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’S 29th Annual Juried Member Show will be through March 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.
Painter and printmaker Jonathan Green will present the 13th annual Robert Smalls Lecture at the University of South Carolina at 7 pm, Thursday, March 18, in Gambrell Hall, Room 153. 777-7248 or www.cas.sc.edu/AFRA/
-CAMPS Historic Columbia Foundation will host Spring Break Camp for children ages 8–12 April 7–9, 9 am–12 pm, at the Robert Mills Carriage House. 252-1770 ext. 36.
-CHURCH/CHARITY Shandon Presbyterian Church will have Lenten Taizé Contemplative Service through March 28, 5:30 pm, 607 Woodrow St. www.shandonpres.org
-COMMUNITY Historic Earlewood will host the “Earlewood Reunion” its centennial celebration May 1, 11 am–6 pm, in Earlewood Park.
-CONFERENCE Palmetto Health Hospice will host a free telecast of the 17th Annual National Bereavement Teleconference, “Living with Grief: Cancer and End–of–Life Care,” March 24, 1:30 pm–4 pm, at 1501 Sumter St & 5 Medical Park. 245-0390.
-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.
Contra Dance in Columbia, SC will be March 13, 7 pm–10:30 pm, at the Arsenal Hill Park Building, 1900 Lincoln Street. 787- 1592.
St. Patrick’s Day Dance will be held at the Capital Senior Center, Maxcy Gregg Park, 1650 Park Circle, Friday, March 13, 7:30 pm–10:30 pm. The cost is $5 per person; dance music will be provided by the DanceTimers. 786-2049.
-FOOD The Healthy Carolina Farmers Market at the University of South Carolina will resume March 23 and 30, April 6, 13 and 20, 10 am–2 pm between the gates on Greene Street in front of the Russell House University Union. 777-0597.
-FUNDRAISER The Brockman Fine Arts Booster Club will host a Fundraising Auction March 19, 6:30 pm, at 701 Whaley St. 422-0076
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.
The Alzheimer’s Association will host its 1st annual Forget–Me–Not Ball will be held May 14, at the Columbia Marriott. 791- 3430.
The Sixth Annual Taste of Lake Murray, created to raise money for the 4th of July Celebration on Lake Murray, will be held March 18, 6:30 pm, at the Radisson Hotel Columbia, 2100 Bush River Road, Columbia.
-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.
Columbia’s Crossroads Career Network meets Wednesdays, 8:30 am–10 am, in RM 269 at Eastminster Presbyterian Church. www.crossroadscareer.org.
-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.
CMC Steel Rhythm on the River Concert Series will be held April 24–June 12 at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater.
RCPL presents Sounds of Ireland with Corner House: Andi Hearn and Davey Mathias at Lunch & Listen will be presented by Richland County Public Library, from 12:30–1:30 pm, Thursday, March 18 at the Main Library, 1431 Assembly St. Additional performances in RCPL’s spring Lunch & Listen series include: Kimberly Summer, singer/songwriter, 12:30 pm, Thursday, April 15; and Marina Alexandra, classical guitarist, 12:30 pm, Thursday, May 20. 929- 3450 or www.myRCPL.com
-PETS PETS, Inc. will host the Easter B’Egg Hunt March 27, 10 am–4 pm, 300 Orchard Dr. www.petsinc.org
-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, 9am, at Oak Hills Golf Club. 735-9830.
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 individuals 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.
-TRAINING/EDUCATION The South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor a seven–week Law School for Non– Lawyers program through 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.
