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Needed: Neighborhood Representatives For Our Community Forums

By Steve Shanafelt

Now that the Spark’s new-and-improved forum is up and running, I thought I’d mention that we need a little help making it a usable community resource. You see, we’ve created a sub-forum that is neighborhood specific, the goal being that local residents in these areas can use the forums to discuss issues relevant to... »

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... »

What Would You Like To See Replace Justin’s Steakhouse?

By Steve Shanafelt

Roland Zimmer, the owner of the building that housed the now-closed Justin’s Steakhouse in downtown Spartanburg, recently posted on the GoUpstate forums asking for ideas about the kind of restaurant people would like to see take over the space. What could be cooler than asking for that kind of feedback? And who better to ask... »

Glitchiness On The Spark

By Steve Shanafelt

As some of you have probably noticed, the Spark is being kinda glitchy today. This is being caused by a failed attempt to integrate the Spark proper with the upgraded forum software. The hilarious result is that I actually managed to mess up the database tables and lock myself out of the admin sections... »

New And Improved: The Spark Forums

By Steve Shanafelt

Over the last month, I’ve been tinkering with a new user forum for the Spark. I’ve been trying out different software, fiddling around with options and plug-ins, taking a few stabs at the HTML and CSS templates I’ve found and generally spending a lot more time on it than is probably justified. Some of you... »

Spartanburg’s Transient Friends: HUB-BUB’s Artists-in-Residence (part 2)

By Lydia Anthony

In HUB-BUB’s Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program, three young artists and one young writer “live free and create” in downtown Spartanburg for 11 months. As its third year draws to a close, I spoke with two of HUB-BUB’s founders, some former residents, and the 2008-09 residents to get an inside glimpse into the origins and workings... »

Forum Fanatic: Introductions all around

By Steve Shanafelt

This week, we launch a new feature here at SpartanburgSpark.com — The Forum Fanatic. The idea is simple enough: Each week, we’ll visit several of the local web forums to see what the hot topics of the day are, and report back here with what we’ve found. Let’s start off with that massive mastodon of... »