Here’s what’s going on in Greenville, S.C. this week.
Monday, April 9
Cause: March of Dimes Night | 5 — 9 p.m. | Willy Taco | Come out + support. $12 covers all food + non-alcoholic drinks.
Theater: Theater Arts Commencement Contest Finals | 5 — 8 p.m. | Bob Jones University | Watch the poets + thespians square off.
Dish: Pasta Community Dinner | 5 — 8 p.m. | Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery | Kids: $6 Adults: $12
Meet: United Way Full Body Meeting | 6 — 7:30 p.m. | United Way of Greenville
Listen: Speaking Down Barriers: Learning Us: space for white folk to engage whiteness & creative justice | 6 — 8 p.m. | Phillis Wheatley Community Center | Facilitators: Dr. Krista Hughes & Cody Owens | Free
Tuesday, April 10
Network: HireSC Alumni Career Fair | 11 a.m. — 2:30 p.m. | TD Convention Center | Job fair for those with diverse work backgrounds. Don’t forget those resumes.
Meet: Women’s Investor Focus Group | 9 — 10 a.m. | Panera Bread | Calling all women with an interest in real estate.
- AFP—SC Education Freedom Phonebank | 11 a.m. — 1 p.m. | Panera Bread | Fighting to expand educational opportunities.
Learn: Events with Ease | 7:45 — 9:45 a.m. | Aloft Hotels | Get tips on planning that next event with less the money + headache | $20
Dish: International Food Festival | 11:30 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. | Furman University International Student Association
Health: Heart to Heart with Dr. Green | 10 — 11 a.m. | Bon Secours Arena | Come walk + talk with Dr. Daniel Green, Bon Secours new cardiologist.
Listen: The Yarn | 7 — 8 p.m. | M. Judson Booksellers | Story freestyling ( or rap). This month’s theme will be weather.
Watch: Perfect Wedding | 8 p.m. | Greenville Little Theater | $20
Opening: Pet Paradise Groundbreaking | 12 p.m. | 615 Congaree Road, Greenville, SC 29607
Wednesday, April 11
MustDo: Yappy Hour at NOMA Square | 6 - 8 p.m. | 220 N. Main St. | free | live music by Louie Sagedy, cash bar + pup-tinis for the fur babies Ⓟ
Cause: Cocktails for a Cause | 5:30 — 8 p.m. | Encore Gastrolounge | Proceeds will go to support the Meyer Center.
Celebrate: NEXT Manufacturing 2nd Year Anniversary | 5 — 7 p.m. | 400 Birnie St | Come hear the progress NEXT Manufacturing has made the past two years.
Listen: Showstoppers: An Evening of Broadway Hits | 7 — 10 p.m. | Centre Stage | Bet your bottom dollar | $53.50
Dish: Bluegrass + BBQ | 5 — 7 p.m. | Buncombe St UMC— Trinity Campus
Learn: April Local Cooking Class | 6 — 8 p.m. | Swamp Rabbit Café | Spice up your food with the flavor of Morocco.
Meeting: Upstate Transportation Coalition | 9 a.m. | Buck Mickel Center - room 188
Thursday, April 12
Meet: Writer’s Meetup | 6 — 8 p.m. | Hughes Main Library | If you need a few eyes to take a look at that blockbuster script, stop by.
Dish: Keeping It Fresh Food Truck | 6 — 8 p.m. | Quest Brewing Company
Listen: Collaborators + Cocktails | 5 — 7:15 p.m. | Endeavor | Y&R’s Chief Creative Officer, Leslie Sims, will be the guest speaker. Leslie also happens to be a SC native. | $30 for non—members. Email ENDEAVOR@ENDEAVORGREENVILLE.COM to request tickets.
Drink: Hope is Brewing | 6:30 p.m. | 13 Stripes Brewery, Taylors SC
Friday, April 13
Music: Greenville Blues Festival | 8 p.m. | Bon Secours Arena | $54+
Listen: Laurie Anderson | 7:30 — 9 p.m. | SC Governor’s School | Anderson will read from her new book, Things that I Lost in the Flood. | Free
Music: Billy Currington | 7:30 p.m. | Peace Center | $46-65
Causes: Community-Wide Food Drive | Harvest Hope Food Bank | The food drive is held in conjunction with the Harvest Hope Duathlon. Perfect time for spring cleaning that kitchen.
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