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By Jody Mace
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Friday, February 3, 2023
Black Film Series at Independent Picture House: Daughters of the Dust (see IPH for start time)
All Day | $8.00 | Independent Picture House
Subway: Buy one get one free Footlong Sub
All Day | Discounted | Subway — Multiple locations
Little Critters Storytime
10:30 am to 11:15 am | FREE | Quest (Latta Nature Preserve)
Free Art Kit: Colorful Cubes
11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph
Free Movie Matinee Daily
2:00 pm | FREE | VisArt Video
Tiff's Treats: $6 for 6 cookies after 4 p.m. for pickup
4:00 pm to 11:59 am | $6.00 | Tiff’s Treats — multiple locations
Disco Funk Revival
5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | NoDa Company Store
Pop-Up Mardi Gras Bar at Papa Doc's Shore Club
5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Papa Doc’s Shore Club
Rail Trail Lights
5:00 pm | FREE | Various locations
First Fridays Rock Hill
5:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Rock Hill
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