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Greenville’s Left has an anti-Semitism problem By Avner Goldstein Anti-Semitism did not cease after the Holocaust. Jews do not suffer the same sting of oppression they felt in the mid-20th century, but anti-Semitism is still alive and well, even in Greenville. According to the FBI, 54 percent of hate crimes last year were targeted toward Jews. Anti-Semitism is often associated as commonplace for those on the right. A Republican candidate in Illinois is a known Holocaust denier and Nazi. President Donald Trump refused to condemn white nationalists when they chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Va. This kind of anti-Semitism is, in a sense, easier. It is tangible and simpler to identify; it is well-known. There is a new kind of anti-Semitism, and it is not of the far right. This past week, I participated in Facebook discussions surrounding the Gaza protests in a forum for progressive politics in the Upstate. Many in the group were quick to argue in absolutes: “The oppressed [Jews] have become the oppressors.” This dialogue, which was already wrong in its oversimplification of an overtly complicated conflict, quickly translated into outright antiSemitism. Many singled out Jewish members, used anti-Semitic slurs against them, trivialized the Holocaust, and were quick to ignore Jews’ pleas to respect the emotional and historical connection Jews have with Israel. Those who offered anti-Semitic remarks were not removed from the group but instead were applauded. Once a valued part of the Upstate’s progressive community, I now feel betrayed. This means that the while the right’s anti-Semitism is often disguised as anti-globalist, the left’s anti-Semitism often masquerades as anti-Zionism. In fact, anti-Semitism has often been closely linked with anti-Israel and anti-Zionist agitation. Don’t get me wrong: I have and will continue to be a strong critic of the current Israeli government. Still, I fear this absolutist dialogue, which has become less about specific Israeli policy and more a debate about the legitimacy and existence of Israel itself. This kind of rhetoric is dangerous for Jews: It denies the idea that Jews, like anyone, have their own right to self-determination. It ignores Jewish history in the land of Israel. It rejects any Jewish narrative and instead offers conditional listening when Jews share their worries: I will listen to your concerns so long as they align with my already formed opinions on Israel. To be accepted in progressive spaces, Jews are forced to abandon any commitment to Israel. It also follows a common theme in history where Jews are accepted and embraced so long as they are powerless and weak. When Jews gain authority, however, they are betrayed and vilified. As a Jew who feels betrayed by his progressive community, I plea to you: do not betray us. Do not repeat history. I cannot help but wonder what it would be like for another ethnic minority in these kinds of discussions. Surely anyone who used anti-black slurs would be properly de-
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nounced and removed from any kind of forum. When someone who is black offers their narrative, I listen and do not refute. After all, I am not black and cannot possibly understand what it is like to be black in America. We must stop conditionally listening to Jewish narratives and instead open ourselves. This openness is what is celebrated in progressive dialogue, but why does it come short when applied to Jews? I have felt like a canary in the coal mine when it comes to addressing anti-Semitism. I want swift denouncement; instead, I get excuses. Until anti-Semitism is recognized as an unfortunately bipartisan problem, it will find new ways to thrive. Greenville’s progressive community needs to rebuild its commitment to Jews and combating antiSemitism. To do this, just listen to us. Avner Goldstein is an Upstate resident, Jewish-American, and president of Greenville Students Demand Action. He can be reached at amk.goldstein@gmail.com.
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6 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.01.2018 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM Diane Gluck, founder of the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance, was inspired by her daughter’s senior project to create a healing garden outside of a local cancer treatment center. Nearly two decades later, Cancer Survivors Park will celebrate its grand opening this weekend.
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Cancer Survivors Park brings a place of hope, healing, and remembrance to downtown Greenville Words by Cindy Landrum | Photos by Will Crooks
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he creation of Cancer Survivors Park, Greenville’s newest and perhaps “most unique” park, in many ways mirrors the journey of those whom it is meant to serve. There were times when the future looked dark. Times where the path took an unexpected turn. Times when it looked like the dream to create a place for cancer survivors would never come to fruition. But those were offset by good times. Times when rival high schools — Greenville and J.L. Mann — teamed up during Spirit Week to raise $500,000 for a bridge for the new park. Times when one site didn’t pan out and a new one did. Times when things seemed to just work out and made all of the struggles worth it. “Hope is the belief there is a possibility out there despite the evidence telling you it’s not,” said Diane Gluck, founder of the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance. “There are moments when it just seems harder than it needs to be. But we believe this park is through us, not by us.” This weekend, nearly two decades after Gluck’s daughter Kimberly Wallner had the idea for her Christ Church Episcopal School senior project to create a healing garden outside a local cancer treatment center, the Cancer Survivors Park will celebrate its grand opening. “That’s the venue from which to tell our story,” Gluck said. After the weekend’s grand opening activities are done, the alliance will continue to work to transform the 6.8-acre site between Falls Park and Cleveland Park, as well as begin incorporating educational programming into the venue. “Cancer Survivors Park will be common ground, a place of respite and rejuvenation, inspiration, education, hope, and celebration for anyone touched by cancer,” Gluck said.
Small garden Soon after Wallner came up with her senior project idea, Gluck realized something bigger was possible. “For most of us, the immediate reaction to being told you have cancer is, ‘I’m going to die,’ but cancer can be a chronic disease,” Gluck said. “Cancer survivors parks in very visible locations are signs that cancer is survivable, that it’s not a death sentence. They are really message changers.” So Gluck and others formed a nonprofit, Patients First, and bought some property on the Eastside for a cancer survivors park in Greenville. But while people thought the park was a great idea, they didn’t think the site was a great one. The park’s second site was on some property behind the West End Market at the edge of Falls Park where Pedrick’s Garden now sits. Much of the city-owned land was in a ravine. The idea was to build a boardwalk that would connect to nearby Falls Cottage. A sign went up, but that was the only construction that happened. “It was a neat plan, but it wasn’t cost effective and it didn’t fit in with some of the long-term plans of the landowners,” Gluck said. “We couldn’t figure out a way to make the miracle happen.” Finally, more than a dozen years after the original idea emerged, the organization was able to forge agreements with Naturaland Trust and Renewable Water Resources to transform a part of the Swamp Rabbit Trail best known for hairpin turns around a big embankment of kudzu and a metal “cheese grater” bridge that bicyclists and dogs alike feared to cross. Fundraising for the new Cancer Survivors Park began seriously in 2012. Prior to that, it was all a volunteer effort. But finding a site didn’t end the challenges for CSPA. “It is an incredibly challenging piece of property,” Gluck said. Plans were drawn for an 8-foot-wide boardwalk that would weave among all of the native trees greater than 3 inches in diameter because of a conservation easement preventing those trees from being cut down. Rock required drilling for the foundations, essentially doubling what CSPA thought the cost would be, and a bridge was needed to connect the two sides of the boardwalk.
8 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.01.2018 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM The group was forewarned that the soils underneath the third tier of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce could be toxic. But the group had not expected the halfmillion-dollar price tag that came with removing it to make way for the park. When the bridge was installed, the welds did not pass tests and had to be redesigned. “It was a daily challenge,” she said. “But during times when it seemed impossible, there’d be a sign. Something would happen to show there were angels around us. We have been lifted up so many times.” Gluck said the result is “the most unique and overthought property in Greenville.” “Every part has a purpose,” she said.
Daddy on a mission The park is a place of celebration, a place of remembrance, a place of education, a place of healing. For Tom Bates, the CSPA board president, the park is a place of faith. His daughter Lindsey Bates Motley was 26 and pregnant when she was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer in 2013. She courageously shared her battle publicly to raise awareness of the disease until her death just two weeks after her 29th birthday. “During my first opportunity to talk to Lindsey after her diagnosis, I told her, ‘God didn’t do this because if he did, that means he’s a mean God and God is not mean,’” he said. “This is going to be my gospel, my family’s gospel.” Bates, who has led a campaign that’s raised $300,000
of the $350,000 needed to build Lindsey’s Leap of Faith, a boardwalk landing that overlooks the Reedy, and a sculpture, said the park is like the cancer journey. “A journey has a beginning, middle, and an end. This park has a place to deal with any part of that journey,” he said. Parkgoers enter at high points, such as the Church Street entrance. From there, they encounter designed low points that give way to reflective spots. Then, there’s a climb to the gathering space and the top of the Celebration Plaza. “It’s a hard, long climb, and it takes a while to get there,” he said. Bates said he was at the park on Feb. 23, the anniversary of his daughter’s death, and encountered a woman
“Hope is the belief there is a possibility out there despite the evidence telling you it’s not. There are moments when it just seems harder than it needs to be. But we believe this park is through us, not by us.” -Diane Gluck, founder, Cancer Survivors Park Alliance
Designed to mimic the minimally intrusive profile and dramatic lighting of the Liberty Bridge in Falls Park, the Spirit of Survivorship Bridge offers beautiful views of the Reedy River. Students at J.L. Mann and Greenville high schools raised $500,000 during their Spirit Week in 2013.
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An 8-foot-wide elevated boardwalk winds 1,000 feet through a canopy of trees. The boardwalk provides handicap access from Church Street to the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Overlooks are placed along the boardwalk to provide views of the river, bridge, and gardens below.
Green space and benches offer places to gather and reflect.
Topped by “Butterfly Journey,” a sculpture by artist Yuri Tsuzuki, this entrance to Cancer Survivors Park is meant to be one of transformation and hope.
10 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.01.2018 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM who was at the park reading. They started talking and he told her the story about the park. She told him she had anorexia. “You’ve got to battle,” he said he told her “That was a God moment,” Bates said. Bates said one of Lindsey’s sayings was, “All you can do is the next right thing.” That’s what he’s trying to do now. “I’m a daddy on a mission,” he said. “That mission is to help people on their journey. I’m channeling a tremendous loss into energy that helps me and helps other people. The park is a big part of that.”
Looking to the future Even with the grand opening, work on the $9.1 million park, the majority of whose funding is coming from private sources, is not complete. The Falls Park entrance will get a wider pathway closer to the water, decorative lighting, strategically placed seating, and creative fencing to hide the bridge support. At the Cleveland Park entrance, decorative fencing will camouflage the existing concrete structures under the bridge, and a widened pathway will redirect traffic outward. Design of the Church Street entrance is still pending. In addition, the area between the NEXT building and the boardwalk will be turned into a butterfly garden, complete with interactive exhibits and informational signage. Native plants will be added around the boardwalk once invasive plants have been removed. A Founder’s Wall with donor recognition and inspirational messaging will be designed. The CSPA anticipates installation in the fall. Healing stations will be interspersed throughout the park. They will use inspirational stories, activities, and links to community resources. And finally, several sculptures are planned, including a survivors bell at the top of the stairs adjacent to the Celebration of Hope Pavilion. One piece will be placed in the park’s healing garden, and another at the Turning Point Plaza. A sculpture jutting out from the Leap of Faith Overlook reflects the trust and ability to move forward that is part of walking with faith. Another sculpture will portray the core message of the park — that nobody should have to go through cancer alone. There are also plans to “remake” the sewer pipes that run through the park. But Gluck said the most important upcoming addition to the park is the programming component. Programs will be ongoing to help survivors regain a sense of control of their lives, connect with the resources they need to live beyond cancer, and engage in healthy behaviors to help prevent the disease. “We’re not going to do anything that somebody else does better,” Gluck said. “We’re going to be the place to bring people together.”
For an interactive map of Cancer Survivors Park and information about grand opening events, visit greenvillejournal.com.
“A journey has a beginning, middle, and an end. This park has a place to deal with any part of that journey.” -Tom Bates, board president, CSPA
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Unity Health on Main holds grand opening Unity Health on Main, which is a community-led health center that serves the Medically Underserved Area (MUA) of Greenville County, is open and accepting patients at 505 N. Main St., Suite C. There was a grand opening on May 24. Unity Health on Main is a 501(c)(3) that formed in response to a community needs assessment that shows that Greenville County had more than 70,000 residents who lacked access to affordable health care. UHM is located strategically on two major bus routes, therefore hoping to reduce major barriers to receiving proper health care. ENVIRONMENT
Upstate Forever receives $1 million gift honoring Marjorie E. Schmidt Upstate Forever has received a $1 million gift in honor of Majorie E. Schmidt, a longtime Greenville resident. The gift will be used to advance the mission of Upstate Forever, which is to protect the environment and unique character of the Upstate. Schmidt passed away in 2004. The donation will help with Upstate Forever’s Crossroads Campaign, which will begin this year. The program will help to preserve several unspoiled natural areas in Greenville County and protect other critical lands in the Upstate. The gift will also be used to promote plans and practices that balance growth with green space and natural resource protection. The gift was made anonymously. PHILANTHROPY
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(LBDG), a local nonprofit. Proceeds from euphoria are distributed by LBDG through direct grants to charitable organizations, mostly in Greenville and surrounding counties in the Upstate. Since its inception in 2006, LBDG has received more than 150 grant applications and requests and has distributed more than $290,000 in cash and in-kind donations to deserving charitable organizations. Some of the past charitable organizations include Camperdown Academy, Feed & Seed, Harvest Hope Food Bank, Live Well Greenville, Meyer Center, South Carolina Children’s Theatre, and Mill Community Ministries. Grant applications are available online at www.euphoriagreenville.com/about-euphoria/. Questions concerning the grant application should be submitted through the festival’s email address, info@euphoriagreenville.com. Grants will be announced and rewarded at the festival’s media breakfast held on Saturday, Sept. 22. Submit community news items to www.greenvillejournal.com/submit.
