Arts and Entertainment

To celebrate the end of the school year, students at Lexington High School finished up a colorful, “monster”-ous project with younger students. Students in LHS’s National Art Honor Society took drawings created by students in Mrs. Derrick’s kindergarten class at New Providence Elementary School and brought them to life. With the kindergarten drawings in front of them, LHS artists recreated […]

The State Museum has announced the return of its popular Friday Night Laser Lights summer series starting, Friday, June 28. This newly expanded rockin’ summer tradition will now include live music, specialty cocktails, and themed nights. Friday Night Laser Lights feature lasers and CGI visuals choreographed to music inside the museum’s 55-foot digital dome BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Planetarium […]

America fought two wars in Vietnam. One was on the battlefield, where U.S. forces nearly always prevailed. The other was a struggle for the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people. There we failed. Scott Kaufman, chairman of the history department at Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C., will talk about the last of those efforts to win the political […]

Things are getting chilly at Workshop Theatre. Join Elsa, Anna, Olaf, and friends for the family-favorite Disney musical, Frozen Jr. “Do you want to build a snowman” with Workshop Theatre this summer? Tell the Columbia heat to “Let it go” and get “Frozen” with Workshop Theatre. Workshop has assembled a group of highly talented youth performers to bring the story […]

I was taking a nap on my back porch when my daddy died. I woke up suddenly. A Sara Evans song was on the radio. In that moment I understood my father was gone. My sister called to tell me what I already knew. Lots of people have experiences like mine. They know the second their loved one passes. I […]

One day in the cinder-coated hell that was Iwo Jima in March 1945, Sgt. Nealy Adolph Sweat of Summerville, S.C., single-handedly killed five Japanese soldiers. The last one was an officer who attacked Sweat with a sword. And not just any sword. The katana–which GIs more typically referred to as a “samurai sword”— was a priceless heirloom, having been made […]

In celebration of National Pride Month, the Columbia Museum of Art presents Focal Points: Proud Perspectives, a tour exploring themes of sexuality and gender identity through art in the CMA collection, on June 1, 6, and 8. Education and engagement assistant Elizabeth Houck ( June 8) and Docent John Tomashek (June 1 and 6) each take a queer eye to […]

Family Connection of South Carolina unveiled the third annual LOOK! photography exhibit at EdVenture Children’s Museum Friday, May 17. The exhibit showcases the strength and beauty of children and young adults in South Carolina who are living with a disability. “LOOK! is an exhibit about celebrating children and family. We want you to take a moment to think, react and […]

Workshop Theatre is bringing some of the best and most powerful female voices in Columbia to the stage with The Fierce & Fabulous Cabaret: Celebrating the Women of Broadway May 10– 19. This musical tour de force will celebrate the women of Broadway through song and dance. The Fierce & Fabulous Cabaret: Celebrating the Women of Broadway is a collaboration […]