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LIVE LOCAL, LIVE SMALL: No action is too small to make a great impact BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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hen I was in elementary school, the book “50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth” was published by Earthworks Group. I became absolutely fascinated with it. There were obvious suggestions: recycle, pick up litter, etc. Some were more challenging to implement, like putting a brick in the back of the toilet tank so less water would be used. This led to a lengthy discussion about historic plumbing and not putting bricks in toilet tanks for toilets more than 70 years old. (In retrospect, I am really surprised my parents didn’t use this as an opportunity to talk about restoring historic houses as a good example of recycling and countering urban sprawl. C’est la vie.)

At the time, part of what I liked about “50 Simple Things” was the sense of taking action—doing something instead of sitting and talking. Part of the consciousness of environmental preservation discussed in the ‘80s and ‘90s was about rainforests and endangered species—concepts which can capture the imagination but still feel a world away.

Well, last week I admitted I was lost; a lifetime of effort brought me to a crossroads of confusion. So, imagine my surprise when I came into the bookstore this week, and propped open on one the chairs was a book titled “Change the World for Ten Bucks: Small Actions x Lots of People = Big Change.” It was open to “Idea Number Nine: Shop Locally.” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. In a lot of ways, it is basically an adult version of “50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth,” but with more of a holistic look at making a lot of facets of life better—not just the air we breathe, water we drink and land on and from which we live. The book includes ideas like sending someone a letter about how they have inspired you, bathing together to reduce water consumption and donating no-longer-in-use eye glasses to the Lions Club. (Old Books has a drop box if anyone needs one!)

Unexpectedly, I got a reminder from childhood and an anonymous source about what this really is all about. Life is

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” —Mahatma Gandhi To teach the idea that individual actions in a small town in North Carolina have a ripple effect to the Amazon rainforest is pretty radical. Few things seem as far away and hard to connect as someone standing 2,918 miles from the Amazon and impacting its lush beauty and exotic wildlife. At the time, relentless loss of rainforest for cattle production was much in the news—as was the pulping of trees for new paper. One solution was to recycle paper so not as many trees would get cut down. Another was to ask where beef came from and if it was produced domestically or not.

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In retrospect, maybe this is where I got the idea of actions having impact and being connected worldwide—which, at its core, is what I’ve been trying to do with Live Local: make an impact with my own actions and choices. This is part of what boycotts seek to do: apply economic pressure until a company retreats from practices with which its opponents disagree.

not passive. It is for the purpose of experiencing and interacting. Somewhere we become the choices we make.

Right now the idea of using Americans’ buying power as a threat (i.e., to boycott) is back in the news. Target has come under fire for a gender-inclusive bathroom policy, which has opponents calling for boycotts of Target during the holiday season. There was call for similar action against Target in 2011-12—but from progressives because of Target’s sizable donation to Tom Emmer’s gubernatorial campaign in Minnesota—home to Target’s headquarters.

So, frustration comes at retailers from different sides, and both react with a choice we have as individuals every day: how we invest our money, time, energy, effort, remuneration...

If anyone doubts the power of investing with small, local business, I would ask them to look at the number of revolutions around the world that have included boycotts of imports. Kellogg’s has pulled their

advertising from Breitbart News, and now Breitbart is calling for a boycott of their products. The choice is really in the hands of consumers, who flex muscles and power daily by consuming. Few things have gladdened my heart as much as the number of people who have told me they have personally, or with their families, made commitments to have “local holidays,” with all of their shopping done at local small businesses. It is incredible.

Even if one-fourth of individual shopping is local, it can and will make a noticeable difference in the local economy.

I remember years ago I was headed to a protest in DC and a family friend asked, in a very patronizing voice, if I actually thought it was going to change anything?

That one day? Immediately change national policy? Probably not. But would we even be discussing the topic if I weren’t going? Also, probably not. It wouldn’t be in the media or noticed much at all. So, yes, putting my body into action, and choosing to stand and be counted for something I believe in does have an impact—maybe not overnight but over the long term. More importantly, I can look myself in the mirror and know I acted upon my conscience.

I know I sound like a scold, especially to my extended family out of town, when I make my point about buying local—es-

pecially as a small business owner. But here’s the thing: I remember the first time I had dinner with someone who mentioned they were trying to plan and pay with cash to keep from giving big banks money on transaction fees. That short explanation about their personal actions started me thinking and asking questions about credit-card fees and banks, and why they were so actively pushing me to use a debit card.

(What is the motivation for that? Are the rewards they offer actual rewards? What are they getting out of it?) All of this came about because of a simple explanation at the end of a shared meal almost a decade ago. Have my dinner partner’s actions personally brought down the banking industry or forced real regulatory change? No, but they haven’t contributed to a system they disagree with and they have slowly, through example, spread their message.

They got me thinking—and once I was able to actually have cash in my life again (because finally I was rid of the cashless debt cycle which dominated my 20s), I adopted the same actions. So did it change anything? Yes, it changed me, my life and my sense of doom at the stack of credit card bills every month.

I guess all we can really do is remember Gandhi’s observation: “Action expresses priorities.”

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ees walked to the back of the store, hid in a locked room, and called the police. Berry and pal, and a third customer (with a toothache and desperately needing Orajel), were bewildered by the empty store until a Richmond police officer arrived. After observing that the three customers appeared nonthreatening, he mused along with Berry that “this is how weird, apocalyptic movies start.”

WRIC-TV reported later that the employee who panicked and called police will “possibly” need retraining.

EVEN BAKING SODA IS DANGEROUS

Almost all law enforcement agencies in America use the Scott Reagent field test when they discover powder that looks like cocaine, but the several agencies that have actually conducted tests for “false positives” say they happen up to half the time. In October, the latest victims (husband-and-wife truck drivers with spotless records and Pentagon clearances) were finally released after 75 days in jail awaiting trial -- for baking soda that tested “positive” three times by Arkansas troopers (but, eventually, “negative” by a state crime lab). (Why do police love the test? It costs $2.) The truck drivers had to struggle to get their truck back and are still fighting to be re-cleared to drive military explosives.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT

Activists told Vice Media in November that 100,000 people worldwide identify as “ecosexuals,” ranging from those who campaign

for “sustainable”-ingredient sex toys to those who claim to have intercourse with trees (but sanding the bark for comfort might provoke concern about being “abusive”). A University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor studies the phenomenon and knows, for example, of humans who “marry” the Earth or prefer sex while rolling in potting soil or under a waterfall.

On one “arborphilia” support blog, a female poster regretted her choice to have “convenient” sex with the sycamore outside her bedroom window instead of the sturdy redwood she actually covets. (Yes, some “mainstream” environmentalists somehow are not completely supportive.)

THE CONTINUING CRISIS

If You See Something, Say Something: Ricky Berry and his roommate walked in to a CVS store in Richmond, Virginia, in November to ask if it carried sliced cheese but were told no. Minutes later, all the employ-

Groundbreaking Legal Work: In October, a court in Australia’s Victoria state began considering an appeal on whether three deaf people might be too intellectually challenged to have planned a murder. The prosecutor offered surveillance video of the three in a lobby planning the murder’s details via sign language as they waited for an elevator to take them up to the eventual crime scene.

Pigs are such complex animals that scientists are studying how to tell the “optimists” from the “pessimists.” British researchers writing in a recent Biology Letters described how “proactive” porkers differed from “reactive” ones, and, as with humans, how their particular mood at that time distinguished them as “glass half full” rather than “glass half empty.” (Unaddressed, of course, was specifically whether some pigs were actually “optimistic” that the chute at the slaughterhouse might lead to a pleasant outcome.)

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The Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kansas, got the message in November and shut down its “world’s tallest waterslide” (17 stories; riders reaching speeds of 60 mph) after the neck-injury death of a 10-year-old rider in August. But comparably altitude-obsessed architects in Tokyo said in November that they were moving ahead with proposals for “Next Tokyo 2045” to include a one-mile-high residential complex (twice as tall as the currently highest skyscraper). A spokesperson for principal architects Kohn Pedersen Fox said he realizes that coastal Tokyo, currently in earthquake, typhoon and tsunami zones, would present a climate-change challenge (and especially since the building would be on land once reclaimed from Tokyo Bay).

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It was only a quarter-million-dollar grant by the National Institutes of Health, but what it bought, according to budget scrutiny by The Washington Free Beacon in November, was the development of a multiplayer computer game (inevitably competing for attention in an overstuffed commercial market) hoping to teach good reproductive health habits.

“Caduceus Quest” employs role-playing as “doctors, policymakers, researchers, youth advocates” and others to “solve medical mysteries and epidemiologic crises.” The target, according to the University of Chicago grant proposal, is African-American and Latino teenagers around Chicago.

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ELECTING EBENEZER: Enduring doom to restore hope, transformation BY: MARK BASQUILL

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ankind was my business,” I whispered and closed the dusty book. As if Hermione Granger cast a spell, a chain-rattling, wailing din descended from the recently completed Top Shelf: A Literary Loft above Old Books on Front. I darted out and snuck upstairs. First, I bathed in the luxurious aroma of the newly finished hardwood floors. Then I noticed the knocker—which was odd because, when I saw the loft a week earlier, there had only been a knob. Now, there was a gruesome shape-shifting thing glowing before me.

I reached down to grab the knob only to have the door swing open by itself. I paused before I remembered I was above a bookstore in a dwelling designed with writers, artists and even some actors in mind. Not fearing anything literate, I entered. At first I didn’t recognize the long-faced man reading a book on the rocking chair by the window overlooking Front Street.

“Abe?” I asked. “Mr. Abraham Lincoln?”

A low wail arose from the man.

“Apologies, good sir,” I stammered.

“Jacob,” said the figure, his single word echoing grandly off each of the author’s tongues whose names were written in the walls themselves.

“Marley?” I asked.

“It’s Christmas. The wails and rattles drew you up the stairs. Do I have to spell it out?

M-A-R-L-E-Y.” “Point taken,” I said, more at ease with Jacob Marley’s sarcasm.

“A Christmas Carol” always has been close to my heart. Fifteen years ago, UNCW’s Frank Trimble allowed me to walk, sing and nearly dance amongst the townspeople of Dickensian London in his musical adaptation, “Ebenezer.” For 25 years our family has read one stave aloud from the first Sunday of Advent to Christmas Eve. Dickens’ story of transformation and hope is the one enduring vestige of my Christian upbringing. It always provides hope of transformation.

“Mankind was your business?” I asked.

“Did you really believe that? Or was that propaganda Dickens designed to fit a carefully constructed anti-capitalist, biased liberal narrative? What about the Marley ‘brand,’ your stock and trade?”

“The dealings of my trade were but a drop of

water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!” He rose tall from the rocker and growled with fierce resolve.

Having satisfactorily vetted this apparition as the real deal, I stood beside him and shared my concerns about the election. “We may have elected Ebenezer Trump.”

“Excellent! The hope of transformation is the root of many a well-turned-out tale. Glad it turned out well for this chump. Ebenezer was a such a good man in the end.”

“We’re still at the beginning,” I corrected.

Jacob let out a howl plaintive enough to wake Allen Ginsberg. “Why can’t you colonists ever see the difference, the implicit and dangerous conflict of interest between running a corporation and leading a country of free men?”

“TV? Twitter-blindness?” I offered.

Jacob raised a curious eyebrow. “Our chump is a casino-owning, reality TV personality that got elected by arousing fear and darker passions in 140 characters or less—a Tweet storm of emotional arousal. He loves the nuclear option, said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose votes, brags about not paying taxes, and filed for bankruptcy four times.”

“He is no man of business! He is a cheap fraud!” Jacob retorted.

“Ebenezer and I were,” he paused to gather himself, “heartless. We were ruthless men of business. But we were men of business.”

“On your worst day you and Ebenezer were old-school capitalists,” I lamented, “This chump? Well, it may take more than three ghosts to transform the self-anointed King Casino Capitalism.”

“Capitalism is a peculiar institution.” Jacob shook his head.

“A peculiar institution?” I asked.

“It ensures the many are fed just enough crumbs to grow the goose fat for the few,” he said, matter-of-factly, and shrugged slightly.

Jacob handed me a copy of “A Christmas Carol” and suggested I send it to Mr. Chump.

He also handed me “It Can’t Happen Here,” Sinclair Lewis’s brilliantly prescient 1935 novel about fascism coming to America. As he vanished out the window in a swirl of smoke, his final words rebounded, “Read and remember: This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware of them both—most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”

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ANOTHER SIDE OF THE STORY: Paul Sanchez returns to Bourgie Nights with a new album BY: SHANNON RAE GENTRY

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here’s a certain circular cosmic motion to being a New Orleanian for singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Sanchez and his music. From early on in life, Sanchez knew he would be a songwriter. Today he embraces it with a funkiness and sashay in New Orleans sound that isn’t in any other city.

“I like to bring the listener into the world of the song,” Sanchez explains. “I like to let them feel like it’s their story as well as mine. By the end of the evening, I hope they don’t just walk away going, ‘Man, that was a great show!’ I hope they walk away feeling like they’re leaving a room full of friends.”

While Sanchez is now thinking of pursuing a new rock album with his band Cowboy Mouth in 2017 (tentatively titled “Me and My Big Mouth”), he wants to focus on his latest solo album “Heart Renovations.”

Sanchez will return to Wilmington’s Bourgie Nights on December 9.

“For now, I really want to enjoy this record, and North Carolina was always good to Cowboy Mouth and has been good to me,” he says. “Bourgie Nights is such a great venue and I had such a good time there last time, and I can’t wait to get back.”

Folks may know the New Orleans native for his appearances in HBO’s “Treme” or from his work on the soundtrack of “Nine Lives,” a musical adaptation of the bestselling novel by Dan Baum. Throughout his tenure, the singer-songwriter and guitarist has released 11 albums with his band Cowboy Mouth and 14 solo albums. And

while all of them were well-received, he says, wherever his work has taken him around the country and world people inevitably ask about his 1992 debut record “Jet Black and Jealous,” and when they could expect a follow-up.

“It is a long time for a sequel, but I figured if George Lucas can do it, then I can do it, too,” Sanchez quips. “So this year I spent a lot of time alone and went back to listen to it. It was a rather simple formula: a guy with an acoustic guitar, singing songs about love and love gone wrong.”

After taking time to go back and study the musical and lyrical formula, Sanchez decided it looked something like: “Please don’t bore us, cut to the chorus.” Not only does he return to this familiar mantra, Sanchez is going back to familiar storylines and themes. The first record was written as then 27-year-old Sanchez was going through a divorce, and it just so happens he wrote the follow-up album as another marriage came to an end.

“It was a way to take stock of the same questions,” he tells. “How do you make love stay? How do you make love last?

And what do you do when it goes away?

They’re all the same questions, but it was 20 years later, and it was an older man dealing with same issues in a reflective way as opposed to a reactive way. . . . I think when you get your heartbroken when you’re young, you’re angry in a way that says ‘I’m going to show you. . . . I think when you’re an older person, you’ve seen enough heartache to know, ‘Ah, this is it.

Shit happens to people, and this time it happened to me.’”

Sanchez’s sentiments are reflected in

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songs like “I Still Believe” with lines like “We’re all fine and we’re all fucked.” Yet, the trick to rallying through it is to remain level-headed, according to the musician.

“You go through life and everything’s great until it isn’t, and you think, ‘I’m fucked,’” he explains. “Then you get through it and you’re fine again. I still believe in life, I still believe in love, and I still believe in the possibility of tomorrow, and I still believe that a great song can change a life.”

His latest album seems serendipitous in more ways than one. While his marriage was coming to an end, Sanchez says he also had extra time to ponder questions and concepts with new perspective. Moreover—well after the last line is written, recorded and performed for live audiences— he lets his songs continue to develop with perspective. For example, songs he wrote

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as a younger man now seem to have new details and moments within those stories.

In many ways he’s revisiting the same stories in “Heart Renovations” with new and more developed characters, including himself.

“It wasn’t like I was having to dig back into any certain mindset or style,” he continues. “Like most songs I’ve written, these screamed to me to be [created]; I didn’t seek them out. A voice from another place screams a song and I might hear it as a whisper in this place and sing it back to you.”

Wilmingtonians can essentially expect the unexpected with Sanchez’s show at Bourgie Nights. He doesn’t see any part of his expansive 30-year catalog as being a part of his past, per se. “My songs are one long song that I started writing when I picked up a pen for the first time,” he says. “I won’t be done until I draw my last breath. They’re all fair game to me.”

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CROSBY’S LULLABY:

David Crosby travels to Wilson Center with new trio and album BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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ver wanted to ask a living legend a question? Well, David Crosby—you know, the David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and The Byrds—wants to answer them. He is coming to the Wilson Center on December 7 at 7:30 p.m. for an intimate night of music and conversation, as he answers questions from the stage that fans post on his website.

“If somebody asks you a question, they tell you something about themselves,” Crosby observes. “I like it when they ask me something curious, [like] what is this song about? Or how do you feel about this? I do that on Twitter a lot: People ask me questions and I answer them. It’s just something to do while I’m trying to go to sleep.”

But before anyone asks about Woodstock, Crosby simply notes of its iconic remembrance: “It was big and it was muddy.”

Crosby’s curiosity about people and connecting with them might be the secret to his longevity as an artist. With a new album, Crosby and Friends: David Crosby is heading to the “Lighthouse,” released in October 2016 and Cape Fear Stage on Dec. 7. Photo by Django Crosby another (“Sky Trails”) due out in spring 2017, he’s not resting on his laurels, though the High praise indeed from a man who has laurels are pretty impressive: 50 years of rel- worked with the biggest names in music in evant, beautiful, haunting music. Today, he is the 20th century: Phil Collins, The Grateful producing beautiful and meaningful work still. Dead, Wynton Marsalis, Mark Knopfler, The Looking at a creative body of work so deep, Indigo Girls, Joni Mitchell, and Carole King it is impressive that the well is far from dry. “I to name just a few outside of The Byrds and don’t feel diminished in my ability and desire— CSNY. Crosby has a little time off planned for either one,” Crosby notes.

Christmas and will hit the ground running with “Lighthouse” has been an exciting collabo- the new album. “It’s almost finished on my ration for Crosby with big jazz band Snarky computer right now,” he tells. “That one is with Puppy. “They asked me if I would sing on a James producing.” James Raymond, Crosbenefit record,” he recollects. Snarky Puppy’s by’s son, frequently tours with him and the two bassist and two-time Grammy winner, Michael collaborate in the studio.

League, and Crosby hit it off. “We tried writing For all that is behind him, Crosby seems to together at my house, and it was particularly be looking forward. But a lifetime of music is easy and enjoyable.” As the album began to paired with half a century of social activism. take shape, singers Michelle Willis and Becca His website has a tab for “News & Politics” Stevens joined the ensemble to churn out what right next to “Discography.” One of his books, Crosby calls “a very acoustic album—very full “Stand and Be Counted,” explores the conband kind of record,” rampant with signature nection between activism and art. So it begs dynamic and evocative harmonies that made the question during our encore interview: Crosby famous. Stevens is a NC School of the What is the role of the artist in the current poArts alum with a forthcoming album titled “Re- litical climate? gina.” Willis hails from Canada and released “Our role is generally to make you boogie her first solo album, “See Us Through,” earlier in the year. The trio are on the road with and to take you on emotional voyages,” Crosby reminds, calmly with his noted and beautiful Crosby to promote ”Lighthouse.” lullaby voice. “It is only a small part of our role “They really are enjoyable to work with,” to be the town crier . . . [and] right now [he Crosby says. “I know it is a joy for me. It is says,] ‘We’re fucked.’” certainly what I was put here to do.”

The dichotomy of the bluntness of what the voice says and the soothing delivery is a little tough to process. “Basically,” Crosby continues, “We are looking at a very hard time in this country in the next few years— unless you are a rich, white and male.”

Upon final words—wise ones, mind you— Crosby reminds us a positive outlook and connection with others can help alleviate burdensome civil and political unrest. “I can’t function if I lose hope. I have to find some way to move forward—I’m not constituted to put my paws in the air.” So he’s out touring, sharing music and dialogue with fans and musicians across generations.

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SAT DEC 17 Joan Burton

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Acoustic Classics 7pm - 10pm

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JAMMIN’ ROCK: Jahman Brahman will play The Whiskey in downtown Wilmington on December 7 at 10 p.m. Courtesy photo.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7

Sylvia Johns (7pm; $3; Piano)

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

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

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

David Crosby & Friends (7:30pm; $38-$85; Folk-Rock)

—Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St. —The Blind Elephant, 21 N. Front St. Unit F

—Cape Fear Stage, 703 N. 3rd St.

Tacos and Trivia (8pm; Free)

—Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

Darryl Murrill Trio (8:30pm; Free; Jazz) —Burnt Mill Creek, 2101 Market St.; 910-599-4999

Karaoke Night With Party Gras Entertainment

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(9:30pm; Free)

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

Blood On The Dance Floor (7pm; $10; Metal) —Throne Theater, 208 Market St.

Jahman Brahman (10pm; Cover TBD; Rock, Jam)

910-231-3379

Dave Matthews Tribute Band and Driskill (Folk Rock) (9pm; $15-$25) —Throne Theater, 208 Market St.

Flannel Rebellion (10pm; Cover TBD; Alternative) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 Neighborhood Night (6pm; Free)

—Burnt Mill Creek, 2101 Market St.; 910-599-4999

An Evening of Christmas Classics (7pm; Free) —Wesley Memorial United Methodist, 1401 S. College Rd.

Thursdays Fire Drums (8pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

Holiday Jazz Brunch with Nina Repeta (12pm; $10-$25) —TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St.

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ (2pm; $9-$16) —Wilson Center, 703 N. 3rd St.

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

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

Music at First (5pm; Free)

—First Presbyterian Church, 125 South 3rd St.

Thirsty Thursday Karaoke (9pm; Free)

Saving Abel (7pm; $10-$15; Southern Rock)

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

—Throne Theater, 208 Market St.

Trivia Night With Party Gras Entertainment (9:30pm; Free)

Show Tunes Sunday (9pm; Free)

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

Nicole Thompson (7pm; $3; Classical, Jazz) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Beer Bingo (7:30pm; Free)

—Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

Majapalooza MC Battle (10pm; Cover TBD) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 Ester Steinberg (7pm, 9:30pm; $16; Comedy)

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

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

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

Randy McQuay (8pm; Free; Roots, Blues) —Burnt Mill Creek, 2101 Market St.; 910-599-4999

Paul Sanchez (8pm; $10; Singer-Songwriter) —Bourgie Nights, 127 Princess St.

Mac and Juice (Jam, Soul), Rebekah Todd & The Odyssey (Folk) and more (8pm; $10-$13) —Throne Theater, 208 Market St.

Ladies Night with DJ UK (10pm; Free)

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

Funk You (10pm; Cover TBD; Groove, Dance) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Ester Steinberg (7pm, 9:30pm; $16; Comedy)

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

After Dinner Jazz Piano (6pm; Free)

—The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.; 910-762-2091

Holiday Lights Cruise with Johanna Winkel (6:30pm; $20; Pop) —Wilmington Water Tours, 212 S. Water St.

End Of The Line (7pm; $3; Folk, Bluegrass) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.;

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

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 Music & Comedy Open Mic (8pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

Electrik Monday with Brewtal (9pm; Free) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Cape Fear Contra Dancers (7:30pm; $5)

—5th Ave Methodist Church, 409 S. 5th Ave.

Downtown Drumming & Dance (7:30pm; Free) —The Calico Room, 115 N. 2nd St.

College Karaoke (9pm; Free)

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

Karaoke Night With Party Gras Entertainment (9pm; Free) —Johnny Luke’s Kitchen Bar, 5500 Market St.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 Trivia with Jim and Glenn (6:30pm; Free)

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

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

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

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

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

Tacos and Trivia (8pm; Free)

—Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

PSL Gets Evicted! Sketch Comedy (8pm; $8-$10) —TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St.

Karaoke Night With Party Gras Entertainment (9:30pm; Free) —Fox and Hound, 920 Town Center Drive; 910-509-0805

Wes Taylor and Friends Show, Toy Drive (3pm, Variety; Toy Donations)

Live Music in the Bar Every Tuesday and Thu rsday 5:30pm - 8:30pm December 1

Robbie Berry December 6

Josh Lewis December 8

Mike O’Donnell 2508 Independence Blvd.

910.793.2929 www.HenrysRestaurant.com

$2.50 Budweiser Draft $4 Wells 65 Wings, 4-7pm

$3.50 Sweet Josie $4 Margaritas $3.50 Pint of the Day $4 Fire Ball

$3.50 Sweetwaters $4.50 Absolute Lemonade 65 Wings, 4-7pm

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THE FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 12/9: Slippery When Wet 12/11: Kane Brown 12/16: Mac Miller 12/18: Lil Uzi Vert 12/31: Ookay AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 S. TRYON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 377-6874 12/9: ABACAB 12/10: DJs Codec & Drees, Devi Doll and more 12/15: Dillon Reynolds 12/17: Hysteria and Hair Nation 12/23: S.O. Stereo 12/26: Matrimony, Take the Fall and more GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 WEST LEE ST., GREENSBORO, NC (336) 373-7400 12/12: Trans-Siberian Orchestra MOTORCO MUSIC HALL 723 RIGSBEE AVE., DURHAM, NC (919) 901-0875 12/7: Look Homeward, Reality Band and more 12/8: Johnny Irion and more 12/9: The Stray Birds, Miss Tess and the Talkbacks 12/10: Crowbar & Goatwhore and more 12/17: The Wusses, The Beauty Operators and more DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 123 VIVIAN ST. DURHAM, NC (919) 688-3722 12/20: Mannheim Steamroller 12/22: The Summit Church Christmas

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. CABARRUS ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 821-4111 12/9: The Shakedown 12/10: Shoot to Thrill, Dixie Dust and Mirror 7 12/11: Foster Something, The Steelbenders and more 12/13: Jason Boland and Shooter Jennings 12/14: The New Mastersounds & Turkuaz 12/16: Virtual Riot, Devious, Illantrhopy, and Phrey 12/17: Yarn and Dune Dogs 12/18: Delta Rae and Penny & Sparrow 12/31: Big Something

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CAT’S CRADLE 300 E. MAIN ST., CARRBORO, NC (919) 967-9053 12/9: Roller Races 12/9-11: King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running (Back) 12/10: Southern Culture on the Skids and more 12/13: Ivadell, Mover Shaker and Youth League (Back) 12/14: Shearwater and Cross Record (Back) 12/16: Mandolin Orange and Big Fat Gap (Back) 12/17: Elizabeth Haddix and the Gurley Flynns (Back) 12/20: Big Fat Gap (Back) THE ORANGE PEEL 101 BILTMORE AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 398-1837 12/7: Flosstradamus, Towkio and Gent & Jawns 12/11: Rock For Standing Rock 12/14-15: Rising Appalachia and more 12/16: Rumours 12/17: The New Mastersounds and Turkuaz 12/19: Tory Lanez and more 12/21: Ralphie May HOUSE OF BLUES MYRTLE BEACH 4640 HWY 17 S., MYRTLE BEACH, SC (843) 272-3000 12/31: Corey Smith

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ARTS>>ART

REFLECTIONS ON A NEW YEAR: Cameron Art Museum hosts ‘Art of Illumination’ and Floating Lantern Ceremony

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BY: EMILY TRUSS

n less than a month, the United States will enter 2017 with only a few weeks until inaugurating a new president and starting a new chapter in history. Whether excited or anxious for what the future holds, now is a great time for reflection on a chaotic year and what society can do to progress. Artists from around the country aim to embody such sentiments in their hand-crafted lantern sculptures for Cameron Art Museum’s exhibit, “Art of Illumination,” inspired by traditional lantern festivals of the Chinese New Year. The exhibition will remain on display until January 8.

Nan Pope, manager at the CAM Gift Shop, has a pivotal role in curating the show. She has worked closely with its participating artists, from the moment CAM sent out announcements across the country, calling for artist’s lantern proposals.

“They originally sent in a design to create a lantern,” Pope explains, “which in this case

scenario is a light-in-sculpture. This year we have artists from Michigan, Colorado, Texas, and all over North Carolina.”

recycled materials and elimination of waste.

Out of Trinity, NC, Bevans used gourds, wire, clay, glass, and acrylic paint to construct her mosaic, “The Mother Tree.” In the description, the artist notes the design was inspired by her passion for nature itself.

Once the designs were selected, artists began constructing them with materials of their choosing. A plethora of works came in the form of paper, plastic, glass, wood, and even textiles. According to Pope, the one common element in each lantern is an LED bulb provided by the museum. “There are a lot of themes and materials, and we just want to show the community the unique talents through something very different,” she continues. “The lanterns are kind of a vehicle to the light and creativity.”

Along with the exhibition, CAM held a lantern-making workshop in October, with 35 people contributing to the creation of a large vellum lamp displayed with the other lanterns.

In coordination with their second annual Art of Illumination exhibit, they will host their Floating Lantern Ceremony again on Sunday, December 11. Participants can purchase a lantern sleeve to decorate for $12 (all proceeds go toward CAM’s educational programming) and CAM provides the candles for them.

The opening reception culminated in acknowledgement of the top three sculptures voted on by a panel of judges: Rhonda Bellamy, Ben Billingsley, Bruce Bowman, Justin Lacy, and Candace Thompson. “We had judges coming throughout the week,” Pope says.

“The name of the overall winner was ‘Honey Comb’ by Meredith Connelly.”

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SHINING LIGHT: The winning lantern, “Honey Comb,” by Meredith Connelly is on display now at CAM’s ‘Art of Illumination’ until Jan. 9. Photo by Emily Truss.

Connelly (a former Wilmingtonian, now living in Charlotte) used wire, metal, wax paper, and hot glue to create the intricate details in her lantern sculpture. The delicate look of the sculpture serves as a reminder of the fragile destiny of honey bees. Other winning lanterns also drew from environmental inspiration.

“It was a three-way tie for second place,” Pope tells. “We originally planned on having first-, second- and third-place winners, but we ended up having one first-place winner and three second-place winners.”

They include “Jelly Fish” by Katherine Wolf Webb, “Spherical Sampler” by Rebecca Yeomans and “The Mother Tree” by Cara Bevans. Webb—who lives in Wilmington—used a variety of plastic materials to create a luminescent jelly fish. The thin plastic sheets are arranged in such a way to move with the air current, just as they would in the ocean. The design pays homage to dangerous façades of plastic bags, which sea creatures often confuse for prey.

Yeomans, also of Wilmington, channeled an appreciation for fiber arts in “Spherical Sampler” by using silk and linen yarn, wire planters, sterling, moonstone, labradorite, antique buttons, and other gemstone beads.

Possessing the elegance of a chandelier, Yeomans’ sculpture demonstrates beauty through

“The museum staff has made wooden bases for the lanterns that are environmentally safe,” Pope divulges. “We have paper sleeves that fit over the lanterns, and then we float them on the pond on the museum’s grounds. . . . Some people choose to write something on their lanterns, such as someone’s name.

Others might decorate them with art, or adorn them in any other way that they wish.”

Lanterns will be lit and set adrift on the pond at 5 p.m. There will be live music inside and outside the museum. “It’s kind of a contemplative ceremony with a very interesting mood unlike anything I’ve ever been to before,” Pope muses. “It’s a great opportunity to step back from a hectic pace, think back over things that are meaningful to you, and look ahead to the new year.”

Guests can visit the “Art of Illumination” exhibition at CAM in the Brown Wing during normal hours of operation. Admission tickets include entry to CAM’s other exhibitions, “Art from Flour” and “Unbound Narrative.” The Floating Lantern Ceremony is free to attend.

DETAILS:

Art of Illumination 2016 Exhibition

Hanging through January 8 Cameron Art Museum • 200 Hanover St. Free for CAM members and children 16 and under; $10 GA; $8 for seniors, students and active military.

Floating Lantern Ceremony

Sunday, Dec. 11, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m CAM Reflecting Pond $12 per lantern; free attendance cameronartmuseum.org/lanterns 3201 S 17th Street

WHAT’S HANGING AROUND THE PORT CITY

GALLERYGUIDE ARTEXPOSURE!

22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC (910) 803-0302 • (910) 330-4077 Tues. - Sat. 10am - 5pm (or by appt.) www.artexposure50.com ArtExposure has many new items available from our artists that will appeal to those that appreciate local and handmade art work and crafts. Come visit us Tuesday through Saturday from 10am- 5pm. Our custom frame shop can help you pick out the right matting and frame for your special piece or photo. If you purchase an unframed piece here, we offer 15% off framing.

We also provide gift certificates that can be used for artwork, classes and framing.

We will be open through December 23rd and will close until the 10th of January with new class offerings and regular hours.

ART IN BLOOM

210 Princess St. Tues. - Sat. 10am - 6pm (or by appt., Sun. and Mon.) (484) 885-3037 • www.aibgallery.com Art in Bloom Gallery is in a renovated, 19th-century horse stable and exhibits original art by a diverse group of global and local artists. Upcoming exhibits include “Visible Spectra: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints

by Janette K. Hopper & Photography by Charles Kernan.” The gallery is open until 9 p.m. during Fourth Friday Gallery Nights.

CHARLES JONES AFRICAN ART

311 Judges Road, Unit 6-E Mon.-Fri., 10am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4pm (910) 794-3060 cjart@bizec.rr.com • www.cjafricanart.com With over 30 years experience in tribal arts, our clients include many major museums. We show museum-quality African art from West and Central Africa, and traditional African art for the discerning collector.

Current exhibition features African currency forms and tribal jewelry.

Call 794 3060 or 540 1041 to schedule other hours or weekend appointments. Appraisal services, curatorial services and educational exhibitions are also available.

CRESCENT MOON ART AND STYLE

24 N. Front St. • (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thurs. - Sat., 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Sun.., noon - 6 p.m. • Call for appointment!

As a longtime leader in local art curation, Crescent Moon strives to be an ambassador for their artists and to make their customers art collecting, decorating and gift-giving experience an easy one. With an unparalleled

selection of individually chosen pieces and an expanded showroom with stunning collections from both new and returning artists, Crescent Moon has something for everyone.

On November 25th from 6pm to 9pm during Downtown Wilmington’s Fourth Friday Gallery Night, Crescent Moon will host Wilmington artist Jim Downey. Specializing in torch glass, Jim crafts beautiful glass sculptures by hand with a unique technique that he has developed over the last 30 years. Live music, wine, and cheese for all to enjoy.

EXPO 216 216 N Front Street, Wilmington, NC (910)769-3899 • Wed. - Sun., noon-6pm www.expo216.com A nonprofit specialty museum that opened in May, Expo 216 is a theme-driven “gallerium” and focuses on a single social or environmental issue. The inaugural theme, “Ocean Plastic,” runs until December 2016 and was inspired by a photograph of an albatross with ingested plastic by nature photographer, David Liittschwager.Visitors will view multiple components of the theme including: CSI: Albatross, solve the mystery of who killed the albatross; Fashion in Plastic, nine stunning fashion creations crafted by local designers; The Plastic Age, an insightful history of the invention of plastic; What Goes Around, Comes Around by BonnieMonteleone; Light Within the Darkness: What Lies Beneath by Alexandra Morse; along with provocative and thought-provoking art by local artists.

Featured artist: Justin Campbell’s “A Study of LIfe,” on display through Nov. 20.

visitors with its eclectic collection of original paintings, photography, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry. “Morning Has Broken” features works by Janet Parker. Come see Janet’s bold use of color and texture to reveal local marsh creeks and structures.

SUNSET RIVER MARKETPLACE

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

RIVER TO SEA GALLERY 225 S. Water St., Chandler’s Wharf (free parking) • (910) 763-3380 Tues.- Sat. 11am - 5pm; Sun. 1- 4pm River to Sea Gallery showcases the work of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy Bush. In addition, the gallery represents several local artists. The current show will enthrall

200 Hanover St. (bottom level, parking deck) Mon., 11am-4pm and Tues.- Sat. noon - 5pm http://cfcc.edu/blogs/wilmagallery

Cape Fear Community College’s Wilma W. Daniels Gallery is pleased to present the 2016 No Boundaries International Art Colony Exhibition. No Boundaries, a nonprofit artist residency program, provides artists from around the world and the local community a forum for free expression and cross-cultural dialogue. The exhibition runs November 19 through December 31, 2016, with an opening reception on November 19 from 6-9 p.m. There will also be an Artists’ Lecture on December 8 from 4-5 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibition and the lecture are free and open to the public. Wilma W. Daniels Gallery is located in the Hanover parking deck (200 Hanover Street) on the campus of Cape Fear Community College.

Regular gallery hours are Monday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday, 12-5 p.m. For additional inquiries about this exhibition, please contact Ashly Farley at adfarley125@mail.cfcc.edu.

Happy Holidays Get a $10

NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY 201 Princess St. (919) 343-8997 Tues. - Sat.: 11am - 6pm (or by appt.) www.newelementsgallery.com The Holiday Show is now on exhibit. Multi mediums of work featuring New Elements numerous and varied artists. New Elements Gallery is located at 201 Princess Street, the corner of 2nd and Princess, in historic downtown Wilmington. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. or by appointment.

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FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’ is a holiday delight this season BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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t Castle Street’s Cape Fear Playhouse, Big Dawg Productions has quietly opened a show that “flips the script” of what many people think of as the quintessential Christmas story. Its first line is a familiar one: “Jacob Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.” So begins “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” by Tom Mula.

Told on a bare stage and utilizing “story theatre” techniques of performers describing characters and setting as they morph before audiences’ eyes, four performers bring to life an alternate version of “A Christmas Carol.” The show will evoke tears, laughter, joy, and heartbreak. Randy Davis creates Jacob Marley, who finds himself talking to The Record Keeper (Fracaswell Hyman) in a sequence reminiscent of the Netherworld Caseworker scene in 1988’s “Beetlejuice.” Hyman describes and be-

comes a very ancient man, with stacks of ledgers, papers and contracts. Marley finds himself weighted down by chains, locks, cash boxes—each link forged by him during his life. The Bogle (a Scottish word for a spirit), played by Vanessa Welch, guides Marley through his new residence in Hell.

As it turns out, it is not quite what Dante described; it may be worse. Here, people have to face themselves. Is there no way out? Are there no other options? Well ... one could put in for a transfer. (Apparently Hell is also bureaucracy—big surprise.)

In order to be released from Hell, Marley must initiate a complete change of heart in his former partner Ebenezer Scrooge (Steve Vernon). And he has only 24 hours in earth time.

Mula fleshes out the backstory of Marley, who up till now we have known in relation to Scrooge. But who was Marley before they met? Here we see his childhood, which mirrors Scrooge’s in ways too

problem-solve situations that arise, but also make sure the “inspiration and perspiration” are all his own. Her part is written to be a more acerbic and less whiny version of Clarence from “It’s a Wonderful Life.” She has to believe in Marley, even when he doesn’t. At times frustrated, some dismayed and yet others surprised and hopeful, her interplay with Davis is natural and encouraging. Wouldn’t we all be so lucky to have someone like this guide us through the darkest times in our lives?

EVOCATIVE MOOD: Steve Vernon and Randy Davis pull out all the stops in this fascinating version of ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol.’ Photo by Shawn Sproatt

familiar and painful for either to recount.

Davis must pop in and out of scenes, and play his earlier self and protest against it with The Bogle. Davis makes the transitions easily and believably. However, his biggest challenge to make Marley’s full growth and transformation believable. To start off he is impatient, self-centered, selfish, and grasping, and takes the audience on a journey with a climax that mirrors Sydney Carton’s in “A Tale of Two Cities.”

To his credit as a performer, watching he and Vernon together, sent echoes through my head: “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” Though Davis never says those words, everything about his performance evokes them.

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Vernon’s Scrooge is genuinely creepy and scary—not like horror-monster scary, but worse. He plays the kind that can make folks slink away to avoid being caught in his tractor beam of awfulness. His take is cringe-worthy. Hyman gives us The Record Keeper and an obsequious Bob Cratchit, a kind-hearted and generous Fezziwig, and, perhaps most heartbreaking to watch, a pained and drunken Papa Marley.

Though the set is created largely by audience imagination, there are two visual elements which stand out: Debbie Scheu’s costumes and Jeff Loy’s lighting design.

Against the basic canvass of the black stage, Scheu’s costumes pop with lavish Victorian finery which typify the era. The brocade, ruffles and lace create a striking statement about image and wealth— external trappings that can be donned or doffed but are just trappings. Early in the show shadowy, filmy blueish lights set the scene, but Loy has some simple yet powerful special effects that manage to make the intimate space of Cape Fear Playhouse feel wondrous and infinite.

I, for one, feel like I have sat through many incredibly bad, and a few very good, interpretations of “A Christmas Carol” throughout the years. Mula’s script with this cast is lovely—absolutely lovely. The show really speaks to the holiday spirit— but, actually, barely mentions Christmas.

It could be any 24-hour period of time on Earth that Marley must affect a sincere and willing change in Scrooge’s life. Bringing in another theme of Dickens’ work: to keep Christmas all through the year. It isn’t one day out of 365 set aside for generosity—rather, it’s a way of life. The cast sell this message without beating it to death; they take the journey and hold out their hands for audiences to come with them. It is a simply beautiful night of theatre and an excellent choice for a holiday show.

DETAILS:

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol

Dec. 8-18; Thursday-Sunday, 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees, 3 p.m.

Cape Fear Playhouse 613 Castle St. Tickets: $18-$20 www.bigdawgproductions.org Welch’s Bogle has a specific journey:

trying to figure out how to help Marley

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A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Local actor takes on Daddy Warbucks for the 12th time

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and Rodriguez have grown into best friends because of “Annie.”

For Thalian’s production, Katie Villecco takes over the love interest of Warbucks.

BY: SHEA CARVER

he story of the red-headed orphan whose life is turned from rags to riches has managed to touch the hearts of audiences for more than half a century. Originally a comic strip by Harold Gray, “Little Orphan Annie” became a Broadway musical in 1977—thanks to Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan—before hitting the big screen in 1982, courtesy of director John Huston. The story follows Annie, who’s living in the confines of the Municipal Girls Orphanage, run by a drunkard, Miss Hannigan, during the Great Depression.

With the approaching Christmas holiday, rich billionaire Oliver Warbucks takes in an orphan and his assistant, Grace Farrell, chooses Annie. A persnickety man whose mood changes at the drop of a dime—er, million bucks—Warbucks lovingly becomes Daddy Warbucks to the spunky red-head 11-year-old who matches his every stern movement with mirrored irony.

While most folks are familiar with the story of “Annie,” her happy-ever-after, once she is fully adopted by Daddy Warbucks, became a world the audience could only imagine. That is until Christmas 1989, when Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin introduced the sequel, “Annie Warbucks.”

Annie is threatened to be returned to the orphanage by Child Welfare Commissioner Harriet Doyle (who becomes the villain of the story much like Miss Hannigan was in the original) if Warbucks doesn’t marry soon. In search for his bride, Warbucks realizes his love for his assistant, Grace, while uncovering a plot to strip him of his fortune.

For years now local thespian JR Rodriguez has stepped into the shoes of Daddy Warbucks with many theatre companies from Michigan to NC. Rodriguez will do so for the 12th time as Thalian Association opens “Annie Warbucks” on Dec. 8 at Thalian Hall.

“The first time I played Warbucks was for Opera House [Theatre Company,] and Troy Rudeseal cast me in the role opposite Leigh Jones in 1997,” Rodriguez says. “I think I probably wanted to play it because I didn’t have kids. Up until then, I didn’t care for kids. I learned quickly that they are the best teachers you could possibly have.”

“The most precious thing is watching Katie and Kathy interact,” Rodriguez remarks. “It’s a very special relationship I see growing, and they probably don’t see it and maybe it’s because of the role they share with me. It’s one of my favorite parts of rehearsals.”

DEBONAIR MAN: JR Rodriguez takes on the iconic Daddy Warbucks role for Thalian Association’s ‘Annie Warbucks.’ Photo by James Bowling

A lot of music makes up the production, including reprisals from the orphan girls and President Roosevelt. Actually, the beginning of the play picks up where the original ends in “New Deal For Christmas.” “Most of the songs are all fun,” Rodriguez tells. But the real benefit of the show is what keeps the actor return-

ing to its script: its message of hope.

“Other than money, I’m a lot like Oliver Warbucks,” Rodriguez notes. “He never really takes time for himself. It’s always the next thing. For me, the next show, the next movie, the next project. The story of the optimistic red-headed orphan gives me a chance to meet a group of new people and celebrate the years with old friends.”

DETAILS:

Annie Warbucks

Dec. 8-18; Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m.

Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut St. Tickets: $15-$30 www.thalian.org

Sydney Short will be playing Warbucks partner in crime, Annie. Part of the package when playing Warbucks is Rodriguez having his Annie shave his head to match the shiny bald billionaire. “I do it to show the young actress I trust her,” Rodriguez tells. Short was timid in handling the razor but came through. The tradition began because of Rodriguez’s mentor Lou Criscuolo, who founded Opera House Theatre Company.

“Lou taught me something a long time ago,” he says. “Everyone of us is faced with fear. That’s when we arrive at a cliff.

Now, greatness is proved the moment we jump off that cliff. Watching Sydney grab the clippers, although afraid, was a fantastic moment. Once she got into a rhythm, I think all the fear fell away.”

With a powerful voice backing her dramatic portrayal of the orphan, Short’s performance will be a Christmas gift to audiences, according to Rodriguez. “She’s very special,” he tells. Her version of “I Always Knew” especially hits a soft spot.

“It brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye,” Rodriguez says. “It ties the two stories together [and] tells the story of the Little Red Head that can fix anything.”

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REEL TO REEL

EMOTIONALLY UNAPOLOGETIC:

films this week CINEMATIQUE

‘Hacksaw Ridge’ may be the best movie of 2016

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into hellish landscapes of the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II to save hundreds of men. It’s an inspiring story that really does a good job presenting Doss as a man of character—someone whose faith is so strong he’s willing to put himself at risk of imprisonment and death in order to be true to what he believes.

BY: ANGHUS

ur modern cynical society tends to crucify corniness. It’s a nihilistic world view adapted by so many who seem convinced we are devolving into a dystopian hellhole that would make “The Hunger Games” seem like a weekend at a Sandals Resort.

Movies have taken a stripped-down approach in the 21st century to feature down-played emotions and stories. “Arrival” is a fine example—it’s basically “Contact” without any sense of wonder. “Contact” gives audiences a highly emotional Jodie Foster, whereas “Arrival” gives us a mostly expressionless Amy Adams, coldly delivering each line. “Contact” gives us a fun, hammy, scenery-chewing Matthew McConaughey, while “Arrival” gives us Jeremy Renner in a sedated performance that showcases very little range.

Movies used to be unafraid to be corny.

An actor could play a character with affectations and over-the-top behaviors. I often wonder what would happen to a film like “Forrest Gump” in our current landscape. I imagine an army of politically correct millennials flooding social media platforms with calls to boycott the film and bashing Tom Hanks’ portrayal as being insensitive to the mentally challenged. “Hacksaw Ridge” reminds me of a time in Hollywood when filmmakers weren’t afraid to embrace some occasional corny moments and a more romanticized look at the world. I thought about this a lot while watching “Hacksaw Ridge,” a new World War II drama from Mel Gibson.

As a director, Mel Gibson is unapologetically old school. He’s also unafraid to be manipulative in a way most modern filmmakers aren’t.

There are moments of pure button-pushing in all his movies. Look at “Braveheart,” which features the mustache-twirling, despicable villain, King Edward Longshanks, the broad humor of Stephen the Irishman, and raw desperation of Robert the Bruce. Every character has a deep, unapologetic emotional streak. “Hacksaw Ridge” is no different. It’s a film that succeeds because Gibson gives every character their due.

“Hacksaw Ridge” is about Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a young man eager to serve his country in the Second World War. He’s able and willing, but his religious convictions prevent him from even picking up a gun, much less using one to take another man’s life. This crisis of conscience brings Mr. Doss in direct conflict with the U.S. Army, which was rather eager to make sure every man they sent into battle had a gun and was capable of killing the Japanese.

Gibson spends the film’s first hour letting us get

EMOTION AND CHARACTER: Andrew Garfield (above) stars as Desmond Doss in ‘Hacksaw Ridge.’

Photo by Mark Rogers, Lionsgate Publicity

to know Desmond. He’s a likable, shy young man who has to deal with an abusive, alcoholic father (Hugo Weaving). There’s also a fearlessness to him, whether that be running to a crisis to help an injured young man or declaring his affection for a beautiful young nurse he meets.

Garfield is great in the role, mostly because he’s allowed to play Desmond with a wide range of emotions. When he’s happy, he wears a wide grin. When he meets the girl of his dreams, he’s visibly dumbstruck. During the whole film, I thought how strange it is to interpret a strong performance with a wide range of emotions as an anomaly. Our current cinematic culture seems to favor actors who emote more carefully, while swinging for the fences is punished. Take Eddie Redmayne in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” A lot of people found his affected, intentional performance off-putting. The guy works overtime to create an interesting, eccentric character and is punished for not fitting into a more traditional mode.

What kind of bullshit is that?

Doss enlists in the army and becomes a target for his fellow soldiers who are trained to destroy anything that doesn’t conform to the army’s will. Gibson does a great job of giving members of Doss’ unit personalities and interesting characterizations, even if it’s completely over-the-top. Doss has to fight for his right to be a conscientious objector, and after much consternation, he is allowed to go into battle as a medic without a gun. Most people believe this choice will more-than-likely be Doss’ death wish; however, he becomes a hero. He runs

The entire film is wonderfully staged. Gibson lays great emotional foundation for Doss and other characters. He’s not afraid to bring up the music and stage a kiss to make it look like the most amazing moment in the world. On the other end, he’ll also make war look brutal, ugly and tragic. Crazy as the man may be, he’s an exceptional storyteller.

Watching “Hacksaw Ridge” thrills in its emotional ups and downs. The cast is exceptional, and includes a great supporting performance from Vince Vaughn as the tough-as-nails Staff Sergeant. “Hacksaw Ridge” is big, sprawling and completely manipulative—but, damn it all, it works. Right now it’s the best movie I’ve seen in 2016: an old-school war story with a whole lot of heart.

DETAILS:

Hacksaw Ridge ★★★★★

Rated R Directed by Mel Gibson Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey

Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut St. $8, 7pm • www.thalianhall.org

Dec. 12-14 (4 p.m. also on Dec. 14): “Moonlight” is a timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, “Moonlight” chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood. “Moonlight” is told across three defining life chapters which capture ecstasy, pain and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with sexuality.

(Runtime: 110 minutes, Rated R)

FILM SCREENING

Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut St. $10, 7pm • www.thalianhall.org

Dec. 21: Frank Capra’s iconic holiday film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” will be shown as it was meant to be seen: on the big screen. An angel shows George Bailey what life would have been like if he never existed. Along with the screening, see Tony Rivenbark’s famous toy collection on display with seasonal treats for the whole family! (Runtime: 130 minutes, Rated PG)

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GRUB & GUZZLE

feature locally sourced ingredients when available. For lunch, we offer delicious burgers and sandwiches, while dinner features steaks, chops and seafood all handcrafted by executive chef Luke Poulos. Within blocks of CFCC and the Riverwalk, The District welcomes diners to enjoy inspired wines, craft cocktails and NC draught beers at their renovated bar and restaurant, located at 1001 N. 4th St. 910-(910) 769-6565 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.-Thurs.11am9pm, Fri.-Sat., 11am-10pm. Lunch menu served ‘til 4pm.

■ SERVING BRUNCH: Sunday 11am-3pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Brooklyn Arts District ■ WEBSITE: www.districtnc.com

ELIJAH’S

Since 1984, Elijah’s has been Wilmington, NC’s outdoor dining destination. We feature expansive indoor and outdoor waterfront dining, with panoramic views of riverfront sunsets. As a Casual American Grill and Oyster Bar, Elijah’s offers everything from fresh local seafood and shellfish to pastas, sandwiches, and Certified Angus Beef selections. We offer half-priced oysters from 4-6 every Wednesday & live music with our Sunday Brunch from 11-3. Whether you are just looking for a great meal & incredible scenery, or a large event space for hundreds of people, Elijah’s is the place to be.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11:3010:00; Friday and Saturday 11:30-11:00 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington Kids menu available

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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 award-winning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sunday April - October. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256-8500.

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

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

BLUE SURF CAFÉ

Sophisticated Food…Casual Style. We offer a menu that has a heavy California surf culture influence while still retaining our Carolina roots. We provide a delicate balance of flavors and freshness in a comfortable and inviting setting. We offer a unique breakfast menu until noon daily, including specialty waffles, skillet hashes and unique breakfast sandwiches. Our lunch menu is packed with a wide variety of options, from house roasted pulled pork, to our mahi sandwich and customer favorite, meatloaf sandwich. Our dinner features a special each night along with our favorite house entrees: Braised Beef Brisket, Mojo Pork and Mahi. All of our entrees are as delicious as they are inventive. We also have a full beer and wine list. Come try the “hidden gem” of Wilmington today. 250 Racine Drive Ste. 1, Wilmington 910-523-5362.

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

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

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CAM CAFÉ

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

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

THE DISTRICT KITCHEN & COCKTAILS

A new addition to the Brooklyn Arts and downtown area, The District Kitchen & Cocktails is serving fresh, seasonal menus in a polished casual atmosphere. We

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

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

THE FELIX CAFE

The Felix Cafe is a restaurant experience like no other in Wilmington, N.C. Our eatery is a unique and relaxing gem situated near the port, and at the edge of Sunset Park on Burnett Blvd. We believe fine dining doesn’t have to come with all the fuss. From our homemade soups to the locally sourced produce, we let the ingredients speak for themselves in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Folks will enjoy the outdoor seating, our vibrant staff, the colorful interior, and our cabana style tiki bar.

You will come here as a customer and leave as a friend.

2140 Burnett Blvd. (910) 399-1213.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun.-Wed..: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Sunset Park, Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Daily specials, full bar,freejazz and wine tastings on Thursdays

■ WEBSITE: www.thefelixcafeonline.com

HENRY’S A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients. Come early for lunch, because it’s going to be packed. Dinner too! Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com

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

1706 N. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach.

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

HOPS SUPPLY CO.

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

JOHNNYLUKES KITCHENBAR

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

THE LITTLE DIPPER

Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge

in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street. (910) 251-0433.

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

PINE VALLEY MARKET Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher.

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

THE PUB

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

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

SPICOLI

“In crust we trust.” Spicoli specializes in classic NY style pizza with a totally unconventional (AND DELICIOUS) sourdough crust. We also feature one-of-a-kind burger creations, Jumbo wings complete with our perfect, house-made blue cheese or ranch. Or enjoy any of our unique vegan or gluten-free options. But Spicoli is not just amazing food. We keep it awesome with a killer juke box, classic arcade games, and great deals on everything at our full bar. Share some brews over PacMan or enjoy the area’s only 20in pie on our outdoor patio.

Just make sure you are having fun. Don’t worry!! If you can’t come see us, we also have the largest delivery radius in town!! 1978 Eastwood Road, (910) 256-0339.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach

SWEET ‘N’ SAVORY CAFÉ

The Real Wizard Behind the Food. Anyone who has seen the Wizard of Oz knows that the wizard was just a scared old man hiding behind the curtain. Restaurants are no different. Making incredible food is not magical or mystical and instead just requires heart (Tin Man), brains (Scarecrow), courage (Lion) and love (Dorothy). At Sweet n Savory we have pulled back the curtain because we don’t believe that we need smoke, mirrors, over inflated prices

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

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

THE TROLLY STOP

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a five-store franchise in Southeastern North Carolina. Since 1976 they have specialized in storemade chili, slaw and various sauces. As of more recently, select locations (Fountain Dr. and Southport) have started selling genuine burgers and cheese steaks (Beef & Chicken). Our types of hotdogs include beef & Pork (Trolly Dog), all-beef, pork smoked sausage (Carolina Packer), Fat Free (Turkey) & Veggie.

Recognized as having the Best Hot Dog in the Best of Wilmington Awards in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Call Individual Stores for hours of operation or check out our website at www.trollystophotdogs.com.

Catering available, now a large portion of our business.

All prices include tax. Call Rick at 297-8416 for catering and franchise information.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ LOCATIONS: Wilmington, Fountain Dr. (910) 4523952 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 GENKI SUSHI

Welcome to Genki Sushi, an inviting and unique dining

experience in the heart of Wilmington. We serve the freshest, most authentic sushi and traditional Japanese favorites. In the mood for sushi and authentic Japanese food? Look no further then Genki Sushi. From fresh nigiri to custom rolls, everything is homemade, including all of our sauces. We look forward to meeting each and every one of you and can’t wait for you to try our delicious Japanese cuisine. You can make a reservation through OpenTable (you must have a reservation for Friday and Saturday nights), or just walk in during our open hours Sunday through Thursday. At Genki, everyone is welcome! 4724 New Centre Dr. #5, Wilmington. (910) 796-8687.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Closed Monday, Tues-Sat 11:30a.m. - 2:00p.m.

5:00p.m. - 9:30, Sunday 5p.m. - 9p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: MidtowN ■ WEBSITE: www. genkisushiwilmington.com

INDOCHINE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

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

specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden.

Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

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

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

OKAMI JAPANESE HIBACHI STEAK HOUSE

We have reinvented “Hibachi Cuisine”. Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse in Wilmington, NC is like no other.

Our highly skilled chefs will not only cook an incredible dinner, but they will entertain you on the way. Our portions are large, our drinks are less expensive, and our staff is loads of fun. At Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse, we are committed to using quality ingredients and seasoning with guaranteed freshness. Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure that we serve only the finest food products. We believe that good healthy food aids the vital functions for well-being, both physically and mentally. Our menu consists of a wide range of Steak, Seafood, and Chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill,” to the taste bud tingling Japanese Sushi, Hand Rolls, Sashimi, Tempura dishes and Japanese Noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japanese dining experience. Check out our all you can eat sushi menu and daily specials at www.okamisteakhouse.com!

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

SZECHUAN 132

Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant

atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination! Szechuan 132 has earned the reputation as one of the finest contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Port City. Tastefully decorated with an elegant atmosphere, with an exceptional ingenious menu has deemed Szechuan 132 the best Chinese restaurant for years, hands down. 419 South College Road (in University Landing), (910) 799-1426.

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

THAI SPICE

From the flavorfully mild to the fiery spiced, Thai Spice customers are wooed by the dish that’s made to their specifications. Featuring a tasteful menu of traditional Thai standards to numerous delectable house specials, it’s quickly becoming the local favorite for Thai cuisine.

This family-run restaurant is sure to win you over. If you haven’t discovered this gem, come in and be charmed.

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

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

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

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

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

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BAGELS BEACH BAGELS Beach Bagels is “the” favorite spot for breakfast and lunch in Wilmington. Get a taste of a New York-style bagel by the beach. We make our bagels the traditional way: kettle-boiled then baked and always made with love. Enjoy something simple like a traditional BLT, or spice it up and try our AnnieWB: turkey breast, bacon, Swiss, lettuce, tomato, mayo, onions, and jalapeños. Not in the mood for a bagel? Don’t worry, we have ciabatta bread, croissants, kaiser rolls, biscuits, and wraps. Whatever you’re looking for, we have you covered. Don’t forget to make your lunch sandwich a combo for only $1.50,. and get a small drink, potato salad or chips and a pickle spear. Come see us at 5906 Oleander Drive or 7220 Wrightsville Avenue—right before the drawbridge on the way to beautiful Wrightsville Beach.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/Beach-Bagels-301865953202309/

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

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

ITALIAN 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 8:00am8:00pm, 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!

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ANTONIO’S

Serving fresh, homemade Italian fare in midtown and south Wilmington, Antonio’s Pizza and Pasta is a familyowned 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

FAT TONY’S ITALIAN PUB Fat Tony’s has the right combination of Italian and American influences to mold it into a unique family-friendly restaurant with a “gastropub” feel. Boasting such menu items as Veal Saltimbocca, Eggplant Parmigiana, USDA Prime Sirloin, and award-winning NY style hand-tossed pizzas, Fat Tony’s is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Their appetizers range from Blue Crab Dip to Grilled Pizzas to Lollipop Lamb Chops. Proudly supporting the craft beer movement, they have an ever-changing selection of microbrews included in their 27-tap lineup – 12 of which are from NC. They have a wide selection of bottled beers, a revamped wine list, and an arsenal of expertly mixed cocktails that are sure to wet any whistle. Fat Tony’s offers lunch specials until 3pm Monday through Friday and a 10% discount to students and faculty at CFCC. They have two pet-friendly patios – one looking out onto Front Street and one with a beautiful view of the Cape Fear River. With friendly, excellent service and a fun, inviting atmosphere, expect to have your expectations exceeded at Fat Tony’s. Find The Flavor…..Craft Beer, Craft Pizza!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Thursday 11 am-10 pm; Fri.-Sat., 11 am-Midnight; Sun., noon-10 pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.fatpub.com ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials until 3pm and late night menu from 11pm until closing.

MAMMA BELLA PIZZERIA

Mamma Bella’s is Wilmington’s latest pie palace, offering fresh and unique pizzas, strombolis, sandwiches, salads, wings, and more. Diners can enjoy eating in their quaint dining space or have Mamma deliver to their doorstep ($10 minimum, three-mile radius). Nothing is frozen, and

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everything is made with top-notch ingredients, from the house meatballs to the pesto, salad dressings to marinara sauce, and beyond! Mamma bakes bread fresh several times daily and helps produce the most scrumptious cinnamon and/or pizza knots. In fact, through Feb. 29, either flavor of knots are free with the purchase of any large pie; or customers can get 12 free wings when ordering two large 2 topping pizzas (dine-in or delivery; offers cannot be combined). With a knowledgeable staff providing excellent customer service—all of whom “respect the pie”—every order is cared for from placing it to picking it up. 3926 Market St. 910-399-6723.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon - Thurs 11am 10pm; Fri - Sat 11am - 11pm; Sun 11am - 9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.mammabellapizzeria.com

SLICE OF LIFE

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

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

LATIN AMERICAN SAN JUAN CAFÉ

Offering the most authentic, gourmet Latin American cuisine in Wilmington. With dishes from countries such as Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Cuba you’ll be able to savor a variety of flavors from all over Latin America. Located at 3314 Wrightsville Avenue. 910.790.8661 Follow us on Facebook/Twitter for live music updates!

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

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

MEXICAN EL CERRO GRANDE

In January, El Cerro Grande will celebrate 25 years serving authentic, delicious Mexican cuisine to the greater Wilmington area. With an ever-evolving menu, they have introduced eight new exclusive soft tacos as part of Taco Fiesta! They churn out mouth-watering

enchiladas, fajitas, quesadillas, chef specialties, and more, in a colorfully inviting dining room marked by a friendly staff and attention to detail. Check out El Cerro’s daily drink and food specials at their three different locations, including $3.50 margaritas on Tuesdays off Military Road, on Wednesdays at 341 S. College Road, and on Thursdays at 5120 S. College Road.

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

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

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

LA COSTA MEXICAN RESTAURANT

With three locations to serve Wilmingtonians, La Costa is open daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m with lunch specials. Their full dinner menu (from 3 p.m. on) offers the best in Mexican cuisine across the city. From top-sellers, like fajitas, quesadillas and burritos, to chef’s specialty items, like molcajete or borrego, a taste of familiar and exotic can be enjoyed. All of La Costa’s pico de gallo, guacamole, salsas, chile-chipotle, enchilada and burrito sauces are made in house daily. Add to it a 16-ounce margarita, which is only $4.25 on Mondays and Tuesdays at all locations, and every meal is complete.

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

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

vegan and vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 am to 6 p.m.. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Rd in the Landfall Shopping Center; (910) 509-0331. “You’ll Love it at Lovey’s!”

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com

WHOLE FOODS MARKET

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

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

SEAFOOD CATCH

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olina. 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

LOVEY’S NATURAL FOODS & CAFÉ

Lovey’s Natural Foods & Café is a true blessing for shoppers looking for organic and natural groceries and supplements, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious and totally fresh meal or snack. Whether you are in the mood for a veggie burger, hamburger or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte Lovey’s Cafe’ menu. The Food Bar—which has cold, organic salads and hot selections—can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for take-out. The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of delicious juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables.

Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness. Lovey’s also carries organic grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. wheat-free and gluten-free products are in stock regularly, as are

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OCEANIC

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

Private event space available. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256.5551.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH: Mon – Sat 11am – 11pm, Sunday 10am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: 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 11am3pm. Kids menu ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Riverfront Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Fresh local seafood specialties, Riverfront Dining, free on-site parking ■ MUSIC: Outside Every Friday and Saturday ■ WEBSITE: www.pilothouserest.com

SHUCKIN’ SHACK

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.TheShuckinShack.com

SOUTHERN CASEY’S BUFFET

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

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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

PEMBROKE’S

A seasonally inspired and locally sourced Southern cuisine dining experience, Pembroke’s was created by the owners of downtown’s Rx Restaurant. Pembroke’s focuses on the same values and excellent service as its sister restaurant, purveying local companies for the best in seafood, proteins and produce. They work with local fisherman and farmers to ensure your meal will be freshly grown and hand chosen. A new dinner menu is churned out daily to ensure the chefs are working with the freshest ingredients. Plus, the bartenders are creating new drink menus daily as to never bore your taste buds. 1125 A Military Cutoff Rd. 910-239-9153.

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

Sunday brunch, 10am-3pm.

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

SPORTS BAR CAROLINA ALE HOUSE

Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for 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 South College Road. (910) 791.9393.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11am2am daily.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com

JAX 5TH AVE. DELI & ALE HOUSE

Locally owned and operated, Jax offers a laid-back atmosphere, welcoming foodies, sports fans, and craft beer enthusiasts alike. We provide a full eclectic menu of quality Boar’s Head sliced meat and cheeses, and feature unique items like our smoked salmon deviled egg, a legendary Italian sandwich, and famous pita pizzas that bake up lite and crispy. 20 HDTVs feature premium sports packaging for all the games! Supporting local craft breweries with 24 drafts and over 100 different bottles and cans, enjoy it all inside the shiny silver building or outside on the dog-friendly patio at 5046 New Centre Dr. Carry out: 910-859-7374.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: Full menu until 2am daily.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, near UNCW ■ FEATURING: Daily food and drink specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/ JaxFifthAveDeliAleHouse

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GRUB & GUZZLE>>FEATURE

ISLAND TIME!

Cape Fear Literacy Council’s 12 Tastes of Christmas amps up holiday cheer with retro tiki theme

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ele Kalikimaka! It’s the way the Cape Fear Literacy Council and their Andretti the Yeti mascot will be welcoming guests to the retro tiki-themed 12 Tastes of Christmas fundraiser, set to take place Friday evening at Brooklyn Arts Center. Now in its fourth year, the event— organized by Nina Bays Cournoyer and Katherine Clark—has raised $30,000 for the local literacy council.

“All proceeds benefit our two programs, adult literacy and English as a second language (ESL),” Erin Payne, director of fundraising, says. “We serve over 500 adult learners each year, but there is a significant need in New Hanover County for their services—over 60,000 people who struggle with low literacy in NHC.” The event is just as its name implies: tasty. It pairs the beverages from local bars

and breweries with nibbles from local restaurants. The organizers invite 12 eateries and 12 drinkeries to participate.

“Newbies this year are JohnnyLukes KitchenBar, Lunchbox Pickles, Port City Farmers Market Kitchen, Mission BBQ, The District, Wake N Bake, Waterline Brewing, The Reel Cafe, Dead Crow, Dram + Morsel, and fittingly Ocean Grill and Tiki Bar,” Bays Cournoyer tells. “Returning faves are Beer Barrio, The Blind Elephant, Boombalatti’s, Caprice, Delish NC, Soulful Twist, Flytrap, Goat & Compass, PCJ, Folks Cafe, Wilmington Brewing Co.” Goat and Compass and Folks Cafe will churn out a spiked coffee drink with peppermint vodka and a crushed candy cane rim.

Beer Barrio will serve up their famed margaritas and chicharrónes, while Wilmington Brewing will offer a lemon-ginger saison.

Food will cross sweet and savory, from Mission BBQ’s barbecue to tuna tostadas from Port City Farmers Market Kitchen to

CHEERS OF MANY: Lydia Chandler and Ryan Williams toast to a holiday of cheer at Ocean Grill and Tiki Bar, a participant of the 4th annual 12 Tastes of Christmas, to benefit the Cape Fear Literacy Council. Photo by Katherine Clark.

Wake N Bake Donuts (Eggnog Maui Waui and Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cake) paired with a cocktail from The Blind Elephant. Boombalatti’s will churn out a special ice cream to go with Waterline’s Italian Christmas Gosé beer, with flavors of tomato and basil. Dram + Morsel will offer a red and yellow beet goat-cheese terrine, and in true tropical fashion, the Ocean Grill and Tiki Bar will put forth a cocktail of rum, passionfruit, falernum, and lime called “The Mummy.”

“It’s something that gives back to the community while at the same time highlighting our local chefs, mixologists and businesses,” Bays Cournoyer says.

Going along with the theme, folks will arrive and be greeted with their on lei before stepping over to have their photo taken with Andretti. Bays Cournoyer and Clark received a floral grant from Julia’s Florist to help add festive flair to the Brooklyn Arts Center.

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festive with their attire.”

Also new this year is the VIP entry, limited to 20 people, for $50. VIPs will be allowed to taste and sip samples beginning at 7 p.m. General admission ($30) begins at 7:30 p.m. (Ticket holders must be 21 years of age or older.)

“It’s a bustling event,” Bays Cournoyer says, “and is set up so you move from table pairing to table pairing, sampling and sipping as you go. There is no reserved seating but we do have a smattering of cocktail tables and stools for those who want to pull up a chair. The music morphs from classic holiday fare to more upbeat, and the dance floor is rarely empty. It’s a great event to meet new people, try new tastes from area restaurants and bars or even just people watch. It may be a fundraiser but it feels like a holiday cocktail party amongst friends!”

Most importantly, every dollar raised will enhance and affect many folk’s quality of life. “Literacy affects every aspect of a persons life," Payne reminds, “and has a significant effect on families, the workforce, and the community at large.”

DETAILS:

12 Tastes of Christmas

Friday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn Arts Center • 516 N 4th St. Tickets: VIP, $50; GA, $30 www.cfliteracy.org

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GOING ALOFT:

Chapter 25: Postcards from Grand Bahama

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faded photograph of a luxurious resort on a private beach, with a patio and a wooden bar. Palm trees blow in the wind; the water is aquamarine and inviting.

There are tables on a porch, at which sit happy people drinking cocktails in the sun.]

The photo must have been taken a few years ago, because the place is abandoned now.

Broken glass covers the floor. Sections of the roof are missing. Captain thinks a hurricane hit, and the owners didn’t have money to rebuild.

We had to walk down a vine-tunneled path to get here, but the ocean view was worth it. I can see why it used to be a resort. There’s a little canal leading inland from the bay, perpendicular to the beach; I guess there was a marina here, too. Saint and Captain go for a swim, but Artist didn’t feel like going so I stayed with her, even though I wanted to go swimming. There’s always another beach.

I said this place is abandoned, but it turns

out it’s not entirely. There are two other people here, a Bahamian man and a woman, who look like they’re squatting. They’re middle-aged and dirty, and wear shabby clothes, and the woman seems like something isn’t quite right with her in her head. She watches us with a simple smile: eyes wide, teeth bared. It’s a little unnerving.

Her expression never changes, and she never says a word. The man, who is either her brother or her husband, calls her over to him, saying “leave those people alone.” He builds a small fire of fallen palm fronds and puts a can of beans on it for their lunch. The smoke blows over the beach.

When Captain and Saint return, dripping with salt water, we eat a picnic lunch of tomatoes, bread, and some melon on the abandoned porch. The juice runs down my chin. Artist takes a photograph of us with the disposable camera she bought in the States. I take a big silly bite of a melon as she snaps the photo. Saint and Captain look at the camera and smile.

[A road surrounded by scrubby pines, over-

looking the turquoise ocean. A signpost reads, “East End: 10 Miles”] We’ve been driving around all afternoon, listening to Bahamian radio and peering in at all the little villages we pass. There are beat old boats everywhere. Most of the villages are too small for traffic lights, but are full of people sitting on picnic tables underneath awnings or umbrellas to stay out of the sun. We’re still getting used to driving on the other side of the road. More than once Captain has pulled out into oncoming traffic, barely missing swerving cars with honking horns. He drives like a man possessed, accelerating like a race car driver, which is incongruous for a slow sailboat guy like him.

[A deserted public park. A clearing in the woods, opening onto yet another beautiful beach. Everywhere you go on this island you can see the ocean. The beach is rockier than the others, and tidepools scatter across it. It faces a big cove and curves where we stand in the middle to a point on either side, far away.]

While Captain takes a nap in the silver sedan, Saint, Artist and I walk down the beach, laughing and joking around. We’re a good trio; we never run out of things to say, and we always make each other laugh. Artist is comfortable around Saint, which is big news because she’s generally shy and socially anxious.

We find a dead Portuguese man-of-war washed up on the beach, like a poisonous blue half-inflated plastic baggie. Saint and I take turns throwing progressively larger rocks at it until he lands one and the thing explodes with a sonic pop.

Earlier, Artist and I sat together on a bench in the woods while Saint walked down the beach by himself. I carved our initials, JCW and GLR, inside of a big heart on a pine tree with my pocketknife. The forest has echoes of coastal NC—there’s the same green pines and gnarled salt-sprayed oaks, and it’s flat and coastal, with marshlands full of great egrets and little lizards.

It’s different enough to make me miss my home. * * * * * Finally we arrive at Taino Beach, a pocket of wild white sand facing south is surrounded by resort hotels. Artist and I briefly visited here when we were drunk with our Canadian friend Josh. There’s nobody around because it’s night now; the sand volleyball court and lifeguard stand and surfboard rental shop are all closed and empty. We’re eating a whole roasted chicken and good French bread with

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our fingers and passing around a bottle of red wine. Captain finally looks relaxed, and we’re all enjoying being together as a crew on this magnificent island night.

After dinner, Saint and Artist try to play volleyball with a ball they found, and Captain and I sit at the picnic table and pick at the chicken carcass as we take large sips of wine. For once, we’re just chatting, which is a weird new thing between us. We’re not having our usual discourse about work or philosophy or spirituality, and I’m not mentally transcribing his every word—because I’ve learned that not everything somebody says can be wise. We’re just pleasantly talking about the scene in front of us. The moon is rising over the ocean, and I’m pointing out constellations: Orion to the north, and Saggitarius and Scorpio to the south, low over the shimmering water. Captain looks out at the sea knowingly and wistfully, his eyebrows crinkle slightly with his jaw a little slack. He looks like an old turtle. He admits it’s how he always pictured himself. But I see him more as a frigatebird or perhaps a snow-white albatross—a bird of the open water, eyes always watching, tall and graceful and beautiful in movement, flying over the surface of the sea for a very long time.

For the first time, I see myself in him and him in me—we’re both mortal men, humans of the earth. The great things he’s done in his life, he started from the same place I am now. There’s an odd mixture of grandfather and father and older brother, a comfortable knowledgeable masculinity, a guardian and an inspiration. I know him as a taskmaster and a yogic partner, a friend and an ancestor, a leader who listens, a navigator-in-chief and a captain, a tough decision maker, but most of all Captain is a man.

He’s a great man, who lives in his body and dreams with his soul. He’s a man who has achieved things on a scale larger than most people can imagine, but remains head down and humble and works hard every day and tries for something still greater, still moving upward and aloft, dreaming brighter than the moon and the stars, destined, perhaps, for legend and constellation and folk-worship. The person I know, who uses email and has a family and needs glasses to read, who loves his wife and young son and his dad and his mother in heaven, is no longer a demi-god but a human being who contains all the wonder it means to be a human wrapped in callused and sunburnt skin.

He sits beside me in his black shirt, painted with wild orange and green patterns. He watches the moon rise, high above the vast ocean he knows so well. He takes a swig of wine and a bite of chicken, throws back his head and laughs.

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HAPPENINGS & EVENTS ACROSS WILMINGTON

TO-DO CALENDAR events CHRISTMAS AT POPLAR GROVE

Thurs.-Sat. evenings during the first 3 weekends of Dec.: Feat. our own Polar Express on the front lawn, near a charming village lined with Christmas lights.

Children can write letters to Santa, roast marshmallows, take a wagon ride, and visit with our barnyard animals. Readings of classic stories, and screenings of classic movies will entertain young and old alike. Candlelight tours of the 1850 Manor House in formal parlors, where live trees will be filled with Victorian decorations. Guests will hear stories of Foy family Christmas traditions while exploring themed

rooms filled with live flora and period decorations, accented with a few contemporary flourishes. Dec. 10 and 11: Arts, crafts, and gift vendors will fill the outbuildings and lawn. With over 90 vendors present, shop local while you satisfy everyone on your Christmas list. Tickets: $5. poplargrove.org. 10200 US Hwy 17 N

HOLLY JOLLY ILM HOLIDAY STROLL

Historic Wilmington’s Holly Jolly Holiday Stroll, downtown’s signature holiday event, will take place Dec. 9, 4:30-8pm and 10, 11am-8pm. A kickoff, with live choral entertainment by Westermark Voice Studio, is scheduled for Dec. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in First Bank’s Water Garden at 201 Market Street. The public is invited

to attend the Kickoff and the Holly Jolly Holiday Stroll.

Both are free, family friendly and fun. Feature a wide range of holiday sights, sounds, flavors and activities in the historic downtown area and along what USA Today voted America’s Best Waterfront. Downtown will be beautifully decorated. Over 30 businesses are expected to enter a window decorating contest and many historic houses in the residential district will be adorned with lights and decorations. Merchants will offer refreshments and holiday gift ideas in an “open house” setting. Street musicians, choral groups and other entertainers will be strategically placed. Santa will make appearances at various times and locations as well. Presented by the Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County,

Downtown Wilmington Incorporated, Downtown Business Alliance and the Residents of Old Wilmington. www.hollyjollywilmington.com.

ENCHANTED AIRLIE

Elaborate light displays, along with hundreds of festive plants, seasonal music and “singing trees” will soon transform Airlie Gardens into Enchanted Airlie, a beloved holiday tradition. Each year since 2005, visitors from across the U.S. and abroad have traveled to Wilmington to celebrate the holiday season at Enchanted Airlie. Select dates through Dec. 22, Airlie’s tastefully decorated half-mile, self-guided walking trail will bedazzle visitors of all ages with an estimated one million (yes, one million!) twinkling lights.

Live musical entertainment and visits with Santa, who will greet guests and pose for photos inside Airlie’s main building. Snacks and warm cocoa, as well as wine and a local craft brew will be available for purchase. Airlie Gardens gift shop will also be open with one-of-a-kind gifts. $27. www.airliegardens.org.

Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Rd.

KURE BEACH FANTASY CHRISTMAS SHOW

Dec. 9, 6:30pm: It’s that time of year again for the annual Kure Beach Fantasy Christmas Show starring everyone’s favorite characters: Frosty, Harriet Hippo, the Grinch, Olaf, Anna, Elsa, Rudolph, and many more. Santa Claus will be there, and his crazy elves will entertain you with their zany antics. Traditional Christmas songs will be performed by our lovely Winter Princesses, arrayed in their dazzling holiday outfits. The show will be held at the Ocean Front Park, near the Pier, on Dec. 9th, 10th, and 11th, 7pm, with a musical preshow at 6:30pm. Tell your family and friends, bring a folding chair in case of overflow, and come to Kure Beach for a merry old time. Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Ave.

CHRISTMAS STROLL THROUGH THE PAST

Dec. 10, 4pm: $20 for adults, $10 for youth ages 3-18 year, under age 3 free admission. Bellamy Mansion Museum and the Burgwin-Wright House host a festive evening filled with holiday decorations, live music, period costumes, a visit with Father Christmas, a petting zoo, refreshments and more!

Children’s activities begin at 4pm. Tickets available at the Bellamy Mansion and Burgwin-Wright House.

Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St.

ILM VEGAN HOLIDAY FAIR

Dec. 10, 4pm: Wilmington Vegan will be hosting a Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, December 10 from 4pm-7pm in the Lounge at South Front Apartments featuring local artists and their 100% vegan goods for purchase. Vendors include River Organics Skin Care, Joanne Silvia Artwork, Crooked Metal Jewelry, Folkstar Music, Muddy Muse Pottery, I Rise Bakery, and more! Admission is free. South Front Apartments Lounge, 1400 S. 2nd St.

18TH CENTURY CHRISTMAS

Join us this holiday season at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site from 1pm-5:30pm on Sun., Dec. 11, as we explore how the American colonists celebrated Christmas. Costumed interpreters will provide guided tours of St. Philips Anglican Church on the half hour. During the program, you can enjoy Colonial refreshments in the Visitor Center, participate in traditional games, or try your hand at

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Moravian paper stars and other 18th century crafts.

The highlight of the evening will be an authentic period candlelit service in the ruins of St. Philips Anglican Church. The service will begin at 5:00pm and will conclude by 5:30pm. Parking for this event will be $5 per car. Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site, 8884 St. Philips Rd. SE HOMEMADE HOLIDAY SHORTS

Dec. 11, 6pm: WHQR welcomes an audience to hear Homemade Holiday Shorts. For one evening each year in December, friends of WHQR gather in our MC Erny Gallery and around their radios at home to listen to holiday stories read live by a panel of entertaining guests, including Deb Bowen, Cleve Callison, Lee Lowrimore, and Dorothy Rankin. Hosted by Rob Zapple, with music by David Vaughn.

Guests are wonderful radio legends, actors, writers and performers reading emotional and funny tales of the season. $35, which include show and reception afterward. Doors at 5:20pm. WHQR Gallery, 254 N. Front St.

FORT FISHER HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

Dec. 13, 10am: Fort Fisher State Historic Site will celebrate the upcoming holiday season in the visitor’s center—free and open to the public. Friends of Fort Fisher and New Hanover County, Town of Kure Beach and the Town of Carolina Beach. Open House visitors will enjoy seasonal refreshments, decorations, and entertainment throughout the day, including an array of holiday music leading off with selections by the Carolina Beach Elementary School Chorus, under the direction of Heather Kurtz, followed by the Murray Middle School Jazz Band, under the direction of David Tyson. Open house will feature storyteller and musician John Golden, as well as John Bennett and Masonboro Parlor, a group of local musicians who offer a unique combination of lively 18th and 19th century dance and period music. Special 15% discount offered on all store merchandise; visitors can stock up on gifts for the history enthusiast on their list. Fort Fisher is also a ToysFor Tots collection location, 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd S. Paul Laird, 910-612-7067. plaird@friendsoffortfisher.com.

charity/fundraisers CF RIVER WATCH PARTY

You are cordially invited to a special party supporting the Cape Fear River Watch on Friday Dec. 9, 5 - 8 pm, at the Art in Bloom Gallery in downtown Wilmington. Cameron Tinklenberg, a jazz pianist, will play, and there will be special holiday food and drink catered by Whole Foods. Ten percent of sales from the current show “Visible Spectra” will be donated to Cape Fear River Watch. You are welcome to bring friends and family who would enjoy seeing the wonderful art and meeting the artists. This event is held in conjunction with the Historic Downtown Holly Jolly Stroll. 210 Princess St.

STOCKING DRIVE

The Brigade Boys & Girls Club is currently hosting their 2016 Stocking Drive to help make members’ holiday season a little brighter. With the assistance of generous donations from the community, Brigade hopes to stuff 400 stockings for children between the ages of 5 and 18 in New Hanover and Pender counties. Help make this holiday season a little brighter for our kids by donating a stocking filled with joy. For info on how to donate, contact Mackenzie Hopkins at mhopkins@brigadebgc.org or (910) 392-0747 to obtain a registration form. www.brigadebgc.org. All stockings will be due by Dec. 8, 5pm.

PARTY SUPPORTING CF RIVER WATCH

Dec. 9, 5pm: Special party supporting the Cape Fear River Watch at Art in Bloom Gallery in downtown

Wilmington. Cameron Tinklenberg, a jazz pianist, will play, and there will be special holiday food and drink catered by Whole Foods. Ten percent of sales from the current show “Visible Spectra” will be donated to Cape Fear River Watch. You are welcome to bring friends and family who would enjoy seeing the wonderful art and meeting the artists. This event is held in conjunction with the Historic Downtown Holly Jolly Stroll. Art in Bloom Gallery, 210 Princess St. 12 TASTES OF CHRISTMAS

Dec. 9, 7pm: Say aloha to the holidays! The talents of our local eateries and drinkeries unite once again for the fourth annual 12 Tastes of Christmas holiday tasting to benefit adult literacy in the Cape Fear.

All-inclusive benefit will take place at the historic Brooklyn Arts Center and feature 12 food and drink pairings, live music from DJ Free Waterfall and more.

This year’s theme is retro-tiki holiday; dress festive or cocktail! Admission for 21+: $30 (doors, 7:30pm).

Limited VIP: $50 (early doors, 7pm). Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. 4th St.

WILLIAM H. CRAIG RACE FOR 5K

Dec. 10, 8am: Wilmington Family YMCA is pleased to announce the 10th annual William H. Craig Race for Life 5k at Legion Stadium . Race was established to honor the legacy of Dr. Bill Craig and his many contributions to the community. This race is presented by Campbell and Covington Orthodontics. The William H. Craig Race for Life 5k is the final race in the Coastal Carolina Run Series, with runners from throughout Southeastern North Carolina eagerly participating to earn points and win prizes. Register: sportoften.com. Keyword: William H Craig. Pick-up and late registration: Fri., Dec. 9, 3:30-6pm. Campbell and Covington Orthodontics, 1516 Doctors Cr. Admission: 251- 9622 Ext 266. www.nckidsrun.org.

JINGLE BELL 5K RUN/WALK

Dec. 10, 9am: Wrightsville Beach Museum of History invites you to participate in the museum’s Eighth Annual Jingle Bell 5K Run and Walk—a celebratory, holiday event, race participants are encouraged to dress in holiday apparel (i.e. Santa costumes, antlers, snow men etc.). We have a family registration and competition for decorated strollers and costumed pets. Timing will be by Its-Go-Time.com with Colin Hackman. 500 plus runners. Call for reg. fees: (910) 256-2569. Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, 303 West Salisbury St.

BIKE DRIVE

Dec. 10, 10am: Help make a Wilmington foster child’s Christmas a little brighter this year! Donate a new or gently-used bicycle (all sizes are needed) and enjoy a free Small Group Personal Training session! Women of all ages and fitness levels are welcome. No sales pitch, no stress, no pressure—just load up that bike, come to the studio and enjoy a free small group personal training session! No cost to attend these exciting weekly sessions, all we ask is that attendees make a tax-deductible donation of a new or gently-used bicycle (or equivalent monetary donation) to A Bike for Every Child when you arrive.

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choir.com. College Acres Baptist Church, 702 Eastwood Rd. Dec. 7, 7:30pm: Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of FamHANDEL’S MESSIAH er and co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & The Wilmington Choral Society celebrating 66 years Nash, David Crosby is heading out on tour with a of choral music, opens with the seasonal favorite, new group, performing music from his incredible Handel’s ‘Messiah’, Parts I and II on Sun., Dec. 11, new album “Lighthouse”. Crosby leads the Light2pm, CFCC’s Wilson Center, 703 N. Third St. The 102 house tour down a new four-way street that brings voice chorus, accompanied by a 16 piece Chamold classics to life with new spirits. Joined by 2 time ber Orchestra and harpsichord, is directed by Paula Grammy winner Michael League of Snarky Puppy, Brinkman, and accompanied by Byron Marshall.

New York’s best kept Secret Becca Stevens and They are joined by soloists Bob Workman (tenor), Canadian songstress Michelle Willis, playing acousoften seen and heard on stage and WHQR; Connie tic guitars, piano and beautiful vocal harmonies, Paolantonio (alto), UNCW faculty and recently in Opthe band will reinterpret Crosby’s greatest hits and era Wilmington’s “Cosi Fan Tutte.” This will be a first present the beauty of “Lighthouse” as well. Capeperformance in Wilmington for Shannon Kessler (soFearStage.com or Vendini.com. Cape Fear Stage, prano) and John Dooley (baritone), after recently re703 N. 3rd St. locating to the area. Tickets:Adults $16, Youth 17 and AN EVENING OF CHRISTMAS CLASSICS younger $9. Cape Fear Stage 910-362-7999 or cfcc.

Concerts on College presents An Evening of Christedu/capefearstage/tickets-and-events. Online orders mas Classics at Wesley Memorial Chancel Choir incur an additional fee. Society provides annual muand UNCW Accidentals, Thurs., Dec. 8, 7pm. Feat. sic scholarships, and supports Mother Hubbard’s Geminiani’s La Follia, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto Cupboard food bank.

Grosso, Purcell’s Rejoice in the Lord Alway, selected movements from Vivaldi’s Gloria, Gustav Holst’s MUSIC AT FIRST Dec. 11, 5pm: John T. Hoggard Holiday Choral ConChristmas Day, Rutter’s Candlelight Carol. Donations cert. Jan. 29, 5pm: Domonique Launey, piano & Bevare appreciated and help to fund our choral scholarerly Andrews, violin. Feb. 12, 5pm: Tallis Chamber ships and the music programming at Wesley MemoOrchestra. Mar. 19, 5pm: Stevenson/Stohl Suzuki Tour rial United Methodist Church. www.facebook.com/ Group. Apr. 2, 5pm: Domonique Launey, piano. May events/190757391380232. 1401 S College Rd. 12, 7:30pm: Jonathan Rudy, organ. May 28, 5pm: CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Festival Singers, chamber choir of Carolina Voices.

Dec. 10, 3pm and 7pm: The internationally known June 11, 5pm: Port City Music Festival. First PresbyWilmington Celebration Choir, led by Pillar recording terian Church, 125 S. 3rd St. (910) 762-6688. www. artist Joey Gore, will present their 20th annual Christfirstonthird.org. Concerts are free; donations are apmas Spectacular at College Acres Baptist Church, preciated.

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Open drum circle for all levels, ages and drums.

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ists in concert, performing a varied repertoire of music composed for the Advent season. Each recital lasts approximately 30 minutes. After each concert, anyone who is interested is invited to join the artist as they walk to Elijah’s restaurant for a “Dutch treat” lunch. First Presbyterian Church, 125 S. 3rd St. (910) 762-6688 www.firstonthird.org. Free; donations are appreciated.

theatre/auditions A TUNA CHRISTMAS

Through Dec 18, dinner show “A Tuna Christmas”

by Ed Howard, Joe Sears, Jaston Williams. Directed

by Nick Smith, feat. Susan Auten & Erin Hunter. Fri./ Sat., 7pm; Sundays (starting Dec 4) at 5pm.Seating begins one hour prior to showtime. In this hilarious sequel to “Greater” Tuna, it’s Christmas in the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including hot competition in the annual lawn display contest. In other news, voracious Joe Bob Lipsey’s production of “A Christmas Carol” is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many colorful Tuna denizens, some you will recognize from Greater Tuna and some appearing here for the first time, join in the holiday fun. Performed by two quick-changing actors with a Texas sized holiday meal from TheatreNOW’s award-winning, Chef Denise. Reserved seating $42 for dinner $24 show only (no dinner) $18 show only mezzanine seats (no dinner). TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St. www.theatrewilmington.com

ANNIE WARBUCKS

Dec. 8-18, 7:30pm or Sun., 3pm: The action picks up right where Annie leaves off, when Child Welfare Commissioner Harriet Doyle arrives on the scene to

inform Daddy Warbucks he must marry in sixty days so the newly adopted Annie can have a proper mother. In the end, Daddy Warbucks’ whirlwind search for a fitting bride uncovers not only a plot by Doyle and her daughter to strip him of his fortune, but also his true feelings for Grace Farrell. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. www.thalian.org THE SANTALAND DIARIES

Based on the NPR essay by David Sedaris! Panache Theatrical Productions presents SantaLand Diaries at the Red Barn Studio Theatre Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 8-11 and 15-18, 8pm; Sun., 3pm. The story is adapted by Joe Mantello and follows the disgruntled elf Crumpet through his misadventures working for the popular Macy’s holiday attraction.

Featuring Jamey Stone as Crumpet and The “Not Ready for Christmas” Carolers. Tickets are available by calling 910-251-1788. Red Barn Studio Theatre, 1122 South 3rd St.

JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL

Big Dawg Productions presents ‘Jacob Marley’s A Christmas Carol,’ Dec. 8-11, 15-18, 8pm or 3pm on Sun. Marley was dead, to begin with…”—and what happens to Ebenezer Scrooge’s mean, sour, pruney old business partner after that? Chained and shackled, Marley is condemned to a hellish eternity.

He’s even given his own private tormentor: a malicious little hell-sprite who thoroughly enjoys his work.

Desperate, Marley accepts his one chance to free himself: to escape his own chains, he must first redeem Scrooge. Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St. Tickets: $18-$20. www.bigdawgproductions.org.

dance

Evening of contemporary American country dancing—exercise that’s actually fun, done to live music

by Box of Chocolates band—fiddle, percussion, guitar, dulcimer, bass, mandolin and more! Dress cool and comfortable, soft-soled shoes. 2nd/4th Tues ea. mo. All ages welcome. United Methodist Church, 409 S. 5 Ave. OVER 50’S DANCE

Dec. 13, 7:30pm: Over 50’s dance club will hold it’s next monthly dance on Tues., Dec. 13th from 7:30pm until 10:00pm at the New Hanover Senior Resource Center. Our dances provide a venue for ballroom, social, and line dancing for those who enjoy socializing while moving to the rhythm of music. DJ Buddy Langley will provide our music this month and the evening will begin with a short basic level dance lesson. A mixer and a line dance segment are also part of the fun. Couples and singles are welcome. the cost is $8.00 per person plus a finger food or 2 liter soft drink to share. contact Tim Gugan (620-8427) or www.overfiftiesdanceclub.org. New Hanover Senior Resource Center, 2222 So. College Rd.

comedy OPEN MIC COMEDY

After a long absence, the Browncoat is excited to once again host Open Mic Comedy, hosted by Hal Cosec! You think you’ve got what it takes to make an entire theater laugh? Come on out and prove it! Doors open at 7:30pm for signups, and the show starts at 8pm. Free! Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

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. Signup, 8pm, and runs all night. Juggling Gypsy 1612 Castle St. ILM, (910) 763-2223 daily after 3pm for details. www.jugglinggypsy.com.

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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.

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Dec. 9-10, 7pm/9:30pm, Ester Steinberg is a writer/ performer based in LA and started her career performing stand-up on high school lunch tables in Tampa, Florida. While attending NYU she took full advantage of the city’s thriving comedy scene and quickly became a regular at Caroline’s New Talent Night. She writes and stars in a hilarious web series, “Becoming LA,” where she showcases her talent for sketch and improv through an array of crazy characters. She has been featured in TIME OUT New York and most recently performed at the prestigious Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Ester is currently starring in a comedy docu-series for Oxygen entitled “Funny Girls.” Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

art SAME VIEW

‘Same View—Different Day’ Backyard Series is a 3 year photographic exploration of the movement of tides, the art of clouds and the beauty of nature as seen by Artist Jo Ann Tomaselli from her own backyard. Platypus & Gnome Restaurant, downtown, 9 S Front St.

WILMINGTON: THEN AND NOW CONTEST

Bellamy Museum invites artists to submit their inspirational ideas and be named the 2017 Commemorative Postcard. Submissions for the postcard contest must be received by Dec. 1st, 2016 via email or in person at the museum (503 Market St.). Winner(s) will be selected by the Bellamy Museum Spring Art Show committee on Dec. 15. The contest is open to all NC artists 18 years of age and older. No fee. info@ bellamymansion.org. 910-251-3700

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT

Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, Wilmington’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: artscouncilofwilmington.org

ARTWORKS OPEN STUDIO

Resident Artists at theArtWorks open their studios, Fri., 10-6, and Sat., 10-3, for the public to view them create and sell their art. Artists and art vary from fine art in oils, acrylics, and water color, to sculpture, pottery, jewelry, photography, original art cards. Willard St. is central to the developing district between South Front and Third streets, now known as the Cape Fear Historic Byway. 200 Willard St.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Leland Cultural Arts Center is accepting applications for their Gallery Program for the 2017 calendar year. Selected Artists will display their 2D or 3D artworks in the gallery for a month in the upcoming year and have an opening reception. Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way. www.townofleland.com/lcac

UNCW STUDENT EXHIBITION

The culmination of study in studio art, juried by the studio art faculty and mounted by the graduating seniors. It is the capstone event for the graduating seniors. Exhibition continues through Dec. 10. UNCW, Art Gallery, Cultural Arts Building, 601 S. College Rd.

THE COLORFUL SERIES: PLACES & SPACES

Local artist Rhonda Schoolfield’s show will have art hanging through Jan. 5th. Partial sales from original watercolor and acrylic paintings will be donated to a local animal rescue. A Tasting Room retains 20% of the sales price, remaining 80% goes to The Ruffian Foundation or an animal rescue charity chosen by the art patron. Saving and improving the lives of many dogs and cats! A Tasting Room, 19 South 2nd St.

NO BOUNDARIES ART COLONY EXHIBIT

Showcasing art work of 14 No Boundaries artisan that were chosen to participate in this year’s colony.

The work was created during a two-week artistic immersion, which takes place annually in the first 2 weeks in November on Bald Head Island. The artists for this years event include: Ben Billingsley, Richard Conn, Nat Dickinson, Brandon Guthrie, Chip Hemingway, Rebecca Jones, Anne Lindberg, Shaun Richards, Vicky Smith, Gayle Tustin and Genevieve VanZandt. Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (CFCC), 200 Hanover St.

BEV HALEY

Opening reception, Dec. 8, 6pm, Bev Haley presents “Dreaming in Color” tonight at the Leland Cultural Arts Center. Share her vision and enjoy her works featured at the Gallery until Dec. 23. Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way

CALLING LOCAL ARTISTS

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munities or landscapes. Artists chosen to appear in the publication will be invited to attend our launch party in January to showcase the art that appears in the Book of Business and to network with our business community. The artists’ headshot and contact information will be included in the publication, and they will also receive a complimentary copy of the 2017 Book of Business. Artists can provide up to 3 entries. Photography will not be accepted, but photo illustration or collage will be considered. The Book is tabloid format, so vertical art is preferred.

Send an electronic copy of the original art in JPEG, TIFF or PDF format. Files should be less that 3M. If your artwork is selected, we may ask for a larger, high-resolution version. Deadline: Mon., Dec. 12.

Nina Bays: nbays@wilmingtonbiz.com

film MOONLIGHT

Dec. 12-14, Monday & Tuesday, 7pm; Wed., 4pm and 7pm. At once a vital portrait of contemporary African American life and an intensely personal and poetic meditation on identity, family, friendship, and love, Moonlight is a groundbreaking piece of cinema that reverberates with deep compassion and universal truths. A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Moonlight is told across three defining life chapters and experiences that capture the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with sexuality.

Rated R, Runtime: 110 minutes. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St.

museums/education CAMERON ART MUSEUM

Exhibits: Through Jan. 15, 2017: Cameron Art Museum presents UnBound Narrative, an exhibition featuring nine contemporary artists from across the globe (United States, Canada, England and Cuba) who utilize the book as medium and inspiration to create their visual narrative. The forty diverse artworks in the exhibition (including 100 pages from three different versions of Tom Phillips’ groundbreaking project A Humument) show how varied the medium can be. Features work by James Allen (Portland, OR), Doug Beube (New York, NY), Andrew Hayes (Penland, NC), Guy Laramée (Montreal, Canada), Math Monahan (Boston, MA), Tom Phillips (London, England), Susan Porteous (Bend, OR), Diana Fonseca Quiñones (Havana, Cuba) and Tim Rollins and K.O.S (New York, NY). CAM will offer an array of exhibition-related programming, including our monthly Kids@CAM, youth classes, adult workshops, engaging lectures and gallery talks. • Art of Illumination, on view through Jan. 8, Brown Wing Film Room. CAM believes that art, like a lantern, illuminates the mystery, empathy and wonder of human existence. Artists’ proposals for lanterns were submitted for this juried exhibition featuring designs of all sizes, themes and materials. The Art of Illumination 2016 Exhibition reveals the unique hand-built completed lanterns from over forty artists across the country. The lanterns will illuminate an intimate space in our Brown Wing, shining a light on the creative spirit. This exhibition is timed for your holiday enjoyment. Included in regular admission. • Through Feb. 12, 2017: Art from Flour: Barrel to Bag—Examining the history of

the humble flour sack, Art From Flour: Barrel to Bag illustrates how a food staple became a reflection of art and life in America. Guest curated by Edward Irvine, associate professor of studio art in the UNCW department of art and art history. Remarks given at 6:30 p.m. • CAM Café open and serving delicious menu with full bar, 5pm-9pm. CAM Café: Tues,-Sat., 11am-3pm; Sun., 10am-3pm; Wed.-Thurs. 5-9pm.

910-395-5999. www.cameronartmuseum.org. 3201 S. 17th St. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM

Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach.

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

STARRING CAPE FEAR

New Hanover County’s Cape Fear Museum is proud to showcase highlights of the region’s film history with the opening of its newest exhibit, Starring Cape Fear! Visitors can explore the history of the local film and television production industry from the 1980s to the present day. View artifacts from several productions including Firestarter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill and Tammy.

See a cape and the ear from Blue Velvet, an Iron Man 3 mask, and the jet ski beloved by Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) in Eastbound & Down. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St. Tues.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun.,1-5pm.

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. Northend of downtown, 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634. wrrm.org.

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Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. $4-$12. The Latimer House of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is not handicapped accessible 126 S. Third St. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org

CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM

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

BELLAMY MANSION

One of NC’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, it focuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action.910-251-3700. www.bellamymansion.org. 503 Market St.

BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE

18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in the heart of Wilmington’s Historic District, is the oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th and 19th century decor and gardens. Colonial life is experienced through historical interpretations in kitchenbuilding and courtyard. 3rd/Market St. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. Last tour, 3pm. (910) 762-0570. burgwinwrighthouse.com.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Candyland Christmas, Dec. 11, 1pm: Join us for all sorts of Christmas crafts and fun as we get closer to the holiday. • Mon, Little Sprouts Storytime, 10am, and Go Green Engineer Team, 3:30pm. • Tues., Kids Cooking Club, 3:30pm • Wed., Preschool Science, 10am; Discover Science, 3:30pm; and Mini Math, 4pm. • Thurs. StoryCOOKS, 10am; and StART with a Story, 3:30pm • Fri., Toddler Time, 10am; and Adventures in Art, 3:30pm • Drop off gently used books at our museum to be used for a good cause. Ooksbay Books uses book collection locations to help promote literacy, find a good use for used books, and benefit nonprofits. playwilmington.org. 116 Orange St. 910-254-3534

kids stuff SUPER SATURDAY FUN TIME

Appropriate for ages 4-10, but all ages welcome.

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

Dock Street Kids and their always-hungry dog, Dock, solve adventures. Parents can even drop off kids ages 5+. Kid-friendly snacks and drinks available for purchase. Custom birthday packages with a chance to interact with characters and step onstage in the action.

STORY EXPLORERS

CAM, every Thurs., 10-10:30am: Admission by donation. Bring your infant, toddler or preschooler for story time, gallery exploration and an art project! georgia@cameronartmuseum.org for more info.

3201 S. 17th St.

PIRATE ISLAND TREASURE HUNT

Perfect tour for kids! A pirate guide will take you on a two hour cruise to the legendary spot where Captain Kidd burried his ill-gotten booty. Dig for the hidden treasure and find hidden gems on Masonboro Island. Book your reservation by calling (910) 2004002. $30/adult and $20/child. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

FRIDAYS FOR FUN

Volleyball instruction for kid every Friday at 4:30. No need to pre-register, just show up and play! $10 for 1 or bring 3 kids, $20! All skills welcome! Capt’n Bills Backyard Grille, 4240 Market St.

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MUSEUM EXPLORERS

11am: 1st program; 2pm: 2nd Program—Free for members or with general admission Ignite your curiosity! Discover history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear through interactive science investigations, hands-on exploration and unique artifacts.

Activities are designed to stimulate curiosity and encourage families to have fun together. Themes vary.

Ages 5 and up. Appx. 45 minutes each time slot.

Adult participation is rqd. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

STORY ART

Special program for kids in kindergarten through second grade. At each session they’ll hear a story that incorporates a different art concept, then have time to apply what they’ve seen and heard as they make their own art! Free but space limited. Register www.nhclibrary.org for the dates your child will attend, to be sure of having enough seats and art materials. Julie: jcriser@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6303.

NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

FRENCH PLAYGROUP

Thurs., 10am: Chantez! Jouez! Rencontrez des nouveaux amis! Sing, play, and meet new friends at French Playgroup at the Main Library! Informal hour where young kids and parents/caregivers can hear and try out some French words. Free and no advance registration is needed. Main Library Children’s Room at 910-798-6303 or sdemarco@nhcgov.com. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

PRE-K MATH AND SCIENCE

Thurs, 10am: Play, learn, and explore with your child. Math and science concepts will be introduced through interactive story times, hands on science experiments and exploration stations. This program is designed for children between the ages of 3-6. Free. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

NHC Myrtle Grove Library, 5155 S. College Rd. Maureen Weinman, mweinman@nhcgov.com, 910798-6393. Lego Challenge at Myrtle Grove Library is a fun way for kids to practice problem solving, creativity, critical thinking, visualizing three dimensional structures, communication, and motor skills! Participating children may work alone or in groups. Legos are scheduled on the third Tuesday of each month at New Hanover County’s Myrtle Grove Library. The sessions are free for kids ages 5 to 10. Space is limited, so preregister: www.nhclibrary.org or 910-7986393. 5155 S. College Rd.

CLYDE’S HOLIDAY BY THE SEA

Dec. 10, 11am: Cameron Art Museum’s critter craft!

Internationally renowned artist Clyde Jones spends the day with you and your family! Help decorate sea critters to add to their ‘Holiday by the Sea’ installation, which will remain on display at the corner of 17th and Independence through the holiday season!

You can also create your own works of art to take home! All ages welcome. No pre-registration necessary. Admission by donation. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.

MAKE AN ICICLE ORNAMENT

Kids are invited to make icicle ornaments to take home, using chenille stems and beads, in the Main Library Children’s Room during the week of Dec. 12-18. This craft activity is free and no registration is needed. Icicle making is an easy craft for preschool ages and up. Parental supervision is required because small beads can be a choking hazard. To get started on their icicle, parents and kids should ask for the crafts bin at the desk in the Children’s Room. Materials and instructions are included in the bin, and the activity will be available throughout the week as long as supplies last. Children’s Librarian Julie Criser at 910-798-6303 or jcriser@nhcgov.com.

BOOK-MAKING FOR TEENS

Dec. 12, 4:30pm: Teens ages 12 and older will use recycled library materials to construct personalized side-bound books at this workshop. Participation is free and all tools and materials will be provided, but space is strictly limited. Registration opens a month before the workshop on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org. 910-798-6303 or svaughn@nhcgov.com.

NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

outdoors/recreation INSHORE BOTTOM FISHING

Trip includes: bait, tackle, rods, and a licensed guide. Catch flounder, black sea bass, bluefish, and more while we drift along Banks Channel. Fun for all ages! $35/adult and $25/child. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

BIRDING CRUISE

Join Capt Joe 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. Come relax on the catamaran style boat while observing the diverse flora and fauna that coastal North Carolina has to offer. Topics will include as strong emphasis on shorebird identification and ecology, as well as coastal salt marsh function. $35 and $25/Senior. WB Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

EAGLE ISLAND KAYAK TOUR

Explore Davis Creek and the Cape Fear River along Eagle Island learning about its history while observing wildlife. Cost: $45/person. Pre-reg. rqd. 3410075 or reg., halyburtonpark.com. Halyburton Park, 4099 S. 17th St.

BIRD HIKES

Each hike: $10/person. Pre-reg. rqd. Each month we will explore a different site along the NC Birding Trail in the Coastal Plain. Each hike will be appx. 2 miles.

Transportation from Halyburton Park is included.

12/15 - Wrightsville Beach. Call 341-0075 or Register Online at www.halyburtonpark.com. Halyburton Park, 4099 S. 17th St.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS BIRD CRUISE

Open for Lunch & Dinner

Watch the waterfront come alive in the holiday spirit!

Enjoy a hot or cold drink aboard the Wilmington.The Wilmington is a 46’ catamaran, handicapped accessible, and with a full bar and a spacious bathroom on board. Cruise will last for an hour. We will be boarding at 5:30pm.(910) 338-3134. Reservations required. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children ages 4-12. Wilmington Water Tours, 212 S. Water St.

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Nov. 30, 4pm: Join Wild Bird & Garden for a guided Owl Prowl! We’ll be exploring Carolina Beach State Park, which offers a variety of owl-friendly habitats and is a great place to hear/see Great Horned, Barred, and Eastern Screech Owls in action! Cost for the trip is $35 per person. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Our first Owl Prowl sold out quickly, so don’t delay if you want a spot! Call or visit Wild Bird & Garden in Wilmington (910) 343 6001 or Southport (910) 457 9453 for more details and to register. Carolina Beach State Park, 1010 State Park Rd.

classes ART CLASSES

Watercolor and Colored Pencils, Shells and Sea Creature: Project will teach you great creative skills in a fun, easy to do project that will produce beautiful results. • Multimedia Nature Print, Wed., 10amnoon and 2-4pm: Learn great creative skills in a fun,

easy to do project that will produce beautiful results.

• Paper Quilt Collage, 10am-noon and 2-4pm: This project will teach you great creative skills in a fun, easy to do project that will produce beautiful results. • Oil Pastel/Colored Pencil Designs, Sat., 10am-noon: This project will teach you great creative skills in a fun, easy to do project that will produce beautiful results. Sign up and see $20 for one/ $75 for all projects. Materials supplied. loislight@bellsouth.net or call 910 547-8115. Sun Room Studio, 6905 Southern Exposure WINE AND WATERCOLOR

Led by Nick Mijak. Every Tues. evening starting at 7:30 class is led by local watercolor artist Nick Mijak, we always enjoy a nice glass of wine while we learn some fundamental techniques of the mysterious medium of watercolor. The idea is to take the fear out of watercolor and learn the fun. All materials provided, and each participant gets a completed painting they are proud of by the end of the evening. Come join the fun, at Bar Local! Bar Local, Bellas: 19 Market St.

KIDS COOKING CLASSES

The Seasoned Gourmet is inviting kids 12 years old and older to embark on a culinary world tour! On this trip you will enjoy hands-on experience cooking in the African, Italian, Mexican and French traditions with our instructor, Sherry Storms. Each class will focus on a different county from which you will learn geographical and cultural facts; as well as, recipes native to these areas. All you have to pack for this trip is an apron! All classes are 6-8pm; 12 years and older. 5500 Market Street Suite 110.

BOOK MAKING FOR TEENS

Teens ages 12 and older will use recycled library materials to construct personalized side-bound books at this workshop. Participation is free and all tools and materials will be provided, but space is strictly limited. Reg, opens a month before the workshop on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org. 910-798-6303 or email Shannon Vaughn at svaughn@nhcgov.com.

NHC Myrtle Grove Library, 5155 South College Rd.

BOOK NOOK

Hands-on computer workshop at Northeast Library is for avid readers! Librarian Carla Sarratt will walk you through a variety of online tools for the reading community. At this training session you’ll learn tricks and tips for discovering reading and readalike suggestions using the Library’s own online catalog and website, NoveList, and Goodreads. You’ll also explore self-published books by Indie authors on Biblioboard! Seats limited and prereg. rqd. for free. www.nhclibrary.org or 910-798-6371. Carla Sarratt, 910-798-6371; csarratt@nhcgov.com. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

HALYBURTON PARK FITNESS CLASSES

Yoga classes every Wed., 9am, through Dec. 28 and at 6:30pm, through Dec. 28. Cost is $52.50. (No class on Nov. 23 and Dec. 21.) • Zumba classes held every Wed., 5:30pm, through Dec. 28 (no classes on Nov. 23 and Dec. 21) and every Thurs., 9am, through Dec. 29 (no classes Nov. 24, Dec. 22). Cost is $30. • Senior Fit Camp held every Thurs., 10am, through Dec. 29 (no classes Nov. 24, Dec. 22). Cost is $45. Halyburton Park, 4099 S. 17th St.

