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Theatre>> ‘The Tempest’ is stunning, breathtaking and easily the best show encore editorin-chief Shea Carver has seen in more than two decades of ILM Theatre.

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‘Midnight Special’ answers the question: What makes a good director? And the answer is as subtle as this film’s successful storyline and execution.

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NEWS>>live local

live local, live small: What lies ahead if HB2 isn’t repealed

by: gwenyfar rohler

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Cartoon by Robert Ariail, The State.

orry it took me so long,” Jock apologized as he returned to our seats. “But there was a line and then I couldn’t find my birth certificate.”

having a car dropped on you shock. Physical shock. I thought it gradually wear off.

Instead, I’ve been in various stages of grief: anger, bargaining, not coming out from under the covers.

again. As a small business owner, I am incredibly grateful for that. But part of the world of business is trying to look over the horizon for the next iceberg and mitigate the crisis.

He sipped his beer. “Of course my birth certificate is in Dutch—so what am I going to do? I gave up and pissed in the alley instead. It looks like I am going to spend the rest of my adult life pissing in the alley because no one in North Carolina can read Dutch. Thank you, Pat McCrory.”

Moral aspects aside, I would argue the “bathroom bill” section Jock referenced that’s getting so much play in the press is the tip of the iceberg here. Removing citizens’ right to redress in the court system when their fundamental protections are absconded with—and blatantly cutting the municipal governments of our state off at the knees—is unanswerable. Those two issues need to incite some outrage, too.

Downtown we have two major hurdles coming at us in the next few years: The Water Street Parking Deck project and the Front Street Enhancement Project (phase 2). Now is not a time to expand offerings, but rather to hunker down and try to put some savings away to address the expensive problems these projects will create for business owners (not including the misery of the traffic during the projects themselves). Surrounding businesses will endure plumbing and sewer problems to be addressed immediately. Loss of electricity for periods of time will happen.

He held his beer aloft in salute.

It’s a moment when I couldn’t decide whether to laugh, cry, argue, or collapse.

Since HB2 passed in an emergency session of the NC General Assembly in late March, I have been in shock—like after

There is finally some sort of recovery happening in our national economy that has people traveling and spending money

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I have spent the last two years trying to plan for and lay groundwork to address those two bits of misery, while assuming, somewhere along the line, the assortment of taxing, licensing, regulating government bodies that impact small business life (federal, state, county, city) will come up with unnecessary non-problems just to make life more frustrating (window flyers ordinance, anyone?). But, to have the NC General Assembly—led by a party that claims to represent business and want business to thrive here—pass a bill in an emergency session that within a month has turned our state into an economic pariah—that is really pushing me over the edge of reason.

Pay Pal announced 400 new jobs would not come here as a direct result of HB2.

The Charlotte Regional Visitors’ Authority

has confirmed four conventions canceled as a result of HB2. They’re also in talks with close to 30 groups now expressing concern about bringing their convention business here as a result of HB2.

As of April 8, Xavier Walton of WNCN (the NBC affiliate) estimated an $8.9 million loss in convention hotel rooms. That figure doesn’t include food, transport, souvenirs, or entertainment spending by convention participants.

Deutsche Bank, which currently employs 900 people in the Cary area, announced it would not bring an additional 250 jobs because they were canceling a planned expansion as a result of HB2. Personally, if I worked at Deutsche in Cary, I would be pretty worried right about now.

And that doesn’t even count the arts and entertainment sector—many of whom are refusing to tour through our state now.

Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert in Greensboro to stand in solidarity for equal rights for everyone. Cirque du Soleil has canceled appearances across the state.

Touring theatre productions, like “Wicked,” have shuttered tours through Charlotte.

donated his pay from the sold-out event ($20,000) to Equality NC. The cities of San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Chicago, Boston, and Washington D.C. all have banned official publicly funded travel to North Carolina. In addition the states of Vermont, Washington, New York, and Connecticut have enacted similar bans.

For a tourism-oriented economy like Wilmington, this isn’t looking so good, is it? I mean, we did our level best to kill off manufacturing and then pushed the film industry out of the state (and one of the few productions that wanted to come back here to film has moved filming to Canada now because of the bill). So if we lose tourism, what exactly are we going to have left to generate enough revenue to pay taxes?

We lost over 4,000 film jobs a few years ago when Governor Pat McCrory slashed our tax incentives for the industry. We had an educators’ exodus of teachers leaving for jobs in states that would pay them a living wage because of their lack in pay. Essentially 650 potential jobs are up in smoke, and now jobs across the tourism spectrum are soon to follow: hotels, bartenders, food It also impacts education. Just last week, service, cabs, entertainment, attractions, Eric Shiner, director of The Andy Warhol tour guides, gift shop clerks, etc. They’re all Museum, canceled a scheduled talk to MFA staring down a cannon barrel. students at UNC. David Sedaris considIn addition, we receive federal funding to ered canceling his UNCW talk last Sunday, but instead decided to move forward and support education (K-12 and college level),

transportation (highways, bridges and infrastructure projects, i.e. rail service. The multimodal transportation center downtown is an example of what would bring back passenger rail to Wilmington with the help of federal transport dollars. However, federal money cannot go to recipients who are in violation of federal protection laws.

Last year NC received over $4 billion in federal funding for education, and we routinely receive close to $1 billion in federal funding for transportation projects. Just take a moment and consider what an additional $5 billion eliminated from our state budget would look like? We will be back to having furloughs and program cuts in the blink of an eye. Does anyone want to go back to that?

Less than four years ago the state and local government were bemoaning shortfalls and sending people home on unpaid furloughs!

Have we forgotten that already?

The tried-and-true methods of political change are still ours to utilize: protest, lobbying, and the most important tool—voting a new legislature into office this fall. Leaving the state is not the solution. Stay here and vote! Make it better, have a voice.

Register and participate. In the meantime, please, think about the future of our collective bank balances and don’t settle into apathy. Please!

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against this bill, but it will take some time to work its way

through the courts. We are not in the habit of endorsing candidates for office at encore, but Roy Cooper—NC Attorney General and current democratic candidate for the NC governorship—has stated on the record he disagrees with HB2 and pledges not to defend the law in court. All the outrage this bill generates and the justified frustration and humiliation from the fallout is important.

Voting a new legislature into office in November, so that they can address righting this wrong, will help clean up the mess our current Raleigh officials have made over the last few years. It’s a mess—one that has incited almost 1,000 people to willingly face arrest in attempt to have their voices heard by our deaf general assembly. We need jobs. We need film.

We need investment. Most importantly, we need dignity and equal protection for every citizen of the state.

As of press, the New Hanover County Democratic Party passed a resolution calling for repeal of HB2 at our annual county convention. As well, on Tuesday, April 19, almost 200 people agreed to attend the Wilmington City Council meeting to voice their opinions to local government, in hopes city officials will move forward on denouncing the bill and govern locally as they see fit (encore will report back on this meeting in next week’s edition).

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Scientific Breakthroughs

Torch Passed to a New Body-Modification Exemplar

Eva Tiamat Medusa, 55, of the Phoenix area, has almost completed her journey (she calls it “transspecieism”) to become a “mythical beast”—like a dragon video-game character — through purposeful facial scarring, surgical implants and even removal of both ears. “Tiamat” was born Richard Hernandez before becoming female and now sports such features as reptilian-style skin “scales,” green-colored “whites” of the eyes, “horns” on her forehead and, of course, breasts. (However, she is perhaps so far satisfied with one part, as she is still a “pre-op” transsexual.)

Government in Action

— The Pentagon admitted recently that it has no way to know how many parts or devices are in its equipment inventory — except by going through its estimated 30 million contracts (on the text-unsearchable electronic database) one by one. For a recent Freedom of Information request from a software developer (for the Pentagon’s number of “HotPlug” power-extenders for computers), it quoted a retrieval price of $660 million to cover 15 million hours of work.

— Wait, What? (1) The most recent problem with the Defense Department’s prospective, ultra-modern F-35 fighter jet, revealed in March, is that its “radar control” sometimes malfunctions and that system updates will not be ready until 2020. In the interim, an Air Force official advised that, as a workaround, the radar could be turned off and then back on again (similar to restarting a glitchy computer). (2) Michael Ford, 36, a U.S. Embassy staff member in London, was sentenced in March to 57 months in prison for having run a “sextortion” email scheme preying on young girls — from his heavily monitored embassy computer workstation, operating undetected for two years. (One workday last April, for example, he sent 800 emails from his desk “phishing” for gullible social media users.)

Police Report

Ms. Charli Jones Parker, a teacher and girls’ basketball coach at the Pickens Academy (Pickens County, Alabama) was arrested on March 28 and charged with hav-

ing sex with an underage male student. Her husband, James Parker, a math teacher and coach at Pickens, was arrested two days later and charged with having sex with an underage female former student.

The district attorney said the incidents were unrelated and resulted from separate investigations.

Leading Economic Indicators

— Inequality on Parade: (1) The city council in Palo Alto, California, trying to retain some of its Silicon Valley non-millionaires, proposed a subsidy plan in March to help with steep housing costs. In a town where tiny homes sell for $2 million (and are immediately knocked down and rebuilt), subsidies will be available even to families earning $250,000 a year. (2) In February, a family court in England reduced the childsupport payments from hedge fund financier Christopher Rokos to the mother of his 7-year-old son from the equivalent of about $17,000 a month to about $11,300 — though that amount includes more than $1,200 a month for “wine” (perhaps, in case the kid is a handful).

Downloads and Uploads: (1) A new weight-loss device being tested in the U.S. (“AspireAssist”) is billed as a less-expensive alternative to bariatric surgery, with the ability to evacuate up to 30 percent of recently eaten food from the stomach before digestion. A tube, through a port in the stomach, sucks (“aspirates”) the food. (2) Researchers at HRL Laboratories in California, in a recent journal article, reported that test subjects without airplane-pilot knowledge nonetheless performed flight simulations 33 percent better than a control group after the researchers uploaded electrical signals to certain piloting-helpful areas of their brains.

O Canada!

— Latest Behavior Standards: (1) The town council in Bracebridge, Ontario, approved a new municipal bylaw in March ending existing prohibitions on people engaging in “yelling, shouting, hooting or similar noises.” (Other noise controls, such as on audio devices, or by humans between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., remain in effect.) (2) Also in March, the city council in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was considering a proposed anti-bullying bylaw prohibiting gossip or (according to the National Post) “rumor- mongering, name-calling,

taunting, mocking and ostracizing”—not only in the streets and parks but in “public” places such as bars and restaurants.

Least Competent Criminals

Bad enough that Alfonso Mobley Jr., 26, is a “sovereign citizen,” self-proclaimed as exempt from obeying laws or paying taxes, but on April 5 he also lost both hands — when a bomb he was working on exploded in Columbus, Ohio. The bomb was made of the same material as that in the November terrorist attacks in Paris. A 2010 FBI report labeled sovereign citizens a domestic terrorist group, but Mobley’s associate (who was not hurt) told police the bomb was to be simply a diversion for their planned bank or armored-car robbery.

The Underrated Goldfish

Veterinarian Tristan Rich, in Melbourne, Australia, was credited in March with saving the life of a 9-year-old goldfish (“Bubbles”) by removing its brain tumor. Dr. Rich had to first figure out how to keep Bubbles out of water long enough to operate, but finally rigged a contraption to continually splash water over the gills. This was Dr. Rich’s second heroic goldfish surgery.

(Bubbles’ breed was not reported; ordinary goldfish can be purchased for less than $1.)

— The giant HSBC Bank, which was let off the hook in 2012 for its money-laundering by paying a $1.9 billion settlement and promising to vigilantly guard against future money laundering, was revealed in March to be regressing. HSBC’s monitor said that the bank somehow failed to stop transactions by a company whose professed business included exporting miniskirts to Iran (which would be against international sanctions but also not exactly smart business).

In another incident, a 19-year-old Mexican man in the drug-cartel-intensive Sinaloa state was allowed to open a private-wealth account with just a bagful of cash, claiming to be a “shrimp farmer.”

Latest Religious Messages

In March, Kingdom Church, in the south London district of Camberwell, was fined the equivalent of about $10,900 by the Southwark Council for its amplified music and incessant “loud preaching,” ritually performed “almost daily” at around 3 a.m.

A spokesperson told the London Evening Standard that the timing was necessary because that is when evil spirits are most likely to be present.

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A Week’s Worth: Live music abounds across ILM

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Sweet Sweet

Thursday, April 21, 10:30 p.m.

Duck & Dive, 14 Dock St. Free

The Sweet Sweet duo of Kerrine Gifford (cello, vocals) and Jeremy Dunham (guitar, vocals) are frequent players in ILM. They’ll once again make the trek up from their home in Myrtle Beach for a show at Duck & Dive in downtown Wilmington. Sweet Sweet combines folk, indie and Americana, with Gifford’s cello blending a certain sobering elegance with rustic roots of Dunham’s acoustic guitar. Their sound, chock full of Southern charm, falls somewhere between.

Their current single, “To the Stars,” can be heard at www.sweetsweetband.com, or see them live at Duck & Dive on Thursday, April 21, at 10: 30 p.m.

Bob Dorsey Hunt

Friday, April 22, 6 p.m.

A Tasting Room, 19 S. 2nd St. Free

Each Friday and Saturday at A Tasting Room, the outdoor garden is filled with wine, laughter and song. Folks fall in for weekly free wine tastings, but linger for free live music from the local talents. One of which is Americana artist Bob Dorsey Hunt.

Map of Music: Nahko and Medicine for the People (above) is playing at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Saturday, April 23—one of several live shows mapped out for this entire week in music. Courtesy photo.

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ach encore highlights an upcoming show for readers. But why stop at one? Our city and surrounding area boasts talents galore, specializing in blues, folk, instrumentals, Americana, and everything in between. There is literally an act to see practically every night throughout the week.

dar—(pages 12-14) and online at www. encorepub.com. (And for all you folks who want to be listed, head to our website, click on our calendar, “add your event here,” and follow the steps.)

Tribal Seeds

Wednesday, April 20 encore has this week’s map in music, Doors 7 p.m.: Show 8 p.m. with a show from Wednesday, April 20, to Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St. Wednesday, April 27. Don’t see what you’re $17-$22

Tribal Seeds will start our week in music with reggae-infused spiritual rock. Originally started in San Diego, California, by broth8 encore | april 20 – 26, 2016 | www.encorepub.com looking for? There are plenty more listed over on Soundboard—our music calen-

ers Steven Rene Jacobo (lyrics, vocals, guitar) and Tony-Ray Jacobo (producer, keyboards, vocals), Tribal Seeds’ ensemble now includes Carlos Verdugo (drums), Victor Navarro (bass), E.N Young (keyboards, vocals), and Ryan Gonzo (guitar, vocals).

They’ve released a handful of records since the debut of their first self-titled album in 2008. Now with a new single out, “Surrender,” they’re taking the six-piece reggae party on the road.

Tribal Seeds’ 2016 Spring Harvest Tour will bring them to Ziggy’s By the Sea with

Born and raised down the road in the Piedmont of North Carolina, he eventually found himself in the mountains where he began an exploration of writing and singing songs. With influences in soul, classic country, punk, rock, and folk, Bob Dorsey Hunt’s performances are meant to expose a photograph of emotions in song. He will play A Tasting Room on Friday, April 22, at 6 p.m.

Also hear Bob Dorsey Hunt’s body of work at www.reverbnation.com/bobdorseyhunt.

Nahko and Medicine for the People

Saturday, April 23 Doors 6 p.m.; Show 6:45 p.m.

Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 1941 Amphitheatre Dr. $22-$28

What would a “week in music” be without Greenfield Lake Amphitheater? Their spring season officially has begun and continues its stride toward summer with

Nahko and Medicine for the People on Saturday, April 23.

Frontman Nahko was born of Apache, Puerto Rican and Filipino cultures and adopted by an American family in Oregon.

While he suffered an identity crisis from an early age, the power of music began to change and heal him from within when he took up the piano at age 6.

Now on his 2016 tour, with his album “Hoka” in tow, the singer-songwriter bridges cultural gaps with a musical journal of personal, spiritual and communal healing. Featuring opener Kim Churchill at 6:45 p.m., Nahko and Medicine for the People will take the GLA stage at 8 p.m.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit www.greenfieldlakeamphitheater.com.

Slomo Dingo, Mimi Oz, Evan Baker, Sam Barron, and Maura Rose Sunday, April 24, 8 p.m.

Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern 1415 S. 42nd St. $5

Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern’s schedule of music throughout the year is an eclectic collection of anything from folk to heavy metal, electronic to country, funk to punk— with several genres often represented in one evening. On Sunday, April 24, a handful of performances will rock Reggie’s stage: Psychedelic singer-songwriter Evan Baker; singer Maura Rose; New York techno-rocker Sam Barron is heading to Reggie’s with Mimi Oz; and Wilmington’s latest punk-jam group Slomo Dingo.

The show starts at 8 p.m., with a $5 cover for five bands. Visit Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern on Facebook for updates and details.

Elena Woodard

Monday, April 25, 9 p.m.

Costello’s Piano Bar 211 Princess St. Free

Anyone with a case of “the Mondays” needs a hefty dose of song—and possibly libations, but that’s another story. Costello’s Piano Bar hosts a slew of local live acts, with performances almost every night of the week. A frequent player is singer-songwriter Elena Woodard, whose next performance at Costello’s is set for Monday, April 25. Woodard mixes hues of blues, rock and country in her acoustic compositions.

Listen to her collection from “Sweet Savannah” to “Live Poetry” at www.elenawoodard.bandcamp.com and see her free at Costello’s Piano Bar on the 25.

Cape Fear Blues Jam

Want to make music rather than just be a bystander? The Cape Fear Blues Society welcomes blues musicians and listeners alike to The Rusty Nail on 5th Street every Tuesday night. Each week equipment is provided, including full PA, drum kit, bass rig, stage piano, as well as guitar and harp amps. Folks who fancy playing just need to bring themselves and their instruments.

Whether playing as an expert or novice, or providing a listening ear, admission is free for all. Music starts at around 8 p.m. More information can be found at www.capefearblues.org or by calling 910-251-1888.

James Jarvis

The Bind Elephant 21 N. Front St. Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m.

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James Jarvis can be spotted tickling the ivories around downtown every week. On Wednesdays he can be found at downtown favorite speakeasy The Blind Elephant, performing his jazz compositions on the acoustic piano starting at 7 p.m. Jarvis started playing the piano when he was 17 years old and found they keyboard to be a “visual road map for composition and music theory.”

James Jarvis’ original works can be heard at www.reverbnation.com/jamesjarvis or visit him at The Blind Elephant for evening cocktails and jazz piano.

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a preview of events across town this week

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Wrightsville Beach, NC

LIVE MUSIC fri

apr 22 sat

Bluegrass Jam (7pm; $3)

Eclectic Mix, 7pm - 10pm

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Monica Jane

apr 23

Acoustic Mix, 7pm - 10pm

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two of a kind

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Acoustic & Pop Rock, 7pm - 10pm

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Thursday, April 21

full dish

Dennis Brinson (7pm; Free; Americana) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Susan Savia (7pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Goat & Compass, 710 N. 4th St.

Cilver and Fit for Rivals (7:30pm; $5-$10; Rock)

Dance & Classic, 7pm - 10pm

—Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.; 910-769-4096

Fire and Drums (8pm; Free)

1706 North Lumina Ave. • (910) 256-2231

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Trivia Night w/ Party Gras (9pm; Free) —Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.; 910-509-0805

Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue (9pm; $10) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Thirsty Thursday Karaoke (9pm; Free)

40 BEERS ON TAP

—Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.

MONDAY NIGHT BINGO - 6PM TUESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA - 7PM

Jenny Pearson (9pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

Heter Pan’s Open Jam (9pm; Cover TBD)

Summer Outdoor Concert Series

—The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

Colin Gilmore (9pm; $10-$15; Rock, Country)

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—Bourgie Nights, 127 Princess St.

Bass Station (10pm; Free)

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FEATURE YOUR LIVE MUSIC FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS (as little as $29 a week!)

Call 791-0688 Deadline every Thurs., noon!

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Sweet Sweet (10:30pm; Free; Folk) —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock St. TEXAS-BRED: Colin Gilmore will play Bourgie Nights (127 Princess St.) on Thursday, April 21, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day of. Photo by Kim Maguire.

Friday, April 22 Bob Dorsey Hunt (6pm; Free; Americana)

Wednesday, April 20 Steven Compton (6pm; Free; Acoustic Rock)

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

Trivia with Jim and Glenn (6:30pm; Free)

—Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.

James Jarvis, Jazz Piano (7pm; Free)

—The Blind Elephant, 21 N Front St. Unit F

Laura McLean’s Songwriter Showcase (7pm; $3) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Tribal Seeds (8pm; $17-$22; Reggae)

—Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.; 910-769-4096

Keith Butler (8:30pm; Free; Jazz)

—Burnt Mill Creek, 2101 Market St.;

910-599-4999

—A Tasting Room, 19 S. 2nd St.

Brooke Thompson (9pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

Robbie Berry (6pm; Free; Acoustic)

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

Karaoke Night w/ Party Gras (9:30pm; Free)

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Maronzio Vance (7pm, 9:30pm; $18; Comedy)

—Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.; 910-509-0805

Full Dish (7pm; Free; Eclectic Mix)

Rob Nathanson (5:30pm; Free; Classical Guitar)

Kyle Lindley (7pm; Free; Folk)

—Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.; 910-395-5999

Open Mic & Homebrew Share (7pm; Free)

—Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave. —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Joe Smothers (7pm; $10; Folk)

—Fermental, 7250 Market St.; 910-821-0362

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue (9pm; $10)

UNCW Jazz Scholarship Concert (7:30pm; $20)

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Bass Parade 420 Party (9pm; Cover TBD) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

—UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr.

Colossal (8pm; $7; Rock)

—Reggies 42nd Street Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.;

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Rob Ronner (9pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Goat & Compass, 710 N. 4th St.

Wavy Train’s Earth Day Jam (9pm; Cover TBD) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

Tom and Jane (10pm; Free; Acoustic)

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

DJ UK (10pm; Free)

—Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.

Luke Combs (8pm; $10-$15; Country) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.; 910-769-4096

St. Paul’s Choir: Mendelssohn’s Elijah (7:30pm; $15) —St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St.

Saturday, April 23 Jazz Piano on Front St. (6pm; Free) —The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.; 910-762-2091

Nahko and Medicine for the People (6pm; $22-$28) —Greenfield Lake, 1941 Amphitheater Dr.

Maronzio Vance (7pm, 9:30pm; $18; Comedy) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Monica Jane (7pm; Free; Acoustic)

Sunday, April 24 Wilmington Sacred Harp Singers (1:30pm; Free) —Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.

Books, Beer & Jazz Piano (3pm; Free)

—Old Books on Front Street, 249 N. Front St.

