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news & views.....................4-7 4-6 op-ed: Cassandra Stanton continues her

COVER STORY: RICKETY CHARM

journey of living local for an entire year; Adrian

Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs will be taking center stage on Wednes-

7 news of the weird: Chuck Shepherd

day, December 16th, at the Soapbox Laundro Lounge (along with Taylor

finds the oddities of crime.

Varnam reveals the winner of this year’s Clarence Award: Jock Brandis.

Hollingsworth, Bibis Ellison and The Beatups). With their Southern roots music infused with blues, country and even a live foot-percussion rig, it could very well be, according to Shea, the best show of the entire year!

Find out more about these musical phenoms at www.hollygolightly.com— and whatever happens, do not miss this show!

artsy smartsy ...................8-19 8 theater: MJ Pendleton previews Guerilla Theatre’s “Reindeer Monologues.”

11 film reviews: Anghus Houvouras reviews Wes Anderson’s animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox.

12 art preview: Lauren Hodges previews the

concert tickets

Want to see the best in music at Myrtle Beach’s House of Blues? Or UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium? Or Soapbox Laundro Lounge? Visit, www.encorepub.com, to enter one of our many concert contests, and try for a chance to score tickets to area shows! Currently online: Mario, The Wailers, Chairmen of the Board, Corey Smith, Benji Hughes and more!

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Our apologies for the delay in announcing the winners of this year’s Creative Writing contest and ‘Toons contest. To our horror and misfortune, editor Shea Carver was recently abducted by the same mysterious, alien elves who put up all the giant, blow-up

Santa Clauses in car lots across town overnight—which is why the announcement has been put on hold for now. Contests winners will be announced in the last edition of the year. (The abductors, by the way, declined to comment.)

late-night funnies

“New reports on Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue bus tour. They say she’s been traveling on private planes to various stops and then just hops in the bus at the local town. So, let’s see what you got. You have Sarah Palin, who’s no longer governor, who’s promoting a book she didn’t actually write by going on a bus tour which is not really a bus. Her big complaint?

Politicians who aren’t real.”—Jay Leno “Everybody’s talking about President Obama’s speech last night. He’s sending

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Editor-in-ChiEf: Shea Carver

Art dirECtor Sue Cothran

AssistAnt Editor: Emily Rea

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John Hitt: Downtown, Carolina Beach

ChiEf Contributors: Adrian Varnam, Nicki Leone, Anghus Houvouras, Carolyna Shelton, Rosa Bianca, MJ Pendleton, Ashley Cunningham, Robert Blanton, Lauren Hodges, Tiffanie Gabrielse, Tom Tomorrow, Chuck Shepherd

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mixed-arts show Geminid at the Soapbox.

13 gallery guide: See what local galleries are hanging.

15 cover story: Shea Carver previews the upcoming Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs show at the Soapbox.

16-19 soundboard: Find out what bands and solo musicians are playing shows in venues all over town.

grub & guzzle..................20-23 20-23 dining guide: Need a few suggestions on where to eat? Flip through encore’s dining guide for the scoop on the Port City’s finest.

extra! extra! ...................24-35 24 book review: Tiffanie Gabrielse previews Camden Noir’s Label 228.

26 fact or fiction: Ashley Cunningham presents the latest installment of her fiction series, “Ashed.”

27 holiday traditions: encore readers and staff tell their once-a-year customs and rituals.

Shea Carver: Midtown, Monkey Junction

John Hitt encore is published weekly, on Wednesday, by Wilmington Media. opinions of contributing writers are not necessarily the opinions of encore.

30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Right now, in Scandinavia, the Nobel Committee is really rethinking the whole peace prize.”— Craig Ferguson “Time magazine plans to announce its ‘Person of the Year’ next week. And top contenders include President Obama and Steve Jobs. The other top contender? The one guy who still reads Time magazine.”—Conan O’Brien “After three months of will he or won’t he, the president went on all the major networks and NBC to finally reveal what he is going to do about Afghanistan. And for critics who say Americans haven’t sacrificed for these wars, well, they have now. Because last night, the president’s speech actually preempted the annual showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Good grief, it’s literally a war on Christmas.”—Stephen Colbert “Congratulations, I want to say, to former President Bill and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Their daughter, Chelsea, got engaged over the weekend. You know when you have to decide whether or not to invite the bride’s father to the bachelor party? That’s going to be a tough call.”—Jimmy Kimmel “Khalid is expected to get a tough reception here in New York City because everybody hates him. You know, why not? Here’s a guy you can hate. And on top of that, he’s a Red Sox fan.”—David Letterman

word of the week

fat•u•ous [FACH-oo-uhs] adj.

1. Inanely foolish,unintelligent; stupid.

2. Illusory; delusive.

Latin: fatuus, “foolish, idiotic, silly.”

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Live Local. Live Small.

Week two of the 52-week challenge, a.k.a. Black Friday

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s a small-business owner I think about Black Friday a lot. It is the day that most retailers hope to get out of the red and into the black for the year.

It has been interesting to look at the coverage of the annual event. The Star-News reported from Stein Mart that all seven registers were “open and running steady.”

The report form the Cotton Exchange, however, mentioned that the Celtic Shop still had five people looking at merchandise by 5pm. Interesting contrast, no?

The bookstore, without question, had its best day of the year, and like many merchants, we were up over last year. I am so grateful, I don’t have words for it. Daddy called around 4pm, and I was thrilled to tell him we had about 15 people in the store

by: Cassandra Stanton at once (which is unheard of). But compare our best day of the year at $502.73 (that’s gross-sales tax still included), to any major chain store’s receipts by 11am.

One of the reoccurring questions that the inaugural column of the Live Local, Live Small Campaign generated was, “Have you heard of The 3/50 Project?” (www. the350project.net). The answer: “Yes, we have had their window cling up for about a year on the front of the bookstore.” Actually the lovely ladies at Glynne’s Soaps (www.glynnesoaps.com) first sent me an e-mail about the 3/50 Project—”saving the brick and mortars our nation is built on,” as

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the slogan goes. The fact that 3/50 educates people about the value of their spending habits makes it first and foremost appealing. From the Web site, it states, “If half the employed population [in America] spent $50 locally each month in independently owned businesses, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue”—in other words, $42.6 billion spent in the U.S., not sent to China. They also make the point that when consumers spend money over the Internet, none of it is re-invested in their respective communities.

Now, think about all the money spent on Black Friday in Wilmington. If it was spent at a chain, about 60 percent is going up the corporate ladder and leaving Wilmington, while a substantial portion of that flees the country altogether. But if it was spent at a small, locally owned business, 70 percent would stay here. That is a huge difference.

Just as an example, let us look at how the $502.73 gross will be spent: Sales tax will take up $38.96, leaving $463.77. Fine, we are happy to pay sales tax, no problem (a later column will be dedicated to the break down of sales-tax collection and distribution). Every small-business owner can calcu-

late how each dollar taken in is spent. That figure will be spent with the following break down: Half will go to our rent, a third to to utilities, and the remainder gets divided up between debt service, advertising, the small living I try to eek out from the store and miscellaneous expenses (like the clear plastic packaging tape I referred to last week). Now, savvy readers would probably notice that inventory is not included in that break down, because right now we have more inventory that we can sell and consequently are not buying any for some time. But when these figures change, the distribution of the percentage will have to change to meet the needs.

Our rent is paid to a real person in Charlotte, and our utilities are paid to the CFPUA and Progress Energy. We buy advertising from local publications, organizations and even in theatre production books. However, our debt service goes to a big faceless bank with a Delaware address. In the end, though, $425 of that $463.77 will be spent in some form or another in our state.

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An Angel Gets His Wings: Local Full Belly founder gets UNCW’s Clarence Award

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by: Adrian Varnam

Clarence Award Ceremony

presented to Jock Brandis of The Full Belly Project UNCW Kenan Auditiorium Screenings: Two Hours in the Dark (a short

by Chip Hackler) and It’s a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra December 13th, 2pm dence from Nigeria in the late 1960s. With years of humanitarian work in Africa under his belt, Brandis returned to North America and began working in the film industry, a career path that eventually landed him in Wilmington. But after many years of being a fixture in the area’s growing film community, Brandis became increasingly discontent with the work and found himself longing again to make a difference in the lives of others, outside of making movies.

“I was really just very bored with the film industry, and no one liked working with me because I really didn’t like doing it anymore,” he reveals. “You know, you don’t wanna spend all your time hanging around someone who just doesn’t want to be there. And I guess I always wanted to do this. People in the film business remember, the joke was, when they’d see me daydreaming, they’d say, ‘Oh, he’s thinking about drip irrigation in Zimbabwe.’”

Always known to friends and colleagues as an innovative and technical whiz, it was around this time in 2001 that Brandis traveled to Mali, Africa, to help a friend in the Peace Corps repair some machinery. In what would become a serendipitous moment, he made a promise to some village women to locate a machine back in the States to help them shell peanuts more efficiently, a technological advancement that would provide more food and income from the trade. So when Brandis returned to find nothing of the sort here in America, he invented one himself. The result, the Universal Nut Sheller, was the impetus for the founding of his non-profit organization, Full Belly Project, and garnered Brandis and his invention national awards and recognition, including the 2006 Popular Mechanic’s Breakthrough Award and the 2008 $100,000 Purpose Prize.

But what makes Brandis so unusual is his desire to keep his contributions and ideas public domain, a decision that he believes has the greatest impact on the greatest number of people. It’s a quality not lost on

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trange, isn’t it?” asks angel Clarence Odbody to George Bailey in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. “Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” It’s a philosophical question that UNCW Film Studies Chair, Dr. Lou Buttino, has seen asked countless times as part of his department’s annual screening of the holiday classic. But it was five years ago that the scene became the impetus for the creation of the Clarence Award, which recognizes someone in the community who helps others realize, like Clarence, how valuable their lives are to others. This year’s award will be presented to a man many consider an angel among us: Wilmington resident and founder of the Full Belly Project, Jock Brandis.

“The Clarence Award is about recognizing someone for their contribution, the nature of their contribution and the nature of the person themselves,” Dr. Buttino says. “We really try to represent that angel in It’s a Wonderful Life, who really does make people see that they do matter in this world. It’s an ironic thing because the goal is to pick somebody that wouldn’t normally want to receive an award. That’s not why they’re doing it. They’re doing it because they care, and because they’re generous of spirit and the last thing they want to do is to be recognized. And those are the people that I want to recognize so that we have positive role models in this community, about the galvanizing power of good example.”

In keeping with that theme, it’s an award, Dr. Buttino says, that truly comes from the community itself. Nominees are recommended every fall by citizens who wish to recognize the angelic nature of someone in the area, and the winner is voted on by an anonymous committee of faculty and students. The winner is awarded during the annual screening of Capra’s film at UNCW, now in its 12th year.

For the greater Wilmington community, and throughout many parts of the poorest areas of our world, Jock Brandis, is the epitome and living embodiment of the spirit of Clarence Odbody. Born in the Netherlands and raised in Canada, Brandis, as a young man, became a volunteer with CUSO, the Canadian version of the Peace Corps. After two years teaching in West Kingston, Jamaica, he returned to Canada and began working with Oxfam International in their effort to aid the people of Biafra, a secessionist state trying to gain indepen-

MAN OF HONOR: Jock Brandis, founder of The Full Belly Project, will be awarded the 2009 Clarence Award at UNCW on December 13th for his work toward lessening world hunger, one country at a time.

Lou Buttino. In fact, he believes it’s exactly what makes Brandis a modern-day Clarence Odbody.

“Jock’s so self-effacing, so generous of heart and so modest,” Dr. Buttino says.

“It’s very rare to find all of that in somebody.

I think he has the same wit as Clarence, the same sense of humor and unselfish willingness to give, and I think without saying so, he demonstrates a powerful, powerful belief that we can do better—and he’s done it.

There were some really nice candidates for this year’s award, but if you’re feeding the third world, it’s hard to compete with that.”

Brandis’ work with the Full Belly Project has grown well beyond helping to feed the poor with the Universal Nut Sheller. What began as a project designed to address one specific problem has grown into a full-blown organizational think-tank and engineering firm, addressing the underdeveloped world’s biggest issues with ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness. Nearly an estimated quarter of a million children die every year due to diseases stemming from poor hygiene in school. Brandis and Full Belly invented a

hand-washing system, using an oil drum, truck tire, plastic bottles, bolts and bottle caps. During an African dry season, it’s hard to irrigate props efficiently or even supply enough water to keep cattle alive. Brandis and Full Belly invented a water pump that uses a reciprocating motor built from concrete and truck inner tubes. The secret, he says, is using simple technology that can be duplicated using materials already accessible in the countries that need it the most. It’s this approach that fuels the Full Belly Project and their mission to change the lives of others through self-sustaining ingenuity.

“These pumps will go to a village; they won’t go to a family,” Brandis says.

“You can basically irrigate an acre of land a day with this pump. We have a whole array of technology—we have a lot of solutions. We have fuel solutions, and we have food solutions and water pumping and drilling and purifying solutions and all kinds of stuff. I was kind of a mad inventor in the movie business, and I just learned to do really weird out-of-the-box stuff. I guess I just have a talent for it.”

Talent and dedication, and an unwavering spirit matched with big ideas and a desire for changing lives. Brandis and his colleagues at the Full Belly organization, and their partners, approach every day with a purpose to help those around the world learn to help themselves. It’s a philosophy that recognizes the importance of the human spirit and offers hope for a better life.

“Being recognized for this is really nice,” he says. “And, you know, the whole kind of Clarence idea is a nice, interesting, Christmas metaphor. So, I’m sort of flattered.

When they told me, I thought, Well, that’s a nice thing. People don’t normally connect me with angels. You know, they connect me with mad scientists, but not angels.”

The Clarence Award will be presented to Jock Brandis, Sunday, December 13th, at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium. The event will begin at 2pm with a presentation of Chip Hackler’s Two Hours in the Dark, a short film about Frank Capra, followed by the 12th annual screening of It’s a Wonderful Life. All events are free and open to the public.

d r i e w e h t f o s w ne Chuck Shepherd digs up the strangest of the strange in world news

LEAD STORY Commercial test-preparation courses are already popular for applicants to top colleges and graduate schools, and recently also for admission to prestigious private high schools and grade schools. Now, according to a November New York Times report, such courses and private coaching are increasingly important for admission to New York City’s high-achiever public kindergartens, even though the applicants are just 3 and 4 years old. Basic coaching, which may cost more than $1,000, includes training a child to listen to an adult’s questions and to sit still for testing. Minimum qualification for topshelf kindergartens are scores at the 90th percentile on the Olsat reasoning test and the Bracken School Readiness knowledge test.

Police Report In the past three years, at least 39 drivers in Dallas have been ticketed by police officers for the “offense” of being “a non-English speaking driver,” according to a Dallas Morning News investigation in October. The software for officers’ in-car computers features a check-off box with the phrase, perhaps leading officers (and their sergeants) to believe it constituted a separate traffic offense rather than merely an indication that the motorist might not have understood an officer’s instructions. The police chief expressed shock at the report and promised to end the practice.

The Public Record: (1) From the Findlay, Ohio, police: “A woman called the police early Saturday morning (Oct. 31) during an argument with her husband after he claimed that the woman’s daughter performed oral sex on him, and the daughter was better at it.” (2) From the Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, Colo.), Nov. 4: “Police were called to a report of a suspicious incident in the 2900 block of West Acres Drive where a woman reported that she found feces in her toilet that she did not think she put there.”

Justifiable Felonies? (1) Five people were arrested in Los Angeles in October and charged with kidnapping and “torturing” two “loan modification” agents who had taken fees while promising to save their home from foreclosure but had allegedly failed to help.

(2) Daniel Adler, 61, was arrested in October in Stony Point, N.Y., and charged with assault. Police said Adler had been solicited by a Sears Home Improvement telemarketer and had agreed to an appointment but that when the employee arrived, Adler allegedly punched him in the face. Adler said he had scheduled the appointment only to “advise” Sears, in person, to stop calling him.

Oops! In an October incident, an off-duty Jacksonville, Fla., sheriff’s deputy forgot to

leave her service weapon outside when accompanying her mother to Shands Jacksonville hospital for an MRI. The powerful magnet sucked her Glock away in a flash, trapping the deputy’s hand between the machine and the gun. Repairs, plus the lengthy poweringdown and re-powering of the machine, was said to have cost the hospital $150,000.

Government In Action Google 1, FBI 0: In September, Nebraska prison guard Michal Preclik, 32 (who had been on the job for a year and had just been promoted), was discovered to be on the lam from Interpol for drug and fraud crimes in the Czech Republic. The Corrections Department’s background check, on the FBI’s National Criminal Information Center database, had turned up nothing, but when officials subsequently Googled Preclik, the Interpol wanted poster was one of the top results.

Promoting the General Welfare in Malaysia: (1) The government of the state of Terengganu initiated a campaign in November to halt the growing divorce rate by offering pre-marital classes in sensuality. Also, because newlyweds have identified spousal body odor and ugly pajamas as turn-offs, the government invited cosmetics firms and lingerie sellers to improve their offerings. (2) The chairwoman of the family and health committee of Malaysia’s Kelantan state suggested in October that male legislators should take, as additional wives (permitted under Islam), some of the 16,000 unmarried mothers now dependent on state support.

U.S. Homeland Security officials confirmed in October that an estimated 200,000 temporarily admitted foreign visitors to the U.S. since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are still in the country illegally, with overstayed visas, and that there is still no system in place to catch them. The problem had surfaced in September when a 19-year-old Jordanian man (legally admitted on a since-expired tourist visa) was arrested and accused of plotting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper.

He had been arrested two weeks before that on a traffic violation, and even though he was on an FBI watch list because of visits to a jihadist Web site, he had no immigration “record” and thus was released after paying the traffic fine.

Democracy in Action When the DRP party candidate for president of Mexico City’s most populous borough lost in the primary this year, party officials hatched a plot to elevate a street peddler, “Juanito” Angeles, to run in the general election, with the “understanding” that he would step aside if victorious, in favor of the original candidate, Clara Brugada.

Helped by his “everyman” image (according

to a New York Times dispatch), Angeles won the election. However, his sudden power and celebrity apparently went to his head, and he refused to relinquish the presidency.

