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CONTENTs Grub & GROG
7 Cheese Buscuits Gooey and delicious
Contributors
8 On the Edge
Cathy Brown Hardison Erica Letchworth Roger Kammerer Jules Norwood Will Stricklin BJ Swing
Villedge caters to vibrant crowd
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Riding program improves lives
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Great Harvest Bread Company
15 Coming Soon
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Southside BBQ building frenzy
NeighborHOOD
16 Hoof Prints Art & Soul
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Antique designs and murals
39 Art at Home HABITAT
40 Next Door
Tar River/University Neighborhood
Retrospect
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46 Making Music
Greenville’s Overlooked Big Band Legacy
50 Roxy Theatre 51 Greenville Memory
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A PLACE TO GATHER
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FIVE POINTS PLAZA corner of 5th and Evans
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Ham and Cheese Biscuit Peaden’s
2399 N. Memorial Dr. A family-owned institution and a bluecollar staple in Greenville since 1957, Peaden’s will stuff your cheese biscuit with almost anything – try the ham!
Original Cheese Biscuit Abrams
1001 S. Memorial Dr. There are six Abrams locations in Eastern N.C. including one across from Guy Smith Stadium on Memorial Drive. The first Abrams, located in Tarboro, claims to be the home of the original cheese biscuit.
Connection Cheese Biscuit Confection Connection
637 Red Banks Rd. Confection Connection was started from the owners’ home and opened on Red Banks in 2012 in response to customer demand. From breakfast and grab-and-go lunches to all manner of desserts, here’s your connection.
Country Cheese Biscuit Egg Yolk Café
610-A Red Banks Rd. Egg Yolk does breakfast right, for breakfast and for lunch. An extensive breakfast menu includes the Country Cheese Biscuit, also available loaded. GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
7CHEESE Biscuits YOU GOTTA EAT
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There is nothing like an Eastern N.C. cheese biscuit – crisp on the outside, warm and fluffy inside, with cheese melting out onto the paper. Who makes your favorite?
The Cheese Biscuit Bum’s
566 Third St., Ayden First opened in 1966, Bum’s has been making mouths water in Ayden through six decades and three generations.
Biscuit with Cheese Little Rocket
4200 S. Main St., Farmville A Farmville landmark since 1963, Little Rocket’s cheese biscuit is billed as the best on the planet.
Hot Cheese Biscuit
Cubbie’s
657 Worthington Rd., Winterville Cubbie’s offers breakfast at its Winterville location, and the cheese biscuit stacks up with Pitt County’s best.
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GRUB Villedge’s signature CBR Burger features candied bacon, deviled egg spread, hoop cheddar and tomato on a Brioche bun.
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Villedge is located adjacent to the Greenville Hilton on the campus of the Greenville Convention Center.
A sense of taste Villedge caters to a vibrant crowd
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he wood-burning oven and the open kitchen surrounding it are the first things to catch the eye inside Villedge Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar. “We love the wood oven; it’s one of our focal points,” says chef Brandon Qualls. “We do a lot with that. It adds to the ambiance – it’s nice at night with the smoke.” The focus of the kitchen staff
is also centered on the oven. It is used for flatbread pizzas, entrees and appetizers, and many of the ingredients that go into other dishes. “At night we’ll wood-roast some pork or even vegetables that will go into a dish,” Qualls adds. “We have a lot of wood-fired stuff, it’s who we are. That comes through in the flavors.” To the left is a bar and comfortable
lounge area. A chandelier made of vintage lightbulbs with visible elements hangs over a large table that’s actually a weathered wooden door, its metal hinges intact. Near the bar is a metal-hoop barrel, and across the room there is a tiled fireplace. Qualls says the bar is lively at night, especially on the weekends. On Friday nights, local bands come
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Chef Brandon Qualls has made a name for himself with eclectic adaptations of familiar cuisine, winning awards and recognition along the way.
in for live music. “We’re a vibrant restaurant,” he says. “We’re not trying to be fine dining, we’re not trying to be white tablecloth. We want to be a place that you and I want to go out to eat – from young professionals all the way up.” When it comes to the menu, though, it’s clear that Qualls wants to make sure Villedge offers something a step above what people are accustomed to in the area. The dining area is raised a step from the bar area and has an intimate feel. Two private rooms can accommodate large groups.
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“When we first started out, we wanted to make a restaurant that had kind of a bigger city feel. Greenville was kind of missing that. We saw a lot of traffic going to Raleigh, and we felt like there was a need. We didn’t want it to be too stuffy; we want to provide fine food but still in a casual, relaxed atmosphere,” he says. In addition to flatbread pizzas, there are steaks, seafood dishes and a burger topped with candied bacon and a deviled egg spread. The menu changes about every three months, so that Qualls can reinvent it seasonally to utilize the freshest
available ingredients. “As the local farm-to-table stuff has kicked off, we’ve tried to embrace that, and we’re very fortunate that we’ve maintained such a good level of business that we’re able to really keep our ingredients fresh,” he says. “We get a lot of dayboat fish, and … we try to get to the farmers’ market quite often.” The current menu includes a grilled Atlantic salmon with bacon mint jam; sweet potatoes with a coconut white balsamic; and a broccolini salad with tart cherries and apple cider vinaigrette. Another of the chef ’s favorites is a pork ribeye
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The goal at Villedge is to offer dishes prepared and presented in the best possible way in a comfortable setting.
with mushroom sauce served over cheddar-potato pierogis. Hurry – the menu will change for summer soon if it hasn’t already. “We want the food to be recognizable and fun,” Qualls says. His work isn’t going unnoticed. Still in his early 30s, Qualls has already run a popular restaurant in Washington, N.C. and has received several awards since opening Villedge in 2012. The restaurant has picked up Open Table and Diner’s Choice Awards, as well as Best in Show at the Chef ’s Auction. Qualls also took home the Chef ’s Hat in a round-robin chef competition at the
Throughout the menu, many of the dishes contain ingredients prepared in the woodburning oven, the visual centerpiece of the restaurant.
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The bar offers a range of signature cocktails and an extensive wine list.
2014 N.C. Seafood Festival. With the success of Villedge, located in the Greenville Hilton, the hotel has put Qualls in charge of food and beverage service for the entire facility, including the Greenville Convention Center. “We’re in the process of rebranding all of that to match Villedge,” he says. “Over the next year we’re trying to provide a restaurant experience in banquet rooms. We want to get away from banquets and have it really be more of a catering experience. We’re trying to deliver an exceptional experience throughout the hotel.
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That’s what people have been asking for, it’s what they want, so that’s important to us.” More changes are coming; a planned renovation will add a bar to the courtyard, allowing food service by the pool. “There will be some couches and fireplaces, and it will be a fun place to come and enjoy,” Qualls says. “It should be open before football season.” Managing food service for the hotel facility is a big responsibility, but Qualls says he will always gravitate to the kitchen. “I’m lucky that I have a great sous
chef and a great team,” he says. “But I still go in the kitchen every day. … It’s where I’m comfortable and what I love doing.” He adds that he’s been thrilled with the community support. While the restaurant draws some of its business from the hotel, Qualls says many of the customers are local. “You get in this business because it’s instant gratification,” he says. “You get to see your hard work pay off in individual customers. You meet so many people in the community and get to talk. You have a party every night in your bar, so it’s fun.”
