-ANIMALS

Pet Project will host Bark To The Park

April 18 at Finlay Park. www.barktothepark.com

-ART 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 April meeting April 11, 10 am, at Green Hill Baptist Church. The program will be an acrylic landscape project. www.palmettopainters. com

The Columbia Design League has extended the "Call for Entries" for its

2nd Annual Runaway Runway: A

Recycled Fashion Show through April 9. There is no fee to enter, but a limited number of entries will be accepted. entries@runawayrunway.com

-BOOKS Book Makers Festival workshop with Nicole Blowers will be April 7 & 9, 6:30- 8:30 pm; April 11, 11 am- 2 pm, at ARTworks. The cost is $80 + materials. studioworkshop.etsy.com

-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.

West Columbia Community Easter Sunrise Service will be held April 12, 6:57 am, at the Riverwalk Amphitheater.

-CHILDREN

EdVenture will present Nano Days

April 4, 9 am- 5 pm, at 211 Gervais St. www.edventure.org

-DANCE Capital Senior Center will hold Columbia's second Salsa Social Saturday, March 28, 7 pm- 1 am, Capital Senior Center Maxcy Gregg Park, 1650 Park Circle. SalsaCaribeEnterprises@ yahoo.com or 206-0324.

GMG Music Center has partnered with the USC Dance Department to offer an 8- week creative dance class to youth ages 4- 17. www.gmgmusiccenter.com

The Greater Columbia chapter of USA Dance, Inc. is holding a Salsa Workshop April 19, 1 pm- 3 pm, at the Hugh Dimmery Memorial Center. www.USADance.com or 407-0132.

The Spring Big Band Dance will be April 3 at Maxcy Gregg Park. The cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 786- 4884.

The Greater Columbia Chapter of the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association will hold a Silver Foxtrot workshop on April 11, 1:30 pm- 3:30 pm, at the Barn 680 Cherokee Lane. www.USADance.us -ENTERTAINMENT The Capital City Music Fest & Wing Fling will be held April 11, at the Capital City Stadium. Tickets will be available $8 in advance. www.wingfling.net

The 12 annual NatureFest at Congaree National Park will be April 18- 19. www.nps.gov/cong

-EASTER The 40th annual Cottontail Festival will be April 4, 10:30 am- 1:30 pm, at Sesquicentennial State Park. www.richlandcountyrecreation. com

The Lower Richland Ruritan Club will hold the 48th Annual Easter Sunrise Service April 12, 7 am, at Greenlawn Cemetery & Garners Ferry Rd. Free coffee and doughnuts.

-FUNDRAISER UU Evening of Music and Poetry Fundraiser will be April 4, 8 pm- 10:30 pm, at 2701 Heyward St. Admission is $8.00, $5.00 for seniors and students. 463-8297.

Riverbanks Society will host the 6th

annual Wine Tasting April 24, 7 pm- 9:30 pm, at Riverbanks Botanical Garden. All proceeds will benefit ongoing conservation and education efforts at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. www.riverbanks.org

-HEALTH St. David's Episcopal Church will distribute information explaining tuberculosis to the homeless every Saturday in March in downtown Columbia. www.RichlandTB.com

-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.

The Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce members will meet for

Business After Hours at The Battery at Arsenal Hill April 8, 5:30 pm- 7 pm. 414-3013.

-MOVIE The University of South Carolina will

screen Boogieman, The Lee Atwater

StoryMarch 31, 6:30 pm- 8 pm, in Gambrell Hall. The event is free and open to the public. 777-3109.

-MUSIC

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.

Eau Claire/North Columbia Rotary Club will host a Community Music Festival Sunday, March 29, 3:30 pm at College Place United Methodist Church, 4801 Colonial Drive. 735-0555.

North Trenholm Baptist Church presents

May We Never Lose The Wonder

March 29, 6 pm, at 6515 North Trenholm Rd. 787-2133.

University of South Carolina music faculty members will perform works for soprano, clarinet and piano March 31, 7:30 pm, at the School of Music recital hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

The University of South Carolina's School of Music will feature virtuoso cellist Selma Gokcen March 29, 3 pm, in the school's recital hall. The concert is free and open to the public. 777-4280.

-NUTRITION The Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center will host the nutrition

series Lose It Without Losing It

beginning April 1. 787-2023 ext. 210.

-SPORTS/EXERCISE The 5th Annual 5K Walk- N- Roll Awareness Walk/Run will be March 28, 9 am, at Swansea High School. 603- 6852.

American Heart Association will host Start! Midlands Heart Walk March 28. www.startmidlandssc.org

The Annual Soldiers and Vets Charity Golf Tournament will be April 4 at Fort Jackson Golf Course. 695-6780 or 736-3110 ext. 3481.

Charity Golf Tournament will be April 20, 9 am, at Charwood Country Club. www.thetherapyplace.org

Richland County Regulators Derby

Team will host March on ya' face!

March 29, 6 pm, at the National Guard Armory. 468-0088

-THEATER Town Theatre Youth will present

Treasure Island, The Musical March 28, 3 pm and 7 pm, at 1012 Sumter St. Tickets are $10. 799-2510.

-TRAINING/EDUCATION The South Carolina State Museum has been chosen to premiere a prestigious national touring exhibition on the history

of the American Red Cross. Our

National Treasure: The American Red

Cross will open March 14 and run through June 30. southcarolinastatemuseum. org

1st Annual Exceptional Early Childhood Educator's Conference will be April 11 at the Clarion Townhouse Hotel and Suites. The cost is $75 per person. 254-0068.

-VOLUNTEER Regency Hospice offers free training to adults willing to sit with patients, run errands for families, make phone calls, or help with related office tasks. 765-0099.

Home Works of America will hold a One- Day Blitz April 25. Volunteers are needed to repair homes for the elderly and disadvantaged. $25 donation requested. www.homeworksofamerica. org