans, as a society, as rational adults — must address the anger in this country. We must address it quickly.

We have largely brought this on ourselves. Too many of us seek some sort of impossible ideological purity when we go to the polls. We elevate the inflammatory talking heads to the best-seller list. We click through to dubious websites and inflate their profitability, forcing them to “report” even more outrageous (and truly) fake news. We have blithely cheapened words with very serious meanings such as “hate,” “treason,” and “revolution.”

Forget the rhetoric about Obamacare: This hyper-partisanship is our nation’s true death spiral.

I’ve written about this several times before (notably in the aftermath of last year’s North Carolina Republican office firebombing), and I’m writing about this again: � We must address the concept that if you disagree with me you hate America. When you leave the cheap seats and spend time working in government, you quickly learn there are really good people on both sides of the aisle. When I worked for the Republicans, some of my best friends were Democrats. (And every dedicated politico has the same story.) You lean on them in your professional life to be sure you’re not going too far to your ideological corner. We should do the same in our personal lives. �We must remember that good, intelligent people can have philosophical differences.

That doesn’t mean they (insert invective here: hate poor people/are a communist/love Hitler/hate the planet, etc.). Good, intelligent people can come to different conclusions based on the same objective facts. Politicians should take a page from scientists in this regard. � We must address the concept that compromise is weakness. Nearly all of the great advances our country has made over the past 241 years were bipartisan compromises.

You must have a broad, bipartisan coalition to get any lasting change accomplished. If you don’t compromise, you’ll never find the broad, bipartisan coalition. � We must address voter apathy. Voters need to show up to the polls no matter how they feel about the candidates. If you don’t vote, you will never elect someone you like. � We must address a media climate that glorifies commentators who don’t know what they’re talking about. Stop voting with your eyeballs for infotainment media that relies on anonymous sources and unsubstantiated reports. If you stop clicking, advertisers will stop buying, and websites will cease to exist. Stop spreading fake news (fake news doesn’t inflame partisan passions if nobody shares it). Head back to trusted media outlets and read multiple outlets. If it is from TrumpisPutinsLover.com or HillaryisReallyaPedophile.com, it’s not real, folks. Stop sharing it. Please. � We must address the keyboard bullies. Stop retweeting idiots. And if you feel like you have to comment on something, be a real man (or woman) and put your name on it.

As the head of government affairs for 11 chambers of commerce across the Upstate, I strive to represent the pragmatic “sane middle” in our communities. It’s not always an easy place to be, but the business community can — and must — step up and lead the vast majority of moderate, left-leaning, and right-leaning voters. Today.

As the parent of two young boys who will inherit this mess in a decade or so, we all have a chance to stop this before it taints another generation’s vision of our great country.

Jason Zacher is the vice president of business advocacy for the Greenville Chamber and the executive director of the Upstate Chamber Coalition.

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Mayor Knox White endorses Paris Climate Agreement ANDREW MOORE | STAFF

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Greenville Mayor Knox White plans to continue the fight against climate change, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

White has joined the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, a group committed to carrying out the goals of the agreement wherein 196 nations joined to acknowledge the threat of climate change.

The agreement, which was finalized in 2015, commits the participating nations to reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to limit global warming to “well below” 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels through 2100.

Shortly after President Trump’s decision earlier this month to withdraw from the agreement, more than 200 mayors representing over 54 million Americans decided to “adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments to the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement.”

The group, also known as the Climate Mayors network, recently released an open letter to President Trump to oppose his stance on climate change.

Along with mayors Terence Roberts of Anderson, Stephen Benjamin of Columbia, and John Tecklenburg of Charleston, White signed the letter, vowing to confront climate change and create a clean energy economy.

“Environmental stewardship is woven into the fabric of our city,” said White. “It’s a priority for us to be a leader in taking local action for the environment. We’ve always put a premium on that no matter what happens on the national or international stage.”

White said his signature isn’t a political statement as much as it is an affirmation of the city’s dedication to sustainability.

“The president has left it to local leaders to address climate change and other environmental issues, and we’re doing that,” said White. “It’s more important now than ever that we take a stand for the welfare of the environment and act in the best interests of our individual communities.”

The city of Greenville faces many environmental challenges, according to Environmental Data Resources.

After researching the county’s existing 18 ZIP codes, the organization determined that the city scored a 1 out of 4 in sustainability overall. According to the report, the city has faced more than 100 spills, releases, and accidents where chemicals or petroleum have been released into the environment.

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Knox White was one of more than 200 mayors across the country to sign an open letter to President Trump regarding his stance on climate change. White says his signature is an affirmation of the city’s commitment to sustainability.

“We’re actually doing more than most cities.

We’re doing things that other cities aspire to do.”

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White said the city has embraced sustainability in numerous ways and is actively adopting efforts to become more environmentally friendly, ranging from alternative transportation models to clean energy sources.

“The goals of the Paris agreement are already aligned with our vision for the city, so it was only natural for me to sign the letter,” said White. “We’re actually doing more than most cities. We’re doing things that other cities aspire to do.”

In 2006, White signed the U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, which has since been signed by more than 500 mayors urging the federal government to reduce emissions and to fund urban renewal projects.

The city also created a Green Ribbon Advisory Committee shortly after for input about environmentally responsible practices in designing, constructing, and managing capital

improvements and city operations.

White also noted efforts to rely less on fossil fuels and more on clean energy sources such as solar power.

In 2016, the city joined “Solarize South Carolina,” a community outreach program designed to help make solar accessible and affordable for state residents.

White also proclaimed Jan. 19 as “Solarize Greenville Day” and encouraged business owners and residents in the city to consider solar energy “as a means to power their properties and contribute to a greener, more sustainable Greenville.”

In the U.S., carbon dioxide accounts for 82 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, which can cause multiple health issues. But many residents and companies are adopting clean energy sources that reduce the use of power plants, which account for 31 percent of U.S.

emissions, according to the EPA. “Protecting the climate is not a choice between our environment and economy,” White said. “We can use sustainability to benefit the economy while reducing carbon emissions.”

The city, for instance, made energy efficiency upgrades to the TD Center in 2009 that have saved more than $11,000 per year and consumed 20 percent less energy.

It also conducted a greenhouse gas emissions inventory that’s helped officials identify more opportunities to save energy and reduce emissions.

The report identified the per capita carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the city as 45.2 tons per year, compared to a national average of 19.1 tons per capita.

But the city’s biggest concern is the loss of green space due to growth and development, according to White.

A census report released last month revealed the city of Greenville is the country’s fourth-fastest-growing city, growing by 5.8 percent as of last July from the year before, to 67,453 residents.

The city has issued about 200 permits for single-family home construction since 2013, according to data provided by the city.

“Parks are essential to balancing the growth that we’ve welcomed,” said White. “Many of our projects, including a new park on the west side, are focused on capturing more green space and promoting the outdoors.”

White noted the city’s efforts to improve area parks with record funding.

Right now, neighborhood parks are slated to get $2 million from the city’s capital improvement plan for next year, with the money going to improvements, the first phase of the signature City Park, and to develop the former Cleveland Park Stables property given to the city by a benefactor in 2012.

The city is also working to develop a comprehensive stormwater master plan to address flooding and water quality improvements for the Reedy River Watershed and the city as a whole, according to White.

“The river and the falls have become the centerpiece of downtown,” said White. “It’s a priority for us to protect it from further contamination.”

White said the city is actually required

by DHEC to provide public education and outreach about ways to reduce pollution, including picking up pet waste, keeping grass clippings out of storm drains, and applying fertilizers judiciously.

Fieldwork began in May and is expected to continue through the end of 2017.

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THE PARK GETS CLOSER City Council sets approval date for City Park master plan ANDREW MOORE | STAFF

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The City of Greenville is one step closer to breaking ground on the first phase of what is tentatively being called City Park, the signature park planned for the western side of downtown.

On Monday, Greenville City Council received updates about the park’s progress during a work session, including a recommended timeline for phase one.

The timeline recommends the city approve the park’s master plan by July 17. According to Greenville Mayor Knox White, phase one of the park could be completed by 2020.

City Park is expected to transform Greenville’s western flank much like Falls Park and subsequent projects transformed the West End. Last year, the city hired Ohio-based urban design and landscape architecture firm MKSK to create a master plan for the park and surrounding area. The firm has since been mapping flood ways, formulating a community character plan to guide the development of the park and surrounding area, working on stream and wetland restoration plans, and more.

The proposed park has already spurred commercial and residential development even though the groundbreaking likely won’t happen until spring 2018.

Preliminary plans for the park include a large green space, “sprayground,” picnic area, basketball courts, and the transformation of Welborn Street into a promenade.

The park could also have an observation tower.

The timeline recommends that the city hire a consultant next month to develop partnerships with the private sector and spearhead a fundraising effort.

“We’ve been saying this would be a publicprivate partnership since the beginning. It’s becoming the new normal for park development,” said Greenville Mayor Knox White.

“We just have to get serious about it.”

City Council has earmarked up to $2 million a year for 10 years out of hospitality tax revenue for the public improvements associated with the park.

Darren Meyer, principal of MKSK, told City Council last year that the first phase of the park could cost around $10.9 million.

An additional $7.9 million would be needed for roadwork and bridges to make the park area more accessible to neighborhood resi-

dents and downtown visitors.

White said much of the $20 million in hospitality tax revenue would be used to create green spaces throughout the park.

