Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 17

Student art exhibit opening among events

▪ Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild’s “Art in the Park,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on Farrow Parkway, at The Market Common. Free. 843-446-3830 or www.artsyparksy.com.

▪ Horry County Fair, open noon at Myrtle Beach Speedway, 455 Hospitality Lane, off U.S. 501, about three miles north of Myrtle Beach, and just past S.C. 31. Daily admission (not including rides) $5 ages 5-64; $3 ages 65 and older, and anyone with military ID; and free ages 4 and younger. Also, “Hospitality Industry Day,” with free admission until 5 p.m. with presentation of ID for hospitality employment; church service at noon; and robotics competition 1 p.m. by groups from across county 843-236-0500 or www.myrtlebeachspeedway.com/hcfair/.

▪ “Quilts of Valor” benefit afternoon (www.qovf.org), with all-you-can-eat meal, and music by The Sick Stooges, noon at Veterans Cafe & Grille, 3544 Northgate Blvd., Myrtle Beach, in Northgate Plaza, off S.C. 707 at U.S. 17 Bypass. $10 ages 13 and older, $5 ages 5-12, and free ages 4 and younger. 843-232-8387.

▪ Hot Rod Promotions cruise-in, noon-3 p.m. at Fox’s Pizza Den, 1867 S.C. 544, Conway, near Sonic. Free. 843-503-8245.

▪ Opening of “Horry-Georgetown County High Schools’ 15th annual Juried Art Exhibition,” going through May 22 at Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, across from Midway Par 3 Golf and Springmaid Beach Resort – open 1-4 p.m. Sundays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Free. 843-238-2510 or www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.

▪ Garden Party for Miss Ruby’s Kids early childhood education program in Georgetown County, 2-5:30 p.m., with Kevin Jayroe, emcee, at Kaminski House Museum, 1003 Front St., Georgetown. $100. 843-436-7197 or www.missrubyskids.net.

▪ Myrtle Beach Orchid Society meeting, 2:30 p.m. at Grand Strand Senior Center, 268 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. 843-236-2221 or 910-579-7089.

▪ “Sing into Spring Concert” benefit for South Brunswick Interchurch Council, 3-5 p.m. at Calabash Covenant Presbyterian Church, 8820 Old Georgetown Road, Calabash, N.C. Free; donations of nonperishable food requested. 910-579-7356, or email gloriawim@atmc.net.

▪ Eliza Gilkyson concert, 3 p.m. in event center at Brunswick Community College Odell Williamson Auditorium, off U.S. 17 in Supply, N.C. $20 advance or $24 at door. 910-754-2098, 860-485-3354 or www.listenupbrunswickcounty.com.

▪ Brunswick Concert Band, 3 p.m. in Ocean Isle Beach Park, on Old Georgetown Road in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Free. Also, donations of used instuments sought for local students. 910-253-6626.

▪ “Two Rooms” finale, 3 p.m. at Atlantic Stage, in Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres. $ 27.50 general, $22.50 ages 55 and older/educators/military,and $17.50 students, including Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members. 877-287-8587 or www.atlanticstage.com.

▪ “Mike’s Meanderings” show by Murrells Inlet Community Theatre Second Stage Repertory traveling troupe, with Tropical Jammers Steel Drum Band, 3 p.m. at Georgetown County Library Waccamaw Neck branch, 41 St. Paul Place, Litchfield Beach, off Willbrook Boulevard. Free, with reservations encouraged at 843-545-3623, or email sbremner@gtcounty.org. georgetowncountylibrary.sc.gov.

▪ “The Sleeping Beauty,” by Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre , 4 p.m. at Beach Church, 557 George Bishop Parkway, just west of Myrtle Beach, between U.S. 501 and U.S. 17 Bypass. $25 ages 13 and older and $10 ages 3-12. 843-839-5678, 843-651-2006 or www.cybt.org.

▪ Grand Strand Chapter of American Guild of Organists’ “Festival of Hymns,” 4 p.m. at Belin United Methodist Churchm 4182 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet. 843-488-4251 or www.agograndstrand.org.

▪ Coastal Carolina University Spring Choral Concert: “How Can I Keep From Singing?” 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 710 Main St., Conway. $7. 843-349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/news/culturalarts

▪ Lecture about 2016 Brookgreen medal, Lawrence Noble’s “ Cicada Days, Firefly Nights,” 4:30 p.m. at Brookgreen Gardens, on U.S. 17 between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach, with Robin Salmon, Brookgreen’s vice president of art and historical collections/curator of sculpture. Free with admission, which lasts seven days: $16 ages 13-64, $14 ages 65 and older, $8 ages 4-12, and free ages 3 and younger. Gardens open 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. 843-235-6000 or www.brookgreen.org.

▪ Chicora Rotary Club’s Waves of the Future: Rotary’s Celebration of Horry County Schools” 4 p.m. at Calvin Gilmore Theater, on U.S. 17 Business at U.S. Bypass on northern tip of Myrtle Beach. $24.95, $29.95 or $45.95 ages 17 and older; and $9.95, $14.95 or $19.95 ages 3-16. 843-913-4000 or chicorarotary.org/waves-of-the-future/.

▪ “Beethoven & Blue Jeans” Barbecue, benefiting Long Bay Symphony and Youth Orchestra, 5-9 p.m. at Inlet Affairs, 4024 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet. $50, including meal, dancing, and cash bar. 843-448-8379, 843-503-2794 or longbaysymphony.com.

▪ Dangermuffin concert, 5 p.m. at The Boathouse Waterway Bar & Grill, 201 Fantasy Harbor Blvd., along Intracoastal Waterway, just west of Myrtle Beach, off U.S. 501, next to Clarion Hotel. Free. 843-903-2628 or www.boathousemb.com.

▪ Jamie Morgan, 8 p.m. Sundays and 9 p.m. Tuesdays through May 8, at Carolina Comedy Club, at Broadway at the Beach’s Celebrity Square, off 29th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach. $15. 843-839-2565 or www.carolinacomedyclub.com.

This story was originally published April 16, 2016 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 17."