Columnist Cassidy Spencer hit the road with her band, Gamine, and found herself wondering what it means to live a life alongside war, violence and humanitarian atrocities.
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Starting May 11, WECO Bottle and Biergarten will have a light, collaborative beer from Edmund's Oast Brewing Company on tap (and in cans.)
Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens opened 50 years ago after a decade of persistence (and a little help from a car wash tiger.) What's the zoo been up to since then, and what's in store for its next half-century?
A national ice cream chain finds a home in Columbia, and other top food and dining stories in Columbia this week.
Lyricist and folk singer David Wilcox is from the Midwest, but calls the South home. "I never felt like it knew me, never felt like I belonged."
A new book about the lore of Hampton County's Murdaugh family, written by a former journalist at The State Newspaper, dives into the archives to find the family's 'insane foundation of crime.”
Crimson Screen Horror Fest, the state's only festival of its kind, kicks off this weekend in Columbia. Featured in the lineup is a Charleston filmmaker and an entire block of Christmas-themed slashers.
Scene photography in Columbia is at an all-time high, so photographer and Free Times Contributing Editor Eden Prime pondered what it means to document meaningful spaces and experiences with their lens.
Columbia has seen a sharp uptick in the number of indie booksellers opening storefronts in recent months. What's behind the trend?
Columnist Cassidy Spencer saw NiA Company's latest play, "Passover." It got her thinking about the 'Don't Tread on Me' flag that breezed past her one day in Five Points.