Notes: This class will be held indoors in our dance studio. Masks will be required for all staff and students. 

Get moving in this fun, high-energy dance class focusing on Broadway-style choreography. Lay the foundation of jazz technique through warm ups and across the floor, and practice picking up steps and style in theatre dance combinations inspired by a variety of musicals. Join us to get a weekly workout, learn how to fill your movement with character, and step into your next dance audition feeling confident. Masks are required. 

Instructor: Anna Kimmell

*Need-based scholarships are available upon application.
Learn more below about payment plans and multi-student discounts.

Hey, kids! Put on your cutest costume for the Zoo’s popular Halloween spook-tacular.

Just Say Something will be facilitating a 14-week program for families with children between the ages of 6-11 years old. The program will focus on preventing behavior problems, family relationships, communication and more. Registration is now open for the English program in Greenville and Spanish program in Spartanburg. Click here for Greenville | Click here for Spartanburg

Dirigido a familias con niños entre las edades de 6 a 11 años.
Escuchar más y
gritar menos.
Evitar problemas de
comportamiento.
Mejorar la relación
con sus hijos.
Fortalecer las
relaciones en
la familia.
Mejor manejo del
estrés.
¡Únete a nosotros! Los padres y los niños están invitados a
participar en una serie de noches familiares innovadoras y
divertidas.
Cuándo y Dónde
El programa comenzará los martes el 14 de septiembre de 2021 hasta el 14 de
deciembre de 2021 de 6:00 pm 8:00 pm.
Tyger River Presbyterian Church en 84 5961 Reidville Road, Moore, SC 29369
Graduación de Fortalecimiento de las Familias
Las familias que completen el programa participarán en una ceremonia de
graduación y recibirán un certificado de finalización.

Si estás interesado en participar en el
programa de fortalecimiento de la
familia, por favor póngase en contacto
con:
Mally Mitchell: (864) 467-4099/
[email protected]
Carmen Vazques: (864) 467-4099/
[email protected]

Winter Lights returns to the gardens November 19-January 1

Tickets are now sold PER VEHICLE, not per person.

We are thrilled to announce that the 2021 Winter Lights holiday event will welcome members and guests back into the gardens as it returns to the traditional outdoor walk-through open-air show format. The famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden will be back, outfitted with new designs in lights, while throughout the gardens, popular arrangements will mingle with ones never seen before.

You can find everything you need to know about Asheville’s Brightest Holiday Tradition at the tabs above, and be sure to secure your tickets now.

We hope you will join us this holiday season!

Winter Lights is the Arboretum’s largest annual fundraiser, and supports many parts of its mission driven programming.

We are pleased to welcome author Denise Kiernan to the bookshop to discuss her book, We Gather Together, on Tuesday, October 26th, at 7PM! She will be in conversation with Erin Templeton from Converse College. The book’s message of gratitude—especially when embraced during the hardest of times—makes it one to read and share, over and over, at any time of year, but it seems especially appropriate to discuss approaching the holiday season.

*Seating at the bookshop is limited due to social distancing measures; register to save your seat! Please note that masks are required for all in-person events.

We Gather Together

by Denise Kiernan

• • •

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes a new way to look at American history through the story of giving thanks.

From Ancient Rome through 21st-century America, bestselling author Denise Kiernan brings us a biography of an idea: gratitude, as a compelling human instinct and a global concept, more than just a mere holiday. Spanning centuries, We Gather Together is anchored amid the strife of the Civil War, and driven by the fascinating story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a widowed mother with no formal schooling who became one of the 19th century’s most influential tastemakers and who campaigned for decades to make real an annual day of thanks.

Populated by an enthralling supporting cast of characters including Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, Walt Whitman, Norman Rockwell, and others, We Gather Together is ultimately a story of tenacity and dedication, an inspiring tale of how imperfect people in challenging times can create powerful legacies

We are pleased to welcome author Denise Kiernan to the bookshop to discuss her book, We Gather Together, on Tuesday, October 26th, at 7PM! She will be in conversation with Erin Templeton from Converse College. The book’s message of gratitude—especially when embraced during the hardest of times—makes it one to read and share, over and over, at any time of year, but it seems especially appropriate to discuss approaching the holiday season.

*Seating at the bookshop is limited due to social distancing measures; register to save your seat! Please note that masks are required for all in-person events.

. . .

We Gather Together

by Denise Kiernan

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes a new way to look at American history through the story of giving thanks.

From Ancient Rome through 21st-century America, bestselling author Denise Kiernan brings us a biography of an idea: gratitude, as a compelling human instinct and a global concept, more than just a mere holiday. Spanning centuries, We Gather Together is anchored amid the strife of the Civil War, and driven by the fascinating story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a widowed mother with no formal schooling who became one of the 19th century’s most influential tastemakers and who campaigned for decades to make real an annual day of thanks.

Populated by an enthralling supporting cast of characters including Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, Walt Whitman, Norman Rockwell, and others, We Gather Together is ultimately a story of tenacity and dedication, an inspiring tale of how imperfect people in challenging times can create powerful legacies.

