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BELOVED ARTIST CARL BLAIR REFLECTS ON 60 YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION

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THE LIST

See, hear, read, react.

The month’s must-dos.

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ON THE TOWN

Pics of the litter: Upcountry fêtes & festivities.

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WEDDINGS TOWNBUZZ

An SC Story is a charming print/ poetry concoction; talented teens showcase at annual Artisphere festival; The Warehouse Theatre’s artistic producing director Mike Sablone comes to Greenville with serious street cred; sweet home Alabama at Birmingham’s Grand Bohemian; and more.

TOWN PROFILE

Alan Ethridge champions the case of art for all, steering the efforts of the Metropolitan Arts Council for more than a decade.

PLACE HOLDER

Prolific local writer Scott Gould shares a snippet of Strangers to Temptation, his collection of short stories centered on Lowcountry life in the ’70s.

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STYLE CENTRAL

Gems are a gal’s best friend; firstrate fashion is a family affair; and grab gallery-inspired gifts at the Greenville County Museum’s Salon.

MAN ABOUT TOWN

May

Forget cancer or heart disease, the Man fears his fate will feature fugitive zoo mammals or renegade golf balls.

EAT & DRINK

Table 301’s Jianna combines Italian cuisine with chic décor; find your fiesta with a mezcal cocktail; take on Greenville’s top tacos; and the Crème Shack is ready to roll.

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SECOND GLANCE

Encounter David Zinn’s playful chalk creatures as they pop up in places around the city at Artisphere’s 13th annual festival.

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AMERICAN BEAUTY

Painter Andrew Wyeth may be a household name, but his son Jamie, sisters Carolyn and Henriette, and father N.C. compose an artistic dynasty, earning rank as the first family of American painting. / by Steven Tingle // photography by Will Crooks

MODERN MAN

Now in his mid-80s, Carl Blair not only carved a place among artistic greats, but his relentless investment in generations of artists is an enduring tribute to his talent and compassionate spirit. / by Stephanie Trotter // photography by Eli Warren

THIS PAGE: Wounded Warrior is one of several Carl Blair sculptures reflecting his service in the Korean War. For more, see “Modern Man,” page 88.

Photograph by Eli Warren

COVER: Jamie Wyeth, son of revered painter Andrew Wyeth, shares on his family’s artistic legacy. For more, see “American Beauty,” page 80.

Portrait by Will Crooks

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EDITOR’S

Letter May Highlights Art & Letters

Carlisle Mercado and Sellers Grantham bring poetry to life with a whimsical set of prints: page 43

Good as Gould

Local writer Scott Gould provides the inside scoop behind his first book, Strangers to Temptation: page 52

Photograph by Eli Warren

MAC Daddy

Alan Ethridge, the Metropolitan Arts Council’s executive director, works inexhaustibly to make the arts work: page 56

Modern Man

As local art legend Carl Blair advances in years, he and those closest to him reflect on his exceptional legacy: page 88

Smoke Signals

Mezcal makes a memorable splash in a dreamy Double Agent cocktail: page 98

Artistic Legacy

Blair Knobel, Editor-in-Chief Twitter / Instagram: @LBKNOBEL

Though color blind, Carl Blair translates the American landscape in brilliant form. For more on the Greenville artist’s prominent work and life, turn to page 88.

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he Kennedys, the Windsors, the Kardashians . . . we are enthralled by family drama. Presidency, royalty, and celebrity become the stuff of biography and reality television.

Deemed the First Family of American Painting, the Wyeths ignite a similar fascination. Andrew Wyeth, arguably its most popular member, rose to prominence in the 1930s during the Great Depression. His art falls under the category of American regionalism, an aspect of the American realist movement that gained ground after World War I, focusing on rural life. More than simple bucolic scenes, however, Andrew’s works feel unsettling, like the moment before, or perhaps just after, catastrophe.

Last fall, contributing editor Steven Tingle met with Wyeth’s son Jamie when he visited the Greenville County Museum of Art as part of its current exhibition Wyeth Dynasty, on view through September 10 (see “American Beauty,” page 80), which commemorates Wyeth’s 100th birthday this year. The GCMA has one of the most comprehensive collections of Andrew’s work, and the exhibition includes his art as well as Jamie’s, that of sisters Carolyn and Henriette, and father N.C. Wyeth’s work is both beloved and overlooked. Tingle writes, “While some, such as writer John Updike and late director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas Hoving, championed Wyeth’s work, others rode the fence. One of the best assessments comes from the late art historian and curator Robert Rosenblum who said that ‘at once the most overestimated painter by the public and the most underestimated painter by the knowing art audience . . . a creator of very, very haunting images that nobody who hates him can get out of their minds.’”

Jamie agrees that his father’s work is edgy, unusual, even strange. Unlike his own art, which is abstract and whimsical, more dreamlike than real, Andrew’s art betrays loneliness and isolation. In a sense, it is realism at its core, stripped down to the naked truth of life.

If artwork is an extension of the artist, then GCMA’s exhibition is also a bearer of family ties. Each member has a different vision, a separate stroke. But, together, the clan creates a singular, commanding voice, with weight and relevance that can only be encompassed by one word: dynasty.

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING “What a wonderful experience we had!”

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Carew Rice 1899 -1971 Gate of the Swords, Charleston, 1933

©Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society / (ARS), New York

Andrew Wyeth 1917-2009 Barefoot, 1992

William Henry Johnson 1901-1970 Flowering Trees, Norway, circa 1937

Margaret Bowland, born 1953 It Ain’t Necessarily So, 2010

Grainger McKoy, born 1947 Red-shouldered Hawks and Copperhead Snake, 1974

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WHAT THEY’RE SEEING

Robert Duncanson, 1821-1872 View of Asheville, North Carolina, 1850

Jamie Wyeth, born 1946 The Albino Tortoise, 2014

Jacob Lawrence 1917-2000 The North Star, 1967

Bill McCullough, born 1948 Greenville Skyline, 2009-2010

Susan Vecsey, born 1971 untitled (green/turquoise), 2017

Andrew Wyeth 1917-2009 Fred Olson, ©Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society / (ARS), New York

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck 1846-1888 Jerry, 1883

Greenville County Museum of Art

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WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE ARTS EXPERIENCE?

Mark Johnston PUBLISHER & CEO mark@towncarolina.com Blair Knobel EDITOR-IN-CHIEF blair@towncarolina.com

“Seeing Picasso’s The Old Guitarist at the Art Institute during my first trip to Chicago.”

PAUL MEHAFFEY ART DIRECTOR “I think mine would be reading Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. It was the first time I realized that writers could be snarky and sarcastic, and people would actually pay to read it.”

Laura Linen STYLE EDITOR ABBY MOORE KEITH ASSISTANT EDITOR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ruta Fox M. Linda Lee Steven Tingle Jac Valitchka

“Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.

The music, the performance, the production all were at such an intense standard of excellence that it’s one of the few times I’ve actually been on the edge of my seat for an entire experience.”

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS MARY CATHRYN ARMSTRONG, Stephanie Burnette, Kathryn Davé, Polly Gaillard, JOHN JETER, Lindsay Niedringhaus & Stephanie Trotter

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CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS & DESIGNERS Chelsey Ashford, Robin Batina-Lewis, Jack Connolly, WILL CROOKS, Jivan Davé, Katie Fenske, Whitney Fincannon, J. Aaron Greene, Alexander Harrison, Jake Knight, Gabrielle Grace Miller & Eli Warren Andrew Huang EDITOR-AT-L ARGE

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Admit it: you still get chills when you hear the opening lyrics to the “Circle of Life.”

Since its Broadway debut 20 years ago, the movie-based, Tony Award–winning musical has become an international sensation, leaving audiences awestruck by the outstanding live-action narrative, colorful costuming, vibrant set design, and striking visual elements. And with a band of creators that includes Elton John, Julie Taymor, Tim Rice, and Garth Fagan, there’s no way you won’t feel the love for The Lion King tonight.

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Photography by Joan Marcus, courtesy of the Peace Center

May 2017

The Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville.

May 31–June 25. Tues–Thurs, 7:30pm; Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun, 1pm & 6:30pm. $35-$95.

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CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE The Greenville Symphony Orchestra brings the 69th season of its Masterworks Series to a finale with a bang—and a few stunts. The unique symphonic concert combines music with movement, keeping a collection of well-known works in time with energetic, exciting acrobatics. First you’ll gasp. Then you’ll clap. After that, you’ll be begging for more!

The Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville.

May 6–7. Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. $20-$80.

(864) 467-3000, peacecenter.org

The Gallery at Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 25 Draper St, Greenville. Thru May 24. (864) 735-3948, artcentergreenville.org

The Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville. Tues, May 9, 7:30pm. $45-$75. (864) 467-3000, peacecenter.org

Photograph courtesy of Greenville Symphony Orchestra

No, this exhibition does not entail strolling around with Monet’s Water Lilies hanging about your neck. Curated by local artist Kate Furman and presented by the Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Wearable Art explores the boundaries between what is wearable and what is sculptural. With its 25 national and international artisans, expect to find a broad range of materials represented, including metal, wood, paper, fabric, gemstones, and plastics.

Photograph (jewelry) courtesy of Kate Furman

WEARABLE ART

There are some artists who go with the flow. Then there are those who create it. Musician Steve Winwood is a card-carrying member of the latter, having been influential in shaping the English rock n’ roll scene with bands like Traffic, Blind Faith, and the Spencer Davis Group. Winwood is a jack-ofmany-genres (plus over six instruments), earning the bluesy rocker two Grammy Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of fame induction, and a spot on Rolling Stone’s coveted “100 Greatest Singers of all Time.”

Daughter Lilly Winwood will open the show.

Photographs courtesy of the Peace Center

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BMW CHARITY PRO-AM PRESENTED BY SYNNEX CORPORATION Some people go for the golf. Some people go for the celebrity-stalking. Either way, the BMW Charity Pro-Am has become a centerpiece in the Greenville sporting community. Matching golf professionals with amateurs and celebrities for four days of competition on the Upstate’s most manicured greens, the Pro-Am has amassed millions of dollars in charitable funds for programs around the Upstate.

It’s a time of raging hormones, swift adulthood, and unanswered questions for a group of teenagers growing up in nineteenth-century Germany. The powerful musical, adapted from German playwright Frank Wedekind’s play of the same title, has been lauded for its powerful study of relationships and sexuality. Underscored by a gripping folk-rock songbook, Awakening ain’t your Grandma’s talk on the birds and bees.

The Warehouse Theatre, 37 Augusta St, Greenville.

May 19–June 10. (864) 235-6948, warehousetheatre.com

ARTISPHERE, PRESENTED BY TD BANK

Greenville has always been a community that embraces and supports the local arts year-round.

Artisphere is an annual celebration and open marketplace of those handcrafted, visual, and live arts, drawing artists from around the region and around the world. The popular event also features a mini-Kidsphere for little hands, local food vendors, craft beer and wine experiences, and three stages of live tunes.

Main St, Greenville. May 12–14. Fri, Noon–8pm; Sat, 10am– 8pm; Sun, 11am–6pm. Free admission. artisphere.org

Photograph courtesy of The Warehouse Theatre

Photograph courtesy of South Carolina Charities, Inc.

Thornblade Club; The Preserve at Verdae; The Furman Golf Club. May 18–21. Thurs–Sun, 7am. bmwusfactory. com/charity-golf/

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z Drive-in days may be a thing of the past, but you can still enjoy some of the best vintage flicks outdoors in scenic Falls Park. Snag your spot with a warm blanket or lawn chair and take in a diverse selection of family-friendly films under the stars. Food truck eats and beverages will be available for purchase. Just don’t forget to top the night off with some piping-hot, buttery popcorn.

Falls Park, 601 S Main St, Greenville. May 3–31. Wed, 8pm. Free. greenvillesc.gov/210/Fidelity-Moonlight-Movies

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT

Photograph courtesy of the Greenville Young Artist Orchestra

z Life in medieval ages England may not have been quite this humorous—there was that whole plague thing—however even a rat deserves a laugh or two. Loosely adapted from the 1975 classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot follows the trials and tribulations of King Arthur and his faithful servant Patsy as they search for knights to join the famous Round Table—only to run into a bevy of farcical situations and zany characters that, in many ways, are only fit for a king.

Chapman Cultural Center, 200 E St John St, Spartanburg.

May 5–14. Fri–Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. Adult, $30; senior, $27; student, $20.

(864) 542-2787, chapmanculturalcenter.org

2017 ARTBOMB SPRING SHOW

z West Greenville’s own collaborative art space invites you to spend an evening in the garden with some of the Upstate’s most talented artistic visionaries. The yearly art show is set to debut an amalgam of all-new pieces by its collective of crafters; offerings include handmade jewelry, paintings, photography, mixed media, and more. Live music is also on tap.

ArtBomb Studios, 1320 Pendleton St, Greenville.

Sat, May 20, 6:30–9:30pm. artbombstudio.com

GREEK FESTIVAL

z Whether you hail from the Hellenic Republic or just down the street, you’ll be welcomed with open arms—and a plate full of delicious food. Pick your poison from a variety of freshly made pastries, including baklava and kataifi, hefty servings of roast lamb, moussaka, spanakopita, and authentic Greek cuisine. Get your Greek on!

Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 406 N Academy St, Greenville.

May 18–21. Thurs–Sun. $1 admission. greekforaday.com

GALLABRAE—GREENVILLE SCOTTISH GAMES

z The sound of bagpipes lilting through the air. A cool breeze under your kilt. The South meets the Scot at this yearly spring festival. Starting with the Great Scot! Parade through downtown Greenville, the party carries on into the weekend with the Border Collie Invitationals, a Miss Greenville Scottish Games for the lasses, and tartan-themed athletic competition.

They might take away your breath, but they can’t take away your good time.

Parade: Main St, Greenville. Fri, May 26, 6pm. Free. Games: Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville. Sat, May 27, 8:30am–8pm.

Adult, $15; ages 6–12, $8; under 5, free. gallabrae.com

Shoulder to Shoulder

Greenville’s Young Artist Orchestra joins forces with their Greenville Symphony Orchestra counterparts to perform a pair of classic selections, including a piece by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns and Carl Nielsen’s Aladdin.

Youth violinist Sam Parrini will be spotlighted in this delightful meeting of the generations.

Gunter Theatre at the Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville.

Sat, May 13, 7:30pm. $10-$27.

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The Gunter Theatre was teeming with local arts supporters as they gathered for the annual Metropolitan Arts Council meeting and presentation of the TD Bank Business and the Arts Partnership Awards. The event was a celebration of MAC’s accomplishments from 2016. The past year was MAC’s most successful one, and the organization honored several companies, including the Community Journals, and individuals who helped them surpass their goals.

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The Poinsett Club provided an elegant backdrop for the annual Community Foundation Brunch.

More than 100 people, including the Community Foundation’s major donors, fund holders, and Legacy Society members, came together and enjoyed a delicious brunch. Rhett Mabry, president of the Duke Endowment, gave the keynote address and several awards were given out.

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In celebration of the Community Journal’s 2017 Behind the Counter special edition magazine, more than 200 people gathered in the Village of West Greenville. This year marked the 15th anniversary of the publication that features several of the Upstate’s businesses. In addition to honoring each of the businesses in the 2017 edition, guests enjoyed food from Season’s Café and The Anchorage and dessert from JB Proof’s Ice Cream and Nothing Bundt Cakes.

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Guests gathered at the Metropolitan Art Council’s gallery to celebrate the opening of Sylvie Bucher’s latest exhibit “Urban Trail.” Using several media, including book pages, Bucher brings life to various utilitarian devices around Greenville, making the ordinary an extraordinary sight.

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Kelly Margueritte McDonald & Tate Weston Zeigler June 18, 2016

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e’ve heard it time and again—“every end has a new beginning” or “the best is yet to come.” Though these phrases can become shrouded in cliché, they’re anchored in time-tested truths only revealed when we look back over the seasons of our lives. Fortunately for Kelly McDonald, she didn’t have to look very far. After seven years as a teacher in Washington D.C., Kelly was leaving the first school she had ever taught in. Her last day was doomed to be a little dismal,

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something boyfriend Tate Zeigler was determined to alter. That day, Tate showed up at her apartment with a ring in hand, asking Kelly to be his wife. Not only did he include videos from friends and family giving entertaining marriage advice and their congratulations, he also transformed Kelly’s going-away party into an engagement party—hosted by the very friend who had introduced them. The couple’s ceremony and reception

Family Ties: Kelly McDonald and Tate Zeigler enjoyed a Raleigh wedding full of special touches, including her father’s cousin officiating the ceremony.

took place at the Pavilion at the Angus Barn in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the same day as Kelly’s grandparents’ wedding anniversary, and featured a giant lawn Jenga game as the wedding guest book. The two recently purchased a home on James Island in Charleston, where Kelly is an ESOL teacher and Tate works for South Carolina Ports Authority.

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Weddings Nancy Kuhne & Adam “West” Lee November 4, 2016 Rarely do we associate tragedy with happiness, but great beauty can blossom out of our sorrow—it’s one of life’s deepest mysteries. Nancy Kuhne and West Lee had both suffered serious loss, but through it they found each other and formed a friendship that withstood the test of time. After six years as close friends, a trip to Washington D.C. and a move back to South Carolina for Nancy changed everything. One calm summer evening, West sent Nancy and her friend out to dinner in Charleston while he plotted the perfect proposal. When they returned, Nancy was greeted by a trail of rose petals and pictures leading to her two dogs in wedding veils and West down on one knee. To avoid wedding planning pressure, they hosted a surprise ceremony and reception. When guests arrived at West’s parents’ Walhalla land for what they thought was an engagement party, they experienced a magical wedding instead. Nancy and West currently split their time between Columbia and Charleston, where West works with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Nancy is the director of development for Charleston’s Habitat for Humanity.

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Asheton Reid & Gary Piotrowski December 17, 2016 Some of the best love songs have come from the hard-hitting melodies of ZZ Top, Aerosmith, and Journey. So it should come as no surprise that Asheton Reid, a true rock-n-roll aficionado, would find love at first sight.

