PHOTO GALLERY: First Night Columbia 2012

Men's 5K winner Caleb Wilfong warms his hands before the start of the First Night 5K Run/Walk in front of Cyclextreme on Monday afternoon. Wilfong graduated from Rock Bridge High School in May and now runs distance for the University of Iowa Track and Field team.   |  Kile Brewer

With snow falling and wet streets, participants in the First Night 5K Run/Walk start their route from Cyclextreme on Sixth Street on Monday afternoon.   |  Kile Brewer

Nicole Mello, 17, walks past the finish line after winning the women's division of the First Night 5K Run/Walk on Monday afternoon. Mello is a senior distance runner at Hickman High School.   |  Kile Brewer

Tim Cornell, who finished second in the men's division of the First Night 5K Run/Walk, removes a chip from a runner's shoe. The chip activates as runners cross the starting line and records their official time as they finish.   |  Kile Brewer

Fiddle player Gretchen Priest-May and the acoustic Americana trio of Brad Davis, Dan Miller and Tim May set up their equipment before performing their headline performance at the Missouri Theatre as part of First Night Columbia 2013 on Monday evening. The acoustic performance featured flatpick guitar and encompassed the theme of this year's First Night, "It's All About the Guitar."   |  Kile Brewer

Tim May of the Americana trio Davis, Miller, May performs at First Night Columbia 2013 on stage at the Missouri Theatre on Monday evening. May was recently voted "Best Instrumentalist in Nashville" in the Nashville Scene's Best of Nashville 2012 Reader's Poll.   |  Kile Brewer

Audience members listen to a performance by the Ironweed Bluegrass Band with Claud Crum at the Missouri Theatre as part of First Night Columbia 2013 on Monday evening.   |  Kile Brewer

Members of the Ironweed Bluegrass Band perform onstage at the Missouri Theatre as part of First Night Columbia 2013 on Monday evening.   |  Kile Brewer

A couple sits close during a performance by the Ironweed Bluegrass Band at the Missouri Theatre, part of the First Night Columbia 2013 celebration on Monday evening.   |  Kile Brewer

A participant performs in a drum circle at Missouri United Methodist Church on Monday during the First Night Columbia 2013 celebration activities.   |  Greg Kendall-Ball

Hanay Melhim, 2, dances in the middle of a drum circle during First Night Columbia 2013 celebration activities at Missouri United Methodist Church on Monday.   |  Greg Kendall-Ball

Garrett Comerford, 6, of Fulton, rides on a hoverboard during Joseph "Nitro Joe" Higgs' "It's a Gas" science demonstration at the Missouri United Methodist Church on Monday.
  |  Greg Kendall-Ball

Josh Goldstein, 12, of Kansas City, checks his reflection in a mirror after donning an alien costume at Missouri United Methodist Church during the First Night Columbia 2013 celebration on Monday.   |  Greg Kendall-Ball

Pipa Letsty, left, Joel Zemmer and Heinrich Lean Hard perform at the Columbia Art League during the First Night Columbia celebration on Monday.   |  Harry Katz

Erin Carrillo, right, sizes a crown for Joaquin Zamora and his mother, Nancy Cheak-Zamora, during the kids craft night at the First Night celebration on Monday.   |  Harry Katz

Keelie Kendricks, 5, applies a temporary tattoo at the First Night Celebration kids craft night at Calvary Episcopal Church on Monday night. Keelie came to the event with her sister Gabriela Kendricks, 2, and her mother, Jessica Kendricks.   |  Harry Katz/Missourian

Nathan Basset, 3, glues decorations on a crown with his mother Cindy Basset during the kids craft event held at Calvary Episcopal Church on Monday.   |  Harry Katz

Flamenco guitarist Tom Williams plays in the Columbia Art League gallery during First Night Columbia on Monday evening. After his solo performance in the gallery, Williams performed in the Missouri Theatre with Walt Goodman on guitar and Kristina Martinez dancing.   |  Kile Brewer

Magician David Casas lunges forward as he finishes a Houdini straitjacket escape at the Missouri Theatre as part of First Night Columbia 2013 on Monday.   |  Kile Brewer

Tom "Artie" Lindsey performs with Artie's Univibe at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Columbia as part of the First Night Columbia celebration activities on Monday.   |  Greg Kendall-Ball