(He finally agreed, in September, but only after receiving concessions from the party.)

Florida Democracy in Action: (1) When a Broward County Republican club held its scheduled meeting in October at a local gun range (according to a South Florida SunSentinel report), among the shooters was the congressional candidate trying to unseat the Democratic incumbent, and on his target as he fired away, someone had written the Democrat’s initials. (2) Also in Broward County in October, the father (a Democrat) of County Mayor Stacy Ritter was arrested and charged with threatening his daughter at gunpoint. The father is running for mayor of Tamarac and was upset that his daughter had endorsed his opponent.

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X-Rated X-mas: Guerilla Theatre presents ‘The Eight: Reindeer Monologues’ by: MJ Pendleton

Reindeer Monologues

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“Cupid (Tony Moore) is a flaming gay, Blitzen (Susan Auten) is a stereotypical bull dyke, and Hollywood, formerly known as Prancer (Amber Davis), is the diva.

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ccording to Cupid, Santa Claus has been “a walking, talking, holly-jolly sex-crime-waiting-to-happen for years!” Santa is a pervert?! Is nothing sacred? Playwright Jeff Goode (rhymes with “rude”) exposes the seamy side of Santa with uncensored abandon in “Reindeer Monologues.” Vixen accuses Santa of sexual assault—sodomy? bestiality?—so all the reindeer “dish the dirt about the boss, a drunken womanizer who likes to molest his reindeer,” according to Richard Davis (Donner and Dasher).

The Monologues are “different perspectives and different narratives of the same story,” Amber Davis said, told by the eight famous reindeer that are stereotypical representations of character types.

REINDEER GAMES: The cast of the ‘Reindeer Monologues’ brings a saucy mien to the holiday season. Simply put, this isn’t a ‘family’ holiday tradition.

and they are all irredeemable,” Richard Davis explained. Each actor plays two reindeer that have very different personalities and opinions about Santa. Auten also plays Comet, a “sweet, nice, born-again” deer who believes Santa saved her, she explained.

“I’m used to playing strong, hard characters,” she added, so Comet is a challenge.

Though poor, freaky Rudolph doesn’t make an appearance, Auten mentioned “he talks to his invisible friend about mistletoe and penises.”

There is apparently an allegorical aspect to the play, which pokes fun at abusive bosses and whiny employees/victims. “There are themes underneath the ridiculousness of it,” Auten said, but obviously a “suspension of disbelief” is required.

“Reindeer Monologues” is “a uniquely bitter but humorous look at the holiday season, Christmas in America, consumerism and stereotypes,” Richard Davis explained.

“Dirty, raunchy dialogue is not supposed to be associated with Christmas, so there is this shock value,” Moore added. Even pedophilia is suggested. “Do you know how many tight,

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young asses have crossed his lap?” Cupid quips. “And he makes them stand in line!”

Christmas is for kids and, for a few years at least, parents are under enormous pressure to perpetuate the fantasy. The smart kids, of course, profess an unwavering belief in the superpower Santa well into their teens. After all, depending on the goodness factor, money is no object. Let’s face it: Santa Claus has terrorized parents for years. A replenishing stock of Wiis, iPods, Xbox 360s, Pleo dinosaurs and MP3s are all just piled in the back of his sleigh and will magically appear under the tree on Christmas morning. It is also rumored that elves decorate the house, trim the tree, clean for company and cook the Yuletide feast.

“Nobody’s happy during holidays,” Richard Davis grumbled.

“People are all angry and mean,” Auten agreed.

Guerilla Theatre offers a happy solution and temporary stress-relief for grown-ups with “Reindeer Monologues.” Get a babysitter or, since children are being good right now, leave the rug rats home alone. “Turn off the pressure valve and laugh your ass off,” Richard Davis urges; enjoy a well-deserved mental-health evening. Even better, invite friends and give other adults the gift of laughter instead of a bottle of wine.

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‘Fantastic,’ It Is!

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Wes Anderson’s latest animation is a hit

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think my days of bagging on animated films may be coming to an end. While I still loathe the overproduced, over-saturated world of kid-friendly computer-generated garbage, I find myself occasionally engaged in the medium. Last week I was pleasantly surprised by Disney’s A Christmas Carol. Earlier this year I was captivated

by the latest Miyazaki film Ponyo and the 3-D, stop-motion charmer Coraline. But this year’s animated offerings all pale in comparison to Wes Anderson’s quirky bit of trifle: Fantastic Mr. Fox. This is the antithesis to all the technical marvels being churned out by movie studios, the luddite that decries the fancy technological toys, standing firm on the principles of story and character. Technologically, the animation technique is crude—more akin to claymation and the wonderful Rankin/Bass-animated holiday specials that have become mainstays of the season. The minimalism works greatly to bring this strange little world to life, a world populated by some of the most imaginative woodland creatures ever seen.

Mr. Fox (George Clooney) is the typical wild animal. He enjoys his daily romp through the forest and the company of his lady friend, Felicity (Meryl Streep). Like all wild animals, they eventually get tamed.

Once Felicity gets pregnant, Mr. Fox has to stop his dangerous, chicken-stealing ways and settle down into a quiet suburban life— which isn’t easy for a wily fox. The trappings of underground suburbia paint Mr. Fox into an uncomfortable corner. He has a wonderful life with his wife and son, Ash (Jason

by: Anghus

Fantastic Mr. Fox Starrring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman

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foxy: George Clooney plays the wild and wily Mr. Fox in Wes Anderson’s new animated film, Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Schwartzman), but the wild animal within pushes him to take crazy risks much to the chagrin of his neighbors: the loathsome farmers, Bunce, Boggis and Bean.

After Mr. Fox pilfers their respective wares, they team up to try and rid the forest of such mischievous ways. This is, of course, a little upsetting to the other animals living there, including the lawyers Beaver, Beaver and Badger (Bill Murray), and the crazy-eyed opossum Kylie (Wallace Wolodarsky).

The characters are the real reason to see Fantastic Mr. Fox. The story is a simple little fox hunt, penned by Roald Dahl, containing the basic principles of any good piece of children’s literature. It’s a fun frolic with a lot of humor and a few scares to keep the kids on their toes. There’s some really freaky imagery in the film. If I was 9, I would have been scared shitless by the red-eyed Rat (Willem Dafoe) who guards the delicious alcoholic cider. He has his own creepy theme music and wields a switchblade; this is what children’s nightmares are made of.

Usually, I don’t mention production design

a few must-sees this week in reviews. For the most part, it’s a major contribution to any film that often goes unnoticed. In stop-motion animation, production design has a far more vibrant presence.

Everything in the film is manufactured in miniature scale, filled with warm hues and soft edges. While not nearly as detailed as this year’s superb Coraline, with less-expressive characters crafted by the Oscar-winning Nick Park (Wallace & Grommit), they do possess their own unique charm and personalities.

Thus, their characteristics all feel part of the same world. Yet, there is something wonderfully disturbing about their design.

The script, penned by Wes Anderson and independent scribe Noah Baumbach, is a brilliant larf, full of whimsical dialogue and some snappy banter. The word “cuss” is used in place of more questionable four-letter words.

Anderson has always made movies known for a surreptitious amount of charm. Some people find his style tired. Personally, I can’t get enough. I’ve been a fan of the man for 10 years, since I first laid my eyes on Rushmore and eagerly lined up for each subsequent release. Fantastic Mr. Fox fits perfectly into his canon. It’s humorous (though never hilarious), sharp and has an incredibly deep number of fleshed-out supporting characters.

I can see the film raising the ire of cynics who deem the lowbrow animation technique and simplistic story as being “just for kids,” but there’s a lot here for fans of eclectic films. This is as far removed from the normal family-film experience as anything I’ve seen this year—not nearly as dismissive to children as the horribly staged Where the Wild Things Are. It offers enough for adults to feed their appetite without reducing the story to poorly drawn allegory.

Kudos to the team behind Fantastic Mr. Fox. It is a wonderful little fable, with just the right amount of silly and sincere.

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Can satire, intelligence and impersonation save the world? The Yes Men seem to think so. Whether they are posing as representatives of Dow Chemical to announce that Dow would take responsibility for the horrible gas spill in Bhopal or pretending to be from Haliburton promoting an inflatable 6-foot “Surviveaball” providing protection from climate change, the Yes Men are taking on the purveyors of corporate greed. They set up fake Web sites, get entrance to corporate meetings, and they make waves. They not only hoodwink corporate execs into believing they are who they say they are, but they remind us we wish some of their promises were true.

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The film centers around a widowed man who, realizing that his wife was his only real connection with his children, sets off on a cross-country Greyhound bus ride from New York to Las Vegas to reunite with each of his children. A remake of Giuseppe Tornatore’s Stanno Tutti Bene, starring Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore. PG-13

Carmike 16 111 Cinema Drive • 910-815-0266 Armored A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist—against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and hell breaks loose; all bets are off and each man must fight to survive. PG-13 All AreA movie listings And pArAgrAph synopses cAn be found At encorepub.com.

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Sky Worship: Performance art and astonomy collide this weekend

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elf-proclaimed space-geek Allison Parker was heartbroken in October of 2008 when an overcast sky prevented her from seeing the Perseid meteor shower. Disappointed and hungry for a gallactic experience of her own, Parker gathered her colleagues and did what the local creative community does best: They conceptualized. “I guess I just thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to try to re-create a meteor shower using performance art?’”

Parker remembers.

The group that congregated was a party of Wilmington’s most modern dancers, noise experimenters, DJs, audio-visualists and designers. The oddball but irresistible creations of this crowd have been spreading throughout local galleries and hipster hangouts ever since, developing a loyal following and some truly original concepts.

Case in point: the Geminid Meteor Shower celebrations, which emerged from Parker’s thinktank of artists. The event is a mixture of visual, musical and dance art that aims to recreate the ethereal experience of a meteor shower.

“Since we started this, we’ve had a few meteor shows at Bottega, the Juggling Gypsy and Parallelogram,” Parker says. The events,

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Geminid Meteor Show Soapbox Laundro Lounge, upstairs Featuring various art and artists, including an all-night dance party Tickets : $3 December 12th, 10pm ‘til which always occur in conjunction with a live meteor shower, include artists from the 910 Noise Scene, like Authorless, One Lifeless Eye and Food World. Dance performances by artists from the Juggling Gypsy Belly Dance Troupe often join in the festivities.

“What’s great about these performances is that audiences can expect a beautiful experience,” Parker explains. “It’s a sample of everything, from gorgeous amplified cello, to breakbeats, to experimental music, plus original film and dance.”

The films are often homemade slide shows and video projections designed by the artists to accompany the audio. Performers like Steph.

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present a feast for the eyes, usually enhanced by modern dance, along with the experimental sounds. Yet, something else truly sets the experience apart from all other performances.

“Not only do we offer live music, modern dance, and original slide and video projections, but the musicians will have no breaks during songs,” Parker says. “It’s one long shower of sound; each band transitions into the next, with soft parts and hard parts, almost as if we are one big band.”

To bring the space theme into the visual mix, performers dress in black in white, and Parker says the creativity in that aspect never disappoints. “We are trying to channel and respect something bigger than ourselves,” she says.

“It’s like a play; we’re telling a story.”

With the galaxy as their inspiration, Parker and friends hope to bring attention and respect to the rising stars of experimental art. “We hope that people can marvel at the tranquil-

ity of the performance,” she says. Still, they won’t let their audience get too comfortable.

Peaceful rolls of sound are often interrupted by a startling bang or pop to jolt the room back onto its toes. “That’s when you can really get lost in the roller coaster of it all,” Parker notes.

On December 12th, space-geeks and performance-art lovers will come together for another shower extravaganza at the Soapbox.

Solo keyboardist Steph. Dig. It will open the show at 10pm with a slide show. Jude Eden’s electric cello and modern dance piece will follow at 10:30pm. An hour-and-a half of experimental sound, video projections, and more modern dancing will commence at 11pm, with artists Authorless, the Caucasians and Tickle Button. DJ Teknacolor Ninja takes over at 1am for an all-night dance party.

E-mail AlliPoet@aol.com for more information about the Geminid Meteor Shows.

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Crescent Moon

332 Nutt St, The Cotton Exchange (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm; Sun., 12-4pm www.crescentmoonnc.com Keeping it local…Crescent Moon has partnered with Old Growth Riverwood on Castle Hayne Road to supply hand-made shelving crafted from reclaimed wood from The Cape Fear River for our new display area in the gift gallery. The new display area will be primarily dedicated to the promotion of local glass and metal artists at Crescent Moon. We now have ten local glass artists associated with us.

Old Growth Riverwood reclaims lost pieces of history and transforms them into unique and beautiful wood products for home or business. Old Growth Riverwood is committed to being environmentally responsible and does not cut down any living trees to produce their products. This project partnership speaks to a mutual philosophy, of buying and using hand-made and environmentally conscience work when possible.

One reason we love our location within The Cotton Exchange is the reuse of the wonderful historic buildings that have been so much a part of the downtown area. Hours: Monday- Saturday 10am-5:30pm and Sundays 12pm-4pm. Crescent Moon is located in The Cotton Exchange where parking is free while shopping or dining. Follow us on twitter as CrescentMoonNC or become a fan on our Facebook page!

FastFrame Gallery

1319 Military Cutoff Rd. Landfall Center (910) 256-1105 Mon.-Fri.., 10am-6pm • Sat., 10am-4pm www.fastframeofwilmington.com FASTFRAME Gallery is pleased to present the Second Annual Fill the Cupboard Art Show: “Ordinary View, Extraordinary Vision,” November 13 through December 31, featuring Terry Rosenfelder’s sophisticated oils, M. Matteson Smith’s unique paper sculptures, and Sara Westermark’s original jewelry designs. Again this year, FASTFRAME cheerfully encourages and will be delighted to accept food and financial contributions to help several of our local food banks. Come meet the artists at the Opening

Reception on Friday, November 13, from 5:00 until 7:30 p.m., with wine tasting by WineStyles and appetizers by The Sandwich Pail.

Hampstead Art Gallery

14712 Hwy. 17 N. • (910) 270-5180 Mon.-Sat. 11am-5pm, or by appt.

Hampstead, NC “Beautiful; lots of variety.” “Love the place.”

“Beautiful art work.” “Very nice.” “Art rocks your socks, and you know that.” These are just what a few customers had to say about Hampstead Art Gallery. Come and tell us what you think.

Affordable prices on prints and originals. Local artists with various styles and taste are just excited about having the opportunity to share their work with all art lovers. Our artists offer different sizes from what we have on display and low rates on commissioned work. Christmas is very close, and a family portrait would be a great gift.

Owner Charles Turner invites all artists and art lovers to just hang out in our new Artist Lounge any time. Look for our upcoming Expos and Open House. Hampstead Art Gallery is located in Hampstead on the corner of Factory Road next to CVS Pharmacy.

New Elements Gallery

216 N. Front St. • (919) 343-8997 Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm or by appointment www.newelementsgallery.com New Elements Gallery’s 25th Annual Holiday Show is on display now through January 9, 2010.

Always an eagerly anticipated event, the exhibition features one-of-a-kind fine art and craft by more than forty artists including Betty Brown, Warren Dennis, Donald Furst, Eric Lawing, Nancy Tuttle May, Bob Rankin, Sally Sutton and Michael Van Hout. Enjoy an amazing variety of original paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewelry and wood by regional and nationally recognized artists.

Help Us Help! Shop New Elements Gallery for the best selection of exceptional art and craft and to help Good Shepherd Center provide hot meals, warm beds and a return path to housing for hundreds of homeless people in our community.

Receive a raffle ticket for every $25.00 purchase made between now and December 16th to qualify for a $250.00 gift certificate to New Elements Gallery. Tickets will also be on sale at the gallery for $5.00 each now until December 16th. Details are available on www.newelementsgallery.com.

pattersonbehn art gallery

511 1/2 Castle Street (910) 251-8886 Tues.-Sat. 11am-5pm (Winter: closed Monday) www.pattersonbehn.com pattersonbehn picture framing & design has added an art gallery to their space, featuring several local artists. Currently on display are works by Bob Bryden, Michelle Connolly, Karen Paden Crouch, Virginia Wright-Frierson and

Fresh from the Farm Pam Toll. The gallery offers a large selection of works on paper in numerous media. In addition there are many different gift ideas, such as hand-gilded table-top frames and one-of-a-kind keepsake boxes. The gallery offers something for everybody.

Sunset River Marketplace

10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179).

(910) 575-5999 • Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm (Winter hours: closed Monday) www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com myspace.comsunsetrivermarketplace This eclectic, spacious gallery, located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, N.C., features fine arts and crafts by some of North and South Carolina’s most creative, successful artists.

Almost every genre is represented here—oil, pastel and watercolor, clay and glass art, fiber art, turned wood, metal works, artisan-crafted jewelry and more. Classes, workshops, pottery studio, custom framing, Creative Exchange lecture series and Coffee With the Author series are also offered on-site.

Wilmington Art Association Gallery

616B Castle St. (910) 343-4370 www.wilmington-art.org Bates Toone is our featured artist for December. Her show, titled “Groundworks,” is a collection of intricate watercolor paintings of flowers, leaves and other growing things. Inspired by Corita Kent’s quote, “The groundwork doesn’t show till one day . . .” Bates’ watercolor paintings are interestingly complex arrangements of leaves and flowers that take you on a journey of discovery of what’s at your feet and perhaps unnoticed until presented in these beautiful paintings.

We will be celebrating our 10th anniversary as a gallery in December. Our special event show, “Tiny Treasures,” will feature original works of art

by WAA members from $10 and under and $100 and under. These original works of art are special gifts for this Christmas season. Start the holiday season steeped in the spirit of creativity.

Have a blessed and joyous holiday season.

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Call Shea Carver by Thursday, noon, at (910) 791-0688, ext 1004, to inquire about being included.

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Rickety Charm: Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs will be Wilmington’s best show of the year by: Shea Carver

Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs

with Taylor Hollingsworth, Bibis Ellison and The Beatups Soapbox, upstairs 255 N. Front Street December 16th; 9pm Tickets: $8-$10 crafted roots music. Not only does Golightly coyly prune and croon in singsong, story-telling fashion, Lawyer Dave adds to it an impressive kaleidoscopic instrumental range. Never does the music fall on deaf ears during any of its tracks—it’s virtually impossible with the layers of pitch sounding off measure after measure.

