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Your ultimate guide to tours of Columbia
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Sally Salamander stop five. | photo courtesy Columbia Chamber
Whether you’re a lifelong Columbian longing to embrace your inner tourist, or you have a limited amount of time in the Soda City, here are 20+ tours guaranteed to show you the sights you want to see.

Top Tours

Columbia Museum of Art | $8 | Available year round | Save $2 on admission when you book a tour and get insight from a docent on a guided tour of featured exhibitions or the CMA Collection.

Historic Columbia Foundation Tours | Garden tours are free + house tours are $12 | Available year round | Explore Columbia and Richland County’s intriguing past through its houses, gardens, along streets, and through the people that shaped who we are today.

Sally Salamander: Columbia’s amphibian-led walking tour | Free and self-guided | Available year round | Sally Salamander’s purpose is to guide visitors through famous Cola landmarks. If you follow each statue’s number, Sally will lead you through Soda City’s history + give you some good photo-ops along the way.

History

Anne Frank Center - A History for Today Exhibit | Free | Available year round | The exhibit explores the life and legacy of Anne Frank by sharing quotes, photos, videos, and original artifacts to represent the experience of Anne’s family as they hid in the Secret Annex.
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Carolina Adventures are one of a few companies permitted to operate in Congaree National Park and offer a guided trip along Cedar Creek. | Photo via Carolina Adventures

Outdoors

Carolina Outdoor Adventures | 40+ | Seasonal | Take a guided kayak, canoe, and tubing trips on our local lakes and waterways.

Purple Martin Tours | $50 per person | July + August | Join Wingard’s Naturalist and USCG Captain Zach Steinhauser for a pontoon tour of the largest purple martin roost in North America on Lake Murray.
Explore Columbia
Asked

If you could design your team city tour, which of the following features would you include?
A. Historic landmarks and iconic buildings
B. Local cuisine tastings
C. Street art and vibrant murals
D. Other
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Vista Guild
 
Events
Monday, July 10
Tuesday, July 11
  • Paisley & the Birdwalkers | Tuesday, July 11 | 6-11 p.m. | New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St., West Columbia | $10 | Rock out as Soda City native Paisley Marie leads her band through a set of original songs in the Americana/rock genre.
Wednesday, July 19
  • Youth Gardening Program: Gardening Classes | Wednesday, July 12 | South Edisto Discovery Park, Columbia | Call (803) 545-3957 for more information on how to get your youth signed up to learn the basic skills of gardening.
  • Sushi Making Class | Wednesday, July 19 | 6-8 p.m. | Hanabi Hibachi and Sushi, 1624 Main St., Columbia | $75-$130 | Come and learn how to be your own sushi chef from Chef Larry while enjoying specialty cocktails.*
Thursday, July 13
  • Meeting Street Artisan Market: Night Edition | Thursday, July 13, Thursday, Aug. 10 | 4-8 p.m. | Interactive Art Park, 425 Meeting St., West Columbia | Free | Enjoy a boutique shopping experience, park, play, eat + explore at the Meeting Street Artisan Market every second Thursday, from 4-8 p.m.
Friday, July 14
  • Bastille Day Party | Friday, July 14 | 5:30-8 p.m. | Hampton Street Vineyard, 1207 Hampton St., Columbia | $100 | Celebrate Bastille Day with live music, hors d’oeuvres, a buffet, aperitif cocktails, wine, and a photo booth.
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Opening

Food

Check out this piece of paradise coming to Cola
Presented by a COLAtoday Partner
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Urban Tiki plans to bring an enchanting piece Polynesian-inspired paradise to downtown Columbia. | Photo provided by LTC Hospitality
Get ready to tropic like it’s (famously) hot, Cola — there’s a new restaurant coming to town this summer. Enter: Urban Tiki, a soon-to-be hidden oasis nestled beneath Main St.

The new spot is located in the lower level of The Grand on Main (in the space previously occupied by The Robinson Room, now located at 1614 Main St.). Whether you’re planning a memorable night out with friends, a romantic date, or simply looking for a place to unwind after a long day, Urban Tiki invites you to bask in the ambiance of paradise.

The restaurant plans to transport guests to a world where the worries of the city fade away so you can sip, savor, and sway to the rhythm of the islands.

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News Notes
Development
  • Verve Columbia — a $90 million student housing project that will be at the intersection of Huger + Blossom streets — cleared one approval and will now go in front of the city’s design and planning committee. The 960 bed apartment building will have a 500-car parking garage, a public dog park, and commercial space on the ground level. (The State)
Open
  • Give Grandma’s cobbler recipe some practice. The South Carolina State Fair is accepting entries for its annual competitive exhibits, to be displayed Oct. 11-22. Exhibitors statewide can submit entries until Sept. 1. The fair’s theme this year is “Meet Me at the Rocket.”
Community
  • Columbia’s Solid Waste Division is offering expedited collection services to help college students + residents with move-out trash this summer. Residents can call the Solid Waste office for pickup within 24 hours. The program aims to improve the city’s appearance while promoting sustainable practices. The service runs until July 31. (WLTX)
Arts
  • Dogon Krigga has been named the first MBC Emerging Artist In Residence at Mike Brown Contemporary gallery in partnership with One Columbia SC. Dogon will occupy the gallery from July 12 to August 21, hosting events including “Mike’s Mugs” — an unmoderated conversation for Columbia’s creative community.
Giveaway
Announced
  • William “Billy” Emerson Harris has been named Chief Executive Officer of Nephron Nitrile. Learn more about Billy and his 30+ years of experience in the manufacturing industry.*
The Roberts Group
 
Answered

Last week we asked, “What’s your favorite product that’s made in Columbia?” Here’s what you said:
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Adluh Flour Mill on the Columbia horizon. | Photo by @rikbenn1

Steel Hands Brewery Pecan Brown Ale — Van G.
General’s Hot Sauce — S. McCardle
Adluh corn meal — Sharon D.
Mother Shucker’s Original Cocktail Sauce — Mary S.
Flat Possum Pottery — Scott N.
Botanica CBD Pet treats — Matt O.
 
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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
David
From the editor
I read some news this week that put a pit in my stomach. The New York Times wrote that South Carolina has lost 75 percent or more of this year’s Peach crop due to winter freezes. If you see any of that 25 percent for sale on the side of the road this week or at a farmer’s market, be sure to grab a basket and enjoy our “tastier peach.”
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