Community Calendar

A Month-Long Showcase of Regional Landscape Art

"From June 26 to July 24, visit the gallery Monday–Friday (10 am – 5 pm) for a professional fine art show featuring the landscapes and scenes captured during Art in Bloom.

Admission: Free and open to the public."

WHAT: Where's Waldo Brevard
WHEN: July 1st thru July 31st
WHERE: Highland Books & Downtown Brevard

Pick up a Where’s Waldo Passport at Highland Books starting July 1st! Search for Waldo in Brevard at 30+ local businesses and turn your passport in to Highland Books before the end of the month for a prize and a chance to win one of three stacks of Waldo books!

This combo of both our Simply Charmed and Enamel a Charm is the perfect way to experience a few styles of jewelry making and leave with a multi-charm necklace. This is also perfect for larger groups, bridesmaids parties, and team building. It includes a brass and silver charm of your choosing, plus a sterling silver chain.

$105 includes a a silver charm to stamp and a silver charm to enamel plus a sterling silver chain

COME JAM ON TUESDAYS!
Fireforge's Open Bluegrass Acoustic Jam with hosts Matt Purinton and Sam Kruer is every Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:30 pm! Everyone with an acoustic instrument is welcome to play. Come jam or listen and request tunes! It’s going to be a ton of picking and grinning . See you there!

MEET THE HOSTS
Matt and Sam are both veterans of the Greenville music scene. While both are steeped in bluegrass, they’re versatile in their ability to play many styles. Matt’s fiery mandolin playing and Sam’s rock solid bass grooves enable them to make an exciting bluegrass sound that you’ll want to rock with!

The 30th Annual Upstate Shakespeare Festival in beautiful Falls Park in downtown Greenville, SC features A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM opening May 21st, 2026 and runs through June 21st, followed by THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN running July 9th – 25th. This is not your English teacher's Shakespeare! Bring your dog, your kids, your cousin's wife's best friend, or a bottle of wine and a picnic basket. Admission is free and open to the public, and donations are greatly appreciated. Performances are Thursdays - Sundays at 7pm and run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission, weather permitting.

The Jazz Showcase is curated by esteemed pianist, scholar, and UNC Asheville music professor Dr. Bill Bares; this showcase series is dedicated to bringing the region’s finest jazz musicians and most compelling sounds to our stage in a true listening room experience.

Master drummer and founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jeff Sipe brings a trio to Coffee Underground whose combined experience spans decades and generations – united by a shared love of improvisation, adventure, and the spaces between genres.

Jeff’s celebrated avant-garde jazz trio from the 90s with Swedish bassist Jonas Hellborg and Memphis guitarist Shawn Lane is the inspiration behind the group you’ll be witnessing on July 14th — expect dynamic swings from whisper-soft beauty to thunderous presence.

Joining Jeff is Carson Moore (electric banjo), a Greenville native and former Fine Arts Center student who will be entering his senior year at Berklee College of Music. Carson has studied with jazz guitarist Mike Stern, and has elevated the banjo into a vehicle for Indian classical, modern jazz, and fearless improvisation. Rounding out the trio is Asher Hill (bass) who brings deep groove and intelligent playfulness. They recently finished recording an album with Dave Easley (pedal steel guitar) who will be joining them for this mini-tour of 3 shows across the Southeast that week - this is their only stop in South Carolina! Last but not least, old friends with Jeff since their Atlanta days, local pianist Keith Davis will join in on some familiar standards.

The music will be a good balance, as Jeff puts it, of mystery and familiarity. From jazz standards by Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea to fully improvised explorations (think John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra) — sometimes swinging, sometimes spacy and exploratory – you’ll get a nice preview of their recently recorded album due to be released in a few months.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Sir Stephen Hough presents a recital spanning the piano’s rich history.

Schubert and Brahms offer lyrical Romantic miniatures, while Schoenberg and Stockhausen explore bold twentieth-century sound worlds. Beethoven’s monumental “Waldstein” Sonata anchors the program, which concludes with Schumann’s vibrant Carnaval and Hough’s own arrangement of songs from Mary Poppins, blending virtuosity with wit and imagination.

PROGRAM
FRANZ SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke
JOHANNES BRAHMS Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN Klavierstücke
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Bagatelles, Op. 119
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21, “Waldstein”
ROBERT SCHUMANN Carnaval
RICHARD M. SHERMAN (arr. Hough) Mary Poppins Suite

Join our intercultural summer day camps where children 6-12 years old explore music creation, international dance, music instrument building, and other forms of art in a joyful and supportive environment. Each child receives personal attention and a meaningful creative experience.

The word craft-itarianism was coined by 2026 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow Alyssa Velazquez to name artistic projects that generate employment, raise awareness, or offer therapeutic support through craft. These programs provide a space where people affected by addiction, incarceration, and gun violence can find solidarity while learning a skill.

Craft-itarianism: Community Action Through Craft celebrates nonprofits and artists who believe in—and actively practice—the power of craft to support and empower individuals and communities.

This exhibition was curated by 2026 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow Alyssa Velazquez. Launched in 2017, the Curatorial Fellowship supports emerging curators exploring new ideas about craft with mentorship, professional development, and a $5,000 honorarium to realize an exhibition.

On view February 27, 2026–September 27, 2026.