“On Dirt I just used whatever I could find at the studio in Spain,” Lawyer Dave explained. “I can’t remember everything they had; I think I used some keyboard stands and springs, stretched out over sheet metal, as well as the standard box of percussion studios tend to have on hand. As any kid knows, things are fun to bang on because everything has a different sound. And there, of course, is a bit of my live foot-percussion rig, which is five kick-pedals configured to hit a bass drum, snare, hats and a ride.”

The rig of which he speaks has become the third member of the Brokeoffs, so one can assume. Naturally, being in a studio allows for more tricks on the editing floor; but, live, when only two people play, the fullness of sound may not compete. Thus, the rig adds abundance—not to mention, it captivates audiences.

“We aren’t really interested in replicating recordings,” Lawyer Dave clarified. “To us, playing live is a different animal with its own charms. We try and make it as interesting as possible for two people to pull off. We didn’t wanna bore everyone with just two guitars and singing all night, so I came up with this foot contraption to make it sound bigger, and give it a little more drive. I suppose it also has a spectacle element to it, which we like.”

With cleverly titled songs, like “My 45” and “Getting High for Jesus,” the stories behind them add to the duo’s quirky and audacious approach which makes their sound a complete art form. Perhaps most endearing about them are hearing how their sonic conversations emote beyond the typical heartbroken man versus woman.

“I figure duets are largely sappy and painfully dull,” Lawyer Dave said. “There aren’t nearly enough that celebrate the fact that

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f listeners had to visualize the sound of Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, castiron pans, washing boards, front-porch jams and especially a half-drunk jug of moonshine—or a fifth of bourbon—most likely would dance around their heads. The country-blues romp that this two-person act puts out comes born of traditional Americana by way of a British invasion. And it cradles the raw South’s rickety charm and edge, tipping its hat off to the honky-tonks of yesteryear— maybe with an unrefined wink and a grin.

“I grew up in Texas,” Brokeoff Lawyer Dave told encore last week, referring to the South’s inspiration on the duo. “Naturally, it’s the best place on Earth, as it is to everyone down there. I figure it may play a part in what I like to do, but I don’t think too much about it.”

While Lawyer Dave’s counterpart hails from across the pond, in Sussex, England, she sounds as if she invented Southern roots music, finessing a hypnotic drawl that transcends time and place. As only one-half of the Brokeoffs, Holly Golightly’s musical prowess makes up at least four members alone. And when paired with Lawyer Dave, their compositions sound like an entire family is mashing against a host of pots and pans, forks and spoons, and whatever else may appropriately bang, click and clang.

Golightly has evolved comprehensively over an almost two-decade musical career, wherein her soulful vocals have wrapped around genres of all sorts. Her early days in the English garage-rock band Thee Headcoatees (the female version to Billy Childish’s Headcoats) paved the way for a career that would manifest 12 LPs, all of varying sounds, from jazz to blues to ‘60s soul, and over 15 singles for many a label. She has also collaborated with numerous artists, including another beloved blues-rock duo, The White Stripes, on their acoustic love ballad “It’s True That We Love One Another” (2003, Elelphant).

Today, as she and Dave make house along the Georgia plains, she noted her immersion into country and blues came naturally. “I am fairly set in my ways, and have a pretty narrow view when it comes to what I like to listen to and have in my own collection,” Golightly admitted. “The covers I’ve done over the years tend to reflect that tunnel vision—from my first solo record, up to this point. Cover[s] aside, there are a percentage of songs on each one that have followed that familiar country/blues formula. I have just drawn on everything that I know and like over the years, as everyone does.”

The Brokeoffs’ 2008 release Dirt Don’t Hurt proves a perfect case-in-point to well-

SITTING PRETTY: (left to right) H(olly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, aka Lawyer Dave, will make a stop at the Soapbox Laundro Lounge on December 16th for a night of sheer music enlightenment.

men and women don’t get along all the time.

It’s relatively easy to write songs like [‘My 45,’] and I don’t know why more folks don’t do it. I find it’s fun to argue in public in that way, and I guess it’s human nature to want to eavesdrop on fights.”

Golightly agreed reticently: “What he said—for the sake of a quiet life.”

Like any good dose of country blues, when the Brokeoffs sing, “I’m getting high for Jesus/’cause he’s got some love for me,” the gospel vibe runs heavy, with a twinge of tongue-in-cheek sacrament.

Their brand of sound creates a sacred jubilee, something that came natural for a “lawyer” from the South and a spellbinding Brit songstress.

“I had an overly religious upbringing,” Lawyer Dave revealed, “and although I am not a true believer, I love the music. I don’t think nonreligious people should feel like they can’t participate in spiritual music. It’s something I relate to in a manner that I cannot describe and don’t even try. This song is a bit of how I don’t buy into religion but done in a kinda spiritual way.

Unlike the Biblebelt’s multitudes of followers, Golightly wasn’t influenced or contained by the gospel during childhood or thereafter.

Yet, the interest and ethos evoked from the music continues to keep her intrigued.

“I thoroughly enjoy music ‘for praise sake,’” she said, “and can fully appreciate the sentiment of this song, despite the fact I don’t buy a word of the story myself.”

Religious talk aside, the mien of their music-making remains inspired, whether from the Delta blues, the Baptist church, big Texas or across the pond. “Everything influences us,” Golightly maintained, “both what we like and don’t like.” With the lo-fi process continuing its success on their latest EP, Devil Do, it’s apparent their muse is going strong, weighing in for a new full release this spring—March, to be exact.

“This new record has a lot more of that rig played a bit ambitiously,” Lawyer Dave explained, “and I’m still surprised it was pulled off in such a way. It also has a bit of the same found objects, as well as an old church organ we got to use.”

“The thing that stands out most to me,” Golightly added, “as being different from the last two albums, is the ice-rink feel to it.”

Ice? Blades? Sounds chipping away within every chord? For what it’s worth, these two could make the sound of paint drying on a wall something to adore. And their aloof approach in the studio to mastering a genre as old as the hills makes every one of their records all the more compelling.

“We just kinda hit ‘record’ and see what happens,” the Lawyer noted.

Usually, the outcome is derelict rhapsody, still robust and healthy, alive and well— something not to miss live come December 16th at the Soapbox. Playing with Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs will be Taylor Hollingsworth (of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band fame), Wilmington’s own local love Bibis Ellison, as well as garage-rock, mod and pop/punksters The Beatups.

My prediction: Hands down, the best show Wilmington will have seen in 2009.

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live muSic —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 KaraoKe w/ DJ urban —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 KaraoKe with bob clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ P. FunK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 oPen mic night —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 DJbe eXtreme KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 DJ JePh caulter

—Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 claSSy KaraoKe with manDy clayton —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 eric anD carey b.

—El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 live muSic —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 the Pretty thingS PeePShow —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 Sent by ravenS, liFe on rePeat, hollywooD lieS, SirenS For SleePing, all lineS Parallel —Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812 Jeremy norriS & tommy brotherS —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 oPen mic night with gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 KaraoKe with DJ biKer rob —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market

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KaraoKe with JaSon JacKSon —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 KaraoKe —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 DJbe eXtreme KaraoKe —Café Basil, 6309 Market Street; 791-9335 DJ Scooter FreSh —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 live muSic —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 KaraoKe Kong —Orton Pool Room, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 KaraoKe with bob clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.;

LIVE MUSIC Fri., December 11

OVERTYME 8-11PM

Sat., December 12

MIKE O’DONNELL 8-11PM

Fri., December 18

OVERTYME 8-11PM

Sat., December 19

DANIEL PARISH 8-11PM

877-330-5050 910-256-2231 wrightsville.sunspreeresorts.com

792-6880 Guitarist Perry smith —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 tom rhodes —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935 dJ don’t stoP —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 dJ stretch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 dJ comPose —Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 hiP-hoP niGht —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 dJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 mike o’donnell —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 fire and drum Jam; dJ mit —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 lamPinG shades, flute of the condors —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 live acoustic —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219

oPen mic with Jeremy norris —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 classy karaoke with mandy clayton —The Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 live music —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 family karaoke —Alfie’s, 2528 Castle Hayne Rd.; 251-5707 dJ lalo —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 Pseudo Blue and the maJestics —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

Ronnie’s Place

JUNCTION PUB AND BILLIARDS

Dance Club & Bar

6745 B Market St., 910-228-8056 OPEN: M-TH 3p-2a, F-SAT 12p-2a, SUN 12p-12a

TUESDAYS Service Industry Night $ 3 Well Drinks WEDNESDAYS Bike Night w/DJ X-Treme $ 1.50 Bud Light Cans THURSDAYS Country Night w/Karaoke Corona/Corona Lite $2.75 FRIDAYS

12/11:

SACRED CIRCLE 12/18:

MR. JAGER SATURDAYS Ladies Night w/DJ Xtreme Long Island Ice Teas $5 SUNDAYS COME WATCH NFL FOOTBALL Bloody Mary’s $4 / Domestics $2 Available for Private Parties Owned by Ronnie Moore formerly of Ronnies Middlesound Inn

friDAY, December 11 Piano show —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 karaoke konG —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 dJ rico —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 melvin and sayer —Romanelli’s, Leland; 383-1885

5216 Carolina Beach Road MONDAY MADNESS: Domestic Pints: $225 Well Vodka Drinks: $350 FREE POOL AFTER MIDNIGHT TASTY TUESDAYS: CALL NIGHT All call liquors: $400 Drinks or Shots WET WEDNESDAYS: Smirnoff Flavor Liquors $400 Drinks or Shots LATE NIGHT!!!

Domestic Light Beer $225

(Bud Light, Miller Light, Natural, Coors Light)

THIRSTY THURSDAYS: 22 Oz. Domestic Beers $400 FINALLY FRIDAYS: Cream Drinks $450 Blue Moon Draft $325 SATURDAYS: Corona & Corona Lts $250 Cuervo Silver Shots $300 Dox Equix Draft $300 POOL HAPPY HOURS 3pm-6pm $5 per player SUNDAYS: Service Employees Night Jager Shots $325 Jager Bombs $425 Coors Light Bottles $225 FREE POOL AFTER 10pm Every Mon-Wed-Fri Happy Hour Pool!

FREE POOL from 3-5pm!

hiP-hoP dJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 dJ stretch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 dJ time —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 dJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 friday niGht follies —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 roB ronner —Henry’s, 2806 Independence Blvd.; 793-2929 dJ BiG kahuna —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 dJ —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 dJ scooter fresh —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 karaoke with BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 roBBie Berry —Mexican Viejo Bar and Grill, 2013 Olde

Every Saturday, Sunday and Monday $3.50 25oz. Draft Special .0/%": $ 5.99 Cheeseburger & Fries All Day 56&4%": Double Lunch Punch from 11am - 3pm 8&%/&4%": 10 Boneless Wings & Domestic Draft for $ 5.99 All Day or 10 Boneless Wings, Curly Fries & Dressing for $ 5.99 All Day 5)634%": $2.50 Wells

5112 Market Street (910) 791-0799

Regent Way, Leland; 371-1731 dJ mitch —Odessa, 23 N. Front St.; 251-8814 latino niGht with dJ —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 dJ will clayton —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 travis shallow —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 draGon seeks Path —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 food Bank Benefit —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 lands of wonder —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 lixxy foxx —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 chamPion of the sun, salvacion, temPle destroyer, hare krishna —Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812 Painted man —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888

Tuesday & Wednesday Martini Madness $2 Martinis Music by DJ TiMe Thursday ILM Electrotheque $2 Shots Music by GUeiCe & DST Friday & Saturday Discotheque $4 infused Vodkas Music by DJ DUSTiN CooK Sunday Open Mic $3 Drafts MUSiC BY YoU (instruments provided) 23 N. FroNt St. DowNtowN wilmiNgtoN

stePhaniesid, harley Quinn, kara daly —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 live music —Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 last ones left —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 dJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 live music, dJ —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 classy karaoke with mandy clayton —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 overtyme —Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 mark daffer —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 ten dollar thrill —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935 BiBis and Black —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 froosh trio

1/2 priced select apppetizers m-f 4-7pm MONDAY $10 Bud/Light Buckets $4 Jack Daniels • $3 Capt. Morgan TUESDAY $1 Tacos 4-7pm • $3 sauza $15 margarita pitchers $3 Mexican Beers $5 Top Shelf Tequila • $7 Patron WEDNESDAY $3 Pints (10 Drafts) $5 Jager Bombs • $2 wells THURSDAY Mug Night $2 Domestic Drafts w/HK MUG $5 Bombers • $4 Jim Beam $3 pinnacle flavored vodkas $3.50 MicroBrews FRIDAY $3 Select Draft $4 Fire Fly Shooters $5 Red Bull Vodka SATURDAY $2.50 Miller Lt or Yuengling Draft $8 Pitcher • $3 Kamikaze $4 Well Drinks SUNDAY $2.50 Bud/Light Draft $8 Pitcher • $5 Crown Royal $4 Bloody Mary

CATCH ALL THE ACTION WITH NFL SUNDAY TICKET ON 10 HDTVs and HD big screen Your Team - Every Game, Every Week 118 Princess St • (910)763-4133

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

SAturDAY, December 12 dJBe extreme karaoke —Café Basil, 6309 Market Street; 791-9335 dJ P. money —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 dJ will clayton —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 Piano show —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 dJ lalo —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 dJ edie —Odessa, 23 N. Front St.; 251-8814 dJ time —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 hiP-hoP dJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 dJ stretch; live Jam with Benny hill

Sunday: $4 Bloody Marys $4 MiMosas

MOnday: $2 yuengling Pints $3 ruM HigHBalls

TueSday: $3 House HigHBalls

WedneSday: $10 doMestic Buckets

ThurSday: $3.50 Margaritas $2 corona & corona ligHt

FrIday: $3.50 lit’s

SaTurday: $2 coors ligHt $2.50 kaMikazis 12 Dock St., • 910-762-2827 Downtown Wilmington

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—Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 live MuSic —Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 DJ —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 KaraoKe WitH BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 DJ Foxxy —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 upStartS anD rougeS anD FrienDS —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 aDDictive nature anD FrienDS —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 evelyn roSe —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 Big FiSH —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838

tHe JaMie BanD —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 caucaSianS, StepH. Dig. it, DJ teKnacolorninJa, JuDe eDen —Soapbox Basement, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 Brent anD MiKe —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 Santacon vi —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 MiKe o’Donnell —Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 guitariSt perry SMitH —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 Donna Merritt —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 SHane griFFeS anD ricKy groveS —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935 live MuSic —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 eaStBounD 40 BanD —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133

SUNDAy, DECEMBER 13 SunDay nigHt Fever —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 DJBe extreMe KaraoKe —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 galen on guitar (BruncH) —Courtyard Marriott, 100 Charlotte Ave., Carolina Beach; (800) 321-2211 Dale “Fully autoMatic SounD MacHine” DJS —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 FlutiSt niKKi WiSnioSKi —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 DJ Big KaHuna —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 claSSy KaraoKe WitH ManDy clayton —The Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 live MuSic —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 eoto —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 tHe MoveMent viBe

—The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 DJ p Money —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 reggaeton SunDayS —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 Benny Hill JaM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 l SHape lot —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832

MONDAy, DECEMBER 14 DJ p. FunK —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 open Mic nigHt —Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 open Mic nigHt —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 DJ Big KaHuna —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 MyStery live MuSic —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223

Tuesday Live Jazz in the Bar Half Price Bottles of Wine Absolut Dream $5 22oz Yendgling Draft $2 Pacifico $2.50 Wednesday Corona\Corona Light $250 Margarita\Peach Margaritas $4 10 oz domestic draft $1 Thursday Gran Martinis $7 • Red Stripe $250 Friday Cosmos $4 • 007 $350 saTurday Baybreeze\Seabreeze $4 22oz Blue Moon Draft $3 ( Live Music Every Weekend) sunday 16oz Domestic Draft $150 Bloody Marys $4 Mojitos $3 • Appletinis $3 5564 Carolina Beach Rd 452-1212

Domestic Pitchers

415 South College Road MONDAY MADNESS: Domestic Pints: $225 Miller Light, Yuengling: $350 Well Vodka Drinks: $350 FREE POOL AFTER MIDNIGHT TASTY TUESDAYS: CALL NIGHT All call liquors: $400 WET WEDNESDAYS: Smirnoff Flavor Liquors $400 Drinks LATE NIGHT!!!

Domestic Light Beer $225

8

THIRSTY THURSDAYS: Import Beers $300

THURSDAY NFL SPECIAL

5

$ 00

Burger and a Beer

6

$ 00 $ 00

Import Pitchers

3

$ 00

Washington Apples

FREE POOL DBMM UP QMBO ZPVS GSFF QSJWBUF QBSUZ UPEBZ 1610 Pavilion Place 910.509.1551

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(Bud Light, Miller Light, Natural, Coors Light)

(Red Stripe, Heineken, New Castle)

FINALLY FRIDAYS: Cream Drinks $450 Blue Moon Draft $325 SATURDAYS: Corona $250 Cuervo Silver Shots $300 POOL HAPPY HOURS 3pm-6pm $5 per player SUNDAYS: Service Employees Night Bloody Marys $300 Jager Shots $325 Jager Bombs $425 Coors Light Bottles $225 FREE POOL AFTER 10pm

TUESDAy, DECEMBER 15 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 KaraoKe WitH BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 claSSy KaraoKe WitH ManDy clayton —Ultra Classics Pool and Bar, North Hampstead KaraoKe WitH DJ BiKer roB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 SHag DJ —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 KaraoKe 100 S. Front St. Downtown 251-1832

RACK ‘EM PUB WE ARE A 100% SMOKE FREE RESTAURANT AND BAR Monday MNF All Pizzas $5 in the bar after 6 22oz Domestic Draft Kona Longboard Bottles $250 White Russians$4

open Mic WitH viva —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 DJ ricHterMeiSter —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 KaraoKe —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 colBy WaHl anD FrienDS —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088

Weekly SpecialS

.0/%": $2.50 Budweiser Draft $4.00 Well Liquor FROM 4 UNTIL CLOSE $.50 Wings Buffalo, BBQ, or Teriyaki 56&4%": $2.50 Miller Lite Draft, $4.00 Hurricanes FROM 4 UNTIL CLOSE $6 Buffalo Shrimp or Chicken Tenders 8&%/&4%": $2.50 Yuengling Draft, $2.50 Domestic Bottles FROM 4 UNTIL CLOSE $2 Sliders 5)634%": $3.00 Coronas, $4.00 Margaritas FROM 4 UNTIL CLOSE $5 Cajun Shrimp or Fish Tacos '3*%": $3.00 Select Pint 4"563%": $5.50 Cosmos, Dirty Martinis or Apple Martinis 46/%": $5 Bloody Marys Half Priced Appetizers After 9:00 p.m.

