We know you hear it all the time. “The Nick is a cornerstone of the arts in downtown Columbia.” It’s true – over the past year we’ve worked hard to make the theater a place where arts supporters, filmmakers, community leaders and activists, artists, performers and more can gather. But unlike most establishments on Main […]
News
Announcement
The Nick and SC Pride to present Paris is Burning
October 9, 2023
The Nick and South Carolina Pride Movement (SC Pride) will present Paris Is Burning as part of The Nick’s Pride Night celebration on October 18, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Both organizations are excited to collaborate to bring this film to Columbia for Famously Hot SC Pride. About the film – Where does voguing come […]
Announcement
The Nick and National Organization for Women (NOW) Columbia, SC Chapter to present Bella! This Woman’s Place Is in the House
October 2, 2023
The Nick and National Organization for Women (NOW) Columbia, SC Chapter will present Bella! This Woman’s Place Is in the House, as part of The Nick’s ReelTalk Docuseries, on October 8, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. The event will feature a talkback after the film with panelists provided by NOW and moderated by Heather Bauer, a […]
Announcement
ReelTalk series pulls community together
August 26, 2023
We don’t just show movies at The Nick. We pull the community together to talk about them, in ways that enrich the whole community. You’ll see that happen Monday night, Aug. 28, with the next installment of a series of programs we’re calling “ReelTalk.” On that night, we’ll have a one-time showing of “Stay Awake,” […]
Announcement
‘Barbenheimer’ double-feature breaks records at The Nick
August 24, 2023
Variety pronounced “Barbenheimer” to be “the movie event of the year.” It certainly was that at The Nick. And then some. “Barbie” is the biggest draw in the theater’s history. And “Oppenheimer” is the fifth-biggest. Presented together as a double feature – the only such event in the Midlands – they drew 3,000 enthusiastic moviegoers […]
Education, Events
Global ‘INPUT’: Xavier Blake’s Trip to Taipei
May 23, 2023
Over 50 years ago the public broadcasting service (PBS) was created to champion the principles of diversity and excellence of programming, responsiveness to local communities, and service to all. Before I joined The Nick in January, I spent over two decades as a content creator in the public media industry. One of the great joys […]
Leadership
It’s been a busy year – Growth and Progress at The Nick
May 16, 2023
It’s been a year since Nickelodeon Board of Directors announced that Sumner Bender was coming aboard as executive director. She joined the team as it was facing a trio of big challenges: It still was far from fully open after more than two years of pandemic. Many doubted the future of the whole industry in […]
Announcement
Leading The Nick – past, present and future
April 27, 2023
David Whiteman, newly-elected president of The Nick’s board, has been involved with the theater and its mission almost since the very beginning. The Nickelodeon was started in 1979. Two years later, David came to Columbia to teach political science at the University of South Carolina. He’d heard about the theater, then located just south of […]
Announcement
End-of-year Capital Campaign more than doubles its $50,000 goal
January 5, 2023
Dear members and friends, I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your membership and support of The Nick. Your engagement, involvement and support are essential to our success and ability to remain your local neighborhood theater. As members, donors and customers, you are the foundation of our community. Your generosity helps us […]
Leadership
For Charmaine Clowney, chairing The Nick’s board is ‘just the thrill of my life’
October 19, 2022
When Charmaine Clowney was growing up in Columbia, she developed an early love of music. She saw her first performances of opera and jazz. She saw the great Dizzy Gillespie play in person, right here it her hometown. “The arts were a way of escaping, living in the segregated South,” she recalls. But here in […]