I-CARE TRAINING SESSION: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.
m. Tuesdays from April 3 to May 8, Capital Senior Center, 1650 Park Circle. Free program to help inform about Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Registration required. (803) 376-5390
DIVA GIRL CIRCLE FUN SPRING BREAK CAMP: 8 a.m.
-6 p.m. April 9-13, Booker Washington Heights Cultural Art Center, 2611 Grant St.
Registration required. Lunch, snack provided. $60 plus $15 registration fee.
Ages 9-17. (803) 223-9539
GREAT LEXINGTON CLEANUP: April 21. Starting April 16, bags and vests will available from 8 a.
m.-5 p.m.
at the Lexington Municipal Complex, 111 Maiden Lane. Participants can register and pickup supplies the morning of the event from 8 a.m.
-noon. , (803) 733-1139
COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART: The Birds of America: Audubon Prints by Julius Bien, through May 13. From Pissarro to Picasso: European Works on Paper, through June 17.
A Foreign Affair: American Artists Abroad, through June 17. Pablo Picasso s Head of a Man, through July. The regular museum collection includes art by Monet, Botticelli, Tiffany, Canaletto, Remington and Fragile Forms: Contemporary Glass From the Sonia and Isaac Luski Collection.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.
m. Wednesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m.
Sunday. $5, adults; $4, seniors; $2, students; free for ages 5 and younger. Free Saturdays.
Hampton and Main streets. (803)799-2810;
EDVENTURE MUSEUM: Branches, Bristles and Batteries: Toothbrushes Through Time, through April. Think Tank through June 4.
From Here to Timbuktu through January 2009. Hours: 9 a.m.
-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.
m. Sunday. 211 Gervais St.
$8.95, adults; $6.95, children; free for ages 1 and younger.
Second Tuesday, family night, 5-8 p.m., with $1 admission.
(803)779-3100, ext. 1157;
RIVERBANKS ZOO: Regular attractions: aquarium/reptile complex, Koala Knockabout, Lemur Island, Ndoki Forest, Riverbanks Farm. $9.
75, adults; $8.50, military; $8.25, seniors; $7.
25, children 3-12; free, children 3 and younger. 9 a.m.
-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9 a.
m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday. 500 Wildlife Parkway; (803)779-8717
S.C.
AQUARIUM: 10 a.m. Monday-Saturday, learn what river otters eat and how to keep them healthy and happy.
Creature Feature: A Great Hall Live Animal Program, 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday.
Learn about the animals that inhabit the aquarium as the staff brings a featured creature to meet the public. 100 Aquarium Wharf, Charleston. 9 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
(843) 720-1990;
S.C. CONFEDERATE RELIC ROOM AND MILITARY MUSEUM: General Order #9: Lee s Farewell to His Troops.
Admission: $4; free for ages 21 and younger. 301 Gervais St. in the Columbia Mills building.
10 a.m.-5 p.
m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m.
the first Sunday monthly. (803)737-8095
STATE MUSEUM: Coming to America, Irish-American Exhibition. Visions of Victory Presented by Mutual of Omaha, through May 15.
Aliens: Worlds of Possibilities through Sept. 3. Cost: $3 with paid admission; $5, adults; $4, seniors; $3 for ages 3-12; free, children younger than 3.
Admission $1 the first Sunday monthly. Hours: 10 a.m.
-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.
m. Sunday. 301 Gervais St.
(803) 898-4921;
HOME-SCHOOL FRIDAY: Free history classes at the S.C. Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.
10 a.m. second Friday monthly.
(803) 737-8098;
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS: 2-6 p.m. weekdays, Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation community centers.
$25 weekly. Open to Richland 1 students ages 6-12. Locations for Hand Middle, Brennen Elementary, Hyatt Park Elementary, Watkins-Nance Elementary, W.
A. Perry Middle, Carver-Lyon Elementary, Rosewood Elementary, Meadowfield Elementary. Call to enroll: (803)545-3100.
GHOSTS AND LEGENDS OF COLUMBIA: 8 nightly, beginning at the statue of George Washington on the Gervais Street side of the State House. $10, $15; reservations: (803)765-1837
KENSINGTON MANSION TOURS: 9:30 a.m.
, 11 a.m., 1 p.
m., 2:30 p.m.
Fridays, Saturdays at U.S. 601 and S.
C. 764, Eastover. $5.
50, adults; $4.50, seniors 60 and older; $2.50, ages 10-17.
(803)353-0456
ROSE HILL PLANTATION: Historic site open 9 a.m.-6 p.
m. Thursdays-Mondays; mansion tours 1-4 p.m.