Monday through Saturday.

.0/%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM $2 Budweiser $2.25 Heineken $3 Gin & Tonic Live music w/ JEREMY NORRIS AND FRIENDS .0/%": /*()5 '005#"-- 5"*-("5& 1"35: 25¢ Wings / $5 Sausage and Kraut $4 Tailgate Burgers $4 BBQ Plate PITCHERS OF YUENGLING OR MICH ULTRA $7 PITCHERS OF BLUE MOON OR FAT TIRE $8.50 56&4%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM $2 White Wolf $2.50 Redstripe $3.50 Wells 35¢ Wings at 8pm Live music w/ ROB RONNER 8&%/&4%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM Live music w/ JEREMY NORRIS / TOMMY BROTHERS $2.50 Blue Moons • $2.50 Corona/Corona Light 1/2 Priced Wine Bottles 5)634%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM Live music w/ MIKE O’DONNELL $2 Domestic Bottles • $2.75 Import Bottles $3 Rum and Coke '3*%": LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD $3 Landshark • $3 Kamikaze • $5 Bombs 4"563%": LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD Rooftop open by 6pm Dance floor open by 10pm 46/%": Live music w/ L SHAPE LOT 3-7 / MEDUSA STONE 8-12 $5 Tommy Bahama Mojitos $2.75 Corona $3.50 Bloody Mary’s • $3 Mimosas ROOFTOP KARAOKE

—Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 DJ DouBleclicK —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 KaraoKe —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 raDio HayeS anD ecHopoint21 —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 live MuSic —Henry’s, 2806 Independence Blvd.; 793-2929 Sleepy eye giant, JonatHan StricKlanD —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 BiBiS elliSon anD tHe Spare cHange BanD —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 cape Fear BlueS JaM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 live acouStic —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 DJ tiMe —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 DJ Big KaHuna —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955

5001 Market Street (attached to the Ramada Inn)

910-791-7595

TUESDAYS

SHAG LESSONS

@7:30 with Brad & Dancing with DJ

Lee Pearson $2 DOMESTic BOTTLES

WEDNESDAYS college Night with

DJ JEPH c

$1 DOMESTic BOTTLES $3 JAGER BOMBS

THURSDAY

LADiES NiGHT 1/2 PRicE WiNE & $5 MARTiNi LiST $2 DOMESTic

FRIDAYS ARGENTiNE TANGO LESSONS WITH INSTRUCTION at 7:30 and

SALSA LESSONS at 9:30 with live DJ $2 Tequilla - $3 Corona $4 Margarita’s

SATURDAY SALSA LESSONS Private Parties are available for booking

791-7595

WEDNESDAy, DECEMBER 16

DJ p. FunK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 live MuSic —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 KaraoKe W/ DJ urBan —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 claSSy KaraoKe WitH ManDy clayton —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 open Mic nigHt —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 DJ .; 251-1888 —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 DJBe eXtreMe KaraoKe ary Cutoff Rd.; —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 KaraoKe WitH BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ JepH caulter d; 791-9955

—Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 JereMy norriS & toMMy BrotHerS —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 live MuSic —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088

JuDe eDen, JeFF SancHez —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 open Mic nigHt WitH gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 DJ Big KaHuna —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955

eric anD carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 KaraoKe WitH DJ BiKer roB —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 piano SHoW

—Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 Holly goligHtly anD tHe BroKeoFFS, taylor HollingSWortH, BiBiS elliSon, tHe BeatupS —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

All entertainment must be turned in to encore by noon every Thursday for consideration in the weekly entertainment calendar.

Venues are responsible for notifying encore of any changes, removals or additions to their weekly schedules.

Show Stoppers: Concerts around the region HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 HWy 17 S., Myrtle BeacH, Sc 843-272-3000 12/11: LMFAO’s Party Rock Tour: Shwayze, Far East Movement, Paradiso, Space Cowboy..

12/12: BET Live! 106 and Park Tour feat.: Mario, Mishon; BluesA-Palooza: Throttle Kings AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 SoutH tryon St., cHarlotte • 704-377-6874 12/10: The Misfits, Graveyard Blvd. and the Body Bags 12/11: Toys for Tots benefit: Echocode, Snakedriver, 42 12/12: The Breakfast Club

THE ORANGE PEEL 101 BiltMore avenue, aSHeville 828-225-5851 12/10: Hometown Holiday Jam IX 12/12: Night of the Blues: Blonde Blues, RiYeN RoOtS 12/15: Make-A-Wish Holiday Jam III N. CHARLESTON COLESIUM 5001 coliSeuM Dr., cHarleSton, Sc 843-529-5000 12/9: USAF Heritage of America Band 12/10: The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 e. caBarruS St., raleigH 919-821-4111 12/10: Cold, Day of Fire, The Fifth 12/11: The Breakfast Club, Headbanger 12/12: Strange Design GREENSBORO COLISEUM COMPLEX 1921 WeSt lee Street, greenSBoro 336-373-7400 12/10: Handel’s “Messiah”; KEM in Concert with Chrisette Michele and Will Downing; Martina McBride (right) ALABAMA THEATRE 4750 HWy 17 S.,

n. Myrtle BcH, Sc 843-272-1111 Christmas show (closed Sundays)

Chisel 12/11: The Movement, Shawn Fisher 12/12: Family Dollar Band, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, 9th Wonder 12/13: SWASO, Stranger Spirits, Robert Sledge and the Flashlight Assembly 12/14: Street Dogs, Roger Miret and the Disasters, Stigma 12/15: Christmas at the Cradle 2009

CAT’S CRADLE 300 e. Main St., carrBoro 919-967-9053 12/10: Brendan Benson, Cory

CAROLINA THEATRE 309 W. Morgan St., DurHaM 919-560-3030 12/10: A Rockapella Holiday

courteSy oF artiSt

love MaKeS MuSic —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737

50% OFF Gift Certificates

from local restaurants and merchants

More online and new gift certificates added every week!

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u itodeateand drink in the port city d i n i n g gwhere american Black Horn Bar & kitcHen

Enjoy an extensive selection of gourmet soups, salads, sandwiches and specialty Americana in this rustic chic setting. From the dry-rubbed and slowroasted Better Buffalo Wings to the hardwood smoked Duck Quesadilla, Black Horn offers unique twists on traditional foods. Always family friendly with smoke-free dining, a large arcade gaming area, 23 Hi-Def TV’s and Nintendo Wii. Live music every weekend. 7 days a week, 11am–2am. 15 Carolina Beach Avenue North, “the boardwalk,” Carolina Beach. www.blackhornbarandkitchen. com. (910) 458-5255.

Brixx Wood Fired Pizza A short drive from the beach, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Mayfaire Town Center is a fun, friendly neighborhood restaurant. Serving the best brick-oven pizzas around, Brixx also offers a fine selection of signature focaccia sandwiches, pastas, fresh salads and desserts. Stop in for a quick lunch, or kick back on the patio with one of 24 beers on tap or 14 wines by the glass. Brixx is also a late-night destination, serving 2-for-1 pizzas and appetizers after 10 p.m.

Open until 1 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 p.m. on Sunday.6801 Main Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. 910-256-9677. www.brixxpizza.com

BlUeWater

A sprawling two-story restaurant located on the Intracoastal Waterway, Bluewater offers spectacular panoramic views. Watch all types of boats cruise past your table, and relax to the sound of sail masts lightly touching at the nearby marina, all while enjoying the casual American menu. Dinner mainstays include baby back ribs, char-grilled steaks, fresh fish, and delicious homemade desserts. BluewaterDining. com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC .

910.256.8500

c.G. daWGs For great traditional New York style eats with Southern charm look no further than C.G. Dawgs.

You will be drawn in by the aroma of fine beef franks served with witty banter and good natured delivery from the cleanest hot dog carts in Wilmington. Sabrett famous hot dogs and Italian sausages are the primary fare offered, with a myriad of condiments for all of your mid-day or late night cravings. You may find them daily at their new location on the boardwalk of Market and Water St. from 11am to 5pm. Saturdays at the farmers market. ThursdaySaturday nights they are on Market St. between Front and 2nd St. from 10pm to 3:00am. Then they finish the week off at Fibbers on Sunday nights until 3am. To busy to leave the office? Ask about their lunch time delivery service for downtown!!

tHe GeorGe on tHe riVerWalk Drop your anchor at The George on the RiverWalk, your destination for complete sense indulgence.

Watch the historic Cape Fear River unfold before you while you enjoy the best in Southern Coastal Cuisine. The menu combines elegance, creativity and diverse selection of steak, pasta, salad

and fresh seafood, including the best Shrimp n’ Grits in town. Warm in the sun on the expansive outdoor deck sipping an exotic, colorful martini, or unwind at the spacious bar inside boasting extensive wine and martini lists along with weekday appetizer specials from 4:00pm-6:30pm. Don’t forget to try downtown’s best kept secret for Sunday Brunch from 11am-3pm. You are welcome to dock your boat at the only dock’n’dine restaurant downtown, grab a trolley, or enjoy our free, front door parking (ask for pass!) Lunch and Dinner Tues-Sunday. Why satisfy when you can indulge? Find the George on the RiverWalk at 128 South Water Street. 910-763-2052 or online at www.thegeorgeontheriverwalk.com

Hells kitcHen

This former Dawson’s Creek stage set has been turned into a lively pub in the heart of Downtown Wilmington. Their extensive menu ranges from classics like a thick Angus burger or NY style reuben to lighter fare such as homemade soups, fresh salads, and vegetarian options. Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game on the big screen, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with a pool table, darts, weekly trivia, and live music on the weekends. Offers limited lunchtime delivery during the week and can accommodate large parties. M-Sat 11am until late, opens Sundays at noon. 118 Princess St, (910) 763-4133

HenrY’s

A local favorite and must-see for visitors, Henry’s award-winning decor features beautifully hued stacked sandstone, a hand painted ceiling and a gorgeous 100-year-old Brunswick-style tiger oak bar. At dinner, modern American offerings include slow roasted prime rib, rotisserie chicken, signature crab cakes, and delectable seafood dishes. Lunch features include deli sandwiches made with fresh Boars Head cold-cuts, delicious salads, and fresh bread. Save room for the homemade strawberry shortcake! HenrysRestaurant.com. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. 910.793.2929.

HolidaY inn resort

The Verandah Café 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. Open daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. 256-2231 Wrightsville Beach

keFi

Kefi, founded in 1981 by a group of friends, has a long-standing tradition as a favorite local watering hole. This Wrightsville-Beach eatery is open at 6am for breakfast, offering everything from omelets and pancakes, to shrimp and grits. Take a break from the beach and visit Kefi’s, where their menu features a variety of salads and sandwiches. There is even a “working man’s lunch,” served Monday through Friday, all for under $6. At night Kefi comes alive by serving dinner with a Southern flare. From the fried pickles appetizer to their the shrimp or

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oyster Po’boy to their nightly dinner specials, there is something that will make your taste buds sing.

Then stick around for live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; nightly drink specials are offered.

Go online at www.kefilive.com for more info and full music schedule. Open 6am-2am, seven days a week, with full ABC permits. Lunch deliveries available in the Wrightsville Beach area. Located at 2012 Eastwood Road, 910-256-3558.

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. Open TuesdaySunday, serving dinner at 5pm. 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

Pine ValleY Market

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

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

MelloW MUsHrooM

Now a smoke-free restaurant, mellow out and relax in the comfortable atmosphere that Mellow Mushroom offers. From the giant psychadelic ‘shroom located in the bar area to the Cadillac hanging on the wall, this restaurant is far from ordinary. The open kitchen brings live entertainment as pizza dough flies in the air. Their hand-tossed, spring-water dough brings new meaning to pizzas and calzones—healthy!! With 20 drafts and an array of microbrews, domestic and import bottles, Mellow Mushroom has an extensive beer list and full bar. Also, check out their lunch specials and variety of sandwiches. Their menu also caters to everyone and offers many vegetarian dishes. Live jazz on Wednesdays. Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-10pm; Sun., 12pm-9pm. 4311 Oleander Drive, 452-3773.

stickY FinGers riB HoUse Sticky Fingers is known for the best authentic Memphis-style ribs, wings and barbecue in town.

It’s no secret that slow, low-temperature smoking produces mouth-watering, tender ribs, chicken

and pork. Sticky Fingers smokes everything right here in the restaurant and has received national praise for award-winning ribs. The restaurant was recently featured in Bon Appetit, Southern Living and Food and Wine, and had fantastic television exposure on CNBC’s “The Today Show,” and the Food Network. Locals voted Sticky Fingers “Best Ribs” in Wilmington. Sticky Fingers Catering has become an obvious choice for company picnics, office meetings or social gatherings for parties of 15 to 5,000 people. They offer both full service and simple drop-off options to meet anyone’s catering needs. 5044 Market Street, (910) 452-7427.

trollY stoP

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is family owned and operated with six locations throughout North Carolina. A family tradition for over 30 years specializing in homemade chili, slaw, burritos, tea and sauces. Smithfield all meat, Sabrett all beef, Oscar Mayer fat-free and Litelife veggie hot dogs. Try their unique “burger slab dog,” which is a burger in a unique shape.

94 S. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach, 256-3421; Cape Fear Blvd. in Carolina Beach, 458-7557; 111A South Howe St., Southport, 457-7017; 121 N. Front St., downtown Wilmington, 343-2999; 784 King St., Boone, NC, 828-265-2658; 4502 Fountain Dr., 910-452-3952. Call individual stores for hours of operation.

asian doUBle HaPPiness Double Happiness offers the Port City fine Asian dining at reasonable prices. We prepare flavorful dishes inspired by the cultural richness of Malaysia, Thailand and authentic China. We’re now serving traditional dim sum, and good health special vegetarian dishes, such as Soy Peking Ribs, homemade tofu and homemade Malaysian sponge cake. We are dedicated to branding the exotic flavors of fresh ingredients and a romantic spice in all of our cooking techniques. Our friendly staff is always willing to help customers, and we serve beer and wine for lunch and dinner. Banquet and tatami rooms are available for large parties. Open Monday through Saturday, 11am-10pm; and Sunday 3pm-10pm. 4403 Wrightsville Avenue; 910313-1088. www.doublehappinessrestaurant.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), 799-1426.

Hiro jaPanese steakHoUse What better way to celebrate a special occasion or liven up a dinner out than to dine in a place where every meal is an exciting presentation.

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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, or be entertained every Friday night with a Balinese dancer. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), 2519229. Indochinewilmington.com

Yo sake

Located on the second floor of the historic Roudabush building in downtown Wilmington, Yo Sake features the best sushi along with a full pan-Asian menu served amid fabulous Tokyo vogue décor. Entrees include Sake Bombed Duck, Tea Rubbed Salmon and Grilled Beef Tenderloin. The bar boasts an extensive wine list including 16 sakes and fantastic specialty drinks like the Wilmington-famous Pomegranate Ginger Mojito. Don’t forget to try the Fresh Mango Cheesecake or the scrumptious Coconut Banana Ice Cream, and, if you ask nicely, they just might drop a scoop of the Lychee Sorbet into a glass of champagne for you. Open everyday 5pm-2am. Dinner served 5-11pm. Ask about our late night menu. Live entertainment nightly Tuesday -Saturday beginning at 10:30pm. 33 South Front Street, downtown Wilmington. (910) 763-3172. Visit us at www.yosake.com.

caribbean JaMaIca’s

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Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is Wilmington’s Authentic Caribbean Restaurant conveniently located at 417 S. College Road in University Landing. We offer exquisite Caribbean cuisine to satisfy your taste buds, whether they are for spicy Jamaican jerk chicken, mellow flavors of our curry chicken, curry goat or our ox tail skillfully flavored by our Jamaican chefs. Come in and enjoy our many menu selections, our warm décor, smoke-free atmosphere, excellent service and our smooth reggae music. Operating hours are: Sunday 3:00pm – 8:00pm; Wednesday – Saturday 11:45am – 9:00pm (Closed Monday and Tuesday). Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is family owned and operated. Check us out at www.jamaicascomfortzone.com or call us 910-399-2867.

french caPrIce BIstro

Wilmington’s finest French cuisine can be found at Caprice Bistro, a small informal

neighborhood restaurant, serving hearty food in generous portions at affordable prices.

Simple is the atmosphere in the bistro, as plain white plates and tables dressed in white paper make up the decor. However, the food is far from simple, as a combination of fresh ingredients and innovative preparation delight the taste buds with a plethora of unique appetizers, entrées and desserts. The service is fast, efficient and non-intrusive, and the ambience is friendly and unpretentious. After dinner, be sure to venture upstairs into their cozy and relaxing sofa bar for an after-dinner martini, or enjoy your meal there, as a lightfare and full menus are served. Art is always on display in the sofa bar, so be sure to inquire frequently about their artist show receptions.

Voted “Best French Restaurant” three years in a row! 10 Market Street, downtown Wilmington, 815-0810.

italian antonIos PIZZa and Pasta

Antonio’s Pizza and Pasta, simply known as Antonio’s, is anything but simple. From scrumptious appetizers to signature pizza to some of the best traditional Italian pasta dishes in town, it’s the perfect place to enjoy a cozy dinner for two or bring the whole family in for pizza and fun.

