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Performing Arts/Entertainment

2010 Performers Yet to be Announced

2009 Schedule of Events

Friday, May 8th Schedule

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Peace Center Concert Hall

8:00 PM | Suzanne Vega

Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been labeled contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs.

Arts Cafe Stage

4:30 PM | Angela Easterling

Folk, Greenville, SC

6:00 PM | Randall Bramblett

R&B, Atlanta, GA

Art in Action Stage

4:00 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

6:00 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

Saturday, May 9th Schedule

Arts Cafe Stage

11:00 AM | Cabo Verde

Jazz, Asheville, NC

12:30 PM | Jordan Teague

Folk Rock, Greenville, SC

2:00 PM | William F. Gibbs

Indie, Greenville, SC

3:30 PM | Niel Brooks

Folk, Greenville, SC

5:00 PM | Mike Lowry

Blues, Savannah, GA

6:30 PM | Mariam Matossian

Folk, Greenville, SC

Art in Action Stage

11:00 AM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

12:30 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

2:00 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

3:30 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

5:00 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

6:30 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

Gunter Theatre

2:00 PM | Short Circuit Travelling Film Festival

Featuring 12 films, this program spotlights short films created by filmmakers from the Southeast. All Tickets: $10 Available at Peace Center Box Office or peacecenter.org

7:00 PM | Short Circuit Travelling Film Festival

Featuring 12 films, this program spotlights short films created by filmmakers from the Southeast. All Tickets: $10 Available at Peace Center Box Office or peacecenter.org

Sunday, May 10th Schedule

Main Stage

12:00 PM | Carolina Ballet Theatre

Founded in 1972, Carolina Ballet Theatre has been a significant contributor to Greenville’s vibrant arts and culture scene for more than thirty-five years. Those contributions became even more notable in recent years with the addition of Artistic Director Hernan Justo and his wife, nationally acclaimed dancer Anita Pacylowski-Justo.

The talented couple’s vision and passion, as well as the commitment of the Theatre’s many volunteers and patrons, has evolved the pre-professional company into a professional powerhouse that continues to draw dancers and attention from around the world. Now in its sixth season as the area’s premier professional dance company, Carolina Ballet Theatre boasts 9 full-time professional dancer, four trainees—and an entire community of supporters.

12:40 PM | SC Governor’s School

South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities is a public residential high school for emerging artists. The school gives artistically talented high school students from across the state the opportunity to study their art in a supportive environment of artistic and academic excellence. Arts concentrations include Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts.

1:30 PM | SC Children’s Theatre

South Carolina Children's Theatre mounts 5 high quality productions each season in The Peace Center's Gunter Theatre, offers year-round education through its Theatre Arts Conservatory, and serves many at-risk and disadvantaged children and their families through its outreach programs.

2:00 PM | Warehouse Theatre

The Warehouse Theatre is in its 34th continuous season of Intense, Intimate and Unexpected productions of live theatre. A cornerstone of Greenville's Historic Westend, this award winning converted textile warehouse, is the home of fifteen (sometimes more) productions a year, including our Mainstage and Edge Series, Shakespeare at Falls Park, Resident Theatre Companies, Shakespeare in the Schools program, Improv Late Nights and MORE!

3:00 PM | Greenville Symphony Orchestra

Lollipops and EdReach concerts introduce young audiences to classical music and the instruments of the orchestra. These concerts are a central part of the Education and Community Engagement programs of the Greenville Symphony. Thanks to the generosity of individuals, foundations and corporations, the Greenville Symphony Orchestra Association is able to spend more than 10% of its annual budget on music education and appreciation programs. We are committed to developing and maintaining a central role in Upstate South Carolina quality of life because we believe that music is a powerful tool for the intellectual, physical, emotional, and social development our entire community.

3:45 PM | SC Children’s Theatre

South Carolina Children's Theatre mounts 5 high quality productions each season in The Peace Center's Gunter Theatre, offers year-round education through its Theatre Arts Conservatory, and serves many at-risk and disadvantaged children and their families through its outreach programs.

4:00 PM | Greenville Symphony Orchestra

Lollipops and EdReach concerts introduce young audiences to classical music and the instruments of the orchestra. These concerts are a central part of the Education and Community Engagement programs of the Greenville Symphony. Thanks to the generosity of individuals, foundations and corporations, the Greenville Symphony Orchestra Association is able to spend more than 10% of its annual budget on music education and appreciation programs. We are committed to developing and maintaining a central role in Upstate South Carolina quality of life because we believe that music is a powerful tool for the intellectual, physical, emotional, and social development our entire community.

Arts Cafe Stage

12:00 PM | Shrimp City Slim

Blues, Greenville, SC

1:30 PM | Lowcountry Allstars

Blues, Charleston, SC

3:00 PM | Jef Chandler

Folk Rock, Greenville, SC

4:30 PM | Charles Hedgepath

Indie, Charleston, SC

Art in Action Stage

12:30 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

2:00 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

3:30 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

5:00 PM | Brian Olsen

Brian Olsen’s Art in Action is live entertainment at is best – a virtual explosion of paint, music, energy, and passion that has excited millions worldwide since its founding in 1998. Using both hands, Brian paints large scale portraits of celebrity icons, choreographed in about ten minutes. Art in Action is truly something you need to see to believe.

Gunter Theatre

3:00 PM | Short Circuit Travelling Film Festival

Featuring 12 films, this program spotlights short films created by filmmakers from the Southeast. All Tickets: $10 Available at Peace Center Box Office or peacecenter.org