Your weekend
Sunday, August 02, 2009The weekend promises to be typical weather for the season: Highs in the 90s with roughly a 50-50 chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon each day. It IS August in South Carolina.
There are lots of activities:
The Super Girls Camp in Orangeburg ends on Saturday. It features "Survivor" star JoAnna Ward.
Flatland Express bluegrass band is in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center. It's free.
Lamman Rucker, the star of the TBS sitcom "Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns, will be featured at the fourth annual M.A. Lee Scholarship Fund Gala at 6 p.m. Saturday at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center at South Carolina State University. Tickets are $35 at maleescholarship.org
Baseball is hot in the sports world, with the Atlanta Braves playing host this weekend to the West Division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. Saturday's 4 p.m. game is a Fox broadcast. ESPN has the two matched up Sunday night at 8.
NASCAR's Spring Cup series is at the Pennsylvania 500 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday on ESPN2.
On the big screen, Adam Sandler is back in "Funny People."
And if you're looking for something a bit different, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia is the site for the annual Brew at the Zoo, a beer-tasting event from 7-9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for zoo members and $35 for non-members. They are $45 at the door.
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