Calendar of Events

Introduction To Modeling The Human Figure with Leonid Siveriver

Thursdays, 6-9pm
August 30- October 4

You’ve asked for it, and this session we are pleased to announce that a live model, figurative sculpture class will be returning to Odyssey ClayWorks! Working from a live model each week, students will hone their understanding of basic anatomy, proportions and the mechanics of movement in 3 dimensions. After first creating multiple fast sketches in clay to work out technique, students will then advance to a longer-term sculpture based on a single pose, with more attention to detail. Please join us for this exciting opportunity to work with decorated sculptor, Leonid Siveriver.

Level: All Levels
Tuition: $255 + $75 Lab and live model fee

Your monthly dose of vinyl is here!

DJ Stylus (aka Robin Tolleson) spins the best wax and sets the groove in motion.

Cheers!

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All tips donated that night for STAR Ranch. Come play the ‘Quarter Auction’! Bring a roll of quarters and have some fun while enjoying a great meal and great music for a great cause.

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Experimental Folk

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This will be our third session of 2018. For those interested in just being better prepared for emergencies, we encourage you to attend. For those who wish to do more beyond basic CERT training, we have 5 divisions and numerous training opportunities for our Advanced Members. Please feel free to share this event, invite friends, etc. Should we exceed the seating capacity at ESA we’ll simply move it to SCC Main Campus or Tyger River. To register for the class, simply call 864-595-5368 or complete the following online form: https://www.spartanburgcounty.org/FormCenter/HazMat-Membership-9/CERT-Membership-Form-49 Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Please join us in the cafeteria for our first general meeting of the school year.

Our goal for this meeting is to connect all GAES parents with information and resources to help you get involved in your child’s school. We will discuss the objectives of the PTO and the many ways parents can help us provide numerous resources for our school. We will also have a guest speaker to introduce us to the Leader In Me program and give tips on how to encourage these great lessons at home.

***This meeting is for parents only and we ask that you not bring your kiddos due to capacity and subject matter. We understand that many families will not be able to attend because of this. We will have a live video feed of the meeting available on our Facebook page so no parent is left in the dark on these important issues. ***

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Plates and Mugs: Focusing On Surface and Form With Laurie Caffery Harris

Tuesdays, 6:30-9pm
August 28- October 2

These two popular forms offer endless possibilities of expression to the clay artist. In this intermediate level class, we will use the potter’s wheel to create our forms, then focus on creating a unique surface that reflects your individuality. Through demonstrations and practice on our own test tiles, we will cover surface design including mishima (slip inlay), painting, and sgraffito carving. There will also be a heavy emphasis on handle making, as we seek to create forms that are both beautiful, and easy to use.

Level: Intermediate and Advanced
Tuition: $255 + $35 Lab Fee

Join AVS and Adam Sud as he shares his deeply personal journey.

Adam Sud is only 36 years old and he’s already battled against obesity, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, drug addiction, fast food addiction, and severe depression. Once weighing almost 350 pounds, he had lost all interest in life. Addicted to fast food and prescription drugs, Adam dug himself out with plant-based nutrition after surviving a suicide attempt.

Having reversed all of his chronic health conditions and losing over 170 pounds, Adam is now a diabetes and food addiction coach for Mastering Diabetes (masteringdiabetes.org), a program that focuses on reversing insulin resistance to master type 1, type 1.5, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes using low fat, whole food, plant-based nutrition. He has also worked in recovery centers using plant-based nutrition as a tool for strengthening recovery and relapse prevention.

Hummus and crackers/veggies will be provided to those who RSVP. *Roots Hummus has generously donated product for this event.*

Coffee, sodas, etc. and other snacks will be available for purchase.

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Select Evenings, May 17–October 7, 2018

Biltmore House & Gardens opens to the public on Thursday–Sunday evenings for a special reservations-only viewing of Chihuly’s stunning large-scale glass sculptures. Chihuly Nights at Biltmore is an enchanting opportunity to witness the effects of dramatic nighttime lighting upon the luminous colors and graceful forms of these spectacular pieces. Sunset over the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, live music in the gardens, and a wine bar make the evening experience all the more enticing. Chihuly’s towering works of art illuminated against a night sky surrounded by the timeless beauty and magnificence of Biltmore House & Gardens: a truly moving, memorable experience

An accomplished guitarist and songwriter, Ray Chesna has developed his performance abilities in many styles, but especially swing, blues and bluegrass, all represented on his CDs. The most recently released is THE PERFECT BLEND.