Gary Piotrowski and Asheton met through mutual friends, and after laying eyes on each other, nothing was ever the same. Almost three years after they started dating, a trip to Asheville found Gary and Asheton in the North Carolina Arboretum’s vibrant Quilt Garden. It was there, surrounded by lush greenery and colorful flowers, that Gary got down on one knee.

Through joyful tears, Asheton said, “YES!” A rock-n-roll themed ceremony and reception were held at the Old Cigar Warehouse. The celebration was jam-full of tunes by ZZ Top, George Thorogood, and other rockers.

Asheton and Gary reside in Greenville, where she is the owner of RockerBelles Boutique and he is a mechanical engineer with InTech.

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Liz Hilliker & Robert Hodges February 4, 2017 It might be a simple saying, but Robert Hodges’ third time meeting Liz Hilliker certainly charmed him. The two had crossed paths twice, each time consisting of polite small talk. Then one evening when Liz was hanging out with his roommate, Robert had to come to the rescue due to a lost wallet. On this third chance encounter, Liz and Robert hit it off right away, talking for the remainder of the evening. Ten months later, Robert asked Liz if she wanted to grab dinner in Brevard with a short stop by their favorite pasture. The sunflower-dotted field became the ideal landscape for Robert to ask Liz to be his forever, and they ended the evening in Greenville where their friends and family waited. The ceremony and reception took place at the Old Cigar Warehouse. The couple lives in Greenville, where Liz is a counselor at Carolina High School and Robert is the general manager of Soby’s on the Side.

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Quite a Pair: Carlisle Mercado (left) and Sellers Grantham have created a collection of more than 20 illustrated poems, including Grill Story (right).

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Art & Letters Creative duo Carlisle Mercado and Sellers Grantham combine print and poetry in storybook collaboration An SC Story / by Abby Moore Keith // portrait by J. Aaron Greene

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ellers Grantham and Carlisle Mercado have a knack for creative expression. Poet and painter, respectively, these local ladies have poured their love of simple living into a collaboration of visual art and words titled An SC Story, a collection of illustrated poems available in print and digital form this month.

A creative match made in artistic heaven, Carlisle—who was tracing Peanuts cartoons at age five—and Sellers—who penned an ice cream– themed poem at age three—met through mutual colleagues. “She was a writer and I was an illustrator,” says Carlisle. “We were constantly talking about different concepts.”

Originally from Southern California, Carlisle studied studio art at Bob Jones University, and after getting married, she and her husband settled down in the area, where they have family roots. Sellers is a Greenville native, and after finishing her degree at Furman, pursued a career in public relations with Oscar de la Renta. Though her job shipped her to the likes of Dallas, New York, London, and the south of France, she’s currently home pursuing a master’s degree in clinical social work.

The pair’s local presence partnered with their artistic background led them to the concept for An SC Story. “At one point, I was reading one of my four-line poetry vignettes to Carlisle, and she was immediately drawn to the imagery,” says Sellers. “Neither of us had pressing commissions at the time, so really, it was just perfect timing.”

The poems came first, crafted by Sellers into simple vignettes, each prefaced with the phrase: “I wish for you.” Her verses are packed with bold alliteration that rolls sweetly off the tongue—“songs sung off key, scrubbed into a memory”—and evoke hope-filled scenes Carlisle brings to life with her mixed-media illustrations. Her figures are whimsical, with dominant, unusual features, and characterful expressions.

When asked what the “SC” in the title represents, the response is multifaceted. “It’s for South Carolina, because it’s home,” says Sellers.

“Also, Carlisle’s from Southern California, and ‘SC’ are our initials as well. So many roots with these two letters!”

But with Sellers’ fluid voice and Carlisle’s eccentric prints, “SC” might as well stand for “simply charming.” Just like its title, the essence of An SC Story represents much more. These lovely ladies have managed to capture the magic behind the common experience—like backyard barbecues and brand-new bars of soap and church choir on Sunday mornings—it’s why their collaboration is so compelling. Sellers’ and Carlisle’s talents combined create an honest piece of artwork that celebrates the simplicity found in each stage of life. An SC Story? Of course. But in truth, it’s everyone’s story.

Experience An SC Story at Art & Light Gallery on Thursday, May 4, from 6:30–8 p.m. To purchase prints, follow @anscstory on Instagram.

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Be Like Mike Just in from L.A., The Warehouse Theatre’s new producing artistic director comes back to his theatrical roots / by Jac Valitchka // photograph by Will Crooks

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ike Sablone is three months fresh out of Los Angeles, arriving in Greenville as the new producing artistic director for the Warehouse Theatre. He has worn plenty of (important) hats in his career that started with journalism in Rhode Island (the police beat was not for him, he discovered) until he found that he could actually get paid for his favorite activity of reading (and then developing) plays by becoming a dramaturg. His work includes the development of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which earned a Tony Award nod.

Even with photo ops with the famous— Matt Damon (from Promised Land, for which Sablone was co-producer in 2012) and The Office’s John Krasinski (an old friend and with whom he was director of development for Krasinki’s production company, Sunday Night)—he’s got plenty to look forward to here, especially the Warehouse’s upcoming season.

Sablone, effused by a morning run (though he strikes one as a naturally energetic), took a moment before taking his staff out to lunch to sit down for a chat:

“It feels like I’ve lived here for both five minutes and five years. One of the reasons I was so excited to take the job is that this felt like home to me.”—Mike Sablone

So, I keep hearing you’re from Los Angeles, is that right? >> I spent 12 years there, but no, I’m not from L.A. I spent five years in New York before that. If you had told me when I was growing up that I would spend almost 20 years living in New York and L.A., I would have assumed there was a disaster that made everyone live in those places. It tickles me to think that most of my life was spent in those two places, but I’m from Massachusetts.

Back in the day, one might have asked, ‘Why would you move to Greenville?’ but not anymore as this town is great, no? >> People do say ‘Why would you want to move here from L.A.?’ and I want to say, ‘Don’t sell your town short. And, I think your version of Los Angeles might not be Los Angeles.’ (laughs) I did theatre in L.A. for seven or eight years and then I switched to film and TV, and it was a hard decision,

Play Time: With a career as a dramaturg—and partnerships with the likes of John Krasinski— Mike Sablone enters The Warehouse Theatre with a depth of know-how from both stage and screen. ))) TO READ MORE INTERVIEWS, GO TO TOWNCAROLINA.COM

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but it was one that I made because I had a great opportunity working with a friend who was one of my oldest friends and collaborators who was starting a production company, and I thought if I’m going to do it, I’ll try it here. I wanted to take the dramaturgy that I was doing in theatre and apply it to film and TV, which I did and was successful, but the thing about the film and TV industry is that you have to sort of be everything to everyone, and I was missing the conversation with an audience and immediacy of live theatre.

And that friend you’re talking about was John Krasinski? How did you meet? >> I’ve known John for almost 20 years now.

We met while we were both living in Providence, and working together was a dream, especially considering we were both unemployed struggling artists living in New York, dreaming of the days in which we’d get paid, someday, maybe, hopefully, to practice our art. Our production company was called Sunday Night, in honor of the late nights spent dreaming about that future. He is incredibly encouraging as a boss, friend, and collaborator, and his encouragement and enthusiasm help make the impossible possible.

And judging from photos of you online, you’ve shared the same breathing space as Matt Damon. >> The best thing about the people I’ve worked with, famous or not, is that everyone is there for the same reasons: to tell stories that matter in the best possible way. Working on independent movies, you’re all there in service of the story and everyone is an equal, so in that way producing Promised Land and The Hollars felt like theatre to me. Matt Damon, Margo Martindale, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins—they all got their start in theatre, and they all continue to act in plays, or to produce, or to direct, or just in general support the arts. It was always great to talk with them about theatre they had just seen or had done.

So, please tell me what exactly a dramaturg is or does. >> Dramaturgy is a thing that, I think, I’ve been talking to my parents about for 20 years and I think they might almost have a handle on what it is. So I never assume anyone understands when I’m like, ‘Here’s a word you’ve never heard of and that’s my career’ and people are like, ‘That’s a made up word.’ (laughs) It’s basically an editor for new plays. My main job as a dramaturg is to make sure that what is in the writer’s head is on the page; the best version of her play is realized. In film and TV, there’s a lot of ‘Sure, but also we would like to make a billion dollars so maybe she doesn’t know what’s best.’ That’s a bummer because the artist is who knows what’s best for the art.

Did you know anyone here before you made the leap across the country? >> I know people that had worked here. I had friends in the area—in the Asheville, Clemson, Charlotte triangle. It feels like I’ve lived here for both five minutes and five years. Everyone has been so kind and lovely and familiar. One of the reasons I was so excited to take the job is that this felt like home to me. Across the board—from the staff to the donors to the ticket buyers to the artists.

And I’m guessing yours is not a “nine to five” job by any means? >> The job sort of never stops. Which is amazing because it doesn’t feel like a job. If someone had told me you get to spend 24 hours a day thinking about theatre, reading about theatre, talking about theatre with artists and staff and ticket buyers that you love and respect. . . . It’s a dream.

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Birmingham, Alabama is no exception. While the history of its violent civil rights past is well memorialized, Birmingham’s future is being written through the lens of hospitality.

Just shy of its two-year grand opening anniversary, the Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook serves as the ideal hub to explore all Birmingham has to offer. Featuring upscale, design-centric accommodations, the 100-room boutique hotel affords travelers ample opportunity to taste diverse flavors while enjoying the unique experiences of a city listed by the New York Times as one of the 52 Places to Go in 2017.

The hotel is a piece of an artistically themed property portfolio founded by developer and arts supporter Richard Kessler. Its 2,600-square-foot art gallery and attached sculpture garden is the largest in the Kessler Collection and features more than 100 works by local Alabama artists and internationally acclaimed masters in a diverse array of mediums and styles.

Habitat Feed & Social, the hotel’s rooftop restaurant, emphasizes regional and seasonal dishes such as roasted baby beets and maple-lacquered duck breast. The restaurant’s Sunday Brunch features short ribs and eggs, skillet-seared trout and polenta, and a Corpse Reviver #2 with gin, Lillet Blanc, Cointreau, lime juice, and a hint of absinthe. For a sneak peek behind the culinary scenes, the hotel offers patrons wine-blending classes and a cooking school.

Stroll outside the grounds to the Bohemian’s acrossthe-street neighbor the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, a sixty-seven acre wonderland of twenty-seven gardens and more than 3,000 plants. Open year-round, the garden offers free admission, although some educational classes such as “Tipsy Terrariums,” where guests build a tabletop garden while sipping wine, carry a small fee.

Drive to downtown Birmingham, a short ten-minute trip from the hotel, where you will find a surprising

Photographs (3 of hotel) courtesy of the Grand Bohemian Mountain Brook Hotel

The Grand Bohemian’s Mountain Brook Hotel brings a boost to the Birmingham scene / by Steven Tingle

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variety of culinary flavors. The recently opened Pizitz Food Hall, a 20,000 square foot “foodie heaven,” features twelve food stalls and two full-service restaurants with everything from Ethiopian dishes, Asian dumplings, and banh mi to poké, waffles, and gravy and biscuits. Roots & Revelry, in the newly remodeled Thomas Jefferson Tower, presents a PB&J like no other—open-faced with homemade cashew butter and pork belly seared with quince jelly. For craft cocktails with a retro vibe, the Atomic Lounge is a Midcentury Modern bar with a kitschy twist, and customers can don a costume—the shark or the Princess Leia come highly recommended—from the bar’s collection. A three-minute walk from the Atomic takes you to El Barrio, where the grilled chorizo meatloaf with Cotija-mashed potatoes recalls Sunday dinner at grandma’s (if grandma didn’t take reservations and had a line of hungry patrons stretched down the block).

For a nightcap, the Grand Bohemian’s rooftop terrace, complete with fire pits, illuminated furniture, and decor straight out of an Alice in Wonderland acid trip, is one of the city’s funkiest places to see and be seen. After a day of such diverse experiences, it’s easy to forget where you are. It’s called Birmingham, Alabama, and it’s surprisingly cool.

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Wisdom of Youth Artisphere presented by TD Bank shows the advanced work of Greenville County art students / by Lindsay Niedringhaus

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ach May, Artisphere, presented by TD Bank, brings talented artists from all over the nation to downtown Greenville. It’s been named a “Top Ten” fine art show by Art Fair Sourcebook, as well as among the “Top Twenty Events” by the Southeast Tourism Society.

Some may find it surprising, then, that at the epicenter of this downtown festival is a collection of works from the 14 area high schools in Greenville County. Just a few years ago, Kerry Murphy, executive director of Artisphere, had the idea to include high school students’ work within the festival.

“The Greenville County high schools’ art show had taken place in a variety of areas for a few years,” explains Murphy.

“We had the space, so it just made sense to fold it into Artisphere. This was completely in line with our mission—to foster the growth of Greenville’s future artists.”

Greenville County’s art teachers, of course, quickly agreed to the partnership, and the rest is history. “Our students are incredibly lucky to be afforded this opportunity, as thousands of spectators attending Artisphere visit our high school show,” says Bradley Wingate, academic specialist for visual and performing arts in Greenville County. “The visibility our students’ artwork gets through this experience is once-in-a-lifetime.”

Creative Genius: Here, we present a sampling of the caliber of student work that will be on display at this year’s festival: (above center) Marquez Drummond, Fishman Samurai; (left) Angel Reese, Broken House; (center) Tori Applegate, Self-portrait; (right) Jessie Smith, At the Fair. Artisphere, presented by TD Bank, May 12–14, in downtown Greenville.

Fishman Samurai by Marquez Drummond, 11th grade at Woodmont High School / “To be good at art—to create and solve problems and think outside the box—you can’t just learn that by copying pictures. I want to be able to make amazing art that makes people smile, not just by drawing a picture they already have on their camera, but through a once-in-a-lifetime experience of my creativity.”

Broken House by Angel Reese, 11th grade at Berea High School / “I chose an old rundown house as my subject matter to express the emotional storm that typically runs through me daily. I hope when someone looks at the Broken House that they realize though this house is rundown, it can be rebuilt and become new to someone. I’ve had to come from a ‘broken house’ and make something of my own self.”

Self-portrait by Tori Applegate, 11th grade at Hillcrest High School / “My dad passed away a little over a year ago, and he is the reason I draw. I was very nervous to do a self-portrait . . . I guess because I am a perfectionist and I know what I look like. It’s different drawing someone else for fun. I chose to do my self-portrait with me hanging upside down because not many people see me as the kind of girl who would do that. I’m hoping to study art therapy in college.”

At the Fair by Jessie Smith, 11th grade at Carolina High School & Academy / “Photography, for me, is a way to store moments that are later forgotten and to show other people my world. I wasn’t even looking for something to photograph; the beauty of the scenery just inspired me to take this photo. People stare at their phones and forget to look up sometimes. I’m trying to show them what they are missing.”

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Greenville author and Governor’s School chair Scott Gould chats about his first book Strangers to Temptation

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f you don’t know Scott Gould, you’d think he was just some ball-cap-wearin’, PBRdrinkin’ Lowcountry good ol’ boy. Can’t judge a book—until you can. Gould’s acclaimed Strangers to Temptation, a collection of short stories, comes out this month from Spartanburg’s Hub City Press.

A TOWN contributor and 13-year chair of the creative writing program at the Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, the too-humble author owns two master’s degrees and tons of accolades.

On a warm, breezy afternoon in downtown Greenville, Gould, 57, talked about his debut collection, of which 10 stories previously appeared in major literary periodicals. Over beers, Gould’s interview went like this, though much-distilled:

Short stories, rather than a novel? >> Today, you can’t get a collection published unless the stories are linked, unless they have the same narrator.

I feel like I created this almost novelistic world, rather than 13 little short-story worlds. The thing I’m most proud of, I think I did a fairly good job of capturing that time and that place.

Which time, what place? >> It’s this kid telling these stories as a grown-up, looking back to when he was just 13, 14 years old in the early ’70s.

There’s a story—this really happened—we’d be playing baseball by the railroad tracks. The black kids from the other side of the tracks would toss rocks into the baseball field because they had no place to play. This was segregation; the tracks were the tracks. It’s real.

So this kid’s trying to navigate changing relationships with music, race, religion, girls, life, and death. His father’s a Vietnam vet who drinks a little, his mother’s a nurse. He’s pulled all these different ways.

“Fiction’s about finding a piece of the truth you know well enough to lie about.”

—Scott Gould How’d these stories come together? >> A couple of summers ago, I was getting ready to work on a bigger project, and so I needed to warm up. I started writing and said, ‘I’m going to do a short story, set it in Kingstree, and match it up with those others I’ve got.’ I ended up writing five, just boom, boom, boom. Then I said, ‘Wow, I’ve got something here.’

The book’s autobiographical? >> The real parts of it are the place where it’s set, the time it’s set.

Other than that, bits and pieces are real. Fiction’s about finding a piece of the truth you know well enough to lie about. I know that place, and I know those people, so I can make up stories.

Pen to Paper: Strangers to Temptation, Scott Gould’s first collection of short stories, is available at the Hub City Bookshop & Press in Spartanburg as well as M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers in downtown Greenville. Read an excerpt from Strangers to Temptation on page 61.

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MAC Daddy As its tireless advocate, Alan Ethridge turns the Greenville arts scene on its head / by Andrew Huang // photograph by Paul Mehaffey

Alan Ethridge would rather not talk about himself.

The normally impish executive director of the Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC) instead wears a deadly serious look as he attempts to demur. It doesn’t matter that this is supposed to be a profile about him. Instead, Ethridge would rather talk about the arts organization he helms.

To be sure, there is plenty to talk about when it comes to MAC. The arts organization is in its 43rd year and has become a onestop-shop for supporting Greenville’s entire arts community, regardless of the discipline of art or the experience of the artist. A generous and egalitarian grants program, arts advocacy, marketing assistance for artists and art groups, community outreach programs, and cultural programming form the backbone of MAC’s efforts.

