Best Bets | New art exhibits opening across the Strand
OPENING SUNDAY | 09.20
‘Contemporary Conversations’ at art museum
Four new art exhibits across the area usher in autumn, all free to see:
▪ “Raw Grace, Warm Beauty,” an exhibit of wood furniture maker by Wesley L. Wagner of North Myrtle Beach, Wednesday-Oct. 17 at Sunset River Marketplace, 10283 Beach Drive (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C., open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. Free. Details at 910-575-5999 or www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.
▪ Deborah Rockman’s “The Danger of Being Born (De Novo),” through Oct. 10 in Coastal Carolina University Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, in Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts, on main campus, off U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 843-349-6454 – call to arrange up-close parking for anyone with a disability or mobility matter – or www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery.
▪ “Contemporary Conversations II,” with about 40 works by S.C. artists, Sunday-Dec. 27, at Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, across from Midway Par 3 Golf and Springmaid Beach Resort. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Also, “Norman Rockwell’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn,” “Sandy Logan: Ironic Abstraction” and “John Baeder’s Road Well Taken” closes Sunday. 843-238-2510 or www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.
▪ “Class Show,” with works by about 20 artists spanning three different classes, Monday-Oct. 23 at Franklin Square Gallery, 130 East West St., Southport, N.C., behind Franklin Square Park, off Howe Street. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. 910-457-5450 or www.franklinsquaregallery.com.
SATURDAY | 09.19
‘Beach/River Sweep’ crosses Horry, Georgetown counties
The 27th annual S.C. Sea Grant Beach/River Sweep will happen 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at various sites locally:
▪ North Myrtle Beach (with team captain, Gregg Barnhill at 843-280-5673 or dgbarnhill@nmb.us).
▪ Conway, at Conway Marina, at Elm Street in Conway (Lisa Prendergast Swanger, Waccamaw Riverkeeper, at 843-349-2839 or www.winyahrivers.org); and from Waccamaw River from Little Savannah Landing to Black Slough (Biff Johnson at 843-742-0402 or biffjohnson29@yahoo.com).
▪ Socastee: Waccamaw River, Peachtree Landing (Chris and Jane Ochsenbein, 843-503-3276 or jcducati@msn.com).
▪ Myrtle Beach: Myrtle Beach Travel Park (Katie Molter at 843-449-2733 or KMolter@mbtravelpark.com), Wyndham SeaWatch Plantation beach (Eileen Schweda at 843-692-2033 or eileen.schweda@wyn.com), 67th-82nd avenues North (Mike Williams at Michael.Williams@hgtc.edu), 40th-67th avenues North (Shari Carr at 843-222-6998 or sharoncarr@sccoast.net), 30th-40th avenues North (Pat Pierce at sciencelady@earthlink.net), beachfront Eighth-Second avenues North (Amanda Sturgeon at 843-267-4511 or amanda.sturgeon@gmail.com), Ocean Boulevard between cross streets of 12th and Ninth avenues North (Todd Metz at 843-916-0888, ext. 3223, or tmetz@ripleys.com), beachfront Wyndham Ocean Boulevard at 410 S. Ocean Blvd. (Rosanna McDonald at 843-281-3324 or rosanna.mcdonald@wyn.com), and Withers Swash (Bruxanne Hein at 843-333-2034 or bruxanne@coastal.edu).
▪ Myrtle Beach State Park, with free park admission for participants (843-238-0874 or www.myrtlebeachsp.com)
▪ Surfside Beach Pier area (Debbie Ellis at 843-650-9548 or www.surfsidebeach.org).
▪ Garden City Beach shoreline (Bruxanne Hein at 843-333-2034 or bruxanne@coastal.edu).
▪ Georgetown County: Huntington Beach State Park (Katie Altman-Goff at 843-235-8755 or www.huntingtonbeachsp.com), North Litchfield and Litchfield Beach shoreline (John Charles at johnmcharlesjr@yahoo.com); Pawleys Island beach, creek, marsh and boat landings (Frank Johnson at 843-340-1717 or fjohnson@wbtw.com), DeBordieu Colony (Blanche Brown at 843-527-4436 or bbrown@debordieucolony.org), and Sampit River, between Morgan Park and Stewart-Parker House in Georgetown (Cindy Thompson at 843-545-4100 or CThompson@cogsc.com).
