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Events
North Springs Park will host dog obedience classes beginning Feb. 19. Classes will be Mon. nights, 6- 7 pm. The deadline to register is Feb. 18. 736-6070.
The 49th Annual All Breed Cat Show will be Sat., Feb. 24 at the Jamil Temple. Contact Kristi Fell, 381-8022 or www.PalmettoCatClub.org.
Greyhound Lifesavers will be at the Harbison Petsmart Sat., Feb. 17, 11 am- 3 pm. Contact Judy Horton, 957-3866 or www.greyhoundlifesavers.org.
ART The 31st Annual Lowcountry Shrimp Festival and Blessing of the Fleet art competition is seeking entries through Feb. 26 at 6 pm. Contact Beth Baldwin, 843-697-4339 or www.LowcountryShrimpFestival.com.
The Columbia Museum of Art will present From Pissarro to Picasso: European Works on Paper and A Foreign Affair: American Artists Abroad March 2- July 17. 799-2810 or www.columbiamuseum.org.
The McKissick Museum will present the exhibit A road Less Taken: Photographs taken by James Henderson through March. 777-7251 or www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/.
The S.C. State Museum is accepting applications from artists working in all visual media for the 4th annual Congaree Art Festival, Sat., April 28. Applications are due Mon., March 5, 5 pm. Contact Paul Matheny, 898-4941.
BOOKS The Richland County Public Library, Humanities Council S.C., and the S.C. State Library have joined with StoryCorps, a national initiative to create an oral history of America. They will collect recordings in Columbia Feb. 8- 22 at the main library, 1431 Assembly St. 929-3457 or www.myRCPL.com.
The 11th Annual S.C. Book Festival will be Feb. 23- 25 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. www.scbookfestival.org.
The S.C. Center for the Book will host Brunching With Authors Sun., Feb. 25, 9:30- 11 am at the S.C. State Museum, 301 Gervais St. Tickets are $25. 771-2477 or www.scbookfestival.org.
The Richland County Public Library will hold a book discussion and signing with New York Times reporter James Barron Mon., Feb. 26, 7 pm at the Main Library, 1431 Assembly St. 929-3457 or www.myRCPL.com.
The Shepherd Center of St. Andrews will hold a book sale Tues., Feb. 20 & 27, 9 am- 1 pm at the Ashland United Methodist Church, 2600 Ashland Road. 731-9394.
CHILDREN/FAMILY Riverbanks Zoo will hold spring and summer camps for kids ages 6- 10. 799-8717, ex. 1113 or www.riverbanks.org.
IHOP will celebrate the 2nd National Pancake Day Celebration Tues., Feb. 20, 7 am- 10 pm. www.ihop.com.
The Lower Richland Ruritans will hold their Famous Old Fashioned Fish Fry and Grits Sat., Feb. 17 at the Ruritan Clubhouse located on Rabbit Run. Tickets are $7. Contact Jay, 783-0149 or Pam, 771-0219.
CHURCH/charity Shady Grove United Methodist Church will host a pancake supper Tues., Feb. 20, 6- 7:30 pm. The cost is $5 per plate. 781-4832.
Ladson Presbyterian Church, 1720 Sumter St., will host its Lenten Lunch series every Wed. at noon, Feb. 28- April 4. Lunch is free. 556-1122.
Shandon Presbyterian Church will hold the Kirkin' of the Tartans, 11 am Sunday, Feb. 18. 771-4408
First Presbyterian Church continues its Wednesdays and Thursdays at noon lunch service in Jackson Hall. Lunch begins at 11:30 am followed by a speaker from 12:25- 12:50. A hot meal is $6. Soup and salad is $5. 799-9062.
Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, 6500 North Trenholm Road, will host the Lenten Lunch Series Wednesdays beginning Feb. 21- March 28, noon- 1 pm. Bring your own lunch; drinks provided.
The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, 4201 North Main St., will host classes March 6, 13, 20, and 27, 6:45- 9 pm. A catered supper will be a 6 pm, cost is $7.50. 461-3263.
Forest Acres Women to Women Bible Study will meet each Wed. through April 25. Coffee and refreshments, 9:30 am, Bible study, 10- 11 am at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3100 Covenant Road. Contact Norma Johnson, 782-4922.
DANCE North Springs Park, 1320 Clemson Road, will offer Salsa dance lessons. 736-6070.
The Greater Columbia Chapter of the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association will hold their second twice- monthly dance party Sat., Feb. 24, 7:30- 10:30 pm at the Hugh Dimmery Memorial Center, 680 Cherokee Lane. Contact Patricia Hill, 781-5248.
HEALTH Ganden Mahayana Buddhist Center, 1202 Main St., will offer meditation classes Wednesdays and Thursdays, 7 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 pm. 256-0150 or www.MeditationInSouthCarolina.org.
