May 22-25
COMMUNITY RECEPTION FOR THE NEW CHIEF OF POLICE
Come out and celebrate the new chief of police today!
Coble Plaza
211 Gervais Street
Time: 5:00 p.m.—6:30 p.m.
Cost: Free www.columbiasc.net
Contact: 803-545-302 band, Seventy Six and Sunny, at the Five Points fountain. As a part of the Five After Five Free
Concert Series, this event has tons of family-friendly stuff, too — including sidewalk chalk, hula-hoops, jump rope, bubbles and more!
Five Points Fountain
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Cost: Free www.fivepointscolumbia.com
Contact: 803-748-7373
PECHA KUCHA COLUMBIA
Come enjoy a night of fun and presentations from some of the most interesting people in
Columbia. Learn what they love and what drives them. Some of the featured guests are
Chef and entrepreneur, Kristian Niemi and media director of Nickelodeon, Sherard Devall.
SOCO - The Columbia Cowork
823 Gervais Street, Suite 220
Time: 6:00 p.m.— 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $20 www.soco-work.com/pechakucha/
JUST A GLIMPSE - ART FROM ARTFIELDS
Did you miss the ArtFields festival in Lake City last month? Vista Studios resident artists who participated in ArtFields will have their entries on display in Gallery
80808. Entries include several paintings, sculptures, and a photography quilt.
Gallery 80808/Vista Studios
808 Lady Street
Time: 11:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.
Cost: Free www.vistastudios80808.com/Home.html
Contact: (803) 252-6134
USC ARNOLD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
"ENSURING FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTHY
WEIGHT"
Audrey Rowe, the administrator for the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), will be the keynote speaker for
The event, titled "Ensuring Food Security and
Healthy Weight: Promising Policies and Practices,"
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
1101 Lincoln Street
Time: 10:00 a.m.— 12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free www.sph.sc.edu/news/USDA-May23Event.html
Contact: 803-545-0001
USC DANCE CONSERVATORY PRESENTS "PETER
AND THE WOLF"
This is a thrilling, timeless story of a boy who matches wits with a fearsome wolf features choreography by faculty of the conservatory and performances by our exceptional students that will delight and inspire!
Drayton Hall Theatre, USC Columbia Campus
1214 College Drive
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $12-$18 www.artsandsciences.sc.edu/dance/2014/ peterandthewolf.html
Contact: 803-777-5112
BLOOMING BUTTERFLIES
Come explore the world of the butterfly! The exhibit is filled with dozens of species of trees and plants that support hundreds of butterflies from more than 20 different species native to the
Southeast. Be sure to check out the Bloom Room to observe chrysalises and emerging butterflies.
Look, but please don't touch!
Edventure Children’s Museum
211 Gervais Street
Time: 9:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.
Cost: Children and Adults $11.50 | Seniors: (age
62+) $10.50 | Military: (with ID) $10.50 | Groups:
(15+ w/RSVP) $8.50 | Members: Free |Children under one: Free www.edventure.org/
Contact: 803-400-1166
ABOUT FACE EXHIBITION
"About Face" is a classroom, a studio, a support network, and a circle of friends centered at the
Columbia Museum of Art for over a decade. The exhibition features 31 portrait and landscape pieces by 23 artists.
The Gallery at City Hall
1737 Main Street
Time: 8:30 a.m. — 5 p.m.
Cost: Free
Ultimate Tut, Lincoln's Secret Weapon and
Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Experience the life and death of one of history's most legendary kings through 124 replicas of King Tut's sacred and personal possessions. Then follow the story of archaeologist Howard Carter, who discovered the nearly intact treasure filled tomb in 1922.
South Carolina State Museum
301 Gervais Street
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Cost: Free with admission www.scmuseum.org
Contact: 803-799-2810
SHREK THE MUSICAL
Come take your children to see this play when an unseemly ogre – not a handsome prince – shows up to rescue a feisty princess from her tower guarded by a fire breathing love-sick dragon.
Town Theatre
1012 Sumter Street
Time: Show times vary
Cost: $15-25 www.towntheatre.com
Don’t miss the opportunity to see Young
Frankenstein! From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation comes this monster new musical comedy. Young
Frankenstein is scientifically-proven, monstrously good entertainment...and the only place you'll witness a singing and dancing laboratory experiment in the largest tuxedo ever made.
Workshop Theatre
1136 Bull Street
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $22 adults | $20 seniors/military |$16 students |12 children www.workshoptheatre.com/
YoungFrankenstein.html
Contact: 803-799-4876
Come by for the season's best produce, meat, dairy, flowers and baked items from farmers, bakers, gardeners and artisans in Columbia!
Soda City Market
1500 block of Main Street
Time: 8:00 a.m. —12:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE
(Free entry, but prices vary for each vendor) www.Sodascitysc.com
FAMILY FEST & MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE
PALMETTO CONCERT BAND MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
The ensemble is made up of professional and semi professional musicians from throughout South Carolina,
North Carolina and Georgia.
Koger Center
1051 Greene Street
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Free www.koger.sc.edu
Contact: 803-777-7500
Celebrating 20 years, The Family Fest and Memorial
Day Tribute is back! Don’t miss an afternoon of great gospel music on the McDonald’s sound stage/food/ fun and family. This event is featuring Gospel singers,
James Fortune & Fiya, Arnetta Murrill Crooms, Roy &
Revelation and Marcus D Wiley!
Finlay Park
930 Laurel Street
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE www.www.familyfestsc.com/
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