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THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS Vol. 70 • No. 9 (ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240) Read in more than 573,000 homes and businesses and published monthly except in December by The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. 808 Knox Abbott Drive Cayce, SC 29033 Tel: (803) 926-3 1 75 Fax: (803) 796-6064 Email: letters@scliving.coop EDITOR

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14 Masterpieces

in our backyard Explore amazing collections of world-class art without leaving South Carolina.

JASPER JOHNS (1930–), FLAGS 1, 1973, SILKSCREEN ON PAPER, ART ©JASPER JOHNS/LICENSED BY VAGA, NEW YORK, NY

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Flags 1, an iconic modern work from South Carolina’s own Jasper Johns, is part of the collection at the Greenville County Museum of Art.

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6 ON THE AGENDA

Experience South Carolina history at Colonial Times: A Day to Remember. Plus: Don’t fall victim to common energy myths that can drive up your utility bills.

28 Super sammies

Wrap your hands around four delicious restaurant-style sandwiches you can make right in your own kitchen. GARDENER

30 Bring butterflies

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POWER USER DIALOGUE

10 Game changers, part 2

Learn how efficient energy-storage systems will change everything we know about the power grid. ENERGY Q&A

12 Is a geothermal heat

pump right for you?

For homeowners who can afford the upfront costs, geothermal heat pumps offer high-efficiency heating and cooling.

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A bounty of butterflies

The Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University invites guests to linger and admire centuries-old masterpieces. Photo by Milton Morris.

Turn your landscape into a butterfly oasis with a selection of plants that feed the insects at all life stages. CHEF’S CHOICE

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Grits & Groceries put Saylors Crossroads on the culinary map with Southern cooking that’s always worth the drive.

HUMOR ME

38 Don’t let the dust mites bite Caught between the threat of insect invaders and the insanity of the mattress superstore, our humor columnist isn’t getting much sleep these days.

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Colonial Times: A Day to Remember

For details, visit colonialtimes.us or call (803) 979-9776.

SEPTEMBER 22–24

Euphoria

Tasting samples and cooking demos. Food truck rodeos and outdoor dinners. Live music in intimate cafes and concerts in a baseball park. If you’re a foodie and a music fan, you’ll be euphoric at this still-growing festival, with 30-plus events over four days in downtown Greenville. Events kick off Thursday and close Sunday with a barbecue brunch and supper with festival chefs.

OCTOBER 6–8

Carolina Downhome Blues Festival

For details, visit euphoriagreenville.com or call (864) 233-5663.

SEPTEMBER 17

COURTESY OF HISTORIC COLUMBIA

Get a double helping of celebration at this year’s festival honoring African-American history and culture in downtown Columbia. The free day of outdoor fun includes artisans, dance, stand-up comedy, live music, storytellers and family games, plus tours of the historic Mann-Simons house, which will welcome visitors in a grand reopening during the festival after a year of renovations. For details, visit historiccolumbia.org/jubilee or call (803) 252-1770, ext. 23.

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MICHAEL WEINTROB

Jubilee: Festival of Heritage

Ain’t nothin’ but the blues happening at the 20th anniversary of this Camden event, a musical crawl through town with a variety of blues styles and musicians. The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County has lined up legendary S.C. blues guitarist Drink Small, multi-instrumentalist/singer Paul Oscher and Blues Hall of Famer Joe Louis Walker (left). Don’t miss Sauce Boss, who cooks up a pot of gumbo for the audience during his show. For details, visit fineartscenter.org/events or call (803) 425-7676.

OCTOBER 14–16

South Carolina Jazz Festival

The great jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie loved Cheraw, and his hometown still loves him right back every October with a festival that celebrates his style of music. Bebop through evening jazz crawls with regional musicians, catch concerts with trumpeter Mark Rapp or vocalist Jane Monheit, and worship at a Sunday jazz mass. For details, visit scjazzfestival.com or call (843) 537-8420, ext. 12.

LARRY GLEASON

Yes, people really cooked animals over real fire and made their own toys, clothes, butter and whatever else they needed in the backwoods of South Carolina hundreds of years ago. Kids will discover a Colonial world gone by at North Augusta’s Living History Park, meet the Rat Catcher, see an 18th-century circus with a fire-breathing performer, practice with a militia and watch leeks in action at the apothecary shop.

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During Hilton Head’s classic meet, this 1920 Anderson convertible roadster, owned by S.C. collector Paul Ianuario Sr., will become just the 14th car added to the National Historic Vehicle Register.

Made in Dixie

Celebrating 100 years of S.C. automotive history POP QUIZ: Name the first company to manufacture automobiles in South Carolina. If you answered BMW or Volvo, you’re off by several decades. The correct answer is Anderson Motor Company. From 1916 to 1925, the Rock Hill manufacturer produced luxurious, colorful alternatives to Henry Ford’s mass-produced, all-black Model T. The nameplate of every Anderson proudly proclaimed, “A little bit higher in price, but made in Dixie.” While the company built more than 5,500 cars before closing its doors, only a dozen Anderson vehicles remain worldwide. Fortunately for vintage car buffs, a collection of these made-in-S.C. automobiles will be on display Nov. 4–6 at the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance. “We’re proud to pay tribute to a century of South Carolina automotive heritage this year with a spotlight on these rare GET MORE The Hilton Anderson Motor Company automobiles,” says Head Island Motoring festival president Carolyn Vanagel. Festival & Concours d’Elegance As part of the celebration, a 1920 Anderson takes place Nov. 4–6 at Port Royal convertible roadster owned by Laurens Electric Golf Club. For more informaCooperative member Paul Ianuario Sr. will be added tion, visit hhiconcours.com. Can’t to the National Historic Vehicle Register—a rare make it to the festival? The State Museum in Columbia (scmuseum. honor bestowed on just 13 other cars. org) has a 1922 Anderson touring “It’s the only unrestored Anderson, it’s the car on permanent display, and oldest drivable Anderson and it’s the only convertthe Museum of York County ible roadster, which was the high-water mark of (chmuseums.org/myco) has its the Anderson Motor Company,” Ianuario says with own 1921 Anderson showcased pride. “It was a custom-designed, patented body at the Cotton Factory Plaza in style—no other company built one like it.” downtown Rock Hill. Led by businessman John Gary Anderson, Anderson Motor Company produced cars with elegant hardwood trim and premium leather seats. Some models featured electric windshield wipers, power convertible roofs and floor-mounted headlight-dimmer switches decades before the competition, but the price of all that innovation was part of the company’s undoing, Ianuario says. “A cheap Anderson was in the neighborhood of $2,000, and you could buy a Model T Ford for $400 or less,” he says. “Anderson refused to compromise his standards of workmanship or the quality of the materials he used, and, hence, he could never become competitive.”

