What's Happening This Week: August 15-21 | Arts & Culture

Welcome to another week of Columbia's arts and history events. Attend a showing of classic movies each day at the Nickelodeon as part of their "Saying Goodbye Retrospective" before they move to their new location on Main Street. For kids, check out RCPL storytimes, Arts and Crafts, Movies in the Park, "Pinocchio" at the Marionette theater and more. Come down to the Big Apple Thursday evening to learn more about the importance protecting our historic assets. And our City always has art on display - tour the local museums and galleries to become inspired! No matter your age or interests, there's something for you to do! Enjoy!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

• 9:30am Toddler Storytime at RCPL
• 10:00am Read to Me Storytime at EdVenture
• 10:30am Hello, Baby! Storytime at RCPL
• 3:30pm Family Storytime at RCPL
• 4:15pm Step and Dance Team at St. Anna's Park
• 4:15pm Arts and Crafts at Heathwood Park
• 5:30pm "Writing America: From Columbus to Wendell Berry" Exhibit Opening
• 5:30pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Heathers at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 6:00pm Get Drawn In: An Introduction to Drawing at the Columbia Museum of Art
• 6:30pm Pottery Throwing Class at Arts Center
• 7:30pm Trustus Theatre Presents The Palace of the Moorish Kings
• 8:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Do the Right Thing at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 8:30pm Sherman Golden at Comedy House
• Evening - Linda's Carraoke at Art Bar

Thursday, August 16, 2012

• 11:00am Garden Tour of the Robert Mills Founders Garden with Historic Columbia
• 12:00pm Third Thursday Lunch Discussion: Abstract Art at the State Museum
• Evening - Newcomers Welcome: Ballroom Dancing Classes at Vista Ballroom
• 5:00pm Crafty Connections at Lorick Park
• 5:00pm "Extracted" by Bri Kinard Opening Reception at Gallery V
• 5:30pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Cinema Paradiso at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 6:00pm Historic Columbia Jubilee Panel Presentation at the Big Apple
• 6:30pm Altered Books: Create Funky Art Out of Books! At RCPL
• 6:30pm Intermediate Pottery Class at Arts Center
• 6:30pm Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit: Steerage Class Party
• 7:30pm Trustus Theatre Presents The Palace of the Moorish Kings
• 8:30pm Sherman Golden at Comedy House
• 9:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Slacker at the Nickelodeon Theatre

Friday, August 17, 2012

• 3:00pm Movies in the Afternoon Program at Melrose Park
• Evening Art Bar Players Improv Comedy
• 5:00pm Dream Big! Art from the Children at St. Lawrence Place
• 5:30pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Like Water for Chocolate at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 7:00pm Gospel Jazz Listening Party with Saxophonist Dante Lewis
• 8:00pm Trustus Theatre Presents The Palace of the Moorish Kings
• 8:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Orlando at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 8:30 & 10:00pm Black Diamonds Weekend Show at Comedy House

Saturday, August 18, 2012

• 10:30am Family Storytime at RCPL
• 11:00am Historic Columbia Jubilee Festival of Heritage at the Mann-Simons Site
• 11:00am & 3:00pm Pinnochio presented by the Columbia Marionette Theatre
• 12:00pm High Noon: Anne Hightower Patterson, Watercolor Techniques
• 1:00pm Gallery Tour: The Art of Seating at the Columbia Museum of Art
• 1:00pm Women of Hampton-Preston Tour
• 3:00pm Anime for Adults at RCPL
• 3:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Three Colors (Blue) at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 3:30pm Paws for Reading at RCPL
• 5:00pm Stereofly Southeast Showcase at Art Bar
• 5:30pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Three Colors (White) at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 8:00pm Trustus Theatre Presents The Palace of the Moorish Kings
• 8:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Three Colors (Red) at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 8:00pm The Dream Team at Conundrum
• 8:30 & 10:00pm Black Diamonds Weekend Show at Comedy House

Sunday, August 19, 2012

• 1:00pm Dollar Sunday Admission at Historic Columbia
• 2:00pm Gallery Tour: Highlights of the Collection at the Columbia Museum of Art
• 3:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Bottle Rocket at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 5:30pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Waiting for Guffman at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 8:00pm Steve Wannamaker and Big Mo Dixon at Comedy House

Monday, August 20, 2012

• 10:30am Family Storytime at RCPL
• 5:30pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Smoke Signals at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 6:00pm An Evening with the Thigpens
• 6:00pm Teen Otaku Association at RCPL
• 8:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Buena Vista Social Club at the Nickelodeon Theatre

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

• 9:30am Hello, Baby! Storytime at RCPL
• 3:30pm Preschool Storytime at RCPL
• 5:30pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Timecode at the Nickelodeon Theatre
• 8:00pm Leading Ladies Cabaret at Comedy House
• 8:00pm Ninja Hymnbook Remarks at Conundrum
• 8:00pm Saying Goodbye Retrospective: Yana's Friends at the Nickelodeon Theatre

Ongoing Events

• Through August 31 - South Carolina's MAD 'MEN' -- Advertising and PR in the Palmetto State, 1950s-1970s
• Through September 3 - Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the SC State Museum
• Through September 7 - 701 CCA Prize Art Competition: Application Period
• Through early September - Sun and Sands by Susan Lenz at Frame of Mind
• Through September 16 - Born from Fire: American Studio Glass from the Collection at the Columbia Museum of Art
• Through September 29 - TAG Rosewood Arts Festival Call to Artists
• Through November 15 - From Here to Timbuktu Returns at EdVenture