Events Calendar
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14TH ANNUAL 4TH GRADE POPSICLE STICK BRIDGE EVENT
Location: *Greenville Convention Center
Conference Hall
1 Exposition Drive, Greenville, SC 29607
Time: 9AM – 12PM
#ASCEUPSTATEBRIDGE2023
-Once we have a full list of teams from each school we will assign testing stations and orders, so check back frequently for updates see link & info on station testing above
-There will be some additional exhibits/vendors this year, including:
Touch A Truck
Event t-shirts for sale ($15)
Children’s Museum – Imagination Playground
The ASCE SC Upstate Branch has been hosting the Popsicle Bridge Competition since 2009. The event was started by the Upstate Branch members and the Greenville County Challenge Program teachers. The Challenge program includes students that achieve high scores on academic testing, and this competition was created to help them learn more about math, science, and engineering in a fun and practical way. The students spend approximately 3 months in the classroom learning about bridge design and the challenges of creating a strong, yet lightweight bridge which is essential in today’s real world scenarios of cost efficient design. The 4th grade students construct their bridges with Popsicle sticks and white craft glue and must adhere to certain constraints regarding height, length and width. The bridges are then brought to the competition for final weigh-in and testing as part of the competition.
Typical Agenda
7:45am – Volunteer arrival and registration
8:00am – Final setup and preparation
9:00am – Testing Group 1 Begins
10:30am – Testing Group 2 Begins
Awards will be presented via video the week following the event.
The 2022 event tested over 300 bridges from more than 800 students.
Bridges are judged by a panel of judges and winners are chosen for the following categories:
1. Best Architectural Design
2. Most Original Design
3. Best Craftsmanship
4. Best Structural
The “Best Structural” category is based on load testing the bridges to failure while taking into consideration the weight of the bridge.
Open Art Studios Zany Zines
Holidays The Museum is closed.
In celebration of Women’s History month, we are bringing together Spartanburg-area Black teen girls between the ages of 12-18 years old in a workshop aimed at amplifying their voices through creative writing and the joy of reading. Participating teens will have a chance to network and dialogue with local Black women writers as well.
During the workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in creative writing exercises, crafting stories and poems of their very own. More than anything, this will be a time to come together to celebrate writing and reading as a source of power, healing, and constant creative inspiration in the lives of Black women and girls. Participants will be encouraged to start or continue their own writing practices.
Come join us and celebrate Black women and girls who share a deep love for writing and reading!
Lunch will be served. Space is limited and registration is required.
This event is hosted by Brenda Lee, author of South of Main, Writer and Editor Desiree S. Evans, visual artist and documentary filmmaker Sarah E. Nixon, and visual artist and Wofford College professor Jessica Scott-Felder. Crystal Tennille Irby, award-winning spoken-word poet and founder of Writers Well Youth Fellowship, will be leading an interactive workshop.
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If you’re a Black teen girl or the parent/guardian/teacher/representative of one, please use this form to reserve a free ticket.
For parents and guardians, please be aware the workshop ends at 2:00pm and we need to be out of the community center by that time. Please have someone there to pick up the girls before the end of the workshop. Thank you!
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A group of 18 Upstate artists will not only shine the light, but will create with light, in their upcoming joint exhibition, “Glow Show: Creating with Light,” March 7 through April 1 in the Downstairs Gallery of the Artists Collective | Spartanburg. An artists’ reception will be held Thursday, March 16, as part of ArtWalk Spartanburg.
“The room will be lit up with blacklights, and the artists will have paintings that glow on the walls,” says participating artist Sally Y. Weber. “Two tables will have 3D items painted with glow paints, one will be glowing fairy garden and the other our palettes, brushes, and scraps that glow. This will be educational since we all are learning to use this different medium in our art. There will be curtains on the doors and windows. Small UV flashlights will be provided for viewers to use for an interactive experience.” |
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Explore Biltmore House with an Audio Guide that introduces you to the Vanderbilt family and their magnificent home’s history, architecture, and collections of fine art and furnishings.
PLUS: Immersive, multi-sensory Italian Renaissance Alive exhibition created by Grande Experiences
PLUS: FREE next-day access to Biltmore’s Gardens and Grounds
This visit includes access to:
- Italian Renaissance Alive at Amherst at Deerpark®
- 8,000 Acres of Gardens and Grounds for two consecutive days
- Antler Hill Village & Winery
- Complimentary Wine Tastings at the Winery
- Tastings require a Day-of-Visit Reservation, which can be made by:
- Scanning the QR Code found in your Estate Guide
- Visiting any Guest Services location
- Complimentary parking
Art Exhibition: Italian Renaissance Alive
This fascinating experience takes you on a spellbinding tour of Italy, fully immersing you in the beauty and brilliance of iconic masterworks from the greatest artistic period in history
The Artists Collective | Spartanburg, the Chapman Cultural Center, the Spartanburg Art Museum, and the Artists Guild of Spartanburg will host a first-of-its-kind for Spartanburg two-day Open Doors Studio Tour April 22 and 23 to showcase 45 artists’ working studio spaces and their works.