2677 Sardis Road, Union County. (864)427-5966
HISTORIC COLUMBIA MUSEUM TOURS: 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 1-5 p.
m. Sunday, 1616 Blanding St. Walking tours through historic Robert Mills House, Hampton-Preston Mansion, Mann-Simons Cottage.
Tickets: $5, adults; $3, children. (803) 252-1770, ext. 24;
BORENYA WEST AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE: Adult dance, all levels, 7-8 p.
m. Mondays, Columbia Music Festival Association, 914 Pulaski St. 1-1:45 p.
m., children s dance; 2-3 p.m.
, adult dance, all levels, at Katheryn M. Bellfield Booker Washington Heights Cultural Arts Center, 2611 Grant St. (937) 582-0574; e-mail .
DOWNTOWN DANCIN : 5:30-7 p.m. Thursdays, Arsenal Hill community center, Lincoln and Laurel streets.
Vicki, (803) 788-8851
LANCASTER SHAG CLUB: 8 p.m. second, fourth Thursdays.
Free for members. Good Time Charlies, 1386 W. Meeting St.
, Lancaster. (803) 283-8405;
THE GATHERING: 8 p.m.
-midnight Fridays, Yellow Rock Hall, 2211 Platt Springs Road, West Columbia. $7. Jackie Branham, (803)359-4406
LINE DANCE: 6:30-7:30 p.
m. Tuesdays, beginners; 7:30-9 p.m.
, advanced. Ripley s Retreat, 1230 Louis Leconte Road, off Sumter Highway near Mr. Bunky s Store.
$5 weekly. Judy, (803)776-5436
SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING: 7-9 p.m.
Tuesdays, Shandon Presbyterian Church, Woodrow and Devine streets. First lesson free. Lois Lockhart, (803)798-2206; Myrna Beaton, (803)791-7716
SHAG/SWING DANCE: Noon-1 p.
m. Tuesdays, Hyatt Park. Michelle, (803)733-8445
SINGLES DANCE: Shag, line dance, disco, slow dance, 7-11 p.
m., first, third Saturdays, Hugh Dimmery Center, Cherokee Lane, West Columbia. All ages.
Smoke-free, alcohol-free, casual dress. $7. (803)422-2132;
SOCIAL DANCING: 8-11 p.
m. Fridays, Capital Senior Center, Maxcy Gregg Park, Pickens and Blossom streets. Music from big-band era, shag, slow, rumba, waltz.
Mixers, line dancing. $5. (803)791-4666, (803) 776-3456
SHAGGING CLASS: 5:30-6:30 p.
m. Tuesdays, Capital Senior Center, 1650 Park Circle, Maxcy Gregg Park. $5, public; $2, senior center members.
(803) 779-1971
WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesdays, Tuomey Health Care System, Calhoun St., Sumter. Walk any downtown route, sign logbook 6 a.
m.-7 p.m.
, win prizes. (803) 774-8822
GIANT-TREE WALK: Ranger-guided walks in old-growth forest, 9:30 a.m.
, 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, Congaree National Park, 100 National Park Road, Hopkins.
Free. (803) 776-4396
ANIMAL SIGNS: 1:30 p.m.
alternate Sundays, Congaree National Park. Free; call two weeks ahead. (803) 776-4396
BETWIXT THE RIVERS: Little Pee Dee Paddle, 2 p.
m. Sunday. $35, canoes; $45, kayaks.
234 Schofield Road, Marion. (843)423-1919
LAKE MURRAY YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION: Spring Sailing Series races at 11 a.m.
April 14, May 5, 19. (803) 796-4812;
CANOEING CONGAREE: Four-hour guided trip, noon alternate Sundays at Congaree National Park, Hopkins. Free; call two weeks ahead: (803) 776-4396, ext.
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PALMETTO PADDLERS: 7-9 p.m. last Tuesday monthly, Luther Lee Building, Lady and Lincoln streets.
Dedicated to flat-water, white-water paddling. (803)359-4002;
HORSE-AND-CARRIAGE RIDES: Tour downtown or take a relaxed, romantic carriage ride, 6-10 p.m.
Fridays, Saturdays in the Vista or by request. Columbia Carriage Works, (803) 227-3833
HORSE TRAIL RIDES: All skill levels. One-hour ride through Saluda Shoals Park twice a month.
$30, district residents; $38, nonresidents. Minimum age 6. Reservations: (803)731-5208
TRAIL RIDES: Long Creek Equestrian Center, 2000 Longtown Road, Blythewood.
$30 per person; two-rider minimum. Reservations: (803) 786-8400
HORSEBACK RIDING: Weekends by reservation, YMCA Family Center. $15 per hour, nonmembers; $12, members.
Group rates for eight, more.
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