What was accomplished in Columbia during the legislative session and what's left to do? Join us at the Voice of Business Brunch for a wrap-up of the 2019 legislative session and a look ahead.

Jason Zacher with the Upstate Chamber Coalition will discuss legislative wins and 2020 priorities. Melanie Barton, Executive Director of the Education Oversight Committee, will provide an update on the Education Reform Bill.

Business owners, employees, and interested downtown patrons:
Join the Downtown Business Council at Delaney’s Irish Pub on Monday, June 24th for their monthly meeting discussing actionable items to improve downtown’s current and future business landscape.

Join us, and invite a friend or your business neighbors!

Join us this Saturday at Northside Harvest Park to celebrate African-American history, cuisine, and culture!

We will be celebrating animals with the longest necks: giraffes! Visit the zoo to learn all about giraffes - from what they eat and how they survive in the wild, to the ways we care for them. Stop by to see Autumn, Miles and Kiden!

Are you ready to see what Spartanburg, the hub city of the Upstate, has to offer? Join us as we eat our way through the town. Spartanburg has so many delicious vegan options all across the city! On this tour you will enjoy some delicious breakfast options, lunch items, donuts and ice cream! Our fantastic Registered Dietitian will come along to talk about the nutrition impact of the items and answer your questions along the way. Wear some great walking shoes, we will walk a minimum of one mile on the tour.

Duration: 4 hours

Stops include visits to:

Downtown Deli & Donuts

Blue Moon Specialty Foods

FR8yard

Hub City Scoops

The tour will take place rain or shine. Midway through the tour we will explore a community garden and play some miniature golf.

This is a plant-based tour and we can accommodate most food allergies and restrictions, please let us know in advance. Children seven and under eat for free (one child per adult).

Utilizing internships is the perfect way to conduct recruiting activities by identifying future hires, increasing retention rates, maintaining a pipeline of highly qualified candidates, creating and building relationships with local universities and organizations, and having short-term projects completed by an educated workforce.

The Total Internship Management Workshop is designed to help you and your organization build a win-win internship program. Based on the most in-depth research ever to be conducted into the successful management of internship programs, you can be assured that you will leave the event with a newfound approach to internships.

The presentation will include detailed statistics from proprietary research. Qualitative and quantitative responses will be shared from our latest research project, the National Internship and Co-op Study – a detailed examination of what makes internship programs successful based on the responses of over 225,000 students from more than 500 universities.

The Avett Brothers will play a Halloween Show on October 31 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. THE AVETT BROTHERS’ album, True Sadness, achieved the group’s highest career debut to date and dominated multiple charts, arriving at #1 on Billboard’s Top Albums Chart, #1 Top Rock Albums Chart, #1 on the Digital Albums Chart and #3 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart. The album was also nominated for Best Americana Album and Best American Roots Performance for “Ain’t No Man” by the 2017 Grammy Awards.

Red, White, and Blue is Greenville’s premier 4th of July celebration, showcasing one of the state’s largest fireworks displays. The free event features live music on two stages, fun-filled activities in the Kidz Zone and a variety of popular food and beverage vendors. The event takes place in downtown Greenville from Broad Street to Augusta.

On the evening before Independence Day, Clemsonfest kicks off numerous area festivals. Join thousands of revelers for family fun in the early evening of July 3rd. Later enjoy live music as the fireworks ring in the 4th. There is a $10.00 admission charge per car or $5 per person.

At Hillbilly Day, you won’t find any fireworks, but at one of the oldest festivals in the state, you’ll find clogging, square dancing, country and bluegrass music, crafts, food, soap making and old-time games. Take a break from the same old 4th of July routine and head to Mountain Rest. Free admission and parking.

Red, White, and Boom will be at Barnet Park and is the perfect setting for Spartanburg’s Independence Day celebration. Enjoy great food, including BBQ, funnel cakes, burgers, hotdogs, philly cheese steaks, ice cream, and more! Patriotic music by the Spartanburg Community Band then a major musical act to dance the night away. And last but not least, enjoy a Spectacular Fireworks! General admission: $5

Cowpens National Battlefield will hold its Celebration of Freedom event on July 6 with guided battlefield walks, weapons firing demonstrations, and children’s activities. It’s living history and fun for the whole family!

Shows begin at 7:00pm in beautiful Falls Park, Thursday thru Sunday each week during the run of shows. ALL SHOWS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC!
What’s better than free, Shakespeare in the park? Nothing, that’s what.
Bring a picnic, a blanket or chair, and enjoy!

The Tempest (July 11 – August 4)

The ever popular and patriotic Red White and Blue Shoes 5K returns to Furman University on Thursday July 4, 2019. Proceeds from the RWBS 5K go to the Blue Shoes Track Scholarship program, providing scholarships to deserving student athletes and promoting excellence on the track and in the classroom.