Free Family Concert (4pm; Free)

—UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

Slomo Dingo, Mimi Oz Evan Baker, Sam Barron, and Maura Rose (8pm; $5) —Reggies 42nd Street Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.; 910-799-6465

Travis Shallow (10pm; Free; Americana) —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock St.

Monday, April 25 Music & Comedy Open Mic (8:30pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Elena Woodard (9pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

Brewtal and Friends (9pm; Cover TBD; Electric) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

Justin Cody Fox (10pm; Free; Americana) —Duck n Dive, 114 Dock St.

—Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.

Tuesday, April 26

Doug McFarland (7pm; Free; Folk)

Benny Hill (6pm; Free; Jazz)

—A Tasting Room, 19 S. 2nd St.

Port City Trio (7pm; $3; Jazz)

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra: IVES 2 (7:30pm; $25-$27)

—UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

Brother Sun in Concert (7:30pm; $15)

—Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wilmington, 4313 Lake Ave.

Generation Axe: A Night Of Guitars (7:30pm; $42-$99)

—Humanities & Fine Arts Center, 701 N. 3rd St.

Youth League, Powder Room Wailin Storms, and City Of Medicine (8pm; $5; Punk, Rock)

—Rucker John’s, 5564 Carolina Beach Rd.

Open Mic (7pm; Free)

—Goat & Compass, 710 N. 4th St.

Coleman Hell (7pm; $10-$15; Rock) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.; 910-769-4096

Cape Fear Blues Jam (8pm; Free)

—The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

Tuesday’s Gone (9pm; $10; Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

DJ Riz (10pm; Free)

—Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.

Snake Malone & The Black Cat Bone (10pm; $5; Blues) —Palm Room, 11 E. Salisbury St.; 910-509-3040

The Hatch Brothers (10pm; Free; Acoustic Rock) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

April 24th Overtyme May 1st Southern Trouble May 8th Key Lime Pie

April 29th Selah Dubb

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Gipsy Kings (2pm; $40-$75; Pop)

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

Ellis Dyson and the Shambles (9pm; Cover TBD; Folk, Ragtime)

April 22th & 27th Robbie Berry

703 S. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach | 910.256.5551

Burlesque! The Wham Bam Glitter Glam Show!

(9pm; $10)

—Goat & Compass, 710 N. 4th St.

$ (910)-452-1212 3 Guinness Cans Island Sunsets $5 SATURDAY Baybreeze/Seabreeze $4 22oz. Blue Moon Draft $3 Select Domestic Bottles $2 SUNDAY Bloody Marys $4, Domestic Pints $150 $ Wednesdays & Fridays Hurricanes 5 6-9pm th April 20 5564 Carolina Beach Road, Steven (910) Compton 452-1212

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

—Humanities and Fine Arts Center, 701 N. 3rd St.

John Boxter (9pm; Free; Acoustic)

Sundays, 4-8PM

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Wednesday, April 27

2016 WATERFRONT MUSIC SERIES

$ 50

—Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.

—Reggies 42nd Street Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.; 910-799-6465

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

www.RuckerJohns.com VISIT WWW.RUCKERJOHNS.COM FOR FRIDAY MONDAY DAILY SPECIALS, MUSIC & EVENTS Select Appetizers halfMONDAY off $ 4 Cosmopolitan $ 2 Big Domestic Draft Beers $550 Watermelon Martini $ 95 22oz. Domestic Draft ALL DAY 4 RJ's Coffee $ 3 Sam Adams and Blue $5 Pizzas Moon Seasonal Bottles TUESDAY TUESDAY 1/2 off Select Bottles SATURDAY LIVE JAzz IN THE BAR of Wine $ $ 6 All Half Price Bottles of Southern Wine Shiners 5 Absolut Dreams $ 50 $ Blue$2Moon Draft 3 NC Brewed Bottles • Pacifico Absolut Dream $$5503-22oz 2 Select Domestic Bottles WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY SUNDAY 1/2 offMiller Nachos Light Pints $150$ Coronoa/ $ 50 5 All$2Flat 50 Breads 1 Domestic Pints Lite Bottles Corona $ 50 $4 Bloody$ Marys 2 Corona/Corona Lt. Margaritas/Peach Margaritas 4 Pints $ 50 $ 50 1 Domestic 4 Frozen Margarita $ 5 White Russians THURSDAY (pick your flavor)

Robbie Berry (6pm; Free; Acoustic)

Trivia with Jim and Glenn (6:30pm; Free)

—Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

—The Blind Elephant, 21 N. Front St. Unit F

Barry & Jill (7pm; $3; Acoustic)

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Keith Butler (8:30pm; Free; Jazz)

—Burnt Mill Creek, 2101 Market St.

Donna Merritt (9pm; Free; Piano)

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.

Karaoke Night w/ Party Gras (9:30pm; Free) —Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.; 910-509-0805

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$2.75 Yuengling Draft $2.75 Domestic Bottles 65 Wings, 4-7pm

$3.50 Sweet Josie $4 Margaritas $3.50 Pint of the Day $4 Fire Ball $5 Mimosas $5 Car Bombs

TRIVIA WITH STEVE

8:30 p.m. • PRIZES! • $250 yuengling drafts

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showstoppers DISCOVER NEW MUSIC AT 98.3 THE PENGUIN PLAYLIST SAMPLE:

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SEEING DOUBLE: Catch Tribal Seeds at one of two shows in NC. See them at The Orange Peel in Asheville on April 21 or Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro on April 22. Courtesy photo.

NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE NORTH DAVIDSON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 358-9298 4/22: JohnnySwim and Jonny P 4/28: Citizen Cope 4/29: Orquesta Mayor and more 4/30: Danny B, Killtrak and more 5/3: Shooter Jennings and Waymore’s Outlaws 5/6: Stephen Kellogg 5/7: Styles and Complete THE FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., Charlotte, NC (704) 916-8970 4/20: Amon Amarth, Entombed A.D. and Exmortus 4/21: Tori Kelly and Thirdstory 4/23: Santigold and DonMonique 4/27; Father John Misty 4/29: Floetry and Kris Kelli 5/6: Zoso 5/7: Frankie Ballard AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 S. TRYON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 377-6874 4/22: Underoath (SOLD OUT) 4/23: Departure 4/28: We Came As Romans and Memphis May Fire 4/29: Hair Nation 4/30: Rock the Ed Music Festival 5/5: Datsik, The Widdler and shlump MOTORCO MUSIC HALL 723 RIGSBEE AVE., durham, NC (919) 901-0875 4/21: Araleigh with Mike Garrigan & Scott Carle 4/22: Tokyo Police Club with From Indian Lakes 4/24: Hayseed Dixie and Blood Red River 5/3: Wild Belle and James Supercave 5/4: Shooter Jennings with Waymore’s Outlaws 5/6-7: The Art of Cool Festival

HOUSE OF BLUES MYRTLE BEACH 4640 Hwy 17 S., Myrtle Beach, SC (843) 272-3000 4/23: On The Border 4/28: Bethany and the S Side Boys 4/29: The Saltines 4/30: We Came As Romans and Memphis May Fire 5/6: The Gregg Allman Band 5/7: Bush

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. Cabarrus st., raleigh, nc (919) 821-4111 4/21: SoMo, Quinn XCII and Kid Quill 4/22: Big Something and People’s Blues of Richmond 4/23: The Oh Hellos and The Collection 4/26: The Mersey Beatles 4/28: Steel Panther and Wilson 4/29: Cosmic Charlie 5/1: Buffcoat & Lacquer, Remingtonbrown and more 5/4: Bunny Wailer CAT’S CRADLE 300 E. MAIN St., CARRBORO, NC (919) 967-9053 4/20: Murder By Death and more 4/20: Nick Moss Band, Dark Water Rising (Back Room) 4/21: Eugene Mirman and Robyn Hitchcock 4/21: Baked Goods and more (Back Room) 4/22: Tribal Seeds, Fear Nuttin Band and E.N. Young 4/22: The Old Ceremony Plays The Old Ceremony (Back Room) 4/23: JohnnySwim 4/23: Jennifer Curtis (Back Room) THE ORANGE PEEL 101 bILTMORE AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 398-1837 4/20: Iration, Hirie and The Expanders 4/21: Tribal Seeds, Fear Nuttin Band and E.N. Young 4/22: Killswitch Engage, Memphis May Fire and more 4/23: Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals 4/25: The Dirty Soul Revival and Carolina Wray 4/26: Stephen Evans

Jason Isbell

John Oates

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A GRAND SENSATION:

Forward Motion hosts Arts Sensation for Cape Fear River Watch

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by: SHEA CARVER

The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County, and Lower Cape Fear Hospice. Varga and company chose the Cape Fear River Watch because of the role they play in keeping our river and its environmental resources protected. Plus, they advocate change to policy makers, fight polluters, restore fisheries, and more.

or 15 years now the local nonprofit, Forward Motion Dance Company, has been hosting fundraisers for other local nonprofits in town through their Arts Sensation event. 2016 will see funds generated to Wilmington’s own Cape Fear River Watch “They play [an important role] in protecting (encore’s Best Environmental Group, 2016) our environment,” Varga says. “As per their when the sensation takes over Thalian Hall mission statement: to protect and improve on Friday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. the water quality of the Lower Cape Fear “The Forward Motion Dance Company River Basin through education, advocacy Board chooses a local non-profit organization and action.” as the annual beneficiary with the goal of not Arts Sensation marries a host of local only to contribute funds to the organization, performing arts all on one stage to bring a but to bring awareness to the Wilmington full-fledged night of arts advocacy and enterand surrounding Cape Fear area residents tainment to the Port City as well. This year about what they do and how they contribute they’ve included The Midatlantic’s bluegrass to the community,” Forward Motion’s founder and Americana sounds as the featured muTracey Varga says. Recipients over the years sical group. Forward Motion also asks lohave included Food Bank of Coastal Carolical choreographers and dancers from mulna, Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, tiple Wilmington area studios, including The The Full Belly Project, Indo-Jax Surf School, Dance Cooperative, The Dance Element, Kids Making It, The Good Shepherd Center,

AMERICANA STRING BAND: The Midatlantic will perform at Forward Motion’s “Arts Sensation event next weekend at Thalian Hall, as a fundraiser for Cape Fear River Watch. Courtesy photo

The Wilmington School of Ballet, as well as the Forward Motion Dance Company and “Company T” Tap Dancers, to perform. They showcase the best in movement through ballet, classical, modern, jazz, lyrical, and Middle Eastern/belly dance.

“This year we will also have music students from Roland-Grise Middle School performing ‘Trashcan Therapy’ (using ladders, cans to create music), with music director Pete Frank,” Varga informs. “Kelly Hawes will be performing belly dance with live music composed and performed by musician Perry Smith on guitar.”

All ages are represented throughout the evening as well. In fact, original work, choreographed by students aged 11 to 13 from The Wilmington Ballet, will feature “Heart Cry.”

Tuesday - Thursday: 11am - 9pm Friday - Saturday: 11am - 10pm (Lunch menu served until 4pm)

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“The Company T” have been part of the annual event since it began in 2001. “This year they will tap to the music of Bette Midler and the Andrews Sisters,” Varga says. Original works and previously performed works both are salted for the stage, including modern dances Anne Firmender and Linda Ann Webb (modern-jazz), both of whom premiered at Forward Motion’s Wilmington Dance Festival just a few weeks ago.

Titled “In the Clouds,” they dance to music

by Chopin.

Plus, two classical ballet pieces will be featured, including a solo by Emily Lawler, as choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich and coached

by Ashley Barnes. A group piece, “Don Quixote Suite,” danced by Wilmington School of Ballet students, has been choreographed by Stella Johnson after Marius Petipa.

Annually, Forward Motion performs at local festivals, for community organizations, at schools, and hosts demonstrations. They also hold a fall recital which features live musicians with the dancers. Last year it featured Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi on violin and Robert Nathanson on guitar. This year’s event will be held Sept. 16, and will again pair dancers with live musicians on piano, violin and vocal, as well as include visual artists who construct stage screens and sculpture for the show.

“Our mission is to provide the local and regional communities with quality modern contemporary dance and to enhance the arts community by providing performance opportunities for area dancers and performing artists,” Varga says.

Yet, they also support and give back to the community at large in a grander way.

Arts Sensation will prove as much is true, as all ticket proceeds ($15) go to Cape Fear River Watch.

Details: Arts Sensation 2016

April 29, 7:30 p.m.

Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut St. Tickets: $15 • www.thalianhall.org “Kaitlin Davis will perform a new solo modern-jazz piece that she choreographed to www.forwardmotiondance.org music by SBTKRT,” Varga says.

SUNSET RIVER Marketplace

what’s hanging around the port city

galleryguide Artfuel.inc

2165 Wrightsville Ave. Mon. - Sat., noon - 7pm www.artfuelinc.com • (910) 343-5233 Artfuel is pleased to host Vol. 42, featuring work by Dennis Schaffer, Kyle Page, Mimi Logothetis, and Tuki Lucero. Hangs for eight weeks.

ArtExposure!

22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC (910) 803-0302 • (910) 330-4077 Tues. - Sat. 10am - 5pm (or by appt.) www.artexposure50.com We have over forty NC artists here at ArtExposure. Come visit and view the work. Artists may rent wall space and/or studio space.

Come meet the artists working in their studios.

A Plein Air Workshop with Karen Crenshaw on beautiful Topsail Island will be held April 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. Details can be found on our website. Deadline to sign up is March 31st. Check our website for more available classes.

Art in bloom

210 Princess St. Tues. - Sat. 10am - 6pm (or by appt., Sun. and Mon.) (484) 885-3037 www.aibgallery.com Established in 2015, the Art in Bloom Gallery is in a renovated, 19th-century horse stable at 210 Princess Street in downtown Wilmington.

The gallery focuses upon international and national fine art. The current exhibit of oil paintings, “Debra Bucci: Living in the Moment”, runs through May 27th. Join us for receptions in April: 1) “Courtyard Opening and Celebration of Sculpted Gate by Dumay Gorham.”

Fourth Friday Gallery Night, April 22nd, 6 - 9

pm; and 3) Art Opening for DREAMS students, Friday, April 29th, 6 - 8 pm.

CRESCENT MOON ART AND STYLE

24 N. Front St. • (910) 762-4207 Call for new hours or appointment!

This Fourth Friday, join the community of Wilmington to celebrate the Life & Art of Linda A. Hartman. Tommy J is back, too—featuring his beautiful and limited sterling silver Galion “Hook and Double Hook Bracelets” and designer jewelry. Alos presenting Papa Froosh as our musical artist, a duo, here at “The Moon.”

Charles Jones African Art

311 Judges Rd., Unit 6-E cjart@bizec.rr.com • (910) 794-3060 Mon. – Fri. 10am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 4 pm Open other hours and weekends by appointment www.cjafricanart.com AFRICAN ART - Museum quality African Art from West and Central Africa. Traditional African art for the discerning collector.

Current exhibition: Yoruba beadwork and Northern Nigerian sculpture. Appraisal services, curatorial services and educational exhibitions also available.

Over thirty years experience in Tribal Arts.

Our clients include many major museums.

New Elements Gallery

201 Princess St. (919) 343-8997 Tues. - Sat.: 11am - 6pm (or by appt.) www.newelementsgallery.com Join us April 22, from 6pm to 9pm, for “Odyssey.” This new exhibit features recent works from North Carolina artists Kevin Bass and Sally Sutton! Bass and Sutton playfully traverse back and forth between faithful representation and extreme abstraction.

Odyssey opens on April 22, from 6-9pm, in conjunction with Downtown Wilmington’s Fourth Friday Gallery Night. Enjoy complimentary refreshments as you explore the varying styles on display.

River to Sea Gallery

225 S. Water St., Chandler’s Wharf (free parking) • (910) 763-3380 Tues.- Sat. 11am - 5pm; Sun. 1- 4pm River to Sea Gallery showcases the work of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy Bush. In addition, the gallery represents several local artists. The current show will enthrall visitors with its eclectic collection of original paintings, photography, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry. “Morning Has Broken” features works by Janet Parker. Come see Janet’s bold use of color and texture to reveal local marsh creeks and structures.

10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 • Tues.- Sat. 10am - 5pm www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com In the historic fishing village of Calabash, NC, over 10,000-plus square feet of fine arts is showcased. Clay art and pottery; oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media, pastels and acrylics; plus award-winning metalworks, wood pieces, hand-blown glass, fiber art, artisan-made jewelry and more. Sunset River Marketplace has become a popular destination for visitors, a gathering place for artists and a center of the community, thanks to its onsite pottery studio, complete with two kilns; a custom master framing department; and art classrooms for workshops and ongoing instruction.

WILMA W. DANIELS GALLERY

200 Hanover Street, CFCC parking deck First level • (910) 362-7431 Tues.- Fri., 10am - 5:30pm; Sat., noon - 5:30pm CFCC’s Wilma W. Daniels Gallery is pleased to present the Annual Student Exhibition, a juried group showing featuring over 100 original works of art by current CFCC student, April 5th – May 6th. A Fourth Friday Reception and Awards Presentation will be April 22nd from 6-9pm.

Admission is free and the exhibition is open to the public. Sarah Rushing: srushing278@ mail.cfcc.edu.

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Wonderfully Witty:

‘The Continuing Adventures of the Crimson Shadow’ is not to miss by: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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Shadow” material.

DiMattia utilizes the show within a show technique: “The Crimson Shadow” is a radio serial during WWII, but most of the story he is telling is about the actors, writers and producer of the show. The leads are very strong. But the ensemble cast really shine a light on the essential nature of voice actors in the golden age of radio.

Somehow DiMattia has managed to assemble a fabulous cast, who not only buy in to his idea and sell it, but have the necessary abilities to make it believable.

ineapple-Shaped Lamps (PSL), Wilmington’s nationally recognized sketch-comedy troupe, occasionally puts together full-length shows to augment their already hefty performance schedule. Anyone can catch their monthly show at TheatreNOW (19 S. 10th St.); as well, they tour for conventions, make short films, and host awards shows and charity events. Their current full-length show, Devin DiMattia’s “The Continuing AdvenThe opening scene has announcer Keith tures of the Crimson Shadow,” plays at Patterson (Beau Mumford), and his cast Red Barn Studio Theatre through May 1.

Sally Mahoney (Jessica Gift) and Pete DiMattia has been developing this Masters (Weber Drew Scheid), pacing script for several years. It began as a few the floor with Foley artist Dave Simmons sketches for PSL performances, and in (Blake Howard). They’re all wondering the last year he really fleshed it out into a how they are going to do a live broadcast full-length play with a plot arc. I admit: I without their star, Sam Conway (Phill Anhave been looking forward this show be- tonino) and voice of The Crimson Shadow. cause I am a huge fan of “The Crimson

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Even if Sam is a pain in the ass to work with, these guys are pros and manage to pull something together. In this first sequence, Gift and Scheid both get a chance to show off their vocal skills with a range of characters and situations, including fake commercials for products that can function as both dish soap and shoe polish.

As an opening montage, it really sets the tone for what these young actors are hiding up their sleeves. Yet, Howard’s quiet, mild-mannered Foley artist upstages everyone—especially with his Tweety Bird sounds during a real-life, off-microphone fight. Twenty minutes in it became clear I was in for a night of very funny writing and great performing.

nor Roosevelt, when he is in hot water, he discovers his real strength. While enjoying all of his over-the-top antics, Antonino does make that journey believable. As a result, he not only wins the audience’s sympathy but is part of creating a very funny, magical evening.

Jamie Davenport as the painfully dumb and untalented radio announcer of WHUT is a wonderful blend of physical comedy and anticipation. Together Emily Gomez, Erin Plum and Jessica Gift battle inherent sexism of the time, and bring to life a host of ridiculous parodies of female stock characters from the time: vamps, tramps, hardnosed girl reporters, sweet innocents, talentless beauties, and sweet-voiced angels.

jokes funny, sure, but they also infuse the moments with palpable growth. In a silly and fairly ridiculous way, DiMattia nods to some of our lower moments as a nation (the treatment of Asian-Americans during WWII, for example), but also shines a mirror on root causes of these actions which still plague us today.

Honestly, a big piece of this show wouldn’t work if it weren’t for Chris Lewis, who plays Stephen Yakamoto. Yakamoto is an out-of-work Asian-American actor during WWII who is hired to play a host of hate-reinforcing stereotypes for “The Crimson Shadow.” Lewis has played this character since its debut in the sketch show. Aside from calling attention to the unpleasant realities of the human need DiMattia’s script pays homage to old- for a scapegoat, especially in times of fear time radio serials quite beautifully, while and uncertainty, Yakamoto’s role is to hustill cashing in on the absurd humor that manize the otherwise unpalatable Sam is the hallmark of PSL. President Eisen- Conway. It’s a role that has to be funny, hoover (Bryan Cournoyer) gives fireside uncomfortable, challenging, and actually chats on the radio that utilize pig Latin and human—not obsequious. also encourage pretty blatant racism and DiMattia’s script manages to produce xenophobia during WWII. Randall Mont- a variety of short stories that fit together gomery (Eddie Key), owner and producer to create a larger storyline reminiscent of of the radio station, is the cigar-chomping, old-time radio serials he references. The real-life villain to these actors—not, as it writing is witty, funny and multi-layered. turns out, the evil museum curators and Luckily, he managed to find a cast that dangerous milkmen they fight onair. really bring all of it to life. They make the

Antonino’s Conway is a womanizing, hard-drinking asshole—he happens to have gotten lucky with this role. He is not likable in daily life, but to misquote Elea-

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DETAILS:

The Continuing Adventures of the Crimson Shadow April 21-24, 28 - May 1, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. matinees, 3 p.m.

Red Barn Studio Theatre 1122 S. 3rd St. Tickets: $25 • www.thalian.org

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ETHEREALLY STUNNING:

Dram Tree Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ is a remarkable, immersive experience

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by: Shea Carver

he highest compliment I could pay to any theatre production is they make me want to be in the show. Dram Tree Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is the first production I’ve seen in Wilmington in my 21-year history that actually had me dreaming of living in their world—forever. And for days after it ended.

Directed by Emmy Award winner and former Wilmingtonian Michael Granberry, “The Tempest” brings to life the magical story of Shakespeare’s 17th century play, following shipwrecks, a sorcerer, spells, young love, power struggles, and themes of betrayal and forgiveness, all set on a deserted island where creatures and spirits come from every corner to illuminate a mystique that’s nothing shy of captivating. Granberry’s vision for “The Tempest” elevates this story even more. He’s set this world ablaze with his hand-built puppetry—amazing colossal ones and small ones, as well as Gina Gambony’s dreamy shadow puppetry. They all interact with humans onstage to take us through a familial quarrel that comes to a head after 12 years of festering.

