he Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce co-hosts Business After Hours events like this one with a different Chamber member each month. Events typically fall on the fourth Thursday, unless otherwise noted in the event information. BAH events provide a valuable opportunity for our members to highlight their offices, shops, and products through facility tours and peer engagement. Guests enjoy the opportunity to learn about new businesses, expand their network, and discover potential partnerships with others throughout the community. Contact Chamber staff if you would like information on hosting a Business After Hours at your business!

Fabio Parrini, Chair of the Piano Department at North Greenville University, will be performing a program of Frederic Chopin & Franz Schubert at the Carolina Music Museum. Parrini, a Steinway artist, has a rich array of recordings, live broadcasts, concertos, solo recitals, chamber music & collaborations with orchestras, choirs, opera productions & performances at summer festivals on his resume. A Fulbright Scholar, a Kahn Award winner from Boston University, he has coached for the Philadelphia International Music Festival, given master classes at Clemson University, the Longy School of Music at Bard College, Emporia State University, & the University of Southern Mississippi, to list only few. He holds degrees from the Conservatory of Padua in Italy, & Boston University. Call 864-520-8807 to purchase your tickets. $15 Adults & $5 students.

Pickens County Meals on Wheels will be hosting our 2^nd Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 18^th from 8 – 11am at the McKissick Center dining room. Tickets are $5 each and all proceeds will benefit PCMOW.

City of Easley invites you to join them for their 2019 Farmer's Market's Spring Fling and Jazz Festival on Saturday, April 6 from 9 AM until 3 PM. The Spring Fling will showcase local artists, craftsmen, farmer's market vendors, local live music and much more. For more information or how to become a vendor, click here.

Welcome to the Uptown Market- where shopping fresh and local promotes a healthier community and a healthier you! Come and meet your farmers and experience the difference in flavors and variety that can be found here.  Depending on the time of year, you can find produce such as kale, cabbage, brussels sprouts, potatoes, beets, tomatoes, cauliflower and MUCH more!! Plus, on Wednesdays, shop for locally raised meats, farm fresh cheese, baked goods, soaps and gourmet cuisine prepared with local ingredients. Click here for Vendor Application and Information
For a list of typical produce availability by season, click HERE. The Uptown Market Code of Conduct applies to all of our visitors and helps us maintain a safe and inviting space for all to enjoy!

Please check our Facebook page for notice of cancellations and current vendor list.

CURRENT HOURS: 10am - 2pm WED & SAT

Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive, presented by Clemson MBA, kicks off the weekend every Thursday night with music at NOMA Square on Main Street.
More than 45,000 people attend this event annually. The event serves as the single largest fundraiser for the Metropolitan Arts Council.

Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. Bands play two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. on the Harley-Davidson of Greenville Stage.

Free Admission

NOMA Square
220 North Main Street
Greenville, SC

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Whether you’re a Greenville native or looking to visit for the first time, Artisphere offers a one-of-a-kind experience. From award-winning restaurants to some of the most talented artists gathered on one of the quaintest main streets in the south, Artisphere won’t disappoint.

With a rich history of providing family fun for all ages, the annual Pelham Medical Center Greer Family Fest promises to be better than ever this year, the 35th anniversary of the event. Greer is growing, and festival planners have an expanded vision for a spectacular event that reflects the growth Greer is achieving. This year's event will feature the best of the old and add exciting new activities with the goal of being the Upstate's favorite family festival. This two-day event features live music on the Main Stage and the Community Stage, Mitsubishi Anne Helton Creation Station, Apple Seeds Pediatric Dentistry/ Carolina Family Orthodontics KidsZone, Greer CPW Restaurant Row, and over 150 vendors throughout the festival!

Dr. Temple Grandin, a world-renowned autism spokesperson, scientist, and inventor, has served as an inspiration and role model to hundreds of thousands of families and persons with autism. In this unique presentation, Temple eloquently and candidly describes the challenges she has faced and offers glimpses into her own childhood, with ideas on how others dealing with autism can meet these obstacles and improve the quality of their lives. Backed by her personal experience and evidence-based research, Temple shares her valuable insights on all types of thinkers, why they are important, and ways in which young people can continue to think about and understand what it means to be innovative.