The city also plans to use public funds to widen the banks of the Reedy River, which runs alongside the 22 acres of planned park space.

The city, however, plans to use private funds for the park’s amenities, said White.

For instance, Community Foundation of Greenville, the umbrella group for many of the area’s philanthropic organizations, plans to help the city raise funds.

The group has already committed $150,000 to the park, according to White.

The city also hopes to hire a “real-estate professional” in the coming months to assist in property acquisitions on and near the park site, which is necessary for construction of the needed roadways and bridges.

White said the agent could also help the city capitalize off the park.

According to White, the city is thinking about selling a warehouse on Welborn Street, which it purchased several years ago.

“We’re either going to sell it or demolish it,” said White. “We’re really hoping a developer comes through and wants to build something that complements surrounding developments like the Feed & Seed marketplace.”

But the city’s public works facility is currently housed on the park’s site, which is confined between Mayberry, Welborn, and Hudson streets. The city is constructing a new facility on Fairforest Way. It should be complete sometime in the fall, according to White.

Once the $25 million relocation is complete, the current site could be prepped so the space is usable and redeveloped within the park as money becomes available.

The city plans to demolish the current public works facility by December.

White said the city also expects to complete streetscape designs for Hudson Street, which would “act as a grand entrance to the park,” before next year.

The city also plans to complete the design of the perimeter road that’s proposed around the planned park space.

“This park has taken longer than we expected, but we’re now trying to move as fast as we can to facilitate construction,” said White.

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Wil Brasington’s win over incumbent David Sudduth in last Tuesday’s Republican primary for the District 4 seat on Greenville City Council ensures there will be at least two new members on Council.

Brasington defeated Sudduth 1,122 to 772. Barring a successful petition candidate, Brasington will take the District 4 seat since no Democratic candidate filed to run.

After the primary, Wil Brasington Sudduth put out a Photo by Will Crooks statement regarding his loss, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to serve on City Council and thanking his colleagues. He also congratulated Brasington on his victory. Brasington thanked Sudduth for his years of service on his campaign Facebook page.

Sudduth has represented District 4 since 2005. He is vice president and chief operating officer for the Greenville Health System’s health sciences center. He is a Clemson University graduate and a former member of the Clemson University Board of Visitors.

He serves on the Greenville Water Commission.

Brasington is a former president of the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association. While president, he led the fight against Matt Cotner Walmart’s plan to Photo provided build a superstore at the corner of Church Street and University Ridge. The site now has a mixed-use development with apartments and restaurants.

Brasington is executive director of the Clemson University Alumni Association.

The two agreed on many of the biggest issues facing the city: the need for more affordable housing, the necessity of having smart, balanced growth, and the necessity of having strong, vibrant neighborhoods. But they differed in how to accomplish them. Sudduth touted the accomplishments of the city during his time in office, while Brasington stressed accessibility and responsiveness.

Two Council seats will be contested in November’s general election.

Republican candidate and commercial banker Matt Cotner is running against incumbent Democrat Lillian Brock Flemming in the District 2 race.

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Voters citywide will decide one of two atlarge seats on Council as well. Republican John DeWorken and Democrat Russell Stall will face off for the seat now held by Gaye Sprague.

DeWorken is a Greenville businessman; Stall is the retired former director of Greenville Forward. —Cindy Landrum

New parking garage coming to the West End Last Monday, Greenville City Council approved a resolution declaring the proposed redevelopment of County Square a multicounty business park, a move that would enable developers to qualify for tax breaks.

In exchange, Greenville County will build a parking garage in the West End. The intergovernmental agreement calls for the county to construct a $15 million parking garage to address a critical shortage of parking in the West End, one that will be accentuated by the redevelopment because the public uses County Square as parking when going to Fluor Field, the Warehouse Theatre, and West End restaurants.

The county will pay for the garage by giving the city Tax Increment Funding district revenue from the West End TIF. The city will own and operate the garage, and the county will not get any of the revenue generated by it.

Greenville County has narrowed the number of potential County Square redevelopers to

three. Six proposals were received. The county has not identified which proposals have been rejected.

The county has been headquartered at County Square, an old mall on University Ridge, for 30 years.

The redevelopment of County Square could be the largest development in the history of downtown. The county will keep its offices on the property in a new space, likely a multistory building instead of the one-story sprawling facility it has now. Some have called for affordable housing on the site, but given the high value of the land, that is unlikely. —Cindy Landrum

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Butterflies flock to Roper Mountain Science Center Roper Mountain Science Center has launched its second annual Butterfly Adventure, an exhibit that allows guests to interact with hundreds of butterflies as they flutter and soar throughout the Fred W. Symmes Tropical Rainforest.

The butterflies are raised by hatcheries and transported to the center after they emerge from their chrysalis. The exhibit features dozens of species of butterflies that are native to the Southeast, including South Carolina’s state butterfly, the eastern tiger swallowtail.

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Roper Mountain Science Center’s nature trails, arboretum, treehouses, natural playgrounds, and picnic areas are also open.

Guests can pack a lunch and snacks, and food and drink vendors will be on-site each Saturday.

The Butterfly Adventure exhibit, which is open through July 7, is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily and closed Mondays, Sundays, and the Fourth of July.

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On top of this new accreditation, the university will keep its long-standing recognition from the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), according to a BJU press release.

The university is also making physical changes to its campus, including maintenance on the pedestrian bridge that crosses over North Pleasantburg Drive.

Randy Page, BJU’s director of public relations, said that the bridge would receive a new paint job as well as a thorough safety inspection.

Page said that although an influx of students with vehicles has decreased the number of those who have used the bridge since its opening in 1986, more than enough students use the walkway to keep it in use. —Jacob Cavett

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The Tigers Go to Washington Coach Dabo Swinney and members of the Clemson Tigers football team visited the White House last Monday to be recognized for their victory in January’s national championship game against the Alabama Crimson Tide.

During a team tour of the White House, a small group of players, along with Swinney, university president Jim Clements, and athletic director Dan Radakovich, was invited into the Oval Office to meet President Donald J. Trump and take a group photo.

The White House visit also included a ceremony on the South Lawn. Among the attendees were South Carolina Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott and Gov. Henry McMaster.

During the ceremony, Trump gave a speech in which he lauded the team’s performance and accomplishments.

Swinney also presented Trump with two personalized Clemson jerseys.

In his address to the team, Trump said, “You gave America an incredible game that will go down in the record books as one of the hardest-fought and probably one of the most Deshaun Watson and President Donald Trump. exciting games ever played.”

Photo by Zach Hanby Former Tigers Deshaun Watson, Carlos Watkins, and Ben Boulware received special shout-outs from the president, who added that Watson will “be a great NFL player.”

Trump also referenced wide receiver Hunter Renfrow’s touchdown catch that sealed the win for the Tigers in the game’s final seconds. “Hunter, you’re so lucky you caught that ball. … That’s pretty cool. It was an inspirational finish to a historic season for Clemson,” he said.

Following the White House visit, the team took a tour of the U.S. Capitol to round out their trip to D.C. —Emily Pietras

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Velo Fellow expands, builds stand-alone stage Since the Velo Fellow opened in 2011, the bar and restaurant has been offering up live music alongside a choice selection of beer and an eclectic menu — from fish and chips and sandwiches to falafel and butter chicken. But due to the spot’s limited space, the artists that performed usually had to play solo acoustic or otherwise as stripped-down as possible.

About nine months ago, Velo Fellow co-owner Kirk Smith and his partners decided to lease the vacant space right next to them in their building, knock down the wall that separated them, and build a stand-alone stage, expanding their capacity to around 150 in the process.

And they did most of the preparation themselves, seeking out just the right parts and pieces for the new stage. “We spent a lot of time finding this old wood,” Smith says. “We found it everywhere from abandoned high schools to barn doors, and we covered the stage with old tin ceiling tiles. It was meant to match the look of our existing space.”

With the expansion, they even had enough room to build their own brewery in the same area as the new stage.

The space next to the Fellow had long been vacant, but it took the partners a while to decide on the expansion. “We didn’t necessarily want to change it because it was successful and cozy,” Smith says. “To go for something more is a risk. But we certainly felt we had room for growth, and this space in the same location came available and it made sense to add it.”

The main reason for the change is that Smith wants to expand the kinds of bands they can bring into The Velo Fellow; in some cases, there were bands that were literally too big for them to book.

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Please rise for the visual and vocal artistry of Joe Everson

An Artful Anthem WORDS BY EMILY PIETRAS PHOTOS BY WILL CROOKS

“The Star-Spangled Banner” is a notoriously difficult song to perform. Between the broad vocal range the melody demands, the challenging high notes, and, yes, even the lyrics, there’s the potential for a lot to go wrong.

Now imagine adding a live-action painting performance into the equation.

That’s the claim to fame of local artist Joe Everson, who has spent the better part of a year traveling across the country to stadiums, arenas, and charity events to dazzle audiences with his unique rendition of the national anthem, which involves him belting out “The Star-Spangled Banner” while simultaneously painting the iconic scene of the American flag being raised after the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Throughout most of the song, Everson’s canvas is turned upside down, so the image isn’t entirely recognizable until the song’s final lines. That’s when Everson spins the canvas 180 degrees on the easel and adds the painting’s final touch — the red and white stripes of the flag — in a single broad stroke.

