Almost two years ago now, I remember driving through the Smokey Mountains into South Carolina. It made my top five list of potential places to build my wild giraffe sanctuary. Ever since then I’ve been telling my sisters we need to stop in SC on one of our tours. At last! The perfect opportunity- A [...]
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The touring production of Billy Elliot (http://www.billyelliottour.com/us-tour), which is now playing at the Peace Center through Sunday Feb 17th, was very well-received by Greenville audiences. The story revolves around a young boy who is torn between his natural ability for ballet and the male-dominated mining community that is his home. The play takes place in [...]
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I felt like I was back in Cub Scouts… The idea was Davey’s, egged on by his brother Matt, and they had me all excited about the idea. Davey had been shooting the moon and the International Space Station through his telescope at home using an adapter he bought for this camera. Wonder what it [...]
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It was very cool to have the entire main theater at the Peace Center empty except for the four of us. Being able to hear such a superb performer as Anthony play a bit of Copland from his March show with the Chamber Orchestra was brilliant. The video Matt Morgan put together is incredible. Three [...]
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Tommy Carroll is a skateboarder. He wakes up early in the morning to get to the skatepark before everyone else so he can push himself to the max. When he has the park to himself, he can perfect his techniques and try new tricks without worrying about being in the way of other people. Tommy [...]
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With the October 22nd, 2012 birth of Kiko, the Greenville Zoo gained a new star! Through a programming error, the stable webcam went live several days before initially scheduled and much to the delight of the Zoo, the interest in Autumn, Kiko’s Mom, skyrocketed! People from all over the world were logging in frequently to [...]
View PostTEDxGreenville 2013 is almost here. Preparations are underway for the Friday, March 22, all-day event. The theme for this year is By Design. By Design. What does this mean? Design. What is this? Come on, I know you’re asking. I have asked and I am still asking these questions. First, let’s look at design. [...]
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A lot of times I like the idea of doing something better than the actual doing of it. Eating a healthy diet falls into that category quite a bit. So does getting my desk organized. I like to read about things, and think about things. But as Gandalf so aptly said in The Hobbit (I [...]
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TOFA. OK, you won’t find it featured in any back issues of the Vegetarian Times, and it isn’t an organic body scrub, not a musical group from the islands, and not some new financial instrument from Wall Street. It is A Taste of the Fine Arts, a celebration of the oldest specialized arts school in the state and [...]
View Post2013… Every new year reminds me of the Herman’s Hermits line “second verse, same as the first”. But it might be a tad different this year. ”Why”, you may ask? Well, I am about to tell you. Here are my predictions for this year: 1) Psi/Psy, or whatever his name is, will become the symbol [...]
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