Offering beer and wine at their Monkey Junction and Porter’s Neck location and live music Friday and Saturday nights with all ABC permits at their Leland location, Antonio’s has thought of everything for you to enjoy your dining experience with them. Monkey Junction across from Super Walmart off South College Road (910) 792-0000, Porter’s Neck Shopping Center next to Kiva Grill off Market Street (910) 686-7774, Cross Creek Commons across from Magnolia Greens (910) 383-0033. www.antoniospizzaandpasta.com

eddIe roManellI’s

A marvel of architecture with an open display kitchen that adds to the stunning ambiance of the dining room. Eddie Romanelli’s offers lunch (Oleander Dr), dinner and late night menu (Oleaner Dr). The diverse menu is casual American with Italian influences, featuring favorites such as 16oz. Marinated Rib Eye Steak, Stuffed Pork Chop, Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Shrimp and Crabmeat Cannelloni, unique Californiastyle pizza and more. RomanellisRestaurant. com. 5400 Oleander Drive, Wilmington.

910.799.7000 and 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. 910.383.1885

gIorgIo’s ItalIan restaurant

Giorgio’s is a locally owned, one-of-a-kind restaurant. Offering age-old traditions and timeless recipes, perfection is accomplished by combining the perfect cuisine and atmosphere for a dining experience that is not soon forgotten. With over 50 years of cooking experience under one roof, the smells of old-fashioned home cooking float through the air creating that comforting feeling of home-away-from-home! From old world style dishes to modern day creations, the menu showcases multiple flavors that will tempt the palate of the most discriminating connoisseurs.

A Monkey Junction landmark for over 12 years! www.giorgios-restaurant.com. 5226 S College Rd.,Wilmington 910-790-9954.

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slIce oF lIFe

“Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza.

We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. We have the largest tequila selection in Wilmington. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.” Stop by for lunch dinner, or a late-night treat, open from 11:30am until 3am, seven days a week, 365 days a year, all ABC permits. 122 Market Street between Second and Front, downtown Wilmington. 251-9444. Visit our 2nd location at 1437 Military Cutoff rd., next to PT’s! 256-2229 www.grabslice.com.

Mediterranean nagIla: the kosher Moroccan caFe

Nagila, The Moroccan Café, is a quaint, neighborhood dining place, located on Wrightsville Avenue, near Canady’s Sporting Goods.

Internationally recognized Chef Shai Shalit brings the finest dining experience and superb eclectic tastes rarely experienced even in those larger metropolitan cities. Stop by for lunch and try his homemade pita bread, prepared fresh daily, stuffed with any filling of your choice. With lunch specials starting at just $5.95 and dinner specials starting at $9.95, Nagila is affordable and authentic, serving the most fantastic tahini and hummus, as well as chicken Moroccan soup that will warm your stomach. For the less adventurous guests, Shai can prepare an unbelievable steak or a pita hamburger—one not easily forgotten. Finish your dinner with a delicious piece of Baklava and a wonderful Turkish coffee or tea. Come on in and try out Wilmington’s newest, relaxing surroundings—that of a Moroccan oasis.

Reservations: 233-1251 or 798-9940. Open Sunday-Thursday; Lunch 11am-4pm; Dinner 4pm-until. Open for lunch on Friday at 11am - call for closing time. Closed Friday evening to Saturday evening for shabbos. Open Saturday night - call for times.

organic loVeY’s Market

Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for natural and organic groceries, or just a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious, and totally fresh snack. Whether they are in the mood for a veggie burger, a bean burrito or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte café menu at Lovey’s. The food bar—which has cold salads and hot selections that can be eaten in the café seating or boxed for take-out—can be enjoyed all day long, while the juice bar offers a wide variety of juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables.

Specializing in bulk sales of produce, grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices, Lovey‘s also carries grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. Wheat-free, gluten-free, products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries and wholesome pet foods.

For anything shoppers want that is not in stock, Lovey‘s will be happy to find it.

Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday, 9am to 7pm; Saturday, 9am to 6pm; and on Sundays, 10am to 6pm. Café hours: Monday-Friday, 11am–6pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am-6pm. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Road; 910-509-0331. Online at www. loveysmarket.com.

tIdal creek co-oP

Tidal Creek Deli offers a wide array of exceptional and unusual organic foods, all of which taste as good as they are for you. The salad bar and hot bar incorporate flavors from around the world; each item is prepared by hand using only fresh and local ingredients. The chefs are constantly experimenting to create new and exciting dishes. Choose from made to order smoothies with almond butter and hemp milk, salads with locally grown greens or, special order a wedding cake made from scratch to your specifications. Whatever your tastes, Tidal Creek Deli is a place to rejuvenate the mind and body while enjoying the company of a friendly and relaxed organic community.

seafood 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 comfortable in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Smoke Free! Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. 762-2827 www.dockstreetoysterbar.net.

east at the Blockade runner hotel

The Blockade Runner offers an array of seasonal seafood specials, certified Angus beef, lobster menu on Friday evening plus a spectacular Sunday brunch. Romantic al fresco dining is available on our dinner deck located in the center of a lush garden overlooking the ocean far away from the traffic and noise. We offer live entertainment on Saturday evening and Sunday brunch. Our smoke free lounge is eco-friendly and offers light fare nightly.

275 Waynick Blvd. Wrightsville Beach. 910256-2251.

hIeronYMus

Proving that excellent seafood isn’t just for the eateries at Wrightsville Beach, Hieronymus Seafood is the stop for midtown Wilmington seafood lovers. In business for 27 years strong, Hieronymus has made a name for itself by consistently providing excellent service and the freshest of the fresh in oceanic cuisine.

Complete with a full-service bar and a fireside oyster bar, it’s the place to be if you are seeking top-quality attributes in atmosphere, presentation, flavor and ingenuity. Signature dishes include Oysters Hieronymus and the Scallops Fra Diavlo. Hieronymus has all ABC permits and also provides catering. Voted “Best Seafood” in 2007. 5035 Market Street; 392-6313.

CatCh Modern Seafood

When Wilmingtonians think of fresh, flavorful seafood, they flock to Catch. Couples enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the bar, professionals meet for business meetings and locals come for their favorites. The understated décor and friendly service create a warm and relaxing atmosphere. In this quaint bistro, Catch serves New American seafood with Asian influences.

Customers enjoy unique flavors and modern creations, matched with the best local seafood and organic produce in the Cape Fear. Some seasonal offerings include soft-shell crabs, grouper nuggets, summer flounder, N.C. shrimp and Carolina catfish. House specialties range from broiled miso-glazed wild salmon to crispy fried oyster platters. No reservations accepted. Open Mon-Fri., 11am – 2pm for lunch and now open for dinner Wed-Fri. only from 5:30pm – 9pm (BYOB). 215 Princess Street, downtown Wilmington. Catch is chef-owned and -operated. (910) 762-2841 or www.catchwilmingtonnc.com.

For eight years, the Reel Café has been Wilmington’s premier restaurant and nightlife location, because it has something for everyone.

Enjoy dining in our restaurant, live music in our courtyard Oyster Bar, dancing in the secondfloor danceclub or cocktails on the Rooftop Bar overlooking the Cape Fear River. We offer lunch, dinner and a late-night menu. Lunch has a variety of salads, sandwiches and steamers.

Our dinner menu has a wonderful variety of burgers, sandwiches, pastas and steaks. We also have delicious seafood entrées and salads, or try the specials prepared daily by our chef.

Whether it’s a delightful meal, live music or the downtown nightlife, The Reel Café is the place to be. Located at 100 S. Front Street, the Reel is also available for banquets and private parties.

Call for details: 251-1832.

southern hall’S tropiCana reStaurant

Located next to the Golden Sands hotel in Carolina Beach, the Ocean Grill offers three distinct dining experiences: a spacious dining room with wonderful views of the Atlantic Ocean, a patio bar in the covered patio area, and a open-air Tiki Bar on the pier. You will find a full menu inside, and appetizers, sandwiches and a full selection of beverages on the Tiki Bar menu. Serving lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and brunch on Sundays from 10am-2pm. Lunch 7 days a week beginning May 22nd. Live music calendar: www. oceangrill.us. Tiki Bar open at 11am 7 days a week. 1211 S. Lake Park Blvd, Carolina Beach; (910) 458-2000.

Hall’s is a Wilmington tradition! Originally opened in 1901 as a drug store, Hall’s has been serving the Downtown community for over 100 years. We serve traditional Southern fare, including a classic breakfast with the accompaniments you’ve grown to love. Lunch includes a Southern buffet Monday-Friday with pork, chicken, all the fixin’s, and a special addition every day! Don’t forget our unique menu, which includes everything from specialty sandwiches to fried seafood. Most importantly, at Hall’s everything is fresh! Open Monday-Friday, 7am-2pm (buffet 11-2), and Saturday from 7am-12:30pm with breakfast and menu items only. 421 Castle St. 910-762-2210.

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Breathtaking panoramic views. Oceanic’s third floor private banquet room provides a spectacular lookout over the Atlantic Ocean, Wrightsville Beach and Masonboro Island. With its own restroom & bar facilities, it is perfect for wedding receptions, birthdays and corporate functions. Oceanic is a classic seafood house specializing in local seafood. Choose from a selection of seafood platters, combination plates and daily fresh fish. For land lovers, try steaks, chicken or pasta. OceanicRestaurant. com. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. 910.256.5551

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Downtown Wilmington’s newest dining option has arrived! Serving breakfast and lunch all day, the Pink Pig offers a full menu featuring good ol’ fashioned cookin’ along with a few of our own innovations. For breakfast, try one of our tasty country plates or a sandwich stacked high with your favorite items. For lunch, try our already-famous Redneck Reuben, and you can’t go wrong with our real pit-smoked barbecue sandwiches. C’mon in try for yourself!

Open Tues-Sat, 8am-8pm, and Sun., 10am6pm. 124 Princess St, Downtown. 910-3996096 other sporting events. We have plenty of seating and a fun atmosphere for the whole family. In Racine Commons, 910-409-9860.

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Labeling Art: Camden Noir’s art project takes to the pages

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hat is art? To the metaphysicians, it is not the demonstration of mysterious ideas or the articulation of the beauty of God. It is not, as the aesthetical physiologists suggest, a game where the rules insist that man let off excess energy. It is not merely an expression of man’s emotions, nor is it the mass manufacturing of attractive tangible objects. Above all, art—well, it is not always pleasure.

For many, art is a struggle. It is war. It is blood, sweat, pain and the dying voice within the undying need to be heard. When I asked Camden Noir, an Army veteran deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, about what art was to him, he made it clear it’s his way to remain sane during battle. Most importantly, when he arrived home, it became an objective titled, “Label 228.�

by: Tiffanie Gabrielse

Label 228 By: Camden Noir Soft Skull Press $24.95 Available locally at Planet, downtown, and Pomegranate Books, midtown.

The purpose was to join man in union, together in collaboration to change censorship upon the humanity for which he fought so hard. “At 17 I was impressionable, and by 18 I was deployed,� Noir told me last week during our interview. “My down time was reading and writing—but mostly drawing kept me motivated. I drew tattoos on sketch pads for

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friends and sketched things that came to me.

Art allowed me to peek on creativity. “When I got home, I loaded up my Ford with everything it could fit and took off to Wilmington. One day, when I was walking down the street, I noticed a label, a postal sticker, on the back of a stop sign.

I can’t remember what design was on it, but, Tiffanie, I must have stared at it for ever. I wondered, Why would someone put it there? Just for a passerby? Why would they waste it on a passerby? They were saying something, and I said to myself, It needs to be somewhere better.�

By putting out a call to artists on MySpace, asking them to send him their street artwork or anything they can dream of on priority-mail labels, Noir launched not just a project but a revolution. Within six months, he received over 500 USPS sticky labels. Label 228’s movement to become heard by expression, rather than by sound, exceeded the distance of oceans. In the end over 1,000 labels arrived at his doorstep.

From Denmark to Austria to Jamaica, artists worldwide, both famous and struggling, such as Mecro, Downtimer, Mat Curran, Daniel Fleres, Zoso, Josh Taylor, Aaron Kraten and David Flores, showed dedication,

conviction and heart to the project. To them and Noir, Label 228 offered the chance to spend more time creating their work than if they were to paint and write directly on walls, vehicles and public objects.

Within, individuals far and wide expressed courage, determination, sadness, calmness, fear, respect and love without saying a word. “I wanted to give absolute freedom to the artists; I wanted them to do what they wanted,� he said. “We don’t have a voice today. If I were to limit what people were trying to say on the label, because it was too graphic, I’d be doing what I hate: I’d be stifling a voice. I’d be a hypocrite. So much of what’s in the book invokes things within me—page 27, for example. The girl with the gas mask, she’s wearing a jacket. It’s The Cold War. It strikes me as funny and ironic.�

Ranked number 12 on Amazon’s list of top art books to purchase, Label 228 causes viewers to enter into a specific form of relationship, both with the contributing creative artists, the art and all those who, simultaneously or subsequently, view the artistic label impressions on the page. “Everything you do has an adverse reaction,� Noir admitted, “but for the people who do appreciate viewing this book, I want them to come away with the idea that anything is possible. Within this Google-search world, get an idea instead. Get ambition. Get an idea and go. Live.�

With roots grounded in graffiti, Label 228 succeeds in executing a statement in a more productive, more intelligent and less abrasive manner. Those who aren’t fluent in the arts will hopefully look at it and take steps to discover more artwork and more artists that have the capability to spike a creative nerve. Will there be a second book? A next step for Noir’s collection of figurative drawings on red, white and blue? According to him, he has already taken steps with artists to create T-shirts, echoing the freedom of speech and expression the book provides.

The possibility to put Label 228 on canvas is also not out of reach. After all—art is meant to be an everlasting outlet to foster life, living and vitality.

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Ashed, Part 22: Voices from the inside

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t’s one thing when you begin to singlehandedly smear the line between reality and unconsciousness; it’s quite another to be creating a line within reality alone.

Here in this box with tiny maze pathways to medicine and one-way conversations, I believe that I find another part of me around every corner. It could be the way someone’s smile crackles toward me, or how their tongue sometimes trips over hello’s in the morning single files line drive. I feel I could have circumnavigated an ocean inside myself by now, and I’m waiting to decide on the right shore to happen upon.

I have to figure out how to stay afloat.

I slip and slide through the late-hour corridors to piece together either side of the line in the dark. This room holds me in like a deep thought, sifting through my memories for explanations and remedies. No one can hear me scream. No one can see me struggling for sight until my pupils dilate to adjust to infinite nothing.

As the emptiness fills me up, I wander through overlapping circles in time and see Laura lying in the leaves of my childhood

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forest. The smoke of autumn fog rises from around her while she makes her move inside my head. I remember when I first introduced her to my parents, and they acted as if they didn’t even see her standing there, instead glaring at me with confusion or contempt; I’m still not sure.

I trace back to the time before Laura, when my mother and father and I seemed like one entity, a time when I knew without question that I was a part of something much bigger than myself. In those times, feeling so small was a feeling of great comfort. No matter if or how I fucked up, my accidental burdens could always dissipate within a bigger scope of reason.

Two pasts combine, and I can’t decipher which one led me to blaming myself and which one freed me from fault. I can hear Laura tell me I’m awfully stupid if I don’t see she is only trying to make me better.

I can hear my parents tell me they want

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Laura out of the picture. I never pleased either one I suppose. As I think about this, it occurs to me for the first time that I never heard myself until I was drowning in the silence of a cold ocean. Watching Laura dissipate within the water, I felt lighter than ever before.

Still, I have to wonder why a killer such as myself would belong packaged in this box rather than caged in a cell. I try to remember the first time I woke up here, and all I can recapture is bits and pieces of mixed conversations among professionals who didn’t know what they were talking about.

“She was alone in the vehicle when they found her.”

“Probable suicide attempt. Possible accident.”

These words hit hard and stomp out a new impression on my mind. Could it be that everyone is keeping something from me, or am I the one keeping secrets from myself? I jerk my focus from the frame and decide tomorrow I will ask Doc why I am here for the first time. Either that or I will take it upon myself to research my own life in his disposable documents. I play hallway hopscotch with cracks in the cold tile, and land square inside my room with the foreign feeling of excitement.

I wake up and crawl out of shallow slumber with the impending feeling that I am going to stumble onto answers I didn’t ask for. There is no way around this one, though; for better or worse I have to find out the truth about myself. Step by step I march to and through the line born from a uniform serving mind melters. Time is slowing all around me while my mind races thinking about how I am going to divert Doc’s attention long enough. By and by the clock hands tick until I can make my way to his office.

Walking into this room with a purpose feels nice. It has been a long time since it seemed I was actually doing something.

Mostly I’m just thinking or feeling, which both seem like a never-ending waste. Doc sits in his chair more serenely than I have ever seen him—almost like he knows exactly what I am up to. This could either be my paranoia, or he understands me more than I give him credit for.

“You look different today,” he remarks.

I don’t take this as judgment. In fact, his insight kind of impresses me, and I consider simply asking him what landed me in his black-and-white world.

“Can I be straightforward with you?”

I ask.

“Please. I’ve been wondering when you ever would.”

After all this mental preparation, I can’t gather up the words to dump out of my mouth and on to his agenda. The window finds my attention and keeps it for a minute before I finally break.

“I need you to tell me why I ended up in this place,” I tell him.

“The aim of your time here is supposed to be so I can help you discover that on your own,” he says.

Screw that. I have been digging and digging, and all that has come out of it is a bigger hole for me to bury my confusion.

“Occasionally, though, I have found that some people need a push rather than just pulling at strings.” He reaches for my file, and my jaw locks in place with panic. Maybe I didn’t think this through; maybe knowing is going to do more damage than good.

He inhales, exhales, hands me a manila folder. This is it, I know. There won’t be any turning back from this point forward.

There won’t be any more circling around the truth.

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Holiday Traditions: What makes the season special

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oliday traditions. For many of us, they are what makes the season so special. Whether weird, unique, sentimental or just because it wouldn’t be Christmas without them, each person’s or family’s traditions are cherished and looked forward to the whole year ‘round. This year we wanted to hear about ‘em: What are our encore readers’ holiday traditions?

“Our family celebrates a Christmas tradition which was started by my youngest daughter when she was 7 years old. She had learned about children in another country that left their shoes out on December 6th (Saint Nicholas Feast Day) in hopes that he would fill them with treats if they had been good. My daughter left her shoes out every year until she got married at the age of 21 and always found some “ goodies.” This special tradition is carried on at our house today by my grandchildren. They bring a shoe to our house the night before, and are always delighted when they arrive the next day and find their surprises.”