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Carolina Panthers and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans will partner for Football Night in partnership with the Two States. One Team. Tour.

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The Panthers will close out the preseason at Heinz Field against the Pittsburgh Steelers, August 30, 2018. Visit panth.rs/06gueh to purchase your tickets.

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WHERE: Ambrose West, 312 Haywood Road, 28806
WHEN: Thursday August 30, 2018
DOORS: 7pm | SHOW: 8pm
GENRE: “tangled country” / acoustic
AGES: all ages
TICKETS: $12 adv. / $15 d.o.s. / $20 VIP (guaranteed seat in 1st 3 rows!)
SEATING: seated general admission
WEB LISTING: http://www.ambrosewest.com/honeydew

The Honey Dewdrops:

WEBSITE: www.thehoneydewdrops.com
HEAR SOME MUSIC: https://thehoneydewdrops.bandcamp.com
SEE A VIDEO: https://youtu.be/TBiiC62uUZE

Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish are celebrating their 9th year of touring full time as The Honey Dewdrops, having played stages and festivals far and wide in North America and Europe. With tight harmonies and an musical ensemble that includes clawhammer banjo, mandolin and guitars, the effect is to leave listeners with only what matters: the heart of the song and clarity over ornamentation.

After leaving their home base of Virginia and living on the road for 2 years, Laura and Kagey now call Baltimore, Maryland home and it’s where they wrote and recorded their fourth full-length album, Tangled Country, released May 2015. Acoustic Guitar Magazine describes the set of songs as “a handcrafted sound centered on swarming harmonies and acoustic guitars that churn like a paddlewheel and shimmer like heat waves on the highway.” And like their stage performance, these songs rock and reel, and then they console you when you come back down.

The Honey Dewdrops have a busy year ahead of them with festival appearances across the country and a new record on the horizon (slated for release Spring of 2019) along with their first UK tour in Jan/Feb 2019.

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Diane Cluck
w/ Wes Swing
At The Mothlight
August 30th
Doors 8pm
Tickets: $10adv
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Eavesdrop is touring from Massachusetts and is teaming up with The Paper Crowns to bring you a great night of tunes and brews from UpCountry Brewing Company! Music starts at 8PM and The Paper Crowns kick off the night!

The Paper Crowns are the multi-instrument, genre crossing power duo of Spiro and Nicole Nicolopoulos. The Paper Crowns are earning their reputation as the genuine article and as a band on the cutting edge of modern roots music. Their musical chemistry is a gumbo of Appalachian folk and bluegrass, Dixieland melodies, delta blues, acid rock, murder ballads, outlaw country and Southern Gospel that they cook up into a sound all their own. As a duo they have a full band sound with drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitars and banjo as well as live looping on the spot compositions. Their mix of modern and traditional performance creates a captivating intensity yet always honors their intimacy and emotional rawness as a duo.
https://www.thepapercrowns.com/

Eavesdrop hails from the Northeast and provide a sound all their own; a perfect combination of soulful vocals, intricate harmonies, contagious melodies and moving rhythm. Originating as a trio, friends Kara Rose Wolf, Kerrie T. Bowden and Laura Marie Picchi maintain their vocal roots and continue to shape their sound through writing and collaborative instrumentation. Eavesdrop’s debut EP, The Afterglow, showcased the trio’s vocally charged acoustic, folk, soul roots. With their latest release, TIDES, the band has expanded into a six piece ensemble incorporating some of the pioneer valley’s finest musicians; Ross Bellenoit (Amos Lee, Sweetback Sisters) on guitar, Marc Seedorf (Dinosaur Jr, Seth Glier, Heather Maloney) on bass guitar and Sturgis Cunningham (MC Frontalot, Martin Sexton, Peter Tork) on drums and percussion. Co-produced by Alan Evans (Soulive, Matador! Soul Sounds) and Ross Bellenoit, TIDES is the band’s first full length album. It brings the listener on a ride alongside the three songbirds, taking a deeper look into the life events that fostered their creativity.
www.eavesdroptrio.com

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Gravitation at The Grey Eagle

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Houndmouth
plus Liz Cooper & The Stampede
Show: 8pm
Doors: 7pm
$26.25 – $29.25
Ages 18+

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net

In late 2011, Matt Myers, Zak Appleby, and Shane Cody started playing music together in a historic home in New Albany, Indiana dubbed “The Green House.” Its rooms were adorned with relics from times past, so it was no surprise that songs such as “Penitentiary” bounced off the walls. Nostalgic sounds from their first album seemed to serve as a welcome escape for listeners from the relentless demands of the digital age. But if you asked any one of the guys, they were “just having fun.”