Join the Converse community and women from across the Upstate for professional development and networking at Converse College’s annual President’s Leadership Forum, which welcomes Bank of America’s chief operations and technology officer, Cathy Bessant, on International Women’s Day. Named the “Most Powerful Woman in Banking” by American Banker magazine, Bessant has led Global Technology and Operations since 2010, delivering end-to-end technology and operating services across the company through nearly 95,000 employees and contractors in 35 countries.

Bessant will participate in a fireside chat moderated by President Krista Newkirk.

After closing out 2018 with Global Entrepreneurship Week and Andy Stoll's visit, we are prepared to capitalize on our learning and move forward creating community and regional awareness in 2019.
March 20th Agenda:

• Review 2018: What did we learn?
• Analyze the Ecosystem Scorecard
• Define priorities for creating local & regional awareness of the ecosystem
• Create 2019 editorial calendar for Upstate Business Journal*

As always, we will break into small groups to work on different topics and develop plans that will be presented to the ecosystem partners.  With so many new individuals and organizations joining the ecosystem, it will be an excellent chance to increase our network's capacity and share resources. 

Benefiting the Parks & Trails Foundation, The Greenwood Building presents a unique 5K Run/Walk with participants stopping along the Heritage Trail to savor select beers & ales provided by Good Times Brewing Co. Beginning and ending at the Greenwood Railroad Historical Center at 908 Main Street in Greenwood, this unique race features "Trail Ale" along the route with two other “Rail Ales” for tasting upon completion. Live music, light snacks and tasty brews await you at the finish line!

The Connect Young Professionals invites its members and prospective young professionals to gather for a Monthly Mingle, from 12:00 noon - 1:15 p.m..  This is CYP's official member gathering each month.  Join CYP to enjoy fellowship, meet new friends, and learn about upcoming programs and events, as well as hear from an informative speaker.  Lunch will be provided and there is a nominal fee of $10 to cover lunch expenses, payable to the Greenwood SC Chamber.
Everyone is welcome - members and prospective young professionals alike.  Invite a friend!  Advance registration requested to ensure accurate head count for lunch.  RSVP today as seating is limited.

The CYP officers and committee chairs will meet at 11:30 a.m.   Luncheon meeting set for third Monday of each month at the Chamber.

Guest Speaker:  The guest speaker will be Ann Butler, a 6-year board member of the Greater Greenwood Parks & Trails Foundation.  Ms. Butler is a professor in the biology department at Lander University and has mentored and engaged Lander students, faculty, and staff in projects at Grace Street Park.  She wrote and was awarded a Duke Energy grant to design and create a Sensory Garden at Grace Street Park.  She will share her expertise as a parks supporter with CYP.

RSVP:  Please RSVP to let us know if you can attend this meeting.

CYP Annual Dues:

As a reminder, annual dues of $40 are now due.  CYP's annual membership fee is $40 / person and membership is from January to December.  You may remit dues, payable to the Greenwood SC Chamber.  For membership information, call (864) 889-9312.

Are You Looking for a Job?
Visit the Upper Savannah Regional Job Fair (upperscworks.com) and meet employers face-to-face and find out what it takes to get hired. Open to the public, the job fair hosts 70+ employers from Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda and beyond.

Visitors can also connect with faculty and staff from the event co-sponsor, Piedmont Technical College, and learn about training and educational opportunities that lead to high-paying careers in today’s workforce.

WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, March 21, 2019

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Medford Family Event Center

Piedmont Technical College

HOW TO PREPARE:

• Bring plenty of resumes

• Dress like you are going to a job interview

• Don’t miss the opportunity to network with employers who are hiring

For a full list of employers who are attending the job fair, please visit www.ptc.edu/jobfair.

