Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Oct. 9
Special events kick off weekend
▪ Annual “Fall Harvest Festival,” benefiting Low Country Herb Society scholarship fund, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday at Inlet Culinary Garden, 5071 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet. 843-357-1194 or www.lcherbsociety.info.
▪ “ ’50s Party & Sock Hop” for all ages, including free jitterbug dance lesson, 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 3810 Robert Grissom Parkway, Myrtle Beach. $5. 843-798-2639.
▪ Brooklyn Mack performing solo contemporary dances, 7:30 p.m. in Coastal Carolina University’s Wheelwright Auditorium, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway. $17. 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.
Two movies roll for free
▪ “Aloha,” starring Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams and Emma Stone, and rated PG-13, 1:30 p.m. at Myrtle Beach’s Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Ave. N. 843-918-1295 or www.chapinlibrary.org.
▪ “5 Flights Up,” starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton, and rated PG-13, 3 p.m., for adults, in Myrtle Beach Base Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane, near Farrow Parkway and The Market Common. 843-918-2380.
Trio of concerts at HOB
House of Blues, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach (272-3000 or www.hob.com/myrtlebeach), has a busy night, with:
▪ “Jeff Dauler & Friends 1973 Tour,” with Dauler, the host “The Bert Show” on radio, joined by Jamie Bendall, Stephen Donovan, Jarrod Harris, Mia Jackson, Lace Larrabee and Dan Mengini, at 7:30 p.m. $15. www.jeffdauler.com/1973tour.
▪ The Wildflowers’ tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 8:30 p.m. $11.
▪ The Necessary Band, 7-11 p.m. on The Deck. Free.
Improv lights up stage
The Carolina Improv Company presents the “Whose Night Out Is It Anyway?” adult show Friday and Oct. 24 for $13.75 advance online, or $15 at door. (Also: “Whose Beach Is It Anyway,” for families, Oct. 15 and 23, for $15 ages 12 and older, and $13 ages 4-11.) Details at 843-272-4242 or www.carolinaimprov.com.
Details: 7:30 p.m. at Uptown Theater, by Bass Pro Shops in Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres.
Escape for ‘That Big Book Sale’
Take an easy escape to Charleston for the 34th annual “That Big Book Sale,” with more than 60,000 items, including DVDs, CDs and sheet music, available. Details at 843-805-6882 or www.charlestonlibraryfriends.org.
Details: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday (half-off discount day) at the Omar Shrine Auditorium, 176 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant. From U.S. 17, reach the site either of two ways: from turning left (south) on McGrath Darby Road, just before the Arthur Ravenel Bridge, and crossing S.C. 703 (Coleman Boulevard), or from the Interstate 526 spur south to west on S.C. 703 and left on Patriots Point Road. Free admission.
This story was originally published October 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Oct. 9."