By Jennifer C. Prince
The North Myrtle Beach Chamber has announced its tenth annual awards gala, Tango With the Stars Saturday, Jan. 30 at Grand Strand Resorts at Barefoot in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Awards will be presented in the following categories: “Business of the Year (small- one to ten employees), “Business of the Year” (large-11 + [...]
By Nicole Aiello
The annual Howl-O-Scream Halloween event is returning to haunt North Myrtle Beach from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, in McLean Park. Howl-O-Scream is free and open to the public.
The event will feature “un-boo-lievable” fun with scary and scare-free zones, marshmallow roasting, hay rides, ghoulish games, trick-or-treating and inflatable rides - all in [...]
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By Connie Nelson
Leave your hectic world behind and head to Kure Beach, North Carolina for a rocking-good time at the 16th Annual Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival on October 10 and 11. Quintessential blues-rocker Delbert McClinton will headline at the 16th annual Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival at Fort Fisher [...]
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August 28, 2009 0By Nancy Gray
The Sun Fun Celebration of Summer ends with the fourth annual Beach, Boogie & BBQ Festival 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Grand Park, The Market Common. This marks the second year that the festival has been held at Grand Park.
This family-friendly festival, organized by the [...]
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August 21, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, producer and (whew!) bluesman extraordinaire Johnny Rawls will be performing as part of the roster of stars at this year’s Charleston Beach Music & Shag Festival in Charleston, SC, running Thursday-Sunday, August 27-30, 2009. Rawls will perform at 4pm on Saturday, August 29 at The Citadel Alumni House, [...]
By Michelle Cantey
On Saturday, September 12, Freestyle Music Park will host the special ticketed event Grand Strand Freedom Festival, organized by Business Owners Organized to Support Tourism (BOOST).
The daylong festival at Freestyle Music Park will feature a pre-tour concert by country music superstar LeAnn Rimes on Saturday night at Freestyle Music Park. Additional entertainment will [...]
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August 14, 2009 0The fourth annual Charleston Beach Music & Shag Festival is being held on Aug. 27 -30. This year’s entertainment lineup includes an especially interesting mix of local and regional favorites along with some nationally known acts.Here’s a little bit to whet your appetite, musically speaking. Start times are included in the following entertainment schedule.
Rick Strickland. [...]
By Helen Benso
Bring your own blanket or chair and enjoy live outdoor theater on Wednesdays through August 12, when the play, “The Story of Alice Flagg,” will be presented at 7 pm, in Live Oak Allee. Probably no ghost story or legend exists among these oaks as long-lived and tragic as the story of Alice [...]
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July 30, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Personally, I knew about Travis Tritt for some time before being subjected to one of his albums by a passed-out fan while camping out in the infield at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA in November of 1992. Which was a good thing, because listening to “Here’s A Quarter [...]
By Nancy Greene
Representatives of Broadway at the Beach today announced that KISS Coffeehouse will celebrate its third anniversary on Saturday, August 1 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
In honor of the anniversary, KISS drummer, Eric Singer, will be on hand to greet fans and to sign autographs. Double Platinum tickets are available for $75 each [...]
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July 17, 2009 0This is your opportunity to travel back in years to a sweeter, more innocent time when the biggest conflicts were between greasers and preppies … those fabulous fifties when Elvis ruled the airwaves and poodle skirts reigned in the malt shop.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Horry County Arts and Cultural Council [...]
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July 4, 2009 1By Bridgette M. Johnson
Pepsi and Time Warner Cable have partnered with Freestyle Music Park to present Rock Band Grand Strand, each Friday evening from beginning July 10, with a Grand Finale on August 14. Rock Band Xbox 360 bands can register to give their best Rock Band performance and move on to the Finale where [...]
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June 19, 2009 2By Dariel Bendin
This year the historic town of Conway, S.C. gives a whole new name to its former Around the Fourth Celebration. Riverfest 2009 takes place on June 27, from 3 to 11 p.m. along the city’s stretch of the beautiful Waccamaw River.
