Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 11
Events fill Saturday
▪ “Spring Event Day,” with farm activities and demonstrations from a “one-horse family farm lifestyle” from 1900-55, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Horry County Museum’s L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Shortcut Road, off U.S. 701, north of Conway (open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays). Free. 365-3596 or www.horrycountymuseum.org.
▪ Second annual Breast Cancer Fly-In for Pretty in Pink Foundation of Raleigh (919-532-0532 or www.prettyinpinkfoundation.org), with Southeastern Modelers Flying Club and Mount Elin Remote Control Flying Club, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. at airfield at 548 Narrow End Road, Tabor City, N.C. Free admission and $20 landing fee. 910-520-9452.
▪ Lower Cape Fear Hospice Mercy Care’s Camp Happy Hearts, for children ages 5-17 coping with loss, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 2901 Fantasy Way, in Fantasy Harbour area, off U.S. 501 and George Bishop Parkway, just west of Myrtle Beach. Free, but registration required at 331-2212, or email tbadurski@mercyhospice.org.
▪ “Plantacular Sale,” 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at Brookgreen Gardens (open till 8 p.m. daily in April), free with admission, which lasts seven days: $15 ages 13-64, $13 ages 65 and older, and $7 ages 4-12. 235-6000 or www.brookgreen.org.
▪ Special sensory showing of “Underdogs,” for families with autistic children, 10 a.m. at Grand 14 Cinema at The Market Common in Myrtle Beach. Free. 609-744-0099, or email beckylarge66@gmail.com.
▪ Chili cookoff, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at grand opening of East Coast base for Big Paws Canine Academy & Foundation Inc., 1379 Horry Road, Aynor. Free to register chili entries, $5 to taste and vote. 844-244-7297, ext. 701, or bigpawscanine.com.
▪ Vendor Fair fundraiser for such groups as Birthright of Georgetown Inc., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in St. Michael Catholic Church Duffy Center (gym), on Cypress Avenue in Garden City Beach, east of U.S. 17 Business. 650-8828.
▪ Cruise-ins, by Myrtle Beach Car Club (742-9802), 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Maggi D’s Fine Italian Cuisine, 407 Seaboard St., Myrtle Beach, and Hot Rod Promotions (503-8245), noon-3 p.m. at Aynor Town Park, on Seventh Avenue, for free.
▪ Boy Scouting Expo and Pinewood Derby runoff, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Broadway at the Beach, off 21st Avenue North in Myrtle Beach. Free. 605-1241 or www.tinyurl.com/chicoraexpo2015.
▪ Opening of Waccamaw Arts and Craft Guild’s 43rd year of “Art in the Park,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday in Myrtle Beach’s Chapin Park, at Kings Highway and 14th Avenue North. Free. 446-3830 or www.artsyparksy.com.
▪ 40th annual Fish Fry, benefiting Boy Scout Troop 850 of Myrtle Beach, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at St. Philip Lutheran Church, 6200 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach. $7. 446-9351.
▪ Cassandra King, author of “Moonrise,” speaking at Team First Book Spring Author Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Inlet Affairs, 4024 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet. $30. 349-2728 or 222-6002, or email mmcilrea@coastal.edu or marshatennant@yahoo.com.
▪ Meet-and-greet for Christian poets, 12:30-1:45 p.m. at Horry County Memorial Library North Myrtle Beach branch, 910 First Ave. S. 732-703-8161.
▪ 15th annual “Doggie Bone Hunt,” benefiting The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach, 1 p.m. (registration open at noon, with suggested donation of $10 per pet) in city’s McLean Park, 93 Oak Drive, south of Main Street. 249-4948 or www.humanesocietynmb.org.
▪ “Birds of Prey Free-Flight Show,” 1 p.m. at Huntington Beach State Park (open 6 a.m.-10 p.m. daily), with demonstrations by The Center for Birds of Prey from Awendaw. 238-8755 or www.huntingtonbeachsp.com.
▪ Guided tours by Georgetown native Charles Williams of his exhibit, “Swim: An Artist’s Journey,” 1, 2 and 3 p.m. at Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach. Free. 238-2510 or www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.
▪ Long Bay Symphony with Tom Becker in “Back Home Again: A Tribute to John Denver,” 7 p.m. at Myrtle Beach High School auditorium, on Robert M. Grissom Parkway between 29th and 38th avenues North, for $35-$50 (also $10 for students 21 and younger with ID). 448-8379 or longbaysymphony.com.
▪ At Coastal Carolina University, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway (349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts): “The Vagina Monologues,” 7 p.m. in Johnson Auditorium, in E. Craig Wall School of Business Administration, benefiting Rape Crisis Center of Horry and Georgetown counties; and “Twelfth Night or What You Will,” 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Theatre, for $15.
▪ Social dance by USA Dance Grand Strand Chapter 6024, 7-10 p.m. at Myrtle Beach Base Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane, near The Market Common. $7 members, otherwise $10. 570-881-0244 or www.usadancegrandstrand.org.
For a complete list of upcoming events, festivals and shows, visit MyrtleBeachOnline.com/kicks.
This story was originally published April 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 11."