New John Acorn sculpture exhibit opens Friday at Sift Gallery
November 6, 2017
McMillan Pazdan Smith and Hampton III Gallery are excited to announce John Acorn as the newest exhibit at Sift, a curated gallery at Claussen Bakery in Greenville’s West End District.…
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Crafty Feast announces list of vendors for 9th Annual Indie Craft Fair
November 2, 2017Shop and Stroll on Sunday, Dec. 10 at Crafty Feast, Columbia, S.C.’s One-Stop-Shopping Market for Thousands of Attendees Nearly 100 makers of handcrafted and repurposed goods from across the…
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Crafty Feast announces list of vendors for 9th Annual Indie Craft Fair
November 2, 2017
Shop and Stroll on Sunday, Dec. 10 at Crafty Feast, Columbia, S.C.’s One-Stop-Shopping Market for Thousands of Attendees Nearly 100 makers of handcrafted and repurposed goods from across the…
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City of Columbia opens new Columbia Art Center
October 30, 2017The City of Columbia celebrated the opening of the new Columbia Art Center on Saturday, October 28, the Columbia Parks & Recreation Department announced. Mayor Steve Benjamin, Councilman Sam Davis,…
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One Columbia awards 2017 Morrison Visionary Award
October 24, 2017One Columbia for Arts and History is proud to announce Dr. Bobby Donaldson, a leader in the preservation of Columbia’s civil rights history, as the recipient of the 2017 Stephen…
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West Main Artists Co-op to exhibit 44 members’ artwork
October 23, 2017West Main Artists Co-op will host a month-and-a-half long “Open Doors” exhibit — Nov. 16-Dec. 30 — at which the general public can see the gathered and finished work of 44 local…
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See Rock City
October 20, 2017
By Tom Poland In Mom’s back yard stands a red and black birdhouse on a white pole. Its roof holds iconic words. “See Rock City.” If it had not…
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SC Arts Commission Invites Nominations for Local Arts Heroes
October 18, 2017
Recognize your local arts hero with a nomination for the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts or the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Both award programs honor…
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SC Arts Commission invites nominations for local arts heroes
October 17, 2017Recognize your local arts hero with a nomination for the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts or the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Both award programs honor…
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SC Arts Commission invites nominations for local arts heroes
October 17, 2017Recognize your local arts hero with a nomination for the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts or the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Both award programs honor…
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SC Arts Commission invites nominations for local arts heroes
October 17, 2017
Recognize your local arts hero with a nomination for the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts or the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award. Both award programs honor…
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A Yellow Bus Full Of Kids
October 6, 2017
By Tom Poland I look on school buses with fond memories. Rode one most of my public school days. Many a day I stood out in the cold shivering,…
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A Yellow Bus Full Of Kids
October 6, 2017
By Tom Poland I look on school buses with fond memories. Rode one most of my public school days. Many a day I stood out in the cold shivering,…
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One Columbia and Palmetto Luna Arts partner to create mural
October 5, 2017
One Columbia for Arts and History and Palmetto Luna Arts have partnered to install a mural on 933 Main Street. The mural will be created on the side of Immaculate…
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SC Film Commission awards production/training grants
October 2, 2017The South Carolina Film Commission has announced the selection of three South Carolina short films for their Indie Grants program. Funding the projects creates training environments for emerging crew and…
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Hunting For Arrowheads
September 29, 2017
By Tom Poland Growing up with no brothers and no neighbor kids, most days I didn’t have anyone to toss a baseball to me. No problem. I threw it…
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SC Film Commission awards production/training grants
September 29, 2017The South Carolina Film Commission has announced the selection of three South Carolina short films for their Indie Grants program. Funding the projects creates training environments for emerging crew and…
