is sponsoring a workshop featuring Robert Hickman Feb. 14–16, 9 am–2 pm. The guild meets the second Monday of every month at 6820 Wedgefield Rd. 736-2739.

The University of South Carolina’s Opera at USC will present three one–act operas, Feb. 4 at 7:30 pm and Feb. 5 at 3 pm, at USC’s School of Music recital hall. The performance is free. Contact Rhonda Gibson at 777-5369.

The Devine Street Dance Company will present La Bayadere, as well as A Night of Devine Dancing , February 17 and 18, 7 pm, at the Keenan High School Auditorium. 790-9805.

The McCrory Gallery , 1276 Assembly St., will host a special exhibition featuring the art of Sheri Moore, Friday, Feb. 3–Sunday, March 5. 400-1205.

The USC Symphony Orchestra will present concerts throughout February at the Koger Center for the Arts. Tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum box office. For more info contact Charlene Hazin, 777-7500 or

visit www.music.sc.edu/ea/orchestra/ index.html.

USC’s McKissick Museum will present Somali Lenses , Feb.11–April 1 and A Fool for Art , Feb. 18–April 8. For more info and other exhibitions, contact Peggy Binette at 777-5400.

Vista Studios Gallery 80808 , 808 Lady Street, will present What’s Love Got to do with it , Chapter 2, Friday, Feb. 10 from 5–10 pm and will host Valentine’s Date Night Reception and art pick up, Feb. 14, 5–7 pm. 252-6134

HOFP Gallery , 2828 Devine St., will present Benedictions . The opening reception is Thursday, Feb. 9, 6–9 pm. The show runs through March 4. Call 799-7405 or visit www.hofpgallery.com for more info.

Theatre South Carolina will present The Country Wife , Feb. 3–12 at USC’s Drayton Hall. Performances will be at 8 pm, Tuesday–Saturday, 3 pm on Sundays. Call 777-2551 to order tickets and for prices.

The Dock Street Theatre , Charleston, SC will present The Diary of Anne Frank , Feb. 3–Feb. 18. Visit www.charlestonstage.com for additional info.

Church/charity

First Baptist Church , 1306 Hampton St., will hold a free six–week seminar for couples considering marriage. Beginning February 19, classes will meet each Sunday at 9:15 am.

343-8585.

Trenholm Road United Methodist Church will offer a three–session study, Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, and 20 from 6:30– 7:45 pm. Participants should read When Suffering Persists by Frederick Schmidt beforehand. 254-6695.

The B106.6 Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon benefiting Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital will be March 2–5. Organizations are encouraged to collect change through Feb. 17. To become a change champion, call Lynn Hazel, 434-2827.

The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary will host three presiding bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Thursday, Feb. 9 from 9:30 am– 2:30 pm, at The Virginia W. Casey Educational Center on the seminary campus, 4201 North Main St. 461-3256.

The Beth Shalom Synagogue , 5827 Trenholm Rd., Tuesdays starting Feb. 7, 2006, 7–8:45 pm, will present The Meaning of Moments. The Rhythms of Life. The Kabalah of Time. To enroll visit www.myJLI.com. The fee is $60 (textbook included). For more info call 782-1831.

Beulah Baptist Church , 9487 Garners Ferry Rd., Hopkins, SC will begin its 40 Days of Purpose Campaign, February 20. For more info call the church office at 776-2188.

Meetings

Horrell Hill Family and Community Leaders Club meets the first Thursday of each month. Call Alice Williams, 776-7888 for the next meeting location.

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), Columbia Chapter 87, will hold its monthly luncheon meeting Friday, Feb. 10, 11:30 am–Seawells Restaurant, Rosewood Dr. Contact Ruth Donahue, 951-3213.

NAMI Mid–Carolina will host an education meeting, Feb. 14, 6 pm at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral’s education building, room 348. John Fletcher, Interim CEO Columbia Behavioral Health System & CEO, Harris Hospital, will speak. 782-8844.

The Richland Kiwanis Club meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, 12:30 pm at Lizard’s Thicket on S. Beltline next to Midlands Tech campus. For more info, call Ken Connor, 256-2354.

Every Tuesday the Columbia Supporters of Fair Taxation meets to discuss the Fair Tax bill at 7 pm at the Irmo Branch Library. 803-312-3765.

The Business Association of Columbia/BAC meets in the Summit Club, Wednesdays at 7:30 am for breakfast and conversation. Membership is by invitation. For an invitation and details contact Summer Duffie, 753-5015.

The Capitol City Real Estate Investors will meet February 9, 6:30 pm at Saluda Shoals Park, Bush River Rd. The speakers are Thomas Bryson, CPA and Warren Herndon, an attorney. For more info visit www.screi.com, or call Janice Lane at 206-1935.

