Meeting hundreds of the country’s finest artists and craftsmen. Choosing one-of-a-kind home accessories, gifts, collectibles and personal treasures from thousands of original works. Enjoying air-conditioned comfort during a break from the sand and surf. Being in the right place at the right time to attend one of the most acclaimed events of its kind in [...]
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The Original Racin’ Mario: Andretti Is the Definition of Racing Legend
By Brian M. Howle Andretti to Preside over Historic Racing Festival; Drive Pace Car There are but few names that, when mentioned, bring a nod of recognition from virtually everyone in the general population. Today, that may be due to the instant fame via Reality TV or viral videos on the net. But true legends [...]
Read the rest of this entry »PBS’s Antiques Roadshow Swings By The Grand Strand June 23
By Mariel A. MacNaughton Every summer PBS’s Antiques Roadshow travels cross-country to explore America’s treasures. Part adventure, part history lesson, and part treasure hunt, Antiques Roadshow has captured the tales of family heirlooms, yard sale bargains and long-lost items salvaged from basements for nearly two decades. This summer, Antiques Roadshow host Mark L. Walberg, of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »RiverFest 2012: Conway’s Waterfront Festival For The Whole Family June 29 & 30
By Tina Gerrald The Conway Chamber of Commerce will host the 2012 Riverfest Celebration on Friday, June 29 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Conway’s Riverfront Park and Saturday, June 30 from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Horry County’s Historic Courthouse and Conway’s Riverfront Park. Riverfest is Conway’s longest running festival and celebrates [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Butterfly And Art Festival At Brookgreen Gardens
By Dariel Bendin Brookgreen Gardens will host a brand new, two-day festival that celebrates the world or butterflies. Taking place Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3, the family-friendly event will include a wide range of activities designed to teach us more about the important role that butterfies play in our environment. Children can make [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Aloha Y’All: Polynesian Revue Theatre To Open In Surfside Beach
By Marilyn Newsome Well it had to happen sooner or later. We can’t imagine why no one has done it before with all the hula dancers, shell art, wood carving, Polynesian-influence hotels, and everything imaginable all over the Grand Strand hinting of the South Pacific, but we are finally getting a Polynesian theatre. ALOHA Y’ALL [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Downhome Sophistication: 36th Annual Spoleto Festival USA
By Dariel Bendin Thanks to assistance and contributions from Spoleto Festival USA When you think about it, Charleston, S.C. is the perfect city for a festival such as Spoleto. It’s both intimate and cosmopolitan, sophisticated yet downhome, traditional but leading edge. In short, Charleston is the perfect setting to celebrate the broad spectrum that is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Feelin’ Blue? 2012 Blue Crab Festival • May 19 & 20
By Dariel Bendin As far as the town of Little River, S.C. is concerned, the month of May means just one thing: the town’s annual and ultra-popular Blue Crab Festival, which takes place this year from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20. The waterfront area of this fishing [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrate Cinco de Mayo With Rosa Linda’s
By TBone Terry Rosa Linda’s in Murrells Inlet will be the place to be on Cinco de Mayo. (That’s the 5th of May for you Gringos). With its assortment of Southwestern food, Mexican beers, tequila drinks, and a great band outside under the huge live oak tree, it’s certain to be one of the most [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Myrtle Beach Speedway’s New Makeover With The NASCAR Racing Experience
By Brian M. Howle Sometimes those phrases you hear all the time have a renewed meaning when recast with an appropo twist. Case in point: What goes around, comes around, and goes around and around again. And this time, it brought a new friend along for the ride. Such is the case for the historic [...]
Read the rest of this entry »S.C. Academy Of Authors Honors Four Writers
By Linda Ketron The South Carolina Academy of Authors will celebrate writers Franklin Burroughs, Marian Wright Edelman, Charles W. Joyner and the late Mickey Spillane, inducting the four into the state’s literary hall of fame in an April 21 ceremony at Coastal Carolina University. Founded at Anderson College in 1986, the S.C. Academy of Authors [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Classic Musical Hits the Stage at Carolina Forest High School
Carolina Forest High School’s Performing Arts Department has done it again! With huge success in recent years with shows like CATS, Grey Gardens, Aida, and The Drowsy Chaperone, the creative team decided to raise the bar even higher this year by performing the Tony Award winning musical version of Victor Hugo’s historical novel, Les Misérables. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Brookgreen Staff Offers Advice, Gives Demos At March 24 Event
By Helen Benso On Saturday, March 24, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Diggin’ It is the “go to” place for the answers to all your gardening questions. Brookgreen Gardens‘ horticulture staff will give talks, demonstrations, and advice on gardening in the coastal south region. Free with garden admission, guests will have a rare opportunity [...]