The once a week concert is held each Thursday evening from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm in Downtown Spartanburg. Hear live music chosen from an eclectic line-up from Blues to Reggae, from Country to Beach.

The open venue provides the entire community an opportunity to enjoy Spartanburg’s beautiful surroundings while listening to great local and regional musicians.

The 2019 Hub City Hog Fest, a barbecue contest to benefit Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, will take place April 5-6. The City of Spartanburg will block off several roads downtown around Morgan Square to accommodate the dozens of cook teams that will compete in this annual BBQ competition.
On Friday, April 5, entrance into the event from noon to 5 p.m. is FREE. After 5 p.m., wristbands must be purchased for $5 each. On Saturday, April 6, from noon to 9 p.m., $5 wristbands must be purchased. Children 10 and under are admitted free.There will be chicken wing samples from the competition teams available from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday evening. The samples of the competition teams' barbecue and ribs are ONLY AVAILABLE from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Vendors will be on site selling BBQ all weekend. Hog Bucks must be used to purchase food from vendors and to sample BBQ from competition teams (while supplies last).

The kite festival takes place in and around the Chapman Cultural Center each spring, when hundreds of colorful kites fill the skies above Spartanburg.

Storytelling is a performance art! You will experience this first hand at the 2019 Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, April 26-28, in Woodruff, SC. Storytellers from all over the USA will be sharing tales, putting their creative art of storytelling into the pot. Come and listen to some, of both, the best new and upcoming and also well-established, well-known tellers ever. Seventeen tellers in all! Experience a “drop the mic” moment in your life. You may realize that you have a story to tell. I know you will want to listen!Check out the tellers and event schedule at www.stonesoupsc.org and catch up with us on Facebook at Stone Soup Storytelling. Message me for information. I’ll be waiting to hear from you.

If you don’t there’s no better place to get them than at the Carolina Music Museum on Friday, April 5 at 7:30! Until you’ve heard mouth harp virtuoso Freddie Vanderford, play his signature tune on what most of us know as a harmonica, you haven’t heard a harmonica! Until you’ve heard Michael King play the Piedmont Blues on his talking guitar, you just don’t know what a guitar can do! They were a big part of the Fall Season of the Heritage Green Music Festival and now they’re back! Both of these guys received the South Carolina Arts Commission Jean Lanney Harris Folk Heritage Awards for their contribution to the music whose home is right here in South Carolina. You are crazy if you pass this up! Beer, wine, popcorn and fabulous music! Doesn’t get any better. Only 80 seats so call 864-520-8807 and reserve your seats now! $15 for adults, $5 for students!

Join Upstate Forever at Zen Greenville from 5:30 - 7:30 pm Tuesday, March 19 as we celebrate the launch of Crossroads, our campaign to protect and maintain our region’s high quality of life for future generations. We will enjoy drinks, hors d'oeuvres and live bluegrass with brief remarks at 6:00 pm.
Please RSVP at ufcrossroads@eventbrite.com

Last April master drummer, Jeff Holland, kept everyone happy, smiling and drumming for nearly two hours! He was so good he’ll be back this summer and the sound of his drums will bring everyone, children of all ages, to the Carolina Music Museum to play the drums, big and small, loud and soft and Heritage Green will be alive with family activities at The Children’s Museum, the Greenville County Museum of Art, the Greenville Little Theatre, the Hughes Library and the Upcountry History Museum--all of us on Heritage Green! Join us from 10 AM to 11:30 AM as nearly 700 did last summer! You’ll find free parking behind the library all day long!FREE! All ages welcome! Instruments provided!

Spartanburg ArtWalk is a free self-guided tour through participating galleries across Spartanburg's Downtown Cultural District. Stop by each 3rd Thursday of the month from 5:00 - 9:00 PM to enjoy Cocktails, hor d'oeuvres, and the Spartanburg cultural experience!
When: Each third Thursday of the month from 5:00 - 9:00 pm.

Where: Spartanburg Downtown Cultural District and more!

What: Art, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and the Spartanburg cultural experience.

