FOLKFabulous 2015 is a free festival celebrating the traditional music of South Carolina, held on the historic Horseshoe at the University of South Carolina. FOLKFabulous event opens McKissick Museum’s newest exhibit, Heard at Every Turn: Traditional Music in South Carolina, and will feature performing artists, food vendors, instrument makers, interviews with traditional music community scholars, and a variety of interactive opportunities so visitors can make music themselves.
Endorsed by the City of Columbia, the purpose of the Main Street Latin Festival is to showcase the culture and vitality of Columbia’s Latin community. This is done by bringing together diverse groups of people to celebrate and share the Latin culture through its foods, arts, dances and music in a fun, family-oriented environment.
Sonya Renee, founder of "The Body Is Not An Apology," took the Russell House Ballroom stage Wednesday night, courtesy of Carolina Productions. She spoke to the crowd about her mentality of "Radical Self-Love": body empowerment for anyone and everyone, regardless of how society has oppressed them.-Compiled by Erika Ryan
