Foodie fests cookin’ on three days | Best Bets

SATURDAY, SUNDAY, TUESDAY | 11.12, 11.13, 11.15

Food festivals sizzle, catering to various tastes

▪ Seafood Festival, “Shuckin’ for a Cause,” benefiting Tidelands Community Hospice Foundation of Georgetown (www.tidelandshospice.org), 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Hanser House Restaurant, 14360 Ocean Highway N. (U.S. 17), Litchfield Beach. $5. All-you-can-eat oysters $20 advance or $25 day of event. 843-235-3021 for host, 843-520-7714 for foundation.

▪ “Festa Italiana,” by Order Sons & Daughters of Italy in America, Myrtle Beach Lodge 2662, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday (rescheduled from Oct. 8-9) at Broadway at the Beach, along 29th Avenue North in in Myrtle Beach. $1 admission. 848-333-7059 or www.sonsofitalymb.com.

▪ “Souper Supper” – benefiting American Red Cross Hurricane Matthew Relief Fund, and American Culinary Federation of Myrtle Beach chapter, including its scholarship fund – noon-3 p.m. Sunday (rescheduled from Nov. 6) at Broadway at the Beach, off 21st Avenue North in Myrtle Beach. $12 ages 13 and older, otherwise $7. 843-477-1100 or www.myrtlebeachacf.com.

▪  Fish Fry by Grand Strand Optimist Club, also for YMCA of Coastal Carolina programs, 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Crabby Mike’s Calabash Seafood, 290 U.S. 17 Business N., Surfside Beach. $8 adults, $5 children. grandstrandoptimist.org.

▪ “Taste of Home Cooking School,” with Michelle Roberts, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Beach Church, Beach Church, 557 George Bishop Parkway, just west of Myrtle Beach, between U.S. 501 and U.S. 17. General admission $20 advance (at www.myrtlebeachcookingshow.com, or at The Sun News, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 9 a.m.-noon Fridays) or $25 at door.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY | 11.12-11.13

Model train club show, beach music awards liven up weekend

▪ Train Show & Sale, by Grand Strand Model Railroaders, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, in former Stein Mart at Inlet Square mall, at U.S. 17 and U.S 17 Business in Murrells Inlet, and promoting Veterans Day with some military trains on display. $5 ages 17 and older, otherwise free – and admission good for both days. Also, see working train displays 4-7 p.m. Mondays, noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays – for free at the model train club’s site in Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres, three doors from Bass Pro Shops. 843-293-4386 or www.gsmrrc.org.

▪ “Beachfest and Computer Expo,” by Grand Strand Amateur Radio Club, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Academy of Hope charter school (formerly Old Pee Dee School), 3521 Juniper Bay Road, Conway. $7. 843-458-3856 or w4gs.org.

▪ Carolina Beach Music Awards, 3 p.m. Sunday at Alabama Theatre, on north end of Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $40.95, $53.95 or $69.95. 843-272-1111, 800-342-2262 or www.alabama-theatre.com, and cammy.org.

THROUGH SUNDAY | 11.13

Art, crafts fill convention center, church, park, museum

▪ “Dickens Christmas Show & Festivals,” by Leisure Time Unlimited Inc. of Myrtle Beach and benefiting local charities, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, at Myrtle Beach Convention Center, at Oak Street and 21st Avenue North. $9.50 ages 13 and older – and $14 multiday pass; $4.50 ages 2-12; and free younger than 2. Also, some discounts with advance purchase at www.dickenschristmasshow.com. 843-448-9483.

▪ “Makers Market Holiday Bazaar” – benefiting MOPS International (ministry for moms of preschoolers) North Myrtle Beach chapter – 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church North Myrtle Beach, 200 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach. 843-399-7729 or www.mops.org/groups/nmb-mops.

▪ Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild’s 44th annual “Art in the Park,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on Farrow Parkway, at The Market Common. Free. 843-446-3830 or www.artsyparksy.com.

▪ S.C. Watermedia Society’s Juried Exhibition awards ceremony, 4-6 p.m. Saturday (rescheduled from Oct. 8) at Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, where exhibit continues through Nov. 27 (open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays, with free admission – 843-238-2510 or myrtlebeachartmuseum.org). 803-351-2721 or www.scwatermedia.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 11.11-11.13

Outdoor events include ‘Mythical & Medieval Fest’ benefit

▪ “Let the Fur Fly” competition by A Way to Play Dog Agility Club, 4-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, at A Dog’s Way Inn, 761 Pendergrass Ave., Murrells Inlet, west of U.S. 17. Free to see. 843-357-4545 or www.awaytoplaydogagilityclub.com.

▪ Conway Downtown Alive events, in downtown Conway: Eighth annual “Snowball Drop,” 10 a.m. Saturday on Laurel Street between Third and Fourth avenues, with about 1,500 ping-pong balls with store names and prize numbers, all shot from cannon; and stores’ annual Holiday Open House, Saturday-Sunday. Free. 843-248-6260 or conwayalive.com.

▪ “Mythical & Medieval Fest of Myrtle Beach” – benefiting Caleb’s Dragonfly Dreams (843-602-1049 or calebsdragonflydreams.org), which provides activities to children who have been abused, abandoned or neglected, and reside in group homes or shelters – 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 19, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, at RH Acres, 3833 Socastee Blvd., Socastee, near entrance to Socastee Automotive. $7 adults, $3 ages 4-17, and free ages 3 and younger. mythicalmedievalfest.com.

▪ “Atalaya Sleepover,” Saturday-Sunday, including dinner, breakfast, s’mores and ghost stories by a campfire, at Huntington Beach State Park, on U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach, across from Brookgreen Gardens. $50 ages 16 and older, $30 ages 6-15, and free ages 5 and younger, with limited number of tents and sleeping pads are available to borrow. Register by 5 p.m. Friday. 843-235-8755 or www.huntingtonbeachsp.com.

SUNDAY, TUESDAY-THURSDAY | 11.13, 11.15-11.17

Public welcome at slew of students’ performances

At Coastal Carolina University, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway (843-349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts):

▪ Fall Gospel Choir Concert by Coastal Inspirational Ambassadors, 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Wheelwright Auditorium. Free, with ticket.

▪ Symphonic Band and Coastal Winds’ “Fall Back Concert,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wheelwright Auditorium. $7.

▪ Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” play, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday in Edwards Theatre. $7.

Also, by Georgetown schools, and free:

▪ Georgetown Middle School’s “Fine Arts Gala,” 6 p.m. Nov. 17 in Winyah Auditorium, 1200 Highmarket St. 843-527-4495 or www.gms.gcsd.k12.sc.us.

▪ Fall band concert, 6 p.m. Nov. 17 at Georgetown High School, 2500 Anthuan Maybank Drive. 843-546-8516 or www.ghs.gcsd.k12.sc.us.

This story was originally published November 10, 2016 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Foodie fests cookin’ on three days | Best Bets."