Lucas the Beaver Brings Home First Prize
August 6, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Lucas the Beaver, star of an engaging children’s book about following one’s dreams, is now a first-place award winner. Lucas’s story recounts the journey of a youngster…
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University of South Carolina School of Music announces the 2014 Cornelia Freeman Concert Series
August 4, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – September 7 – October 5, 2014 ~ Spend your Sunday afternoons with the university’s renowned music faculty at the Cornelia Freeman Concert Series. This popular fall chamber music…
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Crafty Feast, Columbia, S.C.’s Largest Indie Craft Fair, Announces 2014 Date
July 23, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Crafty Feast, the Midlands region’s largest all-handmade indie craft fair, is set to take place on Sunday, December 14, 2014, from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. at the Columbia Metropolitan…
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Greenville Businessman Elected Chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission
July 21, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Greenville businessman Henry Horowitz has been elected chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission Board of Commissioners. Horowitz is the co-founder, principal and managing partner of Oxford…
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Greenville Businessman Elected Chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission
July 21, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Greenville businessman Henry Horowitz has been elected chairman of the South Carolina Arts Commission Board of Commissioners. Horowitz is the co-founder, principal and managing partner of Oxford…
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District Five Student Starts His Own Art and Apparel Business
July 16, 2014CHAPIN, SC – Joshua Smith always had a passion for creating artwork. But the recent graduate says he never imagined how drastic a role art would take in his life…
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New Biography Tells History of Bull Street’s Babcock Building
July 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC —Historic Columbia is proud to host the debut of Dr. Charles S. Bryan’s newest book, Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the Red Plague of Pellagra, with a special…
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Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Celebration of Stanley Donen
July 8, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 26 -27, 2014 ~ The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater, will host “A Lotta Talent and a Little Luck: A…
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Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Celebration of Stanley Donen
July 8, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 26 -27, 2014 ~ The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater, will host “A Lotta Talent and a Little Luck: A…
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State Museum Opens New Civil War Art Exhibit on Saturday, July 12
July 7, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 12, 2014~ The South Carolina State Museum presents a new temporary exhibit, Chapman’s Charleston, 1863-1864, which tells the story of the Civil War in Charleston from 1863-1864…
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Richard Buckner, Fulvia Zaninelli, and Family Fun
July 2, 2014
Richard Buckner LIVE! Thursday, July 10 Happy Hour at 7:00 p.m. Concert at 8:00 p.m. The CMA, in collaboration with The Whig, hosts a concert by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Richard Buckner. The performance will…
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Columbia Museum of Art August 2014 Calendar
July 2, 2014
Major Exhibitions: Animal Instinct: Paintings by Shelley Reed On View in the Lipscomb Family Galleries through Sunday, September 14 The CMA is the first museum to present a career retrospective of American…
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Broadway Actress, Chryssie Whitehead, is Guest Artist at the Tri District Arts Consortium
July 2, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Star of stage, screen and TV, Chryssie Whitehead, a graduate of Richland Northeast High School, has returned to her alma mater this week to serve as a…
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Local Quilter Semifinalist in International Quilt Show
June 28, 2014CAMDEN, SC – Pearl Nester, a Camden resident has been chosen as a semifinalist for the 2014 American Quilter’s Society (AQS) QuiltWeek® in Charlotte, NC, July 30-August 2 at the…
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Local Quilter Semifinalist in International Quilt Show
June 28, 2014CAMDEN, SC – Pearl Nester, a Camden resident has been chosen as a semifinalist for the 2014 American Quilter’s Society (AQS) QuiltWeek® in Charlotte, NC, July 30-August 2 at the…
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Lexington Educator Named Winner of South Carolina First Novel Prize
June 24, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Arts Commission and Hub City Press of Spartanburg announce James Edwin McTeer II of Lexington as the winner of the 2014 South Carolina First Novel Competition. McTeer’s novelGrave…
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The Columbia Museum of Art Presents Richard Buckner LIVE!