Paninis without the press. No special equipment needed; Chef Belinda shows you how to make a hot pressed sandwich with the tools you’ve got in your home kitchen. Watch the video online at SCLiving.coop/food/chefbelinda.

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EFFICIENCYtip

Consider insulating your water-heater tank, which could reduce standby heat losses by 25 to 45 percent and save you about 4 to 9 percent in water-heating costs. You can find precut jackets or blankets available from around $20. SOURCE: ENERGY.GOV

Don’t fall for common energy myths eyesight, cracking knuckles leads to arthritis, watching too much TV harms vision. We’ve all heard old wives’ tales, but do you know the truth behind these energy myths?

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MYTH: The higher the thermostat setting, the faster the home will heat (or cool)

Raising the thermostat to 85 degrees in a chilly room will not heat the room more quickly. Thermostats direct a home’s HVAC system to heat or cool to a set temperature. Drastically adjusting the setting will not affect how quickly you feel warmer or cooler. The Department of Energy recommends setting

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MYTH: Ceiling fans keep your home cool while you’re away

Ceiling fans cool people, not rooms. Running a ceiling fan in an empty room only adds to electricity use. Turn fans off when you’re away.

If you want to peek at what’s baking without wasting energy, do it through the window in the oven door.

Reducing my energy use is too expensive

MYTH:

Reducing energy doesn’t require spending big bucks on new, more-efficient appliances or remodeling an older home. Small changes, such as turning off lights when not in use, sealing air leaks and using a programmable thermostat, can reduce energy consumption. —ABBY BERRY

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Summer sides

JUNE 2016

It’s tempting to check the progress of that dish in the oven, but opening the oven door wastes energy. When you open the door, oven temperature drops by as much as 25 degrees, delaying baking and costing you money. Use the oven light instead.

SALUTING CANINE COPS

I enjoyed your article “A nose for trouble” in the June 2016 issue of South Carolina Living, highlighting the K-9 Units of the Myrtle Beach Police Department and the Horry County Police Department. The article was well written and gave some much-needed positive media exposure for the hard work done by law enforcement in the area and the K-9 officers and their partners. I’ve had several of our local residents inquire as to why the Surfside Beach Police Department’s K-9 Unit was not highlighted as well. I’m sure that time was of the essence, and I’m glad that these two departments were able to grab the positive publicity. I do wish that other departments that serve the Horry Electric Cooperative area, including ours, had been included in your article. Our agency has two K-9 teams providing services 365 days a year. Our program is unique in that our K-9 teams are not a stand-alone unit. Our teams work standard call rotation and perform their K-9 tasks, as well as continuing to answer calls for service.

—LT. KENNETH HOFMANN, SURFSIDE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT

MYTH: Opening the oven door to check on a dish doesn’t really waste energy

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Furry officers think the job is a game

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Dialogue

Game changers, part 2 IN MY PREVIOUS COLUMN, WE TALKED ABOUT

MIKE COUICK

President and CEO, The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina

sweeping changes in the utility business model pushed forward by new technologies. This month, I want to focus on one area of innovation with the potential to change how we deliver electricity to your home or business— energy storage. Electricity is a unique product that is consumed the moment it is produced, and there must always be enough of it flowing through our power lines to ensure that every time a member throws a switch, the lights come on. But what if we could capture the electricity generated by power plants when demand for electricity (and thus the cost of producing it) is low, then release it when consumers need it most? Storing large amounts of energy has always been a challenge, often requiring expensive infrastructure. Consider the most common energy-storage system in use for decades, the hydroelectric dam. A variation of the typical hydroelectric dam is known as pumped hydro. During times when electricity use is low, pumps lift water into holding tanks or reservoirs. The contained water holds a large amount of stored energy. When consumers need more power, the water is released to turn generators, which convert the stored energy into electricity. Another tried-and-true form of energy storage in use across South Carolina is the high-capacity electric-resistance water heater. More than 120,000 co-op-served homes have water heaters equipped with load-control switches. During periods of high demand for electricity, co-ops temporarily cut power to these devices so there’s more to go around. The homeowners who volunteer for load-control programs don’t know when the electricity is cut, because the insulated tanks hold enough hot water to meet a family’s needs for the control period. In effect, each water heater becomes a thermal battery, storing energy in the form of hot water. While these time-tested storage methods will continue to be a part of our energy future, the

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search is on for additional technologies to more efficiently manage the distribution of electricity. Scientists and engineers tell us to expect multiple breakthroughs in energy-storage solutions in the coming years, including technologies that will make renewable energy sources like wind and photovoltaic solar farms far more practical than they are today. Researchers across the globe are racing to improve one such form of energy storage— rechargeable batteries. Consumers can now buy large, wall-mounted, lithium-ion battery systems (the same kind of battery found in laptops and cellphones) capable of supplying much of a family’s needs for short periods of time. Engineers are studying other electrochemical battery technologies, with dreams of building massive battery systems that could back up an entire substation or power a neighborhood during emergency outages. Other ideas in development include using superconducting magnets to store energy in magnetic fields and solar-thermal systems that trap the heat of concentrated sunlight in molten salts. These salts are highly efficient at retaining the heat until it’s needed to make steam and drive generators at power plants. It may sound like so much science fiction, but, behind each of these experimental systems, there’s very real research, not to mention sizable investments. The emerging energy-storage market, fueled in large part by the growing success of renewable-energy production, has grown from a $200 million industry in 2012 to a projected $19 billion industry by 2017. Studying the game-changing potential of new energy-storage systems is another challenge that your electric cooperative is poised to meet. As always, our guiding principle will be finding solutions that work best for our members.

EmPowering new business

Before the first aircraft flew, and before people showed up to their new job, Santee Cooper helped power Executive HeliJet’s expansion to Myrtle Beach, creating a $1 million economic partnership for South Carolina.

Since 1988, we’ve been a driving force behind more than $11 billion in industrial investments that have produced over 67,000 new jobs. And we’re not slowing down. With our low-cost, reliable power, creative incentive packages and diverse property portfolio, Santee Cooper, working with the South Carolina Power Team and the state's electric cooperatives, continues to power South Carolina toward Brighter Tomorrows, Today.

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EnergyQ&A

BY PATRICK KEEGAN

I am planning to replace my current heating system with a geothermal heat pump. It is comparatively pricey, but it seems like an efficient option, and I like that it includes air conditioning. Is this a good idea?

