Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on June 25

Pick a festival: Paddle, Italiana, River

▪ “Family Day and Paddle Fest,” at Union Station, 333 Henry Road (S.C. 41) Hemingway and benefiting Tara Hall Home for Boys, with paddle launch registration 7-10 a.m., for $40 ages 17 and older, $25 ages 8-16, and free ages 7 and younger (with adult on vessel), including gate fee, trip and meal, and kayak/canoe rentals available for $10. Festival, for people not paddling, gate open 8 a.m., for $10 ages 17 and older, and $5 ages 8-16, including meal, also with children’s barrel race for ages 8-12 at 1 p.m. 843-546-3000, 843-546-3666 or www.tarahall.org.

▪ “Fire, Smoke, and Deadly Showers of Cast Iron: Artillery at Fort Fisher,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Fort Fisher State Historic Site, 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd. S. (U.S. 421), Kure Beach, N.C., including period firings of field artillery pieces, costumed interpreters covering drill and military equipment used in Civil War battles from December 1864-January 1865, and discussion at 2 p.m. about eastern N.C. homefront at that time. Free. Through Sept. 4, site open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays. 910-458-5538 or www.nchistoricsites.org/fisher/.

▪ “Science Cinema” with “Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia,” at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m., and showings in Spanish at 3 p.m. and close captioned 4 p.m., at N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville, 415 S. Madison St. Free. 910-914-4185 or www.naturalsciences.org.

▪ “Punches for Paws” benefit for Kind Keeper Animal Rescue – Bring pet suuply donation for free boxing class at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m., at Title Boxing Club, 1217 38th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. 843-855-1398 or kindkeeper.org, and host site at 843-839-1150.

▪ “Festa Italiana,” 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and noon-7 p.m. Sunday at Myrtle Beach’s Grand Park on Farrow Parkway, across from The Market Common. $1. 848-333-7059 or or www.sonsofitalymb.com.

▪ “Conway Riverfest,” 11 a.m.-10 p.m. – including fireworks at 9:30 p.m. – Conway’s Riverfront Park, at end of Elm Street, and on Marina Drive. Free for Marina Drive activities, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; and $5 ages 13 and older, otherwise free, for Riverfront Park area, 3-10 p.m., with hand stamps available for re-entry. 843-248-2273 or www.conwayriverfest.com.

▪ Myrtle Beach Car Club cruise-in, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Judd Kuhn Chevrolet, 3740 S.C. 9 E., Little River. Free. 843-742-9802 or www.myrtlebeachcarclub.com.

▪ “Saturday Music & Fun,” noon-5 p.m., including Jazz Experience duo 1-5 p.m., at La Belle Amie Vineyard, 1120 St. Joseph Road, Little River, just west of North Myrtle Beach Middle. Free. 843-399-9463 or labelleamie.com.

▪ “Use to Be” storytelling with Mike Lowe, 1 p.m. at Horry County Museum, 805 Main St., Conway, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 843-365-3596 or www.horrycountymuseum.org.

▪ Wilmington Big Band, 1 p.m. in Shallotte’s Mulberry Park, 123 Mulberry St. Free. 910-253-2031 or bcparks.recdesk.com.

▪ Strand Cinema: “45 Years,” 2:30 p.m. and “About Elly,” 7 p.m., at Strand Theater, 710 Front St., Georgetown. Each $5 for members, otherwise $7. 843-527-2924 or www.strandcinema.org.

▪ Social dance, with music from DJ Jack Drust, 6:30-10 p.m. at Myrtle Beach Base Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane. $7. 570-881-0244, or email rosaliejack1566@gmail.com.

▪ Sea Notes Choral Society “American Patriot – A Salute to America” concerts, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Brunswick Community College Odell Williamson Auditorium, off U.S. 17 in Supply, N.C. 910-363-4183 or www.sea-notes.com.

▪ Jeezy, 9 p.m. at House of Blues, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $39.50. 843-272-3000 or www.hob.com/myrtlebeach.

Various plays, acts command local stages

▪ Murrells Inlet Community Theatre finale, The Geriatric Monologues,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, at Murrells Inlet Community Center, 4450 Murrells Inlet Road, beside Murrells Inlet Presbyterian Church, and south of Bellamy Avenue and the Murrells Inlet U.S. Post Office. $15, or $12 each for groups of 15 or more. 843-651-4152 or mictheatre.com.

▪ Theatre of the Republic’s “All Shook Up,” 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through July 3 at Main Street Theatre, 335 Main. St., Conway. $23. 843-488-0821 or www.theatreoftherepublic.com.

▪ “Sea Marks,” 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through July 3 at Atlantic Stage’s new site, 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.

▪ Carolina Improv Company’s “Whose Night Out Is It Anyway?” 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.

▪ “High Steppin’ Country” musical revue, 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through Aug. 13, and finale on Sept. 3, in Lakewood Camping Resort’s Theater by the Sea, 5901 S. Kings Highway, between Myrtle Beach and Surfside Beach, about a mile north of S.C. 544. $10 ages 13 and older, $5 for children 4-12, and free ages 3 and younger. 843-447-7343; park near entrance for shuttles inside campground.

This story was originally published June 24, 2016 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on June 25."