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EVENTS ALMOST DAILY | Starting with 10.16

CCU host for Brice concert, art exhibit

Coastal Carolina University, on the main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway, has a boatload of arts events in the next week (843-349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts):

▪ Lee Brice, with Ricky Young, in benefit concert for CCU Endowment Fund for student scholarships, 7:15 Friday in HTC Center, for $50-$65.

▪ “Fall Choral Concert: A Song of Peace,” by the Coastal Carolina University Choirs with choirs from Carolina Forest High School, 4 p.m. Sunday (rescheduled from Oct. 4) in Wheelwright Auditorium. $7.

▪ Opening of Michael Pilar Brown exhibit “Liquor and Watermelon Will Kill You,” opening Monday, through Nov. 20, in Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, in Edwards College building. Also, opening reception, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 22. Gallery open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Free. Details at 843-349-6454 (call to arrange up-close parking for anyone with a disability or mobility matter) or www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery.

▪ “Pushing the Limits” concert, including Steve Bailey, Howard Levy and Matt White, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in Wheelwright Auditorium. $12-$17.

▪ “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Oct. 22-24 and 29-31, in Edwards Theatre. $17.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 10.16-10.18

Step out for ‘Mini Marathon Weekend,’ two charity walks

The “Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon Weekend” spans three days:

▪ Health expo, 2-7 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at Marina Inn at Grande Dunes, 8121 Amalfi Place, Myrtle Beach.

▪ Coastal 5k at 7:30 a.m. in waves, and 1.5-mile Doggie Dash benefit for Grand Strand Humane Society at 9:15 a.m. – both Saturday from Marina Inn.

▪ 13.1-mile Mini Marathon, 7 a.m. Sunday from Dillard’s area, on south end of Coastal Grand mall in Myrtle Beach.

Entry fees vary. Details at www.runmyrtlebeach.com.

Also, step out for two these charitable events, both at 10 a.m. Saturday :

▪ “Waccamaw Heart Walk,” for American Heart Association, at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. 843-282-2903 or heartwalk.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1125179.

▪ “Walk to End Alzheimer’s,” for Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org), for 2 miles in Myrtle Beach’s Grand Park, on Farrow Parkway, near The Market Common. 843-614-6608, or email anewberry@alz.org.

MOSTLY FRIDAYS-SATURDAYS | Through 10.31

Improv loads up calendar with choices

The Carolina Improv Company – based at the Uptown Theater, by Bass Pro Shops in Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres – has shaken up and stirred its schedule for October, with various choices, all at 7:30 p.m.:

▪ “Whose Beach Is It Anyway,” for families, Thursday and Oct. 23, for $15 ages 12 and older, and $13 ages 4-11.)

Plus these shows, all for adults, and each $13.75 advance online, or $15 at door:

▪ “Improv Battle of the Sexes” adult show, Friday.

▪ “Carolina Girls of Improv Comedy” adult show, Oct. 22

▪ “Whose Night Out Is It Anyway?” Oct. 24

▪ “Whose Haunting Is It Anyway?” Oct. 30-31

Details at 843-272-4242 or www.carolinaimprov.com.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, NEXT THURSDAY | 10.17-10.18, 10.22

Fests, fairs abound in Horry County

▪ 36th annual “Loris Bog-Off Festival,” all-day Saturday on Main Street in Loris, opening 9 a.m Free admission. (Also, Myrtle Beach Car Club show, with $20 entry, with trophies awarded at 3 p.m. – 843-742-9802 or www.myrtlebeachcarclub.com) 843-756-6030 or www.lorischambersc.com.

▪ Annual “Seagate Village Craft Fair,” 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday on Hickory Circle in Myrtle Beach, off Hummingbird Street, between Hemlock Avenue and Mallard Lake Drive, close to South Kings Highway. 843-238-8086

▪ 32st annual Surfside Beach Family Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday (rescheduled from Oct. 3) on Surfside Drive, including video game truck, fire truck tours, and entertainment by the Josh Brannon Band, and the Swashtones. Free. 843-650-9548 or www.surfsidebeach.org.