Why: Galleries and museums stay open late to allow guests to enjoy various exhibitions and art-related activities. If touring the Spartanburg Arts Cultural is on your to-do list, there is no better time to do it than during Spartanburg ArtWalk! Wine. Food. Art. What more could you possibly need?

Melodic Dreaming, an interactive art & music concert marks the return of Pan Harmonia to the intimate performance setting at Carolina Music Museum on Friday, April 12 at 7:30. This award winning chamber music repertory company, from Asheville, NC, directed by flutist Kate Steinbeck adds fellow flutist James Brinkman & pianist John Crowley for a truly remarkable experience that joins musicians & the audience in a collaboration where both create a work of art! Let’s just say that the magic markers will be supplied! An evening you’ll long remember--they play music & you make art!

Tickets: $20 advance / $25 at the door / Students $5
Available in advance here: https://panharmonia.org/product/april-12-melodic-dreaming-greenville/. As always, when you buy in advance, you save 20% over the ticket price at the door on concert day. Presales close at 5 pm on the day prior to each performance.

Pretty tough to find a better jazz guitarist anywhere than Greenville native, Steve Watson! Steve’s hip caused him to miss his slot in the Heritage Green Music Fall Season--thanks to his former student, Matt Dingledine, the show went on but, now, hip replaced--yeah, he’s hip again!--his trio, with Greg Alewine on base, Brendan Williamson on piano, with vocals by Jamey Wright will fill the Carolina Music Museum with jazz from the great American Songbook on Friday night, April 26 at 7:30. There was standing room only in the fall so get your tickets now ‘cause the 80 seats went quickly! So, call 864-520-8807 and reserve your seats now! $15 for adults, $5 for students! Sure, there’ll be beer, wine, popcorn and America’s music, Jazz!

Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass, made the mandolin the centerpiece of one of America’s most popular musical genres, so popular that many think the instrument came from the southern hills his music celebrated. Actually, it evolved from the lute family in Italy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries where it was a classical musical instrument. If you haven’t heard the classical mandolin you owe it to yourself to experience the mind-bending talent of our guest musician, a world-renowned mandolin virtuoso, who will be performing at the Carolina Music Museum Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 PM. Oddly, our first reservation came from a Bill Monroe. Do you think? No, that’s impossible!

Call 864-520-8807 to purchase your tickets. $15 Adults & $5 Students.

Growing herbs isn't difficult, but some of them are a little particular about where and how they like to grow. In this introductory class, we'll discuss choosing a site for your herb garden, some options for dealing with our heavy clay soils, and how to think strategically about sunlight and moisture requirements for different perennial herbs (and you'll be able to see many of these concepts in action in our garden). We can also talk about how to grow specific herbs that attendees are interested in learning more about.

Louise Dubin and Fabio Parrini will present a concert of works for ‘cello and piano by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Auguste Franchomme, Saint-Saens, and two more modern compositions--the 1917 Sonata by Charles Koechlin and the Serenade by Poulenc. Dubin, described as an "artist of refined taste and musicianship" by The Strad Magazine, has performed throughout the US and Europe. Parrini, a Steinway Artist, is Chair of the Piano Department at North Greenville University and a Fulbright Scholar and a Kahn Award winner from Boston University.

With only 80 seats available we urge everyone to make their reservations early. $15 for adults, $5 for students with ID’s. Call 520-8807 to make your reservations.

Local artists will be tasked with selecting a piece of furniture from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and revamping it. The finished pieces will be on display throughout Drayton Mills MarketPlace and in the Grand Hall. All are welcome to peruse the campus to view and bid on the pieces in a silent auction. The evening will conclude with an announcement of the winners of the silent auction as well as a live auction hosted by ReStore Manager, Joe Walker. All money raised from the auctions will go to Habitat for Humanity of Spartanburg.

While onsite for the show, enjoy dinner at Pi-Squared or The Standard, a cup of coffee at Bella Latte, or a craft beer at Holliday Brewing.