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Area teens named to newest class of Emerging Public Leaders Several Upstate students were announced as the 2018-2019 class of Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) by the Riley Institute. EPL accepted 16 rising high school seniors from South Carolina, bringing the total number of students who have participated in the program to 244. The students from the Upstate are Bayan Abunijem (Greenville Tech Charter), Arnav Lal (Stanford Online), Henry Lear (Southside High School), Elliot Marron (Greenville Senior High Academy), Blanton Newman (J.L. Mann Academy), and Mae Webster (Spartanburg Day School). The students will convene on June 17-22 on the Furman campus where they will investigate topics such as engaging in the community, analyzing critical issues, practicing ethical leadership, developing communication, and presentation and implementation of a service project. Following the summer, the students will work with the Riley Institute staff, school officials, and residents in their community to further their service project. The students will return to campus the following spring to present their community service projects to a panel of judges, and the winning project receives funds for program expansion or replication. MAULDIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Gov. Henry McMaster and Jack Steinfeld, chairman of the National Foundation for Governor’s Fitness Council, announced that three South Carolina schools were selected to receive a DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center. The three schools are Mauldin Middle in Simpsonville, Sanders Middle School in Columbia, and Green Sea Floyds Middle School in Green Sea. The schools were selected because of their outstanding leadership and commitment to getting and keeping their students fit. The DON’T QUIT! Fitness Centers will be unveiled this fall. Submit education news items at bit.ly/GJEducation.
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DEATH NOTICES FOR MAY 22-28 RAY R. PORTER, 87, of Easley, passed away on May 26. Robinson Funeral HomeDowntown, Easley, is assisting the family.
MARY ELLEN LIMBAUGH, 81, of Piedmont, died Saturday, May 26. Thomas McAfee is assisting the family.
ELAINE FLOYD BLACKWELL, 92, of Clinton, passed away May 26. Gray Funeral Home, Clinton, will be assisting the family.
JO LENA WILLIS MOORE, 83, of Travelers Rest, passed away May 26. Thomas Mcafee Funeral Home is assisting the family.
TONIA R. GREENE, 47, of Greenville, passed away May 27. The Wood Mortuary is assisting the family. DOUGLAS “EDDIE” HUNT II, 33, of Seneca, passed away May 26. Fletcher Funeral Service is assisting the family.
ROBERT LELAND LILES, of Pelzer, passed away May 26. Gray Mortuary is assisting the family. JANET EDENS, 75, of Cleveland, passed away May 26. The Howze Mortuary is assisting the family EVELYN JOSEPHINE “LYN” GARREN, 62, of Liberty, passed away May 25, , Robinson Funeral Home-Downtown, Easley.
Bill Nunes, Jr.
OCTOBER 23, 1946 ~ MAY 22, 2018 (AGE 71) Wilbur “Bill” Joseph Nunes, Jr, 71, of Taylors, died Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Born in Stockton, CA, he was the son of the late Dorothy Mathis Nunes. In 1970 Bill graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Engineering from Clemson University. He was a retired mechanical engineer and spent the majority of his career at Sirrine Company (Jacobs Engineering). He is survived by two daughters, Jennifer and Susan; two sons-in-law, Alex and Brian; five grandchildren, Madison (12), Ashton (11), and Ava (9) Sexton, and Connor (4) and Bryson (2) Mullins. Bill’s life revolved around his grandchildren, who lit up his life from
w a t c h i n g soccer games to golf and b a s e b a l l practices. He wanted to surround himself with his grandkids. “A piece of our hearts now lives in Heaven”.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 1921 ~ MAY 19, 2018 (AGE 96) Lucky Judith Leigh Hickman Thomas left this life to be eternally with her Lord Jesus Christ on May 23, 2018. She was 74 and had recently been diagnosed with cancer. She leaves an enormous void in the lives of those who loved her.
more than 30 years, a member of the Red Hat Society and TOPS. She impacted many with her life and love.
Lucky is survived by her husband of 53 years, David C. Thomas; daughters: Susan McConnell (Monty), Christy Ware (Greg), and Margaret Johnson (Todd); son, Rev. Dave Thomas (Carrie); 19 grandchildren; sister, Jovola Stansell; brother-in-law, Malcolm Skinner; sister-in-law, Jackie Childres; and three nieces and a nephew.
The family received friends on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Mackey Funerals and Cremations at Century Drive; a funeral service followed with Rev. Tim Lee and Rev. Billy Barron officiating. A private burial will be held at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery near Belton, SC.
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Lucky is preceded in death by her father Gilbert Hickman, mother Hazel Callaham, and brother Daniel Hickman.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cups Crossover, 2607 Woodruff Rd. Suite E #418, Simpsonville, SC 29681, www.cupsmission.com.
Lucky was a member of North Greenville Presbyterian Church, an Avon lady for
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A visitation was held Friday, May 25, 2018 at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown with the funeral service following in the Downtown Chapel. Burial followed in Graceland Cemetery, West. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 301 University Ridge # 5850, Greenville, SC 29601.
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Summer is always a crazy time at animal shelters. It seems like animals start to come out of the woodwork. In fact, last week we had 81 animals come in in just one day! That’s more than double the daily average for this time of year. So what’s the solution for a shelter that’s filling up fast? ADOPT! Tell your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and random people you pass on the street to get their tails to Animal Care TODAY and save a life! When you adopt from Animal Care, you’re not only getting a new best friend, you’re helping to build a NO KILL community. Come meet me, Shasha, or one of my extremely lovable friends and give a deserving animal a forever home.
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Outbuilding Mystery in Hampton-Pinckney by John M. Nolan
Linda and Barry Armstrong bought their Hampton-Pinckney home six years ago. They were drawn to the historic neighborhood, adjacent to downtown Greenville, as well as the additional living space provided by a nice-sized outbuilding in the backyard. They loved the history of the main house; it was one of the original McBee family homes that established the Hampton-Pinckney neighborhood. Vardry McBee, often called the “Father of Greenville,” gifted the land to his son, William Pinckney, who later gave divided lots to his children including daughter Malinda Penelope. Malinda married Chevis Montgomery Landrum (from the family for which Landrum, SC is named) and a Victorian-style four bedroom home was built on the site in 1874. We know at least three outbuildings were part of the original property; one was dubbed a “honeymoon cottage” that the young couple lived in while the main house was being built. Unfortunately, that building was torn down sometime in the last few decades but local stories persisted that a remaining back yard building was this cottage. The Armstrongs were committed to preserving the heritage of the building’s exterior in all manner possible and inside Barry noticed evidence of its age through the rough, hand-wrought chimney bricks and the horsehair laden plaster remnants. It turns out,
this plain building with two simple side entryways likely dates to the mid-nineteenth century and served as a servant’s quarters or slave cabin for the McBee/Landrum families. Vardry McBee was the largest landowner in the district and in 1860 owned fifty-six slaves. City maps of Greenville in the 1880-90s show many such servants’ quarters dotted throughout downtown Greenville among the commercial and residential buildings. An almost identical building dating to the same time period was rescued in 2009 from destruction at the Williams-Earle property on Grove Road and is now carefully preserved at the Living History Farm at the Roper Mountain Science Center. The Armstrong outbuilding is likely the last original slave cabin extant in the downtown Greenville area making it a significant piece of American, Greenville, and African-American history preserved right in a residential backyard. In 2006, John Nolan started Greenville History Tours out of his love of history and the city. He conducts weekly historic walking, driving and culinary tours guiding visitors and locals. Learn more about numerous historic homes on his year-round Historic Neighborhoods driving tour or from his book, A Guide to Historic Greenville, South Carolina.
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Theresa Lynn Jones Joins the Pelham Road Office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors is pleased to announce that Theresa Lynn Jones has joined the company’s Pelham Road office Jones as a sales associate. Originally from Pennsylvania, Jones relocated to Greenville, South Carolina with her two daughters, Carleigh and Cayleigh. She holds a masters degree in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her interest in real estate goes back to her childhood, as every Sunday morning her family watched new listings and open houses advertised on Howard Hanna. “Theresa is an asset to our office. We are delighted she has joined our team of industry leaders,” said Elizabeth GrayCarr, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Road office.
Phil Parham Joins the Pelham Road Office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors is pleased to announce that Phil Parham has joined the company’s Pelham Road office as Parham a sales associate. Parham is excited to join the Upstate’s real estate market leader. He has been a licensed real estate agent since 2006 and has years of experience in new home sales and general real estate. “We are delighted that Phil joined our team. He brings a lot of energy and real estate experience to our office,” said Elizabeth Gray-Carr, Broker-In-Charge of the company’s Pelham Road office.
The Caine Companies Celebrated 85th Anniversary and Community Opening in Grand Fashion The Caine Companies, comprised of Coldwell Banker Caine, Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine, and Caine Hayes Insurance, hosted an 85th Anniversary Celebration and Community Opening of the Greenville headquarters at 111 Williams Street on May 17. More than
300 guests enjoyed viewing the state of the art facility – including the professionally curated art displayed throughout the office. Greenville Mayor Knox White made a special appearance, presenting Brad Halter, Chairman of The Caine Companies, with an official Mayor’s Commendation in recognition and honor of his 40 years of service. Along with brief speeches to celebrate the anniversary from Knox White, Brad Halter, and President and CEO Stephen Edgerton, guests enjoyed listening to the bluegrass tunes of Fireside Collective. What typically functions as a stateof-the-art boardroom was transformed into a speakeasy, including specialty food, cocktails, and decor commemorating 1933, when The Caine Company was founded. Additional food and beverages were served by Table 301 catering and the Bakery Off Augusta. The event displays were constructed by Industry Event Rentals and Professional Party Rentals.
Driven Real Estate Professional joins Wilson Associates Real Estate Wilson Associates Real Estate of Greenville is pleased to announce the addition of Jennifer Wills to their team of select real estate professionals. Jennifer is a proud Wills Clemson graduate. After having used her accounting degree to establish her own accounting practice in the Greenville community, she is now pursuing her true passion of real estate. As a former small business owner, Jennifer understands the importance of client satisfaction. She understands the value of living and raising her family in the Greenville community. Her business background, attention to detail, and responsiveness to clients’ needs make her the perfect agent for you.
L ee “Chip” Julian Joins the Pelham Road Office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors is pleased to announce that Lee “Chip” Julian has joined the company’s Pelham Road office. He joins the DeYoung & Cain
Group as a sales associate. Julian has a sales background in various fields giving him diverse knowledge to help buyers and sellers Julian make the best financial decisions for their family. Being a member of the DeYoung & Cain Group will allow him to do what he enjoys most, serving others. “A lifelong native of Greenville, Chip brings a lot of local knowledge to our team. We are delighted he has joined our office,” said Elizabeth Gray-Carr, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Road office.
Andrew Burmer Joins the Pelham Road Office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors
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ate. Burmer has spent his entire life in the South, with the past 30 years being in the Charlotte area of both North and South Carolina. After visiting this beautiful city and discovering everything it has to offer, he has decided to call Greenville home. Burmer spent over 25 years as the Operations Manager in the fast-paced restaurant industry. During that time, he realized that not every customer has the same needs and expectations, and the most important thing he has learned is to listen to the individual needs of his customers. Over the years, Burmer has personally bought and sold dozens of homes. “With his extensive experience in the service industry, we look forward to Andrew quickly becoming a top agent in our office. We are happy he has joined our company,” said Elizabeth GrayCarr, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Road office.
