For more than four decades, the Voluntary Action Center (VAC) has been spreading holiday cheer through its annual Holiday Program — a community tradition that began as a small gift drive and has grown into a countywide movement of generosity. What started with a handful of donors has evolved into a major year-end effort uniting […]
Studio San, featured as a “Closer Look” in the January 2025 issue of COMO Business Times, has set roots — at least for now — in the old Breeze Bridal & Prom storefront. Owner Shreya Bhola, originally from New Delhi, India, first opened her shop in her home in 2024, with the goal of relocating
Date Event & Time Location Details Fri Oct 24 Halloweenie: Trick or Treat in The District — family-friendly trick-or-treating in downtown Columbia. Downtown Columbia 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Fri Oct 24 Haunted Museum — A haunted tour of The Museum of Art and Archaeology in Ellis Library Ellis Library, 520 S. Ninth Street 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Columbia’s Trent Rash is our main guide for finding your art and culture fix in the community. Trent has been the executive director of The Missouri Symphony (MOSY) since August 2019. Here are his curated picks for upcoming events. ASSASSINS, 111 Orr Street, October 23-26, 2025 Trent’s Take: This Sondheim musical, presented by the ever-ingenious
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Throughout its almost fifty years of existence, the Central Missouri Humane Society shelter at 616 Big Bear Blvd. has provided a refuge for the dogs, cats, and other companion animals of mid-Missouri. As an open-admission animal shelter, CMHS accepts all stray and surrendered animals within its Boone County service area. No animals are turned away.
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Wynnsome Cake & Tea There’s a place located smack dab downtown that is a destination for slowing down, reconnecting with others, and appreciating the simple joys of life. That place is Wynnsome, where locals and visitors can sip on a wide variety of artisanal teas or locally roasted coffee while enjoying a slice of handcrafted
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We asked our Facebook followers… Excluding a car or a house, what was your first BIG purchase? When I was 15 years old, I sold my first motorcycle to pay for a $300 set of golf clubs (from Kmart). $300 doesn’t sound like much nowadays, but in 1985 … that was HUGE for me. —
Opportunity is a gift when it comes calling. But for some, opportunity never comes knocking because they have no door. They also don’t have walls, a roof, or windows. That’s the reality for the hundreds of people in Columbia who have no place to live. The annual Point-in-Time Count in 2024 found 323 sheltered and
Pamela Hildebrand and Anita Nugent feel as close as any family members to one another. “Pam is the sister I never had,” Nugent said. “She’s the sister I always wanted,” Hildebrand said of Nugent. Both are residents of the same senior housing apartments in Columbia, and they’re enthusiastic clients of Aging Best, the area agency
Where can you go to see whimsical splashes of color that expertly blend in with fire hydrants, traffic lights, and asphalt and concrete? In downtown Columbia, you can go to the bank. More specifically, Commerce Bank, Simmons Bank, and Central Bank. In addition to mosaic benches that display milkweed, canna lilies, petunias, and coleus, among
