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Virtual tour gives visitors panoramic views of Columbia
A new partnership between SKYNAV and Experience Columbia SC also provides online visitors images galleries and videos of the capital city as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to limit in-person travel.
Village Idiot celebrates milestone amid pandemic
The iconic Columbia restaurant, celebrating its 30th anniversary, reopened its Five Points flagship last month after closing for six months. Owners Brian and Kelly Glynn are grateful for the community support that has kept them afloat.
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center nets award
The facility has won a 2020 Readers Choice award from ConventionSouth magazine for the 10th consecutive year. Visitors to the convention center or other Columbia attractions now have a new way to remember their experience.
S.C. Philharmonic to be featured at Segra Park
A five-piece band will provide music to diners at an Oct. 1 event. The event is the first of two such experiences planned for the home of the Columbia Fireflies.
Columbia businesses weathering COVID-19 storm
Area business owners have found ways to adapt during the pandemic, now stretching into its seventh month. Some are even growing, though many await news of a second round of federal relief.
Popup beer gardens offer options for depleted fall festival slate
Bierkeller Columbia will kick off a series of small gatherings on Sept. 26 at Sola Station. The beer retailer hopes the popups provide a recreation and distribution outlet as its larger Riverfront Park happy hours remain off the table.
Columbia Museum of Art receives $150,000 grant
The coronavirus relief economic stabilization grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support programming for the museum's upcoming exhibition "Visions from India: 21st-Century Art from the Pizzuti Collection.â€_x009d_
S.C. State Fair to feature drive-through attractions in October
Fair food will also be available in a drive-through format at the 2020 event, set for Oct. 20-21 at the S.C. State Fairgrounds. Drive-through exhibits will highlight South Carolina's history, agriculture, arts and culture.
Palmetto Priority program has drawn 2,500 participants
Restaurants have made a pledge to enact social distancing and other hygienic measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 across the state through the initiative, launched earlier this month.
Fans can have names featured on Fireflies jersey
Columbia Fireflies supporters can purchase ticket packages that will include a personalized presence on the team's first home jersey of the 2021 season. The campaign includes a donation to Homeless No More.
Columbia Fireflies will not take the field in 2020
Minor League Baseball announced today that Major League Baseball will not provide players to affiliated teams. The Fireflies' home opener was originally set for April 9 before the MiLB season was delayed on March 12.
Throwback shirt marks 100th anniversary of Negro Leagues
The Columbia Fireflies are offering a shirt designed in the style of the Newark Eagles jersey the baseball team would have worn during Negro League Celebration weekend June 13-14. Camden native Larry Doby played for the Eagles.
