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

The Columbia Museum of Art will be showing Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Patrie Museum of Egyptian Achaeology through June 8. www.columbiamuseum.org 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

McKissick Museum will host Helen Hill: Documenting the Florestine Collection May 3- Aug. 23. 777-7251 or www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS

H. E. Corley Elementary School will host artwork by Bonita Strickland through May 30. 732-8175

-BOOK The SC Center for the Book at the South Carolina State Library will host author Bert Goolsby May 22, 12 pm- 1 pm. www.sleuthedit.com

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

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 am- noon. Reservations required, call 252-1770, ext. 24.

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

The Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands will host the 5th Annual Rubber Duck Race May 3, 10 am, at the Riverwalk Amphitheatre. www.bgcmidlands.org

3rd Annual Kids Triathlon & Health Fair at the Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center will be May 18, 2 pm. Registration 513-2325

-HEALTH Senior Exercise Program at Eastminster Presbyterian Church will be held M- W- F, 9 am- 10 am.

Volunteer Services at Palmetto Health Richland is 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

DHEC will host The All- Health Team's 2008 awards ceremony May 6, 10 am, Cecil Tillis Center. 545-4501 or

www.scdhec.gov/allhealth

A.C. Flora High School will host the Healthy Falcon 5K Run and Walk May 10, 8:30 am, Flora Athletic Fields.

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

The American Red Cross will hold free disaster training courses each Saturday during May. 540-1215.

-PLANTS 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 ext. 3

-MEETINGS The Palmetto Personal Computer Club will hold a meeting, DIGITAL TV IS ON THE WAY! May 8, 6pm-8:30 pm, Capital Senior Center. 782-3015

Columbia Chapter 87 of NARFE will host a luncheon meeting May 9, 11:30 am, Seawell's. 951-3213.

The Trenholm Artists Guild will host their final meeting before summer break on May 12, 7 pm at the Forest Lake Recreation Center. 865-1431

The Midwifery Advisory Council will meet May 14, 10 am-noon, Heritage Building. 545-4370 or www.scdhec.gov/health/hrc ontact.htm.

Palmetto Painters, a SC Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters, will hold its May meeting on Saturday, May 10, at 10:00 am at Green Hill Baptist Church. 781¬¬- 2340 or www.palmettopainters. com

The Richland County Republican Party will organize precinct clubs: May 12, 6:30pm-8:30 pm, Jewish Community Center and May 13, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm, Ballentine Park. 254-9543

-MEMORIALS "A Salute to Heroes" will be presented by the SC State Museum May 3, to the brave and dedicated men and women who have served and who continue to serve in our country's military branches. www.southcarolinastatemuseum. org

-MUSIC USC String Project will hold a Spring Concert May 5, 7pm, Koger Center. 777-9568

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

The SC State University Department of Visual & Performing Arts will present the Spring Concert "Celebrating Musical Giants: Keiko Abe, James Brown, Ney Rosauro, Mark Ford, and others" May 6, 7pm, at the Fine Arts Center. 533-3617

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 Palmetto Concert Band will perform a Memorial Day concert, May 25, 4 pm, at the Koger Center. 777-4106

-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

The 19th annual SCPA Foundation Golf Tournament will be May 15, Ft. Jackson Golf Club. Fax registrations to 551-0903. www.scpress.org

Brookland-Cayce Varsity is now registering for the 19th Annual Bearcat Soccer Camp July 14-18, 6 pm-8 pm, Granby Education Center. Open to boys and girls ages 5-14. www.scsoccer.com/bcsoccer.

-THEATER Town Theatre will present

Damn Yankees, May 9-31. For times/tickets, 799-2510 or www.towntheatre.com

Columbia Children's Theatre will hold season auditions May 15, 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm and May 17, 1 pm- 4 pm, Booker Washington Heights Cultural Arts Center. 681-4548

-TRAINING/EDUCATION 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

The Insight School of South Carolina will host a series of 20 information sessions in various SC locations from May 3-10. For dates, 1-800- 260-5165 or www.insightsc.net

Palmetto Health Baptist will hold Safe Sitters babysitting classes June 9-10, June 25-26, July 9-10 and July 22-23, 9 am-3:30 pm, Palmetto Health Baptist Auditorium. Advance registration 296-2273.

Turning Pages will hold Basic Tutor Workshop Training May 10, 9 am-1 pm Turning Pages Offices. 765-2555.