Ethridge rattles off an impressive list of highlights: a growing endowment that surpassed the $1 million mark in 2016; another record-breaking year for MAC’s grants program, with more than $430,000 awarded in 2016 alone; a roster of more than 1,300 individual artists and 50 arts organizations supported by MAC; and more.

He gushes about the success MAC has had, attributing it to several things. “I’ve been incredibly blessed with great board chairs: Mike Zeller of Jackson Marketing Group, Mark Johnston of Community Journals, Mary Hipp, and Charles Ratterree. They’re very motivated, passionate individuals who love the arts and want to see the organization succeed,” he says.

Art(s) Work: Ethridge has piloted the MAC ship for more than 10 years, surrounded by a staff and board providing grants, arts advocacy, marketing assistance, community outreach, and cultural programming.

Since its inception in 1973, the Metropolitan Arts Council has been a progressive advocate for the arts community. Under Ethridge’s leadership, MAC’s endowment surpassed $1 million in 2016, with more than $430,000 in grants awarded last year alone.

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There’s also the composition of the board.

“We have people on that board in their twenties and almost in their eighties, and from every business sector on the planet. It’s a very diverse board, and that’s the way you want it. Every one of those board members is an advocate for us.”

Ethridge also concedes the fortune of being in the right place at the right time: “It’s kind of a confluence of a lot of great factors like civic pride, a philanthropic spirit, and a passion for the arts.”

What hasn’t made Ethridge’s list is any mention of his own leadership. It is a noticeable omission because he has helmed MAC since 2006, and whether he cares to admit it, MAC’s successes are inextricably entwined with Ethridge.

For those who have only seen Ethridge, this humility and deference might seem out of character.

After all, Ethridge is rarely out of the public eye.

On any given night, he’s likely attending three or four events, often while decked out in flamboyant outfits. On the strength of his charisma and his wardrobe, Ethridge is always a focal point, the life of the party.

But for those who know Alan, his humility and deference aren’t at odds with his conspicuous presence. Ethridge’s prominence is instead a function of his enthusiasm for the arts. After all, his public appearances are almost always at galleries or opening nights, and wherever he might be, Ethridge takes every opportunity to engage on behalf of MAC and advocate for Greenville’s artists.

Charles Ratterree, MAC’s current board chairman and a close friend of Ethridge, gives context to the value of omnipresence. “There’s nowhere in Greenville you don’t see Alan, and that commitment to presence is so powerful,” says Ratterree. “When you talk to him, he’s so enthusiastic about art in the community of Greenville, in all shapes and sizes, and it causes people to have enthusiasm for what happens here. That’s why Alan’s been so successful as an ambassador for the arts.”

“From time to time, arts organizations need a voice in public policy. Alan is never one to shrink from that role. He’s relentless when he has to be. And that’s a good thing.”

—Mayor Knox White

Ratterree’s description of Ethridge as an ambassador is an apt one. Over the course of his tenure, Ethridge has built relationships throughout the community and unified what once was a fragmented arts scene. MAC’s intentionally diverse board is one example of Ethridge’s vision for a wide-ranging arts coalition, but he has also overseen outreach programs that nurture young artists in schools (SmartARTS) and encourage young professionals to become art patrons (MAConnect).

Mayor Knox White echoes Ratterree: “There was a time when people doubted the value of an arts organization like MAC. No more! Under his tireless leadership, Alan and MAC have shown that the arts in Greenville are strongest when artists and all creative groups work together— causing all of the ships to rise. From time to time, arts organizations need a voice in public policy.

Alan is never one to shrink from that role, either.

He’s relentless when he has to be. And that’s a good thing.”

“Less than one quarter of 1 percent of MAC’s funding comes from the South Carolina Arts Commission and the NEA,” Ratterree continues.

“Our donor base is our friends and family in Greenville. Our funding comes from the people that live next door to you. Those are the people that make the arts in Greenville go.”

These aren’t one-time supporters either. Of MAC’s 1,100-plus donors, more than 80 percent are repeat donors. “It really is about the personal relationships Alan and his staff have with the Greenville community,” says Ratterree.

All those facets boil down to a philosophy that underpins and informs Ethridge’s leadership: art should be for the entire community.

“It’s not like I made this conscious decision that art should be for everyone,” Ethridge protests. “It’s just that I believe it’s absolutely unconscionable that tickets to a play like Hamilton are as expensive as they are. That makes art elitist. But on the other hand, that kind of stuff is counterbalanced by things locally like First Fridays and Open Studios and Downtown Alive. Whether you buy a piece of art or not, at least you can experience seeing art or hearing a band for free.”

From the perspective that art is for everyone, Ethridge is entirely justified for downplaying his impact. The Greenville community—this collective of donors, patrons, artists, and enthusiasts—is responsible for supporting MAC and expanding Greenville’s cultural footprint. But if that’s the case, then Ethridge must also allow that he has been responsible for nurturing that community.

And that accomplishment is worthy of all the praise he is reluctant to accept.

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Cold Comfort Seeking shelter from the summer heat in a ’72 Lincoln Continental, a young boy begins to understand life’s harsher realities / by Scott Gould // photography by Katie Fen ske // Excerpt from “The AC” in Strangers to Temptation

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he long summer I dabbled in religious ecstasy, Eddie Baxley’s 1972 gray Lincoln Continental was the only thing in our neighborhood with decent air conditioning. This was the big, heavy model with suicide doors, the ones hinged toward the middle of the car, in the wrong place, it seemed to me. Once the weather went full-on hot in mid-June, my father spent most of his afternoons in the Lincoln. He’d fill an empty spackling bucket with Old Milwaukee cans and ice chips and march (a military pace with as much good posture as he could muscle) across the street to Eddie’s yard, where the Lincoln sat large and looming on the little rise above the sidewalk. Eddie Baxley owned a garage for years and years, so he’d run across good deals on nice cars every month or so. The Lincoln he got for a steal. An old lady from Andrews let it run empty of oil and the engine seized just off Highway 527. She told Eddie she’d had enough of big, ugly cars and he could have the Lincoln for five hundred dollars. Eddie died six months after he had the Lincoln running again. Between Christmas and New Year’s, a heart attack hit him while he lay on his mechanics creeper beneath a Ford pickup with a bad transaxle. My father slid him out by his bare white ankles

and said he’d never seen a more surprised look on a dead man’s face, like he’d discovered something important, like a new country.

I’ve never known whose idea it was to park the Lincoln in Eddie’s yard and sit in the waves of cold air and watch the neighborhood shimmer in the heat on the other side of the windshield. But it sounds like something my father would’ve dreamed up. He was a smart man, smart enough to never put decent skin in any game he happened to play. Which is why I can see him talking Eunice Baxley into making the Lincoln the coldest place on our street and letting him set up shop with his bucket of beer. But it might’ve been her idea. She had been a stranger to the outside world since her husband died under the Ford. Maybe she arrived at the point that she just wanted someone to talk to. Because as far as we could tell, that’s what my father and Eunice did in the front seat of the Lincoln— talk away the afternoons while the cool air blew on them.

They kept the windows cracked so they wouldn’t die. And they didn’t have to worry about wasting gas because they got all they needed for free, from McGill’s Esso station out on Highway 52. The entire town knew Mr. McGill had family money and ran the Esso station for fun. At least that’s what my old man said. Mr. McGill sipped Old Crow and Sprite from a coffee mug most of the day, so when it came time to close down the station and turn off the lights, he could never seem to remember to shut off the pumps. He would walk away and leave things running all night. My old man would sneak over to the Esso station long after dark and fill the big tank on the Lincoln. He wasn’t the only one. A dozen or so people in town knew that McGill was too buzzed to shut M AY 2 0 1 7 / 6 1

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Holder down his pumps at closing time, and they helped themselves to some fuel as well. Everybody said McGill could spare a little, with all he had. I have come to understand now that these people saw the free gasoline as reparations for a long-since-gone offense of some nature. It was an easy, innocent revenge.

When I had twenty-five cents I felt I could part with, I sat in the back seat of the Lincoln and listened to my dad and Eunice talk. It reminded me of a kind of church. They talked in low tones, in that adult code that I had only begun to decipher. I thought if I sat there long enough, the words would start to mean something important, something I hadn’t learned to figure out by myself. My mother had dragged me with her to the Kingstree Methodist Church every Sunday morning for as long as I could remember. The words there were different, all wrapped up in stained glass and candle wax and little bread cubes on a tray. There, I listened to Reverend Scoggins talk about god and the devil and the existence of miracles in the real world. And when I had a quarter in my pocket, I listened to Eunice Baxley rant about the weather her husband tolerated in Korea and to my dad go on about Vietnam and tiny men in black pajamas. I remember thinking at the time that the Lincoln would probably do a better job than Reverend Scoggins of getting me to heaven, as long as there was enough free gas at McGill’s Esso to make the trip. This was the summer religion started to confuse me.

My mother wasn’t pleased about the admission fee to the Lincoln. “I can’t believe you charge your own son to sit in that car,” she said one evening, without looking at him. She rarely made eye contact when they discussed each other’s shortcomings. I imagined she thought his eyes possessed some sort of magical x-ray power, and if she stared into them for too long, she would lose bodily functions. Granted, his eyes were strange and growing more different each day—darker and sunk deeper in his head. By the summer of the Lincoln, he was rail thin from his relentless stomach problems, and the eyes seemed to burrow backwards little by little while the rest of him retreated to the surface of his bones.

“I’m teaching these youngsters a life lesson,” he said. “You want to be comfortable, you need to check the price tag. If you want a little cool air across your neck, you got to pay for that pleasure. Pleasure costs.” He paused. “The cold air is a metaphor, you see.”

“Maybe you can save up all those quarters you’re taking from the neighborhood and buy us an air conditioner. This fan won’t be much pleasure come August,” she said back, and she was right. The house was hot all the time now, and the little fans my mother planted in the rooms hummed day and night, doing nothing more than stir up the hot air. The noise from all of them running and oscillating made our house sound like the world’s largest active beehive. I learned to sleep without moving a muscle, which I thought was somehow cooler in the midst of the swelter. I taught myself to sleep inside the noise.

But my father wasn’t saving the money. He used the quarters to buy more Old Milwaukees at the IGA food store. Sometimes the line to get into the Lincoln would be a half dozen kids long. Never any adults, always kids.

We each bought a half hour for twenty-five cents, and my dad would only let two at a time into the big back seat, because, he said, he “wanted us to have enough room to stretch out and really enjoy the cold.” I received special treatment because I was his son. I was allowed to go solo in the back seat.

And sometimes he would let me stay more than a half hour. The inside of the Lincoln smelled like beer and pine trees. I liked to shut my eyes and feel the air moving across my skin and pretend I was at the North Pole. I listened without looking, imagining the words blowing in the air.

“You realize Eddie would tell us this isn’t really cold here in this car,” Eunice Baxley said. “You don’t know cold, he would tell us, until you are sitting waist deep in a mud hole that’s got ice floating on top of it and wondering if your toes are still attached to your feet and wondering if those infidel Chinese are going to run over the hill at you, but then you get to thinking that they are cold too because for all the things Chinamen ain’t got, they do have toes and their boots ain’t no better than yours and so Eddie figured their toes are freezing off so there will be no running involved with what they had heard was the impending invasion of mud holes by said Chinamen. That’s what he’d say. If he were here.” When Eunice became a spokesman for her deceased husband, she tried to spill out everything in one thin, desperate breath, like she wasn’t sure she’d be allowed the chance to draw another. I supposed that’s the way you begin to think when your husband rolls underneath a Ford one afternoon and never comes back.

Word(s) on the Street: For more from Scott Gould, pick up a copy of Strangers to Temptation at M. Judson Booksellers and Storytellers in Greenville or the Hub City Bookshop & Press in Spartanburg.

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STYLE CENTRAL ALL THINGS STYLISH / UNIQUE / EXTRAORDINARY / EDITED BY LAURA LINEN

Photograph by Paul Mehaffey; model: Elizabeth Self; hair amd make-up by Isabelle Schreier

ON ELIZABETH: Blue zircon studs in rose gold, $2,120; opal, paraiba, tsavorite, and garnet jackets in yellow gold, $16,960; yellow diamond bead necklace in yellow gold, $1,378. blue diamond bead necklace in white gold, $1,484; designed by Sydney Strong for llyn strong fine jewelry.

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THE LOOK

Beauty Queens Mother and daughter rule in timeless style

Special thanks to mother-daughter model team Kay and Elizabeth Self; hair & make-up by Isabelle Schreier / Belle Maquillage

/ styled by Laura Linen // photography by Paul Mehaffey

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THIS PAGE ON ELIZABETH (LYING DOWN): Pique halter sundress, $125. By Lilly Pulitzer; nude slingbacks, $55. By Kate Spade, all from Labels Designer Consignments; Ursa Major sterling silver and yellow gold cuff, $6,360. From the Constellation Collection by llyn strong fine jewelry.

ON KAY: Gold floral sundress, $125. By Lilly Pulitzer; nude peep-toe kitten heels, $520. By Valentino, all from Labels Designer Consignments; Moonstone Modullyn strand, $3,657, and South Sea pearl, $2,120. Necklace designed by llyn strong fine jewelry; vintage pearl drop earrings, model’s own. Graphite settee, $1,099. By Fairfield, from Old Colony Furniture.

THIS PAGE: Navy and gray striped q-zip sweater, $135. By Westwood, from Southern Tide; Sid straight jeans, $178. By Citizens of Humanity; Sadler loafer, $195. By Trask; Dapper watch, $249.

By Daniel Wellington; all from Smith & James; metallic chair, courtesy of The Village Grind.

OPPOSITE ON ELIZABETH: Cold-shoulder dress, $865. By Paule Ka, from Cole & Coleman; Capricorn necklace, $2,650; Ursa Major cuff, $6,360. Both from the Constellation Collection by llyn strong fine jewelry.

ON KAY: True blue twig lace dress, $368.

By Diane von Furstenburg, from Augusta Twenty; blue zircon studs in rose gold, $2,120; opal, paraiba, tsavorite, and garnet jackets in yellow gold, $16,960. From llyn strong fine jewelry; pearl bracelet, model’s own; nude peep-toe kitten heels, $520. By Valentino, from Labels Designer Consignments.

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THE ITEM

Off the Hook Stroll into summer with a breezy blazer // photograph by Paul Mehaf fey

COAT CHECK (LEFT TO RIGHT): linen and wool peach jacket, $795; linen and wool light blue jacket, $795. Both by H. Freeman, from Kostos Poulos Custom Tailor; Italian linen, cotton, and wool blend washed rose jacket, $395. By IBIZA; 100 percent REDA wool blue jacket, $396. By Blujacket, both from Smith & James; linen and wool blend red jacket, $995. By Coppley; 100 percent wool blue jacket, $795. By Empire, both from Rush Wilson Limited.

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THE GOODS

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GALLERY GLAM : 1. orange tape measure, $17.50 ; 2. tape measure bangles, $ 8 (small pink) , $12 (medium blue) , and $14 (large green); 3. feather tray, $18.75.

By Two’s Company; 4. Tagua nut pendant necklace, $46; 5. “M” letter cutout book, $18. All available for purchase at The Salon, Greenville County Museum of Art’s gift shop.

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Guess who spent $1.3 million on art in 2016...

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The Metropolitan Arts Council did.

MAC awarded $435,663 in grants to arts organizations, individual artists and arts education program.

MAC allocated $136,828 to resident artists for their services in Downtown Alive and in SmartARTS, its arts integration partnership with the Greenville County Schools.

Through Greenville Open Studios 2016, MAC coordinated the sale of $281,587 in art for the 131 participating artists.

MAC raised over $220,000 for its Endowment for the Arts, which will fund its grants program.

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MAC congratulates the 2016 TD Bank Business and the Arts Partnership Award and the 2016 MAC Award recipients.

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TD Bank has been the title sponsor of these awards since their inception in 2002. MAC is greatly appreciative of TD’s loyal and generous support.

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About TOWN

Each month, the Man About TOWN will share his Upstate rendezvous, which may or may not involve cocktails.

Die Hard The Man contemplates the source of his demise

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any years ago, I read a newspaper article that changed my life. It was about an elderly man who had been raking leaves in his backyard when he inadvertently stepped on the cracked lid of a septic tank, fell in, and was overcome by the fumes. The article went on to say that the man had lived through the Great Depression, fought in World War II, and worked as a carpenter until he retired at the age of 75. I remember finishing the piece and thinking, if a man like this could be killed by an underground vat of poop, someone as fragile as I seriously needs to watch his step.

Every morning while my coffee brews, I make a to-do list for the day. As someone who is well aware of his own limitations, the list never exceeds more than five or six items. Numbers two and three are reserved for work-related tasks such as “begin article that was due last week” or “file tax extension,” while lower items generally refer to home and personal care like “alphabetize bookshelf” and “mani-pedi.”

But every single day, the number one item on the list is always the same: Don’t die.

Some might argue that I don’t take this task seriously since I often skip my annual physical, consider charcuterie a major food group, and purchase Tanqueray by the barrel. Sure, I obviously could do more to improve my health and extend my life, but it’s not a far off death from heart disease or liver failure that worries me. It’s the bizarre and

unexpected means of expiration that keep me awake at night.

For years I could only speculate on the variety of accidental ways to die. But now this data is just an Internet search away, and it’s terrifying. Septic tanks, as well as elevators, escalators, golf balls, roller coasters, and falling coconuts kill multiple people each year. Even vending machines are merchants of death, toppling over and crushing an average of three people annually. And what about that stepladder in the closet? The wet tile in the bathroom? The cork in the bottle of Champagne chilling in the refrigerator? All seemingly innocuous objects just waiting to send me to an early grave unless I remain vigilant.

Recently, I read a article about a woman in South Africa who was out for a leisurely walk with her dog when she was trampled by a giraffe. “But the woman lived near a game preserve,” R.P. said after I showed her the article. “Yes,” I responded. “And I live less than half a mile from the zoo, and who knows what kind of security measures they have in place there!”

