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It may not have been Broadway, but the Chapin Theatre Company has emerged from its COVID-19 stall, producing an original, full-length stage comedy that premiered in New York in July.
The owners of Columbia’s Publico Kitchen and Tap are opening a pan-Asian restaurant and bar in the Vista.
"Margaritas may not solve the problem but, hey, it’s worth a shot!"
The new Enzo's Spuntino, Italian for snack, offers up breakfast sandwiches, bagels and paninis. It comes after the original Enzo's Deli in Five Points launched a year ago and has become a quick hit.
Rather than merely documenting the funky, rootsy, horn-heavy improvisatory rock band’s usual tunes in front of a live audience, this album celebrates the work of late Grateful Dead guitarist/bandleader/deity Jerry Garcia.
"Margaritas may not solve the problem but, hey, it’s worth a shot!"
The Irmo area used to be exclusively the domain of chain restaurants, but change has come to the lake-adjacent suburb as its residents look fo…
Columbia events picks for the week of Aug. 26.
It may not have been Broadway, but the Chapin Theatre Company has emerged from its COVID-19 stall, producing an original, full-length stage comedy that premiered in New York in July.
Columbia events picks for the week of Aug. 26.
"People (UN) Seen,” the current exhibition at Tapp’s Outpost by emerging artist Siri Cortez, features simple portraits of homeless folks she has befriended around town.
The two things many non-opera fans can agree upon about the genre is that opera singers sound impressive as hell, and operas themselves are usually pretty boring and inscrutable.




