Another prominent exhibition space is reopening its doors.

Harbison Theatre, the surprisingly adventurous and ambitious performance space on Midlands Technical College’s suburban campus in Irmo, won’t …

Even before COVID-19, many in the restaurant industry would likely tell you that the way it works doesn’t make a lot of sense. The daily insta…

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, the Columbia Food and Wine Festival will no longer hold its marquee tasting event or any of the various small…

Many musicians, at multiple levels of the industry, thanks to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Be it acts with national or regional ren…

Richland County has opted to join Columbia in requiring masks when entering businesses.

"It's devastating."

The superintendent of a Midlands school district has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Citing the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in South Carolina, the Columbia Fireflies minor league baseball team on Sunday announced the cancell…

Gov. Henry McMaster fully lifted restrictions on restaurants — and issued guidelines for limited capacity — in May, but restaurants across the state are facing tens of thousands of dollars or more in losses even after getting forgivable federal loans to meet payroll. Those costs have been exacerbated as many restaurants have temporarily closed again when employees test positive for the virus.

COVID-19 may have brought most performance venues and performing arts organizations to a screeching and unwilling halt earlier this year, but …

Columbia City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance that will require citizens to wear masks at commercial businesses in the Capital City, in…

For the last few years in Columbia, the Summer Solstice has been abuzz with creative activity. Led by the local culture-boosting nonprofit One…

Soda City Market announced its June 27 return last week. It wasn’t good timing.

As the City of Columbia is considering requiring citizens to wear masks in public places amid the quickly spreading coronavirus pandemic, at l…

Need to learn how to make a classic cocktail or carbonara? Bourbon and Black Rooster's Kristian Niemi has a video for it. Looking for his reop…

So, how’s that “reopening” going, South Carolina? Weeks after many businesses, dine-in restaurants and other amenities in the Palmetto State w…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants that reopen don’t always stay open.

South Carolina's only national park is set to reopen more areas that had previously been shuttered amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Columbia's bus system will require riders to wear masks as cases of the novel coronavirus have surged in South Carolina.

It’s graduation day in Ridge Spring, and chef Brandon Velie tells Free Times that the scene is a good example of where his restaurant is right now.

A performer will always find a way to entertain an audience, even in the toughest of times, whether it’s Orson Welles staging Macbeth in Harle…

What pandemic?

William Calloway has experienced a lot in his 18 years as executive director of the South Carolina State Museum. He’s even seen the National G…

Art galleries, for all of the refined atmosphere and high-minded cultural concerns, have always been small businesses that have to be quite cr…

A week into reopening Art Bar, co-owner Andy Rodgers says things are going well at the left-of-center Vista hangout.

Seemingly nothing has been normal about the last two-and-a-half months.

Take me out to the ball game — for a full-service restaurant?

A Columbia lawmaker who represents an area that has been among the state's hardest hit by COVID-19 has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.

The novel coronavirus has walloped the nation’s economy, leaving businesses and governments grappling for answers as to how they are going to …

Over the last few weeks, South Carolina has begun to open back up. For many South Carolinians, this is exciting news. Local economies are bein…

Summer is usually a busy season for Columbia arts organizations. Places like the Columbia Museum of Art and Indie Grits Labs usually have pack…

A new $1 million grant program from the owners of Free Times offers small businesses help as they recover from the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.

It’s been more than two months since the live music scene ground to a halt along with the rest of the world. But now, with businesses tentativ…

For some time, interim Richland County Elections Director Terry Graham has warned that the county would likely have to combine precincts for t…

Another prominent Columbia museum will welcome back guests in June.

[Update: Through a sponsorship from BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, the museum will offer free admission June 16 through 25.]

South Carolina's only national park, which has been shuttered amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is set for a partial reopening.

As the June 9 primaries rapidly approach, Richland County is still several hundred poll workers short of what it normally would have for an election.

Michelle Wang, co-owner of the Midlands-based Miyo’s and other M restaurants, has come under fire on social media recently. The outcry was lar…

Two colleges in Columbia announced Thursday that they will resume on-campus instruction in the fall.

City sports fields and some tennis courts are reopening in Columbia, though there will be restrictions on how they can be used amid continuing…

Artist Kym Day’s work has got a Texas feel to it. She moved to Greenville when she was 11 years old, but she’s originally from the Lone Star t…

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