THE TEMPTATIONS
The TEMPTATIONS are notable for their success with Motown Records during the 60’s and 70’s and have sold 10’s of millions of albums, making them one of the most successful groups in music history!

For over 40 years The Temptations have prospered, with an avalanche of smash hits, and sold-out performances throughout the world! Beyond their unique blend of voices and flashy wardrobe, The Temptations became known for their sharp choreography known as “The Temptation Walk” which became a staple of American style, flair, flash and class and one of the defining legacies of Motown Records.  Millions of fans saw their Temptations as cultural heroes.  The group had thirty seven, Top 40 hits to their credit, including fifteen Top 10 hits and a quartet which soared to No. 1. on the R &B charts.  They have fifteen No. 1 singles, and seventeen No. 1 albums.  The titles alone summon memories beyond measure: “The Way You Do The Things You Do,” “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” “I Wish It Would Rain,”  “I Can’t Get Next To You”, “Get Ready”, “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me),” “Ball of Confusion”, “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone.” “Beauty is Only Skin Deep”, “Cloud Nine,” “Psychedelic Shack”, “Runaway Child”, “Since I Lost My Baby”, and into the 80’s with “Treat Her Like a Lady”… and many more… For always, the Temptations are sunshine on a cloudy day……

The Temptations were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

On Sunday, March 31st, senior percussionist Hayden Osborne and sophomore vocalists Mikayla McCleaf and Valerie Turner will present a joint music recital at 3:00 p.m. in Fullerton Auditorium. The concert is free, and the public is invited to attend.

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. For more info, please call (864) 542-ARTS.

Hub City Bookshop hosts an open mic night on the first Friday of each month for local high school students! Join us at 7p.m.
Please bring up to three original pieces (no more than 3 minutes long). There will be a galley (free books!) give away to all participants.

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. In addition, one or more local musicians will perform a free mini-concert at no charge 2-4 p.m. For more info, please call (864) 542-ARTS.

Everyone’s favorite 2^nd grader returns to the SYT stage with an all new story! When someone steals Junie B’s new furry mittens, she decides it is okay to keep a wonderful pen of many colors that she finds. It is okay to keep it, right? Junie B. Jones is not a crook…or is she? This hilarious and heartfelt tale based on the best-selling book series will have families laughing and smiling from start to finish.

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. For more info, please call (864) 542-ARTS.

Hatcher Garden's Annual Spring Plant Sale offering perennials, shrubs, trees, grasses and vines to beautify your home garden!

A collaboration of 3 headlining comedians that have come together for 1 hilarious show. Dan Mengini, Steve Mingolla & Vinnie Coppola are the wise guys. Dan is a comedy veteran that has been rocking comedy stages over for 20 years. His “too worried about too little & not really smart enough to do anything about it” mindset combined with his slim stature earned him the nickname “Featherweight Champion of Over-thinking!”. Dubbed “The Nice Guy”, Steve’s act is clean & never mean. A true comedy pro, he has performed in over 40 states, his mastery of the craft is second to none. For over 2 decades Vinnie has been spreading his uniquely skewed & charmingly cynical perspective to appreciative comedy audiences everywhere. A “comic’s comic”. His real secret weapon is his persona, from the moment he hits the stage you fall in love with him & this has allowed him to lead an audience up to & sometimes over, the comedy edge much to their unexpected delight.

Originating from Gainesville, FL, Sister Hazel is comprised of 5 gifted & seasoned musicians who have been called "one of the Top 100 Most Influential Independent Performers of the last 15 years" by Performing Songwriter Magazine.Their song "All for You" topped the adult alternative charts during the summer of 1997 & the success propelled their album to platinum status, along with the song "Happy". Change Your Mind was the next big hit single in 2000. In their first showing on the country music charts they made a strong debut with “Lighter In The Dark” at #4 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, #6 on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart, #30 on Billboard's Top Current Albums chart and #79 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The band landed on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart again in 2016 with “Unplugged From Daryl's House Club” at #75. Living up to their fan-centered reputation, the band hosts annual events like “Hazelnut Hang,”. Sponsored In Part By: The City of Seneca

