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Enhance Mondays at the library

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:17 EST

The Socastee Library hosts Mysterious Mondays Book Club featuring "Bangkok 8" by John Burdett. Call 215-4700 for more information.

When | 6 p.m.

Where | Socastee Library, 141 707-Connector Road, Myrtle Beac

Lotteries

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:18 EST

South Carolina

(Sunday)

Pick 3 night: 1-7-9

Rachael Ray aids Ohio soup kitchen

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:18 EST

Television cooking star Rachael Ray is boosting the local food supply for a struggling Ohio town.

On Saturday, Ray brought a Wilmington soup kitchen new appliances, shelves and furniture. Ray's show also promised to supply food for the kitchen for the next year.

The soup kitchen is getting as many customers in a day as it did in a week a year ago.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:52 EST

ABC's "This Week" | Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine and Republican National Chairman Michael Steele.

CBS' "Face the Nation" | Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.; former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.

NBC's "Meet the Press" | Govs. Haley Barbour, R-Miss., and Ed Rendell, D-Pa.

Lotteries

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:52 EST

South Carolina

(Saturday)

Pick 3 day: 0-0-4

Classic cars

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:52 EST

pull up to Cooter's

Cooter's Backyard Bar and Grill hosts a Hot Rod Cruise-in featuring a variety of classic cars. Call 503-8245 for more information.

When | 1-4 p.m.

Jackson's father seeks allowance

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:53 EST

Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday.

The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch.

Michael Jackson's 2002 will, however, omitted any mention of his father. The two had an often strained relationship, and Michael Jackson said at one point that he would get physically sick - as a child and as an adult - at the sight of his father.

New mascot

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:52 EST

for museum

The Children's Museum of South Carolina will host an unveiling for the museum's new mascot, which will arrive on the back of a Myrtle Beach Fire Engine. The event features games such as musical chairs, a bean bag toss and more.

Other local mascots including the Chick-fil-A cows, Splash of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Logan the Firedog and more will be on hand.

Rock singer lands Spider-Man role

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:52 EST

Broadway has found its Spider-Man - rock singer Reeve Carney.

Carney will portray celebrated web-slinger Peter Parker in "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," producer Michael Cohl announced Friday.

The lavish musical is still scheduled to open sometime in 2010 at the Hilton Theatre. Dates will be announced. The show has had a troubled history, with work on the musical stopped last summer because of financial difficulties. New financing is expected to be in place shortly, according to its producers, and then full production on the musical, which reportedly has a budget of upward of $40 million, will begin.

Lotteries

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:52 EST

South Carolina

(Friday)

Pick 3 day: 8-1-3

It's the season for singing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:01 EST

Local theaters have embarked on their sleigh ride into the Christmas season this week, making snow by the sand, at least for two hours every night.

Officials from five Myrtle Beach-area venues said their rehearsals began a few months ago, in the dog days of summer, when Christmas stood at a distance on the calendar.

Each theater's head of operations shared an overview in planning their Christmas show editions, so hitch up your horse and fasten the jingle bells.

Broadway Cafe gives feeling of home

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:01 EST

Broadway Cafe & Gourmet looks and feels like home.

The Myrtle Beach eatery has a decor that is reminiscent of a dining room in a stylish house.

There are oversized booths, dainty chairs and eclectic art on walls without a kitschy feel.

Art takes center stage in Chapin Park

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00 EST

Combine a wonderful walk in the park with the chance to see and purchase unique pieces of artwork this weekend at the 37th annual Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild Art in the Park.

Works of art from artists coming from all over the east coast will be on display Saturday and Sunday at Chapin Park in Myrtle Beach.

The Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild, a nonprofit organization started in 1969, hosts three Art in the Park shows each year and all occur in Chapin Park which fronts Kings Highway between 14th and 16th avenues North.

Weekend nightlife calendar for Myrtle Beach area

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:04 EST

Friday - November 6

2001 Nightclub

920 Lake Arrowhead Road, Myrtle Beach, The Coco Loco Party Band in Razzies, DJ Elliott in Club Touch and Scott Shaw's Karaoke in Funly Town!, This Friday in Razzies, The Coco Loco Party Band plays all your favorite beach and top 40 and spinning between sets, JD Cash. In Club Touch, DJ Elliott spins the hottest mainstream dance and in Funky Town, it's The Big Time Karaoke Dance Party with Scott Shaw and friends! 8 p.m. $10 Cover, Ladies Free Until 9:30p.m., Card Holders Free.

Arts calendar for Myrtle Beach area

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:04 EST

Applewood Pancake House

14361 Ocean Highway, Litchfield. The Seacoast Artist Guild Gallery is open daily from 6 a.m.-2 p.m. and features works by area artists. All art is for sale. At The House

4764 Main St., Shallotte, N.C., hosts Monday Night Shag Dancing at 7 p.m. Free. 910-754-8555. Barnes and Noble

Follow You Tour in town

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59 EST

Grammy nominee and GMA Dove Award-winning Male Vocalist of the Year Brandon Heath and Grammy-nominated progressive rock act Leeland will co-headline the Follow You Tour with a stop in Myrtle Beach Sunday, featuring special guest Francesca Battistelli, recipient of five Dove nominations.

The Follow You Tour introduces new music from Leeland's third album, "Love Is On The Move," and Heath's award-winning sophomore album, "What If We," featuring his Dove Award-winning Song of the Year "Give Me Your Eyes" and Christian AC radio's current No.1 song "Wait And See."

Heath's background is rooted in Christian youth-based organization Young Life, which is grounded in relationships and mentoring. His most current hit list includes Grammy-nominated single "Give Me Your Eyes," spent 14 weeks at No.1 on Billboard's Hot Christian AC radio chart and 27 weeks at No. 1 on iTunes Christian Song Chart.

Holiday events

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59 EST

Broadway at the Beach's annual Tree Lighting Ceremony takes place Saturday from 6- 7 p.m. on the south side of Broadway at the Beach near the IMAX 3D Theatre. The event features special performances by the Palace Theatre, including the Irish Tenors, the Socastee Singers, Carolina Freestyle Cloggers and a Gospel Choir. Call 1-866-553-4508 for more information.

The Market Common, Myrtle Beach, hosts the second annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Nov. 27 from 5-6:30 p.m. featuring entertainment, carriage rides and photos with Santa. The Market Common also hosts Breakfasts With Santa Saturdays Nov. 28-Dec. 19. Call 839-3500 for more information.

Broadway at the Beach hosts the Myrtle Beach Holiday Parade at 10 a.m. Dec. 5 to benefit Toys for Tots. Broadway also hosts Breakfast With Santa Dec. 12 and Dec. 19 at Hard Rock Cafe at 8 and 9:30 a.m.

New DVD releases

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02 EST

NOVEMBER 10

Monsters, Inc.

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Storytelling all over the place

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:03 EST

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."

This wry comment serves as a nod and a wink from the filmmakers, a license to do what they will to Jon Ronson's amusing nonfiction account of the U.S. military's hush-hush research into psychic warfare and espionage.

What Clooney's producing partner, director Grant Heslov, and his colleagues come up with is a hit-and-miss fictional narrative on which to string some of the brightest anecdotes Ronson uncovered about efforts to create warrior monks who try to walk through walls or glare animals to death.

Wildest Halloween ever?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:37 EDT

Two calendar tie-ins have the production staff at Broadway at the Beach's Celebrity Square foaming at the mouth for this year's Halloween bash.

First, the costume-and-candy holiday falls on a Saturday, meaning patrons will be turning up in droves. Secondly, with Daylight Savings occurring at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, the bars and clubs at Broadway will have an extra hour to stay open.

"I think with it falling on Saturday, and being able to turn the clocks back, we expect in excess of 3,000 people," said Craig Smith, the owner of three of the establishments in Celebrity Square. "We're banking on a very good night.