TEDxEvansStreet announces it is back for its second event on Thursday, October 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Florence Little Theatre, Florence. Tickets for TEDxEvansStreet are now available for purchase online at www.tedxevansstreet.org.

Due to the amount of uncertainty surrounding Hurricane Florence and for the safety of our staff, volunteers, and patrons, we have canceled our Friday (14th), Saturday (15th), and Sunday (16th) shows.

The first ever Greater Pee Dee State Fair opened to the public at 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 6.

­­The Florence Little Theatre will put on the show How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starting on September 14. The musical is underwritten by Quality Service Company and Daikin, directed by Frankie Sullivan.

On Sunday, September 9, The Power Comic Convention came to Florence. The event was hosted the SiMT building on the Florence-Darlington Technical College campus.

Joy Clary Brown, wife of Dr. Wayne Brown, Transitional Pastor of First Baptist Church of Florence, will have a drop-in book signing for her newest book, Finding Joy: 70 Life Lessons Along the Way.

The Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library’s first program for the adult fall/winter schedule will be held on Tuesday, Sept.18 at 6:30 p.m. Representatives from local Waffle House restaurants will present a cooking demonstration and offer an insider vie

The Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library’s Morris Gallery will exhibit the works of several accomplished Low Country African-American artists to commemorate the Jamestown, S.C. settlement of freed slaves. The opening reception for the exhibit is 3 p.m