Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer. A Greenville tradition since 1968, the series begins Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s amphitheater. Opening the 11-concert series for this golden anniversary is “The Kings of Swing” performed by the Lakeside Concert Band.

The Lakeside Concert Band and other ensembles and artists celebrate the Sounds of Summer Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. through Aug. 2. Relax on the grounds of the spacious amphitheater by the Furman lake and enjoy a cross-section of Big Band, jazz, bluegrass, contemporary, marches and orchestral favorites. Thanks to generous local sponsors, all concerts are free and open to the public.

Each Thursday during the series, a concert picnic basket filled with treats will be given away to a lucky concertgoer.

The concerts are made possible by Furman University and are sponsored by the Bank of Travelers Rest, George Coleman Ford (Travelers Rest), The Greenville News, Publix Supermarkets Charities, The Woodlands at Furman, Greenville Health System, and Pecknel Music.

Learn more about the Summer Concert Series at http://bit.ly/2HrA2js, or contact the Furman music office at 864-294-2086. For parking information, call 864-294-2111. Bus parking is available. A complete schedule follows:

Music by the Lake – Furman Summer Concert Series 2018
Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.
May 24-Aug. 2
Cost: Free!
Lakeside Amphitheater

May 24 “The Kings of Swing”
Lakeside Concert Band: Leslie W. Hicken, director

May 31 “Circus Days”
Lakeside Concert Band: Leslie W. Hicken, director

June 7 “The Lights on Broadway”
Carolina Youth Symphony: Leslie W. Hicken, director

June 14 Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble: Tom Wright, director

June 21 “For New York”
“Rhapsody in Blue”
Poinsett Wind Symphony: Leslie W. Hicken and Jay Bocook, directors
Derek Parsons, piano soloist

June 28 “Let Freedom Ring: A Patriotic Celebration”
The Greenville Chorale: Bing Vick, director
Lakeside Concert Band: Leslie W. Hicken, director

July 5 The Matt Olson Quintet: Matt Olson, director

July 12 Bluegrass Night: The Andy Carlson Band

July 19 “Valentine’s Day in July”
Lakeside Concert Band: Leslie W. Hicken, director

July 26 “Lakeside 50th Golden Anniversary”
Lakeside Concert Band: Leslie W. Hicken, director

August 2 Contemporary Jazz: The Steve Watson Band

An all-day event for kids of all ages. Come paint a canvas by number this summer!

Artist Guild Gallery of Greenville
200 N Main Street

JUNE 1, 2018 – JULY 25, 2018

In the Persistence of the Figure exhibition the body becomes a vehicle for addressing meaning in the human condition with themes centered around empathy, shame and consumption. The artwork ranges across multiple mediums including painting, drawing, ceramics, found objects, and sculptures.  Artists Brandi Read, Colleen Critcher (Florence, SC), Gill Alexander (Miami Beach, FL), Lucy Bailey (Irmo, SC) and Michael Benvenia (Lancaster, Pa) chronicle their continual experimentation with the boundaries of the human figure.

https://www.artcentergreenville.org/maingallery

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.

Join us Saturday, June 23, to welcome 11 artists in three new exhibits featuring painting, sculpture and fine craft!

FOUR WOMEN/FOUR JOURNEYS : Bonnie Bardos, Patricia Cole-Ferullo, Linda Hudgins & Carol Beth Icard

THOUGHTFUL FORMS : Stoney Lamar, Dale McEntire, Shane Varnadore, Mark Gardner, Dale Weiler & David Zacharias

POLYCHROME TURNINGS : Holland Van Gores

Artists’ Walk & Talk 5 pm

Opening Reception 6 – 7:30 pm

Greenville Shakespeare Company
Play by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Jeffrey Stegall

June 28–July 23; 7:30 pm
Performance Hall (on the campus of Bob Jones University)
1700 Wade Hampton Boulevard (enter US 291 gate across from Carolina Fabric)

Lovesick men, clever ladies, hilarious servants . . . and a dog named Crab. This frolicking, rom-com puts best friends in competition for the same lady’s hand—with plenty of mayhem in the meantime.

www.summershakespeare.org

Pink Dog Creative Gallery
348 Depot St., Asheville, NC, 28801
June 29 to July 28^th, 2018.
Opening Reception June 29^th, 5-8pm

About the Show: This exhibition comprises of a selection of recent paintings from two distinct bodies of work.  Floral still life paintings, reminiscent of the classical Dutch tradition, are juxtaposed with images from Santander’s series Beyond Reconstitution. Santander’s narrative paintings, Beyond Reconstitution, both challenge as well as reconfigure the roles and the significance of traditional historical genre painting. The combination of these two bodies of work are intended to be both unsettling and playful.

