-AUCTION The Columbia Museum of Art Contemporaries host the fifth annual Artist of the Year Soirée and Silent Auction on November 6 from 7 pm-10 pm. 343-0480.

The March of Dimes 9th Annual Signature Chefs Auction will be held on November 2, 6 pm, at the Columbia Marriott. 252-5200.

-BAZAARS Spring Valley Presbyterian Church is hosting its Red, White, and Blue Bazaar November 1, 9 am-2 pm, at 125 Sparkleberry Lane. www.svpc.org or 788-3589.

The United Methodist Women of I. DeQuincey Newman United Methodist Church will host their Annual Fall Bazaar on November 1, 8 am-2 pm, at 7801 Wilson Boulevard. Tickets and information contact 786-9894.

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church Fall Bazaar will be held November 1, at 900 Calhoun Street. 765-1519.

-BOOKS Former governor of South Carolina and six-term U.S. Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings will sign his new political memoir, Making Government  Work: Lessons From a Life in Politics, and speak on November 5, 5 pm-7 pm, at the South Carolina State Museum. 898-4989.

First Citizens Econ Book Club meets 5:30-7 pm, November 11 at Breed Leadership Center, Columbia College. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle Class Parents Are Going Broke dinner free but must RSVP by noon November 10. hmeyers@moore.sc.edu or call 777-8676.

-CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church continues with its Wednesdays and Thursdays @ First lunch services in Jackson Hall, 1324 Marion Street. Lunch available 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.

Eau Claire High School Alumni Association will host its 4th Annual Black Tie fundraiser on November 8 at the Radisson Hotel Columbia & Conference Center. 238-6725 or www.eauclairealumni.org

South Carolina Respite Coalition will host The Faith Community is next best to kin November 6, 8:30 am - 3:15 pm, at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church in Lexington. Online registration and information available at www.screspitecoalition.org.

-DANCE Columbia Traditional Music and Dance will host Contra Dance in Columbia on November 8, 7 pm-10:30 pm, at the Arsenal Hall Park Building. www.contracola.org

The Greater Columbia Chapter of the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association (USADance) will hold its regular twice-monthly dances on November 8 and November 22, 7:30-10:30 pm, at the Hugh Dimmery Memorial Center (The Barn), 680 Cherokee Lane, West Columbia. www.USADance.us

-ENTERTAINMENT The Semi-Annual Eastover Ruritan Oyster Roast and Shrimp Boil will be held November 15, 5 pm- 8 pm, at the State Fairgrouds. 353- 2913.

Rosewood Market Annual Thanksgiving Tasting will be held November 8, 11 am- 2 pm, at 2803 Rosewood Drive. 765-1083

The Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center will host the Havadalah Hootenanny on November 1, 7:30 pm, at 306 Flora Drive. 787-2023 ext. 206.

-HALLOWEEN Richland County Recreation Commission will host Terror In the Park Haunted House on October 31, 7 pm-11pm, at North Springs Park. Tickets will be $8 per person. 736-6070

Trenholm Road UMC Youth Group's Pumpkin Patch will be open through October 31. Proceeds will benefit the youth program's community service and mission trips. 254-6695

-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. 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. 787-8157.

Mt. Hermon Luthern Church will host its 2008 Health Fair on November 1, 8 am- 2 pm, at 3011 Leaphart Rd. in West Columbia. 936-8852.

-MEETINGS Divorce Recovery Group meets Wednesdays between October 22- November 12, 6:30 pm, at 1529 Assembly St. 776-4218.

Palmetto Personal Computer Club will meet November 13, 6 pm- 8:30 pm, at the Capital Senior Center. Visit www.palmettopc.org for more information.

-MUSIC The South Carolina Philharmonic will present Beethoven and Blue Jeans concert on November 15, 7:30 pm, at the Koger Center. Tickets available online at www.capitoltickets.com.

University of South Carolina will present its Fall Wind Ensemble concert on November 3, 7:30 pm, at the Koger Center for the Arts. 777-4278

-THEATER

Town Theatre will present Little Shop of Horrors on October 31- November 15. Tickets available at www.towntheatre. com or 799-2510.

The Chapin Community Theatre will present Second Samuel, Thursday through Saturday, October 30- November 15, at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students. 345-6181.

Opera at USC will stage The Tales of Hoffmann on November 7 and November 9, at the University of South Carolina's Longstreet Theatre. 777-5800.

-TRAINING/EDUCATION The South Carolina Community Enterprise & Women's Business Center will host How to Start a Business-Step-by-step on November 12, 10 am-1 pm, at 1225 Laurel St. www.scwbc.org or 461-8900 ext. 232.