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coladaily.com
Photo gallery: Five Points' month of haunts, tricks and treats
When popping down to Five Points to grab a bite or do some shopping during October, you may have felt like somebody was watching you, and not very subtly either. No, it’s not a fever dream, the streets of one of Columbia’s historical neighborhoods are lined with giant skeletons.
thechapinnews.com
Lexington Police Foundation Fall Festival set for Tuesday
LEXINGTON — The Lexington Police Department Foundation will host its 22nd annual Fall Festival Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Icehouse Amphitheater. Chief Terrence Green invites the community to enjoy an evening of family-friendly entertainment, attractions, rides, music, games and food from local restaurants. This year’s featured attraction is a large Ferris wheel provided by Palmetto Amusements.
Lexington County Chronicle
GILBERT NEWS: Help bless others through Thanksgiving Blessing Baskets
Thanksgiving is a time for families, food and gratitude. Many this year will struggle to enjoy the holidays. The Derrick Team of Keller Willaims and the elementary school counselors in the area are asking for the public to help with their annual Thanksgiving Blessing Baskets food drive. Organizers have partnered...
The Post and Courier
Dancing with the Aiken Stars brings in more than $320,000
This year's Dancing with the Aiken Stars event, held Oct. 22, brought in more than $320,000 in donations to support such organizations as Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons, Salvation Army and Aiken Center. Event organizer Betty Ryberg announced the total Oct. 25, noting that the number represents income after expenses, so the amount is to be distributed entirely among the various beneficiaries. Voting took place over the course of weeks, with boosters invited to support their favorite causes and cast monetary votes for the best performances at the event, held at the USC Aiken Convocation ...
operawire.com
Q & A: Tenor Elliott Brown on Being a Young Artist & Being Part of the Denyce Graves Foundation
The Denyce Graves Foundation began as a way to bridge the past to the future by honoring overlooked musical voices and empowering the next generation of world-class artists. Founded by opera star Denyce Graves, the foundation celebrates trailblazing musicians, music educators, and composers of color through community engagement programs, concerts and presentations, creation of new works of art, establishment of young artist development training and more, as well as via social and traditional media.
coladaily.com
Photo gallery: Three Rivers Bridge Dinner raises more than $250K for charity
Dinner for 1,200 was served Sunday on the Gervais Street Bridge. The Three Rivers Bridge Dinner brought the crowd together for an evening celebrating the rivers, people and community that make the Midlands special. The annual dinner featured an evening of food, cocktails, live music and sunset views above the...
The Post and Courier
OceanaGold Haile Gold Mine restores Kershaw’s historic schoolhouse
KERSHAW — OceanaGold brought gold mining back to Kershaw a decade ago, but the company also went in search for the town’s history. That’s why, aside from mining for gold, OceanaGold Haile Gold Mine joined in preservation efforts for a century-old schoolhouse on the mine property. Company leaders unveiled the historic building, after moving it from the mine to the center of town, on Oct. 22. The school educated children in Kershaw from the 1910s to the 1950s. One of the returning pupils for the ribbon cutting was John Byrd, 96. “My brother and older sister and myself walked to school together,”...
CSRA Kids
WRDW-TV
SC State breaks ground on new $30 million university library
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - South Carolina State University held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new $30 million library. The new library will be constructed on the site of the former Bradham and Manning Residence Halls. The event featured Rep. James Clyburn, SC State President Col. Alexander Conyers, and Board of...
WIS-TV
Columbia Museum of Art to host annual Diwali kickoff party
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Columbia Museum of Art will host its annual Diwali kickoff party on Thursday at Boyd Plaza. Diwali is the beloved global holiday celebrating the triumph of light over darkness. The evening will feature everything from Bollywood beats and dance tutorials to folk art, food, and...
thenewirmonews.com
Lexington Police Foundation Fall Festival set for Tuesday
LEXINGTON — The Lexington Police Department Foundation will host its 22nd annual Fall Festival Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Icehouse Amphitheater. Chief Terrence Green invites the community to enjoy an evening of family-friendly entertainment, attractions, rides, music, games and food from local restaurants. This year’s featured attraction is a large Ferris wheel provided by Palmetto Amusements.