The Festival will feature country music along with beach and boogie. There will [...]
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June 5, 2009 0The Sun Fun Festival, brought to you by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, has been kicking off summer along the Grand Strand since 1951 when a regional beauty pageant attracted some 8,000 vacationers.
In contrast, the 2009 Sun Fun Festival is expected to attract almost 40,000 and will include not only the 2010 Miss [...]
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June 5, 2009 0There are still a few days to catch a performance or three at the 2009 Spoleto Festival USA. Some of the highlights are listed below:
A major event of this year’s ten-day cultural extravaganza in Charleston, S.C. has been Don John, the latest production from Britain’s Kneehigh Theatre. Inspired by Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Kneehigh’s distinctive brand [...]
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June 5, 2009 1South Carolina Caribbean Culture and Heritage Inc. proudly announces the 4th Annual Charleston Carifest, which will take place from June 11 - 13, 2009.
Celebrate the splendor of the Caribbean at our Cultural Caribbean Festival and Carnival Street Parade. Stay tuned for costume launch. We invite you to join in our Carnival Street Parade.
The featured country [...]
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June 5, 2009 0Charleston’s Harbor Fest is scheduled for June 26 – 28, 2009, and has been expanded to include locations on both sides of the harbor in a true harbor-wide celebration of the sea. A military interaction and educational village at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant will add to the grandeur of the USS Yorktown. In addition, [...]
It was with great interest that I read a news release from the City of Myrtle Beach Attorney’s Office last week informing the media and public it was dropping charges against Horry County Council member Marion Foxworth.
Foxworth was initially charged on October 18, 2007 with loitering for prostitution. At that time, the city confiscated Foxworth’s [...]
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By Brian M. Howle
Way, way back in the time before disco, rap, MySpace, “Dubyah”, and a bevy of other assorted plagues ruined the good life in America, I was a wide-eyed college student at the University of South Carolina - quietly enjoying life and receiving a great education. One sweltering night in 1973, my dorm’s [...]
By Bridgette M. Johnson
Rivertown Bluegrass Society will host R.C. Harris and Blue Denim, as well as The Carolina Rebels, on Saturday, May 16, 5 p.m., as part of the organization’s concert series held monthly at the Horry Georgetown Technical College Burroughs & Chapin Auditorium.
North Carolina-based singer and guitarist R.C. Harris presents a set of traditional [...]
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April 26, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
There are, in the narcissistic world of rock ‘n’ roll, bands that are simply the fortuitous collection of a group of folks who happily write, record and perform music. They just like to have fun, make music, and share the result with their public.
And then, there are bands that seek a higher [...]
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April 25, 2009 1By Nicole Aiello
May is just around the corner and so is one of North Myrtle Beach’s most exciting celebrations – Mayfest on Main. Mayfest, which features some of the finest musical entertainment to grace the area, will take place from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, on Main Street.
The day-long festival is filled with [...]
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April 25, 2009 2By Janet Harrold
During the ten days of the Spring Safari there is never a lack of all types of entertainment for everyone who loves to shag and listen to their favorite “beach” music which seems to include classic, blues, R&B, and yes, some country.
2009 is the “Year of Anniversaries”. Shag, was made the [...]
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April 16, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
There’s this one, great, seminal verse from a Jimmy Buffet song that goes, “Don’t try to describe a KISS concert if you’ve never seen one.” It rightfully belabors the point that we often hear folks spouting off opinions (say, of a band they’ve never seen live) that are based on misinformation, stupidity [...]
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April 15, 2009 0By Brian M. Howle
Thinking of taking the family pooch along for a day trip to one of S.C.’s wonderful, aromatic and fully-in-bloom gardens this weekend? Well, I hate to tell ya, Sparky, but think again.
That is, of course, unless you plan to visit beautiful Magnolia Plantation and Gardens close to Historic Charleston, SC, just off [...]
