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What's Happening This Week in Columbia: October 3-9
October is here and fall is falling! With a new month, we usher in all kinds of new events: new shows in the theaters, new films at the Nick (in a new location!), new concerts, new dance performances, and new exhibitions. We've even added some new things to our list of "Ongoing Events" near the end of this email. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
9:30am Mother Goose Storytime at RCPL
10:00am Wee Wednesdays: Rolling with Rothko! (ages 2-5)
10:00am Read-to-Me at EdVenture
2:30, 5:30 & 8:30pm The Master at the Nick
3:30pm Preschool Storytime at RCPL
6:00pm New Life Productions: To Touch God's Hands Casting Call
8:00pm Town Theatre presents Music Man
8:30pm Tiny the Comedian at the Comedy House
Evening - Village Square Theatre presents Forbidden Broadway
Thursday, October 4, 2012
9:30am Toddler Storytime at RCPL
10:30am Family Storytime at RCPL
11:30am Meet me at the Plaza at Columbia Museum of Art
12:00pm Films from MoMA: However Odd Kokhlova
2:30 & 5:30pm The Master at the Nick
5:30pm Messages from Home: The Art of Leo Twiggs, lecture and book signing
6:00pm First Thursdays on Main Street ...
anastasia & FRIENDS: Jam Room Celebration!
Frame of Mind: PIENSA: Blanco/Negro
Mast General Store: Chris Compton and the Ruby Brunettes
S&S Art Supply: Life=Art: Imperfect Perfection
Sheraton Rooftop: Preach Jacobs
Tapp's Featured Artist: Suzy Scarborough
Wine Down on Main: Lauren Maurer
and more ...!
6:00pm Walking the Past Lane at RCPL
6:30pm Gordon Kormon at Your Library at RCPL
7:00pm The Nickelodeon Parade on Main Street
8:00pm Carnaval, Netherfriends and Senseless Beatings at Conundrum
8:00pm Town Theatre presents Music Man
8:00pm Trustus Theatre presents I Am My Own Wife
8:00pm Workshop Theatre presents Legally Blonde
8:30pm Tiny the Comedian at the Comedy House
9:00pm 25 Years and Counting: The Story of a Seminal Recording Studio (Jam Room Documentary)
Evening - Opera Thursday at Villa Tronco Restaurant
Evening - Village Square Theatre presents Forbidden Broadway
Friday, October 5, 2012
5:00pm ColaCon at Columbia Museum of Art
7:00pm Art in the Garden VII at Wingard Nursery
7:30pm Sandlapper Singers presents Red, Hot & Blue at Dreher High School
7:30pm The SC Shakespeare Company presents Pride and Prejudice
7:30pm USC Dance Company presents South Carolina Festival of Dance
8:00pm The Invisible Children Tour with Bearcat, The Rocketboys and The Marshall Brown Band at Conundrum
8:00pm Steve Turre, trombonist with the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra
8:00pm Town Theatre presents Music Man
8:00pm Trustus Theatre presents I Am My Own Wife
8:00pm USC Theatre presents The Importance of Being Earnest
8:00pm Workshop Theatre presents Legally Blonde
8:30pm Electric Heard at Utopia
8:00 & 10:30pm Double D at the Comedy House
Evening - Village Square Theatre presents Forbidden Broadway
Saturday, October 6, 2012
10:30am Family Storytime at RCPL
11:00am Congaree Blusgrass Festival
11:00am & 3:00pm Columbia Marionette Theatre presents Hansel and Gretel
11:00am New Life Productions: To Touch God's Hands Casting Call
1:00pm Gallery Tour: Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950
5:00pm ColaCon at Columbia Museum of Art
5:00pm COLUMBIA/KAISERSLAUTERN: The International (Mural) Project Opening Reception
5:30pm Happy Hour Tours: The Vista
7:30pm USC Theatre presents The Importance of Being Earnest
7:30pm The SC Shakespeare Company presents Pride and Prejudice
8:00 & 10:30pm Double D at the Comedy House
8:00pm Workshop Theatre presents Legally Blonde
9:00pm Shaking Ray Levis and bigSphinx at Conundrum
Evening - King Cotton & The Remnants, Chuck Mims & The Riot Act at Art Bar
Evening - Village Square Theatre presents Forbidden Broadway
Sunday, October 7, 2012
12:00pm Storm Under the Sun at the Nick
1:00 - 5:00pm $1 Admission at the SC State Museum
2:00pm COLUMBIA/KAISERSLAUTERN: The International (Mural) Project Panelist Discussion
3:00pm iPick Film Series: The Hunger Games
3:00pm Trustus Theatre presents I Am My Own Wife
7:30pm USC Theatre presents The Importance of Being Earnest
5:00pm Unearth at Saluda Shoals Park
7:30pm The SC Shakespeare Company presents Pride and Prejudice
8:00pm Double D at the Comedy House
9:00pm Brick Mower and Sons of Young at Conundrum
Evening - Village Square Theatre presents Forbidden Broadway
Monday, October 8, 2012
10:30am Hello Baby! Storytime at RCPL
6:00pm Teen Otaku Association at RCPL
6:30pm Reading Rumpus at RCPL
7:30pm USC Symphonic Winds Concert (FREE)
8:00pm Swamp Cabbage at Conundrum
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
9:30am Hello Baby Storytime at RCPL
12:30pm Sew Divine! A Gathering of Crafters at RCPL
5:30pm Family Night at Edventure
6:00pm Early Columbia Lecture Series: Part III, The Twentieth Century: Columbia Celebrates 200 years
6:00pm Urban Readers Book Group at RCPL
6:30pm Impact Player: Bobby Richardson at RCPL
9:00pm Conundrum Jazz Sessions
Ongoing Events
Ongoing Exhibits by the Trenholm Artists Guild
Ongoing arts, music, film and dance events for seniors at Capitol Senior Center
Ongoing Afternoons Art, Dance, Music and more at City of Columbia Parks and Recreation
Ongoing Afternoons and Evenings - Art classes and workshops at Village Artists at the Village at Sandhill
Ongoing Evenings - Ballroom Dance Classes at Vista Ballroom
Ongoing Evenings - Le Cafe Jazz at Finlay Park
Ongoing Evenings - Linda's Carraoke
through October - Early Adventures: Pumpkin Patch
through October - Goodall Gallery at Columbia College:Artist Alejandro Garcia-Lemos
