Events
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.
Columbia Design League will present Runaway Runway 2010 April 23 at 701 Whaley St. www.runawayrunway.net
Dixie Commissar/PIENSA Art and Music Show will be April 7–12 at 808 Lady St. 252-6134
-BOY SCOUTS Friends of Scouting will host a reception and dinner to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Boy Scouting Nationally April 15, 6 pm, at Seawells. 750-9840
-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.
CHILDREN EdVenture will host its 8th annual Girls Night Out April 22, 7:30 pm at 211 Gervais St. 400-1141.
-CHURCH/ CHARITY Xpress Faith Columbia will be presented April 23–25, 7:30 pm, at Spring Valley Baptist Church. 736-0624
-COMMUNITY Historic Earlewood will host the “Earlewood Reunion” its centennial celebration May 1, 11 am–6 pm, in Earlewood Park.
-FESTIVAL Richland County Recreation Commission will host the 2010 Lower Richland Sweet Potato Festival April 24, 11 am–6 pm,
at the Hopkins Adult Activity Center. 776-2778.
-FOOD Ribs & Renaissance 2010 is now accepting applications for indie artists in its NoCoCrafts show. www.eauclairecommunity.org
-FUNDRAISERS South Carolina Autism Society will host its signature fundraiser, Strides for Autism, May 15. www.scautism.org/strides
The Alzheimer’s Association will host its 1st annual Forget–Me–Not Ball May 14, at the Columbia Marriott. 791-3430.
Haiti Food and Book Drive will be held April 3, 9 am–4 pm at 1525 Sunset Blvd. 988-8481. McCormick Children’s Home will host a Jumbo BBQ Plate fundraising April 17, 11 am, at The Spring Bonanza. 864-391-2931.
The Women’s Shelter Spring Birthday Jubilee will be April 24, 3 pm–6 p m, at 3425 N. Main St. 322-0672.
-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.
CMC Steel Rhythm on the River Concert Series will be held April 24–June 12 at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater.
Celtic rock band RATHKELTAÍR will be appearing in Columbia April 3, 12 pm–3:30 pm, at the State Museum for Tartanfest, and at Delaney's in Five Points at 7:30pm. www.rathkeltair.com
The University of South Carolina’s School of Music will host the Los Angeles Piano Quartet April 16, 7:30 pm, in the School of Music recital hall. 576-5753
-REUNION Dentsville High School is having an All Classes Reunion the weekend of July 16–18 at Woodlands Country Club. 699-9507.
-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.
Richland One Middle College Foundation will host the Educator’s vs. The World Golf Tournament and Business Expo networking event April 24, 8 am, at the Northwood’s Golf Course, 201 Powell Road. 738-7114.
Providence Heart and Sole Women’s Five Miler will be May 1 at 8:30 am. www.HeartAndSoleRun.com
West Metro Chamber Golf Tournament 2010 will be April 14, 12 pm, at Charwood Country Club. www.westmetrochamber.sc -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 Shandon Presbyterian Church will present its Dinner Theater Mystery “Smoke & Mirrors” by Anthony Herrera and Will Osborne. 6:30 pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 16, 17 and 18, 607 Woodrow St. 771-4408.
-TRAINING/EDUCATION Historic Columbia will host a four–week lecture series on the lives and culture of inhabitants of the preeminent 19th century at the Hampton–Preston Mansion each Tuesday, March 23–April 13, 6 pm–7:30 pm, 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.
South Carolina State Museum will host a professional workshop on how to prosper in the art business April 9–11. southcarolinastatemuseum.org
USC Religious Studies Department will present the “World Religions & Green Values”: A discussion with Waleed El- Ansari April 6, 7 pm, in the Green Quad of USC. 777-1994.
University of Mississippi historian Dr. Charles Reagan Wilson will give the keynote address at a Southern history forum April 10, 7 pm, in the Palmetto Room at The Inn at USC. 777-2340.
-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.
-WALK The Third Annual NAMIWalks for the Mind of America will be April 24, 7:30 am, at West Columbia Riverwalk. www.nami.org
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina will host its fourth annual National Walk @ Lunch Day on April 28. 264-4612.
