GREENVILLE SC ATTRACTIONS AND CALENDAR

Attractions  and Area Interests. ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
The seasons are changing - and there's still plenty to see and do
   

The English Garden is still fantastic. Sherry has planted thousands of flowers to keep the year round color that our guests love; Of course, theres loads to do: drives on the Blue Ridge Parkway; hiking on the numerous trails in the State Parks; searching out waterfalls; golf; or even just plain strolling around the historic district. What better time for visiting the kids at Furman, Clemson or BJU, or taking in a football at Furman and Clemson; try Grrrowl hockey or Groove basketball at the BiLo Center. Of course, you can always read a book and take refreshments in the English garden, then stroll a few minutes to some of the 50 great restaurants on Main Street for some al fresco dining on numerous restaurants patios and sidewalks. Try a play or concert (see Specials page, or try the Theater & Concert Schedule); how about a totally relaxing day that the spa around the corner. We'll be celebrating with lots of flowers around the house, and hopefully, arranging for some nice weather. So if you like Fall and all the great things that follow, or just need a getaway to refresh your mind and body, hurry.

Walk to Free Outdoor Concerts Downtown Tuesdays - Fridays. Bluegrass, Country, Rock, Jazz. Some are stand around with refreshments available; then dine al fresco at one of the 50 great Downtown restaurants. What a way to finish a getaway day. Or this makes a workday finish like a relaxing getaway. Click here for schedules - 
The series below are free.

Nighttime Concert Series
Wednesdays, Peace Center Amphitheater 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Begins June 4 - August 27.  Bring lawn chairs and a picnic supper and enjoy the music at this free, family event.

Metropolitan Arts Council's Downtown Alive T hursdays, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Piazza Bergamo April 3 - September 25. This weekly fund-raiser for the Metropolitan Arts Council features a variety of music each week. 

Main Street Jazz Fridays, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. April 3 - September 25. Main Street, Hyatt Regency Plaza . Hear the extraordinary sounds produced by local, regional and national jazz musicians.

Upstate Shakespeare Festival Cleveland Park - this year only. P resented in cooperation with the Warehouse Theatre , the series offers classic plays in a fresh new style.

T he Chataqua Series Cleveland Park - this year only. This series brings the past to life as actor s take on the roles of well-known literary figures.

Click here to go to the Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau attractions and calendar of events for the area.

Southern Art and Impressionism   -   Andrew Wyeths  -   Steven Scott Young Walk to The Greenville County Museum of Art for it's fantastic standing exhibits. NOW - May-August - Bo Bartlett - A midcareer figurative painter with a distinctive and haunting narrative vision, Bo Bartlett composes large-scale contemporary portraits and landscapes that combine the memories and impressions of his upbringing, his faith, his family, and his friends. Presenting iconic American subjects subtly underlined with open-ended questions, Bartlett implies that there is a chance for magic and wonder in everyday life. In paintings titled Old Glory, Self Portrait on Wheaton, Hiroshima, The Good Old Days, A Place by the Ocean, Partisan, and The Dowry, he offers both a straightforward narrative and the possibility for more complex interpretations and responses. Click to Bo's Site. The Museum owns twenty-four watercolors by Andrew Wyeth, which the artist himself has described as "the very best collection of my watercolors in any public museum in this country." Wyeth has said that watercolor is his favorite medium, because it is the most expressive. All of Wyeth’s favorite subjects are represented, from Maine to Chadds Ford, and from the Olsons to Helga. The earliest work in the collection was done in 1966, and several works from the 1990s are also included. The collection also includes Wyeth's 1957 tempera, Hay Ledge. The Southern Art collection begins with portraits from the 1700s, and continues up to the present day. Art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is particularly well represented and includes examples of landscape, still life, history painting, Impressionism, American Scene, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art. Artists include Thomas Sully, Washington Allston, Georgia O’Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Thomas Hart Benton, Andy Warhol, and Jasper Johns. Stephen Scott Young is a watercolorist from Florida who paints in the highly detailed, realistic manner of Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, and Andrew Wyeth. Over a five- year period, Young worked on a series of paintings depicting Greenville, South Carolina. Now numbering more than forty watercolors, temperas, and drawings, the Portrait of Greenville series includes landmarks such as Christ Church Episcopal, the Confederate Monument on Main Street, and the Hampton-Pinckney neighborhood. For more information http://www.greenvillemuseum.org

American Impressionism Exhibit just concluded. It featured fifty-two works by artists such as Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, William Merritt Chase, Mary Cassatt, Abbott Thayer, and others. Considered America's foremost Impressionist, Hassam is represented by six canvases, including In the Garden (1892) and The South Ledges, Appledore (1913). The latter is the signature image for the Smithsonian exhibition.

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