PlanAhead | May 7-11

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PlanAhead | May 7-11

It’s graduation week, and I’m officially freaking out. But now that finals are over + the warm weather has decided to stay, I’ll be spending this week at the pool and trying just about anything new I can find to do in the city of dreams – like Paints and Pints at Columbia Craft or Bierkeller at the Riverfront. Also, The Gamecocks go head-to-head against the Charleston Cougars at Spirit Communications Park this Wednesday; who will you be rooting for?

Lauren

Monday | May 7

Drink: Paint and Pints | 6:30-9 p.m. | Columbia Craft Brewing Company | 520 Greene St. | $20

WaterCooler: Columbia Fireflies game | 11:05 a.m. | Spirit Communications Park | $5-10 | get $3 off a Moe’s burrito tomorrow if the Fireflies score 3+ runs tonight for Moe’s Monday

Discuss: Columbia, SC Executive Luncheon | 12-1:30 p.m. | DoubleTree by Hilton Columbia | 2100 Bush River Rd. | $35-$55

ForKids: SC Homeschool Day | 10 a.m. | Riverbanks Zoo and Garden | $5

Active: POUND | 7:15-7:45 p.m. | North Springs Park | 1320 Clemson Rd. | free | full body cardio jam session

Tuesday | May 8

Active:

Drink: Bierkeller at the Riverfront | 5-9 p.m. | Riverfront Park | 312 Laurel St. | free entry

Discuss:

Cause:

  • Sweat For A Cure | 6-7 p.m. | Rosewood Market & Deli | $15-$25 | money raised will benefit the Leukemia Lymphoma Society
  • Fab’rik - Sip & Shop 4 a Cause | 4-8 p.m. | fab’rik Columbia | 4840 Forest Dr., Ste. 24 | shop for Team #MeeLikeytheCure, 20% of sales will be donated back to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society of the Midlands

Community: Teacher Appreciation Night | 5-8 p.m. | South Carolina State Museum | free | register

Film: Hoop Dreams // For the Record Series | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Nickelodeon Theatre | $11

BookWorm: Lunch with the First Lady Book Signing | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | The Shoppes on Main | 1626 Main St. | free | meet Patricia Moore-Pastides + receive a signed copy of her new book, A Home at the Heart of the Horseshoe

Wednesday | May 9

WaterCooler: Columbia Fireflies: South Carolina Gamecocks vs. College of Charleston Cougars | 7 p.m. | Spirit Communications Park | $5-10 | watch in-state rivals clash on a neutral site 🐔⚾

Active: Pure Barre X Pout Pop Up | 6-8 p.m. | POUT | 2738 Devine St. | free

Community: Evening for Educators | 4:30-6:30 p.m. | Columbia Museum of Art | free to register

Film: Infant-Friendly Screening of TULLY | 3-4:51 p.m. | Nickelodeon Theatre | 1607 Main St. | $9

Dish: Weekly Market | 4-7 p.m. | Blythewood Farmers Market | 171 Langford Rd., Blythewood | free

Thursday | May 10

Arts:

Active:

Discuss: Columbia Chambers Partner Engagement: BMW | 5-6:30 p.m. | BMW of Columbia | 250 Killian Commons Pky | register

Drink: Battle of the Rose Ciders | 6-8 p.m. | The Casual Pint Vista | 807 Gervais St., Ste 100 | free entry

Network: COR Table for Six | 5:30-8 p.m. | Za’s on Devine | 2930 Devine St. | $25-$35

Friday | May 11

Arts:

Cause: Relay for Life | 6-10 p.m. | Doko Meadows Park | 171 Langford Rd., Blythewood | donate 👟

WaterCooler: Gamecock Baseball vs. University of Missouri | 7 p.m. | Founders Park | $9 🐔⚾

Active: Friday Morning Bootcamp | 6-7 a.m. | Fit Columbia | $10

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