Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Aug. 26
Fish fry lunch benefits sheriff’s charity
The Brunswick Sheriff’s Charitable Foundation will have a fish fry, to benefit its “Sunshine Fund” (www.sheriffscharity.com), supporting Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office families who cope with tragedies. Preorder deliveries of five or more orders by emailing email sheriffscharity@gmail.com. Details at at 910-253-5277.
Details: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at N.C. 130 and N.C. 179 in Shallotte, behind First Community Bank and next to Hills Supermarket. $8; takeout available.
CCU Jazz Combo among concerts, most for free
▪ Stan Gregory, 1-5 p.m. at La Belle Amie Vineyard, 1120 St. Joseph Road, Little River, just west of North Myrtle Beach Middle School. 843-399-9463 or labelleamie.com.
▪ American Guild of Organists Grand Strand Chapter opening convocation, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 706 14th Ave S., North Myrtle Beach, with pre-service concert at 5:30p.m. with Becky Nissen, harpist, then performance at 6 p.m. by Trinity Choir, orchestra, piano and organ music. 843-488-4251 or www.agograndstrand.org.
▪ Coastal Carolina University Jazz Combo, heralding release of “A Hushed Thrill: Brookgreen Gardens” CD, 6 p.m. at CCU’s Edwards Recital Hall, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 or S.C. 544 in Conway. 843-349-5099 or theathenaeumpress.com, and www.mattwhitejazz.com.
▪ The Attractions, 6:30 p.m. outside Museum of Coastal Carolina, 21 E. Second St., Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. (910-579-1016 or www.museumplanetarium.org. 910-253-2031 or bcparks.recdesk.com.
▪ Jay Leno, 7 p.m. at Alabama Theatre, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $69.90. $98.60 or $109.60. 843-272-1111 or www.alabama-theatre.com.
▪ Your Girlfriend, 7-11 p.m. on The Deck, at House of Blues, at Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. 843-272-3000 or www.hob.com/myrtlebeach.
Join Strand Cinema for two shows daily
The Strand Cinema group begins a new weekend of movies: “Mr. Holmes,” from 2015, at 2:30 p.m., and “Elvis & Nixon” (2016) 7 p.m.; and on Saturday: “Arranged” (2007) 2:30 p.m., and “A Peck on the Cheek” (2002) 7 p.m. Details at 843-527-2924 or www.strandcinema.org.
Details: At Strand Theater, 710 Front St., Georgetown; each $5 for members, otherwise $7.
Three free movies, including ‘Oz’ in park
▪ “Dear Eleanor,” 3 p.m., for adults, in Myrtle Beach’s Base Recreation Center, 800 Gabreski Lane, near Pampas Drive and Horry-Georgetown Technical College Grand Strand campus. 843-918-2380.
▪ Final three episodes of BBC’s “Planet Earth” series, 6:30-9 p.m., with “Caves,” “Deserts” and “Ice Worlds,” at Georgetown County Library Waccamaw Neck Branch, 41 St. Paul Place, Litchfield Beach, off Willbrook Boulevard. 843-545-3623 or www.thefowl.org.
▪ “The Wizard Of Oz,” dusk in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on Farrow Parkway, at The Market Common. 843-839-3500 or www.marketcommonmb.com.
This story was originally published August 25, 2016 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Aug. 26."