The Morris Museum of Art recently wrapped up four week-long summer camps that taught students ages 10-15 the basics of photography and, to celebrate, the campers’ work will be on display in the Art Education Gallery through August 30. A free reception will be held Sunday, August 23, at 1 p.m. on the first floor […]
Don Cleary knew at four years old that he wanted to play the piano but, when Santa visited his house that year, he didn’t quite get what he had expected. “I got a little teeny toy thing and I just looked at Mom and Dad and couldn’t figure out why Santa couldn’t figure out that […]
A wall of sound is set to launch across the Savannah River from the Jessye Norman Amphitheatre as Augusta welcomes Moon Taxi for an all-ages show on Thursday, August 20. As the first of the two-part Riverwalk Revival Series, Moon Taxi promises to return with yet another high-energy concert as they say farewell to a […]
When the organizers of the Black Cat Picture Show started throwing around the idea of a film festival last year, they figured they would start small. “I don’t want to say it got away from us, but, at first, I thought it would be the home team,” said Le Chat Noir’s Krys Bailey. “I really […]
Every Monday during the Summer Reading Program, the Columbia County Library’s meeting room was packed with excited teens. A buzz of quiet conversation flowed from one to the next, most stationed in front of computer schematics, soldering equipment, and robotics components. This is the Makerspace, a program at the Greater Clark’s Hill Regional Library’s Columbia […]
Down on Walton Way a big cow stands atop a red and white building looking out at the traffic and soaking up the sun. It’s been there for a couple of years now, having moved from its original home on Highway 1, where it had been a fixture since the late ‘60s. Some folks know […]
When Cristell Reyes was a child in Puerto Rico, she wanted to be like the famous salsa singer Celia Cruz. “I always sang since I was a little girl, but being in such a traditional Latin country, opera never crossed my mind,” she said. “My middle school was a school specializing in music, exactly like […]
It’s hot, folks. Most evenings with temperatures still in the mid-90s, the last thing anyone wants to do is stand in the kitchen cooking for an hour. Thankfully, new kid in town, Solé, is ushering in a welcome change to the otherwise limited Monday night dining landscape. I grabbed a friend and headed downtown to […]
If only they could’ve kept the dinosaurs from killing the bejesus out of everyone, the Jurassic World theme park of “Jurassic World” would’ve made a helluva vacation spot. Gyro-hamster balls to let you glide through pastures of brontosaurs; a jungly lazy river for paddling past apatosaurs; a petting zoo where tykes could saddle up on […]