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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Indie Craft Parade Extends Boundaries
May 29, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Indie Craft Parade announces it will host its fifth annual festival this fall and for the first time, expand its territory for qualifying artists. This juried show recognizes excellence…
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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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Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Philanthropy Award, Slate of officers, and New Board Members at 2014 Annual Meeting Celebration
May 21, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – On Monday, May 19, the Gibbes Museum of Art welcomed two new Board members and announced the winner of the 2014 Philanthropy Award at the museum’s Annual Meeting…
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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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Gibbes Museum of Art Closes Entries for 2014 Mary Whyte Art Educator Award
May 14, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce that three finalists have been selected for the annual Mary Whyte Art Educator Award. Established in 2007, this award…
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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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Clemson University to bring together art and technology at Artisphere 2014
May 12, 2014Highlights include concept car and hands-on activities CLEMSON, SC – May 12, 2014 – One of Artisphere 2014’s largest exhibits will show how Clemson University is bringing together technology and…
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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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Carnivalesque
April 4, 2014Who: CarnivalesqueWhen: April 11th-April 12thWhere: 84 1/2 Society Street Charleston, SC 29401Tickets: General Admission $25/General Admission + After Party $35/VIP $45Contact: www.thresholdrep.org [email protected] 843-277-2172 CHARLESTON, SC – April 11th-April 12th, 2014 – Carnivalesque, Charleston’s vaudeville-style performance troupe…
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The Fantasticks, Presented by Nebraska Theatre Caravan, Comes to Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College, April 26, 2014
March 24, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – April 26, 2014 – What happens when Victorian steampunk style meets a musical theater classic? Find out when the legendary Nebraska Theatre Caravan pulls into Harbison Theatre…
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Greenville Business Elliott Davis LLC Named Verner Award recipient
February 20, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – February 20,, 2014 – The South Carolina Arts Commission announces Elliott Davis, LLC, as one of five recipients of the 2014 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards for…
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Carnivalesque- Vaudeville Revival
December 12, 2013CHARLESTON, SC – December 31, 2013 WHO: CarnivalesqueWHAT: Vaudeville Revival preformed by CarnivalesqueWHERE: Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84 1/2 Society Street, Charleston, SC 29401WHEN: December 31, 2013 8:00pmPARKING: There is a…
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Fete to sponsor Greenville Record Fair
November 25, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – DECEMBER 7, 2013 What: Greenville Record Fair 2013 When: Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: The Handlebar,304 East Stone Avenue, Greenville, SC…
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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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Indie Grits Film Festival Seeks Film Submissions
October 22, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – October 21, 2013 – Indie Grits Film Festival, the Southeast’s premier film and culture festival for DIY media-makers in Columbia, S.C., is seeking film submissions in five…
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Cola-Con Releases Schedule of Artists, Panels and Performers for Third Annual Hip-Hop and Comics Con on Oct. 25-26, 2013
October 18, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – October 2013 – Cola-Con has released its schedule of artists, panels and performers for the annual two-day hip-hop and comics con on Oct. 25-26, 2013 at the…
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Nickelodeon Theatre Names New Members to Board of Directors
October 15, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – October 15, 2013 – The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house theater and a leading voice for media arts, has elected new members to its…
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Karaoke Smackdown
October 15, 2013CHARLESTON, SC – October 15, 2013 – Two of Charleston’s youngest and most buzz-worthy theatre companies, What If? Productions and Threshold Repertory Theatre, are teaming up for a monthly event…
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Ailey II Dance Company Comes to the Koger Center November 6!
October 4, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – November 6, 2013 – The University of South Carolina dance program will host the world-renowned Ailey II dance company on Wednesday, November 6 at 7pm, at the…
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Fiddler on the Roof
October 1, 2013WHO: Threshold Repertory Theatre WHAT: Fiddler on the Roof; book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick WHERE: Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84 1/2 Society Street,…
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Upping the ante on its modern dance programming, Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College books Philadelphia-based Brian Sanders’ JUNK for Oct. 18, 2013 performance
September 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 24, 2013 – After selling out multiple shows in its first signature season including contemporary dance masters Pilobolus, Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College is bringing…
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Crafty Feast, a Columbia, SC Independent Craft Fair is Now Accepting Applications from Crafters and Artists
September 16, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 16, 2013 – Crafty Feast is now accepting applications for their all-handmade, independent craft fair in Columbia, South Carolina to be held on Sunday, December 15th,…
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Have a great night out with your favorite pop classics: National touring vocal group, The Doo Wop Project, hits Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College on October 4
September 11, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 4, 2013 – Celebrated for their harmonious renditions of contemporary pop songs and classics of yesteryear, the Tony Award-winning cast of The Doo Wop Project will…
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The First Novel Prize is back
September 4, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 4, 2013 – The South Carolina Arts Commission,Hub City Press and The Humanities CouncilSC announce a call for submissions for the biennial South Carolina First Novel Prize. Guidelines, eligibilty requirements and…
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The First Novel Prize is back!
September 4, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 4, 2013 – The South Carolina Arts Commission, Hub City Press and The Humanities CouncilSC announce a call for submissions for the biennial South Carolina First Novel…
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The First Novel Prize is back!
September 4, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 4, 2013 – The South Carolina Arts Commission, Hub City Press and The Humanities CouncilSC announce a call for submissions for the biennial South Carolina First…
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Carnivalesque September 14
August 23, 2013Date: September 14, 2013Time: 8:00pm and 10:30pmLocation: Threshold Repertory Theatre84 1/2 Society StreetCharleston, SC 29401Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 day of. Vaudeville Revival CHARLESTON, SC – September 14, 2013 –…
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AWAKE: A Video Installation/Performance By John Duckworth
August 22, 2013CHARLESTON, SC – September 7, 2013 Date: September 7, 2013 Performance times: 8:00pm, 8:30pm, 9pm, 9:30 pm with a Q&A with the artist between showings Location: Threshold Repertory Theatre…
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Opening to Benefit Palmetto Health Children's Hospital: Tim Floyd’s “Italy, Spain and a Hat Shop in Charleston,” August 1, 6-8 p.m. at City Art Gallery
July 11, 2013Opening to Benefit Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital: Tim Floyd’s “Italy, Spain and a Hat Shop in Charleston,” August 1, 6-8 p.m. at City Art Gallery COLUMBIA, SC – July 11,…
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Greenville County artist named Fellow by SC Arts Commission
July 3, 2013COLUMBIA, S.C. – Jeff Sumerel of Travelers Rest has been awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship by the South Carolina Arts Commission Board. Sumerel is the Media Production Fellow and receives…
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