The 2nd annual Taylor Watford Foundation Run/Walk for Hope is at 8 a.m. on May 20. Register at: strictlyrunning.com The race starts on 7th Street behind Brookland-Cayce High School and the course includes the beautiful Avenues of Cayce. Race Day registration begins at 7:15 a.m. Link to Taylor Watford FoundationContinue Reading
The Lexington County Museum will host its free annual Spring Open House this Sunday, May 7 from 2 – 5 pm. The public is invited to tour the circa 1832 John Fox House, the 1771 Laurence Corley Log House, the ca. 1815 Oak Grove Schoolhouse, and all the rest ofContinue Reading
Lexington County is set to kick off the 2023 South Carolina Ag+Art Tour this Saturday, May 6 from 10 am – 4 pm. Visit seven tour sites across the county featuring local artisans at every stop during the free, self-guided tour. During the tour visitors will have the opportunity toContinue Reading
Columbia Animal Services will celebrate National Be Kind to Animals Week May 8 – 13 withan adoption special for only $5. Visit 127 Humane Lane, Columbia, to find you next pet.Continue Reading
This year’s theme is “Red, White, Blue and You”. Prizes: 1st place $400, 2nd place $300, 3rd place $200, and 4th place $100. 12:30 PM: Enjoy the patriotic display as locals & visitors decorate their boats in ways that will leave you amazed! Viewable from the park sites at theContinue Reading
The Greater Columbia Rose Society’s Work Day will be May 6, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Prisma Health Richland Hospital located at 5 Richland Medical Park Dr, Columbia, SC 29203. The Rose Garden is in the front of the hospital by the water fountain. This will beContinue Reading
The Rosewood Crawfish Festival will be held May 6. It recently announces its lineup of musicians for the 2023 event. Taking place at the SC State Fairgrounds, the festival will feature a Louisiana crawfish boil, food trucks, kid rides and amusements, and local art vendors. All proceeds raised by theContinue Reading
John H. Holladay, Jr. recently celebrated 100 years of age and has been living a rich and full life.Holladay is a true Renaissance man. He was born in Gable South Carolina, a small community in Clarendon County, April 7, 1923. His childhood consisted of moving to Wrightsville, Georgia during theContinue Reading
The North Columbia Business Association (NCBA)/North Main (NOMA) District has announced the return of the South Carolina Cornbread Festival April 30 from 11 am – 6 pm at 2847 N. Main Street. The NCBA/NOMA District hosts South Carolina’s only event dedicated to the love of cornbread. Festivities will include liveContinue Reading
The City of West Columbia’s annual Kinetic Derby Day featuring iMAGINE STEam is this Saturday, April 22 from 10 am – 3 pm. Start the day with the Kinetic Sculpture Parade at 10 am, and then watch the soap box derby with artistically-created derby and art cars racing side-by-side onContinue Reading
Columbia Music Festival Association will present Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream April 28 at 10 am and 7:30 pm at the Township Auditorium. The production of William Shakespeare’s classic is one of the signature ballet works of Carolina Ballet. The production was originally choreographed byContinue Reading
The South Carolina Philharmonic presents Titans & Outlaws this Saturday, April 22 at 7:30 pm at the Koger Center for the Arts. The sixth and final concert of the 22/23 Masterworks Series welcomes the SCP Youth Orchestra to the stage to perform Copland’s “Billy the Kid” side-by-side with the SCContinue Reading
The Columbia-Richland Fire Department’s (CRFD) 10th annual Firetruck Pull helped the effort to end childhood cancers. More than $26,000 was raised at the April 1 event, as 21 teams of competitors tried their luck pulling CRFD fire engines. All proceeds will go to support Curing Kids Cancer and its ongoingContinue Reading
District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties will host a district-wide Literacy Night for pre-kindergarten through third grade students on April 27, 2023, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Ballentine Elementary School. This event is for School District Five parents and guardians to learn literacy tips and resources for working with theirContinue Reading
Enjoy food, music, dancing, more than 90 vendors, free face painting, free balloon art foreveryone, free sidewalk chalk fun for children and artists, free admission and parking, a BounceHouse, Henna tattoos, a professional story teller in costume all day, and much more. Fun for allthe family from 11 am toContinue Reading