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Teen LGBTQ Book Club New Hanover County Northeast Library (1241 Military Cutoff Rd.) will host the Teen LGBTQ Book Club. This week they will discuss short stories from the anthology “All Out: The No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages.” Check the calendar at nhclibrary.org for more story titles. Meetings of the Teen LGBTQ Book Club are free and no registration is needed. For more, contact Grant Hedrick at ghedrick@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6372.

WILLFUL AND WILY, PG. 21 The law and outlaws are at odds in ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,’ a tale of survival of the fittest in the Old West made famous from the 1962 John Ford film. Panache Theatrical Productions will make its NC debut at at downtown’s N. Front Theatre on Thursday night. Pictured left: Bradley Coxe and Jen Ingulli

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MUSIC>> Paul Loren brings back the style, sound and soulful beat of ‘50s and ‘60s crooners on Thursday at Gravity Records. Read more about his latest album and music to come.

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Dissecting the amendments to NC Constitution, to be presented on the 2018 ballot this fall Since, 19 more states have followed suit.

BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

The Marsy’s Law Amendment basically says that victims of crimes should be notified of the progress and results of their cases, including if perpetrators are released from prison. Ballotpedia really sums it up nicely: “Henry Nicholas, the co-founder of Broadcom Corp., started campaigning for this kind of legislation to increase the rights and privileges of victims. He was the primary sponsor of the original 2008 Marsy’s Law in California and formed his national organization, Marsy’s Law for All, in 2009. The legislation was behind similar 2016 initiatives in Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota, and a 2017 initiative in Ohio—all of which passed.

Named after Nicholas’ sister, Marsy was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 1983.

Henry and his mother were confronted by Marsy’s ex-boyfriend after his release from prison; they were unaware of his release from prison on bail.

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hen struck with insomnia, I am not above surfing the internet in the wee hours. Instead of trolling porn sites, Pinterest or making questionable shopping decisions past midnight, I can spend hours upon hours with NC Pedia or Ballotpedia.

Because, yes, though on the outside, I look like a very exciting person, the reality is I work all the time. When I am not working, I unwind with really absurdly geeky hobbies.

Ballotpedia has had me on pins and needles as of late. Did you know North Carolina has six—count them, six—proposed amendments to our state constitution on the ballot this fall? No? You are probably not alone. Few proposed NC constitutional amendments have garnered as much attention as the infamous “Amendment One” a few years ago, which defined marriage in the state of North Carolina.

Fall 2018 is seeing the following proposed amendments:

a. The Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment: Creates a constitutional right to hunt and fish b. Marsy’s Law Amendment: Expands the constitutional rights of crime victims c. Legislative Appointments to Elections Board and Commissions Amendment: Makes the legislature responsible for appointments to state commissions d. Judicial Selection for Midterm Vacancies Amendment: Creates a process, involving a commission, legislature, and governor to appoint to vacant state judicial seats e. Income Tax Cap Amendment: Changes cap on income tax from 10 percent to 7 percent f. Voter ID Amendment: Requires a photo ID to vote in person.

According to Ballotpedia, this represents the most proposed amendments on the ballot in North Carolina since 1982, which had five measures on the primary

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and two on the general election ballots.

Since 1996 we have seen 16 statewide ballot measures proposed on and all have passed. Clearly the NC General Assembly is keen on this method of political maneuvering. In order to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot, both houses of the assembly must pass the measure by a three-fifths vote in favor of sending it to the people. So in the NC Senate, that means each measure must secure at least 30 votes, and in the NC House, 72 votes move it forward. (Incidentally, it is the same requirement to override a Gubernatorial Veto. Remember that for later.)

Let’s take a look at each proposed change to our state’s constitution...

The first proposes to constitutionally protect the right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife. Vermont was the first to do so in 1776. Presumably it was in reaction to poaching laws in England. No one else seemed terribly concerned about it for the next 200 years, until 1996 when Alabama passed a State Constitutional Amendment.

With the next two amendments, it gets interesting. We have a Republican-controlled general assembly and a Democrat in the Governor’s Mansion. They have been locked in a battle since before Governor Cooper was sworn into office. Governor Cooper has vetoed 25 bills passed by the NC General Assembly since 2017.

The assembly has overridden 20 of the 25 vetoes.

Ballotpedia points out NC was the last state to grant veto power to the governor in 1996. The assembly began passing bills to limit Governor Cooper’s power as governor, including requiring NC Senate approval of his cabinet and limiting his powers to appoint state-level positions. And it’s far from over.

On August 6, 2018, Governor Cooper sued the NC General Assembly in Wake County Superior Court. In addition the NC NAACP and Clean Air Carolina filed an additional suit against the NC General Assembly. On Friday, August 17, arguments in both suits began before a three-judge panel. The governor argues it is an attack on separation of powers and to control appointment in all three branches of state government.

The Income Tax Amendment prevents tax to exceed 7 percent. It also states “there shall be allowed personal exemp-

“However a good Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. ” —B.R. Ambedkar

tions and deductions so that only net incomes are taxed.” No one seems terribly interested in it. But I’m not sure where the difference in the budget would come from.

Do we have enough people moving here to make up the difference?

The proposed Voter ID Amendment is the most concerning of all and has garnered a lot of attention over the last year.

The NC General Assembly has been trying actively to restrict and discourage AfricanAmerican voters since 1868. From poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses, all of which were aimed at encouraging white men to vote and discouraging African-American men, to the more recent restrictions on early voting times and picture ID requirements at the polls, they just don’t seem to be interested in acknowledging the 15th and 19th Amendments to the federal Constitution. Such amendments

enshrine the right for every US citizen to vote, regardless of race or gender. The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870 and the 19th in 1920.

Perhaps they just haven’t read a newspaper to notice the two events have occurred.

In May of 2017, the US Supreme Court decided not to hear the appeal filed by North Carolina after the federal appeals court struck down the NC Voter ID law.

As the New York Times noted, the decision “found all five restrictions “disproportionately affected African-Americans.” The law’s voter identification provision, for instance, “retained only those types of photo ID disproportionately held by whites and excluded those disproportionately held by African-Americans.”

That was the case, the court said, even though the state “failed to identify even

a single individual who has ever been charged with committing in-person voter fraud in North Carolina.” But it did find there was evidence of fraud in absentee voting by mail, a method used disproportionately by white voters. The legislature, however, exempted absentee voting from the photo ID requirement.”

Ahem.

But 150 years of habit is hard to break.

Undaunted, the NC General Assembly went back to the drawing board and came up with an idea: Let’s get the state to vote on a constitutional amendment that will disenfranchise African-American voters. If they do it, we aren’t the guilty ones. And, hey, they’ve taken the bait on everything we’ve set out in the last 22 years. Surely this way we can circumvent the courts and finally keep African Americans away from

the polls.

I know: These people clearly need to go to addiction counselling.

I never thought in my lifetime North Carolina, the tobacco state, would pass a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars.

But they did. So, clearly, if the NC legislature can give up smoking, they can overcome their addiction to voter restrictions as well.

Just like it takes a family intervention to get an addict into rehab, it is going to take all of us, the family of North Carolina, to go to the polls in the fall and kindly, firmly and calmly tell the NC General Assembly they just have to give up this habit. It is hurting them. It is hurting us. And we cannot live with it anymore. Everyone in this family of citizens has to vote. Not just the people they like. Everyone.

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RECENT ALARMING HEADLINE Infamous South Beach street artist Jonathan Crenshaw, 46, attracts a lot of attention in Miami among tourists, who watch him paint on a canvas -- using his feet. Crenshaw does not have arms and is homeless. Profiled in a local newspaper in 2011, Crenshaw told of a difficult childhood (he also claimed Gloria Estefan had given birth to 200 of his children).

He landed in the headlines again after stabbing a Chicago man with a pair of scissors on July 10. According to the Miami Herald, Cesar Coronado, 22, told police he had approached

Crenshaw to ask for directions, when Crenshaw jumped up and, using his feet, stabbed Coronado. Crenshaw’s story is that as he lay on the pavement, Coronado punched him in the head -- so he stabbed him, tucked the scissors into his waistband and walked away.

Police found Crenshaw, who has a lengthy arrest record, nearby and arrested him. [Miami Herald, 7/12/2018]

BOLD MOVE

Faith Pugh of Memphis, Tennessee, had a date to remember on July 14 with Kelton Grif-

fin. Her casual acquaintance from high school “just out of the blue texted me and asked me to go out,” Pugh told WREG-TV. They took her car and stopped at a gas station, where Griffin asked Pugh to go inside and buy him a cigar. But while she was inside, “He drove off.

I came outside and my car was gone,” Pugh said. Shortly, Pugh received a text from her godsister, telling her Griffin had just asked her out on a date. He picked up the godsister in Pugh’s car and headed to a drive-in movie.

“He didn’t even have any money,” Pugh said.

“She actually paid their way to get in the drivein just so I could get my car back.” Pugh alerted the police to the car’s location, and they arrested Griffin for theft of property. “I hope he’s in jail for a long time,” Pugh said. [WREG-TV, 7/17/2018]

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MYSTERY SOLVED

PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS

On Jan. 25, 71-year-old Alan J. Abrahamson of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, went for his regular pre-dawn walk to Starbucks. What happened on the way stumped police investigators until March, reported The Washington Post, and on July 13 they made their findings public. Images from a surveillance camera show Abrahamson walking out of his community at 5:35 a.m. and about a half-hour later, the sound of a gunshot is heard. Just before 7 a.m., a dog found Abrahamson’s body, lying near a walking path. Police found no weapon, no signs of a struggle; he still had his wallet and phone. Investigators initially worked the case as a homicide, but as they dug deeper into the man’s computer searches and purchases over the past nine years, a theory developed: Abrahamson had tied a gun to a weather balloon filled with helium, shot himself, and then the gun drifted away to parts unknown. A thin line of blood on Abrahamson’s sweatshirt indicated to police that “something with the approximate width of a string passed through the blood on the outside of the shirt,” the final report says. As for the balloon, investigators said it would likely have ascended to about 100,000 feet and exploded somewhere north of the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean.

[The Washington Post, 7/15/2018]

BRIGHT IDEA

It’s time once again for minor league baseball promotion fun and games! This time, however, the Montgomery (Alabama) Biscuits managed to tick off a whole generation of baseball fans. The Biscuits announced Millennial Night on July 21, featuring participation ribbons just for showing up, a napping area, selfie stations and lots of avocados, reported Fox News. While some Twitter users thought the promotion was insensitive, others were more philosophical. Dallas Godshall, 21, said, “More than targeting millennials, it’s sort of targeting older generations who like to make fun of millennials.” Pitcher Benton Ross weighed in: “If it’s insensitive, maybe they should just have thicker skin.” [Fox News, 7/20/2018] 6 encore | august 22 - august 28, 2018 | www.encorepub.com

The Austin American-Statesman reported that on June 17, RV park neighbors and longtime adversaries Ryan Felton Sauter, 39, and Keith Monroe got into a heated dispute about an undisclosed subject. Later that day, Monroe saw Sauter leaving Monroe’s RV and asked him why he had gone in without permission, to which Sauter replied, “You’ll see why.” Going inside, Monroe soon spotted a 3-foot-long rattlesnake. “I freaked out,” he said. He used a machete to kill the snake, which strangely was missing its rattles. Turns out Sauter had bitten off the snake’s tail, with its signature warning sound. Sauter has been charged with deadly conduct and criminal trespass. [Austin American-Statesman, 6/29/2018]

Tina Ballard, 56, of Okeechobee County, Florida, was arrested in North Carolina by Linville Land Harbor police on July 16 after fleeing there to “hide (her pet) monkey so that state officials could not take that monkey from her,” assistant state attorney Ashley Albright told WPBF News. Ballard’s troubles began in May, when the spider monkey, Spanky, jumped out of a shopping cart in an Okeechobee Home Depot and grabbed a cashier’s shirt, “leaving red marks on the cashier’s shoulder and back.” In June, Fox News reported, another Home Depot employee spotted Spanky in the parking lot, having escaped Ballard’s truck and dragging a leash. Spanky was spooked by the store’s sliding doors and bit the employee on the arm, grabbing her hair and running away. The employee gave chase and eventually caught Spanky, but not before suffering more bites and scratches. Spanky was in the car when Ballard was arrested and extradited back to Florida; the monkey will be placed in a primate sanctuary. [Fox News, 7/18/2018]

PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US A Russian man who has covered more than 90 percent of his body -- including his eyeballs -- with black-ink tattoos underwent surgery on July 14 at Jardines Hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico, to remove his penis, testicles and nipples because they spoiled his body art.

Adam Curlykale, 32, of Kaliningrad, an albino, was diagnosed with cancer and started the tattooing process 12 years ago to cover scars left behind from the disease. “I always knew that I was different from the rest of society,” Curlykale told The Daily Mail. “My favorite color, for example, has always been gray, in different tones, and that’s why my current skin color is graphite.” He plans to finish the process by inking his remaining un-tattooed skin.

[Daily Mail, 7/19/2018]

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Paul Loren talks classic doo-wop, heads to Gravity Record for free show Valli and Dion, to Ben E. King and The Drifters—they were playing on the beach, in the supermarket and certainly on my mom’s e don’t hear the term “crooner” turntable at home!” thrown around much nowadays.

Loren, with his dark and classic features, The American epithet once was often dresses the part in a fine-pressed suit oft used to describe (mostly male) singers performing jazz standards from the Great and tie. However, it’s not an act or stage American Songbook. The soulful singers or persona; it is genuine. He carries it through doo-woppers often came backed by a full without an ounce of irony or nostalgia— orchestra, a big band or piano. The crooner rather timelessness. His latest EP, 2018’s look and style of the ‘50s and ‘60s is just as “That Golden Summer,” might come off like a throwback soundtrack to a Frankie and iconic as its sound.

Annette beach flick but, as the track “Count Self-ascribed soul-crooner Paul Loren On Me” promises, “you know you’re gonna has been drawn to the music, style and have a good time” when the record spins. vibe of classic doo-wop since his childhood Wilmingtonians can see Paul Loren in the suburbs of New York. He was surrounded by the sounds of the street corner. Thursday at Gravity Records on Castle Street—and likely find him perusing the “I was just one generation removed from bins “for that rare vinyl gem.” The classy the boroughs of New York City and the crooner was kind enough to chat with enclassic ‘stoop groups,’” he says. “So the re- core before heading into our Port City. cords from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s were encore (e): Talk to our readers about a big part of my childhood—from Frankie the term “crooner.” Is there a new image or re-imagination, so to speak, of this term in 2018?

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Paul Loren (PL): I think my generation is coming around to the timeless music from post-war America, of which the “crooners” were a big part. Lots of us are looking backward for inspiration and for great pop records and there’s just a wealth of it there. For me it’s been joyous to use the song form and sonic vocabulary from that era to explore new themes with music and new sound combinations in the studio.

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e: You still manage to marry the sounds with modern pop and style.

“While You’re Waiting” comes to mind.

What’s the process of tapping into nostalgia without making the music sound dated?

LP: For me it’s not nostalgia, as it wasn’t my generation’s soundtrack. I don’t claim any ownership, really. Though it’s still incredibly familiar, I don’t mind playing with the musical structure. The shape of that music is not as sacred to me as someone who might have grown up with it in its own time—and that’s an exciting place to come from. I get to explore and break form a bit! e: It’s not just the music that has that beach-doo-wop sound but your whole persona encompasses it. Where does this all come from for you?

PL: Things I appreciate in life—like a well-made cocktail, a pair of Italian penny

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PL: The live shows always feel to me like a conversation, and the better conversations tend to happen in more intimate loafers, or a thin silk tie—tend to be associ- venues. The Gravity Records show is one ated with that “Mad Men” era. It just so hap- I’m particularly looking forward to, as I’m a pens the music works with it all. Perhaps vinyl record lover and collector, so maybe I’ve already a built-in simpatico with the enlet’s call it a lovely coincidence! vironment. e: Is it a style for stage presence or for e: Aside from “That Golden Summer,” “real life,” too? what do you like to work into your sets PL: It’s by no means a put-on. I think the nowadays? thing art must do is to mirror life—so the PL: I’ll be culling from the last three years “stage Paul” is pretty close to the “at-home Paul.” Although maybe it’s just a bit louder! of my own music—all of it downloadable Both guys like the finer things, and never and streaming—with a beloved cover song leave home without collar stays and a pock- thrown in here and there. Along those lines, get ready for some surprises! et square.

CLASSIC LOOK AND SOUND: Paul Loren brings his crooner sound and style to Gravity. Courtesy photo

e: It may be too soon to ask, but are e: We know the album is an “homyou working on the next project? Any age to summer romance” as a whole, songs you can tell us about? but what else can you tell us about the songwriting?