‘I REMEMBER LOVING TO DO THIS’

Over the last eight months, videos of Everson’s performance have spread like wildfire on the internet, with his top six videos amassing more than 100 million views and 2 million shares across social media platforms. He’s been featured on sports me-

“There was something that hit me while I was doing it. The crowd erupted in a way that I really hadn’t felt up until that point. And I think that’s when I knew something special was happening.”

Joe Everson, remembering his national anthem performance at a Toledo Walleye hockey game that went viral

dia outlets including ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS Sports, and SB Nation and even on cable news programs including “Fox & Friends.”

Everson, who grew up in Midland, Mich., enjoyed drawing from a young age. Surprisingly, given his current profession, he had an early aversion to painting.

“I didn’t understand how to use the palette, and it just frustrated me. So I really liked monochromatic stuff — pencil, pen a little bit, ink,” says Everson, who works out of a studio in Taylors Mill.

He adds, “Even if I did use paints, a lot of times it would be in one color, just so I could get that one thing right. As a kid and all the way up through high school, as little as I could do touching the palette for painting I would do.”

Despite Everson’s early passion for art,

translating it into a career wasn’t part of his plan. When Everson was a teenager and his family had to relocate from Michigan to Wisconsin, he temporarily gave up on art due to his struggle with the moving process and frustration with his new school’s minimal class offerings. In college, he studied counseling and psychology and realized that he enjoyed working with people. Art, he says, didn’t re-enter the picture during that time.

Although Everson wouldn’t revisit his love of drawing for several years, his time in college did lead him to discover a passion for singing. “I had an a cappella group that I put together in Wisconsin and found out how much I love music. And my brother, Ben, travels and sings, and so my wife and I actually joined up with him and we traveled,” he says.

That venture often involved trips to the South, which ultimately led to Everson’s first trip to Greenville in 2009. Seeing Artist Row by the Reedy River and observing the arts culture in town inspired him to return to drawing.

“I remember visiting a few specific artists downtown, and when I saw what they were doing — I didn’t know if they were killing it out there in the market or not — but I remember thinking, ‘Man, I can do some of this. I remember loving to do this.’ And that’s really where it kind of started,” he recalls.

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

Everson later stopped traveling with his brother and returned to Michigan. He took a job in construction, although he continued drawing on the side to hone his skills and create a larger body of work.

Shortly after, a friend living in Greenville asked Everson to fill in the baritone slot in his own quartet. In 2010, after Everson kept being flown into town for performances and recorded an album with the group, the friend suggested that he permanently move to Greenville, offering him a job as a fuel truck driver for his company.

“So I learned how to drive a truck, which is crazy, because my whole family knows I hate being in a big truck or bus or vans, and

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Joe Everson’s videos of his national anthem performance have gathered more than 100 million views and 2 million shares on social media platforms.

now I am traveling in a big tour bus and driving it and driving a two-ton bomb around town,” Everson says. “It was not at all what I dreamed I’d be doing, but it was part of the next step, and I knew it.”

At one point, Everson was working up to 70 hours a week, splitting his time between driving, drawing, and performing.

That arrangement stopped being sustainable, and Everson “made the leap” in 2013 to focusing on art full time. His attention switched from drawing to painting at the encouragement of a friend.

“He started telling me, ‘Joe, I think you can do it. There’s so much power in color that I think you’re just leaving behind,’” Everson recalls.

His first serious attempt was a technicolor face painting of actor Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. “I decided to use what would be like the colors in the Everlasting Gobstopper, that kind of thing,” Everson says. “When I discovered acrylics like that, it really let me loosen up and discover how much fun it could be and that I could interpret so much more in color.”

Soon after transitioning to art full time, Everson secured his first studio space in Taylors Mill and exhibited at some downtown art shows. During an exhibition at Oktoberfest, he connected with Daniel Lyles, an account executive at Jackson Marketing, Motorsports, and Events and an art aficionado. Lyles praised Everson’s work, but “nothing really happened,” he says, until the following year when they again met at the same event.

At that point, Everson had started questioning if being a full-time artist was ultimately going to pan out. He got his answer when Lyles pitched the idea of the two working together after Everson did a commissioned painting for him.

Soon after, Lyles came up with an idea that would ultimately set the wheels in motion.

“He said, ‘Joe, man, I know you love to sing. I really wonder — what if we put this together?’” Everson recalls.

And that’s when the national anthem routine was born.

STILL THERE

For Everson, his performance isn’t just a way to combine his love of singing and painting. “I am a patriot at heart. I love our country. I respect the men and women who died for our country,” he says.

represent… men dying at the time to keep the flag raised,” Everson says. “And the closest thing we had image-wise that was a little more current was the flag raising of Iwo Jima.”

Everson’s initial public performance of his national anthem routine was prior to a Greenville Swamp Rabbits game in March 2016. “That was the first time I knew this can be repeated and it can work,” he says.

But the performance didn’t really take off until nearly six months later, in October, when Everson traveled to Toledo, Ohio, to perform the national anthem before a Toledo Walleye minor league hockey game.

“There was something that hit me while I was doing it,” Everson says of the performance. “The crowd erupted in a way that I really hadn’t felt up until that point. And I think that’s when I knew something special was happening.”

His intuition was correct. That night, Jordan Strack, a local sports anchor, shared a video of Everson’s performance on Twitter, and it soon gathered tens of thousands of likes and retweets.

But that was just the first domino to fall.

ESPN’s “SportsCenter” soon picked up the video. It was also posted to Facebook, leading to millions of views and hundreds and thousands of shares.

The big get came shortly after Everson and production manager Everett Callan began their drive back from Toledo to Greenville the next day. Everson received a call from a “Fox & Friends” producer. The show wanted him to perform his anthem routine the following morning live in front of a television audience of 2 million. Everson and Callan promptly rerouted to New York City.

After his “Fox & Friends” appearance, Everson sold almost every piece of art he had over the next two days. In December, Everson moved into a bigger studio at Taylors Mill, partly because the space couldn’t fully accommodate all of his supplies plus the number of orders he was fulfilling.

“There were a lot of different waves that hit you,” Everon says, regarding the deluge of press he received after the Walleye performance. “It was really fun, because I never experienced anything like that before. … ‘Surreal’ is a word I’ve used a lot.”

BIG DREAMS

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While singing the national anthem, Joe Everson completes a painting based on the iconic image of U.S. soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.

The decision to paint the scene at Iwo Jima in particular was intentional, and when choosing to recreate that image in his performance, Everson says he recalled the backstory behind the writing of the national anthem. Francis Scott Key wrote the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry,” which later evolved into “The Star-Spangled Banner,” during the War of 1812 after he saw the American flag triumphantly flying at Fort McHenry after the conclusion of the Battle of Baltimore.

“When everything was said and done, the flag’s still there.

And to me, that’s what it [the national anthem] will always

Everson has managed to keep himself busy the last couple of months. In April and May, he performed at NBA playoff games for the San Antonio Spurs and the Golden State Warriors. Last month, he performed at a charity softball game in Houston hosted by J.J. Watt of the NFL’s Houston Texans. And earlier in June, after previously meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio, he was invited to perform at the actor’s home in California for a fundraiser benefiting one of his charities, After-School All-Stars. Two of Everson’s paintings were auctioned off for $72,500 total.

“That’s the nature of it now. We’re on the road so much.

It’s just gone crazy,” Everson says of his packed schedule.

As for his ultimate performance goal, Everson has his eyes set on the Super Bowl. “Maybe I’ll chase that dream and it’ll never happen, but I’ll always try. I think that would be the ultimate stage for what I want to do,” he says.

And on the painting side, Everson has hopes of being a “seriously collected artist.”

He adds, “I am passionate about the actual art I do, both in the performance and when I slow down a little bit and I want to create something in the studio. And that is probably the stronger passion than anything else. So, that being said, I want to have a gallery in New York. I want to have one in L.A. I want to have one in Dallas. … That’s the dream. I love working big.”

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On one side of the “homeless triangle” conflict, you have West Earle Street homeowner Matt Johnson. A year ago, his daughter’s little pink bike disappeared. On a hunch, he went to the Salvation Army, across Rutherford Street from his house, and he found it.

“There was a guy with a BS story about buying it from someone at the library for $5,” Johnson says. “I got it back, but it was a hassle.”

On the other side of the conflict are service organizations trying to help marginalized people improve their health and job prospects and find permanent housing.

“There are a lot of people we have taken off the streets around here,” says the Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore of Triune Mercy Center on Rutherford Street. Triune Mercy Center is a nondenominational mission church for the homeless. It employs two social workers that help people with mental disabilities.

“We had a man last year who had lived on the streets for 31 years,” Richardson-Moore says. “Now he has an apartment and a car.”

The divisions run deep between some North Main residents and their nonprofit

neighbors that feed, shelter, and help the homeless. People, living or working in the homeless triangle, report seeing more transient people on the streets even as housing prices rise.

In March, the Salvation Army requested a zoning change for a half-acre of its nearly 4-acre campus, to allow it to add more living space in its shelter. Residents weren’t pleased.

“The Salvation Army encountered substantial opposition to its rezoning, and this alerted them that there had been this neighborhood resentment building up,” says Lawson Wetli, an attorney who volunteers at the Upstate Mediation Center.

In March, the zoning change was approved by the city’s planning commission.

In May, the City of Greenville Board of Zoning Appeals also gave the Salvation Army the green light for a special exception, which would make it possible for The Salvation Army to expand its cafeteria and improve campus safety.

