Carolina First will sponsor a concert celebrating the 200th birthday of Frederick Chopin, February 21st in Greenville. The performance begins at 4:30 PM, in the Gold Ballroom of the Westin Poinsett Hotel. Admission is $8 for adults and$5 for students.

Sponsored by Carolina 1st
Greenville, South Carolina

For information (864) 238-6361
E-mail to: Don Shabkie

Visual Overture Magazine introduces emerging artists to galleries, curators, and collectors. Submissions for the Summer 2010 edition will be accepted through April 1st. International emerging artists of any field are invited to apply. Juror Kathy Stockman will select seven artists for feature in publication. Selected artists are presented on two pages of magazine and will receive three complimentary copies of issue in which they are featured.

Visual Overture Magazine
Atlanta, Georgia

For information (800) 344-0704
No contact information provided.

The Artist Round Table is accepting applications for their 2nd Annual Spring N2 Art, at the Keenan House in Columbia. The deadline is March 12th. Details are available on the Web site: www.theartistsroundtable.org.

The Artist Round Table
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 609-3479
E-mail to: Brenda Schwarz Miller

Francis Marion University's theatre presents Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing, February 18th through 20th in Florence. Performances begin at 7:30 pm in the Hyman Fine Arts Center. Admission is free. Call the Box Office (843-661-1365) for seating availability, Monday through Friday between 8:30am & 5pm.

Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina

For information (843) 661-1385
E-mail to: Joe Sallenger

In a small Baptist church in North Carolina, the Sanders Family Singers have an evening of singing and witnessing, as Chester Little Theatre presents Smoke on the Mountain, February 26th & 27th and March 5th & 6th. Tickets for this dinner theatre event are $20 per person, with a discount for theater members.

Chester Little Theatre
Chester, South Carolina

For information (803) 377-1101
E-mail to: Carl Campbell

The high-powered, high-energy strings ensemble Barrage! will perform at the Richland District Two Auditorium in Columbia, February 2nd at 7:30 pm. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door: $15 for adults and $10 for students.

Palmetto Center for the Arts- Richland Northeast High School
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 699-2800
E-mail to: Jose Carrion

Columbia College welcomes Chicago-based artist Doug Smithenry for his exhibit, Coming Out Online, February 16th. This collection features several colorful oil paintings which tell the coming out stories of several men and women from the LGBT community. The artist will speak at 7pm in the Goodall Art Gallery. Tickets are not required.

Columbia College (Diversity Committee)
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 786-3888
E-mail to: Brett Welsh

The Furman University Theatre "Playhouse" will host two one-act absurdist domestic comedies, February 10th through 14th and 18th through 20th. The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco and The American Dream by Edward Albee will be performed at 8 PM Wednesdays through Saturdays, with a 3 PM Sunday matinee, February 13th. Tickets go on sale February 8th, and prices range from $8 to $15. Call for reservations.

Furman University Theatre
Greenville, South Carolina

For information (864) 294-2125
E-mail to: Mickie Spencer

Film Fanatics will discuss The Gathering Storm, at 7:00 PM April 12th at Spartanburg County Public Libraries Headquarters. The library provides copies of the film for viewing prior to the discussion.

Sparanburg County Public Libraries
Spartanburg, South Carolina

For information (864) 596-3502
E-mail to: Cathy

Film Fanatics will discuss the film Doubt, at 7:00 PM March 8th at the Spartanburg County Public Libraries Headquarters. The library provides copies of the film for viewing prior to the discussion.

Spartanburg County Public Libraries
Spartanburg, South Carolina

For information (864) 596-3502
E-mail to: Cathy

The King's Singers celebrate 41 years of music making, February 23rd, at Bob Jones University in Greenville. This British vocal ensemble tours around the world; this performance begins at 8 p.m. in Founder's Memorial Amphitorium.

Bob Jones University
Greenville, South Carolina

For information (864) 770-1372
Contact: Programs & Productions

Artist's at Work Studios is now hosting after school art classes for kids, starting February 15th in Lexington. Both price plans and schedule are flexible for parents. You can call or go online to register, and you can view student work at lexartclass.com.

Artist's At Work Studios
Lexington, South Carolina

For information (803) 808-9852
E-mail to: Lee Swallie

New Encaustic Work by Jane Allen Nodine is on exhibit at MYST, a contemporary art gallery on Morgan Square in downtown Spartanburg. The show opened January 21st and will remain on exhibit until the end of February. Developed from her abstract work, which is inspired by nature and driven by cultural and historical sources, this exhibition focuses on the naturally occurring marks and patterns made from iron oxidation, burn marks and monotypes pulled from various surfaces.