PL: There are two projects currently in PL: I’m exploring romance from differ- the works that I’m really excited about. Next ent viewpoints. “Count On Me” kicks off up is a holiday EP of mostly original songs, the summer party spirit of a Friday night, due for release in November, tentatively while “Still” captures a youthful, nostalgic titled “Holiday Cheers!” I’m also planning a kind of romance. “Some Tomorrow Soon” full-length album due in 2019, which will be playfully sees its anti-hero lose the girl af- my first LP in a long time, and I’ll definitely ter too much time on the road, and by the be printing vinyl for it. end, there’s certainly a hopeful thematic thread to “While You’re Waiting” and “To Try Again.”

e: Tell us about your live shows, like at Gravity Records. Seems intimate—do you get interactive with audience?

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Thursday, August 23, 7 p.m. • Free Gravity Records • 612 Castle St. www.paulloren.com

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 Open Mic Night (6pm; Free)

—Tidal Creek Co-op, 5329 Oleander Dr.

Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

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

Jazz Piano with James Jarvis (7pm; Free)

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

The Jillettes (7pm; $3; Beach Music)

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

Al DiMarco (7pm; Free; Accordion, Keys) —Platypus & Gnome, 9 S. Front St.

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Paul Loren (7pm; Cover TBD; Singer-Songwriter)

AUGUST 23

Trivia from Hell’s (7:30pm; Free)

—Kenan Auditorium UNCW, 601 S. College Rd. —Ibiza Nightclub Wilmington, 118 Market St.

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

Summer Fireworks by the Sea and Boardwalk Gazebo Music (6:30pm; Free) —Carolina Beach Boardwalk, 100 Cape Fear Blvd.

Sunset Cruise with Acoustic Music (6:30pm;

—Wilmington Water Tours LLC, 212 S. Water St. —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

—Gravity Records, 612 Castle St.

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Tony Barnes (8pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

Aug 24th: Rocky Pleasant, 9pm-12am Aug 25th: The Yard Doggs, 9pm-12am

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$3 Miller Lite $4 Deep Eddy Lemon Drop shots $5 Deep Eddy Grapefruit and Soda All floors open SUNDAY

$3 Corona/ Corona lt • $4 Mimosa $4 Bloody Mary Live music from L-Shape Lot duo 3pm and Clay Crotts 8pm

Yard Doggs (9pm; Free)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24

Just Yesterday (9:30pm; Free; ‘90s Cover)

PreK Music Play (3pm; Free)

—NHC Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

Artistry in Jazz Big Band Concert (6pm; Free) —Old Homestead Farm, 8824 US HWY 117

FRIDAY

$2.75 Michelob Ultra $3.25 Stella $4.50 Lunazul Tequila All Floors open

—Pour Taproom, 201 N. Front St.

$3.75 Hay Bale Ale

$3.75 Sweetwaters $4.50 Absolute Lemonade

$5 Mimosas $5 Car Bombs

$3.75 Sweet Josie $4 Margaritas

$5 Bloody Mary’s & Mimosas *Drink Specials run all day

SUNDAY, AUGUST 26

Sunset Cruise with Acoustic Music (6:30pm; $27)

—Wilmington Water Tours LLC, 212 S. Water St.

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

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

Shovels & Rope and Lera Lynn (7pm; $29-$30; Americana) Jazz Night with James Jarvis (8pm; Free)

—Bottega Art Bar and Gallery, 723 N. 4th St.

Tuesday • 16 NC brews on tap • 8 big screen TV’s • Sports packages

• Bar games • Free popcorn machine

Ch eers!

Trivia Night & FREE Wings Every Tuesday @ 9pm Sip & Spell Adult Spelling Bee Every Wednesday @ 9pm Free Hot Dog Station and Pot Luck Every Sunday 106 N 2nd Street

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BREAKFAST BUFFET 9:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. • $4 MIMOSA’S

Striking Copper Trio (8pm; Free; Americana) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Rocky Pleasant (9pm; Free; Country) —Pour Taproom, 201 North Front St.

The Menders, The Male Men, Bandolero, Giant Robot Academy (9pm; Cover TBD; Rock)

—REGGIES 42nd St TAVERN, 1415 S. 42nd St.

Elliott Smith Trio (9:30pm; Free)

—Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-763-4133

(as little as $29 a week!)

Call 791-0688 Deadline every Thurs., noon!

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

—Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.; 910-76 BOOKS

Travis Shallow & the Deep End (4pm; Free; Roots)

—Cloud 9 at Embassy Suites, pin 9 Estell Lee Pl.

Rager On The River ft. Badfish (4pm; $15-$20) —Pier 33 Wilmington, 10 Harnett St.

Restorative Soundbath w/ Mary and Eddy (6:45pm; $25-$30; Acoustic) —Longwave Yoga, 203 Racine Dr. #200; 910-769-3494

Open Mic Night (7pm; $3)

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

Sunday School Underground (8pm; Free)

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-7632223

Glee: The Concert Movie (8:45pm; Free)

—Carolina Beach Lake Park, Atlanta Ave.

MONDAY, AUGUST 27

Port City Trivia w/Dutch (7pm; Free)

Travis Shallow & the Deep End (10pm; Free; Roots)

—Hannah Block Community Center, 120 S. 2nd St.

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

—The Palm Room, 11 E. Salisbury St.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25

Brooklyn Arts Music Academy (10:00am; Free) —Brooklyn Arts Music Academy, 202 N. 5th St.

—Hannah Block Community Center, 120 S. 2nd St.

—Buffalo Wild Wings, 140 Hays Lane #B15;

DareDevil Improv Comedy Classes (7pm; $100) Trivia from Hell’s (7:30pm; Free)

—Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-763-4133

Open Mic, hosted by James Jones (8pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-7632223

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28

Darryl Murrill (11am; Free; Jazz)

Dave Mason and Steve Cropper Rock & Soul Review (5pm; $58-$260)

KC & The Sunshine Band (6pm; $40)

The Drum Circle with Ron (7:30pm; Free)

Sunset Cruise with Acoustic Music (6:30pm; $27)

Swamp Rats (9pm; $5)

—CAM Cafe, 3201 S. 17th St.; 910-395-5999 —Pier 33 Wilmington, 10 Harnett St.

—Wilmington Water Tours LLC, 212 S. Water St.

Awkward Silents (7pm; $3; Eclectic)

—Greenfield Lake Amp., 1941 Amphitheater Dr. —The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.; 910-762-2091

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-7632223

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29

Next 2 Rock Concert (7pm; Free)

—Tidal Creek Co-op, 5329 Oleander Dr.

—Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-763-4133

The Caroliners (7pm; Free)

—Goat & Compass, 710 N 4th St.; 910-7721400

Fall Contra Dance Kickoff! (7:30pm; $7-$10) —5th Ave. United Methodist, 409 S. 5th Ave.

Gino Fanelli (9pm; $5; Singer-Songwriter)

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-7632223

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—Satellite Bar and Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.

Pierce Edens with Vol. (10pm; $7; SingerSongwriter)

DareDevil Improv Comedy Classes (11am; $100)

FEATURE YOUR LIVE MUSIC, FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

Rebekah Todd & The Odyssey (6:30pm; Free; Folk)

—Greenfield Lake Amp., 1941 Amphitheatre Dr;

1423 S. 3rd St. DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON (910) 763-1607

Porch 40 (10pm; Cover TBD; Progressive Rock) Onward Soldiers and Chris Frisina (9pm; Free; Pop, Rock)

—Fort Fisher Rec Area, 1000 Loggerhead Rd. $3.50 Pint of the Day $4 Fire Ball

—Jimmy’s at Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave.

Abbey Road Live (6:30pm; Free; Beatles Tribute) —Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St. $3.75 Red Oak Draft $4 Wells 65 Wings, 4-7pm

—Pour Taproom, 201 North Front St.

Open Mic Night (6pm; Free) Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

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

Jazz Piano with James Jarvis (7pm; Free)

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

Al DiMarco (7pm; Free; Accordion, Keys) —Platypus & Gnome, 9 S. Front St.

Karaoke Wednesdays (8pm; Free)

—Ibiza Nightclub Wilmington, 118 Market St.

CONCERTS OUTSIDE OF SOUTHEASTERN NC

SHOWSTOPPERS

HOPE ABOUNDS PRESENTS

BOOTS,Bling & BLACKJACK! SUMMERTIME PICKIN’: Pickin’ in the Pines welcomes the GrassStreet bluegrass band to Koka Booth Amphitheatre on August 29. Courtesy photo

NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE N DAVIDSON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 358-9298 8/22: Joe Louis Walker 8/23: Radney Foster and Robert Johnson 8/24: Travers Brothership and more 8/25: Ivory Layne 8/26: Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue 8/27: Brent Faiyaz THE FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 8/24: On the Border THE FILLMORE UNDERGROUND 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 8/24: DJ Lemon 8/26: Black Stone Cherry KOKA BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE 8003 REGENCY PKWY., CARY, NC (919) 462-2052 8/24: Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Mr. Cheeks and more 8/29: Pickin’ in the Pines with GrassStreet 9/5: Kaylin Roberson Band with Victor DiMarko DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 123 VIVIAN ST. DURHAM, NC (919) 688-3722 9/8: Jo Koy RED HAT AMPHITHEATER 500 SOUTH MCDOWELL ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 996-8800 8/22: Needtobreathe 8/27: Leon Bridges

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. CABARRUS ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 821-4111 8/24: DISKULL, Neon Tiger and more 8/31: GlowRage 9/1: The Black Lillies CAT’S CRADLE 300 E. MAIN ST., CARRBORO, NC (919) 967-9053 8/22: Alkaline Trio and more 8/24: Matthew Sweet, The Right Profile and more 8/25: Sex Police, Collapsis, Pre-Raphaelites 8/25: The Orange County Opry (Back) 8/28: Wolf Parade and Blanko Basnet 8/30: Slaughter Beach, Dog, Thin Lips (Back) 8/31: The Mattson 2 and Astronauts, Etc. (Back) 8/31: Interstellar Overdrive MOTORCO MUSIC HALL 723 RIGSBEE AVE., DURHAM, NC (919) 901-0875 8/23: Fireside Collective 8/24: The Steel Wheels 8/26: Elizabeth Cook and Ladies Gun Club 8/27: Mike Farris and The Fortunate Few 8/29: Joe Mande 8/31: The Shoaldiggers THE ORANGE PEEL 101 BILTMORE AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 398-1837 8/23-24: The SteelDrivers and Kelsey Waldon 8/25: Trial by Fire (Tribute to Journey) 8/29: ZOSO 8/30: Houndmouth, Liz Cooper & the Stampede 8/31: Emo Philips with Art Sturtevant 9/2: High On Fire, Obituary, Black Tusk and more 9/5: Shutterings, Shadow Show and Okapi

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ARTS>>ART

SENSATIONAL NOSTALGIA: Marlowe’s pulp-fiction art dominates New Elements Gallery

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BY: JAMES MCCREA

moke and flame spew from two freshly discharged handguns, the heat tempered by the ice-cold stare of the woman wielding them. Dressed in a short skirt—revealing scant few inches of garter belt, with equally short hair tightly bound by a chic, Parisian hat—she remains unharmed by her unseen assailant. It isn’t her first shoot-out, evidenced by the words “Gun Moll” emblazoned in brazen typeface beside her face. It’s a familiar image for anyone acquainted with the Roaring Twenties and the decades that followed before giving way to the seemingly sanitary 1950s. For Marlowe, the pulp motifs aren’t mere acquaintances but family heirlooms.

“Well, it’s funny because my father wrote for the pulps,” he shares. “After he passed away, I found a box full of all old magazines with his name in them as the writer. He never told me about it! He’d write for all these crime magazines, really lurid stories about murders, gangs and spies. I was like, ‘This is my father?’ That became my inspiration.

It was cool to find out your parent had this other life, but not in a bad way. I saw all these photographs of my father with Walter Winchell, so he was with some well-known people on the fringes of the good part of society. It was ‘shabby-chic’ before it was a term.”

Throughout the past two years, Marlowe has been creating large-scale collages inspired by his late father’s sequestered writing. Populated by an array of criminals, cowboys, flappers, and scantily-dressed damsels, his collages capture garish action, framed against abstracted compositions. Following in the footsteps of Richard

Hamilton, Roy Liechtenstein and the ubiquitous Andy Warhol, Marlowe transforms low-brow into high-art, beginning with his very first exhibition, “Neo+Stalgia,” at New Elements Gallery.

uses the technique to help separate specific images from busy backgrounds. Sneering, square-jawed men and gun-toting women effectively leap out from patchwork fields of patterned paper and isolated logos snipped from the pages of cheap magazines, heightened both figuratively and literally by the mounting process.

Even without knowing about his father’s literary exploits, Marlowe’s creative drive came from his mother’s creative leanings. Her life as a painter and interior designer encouraged Marlowe to pursue a career in the arts. After graduating from Ohio University, he bounced around New York City, working as a graphic designer for an armada of high-profile clients.

However, Marlowe uses the technique most strikingly in his “Nature” series. Departing from his pulp subject matter, Marlowe creates a sequence of common compositions characterized by large spaces of soft colors with a raised arrangement of plant-life bursting at the center. The centermost image of each piece is an animal silhouette cut from the vegetation, shining in stark white of the backing board with flickering shadows beneath.

“My whole life I’ve been in the graphics field,” he recalls. “I basically started out designing bookjackets, typefaces, logos, and any other kind of commercial art. I was doing that as a career for a number of years. Then I went into advertising, so I was doing really commercial work.”

Despite endless commissions, Marlowe eventually grew weary of using his talents exclusively for paying clients. Rather than taking on new customers, he decided to pay attention to his own needs.

It was his first step toward entering the world of fine art.

“The issue with [commercial art] is obviously you’re doing things to please other people,” he explains. “After I used the advertising career up, I decided I wanted to do more things that sprang from my own brain, where I was the client. So, I got away from the commercial aspect and into the more artistic end of graphics.”

POPPY PUKP: Marlowe blends lurid pulp imagery with abstract-expressionist sensibilities in his largescale collages. Courtesy photo

His long and accomplished career perfectly eased his transition from full-time designer to full-time artist. With years of experience under his belt, Marlowe approaches the idea of collage armed with a well-trained eye and a knack for composition. While collages often bring to mind endless globs of grey paste and hastily-trimmed magazine pages with curled edges, his collages are slick, stylish and nearly seamless. Rest assured, they’re “nearly seamless” only because Marlowe intended some seams to be seen.

“They’re actually three-dimensional,” he elaborates. “They’re mounted on canvas, so if you look at them from the side, they’re probably a quarter-inch off the canvas.

There’s quite a distinct shadow cast on the artwork when light hits it. If you look on the right edges of all the artwork, there’s a black shadow. It’s not a painted shadow, it’s an actual shadow cast by light. Ambient light creates some interesting shadows.”

Sometimes the effect heightens a comicbook quality of Marlowe’s pulp imagery by appearing as a thick black outline. Other times, it draws the eye to small details that might be lost to a quick glance. Overall, Marlowe

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Even though he works in two very distinct styles, Marlowe focuses on a pair of visual cues to create a sense of commonality. His attention to dimension may be understated (and most noticeable seeing a piece inperson), but his color palette is anything but subtle. Both his pulp and nature series exhibit intense colors ranging from hypersaturated magazine inks to swatches of handmade papers with patterns wavering on the border of psychedelic. The intense colors are another one of Marlowe’s specialties, and show up in every piece with the intention of attracting the eye.

“I call it ‘grabbing the viewer by the lapels,’” he asserts. “Everything I do has that. I don’t work in subtle pastels. Everything is very rich.

Walls of offices or people’s houses are usually a very muted color, so I want the work to basically jump off the wall. Everybody has a beige, tan or eggshell-colored wall. These are a splash of color that really jump off the walls. Coupled with the dimensionality, it gives you a double-hit.”

“Neo+Stalgia” opens during August’s Fourth Friday Gallery Walk, Friday the 24, along with music and refreshments. The show remains on display until September 22.

DETAILS:

Neo+Stalgia: The art of Marlowe

Opening reception New Elements Gallery 271 N. Front St. August 24, 6-9 p.m. facebook.com/MarlowePulpfiction newelementsgallery.com

WHAT’S HANGING AROUND THE PORT CITY

GALLERYGUIDE ARTEXPOSURE!

19th-century horse stable and presents an eclectic mix of original art by emerging 22527 Highway 17N and established artists. View our featured Hampstead, NC exhibit “Fresh Take: New Art by Elizabeth Darrow” August 3rd-25th. The art includes (910) 803-0302 (910) 330-4077 figurative work and abstract expressionTues. - Sat. 10am - 5pm ism with oil, oil pastel, and collage on can(or by appt.) vas. Art in Bloom Gallery is open until 9 pm on Fourth Friday Gallery Nights (Auwww.artexposure50.com One-man show “Escape into Plein Air” gust 24th). features Robert Rigsby. The show will highlight oil paintings from Rob’s 6 month ART OF FINE DINING trip visiting all fifty national parks. Rob www.aibgallery.com In addition to our gallery at 210 Princess also wrote a book about his journey and it is available under the same name on Street, Art in Bloom Gallery partners with local businesses to exhibit original art in Amazon. other locations. Current exhibits include: “Small Collage Art by Elizabeth DarART IN BLOOM GALLERY row” opens August 8 through October 7 210 Princess St. at Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry Tues. - Sat. 10am - 6pm Street. (or by appt., Sun. and Mon.) “Waking from Dreams: Paintings by Mark Gansor” continues at Platypus & (484) 885-3037 Gnome Restaurant, 9 South Front Street www.aibgallery.com until October 15.

Art in Bloom Gallery is in a renovated

“Archival Ink Transfer Prints by Bob Bryden” and “Photography by (Joe) P. Wiegmann” continues at The District Kitchen and Cocktails,1001 N. 4th Street until September 4.

“Unearthed: Landscape Paintings by Topher Alexander and Kirah Van Sickle” continues at Pinpoint Restaurant,114 Market Street until September 10.

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.

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WILMA W. DANIELS GALLERY 200 Hanover St. (bottom level, parking deck) Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm http://cfcc.edu/danielsgallery

Now featuring the work of Mike Brining through September 28. The gallery will host a a closing reception September 28, 6 - 9 p.m. Brining’s exhibit will use paintings and sculptures to demonstrate the transitional states that a visual image or icon may occupy in our perception— from the beginning state of a black and white conception through to the finalization of the image presented in full color.

Brining will hold an artist at the gallery on Wednesday, September 5 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

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REEL TO REEL

ARTS>>FILM

A DEEP DIVE INTO SCHLOCK:

films this week CINEMATIQUE

‘The Meg’ is ridiculous yet fun enough to wade through

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Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut St. 7 p.m. • $7

BY: ANGHUS

August 27-31 (additional 4 p.m. screening on Aug. 29): “Eighth Grade” takes a painfully accurate and tender look at one eighth grader’s last week of middle school. As Kayla Korner (played by 13-year-old Elsie Fisher) navigates adolescence in 2018, the film highlights the role of social media and technology in moments that feel embarrassingly true to life. Middle school sucks. This film definitely doesn’t. (Rated R, 94 min.)

here’s something sickly satisfying about a summertime shark movie.

“Jaws” helped make people deathly afraid of what lurks beneath the surface of the ocean, and Hollywood pops out of the water every few years to try and create something to capture the same sense of dread with audiences. I mean, if you’re ranking shark movies, it’s pretty much “Jaws” followed by a precipitous drop in quality and entertainment value before getting to something like Renny Harlin’s 1999 cheese-fest “Deep Blue Sea.” Then the list begins to drift into irredeemable imitations barely worth sinking your teeth into.

“The Meg” tries to take the basic tenants of the shark movie and combine it with big summer thrills of an action movie, like “Jurassic World” or “Godzilla.” It’s less a traditional shark movie and more an oversized piece of chum, trying its best to be entertaining in spite of ridiculous moments strung together, pretending to be a proper movie. That’s not to say “The Meg” is completely worthless.

There’s some genuine fun to be had with the prehistoric premise and a perfectly cast leading man who understands it is not something to take seriously.

Jason Statham is Jonas Taylor, the world’s most badass deep-sea diver. He can go harder and deeper than any other man on the face of the earth. If you need a chiseled, sweaty action hero to plunge into the depths of the unknown, he’s your man. That is until one of his rescue missions goes horribly wrong, and he accidentally leaves his friends behind to die horribly on a submarine. Initially, everyone blames Jonas, even though he saved half the crew. Something happened below that only he witnessed; a giant sea creature almost destroyed the entire ship. Everyone thanks he’s suffering from a case of deep-sea pressureinduced madness.

Over the next two years, Jonas spends time drinking and doing ab crunches.

Meanwhile, a geeky billionaire (Rainn Wilson) has opened up an undersea research facility because the script needed a place where people could be placed in grave danger by giant prehistoric sharks.

The scientists have discovered a pocket of thermal energy at the bottom of the

SICKLY SATISFYING: ‘The Meg’ doesn’t take itself too seriously. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

Mariana Trench, which they believe has an entire ecological subsystem below.

The good news: They’re absolutely right.

The bad news: The ecosystem contains gigantic sharks ready to indiscriminately kill any submarine that ventures into their territory.

Jonas manages to save most of the crew, but they are followed out by a megaladon who begins to eat everything and anyone in its path. They decide the best course of action is to drop a shark cage into the water and poke it with a posion-tipped harpoon. It goes about as well as expected. Every scene involves someone seriously underestimating the requirements to take down a 100-footlong shark, while everyone else acts shocked when it goes poorly and someone dies horribly.

Statham really helps hold the entire shoddy enterprise together. The constant look, “What am I dong here?”, seems appropriate for both him and his character. There are few actors suited for ridiculous material. Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson feel like they’re competing to see who can find the most ludicrous concepts and bring them to the big screen. Truth be told, I prefer Jason Statham’s what-the-fuck demeanor to Dwayne Johnson’s trying-way-too-hardto-appear-vulnerable in whatever he’s hawking this week.

“The Meg” is pure government-grade

schlock—the kind of goofy action vehicle that should have cost 10 times less and aired on SyFy. But I give credit to the movie for trying to make something ridiculous and fun. Shockingly, it feels like there is real effort here to craft more than an exploitative action movie. It’s not much, mind you, but enough to make me feel like my time wasn’t wasted wading through the murky waters of “The Meg.”

DETAILS: The Meg

Rated PG-13 Directed by Jon Turteltaub Starring Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson

September 3-5 (additional 4 p.m. screening on Sept. 5): “Three Identical Strangers” follows the true story of identical triplets separated at birth and reunited only by happenstance. At 19, their remarkable reunion becomes a global sensation as the media gets hold of their story, but also unearths an unimaginable secret that has radical repercussions. In this surreal and surprising film, nature versus nurture takes center stage against a backdrop of highly questionable research ethics and superb storytelling. (Rated PG13, 96 min.)

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ARTS>>THEATRE

WILLFUL AND WILY:

NC debut of John Ford’s famed Western takes over the N. Front Theatre stage in ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’

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BY: SHEA CARVER

he Wild West represents defining moments of American history. Freedom was rugged, since very little government dictated the safety of citizens or ownership of land. Territories and states were challenged at every turn, as practically anyone could regulate who colonized towns and ran of general stores, saloons, brothels, and other businesses. And if someone else came along with better ideas it all, well, it was up for the taking with a quick draw of a pistol.

Often reported on in newspapers with sensationalized romance and folklore, the American frontier has managed to continually fascinate U.S. citizens with “ride or die” legends, showcasing good versus evil and the responsibility that comes with free will.

Government hadn’t set up parameters of social order then, so one’s internal moral compass did—which didn’t always end well for the greater good.

“Still, Western characters seem to have a code they follow,” reminds Steve Vernon, artistic director of Big Dawg Productions.

“They are like our versions of stories about knights. . . . We are still a young country, without thousands of years of stories to look back on. Westerns show us an idealized version of ourselves—and our past.”

Vernon has been a longtime fan of Western films, especially John Ford’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” which starred James Stewart and John Wayne (and was based on the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson). The 1962 Western saw the frontier’s wily days darkened when industrialization and modernization lit the way for progress.

The story follows the arrival of big-city lawyer Ransom Stoddard, who comes back to his hometown of Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon. Told in flashbacks, Stoddard, now a senator, tells a newspaper editor about his first return home on a robbed stagecoach, taken down by the terror of Liberty Valance.

It left Stoddard working in a local kitchen, where he met the love of his life, Hallie, and eventually became a representative for his town which was facing statehood.

“I remember being a bit confused while watching it [on TV as a kid,]” Vernon says. “It wasn’t clear who the ‘white hats’ and ‘black hats’ were until the end. I wasn’t used to that, as it seemed like, in most films of the genre, it was clear cut as to who were the good guys and bad guys.”

Two years ago, Vernon read the stage adaptation for Big Dawg but knew it wouldn’t fit the Cape Fear Playhouse space, so he sug-

gested Panache Theatrical Company founders Holli Saperstein and Anthony Lawson produce it. This week the show will make its debut in North Carolina at North Street Theatre. Saperstein asked Vernon to direct it.

Numerous plotlines run through “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” to over arch the good versus evil theme: “exploration of Western mores vs. Eastern sensibilities, which goes a long way to inform the choices of the characters,” according to Vernon. A love triangle exists and ponderings of the truth and meaning behind liberty arise: Does freedom suffer under the influence of progress?

“These are all themes and discussions we are still experiencing today,” Vernon adds.

“The setting of the Old West just serves as a framework for these issues.”

The cast is made up of Bradley Coxe (Ransome Foster), Jen Ingulli (Hallie Jackson), Woody Stefl (Bert Barricune), Juan Fernandez (the Reverend), Robin Dale Robertson (Liberty Valance), Kent West (Marshal Johnson), and Atwood Boyd (Jake Dowitt). Names in the stage version have been changed from the original movie characters.

in town and has started changing things. He has brought education to the West. And some don’t take kindly to it, especially Valance. In a heated exchange, Ranse asks Bert, ‘Have you ever heard that the pen is mightier than the sword?’ Bert responds by drawing his revolver, aims directly at Foster, and cocks the hammer: ‘You ever see a man holding a pen go head to head with a man holding a peacemaker?’”

lawless world.

“I love Hallie is an independent, self-sufficient woman at a time when this was far from the norm,” Ingulli notes. “I love she can hold her own amongst the men that surround her. I think audiences will respond to her feistiness. She is not shy; she is outspoken and unapologetic. But her bold, brassy self masks a big heart underneath.”

“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” will Though violence may seem the first re- open August 23 and run weekends through sponse of action most face in a Western, September 2. A full interview with the direcoutside of abrasive and aggressive exteri- tor and cast can be read at encorepub.com. ors often lie sensitive, lonely souls. A source of tenderness can be found in the form of loyalty.

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“Westerns are a uniquely American mythology,” Coxe adds. “They are everything Americans want to believe about themselves: People are tough, self-sufficient, independent, and informal.”

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“If you’ve seen the film and liked it, you’ll find more than enough in the play to enjoy,” Vernon assures. “But if you’ve never seen it, you’ll still be able to appreciate the play. It is its own story, but stays true to the source material.”

Perhaps one of the most intriguing aspects of its villain is his ability to garner empathy from an audience. Yet, isn’t that what good writing does? Showcases humanity even in the most vile of situations? It allows the audience a form of measure to their darker sides.

“Unwittedly, viewers find commonality,” Roberston notes. “When it’s some character taking badness to its fullest potential, audience members can say, ‘I may be bad at times, but at least I’m not like him.’”

Also they will see how the lawless got pushback under pressure of inevitable change some 200 years ago. It’s something many will connect to today.

“Despite his evil reputation, Liberty is a man facing change—with no abilities to change,” Robertson says. “He can’t conceive of any way to proceed, other than what he instinctually believes as how to deal with a threat. In short, he’s a conflicted nowhere man. That’s what makes him intriguing.”

The law and outlaws are at odds. Whether bounty hunters or bandits, survival of the fittest is the common thread.

“My favorite scene is a confrontation with Ransome Foster,” Stefl tells. “He has arrived

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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 113. 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 11:3010:00; Friday and Saturday 11:30-11:00 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington; kids menu available 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

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AMERICAN BLUEWATER WATERFRONT GRILL 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

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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.

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■ WEBSITE: www.bluesurfcafe.com CAM CAFÉ CAM Café, located within the CAM delivers delightful surprises using fresh, local ingredients. The café serves lunch with seasonal options Tuesday through Saturday, inspired “small plates” on Thursday 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: Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 2 pm; Thursday evening, 5pm-9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.camcafe.org ELIJAH’S Since 1984, Elijah’s has been Wilmington, NC’s outdoor dining destination. We feature expansive indoor and outdoor waterfront dining, with panoramic

HOPS SUPPLY CO. The combination of chef-inspired food and our craft bar makes Hops Supply Co. a comfortable and inviting gastropub that attracts guests of all types – especially a local crowd who can feel right at home whether ordering a classic favorite or trying a new culinary delight! At HopsCo, we are dedicated to the craft of excellent cuisine and delivering hops in its most perfect form, exemplified by our selection of craft beers. As hops are the heart of flavor for beer, our local seasonal ingredients are the soul of our culinary inspired American fare. 5400 Oleander Dr. (910) 833-8867.

■ OPEN: Mon-Thurs 10:57 am - 10 pm; Fri-Sat 10:57 am - 11 pm {Serving Brunch 10:57am – 3pm & bar open until midnight}; Brunch ALL DAY Sunday 9:57am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.hopssupplycompany.com NICHE Niche Kitchen and Bar features an eclectic menu, a large wine list, and a warm and inviting atmosphere. Close to Carolina Beach, Niche has a great selection of dishes from land to sea. All dishes are cooked to order, and Sundays features a great brunch menu!

Niche’s heated covered patio is perfect for anytime of the year and great for large parties. And their bar has a great assortment of wines, even offered half off by the glass on Tuesdays-Thursdays.

Open Tues. - Sun. 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Reservations are encouraged and can be made by calling 910-

399-4701.

■ OPEN LUNCH AND DINNER: Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.nichewilmington.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 inhouse, 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 ROADHOUSE OF WILMINGTON Roadhouse is an American-style restaurant and focuses on homemade, classic dishes, cooked to order, using fresh ingredients. They are located at in the old Saltworks building on Wrightsville Avenue and open at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast and lunch, and 5:00 p.m. for dinner. Breakfast is served 8:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m., lunch from 11:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Look for daily specials and other important information online at www.facebook.com/roadhousewilmington, or call (910) 765-1103. Please, no reservations.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: 8 a.m. breakfast and lunch; 5 p.m. dinner ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: facebook.com/roadhousewilmington THE TROLLY STOP Trolly Stop Grill and Catering is a four store franchise in North Carolina. Trolly Stop Hotdogs opened in Wrightsville Beach in 1976. That store name has never changed. Since the Wrightsville Beach store, the newer stores sell hotdogs, hamburgers, beef and chicken cheese steaks, fries, hand dipped ice cream, milk shakes, floats and more.

Our types of dogs are: Southern (Trolly Dog, beef and pork), Northern (all beef), Smoke Sausage (pork), Fat Free (turkey), Veggie (soy). Voted Best Hot Dog in Wilmington for decades.

Check our website trollystophotdogs.com for hours of operations, specific store offerings and telephone numbers, or contact Rick Coombs, 910297-8416, rtrollystop@aol.com We offer catering serving 25-1000 people. Franchises available ■ 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

ASIAN HIBACHI TO GO Hibachi To Go is a locally owned, family business serving only the freshest ingredients with three locations. We invite you to try our menu items at either our Hampstead drive-thru location, where you can walk-up, take-out, or call in and pick up your meal or our Ogden location with dine-in or take-out options.

Our new Wilmington location (894 South Kerr Avenue) offers dine-in, take-out or drive-thru service.

We’re convenient for lunch and dinner. Open 7 days 11 am - 9 pm. Our popular Daily Lunch Specials are featured Monday-Saturday for $4.99 with selections from our most popular menu items! We always have fresh seafood selections at Hibachi To Go, like delicious hand peeled shrimp, fresh local flounder and always a fresh catch fillet in-house. We scratch make every item on our menu daily. We offer your favorite hibachi meals and some of our originals like our pineapple won tons. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for the most up to date information on Hibachi To Go. Always fresh, great food at a super good price. Hampstead Phone: 910.270.9200. • Ogden Phone: 910.791.7800 Wilmington Phone: 910-833-8841 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Open 7 days 11am9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, N. Wilmington, Hampstead ■ WEBSITE: www.hibachitogo.com NIKKI’S FRESH GOURMET For more than a decade, Nikki’s downtown has served diners the best in sushi. With freshly crafted ingredients making up their rolls, sushi and sashimi, a taste of innovation comes with every order. Daily they offer specialty rolls specific to the Front Street location, such as the My Yoshi, K-Town and Crunchy Eel rolls. But for less adventurous diners looking for options beyond sushi, Nikki’s serves an array of sandwiches, wraps and gyros, too. They also make it a point to host all dietary needs, omnivores, carnivores and herbivores alike. They have burgers and cheesesteaks, as well as falafal pitas and veggie wraps, as well as an extensive Japanese fare menu, such as bento boxes and tempura platters. Daily dessert and drink special are also on order. Check out their website and Facebook for more information. 16 S. Front St. (910) 771-9151.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Thurs., 11am-10pm; Fri.-Sat., 11am-11pm; Sun., 12pm10pm. Last call on food 15 minutes before closing.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.nikkissushibar.com/ OKAMI JAPANESE HIBACHI STEAK HOUSE We have reinvented “Hibachi cuisine.” Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse is like no other.

