Celebrating our renaming, the Sensational Sigal exhibition presents highlights from the unparalleled musical instrument collection of Marlowe A. Sigal while exploring the life of a man behind this remarkable gift. The exhibition features a broad rand of objects and offers one of the most robust displays of keyboard instruments and wind instruments in the world.

May 4 – June 17, 2021

View the exhibit in person Tuesday – Thursday from 2 – 5 p.m.
Centre Stage, 501 River Street, Greenville, SC 29601

My works come mainly from experiences gained through years of traveling and experiencing other places.

From camping trips with my family as a child (48 states) through the wandering years as an exchange student and English teacher in Europe, I’ve walked through ancient streets and museums of Europe, hiked the Rockies and Alps, trekked up Machu Picchu, the desert Southwest and seen the midnight sun in Alaska and Norway. All these things come to me as memories and dreams and contribute to the art I create using Italian marble plasters, acid and dye stains, real earth pigments, waxes and varnishes.

Begun in 2006, the Open Studios Retrospective is an exhibit of artists who have participated in Greenville Open Studios since its inception in 2002. The exhibit runs in conjunction with Artisphere, Greenville’s premier arts festival, and it allows for greater exposure and awareness of Greenville-area visual artists. It also generates additional interest and publicity for the full-fledged Open Studios event in November.

Due to COVID-19 the event is fully virtual this year but will still feature works in a 12 x 12 (x12) inch format.

www.greenvillearts.com/virtual-gallery

A highlight of the evening’s festivities is the opening of Seven Places, a new Community Gallery exhibition that showcases the work of seven students from Greenville’s Fine Arts Center as they explore the definition of place. From things like place in society to place in evolution, these advanced young artists have banded together to provide a perspective on how high school students view not only themselves but the world around them.

Celebrating our renaming, the Sensational Sigal exhibition presents highlights from the unparalleled musical instrument collection of Marlowe A. Sigal while exploring the life of a man behind this remarkable gift. The exhibition features a broad rand of objects and offers one of the most robust displays of keyboard instruments and wind instruments in the world.

Join an audience that loves talking back to history to discuss Ann Lowe high society fashion designer presented by Rosylin Weston. When Ann Lowe designed and produced Jacqueline Bouvier’s wedding dress, very few knew her name. No one but her staff knew of the disaster that preceded the delivery of that now-historic wedding dress to the home of the bride. Even fewer knew that she was the great-granddaughter of a former slave.

For any designer, designing the wedding dress to be worn by Jacqueline Bouvier, future First Lady of the United States, for her marriage to John F. Kennedy would be a lifetime achievement. For Ann Lowe, it became a statement. The iconic gown would become the most photographed wedding gown in American history proving that (in Ann’s own words), “a Negro can become a major dress designer.”

No one in the small town of Clayton, Alabama could have dreamed of the heights this little black girl in the Jim Crow South would achieve, but from an early age she recognized her dreams. Armed with a great inner strength and natural talent, she rose above all obstacles and forged her own future.

The event is Free and will feature audience Q & A.

Registration required. https://tinyurl.com/5zc88fjz

After the event everyone who has registered will receive an email with a link to the presentation that will be available for two weeks only.

For more info: HistoryComesAlive.org

Remember Jell-O salads and cheese sprayed out of a cab? When every pantry held Velveeta and all the kids wanted to drink Tang like the astronauts? Join historian and author Leslie Goddard for a nostalgic look at the food innovations and marketing approaches that transformed how we ate at midcentury. Using classic cookbooks, advertisements, and family magazines, explore how society and technology shaped American food from the 1940’s through the 1960s.

Leslie Goddard, Ph.D. has previously performed for Greenville Chautauqua as Jackie Kennedy, the Hamilton Women, Clara Barton, Alice Paul and Bette Davis.
The event is Free and will feature audience Q & A.
Registration required. https://tinyurl.com/6wtb4znk

After the event everyone who has registered will receive an email with a link to the presentation that will be available for two weeks only.

For more info: HistoryComesAlive.org

Five Southern women, whose friendships began on their college swim team, meet every August at the same beach cottage to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other’s lives. As the years pass, these women rely on one another to get through life’s challenges, including some hilarious and unexpected twists and turns.
www.greenvilletheatre.org

Celebrating our renaming, the Sensational Sigal exhibition presents highlights from the unparalleled musical instrument collection of Marlowe A. Sigal while exploring the life of a man behind this remarkable gift. The exhibition features a broad rand of objects and offers one of the most robust displays of keyboard instruments and wind instruments in the world.

Five Southern women, whose friendships began on their college swim team, meet every August at the same beach cottage to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other’s lives. As the years pass, these women rely on one another to get through life’s challenges, including some hilarious and unexpected twists and turns.
www.greenvilletheatre.org

Take a trip down memory lane to that golden era of Big Band hits from the 30’s and 40’s. Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and more of your favorites will be featured in this live concert-style show. Complete with a swinging live band and full cast of singers and performers, this is sure to be a night to remember!

Living Historian Jon F. Rice performs as French Canadian fur trader and voyageur, Francois Le Mai, as he and his friend Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable arrive by canoe to early Chicago. Although nothing more than a little swamp filled with wild garlic and a muddy river running through it, businessman DuSable grasps the importance of that stream: “It’s location, my friend!” Through music, song, and dance, we learn of the Meti-society (Creole culture) of Chicago, and why DuSable, a fur trader of African descent and the “Father of Chicago,” abandoned his dream.

The event is Free and will feature audience Q & A.
Registration required. https://tinyurl.com/3pj8nh5w

After the event everyone who has registered will receive an email with a link to the presentation that will be available for two days only.

For more info: HistoryComesAlive.org