#PlanAhead: Week of Jan. 22 – 26

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Monday | Jan. 22

Art: GVL: Intro to Photo Editing in Lightroom | Atlas Local | 25 Draper St |6:30 — 8 p.m. | Free | Kick those Instagram photo skills up a notch.

Cause: Homelessness: How Can I Help? | The Kroc Center | 6:30 p.m. | Tickets

ForKids: Tot Time | Acrosmith Gymnastics | 10 — 11:00 a.m. | Ages 1-5| Gymnastics equipment, trampolines, bars, foam pits, and floor obstacle courses. | $5

  • Musical Jamboree | Hughes Main Library | 10 — 10:30 a.m. | Free | Children stories with songs, dance, and instruments.

Ticket: Gobsmacked | Peace Center | Concert Hall | 7:30 p.m. | Beat boxing. Acapella harmonies. Cool covers. 🤘 | $15 — $35

Learn: Life Planning For Your Future: Powers of Attorney | St. Francis Cancer Center Education Classroom | 10:30 — 12:00 p.m.

Health: Empower and Restore Yoga with Amy (and Kava!) | The Kava Connection | 1540 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste H | 7 – 10 p.m. | Inhale… exhale. | $5

Tuesday | Jan. 23

MustDo: Parodies for Charity: Benefiting the Greenville Humane Society | Birds Fly South Ale Project | 7 p.m. | Featuring Gary Gose Gump (a beer-themed parody of Forrest Gump), with food + drink by White Duck Taco and Birds Fly South – all for a good cause 🐶

Listen: Aspen String Trio (hosted by The Furman University Department of Music) | Furman’s Daniel Recital Hall | 8 p.m. | Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Dohnányi and Strauss. 🎶 | Free

  • Jazz Underground | Coffee Underground | 7:30 – 10 p.m. | Some smooth jams from the Youth Jazz Ensemble + GJC Contemporary ensemble. | $8-12

ForMoms: Bouncing Babies | Pelham Road Library Branch | 1508 Pelham Rd | 10 – 10:30 a.m. | Every Tuesday until 3/27

Community: Life in Limbo: Foster Care (presented by Greenville Women Giving) | Kroc Center | 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Lunch provided, RSVP to gwgrsvp@gmail.com

Learn: Meet Your Media | The Greenville News | 32 E Broad St | 8:30 – 10 a.m. | Get an inside look at the workings of the Greenville News + print media in GVL with editors Steve Bruss and Katrice Hardy.

TryThis: Silk Painting with Kym Easter | The Art Cellar | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | $50

Health: Pre-Diabetes + Insulin Resistance class | Bon Secours St. Francis Millennium | 2 Innovation Dr. | Noon | Understand the meaning of pre-diabetes + insulin resistance | Call 864-400-3651 to register

Active: Mom and Baby Fitness | Bon Secours | 9:30 — 10:30 a.m. | Free | Bring the little one + sweat it out.

  • Well Walkers | Bon Secours | 9 — 10:00 a.m. | Lace up those trainers.

TryThis: Silk Painting with Kym Easter | The Art Cellar | 6:30-8:30pm | $50

  • Business Planning Seminar | Augusta Rd Library | 6 — 8 p.m. | Put your business plan into action

Watch: 46th Annual BJU Bruins High School Invitational Basketball Tournament |Bob Jones University| Davis Field House | 16 teams from around the country will compete to be #1.

Networking: LG Swamp Rabbits Hockey Benefitting Meyer Center + Child’s Haven | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | 7 — 10 p.m.| Proceeds will benefit an outdoor learning area for the Meyer Center + parking lot changes for A Childs Haven. | Tickets

Wednesday | Jan. 24

Listen: Emrys Open Mic Night | Joe’s Place Bookstore | 2 Williams Street | 7 p.m. | Join other poets and leave your words on the stage (two snaps). | Free

Learn: Greenville Zoo Conservation Lecture Series | The Children’s Museum of the Upstate | 7 — 8 p.m. | Free

Cause: Pulse Leadership Luncheon | Kroc Center | 11:30 — 1 p.m. | A panel on the effects of sexual harassment. | Register

Talk: Hidden Struggles: Public Persona vs Private Reality | The Warehouse Theatre | 6:30 – 8 p.m. | A forum on identity + self connected to the upcoming play A Moon for the Misbegotten.

