3 Free Events in Downtown Spartanburg Tonight!

Tonight in Downtown Spartanburg

**All events are FREE to the public**

ArtCycle exhibit opens at 5:30 p.m. with a "Meet and Greet" for the public on Morgan Square.

Spartanburg's monthly ArtWalk, 5-9 p.m. Ride the trolley and see all the art galleries in the downtown area.


Spartanburg's After Work Street Concert, Music on Main begins at 6 p.m. with Back 9 playing at the Denny's Plaza.

Meet the ArtCycle Artists

The Public is Invited to Meet and Greet of ArtCycle Artists

The City of Spartanburg will hold a meet and greet for the public to view seven ArtCycle sculptures and meet the artists behind this downtown project. The gathering and inaugural sculpture display is scheduled for Thursday, April 16th, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Morgan Square in downtown Spartanburg. A unique aspect to ArtCycle is the guide by cell phone program, a free audio tour to which participants can call in and learn more about each sculpture at their own pace.


As part of the Spartanburg Creative Energy campaign, Artcycle is a new initiative that will promote ten regional artists, each of whom has been commissioned to build an outdoor sculpture from recycled bicycle parts. One piece is designed by three high school students from the R. D. Anderson Applied Technology Center. The sculptures need not be made only of bicycle parts, nor need they be made of a specific percentage of bicycle parts. However, the sculptures must be made of enough bicycle parts that the viewer readily sees that a significant portion of each sculpture contain parts that were formerly from of a bicycle.

The sculptures will be on display in Spartanburg’s downtown area from May to August of this year. The project is the result of a collaboration between Spartanburg Creative Energy, Hub-Bub.com, Spartanburg Art Museum and Partners for Active Living. Artcycle celebrates the City's national designation as a Bicycle Friendly Community, which made it the first in South Carolina to receive that honor in 2007.


2009 ArtCycle Artists
Jason S. Galloway – Roebuck, SC
Sean Pace - Asheville, NC
Miles Paquin – Spartanburg, SC
Ralph Paquin - Spartanburg, SC
Sarah Perry, R. D. Anderson Applied Technology Center Student – Spartanburg, SC
Lauren Ponder -Spartanburg, SC
Cody Roberts – Spartanburg, SC
Daniel Tripp- Campobello, SC
Brandon Waddell, R. D. Anderson Applied Technology Center Student – Spartanburg, SC
Blake West, R. D. Anderson Applied Technology Center - Student – Spartanburg, SC

An ArtCycle Project in Progress

Check out this video of "Soul Train" Hub City, SC created by Lauren Ponder of Spartanburg, South Carolina. ArtCycles will be up for public viewing on April 16, 2009 until the end of the summer.

Converse College Spring Concert - April 16th

Converse College Spring Concert
Thursday, April 16th
Open to PUBLIC
Back campus/Rain or shine

Gates open at 7pm

Opening Act: Greenriver Ordinance (8pm)
Matt Nathanson (8:45-9ish)
Zac Brown Band (goes on around 10-10:15ish)

Beer Garden & Food vendors available inside gates

Anyone UNDER 16 must be accompanied by a parent

Bring camp chairs, blankets & your party spirit!

Tickets on sale NOW at Twichell Box Office for $20. To purchase tickets, call (864) 596-9725.

Junk in the Trunk 2009

Join the Junior League of Spartanburg on April 25th at the Junior League Office (East Main Street) from 7am -11am. for their “Junk in the Trunk” event. For more information visit: http://www.jlspartanburg.org/

Go Green @ Your Library

In celebration of Earth Day the Spartanburg County Library is hosting Go Green @ Your Library for 2009. This Friday begins the free “Green” Movie showings starting at 6:30 p.m. and includes free popcorn and drinks. The Spartanburg County Library is located downtown on Church Street. For more information visit their website at http://www.infodepot.org/zReaders/earthday2009.asp

April 3rd
The 11th Hour

April 10th
Wall-E

April 17th
Arctic Tale

April 24th
An Inconvenient Truth

Photo Credit

Music on Main is cancelled tonight.

Due to inclement weather, Music on Main is cancelled for tonight. Join us next Thursday for South85 starting at 6 p.m. To find out about upcoming events visit http://www.musiconmain.com/