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Today

• WWE Smackdown | Fri., Aug. 5 | 7:45-10 p.m. | Bon Secours Wellness Arena | $20+ | WWE takes over The Well for Friday Night Smackdown.
• adidas Employee Store Tax-Free Open House | Fri., Aug. 5-Sun., Aug. 7 | 10 a.m.-7 p.m. | 10 Quest Ln. | All are welcome to shop the latest adidas gear at exclusive 50% off prices. 👟 *
• First Fridays | Fri., Aug. 5 | 6-9 p.m. | Locations vary | Free entry | Join MAC in exploring over 25 local art galleries on the first Friday of every month + plan your route with the interactive map. 🖼️*

Saturday 

• Run2Overcome | Sat., Aug. 6 | Times vary | Cleveland Park, 150 Cleveland Park Dr. | Prices vary | Run a 5K, 10K, or participate in the Kids Fun Run Dash to support the Julie Valentine Center.
• Wine Tasting With Lisa Simons | Sat., Aug. 6 | 4-5 p.m. | Topsoil Kitchen and Market, 13 S. Main St., Travelers Rest | $40 | Topsoil Wine Director Lisa Simons guides you through five wines and two curated small bites.

Sunday

• Valley Maker | Sun., Aug. 7 | 8 p.m. | Radio Room, 110 Poinsett Hwy. | $10+ | Hear Valley Maker, the songwriting project of SC-based musician Austin Crane. 🎵
• Back-To-School Market! | Sun., Aug. 7 | 12:30-4 p.m. | 20 E. Broad St. | Free | Join Camperdown Plaza in its last 1st Sunday Pop-Up Market of the season celebrating Back-To-School with local vendors and live music.*

Monday

• Greenville Summer Mountain Bike Camps | Mon., Aug. 8-Thurs., Aug. 11 | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Gateway Park, 115 Henderson Dr., Travelers Rest | $550 | Boys and girls ages 10-15 enjoy four days of riding + skills instruction from instructors trained by The Professional Mountain Bike Instructors Association. 🚲

Tuesday 

• Business and Bourbon | Tues., Aug. 9 | 5-7:30 p.m. | Six & Twenty Distillery, 556 Perry Ave., Ste. B103 | Free entry | Network with other community-engaged professionals + hear from Executive Director of euphoria Morgan Allen. 🥃
• Greenville Drive vs. Hickory Crawdads | Tues., Aug. 9 | 7:05 p.m. | Fluor Field | Prices vary*

We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.

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HISTORY

Honoring Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh — the first person to fly solo + nonstop across the Atlantic — visited Spartanburg on Oct. 12, 1927 to promote the future of aviation.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed at SC’s only airport in Spartanburg. | Photo via SDASM

In honor of the 95th anniversary of Charles’ visit, the Spartanburg County Historical Association and the Spartanburg Memorial Downtown Airport are celebrating with a reenactment dinner on Fri., Aug. 13. 

Enjoy the same menu in the same location (Converse University's Gee Dining Hall) with a similar program featuring Charles’ grandson, Erik Lindbergh, as the keynote speaker.

Get your 1920’s black-tie-best ready and click the button below for tickets.

NEWS NOTES

Weather

• 89º | Scattered thunderstorms | 50% chance of rain

Civic

• The old Coca-Cola mural on the Greenville Army Navy Store (at River and Main Streets) will be removed when the building is renovated. The City of Greenville Design Review Board Urban Panel approved plans for the building yesterday, Thurs., Aug. 4 — developers plan to replace the mural as soon as possible. (Upstate Business Journal)

Closed

• The Pasta Addict at Gather GVL closed its booth yesterday after 2.5 years. It’s not a goodbye, it’s a see you later. You can grab your favorites like Tiny’s Trippin and The Mothaclucka at The Slice (134 S. Main St., Simpsonville) soon. Follow its Instagram for updates. 🍝

Biz

• Greif, a global leader in industrial packaging products + services, is investing $13 million in its Greenville County facility (873 Alexander Rd., Taylors) over the next five years. The expansion is expected to be complete in November. (Upstate Business Journal)

Watch

• Wholly Smoke (447 W. Butler Rd., Mauldin), a Texas-style barbecue joint, was featured on “Duke’s House of Twang,” a series that goes behind the scenes of Southern restaurants. Meet the three generations smokin’ meat in Mauldin. Warning: It’ll make you hungry.

Traffic

• If you’re headed to Linky Stone Park (24 Reedy View Dr.), or passing through on the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail, some pathways will be closed with detours in place as the SCDOT repairs the Academy Street Bridge. The project is expected to take four weeks.
• SCDOT crews will also be working on a paving project on I-85 this month on both sides of the interstate headed to and from Anderson County. The work, which involves lane closures, will be between mile marker 40 (Highway 153) + mile marker 42 (I-185).  ( WYFF 4)

Plan Ahead

• If you want to learn how planning + development works in Greenville, Upstate Forever’s Citizens Planning Academy kicks off its Fall 2022 session next month. Apply for the free, four-course series by Wed., Aug. 31. 🏗️
• Grab your racket + lace up for the Greenville County Smash, a pickleball tournament hosted by Greenville County Rec and Foot Solutions. The round robin event, for people of all ages and abilities, will take place at Southside Park ( 417 Baldwin Rd., Simpsonville) from Thurs., Oct. 27- Sun., Oct. 30. Register today.

Arts 

• Seats at the South Carolina New Play Festival are now free to reserve. Taking place at Greenville’s downtown theatres Fri., Aug. 12-Sun., Aug. 14, the festival features readings of new plays and musicals. Check out the full line up. 🎭

Eat 

• Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear barbecue sauce — especially the Pit Masters at Lowes Foods, who smoke up Applewood-smoked pulled pork, beef brisket, thick-cut bacon + so much more on the daily. Major dinner inspiration, if we do say so ourselves.*  

Number

• 1,300. That’s how many people in South Carolina are currently waiting to receive a kidney transplant — a number that may decrease thanks in part to a $500,000 donation for MUSC Health’s new transplant program in Lancaster. Learn about the donation + why a Lancaster location is good for SC.*

Job

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Learn 

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DYK

August is National Peach Month

Though apple picking season is on the horizon, let us not forget peaches are at their peak + SC is the “Tastier Peach State.”

This month is National Peach Month, and celebrating in SC is extra special, given we're the biggest peach producer in the South.

Here are five ways to support local farmers + their peaches:

• Visit a peach farm
• Pick up a basket at the farmer’s market
• Make a peach cobbler at home
• Sip on homemade peach sangria
• Eat a peach-inspired dish at a local restaurant

Click the button below for where to get farm-fresh, local peaches.

REWARDS

THE WRAP

It isn’t fall in my house until we pick some apples. | Photos via The Barilla Family circa 1997 + 1999

Editor's pick: Growing up in Upstate New York — where the local apple orchard was around the corner — it feels a little crazy to be apple picking in the heat of August, but I’ve learned my lesson from years past: go early to pick your own. If you do miss the chance for u-pick, it’s still worth a trip to the orchard for fall activities, and, of course, those delicious, delectable apple cider doughnuts, which are worth the drive all on their own. In fact, I'll be embarking on Kidding Around Greenville's apple cider doughnut tour ASAP.

Missed yesterday’s newsletter? We introduced you to Warehouse at Midtown, Greenville’s newest food hall.

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