In most areas of the U.S., space heating and cooling account for a large percentage of homeenergy use, so upgrading to a more efficient HVAC system is a great way to reduce your monthly energy bill. A geothermal heat pump, also known as a ground-source heat pump, is among the most efficient types of heating and cooling systems you can install. Even when it is extremely hot or cold outside, the temperature a few feet below ground remains relatively constant and moderate. A geothermal heat-pump system uses this constant ground temperature to heat and cool your home. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, geothermal heat pumps use up to 44 percent less energy than traditional air-source heat pumps and up to 72 percent less energy than

GetMore Visit SCLiving.coop/energy for more on geothermal heat pumps. Installing a geothermal heat pump – Discover whether your home may be a candidate for these expensive, yet highly efficient, systems. Blowing hot and cold – Technology and tax breaks make heat pumps an attractive option for heating and cooling S.C. homes. Give your house an energy upgrade – When you renovate, consider replacing HVAC systems for maximum energy savings.

electric-resistance heaters combined with standard air conditioners. A geothermal heatpump system has three A horizontal loop field can be less expensive than vertical drilling but main components: requires more space, as shown at this installation at an electric co-op. XXA collector, or loop pump and then placed at least field, which is in the ground and eight feet below the surface of cycles a liquid, like antifreeze, the water. This option can be the through dense, plastic tubing lowest cost. XXA heat pump in your home Geothermal systems typically cost XXA duct system that distributes more than other heating systems, heated or cooled air throughout largely because of the collector and your home During winter, the collector absorbs the associated digging or drilling, but their high efficiency can help reduce the heat stored in the ground, and the payback time. The cost will vary the liquid carries that heat to the based on whether new ductwork is heat pump, which concentrates it and needed and the type of collector you blows it into the ductwork, warming install, among other factors. Incentives your home. In the summer, the heat are available for those who install pump extracts heat from the home qualified geothermal heat pumps— and transfers it to the cooler ground. The collector can be set up in one most notably, a 30 percent federal tax of three ways: credit for installing an Energy Starrated system before the end of 2016. XXHorizontal system: Plastic tubing is So, if your system and installation cost placed in trenches four to six feet $20,000, you could take $6,000 off below the ground surface. This your federal tax bill. South Carolina is system works well for homes or offering a 25 percent state tax credit businesses with sufficient available on geothermal equipment and installand, as it may require up to 400 feet of trenches. lation through Dec. 31, 2018. For those with high heating and XXVertical system: If the site doesn’t cooling bills, an efficient geothermal have space for a horizontal system, system is a good option to consider. a collector can be placed vertically. People building new homes should A drill digs 100 to 400 feet below also consider, before construction, the surface and places the tubing. whether to install a geothermal heat This system can be more costly pump. The system can be included in but will have less impact on existing landscaping and can be used on the mortgage, and installing it before the home is completed means no dissmaller lots. XXPond system: For homes with ruption to your landscaping. access to a pond or lake, a pond Send questions to Energy Q&A, South Carolina system (also called a water-source Living, 808 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC heat pump) may be possible. The 29033, email energyqa@scliving.coop or fax (803) 739-3041. loop field is connected to the heat

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THE MUSEUM & GALLERY AT BOB JONES UNIVERSITY important, something for the ages. He needs help. Hence, the small angel by his side. The two of them focus intently on each other’s faces, “Art doesn’t have to be difficult,” Erin Jones reassures me as we begin concentrating on the task at hand, and a walk-through tour of the astoundMatthew’s quill is poised to take down the imparted words of divine wisdom. ing collection of old European masterworks on the Bob Jones I am so captivated by this painting, University campus. At the moment, I keep turning back to look again. The I’m not so sure about that. Simply expression on Matthew’s face, gentle standing in the lobby, with its and attentive, makes me feel I can soaring ceilings and huge tapestries almost read his mood. I like how the dwarfing the people below, hints that light bounces off Matthew’s tousled I may be in over my head. white hair and beard and the angel’s But Jones, director of the M&G at golden curls. The scene seems to Bob Jones, guides me into the first invite me in, as if I had pulled up a St. Matthew is part of Guido Reni’s Four gallery and begins to prove her point. chair to be part of this moment of Evangelists series. BJU has the world’s only known complete set of these paintings. By design, the BJU exhibits are biblical history. staged to help visitors find meaning This portrait of the Gospel writer, in what they see. The collection is St. Matthew, painted by the 17th- largely sacred art; this first small century Italian artist Guido Reni, hangs gallery, housing Italian religious paintat the Vatican in Rome. But that’s not where I’m looking at it. This version, ings from the 14th century, mimics the dim, stone interior of a church also a Reni masterpiece, is on exhibit sanctuary, where paintings like these every day at a museum in Greenville— BY DIANE VETO PARHAM would originally have been displayed. the Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones “We don’t want a stark, white experience of paintings University. And it’s not alone. The M&G collection houses on a wall,” Jones says. “If you walked into an old European hundreds more impressive artworks, including centuries-old cathedral, it might feel like this.” masterpieces that have been showcased in some of the great Centuries ago, these paintings were like illustrated museums around the world. r eligious lessons for the illiterate masses, “just like we use Turns out, the city of Greenville is home to some pretty picture books to teach children,” she says. The church amazing visual treasures in the collections at the M&G and c ommissioned artists to paint scenes that told stories the Greenville County Museum of Art. Curious to learn from Scripture, depicted heroic acts of saints or illustrated more, I ventured to the Upstate to explore this cache of church doctrine. So the images in the paintings needed l l world-class art, right here in our own backyard. MATTHEW IS WRITING SOMETHING

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A popular attraction for many gallery visitors, Madonna and Child with an Angel (Madonna of the Magnificat) by Sandro Botticelli is featured in the tondo room at M&G at Bob Jones University.

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to be familiar and easily recognizable to anyone. As a literate adult who’s been to Sunday school, I’m feeling more confident as Jones talks me through Gerini’s Madonna and Child with Saints. Mary and the infant Jesus are common subject matter here, as you’d imagine. Most often, you’ll find them at the center of a painting, with Mary usually robed in colors of blue (symbolizing heaven, peace, sorrow), white (purity) and red (love or passion). From gallery to gallery, those colors repeat where Mary is depicted; the message keeps coming through. Stories start to leap out from the paintings. Saints may be depicted with some identifying feature, such as St. Francis of Assisi’s stigmata or St. Bartholomew with a knife, representing the tool by which he was skinned alive and martyred. “Things like that are gruesome to us today, but when we think about that time, beauty was hard to come by,” Jones says, putting the period art in context. “The church was the one place of hope, a place they could see somebody whose

life was inspiring to them.” A surprising feature of this collection of more than 400 paintings by old masters, plus objects of art and antiquities from around the globe, is that it could not be replicated today. It so happened that Dr. Bob Jones Jr., a lover of the arts and BJU president through the mid-1900s, began amassing works of Baroque and other old-world art at a period when those particular pieces were out of favor. His modest collection that began with 20 to 40 paintings has mushroomed to become known worldwide as one of the most important collections revealing the evolution of Western art through the ages, Jones says. As we meander through the 20-plus galleries in the BJU campus museum, traveling forward in time, we’re seeing the arc of history reflected in paintings by famed artists from across Europe. Here’s a highlight in the museum’s tondo gallery (a tondo, I learn, is simply a round painting):

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Looking closer at art

X-rays of The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon by Jacopo Robusti (Il Tintoretto) revealed that the artist painted over one man and replaced him with the man in a spotted robe to the right of the throne. Traces of a headdress are still visible above the man’s head.