Carolina Gallery
Spartanburg, South Carolina

For information (864) 585-3335
E-mail to: Shannon Emory

Variations on a Marsh View: New Work by Beth Brya is on view February 12th through March 6th at Beaufort's Charles Street Gallery. Brya has lived in Beaufort for twenty years, and spends time in the mountains of North Carolina as well. "I live surrounded by the marshes," Brya says of her home on Dataw Island. "They're fun to paint." There will be an opening day reception with the artist from 5:30 to 9pm.

The Charles Street Gallery
Beaufort, South Carolina

For information (843) 521-9054
E-mail to: Georgia Phillips

The USC Department of Art and the Ceramic Studio will host a workshop with New York ceramic sculptor Leigh Taylor-Mickleson, February 8th and 9th. Leigh studied at Rochester Institute of Technology and is Creative Director of the Clay Art Center in Port Chester New York. Her colorful organic forms in clay have been exhibited internationally and her work is included in numerous publications on the arts. The workshop is free and meets from 10am to 4pm in the USC Ceramic Studio in McMaster College.

USC Department of Art Ceramic Studio
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-3467
E-mail to: Virginia Scotchie

The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County is holding auditions for the Youth Theatre Production of The Wizard of Oz, February 8th and 9th in Camden. Auditions will be held from 6 to 7:30pm in the Wood Auditorium. All young actors 2nd grade and up are encouraged to come out for a chance to shine on stage! Students only need to attend one of the audition nights, and there is no need to prepare a monologue as auditions will consist of reading short lines from the script.

Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County
Camden, South Carolina

For information (803) 425-7676
E-mail to: Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County

Swamp Fox Players presents Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, February 5th through 20th at Georgetown's historic Strand Theater. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday, February 14th at 2:30pm. Tickets are $15. Call for reservations.

Swamp Fox Players
Georgetown, South Carolina

For information (843) 527-2924
E-mail to: Foy Ford

Western North Carolina Quilt Guild's annual quilt show, "A Harvest of Quilts," will take place October 15th through 17th in Hendersonville. There will be over 100 quilts on display, shopping with merchants, a quilters' shoppe and a quilt auction. Plus, you can vote for your favorite quilt at the show. Hours are 10am to 5pm daily, closing at 4pm on Sunday. Admission is $5.00; parking is free. Applications for quilt submissions are on the website.

Western North Carolina Quilt Guild
Hendersonville, North Carolina

For information (828) 692-6622
E-mail to: Sandra Ariatti

The Arpad Darazs Singers’ spring 2010 program will include selections by Bach, Handel, and several Russian composers, and the Singers will accept new members for the spring semester through February 20th. This choir is a unique choral ensemble of mixed voices that brings Dr. Arpad Darazs' tradition of excellence in choral singing to Columbia and its surrounding communities. Rehearsals are held each Thursday at 7pm at Ashland Methodist Church, with workshop rehearsals on selected Saturday morning, and performances in May. Auditions and rehearsals begin January 21st.

Arpad Darazs Singers
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 926-7306
E-mail to: Dorothy Tudor

The Music Foundation of Spartanburg invites you to "the Hottest Ticket in Town," February 11th at The Country Club of Spartanburg. The event features Dueling Pianos Richard and Marty and Dueling Local Chefs. The 'dressy casual' evening begins at 7:00 p.m. The cost per person is $50. Give your RSVP by February 1st.

The Spartanburg Music Foundation
Spartanburg, South Carolina

For information (864) 948-9020
E-mail to: The Spartanburg Music Foundation

The Columbia chapter of the Alliance Francaise presents an original adaptation of Voltaire's famous "philosophical tale," Candide, performed in French by the chapter's theatrical troupe. Shows are February 19th at 7pm and February 21st at 3pm, in the Cardinal Newman High School Auditorium. Admission is free and.

Alliance Francaise of Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-6088
E-mail to: Jeff Persels

Ever wonder what happens to graduates of the South Carolina Governor's School For the Arts and Humanities? Two such alumni will return to Greenville for a live performance, March 14th. Vocalist Megan Reader Mashburn and clarinetist Benjamin Chen will share the stage with veteran classical pianist Jack Cohan. Chen is now studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music and with the Cleveland Orchestra's principal clarinetist. Mashburn sings with the Atlanta Opera. The 3:00 performance will be held at Temple Israel in Greenville. A wine and cheese reception follows the concert with the chance to talk with the artists. For tickets, call 843-292-1782.