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FRESH EATS
Opened April 2015
Great Harvest Bread Company 2803 S. Evans St.
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COMING SOON
BBQ BBQ BBQ
Sam Jones BBQ Firetower Road (near Memorial Drive)
Southside BBQ building frenzy
Three well-known names in barbeque are constructing new pits in Southeast Greenville and Winterville near Firetower Road over the next year. Sam Jones BBQ (of Skylight Inn fame) and Moore’s Olde Tyme Barbeque are already under construction. Parker’s Barbecue plans a third Greenville location in 2016.
Moore’s Olde Tyme Barbeque Memorial Drive (near Sam’s Club)
Parker’s Barbecue Arlington Blvd. (near Firetower Road)
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NEIGHBORHOOD
Hoof Prints
Learning games and activities are incorporated into the vaulting class. Here, Serena prepares to toss a hula hoop from horseback onto one of her classmates.
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Serena Albrecht practices a pose on the Pink Twinkie before trying it on horseback.
Horses helping out Therapeutic riding program improves lives Story by Jules Norwood • Photos by RYAN B. WEBB
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appy isn’t thrilled with his situation today; he’s been singled out in a pen with little grass. “He’s on a diet,” explains Rocking Horse Ranch Executive Director Malaika King Albrecht. “If he can, he’ll try to reach underneath the fence and get as much grass as he can along the way, so we’ll have to get that with the weed eater.” Happy, along with eight other
horses, a dozen certified instructors and a small army of volunteers, leaves his hoof prints on the lives of children and adults with physical, cognitive or psychological disabilities through the ranch’s equine-assisted therapeutic activities. A tenth horse, Patch, got too old for lessons about three years ago and was just moved in May to a new home for retirement. Rocking Horse Ranch was founded in 1991
and is located just off Hwy 43 on Blue Banks Farm Road. “Our instructors all come from different backgrounds,” says Albrecht. “One is a physical therapy assistant, one is an occupational therapist, another is a recreational therapist, we have an MSW (Masters in Social Work), and licensed professional counselors. Most of them work elsewhere, so they’re coming here after work once GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
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Responsibility for grooming and gear, above, is part and parcel with the opportunity to ride. Opposite, Serena practices a pose during a vaulting lesson.
or twice a week. Then there are more than 100 volunteers donated thousands of hours each year.” The sun is shining, but the weather has been wet. The lessons this afternoon should be ok as long as there’s no more rain, Albrecht says. Happy, a former cart horse who has been with Rocking Horse Ranch since 2009, looks like he’s ready to go to work with a young rider. Stocky and relatively short, he’s the perfect size for a therapy horse. “Tall horses are a bigger risk,” says Albrecht. “Plus our side-walkers are walking alongside the lesson the whole time, and if you’re doing an arm-over-thigh hold, which is how
many of the students start out, over half an hour your arm is going to be hurting.” The right temperament, of course, is also essential for a therapy horse. They must follow direction well, ignore distractions and remain calm despite their rider’s energy.
Programs
There are several different programs at Rocking Horse Ranch, including Ground School, Therapeutic Riding, Interactive Vaulting, and a new program this year, Equine Services for Heroes. Riders are carefully evaluated and matched with the perfect program,
horse, instructor and volunteers. The five participants in the Heroes program this spring started out in Ground School, in which participants learn grooming and commands, then work with a horse in the round-pen. “There’s no lead line, no halter, you’re in the middle, and you use your body along with verbal cues to get the horse to do all the gaits – you walk, trot, canter and change directions,” Albrecht says. “What you’re looking for is for the horse to connect with you as a leader. … There are cues that the participants learn; they look at you, or they look inward, they’re really listening.
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The Derby Dash Bash was held at Rock Springs Center, just across the street from Rocking Horse Ranch.
Once you’ve done that, you can walk anywhere and they will follow you. When that happens, it’s huge. Everyone says, ‘I can’t believe it!’ They could run, and the horse would follow, because they are herd animals and they’ve accepted you as a leader.” Therapeutic Riding Lessons are half-hour, single-student sessions. Tristan Toppin, 12, has been taking lessons since being referred by a therapist in 2007, and his mother, Christina Carter, says the program has helped in ways she never thought possible. Tristan, who has multiple diagnoses, communicated little and had a tendency to be aggressive when he started. He had to learn to GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
control his energy in order to work with the horses. “There was so much they worked on, from social skills to keeping his shoes on the right feet,” Carter says. “Tristan never wore his shoes on the right feet until last December. He’s had them on the right feet for almost five months. … Tristan did not have any social skills, so being around an animal, he would be too aggressive. Now he loves going there.” Tristan’s older brother, Ashton Blake Toppin, who faces challenges of his own including severe ADHD, started out in therapeutic riding as well. This spring, both moved on to the Interactive Vaulting program.
The vaulting program is held in small groups and is akin to gymnastics on horseback. The riders move into different poses, including kneeling and (for some) standing up, as the horse moves around the ring. The moves are first practiced indoors on the Pink Twinkie, a stationary stand-in for a live horse. It can be nerve-wracking as a parent, agree Carter and Albrecht, whose daughter, Serena, is also in the vaulting program, but the confidence and teamwork it builds are invaluable. “They’re getting up on their knees on the horse and working toward standing,” Carter says. “[Tristan] was a kid who would come in and grunt to try to tell you what he wants, and you had to say, ‘Use your words’ … And one day he finally said ‘Whoa,’ because he didn’t like the trot. Eventually he worked down through all the walkers and leader, until last year he finally was working the horse on his own. To me, this is amazing. Every time I see them, I cry, I do.”
Benefits
The benefits of equine therapy are numerous, ranging from improved gross and fine motor skills to selfesteem and social skills. “There is a relationship that develops between a rider and their horse,” says Instructor Kristina Cudney. “Horses are animals that are incredibly sensitive to their environment and the people around them – this sensitivity means that the horses interact with and support riders in ways that people cannot. The horses seem to
A painting by Happy, one of the training horses, was part of the live and silent auction held during the Derby Dash Bash, the barn’s annual fundraising event.
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Like the Kentucky Derby, the Derby Dash Bash includes its share of elaborate hats.
