Around Town: Sumter County Library to present Black history program

EDITOR'S NOTE: Please note that due to the threat of COVID-19, some of the following events may be cancelled or rescheduled unexpectedly.

The Sumter Little Theatre will present the following: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9-12 and Feb. 16-19, "God of Carnage"; 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 23-26, March 30-31 and April 1-2, "Into the Woods"; and 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, "The Phantom Tollbooth". The Sumter Little Theatre is located at 14 Mood Ave. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.sumterlittletheatre.com/index.html or call (803) 775-2150.

The Sumter County Library will present a Black history program on "Legacies and Service" at noon on Saturday, Feb. 11, in the main meeting room of the library's downtown location, 111 N. Harvin St. Historian George E. Frierson III will speak. For more information, contact Gregory G. Johnson at (803) 773-7273. Visit the library's website at www.sumtercountylibrary.org.

Sons of Mystro, a musical duo that plays more than 10 genres of music using the violin, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, at the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Born to a Barbadian mother and Jamaican father, brothers Malcolm and Umoja honed their violin-playing skills in the south Florida school system and now tour and share their reggae style music with the world. Call (803) 436-2616.

A Made in Sumter Craft Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, at the Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St. This event will feature handmade crafts and merchandise as well as food trucks. Email droof@sumtercountymuseum.org or visit www.sumtercountymuseum.org .

The 10th Annual Barbecue Cook-Off benefiting Boy Scouts of America will be held Friday-Saturday, March 24-25, at the Sumter County Fairgrounds Agricultural Building, 700 W. Liberty St. Wing ding will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday with barbecue tasting and competition being held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. For information, call Glenn Button at (803) 983-9934 or email glenn.button@yahoo.com. Visit https://peedeescouts.org/support-scouting/bbq-cookoff/.

Sumter SwanCon is back and better than ever. Presented by USC Sumter and the Sumter County Cultural Commission, SwanCon will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, at USC Sumter, 200 Miller Road. This family-friendly event will feature products and/or services related to comic books, comic strips, animation or other related pop culture items.

The USC Sumter Athletics Department will host a golf tournament fundraiser on Friday, March 31, at Beech Creek Golf Club. This year's tournament is in memory of Dr. Cavin Leslie "Les" Carpenter. Registration and breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Format will be four-player Captain's Choice format. To register, contact Stacy Nance at (803) 938-3777 or nancesr@mailbox.sc.edu. Visit the Facebook event page at facebook.com/universityofsouthcarolinasumter or view online at http://uscsumter.meritpages.com/news/USC-Sumter-Athletics-Department-Hosts-Golf-Tournament-Fundraiser/32657.