▪ “Discover the Dinosaurs” exhibit, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at Myrtle Beach Convention Center, at Oak Street and 21st Avenue North. $18 ages 13-64, $16 or $22 (for extra amenities) ages 2-12, $16 ages 65 and older, and free younnger than 2. www.discoverthedinosaurs.com.

▪ Sixth annual “Myrtle Beach Wine Fest,” 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on Farrow Parkway, at The Market Common. Free admission; buy beverages. 843-712-2618 or www.myrtlebeachbeerfest.com; 843-839-3500 or www.marketcommonmb.com.

▪ “Rock Back The Clock Music Fest, noon-6 p.m. Saturday at La Belle Amie Vineyard, 1120 St. Joseph Road, Little River, just west of North Myrtle Beach Middle School. $8. Also, bring two canned/dry good items for area food banks and receive $3 off admission. 843-399-9463 or labelleamie.com.

▪ “Dogtoberfest,” benefiting Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach (843-249-4948 or www.humanesocietynmb.org), 4 p.m. Saturday, including dog costume contest, at House of Blues, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. 843-272-3000 or www.hob.com/myrtlebeach.

▪ Creampuffs & Bourbon concert, including the Alabama Theatre’s Cyndi Wheeler, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday at Duplin Winery, 4650 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach, outside Barefoot Landing. Free. 800-774-9634 or www.duplinwinery.com.

▪ “Pink in the Rink” benefit for Mary Kay Foundation, noon-5 p.m. Sunday at Fun Warehouse, 2349 Dick Pond Road (S.C. 544), near Surfside Beach, a half-mile east of U.S. 17 Bypass. $15 covers all activities, including basic skate rental. 843-748-0302 or www.funwarehousemb.com.

▪ Letters from Home duo in concert for veterans – especially from Vietnam era – 3 p.m. Sunday at Horry-Georgetown Technical College Grand Strand Campus Conference Center, 950 Crabtree Lane, Myrtle Beach. Free, with reservations at 843-333-5707. www.lettersfromhomesingers.com.

▪ 2015 “River Celebration,” benefiting Waccamaw Riverkeeper, 5 p.m. Sunday at Riverside Club, 1793 Riverside Drive, off S.C. 90 in Conway, along Waccamaw River. $35 ($30 members), $20 students with ID. 843-349-4007 or www.winyahrivers.org.

▪ The Little White Dress’ “Romantic Revolution,” benefiting Caring in Our Lifetime – which assisting breast cancer survivors in Horry and Georgetown counties (caringinourlifetime.com) –5:30 p.m. Sunday at Marina Inn at Grande Dunes, 8121 Amalfi Place, Myrtle Beach. $75 or $100. 843-449-4940.

▪ Annual “Conway Ghost Walk: Spirits of the Lowcountry,” hourlong tours 1 mile across downtown, departing every 15 minutes 7-8:45 p.m. Oct. 22-24 from Conway Visitor Center, 903 Third Ave., for $15 ages 13 and older, otherwise $7. 843-248-6260 or conwayalive.com.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY | 10.17-10.18

Sail away with Georgetown Wooden Boat Show

The 26th annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show, benefiting the S.C. Maritime Museum in Georgetown (729 Front St., open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, for free – scmaritimemuseum.org), is 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday on Front Street in Georgetown, with free admission.

The boatload of activities include:

▪ Wooden Boat Challenge 12-foot-long Carolina Bateau rowing skiff-building competition, noon-4 p.m. Saturday ($100 entry per team), with rowing race 5 p.m. on Sampit River

▪ Concerts on Saturday by Sawgrass, and Blue Plantation Band, and Sunday by The V-Tones.

▪ Gig Rows with the New Charleston Mosquito Fleet, with rowing excursions noon-4 p.m. Saturday, each for about 45 minutes, from floating docks at Francis Marion Park, at at Front and Broad streets.

▪ Third annual Opti Pram Regatta, coordinated by S.C. Youth Sailing Program and Winyah Bay Sailing Club, 1-4 p.m. Sunday from Francis Marion Park, for ages 8-15. Free, with advance registration.

Details at 843-520-0111, 843-545-0015 or woodenboatshow.com.

This story was originally published October 15, 2015 at 1:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets |."