Scrapbooking leads nation's hobbies
By Rachel Haynie
     National Scrapbooking Week could not get here fast enough for a group of Columbia hobbyists, so they celebrated two weeks early with a beach retreat on the Isle of Palms.
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Columbia Children's Theatre presents Puss in Boots
By Anita Baker
     The classic fairy tale, Puss in Boots , has been adapted by Columbia Children's Theatre artistic director, Jerry Stevenson. It takes place in a southern setting of plantation homes and old oak trees.
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MI3 rates only
     On Friday, May 5, I saw Mission Impossible III at Sandhills Cinema Sixteen with my friends Nero and Michael. Since I had never seen any of the
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The Original Mystery Plant
Dr. John Nelson
     This is a plant to dye for. The process of dyeing, or otherwise coloring fabrics and textiles, has long been an important economic preoccupation, and many different, and unrelated plant (and animal!) species have been used around the world as sources of various dyes. Perhaps the most historic
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Avian arsenal
Stopping to smell the flowers
Arlene Marturano
     Well before the summer garden is in flower and fruit the pest patrol is in place.
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Freedom vs responsibility
Assistant professor at Columbia College reviews The Board of Destiny by Edward Marion, a local author, born in Berkeley County and a descendant of the Revolutionary War hero Frances Marion.
     The Board of Destiny raises provocative and compelling questions about a topic that American literature has grappled with for centuries. Most centrally, the book is concerned with exploring this vexing and complex question: to what extent are we entitled to take full control of the direction of
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