TryThis: Adult Coloring Night | The Kava Konnection | 7 p.m. | Can you stay inside the lines?

Networking: Biz on Tap | Stewart Penick’s Terrace | 5:30 — 7 p.m.

ForKids: Random Acts of Science: Magnets | The Children’s Museum of the Upstate | 11 — 11:30 a.m. + 3 — 3:30 p.m. | Free with admission, recurring event

  • Wild for Reading Wednesdays | Greenville Zoo | 2:30 — 3:00 p.m. | Free with admission
  • Kids at the Table | Lowes Foods Five Forks | 4 — 6 p.m. | Free | Kids event with food and crafts

Thursday | Jan. 25

Animals: Paw Paws Grand Opening Paw-ty and Doggie Crawl to Pour Tap Room | Paw Paws USA | 651 S Main St, Suite B | 6 — 8 p.m. | 🐶 Perfect if you’re as obsessed with dogs as we are.

Listen: Pathways Guest Artist: Aspen String Trio | Governor’s School | 7:30 p.m.

  • THE RETURN – A Spectacular Beatles Tribute Band | Greenville Little Theater | 8 p.m. | Beatlemania makes a stop in GVL. | $35
  • Nigel Potts’ Organ Performance | Furman’s Daniel Chapel | 3300 Poinsett Hwy | $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students/youth
  • Mike Murray Trio | The Wheel | 1288 Pendleton St | 7:30 pm | $10
  • Brewery 85 Brite Tank - Jack Greer 6 – 8 p.m.

Art: Paint your Pet Night | Wine and Design | 6:30 p.m. | What better way to celebrate your best friend? | $65

Eat: Cooking with Fire | Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery | 6:30 p.m. | $75 | Hands-on steak sire demo + dinner.

Health: ‘Making Friends with Grief’ class | Bon Secours St. Francis Millennium | 2 Innovation Dr. | 12 p.m.| Learn practical ways to “make friends” with grief + ways to respond to others who are grieving | Call 864-400-3651 to register

ForKids: Story Time | Augusta Rd Library | 10 – 10:30 a.m. | Recurs every Thursday until March 29

  • Musical Jamboree | Pelham Rd Library + Hughes Main Library | 10 – 10:30 a.m. | Free | 18 mos - 4 years | Recurs every Monday and Thursday
  • Tot Time | Acrosmith Gymnastics | 282 Rocky Creek Road | 10 – 11 a.m. | $5 | Recurs Monday and Thursdays until May 28
  • Muggle Marauders | Pelham Rd Library | 3:30 — 4:15 p.m. | Free | games, trivia, crafts, book talk and more with fellow Harry Potter fans. Kids 8-12. Register at pelhamroad@greenvillelibrary.org

Friday | Jan. 26

TryThis: Last Speakeasy | Upcountry History Museum | 6 — 9 p.m. | Travel to a secret “gin joint” for one night. Doing the Charleston is a must.

For Kids: Lego Challenge | Anderson Rd Library | 3:30 — 4:30 p.m. | Lego building challenge for kids 11 + under. | Free

  • Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook | Peace Center Gunter Theater | 7 — 8 p.m. | $18 – $27

Watch: Starry Nights | Roper Mountain Science Center | 6 — 7 p.m. + 7:30 — 8:30 p.m. | Grab a blanket + gaze at the stars. ✨ | $5 – $6

Ticket: Monster Jam | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | 7 p.m. | Don’t forget your earplugs. | Tickets

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