BACKLIT YOGA

Expo216 and Pineapple Studios have partnered together to bring a blacklight yoga experience to the Theater Room at Expo 216. An hour long yoga class, with ocean meditation, will be held on Sat. at 11am with Rebekah Boatwright. Donations for class are greatly appreciated! Expo 216, 216 N. Front St.

CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM SEMINAR

Dec. 10, 10am: An opportunity to experience more of what we have been talking about in a 10-week

seminar/discussion on Christian Mysticism. Local author John Evans will use the draft copy of his new book, “Discovery Prayer, Experiencing God as Jesus Did,” to present more effective prayer/meditation methods. Teaching and discussion will be flavored with poetry by the author and other mystics such as Saint Theresa of Avila and Meister Eckhart.The intent is to equip those who attend to make a fresh and more effective approach to intimacy with God. Pomegranate Bookstore, 4118 Park Ave., Saturdays, 10am. 12/10, 17 and 1/ 7, 14, 21. RSVP to insightbuilders@gmail.com if you would like to receive an email attachment with the relevant book chapters in advance. Each meeting is self-sufficient and useful.

SOUND THERAPY MEDITATION

Dec. 12, 6:30pm: Elevate your energy and rejuvenate every cell in your body with beautiful sounds of crystal quartz singing bowls and drums. You will be immersed in healing sounds that will re-energize and expand every chakra in your body, creating inner peace and harmony. Donation: pay-what-youcan. Harmony: A Wellness Center & Yoga, 3504 North Kerr Ave.

lectures/literary PEDALING FOR PAGES BOOK CLUB

Arrive by bike to receive the bicycle discount everyday. We do have a bike rack just outside the door and two more on the block. The group will read a selection that includes, fiction, biography, history, and memoir. Open to all levels of bicycle interest and ability. Meetings are last Thursday of the month at 6pm. Nov—Bike Snob: Systematically and Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling by BikeSnobNYC. Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.

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 Center, 1414 Physicians Dr. Free to adults, 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 Clamme, 910-796-7943. jason.clamme@lcfh.org.

PROLOGUE: PHILOSOPHER TOM MORRIS

Mon., Dec. 12, 7-8pm, MC Erny Gallery at WHQ. Prologue host, Ben Steelman of StarNews, will sit down with Tom V. Morris, “public philosopher” and author of such best-selling books as “If Aristotle Ran General Motors.” A former Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and holds a Ph.D. in philosophy

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20) Normally, I cheer you on when you devote single-minded attention to pressing concerns, even if you become a bit obsessive. But right now, in accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to run wild and free as you sample lavish variety. It’s prime time to survey a spectrum of spicy, shiny and feisty possibilities . . . to entertain a host of ticklish riddles rather than insist on prosaic answers. You have been authorized by the cosmos to fabricate your own temporary religion of playing around, messing around and fooling around.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Taurus poet Adrienne Rich described “an honorable human relationship” as “one in which two people have the right to use the word ‘love.’” How is that right earned? How is such a bond nurtured? Rich said it was “often terrifying to both persons involved,” because it’s “a process of refining the truths they can tell each other.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you’re in a favorable phase to become an even more honorable lover, friend and ally than you already are. To take advantage of the opportunity, explore this question: How can you supercharge and purify your ability to speak and hear the truth?

Machiavellian Approach to Men’s Style.” There are now more than 100 million members of this breed, but they are all descendants of just two rams and four ewes from 18th-century Spain. How did that happen? It’s a long story. (Read about it: tinyurl.com/merinosheep.) For the oracular purposes of this horoscope, I’ll simply say in the next nine months you’ll have the potential to germinate a few choice seeds that ultimately could yield enormous, enduring results. Choose well!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Five of my Scorpio acquaintances and 17 of my Scorpio readers have let me know they’re actively seeking to make new alliances and strengthen existing ones. Does this mean Scorpios everywhere are engaged in similar quests? I hope so. I would love to see you expand your network of likeminded souls. I would love for you to be ardent about recruiting more help and support. Happily, the current astrological omens favor such efforts.

Hot tip: For best results, be receptive, inviting and forthright.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

In Goethe’s play “Faust,” the hero bemoans his lack of inner unity. Two different souls live within him, he says, and they don’t cooperate. Even worse, they each try to rule him without consulting the other. I’m guessing you’ve experienced a more manageable version of that split during the course of your life. Lately, though, it may have grown more intense and divisive. If that’s true, I think it’s a good sign. It portends the possibility that healing is in the works—that energy is building for a novel synthesis. To help make it happen, identify and celebrate what your two sides have in common.

“The awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks,” novelist Terry Pratchett wrote.

That’s true enough, but I’ll add a caveat: Now and then the trickle of small chunks of awesome splendor gives way to a surge of really big chunks.

According to my astrological analysis, that’s either already happening for you or else is about to happen. Can you handle it? I’m sure you’ve noticed some people are unskilled at welcoming such glory; they prefer to keep their lives tidy and tiny. They may even get stressed out by their good fortune. I trust you’re not one of these fainthearted souls. I hope you will summon the grace you’ll need to make spirited use of the onslaught of magnificence.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

The poet Dick Allen described Zen Buddhism as being “so filled with paradoxes it jumps through hoops that aren’t even there.” I’m tempted to apply this description to the way you’ve been living your life recently. While I can see how it may have entertained you to engage in such glamorous intrigue, I’m hoping you will stop. There is no longer anything to be gained by the complicated hocus-pocus. It’s fine for you to jump through actual hoops if doing so yields concrete benefits.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

In his book “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,” John Koenig coins words to describe previously unnamed feelings. I suspect you may have experienced a few of them recently. One is “monachopsis,” defined as “the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.” Then there’s “altschmerz,” meaning “weariness with the same old issues you’ve always had.” Another obscure sorrow you might recognize is “nodus tollens,” or “the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense anymore.”

Now, I’ll tell you two of Koenig’s more uplifting terms, which I bet you’ll feel as you claw your way free of the morass. First, there’s “liberosis”: caring less about unimportant things; relaxing your grip so you can hold your life loosely and playfully. Second, there’s “flashover,” a moment when conversations become “real and alive, which occurs when a spark of trust shorts out the delicate circuits you keep insulated under layers of irony.”

For decades, numerous self-help authors have claimed humans use 10 percent or less of their brain’s potential. But the truth is: Our gray matter is far more active. The scientific evidence is now abundant. (See a summary: tinyurl.com/mindmyths.) I hope this helps spur you to destroy any limited assumptions you might have about your own brainpower, Leo. According to my astrological analysis, you could and should become significantly smarter in AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In 1983, two Australian blokes launched a quest to tip a drink at every the next nine months—wiser, too! pub in Melbourne. Thirty-two years later, Mick Stevens and Stuart MacArthur finally accomplished their goal when they sipped beers at The Clyde.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Born under the sign of Virgo, Mary Oliver is America’s best-selling poet. She It was the 476th establishment on their list. The coming weeks will be a wasn’t an overnight sensation, but she did win a Pulitzer Prize at 49. “What highly favorable time to plan an epic adventure of your own, Aquarius. I I loved in the beginning, I think, was mostly myself,” she confesses in one hope and pray, though, that you will make it more sacred and meaningful poem. “Never mind that I had to, since somebody had to. That was many than Stevens’ and MacArthur’s trivial mission. years ago.” I bet even at her current age of 81, Oliver is still refining and deepening her self-love. Neither she nor you will ever be finished with this grand and grueling project. Luckily for you both, now is a time when Virgos can and should make plucky progress in the ongoing work. (P.S.: And this is an essential practice if you want to keep refining and deepening your love for others.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

For three seasons of the year—spring, summer and fall—a certain weasel species has brown fur. During that time, it’s known as a stoat. When winter arrives, the creature’s coat turns white. Its name changes, too. We call it an ermine. The next spring, it again becomes a stoat. Given the nature of the astrological omens, Pisces, I think it would make poetic sense for you to borrow this strategy. What would you like your nickname to be during LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Most high-quality suits worn by men are made from the wool of merino sheep the next three months? Here are a few suggestions: Sweet Sorcerer, Secret raised in Australia. So says Nicholas Antongiavanni in his book, “The Suit: A Freedom-Seeker, Lost-and-Found Specialist, Mystery Maker, Resurrector. .

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and religious studies from Yale. Morris taught philosophy for 15 years at Notre Dame, where he ranked as one of the most popular professors on campus.

He then formed the Morris Institute for Human Values and became a noted motivational and inspirational speaker to corporations and government agencies.

Current foray into fiction with novels as “The Oasis Within” and “The Golden Palace.” WHQR Gallery, 254 N. Front St.

andbeyond.com. The Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave. EXPECTING MAMA’S CIRCLE

Sat, noon: Come chat with other pregnant mamas who are going through the same thing as you! Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Breastfeeding USA counselor, and Postpartum Doula, Jess Zeffiro will moderate a free Pregnancy Meetup Group. Expectant mothers are invited to pop into the group at any time to share their stories, ask questions, and connect with great area resources. Share your stories with each other and have any pregnancy and birth related questions answered in a supportive and caring environment. The Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

clubs/notices POKEMON LEAGUE

Come out to Cape Fear Games on Sunday evenings to catch them all by learning to play the Pokemon Trading Card game, battle and trade in the video games, or enjoy the store’s Pokemon Go Pokestop.

All ages are welcome to our family friendly environment. www.facebook.com/groups/CFGPokemon.

Cape Fear Games, 4107 Oleander Dr., Ste D

LA LECHE LEAGUE

Sat., 10am, meetings are informal and are open to pregnant women, mothers, babies and children.

If you have questions about breastfeeding or just would like to meet other breastfeeding mothers, this is the meeting for you. La Leche League Leaders are experienced mothers who have breastfed their own babies and who have been trained and accredited

by La Leche League International to help mothers and mothers-to-be with all aspects of breastfeeding.

Available by phone for breastfeeding questions or concerns. The Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC

Format of Magic: The Gathering tournaments, held on Friday nights in gaming stores and associations all across the world. They are designed to be a beginner-friendly introduction to organized play.

Standard format. $6 fee paid towards prize support for event. Prizes are a pack per win and also if you complete all 4 rounds. Event begins at 7pm, reg. begins at 6pm. Arrive early for event reg. Free play, $6 entry fee first FNM Free. Cape Fear Games, 4107 Oleander Dr., Ste D.

BIRTH CIRCLE

MID-WEEK HOLY EUCHARIST

Join us every Wed. at 12:10 p.m. for Holy Eucharist followed by community lunch (suggested donation, $5). www.spechurch.com. 910-762-4578. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St.

NAACP MEETING

Every 3rd Saturday come for our Birth Circle, something always different every month. Check out our website for more details of what we have in store this month & exact time of each event! www.thebump-

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Dec. 8, 6pm: New Hanover NAACP Officer Installation Winter Meeting is Thursday, December 8, 6 pm at Mount Olive AME Church, 1001 South 7th Street, Wilmington. Installation of officers is 6:30, followed by a covered dish supper. Members and

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Support groups for men and women follow at 8 pm.

The meeting is in the Extension located across from Branches bookstore and the church auditorium. For more information. contact Jodie at 910-547-8973, 791-3859 or Lifecc.com. Life Community Church, 3500 Oleander Dr. PFLAG

Free tasting ever Friday, 6pm. • Third Wednesday of PFLAG Meeting is first Mon/mo. at UNCW, in the Maeach month feat. musical and brewing talents alongsonboro Island Room #2010, 7pm. side an open mic night, as well as the opportunity for homebrewers to share, sample, and trade their PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Thurs., 6pm: Meets in Classroom C, Ground Floor. creations: an evening of beer and an open stage. PA Men and spouses welcome from the entire Cape and equipment provided. Share cups available. All Fear area. Discussion/programs. www.wilmingtongenres. All beer styles. • Dec. 10, 6pm: An evening prostatecancersupportgroup.com. 910-792-9953. with Bill’s Front Porch: As part of their monthly brewery series, Fermental proudly welcomes the crew from one of Wilmington’s newest local breweries, Bill’s Front Porch, for an evening of beer tastings, live music, food trucks, and more. Live music from artist Jason Ashby. Limited releases and everyday favor- LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR ites will be showcased with a substantial selection Explore the rich culture of our talented Southern town of food options from a local food truck. Fermental, with a 90 minute walking tour of the literary history of 7250 Market St. downtown Wilmington, NC. Visit “The Two Libraries.”

Walk the streets of your favorite novels, and stand RIVER BLUFFS FARMER’S MARKET where Oscar Wilde did when he lectured here. SatEvery Sat., 10am-3pm: Farmer Bill is up early most urdays, 1:30pm, Old Books on Front St. 249 N. Front mornings, tending to the crops at The River Bluffs St. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1282390 Organic Farm. Situated on 10 acres of land, The Farm utilizes sustainable growing methods so that all CONFEDERATE WALKING TOURS Experience Wilmington’s people, history and archiyielded produce can be tagged “certified organic.” tecture in the late antebellum period and during the Located just down the road from the entrance of Rivconflict, conducted by noted Wilmington historian er Bluffs, The Farm helps to fill the amazing menu at Bernhard Thuersam Walk in the footsteps of George the neighborhood restaurant—Porches Cafe. River Washington, James Monroe, Daniel Webster, Robert Bluffs, 3571 Hansa Dr. http://riverbluffsliving.com/ E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and more. In-depth 90-minsaturday-farm-market. ute tours are by appt, Sunday through Saturday, 910MAKE FRENCH MACARONS 619-4619 or bernhard1848@gmail.com. PersonalCook with us at CFCC’s Culinary Academy and ized tours downtown and local forts available. Foot Chef Gwen Gulliksen! Your cookies will be the talk of Market St. www.cfhi.net. of the neighborhood this year! Impress friends and GHOST WALK family with these classic almond cookies featuring 6:30 & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors a mouth-watering chocolate truffle filling. Course is through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington.

December 10th, 10am-noon Pre-registration is reNightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Admission quired. For more info or to register, visit: www.cfcc. charge. Water & Market sts. RSVP rqd: 910-794edu/enrich or call 910-362-7572. 411 N. Front St. 1866; hauntedwilmington.com

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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 our brewers and get two free samples.

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HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS

Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions. Market and Water sts. $12/ adult, $5/child. (910) 251-8889. www.horsedrawntours.com

Every Thursday night for beer bingo. No charge for cards. Great prizes. Food and drink specials.

Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St. INSIDER’S TOUR Curious about the Cape Fear? Explore the history of AYCE OYSTER ROAST Every Friday for All You Can Eat oysters, shell on your community at Cape Fear Museum. Take the Inshrimp, fried shrimp, hushpuppies and slaw. Only sider’s Tour offered the 2nd Tuesday of each month $34.95. Local oysters. Capt’n Bills Backyard and at 10am. Tours are free with admission and include Grille, 4240 Market St. a “behind the scenes” sneak peek. Pre-registration is required: 910-798-4362 or cfmprograms@nhcgov. com. Free w/general admission or membership.

Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

support groups CHADD

Wilmington Area CHADD meets on the 2nd Monday of every month from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B. This free support group is open to a growing group of parents, grandparents and individuals affected by AD/HD who understand what it takes to face its daily challenges. Free. Pine Valley United Methodist Church 3788 Shipyard Blvd., bldg B. WilmingtonCHADD.org

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Life Community Church, located inside Independence Mall, will have a Celebrate Recovery meeting every Monday evening at 6:30 pm starting with fellowship followed by a large group meeting at 7pm.

SUNSET TOUR

Nightly, 6:30pm Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours offers several versions of its famed Sunset Cruise.

All depart the Blockade Runner Dock at 6:30 pm and return at 8:00 pm. Tours depart earlier in the Spring and Fall. Routes vary with season, weather, and whim on the Basic Sunset Cruise but may include Masonboro Island, Figure Eight Island, Bradley Creek, Money Island or some other combination. Water, marsh, Shamrock, sunset – it’s a simple combination but very satisfying. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd. www.wrightsvillebeachscenictours.com

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