Events
ART Art,Art,and More Art at Mays Park will offer classes through March. Just the two of us, parent and child for ages 2- 4; Homeschool art for ages 4- 7, 8- 12, and 12 and up; and Afterschool for ages 4- 7, 8- 12, and 12 and up. Contact Steve Hewitt, 545-3100.

The Sandhills School will host the 4th annual Celebrate the Faces of Sandhills Art Gala March 14. 695-1400.

Trenholm Artists Guild's 27th annual competitive art exhibit will be March 11- 22 at HoFP Gallery. 865-1431.The guild will meet March 10, 7 pm at the Forest Lake Recreation Center. 865-1431.

The S.C. State Library's Talking Book Services Library will display student art work March 12, 10:30 am- noon. 734-8650.

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Patrie Museum of Egyptian Achaeology through June 8, 2008. www.columbiamuseum.org.

The City of West Columbia is seeking local visual artists to participate in the 2nd Annual Riverwalk Music Festival on April 19. Contact Roxanne Mockabee, 920-3735 or r.mockabee@ yahoo.com.

Arts At Shandon presents Stained Glass Window

TourMarch 15, at 10 am. 771-4408, ext. 27.

Award- winning filmmaker to show film on racial injustice through lives of basketball players on March 4, 7 pm Belk Auditorium in the Moore School of Business.

Palmetto Painters will hold its March meeting on March 8, 10 am at Green Hill Baptist Church. 781-2340 or www.PalmettoPainters. com.

CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church continues its Wednesdays at First lunch service in Jackson Hall, 1324 Marion St. Lunch available 11:30 am- 12:20 pm, followed by a speaker and ending at 12:50 p.m. Hot meal $6; soup and salad bar $5. 799-9062.

First Presbyterian Church will host an oasis conference for moms March 1, 8:30 am- 1 pm. 799-9062.

The Seventh Annual B106.7 FM Children's Hospital Radiothon will be March 1- 4. Pledges can be called into 803-434-3000. Visit b106fm.com or palmettohealthfoundation.org

SEAL America National Communion 2008 is hosting an open communion/payer service at the state capitol building in Columbia on March 1, at 11:23 am.

Ben Witherington III will give a series of talks for USC's annual Nadine Beacham and Charlton F. Hall Sr. Lectureship in New Testament Studies and Early Christianity March 27 and 28. www.cas.sc.edu/relg/

ENTERTAINMENT

Columbia City Ballet will present Beauty & the

Beast March 7, 7:30 pm at the Koger Center. 251-2222 or www.capitoltickets.com.

The 2nd annual whimsical silent auction & wine tasting fundraiser for the local John Bachman Group of the Sierra Club will be Feb. 29, 6:30- 10 pm at the Ensor Keenan House, 801 Wildwood Dr. Contact Susan Grey, 419-3823.

DDaonncnian gS owrietnhs tehne, S UtaSrCs's first lady will join colon- cancer benefit March 1, at 6 pm. www.cccr.se.edu or 777-1231.

The Greater Columbia Chapter of the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association will hold a St. Patrick's Day dance party March 8, from 7:30- 11 pm. www.USADance.us.

HEALTH The Yoga & Wellness Center of Columbia will hold a new moon meditation March 7, 6:30- 7:30 pm. 765-2159. A beginners class will be March 15- May 3, Saturdays from 8- 9:15 am. 765-2159.

Palmetto Health will sponsor a community walk on March 10 at the Columbia's Riverfront Park. The two- mile walk will begin at 10 am with an aerobic warm- up at 9 am. 296-2273 or palmettohealth.org

Senior Exercise Program at Eastminister Presbyterian Church will be held M- W- F, 9- 10 am. 787-5156.

The National Kidney Foundation of South Carolina will launch the second annual Palmetto State Kidney Mobile Bus Tour March 8, 10 am- 2 pm at Brookland Baptist Church. www.KidneyCount.com.

Life Line Screening will be at St. Martin's in the Fields Episcopal Church March 15. 1-800-697-9721.

FAMILY Playhouse Disney Live will perform at the Township Auditorium Feb.29. 783-2222.

Public Safety and Health Awareness Fair will be held April 4- 6, at Keenan High School. For more information visit www.RCSD.net.

EdVenture Children's Museumpresents Cyberchase ™ exhibit through May 27.

