March Vista Nights Means Shops and Galleries Open Late

Shops and galleries in the Vista welcome shoppers and offer extended hours on the third Thursday of each month

The Congaree Vista Guild, a non-profit, membership-based organization made up of a wide variety of restaurant, shop, business and gallery owners, homeowners and museums in the Vista, announces its plans for March 2015’s Vista Nights. This event, which is free and open to the public and takes place on the third Thursday of each month, is Thursday, March 19, 5-8 p.m. 

The Vista Guild organizes this event to offer later shopping hours at our most popular galleries and retailers on Thursday evenings, which are already bustling with diners and hotel guests in the neighborhood’s restaurants and bars. 

March Vista Nights participating galleries include:

·       Ellen Taylor Interiors, 1012 Gervais Street.

·       if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln Street, Preview Philip Morsberger: Text/Subtext, before it officially opens on Friday, March 20.

·       Lewis & Clark ,1001 Huger Street.

·       Studio Cellar, 912 Lady Street, Offering 10 percent discount on Japanese cherry blossoms painting class and freestyle painting. Instructors will walk participants through painting step-by-step.

·       Vista Studios/Gallery 80808, 808 Lady Street, Presenting A is for Art and other Prints by Claire K. Farrell. During Vista Nights, from 5:30 – 8 p.m., wine will be served and Farrell will present “Printing Without a Press.”

“Thursday evenings are always alive in the Vista with diners packing our restaurants and tourists in our hotels,” said Sarah Lewis, executive director of the Congaree Vista Guild. “We’re excited that Vista Nights has become a regular monthly events, where many of our businesses will stay open beyond their regular business hours. Shoppers can wind their way through the Vista and stay to eat at one of our restaurants or attend a special event at one of our museums.”

Parking, as always, is available in the Vista’s parking garages at 820 Washington Street and at the corner of Senate and Pendleton Streets behind the Hilton. 

For more information about the Vista, please visit www.VistaColumbia.com or call Sarah Lewis at (803) 269.5946. Follow the Vista Guild on Twitter, Instagram and on Facebook.