Currently, mediators are meeting with property owners, service providers, city/ county officials, homeless people, local businesses, and others to hear each group’s concerns and brainstorm ideas for potential improvements and solutions.

“Our function is to facilitate a conversation between various parties,” says Richard Kahn, an attorney, volunteer mediator, and director of the board of the Upstate Mediation Center. Kahn and Wetli are co-mediators in this case.

In Greenville County, about 991 people are homeless on any given night, and 126 of them do not have a bed in a homeless shelter or transitional housing, according to the South Carolina Coalition for the Homeless PIT Report.

“We’re one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation,” says Susan McLarty, a mission outreach coordinator with Westminster PCUSA and a stakeholder of the Greenville Homeless Alliance.

While higher income people are drawn to the city, so are people who are homeless because they might benefit from residents’ generosity, McLarty says.

After speaking with members of the Greenville Homeless Alliance about the homeless triangle’s challenges, McLarty was told to find a realistic solution to alleviate the North Main community’s tension, and someone suggested contacting the Upstate Mediation Center.

“I contacted the Mediation Center’s executive director and gave her a brief overview,

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agreed to follow. These could include homeless providers agreeing to patrol their property more often to clean up trash and homeowners agreeing to serve on the homeless providers’ boards so they can learn more about their nonprofit neighbors, Wetli says.

There also will be some ideas that the community could act on to reduce chronic homelessness.

“We want people to walk away with actionable items they voluntarily agree to do,” she says.

There already are some signs that the mediation is helping. McLarty believes the mediation process contributed to The Salvation Army’s rezoning approval, which received only one negative vote.

Stephen Bomar, business and human resources manager for WYFF-TV, the Salvation Army’s Rutherford Street neighbor, participated in the mediation, finding it helpful to hear all viewpoints.

“You can’t bridge the gap unless you know where the impacts of the gaps are,” he says.

From Bomar’s perspective, the Salvation Army has been a good neighbor: “Whenever we’ve brought up something with them, they’ve been responsive.”

Johnson also met with the mediators and learned that homeowners need to speak more often with law enforcement about their problems with homeless people and listen to their perspective.

“We’re early in the mediation process, and we’re still waiting to hear feedback,” he says. “I’m cautiously optimistic.”

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asking if this was something she’d want to help Greenville Alliance with, and she said, ‘Absolutely! I have mediators just dying and ready to work on this kind of case,’” McLarty says.

Last year, The Upstate Mediation Center handled 628 total mediations, 500 of which were family mediations. Sixty percent of the latter were resolved.

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The Children’s Security Blanket (CSB) and the Children’s Cancer Optimist Club (CCOC) were recently recognized at the State House when the South Carolina House of Representatives presented the organizations with a House Resolution in honor of their growing efforts to provide support for children who are battling cancer. In addition, The Children’s Security Blanket co-founder, Tom Russell, has been awarded the prestigious Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award by Wofford College. Russell was instrumental in the creation of the organization, which has since helped hundreds of children who are battling cancer, and now serves families in 66 counties across three states.

Recently, a caravan of vehicles arrived at A Child’s Haven carrying a group of volunteers from BB&T and a generous donation of snack foods, pull-ups, and new clothing for the children’s closet, in addition to a sizeable monetary contribution. The group later enjoyed a personal tour of the less than 3-year-old facility. With the current support from BB&T, children who attend the center will continue to receive integrated and holistic treatment and will be able to bring snack bags home every Friday throughout the summer.

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WHAT ABOUT WINE?

While millennials partake of craft beer and cocktails, there’s still room for a glass or two of the grape

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raft beer and cocktails are having their heyday, both nationally and locally, and the trends are pretty undeniable.

Right now in the Upstate, it seems you can’t throw a stone without hitting a brewery, and even national chain restaurants are promoting their “beverage programs” featuring craft cocktails. Not to mention all of the local restaurants, such as The Anchorage, Roost, American Grocery Restaurant, and its offshoot, Vault & Vator, offering twists on

pre-Prohibition cocktails.

After looking into some key factors, it should come as no surprise that millennials are driving these trends.

A restaurant.org profile on the 21–34 age group designed to help restaurants engage the 68 million potential customers in the U.S. explains the driving force behind these beverage trends: “Raised on gourmet coffee and the internet, millennials are knowledgeable about food and drink; they’re demanding patrons, seeking a unique experience, customization, and authenticity.

They like to explore and discover new flavors and products.”

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breweries have figured that out.

“Craft beer is a demonstrable trend, but it’s not finished yet,” says Northampton Wines owner Richard deBondt.

Craft cocktails, particularly with gin, whiskey, or bourbon bases, are also drawing in the 21-34 crowd. Many sources cite the vintage appeal and the desire for a new experience over familiarity.

But where does wine, the beverage traditionally paired with a dining experience, stand with the youngest demographic of legal drinkers?

The short answer: It’s tough to quantify.

“There may not be a trend underlying,” deBondt says. “There are always people discovering wine.”

But there does seem to be a consistent characteristic among wine drinkers regardless of age: curiosity.

“Most people at some point become curious,” deBondt says, citing his 46 years in the business of wine selling and pairing.

Rosé wine has certainly entered the millennial beverage scene, more than likely because it’s perceived to be easier to drink and pairs with just about any dish. Young women, who are quick to Instagram whatever bottle they happened to pop open, are celebrating rosé with a variety of trending hashtags. And with one of the world’s top-ranked rosés coming in at $8 a bottle from Aldi, cost is not a factor.

Other wines, though, aren’t trending in as visible a manner, but it doesn’t mean millennials aren’t interested.

Julia Scholz, co-owner of Stella’s Southern Bistro and Stella’s Southern Brasserie, says she’s noticed younger drinkers are often more willing to step outside their comfort zones at wine tastings.

“The younger generation is more interested in different varietals,” she says. “They’re more adventurous, which allows us to present some items we wouldn’t normally.”

Stella’s Southern Brasserie has begun

offering monthly tastings, most recently offering Greek and Sicilian wines, which are relatively new to the wine world.

Scholz says another common trait of millennial customers is a much bigger focus on organic wine and sustainability.

There also seems to be a consistent interest in new technologies in winemaking, Scholz says, such as automation in processing and various apps winemakers are using to test light penetration and vine growth, among other factors that affect the final product.

A main factor preventing diners of almost any age, but especially younger customers looking to impress their peers, from ordering wine is the fear of mispronouncing the name.

“A lot of wine is hard to pronounce,” Scholz says. “They’re foreign to people.”

At Northampton Wines, deBondt says their main job is to make the experience comfortable for people, especially those who are new to the scene, though they shy away from catering to any one demographic.

“People are afraid to ask about wine,” he says. “They don’t want to look uniformed.”

Eva Frye, the beverage director for Soby’s and a certified level two sommelier who at age 31 lands squarely in the millennial category, says in her experience, what routinely drives millennials to or from ordering a bottle of wine when they’re out to dinner has more to do with the perceived cost.

“Younger people are more concerned as to how they’re going to split the check,” she says. “People think they can’t split the bottle of wine, but they can.”

A $40 bottle of wine, for instance, at face value, may seem expensive. Splitting the price four ways, however, often costs much less than ordering by the glass.

But, for a generation largely focused on enjoying a social experience, it’s somewhat surprising.

“Bottles of wine are all about sharing that experience,” Frye says. “The winemaker has put that little time capsule together that is meant for the exact moment it’s opened.”

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Home Info Price: $1,135,000 Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 4/2 Lot Size: 0.26 Acre

MLS#: 1343520 Sq. Ft: 5200-5399

Schools: Augusta Circle Elementary, Hughes Middle, and Greenville High Agent: Sharon Wilson | 864.918.1140 sharon@wilsonassociates.net wilsonassociates.net

Gorgeous home with 10’ ceilings and master on the main located in the highly sought after Alta Vista area. An open floor plan that provides great living and entertaining for family and entertaining friends. This home has 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths and 2 half baths and a charming Charleston style yard. Freshly painted and lots of natural light this is a must see. Kitchen has granite countertops,

large island, stainless appliances and opens onto a beautiful covered porch with a wood burning fireplace. Large entry flows to the dining room and study area. Downstairs is a wine cellar. Upstairs has 4 bedrooms a large bonus room and a Nanny/in law suite. Endless possibilities. The third floor has amazing flex space. Over 5,300 sq ft and a 2 car garage. Call for your appointment today!

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4BR/3.5BA New Construction! Gorgeous with awesome floor plan! Executive, two-story, custom home in an incredible location. Augusta Road to W. Faris.

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4BR/2.5BA Move-in ready brick, one owner home. 4 Bedrooms PLUS bonus room. Plenty of space to entertain. Level lot. Must see! I-385 to Woodruff Rd to Stonehaven Subdivision.

4BR/2.5BA Move in ready home on awesome corner lot on quiet cul-de-sac. Open floorplan. New carpet and all new interior paint! Ashmore Bridge Rd to Standing Springs. Left on Birchbriar.

3BR/4BA Renovated home’s flexible floorplan offers many possibilities for 4th bedroom, mother-in-law suite, home office or art studio. 9 ft. ceilings, hardwood floors, large private backyard, screened porch, deck and more!

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Allen Tate Company, the Carolinas’ leading real estate company, has named Kelly Smith as sales manager of the company’s GreenvilleDowntown office at 323 Buncombe Street

in Greenville, South Carolina.

In her new role, Smith will help oversee branch operations and train more than 35 Allen Tate agents and staff.