AFTER A DAY ON THE LAKE COME ON OUT TO GIGNILLIAT FIELD!
THURSDAY, JULY 4TH FESTIVITIES START AT 6P.M.

FREE Family Fun
Bring your chairs!

Just Chillin Shaved Ice is here to help you chill. This July 4th celebration will be HOT HOT HOT!!!! Treat yourself with a chilling shaved ice.

Enjoy the award winning Fireworks at Sunset

Throw on your boots, hop in the truck and head on down to Greenville 'cause the hottest names in country music are coming to Fluor Field Saturday, August 31st for the Greenville Country Music Fest! Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the heart of South Carolina's Upcountry, GVL Fest is gonna be jam-packed with rockin' music from today's top country headliners, lip-smackin' food and drinks and good 'ol country fun.

Chapman Cultural Center is open every Sunday afternoon, 1-5 p.m., to provide casual and cultural experiences for those who want to "unplug." Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg Regional History Museum, Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, and the Student Galleries are all open with free admission. The John F. Green Spartanburg Science Center is open with a small admission fee. In addition, one or more local musicians will perform a free mini-concert at no charge 2-4 p.m.

FROM IMDB: The documentary follows the typeface from its humble beginnings in a type foundry located in Münchenstein, Switzerland. Type designer Max Meidinger and his boss Edvard Hoffman were developing a new typeface which would be invisible, one which would not attract attention - one which would convey information but not draw attention away from the subject being discussed. The new typeface was named 'Die Neue Haas Grotesk'. In order to market the typeface to the American market a new name had to be chosen: HELVETICA.

Runtime: 1 hours 20 minutes

Films are projected onto the 15-foot-high walls of the Museum. Stick around after the movie for a Q&A and discussion with SAM curators!

MasterWorks Festival is an intensive, four-week festival for advanced and passionate students of the classical performing arts. Together, world-class faculty and gifted students present brilliant performances in an atmosphere of dynamic Christian faith.

Monthly on the 4th Tuesday
Arrival & Check-In begins at 11:30am
Announcements & Program begin at 12:00pm

Chamber Presents Lunch & Learns are held monthly on the fourth Tuesday and feature a guest speaker and information to help grow your business. Presentations will include topics that apply to businesses of all types and sizes, such as timely marketing strategies, business resources, local industry trends, and more. Guests will have an opportunity to introduce themselves and their business to the group and network before and after the presentation. The registration fee includes lunch and any presentation materials.

Check website for this month's speaker.

Julius Caesar:
Shakespeare’s tale of murderous intrigue finds new life as it tears a page from a famous modern novel. The story makes us deliberate the limits of loyalty, the importance of structure and the value of friendship. Ideals that are classic, maybe, but always relevant. We hope you hear the powerful words afresh!

This royalty-free play is part of a fantastic collection of plays for kids and teens on Drama Notebook:
https://www.dramanotebook.com/plays-for-kids/

Wednesday & Friday, June 26th & 28th at 7:30pm

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1'Ghost'

Inessa Zaretsky: World Premiere for piano trio

Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio, Op.15 in g minor

Horszowski Piano Trio; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

In memory of Ruth Geiger  

Come join us for Friday Movie NIght in Carolina Wren Park August 9th at 8:35pm as we show Ralph Breaks the Internet! This movie is FREE to the public. Bring your own chairs or blankets for this outdoor movie. Coolers are welcome - just NO alcohol or glass containers. Concessions are also available. Please leave all pets at home. Call 864 231-2233 for more information.

Come join us for Flashback Friday Movie NIght in Carolina Wren Park July 12th at 8:55pm as we show The Goonies! This movie is FREE to the public. Bring your own chairs or blankets for this outdoor movie. Coolers are welcome - just NO alcohol or glass containers. Concessions are also available. Please leave all pets at home. Call 864 231-2233 for more information.

Funding assistance provided by the City of Anderson ATAX fund.

Johannes Brahms          Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25 in G minor

                                    String Quintet No.2, Op.111 in G major

Tesla String Quartet; John Dexter, viola; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet Op.29, ‘Storm”

J.S.Bach: Keyboard Concerto in g minor

Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction et rondo capriccioso Op.28

Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet Op.20 in E flat major

Jasper String Quartet; Susie Wong, violin; Katherine Winterstein, violin; Melissa Reardon, viola; Steve Honigberg, cello; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

Friday, June 28 and July 5

This day's program is based on 1 Thessalonians 4:9​—“Taught by God to love one another.”

Saturday, June 29 and July 8

This day's program is based on Ephesians 5:2​—“Go on walking in love.”

Sunday, June 30 and July 9

This day's program is based on Jude 21​—“Keep yourselves in God’s love.”

For more information, click HERE.