Read the rest of this entry »New South Carolina Maritime Museum Opens In Georgetown
Just three months from the time when the South Carolina Maritime Museum committee learned of the availability of space at 729 Front St. in Georgetown, S.C., the building’s lower level was purchased and a crew of construction workers began working at a furious pace to have it ready for the sponsors of the twenty-second annual [...]
Read the rest of this entry »NMB St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival Set For March 17 On Main Street
By Patrick Dowling On March 17, the North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival will be held on Main Street. The parade will begin at 9 a.m. and the festival will occur from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Last year’s parade and festival drew close to 25,000 people. Parade Route. The parade will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Smooch A Pooch & Kiss A Kitty!
By Amy DuPre The Grand Strand Humane Society is excited to announce our first annual SmoochAPooch & KissAKitty Valentine’s Day event hosted by Burroughs & Chapin Company. Burroughs & Chapin Company will host the event at the private Grande Dunes Members Club, the crown jewel of Grande Dunes on Feb. 11. We are so grateful [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Eight Ideas For Your Most Romantic Valentine’s Day Ever
By Jamie Jefferson Valentines Day is a prime opportunity to show your love for the most important person in your life. The best Valentines Day gifts demonstrate how important your partner is to you by being highly personalized; a gift that only you can give because you know your partner so intimately. When you take [...]
Read the rest of this entry »‘Birds in Art’ Flies to Brookgreen in January
By Robin R. Salmon In 1976, three simple words – birds in art – took on a life of their own when the phrase became an exhibition title at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, WI. Since then, Birds in Art has morphed and grown and now is recognized around the world as [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Southern Charm and Worldly Sophistication: B&C Art Museum Has It All
By Dariel Bendin Art museums, particularly in smaller cities, are often the culmination of monumental efforts by groups of art lovers, and Myrtle Beach’s hidden jewel of a museum is no exception. Located on Springmaid Beach at the south end of town, the B&C Art Museum was conceptualized by a group of local visionaries who [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2012 Republican Presidential Debate In Myrtle Beach Jan. 16
By Jack Gregory All six candidates will debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Jan. 16 on national television from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center for the Republican nomination for President of the United States of America. Then five days later on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 all registered voters are eligible across the state to go [...]
Read the rest of this entry »It’s Souper Bowl Time!
By Emily Mobley Jan. 28th Event Benefits Habit for Humanity The fourteenth annual Souper Bowl to benefit Habitat for Humanity Georgetown County sponsored again by SCB&T will be held at Precious Blood of Christ Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The Souper Bowl features gourmet soups donated by over [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winyah Group Sierra Club Celebrates 25 Years
Written by Christine Ellis, Waccamaw RiverKeeper with contributions from Zane Wilson and Bo Ives On Nov. 3, members of the Winyah Group gathered to celebrate our twenty-fifth anniversary. We were honored by the presence of four of our founders; Betty Bullock, Ginger Ogburn-Matthews, Susan Libes and Zane Wilson who offered heartfelt and emotional presentations recounting [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Beach Ball Classic – 31 Years and Still Growing Strong By Denise Blackburn The very words, Beach Ball Classic, conjure up images of players the likes of Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Mike Bibby, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Michael Irwin, and the list goes on. A holiday tradition, now in its [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Chandler’s Artistic Presence Still Felt In Georgetown
Bruce Chandler & Students Art Show at Rice Museum Through Jan. 14 A mother, grandmother, a daughter, an artist, really does explain who longtime Georgetown, S.C. resident Bruce Chandler is and what she is about. Even though she has made her presence known in Charlotte, N.C. where she now resides, she has retained strong ties [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrate The Holidays With The NMB Woman’s Club Tour Of Homes
By Dolly McDermott The North Myrtle Beach Woman’s Club will once again ring in the holiday season with their nineteenth annual Christmas Tour of Homes and you’re invited. Club members and community home owners have partnered together to share their beautiful homes decorated for the holiday season in an effort to raise monies for local [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Myrtle Beach’s 42nd Annual Bluegrass Festival November 24 – 26
