What's Happening This Week: May 16 - 22, 2012 | Arts & Culture

Wednesday, May 16

• 9:30am Toddler Storytime at RCPL
• 10:30am Hello, Baby! Storytime at RCPL
• 12:00pm Get Your Head in the Cloud! (eBooks) at RCPL
• 2:30 & 8:00pm Coriolanus at the Nick
• 3:30pm Family Storytime at RCPL
• 5:30pm Footnote at the Nick
• 6:30pm Darling Waste, Lost in the Middle, Addison Croft, the Shots at New Brookland Tavern
• 7:30pm The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by SC Shakespeare Company
• 7:00pm Tour and Cocktails at Equitable Arcade with Historic Columbia Foundation
• 7:30pm Pauly Shore at The Comedy Zone
• 8:00pm Grease at Town Theatre
• 8:00pm Leading Ladies Caberet at The Comedy House
• 8:00pm Andrew Lippa's Wild Party presented by Workshop Theatre
• 9:00pm Pan, Forget the Times, and Br'er at Conundrum Music Hall

Thursday, May 17

• 11:00am Garden Tour of Robert Mills Founders Garden
• 12:00pm 3rd Thursday Lunch Discussions at the SC State Museum
• 12:30pm Lunch and Listen: Banjo Player Randy Lucas at RCPL
• 5:00pm Rooftop Rhythms: Heart & Soul and Bandkamp at Richland Mall
• 5:30pm Footnote at the Nick
• 6:00pm Devils in Disguise at Rhythm and Blooms at Riverbanks Zoo
• 6:00pm Family History Workshop at RCPL
• 6:00pm Figure Painting Workshop in Oil with Brian Rego at City Art
• 6:30pm Five Points After 5: Bareknuckle Champions with Sunshone Still
• 7:30pm The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by SC Shakespeare Company
• 7:30pm Dinner and a Movie: The Greenhorns at Terra hosted by the Nick
• 7:30pm In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play at Trustus
• 8:00pm NMW Ensemble at Conundrum Music Hall
• 8:00pm Andrew Lippa's Wild Party presented by Workshop Theatre
• 8:00pm Coriolanus at the Nick
• 8:00pm Grease at Town Theatre
• 8:00pm Teenager Mom from Mars, Thorton Melon, Johnny Quest and the Hadj's at New Brookland Tavern

Friday, May 18

• 11:00am Museum and a Movie: Saving the Titanic
• 1:30pm Museum and a Movie: How It Really Sunk
• 5:30pm Happy Tours of Main Street
• 6:00pm Le Café Jazz at Finlay Park
• 6:00pm Lake Carolina Summer Block Party
• 6:00pm The Dance Department of Irmo at the Koger Center
• 7:00pm SC Book Festival Opening Party at Thomas Cooper Library
• 7:00pm A Taste of Black Columbia at Columbia Museum of Art
• 7:30pm The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by SC Shakespeare Company
• 7:30pm Mark Hayes with the Lexington County Choral Society at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church
• 8:00 & 10:30pm D.L. Hughley at The Comedy House
• 8:00pm Andrew Lippa's Wild Party presented by Workshop Theatre
• 8:00pm Grease at Town Theatre
• 8:00pm In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play at Trustus
• 8:30pm Art Bar Player Improv Comedy
• 9:00pm Dollar Menu Release Party hosted by Haze Karolina at New Brookland Tavern
• Evening - The Kid with a Bike at the Nick

Saturday, May 19   

• 9:00am "A Taste of Africa: From Cairo to Cape Town" at Bethel A.M.E Church
• 10:00am & 12:30pm Scout Day: Victorian Ladies Tea Party with Historic Columbia Foundation
• 10:00am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm, 7:00pm The Dance Department of Irmo at the Koger Center
• 10:00am SC Book Festival at Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
• 10:00am & 3:00pm The Wizard of Oz at Columbia Marionette Theatre
• 10:00am - 4:00pm Forest Acres Festival at AC Flora
• 10:30am Family Storytime at RCPL
• 10:30am Black Expo 2012 at Colonial Life Arena
• 1:00pm Women of Hampton-Preston Tour
• 3:30pm Paws for Reading at RCPL
• 7:00pm Me Without You, Imaginary Cities, Buried Beds at New Brookland Tavern
• 7:30pm The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by SC Shakespeare Company
• 7:30pm The Literary Vinve at RCPL
• 8:00 & 10:30pm D.L. Hughley at The Comedy House
• 8:00pm Tim Daisy and Jeb Bishop at Conundrum Music Hall
• 8:00pm Andrew Lippa's Wild Party presented by Workshop Theatre
• 8:00pm Grease at Town Theatre
• 8:00pm In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play at Trustus
• 8:00pm The Fishing Journal, Happiness Bomb, Chuck Mims & Riot Act at Art Bar
• 9:00pm The Big Lebowski at City Roots
• Evening - The Kid with a Bike at the Nick

Sunday, May 20

• 12:00pm SC Book Festival at Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
• 1:30pm Museum and a Movie: Saving the Titanic
• 2:00 & 7:00pm Dance 1 Recital at the Township
• 3:00pm Andrew Lippa's Wild Party presented by Workshop Theatre
• 3:00pm Grease at Town Theatre
• 3:00pm In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play at Trustus
• 3:00pm S.T.A.R Showcase at Columbia Children's Theatre
• 6:30pm Mobile Deathcamp, Hemlock, Into the Depths, Homicyde at New Brookland Tavern
• 7:30pm "A Taste of Africa: From Cairo to Cape Town" at Bethel A.M.E Church
• 8:00pm D.L. Hughley at The Comedy House
• Evening - The Kid with a Bike at the Nick

Monday, May 21

• 10:00am The Wizard of Oz at Columbia Marionette Theatre
• 10:30am Family Storytime at RCPL
• 6:00pm Teen Otaku Association at RCPL
• 8:00pm Andrew Lippa's Wild Party presented by Workshop Theatre
• 8:00pm Pretty Things Peepshow at New Brookland
• Evening - The Kid with a Bike at the Nick

Tuesday, May 22

• 9:30am Hello, Baby! Storytime at RCPL
• 12:30pm Sew Divine: A Gathering of Crafters at RCPL
• 3:30pm Preschool Stroytime at RCPL
• 7:00pm Dead Surf, Sal Bando, Sons of Young, Uncle Charlie at New Brookland Tavern
• 7:00pm Encore! The SC Philharmonic Spring Gala
• 8:00pm Andrew Lippa's Wild Party presented by Workshop Theatre
• 8:30pm Thea Vidale at The Comedy House
• 8:30pm VerseWorks Open Mic Slam at Art Bar
• Evening - The Kid with a Bike at the Nick

Ongoing Exhibits

• Ongoing Exhibits by the Trenholm Artists Guild
• May 19 & 20 Oil Portrait Workshop at Village Artists at Village at Sandhill
• Through May 22 Michel McNinch's Channeling myself and other Goddesses at Gallery 80808
• Through May 31 John Bolt Culbertson: The South's Bravest White Man at the Hollings Library
• Through June 1 Student Book Collecting Contest Winner: Historical Radio Collection at Thomas Cooper Library
• Through June 6 One Columbia One Book Art Competition Winners at Tapp's
• Through July 16 Call to Artists for S&S Art Supply 2nd Annual Fundraiser & Silent Auction