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Korean Festival returns to Columbia with culture, ...

By Mary Gaughan | Oct 25, 2024

Columbia International Festival hosts 20,000

By Hanna Schatteman | Apr 4, 2023

From DJing to discussions: how hip-hop culture has...

By Jayden Simmons | Dec 12, 2022

Columbia’s first animation studio is brought...

By Shakeem Jones | Dec 9, 2022

African martial sciences with Columbia’s gra...

By Shakeem Jones | Nov 22, 2022

One of Columbia’s first Black ballet dancers...

By Shakeem Jones | Nov 2, 2022

How ColaKicks is bringing ‘sneakerhead’ culture to Columbia, USC students

by Langston Brooks | Nov 29, 2023

ColaKicks makes its impact in Five Points and among students through sneakers.

Darion McCloud: the storyteller who sows artistic magic

by Hannah Litteer | Apr 21, 2022

Darion McCloud is well known around the Midlands as a consummate storyteller – but he’s also a man of many other talents.

Teen who played Carnegie Hall says it was “surreal”

by Téa Smith | Feb 25, 2022

Ian Emmer, a Dutch Fork High School junior, gets the rare opportunity to play Carnegie Hall.

History professor wants to help bring UofSC into 21st century

by Taylor Washington | Apr 22, 2021

As a co-chair on the Presidential Commission on University History, history professor Valinda Littlefield wants the commission’s work to do more than change controversial building names on campus.

Pleading letters, cash offers and record competition for Columbia houses

by Mary Claire Warren | Apr 9, 2021

Competition in the housing market is quickly rising in Columbia as potential homebuyers struggle to set their offers apart in order to win bidding wars.

Harriet Hancock LGBTQ+ Center attempts to bring the community together

by Sloane O'Cone | Mar 18, 2021

The Harriet Hancock Center is offering drag story time to draw attention to marginalized communities.

Pet adoptions continue to climb during the pandemic

by Ryan Ducey and Mary Claire Warren | Feb 19, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, pet adoption rates have skyrocketed in South Carolina. Pet owners and official agencies explain why they think more people have started adopting

A growing community encouraged to become more involved

by Andrea Betancourt | Oct 30, 2020

As an emerging community, the Hispanic/Latino population in Columbia, SC is encouraged to take part in the Census and vote whenever they can.

The show must go on – but pandemic makes it difficult

by Amoni Jerman | Sep 22, 2020

Columbia art institutions have had to adjust to a pandemic that has affected performances, work and business.

Love in the time of coronavirus

by Laurryn Thomas | Apr 17, 2020

Spring is a popular time for weddings, but many couples are facing the tough decision of whether or not to cancel their wedding plans due to coronavirus.