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2008-10-03 / Events

-ART The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault will open Living With The Enemy: The Exhibition October 3, from 6pm- 9pm at City Art Gallery. The event will take place at City Art Gallery. For information contact 256-2900 or rwilliams@sccadvasa.org

The Trenholm Artists Guild will present nationally reknowned artist, Randall McKissick on October 8, 7 pm, at the Richland County Recreation Commission's Forest Lakes Park recreation center at 6820 Wedgefield Road. For information, call 865-1431 visit www.trenholmartistsguild.org

Palmetto Painters invites the public to its Silent Auction to benefit Sistercare on October 11, 10:30 am, at Green Hill Baptist Church. www.palmettopainters.com

House of Frames and Paintings presents Dr. Seuss for President art exhibition. A mock political rally will be held in 5 Points on October 13, 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm, and the exhibit opens on October 14, 6pm- 9pm. -CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church continues with its Wednesdays at First Lunch service in Jackson Hall. Lunch is 11:30 am- 12:20 pm followed by a speaker and ending at 12:50 pm. Hot meal $6, soup and salad bar $5. Free parking.

Trinity Presbyterian Church Annual Fall Barbecue will be held October 4, 11 am- 2 pm, at 1000 Greenlawn Drive.

The Festival of Faith at Trenholm Road UMC will take place October 12- 14, at 7 pm. -DANCE AC Flora's Booster Club will host a Barbecue on October 3, 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm, at the Memorial Stadium parking log. Contact Sharon Lewis 790-9777.

The 2nd annual Moonlight and Tango gala will take place October 11 starting at 8:30 pm at the Gregg Park Clubhouse. For ticket information contact 319-1731.

The Columbia College Dance Company will sponsor Creativity for the Cure, a benefit concert for breast cancer research. The concert will be held October 3, at 7:30 pm in Cottingham Theatre on the Columbia College campus.

The University of South Carolina Dance Company will perform Carnival of the Animals, October 3- 4 at the Koger Center for the Arts. For Tickets and information contact 777-2551. -FAMILY/KIDS The British Car Club Midlands Centre will present its annual car show to support Camp Kemo and Columbia Parks & Recreation October 5, 10 am- 3 pm, at Finley Park. Contact Todd Smith at 397-5556 or Brad Wik at 600- 6243. -HEALTH Multiple Sclerosis Yoga Class: A free Yoga Class for people with MS is held each Wednesday from 11:30- 12:30 at St David's Episcopal Church on Polo Rd. in Northeast Columbia. Contact Debbie Fulmer at 787-8157.

Yoga for Seniors: A free seated yoga class is held each Monday afternoon at 4 pm at The Waterford, 9370 Windsor Lake Blvd in Northeast Columbia. Call Debbie Fulmer at 787-8157. -MEETINGS The Professional Women's Network meets for breakfast at Lizard's Thicket on Forest Drive the first and third Thursday of each month at 8 am. 477-6551.

The Business Association of Columbia meets at the Summit Club Wednesdays at 7:30 am for breakfast and conversation. Contact Summers Duffie at 351-4390, summersduffie@yahoo.com, or www.columbiabusiness.org

The Columbia Parkinson's Support Group meets on the third Sunday of every month, 3 pm- 4 pm, Lexington Medical Park Auditorium. 604-0061 or www.columbiaparkinsonsupportgroup.org

The Palmetto Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 5:45 pm at the Columbia Museum of Art. Contact Ginger Keller at 608-0425. -MUSIC City of Cayce and CMC Steel South Carolina will host the Congaree Bluegrass Festival October 4, 11 am, at Granby Gardens Park, located in the City Hall Complex at 1800 12th Street.

The University of South Carolina Southern Exposure New Music Series kicks off the 2008- 09 season October 4 with a performance by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). The 7:30 pm concert will take place at the University of South Carolina School of Music recital hall at 813 Assembly St. The event is free and open to the public. Girls with Guitars Music Festival will be held October 4, 4 pm- 11pm, at Utopia — 406 Howard St. The proceeds will go to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of South Carolina. Visit www.girlswithguitarsfestival.com

Columbia's 14th Annual Blues Festival well be held on October 11, 12 pm- 10 pm, at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. -REUNIONS Spring Valley High School will hold a weekend reunion for the class of 1988 October 3- 4. For information visit 1988.myevent.com/

Wade Hampton High School Class of '78 will hold its 30th Class Reunion October 4, 7 pm at the Montebello Clubhouse, 810 State Park Rd., Greenville, SC 29609. Contact Deborah or Jon McClure at 864-233- 8097 or email Karen Bartlett Scott at kscott960@charter.net for more information.  -SPORTS The women of Scorch invite you to play in our second annual Haunted Hat Tournament on October 25, 9 am- 5 pm, at the Strom fields on the corner of Assembly and Blossom streets. Visit www.columbiaultimate.org -THEATER Theatre South Carolina will present The Violet Hour by Tony Award- winning playwright Richard Greenberg, through October 5. www.cas.sc.edu/thea/

Auditions for Steel Magnolias will be held on October 12 and 13 at Town Theatre at 7:30 pm. Contact Sandra Willis at 799-2510 for more information. -TRAINING/EDUCATION American Civil Liberties Union will host Know Your Voting Rights in 2008 on October 14, 6 pm- 8 pm, at St. John Baptist Church.

The South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO) will present the 2008 Public Policy Conference: Nonprofit Law, Lobbying & the Legislative Agenda on October 14, 8:30 am- 4:15 pm at the SC Archives and History Center. www.scanpo.org

Auntie Karen's Sixth Annual Young Entrepreneurs Conference will be October 11, 9 am to 4 pm, on the campus of Benedict College. 748-7124.

-VOLUNTEER/ NON-PROFIT Rolling Readers, a non- profit children's literacy organization, is seeking volunteers to read aloud or tutor children. If interested, contact director Darlene Paradise or Myra Chacon at 765-2555 or rollingreaderssc@bellsouth. net Central Carolina Community Foundation will host a Private Collectors' Wine Dinner October 6, 6:30 pm, at Terra. Guest admission is one bottle of wine valued at $100 or more per person. The dinner is limited to 75 people. For reservations, please contact Kerrie Newell at 803-254-5601 ext. 327.  

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