Picnic in the Park with Town and Forest Acres
October 9, 2020There’s nothing better than great music and great company – in the BEST neighborhood around! This month Town Theatre will present three mini-concerts by some fantastic performers that have graced…
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Masks, A Review
October 8, 2020
By Tammy Davis Part Eleven of the Corona Chronicles Before Corona, I loved writing reviews about movies, restaurants, and concerts. I never thought I would write a review…
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Down South – Sheltering Along The Back Roads
October 8, 2020
By Tom Poland March 13, 2020 seems an eternity ago. That day my niece, Benton, got an unwelcome big 4-O birthday gift—a national emergency courtesy of COVID-19. “How lucky…
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Columbia Film Society welcomes Dr. Thaddeus Jones to team
October 7, 2020
The Columbia Film Society announced the hiring of Dr. Thaddeus Jones Jr. as Director of Programming. Jones will lead film programming for the Nickelodeon Theatre and direct the Indie Grits…
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Richland Library celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with online concert
October 5, 2020
Richland Library is recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month with a musical tour through Latin America. Join us for Evening Arts: Latin Caravan from 7 – 8 p.m., Friday, October 9 on…
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Remembering 911
October 1, 2020
By Tammy Davis The Museum Came to Us Any other year, I would have taken the kids on a field trip to the museum. In 2020, the museum had…
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Shelter Rock, Rock of Ages
September 30, 2020
By Tom Poland DATELINE NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY—Boulders loom over land, gray and long like sperm whales. One, like some stallion’s back, seems ready for a colossal saddle. Massive rocks…
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Transitions Homeless Center announces 9th annual Reconstructing Home art show and auction
September 30, 2020
Transitions Homeless Center’s signature fundraiser, Reconstructing Home, is going virtual! Beginning October 1, 2020, at 12:00 pm, over 100 items will be going up for auction, including a showcase of…
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Show off your Stats! Using your organization’s data to create visual content
September 29, 2020
By Stephanie Heikkila Holman NP Strategy There’s something comforting about numbers, whether it’s the way they gently guide us to sleep as children counting sheep in our beds or…
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From social media to art exhibit: Lander University’s Doug McAbee has starring role
September 28, 2020Have you ever wondered what it would be like to star in the painting of a famous artist? The “stay-at-home” days of the COVID-19 pandemic led Lander University artist Doug…
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Richland Library’s next artist-in-residence brings photojournalism into focus
September 23, 2020
A local artist who aims to facilitate real dialogue by capturing moments in time through a camera lens is sharing his talents with Richland Library over the next three months.…
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Lockdown Comes To Town, Part Three
September 23, 2020
By Tom Poland The Bistro’s Before & During Tale Some Normalcy Returns I stopped by on another Friday evening. A cloudless evening gave the Bistro On The Boulevard’s columns…
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A Mess On My Hands, Part Two
September 23, 2020
By Tammy Davis A Story About The Volunteers Who Helped Clean Up Columbia’s Big Mess Part Two in a Series, Looking Back at the Thousand Year Flood The…
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Lockdown Comes To Town, Part Two
September 23, 2020
By Tom Poland The Bistro’s Before & During Tale Restaurants Close First A lot of moving parts make up a restaurant. Operating a restaurant is complex. Bistro On The…
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Richland Library releases 25th edition of Kids in Print
September 21, 2020
Showcasing the talents of young people across the Midlands, Richland Library is releasing its annual literary magazine, Kids in Print 2020, and marking a special anniversary with the 25th edition.…
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Freeway Music School expands virtual services, offers scholarships
September 21, 2020
Columbia, South Carolina’s locally owned, premier music school — has launched new virtual and socially distanced technique lessons, showcases, recitals, studio time and music videos, along with new scholarships, positively…
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Looking Back – The Day Columbia Flooded, Part One
September 16, 2020