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden celebrates Year of the Frog with Leap Day Festivities March 1. The park opens at 9 am.

MEETINGS Horrell Hill Family and Community Leaders Club meets the first Thursday of each month at 10:30 am. Contact Alice Williams, 776-7888.

The Richland County Republican Partymeets the fourth Monday of every month, 6 pm at the Suggs & Kelly Law Center, 500 Taylor St. Contact Lou Nolan, 254-9543.

Columbia's Parks and Recreation Toastmasters Club meets at noon 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.

The Business Association of Columbia meets every Wednesday at the Summit Club for breakfast. Contact Ken Connor, 256-2354.

The Downtown Columbia Lions Club meets the first and third Mondays for lunch. Contact Lloyd Pitts, 798-8256.

Toastmasters Club meets every Friday, 7- 8:15 am at Lizard's Thickett, 10170 Two Notch. Contact Caroline Meyer, 782-8844.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Luncheon meeting will be held March 14, 2008, 11:30 am at Seawells. Contact Ruth Donahue at ruthdona@windstream.net or 951-3213.

The Renal Dialysis Advisory Council will meet March 6, 1 pm at 1777 St. Julian Place. 545-4370.

First Citizens'Econ Book Club will meet March 11, 5:30- 7 pm at the Breed Leadership Center, Columbia College. To RSVP email hmeyers@moore.sc.edu or call 777-8677 by noon March 10.

Richland County's 4th annual neighborhood planning conference will be March 8, 7:30 am- 3 pm at the Northeast Campus of Midlands Technical College. 576-2166.

MISCELLANEOUS

Richland 101's Spring Session begins March 17. Classes will be Mon.- Thurs., 6- 8 pm. 576-2062.

The Shepherd's Center of Columbia will present Bob Knox and the Blue Serenade Orchestra March 27, 6 pm at Trenholm Road United Methodist Church. 779-4449.

The Great American Clean Up of S.C. officially begins its three- month campaign. For Volunteer information please visit www.palmettopride. org

The Historic Columbia Foundation is now accepting nominations for 2008 Preservation Awards. www.HistoricColumbia.org or 252-7742, ext. 24.

Palmetto Health Richland Total Joint Care will offer Adaptive Gardening Seminar on March 13, at 9:30 am. For registration call 296-2273. Brigadier General John Johns (USA, ret.) and Colonel William Hauser (USA, ret.) will be meeting with community leaders, veterans and students on March 4, 3:30- 5 pm in USC's Gambrell Hall.

The Columbia Bridal Showcase will be at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center March 9, from 1- 4 pm. 865-9497 or www.columbiabride.com.

MUSIC Columbia Harmonizers male chorus/ensemble meets Thursdays at 7:30 pm at Shandon United Methodist Church, 3407 Devine St. 798-1538.

Colla Voce will present J.S. Bach's The Passion

According to St.John at St. Peter's Catholic Church Feb. 29, 7:30 pm. 777-5369.

The Sterling Chamber Players will perform at a dinner concert March 6 beginning at 6:30 pm. 748-4629.

Charles Wadsworth returns to the Columbia Museum of Art's DeBose-Poston Reception Hall for a concert on March 6, at 7 pm. For more information and tickets please contact 343-0482 or

REUNIONS The 1972- 1974 classes of Lower Richland will have a reunion July 26, 7- 11 pm. Contact Robin Hook Bennett, 234-4345.

The Airport High School class of 1988 will hold a 20th reunion in August. Contact Brandy Aull, Ahseagulls1988@yahoo.com.

SPORTS The Richland County Recreation Commission will hold registration for the spring adult basketball league through March 1. 732-3220.

The 12th annual Friends of Scouting Tennis Classic will be March 6- 9 at Rockbridge Club. 750-9868.

The 30th annual Bryan Adrian Summer Basketball Camp is holding registration. 704-377-6387.

The Richland County Recreation Commission is offering youth tennis lessons for boys and girls ages 7- 14. 772-6598.

The A.C. Flora Foundation All-Star Evening will be held March 14, from 7- 10 pm. Tickets are $25 per person.

TRAINING/EDUCATION

USC will present the lecture series Inside the

Oval Office through March 5, 5:30- 7 pm. 777-5195.

Turning Pages will conduct an ESL Tutor Training Workshop on March 1, 9 am-1 pm. 765-2555.