Benefit evenings highlight opera workshop scholarship fund, avian center

Pick a fundraiser to help a community cause:

— “An Evening of Glamor, Live Music, Entertainment, and Dinner” – for Grand Strand Opera Workshop scholarship fund for a Coastal Carolina University music student – with Italian themed entertainment including Larry Tanelli & Claudette, and Girolamo (Jesse) Bastiano, 5-11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 101 Fantasy Harbour Blvd., off U.S. 501 and George Bishop Parkway, just west of Myrtle Beach and along Intracoastal Waterway, next to The Boathouse Waterway Bar & Grill. $45. 843-385-3963.

— “Wild at Wingswood” gala, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at The Center for Birds of Prey, 4719 U.S. 17 N., Awendaw, about 35 miles south of Georgetown. $135. (Site open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, with guided tours at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. and flight demonstrations at 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. – with general admission: $15 ages 17-64, $14 seniors and active duty military, $10 ages 6-16, and free ages 5 and younger.) 843-971-7474 or www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/zugunruhefest.