A new exhibit at Mike Brown Contemporary uses several mediums to explore the impact of the past on the future, all through the lens of the Black experience.
The Jasper Project is launching ONE BOOK, a summerlong book club aimed at getting all of Columbia to read something together. This year's selection is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel set on the Congaree River.
University of South Carolina professor Claire Jiménez's debut novel, "What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez," is a brief, nail-biting trip through three womens' lives as they try and track down the sister they lost years before.
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Woody Windham, a beloved radio host who spent decades as a disc jockey synonymous with laid-back tunes and shag dancing, has died. He was 83.
SNL alum Pete Davidson is adding Columbia to his summer stand-up tour.
A partnership from the city will convert a former police substation off Main Street into studios, and artists hope the move will propel Columbia toward the next level of arts recognition. 'We're on the brink of coming out.'
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SC artists must often balance pride in Southern culture with a need to galvanize progress, but it's a tall order. How does that play out in the state's capital?
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From March 29 to April 14, downtown Greenville's Warehouse Theater will pay homage to the South Carolina great, performing a two-week run of "Trouble in Mind."
The Center for Contemporary Arts at 701 Whaley is teaming up with ArtFields for an exhibition of past and present artworks featured at the Lake City art festival. Both groups hope it's the beginning of a fruitful partnership.
CMA's latest exhibit offers not only a showcase for the work of an important African American artist, but also a glimpse of the creative spirit of a lost generation.
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The awards included recognition for writing, reporting and digital content like newsletters and social media presence.
An Irmo artist's creations of antique crucifixes crafted with crystals and rocks from the Southeastern U.S. will be on display at Museo de Medici in Florence, Italy, in March and April. It's a show 30 years in the making.
A new nonprofit studio is set to open in Rosewood by spring's end. Gemini Arts will rent to 20 local makers at a fraction of the price offered at commercial venues in Columbia.
Fred Townsend's work typically focuses on flora and fauna, but lately, the elementary school teacher and former USC track star has been pushing through his own "mental barriers" to create surreal creations that mirror his experiences.
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May Pang was John Lennon's confidante and lover for 18 months in the 1970s, an era known as the Lost Weekend. Pang's intimate photographs of the Beatles' co-founder at home and with friends will be on display at Rob Shaw Gallery March 19-20.
Columbia-based meme accounts hone in on what makes South Carolinians tick ... and fight the almighty algorithm while they're at it.
Catch the Jellicle Cats at Workshop Theatre or an original production from WOW at Harbison Theatre with this (spring) season's slate of theater productions in the Midlands.
Cottontown Art Crawl returns for its sixth annual festival, where the neighborhood just north of Elmwood Avenue transforms into a block party with local artists, live music, food and drinks, and more.
The exhibition “Darrel Ellis: Regeneration” at the Columbia Museum of Art resurrects the late artist and gives him the recognition he never got during his lifetime.
The smash hit "Hamilton" is on its way to Columbia, where it will stop for two weeks of shows at the Koger Center.
OUT: $250 Lululemon outfits. IN: Baggy tees. We chatted with Columbia designers and stylists for the dos and don'ts of streetwear style.
SC Native Scott "Doc" Varn has been on a quest to find 1,000 of America's "unspoiled landscapes," as depicted in the 19th Century book, "Picturesque America." His hunt was documented by PBS and will premiere Feb. 23.
Columbia artist David Yaghjian is showing 30 small-scale oils at Mike Brown Contemporary that were inspired by a video of a gallery talk, almost all of them captured on film at either the National Gallery in London or the Prado in Madrid.
Caroline Clark of Revisionist Studio creates functional sculptures like mugs and vases using inspiration from nature's collectives — fungi, coral, mycelium networks. Her work outside of the studio is just as communal.
Thanks in large part to the acting, and to the surreal implications of a self-aware play, “Stupid F*cking Bird” is a fascinating exploration of some complex concepts. Just don’t tell anyone that it’s an homage to the vision of Chekhov.
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Veteran actor and director Jocelyn Sanders takes on Lorraine Hansberry's "Raisin in the Sun" at USC this month. The play highlights the past, present and future struggles of what it means to be Black in America.
We know that despite appearances, and the promises of property owners and people with access to higher-brow artistic spaces, that making art an accessible and inclusive outlet in Columbia has always proven challenging. The deeper question: why?
A mural honoring Columbia's bygone "Black Business District" along Washington Street highlights the contributions of African Americans in building the city — and highlights the price marginalized communities pay for progress.
Five Points was once Columbia's music hub with venues like Elbow Room and Rockafella's. Will New Brookland Tavern moving to the nightlife district help kickstart another renaissance?
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While Crust Punk may have been the musical torchbearer of anarchic rebellion in its heyday, Columbia's new wave of crust punks are evolving to embrace a broader spectrum of voices and influences.
The rising cost of real estate across the country has not just pushed owning a home out of reach for potential buyers, it’s also left studio and gallery space unattainable for artists.
It’s easy to criticize Columbia, it’s harder to do something about those criticisms. But if just one person decided they wanted to try to take a creative risk, they have a pretty good shot of doing it here.
Free Times Editor Zoe Nicholson explains the latest quest the arts and culture outlet is embarking on: The hunt for Columbia's creative identity.
Space is vital in a community. Not only in providing a physical gathering point for people but also in establishing a nexus point for ideas and inspiration. Here's four folks trying to create that space in Columbia.
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With turns as superstar Tina Turner and Anne Boleyn on Broadway, Columbia's Leandra Ellis-Gaston may be a name you’re just discovering today but is likely to become one you’ll remember tomorrow.
ND Stevenson, a graduate of A.C. Flora, who has worked on projects like Marvel Comics' "Thor Annual" and Dreamworks Animation's "She-Ra and the Princesses of Power," is an Oscar contender for his work on "Nimona."
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Columbia musician Chris Smith's latest musical venture, Sunshone Still, portrays a mix of impossibly delicate intimacy, stellar songwriting and creative production on the new album "Two Crossed Stars."
The second-annual Black History Ball will feature a speech from MLK Jr. youth worker Rev. Chavis and TikTok rapper Van Van — all in the hopes of raising money for local scholarships and preserving the Gullah historical narrative in SC.
In the not-novel arc of late capitalism, tragedy is padlocked to paywalls and paid sponsors, feeling beyond arms-length. But in truth, tragedy is beyond arms-length to many Columbia residents today. We’ve just skated by on the lettuce edge of this storm.
Three plays, ostensibly comedies, will run more or less simultaneously at downtown Columbia’s three main not-for-profit theaters — Workshop, Trustus and Town theatres — beginning Jan. 18, 2024.
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Though the scene is small, Columbia's spoken word poets lean on each other to present their art to the world.
Take the kids to see a junior rendition of "The Little Mermaid," celebrate MLK Jr. Day or hit The Nick for a showing of "Blade Runner."
While the Cottontown business will close by month's end, the owners confirmed, NOMA Warehouse won't be going away completely.