So if I’m playing in your foursome, chatting with you at a party, or strolling beside you at the park and seem distracted, please don’t take it personally. Like a Secret Service agent, I am always on full alert. Ready to dodge that golf ball, cork, or escaped giraffe that most people never see coming.

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In honor of Andrew Wyeth’s 100th birthday, the Greenville County Museum of Art has curated an exhibition not only of his work, but that of his family—father N.C., sisters Carolyn and Henriette, and son Jamie, who joined contributing editor Steven Tingle on a walk through the museum to paint a family portrait.

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Andrew Wyeth, Cranberries. Watercolor on paper, 1966.

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After Vardry McBee bought the lion’s share of the village in 1815, it didn’t take him long to continue harnessing the river for commercial use. McBee was, perhaps, the greatest and most ambitious entrepreneur the city has ever known. One of the first of his scores of local businesses was a stone gristmill on the edge of the upper Reedy Falls in 1816. He built a larger mill right next to it in 1829 (the foundation wall can still be seen along the riverwalk and are the oldest ruins in downtown).

Painted in 1973, Andrew Wyeth’s Ericksons depicts Greenville, just like any town of the era, the artist’s rural Maine neighbor and frequent subject, on grains as a staple of daily life.

George Erickson. The man sits in hisdepended kitchen, staring Gristmills, pensively to his right as the light from an unseenbuilt on seemingly any available stream or river, were a vital part of early window illuminates his face. In the background a white American (by 1860, South Carolina coffee cup rests atop a black wood stove and a society long averaged per county). Agriculture was hallway stretches deep into the house towards 40 a slightly a specialty of McBee’s, and his crops open door behind which, as the artist said, “something mysterious, perhaps unwholesome,”thrived. might await.

LikeThe most Southern farmers before pre-auction estimate for the paintingthe ranged Civilbetween War, he$4grew plenty of corn. His million and $6 million. But when theReedy gavel finally fell, it into hominy, grits, and mill turned the bidding had reached $10,344,000—a new record cornmeal to allow locals the convenience of for the artist and a reflection of whatprocessed one reviewer grains to make cooking easier. described as a “quintessential piece of Americana.”

I N T H E S P R I N G O F 2 0 0 7, Greenville’s first real manufacturing Andrew Wyeth grew up in a red brick building his celebrated auction house Christie’s New York presented industry also utilized the waterpower of father N.C. Wyeth, the famous illustrator, built for the sale #1938: Important American Paintings, Drawings, the river—although this time it wasn’t for family in 1911 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Andrew and Sculpture. The lots included works by Mary Cassatt, grains. For nearly a century, what is now was the youngest of five children and his skill as an Norman Rockwell, Edward Henry Potthast, and Georgia as the Peace Center complex was artist was guided by his father. But known while N.C.’s works O’Keeffe, among others. The bidding was brisk, and by the site of one of the busiest and most were chock-full of action and drama, Andrew’s pieces the end of the day, 139 of the 162 lots had sold. The successful businesses in Greenville’s early depicted absence, silence, and desperation—snowy O’Keeffe watercolor, an abstract blue spiral titled Blue In 1835, the Gower & Cox Wagon HAS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. GREENVILLE’S RIVER under STARTS landscapes darkened skies, ahistory. lonely barn, I, fetched more than $3 million, while Mary Cassatt’s REEDY andpainted Carriage WITH Children A FEWPlaying SPRINGS SEEPING OUT OF Both THE GROUND NORTH a fishing JUST net hung out to dry. Andrew his Factory was started by with a Dog sold for $6.2 million. blacksmithsthe Ebenezer Gower and Thomas surroundings, the countryside, the architecture, sales shatteredREST their highest estimates.

But IN TRAVELERS OFF pre-auction EBENEZER CHURCH ROAD. IT GATHERS neighbors, the hardscrabble life of Chadds andEbenezer’s younger brother while theBREADTH, O’Keeffe and Cassatt were playful M. Cox.Ford When STRENGTH, ANDworks FORCE AS ITand FLOWS—TOUCHING where he divided his time.

One of his vibrant, theOF day’sLIVES top lot was image of haunting Thomas Claghorn (T.C.) Gower joined the THOUSANDS BY an THE TIME IT REACHES rural ITS Maine MOST most IT famous paintings, Christina’s World, has they become loneliness FEATURE rendered in a palette of soft pinks andOF grays. company changed their name to the PROMINENT IN THE HEART THE CITY. MEANDERS American icon. Now in the Museum of Modern Gower, Cox and Gower Carriage Factory.

FOR 16 MILES TO LAKE CONESTEE, ULTIMATELY an CONTINUING FOR Art’s permanent collection, the 1948 work narrates In 1853, H.C. Markley became a ANOTHER 57 MILES TO LAKE GREENWOOD. THE COMPLEXITY OF Wyeth’s Maine neighbor Christina Olson, fourthcrippled partnerfrom in the business—then ITS USES AND ITS ENDURING PRESENCE IS WORTH REFLECTION. the waist down, dragging herself across a field toward named Gower, Cox and Markley Carriage WHETHER FOR REFRESHMENT, COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES, a gray house in the distance.

Factory—and they continued to prosper, ATTRACTIVE SCENIC VISTAS, OR JUST FOR RECREATION, THE the present three-and-a-half-story REEDY FLOWS THROUGH GREENVILLE’S HISTORY WITH VITAL uring his life, Andrew erecting enjoyed wide brick building in 1857, with a distinctive IMPORTANCE. IN MANY WAYS, THE FORTUNES AND FAILURES OF success, but was often bashed by critics D slanted roofline (now Larkin’s by the River BOTH THE RIVER AND THE CITY ARE INDELIBLY INTERTWINED. for that exact reason. In the 1950s, Restaurant).

The contemporary art opinion was embracingbuilding originally was used for carriage storage and display, with abstract expressionism and considered Wyeth a lower floor throwback. Some critics called him the too popular and serving as a blacksmith shop. ByAnd thewhile last decades of as thewriter nineteenth too sentimental. some, such John century, there was 1770s–1870s: From the earliest times of Greenville’s Updike a and late director of MoMA Thomas Hoving, lumber shed on the bank of the river exactly where the TD habitation, the Reedy River has championed A Century of Growth Wyeth’s work, othersand rodea the fence. Oneon the banks right next Amphitheatre is today wheelhouse played a central role in attracting art historian, response to an Art News magazine to thein Main Street Bridge.

A paint shop (now the Wyche Pavilion), people around its banks. For the survey about the most underrated and overrated artists carriage and wagon warehouses, a hardware store and office nominated Wyeth for both categories.

Native Americans, its clear, cool waters were crucial. Even moreof the century, building (426 S. Main St.) were among theA other buildings in the better assessment of Wyeth’s work comes from the late important was its ability to draw wildlife in from art historian and curator Robert Rosenblum who said, surrounding fields and hills, making the area an “at onceAtheCENTURY, most overestimated painter by the public AS THE PEACE important hunting ground for the local Cherokee FOR NEARLY WHAT IS NOW KNOWN and the most underestimated painter by the knowing and Catawba tribes. Our first colonial settler Richard CENTER COMPLEX WAS THE SITE OF ONE OF THE BUSIEST AND MOST art audience . . . a creator of very, very haunting Pearis was also drawn to the area for its waters, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN GREENVILLE’S EARLY HISTORY, THE GOWER images that nobody who hates him can get out of choosing to build his plantation Great Plains near & COX WAGON AND CARRIAGE FACTORY. their minds.” Yet perhaps the best, and most personal the Reedy Falls. Its natural water power was first assessment comes from his son. harnessed by Pearis with a gristmill built on the factory’s complex.

Production Greenville facility outpaced all “I love my father’s work but I think hein is the a very edge of the upper falls. Though Pearis’ presence was key to thepeculiarothers southpainter,” of Washington, D.C., and strange Jamie Wyeth saysputting while Greenville on the map as village’s origins and the river’s utilization, his time here was limited transportation hub long before textiles became the city’s enduring strollingathrough the Greenville County Museum DEER ONE by circumstances of the Revolutionary War, namely his siding with of Art’s Wyeth Dynasty Celebrating the a needed resource for the claim to fame.exhibition.

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A self-portrait (circa 1945)

by Andrew Wyeth, one of the most celebrated American painters of the twentieth century. Wyeth specialized in Regionalism, a subgenre of realism that took hold between the Great Depression and World War II.

1870s–1970s: Flourishing Textiles and a Dying River

features more than seventy works by Andrew, his father, N. C., his son Jamie, and his sisters Carolyn and Henriette—commonly referred to as the “first family of American painting.”

Jamie gestures to one of his father’s pieces. It’s titled Dusk, painted five years after Ericksons and depicts a three-story home surrounded by dreary landscape. “What I find fascinating about my father’s work is that a lot of people miss the fact that it’s very strange,” Jamie says. “People look at his work and say ‘Oh, look, how realistic.’ But he’s no more realistic than Picasso. If you look at his work, they are airless little worlds, they are crystalline. Everything is in very sharp focus. The places that I knew where he worked and where I grew up are quite different than what you see in his paintings. I equate it with Robert Frost.

People say ‘Oh, what beautiful poems talking about a snowy woods.’ But if you really read them they are terrifying. They’re no more about woods and snow than the man in the moon. I think my father’s work is very edgy. I wish I were as strange as he.” ruth be told, Jamie is not lacking in the strange department. Wearing a chalkstriped blazer, blue flannel shirt, breeches, and two different types of socks—one of which is adorned with Albert Einstein illustrations— Jamie stops at one of his own works titled A Recurring Dream. “This is a dream that I had shortly after my father died,” Jamie says. “I had the dream so many times I really thought it had happened. I was walking over these cliffs on a stormy evening and there were these two figures, and as I got nearer it turned out to be my father and my grandfather. I think this is the third of the group. The first is owned by Stephen King, who calls me a very creepy painter.”

As he continues through the gallery, Jamie picks up a bowl of nuts from a table set for an evening reception. “They won’t notice, will they,” he says to no one in particular. While picking out the cashews from the bowl, Jamie approaches another of his works, a nude portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger flexing a bicep behind a conveniently placed floral arrangement.

The work is titled Sister Parish and Mr. Universe.

“This is an interesting piece,” Jamie says. “A friend of mine did a film called Pumping Iron with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He brought him to my studio and said ‘You have to paint him.’” So I ended up painting him in my apartment in New York overlooking Central Park.” Jamie painted Schwarzenegger in his 5th Avenue apartment and in the Factory, Andy Warhol’s famous New York studio. “Warhol and I shared a studio together,” Jamie says. “And when we would go out to dinner some place, Andy would always end up in the corner, hiding, drinking consommé.” Jamie points to another of his works, titled Consommé, which shows Andy Warhol sitting alone in a crowded room, delicately sipping from a large white cup.

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“ PA I N T I N G I S N O T E A S Y F O R M E ,” J A M I E S AY S . “ I R E A L LY S L AV E O V E R I T. I T D O E S N ’ T A L WAY S C L I C K , B U T T H E O P I AT E T O M E I S W H E N I ’ M D O I N G A PORTRAIT AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I GO TO THE STUDIO AND IT BECOMES A L I V E . T H AT ’ S T H E T H I N G T H AT H O O K S M E .”

Jamie still enjoys the pace of Manhattan, but now divides his time almost equally between the farm in Chadds Ford and an island twenty miles off of Maine’s coast. “I think the isolation is important,” Jamie says. “I want to see every theatre production, every movie and whatnot, and to work, you’ve got to isolate yourself to get some concentration. An island sure does that.

You can’t just jump in your car and drive off. And people don’t stop by on an island. It’s given me more focus. But then I spend time in New York, and that’s as much an island as the island in Maine. I mean you can be just as isolated there. That’s why Warhol always fascinated me because to me he represented New York and yet he was almost anonymous. He could blend in and disappear.”

Jamie started painting as a young child, and soon found it to be the only thing occupying his mind.

At age eleven, he convinced his parents to let him quit school in exchange for tutoring at home in the mornings and artistic study with his Aunt Carolyn in the afternoons. “My father felt the need that I should have formal training, so I spent a year with my aunt, his sister,” Jamie says. “That was cool because it was in my grandfather’s studio so all the costumes were there, and it was magical for a child to see all this.”

Jamie’s grandfather Newell Convers “N.C.” Wyeth died in a tragic car accident in Chadds Ford the year before Jamie was born. A larger than life figure, N.C. was described as a “swashbuckler of a man” by some, and by his children, a kindly tyrant of a father. Also one of the most famous illustrators of the day, his first commission was of a bucking bronco painted for the February 21, 1903, cover of The Saturday Evening Post. N.C. went on to illustrate editions of Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island, and Robin Hood, among others. “I would spend hours in my grandfather’s studio, and it was as if he had just walked out,” Jamie says. “There was his palette, all the paint spatter, all of the costumes. At that point a lot of his illustrations were still there because the publisher would publish them and send them back to him. And apparently if you went to N.C. Wyeth’s studio and you admired something he’d give it to you; they were useless to him. Now, of course, they sell for $5 million a piece.” fter afternoons spent with his aunt, Jamie would walk down the hill to his house, also his father’s studio, and enter a much bleaker world. “There’d be my father painting some dead crow or something,” Jamie says. “That was boring as hell after spending the day with Treasure Island and Robin Hood. Really, I think my grandfather influenced my work more than my father. If you look at Andrew Wyeth’s work it’s all pretty dark. Each of us, I think, are quite different.

But I think N.C. Wyeth informs my work more than Andrew Wyeth’s does.”

Jamie despised the structure and tedium of formal training, but enjoyed time spent with Carolyn. “My aunt was cool,” he says. “She was a character.” Carolyn

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Wyeth, like her older sister Henriette, studied art with her father. But unlike her father’s and brother’s work, Carolyn rarely painted figures, focusing exclusively on landscapes and still life. Her works seem to channel her brooding and introspective personality. “She hated her father,” Jamie says. “My own father said that she would always drive him crazy. But then when her father died, she started wearing his clothes around, that’s how wild she was. The Wyeths are a strange sort, I’ll tell you.”

Jamie’s first New York show opened when he was nineteen and its success gave him the confidence needed to pursue art as a full-time vocation. “I guess that’s when I finally decided this is what I want to do and this is what I will do,” he says. “The work sold and that encouraged me.” Since then Jamie has painted almost every day, although admitting not all of it is inspired. “Painting is not easy for me,” he says. “I really slave over it. I burn things up in the oven trying to dry them and speed up the paint. But I think you have to drive yourself and have a reason. It doesn’t always click but the opiate to me is that when I’m doing a portrait let’s say of somebody and all of the sudden I go to the studio and it becomes alive. That’s the thing that hooks me. When you create a world onto that canvas and it starts becoming alive and breathing and looking at you.

It’s rare, but that’s what hooks you.”

As Jamie continues to wind through the museum, he expresses his amazement with the number of pieces in the exhibition. “This rivals the Brandywine Museum,” he says referring to the museum of American art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, which houses countless Wyeth family works. “Some of these I’ve never seen before.”

Jamie stops in front of a set of watercolors and stares for a long moment before speaking. “These are very early watercolors of my father, and he said he would do these five at a time and do the same subject again and again,” Jamie explains. “He said he used so much blue at that period that he never wanted to use blue again for the rest of his life.”

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Consommé (top left) is Jamie Wyeth's tribute to friend and studio mate Andy Warhol, and A Recurring Dream (top center) is part of a series representing a dream he had of his father, Andrew, and grandfather, N.C.

hen Jamie stops in front of his piece The Albino Tortoise, a visitor begins to describe what he sees in the painting. Jamie listens intently and nods without saying a word. “I never try to impose myself,” he says later. “If someone likes a painting of mine and goes on about what it’s about I say ‘perfect yes.’ My statement is the painting and if they view it in some other light and whatnot, fine.”

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“ YO U C A N TO U C H S O M A N Y WO R L D S I F YO U S O C H O O S E .

Y O U S E E I N M Y PA I N T I N G S M Y S U B J E C T S A R E A L L OV E R T H E P L AC E . F O R YO U N G P E O P L E , I T H I N K I T I S A FA S C I N AT I N G P RO F E S S I O N. T H E R E A R E OV E R 3 , 5 0 0 G A L L E R I E S I N N E W YO R K A L O N E . T H E R E I S A G R E AT N E E D F O R Y O U N G PA I N T E R S .”

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(above) Jamie Wyeth, photographed at the GCMA; (above right) Jamie Wyeth, Sister Parish and Mister Universe. Oil on panel, 2011.

When questioned about his role in a cultural dynasty, Jamie shakes his head as if the whole thing is inconsequential. “I find painting difficult enough,” he says. “So I’ve always left all of those considerations outside my studio door. I love my grandfather’s and father’s work, so if I’m going to be compared to something I’d rather be compared to that. But as long as I’m able to keep painting, it doesn’t matter what route it goes.”

And continuing to paint is what Jamie Wyeth will do, and he hopes his work will inspire young artists to pursue their passion. “I can’t imagine a more interesting life to go into than painting,” Jamie says.

“You can touch so many worlds if you so choose. You see in my paintings my subjects are all over the place.

For young people, I think it is a fascinating profession.

There are over 3,500 galleries in New York alone.

There is a great need for young painters.”

But one can’t help wonder if Jamie, who will turn 71 this summer, has any regrets about the decision to dedicate his life to his art at such a young age. He freely admits he considers himself a boring person and has no hobbies—Jamie’s work is his life. “Some people come up and say to me ‘You missed so much in your life,’” he says. “And I wonder if maybe some morning I’ll jump out of bed and think why didn’t I play football? But that hasn’t happened yet.”

Wyeth Dynasty is on view at the GCMA, through September 10. The museum is open Wed–Sat, 10am–6pm, and Sun, 1–5pm. 420 College St, Greenville; gcma.org

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A Room of His Own: Carl Blair poses in his Paris Mountain studio, where the artist has created hundreds of works and fills the space with sticky-note Bible verses, Korean mementoes, and remembrances of his wife Margaret, who passed away in 2006.

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h, that’s good, I like that.” Carl Blair surveys a private gallery holding more than a dozen of his paintings. A small acrylic grabs his attention. He leans in to reacquaint himself, as if he’s found a long-lost friend. “I’d forgotten about that one,” he smiles, a twinkle in his eye. With thousands of works filling 2,500 private, public, and corporate collections, no one would expect the prolific, aging artist to recall every piece.

But dementia and Parkinson’s now fill the horizon for the abstract landscape painter and sculptor. Family and the art community are racing to document the legacy of one South Carolina’s premier craftsmen in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of his arrival in Greenville.

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SIX DECADES, THIS COLOR-BLIND ARTIST HAS BRIGHTENED OUR WORLD SHARING HIS VISIONS ON CANVAS, IN CLAY AND CARVED WOOD. NEVER SETTLING FOR ONE APPROACH OR STYLE, HE’S CAPTURED WHAT OTHERS CANNOT SEE AND PRODUCED CERTIFIED MASTERPIECES. YET THE 84-YEAR-OLD HAS MADE AN EQUALLY PROFOUND IMPACT FAR BEYOND HIS PERSONAL COMPOSITIONS BY CHAMPIONING THE YOUNGER GENERATION. AS A MEMBER OF THE MODERN ART VANGUARD IN SOUTH CAROLINA, HE’S GUIDED DOZENS OF CREATIVE MEN AND WOMEN TO FIND THEIR OWN UNIQUE AESTHETIC, ENSURING A VIBRANT ART COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.

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While the rolling foothills of the Upstate have fueled hundreds of Blair’s paintings, the flat fields outside Atchison, Kansas, provided an early awakening. “I spent a lot of time in the woods, and studied plants and trees,” he reminisces of his boyhood in the Midwest. “I had to milk the cows early every morning. Oh, it was cold.” The only-child and his cousins, nicknamed The Wild Men, would climb the creekbank out back, hypnotize chickens, and harvest hay.

Blair’s daughter, Ruthie Blair Lair, grew up listening to family stories. “They had a Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer kind of childhood,” she shares. “They were surrounded by nature and animals. My grandparents lived in the house, too, and different relatives were always staying there. They were extremely poor coming out of the Depression. My dad didn’t have his own bed until he went away to college.” uthie points out it’s fortunate Blair made it to college, and praises early educators who recognized his talent and nurtured it. At Atchison High, Walter Yost became a life-long mentor.

He escorted the teen to live-art demonstrations, and introduced him to faculty at the University of Kansas, where he helped secure admission. All of a sudden, the self-proclaimed dreamer was living his dream. “I’ve always drawn and painted as long as I can remember,” Blair says. “I always knew I wanted to be an artist.”

At K.U., Blair fell under the influence of Cézanne, Van Gogh, and professor Elden Tefft. A sculptor, and quite a bit older, Tefft remained a constant touchpoint in Blair’s life until he died a few years ago. The Army also directed his path, drafting the junior to serve in the Korean War. By 1956, the patriotic veteran had earned military medals, a fine arts degree, and the love of Margaret Ruble, who would bring him to Greenville.

“She was my greatest inspiration,” Carl says of his wife of almost 50 years. “Through the lean, tough years, she was a constant encourager. Margaret’s confidence in me and my work helped us overcome obstacles.” And there would be many.

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The newlyweds needed jobs after Carl earned his master’s degree from the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Margaret, a Central Missouri State graduate, had originally attended Bob Jones University. She proposed they apply to teach at B.J.U. “She has been my rock,” Carl admits.

“She is more of a visionary. She has a better grasp of looking ahead and planning. She can see way farther ahead than I can.” Even with 20/10 vision, Margaret could not

The abstract­‑oriented Blair arrived in the Palmetto State when collectors preferred realism. But by remaining true to himself, he cemented his position as a prominent leader in the region­'s contemporary art movement.” have predicted the significant impact of her simple suggestion. Her utilitarian idea to return to the Upstate would eventually change the course of contemporary art across the Southeast. In the fall of 1957, Carl Blair first entered his closet-size office in the B.J.U. Art Department. Here, he spent 40 years brush-stroking canvas and young minds, mimicking his Midwestern mentors who preached the five Ds: dream, determination, drive, dedication, and discipline. “I tried to set the right atmosphere and then guide them,” he explains. “Art is hard work. You have to keep at it. It’s not something you do lightly, or casually.”

Over the years, Blair guided hundreds of students who attended his classes on-campus and off. Nights, weekends, and summers he taught special programs at the Greenville County Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Center, Furman University, and South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities. Artists and aficionados alike say the same of his instruction: Blair never molded students to imitate his style.

He encouraged each to find their individual view and voice . . . just a few include Eric Benjamin, Matt Baumgardner, Diane Kilgore Condon, and Mark Mulfinger. By the mid-60s, Blair was part of a talented trio creating a powerhouse reputation for the university. With Darell Koons and Emery Bopp, Blair pushed for excellence and authenticity in visual arts, and eventually opened one of the first commercial galleries in the Upstate. Jack Morris, former executive director of the Greenville County Museum of Art, fondly describes the “Three Amigos”: “Darell was initially the most popular, doing realistic paintings people could understand. Bopp was more abstract, and Blair was very contemporary. But Blair was the foundation, the rock in that group.”

As it was, the rock wanted to roll, and bring art to the doorstep of those who’d never enter a museum. Blair teamed with Morris to build the state’s first student art-mobile. “We literally built that thing and did all the carpentry and wiring,” Morris recollects with a laugh. “Carl was kind of like an old cowboy. He was stronger than he looked, and able to figure things out. I was impressed with his ingenuity.”

(In time, both men would be tapped to lead the South Carolina Arts Commission, working to make arts more accessible statewide.)

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While Blair earned immediate praise for teaching during his early years in Greenville, success with his art took a bit longer to find. Ever the cheerleader, Margaret would not let Blair sell out. “She set high standards and said I was to be the best artist I could be. She wouldn’t let me compromise,” he reveals. Sales didn’t come until the ’70s, and even those were meager. Ruthie remembers a Christmas when one of her few gifts was a wrapped can of deodorant. But she said they all had deep-seeded faith in her father’s ability, and God. Turns out, the abstract-oriented Blair arrived in the Palmetto State when collectors preferred realism. But by remaining true to himself, and his negative shapes and spacing, he cemented his position as a prominent leader in the region’s contemporary art movement. Morris lists the pillars of the new era saying, “William Halsey is probably the dean of contemporary artists, but Blair

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Character Study: At 84, Blair continues to find deep pleasure in creative life, but is battling both Parkinson’s and dementia. For nearly 60 years, he has been a tireless advocate and teacher, instrumental in guiding the careers of many Greenville artists including Diane Kilgore Condon, Eric Benjamin, Matt Baumgardner, and Mark Mulfinger.

and J. Bardin are right there alongside him. They were the leading contemporary painters from the ’60s on.” They each pushed the new perspective with Halsey in Charleston, Bardin in Columbia, and Blair in Greenville. Whether reviewing Blair’s abstract Midwest landscapes, or Carolina-themed gouache on paper, critics praise his technical ability and distinct style, with its organic origin, solid structure, and trellis composition.

His early works appear somber and muted next to vivid pieces from the ’70s and ’80s, yet what’s amazing to all is that Carl Blair is color blind—a condition that went undetected until he was in college. Ruthie giggles recounting how her father almost got kicked out of Professor Green’s class for turning in a green self-portrait, as the professor thought Blair was making fun of his name. Contemporaries marveled at Blair’s unusual use of color, believing the artist’s visual limitation actually freed him from conventional combinations and hues.

As tastes matured across the area, Blair slowly started winning awards, competitions, and commissioned work, which led to exhibitions and showings as far away as Egypt, Italy, and Africa. In the mid-60s, when South Carolina started the State Art Collection, a Blair painting was one of the first acquisitions. Today, his creations hang permanently in more than 2,500 locations, from Greenville’s Chamber of Commerce to the Puerto Rico Ritz Carlton.

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“Here it is. This is it.” Dr. Carol Stilwell points to a brightly blocked painting on paper with Pumpkintown origins. “That is from my favorite period of his art,” she shares. Carol is not only a collector, but a longtime family friend. The widow has also become Carl’s confidant since Margaret’s passing in 2006 from ALS. Things were dark for a bit. “Sometimes he would paint the canvas black and then paint on top of it,” his sweetheart says, describing that stage. “He’d say, ‘Out of the darkness and into the marvelous light.’” Carol then witnessed his colors brightening, after he had cataracts removed. “The morning after the first

cataract removal he said, ‘I can see! Everything’s bright.

It’s not dark and cloudy anymore.’” ven with dementia and Parkinson’s nipping at his abilities, Blair likes to “piddle around.” His studio, carved He into CHARMS the hillside below his home on Paris Mountain, features aTHE table piled high with his favorite cadmium PORTRAITyellow and ultramarine blue paints. Saw blades, screwdrivers, and clamps hang from a peg-board, WORTHY with his ready to make whimsical, wooden 3D animal sculptures. rhetoric.

This space provides a“Sometimes rare glimpse inside the soul of one when I meet of Greenville’s foremost artists.these Sticky-note Bible verses, Korean mementoes, and memories older ladies andof Margaret fill the wall.

Almost undetectable: a 2005 photo we’re joking around,of Blair receiving the Verner Lifetime Achievement Award, South Carolina’s highest I’ll RECITE some commendation for leaders in the arts. of these Carol’s not surprised at thegreat picture’s placement. “Carl is the most Russian humble man you’ll meet,” poems by she says. “I cannot express that enough.

We see him as someone who has had PUSHKIN AND a great impact, but he doesn’t see it that way. He loves LERMONTOV,” the Lord. He’s grateful for his life. He’s used the skills says Kirby.

God gave him and has always encouraged other people to do the same. That’s how he’ll be remembered: how encouraging and supportive he’s been of other artists.”

Mary Praytor repeats the sentiment. She’s proud to display Blair’s artwork, spanning his 60 years in Greenville, at her gallery on Main Street. “Several other artists here were students of Carl’s, and consider it such an honor to present their material alongside his,” she says. “He’s one of South Carolina’s greatest treasures.”

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The latest Table 301 venture, Jianna spotlights the modern Italian cuisine of chef and partner Michael Kramer. “Less is more is the idea we were going for,” Kramer explains. “We wanted a place where we could serve simple food and drink. A casual and approachable place based around pasta and oysters.”

Despite the description, nothing about Jianna appears simple. Refined, sophisticated, even urbane—but not simple. For example, a backlit wine wall greets diners at the top of the stairs, accentuated by turquoise interiors and a stunning gray marble bar, and glass doors open in welcome to the wroughtiron-framed wraparound balcony.

Italian cuisine is a go-to for Kramer, who crafts his pasta in-house using an extruder. “I love the simple flavors and techniques of Italian cuisine,” he says.

His personal menu favorites? The potato gnocchi and the tuna and yellowtail crudos. But don’t miss out on Jianna’s specialty: tuck into the raw oyster sampler served with house-made hot sauce and Prosecco mignonette. “Jianna has the most diverse selection of oysters in Greenville,” boasts Chef Kramer. “We usually run five different types of oysters from the East and West coasts daily.”

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Mezcal could rightly be called the mother of tequila, since technically, tequila is a type of mezcal. Both are made from the agave plant, but the difference in flavor comes from variances in geography, agave varietals, and, most importantly, production methods.

Mezcal is distilled from the hearts of the agave, piñas, which are roasted in earthen pits for several days, eventually imbuing the spirit with its distinctive smoky flavor.

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Trek through Greenville’s upscaled taco scene for some seriously sensational bites / by Stephanie Burnet te // illustrations by Alexander Harrison

We love street tacos, too, but a field of fusion concepts has captured our imagination, offering notable bites and craveable combinations.

T I P SY TAC O : M R . P OTATO H E A D For a unique vegetarian taco, head to Tipsy Taco on the Eastside of town. Griddled potatoes, pepper jack cheese, charred tomato salsa, and lettuce create a savory sensation through and through. And don’t miss out on Tipsy Taco’s excellent blended salsa served alongside thin, crispy chips.

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raditionalists moan; this is not your typical taco list. We love street tacos, too, but a field of fusion concepts has captured our imagination, offering notable bites and craveable combinations. The demand for fresh Mex feels insatiable, but what unites this band of taco renegades is a blatant disregard for what’s expected.

With handmade tacos boasting ingredients both fresh and local, flavor is fundamental at these local eateries.

ASA DA : CA R N E ASA DA No longer just a truck, ASADA’s location on Wade Hampton is in an iconic spot next to IHOP (formerly Haus Edelweiss). The carne asada taco boasts a superbly marinated steak with melted queso blanco inside the corn tortilla. Keeping their concept atypical, ASADA reflects the multicultural experiences of owners Gina Petti and Roberto Cortez.

$-$$. Closed Sunday & Monday. 903 Wade Hampton Blvd. (864) 770-3450, asadarestaurant.com

AU TO M AT I C TAC O : P O R K B E L LY A pan-Asian taco is the clear winner at this mobile taqueria—think pork belly, kimchi slaw, cashews, and green onion melded together for a few memorable bites. Not sure where the Automatic Taco truck will be next?

Check their Facebook page for popular placements like Quest Brewery, The Swamp Rabbit Inn, and Piney Mountain Bike Lounge.

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Only Cantina 76 could make taco junkies swoon over a teriyaki chicken and feta cheese combo, but with its grilled onions and sweet sesame chile sauce—it’s perfectly nom. A prime spot at ONE City Plaza makes this Midlands-based concept a must-stop on Greenville’s taco scene.

The new kid on the taco block, White Duck sets up shop at Hampton Station in the Water Tower District. This taqueria— cult following included—feels right at home next to Birds Fly South Ale Project.

Try the Bangkok Shrimp taco with lightly fried shrimp and sweet, pungent quick curried pickles (and then try not to order three more). $-$$, L, D. 1325

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FA R M H O U S E TAC O S : T R AV E L E RS R E ST H OT C H I C K E N Heaps of taco joints offer the hot chicken option, but few do it like Farmhouse Tacos.

Freshly fried chicken is hot-sauce-dipped, wrapped in a flour tortilla, then topped with cornbread croutons, pickled okra, and buttermilk dressing. Taking “locally sourced” to heart, the folks at Farmhouse have a chalkboard shrine showcasing local and regional farm partnerships.

$-$$, L, D, SBR. 164 S Main St, Travelers Rest. (864) 610-0586, farmhousetacos.com

T H O RO U G H FA R E : M A H I TAC O For all you fish tacos aficionados, Thoroughfare food truck is first in line for the area’s favorite. Battered Mahi—not farmed Tilapia—is slipped beneath a shredded kale salad Neal Barley wrings by hand, rendering greens that are undeniably delicious. Catch the truck at weekly stops like The Community Tap, Grateful Brew, and various office complexes.

Hampton Road Extension, Greenville. whiteducktacoshop.com

W I L LY TAC O F E E D & S E E D : C R I S P Y AVO CA D O This avocado bombshell is the taco to order, namely for its pristinely ripe avo, which is ideally portioned, dropped into a fryer upon order, and then flawlessly garnished with microgreens, crema, pico, and toasted sesame. The ridiculously delicious bite is accentuated by Willy’s upcycled architecture and some seriously friendly staff.

$-$$, L, D. Closed Monday. 217 Laurens Rd. (864) 412-8700, willytaco.com Green Party: The explosion of artisan taco joints in the area means an increase in flavor diversity and an influx of fixin’s that are fresh and local.

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red Williams plops a graham cracker and a spoonful of mixed berries down on a metal cold plate, chilled to negative-10 degrees.

Strange as it sounds, this is the first step in making “Berrylicious” ice cream at Crème Shack, which Fred and his wife, Karen, recently opened in the former Chocolate Moose space downtown.

He pours a mini milk bottle of homemade ice-cream base over the berries. Pretty weird, right? Using two metal spatulas, Fred folds the liquid over the fruit until the base begins to freeze.

With drum-like staccato, he chops the mixture until graham-cracker, berries, and creamy base become one. Then he spreads the ice cream in a thin square on the cold plate and scrapes it off in five equal rows, rolling each as he goes. He stands the rolls in a cardboard cup, crowns them with whipped cream, fresh berries, and strawberry syrup. Voilà—rolled ice cream!

If you’ve never heard of rolled ice cream, you’re not alone. Food-industry veterans Fred and Karen had never heard of it either until their daughter sent them a photograph she found on the Internet. “We fell in love with the concept,” declares Fred. So after successfully test-marketing the idea in Panama City, Florida, they set up shop in Greenville.

Their cool confection, which originated with street vendors in Thailand, tops a traditional scoop with its creamy texture (owing to quick freezing) and fresh mix-ins—no artificial flavors here.

Crème Shack currently offers 12 combinations, with new ones rolling out monthly. “We want to push the envelope with flavors like avocado and matcha-green tea,” says Fred. Customers can also create their own “Selfie” from a candyland of icecream flavors, syrups, and toppings.

“It’s so gratifying to see the look on people’s faces after they take that first bite,” Karen exclaims. Try this tubular treat, and you may never look at ice cream the same way again.

Crème Shack, 120 N Main St, Greenville.

(864) 558-0585

Their cool confection originated with street vendors in Thailand.

“We want to push the envelope with flavors like avocado and matchagreen tea,” says owner Fred Williams.

Crème de la Crème: Main Street’s latest ice cream joint offers 12 fun flavor combinations rolled up (literally) into one creatively cool dessert presentation.

Roll with It Crème Shack presents ice cream with a fun twist / by M. Linda Lee // photograph by Paul Mehaffey

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AMERICAN AMERICAN GROCERY

American Grocery offers refined American cuisine and a changing menu that emphasizes quality ingredients from local and regional producers. Begin with the crispy farm egg with pencil cobb grits, mushroom ragoût, pea tendrils, and pickled shallots; next, have an entrée of salt-crusted grassfed ribeye with pomme purée, onion soubise, and red wine jus, then finish with the banana pudding cake. $$$-$$$$, D. Closed Sunday & Monday.

