October 22 through 29 marks End Child Hunger SC Week in both the City of Columbia and Richland County, with a mission to build awareness, incr…
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Ally and Eloise's much-anticipated Main Street retail location is now up and running — and we can report, based on a quick visit, that it smel…
Love him or hate him, nobody has loomed larger in popular music over the last decade than Kanye West, who just announced that the second leg o…
From the outside looking in, hip-hop can often seem like aggressively public music, meant to be blared at block parties and out car stereos wi…
Like many children, when I was in single digits, I loved Godzilla's rampages through Tokyo as an expression of how he couldn't be restrained b…
Beach Slang frontman James Alex is a musician, and person, for whom sincerity is everything. That comes across in the loud, adrenaline-fueled …
Winter might be coming, but City Roots is gearing up to launch a weekly onsite farmers market beginning Thursday, Oct. 20. The market will tak…
Heart Like a Levee was a fitting companion this past week. I threw it on between interviews with local artists about their responses to last f…
The South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association will be holding a second Restaurant Week this year, but only for the greater Columbia ar…
A microbrewery could open in a rapidly developing area near the corner of Huger and Greene Streets if the Columbia Board of Zoning Appeals giv…
The Chili Cook-off in Five Points was called off in 2015, leading some to fear the long-running annual event was dead. But worry not, chilihea…
"Hope ain't a tactic." — Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg)
I like records that sound like they are breaking apart.
This jam-packed showcase of indie and outsider rap and electronic music comes courtesy of the Charleston collective Raisedbyfilm and the innov…
Cayce’s newest restaurant is bringing a Venezuelan flavor to the west side of the river. Arepazo Latin Foods opened Saturday, Sept. 24 at 904 …
For anyone who may dismiss South Carolina as the land of barbecue and not a place that is friendly to non-animal eaters, don’t be so quick to …
Five years ago, harvest dinners — where diners eat adjacent to the fields in which most of their dinner was grown — were not a frequent occurr…
When I heard that the new Drive-by Truckers record — due Friday via ATO and currently streaming at NPR First Listen — was called American Band…
"Secrecy is security and security is victory." — CIA Deputy O'Brian (Rhys Ifans)
This Saturday, the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum will host its fourth FOLKfabulous Festival, an annual showcase of the roots…
The War Mouth plans to open a takeout barbecue window to serve walk-up and drive-up customers on the North Main corridor.
"What we lost in the fire, we'll find in the ashes." — Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington)
Daley's Pronto Pup will be serving pickled corn dogs this year at the South Carolina State Fair.
David “Bluetile” Toole bombed every hill in his Connecticut neighborhood with his small, banana-colored skateboard. He was about 10, and with …
Learning about local history is fun enough, but bringing it to life by engaging the sense of taste is what Historic Camden is aiming to do wit…
Through more than three decades leading the Bad Seeds (after coming to prominence with The Birthday Party), Australian rocker Nick Cave has re…
Leila Ibrahim, executive director of Columbia’s Trustus Theatre, has resigned her post, effective immediately. Following the exit of her prede…
Patrick Pietras is more than a pinball maestro, he’s a pinball advocate. Pietras is part of the Palmetto Pinball Club, and in silver sphere-to…
A Smoothie King will open in the former Tutti Fruitti Frozen Yogurt location in the Vista at 1205 Lincoln St. on Friday, Sept. 16. This will b…
Trumpeter Mark Rapp has become one of Columbia's most effective jazz ambassadors, playing international dates with major artists such as Branf…
After only six months, the HEMI Food Truck Court located at 728 Meeting St. in West Columbia has ceased operations, citing heat and location a…
John Darnielle, who started The Mountain Goats by strumming a guitar and yowling into static-y cassette recorders a quarter-century ago, is mo…
For some, it may prove tempting to call My Woman a throwback. And there’s some truth to that assertion.
"A man can do anything when he realizes there is no God." — The Blind Man (Stephen Lang)
Robert Chambers came back from two tours of duty in the Middle East in 2003. It wasn’t long before he put ink to paper. It didn’t look so much…
Chickadees Diner is opening a location next to Palmetto Health Richland in October, just off 277 in downtown Columbia.
Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders will perform at Columbia's Colonial Life Arena on Nov 12.
The Midlands is about to see its first of the Famous Toastery franchises open, with one going on Main Street next to Cantina 76, and one on Sp…
Former USC quarterback Connor Shaw suffered a "gruesome" leg break in a Chicago Bears game against Kansas City Saturday. There's no news yet o…
It’s been seven years since the art-rap trio De La Soul released an album, and it’s been even longer since they put out one as funny, weird an…
The Jam Room Music Festival’s North Carolina connection is nothing new. The excellent Durham garage band Spider Bags were one of the bigger na…
Since its restoration as a live theater in the 1990s, the historic Newberry Opera House has become a cultural icon in South Carolina, hosting …
The South Carolina Democratic Party is changing the name of the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, an annual fundraiser. The longtime Democratic event …
A citizens watchdog group has moved a step closer to hiring an independent staffer to help it monitor the scandal-scarred Richland County Tran…