Our highly skilled chefs cook an incredible dinner while entertaining you on the way. Our portions are large, our drinks are less expensive, and our staff is loads of fun. We are committed to using quality ingredients and seasoning with guaranteed freshness. Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure we serve only the finest food products. We believe good, healthy food aids 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.” We also serve tastebud-tingling Japanese sushi, hand rolls, sashimi, tempura dishes, and noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japa-

Italian Sandwiches • Meatballs Spaghetti • Party Catering Breakfast All Day 1101 S College Rd. • (910) 392-7529 www.atasteofitalydeli.com

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Made-to-Order Signature & Sweet Egg-Rollz Deli Case Specials • Fresh Fruit • Banana Pudding

Delivery and take out.

Delivery within 5 mile radius, $12 minimum order, $2.75 delivery fee.

110 S. Front Street | 910-660-8782

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Live music every Thursday night on the dock, 1/2 priced oysters every Monday-Thursday 4-6 and Sunday Brunch with live music from 11:30am-3pm every Sunday in our main dining room.

Offering a variety of craft beer, ciders and wine for you to pay by the ounce • 70 taps • Featuring ILM and NC based breweries • Stouts, porters, sours, ciders

www.elijahs.com

2 Ann St. Wilmington, NC • 910-343-1448

Ask our be er hosts to fill a 32 ounce crowler fo r you to take home !

• Rich reds and crisp whites in the 120 sq. ft. bank vault • Full menu with variety of eats under $10 • Multiple TVs • Live music Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings • Great venue for party’s and special events

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• Wings • Salads • • Sandwiches • Seafood • • Steaks • Ribs • Chicken • Pasta •

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nese dining experience. Our all-you-can-eat sushie menu and daily specials can be found at www.okamisteakhouse.com! 614 S College Rd. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Thurs., 11am-2:30pm / 4-10pm; Fri., 11am-2:30pm / 4pm11pm; Sat., 11am-11pm; Sun., 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 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; SunWed 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.

YOSHI Yoshi Sushi Bar and Japanese Cuisine offers something the greater Wilmington area has never seen before. We are seeking to bring true New York Style Sushi to Wilmington, with classic sushi and sashimi, as well as traditional rolls and some unique Yoshi Creations. We offer a variety of items, including Poke Bowls and Hibachi - and we also are introducing true Japanese Ramen Bowls! Come try it today!

260 Racine Dr, Wilmington 28403 (910)799-6799 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun. 12pm-11pm, Mon.-Thurs. 11am-10pm, Fri.-Sat. 11am-11pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.yoshisushibarandjapanesecuisine.com

BAGELS BEACH BAGELS Beach Bagels is the best spot for breakfast and lunch in Wilmington. Serving traditional New York Style Bagels is our speciality. We boil our bagels

before baking them, which effectively sets the crust and produces a perfect bagel made with love. Don’t forget about our selection of custom sandwiches that are always made to order. Try out our breakfast options like The Heart Attack filled with Egg, Country Ham, Bacon, Sausage, and American Cheese, or the Egg-White Dun-Rite with Egg Whites, Avocado, Pepper Jack Cheese, Spinach, and Tomato.

Our Boar’s Head meats & cheeses are the perfect accoutrements for assembling the perfect sandwich, every time! Check out our Cuban Chicken Lunch Sandwich, complete with Boar’s Head Chicken Breast, Ham, Swiss, Pickles, Lettuce, Mayo, and Yellow Mustard. You can also make your own! Not in the mood for a bagel? Don’t worry, we have ciabatta bread, croissants, Kaiser rolls, biscuits, wraps, salads, bowls, omelettes, and more! Make your lunch a combo for $1.50 more, and get a small drink, potato salad or chips, and a pickle spear. Visit us at 5906 Oleander Drive or 7220 Wrightsville Avenue right before the drawbridge to Wrightsville Beach.

Look out for our third location, coming to Monkey Junction soon!.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown and Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Homemade bagels, biscuits, croissants, sandwiches, and more!

■ WEBSITE: www.BeachBagels.biz ROUND BAGELS AND DONUT Round Bagels and Donuts features 17 varieties of New York-style bagels, baked fresh daily on site in a steam bagel oven. Round offers a wide variety of breakfast and lunch bagel sandwiches, grilled and fresh to order. Round also offers fresh-made donuts daily! Stop by Monday - Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., and on Sunday, 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Homemade bagels, cream cheeses, donuts, sandwiches, coffee and more ■ WEBSITE: www.roundbagelsanddonuts.com

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 ■ FEATURING: Dinner shows, jazz brunches, and more ■ WEBSITE: www.theatrewilmington.com

FONDUE 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 fourcourse 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

Yoshi Sushi Bar and Japanese Cuisine is offering something the greater Wilmington area has never seen before: True New York Style Sushi to Wilmington, with classic sushi and sashimi, as well as traditional rolls and some unique Yoshi Creations.

We offer a variety of items, including Poke Bowls and Hibachi - and we also are introducing true Japanese Ramen Bowls! Come try it today!

Happy Hour Sun.-Thur., 4-6pm.

Featuring discounted appetizers and select sushi rolls!

Regularly priced menu items only

Displayed is our Saketini, the Princess Peach, and behind that (from left to right) is a bowl of Ramen in the Tonkostu (pork) broth. Next to that is our appetizer, Takoyaki, which is an fried round of octopus. Beside that is a Salmon Poke bowl. Beneath is the dinner portion of steak and chicken Hibachi!

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any Night tuesdays Beef & Bourbon: 25% off bourbon cocktails and $30 “You Call It” True Blue steaks

wednesdays Burgers & Beer: $5 True Blue Bacon Cheeseburgers and $3 local draft beers.

thursdays Rosé All Day: 1/2 price Rosé, glass & bottles

fridays Sip & Social: 1/2 price Social House martinis

$5 True blue bacon cheeseburger Wednesdays 4-7pm 1125-A Military Cutoff Rd, Wilmington | 910-679-4473 | www.wearetrueblue.com

saturdays & sundays Brunch & Bubbles: $3 mimosas and $8 mimosal flights

• Smoked Wings • Chicharrones • Frito Pie • Brisket • Pulled Pork • Ribs • Smoked Chicken • Assorted Yummy Sides

Whatever you choose...

Be sure, that our food is entirely made of 100% Texas awesomeness!

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of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street. (910) 251-0433.

■ SERVING DINNER: 5pm Tue-Sun; open 7 days/ week seasonally, May-October ■ SERVING WEEKEND LUNCH: Sat & Sun, 11:30am-2:30pm, seasonally May-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: Tuesdays on the deck, 7 – 9p.m., MayOct ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com

GREEK SYMPOSIUM RESTAURANT AND BAR After moving to Wilmington Chef George Papanikolaou and his family opened up The Greeks in 2012 and with the support of the community was able to venture out and try something different with Symposium. Symposium is an elegant experience consisting of recipes that Chef George has collected his whole life. Many of the recipes are family recipes that have been handed down through the years, one is as old as 400 years old. With a blend of fresh local ingredients, delicious longstanding family recipes, and Authentic Greek cuisine Symposium is a restaurant that is unique in its cooking and unforgettable in the experience it offers.

Everything on the menu is a mouthwatering experience from the charred octopus, to the lamb shank with papardelle pasta, to the homemade baklava and galaktoboureko! Happy Eating OPA!! Located in Mayfaire Town Center at 890 Town Center Dr, Wilmington, NC 28405 (910) 239-9051. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Daily Specials ■ WEBSITE: www.symposiumnc.com

IRISH 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 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.

■ 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 SLAINTE IRISH PUB Slainte Irish Pub in Monkey Junction has traditional pub fare with an Irish flair. We have a large se-

lection of Irish whiskey, and over 23 different beers on draft, and 40 different craft beers in bottles. They have a large well lit outdoor patio with a full bar also.

Come have some fun! They currently do not take reservations, but promise to take care of you when you get here! 5607 Carolina Beach Rd. #100, (910) 399-3980 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 11:30 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington, Monkey Junction ■ FEATURING: Irish grub, whiskeys, beer, wine, and fun.

■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/slaintemj

ITALIAN ANTONIO’S Serving fresh, homemade Italian fare in midtown and south Wilmington, Antonio’s Pizza and Pasta is a family-owned restaurant which serves New York style pizza and pasta. From daily specials during lunch and dinner to a friendly waitstaff ensuring a top-notch experience, whether dining in, taking out or getting delivery, to generous portions, the Antonio’s experience is an unforgettable one. Serving subs, salads, pizza by the slice or pie, pasta, and more, dine-in, take-out and delivery! 3501 Oleander Dr., #2, and 5120 S. College Rd. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. and Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-10 p.m. (Sun., open at 11:30 a.m.)

■ NEIGHBORHOOD DELIVERY OFFERED: Monkey Junction and near Independence Mall ■ WEBSITE: www.antoniospizzaandpasta.com THE ITALIAN BISTRO The Italian Bistro is a family-owned, full-service Italian restaurant and pizzeria located in Porters Neck. They offer a wide variety of N.Y. style thincrust pizza and homemade Italian dishes seven days a week!

The Italian Bistro strives to bring customers a variety of homemade items made with the freshest, local ingredients. Every pizza and entrée is made to order and served with a smile from our amazing staff.

Their warm, inviting, atmosphere is perfect for “date night” or “family night.” Let them show you why “fresh, homemade and local” is part of everything they do. 8211 Market St. (910) 686-7774 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. and Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Sun. brunch, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Porters Neck ■ WEBSITE: www.italianbistronc.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/week, 365 days/year.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

■ FEATURING: Largest tequila selection in town!

■ 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 made-from-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 8:00am-8:00pm, Saturday 8:30am-7:00pm, Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.atasteofitalydeli.com ■ FEATURING: Sclafani goods, Polly-O cheese, Ferrara Torrone and much, much more!

MEXICAN 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 $4.95 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: lacostamexicanrestauranwilmington. com

SANDWICHES HWY 55 BURGERS, SHAKES AND FRIES Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries in Wilmington— on Carolina Beach Rd.—is bringing a fresh All-American diner experience with never-frozen burgers, sliced cheesesteaks piled high on steamed hoagies, and frozen custard made in-house every day.

Founded in Eastern North Carolina in 1991, Hwy 55 reflects founder Kenney Moore’s commitment to authentic hospitality and fresh food. Lunch and dinner is grilled in an open-air kitchen, and they serve you at your table—with a smile. 6331 Carolina Beach Rd., (910) 793-6350 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday - Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. .

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Delicious burgers and homemade shakes!

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J. MICHAEL’S PHILLY DELI The Philly Deli celebrated their 38th anniversary in August 2017. Thier first store was located in Hanover Center—the oldest shopping center in Wilmington. Since, two more Philly Delis have been added: one at Porters Neck and one at Monkey Junction.

The Philly Deli started out by importing all of their steak meat and hoagie rolls straight from Amoroso Baking Company, located on 55th Street in downtown Philadelphia! It’s a practice they maintain to this day.

We also have a great collection of salads to choose from, including the classic chef’s salad, chicken salad, and tuna salad, all made fresh every day in our three Wilmington, NC restaurants. 8232 Market St., 3501 Oleander Dr., 609 Piner Rd. ■ OPEN: 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Friday - Saturday.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Porters Neck, North and South Wilmington, ■ WEBSITE: https://phillydeli.com ON A ROLL Roll on into OAR—a fusion of American-JewishItalian deli fare, interspersed in seasonal specialties with a Southern accent.

Every customer will receive freshly made-toorder sandwiches, wraps and salads, with the freshest of ingredients, all to ensure top quality.

And when the place is hopping, it is well worth the wait.

Whether choosing to dine in or take out—we deliver—On a Roll is the downtown deli to enjoy homemade grub. Come make us your favorite! 125 Grace St., (910) 622-2700 ■ SERVING LUNCH: Open Mon-Sun., 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. 24-hour catering available.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: Check us out on Facebook!

SEAFOOD CAPE FEAR SEAFOOD COMPANY Founded in 2008 by Evans and Nikki Trawick, Cape Fear Seafood Company has become a local hotspot for the freshest, tastiest seafood in the area. With its growing popularity, the restaurant has expanded from its flagship eatery in Monkey Junction to a second location in Porter’s Neck, and coming soon in 2017, their third location in Waterford in Leland.

“We are a dedicated group of individuals working together as a team to serve spectacular food, wine and spirits in a relaxed and casual setting,” restaurateur Evans Trawick says. “At CFSC every dish is prepared with attention to detail, quality ingredients and excellent flavors. Our staff strives to accommodate guests with a sense of urgency and an abundance of southern hospitality.” Cape Fear Seafood Company has been recognized by encore magazine for best seafood in 2015, as well as by Wilmington Magazine in 2015 and 2016, and Star News from 2013 through 2016. Monkey Junction: 5226 S. College Road Suite 5, 910-799-7077. Porter’s Neck: 140 Hays Lane #140, 910-681-1140.

Waterford: 143 Poole Rd., Leland, NC 28451 ■ SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER: 11:30am-4pm daily; Mon.-Thurs.., 4pm-9pm; Fri.-Sat., 4pm-10pm; Sun., 4pm-8:30pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, north Wilmington and Leland ■ WESBITE: www.capefearseafoodcompany.com 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.-Sat. 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

MICHAEL’S SEAFOOD’S RESTAURANT Established in 1998, Michael’s Seafood Restaurant is locally owned and operated by Shelly McGowan and managed by her team of culinary professionals. Michael’s aspires to bring you the highest quality and freshest fin fish, shell fish, mollusks, beef, pork, poultry and produce. Our menu consists of mainly locally grown and made from scratch items. We count on our local fishermen and farmers to supply us with seasonal, North Carolina favorites on a daily basis. Adorned walls include awards such as 3 time gold medalist at the International Seafood Chowder Cook-Off, Entrepreneur of the Year, Restaurant of the Year and Encores readers’ choice in Best Seafood to name a few. 1206 N. Lake Park Blvd. (910) 458-7761 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days 11 am – 9 pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Carolina Beach ■ FEATURING: Award-winning chowder, local seafood and more!

■ WEBSITE: www.MikesCfood.com 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.

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■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH: Mon – Sat 11am – 11pm, Sunday 10am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dine on 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. 910-343-0200 2 Ann Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11am9pm, Fri-Sat 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. (910-4587380) and our second location is at 109 Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington (910-8338622). 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: 11am-Midnight.

■ NEIGHBORHOODS: Carolina Beach and Downtown ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials. Like us on Facebook!

■ WEBSITE: www.TheShuckinShack.com STEAM RESTAURANT AND BAR Steam is bringing American cuisine to Wilmington using locally sourced goods and ingredients. With an extensive wine and beer selection, plenty of cocktails, indoor/outdoor seating, and beautiful views of the Cape Fear River, Steam is the area’s new go-to restaurant. Reservations recommended.

Open seven days a week!, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. 9 Estell Lee Pl, (910) 726-9226 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Lunch: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Dinner: 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. Bar: 11 a.m.-Until.

Menu Bar: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.steamrestaurantilm.com

SOUTHERN CASEY’S BUFFET In Wilmington, everyone knows where to go for solid country cooking. That place is Casey’s Buffet, win-

ner 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; Fri-Sat, 5-10:30pm; Sun., 10am-3pm and 5-9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.rxwilmington.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 award-winning 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 S. College Rd. (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

TAPAS/WINE BAR THE FORTUNATE GLASS WINE BAR An intimate venue showcasing globally sourced wines, plus creative small plates and craft beers.

The serene ambiance is created by the beautiful wall mural, elegant glass tile bar, castle rocked walls and intimate booths. There are wines from all regions, with 60 wines by the glass and 350 wines available by the bottle. Food consists of numerous small plates, fine cheeses, cured meats and decadent desserts that will compliment any wine selection.

■ SERVING DINNER & LATE NIGHT: Tues. - Thur., 4 p.m. - midnight; Fri., 4 p.m. - 2 a.m.; Sat., 2 p.m. - 2 a.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. - midnight.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown, 29 S Front St. ■ FEATURING: Weekly free wine tasting Tues., 6 - 8 p.m. Small plates, and wine and beer specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.fortunateglass.com

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SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT: Ch. 17, And a rock feels no pain and an island never cries BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

“H

ow did you find me?” James Green looked at the floor instead of Kitty’s eyes. “How?”

“I had a copy of the crew list. I asked around and heard you were on another film.” She was half surprised that he was bothered and half insulted he would think she wasn’t smart enough to track him down.

Really? How dumb does he think I am?

“Yeah, well, I’m at work.” He paused and looked toward the camera. “So now is not a good time.”

“When is a good time?” Kitty asked. “I can wait.”

“I am not losing my job over you; I am a good camera assistant. All I want to do is work and be left alone. And work.”

Green didn’t think Kitty was dumb, he just didn’t understand why anyone wanted to talk to him. He knew which way the wind blew. At under 6-feet tall, he was average height for a man with a lean build and he had many years on his feet 12-plus hours a day. The sudden interest in him was not due to his handsome looks. Not to say he didn’t wish it was. He spent his life photographing the beautiful, making them even more desirable.

Kitty was still staring at him. She had planted herself squarely and wasn’t moving unless he made a scene. Green hated making scenes.

“Excuse me, ma’am. I have work to do.”

“I’ll be waiting in the parking lot when you finish for the day,” Kitty called after him.

She watched him walk away and wondered for a moment why everyone was so hostile to her. She was just trying to do her job after all.

John Green moved through the rest of his day in the fog of auto-pilot. He liked big women.

He always had. Maybe it was a lifetime spent making anorexic women seem sexy to Joe Sixpack on the couch. But a woman should look like a woman, not a man. A woman should have something to grab on to.

Damn, did she have a great ass, and the kind of tits a man could bury his face in and die happy!

It made Green’s eyes water to think of her body. She waiting for him—to talk to him. Even if it was about Jeffrey Chen. And he knew she wanted to talk about Jeffrey Chen.

The stupid bitch. Chen was dead and wouldn’t have gone for her anyway. But would

she even notice a guy like me? Only to talk about goddamned Jeffrey Chen! Bitch.

But Kitty was waiting for him, waiting with those big soft pillows begging him to lay his head, to rest his tired eyes, to quench his lips as they drank—drank so deeply… * * * * * The tape somehow had been forgotten—even Kitty had forgotten it. Then Jeffrey’s mother filed a lawsuit against the people she held responsible for her son’s death while filming “Blackbird.”

Cut down in the prime of his life, the beautiful young actor’s death was ruled accidental by the DA, and no criminal charges were filed.

The powers that be thought it would end there.

They had taken into account Hollywood big wigs who wanted this problem, this inconvenience, to go away. They figured local crews wanted to get back to work—to not lose their jobs.

But they hadn’t taken into account Judy Chen—a woman who defied her family and the convention of the day to marry the man she loved. The woman who buried him far too young when he died filming his own magnum opus. After a massive traditional Chinese funeral, which was broadcast on TV around the world, she consented to let his real-life funeral footage appear in the film—because he gave his life for the movie and he wanted that film more than anything.

And she knew it. But she still brought his body back to the States to be buried where she and her children could visit him. She shared so much of him with so many people, but this last thing, this she wasn’t parting with. No. She raised two grieving children on her own and kept them away from the public eye as much as possible. She assembled the foundation that would continue teaching their father’s work and philosophy. How did anybody think she would back down from this fight for her son?

She was adamant someone would be held accountable for his death—and the film would be finished and released. She also wanted the film in the canister that recorded Jeffrey’s death.

The camera was rolling when he was shot and she wanted that film. In her hands. She wanted the negatives. She wanted the print. All of it.

It took Kitty a few days of asking around before she found out John Green pulled the film from the camera that night—the faithful camera assistant, veteran of decades of film work. He had done his job: unloaded the camera, put the film in a canister, labeled it and taped it shut.

Then he broke brackets of hierarchy by making the producer walk him to the production office,

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and both of them sign the tape on the canister for what seemed like hours until the goddamned before locking it in the production safe. ambulance got there, and the producer is thinkWhy? Why had this unremarkable man had ing about how much money he’s losing from the presence of mind to do this? Now, he was shutting down production. And here I am, a lowly personally responsible for preserving the photo- CA, telling him he has to walk me to the production office and put it in the safe! I’m amazed he graphic evidence of the crime. did it. I am amazed I can work at all. And with “Do you need photographic evidence when people like you asking the question like you are you have 40 people’s eye-witness testimony?” asking, I might not get to tomorrow, so do you Kitty mused aloud. mind leaving me the hell alone?”

“Yes, you do,” a gruff male voice answered “Mr. Green, you have a job to do, and I underher. John Green found her in the parking lot at stand that—because I have a job to do. My job the end of the day—just as she had threatened is to ask questions. Jeffrey Chen was shot in a he would. room with 40 witnesses, and the DA and a lot of other powerful people want us to believe no “Really? Why?” Kitty asked. crime was committed.”

“Because everyone remembers it a little dif“Yeah? Well, what has that got to do with me? ferently. Everyone remembers what they were concentrating on. Then, when people ask ques- The last I heard, you don’t work for the paper tion...” He glared at her. “Then people expand anymore! So what are you doing out here asktheir memories to include things other people ing things like you’re somebody?” suggest to them.”

“I’m freelance, and I am still on the story, Mr. “Are you saying I have suggested memories Green. I am asking you because I respect you and consider your work important and—and beto people?” Kitty demanded. cause I want to see justice for Jeffrey.”

She pointed her finger at John accusingly and “Yeah? well, what about justice for the crew? pursed her lips in anger.

What about us? You think we don’t feel any“No, I’m saying people’s memories are not as thing? You think we don’t matter? Is that it?” reliable as we all want to think they are. But the The words spun out of him with a force he camera doesn’t lie.” couldn’t control.

He paused.

“Why don’t you look after your own for a “Well, the camera can make you believe anychange? Why do you care so much for the thing, but the sequence of events that an uninHollywood hotshots? Why don’t you ask some terrupted piece of film would show you ... could questions about local people who were workbe truthful.” ing, and doing their jobs and getting hurt on that “Could be?” Kitty cocked her head to the side. show and no one cared? Why don’t you ask “You still see what you want to see,” Green about that for a change?” shrugged. “But it is a lot harder to deny or reHis chest was heaving and his fist were member differently with evidence in front of you.” clenching and unclenching. “Now, if you don’t He gave her a hard look and added icily, have anything more to do or say, I suggest you “I’m guessing you wanted to talk to me about get out of my way. I have had a long day and the footage from the night Jeffrey Chen died on I want to go home.” He pushed past her and fumbled for his keys. Kitty stood in the parking set?” lot, her jaw agape. She was too embarrassed “Yes. Yes, I do.” She nodded. to meet the eyes of any other crew who had He dragged his eyes away from her bouncing stopped to watch the confrontation on the way cleavage and tried to concentrate on the matter to their cars. at hand. “Why do you want to talk to me?” he “But I do…” she started, her voice hardly mustered. above a whisper. “I did stories on all those ac“Because you were the last one to handle the cidents…” film before it went in the safe. I want to know why But she could barely hear herself. you taped it and why you made the producer put it in the safe and how he reacted.”

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Celebrating the 19th Amendment’s anniversary and remembering the work to be done BY: SHANNON RAE GENTRY

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he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”

It’s been almost a century since Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. Also known as women’s suffrage, after almost a century’s long protest, women’s right to vote was ratified on August 18, 1920.

“Sounds pretty simple and straightforward, but it took 131 years after the adoption of our constitution to get this amendment ratified,” notes Kathleen Jewell, owner of Pomegranate Books. “It is just as important today as it was then, to exercise our right to be heard by our government.”

Today’s younger generation of women never knew a time when we didn’t have a basic right to participate in our own democracy—which might make it easier for us to take it for granted. However, Jewell notes its immediacy to her and her own family, as her mother was born before the passage of the amendment and her grandmother was unable to vote. Thus Jewell has celebrated the anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s suffrage for the last 10 years at Pomegranate.

“I have been touched by the feeling of being part of a continuum of progress toward human rights in our country and I hope to meet some young people who will take up the torch and continue to move forward,” she says. “[I want to send] a

message to young and old that voting rights were won after decades of hard work and should not be taken lightly.”

“[The ERA] came close to being ratified in the 1970s,” Jewell recalls. “Alice Paul was still working diligently with activists involved in the effort and referred to us as ‘the reinforcements.’ It’s a privilege to feel part of the continuation of the efforts by the early suffragists.”

“We will be reading from the children’s book, ‘Heart on Fire: Susan B Anthony Votes for President,’” Jewell details. “In 1872 Anthony was arrested, tried and found guilty for voting in the presidential election. Sadly, she did not live long enough to vote legally, a right for which she had dedicated much of her life.”

Other educational activities, for children and adults alike, include taking part in hand copying the Constitution. The exercise is inspired by conceptual artist Morgan O’Hara, who worked in performative drawing and social practice.

“The activity will include learning about women of the suffrage movement,” Jewell describes. “We are hoping the celebration puts a human face on the struggle for women’s suffrage and reminds partici-

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Nevertheless, according to the National Women’s Law Center, women working full time in the U.S. are paid only 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid. As well, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)— originally written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and introduced to Congress in 1921— is not ratified in all 50 states, including North Carolina. The amendment would guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens, regardless of sex.

In honor of women’s suffrage, Pomegranate will host its annual “Let Women Vote” event on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. While it is not a political affair—no candidates or officeholders are speaking, though, they are welcome to attend—the League of Women Voters have been invited and Pomegranate has registered with the [NHC] Board of Elections to sponsor a voter registration drive.

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MAKING HISTORY: Alice Paul (above, 1915) was an American suffragist, feminist and women’s rights activist and will be celebrated this week at Pomegranate Books. Photo by Harris and Ewing photographic firm, Adam Cuerden Restoration, from the United States Library of Congress.

Women have made progress in the political arena—with record numbers of women running for office across the nation. The Washington Post reported last week an unprecedented 154 female candidates who are not incumbents will be on the ballot come November.

“Going from comprising 3 percent of Congress in the ‘70s to over 19 percent today [is progress],” Jewell observes.

“I think this still amazingly low number pants it is worth fighting for what you be- speaks for itself.” lieve in. As Susan B. Anthony said, ‘Failure is impossible.’”

The right to vote was only the first step in securing women’s equal rights in the United States. In Jewell’s own lifetime, the U.S. has eliminated segregated help wanted ads (1973); outlawed housing and lending discrimination based on gender (1974); and saw the end of “Head and Master” laws (1979). “It wasn’t until 2009 that President Obama signed the Lilly Led-

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HAPPENINGS & EVENTS ACROSS WILMINGTON

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HDWM ARTISAN MARKET

Join us every Sunday until Oct. 28 along the scenic, historic Wilmington riverfront for a weekly artisan market featuring some of Wilmington’s finest artists and crafts people.

You’ll find everything from fine art to functional with a diverse assortment of painters, illustrators, woodworkers, metal workers, upscale crafts and more! Located at Riverfront Park on N. Water Street between Market and Princess from 10am-3:30pm every Sun., weather permitting. This is a City of Wilmington event.

Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St.

SUMMER FIREWORKS BY SEA

Pleasure Island summers have begun with weekly fireworks every Thursday an dlive music on the historic Carolina Beach Boardwalk at the gazebo stage. Music starts at 6:30 followed by the fireworks at 9. Follow Facebook for weather delays, changes and updates. 100 Cape Fear Blvd.

LAGERFEST

Aug. 25, 1pm: Introducing our inaugural Lagerfest, a summertime celebration of North Carolina lagers. Our NC brewery friends will join us in the Beer Garden to showcase our different versions of bottom fermenting deliciousness.

Live music with the Folkstone Stringband!

Participating breweries: Broomtail Craft Brewery, Check Six Brewing Company, Deep River Brewing Company Front Street Brewery, Makai Brewing Company, Salty Turtle Beer Company, Wilmington Brewing Company, and more!

Wrightsville Beach Brewery, 6201 Oleander Dr.

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Aug. 25, 9:30am: Free admission to the public and family-friendly! People’s Choice Shrimp & Slaw Chefs Charity Challenge, People’s Choice Singer Songwriter Showcase”, yoga, fitness, MMA, demonstrations, contests and giveaways; health vendors, fitness, wellness, gyms, food vendors & trucks, wild life rescue, bounce house & slides, face paint, water activities, crafts and more. Help us support our

military veterans! Battleship Park, 1 Battleship Rd NE LET WOMEN VOTE!

Aug. 25: Event in honor of women’s suffrage.

On August 26th, 1920, the US federal government incorporated the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, stating: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” It is just as important today, as it was then, to exercise our right to be heard by our government. Come by and register to vote, or update your voter registration. Educate your children in a fun way by drawing with them favorite leaders of the suffrage movement. Discuss the issues that still exist to our right to vote in a relaxing and welcoming environment. Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave.

CAM COMMUNITY DAY

Aug. 25: Free day of art activities, music and fun at Cameron Art Museum! Activities include: Museum School fun festivities and 10% off Fall registration; Kids@CAM guest artist Emily Krueger will lead a sea creature hat making workshop. Make creative and unique wearable fish-themed art using fun materials!; NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher with seahorses and sea urchins. 11am-2pm: music by Darryl Murrill while you enjoy brunch in CAM Café which will have extended hours and family friendly menu. 10am-5pm: Explore the two Brown Wing exhibitions. Free and open to the public. 3201 S 17th St.

PCYP EVENTS

Free for members and non-members. A networking event often feat. free beer, wine, food, and live music. Business casual; no membership required. All ages and professions welcome. Photography by Chris Brehmer Photography with raffles given out.

Upcoming events: Sept. 19, Homewood Suites by Hilton Wilmington. pcypapp.com/ about/join.

FAMILY NIGHT

Tues. night, 6:30pm: Free activities including a bounce house, face painting, entertainment, characters, crafts and more! Takes place at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk Gazebo with weather permitting. 100 Cape Fear Blvd.

charity/fundraiser PINTS FOR PRESERVATION

Join us at Edward Teach Brewery on August 23, 5pm, for Pints for Preservation. The brewery will generously donate $1 for each beer sold back to the Bellamy Mansion Museum for communityprograms. Edward Teach is located at 604 N. 4th Street in Wilmington. The

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event is free and open to the public. Visit edwardteachbrewery.com/ for info about daily beer and wine specials. Edward Teach Brewing, 604 N. Fourth St. LUMINA DAZE

Aug. 26, 5:30pm: 21st Lumina Daze festival at Blockade Runner commemorates the historic Lumina Pavilion’s carefree atmosphere with a fun-filled evening of food, big band music, and lots of dancing. Music provided

by Wilmington Big Band in the ballroom, Dixieland All Stars in the Nighthawk and festive beach music by The Imitations on the patio.

Join us for a swing dance competition, silent auction and more! Benefits the Wrightsville Beach Museum. wbmuseumofhistory.com/ events/lumina-daze. 275 Waynick Blvd.

music/concerts SUNSET MUSIC CRUISES

Live music along the Cape Fear River aboard Wilmington Water Tours at the sunset; various musicians and cruises weekly. www. wilmingtonwatertours.net or call us at (910) 338-3134. 212 S. Water St.

FT. FISHER SUMMER CONCERTS

Free Summer Concerts at the Fort Fisher Air Force Recreation Area 2nd and 4th Fridays through August 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Fort Fisher Air Force Recreation Area, 118 River Front Dr.

LELAND CONCERTS AT THE PARK

All ages! Bring a blanket or a lawn chair, beverages, and your friends and family! Local food trucks will be on site selling food! Please remember, no smoking or e-cigarettes are al-

lowed on Town property. Thurs., 6:30-8:30pm.

Free! Leland Municipal Park, 102 Town Hall Dr. BOOGIE IN THE PARKS

Sun.: 5-7 p.m. (1st/3rd Sun., May through Oct.).

Bring your beach chair or blanket and enjoy free, live music by the sea! Free and open to the public! Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Blvd.

OPEN-MIC AT TIDAL CREEK

Comedians, singers, songwriters, poets, yodelers! Come out the co-op on Wednesday night & show us what you got! Free coffee & tea for all performers! Mic is yours from 6 pm until about 8:45! Hosted by the always entertaining Bob Sarnataro, this open mic is a laid back, no pressure opportunity for performers of all kinds to stretch those creative muscles. All ages welcome. Tidal Creek Co-op, 5329 Oleander Dr.

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNDERGROUND

Every week Sunday School Underground welcomes a collective of like minded DJs with interest in growing the underground electronic music scene. We commune at the Juggling Gypsy Cafe to preach beats and vibes that will fill your soul. The Juggling Gypsy has the right atmosphere to cater a chill underground community of DJs. Located on the corner of 16 St. and Castle St. Come smoke a hookah, try one of the many craft beers, bounce around the patio, or just lounge with the beats. Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

DOWNTOWN SUNDOWN

Concert series presented by Outdoor Equipped runs each Friday night through August 31. Free concerts are from 6:30pm to 10pm and feature both local performers and cover and tribute bands. Wristband sales for beer benefit local nonprofits. Outside beverages, food, coolers and dogs are prohibited. Rain or shine; check

Facebook for updates. Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St. JUICE

Aug. 22, 7pm: Boston-based, seven-piece band Juice will be coming to Wilmington on Wednesday, August 22nd, at the UNCW! Juice just released their new project, Workin’ on Lovin,’ which features songs that showcase the band’s merging virtuosic musicianship, vivid songwriting, and their power to captivate and move audiences everywhere they go. Kenan Auditorium UNCW, 601 S College Rd.

