COLUMBIA

Come learn about the rich history of our capital city on this walking tour highlighting Columbia's downtown architecture and stylish buildings. 

Each Thursday during the month of May, Riverbanks Botanical Garden will invite guests to stay late to start their weekends early. With live entertainment, local artist exhibits along with food and ... more information...

The Main Street Marketplace is an open-air market featuring fresh produce, flowers, specialty gifts, art, handmade crafts, and much more.  Eat lunch or enjoy live entertainment.  Sponsored by City ... more information...

 Have fun while staying fit! Join us for a leisurely ride through the beautiful neighborhood of Rosewood. After ride, lunch will be served to participating cyclists as we talk about issues with bic... more information...

 Each month, you can visit EdVenture in the after-hours for only $1 per person.

The Citgo Bassmasters Elite Series Fishing Tournament kicks off on Wednesday, May 14^th from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Bassmasters Elite Series "Angler Alley." This event will be he... more information...

While anglers compete for the top earnings the visitors and locals will have a chance to get in on the fun! The tournament will launch and weigh in at Lake Murray Marina and Yacht Club more information...

About a dozen gardens in the Forest Acres area will be on tour.

Danielle Howle with Hannah Miller. Come enjoy the classic and beautiful expression of Danielle Howle. Her unique vocal ability creates a timeless blend of Americana, with the freedom of ja... more information...

Bring your lunch to the library and enjoy the music of classical guitarist, Marina Alexandra.<... more information...

 Quartet for oboe & strings in F, K 370 Mozart. Piano Quintet in F minor Franck.

Enjoy the sounds of Abbey Road Live: Tribute to the Beatles!  The Beatles' "Abbey Road" is often cited as one of the finest rock albums ever recorded. Now, decades afte... more information...

Come celebrate 21 years of great family fun & BBQ with Carolina Children's Home!!  Whoo-ee-pig-sewie! Calling all BBQ lovers!  It's the 21st year and they would like for you to "Bring your... more information...

Ladie don't miss the wildest, hottest, sexiest and most interactive male review in the country. Black Diamonds are a girls best friend. Come get acquainted!

In celebration of Truman Capote's legendary Party of the Century - the black & White Ball, the Contemporaries at the Columbia Museum of Art... more information...

Vintage Rotar Wing Aircraft, Parachute Teams, Military Vehicles, Military History Timeline, interactive activities for the whole family and ending with the CFF show (similar to a Bob Hope USO Show)... more information...

About a dozen gardens in the Forest Acres area will be on tour.

Rain date is May 18.

Bring your mother, your daughter, your sister or your best friend and come celebrate with us! This unique, women’s only event pays tribute to the powerful role women play in the health of their fam... more information...

Riverland Hills Praise Band

Two of the most popular historic bus tours in the Midlands roll out again May ... more information...

Rain date: 1 - 6 pm May 18.

World War I had a long lasting impact on Europe, but also on the home front. The South Carolina Museum will present an in-depth exhibit and lecture series focusing on Columbia during and after Worl... more information...

Space and Earth Technol... more information...

Exhibit focusing on the often overlooked aspects of South Carolinians in WWI, including involvement of African-Americans and women. Learn about warfare technology, aviation, and artillery.  Explore... more information...

This installation highlights old master to 19th century prints, featuring artists such as Albrecht Durer, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Odilon Redon.

This exhibit showcases the significant number of movies produced in South Carolina over the past 100 years.  Explore the complexity of moviemaking while enjoying photographs, movie clips, filmmakin... more information...

This major exhibition offers a fascinating view into the lives of both royal and average Egyptians with ancient objects and artwork from the earliest periods of Egyptian history to the late Roman p... more information...

This exhibit, marking t... more information...

Immerse yourself in the magical experience of this undisturbed, old-growth bottomland forest with giant trees and immense diversity of wildlife. 

Discover the primeval forested floodplain that is Congaree National Park.  Experience extraordinarily diverse plant and animal life and walk among the towering trees. 

This traveling exhibit from the Chrysler Museum of Art features over 50 unique period photographs and includes many rare and original images from a variety of photographers who worked in the North ... more information...

Hutty made his first visit to South Carolina in 1919 to teach classes at the Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery.  Almost immediately after arriving in Charleston, Hutty cabled his wife and instructed her ... more information...

Columbia Marionette Theatre presents the enchanting adventures of the major Greek heroes. 

This exhibition celebrates both the 20th Anniversary of the State Museum's opening and the diversity of South Carolina art.  The first juried art exhibition hosted exclusively by the State... more information...

Our local rivers and waterways include the historic and scenic Congaree River, the cold clear Saluda River with its rapidly changing water levels and three miles of whitewater rapids, the Broad Riv... more information...

See images of the recovery process of a World War II bomber that had been at the bottom of Lake Murray, South Carolina for more than 62 years until it was finally recovered in 2005.  Photograhs, ar... more information...

McKissick Museum will honor the life and work of the late Helen Hill, a Columbia native who was an experimental artist, animator, filmmaker and activist, in an exhibit. Hill was murdered in January... more information...

From bathing suits and beach pails to hotel ballrooms, this exhibit details the early development of the Carolina coast as a summer destination for tourists and South Carolinians.  Visitors will ex... more information...

McCrory Galleri presents a painting exhibition of James Denmark's works. 

The locker room door opens to find Joe Hardy trading his soul to be on a pennant-winning team. Playing with "hits" like "You've Gotta Have Heart" and "Whatever Lola Wants" there'll be no rain outs ... more information...

"Daring, heroic, no-holds barred hilarious." LA Times. A searing tragic-comedy about the challenges of young men fighting for self esteem and happiness in the Bible Belt. "Wrenching ... more information...

Early twentieth century table cloths and runners, doilies, guest towels, embroidery, crochet and tatting.

An exhibit of black-and-white photography by writer and photographer David Gelin, who travelled throughout the South documenting barbecue restaurants and the owners who continue this culinary tradi... more information...

The South Carolina Shakespeare Company is pleased to announce its spring production of The Three Musketeers!  This Alexander Dumas story is a classic and a favorite of action-adventure-romance fans... more information...

Tuesdays with Morrie is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, a career-driven journalist, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch glim... more information...