Contents of Ballantyne Magazine - SPRING 2012

Ballantyne Magazine covers news, events, real estate, restaurants, shopping, health, schools and business in the upscale Ballantyne Area of Charlotte, NC.

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now lures thousands of people — so downtown hotel rooms should be booked in advance.
Museums Abound Greenville's reincarnation as an arts mecca is due in large part to the extensive works of South Carolina painter and sculptor Jasper Johns and American realist painter Andrew Wyeth. Both collections are housed in the Greenville County Museum of Art, located on Heritage Green, the town's cultural campus two blocks from the Hyatt Hotel. The museum is also known for its Southern Collection, a survey of American art from colonial times to present. Mary McCarthy, communications manager for the museum, notes that on March 14 the Wyeth Collection will reopen featuring some exciting additions.
The Jasper Johns Collection will remain until April 15, then come down to allow the museum to stage a major new show, "Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston," featuring 60 works of the 20th century American painter whose talent for etching earned him a place in the pantheon of American art. The museum, which offers free admission, is an equal draw for its gift shop, which sells fine art pieces related to the collections, and an array of jewelry. Three other outstanding museums call Heritage Green home, starting with the Children's Museum of the Upstate, one of the largest of its kind in America. Youngsters can explore 18 hands-on exhibits, including the child-size Bi-Lo grocery store and WTCM studio, where
The Greenville County Museum of Art houses the Wyeth and Johns collections.
they can produce their own TV show or play meteorologist. In the middle of the museum looms the Kaleidoscope Climber, a two-story environment that helps small fry expend excess energy. The museum also features a traveling exhibit with interactive dinosaur-life simulators, life-size dinosaur skulls and a paleontologist field station, an exhibit that
will stay through the end of April, says Nisha Patel, the museum's marketing and public relations manager. On the western edge of Heritage Green sits The Upcountry History Museum, which celebrates the legacy of Upstate South Carolina through photos, videos, re-created scenes and interactive displays, including talking statues. "We
The Upcountry History Museum tells the story of South Carolina's Upstate.
Climber, where small fry can expend excess energy.
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The children's museum features the Kaleidoscope
Kids can produce a TV show at the Children's Museum of the Upstate.
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