The State
Graves of enslaved people in SC's oldest cemetery were unmarked for years. No more
South Carolina’s oldest municipal cemetery has long had a section where it was suspected people were buried, but no one knew for sure where the graves were. It’s Section V of Springwood Cemetery , located in downtown Greenville, that was used as a potter’s field for African Americans, some believed to have been enslaved, and indigent whites. Researchers believe there are some 2,000 unmarked graves. A project spearheaded by the Upstate Cemetery Preservation Alliance of South Carolina recently found 572 of them. Founding member of the organization Debbie Weeks contributed $3,000 to pay for ground penetrating radar to study the area. Omega Mapping of Forston, Georgia, which also does underground utilities, marked the graves they found with flags. This week, Jason Forister, owner of Nat Greene Landscape Co . in Greenville donated the labor to install discs to mark each grave. “Driven by compassion and a commitment to honoring every life—recognizing that each person was once someone’s child—Ms. Weeks saw the necessity of conducting the radar study to accurately determine the number of graves in this section,” a city press release said announcing the findings. “This is a project that is very dear to our hearts,” Weeks said. “Section V
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The Post and Courier
Denied SC grant for work concerned with ICE impact on community, Latina artist finds other support
COLUMBIA — An artist whose work was rejected by the S.C. Arts Commission for perceived political ideology is getting support from another source. On Oct. 15, after calling Greenville’s Shakira Olivera-Bautista’s artworks “political” and “scary,” commission board members voted to deny the Latina artist $1,800 in grant funds intended for emerging artists. The board’s decision drew fire from arts advocates and organizations, who had already accused the commission of exhibiting prejudice in denying funding to two LGBTQ arts organizations on Oct. 1. One week later, Palmetto Luna Arts, a nonprofit i...
The State
The ‘recognition' that wasn't free: How SC charter school paid for a flattering TV profile
In early 2025, GREEN Charter Schools filmed an episode of Empowered , a public television program hosted by the actress Meg Ryan. The documentary-style program, which highlights “the most critical stories that affect the way consumers live across the planet,” produced a five-minute feature on the Greenville-based charter chain to air on public television stations across the country. The segment , bookended by the “ Sleepless in Seattle ” star, portrays the renewable energy-focused network of schools as an example of educational innovation where “every student is empowered to pursue their dreams and equipped to impact the world for the better.” “This was nothing GREEN sought,” then-executive director Tom Cronin told board members before playing the video at a May 2025 meeting. “This was something that sought us. We were somehow noted as one of 17 finalists for the Empowered recognition.” What Cronin did not mention — or perhaps even recognize — was that GREEN’s Empowered honor was manufactured. The show is what PBS calls a “pay-for-play production.” The taxpayer-funded charter network paid more than $30,000 to Summit Studios, LLC , the production company behind Empowered, to create the video, invoices obtained by The State Media Co. show. In exchange
YoCo News
State Museum brings Northern Lights show back to its planetarium dome Nov. 1
The South Carolina State Museum in Columbia will bring back Áróra, a 21-minute planetarium show about the Northern Lights, beginning Nov. 1. The show will run through Feb. 28, 2027. The show takes audiences through remote Icelandic landscapes and out into space to explain what causes the aurora. It plays on the 55-foot digital dome...
CSRA Kids
Christmas Parades in the CSRA
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas! Soon the CSRA will be buzzing with holiday cheer, and we want to help your family have a memorable holiday season. Be sure to check out our Christmas and Holiday Guide! It has Christmas lights, Christmas tree farms, and much more! Please Note That Dates and Times ... Read more The post Christmas Parades in the CSRA appeared first on .
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Student art wins at South Carolina State Fair