Once again, Florence will be treated to piano music from the streets. The 2016 Play Me I’m Yours/Street Pianos will open with a dueling piano concert on Friday, April 15, at Willcox Plaza, 252 W Evans St. downtown from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Pianists are Marty

The National Diabetes Prevention Program, supervised by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control began its first session in the Pee Dee on April 8. The program was hosted by Mercy Medicine Free Clinic of Florence and held at Light

The Francis Marion University Concert Choir and CUT TIME, the university show choir, will present a Spring Choral Concert Sunday afternoon, April 17, at 4 p.m. in the Adele Kassab Recital Hall on the campus. The first half of the program will feature the

The 16th Annual Taste of the Symphony returns to Roseneath Farms on April 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. Twenty-two chefs will provide tastings, along with five tables of sweets and savories by the ladies of the Guild. The Taste is presented by the Florence

Cooks for Christ will host a chicken bog benefit for Margaret Reaves on Thursday, April 21 at the West Florence Fire Station on Pine Needles Road in Florence. The menu consists of chicken bog, green beans, slaw and bread. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m.

Don’t forget the free Operation Christmas Child workshop on April 16 at 10 a.m. in the Family Life Center at Calvary Baptist Church, 915 Cherokee Road. Rachel Chadalavada of India will be the guest speaker. Born and raised in a Christian family in India

The Francis Marion University Concert Band will present its spring concert, British Invasion, 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, at The FMU Performing Arts Center. The Concert Band will perform some of the greatest wind band literature as well as popular

Tom Bryant, a Florence native living in London, UK, will compete in a Bear Grylls survival experience this month to aid Syrian refugee children. On April 16, as part of Bear’s Survival Academy, Tom will be dropped in the middle of Dartmoor National Park

Ten residents and a family member of The Carolinian Retirement and Assisted Living Community worked tirelessly throughout the month of March to put together an Easter play. The play was presented on March 28 to their neighbors in the Carolinian and

The 16th Annual Taste of the Symphony is returning to Roseneath Farms with a Southern Hospitality theme on April 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. This year’s Taste promises to be another outstanding event set among the draping live oaks of Roseneath Farms, 1102

Arts International will be held on Saturday, April 9, noon until 6 p.m. on the 100 and 200 blocks of South Dargan Street (FMU Performing Arts Center, grounds, and S. Dargan Street) Admission is free. This annual outdoor festival is hosted and sponsored by

The Pee Dee Women, Business & Professional Women’s Network celebrated their 18th anniversary at their March meeting. Four of the charter members and club organizers addressed the luncheon meeting held on March 24 at the Florence Country Club.

Mark your calendar because you don’t want to miss Arts International on Saturday, April 9, from noon until 6 p.m. on the 100 and 200 blocks of South Dargan Street (FMU Performing Arts Center, grounds, and S. Dargan Street).

Held annually in April, Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month is the nationally designated month to acknowledge the importance of communities working together to prevent sexual assault, child abuse and neglect. Throughout the Pee Dee

DARLINGTON – The Southeastern Bluegrass Association of South Carolina holds monthly bluegrass concerts on the first Saturday of every month at The Darlington Music Hall, 1931 Harry Byrd Hwy. Doors open at 4 p.m. for jamming, socializing, and open mic.