Arts Calendar Highlights From Aiken This Week
Aiken artist guild fall show at the municipal auditorium opens daily at 10, with multiple exhibitions across venues including the public library, historical museum, USCA facilities, and USC Aiken library. Events span lectures, exhibits, concerts, and student art competitions through Sunday, with varied admission and reservation requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Artist Guild
Aiken Municipal
Aiken County
Aiken Public Library
Aiken County Historical Museum
Municipal Auditorium
Aiken Standard
Rose Hill Art Center
S.C
Southern Visions
USC Aiken Gregg
Graniteville Library
USCA
Rye Patch
Bournonville
South Aiken High
Steven Rosenberg
Weather pattern continues with warm, sunny days ahead
Forecast describes extended warm weather with fair skies tonight and lows around the upper 50s. Light variable winds. Tomorrow expected to be sunny with highs near the upper 80s. Wednesday through Friday bring partly cloudy skies and continued warmth.
Aiken County Museum Fashion Show Dancer Arm Wrestle Tale
Wilma Becker explained that dancers from Crosby School of Dance wore Victorian camisoles and frilly petticoats described as unmentionables in the Aiken County Historical Museum antique fashion show. Melanie Arney challenged cast member Brian Maddox to an arm wrestle after Saturday’s performance and won, revealing dancing builds more than leg muscles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Becker
Crosby School of Dance
Aiken County
Godspell
Melanie Arney
Brian Maddox
Reagan to Head Greenville Rally After College Tour
President Ronald Reagan will speak at an outdoor rally in Greenville after touring Greenville Technical College. Campus is closed and classes canceled for security, with officials preparing for the Reagan Bush re election event. U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond and Rep. Carroll Campbell will join the president for the rally before his departure aboard Air Force One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ronald Reagan
Iendry Ground
Greenville Technical College
Ocal
Tom Barton
Reagan
Greenville-Spartanburg
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Carroll Campbell
Air Force I
Resigns as Rector to Become Cathedral Dean in Topeka
The Rev Robert R Shahan resigns as rector of St Thaddeus Episcopal Church effective before Thanksgiving to become dean of Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Topeka Kansas The transition will include Rev Michael R Lumpkin leading the parish and a search committee forming to find a new rector Shahan says he will be returning home to Kansas and the cathedral role combines parish life with diocesan duties The cathedral has 1500 members and St Thaddeus about 900. Shahan notes strong community and mixed emotions about leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Shahan
St. ‘Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
Topeka
Kan
Shahan
St. Thaddeus
Michael R. Lumpkin
Kansas
Grace Is
Rudnick and Shealy Spar Over Carmichael Expulsion Vote
Irene Rudnick and Sen. Ryan Shealy clash over a 1982 Carmichael expulsion vote. Rudnick cites the Senate Journal pages 603 604 as proof Shealy opposed roll call votes, while Shealy raises escalating bounties to prove the contrary. Both seek the District 24 Senate seat through the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Rudnick
Ryan Shealy
Lexington
Sen
Shealy
Eugene Carmichael
District 24
Senate
Carmichael
Rudnick
Aiken Standard
Senate Journal
Aiken County
Aiken
Mondale Says Pressure Rises On Reagan In Rematch
In a Minneapolis interview Walter Mondale says pressure is on President Reagan as their nationally televised rematch nears. Mondale notes Reagan must justify prior wreckage while highlighting his own foreign policy experience. The second debate will focus on foreign policy, a potential edge for Mondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Walter Mondale
Reagan
Mondale
Monale
Roberto Duran
Sugar Ray Leonard
Louisville
Jimmy Carter
Middle East
Arts Festival Opens in Aiken County with Parade
The Aiken County Arts Festival began in high gear with about 200 people at the Municipal Building auditorium. The opening parade featured Aiken County school students alongside Rep Irene Rudnick Mayor Odell Weeks City Manager Roland Windham and others. A trumpet fanfare followed by music punch and cookies marked the start as organizers voiced optimism for the rest of the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Molly Gray
Aiken County School
Irene Rudnick
Odell Weeks
Roland Windham
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Bud Coward
Carrol Warner
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E.T
Suzuki
Jim Kitchings
Admiroom
Rebels of
South Carolina
Small World
Governor’s School For the Arts
Parris Island Marine Band
Aiken Civic Ballet
Atlanta Boy Choir
First Baptist Church
Aiken Chamber Singers
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
Misty
Rutland Drive
Ginny Southworth
Emily Hindman
By Thurmond Whatley
High Gear
Fran Chapman
Aiken Municipal Auditorium
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