Your #COLAtoday Weekend Guide: January 12-14, 2018
This weekend is a perfect opportunity to start your new-year-new-you grind with gluten free day and tons of yoga opportunities.🤸 Or you can be like me and get stoked about ice cream at Kaminsky’s. 🤷 Up to you.
Friday | Jan. 12
Weather: 70º | Thunderstorms | 90% chance of rain
MustDo: Harlem Globetrotters | 7 p.m. | Colonial Life Arena | 801 Lincoln St. | $24.50+ 🏀
Show:
- Warmouth Comedy hosted by Soda City Stand Up | 10-11:30 p.m. | War Mouth | 1209 Franklin St. | $5
- Steven Metz Band | 10 p.m. | Tin Roof | 1022 Senate St. | free
Active: Sass-Hop & Heels with Meechy | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Tapp’s Arts Center | 1644 Main St. | $20 👠
UofSC: International Student Welcome Fair | 1-3 p.m. | Close-Hipp Bldg., first floor lobby | 1705 College St. | free | coffee, hot chocolate + snacks provided
Dish: TFA Test Kitchen | 6-9 p.m. | The Food Academy | 6230 A. St. Andrews Rd. | $35 | try 2 tapas, 2 entrees + 1 dessert; complimentary cocktails, beer + wine 🍴
TheAlbum: From the Fires by Greta Van Fleet | Album Rock | Stream or buy via GretaVanFleet.com, Amazon Music, iTunes and Papa Jazz
Saturday | Jan. 13
TodayIs: National Gluten-Free Day | Here’s your gluten-free guide to Cola
Active:
- Bend and Barre’s Grand Opening Party | 1-3 p.m. | Bend and Barre | 634 Harden St. | RSVP | don’t forget your mat + water; they’ll supply the mimosas
- Free Yoga Day! | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Amsa Yoga Studio | 14 Pelham Dr. | free
- MLK Celebration 5K | 8:10-10 a.m. | Strictly Running | 2515 Devine St. | $10-30 👟
Pets: How to Care for Newborn Puppies & Kittens | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Pawmetto Lifeline | 1275 Bower Pkwy. | free | RSVP at crosen@pawmettolifeline.org 🐱🐶
Cause: Music for a Cause: S.C. Philharmonic benefits Curing Kids Cancer | 7:30-10:30 p.m. | Koger Center | 1051 Greene St. | call 803-251-2222 for tickets
Dish: The New Gullah Supper Club | 7-9 p.m. | private location disclosed in email after ticket purchase | $85
Shop: UofSC’s Give It Up For Good community yard sale | 7 a.m.-noon | 720 College St. | free + open to the public
Show: Grace Joyner, She Returns from War, Brian Robert |8:30 p.m. | Infinite Room at Tapp’s Arts Center | $5
Sunday | Jan. 14
WaterCooler: Gamecocks Women’s Basketball vs. Tennessee | 1 p.m. | Colonial Life Arena| 801 Lincoln St. | $10 🐔🏀
Dish: Sundae Funday | 12-4 p.m. | Kaminsky’s | 930 Gervais St. 🍨
Arts:
- Passport to Art: It’s All Greek to Me! | 12-3 p.m. | Columbia Museum of Art | 1515 Main St. | free
- Environmental Abstractions New Year Reception | 2-5 p.m. | City Art | 1224 Lincoln St. | free
Show: Slick Rick | 8 p.m. | Music Farm | 1022 Senate St. | $15+
Volunteer: Volunteer with YLS at Transitions | 5-6 p.m. | Transitions | 2025 Main St. | Register
AllWeekend
Learn: Columbia Home Building & Remodeling Expo | Fri. 2-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center | 1101 Lincoln St. | free with registration
Dish: South Carolina Restaurant Weekend | Jan.11-21 | lunch + dinner | participating restaurants | prices vary
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