Ever wonder what the pros see when they look at a work of art? You can pick up some clues at M&G at Heritage Green, M&G’s educational satellite museum in downtown Greenville. Since 2008, BJU has offered special themed exhibits at this location. The current exhibit, “The Art of Sleuthing,” aims to give viewers a behind-thescenes—and, often, behind the paintings—look at art. It invites guests to pick up a magnifying glass and peer at the things art historians, conservators and even forgers see when they examine a painting. Here, you can discover how the experts know who really painted a particular work, what may be hidden behind layers of old paint and how to track a painting’s history of owners and travels. You’ll see how, sometimes, even the experts get fooled and how, when they get it right, it can mean a happy ending, like the return of Nazi-looted art to its true owners. “We hope it shows that there are more ways than one to enjoy art,” says Erin Jones, director of the M&G. “You just have to have a little bit of curiosity to ask questions and find answers.”

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Nearly every gallery at BJU is home to yet another I-can’t-believe-thislives-in-Greenville attraction.

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The Holy Family in the Carpenter Shop by Gerrit van Honthorst is one of BJU’s most popular paintings. The artist’s nickname, Gherardo delle Notti, translates as Gerard of the Night Scenes.

collection, a niche strength here is the collection of paintings by northern European followers of Italian artist Caravaggio, who played with innovations in light and shadow and who influenced a great many painters, Jones says. A M&G painting by one of his followers, The Holy Family in the Carpenter Shop by Honthorst, has been loaned to the Uffizi museum in Florence, Italy, and “is one of our guests’ all-time favorites—they flock to it,” she says. “It represents family values— you see a hard-working man, you see the tools of the time period, and you see a family together.” All in all, it’s a lot to take in. Even as a rookie art admirer, I end my tour awestruck and understanding why, as Jones tells me, for anyone interested in art history, “it’s just known that you need to get here.” GREENVILLE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

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a masterwork by the celebrated Renaissance artist Botticelli, Madonna and Child with an Angel. This is one of BJU’s treasured mustsees; many visitors make a beeline for it. “We have the largest collection of tondo paintings in the United States,” Jones notes, including one, The Madonna of the Lake, that was once owned by Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte of France. Now we arrive at my personal favorite —Reni’s St. Matthew. Amazing as it is on its own, it also happens to be part of the world’s only known set of Reni paintings of the four biblical gospel writers, and all four reside at BJU. It’s worth pausing here to appreciate Reni’s inclusion of each writer’s symbolic creature, embedded somewhere in each painting. Matthew’s companion, for example, is the angel helping him enumerate Jesus’ biblical lineage. Peer closely at the other three in the set, and you’ll find Mark’s symbolic lion, Luke’s ox (look carefully—it’s hard to see) and John’s eagle. The “first,” “only” and “most” highlights of BJU’s collection go on and on. Nearly every gallery is home to yet another I-can’t-believe-this-lives-in-Greenville attraction. Among them: Head of Christ, a painting loaned to the Louvre in 2011 for a special exhibition on Rembrandt. This particular piece, painted by a student in Rembrandt’s studio, reflects a pioneering choice by the great Dutch Baroque artist—he was the first to use a Jewish model in painting depictions of Christ. Although Baroque artists are the stars of BJU’s

The modern, angular architecture of the Greenville County Museum of Art tells me right away I’m in for an entirely different art experience. Bright, high-ceilinged galleries and clean, white walls are the display spaces here for an extensive collection of American art, including pieces with specific ties to South Carolina and the South. But jobs one and two here are to lay eyes on GCMA’s pride and joy—collections of works by Jasper Johns and Andrew Wyeth. Each of these artists has been tagged with terms like “iconic” and “groundbreaking,” and Johns, who spent his growing-up years in South Carolina, is still hailed as “the world’s most critically acclaimed living artist.” Both amassed impressive bodies of work—so much so that it’s a bonanza to find these two collections under one Greenville roof. How’d that happen? “Very determined, diligent collecting over a long period of time,” supported by community donors, says Paula Angermeier, GCMA’s head of communications. If I have any doubts about whether I’ve got the chops to appreciate Johns’ contemporary paintings, a group of first graders on tour shows me the way. They are looking at a set of his “face frame” compositions, with multiple facial features scattered hither and yon across the canvas. Their guide asks, simply enough, “What do you see?” l l SCLIVING.COOP | SEPTEMBER 2016 | SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING

JASPER JOHNS (1930–), TARGET WITH FOUR FACES, 1968, SILKSCREEN ON PAPER, ART© JASPER JOHNS/LICENSED BY VAGA, NEW YORK, NY

GCMA has the largest public collection in the world of Andrew Wyeth watercolors.

WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON (1901–70), LIFT UP THY VOICE AND SING, 1942, GREENVILLE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

GCMA rotates displays from its collections of works by Jasper Johns (above) and Florence native William Henry Johnson. Johnson’s paintings, also featured in the Smithsonian’s American art holdings, often include something unexpected, like the upside-down U.S. flag, below.

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“They all have eyes and ears and mustaches.” “The eyelashes look like rays of the sun.” “The eyes look like someone’s peeking out a window.” That’s 6-year-olds doing exactly what GCMA hopes all its visitors will do. “People always say, ‘I wish you had more information about the paintings in your gallery,’” Angermeier says. “We want everybody to just look first, see what they see, think what they think. Do you like it or not like it? How does it make you feel?” Since this museum is constantly changing its exhibits, you’re not likely to see the same things twice on separate visits, giving you plenty of chances to decide what you think or feel about the 70-plus Johns works in GCMA’s holdings. Likewise, with more than 45 Wyeth works among its holdings—the largest public collection in the world of his watercolors—you’ll always find several pieces on exhibit somewhere in the museum. Visitors are drawn to his rustic images of the people and places he knew and loved. “When people come to the museum, this is what they initially come to see,” Angermeier says, describing him as “America’s painter.” “He painted his life.” Greenville’s storied history with Wyeth began with a loaned collection in 1979 that put the museum on the art map and became a source of pride in the community. When the collection was later sold in the early ’90s to a private collector, local art lovers grieved the loss, so GCMA set out to build its own permanent collection, piece by piece. An exhibit opening in November, “Wyeth Dynasty,” will feature many of Wyeth’s works alongside those by multiple artists from his talented family, including his father, N.C., and his son, Jamie. Ticking Johns and Wyeth off my to-do list, I’m free to head to a gallery where GCMA’s wide-reaching Southern Collection takes center stage. Here, I find works not only by Southern artists—including historic creations by S.C. slave potter and poet Dave Drake—but also paintings that touch on Southern themes, including the antebellum and Civil Rights eras. “We want to tell the full story of American art history and how American history and Southern art are intertwined,” Angermeier says, noting how that mission complements BJU’s focus on old masters. “It’s a good pairing—we provide the European side, the western roots to the GCMA collection,” Jones agrees. Just a few miles apart, these museums span centuries, continents and a wide sweep in art evolution. And you need venture no farther than Greenville to see it.

