The World Affairs Council Upstate in partnership with Upstate SC Alliance invite you to a half-day training session designed to develop strong and effective cross-cultural business skills.

The current global economy calls for employees to possess the necessary skills to interact effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds. Knowing how to market in an appropriate context, negotiate and not alienate, forge trust and successfully communicate are keys to success.

This workshop provides participants with the tools to be more fluent in any global business setting with a focus on the differences between Germany and France, and China and Japan. Brad Gosche, Vice President and Lead Certified Trainer of the Global Fluency Institute in Columbus, Ohio, will lead the workshop.

The Greenville Zoo invites zoo-goers to tap into the wild at the annual Brew in the Zoo presented by RJ Rockers Brewing Company. The fundraising event, set for Friday, May 31 from 6:30 to 9 p.m., will provide attendees with the opportunity to sample an assortment of beer, lite fare and enjoy live music all while exploring the zoo after-hours.

Early Admission/VIP ticket holders will have the chance to enter the zoo a half hour before the start time, at 6:00 pm and take part in an exclusive sampling of a specialty brew made just for the event. Ingredients for the special “zoo brew” will be selected by the Greenville Zoo’s Masai Giraffes with the assistance of their zookeepers, who gives them an assortment of fruit to choose from. RJ Rockers owner/brewer Mark Johnsen will create the special brew. Early Admission/VIP ticket holders will also receive a limited edition Brew in the Zoo t-shirt.

General Admission tickets are $45.00 in advance and $50.00 the day of the event. Designated Driver tickets are $20.00. Early Admission/VIP tickets are $65.00. General admission and designated driver ticket holders will be admitted at 6:30 p.m.

Brew in the Zoo will showcase 14-16 breweries. The event will also feature food vendors including The Chocolate Moose, Henry's Smokehouse, Tucanos Brazilian Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Jimmy John's, Marco's Pizza and many more!

Early admission/VIP and genera

Packet Pickup (for your race number and T-shirt) will be at Fleet Feet at 635 Augusta St, Greenville, SC. Packet pickup times are 11:00 am until 6:00 pm on Thursday (18th) and Friday (19th). You will be receiving an email on Wednesday evening informing you of your race bib number. Please bring that information with you to facilitate the process. We encourage all participants to obtain their race packets on Thursday or Friday. However, there will be a last-chance opportunity to obtain race packets on Saturday morning between 6:00 and 6:45 am. The location will be at the tent next to the mobile stage in front of the Peace Center at the corner of W. Broad St and S. Main St. We will close down that process at 6:45 due to our 5K start at 7:20 am.
Runners should arrive at least 45 mins before their race start (7:20 am START for 5K, 7:25 START for Youth Mile and 7:55 START for the 10K). Roads in the immediate area will be closed about 6:30 am. Parking options are viewable on our event website @ http://www.tdbankreedyriverrun.com/parking.html.

SIX L.A. LOVE STORIES is an anthology-film very similar in style and tone to Richard Curtis’ LOVE ACTUALLY. The film features couples in various stages of falling in love, being in love, or losing love. It’s dramatic, hilarious, and everything in between. STARS Jamie Anne Allman, Marshall Allman, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Dunaway, Ogy Durham, Beth Grant, Jennifer Lafleur, Matthew Lillard, Ross Partridge, Carrie Preston, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ashley WIlliams, and Alicia Witt. ** Film screening followed by Q&A with writer-producer-director-actor Michael Dunaway. **

It’s official! The 2019 Upstate Live Music meetup has been set for Sunday, April 28! We can’t wait to see everyone, jam out, drink, eat, trade, and plan!

We’ll be providing additional information as the date approaches- expect this one to be the absolute best meetup yet!

You’ll want to mark this date on your 2019 calendar in sharpie- let’s ROCK!

Please approach John M. Hoyt or Heidi Wersinger Chapman about sponsorship opportunities!

This will be a club-style seated show. Charlie Hunter and Lucy Woodward are known for excelling in different genres, yet the two veteran musicians have been running in similar circles before pairing up for touring in 2018.

