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Project Grace causes a disparagement of opinion BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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BELK BLUEPRINT CIRCA 1950S: Greensboro, NC, architect Charles C. Hartman’s plans for the Belk building in downtown Wilmington, which was upfitted to become our current main library.

At least 15 of Hartman’s buildings are listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Photo courtesy of Beverly Tetterton

he main branch of the New Hanover County Public Library is currently located in the former Belk’s Department Store building on the corner of Third and Chestnut streets. The public building serves New Hanover County residents, and its “North Carolina Room” attracts people from across the country to do genealogy research. At present, New Hanover County owns the block, which, in addition to the library and adjacent Story Park, contains a parking deck, and Register of Deeds and Emergency Management Services. The county is calling a plan to redevelop the block, i.e. “Project Grace,” and there are several aspects to their proposal. A few (certainly not all) of the pieces to consider include: • Changing the face of downtown • County revenue

• Responsibility to the taxpayer • Preservation vs. destruction • Affordable housing vs. exclusivity It boils down to this: The New Hanover County Library and Cape Fear Museum need either upgrades or additional space or both. The block where the main library is currently located has been proposed for redevelopment, which includes knocking down the current library and constructing a new building for it on the other side of the block. At a public meeting on February 21, one gentleman observed how the current library withstood Hurricane Florence better than newer buildings owned by the county.

Thus it led him to question the wisdom of tearing it down to build a new building that is less hurricane resistant.

The current plan is to move forward with a public/private partnership with a private

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developer, Zimmer Development Company. Anyone who has followed the debacle that is the parking deck redevelopment on Water Street—also a public/private partnership with the City of Wilmington, which we, the public, are subsidizing—should question the redevelopment plans of our library and museum.

Let me present question number four and its answer from the FAQ, provided by the county, about Project Grace: “Will the county own or lease the library?

This has not been determined yet. The developer has offered lease and purchase options as a point of negotiation. If the County Commissioners determine to move forward with negotiations, this will be considered at that time.”

That this is even in question is boggling to the mind. Who looks at a fully paid-for asset, like a house or car, and decides to

give it away with the possibility of leasing it back? This is still to be determined?

As one lady asked at Thursday’s meeting: What is to stop the developer from deciding how, after 15 years, they can get more money from another client, and we lose a downtown library altogether?

The meeting on Thursday was designed for public information but not for public comment. To his credit, County Commissioner Rob Zapple was the only one who appeared. Harper Peterson—our current state senator and long-time downtown resident, who was clearly frustrated by the lack of a public comment option—pulled Zapple into a circle of citizens and facilitated an actual discussion with a public figure on the topic, despite one not being on record.

“I think the county should at least extend the courtesy to engage us in a conversation about a public property,” Peterson noted. “I

tion gentrification is taking on that particular corridor of Market Street means it’s going to become increasingly more valuable, the question seems like a fair one.

think we need to talk about the priorities in our city. This is a nice, high-end residential building, but we have other challenges— we have issues with traffic. We have issues with stormwater management. We live in a ‘water reality’ and that has to be part of this as well.”

Zapple had just arrived from a meeting about affordable housing—or “workforce housing,” as the new euphemism seems to be. Concerns regarding the proposed residential units were raised repeatedly throughout the evening.

“It worries me,” noted Danny Best, “that the apartments they’re talking about look like they’re going to be high-end apartments. We have an affordable housing crisis in this town, especially after Florence. We had it before Florence but now after Florence it is even bigger: the loss of The Glen, Market Street North and a lot of other complexes on the low-end of the rent scale. If we are going to start redeveloping areas to put up apartments, we need to look at requiring developers to put in stuff so regular people can also afford to live there.”

Tiffany Salter also commented, “When I was looking up different articles about Project Grace, I saw a lot of people who were concerned about the homeless population and how they utilize the library. My concern is, it’s a public space, so if you’re buying an apartment above, you should consider it part of the deal because that’s what it’s for: public space.”

According to Emily Zimmer Moree, esquire of the Zimmer Development Company, an affordable housing component was not a part of the proposal request. “However, Zimmer Development Company has agreed to have a conversation with the county and other interested parties regarding an affordable-housing component to this project,” Zimmer told in an e-mail.

In addition to concerns regarding housing and who could afford to live in the apartments—and what set of expectations they might bring with them—numerous people brought up the historic character of our downtown area. It’s a significant tourist draw. Gareth Evans, executive director of the Bellamy Mansion, raised the point how next to the beaches, our historic district is the biggest source of tourist dollars. He questioned the wisdom of jeopardizing it without realistic information about what the cost to renovate existing structures would be.

“We don’t yet know how much we taxpayers will be on the hook with Project Grace,” he said. “It seems we’re going to pay for a new building with two institutions that are doing wonderfully well where they are in buildings the county rehabilitated already. We’re going to pay to put 100,000 square feet of the current library, plus the historic former Register of Deeds building, into the landfill. And the result will be a block, mostly made up of apartments, which reduce the historic character of

2019 PROPOSAL FOR PROJECT GRACE: The current library is being proposed to be razed with new construction taking place to house a new library, plus a new Cape Fear Museum, with high-end condos adjacent to the building and shops and retail. Photo courtesy of Zimmer Development Company

downtown and lead to parking and traffic issues of an unknown scale. We should renovate where needed in the buildings we have and let the commercial market develop empty lots on Grace.”

Preserving and upgrading existing buildings was echoed around the circle. Indeed the artistic renderings of the proposed buildings look like something found in Raleigh, Cary or Charlotte. As Evans detailed the issues involved in knocking down existing structures and disposing of them, the lady next to him intoned, “Asbestos, lead…”

Retired local history librarian Beverly Tetterton desires to see both the library and former Register of Deeds (Borst building) repurposed rather than destroyed. “After all, it was the county that reused and readapted a former Belk’s store to make a dynamic library and an original automobile sales store to house the Register of Deeds,” she stated in an e-mail.

While Ed Wolverton, executive director of Wilmington Downtown Inc., told encore WDI supports adaptive reuse projects for historic properties, he also mentioned the library building is not designated by the state as historic. “Nor is it eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places,” according to Wolverton.

Tetterton put together a history of the building in an effort to get it included in the National Register. According to her analysis, the building has been of prominence since 1951.

“Ask any original Wilmingtonian and they will tell you, they walked to Belk’s nearly every day after school,” she notes.

As well, it’s served Wilmington readers and researchers since 1982. “The library had a big impact on their lives, from cradle

to grave. The building deserves to be on the U.S. National Register Study List because of its well-known architect and builder; its place in historic renovation of downtown Wilmington; and its historical value as an ongoing cultural institution.”

Perhaps what saddens me most is the sense of defeat the public seems to have about this. “The fix is in; there is nothing we can do about this.” Some version of that statement flows from people like a responsive litany in church. Unfortunately, it also was the attitude about the parking deck redevelopment on Water Street. Was it a selffulfilling prophecy or was “the fix” already in? It says something about the culture of our area. If we the people believe our elected officials don’t listen to us and also spend our money (public money) with total disregard for our welfare, and are prepared to give away our public assets without input from us, then perhaps it is an issue we need to address. Perhaps it is the bigger issue here, rather than if a city block produces enough revenue for the county tax base.

There are many issues surrounding Project Grace, and encore will continue to explore them. However, if we don’t engage in a larger discussion about what elected representation actually means for our community, all the other issues are moot. That being said, contact the county commissioners and let them know how you feel about Project Grace. Do you want to be in a position where we are leasing back the library from a private developer? Do you want to pay to knock down a building to build another? Is it the best use of public funds?

Does the proposed housing added to the block contribute to making the core of our city a livable place? Or will we turn a public building into the lobby of an exclusive address taxpayers can’t afford to visit?

So, like everyone else with this bevy of information, weighing options on how to move forward is of utmost importance. New Hanover County Manager Chris Coudriet asked in an e-mail, titled “The Possibilities of Project Grace”: “Do we invest in older facilities that are separate, or do we invest in new facilities that are co-located?” We, the Three votes are needed to make a decipublic, have been told part of the motivation sion. Here are contacts for New Hanover for Project Grace is potentially producing County Commissioners: more county revenue via an increase in the Chairman Jonathan Barfield, Jr. tax base. Part of the struggle the library and museum have always faced is to quantify (910) 233-8780 their value to our community. The services jbarfield@nhcgov.com they provide benefit all of us—even if we never set foot within the doors of the library.

The services they provide enable people to Vice-Chairwoman Julia Olson-Boseman find and keep employment, excel in school, and contribute positively to our community.

(910) 798-7148 Those benefits don’t fit easily into a line on joboseman@nhcgov.com a spreadsheet, but they make a difference in the quality of life for all of us. The current offering includes the possibility the Cape Commissioner Rob Zapple Fear Museum would move to a new build(910) 798-7306 ing in Project Grace and retain its current location for storage and administrative use. rzapple@nhcgov.com Following the logic the block in its current incarnation is not producing enough Commissioner Patricia Kusek revenue, I asked Zapple if we should then expect the same plans on the 800 block (910) 798-7149 of Market Street in another 10 years— pkusek@nhcgov.com because offices and a parking lot do not produce revenue either. Zapple folded his arms and looked at the floor, dropping his Commissioner Woody White usual jovial patter and commented he didn’t (910) 798-7259 know what would happen. It seems like a reasonable question. Looking at the direcwwhite@nhcgov.com encore | february 27 - march 5, 2019 | www.encorepub.com 5

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THE ODOR OF INJUSTICE:

Hog farm hearing demonstrates effects of Chinese industry on NC waters

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BY: JOHN WOLFE

emember how our river smelled in the weeks following Hurricane Florence? I do. Returning home after a week of sheltering inland, I walked to the banks of the Cape Fear, swift and swollen, full of debris. Before I could see the river, I could smell it; the scent crawled through the streets and festered in our nasal canals.

The storm had flooded 36 hog lagoons and breached several more, sending untold amounts of untreated pig urine and feces racing toward the river we all drink from.

Wilmington was an open sewer. *** Every five years, the state Department of Environmental Quality revises their general permit for swine, a sort of operating license which governs how the hog production

facilities in NC dispose of waste products.

After a round of revisions and proposed changes to the existing permit, they open the new draft up for public comment. It is where I found myself with 20 other people— most from Cape Fear River Watch—last Tuesday, bouncing along in a bus headed toward James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville, NC. The number of hogs in the eastern third of North Carolina rivals the number of humans in the entire state at nearly 10 million. The animals produce extravagant amounts of waste; the quantity of urine and feces produced by NC hogs every year is the nearlyunfathomable number of 9.5 billion gallons.

To get an idea of just how much that is, consider the following: Off exit 385 on I-40 is a gated community of golf courses and mansions, roughly the size of Wrightsville Beach, called River Landing. It was built by a man named Wendell Murphy, a hog farmer and state senator

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RIVER KEEPER TAKES THE MIC: Kemp Burdette speaks at last week’s meeting in Kenansville about the DEQ updating permits on hog waste from farms in NC. Photo by John Wolfe

stored, untreated, in fragrant pink lagoons that dot the flood-prone coastal plain, and lurk frightfully near the creeks and rivers we depend on for clean water. When the lagoons fill up, the waste is sprayed on other crops as fertilizer, where just about half of it gets absorbed. The other half becomes runoff when it rains; the nutrients from the leftover waste enter our watershed and cause eutrophication, algae blooms (like the one in Lake Erie), and fish kills. Far too often, the aerosolized waste particles end up drifting over to the farm’s neighbors, who are typically from minority or economically underprivileged communities.

from 1988 to 1992. He mostly is responsible for the messy situation we’re in, as during his time in Raleigh he wrote legislation that eased regulations on hog farming. The money he made by doing so helped fund River Landing, as well as many properties at Wrightsville Beach and a couple of very large boats. Earlier in the year, Rep. Jimmy Dixon of Duplin County earmarked $830,000 in the state budget to, in some weird ironic turn of fate, repair the wealthy The reason all this waste is stored in such and private community’s sewage pumping a manner is because it is cheap to do so. station, which has been backflowing into Better technology exists; several proven ponds on the golf courses. concepts easily can be retrofitted to NC hog Instead, if we used the money to seal up farms, which process the waste more, store the gate and extend the walls around Riv- it in impermeable tanks, separate solids er Landing skyward, and started pumping from liquids, and treat it the same as human in the waste produced by NC hogs (as to waste. The industry claims such methods whether Mr. Murphy and Mr. Dixon were still are “too expensive.” inside at this point, I’ll let the reader imagYet, the Chinese-owned corporation ine), the walls would need to be just over 17 Smithfield Foods—which owns the hogs, feet high to contain it all. feed and profit but, cleverly, not the land or No shit.

the waste, per their contract with farm opOf course, we can’t do that because erators—made a record operating profit of River Landing is still perched on the Cape $447 million in the first half of 2016. More Fear River. So, while it would be incred- recent numbers are not available. ibly satisfying, it wouldn’t solve our original “We no longer make financial informaproblem—namely that all this waste is now tion available to the public,” according to

Smithfield’s website. However, the WH Group, who purchased Smithfield in 2013 for $7.1 billion in the then-largest takeover of an American company by a Chinese one, posted profits of $514 million for the first half of 2018. Clearly, the money exists to make these upgrades to the waste management systems.

through my scribbled notes. My tally landed at 51 speakers overall, 17 of whom were pro-pig, 29 were against. Yet, the room leaned slightly on the side of farmers in general population.

As the miles race by, I lean against the window and think of social philosopher John Rawls, who introduced in his 1971 work “A Theory of Justice” the idea of justice as fairness—the hope for social institutions that won’t confer lifelong advantages on some persons at the expense of others. Is it fair billionaires in China and men like Wendell Murphy get to profit off the suffering of local communities, free of consequences?

On the Thursday after, Riverkeeper Kemp Burdette and Cape Fear River Watch’s Patrick Connell and I head to out to get a birdseye view of the hog farms. At the Oak Island airport, a pilot greets us in the lobby, visibly shaking his head. “Not looking good,” he says. “The ceiling is too low.”

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My grandfather, a pilot himself, always said there were old pilots, and there were bold pilots, but there were no old bold pilots.

So wanting to grow old ourselves, we trust the pilot’s judgment.

