Best Bets | Join flock all weekend for Great Backyard Bird Count
FRIDAY-MONDAY | 02.12-02.15
Great Backyard Bird Count, museum program take flight
Everyone is invited to join the 19th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, a free activity for anyone, anywhere, Friday-Monday to compile and share data.
The process is easy, by creating an online account at www.birdcount.org, counting birds for at least 15 minutes in one location on any or all of the four days, and filling out a daily checklist for each day.
Also, the Museum of Coastal Carolina, 21 E. Second St., Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., will have a tutorial at 11 a.m. Saturday on joining the bird count, with Kurt Hugelmeyer and Maria Knapik giving a slide show of local birds for a primer on possible sightings. The 2015 count, with more than 140,000 people participating, representing more than 100 countries, tallied this top 10 list relayed by the Audubon Society, led by the Northern cardinal.
The program is free with admission: $9 ages 13-61, $8 ages 62 and older, $7 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger. The museum is open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Details at 910-579-1016 or www.museumplanetarium.org.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 02.12-02.14
Home Show heralds spring around the corner
The Horry Georgetown Home Builders Association’s 36th annual Home Show will fill the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, at Oak Street and 21st Avenue North, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
Scheduled presentations, included with admission – $5 ages 16 and older, otherwise free – are:
▪ Friday – “Heart & Soul Food,” 11 a.m. with Mike Chestnut; “A Lifetime Love of Myrtle Beach,” noon with Billy Roberts; “Romancing with Wine,” 1 p.m. with Randi Rimedio; “Food for Romance,” 2 p.m. with Tom Mullally; and “Chocolate for the One You Love!” 3 p.m. with Geoff Blount.
▪ Saturday – “For the Love of Daylilies,” 11 a.m. with Ed Zahler and Duane Therrien; “2016 HGTV Dream Home,” 1 p.m. with John Hanna and Brian Hardee; “Spring Edible Gardening,” 2 p.m. with Kris Reynolds; and “Lawn Care,” 3 p.m. with Gary Forrester.
▪ Sunday – “Remodel Your Home for a Lifetime ,” noon with Yvonne Yates; “Container Gardening,” 1 p.m with Forrester; “Designing for Today’s Technology,” 2 p.m. with Kadin Karschner and Stacy Davis; and “Palm Trees 101,” 3 p.m. with David Wroten.
Details at 843-438-4124 or www.mbhomeshow.com.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 02.12-02.14
GTS Theatre shows include new Motown revue
The newly opened GTS Theater, 1220 Port Drive, Myrtle Beach, off the west side U.S. 17 Bypass, near Jamin’ Leather, midway between Harrelson and Socastee boulevards – two shows for the rest of winter into spring:
All rates plus taxes and any applicable ticketing fees:
▪ Opening this weekend – “Motor City Musical – A Tribute to Motown,” 4 and 8 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday then for the rest of this month at 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Feb. 26, and 7 p.m. most Thursdays-Saturdays; and then stepping up for Mondays-Saturdays in March and April, mostly at 7 p.m., but with 4 p.m. starts on a few days – $37.95 (but $30 in February) for ages 17 and older, $17.95 ages 3-16, and $8.95 ages 3-11.
▪ “Wild 4 Hypnosis Comedy Show,” by married pair Rich and Elizabeth Wylde, in “Wild & Crazy” edition for adults, 9 p.m. Saturday, then as of Feb. 19, 9 p.m. Fridays; and returning in March, “Fusion” mix for all ages, 7 p.m. Wednesdays – $25 adults, $22 ages 65 and older, $10 high school and college students, and for “Fusion” shows only, free for children (limit two youth per parent).
Also, for this Saturday only, a combination ticket for both aforementioned shows, back to back, is $42.
Details at 843-756-4386 (4FUN) or www.gtstheatre.com.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 02.12-02.14
Two film series, kickboxing, crafts among special events
Georgetown County Library’s Waccamaw Neck branch, 41 St. Paul Place, Litchfield Beach, off Willbrook Boulevard, remains a hub for activity this month. Details at at 843-545-3363 or georgetowncountylibrary.sc.gov:
▪ Friday night classic movie series, all 6:30 p.m. and free: “Woman of the Year” Feb. 12, “Dial ‘M’ for Murder” Feb. 26, “Top Hat” March 4, and “My Fair Lady” March 18.
▪ End of 12th annual French Film Festival – Saturday, with “La Famille Belier (The Belier Family)” at 2:30 p.m., and “Les Souvenirs (Memories)” 7 p.m.; and Sunday, with “Belle et Sebastien (Belle and Sebastian),” 2:30 p.m. $3 each, or $5 pass for series.
▪ February exhibits of photography by Janine Briggs and David Fattaleh, and coastal landscape paintings by M.P. “Squeaky” Swenson.
Also, two other one-day events in Myrtle Beach:
▪ IKF Championship Kickboxing, 7 p.m. Saturday at Crown Reef Conference Center, 2913 South Ocean Blvd. Advance $30 or $40. 843-773-1005 or www.akpPromotions.org.
▪ Craft show, benefiting Lowcountry Food Bank, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at Myrtle Beach Base Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane, near The Market Commons. Free admission; bring nonperishable donations. 843-286-2580, or email mzdavis@gmavt.net.
SUNDAY, NEXT THURSDAY | 02.14, 02.18
CCU theater shows span two stages
Coastal Carolina University has two special shows on the main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway:
▪ “The Vagina Monologues” benefit for Rape Crisis Center in Horry and Georgetown counties, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Edwards Theatre, for $5.
▪ “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” with about 30 CCU students in this seven-time Tony Award-winning musical, about a man ascending the ladder at the World Wide Wicket Corporation with a handbook of the aforementioned play title. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18-20 and 24-27, and 3 p.m. Feb. 27, in Wheelwright Auditorium, on the main campus,
Be sure to listen, too, in the business play for “the book,” with the recorded voice of Bob Natale, weekend host from Easy Radio on WEZV-FM 105.9 and WGTN-FM 100.7. Tickets are $17 general admission; $12 CCU and Horry-Georgetown Technical College staff and faculty, and group rates for 10 or more individuals; and $5 CCU/HGTC students and ages 9 and younger.
Details at 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.
This story was originally published February 10, 2016 at 11:00 PM with the headline "Best Bets | Join flock all weekend for Great Backyard Bird Count."