Best Bets | JJ Walker brings laughs to Comedy Cabana

FRIDAY-SATURDAY | 01.15-01.16

JJ Walker to load up on laughter at Cabana

Laughs are always the magic word at Comedy Cabana, especially this weekend with a return by Jimmie “JJ” Walker, known since the 1970s for his catch phrase “Dyn-O-mite” and a resume of TV shows such as “Good Times,” “The Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island,” and films including “Airplane!” and “Airport ’79.”

Walker will headline shows, with Todd Link and Cooter Douglas opening, at 8 and 10:15 p.m. Friday-Saturday at Comedy Cabana, for $20 or $22.

Other scheduled shows in the next month at the club, 9588 N. Kings Highway, just north of Myrtle Beach, are:

▪ Tommy Blaze, with J.C. Carlson and Douglas, at 8 and 10:15 p.m. Jan. 22-23, for $15 or $17.50.

▪ Gary Conrad, comedy hypnotist, with C.J. Harlow, 8 and 10:15 p.m. Jan. 29-30, for $15 or $17.50, and special show 6 p.m. Jan. 30, in fundraiser for Beach United Football Club, for $15.

▪ Ronnie Bullard, with Douglas, 8 p.m. Feb. 3-6, and 10:15 p.m. Feb. 5-6, , for $15 or $17.50.

▪ Jim Dailakis, with Douglas, 8 p.m. Feb. 10-13 and 10:15 p.m. Feb. 12-13, for $15 or $17.50; and special “Love & Laughter” show, 8 p.m. Feb. 14, for $20 or $22.

▪ Mitchell Walters, with Douglas, 8 p.m. Feb. 24-27, and 10:15 p.m. Feb. 26-27, for $15 or $17.50.

Details at 843-449-4242 or comedycabana.com.

NEXT THURSDAY | 01.21

‘Muse on the Waccamaw’ Songwriting Contest begins

Create! Conway will have the “Muse on the Waccamaw” Songwriting Contest, with participants judged by songwriters and industry professionals on lyrical content, melody, stage presence, and performance.

Monthly preliminary rounds will lead to finals with the top two songwriters from each round, plus two wild-card entrants, with this schedule, all at sites in Conway, and mostly at 6:30 p.m.:

▪ Jan. 21 and March 10 at The Bottle Shop, 1015 Fourth Ave.

▪ Feb. 19 at Rivertown Roasters on Main, 337 Main St.

▪ Finals, April 2, with doors opening at 7 p.m., at Conway Glass, 209 Laurel St.

The winner from the single-elimination finals will receive a hand-blown glass trophy from Conway Glass, a full-day recording package from Southern Harmony Recording Studio in Florence, and a featured slot for Conway’s Live Oaks Art & Music Festival in October. Other contestants will receive an array of prizes from local and regional merchants.

Details from Brian Roessler, at 843-580-8274 or email brian_roessler_music@yahoo.com, and at www.createconway.org.

SUNDAY | 01.17

‘Arts at the Church’ monthly dates set through June

The free “Arts at the Church” series begins a new year with monthly concerts at 3 p.m. on select Sundays at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2061 Glenns Bay Road, west of Surfside Beach:

▪ Jan. 17 – Janice James and Diana Scroggins on piano/organ.

▪ Feb. 21 – Low Country Barbershop Chorus.

▪ March 13 – Motion Dance Studio.

▪ April 24 – Serendipity Singers.

▪ May 15 – Irish dancers from Wilmington, N.C.

▪ June 26 – Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach.

For details, or to suggest ideas or performers for other dates, call 843-650-0313, or email arts.at.the church@gmail.com.

NEXT THURSDAY | 01.21

‘FPC Promenades’ series reaches 30th season

The 30th annual “FPC Promenades” Concert Series – based at First Presbyterian Church, 1300 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach – opens next week.

Most performances are at 1 p.m.:

▪ Jan. 21 with Stephen Waarts on violin and Chelsea Wang on piano.

▪ Feb. 4 – Andrew Tyson, piano.

▪ 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 – “Broadway Encores”,” with Kimilee Bryant and the FPC Players.

▪ March 10 – Christine Brewer, soprano, and Craig Terry, piano.

Season tickets for general seating are $60 for center sanctuary and balcony, and $40 in transepts. Single tickets, if available, are sold on the day of each concert, at the door. Details at 843-448-4496 or www.fpcconcerts.com.

TUESDAY | 01.19

Quad of special art exhibits across Strand

▪ “Nick DeFord: Old Haunts,” including cartography and occult imagery, opening Tuesday and continuing through Feb. 18, at Coastal Carolina University Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, in Edwards College building, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway. 843-349-6454 (call to arrange up-close parking for anyone with a disability or mobility matter) or www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery.

▪ Paintings by Estelle McClary of Pawleys Island, and nature photos by Gary W. Baird of Carolina Shores, N.C., through Jan. 31 at Georgetown County Library’s new Waccamaw Neck branch, 41 St. Paul Place, Litchfield Beach, off Willbrook Boulevard – open 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, and 2-5 p.m. Sundays. 843-545-3623 or georgetowncountylibrary.sc.gov.

▪ “Black & White with a Pop” group show in a range of media, through Feb. 6 at Sunset River Marketplace, at 10283 Beach Drive S.W. (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C., open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. 910-575-5999 or www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.

▪ “Gullah Culture … Remembering While Evolving,” by Patricia Sabree, noon-4:30 p.m. daily through March 13 at Brookgreen Gardens, on U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach, free with admission, which lasts seven days: $15 ages 13-64, $13 ages 65 and older, $7 ages 4-12, and free ages 3 and younger. Gardens open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 843-235-6000, 800-849-1931 or www.brookgreen.org, and www.sabreesgallery.com.

This story was originally published January 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | JJ Walker brings laughs to Comedy Cabana."