Events
The Village Artist Gallery will host “Go Figure” the newly formed N.E. Columbia artists group that provides live models that members can draw or paint Monday evenings, 6:30 pm, Village at Sandhill. 699-8886.
Trenholm Artists Guild 29th Annual Juried Member Show will be March 5–26 at HoFP Gallery, 2828 Devine Street.
The Columbia Museum of Art will celebrate its 60th Anniversary April 17, 7 pm–12 am, at 1515 Main Street. 799-2810.
Columbia Museum of Art presents prominent collection of African–American art, “The Chemistry of Color: Contemporary African–American Artists,” through May 9 at 1515 Main Street. 799-2810.
-AUDITIONS
Town Theatre will hold auditions for its production of “Annie” March 6, 7 and 8. www.towntheatre.com
-CHURCH/CHARITY Shandon Presbyterian Church will have Lenten Taizé Contemplative Service through March 28, 5:30 pm, 607 Woodrow St. www.shandonpres.org
Church Women United of Columbia will present the international World Day of Prayer celebration March 5, 10:30 am at Washington Street United Methodist Church, 1401 Washington St. 738-0865.
-COMMUNITY Historic Earlewood will host the “Earlewood Reunion” its centennial celebration May 1, 11 am–6 pm, in Earlewood Park.
The SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will host Midlands Shred Day March 11, 8 am–12 pm and 2 pm–6 pm, at 3600 Forest Dr., 285 Forum, and 431 Western Lane. 734-4296.
-DANCE Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Memorial Post 130 will host Cabin Fever “Oldies but Goldies” Dance March 19, 7 pm–10 pm, at 402 Naples Avenue. 447-8234.
-FUNDRAISER Asbury Methodist Men’s Club will host a Pork Bar–B–Que March 6 from 12 pm –5 pm. 776-7237.
The Brockman Fine Arts Booster Club will host a Fundraising Auction March 19, 6:30 pm, at 701 Whaley St. 422-0076
The Red Cross Gala “Red, White & Black Tie Affair” will be March 5, 7 pm, at 7309 Garners Ferry Rd.
South Carolina Autism Society will host its signature fundraiser Strides for Autism May 15. www.scautism.org/strides
The University of South Carolina McKissick Museum’s “Spring in the Garden” fundraiser and reception will be held March 14, 2 pm–5 pm, in the urban gardens of Belinda and Richard Gergel. 777-7251 Children’s Chance and Kenneth Shuler’s School of Cosmetology will host the 6th Annual Cuts for Cancer March 21, 2 pm–5 pm, and March 22, 10:30 am–5 pm, at 449 St. Andrews Road & 7474 Garner’s Ferry Road. 254-5996.
-KIDS Historic Columbia Foundation will host Spring Break Camp for children agest 8–12 April 7–9, 9 am–12 pm, at the Robert Mills Carriage House. 252-1770 ext. 36.
-MEETINGS Columbia Parkinson’s Support Group meets the third Sunday of every month, 3 pm–4 pm, at Lexington Medical Park Auditorium (next to Lexington Medical Center Hospital). www.columbiaparkinsonsupportgroup.org
The Columbia Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau will host the arrival of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated’s 65th Annual Meeting of the Mighty Sixth District, April 29 – May 2, at the Columbia Marriott Hotel. 240-2734
-MUSIC Columbia Barbershop Harmonizers, a male chorus/ensemble, all types of music in the Barbershop Quartet style, is seeking male singers. Meets Thursdays, 7 pm at Shandon United Methodist Church, 3407 Devine St. 798-1538.
Lexington County Choral Society will present “All That’s Jazz II” featuring the Dick Goodwin Quintet March 12–13, 7:30 pm, at 5503 Sunset Blvd. 359-8794
-POLITICS The Columbia Council of Neighborhoods will hold a Mayoral Forum March 25, 6 pm–8 pm, at the Eau Claire Print Building, 3907 Ensor Avenue. watson.bessie@gmail.com
-SCHOLARSHIPS/
FINANCIAL AID The South Carolina State Fair will be awarding scholarships for 2010 graduating seniors in both public and private high schools or home schools in South Carolina. All applications must be postmarked by March 19. www.scstatefair.org
-SPORTS West Metro Chamber Golf Tournament 2010 will be held April 14, Noon Shotgun Start, at Charwood Country Club in Pine Ridge. Register at www.WestMetroChamber.sc
MedNeed of SC will present its third annual Charity Golf Tournament May 3, 9 am, at Oak Hills Golf Club. 735-9830.
Owens Field Skate Park grand opening will be March 6, 10 am, at Owens Field. 545-3100.
March for Meals 5K Run and Walk at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden will be held March 6, 7:30 am, at 500 Wildlife Parkway. www.seniorresourcesinc.org
Palmetto Health will sponsor its 10th Annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Walk March 13, 10 am, at the Riverfront Walk. 296-2273.
-SUPPORT GROUP NAMI Mid–Carolina, The National Alliance on Mental Illness invites individ- uals with a mental illness to participate in Connections support groups. Family support groups are also offered. 733-9592.
Double Trouble, a 12–Step group for mental illness and substance abuse, meets Fridays, 6:30 pm, at 427 Meeting Street, West Columbia, SC 29169. 727-4631.
-THEATER Columbia Music Festival Association and Ann Brodie's Carolina Ballet will present “Romeo and Juliet with Hamlet: Lamentations” April 1, 7:30 pm, at Koger Center for the Arts. 771-6303.
Trustus Theater will present its Black Box opening March 11, 1 pm & 6 pm, at 520 Lady Street. 254-9732
-TRAINING/EDUCATION Professor of History Dr. Mark Smith will present a series of public lectures every Tuesday through March 6, 5:30 pm–7 pm, at the S.C. Archives and History Center on Parklane Road. 777-5195.
The South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor a seven–week Law School for Non– Lawyers program February 18–April 1, 6 pm–9 pm, at Midlands Technical College Harbison Campus located at 7300 College St. 732-0432.
Midlands Technical College will host the 17th–Annual Southeastern African–American Student Leadership Conference (SEAASLC) March 26–27, on the Airport Campus. www.midlandstech.edu/seaaslc
Historic Columbia will host a four–week lecture series on the lives and culture of inhabitants of the preeminent 19th century Hampton–Preston Mansion each Tuesday, March 23–April 13, 6 pm–7:30 pm, at the Hampton–Preston Mansion, 1615 Blanding Street. 252-1770 ext. 24.
Historic Columbia Foundation will host Happy Hour History Tours of Columbia’s historic Vista district each Friday April 9– May 21 from 5:30 pm–7 pm. 252-1770 ext. 24.
-VOLUNTEERS Rolling Readers, a non–profit children’s literacy organization, seeks volunteers to read aloud or tutor reading to children. 733-7323.
Turning Pages, formerly the Greater Columbia Literacy Council, seeks volunteer tutors to help adults with reading, math, English language, or computer skills. 240-2441.
The Salvation Army is seeking volunteers to staff the Stein Mart Give & Receive event at participating stores March 4–6. www.DoingtheMostGood.org
