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Calendar of Events
Welcome to the Official Columbia Calendar of Events managed by the Columbia Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau. Events are searchable by date, keyword and category, with ongoing events listed on the lower portion of the page. If you would like your event to be considered for a listing on our calendar, please review our calendar criteria submit the details of your event.
Monday Sep 06, 2010
Chapin Labor Day Festival: "Let Freedom Ring"
- September 06, 2010
- Location: Historic Downtown Chapin
Saturday, September 4, 2010 Run or Walk A Crooked 5K for Meals on Wheels at Crooked Creek Park. Registration at 7 AM. Race at 8 AM. For Information call: (803)345-6181. Entry Forms may be downloaded from www.chapinsc.com, Fax: 803-345-6112. Chapin Area Firefighters Appreciation Day 10 AM – 2 PM. Corner of US 76 and Murray Lindler Road. Live demonstrations. Trucks & Equipment on display, food, drinks, Children's activities, face-painting. DJ TJ McKay. For information call Chapin...
Inaugural Labor Day Run at the Plantation
- September 06, 2010
- Location: Blythewood Middle School
Join us on September 6th for The Inaugural Labor Day Run at the Plantation in support of the Orchestras of Blythewood! All three races will start and finish at Blythewood Middle School. The 10K and 5K routes are USATF certified courses. Runners can expect a mixture of flat areas and hills. The One-Mile Kids Fun Run will take place around the gated perimeter of the school campus. Cash prizes awarded to overall male and female winners! Both routes tour Longcreek Plantation, a beautiful residentia...
"Countdown to Zero
- September 06, 2010 - September 09, 2010
- Location: Nickelodeon Theatre
Conventional wisdom has it that the prospect of nuclear war subsided with the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, but filmmaker Lucy Walker illustrates how the nuclear threat has only grown in unexpected ways and moved in new directions in this documentary. There are 23,000 nuclear weapons in the world today, a number of which are unaccounted for (when the USSR split into a handful of separate states, some of their bombs went missing), and as the technology becomes simpler,...
"The Art of Environmental Awareness, 'Batiks' by Mary Edna Fraser
- September 06, 2010 - December 14, 2010
Fraser's art expresses issues of climate change and the long-term effects on the environment Working from topographical viewpoint, her large-scale works use geological and geographical studies to document the changing face of the landscape.
"The Girl Who Played with Fire"
- September 06, 2010 - September 09, 2010
- Location: Nickelodeon Theatre
In THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE – the second installment in the “Millennium” trilogy following THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Mikael Blomkvist is about to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society. On the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander. 2009. In Swedish with...
2010 - 2011 Vista Studios - Gallery 80808
- September 06, 2010 - September 07, 2010
- Location: Vista Studios Gallery 80808
if Art Gallery
Get Cocky: Students and Athletics at the University of South Carolina
- September 06, 2010 - December 18, 2010
- Location: McKissick Museum
Sports are a large part of Southern life - baseball and football are the primary sports. At the University of South Carolina, athletics have played an evolving role in student life. Intramural sports were popular in the late 19th century. Football became popular at the turn of the 20th century, reaching a pinnacle in the past twenty years. With the passing of the Title Nine in 1972, women's athletics has grown substantially. Other sports such as baseball, basketball and soccer have become import...
Harvest Hope Food Bank Full Belly Laughter Club
- September 06, 2010 - December 06, 2010
- Location: The Wingate Hotel, Lexington
Laughter Really is the Best Medicine! At the Laughter Connection, we illuminate and improve the human condition as we explore the nearly magical mysteries of laughter, humor and mirth. Our therapeutic laughter program is a synthesis of powerful ancient practices with a modern twist. Laughter is natural and enjoyable, with practices as old as ancient times and as modern as the neuro-science of mental fitness . Laughter is a Super-Balancer, reversing unhealthy stress reactions and helping various ...
SilverYana: The Photography of Fredric Tobias Morris
- September 06, 2010 - December 18, 2010
- Location: McKissick Museum
The McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce SilverYana: The Photography of F. Tobias Morriss, a new traveling exhibition that will make its first stop at McKissick. Morriss was renowned for his skills as a machinist/mechanic and bricoleur, in addition to his stark and haunting images produced almost exclusively in black and white through the silver gelatin process. A remarkably popular professor and friend, Morriss mentored dozens of photography students who r...
Tuesday Sep 07, 2010
"The Earrings of Madame de..."
- September 07, 2010
- Location: Nickelodeon Theatre
Max Ophüls' masterpiece stars Danielle Darrieux as the titular Madame Louise de..., who in the film's opening scenes is forced to discreetly sell a pair of earrings, a gift from her military officer husband Andre (Charles Boyer), in order to make good on her debts. After she claims the earrings to be lost, the story of their possible theft hits the newspapers, prompting the jeweler who bought them (Jean Debucourt) to secretly sell them back to Andre, who then gives him to his mistress Lola (Lia ...
"Countdown to Zero
- September 07, 2010 - September 09, 2010
- Location: Nickelodeon Theatre
Conventional wisdom has it that the prospect of nuclear war subsided with the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, but filmmaker Lucy Walker illustrates how the nuclear threat has only grown in unexpected ways and moved in new directions in this documentary. There are 23,000 nuclear weapons in the world today, a number of which are unaccounted for (when the USSR split into a handful of separate states, some of their bombs went missing), and as the technology becomes simpler,...
"The Art of Environmental Awareness, 'Batiks' by Mary Edna Fraser
- September 07, 2010 - December 14, 2010
Fraser's art expresses issues of climate change and the long-term effects on the environment Working from topographical viewpoint, her large-scale works use geological and geographical studies to document the changing face of the landscape.
"The Girl Who Played with Fire"
- September 07, 2010 - September 09, 2010
- Location: Nickelodeon Theatre
In THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE – the second installment in the “Millennium” trilogy following THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Mikael Blomkvist is about to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society. On the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander. 2009. In Swedish with...
2010 - 2011 Vista Studios - Gallery 80808
- September 07, 2010
- Location: Vista Studios Gallery 80808
if Art Gallery
Blooming Butterflies
- September 07, 2010 - October 10, 2010
- Location: EdVenture Children's Museum
Come explore the world of the butterfly! Visit EdVenture’s living exhibit, Blooming Butterflies and explore the world of these fascinating insects! This 2,500 square foot enclosed structure was designed just for butterflies. It 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 United States. Be sure to check out the Bloom Room and observe chrysalises and emerging butterflies.
