Fly Down Hill
June 26, 2024
By Tom Poland I reached deep into my sense of place and reckoned the road ought to come out near Anthony Shoals Road, and it did. My parents drove…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Richland Library hosts Grammy-nominated artist Pierce Freelon
June 26, 2024
A Black Music Month Celebration for Families WHAT: Pierce Freelon: A Black Music Month Celebration for Families WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 29 WHERE: Richland Library Main (1431 Assembly St., 29201)…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert
June 25, 2024
FILM LIVE WITH ORCHESTRA SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2024 | 2 PM & 7 PM | @KOGER CENTER FOR THE ARTS Buy My Tickets Tix starting at $30 We will be…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entertainment, life, music, on-the-move, the-arts
Kipper Ackerman ’97 joins alma mater as new assistant director of admissions for fine arts and director of choir at Presbyterian College
June 24, 2024
Presbyterian College alumna Kipper Edens Ackerman ’97 will join her alma mater as its new assistant director of admissions for fine arts and choir director. Ackerman, a seasoned musician and…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: education, on-the-move, the-arts
Meet the Author: Mathew Cordell
June 24, 2024
An Evening of Imagination and Inspiration Join Richland Library for an enchanting evening with celebrated children’s book author and illustrator, Matthew Cordell, as he shares insights into his creative journey, the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: government, on-the-move, the-arts
The SC Philharmonic presents new chamber music series led by acclaimed pianist Andy Armstrong
June 24, 2024
Andy & Friends welcomes internationally acclaimed classical musicians to the SC Midlands The South Carolina Philharmonic is expanding its artistic program offerings by presenting Andy & Friends in the 2024-2025…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Trustus Theatre to close 39th season with workshop premiere production of Dandelion, an original musical
June 24, 2024
Executive Director Jessica Francis Fichter, also a co-writer of the musical, will Direct, with Musical Direction and Orchestration by Steven Gross Hannah Bonnett (Five: The Parody Musical, Legally Blonde) to…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entertainment, on-the-move, the-arts
Remembering Cale Yarborough
June 19, 2024
By Tom Poland The breaking news alert held just 29 words. “Cale Yarborough, a NASCAR great, dies at 84. Known for his fierce toughness and grit, Mr. Yarborough won…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Columbia Museum of Art July 2024 Exhibitions and Events Calendar
June 18, 2024
Columbia Museum of Art July 2024 Calendar EXHIBITIONS (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art On view June 15 through September 8, 2024 From natural wonders to the open road, the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entertainment, on-the-move, the-arts
USC Percussion Ensemble wins international competition
June 18, 2024
On Monday, June 17, Percussive Arts Society International Percussion (PAS) announced that the University of South Carolina Percussion Ensemble is one of three collegiate winners of the 2024 Percussive Arts…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education, music, on-the-move, the-arts
A New Backroad Magazine
June 13, 2024
By Tom Poland Backroad Portfolio You cannot raise your ancestors from their grave, but you can appreciate how they lived. Just take a backroad deep into the countryside and…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
SC Public Radio and Anne Springs Close Greenway announce new concert music series
June 7, 2024
SC Public Radio, in partnership with the Anne Springs Close Greenway, announces a new live music concert series titled the “Rooted Rhythm Music Series.” This series, hosted in the Comporium…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Columbia Museum of Art presents (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art
June 6, 2024
Major traveling exhibition of Art Bridges Cohort Program’s American South Consortium The Columbia Museum of Art presents (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art, a collaborative exhibition that explores the rich,…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entertainment, non-profit, on-the-move, the-arts
First Taste of Blackstrap Molasses
June 5, 2024
By Tom Poland Mid 1950s, early morning on the farm, it was. Rivers of gold ran down the stack of pancakes on the old oak table. Butter pooled higher…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Richland Library hosts LOOK! Photography Exhibit
June 5, 2024
Photo Exhibit Honors Youth Living with a Disability in Partnership with Family Connection of South Carolina Richland Library welcomes LOOK! Photography Exhibit in partnership with the Family Connection of South Carolina. Visitors…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
South Carolina contestant to compete on season 3 of national PBS show, “The Great American Recipe”
June 5, 2024
SCETV to celebrate premiere of the new season with event on June 6 PBS announced the eight home cooks from across America who will showcase their culinary talents in season 3…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Historic Columbia announces June 2024 events
June 3, 2024
Historic Columbia is excited to announce programming and events for June 2024. See the full list of June events below and be sure to leave room in your calendar to…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entertainment, local-industry, on-the-move, social-scene, the-arts