Artist Bio: Mexican-born visual artist and arts educator, Morgan Santander, grew up in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Santander studied visual arts at the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his graduate work in fine arts at the University of Chicago. For twelve years, Santander served as Professor of Graduate and Undergraduate Painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Since moving to North Carolina in 2014, Santander has taught art and art history at Warren Wilson College and at Blue Ridge Community College. Santander’s art studio is located at the Marshall High Studios in Madison County.

Contact: morgansantander@yahoo.com

Website: morgansantander.com

Image: The Sisters, 2017, oil on canvas, 4×6 feet

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.

Showcasing a large collection of artwork that was created outdoors in Upstate South Carolina.
July 3-27 in the Venue, West Main Artists Co-Op
Reception: Thursday, July 19, 5-9 p.m. (during the city’s monthly ArtWalk)

The public can view the work Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at no cost.

The participating artists are all part of an informal and less-than-one-year-old group of retired teachers who gather to paint in the classic French tradition of plein air, which by definition is work created on location and outdoors. The group is still in the formative stages and includes core members Jessica Barnes, Shannon Patrick, Doris Turner, AK McMillan, Cynthia Link, and Shelba Cook.

West Main Artists Co-op is a non-profit arts agency in Spartanburg that is dedicated to local artists and art. It provides affordable studio space to its member artists, as well as a retail outlet and several galleries to sell and showcase their work. The facility has the most extensive collection of locally made artwork for sale in Spartanburg, and it includes pottery, jewelry, paintings, sculptures, prints, quilts, and other artistic creations. In addition to hosting three different exhibits each month, the Co-op also provides public workshops. For more information about West Main Artists Co-op, please visit online WestMainArtists.org.

The Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville is pleased to welcome Angela Zajac-Bruch our visiting artist for July.  Her extensive travel photographing the world later painting those images has given her a unique perspective.   She has visited the scenes painted and wants the viewers to join her.

Born and raised in the beautiful country of Dorrance, Pennsylvania, her love of art began at an early age.  Serving in the military, her works of nature, painted in oil and drawn with pen and ink showed in the base gallery.  Several of her paintings sold to decorate the historic Hotel Del Monte in California.   Most recently her work was in the 43rd Annual Anderson Juried Show and Art On The Town.  She is one of the eight artists chosen for Greenville’s 2018 Flat Out Under Pressure contest.  Starting January 2019, her paintings will decorate a recycling bin in downtown for 1 year.

Please welcome Angela, who recently relocated to Greenville, at our First Friday Reception

Join AGGG & Angela on First Friday, July 6, 2018  6 – 8 pm

Blue Spiral 1 proudly represents the estate of modernist Will Henry Stevens. This exhibition will  feature over 25 rarely seen works from the gallery’s collection, highlighting his representational landscapes and objective abstractions.

Gallery Talk: August 12th at 3pm with Art Historian, Dr. Richard Gruber

Riverworks Gallery
300 River St #202
July 6 – August 5
Reception: Friday, July 6, 6-9 PM

The Undesirables is a series of objects, wall pieces, and jewelry.  Jewelry is the main component of the series because Katy believes the wearer herself completes the piece.  Katy: “The wearer gains a uniquely intimate relationship with the piece as physical sensation and attention to detail are incorporated into the viewing experience. Also, jewelry takes the art out of the gallery and into the world, so it is important that the works are actually wearable even if noticeably bulky, because the function of wearing empowers the ideas embodied within.”  The undesirable become sensuously desirable.

RIVERWORKS Gallery is operated by and for the faculty and students of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Greenville Technical College.  The gallery is located at 300 River Street, Suite 202, along the scenic Reedy River in downtown Greenville, South Carolina.  For more information call (864) 271-0679 or email elizabeth.markel@gvltec.edu, or visit www.gvltec.edu/dva and click on RIVERWORKS.

For more information, contact:

Fleming Markel

Gallery Coordinator

RIVERWORKS Gallery

Greenville Technical College

(864) 271-0679

Laura Reines Willems makes her debut show in Greenville since relocating from Florida two years ago.

Laura asks, ‘”Have you ever noticed that the view thru a microscope can be similar to the view thru a telescope? Is it a star or a piece of sand? Subatomic particles mimic planetary motion. This amazing paradox of symmetry, ruled by the laws of nature, is key to my inspiration.”

Also featuring the art of Renate Gunnels, Janet Cevelin, and Antonio Milian. The show will run until July 27, 2018.

To see Laura’s work, please go to facebook.com/laura reines.willems, or instagram.com/laura.reines.willems

Visit the TD Bank Gallery at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce to see an exhibit featuring the work of local painters, Meg Groat and Marcy Yerkes.

