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SUMMARY:Flowertown Festival!
DESCRIPTION:The Flowertown Festival is the Y’s premiere fundraiser founded in 1973 to support health and wellness programs at the Y.  \n\n\n\nEvery spring\, thousands of people visit Summerville to see nature’s bounty awash in color\, from the hot pink azaleas\, to the purple wisteria\, to the delicate white dogwood.  \n\n\n\nOn this three-day weekend\, festival-goers  take in the flowers and hospitality and attend one of the largest arts and crafts festivals in the Southeast. \n\n\n\nAt Main Street Reads\, shoppers can leave their purchases and shop the fest so you don’t have to carry them – so long as you’re back to pick them up within half an hour of festival ending (6:30 p.m. on Fri/Sat and 4:30 p.m. Sunday).  \n\n\n\nWe’ll also be featuring plenty of local authors and store specials – see you on Main Street! \n\n\n\nSHOW HOURS:\n\n\n\n\nApril 5: 9-6pm\n\n\n\nApril 6: 9-6pm\n\n\n\nApril 7: 9-4pm
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SUMMARY:Summerville Sweet Tea Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Sweet Tea Festival is a celebration of the birthplace of sweet tea\, right here in Summerville SC.  Our Historic Downtown is transformed into a massive open house / street fair with different food trucks\, artisanal vendors and entertainment.  Of course\, there is plenty of sweet tea and you can help select the Tea of the Year by sampling and voting for your favorite!    \n\n\n\nEnjoy the Fest and Stay for the Downtown  \n\n\n\nHistoric Downtown Summer is everything you imagine a small town to be.  It’s filled with quaint shops\, historic buildings\, creative boutiques and world-class restaurants.  Our business owners and their staff represent true southern hospitality with remarkable customer service and genuine care for all that visit.  Everyone feels as if they have been transported to a special place and time.  Come find out why … “it’s sweeter here”  \n\n\n\nThis event is part of historic Summerville’s annual “Sweetest Week Ever.” The Sweetest Week EVER provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Summerville and our history with sweet tea with events all week long. For more info visit https://summervilledream.org/sweet-tea-festival/
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-sweet-tea-festival/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Alice: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith Charleston Renaissance Artist - SPECIAL EVENT at Public Works Art Center!
DESCRIPTION:Just in time for the perfect Mother’s Day gift! ALICE: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith\, Charleston Renaissance Artist\, has come to Main Street Reads and folks\, it is GORGEOUS! A collaboration between authors Dwight McInvall\, Caroline Palmer and Anne Tinker\, along with Middleton Place Foundation and Evening Post Books\, we’re proud to carry this valuable piece of women’s and Lowcountry history in our store AND at Public Works Art Center\, right around the corner! \n\n\n\nProuder still\, we’re collaborating on an event at the Public Works Art Center on May Day (May 1st) that will have the authors there for a chat and LIVE BOOKSIGNING! The perfect space for the perfect book! Proceeds from sales benefit both the Public Works Arts Center AND Middleton Place Foundation. And the book makes the perfect Easter or Mother’s Day gift! Grab your copy at the store early so you’ll have it to bring to the signing as we expect this to be a sell-out event. And\, if you plan on joining us (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) on the 1st\, then email us now and reserve your spot. \n\n\n\nWant to learn more about the book\, Alice\, and the work that has endured? Check out this video from Edmunton Alston House featuring legendary Charleston artist Jonathan Green: \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/alice-alice-ravenel-huger-smith-charleston-renaissance-artist-special-event-at-public-works-art-center/
LOCATION:Public Works Arts Center\, 135 West Richardson Avenue\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Old Time Summerville Christmas Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2020 Old Time Summerville Christmas Celebration event on Tuesday\, December 1 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. This event will be a modified version of the Town’s traditional tree lighting ceremony. We’ll have treats at Main Street Reads of course\, as will many of our neighbors: \nIn an effort to provide a safe event that does not promote gathering the town will forego the ceremony and countdown of the tree lighting. This year the tree will be lit prior to the event starting. Attendees will be able to stop by anytime during the event to see the lights\, enjoy the tree\, and take photos! \n\n\nThe South Carolina Department of Commerce requires attendees over the age of 3 to wear masks at the event and practice social distancing.\n\nPictures with Santa (Hutchinson Square Bandstand): 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.