More details, including inquiries about doing a sweep in another locale, at 843-953-2092 or www.scseagrant.org.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY | 09.17-9.20
Musical play, concert fill CCU stages
Coastal Carolina University has two special arts programs on stage:
▪ “Spring Awakening: A Musical,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and Sept 23-26 and 30, and Oct. 1-2; and 3 p.m. Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, in CCU’s Myrtle Beach Education Center 79th Avenue Theatre, at U.S. 17 Bypass. $17.
▪ “Songs of Travel: Vaughan Williams & Andrew Fowler,” with baritone Jeffrey Jones and pianist Philip Powell, 4 p.m. Sunday in Edwards Recital Hall, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway. $7.
Details at 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY | 09.18, 09.19
Two groups celebrate season with dancing:
▪ SOS (Society of Stranders) Fall Migration, Friday-Sept. 27 at various sites in downtown North Myrtle Beach: Duck’s Beach Club, Ducks II, Fat Harold’s Beach Club, OD Arcade, OD Beach and Golf Resort, and The Pirate’s Cove, with no charge in these clubs with SOS membership, $35 a year. Also, free concerts: 1-5 p.m. Sunday, with The Fantastic Shakers, and Jim Quick & Coastline, on First Avenue South, beside OD Arcade & Lounge; and noon-5:30 p.m. Monday, with The Official Blues Brothers Revue, The Entertainers, and Too Much Sylvia, on Main Street. 888-767-3113 or www.shagdance.com/migration.htm.
▪ Grand Strand Beach Social Dancers’ start to 20th season of monthly dances, with “Autumn Harvest” theme,” 7-10 p.m. Saturday, at the Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach, with music from disc jockeys Rosalie and Jack Drust. $7. 843-903-3765.
SATURDAY, SUNDAY | 09.19, 09.20
Celebrations include Aynor ‘Hoe-Down’
Pick a special event or festival, mostly on Saturday:
▪ “Walk & Roll” 1-mile walk for GBS-CIDP Foundation International, 10 a.m. Saturday (registration open 9 a.m.) in Conway’s Riverfront Park, on Elm Street. All donations welcome. 843-397-8447 or email merrilyn.macurak@gbs-cidp.org.
▪ Harvest Hoe-Down Festival, Saturday, in Aynor Town Park, off U.S. 501, including parade at 10 a.m., music 11 a.m.-6 p.m., and street dance 7-10 p.m. with Gary Lowder & Smokin’ Hot. Free. 843-358-1074 or www.aynorharvesthoedown.org.
▪ Second annual “Mac N’ Cheese Bake-Off,” benefiting scholarship at Horry-Georgetown Technical College Culinary Arts Program, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Crady’s Eclectic Cuisine, at Fourth Avenue and Main Street in downtown Conway. $1 per sampling. (Entries close Thursday.) 843-248-3321 or www.cradys.com.
▪ “SeptemberFest,” 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach, including “Flavor of the Landing,” with sales benefiting Low Country Food Bank. Free admission. 843-272-8349 or www.bflanding.com.
▪ “Purple Feet Festival,” 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Silver Coast Winery, 6680 Barbeque Road, Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., including music by the Carolina Breakers, a classic car cruise-in, Lucy Look-A-Like contest at 3:30 p.m., and grape stomping. $4 advance or $5 at gate for ages 12 and older, and free ages 11 and younger, and Lucy look-alikes. 910-287-2800 or silvercoastwinery.com.
▪ “Grape Stomp” celebration, 5-9 p.m. Saturday at Duplin Winery, 4650 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach, outside Barefoot Landing. $2, including a ticket to Alligator Adventure (843-361-0789 or www.alligatoradventure.com), next door, and music by Dark 30 Boogie Band. 800-774-9634 or www.duplinwinery.com.
▪ “Hogs for Horses” barbecue challenge, benefiting “Hugs for Horses” therapeutic riding program for children and adults with disabilities, based at the Georgetown Equestrian Center (843-546-3685 or www.hugsforhorses.org), and with The Bil Krauss Show entertaining, 3 p.m. Sunday at Dead Dog Saloon, 4079 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet. Free admission. Buy tickets to sample fare. Reach Dead Dog Saloon at 843-651-0664 or www.deaddogsaloon.com, Georgetown County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs at 843-904-6303.
This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 1:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | New art exhibits opening across the Strand."