Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Kicks! Picks for this week

SATURDAY | 10.31

Holiday Harvest, Trick-or-treat

and more

Broadway at the Beach celebrates Halloween with the Holiday Harvest Festival featuring a hay maze, pumpkin pyramid, trick or treating and more beginning at 11 a.m. Events continue with trick or treating from 5-7 p.m. followed by an adult Halloween Costume Party and Contest at 8 p.m. 1-800- 386-4662. See story for more details.

SATURDAY | 10.31

Beach Wagon bash

The Beach Wagon, 906 S. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, hosts the Ultimate Halloween Bash with Lee Brice Saturday. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the concert begins at 10 p.m. Prizes for best costume will be given away. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

TODAY & SATURDAY | 10.31

Rock out for Halloween

The House of Blues, Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach, hosts to spooky shows this weekend. Tonight, WKZQ 96.1 Presents: The Used with special guests : The Almost and Drive with doors opening at 6:30 and the show beginning at 7:30. Tickets are $24.50 for general admission and $33.50 for reserved seating. Saturday, a showcase of local bands called Myrtle Beach Rocks Halloween will begin at 9 p.m. with Silenced, Shark Legs, The Wet Teens and Circles in Autumn performng. All tickets are $5. For more information on either show, call 272-3000 or log onto www.hob.com. See Page 4 for more on Myrtle Beach Rocks Halloween.

SATURDAY | 10.31

Family fossil fest

Ocean Family Lakes Family Campground, Myrtle Beach, hosts the 26th annual South Carolina Fossil Fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Experts will be on hand from the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History for free identification of fossils. Free admission. 238-5636

BEGINNING THURSDAY | 11.05-11.07

Mmmmm ... Pez

The public is invited to come check out all the Pez attractions and displays at the Annual Pez in the Sun Gathering Nov. 5-7 at Springmaid Beach Resort, 3200 S. Ocean Blvd. For more information call 866-1739, visit www.pezgathering.com or see the full story on page 6.

TUESDAY | 11.03

'Wild Things'

The Northern Horry Service Area of Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina hosts a "Where the Wild Things Are" event Tuesday Nov. 3 at Myrtle Beach Mall featuring a reading of the Maurice Sendak book at 6 p.m. followed by a showing of the film at 7 p.m. The cost is $6, which includes a movie night patch for the first 100 girls in Girl Scout uniforms. Bring a new book for donation to the Right to Read book drive. 626-5190.

THURSDAY | 11.05

Art and jazz

The Litchfield Coffee House, 267 Willbrook Blvd., Suite A, Pawleys Island, hosts an Evening of Art and Jazz Thursday Nov. 5 from 7-9 p.m. featuring music by the Arlin Strader Trio and artwork by local artists from the Island Art Gallery. There will be coffee, wine, beer and treats. Free. 650-4538.

MONDAY | 11.02

Improv

The Global Awareness Project hosts the official calendar launch party Nov. 2 from 6-9 p.m. at 2001 Nightclub, Myrtle Beach, featuring cocktails, food and entertainment by Carolina Improv Company, Atlantic Stage and more. Tickets are $20. 467-9238.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY | 11.04 & 11.05

See 'Proof'

Atlantic Stage, the newly formed and only professional theater company in the Myrtle Beach, presents the first production of the 2009-2010 season "Proof" by David Auburn at the 79th Avenue Theatre at 900 79th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 4 and Thursday Nov. 5. Tickets are $15-$25. 1-877-287-8587.

THURSDAY | 11.05

Coffee, author

Sunset River Marketplace, Calabash, N.C., hosts "Coffee with the Authors" from 10-11:30 a.m. featuring T. Lynn Ocean and Suzanne Williams. Coffee and sweets will be served. Free. 910-575-5999.

THURSDAY | 11.05

Ebb, flow

Ebb and Flow Art Co-op, U.S. 17, Murrells Inlet, hosts Jazz night Thursdays through November from 7-9 p.m. Enjoy coffee or a glass of wine and the music of local musicians including Phyllis TannerFrye, Steve Russel and more. 651-2386.