Tuning Up: new HCWP writer-in-residence + weekend plans
Good morning!
“Tuning Up” is a morning post series where The Hub delivers curated, quick-hit arts stories of interest to readers. Sometimes there will be one story, sometimes there will be several. Get in tune now, and have a masterpiece of a day. And now, in no particular order…
Andrew Dally wants you to be his friend. He joins Hub City Writer’s Project as writer-in-residence this fall September to December. Andrew Dally is a poet and programmer from Bethlehem, Penn. He received his MFA from the University of Mississippi, where he served as editor of the Yalobusha Review and a curator for the Trobar Ric reading series. He’s done programming and graphic design work for The Washington Post and The Gates Foundation, and his poems can be found in The Boiler, LEVELER, and Blunderbuss Magazine. As a writer-in-residence at Hub City, he’ll be working on a book of poems about McDonald’s, Bashō, and artificial intelligence titled (get this!) Medium Extra Value – when he’s not “going bonkers with gratitude and anticipation.” And he wants you to be his friend. Here’s to hoping he gets plenty of Sparkle City charm. Welcome, Andrew.
Weekend plans?
- Maybe they should involve Spartanburg Art Museum. Newsweek picked “SAM” as one of the nation’s most interesting museums to visit recently. Yes, it was in conjunction with National Museum Day last week, but we’re guessing the South’s oldest contemporary art museum won’t turn you away this weekend. Go here for hours. Free.
- The Living Earth Show gets Southern Exposure. Bay Area-based guitar and percussion duo The Living Earth Show first came to the attention of the Columbia’s music community when they won the June 2017 SAVVY Chamber Competition, a chamber music competition that evaluates ensembles on both artistic excellence and innovative event design. They return to help Southern Exposure New Music Series opens its season of free concerts this Friday (tomorrow!). Arrive early for this popular series as seats fill to capacity. Sponsored in part by Spark: Carolina’s Music Leadership Laboratory, the outlandishly creative duo is working with music students and faculty in a UofSC residency this week, which culminates with the concert. Friday, 7:30 p.m. at USC School of Music Recital Hall (813 Assembly St. Columbia). Free.