Smith has worked with Allen Tate for the past two years, as a licensed Realtor® and outgoing referral coordinator. Prior to her real estate career, she was editor of Golf Time magazine.

Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Northern Illinois University, with a minor in journalism. She is an active volunteer with the Women’s Rights Empowerment Network, Loaves and Fishes and the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors®.

“Kelly is an energetic, determined professional and natural relationship builder. We’re excited to have her as part of the Allen Tate leadership team in the Upstate,” said Martha Hayhurst, Allen Tate regional vice president, Upstate region.

Smith and her husband, Tyler, make their home in Simpsonville, S.C. She enjoys spending time outdoors, exploring festivals and farmers’ markets, hiking, biking and walking her dog, Lucy.

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Home Info Price: $483,800 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3/2 Lot Size: 0.43 Acres

MLS#: 1342814 Sq. Ft: 4450 Built: 1987

Schools: Simpsonville Elementary, Bryson Middle, and Hillcrest High Agent: Ty Savage | 864.444.7399 ty@tysavagehomes.com

TIMELESS “AWARD WINNING” TUDOR NOW ONLY 483,800! Excellent location with loads of curb appeal! This magnificent 4400+ sf home is nestled on a gorgeous lot in the highly sought after Chancellor’s Park community and overlooks to the private community park and creek. As you enter this former “Parade of Homes” winning 4BR, 4.5BA you are greeted by loads of natural light, elegant finishes, and hardwood floors in the formal parlor/LR with a cozy gas fireplace! The large dining room features hardwoods and ornate tin roof.

As you make your way to the main living area, you find the “Gourmet Kitchen” that boasts a “Viking” gas range, separate wet bar, large Island and gorgeous custom stone work, all opening up to the “MAGNIFICENT TWO STORY SUNROOM/BREAKFAST ROOM”. This “WALL OF WINDOWS” overlooks the beautifully maintained fenced grounds and private community park, with mature hardwoods and creek! Privacy galore! For the “Man” of the house, the 30x15 basement has a built in bar and is reminiscent of an English Pub. This home is a “Must See”!

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Battle of the Bugs

Sometimes, the only way to stop a bad insect is a good insect white diagonal stripes, tiny black spots, and sometimes it has little white wasp cocoons — it is the host for the braconid wasp, on its back. The horn at the rear of the hornworm is harmless to humans.

The garden is always alive with a secret life. Insects are a massive and complex subject, and what I hope to do here is just to introduce the concept of good bugs and bad bugs. You have both in the garden, and as in all things the aim is to keep the garden in balance so the good guys win over the bad guys.

It’s been a bug-eat-bug world for a long time, and insects have the drill down pat.

A literal mating frenzy is going on just beyond the back porch, with bugs meeting, mating, and devouring one another. If you begin to notice lots of questionable evidence such as something eating the leaves on your plants, boring into the stems of the squash plants, drilling holes into the cucumbers hanging on the vine, and stripping the leaves off your tomato plants overnight, then you may be out of balance in the garden.

This natural predatory process is to be encouraged so you can grow your garden with as little chemical intervention as possible, especially on the foods you grow to eat. Avoiding chemical insecticides that kill pests is a good approach as you wipe out all the “good bugs” too.

Identifying which bugs are good for your garden and which are bad does require a bit of independent study, but here are a few examples of bad bugs: TOMATO HORNWORM Manduca quinquemaculata The hornworm can grow up to four inches long, and I have seen it devour a plant overnight. Its distinct markings include

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Hornworms prefer tomatoes but will also go after potatoes, peppers, and eggplant. Corn worms plague corn but will also attack peppers, beans, squash, and sunflowers. Cabbage worms eat anything in the cole family including kale, cauliflower, and broccoli.

CORN EARWORM Helicoverpa zea

Control attempts are floating row covers, spraying with neem oil or BT (bacillus thuringiensis), or using natural enemies including soldier bugs, or green lacewings. Green lacewing bugs are more ravenous than teenagers and love aphids, mealybugs, mites, and small caterpillars. The larvae of the green lacewing looks like an alligator with tiny pinchers.

Coneflowers are a good host plant for the green lacewing.

Growing nearly 2 inches and varying in color from light green to pinkish brown or black with strips along its body, adults are night-flying moths, yellowish-tan in color with a wingspan of up to 2 inches.

Adding a few plants that attract “good bugs” to eat the “bad bugs” may help strike the balance. Some of these may include parsley, cosmos, coreopsis, fennel or dill, spearmint (always grow mint in a pot), sunflowers, candytuft, and cilantro (which is coriander by any other name).

I also let some of my carrots go to seed when it heats up in the garden and they get “woody” as the flowers of the carrot mimic Queen Anne’s Lace, an attractor of pollinators, which grows wild and blooms all around our roadsides in the country.

I enjoy observing all the tiny insects this flower attracts to my garden.

again. There can be as many as four generations a year. All three of these worms are voracious eaters and contaminate what’s left with their feces.

CABBAGE WORMS Artogeia rapae

Light green in color, these worms are common in the garden until it is very cold outside. They have a fine yellow stripe down their backs. The adult turns into the common white moth found in most gardens fluttering around the cabbage plants.

All three of these critters overwinter in the soil or on host plants in the pupae stage and emerge as adults when the time is right to lay their eggs. After several days to a week, caterpillar larvae emerge to feed on our favorite veggies for two to four weeks. They then pupate, emerge as adults, and start all over

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What it always comes down to is striking a balance. I would encourage you to observe closely your garden as the hot months settle in. Look for signs of infestation, plant damage, and produce deterioration. Never compost an infected plant: Bag it or burn it and keep your garden space clean of debris. Then see if you can figure out what the root cause is of this problem in the garden. The power of observation is sometimes the best solution.

See you in the garden.

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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Our patients have told us they need high-quality, accessible health care at an affordable cost. Coming together will enable us to shape and lead health care by creating efficiencies and programs to address our communities’ needs today and for generations to come. Working together, we will address the many critical health issues that affect the people of our state and bring greater value to our patients.

Our new health company shares a commitment to caring for all members of the community, regardless of their ability to pay.

Nearly half of South Carolinians will be within 15 minutes of one of our physician practices or health facilities and, together, we will serve patients from every one of our state’s 46 counties.

Our new health company will be led by a board of directors committed to improving the health of our communities. These community leaders will be selected based upon expertise needed by the organization and will be initially appointed by the governing boards overseeing Greenville Health System and Palmetto Health.

Because of its scale, the new health company has the potential to invest an additional $1 billion over the next five years in our Midlands and Upstate communities. To improve the health of our citizens, we will be able to multiply our current efforts to enhance programs, tap into the latest technology, improve facilities and develop our team members.

We will honor and embrace the unique cultures Greenville Health System and Palmetto Health have built, nurturing the best of both cultures in our new health company. Our numerous academic and educational programs will be strengthened and enhanced by our partnership.

We consider it a privilege to meet your health care needs. Our patients will continue to receive the care they expect and deserve from their trusted provider now and in the future.

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Keller Williams has taken part in a lot of different projects over the years, most often as a one-man band, using onstage looping technology to create a song track by track. First he’ll get a beat going, then sample and repeat it, followed by a bass guitar line and some keyboards before donning an acoustic guitar and layering in his six-string skills and laid-back vocals into the mix.

But he also has a band with modernbluegrass master Larry Keel and Larry’s wife, Jenny, aptly called Keller & The Keels.

And there’s also his funk band called More Than a Little, not to mention his frequent appearances with the venerable jam-band String Cheese Incident. Overall, between 1995 and 2016, Williams released a jawdropping 22 albums in various genres.

In fact, up until this year, there was pretty much only one thing Williams hadn’t done: a solo acoustic album. But it’s not like he hadn’t tried.

Four of the tracks on his new, first-ever solo acoustic release, “Raw,” come from a project that Williams recorded and then abandoned six years ago.

“The plan was to play 12 different songs on 12 different guitars, and I did it,” Williams says. “But it just wasn’t right, so I didn’t release it.”

So what prompted him to return to that all-acoustic idea and add six more new songs in the same mode? As it happens, the impetus came from a proposed tour with one of Williams’ idols, and a legendary guitarist in his own right.

“The main inspiration was a co-bill tour with Leo Kottke,” he says. “The tour came up and I plugged in some songs from those 2011 sessions and wrote six more, and out came the ‘Raw’ record.”

Essentially, Williams needed some songs that would fit into the concept for the shows, and necessity became the mother of invention.

“The tour was called ‘Shut the Folk Up and Listen,’” Williams says. “And it was about just focusing on playing guitar and singing and telling stories through song.

I was abandoning all electronics and just playing with a microphone and guitar.”

Williams also had the opportunity to go into fan-mode each night, watching

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Kottke’s set. “Leo’s a huge inspiration and influence,” he says. “I listened to every note and every story he told at every show. I was at the side of the stage listening, and by the time my set came around I was totally inspired.”

Williams will play the Greenville Zoo’s Zoo Tunes series on Friday night, and the audience might hear some of those stripped-down songs, or they might not.

“It depends on the atmosphere,” he says.

“If I find myself in that situation to where these songs can be absorbed in the right way, then I’ll definitely play them. But I’m very grateful to have a plethora of songs to choose from. With my solo shows, anything can happen at any time. There are no rules; the set could change in a second.”

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Pastor’s homeless ministry expands to documentary film JERRY SALLEY | MANAGING EDITOR

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Jeff Akers’ latest film project started with his ministry — and with lunch.

