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Columbia offers a wide range of recreation; exciting attractions and spectator sports; and top-notch meeting facilities.


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Apr - May
11 - 16 2012
Music in European Culture II: Romanticism in the 19th-Century from Beethoven to Richard Strauss April 11 - May 16
Recurring weekly on Wednesday

By popular demand, the entertaining and educational Music 101 lecture series ...

15th Annual Black Expo May 19,2012 Be a S.T.A.R. for Charity! CCT S.T.A.R. Showcase May 20,2012 FAAAC presents Ella Fitzgerald VERSUS Sarah Vaughan May 20,2012 Members' Night Series May 25,2012 See All Events

Guest Blogger Program

Like to write and have a passion for Columbia, SC and its surrounding areas? Then we have a famously hot opportunity for YOU!

Whether your interest is in events, sports, arts and culture, nightlife, shopping, dining, museums, history, outdoors, family activities, or planning meetings and events - we are looking for you to share your inside knowledge on our Visitor, Meeting and Event Planner or Sports Council blogs.

There are so many great things to see and do in our region and surrounding areas that it's nearly impossible to keep up with them all, but with your help and expertise we can cover more ground.

You can send it to us in the form of a quick write up, some pictures, or a short video. Each month, we'll select some of them, and publish them right here on our blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts.

We won't be able to publish everything, but we will contact you when we are ready to use yours. If you don't want to be acknowledged by name, please let us know.

Here's what we need from you:

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Blog Post

Blog posts should be 300-500 words and include any relevant links. We reserve the right to fill in appropriate links. Please copy and paste your content or upload/attach a Word or PDF file containing your post.

Photos and/or Video

Please upload your photos and list photo captions here or upload and include links to your photos where we may download them on Flickr.com. If you have more than 3 photos, please create a set on Flickr and include a link to the photo set. If you would like to include a video to accompany your post, please upload it to YouTube and include the link.

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*Please contact Mandi Engram at mengram@columbiaauthority.com if you have questions.