732 S Main St. (864) 232-7665, americangr.com THE ANCHORAGE

Chef McPhee’s blue-bedecked restaurant is causing quite the splash. With a menu focused on hyper-local produce, it changes almost weekly. Sample dishes include Spring Onion Risotto, with marinated mushrooms, charred sweet onion, pea tendrils, and a soft poached egg, and Suckling Pig Porchetta, with farro salad, citrus, pork fat vinaigrette, and local cheese. The “For the Table” option offers housemade charcuterie, Blue Ridge Creamery cheese, and Bake Room bread.

Don’t miss the outstanding cocktail program at the gorgeous bar upstairs, or brunch! Now being served.

BACON BROS. PUBLIC HOUSE

You might think you know what meat lover’s heaven looks like, but if you show up at Chef Anthony Gray’s gastropub, you’ll know for sure. From a board of house-cured, smoked, and dried meats, to a glass-walled curing room display, there’s no shortage of mouthwatering selections. The menu’s flavor profiles extend to cocktails, which heavily feature whiskeys, bourbons, bacon-infused liquors, and even smoked sorghum syrup. $$-$$$, L, D. Closed Sunday.

3620 Pelham Rd. (864) 297-6000, baconbrospublichouse.com BRAZWELLS PUB

Channeling the fun-loving legacy of the original Billy “Braz” Brazwell, this pub is an optimal pick for your next food memory. Brazwells steps up game day with an appetizer of thinly sliced, sesameencrusted tuna seared to perfection—along with crowd favorites like spicy buffalo wings (available by the pound) and, of course, a mile-long list of burgers.

Dive ‘N’ Boar Don’t be fooled by its title—this fine establishment is much more than a traditional dive bar. Dive ‘N’ Boar’s gastropubstyle cuisine is in good hands with Chef Adrian Carpenter at the helm, whose dishes meld local produce with refined style. Go for the green pea and mozzarella arancini with house tomato sauce and the flanken cut beef shortribs with white beans, arugula, and apricot bbq glaze, along with the mojo shrimp (below). Coated with citrus-garlic marmalade, this “food on a stick” is savory perfection. Go Saturday night, then back for brunch on Sunday—heavenly. $-$$, D, SBR. 2541 N Pleasantburg Dr. (864) 509-0388, divenboar.com

$$, L, D. 631 S Main St. (864) 568-5053, brazwellspub.com

$-$$$, D, SBR. Closed Monday & Tuesday.

586 Perry Ave. (864) 219-3082, theanchoragerestaurant.com AUGUSTA GRILL

The unassuming Augusta Grill is home to owner Buddy Clay’s vision of upscale comfort food. From cozy booths to the intimate dining room, patrons can enjoy dishes such as the breaded artichoke and leek-stuffed chicken breast. The lineup of entrées and appetizers changes daily, but regulars can always get Chef Bob Hackl’s highly sought-after blackberry cobbler.

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$$$-$$$$, D. Closed Sunday & Monday.

1818 Augusta St. (864) 242-0316, augustagrill.com

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BRICK STREET CAFÉ

You’ll likely have to loosen your belt after chowing down at this Augusta Street mainstay that serves all the comforts of home. Try Mom’s Spaghetti, Miss Sara’s Crab Cakes, or the signature fried shrimp with sweet potato fries. But do save room for made-from-scratch sweets like the sweet potato cake, peanut butter cake, and apple pie (available for special-order, too).

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$$-$$$, L, D. 315 Augusta St. (864) 421-0111, brickstreetcafe.com GB&D

The restaurant’s description itself—Golden Brown & Delicious—tells you all you need to know about this West Greenville joint. Locally-sourced takes on American favorites, such as well-crafted salads and sandwiches—like the killer burger on a housemade brioche bun—as well as seasonal specials fill the menu. Don’t miss the chicken & waffle sandwich with a fried egg and maple hot sauce. It’s totally worth the 1,000 napkin deaths.

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1269 Pendleton St. (864) 230-9455, eatgbnd.com HALLS CHOPHOUSE

The renowned Charleston steakhouse puts down roots in the former High Cotton space on the Reedy River. Indulge in a selection of wet- or dry-aged steaks (USDA Prime beef, flown in from Chicago’s Allen Brothers), or try a Durham Ranch elk loin with root vegetable hash and pine nut relish. Don’t miss the lavender French toast at brunch.

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$$$$, D, SBR. 550 S Main St. (864) 335-4200, hallschophousegreenville.com HENRY’S SMOKEHOUSE

Though this barbecue joint has since branched out, Henry’s original location has long set the standard. A Greenville institution, the smokehouse specializes 10:12in AMslow-cooking meat in open pits over hickory logs. Sure, there’s more on the menu, but their succulent ribs with beans and slaw will transport you to hog heaven.

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NORTHAMPTON WINES & WINE CAFÉ

Linger in the relaxed atmosphere of Northampton’s wine bar. Choose a bottle from the thousands for sale, open it for a corkage fee, and enjoy with a selection of cheese or small plate. Or, select the dining area for dinner from an ever-changing menu, which includes seafood, beef, and wild game. The outdoor patio is a decidedly relaxing location for a meal or a glass of wine. $$-$$$$. L, D. 211-A E Broad

St. (864) 271-3919, northamptonwines.com

NOSE DIVE

The Nose Dive is city bar meets corner bistro. Beer, wine, and craft cocktails complement an ambitious menu of “urban comfort food” from fried chicken and waffles to a customized grits bar at brunch.

Located on Main Street between ONE City Plaza and the Peace Center, this gastropub is downtown hotspot and neighborhood hangout, in one.

$-$$, L, D, SBR. 116 S Main St. (864) 373-7300, thenosedive.com OAKBLUE KITCHEN

Smoked, hand-pulled BBQ is a glowing centerpiece of this local eatery. Serving plenty of homestyle dishes, like the Tabasco-breaded hot chicken sandwich and pimento cheese appetizer, Oakblue also offers the Korean BBQ sandwich with hefty short rib, pickled Daikon radish, and spicy Gochujang aioli.

OJ’S DINER

With stellar views of Falls Parks from its wrap-around terrace, this modern Italian osteria offers patrons daily house-made pastas, the region’s freshest seasonal ingredients, and, of course, oysters. Grab a crafted cocktail or a glass of wine from the 40-foot bar, and nosh on potato gnocchi, radiatori, and ricotta with truffle honey.

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the Reedy River, Larkin’s balances upscale dining with comfort. Start with the shecrab soup, then an entrée from the day’s selections—or opt for an aged filet mignon with mashed potatoes and asparagus. Enjoy the river view on the enclosed outdoor patio, and polish off your meal with a selection from the extensive wine list.

$$, L (Tues–Sun), D (Tues–Sat). Closed Mondays. 109 N Main St, Ste A, Greenville.

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$$, L, D (Mon–Sun), SBR (Sat–Sun).

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$, L, D. 240 Wade Hampton Blvd.

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by Corner Pocket, Ink N Ivy boasts a menu of American fare with an emphasis on fresh seafood. Lunch features staples like the charred salmon salad, and the evening menu tacks on entrées like the grilled scallops, topped with lime cilantro butter, and served on wilted chives, baby spinach, and roasted peppers.

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A straight farm-to-table concept and a certified-green restaurant, Kitchen Sync’s eco-focus extends to its menu, sourced by local farms. Start with the Gritz Fritz, with Hurricane Creek fried grits, collards, and pepper jam. The Banh Mi salad comes loaded with fresh veg and rice noodles, topped with pulled pork or tofu, or try the local rib pork chop. Don’t miss the pizza! $$, D (Tues–Sun). Closed Mondays.

1609 Laurens Rd, Greenville. (864) 5688115, kitchensyncgreenville.com

OJ’s is not a restaurant. It’s an Upstate institution. The old-school meat-andthree dishes up homestyle favorites on a daily basis, but every weekday comes with specials: lasagna and porkchops on Mondays, turkey and meatloaf Tuesdays, and more. Don’t forget to dig into a mess of sides: the mac ‘n’ cheese tastes the way mama made it and God intended. $, B, L. Closed Saturday & Sunday.

907 Pendleton St. (864) 235-2539, ojs-diner.com RESTAURANT 17

Tucked away in Travelers Rest, Restaurant 17 blends contemporary European bistro with Blue Ridge bliss. The menu changes seasonally, but expect dishes like smoked scallop crudo with creme fraiche, grapefruit, hot sauce pearls, and Meyer lemon oil, and pork belly agnolotti with chestnuts, rapini, and saffron cream. $$$-$$$$, D. Closed Sunday & Monday.

10 Road of Vines, Travelers Rest.

(864) 516-1254, restaurant17.com

RICK ERWIN’S NANTUCKET SEAFOOD

Greenville may be landlocked, but Rick Erwin’s restaurant takes us seaside. The day’s fresh catch comes grilled, seared, broiled, blackened, or in chef-designed specialties. Try the fried lobster bites with a drink at the elegant bar, pre- or post-Peace Center performance. Ideal for group dinners or quiet date nights, Nantucket offers both an intimate and entertaining atmosphere.

$$-$$$$, D, SBR. 40 W Broad St. (864) 546-3535, nantucketseafoodgrill.com

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RICK ERWIN’S WEST END GRILLE

Traditional surf-and-turf meets upscale dining at Rick Erwin’s. The dining room is decorated in rich, dark woods that, along with low lighting, create an intimate, stylish atmosphere. Entrées range from sashimigrade tuna and pan-seared sea bass, to certified Angus beef. $$-$$$$, D. Closed Sunday. 648 S Main St. (864) 232-8999, rickerwins.com

ROOST

This nod to the enterprising farm-to-table trend lends a modern, tasty addition to North Main. With a promise to provide food with a limited distance from producer to consumer, Roost’s ingredients are sourced from nearby areas in South and North Carolina. In good weather, try to snag a spot on the patio overlooking NoMa Square. $$-$$$, B,L, D, SBR. 220 N Main St. (864) 298-2424, roostrestaurant.com SMOKE ON THE WATER

Located in the West End Market, Smoke on the Water has a homey feel, with separate street-side dining and covered patio tables overlooking Pedrick’s Garden. Choose something from the smoker (beer-butt chicken), or pick from sandwiches, burgers, or salads. $-$$$, L, D. 1 Augusta St, Ste 202.

long bar to enjoy one of 72 brews on tap. $-$$$, L, D, SBR. 941 S Main St. (864) 770-7777, libertytaproom.com MAC’S SPEED SHOP

Across from Liberty Tap Room, Mac’s is for the Harley-set as well as the Greenville Drive crowd, with plenty of brisket, ribs, and beer-can chicken. Try a plate of Tabasco-fried pickles, washed down with one of the 50 craft beers on tap. With outdoor seating, you’ll likely want to lay some rubber on the road to grab your spot. $-$$$, L, D. 930 S Main St. (864) 239-0286 macspeedshop.com QUEST BREWING CO.

Committed to producing premium brews while minimizing their environmental impact, Quest guarantees to satisfy your beer cravings and sustainability enthusiasm in a single sip. Grab a pint of QBC’s signature brews; the West Coast–style Ellida IPA packs a punch of flavor, or venture to the dark side with the Kaldi imperial coffee stout (crafted with locally roasted beans). Stop by for an afternoon brewery tour, then follow up with an evening full of food truck fare and live music.

(864) 232-9091, saucytavern.com

55 Airview Dr, Greenville. (864) 272- 6232, questbrewering.com

SOBY’S

SIP WHISKEY & WINE

Local flavor shines here in entrées like crab cakes with remoulade, sweet corn maque choux, mashed potatoes, and haricot verts.

Their selection of 700 wines guarantees the perfect meal complement. Featuring different selections every week, the Sunday brunch buffet showcases the chefs’ creativity. $$$-$$$$, D, SBR. 207 S Main St. (864) 232-7007, sobys.com

True to its namesake, this rooftop tasting room is all about liquid refreshment. While the full-service bar offers an array of fine wine and whiskey, there’s no better way to end your evening than with an easy-drinking glass of sangria (or a signature cocktail) in hand. SIP’s open-air patio complete with cushioned couches accentuates the laidback atmosphere, and a curated collection of small plates guarantees a quick answer to an alcohol-induced appetite.

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$-$$, D. 103 N Main St #400, Greenville.

(864) 552-1916, sipgvl.com

BIRDS FLY SOUTH ALE PROJECT

SWAMP RABBIT BREWERY AND TAPROOM

With a focus on farmhouse saisons and sour beers, Birds Fly South Ale Project has come home to roost in Hampton Station. Though closed for production Monday through Wednesday, the open-air taproom is the perfect mid-week place to drain a cold glass while noshing on local food truck fare.

Expect to find flavor-filled concoctions, such as the Biggie Mango, Eldorado Saison, or the 2Hop Session IPA. 1320 Hampton Ave Ext. (864) 412-8825, bfsbeer.com

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Located off of Main Street in Travelers Rest, this local brewhouse gives you one more reason to cruise (responsibly!) down the Swamp Rabbit. With a taproom offering classics (try the easy-drinking American pale ale) and fresh brews (the Belgian-style farm ale is a golden dream) as well as frequent food truck visits, this brewery is sure to become your favorite place to cap off a Saturday afternoon.

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BREWERY 85

Named for Greenville’s favorite freeway, this microbrew is attracting outsized attention with their eclectic collection of craft brews.

From the crisp GVL IPA to the malty Howdy Dunkel, Brewery 85 combines Southern style with the best of German brew techniques.

Trek to the taproom for their latest lagers; well-mannered kids and canines welcome.

6 Whitlee Ct. (864) 558-0104, brewery85.com THE COMMUNITY TAP

Convenience, expertise, and great atmosphere collide at The Community Tap, Greenville’s neighborhood craft beer and wine shop. Choose from their extensive selection—more than 180 local, national, and international brews—or have a glass or two from one of their ever-rotating taps.

217 Wade Hampton Blvd. (864) 631-2525, thecommunitytap.com LIBERTY TAP ROOM BAR & GRILL

Located next to Fluor Field, Liberty Tap Room Bar & Grill is both pre-game watering hole and after-work hangout. Dinner choices range from classic burgers and juicy steaks to spinach pizza. Gather with friends at the

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THOMAS CREEK BREWERY

The Thomas Creek brand has been a familiar feature on the Greenville libation lineup for more than ten years, but a visit to the home of the River Falls Red Ale or Trifecta IPA is well worth the trip. Fill up on your favorite Thomas Creek brew in the tasting room, or soak up some sun (and hops!) on the brewery’s patio.

Tours available by appointment.

2054 Piedmont Hwy. (864) 605-1166, thomascreekbeer.com UP ON THE ROOF

We all know a well-crafted cocktail can make your spirits soar, but a glass at this dignified drinkery will leave you nine stories high, literally. With it’s classic cocktails, local craft brews, and unique wine varieties, this rooftop bar brings a heightened experience to downtown’s Embassy Suites. Graze on small plates and soak in some of the Upstate’s most scenic vistas. $-$$, L, D. 250 RiverPlace. (864) 242-4000, eatupdrinkup.net

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hour heaven. Not only do they feature the best local and national brews on tap, this beer joint offers home brewsters all the gear and ‘gredients needed to craft their own ale-inspired inventions. Makes sure to try a naan pizza from the in-house kitchen.

400 Augusta St. (864) 609-4590, upstatecraftbeer.com UNIVERSAL JOINT

Everyone needs a neighborhood bar.

Where better to cheer (or heckle mercilessly) with your friends? This hangout is within walking distance of North Main, featuring a covered outdoor patio and rollup garage doors. Rotating bottle and draft selections and plenty of outdoor seating keep things fresh. $-$$, L, D. 300 E Stone

Ave. (864) 252-4055, ujgreenville.com THE VELO FELLOW

Cozy in a funky way, this hip pub is right under the Mellow Mushroom. The menu has burgers, sandwiches, fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, falafels, and more. In addition to craft brews on tap, the Velo Fellow offers traditional absinthe service, complete with a silver-plated brouilleur. $-$$$, L, D, SBR. 1 Augusta St, Ste 126.

(864) 242-9296, thevelofellow.com

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BREAKFAST/LUNCH THE BOHEMIAN CAFÉ

Treat taste buds and ears at the Bohemian Café, side-by-side with the legendary Horizon Records. This eclectic café with an international flair serves curry and pasta, and for Sunday brunch, treat yourself to a Bloody Mary bar, or indulge your sweet tooth with a slice of homemade rum cake.

$$, L, D, SBR. Closed Monday.

2 W Stone Ave. (864) 233-0006, thebohemiancafe.com CHICORA ALLEY

Chicora Alley’s Caribbean riff on traditional Mexican and Southern fare offers signature crab cakes or mountain-high nachos, shrimp and chicken burritos, quesadillas, and more.

Be sure to drop by on Sundays for brunch. $-$$$, L, D, SBR. Closed Monday.