Houndmouth signed with legendary indie label Rough Trade Records in 2012. From The Hills Below The City landed them on several world-famous platforms such as fellow lovable Hoosier, David Letterman’s stage. When vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Matt Myers first spoke with big-name producer Dave Cobb prior to working together on their sophomore LP Little Neon Limelight,the two laughingly agreed to “not make another fucking boring Americana record.” A natural sounding album captured in a familiar fashion came together, except this time with a #1 adult alternative radio single in “Sedona.”“I never once thought of us as an Americana band,” says drummer Shane Cody. “The four of us were just a rock band, but some of us had Southern accents,” he laughs.

The group find themselves on their third full length album,Golden Age, set for an August 3, 2018 release via Reprise Records, now with four new touring band members (Caleb Hickman, Drew Miller, Graeme Gardiner, and Aaron Craker – after Katie Toupin’s departure). Although there is no doubt that their perceived public identity is founded on roots and Americana, Houndmouth nevertheless created a concept album around a nostalgic future – and the sound will certainly reflect its message. The credits for Golden Age only begin to hint at the lengths they went to in order to find the sound of their nostalgic future — vintage Voxes, Vocoders and Moogs, modern programming, strings, tympani, baritone sax, live drums, Linn drums, unvarnished pianos and very distorted guitars. “What’s happening with humans and technology right now was on my mind really heavily,” says Myers, “and we naturally went that way with the music too. Using synthesizers and drum pads just kind of felt right. I feel like we went into it being like, ‘Yeah, let’s do a Bruce Springsteen/Daft Punk record’.” Myers goes on to explain, “I think the human aspects are still paramount, even though it may sound a bit more bizarre. There’s some part of Tom Petty, Randy Newman and the Band that I can’t get away from, and I wanted to keep that untouched, I guess. It’s not about trying to emulate what’s on the radio, it’s combining and messing with sounds to try to make something that seems very familiar but doesn’t actually sound like anything you’ve ever heard before.”

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WHERE: THE BLOCK off biltmore, 39 S. Market St, 28801
WHEN: Thursday August 30, 2018
DOORS: 7pm | SHOW: 8pm
GENRE: americana / acoustic / singer-songwriter
AGES: 18+
SEATS: seated general admission / standing room
TICKETS: $8 adv. / $10 d.o.s.
WEB LISTING: http://theblockoffbiltmore.com/index.php/event/joeandhannah

Joe Penland:

WEBSITE: www.joepenland.com
HEAR SOME MUSIC: http://www.joepenland.com/music1
SEE A VIDEO: https://youtu.be/s_B1ovU1FVM

Joe Penland was born and raised in rural Madison County in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. He is the proud steward of twelve generations and over 350 years of the rich oral tradition of his Scotch and English ancestors.

From his birth, he has listened to and learned the stories and “love songs” these travelers brought with them across the ocean, then southwest to the narrow coves and high meadows that many consider the richest repository of Great Britain’s folk songs in the world .

He inherited the instruments of his grandfather who died long before his birth and was taught to play by his Aunts. He learned the “love songs” from them and the great singers of Sodom Laurel. Thee singers include Lee, Berzilla, Doug and Cas Wallin and Berzilla’s sister and brother Dellie Norton and Lloyd Chandler.

Joe was content to continue this tradition in his front room, the porch or campfires of his secluded farm. His daughter Laurin along with lifelong friends Sheila Adams, Mary Eagle and David Holt convinced him to share his life and music with a broader audience. Since then, he has appeared at numerous festivals, toured Great Britain eight times, and has been awarded the coveted Bascom Lunsford Award, named for his cousin and founder of the longest running folk festival in America, for his “significant contribution to preserving our mountain music.”

Determined that folk music includes the present as well as the past, Joe writes and sings his own “love songs,” which he calls “just more stories of love and life here in the mountains.”

Whether singing the traditional ballads of the mountains of western North Carolina or performing his original and stirring folk songs, Joe Penland’s music offers an honesty and power that is a testament to both his unique character and our shared humanity.

