Arts Calendar

Only a few miles apart, the GCMA and the Bob Jones Museum span centuries and continents, and now for the first time, the two powerhouses have collaborated to present Sampling the Old Masters: Highlights from the Bob Jones Museum. Featuring more than 20 examples, the exhibition is on view through December 30 in Gallery 3.

Photography of Greenville and surrounding areas on the walls of Port City Java, downtown Greenville.

Show runs from July through December 2018.

All work for sale.

Back by very popular demand, and ready for a whole new crew of wee ones! Join Mama Bear and Baby Bear in the woods! They need your help setting up the perfect pretend picnic. Explore your surroundings and discover surprises at every turn! Participation encouraged.

Most enjoyed by ages 18 months to 5 years old.

Estimated run time: 30-40 minutes

New Works Show (September – November 2018)

Brand new works for view and purchase at my new studio – gallery in North Greenville.  Send email to info@zedlerfinart.com  to schedule an appointment.

Through November 3
Hampton III Gallery
3110 Wade Hampton Blvd. | Suite 10

Coffee and conversation with the artist: October 27, 11-noon

GALLERY

PREVIEW EXHIBIT

Fine Arts Center
October 5 – November 2
The Fine Arts Center
102 Pine Knoll Dr

Fine Arts Center (FAC) is proud to host the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance’s (SEFAA) exhibition, Spotlight on Student Fiber Trends, featuring the work of 23 students enrolled in high school, college, and graduate-level fiber programs throughout the Southeast.
https://www.facebook.com/events/945596838957406/

Furman University Department of Art
Thompson Art Gallery

presents

L   I  N   E   A    G    E
Tom Flowers & Family

October 5 – November 2
Opening reception: October 19, 6-8 PM

In “LINEAGE: Tom Flowers & Family” we honor the creative spirit that has grown through three generations and inspired six visual artists, all connected through family ties. Tom Flowers taught art at Furman University from 1959 through 1989. This exhibition showcases his work alongside works by his son, daughter, daughter-in-law, grandsons, and granddaughter-in-law. It will be held at the Thomas Art Gallery in the Roe Art Building at Furman University. Please join us for the reception at the gallery on Alumni Weekend, October 19 from 6-8PM. The exhibition is on display from October 5 to November 2.

For more information contact Marta Lanier at 864-294-2995; marta.lanier@furman.edu

Textiles: A History of Expression illuminates textiles through contemporary concepts while reflecting traditional approaches to the medium. The exhibition highlights central themes of memory, fluidity of emotion, multi-sensory experience and reverence. Using natural dyeing, meticulous handwork, embroidery, and quilting techniques, the artists invite viewers into thoughtful engagement with their experience. The artists, Alice Schlein (Greenville, SC), Sasha de Koninck (Santa Monica, CA), Beth Andrews (Greer, SC), Kristy Bishop (Charleston, SC), and Meredith Piper (Greenville, SC) re-energize the rich history of textile by continually informing their contemporary practices.

October 12th – 28th, 2018

by Lynn Nottage, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Directed by Martin Damien Wilkins

Join us for some Halloween fun on SCCT’s 2nd Stage!

It’s Halloween! Join Duck, Pig and all of your beloved barnyard friends in the spook-tacular event of the season! No tricks, all treats are offered up in this tasty musical. Costumes are encouraged!

Most enjoyed by ages 3 & up.

Estimated run time: 60 minutes

Adapted by James E. Grote, Music and Lyrics by George Howe

Click, Clack, BOO! A Tricky Treat was originally produced by Lifeline Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, and premiered there in 2013.

HANS-PETER BOLZ
October 16 – November 17
TD Bank Gallery | Chamber of Commerce
24 Cleveland St. 

HANS – PETER BOLZ
http://www.hpbolzstudio.com/
“I prefer to paint in oil, because it’s a very easy, workable medium and it gives me unlimited shades of color.”

http://www.greenvillearts.com/art-scene/mac-featured-galleries/

A shared affinity and curiosity for all manner of creatures has brought about this symbolic and whimsical duo show. In “Imaginary Tails,” Freda Sue and Vivian Morris attribute humanlike traits to creatures in abstract, quirky environments as a means to communicate a relationship to animal personality and humanity.

https://www.vivianmorris.com/
http://www.fredasue.com

Centre Stage
501 River Street | Greenville, SC 29601
Hours: Tuesday – Friday | 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Be sure to catch One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Sponsored by: The Faust Boyer Group of Raymond James
and ADG Preferred Payroll
November 1 – November 17, 2018
Call (864) 233-6733 for tickets
www.centrestage.org

Douglas Brinkley, a best-selling author and one of America’s most revered presidential historians, will speak at The Poinsett Club in downtown Greenville on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m.