Music On Sunday - Temple of Israel
Greenville, South Carolina

For information (864) 848-0890
E-mail to: Robert Katz

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the Carolina Trombone Collective, March 1st in Columbia. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the fourth of its Chamber Innovista Series Concerts, April 18th in Columbia. Performers include Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute; Rebecca Nagel, oboe; Joseph Eller, clarinet; Constance Gee, viola; Craig Butterfield, double bass; Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers, piano; Tina Stallard, soprano; and Michael Harley, bassoon. The 3:00 concert will be held in the Recital Hall. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for students.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the Chamber Innovista Series Concert #3, March 21st in Columbia. Performers include the USC Faculty Brass Quintet; William Terwilliger, violin; Joseph Eller, clarinet; Lynn Kompass, piano; Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute; and the USC Percussion Ensemble, directed by Scott Herring. The 3:00 concert will be held in the Recital Hall. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for students.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the second of its Chamber Innovista Series concerts, February 14th in Columbia. Performers include Jacob Will, baritone and the USC Graduate String Quartet; Bert Ligon, piano, William Terwilliger and Micah Gangwer, violin; Constance Gee, viola; Robert Jesselson, cello; Craig Butterfield, double bass; Rebecca Nagel, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; and Lynn Kompass, piano. The concert will also feature the World Premiere of a new composition by Dean Tayloe Harding for Voice, Flute, and Guitar. The 3:00 performance will be held at 300 Senate Street Venue. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for students.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music Southern Exposure New Music Series presents the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, April 16th in Columbia. The quartet, featuring Michi Wiancki, violin; Katherine Murdoch, viola; Steven Doane, cello; and Xak Bjerken, piano, performs extensively nationally and internationally. The 7:30 concert will be held in the Recital Hall. Admission is free. Southern Exposure concerts are often standing room only and early arrival is suggested for seating.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music's Southern Exposure New Music Series continues February 27th in Columbia. Exposed Wiring IV features Odd Appetite and Susan Fancher, saxophone. Based in New York, Odd Appetite is the duo of Ha-Yang Kim, cello and Nathan Davis, percussion, who compose, collaborate, and perform their own music, as well as works by select composers. Fancher performs commissioned works by contemporary composers, as well as composers such as Desprez, Johnston, and Reich. The music begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall. Admission is free. The concerts are often standing room only and early arrival is suggested for seating.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a "New Voices" Student Composers Concert, featuring new works by USC composition students, April 24th in Columbia. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-9151
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents An Evening of Chamber Music, April 21st in Columbia. The free concert will feature various student chamber groups performing a variety of compositions. The music starts at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-9151
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the USC Chamber Winds, April 15th in Columbia. The 7:30 performance will be held in the Recital Hall. Admission is free.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-9151
E-mail to: Andrea Pouncey

The University of South Carolina Bands will give their Spring Concert, April 1st in Columbia. The 7:30 concert will be held at the Koger Center for the Arts. Admission is free.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-9151
E-mail to: Andrea Pouncey

The University of South Carolina Percussion Ensemble will give a free concert, March 25th in Columbia. The group performs works ranging from chamber pieces for three to four performers to works using large forces of instruments and players. The group was chosen to perform at the 2010 SCMEA Conference in Charleston. The Columbia performance starts at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-9151
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the Palmetto Pans Steel Drum Band, March 25th in Columbia. The ensemble is devoted to performing the music of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Island Classics and popular music. The 12- to 18-member group performs on 55-gallon oil drums that have been transformed into musical instruments. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-9151
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music will host the Annual USC Band Clinic, February 18th through 21st in Columbia. The Clinic features free nightly concerts at the Koger Center for the Arts; a complete schedule of events is available on the School of Music Web site.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-9151
E-mail to: Andrea Pouncey

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the Left Bank Big Band, April 22nd in Columbia. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the USC Jazz Combos, April 6th in Columbia. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina Jazz Faculty will perform April 20th in Columbia. The free concert begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall, featuring Bert Ligon, piano; Craig Butterfield, double bass; and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Jones.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a Guest Artist Flute Recital by Virginia Broffitt, April 19th in Columbia. Broffitt is on the faculty of Western Illinois University. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a Guest Artist Viola Recital by Daphne Gerling, April 13th in Columbia. Gerling is on the faculty of Valdosta State University. The free performance begins at 4:00 in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a Guest Artist Bass Trombone Recital by Harold Van Schaik, March 31st in Columbia. Van Schaik is a member of The Florida Orchestra. The free performance begins at 5:30pm in the Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a Faculty Bassoon Recital by Peter Kolkay, March 30th in Columbia. The 7:30 performance will take place in the Recital Hall. Admission is free. Assistant Professor Kolkay is a frequent solo performer with symphonies and a chamber musician in concerts throughout the United States. He has earned many honors, including First Prize at the 2002 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004. He is also a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's CMS II program.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a Guest Artist Flute Recital by Jill Felber, March 24th in Columbia. Felber is from the University of California-Santa Barbara and will be accompanied by Dianne Frazer on piano. The performance begins at 7:30 in the Recital Hall. Admission is free.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum presents Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art, on view February 13th to May 8th in Columbia. The exhibition highlights the remarkable beauty of coiled basketry and demonstrates how the utilitarian rice fanner and market basket can be viewed simultaneously as objects of use, containers of memory, and works of art. Grass Roots features approximately 225 objects including baskets from the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia and from diverse regions of Africa, as well as African sculpture from the rice-growing societies which, through the agency of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, exported their cultures to America. The museum is located in Columbia on USC's historic horseshoe. Admission is free.

McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-7251
E-mail to: Ja-Nae Epps

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents Raphael Sanders in a Guest Artist Clarinet Recital, March 23rd in Columbia. Sanders is associate professor of clarinet at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam and a member of the acclaimed Texas Clarinet Consort. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents Clifford Leaman in a Faculty Saxophone Recital, March 15th in Columbia. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents Guest Artists, the Jean-Michel Goury Saxophone Ensemble, March 2nd in Columbia. Goury is one of the world's foremost interpreters of contemporary masterworks for the saxophone. The free performance begins at 7:30 in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute and Constance Gee, viola for a February 25th Faculty Recital in Columbia. The performance begins at 7:30 in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents Nathan Williams in a Guest Artist Clarinet Recital, February 23rd in Columbia. Williams is professor of clarinet at the University of Texas. The 7:30 performance will be held in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents Professor Emeritus John Kenneth Adams for "Piano Portrait - Ruins and Eagles' Feathers," Piano music of Robert Schumann and Frederic Chopin, February 21st in Columbia. The event features a Powerpoint presentation combined with commentary, visual imagery and live performance. It begins at 3:00 in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents Jangeun Bae Sextet in a Guest Artist Jazz Recital, February 17th in Columbia. The 7:30 performance will be held in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents a Faculty Recital by Tina Milhorn Stallard, soprano and Lynn Kompass, piano, February 16th in Columbia. Stallard and Kompass will be joined by guest artists Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano and Randall Umstead, tenor. The performance begins at 7:30 PM in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra welcomes faculty members Marina Lomazov on piano and James Ackley on trumpet, April 13th in Columbia. The concert will begin at 7:30 at the Koger Center for the Arts. Tickets can be purchased through the Coliseum Box Office.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-7500
E-mail to: Charlene Rackley

The University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra performs with guest artist Arthur Tollefson on piano, March 16th in Columbia. The concert will also features the winners of the 2010 USC Concerto/Aria Competition: Andrew Fierova, horn; Lauren Pierce, double bass; and Melanie Pozdol, oboe. The performance begins at 7:30 PM at the Koger Center for the Arts.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-7500
E-mail to: Charlene Rackley

The University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra will perform February 16th in Columbia. The 7:30 concert will feature guest artist Angelia Cho on violin, at the Koger Center for the Arts. Tickets can be purchased through the Carolina Coliseum Box Office.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-7500
E-mail to: Charlene Rackley

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents The Marriage of Figaro, performed by Opera at USC in Columbia. Performances are March 26th at 7:30 PM and March 28th at 3:00 PM, at USC's new Band Building on Sumter Street. General admission is $18 for adults; $15 for seniors, USC faculty & staff, and military; and $5 for students.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-4336
E-mail to: Laveta Gibson

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the Carolina Alive Vocal Jazz Ensemble, April 26th in Columbia. The performance begins at 7:30 in the School of Music Recital Hall.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-5369
E-mail to: Sara Beardsley

The University of South Carolina School of Music presents the University Chorus, in concert April 16th at Columbia's St. Andrews Baptist Church. The performance will begin at 7:30 PM.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-5369
E-mail to: Sara Beardsley

The University of South Carolina's School of Music presents the Concert Choir for their Spring performance, March 7th at Columbia's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. The concert will begin at 4 PM.

University of South Carolina School of Music
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 777-5369
E-mail to: Sara Beardsley

Chamber Music Charleston's Gallery Concert Series presents masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire performed in Charleston’s art galleries. The series wraps up April 11th, with a 3pm concert at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park. Oboist Mark Gainer, clarinetist Charles Messersmith, bassoonist Sandra Nikolajevs and pianist Irina Pevzner will perform Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, Schumann’s Fantasiestucke for Clarinet and Piano and Mozart’s Quintet in E flat for Piano and Winds. A light reception will follow, providing the opportunity to meet the performing musicians and view the artwork.

