Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Aug. 16
Special events at three local libraries
▪ Friends of the Carolina Forest Library book sale, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at Horry County Memorial Library Carolina Forest branch, 2250 Carolina Forest Blvd., east of U.S. 501. $5 for grocery bag of books. 843-915-5282 or www.hcml.org.
▪ Show by Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins, former contestant on NBC-TV’s “America’s Got Talent,” noon at Brunswick County Library Hickmans Crossroads branch, 1040 Calabash Road, Calabash. 910-575-0173 or www.brunswickcountync.gov/library/.
▪ Free screening of movie “Sonic Sea,” about protecting marine life from effects from noise pollution, 2:30 p.m. at Myrtle Beach’s Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Ave. N., at Kings Highway (843-918-1275 or www.chapinlibrary.org). Details at www.sonicsea.org.
Former Navy aviator to recount experiences
The “Sand Bar Lecture Series,” 6 p.m. Tuesdays, continues with “Air Officer! USS Enterprise,” with Harry Hartsell, a former U.S. Navy officer and aviator. Details at 910-579-1016 or www.museumplanetarium.org.
Details: At Museum of Coastal Carolina, 21 E. Second St., Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. – open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 5. Free with admission: $9.50 ages 13-61, $8.50 ages 62 and older, $7.50 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger.
Midnight Allie plays park in Calabash
Get outside for weekly concerts: Midnight Allie on Aug 16, and Eastbound Band on Aug. 23. Details at 910-253-2031 or bcparks.recdesk.com:
Details: 6:30 p.m. in Calabash Town Park, 868 Persimmon Road. Free.
State park programs tout marine life
Choose from two nature programs for Tuesday at Myrtle Beach State Park , on U.S. 17 Business, one mile south of Ocean Boulevard/Farrow Parkway, most free with park admission: $5 ages 16 and older, $3.25 S.C. seniors, and $3 ages 6-15. Details at 843-238-0874 or www.myrtlebeachsp.com:
▪ “A Crabby Experience,” catch-and-release from pier, 9:30-11 a.m. (also on Aug. 23). Trap rental $5; bring your own bait, or buy some at pier shop.
▪ “Tale of the Whale,” covering cetaceans, 1-2 p.m., in activity center.
Two dinner shows at House of Blues
All summer, by Murder Mystery Productions alternates two productions each week: “Wedding Bells for a Southern Belle” dinner show, 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, for $49; and “Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre” 7 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for $42. Details at 843-272-3000 or www.hob.com/myrtlebeach, and www.murdermysteryproductions.com.
Details: At House of Blues, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach.
This story was originally published August 15, 2016 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Aug. 16."