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Four of the horses dressed up in support of national causes to attend the Derby Dash Bash. This is Sonnie, who is supporting Autism Awareness.
reflect the rider’s personality and social interactions during the lessons and meet them where they are at emotionally and physically. The horses are there for their riders – they don’t judge them and simply respond in the moment, which is exactly what our participants need. I’ve seen our horses react and move of their own accord to stay under and support unstable riders, remain quiet and stoic for participants who are experiencing strong emotions or behaviors, and make efforts to create relationship bonds with participants who are working with them in training or horsemanship activities.” Attention span and problem solving skills can improve as well. During a vaulting lesson, one student is on the horse while the others participate in activities designed to develop teamwork and focus. “The riding instructors at the farm work very hard to create client-centered, goal-oriented programming
that integrates what our participants want to get out of their equine experiences at Rocking Horse Ranch,” Cudney adds. “Programs are very individualized to meet client needs, and this focus seems to really help engage our participants. In addition to all of that, there is something really special about working with such powerful but gentle animal partners that seems to improve the quality of life for all of us that have the opportunity to do this – participants, volunteers and instructors.” Students also learn responsibility as they help with grooming and taking care of the horses.
Community
In addition to helping riders with disabilities, Happy uses his unique talent to help out around the barn with fundraising. Since he displayed a remarkable ability to hold things in his mouth, he
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Happy proudly wears pink to support breast cancer survivors.
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More than 100 students pass through the gate each year to work with the horses at Rocking Horse Ranch.
was taught to paint, and his masterpieces are sold or auctioned off to help support Rocking Horse Ranch’s programs. Happy is opinionated about his work, Albrecht says. When he considers a painting finished, he will drop his brush and refuse to add anything else to the canvas. “He has a thing about colors,” she adds gesturing toward a masterpiece painted in ECU colors. “For whatever reason he wouldn’t add anything to the purple, so we had to dip his hoof in yellow and add that.” Happy’s paintings each include a photo of him painting, dressed in his special halter, beret and painting smock. Despite Happy’s contributions, it
is not easy to fund the facility, the horses and the therapeutic programs. About 30 percent of the students participate through scholarships, and the rest are subsidized through grants and fundraising. Lesson fees account for only about a quarter of the budget, Albrecht says. The community has been generous in supporting the organization, but funding remains a challenge. Each year, Rocking Horse Ranch hosts the Derby Dash Bash in conjunction with the running of the Kentucky Derby. This year’s event, the 12th annual, was held May 2 at Rock Springs Center and included dinner, live music, a Derby hat contest, live and silent auctions, and of course, viewing of the Kentucky Derby.
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Dutch and his pal proudly represent Equine Services for Heroes.
“We bring four of our horses over and dress them up,” Albrecht says. “Last year each horse represented one of our in-state universities.” This year, each horse represented a cause, and attendees bid on the opportunity to sponsor that horse for the year, including visitation rights. “It’s awesome, really, you can’t miss it,” says Carter. “Everybody was great, there was laughing and talking the whole time, and watching the Kentucky Derby. Plus all the hats!” Carter says she can’t thank the staff, instructors and volunteers enough for what they’ve done for her family. “They’re a great support system. Rocking Horse
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Ranch, all the volunteers, everyone there, they’re amazing, they’re like a second family to you,” she says. “They take everything of the child – goals, needs, whatever is necessary to help them succeed – they sacrifice so much. They’re patient, they’re kind. They do what’s necessary to help you succeed with this child, and it takes special people to do that. That therapy, as a parent you do it every day, all day. And the time they do it, they’re there helping you and taking that little bit off of you, and it makes all the difference.” For more information about Rocking Horse Ranch, visit www.rhrnc.com.
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Cody wears “Lots of Socks” for Down Syndrome awareness.
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ART & SOUL
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Paul Gianino shares his Chesnut Street workshop with other woodsmiths. They have created a space much as it would have been a century ago.
Timeless technique
Gianino builds, restores furniture the traditional way Story by Jules Norwood • Photography by WILL STRICKLin
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ust past a small showroom are the double doors that lead to the workshop at Gianino Fine Studio Furniture in Greenville. Behind those doors, it could be 100 years ago, or more. Along one wall daylight filters in through a row of high windows onto several nearly identical benches. Clamps of all shapes and sizes hang from the walls and from racks in the center of the room. There are finely sharpened chisels of all sizes along with a variety of hand planes. A lathe driven by a leather belt makes a rhythmic whump that could GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
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Many of the tools have been handed down through generations.
The shop contains more than 600 hand tools.
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This urn table features a variation of Gianino’s signature weaving.
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These doors separate the shop and the showroom at Gianino Fine Studio Furniture on Chesnut Street.
never be mistaken for any machine of this era. The lathe is about 100 years old, says Paul Gianino, and it is by no means the oldest tool in the shop. “These molding planes probably date back to the early- to mid1800s,” he explains. “My father’s mentors, when they died or retired, he would end up with their tools. And now people bring me tools that might have been their grandfather’s tools, and they just want them to be used.”
Tradition
Gianino learned to build and restore furniture by helping in his
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father’s Boston shop. The elder Gianino had studied with European cabinet makers and specialized in 18th-century furniture restoration. Taking up the family trade was just what you did then, Gianino says. When his father needed help in the shop, he helped in the shop. Later, he worked in other mediums for a while, including photography and sculpture, but eventually he returned to woodworking. “It’s malleable,” he says. “I’m only limited to the imagination. We can do anything in wood. … If you came to me and said I like this kind of a shape for a molding, I can do that. We do all our own
turnings. We grind and cut our own moldings. The only thing we don’t do here is cut the tree down.” If he can’t find the right blade to make a shape, he makes his own blade. “I’m not limited to what I can buy on the street for tools,” Gianino says. “I can create my own.” The shop is used for both restorations and new pieces of furniture. One room is full of hardware scavenged from furniture of different types and ages. There are hinges and hooks, cabinet pulls and casters. “Casters – porcelain casters, wood casters, brass casters, plastic
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A curly maple console table with wenge details features woven double doors and an inlaid top.
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Rings are cut to form the rounded corners of the moldings on a walnut desk.
casters, sh***y casters, good casters, you name it.” Gianino pulls open another drawer. “These are more contemporary casters. You never know, you might need one.” Unlike mass-produced furniture, the work is done with hand tools whenever possible. There are some modern tools and machines here and there, but Gianino estimates there are more than 600 hand tools in the shop. “It’s all labor,” he says. “The material cost really isn’t much; it’s
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all time. And really, if you add up all the time you put into it, you’re not making a lot of money, because it takes so long to do it. “This is an example of a complex molding that I made for a piece. You can see the breakdown of it, how it works itself out, and how many pieces there are. You’ve got one, two, three, four … nine, ten pieces for that one piece of molding. But when you look at it, it looks like something. It would take a week to build that. Time is not as important
as the piece.”
Process
When a client asks for a new piece of furniture, the first step is to get an idea of the style and the dimensions, and to produce a drawing. Then there are revisions, and possibly samples of different options for moldings and veneers. Finally, the raw stock is purchased and milled. Details and embellishments are cut, shaped, glued together and added to the
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Each piece is crafted by hand with basic tools like planes and sanding blocks.
