Down South
February 5, 2020
By Tom Poland Window To The Past The old window looks out on Highway 25. The view at best is limited. Standing behind the window, you’d peer through iron…
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Mardi Gras Columbia Festival and Parade set for February 22 at City Roots
February 5, 2020
The 10th annual Mardi Gras Columbia Festival and Parade will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at City Roots urban farm in Columbia’s Rosewood neighborhood. Hosted by the festival’s…
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Bone-In Barbeque shifts focus to special events
February 4, 2020
Karaoke, trivia, themed brunch and game night with full bar are regular events, with BBQ buffets on Fireflies game days A trendsetting brand in the Columbia, S.C., culinary scene since…
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Amore Under the Stars
February 3, 2020
Valentine themed event to feature live music, dancing, food and more, Feb. 14 The South Carolina State Museum will kick-off Valentine’s Day celebrations with Amore Under the Stars, Fri., Feb…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 01/31/2020 to 02/06/2020 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Bad Boys For Life 3 $17,682,959 $148,059,490 2 1917 6 $9,497,235 $119,083,624 3 Dolittle…
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Lost In Amethyst Country
January 29, 2020
By Tom Poland Another world entire hides along lesser-traveled roads. Do yourself a favor. Look for it. The day after Christmas I drove to Tignall, Georgia, to…
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I Love It When…
January 29, 2020
By Tammy Davis “I Love It When” started as a simple craft activity. It has turned in to one of my favorite Valentine’s Day traditions. This is a simple…
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Top Grossing Movies – January 27, 2020
January 27, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 01/24/2020 to 01/30/2020 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Bad Boys For Life 2 $34,011,714 $120,655,879 2 1917 5 $15,916,580 $103,999,889 3…
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Village Idiot Pizza hosts “VIP @ VIP” experience for St. Pat’s in Five Points
January 27, 2020
The pot of gold is really New York Style pizza and an open bar during this year’s event Village Idiot Pizza’s (VIP) Five Points location is offering a specialty ticket…
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St. Pat’s in Five Points Festival highlights release
January 23, 2020
38th St. Pat’s in Five Points – Saturday, March 21, 2020 Benefiting local charities in the Midlands Today, the Five Points Association brought St. Pat’s in Five Points back to…
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Top Grossing Movies – January 22, 2020
January 23, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 01/17/2020 to 01/23/2020 Rank Title Weeks Week Gross Cumulative 1 Bad Boys For Life 1 $73,033,944 $73,033,944 2 Dolittle 1 $28,301,930 $28,301,930 3 1917…
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Invisible People
January 22, 2020
By Tom Poland Clothes make the man, and when it comes to camouflage, it must make the man, woman, boy, and girl too. Seems everyone wears camouflage year-round, but…
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Patrick Davis, How Sweet The Sound
January 22, 2020
By Tammy Davis I first saw Patrick Davis in Columbia. The skirts were short, the heels were high, and the bar was open. The women crowded the stage to…
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En garde! Third annual SwordFest features every kind of swordplay. And it’s free!
January 21, 2020On Saturday, Feb. 8, the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will again come alive to the clanging and schwinging of swords. All kinds of swords. Basically, if…
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South Carolina’s State Tourism Office will celebrate National Plan For Vacation Day
January 19, 2020
The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism will celebrate National Plan For Vacation Day on Tuesday, Jan. 28, to encourage workers and employees to convert their hard-earned vacation…
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The Lindler House, Beautiful Survivor
January 15, 2020
By Tom Poland It’s high noon at High Noon gift shop in Ballantine, South Carolina. I’m signing books when a lady approaches. “You write about old homes don’t you?”…
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Uncut Gems – A Movie Review
January 15, 2020
By Tammy Davis One Man’s Many Rock Bottoms Uncut Gems opens with a chaotic Ethiopian mining scene where a worker has been badly injured. At first, the opening didn’t…
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Free lecture to tell soldier’s view of what the 1779 Siege of Savannah was like
January 14, 2020
What was it like to participate in the Siege of Savannah, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, and a disastrous failure for the Continental Army and…
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Top Grossing Movies – January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 01/10/2020 to 01/16/2020 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 1917 3 $37,000,200 $39,721,479 2 Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker 4 $15,187,034…
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St. Andrews Presbyterian Church to Host Free Conference on Serving the Disabled – February 1
January 13, 2020February 1 Event Will Provide Information and Inspiration for Individuals, Families, and Church Groups On Saturday, February 1, 2020, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church will host a conference to address ways…
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A Christmas Do-Over, Please
January 9, 2020
By Amy Coward Cars are no longer decorated with wreaths and reindeer noses. Our holiday decor is packed up in red and green containers. The last of my cookies have…
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Face Jugs
January 8, 2020
By Tom Poland Bulging whites with snake-eye slits for pupils and yellow teeth like chipped piano keys radiated light as if shadows could never exist. Its gruesome expression captured…
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Top Grossing Movies – January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 01/03/2020 to 01/09/2020 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker 3 $34,524,815 $451,582,256 2 Jumanji: The Next…
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Caleb Lee Hutchinson – Singer, Songwriter, Smooth-talking Scamp
January 6, 2020
By Tammy Davis 2019 American Idol Finalist Caleb Lee Hutchinson was playing at the Tin Roof in Columbia, and my brand-new press pass was burning a hole in my pocket.…
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Sylvan Learning Center announces December’s Teacher of the Month
December 26, 2019
Known for greeting every student with a smile, Sylvan Learning Center has named Debbie Mullen as the Teacher of the Month. Mullen, who teaches third grade at Blaney Elementary School,…