With a career spanning 16 years and almost 20 albums, virtuoso guitarist Charlie Hunter has worked with the likes of Norah Jones, Mos Def, John Mayer, and D'Angelo. He is widely considered the authority on the seven and eight string guitar and continues to stun audiences with his ability to simultaneously bust out tasty bass parts, melodic leads and swinging rhythms.

Mac Arnold’s first band included James Brown on piano. Mac moved to Chicago and Muddy Waters hired him on the spot. He toured and recorded with the Muddy Waters Band and recorded LPs with Otis Spann and John Lee Hooker. Mac moved to Los Angeles and produced Soul Train with his friend Don Cornelius. He even played bass on the Sanford & Son television show when he wasn't playing bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King. He retired from show business to be an organic farmer. Mac is back with his own band and a "plate full" of CDs, building a new foundation in blues, soul and funk. Mac now resides in Pelzer, SC, where at the age of 10 he got his first taste of the blues when he learned to play his brother Leroy’s home-made guitar. Going back to his roots, Mac is serving up a mess of Blues with his own band, “Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues”. The band consists Austin Brashier on guitar and vocals, Max Hightower on keyboards, harmonica, guitar, bass, and vocals, Scotty Hawkins or Dizzy Dizzy on drums and vocals, and Mac Arnold on vocals, bass and Gas Can Guitars.

The Competitive Shag Association is coming to the Upstate! The best shaggers in the south will compete for prize money on May 10 & 11. Become a sponsor of this even and receive your choice of reserved tables and special sponsor benefits.

Founded in 1988 by famed puppeteer Allie Scollon and her son John, the Columbia Marionette Theatre (CMT) has established itself as a premiere children’s theatre in South Carolina. Our mission is to entertain and educate children and adults through the long-standing tradition and artistry of puppetry.

Our show: A peppy interpretation of the classic story in which Cinderella is helped by her fairy godmother and the clock at the top of the castle tower to outwit her evil stepmother and win Prince Charming’s heart. Full of humor, warmth, and music, this elaborate production runs 40 minutes and features a clever set and detailed marionettes.

We kick off the 52nd SC Festival of Flowers with highly entertaining and fun-filled events for all ages during our main weekend, June 7 - 9, 2019. We invite you to stroll among our larger than life, “living” topiary sculptures spread throughout the Uptown Greenwood square. Then come browse and shop our arts and crafts show, take in various performances, experience our Wine Walk, join in our 5K run/walk, engage in Kidfest and tour exquisite home gardens. And that is just the beginning. Check out the schedule on the web site to see everything that's going on!

All are invited!

Celebrate the opening of the Index Journal Newspaper’s 100 Year Celebration, a historical exhibit in partnership with SC Festival of Flowers. The Museum welcomes you to this special anniversary exhibit.

This event will feature light refreshments and is FREE for the public. 

So come visit the Museum and explore the Index Journal’s rich history and fond memories.

Exhibit Reception: Saturday, June 8 @ 5:00 - 7:00 pm - Awards Ceremony @ 6:00 pm (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) - hors d'oeuvres and cash bar will provided

Exhibit Description: The annual South Carolina Festival of Flowers moves into its 52nd year in June 2019. The juried art show is a sanctioned event hosted annually by The Arts Center of Greenwood, in conjunction with the festival. The show will feature artwork from artists all over South Carolina and portions of the southeast with monetary awards totaling $2,600.

Exhibit Duration: June 6 - July 10, 2019

Exhibit Admission: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Business Hours: Mon-Fri (10 am - 5 pm) / Sat (10 am - 3 pm)

Exhibit Contact: Jennifer A. Smith, artscentergwd@gmail.com, 864.953.2462

Wofford College's Dr. Peter Brewitt will visit Hub City Bookshop to discuss his book Same River Twice.

Dam removal was not a realistic option in the twentieth century, and people who suggested it were dismissed as radical dreamers. Over the past twenty years, dam removal has become increasingly common, with dozens of removals now taking place each year nationwide.

How did this happen? Same River Twiceanswers this question by telling the stories of three major Northwestern dam removals—the politics, people, hopes, and fears that shaped three rivers and their communities. Author Peter Brewitt begins each story with the dam’s construction, shows how its critics gained power, details the conflicts and controversies of removal, and explores the aftermath as the river re-established itself.