*** Wendell Murphy is not here tonight, in these steep auditorium hard-backed plastic chairs. Neither is Wan Long, the billionaire CEO of the WH Group. The room is full of cherry-cheeked cackling farmers and industry workers, sporting “Smithfield” and “FARM STRONG” hats. The environ- OVERFLOWING WITH WASTE: Patrick Connell of Cape Fear River Watch got aerial shots of pig farms in mentalists I rode up with are grim-lipped Brusnwick County overflowing with pig waste right after Hurricane Florence last September. and serious with knowledge of what is at stake. The front two rows are mostly older African-Americans. Several of them arrived on the only other bus here, which brought a delegation from the town of Sandyfield, halfway to Elizabethtown up 87 from Wilmington. And Jimmy Dixon is here, wearing a creased black suit and red tie, as is Senator Harper Peterson, whose tie is blue.

The public comments begin. I watch the crowd, seeing who claps after who speaks.

The black folks up front and the environmentalists seem to be mostly on the same page; the farmers are, as expected, totally homogeneous. I start a tally, counting who speaks for hogs and who speaks against them. The opening salvo is entirely pro-pig: The first man says his “way of life is under attack” and proceeds to define the word “oligarchy.” Another denounces “baseless attacks from activist groups.” One woman, who said she “grew up on the water” and has been a pig farmer for 42 years, mentions no farmers want to sacrifice anyone downstream to make a dollar. But that’s exactly what’s happening.

They rail against the additional paperwork the new rules would create, and claim the current permit is good enough. They mention everyone cares for safety of water, and all of their children are drinking it, too.

When the environmentalists speak, the farmers stare and shake their heads. They ask for transparency—as of now, the public doesn’t have access to records which show permit compliance. The DEQ only reviews the (often handwritten) records once per year.

“This information should not be privileged, when the burden is shared,” says Ashley Johnson of the Environmental Justice Network. “We need to move beyond what exists to what is possible.”

Since we have technology to better monitor and control the lagoons, questions turn toward, “Why aren’t we using it? And why aren’t we holding the people who pollute our environment accountable for their waste?”

“We should require these corporations to be good neighbors,” points out Cape Fear River Watch Deputy Director Dana Sargent. They asked for stronger pollution controls and more environmental monitoring of groundwater, and reminded DEQ that people of color or financially underprivileged

communities are more likely to be located in the immediate vicinity of the farms. The fact was disputed by Rep. Jimmy Dixon later, but was testified against by the first-hand experience of the African-Americans who live nearby.

One man named Rick Dove pointed out the fact that three groups may be present in one room, but, really, we were all one. We were all on the receiving end of the actions of a multi-billion-dollar Chinese corporation.

“Where are the people with the money to solve this problem?” he posited. “They’re not here. The environment in North Carolina can’t handle this. As long as lagoons are in use, there will never be peace.

As a consolation prize, Kemp and Patrick and I drive the back roads of Brunswick County to investigate one of the Smithfieldowned farms. There is a row of low, silver buildings, surrounded by fields with yellow spools of black hose, used to spray the waste; the lagoons themselves lie over a low birm, on which a few birds perch. I crack my window to sniff the air and immediately regret it. It is acrid with unprocessed waste—eye-wateringly rancid. It is an assaulting odor.

Remember the river after the storm?

Welp, imagine something far worse—more concentrated, undiluted. “Look at the runoff pattern,” Kemp says, pointing toward the fields which drain into a creek. Little rivulets of prior drainage are engraved, spiderweb-like, in the yellow dirt. I follow the creek back to the wetlands we just drove through, where, as we slowed down to approach the farm, a yellow box turtle slid into the water, startled by our arrival.

The water here will join Town Creek and eventually the Cape Fear.

Upstream of us, all across Eastern NC, this scene, this smell is so common, it’s unremarkable. The smell of money, is how the scent is usually described, but, no, I would describe it differently. There’s a pungent whiff of wealthy Chinese corporations being the worst kind of neighbors— the kind who don’t care. The strong smell of greed is mixed with a bouquet of not being held accountable by our state government. Among it is a tinge of sickness and decay that comes as a result: It’s the incorrigible odor of injustice.

Now is the time to make your voice heard. E-mail comments to swinepermit. comments@ncdenr.gov, or write to Animal Feeding Operations, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699. The comment period closes on updating the permits on March 4, 2019.

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STATE OF EMERGENCY:

Pondering the importance of big questions different matter.

BY: MARK BASQUILL

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xcuse me!” I interrupted a staff member working with a client at the gym last Saturday. “There’s a guy on the floor back there. He just fell from one of the machines. A couple of guys are helping now.”

The staff member jogged to the fallen man and someone made the call. A few minutes later EMS arrived. Fifteen minutes later EMS left alone. The man apparently declined a ride to the ER for further evaluation, and EMS agreed.

I finished my workout more aware of the fragile gifts of breath and body.

Health emergencies even happen at the health club.

On the way home, I listened to a few minutes of a news story discussing the state of emergency declared by Ol’ 45 the day before. I turned it off. The last thing I needed was another emergency.

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Unfortunately, while driving home I found myself three cars behind a classic T-bone. A vehicle tried a quick left turn from River Road onto River Breeze Road near my house. The sedan and mini-SUV slammed into each other. I pulled off to the river side of the road, unlocked my iPhone and hit 911.

In less than 10 minutes fire rescue from Federal Point and EMS from Myrtle Grove arrived. When I left the scene, it appeared injuries to the vehicle’s occupants weren’t life-threatening, but they were more than enough for an emergency room visit.

My Saturday encounters got me thinking about emergencies. According to Webster’s an emergency is “an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.” Falling out at the gym seems to meet the definition. So does a T-Bone at 45 miles per hour. Illegal immigration is a

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Ol’ 45 initially asked of Congress for $5 billion to address what he termed a “national security emergency” at our southern border. The 2018 Federal Budget was $4.1 trillion. If something is a true national emergency, how far will a mere $5 billion go? Ol’ 45 said, “I could build it over a longer period of time, but I want to it faster.”

That doesn’t sound like an emergency. It sounds like a recalcitrant 5-year-old saying, “I could have waited until I got to a bathroom, but I wanted to pee faster.”

The latest declared “emergency” makes my job more difficult. Much of my week is spent challenging what people see as their personal emergencies. A large part of what any psychotherapist does is help convert perceived catastrophes to problems and problems to possibilities. When problems are seen as catastrophes, our fight-flight system hijacks our reasoning and our common sense flies out the window.

An engine falling off a plane might be an emergency, but if you talk with enough skilled pilots, you’ll find a few that will say, “That’s not an emergency; that’s a problem. It’s a big problem, but I don’t see that as an emergency.”

Is illegal immigration an emergency?

Is Ol’ 45 rage-tweeting threats against a free press an emergency? Is combatting climate change an emergency? Is the fact the person currently carrying the nuclear football has no grasp on the difference between an emergency and a problem? Is flirting with our darkly comic but destructive orange version of fascism a national emergency?

None of the above situations is an emergency. They are problems varying in scale and complexity, but they are not emergencies. If you voted for the current administration, you’re likely to see illegal immigration as a far bigger problem than I do. Don’t mistake: I do see illegal immigration as a problem—just not an emergency.

If you didn’t vote for this administration, you’re likely to see climate change and Ol’ 45’s fitness for duty to be high-priority problems. As much as I’d like to scream, “The house is on fire!” on both counts, it’s not. We’re not cooked yet.

Even fascism isn’t an emergency. I see it as a problem we can convert into possibilities for strengthening our republic. I can only hope you see fascism as a problem, too, not a solution.

cigarette in the toilet and as flames spread, Williams ran out of the house and called 911.

Miller was arrested for arson, risking catastrophe and recklessly endangering another person; later Williams was charged, as well.

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WAIT, WHAT?

In Mumbai, India, 27-year-old Raphael Samuel, an apparent follower of antinatalism, is suing his parents (both attorneys) for giving him life. Samuel says he was conceived without his consent, so his parents should pay him for his life. “I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure,” Samuel explained to The Print. “My life has been amazing, but I don’t see why I should put another life through the rigmarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn’t ask to exist. ... Other Indian people must know that it is an option not to have children, and to ask your parents for an explanation as to why they gave birth to you.” [The Print, 1/30/2019]

SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM

Pavlos Polakis, Greece’s deputy health minister, did not take kindly to a recent reprimand from European Union Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, who admonished Polakis for smoking in public.

Andriukaitis was in Athens February 4 to mark World Cancer Day, reported Reuters.

He also complained that the health ministry smelled of cigarette smoke and that nobody wears ties. Polakis replied in a Facebook post about the casual dress: “That’s a lie ... the security guard at the entrance wore one.

I don’t. It’s the suits which passed through here who bankrupted our country.” As for the scold about smoking, Polakis retorted: “I’ll decide when to stop smoking, on my terms.”

Greece has the highest rate of smoking in the EU. [Reuters, 2/6/2019]

LOST AT SEA(L)

When researchers at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand thawed out some frozen leopard seal excrement in January, which they use to study the animals’ health, they discovered “deep inside the scat” a USB stick containing vacation photos from Porpoise Bay. Reuters reported the defrosted poo had been placed in the freezer in November 2017, and the USB stick was left to dry for a few weeks before volunteers tried it out. The only clue to its owner is the nose of a blue kayak shown in one of the photos.

Should the owner want it back, NIWA has a request: more leopard seal poo, please. [Reuters, 2/5/2019]

AWESOME!

Exterminators were called to the Rogers County (Oklahoma) courthouse on February 4 after an attorney appeared in a thirdfloor courtroom with bed bugs falling out of his clothing. “Hard to imagine someone doesn’t know ... bed bugs are crawling all over them, certainly in abundance,” remarked Sheriff Scott Walton to KJRH TV. Courthouse officials met and decided to close the building at noon until exterminators could eliminate the pests. “I was told the individual that had them also shook his jacket over the prosecutor’s files,” Walton said. The buggy attorney, however, seemed unfazed by his parasitic companions, and it was not clear who would pay for the extermination. [KJRH, 2/5/2019]

PEOPLE WITH ISSUES

The Harlem Romantic Depot lingerie store in New York City was the target of a vandal’s political rage on Jan. 26. In surveillance video, the man can be seen pacing up and down in front of the store window, where two mannequins were on display: one of President Barack Obama dressed as a prince, and one of President Donald Trump, dressed as a princess and wearing a MAGA hat. Taking a brick or stone from a nearby construction site, the man used it to smash through the window, store owner Glen Buzzetti told the New York Daily News.

Next, he yanked the Obama mannequin out of the window and threw it on the ground.

A member of the store’s security team was able to chase the man down the block and catch him, Buzzetti said. But Obama fans in the street weren’t happy with him, either.

“We had to protect him from the crowd,” Buzzetti said. “He could have been killed.

We had women trying to kick him in the head.” He said the man kept repeating that “he hated Obama” and that “the (Obama) mannequin was looking at him bad.” [Daily News, 2/5/2019]

Phillip Lee, 27, was arrested February 4 on charges of simple robbery and simple battery after his attempt to take cash from a New Orleans Popeyes restaurant went south. The Times-Picayune reported that Lee arrived at the restaurant around noon and tried to steal money, but he couldn’t get the cash register open. So instead, he took some fried chicken and fled. Police caught up with him later, and the judge set his bond at $13,500. Popeyes is good, but wow. [New Orleans Times-Picayune, 2/6/2019]

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINAL

Richard J. Betters Jr., 44, of Schenectady, New York, has encountered police detectives in nearby Rotterdam before, which explains why he had one officer’s phone number in his contacts list. So on February 6, The Daily Gazette reported, when a detective mistakenly received a text from Betters offering drugs, it was a law enforcement slam dunk. The detective played along with Betters, offering to meet him at the Taco Bell in Rotterdam, where he arrested Betters for criminal possession of a controlled substance (Oxycodone pills). He was held on $20,000 bail. [Daily Gazette, 2/6/2019]

RECURRING THEME

It’s happened again. In Fairhope, Alabama, 2-year-old Ezra Ingersoll visited Rotolo’s Pizzeria with his family for dinner and game-room fun on January 4. Soon, his sister alerted mom Kelsey that Ezra was in the claw machine. Ezra, hoping to get a toy, had crawled through the opening, but the flap inside wouldn’t swing the other direction, so he was stuck. AL.com reported that police and firefighters responding took the machine apart to free the tyke, who received a free toy for his trouble. [AL.com, 2/5/2019]

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

And you thought smartphones were cutting edge! Samsung’s Family Hub smart refrigerator offers a new app, Refrigerdating, that works something like Tinder. Instead of uploading a profile pic of yourself, according to United Press International, you lure mates with a photo of the inside of your fridge. “Let the world know what kind of person you are,” the app’s website suggests. “Refrigerdating will then hook you up with a variation of fridges, of different tastes, to pick and choose from.” It even offers a little philosophical advice: “Remember, it’s the unexpected mixes that make the three star restaurants.” [United Press International, 2/6/2019]

POLICE BLOTTER

When firefighters responded to a house fire February 5 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, resident Holly Williams, 37, was happy to tell them how it started. She and Michael Miller, 38, keep their car fuel in a container in the house, and they were arguing (about his drinking), and he was trying to take their car, so she flushed the gasoline down the toilet, reported the Altoona Mirror. Miller threw a lit

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CARNAL, NATURAL, WIILDE...

Chelsea Wilde’s Minor Birds build stories, characters and scenery in music, heads to Juggling Gypsy BY: SHANNON RAE GENTRY

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here’s almost a theatrical or musical nature to Minor Birds songs. Lead songstress and multi-instrumentalist Chelsea Wilde builds stories and scenery in her songwriting and compositions, most especially in 2018’s “Bestiary.” It features some of Wilde’s solo songwriting after a few years of writer’s block. “Howl” is the first she wrote on her own. Listeners meet two characters who are metaphorically as similar as a fox and wolf, yet clearly different and wrong for each other.

“As cliché as it sounds, I went through a horrible breakup,” she notes of her headspace at the time. “I had my heart fully broken for possibly the first time and really had no other way to deal—so I wrote. I spilled a million words onto paper, and ‘Howl’ is what came out.”

No surprise Wilde grew up loving theatre but she cut her teeth on classical piano.

She always was drawn to more grandiose theatrical composers.

“I also feel like it’s my role as an artist and storyteller to (first and foremost) feel every word and note myself,” she says, “but, also, hopefully, take the listener on their own rollercoaster journey as well.”