Prospero (John Stafford) and his daughter, Miranda (Lily Zuckerman, young Miranda; Isabel Zermani, older Miranda), have been cast away on a deserted island by Prospero’s brother, Antonio (Sam Robison), and the King of Naples, Alonso (Ashley Grantham). Their goal is to strip Prospero of his title, Duke of Milan. While washed away, with only books and a few things for survival, Prospero learns the ways of magic and begins to cast spells on his enemies in order to restore his power, but also in a greater goal to forgive them. In the midst of it all, his daughter falls for the king’s son, Ferdinand (William Li), and love begins to brew, with ethereal illusion carrying it all in beguilement.

From the opening scene—with Robison, Grantham, Tony Rivenbark as Gonzalo, Justin Smith as Sebastian, and Noah Farrell as Boatswain, steering a massive ship made from Granberry’s hands—it’s apparent the visual bounty offered to the audience at the onset will be unlike anyone in local theatre has seen.

And it never stops.

The world created here is truly immersive. It is all-encompassing. It is truly magical in every way—not only in the dreamy text Shakespeare crafts so beautifully and inspirationally, but in the way Granberry and his technical team and superb actors transform McEachern’s Warehouse into a world far removed from the bustle of Wilmington’s downtown streets. I adore when theatre is done in alternative spaces;

quite frankly, another space in town couldn’t contain this production any better. The swirl of lighting that circulates the room when a spell is cast visually cues the audience on the text the actors are delivering. The whimsical, eerie music perfectly parallels quiet serenity that so easily becomes a bewitching power on its own accord. Four corners of fabric hang from the rafters, where aerial acrobats and even actors hang, twirl, climb, and jump, mimicking magical trees or branches floating over a sea. The stage becomes the island, only understood by the props and creatures inhabiting it—whether showing up as sharks circling the ship or seaweed-like-covered creatures bowing to Propsero’s every need.

Ariel, Prospero’s spirit who enacts all his magic, is a hefty calm of peace. The puppet, in all white, with mystical, sparkly eyes, is controlled by puppeteer Mirla Criste and voiced by the soothing tranquility of former WHQR personality Jemila Ericson (who also does astounding vocals for one of the best scenes in Act II with the Harpy puppet). Together Criste and Ericson breathe life into Ariel like a perfectly controlled modern dance, halcyonic yet staunchly devoted to please. Because of Criste’s ensemble in all black, including a face mask, when the lights shine just right on the stage, it truly looks like the puppet she controls is merely floating through the audience, around the space, sprinkling her power over anyone near. Her final exit is a testament to a powerful performance. I will not lie: Her goodbye to Prospero left me teary-eyed.

Stafford’s Prospero offers a perfect balance of pain giving way to patience in order to reach a final, moral outcome. He is not the man so crossed by his colleagues and family that he wishes death—despite the power he so easily harnesses to attain it. Perhaps the most telling line of the show, “The rarer action is on virtue than in vengeance,” sums up everything Stafford manages with this role. He tempers forceful trickery with steady quiescence, none of which is burdened by malicious intent. This not only comes through in his master plan against his enemies but in the sweetly attentive wellwishes he gently fells onto his own daughter after finding out she’s fallen for the king’s son.

Stafford plays it with subtle longing, apparent in his soft eyes and gentility.

Zermani—portraying a wide-eyed, life-isa-dream outlook as Miranda—brings grace to the stage unlike another. Her want for the world to continue in its magic, in her naiveté, is a blissful treat to watch. The ease in which she is giddy over love and forgiving in her awakening to what’s unfolding around her is inspiring. Zuckerman as a young Miranda

innocence and magic: Ariel (puppeteer, Mirla Criste), and puppeteers from the astounding production, “The Tempest.” Photo by Belinda Keller Photography

rather believably plays up the rebelling teen just wanting to live life her way. The way Zuckerman and Zermani trade off the lapsing years between young and old Miranda is a master in its simplicity, making great use of the aerial silk fabrics.

The ensemble of human characters are as united in this show as ever. Robison and Smith have a bond that seems organic in scheming for power, even bumbling at times. That’s what years upon years of working together in local theatre will do: create believable interactions.

Rivenbark ups the ante on everyone in the show with his bombastic dialect and enunciation. No one can top this man when it comes to the pomposity of speech pattern with which audiences are used to hearing of Shakespeare. Well, maybe, except for Grantham.

Grantham’s Alonso manages to bring a griefstricken yet better-than-thou, if not completely out-of-the-loop vibe to royalty (doesn’t seem too farfetched from what we see today with political power).

William Li as Ferdinand is dreamy. He’s as guileless as Miranda and completely syncs with her in his adoration for love. One of the most beautiful scenes comes in his arrival onshore to first meeting Miranda. The staging is breathtaking in its romance.

with his cohorts, a rambunctious Alissa Fetherolf as Trincolo and a drunken, boisterous Adrian Monte as Stephano. The trifecta bombard the stage with comedy and farce, and uplift show and the audience in over-the-top antics. Forrester’s costuming and technique in staging the puppet is a technical feat to behold. He takes the “monster” from scary to downright lovable.

There are so many scenes worth attention in this show, there’s no way one review could possibly give them due justice. Gambony’s astounding shadow puppetry offers side plots and thoughts on the characters in mesmerizing ways. And the union ritual between Miranda and Ferdinand feels like a transformation into Burning Man (only with less sweat huts to hide into).

“The Tempest,” without a doubt, is the best show I have seen in Wilmington theatre ever—hands down. At three hours long, Dram Tree and Granberry make it pure magic; it only feels like a mere hour. Its aftereffects have left me swooning over the most beautiful dreams since. But don’t take my word for it; let them show you.

DETAILS:

The Tempest

April 14 - May 1, Thurs.-Sun., 7:30 p.m.

Doors open at 7 p.m. • $17-$25 McEachern’s Warehouse 121 S. Front St. • 910-726-3545 dramtreeshakes.org

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A Powerful Evening:

‘Mad Forest’ presents a kaleidoscope of vignettes on Romanian life by: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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NCW closes their season with a startling production of Caryl Churchill’s “Mad Forest.” Churchill is one the more interesting playwrights working today. Her 1982 show, “Top Girls,” is probably her most well-known, which explores the sacrifices women must make to succeed in the world. She uses voices of dead but famous women to have that discussion.

Her 2009 play, “Seven Jewish Children,” put her squarely at the center of controversy regrading what roles art, narrative and writers have in society: to reassure and reaffirm? Or to challenge? Throughout her career Churchill has sought to challenge. “Mad Forest” is an excellent, though not as well-known, example of that choice.

Set in and around events leading up to the deposition and execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu, president of Romania, and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, the script is powerful but tough. Churchill and

a group of students from London’s Central School of Speech and Drama traveled to Romania to put the piece together (not unlike Moisés Kaufman of “The Laramie Project”). Act 1 starts with a family grappling with a daughter who wants to marry an American and emigrate.

Bogdan (Tony Choufani) and Irina (Katherine Rosner) spend much of their lives with the radio on so they can talk without spies of the state recording their conversations. So we find one of the first motifs of the show: Characters with no voices find freedom of expression and build to a crescendo of screaming by the end. We watch Bogdan and Irina mime a conversation with their daughters, Lucia (Taylor England) and Florina (Crysta Arnold), which includes a display of fresh eggs and American cigarettes.

Across town another family, Mihai (John McCall), Flavia (Arianna Tysinger) and their son Radu (Trevor Tackett), study and work in code.

So they say nothing to each other, both metaphorically and literally.

What begins is a kaleidoscope of vignettes from the characters’ lives to depict life in Ro-

mania at the end of 1980s: pressure and recruitment to spy for the Securitate; attempts to obtain a passport; black-market purchases; medical and abortion access; education; food lines and death squads; the heritage of Iron Guards from the Nazi Era; control of the radio and television and the impact not only of family life but every facet of thought and inner space.

The actors are not given much room to maneuver within the confines of the script: Their inner life must be hidden and their exterior life carefully controlled. Only England’s Lucia pushes back against this in what appears to be incredible selfishness. We watch her delight in a letter from abroad proposing marriage—filled with all the joy and delight that comes with it. We watch her brim with exhalation and desire during a secret rendezvous with her lover. The only other character to come close to expressing such unbridled joy is her brother Gabriel (Reilly Callaghan)—when relating his story of circumventing the authorities as he’s questioned about his sister’s engagement to an American.

The transformation of characters in the second half, life post-revolution, is pretty remarkable. Besides the confusion of a country without a specific and identifiable government, people who have been repressed all their lives now burst from the seams with a childish immaturity. They discover not only do they not know themselves, they don’t know each other.

At Florina’s wedding Gabriel’s latent xenophobia explodes forth in spite of his newfound status as a hero of the revolution. The depth of Lucia’s selfishness manifests and is met with the twin surprise of her parents’ loathing of her.

Choufani picks a fight with the groom and his family, then a fight with his own daughter. This quiet, mild-mannered man who barely spoke before now cannot be silenced.

Rosner gives us the complex world of family relationships as the matriarch, who won’t discuss conspiracy theories with her son but tells Lucia that she owes her parents’ immigration to the U.S. after all they did for her. Even the waiter at the wedding (Josh Browner) has opinions about Lucia. and what is owed to him and the rest of Romania by her and the West.

In between the two bookends there is the revolution, which is presented almost as a documentary with 11 people recounting their personal experiences. All walks of life are represented: a house painter with six children (Arianna Tysinger), who incidentally would have been receiving a special stipend from the government for having so many children; a bulldozer driver (Reilly Callaghan); an artist (Ezra Lawrence Goldberg Wool); a medical student (Taylor England); a Securitate officer (Trevor

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Tackett); a soldier (Matthew Carter); a flower seller (Crysta Arnold); a student (Katherine Rosner); and others. As a bridge for a moment of finding words, it really is powerful. Each stands and faces front, recounting the events as they experienced them. Emerging themes are ones that don’t come with political rhetoric: Where is my family? Are they safe? Where are my children? How do we get care for the wounded? The shock of the events, the speed, and the confusion emerge from the young performers with surprising power.

While listening to them try to sort out conflicting emotions, I kept thinking about a former neighbor who was born in communist Poland. The first time we discussed Leach Walesa he commented when communism finally ended, it was so surprising—because one day the soldiers were marching in the street and the next it was solidarity. It was that fast after years of struggle. Each of these young performers onstage communicated the same surprise and shock. They do an excellent job of letting events unfold with dawning realization and fear.

It could be easy to fall into stereotypes with the characters in this show, yet director Ed Wagenseller and his cast skirt that trap. At every turn, we see real people who struggle for survival in the midst of great confusion and treachery. That effort (and success) is what makes the evening powerful. Wagenseller is clearly attracted to epic scripts that address issues integral to his life and generation. He also directed UNCW’s production of “Angels in America” a few years ago, another script that can only be discussed in colossal terms.

In his director’s note he asks how a modern audience relates to a play about communism in a world almost devoid of communism? It’s an interesting question to pose to a cast who collectively hold George W. Bush as the first president they remember in their lifetimes. For most of the second half of the 20th century, the specter of communism loomed heavily in the American and Western consciousness. Wagenseller’s courage in taking on projects like these and guiding his young students through the waters they evoke is impressive. The results produced onstage speak for themselves.

DETAILS: Mad Forest

April 21-24, Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m. and Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $6-$15 UNCW Cultural Arts • 601 S. College Rd. www.uncw.edu

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FROM ILM TO NYC:

Filmmaker Michael Ferrell’s romantic comedy gets released by Factory Film Studios

by: ARNOLD ESTRADA

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ilmington loves film, and so does Michael Ferrell. A local Wilmingtonian who moved to the Big Apple in pursuit of his filmmaking dreams, the 1996 Hoggard High School graduate worked as a stunt double in the locally filmed “Little Monsters,” in 1989. He was 11.

they’re starting out, is to make the films they like to watch,” he says.

“These experiences were valuable,” Ferrell tells, “and showed me what it really looks like—how making a film actually works, not the image most people have of being some kind of movie star.”

Fast forward to 2016: Ferrell’s feature film, “Twenty Million People,” was released on April 7 by Factory Film Studios. A major feat for anyone in the business, for Ferrell—who wrote, directed and starred in the film—it truly is a triumph. But like all artists, he keeps undertaking the laborious task of honing his craft.

Acting became his passion. He graduated from UNC Greensboro with a BFA in acting and then took his talents to work on several off-Broadway shows (“The Blue Martini,” “Jersey Shore House”), East Village productions and even participated in the NY Fringe Festival. “As an adult actor, it’s tempting to get distracted by the ‘career’ aspect of acting,” he continues, “getting your next job, trying to quit your day job, trying to get the right agent. That’s all fine and important, but then it’s time to work/play/act. The best actors I’ve seen and worked with remember that.”

It began in acting, on the stage as part of Tapestry Theatre Company in Wilmington, as well as in film and TV. Though they were not necessarily large roles, Ferrell was an extra on “Lolita” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

Ferrell moved to LA after college, with the hope for a future in film and TV. It didn’t pan out. So he returned to NY. “I realized I didn’t want a job as someone’s assistant,” he says. “I really wanted to make my own work.”

Having a bit of background in comedy has helped Ferrell create witty, quick and real dialog. He sharpened his quips at the Barrow Group in NY under Seth Barrish and Lee Brock—as well as by doing improv comedy at I.O. in Chicago.

“Twenty Million People” won Best Feature Film at the Maryland International Film Festival, Cape Fear Independent Film Festival, Garden State Film Festival, and Williamsburg Independent Film Festival. It has received other accolades, like Best Director, at VisionFest in NY.

He attempted to write his first screenplay seven years ago. The story followed a guy who was dumped by his girlfriend and turned his anguish into the upstart of a garage band—“even though by society’s standards, he was too old for that kind of thing,” Ferrell says. He sent it to a bunch of LA agents and got a few responses.

“One agent in particular was super generous and gave me paragraphs of notes that basically said, ‘You’re obviously a good writer but you don’t know how to write a screenplay ... yet,’” Ferrell tells.

In 2012 Ferrell began writing “Twenty Million People” mainly as a response to not knowing what else to do with his time.

He decided to just go for it and brought on two producers, Devin Sanchez and Chris Prine, to star in it alongside Ferrell.

“Twenty Million People” follows Brian (Ferrell), who doesn’t believe in soul mates, yet falls for Ashley (Devin Sanchez). Suddenly, Ashley pulls a Casper and ghosts him—disappearing without so much as a goodbye or a text. Brian, in love, goes in pursuit of Ashley with his broken-hearted best friend (Chris Prine).

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Financed completely by Ferrell and his other two producers, it gave them freerange to do a project they wanted and believed in. The real work came when the camera was rolling—“getting the story in front of the camera and keeping it simple,” according to Ferrell. Directing wasn’t as easy a task for the veteran actor either.

“I had the vision, and I’d written it after all, so I thought I should direct it,” he says.

Everything he learned was in real-time, on the job. With another feature-length film in development, “Laura Gets a Cat,” Ferrell once again will take on the three mantles: writer, director and actor. A struggling novelist in her 30s, NYC resident Laura is not satisfied by her current string of relationships. Her daydreams whisk her away into an extraordinary life, which includes a bit of time travel from famed poet Lord Byron.

The film will be partially shot in Carolina Beach. Feller will be shooting the film with a RED camera.

“We have an opportunity, living in the age we’re in, to be able to make films with very cheap cameras, with our phones, and be able to edit them on laptops, so its all about trying and failing, until finally succeeding—or moving to Hollywood and meet the right person,” he says.

As of now, he has no plans to pack it up to the West Coast.

“Twenty Million People” can be downloaded now on iTunes, Amazon Instant, Google Play, and other online streaming services. Visit www.twentymillionpeople. com for more information.

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WHEN SUBTLETY SOARS:

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Jeff Nichols’ ‘Midnight Special’ is a success outside the Hollywood machine

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hat makes a great director? It’s a question with any number of answers. Directors get most of the credit when a movie goes right and receive the blame when it goes wrong. Take “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

The movie has been taken down by torchwielding mobs of critics and fans, wildly stabbing at the charred effigy of director Zack Snyder, whom they blame for every failing. It’s easy to do a cinematic postmortem and place blame on the director for its shortcomings. A film that does everything right is often a more difficult proposition when it comes to heaping praise on a director; however, the new film “Midnight ENIGMATIC STUDY: Adam Driver and Jaeden Lieberher in one of the most compelling Special” gives a salient example.

Jeff Nichols (“Mud,” “Take Shelter”) is a director with a whole lot of promise—the kind of guy who seems to get it. He’s a lower-key Christopher Nolan and has a real understanding of cinema as a storytelling device. He is able to wrap his arms around the largess of the narrative. If a movie were a musical composition, Nichols would be the maestro. He knows exactly what notes need to be played, and more importantly which ones to not play.

“Midnight Special” is a real showcase of his talent. It tells a story with a familiar framework and is deep fried in nostalgia.

Yet, Nichols composes something entertaining and thought-provoking and makes the material his own.

The story revolves around an 8-yearold boy, Alton Meyer (Jaeden Lieberher), who is blessed/cursed with strange abilities that garner the attention of a wacka-doo religious sect, as well our friends in the FBI. He seems like a normal kid, except for the swim goggles he’s always wearing. His father Roy (Michael Shannon) and a childhood friend, Lucas (Joel Edgerton), have kidnapped Alton and are trying to take him to a location so he may fulfill his destiny—though they have no idea what that might be.

of Alton, whose powers seem to take their toll. He is unable to go out into sunlight and can only travel at night.

Nichols is a deft director who refuses to paint with a broad brush. He never forces a moment, nor does he feel the need to show the audience everything. There are no origin stories of Alton’s powers or much time spent explaining the series of irrational events that have brought the characters to this place. We meet Roy, Lucas and Alton at the most interesting part of their story—and the movie ends once their mission is complete. Nichols only allows a few moments at the end to let us know what has happened to our main characters, but even then, it is just the slightest fragment of what their future holds.

I also have to commend an exceptional cast who really bring their A-game. Michael Shannon is, as always, intense and engaging. Joel Edgerton is a gifted actor of remarkable range. It’s hard to believe this is the same guy who played such a pathetic creep in “The Gift” last year. Adam Driver might be the most interesting young actor working today. Nichols is more than willing to turn the movie over to his cast and let them carry a moment. He exhibits very little interest in trickery, nor does he plague the movie with a heightened sense of kinetic filmmaking. Instead, he sets a frame and lets the story unfold in an organic way, centered on the characters that are populating the world he is creating.

It’s amazing to see such subtlety in a movie that feels spiritually connected to

another recent piece of homage, “Super 8.” Director JJ Abrams (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) spends so much time and energy making something visually dense and forcing emotional moments.

Nichols instead steps away and lets those moments happen.

I kept watching “Midnight Special” while marveling at the subtlety and how unforced it feels. I kept waiting for the Hollywood blockbuster machine to kick in and all the tropes and clichés to roll out, but it never happened.

The subject matter is similar to movies like “E.T.” or “Splash,” but on a much more reserved scale. The difference is how much more human “Midnight Special” feels. The ending isn’t some huge production. There are no heartfelt goodbyes or teary moments of manipulation. There is only the raw humanity of parents looking to protect their child and the consequences of their actions.

So, to answer the question, “What makes a good director?” seems simple when watching “Midnight Special”: A good director knows how to show audiences just enough but never too much.

DETAILS:

Midnight Special ★★★★★

Rated PG-13 Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Michael Shannen, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver Directed by Jeff Nichols

April 23 at 7 p.m. (additional showing at 10 p.m.): Playing in UNCW’s Lumina Theater, “Deadpool” features Ryan Reynolds as one of the funniest wisecracking “heroes” in comic history. Join Wade Wilson as he journeys through his city to win back his one true love, with a side of revenge. Tickets are available in Sharky’s Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center next to Lumina Theater or online at Etix for $2 with UNCW student ID and $4 for non-students. (Rated R, 98 mins)

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Alton has the ability to hear nearly any radio frequency and has been listening to top-secret government chatter, something that brings the NSA and a communications analyst Paul Sevier (Adam Driver) into the hunt. There are a number of challenges Roy, Alton and Lucas face. Chief among them: the deteriorating condition

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April 20-22 (additional showing April 20 at 4 p.m.): Playing in the Ruth & Bucky Stein Theatre, “Son of Saul” is a powerful and gripping Holocaust drama. It follows concentration-camp inmate Saul (Géza Röhrig), who is tasked with burning the dead. When he discovers the body of his young son he must choose between participating in the clandestine uprising being planned among the prisoners, or securing a proper Jewish burial for his child.

(Rated R, 107 mins)

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Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie. Dine inside or at their awardwinning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sunday April - October.

Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256-8500.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon-Fri 11a.m. - 11 p.m.; Sat & Sun 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Waterfront dining ■ MUSIC: Music every Sunday in Summer ■ WEBSITE: www.bluewaterdining.com

Blue surf cafÉ

Sophisticated Food…Casual Style. We offer a menu that has a heavy California surf culture influence while still retaining our Carolina roots. We provide a delicate balance of flavors and freshness in a comfortable and inviting setting. We offer a unique breakfast menu until noon daily, including specialty waffles, skillet hashes and unique breakfast sandwiches. Our lunch menu is packed with a wide variety of options, from house roasted pulled pork, to our mahi sandwich and customer favorite, meatloaf sandwich.

Our dinner features a special each night along with our favorite house entrees: Braised Beef Brisket, Mojo Pork and Mahi. All of our entrees are as delicious as they are inventive.

We also have a full beer and wine list. Come try the “hidden gem” of Wilmington today. 250 Racine Drive Ste. 1, Wilmington 910-523-5362.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: Monday to Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Breakfast served until noon each day!

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily Specials, Gluten Free Menu, Gourmet Hot Chocolates, Outdoor Patio, New Artist event first Friday of every month and Kids Menu.

■ WEBSITE: www.bluesurfcafe.com

CAM Café, located within the CAM delivers delightful surprises using fresh, local ingredients. The café serves lunch with seasonal options Tuesday thru Saturday, inspired “small plates” on Wednesday nights, an elegant yet approachable dinner on Thursday and brunch every Sunday. Look for a combination of fresh, regular menu items along with daily specials. As part of dining in an inspiring setting, the galleries are open during CAM Café hours which makes it the perfect destination to enjoy art of the plate along with the art of the museum. 3201 S 17th St. (910) 777-2363.

■ SERVING LUNCH, BRUNCH & DINNER: Hours: TuesSat: 11am – 3 pm; Wed-Thurs: 5 – 9pm; Sunday Brunch: 10am – 3pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.camcafe.org

the district kitchen & Cocktails

A new addition to the Brooklyn Arts and downtown area, The District Kitchen & Cocktails is serving fresh, seasonal menus in a polished casual atmosphere. We feature locally sourced ingredients when available. For lunch, we offer delicious burgers and sandwiches, while dinner features steaks, chops and seafood all handcrafted by executive chef Chris Corona. Within blocks of CFCC and the Riverwalk, The District welcomes diners to enjoy inspired wines, craft cocktails and NC draught beers at their renovated bar and restaurant, located at 1001 N. 4th St. 910-796-6565 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.-Thurs.11am-9pm, Fri.-Sat., 11am-10pm. Lunch menu served ‘til 4pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Brooklyn Arts District ■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/thedistrictnc

elijah’s

Since 1984, Elijah’s has been Wilmington, NC’s outdoor dining destination. We feature expansive indoor and outdoor waterfront dining, with panoramic views of riverfront sunsets.

As a Casual American Grill and Oyster Bar, Elijah’s offers everything from fresh local seafood and shellfish to pastas, sandwiches, and Certified Angus Beef selections. We offer half-priced oysters from 4-6 every Wednesday & live music with our Sunday Brunch from 11-3. Whether you are just looking for a great meal & incredible scenery, or a large event space for hundreds of people, Elijah’s is the place to be.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11:30-10:00; Friday and Saturday 11:30-11:00 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington Kids menu available

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eternal sunshine cafÉ

Wilmington’s new unique restaurant, Eternal Sunshine Café, is conveniently located between downtown and Wrightsville Beach, also close to UNCW. It is a great spot to savor a gourmet breakfast, like cinna-swirl pancakes with coffee cream cheese syrup or a southwest benedict with chipotle hollandaise on a made from scratch biscuit. The lunch menu is filled with fresh delectable salads, sandwiches on house baked breads, and pitas. Come experience the innovative twist on breakfast classics and a casual lunch guaranteed to make you a regular customer. May the tranquility of Eternal Sunshine Cafe’s atmosphere shine upon your face and reinvigorate your day. Serves breakfast all day.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH: MondayWednesday 7-2, Thursday-Friday 6:30-2, Saturday 7-2, Sunday 8-2 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.eternalsunshinecafe.com

HENRY’S

A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients. Come early for lunch, because it’s going to be packed. Dinner too!

Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun. - Mon. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Tues.- Fri.: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.; Sat.: 10 a.m. – 11 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com

Holiday Inn Resort

Oceans Restaurant located in this oceanfront resort is a wonderful find. This is the perfect place to enjoy a fresh Seafood & Steak dinner while dinning outside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Chef Eric invites you to experience his daily specials in this magnificent setting. (910) 256-2231. 1706 N. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.-Sat. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Waterfront dining ■ WEBSITE: www.holidayinn.com

HOPS SUPPLY CO.

The combination of chef-inspired food and our craft bar makes Hops Supply Co. a comfortable and inviting gas-

Good eats, good drinks, and great times is what JohnnyLukes KitchenBar is all about. JohnnyLukes KitchenBar serves Wilmington, NC a variety of 19 rotating craft beers on tap, a hand selected eclectic American wine list, fun cocktails, and of course, exceptional food. Our two-story layout brings the best of both worlds under one roof. Downstairs at JohnnyLukes KitchenBar pair your beer or wine with our Parmesan Crusted Pork Chop, Chicken Pot Pie, Ribeye, or one of our many main entrees and sharable plates. Or, join us upstairs at JL’s Loft and pair a beer with one of our multiple burgers, JL’s roast beef sandwich, meatball sandwich, or one of our many appetizers (we recommend both!). So next time you are looking for a new and exciting restaurant in Wilmington, NC where you can experience both great craft beer and amazing food, be sure to head over to JohnnyLukes KitchenBar and JL’s Loft! 5500 Market Street, Suite 130. (910)-769-1798 ■ OPEN: JohnnyLukes KitchenBar: Mon to Sun: 11:30am to 10pm; JL’s Loft: Mon to Sun: 11:30am to 2am ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.johnnylukeskb.com

The little dipper

Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street. (910) 251-0433.

■ SERVING DINNER: 5pm Tue-Sun; Seasonal hours are open 7 days a week, Memorial Day through October ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Tasting menu every Tues. with small plates from $1-$4; Ladies Night every Wed; $27 4-course prix fixe menu on Thurs.; “Date night menu,” $65/couple with beer and wine tasting every Fri. and half price bottles of wine on Sun. ■ MUSIC: Mondays and Memorial Day-October, 7-9pm ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com

low tide pub

Located across from UNCW’s campus, Low Tide Pub serves up delicious fare and great drink specials in a fun atmosphere. Enjoy the biggest and best wings in town for only $0.50 on Sundays, a $5 daily lunch special, $2 daily beer special, and even taco Tuesdays. Their Mother Clucker is served just in time for the holidays: slow-roasted chicken with cranberries, housemade stuffing, lettuce, and tomato.

Their Thai or Buffalo shrimp wrap, famed Monte Cristo and 1945-family secret cheesecake recipe will keep customers coming back for more. Karaoke Saturdays begin at 9:30 p.m., and trivia Tuesdays get underway weekly at 7:30 p.m.

Low Tide has a beautiful, private deck, perfect for hosting parties and events. It’s midtown Wilmington’s favorite pub— ”where on the rocks is a good thing.” 4540 Fountain Drive, beside of PT’s. 910-313-2738.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER AND LATE-NIGHT: Mon., 6 p.m. - 1 a.m.; Tues.-Thurs., 11 a.m. - 1 a.m.; Fri., 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.; Sat., noon - 2 a.m.; Sun., noon - 9 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown Wilmington, near UNCW

■ FEATURING: Daily specials, Saturday karaoke and Tuesday trivia night.

■ WEBSITE: www.lowtidepub.com

pine valley market

Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch in-house, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market. Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood. Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Fri.10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Daily specials and take-home frozen meals ■ WEBSITE: www.pinevalleymarket.com

the pub

A true public house. A gathering place. In house fresh ground burgers made with short rib, brisket and chuck on Sweet n Savory’s, made from scratch, bread along with 40 other sandwiches and meals under $12. 32 beers on tap,

friendly service and a relaxed atmosphere where you can hang out with friends and enjoy live music, your favorite NFL game or the BEST burger you’ll ever eat! 2012 Eastwood Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, (910) 679-8101, Hours: 11am-2am ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Causeway ■ WEBSITE: www.sweetnsavorypub.com

spicoli

“In crust we trust.” Spicoli specializes in classic NY style pizza with a totally unconventional (AND DELICIOUS) sourdough crust. We also feature one-of-a-kind burger creations, Jumbo wings complete with our perfect, house-made blue cheese or ranch. Or enjoy any of our unique vegan or glutenfree options. But Spicoli is not just amazing food. We keep it awesome with a killer juke box, classic arcade games, and great deals on everything at our full bar. Share some brews over PacMan or enjoy the area’s only 20in pie on our outdoor patio. Just make sure you are having fun. Don’t worry!! If you can’t come see us, we also have the largest delivery radius in town!! 1978 Eastwood Road, (910) 256-0339.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach

sweet ‘n’ savory cafÉ

The Real Wizard Behind the Food. Anyone who has seen the Wizard of Oz knows that the wizard was just a scared old man hiding behind the curtain. Restaurants are no different.

Making incredible food is not magical or mystical and instead just requires heart (Tin Man), brains (Scarecrow), courage (Lion) and love (Dorothy). At Sweet n Savory we have pulled back the curtain because we don’t believe that we need

smoke, mirrors, over inflated prices or pretentiousness to offer you the best and freshest food your money can buy. 1611 Pavillion Place, Wilmington, NC 28403, (910) 256-0115 Hours: 7am-10pm.

Asian

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER, BAKERY & CATERING ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Causeway ■ WEBSITE: www.sweetnsavorycafe.com

If you’re ready to experience the wonders of the Orient without having to leave Wilmington, join us at Indochine for a truly unique experience. Indochine brings the flavors of the Far East to the Port City, combining the best of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine in an atmosphere that will transport you and your taste buds. Relax in our elegantly decorated dining room, complete with antique Asian decor as well as contemporary artwork and music. Our diverse, friendly and efficient staff will serve you beautifully presented dishes full of enticing aromas and flavors. Be sure to try such signature items as the spicy and savory Roasted Duck with Red Curry, or the beautifully presented and delicious Shrimp and Scallops in a Nest. Be sure to save room for our world famous desert, the banana egg roll! We take pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.- Fri. 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.; Sat. 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. for lunch. Mon.- Sun. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. for dinner.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.indochinewilmington.com

the trolly stop

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a five-store franchise in Southeastern North Carolina. Since 1976 they have specialized in storemade chili, slaw and various sauces. As of more recently, select locations (Fountain Dr. and Southport) have started selling genuine burgers and cheese steaks (Beef & Chicken).

Our types of hotdogs include beef & Pork (Trolly Dog), allbeef, pork smoked sausage (Carolina Packer), Fat Free (Turkey) & Veggie. Recognized as having the Best Hot Dog in the Best of Wilmington Awards in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Call Individual Stores for hours of operation or check out our website at www.trollystophotdogs.com. Catering available, now a large portion of our business. All prices include tax. Call Rick at 297-8416 for catering and franchise information.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ LOCATIONS: Wilmington, Fountain Dr. (910) 452-3952

Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-3921 Southport (910) 457-7017 Boone, NC (828) 265-2658 Chapel Hill, NC (919) 240-4206 ■ WEBSITE: www.trollystophotdogs.com

indochine restaurant & Lounge

kabuki korean cafÉ and sushi

Family-owned and operated, Kabuki Korean Café and Sushi is Wilmington’s only authentic Korean restaurant, freshly

Downtown Wilmington > 115 N. 2nd Street

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renovated and boasting a brand new menu! They feature delectable Korean BBQ, and are best known for traditional items like their bibimbop and bulgogi. But they also feature a large variety of Asian cuisine, from fresh sushi to fried rice to teriyaki dishes, dumplings, edamame and more. Open daily, Kabuki welcomes diners for lunch from 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and dinner 4:30 to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. Stop by Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 10 p.m. 4102 Oleander Drive, Suite 2, at the corner of 41st Street, behind the Hess gas station. 910-350-3332.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

Mon-Fri, 11am-2:30pm; Sat-Sun, noon-10pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, off Oleander Drive.

■ FEATURING: Wilmington’s only authentic Korean restaurant!

■ WEBSITE: www.kabukikoreancafe.com

KYOTO ASIAN GRILLE

Lovey’s Natural Foods and Café

Your Independently Owned Health Food Grocery Store

Kyoto Asian Grille specializes in crafting mouth-watering food and providing superb customer service. We serve a plethora of Asian cuisines, from Chinese to Japanese to Thai, and have an unwavering commitment to flavor. All of our ingredients are fresh, cooked to order, with artistic culinary flair. We also serve everything from sushi to traditional Chinese dishes, a plethora of curries to Pad Thai, hibachi and teriyaki dishes, and more. Come give us a try where you will find nothing in the freezer but the ice cream. Open for lunch and dinner, Monday through Saturday. Located at 4102 Market Street, (910) 332-3302.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon - Thu: 11am - 3pm and 5pm - 9:30pm or Fri - Sat, 11am - 3pm and 5pm - 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: An array of Asian cuisines, from Japanese to Chinese, Thai and more.

■ WEBSITE: www.kyotoasiangrille.com

Okami Japanese hibachi Steakhouse

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We have reinvented “Hibachi Cuisine”. Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse in Wilmington, NC is like no other. Our highly skilled chefs will not only cook an incredible dinner, but they will entertain you on the way. Our portions are large, our drinks are less expensive, and our staff is loads of fun. At Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse, we are committed to using quality ingredients and seasoning with guaranteed freshness.

Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure that we serve only the finest food products. We believe that good healthy food aids the vital functions for well-being, both physically and mentally. Our menu consists of a wide range of Steak, Seafood, and Chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill,” to the taste bud tingling Japanese Sushi, Hand Rolls, Sashimi, Tempura dishes and Japanese Noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japanese dining experience. Check out our all you can eat sushi menu and daily specials at www.okamisteakhouse.com!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday - Thursday 11am 2:30pm / 4pm - 10pm; Friday 11am - 2:30pm / 4pm - 11pm; Saturday 11am - 11pm; Sunday 11am - 9:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.okamisteakhouse.com

szechuan 132

Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination! Szechuan 132 has earned the reputation as one of the finest contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Port City.

Tastefully decorated with an elegant atmosphere, with an exceptional ingenious menu has deemed Szechuan 132 the best Chinese restaurant for years, hands down. 419 South College Road (in University Landing), (910) 799-1426.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch Specials ■ WEBSITE: www.szechuan132.com

thai spice

From the flavorfully mild to the fiery spiced, Thai Spice customers are wooed by the dish that’s made to their specifications. Featuring a tasteful menu of traditional Thai standards to numerous delectable house specials, it’s quickly becoming the local favorite for Thai cuisine. This family-run restaurant is sure to win you over. If you haven’t discovered this gem,

come in and be charmed. Whether it be a daytime delight, or an evening indulgence, your visit will make you look forward to your return. Located in Monkey Junction at 5552 Carolina Beach Rd., Ste. G. (910) 791-0044.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tue.-Th.: 11:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat.: 11:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.; Sun.: 11:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.ThaiSpiceWilmington.com

yosake downtown sushi lounge

Lively atmosphere in a modern setting, Yosake is the delicious Downtown spot for date night, socializing with friends, or any large dinner party. Home to the never-disappointing Shanghai Firecracker Shrimp! In addition to sushi, we offer a full Pan Asian menu including curries, noodle dishes, and the ever-popular Crispy Salmon or mouth-watering Kobe Burger.

Inspired features change weekly showcasing our commitment to local farms. Full bar including a comprehensive sake list, signature cocktails, and Asian Import Bottles. 33 S. Front St., 2nd Floor (910) 763-3172.

■ SERVING DINNER: 7 nights a week @ 5PM; Sun-Wed until 10pm, Thurs until 11pm, Fri & Sat until Midnight.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: 1/2 Price Sushi/Appetizer Menu nightly from 5-7, until 8 on Mondays, and also 10-Midnight on Fri/Sat. Tuesday LOCALS NIGHT - 20% Dinner Entrees.

Wednesday 80S NIGHT - 80s music and menu prices.

Sundays are the best deal downtown - Specialty Sushi and Entrees are Buy One, Get One $10 Off and 1/2 price Wine Bottles. Nightly Drink Specials. Gluten-Free Menu upon request. Complimentary Birthday Dessert.

■ WEBSITE: www.yosake.com - @yosakeilm on Twitter & Instagram. Like us on Facebook.

Dinner Theatre theatrenow

TheatreNOW is a performing arts complex that features weekend dinner theater, an award-winning weekly kids variety show, monthly Sunday Jazz Brunches, movie, comedy and live music events. Award-winning chef, Denise Gordon, and a fabulous service staff pair scrumptious multi-course themed meals and cocktails with our dinner shows in a theatre-themed venue. Dinner theater at its best! Reservations highly suggested. 19 S. 10th Street (910) 399.3NOW (3669). Hours vary.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington and Greater Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Dinner shows, jazz brunches, and more ■ WEBSITE: www.theatrewilmington.com

Healthy NEMA LOUNGE and EATERY

Open since the summer of 2015, NeMa Eatery and Lounge boasts the delicacies of Chef Borkowski. Serving bold flavors in a variety of menu items form grass-fed burgers to artisan pizzas to small plates, the NeMa team takes diners across the world through palate pleasing menu items, including their “fancy fries”, doused with truffles and Parmesan.

Borkowski takes pride in hand-crafted food, while the NeMa staff offers helpful, friendly knowledge. They offer vegan, gluten-and-allergy-friendly fare and Wine Down Wednesday (1/2 off glasses and bottles of wine). 225 S Water St. 910-769-3709 ■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER AND BRUNCH: Closed Monday, Tuesday 12pm -9pm, Wednesday-Friday 12pm -10pm, Saturday 10am - 10pm, Sunday 10am - 9pm, Brunch Saturday and Sunday 10am - 2pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown, Chandler’s Wharf ■ FEATURING: Worldly eats, including vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free items ■ WEBSITE: www.nemalounge.com

Indian kabob and grill

Welcome to Kabob and Grill, downtown Wilmington’s only fine Indian restaurant. Located on Water Street, overlooking the Cape Fear River, Kabob and Grill innovatesexotic flavors

of Indian kabobs and curries. Kabobs are baked to perfection in our “tandoor” clay oven fresh, daily. We take pride in offering a great selection of vegetarian entrees made with healthy spices, vegetables and herbs. We also serve vegan and gluten-free items, all aromatic and full of flavor. Our professional chef ensures our lavash and extensive menu appeals to all palates, whether choosing vegetarian, chicken, lamb, goat, or seafood. Our dining area is modern and upscale, yet steeped in Indian tradition. We have a full-service bar and are open seven days a week. We do take-out, delivery and welcome private parties. Live music and dance every Saturday. Please, check our website or facebook page for more information. www.kabobandgrilldowntown.com - 5 S. Water Street, (910) 833-5262.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Lunch Sunday through Saturday 11am-3pm. Dinner Sunday through Thursday 5-10pm, Friday & Saturday 5-10:30pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Innovative Indian recipes, made fresh daily.

■ WEBSITE: www.kabobandgrilldowntown.com

a fully stocked bar featuring favorite Irish beers and whiskies. We are open every day for both American and Irish breakfast, served to noon weekdays and 2 p.m. weekends.

Regular menu to 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. weekends.

Join us for trivia at 8:30 on Thursdays and live music on Fridays – call ahead for schedule (910) 763-1607. Located just beside Greenfield Lake and Park at the south end of downtown Wilmington, The Harp is a lovely Irish pub committed to bringing traditional Irish flavor, tradition and hospitality to the Cape Fear area.

tandoori bites

Eddie Romanelli’s is a family-friendly, casual Italian American restaurant that’s been a favorite of Wilmington locals for over 16 years. Its menu includes Italian favorites such as Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Baked Ziti, Rigatoni a la Vodka and, of course, made-from-scratch pizzas. Its American influences include tasty burgers, the U.S.A. Salad and a 16 oz. Marinated Rib Eye Steak. Romanelli’s offers patio dining and flat screen TVs in its bar area. Dine in or take out, Romanelli’s is always a crowd favorite. Large parties welcome. 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. (910) 383.1885.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.- Thurs. 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South/Leland ■ FEATURING: Weekly Specials ■ WEBSITE: www.RomanellisRestaurant.com

Located on College Road, just opposite Hugh MacRae Park, Tandoori Bites offers fine Indian cuisine at affordable prices.

Try one of 74 dishes on their lengthy menu, featuring a large range of side dishes and breads. They have specialties, such as lamb korma with nuts, spices and herbs in a mild creamy sauce, as well as seafood, like shrimp biryani with saffron-flavored rice, topped with the shellfish and nuts. They also have many vegetarian dishes, including mutter paneer, with garden peas and homemade paneer, or baingan bharta with baked eggplant, flamed and sautéed with onions, garlic and ginger.

Join their cozy eatery, where a far east escape awaits all diners, among a staff of friendly and helpful servers, as well as chefs who bring full-flavored tastes straight from their homeland. Located at 1620 South College Road, (910) 794-4540.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon. - Fri. 11-2:30 pm (Lunch Buffet) & 5-10 pm (Dinner), Sat. - Sun. 11:30 -3:00 pm (Lunch) & 5-10 pm (Dinner) ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch buffet ■ WEBSITE: www.tandooribites.net

irish Halligan’s public house

“Failte,” is the Gaelic word for “Welcome,” and at Halligan’s Public House it’s our “Motto.” Step into Halligan’s and enter a world of Irish hospitality where delicious food warms the heart and generous drinks lift the spirit. Be sure to try Halligan’s house specialty, “The Reuben,” number one with critics and of course our customers. One bite and you’ll understand why. Of course, we also serve a full selection of other delicious entrees including seafood, steak and pasta, as well as a wide assortment of burgers, sandwiches (Halligan’s Cheese Steak), and salads. And if you are looking for a friendly watering hole where you can raise a glass or two with friends, new and old, Halligan’s Public House boasts a comfortable bar where fun-loving bartenders hold court daily and blarney fills the air. Stop by Halligan’s Public House today, “When you’re at Halligan’s....you’re at home.” With 12 beers on tap and 16 flat screen TVs, you can watch your favorite game and enjoy your favorite drink. Enjoy two locatons: 3317 Masonboro Loop Rd., and 1900 Eastwood Rd. in Lumina Station.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 Days a Week Monday-Wednesday 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOODS: Masonboro Loop & Lumina Station ■ FEATURING: The Best Reuben in Town! $5.99 lunch specials, Outdoor Patio ■ WEBSITE: www.halligansnc.com

THE HARP

Experience the finest traditional Irish family recipes and popular favorites served in a casual yet elegant traditional pub atmosphere. The Harp, 1423 S. 3rd St., proudly uses the freshest ingredients, locally sourced whenever possible, to bring you and yours the most delicious Irish fare! We have

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Greenfield Lake/Downtown South ■ FEATURING: Homemade soups, desserts and breads,

free open wifi, new enlarged patio area, and big screen TVs at the bar featuring major soccer matches worldwide.

■ WEBSITE: www.harpwilmington.com

JAPANESE HIBACHI STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI 614 S. College Rd. • (910) 399-3366 www.okamisteakhouse.com

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Fat Tony’s Italian Pub

Fat Tony’s has the right combination of Italian and American influences to mold it into a unique family-friendly restaurant with a “gastropub” feel. Boasting such menu items as Veal Saltimbocca, Eggplant Parmigiana, USDA Prime Sirloin, and award-winning NY style hand-tossed pizzas, Fat Tony’s is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Their appetizers range from Blue Crab Dip to Grilled Pizzas to Lollipop Lamb Chops.

Proudly supporting the craft beer movement, they have an ever-changing selection of microbrews included in their 27-tap lineup – 12 of which are from NC. They have a wide selection of bottled beers, a revamped wine list, and an arsenal of expertly mixed cocktails that are sure to wet any whistle. Fat Tony’s offers lunch specials until 3pm Monday through Friday and a 10% discount to students and faculty at CFCC. They have two pet-friendly patios – one looking out onto Front Street and one with a beautiful view of the Cape Fear River. With friendly, excellent service and a fun, inviting atmosphere, expect to have your expectations exceeded at Fat Tony’s. Find The Flavor…..Craft Beer, Craft Pizza!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Thursday 11 am10 pm; Friday-Saturday 11 am-Midnight; Sunday Noon10 pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.fatpub.com ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials until 3pm and late night menu from 11pm until closing.

Early Bird Hibachi Special: $16.99 - Pick 2 meats: Steak | Chicken | Shrimp | Calamari Early Bird Sushi Special: 1/2 OFF Classic Roll, Sunday - Thursday 11-1pm & 4-7pm Mon - Thur: 11am - 2:30pm & 4 -10pm • Fri: 11am - 2:30 pm & 4pm - 11pm Sat: 11am -11pm • Sun: 11am - 9:30pm

Steak, Seafood, & Chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill”, Japanese Sushi, Hand Rolls, Sashimi, Tempura Dishes, & Japanese Noodle Entrées!

Thank you, Wilmington, for voting us Best Italian!

mamma bella pizzeria

Mamma Bella’s is Wilmington’s latest pie palace, offering fresh and unique pizzas, strombolis, sandwiches, salads, wings, and more. Diners can enjoy eating in their quaint dining space or have Mamma deliver to their doorstep ($10 minimum, three-mile radius). Nothing is frozen, and everything is made with top-notch ingredients, from the house meatballs to the pesto, salad dressings to marinara sauce, and beyond! Mamma bakes bread fresh several times daily and helps produce the most scrumptious cinnamon and/or pizza knots. In fact, through Feb. 29, either flavor of knots are free with the purchase of any large pie; or customers can get 12 free wings when ordering two large 2 topping pizzas (dine-in or delivery; offers cannot be combined). With a knowledgeable staff providing excellent customer service—all of whom “respect the pie”—every order is cared for from placing it to picking it up. 3926 Market St. 910-399-6723.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon - Thurs 11am - 10pm;

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Contact us for current program information: (910) 256-7925 ~ parksandrecreation@towb.org Or visit our website for a complete program list: www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com

PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH:

Art Camp ~ Performance Club Camp ~ Tennis Camp ~ Cotillion Manners Camp Safe Sitter® Babysitter Training ~ Kids’ Cooking Camp ~ Jr. Lifeguard Program Basketball Camp ~ Lacrosse Camp ~ Wilmington Hammerheads Soccer Camp

Indo Jax Surf Camps and Outreach Programs are open for registration!

PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS:

www.indojax.com (910) 274-3565 jack@indojaxsurfschool.com

Barre Fit ~ Vinyasa Yoga ~ Gentle (Hatha) Yoga ~ Tone, Strengthen & Stretch Low Impact Aerobics ~ Boot Camp ~ Shag Lessons ~ Refuse to be a Victim® Tennis Lessons ~ Pickleball Lessons ~ Men’s Basketball & Flag Football Leagues

Wrightsville Concerts in the Park Beach Farmers’ Market

Summer Camp!

Mondays, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

May 16th — September 26th Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Located on Seawater Lane, adjacent to Town Hall.

www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com

June 13-August 26

Half Day - 9AM-1PM Monday-Friday: $100/week Full Day - 7:30AM-6PM Monday-Friday: $150/week Daily and hourly rates available!

June 16—August 4 Wrightsville Beach Park

6644 Gordon Road • www.PowerofplayWilmington.com P: (910) 332-1660 • E: POPWilmington@gmail.com

parksandrecreation@towb.org

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Fri - Sat 11am - 11pm; Sun 11am - 9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.mammabellapizzeria.com

Slice of life

“Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza. We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.”All ABC permits. Visit us downtown at 125 Market Street, (910) 251-9444, in Wrightsville Beach at 1437 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 101, (910) 256-2229 and in Pine Valley on the corner of 17th and College Road, (910) 799-1399.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11:30 a.m.-3 a.m., 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

■ FEATURING: The largest tequila selection in Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.grabslice.com

a taste of italy

Looking for authentic Italian cuisine in the Port City? Look no further than A Taste of Italy Deli. Brothers, Tommy and Chris Guarino, and partner Craig Berner, have been serving up breakfast, lunch, and dinner to local and visiting diners for twenty years. The recipes have been passed down from generation to generation, and after one bite you feel like you’re in your mamas’ kitchen. Along with the hot and cold lunch menu, they also carry a large variety of deli sides and madefrom-scratch desserts. Or, if you’re looking to get creative in your own kitchen, A Taste of Italy carries a wide selection of imported groceries, from pasta to olive oils, and everything in between. And last but certainly not least, allow them to help you make any occasion become a delicious Italian experience with their catering or call ahead ordering.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Friday 8:00am8:00pm, Saturday 8:30am-7:00pm, Sunday 11:00am6:00pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.ncatasteofitaly.com

■ FEATURING: Sclafani goods, Polly-O cheese, Ferrara Tor-

rone and much, much more!

Jamaican JAMAICA’S COMFORT ZONE

Tucked in the corner of University Landing, a block from UNCW is the hidden gem of Wilmington’s international cuisine scene - Jamaica’s Comfort Zone. This family owned restaurant provides a relaxing blend of Caribbean delights – along with reggae music – served up with irrepressible smiles for miles. From traditional Jamaican breakfast to mouth-watering classic dishes such as curry goat, oxtail, jerk and curry chicken, to our specialty 4-course meals ($12.00) and $6.99 Student meal. Catering options are available.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tuesday - Saturday 11:45am - 9:00pm and Sunday 1:30pm - 8:00pm. Monday - Closed.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown – University Landing 417 S. College Road #24 ■ FEATURING: Weekly Specials updated daily on Facebook ■ WEBSITE: www.jamaicascomfortzone.net

Latin American CEVICHE’S

Come enjoy the tropical flavors of Panama and Central America...from our fresh fish to our handmade empanadas, traditional arroz con pollo to fresh inspired salads, We hope you will be transported to simpler time with warm, friendly service, and festive vibe. Large selection of beer and wine, including red and white sangria, tropical mimosas, drink specials daily. Just before the bridge at Wrightsville Beach. 7210 Wrightsville Ave. (910) 256-3131.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & BRUNCH: Mon-Sat 11am9pm, Sunday Brunch 9am-3pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ WEBSITE: www.wbceviche.com

san juan CafÉ

Offering the most authentic, gourmet Latin American cuisine

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in Wilmington. With dishes from countries such as Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Cuba you’ll be able to savor a variety of flavors from all over Latin America. Located at 3314 Wrightsville Avenue.

910.790.8661 Follow us on Facebook/Twitter for live music updates!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon - Sat. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and from 5-10 p.m. Closed Sunday.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Nightly specials ■ WEBSITE: www.sanjuancafenc.com

Mexican EL CERRO GRANDE

In January, El Cerro Grande will celebrate 25 years serving authentic, delicious Mexican cuisine to the greater Wilmington area. With an ever-evolving menu, they have introduced eight new exclusive soft tacos as part of Taco Fiesta! They churn out mouth-watering enchiladas, fajitas, quesadillas, chef specialties, and more, in a colorfully inviting dining room marked by a friendly staff and attention to detail. Check out El Cerro’s daily drink and food specials at their three different locations, including $3.50 margaritas on Tuesdays off Military Road, on Wednesdays at 341 S. College Road, and on Thursdays at 5120 S. College Road.

Mondays feature fajita dinners for 10.99 at all locations, and they even have karaoke every Wednesday at 341 S. College Rd, starting at 6 p.m. Serving lunch and dinner daily.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Fri., open at 11 a.m.; Sat-Sun., open at 11:30 a.m.

■ LOCATIONS: 341 S. College Rd., 910-793-0035; 5120 S. College Rd., 910-790-8727; 1051 Military Cutoff Rd., 910-679-4209 ■ WEBSITE: www.elcerrogranderestaurant.com

la costa mexican restaurant

With three locations to serve Wilmingtonians, La Costa is open daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m with lunch specials. Their

full dinner menu (from 3 p.m. on) offers the best in Mexican cuisine across the city. From top-sellers, like fajitas, quesadillas and burritos, to chef’s specialty items, like molcajete or borrego, a taste of familiar and exotic can be enjoyed. All of La Costa’s pico de gallo, guacamole, salsas, chile-chipotle, enchilada and burrito sauces are made in house daily. Add to it a 16-ounce margarita, which is only $4.25 on Mondays and Tuesdays at all locations, and every meal is complete.

Serving the Port City since1996, folks can dine indoors at the Oleander and both Market Street locations, or dine alfresco at both Market Street locations. 3617 Market St.; 8024 Unit 1 Market St.; 5622 Oleander Dr. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs until 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. until 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown and Ogden ■ WEBSITE: www.lacostamexicanrestauranwilmington.com

San Felipe Mexican Restaurant

At San Felipe, we pride ourselves in offering the best Mexican cuisine combined with a Mexican inspired dining experience that will instill a sense of “familia” with our patrons.

Ditch the regular fare and try one of our Mexican inspired favorites such as our sizzling Certified Angus Beef Fajitas or our Carolina Chimichanga. Visit any of our 10 North Carolina locations to see for yourself and while your at it, try one of our delicious Margaritas! See you soon Amigos!

Independence Mall, 3522 Oleander Dr - Wilmington, NC (910) 791-9277 and 1114 New Pointe Blvd - Leland, NC (910) 371-1188.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington, Leland & Southport ■ WEBSITE: www.sanfelipenc.com

Organic lovey’s natural foods & cafÉ

Lovey’s Natural Foods & Café is a true blessing for shoppers looking for organic and natural groceries and supplements, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious

and totally fresh meal or snack. Whether you are in the mood for a veggie burger, hamburger or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte Lovey’s Cafe’ menu. The Food Bar—which has cold, organic salads and hot selections—can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for take-out.

The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of delicious juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness. Lovey’s also carries organic grass-fed and freerange meats and poultry. wheat-free and gluten-free products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop

by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 am to 6 p.m..

Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Rd in the Landfall Shopping Center; (910) 509-0331. “You’ll Love it at Lovey’s!”

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Café open: Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.(salad bar open all the time). Market hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington in the Landfall Shopping Center ■ FEATURING: Organic Salad Bar/Hot Bar, Bakery with fresh, organic pies and cakes.

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com

whole foods market

Whole Foods Market offers one of the most expansive freshly prepared foods options in the city! With 4 bars featuring hot dishes & salads, a sandwich station, sushi station, and pizza station, you are apt to satisfy everyone in your group. All of the ingredients are free of any artificial colors, flavors or preservatives so food is fresh and flavorful from farm, ranch, or dock to your fork! Dine in the cafe or carry out. On any given day the selection offers an array of organic, local, vegan/vegetarian, and healthy options. Voted Best Salads by encore readers.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week. Monday - Sunday. 8am - 9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Seasonal, healthy, organic, vegan/vegetarian ■ WEBSITE: www.wholefoodsmarket.com

Seafood catch

Serving the Best Seafood in South Eastern North Carolina.

Wilmington’s Native Son, 2011 James Beard Award Nominee, 2013 Best of Wilmington “Best Chef” winner, Chef Keith Rhodes explores the Cape Fear Coast for the best it has to offer. We feature Wild Caught & Sustainably raised Seafood. Organic and locally sourced produce & herbs provide the perfect compliment to our fresh Catch. Consecutively Voted Wilmington’s Best Chef 2008, 09 & 2010.

Dubbed “Modern Seafood Cuisine” we offer an array Fresh Seafood & Steaks, including our Signature NC Sweet Potato Salad. Appetizers include our Mouth watering “Fire Cracker” Shrimp, Crispy Cajun Fried NC Oysters & Blue Crab Claw Scampi, & Seafood Ceviche to name a few. Larger Plates include, Charleston Crab Cakes, Flounder Escovitch & Miso Salmon. Custom Entree request gladly accommodated for our Guest. (Vegetarian, Vegan & Allergies) Hand-crafted seasonal desserts. Full ABC Permits. 6623 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28405, 910-799-3847.

■ SERVING DINNER: Mon.-Saturday 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Acclaimed Wine List ■ WEBSITE: www.catchwilmington.com

Dock Street oyster bar

Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters! Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street. You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere,

where you’ll feel just as comfort able in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.

(910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Fresh daily steamed oysters.

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

oceanic

Voted best seafood restaurant in Wilmington, Oceanic provides oceanfront dining at its best. Located in Wrightsville Beach, Oceanic is one of the most visited restaurants on the beach. Choose from a selection of seafood platters, combination plates and daily fresh fish. For land lovers, try their steaks, chicken or pasta dishes. Relax on the pier or dine inside. Oceanic is also the perfect location for memorable events, such as wedding ceremonies & receptions, birthday gatherings, anniversary parties and more. Large groups welcome. Private event space available. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256.5551.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH:

Mon – Sat 11am – 11pm, Sunday 10am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dining on the newly renovated Crystal Pier.

■ WEBSITE: www.OceanicRestaurant.com

The pilot house

The Pilot House Restaurant is Wilmington’s premier seafood and steak house with a touch of the South. We specialize in local seafood and produce. Featuring the only Downtown bar that faces the river and opening our doors in 1978, The Pilot House is the oldest restaurant in the Downtown area. We offer stunning riverfront views in a newly-renovated relaxed, casual setting inside or on one of our two outdoor decks.

Join us for $5.00 select appetizers 7 days a week and live music every Friday and Saturday nigh on our umbrella deck.

Large parties welcome. Private event space available. 910343-0200 2 Ann Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm, FriSat 11am-10pm and Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm. Kids menu ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Riverfront Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Fresh local seafood specialties, Riverfront Dining, free on-site parking ■ MUSIC: Outside Every Friday and Saturday ■ WEBSITE: www.pilothouserest.com

SHUCKIN’ SHACK

Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar has two locations in the Port City area. The original Shack is located in Carolina Beach at 6A N. Lake Park Blvd. (910-458-7380) and our second location is at 109 Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington (910-833-8622). The Shack is the place you want to be to catch your favorite sports team on 7 TV’s carrying all major sports packages. A variety of fresh seafood is available daily including oysters, shrimp, clams, mussels, and crab legs. Shuckin’ Shack has expanded its menu now offering fish tacos, crab cake sliders, fried oyster po-boys, fresh salads, and more. Come in and check out the Shack’s daily lunch, dinner, and drink specials. It’s a Good Shuckin’ Time!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Carolina Beach Hours: Mon-Sat: 11am-2am; Sun: Noon-2am, Historic Wilmington: Sun-Thurs: 11am-10pm; Fri-Sat: 11amMidnight ■ NEIGHBORHOODS: Carolina Beach and Downtown ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials. Like us on Facebook!

■ WEBSITE: www.TheShuckinShack.com

smoothies and more Tropical smoothie cafÉ

Tropical Smoothie Café’s menu boasts bold, flavorful food and smoothies with a healthy appeal, all made

to order from the freshest ingredients. Our toasted wraps, sandwiches, flatbreads and gourmet salads are made fresh with highest quality of meats and cheeses, topped with fresh produce and flavorful sauces, available for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The fun atmosphere and unparalleled hospitality brings customers back to Tropical Smoothie Café again and again. At Tropical Smoothie, we are guided by one simple belief: When you eat better, you feel better and when you feel better, all is better. It’s part of our mission to inspire a healthier lifestyle by serving amazing food and smoothies with a bit of tropical fun. 2804 S. College Road, Long Leaf Mall. (910) 769-3939.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-Fri; 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat-Sun ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, at Shipyard Blvd. and College Rd. ■ WEBSITE: www.tropicalsmoothie.com

Southern Casey’s Buffet

In Wilmington, everyone knows where to go for solid country cooking. That place is Casey’s Buffet, winner of encore’s Best Country Cookin’/Soul Food and Buffet categories. “Every day we are open, somebody tells us it tastes just like their grandma’s or mama’s cooking,” co-owner Gena Casey says. Gena and her husband Larry run the show at the Oleander Drive restaurant where people are urged to enjoy all food indigenous to the South: fried chicken, barbecue, catfish, mac‘n’cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, chicken‘n’dumplings, biscuits and homemade banana puddin’ are among a few of many other delectable items. 5559 Oleander Drive. (910) 798-2913.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesdays.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Pig’s feet and chitterlings.

■ WEBSITE: www.caseysbuffet.com

Rx Restaurant & bar

Located in downtown Wilmington, Rx Restaurant and Bar is here to feed your soul, serving up Southern cuisine made with ingredients from local farmers and fishermen. The Rx chef is committed to bringing fresh food to your table, so the menu changes daily based on what he finds locally. Rx drinks are as unique as the food—and just what the doctor ordered. Join us for a dining experience you will never forget! 421 Castle St.; 910 399-3080.

■ SERVING BRUNCH & DINNER: Tues-Thurs, 5-10pm; FriSat, 5-10:30pm; Sun., 10am-3pm and 5-9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.rxwilmington.com

pembroke’s

A seasonally inspired and locally sourced Southern cuisine dining experience, Pembroke’s was created by the owners of downtown’s Rx Restaurant. Pembroke’s focuses on the same values and excellent service as its sister restaurant, purveying local companies for the best in seafood, proteins and produce.

They work with local fisherman and farmers to ensure your meal will be freshly grown and hand chosen. A new dinner menu is churned out daily to ensure the chefs are working with the freshest ingredients. Plus, the bartenders are creating new drink menus daily as to never bore your taste buds. 1125 A Military Cutoff Rd. 910-239-9153.

■ SERVING BRUNCH & DINNER: Open for dinner Tues-Sun, 5pm-close, with live music Fri-Sat nights. Sunday brunch, 10am-3pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.pembrokescuisine.com

Sports Bar Carolina Ale House

Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for awardwinning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNC W, this lively sports-themed restaurant. Covered and

open outdoor seating is available. Lunch and dinner specials are offered daily, as well as the coldest $2 and $3 drafts in town. 317 South College Road. (910) 791.9393.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11am-2am daily.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: 40 HD TVs and the biggest HD projector TVs in Wilmington.

■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com

dig and dive

A new way to play with your food.” It isn’t just a catch phrase—it is what we do at Dig & Dive. Locally sourced, high-quality food is what we bring to the table. From our specialty “pork wings,” tossed in our famed bourbon-barrell Kentuckyaki sauce, to our fresh ground chuck burgers, to our dogs and sausages, and even salads and kids menu, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. We pair it with an expansive craft beer selection—including a large selection of NC brewed beers—and we give you the most unique and fun atmosphere in Wilmington, thanks to our soft-sand volleyball courts, outdoor and indoor dining. Hands down, we’re the best place in town to ... Eat. Drink. Play. 3525 Lancelot Lane. 910-202-9350.

■ SERVING LUNCH & Dinner: Sun.-Thurs., 11am-midnight; Fri.-Sat., 11am-2am.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, off Market Street and Darlington ■ FEATURING: Burgers, dogs, build-your-own French fries, sandwiches, craft beer, volleyball courts.

■ WEBSITE: www.DigandDive.com

hell’s kitchen

This is downtown Wilmington’s Sports Pub! With every major sporting package on ten HDTVs and our huge HD projection screen, there is no better place to catch every game in every sport. Our extensive menu ranges from classics, like thick Angus burgers or NY-style Reuben, to lighter fare, such as homemade soups, fresh salads and vegetarian options. Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with free WiFi, pool, and did we mention sports?

Free downtown lunchtime delivery on weekdays; we can accommodate large parties. (910) 763-4133.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & ■ LATE NIGHT: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: 1/2 priced select appetizers Monday

- Thursday 4-7 p.m.

■ WEBSITE: www.hellskitchenbar.com

vegetarian/Vegan sealevel restaurant

Shop for gifts while you’re waiting on your to-go order or for the cook to fix your food. How about a lentil patty melt with fresh, handcut potato chips or a crisp salad for lunch?

If you’re looking for a high-fiber plate, we’ve got you covered: the brown-rice tortilla—which is gluten free, vegan and chockful of crunchy vegetables and creamy smoky eggplant spread and avocado—will surely suit you! With a side of creole-spiced organic red beans or our superb vegan purple coleslaw, it will be over the top! Vegan heaven exists: We serve sushi rolls and desserts especially to suit your preferences. Seafood lovers are mad about the shrimp burger, soft crab slider and the frequently featured Caribbean-spiced shrimp tostada, which combines the aforementioned purple slaw, spicy Jerk sauce, and cool avocado, and organic refried lentils on a crispy corn tortilla. Please stop in for lunch six days (not Tuesday/closed) from 11 am to 2 pm, and dinner Thursday through Saturday, 5 pm to 9 pm 1015 S. Kerr Ave. 910-833-7196.

■ SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., daily; Thurs-Sat., 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Closed Tuesdays ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, near UNCW ■ FEATURING: Vegetarian,Vegan, Seafood, Gluten-Free ■ WEBSITE: www.sealevelcitygourmet.com

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JOIN US FOR YAPPY HOUR PUB CRAWL Sunday April 24th from 2 - 6 pm

Bring your Pets & Bring your Friends

TRIBAL SEEDS WED, APRIL 20

$20 PER PERSON

Includes: Treats for your pet, a Pub Crawl T-shirt for you, one drink ticket to bar of choice and a ton of fun!

This event is for dog lovers and even if you don’t have a dog to bring, there will be plenty of dogs to kiss on!

BAR LINEUP

Von Barkee’s for Mimosas Play time in the ball pit, treats and puppy greetings, then heading out to four dog friendly bars!

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LUKE COMBS FRI, APRIL 22nd

APR. 20th TRIBAL SEEDS

MAY 15th INSANE CLOWN POSSE

APR. 21st CILVER FIT FOR RIVALS

MAY 20th SAY ANTHING

APR. 22nd LUKE COMBS

MAY 22nd WHITECHAPEL

APR. 23rd TUESDAY’S GONE: LYNARD SKYNARD TRIBUTE

MAY 25th BEEBS AND HER MONEY MAKERS

APR. 26th COLEMAN HELL

MAY 26th PERPETUAL GROVE

APR. 30th MATOMA

MAY 27th TAB BENOIT

MAY 7th STATE CHAMPS

JUNE 22nd COLT FORD

MAY 10th THY ART IS MURDER

JUNE 25th BADFISH: TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME

MAY 11th MUSHROOMHEAD MAY 14th RIOT TEN

JULY 1st DELTA RAE

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LYNYRD SKYNYRD TRIBUTE

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COLEMAN HELL TUES, APRIL 26th

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LIVING ON ISLAND TIME: The Felix Cafe crafts homemade eats with a side of paradise

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tart with a cocktail shaker. Add Jimmy Buffett three limes, a mermaid, jerk seasoning, and a scoop of truffle mac ‘n’ cheese. Shake well, and indulge in The Felix Café.

When this tropical-themed joint popped up on encore’s radar at the end of last year, I added it to my list and didn’t give it much thought. It was December, after all. Four months later, I realized this modest grub-hub has been putting out an almost entirely made-from-scratch, locally sourced menu. Oh—and they have a tiki bar in the back.

Face, meet palm.

Although I was unaware that The Felix Café was putting out fresh eats and fruity drinks, the Sunset Park spot has been snagging up loyal followers since they first swung open their screen door. After a quick glimpse into Felix’s Yelp page, I learned they are slammed on the weekends and even the lunch crowd packs a punch.

Thanks to a scenic coastal backdrop, Wilmington’s businesses are known for pushing out paradise vibes. The difference in The Felix Café verses wannabebeach-bars: high-quality homemade cuisine, unique specials, and jazz with Benny Hill on Thursdays. For downtowners on the hunt for a Carolina Beach feel without the 40-minute drive—welcome to a new favorite sippin’ shack.

The décor roars Rayburn (“Bloodline,” anyone?), which means a Florida feel with an emphasis on The Keys. But it’s not all margaritas and Kenny Chesney songs. Felix gives a solid nod to the craft-brew crowd with quality East Coast choices, like Virginia’s Devil’s Backbone, North Cackalack’s Mother Earth, and everyone’s hoppy fave-of-the-moment: Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Tropical IPA. As I was pretending to be on vacation, I opted for Florida Beer Company’s Key West Sunset Ale. This citrusy amber lager turned out to be an exceptional match for my laid-back mood and more importantly for Felix’s jerk chicken.

I took a seat at the cozy bar, which stared straight into the open kitchen.

The owner, Felix, was literally preparing food inches in front of my face—clearly, a man comfortable with the concept of

transparency. I polled the friendly patron to my left (an apparent regular) on the lunch selections and he suggested the jerk chicken wrap. Felix assured me the spice wasn’t overbearing, and something told me he wouldn’t steer me wrong. The wrap starred juicy, seasoned chicken, grassy cilantro-infused rice, corn salsa, and ranch with a kick. As promised, the chicken had a gentle Jamaican spice and was mighty tender. I wasn’t expecting to be blown away by the hand-cut fries, as many restaurants in the area cut their spuds from scratch. These potatoes, however, had a steak fry-esque feel, which set them apart from the crowd.

For my next edible adventure, Felix assured me the Monte Cristo was one of their best-sellers. I typically can’t take more than a few bites of these decadent, French-inspired, deep-fried sandwiches— but, oh well, YOLO. The massive meal arrived in front of me in a cloud of powdered sugar. The puffy brown sourdough squares were drizzled with a glowing zigzag of raspberry preserves and stuffed with thinly sliced ham, smoky Gouda and Swiss cheeses.

Come on, did any of that sound bad?

Didn’t think so.

And then came the big decision: which side? Truffle mac ‘n’ cheese, please! Another house specialty, Felix’s mac features fusilli noodles drenched in a tangy cheese sauce that made me want to do the funky chicken. The truffle flavor was subtle, but still offered a twang of musk and earthiness. The cheeses were sharp and pungent, like a combination of Pecorino Romano and Lady Gaga—most definitely not a bad romance.

My body was starting to unravel. I needed something green. Luckily Felix offers a “5-bite salad” which is, in my opinion, the perfect culinary balance to two sandwiches, French fries, and a side order of macaroni and cheese. The veggies were fresh and crunchy, and the ranch, madein-house of course, had a hint of garlic and buttermilk.

My server mentioned the burger was another popular dish, but that the slider trio was prepared with the same ground ribeye. First up was “The Port”—a smoky combo of Applewood bacon and salty blue cheese. Next was “The Islander,” whose garnish included a sugary pineapple ring and crunchy red cabbage slaw. Last up

THAT’S A WRAP! Jerk chicken, filled with rice, corn salsa, cheese, and other goodies, make for The Felix Cafe’s hearty sandwich, served with kale chips and fries. Photo by Tom Dorgan

was “The Tiki,” with smoked cheddar and ‘shrooms. To each his own on the toppings, but “The Islander” hit the homerun (pineapples scream paradise!). The meat was tender, thoughtfully seasoned, and cooked to perfection (not easy to do with petite patties). Also, fluffy buns galore.

And as Marie Antoinette said, “Let them eat cake!” So, get the fusion coconut cake. This signature star closed down the Felix show and sent me into Food Comaland. It held up to its guarantee of being uber creamy and light-as-air. The slice was generous with lush sections of vanilla-y frosting and liberal shavings of coconut flakes.

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Couplet at Old Books celebrates National Poetry Month with NC Poet Laureate and others e: How has it grown?

by: Shea carver

GR: Well, that first year we accidentally scheduled it for Super Bowl weekend.

Somehow the only four people in America who didn’t realize that were planning this together. The next year we moved it to April for National Poetry Month. Like many events, it waxes and wanes, depending upon resources from year to year. Some years we have had book launches from our in-house micro press, New Books on Front St. This year our spring release was all prose, so that wasn’t appropriate for this event. e: Tell me about your choice of keynotes for the 2016 event; how did you narrow down who would speak and do a workshop? What about these authors are most impressive to you?

GR: Actually, this year’s line up blows my mind. Shelby Stephenson, the NC Poet Laureate, said he would be happy to come.

Knowing how busy his schedule is (especially in April), we asked him to pick the date best for him and we built the event around that. His most recent book is published by Press 53.

I have been chatting with Kevin Watson off and on about coming for an event. When we confirmed Stephenson was coming, he marshaled additional Press 53 writers and planned a workshop about working with a poetry press. We usually have a publisher present. In years past it has been Bull City Books and Sable Books for example.

Unfortunately, Watson discovered he was double booked for the weekend and is not coming; though, three of his writers will be here representing the press. But he promises us we will have a workshop with him in the future.

MAN OF THE HOUR: Old Books on Front Street will host Couplet, a poetry festival featuring a reading by NC Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson. Courtesy photo.

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pril marks the 20th year that National Poetry Month has been celebrated, as inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. As one of the largest literary celebrations in the world, bookstores, organizations, publishers, schools, libraries, poets, and many more gather throughout the month to shed light on the written word. Specifically, it’s all about highlighting succinct stories, abstract ideas, emotions, and more through rhythmic ca-

dences or concise verbiage, whether didactics, ballads, fables, free verse, or sonnets.

Locally, Old Books on Front Street will begin their celebration this Saturday, April 21, wherein bookstore owner Gwenyfar Rohler (and encore writer) has a lineup featuring well-known poets, an open mic, a workshop, and lots of other thought-provoking activities. We caught up with Gwenyfar to find out about Couplet—the annual event she holds in honor of National Poetry Month each April.

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encore (e): Tell me how Couplet began.

Gwenyfar Rohler (GR): We started Couplet when we moved into our new building [in 2011]. We have a lot of poets in the area, and I was trying to find a way to develop an event that would both celebrate and enhance their work. So we have workshops with regionally known poets who travel here, coupled with reading opportunities for our local writers.

e: How will Stephenson’ role in Couplet unfold? Do you know what he’ll read, or have you asked for anything specific of him?

GR: It is an incredible honor to have Mr. Stephenson visit. He will read from his new collection, probably some of his older work and hopefully talk a bit about his journey and what the work of the poet laureate includes. He has a big heart and a deep, warm personality that is incredibly inclusive. He really is the perfect candidate for the poet laureate of our state.

As far as asking anything specific of him?

No. He is a pro—his experience and body of work speak for themselves.

e: For folks unfamiliar with Val Nieman and Sam Barbee, tell us about some of their works, what their poetry does for the genre overall and how they break the mold of what some may consider when thinking about poetry.

GR: We have hosted readings and workshops with Val Nieman before—and we always welcome a chance to have her in the store! We got introduced to her and her work through Richard Krawiec—one of my favorite poets (and publishers).

Her most recent book is “Hotel Worthy”— though she also writes fiction (we carry her novels, too).

Sam Barbee is from here (though he currently resides in Winston-Salem) and a UNCW alumni. I am endlessly impressed with the accomplishments of our creative writing grads. It is really wonderful to be able to welcome both talented writers back to the area and offer their fans an opportunity to reconnect and learn about their newer work. e: What can folks expect from Nieman’s workshop? Is it for all levels of poets?

GR: Yes, definitely of benefit to poets of all levels. Nieman is a truly gentle teacher who brings years of experience and sensitivity to her work. She is able to speak across boundaries of experience and exposure to create a learning environment that is safe, productive and meaningful.

She’s a pretty darn incredible writer, too. e: For folks intimidated, or maybe not even into poetry, per se, will the fest appeal to them? Will these authors appeal to them in ways they may not expect?

GR: I hope the lineup will appeal across the board. The workshops and open mics are designed to give poets an opportunity to improve their skills, which include delivery skills. Performance is just as an important part of the work as how it appears on the page.

“Famous First Lines,” the event held Friday night, April 22, is really aimed at worksin-progress. I like to think of it as sort of like a jam at a music club. It is a place to try out things that aren’t maybe 100 percent where you want them and to see how they play with an audience.

Also Allison Ballard and Shelagh Clancy of SeaLeaf Books will be on hand to discuss publishing and editing services with prospective authors.

If anything, I think the weekend is about discovery—for writers and the audience.

We have more talent here than many people realize. This is a great opportunity to connect with people who share a creative passion and are at different points navigating the dream to get there.

e: Craig Kittner will do an open mic.

What can we expect from this? Or what are you hoping to bear witness to during this part of the day?

G: Craig is actually working on a poetry manuscript for our micro press, and we are planning to launch in the fall. Addy McCulloch has hosted the open-mic in the past; it seemed like it would be nice if she could actually come and enjoy the festival instead of working it for once. Addy has helped us put it together every year, and she is not only one of the most talented writers I know personally, but an incredible advocate for writers and poets especially.

Craig seemed like a logical choice: He’s an actor, so he is good at speaking in front of people. He is a strong poet, too, and he has a nurturing quality about him that makes people feel safe. Looking at all those qualities, combined with his forthcoming book, made him a logical choice.

As his publisher, I hope he will read a few selections from the manuscript. He produces a lot of nature-infused memory work that is quite lyrical and evocative.

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GR: All events are free and open to the public, with the exception of the Literary History Walking Tour, which begins at 1:30 p.m. and is $8.

Details: Couplet

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April 22, 8 p.m.

Famous First Lines Reading of works-in-progress April 23, 11 a.m.

Press 53 Reading, with Val Nieman, Sam Barbee and finale with NC Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson

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to-do calendar events CF COMIC CON

4/20, 10am: The Cape Fear ComicCon will provide individuals and families with a great day of fellowship celebrating comics, fantasy and science fiction. We will have special guests, vendors and cosplay (including a cosplay contest). There will be an auction at 5pm to benefit the Cape Fear Literacy Council. Wilmington Moose Lodge #343, 4610 Carolina Beach Rd.

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Wilmington Family YMCA is ready to kick-off

the 33rd annual Senior Games by the Sea. This year the most talented area athletes and artists ages 50 and better will compete in the annual event to qualify for the State Finals to be held in the fall in Raleigh. Senior Games by the Sea will run from 4/22-5/22. Wilmington Family YMCA, 2710 Market St.Events will be held in various other venues throughout the Wilmington area.Opening ceremonies at the YMCA gym at 11am on Fri., 4/22. A Fun Walk will take place on the Y track at the conclusion of opening ceremonies. Mark Sinclair, 910-251-9622 ext. 229 or Mark.sinclair @ wilmingtonfamilyymca.org. Schedule: www.

wilmingtonfamilyymca.org earth day gathering

Friday, 4/22, 9-12am: Yoga on the lawn and a refreshing post-yoga beverage courtesy of Manol from Zola Coffee and Tea! Engage with people from the community who allow their creativity to blossom and find your bliss amidst the chirping birds, (hopefully) abundant sunshine and blooming flowers. $15 will include a one hour, all-levels mindful movement yoga class taught by Taylor White as well as your choice of elderflower champagne or a calming iced chamomile + mint tea. Pay in advance by way of cash, check or credit through Pome-

granate Books on the corner of Kerr and Park avenues. 50% of proceeds go to Centripetal Farms. 4418 Park Ave. EARTH DAY

Join Longwave Yoga for 46th annual Earth Day with Airlie Gardens! It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner, or more advanced in your practice, this class is sure to be fun for all. Bring your own mat or towel. Longwave Yoga students: Unlimited package includes this event. 5 or 10-class pack, these visits can be redeemed for this event.Drop-in: $15. Airlie Members: $10. Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Rd.

FLYTRAP FROLIC

4/23, 9am: The 6th annual Flytrap Frolic celebrates the area’s own carnivorous Venus Flytrap, hosted by the N.C. Coastal Land Trust and takes place 9am-1pm. Free, educational and family-friendly. Tours of the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden (3800 Canterbury Road behind Alderman Elementary), the only garden of its kind in the United States.

Interactive touch boxes to learn how different carnivorous plants hunt their prey. Guest predator appearances from local raptors and snakes. Flytrap crafts and face painting.

Named an official event of the N.C. Science Festival. Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden, 3800 Canterbury

SPRINGTIME FOR BRITS CAR SHOW

4/23, 9am: Springtime for Brits, the annual car show sponsored by the British Motor Club of the Cape Fear (BMCCF) is at Wrightsville Beach Park. The show attracts 150 + cars per year, and is open to all marques and all years.

Music, food vendors and beautiful cars contribute a fun day for all. Spectators free! Vehicle registration forms and other information is available at bmccf.org. Spectators free! Car registration $30 thereafter and day of show.

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VALIENT COMICS DAY

4/23, Neighborhood comic shop is hosting Valiant Comics for a Shop Takeover! Writers Robert Venditti (Green Lantern, The Flash, X-O Manowar) and Rafer Roberts (Archer & Armstrong, Plastic Farm) will be in store signing, hanging, and talking comics and the industry from 12am-5pm. We’ll be handing out freebies all day and we’re following up the signing with live music and a special yet-tobe-announced surprise! Memory Lane Comics, 5214 Market St.

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of girls of color. Potluck for Peace: Continuing the Conversation, Thursday, April 28, 6:008:30pm, YWCA Lower Cape Fear—an evening full of mature, enriching conversation and delicious food! We ask that those attending bring a hearty, covered dish to share! Conversation focus will be on the 2016 Stand Against Racism theme: On a Mission for Girls of Color. Topics such as safe play, access to healthcare, economic issues, racial profiling, etc. will be discussed. Space is limited, so make sure to RSVP to Community Outreach Coordinator, Kelly Williams, by Monday, April 25! • 4/29, 11am-4pm, YWCA Lower Cape Fear—Stand Against Racism in unison with approximately 300,000 others across the country and host a range of locally organized events involving public policy, advocacy and community education which seek to foster and express commitment to working for racial justice. Meet and greet, Peace Pledge signing, and a word from one of our county officials. At 12 noon, we will Stand Against Racism along S. College Road.

Following the stand, we will have a celebration of multicultural food and entertainment at 1pm!

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4/29-5/1: Cape Fear Games presents annual 3-day board game convention at the Hampton Inn Medical Park. Will begin on Friday, 4/29, 8am, gaming can continue 24 hours each day until late Sunday evening (5/1). The weekend’s format will feature open-gaming along and a play-to-win table where attendees can win the copy of the game they just played. Weekend Badge can be purchased for $40 or 2 for $70 (the Couples pass), as a Day Pass on Saturday for $30, or a Day Pass on Friday or Sunday for

$25. No experience is necessary and fun will be had by all. Deadline to register is Fri., 4/22, noon. No badges will be sold on-site. Hampton Inn Medical Park, 2320 S 17th St.

charity/fundraisers 2016 Audi Cabriolet RAFFLE

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra is raffling a 2016 Audi Cabriolet convertible, in partnership with Audi Cape Fear. Only 999 tickets will be sold! The drawing will be held on May 7.

Audi Car Raffle: $125 + $3.75 transaction fee.

Raffle ticket to win the new 2016 Audi Cabriolet 2.0. Raffle tickets will be sent to buyer via U.S. mail. Must be 18 years old to participate. You need not be present to win, but we hope you will join us at the Kentucky Derby Party and drawing event on May 7, and all ticket sales benefit the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra.

The $125 purchase price of the ticket is not tax-deductible, but any amount in excess of $125 per ticket will be considered a contribution to the WSO. 600 tickets must be sold for the raffle to take place. In the event that the minimum is not met, you may choose to make this a tax-deductible donation to the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra or receive a full refund. www.wilmingtonsymphony.org.

MAKING LEGENDS LOCAL

4/22, 6:30pm: 13th annual “Making Legends Local,” The Carousel Center’s premier fundraising event of the year, which will take place Fri., 4/22, at Thalian Hall’s main stage in downtown Wilmington, NC. Join us as local celebrities and personalities lip sync and perform your favorite country

tunes. For $100 guests can purchase tickets that allow them to participate in the Red Carpet Reception that includes a silent auction, buffet style appetizers and cocktails, as well as their admittance into the show. For $35 guests can purchase their tickets for the show only. Red Carpet Reception begins at 6:30pm, doors open for the public at 7:30pm, and the show begins at 8pm. 910-632-2285. All proceeds benefit the Carousel Center, an accredited Child Advocacy Center.

SALVATION ARMY SPRING FLING

4/23, 11am: Annual charity fundraiser that raises money for the Salvation Army’s “Center of Hope” in downtown Wilmington. Event includes lunch, a silent auction, a craft table and entertainment. Pine Valley UMC, 3788 Shipyard Blvd

JROTC 5K

4/23, North Brunswick High School will celebrate the 100th JROTC Anniversary by hosting the Leland/Wilmington location of the largest run in military history. The Fun Run will be held worldwide with our local event at Brunswick Forest. Registration is open now and the public is encouraged to participate to support JROTC and help the cadets break the world record.

This event begins at 11am at the Lowes in Brunswick Forest. Please visit active.com and search JROTC 100th near you to find and register for a Fun Run or visit JROTCAnniversary. com for more information. Brunswick Forest, 1007 Evangeline Dr.

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4/30, 9am: $125 per Player or $500 per Team.

Limited to first 30 teams. For More Information: Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame, www. gwshof.com, or call Sheila Boles at 910-2628454. Tee signs – $100. Please include a business car. Make checks payable to: Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame. Mail payment to: YMCA, Attn: Dick Jones, 2710 Market Street, 28403. 910-251-9622/dick.jones@ wilmingtonfamilyymca.org. CF National Golf Course, 1281 Cape Fear National Dr.

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GREAT ARTSPECTATIONS

4/30, 7pm: Great ArtSpectations VI— Live and silent art auction fundraiser Cape Fear Center for Inquiry, pubThe 13th annual fundraiser for the Carousel Center for lic K-8 charter school. Coastline Contakes place at Thalian Hall on April 22. Making vention Center. 6-7 p.m. Reception for Legends Local features local celebrities and person- Artists and Sponsors, 7-9 p.m. Silent Live Art Auction of featured loalities lip-syncing their way through various songs. and cal artists and student artists. “Going This year’s theme is centered on country tunes.

Local” with artists: Dumay Gorham, Nicolle Nicolle, Sarah Howe, StephaTickets are $100 and include a silent auction, nie Holt, Megan Deitz, and FREAKER buffet-style appetizers and cocktails, and show.

USA. Great local food, beer, wine and Show only tickets are $35. www.thalianhall.org dessert included in the $25.00 entry fee ($30.00 at door). Purchase tickets online at: http://cfci.net/greatart/. More info: 910-231-5142. Coastline Conference un women’s walk and Event Center, 501 Nutt St. 4/24, 1pm: Come join us at the 7th annual UN Women Walk to fight violence against women and girls! There will be face painting and info booths about the cause from 12 pm to 1 pm, and Zumba along with a raffle and a DJ afterwards! Under 12: Free! $10 with a t-shirt On site: $20. In advance: $15. Hugh MacRae Park Shelter #5, 1799 South College Rd.

GOLF TOURNAMENT

4/28: Leland area Rotary will hold this exciting full featured Golf outing at Cape fear National, considered the most prestigious golf course in the area. The newest golf course in the Wilmington NC area, Cape Fear National at Brunswick Forest offers 18-holes of premium public golf in a setting of unmatched beauty. Range balls, “goodie bags,” and discounted golf apparel are available to all. plenty of opportunity for the players to win prizes, with golf poker, and games of skill including a chance to win a new car on our “hole in one” event! Joe Hagan: joe.lelandarearotary@gmail.com. (910) 3712544. Cape Fear National Golf Course, 1281 Cape Fear National Dr.

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2016 Pender Humane Society FORE Our Furry Friends Golf Tournament proudly sponsored by Modern Woodman of America, and hosted by WECT News Anchor Kim Ratcliff, at Castle Bay Golf & Country Club on April 30th, for which we are seeking your support as a sponsor and/or as a golfer. Pender Humane Society is a No Kill Shelter serving Pender, New Hanover, Duplin & Onslow counties. By supporting this golf tournament, You have a direct impact on the rescue and care of these animals, and ultimate placement in their furever homes. The Staff and volunteers of Pender Humane love our four-legged furry friends, and want to have as great an impact on those unfortunate ones who are being abused, abandoned or who would be euthanized at other facilities. Sponsor packages are detailed on the website.

Golfer sign up is also available on the website.

Hole in one prizes at all Par 3’s, and a chance for $10,000 on #12! There will be four golfers chosen to participate in the $50,000 shootout after the round. www.2016FOFFgolf.com

music/concerts beth crookham and jazz ensemble

4/22, 7:30pm: An evening of vocal jazz with guest vocalist Beth Crookham and the UNCW Jazz Ensemble I, under the direction of Jerald Shynett. Proceeds benefit scholarships for department of music jazz students. UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr. $20

Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Mendelssohn’s Elijah, featuring the Choir of St. Paul’s with orchestra and soloists Nancy King, Jamie Rhodes, Robert Workmon, and John Callison. Ronnie Wise, conductor. Fri., 4/22, 7:30pm. $15. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St.

WSO

4/23, 7:30pm: A spectacular finish to a season of symphonies, the final Wilmington Symphony Orchestra concert includes Leonard Bernstein’s brilliant Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 2, a colorful early work brimming with American

tunes. $25-$27. 910-962-3500. www.wilmingtonsymphony.org BROTHER SUN IN CONCERT

4/23, 7:30pm: Amazing trio of talented folksinger/songwriters has received numerous accolades since their formation in 2009. Greg Greenway, Joe Jencks and Pat Wictor have been impressing audiences with their terrific harmonies and songwriting around the country. Their sophomore release “Some Part of the Truth” was the 2013 North American Folk DJs CD of the Year. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wilmington, 4313 Lake Ave. $15

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN

4/24, 3pm: Join Opera Wilmington for the very best of The Mikado, Iolanthe, Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. You’ll be humming along with our local stars and special guests, as they perform favorite G&S arias, duets and choruses. Featuring lively costumes

by Mark D. Sorensen, along with delightful narration by Wilmington’s own Tony Rivenbark, it will surely be an evening of “joy and rapture unforeseen! $40. Thalian Box Office: (910) 632-2285. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St.

PIPE ORGAN AND CHURCH HISTORY TOUR

The Wilmington Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will hold an organ and church history tour of four downtown Wilmington churches on Sun., 4/24, 3:30pm. We will begin at the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Ann Street, continue on to First Presbyterian and St. James Episcopal on Third Street, and end at First Baptist at the corner of 5th Avenue and Market Street. The presentation at each church will include information

about the church and a chance to hear the organ. Tour will end at 5:30pm. Sara Bryant: music@thestmaryparish.org. free family concert

4/24, 4pm: Free Family Concert featuring the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra and Junior Strings, on Sun., 4/24, 4pm, Kenan Auditorium. GA sseating is free and tickets are available at the door. Features a solo performance by violinist Amelia Smith (photo attached), who is the Junior Division winner of the 39th Annual Richard R. Deas Student Concerto Competition. Smith will be accompanied by the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra. Also on the concert will be the Girls’ Choir of Wilmington, directed by Sandy Errante. Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Rd.

gipsy kings

Celebrating more than 25 years of flamenco, salsa and pop fusion, the Gipsy Kings will perform at Cape Fear Community College’s Humanities and Fine Arts Center on Wed., 4/27. www.capefearstage.com. $40-$75. (910) 3627999. www.gipsykings.com. 701 N. Third St.