By Robbie Niles Doyle Lawson & QuickSilver, Dailey & Vincent and the Grascals head up a terrific talent lineup for the forty-second annual S.C. State Bluegrass Festival, the Palmetto State’s oldest, largest and best bluegrass event. The Thanksgiving weekend extravaganza of family fun and American music is slated for Nov. 24-26 at the Myrtle Beach [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Horry’s K-12 Foundation Showcases The County’s Best Hoofers Nov. 19
By Marsha Griffin Well just when you think it cannot get any better, season four comes around and here we go again, Dancing with the Horry County Stars, 2011. Everyone says, “How can you keep finding new dancers?” I say I do not even have to find them, they find me. Everyone says, “How can [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrating 30 Years of Tradition: Dickens Christmas Show & Festival At Convention Center Nov. 10 – 13
By Kelli Bates Once upon a sunny Nov. day……30 years ago in Myrtle Beach to be exact, the spirit arrived just in time. What spirit you ask? Why the spirit of Christmases yet to come. As in all good Christmas stories, one kind spirit gives and another one receives. A young business woman in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Saving Lives One Hoof Print At A Time
By Robyn Reese 30th Annual Jack Monroe Beach Ride Benefits Heart Association Over 1,000 horses and riders from 22 states will arrive at Lakewood Camping Resort for the thirtieth annual Jack Monroe Beach Ride benefiting the American Heart Association. This event includes a 20-mile horseback ride on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean. “The funds raised [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Summer Never Ends In North Myrtle Beach: The Endless Summer Festival Oct. 29
By Jennifer C. Prince Instead of welcoming fall with open arms, the sandy shores of North Myrtle Beach insist on celebrating never-ending warmth with the Endless Summer Festival! Grab your beach chair and friends for a fun-filled day, Saturday, Oct. 29 on Main Street in North Myrtle Beach. Enjoy fabulous entertainment, lots of vendors with [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Model Citizens’ 2nd Annual Train Show & Sale Oct. 15-16
By Brian M. Howle The Grand Strand Model Railroad Club will bring the tradition-steeped hobby to the public, as they have announced their second annual Model Railroad Show and Sale. The event will be held on Oct. 15 and 16 at the Lakewood Conference Center, 5837 S. Kings Highway (on the frontage road) beside Lakewood Campground, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrating The Mighty Mollusk: 31st Annual N.C. Oyster Festival Oct. 15-16
By Dariel Bendin Over 50,000 happy, hungry folks are about to converge on Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. in search of music, merry-making and the almighty mollusk – the oyster. If you’ve never made it to this Festival, you owe it to yourself to get there this year. The sheer fun factor of this Festival puts [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Conway Celebrates Fall With Two Street Festivals
By Dariel Bendin Autumn is a stunning time of year in Rivertown, so it makes perfect sense to celebrate the season with not one but two family-friendly, free festivals. Conway Fall Festival The annual Conway Fall Festival returns to downtown on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year’s theme is Shagging [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Atalaya! Where History, Fine Art And Kettle Corn Come Together
By Dariel Bendin Mark your calendars for Sept. 23 – 25 because it’s time once again for the hugely popular Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival, now in its thirty-sixth year. Over 100 fine artists and artisans will be descending on the Grand Strand with their hand-blown glass, fine art photography, delicate basketry, leading-edge pottery, masterful [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Low Country Calling: Native Son Brian Rutenberg Returns To His Roots
By Dariel Bendin Art lovers along Myrtle Beach’s Grand Strand are always excited when world-acclaimed artist Brian Rutenberg comes back to the low country for a spell, and this month the Myrtle Beach native brings an equally exciting collection of works to the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum. Brimming Tide: Paintings and Drawings [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Only At Pawleys: Peter Rabbit Shares Billing With Spyro Gyra
By Dariel Bendin Folks along the Grand Strand wait all year for the Pawleys Festival of Music & Art. This year’s multi-layered extravaganza celebrating fine wine, incredible music, live theatre, documentary film and thought-provoking art runs from Sept. 18 to Oct. 8. With a backdrop of beautiful Brookgreen Gardens, this year’s Festival beckons music lovers [...]
