COMMUNITY RECEPTION FOR THE NEW CHIEF OF POLICE

Come out and celebrate the new chief of police today!

Coble Plaza

211 Gervais Street

Time: 5:00 p.m.—6:30 p.m.

Cost: Free

www.columbiasc.net

Contact: 803-545-302

“Make Our

Hometown Your

Destination This

Weekend”

May 22-25

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Don’t miss the opportunity to see Young Frankenstein! From the creators of the

record-breaking Broadway sensation comes this monster new musical comedy. Young

Frankenstein is scientifically-proven, monstrously good entertainment...and the

only place you'll witness a singing and dancing laboratory experiment in the largest tuxedo

ever made.

Workshop Theatre

1136 Bull Street

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Cost: $22 adults | $20 seniors/military |$16 students |12 children

www.workshoptheatre.com/YoungFrankenstein.html

Contact: 803-799-4876

USC DANCE CONSERVATORY PRESENTS "PETER AND THE WOLF"

This is a thrilling, timeless story of a boy who matches wits with a fearsome wolf features

choreography by faculty of the conservatory and performances by our exceptional students that will

delight and inspire!

Drayton Hall Theatre, USC Columbia Campus

1214 College Drive

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Cost: $12-$18

www.artsandsciences.sc.edu/dance/2014/peterandthewolf.html

Contact: 803-777-5112

PALMETTO CONCERT BAND MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

The ensemble is made up of professional and semi professional musicians from throughout South Carolina,

North Carolina and Georgia.

Koger Center

1051 Greene Street

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Cost: Free

www.koger.sc.edu

Contact: 803-777-7500

Public Relations, Marketing and Media Department

pio@columbiasc.net P: 803-545-3020 F: 803-343-8719

SEVENTY SIX AND SUNNY

Join us this Thursday to listen to this local pop rock band, Seventy Six and Sunny, at the Five Points fountain. As a part of the Five After Five Free

Concert Series, this event has tons of family-friendly stuff, too — including sidewalk

chalk, hula-hoops, jump rope, bubbles and more!

Five Points Fountain

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Cost: Free

www.fivepointscolumbia.com

Contact: 803-748-7373

BLOOMING BUTTERFLIES

Come explore the world of the butterfly! The exhibit is filled with dozens of species of trees and plants that support hundreds of butterflies from

more than 20 different species native to the Southeast. Be sure to check out the Bloom Room to observe chrysalises and emerging butterflies.

Look, but please don't touch!

Edventure Children’s Museum

211 Gervais Street

Time: 9:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.

Cost: Children and Adults $11.50 | Seniors: (age

62+) $10.50 | Military: (with ID) $10.50 | Groups:

(15+ w/RSVP) $8.50 | Members: Free |Children

under one: Free

www.edventure.org/

Contact: 803-400-1166

PECHA KUCHA COLUMBIA

Come enjoy a night of fun and presentations from some of the most interesting people in

Columbia. Learn what they love and what drives them. Some of the featured guests are

Chef and entrepreneur, Kristian Niemi and media director of Nickelodeon, Sherard Devall.

SOCO - The Columbia Cowork

823 Gervais Street, Suite 220

Time: 6:00 p.m.— 9:00 p.m.

Cost: $20

www.soco-work.com/pechakucha/

USC ARNOLD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH "ENSURING FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTHY

WEIGHT"

Audrey Rowe, the administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) at the U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA), will be the keynote speaker for The event, titled "Ensuring Food Security and

Healthy Weight: Promising Policies and Practices,"

Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center

1101 Lincoln Street

Time: 10:00 a.m.— 12:30 p.m.

Cost: Free

www.sph.sc.edu/news/USDA-May23Event.html

Contact: 803-545-0001

JUST A GLIMPSE - ART FROM ARTFIELDS

Did you miss the ArtFields festival in Lake City last month? Vista Studios resident artists who participated in ArtFields will have their entries on display in Gallery

80808. Entries include several paintings, sculptures, and a photography quilt.

Gallery 80808/Vista Studios

808 Lady Street

Time: 11:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.

Cost: Free

www.vistastudios80808.com/Home.html

Contact: (803) 252-6134

Ultimate Tut, Lincoln's Secret Weapon and Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

Experience the life and death of one of history's most legendary kings through 124 replicas of King Tut's sacred

and personal possessions. Then follow the story of archaeologist Howard Carter, who discovered the nearly

intact treasure filled tomb in 1922.

South Carolina State Museum

301 Gervais Street

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Cost: Free with admission

www.scmuseum.org

Contact: 803-799-2810

SODA CITY MARKET

Come by for the season's best produce, meat,

dairy, flowers and baked items from farmers,

bakers, gardeners and artisans in Columbia!

Soda City Market

1500 block of Main Street

Time: 8:00 a.m. —12:00 p.m.

Cost: FREE

(Free entry, but prices vary for each vendor)

www.Sodascitysc.com

SHREK THE MUSICAL

Come take your children to see this play

when an unseemly ogre – not a handsome

prince – shows up to rescue a feisty

princess from her tower guarded by a fire

breathing love-sick dragon.

Town Theatre

1012 Sumter Street

Time: Show times vary

Cost: $15-25

www.towntheatre.com

FAMILY FEST & MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE

Celebrating 20 years, The Family Fest and Memorial

Day Tribute is back! Don’t miss an afternoon of great

gospel music on the McDonald’s sound stage/food/

fun and family. This event is featuring Gospel singers,

James Fortune & Fiya, Arnetta Murrill Crooms, Roy &

Revelation and Marcus D Wiley!

Finlay Park

930 Laurel Street

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Cost: FREE

www.www.familyfestsc.com/

(803) 545-3100

ABOUT FACE EXHIBITION

"About Face" is a classroom, a studio, a support

network, and a circle of friends centered at the

Columbia Museum of Art for over a decade. The

exhibition features 31 portrait and landscape

pieces by 23 artists.

The Gallery at City Hall

1737 Main Street

Time: 8:30 a.m. — 5 p.m.

Cost: Free