Peter Brewitt received his PhD in environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he focused on environmental policy. He is now a professor at Wofford College.

Held each spring, our Plant Sale Fundraiser is a day of informative plant shopping and a fun event for all.
Come early to find the best selections. Master Gardener volunteers will help to answer your gardening questions.

Proceeds from the Greater Greenville Master Gardeners’ Annual Plant Sale fund an array of programs which support our mission to educate the citizens of Greenville County in gardening fundamentals.  Among our programs are the annual Symposium, Ask-a-Master-Gardener activities, GGMG Speakers Bureau, Jr. MG Summer Camp, the Ellen Hilderbrand Community Grant Program, and others.

Shop our plant sale for perennials, trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, ground covers, vegetables, herbs, native plants, houseplants, and more!

26 Pebbles, a theatrical performance of Lander University, will be performed each night at Greenwood Community Theatre in Uptown Greenwood.

The story behind 26 Pebbles:
On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed twenty-six innocent souls before taking his own life. These twenty-six innocent deaths, like pebbles thrown into a pond, created ripples and vibrations that were felt far beyond the initial rings. This is the story of those vibrations.

Please join SPACE and Thicketty Mountain Farm for an exciting new spring event: Bonnamoo! You won't want to miss this celebration of music, food, and farms at our beautiful Cleveland Preserve Farm. We've wanted to showcase this property for a while and we've found the perfect opportunity!

Those dining with us will enjoy a unique dinner carefully crafted by well-known Spartanburg chefs William and Jamie Cribb with wine pairings by Greg Atkins. The chefs will source local ingredients from their friends at Full Circle Farm, Lilly Mae Organics, and Colonial Milling. Featured on the menu will be grass-fed, sustainably raised beef from Thicketty Mountain Farm, Spartanburg’s only organic cattle farm, whose home is SPACE’s own Cleveland Preserve Farm. Every seat will be a seat at the chef's table as guests enjoy a spectacularly paired farm-to-table experience. Local musician, Janeen Scott will play while guests enjoy their meal. SPACE is grateful for our many supporters, the Bonnamoo dinner is presented by Pacolet Milliken and sponsored by the Johnson Group.

Following the dinner, guests are invited to mosey down the hill to enjoy a live performance by the Shane Pruitt Band, a Spartanburg favorite whose music embodies a regional tradition of blues and gospel while bringing its original tone and flare to every performance. Once the stage is warmed up, musical headliners Southern Culture On The Skids (SCOTS) will take the stage! SCOTS has been consistently recording and touring around the world since 1983. Their music has been featured in movies and TV, and their legendary live shows are a testament to the therapeutic powers of foot-stomping, butt-shaking rock-and-roll.

This meeting is intended for leaders of organizations or departments involved in the food system, but everyone is welcome. We need your input on what is working and not working in regards to accessing healthy and local food in Spartanburg County.

Enjoy an evening of song focused on the sheer joy of dance in all its many styles & languages. Featuring music by Mark Patterson, John Leavitt, Tawn Thomas, Stephen Hatfield, Stacy Gibbs and many others. Performed by the Greenville Chamber Singers, an auditioned four-part women's ensemble that performs throughout the southeast.

Ready for LOADS OF FUN? Spring Fling, covering SEVERAL City blocks, is the Upstate's largest street festival. The 3-day event brings 115,000+ people downtown for the music, food, shopping, kids rides, and tons of special attractions. It's a great chance for everyone to see why downtown Spartanburg is AMAZING all year long.

Friday, April 26: 5 pm - 10 pm
Saturday, April 27: 10 am - 9 pm
Sunday, April 28: 12 Noon - 6 pm

FREE Admission

Bestselling author Michelle Gable will visit Hub City Bookshop (all the way from California!) on Wednesday, May 22, at 6pm to discuss her novel The Summer I Met Jack. Join us for wine, a discussion about the book, and a signing afterward.

New York Times bestselling author Michelle Gable imagines the affair between JFK and Alicia Corning Clark - and the child they may have had.

Based on a real story - in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack.