This event presents a wonderful opportunity for locals and visitors to sample delicious wines and check out downtown Conway. After picking up a Wine-Around map, guests visit participating businesses that are offering wine tastings. Cool down on a hot day with refreshing wines and explore this beautiful historic town! Downtown Conway, 428 Main St. Saturday, 12 p.m. -4 p.m. $25. (no walk-up tickets will be sold the day of the event). (843) 248-6260, www.conwayalive.com

The Moveable Feast offers monthly luncheons featuring presenters on a broad range of cultural topics (music, art, drama, history, and some literature, mostly by local and CLASS-published authors). Each is individually priced. Join 92-year-old Pawleys Island legend Tootsie Watkins on this occasion in celebrating a new edition of her ever-popular cookbook, Tootsie’s Favorites: Pawleys Island Cookin’ now in its third incarnation and uncountable reprintings. No one can cook “Southern” like Tootsie, so we’ll be eating Italian instead. Caffe Piccolo, 9428 Ocean Hwy. Tuesday, 11 a.m.  $35. 843-235-9600,  email linda@classatpawleys.com to register online

Billy McCord is retired from the Department of Natural Resources after 40 years. Twenty-seven of those years he spent tagging and studying Monarch butterflies along the coast of SC, 57,000 to be exact! Please join us as he delves into the seasonal movements, breeding, host and nectar plants of the Monarch butterfly! Brookgreen Gardens, 1931 Brookgreen Dr. Wednesday, 1 p.m. Free with Gardens Admission. (843) 235-6000, www.brookgreen.org

Brookgreen Gardens is commemorating the end of slavery in the United States with this celebration. Ron Daise, cultural entrepreneur, and author, will engage attendees in discussing the significance of this national holiday and its contemporary ramifications, and ways the celebration continues. Natalie Daise will perform a selection of songs From Civil War to Civil Rights. Brookgreen Gardens will award two community members with the Huntington Exemplary Service Award at noon on June 17, 2023. Established to recognize individuals who have worked to improve race relations in Georgetown and Horry Counties in 2022-23, the award will be bestowed in honor of our founders, Anna and Archer Huntington. Nominations were received via the Brookgreen website and reviewed by a community-wide committee. Brookgreen Gardens, 1931 Brookgreen Dr. Saturday, 11 a.m. Free with Garden admission. (843) 235-6000, www.brookgreen.org