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-ART Columbia Open Studios 2008 will be held May 3- 4. www.columbiaopenstudios.org for studio listings.

Contributed by Town Theatre Town Theatre presents Damn Yankees beginning May 9. Lola is played by Giulia Dalbec- Matthews and young Joe Hardy is played by Caleb Jernigan.

The Columbia Museum of Art will be showing Excavating

Egypt:Great Discoveries from the Patrie Museum of Egyptian

Achaeology through June 8. Please visit www.columbiamuseum. org for more information.

Columbia Museum of Art is offering a variety of summer camps for children ages 4- 14. 343-2163

City Art Gallery presents School's Out VI: Emerging Artists of

the Southeast April 24- May 31. www.cityartonline.com

-CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church will host a Music Festival April 30- May 3. Call 799-9062.

First Presbyterian Church continues with their Wednesdays at First lunch service in Jackson Hall at 1324 Marion Street. Lunch available 11:30 am- 12:20 pm.

St.Martins in the Field Episcopal Church Outreach Advisory Board will host a fundraising Caribbean Lunch April 27, 12 pm. Tickets 787-0392

Columbia College will host a Cancer Awareness & Women's

Health National Beauty Advisor and a hair donation drive April 28, 1:30 pm- 5:30 pm at Columbia College. www.projecthaircare. com.

March of Dimes will hold the Columbia March for Babies May 3, 8 am registration at the State Fairgrounds. www.marchforbabies. org or 1-800-525-9255

Northeast United Methodist Church will host Power Lab:Discovering

Jesus'Miraculous Power June 22-27 for all children ages four through rising fifth graders. Register at www.NEUMC.com or 736-6386

St.Martin's in the Fields Episcopal Church will hold a plant sale May 3, 8 am- 12 pm at 5220 Clemson Avenue.

St.David's Episcopal Church will host a golf tournament, May 15 at the Golf Club of South Carolina at Crickentree. Deadline for entry is May 9. Register 736-0866 or www.StDavidsColumbia. org.

-ENTERTAINMENT Historic Columbia Foundation will host Architectural and Main St. Tours from April 5-May 31, each Saturday, 10:30 amnoon. Reservations required, call 252-1770, ext. 24.

Young Girls in Europe will take place at the Koger Center for the Arts April 25, 6 pm and April 26, 3 pm. Ticket information 251-2222.

-FAMILY/KIDS EdVenture Children's Museumwill host BubbleLoosa! from May 3- Sept 30. www.edventure.org.

Finleaf Gallery will host Demo's On Devine May 10, 11 am- 3 pm. Call 254-8327.

Historic Columbia Foundation will host a Mother's Day Brunch May 11, 11 am-1 pm, Seibels House & Garden. Reservations 252-7742 ext. 29 or HistoricColumbia.org

-HEALTH Senior Exercise Programat Eastminister Presbyterian Church will be held M-W-F, 9 am- 10 am. Volunteer Services at Palmetto Health Richland are accepting applications for this summer's junior volunteer program. 434- 6242

5K Riverfest Epilepsy Run/Walk will be held at the Riverfront Park, at Huger and Laurel Streets May 3, at 8 am. www.strictlyrunning. com

USC will host health forum Here's a Health Carolina May 17, 8 am-1:30 pm Russell House, University Union. 777-5400 or sc.edu/symposia/hahc/index.php

-PLANTS Annual Plant Sale Returns to Riverbanks Botanical Garden April 26, 9 am- 12 pm in the Garden's Growing Center. www.riverbanks.org

The Sandhill Farmers Market will open April 29-November 25, Tuesdays 3:30 pm-7pm, RED BARN at Clemson Sandhill Research and Education Center. 788-5700 x32

-MUSIC The South Carolina Philharmonic will hold a fundraising party, Tides of Change, on May 8, 7 pm in Sterling Hall. 254- PHIL

OPERA at USC will complete its '07- '08 season with Mozart's classic opera, The Magic Flute, at Longstreet Theatre. The shows will be held April 25 and 27 at 7:30 pm. Tickets sales and information: 777-0058 or 777-5369.

USC band department will showcase its students' talents in the 32nd annual Concert in the Park April 27, 6 pm on the lawn in front of McKissick Museum.

USC will host Columbia- based vocal group Colla Voce May 11, 7 pm at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Admission is $10. 777- 5369.

The South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division will hold Justice

Jam 2008 to raise funds for the Bar's Pro Bono Program April 26, 7 pm at the Five Points Pub. 866-299-2187

-REUNIONS The Dorman High School class of '88 is searching for classmates for its 20- year reunion September 19- 20. dorman1988@ charter.net or call 864-578-6761

The 1972- 1974 classes of Lower Richland will have a reunion July 26, 7 pm- 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.

USC alumni are invited to campus May 16- 17 for a weekend of class reunions and checking out what's new on campus. www.MyCarolina.org

-SPORTS The Palmetto Youth Football and Cheer Association is now registering for the summer football camp every Saturday at Trenholm Park from 10 am- 12:30 pm. Call Coach Cornelius at 865-0515 or 787-0216.

The 18th annual McDaniels Golf Classic, hosted by Palmetto Health Foundation, will be May 9, at Fort Jackson Golf Club. palmettohealthfoundation.org

-THEATER

USC will conclude its Mainstage Theatre season with A Cabal

of Hypocrites April 27, 3 pm. Tickets are $16 for the public; $14 for military, faculty and staff; $10 for students. Tickets www.cas.sc.edu/thea/ or 777-9353.

Dreher High School dance programwill present Peter Pan

April 30-May 2, 7 pm, Dreher auditorium. For tickets/information 253-7000 ext. 2131 or kalee@richlandone.org

Conder Elementary Arts Integrated Magnet School will present Walt Disney's Jungle Book, May 2, 7 pm, RNE High School Auditorium. 736-8720.

Town Theatre presents Damn Yankees, May 9-31. For times/tickets, 799-2510 or

www.towntheatre.com

-TRAINING/EDUCATION The South Carolina Bar and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of SC will sponsor Ask- A- Lawyer May 2, 2 pm- 4 pm Call 866-299-2187.

USC will host a celebration for the Institute for African American Research April 29, 3:30 pm, Thomas Cooper Library. 777-4472

Suddeth Automotive is offering a FREE Women's Car Care Seminar April 26, 9:30 am and 1:30 pm at 1410 North Millwood Avenue. 256-2110 or www.SuddethAuto.com.

Impact Columbia Summit 2008 will be April 29, 5:30pm- 8:30pm at 320 Senate St. www.Impactcola.com

The Katie and Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center will host American Red Cross Babysitting Certification on May 2, 9 am- 4 pm. Call 787-2023, ext. 309

Dr.V.Mohini Giri, a renowned women's rights activist in India and Nobel Prize nominee, will speak at Columbia College on May 5, 6 pm in the Breed Leadership Center. www.columbiacollegesc. edu