Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Nov. 7
Typical Saturday full of outings
▪ Georgetown County Library Community Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-noon in lot at Dozier Street and U.S. 17, behind library. 843-545-3300 or georgetowncountylibrary.sc.gov.
▪ Grand Strand Westie Club’s “Westie Walk,” 9 a.m. from Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on farrow Parkway, at The Market Common. 843-650-1979.
▪ “Crafting by the Sea” fair, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, at U.S. 17 and Eighth Avenue North in North Myrtle Beach. Free. 843-390-8746 or 843-249-2356.
▪ Special sensory showing of “The Peanuts,” for families with autistic children, 10 a.m. at Grand 14 Cinema at The Market Common in Myrtle Beach. Free. 609-744-0099, or email beckylarge66@gmail.com.
▪ Cruise-ins, by: Hot Rod Promotions 10 a.m.-3 p.m. during “Rebel Yell III” car, truck and bike show at Suck Bang Blow, 3393 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet, for $20 registration (843-503-8245); and Myrtle Beach Car Club, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Aromas Pizza, 10799 S.C. 707 Murrells Inlet, for free (843-742-9802 or www.myrtlebeachcarclub.com).
▪ “Snowball Drop,” 10 a.m. on Laurel Street between Third and Fourth avenues in Conway, with about 1,500 ping-pong balls with store names and prize numbers. Free. 843-248-6260 or conwayalive.com.
▪ Fall Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Calvary Christian School, 4511 Dick Pond Road (S.C. 544), Socastee, between Big Block Road and S.C. 707. 843-333-7269.
▪ “SwampFest,” 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Horry County Schools’ Playcard Environmental Education Center, 10729 Highway 19 W., about six miles past Loris. Free. 843-756-1277 or www.horrycountyschools.net/pages/Horry_County_Schools/Ac2/Playcard_Education_Center.
▪ “Art in the Park,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at Myrtle Beach’s Chapin Park, at Kings Highway and 14th Avenue North.. Free. 843-446-3830 or www.artsyparksy.com.
▪ “Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)” free family day celebration, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach. 843-238-2510 or www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.
▪ “Seafood Festival,” benefiting Tidelands Community Hospice of Georgetown, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Hanser House Restaurant, 14360 Ocean Highway N. (U.S. 17), Litchfield Beach. $5 admission. 843-235-3021 or www.hanserhouse.com.
▪ “Arts Festival & Pauwau,” open 11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, with grand entries 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, on Waccamaw Indian People’s tribal grounds, 591 Bluewater Road, Aynor, west off U.S. 501. $6 ages 15-59, $3 ages 7-14 and 60 and older, and free ages 6 and younger. 843-358-6877 or waccamawindians.us.
▪ Technology “Mini-Maker Faire,” 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3346 Reed St., Myrtle Beach, at The Market Common. Free. 843-238-2948, or email crm2289@bn.com.
▪ Second annual “Mythical & Medieval Fest,” benefiting Caleb’s Dragonfly Dreams and children in group homes, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday at The Rat Hole, 3833 Socastee Blvd. (S.C. 707), Socastee, about a half-mile wets of U.S. 17 Bypass. $5 adult, $3 child. 843-602-1049 or calebsdragonflydreams.org.
▪ “Island Fever Music Fest,” noon-5 p.m. at La Belle Amie Vineyard, 1120 St. Joseph Road, Little River. $8; also, bring two canned/dry good items for area food banks for $3 discount. 843-399-9463 or labelleamie.com.
▪ “Taste of Georgetown,” benefiting Family Justice Center of Georgetown County (www.familyjusticecenter.org), 12:30-3 p.m. on Front Street in Georgetown, and in Francis Marion Park, at Front and Broad streets. Free admission; buy food tickets. 843-546-3926 or www.tasteofgeorgetownsc.com.
▪ Coastal Carolina University Rugby Club in Southern Conference semifinal against East Carolina University, 1 p.m. at North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex, at S.C. 90 and Robert Edge Parkway. Free. ww2.coastal.edu/rugby/.
▪ “Celebrate a Veteran” Pig Roast double benefit, 1 p.m. at American Tavern (previously Wrecking Ball Tavern), 702 S.C. 544, Conway, across from Coastal Carolina University. $9. 843-450-6692, or email dekallo77@hotmail.com.
▪ “Alzheimer’s Awareness Event,” 1-5 p.m. at Grapefull Sisters Vineyard, 95 Dot’s Drive, Tabor City, N.C., with Beach Author Network, and music by Paul Grimshaw Band. 910-653-2944 or www.grapefullsistersvineyard.com.
▪ Joy Prom, for people with special needs, 5-8 p.m. at Beach Church, 557 George Bishop Parkway, between U.S. 501 and U.S. 17 Bypass, just west of Myrtle Beach. 843-236-9700 or www.beachchurch.org.
▪ Bob DiBuono, with Mark Matusoff and Cooter Douglas opening, 5:30 p.m. in benefit show for Allen Black, who’s battling pancreatic cancer (www.youcaring.com/allenblack), and regular shows at 8 and 10:15 p.m., at Comedy Cabana, 9588 N. Kings Highway, just north of Myrtle Beach. $15 or $17.50. 843-449-4242 or comedycabana.com.
▪ Social dance with disc jockeys Jack and Rosalie Drust, 6:30-10 p.m. at Base Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane, Myrtle Beach. $7. 570-881-0244, or email rosalie182@att.net.
▪ “The 1940s Radio Hour,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 10-12 and 14, and 3 p.m. Nov. 14, at 79th Avenue Theatre, in Coastal Carolina University’s Myrtle Beach Education Center, at U.S. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach., for $17. A command performance at 6 p.m. Nov. 13, for $50 (buy tickets at 843-349-6985, or email culturalarts@coastal.edu), will include a reception and preshow lecture in a benefit for scholarship opportunities in the Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts. 843-349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.
This story was originally published November 6, 2015 at 6:21 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Nov. 7."