Here's your list of events going on in Columbia (both in-person and virtually) all month long.

Disclaimer: It is up to readers’ discretion to determine whether they feel comfortable participating in the following events based on COVID-19 protocols and precautions. If you have questions, please contact the event’s organizers directly.

Monday, February 1 – Sunday, February. 7

Monday, February 1

Arts

ForKids

Tuesday, February 2

ForKids

Wednesday, February 3

Drink

Thursday, February 4

Arts

TryThis

Active

Friday, February 5

Arts

Drink

Show

WaterCooler

Saturday, February 6

Arts

WaterCooler

Show

Talk

ForPets

Learn

Sunday, February 7

Arts

WaterCooler

Show

○ Marcus Gullen - Sunday Brunch | Sun., Feb. 7 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | Free | Join Marcus for a special Sunday brunch performance. 🎵

TryThis

Monday, February 8 – Sunday, February 14

Monday, February 8

TryThis

Health

Learn

FeaturedEvent

Tuesday, February 9

Active

Talk

ForKids

Wednesday, February 10

Talk

Show

Thursday, February 11

Drink

Dish

Arts

WaterCooler

Network

Talk

FeaturedEvent

○ On the Table Insights + Impact | Thurs., Feb. 11 | 12-12:30 p.m. | Virtual | Free | For the last three years, thousands of community members have voiced their opinions during On the Table conversations. Tune in to learn how these conversations are transforming our community, one conversation at a time. Ⓟ

Friday, February 12

Show

○ Svetlana and the New York Collective: Night at the Movies | Fri., Feb. 12 | 8-10 p.m. | Koger Center for the Arts | $18+ | Listen to music from the chart-topping jazz record, Night at the Movies. VIP tickets are also available which include a dinner at 1801 Grille. 🎶

Drink

Arts

Cause

Saturday, February 13

Learn

Show

Drink

TryThis

Cause

WaterCooler

Sunday, February 14

TheBuy

Dish

FeaturedEvent

Monday, February 15 – Sunday, February 21

Monday, February 15

TryThis

ForKids

○ Kids' Cooking Class | Mon., Feb. 15 | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | The Food Academy, LLC,

5 Lake Carolina Way Suite 130 | $75 | Your kids will be led in preparing a three course meal. 🍽️

Tuesday, February 16

Arts

History

Talk

○ Telling the Untold Stories: The Civil Rights Documentaries of Journalist Steve Crump | Tues., Feb. 16 | Virtual | Free | Register to hear stories + preview materials from the extraordinary career of journalist and documentary film producer Steve Crump. 🎥

Drink

Learn

Wednesday, February 17

Arts

Talk

Dish

Show

Thursday, February 18

Dish

Health

History

○ Virtual Game Night – Trivia | Thurs., Feb. 18 | 6:30 p.m. | Virtual | Free | Celebrate Black History Month with the State Museum’s game featuring famous firsts and other contributions of Black Americans to South Carolina history. Registration is required. 🧠

Civic

Show

TryThis

Friday, February 19

Show

Outdoors

Saturday, February 20

Dish

TryThis

ForKids

Show

Sunday, February 21

Dish

Talk

Arts

Drink

ForPets

TryThis

Monday, February 22 – Sunday, February 28

Monday, February 22

Talk

Learn

Tuesday, February 23

Drink

TryThis

ForKids

○ Our Voices Poetry Slam | Tues., Feb. 23 | Virtual | Young poets, aged 12-19, are invited to join the Soda City Youth Slam for the chance to win prizes. Register on Facebook. 🎤

Dish

Wednesday, February 24

Show

○ Uptown Hip-Hop Throwdown: NY Edition | Wed., Feb. 24 | Curiosity Coffee Bar | Free | A little piece of New York in Columbia featuring music, food, and drinks from the Big Apple.🗽

Cause

○ American Red Cross Blood Mobile | Wed., Feb. 24 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | St. John Neumann Catholic School, 721 Polo Rd., Columbia, SC | Register for a donation appointment and save a life. 💉

FeaturedEvent

○ Creating and Restoring the UofSC South Caroliniana Library | Wed., Feb. 24 | 12-1 p.m. | Virtual | Free | The public is invited to join this virtual event with author John M. Bryan, architect Jay White, and University Archivist Elizabeth West celebrating the renovation of the 181-year-old historical building. Ⓟ

Thursday, February 25

History

Dish

Friday, February 26

Show

Film

Saturday, February 27

Community

Theatre

TheBuy

ForKids

Sunday, February 28

TryThis

Show

Health