30 November 2022
ARTCMA GalaColumbia is home to an array of nearby, talented artists creating artwork of all forms, and the Columbia Museum of Art is usually spending a night focused on that. On Dec. several, the museum will web host the CMA Gala. The big event is a night to commemorate creativity with dancing, drinks, food and art. Plus, appreciate live music from several Columbia favorites, Fantasy plus DJ Sam. Tickets price $175 ($150 for CMA members) More information at columbiamuseum. org. HALLIE HAYESFOODFoodees As well as Culture FestivalIf you thought that all food truck festivals just happened in the heat of the summertime, you were wrong. Foodees Celebration will come to Columbia December. 3 and 4. The particular free event, featuring a number of food trucks, from eleven a. m. to seven p. m. The food-centric event will happen at the Sc Educational TV (SCETV) workplace right near Williams Brice football stadium. For more info, go to foodeesfest. com. HANNAH WADEHOLIDAYHoliday Planetarium LightingIt’s that time associated with year for holiday celebrations and sparkling lights. The particular South Carolina Museum will display their Holiday Planetarium Lamps with a special event on December. 1 . This event gives kids of all ages the opportunity to enjoy the “Winter Stars Live Sky” planetarium experience. There will also be a unique showing of “Rudolph the particular Red-Nosed Reindeer 4-D, inch a special craft for kids in order to participate in and more! At six: 45 p. m., all of the event-goers can watch the planetarium dome transform into a marvelous snow globe. This is a “pay as you may” event having a set price of $5 for the 4D and planetarium sneakers. More information at scmuseum. org. HALLIE HAYESARTPhilip Mullen openingThe large scale acrylic artist Phillip Mullen is an performer of many accolades. He’s the professor emeritus at the College of South Carolina, has function featured in galleries and museums (including USC) across the United States plus received a lifetime achievement honor. In some cases, his work continues to be as wide as fifteen feet across. Let’s place it bluntly: it’s big function from a big time nearby artist. But , now, Mullen’s work is being featured in the new gallery, the very humble Rob Shaw Gallery plus Framing in West Columbia. The months-long exhibit starts on Dec. 2 . More information can be found at facebook. com/robshawgallery. DAVID CLAREYHOLIDAYCarolina LightsThe Sc State Fairgrounds is getting back their Carolina Lamps drive through holiday gentle show. This event is a imaginary array of lights, with more than 100 individual LED gentle displays all in the vacation theme. Tickets can be purchased on the web with pricing at $15 a car from Sept. 7-Dec. 3 and $20 through Dec. 4-16. Mini-bus seat tickets are $35 and automobiles over 25 passengers price $70. More information at scstatefair. org. HALLIE HAYESBEERSteel Fingers Fourth Anniversary PartyIn traditional Steel Hands fashion, the particular Cayce brewery will enjoy being open for 4 years with a party : live music on 2 stages, special beer produces and plenty of good meals to go around. The event is definitely free to attend, but the brewery will offer a VIP package deal for $90 a person. More info can be found at facebook. com/steelhandsbrewing. HANNAH WADEHOLIDAYSnowball Festival CarnivalSouth Carolina may not get a lot snow, but that’s not likely to stop Lexington‘s Snowball Celebration Carnival. Kids and adults alike may channel the contagious Xmas enthusiasm of Buddy the particular Elf from “Elf” — who will show at the carnival — while writing words to Santa, getting their particular faces painted and happening festive rides. The free of charge carnival begins at one p. m. on December. 3 at the Icehouse Amphitheater, with “Elf” showing from 5: 30 p. mirielle. Visit icehouseamphiteater. com to find out more. SKYLAR LAIRDR& BFantasiaSay what you should about the show “American Ideal, ” but its winners possess some serious staying power. Take Fantasia, for example. It’s been 18 many years since she took house the top prize on the show, yet she’s managed to hang around, rating hit R& B public, Grammy awards and stints on Broadway in “The Color Purple” and “After Midnight. ” Her effective, emotive vocals will no doubt become a full throttle for her December. 2 performance at the Township Auditorium. Showtime is eight p. m., with particular guest Case opening. Seat tickets range from $71. 50-$177. Check out thetownship. org for more info. VINCENT HARRISROCK/FUNDRAISERBass and BellsMake certain to head over to New Brookland Pub for this MIS fundraiser plus rock out for a good trigger. Join Hey Johnny Recreation area: A Foo Fighters Homage Band, The Third Floor, Manning Feldner and CME Redtails for a great post-Thanksgiving, pre-Xmas blowout that will satisfy that will charitable urge we all go around the holidays. Plus you can belt along to “My Hero” and “Best Of You” at the top of your lungs within a sweaty club instead of a loaded arena. What could be much better? The Dec. 3 showtime is 7: 30 g. m. and tickets are usually $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Visit newbrooklandtavern. com for more info. VINCENT HARRISART/MUSICFirst ThursdayThe best bargain around is back with extended hrs to the CMA, and the Boyd Plaza blowout featuring reside music and The Whig’s final beer garden. It’s also the golden opportunity to check out 2 of the museum’s stellar displays. “European Splendors” features Italian language art from the medieval towards the Baroque period. “The Artwork of Elizabeth Catlett” commemorates the artist’s activism supporting women, African Americans, plus Mexican laborers. Admission towards the Dec. 1 event is usually free. For more info, check out columbiamuseum. org. PAT MORANCOUNTRYHardyYou need to hand it to Erina Hardy. After writing strikes for acts including Sarasota Georgia Line, the self-styled “proud redneck” launched the solo career that strings the needle between 2 incongruous tent poles of recent country music – grungy country with razor cable raunch and soaring industry rock. That Hardy may crank out feel-good songs without the smug swagger associated with bro country is all the greater impressive. Tickets for the December. 3 show start at $39. 50. More info at thetownship. org. PAT MORANHOLIDAY/THEATERA Xmas CarolNo Christmas is finish without some iteration of the holiday classic, whether it’s the initial story by Charles Dickens, the Muppet adaptation or even, in this case, a live music performance by Columbia Kid’s Theatre. With music simply by Alan Menken, whose songs appears in Disney classics and “Little Shop associated with Horrors, ” and words by Lynn Ahrens, which wrote the whimsical “Seussical” musical, this show is going to be sure to emphasize the “carol” part of its title. View it at 2 p. mirielle. or 6 p. mirielle. on Dec. 3 from Harbison Theatre. Tickets are usually $15. Visit harbisontheatre. org for more info. SKYLAR LAIRDMUSICChamber Get at Loveland CoffeeIf you are looking to enjoy a warm mug of coffee while listening to a tranquil ensemble, Loveland Coffee may have that for you this week. As part of the SC Philharmonic’s Holding chamber Crawl series, they’ll be delivering a string quartet towards the coffee shop. The Dec. four event will begin at three or more p. m. Tickets can be bought online for $20 (you actually can add on snacks along with a coffee for extra). More info (and tickets) can be found with scphilharmonic. com. HANNAH WADE