Arts and Books Stories

• Spartanburg authors at SC Book Festival

  John Lane and Michel Stone will be featured at the 16th annual S.C. Book Festival which will take place today through Sunday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

• Saluda Arts Festival on Saturday

  The ninth annual Saluda Arts Festival is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on historic Main Street in downtown Saluda, N.C.

• Meet authors, attend workshops at Blue Ridge Bookfest

  

  The Blue Ridge Bookfest, now in its fourth year, aims to foster a dialogue between authors and readers in a two-day exchange that includes workshops and author presentations, all free.

• Go! May 17-23: A musical party will be enforced

  Music on Main, a free concert from 6-9 p.m. at Denny's Plaza on Main Street, will feature the party band The Enforcers.

• World's best ballroom dancers set to perform in Charlotte

  

  Burn the Floor is almost too much. That many of the best ballroom dancers in the world, on the stage at the same time, can make you want to blush or hop up out of your seat and dance along.

• Alvin Ailey dancer has preschool dream come true

  

  Alicia Graf Mack has wanted to be a professional dancer since she was 3 years old. Today, she tours the world with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

• Photographer Wright, painter Holbein share unique reality at exhibit

  

  Until photographer Patty Wright and painter Amy Holbein found themselves sharing a gallery for the month of May, these Upstate artists didn't know each other and had very little in common.

• Hub City Bookshop announces events

  The Hub City Bookshop, 186 W. Main St., in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, is presenting a talk and signing with Robert Leleux, author of “The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving” at...

• Arts calendar: Artists' group meeting in Union

  The Union County Artists' Guild's Tuesday Night Artists' Group meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the second and third Tuesdays at 116 E. Main St., Union. Open to anyone working in any medium. Call 864-429-2817 or email ucac@bellsouth.net.

• Book picks: 'The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds'

  Author Julie Kickefoose lives for the moment when a wild, free-living bird that she has raised or rehabilitated comes back to visit her; their eyes meet and they share a spark of understanding.

• Greg McPherson to exhibit paintings, photos

  Carolina Gallery, at 145 W. Main St. in downtown Spartanburg, will have an opening reception for Greg McPherson's solo exhibition, “Nocturne,” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, coinciding with Art Walk Spartanburg.

• Review: Actors nail spirit, comedy of classic TV in 'Our Show of Shows'

  Flat Rock Playhouse’s mainstage production “Our Show of Shows” is not only a tribute to the great comedians of television’s golden age, but also a reminder of the great talent we have had, and still have, right here.

• Kids' book picks: 'Curious Critters' by David FitzSimmons

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  “Curious Critters” by David FitzSimmons. A variety of animals common to North America pose for portraits against a white background while narrating distinctive aspects of their natural histories.

• Artisphere brings artists to the streets of Greenville

  

  The Artisphere festival, a three-day event that spotlights dozens of local and regional artists, kicks off tonight with an opening night gala in downtown Greenville.

• Restoration experts slowly fix 'Gone with Wind' memorabilia

  

  It is among Georgia's most cherished cinematic heirlooms. But at this moment, it sits, crinkled and waterlogged, on a large table in Leonora Weaver's studio, a converted garage where the Decatur conservator resurrects damaged works of art.