BASS STATION

Thursdays at The Juggling Gypsy Cafe - is a weekly event presented by Bass Cadet Productions and centered around bringing an immersive interactive platform to highlight artists from around the East Coast and beyond. The event spotlights DJs, VJs, flow artists, painters and fire performers each week. This is more than a scene, it’s a movement. 1612 Castle St.

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CRIMSON SHADOW

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MOUSETRAP

Written by Agatha Christie and directed by Chris Brown, a group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm; A newly married couple who run the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone.

Into their midst comes a policeman, traveling on skis. Soon after someone is killed and as the policeman probes the background of everyone present he rattles a lot of skeletons. Admission: $15 Thursdays, $18 Seniors/students/ military, $20 General Admission April 21-24, 8pm; Sunday, 3pm. Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St.

Hellzapoppin Circus Revue

Sideshowstress Lacy Blaze, performing and supporting legends, including Sally Marval, and other mavericks, trailblazers, rebels, rule breakers, outlaws—true uninhibited artists.

Live stunts—fire eating and breathing, bed of nails, razor-sharp machete walk, acrobatic stunts, and more. $10. Juggling Gypsy Cafe & Hookah Bar, 1612 Castle Street.

THE LITTLE MERMAID

4/22-23, 7pm (3pm on 23, too): Coastal Chris-

tian High School is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for a local musical production of the “The Little Mermaid.” Shows will take place at Coastal Christian High School located at the 1150 The Kings Highway in Wilmington. 45 actors, crew and musical accompaniment students. The show is directed

by Denice Hopper, with choreography direction by Shannon Mansfield. $8-$12. www. coastalchristian.net or by calling 910-3959995. Coastal Christian High School, 1150 The Kings Hwy BURLESQUE: WHAM BAM GLITTER SHOW

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THE SECRET GARDEN

4/28-5/1: This enchanting classic of children’s literature is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother. Orphaned in India, 11 year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the “Dreamers”, spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden’s compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal. Friday-Saturday evening shows at 7pm; Saturday morning and Sunday shows at 3pm. $12. Hannah Block Community Arts Center, 120 S. Second St.

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PC PLAYWRIGHTS

The Port City Playwrights’ Project, a community of writers for stage and screen, meets Saturday, 4/30, 11am, at the Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Road, Wilmington. The agenda includes the reading of new work in preparation for next fall’s production as well as last-minute business for the upcoming Winners & Losers. Newcomers at all levels of development are invited to attend the session. https:// portcityplaywrights.wordpress.com.

comedy DEAD CROW

4/22-23, 7pm, 9:30pm: Maronzio Vance is a Los Angeles based writer, actor and standup comedian. Maronzio will next be seen starring as a series regular on the all new TV Land series entitled Lopez, starring George Lopez.

Last year Maronzio was a regular on the Fox comedy series entitled Enlisted. Prior, Maronzio wrote and starred in Fox’s pilot remake of In Living Color. He often performs stand-up in Los Angeles and continues to tour the country regularly. Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. Tickets: deadcrowcomedy.com

dance CONTRA DANCE

Evening of energetic, contemporary American country dancing—exercise that’s actually fun, done to live music by Box of Chocolates band—fiddle, percussion, guitar, dulcimer, bass, mandolin and more! Dress cool & comfortable, soft-soled shoes. 2nd and 4th Tues each month. All ages welcome. United Methodist Church, 409 S. 5 Ave.

Hippolyta’s Disappearance

Dancer/Performance Artist Karola Luttringhaus will perform her new solo piece (with virtual partners) “Hippolyta’s Disappearance” on Friday April 22 at 8pm in the Humanities & Fine Arts Center Studio Theatre (“black box”) —parking in student lot #2, enter the H&FAC at the entrance near the intersection of Hanover and 2nd streets. Tickets at box office and online at http://cfcc.edu/capefearstage/karola-luttringhaus-hippolytas-disappearance.

Ms. Luttringhaus will lead a workshop with CFCC students - the students will present their performance art pieces on Sun., 4/24, 4pm (parking and tickets at same links). Admission: $5-$15.

art KAREN VAN SICKLE GALLERY TALK

4/24, 3pm: Join the conversation with artist and CAM Museum School instructor, Kirah Van Sickle, discussing She tells a story (on view through September 11, 2016). CAM Members: Free, Museum Admission for all others. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St., Brown Wing

ALL STUDENT SHOW

Annual, juried exhibition features student work.

Traditionally over 75 pieces are submitted, including drawings, watercolors, oils, photography, acrylics, ceramics, sculptures and experimental media. A UNCW alumnus/alumna or community member is selected to juror the show and selects the awards, including Best of Show, which is purchased for the University Union Permanent Art Collection. UNCW Boseman Art Gallery, 601 S. College Rd.

topher alexander

Flytrap Brewing presents “Varied States” from local artist, Topher Alexander. He currently serves as the Assistant Gallery Director at UNCW CAB Art Gallery and teaches printmaking at the Cameron Art Museum School. Alexander’s artwork is driven by experimentation, and grounded in raw materials. On display through 4/30. Flytrap, 319 Walnut St.

ODYSSEY

Odyssey opens at New Elements Gallery, 4/22.

This exhibit features new works from painters Kevin Bass and Sally Sutton. Both artists playfully traverse back and forth between faithful representation and extreme abstraction. 201 Princess Street, the corner of 2nd and Princess, in historic downtown Wilmington. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11AM until 6pm or by appointment.

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT

Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, Wilmington’s premier after-hours celebration of art and culture, is held 6-9pm on the fourth Friday of each month. Fourth Fridays feature art openings, artist demonstrations, entertainment and refreshments. Administered by the Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County, Fourth Fridays have made downtown Wilmington an arts destination as art-savvy locals and visitors flock to our art spaces, said Rhonda Bellamy, executive director of the Arts Council of Wilmington/NHC.

ACME spring show

ACME Art Studios, founded in 1991, kicks off its’ celebration of 25 years with the Spring Show Opening 4/22, 6-9pm. Featuring the work of the 21 artists who call ACME home, the Spring Show demonstrates the diversity of work that ACME is known for including sculpture, painting, collage, assemblage, mixed media, paper making, print making, and photography. 711 N 5th Ave

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TheArtWorks mission is to enhance the community, assist the artist, contribute to the revitalization of downtown Wilmington, to preserve Wilmington’s commercial landmarks, and establish an international destination. To increase the livelihood of local artists and provide a place to create and display all types of art. TheArtWorks is an art village showcasing Wilmington’s vibrant visual, literary, and performing arts and provides art studios, gallery space, educational opportunities, and an event venue with the mission to foster a creative environment for artists and enhance Wilmington’s cultural community through art.

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NOW: ARTISTS NEEDED! Thalian Association for Children’s Theatre (TACT) hosts their annual Orange Street ArtsFest every Memorial Day weekend. They have a call out for artists who wish to rent booths to sell their wares to the public. 2D and 3D artists are welcome, in all mediums, from photography to pottery, paintings to sculpture, and more. The festival is juried, featuring more than 80 artists and over $500 in prizes. Deadline is 4/30; www.wilmingtoncommunityarts.org.

A YEAR DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

4/22-23: A full installation Alice in Wonderland themed art show by Rob Fogle. Featuring Fogle’s original canvas works and documenting his year of Wonderland influenced street art painted across the east coast. Hosted by and sharing the event with Rooted Kava Lounge and their grand opening. Rooted Kava Lounge, 4511 Franklin Ave.

DREAMS ARTISTS OPENING

Fri., 4/29, 6-8pm: Art opening by DREAMS artists. Refreshments served. Show will run through Friday, 5/6. DREAMS of Wilmington, Inc. is a nationally award-winning nonprofit dedicated to building creative, committed citizens, one child at a time, through providing youth in need with high-quality, free-of-charge programming in the literary, visual, multimedia and performing arts. In addition to the DREAMS art, view fine art by Brian Evans (ceramics), Debra Bucci (oil painting), Elizabeth Darrow (oil and collage on canvas), Traudi Thornton (ceramics), David Klinger (hand-carved wooden boxes), Randi Rom (jewelry), Judy Hintz Cox (mixed media on canvas), Paul Muldawer (mixed media on wood), Matthew Leavell (sculpture), Helen Lewis (encaustic painting), Sherry Hellmer (decoupage furniture), and other artists. DREAMS Center for the Arts - Garage, 901 Fanning St. ARTS FEST ARTISTS NEEDED

TACT is seeking artists for the 21st Orange Street ArtsFest, Memorial Day weekend, Sat., 5/28, 10am-6pm, and Sun., 5/29, 10am-5pm. The celebrated street fair will return to Orange Street next to

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Call for Artists by Wilmington Art Association for 2D Visual and 3D Heritage Arts adults 50 and over—Statewide Art Competition plus Exhibition and sale for three days. -$15 to enter 5 pieces of art. No uploading images Deadline to enter 4/25. www.wilmington-art.org

PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT

Visitors to the Azalea Garden tour will discover artists working in locations throughout the featured gardens. The artists will move from place to place, following both the sunlight and their imagination. Most of the artists will be working all three days of the tour and some may make it to several of the featured gardens during that time. Spectrum Gallery will host a showing of the resulting artworks at The Forum, with an artists’ reception on Thursday, 5/5, 6-9pm.

Refreshments and live music. In the time between the paint out in April and the gallery show in May, many of the artists are expected to develop more detailed paintings from their original sketches. Collectors will be able to see the evolution of certain paintings alongside the more spontaneous creations painted during the Garden Tour. 910-256-2323. Spectrum Gallery, 1125 J Military Cutoff Rd. spectrumartandjewelry.com.

CELIA MCGUIRE OPENING RECEPTION

My World on Canvas, exhibition by artist Celia McGuire presented at the Leland Cultural Arts Center. Visitors to the Center can enjoy her works through 4/30. Leland Cultural Arts

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the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, with some exhibitors inside the building. Juried festival is the largest springtime arts festival in downtown Wilmington and will feature over 80 artists with $550 in prize money. Applicants must submit a color photo of original work in acrylic, oils, watercolor, sculpture, drawing, graphics, wearable arts, leather jewelry, clay, glass, fiber, metal work or mixed media. Photographically or commercially reproduced work is also acceptable in limited editions, signed and numbered by the artist. An early bird entry fee of $135 will be offered until 4/20. wilmingtoncommunityarts.org or Samantha Herrick, slherrick@thalian.org.

SARUS VVVROOM PARTY

Feature live performances by 2016 artists, free silk screening (bring your own item), and merchandise/artwork for sale. This will be a chance for artists to network and for audiences to mingle. Performances will include dance, theater, music, and video. Other evening events (6pmMidnight) will include announcements regarding the 2016 festival lineup, a raffle event, body painting, and chair massages. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vvvroomâ&#x20AC;? title represents the 2016 themes of Vibrations/ Visions/Views for the Sarus Festival which will take place on Wrightsville Beach, at the Cameron Art Museum, and in the greater Wilmington area from 7/7-10. Note that this event is free to attend, but artwork and other specialty items will be charged a fee. Ironclad Brewery, 115 N 2nd St.

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Exhibits: Through 6/5: Bones Of: Sculptures

by Dustin Farnsworth: New acquisition to the permanent collection in context of seven other works by this rising artist. Inspired by 19th century architecture of the theatre, Farnsworth reflects, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I create a lush, emotionally-charged rabbit hole to fall into and explore. These sculptures act as anthropological studies of cultural, familial and social heredity of a culture in the interim of post-industry and the coming age.â&#x20AC;? Farnsworth, a recent resident artist at Penland School of Craft (2012-2015) is now continuing his studio practice as a Windgate resident and Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015-2016). â&#x20AC;˘ Through 7/10: Raise the Curtain: Galleries become two working studios in this presentation of the original front curtain unveiled October 12, 1858 during the premier opening of Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thalian Hall. The 32â&#x20AC;&#x2122; curtain painted by Russell Smith, Hudson River-inspired Pennsylvania artist, undergoes conserva?tion treatment while local artists paint a 19â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 32â&#x20AC;&#x2122; replica of the venerable scene, featuring arrival of Viking long ships to Apolloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temple, as oracles are read on the eve of the Olympic games. â&#x20AC;˘ Through 9/11: She Tells a Story celebrates the work of women artists from CAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent collection and connects the art forms of visual and literary arts. Fifteen Wilmington-area women writers contribute text (of their chosen format) on select works from the exhibition.

The juxtaposition of the artwork with the written word will illuminate how these artists and writers explore their experiences, perspectives and world views through their chosen medium. â&#x20AC;˘ Through 7/17: Patchwork North America: Paintings by Virginia Wright-Frierson: From

extensive travel by road and by air, Wright-Frierson has created over 100 paintings framing scenes, as if looking through a window, across the US and Canada. â&#x20AC;˘ She Tells a Story: Celebrates the work of fifty-two visual artists from CAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent collection and connects the forms of visual and literary arts. Exploring the catalytic relationship between visual imagery and text, CAM invited fourteen Wilmingtonarea writers to compose new work inspired by these selections. This juxtaposition of visual with word illuminates how artists communicate their experiences, perspectives and world views through their chosen medium. CAM CafĂŠ hrs: Tues,-Sat,, 11am-3pm; Sun., 10am3pm; Wed.-Thurs. 5-9pm. 910-395-5999. www. cameronartmuseum.org. 3201 S. 17th St. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM

Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach. Visitors to the cottage will find a scale model of Wrightsville Beach circa 1910, exhibits featuring the early days of the beach including Lumina Pavilion, our hurricane history and information about the interaction between the people and our natural environment which have shaped the 100 year history of WB. (910) 256-2569. 303 W. Salisbury St. www.wbmuseum.com.

STARRING CAPE FEAR

New Hanover Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cape Fear Museum is proud to showcase highlights of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film history with the opening of its newest exhibit, Starring Cape Fear! Exhibit April 22nd and visitors can explore the history of the local film and television production industry from

the 1980s to the present day. View artifacts from several productions including Firestarter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dawsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek, One Tree Hill and Tammy. See a cape and the ear from Blue Velvet, an Iron Man 3 mask, and the jet ski beloved by Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) in Eastbound & Down.

Cape Fear Museum Associates will host an exhibit preview event on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 6-9 p.m. Appetizers and beverages will be served. The event is free for members and $30 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased online at www.capefearmuseum.com/ programs or by calling 910-798-4364. This is an adults-only event.

WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM

Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, and spectacular model layouts.

House in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and after-hours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd Mondays at 10:30am, only $5 per family and access to entire Museum. Admission only $9 adult, $8 senior/military, $5 child age 2-12, and free under age 2. Northend of downtown, 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634. wrrm.org.

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The Latimer House of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is not handicapped accessible 126 S. Third St. 762-0492. www. latimerhouse.org CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM

World’s most fascinating and dangerous reptiles in beautiful natural habitats, feat. a 12foot saltwater crocodile, “Bubble Boy.” and “Sheena”, a 23ft long Reticulated Python that can swallow a human being whole! Giant Anaconda weighs 300 lbs, w/15 ft long King Cobras hood up and amaze you. See the Black Mamba, Spitting Cobras, Inland Taipans, Gaboon Vipers, Puff Adders, and more! Over 100 species, some so rare they are not exhibited anywhere else. One of the most famous reptile collections on earth. Open everyday in summer, 11am-5pm (Sat. till 6 pm); winter schedule, Wed-Sun. 20 Orange St, across from the Historic Downtown Riverwalk, intersecting Front and Water Street. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

BELLAMY MANSION

One of NC’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, itf ocuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in ac-

tion.910-251-3700. • 4/24, 1pm: 7th Annual Family Fun Day! Free. Games, crafts, pony rides, costumed reenactors, storytellers, live music, petting zoo, face painters, balloon animals, and more! Rain Date: Sunday, 5/1. www. bellamymansion.org. 503 Market St. BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE

18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in the heart of Wilmington’s Historic District, is the oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th and 19th century decor and gardens.

Colonial life is experienced through historical interpretations in kitchen-building and courtyard. 3rd and Market St. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm.

Last tour, 3pm. (910) 762-0570. www.burgwinwrighthouse.com.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Mon, Little Sprouts Storytime, 10am, and Go Green Engineer Team, 3:30pm. • Tues., Kids Cooking Club, 3:30pm • Wed., Preschool Science, 10am; Discover Science, 3:30pm; and Mini Math, 4pm. • Thurs. StoryCOOKS, 10am; and StART with a Story, 3:30pm • Fri., Toddler Time, 10am; and Adventures in Art, 3:30pm • Drop off gently used books at our museum to be used for a good cause. Ooksbay Books uses book collection locations to help promote literacy, find a good use for used books, and benefit nonprofits. • Dino Day, 4/23, 9am: Free with admission or membership. Model Magic clay to “make your own dinosaur bone.” Quicksand pit. Dino crafts in the art room. Free with admission. www.playwilmington.org 116 Orange St. 910-254-3534

kids stuff SUPER SATURDAY FUN TIME

Appropriate for ages 4-10, but all ages welcome. Dock the Dog and Dock Street Kids for 10 exciting episodes of Super Saturday Fun Time, TheatreNOW’s live theatrical show featuring local history and mystery and super guest stars, hosted by Captain Coy T. Plunkett (Zach Hanner). Live music, games, cartoons, short films, and his favorite surf “nuggets.”

Dock Street Kids and their always-hungry dog, Dock, solve adventures. Parents can even drop off kids ages 5+. Kid-friendly snacks and drinks available for purchase. We also do custom birthday packages with a chance to interact with all the characters and even step onstage and be a part of the action. /26: Mystery of Blackbeard

Story Explorers

Cameron Art Museum, every Thurs., 1010:30am: Admission by donation. Bring your infant, toddler or preschooler for story time, gallery exploration and an art project! georgia@cameronartmuseum.org for more info.

3201 S. 17th St.

HAMMERHEADS SOCCER

The goal of the Wilmington Hammerheads and the Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation Department is to provide the highest quality soccer coaching program to the youth of our community. Hammerhead Players and Youth staff will teach the fundamental skills and advanced technical and tactical play necessary to enhance each player’s game. Continues through May 3. 1 Bob Sawyer Dr.

summer rollout kids at cam

Summer camps and classes for all ages offered through the Museum School while enjoying live music with Mark Herbert, family friendly food truck menu with Steviemack’s International Food Company and lots of fun activities and stations. All ages. No pre-registration necessary. Parental supervision required at all times. georgia@cameronartmuseum.org or dmoore@ cameronartmuseum.org. Admission by donation. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.

LITTLE EXPLORERS: BUDDING BEAUTIES

4/21, 10am: Explore the world around us with hands-on activities, experiments and fun in Museum Park! Enjoy interactive story time, exploration stations and play related to a weekly theme. In event of inclement weather, program moved inside. Perfect for children ages 3 to 6 and their adult helpers. Parental participation is required. CF Museum, 814 Market St.

Holland Hustle

4/24, 1pm: Let your kids have some fun while participating in an event that promotes fitness and supports the school! Bring them to a fun race that includes running, but also going through various obstacles along the 1.2 mile course. The Adventure Run is for children 13 years old and under. Participants 14 years and older may sign-up for the Adventure Run but will not be timed. After the Adventure Run, encourage your child to run the traditional 5K with parents and friends! Carolina Beach Elementary School, 400 S. Fourth St.

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lectures/readings GOING GREEN BOOK CLUB

First Tues of ea. month, 6pm. 2016 will feature a nice range of themes, plus a couple of backups just in case obtaining any turned out to be problematic. 4/5: Speaking for Nature: The Literary Naturalists, from Transcendentalism to the Birth of the American. Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.

PEDALING FOR PAGES BOOK CLUB

Arrive by bike to receive the bicycle discount everyday. We do have a bike rack just outside the door and two more on the block. The group will read a selection that includes, fiction, biography, history, and memoir. Open to all levels of bicycle interest and ability. Meetings are last Thurs. of mo. at 6pm. April-Fat Tire Flyer by Charlie Kelly (history of early days of mountain biking by those who lived it); MayJoyride by Mia Birk (National Bike Month so its a book about advocacy and working towards a more cycling friendly world); June: Half Man, Half Bike. The Life of Eddy Merckx by William Futheringhom; July: The Yellow Jersey by Ralph Hurne; August: Rusch to Glory: Adventure, Risk, and Triumph on the Path Less Traveled by Rebecca Rusch; Oct: Two Wheels: A Cycling Murder Mystery by Greg Moody; Nov: Bike Snob: Systematically and Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling by BikeSnobNYC. Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.

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COAST POETRY JAM

4/22, 8pm: Come listen to poets puttin’ down

the true spoken word, hosted by Bigg B and Sandra, themiddaymiss of COAST Radio (97.3 FM). 910-763-0973. Purchase seats at the door. Weyerhaeuser Reception Hall, Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th St. Tickets at door.

BETH TERRY: LIVING PLASTICS FREE

4/23, 5pm: Beth Terry is the author of “Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too,” and has been a speaker on TEDTalks. Expo 216 will host a reception from 5-6pm with refreshments and live jazz.

Lecture will begin at 6pm and conclude with a special screening of Hope Spot: Hatteras by UNCW’s Project Ocean Plastics. Beth Terry’s book, “Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too” will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

Available on Eventbrite. Expo 216, 216 N. Front St.

film CUCALORUS CALL FOR FILMMAKERS

Cucalorus is officially accepting applications for the 22nd annual Cucalorus Film Festival and CONNECT Conference, 11/9-13! Artists can submit films (all genres, all lengths), performances, dance, music videos, virtual reality, artistic interventions, installations and multi-media stories. Entrepreneurs can submit to the CONNECT Conference; applications for speakers, panels, workshops, and pitches are being accepted now. Cucalorus’ general call for entries extends through late July, with separate deadlines for Dance-a-lorus perfor-

mance pieces and Works-in-Progress. The regular deadline is 6/23 and the late deadline is 7/14. Cucalorus is also currently accepting submissions for the fifth annual Surfalorus Film Festival and a range of other year-round programs. Natalie Lentz at programming@cucalorus.org. 815 Princess St. www.cualorus.org.

sports/recreation WEST MARINE CAROLINA CUP

The 6th annual West Marine Carolina Cup presented by Surftech will be the first major stop on the 2016 world SUP race circuit through

NOW: CALLING CUCALORUS It’s that time of year when our annual independent film festival puts out its call for entries to filmmakers far and wide to be a part of the 21st run, November 9-13. Cucalorus is accepting film submissions with an early deadline of June 23 and a late deadline of July 14. They’re also accepting submissions for the annual Surfalorus Film Festival held this fall in the Outer Banks.

