Luxury Clothier Pearce Bespoke-Charlotte provides the custom jackets for the S.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame By Ward Carson Saturday night, June 6, at Fort Jackson was one I will never forget. Pearce Bespoke Charlotte provided the custom jackets for inductees into the S.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame inducteesContinue Reading
Salute to 250 Day on June 27 features grand opening of American Battleground exhibition, live music, hands-on activities and new planetarium show The South Carolina State Museum will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with Salute to 250 Day on June 27, offering free general admission from 10Continue Reading
Columbia, in partnership with Keep the Midlands Beautiful (KMB), celebrated the unveiling of the new Greetings From Columbia mural with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 10 at the Laurel Street entrance to Finlay Park. Mayor Daniel Rickenmann spoke at the ribbon cutting. Installed near the park’s spiral fountain, the mural isContinue Reading
The Friends of the Lexington County Museum are holding three lectures this summer to raise funds and to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The lectures will feature speakers who will focus on a different aspect of the American Revolution in South Carolina. The first presentation, scheduled forContinue Reading
SCDNR’s basic aquatic competency swim lesson initiative building safer futures for all South Carolinians By Tom Mullikin Swimming lessons that many of us grew up with are not something that all families have always had access to, and if the parents themselves haven’t learned to swim – and many haveContinue Reading
The 10th Annual South Carolina Juneteenth Freedom Fest will take place June 20 at Finlay Park, bringing a day-long celebration of culture, history, entertainment, and community engagement to downtown Columbia. Festival organizers have announced legendary R&B and funk group Midnight Star as the event’s headliner. Known for chart-topping hits suchContinue Reading
The Richland County portion of the state’s Ag + Art Tour recently highlighted sights, smells and sounds of agrarian activity. From beginner gardening tutorials and sweetgrass basket making, to milling demonstrations and fresh produce, the weekend-long event led tour-goers on an adventure in agriculture. For this year’s tour, more thanContinue Reading
Time was, you could buy a casket from a country store. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net A do-it-yourself casket for a pet is as close most get today. I’ve heard of people paying a carpenter to build a casket for a dog, and I get it. Just placing aContinue Reading
By Radley West This will be an unpopular perspective, but stay with me. STRESS IS MANUFACTURED. Before anyone throws their coffee at the newspaper, let me clarify something. I’m not saying difficult things aren’t real. Bills are real. Deadlines are real. Family responsibilities are real. Relationships are real. Life canContinue Reading
Music, lasers and planetarium entertainment highlight summer favorite in Columbia The popular Friday Night Laser Lights series returns June 19 to the South Carolina State Museum, offering an evening of music and laser entertainment inside the museum’s 55-foot digital dome BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Planetarium. Guests can enjoy full-domeContinue Reading
One Columbia for Arts and Culture announces the Cultural Layers Community Celebrations, two public events marking the unveiling of new murals and artwork honoring the stories, people, and places at the heart of Columbia’s historically African American neighborhoods. The celebrations will take place July 18 at 2 pm at RichlandContinue Reading