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Top Grossing Movies – December 23, 2019
December 24, 2019
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 12/20/2019 to 12/26/2019 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker 1 $177,383,864 $177,383,864 2 Jumanji: The Next…
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Deck The Halls
December 18, 2019
By Tom Poland You know the lyrics … “Deck the halls with boughs of holly …” Sadly, songs like “Deck the Halls” fall victim to commercialism. This time of…
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Let’s make good grammar relevant again
December 17, 2019
By Reba Hull Campbell I confess. I’m a word nerd. For me, writing is a passion, not just a way to communicate. I see writing as an intersection of creativity,…
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Carols, Candlelight Tours, and Carriage Rides at Christmas
December 17, 2019
By Tammy Davis If you love history and want to get in the Christmas spirit, take a holiday tour with Historic Columbia. For the Candelight and Carriage Tour, we…
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Top Grossing Movies – December 16, 2019
December 16, 2019
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 12/13/2019 to 12/19/2019 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Jumanji: The Next Level 1 $59,251,543 $59,251,543 2 Frozen 2 4 $19,072,948 $366,433,020…
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State Museum to Host An Enchanted Tea Party
December 12, 2019
Exciting new holiday event to feature debut of new 4D experience, Fri., Dec. 27 The State Museum excited to present An Enchanted Tea Party, a magical new holiday event sure to…
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Families Helping Families, Families Helping Me
December 11, 2019
By Tammy Davis Before the flood, I loved working with organizations that provided Christmas for families in need. Angel Trees, Red Cross, Families Helping Families, we did them all.…
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The Chapel In The Vale
December 11, 2019
By Tom Poland I spend more time photographing country churches than attending my own country church. Not sure what that says about me, but I’ll go with it. The…
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Amazon Best Books of 2019
December 11, 2019
In November, Amazon announced its selections for the Best Books of 2019, naming Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments – the sequel to her dystopian masterpiece The Handmaid’s Tale – the Best…
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Top Grossing Movies – December 9, 2019
December 9, 2019
Week of 12/06/2019 to 12/12/2019 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Frozen 2 3 $35,165,614 $338,090,515 2 Knives Out 2 $14,216,723 $63,553,214 3 Ford v. Ferrari 4 $6,655,136 $91,228,489…
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Holidays not the time for less vigilance
December 9, 2019
By Sheriff Leon Lott We are in the midst of the holiday season when most of us more-deeply embrace that which we all want: “Peace on earth; good will toward…
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How a Columbia girl helped launch America’s response to Pearl Harbor attack
December 4, 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, plunging the United States into World War II. Ten days later,…
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The Magic Light Bulb
December 4, 2019
By Tom Poland You probably think an ordinary light bulb is boring in this era of LED lights. Well, the ordinary light bulb holds a special place in my…
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Van Gogh, Far From What He Wanted to Be
December 4, 2019
By Tammy Davis Van Gogh’s work is valued in the billions of dollars, and, yet, he died a failure. He tried to be a preacher like his father. That…
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Learn to trace your Revolutionary War roots from free lecture at Relic Room
December 4, 2019
Hicks Chappell had an interesting Revolutionary War. He was captured twice by the British, and another time he and two other men captured 50 enemy soldiers on their own. During…
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Motor Supply Co. Bistro in Columbia, S.C., celebrates 30th anniversary
December 3, 2019
Pioneering farm-to-table restaurant commemorates milestone with December specials It has been three decades since Motor Supply Co. Bistro in Columbia, S.C. — one of Columbia’s longest-standing restaurants — first opened…
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Women in Philanthropy holds its annual Leadership Breakfast on December 13
December 2, 2019
Women in Philanthropy (WIP), an affinity group of United Way of the Midlands, holds its annual Leadership Breakfast on Friday, December 13 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. at the Palmetto…
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Top Grossing Movies – December 2, 2019
December 2, 2019
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 11/29/2019 to 12/05/2019 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Frozen 2 2 $85,977,773 $288,845,131 2 Knives Out 1 $26,769,548 $41,414,093 3 Ford…
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Tips for safe, online shopping this holiday season
November 26, 2019
With Cyber Monday just around the corner and the holiday season in full swing, the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) wants to remind South Carolinians of safe online shopping…
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The Sad Ballad Of Moses Corley
November 26, 2019
By Tom Poland Each Thanksgiving, I Remember Moses We all cross paths with a person we can’t forget. And so, a man by the beautiful name of Moses Corley…
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Thanksgiving 2015
November 25, 2019
I wrote this essay on Thanksgiving morning after the flood of 2015. I know my mother is going to make us go around the room and tell what we’re thankful…
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Top Grossing Movies – November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 11/22/2019 to 11/28/2019 Rank Title Rating Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Frozen 2 PG 1 $130,263,358 $130,263,358 2 Ford v. Ferrari PG13 2…
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Join us at the Relic Room to Remember – and learn about – Pearl Harbor
November 22, 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. – “Remember Pearl Harbor!” Who could forget? It wasn’t just the “date that will live in infamy,” but the moment when America turned on a dime and was…
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Funerals Down South
November 20, 2019
By Tom Poland “Lawdy, Miss Ruth, I don’t know when I enjoyed a funeral so much.” Whenever a funeral came up Mom repeated what this lady told her. I…
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My Dog Bruzer – He Trained Us Well
November 20, 2019
By Tammy Davis Most dogs greet their humans at the door at the end of the day. Not my dog. My dog, Bruzer, plays hard to get. When we…
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