Need more info? www.cucalorus.org 4/24, in Wrightsville Beach. All races begin and end at host hotel Blockade Runner Beach Resort. 800 paddlers are expected to start in three different races on Sat., 4/23, the 3.5-

mile Harbor Island race, 6-mile Money Island race, and 13.5-mile Graveyard race. Competitors include Olympians, world-record holders, and champions in the disciplines of standup, prone, surfski, and outrigger canoe paddling.

Also feat. the six-man Hawaiian outrigger canoes (OC-6) will take center stage and compete at noon on Sun., 4/24. Outrigger competitors will paddle Bradley Lightning canoes, commissioned by Reggie Barnes of Eastern Surf and Skate Supply, in heats around Harbor Island. Clinics and demonstrations scheduled, incl. top paddle experts in the paddle world, including Larry Cain, Travis Grant, Lina Augaitis, Dan Gavere, Dr. Bob Arnot, Fiona Wylde, and Zane Schweitzer. Demo Zone feat.

60 vendors will have the latest equipment, boards, and boats on display. Zone sponsor Carolina Paddleboard Company will feature a rare, unlimited, six-man outrigger canoe from Puakea Designs. Call for registry fees: 910-620-1835. 275 Waynick Blvd.

classes metal work and jewelry classes

Metal and wire work jewelry classes held every Tuesday morning, 10am-noon at the Hannah Block Community Arts Center at 2nd and Orange streets. $30/2 hour class (includes all supplies and tools for use in class). Pre-reg: Karen Keffer Pridemore, takeyourpickdesigns@yahoo.com.

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Gentle Beginner Yoga, 8:30-9:15am, with Lisa Keating. Bring yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing. Lisa will lead you through

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gentle yoga postures and breathwork as you find and connect with your inner self. • Workshops 9:30am-4:15pm: Delve into information provided by knowledgeable teachers and learn about yourself through self-hypnosis, hand analysis, psychic and intuitive practices, physical movement, meditation, massage, and more. Learn to maintain the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual body in a timeless condition of vibrant natural harmony. We offer four session with 19 different workshops to choose from. unitywil.com.

Unity of Wilmington, 717 Orchard Ave. PILOXING SSP

Thurs, 6:30pm: A high-energy interval workout that uniquely blends the power, speed, and agility of boxing with the targeted sculpting and flexibility of pilates. Supplemented by the use of weighted gloves, further toning the arms and maximizing cardiovascular health. Add to that fun dance moves for a workout that will tone muscle, burn fat and empower you both physically and mentally. 31 Fitness, 4209 Oleander Drive Suite 8

ART CLASSES

Four weekly sessions; 2 hours, $80.

• Tues, 10am-noon: Collage—Create beautiful collages from found papers in a series of fun collage lessons including textures, color gradation, paper dynamics, content, photo portrait and more. • Wed. 10am-noon: Drawing w/Pen and Ink—Learn to shade to depict light and shadow, line drawing and how to draw anything. • Thurs, 10am-noon: Acrylic Painting—How to paint light and shadow, color and brush dynamics, mixing colors, me-

diums and choosing a painting style. For beginners or experienced students that want to refresh their skills. Beginners or experienced students. Sunroom Studio, 6905 Southern Exposure MINDFUL MEDITATION

Register for an upcoming continuing education course. Class begins 4/28-5/12. earn meditation techniques to help you deal with stress, anxiety, and negative emotions. You will develop a more intuitive, heart-centered way of life. This course is suitable for anyone who is interested in learning how to meditate, regardless of background or belief. Students should wear comfortable clothing. 3 contact hours.

Thurs., 5:30-6:30pm. $45: www.cfcc.edu. 402 N. Front St.

Decorated Gourd

Crafting class with personalized instruction

by Melanie Walter. Craft a simple gourd into a beautiful, personalized bowl decorated

4/23: CEMETERY CONSERVATION

Interested in how local cemeteries deal with conservation? Head over to the St. James Burial Ground on the 23, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., wherein Historic Wilmington Foundation and Oakdale Cemetery will present a Gravestone and Cemetery Conservation Workshop. They’ll demonstrate proper headstone cleaning, and go through the preservation of historical gravestones and monuments, as well as restoration work. Tickets are $40 through April 21 only. http://www.oakdalecemetery.org

with various embellishments in this three-hour class. Cost: $55 per person, including all materials. No prior experience is needed, but participants must have enough visual acuity to thread a needle and distinguish individual stitches. Limited space: www.cfcc.edu/communityenrichment or 910-362-7572. 401 N. Water St., Thurs., 4/21, 5:30-8:30pm, Burnett Building, room W-002, CFCC. CEMETERY CONSERVATION WORKSHOP

Historic Wilmington Foundation and Friends of the Oakdale Cemetery, with support from the NC State Historic Preservation Office, will present a Gravestone and Cemetery Conservation Workshop Sat., 4/23, 9am-4pm, St. James Burial Ground, 25 S. 3rd St. in Wilmington. Proper headstone cleaning demonstration. Workshop will be conducted by Jonathan Appell, a premier cemetery conservation specialists with 15 years experience working exclusively with historic gravestones, monuments & historic masonry structure. Jonathan has performed restoration work in some of the nation’s most historic cemeteries including the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC, First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC and the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, MA. Admission: $40 through 4/21 only. St. James Burial Ground, 25 S. 3rd St.

Emotional Healing Group Hypnosis

4/25, 6:30pm: This evening give yourself the gift of compassion and love. Emotional healing hypnosis focuses on healing within you whatever is holding you back from living every moment in happiness. It is about gaining self confidence and self love, to release any and all self judgment. Admission: no minimum required. Harmony: A Wellness Center & Yoga,

4320 Wrightsville Ave, pine needle crafts

4/28, 5:30pm: Enjoy crafting in a small class with personalized instruction by local craftswoman Melanie Walter. When the class is over, your hand-sewn creation is yours to keep or give as a gift. Three-hour class will focus on traditional coiling, with added emphasis on forming the shape of a bowl. $55 per person, including all materials. Pre-register today at www.cfcc.edu/communityenrichment or 910362-7572. Burnett Building, room W-002, CFCC, 401 N. Water St.

Confidence in Astronomy

Cape Fear Museum will offer Confidence in Astronomy, an astronomy teacher workshop, on 4/30, 8:30am-11:30am, in collaboration with the UNCW’s Center for Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (CESTEM). Educators will practice setting up and taking down the Starlab portable planetarium, running a star show for students, and using the solar telescope—equipment available for check-out from CESTEM. This workshop is offered at no cost to teachers. Space is limited to 25. Register by calling 910-962-3168 or online at www.uncw.edu/cestem/pd.html. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

clubs/notices SchoolYard Rain Garden Stewardship

4/23, 8am: Join staff and volunteers to help maintain rain gardens and stormwater wetlands at Bradley Creek Elementary School in Wilmington. Volunteers will remove invasive plants, pull weeds, prune trees, and spread

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mulch in the existing rain gardens and wetlands at the school. This project is part of the Hewletts and Bradley Creek Watershed Restoration Plan and Heal our Waterways program.

Associated with Work on Wilmington. All project supplies and equipment will be provided as well as snacks and refreshments. The event is open to the public and suitable for ages 8 and up, so come on out to help plant a rain garden or just to find out what you can do in your own backyard to protect your local creek. Bradley Creek Elementary School, 6211 Greenville Loop Rd. HUMANISTS AND FREETHINKERS

4/25, 7pm: What About Denmark? What can we learn both good and bad? Join Humanists and Freethinkers of Cape Fear for this discussion, Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, 120 S. 2ND St. Free; open to the public. RSVP: www.meetup.com/humanism-182

naacp meeting

The New Hanover NAACP monthly meeting is Thurs., 4/28, 7pm, St. Stephen AME Church, 501 Red Cross Street, Wilmington. Members and friends are encouraged to attend. For more information, call 910-765-0102 or email nhcnaacp@gmail.com. St. Stephen AME Church, 501 Red Cross St.

BOYS CHOIR ABC SALE

A.B.C. Sale (Attic, Basement, Closet): Saturday, April 30, 8am-1pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal (16th & Market). Preview Sale: Fri., 4/29, 5-7pm. $5 includes complimentary beverage.

Proceeds benefit Wilmington Boys Choir. Ronnie Wise, wilmingtonboyschoir@gmail.com or 910-762-4578. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St.

culinary PC BREW BUS

Port City Brew Bus offers public brewery tours that are open to anyone 21 years or older. Eat a hearty breakfast before the tour. We will have pretzels, snacks, and water but there isn’t a stop for lunch. Visit three breweries to experience their facilities, understand the brewing process unique to their beers and enjoy samples of their offerings. $55. www.portcitybrewbus.com. (910) 679-6586

SUNDAY SUPPERS: PINPOINT

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

“The writer should never be ashamed of staring,” Aries writer Flannery O’Connor said. “There is nothing that does not require his attention.” This is also true for all of you Aries folks, not just the writers among you. The coming weeks will be an especially important time for you to cultivate a piercing gaze that sees deeply and shrewdly. You will thrive to the degree that you notice details you might normally miss or regard as unimportant. What you believe and what you think won’t be as important as what you perceive. Trust your eyes.

In many cultures the butterfly is a symbol of transformation and rebirth. In its original state as a caterpillar, it is homely and slow-moving. After its resurrection time in the chrysalis, it becomes a lithe and lovely creature capable of flight. The mythic meaning of the moth is quite different, however. Enchanted by the flame, it’s driven so strongly toward the light, it risks burning its wings.

So it’s a symbol of intense longing that may go too far. In the coming weeks, Libra, your life could turn either way. You may even vacillate between being moth-like and butterfly-like. For best results, set an intention. What exactly do you want?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The ancient Greek geographer Pausanias told a story about how the famous poet Pindar got his start. One summer day, young Pindar decided to walk from his home in Thebes to a city 20 miles away. During his trek, he got tired and lay down to take a nap by the side of the road. As he slept, bees swarmed around him and coated his lips with wax. He didn’t wake up until one of the bees stung him. For anyone else, this might have been a bother. But Pindar took it as an omen that he should become a lyric poet, a composer of honeyed verses.

That’s exactly what he did in the ensuing years. I foresee you having an experience comparable to Pindar’s sometime soon, Taurus. How you interpret it will be crucial.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) “I measure the strength of a spirit by how much truth it can take,” philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said. Measured by that standard, your strength of spirit has been growing—and may be poised to reach an all-time high. In my estimation, you now have an unusually expansive capacity to hold surprising, effervescent, catalytic truths. Do you dare invite all these insights and revelations to come pouring toward you? I hope so. I’ll be cheering you on, praying for you to be brave enough to ask for as much as you can possibly accommodate.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Göbekli Tepe was a monumental religious sanctuary built 11,600 years ago in the place we now call Turkey. Modern archaeologists are confounded by the skill and artistry with which its massive stone pillars were arranged and carved.

According to conventional wisdom, humans of that era were primitive nomads who hunted animals and foraged for plants. So it’s hard to understand how they could have constructed such an impressive structure 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid of Giza. Writing in “National Geographic,” science journalist Charles C. Mann said, “Discovering that hunter-gatherers had constructed Göbekli Tepe was like finding that someone had built a 747 in a basement with an X-Acto knife.” In that spirit, Cancerian, I make the following prediction: In the coming months, you can accomplish a marvel that may have seemed beyond your capacity.

tors syndiCate PinPoint will launch a new Sunday Supper dinner series on Sundays to showcase area farmers and purveyors. Dinners will benefit area charities for the entire month they are offered. For the first month. Showcasing local

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In myths and folklore, the ember is a symbol of coiled-up power. The fire within it is controlled. It provides warmth and glow even as its raw force is contained.

There are no unruly flames. How much energy is stored within? It’s a reservoir of untapped light, a promise of verve and radiance. Now please ruminate further about the ember, Leo. According to my reading of the astrological omens, it’s your core motif right now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Uh-oh. Or maybe I should say, “Hooray!” You are slipping into the Raw Hearty Vivid Untamed Phase of your astrological cycle. The universe is nudging you in the direction of high adventure, sweet intensity and rigorous stimulation. If you choose to resist the nudges, odds are you’ll have more of an “uh-oh” experience.

If you decide to play along, “hooray!” is the likely outcome. To help you get in the proper mood, make the following declaration: “I like to think that my bones are made from oak, my blood from a waterfall, and my heart from wild daisies.”

(That’s a quote from the poet McKenzie Stauffer.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “I gladly abandon dreary tasks, rational scruples, reactive undertakings imposed by the world,” Scorpio philosopher Roland Barthes wrote. Why did he do this? For the sake of love, he said—even though he knew it might cause him to act like a lunatic as it freed up tremendous energy. Would you consider pursuing a course like that in the coming weeks, Scorpio? In my astrological opinion, you have earned some time off from the grind. You need a break from the numbing procession of the usual daily rhythms. Is there any captivating person, animal, adventure, or idea that might so thoroughly incite your imagination you’d be open to acting like a lunatic lover with boundless vigor?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “Difficulties illuminate existence,” novelist Tom Robbins says, “but they must be fresh and of high quality.” Your assignment, Sagittarius, is to go out in search of the freshest and highest-quality difficulties you can track down.

You’re slipping into a magical phase of your astrological cycle when you will have exceptional skill at rounding up useful dilemmas and exciting riddles.

Please, take full advantage! Welcome this rich opportunity to outgrow and escape boring old problems.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “When I grow up, I want to be a little boy,” novelist Joseph Heller wrote in his book “Something Happened.” You have cosmic permission to make a comparable declaration in the coming days. In fact, you have a poetic license and a spiritual mandate to utter battle cries like that as often as the mood strikes.

Feel free to embellish and improvise, as well: “When I grow up, I want to be a riot girl with a big brash attitude,” for example, or “When I grow up, I want to be a beautiful, playful monster with lots of toys and fascinating friends who constantly amaze me.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In one of his diaries, author Franz Kafka made this declaration: “Life’s splendor forever lies in wait around each one of us in all of its fullness—but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.” I’m bringing this promise to your attention, Aquarius, because you have more power than usual to call forth a command performance of life’s hidden splendor. You can coax it to the surface and bid it to spill over into your daily rhythm. For best results, be magnificent as you invoke the magnificence.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) I’ve got a controversial message for you, Pisces. If you’re addicted to your problems or if you’re convinced that cynicism is a supreme mark of intelligence, what I’ll say may be offensive. Nevertheless, it’s my duty as your oracle to inform you of the cosmic tendencies, and so I will proceed. For the sake of your mental health and the future of your relationship with love, consider the possibility that the following counsel from French author André Gide is just what you need to hear right now: “Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.”

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farmer Wholesome Greens—an artisanal subing starting at 11am. Farm tour will follow and and tasty eats. $32.50. tastinghistorytours. wrap by noon. Farm fresh products available urban farm in Wilmington. Three-course menu com. 910-622-6046. will feature some of the microgreens, herbs FERMENTAL and produce grown by the farmer and Free tasting ever Friday, 6pm. • Third Wedneswill be served in a family-style offering. day of each month feat. musical and brewing Sun., 5-8pm for special Sunday Supper talents alongside an open mic night, as well menu—$25/person and $10 for kids 3-12. as the opportunity for homebrewers to share, Fermental will host an Earth Day celebration, pairLimited seating at 6:30pm for guests to sample, and trade their creations: an evening dine specifically with the farmer and a of beer and an open stage. PA and equipment ing six Mother Earth beers with tastes of Kirsten provided. Share cups available. All genres. representative of the charity at a special Mitchell’s eats from her Vittles Food Truck. Mother All beer styles. Free. • 4/22, 6pm: Pairing six long table in the restaurant, served family Earth Brewing will release a 2016 Triple Overhead, Mother Earth beers with six distinct dishes style. 10 percent of all money raised duras well—a Belgium-style ale aged in bourbon barprepared and designed by Vittles Food Truck ing the March Sunday Supper series will chef, Kirsten Mitchell. Also includes a limited rels. Members of the Earth Day Alliance will be on benefit the Food Bank of Central & Eastrelease of Mother Earth’s 2016 Triple Overern North Carolina at Wilmington. www. hand to educate and showcase their local efforts in head: a Belgian style ale aged in bourbon pinpointrestaurant.com. 114 Market St. protecting our environment. Raffle tickets will be barrels. Event features members of the WilmSILVER COAST WINERY TASTING ROOM ington Earth Day Alliance who will be onsite sold for a final drawing of prizes at their annual 4/21, 10am: Visit for a wine tasting or purto educate and demonstrate their efforts to Earth Day event at Hugh MacRae on April 23. chase a bottle or two to take home to enjoy. raise awareness for the protection of our Be sure to browse the art and gift shop. For environment and ecological resourcwine club members only: Pick up your quarterly es. Raffle tickets will be available for for purchase after the tour. 115 Crystal Ct., a final drawing of prizes at their annual event selection at the Tasting Room in Wilmington. We Hampstead. on Sat., 4/23, Hugh MacRae Park. Live music ask that you give us a two-day notice that you begins at 8pm with the Keith Butler Jazz Trio. will be picking your quarterly selection up in TASTE CAROLINA FOOD TOURS Fermental, 7250 Market St. Sample an eclectic assortment of downtown Wilmington, 910-287-2800. Wine club members restaurants, enjoy food and drink, and meet may get their complimentary glass of wine at some of the city’s best chefs. Public parking the Winery in Ocean Isle Beach or at the Tasting available. Saturday tours include a 2:30pm Room in Southport on Wed. Old ILM City MarDowntown Afternoon Tasting Tour ($50/perket, 119 S. Water St., Unit B. son) and a 3pm Downtown Dinner & Drinks CELEBRATE RECOVERy FARMERS’ MARKET Tour ($65/person). A 10am Farmers’ Market Life Community Church, located inside IndeWednesday, 8:30am, at Poplar Grove PlanTour ($75/person) and cooking class available. pendence Mall, will have a Celebrate Recovtation. Vendors vary weekly w/locally grown tastecarolina.net ery meeting every Monday evening at 6:30 fruits and vegetables, free-range egg, Poppm starting with fellowship followed by a large lar Grove’s own chickens; artisan vendors w/ WILMINGTON VEGAN POTLUCKS group meeting at 7 pm. Support groups for Wilmington Vegan Supper Club Potlucks take handmade jewelry, candles, wind chimes, bird men and women follow at 8 pm. The meeting is place every first Thursday of every month at feeders, cutting boards, coffee tables, just to in the Extension located across from Branches 6:30pm at Kitchen & Lounge at South Front name a few. Bath and body products are availbookstore and the church auditorium. For more Apartments, located on Greenfield Street at able in a wide selection of all-natural items, information. contact Jodie at 910-547-8973 , 2nd Street, across the street from Satellite. with specialty items for him and her. Locally LifeCC office at 791-3859 or go to Lifecc.com.

Bring a vegan dish to share, and swap reciprepared foods and drinks will keep you satisLife Community Church, 3500 Oleander Dr. pes and socialize. Wilmington Vegan Lending fied while you’re here, and make an easy lunch Library will be there for you to grab a book as or dinner when you leave. Poplar Grove PlantaTRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP well. Bring a list of ingredients along with your tion, 10200 US Hwy 17 N • Riverfront Ogden Transgender Support Group, 1st Thurs./mo., dish (or even better, the recipe!. Dishes absoFarmers’ Market, Wed., 8am-1pm: Shop for lo7-8pm. For more information please contact lutely must be completely vegan—no meat, no cally grown and produced vegetables, baked Therapist Nova Swanstrom: 910-343-6890. fish, no dairy, no eggs, no chicken stock, no goods, eggs, meats, seafood, NC wines, jams You must talk with Nova first before coming to honey, and so on. Bring a plate, utensils, and a & jellies, plants for the garden & home, plus a support group meeting! drink. http://wilmingtonvegan.com artisan soaps, woodwork, jewelry, candles and CHADD much more. Ogden Park • Downtown River- TASTING HISTORY TOURS Wilmington Area CHADD meets on the 2nd front Market opens 8am, 4/16. Water St. Tasting History Tours of Pleasure Island; guided Monday of every month from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at walking tours. From its beginnings as a tourist NATURE’S WAY GOAT FARM the Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 destination, the island has weathered destrucNature’s Way Goat Farm tour! Nature’s Way Shipyard Blvd., Building B. This free support supplies the co-op with a variety of goat tive fires, tragic hurricanes, naval battles and group is open to a growing group of parents, cheese. Learn about the farm, meet the farmmore. Tasting History takes you through the grandparents and individuals affected by AD/ ers, and feed and play with the baby goats. streets of CB and into a few of the restaurants HD who understand what it takes to face its Tickets must be purchased in advance at Tidal to taste some of what the locals have to offer. daily challenges. Free. Pine Valley United Creek, $5-$10. Visitors can arrive at 10am Join us for an afternoon of interesting history Methodist Church 3788 Shipyard Blvd., bldg and play with the baby goats, with the feed-

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4/25, 6:30pm: NAMI In Our Own Voice presentations change attitudes, assumptions and stereotypes by describing the reality of living with mental illness. Johnnie Puckett and Earl Craig will share their powerful personal stories. NAMI In Our Own Voice adds a critical perspective to the popular understanding of what people with mental illness are like. First Baptist Activity Ctr, 1939 Independence Blvd

tours LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR

Ever wanted to meet authors living and dead, and tour locations from books, poems, and plays? Explore the rich culture of our talented Southern town with a 90 minute walking tour of the literary history of downtown Wilmington, NC. Visit “The Two Libraries.” Walk the streets of your favorite novels, and stand where Oscar Wilde did when he lectured here. Saturdays, 1:30pm, Old Books on Front St. 249 N. Front St. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1282390

CONFEDERATE WALKING TOURS

Experience Wilmington’s people, history and architecture in the late antebellum period and during the conflict, conducted by noted Wilmington historian Bernhard Thuersam. Walk in the footsteps of George Washington, James Monroe, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens and more. In-depth 90-minute tours are by appointment only, Sunday through Saturday, call 910.619.4619 or bernhard1848@gmail.com for current prices. Step-on and personalized tours downtown and local forts available. Tour begins at foot of Market St. www.cfhi.net.

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6:30pm & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington. Nightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Admission charge. Meets at Water & Market streets. Reservations required: 910794-1866; www.hauntedwilmington.com

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Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions.Market and Water streets. $12 for adults, $5 per child.

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Now Hiring Acoustic Jazz Piano on Front St. DON’T TRY TO CHANGE SPARK YOUR SKILLS! THE WIND OR THE SEA. FABULOUS ENTERTAINmENT with James Jarvis Exotic Dancers Adults or Students Wednesday @ The Blind Elephant In-Out Calls • Casual Events JUST CHANGE Two Girl Show • Bachelor Parties Saturday @ The Calico Room CONTACT: 24/7 Dancers • Serious Inquiries Only THE SAIL. Sunday @ Old Books on Front St. Always Hiring www.facebook.com/JamesJarvis13 BarbaraMcKenzie2008@gmail.com CALL NOW: 910-343-1171 910-726-5323

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