Blackstream Christie’s welcomes Caroline Combs to the team Caroline’s passion for real estate stems from her belief that the word “home” is at the heart of a family. A
place where memories are made, and lives are shared for years to come. With a background in customer service and hospitality, CaroCombs line’s clients are always central to her goal in finding the home of their dreams and creating the life that they want. Family and friends would describe Caroline as loyal, caring, generous, and sociable, and when she is not selling homes, she is spending time with her husband and two dogs. She also enjoys traveling and strongly believes that it is extremely important to expose oneself to different cultures and see the way that others live. For Caroline, the ability to step outside one’s comfort zone and see the world provides an array of knowledge and education that cannot be bought. We are proud to have Caroline as part of the Blackstream Christie’s family.
Blackstream Christie’s welcomes Meg Atkinson to the team Meg has been involved in buying and selling real estate most of her life. After graduating from the University of Georgia with a degree in Atkinson Interior Design, she worked with a national real estate company as a marketing director responsible for all of the properties throughout the southeast. In addition, she has invested in commercial and residential properties for many years. Meg’s interior design career and passion for horses brought her to the Tryon area, and her passion for horses and real estate merged when the Tryon International Equestrian Center became part of the landscape. Energetic, loyal, and honest, Meg has a broad scope of experience and services that she provides for her clients. When Meg is not working, she is actively involved in horse shows, and she previously served as a Guardian ad Litem for abused children. Meg is also a therapeutic riding instructor with a Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology. We are proud to have Meg as part of the Blackstream Christie’s family.
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HOLLIDAY LAW FIRM At Holliday Law Firm, they believe in family, new opportunities, and helping buyers and sellers unlock the door to new beginnings. Hayes Holliday was excited to welcome his former law school classmate and friend, Trey Ingram, to his firm this year. There is a lot to be excited about in 2018 as the Holliday Law Firm team expands and continues to help clients through the purchasing and refinancing processes. Hayes has been closing real estate deals since 2014 when he opened his private practice. He was previously an assistant solicitor in South Carolina’s 7th Judicial Circuit, where he prosecuted a wide range of cases, from property offenses to DUIs and serious felonies. Although Hayes is thankful for gaining knowledge and experience in those areas, his true passion came to life when he ventured into real estate law. He became a life-long Tiger fan at Clemson University, where he obtained his degree in business. After Clemson, Hayes pursued his law degree and remembers one professor in particular, Dave Whittener, who had a big impact in sparking his interest in real estate law. Hayes learned, “It’s one of the only areas of law where people aren’t always fighting. I wanted to be the kind of lawyer that people didn’t dread calling, the kind of lawyer that was there to help.” He is now in that position, helping clients with all their real estate closings, and giving them the best service possible. While continuing to grow as a company, Hayes was very excited to welcome Trey to the firm in 2018. Trey is a graduate of Charleston Southern University and studied law at the University of South Carolina, where he met Hayes in the Christian Legal Society. In 2008, Trey began his legal career in Greenville at a large law firm where
“We love helping people, real estate closings give us a chance to do that.”
he practiced commercial real estate for nearly 10 years before partnering with Hayes in the Holliday Law Firm. Trey has a passion for both real estate and adoption law, two areas of the law which do not often coincide; but Trey explains he enjoys positively contributing to the growth and development of families and their homes. Trey loves being able to assist clients close on their home or finalize on their adoption, and especially when the same clients do both. Trey is also a volunteer board member
of Fostering Great Ideas® and a volunteer director of Speak Up: Voices for Foster Care Reform®, which advocates for legislative reform to the South Carolina foster care system. Trey recently helped get a bill passed that clarifies the adoption process for birth parents and foster parents, ultimately bettering the lives of children in foster care through the adoption option. Hayes and Trey are very family oriented and enjoy spending time with their loved ones. Hayes and his wife Katelyn have two boys, ages 3 and 1, and Trey and his wife Kelli are adoptive parents and licensed foster parents with a total of six children, including five girls and a boy. Hayes and Trey make quite an impact when it comes to helping families in monumental moments. While home buying and selling can be a trying time, it’s nice to have lawyers who “want to keep the process stress-free while helping bring joy to such special experiences.” With servant attitudes and an eagerness to make a difference, the Holliday Law Firm has closing lawyers you can call. They adapt well in any situation, so it’s not out of the ordinary to see them at a closing where a mom is signing the papers in the car with 4 kids in the backseat! Hayes admits, “We try to make the closing about the client. It’s about building partnerships, and we keep it light-hearted and fun.” From real estate closings to adoption finalizations, this dynamic firm will keep spreading smiles for their current and future clients. Hayes adds, “We love helping people. Real estate closings give us a chance to do that.”
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28 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.01.2018 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM directors and musical directors that I have worked with in Greenville and have had the opportunity to play a variety of characters. One of my most challenging was playing Buddy Holly in “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” at Centre Stage, first in 2005. Playing a real person requires a thorough amount of research. This was when YouTube was relatively new, and I was able to study the few videos that exist of him to attempt to mimic his movement, mannerisms, voice, and performance style. I took a second job that summer, bought a replica of his 1959 Stratocaster electric guitar, and taught myself to play his songs that were featured in the show. I listened to every recording I could find of his music and interviews. I wrote out the lyrics of each song with detailed annotations of where his signature hiccups landed, his pronunciation of words, and the unique character of his voice for each song. I would spend hours and hours late into the night practicing to sing, speak, move, and look exactly like Buddy Holly. We had no idea how the show would resonate with audiences. It was the first mega-hit for Centre Stage, and we performed three more Buddy Holly shows after that first one over the next four years. People still to this day ask me when I’m going to play Buddy Holly again. It’s the one role they always remember.
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What has been your most enjoyable role and why?
If actor, director, and scenic designer aren’t enough descriptions for Will Ragland, here’s one more — builder. Ragland has built two high school theater programs — at Woodmont and Palmetto — and the Mill Town Players, a community theater in Pelzer, formed in 2014 and now one of the state’s most attended community theaters. Ragland, who has taught theater for 16 years, has resigned from his teaching post at Palmetto High to work full-time as executive director of Mill Town Players, formed to provide quality and affordable live theater. Ragland was Greenville County Teacher of the Year in 2012-13, the first and only theater teacher to win the award. He now serves as vice president of the South Carolina Theatre Association.
When did you first become involved in acting and directing, and when did you know this is something you wanted to do long-term? I did not discover theater until I was almost a senior in high school. I was a shy art student and volunteered to help paint sets at South Carolina Children’s Theatre for a service project in the fall of 1995. Growing up in Powdersville, I had no idea this world existed and was soon encouraged to audition. Ric Standridge was the artistic director then and was the perfect inspiration for me to get involved. He made every project seem big and magical. I loved the escape and the integration of all art forms. My first large role was Mordred in “Camelot.” I got to perform on the Peace Center concert hall stage as an 18-year-old kid. I was completely hooked. After college, I became heavily involved in
the Greenville theater scene. In 2006, I was teaching art at Sue Cleveland Elementary in Piedmont and became increasingly frustrated by the fact that my students never saw plays. It was just too expensive for them and rarely even a consideration. I chose to direct my first play, having no experience, to give them a chance to experience live theater. We put on a black light version of “Alice in Wonderland” in our small cafetorium with 60 children in the cast. We sold out every show, and the personal growth I witnessed in those kids in such a short amount of time convinced me that I had to keep directing. One of those kids was 10-year-old Ashland Craft, recent star of “The Voice.”
What has been your most challenging role and why? I have learned a great deal from the many
I’d have to say the most fun I’ve ever had in a production was “The Rocky Horror Show” at The Warehouse Theatre in 2010 and again in 2012. When they first asked me to play Dr. Frank-n-furter, I thought they were crazy. It was the type of role I never imagined myself playing. It was quite a departure from the types of characters I had previously played, and I was initially hesitant to take it on. Ask anyone who was a part of those casts, and they’d probably agree that it was an experience that will be hard to replicate — the rock music, the glam costumes, the cult classic characters, the rowdy midnight shows, and the improvisations that made every performance unique. It was the first (and last) time I ever wore a corset, paraded around in high heels, cracked a whip, and felt like a true rock star. It was more than a musical — it felt like party! I’m happy to see Warehouse bring it back this fall, and I look forward to being in the audience!
What’s your favorite play? Why? That is a tough one to answer. I don’t have one favorite play. I enjoy plays that engage my imagination, draw me into the world completely, and inspire me in some way. Perhaps I haven’t found my favorite yet and need to do some more reading and watching?
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Which actors and/or directors inspire you? Locally, I look to Betsy Bisson, artistic/ education director of S.C. Children’s Theatre, for advice, answers, and mentorship. She sets the standard on all fronts, in my opinion. For design, I’m continually inspired by Shannon Robert, Kim Granner, Ryan Bradburn, Tony Penna, and Todd Wren. Other local theater artists and administrators who inspire me (to name a few) are Debbie Bell, Jayce and Anne Tromsness, Roy Fluhrer, Christian and Jenna Tamisiea Elser, Maegan Azar, and the late Dr. Virginia Uldrick. I also always enjoy watching Brock Koonce, Chip Eagan, Mimi Wyche, Kerrie Seymour, Jason Johnson, Matthew Merritt, Rod McClendon, Cindy Mixon, Kelly Wallace, Mary Freeman, Shane Willimon, Brian Coker, Reed Halvorson, and Aaron Pennington on stage (to name a few). Talent abounds in our community.
What do you most enjoy about the Upstate’s theater scene? The Upstate theater scene is truly remarkable. The variety, quantity, and quality of offerings in a community of our size is, I believe, unparalleled. There is liter-
ally something for everyone, with room to grow. Theater artists can thrive here in unique and supported ways that they may not be able to find elsewhere. You can also begin something new if you see a need or an unserved population. The sky’s the limit.
How has the Upstate’s theater scene changed since you first became involved? Downtown Greenville was somewhat dead and a little dangerous when I first became involved. Like many dead towns, the arts are usually a catalyst for positive change and economic development. I think the construction of the Peace Center may have been the greatest jumpstart toward a refocus on downtown. The continued success and growth of S.C. Children’s Theatre, Greenville Little Theatre, Warehouse Theatre, and Centre Stage continued to add to that rebirth. Over the past 20 years, these organizations have also become less isolated and more collaborative, which I think is wonderful. When one theater succeeds, they all succeed. We are also blessed to have strong leaders and philanthropists in Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, and the surrounding areas who understand the importance of quality of life in contributing to a strong
city. Live theater is an essential part of that, and the Upstate gets it.
munity theater. After all, that is what it’s all about — community!
What inspired you to start the Mill Town Players?
What is your hope for the future of theater in the Upstate?
I witnessed firsthand how plays can change people and communities for the better while building a theater department at Woodmont High. I thought that this could be expanded to the greater community with a mission of offering quality and affordable live theater to folks who may not choose to see plays because of cost or distance. I received the opportunity of a lifetime when I was asked to start a community theater in the Historic Pelzer Auditorium. I named it Mill Town Players in tribute to the textile history of Pelzer and many of the cities and towns of the Upstate. We aimed to put on the best shows possible with the cheapest tickets possible, ranging from $7 to $10. I couldn’t be more pleased with the result, and our Mill Town family continues to grow. Last season, our total attendance exceeded 33,000 in our third year of existence. Next season, we’ll be producing eight shows and three concerts. I’m incredibly thankful to our Upstate audiences and theater artists for embracing our little company and truly putting the community in com-
My hope for the future is that we all continue to cultivate “play people” from all walks of life and from all areas of the Upstate, to always strive to be ambitious and inclusive, to ask the difficult and hilarious questions about what it means to be human, to put on the best versions of plays and musicals that we are capable of, to continue to push ourselves to our limits artistically, to never settle for less, to develop new work, to passionately develop and feature local talent, and to continue to change the world, one play at a time.
Backstage is a recurring series that appears in the Greenville Journal’s culture section that is designed to bring the theater community and the community at-large closer together through Q&As with local actors, directors, and designers who are instrumental in shaping our performing arts scene.
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FLOOD OF WORDS Lukas Nelson can’t stop writing songs VINCENT HARRIS | ARTS & CULTURE WRITER
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Perhaps it’s not surprising that, in conversation, Lukas Nelson has a bit of the unmistakable dry twang of his father, Willie Nelson. And perhaps it’s not surprising that Lukas’ music with his band, Promise of the Real, hits that same sweet spot that his father’s best music does, resting comfortably at the crossroads of rock and country. And it probably shouldn’t be surprising that Lukas is a prolific songwriter, given his genes. But listening to him speak about the past few years of his life, it IS surprising just HOW prolific he’s managed to be. In addition to his own four-album catalog, Nelson and his band have recorded and toured extensively with Neil Young, releasing three studio albums and a live record in the past four years. He’s also just finished collaborating with Lady Gaga on the soundtrack for a remake of "A Star Is Born," starring Bradley Cooper, Gaga, and, in a supporting role, Nelson himself. And yet, this guy can’t stop writing songs. “We’re working on an EP which will be released soon with some unreleased material from the last record [2017’s 'Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real'],” he says. “I had about 20 songs for that one, and 12 of them made it on the record. I’ve got another 20 songs recorded on top of those, and I’ve written another 15, and it’s just a matter of honing the songs and making sure they’re up to the standard I believe in.”