Chamber Music Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 763-4941
E-mail to: Sandra Nikolajevs

Chamber Music Charleston and Actors’ Theatre of South Carolina present “Jane Austen’s Music and Literary Society,” at 3pm March 21st, at Circular Congregational Church. The musicians will perform Beethoven’s Sextet for Winds as veteran stage and screen actors Chris Weatherhead and Clarence Felder portray Jane and Henry Austen. Tickets are $25 for general admission; group rates are available.

Chamber Music Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 763-4941
E-mail to: Sandra Nikolajevs

Chamber Music Charleston's Gallery Concert Series presents masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire performed in Charleston’s art galleries. The second of the three concerts will begin at 3pm February 21st at the Martin Gallery. Violinists Megan Allison and Frances Hsieh, violist Katrina Smith, cellist Timothy O’Malley and flutist Regina Helcher-Yost will perform Mozart’s String Quartet in F Major, K. 590 and Arthur Foote’s Nocturno and Scherzo for Flute and Strings. A light reception will follow, providing the opportunity to meet the performing musicians and view the artwork.

Chamber Music Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 763-4941
E-mail to: Sandra Nikolajevs

Beaufort's Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal) closes the Spring Series of Friday Organ Concerts at Noon with a free performance by Dr. Elizabeth Harrison, April 9th. Dr. Harrison received her bachelor's degrees from Duke University and Southern College, a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Stanford University. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Organ and University Organist at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. From 1988 to 1991, Dr. Harrison studied at the North German Organ Academy in Bunderhee, Germany, where she was chosen as the Organ Assistant to help with teaching. Since returning to the United States, she has distinguished herself as one of the leading experts on Baroque organ pedagogy and a sought-out performer in the United States and Europe.

Music at St. Helena's
Beaufort, South Carolina

For information (843) 522-1712
Contact: Pat Gould, music director

Beaufort's Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal) continues the Spring Series of Friday Organ Concerts at Noon, with Dr. Gail Archer, March 19th. The 45-minute concerts are free. An active recitalist in both Europe and the United States, Dr. Archer performs regularly at festivals worldwide, including the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina. Living in New York City, she currently serves as Chair of the Music Department at Barnard College, Columbia University; Director of the Young Artist Series at Central Synagogue; Artistic Director of the Lunchtime Organ Recitals at historic Central Synagogue; and Professor of Organ at Manhattan School of Music.

Music at St. Helena's
Beaufort, South Carolina

For information (843) 522-1712
E-mail to: Pat Gould, music director

The HUB-BUB Artists-in-Residence Program invites three emerging visual artists and one creative writer between the ages of 20 and 35 to "live free and create" for 11 months in downtown Spartanburg. Residents live rent free and earn a small monthly stipend in exchange for their work for the organization and in the community. The next residency begins June 15th; applications are due February 15th.

HUB-BUB.com
Spartanburg, South Carolina

For information (864) 582-0056
E-mail to: Alix

Beaufort's Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal) continues its Spring Series of Friday Organ Concerts at Noon with Marilyn Mason, March 5th. The performance is free. Mason is University Organist and Chair of the Organ Department at the University of Michigan. Her extensive career has taken her throughout the western world, at one point performing more than thirty recitals per year. She was the first American woman organist to perform in Westminster Abby, the first woman organist to play in Latin America, and the first American organist to perform in Egypt. During one sabbatical leave, Mason’s performing career took her to five continents. Her gifts as a teacher were recognized in the fall of 2007 when the 47th Conference on Organ Music, which she founded, was dedicated to her in celebration of her 60th year of teaching.

Music at St. Helena's
Beaufort, South Carolina

For information (843) 522-1712
E-mail to: Pat Gould, music director

Carolina Improv Company and Uptown present Whose Beach Is It Anyway?, an audience-interactive improv comedy show. They'll create instant improv comedy using suggestions from the audience about the funny things that pertain to Myrtle Beach, like all-you-can-eat buffets, beach stores, snow birds gone wild, tourist traps, 17 bypass vs. 17 business, foreign exchange students on bicycles, time share sales people, bike rallies (helmet or no helmet)... you get the idea. If you've never experienced improv comedy, think of the TV show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" where the performers make it up without a script! This show is appropriate for all ages; you can bring your four-year-old child and your 74-year-old grandmother to share a laugh. Events are Fridays and Saturdays, January 15th through April 30th.

