Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on May 14
Blue crabs, robotics center of festivals
▪ “Campus Salvage,” Coastal Carolina University’s annual yard sale – benefiting local charities – 8 a.m. at 370 Allied Drive, Conway, in PODS company parking lot, in Atlantic Center across from CCU campus. Free; also, early bird entry for $5 at 7 a.m. 843-349-5041, or email sustain@coastal.edu.
▪ Adaptive Surf Project’s “Wheel to Surf,” with surfers and volunteers sought, 9 a.m. on beach at 21st Avenue South in North Myrtle Beach. 843-333-0489, 843-997-7688 or adaptivesurfproject.com.
▪ Friends of the Conway Library Spring Book Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Horry County Memorial Library Conway branch, 801 Main St. 843- 915-7323 or www.hcml.org.
▪ “World Famous Blue Crab Festival,” 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday on Little River waterfront. Daily: $4 advance or $5 at gate, for ages 13 and older, and free ages 12 and younger. 843-249-6604 or bluecrabfestival.org.
▪ “Robotics Celebration Day” with South Carolina First LEGO League and Grand Strand Technology Council, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Brookgreen Gardens, on U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach. Free with admission, which lasts lasts seven days: $16 ages 13-64, $14 ages 65 and older, $8 ages 4-12, and free ages 3 and younger. 843-235-6000 or www.brookgreen.org.
▪ Myrtle Beach Car Club cruise-in, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at NHC HealthCare, 9405 U.S. 17 Bypass, west of Garden City Beach – enter from Garden City Connector. Free. 843-742-9802 or www.myrtlebeachcarclub.com.
▪ Sweetgrass basketmaking with Adrina Glover, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and free to see on porch at Kaminski House Museum, 1003 Front St., Georgetown. 843-546-7706 or kaminskimuseum.org.
▪ Jack Thompson presentation on Myrtle Beach history through photographs, 1 p.m. at Horry County Museum (open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays), 805 Main St., Conway. Free. 843-915-5320 or www.horrycountymuseum.org.
▪ Auditions: For adults in Act Two Productions’ “Romeo and Juliet ... Almost,” 2-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at 514 Alder St., Myrtle Beach, for “Romeo and Juliet ... Almost” – by appointment only at 843-995-2756.
▪ As part of “Military Appreciation Days” (843-918-1014 or www.militaryappreciationdays.com) – “Military Appreciation Dinner Dance,” 6 p.m. at Landmark Resort, 1501 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach. $32 – order tickets at 843-918-1008.
▪ USA Dance Grand Strand Chapter 6024 monthly social dance, 6:30-10 p.m. at Myrtle Beach Base Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane, near Farrow Parkway and The Market Common, with music from Rosalie and Jack Drust, disc jockeys. $7 members, otherwise $9. 570-881-0244, www.usadancegrandstrand.org, or email rosalie182@att.net.
▪ Carolina Forest High School Show Choirs in “ShowStoppers 2016,” 7 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday, at the school, 700 Gardner Lacy Road, off U.S. 501. $7. 843-236-7997.
▪ Coastal Youth Theatre Arts School’s “James and the Giant Peach Jr.,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, at Main Street Theatre, 335 Main St., Conway. $15 adults and $7 children. 843-488-0821 or www.coastalyouththeatre.com.
▪ Carolina Improv Company’s “Cosmo Knows & ImpromTWO,” for adults, 7:30 p.m. at Uptown Theater, by Bass Pro Shops in Myrtle Beach Mall, at U.S. 17 and S.C. 22, near Briarcliffe Acres. $13.75 advance at www.carolinaimprov.com, or $15 at door.843-272-4242.
▪ As part of “Throttle Fest” – Appetite for Destruction, tribute to Guns N’ Roses, 8 p.m. at House of Blues, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $11 (plus ticketing fees). 843-272-3000 or www.hob.com/myrtlebeach.
▪ Premiere of “Vaudeville the Show,” 9 p.m. Saturdays (and adding Mondays as of June), at GTS Theatre, 1220 Port Drive, Myrtle Beach, off southbound U.S. 17 Bypass, near Jamin Leather. Advance at www.gtstheatre.com: $37.95 adults and $35.95 ages 65 and older. 843-756-4386.
This story was originally published May 13, 2016 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on May 14."