That level of productivity is all the more stunning when you consider how high the quality of Nelson’s catalog is. On just his most recent album alone, there are windswept atmospheric rock songs (“Set Me Down on a Cloud”), lowdown
When he talks about songwriting, Nelson can’t help but recall the words of his father, and they’re just as poetic and true as Willie’s best tunes. “My father used to tell me that songwriting is like rain,” Nelson says, “and a
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honky-tonk shuffles (“Die Alone”), intimate acoustic folk (“Just Outside of Austin”), and funky, Little Feat-style struts (“Find Yourself ”), all delivered with rock-solid melodies, lyrics that would work as short stories, and zero frills.
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good song comes like a storm. You can’t force it; you have to wait for the rain to come. That inspiration that brings you the good songs just comes right through you and flows like rain. It’s from God, the universe, whatever you want to call it, so
you can’t control it. You’ve got to let it come when it comes.” As Nelson sees it, in this semi-mystical exchange, his job is simply to be ready, and bring his experience to bear when inspiration arrives. “What you can do is keep yourself open throughout the day,” he says. “Keep yourself grateful for where you are and try to learn as much from life as you can, and that sparks this storm of inspiration. That storm could come two or three times in one day, in different ways. You just have to keep yourself open and recognize the signs.” Nelson, who will perform on the Peace Center’s TD Stage with Promise of the Real on June 7, says keeping himself open isn’t an option; it’s a responsibility. “This is a JOB,” he says. “I’m lucky enough to be able to play music for a living, so I should be able to pay attention for all those people who don’t have the opportunity. When someone gets an opportunity to reach people or make art or help someone get through a hard time in their life, you have a responsibility. You take the focus and passion you learn from these people who are at the top of their game, like Neil Young or Lady Gaga, and you apply it to your own art so that you rise to that same level.”
LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL WHEN Thursday, June 7, 7:30 p.m. WHERE Peace Center’s TD Stage, 300 S. Main St. TICKETS $35, $65 INFO 864-467-3000; www.peacecenter.org
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PLENTY OF FUNK Groove Matter’s ‘Vol. 1’ EP delivers 4 tracks of fun, polished bluesy rock
to be perfect. When we got to a live scenario, we let it breathe a little bit and extend the songs out into jams. We want the songs to be just as tight and clean as the recording but have more to offer. ‘Back Door Man’ [the EP’s final track], for example, is about three minutes long, but it goes to six or seven minutes live. We don’t perform any song the same way twice.” Perhaps one of the most surprising things about Groove Matter’s muscular sound is that its drummer is a doubleamputee, having lost both his legs below the knee. King is able to play thanks to prosthetics and a minimal adjustment to his kit. “I use a double-bass-drum pedal not because I play speed metal, but it makes up for the fact that I don’t have ankles,” he says, “and I can’t do those quick 16thnotes on a kick drum without having
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The jury’s still out on what the best album in the Upstate will be this year, but whatever it ends up being, you probably won’t find one more fun, or reliable, than the new, unassumingly titled EP by the Spartanburg trio Groove Matter, simply called “Vol. 1.” On this EP’s four songs, Groove Matter (guitarist Cory Jobes, bassist Zach Gray, and drummer Leman King) pounds out a heavybut-flexible brand of bluesy rock that seems simpler than it actually is. Fans of late-period Allman Brothers or Stevie Ray Vaughan will find plenty to love in Jobes’ molten riffing, but this is a power-trio with just as much Rush in them as Cream. Gray is a stunningly talented bass player who also happens to be funky as hell, and King keeps right up with him behind the kit, laying down effortless rhythms while meshing with the other two in polished three-part vocal harmonies. If the mark of a great rock band is the ability to bring the house down on a Friday night, Groove Matter is truly a great rock band. The group, who will play at the Radio Room in Greenville on Saturday, June 2, came together in 2015 after King and Gray backed a visiting guitarist from Berkeley who was interested in forming a blues band. After he headed back to California, the rhythm section still wanted to play together. “I reached out to Zach and told him I really enjoyed playing with him,” King says.
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“We just meshed really well together, so I asked if he would be interested in doing some original stuff. I’d played with Cory many times in a house band at the Nu-Way in Spartanburg, and we’d always talked about playing together, so I called Cory. Once we got started, it was like we’d all been playing together for years.” And despite some early discussion of expanding, the trio lineup was too good to mess with. “Right from the get-go, we felt like we were going to stay a trio,” Jobes says. “There was some talk about adding a fourth or fifth member, but we’re really particular about our music. It has to mesh right, and we don’t want to force anything when it comes to the music.” King is quick to add that in a trio, there’s a lot less intra-band friction. “In my experience, when you’ve got a three-piece, there’s no us and them,” he says. “There’s no drama. It also makes things tighter; less moving parts equates
“When we got to a live scenario, we let it breathe a little bit and extend the songs out into jams… ‘Back Door Man’ [the EP’s final track], for example, is about three minutes long, but it goes to six or seven minutes live. We don’t perform any song the same way twice.” Guitarist Cory Jobes
to less things breaking. Plus, if you can pull off three-part harmonies, it makes the sound a lot thicker.” The songs on “Vol. 1” (which will be followed by two more four-song releases before Groove Matter makes a full-length album) sound like they could’ve been recorded onstage, but Jobes says these versions are a lot tighter and more precise than they are in live performance. “With the studio work, we wanted to be very strict with ourselves,” he says. “It had
ankles. The rest of it is really the same. You put any drummer behind my kit, and they’ll feel pretty much at home.”
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DEFENDING ART A R T S C A LE N DA R JUN. 1-7
Main Street Friday
J-E-T Jun.1 ~ 232-2273 SC Children’s Theatre
Caribbean Crush Jun. 1 ~ 235-2885 Various Greenville galleries and studios
First Friday Jun. 1 ~ 467-3132 Greenville Little Theatre
Beauty and the Beast Jun. 1-24 ~ 233-6238 Greenville Center for Creative Arts
The Persistence of the Figure Jun. 1-Jul. 25 ~ 735-3948 Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Works by Sylvie Bucher & Lindsay Louise McPhail Through Jun. 1 ~ 242-1050 Metropolitan Arts Council
Sydney Slacas Photo by Will Crooks / Greenville Journal
One-Stop Open Studios Exhibit Through Jun. 1 ~ 467-3132 Greenville Woodworkers Guild
Annual Sawmill Picnic Jun. 2 ~ 299-9663 Downtown Alive
The High Divers Jun. 7 ~ 232-2273 Furman Music by the Lake
The Lights on Broadway
Artisphere 2018 Crowd Favorite Contest winner Sydney Slacas will take her passion for art to law school
Jun. 7 ~ 294-2086 Peace Center
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real Jun. 7 ~ 467-3000 Greenville County Museum of Art
William H. Johnson: Full Circle Through Jun. 10 ~ 271-7570 Metro. Arts Council @ Centre Stage
Ephemeral Story: Works by Suzanne Woolf Through June 10 ~ 233-6733 Riverworks Gallery
Photographs by Zane Logan and Patrick Owens Through Jul. 1 ~ 271-0679
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Sydney Slacas was the winner of this year’s Artisphere 2018 Crowd Favorite Contest. Out of almost 300 submissions, 67 pieces were chosen to be part of the social media contest. Slacas’ winning piece, entitled “Portrait,” is a self-portrait created using acrylic paint and ink. Slacas is originally from Anderson and graduated in December from Anderson University with a major in painting and drawing. She has always had a creative spirit and interest in drawing, and her natural talent perpetuated that. “I was accidentally placed in an art class because of a schedule mistake in high school, and I ended up majoring in it,” Slacas says. Her winning piece was part of her thesis in her senior year of college. Slacas landed on a self-portrait because it is easier to
criticize and alter, she explains. “Most of the time, yourself is going to be your easiest model. You have the most access to yourself, and also when you’re trying to push towards an abstraction or something expressive, using something that is familiar is usually a good stepping stone.” Though the piece was her second choice (each artist was allowed two submissions), she has gotten positive feedback for it before. “I really did like it,” she says, “and I got a good reaction. I decided to throw that one in there, too, and it ended up winning.” Slacas is thrilled to be a part of the arts community in Greenville as it grows, and she applauds the supportive community. “I think the arts scene in Greenville is great. I feel like the public of Greenville is very supportive of the arts scene, and they want it to grow and happen,” she says. “The public support is amazing; like Open Studios, it’s great to see people who aren’t necessarily creating art still taking the time to appreciate it.” Slacas will continue to pursue her love of art in her career, but through a slightly different path at law school. “Art is definitely a passion of mine, but I have kind of rediscovered my true passion through art. I am going to law school to pursue art law. So it’s definitely interconnected,” Slacas says. “Law school is going to be focused
“Portrait” by Sydney Slacas
on intellectual property. I want to defend artists; it’s really important to me as far as copyright and image protection,” she says. “I am also interested in antiquity trafficking and forgery. I think that the arts community is vulnerable because we all like to be ideal. So, I think it’s important to take my talent with what I can do in law is ensuring that the art community is taken care of.”
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Be Their Guest
Samuel Floyd as Beast and Magdalena Laws as Belle. Photo by Will Crooks / Greenville Journal
GLT presents a ‘tale as old as time’ in its production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ EMILY PIETRAS | MANAGING EDITOR
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For three of the leading cast members in Greenville Little Theatre’s upcoming production of “Beauty and the Beast,” the story they’re about to bring to the stage has been familiar to them for as long as they can remember. From the acclaimed 1991 Disney animated film and its subsequent Broadway adaptation, “Beauty and the Beast” has been a beloved cultural icon since actors Magdalena Laws, Samuel Floyd, and Craig Smith were all kids. “I think it’s just an exciting show for us to do, because everybody grew up with this story,” says Floyd, who plays Beast. “So I know it’s special for us to get to be a part of.” “I think we all grew up watching the [Dis-
ney animated] movie,” adds Laws, who plays Belle, “and then the new [live-action] ‘Beauty and the Beast’ movie came out recently, so that kind of brought the hype back up.” But even with that fondness for the animated film, Floyd says he was initially hesitant to watch it again as he prepared for his role. He did, and that choice ended up being beneficial. “I think there’s a fun challenge to … watching that and knowing that there are certain things that people are going to expect, that they’re going to remember from that movie that’s just sort of ingrained,” he says. “So there’s a fun challenge in taking what’s so iconic about the movie and then being able to put your own little bit of a spin on it.” For Smith, who plays Gaston, the narcissistic hunter who hopes to marry Belle, his main challenge has been the role’s physical demands. In all versions of “Beauty and the Beast,” Gaston is portrayed as a hypermasculine character with tremendous strength, and GLT wanted to capture that onstage as authentically as possible. “Back when they asked me to play the role back in August, they said, ‘You know, we
really don’t want to use the padded suit [for Gaston’s costume]. Would you mind getting in shape for this role?’” Smith says. “And I was like, ‘Sure, why not?’” Undergoing that intense physical transformation has been rewarding as an actor. “I think I’ve lost 60 pounds since I started this,” Smith says. “And that’s one of the things I love about doing a show where you get to change yourself … [through] physical alternations, makeup, your costume, or something like that. That’s just a really fun part of theater for me, is to take that character and pretty much become that character.” Although the trio often cite their appreciation for the animated film and how it has shaped their overall excitement to put on the show, both Floyd and Laws single out songs that were specifically penned for the Broadway production as personal favorites. Floyd says he particularly enjoys Belle’s song in Act II, called “A Change in Me,” in which the character tells her father how her outlook on life has evolved, and Laws says “If I Can’t Love Her,” the Act I closing number sung by Beast in which he laments his potential fate to never be human again, is “epic.”
Ultimately, whether audiences attend GLT’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” because they’re fans of the film, the Broadway musical, or both, the overall appeal of the show lies within its timeless message. “It’s a story about love winning and how much power that can have, and I think that’s such an important story now in general,” Floyd says. “I think they [theatergoers] will appreciate and be dazzled by the spectacle of the show, but down at its core it’s the heart of this story that everyone knows,” Smith adds. “It’s the heart of the story that everyone knows that everyone comes to see and enjoy.”
