Around town

TODAY

COLUMBIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL REZONING MEETING: 7 p.m., Greenbrier High School, 5114 Riverwood Parkway, Evans

AUGUSTA COMMISSION: Finance Committee, 1 p.m.; Commission meeting, 2 p.m.; eighth floor, Municipal Building, 530 Greene St.

COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMISSION: 6 p.m., Appling Courthouse; (706) 868-3379.

STUDENT RECITAL WITH VISUAL ACCOMPANIMENT: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Etherredge Center, University of South Carolina Aiken, 471 University Parkway; with composers Nai-tse Tsai and Patrick Hall.

THE BUSINESS OF THE MOVIE BUSINESS: 2:30 p.m., N126 Allgood Hall, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; with Simon Kornblit, former executive vice president and head of Worldwide Marketing for Universal Pictures in Hollywood; For more information, call (706) 729-2416.

AIKEN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD: 6:30 p.m., city hall on Park Avenue.

WEDNESDAY

BROWN BAG HISTORY SERIES: 12:30 p.m., Augusta Museum of History; Augusta's African-American Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, by Dr. Russell K. Brown; discussion of Camp Dyer, a 19th-century military training camp; free to members, $3 for nonmembers; participants may bring a lunch, museum provides beverages and dessert; refreshments served at 11:30 a.m.

GARDEN SERIES: 12:10-12:45 p.m., Columbia County library; Columbia County Extension Service Gardening at Lunch series; extension agent Charles Phillips discusses gardening; (706) 868-3413.

ROTARY CLUB OF COLUMBIA COUNTY: 7 a.m., Brandon Wilde Clubhouse; (706) 863-2000.

THURSDAY

LANGLEY-BATH-CLEARWATER HISTORICAL MEETING: 7 p.m., LBC/Midland Valley Lions Club on Lions Trail in Bath; Elliott Levy of the Aiken County Historical Museum will speak; public is invited.

FORT GORDON WINE FEST: 7-10 p.m., Gordon Club Conference Center, 19th Street, Fort Gordon; tickets $20 per person; event is open to those 21 and older; (706) 791-6779.

FACULTY ARTIST RECITAL: 7 p.m., St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church, 125 Pendleton St. S.W., Aiken; $7 (free for students), tickets at the University of South Carolina Aiken's Etherredge Center box office and at the church the night of the performance; (803) 641-3305.

AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS: South Atlantic League affiliate of San Francisco Giants open season Thursday-Sunday, Lake Olmstead Stadium, Milledge Road; greenjacketsbaseball. com.