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CURRENT ISSUE: Vol. IV, No. 4, Holiday
By Stephen Hale
Photography by Shelly Schmidt (except where noted)
Adam Snow (among others) in ‘high goal polo’ play at New Bridge Polo field.
Aiken is a town like few others, and it’s just down the road, only about an hour from Columbia by Interstate 20.
Photography by Michele Affronte-McCausland
A past performance by the Columbia Children’s Theater.
Founded in 2005, Columbia Children’s Theater is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing professional live theater and thespian opportunities for Midlands youth. Programming not only enriches the lives of audiences with the wonders and magic of live theater, it also enables children to express themselves in ways that transcend cultural, ethnic, and generational boundaries. Memories made at the theatre last long after the productions close.
In Between, 39×56 oil on canvas, presents an intense and colorful rendering of the female form as the center piece of two expansive color fields that intersect at the figure.
Columbia artist, Whitney LeJeune, would tell you that she finds beauty in thousands of subjects that surround her daily. Her work, however, would tell you that beyond just beauty, one subject also provides true inspiration. That subject is the female form.
This December, over 100 craft vendors from across the Southeast will make their way to the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center for the 6th bi-annual Crafty Feast. This indie craft fair features artists who focus on experimental, non-traditional, and unique handmade crafts. If you need to finish the rest of your holiday shopping, the Crafty Feast is a great place to find something for everyone on your list.
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By Howard Jarrett
Beaujolais Noveau was the 1980’s easy drinking fad wine that inspired a world-wide marketing campaign to be the first consumed on the third Thursday in November. While the logistics of the mass exodus of this wine out of France to every possible location throughout world was truly phenomenal, the wine was not. The wine that I am writing about, Cru Beaujolais, suffered through the Beaujolais Noveau craze and emerged on the other side unjustifiably tarnished – guilt by association if you will. Read more…
By Daniela Yankelevitch
Special Thanks to Kevin Shaw at Hay Hill Garden Market
Green thumb or no green thumb, it’s tough to garden during the colder months. Keeping houseplants is a great way to surround yourself with nature, brighten the atmosphere in a room, and make the air in your home healthier. These are some of the most popular houseplants that are easy to maintain and will liven up the ambiance in your home.
By James D. McCallister
Photography by John Wrightenberry
The pour-over method: hot water is poured into filters above individual cups of coffee.
Upon entering Drip, the senses are steeped in an array of enticements. The cinnamon-sweet scent of fresh baked scones wafts through the air. The sizzle of the Panini press induces hunger pangs. Then there’s the pervasive grinding of the beans. But most of all, the smell of the coffee – not brewing per se, but rather dripping, one delicious drop at a time, into a clear glass decanter that looks as though it might be more at home in a lab than in Columbia’s newest and most progressive of coffee shops. This is the face of ‘third wave’ coffee; this is the ambience at Drip, located at 729 Saluda Avenue, in the bustling commercial corridor near the University of South Carolina.
