TJ Wallace

The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Voices and Votes: Democracy in America will have its grand opening in South Carolina at the Williamsburgh Historical Society on Saturday, April 16th, 2022. The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people,” and how each generation since continues to question how to … Read more

The Georgetown County Library will present the sixteenth season of the Litchfield Tea and Poetry Series in 2022, featuring poets on January 20, February 17, March 17, and April 21 (third Thursdays). SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. The Litchfield Tea and Poetry Series is one of the most recognized … Read more

The 2022 Stone Soup Storytelling Festival will be presented on April 22 – 24 in Woodruff, SC. The event will offer four featured tellers and eight “new voices” presenters, as well as sending storytellers to schools. SC Humanities supported this programming with a Major Grant. The mission of the Stone Soup Storytelling Institute is to … Read more

The “South Carolina Civil Rights Monument Project” is a community project to create public sculptures about the history and narratives of South Carolina Civil Rights activism that will be installed outside the Cecil Williams Civil Rights Museum in Orangeburg. There will be a virtual ceremony on Friday, April 22, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. during which … Read more

Varna International Music Academy will coordinate a major, statewide series of educational and artistic events that present the story of the Holocaust through performances, exhibits, storytelling, lectures, and other programs. From April 18 – May 14, 2022, events will take place in communities across South Carolina, including Abbeville, Anderson, Charleston, Columbia, Conway, Greenville, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, … Read more

Beginning on Wednesday, March 9 at 2:00 p.m. with a presentation by political scientist and educator Dennzon Winley, the Georgetown County Library (GCL) will showcase a series of twelve humanities lectures by local specialists on fascinating elements of Georgetown County’s deep, diverse history and culture. The scheduled presenters include a host of respected names, including … Read more

Actors’ Theatre of South Carolina will begin free public screening events Sunday, February 27th, at 3:00 pm with a screening of their award-winning film, Frederick Douglas, No Turning Back, in partnership with the Calhoun County Library. The film series will be free of charge. Following screenings, South Carolina scholars and creators of the films will … Read more

Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution that will be on display at the Aiken County Historical Museum in partnership with Second Baptist Church from July 23 through September 3, 2022, Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.​ Pre-view programs are starting in … Read more