ANDREW WYETH (1917-2009), BAREFOOT, 1992, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, © ANDREW WYETH

Wyeth’s Barefoot captures his neighbor and frequent muse, Helga, in the rustic setting common to his paintings of his Pennsylvania home.

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420 College St., Greenville. HOURS: Wednesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m. ADMISSION: Free DETAILS: No flash photography is permitted. Guided tours are free to groups of 10 or more, but must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance. For information about current exhibits or other details, visit gcma.org or call (864) 271-7570.

111 West Cheves St., Florence flocomuseum.org, (843) 676-1200 Florence opened its brand-new museum building just two years ago, but its longstanding art collection distinguishes itself with works by acclaimed AfricanAmerican painter William H. Johnson, along with a collection of 20th-century Southern art.

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Split hoagie in half horizontally, but don’t cut all the way through at the back. Open and spread cheese slices over the roll, and set aside. On a griddle or large skillet over medium-high heat, heat olive oil. Saute onion and bell pepper until caramelized, about 6–8 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms, and cook another 2 minutes. Move vegetables to one side of the pan. In the same hot pan, cook steak, continuously flipping and chopping into smaller pieces using 2 spatulas, until meat is at desired doneness. Mix meat and vegetables together. Transfer mixture to prepared roll. Garnish with pepperoncini peppers.

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MUFFULETTA SERVES 2–4

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The muffuletta is a sandwich made popular by Italian immigrants in New Orleans. For the most authentic version, use an assortment of Italian sandwich meats and cheeses and serve on a round, crusty Sicilian bread loaf dressed with olive salad. You can also use individual sandwich rolls. 1 round bread loaf (preferably Sicilian or Italian) 1 cup olive salad (recipe below) 3 slices each of Italian cold cuts: soppressata, mortadella, capicola and Genoa salami 3 slices provolone cheese 3 slices mozzarella or fontina cheese

HAM-AND-SWISS PANINI SERVES 1

The easiest way to make this pressed sandwich is with a panini press, which cooks both sides at once. But you can make your panini without a press by using a grill pan or skillet, applying pressure with a spatula while the sandwich cooks.

Split bread loaf in half horizontally, and remove some of the bread from inside top and bottom halves—just enough to make a shallow well. Spread ½ cup of the olive salad in the well on each half. On the bottom half, layer meats and cheeses, one at a time, fanning them out to completely cover the loaf. Top with other half of loaf on top. Cut into desired number of servings. OLIVE SALAD

2 slices bread (sub roll, ciabatta, sourdough or your favorite) 2 tablespoons herb mustard (recipe below) 3–4 slices ham, turkey or both 2–3 slices Swiss cheese Butter

MAKES 3 CUPS

1 cup chopped green olives 1 cup chopped black or Kalamata olives 2 tablespoons minced shallots or red onions 2 teaspoons minced garlic N cup chopped roasted red bell peppers

2 tablespoons diced celery 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning or dried oregano J teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes H cup olive oil 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

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Spread one side of each bread slice with mustard. Layer one side with meat and cheese, and place second slice on top. Butter both sides of sandwich. Heat panini press according to manufacturer’s instructions, or heat skillet to medium-high. Place on the press/skillet; lower press lid, or apply pressure with spatula. Cook until grill marks are golden brown, about 3–5 minutes; if using skillet, flip sandwich, and grill other side to golden brown. Cut in half to serve. HERB MUSTARD MAKES 1 CUP

1 clove garlic, minced to a 1 cup Dijon mustard paste ½ teaspoon dried tarragon 1 teaspoon finely chopped ½ teaspoon dried thyme parsley ½ teaspoon dried basil Lemon juice ½ teaspoon dried oregano Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

In a small bowl, mix all ingredients. Store in refrigerator in a glass container for up to two months. SCLIVING.COOP | SEPTEMBER 2016 | SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING

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Bring butterflies to your garden A monarch butterfly (above) snacks on a zinnia but will lay eggs only on milkweed.

GARDENERS OFTEN WELCOME BUTTERFLIES

Clockwise from left: a black swallowtail caterpillar munches on parsley; a purple passion vine awaits a gulf fritillary; milkweed is the monarch’s favorite; a painted lady finds a thistle.

Larval host plants for select butterfly species BUTTERFLY

HOST PLANTS

Black swallowtail

Fennel, parsley, dill, Queen Anne’s lace

Buckeye

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Monarch

Milkweed species (orange butterfly weed, common milkweed, etc.)

Painted lady

Thistle, hollyhock, plantain

Silver-spotted skipper

Locust, American wisteria

Spicebush swallowtail

Spicebush, sassafras

Tiger swallowtail (S.C. state butterfly)

Wild cherry, tulip poplar, willow, red maple

Zebra swallowtail

Pawpaw

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to dine from their flowers, enjoying the winged beauty and lackadaisical fluttering of these colorful insects. In fact, many gardens are specifically designed to attract butterflies. Creating a successful butterfly garden is not difficult; you just need to provide some necessary components. Butterflies visit gardens for two main reasons: to find nectar for adults and food for their larvae (caterpillars). Caterpillars feed mostly on leaves and are usually specific about which host plants they can eat. To have an abundance of butterflies in your garden, you must satisfy both needs. Butterflies are attracted to nectar plants with bright flowers in red, yellow, orange, purple and pink. Large swaths of a single color are more likely to catch a passing butterfly’s attention than a single plant or a mixture of colors. Unlike hummingbirds, most butterflies can’t hover and must land to sip nectar. They prefer plants with large petals, like sunflowers,

Many herbs serve as host plants, but, remember, caterpillars have voracious appetites. Plant extra, to ensure you have some for yourself. the host plant for zebra swallowtails— only the leaves benefit the caterpillar. The caterpillars of our state butterfly, the Eastern tiger swallowtail, dine on the leaves of several native S.C. trees, including tulip poplar and wild cherry. However, planting additional host plants to supplement natives will ensure an abundance and diversity of butterflies. Some host plants are absolutely necessary to attract certain butterflies. To attract the crown jewel of butterflies, the monarch, you absolutely must have milkweed in your garden. Many herbs serve as host plants, too, including parsley, dill and fennel, which are attractive to black swallow tails. But, remember, caterpillars eat the plants and have voracious appetites. I’ve seen black swallowtail caterpillars strip a parsley plant of its

Top-performing butterfly nectar plants TYPE

Butterfly milkweed* Tall verbena Coneflower* Ironweed* Aster* Phlox* Goldenrod* Joe Pye weed* Black-eyed Susan* Mountain mint* Penstemon* Yarrow*

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Black-eyed Susans attract a buckeye. The South Carolina state butterfly, the tiger swallowtail (below), sips on a Mexican sunflower.