608-B S Main St. (864) 232-4100, chicoraalley.com EGGS UP GRILL

If your name has “eggs” in it, you’d better know your eggs. Eggs Up Grill doesn’t disappoint. From classic over-easy eggs to Patty-o-Sullivan omelets (grilled corned beef hash with melted swiss cheese), this breakfast joint has you covered. Not a fan of eggs? Try classic diner fare like pancakes, waffles, burgers, and French toast. $-$$. B, L. 31 Augusta St. (864) 520-2005, eggsupgrill.com THE GREEN ROOM

The Green Room has a revamped menu, which presents Southern fare and American cuisine with a bent towards sustainably raised meat and fish, as well as local produce. Try the pan-seared New York duck breast with rainbow Swiss chard, beech mushrooms, sweet potato purée, and cherry Cognac glacé, or the wild-caught shrimp and grits, with local Adluh Mills grits, pepper confetti, Andouille sausage, charred okra, and a shellfish broth. $$-$$$, L, D, SBR. 116 N Main St. (864) 335-8222 MARY BETH’S

Breakfast is an essential meal, and Mary Beth’s treats it accordingly. Take your pick: biscuits, omelets, eggs Benedict, waffles, crepes, and pancakes populate the breakfast menu. Or don’t pick—get the Mega Breakfast for a hearty menu sampling. For something later in the day, Mary Beth’s also

has lunch and dinner menus that include sandwiches, rack of lamb, and salmon. $$-$$$, B, L, D (Thurs–Sat). 500 E McBee Ave. (864) 242-2535, marybethsatmcbee.com MARY’S AT FALLS COTTAGE

Located in historic Falls Cottage, Mary’s offers brunch and lunch with a charm perfect for leisurely weekends. The menu includes the ultimate Reuben and quiches, as well as Southern comfort favorites like the Fountain Inn salad and hot chicken salad. $-$$, L, SBR. Closed Monday. 615 S Main St. (864) 298-0005, fallscottage.com TANDEM CREPERIE & COFFEEHOUSE

Tandem lures Swamp Rabbit cyclists with aromas of Counter Culture Coffee and a happy stomach guarantee. Try the lumberjack (cornmeal crepe, ham, bacon, eggs, cheese, bechamel, and maple syrup) or the tasty banana nut crepe. Stuck between savory and sweet? Split one of each with a friend in the Tandem spirit: “Together is best.” $, B, L, SBR. 2 S Main St, Travelers Rest.

(864) 610-2245, tandemcc.com TUPELO HONEY CAFÉ

Big Southern charm comes in forms of steaming hot biscuits at Tupelo Honey.

Indulge in sweet potato pancakes (topped with pecans and peach butter of course), available all day, or try a mouthwatering sandwich like the Southern fried chicken BLT with maple-peppered bacon. $$, B, L, D. 1 N Main St, Ste T. (864) 451-6200, tupelohoneycafe.com

CAFÉS BEX CAFÉ AND JUICE BAR

Healthy and hearty join forces at this West End juice bar. Find fresh fare in their organic salads, as well as their fruit and veggie-rich juice varieties; or sink your teeth into something a little more solid.

Their sausage, egg, and cheese bagel will not disappoint, with gluten-free options available, of course.

$, B, L. 820 S Main St #104. (864) 552-1509, bex.cafe COFFEE UNDERGROUND

Coffee Underground boasts a wide selection of specialty coffees, adult libations, and dreamy desserts like the peanut butter pie with graham cracker crust and a peanut butter and vanilla mousse. If you’re craving more substantial fare, choose from a splendid breakfast-anytime option, sandwiches, soups, salads, and more. $-$$, B, L, D, SBR. 1 E Coffee St. (864) 298-0494, coffeeunderground.info METHODICAL COFFEE

Whether it’s the white marble countertops or the gleaming chrome Slayer espresso machine, Methodical is a coffee bar built for taste. Coffee guru Will Shurtz, designer Marco Suarez, and hotelier David Baker ensure there’s plenty of substance to go with style. With single-origin espressos, house-made shrub sodas, and homemade treats, there’s plenty to rave about. $-$$, B, L, D. 101 N Main St, Ste D. methodicalcoffee.com O-CHA TEA BAR

A trip to O-CHA will have you considering tea in an entirely new light. This sleek space, located right on the river in Falls Park, specializes in bubble tea—flavored teas with chewy tapioca pearls. For a more intense cooling experience, try the mocha ice cream.

The dessert combines the chewy Japanese confection (a soft, pounded sticky rice cake) with ice cream fillings in fun flavors: tiramisu, green tea chocolate, mango, and more. $, B, L, D. 300 River St, Ste 122.

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SOUTHERN PRESSED JUICERY

A healthy-eaters haven, Southern Pressed Juicery offers super-food fans organic, coldpressed juice from the freshest fruits and veggies around. And if you’re looking for something a little more robust than liquid goodness, grab a power-packed energy bowl—the latest and greatest being the Dragon Blood. This hot-pink concoction is based with a creamy mixture of dragon fruit, almond milk, and banana, then layered with buckwheat granola, raw honey, coconut chips, kiwi, and bee pollen. $-$$, B, L. 2 W. Washington St. (864) 7298626, southernpressedjuicery.com SWAMP RABBIT CAFÉ AND GROCERY

Grocery store, neighborhood café. Local produce, delicious food. These intersections are what make the Swamp Rabbit Café a staple. Biking to work? Stop by for breakfast and enjoy fresh-baked scones and muffins made with King Arthur Artisan flour, or enjoy a specialty sandwich on house-baked stecca.

Drop by on the weekends for SRC’s woodfired pizza and brews.

$, B, L. 205 Cedar Lane Rd. (864) 255-3385, swamprabbitcafe.com THE VILLAGE GRIND

Tucked between art galleries in the heart of Pendleton Street, the Village Grind is essential for Greenville coffee lovers. Emphasizing community, the coffeehouse uses all things local—from milk and syrups to beans from Due South Coffee. Enjoy drinks with friends on the Mid-Century couch or solo at the palletinspired window bar. $, B, L. 1263 Pendleton St. (864) 915-8600

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6 E Washington St. (864) 509-6061, sullyssteamers.com TWO CHEFS CAFÉ & MARKET

Count on this deli for fast, high-quality food, from homemade soups to a traditional grinder and a turkey melt. Grab “crafted carryout” entrées and sides, or impress last-minute guests with roasted turkey and Parmesan potatoes. Choose from the daily menu, or check back for daily specials. $-$$, B, L, D. Closed Sunday.

644 N Main St, Ste 107. (864) 370-9336, twochefscafeandmarket.com

ETHNIC ASADA

Vibrant Latin culture comes to Greenville by way of ASADA. Grab a bite of Latin flavor with the chayote rellenos de camarones (a Nicaraguan dish of chayotes stuffed with sautéed shrimp in creamy spicy ChipotleGuajillo suace); or see a trans-Pacific collaboration at work with the chicken karaage taco, which features Japanese-style fried chicken and a Latin-Asian slaw. $-$$. Closed Sunday & Monday.

903 Wade Hampton Blvd. (864)-770-3450, asadarestaurant.com BANGKOK THAI CUISINE

Bangkok Thai makes a standout version of pad Thai, everyone’s favorite noodles. The curries are a surefire hit, though the green curry is the only one made from fresh chilies.

For a different dining experience, take a seat on the floor pillows in the back room. $$, L, D. Closed Sunday. 605 Haywood Rd. (864) 458-7866, bangkokgreenville.com

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A Charleston-based fresh-food fantasy, Caviar & Bananas has answered Greenville’s gourmet prayers with a whopping selection of salads, sandwiches, and baked goods galore, not to mention a fine selection of beer and wine. But don’t miss weekend brunch!

We suggest the B.E.L.T.: bacon duo, fried egg, arugula, tomato, and black pepper aioli, on grilled sourdough bread. $-$$, B, L, D, SBR. 1 N Laurens St. (864) 235-0404, caviarandbananas.com RICK’S DELI & MARKET

For a filling, gourmet lunch on the go, the artisanal sandwiches and salads at this West End deli hit the spot. Try the Classic Reuben, with corned beef piled high on toasted marbled rye with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Russian dressing, or the Rick’s Chopped Salad, with turkey, bacon, and ham. For dinner, fish and chips, herb-crusted salmon, and chicken piccata make the cut.

$-$$, L, D. Closed Sunday. 101 Falls Park Dr. (864) 312-9060, rickerwins.com SOBY’S ON THE SIDE

Located around the corner from Carl Sobocinski’s restaurant, Soby’s on the Side adds speed and efficiency to high-quality food. From BBQ Monday to Grilled Cheese Wednesday, add a spontaneous element to your lunch, or enjoy a hot breakfast.

$-$$, B, L. Closed Sunday. 22 E Court St. (864) 271-8431, sobysontheside.com SULLY’S STEAMERS

When considering the perfect sandwich, steam isn’t the first (or even last) thing to come to mind. For Robert Sullivan, hot air is the key to handheld nirvana. With a smorgasbord of ingredients like cut meats, veggies, and homemade cream cheeses, Sully’s serves bagel sandwiches piping hot and always fresh.

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The delicacy of Mediterranean cuisine greets Greenville at Main + Stone’s latest food joint, Ji-roz (YEE-ros). With its abundance of natural light, ocean blue decor, and authentic Grecian pottery, this farm-to-table concept transports patrons straight to the Santorini seaside. Do dinner tapas-style with a variety of small plates, or go straight for the gyro, complete with a fluffy pita wrap, tzatziki, tomatoes, onions, fries and your meat of preference. $$, L, D, SBR. 644 N. Main St #100, Greenville.

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Kimchee’s kimchi keeps locals coming back. Try the Kalbi short ribs (marinated in soy sauce, onions, and sesame seeds) or bibimbap (served in a hot stone bowl for crispy rice). All dishes come with ban chan, side dishes that include kimchi, japchae (glass noodles), marinated tofu, and more. $$-$$$, L, D. Closed Sunday.

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Chef Huy Tran delivers the nuances of fine Vietnamese cuisine at Mekong. Favorites include the grilled pork vermicelli: marinated pork, lettuce, cucumber, bean sprouts, mint, cilantro, peanuts, crispy shallots, and sauce.

For textural variation, try the broken rice platter: julienned pork, grilled pork chop, and steamed pork omelet over broken rice. $, L, D. Closed Monday. 2013 Wade Hampton Blvd. (864) 244-1314, mekongrestaurantgreenville.com

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MENKOI RAMEN HOUSE

Can you say umami? Located on Woodruff Road with a second shop now on North Main, this Japanese noodle house offers an exquisite ramen experience that will have you wondering why you ever settled for the dorm room packet version. Start with the rice balls or edamame, then dive into the Shoyu ramen—marinated pork, bean sprouts, spinach, green onions, nori, and a boiled egg bathe in a soy-based broth.

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Here, Chef Alex Wong and wife Dorothy Lee have managed to reinvent the conventional. Start off with the homemade pot stickers, or dive right into the soulsatisfying mee goreng, with fresh lo mein noodles, tofu, bean sprouts, green onions, and shrimp with an unctuous soy tomato chili sauce then topped with a fried egg. $-$$, L, D. Closed Monday. 2100 Poinsett Hwy, Ste J. (864) 605-7551, yellowgingerasian.com

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The enticing aroma of Afghan cuisine delivers savory satisfaction at this local lunch spot. Chef Nelo Mayar brings her favorite fare from hometown Kabul to Greenville eaters—think succulent lamb kabobs and meat-filled steamed dumplings, sweet potato burhani and root-veggie rich soups. To spice things up, the menu changes daily, but expect to find two plates of rice, meat, and veggies offered. $, L. 210 E Coffee St. (864) 236-7410, aryanagreenville.com DAVANI’S RESTAURANT

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Soleil Moon Frye fans should give the Punky Brewster roll a try: tuna, mango, hot sauce, and Panko topped with spicy crab salad and unagi sauce. $$, L, D. 115 Pelham Rd. (864) 271-0900, irashiai.com

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THE LAZY GOAT

The Lazy Goat’s tapas-style menu is distinctly Mediterranean. Sample from the Graze and Nibble dishes, such as the crispy Brussels sprouts with Manchego shavings and sherry glacé. For a unique entrée, try the duck confit pizza with a sour cherry vinaigrette and a farm egg. An extensive variety of wines is available in addition to a full bar. $$-$$$, L, D. Closed Sunday. 170 River Pl. (864) 679-5299, thelazygoat.com PASSERELLE BISTRO

Gaze over the lush Falls Park scenery while enjoying French-inspired cuisine. Make a lunch date to enjoy lthe arugula salad or bistro burger with caramelized leeks and mushrooms, arugula, Gruyere, and garlic aioli. At night, the bistro serves up romance

à la Paris, with items like escargot and mussels. Don’t miss brunch on the weekend. $$-$$$, L (Mon–Fri), D (Mon–Sun), SBR (Sat–Sun). 601 S Main St. (864) 509-0142, passerelleinthepark.com PITA HOUSE

The Pita House has been family-operated since 1989. Inside, it’s bare bones, but the cognoscenti come here for tasty Middle Eastern fare such as hummus, falafel, kibbeh, and shwarma. And save room for baklava and other Mediterranean sweets for dessert. Also, check out the little grocery in the back of the restaurant for some homemade inspiration. $, L, D. Closed Sunday. 495 S. Pleasantburg Dr, #B. (864) 271-9895, pitahousesc.com POMEGRANATE ON MAIN

Pomegranate serves traditional Persian cuisine in an eclectic Eastern ambience.

Attentive service, reasonable prices, and a flavorful variety, such as the slow-cooked lamb shank or the charbroiled Cornish hen kabobs, make this an excellent spot for lunch or dinner. Be sure to sample from the martini menu at the aquamarine-tiled bar, or head outside to the street-side patio facing Main. $$-$$$, L, D. Closed Sunday.

618 S Main St. (864) 241-3012, pomegranateonmain.com RISTORANTE BERGAMO

Ristorante Bergamo, open since 1986, focuses on fresh produce and Northern Italian cuisine: fresh mussels sautéed in olive oil, garlic, and white wine, veal with homegrown organic herbs, and pasta creations such as linguine with shrimp and mussels. The bar fronts 14-foot windows along Main Street, making it a prime location for enjoying a glass while peoplewatching. $$$, D. Closed Sunday & Monday.

100 N Main St. (864) 271-8667, ristorantebergamo.com THE TRAPPE DOOR

A rathskeller vibe pervades this underground tavern that boasts an incredible beer program, with 10 on tap and more than 150 bottles. Belgian specialties include waterzooi (a creamy seafood stew) and carbonnades flamandes (beef stew braised in Belgian beer). For dessert—you guessed it—Belgian waffles are the ticket. $$, L, D. Closed Monday. 23 W Washington St. (864) 451-7490, trappedoor.com

FOOD TRUCKS AUTOMATIC TACO

Since 2015, this taco truck has delivered new wonders and old favorites. Owner Nick Thomas treats the tortilla as a work of art, with the likes of Nashville Hot Chicken or Thai Shrimp with fried avocado stuffed into soft shells. Sides like the Brussels sprouts are must adds. Don’t miss a chance to reinvent your taste buds—check the Automatic Taco’s Facebook page for their weekly schedule. $. Schedule varies. (404) 372-2266, facebook.com/automatictaco CHUCK TRUCK

Chuck’s burgers explode with intense flavors delivered by local ingredients. Treat yourself to a pimento cheeseburger and fries, or salute our Cajun neighbors with the truck’s signature N’awlins burger—a fresh-ground beef patty served with andouille sausage, peppers, onions, and applewood-smoked white cheddar, topped with the Chuck Truck’s very own herb aioli. $. Schedule varies. (864) 884-3592, daveschucktruck.com

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ELLADA KOUZINA

Greek cuisine hits the Greenville scene in this big blue traveling kitchen. Traditional treats are always available off the spit, the lamb and chicken gyros are Mediterranean heaven, and their special take on Greek fries are the ideal pre-meal snack. Check social media for weekly schedules and booking opportunities. $. Schedule varies. (864) 908-5698, facebook.com/elladakouzina2013 ROBINO’S

Chef Robin’s vision of freshly sourced fare with a home-cooked feel comes to fruition in Robino’s Food Truck. Though mainly featuring Italian food, this truck shucks out a wide variety of American classics, such as the chicken potpie with puff pastry or the garden burger. For those with dietary limitations, the vegan lasagna is a great go-to option. $, Schedule varies. (864) 621 3064, robinosfoodtruck.com THOROUGHFARE FOOD TRUCK

From culinary school to the streets of Greenville, Neil and Jessica Barley have made it their mission to bring people together through food. Not only has Thoroughfare proved that tater tots can be eaten with every meal (their disco tots are topped with white cheddar gravy), they’ve driven their way into our hearts. With your tots, try a meatloaf sandwich: a thick slice of meatloaf topped with homemade pimiento cheese and served between two slices of grilled ciabatta bread. $. Schedule varies. (864) 735-8413, thoroughfarefoodtruck.com

PIZZA BARLEY’S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA

Pizza and beer—flowing from more than 27 taps downstairs and another 31 upstairs—are what bring students and young revelers to Barley’s. Besides the tap, there’s a list as long as your arm of selections by the bottle. Try the classic New York–style pizzas, or go for one of Barley’s specialty pies. Afterwards, make your way upstairs to the billiards tables and the dartboard lanes. $-$$, L, D. 25 W Washington St. (864) 2323706, barleysgville.com COASTAL CRUST

This Charleston-based catering joint graces the Greenville scene with artisan, Neapolitan-style pizza pies. Served out of a turquoise ’55 Chevy tow truck, the pies are baked in a wood-fired brick oven and topped with local produce from Reedy River farms. Stick with the classic margarita pie, or branch out with the red Russian kale and Gorgonzola, sprinkled with almond pieces and drizzled in olive oil. Location information and renting opportunities are available on their website. $, L, D. Location varies. (843) 654-9606, coastalcrustgreenville.com SIDEWALL PIZZA COMPANY

Located in a renovated tire shop on the main drag of Travelers Rest, on Cleveland Street downtown, and soon to open on Pelham Road, this pizza joint is a fast favorite with its handcrafted, brick-oven pies made from local ingredients. But their salads are nothing to ignore, not to mention dessert: the homemade ice cream will make you forget about those fellas named Ben & Jerry. $$, L, D. Closed Sunday & Monday. 35 S Main St, Travelers Rest, (864) 610-0527; 99 Cleveland St. (864) 558-0235, sidewallpizza.com STONE PIZZA

Serving both Neapolitan– and New York–style pizzas, the latest edition to the corner of Stone and Park avenues is no pie in the sky. Ideal for a classic family outing or catching the game with a few friends (beer, sports, and pizza, amirite?), STONE and its fire-inspired pies

are crafted with house-made mozzarella, San Marzano tomatoes, Caputo flour, and baked for a flat minute in their wood fire oven. $$, L (Sat & Sun), D. 500 E Park Ave. (864) 609-4490, stonepizzacompany.com VIC’S PIZZA

The sign that says “Brooklyn, SC” at this walk-up/take-out joint makes sense when you see what you’re getting: piping hot New York–style pizza, served on paper plates.

