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Free Times is Columbia, SC's alternative weekly newspaper since 1987 covering news, politics, arts and entertainment, business, opinion and more.
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20h ago
Chef Hector Sanchez, who's worked in Columbia restaurants like Bourbon and Hampton Street Vineyard and owned The Bodega Kitchen, has moved to The Aristocrat and taken over the kitchen of the low-key cocktail bar ..read more
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20h ago
Black Nerd Mafia hosts concerts, open mic nights and showcases to platform independent artists in Columbia — creating spaces downtown where they say there aren't many for persons of color who are creatives ..read more
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1d ago
Palmetto State native Darius Rucker will join thousands of other stars on Hollywood Boulevard with his very own star ..read more
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2d ago
Chris Bickels forthcoming film, "Pater Noster and the Mission of Light," centers around a record store employee whose discovery of a rare, 1970s vinyl draws her into a hippie commune cult. The soundtrack for the film features a bevy of ..read more
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2d ago
Well, it's that time of year, folks. Around Columbia, there are holiday markets happening, drive-thru light shows and a host of holiday-themed shows at theaters around town ..read more
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3d ago
What started as a temporary closure at Alodia's Cucina Italiana, a neighborhood Italian eatery in Irmo, has become permanent following months of uncertainty and backlash for the restaurant's owners ..read more
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3d ago
Travel Therapy's "Sum Notes" is a nine-track roadmap to getting listeners to move their feet to artist Michael Gutshall's "electronic, melancholy pop ..read more
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3d ago
Upscale restaurants and casual neighborhood spots have opened this year. On the horizon, local folks and popular brunch chain companies alike have set their sights on the city. Here are 5 eateries that opened this year and 5 that are ..read more
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6d ago
The story of Jenks Farmer finding acceptance in the state of his birth is part of the horticulturalist and author's larger narrative in this engrossing volume about building the Riverbanks Zoo's Botanical Gardens ..read more
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1w ago
"How disappointing of Congressman Clyburn to play the race card when referring to Richland One schools? I suppose he's forgetting, of course, that most of the children who are being cheated out of their education are also Black. But that ..read more