Best Bets
Friday, July 17
Downtown Live
▪ The Greater York Chamber of Commerce will host its Downtown Live July concert, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday featuring Carolina Rhythm Band, a six-piece group playing beach, Motown, country, and classic rock. The free concert will be on the lawn at the chamber office, 23 E. Liberty St. Food and beverages are available. Bring blankets. For information, call 803-684-2590 or go to www.greateryorkchamber.com.
Shakespeare outdoors
▪ Shakespeare Carolina presents Carlo Goldoni’s “The Servant of Two Masters,” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and July 22-25 at the Winthrop University Amphitheater on Founders Lane. Tickets are $5 and available online at https://shakescar.tixato.com/buy.
Youth theater
▪ Showtime Theatre Co. presents Disney’s “High School Musical,” 7 pm. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. July 19 at York Comprehensive High School featuring 27 local high school and middle school students. The is presented in association with Westminster Academy of the Arts. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For tickets go to showtimetheatrecompany.com.
Foosball Championships
Seventh annual South Carolina State Foosball Championships, will be Friday-Sunday at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, 940 Market St. in Baxter Village. More than $1,500 in cash, prizes and trophies will be up for grabs. A portion of the proceeds go to support Boys and Girls Club of York County. For more information, go to bonziniusa.com.
Saturday, Sept. 18
Nature walk
Horticultural Highlight Walk, 1 p.m. Saturday Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, 6500 S. New Hope Road, Belmont. Staff will highlight what’s in bloom, seasonally relevant gardening tips and behind-the-scenes details. Free with garden admission: $12.95 for adults, $11.95 for seniors 60 and older, and $6.95 for children 2-12. DSBG.org
Upcoming
Community theater
▪ Fort Mill Community Playhouse presents the Summer Youth Production, “Miss Nelson is Missing,” 7:30 p.m. July 31, Aug 1, 7 and 8 and 3 p.m. Aug. 2 and 8 at the playhouse, 615 Banks St. The play is based on the book by Harry Allard and James Marshall and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher.
Miss Nelson can’t control her crazy classroom because she’s just too nice. But when she disappears, her replacement is the hard-as-nails, detention-loving, recess-canceling, homework-overloading, substitute teacher Viola Swamp! The kids soon realize how much they miss Miss Nelson and are determined to find her and bring her back.
Tickets: $12, adults; $10, for students and age 65 and older; $5, age 10 and younger. Make reservations, recommended, at www.fortmillplayhouse.org or call 803-548-8102. Tickets available with checks or cash at Tega Cay Pharmacy, 729 Crossroads Plaza or Crossings on Main, 102 Academy St.
Concert
Summer Concert Series, welcomes Chase Likens at 6 p.m. July 31 at the Anne Springs Close Greenway Dairy Barn, 250 Dairy Barn Lane, Fort Mill. Bring a blanket or chair and a picnic dinner. Food, beer, wine and sodas will be available for purchase. Well-behaved dogs on 6-foot leashes welcome. Free for greenway members, $5 for nonmembers.
This story was originally published July 16, 2015 at 3:03 PM with the headline "Best Bets."