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Scene photography in Columbia is at an all-time high, so photographer and Free Times Contributing Editor Eden Prime pondered what it means to document meaningful spaces and experiences with their lens.Â
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Leaning on products from local farms, the team at Ratio is cultivating special summer menus that play with the tapas-style restaurant's theme. First up? A five-course fusion of Peruvian and SC cuisines.Â
Columbia has seen a sharp uptick in the number of indie booksellers opening storefronts in recent months. What's behind the trend?Â
On Saturday the South Carolina State Fairgrounds will host the 18th Annual Rosewood Crawfish Festival. The all-day event will feature live music, local art and thousands of pounds of Louisiana crawfish.
Travis Tritt, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band and local favorite's Les Merry Chevaliers are all set for concerts in Columbia this May.Â
Some of the state's most historic restaurants and purveyors offer nationwide shipping for both shelf-stable and perishable goods — from coconut cake to pimento cheese.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.'
Columnist Cassidy Spencer saw NiA Company's latest play, "Passover." It got her thinking about the 'Don't Tread on Me' flag that breezed past her one day in Five Points.Â