Carolina Improv Company
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

For information (843) 272-4242
E-mail to: Gina Trimarco

The Spring Series of Friday Organ Concerts at Noon at Beaufort's Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal) begins with organist Julian Collings and cellist Rebecca Hewes, February 26th in Beaufort. The duo from London, England, have a busy schedule in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. and are known for their innovative concerts. Collings, performing on the church's Taylor and Boody organ, regularly collaborates with other instrumentalists to present "organ plus" concerts. Hewes has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player in concerts throughout Europe, working alongside some of the world’s leading musicians and conductors. The 45-minute concert is free.

Music at St. Helena's
Beaufort, South Carolina

For information (843) 522-1712
Contact: Pat Gould, music director

Candlelight Concerts at the Unitarian Church in Charleston presents soprano Sarah Williams, February 8th at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature arias, art songs, and musical theater songs by Brahms, Debussy, Bizet, Bernstein, and others, accompanied by pianist Lin Raymond. Ms. Williams is an award-winning soprano who was recently featured as a soloist in the Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s performance of The Messiah. Tickets are $10 at the door with proceeds going to support the music program at James Simons Elementary School.

Unitarian Church in Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 723-4617
E-mail to: Lin Raymond

The Charleston Jazz Orchestra announces its 2010 Season, kicking off January 30th with Swing! Swing! Swing!, followed by Singin' on Basie March 27th, Conductor's Choice May 22nd, Latin Night September 25th, Pops! October 23rd, and the season closer, Holiday Swing, November 24th. Six-show and three-show discounted season passes are available for adults, seniors, and students. Charleston's very own twenty-piece big band performs at 7pm at the Charleston Music Hall.

Jazz Artists of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 641-0011
E-mail to: Jazz Artists of Charleston

On Feb. 23, Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will visit Charleston to lead an arts management symposium addressing the challenges facing nonprofit performing arts organizations. The event, one of the stops on the Kennedy Center's Arts in Crisis tour, takes place at the College of Charleston's Simons Center from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Lunch is included. There is no charge to attend, but registration is required. Arts in Crisis provides free and confidential planning assistance in areas pertinent to maintaining a vital organization during a troubled economy, including fundraising, building more effective boards, budgeting and marketing.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 452-4492
E-mail to: Carolyn Lackey

Gallery Up in Rock Hill presents Quiet Control, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Bruce Riley and Mary Ellen Neff, on display from January 13th through February 12th. The work of these two artists brings together both nature and the human body through use of difficult media on a small scale. There will be an artists' reception January 12th.

Gallery Up
Rock Hill, South Carolina

For information (803) 980-5355
E-mail to: Stephanie Jordan

The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn announces their latest exhibit, in the Hilton Head Regional Healthcare Temporary Exhibit Gallery. Floyd Gordon's South Carolina Views, vivid oils and acrylics, will be on display through March 3rd. Gordon's work builds and shapes relationships in picturesque scenes of the human experience. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 9am to 4:30pm and Sunday 11am to 3pm.

Coastal Discovery Museum
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

For information (843) 689-3033
E-mail to: Robin Swift

During the 1950s, the late Arthur Rose began his quest to raise the profile of African American artists in the state of South Carolina. A graduate of Claflin University, Mr. Rose persuaded his alma mater to once again offer art as a major, providing what was, at the time, the only opportunity for black students in South Carolina to major in art. He led the University’s art department for four decades, teaching and influencing artists both past and present. Evidence of his efforts can now be seen at the Arthur Rose Museum, on campus in Orangeburg. “Links to a Legacy” features works by Mr. Rose and his students, on view through March as part of the University’s 140th anniversary celebration.

Claflin University
Orangeburg, South Carolina

For information
No contact information provided.

Inside the walls of a crumbling New York tavern, a young couple find themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all. PURE Theatre in Charleston presents the South Carolina premiere of the psychological thriller Yankee Tavern by Steven Dietz. This acclaimed drama is a fierce, funny and ultimately mind-bending work of gripping theatrical power. The play is directed by PURE Artistic Director Sharon Graci, and will feature Will Hodges, Randy Neale, Katie Huard, and Mark Poremba. The production runs January 22nd through February 13th, at Upper Lance Hall on the grounds of Circular Congregational Church. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday, plus one Sunday show January 31st.

PURE Theatre
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 723-4444
E-mail to: AnneTrabue Watson

The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn will host The Art Market, April 24th and 25th on Hilton Head Island. This outdoor festival will have 80+ artists in all media showing and selling their artwork. Hours are 1 to 5pm Saturday and 11am to 4pm Sunday. The judging for the $5,000 in prize money is Saturday morning. There is no admission charge; $6 parking fee.

Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

For information (843) 689-6767
E-mail to: Robin Swift

The Palace Theatre in Myrtle Beach presents Steel Magnolias, January 26th through February 14th. The play tells the story of six women and how their friendship drives them through ups and downs of life. Through the views of these different women we see love, apathy, pain, loss, secrecy and a desperate attempt at living a life of happiness. Dreams built and burnt, the power of hope, the love between a mother and her child and the bond that can be so unbreakable between true friends.

Palace Theatre
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

For information (800) 905-4228
E-mail to: info@palacetheatremyrtlebeach.com

The Meeting Place in North Charleston offers free Open Studio Workshops for adults. The classes meet from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, and the February 23rd session will feature Jewelry-Making Basics taught by Nancy Maider of the Charleston Jewelry Guild. Participants will learn how to make key rings, earrings, aluminum wrap rings, and memory wire bracelets. All supplies are provided. Registration ends two days prior to class.

City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department
North Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 740-5854
E-mail to: Ann Simmons

Members of the Goose Creek Artist Guild will present works in a variety of mediums and subjects as part of their annual judged show, February 1st through 27th at the Charleston Area Convention Center. Admission is free, and the gallery viewing area is open Monday through Saturday from 9AM to 5PM. The exhibition will have an Opening Reception February 4th from 5 to 7PM.

City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department
North Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 740-5854
E-mail to: Ann Simmons

The Meeting Place in North Charleston features works by Olga Bixby and Susan Cato, on view January 4th through February 26th. Their Window Exhibit, Timeless Passageways and Nature’s Colors, is a result of manipulating oils to reflect their inspirations, artistic passion, and love of history and nature. The combined collection of oil paintings depicts the beauty of European and American architectural passageways, along with florals and exotic wildlife that reflect the brilliant colors of nature.

City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department
North Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 740-5854
E-mail to: Ann Simmons

You can join Harriet Tubman, Levi Coffin, Henry ‘Box’ Brown, John Parker and more, as Bright Star Touring Theatre presents "Heroes of the Underground Railroad," February 26th in North Charleston. This play is an accessible and empowering look at some of the figures behind America’s Underground Railroad, from the secret signs along the routes to the abolition movement, leaving few stones unturned. Recommended for grades 3 through adult. The performance runs from 10 to 11am in Sterett Hall Auditorium at the Navy Yard. Children's tickets are $2; adults are admitted free; reservations are required for groups.

City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department
North Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 740-5854
E-mail to: Ann Simmons

Charleston's Saul Alexander Gallery presents Scissors, Thread/Pencil, Paint, mixed-media works by Linda Elksnin, on view during the month of February. Appreciation for the textile art of the Kuna Indians inspired Elksnin to create the works in this exhibit. The Kuna people are known for their cut fabric art called mola, which is a type of reverse applique, in which images are created by cutting away top layers of fabric to reveal the colors of bottom layers. Elksnin’s mola-inspired paintings are created by layering watercolor and gouache, then building up texture with colored pencils.

Charleston County Public Library
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 805-6951
E-mail to: Becky Melancon

Painter Jonathan Green is internationally known for his paintings of graceful, sun-brightened linens and characters. He has returned to residing in the Lowcountry, where the salt marsh breezes caress laundry lines, artists, the Gullah community, and visitors alike. Home Again is on view February 5th through 28th at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center, right down the road from Gardens Corner, where Green grew up. This show is the only complete set of his fine art lithographs known to exist outside the McKissick Museum in Columbia, including two images never shown in a gallery. The Arts Council of Beaufort County is also providing a learning interface for students, and the opportunity to submit their Green-inspired artwork to a juried show, open to the public at ARTworks.

Arts Council of Beaufort County
Beaufort, South Carolina

For information (843) 379-2787
E-mail to: JW Rone

Folk musician Cosy Sheridan will return to Charleston's Gage Hall Coffeehouse, February 27th at 7:30 PM. The national touring star will perform a benefit concert to support academic enrichment programs at inner city Charleston elementary schools. Gage Hall offers gourmet coffee, sodas and home made desserts.

Gage Hall Coffeehouse, Unitarian Church in Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

For information (843) 224-4472
E-mail to: Richard Hayes

The Greenville Chorale will host its Annual Valentine's Gala, "My Funny Valentine," February 12th at the Westin Poinsett Hotel. Starting at 7PM, entertainment will be provided by Cafe & Then Some's Norma Jean & Dot and the Chorale's very own Bing! A-Ling Singers!! Guest can partake of Savory French Cuisine, Decadent Desserts, Signature Valentine Drink, Silent Auction, Love Notes & More!