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SC Film Commission awards production/training grants
September 29, 2017
The South Carolina Film Commission has announced the selection of three South Carolina short films for their Indie Grants program. Funding the projects creates training environments for emerging crew and…
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A Sunday Drive
September 21, 2017
By Tom Poland Into the past Used to be customary for folks to take Sunday drives. I don’t think people today tend to do that as much as the…
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The Footlight Players brings ‘Creepy and Kooky’ Addams Family to life for fall production
September 20, 2017
Everyone’s favorite creepy and kooky family comes to The Footlight Players stage in October with an original story – and it’s every father’s nightmare. The Footlight Players will perform this…
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The Charleston Jazz Orchestra announces its SEASON 10 lineup of concerts
September 20, 2017The Charleston Jazz Orchestra (CJO) announces its SEASON 10 concerts beginning February 24, 2018. “We’re celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary with a stellar line-up of concerts that pay tribute to some of the…
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Columbia City Ballet announces auditions for Dracula 2017 – September 23
September 18, 2017
Saturday, September 23 @ 1:00pm Columbia Conservatory of Dance 1545 Main Street Audition Fee: $20.00 1:00-2:00PM Male & Female Dancers, ages 7-10 2:00-3:00PM Male & Female Dancers, 11 & up…
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Double dose of classic comedy at USC Lab Theatre – September 23-26
September 18, 2017The UofSC Dept. of Theatre and Dance will present a double-bill of two classic Peter Shaffer one-acts, The White Liars and Black Comedy, September 23-26 at the Lab Theatre. Show times are 8pm nightly. Admission is $10,…
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Churchill, Johnson Collection exhibitions extended at Wofford
September 17, 2017
Exhibitions of paintings by Sir Winston Churchill and works by various artists of the Carolina mountains from The Johnson Collection at Wofford College have been extended through Sunday, Sept. 24. The…
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Catching Gators, That Ancient Reptile
September 15, 2017
By Tom Poland If you’re going to get ‘et,’ be brave and get ‘et.’ Like a lot of eastern Georgians I grew up with no contact with gators. I…
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Catching Gators, That Ancient Reptile
September 15, 2017
By Tom Poland If you’re going to get ‘et,’ be brave and get ‘et.’ Like a lot of eastern Georgians I grew up with no contact with gators. I…
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The Long Way Home
September 7, 2017
By Tom Poland Labor Day I reached the end of the road, the end of writing about traveling back roads. I estimate I drove over 10,000 miles deliberately avoiding…
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Slow tempo and silence make for a hyperrealistic experience in The Water Station
September 5, 2017September 21 – 23 The UofSC Department of Theatre and Dance will present the influential Japanese slow-tempo work The Water Station, September 21-23 at the Center for Performance Experiment. Steven Pearson is directing the production. Show…
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Blackout
September 1, 2017
By Tom Poland Now and then an intriguing topic crosses my path one time too many. That’s when I know I need to look into it. Such is the…
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Blackout
September 1, 2017
By Tom Poland Now and then an intriguing topic crosses my path one time too many. That’s when I know I need to look into it. Such is the…
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Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue comes to Trustus Theatre – September 8 – September 23
August 28, 2017
Trustus Theatre kicks off Season 33: EYES OPEN with Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue on the Thigpen Main Stage this September. Leading off with an intervention, not-so-skillfully masquerading as a family get…
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From A Back Road to Backwaters
August 25, 2017
By Tom Poland Dateline Georgetown County, SC, Aug. 15, 2017—Not quite a year later I return to South Island Road and Carolina backwaters. The destination? The Tom Yawkey Center’s…
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From A Back Road to Backwaters
August 25, 2017
By Tom Poland Dateline Georgetown County, SC, Aug. 15, 2017—Not quite a year later I return to South Island Road and Carolina backwaters. The destination? The Tom Yawkey Center’s…
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Charleston Symphony Orchestra elects Robert Siedell as President of its Board of Directors
August 22, 2017CHARLESTON, SC – At its August meeting the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Board of Directors thanked outgoing President, Cynthia Hartley, for her four and a half years of service and…
