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📸 Monday, July 11, 2022
South Carolina Center for Community Literacy Reception & Tour
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Join us for a reception honoring South Carolina School Librarianship! Connect with old friends and make new ones at the South Carolina Center for Community Literacy, home to an exciting of hot-off-the-press books for children and young adults. Browse the collection, enjoy tasty hors d'oeuvres, and get your picture taken with the one and only Cocky!
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📸 Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Option 1: Steel Hands Brewing Tour
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Enjoy a comprehensive walk-through and discussion of brewing, cellaring, and packaging systems, including a tasting and discussion to include (4) 4 ounce pours of our beer and a Steel Hands signature pint glass to take home.
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Option 2: Two Gals and a Fork Tour
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Explore the Vista and visit five Columbia restaurants with Two Gals and a Fork! At each restaurant enjoy a menu tasting of the location's signature foods, and learn directly from its owner/manager. In between stops, a Historic Columbia expert will share the fascinating history of downtown Columbia and the Vista buildings. A tasty evening not to be missed! Tour participants will meet their guides at the Columbia Convention Center.
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Option 3: Historic Columbia Main Street Tour & Dinner
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Join Historic Columbia for a leisurely walking tour of Main Street, ending up at Market on Main for an assortment of appetizers and drinks a la carte. Enjoy delicious and award-winning food while learning more about this historic Southern city, the capital of South Carolina! Walking tours will be grouped into smaller cohorts but will all meet to enjoy meals together at the conclusion of the tour. Meet at the Main Street side of Boyd Plaza (in front of the Columbia Museum of Art).
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📸 Friday, July 15, 2022
SCASL School Library Tour on Cocky's Reading Express
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Get to know the wonderful school library programs of South Carolina up close and personal by visiting elementary, middle, and high school libraries in Columbia, SC, exploring the collections, in this engaging and exciting tour! Tour participants will get to enjoy the comfort of the Cocky's Reading Express shuttle, and a delicious meal. All tour proceeds support SCASL programming and advocacy efforts.
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Our Story Matters Civil Rights Walking Tour
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The "Our Story Matters Civil Rights Walking Tour" uses downtown Columbia's Main Street as a classroom to teach the history of the local Civil Rights movement. Explore historic civil rights images, via our wayside signs, throughout downtown Columbia. Get to know the history surrounding South Carolina's state historic markers, public art, murals, and monuments installed throughout its capital city. Dive deeper into our history and learn how local, unsung heroes fought for social justice, creating changes that influenced the Civil Rights movement on a state and national level. The tour will begin at the African American monument on the Sumter Street side of the statehouse grounds.
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