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In the assembly area, Paul Gianino works on a walnut desk with complex moldings.
piece. Gianino is known for making furniture featuring woven wood patterns. On a classically styled piece, he feels it adds an element of texture and depth. He has created stunning woven panels on everything from cabinet doors to urn tables. “When the piece is completed and sanded, the next step is to finish it,” he says. “This is our finishing area. We make our own stains, make our own dyes, to get exactly
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the right color for the particular piece. There are a number of samples for our clients to choose from. And then we mix and match and blend or whatever we need to do, and we stain it here.” There’s a room for creating the finishes, which includes an oven for powdercoating. Attached is the finishing room, with its own filtered air supply, exhaust fan and plenty of light. Gianino gestures to a cherry fall-front desk and points out the
hand-made nails on the back. “This particular piece is from the 1820s from the Connecticut Valley. When it was brought to me, the legs and feet were not there; somebody put some crazy feet on it that didn’t belong,” he explains. “So I researched that particular part of the country, that particular time, and found out that there were about three or four cabinet makers that were working there. This was one of two pieces like it. So I was able to find a photograph of one similar
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to this, and I used that and scaled it down to put it on here. So it’s more fitting to what he would have done in the Connecticut Valley in 1820.”
Benches
There are other woodworkers who share space in Gianino’s shop on Chesnut Street, learn from him, and help him build and restore pieces both old and new. “This is the classical setup of a shop as you would see in the 1800s,” he says. “The windows would have been lower and they’d have skylights, since lighting wasn’t available, but basically this is what you’d see. You’d have a mill room … then they’d bring the pieces in, and each guy has his own skillset. So you’d have carvers at one bench, and so on and so forth, until you get to the guys that dry-fit everything and glue it up. So it really hasn’t changed much in that respect.” Seeing the furniture in person, there’s no doubt that the time that goes into it makes a difference. From animal-hide glues to traditional hand tools and joinery, Paul Gianino builds furniture the oldfashioned way, and the results speak for themselves.
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ART at HOME
NC String Wall Hanging Home is where the heart is! Show your love of Eastern NC with this easy DIY project. This project should cost less than $5 to make and can be done in under 2 hours. Choose your own style and colors to make it your own.
Photography BY Cathy Hardison
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Attach a hanging apparatus to the side of the wood that is going to be facing the wall.
Step 2
Use scissors or an X-Acto knife to cut out the state. We printed a state outline off of Google on an 11” x 17” sheet of paper to fit the size of the wood we had. You do not need to glue or tape the paper down because it may be harder to remove later.
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Supplies • Brad nails • Piece of wood • Hammer • Printout of N.C. • Picture hanger • String • Scissors
Hammer the nails close together without touching around the printout of the state. Draw or cut out a paper heart where Greenville, NC is and hammer nails around that also. If your nails end up being crooked, you can use pliers to straighten them back out.
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Pull up the paper printout to reveal the wood underneath.
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Tie your string around any nail and wrap around a nail that is a part of the heartshape to start out.
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You will get to a point where it is difficult to continue this pattern. At this point, wrap the string around any nail that is on the opposite side until you fill in all of the empty space within the state of North Carolina. Finish the piece off, by tying your string to a nail.
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Cut off the tails of string from where you tied off the ends.
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Tar River/University Neighborhood Home and Garden Tour The Tar River/University Neighborhood Association held a tour of homes and gardens in the university neighborhood on May 30. The tour included stops on Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth and Harding streets and will support the group’s efforts to maintain the viability and stability of the neighborhood.
409 S. Harding St.
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123 N. Harding St.
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404 S. Harding St.
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Making music
Greenville’s overlooked BIG BAND legacy Story by Roger KammereR • Images CONTRIBUTED
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reenville, though not known for its music, has a much-overlooked musical tradition and has been home to notable national and regional musicians. Greenville has had numerous orchestras, bands and singers over the years. Our homegrown musical talents seem to be appreciated elsewhere, but are unknown to many locally and should be remembered and cherished. Here are a few small biographies of some great musicians you may have never known.
Joseph Christopher Columbus Morris
Jazz bandleader and drummer Joseph Christopher Columbus Morris, also known as Joe Morris or Chris Columbus, was born June 17, 1902 in Greenville, N.C. and died at age 100 on Aug. 20, 2002 in New Jersey. He led a band from the 1930s, including a period at the Savoy Ballroom. He was a regular drummer with the saxophonist Louis Jordan GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
Morris played music until he was 90 and was the father of the famous drummer, Sonny Payne. Sonny Payne, born Percival Payne, (b. May 4, 1926 in New York, d. January 29, 1979) was an American jazz drummer best known for his work with Count Basie and Harry James.
Amzi Cecil Ellington
from 1946-52 and is seen with him in the films Reet, Petite and Gone (1947) and Look Out Sister (1948). Morris worked with Wild Bill Davis in the late 1950s and early 1960s and was in the Duke Ellington Band briefly in 1967. Morris led his own bands in the 1970s and toured Europe playing with Al Grey, Clarence “Gatesmouth” Smith and organist Stan Hunter.
Amzi Cecil Ellington, (b. 1908 in Raleigh, N.C., d. 1973 in Florida), was a Greenville businessman. He was a former member of such famous orchestras as Hal Kemp, Kay Kyzer and Jan Garber. For many years, Cecil Ellington toured the eastern seaboard with his own band based out of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. In the 1950s, Ellington had a small Dixieland group in Greenville that played for club parties and special occasions. Cecil Ellington and his wife Dorothy lived on Library Street. He worked first as a manager and salesman for the National Supply
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Billy Taylor, left, and Bob Wyatt play together in New York City in 1947. Taylor is a member of the North Carolina Hall of Fame and the namesake of East Carolina University’s Jazz Festival. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Company, selling home and auto supplies, and later operated Ellington’s Furniture Exchange on South Washington Street.
John William (Bill) Riggins
John William (Bill) Riggins, another Greenville businessman, was another big band man. He played with Benny Goodman, Sammy Kaye, Hal Kemp and Kay Kyzer, and during World War II fronted his own band while in the Navy. Riggins said he co-authored a big-band version of the old time favorite, I Ain’t Got Nobody.
Greenville old-timers remember Bill Riggins and his wife Marie living on Meade Street. He worked as service manager for White’s Chevrolet Company and later operated Bill’s Gulf Service Station on Dickinson Avenue. Marie worked as a technician for Dr. Frederick B. Haar. They moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. by 1955, where Bill worked as a gas station attendant and Marie worked as a nurse in the hospital.
William E. “Billy” Taylor Jr.