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Down By The Catawba River
August 18, 2017
By Tom Poland Driving north on US 21 toward a “very small town,” I watch the land change. Hills rise into view. Large rocks protrude from the ground. Boulders.…
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Down By The Catawba River
August 18, 2017
By Tom Poland Driving north on US 21 toward a “very small town,” I watch the land change. Hills rise into view. Large rocks protrude from the ground. Boulders.…
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Museum to host free lecture about artist Charles Burchfield’s Camp Jackson period – August 25
August 18, 2017
Charles Burchfield was a prominent American painter and visionary artist whose abundant work defies easy categorization. He was once described in the Village Voice as a “mystic, cryptic painter of…
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Last Hub City Empty Bowl session scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 26
August 14, 2017
Hub City Empty Bowls 2017 will hold its third and last bowl-making event of the year Saturday, Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. at Spartanburg Art Museum’s studios at…
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West Columbia Art on State Wall gets a new mural
August 2, 2017
The City of West Columbia’s Art on State Wall, behind Terra and 116 Espresso and Wine Bar at 423 Meeting Street, has been transformed with new art created by Karl…
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South Carolina Arts Commission announces FY2018 Artist Fellowships
August 1, 2017COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Arts Commission Board has awarded Individual Artist Fellowships to four South Carolina artists in the categories of visual arts, craft, media: production and media:…
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Congaree Vista Guild elects new executive committee
August 1, 2017COLUMBIA, SC – The Congaree Vista Guild, a non-profit, membership-based organization comprised of a wide variety of restaurateurs, shop, business, gallery owners, and homeowners in the Vista, has elected new…
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South Carolina Arts Commission announces FY2018 Artist Fellowships
August 1, 2017The South Carolina Arts Commission Board has awarded Individual Artist Fellowships to four South Carolina artists in the categories of visual arts, craft, media: production and media: screenwriting. Each artist…
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South Carolina Arts Commission announces FY2018 Artist Fellowships
August 1, 2017The South Carolina Arts Commission Board has awarded Individual Artist Fellowships to four South Carolina artists in the categories of visual arts, craft, media: production and media: screenwriting. Each artist…
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Congaree Vista Guild elects new executive committee
August 1, 2017
COLUMBIA, SC – The Congaree Vista Guild, a non-profit, membership-based organization comprised of a wide variety of restaurateurs, shop, business, gallery owners, and homeowners in the Vista, has elected new…
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South Carolina Arts Commission announces FY2018 Artist Fellowships
August 1, 2017
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Arts Commission Board has awarded Individual Artist Fellowships to four South Carolina artists in the categories of visual arts, craft, media: production and media:…
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Osamu Kobayashi completes Middle of Nowhere, mural in Vista
July 31, 2017The Congaree Vista Guild and One Columbia for Arts and History announce that Osamu Kobayashi has completed Middle of Nowhere, his vibrant mural on the East-facing wall at 808 Lady…
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Airport art exhibit features local artist Alicia Leeke
July 31, 2017Continuing with our rotating arts program featuring local artists, Columbia Metropolitan Airport is pleased to announce the installation of an art exhibit by Alicia Leeke. Leeke was awarded…
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Osamu Kobayashi completes Middle of Nowhere, mural in Vista
July 31, 2017
The Congaree Vista Guild and One Columbia for Arts and History announce that Osamu Kobayashi has completed Middle of Nowhere, his vibrant mural on the East-facing wall at 808 Lady…
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Southern Women Terrify Me.
July 27, 2017By Jillian Owens “Can we talk?” she said with a buttermilk-thick accent and a molasses-sweet smile that didn’t reach her eyes—closing my office door. I don’t think this can…
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Searching For Promised Land
July 27, 2017
By Tom Poland I saw it on a map and decided to see it in person. Promised Land. I was about to head out on an expedition of sorts.…
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