Greening the Arts Festival will be May 1–May 29. A myriad of public arts education is planned. For information, call 803-400-1205.

Workshop Theatre will present A Chorus Line May 6–21. 799-65517 Saturday

The Greenview Community will hold Greenview Kids’ Health and Safety Day May 7, 9 am–4 pmat Greenview Park and Northminster Presbyterian Church, 6700 Block of David Street. 896-5951

Battle for Columbia, A Living History Event will be May 7–8, on a 250 acre farm in Sandy Run, SC, near I–26 and ten minutes from Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Follow the Battle for Columbia signs. Battles begin around 2–3 pm each day. There will be an open air church service May 8 at 11 am. Call Jeff O’Cain, 803-799-9927.

8 Sunday

Greater Columbia Rose Society will hold a Rose Tour May 8, 1–5 pm at the Chapin–area Gardens. Free. For directions, contact Jan Jovan Gardens, 345-1403, janjovan@aol.com.

The Settlers’ Club will hold a day of bridge at Fort Jackson NCO Club May 18, 2005, 10 am–3 pm. $12.50 includes lunch and beverages. Reservations must be made by May 10. Call Jeannette Gardner, 695-5093.

Dr. Mary Ellen Cooper , author of The Greeter , meet and greet with customers and sign copies of her book in Walmart locations on May 8, 2pm Lexington, May 14, 1pm Two Notch Road, May 15, 2pm, Augusta Road, West Columbia.

9 Monday

The Trenholm Artists Guild will meet May 9 at 7pm at the Forest Lake Recreation Center. Harriet Marshall Goode will do a critique of paintings. Call Stewart Aleshire, 736-2739

USC School of Music will present Colla Voce in concert If Music Be the Food of Love May 9, at 7:30 pm in the Recital Hall. 777-5369

10 Tuesday

11 Wednesday

The Columbia World Affairs Council will present New Member Happy Hour and Farewell Celebration for Jamie Schneider May 11, 5–7 pm at The Flying Saucer. Members $15, nonmembers $20. 252-2197

The Midwifery Advisory Council will meet May 11, at 10 am in the second floor conference room of the Heritage Building, 1777 St. Julian Place, Middleburg Plaza. 545-4968

12 Thursday

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training Program local teams will meet May 12 at 6 pm and May 14 at 10 am at USC’s Russell House University Union. Parking in the Bull Street garage. 749-4299 or www.teamintraining.org/sc

MIRCI (Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc. will host the 21st Annual Low Country Shrimp Boil May 12, 2005, 5–7 pm at the MIRCI offices, 1135 Carter Street. Call Dolly Patton, 786-1844.

The YWCA of the Midlands will host a Tea and Topics series “A Forum on Racial Justice in the Workplace” May 12, 6–8 pm at YWCA in the Midlands, 1510 Barnwell Street. 252-2151

13 Friday

The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States will offer more than 100 young horses for adoption at the South Congaree Arena in South Congaree, SC May 13–15. Friday preview: 8 am–5 pm, Saturday adoption: 8 am–5 pm. Sunday adoption: 8 am–noon. A horse can be adopted for a minimum of $125. For application or other information, call 1-888-274-2133 or 1-866-4MUSTANGS or visit www.es.blm.gov/programs/whb.

City Center Partner’s Moonlight Movies on Main will be May 13, 9 pm at the corner of Main and Hampton Streets on Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art. Live beach, boogie, and blues begins at 7:30 pm. Bring chair or blanket. 779-4005

Historic Columbia Foundation’s 2005 Tour of Homes and Gardens, Arsenal Hill Neighborhood will be May 13, noon–3 pm; May 14, 10 am–4 pm; and May 15, 1 pm–5 pm. 252-7742 or aroy@historiccolumbia.org