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Carey Sessoms “In our family, [growing up] and mine [now], we have seven fishes on Christmas Eve. I make all kinds of fish dishes, and we have an awesome Christmas Eve dinner after church—although, my kids love to tease me that crab dip and various other of my dishes are crustaceans, not really fish dishes. It makes for a fun night.

It was something my dad and mom did, so I loved it. For my mom, it sometimes meant

burnt or frozen fish sticks; sometimes the fish sticks even arrived to the table still frozen, with us howling with laughter!”

Annie Anthony “I must share ‘Grandma Todd’s Christmas Party.’ Grandma Todd was the most godly woman ever. She had 11 children, so our family numbers are huge! She started this party 73 years ago, and to my knowledge it has met every year since then. Of course, that was three years before I was born! Grandma Todd went to Heaven in 1974, but the party goes on. We meet the second Sunday in December, come rain or high water. Several years after Grandma

“When [my sister] Kim and I were little, on Christmas night, after all the festivities were over, my family would sit on the couch, in the dark, with only the Christmas tree on.

Kim and I would take turns putting Mama’s glasses on and talk about how neat the lights looked while wearing the glasses.”

Amy Holmes

“Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas Eve dinner. [My daughter] Brooke and I always shop for our new Christmas jammies to wear Christmas morning. We pick out whatever we want!”

Kris Beasley “The ornaments on my family’s live Christmas trees throughout the years have always been a pretty big deal. We have ornaments that my sister and I made growing up, an ornament for each annual summer vacation to Ocean Isle Beach, ornaments for special occasions, ornaments given as gifts—no ornament we have ever acquired has ever been left off. As you can imagine, this makes for an incredibly random—and incredibly packed—growing hodge podge of decorations on the tree from year to year.

There is no theme, and no two are alike; but every one is special for the place, purpose or person who made it.

My sister and I had them all memorized from an early age, and we formed a game as kids in which one of us would hide an ornament and the other would have to come in and figure out which one was removed.

It’s a game will still play every year to this day—and with hundreds of ornaments on my parents’ tree, we always know if a single one is missing.”

Emily Rea “A big pot of soup on Christmas Eve. In-

left us, we moved to the Wendell Baptist Church, her home church. Everybody brings food, and it is good, old-fashioned North Carolina food—and lots of it. Barbecue included! Chicken and pig. We draw names and exchange gifts, which are supposed to be under $5. (I am not sure we are all ‘legal’ with that.) When you reach 18, you get to go with the adults in the gift exchange, otherwise you are a ‘child.’

“Grandma Todd was strong in her faith, as are all her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, and now great-great grandchildren. The Christmas story and singing are a big part of our celebration. All the ‘sisters’ take turns planning and arranging. The sisters are down to two now, so some of us have been ‘promoted’ to fill our moms’ shoes. Of the 11 children, four are still living. It is such a part of my Christmas and a tradition that I hope will continue long after I am gone. Growing up in small-town North Carolina is just the best. Don’t let anyone ever tell you Mayberry wasn’t real—it was and is.”

Nan Crawford

“After filling up on the turkey and fixings for Thanksgiving, we would fix vegetable soup, clam chowder, oyster stew and chili for Christmas Eve. There was always plenty for whomever would drop by—plus we got to open presents early!”

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Events

• 12/25: Closed • 12/26: Last Year’s Men • 12/27: Subversive films , 8pm; then showing The Wall live • 12/28: Mystery Live Music w/ Dead Levy • 12/29: Indie Music Nite w/ Romancing the Devil

HALLELU FASHION SHOW Hallelu Fashion Show, benefiting Yahweh Center Children’s Village, Thurs., 12/10, Odessa Downtown, 23 N Front St; 7:30. $7.

DJ, Swag Bags, Complimentary Appetizers, Raffle, Restyle Pre-Party With James+Dunne.

910-616-3333

12/10: HALLELU FASHION SHOW

‘Tis the season of giving. And tacky Christmas sweaters. No need to wonk up the holiday with the fashion police; head over to the Hallelu Fashion Show tonight at 7:30, where proceeds ($7 ticket entry) benefit the Yahweh Center Children’s Village. They’ll make sure to steer you away from brightly colored, glittered-up knits by showcasing their latest wares at Odessa, downtown. There will be a DJ, swag bags, appetizers and a restyle pre-party with fashionistas James and Dunne. (910) 616-3333.

TIDAL CREEK Several events will be taking place at Tidal Creek in December. • 12/10, 7-9pm; Hors d’oeuvres and wine tasting with nearly 20 wines. Get first pick of the best deals from the annual wine sale. Ticket sales support Girls Inc. of Wilmington. $25/person.

• 12/11-12/12; Get fantastic deals on great wines at the co-op wine sale. For registration contact Tidal Creek at 799-2667 or www.tidalcreek.coop.

JUGGLING GYPSY Juggling Gypsy cafe: 12/9: Open-Mic Wednesday.

• 12/10: Firedrums, fire-dancing and drum circle; 11pm: DJ MIT; Sagittarius Social! 12/11: The Food bank Benefit , feat. many bands, $3; 12/12: Sanatcon VI: The band formerly known as something else & Tungs (VA). • 12/13: Subversive Film Series, 8pm; then Poetry Fusion, open mic.

• 12/14: Mon: Mystery Live Music • 12/15: Indie Music Night w/Sleepy Eye Giant and Jonathan Strickland • 12/ 16: Open Mic Wed. • 12/17: Firedance and drums; Psytrance, 11pm • 12/18: The Moons w/ special guest Jim Ashley • 12/19: Bellydance Showcase, w/Christmas Theme.

• 12/20: Subversive Film Series, 8pm; Music w/ Authorless. • 12/21: Mon Mystery Live Music • 12/22 Indie Music Nite • 12/23: Open Mic Wed. • Firedance and drums; Psytrance, 11pm

are invited to visit Santa at Santa’s village MonFri from 3-8pm, Sat. 1-8pm, and Sun. 12-6pm.

Another family activity is the Polar Express Family Train for $3 per person which picks up in front of the theatre and runs the same time as Santa’s Village. Also don’t miss the a capella group, old town carolers, or the brass quartet that will be roaming Mayfaire.

and Leigh Stenhouse • 12/30: Open Mic Wed. • 12/31: Free New Year’s Eeve Fire and Drum Celebration. (910) 763-2223 HOLIDAYS AT MAYFAIRE TOWN CENTER Mayfaire will be celebrating Christmas for the entire month of December. Be greeted by singers and Santa’s helpers as well as a Nutcracker performance, a parade, and hot cocoa. Mayfaire’s Winter Wonderland will blow snow every weekend through Christmas Eve Fri-Sun from 7-8pm. Kid’s

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SNEADS FERRY WINTER FEST 12/11: Lighting of the Trees, musical celebration, complimentary hot wassail and cookies. 7pm. 12/12: Breakfast with Santa, 9-11am. Arts & crafts how: 9am-4pm. Hotdogs & sodas: 12-4pm.

327-1721 for tree entries and arts & crafts vendors. sneadsferrynorthcarolina.com

CHRISTMAS BY THE SEA Events held throughout Boiling Spring Lakes, Oak Island and Southport during the Christmas by the Sea Festival: Talented choirs abound in the area as the Ocean View United Methodist Concert Choir will present “Hallelujah Light Has Come,” 12/11-13, and the Brunswick Little Theater will be presenting our favorite Christmas Carols at Fort Johnston Garrison House on 12/12 • Stage II Productions present “Winter Nightsong: A Reflection on the Christmas Eve Wanderings of one E. Scrooge Esq,” 12/11-13 and 18 at the historic Amuzu Theatre in Southport. Author and playwright K. Robert Campbell takes the Charles Dickens’ Classic tale of Christmas and adapts it for the Southport stage and local musicians Cathy Furpless and Dean Powell brought in musical numbers, lending to the addition of dance and spectacle. • Brunswick Ballet Company’s original production of “Nutcracker under the Sea,” 12/12-13 • Southport Historical Society Southport Christmas Tour of Homes. 12/12, limited to 1200 tickets and free trolley transportation for the home tour participants will be provided. • Boiling Spring Lakes Community Center’s Gingerbread Workshop, Breakfast with Santa, and Holiday Crafts to take place • Southport Parks & Recreation Department holds annual Secret Santa Workshop on 12/12 • Southport Department of Tourism will show “Polar Express” on Southport’s Waterfront on the Fort Johnston Garrison Lawn on 12/11 • Christmas Family Fun Hunt, 12/18 • Nature Center’s four legged companions called Santa Claws with Paws on 12/12 • Downtown Southport Inc.’s Southport Lighted Holiday Boat Flotilla will float by Bay Street on 12/12, 7pm. • Boiling Spring Lakes Holiday Lighted Parade will illuminate the streets in BSL with the official viewing area at Spring Lake Park on 12/12, 6pm. www.southportoakisland.com and www. christmasbysea.com HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOUR 12/11: Cape Fear Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus. Roland Grise School, Wilmington.

Admission charge. 910-3291512.Trolley Tour of Holiday

Lights. 45-minute tours of Wilmington’s decorated neighborhoods. Departs Downtown at Dock & Water sts. (6pm & 7:30pm). Admission charge.

910-763-4483; www.wilmingtontrolley.com.

FASHION, ART, MUSIC 12/11, 6pm, Soapbox Laundrolounge, 255 N. Front St.: Introducing a commission based fashion line, Modifice, by local artists Carissa Nelson and Cammeron Batanides. Also art opening “Changes” feat. local artists on both the ground and top level of the Soapbox. DJ Guise (around 7:15 the fashion introduction will occur. Modifice will be introduced along with some pieces from Rob Fogle’s line). 8pm: Kara Daly; 8:45: Introducing new local band Harley Quinn; 9:30: Stephaniesid After the live music DJ Guise will jump back onstage! Dance Party—$5. cammeronb@yahoo.com or cin8553@uncw.edu ISLAND OF LIGHTS HOME TOUR 12/12: Island of Lights Holiday Home Tour.

4pm–9pm, Pleasure Island. Tickets available at island merchants. Admission charge includes map. 910-458-7116; www.islandoflights.org.

SEASON OF CELEBRATION DBA presents a season of celebration: • 12/12: Santa Claus Cruise. Cape Fear Riverboats presents this 21st annual cruise to the North Pole to pick up Santa! Admission to the Henrietta III is 6 non-perishable food items that go directly to the Salvation Army Food Pantry to help families in need during the holidays. Water & Dock St. 9:30am. 343-1611. • 12/12: Christmas Concert.

New Hanover High School Band fills the air with Christmas classics as they perform at Riverfront Park, Water St. Concert begins 2pm. •12/12: Latimer House Christmas Caroling. Meet us at the Latimer House as we set out on a strolling Christmas caroling adventure thru the historical district and ending in downtown. This free event begins at 6pm, at South 3rd & Orange St. • 12/1812/24: Christmas Carolin Carriage Rides. Come and sing Christmas carols with Santa and his special “reindeer” while enjoying the decorative lights of the downtown area. 7-10pm at Market and Water St. 251-8889. •12/19: Jingle Bell Walk. A first time event, musicians and artists line specific areas of downtown with their music and art from 11am-5pm. Gift ideas abound! www.dbawilmington.com. • 12/19: A Memorable Christmas Show. Ring in the holidays with the Wilmington Big Band at this exclusive downtown performance, live at Fat Tony’s Italian Pub, 131 N. Front St., 7-10pm. Half price admission with the donation of a toy, for the Toys For Tots program.

343-8881 or visit www.fatpub.com •12/19: Christmas Decorating Winner Announcements.

Help us congratulate the winners of the downtown business and residential Christmas decorating contest, presented by the Downtown Business Alliance and the Historical Society of the Lower Cape Fear. The raffle winners of the miniature decorated Christmas trees will also be announced.

Riverfront Park 2pm. •Weekends thru December, stop in to the old Tom’s Drug Store at Market and Front St., and for a small donation to Good Shepard Ministries get your holiday purchases wrapped. Help a good cause, as it helps you.

While waiting on your gift wrapping, view miniature decorated Christmas trees that were made by downtown businesses to be raffled off. Tickets are $1.00 and all of the money goes to several of Wilmington’s charitable organizations. For more info visit www.dbawilmington.com.

CHILDREN AT HEART ADOPTION SERVICES Children at Heart Adoption Services, Inc. holds Informationalmeeting on Kazakhstan infant adoptions on 12/12, 11am. With offices in both Wilmington and Mechanicville, NY, Children At Heart is focused on finding families for orphaned children, as well as providing orphanages with humanitarian assistance.Meeting held at

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HOMEMADE HOLIDAY SHORTS Sun., 12/13 marks WHQR’s wintertime tradition, Homemade Holiday Shorts, w/guest appearances

by Ken Blevins (“Cooking with Ken” in the StarNews), Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman, Marva Mapson Robinson, Annie Gray Johnston, Rob Zapple and the Aloha U Ukulele Trio. Event takes place before a live audience and is broadcast live on WHQR 91.3fm at 6pm. Doors open at 5:20pm.

A full reception, including drinks and lavish hors d’oeuvres will follow the live performance, which runs from 6-7pm. Tickets: $30, (910) 343-1640, whqr@whqr.org. Proceeds benefit WHQR. POPLAR GROVE PLANTATION Poplar Grove’s Farmers Market open every Wed, 8am-1pm, through 12/16, rain or shine. Offering beautifully designed jewelry, clothing, fresh cut flowers and more. Cooking classes by chef Alexis Fouros are hosted every Wednesday from 9:30am-12:30pm. Classes cover traditional Greek cooking. 11/25: Goat cheese with baked beets, grilled cornish game hens with a wild mushroom and port reduction and pumpkin pie. 12/9: Orzo salad, codfish cakes and chocolate tarts with candied grapefruit. 12/16: Carp caviar, meatloaf over smashed potatoes, string beans with red pepper and mushrooms and greek Christmas cookies. Registration required. Betsy Fouros (917)969-2430. • Fresh Christmas Swag or Centerpiece class, 12/15. 10200 Rt. 17 N, Wilmington at Scotts Hill. www.poplargrove. com 910-686-9518 CAROLING BY REINDEER Caroling by “Reindeer” Drawn Trolley/Carriage.

Horse-drawn carriage tour & caroling Downtown.

7pm-10pm. Departs at Market & Water sts. Admission charge. 910-251-8889, horsedrawntours.com RIVERFRONT FARMERS MARKET The Riverfront Farmers Market will be held every Saturday through 12/19, 8am-1pm downtown on Water St. Rain or shine. www.wilmingtonfarmers.com 910-341-0079 PLEASURE ISLAND HOLIDAY EVENTS 1st Annual Christmas by the Sea, through 1/1/2010: Festive activities held every Fri. and Sat. thru 12/19 at Boardwalk; 5-8pm: includes Fire Pit Story Telling, Hot chocolate, Live Nativity Scene, Caroling, Santa (Sat. only), Theatre, Choral and band performances by Ashley, Murray and CB Elementary (Sat. only); Pleasure Island Drama Club, Cape Fear Roller Girls, Puppet shows, Arts & Crafts Market Area and ornament making for kids. All are free. www.boardwalkmakeover.org. www.snowscut.com.

ENCHANTED AIRLIE 5th annual show of lighted oaks and displays in post-Victorian garden setting. Outdoor garden trains. Strolling carolers and musicians. Mini train holiday village created by Cape Fear Model Railroad Club. Santa in the North Pole tent. Families can have pictures taken in Airlie’s 2,400-sq.-ft. floral conservatory. Refreshments and holiday gifts avail. from area vendors. Tix. must be purchased before 4pm the night of the event: $5/adults, $4/children (4-12). $3 parking pass also required unless you opt for “green” pricing whereby admission is $20 per automobile or standard SUV (green offer excludes large passenger vans and buses). Each Fri. & Sat. evening, through 12/19, plus 12/21-22, gates will open for 2 sessions of self-guided tours. 5-7pm; 7-9pm. Tix. valid for 1 of the 2 sessions each night. www.airliegardens.org; 798-7700.

NEW YEAR’S EVE CRUISE New Year’s Eve Cruise w/music, dancing, hors d’oeuvres, champagne. Prepaid reservations only.

9pm-12:30am. Henrietta III Riverboat, Dock St. at Water St., Wilmington. 910-343-1611, www.

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NEW YEAR’S COUNTDOWN PARTY Island of Lights New Year’s Eve Countdown Party.

9pm-12am. Music, fireworks, lighted beach ball drop. Carolina Beach Boardwalk. Free. 910-4585507; www.islandoflights.org.

NEW YEAR’S NOON DOWNTOWN New Year’s Noon Downtown! 12noon. Ring in the New Year at noon with noisemakers, confetti and more. Children’s Museum of Wilmington. Admission charge. 910-254-3534, www.playwilmington.org

Charity/Fund-raisers AMERICAN RED CROSS American Red Cross, Cape Fear Chapter, has launched its Holiday Donor Challenge fund-raising campaign. Each donation made to the Cape Fear Chapter by 12/31 will be matched dollar for dollar up to $15,000, thanks to an anonymous local donor who is renewing this challenge gift for the third consecutive year. The Cape Fear Chapter of the American Red Cross serves Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, and Pender counties. 1102 South 16th Street; (910) 762-2683 BENEFIT FOR GIRLS, INC.

$2 off any entree. During Dinner, 1 can = 50% off an entree (between 5-6 pm), 25% off an entree (between 6-7 pm), or 10% off an entree (after 7pm). 2 North Market St HELP-PORTRAIT 12/12: Photographers worldwide will unite using their time, skills and equipment to give back to their community through the debut event, HelpPortrait—a movement of both professional and amateur photographers from all backgrounds hoping to make a difference this holiday season.

The goal of is to find someone in need, take, print and deliver their portrait. Local photographers is taking part in Help-Portrait, along with local non-profit partner Good Shepherd Center, and volunteers will be offering portrait sessions for needy individuals from the Good Shepherd Center community, including low-income families, veterans, struggling single parents, and the homeless. Portraits will be made 12/12, 9am03pm at 811 Martin St. They’ll be edited on site for the subjects to see, and are then being printed at no cost to the subjects by Image Finishers, Inc. Help-Portrait Wilmington is also encouraging local residents to come by that day to donate to Good Shepherd Center. 910-233-2905 or wilmingtonhp@gmail.com.

