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Ayden’s George Snyder captured French and Japanese influences in furniture and wallpaper murals. Among the descriptions of his works, capturing a broader view of history, were details of his personal history, which revealed a lifelong and intergenerational passion for art.
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Three generations of the Minges family and Pepsi have greatly influenced the development of Greenville in the past century. Expected, then, is how the rising generation can contribute to this city in the family owned corporation, MBG, Inc.
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Gianino Fine Studio Furniture could measure its historic value in handmade items, such as a cherry fall-front desk made in the 1820s and molding planes dating from the nineteenth century. Its personal value could be measured in a trade passed down three generations and tools belonging to grandparents, donated to Gianino to perpetuate their use.
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Spotlighting musical legends such as Joe Morris, Amzi Ellington, Bill Riggins, Billy Taylor, and Billy Myles was a way to acknowledge contributors to the Big Band genre perhaps unknown outside of North Carolina.
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Briley’s Farm is a family owned farm providing produce to Greenville throughout the year and has been for 35 years. They host many activities throughout the year including pick your own strawberries in the spring, a corn maze, pick your own pumpkin, birthday parties, field trips, company retreats, and much more for everyone from children to adults.
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24810
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With the arrival of autumn comes the arrival of pumpkin beer. These beers include many traditional fall spices such as nutmeg and have ranging alcohol content. There are many different brewers of these pumpkin beers, some better than others.
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Wimpies Steam Bar and Grill has undergone renovations and introduced a new seasonal schedule for its reopening. The changes include a roving oyster shucker, new bar area, patio area, and paved parking lot. New items have also been added to the menu to compliment old favorites. Wimpies Steam Bar and Grill has been serving food to Winterville for more than 20 years.
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Greenville local Harvey Wooten’s home will be included on the Artist Studio Tour on Saturday, Nov. 1 due to its extensive amount of art. Wooten has placed art throughout her home everywhere from the foyer to the laundry room and collects anything and everything one might consider art. The art is a collection of mostly others pieces, but includes some by her sister, grandson, and herself.
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Vik Sexton, a Greenville artist, presents fun but creepy sculptures made of clay. She has developed her own unique way of painting them to give them a more matte appearance and to make any color she wants. Her pieces include ‘Terror-Dactyls,’ Franklin heads, and a piece entitled the ‘Worst Toy Ever.’ Sexton has been working with clay since she was a small child and has been taking her work to shows for years.
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Since the 1840’s there has been a conflict between those cutting down and those planting trees in Greenville. Every time trees were planted, they were eventually cut down or damaged. In 1990, this problem was patched with the formation of ReLeaf. ReLeaf is a non-profit organization that plants and protects trees using donations from the community.
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30524
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Every autumn, Ruby and Leon Joyner sold pumpkins on their front lawn at their old home on Charles Blvd. for 25 years.
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The Imperial Tobacco Company building, built in the early 1900s of Dickinson Avenue, was at one time one of the Greenville tobacco markets largest buyers of tobacco for export. Abandoned by the company in 1978, the building, which covered two city blocks, was slated to be restored and renovated into a long awaited arts and community venue. In the midst of getting the beginning legal work finished, the building tragically burned down from arson. on April 17, 2008. In 2007, local artist Matthew Cook began a series of paintings using the Imperial Tobacco Company as his subject, painting views from all over town. The structure's fiery death became the subject of one last painting to end the series. The article gives a portfolio of some the paintings in the series.
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The following is taken from a placemat from the old Courtside Cafe showing drawings of old Greenville buildings that have been razed. The drawing and short history depicts the R. L. Smith house on Evans Street; the National Guard Armory on Evans Street; the H. G. Edwards building on Evans Street; the Sycamore Hill Baptist Church on First Street; the Pitt General Hospital on Johnston Street; and the O'Hagan-Laughinghouse house on Pitt Street.
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The following is taken from a placemat from the old Courtside Cafe showing drawings of old Greenville buildings that have been razed. The drawing and short history depicts the Woman's Club on Third Street; Evans Street 1914; Yellowley-Harrington house on Fourth Street; the Candlewick Inn; the Dr. Elbert A. Moye house; the old Greenville High School; and J. R. and J. G. Moye Merchandise Emporium on Evans Street.
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