While serving meals to homeless people in Greenville, the pastor of I Am Church on Laurens Road “realized there was much more that I could do to educate others about the homeless epidemic within the Upstate and the South as a filmmaker.”

So Akers, who had started making films as a student in China and Taiwan, decided to document the faces of homelessness in Greenville, and then took to the road to explore other areas in the South.

The resulting documentary, “Homeless in the South,” takes an in-depth view into the lives of the homeless and the efforts to help them in Greenville as well as cities in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.

The film will have its second public screening in Greenville on Thursday, June 29, at the Peace Center.

About half of the film takes place in Greenville, Akers says, “because in the state of South Carolina, they have more homelessness than any other county,” he says. “So the story kept coming back to Greenville.”

His ministry started in Greenville in 2015

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Jeff Akers filmed homeless camps throughout the region for his documentary, "Homeless in the South."

when he and some other local churches teamed up to work in the Buncombe Street area.

“There are so many different levels of homelessness, and each case is different,” he says. “But a majority of them dealt with loss — death of a sibling or a parent — and they just didn’t have time to recover. A majority of them dealt with something that put them in that position. They were already fighting one battle.”

Akers then went to other cities in the South, “just kind of following the trail,” over a year and a half. He found subjects in home-

less camps, often with members of I Am Church and other community groups.

The South’s homeless situation is unique, Akers learned.

“Those who are homeless in the South have an easier time getting food than in the North, and it appears that homeless people in Greenville have a stronger sense of compassion and brotherly love toward each other,” he says. “What’s unique is the fact that the rise of homelessness is growing more rapidly here than in other any county in the state.”

Self-made communities within the woods are also larger in Greenville than homeless groups in the other states he visited, Akers discovered.

“It’s different for each city,” he says. “They all have a different feel. In some [the homeless] will talk to you, and in others that will never happen. They don’t want you to pry.

And rightly so. It takes longer to build relationships.”

The stories he heard on his journey were profound and affecting, he says. “Each and every story stands out for different reasons, but one of the most difficult ones that stood out was one of the citizens sharing her struggle of being seven months pregnant and homeless and knowing that our team would have to leave her behind.”

One goal of “Homeless in the South” is to highlight organizations working to help the homeless in each city.

“There’s a lot of different places and agencies that can help, but they’re not designed to take everybody in the city,” he says. “I think the average person wouldn’t know where to send a homeless person.”

A number of resources are listed on projecthomelessoutpost.org, the website of Project Homeless Outpost, which Akers founded.

A musician, Akers also wrote and performed the score for the film, which he sees as an extension of his ministry and community action.

“My philosophy and belief is that we’re supposed to be the church, not go to church,” he says. “And in order to do that, you have to be in the community.”

“HOMELESS IN THE SOUTH” WHEN Thursday, June 29, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE The Peace Center, Gunter Theatre TICKETS $10

DEATH BECOMES HER

Beth Martin discovers her dark side in Centre Stage Fringe’s chilling new production VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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Ariel Dorfman’s “Death and the Maiden” is a harrowing journey. And at the center of the play is Paulina Salas, a woman who lived through unspeakable torture as a political prisoner in an unnamed Latin American country ruled by an oppressive regime.

She never saw the face of the man who tormented and raped her, but she vividly remembers his voice.

But during a chance encounter, Paulina thinks she hears that voice again in the form of Dr. Roberto Miranda, a man who stopped to help her husband, Gerardo, with a flat tire.

Believing that Miranda is her abuser, Paulina hatches a disturbing plan to keep the doctor bound and gagged while attempting to elicit a confession from him. Her husband, an attorney, frantically attempts to persuade Paulina to free the doctor, even acting as his counsel in a mock trial that she puts on.

Paulina is a difficult, complex role for any

actor to take on, and for redemptive about it,” she Centre Stage’s upcoming says. “Something that jusproduction of the play that tifies that darkness. And I responsibility falls to Beth think in this play there defiMartin, who has over a denitely is. cade’s worth of work in “I think a good play musicals, but none with a leaves an audience asking drama this dark. questions, and I think that “It’s definitely challengthis does that. They don’t ing, not having the experiever know what actually ence,” she says. “I’m havhappened, and that aura ing to take on that persona, of mystery will help them and I want do it with some delve deeper into the quesAaron Brakefield tions the play asks,” Martin measure of authenticity. It’s Martin (left) took on a chalvery important to me not to Beth adds. “What’s more imporlenging role in Centre Stage’s belittle the actual pain that “Death and the Maiden.” tant: forgiveness or justice? people who have suffered If we state what happened, from abuse go through, and to try to portray that answers the question. But leaving it her in a respectful way.” open-ended gives the audience more space to At first, Martin wasn’t sure she wanted to think about that.” audition for such a difficult role, but she found The director of the Centre Stage production, the questions that the play asks about mercy, Aaron Brakefield, is a rookie too when it comes revenge, and brutality too powerful to resist. to directing drama, but he used his decade-plus “I had to ask myself if there’s something experience as an actor to evoke a passionate,

conflicted performance from Martin.

“Beth is a pretty chill person,” he says, “and she has to play all of these violent moments. So I’ve done certain exercises like having her stand across the stage from her co-stars so she’ll have to yell, or I’ll smack the table to show her how to make a moment more surprising or violent. You just kind of experiment throughout the rehearsal process to get the right tone.”

“DEATH AND THE MAIDEN” WHEN June 20–21, 27–28, 7 p.m.

WHERE Centre Stage TICKETS $11.50–$16.50 INFO 864-233-6733, centrestage.org

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Mommy & Me Goat Yoga

Demo Days: BBQ Blowout

Nothing completes a summer day like an outdoor barbecue bash. Coming off the heels of their popular indoor winter farmers market, The Toasty Farmer, the fine folks at Brewery 85 are bringing us Demo Days throughout June and July. These individual “hypermarkets” have a planned theme each week, and Saturday’s is BBQ Blowout. Vendors will include Big Green Egg, The New York Butcher Shoppe, SteakChamp Thermometors, Iviva Salt Products, Oreno Hellenic Ladi, and more. Rays Mobile food truck will serve barbecue and sides during the event. The brewery will also be collecting donations in support of the Greenville Health System Children’s Hospital. —Emily Pietras

WHEN Saturday, June 24, 1–4 p.m.

WHERE Brewery 85 ADMISSION Free INFO facebook.com/brewery85

FITNESS

Goat yoga is a new craze that is sweeping the nation, and it is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: Participants practice yoga while surrounded by goats. It intertwines yoga, nature, and animals, creating the perfect combination. The goats are a happy distraction to test one’s focus while also evoking a lighthearted atmosphere. Some people have even found that goat yoga has helped them cope with their own personal struggles. Led by Soul Yoga and goats from Possum Kingdom Kreamery, Mommy & Me Goat Yoga will be a fun, healthy activity for parents and children alike. Come out to the Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery to experience goat yoga for yourself. —Peter Knezevich

WHEN Tuesday, June 27, 9:30–10:30 a.m.

WHERE Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery ADMISSION $30 includes up to two children 12 & under INFO bit.ly/2s8NKTh

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The Wailers

Susan M. Boyer Launch Party Greenville-based mystery author Susan M. Boyer will celebrate the release of her latest novel, “Lowcounty Bonfire,” at a launch party at Fiction Addiction. “Lowcountry Bonfire” is the sixth installment of Boyer’s best-selling Liz Talbot series. When Tammy Sue Lyerly hires private investigators Talbot and Nate Andrews to track her husband, Zeke, and he is found dead shortly after, Tammy becomes the prime suspect. As Talbot and Andrews attempt to prove Tammy’s innocence, the pair encounters a tangled web of smalltown secrets, scandals, and hidden pasts. The event at Fiction Addiction is free, and customers can enjoy complimentary refreshments. —Emily Pietras

WHEN Tuesday, June 27, 5:30–8 p.m.

WHERE Fiction Addiction ADMISSION FREE INFO fiction-addiction.com

CONCERT

In the ’70s, Bob Marley & The Wailers took the world by storm through the power of reggae. They have performed in front of millions of fans, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

In 1976, they were named Rolling Stone’s Band of the Year. In 1999, Time magazine deemed their album “Exodus,” released in 1977, the best album of the century, while BBC named “One Love” as Song of the Millennium. After the death of Bob Marley in 1981, The Wailers went their separate ways, failing to perform with a significant number of the core group for many years. However, 30 years after Marley’s death, the band has reunited and is back to spreading love across the globe through their music. —Peter Knezevich

WHEN Tuesday, June 27, 8 p.m.

WHERE TD Stage ADMISSION Tickets start at $30 INFO peacecenter.org/events/detail/the-wailers

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JUN. 24 CONCERT

Peace Center | 101 W. Broad St. 8 p.m. | $15-35 “Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo” was founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and en travesti.

JUN. 24

CONCERT

“Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo”

CONCERT

MUSIC

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MUSIC

Cirque Mechanics: “Pedal Punk”

Peace Center | 101 W. Broad St. 7:30 p.m. | $15-35 From the inventive Cirque Mechanics comes “Pedal Punk,” a steampunk-inspired acrobatic whirlwind where cycling is the escape from a technology obsessed society. Pedal Punk comes to the Peace Center on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m.

