Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 9

See Jacqueline “Jack” DeGroot in the “Coffee With the Authors” series, for free, but reservations are required at 910-575-5999. More details at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.

Details | 10-11 a.m. at Sunset River Marketplace, 10283 Beach Drive (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C., open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays.

In “Lee and Grant at Appomattox,” Terry Hegglin, a retired U.S. Army officer, will discuss the activities that took place in the days prior to the surrender for the formal end of the Civil War, 150 years ago. Reservations at 427-7668 or email HistoryAndMore@nmbmuseum.com. More details at www.nmbmuseum.com.

Details | 7 p.m. at the North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum, 799 Second Ave. N., for $5. (Museum open noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, and by appointment. $5 ages 13-59, $4 ages 60 and older or student/military with ID, $3 ages 5-12, and free ages 4 and younger.)

Forestbrook Middle School students open their play “Legally Blonde Jr.” for two nights through Friday. Details at 236-7300.

Details | 7 p.m. at Socastee High School, 4900 Socastee Blvd., near Dick Pond Road and S.C. 544. $10 or $15.

Coastal Carolina University has three events on two campuses:

▪ Opening of “Twelfth Night or What You Will” play, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and April 15-18, also 3 p.m. April 18, in Edwards Theatre, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway. $15. 349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.

▪ Percussion and World Ensembles Concert, with premiere of Ivan Trevino’s “Hands Up,” the commissioning for which involved the CCU Music Department, 7:30 p.m. in Wheelwright Auditorium, on main campus. $5.

▪ Atlantic Stage’s “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged),” 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, through April 26, at 79th Avenue Theatre, in Myrtle Beach Education Center, at U.S. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach. $27.50 general; $22.50 seniors (ages 55 and older)/educators/military; $17.50 students, including Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members; and $12.50 side-section seats. 877-287-8587 or www.atlanticstage.com.

See an encore of “Four Blood Moons” on the silver screen. Details at 839-3225 or www.cinemark.com.

Details | 7:30 p.m. at Cinemark at Coastal Grand mall, off Seaboard Street in Myrtle Beach, for $12.50 adult, $11.50 senior and $10.50 child.

For a complete list of upcoming events, festivals and shows, visit MyrtleBeachOnline.com/kicks.

This story was originally published April 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 9."