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(08/30/24 2:15am)
Do you think you can win a potluck? If yes, then this pistachio baklava-inspired cheesecake is for you. Baklava is a sweet dessert common in Turkey and Greece. It's made from nuts, honey, and filo, which is a thin pastry. This recipe uses store-bought filo sheets. It looks fancier than it is and takes about 30 minutes to prepare outside of baking time (around an hour and 40 minutes total).
(08/21/24 3:38am)
Roger Caughman and Kailey Cunningham’s love story began when they met at Drip, a Five Points coffee shop.
(08/20/24 4:50am)
Jonathan Vang had his eye on a brick building near the Five Points train trestle for a couple of years before he decided it would be the perfect place to open a plant store.
(07/17/24 12:43am)
The Columbia Museum of Art has offered free yoga classes for several years — sometimes outside on Boyd Plaza, and sometimes inside the galleries themselves. Now, the museum is expanding its free mindfulness programming to include tai chi, a form of Chinese calisthenics based on ancient martial arts.
(07/16/24 11:57pm)
When Bang Back Pinball Lounge first opened, owner Frederick Richardson said he wanted to make sure he built a space for women and children to play pinball, an activity which, in his experience, often drew a largely male crowd.
(06/26/24 12:40am)
When Josie Saint thinks she sees another transgender person in public, she doesn’t say anything. She feels the risk of outing someone and putting them in danger or of misinterpreting someone's gender identity. Concerns like that can make it hard to meet other transgender people.
(06/19/24 12:45am)
Summer in South Carolina means fresh fruit — the state actually produces more peaches than Georgia — and hot weather. Enjoy a nice picnic on the Saluda River or the Horseshoe with this miniature cake with vanilla whipped cream and a fresh, juicy fruit of your choice.
(06/12/24 1:24am)
Eboni Page opened her business, Bubblee Mixologist, while she was working as a bartender at the historic Capital City Club in downtown Columbia. After the club closed in February, Page wanted to continue her work, including the cocktail competition she had hosted there.
(06/05/24 1:28am)
On the first day of Pride Month, around 10,000 LGBTQIA+ South Carolinians and allies gathered in the Vista to highlight joy and resilience, throw a pageant competition and shop from local vendors at Outfest, a pride festival put on by the South Carolina Pride Movement.
(12/08/23 2:09am)
Gamecocks for Israel hosted a pro-Israel rally in front of Russell House on Thursday despite interruptions from counter-protesters.
(10/30/23 7:48pm)
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley held an event at the South Carolina Statehouse on Monday to officially file for the South Carolina Republican presidential primary in February.
(10/27/23 2:26am)
Members of the United Campus Workers union at the University of South Carolina held a speak-out event on the Russell House patio Thursday morning to call for higher wages for university workers.
(10/23/23 3:37am)
Columbia has started a more than $20 million project to renovate Finlay Park, but some people close to the homeless community are concerned about the impact the remodel has had on the city's homeless population while it's temporarily closed.
(04/24/23 3:37am)
University of South Carolina's Student Government ran out of funding from student activity fees earlier this spring, leaving student organizations unable to apply for funding for the rest of the school year. This is the first time this has happened in several years, according to Student Body Treasurer Hannah Augsbach Lamma.
(04/13/23 3:20am)
The Party for Socialism and Liberation held a rally on Greene Street on Wednesday to call for an end to bigotry, the rejection of fascism and the abolition of a capitalistic society in response to a perceived threat of gun violence the group received at an interest meeting on April 3.
(04/13/23 4:43am)
Na'Kiya Tye was chairwoman of the powers and responsibilities committee when one of the senators on her committee told her that her roommate offered to "go Klu Klux Klan" on a senator. She said that when she reported it to housing, she was told there was nothing they could do. Hearing about this encouraged Tye to seek out new ways to hold students accountable for racism on campus.
(04/08/23 3:11pm)
The Party for Socialism and Liberation Carolinas announced in a statement on Instagram Thursday that a student threatened attendees with an act of gun violence at an anti-racist event they held Monday in Russell House.
(04/06/23 2:31am)
USC students marched from Davis Field to the steps of the Statehouse Wednesday to protest various social issues they see on campus, including racism and feeling unheard by the university.
(03/17/23 4:13am)
Student Body President Reedy Newton gave a State of the Student Body address on March 16 on the Russell House patio, where she gave updates from her programming events and accomplishments of her administration.
(03/16/23 4:15am)
After legislation to limit spending on Student Government campaigns was halted during this year’s elections, candidates have voiced mixed opinions on how to create the most fair and level playing field for future elections.