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Gifts, trees and science all found at The Chapman Cultural Center

By Sylvie Galloway

If you are looking for ideas for the holiday then a stop by the Chapman Culteral Center may have just what are are looking for. There are things for the shopper as well as activities to keep the kids entertained. If you are looking for that special gift for that person on your list... »

Have Weekend Plans? Don’t Be Shy!

By Steve Shanafelt

So, here we are at the crossroads of yet another weekend. The opportunities of Spartanburg’s cultural offerings are laid before you. So many options, so much to do. Which path will you take, adventurer? Each and every Thursday, we here at the Spark ask you, our outstanding readers, to point us in the direction... »

Spiffy HUB-BUB Halloween Photo Set

By Steve Shanafelt

Halloween weekend may already be a fading memory for most of you (if you remember it at all), and perhaps you’re read to move on to planning your next holiday caper. This awesome photo set from HUB-BUB documenting the recent “Evenin’ Of Earthly Delights” party may just make you wish Halloween came more... »

The Rock & Weekend Connection

By Steve Shanafelt

Thursdays are the best days, because instead of yammering on about some social issue or how some controversial news item was handled by the local media, I focus instead on the really important stuff: What you’re doing this weekend. I ask you, our bright-eyed, happy-go-lucky readers, to tell the rest of us what’s happening... »

Blog Report: 2009 Sparkle City Blogger Award Nominations HELD OVER

By Steve Shanafelt

In an attempt to get just a touch more participation, I’m extending the 2009 Sparkle City Blogger Award Nominations for another week. This means you have another seven days to nominate your favorite local blogs and bloggers. To qualify, any nominated blog must be based in the Spartanburg area. For reference on local blogs,... »

Tell Me What To Do This Weekend

By Steve Shanafelt

On a typical Thursday, I’ll ask you, the Spark’s outstanding readers, to share a few of the highlights of your weekend plans in an effort to pull from our vast, deep pool of collective knowledge about what’s happening here in the city. And, as a means of getting the conversation going, I start things... »

Sparkle City Headlines: Local Church Doesn’t Like Gays, Abortion Rights, President

By Steve Shanafelt

In a move that doesn’t really surprise me, a local church gets a free pass to talk trash about gay rights and abortion rights, and the Spartanburg Herald-Journal doesn’t bother to get so much as a quote from the opposing side. Writers Gary Glancy & Kim Kimzey also don’t bother to mention things like... »

We Hold This Weekend To Be Self Evident

By Steve Shanafelt

It’s Thursday again … glorious Thursday. It’s that day of the week when you know your trudge through the workaday world is approaching a brief (and, no doubt, deserved) break. It’s time to start thinking about how you’ll spend that all-too-brief pause between Friday and Monday. That’s right: I’m talking about The Weekend. Each... »

Blow My Tiny Little Mind With Your Weekend Plans

By Steve Shanafelt

It’s Thursday again! That means it’s time for you delightful readers of the Spark to laugh at how lame my weekend plans are, and put me to shame by showing the rest of us what a real weekend is supposed to be like. I’ll start … Thursday: The wife is out having dinner with her... »

I’m At A Loss For What To Do This Weekend

By Steve Shanafelt

Each Thursday, I spend ask you darling, intelligent readers to share your weekend plans with each other, and also the entire internet. It’s a cool way to share information, enthusiasm and individual interest with each other, and we generally hear about all kinds of cool events and things to do that are often... »

Your Weekend, Should You Choose To Accept It …

By Steve Shanafelt

Thursdays are a magical time here on the Spark. It’s when I ask you wonderful readers to forget about the drudgery of finishing off the work week and instead begin focusing on the thing we all live for: The Weekend. What’s not to like about weekends? Sure, some of us still have to work... »

That’s What Weekends Mean To Me

By Steve Shanafelt

It’s Thursday! And you know what that means, right? It’s time for me to pester all of you into telling the rest of us a little about your plans for the weekend. After all, how are we to know what we’re missing out on if there’s not someone else bragging about their cool... »

One, Two, Three Four … Get Your Weekend On The Floor

By Steve Shanafelt

Each and every Thursday, I politely ask you, our wonderful readers, to tell the rest of us a little something about your weekend plans. The idea is that your weekend plans will give some good ideas to others in search of something interesting to do, as well as help us cover worthy events... »

What Are You Doing This Weekend?

By Steve Shanafelt

It’s Thursday, and once again it’s time for me to ask you wonderful readers about your plans for the weekend. They don’t need to be anything fancy, innovative, mind-blowingly fun or even particularly original. They just need to be your plans. As individuals, we can only know so much, but by pooling our... »

The Weekend Groove

By Steve Shanafelt

It’s Thursday again, and that means it’s once again time for me to ask you about your weekend plans in an attempt to get the big picture of weekend activities here in Spartanburg. There’s plenty of live music to check out this weekend, as well as many other events, but even having a... »