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Learn the ropes of a playwright by joining the Play Right Series
If you love local fine arts or are curious about what it takes to get a play from page to stage, join the Play Right Series with The Jasper Project and get involved in the production process of a local play.
July 08, 2024 01:10 PM
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Add to cal: Free summer fun at the CMA
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Not your traditional landscape exhibition
"(Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art” opens Saturday, June 15 at the Columbia Museum of Art.
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10 free ways to enjoy the CMA this summer
From May 24 through September 1, South Carolinians can enjoy the Columbia Museum of Art’s 27 galleries and all the different ways to explore them — plus a range of exciting events — admission-free.
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Vista Guild announces arts donations
The Congaree Vista Guild announced $12,000 in donations to local performing arts groups from the Live on Lincoln event, the finale of the 32nd Annual Artista Vista. The event featured a gallery crawl, lantern-making workshops, and the first Live Art Mart.
May 22, 2024
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Travel and Outdoors
Help COLAtoday update its Columbia summer playlist for your next road trip
We are looking to update our Columbia summer playlist with our reader’s favorite local artists and references.
May 21, 2024
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Samantha Robertson
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What (and who) shapes the way we eat?
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Road trip: Spoleto Festival USA is back May 22-June 9 in downtown Charleston
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Get ready for “Hero": a local film shot around Columbia
Go behind the scenes of the making of ‘Hero’ and explore its local connections to USC, set to premiere at The Nick this month.
April 1, 2024
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Try This: Two moving exhibitions exploring history and identity at the CMA
Join us as we recap our experience touring “Interior Lives: Modern American Spaces, 1890-1945" and “Darrel Ellis: Regeneration” at the Columbia Museum of Art.
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