Wilde has more than a month’s long stretch on the road ahead of her before starting a European tour later in 2019.

Minor Birds, along with Dutch Carson, will first play Juggling Gypsy on February 28 after a “teaser show” at Wrightsville Beach Brewery on February 26. She was kind enough to share insight into her wide-spanning talents and songs she’ll be playing this week in ILM. encore (e): Tell our readers about your training as a classical pianist; was this something you naturally gravitated toward?

Chelsea Wilde (CW): I started training as a classical pianist at a very young age.

When I was 6, I was absolutely obsessed with the piano and wanted nothing more than to learn to play. Like most kids, shiny things caught my attention, and I wanted to jump to something else, but, luckily, my parents made me stick to it. It was something I really enjoyed, so I never felt forced … I was just a kid and wanted to dabble in multiple things before I was really ready.

e: How did this evolve into your current stylings? Was there an instant leap to incorporate other soundscapes with piano or was it more gradual?

butes I definitely try to achieve with my own writing and storytelling. e: Will we mostly hear “Bestiary” when you’re here in Wilmington, or are there new songs in the works you’re road testing currently?

CW: There was definitely a gradual evolution. I’ve played piano for decades, and did some transposing and reworking of other things to suit my needs, but I didn’t start composing until the age of 21. I started a project at that time with my former bass player, Joel [Wilde] (who also started Minor Birds with me), and started working with piano, as well as arranging other instrumentation.

In 2008 my mother’s passing and some other struggles hit me pretty hard, and I took a break from music for about six to eight months. After that time, I came into composition and arranging full-force, and with a dark and moody sound much more similar to what I have now—though, obviously it’s evolved quite a bit (see anything from my “Hold Back All My Dark” album for reference). e: After piano, what was the next instrument you took interest in and why? What else have you picked up to date or plan to dabble in next?

CW: Guitar was definitely the next instrument I dabbled in. I picked it up in high school, like we all do, and tinkered here and there, but I didn’t really start playing it seriously and writing until I picked up my first electric guitar—a Fender Telecaster— in 2011. Something about electric guitar just made sense to me. I was hooked. I recently had a endorsement with Moniker Guitars out of Austin (RIP) and now play an amazing custom I call “Caroline,” but I still have that telecaster and will probably keep it forever.

Over time, I’ve learned a bit of mandolin, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, organ and accordion. I’m really interested in working with horns for my next record—especially the cornet or flugelhorn. e: Speaking of sounds and songs, let’s talk about “Bestiary.” There seems to be a theme—with titles like “Howl,” “House of Wolves,” “The Hunt,” “Skin,” “House of Bones”—almost wild, carnal, natural...

CW: There’s definitely a recurring theme within most of my music. I have a deep

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CW: Most of what I will be playing will be from “Bestiary,” but I will be playing songs from previous records, a few new songs in the works for a future album, as well as a couple songs Dutch Carson (who is touring with me and also playing at Juggling Gypsy) and I have written together. e: Will you have other players with you at your live show?

How do you recreate or adjust the soundscapes we hear on your albums?

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST: Chelsea Wilde is a classically trained pianist who continues to learn and incorporate new instruments into her work. Photo by Brandon Fetkenhauer

interest in nature, creatures, mythology, lore—there’s something about finding the beauty in darkness. I feel like there is this underlying wild and carnal nature in all of us—a beast, if you will—that we try to hide, but it always shows itself through our interactions with others. I created “Bestiary” as a sort of homage to the bestiaries from medieval times. A tome. A written and illustrated record of the various beasts/sides (mythical or real) to all of us. e: Tell me more about the narrator in the “The Hunt.”

CW: “The Hunt” is also about relationships; it’s almost the mirror image or bookend to “Howl.” The fox has gone from feeling helpless to realizing she is the dangerous one. She has her own power and isn’t one to be messed with.

CW: Dutch will jump in on a couple songs with me, but I mainly tour solo. Being on the road for five-plus months just isn’t feasible for most people. However, I like to think the sound holds up in a solo set. I write things solo, and while I typically hear the full composition at that time, I also keep in mind how it sounds with just one to two instruments, and make sure I keep my sound full, using minimal instrumentation. I like to think (and hope) the minimalism of my solo sets brings its own haunting quality. e: Any new projects to come?

CW: As far as new music goes, I’ve been working on a few things on the road: both a single I recorded with a friend in Littlefield, Texas, and some ideas for my next album that I’m very excited about. (Hint: It involves the ‘80s hit TV show “Unsolved Mysteries”!)

Dutch and I are åworking on a project together that’s quite a departure from my usual work, but I like to think it’s pretty dang good.

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FROM SEMINARY TO STAGE:

Richard Shindell talks his more than two-decade career and from where it all began

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BY: ETHAN MARSH

n alcoholic who deals with addiction and eventually decides to put it away for good will sometimes look for an apology. Richard Shindell does just that on 2016’s “Careless,” as he goes raw biographically and sings about his former struggle with booze.

Shindell, 58 and originally from New York, often pursues first-person narratives in his songs. He has released a total of 13 albums over 27 years, after signing with Shanachie Records in 1991. Collaborations have been aplenty as well, as Shindell worked with Lucy Kaplansky to form their trio Cry, Cry, Cry, along with Dar Williams.

We interviewed Shindell last week ahead of his upcoming appearance at Odell Williamson Auditorium at Brunswick Community College on Friday. Listen Up Brunswick County concert series is hosting the artist.

Here is how our talk unfolded. encore (e): Do your songs reflect true events from your life?

Richard Shindell (RS): I’m talking about real stuff, but I wouldn’t want to point to or feel the need to talk about what those are. The song speaks for itself. Anybody who resonates with it knows what I’m talking about. A song, once I write it and sing it, goes out into the world [and] becomes something for other people as well. So it doesn’t remain tied to me. It can go out and be something for somebody else. I hope that happens. I hope it’s useful for someone. e: Do you consider yourself a storyteller? What kind of connections do you try to make with your audience, say, in songs like “A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress” (“Blue Divide”)?

RS: I guess I consider myself a storyteller. That particular song—there’s a story there, but it’s more just the moment of remembering something, someone and the complexities of what happened with that person. e: In “You Stay Here” (“Somewhere From Peterson”), what kind of message are you trying to send, specifically with lyrics like, “You stay here, I’ll go get wood / You stay here, I’ll go get coats / You stay here, I’ll go get guns.” Also, any particular techniques you used to

help craft the story better?

very challenging. You find yourself talking like a 4-year-old and that’s interesting. It’s what you have to do in order to learn the language. Of course learning another language is learning the world. It’s a wonderful thing to do. It’s a wonderful, opening experience finding new meanings for things. It’s just wonderful. I highly recommend it

RS: Well, I’m adopting the voice of someone who’s saying those things to another person—probably a spouse. The repetition is an old technique; it goes back to ancient roots of poetry. Repetition has a function.

It’s a formal thing which helps people to remember. It’s the mnemonic device. It’s also architecture and gives the listener in real time, if music goes by very quickly, something repetitive to hang their hat on, to come back to over and over.

It also has a dramatic effect, insofar as the juxtaposition of the thing that’s being repeated, in this case, you stay here with what varies. In other words, you stay here, and I’ll go look for X, Y, Z. So all those variables in the context of the repetition are highlighted build on each other. And there’s also a certain momentum created by that sort of repetition, but mostly, it’s really just one person speaking to another. I chose that particular technique in order to dramatize it in the song. e: You learned to play guitar at only 8 years old. How did that influence your songwriting?

RS: Well, starting early always helps because then you have more time. By the time you get around to learning how to write a song, which comes later, you don’t really have to think hard about where you prick your finger; it’s on the fretboard and you can focus on singing at the same time, for example. . . . In a performance situation, you need to be able to forget about the instrument, almost so that you can multitask and sing at the same time. I guess starting early helps get to that point. e: How did spending nine months in Buddhist community after college, and also your time at the Union Theological Seminary impact your music, if at all?

RS: The Buddhist certainly helped me learn how to concentrate. Strangely, when I came out of the Buddhist place, I think because of the some of the chanting in Japanese, my voice was a little different; I sang slightly differently, and I think better. So they both had a practical effect. That was a little bit more intangible concentration. The seminary thing, well, that’s something I don’t really have much to do with that anymore. e: Why did you make the switch from

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e: What kind of emphasis do you place on the instrumental side of your tunes?

REAL TALK: Richard Shindell will perform at Odell Williamson Auditorium as part of Listen Up Brunswick County. Photo by Joanna Chattman

studying theology into songwriting?

RS: Because I figured out I was an atheist in the middle of my seminary experience— and I would have been a lousy preacher. I just started writing songs in the middle of [my experience there] and then started doing what I’m doing now. e: After your release of “Somewhere Near Patterson,” what caused your move to Buenos Aires? How does the local music and change of culture, language, directly impact your musicmaking?

RS: Well, my wife is from Buenos Aires and so we went down because she got a job there. I always kept [traveling] back and forth between [Argentina and the U.S.] Living there has crept into my songs over the years, in terms of subject matter and characters. [I’m] trying to write down there in Spanish, incorporate other genres—trying to embrace that experience a bit more than I have.

Learning another language, in the country where you need to be speaking it, is a very humbling exercise. Because if you’re starting from zero, as I pretty much was, you have to swallow your pride because you’re going to say stupid things. And you’re going to make mistakes, and you’re going to mix the text. People are going to look at you funny, and they’re not going to know what you mean at the beginning, and you just have to kind of deal with that, learn how to accept it. If you do that as an adult, it can be

RS: It’s important to me, I love the guitar.; it’s one of the ways I entertain myself on stage, trying to find different ways to play songs. It’s one of the fun little things I can vary from night to night, along with dynamics and tempo. . . . My guitar playing is always in the service of just delivering the song. I don’t take long solos. . . . If I’m a good guitar player, it’s because I have figured out a way to accompany a song well with a guitar. e: How do you balance playing older material with newer material at concerts?

RS: I try to represent all my records in any given concert. It’s probably skewed toward the newer stuff. The new songs from the most recent record probably account for half the night and the other half will be a smattering of songs from my earlier records. e: Are you currently working on any new music? Will it be included on the set list this weekend?

RS: Yeah, I’ll play some new songs, but I don’t have a record coming out at the moment. I’m in the process of figuring out what to do next. It may involve writing that has nothing to do with music. I’m interested in pursuing other genres, whether it’s poetry or prose but I’m feeling an itch. I’d like to try something new. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to give up songwriting. But I’m feeling a little impatient with songwriting at the moment and I’d like to try something different.

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Friday & Saturday __________________________ MARDI GRAS THROWDOWN! Local blues and roots artist Randy McQuay with Dixieland All Stars and Port City Players (above, L-R: Paul Lewis, Alex Chamyan, Jared Evans, Jim Nelson, Maaike Brandis, Randy McQuay, Wes Chappell, Bailey Horsley, Jones Smith) will once again help bring NOLA to ILM with 4th Annual Mardi Gras Under the Bridge events and performances on March 2, 3 and 5. Photo by Taylor Czerwinski.

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Music Bingo at The Harp (7:30pm; Free)

Trivia Night (7:30pm; Free)

—Bills Front Porch, 4328 Market St.

Open Mic (6pm; Free)

UNCW Symphonic Band (7:30pm; $6)

Wet Wednesday DJ (10pm; Free)

Throwback Thursday Karaoke w/ DJ Damo (8pm; Free)

Music Bingo (7pm; Free)

Music Bingo with Sherri! (7pm; Free)

—Local’s Tavern, 1107 New Pointe Blvd.

Karaoke (7pm; Free)

—Edward Teach Brewing, 604 N. 4th St.

—The Harp, 1423 S 3rd St.

—Tidal Creek Co-op, 5329 Oleander Dr. —The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.

Improv Night (8pm; $3)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Hooked on Sonics: Acoustic (8pm; $5)

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

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. —The Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Extreme Music Bingo w/Party Gras (10pm; Free) —Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.

Singer-Songwriter Circle, Open Mic (9pm; Free) —Bottega Art Bar and Gallery, 723 N. 4th St.

Team Trivia (7pm; Free)

—Slice of Life, 125 Market St.; 910-251-9444

Fire & Drums (3pm; Free)

Sean Gregory (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

—Wrightsville Beach Brewery, 6201 Oleander Dr.

Open Mic Night (6pm; Free)

—Morning Glory Coffeehouse, 1415 Dawson St.

Cara Schauble (7pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Sweet n Savory Cafe, 1611 Pavillion Place

Tail Light Rebellion (7pm; Free) —Fermental, 7250 Market St.

—Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-763-4133 —Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

—Reggie’s 42nd St. Tavern, 1415 S 42nd St.

Open Mic Comedy (8pm; $0-$3)

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

Trivia w/ Party Gras Ent. (8pm; Free)

—Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.

Minor Birds w/Dutch Carson (8pm; Free; SingerSongwriter, Piano) —The Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Trivia Night (8:30pm; Free)

$3.75 Red Oak Draft $4 Wells 65 Wings, 4-7pm $3.75 Sweetwaters $4.50 Absolute Lemonade

—The Harp, 1423 S. 3rd St.

$3.75 Sweet Josie $4 Margaritas

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

Jessy Esterline (10pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Duck n Dive, 114 Dock St.

$3.75 Hay Bale Ale

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

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FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS

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

Trivia w/Party Gras Entertainment (7pm; Free) —Beau Rivage, 649 Rivage Promenade

Jazz & Java (7pm; Free)

—Morning Glory Coffeehouse, 1415 Dawson St.

North Fourth Funky Fridays (8pm; Free) —Palate, 1007 N. 4th St.

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—Gravity Records, 612 Castle St.

String Ensemble (7:30pm; $6)

—Cultural Arts Building, 5270 Randall Parkway

New Orleans Vinyl (2pm; Free)

—Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry St.

MONDAY, MARCH 4

Throwback to the 80s! (8pm; Free)

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

—Bottega, 723 N. Fourth St.

—Salty Turtle Beer Company, 103 Triton Ln.

Rusty’s Rompers March Madness (8pm; $10$15; Burlesque) —The Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Access 29 (9pm; Free)

—Banks Channel Pub and Grille, 530 Causeway Dr.

Trivia Night (7:30pm; Free)

Open Mic w/DJ L.A. (9pm; Free) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5

Karaoke w/ Party Gras (7pm; Free)

—Hoplite Pub, 720 N. Lake Park Blvd.

