#PlanAhead | April 23-27

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Highlight of this week: Celebrating Kaminsky’s 3rd birthday with buy-one-get-one-for-$3 desserts (*cue the happy birthday song*). Also, be sure to get outside during your lunch break for the 2018 Walk at Lunch Day at the State House on Thursday.

Have a rad week, Cola.

-Nicole

Monday | April 23

WaterCooler: Columbia Fireflies: Claflin University vs. Benedict College | 6 p.m. | Spirit Communications Park | $5-10 | see two Midlands colleges go head-to-head on a neutral site

Show: Flight | 8-10 p.m. | Center for Performance Experiment | 718 Devine St. | $10

Drink: All Day Happy Hour | 4-11:59 p.m. | Tin Roof | free

Talk:

UofSC: Piff The Magic Dragon | 8 p.m. | UofSC Russell House | free

Dish: Community Table tasting: Bacon, Pimento Cheese and Strawberry Sandwich | Lowes Foods | 12-2 p.m. at 2440 Augusta Hwy. + 1-3 p.m. at 5222 Sunset Blvd., Lexington | free | it’s local strawberry season at Lowes Foods 🍓

Tuesday | April 24

UofSC: Spurs Up Tour | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | The Zone at Williams Brice Stadium | $28.45 🤙

Show: My Own Private Idaho// OUT Here | 7-9 p.m. | Nickelodeon Theatre | $11

Community: Amplify: April Town Hall | 6:30-8 p.m. | Richland Library Sandhills | free

Active:

Job: Job Fair | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | The Medallion Center | 7309 Garners Ferry Rd. | free

Wednesday | April 25

Dish:

  • San Jose food truck | lunchtime | BullStreet Commons, in front of Spirit Communications Park
  • Kaminsky’s Turns Three | 5-8 p.m. | Kaminsky’s | buy one dessert, get one for $3

Show:

  • Open Mic Night | 7-10 p.m. | Good Life Cafe | free
  • Rent | 7:30 p.m. | Koger Center | $45-65

Active: Wednesday Night Pizza Run | 6-7 p.m. | Strictly Running | free pizza 🍕

Shop: College Night at SugarBelle | 6-9 p.m. | SugarBelle | 1625 Main St. | all clothing 20% off + complimentary champagne

Community: WREN Meet Me at the Statehouse | 12-1 p.m. | S.C. State House | free

Thursday | April 26

Civic: Columbia Chamber 33rd Annual Golf Tournament | 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. | Fort Jackson Golf Club | 3652 Semmes Rd. | register online

Drink: Lula Drake Falls for a Frenchman | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | Lula Drake Wine Parlour | featuring Ettiene Calsac’s champagnes 🥂

Active:

Community: 2018 Walk at Lunch Day | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | S.C. State House | free

Friday | April 27

WaterCooler: Gamecock Softball vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs | 6 p.m. | Beckham Field | $7

Active: Bubbles and Bungee | 6-7 p.m. | Fit Columbia | 2002 Blossom St. | $30

Show: A Raisin in the Sun | 8-10:30 p.m. | Cottingham Theatre | 1301 Columbia College Dr. | tickets available at will-call on the day of the show 🎭

Dish: CISM Oyster Roast | 6-10 p.m. | Columbia Museum of Art | $50

Community: Karaoke Night | 7-10 p.m. | The Casual Pint Vista | 807 Gervais St. | free

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