Beat the heat of Columbia’s famously hot summer with Historic Columbia’s second annual Happy Hour Water Balloon Battle from 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, August 19 on the grounds Robert Mills House and Gardens. Led by active drill sergeants, participants will break into two teams and will use more than 1,700 water balloons to recreate epic battles throughout history. Focusing on the […]
Goodrich presents second original musical production at Town Theatre
On Friday, August 19, Columbia theatre goers will have a second opportunity to enjoy the work of writer/producer/ choreographer Charlie Goodrich in Backstage, a night of “showbiz tunes” and their stars brought together in a storyline written by Goodrich. Goodrich said the stage is set as a closed stage bar where actors and actresses, singers and dancers gather to socialize […]
Seeds of Hope benefits farmers, shelters, and customers
The Seeds of Hope Farmer’s Market Project began in 1987 at Washington Street United Methodist Church in Columbia. Since its inception, Seeds of Hope Markets have been held in synagogues and churches of all major denominations in South Carolina giving 50 farmers from counties in the Upstate, Pee Dee, and Lowcountry places to sell their produce. After the first few […]
Neighborhood concerned about potential development
The Melrose Heights Neighborhood Association is preparing a letter of concern to Mayor Steve Benjamin regarding a potential development on the corner of Millwood Avenue and Gervais Street, president Fred Easley said at meeting Monday, August 8. Over a year ago, Easley said he found out about First Nazareth Baptist Church’s plan to build a center for elderly care on […]
Where does a history museum get its stuff?
Artifact SpotlightEver wondered where a history museum gets its stuff? Each of the more than 4,000 artifacts in Historic Columbia’s museum collection has its own unique story, but there are three main ways in which we acquire them: purchase, transfer from another museum and donation. Of the three, donations account for the vast majority. Recently, Historic Columbia was given a Reconstruction […]
Of floods and families
G-WhizEditor’s Note: This is the 36th installment in a series of articles by staff writer Cathy Cobbs chronicling her unique journey of the illness and death of her father and the loss of the family’s home in the Great Flood of 2015. This week, she discusses the “G” factor. This week’s column is brought to you by the letter G, […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres Forest Drive: A woman went to police headquarters at noon Thursday after she said a man was harassing her. The woman told officers she had stopped at a restaurant to get some lunch, but when she came out there was a strange man in the parking lot. He approached her and asked her for directions. She didn’t know […]
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continuing at a high rate?Is illegal immigration According to Doug Massey, a sociologist at Princeton University, one of the great myths about immigration is it is continuing. According to him, illegal immigration ended about eight years ago, and the net immigration has been zero or negative since that time. This is borne out by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol who report the arrests […]
The Evils of Advertising
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationWe now have 22 different species of Cheezits, more Marlboro cigarette types than one could smoke in a lifetime even if his life wasn’t tragically cut short by cancer, and enough diverse bottled water flavors to keep the most opulent thirst free for decades. We have snack packs of cookies for folks too busy or stupid to count to 100 […]
People need people
I’m just saying...I miss interacting with people. I am exhausted with making business phone calls and it taking me 20 minutes to get to a real live breathing human being. It doesn’t matter if you’re calling your cable company or your doctor, you are put through a dog-and-pony show of button pressing and passwords and secret codes forever, and then when or […]