Best Bets | Oberst brings Twain to life on stage

SATURDAY-SUNDAY | 01.23-01.24

Oberst home for ‘Mark Twain: In His Own Words’

The Murrells Inlet Community Theatre will welcome home a special guest this weekend, with Georgetown native Bill Oberst Jr. in “Mark Twain: In His Own Words,” a solo portrayal, at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Based in Los Angeles, Oberst has amassed a tall resume with dozens of roles on television and movies, including a villainous guest appearance in 2014 on CBS’ “Criminal Minds.”

Tickets are $15, or $13 each in groups of 15 or more individuals. Find the theater in the Murrells Inlet Community Center, 4462 Murrells Inlet Road, south of Bellamy Avenue and U.S. Post Office. Details at 843-651-4152 or www.mictheatre.com, and www.billoberst.com.

ALMOST DAILY | 01.22-01.24, 0.127, 01.28

Special events include square dance convention

▪ 41at annual S.C. Square & Round Dancers Convention, with dances 8-11 p.m. Friday and 7:30-11 p.m. Saturday, and classes available both afternoons, at Springmaid Beach Resort, 3200 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach. $15 Friday, $20 Saturday, or $30 both days, and free for ages 15 and younger with paid adult. 803-788-0118, www.scsquaredance.com/stateconven.html, or email sewinbee@juno.com.

▪ “Old Smokehouse Day,” Saturday at Horry County Museum’s L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Shortcut Road, north of Conway, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Free. 843-365-3596 or www.horrycountymuseum.org.

▪ “Winterfest,” 1-4 p.m. Saturday, with one hour for free bowling and shoe rental for all, and benefiting Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (800-932-2423 or www.ccfa.org), at Myrtle Beach Bowl, 101 Gray Drive, west of Myrtle Beach, off U.S. 501, just west of River Oaks Drive. 843-236-1020 or myrtlebeachbowl.com.

▪ Friends of Coastal South Carolina’s “Music and Oysters for Wildlife,” 1:30-6 p.m. Saturday – with music by Lincoln Middle High Steel Band, the Loose Hinges, Red Dog Ramblers, Cravin’ Melon and Friends, Mark Bryan (of Hootie and the Blowfish), and Danielle Howle – at Sewee Outpost, 4853 U.S. 17 N., Awendaw, about 35 miles south of Georgetown. $35 advance or $40 at gate for ages 12 and older, otherwise free. 843-697-7535 or www.sccoastalfriends.org.

▪ Concert benefit for Risen Christ Lutheran School of North Myrtle Beach, with jazz band and King Shazaam tributes, 4-7:30 p.m. Sunday at House of Blues, nearby at Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17. $25 ages 16 and older, otherwise $10. 843-272-8163.

▪ “History for Lunch,” with Robert (Mac) McAlister, author of “Georgetown's North Island, A History,” noon Wednesday at S.C. Maritime Museum, 729 Front Street, Georgetown. $20; also, 10 percent discount available for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members. 843-520-0111 or www.scmaritimemuseum.org.

▪ “Puzzle Swap” coordinated by Winnie King – bring home some jigsaw puzzles, donate some, or do both – 2 p.m. Jan. 28 at First Baptist Church, 500 Fourth Ave. N., Myrtle Beach, at Kings Highway, just south of the U.S. Postal Service branch. Bring puzzle donations in secured/taped boxes by 1:45 p.m. Free. 843-449-0599.

SUNDAY | 01.24

Symphony, Chorale share ‘Musical Exaltation’

Long Bay Symphony’s 28th season continues with “Musical Exaltation,” featuring the Carolina Master Chorale.

The concert, at 4 p.m. Sunday, comprises Dvorak’s “Carnival Overture,” Vaughan Williams’ “Serenade to Music,” Bruckner’s “Psalm 150,” Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” and Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 5: Reformation.”

Meet at Myrtle Beach High School, on Robert Grissom Parkway, between 29th and 38th avenues North. Tickets are $25, $40, $45 or $50; and $10 for students 21 and younger with ID.

Also: “Bravo Broadway,” eighth annual benefit for Rotary Club of Myrtle Beach, 7 p.m. Feb. 20, with special guests Melissa Errico, Capathia Jenkins and Hugh Panaro. $40, $45 or $50.

Details at 843-448-8379 or longbaysymphony.com.

NEXT WEEK | Starting 01.25

Various groups book benefits

▪ Brunswick County Literacy Council’s “Wine and Dine,” including four-course meal, 5 p.m. Monday at La Cucina Italian Grill, 1780 Chandlers Lane, Suite 11, Sunset Beach, N.C. $55, including tax and tip. Call host site for reservations at 910-579-9777. Program details at 910-754-7323 or bcliteracy.org.

▪ Fourth annual Dinner and Silent Auction by Matthew Bellamy Project – promoting gun safety and prevention of unintentional firearm accidents and deaths – 4:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at First Baptist Church, 200 U..S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach, with choruses from Waterway, Riverside and Ocean Drive elementary schools performing at 5:30, 6 and 6:30 p.m., respectively, and various youth activities. Chicken bog meals $8, with curbside takeout available. 843-427-4958, or email matthewproject@sccoast.net.

▪ Rotary Club of Little River’s “Spirits of Giving,”helping four local charities, 6-9 p.m. Jan. 28 at The Parsons Table Restaurant & Bar, 4305 McCorsley Ave., Little River. $75 individual or $140 couple, with reservations due Sunday at 843-249-3702 or by emailing info@parsonstable.com.

▪ “Arcadia Plantation, From the River to the Sea” seminar, 6-9 p.m. Jan. 29 and 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Hobcaw Barony, on U.S. 17, north of Georgetown. $150. 843-546-4623 or hobcawbarony.org.

▪ Socastee High School Band Programs’ annual Jazz Dinner Dance and Silent Auction, 6 p.m. Jan. 30 at Ocean Lakes Campground Recreation Center, at U.S. 17 Business and S.C. 544, near Surfside Beach. $15. 843-602-9050, or email alleypooh70@gmail.com.

▪ Shallotte Rotary Club’s 11th annual “Las Vegas Night,” 6-10:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Brunswick County Association of Realtors, 101 Stone Chimney Place, Supply, N.C., with Jon Evans of WECT-TV 6 of Wilmington as host. $75, including dinner, hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, and dessert. 910-842-1658, www.shallotterotaryclub.com, or email Vince.Bacchi@gmail.com.

TUESDAYS | Through 03.29

Weekly wine tasting seminar at Croissants

Wine lovers might like to explore tastes from around the world in a weekly seminar 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays through March at Croissants Bistro and Bakery, 3751 Robert Grissom Parkway, Myrtle Beach, at 38th Avenue North.

Each class, including wine samples, is $10, or in combos of four dates for $35 or all 10 for $75, with this schedule: History on Jan. 26, Sauvignon blanc Feb. 2, Riesling Feb. 9, Chardonnay Feb. 16, white wine tasting Feb. 23, Pinot noir March 1, Merlot March 8, Cabernet March 15, Syrah March 22, and red wine tasting March 29.

Details at 843-448-2253 or www.croissants.net.

This story was originally published January 21, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | Oberst brings Twain to life on stage."