Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 20

Gene Gallerano shares a moment with Janine Turner in “Occupy, Texas,” which closes the 8:30 p.m. time block Wednesday, on the opening night of the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, at Carmike Cinemas 17 at Broadway at the Beach. Courtesy photo

Jazzercise class benefits animal shelter

Take a Jazzercise class, in a benefit for The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach. Details at 843-457-9923, or email svigar@sc.rr.com.

Details: 9-10 a.m. at OD Pavilion, 90 S. Ocean Blvd., North Myrtle Beach. Donations welcome.

‘HTC’s ‘Green Fair’ celebrates Earth Day

Attend a “Green Fair,” and bring telephone directories, cell phones and any kind of used electronic devices for recycling, as well as sensitive documents for free, on-site shredding. Details at 843-369-8498 or htcinc.net/HTC-Green-Fair.

Details: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at HTC, 2201 U.S. 501, Conway, across from Horry-Georgetown Technical College.

Film festival begins four-day run

The 11th annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival goes four days through Saturday, with this opening lineup (foreign productions, and all movie lengths parenthesized). Details at 843-497-0220 or www.myrtlebeachfilmfestival.com:

▪ 4:45-5:45 p.m. – Opening reception, in theater lobby.

▪ 6-8 p.m. – “Letter to God” (Russia, 17 minutes), “Lightning in Hand” (USA/Mexico, 16), and “Interwoven” (87).

▪ 8:30-10:30 p.m. – “Wahillos” (Germany, 3), “Extra School” (15), and “Occupy, Texas” (94).

Details: At Carmike Cinemas’ Broadway 17, at Broadway at the Beach, off Robert Grissom Parkway, between 21st and 29th avenues North in Myrtle Beach. $10 per two-hour block of films, or $50 for all-access pass.

‘Senior Night’ at Horry County Fair

The Horry County Fair continues, open 5-10 p.m. on this day, with “Education Day and Senior Night,” April 20, with free admission for ages 65 and older; ride wristbands $10; and daytime field trips available 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (before fair opens to public – email info@mbspeedway.com. Details at 843-236-0500 or www.myrtlebeachspeedway.com/hcfair/.

Details: At Myrtle Beach Speedway, 455 Hospitality Lane, off U.S. 501, about three miles north of Myrtle Beach, and just past S.C. 31. Admission $5 ages 5-64; $3 ages 65 and older, and anyone with military ID; and free ages 4 and younger.

Hastings Hensel to give poetry reading

Hastings Hensel of Murrells Inlet, author of “Winter Inlet” and a writing professor at Coastal Carolina University, will give a poetry reading. Details at 843-349-2917, or email whensel@coastal.edu

Details: 5 p.m. in CCU’s Johnson Auditorium, room 116 in E. Craig Wall School of Business Administration, on main campus in Conway, accessed from U.S. 501 or S.C. 544. Free.

‘The Boy from Oz’ opens in Conway

Theatre of the Republic opens “The Boy From Oz”: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 1. Details at 843-488-0821 or www.theatreofthe republic.com.

Details: At Main Street Theatre, 335 Main. St., Conway. $23.

DaSilva entertains at comedy club

Eric DaSilva, a native of Queens, N.Y., who was raised in Miami, opens for four nights through Saturday. Details at 843-839-2565 or www.carolinacomedyclub.com.

Details: 8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 9:15 p.m. Friday, and 7 and 9:15 p.m. Saturday, at Carolina Comedy Club, at Broadway at the Beach’s Celebrity Square, off 29th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach. $15.

This story was originally published April 19, 2016 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 20."