80th anniversary D-Day salute
June 3, 2024
The South Carolina State Museum will host a special event honoring the momentous victory of D-Day 80 years ago this Saturday. The event will include: Performances from the 282D Army…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts, veterans
Town Theatre presents Les Misérables: School Edition
June 3, 2024
Town Theatre announces its upcoming production of Les Misérables: School Edition, a heart-wrenching musical that tells a timeless story of love, redemption and the human spirit. We’ll journey through 19th…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Juneteenth Entrepreneur, film and television extravaganza
June 3, 2024
The City of Columbia’s Office of Business Opportunities (OBO) is proud to announce the highly anticipated release of “Did You Know? Columbia’s Black Wall Street,” a powerful documentary that chronicles…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: government, on-the-move, the-arts
Thankful in the midst of changes
May 30, 2024
By Jeff Becraft When we first moved to where we live now 30 years ago, there were all kinds of trees between the interstate and where our neighborhood was.…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Broomstraw Brooms
May 30, 2024
By Tom Poland I call it broomstraw. Others broomsedge. Whatever you call it, it doesn’t kill my memories of my grandmother’s homemade brooms. About a yardstick long, they stood in…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Columbia’s Historic Black Business District featured in new documentary film “Did You Know? Columbia’s Black Wall Street” to premiere in Columbia June 19
May 30, 2024
The City of Columbia’s Office of Business Opportunities (OBO) is proud to announce the highly anticipated release of “Did You Know? Columbia’s Black Wall Street,” a powerful documentary that chronicles…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: business-services, hospitality, media, on-the-move, the-arts
New Exhibition opening soon
May 22, 2024
From natural wonders to the open road, the landscape has long been a muse in American art. Through objects from the colonial era to the present, (Un)Settled explores the rich, complicated, and…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Vista Guild announces results and donations from annual Artista Vista
May 22, 2024
The Congaree Vista Guild has announced that $12,000 in donations will be made to local performing arts groups using proceeds from the recent Live on Lincoln event. The annual event,…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
When the Border Boys Were Young
May 22, 2024
By Tom Poland Before the photos, Robert Clark had been photographing architecture for ten years. I had been writing scripts for documentaries. Much earlier, during a teaching stint, I…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Entrepreneur Minute – Della Watkins, Columbia Museum of Art
May 21, 2024
The Who’s on the Move, Entrepreneur Minute is an interview in support of the undeniable impact that entrepreneurs have on our communities. We will be highlighting 20 entrepreneurs in each of…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entrepreneurship, hospitality, non-profit, on-the-move, podcast, the-arts
“2024 South Carolina Governor’s Awards for the Arts” to broadcast and stream on South Carolina ETV
May 20, 2024
Through its continued partnership with the South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC), South Carolina ETV (SCETV) will premiere the 2024 South Carolina Governor’s Awards for the Arts on Sunday, May 19 at 7…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Aiken welcomed to the ranks of S.C. Arts Commission-designated cultural districts
May 20, 2024
The South Carolina Arts Commission is announcing that the southern Midlands city of Aiken is home to the 12th South Carolina Cultural District designated by its board of commissioners, the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
Columbia Museum of Art offers free summer admission to South Carolinians
May 17, 2024
Supported by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program The Columbia Museum of Art has been selected to participate in Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program, a transformative, three-year…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entertainment, non-profit, on-the-move, the-arts
Implementing a pre-call
May 16, 2024
By Jeff Becraft Recently I was speaking at a camp and the song leader brought up a scenario that I had forgotten about. I had called him one day while…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
South Carolina State Museum joins Blue Star Museums program this summer
May 15, 2024
Museum to offer free general admission to active-duty military and their Families The South Carolina State Museum is proud to be part of the Blue Star Museums initiative, a national…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education, on-the-move, the-arts
Columbia Streams Art painted trout sculptures to be sold at auction tonight
May 15, 2024
Following two weeks of public viewing in the Salon Gallery, the trout sculptures will be sold during a thrilling live auction event held at the Museum of Art on May…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
South Carolina ETV receives four Southeast EMMY® nominations
May 14, 2024