Coldwell Banker Caine presents works by Greenville artist Kate Furman at the Main Street Real Estate Gallery, July 19 – September 30. There will be an opening reception on July 19, 6 – 8 PM

428 South Main Street
Greenville, SC

Born in Chattanooga, TN, Starr Haney is an award winning figurative artist known primarily for her studies
in color and light, shadow and shine. “My work, these days, tends to focus on animals and figures. My
commissioned portrait work tends to evoke the playful spirit of the subject. My mediums are primarily oil
and metal leaf.”

Starr has a diverse range of influences stemming from her time spent living in Texas and Colorado. For the
last decade, she has been back home in the South developing her craft, blending her love of travel and
cultural experiences with her love of her southern roots.

My show ‘Vintage Modern Americana” is a reflection of an American life. I hope to translate a joyful sense
of the past in it’s hopeful place in the future.

Mill Town Players
Historic Pelzer Auditorium
214 Lebby Street
Pelzer, SC 29669
www.milltownplayers.org

(864)947-8000

July 20 – Aug 12
Thurs – Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3 pm

Beehive is the ultimate celebration of 1960’s female empowerment. Featuring such timeless classics as “My Boyfriend’s Back”, “Be My Baby”, “Son of a Preacher Man”, and “Me and Bobby McGee”, Beehive nostalgically recalls the days of miniskirts, transistor radios and flower power. Told from the perspective of five young women who came of age in this enigmatic decade, these young ladies look back on a host of issues ranging from their first Beehive Dance to the challenges we faced as a nation – all accomplished by a vast array of the most celebrated and memorable songs of the era. Featuring over 30 hits, Beehive will be backed by a live rock band.

Directed and choreographed by Kimberlee Ferreira with musical direction by Joshua and Hannah Morton.

Photo credit: Escobar Photography

Back by popular demand – the Gilbert and Sullivan Classic! The famous duo, Gilbert and Sullivan, return to Glow, this time with their legendary blockbuster operetta hit, H.M.S. Pinafore!

Since its original debut in 1878, H.M.S. Pinafore has delighted audiences with the nautically-tinged story of a love triangle between the captain’s daughter and the two men who dream of her love. Boasting a plethora of jaunty G&S classics including “He is an Englishman” and “I am the Monarch of the Sea”, H.M.S. Pinafore is a bitingly funny parody of class and society that still makes a modern-day splash!

Join the Fiesta! From the creator of HAMILTON Lin Manuel Miranda, In the Heights is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical.

Filled with hip-hop beats, salsa and Latin soul, In the Heights centers on the diverse characters living in the neighborhood of Washington Heights during three sizzling summer nights. In a community where everyone knows your business, things are about to shake-up as romances bloom, dreams are challenged, and one winning lottery ticket threatens to change everything. You’ll be salsa dancing in the aisles to this high energy journey about heritage, community, and the power of dreams. In the Heights is the winner of the 2008 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations, and a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize.

Program 4 of The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival

July 23, 7:30 PM
Carolina Music Museum
516 Buncombe St, Greenville

Ludwig van Beethoven  String Quartet Op.18 No. 5
Inessa Zaretsky  Sextet for piano 4 hands and string quartet (world premiere, commissioned by St.Urban Concert Series)
Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor

Tesla String Quartet; Lenore Fishman Davis, piano; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival has been the premier chamber music festival of the Carolinas for these 45 years. For those who love to play and those who love to listen, the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival has been a focal point for the celebration of chamber music. In a series of fifteen concerts, SCMF is pleased to be able to share exceptional classical music performances with a wide audience in three different southern cities: Asheville, NC; Waynesville, NC; and Greenville, SC.

Come each Wednesday & Saturday for three weeks, from 12-1 PM, beginning on July 18 & ending on August 4. Tickets $5. Only 26 seats! Call 864-520-8807 & make your reservations. You bring your lunch, Maria brings the music & the charm.

July 18, 21, 25, 28 – August 1, 4
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Carolina Music Museum
516 Buncombe Street (at Heritage Green)
Greenville, SC 29601

Thursday, July 26, 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)

Justin Ray has been a professional musician for almost 20 years. While attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he ­earned a reputation as a fiery and compelling trumpet soloist, comfortable in a wide variety of styles. After finishing his degree, Ray relocated to Los Angeles and quickly became one of the most in demand musicians in the region. He performed regularly with jazz legends like drummers Dave Weckl and Peter Erskine, vocalist Kurt Elling, pianists Bill Cunliffe and Alan Pasqua, and a host of others.

He has toured 45 countries, appeared on Grammy-winning recordings, and has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the world, such as Madison Square Garden, the Sydney Opera House, Radio City Music Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl. Justin has also made a number of TV appearances, including multiple performances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Saturday Night Live.

