Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events

Check out all of the international events in the area that the World Affairs Council and other organizations are offering. To add your event to our calendar, click here.

2001
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC

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JANUARY

Thursday, January 18, 2001

"World's Best Commercials"
Clarion Town House Hotel
Gervais Street, Magnolia Room
Columbia, SC

6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

please contact
[email protected]

Friday, January 19, 2026

"Habla usted espanol?"
"Hiring and Working with Hispanic Employees"
Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Columbia, SC
8:00 a.m.- noon

please contact GCCC @ (803) 733-1110
or
[email protected]

Friday, January 26, 2001
"Habla usted espanol?"
"Marketing to Hispanic Customers"
Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Columbia, SC
8:00 a.m.- noon

please contact GCCC @ (803) 733-1110
or
[email protected]

FEBRUARY

Friday, Februrary 2, 2001

"Habla usted espanol?"
"Doing Business in Latin America"
Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Columbia, SC
8:00 a.m.- noon

please contact GCCC @ (803) 733-1110
or
[email protected]

Thursday, February 15, 2026

World Affairs Council Distinguished Speaker Series Dinner

"Held Hostage in the Middle East"
Capital City Club
Columbia, SC
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Held Hostage in Lebanon for 2,354 days...
On June 9, 1995, on a road back from the airport in Beirut, Tom Sutherland was seized at gunpoint by Islamic Jihad, taken captive, and held hostage to their demands. For six and a half years, he spent every day face to face with terrorists.

Join the World Affairs Council
to hear Dr. Sutherland talk about his unique view of the bitter religious and factional conflict that has ravaged the Middle East, its war and terrorism, as well as his perspective of a man caught in upheaval, striving to survive, and finding in it all the essence of what it is to be human...

A captivating and inspiring evening
that you won't want to miss!

Copies of Sutherland's book will be available for purchase and signature on the day of the dinner.

For more information,

please call (803) 252-2197

MARCH

Wednesday, March 14, 2026

World Affairs Council Annual Member Meeting
6:00 p.m. @ CSC (formerly MYND)
in Blythewood, SC

Announcement of the 2001 GLOBAL VISION AWARD recipient

Election of the 2001/2002 Board of Directors

Chairman's report and President's report

Special reception and behind-the-scenes tour hosted by World Affairs Council corporate member CSC

RSVP by March 9,

please call (803) 252-2197

Directions:
From downtown Columbia, SC take
I-77 North, exit 24, turn right off of exit, turn left into CSC campus

March 31 & April 1, 2026

6th Annual Columbia International Festival

Cantey Building, SC State Fairgrounds

To give the people of South Carolina, as well as neighboring states,
the opportunity to enjoy music, culture, food, and performing arts
from the many different countries represented in this region.

Over 50 National Exhibits
Entertainment
Family Fun
Bazaar
Food

Admission:
Adult: $5 at the door ($4 in advance)
Ages 6-12: $1
under 6: free

For more information
visit the festival webpage

or call (803) 799-3452

APRIL

Thursday, April 12, 2001

"Sreening Party and Reception"

Adam's Mark Hotel

Columbia, SC

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

On behalf of the World Affairs Council, you are cordially invited to attend a

"Sreening Party and Reception"

featuring SCETV's production of

A Conversation with Phil Lader

Ambassador and Linda Lader will be in attendance and we will broadcast the premier of the documentary at 8:00 p.m.
The reception will include an open bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres. All proceeds from the event will help the World Affairs Council in defraying its pledge to assist in the cost of the production of the documentary.

Suggested donation of $ 100 per person.
Checks may be made payable to
the World Affairs Council.

Reservations are required,

please call (803) 252-2197

April 21 - June, 2001

Traditions in Elegance--
Two Centuries of British Teapots from the Norwich Castle Museum
at the Columbia, South Carolina Museum of Art
Main at Hampton Street, Columbia, SC

This exhibition of more than one hundred teapots reveals both the English society's fascination with the ritual of tea drinking and the diverse stylistic production of England's premiere potteries of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

For more information,
please call the Columbia Museum of Art at (803) 799-2810
or visit them at www.columbiamuseum.org

Tuesday, April 24, 2026

MITA: "Opportunities in China"

Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Seawell's Banquet and Reception Center
Rosewood Drive
Columbia, SC

Midlands International Trade Association

Featuring John X. Ling, International Trade Development - Asian and Pacific markets with the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Guest speakers include Ken Zion, Corson Rubber Product, Inc. and Lu Xiao Bing , Haier, USA.

Costs: $15 for MITA members and their guest
$25 for non-members

RSVP no later than Friday, April 20
to Dorette Coetsee

(803) 777-4404
or by email
[email protected]

Friday, April 27 & Saturday, April 28, 2026

SCHALL & RAUCH
a German kabarett

presented by USC's Department of Germanic,
Slavic, and East Asian Languages

skits and scenes by Heinrich Heine, Erich Kaestner, Karl Valentin, Loriot, Gerhard Polt, and others

7:00 p.m.
Benson Theater, University of South Carolina
South Bull Street, Columbia SC

Saturday,April 28, 2001

C.A. Johnson High School presents

INTERNATIONAL DAY

"Connecting the Community to the World"

Featuring displays, food, music, fashion show, jewelry, flags, ethnic attire, dancing books/brochures and information
Come out and join in the fun!

for more information
call (803) 253-7092 ext. 2502

MAY

Saturday, May 5, 2026

Cinco de Mayo

7 p.m. - 11 p.m.
@ Five Points Fountain
Corer of Greene St. + Harden St.
Columbia,SC

sponsored by Hispanic Connections
Tel: (803) 765-0560

www.hispanicconnections.com

Wednesday, May 23, 2026

6:00 p.m.
The Birdhouse @
Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Columbia,SC

You are cordially invited to join us for a reception
honoring the

Lord Mayor of Columbia's Sister City - Kaiserslautern, Germany

Featuring entertainment by the Palmetto Mastersingers
Open bar and hors d'oeuvres

Cost is $25 for members of the World Affairs Council and $35 for non-members.

Reservation and payment in advance required by calling

(803) 252-2197

JUNE

Schedule to be announced

JULY

Schedule to be announced

AUGUST

Schedule to be announced

SEPTEMBER

Schedule to be announced

OCTOBER

October 6, 2026

From Fauvism to Impressionism:
Albert Marquet from the Pompidou

at the Columbia, South Carolina Museum of Art
Main at Hampton Street
Columbia,SC

Albert Marquet (1875-1947) was one of the founders of the Fauvist movement in French painting, but his early work as a Fauvist gave way at the end of his career to lyrical impressionism. Sixty paintings and twenty-two drawings, drawn entirely from the collection of the Center Pompidou in Paris make up this first opportunity for American audiences to experience, in depth, the work of this important artist.
From Fauvism to Impressionism: Albert Marquet from the Pompidou is organized and circulated nationally by ArtReach International of West Palm Beach Florida.

For more information,
call the Columbia Museum of Art at (803) 799-2810
or visit them at www.columbiamuseum.org

NOVEMBER

Schedule to be announced

DECEMBER

Schedule to be announced

JANUARY 2002

Schedule to be announced

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