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1 week ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | Michael Beausoleil |David Stringer |Emily Shea-Owen |Samantha Robertson
Let the music play — Main Street Jazz Fest is swinging back on Saturday, May 10 + Sunday, May 11. The award-winning music event will feature a different experience on each day. On Saturday, music will fill the air on the 1700 block of Main Street for a show from 2-9 p.m. Attendees will be able to enjoy live performances on the Main Stage from five jazz acts: Left Bank Big Band, Amos Hoffman, Jessy J, Alex Cuba, and The Gotham Kings.
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1 week ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer
Three South Carolina women’s basketball standouts heard their names called in the 2025 WNBA Draft, continuing the program’s strong legacy of sending players to the pros. Te-Hina Paopao was selected by the Atlanta Dream in the second round. A two-time All-American, she averaged 10.2 points per game at USC and shot 42.2% from three, second-best in program history. Bree Hall went to the Indiana Fever, where she’ll reunite with her former teammate Aliyah Boston and superstar Caitlin Clark.
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1 week ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | Michael Beausoleil |David Stringer |Samantha Robertson
If you’re like us, you’ve had money on the mind recently. There’s been a lot of news about the costs of goods changing, but the US Bureau of Labor Statistics is indicating some stability in Columbia. Based on its Consumer Price Index in the South, annual inflation (comparing March 2024 to March 2025) was 1.9% — the lowest it’s been in three years. Overall, annual inflation was still a positive number, but there are some categories where costs have gone down.
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1 week ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | Michael Beausoleil |David Stringer |Samantha Robertson
Each year, baseball fans remember Jackie Robinson on April 15. The trailblazing player broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball by becoming the first Black player signed to an MLB team. He debuted on April 15, 1947, with the . While Robinson never played in Columbia, he did visit the city after retiring from baseball. At that point, he was serving as a and advocate for the NCAAP. Robinson arrived in the Soda City on Oct. 21, 1968 during a Humphrey-Muskie campaign stop.
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1 week ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer |Samantha Robertson |Michael Beausoleil
One million — that’s the amount Google.org announced in funding to the Central Carolina Community Foundation to help equip over 20 SC nonprofits, including several in the Midlands, with artificial intelligence skills. The donation supports the AI Opportunity Fund’s goal to train over one million Americans in AI technology.
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1 week ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer |Samantha Robertson |Michael Beausoleil
When you walk into The Laundry — a new event venue tucked behind the Babcock Building in the BullStreet District — you’re greeted by a vintage industrial dryer: a conversation piece and a reminder of the building’s original role as the State Hospital’s laundry facility. Here’s what to know about this thoughtfully revived space: Built in 1883, The Laundry once processed over 30,000 pieces of clothing per week for the South Carolina State Hospital.
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2 weeks ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer |Michael Beausoleil |Samantha Robertson
Brush up on your weekend plans, Columbia’s 33rd annual Artista Vista runs Friday through Sunday, April 11–13, bringing a weekend of visual and performing arts to the Congaree Vista, an official SC Cultural District. The event begins with the Gallery Crawl on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring more than 10 galleries and the opening of “Rooted,” the inaugural juried exhibition at Richland Library Main.
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2 weeks ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer
Tomorrow marks 100 years since The Great Gatsby was published, and USC Libraries is honoring the milestone with a public exhibit on the novel’s legacy. On view at the Hollings Library through July 15, the display features everything from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s report card and annotated manuscripts to translated editions and a first edition of the book itself. Curated by Dr. Michael Weisenburg, the exhibit highlights Fitzgerald’s life, the novel’s Jazz Age roots, and its global influence.
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2 weeks ago | 
colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer
With the Masters Tournament week in full swing, pimento cheese is back in the national spotlight. While the spread didn’t originate in Columbia, the pimento cheeseburger was popularized by Jacob “J.C.” Reynolds of the former South Main Street Dairy Bar in the 1960s. Here’s where to taste this hometown classic:Burger Tavern 77 | “The Charleston” burger is topped with smoked pimento cheese, bacon, and pickles for a tangy twist.
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2 weeks ago | 
avgeekery.com | David Stringer
His first company, Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing, built a few products between 1916 and 1920. When he started his next aviation enterprise, he decided to use the phonetic spelling (Lockheed) of his Scottish-heritage surname (Loughead) to encourage proper pronunciation of the moniker. He would legally change his name to Allan Lockheed in 1934. Lockheed Aircraft’s first successful project was the Vega, introduced in 1927.
