Join Spartanburg's own Michael Buffalo Smith on Thursday, January 30th at Hub City Bookshop to promote his latest book, The Road Goes on Forever: 50 Years of the Allman Brothers Band Music. Marshall Tucker Band drummer, Paul T. Riddle, will also join us for music and conversation, as he has appeared as a member of the Allman Brothers band alongside the …
Alien Chic is Spartanburg Art Museum's defining annual fundraiser! This high-energy event features out-of-this-world entertainment by Imagine Circus, astronomical eats, intergalactic cocktails, and a live art auction. Don't forget your costume!
World-renowned banjo player Béla Fleck is the recipient of multiple GRAMMY Awards and nominations going back to 1998. His total GRAMMY count is 16 wins and 30 nominations. He has been nominated in more categories than any instrumentalist in GRAMMY history! If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making …
Whether you are encompassed by Copland’s transcendent orchestral suite or roused by the marvelous musical color of the banjo, this program truly paints a picturesque dreamscape of Appalachian nostalgia. The scene opens with Lincoln Highway Suite by Spartanburg’s own Nolan Stolz. Stolz composed this piece as a toast to the 100th anniversary of the historic …
This bestselling author of The Dream Daughter and The Silent Sister is back with a new story of secrets, lies, and mystery in a small southern town. Big Lies in a Small Town tells the story of two different women from two different time periods, both desperate for escape, opportunity, and connection in their own unique ways. What follows is an …
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Warren's book, What the Dog Knows, is "a fascinating, deeply reported journey into scent, death, forensics and the amazing things dogs can do with their noses: sniffing out graves, truffles, bedbugs, maybe even cancer." Rebecca Skloot of The New York Times Book Review calls it "a moving story of how one woman transformed her troubled dog into a loving companion …
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In this heart-wrenching play by Elise Forier Edie that was recently produced Off-Broadway with Tony-winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Trisha Lee's life and faith as a Christian widow in a conservative Southern town is suddenly upended when her 14-year-old daughter Jolene announces she is “gender queer” and starting a Gay-Straight Alliance chapter at their …
Animals have stirred and fueled the human imagination since we began making art over forty thousand years ago. Perhaps it is our reliance on them for our survival, or perhaps it is our deep reverence of their strength and beauty, or perhaps it is the knowledge that our ecological habits have caused species to go …
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Based off of the 1992 Academy Award-winning film, and the 2014 hit Broadway show, Aladdin and his three friends, Babkak, Omar, and Kassim, are down on their luck until Aladdin discovers a magic lamp and the Genie who has the power to grant three wishes. Wanting to earn the respect of the princess, Jasmine, Aladdin embarks …
Experience an evening of Frederic Chopin, the poetic musical genius of the romantic era and exquisite ballet by the professional company under the direction and choreography of Ballet Master, Lona Gomez. Table seating, champagne, light hors d'oeuvres, and candlelight illuminate the evening. Embrace the evening with Chopin's brilliant scores performed by master pianists Mildred Roche …
"The Other Boys of Summer" is a documentary about racism, segregation, and civil rights in America, told through the lives of the Negro League baseball players, and narrated by Cicely Tyson. The film shines the spotlight on a generation of unsung heroes and provides an opportunity to bring people together, engage in open dialog, and …
CMS has commissioned over 160 works from an impressive array of composers including George Crumb, Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, Darius Milhaud, and many more. The group offers an extraordinary number of opportunities in educational outreach annually, and its frequent appearances on PBS’ “Live from Lincoln Center” and NPR’s “Performance Today” have been experienced by millions …
The program features the incredible layered rhythms by noted percussionist and composer John Beck. This is followed by select rags from George Hamilton Green and a mesmerizing trio piece from Steven Snowden that will leave you in a trance by watching the masterful way the musicians move together in harmony to create a complex wash …
Join us at Hub City Bookshop on Saturday, February 22nd to celebrate the book launch of Homemaking by Lee Matalone - a talented, powerful new voice in fiction. This stunning novel is about the intersection of three lives coming to grips with identity, family legacy, and what it means to make a house a true home.
THE MILK HOURS by John James Winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, The Milk Hours is an elegant debut that searches widely to ask what it means to exist in a state of loss.“We lived overlooking the walls overlooking the cemetery.” So begins the title poem of this collection, whose recursive temporality is filled with living, …
Learn how a small foreign roaster can positively impact coffee growing regions and farmers, as well as the difficulties and benefits in obtaining product labels such as Fair Trade and Organic.
Please call 864-596-3501 to reserve your seat and/or order lunch. Lunch & Learns are held in the Callie & John Rainey Conference Room at the Chapman Cultural Center