“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” WHEN June 1-24, times vary WHERE Greenville Little Theatre, 444 College St. TICKETS $35 adults, $33 seniors (ages 65+), and $25 juniors (ages 4-18) INFO greenvillelittletheatre.org
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HOUSE MUSIC
CAMP ARK 2018
Andrew Kemmis’ fond memories of attending house shows led him to create his own venue
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VINCENT HARRIS | ARTS & CULTURE WRITER
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About 10 years ago, a teenage punk-rock fan named Andrew Kemmis walked into a place called The Hangar, a popular hangout spot for the punk crowd that brought cutting-edge bands in to play shows. He’d heard about it through friends of friends on Myspace. With his studded vest and spiked hair, a look Kemmis sported because he felt he was “way too punk rock for you,” he walked into an unassuming building off of Wade Hampton Boulevard to see what the scene was like. Unfortunately, on that Wednesday night, there WAS no scene. “I walked in and I didn’t really realize that it was actually a house,” Kemmis says with a laugh. “I just walked in these people’s front door and started looking around, because I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. Luckily, they were incredibly friendly and explained that there was nothing going on right now, but there’s a show in two days and you should come see it. They sent me away more nicely than they should have, and two days later, I went and saw my first punk show.” For Kemmis, the experience was transformative, partially because he couldn’t really go see shows anywhere else, but mostly because of the atmosphere. “I was 16, so the bars weren’t letting me in,” he says. “But even when I started going to bar shows, I realized that there was a much bigger community mentality around these DIY (do-it-yourself) spaces. They’re more intimate, and bands like playing there, even if there’s not as much money. There are amazing crowds. There’s always something fun happening, and those spaces have a culture individual to each of them.” Those experiences — seeing bands at places like the Circle A Ranch, Makeout Manor, the Awful Waffle, or Garage Mahal, places that gained fans through word-ofmouth — moved Kemmis to create his own house-show venue, Grandma’s House. Well, those experiences, and a LOT of booze. “I found this really sketchy-looking house, but it was cheap, and it had character,” he says. “Once I got it, me and a couple friends got together, and between
Kemmis keeps the location of Grandma’s House a secret, but he’ll give the address to anyone who messages him privately. Will Crooks/Greenville Journal
a suitcase of PBR and a bottle of root beer liqueur, we started talking about all the house venues that used to be around. We said, ‘We should do house shows! We’ve got a house right here.’ And then we all passed out. But then in the morning, nursing our hangovers, we said that wasn’t actually a terrible idea.” The initial show at Grandma’s House (we can’t print the address, but Kemmis is happy to tell people who message him privately) took place about three years ago, and the name was chosen randomly from a hat between performances by Timothy Ezekiel Bell and Amelia Taylor Hall (singer/guitarist for Horrible Girl & The Hot Mess, who essentially served as the venue’s house band for a while). Since then, Kemmis estimates there have been about 40 shows at Grandma’s House, starting with local bands and then moving out into national and international acts as word-of-mouth spread. Among his favorite performers have been the industrial synth-rock band Bitter, Inc., local punk trio The Cherry Icees, and Canker Sore, a Baltimore band that Kemmis calls “the best pop-punk band in history; there is no argument.” He’s drawn as many as 60 people to his shows and estimates that Grandma’s House has a loyal contingent of 20-30 fans who come to every show.
In addition to having a sparsely furnished living room (crucial for clearing space and setting up the PA), Kemmis says the key to keeping his venue’s loyal fans is in the house rules. “As much crap as the ‘safe space’ culture gets, I like having a place where no one can f— with you for any reason,” he says. “There are no drugs, no jerks, and no phobes, meaning homophobes, transphobes, racists, or intolerant people. We don’t have time for that. Grandma’s rule is, be nice or leave. We make a comfortable environment, and that’s why people want to come back.” And for those who might have doubts about coming to a house show, as opposed to a more formal concert venue, Kemmis says there’s nothing to be hesitant about. “Anytime someone pulls up in front of my yard, if it’s a car I don’t recognize or people I don’t recognize, the first thing I do is flag them down and say, ‘Thank you so much for coming to the show; I’m Grandma,’” he says. “You’re going to find nothing but welcoming people here, and I feel like people need to dive into it and experience where DIY music starts. It doesn’t start on the bar stage. It starts with someone in their living room or basement playing to a half-dozen people and having the time of their lives.”
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TRUE ROOTS LOZ moves from jam-band style to upbeat pop on new album VINCENT HARRIS | ARTS & CULTURE WRITER
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For those of you who remember LOZ as the Lionz of Zion, a reggae-inflected jam-band that created extended head-bobbing grooves, the band’s new album, “Become Alive,” is going to come as a shock. Essentially designed as an extended suite, there are five formally constructed songs linked by brief instrumental interludes. There are occasional nods to their reggae-fied past on the songs “That Girl” and the title track, but the band also reaches out into moody, electronic atmospherics, heavy rock, and full-on anthemic choruses, with zero extended jams in sight. In fact, nothing on the album extends much past the four-minute mark, and guitarist/keyboard player John Durham says there’s a reason for that. “‘Become Alive’ is the purest declaration yet of our band ethos,” he says. “We’re a pop band. At a younger age, I might have shied away from that, but we’re a pop band, and I think we do it well, and we’re trying not to make preachy pop. We’re trying to write songs that we hope are positive and inspirational.” “Become Alive” is also a crowded house; recorded at the new, expanded Sit-N-Spin studio in downtown
LOZ by J. Scott Shrader
Greenville, the album features the core LOZ lineup (Durham, singer Josh Forbus, drummer Ryan McCarthy, guitarist Wes Treadway, and bassist Johnny Inman) augmented by four more bass players, former Marcus King Band keyboardist Matt Jennings, ex-Cravin’ Melon singer Doug Jones, Greenville Jazz Collective trombone player
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wanted to write an album.” LOZ will play all of “Become Alive” at its Lionzfest show Saturday at Quest Brewing in Greenville. Previous versions of the festival featured multiple bands, but this one is all LOZ, with the band playing two separate sets. “We changed it up this year because we spent so much time and energy and focus working on the album,” Durham says. “We thought the most logical thing to do was to make it a tent pole show for the promotion of our new album. Plus, we always played last at Lionzfest, and it takes a lot to manage a festival all day and then immediately snap into artist mode, so we wanted the chance just to be artists at our own festival.”
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SUSTAINABLE AG Greenville Tech program seeks to cultivate relationships between local farmers and chefs WORDS BY ARIEL TURNER PHOTO BY IRINA RICE
The predicted thunderstorm never materialized on a recent Monday night, much to the relief of the chefs and farmers who had set up al fresco cooking stations at Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery. The rare occurrence of six local restaurants, including Swamp Pizza, and local providers all coming together to serve dinner in one location was a result of their desire to support and raise funds for a common cause – the Sustainable Agriculture Certificate program at Greenville Technical College. The Sustainable Ag program was developed as part of Greenville Tech’s Culinary Institute of the Carolinas (CIC) in response to a need expressed by leaders of the region’s agribusiness. They were concerned the passion and enthusiasm present with startups weren’t rounded out by the business knowledge to sustain them. To solve that problem, the CIC offers students in the Sustainable Ag program the benefit of interaction with chefs for a more comprehensive understanding of quality food production and handling along with providing them with a business plan. “If you’re trying to make a living selling cucumbers and tomatoes in July, you’re not going to, because everybody else is, too,” says Rebecca McKinney, academic program director, giving an example of the practical business knowledge on which the program hinges. McKinney organized the recent event, Cultivate: Making the Farmer-Chef Connection, with Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery, to raise funds for the program
but also to give like-minded chefs and providers a chance to meet. “A lot of chef and farmers don’t get a chance to hang out together,” she says. “We’re celebrating what they do.” The participating chefs were paired with local producers to showcase particular ingredients. Chef David Porras of the upcoming Oak Hill Café created a cured trout dish with fish from High Valley Farm S.C.; chef Alex George of Golden Brown & Delicious served smoked Sharon Hill chicken with Reedy River carrots, and micro greens from Upstate Greens; and chef Steve Kraus of Upcountry Provisions showcased Providence Farms bacon and produce from Broken Oak Organics on a tasting size of house-baked bread. Farm Fresh Fast offered a Berry BBQ Taco with Hopkins Farm chicken, strawberries from Hurricane Creek, and slaw from a combination of Bio-Way, Indigo Creek, Broken Oak, and Kaland farms; chef Jason Scholz of Stella’s Southern Bistro and Stella’s Southern Brasserie featured pork shoulder from Bethel Trails with vegetables from Crescent Farm; and chef Greg McPhee partnered with Anson Mills, Mushroom Mountain, and Blue Ridge Creamery for a mushroom farro risotto with Swiss cheese. “This fundraiser helps to provide necessary tools and equipment for the Greenville Tech Sustainable Ag program,” says Cheryl Kraus, baker and co-owner of Upcountry Provisions. “Last year’s fundraiser helped purchase our tractor. The Sustainable Ag program helps to connect
students and aspiring farmers to our local food system and work directly with local restaurants and businesses.” The partnerships between the farmers, chefs, and the Sustainable Ag program extend well beyond the one-time event. Porras and his business partner Lori Nelsen, who are on track to open Oak Hill Café in November, have already met with the CIC and plan to invite two to six students to collaborate with them at Oak Hill Café in the kitchen and on the on-site farm. “One of the goals for the students in the Sus Ag program is to connect with chefs in the area, so we are willing to come to the classroom and share our vision, as well as welcoming them to our restaurant and farm to see the interaction of the farm with our kitchen and restaurant,” Nelsen says. Porras, whose cooking techniques are experimental, says he plans to teach the students to appreciate every part of a plant and reimagine what could be done with standard ingredients. “They see a carrot as a potential ingredient, and you can do so many things with it,” he says. “Let’s look at the other side. What is done in the market with carrots? Take corn, for instance. There are 300 products out of one crop. Can we do that with carrots? Can we do that in the kitchen? Of course we can. We just have to think that way.” The Krauses regularly work with local farmers for the produce and see the educational aspect as necessary to continue the work of supporting local farms. “The fundraiser is important to keep the
‘local’ conversation going. The quality of local ingredients (as well as the community’s ability to be able to provide raw materials for itself) cannot be understated,” Steve Kraus says. “Therefore, the more exposure that not only local farmers, but local chefs can get will only help to inform the market of the many benefits of going local whenever possible. Too many times, we say, ‘I can’t afford this or that local product – it’s too expensive,’ but the reality is that once these products get outsourced to outside manufacturing, not only do those jobs go away, but the knowledge and expertise of that particular product goes away. In the end, the real expense is the loss of capability and community in that it becomes every man for himself – it’s unfortunate, but that’s the reality.” Jonathan Willis, owner of Farm Fresh Fast and Seedlings, has been a vocal member of the local food movement since he joined it officially a little more than a year ago. “At Farm Fresh Fast, our mission is to bridge the gap between producers and consumers through delicious, nutritious food,” he says. “It’s important for us to give back to the sustainable agriculture program at Greenville Tech, because it nurtures the next generation of farmers and lets them know they have our support. We’re all in this together.”
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More ice cream! Just in time for summer, Pink on Pleasantburg, the second brick-and-mortar location for Pink Mama’s Ice Cream in Travelers Rest, has opened at 2551 N. Pleasantburg Drive. And you can’t miss it. The FOOD NEWS little building is about as pink & EVENTS as it could possibly be, just like BY ARIEL TURNER owner Jessica McCall Randall’s hair. Jon and Jessica Randall opened Pink Mama’s Ice Cream three years ago and have expanded their business to include a fleet of three ice cream trucks that are available for bookings and a wholesale distribution center that can cater to large quantity orders for parties or events. Pink Mama’s is also the official ice cream truck of the Greenville Zoo. Their popular Lavender White Chocolate, Pink Motherload, Pecan Pie Cheesecake, and Lavender Pink Lemonade will all be available at the new location, and for those who have dietary restrictions, Pink Mama’s also carries vegan and dairy-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free options. Current hours of Pink on Pleasantburg are Monday-Thursday 2-9 p.m. and FridaySunday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
New drinks, who dis? Mixologist Zachary Calfee just updated the Roost cocktail menu, and if the indoor/outdoor location overlooking Main Street isn’t enticing enough for happy hour, check out these new drinks as described by the master himself: “Holly Golightly – it uses Absolut Elyx, which is a higher-end, crazy smooth vodka. We make our own Rosemary Lavender Liqueur and pair that with fresh citrus and blueberries to make a stupid good and refreshingly light fizz. Puddlejumper – this has our house-made coconut rum and alpine spices that we mix with coconut crème and passion fruit. It’s a super killer piña colada. Armada Cocktail – this was the first cocktail I made for my old bar, and it’s one of my favorites. It uses James E. Pepper Rye (of course) and has vermouth that is infused with chai and cocoa. It has a little bit of chocolate bitters and is paired with Oloroso sherry, so it gives it this nice smooth and dry hint of nuts and raisins.” Chef Daniel Dobbs’ new summer menu just dropped, too, so it’s definitely time for another visit.
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Weekend update Lots of new restaurants are under construction these days, so here’s an update on what should be opening in the next few weeks: Fireforge Crafted Beer that hoped to be open last summer at 311 E. Washington St. is still working toward a summer opening this year. Owners Nicole and Brian Cendrowski say they are working hard to make it happen as soon as possible. The Farehouse at Taylors Mill, 250 Mill St., is aiming for a late-June opening. The exterior sign above the newly constructed patio has been installed, and the menu is going through the final stages of revisions. So far, the latest version includes beer cheese dip with pretzels (beer from neighbor 13 Stripes), smoked trout dip, ricotta dip using housemade ricotta, Reuben with house-made sauerkraut, grilled pimento cheese with applewood smoked bacon, New York-style pizza on dough made using spent grains from 13 Stripes, custom pasta bowls, smoked pork, and weekly specials using local farms’ products. Fork & Plough is getting closer and closer to opening — looking like the first week of June — at 1629 E. North St. in the Overbrook neighborhood. Their social media feeds have turned insanely enticing as they test new dishes for the menu, and the interior is nearly complete.
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Kill the Noise w/ Sullivan King, DJ Krisp, Silent and Aesos
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The Firmament | 5 Market Point Drive 8 p.m. | $20-$25
“Occult Classic,” the 2015 debut album by electronic dance music producer and DJ Jacob Stanczak, aka Kill the Noise, is less a collection of songs than it is a maelstrom of sound. If it’s possible for a set of music to produce its own pulsating strobe lights, it’s this collection of jagged shards of processed noise, multilayered electronic beats, and crowd-exhorting vocal samples. If, as has been said before, it’s proven traditionally difficult for an EDM artist to produce an album that sounds like a sweaty, feverish live performance, Kill the Noise might have created the exception that proves the rule. He collected a lot of credits on the way to doing so, as well. As a producer, remixer, or featured artist, Kill The Noise has worked with a dizzying array of performers, from Britney Spears to Five Finger Death Punch to Skrillex to, somewhat improbably, Tears For Fears, for whom he remixed one of their 1980s classics, “Mother’s Talk.” –Vincent Harris THRU FRI
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VISUAL ARTS
One-Stop Open Studios Retrospective Exhibit
Metropolitan Arts Council | 16 Augusta St. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | FREE One-Stop Open Studios is an exhibit featuring the works of over 95 local artists who have participated in the fall Greenville Open Studios event between 2002 and 2017. Each artist is invited to submit a 12-by-12 (by-12)- inch piece to the exhibit. 864-467-3132 | mac@greenvillearts.com
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In Harmony With Haiti
Partners In Agriculture Wyche Pavilion/TD Stage Peace Center 300 Main St. | 6-10 p.m. $75/farm-to-table dinner & $10 for music/ entertainment In Harmony With Haiti Festival will celebrate the Power of FOOD to change the world. The evening
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11th Annual Caribbean Crush
South Carolina Children’s Theatre ZEN | 924 South Main St. 7-10:30 p.m. Slip on your flip flops and join us for a casual, Caribbean evening with delicious food and drinks, amazing auction, and music of the islands. www.scchildrenstheatre.org MUSIC
Beachin’ Fridays
Mauldin Cultural Center 101 East Butler Road 7-9 p.m. | Fridays | FREE We’re bringing the beach music scene to Mauldin with Beachin’ Fridays. People come from all over the Upstate to converge on the Mauldin Cultural Center’s outdoor amphitheater for evenings of shag dancing, food trucks, and craft beverages. This week features the Rhythm City Band. 864-335-4862 www.mauldinculturalcenter.org/beachin-fridays/ events@mauldinculturalcenter.org FRI-SUN
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PERFORMING ARTS
“Beauty and the Beast”
Greenville Little Theatre 444 College St. | Thursdays-Sundays $35/adults, $33/seniors, $25/juniors Greenville Little Theatre presents a tale as old as time, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” This
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Cancer Survivors Park Grand Opening Gala
Cancer Survivors Park | 52 Cleveland St. 6-9 p.m. | $125 Come celebrate the opening of Greenville’s newest park designed to spark the spirit and soothe the soul. Gather your friends for an enchanting evening of morsels, music, and meandering. The evening will include local artists and live music representing the healing arts. 864-255-5010 | www.cancersurvivorspark.org PERFORMING ARTS
“Once Upon A Time”
Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N. Academy St. 1-3 p.m. | $17+fees Dance Arts Greenville presents “Once Upon A Time.” www.bonsecoursarena.com CAUSES & FUNDRAISING
Miracle Hill in Motion
Miracle Hill Ministries 7 a.m.-2 p.m. $5 - $35 depending on event Miracle Hill Ministries will host Miracle Hill in Motion, a multi-county fundraising event featuring cycling, 5K walks, and a kids’ ninja warrior course. Choose your location, choose your event. Kids give back through KidRaiser. Event info: Ninja Warrior Course for kids (age 4 - 10):
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JUN. 2
Phat Lip w/ Chocala
Gottrocks | 200 Eisenhower Drive | 10 p.m. | $8 adv, $12 door
CONCERT
It’s not often that an artist requests that we interview their opening band, as well, but Kelly Jo Ramirez, singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Latin R&B band Phat Lip, wanted us to talk to North Carolina’s Chocala, as well. “They’re also very heavily Latin-music based,” she says, “and they’re very percussive and raw with a funky edge to them. So I think we have a lot in common in that respect.” Ramirez, who is releasing a new Phat Lip video the day before the show, is right. Chocala’s infectious, jazzy Latin-rock sound is so layered that it’s difficult to believe that they’re a quartet and not a larger ensemble. “As far as the percussion goes, I try to fill it out as much as possible,” says drummer Davey Blackburn, “but [bassist] Claudio Ortiz switches off from bass to percussion on the new songs, and that’s mainly to fill as many holes as possible.” As far as the headliners, Ramirez says she’s thrilled with the way Phat Lip is progressing, particularly with their upcoming new single, “Citizen Alone.” “I think this one falls more to the R&B side, but I think it’s still similar songwriting,” she says. “I’m really excited about it. I haven’t been this excited about a song in a long time.” –Vincent Harris
at Miracle Hill Children’s Home; cycling: 31, 44, 69, or 80 miles - new routes through the rolling hills of the Upstate and western NC; 5K walk (for all ages): starting at The Hangar in downtown Spartanburg; and 5K walk (for all ages): starting at Limestone College in Gaffney. 864-631-0137 | ctuten@miraclehill.org www.bit.ly/MiracleHillInMotion2018 THRU SUN
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VISUAL ARTS
“Superheroes and Superstars: The Works of Alex Ross”
Upcountry History Museum 540 Buncombe St. “Superheroes and Superstars” includes over 100 pieces of original artwork; including paintings, sketches, and models created by Alex Ross, one of the greatest artists in the field of comic books. www.upcountryhistory.org PERFORMING ARTS
‘Movement’ and ‘The Kiss’
An afternoon in Paris with Face a Face SUMMER TRUNK SHOW Thursday, June 14th 3 to 7 PM Food, Fun and Frames - bring a friend! McDaniel Village • 1922 Augusta Street • 864-271-1812 M-F 9:30-5:30 & by appt. • www.garrisonopticians.com
Proud Mary Theatre Company USC Upstate Studio Theatre 800 University Way Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. | $10/$5 for students In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Proud Mary Theatre Company presents a double world premiere in our first-ever Southern Fried Pride Play Fest. The debut Festival features the original devised theatre piece “Movement: A Gay Pride Fantasia” written by the cast and creative team that reimagines and re-examines the myths, heroes and struggles of the gay rights movie throughout history and pop culture. Opening the show is the one-act play about male intimacy, “The Kiss.” 864-580-8385 | www.proudmarytheatre.com SUN
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Sunday at 2: Family Art Adventure
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3:15 p.m. | FREE Get ready for summer vacation with a fun print-making activity that celebrates everything we love about going to the beach. Guests of all
ages are welcome. All Sundays at 2 are free and sponsored by Duke Energy. www.gcma.org MON-MON
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National Women’s Golf Day
LPGA Women Who Play - Upstate SC Chapter Crosswinds Par 3 | 61 Villa Road 5:30-8 p.m. | FREE LPGA Women Who Play - Upstate SC Chapter is sponsoring an event on National Women’s Golf Day on Tuesday, June 5, at Crosswinds Par 3 Course teeing off at 5:30 p.m. Format will be a three or four-person scramble (everyone hits, and then the group proceeds to the best ball of the group until the hole is complete). Afterward, we will move to Local Cue for social hour and food. Golf is $9 and food is provided by LPGA Women Who Play. www.greenville.lpgawomenwhoplay.com/home THU
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MUSIC
Corona Concert Series
Peace Center | TD Stage 300 S Main St. | 8 p.m. The Peace Center’s outdoor concert series, now called Corona Concert Series, will bring an exciting lineup to the TD Stage. Available again this year is the Genevieve’s package, which includes a show ticket and offers entry to Genevieve’s Theatre Lounge. The package includes exclusive access to the balcony overlooking the Reedy River and the TD Stage, a complimentary small bites spread, a full cash bar, the air-conditioned lounge and Genevieve’s restrooms. The package also gives access to lawn seating. June 7 will feature Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, with special guest Particle
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Guest Artists for Furman University Lakeside Concert Series
Carolina Youth Symphony Furman University Amphitheater 3300 Poinsett Hwy. | 7:30 p.m. | FREE This is the final performance of the season for the Carolina Youth Symphony. We combine musicians from all three orchestras to form the CYS Pops Orchestra, where over 160 young musicians from South and North Carolina come together to play as one giant ensemble. The concert will feature a “Lights on Broadway” theme with the orchestra performing selections from Broadway’s giant hits including “My Fair Lady,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Chicago,” “Hamilton,” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” As always, we will include traditional patriotic favorites. www.carolinayouthsymphony.org CAUSES & FUNDRAISING
The Price is Write
Greenville Wordsmiths Dodson Dig Co. | 427 Wade Hampton Boulevard 6:30-8:30 p.m. | $35 Come on down... to The Price is Write! Join us for appetizers, a silent auction, and some classic games (Plinko, anyone?) as we attempt to raise $5,000 for Greenville Wordsmiths’ 2018-2019 programs! Tickets available on our website. www.greenvillewordsmiths.org greenvillewordsmiths@gmail.com
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MAConnect Mod Fête
Metropolitan Arts Council’s MAConnect ArtUp Studios at Hampton Station 1320 Hampton Ave. 7-10 p.m. MAConnect membership - $75 per person/ year Calling all art enthusiasts, artists, or any Greenvillian in their 20s to 40s. The first annual MAConnect Mod Fête will feature demonstrations by the ArtUp studio artists as well as music from The Note Ropers and food and beverage from Reeves Catering. To attend the Mod Fête, membership in MAConnect is required. A raffle for $500 towards the purchase of artwork from ArtUp Studios will take place at 7:30 p.m. (must be MAConnect member and be present at the time of the drawing to win). www.greenvillearts.com/maconnectmodfete/ COMMUNITY
TR Town + Art Crawl
Main Street, Travelers Rest 6-8 p.m. | FREE The TR Town & Art Crawl is a grass-roots event series highlighting the Southern charm of Travelers Rest and bringing together our local business and arts community. We will meet on Main Street in downtown Travelers Rest. We’ll have local artists, live music performed at The Grove at Upcountry, and a Kids Crawl area with art activities and games just for them. www.travelersresthere.com/town-art-crawl/
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Tony Elliott Starts His Ripple
Ripple of One (a grassroots initiative that started in Oconee County) had their annual fundraiser last Saturday, April 21 called ‘Rock the Boat’– Sailing away from government assistance. Like last year, the event was sold out approximately a month ahead. Approximately 28 Ripple clients and graduates were able to attend the event. The event was kicked off by the Ripple kids. The Lil’ripplers marched up to the front to sing a song about how their Money Matters class is teaching them to save. There were many hugs and high fives as the kids weaved in and out of the crowd to make it finally to front and center. Two Ripple graduates came forth to to share their story. Victoria Williams mother of one son, shared how her mentor Kris helped her to think differently while also empowered her to handle stressful situations in life and at work. She also mentioned at one point paying off $8,000 in debt. The second Ripple graduate, Val McDowell mother of 2 boys shared how prior to the Ripple program she had no car, no license, no savings and lived in government housing. She spoke of being stuck in life but how her life changed when her Ripple Mentor (Grace) walked by her every step of the way. People cheered after Val’s closing statement “I personally feel this program is changing lives here in Oconee County. It’s here to make an impact, stopping the cycle of poverty - it’s already stopping the cycle of poverty here in Oconee County and soon this program will be changing lives in Pickens and Anderson Counties. Ripple of One IS going to impact generations to come.” Making a surprise guest appearance was Brent Venables (Defensive Coordinator for the Clemson Tigers) who was Ripple’s last year’s keynote speaker. “Venables has started this amazing flood of volunteers, donors and more Ripple families” said Stephanie Enders the Ripple of One founder. “He came with a fire inside and people felt it. Because of that fire, Ripple of One has been able to grow beyond where I ever thought this program we would be.” When Enders had asked Venables to join them again and introduce this year’s speaker Tony Elliott (Co-offensive Coordinator for the Clemson Tigers) Venables said he would be honored. Venables approached the microphone with strong emotions and spoke about being a ‘change agent’ for another person “without a test there is no testimony - Tony Elliott gives living proof that when someone believes in someone else they can accomplish amazing things.” Some might have expected Elliott to talk about his career or anything “football”. He never mentioned football, instead Elliott shared his horrendous childhood experiences that made him into the person he is today. For years, Tony’s mom was being abused by his father. She finally escaped with Tony and his sister but then ended up homeless. Things started turning around when Elliott’s mom found a church called ‘Set Free’ that helped them get into a better situation. At the age of nine, just as things started getting better, his entire family was in a terrible car accident that caused the car to roll eight times finally crushing his mother. Elliott saw his mother laying lifeless. This was a pivotal moment for him. After he struggled at school and started going down a bad road Elliott’s ‘Ripple’ found him. Elliott’s aunt put him on the right course. There were no hand outs - she expected ‘Tony’ to work. “Get good grades and show up at church... work hard.” Elliott said this was his Ripple of One. His aunt walked alongside of him, loving him, providing resources and direction but she expected him to do the walking. At one point, Elliott spoke to the ripple clients directly saying “stay the course, I HAVE BEEN THERE, because of this Ripple effect that’s taking place in YOUR life - this will be your sons and daughters at the podium like me.” You could hear a pin drop in that club house. Last year, Venables turned the ripple into a wave. Now he’s passed the baton to Elliott who’s presence and story turned that ‘wave’ into a tidal wave. The money raised will allow the program to expand their children’s program, and accept approximately 50 more adults and children in Oconee and now in Pickens County. Ripple of One’s short existence this intensive mentoring program has had 48 clients graduate. Those graduates, who are now off government assistance, have saved the local tax payers approximately $150,000 per year. Enders says the more important benefit is people are realizing it is possible to be independent and utilize their talents. Other states have inquired about how to get a Ripple of One. Who knows maybe someday...