864-467-3000 | peacecenter.org

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Earsight

Chicora Alley | 608 S. Main St. 9:30 p.m. | FREE Greenville’s own high-energy funk ensemble, Earsight, will be returning to Chicora Alley on June 23. Earsight is Adam Knight (guitar), Tim Blackwell (drums), and David Katilius (bass). Earsight released an EP in 2015, and have since performed at Artisphere and received radio play on WNCW. 404-992-9917 | earsightband.com aknight76@yahoo.com

MUSIC

Spartanfest 2017 at GroundZero

Ground Zero | 3052 Howard St., Spartanburg 4:30-11:45 p.m. | $10 The event will feature performances by four of the top metal bands in the Carolinas, including Rapheumet’s Well’s CD release for “Enders Door,” as well as a drum clinic. facebook.com/events/1406525426071171/

COMMUNITY

Beachin’ Fridays Concerts

Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater 101 E. Butler Road, Mauldin 7 p.m. | Fridays | FREE People come from all over the Upstate to converge on the Mauldin Cultural Center’s outdoor amphitheater for evenings of shag dancing, food trucks, and craft beverages. All shows are free of charge, so grab your dancing shoes and bring your energy. June 23 features The Holiday Band.

MUSIC

Villive Concert Series 2017

The Village of West Greenville | 1288 Pendleton St. 6-9 p.m. | Fridays | FREE Enjoy an outdoor, pet-friendly summer concert series

Local Green Family Band presents Dance Party V

Jonathan Brown w/ The Indoor Kids, St. Maurice, and Floco Torres

Luke Cunningham

Radio Room, 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive 9 p.m. | $5

Smiley’s Acoustic Café, 111 Augusta St. 10 p.m. | Free smileysacousticcafe.com

When Upstate guitarist John Durham formed the Local Green musical collective a few years back, it was to foster a sense of community among local musicians, but it was also to help him form a nucleus of players and singers (including April Bennett, Kelly Jo, Darby Wilcox, Audrey Hamilton, and the LOZ Band) to perform a series of tribute and concept shows that he’d been brainstorming.

But after spearheading a series of shows (including the popular Build-A-Band series that combines musicians in random ensembles and has them learn a mini-set’s worth of songs), the Local Green family has grown to over 50 musicians, and the shows have become a lot more collaborative.

“As it’s gone on, I’ve developed more of a knowledge of the people involved, which has allowed me to become more hands-off,” Durham says. For the Dance Party series, Durham has let the band, which is sort of a Local Green All-Stars lineup, pick the hits and favorites they want to play, and his role is more about figuring out the program.

“All of the people involved are either bandleaders or really adept side musicians,” he says. “So they know what they’re doing.” —Vincent Harris

For 10 years or so, Jonathan Brown was a slam poet, delivering riveting missives on God, relationships, and everything in between with an actor’s sense of rhythm and control. He could hold an audience in the palm of his hand, making them gasp, laugh, or cry. But after a decade on the poetry-slam circuit, Brown decided it was time for something different. “I needed a challenge,” he says. “Once you figure out a thing, you kind of quit doing it better. I wanted an untouched frontier.” That’s when Brown began incorporating music into his poetry, first with a full band and then with a sampler and hip-hopstyle beats, which he uses on his new EP, “The Risk It All.” And though it might stand to reason that the rhythm a spoken word artist uses might translate well to music, Brown says the two disciplines are often polar opposites. “When you move from poetry to music, you move from lines to measures,” he says. “With spoken word, you create your own time signature. When you’re doing music, you can race and pause but you still have the metronome behind you. It’s a tough transition, but I get to be a kid and make mistakes and play again.” —Vincent Harris

Singer/songwriter Luke Cunningham has been playing the Music City game for years, playing his down-the-middle mix of rock and country and hoping to get that one big break in Nashville that leads him to the big time. Despite a commercial sound that recalls the genre-blending of Gary Allan, Cunningham’s progress has been gradual; he’s focused more on songwriting over the last year, curbing his touring despite appearances at SXSW and the legendary Bluebird Café. “I know people who have only been writers that have gotten signed to these big deals,” he says. “On the other hand, you have guys like BJ Barham from American Aquarium or Jason Isbell who have been touring since they were old enough to walk, and they get their deals that way. There’s no formula for it; that’s kind of the formula.”

Cunningham has been encouraged by recent commercial breakthroughs of artists like Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, and Chris Stapleton, but his own writing, showcased most recently on his EP “Kentucky,” is a little harder to pin down. “My writing’s pretty schizophrenic,” he says. “Some days I’ll wake up with a pop song in my head, but sometimes they’re country.” —Vincent Harris

Gottrocks, 200 Eisenhower Drive 9 p.m. | $10 gottrocksgreenville.com

that benefits Safe Harbor domestic shelter. Come every Friday evening to enjoy great music, food trucks, draft beer, and artisan vendors. villivemusic.com

ART

Watermedia Collage: Painting With Paper

Greenville Center for Creative Arts | 25 Draper St.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $89 This one-day workshop with Jane Todd Butcher is the second day of a two-part watermedia collage workshop, but you may register for only this second day if you choose. Students will need to bring brushes and paints, reference photos, additional papers, drawings, photos, or other collage materials, and additional surfaces for mounting papers.

MUSIC

Simpsonville Summer Music Series The Tater Shed | 110 Academy St., Simpsonville 7-9 p.m. | Fridays | FREE The free Simpsonville Summer Music Series will be held Friday nights through Aug. 11, from 7-9 p.m. at The Tater Shed (or, in case of rain, at The Arts Center). Chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets are

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23-25

THEATER

“Clumsy Custard Horror Show”

The Foothills Playhouse 201 S. 5th St., Easley The B-Side show “Clumsy Custard Horror Show” (presented by the FHP Youth board) by William Gleason runs June 23–25. fhplayhouse.com/wordpress/

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MUSIC

Upstate Music Collectors Show

MUSIC

Fall of an Empire CD Release Show

Ground Zero | 3052 Howard St., Spartanburg 6-11:45 p.m. | $10 Join us at GroundZero for the CD release of Fall of an Empire’s “Croweater II: The Last Wishes of Kings.”

The Spartanburg stoner/blues rock heroes return, and the event will also feature performances by Groove Matter (rock, Greenville), Lowercase Gods (heavy metal, Columbia), and more. facebook.com/events/193436847839509/

COMMUNITY

Trunk Show at Only Southern Made

Greg Neal Shows Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium 385 N. Church St., Spartanburg 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $3 This event features music dealers from all over the South selling rare vintage vinyl LPs and 45s, plus CDs, music DVDs, memorabilia, and much more.

704-996-9945 | facebook.com/GregNealShows

Only Southern Made 102 Trade St., Greer 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | FREE Only Southern Made is hosting a trunk show with Laura Cox Designs and Wheaton Whaley Designs.

Custom home and jewelry items will be on display and available to purchase.

COMMUNITY

TD Saturday Market

Free Dental Care for Veterans

Aspen Dental | FREE Local veterans can call 1-844-AspenHMM to schedule an appointment at a participating office in the Greenville area. Appointments are required and available on a first-come, first-served basis. aspendental.com

COMMUNITY

BeWell Mauldin Market

Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater 101 East Butler Road, Mauldin 8 a.m.-noon | Saturdays | FREE The market features a variety of vendors from around the Upstate selling locally sourced and produced items including produce, dairy, eggs, honey, gifts, clothing, accessories, treats, pastries, and more. The market will also feature free healthy activities such as small-group fitness, health screenings, and cooking demos.

ART

Exploring Encaustic

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $120 Learn and practice the basic techniques of encaustics, the art of painting with hot pigmented wax. This is a beginner introductory workshop, perfect for the artist or crafter who is curious about encaustics. All materials are provided, but feel free to bring supplies, especially objects that make interesting textures.

Helping Hands When You Need Them

COMMUNITY

Greenville Health System Main Street between Court and Washington streets Saturdays through Oct. 28 FREE TD Saturday Market presented by Greenville Health System brings farm-fresh produce, baked goods, meats, cheeses, seafood, and other specialty foods to downtown Greenville. This year’s market features the Lowes Foods Front Porch.

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“Away, Away Down South” Riverworks Gallery 300 River St. #202

THEATER

and American Rose Society. Except for July and January, meetings are held the last Monday of every month.

864-321-5310

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Upstate Shakespeare Festival

Falls Park on the Reedy River | 601 S. Main St. 7 p.m. | FREE Presented by the Upstate Shakespeare Festival Thursday through Sunday on the above dates in Falls Park on the Reedy.

THEATER

“Hairspray: The Musical”

Greenville Little Theatre | 444 College St. $35 The Greenville Little Theatre is excited to present “Hairspray: The Musical.” Based on the John Waters 1998 film of the same name, “Hairspray” is a familyfriendly show piled bouffant high with laughter, romance, and deliriously tuneful songs.

864-233-6238 | greenvillelittletheatre.org

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ART

Intro to Relief Printmaking

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 3-7 p.m. | $75 Learn the processes, materials, and methods used in relief printmaking with the use of linoleum. Practice techniques for achieving different texture as well as concepts for balancing positive and negative space and designing a print image. All skill levels welcome.

(For the print subject matter, students should bring along pictures or drawings for reference.)