GLOBAL GROOVE TOUR Global Groove Tour features DJ Primal and DJ Gustav at Ibiza on the 12th. $5 cover for 18 plus ages, and Global Tour Gift Bags ($100) given to folks who provide two canned goods at door. Events will have go-go dancers, free digital CDs to first 100 people and pop-up perforamnce by Nevaeh and Kymberli Delorean. 118 Market St. www. ibizawilmington.com.

12/12: RIVERFRONT FARMER’S MARKET

There is only two weeks left to enjoy the fruits, vegetables and meats from our local land! The Riverfront Farmer’s Market closes through April as of December 19th, so be sure to head down during the last two weeks to get all of your holiday dinner ingredients——fresh and full of nurturing care from our local farmers. The market starts at 8am, lasting through 1pm, and takes place rain or shine. www.wilmingtonfarmers.com Co-op Annual Wine Sale Preview Party to benefit Girls Inc., 12/10, 7pm-9pm. Wine tasting with nearly 20 wines, hors d’oeuvre, and music by Perry Smith. $25/person at Tidal Creek: 799-2667 JR. ACHIEVEMENT BOWLING Now calling on employees, schools, friends, and family members to participate in Bowling on the High Seas—bowl-a-thon held on Sat., 2/20, at Ten Pin Alley. Great team-builder and provides employers an opportunity to make a significant impact on the community while building staff morale. Associates from organizations and groups of all kinds form teams, set personal fund-raising goal of $100 ea. ($500 per team) and have fun.

Cynthia Crane: 362-3690.

TOYS FOR TOTS The Whiskey will host a Toys for Tots rock benefit concert with artist Dragon Seeks Path on 12/11, 10pm-2am. Toys for Tots collects toys from locations and events from October through December. Graham Barnes, bassist for DSP and US Marine, has participated in almost 50 Toys for Tots events during his 5 years of service in the Marine Corps. DSP will perform funk, rock, and pop tunes from the 60s-90s plus original music.

Admission is one unopened toy or a charitable donation to Toys for Tots. Marines in dress blues will collect the toys on sight, The Whiskey, and deliver them. Doors: 9pm. Graham Barnes, gmfbarnes@ yahoo.com. (910) 297-8018 RIVERBOAT LANDING FOOD DRIVE For the months of December and January, the Riverboat Landing Restaurant (www. riverboatlanding.com) is hosting a winter food drive benefiting the Salvation Army and NC Food Bank. Guests who bring in a donation of a canned food item (limit 1 per couple) to the Riverboat Landing will receive a substantial discount on their lunch/dinner check. During Lunch, 1 can =

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UKULELES FOR A CAUSE 106.7 The Penguin presents the 4th annual fund-raiser—this year’s funds going to Paco Strickland, host of “Flamenco Cafe,” who is battling Multiple Myeloma, a rare blood cancer. Listeners and donors can purchase a $10 raffle ticket, which equals 10 entries, to win one of 10 brightly painted wood ukuleles signed by legends and up-and-coming artists heard on 106.7. The ukes will be on display at Deluxe restaurant fhrough 12/23.

Winners drawn 12/23. Tix: Sea-Comm Media: 122 Cinema Drive, 772-6331. Gravity Records: 125 S. Kerr Ave., 392-2414. Deluxe: 114 Market St., 251-0333. www.1067thepenguin. com or www.alohau.com

WORK ON WILMINGTON An annual community service event in which hundreds of volunteers complete in just four hours projects that make Wilmington a better place to live, has been scheduled for 4/17/10. On this day, volunteers will gather at various locations in the city and work from 8am-12pm on projects of lasting value to the community. Organizers are now soliciting projects of lasting benefit to the community that could be finished in four hours and are unlikely to be done without Work on Wilmington. Examples might include installing playground equipment, small construction projects, painting and landscaping or cleaning up a neighborhood or park. All nominations must be submitted by 12/31/09. www.Workonwilmington. org. Jennifer Caslin 612-3757 or jcaslin@ foodbankcenc.org

Theater/Auditions GUERILLA THEATRE See page 8.

A TEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD THE MUSICAL Production, directed by Suzanne RalkeSmith, with music direction by Linda CarilseMarkas. Delightful familymusical now opening 12/11-13. With its blend of talented performers, charming characters, and smile-inducing songs, who couldn’t do with a healthy helping of premium good cheer these days? Family Musical nominated for a Tony Award, this whimsical story features an unlikely friendship between a cheerful Frog and a rather grumpy Toad and the life lessons they learn during the four seasons of one year.

910-251-1788. Hannah Block 2nd Street Stage; 120 S. 2nd St. $10

NUTCRACKER UNDER THE SEA Brunswick Ballet Company presents the debut performance of Nutcracker Under the Sea, a fresh approach to the Tchaikovsky classic, at Odell Williamson Auditorium on the campus of Brunswick Community College. 12/12; 7:30pm and 12/13; 3pm. Tickets range $6-$15. 1-800-7541050, ext 416. www.brunswickballetcompany. com or www.brunswicklittletheatre.com.

THE SANTALAND DIARIES City Stage at Level 5 presents “The Santaland Diaries,” starring Justin Smith as Crumpet, running through 12/13, Thurs-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. Ticket prices range from $8-12 with $2 off for students and seniors. Visit www.citystageatlevel5.com. 21 N. Front St., 342-0272.

PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE AUDITIONS The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Mon/Tues, 12/14-15, 6pm. 3rd floor of the Roudabush Building, corner of Front & Dock.

Don’t need to prepare anything, however, being familiar with the songs in the show is a huge advantage. Rehearsals start 1/4 and the show runs every weekend in February.

MILL CREEK PLAYERS Mill Creek Players Performing Arts will present the children’s Christmas comedy, “If Angels Were Mortal…” on Sat., 12/19, 7:30pm, and Sun., 12/20, 2:30pm. Performances held at the Family Life Center of Trinity UMC (4008 S. College Road, next to Cape Fear Academy). All tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. 910-379-7ACT or www.millcreekplayers.com.

Comedy NUTT ST. COMEDY ROOM 12/12: The Comically Impaired • 12/18-19: Comedian Paul Hooper (Christmas benefit shows)• Port City Players perform on Tuesdays.

• Open Mic Stand-up on Thursdays. 255 N. Front Str. 910-251-7881

Music/Concerts CAPE FEAR CHORDSMAN Dec. 11—Cape Fear Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus performs at Roland Grise School.

Admission charge. 910-329-1512.

ORATORIO CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA Southeastern Oratorio Chorus and Orchestra continues its celebration of the music of Felix Mendelssohn with two Christmas Concerts featuring the music of this composer who was born 200 years ago. 12/13, 4pm, First Presbyterian Church of Whiteville. On 12/14, 7:30pm, concert will take place in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16th and Market streets, Wilmington. Dr. Larry Cook, director of music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, will conduct; William H. Remele will be the organist, and an orchestral ensemble of flutes and strings will accompany. Soloists include Anna Clark, Leslie Cothern, James Craigie, Gaye Fisher, Jesse Fisher, Jan Lennon, Paul Pope, Carolyn Masten, Diana Matthews, Stephen Smith. Admission is free; donations are gratefully received.ldcjpc@ gmail.com or 910-793-1969 MUSIC AT FIRST 13th annual Organ Recitals for the Season of Advent beginning on 12/15 and 22. 30-minute recitals performed by Justin Smith, Director of Music at Little Chapel on the Boardwalk (12/15), and Brunhilde Engelhardt, Organist/Choirmaster at St. James Parish (12/22). Concerts followed by a soup and sandwich lunch in Gilmour Hall , $6.

RSVP rqd for lunch and may be made by calling the church office at 910-762-6688 no later than noon on Monday preceding each recital. Free and donations are appreciated. www.firstonthird.org 762-6688.125 South Third St.

Dance BABS MCDANCE 12/9: Lead & Follow, 6-7pm; and Shag, 7-9pm; Pole Fitness, 8pm. (Must RSVP) • 12/10, Styling, 6-7pm; Foxy, 7-9pm • 12/11,Country Western,

6-8pm; Anything goes party, 8-11pm • 12/12, American Tango, 12-2pm; 12pm, Pole Fitness (must RSVP); 1pm, club dance. • 12/13: Christmas Party, 5pm. RSVP by 12/9 • 12/14: Musicality, 67pm; Salsa/Mambo, 7-9pm; Bellydance, 8pm • 12/15: 1-hr. Workshop, $20 or punch cards $100 (5 lessons and 6 free) • 12/16: 2-hr.Workshop, $25/ind. or $45/couple • 12/18: Swing and Shag party, 8-11pm • 12/19: Pole Fitness, 12pm; Club Dance, 1pm; and Salsa de la Playa, 8pm cookout and 9pm lesson; 10pm-2am, dancing.6782 Market St. • 910-395-5090 SINGLES CLUB NOVEMBER DANCES The Wilmington Singles Club’s hosts dances each month at the Am. Legion from 8-11pm.

Admission is $8 for member and $10 for guests.

The November schedule is as follows: No shorts, miniskirts, or demin jeans. • 12/11 : Classic Collections Band, Am. Legion, Post 10 ($10-$12).

• 12/18: Christmas Dance w/ Colors Band, Am. Legion, Post 10 ($10-$12). Ken Batchelor: 3920718.

HOLIDAY SEASON SOCIAL DANCE The New Hanover County Center Ballroom (Senior Center), 2200 S. College Rd., corner of Shipyard Blvd. will host a Holiday Season Social Dance on 12/12. 6:45pm basic Tango lesson by Dan Chop followed at 7:30pm by open dancing to our own recorded music. Waltz, Tango, Rumba, Salsa, Fox Trot, Swing and Etc. $10/person for nonmembers. Dress is comfortable evening attire, no sneakers or jeans please. Smoke and alcohol free environment. 799-1694 or acusabda@att.net.

HOLIDAY SOCIAL DANCE Sat., 12/12, the New Hanover County Center Ballroom (Senior Center), 2200 S. College Rd., corner of Shipyard Blvd. 6:45pm: basic Tango lesson by Dan Chop followed at 7:30pm by open dancing to our own recorded music. Waltz, Tango, Rumba, Salsa, Fox Trot, Swing and Etc. Non-Members $10/person for the evening. Dress is comfortable evening attire, no sneakers or jeans please. Smoke and alcohol free environment.

910-799-1694 or acusabda@att.net FIREHOUSE STUDIO BELLY DANCING Beginning and mixed-level bellydance classes every Mon. 6:30pm-8pm . $12. Firehouse studio, 1702 Wrightsville Ave. CAROLINA SHAG CLUB DJs play favorite beach music and shag tunes every Sat, 8pm to close. $4/members; $6/guests.

Carolina Shag Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.

Carolina Beach, NC 620-4025 76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639 ARGENTINE TANGO 7:30pm every Friday. $5 cover at the door, includes beginners lesson. Ramada Inn, New Carolina Lounge, 5001 Market St. Details: 790-8597.

WILMINGTON SALSA CLUB Meets 8:30-10pm, Wed. Feat. Salsa, Bachata, Merengue w/ Dawn Cattaneo. Beginner through advanced, $10/person. Singles/couples welcome, ages 18 and up. 105 Wetsid Rd. (910) 4716809.

DANCE LESSONS AT CAROLINA LOUNGE Tues, 7:30pm, shag lessons with Brad and DJ Lee Pearson. • Fri., 7:30pm, Tango workshop with Paula. 9:30pm, salsa lessons with DJ Lalo. Cover charge $5, lesson free. • Sat., Latin ryhthm. Doors open 9pm. 5001-a Market St, (910) 790-8598

Art DARREN MULVENNA Darren Mulvenna is set to open a show of paintings at the new Wilmington Wine Shop, feat. unique painterly applications, effects, and image-vocabulary through local color and local colors. The work immerses itself in the culture of the Cape Fear, feat. portraits of the community, dancers of Forward Motion, and swimmers alongside abstract imagery, such as surrealistic aquariums, mosaics of foliage and autumn leaves and aquatic effects. Show runs 12/10-2/10, along with handmade goodies Darren has for the holiday season. Opening reception: 12/10, 6pm, with wine

tasting. 215 S Front Street BOTTEGA ART BAR Bottega Gallery Presents a “ C h i l d h o o d I n s p i re d A r t Exhibition,” feat. Jan Allen, Michelle Connelly, Michael Edman, Sara Graves, Amanda Hailey, Angela Johnston, Candy Pegram, Airlie Pelletier, Rocco Taldin, Pam Toll and Beka Wilder—on exhibit until 1/9/2010 • Thurs., 12/17, Bottega will host an Open Mic Night on the 1st/3rd Thurs. of ea. month. Musical talent or poetry, 8pm-midnight.

• Weekly Wine Tastings on Wed., 7pm, w/ live music. • 12/10: 7-9 Poetry workshop, 9-11pm “Jean Jones Presents” • 12/11: Lands of Wonder perform;Christmas raffle for charity, 9pm • 12/12: Upstarts & Rouges and friends • 12/13: Dale “Fully Automatic Sound Machine” DJ’s • 12/14: Open Paint & Create (bring your art in progress and have some drinks) • 12/15: Starving Artist night $2 wine & beer/Love Makes Music 9pm • 12/18: Little Miss Sabatoge and the Cornflowers • 12/19: Micah Kolk • 12/20: Dale “Fully Automatic Sound Machine” DJ’s • 12/21: Open Paint & Create (bring your art in progress and have some drinks) • 12/22: Starving Artist night • 12/24: Christmas Eve! Open at 7pm • 12/25: Merry Christmas! Open at 7pm • 12/26: Spider Mike • 12/28: Open Paint & Create (bring your art in progress and have some drinks) • 12/29: Starving Artist night • 12/30: Weekly Wine Tasting 7pm(Fifth Wednesday Band performs) • 12/31: New Year’s Eve! no cover; free Champagne toast @midnight Jamin Bemini and Hope (members of J-Miners) perform10pm. 208 North Front St. 910-763-3737; www.bottegagallery.com MONTAGE FINE ART The Holiday Spirit, Fri., 12/11, 6-9pm. Live music

by Harpist James Kurtz, feat. artists Billy Cone, Shirley Leonard, David Kepley, James Davis, and Tom Fleming will be signing his book, ‘Draw and Paint Fantasy Females.’ 1908 Eastwood Rd., Ste 224. (2nd floor) ZIABIRD IN LUMINA STATION Ziabird in Lumina Station hosts a variety of art exhibits. 12/12: A day for gal pals to visit Ziabird and see new works from three local designers. Refreshments will be served and gift wrapping will be available. Lynn Manock 2089650, lynn@ziabird.com or www.ziabird.com.

GERMINID METEOR SHOW See page 12.

NATURE WARS The Independent Art Company features Abby Spangel Perry’s artwork entitled “Nature Wars” until 12/13 at the Wabi Sabi Warehouse, 19 N. Princess Street. www.abbyspangelperry.com BOSEMAN ART GALLERY The Boseman Gallery hosts Stella Duplass, the UNCW student awarded the 2009-10 Ann Flack Boseman Scholarship. The Ann Flack Boseman Scholarship is selected annually by the faculty of the Dept of Art and Art History. Scholarship’s endowed through generosity of donors Mark Griffis and Dave Robertson in honor of Ann Boseman. The award, which is a merit-based honor, consists of $1,000 toward tuition and solo exhibition. Duplass’ work focuses on ceramics and book making. 962-7972 or visit www.uncw. edu/presents.

HOLIDAY TREASURES EXHIBIT Fountainside Gallery kicks off holiday season by opening a new exhibit of small paintings by gallery artists. This collection of beautiful works, entitled “Holiday Treasures” presents the collector with an array of styles, subjects and sizes perfect for gifting or collecting. Show runs through 12/30. Lumina Station, 1900

music and food preparation from Colonial times held in kitchen, where hot wassail is served. Spinning and weaving held in craft room, and surgeon showcasing medicine during the era. $10. (910) 762-0570; info@ burgwinwrighthouse.com. 3rd and Market streets.

Eastwood Rd. www.fountainsidegallery.com, info@fountainsidegallery.com or 256-9956.

PAINT WILMINGTON 2009 Through 12/31. Artists from around the country coming to Wilmington to paint the area’s marshes and trees in autumn. “Paint Wilmington!” Walls Fine Art Gallery 2713 Wrightsville Ave. (910)3431703. www.wallsgallery.com FILL THE CUPBOARD ART SHOW FASTFRAME Gallery presents 2nd annual show: “Ordinary View, Extraordinary Vision.” Features Terry Rosenfelder, M. Matteson Smith, Sara Westermark.

Food and financial contributions supporting local food banks accepted. Exhibit runs through 12/31.

Landfall Center, 1319 Military Cutoff Rd. 256-1105. www.fastframeofwilmington.com A HOLIDAY SHOW A Holiday Show is presented at Paralellogram, featuring works by Dixon Stetler, Heather McLelland , Jessie Williams , Joe Kelly, Katy Seiz Michal Wisniowski , Nikki Wisniowski, Rachel Burgess, Stevie Mack, Sullivan Dunn and Wendy Kowalski. Decorative and practical one of a kind works of art that are affordable and would make excellent gift items.John Gray: paralellogram@ gmail.com.523 S. 3rd St. 910-763-5423 PORT CITY POTTERY & FINE CRAFTS Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts, Cotton Exchange in downtown Wilmington, w/ handmade, one-ofa-kind, 3-D art, crafts and more by jury-selected coastal North Carolina artisans. Open: Mon.-Sat., 10-5:30pm; Sun., 11-4pm. 307 N. Front St./7637111, portcitypottery.com

Museums CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Events: 12/11-12 & 12/19-20: Candy Cottages.

12/31: New Year’s Noon Countdown. Museum open Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Sat, 10am-5pm. Sun, 1-5pm. 116 Orange St. (910)254-3534. www. playwilmington.org BURGWIN-WRIGHT MUSEUM 18th centuray Burgwin-Wright House celebrates two days of Colonial Christmas, Sat., 12/19, 10am4pm, and 12/20, noon-4pm. House will be lavished in 1700’s Christmas tradition, playing 18th century

NC AQUARIUM 12/12-13—Be a Child during the Holidays.