Giant Robot Academy / Ol’ Sport / Drat The Luck (9pm; Free; Punk)

Tues Trivia & Tacos with Sherri! (7pm; Free)

AMFM (9pm; Free)

—The Calico Room, 115 N. 2nd St.

—Reggie’s 42nd St., Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.

—Local’s Tavern, 1107 New Pointe Blvd.

The Drum Circle (7:30pm; Free)

Live Music (9pm; Free; TBA)

Arturo O’Farill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble (7:30pm; $25-$75)

Machine Funk (10pm; Free)

Night of Trivia (8pm; Free)

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St. —The Harp, 143 S. 3rd St.

—The Palm Room, 11 E. Salisbury St.

Randy McQuay (6pm; Free; Roots, Blues) —Cloud 9 Rooftop Bar, 9 Estell Lee Pl.

—Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

—Banks Channel Pub and Grille, 530 Causeway Dr.

Cape Fear Blues Jam (8pm; Free)

—Rusty Nail Saloon, 1310 S. 5th St.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2

West Coast Swing All Levels (8pm; $5-$15)

—Wrightsville Beach Brewery, 6201 Oleander Dr.

Mardi Gras 4th Annual Throw Down with Port City Players (6pm; Free)

Mike Blair (2pm; Free)

Langston Kerman (7pm, 9:30pm; $15; Comedy) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Access 29 (8pm; Free)

Personality Cult, The Male Men, Sublte Fuzz (9pm; $7)

—Reggie’s 42nd St., Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.

Soften The Glare w/ Slumberwave (10pm; Free) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

Mardi Gras Party w/ Jay Killman and Cara Schauble (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriters) —The Sour Barn, 7211 Market St.

The Boom Brothers (8pm; Free) —Palate, 1007 N. 4th St.

Metal for the Cure (7pm; Donations) —The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.

Irish Triad Sessions (2pm; Free)

—The Dubliner Irish Pub, 1756 Carolina Beach Rd.

The Dixieland All Stars (6pm; Free)

—Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry St.

Josh Lewis (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Cloud 9 Rooftop Bar, 9 Estell Lee Pl.

Jim Ferris Trio (9pm; Free; Jazz Piano) —Cloud 9 Rooftop Bar, 9 Estell Lee Pl.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3

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Bastard Brigade Dirty South Rev Slamurai (6pm; $5; Metal, Punk)

Jazz Night with James Jarvis (8pm; Free)

—Pour Taproom, 201 N. Front St., Suite G101

(as little as $29 a week!)

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

—Babs McDance Social Dance Club & Ballroom, 6782 Market St.

—Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry St.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 Music Bingo (7pm; Free)

—Bills Front Porch, 4328 Market St.

Music Bingo with Sherri! (7pm; Free)

—Local’s Tavern, 1107 New Pointe Blvd.

Karaoke (7pm; Free)

—Edward Teach Brewing, 604 N 4th St.;

Improv Night (8pm; $3)

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

B.R. Lively w/ Pierson Saxon (9pm; $5) —The Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Extreme Music Bingo w/Party Gras (10pm; Free) —Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.

Singer-Songwriter Circle, Open Mic (9pm; Free) —Bottega Art Bar and Gallery, 723 N. 4th St.

Team Trivia (7pm; Free)

—Slice of Life, 125 Market St.; 910-251-9444

Music Bingo at The Harp (7:30pm; Free) —The Harp, 1423 S 3rd St.

Open Mic (6pm; Free)

—Tidal Creek Co-op, 5329 Oleander Dr.

Wet Wednesday DJ (10pm; Free)

—The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.

CONCERTS OUTSIDE OF SOUTHEASTERN NC

SHOWSTOPPERS

[PH]ISH OUT OF WATER: Phish bassist Mike Gordon is playing solo at The Orange Peel in Asheville on March 9. Photo by Tom Dorgan

NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE N. DAVIDSON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 358-9298 2/27: Fred Armisen 2/28: Future Thieves 3/1: Kodie Shane and more 3/2: Justin Hayward and Michael Dawes 3/4: Dr. Dog and The Nude PArty 3/5: The Last Bison 3/7: The Motet and No BS! Brass Band THE FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 2/28: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 3/1: Cypress Hill and Hollywood 3/4: Sabrina Carpenter 3/5: Citizen Cope 3/6: Subtronics with Blunts and Blondes 3/7: Whiskey Myers THE FILLMORE UNDERGROUND 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 3/6: Subtronics with Blunts and Blondes 3/7: Here Come the Mummies 3/8: Metal Madness with Black Ritual and more LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. CABARRUS ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 821-4111 2/27: JJ Grey and Mofro and Cris Jacobs Band 3/1: Up The Irons, Hard Rock Reunion and Outliar 3/2: Who’s Bad and Africa Unplugged 3/3: Y&T 3/8: Julia Michaels and Spazz Cardigan 3/9: Citizen Cope and David Ramirez 3/13: The Hip Abduction and Little Stranger

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KEEPING THE ARTS ALIVE!

Local alliance works toward funding arts programs in schools on Pleasure Island

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BY: SHEA CARVER

tudies in the arts have been scientifically proven to strengthen concentration and focus, while also improving motor control and motivation, according to a Johns Hopkins study, “Neuroeducation: Learning, Arts and the Brain.” It also bolsters social and intellectual improvement and has a positive effect on academia, as students who study music and drama often score higher in critical thinking and comprehension. It’s baffling how the arts overall can’t stand on their own merit as outlets of creative expression, but even more so when its positive effects pour into other benefits of a well-rounded education. Yet, here in the US we still face an 80 percent cut (US News and World Report) in arts funding in schools.

In southeastern NC, Island Arts & Culture Alliance on Pleasure Island is doing its best to make sure students don’t go without the creative outlet at two schools on Pleasure Island: Carolina Beach Elementary and Island Montessori School. The nonprofit hosts two fund-

raisers a year and so far have raised $5,000, which have helped the schools outfit their arts departments with supplies, such as 20 ukuleles for a music program last year and a block printing class held at Montessori.

“Last year was the first year we were able to start granting our funds,” says Skip Sprague, president of the alliance. “We write a check to the departments and it is up to them as how it will be best utilized.”

Students will show off what they’ve learned by performing and showing what they’ve created at booths they’ll have set up at the alliance’s annual Carolina Beach Street Arts Festival on May 4. The event will host more than 60 local artists selling a multitude of wares, from photography to jewelry to paintings, illustrations, ceramics, and more. Before the big event gets underway, the alliance is hosting their third annual Mardi Gras-themed fundraiser, with NOLA jazz and blues, dancing, heavy Creole hors d’oeuvre, tarot readings, photo booth, a costume contest, and an art auction. It’s the third year they will hold the event at the Marriott Courtyard.

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POTS WITH A MARINE FLAIR: Pat Holleman, owner of Port City Potter and Fine Crafts, will have her work auctioned off at the upcoming Mardi Gras for the Arts. Photo courtesy of the artist

The main feature of the Mardi Gras fundraiser comes in vast auction items. There will be 12 live and 30 silent auction pieces to bid on, including painted surfboards, the arts festival’s community-project skim boards, a signed acoustic guitar from Jimmy Buffett, plus a plethora of paintings, photography and ceramics.

One of the potters featured is Pat Holleman who retired to Kure Beach 20 years ago after working in the education system, moving through the ranks from teacher to principal to assistant superintendent.

Holleman studied pottery in the early ‘70s and spent summers at Penland School of Arts and Crafts, while also taking classes at Queens College in Charlotte. She has been throwing pots for almost 50 years now and has her own studio behind her home. She also is founding owner of Port City Potter and Fine Crafts, the co-op in the Cotton Exchange downtown, where her works can be found.

“I am a functional potter, which means I make work such as bowls, mugs, plates, and other items that can be used in people’s everyday lives,” Holleman tells. “For the past 20 years, I have been an active participant in the Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project. As a result, my donation to the fundraiser this year is a set of three bowls depicting sea turtles hatching and making their way to the sea.”

“Working with the school system, the neighboring community, and a local architect, we did a major renovation [in Charlotte], which included the construction of an arts building for the fine and performing arts,” Holleman tells. “This included an art studio with a kiln and a dance studio with special flooring. My belief was and is that a well-rounded education must include exposure to the arts if we are going to produce well-rounded citizens and future leaders of our world.”

The Island Arts & Culture Alliance will feature works from more than 25 local artists works in the auction. The nonprofit has plans to reach out to more schools who may need a boost to keep arts programming funded.

“We have some of the most selfless individuals anybody could ask for,” Sprague tells. “We donate all our time, and in a lot of cases our own money to make sure that our functions are a good as it gets.”

Only a handful of tickets are left to the Mardi Gras fundraiser, and can be purchased at Tip Top Frame on Pleasure Island.

DETAILS:

Mardi Gras for the Arts

Fundraiser for the Island Arts and Culture Alliance Courtyard by Marriott 100 Charlotte Ave., Carolina Beach Holleman knows firsthand the importance of Tickets: $20, available at Tip Top an early arts education and its lifelong benefit. Frame, 1401 Lake Park Blvd North, She began creating projects out of everyday Suite 20 items as a youngster. It influenced the path of

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her career, not only in fueling her own spirit but allowing it to influence students.

HANGING AROUND THE PORT CITY

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ARTEXPOSURE!

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ArtExposure is celebrating its 10th anniversary on May 11th from 11am7pm. Please, mark your calendar and join us! We will host a food truck, a tent for artists, raffles and more!

Mary Ann Rozear will have her opening reception, “The Shapes of Memories, from North Carolina to Maine,” from 5-7 p.m. on the same day.

If you haven’t been to ArtExposure, please, take a drive to see us. You won’t regret it!

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Art in Bloom Gallery is in a renovated 19th-Century horse stable and presents an eclectic mix of original art by established and emerging artists. View “New Year, New Art: An Exhibit from the Gallery’s Core Artists” February 15 – March 23. Art in Bloom Gallery is open until 9 pm on Fourth Friday Gallery Nights including March 22.

Now exhibiting “The Art fo Style,” works by Ann Parks McCray, featuring layers upon layers of vibrant colors and imagery.

Located in the heart of historic downtown Wilmington, New Elements Gallery has been offering the best of regional and national fine art and craft since 1985.

Learn more about the artists we represent, featured exhibitions, and gallery news on our website.

210 Princess St. Tues. - Sat. 10am - 6pm (or by appt., Sun. and Mon.) (484) 885-3037 www.aibgallery.com

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In addition to our gallery at 210 Princess Street, Art in Bloom Gallery partners with local businesses to exhibit original art in other locations. Current Art Exhibits include: “The Joy of Plein Air: Pastels by Laurie Greenbaum Beitch” opened January 22 at PinPoint Restaurant,114 Market Street. The art exhibit continues through May 20, 2019.

“Brayers, Brushes, and Color Pencils by David Norris” opened February 6 at Platypus & Gnome Restaurant, 9 South Front Street. Meet the artist at a champagne toast and reception, Thursday, March 14, 6-8 pm. The reception is open and free to the public. The art exhibit continues through June 3, 2019.

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The Wilma Daniels Gallery currently features the work of their visual art faculty Showcasing “face pots” by ceramics instructor Geoff Calabrese, faculty exhibitors also include Ben Billingsley, Geoff Calabrese, Rick Conn, Jessica Gaffney, Kirsten Koromilas, Jennifer Mace, Deborah Quinn, Victoria Paige, Abby Perry, Sharon Wozniak Spencer, Sherrie Whitehead. Visit cfcc.edu/danielsgallery for more details.

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SOULFUL HONESTY:

Annie Marsh and Barbara Weetman take on the jukebox musical, ‘Always, Patsy Cline’

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BY: SHEA CARVER

storytelling and emotion with such a subtlety and depth that everyone in the theater leaves wanting to write Louise their own letters,” director Justin Smith says. “And Annie has such a gift (not unlike Patsy); I felt like I needed to seize this opportunity to get her in this role before it was too late.”

ocals may remember Annie Marsh’s powerhouse vocals from the numerous musicals she did in Wilmington as a teen. Or maybe they tuned in when she was on “The Voice” in 2014 and made it in front of the judges during blind auditions. Now a college student at Boston’s Berklee School of Music—after transferring from It will be Smith’s third time proNew York’s Pace Performing Arts—Marsh will return to her hometown stage at Thalian Hall to ducing and directing “Always, Patsy bring to life one of the world’s most beloved stars Cline”; he did it first when he led the helm at City Stage and thereafter in the jukebox musical “Always, Patsy Cline.” hosted it in Thalian’s ballroom. He The story follows the friendship between the credits his experience as giving him country star and fan Louise Segar, who becomes the right tools to take it to the larger a pen pal and confidant to Cline. Based on a Thalian stage with Opera House true story, and from an excerpt of Cline’s biog- Theatre Company. raphy, “Honky Tonk Angel,” the plot arc is woven “We have a few more bells and through their letters to each other. Returning to play Segar is Barbara Weetman, who knows the whistles in this space, and having a deep understanding of the production helps with that,” role well after three performances. he assures. “But, really, I love the music and the “There are other gifted actors who can do that subject matter. [Patsy Cline] was fascinating and role, but Barb combines Louise’s humor, candor, accomplished so much in a short period. With the

cry,” Marsh tells. “[That] is a hard combo to come by but she had it. I love being able to play a person who is like that because I relate to her. I consider myself a super vulnerable person while equally having a strong sense of self.”

SWEET DREAMS: Berklee School of Music student and Wilmingtonian Annie Marsh returns to Thalian Hall stage as country superstar Patsy Cline. Photo courtesy of Penn+ Creative

show being based on actual letters, It really gives you an idea of what a humble person this mega star was.”

Because of Marsh’s many similarities to Cline, it seemed a natural fit to call her back to town, according to Smith. At 22, Marsh is the same age as Patsy was when the ‘50s-‘60s singer began her ascent into stardom. “Annie is an old soul and Patsy had to have been to accomplish so much before she died at age 30,” Smith notes.

Marsh’s research of the role has come with hours of poring through interviews and watching videos in order to mimic Cline’s inflections and vibrato. She likens the star’s voice to insane capabilities.

“She was open-throated and almost operatic,” Marsh says. “She could have been a jazz singer, opera singer or gospel singer if she wanted.”

