-ART Trenholm Artists Guild's 28th Annual Juried Show will be on display March 11 at the HoFP Gallery. 865-1431.

The Museum will host Children's Art Workshop with Jeffery Callaham February 28 from 10 am- 2 pm. The workshop is open to children ages 5- 10 and the cost is $50 for museum members,$ 75 non- members. 864-229-7093.

University of South Carolina will host an exhibition of Southern folk- art materials and culture at the McKissick Museum through August 1. 777-2876.

Palmetto Painters will hold its March meeting March 14, 10 am, at Green Hill Baptist Church. www.palmettopainters.com

-BOOKS The 13th Annual SC Book Festival will be February 27- March 1 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. www.scbookfestival.org

-CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church will hold its weekly lunch and speaker series Wednesdays, at 11:30 am- 12:50 pm, 1324 Marion St. Soup and salad $5; hot meal, $6. Free parking available. 799-9062.

-CONTEST WUSC FM Columbia is hosting a contest to design the station's new T- shirt. The winner will receive $90.50 and submissions are currently being accepted. The submission deadline for the contest is March 6, 2009. Designs can be emailed to wusctshirt@gmail.com or a hard copy can be turned in to Russell House Room 343 Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm.

-DANCE

Columbia City Ballet will present Don

Quixote for two performances only March 13 and 14, 7:30 pm, at the Koger Center. 799-7605.

Carolina Ballet will present Tales of

Beatrix Potter March 7 and 8, 3 pm, at the CMFA ArtSpace, 914 Pulaski Street. Tickets, $10. 771- 6303.

Academy of Dance Arts in Columbia, S.C., will perform February 28, 3 pm, at Life Care Center of Columbia. www.lcca.com

-ENTERTAINMENT Benedict College will host the 20th Anniversary Harambee Festival February 28, 9:30 am- 5:30 pm, at 1600 Harden St. 705-4409.

The Columbia Oral Health Clinic will

sponsor its 2nd Annual Bowl- A- Thon

February 28, 1 pm- 3 pm, at Royal- Z Lanes. Tickets are $15 which includes bowling, bowling shoes, two slices of pizza, and one soft drink. 799-9457.

The South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics

Foundation will host a 20th Anniversary

Celebration and 17th Annual Townes

Award Dinner March 11, 6 pm, at the Downtown Columbia Marriott. Tickets are $125. 252-9152.

The 2009 ADDY Awards Gala will be March 14, 6:30 pm, at 300 Senate at the Canal in downtown Columbia. These awards recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. www.aafmidlands.com

-FUNDRAISER Historic Columbia Foundation will host

the Palladium Society's 11th Annual Chili

Cook- Off February 28, 5 pm- 8 pm, at the Ellison Building on the State Fairgrounds. www.historiccolumbia.org

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South

Carolina will host the Red, White & Black

Tie Affair benefiting the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina March 13 at the South Carolina State Museum. 540-1225.

St. Lawrence Place will host an Oyster

Roast benefit March 6, 7 pm, at 825 Hampton Hill Rd. Tickets are $75 each. 256-3999.

Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church Men's Club will hold its annual Pork Barbecue Dinner/Ladies Bake Sale, Saturday, March 7, noon- 6 pm. The church is located off Leesburg Road and Asbury Drive. -MEETINGS Grief and Loss support Group at Lutheran Hospice meets every second Thursday of each month, 11:30 am- 12:30 pm, in the Conference Room at 1505 Blanding Street. Free and open to the public.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will hold their March meeting March 13, 11:30 am, at Seawells Restaurant. ruthdona@windstream. net.

Shandon Neighborhood Council's Annual Meeting will be March 2, 7 pm, at Hand Middle School Auditorium. www.simplyshandon.org

-MUSIC Columbia Harmonizers, a male chorus/ensemble, is seeking male singers. Meetings are held Mondays, 7 pm, at Shandon United Methodist Church. 798-1538.

The Animal Mission will hold its 10th annual Party Animals concert and silent auction March 27, 6:30 pm, at Clarion Town House. Music will be provided by Hootie & the Blowfish and Tootie & the Jones. Tickets for Party Animals are $100 per person. 779-2126.

Southern Exposure New Music Series will close its 2008- 09 season with a concert by Music from Copland House March 4, 7:30 pm, in the School of Music recital hall. 777-4421.

Sterling Chamber Players concert will be March 5, 8 pm, are at the Hall at Canal & Senate, 320 Senate Street. Tickets are $17.50 in advance and $20 at the door. Students 17 and younger are $8. sterlingchamberplayers. org

-SPORTS/EXERCISE The 6th Annual March for Meals 5K Run and Walk will be March 7, 7:30 am, at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. www.seniorresourcesinc. org

Third Annual Kick Butts 5k Run will be March 21, 8:30 am, at Earthfare Natural Foods located at 3312 Devine Street. www.strictlyrunning.com The YMCA, in association with Gateway Baptist Church, is beginning a new adult women's soccer program beginning February 28. 407-0179 x 20.

Columbia QuadSquad roller derby

league will host Beware the Thighs of

March bout against the Sintral Florida Derby Demons, March 1, 6:30 pm, at Jamil Temple. Admission to the event is $10 in advance and $12 at the door. www.columbiaquadsquad.com

Odyssey Golf Foundation Junior Golf Nine Hole Tournament will be March 14, 2 pm, at Linrick Golf Course. Ages 8- 17. Deadline for registration is March 6. 783-7502.

-THEATER The University of South Carolina's Lab Theatre will stage the Columbia premiere of Kid Simple February 26- March 1, at 8 pm. Tickets are $5 each and available only at the door of the theater on Wheat Street.

-TRAINING/EDUCATION The University of South Carolina will offer College Goal Sunday, a financial aid workshop February 28, 10 am- 1 pm, at the Richland County Public Library on Assembly Street. 777-5127.

University of South Carolina will hold a conference on the archaeological exploration of the post- emancipation lives of African Americans February 27- 28, 9 am- 5 pm, in the Daniel Mikel Management Center of the Moore School of Business. 777-5130.