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Chautauqua History Alive Festival

Greenville Chautauqua Greenville Tech | 506 S. Pleasantburg Drive FREE Meet America’s greatest wordsmiths and hear them tell their stories in their own words. Listen in as Abe Lincoln redefines American democracy. Rise up and sing with poet Maya Angelou. March and protest with Cesar Chavez. Step inside the revolutionary book “Silent Spring” with Rachel Carson. And once again as the nightly news unfolds, “You Are There” with Walter Cronkite. greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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ART

Sundays at 2: Sketching in the Galleries

FREE This exhibition features printmaker Andrew Blanchard and photographer Eliot Dudik, both members of the elite Oxford American Magazine’s 100 New Superstars of Southern Art. Each offer images of Southern Gothic stories of lost and suppressed ideals with sinister, violent overtones. gvltec.edu/riverworks

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. |FREE Join artist Christina Laurel for a closer look at Andrew Wyeth’s portraits. Starting with the watercolor painting “Half-Brother,” we’ll explore techniques for sketching a successful portrait. Open to any skill level. Sketch pads and pencils are provided, or bring your own.

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This Saturday: FREE Adoptions & Ice Cream There’s an epic event coming up at Animal Care and it’s THIS Saturday, June 24. It’s called The Big Lick, and it’s all about licking homelessness for pets. We’ll have FREE adoptions for dogs, cats, puppies and kittens all day long, plus you’ll get some free ice cream. It’s going to be SO MUCH FUN! Partners for Animal Care are making pupsicles so us dogs can have a frosty treat too. Come by and give one to me, please! Bring the kids because there will be plenty of fun activities for them to do. Get a picture at the licking booth (I might be working a shift), meet Jag the arson dog (he’s got skills), and find your next best friend. See you

Saturday!

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Encaustic Painting

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College Street $95-130 Greenville County Museum of Art summer art camps begin the week of June 28 and run until the week of Aug. 9. Classes vary for different age groups. gcma.org/events

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.| $75 Discover encaustic, the ancient art of painting with pigments dissolved in hot beeswax, the same process used by the Egyptians to make mummy portraits.

Using modern materials and methods, this class is a workshop for experienced student artists as well as interested adults.

864-271-7570 | gcma.org

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LITERATURE

Book Signing with Lauren Allbright

Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 6 p.m. | FREE Lauren Allbright’s laugh-out-loud debut novel is “Exit Strategy” (Aladdin Books, hardcover, $16.99). Meet the middle-grade author as she discusses her new book, answers questions from the audience, and signs books.

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Summer Art Camp for Ages 5-7: Clay Creature Feature Greenville County Museum of Art |

420 College St. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | $105 Campers create several fun creatures using handbuilding techniques like pinch pots, coils, and slabs. Kids will even make their own clay dough and green slime.

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Lakeside Summer Concert Series

Furman University Amphitheater 3300 Poinsett Highway 7:30 p.m. | Thursdays through August 3 FREE Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, celebrates the sounds of summer.

864-294-2086 bit.ly/2oVHWsT furmanmusic@furman.edu

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ART

Portrait and Street Photography: Faces and Shapes that Speak Without Words

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $225 Learn about the power of dramatic shapes using contrasting lights and shadows, the fascinating worlds of intricate architectural structures, and train your eye and sensitivity for people that live in harmony or conflict within their environments.

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TCMU July Events

Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | FREE Visit The Children’s Museum of the Upstate for reccuring events like Random Acts of Science, Off the Wall, and Storytime, as well as special one-time events. All events and activites are free with museum admission. tcmupstate.org

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Book Club Party

Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 | 6 p.m. | $15 Fiction Addiction owner Jill Hendrix will present suggested titles for book clubs, and the store will be serving wine and cheese and giving away a number of advance reader copies. Tickets are $15 each. Each ticket admits one and can be redeemed for $10 off any merchandise purchased at the event. Gift bags will be prepared in advance for attendees, so please make sure to RSVP. fiction-addiction.com

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VICTORIA WYETH: OPENING JULY 12, 2017 MY ANDY The Centennial of Andrew Wyeth’s Birthday

As the only grandchild of acclaimed American painter Andrew Wyeth, Victoria Wyeth wears the mantle of the fourth generation of a renowned artistic lineage that began with her great-grandfather N. C. Wyeth and continues today with her uncle Jamie Wyeth. Her talent and unique access to her grandfather—and the people and locations that his artwork made iconic—form the exhibition, Victoria Wyeth: My Andy, which will be shown exclusively at the GCMA. Andrew Wyeth in Maine, 2000

©2017 Victoria Wyeth

Join Victoria Wyeth here at the GCMA for a free, public tour of her exhibition and selections from Wyeth Dynasty.

Space is limited. Visit gcma.org to reserve your spot, or call 864.271.7570 ext 1061.

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Past and Present with Courtney L. Tollison Hartness, Ph.D.

Sculpting the Past

Public art reminds us of Native Americans’ rich and troubled history Last month, in a ceremony punctuated by Native American dance and song, Greenville Water dedicated Prospect Green, a new park at the corner of West Washington and West Broad streets, and unveiled the centerpiece of the park, a 10-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a Cherokee male, titled “Water Blessing,” by artist Doug Young.

As Europeans arrived and eventually explored this area, relations between European explorers and Native Americans were troubled, though historical records suggest that many of the early explorations would not have survived without goodwill from the native people, most of which came in the form of food. The colony of South Carolina made the slavery of Native Americans legal in the late 17th century, however, thus significantly exacerbating relations. After the Cherokee War of 1776-1777, the Cherokee lost almost all of their land in modern-day Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens counties, and migrated west.

A community’s public art, statuary, monuments, and memorials reveal that community’s values and history.

Upcountry South Carolina has a rich Native American past, dating back as far as 13,000 years ago, when pre-modern societies developed just south of modernday Greenville. Between 10001450 A.D., a period archeologists Jack Robert Photography Currently, the only federally know as the Pisgah Phase, recognized Cherokee tribe in societies developed in river valleys in the nearby the Southeast is based in Cherokee, N.C. They Saluda and Keowee areas. Pisgah societies are the descendants of the 800 or so Cherokee were the direct precursor to the Cherokee, and from upcountry South Carolina and western common cultural practices and values linked North Carolina who were able to stay following the two. the Indian Removal Act of 1830. These select few were able to remain chiefly through the As Cherokee tribes evolved, their historical efforts of William Holland Thomas, a white reliance on freshwater supplies manifested man who grew up near a trading post in itself in a deep reverence for water. Cherokee Cherokee territory and who was adopted into communities were almost exclusively located in the tribe by Chief Yonaguska. As an adult, he close proximity to streams and rivers; evidence became an attorney and represented the tribe from settlements reveals that the openings in in its negotiations with the U. S. government. the gates constructed for defense directly faced He was named Chief of the Eastern Band of the river, respected as a sacred entity and known Cherokee Indians in 1831, the only white man among the Cherokee as the “Long Man.” Rivers were also commonly used for transportation and to ever have that honor bestowed upon him.

In the late 1840s, he was elected to the North for farming. The Cherokee displayed a particular Carolina state senate. By utilizing his position proficiency in agriculture; they grew maize, peas, as a senator and amassing his own wealth and pumpkins, melons, squash, and potatoes. Wild the collective wealth of the tribe to purchase fruit was an important part of their diet as well. the land in Cherokee under his name, he was The Cherokee’s matrilineal society sharply a driving force in preserving the Cherokee contrasted with the societal norms espoused presence in the American Southeast. later by European settlers. Their concept of marriage was far less binding than that to Daniel Reese graduated in May 2017 from Furwhich European settlers were accustomed, man University with a degree in history. He comand involved no formal ritual other than an pleted an internship under Dr. Tollison, in which he exchange of gifts between clans or families. researched and assisted with the development of Upon marriage, a husband joined his wife’s clan.

Greenville Water’s Native American memorial.

Men had no rights over their wife’s property, and their children belonged to her clan. If Dr. Courtney L. Tollison Hartthe parents separated or the father died, the ness teaches history at Furman children remained with their mother’s clan to University. She can be reached at be reared by their mother and eldest uncle. courtney.tollison@furman.edu.

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CABARRUS IN THE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION BONITA COLLINS V. KALEY COLLINS AND ALEXANDER D. SIMPSON 17-CVD-622 TO: Alexander D. Simpson 520 Lowndes Hill Rd., Apt. 16 Greenville, SC 29607 TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief sought is as follows: The Plaintiff/Maternal Grandmother, Bonita Collins, is seeking primary physical and legal custody of you and your co-defendant’s daughter, Shaelyn A. Simpson.

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M. Timothy Porterfield, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 316 E. Worthington Avenue Charlotte, NC 28203 704-370-3694

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017 AT 3:00 P.M. in CONFERENCE ROOM –D at GREENVILLE COUNTY SQUARE, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, S.C., for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the petitions listed below.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT C. A. NO.: 2017-DR-23-2345 Joshua Ryland Dillard, Plaintiff, vs. Tabitha Ann Dillard, Defendant.

To: The Defendant abovenamed: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices Woodruff Road Corporate Center, 112 Lovett Drive, Greenville, South Carolina, 29607 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, except as to the United States of America (if a named party), which shall have sixty (60) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a default judgment for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Richmond Callaway Law Firm, LLC Amy Richmond Callaway 112 Lovett Drive Greenville, SC 29607 (864) 234-7304 Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that KPE & SGE, LLC dba The Unleashed Dog Bar 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 69 Rocky Slope Rd., Greenville, SC, 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 25, 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 and Goliath, 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 110 Poinsett Hwy., Greenville, SC 29609. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 25, 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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