The Sexual Trauma Services will host its annual event, Hopelights , February 6, 6 pm at the Capital City Club. 252-8393.

Music

The Columbia Harmonizers meets Mondays, 7:30 pm at the Shandon United Methodist Church, 3407 Devine St. For more info call Joe Solito at 783-8475.

ETV Radio and Trinity Cathedral will present Midday Mozart , a series of concerts airing weekdays at 1 pm through Feb. 17. The concerts will air on WLTR–FM, 91.3. For more info contact Dana McCullough at 737-3212 or dmccullough@scetv.org.

Entertainment

The 10th anniversary of the SC Book Festival will be Feb. 24–Feb. 26, at the Metropolitan Convention Center. The festival will be open Saturday, 9 am–5 pm and Sunday, 11am–5 pm; admission is free. For more info call 771-2477 or visit www.scbookfestival.org.

The Palmetto Health Heart Hospital will host its 3rd annual heart–healthy bake–off, Be Sweet to Your Heart , February 16. Entries are due by 10 am at Palmetto Health’s Cardiac Rehab department on the Richland campus, 6 Medical Park Dr. Judging is at 12:30. 434-2563.

The Historic Columbia Foundation will host its 8th annual Chili Cook–off, Saturday, Feb. 11, 5–8 pm at the Moore Building, State Fairgrounds. The registration deadline is Friday, Feb. 3; there is a $15 entry fee. For info, call 252-7742, ext. 29 or visit www.historiccolumbia.org.

Benedict College will host the 17th annual Harambee , A Festival of Arts, History, and Culture,, Feb. 1– 28. Call 253-5174 for more information on dates, times, and events.

Rosewood Market , 2803 Rosewood Dr., will host a Taste of Tea & Chocolate , Saturday, Feb. 11, from 11 am–2 pm. An assortment of hot teas and chocolates will be available for sampling. 765-1083.

The Lexington County Choral Society will present its 10th anniversary Homecoming Concert, Feb. 23, 24, & 25—7:30 pm at The Lexington Presbyterian Church, 246 Barr Rd. Call 359-8794 or visit www.LexCoChoralSoc.org for more info.

The Grand Goddess , 540 Meeting St., February Book Club will meet Feb. 9 to discuss Why is This Happening to Me Again ? by Michael Ryce, and Feb. 16 to discuss Veronica by Mary Gaitskill. 926-0340.

The UU Coffeehouse , 2701 Heyward St., will present singer/songwriter, Eric Taylor, Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 pm (doors open at 7:30). For reservations call 1-888-849-4224 or visit www.uucoffeehouse.org.

Midlands Technical College will present African Americans Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow Feb. 1–Feb. 28, in honor of Black History Month. Contact Adrienne Fairwell, 822-3663 or email fairwella@midlandstech.edu.

The Shepherd’s Center of St. Andrews will hold a booksale at the Ashland United Methodist Church, 2600 Ashland Rd., Tuesday, Feb. 21 & 28, 9 am–1 pm. 731-9394.

The Nickelodeon Theatre , 937 Main St, will hold its 5th annual African–American/International Film Festival, Feb. 3–7. Call 254-8234 or visit www.nickelodeon.org.

Sports

The Carolina men’s soccer team and the Columbia YMCA will sponsor a parent/child soccer clinic for ages 5–14 Feb. 11 and 12 at the USC Indoor Fieldhouse on Whaley St. from 2:30–4:30 pm each day. 799-7159.

The Columbia Division of Amateur Golf Tour will start Feb. 19 at Windermere and end October 8 at Wood Creek Farms. Call John Livoti, 866-918-4653, or visit www.amateurgolftour.net.

Training/education

The SC Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor two free legal clinics: Feb. 16 from 6:30–8 pm at the Cayce–West Columbia Public Library, 1500 Augusta Rd, & Feb. 21 from 6–9 pm at the Richland County Library, 1431 Assembly St. 799-4015, ext. 158.

Registration for community education classes at the W.R. Rogers Adult Education Center , 750 Old Clemson Rd, has begun. Classes start Feb. 13. 736-8787, ext. 317.

Rosewood Elementary School will hold an Open House for prospective kindergarten parents for the 2006-2007 school year, Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 pm.

The University of South Carolina Chapter, NSDAR , in collaboration with the SC Archives and History Foundation and the SC Department of Archives and History, will host a full day workshop for beginning genealogical researchers Saturday, Feb. 11, beginning at 10 am. The workshop will be of particular interest to those documenting their eligibility for membership in genealogy–based organizations. Call Anne West for registration information, 896-6246.