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leaves in just three days! Plant extra, to ensure you have some herbs for yourself. Insecticides are a no-no in butterfly gardens. Butterflies and their caterpillars are very sensitive. Even organic products like Bt are highly toxic to them. Fortunately, butterfly gardens attract other beneficial insects, which will help you manage pests. Other tricks that help attract butterflies include having a puddling site. Butterflies need water, plus certain minerals and salts they don’t get from

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zinnias and black-eyed Susans, or large clusters of short, tubular flowers, like milkweed, lantana and yarrow, where they can land and feed. Create your butterfly garden in full sun, especially morning through midafternoon. Butterflies prefer to feed in sunny locations. Avoid windy sites; they don’t fly well in strong winds. Because butterflies are active throughout the growing season, include a mixture of flowering nectar plant species from spring through fall. Mix in host plants for caterpillars throughout the garden. Some host plants, like milkweed, may also provide nectar through their flowers. For others, like the pawpaw tree—

flowers. They can’t land in open water, like birdbaths or fountains, so a moist patch of soil or sand fulfills this need. Create your own by placing a shallow dish in the garden with damp sand. Add one-half to three-quarters cup of table salt to one gallon of sand to enhance its attractiveness. Butterflies also like a flat, reflective surface to sit and warm their bodies in the sun. Place flat stones in sunny spots throughout the garden for this. With nectar sources, host plants, and puddling and sunning sites, your garden can become a butterfly mecca in no time. is an area horticulture agent for Clemson Extension based in Greenville County. Contact him at shannt@clemson.edu.

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Farm-fresh food and happy customers the dining room, Grits & Groceries feels less like restaurant dining than it does hanging out in Aunt Heidi and Uncle Joe’s kitchen, where they’re always puttering around and c hatting, fixin’ up something delicious, and, lucky you, you get a plate of it. This way-out-of-the-way little restaurant at Saylors Crossroads in Anderson County—stop when you see the giant chicken statue—has hit on a winning combination of farm-fresh meals and kicked-back ambience. And, despite their remote location, they’ve

TOMATO PIE SERVES 8

4 ripe tomatoes, sliced ¼ cup salt 1 cup grated hoop cheese 1 cup Duke’s mayonnaise 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil 1 medium onion, diced Salt and pepper to taste 8 mini piecrusts (or one large)

Slice tomatoes, and cover with ¼ cup salt. Let sit for 1 hour. Rinse well in colander, and pat dry with paper towel. Place piecrusts in pan(s), and lay tomato slices in pie shells. In a medium bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Pour over tomatoes. Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes.

been attracting devoted customers for 11 years. “People don’t mind a little bit of a drive if they know they’re going to get something worthwhile,” says Joe Trull, who runs Grits & Groceries with fellow chef and wife Heidi. Their recipe for success is simple: “Good-tasting food and making people happy,” he says. Those who already know and those who have heard rumors gladly make the trek from everywhere between Greenville and Greenwood when they can’t go another day without a tomato pie or Joe’s famous (no, really—they’ve been on TV) fried apple hand pies. People show up with out-of-town guests just to show off this rural treasure. “We’re just country enough that they can say, ‘Hey, look at the country people,’” Heidi jokes. The Trulls are also a little bit city, having cooked for years at New Orleans restaurants owned by chef Emeril Lagasse and at Heidi’s own restaurant, Elizabeth’s, in that city for 10 years, where they attracted crowds as regular media darlings. But when son Tom was about to be born, they wanted to replant somewhere close to their Carolina families. “When I saw this store, I wrote a check—I didn’t want to look anywhere else,” she says of the century-old country store they found nine miles outside of Belton, Honea Path and Due West. They converted it to their cozy, casual restaurant and have been “gangbuster busy ever since.”

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Heidi describes the menu as “eclectic soul food—it’s the grandma pot food of every culture I’ve ever been in.” That translates as globally inspired combinations of “food you can scoop from a pot”—shrimp creole, beef stew, gumbo, and Southern mac and cheese, for example. The menu changes weekly, based on what fresh vegetables are coming in from local farmers and what cuts of meat are on hand from the cows and pigs they raise and butcher themselves. Joe’s in charge of desserts, which often highlight whatever fruits are in season. You have flat out wasted a trip if you don’t try their country ham balls (deepfried rounds of pimiento cheese and ham covered in crushed potato chips, sitting in a perfect pool of pepper-jelly sauce) or the praline bacon (brown sugar and crushed pecans smothering strips of crispy bacon). “The thing with all these young chefs is, they’re all trying to elevate Southern food,” Heidi says. “But Southern food is pretty good just the way it is.”

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Calendar of Events UPSTATE

SEPTEMBER

15 • Greenville Women of Distinction, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research TD Gallery, Greenville. (864) 770-1415. 16 • Symphony of Quilts, Shaver Recreation Center, Seneca. (864) 885-2709. 16–17 • SpartOberfest, Jesus Our Risen Savior Catholic Church, Spartanburg. (864) 576-1164. 16–18 • Indie Craft Parade, Huguenot Mill, Greenville. (864) 679-9274. 17 • Antique Engine and Tractor Show, Simpsonville City Park, Simpsonville. (864) 430-1412. 17 • South Carolina State Old Time Fiddling Championship, Hagood Mill Historic Site and Folklife Center, Pickens. (864) 898-2936. 17 • Open Arms 5K Trail Run, Conestee Park, Greenville. (864) 967-3905. 17 • Preservation Bicycle Ride, Strawberry Hill USA, Chesnee. (864) 327-0090. 17 • South Greenville Fair, Simpsonville City Park, Simpsonville. (864) 915-2746. 22–25 • Euphoria, downtown, Greenville. (864) 233-5663. 22–25 • Spartanburg Greek Festival, Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Spartanburg. (864) 585-5961. 23 • Handbags for Hope, Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Greenville. (864) 373-6306. 23–24 • SOOIE Mauldin Barbecue Cook-Off, Mauldin Cultural Center, Mauldin. (864) 289-8903. 24 • Susan G. Komen S.C. Mountains to Midlands Affiliate Race for the Cure, Heritage Park, Greenville. (864) 234-5035. 29 • Rock Out Hunger, Fluor Field, Greenville. (864) 232-3595. OCTOBER

1 • Aunt Het Quilt Show, Fountain Inn Activity Center, Fountain Inn. (864) 905-6486. 1 • Greer Station Oktoberfest, downtown, Greer. (864) 877-3131.