June 24, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – July 10, 2014 – The Columbia Museum of Art, in collaboration with The Whig, hosts a concert by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Richard Buckner on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 8:00 p.m. in…
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USC Ph.D Student Launches Photography Camp and Responsible Social Media Initiative for Teen Girls
June 23, 2014The #NoFilter Project Encourages Empowerment Art In Traditional and Emerging Media COLUMBIA, SC – For concerned parents, there is now an added layer to keeping children safe in an increasingly…
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Mary Alice Monroe – Book Signing, The Summer Wind at Opera House
June 5, 2014NEWBERRY, SC – June 16, 2014 – It’s not unusual for an animal to be mixed among the cast of characters in a Mary Alice Monroe novel. It’s become part…
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SC Watermedia Exhibit
June 5, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Lancaster County Council of the Arts is hosting the South Carolina Watermedia Society’s 36th Annual juried Watermedia Exhibition in the Springs House Galleries for the month…
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One Columbia for Arts and History
June 5, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Best Kind of Busy This week, the Southern Guitar Festival and Competition will be bringing world-class guitar performers and talented young guitarists to Columbia to compete. Not only…
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Loggerhead Apparel partners with Renowned Wildlife Photographer to raise funds for Sea Turtle Conservation Efforts
June 3, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Loggerhead Apparel, based in Greenville, S.C., has partnered with renowned wildlife photographer Ben Hicks, based in Boca Raton, FL, to raise much needed funds for the Gumbo…
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Loggerhead Apparel partners with Renowned Wildlife Photographer to raise funds for Sea Turtle Conservation Efforts
June 3, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Loggerhead Apparel, based in Greenville, S.C., has partnered with renowned wildlife photographer Ben Hicks, based in Boca Raton, FL, to raise much needed funds for the Gumbo…
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Columbia Museum of Art July 2014 Calendar
June 3, 2014MAJOR EXHIBITIONS Animal Instinct: Paintings by Shelley Reed On View in the Lipscomb Family Galleries through Sunday, September 14, 2014 The CMA is the first museum to present a career…
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Bo Bartlett and Herb Parker Exhbitions at 701 CCA
June 3, 2014701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, S.C., presents: Two Exhibitions and Opening Receptions: Bo Bartlett June 12 – August 3, 2014 & Herb Parker: Olympia Dialogue June 12, 2014 – TBA Opening Reception for…
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The Columbia Museum of Art Reading and Art Program for Third-Graders a Success
June 3, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Museum of Art (CMA), in collaboration with Richland Library and the South Carolina State Library, provided a special arts and literacy field trip to more than…
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Summer Concert Series Heats Up Finlay Park Starting in June
May 31, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Beginning Saturday, June 7, 2014, the City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department will be bringing the sounds of summer to Finlay Park, located at 930 Laurel St. The…
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Shubert Foundation, SCTA honor Trustus Theatre
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Trustus Theatre has received three major awards from prominent national and statewide arts organizations: a national grant award from the Shubert Foundation, the South Carolina Theatre of…
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A Sense of the Midlands
May 29, 2014By Tom Poland If you missed the South Carolina Book Festival earlier in May, you missed a good time. The festival yields insight into authors, their books, and why and…
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The Columbia Museum of Art Reading and Art Program for Third-Graders a Success
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Museum of Art, in collaboration with Richland Library and the South Carolina State Library, provided a special arts and literacy field trip to more than 500 third-grade…
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Southeastern Piano Festival brings Leon Fleisher to South Carolina’s capital city
May 28, 2014Legendary pianist, a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, is the special guest for 2014 COLUMBIA, SC – The 2014 Southeastern Piano Festival kicks off June 15 for a week…
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Conductors Institute of South Carolina brings renowned maestros and composers to USC
May 28, 2014The International program provides participants the benefit of more than 300 years of combined experience COLUMBIA, SC – The esteemed Conductors Institute of South Carolina, in its 30th year,…
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Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Come Around My Way: A Youth Media Project
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater and its Helen Hill Media Education Center, will host Come Around My Way: A Youth Media…