Working at the helm of one of the most widely read magazines in the nation, Hale published Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others, while introducing American readers to such newfangled concepts as “domestic science,” white wedding gowns, and the Christmas tree. A prolific writer, Hale penned novels, recipe books, essays and more, including the ubiquitous children’s poem, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” And Hale herself never stopped pushing the leaders of her time, in pursuit of her goal.

The man who finally granted her wish about a national “thanksgiving” was Lincoln, the president of the war-torn nation in which Hale would never have the right to vote.

Denise Kiernan is an author, journalist, and producer who has worked as a writer for more than 20 years. Her last two books—The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City—were instant New York Times bestsellers in both hardcover and paperback. The Last Castle was a Wall Street Journal bestseller, a finalist for the 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. The Girls of Atomic City was a Los Angeles Times and NPR bestseller, named one of Amazon’s “Top 100 Best Books of 2013,” and has been published in multiple languages. Kiernan has been a featured guest on many radio and television shows, including NPR’s Weekend Edition, PBS NewsHour, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Erin Templeton is the Dean of the College of Humanities, Sciences, and Business *and* a Professor of English at Converse College, where she specializes in 20th and 21st Century American literature. She loves to run. She is a crime fiction junkie, a rabid Steeler fan, a decent fantasy football manager, and can put together a respectable March Madness bracket. For a while, she was a contributing writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education blog ProfHacker. In her spare time, you can find her running and probably listening to an audiobook, walking her dog, feeding a cat or two, or, just maybe, taking a nap.

Our group holds a monthly general meeting on the last Tuesday of the month to discuss current and new business. Anyone is welcome to attend the meeting. We try to discuss our current challenges, as well as brainstorm ways to resolve the challenges through planning fund raising, adoption, and public awareness events. You can attend just to find out more about what we do. Your presence is appreciated and input welcome. You are not required to order dinner, but you can. There will be others there who are not replying on this Meetup. I hope to see you there!

Feline Lifeline is a non-profit
(Registered 501c3 Charitable Organization)
staffed entirely by volunteers.

Our presence on Meetup is to find others interested in volunteering with our group. We do not take in found or unwanted cats or kittens.

Volunteers help local homeless cats living outdoors in groups (colonies) by feeding them daily, removing kittens and tame adults so that they can be offered for adoption after spay/neuter and other vet work has been done, and sterilizing those too timid for adoption so they can live out their lives where they are without reproducing.

The number of cats helped by Feline Lifeline depends entirely upon donations made to Feline Lifeline.

Feline Lifeline also educates the public on how to help homeless cats through group presentations and publications, and by advising individuals who want to assist cats they have found.

Unfortunately, Feline Lifeline does not have a shelter.

Cats and kittens rescued from colonies managed by Feline Lifeline are kept in the homes of volunteers until there is room for them at Feline Lifeline adoption centers.

Therefore, Feline Lifeline cannot accept animals found or given up by others.

Nevertheless, Feline Lifeline volunteers will assist people in finding homes for stray cats or for felines they can no longer keep, as long as the person needing help with this is willing to house the cat and do any necessary vet work until a new home is found.

Soteria is a Greenville organization founded by Jerry Blassingame that advocates for economic and social justice for those and their families impacted by the criminal justice system. Their 3rd Annual Artisan Auction opens next Tuesday, with a live event on Thursday at Fluor Field. OCT 26 | Silent Auction Opens OCT 28 | Live Event-attend in person or online Below is a sneak peek of some of the incredible work up for auction, including pieces by Artisphere festival artists Mark Ellis, Jeffrey Leder, and Sunny Mullarkey, and Darin Gehrke, featured here. Artisphere supports Soteria’s mission, and we believe that our community can keep coming together for good.  Help us celebrate Soteria by getting your tickets to their third annual Artisan Auction now! Soteria’s annual fundraiser will auction original works of art from local craftsmen as well as pieces made from men working to successfully reenter society after incarceration through our social enterprise, Soteria At Work.   Our Fundraiser starts OCT 26 with a VIRTUAL SILENT AUCTION that will close during our LIVE EVENT on OCT 28 where you may attend online or in person (outdoors at Fluor Field) from 7-9 pm.   Your ticket purchase will give you access to both the silent auction and the live event. On OCT 28th, we will have a cash bar and light hors d’oeuvres during the Fundraiser. Dress is Business Casual. PARKING: Free Parking is available both at Greenville High and County Square Paid Parking Lots surround Fluor Field

As a teen, Clark began making a local name for himself and crafting his signature gritty-sweet vocals by jamming with adult musicians on the eclectic Texas circuit and singing in the church choir with his sisters. This on-the-job training is where he shared the stage with blues heroes like Jimmie Vaughn, Hubert Sumlin Jr, and Pinetop Perkins. Influenced by musical kings like B.B., Albert and Freddie, the Austin-born guitar prodigy quickly became a multi-instrumentalist driven by one principle: “I listen to everything…so I want to play everything.”

Called a revolution of rock and roll and a savior of blues, Clark swept the 2012-2013 annual Austin Music Awards, winning eight awards – Band of the Year, Musician of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Electric Guitarist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Blues/Soul/Funk Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. In 2014 and 2015, he garnered a Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year. He has also collected four Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Traditional R&B Performance and Best Contemporary Blues Album for This Land.

Clark is currently working on his follow-up to This Land.

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