Calendar of Events

White Mule presents Joal Rush & The Wares CD Release w/ Mike Willis

• September 10, 2010
• Location: The White Mule, 1530 Main Street

"Please Give"

• September 10, 2010 - September 16, 2010
• Location: Nickelodeon Theatre

A family looking for some extra space gets drawn into a difficult relationship with the folks next door in this comedy drama from writer and director Nicole Holofcener. Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt) are a couple living in New York City who run a successful store specializing in vintage furniture. Kate and Alex have a teenage daughter, Abby (Sarah Steele) and their apartment is starting to feel a bit small for the three of them; Kate and Alex own the unit next door to them, and ...

"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"

• September 10, 2010 - September 25, 2010
• Location: Workshop Theatre

Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikel...

"The Art of Environmental Awareness, 'Batiks' by Mary Edna Fraser

• September 10, 2010 - December 14, 2010

Fraser's art expresses issues of climate change and the long-term effects on the environment Working from topographical viewpoint, her large-scale works use geological and geographical studies to document the changing face of the landscape.

2010 - 2011 Vista Studios - Gallery 80808

• September 10, 2010 - September 14, 2010
• Location: Vista Studios Gallery 80808

Artists Roundtable

Blooming Butterflies

• September 10, 2010 - October 10, 2010
• Location: EdVenture Children's Museum

Come explore the world of the butterfly! Visit EdVenture’s living exhibit, Blooming Butterflies and explore the world of these fascinating insects! This 2,500 square foot enclosed structure was designed just for butterflies. It is filled with dozens of species of trees and plants that support hundreds of butterflies from more than 20 different species native to the Southeast United States. Be sure to check out the Bloom Room and observe chrysalises and emerging butterflies.

Blue Man Group: Making Waves

• September 10, 2010 - September 18, 2011
• Location: Edventure

Clap, snap, whistle, and whir. Children and adults will have a BOING of a BLAST when the Blue Man Group: Making Waves exhibit rumbles into EdVenture, June 19 -September 19. Investigate the possibilities of sound-making with instruments you can make from found objects. Learn how sounds can convey emotion through pitch, volume, and vibration. See how combining unusual sounds in rhythm can create new kinds of music. Even the human body becomes a music machine in this fun excursion into the science ...

Columbia Green: Year of the Tree

• September 10, 2010 - September 12, 2010
• Location: Columbia Museum of Art

In partnership with Columbia Green, this student exhibition is based on a connection between science and art. Participating schools include Hand Middle School, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School and Center for Inquiry.

Fall Main Street Marketplace

• September 10, 2010 - October 29, 2010
• Location: Boyd Plaza, The Columbia Museum of Art

An open-air market featuring fresh produce, baked goods, photography, books, local art, unique gifts, handmade crafts, entertainment and much more. 

Forgotten Stories: South Carolina Fights the Great War

• September 10, 2010 - September 18, 2010
• Location: SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum

April 2007 marked the ninetieth anniversary of the United States’ entry into the Great War.  In recognition of this, the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum has partnered with six historical and educational institutions in Columbia to develop a multi-venue project (titled “Forward Together: South Carolina in World War I”) on the participation of South Carolina citizens during the First World War and its effects on the state.  The partnership consists of Historic Columbia Fo...

From Here to Timbuktu: A Journey through West Africa

• September 10, 2010 - January 02, 2011
• Location: Edventure

From Here to Timbuktu takes visitors on a journey through West Africa’s spectacular and diverse geographic regions. Along the way children and adults alike are immersed in an adventure of discovery as they learn about the rhythm of West African life. In each geographic region children are introduced to the foodways, customs and culture of the people who call that region home. Travel from the coastal cities, through the treetops of mountain rainforests and make your way to the open-air family com...

Get Cocky: Students and Athletics at the University of South Carolina

• September 10, 2010 - December 18, 2010
• Location: McKissick Museum

Sports are a large part of Southern life - baseball and football are the primary sports. At the University of South Carolina, athletics have played an evolving role in student life. Intramural sports were popular in the late 19th century. Football became popular at the turn of the 20th century, reaching a pinnacle in the past twenty years. With the passing of the Title Nine in 1972, women's athletics has grown substantially. Other sports such as baseball, basketball and soccer have become import...

Imperial Splendor: Renaissance Tapestries from Vienna

• September 10, 2010 - September 19, 2010
• Location: Columbia Museum of Art

Royal Renaissance tapestries from one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world, the Kunsthistorisches of Vienna, will be on view in South Carolina’s capital city. The richness and artistic quality of the tapestries make the collection one of the most important tapestry collections in the world and one of the most magnificent of its kind. Each of these eight exquisite tapestries, intricately crafted, measures from 11- to 12-feet high and from 12- to 18-feet long. The t...

Kassie Miller Acoustic Set

• September 10, 2010
• Address: 1000 Knox Abbott Dr., Cayce, SC 29033

Kassie Miller Quick Facts: -One of the Top 10 contestants on this season of "Can You Duet?" duo reality singing competition on CMT. -Winner of the 1st season of "Search for the Ultimate Coyote" CMT reality show. ***** Kassie Miller is a mix of a little bit of country and a little bit of soul. "Her raspy voice, reminiscent of Tanya Tucker, combined with her lively southern-country personality on stage create an artist that will capture you heart, leaving you wanting mo...

Palmetto Portraits

• September 10, 2010 - January 09, 2011
• Location: South Carolina State Museum

The purpose of this multi-year collaboration of the South Carolina State Museum, the Medical University of South Carolina, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston and noted and emerging photographers from throughout the state was to create a collection of art to display in MUSC’s education and clinical buildings to remind students, faculty and staff  of those they serve throughout South Carolina. The collection portrays South Carolinians in the Lowcountry, the Piedm...