Crimson Screen Horror Fest, the state's only festival of its kind, kicks off this weekend in Columbia. Featured in the lineup is a Charleston filmmaker and an entire block of Christmas-themed slashers.Â
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This year's Main Street Jazz Fest is free and open to the public. Several Grammy-winning artists are performing, but the festival caps off with a local headliner.Â
After 18 years of business, fast food and ice cream shop Zesto Chapin is closing its doors for good today due to staffing and cost hurdles.
Columbia has seen a sharp uptick in the number of indie booksellers opening storefronts in recent months. What's behind the trend?Â
Travis Tritt, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band and local favorite's Les Merry Chevaliers are all set for concerts in Columbia this May.Â
Scene photography in Columbia is at an all-time high, so photographer and Free Times Contributing Editor Eden Prime pondered what it means to document meaningful spaces and experiences with their lens.Â
Columnist Cassidy Spencer saw NiA Company's latest play, "Passover." It got her thinking about the 'Don't Tread on Me' flag that breezed past her one day in Five Points.Â
University of South Carolina professor Claire Jiménez's debut novel, "What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez," is a brief, nail-biting trip through three womens' lives as they try and track down the sister they lost years before.Â
The Papa Tank Theatre for Inclusion, which offers arts programming for students of all abilities in Columbia, has officially been established as a nonprofit one year into its work to promote to arts for people with disabilities.
Liberation is Lit, a specialty bookstore focused on diverse literature, is opening a Rosewood storefront using funds from a city nonprofit aimed at promoting artists and indie business owners.Â