By Tammy Davis Part One in a Series About the 2015 Thousand Year Flood The Thousand Year Flood hit five years ago. Hard to believe. The first time…
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Lockdown Comes To Town, Part One
September 16, 2020
By Tom Poland The Bistro’s Before & During Tale During this cool strange spring there comes to me a blistering afternoon in 2019 when a train locked down Lake…
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2020–2021 featured artists selected for CAE’s Art in the Airport Program
September 15, 2020
Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) announced the selected artists for our 2020 – 2021 Art in the Airport Program. Over 115 submissions were received from local artists reflecting the impressive talents…
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Guys & Dolls Jr. – Sept. 25 & 26
September 14, 2020
T3 Presents Guys & Dolls Jr. “What’s in the daily news? I’ll tell ya what’s in the daily news!” Town Theatre is over the moon excited to produce Guys &…
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Experience selection of Balkan Music during Richland Library’s Evening Arts Program – September 18
September 14, 2020
In partnership with the 2020 Southern Guitar Festival and Competition, join Richland Library for Evening Arts: MM Guitar Duo from 7 – 8 p.m., Friday, September 18 on our Facebook…
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Classroom Cameras and Wooden Stars
September 10, 2020
By Tammy Davis Even In Pandemic, We Need To Connect Part Ten of the Corona Chronicles Shopping the Classroom Teachers call it shopping the classroom. When one teacher…
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An Atlantis Of Our Own
September 10, 2020
By Tom Poland Atlantis sank into the sea around 380 B.C. So said Plato. Its founders were half god and half human. Its lush islands contained gold and silver…
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Teri Leigh Teed is Manhattan Arts International’s featured artist member of the week
September 9, 2020
Manhattan Arts International announces artist/author Teri Leigh Teed is the gallery’s featured artist member of the week of September 6, 2020. Owner and founder Renee Phillips states “Teri Leigh Teed…
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Trustus Theatre
September 4, 2020
Trustus Theatre is the most unique theatrical experience in town. Bringing you world premieres, fresh new voices in the theatrical landscape, the brightest talents in Columbia, and all of the…
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DOWN IN THE HOLLER by Val Dunn is named winner of the 2020 Trustus Playwrights’ Festival
September 4, 2020
Trustus Theatre presents online reading event of national festival winning script on September 26 at 2pm Trustus Theatre has named DOWN IN THE HOLLER by Val Dunn the winner of…
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A Hero On and Off The Battlefields
September 2, 2020
By Tammy Davis Part Two of a Series About Bishopville, SC Native, Major James Capers, Jr. In the 1970s, he was the face of the Marines. Literally. The…
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Highway 79, A Historic Route
September 1, 2020
By Tom Poland Driving north on Highway 79 you see beautiful country in a region rich with history yet a tad poor looking. Don’t let the lack of development…
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Home Town Heroes
August 27, 2020
By Tom Poland Ware Shoals, SC Has One I wish every small town had a hero, someone who walks onto the national stage and stays untarnished by changing…
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Richland Library to unveil Black Lives Matter-inspired public art
August 27, 2020In partnership with One Columbia for Arts and Culture, Richland Library is featuring the work of two local, Black artists in our community. On Thursday, August 27, installation begins of…
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Nominations being taken to honor S.C.’s arts luminaries
August 26, 2020
• Governor’s Awards for the Arts recognize arts achievement, influence, and support • Nomination window closes Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 The South Carolina Arts Commission is once again seeking to…
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Artist Minute – Tanya Wideman-Davis, Dancer, Choreographer, Entrepreneur
August 24, 2020
The Who’s on the Move Artist Minute is a quick, two-minute interview in support of the undeniable impact that the arts and local artists have on our communities. One of…
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Lessons for Us All
August 19, 2020
By Tammy Davis We all want our children in school, and we all want to be safe. Nobody is quite sure how to make that happen, but we do…
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Mr. Clifford’s Wild Turkey Heaven
August 19, 2020