Read the rest of this entry »OLLI! OLLI! All In Free!
As sulphur butterflies float into the Lowcountry and grandchildren drift back home to school and soccer, our seasoned adults come into their own season! With more than 350 noncredit classes and workshops planned for the fall term of OLLI, there is truly something for everyone at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Coastal Carolina University. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Are You Ready For Beach, Boogie & BBQ 2011?
By Nora Hembree The Sun Fun Celebration of Summer ends Labor Day weekend with the sixth annual Beach, Boogie & BBQ Festival at 5:30-9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, 12-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, and 12-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4, at Grand Park at The Market Common. The festival, now extended through Sunday, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrating Women Fashion Show Benefits CASA
By Laurie Andrews The Celebrating Women of Celebration Presbyterian Church will hosti their third annual Fall Fashion Show, Luncheon, and Silent Auction on Saturday, August 27 at 1 p.m. The event, which is being held at the Clarion Hotel at 501 and the Waterway in Myrtle Beach, will again feature the new fall fashions from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Campground To Host Top Artists At Annual Bluegrass Weekend
Ocean Lakes Family Campground, a division of The Jackson Companies, will host some of the country’s top Bluegrass artists Aug. 26 and 27 during the thirteenth annual Premier Bluegrass Weekend. Tickets are on sale now and going fast. The event kicks off Friday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. in Ocean Lakes’ 17,000-square-foot air-conditioned recreation building, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Folk Art: From A Collector’s P.O.V.
By Dariel Bendin Art educator Ted Oliver purchased his very first piece of folk art , a little cut out by Howard Finster back in the early 80s. “That was when I first became aware of the importance of Southern folk art in the art world,” he said in a recent telephone interview about the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Broadway At the Beach Offers New Entertainment For August
By Monique Newton Officials from Myrtle Beach’s Broadway at the Beach have announced a new family-style entertainment show, the Bryan Dangerous Comedy Show (www.bryandanger-ous.com), for the complex’s Coca-Cola Summer Nights. The interactive comedy juggling show—hosted by a former clown from Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus—will take place five nights a week from Aug. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Port City Gets A Groove On
By Dariel Bendin Being a fine old southern city, Wilmington, N.C. is steeped in tradition, and one of its favorites is the upcoming Cape Fear Blues Festival set for July 29 – 31. Three days of blues in the Port City will include live concerts, a blues workshop, an all-day blues jam, a guitar raffle [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Aarrrgh! Pirate Landing In the Inlet
By TBone Terry Shiver me timbers! The pirates are back in Murrells Inlet and they’re having the time of their lives. Me mate and I were invited aboard the Sea Gypsy III to experience a great adventure on the water, complete with sunken treasures and pirate battles. Polly and I arrived at the Crazy Sister [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Cirque du Soleil Brings Alegría To Florence Civic Center July 13-17
By Dariel Bendin The original Cirque du Soleil is set to bring its performing troupe of contortionists, acrobats, dancers, gymnasts and musicians to Florence, S.C. for a five-day run of the popular Alegría, originally created in 1994. The troupe will perform at Florence Civic Center from July 13 to 17, for seven performances only. The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »SuperStarz! LIVE Goes GaGa This Summer
SuperStarz! LIVE goes “GAGA” at Celebration Music Theatre this summer and invites the entire family to join the fun! So far audiences have been amazed by the show! They come out raving about how it is the best tribute show they’ve ever seen. With the latest addition to the cast, plus a bigger influence from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Local Photographers Capture The Beauty Of The Winyah Rivers
Search “Alternatives News Magazine” on Facebook … then “Like” us and get the newest updates automatically! By Christine Ellis, Waccamaw RiverKeeper The Annual Winyah Rivers Photo Contest inspires local photographers to “give it their best shot” and this year was no exception. Designed to promote the beauty of our local rivers and encourage people to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Riverfest On The Waccamaw June 25
