Community Calendar

Join the Greer Farmers Market for it's 10th Anniversary year in Greer, each Sunday from May-August, 11AM-2PM. 30+ Farmers, Makers, and Bakers are nestled in scenic Greer City Park along with live music, food trucks, and kids activities. Come shop and eat local with us. We are a SNAP retailer, Healthy Bucks site, and have more food assistance programs TBA. Learn more at GreerFarmersMarket.com.

In this presentation, indigenous writer and activist Hector Itzcuautli will share his experience as an immigrant and author of a new historical fantasy. Through images, Hector will take us to different places where he got the inspiration to write his novel, The Seven Stones of Creation.

Hector will share how native people of the Americas practiced permaculture centuries before this term was invented, and the importance of indigenous people as Mother Earth's protectors. Hector will share music and voices from the people of Abya Yala (the Americas). And of course, you are going to hear part of the story of Muyaw and Ma'ii, the two teenagers in The Seven Stones of Creation on a mission to recover the stones where humanity's wisdom resides.

Hector Itzcuautli has worked in several community projects focused on strengthening the social fabric through the care and regeneration of local ecosystems that allow people to achieve food autonomy for their health. Through the planting of organic vegetables with a focus on permaculture, he has traveled part of the continent (Mexico, Ecuador, U.S.) sharing his knowledge with children at rural schools, community leaders, women in prison, young people from the city, and stay-at-home moms in order to empower all those who want to build a better world. Today he works in the Triangle area in North Carolina, accompanying social movements in search of social justice for the good of humanity.

In this presentation, indigenous writer and activist Hector Itzcuautli will share his experience as an immigrant and author of a new historical fantasy. Through images, Hector will take us to different places where he got the inspiration to write his novel, The Seven Stones of Creation.

The author will share how native people of the Americas practiced Permaculture centuries before this term was invented, and the importance of indigenous people as Mother Earth's protectors. Hector will share music and voices from the people of Abya Yala (the Americas).

Charlotte Progressive Metal band Nospun will perform their internationally acclaimed album Opus (progreport.com/nospun-opus-album-review) in its entirety.

Special guest, Abacab - The Music Of Genesis, will open the evening with a set of rarely performed Genesis deep tracks. Both bands will join forces at the show's end for a special performance together.

A lover's triangle and the nations first highly publicized crime of passion. This is the story behind the famous award winning international ballad "Tom Dooley" by The Kingston Trio. Tom Dula (Dooley). Tom was hanged for the murder of Laura Foster. But many believe he was innocent of the crime. Come see it unfold before your very eyes onstage at Benton Hall, 300 D Street, North Wilkesboro, NC this July - and you decide Tom's innocence or guilt.

Join us for a special show with Eminem signed artist Astray with special guestsm New York sensation M.Burb, and fresh off the Jelly roll tour, Strizzo.

Special guests include Hatch wise Guy, Alphabettik, Xkitzo, Yd da God + Local Artists TP3, PETE and Jigsaw Zay.

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The Penland Gallery presents Family Dinner, an exhibition of wood sculpture by artist Vivian Chiu, through August 30. A reception will be held on Friday, July 18 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM with an artist talk at 4:30 PM.

The pieces in the exhibition are vessel forms made from pine crate wood. The artist received a gift of wooden shipping crates from Wing On Wo and Co, the oldest continuously operated storefront in Manhattan’s Chinatown. She dismantled them, cut them into hundreds of carefully calculated pieces, and then reassembled them into vessel forms that echo the porcelain wares that were shipped in the crates. Some of the pieces incorporate marquetry to create narrative imagery evoking stories of Chiu’s childhood in Hong Kong.

The work is beautiful and evocative, the technical complexity and execution are remarkable, and it all adds up to a breathtaking exhibition.

Join the Greer Farmers Market for it's 10th Anniversary year in Greer, each Sunday from May-August, 11AM-2PM. 30+ Farmers, Makers, and Bakers are nestled in scenic Greer City Park along with live music, food trucks, and kids activities. Come shop and eat local with us. We are a SNAP retailer, Healthy Bucks site, and have more food assistance programs TBA. Learn more at GreerFarmersMarket.com.

Join us at Clear Branch Alchemy's Church of Fermentation for the funnest dance music & funk/pop cover band in WNC~The Cymatics!! $5-15 sliding scale pay at the door.

A lover's triangle and the nations first highly publicized crime of passion. This is the story behind the famous award winning international ballad "Tom Dooley" by The Kingston Trio. Tom Dula (Dooley). Tom was hanged for the murder of Laura Foster. But many believe he was innocent of the crime. Come see it unfold before your very eyes onstage at Benton Hall, 300 D Street, North Wilkesboro, NC this July - and you decide Tom's innocence or guilt.