Skaggs is a 15 time GRAMMY® Award-winner whose career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. If Skaggs’ burgeoning trophy case full of awards wasn’t already enough evidence of that fact, consider that legendary guitarist Chet Atkins once credited him with “single-handedly saving country music.” His life’s path has taken him to various musical genres & artistic journeys, while still leaving his bluegrass roots intact. Skaggs struck his first chords on a mandolin more than 50 years ago & he continues to do his part to lead the roots revival in music. His passion puts him in the position to bring the lively, distinctively American form of music into the ears & hearts of audiences across the country & around the world. Born in 1954 in Cordell, Kentucky, Ricky Skaggs is always forging ahead with cross-cultural, genre-bending musical ideas & inspirations.

Grand Ole Opry Members, Five-time GRAMMY® award winners individually, three-time GRAMMY® award nominees collectively, four-time DOVE Award winners, and winners of 35 IBMA Awards altogether (including 3-time IBMA Entertainer of the Year Award winners and 3-Time Vocal Group of the Year Award winners), Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, backed by one of the best bands on tour today, are some of the most reputable and elite entertainers in American music; bluegrass, traditional country and gospel music. The concoction of the fantastically instinctive vocal blends of Dailey’s tenor and Vincent’s reedy harmonies has gained them well-deserved praise for their own distinctive style and worldwide recognition as American Music gold. Dailey & Vincent has garnered world-wide attention with their first national, top-rated television series, “The Dailey & Vincent Show,” on RFD TV and over 500 airings of their PBS special “Dailey & Vincent ALIVE – In Concert.”

As part of the Ten at the Top Senior Issues Committee's stated goal of being intentional about addressing senior needs, this workshop will look at the issue of food access for seniors. According to SC's Council on Aging, 20% of South Carolinians over the age of 60 are food insecure, so the barriers that seniors face in accessing nutritious food need to be identified and removed. Our panelists will cover a range of topics relating to this issue.

This is the second of four workshops to be hosted over the course of 2019. The purpose is to educate and raise awareness to a variety of community stakeholders. This will create an opportunity to begin a much larger discussion of senior issues at a regional level.

Help us recognize National Air Quality Awareness Week (April 29-May 3) by joining us for the 2019 Upstate Air Quality Advisory Committee meeting.This meeting is open to anyone interested in air quality efforts in the Upstate.

We will get an update from DHEC on the 2018 air quality monitor numbers as well as their current air quality programs. We will also learn about several sustainability initiatives happening around the region. 

Lunch is provided.
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PROGRAM

SCDHEC Air Quality Update
SCDHEC Representative

BMW Sustainability Update
Halle Price, Environmental Engineer, BMW 

Enterprise Connect Program
Neil Semcheski, Rideshare Sr. Sales Executive, Enterprise Holdings

Importance of Trees in Supporting Air Quality
Joelle Teachey, Executive Director, TreesUpstate

Join us for this interactive leadership training, based on leadership expert John Maxwell's teachings. You are sure to leave with at least one thing you will start doing to improve your results!

Hoppy Easter Egg Hunt is a family event held in Vance Park @ 198 W. Florida Street. The event hosts egg hunts for various age groups, games, kid-friendly entertainment, popcorn, food and fun for the entire family.

A hit on Broadway, A Year with Frog and Toad was nominated for three Tony Awards – including Best Musical! Follow a friendship that celebrates and rejoices in the differences that make them unique and special and endures throughout every season of the year. This whimsical and upbeat musical is perfect for the whole family.
Most enjoyed by ages 4 & up.

Estimated run time: 60 minutes

Music by Robert Reale

Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale

Based on the books by Arnold Lobel

Theatre for Young Audiences

Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

Bring your Easter egg hunting A-Game and get ready to score some prizes on Monday, April 15th! Because at 6PM the hippity hoppity super fluffy bunny kind of hidden Easter egg hunt will start and you might find some eggcellent eggs along the way.