If someone you know would like to apply to be in Ripple of One please call 864-882-8777. If you would like more information go to rippleofone.org.
JUN. 3
Casey James w/ Alex Hunnicutt
Radio Room | 110 Poinsett Highway | 8 p.m. | $15 adv, $20 door
CONCERT
A DV E RT O R IA L
To the naked ear, the debut self-titled album by singer/guitarist Casey James and his 2017 follow-up, “Strip It Down,” sound quite different. Back in 2012, James was coming off of a third-place finish in the ninth season of “American Idol,” and he was being presented as a country artist. So the first album, released on a Sony Music subsidiary label, was all sparkling pop polish with big production and just enough twang. And it worked, to an extent. The lead singles from the album, “Let’s Don’t Call It A Night” and “Crying On A Suitcase,” made the Top 40 on the country charts. Six years down the road, “Strip It Down” was released independently, and it’s a far grittier record, full of swaggering blues-rock punctuated by James’ fiery solos. But truth be told, James doesn’t see that much of a difference in terms of the songs themselves. “Production-wise, it’s definitely a different thing,” he says, “but in terms of the type of music, it’s really not as much of a jump. When I listen to the first record and the second, I think if you produced them at the same time, they’d sound correct together. The difference really is that we cut ‘Strip It Down’ very live in three or four days; there wasn’t any playing around, no digital nonsense or tweaking of vocals, so what you hear on that record is what we play live.” –Vincent Harris FAMILY & EDUCATION
EDUCATION
FRI-SUN
Furman University | Younts Conference Center 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | $40, includes lunch Furman University’s Project-Based Learning (PBL) Convocation is hosted by Furman Graduate Studies and the Riley Institute at Furman. The PBL Convocation features opening plenary speaker, Rich Lehrer, innovation coordinator for the Brookwood School in Manchester, Mass. Also participating in the program are teachers from Greenville County Schools, Greenwood District 50, Pickens County School District, and Spartanburg School District 6. 864-294-2213 | www.bit.ly/2Ku4J9R irene.hucul@furman.edu
Tweetsie Railroad 300 Tweetsie Railroad Lane, Blowing Rock, NC Free for children under 2, $30/child age 3-12, and $45/13 and older Toot! Toot! Experience Day Out With Thomas like never before at Tweetsie Railroad. Ride the train behind Thomas the Tank Engine, meet Sir Topham Hat, play in Imagination Station, and enjoy storytelling and live music. Plus have a full day at Tweetsie Railroad with amusement rides, deer park zoo, panning for gold, live entertainment, and more. Tickets include one ride with Thomas the Tank Engine, Thomas & Friends themed activities, and admission to the theme park. https://tweetsie.com/special-events/day-outwith-thomas/
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Young Aviators Fly-In
Triple Tree Aerodrome 330 Mary Hanna Road, Woodruff FREE The private Triple Tree Aerodrome will be opened up to the public to celebrate the future of aviation and to encourage students to pursue an aviation career. With this program we hope to ignite a passion for aviation within these young students. Throughout the weekend various aviation colleges, employers, and vendors will be on site. This free event includes free camping, fishing, and swimming in the lakes and streams on the Triple Tree grounds. Remote Control airplane demonstrations, nighttime airshows, and full-scale formation flights will also take place throughout the weekend. The only cost to attendees will be comprised of meal tickets, raffle tickets, and Tshirts if the attendee chooses to buy those items. www.tripletreeaerodrome.com
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PERFORMING ARTS
“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”
The Warehouse Theatre | 37 Augusta St. Most Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights and Sunday matinees $40 general admission, $45 reserved, $65 premium seats This irreverent, funny, broad rock and roll musical satire of America’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, follows him from the campaign trail all the way through the White House. Jackson captures the presidency as a born and bred American with a message that resonates with the common people, as opposed to the ruling class that preceded him. Ascending from his Tennessee upbringing, he finds himself in the Oval Office and discovers that campaigning is easy, but governing is hard. This musical explores how our great democratic experiment works and helps us realize how the more things
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Peace Voices Poetry Slam
Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre 300 S. Main St. | 1 p.m. | FREE The page meets the stage in this all out battle of the words. High school poets from around the Upstate will compete in a public poetry slam where the audience members have become the judges. At the crossroads of written word perfection and dynamic hip-hop performance, young people will make their voices heard. 864-467-3000 or 800-888-7768 peacecenter.org MUSIC
Salsa at Sunset
Upstate International Corner of Main Street and Broad Street in front of the Peace Center fountains 6-10 p.m. | FREE Plan to come to our three part summer series celebrating latin music and dance in beautiful downtown Greenville. The event features a live Latin band and dancing. A community-building and family-friendly event, Salsa at Sunset begins with a free Salsa dance lesson from 6-7 p.m. www.upstateinternational.org info@upstateinternational.org THRU SUN
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e.phem.er.al. sto.ry1 Works by Suzanne Woolf Exhibit
Metropolitan Arts Council Centre Stage | 501 River St. 2-6 p.m. | Tuesday through Friday | FREE
The pieces for this show were inspired by a woman’s scrapbook collection of cards she received from two suitors during the late 1940s. What is their story? This is the question I attempt to answer; each piece representing a moment in this relationship triangle; their ephemeral story. www.greenvillearts.com/art-scene/mac-featured-galleries/ | mac@greenvillearts.com SUN
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Harry Connick Jr.
Peace Center | 101 W. Broad St. 7 p.m. | $55-$115 Harry Connick Jr. will bring his A New Orleans Tricentennial Celebration tour to the Peace Center. The foundation of Harry Connick Jr.’s art is the music of his native New Orleans, where he began performing as a pianist and vocalist at the age 5. Over the past three decades, he has established himself as a musician, singer, and composer par excellence, a legendary live performer, and a best-selling artist with millions of CDs sold around the world. 864-467-3000 or 800-888-7768 www.peacecenter.org PERFORMING ARTS
Sunday at 2: Music in the Galleries
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. | FREE A skeezik is defined as “a good-for-nothing, a rascal, or rogue.” Come join in the fun with the Skeeziks, who play traditional Irish, Scottish, and Appalachian tunes for your listening and toe-tapping pleasure. www.gcma.org
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Clemson University | Jordan Hall $110-$950 Join in for hands-on, action-packed, thought-provoking science camps for rising fifth- through 12th-graders on the Clemson University campus. Choose from residential camps or day camps. Camps will include Crime Scene Investigation: Clemson; Potions 101; Engineering and Design Adventures; Biotechnology, Health and Society; and Public Health: Outbreak. www.clemson.edu/culsoc MON-AUG
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Summer Art Camp
Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper Street Ste. A 9 a.m.-noon | $205/week, $185/member Instructors facilitate immersive experiences in visual art, for children ages 5 -8 and 9 -12. Sessions are designed to explore diverse materials, mediums, and themes, making each day of Summer Art Camp a new and exciting creative adventure. 864-735-3948 | www.artcentergreenville.org
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Truck Inn Tuesday
Swamp Rabbit Inn | 1 Logan St. 6-9 p.m. | second Tuesday of each month, May - August | FREE The monthly local block party will feature local musicians performing their original work and covers. There will be food trucks, craft beer and wine, our signature Froze’, and local vendors and makers set up at the events. www.swamprabbitinn.com TUE-SUN
12-17
THEATER
“Love Never Dies”
Peace Center | 101 W. Broad St. starting at $35 The ultimate love story continues in “Love Never Dies,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s spellbinding sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera.” 864-467-3000 | www.peacecenter.org WED-FRI
13-15
VISUAL ARTS
Summer Art Camp: Very Creative Kids for ages 5 to 7
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Course fee is $85 plus $20 for materials Finding inspiration in a few favorite children’s books, this camp will explore a variety of art mediums, including painting, collage, decoupage, and drawing. www.gcma.org WED-DEC
13-30
VISUAL ARTS
“Sampling the Old Masters: Highlights from the Bob Jones Museum” Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | FREE
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pledged donation to the South Carolina Children’s Theatre
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COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM 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.” www.gcma.org THU
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FAMILY & EDUCATION
ADHD Workshop
RTD Educational Consulting Hilton Garden Inn | 108 Carolina Point Parkway 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | $299 Know the symptoms of students with ADHD and learn the strategies to support the instructional process. This session will teach you strategies on how to support and manage students with ADHD and will dispel myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes about ADHD. 803-410-2944 | www.bit.ly/ADHDJune14 rtd.edconsultants@gmail.com THU-THU
14-17
FAMILY & EDUCATION
Summer on Augusta 2018
Augusta Road Business Association (ARBA) | Augusta Road area 5-8 p.m. | FREE Summer on Augusta is a celebration of one of Greenville’s most historic business districts. The Festivities and live music will take place all along Augusta Road in designated large lots and gathering spots. www.onlyonaugusta.com THRU FRI
15
VISUAL ARTS
Art by U.S. Army Combat Veteran Brad Carraway
Furman University Thompson Art Gallery, Roe Art Building 3300 Poinsett Hwy.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Monday-Friday | FREE Furman Department of Art presents the work of U.S. Army combat veteran Brad Carraway in “Surviving War is Hell: Healing the Emotional Traumas of War Through Art.” Carraway’s work is inspired by his struggle with combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and his desire to help others who are wrestling with the condition. 864-294-2995 | www.bit.ly/2JH9QCd Marta.lanier@furman.edu
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PERFORMING ARTS
Brandi Carlile
Peace Center 300 South Main St. 7:30 p.m. | $55-$85 Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is coming to Greenville. Carlile’s current tour celebrates her acclaimed new album “By The Way, I Forgive You.” 864-467-3000 or 800-888-7768 www.peacecenter.org
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Real Americans ACROSS
1 Deal with mercifully 9 Smooth-tongued 13 Inlaid tile designs 20 Shady protagonist, perhaps 21 Inner Hebrides island 22 Female graduates 23 Famed pool hustler 25 Reverberate 26 Recap no. 27 Neither go-with 28 Mined rocks 30 Actress Ekberg 31 Founder of Tuskegee University 36 “Don’t put it off!” 40 “Yes” vote 41 Sports guard 42 “Sideways” actress 47 Many 53 Just right 54 Window above a door 55 Interstellar dust clouds 56 Arnaz of TV 57 Interim workers 58 Mystery novelist who created Anna Pigeon 60 Tree of Iowa 62 Some iPods 63 Authority 64 Home: Abbr. 67 “LOVE” stamp artist 73 They work on mags