Every participating artist will be included in a two-month-long Open Doors Preview Exhibition in the Solomon Gallery at the Artists Collective. Twenty-three artists have work on display in the Connections Gallery within the GSP International Airport through the end of March.
The Open Doors Studio Tour is a self-guided two-day event that is free to the public. Participating artists will open their studios to show and sell their work from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 22, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 23. Visitors will be directed by a map on the Open Doors website at opendoorstudios.art. A printed map also will be available in the Open Doors catalog.
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Upstate artist Glenda Guion will present her hand-built red earthenware clay works in her exhibit, “Terra Firma vs Terra Incognita: Clay Sculpture,” March 7 through April 1 in Gallery II of the Artists Collective | Spartanburg.
“I have been hand building with red earthenware clay for over 40 years,” says Guion, a native of Nashville, Tennessee. “For the past 10 years, I have been living on two acres of land that includes 14 magnolia trees, pines, seed pods, wondering guinea hens, blueberry bushes, gravel paths, owls, and the occasional snake. I am currently making work that attempts to reflect where I am in the world, grounded in the beauty of my own backyard. The exhibit includes a mix of work from over the past few years as well as new work.
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Website: bee3vintage.com
S, Admission $12.00
Sunday, March 12, 2023- 10:00am-4:00pm, Admission $10.00
- Children 12 and under free with an adult
Admission will be accepted via CASH at the door.
WNC Agricultural Center
Davis Event Center Bldg.
I-26, Exit 40, 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd
Fletcher, NC 28732
United Way’s VITA program provides free income tax assistance to individuals and families with a household income of $60,000 or less. IRS-trained and certified volunteers help participants receive all eligible tax credits and deductions.
“The idea is not to live forever; it is to create something that will.”
Andy Warhol
One of the 20th century’s best-known artists, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) made his name in the early 1960s with paintings and prints of brand celebrities and foods ranging from Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor to Coca-Cola and Campbell’s Soup. These brash, innovative works are considered icons of Pop Art, a movement that both critiqued and celebrated postwar American consumer culture. By the end of the decade, Warhol had become a celebrity in his own right, equally famous for his platinum wig and the star-studded parties he threw in his studio, the Factory, as he was for his paintings, drawings, sculpture, and films.
Before spearheading the Pop Art movement, in the 1950s Warhol achieved success on Madison Avenue as one of New York’s most popular advertising artists. A skilled and inventive illustrator, Warhol won several Art Director’s Club awards for his work on Columbia records LP cover designs, I. Miller shoe drawings, and additional advertising work for Martini & Rossi, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue magazines.
Once his Pop art career exploded in 1962, Warhol focused on silkscreen painting and filmmaking. He based his paintings on imagery he found in the American mass media: news photos, celebrity head shots, film stills, comics, logos, and advertisements. To convert his source images into paintings, Warhol made them into photo silkscreens and printed them on canvas. Smudges, misalignments, and inconsistencies were accepted, giving the paintings a handmade appearance. Sometimes the paintings included a single image, as in John Wayne (1986) and the Endangered Species series (1983). These became larger-than-life iconic portraits, while those printed in grids, suggested the way that repetition can simultaneously embed an image in one’s memory and deaden its effect.
Works by Warhol, at the Upcountry History Museum, on loan from The Cochran Collection, LaGrange, GA, will feature 36 iconic masterworks by Warhol, dating from 1968 through his last series done in 1986. This once-in-a- lifetime exhibition includes a broad cross-section of examples from Warhol’s storied career.
The exhibit explores Warhol’s responses to major moments in U.S. history, including the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, and the perception of Native Americans in the aftermath of the bicentennial of the United States. Also included is Warhol’s entire series of “Myths”. This body of work was completed in 1981 and showcases Warhol’s lifetime fascination with Hollywood imagery. “Myths” marks a return to Warhol’s formative encounters with figures such as Howdy Doody, the Wicked Witch of the West, Superman, Mickey Mouse and many more.
