The South Carolina Wildlife Federation (SCWF) has opened entries for the 2025 South Carolina Songbird Art Contest, presented in partnership with Wildlife Forever and sponsored by Dominion Energy. The free contest invites all K–12 students statewide to express their creativity while learning about the native and migratory birds that frequentContinue Reading

The South Carolina State Museum invites the public to celebrate South Carolina Arbor Day with a special evening featuring acclaimed author and environmental writer Margaret Renkl on December 2 at 6 p.m. The free Arbor Day program will include a moderated conversation, reception, and book signing. The discussion with RenklContinue Reading

The Junior League of Columbia will once again bring holiday magic to the Midlands with its 39th annual Holiday Market, taking place December 4–7 at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds. The four-day shopping event features more than 100 unique merchants from across the country and serves as the League’s largestContinue Reading

Union United Methodist Church will once again bring the town of Bethlehem to life as it hosts the 32nd annual drive-through living nativity, The Living Christmas Story, December 5–7 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each evening. For more than three decades, the church’s parking lot has been transformed into aContinue Reading

Get ready to lace up your sneakers and kick off the holiday season. Saluda Shoals Park will hold the annual Sleigh Bell Trot November 24 and the Sleigh Bell Stroll November 25. The after-dark events offer participants a chance to run or walk through Holiday Lights on the River —Continue Reading

S.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame holds Veterans Month press conference at Columbia Convention Center, site of the Hall’s permanent home Days after celebrating the Marine Corps 250th Birthday in Philadelphia – which included a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of the Corps’ first Commandant Samuel Nicholas – Major GeneralContinue Reading