Hub City Farmers Market
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hub-City-Farmers-Market/91857690874

November 18^th – Thanksgiving Market. Join us from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. in downtown Spartanburg on Morgan Square. Stroll through the square while sipping your coffee or munching on one of the yummy pastries or breads available for purchase. Grab your fresh, local produce to make your Thanksgiving local while listening to the ukelele sounds of Snidely Sidewinder and the Unrepentant Uke Boys. Learn some new cooking techniques with Chef Stephanie Tornatore during her cooking demonstration. Join us for this festive and final Market of the season!

Converse Opera Theatre: Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
November 18 – 20
Cost:  $20 adults, $18 seniors, $5 students (with ID) and children

http://www.converse.edu/event/2011-11-18/converse-opera-theatre-presents-mozarts-cos-fan-tutte

Così fan tutte is one of the last comic operas that Mozart produced, and time has proven it to be among the most endearing. Two young sisters are thrown into despair as their fiancés are suddenly called away on business. However, it is all part of an elaborate charade to challenge the sisters’ fidelity. The men return in disguise to woo each other’s intended, and while at first the ladies are steadfast, their resolve begins to slowly melt away. (To be sung in English.) Tickets are available at the Chapman Cultural Center Ticket Office Monday through Friday, noon - 6:00 pm, online: www.chapmanculturalcenter.org, or by phone: 864.542.ARTS (2787). 

WATCH our interview with Becky Turner, Converse Opera Theatre Director

The Showroom at HUB-BUB
http://www.hub-bub.com/

November 18^th
Cost:$10 advance/door (first 50 people through the door get a FREE CD)
In late January, 2011 The Consumers hired a lead guitar player, big gun, Daniel Collins. Soon after, they wrote and arranged the material which would become their newest album, Fame Is Dead. Working with new producer, Noel Golden, the group has completed the recording they feel is their best creation yet. For more information, visit the band at theconsumersrock.com

Partners for Active Living: Middle Tyger YMCA Run the Falls Race

November 19^th
http://www.active-living.org/Girls-on-the-Run-2.html

Girls on the Run is an international program whose mission is to “inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running” Partners for Active Living services as the Spartanburg affiliate. Girls on the Run is designed for 3-5th grade girls while Girls on Track targets girls in 5-8th grade.  The programs use the power of running and experimental learning activities to focus on preventing at-risk behaviors and encouraging positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. Practice Runs began on October 25^th. Visit the website for Running Buddy Forms and more information about race day.

 Spartanburg Art Museum’s Art Studio: Indigo Workshop
November 19^th
http://www.spartanburgartmuseum.org/

Come out on Nov. 19 for an Indigo workshop with Pat Kabore! 1-4 PM located at SAM Art School! You will get the chance to make your own original piece of Indigo art using the Shibori method of dyeing cloth.

Holiday Market at Oconee Heritage Center in Walhalla
November 19^th
https://www.facebook.com/events/194178223996284/

Shop for that perfect Christmas gift for your friends and family at the Holiday Market! There will be many local crafter’s and artisan’s works to choose from. You can also browse the OHC’s gift shop for local books, CDs, and other area items. For a minimum $3 donation, the staff of OHC will wrap all the presents you purchase at the market. You can also get your photo taken with an Old-Fashioned Sleigh!

Spartanburg Regional Foundation: Festival of Trees Auction Gala
November 19^th
Spartanburg Marriott
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=306313526050962

Cost: Tickets at the door are $75.
Festival of Trees benefits Spartanburg Regional Hospice. Silent and live auctions feature beautifully decorated holiday trees and wreaths, fabulous gift certificate packages and amazing trips! Visit www.regionalfoundation.com for more info.

WATCH our interview with Jami Wood

The Electric City Big Band: “Jumpin’ Jive!”
November 20^th
http://www.gamac.org/

The Rainey Fine Arts Center at Anderson University
Cost: $15 for adults and $7 for students
The Electric City Big Band (ECBB) under the direction Mr. Alan Nowell will present Jumpin’ Jive on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 3pm at The Rainey Fine Arts Center at Anderson University. Featuring Big Band, Swing and Jazz favorites, this performance promises an afternoon of entertainment for popular music lovers of all ages! To purchase tickets, please call the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium (GAMAC) office at (864) 231-6147.

Converse Symphony Orchestra Concert
November 21^st
http://www.converse.edu/event/2011-11-21/converse-symphony-orchestra-0

Twichell Auditorium at Converse College
FREE

Hub City Bookshop Events
http://www.hubcity.org

November 21^st: Join us at Hub City Bookshop for a reading and signing with Signe Pike, author of Faery Tale.

Hub City Empty Bowls: November Bowl-Making Sessions
November 22^nd and 30^th
The Showroom at HUB-BUB
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=316560225027254

http://hubcityemptybowls.com/

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. The basic premise is simple: potters and others work with their community to create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity. Between now and December 1, the Spartanburg community will be making hundreds of pottery bowls which will be fired and glazed by volunteers just in time to be filled with soup from local restaurants during a downtown event on January 26, 2012 at Indigo Hall (190A-Ezell Street) from 11am-7pm.

The bowls will be sold to benefit Total Ministries; an organization that provides basic needs to assist families in Spartanburg County who are facing a financial crisis. http://www.totalministries.org/

If your class, church group, civic group, best friends, etc. want to join a day of making bowls please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). If your restaurant wants to provide soup or bread during the January 26 event, please contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Music Sandwiched In
November 23rd
Spartanburg Library Headquarters, Barrett Room
http://www.spartanburgphilharmonic.org/msi.html

Heartsease and Thyme will perform Fall and Thanksgiving music. Brown bag it or purchase a box lunch from Panera. This free lunchtime concert series showcases regional talent at the Spartanburg County Public Library Headquarters (Barrett Community Room, 12:15-1:00 pm) on selected Wednesdays. For more information, call The Music Foundation of Spartanburg: (864) 948-9020.

 Feed the Community: Call for Volunteers and Donations
http://feedthecommunity.com/
For Thanksgiving Day, November 24^th
Second Presbyterian Church Soup Kitchen in Spartanburg