5 • Good News Club Golf Classic, The Cliffs at Mountain Park, Travelers Rest. (864) 292-5842. 6–8 • Albino Skunk Music Festival, 4063 Jordan Road, Greer. info@albinoskunk.com. 7–9 • Balloons Over Anderson, Civic Center of Anderson, Anderson. (864) 221-0552. 7–9 • “Green Valley: Mansions to Modern” Symphony Tour of Homes, Green Valley area, Greenville. (864) 370-0965. 8 • Fall for All Festival, Roberts Presbyterian Church, Anderson. (864) 225-9950. 10–16 • Piedmont Interstate Fair, Piedmont Interstate Fair Association, Spartanburg. (864) 582-7042. 14–16 • Fall for Greenville, downtown, Greenville. (864) 467-6667. 15 • Storytelling Festival, Hagood Mill Historic Site and Folklife Center, Pickens. (864) 898-2936. ONGOING

Thursdays through September • Fountain Inn Farmers Market, Farmers Market Pavilion, Fountain Inn. (864) 409-1392. Third Thursdays • Art Walk, downtown, Spartanburg. (864) 542-2787. Second Saturdays • Heartstrings, Hagood Mill Historic Site, Pickens. (864) 898-2936. Sundays • Sundays Unplugged, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg. (864) 542-2787.

MIDLANDS SEPTEMBER

15–18 • Columbia’s Greek Festival, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Columbia. (803) 252-6758. 16 • Food Truck Fridays, Fountain Park, Rock Hill. (803) 329-8756. 16–17 • Coming of Age Quilt Show, Events at Manchester, Rock Hill. (714) 333-5524. 17 • Animal Enrichment Day, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia. (803) 779-8717. 17 • BBQ Dinner Train, S.C. Railroad Museum, Winnsboro. (803) 712-4135. 17 • Golf Classic to Benefit Wyboo Animal Shelter, Wyboo Golf Club, Manning. (803) 696-1169. 18 • An Afternoon with Nathalie Dupree, Museum of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 981-9182.

18–25 • Raylrode Daze Festivul and Parade, Branch Junction, Branchville. (803) 274-8831. 22 • A Fine Affair, DoubleTree by Hilton, Columbia. (803) 254-0118. 22–25 • South Carolina Tobacco Festival, Village Green, Lake City. (803) 374-8611. 23 • Riverbanks ZOOfari, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia. (803) 779-8717. 23–24 • Home and Garden Show, H.O. Weeks Center, Aiken. (803) 644-2369. 24 • Book Signing and Talks by Dr. Steve Fields, Museum of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121. 24 • Edgefield Heritage Jubilee Festival, Oakley Park Museum, Edgefield. (803) 637-1800. 24 • Fall Festival and Pickin’ Party, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4921. 24 • Forts Pond Antique Tractor Pull, Forts Pond, Pelion. (803) 206-6942. 24 • Guided Walking Tour: Native American Lifeways, Cayce Tennis Center, Cayce. (803) 765-2200. 24 • Oktoberfest, downtown, Aiken. (803) 649-2221. 24 • Piedmont Pottery Festival, Historic Brattonsville, McConnells. (803) 684-2327. 24 • Take a Child Outside, Museum of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121. 24 • The Thomas Family and Crossroads Bluegrass, Haynes Auditorium, Leesville. (803) 582-8479. 29 • Taste of Clarendon, Cypress Center, Manning. (803) 435-4405. 29–Oct. 1 • Evening of Short Plays Fall, Etherredge Center, Aiken. (803) 641-3305. 30 • BBQ, Bluegrass & Blue Jeans, The Farm at Ridgeway, Ridgeway. (803) 608-5510. 30–Oct. 1 • Rock Around the Clock Festival & Car Show, downtown, Winnsboro. (803) 635-4242. OCTOBER

1 • Advanced Oktoberfest Horse Trials, Stable View, Aiken. (484) 356-3173. 1 • Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, Lake Carolina Community, Columbia. (623) 810-9522. 1 • October Monthly Gospel Singing, Midland Gospel Singing Center, Gilbert. (803) 719-1289.

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1 • Sassafras Festival, Sassafras Park, Burnettown. (803) 593-2676. 1 • Science Education Enrichment Day (S.E.E.D.), USCAiken, Aiken. (803) 641-3313. 1 • St. Mary’s Chocolate Festival, St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School, Aiken. (803) 649-2071. 5 • Under the Stars Jumper Night, Stable View, Aiken. (484) 356-3173. 6–9 • Carolina Downhome Blues Festival, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden. (803) 425-7676. 8 • Fall Family Farm Day, Old McCaskill’s Farm, Rembert. (803) 432-9537. 11–13 • Weekdays on the Water: Santee Locks and Lake Tour, Santee State Park, Santee. (803) 854-2408. 12 • Under the Stars Dressage, Stable View, Aiken. (484) 356-3173. 15 • Spirits and Stories: Brattonsville by Twilight, Historic Brattonsville, McConnells. (803) 684-2327. 15–16 • Colonial Times: A Day to Remember, Living History Park, North Augusta. (803) 279-7560.