His talk, “Highs and Lows of the American Presidency: Past, Present and Future,” is sponsored by the American History Book Club and Forum and Furman University. The event is open to the public but reservations are required.

The cost for attending is $50 per person with the opportunity to include a donation to the Furman University Huff Scholars Fund, which supports Furman student internships and research and promotes history literacy in grades K-12.

This year’s Huff Scholars award winners will also be honored at the AHBC event. Furman student Eleanor Mixon, a junior history major from Rock Hill, is the recipient of the A.V. Huff American History Scholars Award. The Kate Huff History Scholars Award will be presented to two Furman alumni—Ashley (Barr) Causey ’97, a teacher at Hillcrest High School in Greenville County, and Audrey Neumann ’15, a teacher at Roebuck Elementary School in Spartanburg County.

Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University. He has written award-winning books on Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. CNN has described Brinkley, who serves as the network’s presidential historian, as “a man who knows more about the presidency than any human being alive.”

Six of Brinkley’s books have been selected as Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times, and several more have made the newspaper’s best-seller list. Those books include “Rightful Heritage” (2016), which chronicles the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as “The Nixon Tapes” (2014). He is also co-author of “JFK: A Vision for America” (2017).
Brinkley is active on the literary front, having edited Jack Kerouac’s diaries, Woody Guthrie’s novel, Hunter S. Thompson’s letters, and Theodore Dreiser’s travelogue.

His honors include receiving the Benjamin Franklin Award for his book, “The American Heritage History of the United States” (1998), and the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize for “Driven Patriot” (1993). In 2017, he won a Grammy Award in the Large Jazz Ensemble category for producing the Ted Nash Big Band album, “President Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom.”

Brinkley is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly. In a recent profile, the Chicago Tribune deemed him “America’s new past master.”

For more information or to reserve seats at the Brinkley program, contact Furman’s Nancy Liebezeit at nancy.liebezeit@furman.edu or 864-294-2173.

About the American History Book Club and Forum
Founded in 2008, the American History Book Club and Forum provides opportunities for the intellectually curious to explore their passion for American history through the written and spoken presentations of great writers and historians. The club is dedicated to creating interest in the nation’s cultural, economic and political history, to inspiring appreciation for enlightened traditions of the American experience and to advancing the United States’ distinctive leadership role in the world.

Thursday, October 25, 2018
7:30 – 9:30 pm … doors open at 7 pm
Greenville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
1135 State Park Rd. / Greenville, SC 29609
Admission $15 (Cash only)

Asheville pianist Bill Bares is one of the Carolina’s foremost jazz musicians and educators. Armed with a performance degree from the U (Miami) and a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Harvard University, along with having spent several years gigging on the New York City jazz scene, Bill is a seasoned veteran. At his first Wheel Session appearance the Greenville audience was totally knocked out with his performance.  The same great trio returns for this show: fellow Asheville musician bassist Zack Page and resident WS drummer, Kevin Korschgen.

The “Wheel Sessions” is a jazz performance series hosted in Greenville South Carolina. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, and are held in front of an intimate listening audience. There is a $15 entrance fee, which includes two sets of music. Attendees may BYOB. To reserve a seat phone or text (312) 520-2760 or email Kevin Korschgen at kmkorschgen@gmail.com.

One-man EXHIBITION featuring the photography of official
“All Access” backstage photographer, Douglas Carver

Fri. & Sat. evenings, October 26 & 27 @ 7PM
@ “Studio Unknown” 914 Easley Bridge Road, Greenville
Admission: $10, Age: 21 only

Large Screen Digital Slide Projections
Steadicam Video “Wandering Deadheads”
Archival Print Viewing Catalogs
Bootleg Board Tapes
Killer Cocktails
Food Truck

Delight, whimsy, pleasure and joy, these are the themes of the Children’s Concert of the Greenville Concert Band as they perform Tubby the Tuba and The Wind in the Willows with narrator William Pinkston, overtures, marches, waltzes and lullabys, all under the direction of conductor Dr. Dan Turner.

Children of all ages are welcome!
Admission is free.

7:00 PM Friday, October 26
Greer City Hall

https://www.greenvilleconcertband.org/next-concert

This masterfully constructed, spine-tingling thriller centers around a blind woman who is unwittingly at the center of a sinister plot. A Broadway hit and Audrey Hepburn movie, this classic suspense tale moves from one moment f suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath-stopping final scene.

GREENVILLE, S.C.—The Furman Symphony Orchestra (FSO) will present a concert Friday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus.

The Sound Quality Series concert, “American Classics,” is open to the public. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors 60 and up, and $5 for students.

