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Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on March 24

Family Kingdom Amusement Park, anchored by its Swamp Fox wooden roller coaster, begins a new year, open 1 p.m. daily from Thursday through April 10, and April 22-May 1, otherwise weekends through May 22, then daily through summer, all weather permitting. Details at 843-626-3447 or www.familykingdomfun.com.
Family Kingdom Amusement Park, anchored by its Swamp Fox wooden roller coaster, begins a new year, open 1 p.m. daily from Thursday through April 10, and April 22-May 1, otherwise weekends through May 22, then daily through summer, all weather permitting. Details at 843-626-3447 or www.familykingdomfun.com. The Sun News file photo

Family Kingdom begins new season

Family Kingdom Amusement Park begins a new year, open 1 p.m. daily from Thursday through April 10, and April 22-May 1 (opening 6 p.m. Fridays) – otherwise weekends through May 22, then daily again through summer, all weather permitting. Details at 843-626-3447 or www.familykingdomfun.com.

Details: At 300 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach admission is free, and wristbands for all ages – which do not include go-carts and zip lines – are $27.35 plus tax (or $15.75 total for local residents with ID, sold only in the office under Swamp Fox roller coaster), and individual ride tickets cost $1.15 plus tax each, with 2-5 tickets needed per ride.

‘The Good German’ movie in series

See “The Good German,” in the “War & Society Film Series.” Details at 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/news/culturalarts

Details: 5 p.m. in Coastal Carolina University Edwards Humanities and Fine Arts Building, room 256, on main campus in Conway, accessed from U.S. 501 or S.C. 544.. Free.

Atlantic Stage opens ‘Two Rooms’

Atlantic Stage’s eighth season continues with “Two Rooms,” through April 17: 7:30 pm. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Details at 877-287-8587 or www.atlanticstage.com.

Details: At troupe’s new site, in Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres, and next door to Bath and Body Works, near Bass Pro Shops, and across from Carolina Improv Company’s Uptown Theater. $ 27.50 general, $22.50 ages 55 and older/educators/military,and $17.50 students, including Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members.

Conway to stage ‘Twilight Egg Hunt’

The city of Conway’s sixth annual “Twilight Egg Hunt,” for ages 11-13, will encompass 3,000 eggs. Details at 843-488-1950 or www.conwayparksandrecreation.com.

Details: 8 p.m. at Riverfront Park, on Elm Street. Free; bring flashlights.

‘Hike with a Ranger’ at state park

Thursdays through May, join a guided “Hike with a Ranger,” about 2.5 miles. Details at 843-235-8755 or www.huntingtonbeachsp.com.

Details: 2-4 p.m. from Huntington Beach State Park north beach (park open 6 a.m.-8 p.m.), on U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach, across from Brookgreen Gardens. Free with admission: $5 ages 16 and older, $3.25 S.C. seniors, $3 ages 6-15. (Also, annual state park passes are $75 or $99.)

See ‘Sqrambled Scuares’ game show

Drop in to see taping of the game show “Sqrambled Scuares” for a weekly half-hour episode to air about a week and half later on Mondays-Fridays: 6 p.m. on Time Warner Cable channel 47, and 7 and 10 p.m. on HTC channel 4. Details at www.sqrambledscuares.biz (where new shows always are shown first), or email sqrambledscuares@gmail.com.

Details: 7 p.m. Thursdays in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach, to the left of Candy Mike’s, near Alabama Theatre. Free.

This story was originally published March 23, 2016 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on March 24."

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