Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on July 9

▪ “The Croods,” in weekly “Summer Kids Series,” 10 a.m. at Carmike Cinemas 12 at Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S.17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres, for $4, including a small popcorn and small beverage. 272-6598 or www.carmike.com/Events/Category/8.

▪ “RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2,” 8 p.m. at at Cinemark at Coastal Grand mall, off Seaboard Street in Myrtle Beach, for $12.50 adult, $11.50 senior, and $10.50 child. 839-3225 or www.cinemark.com.

Join the Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild for “Lunch With The Artists.” Details at 238-0897 or www.wacg.org.

Details | Noon at Waccamaw Art Center, 2999 Waccamaw Blvd.,just west of Myrtle Beach, off U.S. 501 and George Bishop Parkway, across from Clarion Hotel and Intracoastal Waterway.

Coastal Carolina University welcomes girls and boys ages 4-18 at its Summer Youth Cheer Camp. Registration opens at 2 p.m. at Ultimate Gymnastics Academy, 1310 17th Ave. S., Myrtle Beach, with the camp, 3-5 p.m. Participants then will meet at 6 p.m. at the home site of Myrtle Beach Pelicans – TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark, 1251 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach, with parking lot entry from Robert M. Grissom Parkway – for a pre-game performance at 6:30 p.m., before the Advanced-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs battles the Winston-Salem Dash, a Chicago White Sox farm club, at 7:05 p.m. More details from Audra Scofield, CCU’s head cheerleading coach, at 349-2867, or email ascofield@coastal.edu.

Details | Print out and complete registration form at www.goccusports.com/sports/c-cheer/spec-rel/cheer-clinic.html, and bring to camp. $35, including ticket to baseball game for each participant, and additional tickets for campers’ family and friends will be for sale at camp signup for $11 each and available at Pelicans’ will-call window.

Brookgreen Gardens, open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, continues “Cool Summer Evenings,” staying open until 9 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays through Aug. 7. Catch “Family Night” on Thursdays, with “Evening Bed Check With the Animals,” 5 p.m. across Lowcountry Zoo; storytelling with Donna Catton-Johnson, 6 p.m. in Enchanted Storybook Forest; and “A Pirate Adventure at Brookgreen” creek excursions for families, at 5, 6 and 7 p.m., for an extra fee besides garden admission: $8 ages 13 and older, and $4 ages 4-12. Details at 235-6000 or www.brookgreen.org.

Details | At gardens, on U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach, across from Huntington Beach State Park. Admission lasts seven days: $15 ages 13-64, $13 ages 65 and older, and $7 ages 4-12, and free ages 3 and younger.

Weather permitting:

▪ “Pirate Night,” 6 p.m. at Old Bridge Museum, 109 Shoreline Drive W., Sunset Beach, N.C., open 5-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays. 910-363-6585 or oldbridgepreservationsociety.org.

▪ Both 6:30 p.m.: Midnight Allie, in Rourk Gardens, on Main Street in Shallotte, N.C., across from Jerome’s Steak & Seafood; and Blackwater Rhythm & Blues Band, in Calabash Town Park, 868 Persimmon Road. 910-253-2031 or www.brunswickcountync.gov.

▪ “Music on Main,” with Southern Blue, 7-9 p.m. at 202 Main St., North Myrtle Beach. 280-5594, ext. 3, or parks.nmb.us/Page.aspx?id=11.

▪ “Hot Summer Nights,” with Lion’s Pride, 8-11 p.m. in Myrtle Beach’s Plyler Park, at Mr. Joe White Avenue and North Ocean Boulevard. 779-2662 or www.myrtlebeachdowntown.com.

▪ Movie “Muppets Most Wanted,” 9 p.m. in Surfside Beach’s Martin Field, at Dogwood Drive and Sixth Avenue South. 650-9548 or www.surfsidebeach.org.

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

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