Justin has recorded three records under his own name. The first is a self-titled collection of his hard-bop tinged originals. His next, Love Songs is a combination of jazz and beatnik-style poetry featuring works from artists as diverse as Allen Ginsberg and Star Trek’s Commander Data. The third, Evil Man Blues, features Ray both as trumpeter and vocalist on a collection of jazz standards.

When he is not touring, Ray makes his home in Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife and two small children, and is an active member of its vibrant musical community.

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.

Show dates: July 26 – Aug. 18, 2018 (Reception following opening night 07/26)
Performances: Thursday – Saturday 8 pm, Sunday Matinees 3:00Book by: Erik Jackson & Ben H. Winters
Music by: Neil Sedaka
Directed by: Reed Halvorson
Music Directed by: Holly Caprell

Set at a Catskills resort in 1960, this is the sweetly comic story of Lois and Marge, two friends from Brooklyn in search of good times and romance over one wild Labor Day weekend. The score showcases 18 Neil Sedaka classics, including “Where the Boys Are”, “Sweet Sixteen”, “Calendar Girl”, “Love Will Keep Us Together”, and of course, the chart topping title song.

Jamie Hansen will show her watercolor art in the atrium space at the Anderson Arts Center, 110 Federal Street, Anderson SC. Her art explores a balance between the intentional and coincidental. She combines unpredictable watercolors with precise, linear accents in metal leaf.

Metal leaf such as gold and copper reflect light. When there is not enough light to see the colors in the artwork, the metal leaf will still glow. The viewer might experience the art differently depending on lighting and viewing angle. As a result, some of the viewers’ experience of the art is left to coincidence.

Presenting a diverse exhibit of over thirty
woodworking artists.

The Greenville Woodworkers Guild was established by a group of five professional woodworkers in 1981 and has grown to a membership of 700 plus craftsmen and enthusiasts practicing their individual skills.

Come each Wednesday & Saturday for three weeks, from 12-1 PM, beginning on July 18 & ending on August 4. Tickets $5. Only 26 seats! Call 864-520-8807 & make your reservations. You bring your lunch, Maria brings the music & the charm.

July 18, 21, 25, 28 – August 1, 4
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Carolina Music Museum
516 Buncombe Street (at Heritage Green)
Greenville, SC 29601

Find inspiration in Beethoven’s only opera featuring the “Wonder Woman” of operatic heroines!

Fidelio is a beautiful and optimistic piece that captures the epic composer’s personal outlook on the struggle for liberty and justice he saw in Europe during his lifetime. It follows the the courageous Lenore, whose journey to save her imprisoned husband reveals an undying love that glimmers through the darkness of oppression.Fidelio is a tale of how the dreams and persistence of one woman helped change the world.

Program 5 of The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival

July 30, 7:30 PM
Carolina Music Museum
516 Buncombe St, Greenville

Ernő Dohnányi              Serenade for string trio Op.10
Amadeus Mozart          Concerto for piano No.21 in C major
Antonín Dvořák’s          String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77

Alexander Velinzon, violin; Elisa Barston, violin; Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola; Mihail Istomin, cello; Joe McFadden, bass; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival has been the premier chamber music festival of the Carolinas for these 45 years. For those who love to play and those who love to listen, the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival has been a focal point for the celebration of chamber music. In a series of fifteen concerts, SCMF is pleased to be able to share exceptional classical music performances with a wide audience in three different southern cities: Asheville, NC; Waynesville, NC; and Greenville, SC.

Get ready for an evening of powerhouse women singing the songs of the most iconic female artists of all time. With hits like “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”, “Proud Mary”, “Because You Loved Me”, “Jolene”, and “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”, I’m Every Woman spans generations and celebrates the strong women who have paved the way for female artists of today. This one-night only event will feature local Greenville favorites like Katie Rockwell, Taylor Marlatt, Mary Evan Giles, Simone Mack, and more.

Experience a decadent night of champagne and deserts coupled with two hours of songs that you know and love! At intermission, enjoy champagne and deserts from Greenville’s finest dining spots, all included in the price of your ticket!
Centre Stage is partnering with Safe Harbor Women’s Shelter whose mission is to provide a continuum of services for victims of domestic violence and their children and to eliminate cultural acceptance of domestic violence through a coordinated community response, prevention and education.

Part of Centre Stage’s Cabaret Benefit Series, tickets for I’m Every Woman: A Celebration of Diva Hits are $50. The one-night only event will be on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. All seats are reserved. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at (864) 233-6733 on Tuesdays – Fridays from 2-6 p.m, in person at the Centre Stage Box Office, or online at www.centrestage.org. Handling fees will be applied to all purchases.