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 PostSouthern music at its basic. No dancing, no church choir harmonies, nothing but pure southern influenced blues - flavored with red Georgia clay. Gregg Allman, surrounded by an extraordinary cast of musicians, brought back the 60s, the 70s, and the 80s, filling all the generation Xers, Yers, and millennials in the audience with a level [...]
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I remember it quite clearly. I was a young child and my father had taken me to see my very first movie. The theatre was dark and the popcorn was salty and buttery and I waited in anticipation of seeing my all-time favorite hero (other than my dad) larger than life in front of me. [...]
View PostMost of us who aren’t visual artists think of our work as a commercial pursuit. We work in exchange for financial remuneration. We find fulfillment in what we do, knowing that we are helping our clients, knowing that we are making people’s lives better. But at the end of the day (at the end of [...]
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I walked into work and Christmas had exploded all over the theatre. We are a few days out from opening three holiday-themed plays at The Warehouse Theatre – something naughty – Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings by David Sedaris and Joe Mantello – for the adults, and something nice – a musical adaptation of Ogden [...]
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Have you considered trying a 5k but didn’t want to get up early? Not sure you could jog the whole 3.1 miles? Don’t want to be on busy streets? Not a big fan of bagels and bananas? Had hoped to spend a little holiday time with the family? Well, have we got the 5k for [...]
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