FSO opens the large ensemble series with masterworks “Karelia Suite” by Jean Sibelius; “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” by Samuel Barber, featuring Furman soprano Alison Trainer; and Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 “Romantic.” The concert is conducted by Furman Professor of Violin and Director of Orchestral Activities Thomas Joiner and Furman senior piano performance major Charlie Baldwin of Decorah, Iowa.

Tickets may be ordered online. For more information about the concert, contact the Furman Music Office at 864-294-2086, and FurmanMusic@furman.edu.

About Alison Trainer
Coloratura soprano Alison Trainer joined the Furman faculty in 2017 as Assistant Professor of Voice. A gifted singing actress, she has garnered top prizes in major vocal competitions and performed with opera companies, symphony orchestras, and on recital stages around the world.

Before beginning her acclaimed European career, Trainer performed as a soloist with New York City Opera, New Jersey Opera and New Jersey Symphony, Glimmerglass Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Tulsa Opera, San Francisco Opera and Asheville Symphony, among many others. For her performance as Pamina in “Die Zauberflöte,” the Baltimore Sun hailed Trainer as “a convincing actress with a voice of radiant beauty.”

An avid recitalist with a passion for innovative programming, Trainer has performed at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Cleveland Art Song Festival, the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, San Francisco Opera Center’s prestigious Schwabacher Recital Series, and many other notable venues.

Among other honors, Trainer was a national semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition, first place winner in New York City’s Liederkranz Competition and the Heida Hermanns competition. She also won the top prize in New York City’s Sullivan Foundation Competition.

Trainer holds a bachelor’s from Indiana University, a master’s from Cincinnati Conservatory, an Artist Diploma from the Opera Institute at Boston University, and a doctorate from Stony Brook University. Learn more at www.alisontrainer.com.

The award-winning Proud Mary Theatre Company, the Upstate’s alternative theatre, kicks off its second season with the 50^th anniversary production of THE BOYS IN THE BAND by Mart Crowley October 26 – November 3 in Spartanburg and Greenville. This event will be the Deep South premiere of the new, updated version of the classic American play that just ended a heralded Broadway run with an all-gay cast starring Jim Parsons (“Big Bang Theory,” Zachary Quinto (“Star Trek”) and Matt Bomer (“American Horror Story”). This ground-breaking work premiered Off-Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,001 performances.

Set in 1968 just before the Stonewall riots, “The Boys in the Band” features nine gay men at a birthday party in New York City where the insults flow as freely as the booze. It’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” meets “La Cage Aux Folles” as these friends play a vicious party game with devastating results.

THE BOYS IN THE BAND is rated PG-13 for mature language and adult situations.

SPARTANBURG DATES
October 26-28 – Friday-Saturday @ 8 p.m. and Sunday @ 3 p.m.
West Main Artists Co-Op, 578 West Main StreetTickets are $15 at the door or at http://www.proudmarytheatre.com
$10 at the Door for WMAC & GUUF members

This program is funded in part by Chapman Cultural Center, its donors, the County and City of Spartanburg and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.

The mission of the Proud Mary Theatre Company, a non-profit and non-professional theatre, is to present LGBTQ+ voices and stories in Spartanburg and the entire Upstate region through innovative theatrical plays: compelling dramas, rib-tickling comedies, campy musicals, and local original works and avant-garde pieces that celebrate diversity and tolerance.

Take a musical tour from classics to contemporary Broadway, presented by the Pride of Greenville Men’s Chorus.

All Sundays at 2 programs are free and sponsored by Duke Energy.

Delight, whimsy, pleasure and joy, these are the themes of the Children’s Concert of the Greenville Concert Band as they perform Tubby the Tuba and The Wind in the Willows with narrator William Pinkston, overtures, marches, waltzes and lullabys, all under the direction of conductor Dr. Dan Turner.

Children of all ages are welcome!
Admission is free.

3:00 PM Sunday, October 28
Mauldin Cultural Center

https://www.greenvilleconcertband.org/next-concert

October 29, 6 – 8 PM
Leaf Institute
1278 Pendleton Street

Art collecting is about more than just enhancing a physical space. It’s about fostering an environment in which art and artists can thrive in communities everywhere. Join Kara Soper, independent curator and art consultant, to learn about effective strategies for building your art collection with authenticity and intentionality.

Registration preferred but not required. Register at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-collecting-101-tickets-49693803504
MORE INFO: http://www.scartsalliance.net/

Monday, October 29, 2018
7:00 p.m at The Velo Fellow,  (Underneath Mellow Mushroom)
1 Augusta St #126, Greenville, SC 29601
Come early to grab a seat, grab a drink and mingle