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From the low notes she nailed on “Crazy” and “Fall to Pieces,” to the flat at the end of “Lovesick Blues,” Marsh has been more than impressed by Cline’s technique, including yodels, growls and riffs she utilized early in her career.

“I don’t honestly know what she couldn’t sing,” Marsh says. “As she got more mature and older, she became more musically simple and concentrated more on telling the story.”

The vulnerability emoted from the storytelling is what Marsh connects with most. She praises Cline’s real-life thick skin and her bleeding open heart on stage. “She was a tough woman that could throw back beers with the guys at the bar, then walk on stage and be so vulnerable through her music she would make everyone in the room

Cline’s transparent honesty is perhaps what also made her fans flock to her easily. Marsh reached out to a Cline fanatic, who also happens to be a friend, Justin Peterson, to find out the attraction.

Peterson claims his own music career started because of Cline. “Listening to him talk about her and explain why she has touched his life has really helped me get to the core of why and how she was deeply loved and admired by so many,” Marsh says. “Listening to different people share how Patsy has personally affected their lives has been the best research of all.”

One of such is band leader Adrian Varnam (fiddle/acoustic guitar), who has done the production four times already. He will steer Luís Barragán (piano), Hugh Mallard (drums), Brian Westbrook (bass), Bob Russell (pedal steel). and Ted Crenshaw (electric guitar) through 28 songs.

“Patsy Cline is on the Mount Rushmore of country music,” Varnam says, “and for someone who loves Americana like I do, getting to perform her music for today’s audience is a joy. Her songs and voice are both woven into the fabric of our culture, and revisiting and performing them bring feelings of nostalgia and comfort. For this production, they couldn’t have cast a more talented singer to play Patsy than Annie. She gives so much to this iconic role.”

Marsh’s favorite tune in the show isn’t even among Cline’s greatest hits. She loves the scene in Louise’s apartment, right before bedtime, when Cline sings a gospel tune, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee.”

“She is completely alone, singing to herself verses performing for an audience at a show or radio station,” Marsh describes. “The audience gets to experience her having an intimate conversation with God through music. It is such a special moment and I love singing that song so much. It is so soulful and honest.”

DETAILS:

Always, Patsy Cline

Feb. 28-Mar. 3, 8-10, 7:30 p.m. or Sundays, 3 p.m.

Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. Tickets: $20-$32 thalianhall.org

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EPHEMERAL EXPERIENCE:

Big Dawg re-stages ‘Agnes of God’ after fall run was cut short by Hurricane Florence

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ing Agnes safe or keeping her caged up? It is a fine distinction. It is a question asked, maybe even abused, by people in positions of power—from the power of a parent over a child to the power of building walls in the name of keeping people out (or is it keeping people in?).

ast fall Big Dawg Productions opened John Pielmeier’s “Agnes of God” the week before Hurricane Florence. The act of God prematurely ended the show run, which received praise-worthy reviews.

Ericson’s Mother Superior is a formidable However, Big Dawg has elected to re-stage it at Cape Fear Playhouse on Castle Street foe for Livingstone; they are well-matched opponents in this fencing match. As Stafas part of their new season. ford slowly uncovers the layers of deception There are certain pieces of dramatic litthat have been built in front of her, she unerature in the American canon revered by masks a pattern of abuse used as a jusperformers for the power and magnitude of tification and as a weapon in itself. What the writing. These scripts demand complete makes Ericson’s performance so subtle performances. They tend to be difficult to and powerful is, though she is fighting to sell at the box office because, if done well, protect herself and her convent (which she it affects the audience emotionally, psychois responsible for), genuinely, she believes logically and spiritually, and leaves a physiherself to be protecting Agnes—to be fightcal impression. The audience ceases to be ing for Agnes, not hurting her. As Mother separate and are by virtue of witness, an Superior she has absolute authority in her essential element to production. Marsha convent, as we see in flashbacks with AgNorman’s “‘night Mother” is one example, nes (“Say it Agnes. Believe it.”) But, here, in GOD-LIKE PRESENCE: Big Dawg Productions’ ‘Agnes of God’ is finally seeing its full run, after being Pielmeier’s “Agnes of God” is another.

Livingstone’s office, she is, for the first time shut down from Hurricane Florence last fall. And it’s well worth seeing, according to Gwenyfar. Photo Dr. Martha Livingstone (Eleanor Staf- in many years, a supplicant. It is not a role by James Bowling ford), a practicing psychiatrist and lapsed she wears lightly or comfortably. not sleep the night after the show; the per- within themselves. Director Katherine VerCatholic, is assigned to evaluate a young Ericson dressed for battle is formidable, formances haunted me. non has directed an intense and powerful novice nun, Agnes (Grace Carlyle Berry), but the determination of Stafford, the genuevening with a powerhouse cast and a set for mental competency. Agnes is accused Pielmeier’s script began to be workine humanity and deep-seated desire for of two chairs, a bar stool and a pack of of murdering her newborn. The Mother resolution are not weapons she is prepared shopped in 1979 and came to Broadway in cigarettes. She clearly approached the Superior of the convent (Jamila Ericson) to contend with. The enigma that is Agnes 1982. The inspiration was a seed planted material without any fear—nor hid from it stands in loco parentis and tries to direct haunts and obsesses them both. It would from a real-life case of a nun who hid a behind elaborate trappings. Instead she the course of Livingstone’s investigabe easy to turn Agnes into a baby-talk pregnancy and delivered a child she subdelivers as it was intended: with courage. tion. What unfolds is an exploration of the weakling, but that choice would make the sequently killed in her convent. The script At every turn, every choice reflects a deft deepest mysteries of human perception has elements that harken to both Stephen whole show collapse. hand to bring alive a delicate and powerful and explanation.

King’s 1974 book “Carrie” and the 1973 Berry’s Agnes is arresting. Who is this journey. There is not one wasted moment book “Sybil” (for which Pielmeier would Is Agnes a modern day saint? Does girl that has no education, no interaction on stage—nothing is superfluous. write the 2007 TV adaptation).

But each she have divine visitations? Or is she an outside of prescribed confines, and yet has fragment is only that: fragments drawn The cast is completely, totally committed abused and damaged victim, handed from created this perfect armor to protect herself upon to create something more lasting, and we, the audience are, too. It is rare one abuser to another? Did Agnes know as best she can from those who control her specific and haunting. and powerful to experience work like “Agshe was pregnant? Did she kill the child? life? She is an institutionalized survivor, but nes of God,” but when we do, we know, Did someone else? How did Agnes be“Agnes of God” remains a painfully relwhat lurks beneath the surface is a person however terrifying, we are actually in the come pregnant? Was it consensual? Does simultaneously desperate and terrified to evant show. The New York Times headpresence of a divine moment of inspiraAgnes have adult knowledge of her own ask for help. She’s desperate to find a pro- lines the morning after this run opened tion—something greater than one, than body to make or understand decisions reincluded: “Pope Gathers 190 Church tector, but who knows, intrinsically knows, the cast or the audience. But, together, it garding her own safety? Is she a danger to everyone who claims to love and protect Leaders for a Historic Summit on Child creates an ephemeral experience whose herself or others? If she is not responsible, Sexual Abuse” and, from Liesl Schwabe’s her will only hurt her further. impact will linger. who is? Where is the limit for our responsicolumn, “Everything I Know About FemiBerry makes Agnes’ visitations, hauntbility to others entrusted in our care? nism I Learned From Nuns.” But “Agnes ings or hallucinations—whatever you wanof God” is about much more than just the Stafford’s Dr. Livingstone must be the na call them—believable and distinct. Like Catholic church. Or power. Or divinity. It is Agnes of God vehicle for the audience to enter this her counterparts on stage, she is a stunstripped bare—an exploration of the inner February 20-24, 28-March 3 world. It is through her hope, frustration, ning actress who makes specific choices reaches of our humanity. fear, curiosity and personal journey into Thalian Hall • 613 Castle St. for each role she becomes. Recognizing the mind of Agnes the audience can enPielmeier makes it clear “Agnes” doesn’t Tickets: $22-$25 her from project to project can at times be gage with these characters as real people. difficult, as so complete is her transforma- need an elaborate set—only a table, two bigdawgproductions.com Mother Superior would stand between tion. Perhaps the best compliment I can chairs and an ashtray to be staged because Agnes and the world (audience). Is she give Berry—and the entire cast—is I physi- the focus is on the performances and what protecting Agnes or herself? Is she keepcally felt fear in my throat and chest. I did the script forces the performers to explore

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TRUE IDENTITY:

Big questions and a lot of fun are to be had with ‘Marian, or the True of Robin Hood’

BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

“I

like the set!” I gushed to my date. “It has trees and a castle!”

“And lots of places to hide,” my date commented. “That’s important in ‘Robin Hood.’”

We were sitting in the Cultural Arts Building theater at UNCW, filled with anticipation for “Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood” by Adam Szymkowicz. Directed by Robin Post, Randall A. Enlow’s set is exactly what I would have wanted as a 7-year-old: towers, trees, a throne! It is magical. (The throne even has a lion on it for Richard the Lionheart!)

The show opens with the famous archery contest set as a trap to lure Robin Hood from Sherwood Forrest. Three archers are competing: The Sheriff of Nottingham (Austin Garrett), an old man and Alanna Dale (Naswana Moon)—who hopes to be the first woman to win the archery contest.

She also informs us she is the only one who can break the fourth wall and talk directly to the audience.

In rather short order, we discover Prince John (Tony Choufani) is looking for Maid Marian (Katherine Carr), who is apparently disguised as Robin Hood—and therefore the old man who will win the archery tournament. Already, we have two set-ups: a woman trying to break into a man’s realm (archery) and disguise of self and gender, thanks to the Robin/Marian dynamic. The show’s message is designed to address as many aspects of gender identity and sexual orientation as it can.

Choufani’s Prince John is a whiney, pouting weakling, who bullies people to prove his power. Actually, Choufani’s King John is far and away the least likable character on stage, but the most fully formed. Perhaps his royal certainty is what sets him apart.

Everyone else is on some sort of continuum with trying to find themselves, whereas John has always known where he is, sec-

ond to his brother, King Richard. Alanna helps Robin/Marian escape and joins the band of Merry Men in Sherwood Forest, which appears to comprise less than 10 people to torment and overthrow the English government.

It is a comment on quality versus quantity? Probably. Everything in this show is a comment on some aspect of power and identity. As Marian explains to Alanna, they have to be guys; that’s just the way it is.

Thus we meet Will Scarlett (Amber Wrench) who has an immediate attraction to Alanna. And the story begins its Szymkowicz nod to a plot arc: the relationship between Scarlett and Alanna. With Alanna as Narrator, she and Will begin to explore their attraction and unfolding complication of their mutually disguised identities. Moon and Wrench turn in remarkable performances, which literally had me holding my breath and nodding in recognition with them.

Szymkowicz hasn’t really written a fullfinished script, so much as put together several character studies and hung them loosely on the Robin Hood legend. And, so, the cast must be given credit for good character work. But the script really isn’t developed or finished; the closest it gets to a story is the aforementioned relationship between Will and Alanna.

The “storylines” are a series of blunt thrusts: Here is the 5 minutes we are now devoting to the idea of someone exploring non-binary gender. Here is the 5 minutes we devote to sexual stereotypes. Here is the 5 minutes we devote to gender stereotypes. Here is the 5 minutes we devote gay identity. (Also I couldn’t help but question how if this is set during the Third Crusade, why would the guard, who wants to be a Miller dream of milling corn? Corn is New World Crop and would not come to England for at least another 300 years.)

What’s missing is a cohesive plot arc that encompasses the elements of Szymkowicz’s message. He sets up numerous possibilities: Marian’s relationship with Prince John and Little John (Elisha McNeill); Much, the Miller’s Son (Willow Piper), who doesn’t connect with anyone in the story; Shirley (Haley Gawarecki) and her exploitative relationships with men in power. The cast does a marvelous job turning in character and scene work, but the writer has left them without a substantial growth arc.

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next Robin Hood, lacks a fully fleshed-out conclusion or resolution. There isn’t a story to conclude or resolve!

If Robin Hood is a hereditary title, like for example the Dread Pirate Roberts in “The Princess Bride,” there is a lot of potential to explore how Marian came to be Robin Hood and why she selects the successor she does. Instead it is rushed through and accepted as a fait accompli. The story, the how and the why of both Marian as Robin and the necessity of Robin Hood, are sacrificed completely by the author. It is a shame because those pieces would actually contribute to the message he is trying to convey.

All that aside, the cast do a great job with the content they do have, especially Wrench and Moon. Katherine Carr’s Maid Marian is far more likable and interesting when dressed up as Robin Hood (which is the point). The odd camaraderie between her character and Haley Gawarecki’s Shirley, the Mata Hari of Sherwood Forrest, is endearing and, again, offers a lot of potential to deepen the discussion of power.

Gawarecki plays Shirley almost like Holly Golightly: a certain blissful naiveté while calculatingly manipulating the men around her to her own ends.

I love Post’s work and her curiosity as an artist. Clearly, she devoted a lot of time to the character work with her students, and it is so powerful the audience feels it physically. But she really shines when she has a script (like “The Children’s Hour”) worthy of her vision. Post has a gift for blending the production concept and message to create something that expands and extends the work. Her students and her audience are so fortunate to have her work in our lives.

Go see “Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood”– it is fun. Sometimes we need a little fun in order to remember that even the big questions are still part of this thing called life—and we are all in it together.

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Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood

Feb. 28-Mar. 3, 8 p.m. or Sunday matinees, 2 p.m.

UNCW’s Cultural Arts Building, Main Stage Theater Tickets: $6-$15 uncw.edu/theatre

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FROM POET TO COMEDIAN:

Langston Kerman brings observational humor to the forefront of standup

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of another race: “Remember to vote Republican so we can see how the story of white people finally end.” Kerman goes on to assure the audience white people eventually will burn down everything. “We’ll see what happens when a dolphin is in charge,” he jokes.

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got real lucky any of this shit worked out,” comedian and actor Langston Kerman quips. “I was a very quiet, nervous kid, and somehow I’ve managed to find the art that allows me to talk to strangers. That shouldn’t [have] happened, but it did.”

Kerman’s first form of artistic communication came with writing poetry as a child.

However, it didn’t dim his appreciation for comedy. He often watched BET’s “Comic View” and Richard Pryor specials. Still, standup was not what the 31-year-old expected of his career path—not even a decade ago.

