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Today

• Yoga in the Galleries | Mon., Aug. 1 | 6-7 p.m. | Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main St. | $15 | Begin your week with a restorative Yin yoga flow in the exhibition Amanda McCavour: Bright Little Day Stars. 🧘‍♀️

Tuesday

• Columbia Fireflies vs. Charleston RiverDogs | Tues., Aug 2 | 7:05 p.m. | Segra Park | $10+ | Enjoy Miller Lite $2 Tuesdays with $2 hot dogs, popcorn, soda + beer. 🍻

Friday 

• RCRC Back to School Bash | Fri., Aug. 5-Sat., Aug. 20 | 6:30-10 a.m.| 1712 Chadford Rd. | Free | Supplies are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. 📚

Saturday

• Adaptive Waterski Warriors Fun Day Sat., Aug. 6 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Geiger Field Trail Gaston SC | Free | The day includes lunch, snacks, beverages, swimming, games, and the opportunity to learn to water ski. 🌊
• Meeting Street Artisan Market | Sat., Aug. 6 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | Interactive Art Park, 425 Meeting St., West Columbia | Free | Local vendors, food trucks, performers + more are hosted at this weekly Saturday market, plus a new Second Thursday Market each month (4-8 p.m.).*

We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.

For tickets to local and regional events, check out our 6AM Tickets resale marketplace.*

DRINK

Drink up recap

Cheers to the 20+ businesses and countless Soda Citizens who participated in COLAtoday’s inaugural Drink Up Week. We had the best time supporting our neighborhood bars and restaurants while amplifying the talents of local beverage makers across our city.

Although the festivities ended yesterday, let’s take a look back at this week’s drink offerings. 

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☕ Go on a coffee crawl around Cola. If these don’t hit your fancy, we can’t espresso how helpful this in-depth Coffee shop guide may be to you.

🍹 Check out 20+ happy hour deals around Columbia. Don’t know where to start? See how we drank our way down Main Street last Monday for some inspiration.

❓ You may recognize a familiar face in this Q+A with Jake Smith — the former mixologist at Motor Supply Company Bistro.

🍵 We encourage you to try these unique wellness drinks around Columbia, like this Billion-Dollar Smoothie from As Well As.

💧 Last but not least, read up on the history of the drink that affects us all, Columbia’s water.

NEWS NOTES

Weather

• 94º | Partly cloudy | 20% chance of rain ⛅️

Development 

• The Shoppes Boutique + Good Life Cafe will be moving to the 1200 block of Taylor St., next to Hotel Trundle. The buildings will also contain two renovated apartments which will be located above the businesses. The businesses + short-term rental apartments are set to open next March. 🛠

Community 

• National Night Out — the annual family-friendly event focused on fostering police-community relationships — is happening tomorrow. The event will be held at Bethel United Methodist (4600 Daniel Dr.) 6-8 p.m. Locals can enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, ice cream, games, and a meet-and-greet with the Forest Acres Police Department. 🚓 

Number

• 75. The number of years The Army-Navy Store was open in Columbia + West Columbia before closing in June. It opened in 1947 and sold surplus military equipment in downtown Columbia — where The Grand on Main sits today — before moving to its West Columbia location (463 Sunset Blvd.) in 2016. (The Post and Courier)

Sport

• The Gamecock Club and UofSC athletics are launching Gamecocks+ this fall. The new streaming platform will be free to Gamecock Club members and new subscribers will receive a club membership. Viewers can expect to see behind-the-scenes content, interviews, news, and past footage of iconic games. 📺 (Cola Daily)

Job

• Forget back-to-school — head back-to-work with three new job opportunities at Palmetto Primary Care. Apply for the position of medical assistant or lab technician to join the team of 500 SC employees.*

Watch

• Want to take a 15-second tour inside one of SC’s leading pharmaceutical companies? Check out Nephron Pharmaceutical's fun video of a quarter mile of production and packaging lines.*

REWARDS

THE WRAP

Editor's pick: UofSC has a large number of out-of-state students making Columbia their home for the next four years beginning in August. If you know a student that's not very familiar with Cola, send them our newsletter. We'd love to be their virtual tour guides, help them find new go-to spots, and share our pro tips. We'll have them feeling like a local in no time. 

Missed Friday's newsletter? Read the history of Columbia's water. 

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