Purchase by the (rather large) slice, or have entire pies delivered (as long as your home or business is within three miles). $, L, D. Closed Sunday & Monday.

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Tex-Mex has a new home in Greenville with the addition of Cantina 76. Although ripe with golden-brown chimichangas and zesty enchiladas, the menu’s real star is the taco selection. Play it safe with classic handhelds like fried tilapia and ground beef with lettuce, tomatoes, and shredded cheese, or turn up the heat with fried chicken doused with jalapeño aioli. $, L, D. 103 N Main St. (864)

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Hand-crafted and locally sourced, this TR taco joint is the love child of Mexican cuisine and Southern soul food. Start the meal with a few small plates—try the fried green tomatoes with pimento cheese or the panseared crab cakes—then dig into pure taco bliss with the Travelers Rest hot chicken or the fried catfish with tartar sauce. Go a little lighter with a farm-fresh salad, and end with a mouthful of campfire s’mores. $, L, D, SBR. 164 S Main St, Travelers Rest. (864) 610-0586, farmhousetacos.com

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Table 301 plankowner Jorge “Papi” Baralles brings family tradition and the familiar childhood flavors of Cuautla, Mexico, to this walk-up taqueria on the Reedy River. The menu is short and to the point. Get your tacos with shrimp, barbacoa, al pastor, carne asada, carnitas, or chicken and chorizo, or sample some gelato in the display case.

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Much like its Spartanburg-based sister, Greenville’s Willy Taco is a straight-up Mexican fiesta! Housed in the former Feed & Seed, the animated atmosphere pairs perfectly with their festive food presentation. Choose from a variety of taco flavors; we suggest the crispy avocado—tempura-battered avocado, sweet chili sauce, shaved cabbage, toasted sesame seed, pico, and house crema—topped off with one of their house-crafted margaritas. $-$$, L, D. Closed Monday. 217 Laurens Rd. (864) 412-8700, willytaco.com

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Developed by star songwriters and producers Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, this dynamic musical revue features nearly 40 hit songs. The diverse range of tracks spotlights many of the power duo’s own repertoire, including “Hound Dog,” “Love Potion #9,” “Fools Fall in Love,” and “Yakety Yak,” as well as selections from other composers. With music like this going all night, you won’t want to give up your table at Smokey Joe’s Café.

Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock, NC. Wed–Thurs, 2pm & 7:30pm; Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun, 2pm. $15-$50. (828) 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org

Thru May 24 WEARABLE ART

No, this exhibition does not entail strolling around with Monet’s Water Lilies hanging about your neck.

Curated by local artist Kate Furman and presented by the Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Wearable Art explores the concept of jewelry and the boundaries between what is wearable and what is sculptural.

With its 25 national and international artisans, expect to find a broad range of materials represented, including metal, wood, paper, fabric, gemstones, and plastics.

The Gallery at Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 25 Draper St, Greenville. (864) 735-3948, artcentergreenville.org

3–31 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS MOONLIGHT MOVIE SERIES Drive-in days may be a thing of the past, but you can still enjoy some of the best vintage flicks outdoors in scenic Falls Park. Snag your spot with a blanket or lawn chair and take in a diverse selection of family-friendly films under the stars. Food truck eats and beverages will be available for purchase. Just don’t forget to top the

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PYTHON’S 5–14 MONTY SPAMALOT

ERIC CHURCH

Life in medieval ages England may not have been quite this humorous— there was that whole plague thing— however even a rat deserves a laugh or two. Loosely adapted from the 1975 classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot follows the trials and tribulations of King Arthur and his faithful servant Patsy as they search for knights to join the famous Round Table—only to run into a bevy of farcical situations and zany characters that, in many ways, are only fit for a king.

Chapman Cultural Center, 200 E St John St, Spartanburg. Fri–Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. Adult, $30; senior, $27; student, $20. (864) 542-2787, chapmanculturalcenter.org

5–7 CAF FIGHTERS & BOMBERS TOUR

In observance of the United States’ Doolittle Raid on Japan 75 years ago, Georgia’s own Commemorative Air Force chapter—Dixie Wing—will join forces with the Minnesota Wing for three days of education and high-flying fun.

Hitch a ride on one of three real, live bombers piloted by some of the nation’s best aviators, or stick close to Earth and look on as history takes flight once again.

Greenville Downtown Airport, 100 Tower Dr, Greenville. Fri, Noon–5pm; Sat– Sun, 9am–5pm. Free. dixiewing.org/greenvilles-c-may-5-6-7/

CHURCH 6 ERIC Country music’s outlaw is

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Bon Secours Wellness Arena, 650 N Academy St, Greenville.

Sat, 8pm. $25-$89. (864) 241-3800, bonsecoursarena.com

FESTIVAL 6 STRAWBERRY AND COUNTRY FAIR Whether they’re blended in a daiquiri, baked in a pie, or piled high on some Cool Whip, strawberries are the perfect summertime treat. Presented by the Bank of Travelers Rest, the annual festival gives you the chance to delve into the best berry recipes, and indulge in hearty helpings of musical acts, arts, crafts, and family activities—all backdropped by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Slater Hall, 5 Whitney St, Slater. Sat, 10am–4pm. Free. foothillsfamilyresources.org/ strawberry-festival/

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May 6–7; Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. $20-$80.

The Peace Center.

Classical music with a significant twist, this Greenville Symphony Orchestra showcase previews musical masterpieces with stunning acrobatic performances.

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The Greenville Symphony Orchestra brings the 69th season of its Masterworks Series to a finale with a bang—and a few stunts. The unique symphonic concert combines music with movement, keeping a collection of well-known works in time with energetic, exciting acrobatics. First you’ll gasp. Then you’ll clap. After that, you’ll be begging for more!

The Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville. Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. $20-$80. (864) 467-3000, peacecenter.org

6–Oct 28

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Upstate, the Emrys Foundation strives to give a voice, a stage, and a canvas to regional creators of every vocation.

The 34th launch of Emrys’s annual literary publication is a testament to this commitment, showcasing written works by both local and international contributors. Selected passages from this year’s edition will be read at the celebratory event.

Chicora Alley, 608 S Main St B, Greenville. Tues, 6:30–8pm. emrys.org

WINWOOD 9 STEVE There are some artists who go with

the flow. Then there are those who create it. Musician Steve Winwood is a card-carrying member of the latter, having been influential in shaping the English rock n’ roll scene with bands like Traffic, Blind Faith, and the Spencer Davis Group. Winwood is a jack-of-many-genres (plus over six instruments), earning the bluesy rocker two Grammy Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of fame induction, and a spot on Rolling Stone’s coveted “100 Greatest Singers of all Time.” Daughter Lilly Winwood will open the show.

The Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville. Tues, 7:30pm. $45-$75.

(864) 467-3000, peacecenter.org

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Known as the second-most wonderful time of the year, TD’s annual downtown market is the place to stock up on seasonal produce, plants, baked goods, meats, and cheeses—all while supporting regional farmers. There’s freshly-baked banana bread, handmade spreads, pottery, organic fruits and veggies, and pickled treats. And with great chef demonstrations, you’ll know just what to do with all your goodies once you get in the kitchen.

Main St, Greenville. Sat, 8am–12:30pm. Free.

(864) 467-4494, saturdaymarketlive.com

JOURNAL LAUNCH 9 EMRYS As a champion of the arts in the

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Vive la France! This special evening of chamber music is tinged with Parisian flavors, showcasing superb works by composers César Franck, Philippe Gaubert, Francis Poulenc, and Armand Merck. Joining Greenville’s resident American Chamber Players is Professor Alexis Galperine, a master violinist hailing from the Paris Conservatory.

Gunter Theatre at the Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville.

Thurs, 7:30pm. $25-$45. (864) 4673000, peacecenter.org

DELIKATESSEN 11–21 There are few things more

truck options and live music. This year will also see the addition of seasonal festivals, beginning with a spring festival in May, summer harvest in August, and a fall version in October.

Taylors Mill, 250 Mill St, Taylors.

Thurs, 4–8pm. Free. taylorsfarmers. market

12–14 Greenville has always ARTISPHERE

been a community that embraces and supports the local arts year-round.

Artisphere, presented by TD Bank, is an annual celebration and open marketplace of those handcrafted, visual, and live arts, drawing artists from around

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Centre Stage, 501 River St, Greenville. Tues–Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm. $15-$30. (864) 233-6733, centrestage.org

11–Aug 24

TAYLORS FARMERS MARKET PRESENTED BY FCI AGENCY

Pop into Taylors Mill for a little onestop shopping. Staples of the weekly market include vendors peddling everything from farm-fresh produce to artisan goods, in addition to tasty food

the region and around the world. The popular event also features a mini-Kidsphere for little hands, local food vendors, craft beer and wine experiences, and three stages of live tunes.

Main St, Greenville. Fri, Noon–8pm; Sat, 10am–8pm; Sun, 11am–6pm.

Free admission. artisphere.org

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MUSIC 13 GREENVILLE FESTIVAL

Set your phasers to “grind” and join four of R&B’s all-time greatest musicians for one night of slow jams at the Greenville Music Festival. Soultrain Lifetime Achievement Award winner Keith Sweat will be accompanied by artists 112, K-Ci & JoJo, and Next. So light a few candles, sprinkle a handful of rose petals, turn up the boombox, and get down to it.

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Sat, 8pm. $52-$125. (864) 241-3800, bonsecoursarena.com

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Greenville’s Young Artist Orchestra joins forces with their Greenville Symphony Orchestra counterparts to perform a pair of classic selections, including a piece by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns and Carl Nielsen’s Aladdin.

Youth violinist Sam Parrini will be spotlighted in this delightful meeting of the generations.

Gunter Theatre at the Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville.

Sat, 7:30pm. $10-$27.

(864) 467-3000, peacecenter.org

17 GENERATIONS FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON

A Simpsonville-based nonprofit that supports boys who’ve experienced the trauma of abuse, Generations Group hosts its 12th annual fundraising luncheon featuring speaker Tony Williams, CEO of Infinity Marketing.

Guests of the hour-long event will hear of the transformative nature of Generations’ work and be provided with various sponsorship opportunities.

TD Convention Center, 1 Exposition Drive, Greenville.

Wed, Noon–1pm. (864) 243-5557, generationsgroup.com

GREEK FESTIVAL 18–21 Whether you hail from

the Hellenic Republic or just down the street, you’ll be welcomed with open arms—and a plate full of delicious food. Pick your poison from a variety of freshly made pastries, including baklava and kataifi, hefty servings of roast lamb, moussaka, spanakopita, and authentic Greek cuisine. Get your Greek on!

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Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 406 N Academy St, Greenville. Thurs–Sun. $1. greekforaday.com

CHARITY 18–21 BMW PRO-AM PRESENTED

BY SYNNEX CORPORATION

Some people go for the golf. Some people go for the celebrity-stalking.

Either way, the BMW Charity ProAm has become a centerpiece in the Greenville sporting community.

Matching golf professionals with amateurs and celebrities for four days of competition on the Upstate’s most manicured greens, the Pro-Am has amassed millions of dollars in charitable funds for programs around the Upstate.

Thornblade Club, The Preserve at Verdae, The Furman Golf Club.

Thurs–Sun, 7am. bmwusfactory. com/charity-golf/

AT HERITAGE 18–28 FAIR PARK

Fairs are great for three reasons: funnel cakes, fried everything, and ferris wheels—just preferably not in that order. Even better, the Fair at Heritage Park will feature these carnival

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May 19–June 3; Wed–Thurs, 2pm & 7:30pm; Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun, 2pm. $15-$50.

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A Tuna Christmas splashes into summer with the dynamic acting talents of Preston Dyar and Scott Treadway.

necessities and more—aerials by the Pirates of the Colombian Caribbean, magic by Lady Houdini, a human cannonball, and much more. And what fair isn’t complete without a little pig racing? Just remember to try out the rides before you dig into that fourth corn dog.

Heritage Park, 861 SE Main St, Simpsonville. Mon–Fri, 4–11pm; Sat, 10am–midnight; Sun, 12:30– 10pm. General admission, $7; 6 & under, free. fairatheritagepark.com

TUNA 19–June 3 ACHRISTMAS

They say there’s no place like home for the holidays. Well, unless you live in Tuna. The tiny Texas town is the setting for this second installment in a play series crafted by Joe Sears, Ed Howard, and Jaston Williams. Fifty percent Southern and 50 percent satire, the play stars duo Preston Dyar and Scott Treadway as an eccentric band of more than 20 characters. Whether they’re vying for best Christmas

yard or simply trying to survive the holidays, there’s always something fishy going on in Tuna.

Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock, NC. Wed–Thurs, 2pm & 7:30pm; Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun, 2pm. $15-$50. (828) 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org

19–June 10

SPRING AWAKENING

It’s a time of raging hormones, swift adulthood, and unanswered questions for a group of teenagers growing up in nineteenth-century Germany.

The powerful musical, adapted from German playwright Frank Wedekind’s play of the same title, has been lauded for its powerful study of relationships and sexuality. Underscored by a gripping folk-rock songbook, Awakening ain’t your Grandma’s talk on the birds and bees.

The Warehouse Theatre, 37 Augusta St, Greenville. (864) 2356948, warehousetheatre.com

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West Greenville’s own collaborative art space invites you to spend an evening in the garden with some of the Upstate’s most talented artistic visionaries. The yearly art show is set to debut an amalgam of all-new pieces by its collective of crafters; offerings include handmade jewelry, paintings, photography, mixed media and more. Live music is also on tap.

ArtBomb Studios, 1320 Pendleton St, Greenville.

Sat, 6:30–9:30pm. artbombstudio.com

FESTIVAL 20 CLEMSON OF ARTS

“Explore. Create. Exhibit.” is the idea behind this annual arts event. It’s not hard to see why, with numerous regional artisans on display throughout the downtown area.

Spend a few hours browsing the diverse marketplace of handmade wares, and maybe get some inspiration to start a craft of your own. It’s never too late to start creating.

Catherine Smith Plaza & Abernathy Park, Clemson.

Sat, 9am– 5pm. Free. explorearts. org/event/ clemsonfestival-ofarts

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SPRING DANCE CONCERT Set your sights on some up-and-coming Greenville talent! This annual performance stars students of the Governor’s School dance program, and features a diverse set of classic and contemporary pieces.

It’s a showcase you don’t want to miss; you never know whose name you’ll see in lights one day.

Gunter Theatre at the Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville.

Sat, 7:30pm; Sun, 2pm. Free.

(864) 467-3000, peacecenter.org

SHOWCASE 24 SENIOR Senior students from the

Governor’s School take to the stage, showing off the culmination of all their hard work in the Music Department.

Chosen by a panel of local music professionals, the accomplished performers will entertain the

audience with an array of compositions, passion, and, of course, tons of talent.

Gunter Theatre at the Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville. Wed, 7:30pm. Free.

(864) 467-3000, peacecenter.org

& TEARS May 27 LEVITY Weaving melodic

themes of joy and sorrow, this Greenville Symphony Orchestra Spotlight Series concert is a journey into the duality of human nature.

Three separate chamber pieces will be showcased on stage, but the true highlight of the evening will be Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, a dramatic, haunting depiction of mortality, as told in four string movements.

First Baptist Greenville, 847 Cleveland St, Greenville.

Sat, 2pm and 7pm. $15.

(864) 232-0344, greenvillesymphony.org

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better when it’s served on four wheels. Greer’s homage to mobile dining has become a wildly popular event, with trucks often selling out long before the night ends. The multipurpose rollout will also feature live music, tailgate activities, and cold drinks.

Greer City Park, 301 E Poinsett St, Greer. Fri, 5–8pm. Free. cityofgreer.org

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GALLABRAE— GREENVILLE SCOTTISH GAMES Ah. The sound of bagpipes lilting through the air. A cool breeze under your kilt. The South meets the Scot at this yearly spring festival. Starting with the Great Scot! Parade through downtown Greenville, the party carries on into the weekend with the Border Collie Invitationals, a Miss Greenville Scottish Games for the lasses, and tartan-themed athletic competition. They might take away your breath, but they can’t take away your good time.

Parade: Main St, Greenville.

Fri, May 26, 6pm. Free. Games: Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville. Sat, May 27, 8:30am–8pm. Adult, $15; ages 6–12, $8; under 5, free. gallabrae.com

FLIGHT 5K 27 TAKE Kick off Memorial Day

weekend by taxiing your way through Greenville’s Downtown Airport. The family-friendly race includes great door prizes, and the opportunity to give back to the community; proceeds raised from the 5K will help complete projects at the Runway Park.

Runway Park at GMU, 21 Airport Rd Ext, Greenville.

Sat, 8:30am. $10-$30. book-events.com/takeflight5k/

LION 31–June 25 THE KING

Admit it: you still get chills when you hear the opening lyrics to the “Circle of Life.” Since its Broadway debut 20 years ago, the movie-based, Tony Award–winning musical has become an international sensation, leaving audiences awestruck by the outstanding live-action narrative, colorful costuming, vibrant set design, and striking visual elements.

And with a band of creators that include Elton John, Julie Taymor, Tim Rice, and Garth Fagan, there’s no way you won’t feel the love for The Lion King tonight.

The Peace Center, 300 S Main St, Greenville. Tues–Thurs, 7:30pm; Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun, 1pm & 6:30pm. $35-$95.

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THE LION KING May 31–June 25; Tues–Thurs, 7:30pm; Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun, 1pm & 6:30pm. $35-$95. The Peace Center.

This Broadway masterpiece graces the Greenville stage once again with its outstanding combination of visual design, live-action narrative, and well-loved musical elements.

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—Polly Gaillard Experience David Zinn’s chalk art at Artisphere, presented by TD Bank, in downtown Greenville. May 12–14: Fri, Noon–8pm; Sat, 10am–8pm; and Sun, 11am–6pm, or visit zinnart.com.

Photographs courtesy of David Zinn

Street illustrator David Zinn graces Artisphere’s line-up with whimsical chalk creations

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