Best Bets for the Myrtle Beach area, May 22-28

Exhibits include ‘Treasures in Colored Pencil’

Feast your eyes on four new art exhibits:

▪ “Treasures in Colored Pencil,” the third such annual exhibit by members of Colored Pencil Society of America District Chapter 124 of Myrtle Beach (www.cpsa124.org) – with members from southeastern North Carolina to the Georgetown area – Friday-July 25, with “People’s Choice” voting through July 11, at North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum, 799 Second Ave. N., North Myrtle Beach, open noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Admission $5 ages 13-59, $4 ages 60 and older or student/military with ID, $3 ages 5-12, and free ages 4 and younger. 427-7668 or www.nmbmuseum.com.

▪ Opening Tuesday: “Steve Jameson: Ode to the Grand Strand,” through Sept. 13, and “Before I Die,” through Sept. 29 (and Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, continuing through May 31), at Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Free. 238-2510 or www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.

▪ “Drawing and Meaning” by Alex Powers of Myrtle Beach, with opening reception 6-9 p.m. May 28, through July 25, at Artspace 506, 506 37th Ave. S., North Myrtle Beach. Open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Free. 273-0399 or www.artspace506.com.

▪ Exhibit of acrylic and watercolor paintings by Caroline Merino, through August, at Silver Coast Winery, 6680 Barbeque Road, Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Free. 910-287-2800 or www.silvercoastwinery.com.

Wild Water, Splashes open for summer

Two more area water parks open for the summer this weekend, and each has combination rates available for all-day rides nearby:

▪ In 25th-anniversary season, Wild Water & Wheels, 910 U.S. Business S., Surfside Beach: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Monday-May 29, and June 1-4; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays in May and Aug. 24-28; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 5 (closed June 6) and June 7-Aug. 23, and Aug. 29-30 (and open until 9 p.m. Fridays, June 12-Aug. 14). Rides and miniature golf open later in day and usually closing later as well. Admission, plus tax: $27.98 for anyone 4 feet or taller, $19.98 under 4 feet or ages 55 and older, and respective rates dip at 3 p.m. to $19.98 and $17.98, respectively, and to $9.95 for ages 3 and older entering 5-9 p.m. on Fridays open later; and always free ages 2 and younger. 238-3787 or www.wild-water.com.

▪ Splashes Oceanfront Water Park, 300 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, across from Family Kingdom Amusement Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-June 5 and Aug. 9-Sept. 6; and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 6-Aug. 8. Admission, plus tax: $21.95 for anyone 4 feet or taller, $18.95 childen under 4 feet. 916-0400 or www.familykingdomfun.com.

Also, Myrtle Waves Water Park, at U.S. 17 Bypass and Mr. Joe White Avenue (formerly 10th Avenue North) Extension in Myrtle Beach, opened last weekend, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in May, and on Monday, before opening daily, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. June 6-Aug. 18 (and until 9 p.m. Wednesdays), and 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Aug. 22-23 29-30, and Sept. 5-7. Admission, plus tax, is $26.99 for individuals 4 feet or taller, $19.99 juniors under 4 feet, $11.99 ages 55 and older, and free ages 2 and younger. All general admissions include the next day free. Also: season pass deal, for ages 3 and older, $45.99, plus tax and fees, through May 31. Details at 913-9250 or www.myrtlewaves.com.

Fourum, ‘Dance Showcase,’ ‘Frozen’

Choose from special events by a quartet, student dancers and an ice show in the next week:

▪ The Fourum, a British musical quartet – with Jeff Blewett, high tenor; Keith Ellis, tenor; Alan Lees, bass; and David Hand, baritone – welcomed by Friends of the Georgetown Library, 7 p.m. Saturday at Winyah Auditorium, 1200 Highmarket St., Georgetown. $10. Call 545-3303. Group details at www.fourum.co.uk/group.html.

▪ Students’ third annual “Spring Dance Showcase: Human Construction,” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday at Black Water Middle School, 900 E. Cox Ferry Road, Conway, between S.C. 90 and U.S. 501. $5. 903-8440.

Alos, two easy escapes:

▪ 14th annual Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down, at Lone Star Barbecue & Mercantile, 2212 State Park Road, Santee, off Interstate 95, Exit 98, on Friday with: High Lonesome Bluegrass Band 6:45-9 p.m.; Saturday: The Lone Star Picking Parlor 2:15-4 p.m., Flatland Express Bluegrass Band 4:30-6, and Lauren Hall Band 7-9:15; and Sunday: Rockabilly Blues Band 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Billy Isgett 1:30-2, and Russell and Holly Blackwood 2:15-3:15. Free. 803-854-2000 or www.lonestarbbq.net.

▪ “Disney on Ice: Frozen,” 7 p.m. May 28-30, and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. May 30-31, at Florence Civic Center, 3300 W. Radio Drive, at Interstates 95 and 20. Tickets: $20, $25, $30 or $50, at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. Details at 679-4525 or www.florenceciviccenter.com.

‘Strand Cinema’ in Georgetown

The Swamp Fox Players have cued up a new schedule of films through June at the Strand Theater, 710 Front St., Georgetown. Each film is $5 for members, otherwise $7:

Friday: “St. Vincent,” from 2014, 2:30 p.m. and “Kumiko the Treasure Hunter” (2014) 7 p.m.

Saturday: “Young Victoria” (2009) at 2:30 p.m. and “The 100-Year Old Man” (2013) 7 p.m.

Also:

▪ “Confessions of a Prodigal Son” (2015), 2:30 p.m. May 29 and 7 p.m. June 6.

▪ “Maps to the Stars” (2014), 7 p.m. May 29 and 2:30 p.m. June 6.

▪ “Cake” (2014), 2:30 p.m. May 30 and 7 p.m. June 5.

▪ “Three Worlds” (2012), 7 p.m. May 30 and 2:30 p.m. June 5.

▪ “The Legend of Bagger Vance” (2000), 2:30 p.m. June 12 and 7 p.m. June 20.

▪ “Still Alice” (2014), 7 p.m. June 12 and 2:30 p.m. June 20.

▪ “What We Do in the Shadows” (2014), 2:30 p.m. June 13 and 7 p.m. June 19.

▪ “Leviathan” (2014), 7 p.m. June 13 and 2:30 p.m. June 19.

▪ “Hector and the Search for Happiness” (2014), 2:30 p.m. June 26 and 7 p.m. June 27.

▪ “Welcome to Me” (2014), 7 p.m June 26 and 2:30 p.m. June 27.

Details at 527-2924 or www.swampfoxplayers.com.

‘Elvis Has Left the Building’ at Stage Left

Stage Left Theatre Company will close its second season at The Market Common with “Elvis Has Left the Building.”

Performances of this hijinks-filled play, set on Dec. 20, 1970, are 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, May 28-June 14, at Stage Left’s theater, 3064 DeVille St., Myrtle Beach, between Nevers and Lewis streets, next to Coastal Dance Centre.

Tickets are $18 general public; $15 students and active-duty military and veterans.

The company also has announced its 2015-16 season: “Dilemmas with Dinner,” Aug. 13-30; “Art of Murder,” Oct. 10-25; “Miracle of South Division Street,” Dec. 3-20; “Almost Maine,” Feb. 4-21; and “Dixie Swim Club,” June 2-19.

Details at 232-0339 or www.stagelefttheatremb.com.

This story was originally published May 21, 2015 at 3:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets for the Myrtle Beach area, May 22-28."