February 2022

Up For A Challenge?

This past Monday, Sumits Hot Yoga issued quite a challenge to the Columbia community. It’s called Choose Your Challenge and here’s how it works: You commit to completing either 20 or 30 classes in 30 days. Yes, we’re already four days into the challenge, but you can always double up on a day or two. […]

Hardly A Drag

It may be a bowling event with drag entertainers, but it will hardly be a drag! You can have some fun in your “spare” time Friday night, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at AMF Town & Country Lanes. The N+ Drag Lanes event includes bowling, a meet ‘n greet with the entertainers, performances and prizes. No gutter […]

Bar Tab Battle

Fieldhouse was in the running for LineLeap’s Bar Tab Battle — and won! The bar will bring home a $5K Bar Tab Event. A few select people also won a $50 LineLeap credit. About the competition:  Voting started Wednesday, Feb. 16 with 8 bars: Champs (Penn State) Sally’s (Minnesota) Kollege Klub (Wisconsin) Fieldhouse (Mizzou) Kilroys […]

True That

The True/False Film Fest has returned back downtown this year and it begins today! Screenings start late this afternoon. Don’t miss your chance to see a vast variety of documentaries including “2nd Chance,”  about a manufacturer who repeatedly shot himself to prove the effectiveness of his product. Or “Children of the Mist,”  the arresting story […]

Attend A Free Heart Screening 

MU Health Care is actively working to prevent cardiovascular disease, the No. 1 killer in Missouri and nationwide, through education and heart health screenings like the free one coming up this Saturday from 7-10 a.m. at the ARC. At the event Saturday, a variety of experts will be available in addition to multiple heart health […]

Get Fit And Give  

The 11th annual Fitness For A Cure event in Columbia’s happening this Saturday at The Crossing. It’s from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. and includes a variety of group fitness classes, food, a silent auction, kids’ programming and fitness-related items for sale. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society and the suggested donation is $15.

NOLA Comes To CoMo!

St. Louis’ Soulard has nothin’ on us! Newman Parish is throwing a free Mardi Gras festival here with a parade, music and King Cake on Saturday, Feb. 26. Candy and beads to throw into the crowd of onlookers will be provided. The parade begins at 1 p.m. Saturday and music, hot drinks and King Cake […]

Fire Up The Grill?

Popular local dining spot IHOP® will be closed indefinitely due to a fire late last week. You’ll find details here.  For 60 years, the IHOP® family restaurant chain has served its world-famous pancakes and a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner items that are loved by people of all ages — offering an affordable, […]

A Collective Decision

You’ve probably heard Mizzou North is being “retired.” For CoMo Cooks, the old Ellis Hospital kitchen was a terrific place to start its shared kitchen concept but now the kitchen cooking collective is moving to a permanent location at 14 Business Loop 70 East. The collective is in the process of building out the new […]

More Nourishment

Along with three business partners, chef, cookbook author and co-owner of Nourish Cafés Kimber Dean is launching a new line called Happiness Drinks. The powdered mixes will come in tea bag-like packets and, in keeping with Kimber and Nourish’s philosophy, will be organic, plant-based, vegan, kosher, gluten-free and dairy-free. The first of these superfood packets […]

Still International, But Different

The former site of International Cafe at 26 S. Ninth St. will soon be home to a different kind of ethnic food — authentic Chinese. Bamboo Terrace is taking over the spot and one of its owners, Celeste Chen, says they hope to be open in March. Chen and the other owners jumped at the […]

A Welcome Return!

Arrow Rock is rejoicing about the return of the much-loved and much-missed restaurant Catalpa. The eatery reopened in its new location on Main Street last week, although the reopening was delayed a day by the recent snowstorm. Owner and chef Liz Huff-Kennon bought the new building on Arrow Rock’s boardwalk in March 2021. The new […]

Houser Friday Looking?

It could look even better if you see Randy Houser at The Blue Note in a Clear 99 concert. Houser racked up five consecutive country radio hits and over five million singles sales after shifting record labels to Stoney Creek Records.  He topped the charts with the “How Country Feels,” “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight,” “Goodnight Kiss,” […]

Comic Books

Are You A Comicon Connoisseur?

From Wonder Woman to Wolverine, if comic books are your thang, check out the comic book auction happening now through Sunday, Feb. 20! Bidding is now open online for this awesome auction from Black & Gold Auctions LLC. According to Publisher’s Weekly, sales of comic books and graphic novels topped $1.28 billion in 2020, an […]

Spring Into Creativity

Drop the winter doldrums at an event called DIY Your Bloom on Friday, Feb. 18! There will be plenty of floral fun and free food (pizza from Italian Village). The event, from 7-9 p.m. in N214 memorial (second floor of Memorial Union North), promises a night full of spring-themed crafts, DIY pressed flower decor and […]

Yoga

Say Yes Ta Yoga 

Have you wanted to stretch outside your comfort zone and try yoga? Here’s the perfect FREE opportunity! Chapel Hill Yoga and Pilates is offering a free yoga class for beginners tonight, Feb. 17, from 6-7 p.m. Yoga offers many benefits. According to John Hopkins Medicine, it improves strength, balance and flexibility. It helps with back […]

Royalty? Yes, But Not The Kind You Think

Don’t be fooled by the title of the film showing in Leadership Auditorium at 8 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 19. “King Richard” isn’t about the English monarch also known as Richard the Lionheart.   The film is actually a look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became the tennis legends they are after being […]

Back To The Future             

… but not in a flying DeLorean! Go back to the ’90s via a different kind of motorized vehicle this Friday night. Don’t miss Mid America Harley-Davidson’s ’90s Night! Enjoy ’90s music, a food truck, free beer and free raffle giveaways on Friday, Feb. 18, from 5-8 p.m. at the dealership. Did you know Mid […]

Aim For Fun Friday Night

Calling all women who are hunters, conservation-minded, or want to connect more with the outdoors and natural resources! On Friday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m., join Quail Forever & Pheasants Forever, along with the National Deer Association, for Women, Wine and Wild Game.  This fun event at the Scout Cabin, at 705 E. 8th St. […]

Gone Country

Are you a country music fan? You’ll want to check out the special event at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre on Friday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. The theater is presenting “Songwriter City,” billed as “an intimate evening with two of country music’s well-known songwriters. The first is Paul Overstreet, a Songwriter’s Hall of Fame […]