Events

•ANIMALS

First Annual Patter Pets Dog and Pony Show will be held March 13, 1–5 p.m., Historic Columbia Speedway in Cayce. www.patterpets.org.

•ART

Columbia Art Center will host a four-day multimedia visual art camp to keep children engaged during spring break, Spring Break Art Camp, March 28–31, 9 a.m.–12 p.m., Art Center, 1928 Calhoun Street. 545-3093 or www.columbiasc.net.

Columbia Design League, in partnership with the Friends of African American Art and Culture (FAAAC) and the American Institute of Architects Greater Columbia (AIAGC), will present a design presentation featuring Phil Freelon Friday, February 26, 7:15 p.m., Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main Street. www.scwordsmith.com.

•BLOOD DRIVE

Sixth Annual Columbia Lifesavers Blood Drive will be held Friday, February 26, 7 a.m.–3 p.m., Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. 1-800-RED CROSS or www.RedCrossBlood.org.

•CHURCH/CHARITY

Wednesdays@First Lunch Service—First Presbyterian Church lunch service each Wednesday; lunch served at 11:30 a.m., brief service 12:20–12:50 p.m. Hot lunch $6; soup and salad $5. Jackson Hall, 1324 Marion Street. 799-9062.

Redeemer Northeast Church is a new church meeting at Jeep Rogers YMCA, 900 Lake Carolina Drive, Sundays, 10 a.m. redeemernortheast.org.

VillageChurch’s Easter Eggstravaganza will be held March 26, 11 a.m., Jeep Rogers Family YMCA in Northeast Columbia. www.blythewoodvillage.com or 419-0989.

•FAMILY

Puttin’ On the Ritz Senior Talent Show, sponsored by City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department and Greenview Park Senior Club, will be held Saturday, March 19, 2 p.m., Greenview Park, 6700 David Street. Contestants must register by Saturday, February 27. ColumbiaSC.net or 754-5223.

Operation Kidsafe Safety Event will be held Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Camping World of Columbia, 3634 Fernandina Road. 772-1791 or Campingworldofcolumbia.com.

Prosperity Project will present a Black History Program Friday, February 26, 3:30–6 p.m., Friendship Baptist Church 1237 House Street. 318-2497 or Michelle@ProsperityProjectSC.org.

Mayor Steve Benjamin and family along with the City of Columbia will host the annual Let’s Move! Columbia Easter Eggstravaganza Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., Charles R. Drew Wellness Center green space, 2101 Walker Solomon Way. 545-3100 or kcmitchell@columbiasc.net.

•FASHION SHOW

The women at Grace United Methodist Church, 410 Harbison Boulevard will hold their third UMW Spring Styles and Smiles Fashion Show, luncheon, and silent auction Saturday, April 2, 11 a.m. 732-1899.

•FESTIVAL/SHOW

The Palladium Society Chili Cook-Off will be held Saturday, February 27, Music Farm Columbia. Deadline to enter is 5 p.m., February 8. historiccolumbia.org.

Unleash The Beauty Women’s Expo, presented By TAG Makeup Artistry, will be held on Saturday, March 12, 12–4 p.m., The Comedy House, 2768 Decker Boulevard. www.tagmakeupartistry.com.

St. Pat’s in Five Points will kick off with Dye and Dancing Friday, March 4, 5–7 p.m., Five Points Fountain, intersection of Harden and Greene Streets. www.StPatsColumbia.com.

•FOOD

Asbury Memorial United Methodist Men’s Annual Pork BBQ fundraiser will be held Saturday, March 5, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., off Leesburg Road and 1005 Asbury Lane. 776-7237.

Community Feeding at Stedfast Christian Center will be held Saturday, February 27, 12–2 p.m., 5200 Fairfield Road. 786-9129.

•FUNDRAISER

Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter’s Sweet & Savory fundraiser will held Thursday, April 28, 6-9 p.m., South Carolina State Museum Planetarium Lobby. palmettoplaceshelter.com/sweet-savory-chefs-competition- 2016.

Curing Kids Cancer is joining the Columbia Fire Department for the third annual Curing Kids Cancer Fire Truck Pull Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m., Columbia Fire Department Headquarters, 1800 Laurel Street. Proceeds will benefit the Cancer and Blood Disorders Clinic at Palmetto Richland Children’s Hospital. www.curingkidscancer.org.

Lily Palooza 3v3 Soccer Festival and Lawn Concert will be held May 22, 8:30 a.m.–9 p.m., Doko Meadows Field, 171 Langford Road, Blythewood. thefinishingtouchsoccer@hot mail.com.

Spurs and Sparkles, fundraising gala for the National Kidney Foundation, will be held March 19, 7 p.m., South Carolina State Museum. www.nationalkidneyfoundationteamsc.com.

•GALA

Harvest Hope’s 35th Anniversary Gala will be held Friday, March 11, 6 p.m., Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. www.harvesthope.org.

