Swimming for the health of others

Local trainer takes on the Alcatraz Challenge to raise money for kids with cancer

JUNE 7, 2012 10:16 a.m. (9)

This summer, personal trainer Robb Eskenasy is not just helping others get fit, he’s hitting the pool and gearing up for a personal goal: a second run of the Alcatraz Challenge.

The last time he participated in the aquatic race from the famed California prison through the bracing, 50-degree waters to dry land was three years and 165 pounds ago.  Continue reading...

 

Alchemy Improv hosts ‘Local Legends’

Weekly performance series turns everyday stories into comedy gold

JUNE 7, 2012 10:12 a.m. (4)

On a Friday night in June, Erickson Bynum told a story from his childhood on the stage at Coffee Underground, and then joined the rest of the audience packed onto old church pews to watch the Alchemy Improv Comedy troupe interpret it.

Sort of.

What Bynum saw was Ben Burris playing the part of an 18-year-old boy competing for the affections of a girl played by Harrison Brookie, against a romantic rival played by Meg Pierson. Burris’ character, incidentally, was sealed in a giant hamster ball, and Pierson’s character was a deer, who had recently charged across the stage in a “stampede of one.”  Continue reading...

 

County Council chooses ‘A-list’ for DSN

Interim board to govern disabilities agency until permanent board is formed

JUNE 7, 2012 10:11 a.m. (2)

Greenville County Council approved an “A-list” of interim board members to take over at the Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs board Tuesday as part of the process of curing the troubled agency’s problems.

The nominees’ names will be sent to Gov. Nikki Haley for approval. Once the governor signs off, the five interim board members will go to work at GCDSN.  Continue reading...