Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Aug. 1

Other special events

▪ Guy Daniels Memorial Surfoff benefit, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday on Atlantic Ocean, at 13th Avenue South in Surfside Beach. Free to see. 655-1434 or www.surfoff.com.

▪ Tobacco Heritage Day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Horry County Museum’s L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Shortcut Road, north of Conway (open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays) Free. 365-3596 or www.horrycountymuseum.org.

▪ Craftsmen’s Classic Arts and Crafts Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, at Myrtle Beach Convention Center, at Oak Street and 21st Avenue North. $8 ages 13 and older, $1 ages 6-12, and free ages 5 and younger, with a free return ticket for Sunday available from the show office before departure. 336-282-5550 or www.craftshow.com.

▪ Myrtle Beach Car Club cruise-in, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., with Grand Strand Corvette Club at Camping Connection, 1756 U.S. Business 17 N., Surfside Beach, near Old Time Pottery. Free. 742-9802.

▪ Kidfest fashion show, noon-3 p.m. at Belk, on south end of Coastal Grand mall, off Harrelson Boulevard between Seaboard Street and U.S. 17 Bypass. 448-1516, ext. 259.

▪ PaperWork concert, 8-11 p.m. in Myrtle Beach’s Plyler Park, at Ocean Boulevard and Mr. Joe White Avenue. Free. 779-2662 or www.myrtlebeachdowntown.com.

‘Stories in Our Region’

In “Stories of Our Region,” with Coastal Carolina University’s Athenaeum Press, learn in depth about projects set in Horry County and the Lowcountry:

▪ 1-2 p.m. – Jane Spillane of Murrells Inlet, widow of novelist Mickey Spillane, sharing memories from her book and audio CD, “My Life with Mickey,” published in 2014.

▪ 2-3 p.m. – Eldred “Wink” Prince Jr., a longtime CCU history professor, discussing “Chasing the Paper Canoe” (2013), a photography book about the Waccamaw River with a 19th-century account of the river by Nathaniel Bishop, and the newly released “The Wealth of Nothing,” with photographs and poetry by William Van Auken Greene, an Aynor-area resident in the 1930s and ’40s.

▪ 3-4 p.m. – Eric Crawford, a CCU music professor, talking about “Gullah: the Voice of an Island,” a CD box set released in 2014 and highlighting music and culture of Gullah praise houses on St. Helena Island.

Details: At Seacoast Artists Gallery, 3032 Nevers St., Myrtle Beach, in The Market Common, across from the city’s Valor Memorial Garden. Free. Details on Athenaeum Press at 349-5099 or theathenaeumpress.com, gallery at 232-7009 or www.seacoastartistsguild.com.

See ‘High Steppin’ Country’

See the “High Steppin’ Country” musical revue in its 39th summer, at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through Aug. 15, then Saturdays only through Sept. 5. More details at 447-7359.

Details: At Lakewood Camping Resort’s Theater by the Sea, 5901 S. Kings Highway, between Myrtle Beach and Surfside Beach, about a mile north of S.C. 544, for $10 ages 12 and older, $5 ages 3-11. Guests from outside Lakewood are asked to park by the conference center, just north of the campground entrance, and catch a shuttle to the venue.

This story was originally published July 31, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Aug. 1."