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April 15, 2009 1By Brian M. Howle
Artists and art enthusiasts alike now have a new gallery in town that seeks to fill their respective needs, and it’s the culmination of a life-long dream and a labor of love. It’s called Studio B, Myrtle Beach’s newest & edgiest local art gallery, and is located in Market Commons on the [...]
A complicated show with a complicated musical score, a harrowing number of costumes, and an impossible number of sets –that’s “Mame.” But Tim McGhee, executive director for Theatre of the Republic (TOR), exudes an enthusiasm that casts obstacles to the wind. Adding to the complexities, “Mame” has a nasty habit of changing her décor every [...]
By Nancy Gray
We love when all y’all come to visit, and this year is no different. Myrtle Beach area is rolling out the red carpet for its visitors to the North during the destination’s annual Canadian-American Days. This year, from March 14-22, the Myrtle Beach area will welcome Canadian and American visitors with a line-up [...]
This ole country boy from Abbott, Tex. has more talent in his little pinkie than most of us can even dream about. So, even though he was too busy to talk to me and even though his peeps wouldn’t authorize any great performance shots to share with you, and even though the current bio they [...]
By Kathryn Martin
On Saturday, March 7, area residents and visitors will get to tour an eclectic assortment of six Myrtle Beach homes – including those of several custom home builders and artisans – in the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum’s 9th Annual Spring Tour of Homes.
Tour hours are from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets [...]
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February 27, 2009 0By George S. James
Famed professional golfer and business entrepreneur Greg Norman will visit Myrtle Beach March 12 to host a wine tasting dinner at Greg Norman’s Australian Grille, his signature restaurant at Barefoot Landing.
The wine tasting and dinner will be limited to 50 persons who will enjoy the best from three of Norman’s varied business [...]
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February 27, 2009 0Book signing March 12.
It’s difficult to express just how excited I am that Brian Rutenberg will be coming home to the Grand Strand in the near future. On Thursday, March 12, at 10:30 a.m., Brian will be at the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C. for an informal discussion of his artwork [...]
Sunset River Marketplace, the innovative art gallery in Calabash, N.C. is featuring Sweet Dreams, a collection of new, re-newed and inspired art pieces by Conway folk artist Kim Clayton, also known as Kimberly Dawn. The show runs from Feb. 9 through March 15. Originally from the mountains of Tennessee, she is a self-taught visionary [...]
The North Myrtle Beach Chamber has announced that its ninth annual awards dinner, “Night of a Thousand Stars,” will be held Saturday, January 31 at Lakeside Conference Center at Barefoot Premier Resorts in North Myrtle Beach.
Awards will be presented in the following categories: “Business of the Year (small-one to ten employees), “Business of the Year” [...]
Adventure Beach Hosts SKYNET Scenario Paintball Event on Feb. 7
The battle of man verses machine continues this weekend at Myrtle Beach’s premier paintball venue In the continuing story line based on events predicted in the Terminator movies and TV show, paintball players of all levels of experience will be taking sides in the largest outdoor paintball [...]
2008 Cup Champion and Finalist to Headline Charleston Player Field
World No. 2 Serena Williams and World No. 7 Vera Zvonareva have officially entered the 2009 Family Circle Cup. Serena Williams, a 9-time Grand Slam champion, returns as defending champion as she makes her sixth appearance in Charleston. Vera Zvonareva, the 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist, is [...]
Marathon weekend is once again upon us. Organizers of this year’s Myrtle Beach Marathon are expecting about 10,000 participants in the various events of the marathon weekend. Not to worry, though; traffic should only be affected from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 during the main Marathon and from 7:30 a.m. [...]
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January 29, 2009 0
Mark Jan. 30 and 31 on your calendars because you won’t want to miss this weekend of shagging demonstrations and competition.
It’s time for the preliminaries of the 2009 National Shag Dance Championships and they’re being held right here at Studebaker’s in Myrtle Beach.
The dance weekend kicks off at 8 p.m. with a performance by [...]