By Bridgette Johnson The Conway Chamber of Commerce will host the 2011 Riverfest Celebration on Saturday, June 25, from 2:30 to 11 p.m. along Conway’s historic riverfront. Riverfest is Conway’s longest running festival and celebrates Independence Day with festivities for the entire family. This year’s event is co-sponsored by Pepsi Bottling Ventures, HTC and The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Pirates Voyage Opens With Dolly
By Pete Owens In a dramatic change, Dolly Parton is hoisting the Jolly Roger and tilting her sails to the wind, matey! Pirates Voyage is docking in Myrtle Beach! The spirit of Blackbeard and his buccaneers, Captain Kidd and Anne Bonny sailing the coast of the Carolinas, comes to life in a new show opening [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bill Oberst, Jr. – Class Of The Act
By Brian M. Howle Of all the professions that one might choose to pursue, it is arguable that a career in acting provides an arduous balance of unending performance and fleeting reward. And for most who have seriously sought that holy grail, it is more often than not a pursuit that ends in quiet obscurity. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Spoleto: A Sensory Explosion
By Dariel Bendin Spoleto Festival USA has evolved into a massive presentation of culture unleashed – over 150 performances, which, press materials promise, range “from the intimate to the epic.” In this thirty-fifth season, which takes place from May 27 through June 12, the Festival is presenting one of its largest programs ever. Here are [...]
Read the rest of this entry »SkyWheel Takes Myrtle Beach To New Heights
By Caroline Boineau Grab your cameras and prepare to soar to new heights as you hop aboard SkyWheel Myrtle Beach, the Grand Strand’s newest and most thrilling sky-high attraction. SkyWheel Myrtle Beach – which had its Grand Opening on Friday, May 20 – is the largest observation wheel east of the Mississippi River and the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Beach Blast! Christian Music Festival
Beach Blast! is back and better than ever with exciting talent sure to impress and inspire. TobyMac returns to the Beach Blast! Christian Music Festival this year, along many of your other favorite bands and speaker Bob Lenz. The festival will take place on May 21 in downtown Myrtle Beach, between 8th & 9th Ave. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Blue Crab Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary
By Craig Hill This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Blue Crab Festival in Little River, S.C. Thirty years ago, several local artists decided to host a street party to celebrate the local fishing and fishermen operating from the Little River waterfront. They included Arts and Crafts made by local artisans as well. From [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Paint Wilmington! Nationally Known Artists Capture The Port City On Canvas
By Dariel Bendin Paint Wilmington! is an invitational art event that brings a mix of nationally known masters and some up-and-comers to North Carolina for five days of painting the Port City’s marshlands, downtown settings, farmlands, beaches and woodlands. This year it will be Perry Austin, Tim Bell, Gavin Brooks, Ken Dewaard, Robert Isley, John [...]
Read the rest of this entry »WonderWorks Opens New Myrtle Beach Location
By Monique Newton WonderWorks, the much anticipated upside-down “amusement park for the mind” at Myrtle Beach’s Broadway at the Beach, is now open. The first of its kind in the Carolinas, the 50,000-square-foot structure stands ten stories tall and is filled with more than 100 exhibits for people of all ages. There are other locations [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Earth Day Music Fest: Bigger And Better Than Ever!
The fourth Annual Earth Day Music Fest is scheduled for Saturday, April 16. For those of you who have attended in the past, the location has changed. The event will be held in downtown Myrtle Beach near the site of the Old Pavilion between 8th and 9th Ave on Ocean Blvd. “We decided to move [...]
Read the rest of this entry »N.C. Azalea Festival – A Cape Fear Coast Tradition
A springtime tradition since 1948, the sixty-fourth annual North Carolina Azalea Festival (April 6-10) celebrates the rich history, arts, and culture of Wilmington and North Carolina’s Cape Fear coast (Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Wrightsville Beach). During April when our region’s landscape is dominated by thousands of brilliant pink, white, and purple azaleas, we pay homage [...]
Read the rest of this entry »“The Drowsy Chaperone” At Carolina Forest High School
By Becky Bannon The Carolina Forest High School Performing Arts Department is doing it again. With the reputation of producing shows that most high schools wouldn’t even consider taking on, this school’s productions are about as close to Broadway as any high school theatre anywhere. This year is no exception. On March 24 and 25 [...]
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