The Polls have closed and the winners of the 2018 Carolina Curtain Call Awards are here. And while, our critics’ choices would have been slightly different in a few categories (i.e “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” was shut out), CCC thanks...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS CRITIC Stefan Sanders is officially a Hub City resident. A Sparkle City denizen. Spartanburg’s newest prominent citizen. And as music director for the Spartanburg Philharmonic, Sanders is already cementing his reputation as a local treasure. Sanders...
The Spartanburg Philharmonic and the Spartanburg Convention and Visitors Bureau will unveil the 10th music trail sign on September 26, 2018. Located in front of the Subway in downtown Spartanburg, between East Saint John and Magnolia, the new sign will feature...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Seasoned actor and performer Celia Blitzer is accustomed to wearing Big Hair and high-rise wigs. Hailing from Maryland where she once played Tracy Turnblad in “Hairspray” IN Baltimore, Miss Blitzer is celebrating her fifth year...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS WRITER Invigorated by weeks of 10-hour days of rehearsals and countless other tasks beholden to an Artistic Director’s role, Jenna Tamisiea Elser is exhausted, but gloriously liberated by her art. As co-founder of Glow Lyric Theatre,...
Chapman Cultural Center, the leading local arts agency in Spartanburg County, awarded 20 arts, science, and humanities organizations and seven local artists a total of $621,200 at a public ceremony on June 12. In the last twenty-three years, through generous...