After earning a B.A. in English at the University of Michigan, he taught poetry at his alma mater, Oak River and River Forest High School in Oak Grove, Illinois, for one year. The Chicago-born comedian would also do open mics in the Windy City.

“I mostly decided to try comedy because I had followed a traditional route of going to school and trying to find a career, and it all failed,” Kerman suggests.

In 2009 he earned an MFA at Boston University, and thereafter instructed as a full-time English teacher for two years before relocating to New York to teach parttime. The Great Recession led Kerman to make a change; poetry was not paying the bills. “It seemed worth it to try following a dream instead,” he says.

It was 2014 when Kerman became a fulltime comic. At the suggestion of a producer friend, Chris Rock took note of Kerman during a show in New York in 2015. Rock eventually recruited Kerman to his writing staff for the 2016 Academy Awards. “It is probably the scariest thing you can do: Go write for one of your heroes,” Kerman admits. Along with 15 other writers, the comedian would pitch jokes to Rock, who would give immediate feedback.

“It is like the weirdest thing to be nervous for eight hours of your day,” Kerman tells.

“Rock would respond, ‘No, that ain’t funny.

That ain’t no joke!’”

While the experience naturally led to improvement in Kerman’s writing, 2016 had different plans. He was on the other side of the jokes: acting them out rather than writing them. He appeared in season one of HBO’s “Insecure” and in Adam Devine’s “House Party,” and calls it a fresh alterna-

While observational humor is at the heart of the comedian’s shows, his “hyperbolic reaction,” as he calls it, to life really drives it home full force. “That’s true for my jokes, that’s true for my poetry,” Kerman says. “And it’s kind of true for my scriptwriting as well. It is how I view the world and how the world [is] to me. So I try to play it up as much as possible.”

Kerman’s debut comedy album, “Lightskinned Feelings” (YouTube, Spotify, Amazon), was released in 2018. Tracks like “Bipartisan Issue” (referring to the political climate in America), “The White Spirit” (racism as told through an anecdote of a woman he dated; “I call her my white woman MAN OF THE HOUR: Kerman Langston will perform four sets on Friday and Saturday night at Dead because I own her, right?”) and “Horney Crow. Tickets available online. Photo by Phil Provencio From a Distance” are stand-outs. He also hits on financial strains, retirement and tive to stand-up comedy—especially since laughed harder in my life! You understand? drug addiction. Though the content may he was stepping into the shoes of another He ruined everything. He had all the poten- seem heavy-hitting, Kerman manages to character. tial in the world; he could’ve been anything keep it entertaining, nonetheless. and named himself after a black bus driver.

“Acting can sometimes add a nice refresh Kerman has new material planned since He’s going to be spending the rest of his button on listening to yourself because you his last stopover in 2018 at Dead Crow to human life . . . sending out emails, sending are essentially taking on someone else’s keep audiences laughing—the end goal out his résumé to employers, [and] they’re identity and becoming something new,” Kerfor every comedian. “Until I am as funny going to look at the email and be like ‘Jeman asserts. “So I think it became a cool as Dave Chappelle, I still got work to do,” rome Yang?’” way of exploring other feelings and things Kerman says. that were happening in the world without Kerman is very clear, however, his goal necessarily having to be married to creating in comedy has no basis in whether his bits all those feelings and things on my own.” are offensive or not. “The very premise of what we do is sort of rooted in the possibil- Langston Kerman In between acting stints, Kerman still travity of people being offended or not agree- Dead Crow Comedy Room eled around the country doing stand-up. His ing with something I’m saying,” he clarifies. 265 North Front Street bits have offered audiences different per“But in that offense, what I want more than March 1-2, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. spectives on everything from human sexuanything is for laughter to be the priority.” ality to politics to mocking racists. They’re Tickets: $15 also borne from personal experiences.

He has received audience praise for his deadcrowcomedy.com bit about the 2016 election and poking fun In 2015 on the stand-up series “Just for Laughs Straight Up,” he took on the racial demographic of a man with the name Jerome Yang (a Chinese man with an African DEAL OF THE WEEK name). The bit was inspired from Kerman’s FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 5 college years, when he lived down the hall from an Asian exchange student. He took DETAILS ON PAGE 11 note how Asian expats often change their names to become “more American” but end up ironically crossing races.

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FEMME-FOCUSED FILMS:

WilmFFilm’s Cinema Sisters International Film Fest returns March 1-2

BY: SHANNON R. GENTRY

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he last time encore spoke with local filmmaker Shannon Silva in 2018, the UNCW film studies instructor had just won the NC Arts Council Fellowship and was prepping to work on her next summer project, a short film called “Shoot the Duck.”

“It seems like ages ago!” she says. Now she’ll screen the flick at this year’s WilmFFilm’s third annual Cinema Sisters International Film Festival, which will take place March 1-2 at Jengo’s Playhouse.

“Shoot the Duck” is mostly autobiographical from Silva’s Saturdays spent at the local skating rink in 5th and 6th grades. She lived for its shoot-the-duck contest, wherein skaters bend all the way down to the floor and glide on one foot while kicking with the other.

“I was queen [of shoot the duck],” she reminisced. “I had a very good friend who was also very good at the competition and we were always pushing each other to win. It was a fun, innocent time and the competition wasn’t mean. It was challenging and encouraging. . . . From there I just knew I wanted to capture this young girl whose real competition was herself—just being the best she could be. I get so tired of the ‘mean girls’ story. I want something that showed positive friendships and healthy, supportive, competition among the girls.”

With a majority female cast of characters— and as a female director/producer and film professor—Silva sees a need for more stories about, as well as created and told by, women.

With her filmmaking partner and producer Tiffany Albright, they approached casting and crew hiring with that goal in mind. “My work generally focuses on women’s stories,” Silva continues, “and ‘Shoot the Duck’ provided such a fun space for collaboration and exploration for the women involved.”

Along with Wilmington-based filmmakers like Silva, Cinema Sisters will feature short films created by female filmmakers from across the country and globe. From Argentina to France, the UK to Turkey, India and beyond, genres include drama, comedy, documentary, horror and more.

The festival will kick off Friday, March 1 at 5 p.m., with a local film block of WilmFFilm shorts, including Silva’s “Shoot the Duck” and “He Who Hurls Themselves Once More Upon a Rosebush” by one of her students, Lily Frame.

“I’m excited for all of the films,” Silva notes, “but I have been looking forward to Rebecca

Busch and Christen Christian’s ‘Five Minutes With Bucky Love.’ . . . I’m honored to be screening with all of these amazing women.”

ings” director Abigail Bruley.

“Events that specifically celebrate the female voice give the motivation, support and community we all need on our climb to be seen,” Bruley says.

“WilmFFilm Fest is revolutionary, [and] their work is beyond the scope of a film fest; it is a radical push for change.”

Friday night will continue with a PreFeature Shorts and Feature Film block at 6:15, featuring “Half the Picture” by director Amy Adrion, which also premiered at Sundance. The evening will conclude with a Southern-style shrimparoo after party at 8 p.m., with local musician Delia Stanley and beer from Bill’s Front Porch Brewery.

Saturday picks back up at 9 a.m. with Film Block One, followed by a free “Inside a Scene” workshop and brunch from 10:15 a.m. to noon with award-winning filmmaker Erica Dunton.

“It will be an empowering couple of days,” filmmaker Kristin Gates observes. Hers and Jeremy LàZelle’s “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” will close Block 3 (3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.) on Saturday.

“The Sacred Place…” documentary follows life at the Arctic Refuge and the Gwich’in Nation trying to protect it (particularly led by women) from big oil companies. They, along with powerful government actions, threaten essential habitat for polar bears, Porcupine Caribou and migrating birds.

“The leasing process for the coastal plain is underway and it needs to be stopped now,” Gates adds with urgency.

Gates has lived in Alaska’s Arctic and subArctic for the last 10 years. She literally bushwhacked across Alaska’s Arctic from the Canadian Border to the Chukchi Sea on a 1,000-mile route on her own. She trekked through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where she has experienced the land’s majesty intimately.

“I ran into a corner of the Porcupine Caribou migration,” she remembers. “It amazes me that this, the longest land mammal migration on earth, goes through our country. It amazes me 40,000 caribou are born on the coastal plain every single year. It is also the thickest polar bear denning area in all of Alaska and an important stop for migrating birds coming from almost every continent and as far as Antarctica.

“Most importantly,” she continues, “this is sacred land to the Gwich’in Nation. I have to believe if anyone were to spend time with the Gwich’in and in the Refuge, they would immediately see the value in protecting this place. . . . That is why we set out on this project, to bring the Arctic Refuge and the voices of the Gwich’in to the world.”

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SHOOT THE DUCK: Shannon Silva’s ‘Shoot the Duck’ is one of dozens of femme-focused films featured in this weekend’s Cinema Sisters Film Fest. Courtesy photo

“Main Blessings” is one of a dozen films showing in the final block on Saturday from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. This is a comedic short film about ex-alcoholic Lars’ attempt to become a priest and convince Father Ted (played by indierock musician Ted Leo) of his spiritual dedication. After he invites Father Ted to his home, Lars is mortified when a friend, Main, from his past is there. In a short amount of time, we see Lars and Main share an almost odd couple rapport.

Festival-goers also will learn about a wave of political change happening in Nepal in “6,743 Count My Voice!” Director Shrist Joshi provides a glimpse of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, which guarantees representation of women and marginalized groups in government; and the Local Level Election Act that mandates compulsory representation of two women at the local level council—one of which must be a Dalit (a marginalized community) woman— across 6,743 wards in Nepal.

Bruley, a former comedian who struggled to re-enter the world after coming out of a coma, wanted to write about someone being stripped of their identity and the struggle to find a new one. For Lars, according to Bruley, the concept of surrendering to God is the way to go.

“Main is definitely a character Lars would have liked to shed in his new life and the connection is not a welcome one,” Bruley explains.

“Just as he is having trouble assimilating to a world that kept on progressing without him, she is oblivious anything has changed.”

“Once back in society, his first inclination is to join the priesthood as a path that will surely accept him and grant him esteem,” she continues. “Father Ted has seen this character time and time again and he’s not impressed: The stint in AA, the staged apartment [and] the hokey religious paraphernalia; it was clear that Lars wasn’t so much devoted to the religious life as confused and Shristi is new to the festival, and while she looking for the antidote to his old persona.” won’t be able to make the trip from her home in Nepal, she values the opportunity to share femme-focused stories not often a part of mainstream cinema. Cinema Sisters has been an WilmFFilm’s Cinema Sisters added boost to her confidence as a filmmaker International Film Festival and storyteller.

“As a woman myself, the provision ensuring two women at the ward level council was quite interesting to me,” Shristi explains. “I would talk to women elected under the very provision of how this has been empowering to them. One of such women representatives, who comes from the Dalit community, shared her story of struggle.”

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“Given the reality that film-festival culture is still new to Nepal,” she adds, “I would definitely like to see something like WilmFFilm Fest happening in here, too.”

WilmFFilm Fest also is an opportunity to network and learn from other independent filmmakers, as well as change the status quo through diverse voices, communities, stories and perspectives that will, ultimately, usher in a whole new medium, according to “Main Bless-

Jengo’s Playhouse • 815 Princess St. Friday, March 1 Opening night film screening: $10 Films + Opening Night Party: $18 Saturday, March 2 Workshop with Erica Dunton: Free Films per block: $9 GA, $5 students Festival pass: $30 • wilmffilms.com

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films this week

VISUALLY DAZZLING:

‘Alita’ is a fresh blockbuster, doesn’t bend to bottom-line formulas

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Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut Dr. Tickets: $8 • thalianhall.org

March 4-6, 7 p.m. (additional screening at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays), “Mary Queen of Scots.” Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan) defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie). Determined to be more than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the English throne. Each young Queen must decide how to play the game of marriage versus independence.

Betrayal, rebellion and conspiracies within each court imperil both thrones—and change the course of history.

BY: ANGHUS

he best movies are unapologetic— pure, unwielding visions from filmmakers who aren’t afraid to creatively commit to a style, tone or story, even when all conventional wisdom says exhibit restraint.

They include fearless filmmakers with focus and wherewithal to see it through, in spite of all the impediments faced by studios more focused on the bottom line than the clarity they’re trying to achieve.

“Alita: Battle Angel” is one of those unapologetic movies. It’s almost like an interesting hybrid of the modern CGI-fueled blockbuster and a weird, colorful, science-fiction action movie from the 1990s, before the “Matrix” came out and made everything slick, leatherclad and emotionally inert. It’s an absolutely ridiculous movie and seems almost out of place in the formulaic world of the modern Disney blockbuster.

Doctor Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz) is a cyber-scientist, who works in the battle-ravaged slums of a future dystopia. While looking for spare parts in a junkyard, he comes C G I S P E C T A C L E : A n g h u s l o v e s t h e across the dormant cybernetic head of a uncompromised approach Rodriguez took to the young woman and is able to bring her back Japanese story. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox to life. Alita (Rosa Salazar) doesn’t remember anything about her former life. She’s capture performances before, but Alita has a fascinated by the world and is eager to ex- fresh charisma and personality. plore and take it all in. Doctor Ido takes on Speaking of brand-new, there are minda fatherly role and tries to protect her from the many dangers of a cyber-fueled society, blowing visuals in “Alita,” specifically a game where people can be transformed into ma- or robotic murderball where different cyborgs see who can brutally dispatch one another in chines with marked regularity. the most eye-popping way possible; it is one Alita meets Hugo (Keean Johnson), a of the best action sequences ever constructmotorcycle-riding bad boy that supercharges ed. There’s a sense of weight and speed that her circuits. Hugo has his own secrets and often feels fake in other CGI spectacles. some ulterior motives as his relationship They may have broken the bank on the with Alita evolves. In fact, most characters movie with a reported budget of $200 million, in Alita’s life are harboring secrets. Some have underworld connections while others but none of it feels wasted. None of it feels hide tragic life events that have irrevocably half-baked or unrealized. It is a pure adaptachanged them. No one is exactly what they tion of the Japanese manga and loses little, if appear to be, something Alita struggles with nothing in translation. The world is grand, the as she searches for clues to her own identity. over-the-top action seems real and the more bombastic elements found comic books is There’s a lot to like about “Alita: Battle brought to life in a new way.

