Swan Lake-Iris Garden features eight swan species. ... Kevin McLendon, night editor for The State, commutes to work from Sumter, about 40 miles east of Columbia.

COLUMBIA — On Friday, March 1, the Columbia Classical Ballet Company will present the magical masterpiece “Swan Lake” at 7:30 p.m. at the Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia.

Considering the arts in the context of social justice is no novel concept. Last year’s #OscarsSoWhite debacle called into question the responsibility of films and their critics to be inclusive, ...