Columbia, SC
USC & Higher Education: The Man Who Drew the News
Sound Off: Bull Street Is A Debacle
Local and State News: Crowded Race for Special June 4 Richland One School Board Election
Rant & Rave: That’s How People Get Shot
Cover Story: So, You Want to Be a Writer?
Music Feature: This Ain’t No Nostalgia Weekend
Growth & Development: Town of Lexington to Spend Millions on Downtown Development
Events
8 Days a Week
Who Will Be Crowned Vista Queen?
Plus: Expecting Goodness Short Film Festival Tuesday
Every time Trustus Theatre hosts its annual Vista Queen drag pageant, Eight Days gets Queen’s “Killer Queen” stuck in our head. All that is to say: The 15th installment of the pageant, dubbed The Year of the Crystal, features more high heels, fake nails and hairspray than an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and begins at 6 p.m. (Eight Days feels compelled to remind you at this time that Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott was the first Vista Queen.) Dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind, any time: tickets are $40; call 254-9732 or visit trustus.org for more. What's Happening Today: Wednesday, May 22
• John Morgan
• Northeast Farmers Market
• Football!
• More
Blogs
Arts News Roundup: Spoleto, Tax Breaks, and Biennial
By Amanda Ladymon | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:55 pm
The Side Line: SEC Title Probably the Best USC Baseball Can Hope For
By James Harley | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:56 am
This Just In: ‘SC State House for Sale’; Gas Prices Rise; Meet the Wilsons; ‘Anatomy of an IRS Shakedown’
By Corey Hutchins | Monday, May 20, 2013 8:45 am
By Amanda Ladymon | Friday, May 17, 2013 10:24 pm
News + Opinion
Senate Wants to Sell Off State Planes
By Corey Hutchins | Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The use of South Carolina’s two state airplanes became a flashpoint of controversy during budget talks last week — which ended with state senators voting to sell them.
USC & Higher Education: The Man Who Drew the News
Sound Off: Bull Street Is A Debacle
Music + Nightlife
This Ain’t No Nostalgia Weekend
By Mike Miller | Wednesday, May 15, 2013
This weekend, the Five Points bar Jake’s, which occupies the old Rockafellas’ site, will be transformed back into the live-music club of yore, complete with a stage in the original location, and a PA and lights hanging from the ceiling. Music Feature: Ned & the Dirt Get Gritty at New Brookland Tavern
Where It's At: Columbia SC Club Calendar: May 15-22
Sound Bites: Jonathan Byrd, Space Idea Showcase, Bad Veins
Photo Galleries
Back to Rockafellas | Photos by Christian Barker
Jake's Bar & Grill occupies 2112 Devine St., home of the legendary Columbia rock club Rockafellas. On the weekend of May 17-17, Jake's hosted a Back to Rockafellas' weekend. Photos by Christian Barker.Back to Rockfellas | Photos by Thomas Hammond
Rosewood Crawfish Festival 2013
Kenny Chesney | Williams-Brice Stadium | Saturday, May 4
Food + Dining
USC Student’s Project Promotes Food Equality
By April Blake | Wednesday, May 15, 2013
You might think the limits on what food you’re allowed to eat ended when you moved out of your mom’s house, but every day, we are all limited in what we choose to consume by our place in life.
On Tap: Books and Booze Go Together
Chew on This!: One Fish, Two Fish, Mercury Fish, PCB Fish
Bites: Restaurants in Columbia SC
Arts + Lifestyle
The Bold Geometry of Steven Naifeh
By Rodney Welch | Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Each of these 26 large, boldly-colored paintings and constructions look perfectly abstract, showing the admitted influence of Naifeh’s own heroes ranging from Abstract Expressionists like Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly and Gene Davis to the Op Art whimsy of Bridget Riley.
8 Days a Week: Who Will Be Crowned Vista Queen?
Arts Feature: Art Fields Extended
Opera Review: “Bambino” — A Baseball Opera