Greenville Chorale
Greenville, South Carolina

For information (864) 235-1101
E-mail to: Kim McFall

The Chamber Ensemble of the Greenville Chorale will present music designed to enlighten, entertain, inspire and enjoy, February 21st. The program includes one of J.S. bach's "Lutheran Masses," Benjamin Britten's "Rejoice in the Lamb," and Jean Berger's "Five Quotations." The Chamber Ensemble will be joined by a chamber orchestra for this event. Tickets are $20.

The Greenville Chorale
Greenville, South Carolina

For information (864) 467-3000
E-mail to: Kim McFall

"Julliard in Aiken" is a week of public performances, chamber concerts, master classes, and outreach to area schools, March 8th through 12th. Julliard's exclusive collaboration with the Aiken community has effectively united the school with Aiken for the benefit of music lovers throughout the region. Aiken is the only community in the world with which Julliard has partnered to create a festival of this magnitude. Julliard students and faculty come to present public performances and outreach programs of master classes, workshops, artist residency, and in-school performances for the Aiken Public Schools.

Aiken Music Festival
Aiken, South Carolina

For information (803) 643-4776
E-mail to: Sandra Field

Fired Up!, the work of upstate potter and conservationist Don Lewis, will be on view at Trillium Arts Centre, January 15th through February 27th. A 1961 Furman graduate, Don has lived and worked in the foothills of the upstate for years, where his affinity for nature has resulted in both unique pottery and a conservation project named "Friends of Firefly Forest". You can meet the artist at the opening reception, Januray 16th at 7pm. Trillium Arts Centre is located on Main Street in Travelers Rest. Weekly gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 5pm.

Trillium Arts Centre
Travelers Rest, South Carolina

For information (864) 834-2388
E-mail to: Susan Buser

The new Island Gallery on Sullivans Island (next to Poe's Tavern) invites you to find artists you've never seen before as well as those you have. There is an ongoing retrospective of Don ZanFagna (a contemporary of Andy Warhol), and this month, work by New York City artist Mark Symczak. City Market's famous palm mermaid creator Everett White is part owner with his wife Joanna, creator of unique jewelry and crafts. The gallery is open every day but Monday.

Mermaiden
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

For information (843) 882-8005
E-mail to: Joanna White

Drummer Steve Smith and his band Vital Legacy (Andy Fusco, Vinny Valentino, Mark Soskin, and Baron Browne) will perform at the 8th Annual Jazz Discovery Music Festival, March 20th in Rock Hill. The concert will also feature the Winthrop University Jazz Ensemble with guest soloists Rick Simerly (trombone), Will Campbell (saxophone), and Jim Ketch (trumpet). Steve will also perform that afternoon with the Northwestern High School Senior Jazz Ensemble and will present free clinics starting at 3:15pm. Tickets for the evening concert are $20. The show starts at 7:30pm in the Northwestern High School Auditorium.

Northwestern High School Jazz Bands
Rock Hill, South Carolina

For information (803) 981-1225
E-mail to: Mark Yost

Columbia fiber and installation artist Susan Lenz will present two related solo exhibitions, on view February 4th through 16th, at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios in Columbia. Blues Chapel is an installation focusing on early female Blues singers, while Last Words focuses on personal and universal issues of mortality through and examinations of epitaphs. The opening reception is February 5th from 6 to 8, followed by Eboniramm's blues performance at the Blue Martini, next to Gallery 80808, starting at 9 PM.

Gallery 80808/Vista Studios
Columbia, South Carolina

For information (803) 254-0923
E-mail to: Susan Lenz

With works by African-American artists who are among the state's best-known and widely celebrated practitioners, The African-American Voice exhibition kicks off with a 7 p.m. reception, January 16th at the Belton Center for the Arts, located at 306 City Square in Belton.

Belton Center for the Arts
Belton, South Carolina

For information (864) 338-8556
E-mail to: Betsy Chapman

Friends of Florence County Library welcome John Thompson to speak and sign his first novel, The Armageddon Conspiracy, May 4 at 6:30 PM. In this thriller set in the world of Wall Street finance, extremist fundamentalist Christians frame the wrong man when they steal a billion dollars. Framed for murders he didn't commit and falsely accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars, Brent Lucas is alone and on the run. Wounded and fleeing from both the FBI and his would-be killers, Brent turns to his ex-fiancée, a beautiful cop assigned to a federal anti-terrorism taskforce. Convincing her of his innocence, he must now survive long enough to prevent a strange alliance of Christian and Muslim terrorists.

Friends of Florence County Library