William E. “Billy” Taylor Jr., was born July 24, 1921 in Greenville,
N.C. and died Dec. 28, 2010 in Manhattan, N.Y., the eldest son of William E. Taylor Sr. and Antoinette Bacon. William E. Taylor Sr. was born in 1895 in Hertford County, N.C., later served in World War I, and was a dentist in Washington, D.C. Antoinette Bacon was born in 1896 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary E. Bacon. Antoinette worked a teacher. Billy Taylor began his music career at the age of 7 in Washington, D.C. In 1944, shortly after graduating from Virginia State College, he made his way to New York, where he played piano with tenor saxophonist GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
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Ben Webster’s quartet at the Three Deuces. During the 1940s and ‘50s, he also performed with many of the jazz greats of that era, such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stuff Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge and many others. In the 1960s, in addition to his nightclub dates and concert appearances, Billy Taylor became a popular disc jockey on one of New York’s only black-owned radio stations, Harlem’s WLIB. A few years later he became the station’s general manager. In an effort to deliver jazz to inner city youth in New York, he and a fellow board member of the Harlem Cultural Council proposed the creation of Jazzmobile, a float borrowed from a beer company that served as a platform for free summer concerts on the streets of New York. It featured be-bop jazz by the major artists of the day and brought live jazz to New York’s young people. The idea of delivering jazz directly to inner city youth soon spread to other cities across the United States, and then around the world. Billy Taylor has served as Jazzmobile’s president and leading spokesman since its beginning in 1965. In 1969, Billy Taylor became the first black music director of a major television series, The David Frost Show. The show was the first in a string of associations for Billy Taylor in television. He later served as music director for Tony Brown’s Black Journal Tonight, and his original music was heard on segments of the PBS series Sesame Street and The Electric Company, as well as
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Greenville songwriter Billy Myles’ credits include Have You Ever Loved a Woman and If Ever I Fall in Love, and he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Photo courtesy of ECU Digital Collections.
on countless television and radio commercials. In the early 1980s, he became art correspondent on the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Kuralt. In 1994, Dr. Taylor was appointed to the position of artistic adviser on jazz for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where his knowledge, expertise and influence are in demand. In 1997, Dr. Taylor was responsible for the launching of the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, where free jazz concerts are often featured. In celebration of his 80th birthday and his 57th year as a performing musician, Dr. Billy Taylor donated to the Library of Congress Music Division his collected archives of original music manuscripts and
printed music written by himself (he has composed more than 300 songs) and others; correspondence, both business and general; awards and certificates of honors; news clippings and articles; radio and television scripts; sound and video recordings; and photographs and other memorabilia. Dr. Taylor has written 12 books on music and music theory during his fruitful career, and the manuscripts of these, as well as the manuscript of his doctoral dissertation, are also part of the collection. In 2003, Dr. Billy Taylor lent his name to the local ECU Jazz Festival, and the Greenville Convention Center was retained to contain the audience who came for a gala
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evening, witnessed Mayor Don Parrott offer Dr. Billy Taylor the Keys to the City, and hear him proclaim the day “Dr. Billy Taylor Day” on behalf of the City Council. The Dr. Billy Taylor Jazz Festival offers three public concerts, a free jam session, critiquing sessions for eight or more high school and middle school jazz bands, and giving like artists the opportunity to meet each other. Dr. Billy Taylor was inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame in 2010. He appeared on hundreds of albums, composed more than 300 songs, and garnered 23 honorary doctoral degrees and hundreds of awards. As an advocate for music and jazz, Dr. Taylor recognized that his reputation as a musician was surpassed by all his teaching and pushing for music education. “It was my doing,” he said. “I wanted to prove to people that jazz has an audience.”
Billy Myles
William Myles Nobles, AKA Billy Myles, was an award-winning American R & B songwriter known for love songs in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born Aug. 29, 1924 in Greenville, N.C., the son of Ernest Nobles and Carrie Whitaker. William Myles Nobles married on Dec. 12, 1946 in Greenville, N.C. to Leah B. Bryant. From his youngest days, Billy loved to write poetry, and several of his pieces were printed in the Daily Reflector. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. In 1957, Nobles was listed as a printer by occupation, living on Henry
Selective discography of Myles’ compositions 1957
Tonight Tonight - The Mello-Kings (US Pop #77) later covered by Dion, Timmy Thomas, The Tokens, The Four Seasons The Joker (That’s What They Call Me)/Honey Bee Billy Myles - (US Pop #25, R&B #13)
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King of Clowns/So In Need of You - Billy Myles Price Of Your Love/I’m Gonna Walk - Billy Myles
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Chapel of Dreams - The Dubs (US Pop #74)
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(You Were Made for) All My Love - Jackie Wilson (US Pop #12) BMI award-winning song Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Freddie King - later covered by Derek and the Dominoes, Eric Clapton, Little Milton, Van Morrison I Love That Woman - Freddie King
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Your One and Only Love - Jackie Wilson (US Pop #40) The Greatest Hurt/There’ll Be No Next Time Jackie Wilson (US Pop #34) My Love Is - Little Willie John - later covered by Diana Krall, Holly Golightly
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Careless Hands - Baby Washington Let’s Go Again (Where We Went Last Night) - Hank Ballard And The Midnighters The Hoochi Coochi Coo - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters If Ever I Should Fall in Love - Gladys Knight & the Pips Bye Bye Baby - Johnny Copeland I Won’t Cry Anymore - Big Maybelle Tell Me Who - Big Maybelle Love, Oh Love - Mongo Santamaria No Love (But Your Love) - Johnny Mathis Nobody But Me - Lou Rawls Your Love Alone - Brook Benton
Street in Greenville (where he lived for most of his life). It was in 1957 that Nobles took a chance and brought a song he wrote the words and music to and published to the Ember Recording firm’s office in New York, hoping to find someone to sell the song to the public. After the company heads heard him sample the song on the piano, they said there was no one available, but asked him why he couldn’t sing it himself. So, in September 1957 he recorded The Joker (That’s What
They Call Me), and because of the success of the song, he was booked in December 1957 to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show (alongside Buddy Holly & the Crickets) in January 1958. By then, Billy had 34 recordings of songs on the market and had another hit out, No Love, recorded by Johnny Mathis. He became very much in demand by all the larger publishing and recording firms. In 1959, Nobles performed in the UK film Swing Beat with labelmates The Mello-Kings and The Five Satins. Nobles began working as a staff songwriter for Al Silver’s New York City-based Herald/ Ember labels. Nobles preferred to write songs, not perform them, because he had terrible stage fright. The famous blues guitarist Freddie King recorded Myles’ Have You Ever Loved A Woman in 1960, and King devotee Eric Clapton performed the song in 1970 on Derek and the Dominoes’ album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. He specialized in love ballads (sometimes in the doo-wop style) and uptown blues songs, occasionally co-writing with such vocalists as Jackie Wilson and Brook Benton. Artists who recorded his songs include Wilson, Benton, Little Willie John, Freddie King and Gladys Knight. He has more than 170 works registered with the collecting society BMI. Billy Myles continued to live in Greenville and managed his music publishing company Selbon Music Inc. (“Nobles” spelled backwards) until his death in October 2004. The music publishing is now managed by his son, Steven Myles Nobles.