Hannah Belle:

HEAR SOME MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/hannahbellemusic
SEE A VIDEO: https://youtu.be/13l_QPYjEYU

Hannah Furgiuele’s musical education began with an old record player in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A steady stream of 60s folk rock and rhythm and blues, instilled a strong foundation and sense of home. Furgiuele began to explore the roots of the music originating from the mountains that surrounded her, unearthing the remnants of old time mountain music, while cutting a clear path with both fiddle and guitar. Hannah’s sweet melodies and lyrical curiosity entwine both lore and language of Appalachia’s green mountains into accessible and tightly knit tales.

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Special Guest Jeff Sipe (Aquarian Rescue Unit, Phil & Friends etc.) joins Phuncle Sam on drums, for Phuncle Stymie’s 50th Birthday!

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NC Songsmiths is a collective of premiere songwriters from North Carolina anchored by Bob Funck and Brian Hill of Durham, NC. This collective of 30+ handpicked songwriters from across the state of North Carolina spans assorted genres. The NC Songsmiths also put on showcases featuring multiple North Carolinian songwriters performing solo at house concerts, breweries, and music venues – creating a listening room environment. The intimate concerts highlight the rich songwriting talent of the state. After each artist performs a solo set, the Songsmiths join together for an unrehearsed finale. Audiences remain engaged while the artists add glistening guitar licks and spontaneous vocal harmonies over each other’s tunes. These high-level displays of homegrown music draw from a pool of top North Carolina Songsmiths ranging from seasoned veterans to rising young stars and often feature popular band leaders who may rarely get the chance to express their songwriting and lyrical prowess in a solo performance. The NC Songsmiths shows are intended for the serious listener, giving way for the Songsmiths to reach into their extensive song vaults, bringing to life some of the very best original music from the Old North State.

Asheville artist, Riyen Roots will be performing the following shows

Dates
8/26 Friday Friends – Morganton, NC 1:00pm
8/26 Upcountry Brewing Asheville, NC 7:00pm
8/27 The Local Boone, NC 7:00pm
8/28 Mad Co Brewing Marshall, NC 6:00pm
8/29 Native Kitchen and Social Pub Swannannoa, NC 6:00pm
8/30 Catawba Brewing Morganton, NC 8:00pm
8/31 Taste Full Beans Coffee Shop Hickory, NC 1:00pm
9/1 Lake James Cellars Winery Glen Alpine, NC 3:30pm
9/1 1841 Cafe Lenoir, NC 7:30pm

More info NC Songsmith’s Online Website http://www.ncsongsmiths.org FaceBook www.facebook.com/ncsongsmiths

More Riyen Roots show dates at www.riyenroots.com

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There’s nothing like kicking back with family and friends, soaking up sun rays, and listening to live music. May through August, we’ve got amazing acts coming right to our TD Stage. It’s the perfect way to get away, without going too far away.

MISSION TEMPLE FIREWORKS REVIVAL

LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL

MAXI PRIEST

SISTER HAZEL

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

A part of the Peace Center’s outdoor Corona Concert Series

The Marshall Tucker Band got its start in Spartanburg, SC. With 40 years in the business, the band has recorded 22 studio albums (seven of which went gold and three went platinum), three DVDs, three live albums, and many compilations. Their music continues to be played on classic rock and country radio with hit singles like “Heard It in a Love Song,” “Fire on the Mountain,” “Can’t You See,” and “Take the Highway.”

Throughout the years, The Marshall Tucker Band has wowed critics and influenced major country acts like Alabama, The Kentucky Headhunters, Confederate Railroad, and Travis Tritt with its definitive blend of rock, R&B, jazz, country, and gospel. Their music has also been featured on the soundtracks of movies such as Smokey and the Bandit, Blow, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, Shipwrecked, Crank 2, Don’t Mess with Zohan, Stop Loss, Swing Vote, and Taking Chance.

CMT named their song “Can’t You See” the #4 Greatest Southern Rock Song. Their debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, reigns as Gibson Guitar’s #5 Greatest Southern Rock Album. And in 2013, GRAMMY Magazine named the group’s logo as one of the most distinctive and iconic brands in music.

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Ben’s Summer music series continues with Nex Millen, performing all original songs in a VH1 storytellers style!

Nex Millen is one of Hip Hop Culture foremost renaissance men. Truly developing his love for the art of DJing, Music Production, and MCing into more than a decade long music career, He definitely fits in a category along side champions like Pete Rock, Diamond D, Nottz, Madlib and J-Dilla.

Nex Millen’s musical approach is raw, simple and to the point. Funky but Soulful and Melodic. Reminiscent of your favorite song of all time. Lyrically Nex Millen is smooth and mellow with a classic Hip Hop feel. You can tell he speaks from the heart and promotes a positive solution in his songs.