Awards recognize some of the greatest television work in the Southeast The Regional Southeast EMMY® Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) recently announced nominations for…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: media, on-the-move, the-arts
Bonham House—Last Of Its Kind
May 9, 2024
By Tom Poland In Saluda County an old homeplace sits on brick piers. It’s as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, but that wasn’t always the case. Some refer…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Columbia Museum of Art June 2024 Exhibitions and Events calendar
May 8, 2024
EXHIBITIONS (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art On view June 15 through September 8, 2024 From natural wonders to the open road, the landscape has long been a muse in…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: entertainment, non-profit, on-the-move, the-arts
South Carolina ETV series “Echoes and Insights” explores Toni Morrison’s iconic interview
May 6, 2024
The captivating South Carolina ETV (SCETV) series Echoes and Insights revitalizes timeless conversations pulled from SCETV’s media archive. Each episode revisits pivotal moments, featuring voices and perspectives of influential figures from the…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: on-the-move, the-arts
One of the best birthdays of my whole life
May 2, 2024
By Jeff Becraft In all my years, I have never taken time off for my birthday… until two Fridays ago. It had been four years since our son and…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Lexington School District Two opens new Performing Arts Center
May 1, 2024State-of-the-art facility to transform arts education for Lexington Two students and beyond Lexington School District Two proudly announces the grand opening of its new 103,400-square-foot Performing Arts Center and district…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education, headlines, on-the-move, the-arts
The Great Cicada Uprising
May 1, 2024
By Tom Poland Its exoskeleton brings the creature in Alien to mind. It’s armed with needle-sharp claws and glistens as if waxed. It bristles with filaments like stinging nettle,…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
A Summer of Big Screen Magic: The Nick announces kids summer movies series
April 29, 2024
The Nick announces its newest offering for 2024: the Kids Summer Movies series! From June to July, families are invited to visit Columbia’s beloved nonprofit movie theater for a nostalgic…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: life, on-the-move, social-scene, the-arts
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s A Flock of Seagulls headed to Harbison Theatre this May!
April 25, 2024
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s A Flock of Seagulls A New Wave Legacy is on the path to Harbison Theatre! A Flock of Seagulls, the iconic new wave…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: hospitality, life, local-industry, music, on-the-move, social-scene, the-arts
Long Lost Lisbon
April 24, 2024
By Tom Poland “The oak was so big, five men could link hands and not reach around it.” On a clear December day I walked where about eight feet…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, the-arts
Ginny Newell honored with the 2024 Craft Leadership Award
April 18, 2024
The Columbia Museum of Art is proud to have presented the 2024 John Richard Craft Leadership Award to Virginia E. Newell (Ginny). The Craft Award, named for the museum’s first…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: non-profit, on-the-move, philanthropy, the-arts
The Million Dollar Quartet
April 18, 2024
By Tom Poland I go back now, back to August 1, 2012. That’s the day the University of South Carolina Press published Save The Last Dance For Me. Strange…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Arts Capacity and South Carolina Philharmonic announce partnership to launch an interactive prison concert program
April 17, 2024
Arts Capacity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transformative arts experiences to underserved incarcerated communities, and the South Carolina Philharmonic, an orchestra based in Columbia, SC performing live symphonic music…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
State Museum acquires “Matriarchs of the Lowcountry” portrait series by artist Natalie Daise
April 11, 2024
Paintings celebrate “patron saints” of Gullah cuisine with 24K gold leaf and halos of woven sweetgrass The South Carolina State Museum recently acquired the portrait series, “Matriarchs of the Lowcountry,”…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education, on-the-move, the-arts
Rob Shaw Gallery cuts ribbon on new location
April 11, 2024
The City of Columbia Office of Business Opportunities is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open the new location of Rob Shaw Framing and Gallery at 2123 Park Street in…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: economic-development, on-the-move, the-arts
If A Photo Is Worth 1,000 Words …
April 10, 2024
By Tom Poland Why do we need cutlines? Simple. To better serve the reader. A cutline needs to be right. Long after the writer is gone, his work will…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc, laurenscountybuzz Category: life, on-the-move, the-arts
Trustus returns with a favorite, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – April 11-20
April 10, 2024Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrance McNally has come to Trustus Theatre several times since its opening in 1989. First seen in 1993 with Jim and…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: on-the-move, the-arts