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Remembering the Roxy Theatre
The Roxy, one of the last Art-Deco buildings left in Greenville, is located at 629 Albemarle Ave. The Roxy was the second popular black theater in Greenville. The Roxy has undergone many changes in the course of its existence and survived the Imperial Tobacco Company fire of 2008. The story began in October 1947 when Jasper L. Tripp purchased the lot at 629 Albemarle Ave. The corporation, The Roxy Theatre, Inc., was formed on Oct. 24, 1947 with owners Jasper L. Tripp, Roy L. Tripp and J. R. Cullifer. They immediately set about building a theatre for black patrons, which was completed in 1948. By 1949, Roy L. Tripp and the Roxy Theatre Corporation were indicted on federal charges for having erected the theatre building without having obtained a housing expediter’s permit during the period in which all construction was under federal control. The case against Tripp was dismissed, but the Roxy Theatre Corporation was fined $100.00 Roy L. Tripp was named as the first manager, and Curtis Cohen was named as second manager of the theater. Not long after the Roxy opened, Jasper L. Tripp sold out his share of the business to the other two stockholders. There was an older black theatre on Albemarle Avenue known as the Plaza. One of its owners, John W. Warner, managed the Plaza theatre until it closed in 1950. John Warner and his brother, William Lord (who changed his name from Warner in the 1920s), created a film company known as Lord-Warner Pictures, Inc. of Greenville. It is understood that Warner, while being part owner of the Plaza, was also a silent partner in the Roxy Theatre. The Roxy is remembered as showing the LordWarner films like Greenville on Parade and Pitch a Boogie Woogie. Pitch a Boogie Woogie, released by Lord-Warner Pictures, Inc., in 1948, was the first movie made by a production company based in North Carolina. The film, which had an all-black cast of mostly local Greenville, NC performers, enjoyed success in the Carolinas, but GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
was never shown outside that area. LordWarner Pictures, Inc., dissolved in 1949, and John Warner went to work for the local TV station. His brother William Lord returned to New York. In December 1951, the Roxy Theatre Corporation folded, and the owners then leased the theater to the Booker T. Theater Corporation of Rocky Mount for the next several years. In 1961, J. R. Cullifer, who was by that time sole owner of the building, sold the theater to John W. Warner. Mr. Warner’s dream of making films using local talent, was not very successful. He did produce one more film, Showtime at Halftime, in 1969. John Warner owned the building until 1970, and then it was used regularly as a church. In 1972, because of the lack of interest, the Roxy was closed, and the building was eventually auctioned off to the highest bidder. After changing hands several times, by 1975 Mr. Raymond Lathan was the owner of the Roxy. He agreed to lease the building to Bill (Shep) Shepherd and Buddy Alcorn on Aug. 7, 1975. According to Shep Shepherd at the time, the concept of the Roxy was “an individual and inter-relational stimulation of a mass of culture, creating a fluid progressive cultural growth within the community,” or in layman’s terms, the Roxy was a place to give people a place to relax and hear a little music, to expose new talent and art, and most importantly, to encourage cultural growth. Most people remember it as a place to party and for musicians to jam. The reopening of the Roxy sparked
new life in the Albemarle Avenue neighborhood. Through the work of many people, the Roxy was fixed up inside and out. A dressing room was added, and the ECU Drama Department donated scenery flats for decoration. The Roxy, with the cooperation of its proprietors, sponsored a clean-up project in the surrounding areas. The Roxy put on such popular events as Hot Grog, Spring Arts Festival, Valentine’s Day Dance, Martin Luther King Commemoration and the Junk Trade Festival. It hosted covered dish family dinners at Thanksgiving. In 1975 began the annual Christmas Arts Festival and the annual Roxy-WRQR New Year’s Eve Party. In early December 1976 began the annual Green Grass Clogger’s Day Festival and later the Halloween Bash. In 1976, the Roxy began publishing a monthly newsletter of upcoming events. The Roxy had a Family Rent Jam once a month, which was a means of helping collect money for rent. An assortment of nearly famous to obscure groups played at the Roxy. All the money collected from these events was used for rent and building improvements. The story is told that in 1975, while a group was cleaning up the theatre, they discovered the film Pitch a Boogie Woogie. Shep kept it in a closet for some time and in 1985 took it to Alex Albright, an English lecturer at ECU. Albright purchased the film and took it to the American Film Institute in Washington, D.C., where it was copied and preserved. On Feb. 8, 1986, Pitch a Boogie Woogie had its second world premiere at Mendenhall Student Center at ECU in front of 500 fans, including some of the original cast members. The Roxy building was purchased in 1979 by William Myles Nobles, who continued to lease it to Shep Shepherd for a time until Shep moved to Raleigh, N.C. with his band, The Amateurs. Today, the Roxy building on Albemarle Avenue is being used as a church, so there is still music filling the space and a spirit of community, just as there has been throughout its 65-plus year existence in West Greenville.
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GREENVILLE MEMORY
C. Heber Forbes House Location of McDonald’s at Cotanche and 10th streets
It was in late 1976 that the citizens of Greenville
mouthwash. He purchased architectural details,
realized that the beautiful old C. Heber Forbes house
mantels, moldings, lighting, silk-covered chairs,
on the corner of Cotanche and 10th streets was gone.
thick wool carpets and other French furnishings
The graceful landmark, originally part of the Anderson Farm that covered 10th, 11th and 12th
and brought it all back to Greenville by train. People remember the house having a circle drive
streets, can be tracked back to Greenville merchant
and being surrounded by beautiful flowers, a large
William Lawrence Anderson (1846-1885) and his
grape arbor and a tennis court. It was said they even
wife, Laura Virginia Smith (1859-1932). Laura
had a gardener who grafted different camellia bushes
received the house and 49 acres as her dower, and
and apple trees with different types on them. Dan
the farm fell to their four children.
Morgan, Greenville artist and Anderson descendant,
About 1916, Charles Heber Forbes and J. J. Gilbert, sons-in-law of Mrs. Laura Anderson, divided off the Anderson Farm into the Forbes & Gilbert Subdivision.
ended up with the house and property, and eventually leased the property to McDonald’s Corporation. The old Forbes House was gutted of its beautiful
The subject house fell to Lena and Charles Heber
details, and they were placed in Dan Morgan’s new
Forbes, who moved another house from near 14th
home in Lynndale. The Forbes house itself was broken
Street and added it on to the old homeplace.
apart and moved to the Simpson area.
Forbes then went to St. Louis, Mo. and
People recall neighbors salvaging plants and
purchased interior furnishings from a member
boxwoods from the yard before bulldozers scraped the
of the Lambert family, makers of Listerine
lot clean.
Photographs courtesy of John Moye Jr.
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MEMORIAL DAY
Remembering the sacrifice of many The City of Greenville held a ceremony to honor the nation’s fallen soldiers at the Town Common on Memorial Day, May 25. A vintage cannon was fired, students from D.H. Conley High School played “Taps” and presented the colors, and the crowd held a moment of silence after an address by Dr. Frank James of the Greenville Veterans Administration Clinic.