The Easter Bunny Trail Hop 5K offers trail runners a unique twist on the traditional trail run experience. Participants will run/walk 5 kilometers on a rolling course that winds its way through the beautiful Lake Conestee Nature Park on a mix of dirt and pavement. Along the course, runners will find Easter Eggs stuffed with goodies and a number. Each runner can pick up one egg and match the number inside to a prize at the finish line. It’s an Easter Egg Hunt and a Trail Run all in one. If you’re lucky (and fast enough) you might even catch the Easter Bunny hiding some of the eggs…if you’re lucky. Everyone wins something!
FREE Kids Egg Hunt: We will also have a special Easter Egg Hunt for the children ages 8 and under after the finish. Conestee features a large playground and smooth walking path for those with little kids, so bring the whole family for some fun. We welcome 5k runners and parents to help hide eggs for the kids. If interested, contact Steve Baker at Stevebaker864@gmail.com.

Lake Conestee Nature Park is one of the best facilities in the county, and this is a great opportunity to see all the fantastic improvements that have been made to this wonderful outdoor oasis. Walkers and runners welcome. Dogs are welcome on a short leash and owner must clean up after dog. Strollers are not recommended because of steps on boardwalks. The Easter Bunny Trail Hop 5K is race #2 in the 7 race Greenville Dirt Series. Run at least 4 races in the series to be considered for the overall trail running championship for your age group. Details can be found at www.greenvillerec.com/trailraces. Special recognition will be given to folks who run ALL 7 races!

Packet Pick Up will open at 7:30am on the morning of the race. There will be no advanced packet pick up. Event Day Registration will open up at 7:30am as well. Anyone is welcome to register the morning of the event. If you or someone you know wants to volunteer for this event, please contact Stevebaker864@gmail.com.

Race Director: Steve Baker: stevebaker864@gmail.com

Sponsors:
Greenville Rec
Square One Events

Based on multiple whimsical fairytales all intertwined, this Tony Award winning musical explores what happens after happily ever after. As the result of the curse of a once beautiful witch, a baker and his wife are childless. Three days before the rise of a blue moon, they venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will reverse the spell and restore the witch’s beauty: a milk white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood red cape, and a slipper of gold. During their journey, they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack, each one on a quest to fulfill a wish.

Johnny and his pals, Oliver and Ben, could be typical 17 year old boys, hanging out in Johnny’s treehouse and dreaming of talking to the beautiful Alana, were it not for Johnny’s insistence that he has the mind of a 53 year old. As Johnny persists in his claim that he’s an old man in a teenager’s body, and conversations in the treehouse become increasingly peppered by the words of the Bard, Johnny grapples simultaneously with adolescence, love, and the mind’s ability to heal from great loss. Through his budding friendship with Alana, Johnny comes to realize the life affirming power of “the eternal summer that shall not fade.”

Calling All Writers! Do you need guidance when it comes to reading your words out loud? Coach Rachel Jeffreys is here to help! A locally-known stage actress and formed NPR announcer, Rachel can help you sound more confident and professional.
This workshop is $15 session. The workshops will be held every other Monday. Contact Rachel at jeffreysra@gmail.com to sign up or for more details. Payment to Rachel is required at the time of reservation (cash or check).

Drop by the farm for our weekly Porch Series Event (Wednesdays * April 3-June 26, 2019 * 5-8PM)

Visit the farm for music, farm to table snacks, porch time & yard games. Bring family, friends, co-workers or just yourself for a good meal, good music and a good time.

DETAILS:

• $12/Adult; $8/Kids 6-12 yrs old; 5yrs  & under FREE (Includes farm snacks & music)
• Doors open 5PM. Snacks served 5:30-7:30PM. Event ends 8:00PM
• Family Friendly Event/No pets allowed for their safety and the safety of our farm animals
• Rain or Shine
• Beer & Wine sold separately - ID is required
• Pay at door -  RSVP to amy@greenbrierfarms.com for large parties.  Cash, check or ccard payments over $20 accepted