Angel,” if you’re willing to indulge a heaping I walked away from “Alita: Battle Angel” serving of ham and cheese. It isn’t afraid to with a sense of awe and respect for everyget weird and/or goofy. The various personone involved.

Sure, there’s some things you alities of Alita’s futuristic world range from normal to robotic monstrosity. Even with all can get hung up on: Clunky, on-the-nose the futuristic dystopias we’ve seen on screen dialogue that hits the ear awkwardly; a few for the last few years, there’s a real sense of moments walk a tightrope between endeardepth and originality to the world created by ing and cringe-inducing; and for every great the director, Robert Rodriguez (“Spy Kids,” performance by an actor like Christoph “Desperado”). Even Alita herself feels like Waltz, there’s an equally uninspired turn from something new. We’ve seen digital, motion- someone like Jennifer Connelly. For anyone

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looking for a visually dazzling blockbuster with some amazing set pieces, it doesn’t get much better than this.

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Alita: Battle Angel

Directed by Robert Rodriguez Starring Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Rosa Salazar Rated PG-13

Monday, March 18, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., “Shoplifters”—After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington INDOCHINE RESTAURANT & ■ WEBSITE: www.nichewilmington.com LOUNGE PINE VALLEY MARKET If you’re ready to experience the wonders Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme of the Orient without having to leave Wilmin servicing the Wilmington community for ington, join us at Indochine for a truly unique years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in experience. Indochine brings the flavors of catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, the Far East to the Port City, combining the Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expand- best of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine in an ing their talents into serving lunch in-house, atmosphere that will transport you and your so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade taste buds. Relax in our elegantly decorated meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of dining room, complete with antique Asian the market. Using the freshest ingredients decor as well as contemporary artwork and of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best music. Our diverse, friendly and efficient Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along staff will serve you beautifully presented with numerous other sandwich varieties, dishes full of enticing aromas and flavors. Be from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, sure to try such signature items as the spicy Italian sub to a grown-up banana and pea- and savory Roasted Duck with Red Curry, nut butter sandwich that will take all diners or the beautifully presented and delicious back to childhood. Served among a soup du Shrimp and Scallops in a Nest. Be sure to jour and salads, there is something for all save room for our world famous desert, the palates. Take advantage of their take-home banana egg roll! We take pride in using only frozen meals for nights that are too hectic the freshest ingredients, and our extensive to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy bottle of wine to go with it. 3520 S. College specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside Road, (910) 350-FOOD. the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Fri.10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.- Fri. 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.; Sat. 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. for ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington lunch. Mon.- Sun. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. for din■ FEATURING: Daily specials and take- ner. home frozen meals ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.pinevalleymarket.com

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NIKKI’S FRESH GOURMET For more than a decade, Nikki’s downtown has served diners the best in sushi. With freshly crafted ingredients making up their rolls, sushi and sashimi, a taste of innovation comes with every order. Daily they offer specialty rolls specific to the Front Street location, such as the My Yoshi, KTown and Crunchy Eel rolls. But for less adventurous diners looking for options beyond sushi, Nikki’s serves an array of sandwiches, wraps and gyros, too. They also make it a point to host all dietary needs, omnivores, carnivores and herbivores alike.

They have burgers and cheesesteaks, as well as falafal pitas and veggie wraps, as well as an extensive Japanese fare menu, such as bento boxes and tempura platters.

Daily dessert and drink special are also on order. Check out their website and Facebook for more information. 16 S. Front St. (910) 771-9151.

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

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

OKAMI JAPANESE HIBACHI STEAK HOUSE We have reinvented “Hibachi cuisine.”

Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse is like no other. Our highly skilled chefs cook an incredible dinner while entertaining you on the way. Our portions are large, our drinks are less expensive, and our staff is loads of fun. We are committed to using quality ingredients and seasoning with guaranteed freshness. Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure we serve only the finest food products. We believe good, healthy food aids vital functions for well-being, both physically and mentally. Our menu consists of a wide range of steak, seafood, and chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill.”

We also serve tastebud-tingling Japanese sushi, hand rolls, sashimi, tempura dishes, and noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japanese dining experience. Our all-you-can-eat sushie menu and daily specials can be found at www.okamisteakhouse.com! 614 S College Rd. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.Thurs., 11am-2:30pm / 4-10pm; Fri., 11am2:30pm / 4pm-11pm; Sat., 11am-11pm; Sun., 11am-9:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.okamisteakhouse.com

SZECHUAN 132 Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination!

Szechuan 132 has earned the reputation as one of the finest contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Port City. Tastefully decorated with an elegant atmosphere, with an exceptional ingenious menu has deemed Szechuan 132 the best Chinese restaurant for years, hands down. 419 South College Road (in University Landing), (910) 7991426.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch specials ■ WEBSITE: www.szechuan132.com YOSAKE DOWNTOWN SUSHI LOUNGE Lively atmosphere in a modern setting, Yosake is the delicious Downtown spot for date night, socializing with friends, or any large dinner party. Home to the never-disappointing Shanghai Firecracker Shrimp! In addition to sushi, we offer a full Pan Asian menu including curries, noodle dishes, and the ever-popular Crispy Salmon or mouthwatering Kobe Burger. Inspired features change weekly showcasing our commitment to local farms. Full bar including a comprehensive sake list, signature cocktails, and Asian Import Bottles. 33 S. Front St., 2nd Floor (910) 763-3172.

■ SERVING DINNER: 7 nights a week, 5pm; Sun-Wed. ‘til 10pm, Thurs ‘til 11pm, Fri-Sat ‘til Midnight.

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

Wednesday 80S NIGHT - 80s music and menu prices. Sundays are the best deal downtown - Specialty Sushi and Entrees are Buy One, Get One $10 Off and 1/2 price Wine Bottles. Nightly Drink Specials. Gluten-Free Menu upon request. Complimentary Birthday Dessert.

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

YOSHI Yoshi Sushi Bar and Japanese Cuisine offers something the greater Wilmington area has never seen before. We are seeking to bring true New York Style Sushi to Wilmington, with classic sushi and sashimi, as well as traditional rolls and some unique Yoshi Creations. We offer a variety of items, including Poke Bowls and Hibachi - and we also are introducing true Japanese Ramen Bowls! Come try it today! 260 Racine Dr, Wilmington 28403 (910)799-6799 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun. 12pm-11pm,

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BAGELS ROUND BAGELS AND DONUT Round Bagels and Donuts features 17 varieties of New York-style bagels, baked fresh daily on site in a steam bagel oven.

Round offers a wide variety of breakfast and lunch bagel sandwiches, grilled and fresh to order. Round also offers fresh-made donuts daily! Stop by Monday - Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., and on Sunday, 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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

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

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

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

■ SERVING DINNER: 5pm Tue-Sun; Open daily from Memorial Day through October ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Sunday half price wine bottles; Monday beer and wine flights on special; Tuesday Local’s Night $11/person cheese and chocolate;

Wednesday Ladies Night; Thursday $27 4-course prix fixe; Friday “Date Night” $85/couple for 3 courses and a bottle of wine.

■ MUSIC: Tuesdays, May-Oct, 7 – 9p.m. (weather permitting) ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com

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

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SLAINTE IRISH PUB Slainte Irish Pub in Monkey Junction has traditional pub fare with an Irish flair. We have a large selection of Irish whiskey, and over 23 different beers on draft, and 40 different craft beers in bottles. They have a large well lit outdoor patio with a full bar also. Come have some fun! They currently do not take reservations, but promise to take care of you when you get here! 5607 Carolina Beach Rd. #100, (910) 399-3980 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 11:30 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington, Monkey Junction ■ FEATURING: Irish grub, whiskeys, beer, wine, fun.

■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/slaintemj

SYMPOSIUM RESTAURANT AND BAR After moving to Wilmington Chef George Papanikolaou and his family opened up The Greeks in 2012 and with the support of the community was able to venture out and try something different with Symposium. Symposium is an elegant experience consisting of recipes that Chef George has collected his whole life. Many of the recipes are family recipes that have been handed down through the years, one is as old as 400 years old. With a blend of fresh local ingredients, delicious longstanding family recipes, and Authentic Greek cuisine Symposium is a restaurant that is unique in its cooking and unforgettable in the experience it offers. Everything on the menu is a mouthwatering experience from the charred octopus, to the lamb shank with papardelle pasta, to the homemade baklava and galaktoboureko! Happy Eating OPA!! Located in Mayfaire Town Center at 890 Town Center Dr, Wilmington, NC 28405 (910) 239-9051.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

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

IRISH THE HARP Experience the finest traditional Irish family recipes and popular favorites served in a casual yet elegant traditional pub atmosphere.

The Harp, 1423 S. 3rd St., proudly uses the freshest ingredients, locally sourced whenever possible, to bring you and yours the most delicious Irish fare! We have a fully stocked bar featuring favorite Irish beers and whiskies. We are open every day for both American and Irish breakfast, served to noon weekdays and 2 p.m. weekends.

Regular menu to 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. weekends. Join us for trivia at 8:30 on Thursdays and live music on Fridays – call ahead for schedule (910) 763-1607. Located just beside Greenfield Lake and Park at the south end of downtown Wilmington, The Harp is a lovely Irish pub committed to bringing traditional Irish flavor, tradition and hospitality to the Cape Fear area.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Greenfield Lake/ Downtown South ■ FEATURING: Homemade soups, des-

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD DELIVERY OFFERED: Monkey Junction and near Independence Mall ■ WEBSITE: www.antoniospizzaandpasta. com

8211 Market St. (910) 686-7774 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.Thurs., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. and Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.9:30 p.m., Sun.brunch, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Porters Neck ■ WEBSITE: www.italianbistronc.com SLICE OF LIFE “Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza. We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.”All ABC permits. Visit us downtown at 125 Market Street, (910) 2519444, in Wrightsville Beach at 1437 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 101, (910) 256-2229 and in Pine Valley on the corner of 17th and College Road, (910) 799-1399.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

■ FEATURING: Largest tequila selection in town!

■ WEBSITE: www.grabslice.com

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

Founded in Eastern North Carolina in 1991, Hwy 55 reflects founder Kenney Moore’s commitment to authentic hospitality and fresh food. Lunch and dinner is grilled in an open-air kitchen, and they serve you at your table—with a smile.

6331 Carolina Beach Rd., (910) 793-6350 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. .

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

■ WEBSITE: www.hwy55.com/locations/ wilmington-carolina-beach-rd J. MICHAEL’S PHILLY DELI The Philly Deli celebrated their 38th anniversary in August 2017. Thier first store was located in Hanover Center—the oldest shopping center in Wilmington. Since,

THE ITALIAN BISTRO The Italian Bistro is a family-owned, full-service Italian restaurant and pizzeria located in Porters Neck. They offer a wide variety of N.Y. style thin-crust pizza and homemade Italian dishes seven days a week!

The Italian Bistro strives to bring customers a variety of homemade items made with the freshest, local ingredients.

Every pizza and entrée is made to order and served with a smile from our amazing staff.

Their warm, inviting, atmosphere is perfect for “date night” or “family night.”

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two more Philly Delis have been added: one at Porters Neck and one at Monkey Junction.

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Porters Neck, North and South Wilmington, ■ WEBSITE: https://phillydeli.com

SEAFOOD CAPE FEAR SEAFOOD COMPANY Founded in 2008 by Evans and Nikki Trawick, Cape Fear Seafood Company has become a local hotspot for the freshest, tastiest seafood in the area. With it’s growing popularity, the restaurant has expanded from its flagship eatery in Monkey Junction to locations in Porters Neck and Waterford in Leland. “We are a dedicated group of individuals working together as a team to serve spectacular food, wine and spirits in a relaxed and casual setting,” restaurateur Evans Trawick says. “At CFSC every dish is prepared with attention to detail, quality ingredients and excellent flavors. Our staff strives to accommodate guests with a sense of urgency and an abundance of southern hospitality.” Cape Fear Seafood Company has been recognized by encore magazine for best seafood in 2015, as well as by Wilmington Magazine in 2015 and 2016, and Star News from 2013 through 2016. Monkey Junction: 5226 S. College Road Suite 5, 910-799-7077. Porter’s Neck: 140 Hays Lane #140, 910-681-1140. Waterford: 143 Poole Rd., Leland, NC 28451 ■ SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER: 11:30am-4pm daily; Mon.-Thurs.., 4pm9pm; Fri.-Sat., 4pm-10pm; Sun., 4pm8:30pm.

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

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CATCH Serving the Best Seafood in South Eastern North Carolina. Wilmington’s Native Son, 2011 James Beard Award Nominee, 2013 Best of Wilmington “Best Chef” winner, Chef Keith Rhodes explores the Cape Fear Coast for the best it has to offer. We feature Wild Caught & Sustainably raised Seafood. Organic and locally sourced produce

& herbs provide the perfect compliment to our fresh Catch. Consecutively Voted Wilmington’s Best Chef 2008, 09 & 2010.

Dubbed “Modern Seafood Cuisine” we offer an array Fresh Seafood & Steaks, including our Signature NC Sweet Potato Salad.

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Acclaimed Wine List ■ WEBSITE: www.catchwilmington.com DOCK STREET OYSTER BAR Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters! Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street. You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfort able in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington.

Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.

(910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net MICHAEL’S SEAFOOD’S RESTAURANT Established in 1998, Michael’s Seafood Restaurant is locally owned and operated

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

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■ FEATURING: Award-winning chowder, local seafood and more!

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH: Mon – Sat 11am – 11pm, Sunday 10am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dine on renovated Crystal Pier.

■ WEBSITE: www.OceanicRestaurant.com THE PILOT HOUSE The Pilot House Restaurant is Wilmington’s premier seafood and steak house with a touch of the South. We specialize in local seafood and produce. Featuring the

only Downtown bar that faces the river and opening our doors in 1978, The Pilot House is the oldest restaurant in the Downtown area. We offer stunning riverfront views in a newly-renovated relaxed, casual setting inside or on one of our two outdoor decks. Join us for $5.00 select appetizers 7 days a week and live music every Friday and Saturday nigh on our umbrella deck. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. 910-343-0200 2 Ann Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: SunThurs 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm and Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm. Kids menu ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Riverfront Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Fresh local seafood specialties, Riverfront Dining, free on-site parking ■ MUSIC: Outside Every Friday and Saturday ■ WEBSITE: www.pilothouserest.com SHUCKIN’ SHACK Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar has two locations in the Port City area. The original Shack is located in Carolina Beach at 6A N. Lake Park Blvd. (910-458-7380) and our second location is at 109 Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington (910-8338622). The Shack is the place you want

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to be to catch your favorite sports team on 7 TV’s carrying all major sports packages.

