OPEN HOUSE! Oct 23rd

You're Invited!
701 Whaley
OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, October 23rd
5:30-7pm Tours
8-11pm Party

There is a new roof, a new life and a new purpose for 701 Whaley.
Oct 23rd, 701 Whaley will be open to the public.
Come see the whole building!

This historic gathering place, built in 1903 has been saved, restored, renovated and is getting ready for the next generation of community.

October 23rd includes:

5:30 -7pm
Tours of the building by Richard Burts and Robert Lewis

7-10pm
Historic Columbia Foundation's Palladium Society presents its 5th Annual Silent Auction in conjunction with the Open House of 701 Whaley! Unique items and packages will be auctioned to the highest bidder while guests enjoy food, beer, wine, and music from national recording artist Danielle Howle. All proceeds will benefit the Historic Columbia Foundation. Advance tickets are $25, $20 for members. Call 803.252.7742 x 27 or email ewalsh@historiccolumbia.org to buy your tickets today, and be a part of this historic event!
HCF will throw its party in the bottom back left of the Grand Reception Hall

Restaurateur Kristian Niemi (Gervais & Vine, Mr. Friendly's, Solstice Kitchen, Rosso Trattoria Italia) will be on hand, sharing his plans for his newest venture, The Black Rooster and The Apartment at 701. The Black Rooster will be a French Bistro-inspired restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in a classic, neighborhood bistro tradition. The Apartment at 701 will be a full-service event facility within a modern loft apartment in 701 Whaley and can be rented for private dinners, meetings, wine tastings or cocktail parties for anywhere from two to twenty guests.

The local neighborhood associations including Granby, Olympia Alive! and Whaley Street will be present and representing the rich history of the community.

Danielle Howle will rock your soul with her sublime music and The Next Door Drummers will kick it with some West African percussion.



Emile DeFelice is supplying his Caw Caw Creek delectable pork that will be smoked right out back for a fingerlickin pig picking. “Pigs on me!” he says.






701 Center for Contemporary Art continues its Inaugural Exhibition Textile Tales, an exhibition with work by: Ellen Kochansky, Beth Melton, Phil Moody and Scotty Peek
701 CCA, a non-profit, is unique in South Carolina. It has a gallery space for museum-quality art exhibitions, a live-work unit for artists in residence and interdisciplinary programming with performing, literary and media arts.

Tom Chinn from the always eclectic and fantastic Bohemian Home shows off one of the last cool, hip loft spaces still available with furniture for office and home. All the pieces will be for sale or go for it all and just move right in!

The past presents itself in an excerpt from Lee Ann Kornegay’s documentary film,
701 Whaley on the history of this magnificent building, the folks that have spent time there and the enormous renovation project that has taken place over the past couple of years.

For more info contact:
Richard Burts
RichardBurts@aol.com
or
Lee Ann Kornegay
lakorn@bellsouth.net

Molly Harrell takes photos of Richard for the upcoming issue of Skirt magazine!
Thankfully Richard has nice legs!


Construction crew get treated to lunch.