Photography BY RYAN WEBB
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Backwoods Beast Dream Factory challenge grants dreams The Backwoods Beast 5K was run by 150 participants on May 9 at the Bicycle Post Mountain Bike Trails and included 15 challenging obstacles such as walls, tunnels, wire crawls and balance obstacles. Proceeds benefit Dream Factory, which grants dreams for chronically and critically ill children in 29 Eastern North Carolina counties.
Photography BY ERICA LETCHWORTH
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A PLACE TO GATHER
Fresh, fun return at Umbrella Market
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he Uptown Greenville Umbrella Market is back at Five Points Plaza for 15 weeks of local fun for all ages. With more than 70 local vendors participating, you can expect something for everyone. The first market of 2015 launched with a bang on May 20, and it returns every Wednesday through Aug. 26. “To keep things interesting, there will be a feature event each week,” says Market Manager Robin Ashley. “We kicked it off with the Cupcake War, which was a huge crowd-pleaser last year. Burger and wing throwdowns are planned for markets in June and July. Cooking demos by local chefs will give you ideas for how to use the beautiful produce available at the market and showcase some of Greenville’s most exciting culinary masters.
There will be activities for kids like cooking demos and a nutrition scavenger hunt.” Some of what you’ll find at the Umbrella Market this year? • Fresh produce from nearby farms • Unique jewelry, woodwork, pottery, soaps, textiles, plants, photography, paintings and more. • Face-painting for all ages • Artisanal food like baked goods, coffee, nuts, kettle corn, hot pork skins cooked and ready • Non-profit organizations
raising awareness, educating and engaging with the public • Even massage therapists After you’ve checked out the booths and other free events and activities, Ashley suggests sticking around to play. “Grab a hula-hoop! Challenge some friends to a game of twister! Cold drinks like Duck-Rabbit Brewery will be there for you if you start to feel thirsty,” she says. The live music played by local talent brings together the whole market in a feel-good vibe. Folk/ blues singer Rebekah Todd performed on May 20, with Psylo Joe, the Farewell Symphony and many other great musicians to follow throughout the summer. Contact the Uptown Greenville Market Manager Robin Ashley at robin@uptowngreenville. com or (252) 902-6853 for more information about the Umbrella Market.
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Mixed-use project slated for 10th Street
The five-story project on 10th street is expected to have a similar design to 401 Oberlin, located near Cameron Village in Raleigh.
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he developers of the Boundary at West End are at it again with Campus-Edge, a project to build a $54 million mixed-use student housing complex near Uptown Greenville and East Carolina University’s main campus. Located on 10th and 11th streets at Charles Street, the project, a product of the partnership between Taft Development Group and Ward Holdings, will capitalize on the construction of the $22 million 10th Street Connector project and will be directly across the street from the recently announced $122 million ECU Student Union, scheduled to break ground this summer. The five-story facility is expected GREENVILLE TIMES SUMMER 15
to have a similar design to 401 Oberlin, another Taft Development Group project near North Carolina State University and Cameron Village in downtown Raleigh, N.C. It will have 275 apartments containing 675 bedrooms and will open in August 2017 to welcome students for the fall semester. The tower will contain 20,000 square feet of retail, a 700-car parking deck, courtyards, resort-style pool, outdoor amenity center, fitness center and a roof-top sky-view terrace. The community will comprise 16 floor plans with studios, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR and 4BR units. Each floorplan will contain private bathrooms, be fully furnished and offer premium finishes like granite countertops and plank
floors. The complex will have state-of-the-art security systems, including cameras, electronic access control and high-speed wireless Internet. Student residents will be a 3-minute walk across the street to the 150,000-square-foot Student Rec Center, Joyner Library and the new Student Union. The Preiss Company, the nation’s third-largest privately held student housing management company, headquartered in Raleigh, has been selected to manage the project. Campus-Edge will be just a few blocks south of its sister project, the Boundary, which is expected to open in time for fall semester 2015.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING Community Events Sunday in the Park
Every Sunday, 7 p.m. A Greenville tradition since 1973! Free family fun and entertainment. This summer concert series is held at the Town Common on First Street. All shows are at 7 p.m. Visit www.greenvillenc.gov to view entertainment schedule.
July Fourth Celebration
July 3, 3 p.m. The Greenville Jaycees will host 44th Independence Day Celebration for the city of Greenville. This year, the festivities will take place on Friday, July 3, with activities beginning at 3 p.m. on the Town Common.
Uptown Umbrella Market
Every Wednesday, 5 p.m. This open-air market, Uptown Umbrella Market, features dozens of craft artists, local farmers, artisan food makers, craft brewers and antique vendors gather to display and sell their wares. The market takes place in Five Points Plaza in Uptown Greenville.
Art K-12 Works by Pitt County Schools Art Students June 2-July 12 The Greenville Museum of Art will host the work of Pitt County Schools Art Students in the West Wing Gallery and the Commons Gallery from June 2 through July 12. The public is welcome. Visit www.gmoa.org for more information.
Greenville Brushstrokes June Exhibit
Greenville Quilters Guild Exhibition
June 2-29 ATavola! Market Cafe will host the work of Greenville Brushtrokes members from June 2-June 29. The work in the exhibition will have an Eastern N.C. theme. ATavola! is located at 620 Red Banks Road in Greenville.
May 8-June 28 The Greenville Quilters Guild will be displaying members’ work at the Surround Gallery during May and June. The Surround Gallery is a part of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 131 Oakmont Drive in Greenville.
Basket Weavers Club
Summer Exhibitions at Emerge Gallery
Every Wednesday, 1 p.m. The public is invited to make beautiful baskets and incredible friends on Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m., at Jaycee Center for Arts and Crafts, Room 207. No paid instructor is provided. 2000 Cedar Lane, Greenville.
Pablove Shutterbugs Gallery Show
June 5-Aug. 27 The public is invited to a celebration exhibiting the work of the 2014-2015 Pablove Shutterbugs graduates at Emerge Gallery. All proceeds from print sales will support Pablvoe Shutterbugs, The Pablove Foundation’s photography program that teaches children living with cancer to develop their creative voice through the art of photography. Learn more at pablove.org/nationalshows. 404 S. Evans St., Greenville.
June 5-Aug. 27 Emerge Gallery will host the work of local photographer, Sim Asher, with a show entitled “Greenville | In Transient” in the Harvey Wooten Gallery. In the Don Edwards Gallery, local woodworker Daniel Peoples will have a show titled “Salvage. Design. Create.” Visit www.pittcountyarts.org for more information.
Art is Good Medicine: Potter’s Wheel
June 23, 6:30 p.m. The Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge hosts free art workshops for those affected by cancer. Workshops are free to cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and family members. Visit www. pittcountyarts.org for more information and to register.
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Art is Good Medicine: Mixed Media
July 14, 6:30 p.m. The Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge hosts free art workshops for those affected by cancer. Workshops are free to cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and family members. Visit www. pittcountyarts.org for more information and to register.
