Clemens Crossing Elementary School art teacher Benjamin Schmitt and Barbara Kellner of the Columbia Archives recently joined forces to create a combined history and art lesson for 100 third graders. The Clemens Crossing students toured and took photographs of the lakefront in downtown Columbia and listened to Kellner’s presentation about developer James W. Rouse and…
What kinds of arts events get your attention? For many, it has to do with the great outdoors. A recent study, released by the National Endowment for the Arts provides the details: The study, “Live From Your Neighborhood: A National Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals,” finds that 102 million Americans went to at least one…
There’s a new book out. It’s called Thrive and it’s by Dan Buettner and you are wondering why we care. Simple, really, we are trying to find out what makes people happy. Happy there: happy here; that’s our premise. What is there to learn that we can put in action in Columbia to make happy…
Welcome to ColumbiaMD.com. This site has been created to inspire conversation and provide information and recommendations about the extensive arts and cultural activities in Columbia and Baltimore/Washington corridor. Gallery openings, art films, restaurant specials or even Howard County high schools musicals — we want to know about them all. As part of the Downtown Columbia…