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Newberry Opera House Guild to Host Shag & Line Dance
May 21, 2014Music by THE HEADLINERS! The Newberry Opera House Guild is delighted to announce that it will host a Shag and Line Dance on May 31st. The public is invited to participate in this…
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City of Columbia Art Center Announces New Summer Classes
May 20, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The City of Columbia Art Center is offering three new classes this summer on jewelry making, quilting and basket weaving. The Steam Punk Jewelry Box Workshop will…
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University of South Carolina home to Pat Conroy’s archive
May 19, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Pat Conroy’s archive, which includes handwritten manuscripts of his 11 books, family scrapbooks and personal diaries packed with story ideas, poems and musings, now belongs to the University…
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Reunion of Friends at SC Book Festival
May 14, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – When the South Carolina Book Festival begins on May 16, there were be a reunion of two friends who haven’t seen each other in forty-four years. “It was…
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One Columbia for Arts and History; South Carolina Book Festival
May 14, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 14 – 24, 2014 – It’s Kind of a Big Deal We can all agree that books are pretty important. The nationally recognized South Carolina Book…
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Newberry Opera House Guild to Host Shag & Line Dance, Music by THE HEADLINERS
May 13, 2014The Party of the Season! NEWBERRY, SC – May 31, 2014 The Newberry Opera House Guild is delighted to announce that it will host a Shag and Line Dance on…
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Congressman Clyburn Announces Sixth District Congressional Art Competition Winner
May 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 12, 2014 – Assistant Democratic Leader and South Carolina Congressman James E. Clyburn announced Teena Wilder, a 12th grade student at Scott’s Branch High School in…
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Congressman Clyburn Announces Sixth District Congressional Art Competition Winner
May 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 12, 2014 – Assistant Democratic Leader and South Carolina Congressman James E. Clyburn announced Teena Wilder, a 12th grade student at Scott’s Branch High School in…
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Artists’ Passions Lead to Beauty
May 9, 2014By Tom Poland May 9, 2014 And We’re the Better for It Author’s Note: None of the photos here appear in Reflections of South Carolina, Vol. 2.…
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The Art of Small Town Values
May 8, 2014By Joan Brady May 9, 2014 A recent visit to Lake City’s second annual Artfields visual arts competition and festival was intended to be a pleasant opportunity to…
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Five After Five Gets Groovy with Abbey Road LIVE!
May 5, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – This Thursday, May 8, 2014, Five After Five invites fans to relive the British Invasion of the 1960’s with the grooviest hits of the Beatles performed by…
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Columbia to Consume 10,000 Pounds of Louisiana Crawfish
May 1, 2014Advance Tickets to Rosewood Crawfish Festival Still Available COLUMBIA, SC – May 1, 2014 – The Greater Rosewood Merchants Association (GRMA) will host the 10th annual Rosewood Crawfish Festival this…
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Indie Puppet Musical “Planet Hopping” Debuts at Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College, Nov. 15-16, 2013
November 5, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – November 5, 2013 – The innovative HT@MTC Performance Incubator will premiere Planet Hopping, a full-length puppet musical with live music by the kindie rock band, Lunch Money,…
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Theatre SC presents Chekhov's Three Sisters November 15-23
November 1, 2013Theatre SC Opens Charming Chekhov Classic Three Sisters November 15Theatre South Carolina will present the Chekhov classic Three Sisters at the University of SC’s historic Longstreet Theatre November 15 –…
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USC Lab Theatre presents New 48 Hour Play Festival Nov. 22 & 24
November 1, 2013The University of SC Theatre program will present two exciting, experimental evenings of brand new short theatre works November 22 and 24 at the Lab Theatre. The short play festival,…
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USC Dance Company Celebrates Classics Old and New Nov. 14-15
November 1, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – November 14-15, 2013 The University of South Dance Company will present Classics Over Time November 14-15 at the Koger Center for the Arts. Classics Over Time will…
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Tapp’s Arts Center Celebrates its 2nd Anniversary with a 1920’s Prohibition Party
October 25, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – November 8, 2013 – Tapp’s Arts Center, Columbia’s Center for Visual and Performing Arts, at 1644 Main Street, will celebrate its second anniversary and two full years…
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