8 Days a Week Issue #20.52 :: 12/26/2007 - 01/01/2008 Grandmas from Hell! Plus: Cycling! Potatoes? | WEDNESDAY 26
Wednesdays are for unlikely romances! Ira Black is brilliant, neurotic, Jewish and has so many issues he can’t fit them into 12 years of analysis; Abby Willoughby is a free spirit who works in a gym and is better at solving her friends’ problems than selling memberships. When the two meet, the impossible happens: They fall in love, meet each other’s parents and decide to get married, all in a few breathless hours. And life is good, for a while, until a series of comic misadventures force the couple to rethink their strategies. So goes the plot of Ira and Abby, which opens tonight at the Nickelodeon Theatre with screenings at 3, 6 and 8 p.m. Call 254-3433 or visit nickelodeon.org for more information.
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| Ira and Abby opens today at the Nickelodeon Theatre. |
THURSDAY 27
Thursdays are for jazz! It’s been a while since we reminded you readers that local jazz guru Skipp Pearson’s weekly Jazz Workshop series at the Hunter-Gatherer. The best part: It’s an open-mic series, so bring your horn and get to blowin’. The jazzmatazz begins around 9 p.m. and admission is $5. Call 748-0540 for more information.
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Local jazz guru Skipp Pearson leads a jazz workshop
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No, seriously: Thursdays are for jazz! If one local jazz happening isn’t enough for you, then you’re in luck — local ingénue Lorrie Rivers leads her eponymous Jazz Night at Art Bar, where she’ll be belting out vocal jazz standards and possibly crooning a few of her own tunes. The shows begin at 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. and are free; call 929-0198 or visit artbarsc.com for more information.
FRIDAY 28
Fridays are for cycling! You know, all Freddie Mercury really wanted to do was ride his bicycle. If you, like Mr. Mercury, want to ride your bicycle, drop by Finlay Park at 5 p.m. for the Critical Mass group bicycle ride. Hurrah for non-commercial, non-competitive bike riding! (Unicyclists and roller-bladers, you’re welcome, too.) Call 864-616-6278 for more information.
SATURDAY 29
Saturdays are for R&B giants! R. Kelly comes to the Colonial Center tonight — turn to the music section on page 55 for more information.
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| R. Kelly comes to the Colonial Center on Saturday. |
SUNDAY 30
Sundays are for seeing things you haven’t yet gotten around to seeing, and Eight Days is here to guide you through your day so you can get it all in. First, take a holiday home tour sponsored by the Historic Columbia Foundation, as today’s the last day to do so. Tours start at 1 and 3 p.m. and will take you through the Robert Mills House, the Hampton-Preston Mansion and the Mann-Simons Cottage. Tickets are $10 for adults ($5 for children); call 252-1770 or visit historiccolumbia.org for more information.
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Purses! At the South Carolina State Museum!
The Purse and the Person exhibit, celebrating a
century of women’s purses, closes Sunday.
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Next, swing by the Columbia Museum of Art, as today’s the last day to see the Fragile Forms exhibit, which showcases contemporary glass art work from the Sonia and Isaac Luski collection. The museum’s open from 1 to 5 p.m.; call 799-2810 or visit columbiamuseum.org for more information.
Next, hop down Gervais Street to the South Carolina State Museum, as today’s the last day to see The Purse and the Person, which commemorates a century of women’s purses. The State Museum is also open from 1 to 5 p.m.; call 898-4921 or visit southcarolinastatemuseum.org for more information.
Lastly, end your night with a walk through the Lights Before Christmas at the Riverbanks Zoo. Remember: This year, the zoo’s added the Music in Motion Lights Spectacular, a 10-minute digital light show complete with a 20-foot, computer-animated, dancing Christmas tree,and the Lights Before Christmas one of the Southeast Tourism Society’s Top 20 Event. What are you waiting for? The Lights are open from 6 to 9 p.m. and are free with zoo admission ($7 for adults; $5 for kids). Call 779-8717 or visit riverbanks.org for more information.
MONDAY 31
Mondays are for ringing in the new year! Today is New Year’s Eve — think there’ll be a party? Free Times knows of a few — turn to page 20 for a comprehensive list of New Year’s Eve happenings.
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Ain’t talking no tall tales, friend, because
at high noon, your doom’s coming for you — she’s the Grandma from Hell:
Faye Woodroof comes to the Comedy
House Theater on Monday. |
Mondays are for ringing in the new year with jazz! Can’t see yourself dropping $50 to see the Dick Goodwin Big Band at the Newberry Opera House? We can’t either, reader, but that’s because we’re, well, broke. Should you have the available scratch (and wish to ring in the New Year Gilded Age-style), Goodwin and company have a large repertoire of jazz, swing and beach standards sure to prevent all old acquaintance from ever coming to mind. The show — which includes free eats and a fireworks show — starts at 8 p.m. Call (803) 276-6264 or visit newberryoperahouse.com for more information.
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All right, who stole my clarinet?: The Dick Goodwin Big
Band rings in the New Year at the Newberry Opera House
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Mondays are for ringing in the new year with surf-pop! The Legends of Surf Music ride a wave into the Township Auditorium tonight. Check out the music section on page 58 for more information.
Mondays are for ringing in the new year with laughter! Faye Woodroof is known as the Grandmother from Hell, and with good reason. We certainly don’t want our beloved Nana saying any of the vile things spewing forth from Woodroof’s mouth. The Comedy House Theater rates Woodroof a double-R (whatever that means); she comes to the Comedy House for two shows, one at 7:30 p.m. and the other at 10:15 p.m. Tickets to the early show are $12 ($25 for the dinner package) and $35 for the late show, which includes a full New Year’s celebration package — balloon drop, breakfast buffet, champagne, party hats, etc. Call 798-9898 or visit comedyhouse.tv for more information.
TUESDAY 1
Tuesdays are for nursing that New Year’s Eve hangover! To comfort you, we’ll tell you that 2008 has been declared by the United Nations as the Year of Languages, the Year of Planet Earth, the Year of Sanitation and the Year of the Potato. Mmm ... sanitary potatoes.
WEDNESDAY 2
Wednesdays are for shame! Went a little overboard during your New Year’s Eve saturnalia? Embarrassed by something (or someone) you did after getting a little too out of control? Don’t worry about it — this week is Someday We’ll Laugh About This Week. So chin up, reader! | |
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