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15 • Music on Main: Midnight Allie, Horseshoe, North Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5570. 15 • Sweet Tea Festival Weekend, Hutchinson Square, Summerville. (843) 821-7260. 15 • Sumter Green Fall Feast, Nettles Building at USC-Sumter, Sumter. (803) 436-2500. 15 • “What Lies Beneath: Archaeology of the Pre-Drayton Era,” South Carolina Society Hall, Charleston. (843) 769-2627. 15 • Yappy Hour, James Island County Park, Charleston. (843) 795-4386. 15–18 • Charleston Scottish Games and Highland Gathering, Boone Hall Plantation, Charleston. (843) 884-4371. 16 • Moonlight Mixer, Edwin S. Taylor Fishing Pier, Folly Beach. (843) 795-4386. 16 • Sounds of Summer Concert Series: Andrew Thielen Big Band, Sandhills Bank Amphitheater, North Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5570. 17 • Aynor Harvest Hoe‑Down Festival, Aynor Town Park, ONGOING Daily through Oct. 31 • Andrea Aynor. (843) 358-1074. Smith Exhibit, Aiken County Visitors 17 • South Carolina Beard Center, Aiken. (803) 642-7557. Club’s Beard and Mustache Daily, Oct. 11 through Feb. 26, Competition, Rockin’ Hard Saloon, Murrells Inlet. (843) 340-6564. 2017 • “Wild Fabrications” and “Nature’s Tapestries,” 18 • Latinos Unidos Food Museum of York County, Festival, Shelter Cove Park, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121. Hilton Head. (843) 689-6612. Mondays through Saturdays, 18 • Living Green Fest, through July 2017 • “A Compass James Island County Park, to Guide: S.C. Cabinetmakers Charleston. (843) 795-4386. Today,” McKissick Museum, 21 • Wine Down Wednesday, Columbia. (803) 777-7251. Old Towne Creek County Park, Mondays through Aug. 29 • Charleston. (843) 795-4386. Hopelands Summer Concert 22 • Music on Main: Rick Series, Hopelands Gardens, Strickland Band, Main Street, Aiken. (803) 642-7600. North Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5570. Tuesdays in October • 23 • Dive-In Movies: “Jaws,” Hilton Hickory Hill Milk Fall Festival Head Island Recreation Center, and Dairy Tour, Hickory Hill Hilton Head Island. (843) 681-7273. Farm, Edgefield. (803) 480-3312. 23–25 • Atalaya Arts & Crafts Tuesdays • Second Shift Festival, Huntington Beach State Twosdays, S.C. State Museum, Park, Murrells Inlet. (803) 734-0767. Columbia. (803) 898-4921. 23–25 • Southern Women’s Show, Wednesdays through Charleston Area Convention Center, Sept. 28 • South Sumter North Charleston. (704) 376-6594. Farmers Market, South Sumter 24 • Irish Italian International Resource Center Pavilion, Festival, Main Street, North Sumter. (803) 436-2277. Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5584. Saturdays through Nov. 24 • 24 • Little Mozart Circus, Marion Downtown Market, downtown, Square, Charleston. (843) 763-4941. Sumter. (803) 436-2500. 24–25 • Adaptive Recreation Saturdays, weather permitting • Aiken Trolley Tours, Expo, Folly Beach, Charleston. (843) 795-4386. Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum, Aiken. (803) 644-1907. 29 • Music on Main: Hip Pocket Band, Horseshoe, North Fourth Saturdays • Mountain Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5570. Dulcimers of Aiken, Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum, Aiken. (803) 293-7846.

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30–Oct. 1 • Beaufort Shrimp Festival, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, Beaufort. (843) 525-6644. OCTOBER

2 • Latin American Festival, North Charleston Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston. (843) 795-4386. 6 • Music on Main: Jim Quick & Coastline, Horseshoe, North Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5570. 7 • Yam Jam, downtown, Darlington. (843) 398-4000, ext. 103. 7–8 • Three Rivers Yard Sale, 65-mile route in Williamsburg and Florence counties, Johnsonville. monadukes@hotmail.com. 8 • A Classical Oktoberfest, Memminger Auditorium, Charleston. (843) 763-4941. 8 • Browntown Museum Open House, Browntown Museum, Lake City. (843) 356-2586. 8 • Jefferson Blue Jay Festival, downtown, Jefferson. (843) 658-7600. 8–9 • Festa Italiana, Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach. (848) 333-7059. 11 • Brewsday, Old Towne Creek County Park, Charleston. (843) 795-4386. 14 • Movies at McLean, McLean Park, North Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5584. 14–16 • S.C. Jazz Festival, Historic District, Cheraw. (843) 537-8420, ext. 12. 14–16, 21–23 and 28–30 • Ghost Tours of Beaufort, downtown, Beaufort. (843) 524-4678. 15 • Loris Bog-Off Festival, downtown, Loris. (843) 756-6030. 15 • Fall Arts and Crafts Fair, Centenary United Methodist Church, Conway. (781) 267-5493. 15–16 • Georgetown Wooden Boat Show, Front Street, Georgetown. (843) 520-0111. ONGOING

Daily • History Tours, Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, Charleston. (888) 763-0448. Mondays through Saturdays, through Oct. 1 • “The History of Fishing,” S.C. Maritime Museum, Georgetown. (843) 520-0111. Thursdays through Sundays, Oct. 6–30 • Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens, downtown, Charleston. (843) 722-4630. Saturdays through Nov. 30 • Charleston Farmers Market, Marion Square, Charleston. (843) 724-7309. Saturdays • Snakes and Reptiles, Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet. (843) 237-4440.

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BY JAN A. IGOE

Don’t let the dust mites bite HOUSTON, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM.

Millions of Americans are not getting enough sleep, according to a national health organization that sneaks tiny drones into our bedrooms to see if we’re awake. Quality sleep isn’t just a beauty thing. Humans require at least seven hours a night to remain somewhat coherent and civilized. Otherwise, we devolve into a horde of dazed, sleep-deprived zombies stumbling off to work, ready to eat the customers. (That’s assuming we don’t crash on the way.) A few centuries ago, when Homo sapiens had the approximate lifespan of mayflies, factory workers were putting in 16-hour days. If they got to sleep at all, it was probably on rocks, so nobody complained. The idea of resting for eight hours at a clip caught on about the time the first coil spring was patented. That was 1865. By the 1930s, we were sleeping on innersprings. In the ’40s, futons hit the market. The ’60s ushered in hippies and their waterbeds—the preferred playground of every card-carrying flower child. (The Romans designed an early version, but it was more personal puddle than functional bed.) Mattresses were still pretty simple when I was growing up with frugal, Depression-era parents. They only required one thing from their no-frills mattress: immortality. It was a once-ina-lifetime purchase, just like the house. 38

No matter how it lumped or sagged, my parents intended to sleep on it until death did them part. Apparently, they’d never heard of dust mites. My folks had no idea that humans, even freshly showered humans, shed millions of skin particles that hungry dust mites—which live and breed

in our beds—gobble up like prime rib. Sooner or later, every mattress becomes an all-night buffet for eightlegged guests. If my folks had seen those mutant creatures under a microscope, they would have burned the bed and given up sleeping altogether. These mites, which are actually spiders, look like the offspring of a Palmetto bug and a lobster. They have pointy legs randomly sprouting out all over the place. Each one is armed with hooks and suckers to burrow deep into your mattress. Ten million of them

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may be living in your bed, where you spend 33 percent of your life. If you need a reason to sleep standing up, this is it. The mattress superstores, which are popping up on every corner like Taco Bells, want us to buy a new mattress every seven or eight years, so they keep the dust mites under contract. I ventured into one of those humongous stores recently. It’s a vast wonderland of boring, beige rectangles all claiming to be firmer, fluffier, softer, cooler and plushier than the next boring, beige rectangle. You need an advanced degree in sleep systems to decipher all the choices and figure out why one mattress costs $500 and another costs $50,000. (That’s right. Your car was a bargain.) It’s hard to remember we’re talking about a bed. A humble bed. It doesn’t have an engine, take dictation, float, swim or fly. It’s a stationary, fabric box that mattress makers have us believing is more complex than the Hadron Collider. After reviewing my options, I’ve decided to keep getting my eight hours of shuteye on the living-room couch, protected by snoring dogs. Since the dust mites sleep in the bedroom, it’s safer out there. JAN A. IGOE hopes you’re getting your beauty rest on a very young, immortal mattress. Try not to shed. Join the fun at HumorMe@SCLiving.coop.

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