Meals on Wheels and Riverbanks will host the 4th Annual 5K Run and Walk Sat., March 3. Registration through Feb. 15 will be $20 for adult runners, $15 for adult walkers, & $10 for kids 12 and under. 252-7734 or www.seniorresourcesinc.org.
USC's School of Law will host Women in law do not care if you walk, stroll, crawl or run, as long as you join the fun 5K Sat., Feb. 17, 9 am. 777-6276 or www.Women.in.law.sc.edu.
Palmetto Health will offer a free smoking cessation program to Richland, Fairfield, and Lexington county residents. To register call 296-2273.
MEETINGS Horrell Hill Family and Community Leaders Club meets the first Thursday of each month at 10:30 am. Contact Alice Williams, 776-7888, for the next meeting location.
Columbia's Parks and Recreation Toastmasters Club meets at noon on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at The Charles R. Drew Wellness Center, 2102 Walker Solomon Way. Contact Larry S. Thompson, 545-3095.
A women's business leads group is forming. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month at 12:30 pm. Categories will be protected. 261-0006.
The Business Association of Columbia meets every Wednesday at the Summit Club for breakfast to share sales' leads. Contact Ken Connor, 256-2354.
The Downtown Columbia Lions Club meets the first and third Mondays for lunch. Contact Lloyd Pitts, 798-8256.
The World Affairs Council will hold a conference March 4- 6 at the Columbia Marriott Hotel. The council is looking for volunteers to act as scribes during the different key issue groups at the conference. 252-2197 or www.2enlightenment.com
MUSEUM The McKissick Museum will present the national traveling exhibit Small Wonder: Insect Photos by Fran Hall Feb. 17- March 31. Contact Jason Shaiman, 777-2515.
The S.C. State Museum, 301 Gervais St., will present the exhibit Aliens: Worlds of Possibilities through Sept. 3. 898-4921.
MUSIC/entertainment Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church will hold a BBQ and bake sale March 3, 2007, 12- 6 pm. Adults $7, children $4. 776-7237
Columbia Harmonizers male chorus/ensemble meets Thursdays, 7:30 pm at Shandon United Methodist Church, 3407 Devine St. 798-1538.
The Columbia Community Concert Band will hold their winter concert Feb. 23, 7:30 pm at Union United Methodist Church, 7582 Woodrow St.
The 100 Voice Lexington County Choral Society will give a concert Fri., Feb. 23 & Sat., Feb. 24, 7:30 pm at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church. 359-8794.
The City of Columbia's Parks and Recreation will host a Teen (Garage) Band Competition Sat., March 24, 1 pm at the Earlewood Park Amphitheatre. 343-8715.
The 30th Annual USC Band Clinic featuring USC Symphonic Band will be Fri., Feb. 16, 7:30 pm at the Koger Center for the Arts. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Breath of Spring Music Festival will be Sat., March 17, at Cypress Gardens, 3030 Cypress Gardens Road, Moncks Corner. The festivities begin at 11 am. 843-553-0515
Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1301 Richland St., will present the St. Louis Brass Band Sun., Feb. 11, 3 pm. The concert is free and open to the public. 765-9430.
Barrage, a high- octane fiddle- fest, will perform Tues., Feb. 20 at the Richland Two District Auditorium. Contact Jose Carrion, 699-2800, ext. 2708.
The Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra winter concert will be Feb. 18, 3:30 pm at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, 5503 Sunset Blvd. The concert is free.
USC's Dance Program will present five top dancers from The New York City Ballet March 31, 7 pm at the Koger Center. 251-2222 for tickets. Contact Susan Anderson, 777-7264 or www.cas.sc.edu.
SPORTS The Palmetto Youth Football Conditioning Camp will be June 18- 22 at Trenholm Park. Registration will be through Sat., June 16, 10 am- noon at Trenholm Park. 787-0216.
The Richland County Recreation Commission will host The Palmetto Fencers Musketeer Youth & Open tournament at Polo Road Park Feb. 17 & 18, 9 am- 4 pm. 754-7275, ext. 218.
Golf Headquarters will sponsor the Columbia Division of the Amateur Golf Tour Senior Division. The season will be Feb. 15- Oct. 1. Contact John Livoti, 866-918-4653 or www.amateurgolftour.net.
TRAINING/education USC will host a public lecture series featuring historian and author Dr. Walter Edgar every Wed., through April 25, 5:30- 7 pm at the S.C. Archives & History Center on Parklane Road 777-5195.
Midlands Technical College will offer the free workshop Vulnerable Adults and the Law Wed., Feb. 21, 8:30- 10 am at the Northeast campus. 732-0432 or mtctraining.com.
VOLUNTEERS Meals on Wheels needs volunteers. 252-7734 or www.seniorresourcesinc.org.
Home Works of S.C. will go to Covington, Louisiana, March 3- 11. Contact Hank Chardos, 781-4536 or Homewrksc@aol.com.shocking new comedy The Pillowman
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