ARTISTRY IN JAZZ BIG BAND

Aug. 31, Jazz at The Gazebo—Carolina Beach Boardwalk, 7-9pm. 24-piece orchestra. Playing the music of Stan Kenton, Count Basie and others, featuring Angela Woodcock on vocals.

DARRYL MURRILL

Aug. 25, 11am: Saxophonist, songwriter and producer Darryl Murrill brings his trio and mix of jazz, R&B, gospel and more to CAM Cafe as part of CAM’s Community Day. Enjoy brunch and refreshments during this free day with CAM Café’s extended hours and family friendly menu. Full details on the Community Day activities on CAM’s website. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S 17th St

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19 S. 10th St. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

Aug. 23-Sept. 2, Thurs-Sat., 7:30pm, or Sun., 3pm: Journey into the Old West, when Panache Productions brings you The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The classic story of good versus evil, law versus the gun, one man versus Liberty Valance. The western short story that inspired the classic film by John Ford adapted beautifully for the stage.Mature language and content. Only eight performances!

North Front Theatre (formerly City Stage), 21 N. Front St. Take the elevator or stairs to the Fifth Floor. $20 for reserved seating, $18 for seniors, students and military, $25 for VIP floor seating. Tickets: https://panache.brownpapertickets.com/ or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

MEMORIES, MOLASSES AND MORE

By Peggy Price, edited by Clyde Edgerton, Stephanie Trott & Deborah Brunson, adapted for stage by Zach Hanner, directed by Mike Thompson, takes place Fri and Sat. through Sept. 1, 7pm. Tickets $18-$42 with discounts for seniors, students, military and groups. Stories of food, family and faith woven together with music and taken from the real stories, and recipes from a cookbook by two Wilmington sister churches, Missionary Macedonia Baptist and Winter Park Baptist. Show and dinner tickets available and you can order a copy of the cookbook to take home! TheatreNOW, 9 S. 10th St.

‘TALES FROM GRANDE GUIGNOL’ AUDITIONS

Aug. 20, 6pm: Auditions for TheatreNOW’s upcoming October dinner show, adapted & directed by Zach Hanner. All paid positions. www.theatrewilmington.com/ TheatreNOW,

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All ages on Saturday at sunset. Join us in the park and watch a family movie under the night sky. Bring a blanket, lawn chairs, a picnic and your family, but please no pets or alcohol. Smoking is also prohibited on Town Property. Concessions will be available for purchase. Free, no registration required. Leland Municipal Park, 102 Town Hall Dr. SUMMER MOVIES AT THE LAKE

Free movies on Pleasure Island through September 2nd. Vacationers as well as residents from Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wilmington grab their kids, blankets and beach chairs and head to Carolina Beach Lake Park to enjoy a free outdoor movie on a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;giganticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; screen every Sunday at dusk! Movie-goers can purchase cotton candy, popcorn, candy, soft drinks and moreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or bring a picnic. Aug. 5: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emoji Movie.â&#x20AC;? Carolina Beach Lake Park, Atlanta Ave.

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ILM JEWISH FILM FEST: SUMMER SERIES

Aug. 23, 7pm: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Visitâ&#x20AC;? (Israel, 2007, comedy-drama, 87 minutes, English/ Hebrew/Arabic). A police band from Alexandria, Egypt arrives by mistake at a desolate town in Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Negev desert. Personal rapport, longings, and humorous events arise before they depart the next day for the right town. The musical version, playing now on

Broadway, won 10 Tony awards this year, including Best Musical. Tickets: www.thalianhall. org. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St.

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Meet working artists, and see their works in progress. Everything from sculptures to fine jewelry in this unique location. Free parking, fun for everyone. Over 45 artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works to enjoy. Free, and we participate in the 4th Friday Art Walks, 6-9pm, 4th Fri. ea. mo. theArtWorks, 200 Willard St.

PLASTIC OCEAN

A solo exhibit, Plastic Ocean, by local artist Alexandra Morse is on display at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher for three months through September 2018. Come any day of the week during Aquarium hours, 9am-5pm, Monday-Sunday.

Twenty percent of all proceeds will be donated to Plastic Ocean Project to help clean up our oceans and spread awareness of plastic pollution. All paintings are for sale and will be on display near the stingray tank in the Spadefish Gallery. Ticket cost is for entry into the Aquarium. Viewing the artwork in the gallery is free once inside. NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, 900 Loggerhead Rd.

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT

Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier after-hours celebration of art and culture, 6-9pm, fourth Friday of ea. month. Features art openings, artist demonstrations, entertainment and refreshments. Administered by the Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County, numerous venues participate. Full list:

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Journey through this mirror-lined chamber housing an array of LED lights. The viewer walks toward a light but at the last minute is diverted to the main room. Lethe, chance art by Leslie Milanese, depicts the first recorded NDE (Plato, 381 BC). Expo 216 gallerium, 216 N. Front St. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm, 910-769-3899, www.expo216.com

WEIGHT OF WALLS

Nathan Verweyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art work remains on display at Coworx in the Cargo District through Sept. 2.

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MIDSUMMER EXPERIENCE

Aug. 24, 6pm: Acme Studios presents Midsummer Experience, featuring abstact painting by Stephanie Holt and Dick Roberts. 4th Friday event. 711 N. 5th Ave.

ART IN BLOOM FOURTH FRIDAY CLOSING

Aug. 24, 6-9pm: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fresh Take: New Art by Elizabeth Darrowâ&#x20AC;? includes figurative work and abstract expressionism with oil, oil pastel, and/or collage on canvas. Raffle will benefit Adopt an Angel, Animal Rescue and Adoption. Art in Bloom Gallery, 210 Princess St.

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Dsantos Dancers features three hours of bachata. Classes offered: Level 2, 7-8pm; level 1, 8-9pm; social dancing 9-10pm. Classes are $12-$15; social dancing, free. Packages, $50. www.dsantosnc.com. 4569 Technology Dr., 2

AFRICAN DANCE CLASS

Join Shea-Ra Nichi first Sat. through August from 10:30-noon for a community multigenerational African dance class. Class is open to anyone in the community and offered to encourage those who may not be able to afford African dance class regularly. No preregistration required. Sliding scale $5 - $15 per person (by honor system). Shea-Ra Nichi at shearanichi@gmail.com or 910-474-1134.

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Aug. 27, 5:30pm: Have fun dancing off some pounds to Latin and International music. This total workout combines cardio, muscle conditioning, balance, and flexibility. Attendance is free and you don’t have to register in advance. 910-798-6301. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

comedy OPEN MIC

The wildest open mic in town ... anything goes. (except cover songs). Stand-up comedy, slam poetry, video, live music, odd talents—performances of all kinds. Hosted by 6-beer Steve. Sign up, 8pm, and runs all night. Juggling Gypsy 1612 Castle St. ILM, (910) 763-2223 daily after 3pm for details. jugglinggypsy.com.

COMEDY BINGO

Brent Blakeney headlines comedy bingo at Dead Crow, Tuesday nights, 8pm. Free show featuring the best comics from all over the Southeast, all while playing bingo along with the words they say! Win prizes and enjoy discount tacos! Hosted by Louis Bishop with in-booth side kick comedian Lew Morgante.

Dead Crow Comedy Club, 265 N. Front St.

GRUFF GOAT COMEDY

On the first Wed. ea. month, Gruff Goat Comedy features Three Guest Comics Under a Bridge. No Trolls. Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry Lane

PRIMETIME COMEDY

Come see some of North Carolina’s best

stand-up comedians in a world class venue!

This month our super talented performers are: Brett Williams, Cordero Wilson, Grant Sheffield, Louis Bishop, and Tyler Wood. Hosted by: Wills Maxwell. N Front Theatre (formerly City Stage), 21 N Front St. CAROLINA COMEDY CUP

Wed. 9pm: Comedy King of the Carolina’s, Louis Bishop, will be bringing the Carolina Comedy Cup to the Lazy Pirate again this year.

Louis started this well-anticipated Comedy Show here over 6 years ago and it is now the longest-running independent Comedy Competition in the Carolinas. More than 50 aspiring comics will be competing for beloved CCC Trophy and a grand prize of $500. For more details on the show and how to compete contact Louis Bishop. facebook.com/louisbishopcomedy. Lazy Pirate Island Sports Grill, 701 N Lake Pk Blvd.

LUCKY JOE COMEDY SHOW

First Sat. ea. month is free show at Lucky Joe Craft Coffee on College Road presented by Regretful Villains. The show features a new style of stand-up called Speed Joking. Come enjoy a night of laughs and find your Comedic Soulmate! 1414 S College Rd.

DEAD CROW COMEDY ROOM

Aug. 24-25, 7pm/9:30pm: Introduced to America on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” Alonzo Bodden was runner up on season 2 and came back to win it all on Last Comic Standing season 3 “The Best of the Best.” A regular on NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!,” Alonzo recently filmed his second stand-up comedy special tentatively titled “Historically Incorrect,” and filmed a guest role on the upcoming ABC comedy “Dr. Ken” starring Ken Jeong as a doc-

tor married to a therapist. Tickets: $22. http:// deadcrowcomedy.com. 265 N. Front St. LIVE RIFFING AND VINTAGE TV

Every Wed. you can join us at Dead Crow Comedy for Improv night. Join local comedians for a TV party at Dead Crow! An interactive improvised comedy show. 265 N. Front St.

DAREDEVIL IMPROV COMEDY CLASSES

Aug. 25, 11am: Learn the fundamentals of the funny! Learn to be more spontaneous, trust your instincts, and create one-of-a-kind comedy with an ensemble! (And even if you’re not a “performer” our classes are a great way to meet people and have a hella good time!) Sign-ups: www.daredevilimprov.com.

Hannah Block Community Arts Center, 120 S. 2nd St.

museums CAMERON ART MUSEUM

Aug. 25: “A Time When Art Is Everywhere: teamLab,” an art collective and interdisciplinary group of programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians artists and architects, creates digital artworks that bridge art, science, technology, design and the natural world. Designs are immersive interpretations deeply rooted in Japanese art, aesthetic and history. Investigating what they term “ultrasubjective (non-hierarchical) space” and “cocreation (among other objectives)” teamLab proves their belief that the digital domain can expand art. Intearctive installations include Sketch Aquarium (color a drawing of a sea creature and watch the image project onto a

giant virtual aquarium); Story of the Time When Gods Were Everywhere (touch symbols on the screen and see them evolve into the images they represent); and Flower and Corpse Glitch, an evolving story featuring the theme of “The clash, cycle, and symbiosis between nature and culture.” Through Sept. 8, 2019 • Like and Likeness, Sept. 4-30: A visitor participatory experience and exploration of the human form.

CAM visitors can draw using traditional and new media, working from paper on easels and ipads, copying figurative drawings and sculptural works in plaster, marble, and bronze from CAM’s permanent collection. • Feather by Feather, The Sculptures of Grainger McKoy, Sept. 29-Feb. 17, 2019: From the detailed beginnings of the single iconic feather, Grainger McKoy transforms his intricately carved birds into gravity-defying sculptures that play with form and space. • Along the Eastern Sea Road: Hiroshige’s Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, Sept. 29-Feb. 17, 2019: Master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō is among the most celebrated works of Japanese art. This series depicts the spectacular landscapes and fascinating characters encountered on the journey from Edo (now Tokyo) to the imperial capital of Kyoto.

The Tōkaidō road was the most-traveled route between these two important cities, figuring heavily into popular Japanese art and culture in the mid-1800s. Cameron Art Museum presents the complete set of 55 prints from Hiroshige’s monumental oban series, known as the Upright Tōkaidō, created in 1855. • Nearer to Nature, Sept. 29 - Feb. 17, 2019 Humans have always been inspired and influenced by the world that surrounds us. Featuring artwork from CAM’s permanent collection, Nearer to

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Nature highlights this fascination and contemplation of the natural world. Artists in the exhibition include Elliott Daingerfield, Minnie Evans, William Frerichs, Will Henry Stevens, along with contemporary artists such as Mark Flood, Guy Laramée and Hiroshi Sueyoshi. • Illumination, Dec. 1- Jan. 6, 2019: The highly popular Illumination returns for it’s 3rd year to CAM. Drawing inspiration from traditional lantern festivals, marking the transitional moment of season’s change and year’s end, reflecting on the past while garnering energy for the future. CAM recognizes the crucial role of artists and art in creating an exceptional quality of life for a community. Art, like a lantern, illuminates the mystery, empathy and wonder of human existence. On Sunday, December 9 from 4-7 p.m. will be the third annual Floating Lantern Ceremony: This event is an opportunity for Remembrance, Reflection and Gratitude. There’s no charge to attend, but participants are encouraged to purchase a $12 lantern sleeve they may personalize and then float on the CAM reflecting pond.• CAM Café open and serving delicious menu with full bar, 5pm-9pm. Tues.-Sun., 11am-2pm; Thurs. nights, 5pm-9pm 910-395-5999. cameronartmuseum.org. 3201 S. 17th St.

people and our natural environment which have shaped the 100 year history of WB. (910) 256-2569. 303 W. Salisbury St. www.wbmuseum.com.

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 Children’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 Mon. at 10:30am, only $5 per family and access to entire Museum. Admission only $9 adult, $8 senior/military, $5 child, ages 2-12, and free under age 2. 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634. www. wrrm.org.

LATIMER HOUSE

Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. $4-$12.

Latimer House of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is not handicapped accessible 126 S. Third St.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM

WB 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

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)

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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, it focuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action. 910-2513700. 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/Market St. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. Last tour, 3pm. 910-762-0570. www.burgwinwrighthouse.com.

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM

Hundreds of toys and games are on view in PlayTime!—classics, like Lincoln Logs, toy soldiers, an Erector set and a Mr. Potato Head, and even old faves like wooden tops, blocks and dolls. Remember those toys that, for whatever reason, we just had to have?

Some of those fad favorites like the Rubik’s cube and 1960s Liddle Kiddle dolls are on exhibit along with toy figures from fast food kids’ meals. Explore toy history in custom label books. Play, create, and imagine in Cape Fear Museum’s newest exhibit, PlayTime! Engage with museum educators in these short, drop-in programs. Activities change weekly and may include puzzles, games, blocks, and more. Adult participation is required. Fun for all ages! Free for members or with general admission • See NC through the eyes of Wilmington-born photographer Hugh MacRae Morton (1921-2006). His captivating images will be featured in the traveling exhibit “Photographs

by Hugh Morton: An Uncommon Retrospective,” is now open at Cape Fear Museum. The exhibit is on loan from the UNC Library’s NC Collection Photographic Archives and will be on view through September 2018. • Camera Collections! With today’s smart phones and digital cameras, photography is everywhere.

But until the invention of the camera in 1839, there was no way to instantly capture the environment around you. In less than 200 years, cameras have progressed from complicated contraptions only used by professionals, to simple boxes with a roll of film anyone could operate, to handheld computers that create digital images shared with the world. 86 cameras and 145 photographic accessories showcases changes in technology and styles, from the late 1800s through the early 2000s. www. capefearmuseum.com/programs. $8/adults, $7/seniors, college & military, $5/youth. CF Museum, 814 Market St.

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Exhibit feat. end-of-life issues. Enter Grandma’s House and address the elephant in the room. Pick up an advance directive. Review the History of Hospice . Contemplate individual responses of compassion in the arena. Expo 216 gallerium, 216 N. Front St. Wed.-Sun., noon-6pm. expo216.com.

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Sat., 2pm: Ignite your curiosity! Discover history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape

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Fear through hands-on exploration and unique artifacts. Our activities are designed to stimulate curiosity and encourage families to have fun together. Themes vary. Ideal for ages 5 and up. Approximately 45 minutes each time slot. Adult participation is required. Free for members w/admission. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St. MESSY HAND TODDLER ART

Toddlers and their adults enjoy a messy, hands-on art experience where they focus on exploring art materials and processes, rather than on the end product. Children ages 2 to 4, and each child must be accompanied by an adult. Everyone should make sure to wear clothes that can get messy. Free but space is limited and advance registration is required. www.nhclibrary.org or by calling 910-7986303. Krista Dean at 910-798-6368 or Raquel Fava at 910-798-6365. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

MAIDES PARK SUMMER CAMP

Half-day, ages 5-11. $15/week. Camp runs through Aug. 17, 9am–1pm. Activities include: arts and crafts, field trips, sports activities and more! Pre-reg. rqd: wilmingtonrecreation.com.

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PLANETARIUM ADVENTURES

Cool off and enjoy an exciting full-dome film in Cape Fear Museum’s digital planetarium most Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons, 2pm. These family-friendly programs are fun and appropriate for all ages. Space is limited and adult participation is required. Free for members of with general admission. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

MLK SUMMER CAMP

Ages: 7-12. Cost: $25/week Space is very limited. Camp runs through Aug. 17, 7:45am5:30pm. Activities include: arts and crafts, fi eld trips, sports activities and more! Pre-registration required. • Teen Camp: Ages: 13-14 Cost: $25/week Camp runs through Aug. 17, 7:45am- 5:30pm. Activities include: arts and crafts, sports activities, group/team building activities, leadership and service events/activities along with field trips. wilmingtonrecreation. com. 910-341-7866. 401 S. 8th St.

SUMMER CAMPS

Come out to Coastal Athletics this summer for baseball, softball, or lacrosse camp! 8amnoon or extended stay, noon-4pm. $40/day or $175/week w/additional $20/day for extended stay. Includes a snack and drink for each child on a daily basis; t-shirt for each child who attends a full week of camp. Children who are signed up for extended stay must bring a lunch. (910)-452-5838. Coastal Athletics, 2049 Corporate Dr.

PRE-K ART TIME

Preschool kids ages 2-4 are invited to Pleasure Island Library to create, learn, and play with art materials and activities! Please wear clothes that can get messy! Free but space is limited.

To make sure your preschooler has a seat, register on the calendar at www.NHCLibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6385. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@nhcgov.com/910-798-6385. NHC PI Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

ILM COOPERATIVE SCHOOL CAMPS

Wilmington Cooperative School is hosting Throwback Summer Camps: Water Camp (August 6-10). $125/ week. Wilmington Cooperative School, 4830 Randall Pkwy.

MIDDAY MUSICALS

Main library in downtown Wilmington announces a series of PG and PG-13 film screenings for families to enjoy this summer.

The films will all be musicals, because “Libraries Rock!” is the theme of Summer Reading 2018. Free and no registration is required to attend. Audience members may bring their own snacks and drinks. Reference Desk at 910-798-6301. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St. PRE-K MUSIC PLAY

Miss Shannon is leading musical play dates at Northeast Library for families with preschoolers this summer! Play and music build early literacy skills, so expect finger plays, songs, scarves and fun! PreK Music Play is free; no registration is required. Shannon Vaughn: svaughn@nhcgov.com. 910-798-6303. NHC Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

KIDS CLUB

Join the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History and the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher for a program on fish! Kids will play a game of Fish or Not Fish and learn about different types of fish such as sharks. Free kid’s events every Wednesday from June to August.

They are educational events with a different theme each week, all held at the museum at 10:30am. See website for more info: http:// wbmuseumofhistory.com/play-learn-at-themuseum/kids-club..

ARTS IN AUGUST

Aug. 20, all day: A new season of fine arts classes at the Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts starting August 20th, 2018! There are classes for all ages! Make some fun memories with your toddler at our Music Together®

music and movement classes for ages 5mos-5 years or draw out your child’s inner artist in our Mini Monet classes. We also offer classical ballet and dance classes for ages 3 to senior citizens, Boy’s dance classes, Theatre, Adaptive Dance, yoga, art, music classes, and more!

We are the only studio in Wilmington certified in Progressive Ballet Technique®, a specialized training method designed to train muscle memory for core stability, weight placement and alignment. Check out our website for more information about classes and prices at https:// WilmingtonConservatory.com or call (910) 2402222. Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts, 902 S. College Rd. TEEN ANIME AND MANGA CLUB

Aug. 21, 6:30pm: Manga Club is a free library activity for teens ages 13 to 17. Join fellow anime and manga enthusiasts to watch streaming anime shows (no commercials!), share your manga drawing skills, and check out the library’s teen manga collection! Manga Club is open to all high school-aged patrons.

No library card or event registration required.

Shannon Vaughn at svaughn@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6379. NHC Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

DISCOVERY LAB

Aug. 25, 2pm: Free for members or with general admission Ignite your curiosity! Discover history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear through hands-on exploration and fun science labs. Themes vary. Ideal for ages 5 and up. Drop in between 2pm and 3pm for several self-guided discovery stations. Adult participation is required Free for members or with general admission. Cape Fear Museum,

814 Market St.

SUNSET PADDLE

recreation/sports WALK WITH A DOC

Join us the 3rd Saturday of every month at 9am for a fun and healthy walk—held at the Midtown YMCA. Each walk beings with a brief physician-led discussion of a current health topic, then he/she spends time walking, answering questions and talking with walkers. Choose your own pace and distance. Free and open to anyone. YMCA Midtown, George Anderson Dr.

BIRDING CRUISE

Join the Cape Fear Naturalist as he guides you on an open water exploration of the Intracoastal Waterway, inlet passages, and sandy barrier islands of Wrightsville Beach and Masonboro Island. Topics will include a strong emphasis on shorebird identification and ecology, as well as coastal salt marsh function. $45 per passenger; RSVP. 910-200-4002 or http://wrightsvillebeachscenictours.com. Metered street parking only. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

TIDAL CREEK TUESDAYS

Join Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours for an hour and a half boat tour focused on the ecology of local tidal creeks! We will discuss water quality, pollution sources, and the flora and fauna of the area. While discussing the functions of our salt marshes, we will assist you in identifying local plant and bird species. $45 a person; must RSVP. 910-200-4002 to book your trip. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

Free, family-friendly sunset paddle event, appropriate for all ages and skill levels. Refreshments provided by Waterman’s Brewing Company. Weekly meetup at 6pm; event begins at 6:30pm. Experienced paddleboard instructors available for tutorials. Following the paddle, the Sea Escape pool bar has live music, casual dining and refreshing drinks.

Blockade Runner Beach Resort, 275 Waynick Blvd.

INSHORE BOTTOM FISHING

Join us on Shamrock for our daily Inland Bottom Fishing cruises. We provide rod, tackle, bait and license as well as local knowledge.

Try your luck going after flounder, bluefish and sea bass for two hours of fishing the teeming and beautiful waters of Masonboro Sound. Cost: $40/person (includes guide and all necessary licenses) Reservations required. 910-200-4002.wrightsvillebeachscenictours.com.

classes PAPERMAKING CLASSES

Wed., 6pm: Adults explore different papermaking techniques so you can make each sheet of paper unique. All materials included, but we encourage bringing in some of your own materials that you can include into your paper—such as flat mementos and plants. See samples on our Facebook and website. Adult and children classes held on Sat., 2pm. Sign up: www.alunaworks.com.

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you take a deep breath. Relax. Let go. Make space. After our meditation, we’ll make space to chill. Find connection. Talk things out. Meet and greet. No need for Netflix. Let’s get real.

All levels welcome. Terra Sol Sanctuary, 507 Castle St.

Mon., 3pm, watercolor workshops, with coastal themes. • Wed., 9:30am, colored pencil drawing, simply still life. • Thurs., 2pm, acrylic painting workshops. Stamp and stencil. All materials included. All ages and learning levels welcome. www.free-online-art-classes.com/ FINISH IT Wed, 4pm: Do you knit, crochet, needlepoint, wilmingtonncartclasses.html. Sun Room Stuor enjoy another craft? Got unfinished projects dio, 6905 Southern Exposure lurking in your closets? Bring a project to the YOGA 101 library and work on it with other crafty people, Phyllis Rollins is a certified intermediate Iyon the first Wednesday of every month from 4-6 engar teacher and practitioner of yoga for 37 pm (no July date). This library group is free and years. Her classes incorporate the philosophy no reservations are needed. Annice Sevett at of yoga and the role of the mind in practice. asevett@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6371. NHC She enjoys working with students on their inNortheast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. dividual difficulties to find avenues for growth.

UPCYCLE YOUR CDS Phyllis is the founder of the first yoga studio in Got a pile of old CDs stuffed in a drawer, bindCharlotte. $30 per class. All four, $110. Friday er, or garage shelf somewhere? Explore ways night required for Sat. classes due to progresto turn those CD’s into works of art to decosive nature. rate your home. Hands-on workshop is free but ADULT CRAFTERNOONS space is limited. To make sure you have a seat, A new monthly meet-up for adults who enjoy register on the calendar at www.NHCLibrary. crafting. Drop in on the first Monday afternoon org or by calling 910-798-6301.NHC Main Liof every month at the Northeast Library. A difbrary, 201 Chestnut St. ferent usable craft project will be featured each EXPRESS YOURSELF! WRITING WORKSHOP month. Free program, with all supplies providHigh school students express their opinions ed by a Friends of NHC Library LEAD Award. and sharpen their writing skills in this workshop Reserve spot on calendar at www.NHCLibrary. group with Cassie Mannes Murray, an experiorg or 910-798-6371. Librarian Annice Sevett: enced high school English teacher who loves asevett@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6371. 1241 working with teens. Community service hours Military Cutoff Rd. will be awarded for active participation. Meets MEDITATE + CHILL Tues./Thurs. afternoons through August 9. FinAddie Jo Bannerman, Melissa Middlebrook + ished work will be displayed in the Library, and Jenny Yarborough every Tuesday from 7:30presented at an Open Mike the evening of Au8:30pm at Terra Sol Sanctuary. We’ll guide gust 14. Free but space is limited and registrayou through a 20-30 minute meditation to help tion is required, on the calendar, nhclibrary.org

UPCOMING BAC EVENTS 09.11 An Evening with Jake Shimabukuro 09.12 The Annex Songwriter Session #16

or by calling 910-798-6301. Participants must be entering 9th to 12th grade for the upcoming school year. Dorothy Hodder at 910-798-6323 or dhodder@nhcgov.com. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St. CRAFTEEN MINI GARDENS

Crafty teens are invited for snacks and miniature garden making at Northeast Library.

Hands-on workshop is free but space is limited. To make sure there are enough seats and supplies, please register on the calendar at www.NHCLibrary.org or 910-798-6371. NHC Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

FITNESS CLASSES

Yoga: Thursdays, 5:30pm: Participants must bring their own yoga mat to class. Class dates: Aug.23, 30 and Sept. 6. Free! Children ages 12-17 can participate with adult. • Zumba: Thurdays, 5:30pm: Sept. 13, 20, 27; Oct. 4, 11, & 18. Free. Children ages 12-17 can participate with adult • Mother & Daughter Self Defense, Wed., 5:30pm. Girls ages 11-19 & Adult.

Free. Session: Wed., Sept. 5 thru Oct. 10 (6 classes). Registration for the entire 6 weeks is required. Participants are asked to attend each class due to the program being progression based with new things taught at each class.

Pre-reg. rqd. Maides Park, 1101 Manly Ave. www.wilmingtonrecreation.com

JOB SEARCH W/NC WORKS ONLINE

Aug. 22, 9:30am: Looking for work? At this free program Paula Giles, Career Advisor, will show you how to use NCWorks Online, North Carolina’s official job search portal. Once you create your profile NCWorks Online, you can apply for jobs across North Carolina and find out about training opportunities near you. You can also dig into labor market information, and locate other services in your community that may assist you during your job search. Free to the public and no registration is needed. Law and Business Librarian Natasha Francois at 910-798-6301 or nfrancois@nhcgov.com. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

TENANT’S RIGHTS

Aug. 23, 2:30pm: Legal Aid of North Carolina offers this free informational clinic about tenants’ rights. Please preregister on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org or by calling 910-7986301. Participants will watch an instructional webinar, and a volunteer attorney will answer general questions online. Specific individual advice cannot be given at the clinic. www. legalaidnc.org. Natasha Francois at 910-7986306. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

LIVING ORIGINALLY

09.28 Fab4JDRF 2nd Annual Concert 10.07 The SteelDrivers 10.13 Butterfly Ball in The Annex 10.21 Return to Tree Hill For more information about upcoming events please visit BrooklynArtsNC.com

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Aug. 22, 7pm: Three Week Class, Wed., 7pm, through Sept. 5. Explore how most of our perceived problems stem not from the world, but from a false sense of self. Living originally is the art of knowing the truth about who you are.

This class is based upon the book’s 10 spiritual practices for a re-discovery of our true selves.

Love offering. Unity of Wilmington, 717 Orchard Ave.

CPR/AED TRAINING

Aug. 24, 2pm: Did you know sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of adult death in this country and that most cardiac arrests happen in someone’s home? The ability to perform CPR and to know how to use an automatic external defibrillator can make a lifesaving difference when someone suffers a cardiac or breathing emergency. Learn infant/child/adult CPR & AED. This 2 hour certification course will teach you how to respond to cardiac and breathing

emergencies in adults,infants, and children including the use of automated external defibrillators (AED). This certification is done through the American Heart Association. 2-year Certification. Cost $70. Longwave Yoga, 203 Racine Dr. #200 SUP YOGA/TEACHER TRAINING

Aug 24-26: Full-spectrum workshop and teacher training geared toward offering yoga teachers the knowledge and skills to safely and effectively lead a yoga class on the water.

23-hour CEU course covers use of SUP equipment, SUP basics and technique, water safety, how to monitor weather patterns and chart tides, and how to appropriately adapt and sequence yoga on a paddle board for everyone from beginner yogis to expert SUP athletes.

Open to all adventurous yogis with the ability to swim; must be a 200-Hour RYT and CPR certified to receive certification once course is complete. Takes place on the Intracoastal Waterway. Sign up and learn costs at: www. longwaveyoga.com/pages/hour-yoga-teachertraining1. Schedule: Fri. - 5-9pm; Sa., 7am5pm w/ lunch break; Sun., 7am-4pmw/ lunch break. Longwave Yoga, 203 Racine Dr.

SPIRITUAL HEALING WORKSHOP

Aug. 25, 10am: Mark Earlix is an internationally known healer, intuitive, master teacher, author and ordained priest, how has been initiated into two orders of Gnosticism. At the core of his teachings lies not only the awakening of the divinity and wellness within all, but also the experiential understanding of what is going on beyond the philosophical level. Experience real transformation and wellness of both mind and body. Learn experiential exercises. Cost: $125. Hour break for lunch so you may bring your own or go out for a quick bite. Unity of Wilmington, 717 Orchard Ave.

WHO DO YOU LOVE: GOD OR A PASTOR?

Aug. 28, 6pm: As millions of Church goers and truth seekers take their weekly trek to their place of worship, the Israelite Church of God In Jesus Christ has a question for them all: who do they love, God? Or their Pastors? The Pastors of the sheep throughout the city of Wilmington continuously teach people to sin against God in their ignorance of the scriptures and now it’s time for a change. We are inviting the citizens of Wilmington to come out and learn the truth.

Downtown Library, 201 Chestnut St.

lectures/literary BEGIN THE CONVERSATION CLINICS

Lower Cape Fear Hospice will host free Begin the Conversation clinics from 10-11 a.m. the third Fri. of ea. mo., Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Ctr., 1414 Physicians Dr. Free, 18 and older, will provide attendees information and resources to think about and plan for future healthcare decisions. Attendees will receive specific strategies for initiating conversations that can significantly reduce family stress and improve quality of care. Advance directives supplied so healthcare instructions can be legally documented. Jason: 910-796-7943. jason.clamme@lcfh.org.

WALK WITH A DOC

3rd Sat. of every month at 9am for a fun and healthy walk—held at the Midtown YMCA. Each walk beings with a brief physician-led discussion of a current health topic, then he/ she spends time walking, answering questions

and talking with walkers. Choose your own pace and distance. Free, open to anyone.

YMCA MIdtown, George Anderson Dr. DISCUSSION AND DISCOVERY

Wed., 6pm: Discover women and femme identified writers! Come to our weekly book club and free write where no advance reading is necessary. Every week we will read excerpts from thought provoking essays, stories, and poems to expand our wheel house and continue our exploration of diversity. We will be selecting excerpts from books carried inhouse and delving into discussions on themes and perspectives that we may have grasped from immersing ourselves in these texts. Don’t worry, no prior reading is needed! With titles changing weekly and free writing during our discussions, Discussion & Diversity is not something you’ll want to miss out on! Athenian Bookstore & Lounge, 2231 Wrightsville Ave.

LET’S TALK BOOKS!

A different kind of book club! This weekly meeting offers book lovers a chance to meet and compare notes about favorite books and authors. Attendance is free and advance registration is not needed, just drop in! Teresa Bishop at tbishop@nhcgov.com. 910-7986385. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

TOUCH TANK TUESDAYS

Drop in for Touch Tank Tuesday and see what kinds of plants and animals are living in the waters of Wrightsville Beach. Every Tuesday, June through August from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Each week a variety of coastal plants and animals are carefully collected—from purple sea urchins and red and green algae, to blue crabs and orange horse conchs. Guests can learn about local critters and coastal habitats where they can be found. Interactive stations for guests to enjoy are also offered in addition to the touch tanks. Adult should accompany children under 15. 910-509-2838 ext.