Art is Good Medicine: Handbuilding
July 28, 6:30 p.m. The Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge hosts free art workshops for those affected by cancer. Workshops are free to cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and family members. Visit www. pittcountyarts.org for more information and to register.
Music Carolina Chord Connection Every Monday, 7 p.m. All men who love to sing are invited. Carolina Chord Connection is a barbershop chorus consisting of men of all ages who love four-part harmony singing. They meet for practice and fellowship every Monday at Jaycee Park.
Stephen Bennett, Harp Guitar
June 19, 7 p.m. The Music House will host Stephen Bennett, an extraordinary musician, an acknowledged master of the harp guitar, a challenging teacher, a gifted composer and a performer of great sensitivity. The Music House is located at 408 W. Fifth St., Greenville. Suggested donation of $20. All concerts include a wine tasting. Reservations are required.
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Winterville Watermelon Festival August 27 – 29, 2015
Amusement Rides • Food Vendors • Arts & Crafts Local and National Entertainment • Free Live Concerts Every Night Watermelon Eating Contest • Parade Saturday Morning
Watermelon Jam Saturday, August 29, 2015
Chase Rice and
Jon Pardi with special guest
Bryan Mayer
For more information, visit www.watermelonfest.com
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Scrumptious Authentic Greek Food, Specialty Pizza, Salads, Sandwiches, and the best subs in this part of the world
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WHAT’S HAPPENING Dance Summer Dances
July 15, Aug. 12, 7 p.m. The FASG will host contra and square dancing at the Tipsy Teapot. No parter or experience necessary. The cost is $5 to participate. 409 Evans St., Greenville.
Literature Children’s Library Story Hour for Toddlers
months to 3 years, will take place at Sheppard Memorial Children’s Library every Tuesday at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Visit www. sheppardlibrary.org for more information.
Children’s Library Story Hour for Preschool
Every Wednesday, 11 a.m. Story time for ages 3-5 will take place at Sheppard Memorial Children’s Library. Visit www. sheppardlibrary.org for more information.
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Yoga on the Town Common
July 10, 7:30 p.m. The Magnolia Arts Center will host a playwriting contest. Three judges will read through all play submissions and select the top five 10-minute plays. Each of these will be performed and the audience will vote on their favorite. First prize winner will receive $50. Visit www. magnoliaartscenter.com for more information.
Every Sunday, 4 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m.; 8:15 a.m. The public is invited to donationbased yoga on the Town Common in Uptown Greenville every Sunday and Friday. Bring a mat, water and a friend. Classes are on Sundays from 4-5 p.m., Fridays from 7-8 a.m., and 8:15-9:15 a.m. Visit www.samanthaharrisonyoga.com for more information.
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Winslow’s Tavern, Deli & Market
Uptown Nutrition
Tipsy Teapot
Thai 360°
Sup Dogs
Starlight Café
The Scullery
Michaelangelo’s Pizza
Mazatlan Express
Marathon Restaurant
La Benedicia
Krispy Kreme
Jimmy Johns
501 Fresh
Fitzgerald’s
Crossbones Tavern
Cinnamon
Christy’s Europub
Chico’s Mexican Restaurant
Dining Options in Uptown Greenville
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The Scullery
Krispy Kreme
706 S Evans St. ✆ 252.752.0326 A family Greek restaurant serving lunch and dinner. The oldest non-barbeque restaurant in town.
Marathon Restaurant
220 Cotanche St. ✆ 252.717.7491 Authentic Salvadoran, Mexican breads and food.
La Benedicia
213 E Fifth St. ✆ 252.752.7682 Fast casual restaurant and bar with all ABC permits serves 100 percent beef hot dogs and burgers but also has some vegetarian options.
Sup Dogs
104 W. 5th St. ✆ 252.707.9033 A family run, neighborhood restaurant in the European tradition. Featuring an eclectic menu made fresh, in house, with local produce, meats and cheeses. Bar serves generous, top shelf cocktails created with fresh fruits and juices.
Starlight Café
431 Evans Street ✆ 252-321-1550 Fresh Roasted Coffee. Home made ice creams. Delicious daily breakfast, lunch and dinner specials.
200 E. 5th St., ✆ 252.227.4425 New York style pizza and subs. Open lunch, dinner and late night.
300 E. 10th St. ✆ 252.830.1525 Hot, delicious Original Glazed doughnuts, signature roast coffees, expresso drinks and hot chocolate. Cool down with Krispy Kreme Chillers or Kool Kremes.
Michaelangelo’s Pizza
214 E. Fifth St. Enjoy your favorite menu items from Mazatlan at this convenient new location. Opening Spring 2015.
Mazatlan Express
540 Cotanche St. ✆ 252.329.0130 Freaky fast, freaky good... cold sub and club sandwiches. No minimum delivery order. Open 10:00am to 3:00am.
Jimmy Johns
501 S Evans St. ✆ 252.751.0799 Salads and wraps made with fresh produce.
501 Fresh
120 W. 5th St. ✆ 252.364.8921 Winslow’s Deli features 46 beers on tap, over 400 craft bottle beers, 22 wines by the glass as well as a large menu of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers, desserts and full espresso bar. Open 7 days a week with daily entertainment, drink specials and outdoor seating.
Winslow’s Tavern, Deli & Market
301 Evans St. Suite 101 ✆ 252.314.7654 Home base for healthy living. Come in for healthy meals and smoothies, energizing teas, aloe shots, and personal fitness coaching.
Uptown Nutrition
409 S Evans St. ✆ 252.413.0087 A comfortable venue for relaxing with friends or taking in live music. Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday brunch, microbrews and wine. Catering and outside patio available.
Tipsy Teapot
560 S. Evans St. ✆ 252.754.2244 Bringing culture and cuisine from the “Land of Smiles,” this restaurant sets the scene for an authentic experience with music, ambiance and language. Sit down or take out. Delivery available. Serving lunch and dinner.
Thai 360°
We invite you to visit Uptown Greenville for dining, shopping and relaxing in the heart of Greenville.
For more information, visit www.uptowngreenville.com
113 East 5th St. ✆ 252.355.0311 Americant tavern with an Irish twist. An eclectic mix of American comfort food with a few mouthwatering Irish classic selections that will bring satisfaction to diners seven days a week.
Fitzgerald’s
114 E. Fifth St. ✆ 252.689.6199 Crossbones Tavern offers a variety of quality craft beers, paired with southern cooking with a new age spin, and local live entertainment.
Crossbones Tavern
419 S Evans St. ✆ 252.551.3253 Indian dishes served in an elegant setting. Serving lunch buffet and dinner.
Cinnamon
301 S Jarvis St. ✆ 252.758.2774 Great pub atmosphere with patio seating available, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a late night menu. $5 daily food specials, monthly feature menu.
Christy’s Europub
Reade/Cotanche St. ✆ 252.757.1666 Authentic Mexican restaurant and cantina with ABC permits. Serving lunch and dinner. Heated patio dining available.
Chico’s Mexican Restaurant
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