74 Aleve targets 76 Dueling tools 77 Cleo’s biter 79 NFL MVP of 1989 and 1990 81 Pleasantly warm outside 85 Norwegian city 89 Many pink-eyed animals 90 Ban on trade 92 Kilt design 93 Publisher of Elle Decor 94 Painter called “The Mother of American Modernism” 96 Theta lead-in 98 Big foot spec 99 Map blowups 100 “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” playwright 109 “Full of beans,” e.g. 110 “Frozen” queen 111 Acid rock’s “acid” 112 Writer Dinesen 116 Place-to-place worker 118 Bailiff’s directive that’s apt to this puzzle’s theme? 123 Opponents 124 Reverberate 125 Diagnostic list for a techie 126 Brand of frozen desserts 127 Phony 128 Decade’s span
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1 Alluring legs, informally 2 Attending to the task 3 Big volcano in Sicily 4 Isn’t incorrect? 5 That girl 6 “Assuredly” 7 Maine city 8 Uncool 9 Alternative to a JPEG 10 Mauna — 11 Tagging along behind 12 Port in Iraq 13 Actress Mason 14 Seville cheer 15 Singer Boyle 16 In a group of 17 Arctic native 18 Poem division 19 Car variety 24 GPS display 29 “NFL Live” channel 31 Be really hot 32 BYOB part 33 “— Hope” (old soap) 34 “Bill & — Excellent Adventure” 35 Ran in place 36 Full of zeal 37 Funny — (2003 Kentucky Derby winner) 38 Very, to Fifi 39 Mystery writer Marsh 43 Ending for Manhattan
44 Branch 101 Patsy’s sidekick on 113 Spanish for “room” 45 —-law (acquired relative) “Absolutely Fabulous” 114 Winged god 46 Revise 102 Neighbor of Mali 115 Beer holders 48 First family until 2017 103 Shearer of old films 117 Born 49 Big brass 104 Inbox filler 119 “That’s it!” 50 Really work 105 Curvy letters 120 Singer Jones 51 Rowed 106 Stare at 121 Sizable vase 52 Plants with fronds 107 “The best — to come!” 122 Actor/singer Rogers 55 Viking org. 108 Venerate 57 Certain bout result, 112 Regarding Crossword answers: page 48 briefly 59 7, to Caesar 61 Fire felonies 62 Prefix with fire by Myles Mellor and Susan Flannigan 64 Hindu royal 65 French place of learning 66 Cat food brand 68 Reno actions 69 Air quality gp. 70 Zellweger of “Case 39” 71 “I love you,” to Juan 72 “No” vote 75 Arabian chief 78 Flag holders 80 Re, fa and la 81 Deli staple 82 Actress Dombasle 83 NYC airport code 84 Pasture call 86 Not in peril 87 Raise up 88 Extolling poems 91 Matzo — (Jewish fried dish) 92 Writing tools 94 Scottish Celt 95 One of the Kardashians 97 African fly Sudoku answers: page 48 100 Durations Easy
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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2018-CP-23-02043 DEFICIENCY WAIVED Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Calvin D. Hill a/k/a Calvin Hill; April Y. Hill a/k/a April Hill; Fox Trace Owners’ Association, Inc.; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Greenville County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE
that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina, on March 29, 2018. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter “Order”), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803-726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COLUMBUS COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff v. AUSTIN GIBSON MURRAY, JR., Heir to the Estate of Bessie Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray a/k/a Bessie Wooten Williamson Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray Williamson; JOSEPH A. MEMORY IV and wife, ELIZABETH MURRAY MEMORY a/k/a GREY MURRAY MEMORY, Heir to the Estate of Bessie Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray a/k/a Bessie Wooten Williamson Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray Williamson; DAVID JAMES BATTEN, JR. and wife, TIFFANY MURRAY BATTEN a/k/a TIFFA MURRAY BATTEN, Heir to the Estate of Bessie Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray a/k/a Bessie Wooten Williamson Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray Williamson; and UNKNOWN HEIR(S) OR DEVISEE(S) to the Estate of Bessie Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray a/k/a Bessie Wooten Williamson Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray Williamson, Defendants Columbus County File Number: 18 CVS 211 To: AUSTIN GIBSON MURRAY, JR., Heir to the Estate of Bessie Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray a/k/a Bessie Wooten Williamson Murray a/k/a Bessie W. Murray Williamson: Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the abovereferenced action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Reformation of Deed of Trust, Equitable Lien, and Unjust Enrichment regarding the real property located at: 415 S. Franklin St., Whiteville, Columbus County, North Carolina 28472. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than June 27, 2018 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This the 18th of May, 2018 Christopher M. Theriault, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 720 North 3rd Street, Suite 502 Wilmington, NC 28401 (910) 769-6304
PUBLIC BID PROJECT WOODSIDE MILLS SIDEWALK ADDITION SIMPSONVILLE, SC Greenville County Redevelopment Authority (GCRA) will receive bids until 1pm on June 22, 2018 at 301 University Ridge, Suite 2500, Greenville, SC 29601. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at this time. A “Bid Guaranty” of not less than five percent (5%) is required. The scope of work consists of storm drainage, concrete sidewalks, curb & gutter, grading, and site stabilization. The project is located in the Woodside Mills Subdivision on W. College St, Beattie St, Iselin St and Woodside Circle. Contact GCRA at 864-242-9801 to access the bid documents at their office or use the link below: www.gcra-sc.org/bids.html A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held on 6/13/18 at 10am at Simpsonville Public Works. This is a federally funded project. Bacon Davis Wage Decision #SC180044 1/5/18 SC44 applies. Bids may be held for up to forty-five (45) days from the bid date. AUCTION NOTICE The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is holding an auction to dispose of found and seized property. The auction will be held at 657 Keith Drive Greenville, SC 29607 on Saturday, June 9th. The gate will open at 8:00 a.m. and the auction will begin at 10:00 a.m. The preview will be held on Friday, June 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The auction will consist of household items, some jewelry (no guarantees), tools, knives, electronics, clothing, cars, upholstery, etc. The cars are as follows: 2003 Dodge Pick Up -1D7HU18Z83J537039 2003 Cadillac CTS -1G6DM57N430141679 2005 Dodge Pick Up -1D7HA16K65J643247 2004 Chevy Van 7 PSGR -1GNDX03E44D156813 2005 Jeep Liberty -1J4GK58K65W565119 2003 Chev Mini Bus -1GBHG31U331167585 2009 BMW X5 -5UFE43519L274845 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee -1J4GR48K16C176316
GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following items: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2018-39 APPLICANT: Vanessia L. Arnold for Silver Hawk LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: varnold@amfabinc.net or 864-201-8309 PROPERTY LOCATION: 16 New Circle Road PIN: 0506070101104 EXISTING ZONING: C-2, Commercial REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 2.80 COUNTY COUNCIL: 17 – Dill DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2018-40 APPLICANT: Willene Allen CONTACT INFORMATION: beaconse@yahoo.com or 864-292-6329 PROPERTY LOCATION: 400 East Lee Road PIN: P015060300101 EXISTING ZONING: O-D, Office District REQUESTED ZONING: C-1, Commercial ACREAGE: 0.47 COUNTY COUNCIL: 22 – Taylor DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2018-41 APPLICANT: W. Norman Hamilton, Site Design, Inc for Hro Properties, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: nhamilton@sitedesign-inc.com or 864-271-0496 PROPERTY LOCATION: Old Howell Road PIN: 0541030103100 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: O-D, Office District REQUESTED ZONING: C-1, Commercial ACREAGE: 0.65 COUNTY COUNCIL: 22 – Taylor DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2018-44 APPLICANT: Nick Franchina for Helen Louise Hendrix and Charles Michael Hendrix CONTACT INFORMATION: nickfranchina@yahoo.com or 864-630-0557 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2114 Standing Springs Road PIN: 0583020100103, 0583020100105, 0583020100901, 0583020100902 and 0583020100903 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban and R-M20, Multifamily Residential REQUESTED ZONING: R-12, Single-Family Residential ACREAGE: 64.8
NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that TARA of GREENVILLE LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 128 East Broad St, Greenville, South Carolina 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 17, 2018. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue ATTN: ABL; P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110
COUNTY COUNCIL: 28 – Payne DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2018-45 APPLICANT: Paul J. Harrison for Virginia C. Taylor, (Taylor Family Trust) CONTACT INFORMATION: paul@bluewatercivil.com or 864-735-5068 PROPERTY LOCATION: Dublin Road PIN: 0533030102200 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: FRD, Flexible Review District ACREAGE: 18.79 COUNTY COUNCIL: 21 – Roberts DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2018-47 APPLICANT: Greenville County Council CONTACT INFORMATION: pbuathier@greenvillecounty.org or 864-467-7425 TEXT AMENDMENT: The proposed text amendment is to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance Article 3, Section 3:2.3 B of the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance, “Initiation of Zoning by Petition”, to add Subsection 5 to provide time for contiguous property owners to request initial zoning. All persons interested in these proposed amendments to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance and Map are invited to attend this meeting. At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendments as requested or approve a different zoning classification than requested.
Root Bound: A beautiful bouquet of veggies, courtesy of Margie Levine at Crescent Farm in Clinton, SC; for more, see page 86.
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PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2018, AT 6:00 p.m. (or at such time as other public hearings are concluded) IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND MILLAGE LEVY FOR THE TAX YEAR 20182019; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM DURING THE TAX YEAR. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS REQUESTED THAT GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL MAINTAIN A MILLAGE RATE OF SEVEN AND TWO-TENTHS (7.2) MILLS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM; ADDITIONALLY THE LIBRARY SYSTEM BOARD HAS REQUESTED GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVE MAINTAINING A MILLAGE RATE OF ONE AND THREE-TENTHS (1.3) MILLS ESTABLISHED FOR BUILDING PURPOSES PURSUANT TO COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2461. THE TOTAL MILLAGE FOR THE LIBRARY DISTRICT WILL BE EIGHT AND FIVE-TENTHS (8.5) MILLS. Herman G. Kirven Jr., Chairman Greenville County Council
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Trust. Innovation. Community. 2017 Laurens Electric’s 2018 Annual Meeting ...join us at
Laurens Electric’s Main Office
Saturday, June 2
2254 Highway 14, Laurens, SC 29360
Registration Gift
Each member who is present and registers at the Annual Meeting will receive a
Registration & Voting for Board of Trustees 8:30 —10:30 A.M.
$25 credit on his/her electric bill. (Limit one $25 per registered member.)
Entertainment 9 —10 A.M.
Grand Prize H 2005 Chevrolet
Early Bird Prize Drawing 10 A.M. Business Meeting Begins 10:30 A.M.
30”x16”x17”
Single Cab 1500 Shortbed with Toolbox
Entertainment
Prize drawing will follow the business session.
THE MIGHTY KICKS The band has performed worldwide playing a mix of Motown and Top 40 Dance Songs combined with high-energy choreography!
Early Bird Prize Drawing H YETI® Tundra 65 Cooler 30”x16”x17” cooler that holds 39 cans Must be registered prior to 10 A.M.
Registration cards for the Annual Meeting will be mailed by May 18. You should receive one card and will be given one gift, even if you have multiple accounts. Only customers who register in person will receive a gift.
You cannot register or receive a gift for another member who does not attend.
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