Tuning Up: Poetry Out Loud regional competitions this weekend
Good morning! “Tuning Up” is a new, morning series of posts where The Hub delivers 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…
(Image credit: South Carolina Philharmonic/Michael Dantzler)
- Stand tall, stand proud… it’s Poetry Out Loud: South Carolina students participate in the state regional finals of this annual, nationwide competition this weekend! Students from regions 1 and 2 meet up in Spartanburg, and region 3 students in Charleston. Winners from each regional compete in the state finals in Columbia in March.
- Ten at the Top: Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg is to be host of TATT’s “Culture Counts” forum next week, on Wednesday, Jan. 24. It will include the unveiling of the Upstate Arts & Culture Interactive Assets Maps as well as a keynote presentation by Anthony Radich, executive director of the Western States Arts Federation. A panel discussion to follow includes SCAC Executive Director Ken May. More information here, and event registration is here. (Information courtesy of Greenville Business Monthly.)
- ICYMI: We couldn’t help having a little weather-related fun on Facebook this week. (If you don’t already, give us a like why don’t ya?)