Community Calendar

“Decomposers Glow,” an art installation with larger-than-life glowing snails and mushrooms, is the centerpiece for the museum’s summer programming and events

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Nature, art, and technology come together for “Decomposers Glow,” an awe-inspiring larger-than-life landscape of illuminated snails and mushrooms. Created by Meredith Connelly, a Charlotte, N.C. based and award-winning multidisciplinary artist, the site-specific installation portrays the agents of decomposition through an interplay of light and technology. A curving path leads visitors through a soft glowing, otherworldly environment to observe over one hundred hand-constructed and 3D printed sculptures. Decomposers Glow is open from May 10 – Nov. 10, 2024.
Leading viewers into Connelly’s “Decomposers Glow,” a concurrent exhibit highlights the variety and importance of nature’s agents of decomposition. “Return to Earth” features photographs of actual fungi by Mike Hammer, painted mushroom models, a Carolina Piedmont snail shell collection, and two-dimensional cut paper works by Meredith Connelly that reference nature’s microscopic structures. “Return to Earth” on exhibit at Museum of York County from May 4 – Dec. 15, 2024.
More of Mike Hammer’s photography is on exhibit in the museum’s Nature Nook Gallery. “Endless Trail” features the natural settings of the Carolina Piedmont and beyond, capturing the uniquely beautiful moments of each season. “Endless Trail” opens at Museum of York County on May 18, 2024.

Our favorite annual tradition returns to The Galleries October 30 to February 20, 2027. Clay brings together the work of contemporary potters from across the USA, featuring everything from everyday mugs and plates to stunning vases and sculptures. And yes, it’s all for sale!

Whether you’re hunting for the perfect holiday gift, adding to your collection, or just exploring the rich roots of North Carolina pottery, you’ll find it here.

Opening Reception: October 31 from 1:00-3:00 pm

This community celebration of North Carolina's rich fossil heritage brings together amateur fossil hunters, collectors, students, and educators for a day of discovery, learning, and sharing.

Whether you're a lifelong collector with a cabinet full of finds or you're just getting curious about what's buried beneath our state, there's something here for you. Browse show-and-tell tables, swap tips on where and how to hunt for fossils, and enjoy hands-on activities for kids.

Refresh your wardrobe!

Shop our stunning selection of stylish pieces that won't break the bank!
Whether you're dressing up for an important meeting or keeping it casual, we have you covered. Prices range from $1-$15.
All proceeds benefit Dress for Success Charlotte programming.

Grab a friend and join us to shop the day away!
No bills over $20 | No Returns | Adult women only| No personal shopping bags.
Cash, Credit/debit cards accepted. No personal checks.
($2 processing fee for all cards)

Over 13 million people watched JEKI on America's Got Talent as he performed his own unique style of close-up magic. Simon Cowell was left stunned by what he had just witnessed. JEKI won the hearts of a nation. Social media was a buzz..."Love your Laugh" and "Jeki is so cool". Wins come in many forms! Especially when AGT's Twitter feed dubbed him "The Cutest Magician of All Time!"

This event is part of our FamilyStage Series! Wiggles and Giggles are Welcome - This series is made for children, youth, and families.

All Seats: $13.00 plus tax

Let the magic continue immediately after the show! Join JEKI for a youth magic workshop on stage. Spaces limited to 25!

Magic Workshop: $10 plus tax (in addition to show ticket)

*Above prices include $3 per ticket facility fee
*Plus 6.75% NC sales tax
*All persons, including infants must have a ticket

Get ready for Big Pineville Share Your Love Day, the ultimate community block party! This free event brings families and neighbors together for a full day of fun, fellowship, and giveback. Enjoy free clothing, books, toys, and household items from Christ Closet of North Carolina, plus a free food giveaway sponsored by Big Pineville. The fun continues with popular food trucks, local vendors, music, inflatables, and face painting for kids!

Join Kassidy Plyler, Cultural Public Programs Specialist and a member of the Catawba Nation, as she shares with our visitors the role that the Catawba Nation played in the American Revolution.

DINOSAUR! has made their way back to CSC! Get ready to come face-to-face with jaw-dropping fossils, thrilling prehistoric discoveries, and hands-on Jurassic fun for explorers of all ages.

The ROAR of prehistoric fun is her, don’t miss it!

Matthews Playhouse presents the premiere production of local author and playwright Charles LaBorde's Unbound, a North Carolina historical fiction drama about the birth of aviation and a young boy's growth into manhood, Nov. 6-8 at Indian Trail Town Hall. This is a work of fiction inspired by the true events surrounding Orville and Wilbur Wright’s development of the first airplane. It is a highly personal story of a boy whose destiny is tied to the historic birth of flight. He not only witnesses history, but he must confront its aftermath as a result of World War I. Tickets are $25 and include dessert and coffee. A talkback with the author immediately follows each staged reading performance. Get tickets at https://www.matthewsplayhouse.com/mph-community-series.

Liberation
Written by Bess Wolh

Directed by Donna Bradby
https://www.threebonetheatre.com/2627events/liberation

Starring
Rachel Dawson* is Lizzie
Jenny Hubbard* is Margie
Lauren Pavlacka* is Susan
Emma Kitchin* is Dora
Valerie Thames is Celeste
Callie Richards is Isadora
Sabrina Robinson* is Joanne
Nathan Morris is Bill
*denotes Three Bone Theatre debut

November 6-22, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.​

Performances will be held at
Arts Factory
1545 W. Trade St

About the Show
It’s 1970. Somewhere in Ohio, six women meet on a basketball court to form a consciousness-raising women's liberation group, determined to shake up their lives and change the world. Fifty years later, one of their daughters tries to understand where things fell apart.
A provocative, wildly theatrical play that poses vital questions about friendship, legacy and the true meaning of liberation, investigating what we inherit, what we forget, and what we’re still fighting to understand.
“A superb enthralling emotional knockout... an extraordinary must-see… Mothers, take your friends and daughters." - THE WASHINGTON POST

“An unadulterated pleasure. Powerfully moving and funny. When these women talk, we want to hear every word... Looks at community and individuality, determination and self-determination, in an elegiac and impassioned manner.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES

“The year’s best play… an awesome night in the theater… the audience is immediately hooked… Wohl is so skillful in telling this free-floating story… [she] fills Liberation with all sorts of wonderful side trips… but through it all, the female characters are never presented as a bunch of victims.” - THE WRAP