\nBring your cameras and smiles for socially distant pictures with Santa. The line will close at 7:30 p.m.\n\nLive Window Displays (Various Streets – Map will be Provided): 5:30 – 8 p.m.\nA variety of downtown businesses will prepare gorgeous live displays in their store windows for the public to view and vote on. Below are the businesses that are currently confirmed to participate (list updated as businesses are confirmed):\nHippie Soul – 120 Central Ave.\nFour Green Fields – 117 Central Ave.\nPeople\, Places & Quilts – 129 W. Richardson Ave.\nSweetwater 123 & 123 Etc. – 123 W. Richardson Ave.\nFly Modern Apparel -114 Richardson Ave.\nLowcountry Olive Oil – 103D S. Main St\nHanebrink Jewelers – 112 S. Main St.\nNailed it DIY – 116 S. Main St.\nMain St. Reads – 115 S. Main St.\nEva’s On Main – 129 S. Main St.\nEverything Chic – 126 S. Main St.\n\nHoliday Craft at the Public Works Art Center (135 W. Richardson Ave.) 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.\nAs you walk around and check out the live window displays\, stop by the Public Works Art Center for a creative holiday art activity.\n\nLetters to Santa – (Short Central Ave): 5:30 – 8 p.m.\nThe mailbox and letter writing station will be located on Short Central Ave.\n\nGrab Dinner (Downtown Summerville Restaurants & Food Trucks on Little Main St.) 5:30 – 8 p.m. Visit one of our downtown restaurants or choose from a few food trucks and enjoy dinner at the event.
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SUMMARY:Museum Art Show at Main Street Reads!
DESCRIPTION:Our own Summerville Dorchester Museum is collaborating with Main Street Reads to offer a unique Third Thursday event this month\, an art show featuring three local artists\, and a talk about Summerville area history (will be especially interesting to all you newer Summervillians!)\n\nMeet the Artists\n\nTherese Haynes: Therese won her first art show in 2nd grade. She has sold paintings of beloved pets\, cars\, and landscapes for 25+yrs in KY and MI. She moved to Summerville in 2011 offering her talent to Dorchester Summerville Museum and Crossroads Church. She was commissioned to complete two historical murals for both Museums (St George). Dorchester Co Parks and Rec commissioned Ms. Haynes for 12 works of art for Rosebrock Parks 1.5 mile hiking trail and completed a large tribute to Saul Alexander arriving in Summerville\, invited to display her complete collection by the Charleston Co Library for a Gallery Showing. She has competed Internationally for the Archdiocese of Michigan and has won juried competitions. She was last year’s People’s Choice Award and second place winner in Summerville Artist’s Guild City Gallery competition in 2018. She is currently competing in this year’s show thru Nov 30 at N Charleston Coliseum.\n\n\nDr. Ed West: Dr. West is a knowledgeable and eloquent historian for Dorchester County as well as the town of Summerville. He is often a frequent speaker as part of the museum’s series on local people and historical events.  He also consults on many of the exhibits and artifacts on display in our museum. Ed West “EW” had a truly wonderful art teacher in high school and then suppressed his muse for fifty years.  He now enjoys developing paintings depictiing aspects of American history\, particularly pertaining to Summerville. He has been influenced by N.C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell and thinks of himself more as an illustrator than as an artist.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrank DeLoach: In summer 2000\, the Field Museum in Chicago unveiled the largest\, best preserved and most complete T-rex ever found. Frank DeLoach was working in the Paleontology prep lab on specimens from Madagascar\, but spent free time sketching the new exhibit. He was surrounded by large groups\, who wanted to ask questions about the dinosaur. Museum admin transferred Frank from Paleontology to Education\, where he was appointed “Artist-on-floor\,” a 6-week reassignment that lasted over three years. This was the beginning of a new occupation away from the sciences. Frank began painting in other locations\, such as Millennium Park\, Chicago Botanical Gardens and the Chicago Bears Soldiers Field. Frank and Andrea moved to Charleston and Frank continues to work in locations in the city and Angel Oak. Frank is presenting three small canvases of Angel Oak and the beautiful homes on the Battery. His paintings are in museums and private collections throughout the U.S.\, Asia\, and Europe. Frank is not currently represented by any galleries or studios in the Low Country. \nAs always\, we’ll also be featuring the artistic guitar stylings of Summerville’s own Michael Kaltofen\, so come enjoy some art\, books\, music and local history with us! And yes\, refreshments will be served…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/museum-art-show-at-main-street-reads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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