•GARDEN

Lexington County Herb Bunch will hold its 5th Annual “It’s All About Herbs” Festival Saturday, April 2, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Lexington County Museum, 231 Fox Street, Lexington. 530- 7530.

The annual Columbia Garden Club Fall Plant Exchange will be held Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m., Forest Park Shopping Center (across from McAlister’s and Bonefish Grill). Please bring a plant and take one home with you. 429-8676.

Mother’s Day (Saturday) Gardens Tour with The Greater Columbia Rose Society (GCRS) will be held May 7, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. scrosby66@gmail.com or rosepruner@aol.com.

2016 SC State Fair Rose Show will be held Friday, October 4, 7–10 a.m., with judging at 11 a.m., Cantey Building on the SC State Fairgrounds. www.facebook.com/Greater-Columbia- Rose-Society-561951970527338/ or scrosby66@gmail.com.

•HEALTH

Lexington Medical Center’s free Heart Fair, “Just Say Know” to Heart Disease, will be held Sunday, February 28, noon–4 p.m., Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Lincoln Street. www.LexMed.com/Know.

Learn about risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening March 15, Heyward Street United Methodist Church, 2501 Heyward Street. 1-877-237- 1287 or www.lifelinescreening.com. Pre-registration is required.

In recognition of March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Carolina Colonoscopy Center will schedule patients for colonoscopies Saturday, March 12. No referrals are necessary to schedule an appointment. To schedule an appointment at the Carolina Colonoscopy Center call 254- 8449. The center is located at 2631 Forest Drive.

Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital will sponsor Girlology, “Something New About You” Sunday, March 13, 3–5 p.m., at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. Designed for fourth and fifth-graders, the forum for girls and their parents explores questions and issues about sexual development and maturity in a fun and engaging way. Cost is $40 per parent-child pair or $60 per parent and two children. Registration is required by Saturday, March 12. www.girlology.com/node/2740/99.

Forest Lake Presbyterian will offer Girl*ology, “Something New About You,” for girls and their moms (or mom-substitute) ages eight–11, Sunday, March 6, 3–5 p.m., 6500 N. Trenholm Road. It is a fun and informative way to learn about puberty before it happens. This physician-led program will introduce puberty, hygiene, and other awkward stuff (but not sex) in a setting that is active and entertaining. www.girlology.com/programs.

•MEETING

Riverbanks Park Commission will convene the third Thursday of each month during 2016. All regularly scheduled meetings will take at place at noon at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden’s Ndoki Lodge. www.riverbanks.org.

•MUSIC

Skipp Pearson’s Jazz Bash and Love Fest (benefit) will be held Sunday, February 28, 5–8 p.m., The Big Apple, 1000 Hampton Street. Reservations suggested, jazz@nym.hush.com.

SC Federation of Music Clubs (SCFMC) $4,000 Music Scholarship auditions will be held Saturday, February 28, Columbia College, Performing Arts Center, for S.C. high school senior pursuing music degree at S.C. institution. brendapd@sc.rr.com or 419-2990.

McKissick Museum, USC’s School of Music, and Brookland Baptist Church have partnered to present Shared Traditions: Sacred Music in the South February 26 and 27, kicking off Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday’s programs will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 6:30 p.m. at Brookland Baptist Church, 1066 Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia. mckscal@mailbox.sc.edu.

St. Pat’s in Five Points is currently accepting submissions for the 9th Annual Battle for St. Pat’s, where bands will battle it out for a spot to perform on stage at the 34th Annual St. Pat’s in Five Points, March 19. Submissions are to be sent as an electronic press kit consisting of the following: band biography, picture, contact information, three or more songs, and at least one YouTube video. Submissions are to be sent to BattleForStPats@yahoo.com by February 19, 2016, 11:59 p.m.

Game of Tones—The 2nd Annual High School Battle of the Bands will be held Sunday, February 28, 3 p.m., Music Farm, 1022 Senate Street. www.musicfarm.com.

Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra’s “Classical Shuffle” Concert will be held Sunday, February 28, 3:30 p.m., Harbison Theater at Midlands Technical College, 7300 College Street, Irmo. www.LMSO.org or 400-3540.

Carolina Jazz Society Dixieland Jazz Concert will be held Sunday, March 7, 2:30–5 p.m., Lourie Center, 1650 Park Circle, www.carolinajazzsociety.com or 432-1504.

City Baptist Jubilee Union Special Choir will sponsor a free concert Saturday, February 27, 5 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church, 3525 Lucius Road. 463-8773.

The Afternoon Music Club and the Eau Claire Music Club of Columbia will host its Music Clubs Scholarship Fund Winner’s Recital-Reception Sunday, March 6, 3 p.m., R. Wright Spears Music/Art Center, Columbia Collete, 1301 Columbia College Drive. brendapdean@sc.rr.com or 787- 2869.

•POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

The City of Cayce is currently accepting applications from organizations planning events and activities open to the public that will promote tourism to the City of Cayce during FY 16-17. To obtain an application packet, please go to www.cityofcaycesc.gov or contact Kara Carmine at Cayce City Hall at 550-9520. Deadline for receipt of application is March 4, 2016. Faith and Politics Institute will lead a bipartisan Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to South Carolina March 18-20. A delegation of up to three dozen members of Congress will take part in a journey that explores the unique role of faith and the civil rights history of South Carolina. The pilgrimage will make stops in Columbia, Orangeburg, and Charleston and listen to the stories of civil rights luminaries, religious leaders, and historians. U.S. House of Representatives Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn (DSC) and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) along with Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and civil rights movement icon U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) will co-host the pilgrimage. 202-546-1299 or info@faithandpolitics.org.

City of Columbia is soliciting public comment on its application to the FY2015-2017 SCPRT Recreational Trails Program. All interested citizens are invited to provide input and comments by attending the City Council meeting March 1, 6 p.m., Council Chambers, at City Hall, 1737 Main Street.

•SPORTS/FITNESS

The Quarry Crusher Run (QCR), one of Columbia’s most unique foot races, has expanded onto the national scene with four dates in four different states for 2016. The series will kick off with Columbia as its premier race April 16, followed by Atlanta, Georgia May 21; Birmingham, Alabama June 11; and Baltimore, Maryland September 24. All races will average around 3.7 miles and will be held in Vulcan Materials Company’s quarries in each state. www.quarrycrusherrun.com.

Registration is open for Walk MS 2016. The National MS Society, Greater Carolinas Chapter will host 19 walk locations in April 2016 that span North Carolina and South Carolina, including a walk in Columbia April 16. www.walkmscarolinas.org.

The Eighth Annual Charity Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Midlands Baptist Association (MBA), will be held Monday, March 14, 9 a.m., Oak Hills Golf Country Club with proceeds to benefit hunger and homelessness in the Midlands. 600- 2315 or mbaSCgolf@gmail.com.

The second annual One Run Columbia 5K/10K, mapped throughout the Earlewood neighborhood, will be held April 9 and will benefit Ezekiel Ministries and Young Life Columbia. www.oneruncolumbia.org.

VOLKSMARCH 5/10 K Historic Capital City Walk will be held Saturday, March 5, 1 p.m., leaving from Columbia Metropolitan Visitor Center, 1101 Lincoln Street. www.ava.org.

•STUDENTS/SCHOOLS

Central Carolina Community Foundation is accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-2017 school year through March 15. Interested students should visit the Student section at www.yourfoundation.org to view eligibility criteria and complete their online application.

Richland County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated’s 2016 Scholarship Program will award ten scholarships in the amount of $1,500 to graduating seniors in Richland, Fairfield, Newberry, and Lexington school districts in the following categories: Education, HBCU, STEM, Business, Marketing, Humanities, and Social Services majors. Deadline for submitting applications is postmarked by March 4. Applications are available through the guidance counselors at the high schools or can be downloaded from the homepage of the chapter website at www.richlandcountydeltas.org.

•VETERANS

Dale Barnett, National Commander of the 2.2 million member American Legion, will visit American Legion Post 193, Chapin South Carolina Wednesday, March 2, 3–4:30 p.m., 102 Lexington Avenue, Chapin. www.legion.org.

•WORKSHOPS

NAMI Mid-Carolina will host a Family-to-Family Education Program free for family members, partners, and significant others, of an adult individual living with major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders Thursday evenings February 25–May 12, 6–8:30 p.m. 206-2916 or www.namimidcarolina.org.

Central Carolina Community Foundation, in partnership with local organizations and their fundholders, will host Will University, an interactive workshop that addresses the importance of having a will, how to prepare a will and find an attorney to help, and common mistakes to avoid when creating a will, March 1, 12 p.m., Columbia Chamber of Commerce, 930 Richland Street; March 5, 8 a.m., Brookland Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, River Center, 1066 Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia; March 8, 5:30 p.m., Seawells, 1125 Rosewood Drive; March 12, 10 a.m., Delta Development Center, 5307 Fairfield Road; and March 28, 6:30 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 306 Flora Drive. yourfoundation.org/willu or 254- 5601.

Rose Pruning Workshop with the Greater Columbia Rose Society (GCRS) will be held Saturday, February 27, 9 a.m.–noon, Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital rose garden, 5 Richland Medical Park Drive. www.facebook.com/Greater-Columbia-Rose-Society 561951970527338/.

Tiny World Terrariums workshop will be held February 27, 11 a.m.–12 p.m., Richland Library Northeast, Meeting Room Build your own tiny world terrarium. It’s a world of possibilities from a prehistoric scene with plastic dinosaurs to a fairy garden with unicorns. The only limit is your imagination. All supplies will be provided.

Voices of Our People, celebrate African-American history and culture with songs, poems, and other performances, February 27, 3–4:30 p.m., Richland Library Eastover, Meeting Room.

Colonial Gardens will host an educational series, The Learning Curve, “Learning to fight the disease…not each other” Tuesday, March 22, 6-7:30 p.m., 3565 Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia. 796-2556.