204. Supported by Holiday Inn Resort and the Landfall Foundation. Fred and Alice Stanback Education Center, 309 W. Salisbury St.

SEACOAST PLANTS FO CAROLINAS

Aug. 23, 7pm: Paul E. Hosier will be reading and discussing his guide to native coastal zone Carolina plants, with a special emphasis on the benefits of conserving and landscaping with native plants. This accessibly written and authoritative guide updates the beloved and much-used 1970s classic Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas. In this completely reimagined book, Paul E. Hosier provides a rich, new reference guide to plant life in the coastal zone

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20)

The two pieces of advice I have for you initially may seem contradictory, but they are in fact complementary. Together they’ll help guide you through the next three weeks. The first comes from herbalist and wise woman Susun Weed. She suggests when you face a dilemma, ask yourself how you can make it your ally and how you can learn the lesson it has for you. Your second burst of wisdom is from writer Yasmin Mogahed: “Study hurtful patterns of your life. Then don’t repeat them.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Speak the following declaration aloud and see how it feels: “I want strong soft kisses and tender unruly kisses and secret truth kisses and surprise elixir kisses. I deserve them, too.” If it puts you in a brave mood, Taurus, add a further affirmation: “I want ingenious affectionate amazements and deep dark appreciation and brisk mirthful lessons and crazy-sweet cuddle wrestles. I deserve them, too.” What do you think? Do the formulas work for you? Do they put you in the proper frame of mind to co-create transformative intimacy? I hope so. You’re entering a phase when you have maximum power to enchant and to be enchanted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

As you map out your master plan for the next 14 months, I invite you to include the following considerations: an intention to purge pretend feelings and artificial motivations; a promise to change your relationship with old secrets so they no longer impinge on your room to maneuver; a pledge to explore evocative mysteries to enhance your courage; a vow to be kinder toward aspects of yourself that you haven’t loved well enough; and a search for an additional source of stability that will inspire you to seek more freedom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

If you have been communing with my horoscopes for a while, you’ve gotten a decent education—for free! Nonetheless, you shouldn’t depend on me for “all” of your learning needs. Due to my tendency to emphasize the best in you and focus on healing your wounds, I may neglect aspects of your training.

With that as a caveat, I’ll offer a few meditations about future possibilities. 1.

What new subjects or skills do you want to master in the next three years?

2. What’s the single most important thing you can do to augment your intelligence? 3. Are there dogmas you believe in so fixedly and rely on so heavily they obstruct the arrival of fresh ideas? If so, are you willing to at least temporarily set them aside?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

“All the world’s a stage,” wrote Shakespeare, “and all the men and women merely players.” In other words, we’re all performers. Whenever we emerge from solitude and encounter other people, we choose to express certain aspects of our inner experience, even as we hide others. Our personalities are façades that display a colorful mix of authenticity and fantasy. Many wise people over the centuries have deprecated this central aspect of human behavior as superficial and dishonest. Author Neil Gaiman thinks otherwise: “We are all wearing masks,” he says. “That is what makes us interesting.” Invoking his view—and in accordance with current astrological omens—I urge you to celebrate your masks and disguises in the coming weeks. Enjoy the show you present. Dare to entertain your audiences.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

I think you’ve done enough rehearsals. At this point, the apparent quest for a little extra readiness is beginning to lapse into procrastination. So I’ll suggest you set a date for opening night. I’ll nudge you to have a cordial talk with yourself about the value of emphasizing soulfulness over perfectionism.

What? You say you’re waiting until your heart stops fluttering and your bones stop chattering? I’ve got good news: The greater your stage fright, the more

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moving your performance will be.

LIBRA (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

In all the time we’ve worked on diminishing your suffering, we may have not focused enough on the fine art of resolving unfinished business. So let’s do that now, just in time for the arrival of your Season of Completion. Are you ready to start drawing the old cycle to a close so you’ll be fresh when the new cycle begins?

Are you in the mood to conclude this chapter of your life story and earn the relaxing hiatus you will need before launching the next chapter? Even if you don’t feel ready, even if you’re not in the mood, I suggest you do the work anyway. Any business you leave unfinished now will only return to haunt you later. So don’t leave any business unfinished!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Are you ready to mix more business with pleasure and more pleasure with business than you have ever mixed? I predict in the coming weeks, your social opportunities will serve your professional ambitions, and your professional ambitions will serve your social opportunities. You will have more than a usual amount of power to forge new alliances and expand your web of connections. Here’s my advice: Be extra charming but not grossly opportunistic. Sell yourself, but with grace and integrity, not with obsequiousness. Express yourself like a gorgeous force of nature, and encourage others to express themselves like gorgeous forces of nature.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“When I picture a perfect reader,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “I picture a monster of courage and curiosity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born adventurer and discoverer.” I suspect he was using the term “monster” with a roguish affection. I am certainly doing it as I direct the same words toward you, dear Sagittarian reader. Of course, I am always appreciative of your courage, curiosity, cunning, suppleness, and adventurousness. I’m especially excited about those qualities now, because the coming weeks will be a time when they will be both most necessary and most available to you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You do not yet have access to maps of the places where you need to go next. That fact may tempt you to turn around and head back to familiar territory. I hope you’ll press forward even without the maps. Out there in the frontier, adventures await to prepare you well for the rest of your long life. Being without maps, at least in the early going, may actually enhance your learning opportunities. Here’s another thing you should know: Your intuitive navigational sense will keep improving the farther you get from recognizable landmarks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Healing isn’t impossible. You may not be stuck with your pain forever. The crookedness in your soul and twist in your heart may not define who you are always. There may come a time when you’ll no longer be plagued by obsessive thoughts that keep returning you to the tormenting memories, but if you hope to find the kind of liberation I’m describing here, I advise you to start with these two guidelines: 1. Healing may not happen the way you think it should or imagine it will. 2. The best way to sprout seeds that will ultimately bloom with the cures is to tell the complete truth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Nineteenth-century British painter J. M. W. Turner was one of the greats. Renowned for his luminous landscapes, he specialized in depicting the power of nature and atmospheric drama of light and color. Modern poet Mary Ruefle tells us, although he “painted his own sea monsters,” he engaged assistants “to do small animals.” She writes, “He could do a great sky, but not rabbits.” I’m hoping, unlike Turner, you Piscean folks will go both ways in the coming weeks.

Give as much of your creative potency and loving intelligence to the modest details as to the sweeping vistas.

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Fresh From the Farm The Riverfront Farmers Market is a curbside market featuring local farmers, producers, artists & crafters.

Downtown Wilmington’s Riverfront Farmers Market

DOWNTOWN - Each Saturday

March 31st - November 17th • 8:00am - 1:00pm (no market Apr. 14 & Oct. 6)

Complete Schedule: wilmingtonwatertours.net

FALL ON THE NE CAPE FEAR RIVER Adults $17 Kids $10

This is a deal for the whole family. Starting Saturday Sept. 1 ~ we will CELEBRATE FALL on the NE Cape Fear River. Traveling up the NE Cape Fear river for an almost 2 hour EcoHistory narrated cruise. Join us and see the forever changing flora, fauna & wildlife, as we cruise past the Bluffs & the Castle Hayne aquifer. Keep an eye open for migrating birds.

- FRUITS - VEGETABLES - PLANTS - HERBS

- FLOWERS - EGGS - CHEESES - WINE

- PICKLES - KOMBUCHA - ART & CRAFTS

For more information: www.riverfrontfarmersmarket.org

- MEATS - SEAFOOD - HONEY - BAKED GOODS

Full Sturgeon Moon Aug. 26th - Full Moon Cruise 6:30pm ~ $27

This full moon occurs when this large fish are most readily caught. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon.

Sun sets @ 7:46pm Moon rises @ 8:10pm.

Coleman Daley will be on board singing to the stars.

Sunset Cruise with Music 6:30pm ~ $27

On Thurs., Fri. & Sat. nights, enjoy the sunset on the water with a cold beverage & great music to soothe your soul. The boat has a full bar with libations to satisfy eveyones taste.

8/23 ~ Thurs - Kim Dicso 8/24 ~ Friday - Tyler McKaig 8/25 ~ Saturday - Kim Dicso

Champagne Sunset Cruise 6:30pm ~ $27

Looking for something different to do with your special someone? Join us on our Champagne Sunset cruise on Wednesday nights. Buy your ticket & bring your guest for FREE. Leave with new mem-

ories & a souvenier cup

Visit us on the Riverwalk! 212 S. Water Street 910-338-3134 • email: info@wilmingtonwt.com

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of the Carolinas for nature lovers, gardeners, landscapers, students, and community leaders. Paul E. Hosier is professor emeritus of botany at the UNCW. Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave. LGBTQIA TEEN BOOK CLUB

Aug. 28, 6pm: New Hanover County Northeast Library’s Teen LGBTQ Book Club is discussing short stories from the anthology “All Out: The No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages.” Check the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org for story titles. Meetings of the Teen LGBTQ Book Club are free and no registration is needed to attend. Grant Hedrick at ghedrick@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6372.

Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd

clubs/notices NEW HANOVER NAACP MEETING

Aug. 23, 7pm, at St. Stephen AME Church, 501 Red Cross Street, Wilmington. Featured speaker is Reverend Jessica Stokes, Eastern North Carolina Regional Coordinator for Partners in Health and Wholeness, North Carolina Council of Churches. Her presentation, “Health and Faith: Together We Can Work Towards Abundant Living” will focus on the importance of connecting faith and health, and offer information about free health resources for churches, including an annual opportunity to apply for a $1,000 mini-grant through the program to fund health projects. Other important state and community issues will be on the agenda, as well as upcoming New Hanover NAACP branch activities and events. Members and friends are encouraged to attend. 910-508-8414 or nhcnaacp@gmail.com. St. Stephen AME Church, 501 Red Cross St.

BROOKLYN ARTS OPEN HOUSE

Aug. 25, 10am-noon: Grand opening of the Brooklyn Arts Music Academy (BAMA). BAMA offers students excellent and comprehensive music education and experiences. We invite the community to see our facilities, meet the teachers, and learn about the exciting musical opportunities.The Brooklyn Arts Music Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, or religion in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices. info@bamamusic.org. Brooklyn Arts Music Academy, 202 N 5th St.

culinary FERMENTAL

Free tasting every Friday, 6pm. Third Wed. of each month feat. musical and brewing talents alongside an open mic night, as well as the opportunity for homebrewers to share, sample, and trade their creations: an evening of beer and an open stage. PA and equipment provided. All genres and beer styles. fermental.net.

910-821-0362. 7250 Market St.

FREE BREWERY TOURS AND TASTINGS

3pm, 3:45pm, 4:30pm everyday at Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St. Learn how we brew our beer, meet brewers and get two free samples.

PORT CITY FARMERS’ MARKET

Tues., 5pm: Join us for a wonderful, exciting night of fun. Port City Farmer’s Market at Waterline Brewing Co. 100% local, 100% hand-

made. Shop among some incredible local vendors, artists and farmers. Support small businesses in your area. Fresh local produce, beef and pork products, sweets, pickled items, handcrafted jewelry and art. Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry Ln. FARMERS’ MARKETS

Those with MS, families and friends welcome. Meets 2nd Thursday each month, 7 p.m., 1st floor conference room, New Hanover Rehabilitation Hospital, 2131 S. 17th St., Wilmington (behind Betty Cameron Women’s Hospital). Sponsored by Greater Carolinas Chapter, National MS Society.

Details: Anne, 910-232-2033 or Burt, 910383-1368. New Hanover Regional Medical Center, 2131 S. 17th St.

Wrightsville Beach Brewery, 6201 Oleander Dr, Thursdays 2-6pm, year-round, excluding major holidays. Support local farmers and artisans in the beer garden Thursday afternoons. Shop for LUPUS SUPPORT GROUP veggies, meat, eggs, honey and hand-made Meets third Saturday each month. Free; crafts while enjoying one of the Brewery’s many drop-ins are welcome. Group provides pardelicious beers. Stay afterward for live music! ticipants an opportunity to receive introducwbbfarmersmarket@gmail.com • Wrightsville tory info about lupus, encourage the expresBeach Farmers’ Market, Mon, 8am-1pm • Popsion of concerns, provide an opportunity to lar Grove Farmers’ Market, Wed., 8am-1pm • share experiences, encourage and support Riverfront Farmers, Sat., 8am: Market features positive coping strategies, and emphasize all local produce, products and artisan works. the importance of medical treatment. Guest A seasonal, open-air market located along the speakers, DVD presentations and open first block of North Water St. and in adjoining group discussion. info@lupusnc.org or at Riverfront Park in historic downtown Wilming877-849-8271, x1. lupusnc.org. Northeast ton along the Cape Fear River. Locally grown Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. and produced fruits and vegetables, baked PFLAG goods, meats, plants, locally caught seafood, First Mon/mo. at UNCW, in the Masonboro handmade artisan works, fresh-cut flower bouIsland Room #2010, 7pm. quets and more are available. 5 N. Water St.

SHAKESPEARE BRUNCH

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Reserved seating. $5 of every ticket sold will go to a local Shakespeare Educational Outreach Program. Monthly Sunday Brunch fea- CAM WEEKLY EXHIBITION TOURS Cameron Art Museum allows participants to turing a greatly abridged reading of one of explore current exhibitions with Anne BrenShakespeare’s classic plays. Brunch and nan, CAM’s executive director, in a new sedessert with choice of entrée included in your ries of public tours. Free for CAM members. ticket. Drinks and gratuity not included. Portion Wed., 1:30pm. 3201 S. 17th St. of proceeds donated to Shakespearean educational outreach programs. Upcoming: 9/23: LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR Much Ado About Nothing; 10/21: Richard III; Explore the rich culture of our talented 11/18: Merchant of Venice. TheatreNOW, 19 S. Southern town with a 90 minute walking tour 10th St. of the literary history of downtown Wilmington, NC. Visit “The Two Libraries.” Walk the WBB AUG. BEER AND WINE DINNER streets of your favorite novels, and stand Aug. 22, 6pm: This month’s five-course beer where Oscar Wilde did when he lectured and wine dinner is going to be a Jamaican here. Saturdays, 1:30pm, Old Books on feast paired with wines from Sanctuary VineFront. 249 N. Front St. www.brownpapertickyards. Eat local. Eat fresh. Drink local. Drink ets.com/event/1282390 fresh. www.eventbrite.com/e/august-beer-andwine-dinner-a-jamaican-themed-evening-tick- BELLAMY MANSION ets-48747159065. Wrightsville Beach Brewery, Guided tours start on the hour; self-guided 6201 Oleander Dr. tours start at any time. Mon. is only self-guided tours. Follow curved oyster-shell paths through our lush Victorian garden shaded by 150-yr.-old magnolia trees. See the elegant main entrance surrounded by soaring colWILMINGTON PRIDE YOUTH GROUP umns and gleaming windows. Hear stories Grades 7-12: Wilmington Pride Youth Group of Bellamies, as well as those of the free and is a safe space for youth who identify as LGenslaved black artisans who built the home BTQIA+ and their straight allies. An adult and crafted intricate details throughout the supervised, safe space for kids to talk about house. Adults $12; senior and military disorientation, gender, racial equality, politicount, $10; students, $6; children under 5, cal consequences, religion, self care. Also a free. Bellamy Mansion, 503 Market St. great opportunity to meet and socialize with MASONBORO SHELLING TOUR peers from the greater Wilmington area. Meets Explore Masonboro Island and discover Thurs., 7pm. Needed: youth facilitators, espethe wonder of the Carolina coast. This tour cially those who are trained to work with kids, option is ideal for families, birders, and naand speakers to talk about important topics. ture enthusiasts. Masonboro Island is an wpyg2016@gmail.com.

8.4-mile marine sanctuary island, renowned

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ANXIETY / OCD SUPPORT GROUP

Group meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd. Building B. Christopher Savard, Ph.D., with Cape Fear Psychological Services, gives a presentation the 1st Thursday of each month. 3rd Thursday meeting is member led. Everyone 18+ welcome. 910-7638134

MS SUPPORT GROUP

for its plant and wildlife diversity. Topics will include shell biology, native plant species, shorebirds, and barrier island ecology. Adult $45 Child $25 RSVP: 910-2004002. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

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AUDIO ENGINEERING CLASSES Music recording, mixing, pro tools, studio production

Classes offered in Jan., Apr. and Sept.

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SATISFY ALL YOUR CRAVINGS Huge menu with over 70 food items— including our famous $6.99 lunches & $8.99 dinners!

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