March 24, 2022

You Couldn’t Axe For More Fun!

Here’s a chance to get creative — and aggressive — at the same event on March 26. Check out Acrylic Pour Painting at CoMo Axe Attack Columbia from 4 to 5 p.m. You can create an acrylic pour on a 12×16-inch stretched canvas for $40 per painter, or a 14×18-inch stretched canvas for $45 per painter. […]

It’s Time To Back Track

If you ever feel like you were born in the wrong decade, here’s the dance party you’ve been longing for — it celebrates decades long gone! Squeeze into those super skinny printed jeans or low-rise ones and whatever other glorious gear from the ‘90s and ‘00s you dig.   Why? ‘Cuz Pressed is having a ‘90s/’00s […]

What Type Of Reader Are You?

… as in blood type. Sorry for the misleading question but the need for blood is constant and the  Columbia Public Library is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive a week from today, on Thursday, March 31, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. in the Friends Room. Learn if you qualify to give and for […]

See A Ceramic Sensation

If you’re an avid art fan, you should check out the free exhibits at the George Caleb Bingham Gallery. For a large portion of the gallery’s annual shows, students are the exhibiting artists. The current exhibit features a provocative work by MFA student Sean Lofton. If you admire Frank Lloyd Wright, you’ll find Lofton’s exhibit, […]

Get Ready To Clean Up!

Cleanup Columbia, the city’s annual, citywide litter pick-up event, begins April 1! Due to the pandemic, Cleanup Columbia changed from a one-day event format and instead allowed residents to choose the date and time they wanted to pick up trash. The feedback was so positive that the city decided to continue the format this year. […]

Have Your (Pan)Cake And Eat It Too!

Get a delicious plate of pancakes, ham, coffee, juice and more March 26 and sweeten the lives of children at the same time at Columbia Kiwanis Pancake Day 2022! The Kiwanis continue their 70-year tradition of serving up pancakes to benefit the children of Columbia, Boone County and the world. Every year Kiwanis Pancake Day […]

After A Fashion

How much do you know about Missouri’s fashionable past? Now through June 25, you can learn about the major role the apparel industry played in the state’s economic development. A fascinating exhibit titled MOda 200: Missouri Style Makers, Merchants and Memories recently opened at the Center for Missouri Studies Art Galleries. It’s a collaboration between […]