Arts & Culture
Arts, entertainment and culture
Video-O-Rama: Library BMX, Ghost Hunting, Percussion, Burning Rules, The Consumers and Sparkle City Chicks
The Spartanburg Library system’s Midweek Minute goes EXTREME!!! Well, not really. But they do have some BMX action that you won’t want to miss. Who says librarians aren’t hardcore? Having ghost problems? Thank goodness the Spartanburg Paranormal research Investigation Group is on the case! Here’s a teaser for their upcoming documentary on a case they’ve... »
Listening Party: Spartanburg Spark Theme Song Contest!
It’s high time we had an official Spartanburg Spark theme song, don’t you think? Sure, we have a very nice song by Bryan Teague, singing our praises, but I was thinking something more along the lines of a song we could use as an intro to our videos and podcasts. Something memorable and iconic.... »
Big Idea: Bring Back Brawley Street
Several months ago, I heard a rumor that the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine was looking at the old Spartan Mills site as a possible location for their proposed Spartanburg Campus. At the time, I didn’t realize exactly what that meant, at least beyond a simple understanding that a new college campus was likely... »
Podcast Uprising! HubCast Pops Onto The Spartanburg Scene
Local blogger and occasional Spark contributor David Smith recently decided to start a new online media project, tentatively titled HubCast. Smith has been talking about the idea of putting together a local podcast for at least several months, and it’s fantastic to see him finally start the ball rolling on it without having to... »
Sparkle City Headlines: City Council Weighs Bookstore-Cafe Grant
Back in January, HubCulture (the parent organization of the Hub City Writers Project and the HUB-BUB) announced it would be opening a new downtown bookstore in the ground floor of the Masonic Temple on Morgan Square. Since that initial announcement, progress on the site has clipped along, and the current plan now includes an... »
Video-O-Rama: Fuji Reviewed, Student News, South29 Exposed, Dance Party and Some Irish Tune
I’m not sure if it’s our repeated appeals for more local video blogs, a result of my not having scanned the local video scene in a few months (thanks Chris!) or just the video zeitgeist of our day, but there appears to be a much more robust collection of local vlogs and videos online... »
Listening Party: The Free Music Challenge
As many of you may know, we’re slowly trying to incorporate more and more video into what we do here at the Spark. When it comes to local music, however, we’re in a weird position. You see, as long as we’re reviewing local music, and stick to short clips rather than entire songs, we’re... »
HUB-BUB’s Refshauge Wins National Arts Leadership Award
While many people in the Spartanburg area are at least aware of the HUB-BUB as local arts organization, relatively few people seem to realize just how rare and unique the project and its goals actually are. Not only is the HUB-BUB a rare thing for Spartanburg — or even South Carolina — it’s actually... »
FYI: ArtCycle Deadline Is Today
If you’ve been dilly-dallying about sending in an application to be part of the 2010 ArtCycle sculpture program, you’d better get in gear. The deadline for the Spartanburg-based outdoor sculpture program that turns used bicycle parts into art is today. With a fairly forgiving set of rules — you have to send in an... »
Listening Party: More Local Music Videos, You Say?
In sticking with the Spark’s recent appeal for more people to participate in local video-making and video blogging, this week we’re highlighting a few local musicians who have already made the leap to video. If you think about it for a moment, online videos are actually a big leap forward for local talent in... »
Weeeeeeekending!
Hey Spartanburg! Do you have some interesting plans for the weekend? Something you’d like to share with the rest of the class? Here’s the place to do just that. Someone has to go first, don’t they? Allow me to take that first plunge into the icy waters of sharing. Just don’t get your hopes up. Thursday:... »
Listening Party: Watch More John Watson Videos
This week, I thought I’d go for something very simple and suggest that we all take a few moments to check out John Watson Video on YouTube. Watson has been capturing a lot of local concerts, most notably the Live at The Showroom series, and since we’re pushing pretty hard for more video coverage... »
The Big Idea: More Spartanburg Video Blogs
As the various members of the Spark team experiment with their own variations on video blogs, I thought it was high time to post a video blog about how Spartanburg could benefit from a few more voices in the local video blogging community. Which brings us to this week’s Big Idea: Spartanburg needs more... »
Listening Party Video: Coma Cinema and Aaron James & The Adrenaline Junkies, revisited
Has everyone gone video-blog crazy? Quite possibly. This week, we revisit two local bands Coma Cinema and Aaron James & The Adrenaline Junkies, with the hopes that actually being able to hear the bands perform will give everyone greater appreciation for the local music scene, but without the hassle of dealing with other websites... »
Listening Party: Is There Something In The Water?
Earlier in the week, I found myself listening to SC ETV radio’s Clemson-produced radio show Your Day, which is a sort of general interest “radio magazine” about South Carolina. I was really just wanting some noise to occupy me while I made a slightly complicated lunch, and didn’t really expect to hear anything that... »
Calendar
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- Mar 16: Wine 101 Symposium Class
- Mar 17: IMPROVOKE
- Mar 18: High School Open Mic
- Mar 20: Ballet Spartanburg Presents Hansel & Gretel
- Mar 20: West Main co op Grand Opening
- Mar 21: Ballet Spartanburg Presents Hansel & Gretel
- Mar 25: A Beka Book - Your HomeSchool Resource Sale
- Mar 25: Hub City Co-Op Owners Meeting
- Mar 28: Drag Show! Presented by Upstate Pride
- Mar 27: Spring for Your Community