Adults get kids’ prices! Holiday crafts, programs, games, movies & Scuba Santa!

Admission charge. • Elf Camp: Brackish Water Animals, 12/12, 9am-3:30pm, 5-10 yrs old; $50 includes aquarium admission, pizza lunch, snacks, crafts, holiday giftwrap, and instruction • Focus on Saltwater Animals, 12/19, 9am-3:30pm, 5-10 yrs old. $50 includes aquarium admission, pizza lunch, snacks, crafts, holiday gift-wrap, and instruction. Limited transportation from the Monkey Junction area available.

13 children per day. Fee/pre-reg. • Other events like: Behind the Scenes Tour, $15; Salt Marsh and Crabbing, ages 7+, $16.; Mommy and Me/Daddy and Me, adults and kids aged 1-3, $13/pair, $1/add’l child; Aquarist Apprentice, ages 10+, $25; Children’s Discovery Time, pre-school age only, $5. Behind the Scenes Tour, $15/adult, $13/youth (8yo & up); Canoeing the Salt Marsh, ages 8+, $25; Breakfast with the Fishes, $15 ages 6+, $5 ages 2-5. Prereg all events: ncaff.registrar@ncmail.net or 910-458-7468. Event prices do not include admission, NCA members get a discount. Near the mouth of the CF River, on U.S. 421, less than a mile from the Ft. Fisher ferry terminal. Hours: 9am-5pm daily. Admission: $8 adults; $7 seniors; $6 ages 6-17. Free for children under 6; registered groups of N.C. school children, and NC Aquarium Society members. www. ncaquariums.com. Closed Christmas and New Year’s days.

TOPSAIL MISSLES AND MORE MUSEUM Newly renovated and expanded, in Topsail Beach. April-Mid October: Mon., Tues, Thurs., Fri., & Sat. 2-4 pm Other ∫times by appointment 1-800-626-2780 CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM Cool down in front of “Anaconda Splash” exhibit in the indoor tropical jungle. See, photograph and even touch rare animals assembled from all over the planet in beautiful simulations of their natural environments. Meet colorful jungle birds, crocodiles, king cobras, black mambas and many more. Open from 11am-5pm, Sat. from 11am-6pm. 20 Orange Street at Front Street on historic downtown riverwalk. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

BELLAMY MANSION 12/20, 2pm: Music lovers are invited to attend Music at the Mansion featuring members of the Tallis Chamber Orchestra. Onehour performance held in the mansion’s beautifully appointed double parlors. Seating limited to 50; RSVP. $20 admission includes the performance, complimentary refreshments, selfguided tour of the mansion and a “Meet the Musicians” opportunity following the performance. (910) 251-3700 x104 • Bellamy is one of NC’s premier architectural and historic treasures, built as city residence of prominent planter, Dr. John D. Bellamy. Antebellum architecture: a mix of Greek Revival and Italianate styles. Open for tours Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm; closed Mons. Guided tours on the hour; self-guided audio-tours also available. Current Exhibit: “Walking in the Footsteps of: Gen. William T. Sherman.”

Adults, $10; children 5-12, $4; group tours, $8 (20+ requires reservations). 251-3700 ext. 104; www.BellamyMansion.org. • Offers a backdrop to create a holiday event of historic proportions.

The Mansion is one of our state’s premier historic treasures, featuring lush gardens, grand columns, wrap-around porches, brass chandeliers, Victorian-style carpets, ornate molding, and marble fireplaces. Call for holiday or seasonal rentals.

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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. 126 S. Third St. Adults $8, children $4. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org

adults; $5 for students with valid ID and senior citizens; $5 special military rate with valid military ID; $3 for children 3-17; and free for children under 3. Museum members are always free. New Hanover County residents’ free day is the first Sunday of each month. 814 Market St.

WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for more than 130 years. Interests and activities for all ages including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively children’s area, and spectacular scale models.

Housed in an original 1882 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level.

Groups receive special guided tours. Facilities can also be booked for meetings or mixers, accommodating groups of up to 150. Admission only $6 for adults, $5 for seniors/military, $3 for children 2-12, and free under age 2. Located at the north end of downtown at 505 Nutt St. 910763-2634 or www.wrrm.org.

CAMERON ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Toying with Art is an exhibition of toys designed and fabricated by more than 50 artists. Remains open through 3/28. Brings together several different kinds of toys: games, robots, plush toys, puppets and action figures all come together in this exciting exhibition. • Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection. Feat. art from the Cameron Art Museum’s collection: paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, furniture, decorative arts, from the museum’s permanent collection.

Configuration will change through the year as individual works are rotated. • EVENTS: 12/20: Movement Improv: Community Circle Dance Expression with Karola Luttringhaus at 3-4:30pm.

Move, free your spirit, sweat your prayers, find your inner self, explore and play in the community circle dance. No dance experience is needed for these informal movement sessions. Soft-soled shoes only or barefoot (no high heels or hard street shoes, etc.). $5/person, cash and checks only. www.dynamic-body.net/workshops.html • Gallery Talk: 12/12: Architects in the Galleries at 11:30am-12:30pm. Enjoy this ongoing series with members of the American Institute of Architects, Wilmington Chapter offering monthly informal gallery talks in the exhibit Gwathmey Siegel: Inspiration and Transformation giving visitors an opportunity to see through an architect’s eyes.

Mark Andrew Saulnier discusses his impressions through his background in historic restoration, traditional theme and contextual new building projects. Free w/admission. • Music: 12/17: Wilmington Choral Society from 7-8pm. Ring in the season with family and friends while enjoying the music of the holidays with this annual performance by the Wilmington Choral Society, song selections include Bach’s Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light, Do You Hear What I Hear? and The First Noel. Refreshments are available by donation. $5/person. • Through 12/15: Holiday Life Draw Sessions, 6-9pm. The Life Drawing Group meets weekly in the Reception Hall. Easels and tables are provided. Only dry drawing materials and watercolors (no oils or solvents) can be used in this space. The group draws from a live model. $35 per three week session. georgia@cameronartmuseum.com, or 395-5999 ext. 1019. 12/12: Holiday Kids @CAM. 12pm-3pm. Holiday art, gifts, decorations and Santa visits. Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington.

Admission charge • 12/17: Sounds of the Season: Music @CAM. 7pm. Wilmington Choral Society’s holiday concert. Admission charge. Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington. 910-395-5999; www. cameronartmuseum.com • CLASSES: Sign up!

Sign up now!: Couples Tango w/Kent Boseman, Sat., 6 session: 1/9, 23, 30 and 2/6, 13 and 27, 11am-1pm. $90/couple. Size is limited, pre-reg

by Tues., 1/5: daphne@cameronartmuseum.com www.surfertango.com • Yoga: Every Tues. at 6pm and Thurs. at 12pm; $5/members; $8/nonmembers. Exercises to enhance relaxation, breath control and meditation with Sara Jo Nelson.

Wear comfortable clothing, bring a yoga mat.

Beginners welcome. • Tai Chi, Wed. 12pm. $5/ members, $8/non-members. A slow, meditative form of exercise designed for relaxation, balance and health taught by Martha Gregory. Wear comfortable clothing. Beginners welcome • South 17th St. and Independence Blvd. Regular museum hours: Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri.: 11am-2pm, Saturday and Sunday: 11am-5m. Members free;$8 nonmembers; $5 Students with valid student ID card; $3 Children age 2 -12 www.cameronartmuseum. com or (910)395-5999.

NC MARITIME MUSEUM AT SOUTHPORT The North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport hosts regular Monthly Adult Programs on the 3rd Tues. of each month at 7pm at the Southport Community Building.Free to members and $5 for non-members. Through 12/20: “Holi-day” John O’Daniel exhibit, feat. items belonging to Captain O’Daniel. 116 N. Howe St. / 910-457-0003.

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM Going to the Movies opens 12/11: Experience the history of a century of movie-going in the Lower Cape Fear region. Explore where people went to the movies. Discover how the theater experience has changed over the years. Watch some of the first films local residents may have seen.Free w/admission. • Conservation Matters. Explore the art and science of artifact conservation.

Discover what it is, who does it, and why it matters to museums. A selection of beautifully conserved furniture and other wooden objects from the Museum’s permanent collection will be on display. • Cape Fear Treasures: Drink. Glimpse a selection of drinking vessels, as you explore treasures from Cape Fear Museum’s collection.

From 18th-century bottles, to fancy teapots, to modern-day souvenir mugs, discover objects that help tell the stories of liquid consumption through time. • 12/12, 12/19, 12/26: Creative Chemistry. Is Oobleck a liquid or a solid? What does an atom look like? Find out as you investigate matter. Explore solids, liquids, and gases and experiment with mixtures! Unravel a colorful mystery and experiment with acids and bases.

• 12/11: Going to the Movies. Experience the history of a century of movie-going in the Lower Cape Fear region. Explore where people went to the movies. Discover how the theater experience has changed over the years. Watch some of the first films local residents may have seen. • 12/20; 1:30, 2:30. 3:30pm: Cape Fear Skies: Celestial Coordinates. 3….2….1…Blastoff! Venture into Cape Fear Museum’s portable planetarium and explore the night sky in the daytime. Become a “celestial navigator” and discover how to use a coordinate system to locate objects in the night sky. • 12/27; 2:30pm: Family Worshop: Toy Time. Play with momentum, friction, and gravity.

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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM The 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

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a low performing inner city school with a high dropout rate to one which produces inspired high school graduates, most of whom go onto college and succcesful careers. After film discussion.

No ticket fee. Request donations. www. uufwilmington.org. 910-392-6454.

100 year history of Wrightsville Beach. 303 West Salisbury Street. wbmuseum.com.

Sports/Recreation 2010 STRIPER TOURNEY 2010 Striper Tournament: Fishing to Help The Fish.

To fish in the 2nd annual Cape Fear River Watch Invitational Striper Tournament , anglers will have to get on the waitlist, in the event that an already registered angler can’t make it. Anglers on the wait list will also have first consideration for the 2011 tournament. Top prize of the Junior Angler essay contest is a spot in the tournament for a young angler (12-16 years of age) and an adult chaperone (value $1,000.) If you know a young person passionate about fishing then this is a golden opportunity. Planning for the gala banquet on the eve of the tourney (1/15) continues and some very special items are up for auction: original artwork, guided fishing charters, a 4’ long ship’s model and a top of the line Orvis Fly Rod and Reel.

Tickets for banquet may be purchased at CFRW or at Tex’s Tackle. 910-762-5606 kemp@cfrw.us 3-MONTH WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE Join Holistic Health Counselor Cortney Shallow in a 3-month group weight loss challenge. Goal of weight loss from a holistic point of view is to identify the root causes of weight gain which may be different from one individual to another.

Group classes will meet twice a month for 3 months and you will meet with Cortney twice a month per month to receive personal one-onone health counseling to meet goals specific to you. Whomever loses the most weight for each group gets their money back paid in full! $400 for full challenge. Limited space. Register by 12/18 and receive $50 off. Wed. classes 01/13-03/24 6-7pm. or Thurs. classes trough 3/25 10-11am.

Reg.: 264-8465 or cortneyshallow@gmail.com WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PARKS & REC Tennis Lessons: Currently registering for group tennis lessons, adult, youth, and tots. Classes on Mon/Wed, Tennis Courts at Wrightsville Beach Park. Adult, Youth ages 9-12, and Tots ages 68. • Yoga. Tues/Wed, 6:30pm. Fran Russ Rec Ctr. • Pilates. Mon/Wed/Fri., 10:15-11:15am.

Beginner Pilates on Tues/Thur, 7:30-8:15am • Low Impact Aerobics. Mon/Wed/Fri., 8-9am and 910am. All ages welcome, catered toward ages 60+. • Tone & Stretch. Tues/Thurs, 8:30-9:15am.

All ages welcome, catered towards Ages 60+.

• Boot Camp fitness class meets Tues/Thurs, 6-7am. 910-256-7925. Pre-register.

Film TALK ABOUT FILM TalkAbout Film “The Providence Effect,” 12/11, 7:15pm, The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wilmington, 4313 Lake Ave. This documentary looks at what it took to transform

SUBVERSIVE FILM SERIES 12/13: The nightmare before christmas “Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn’t quite understand the concept.” • 12/20: A Christmas Carol “Enjoy Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale about Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter man whose life changes when he is confronted by the christmas ghosts” Denny says it isn’t xmas til you see this movie • 12/27: paperclips “Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education.” Using individual paper clips to represent each life lost in the Holocaust, the students were inundated with contributions from around the world.

Kids Stuff BREAKFAST WITH SANTA 12/10: Breakfast w/Santa. 9am. Independence Mall. Admission charge. 910-392-1776.

CANDY COTTAGES 12/11-12 & 19-20: Candy Cottages. Build a cottage made of candy. Children’s Museum of Wilmington. Admission charge. 910-254-3534; www.playwilmington.org NORTH POLE CRUISE North Pole Cruise to pick-up Santa. Boards at 9:30am; depart 10am. Admission: 6 cans nonperishable food/per person. Henrietta III Riverboat, Dock & Water sts.-Downtown.

910-343-1611, www.cfrboats.com.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA At MLK Community Center, Sat. 12/12, 9amnoon. Join us for Breakfast with Santa at the MLK Jr. Community Center. The MLK Center is located at 401 S. 8th Street in Wilmington. Registration forms available at the MLK Commuity Center. $5/child including breakfast, or $7 for a family picture. 341-7803.

Lectures/Readings POMEGRANATE BOOKS EVENTS “A Gathering” by Circles of Piece: Find peace of mind and spirit. 12/10; 6:30-8pm. Free, although donations accepted. • Dr. Sheila Boneham: Rescue Matters! How to Find, Foster, and Rehome Companion Animals. 12/12; 1-3pm.

Free. Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave. www. pombooks.net. 452-1107.

KNEE PAIN SEMINAR

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Knee Pain live & learn seminar. Orthopedic specialists will discuss different treatment options and answer questions from the audience.

12/10, 6:30-8:30pm. Cape Fear Hospital’s 3rd floor Education Center. www.nhrmc.org/ LiveAndLearn

Classes/Workshops CREATE YOUR LIFE FOR 2010 Explore the areas of your life that are the foundation of happiness. Create a roadmap for getting your life on track and making it the life you really enjoy living.Groups forming; individual sessions also availableAlice Canup, M.S.W., Life Enhancement Coach, 910-686-5090, alice. dreamlife@gmail.com.

A PLACE TO BEAD Beading classes and parties for all ages! Basic stringing and basic earring making offered weekly.

Precious Metal Clay and multiple wire wrapping classes offered monthly. Special projects and advanced classes offered on weekends. Every

12/12: BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

Clubs/Notices CAPE FEAR GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE CFGBA Holiday Social, Wed., 12/9, The Balcony on Dock at the corner of S. Front and Dock streets.

Doors at 6:30pm; meeting at 7pm. Covering: 2009 Year in Review, highlights and honor the organization’s founders, Elise Rocks, Gordon Singletary and Hope Sutton. Afterward: Holiday refreshments and mingle with fellow members or soon to be members.

HISTORIC WILMINGTON FOUNDATION Member’s Holiday Cocktail Party: Fri., 12/11, 7-9pm, Barker-O’Connor House, 517 S. Front St., HWF Cordially invites you to our Member’s Holiday Cocktail Party - our annual event to thank our membership. Please bring your year-end gift!

Beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres & all the trimmings.

Holiday casual attire. • New Year’s Eve Party on the Sound, Thurs., 12/31, 8pm. Ring in the New Year with HWF at the beautiful waterfront home of Cynthia and Peter Dugan. Holiday wpirits, hors d’oeuvres, good times, black -tie optional.

Invitations will follow.

Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s that time of year when Santa and his reindeer, along with all of the elves, are counting down the final days of toymaking to ensure little boys and girls receive a treat or two come December 25th. For the kids who’ve yet to meet with the bearded, jolly man, head over to the MLK Jr. Community Center at 401 S. 8th Street. It’s $5 per child and includes breakfast, or pay $7 and get a family picture. (910) 341-7803.

Sunday join local artist’s for Bead Therapy.

Please call 910-799-2928 or check out www. aplacetobead.com for times and prices.

YOGA AT BOXING & PHYSICAL FITNESS Yoga classes are now offered at the Boxing & Physical Fitness Center; free to members and $5 per class for non-members. Offered at 6pm, Mon/Wed. FItness Center memberships are $50 a year for city residents and $85 for non-residents.

341-7872.

PRIVATE GUITAR LESSONS Private Guitar Lessons. $30/half hour or $45/hour.

Will come to you. 232-4750.

ENGLISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS Every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am. The ESOL group is sponsored by the Cape Fear Literacy Council and teaches English to Spanish speakers.

Arwen Parris: 910-509-1464.

CAPE FEAR HEALTH POLICY COUNCIL 12/11. Executive Development Center, UNCW, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd., 8:30pm10:30apm, free. capefearhealthpolicycouncil. orgPresentation and discussion of topics: Healthy People 2020; End of Life planning; NC Smoking Legislation; Child Health issues; a new Wellness Website for the Cape Fear region and many others.

Feedback from participants welcomed and attendees may join active committees to address these vital issues. RSVP: info@ capefearhealthpolicycouncil.org GAMBLER’S ANONYMOUS Wilmington Gambler’s Anonymous Meeting, 6:30pm, Cape Fear Presbyterian Church.

2606 Newkirk Ave. Casey F.: (910) 599-140 YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF NHC Meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month at the downtown public library, third floor, 6:30pm.

Ages 18-35.

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. Daily continuous tours offered Mon-Thurs 11am-10pm. Market and Water Streets. $11 for adults, $5 for children under 12.

Call 251-8889 or visit www.horsedrawntours. com S-ANON Meets Tuesdays @ 8pm. A support group for family and friends of sexaholics. Universal Unitarian Fellowship 4313 Lake Ave. 910-5205518 wilmingtonsanon@bellsouth.net or www. sanon.org CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB Club meets the third Wed. of each month, Sept. thru June @ 7:30pm on UNCW Campus in the Cultural Arts Building. www.capefearcameraclub. org for more info.

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