When Nex Millen creates musical soundscapes his mind amazes, the way he Chops and Loops. Songs are thoughtfully laid out and always accompanied by a banging rhythm and drum section James Brown would say is “to serious”!

Overall Nex Millen holds his own whether it be solo or collaboration. He doesn’t just practice the culture as a way of life. He is Hip Hop Culture past, present and future.

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Jack Victor is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Asheville, NC. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Victor fronted Midnight Snack, an art-pop band know for their expressive combination of folk, psych-rock, and indie-dance. In 2017, in an effort to expand his musicality, Victor began experimenting with the guitar for the first time. His most recent solo project was born out of this exploration. The songs are simple and raw, observing the human condition through the lens of a lover, a friend, a son, a stranger.

Main Stage Standing Show :: $5 Advance / $5 Day of Show

Standing Show with limited seating :: Seating is First Come First Serve :: General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner Reservations in the dining room only.

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JLAD (Jimmi Lang’s Almost Doors) is a high-Energy,Theatrical Psych-Rock (Doors) tribute band from Asheville,NC.

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Genre: Funk/Soul
Cover: $5 Donation @ Door
Show: 10PM
Ages: 21+

Chapter:SOUL

Chapter: SOUL is New Orleans’ latest funk innovation. Featuring a collaboration of saxophonist Calvin Johnson, Kashonda Bailey on keys, and Terry Scott Jr. on drums the band is adding a fresh powerful sound to the world of funk and soul. Blending old-school horn licks with modern sounds over tight beats for a verifiable crowd favorite, Chapter: SOUL is currently tracking its debut album and plans for a 2017 release.

Calvin Johnson is a New Orleans saxophonist bred from an extensive lineage of musicians. He is a graduate of New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and has a degree in Business from the University of New Orleans. Calvin has performed, toured, and recorded with Aaron Neville, Harry Connick Jr., Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Irvin Mayfield, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and many others.

web: http://www.chaptersoul.com/

vid: https://youtu.be/ov28M3s_0C8

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The Fantastic Violinaires of Detroit MI return The Double Crown Thursday August 30th! 10 pm $10

The Violinaires have been an institution in Detroit gospel music since 1952, appearing under a variety of names — usually the Violinaires or the Fantastic Violinaires — and being led by a number of singers, including founder Willie Banks and Robert Blair, who led the group until his death in 2001, when he was replaced by pastor Danny Walker.

The first version of the Violinaires was formed by Isaiah “Lil Shot” Jones, Leo Coney, and Wilson DeShields in 1952. Not long afterward, Providence Thomas and Raymond, Mississippi native Willie Banks joined, and the group adopted the name the Violinaires. From the outset, the membership of the group changed frequently, but Jones, Coney, and DeShields were mainstays through the ’50s.

The Violinaires made their recording debut in 1953, when “Another Soldier Gone” appeared on the local Drummond imprint. The following year, it was re-released for the secular market under the name the Question Marks by Swing Time Records, and this crossover attempt led the vocal group to pursue R&B in the late ’50s. At the peak of their R&B phase, the group featured Wilson Pickett on lead; the singer appeared on the 1957 single “Sign of the Judgment.”

By the time the Violinaires signed with the Chess subsidiary Checker in 1964, the group returned to gospel music and featured Robert Blair as the lead; Jones, Coney, and DeShields all remained in the band. The group stayed with Checker throughout the ’60s and moved to Jewel in the ’70s.

In the ’80s, the Violinaires became the Fantastic Violinaires and signed to Malaco Records. This lineup featured Blair and a selection of new vocalists: Robert Arrington, David Battle, Dwight “Tito” Arthur,” David “Bunker Hill” Walker, and Dr. Frank “Daddy” Thompson, Jr. This lineup held through the late ’80s, when the group moved to Atlantic International Records to release the successful album The Pink Tornado. During the ’90s, the lineup shifted on a semi-regular basis — Danny Walker joined during this time — as did the group’s record labels; during the ’90s, they recorded for Paula, Grammercy, Gospel Jubilee, and Universal Music.

Robert Blair led the Fantastic Violinaires until his death on March 19, 2001. In the wake of his passing, the group spun off into several incarnations, including a brief spell where Rev. Charlie Brown took Blair’s spot. The Fantastic Violinaires continued under the direction of pastor Danny Walker — they were billed as Danny Walker & the Fantastic Violinaires

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