By Tom Poland In a place called Childhood, Georgia, I worked for a country store grocer, Clifford M. Goolsby, who loved to hunt turkeys. Each spring the small town…
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Richland Library features award-winning guitarist during evening arts program – August 21
August 18, 2020
In partnership with the 2020 Southern Guitar Festival and Competition, join Richland Library for Evening Arts: Austin Wahl from 7 – 8 p.m., Friday, August 21 on the Facebook Page.…
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Bad Hair Days and Lessons from a Blow Out
August 13, 2020
By Tammy Davis Some call August the dog days. Women call it something else: bad hair days. SC humidity and hair styles don’t get along. Women hate their hair…
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The Roadside Stand
August 13, 2020
By Tom Poland Two words say it all. “Delicious simplicity.” No register. Cash and carry. Paper bags to hold jewels polished by the farmer’s hands. A friendly face. Produce…
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End Summer on a high note with Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards
August 7, 2020
Get ready to celebrate a summer of learning, creating and sharing with Richland Library. Join us for the End of Summer Bash with Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards from…
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The Mystery of Huguenot, Georgia
August 6, 2020
By Tom Poland I grew up unlettered as Huguenots go. That changed much later after I moved to South Carolina. There I drove along Huger and Gervais Street and…
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Tyler, Dustin, and the Streets Of New York City
August 6, 2020
By Tammy Davis Go ahead. Call me a bad mother. Back in 2019, I watched every single episode of The Bachelorette with my fifteen-year-old daughter. I knew it was…
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Unrestricted $5,000 grants to reward eligible S.C. artists
August 5, 2020
S.C. Arts Commission opens applications for FY22 Fellowships Open to artists in visual arts, craft, media production & screenwriting Deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 Resident South Carolina…
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Experience evening of storytelling through song with Richland Library
August 4, 2020
Enjoy a beautiful night of storytelling through song with Richland Library. Join us for Evening Arts: Danielle Howle from 7 – 8 p.m., Friday, August 7 on our Facebook Page.…
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The Newberry Opera House prepares for opening night
August 3, 2020
The Newberry Opera House will officially raise the curtain on Saturday, August 15, 2020, with Black Jacket Symphony and their tribute to Prince’s “Purple Rain” album! The Board of Directors along…
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The Koger Center for the Arts announces the winner of the 1593 Project – A Call for Art from the Koger Center for the Arts
July 31, 2020
The Koger Center for the Arts is proud to announce that artist, Kimberly Case has been selected winner of the 1593 Project – A Call for Art from the Koger…
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All The Stories
July 31, 2020
By Tammy Davis A timeline. Every social studies classroom has one. Mine was up high, where the wall met the ceiling. The teacher before me, or maybe the teacher…
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Stonecutters’ Beautiful Legacy
July 31, 2020
By Tom Poland Stonecutters’ Beautiful Legacy I love back roads’ and their fading vestiges of yesteryear. Bull Durham and Coca Cola ads painted onto brick and old Camel cigarette…
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Apply to become Richland Library’s artist-in-residence this fall
July 30, 2020
In an effort to provide continued support to local artists and share their talents with the community, Richland Library is accepting applications for our next artist-in-residence in fall 2020, starting…
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$4.1 million to support S.C.’s arts, cultural work in FY21
July 29, 2020
The South Carolina Arts Commission is announcing grants totaling $4.1 million awarded in at least 41 South Carolina counties to support arts and culture work in the new fiscal year.…
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Rural arts and culture initiative expands to 15 counties
July 27, 2020
Addressing local issues with S.C. Arts Commission program Across South Carolina, an initiative called The Art of Community: Rural SC has taken root, creating new networks, community engagement, partnerships and…
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Better At The Beach. Food and Family Vacations.
July 23, 2020
By Tammy Davis The only thing better than a week at the beach is a week at the beach with lots of good food. Vacations give families and friends…
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