March 16 – May 31 2023 | tues wed fri 10am – 5pm thurs 10am – 7pm sat 11am – 4pm sun + mon closed
The world of textiles is vast. Every day, we touch dozens of types of fabrics, from our car interiors, to our office chairs, our couches, and our own clothing. Through construction, deconstruction, and exaggeration, these artists explore textiles as a departure point to reach new levels of understanding of fabric, garments, and our relationships with them.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by Davis + Walker Barnes, Michele + Halsey Cook, Gibbs International Inc, Misti + Kevin Hudson, Susu + George Dean Johnson, Jr., Tina + David Lyon, Vicki + Tom Nederostek, and Margaret + George Nixon.
opening reception 3.16.2023 | 5-8PM
Let’s get crafty and caffeinated! BYOC – Bring your own crafts. Whether you crochet, use coloring books, draw, knit, or simply want to hang out, join us for a fun morning.
I’ll bring some coloring books anyone is free to use. I also crochet and would be happy to teach anyone who wants to learn. If you bring your own crafts, please make sure it’s not a messy option so we don’t ruin any tables. That mean you’ll have to leave the glitter at home. :)
If the weather is nice, I’ll try to grab an outdoor picnic table. Please keep your RSVP up to date so I know what size table to find. I’ll post in the event chat where I grab a table.
I’m pretty sure that this venue doesn’t have food, but sometimes they have food trucks. You can check their website and Facebook page for more info.
🎉 F R E E to the public! 🎉
Get into the team spirit and grab custom swag and other locally made goodies at this month’s second Saturday market!
VENDORS
Bring all of your amazing work to this market but especially be sure to put your team gear front and center! Vendor Form: https://forms.gle/GG4crcWPeNg54VJn7
Included with admission
Back by popular demand, The Vanderbilts at Home and Abroad exhibition offers guests:
- An opportunity to view rarely-seen treasures from the Biltmore collection
- A first-hand look at the Vanderbilts’ lifestyle
- Deeper insights into George, Edith, and Cornelia’s personalities, both at home and on their extensive travels
Access to exhibitions at The Biltmore Legacy is included with Biltmore daytime admission.
Join us for a relaxing ride through quiet countryside on your way to small town life in western North Carolina on the Tuckasegee River Excursion. Departing from Bryson City, this 4 hour excursion travels 32 miles round-trip to Dillsboro and back to the Bryson City Depot. Pass by the famous movie set of The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford!
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- The Tuckasegee (tuck-uh-SEE-jee) River Excursion includes an 1 hour and 20 minute layover in the historic town of Dillsboro, where you’ll find more than 50 shops, restaurants, a brewery, and country inns. There is time to shop, snack, and visit the many unique shops before returning to Bryson City.
Details
Let’s kick off riding season with a bang on March 11th for the first Bikes and Beers ride in 2023. We’ll start at SouthernSide brewery and ride the swamp rabbit trail into TR for a stop at Swamp Rabbit Brewery. After refreshments, we’ll head back to SouthernSide and grab some food.
HEADS UP: This ride is starting a little later than usual since it may be cooler in the morning. We’ll meet by the bike racks at SouthernSide at 11:30am and be on the trail around 11:45am.
We are a casual riding group so riders of all skill levels are welcome. The total round trip distance is about 15-16 miles but the trail is mostly flat with just a slight rise in elevation on the way into TR.
I will be taking pre-orders for Official Bikes and Beers T-Shirts for anyone interested. Once we reach 25 shirts, we’ll place the order. There is also an option for a one-off order that is a little more expensive but you don’t have to wait. I’ll have all the information including a sample at the ride, but feel free to reach out to me with any questions.
On exhibit Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4 p.m., Rocky Cove Railroad is a G-Scale (garden scale) model train that demonstrates the coming of trains to western North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit is located below the Grand Promenade. Please note, Rocky Cove Railroad will not operate in rainy or wet conditions.
The Wine and Chocolate Festival is coming to the Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville on Saturday, March 11th. The festival features numerous regional wine and chocolate vendors, as well as other local businesses offering clothing, jewelry, and more. The festival will be split into two sessions: an early session from 1-4 p.m., and a later session from 5-8 p.m.
Festivalgoers will be able to sip and sample their way through the event. Early bird wine lover tickets are on sale now through December 31 st for only $30. Starting January 1st , advanced sale wine lover tickets will be $40. All wine lover tickets include an etched wine glass and unlimited samples during the session. Designated driver tickets are $20 in advance and include a water at entry and a wine glass at exit. All attendees also receive a pass to our Chocolate Bar, filled with tasty nibbles and sweet treats. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or online at WineAndChocolateFestivals.com.
ExploreAsheville.com Arena
- DOORS
- Session 1: 1pm & Session 2: 5pm
- SHOW
- Session 1: 1pm-4pm & Session 2: 5pm-8pm
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Designated driver and youth tickets available. Must be 21+ to consume alcohol at this event.