PlanAhead: May 14-18

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Feels like summer, no? What’s more ‘tis the season than baseball? Kick off the week with the Columbia Fireflies for Moe’s Monday, and then at Founders Park when the Gamecocks battle UofSC Upstate on Tuesday at 7 p.m. If sports aren’t really your thing, there’s a few options to enjoy the stage this week, too. On Tuesday, The Book of Mormon will be at the Koger Center, or see Town Theatre’s production of Hairspray on Thursday.

– Beth

Monday, May 14

WaterCooler: Columbia Fireflies game | 7:05 p.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

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

Active: Hot Stone Restorative Yoga | 6:30-8 p.m. | Fit Columbia | 2002 Blossom St. | $35

Learn: Bi+ 101 | 7-8 p.m. | Harriet Hancock LGBT Center | 1108 Woodrow St. | free

Edu: SC HS Day | 10 a.m. | Riverbanks Zoo and Garden | free with zoo admission | homeschool day with classes + zoo tours

Community: Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Meeting | 4:30 p.m. | Richland Library Main | free | social to follow 🚴

Tuesday, May 15

WaterCooler:

Discuss: Digital Product Success Stories: UX + BA Professionals | 6-8 p.m. | SOCO BullStreet | 1721 Saunders St. | free

Dish: Veterans Harvest Dinner 2018 | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | City Roots | $85

Show: The Book of Mormon | 7:30 p.m. | Koger Center | $55-65 🎭

Wednesday, May 16

Discuss: Open Source SC Meetup | 6-8 p.m. | SOCO Vista | 823 Gervais St. | free 🗣

Shop: Chantecaille Summer Event | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | POUT | 2738 Devine St. | free

Film: Clueless | Girls to the Front | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | The Nickelodeon | $11

Learn: Business Branding Seminar | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | EdVenture | $27

Party: Blended Blues | 6:30-10:30 p.m. | Tapp’s Arts Center | $7-10

Thursday, May 17

Dish: Taps & Tapas | 6:30-9 p.m. | World of Beer | 902 Gervais St. | free

Community: Shop Road Widening Public Meeting | 5-7 p.m. | Olympia Learning Center | 621 Bluff Rd. | free

Show:

Active: Bend + Barre at the Grand | 6-8 p.m. | The GRAND on Main | $10

Friday, May 18

Dish: River Rat Brewery Low Country Boil | 6-9 p.m. | River Rat Brewery | $35

Volunteer: Serve Lunch at Transitions | 11:30 a.m. | Transitions Homeless Center | 2025 Main St. | register

Drink: Columbia Brew Tour | 6-10 p.m. | 701 Gervais St. | $45 per participant, $20 designated driver 🚌

Outdoors: Sunset on the Shoals | 5:30 p.m. | Saluda Shoals Park | $37 | kayak tour

Active: Yoga with Live Music | 7 p.m. | Rooted in Wellbeing | 2917 Millwood Ave. | $20 | Good Life Cafe will provide raw + vegan food after class

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