A variety of fresh seafood is available daily including oysters, shrimp, clams, mussels, and crab legs. Shuckin’ Shack has expanded its menu now offering fish tacos, crab cake sliders, fried oyster po-boys, fresh salads, and more. Come in and check out the Shack’s daily lunch, dinner, and drink specials. It’s a Good Shuckin’ Time!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Carolina Beach Hours: Mon-Sat: 11am-2am; Sun: Noon-2am, Historic Wilmington: Sun-Thurs: 11am-10pm; Fri-Sat: 11am-Midnight.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Carolina Beach/ Downtown ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials. Like us on Facebook!

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

Open seven days a week!, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

9 Estell Lee Pl, (910) 726-9226 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Lunch: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Dinner: 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. Bar: 11 a.m.-Until. Menu Bar: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

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

SOUTHERN CASEY’S BUFFET In Wilmington, everyone knows where to go for solid country cooking. That place is Casey’s Buffet, winner of encore’s Best Country Cookin’/Soul Food and Buffet categories. “Every day we are open, somebody tells us it tastes just like their grandma’s or mama’s cooking,” co-owner Gena Casey says. Gena and her husband Larry run the show at the Oleander Drive restaurant where people are urged to enjoy all food indigenous to the South: fried chicken, barbecue, catfish, mac‘n’cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, chicken‘n’dumplings, biscuits and homemade banana puddin’ are among a few of many other delectable items. 5559 Oleander Drive. (910) 7982913.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.caseysbuffet.com RX RESTAURANT & BAR Located in downtown Wilmington, Rx Res-

taurant and Bar is here to feed your soul, serving up Southern cuisine made with ingredients from local farmers and fishermen.

The Rx chef is committed to bringing fresh food to your table, so the menu changes daily based on what he finds locally. Rx drinks are as unique as the food—and just what the doctor ordered. Join us for a dining experience you will never forget! 421 Castle St.; 910 399-3080.

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

SPORTS BAR CAROLINA ALE HOUSE Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for award-winning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNC W, this lively sports-themed restaurant. Covered and open outdoor seating is available. Lunch and dinner specials are offered daily, as well as the coldest $2 and $3 drafts in town. 317 S. College Rd. (910) 791.9393.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com

TAPAS/WINE BAR THE FORTUNATE GLASS WINE BAR An intimate venue showcasing globally sourced wines, plus creative small plates and craft beers. The serene ambiance is created by the beautiful wall mural, elegant glass tile bar, castle rocked walls and intimate booths. There are wines from all regions, with 60 wines by the glass and 350 wines available by the bottle. Food consists of numerous small plates, fine cheeses, cured meats and decadent desserts that will compliment any wine selection.

■ SERVING DINNER & LATE NIGHT: Tues.

- Thur., 4 p.m. - midnight; Fri., 4 p.m. - 2 a.m.; Sat., 2 p.m. - 2 a.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. midnight.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.fortunateglass.com

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CARPE LIBRUM:

Perri Knize’s ‘Grand Obsession’ takes readers on the journey to find the perfect piano BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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ilmington’s literary community keeps gaining accolades (two National Book Awards nominees in 2015) and attention in the press. With multiple established publishers in the state (Algonquin, Blair) and new smaller presses gaining traction (Eno, Bull City), it is timely to shine a light on discussions around literature, publishing and the importance of communicating a truthful story in our present world.

Welcome to Carpe Librum, encore’s biweekly book column, wherein I will dissect a current title and/or an old book—because literature does not exist in a vacuum but emerges to participate in a larger, cultural conversation.

I will feature many NC writers; however, the hope is to place the discussion in a larger context and therefore examine works around the world.

Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey Perri Knize

Simon and Schuster, 2008, pgs. 371 People constantly want to talk to me about their Kindles. I chalk it up to an unfortunate combination of short sightedness and bad manners. For all the “wonders” of a Kindle (which apparently includes looking up words, as to no longer use context clues to build brain power), there are still several things a Kindle cannot do. I was reminded of one advantage two weeks ago.

I gave my friend James Jarvis, local piano phenomenon, a book as a holiday gift this year. (I know, big surprise! The lady with the bookstore gives books as gifts.) When I give books as gifts, I put a tremendous amount of thought into them. For the Yuletide season I wrapped up a copy of “Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey” by Perri Knize for James.

James has a bit of a piano obsession himself, and he likes books about pianos and the people who share his love for the instrument.

Two weeks later, James handed the book

back to me highlighted, underlined and filled with margin notes, written in response to Ms. Knize’s prose. My mission, if I chose to accept it, was to read the book with his commentary and discuss it with him.

And, so, this doesn’t happen with a Kindle.

Knize is primarily an environmental reporter, and the description at the beginning of the book of the selection of which tree is to be harvested to build a piano is honestly some of the most compelling prose imaginable about a tree falling in a forest. She can make very big and abstract ideas from far away feel immediate and real—which, essentially, is the most important skill for an environmental reporter: to make big and distant concepts feel urgent and personal to her readership.

The early stages of the book consists of Knize taking the reader through her musical upbringing with her father who was a professional musician and trained his daughter’s ear for music accordingly. She begins taking piano lessons as an adult and practices on pianos at the local music school. As someone who also has come back to piano as a middle-aged adult, many of her struggles resonated, and I found myself nodding along in recognition. The difference in the experience as an adult, when the motivation is your own and not your parent’s, is tremendous. It no longer is a battle over practice time.

I have had two pianos come into my life in the last five years, both courtesy of James.

One, Estelle, lives at the bookstore and is available for visitors to play. The other, Henry F. Miller, a stunning grand piano, lives at the bed and breakfast. So I have never shopped for a piano. When Knize begins her search to purchase one, she starts looking for an upright to fit in her small bungalow house in Montana. It is apparent to the reader from the beginning she really wants a grand piano, not an upright.

I have to admit: I love mine. There is a reason they are so captivating and alluring to the imagination.

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Knize starts shopping for a piano and for a beginner-level (soon-to-be intermediate level) adult player, she seems to have a pretty high bar. Now, I of all people understand how when buying something of that magnitude its importance to get the right thing.

The object with me was not to buy just any VW, but to find my VW—the one that was waiting for me. I get it After a several-year search, she winds up refinancing her house and remodeling part of it to purchase a grand piano from New York City— which gets shipped crosscountry to her Montana home in a snow storm.

When it arrives, it doesn’t sound the way it did in New York. She sets off on yet another journey to try to make her piano sound the way she remembered it.

Literally, a small fortune and several countries worth of travel later, she has the piano worked upon and serviced and tuned and voiced repeatedly. By this time, James’ margin notes are verging on the hysterical: “She just needs to play the piano at least three hours a day!”

Personally, for me, it is like watching David Tennant play Hamlet: “Oh, for the love of God! Stop whining and get on with it already!

Hamlet was a complex multilayered character who pulled strings about him, not a selfish 7th grader with too much entitlement and no gumption.’”

“Yes, I know, ‘rich lady whining!’” James commented. “But there is pay off at the end.”

Indeed, the redemption is there. As I pointed out to James, if she had just bought a $300 piano from Craigslist, there would not have been a book. Reasonable, responsible actions do not a fulfilling book create. Dramatic, overthe-top and unreasonable decisions that lead to high stakes are the requirements for a pageturner. Under all the self-indulgence (and there is a lot), Knize actually includes a tremendous amount of information about piano construction, care, repair, the piano industry, and the bizarre and special threads that bind together the assortment of people who share this love.

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HAPPENINGS & EVENTS ACROSS WILMINGTON

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MARDI GRAS Mar. 2, noon-2pm: Free fun for the whole family at the Cotton Exchange! Specials in most of our shops and restaurants. Jazz music from Duke Ladd. Face painting and Henna tattoos, photo booth, kids crafts with Hot Mess Studios, tarot card reader, King Cake and more. 321 N Front St. ILM PERFECT WEDDING/FASHION SHOW Mar. 3, noon: Meet all the wedding vendors you need in person. Sample their food, hear their music, see the dresses,

sit in the limos and more. Presented by The Perfect Wedding Planner Magazine, this year’s show is shaping up to be more beautiful and elegant than ever before. Last year’s show was deemed a huge success by both the vendors and brides. Many said it was the best show they have ever been part of! Spring is the best time to have a bridal show. So many got engaged during the holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day. eventbrite.com/e/wilmingtons-perfect-wedding-fashion-showmarch-3-2019-tickets-53570742533. theperfectweddingplanner.com.

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Conference and Event Center, 501 Nutt St.

Mar. 9, 10am: A dog-centric event in partnership with Capeside Animal Hospital and Furever Friends Animal Rescue to offer a free rabies clinic to Leland Residents and also includes local dog centric businesses and a dog adoption. Leland Municipal Park, 113 Town Hall Dr.

MADE IN NC Mar. 9, 10am-5pm; Mar. 10, noon-5pm: A gorgeous and diverse community craft show! Admission to the show is $5 at the door—good for both days and includes a raffle ticket (kids 12 and under are free).

Parking in the North Fourth neighborhood is free. Local Wilmington food trucks, BAC cash bar and Wilmington’s Fabulous Food Trucks, and over 50 vendors all in one MARDI GRAS FOR THE ARTS place! We can’t wait to see you at the BAC! Feb. 28, 6:30pm: Island Arts and Culture is Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 North 4th St. hosting a fun art auction to raise money for Carolina Beach Street Arts Festival; supBARK IN THE PARK port local schools’ art programs and local artists. Tickets are $20. Live and silent auctions of many one-of-a-kind fine art and fine crafts, good food and fun entertainment. Come be Part of the Arts! eventbrite. com. Courtyard by Marriott, CB

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CF GROUP HOMES FUNDRAISER Cape Fear Group Homes and Vocational Services will have our first annual silent and live art auction on March 2, 11:30am.

Dram and Morsel Restaurant, 33 S. Front St. Please contact Anita Ford, ProjectDevelopment 910-218-6740 or aford@capefeargh.org MARDI GRAS CASINO NIGHT Mar. 2, 7-10pm: Casino games, hors d’oeuvres with a New Orleans flair, signature cocktails, live music, raffle prizes, wine pull and a bourbon bar! Come dressed to impress and take a chance on winning some of our fantastic raffle prizes.

Tickets are $75. Each ticket includes game chips, grand prize raffle ticket, two signature cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and beads.

Proceeds benefit the Bellamy Mansion Museum’s free community programming such as lectures, workshops, art exhibits, Family Fun Day, Nights of Lights and scholarships to the museum summer camp.Carolyn Gonzalez at 910-251-3700 x306 or cgonzalez@bellamymansion.org. Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St. DADBOD STRUT Mar. 2, 2pm: DadBod is a cultural phenomenon and the DadBod Strut seizes the moment! Join these fellas as they strut their stuff to raise awareness and funds for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Featuring Dad-type food, Ironclad brews and the DadBod band! Vote for your favorite DadBod: www.parentprojectmd.org/ dadbod. $10/$20 to attend. Each vote is $2 and helps PPMD continue its research and therapy development for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Ironclad Brewery, 115 North 2nd St.

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Mar. 5, 7:30pm: Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble (ALJE) is an octet of some of the most virtuosic musicians in jazz today. Led by Arturo O’Farrill, the ALJE is a part of The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance who are dedicated to preserving the music and heritage of Afro Latin jazz, supporting its performance for new audiences, and educating young people in the understanding and performance of this important cultural treasure.

Their repertoire honors the pioneers of Latin jazz while keeping a strong foothold in progressing that music by performing contemporary compositions of the genre.

The ALJE has performed internationally to critical acclaim, playing such festivals as the Cubadisco Festival (Havana, Cuba), the Luminato Festival (Toronto, Canada), Aperitivo in Concerto (Milan, Italy) and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, MA). Kenan Auditorium, 601 S College Rd. NOYE’S FLUDDE Mar. 8, 7:30pm: The Wilmington Boys Choirs presents “Noah’s Flood” by Benjamin Britten at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N 16th St. www.eventbrite.com/e/noyes-fludde-tickets-48224966172. facebook. com/events/2013278345371463.

SOUNDS OF HERITAGE: 18 members make up Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, all of whom will make an appearance on Kenan Auditorium’s stage on UNCW’s campus on Mar. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at uncw.edu/arts/presents. Courtesy photo

Mar. 7, 5pm: Historic Wilmington Foundation is partnering with the Bellamy Mansion for Pints for Preservation. Come on out to Wilmington Brewing Company to support the preservation of Wilmington’s history.

One dollar from each pint sold goes to these fantastic history organizations. Furry friends are welcome and Arepa St. Food truck will be there! Wilmington Brewing Company, 824 S. Kerr Ave. BOWLING FOR BACKPACKS Mar. 2, 10am: Family-friendly event where guests can enjoy bowling ($25 per person; $100 for a team of 4) while helping to raise funds for our hungry and homeless neighbors. This event allows folks of all ages and skills to enjoy an afternoon with friends and family while supporting Good Shepherd, the largest provider of homeless services in the region. In addition to bowling, participants can take part in a paper bag raffle with lots of fun prizes including passes to area attractions, gift certificates, and more. Participants are asked to bring new backpacks for the homeless and consider filling them with school supplies, heavy-duty bike locks, socks and new washcloths. All proceeds help to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless and foster transition to housing. Ten Pin Alley, 127 S College Rd. WB BREWERY GAME NIGHT Mar. 4, 5:30pm: NC Coastal Federation!

This event is open to the public and 11%

of the proceeds from the Oysterman Stout beer this night will go towards the North Carolina Coastal Federation. So, come out with friends and family for some fun and drink Oysterman Stout! 6201 Oleander Dr.

music OPEN-MIC AT TIDAL CREEK Comedians, singers, songwriters, poets, yodelers! Come out the co-op on Wednesday night & show us what you got! Free coffee & tea for all performers! Mic is yours from 6 pm until about 8:45! Hosted by the always entertaining Bob Sarnataro, this open mic is a laid back, no pressure opportunity for performers of all kinds to stretch those creative muscles. All ages welcome. Tidal Creek Co-op, 5329 Oleander Dr. UNCW SYMPHONIC BAND Feb. 28, 7:30pm: Symphonic Band is UNCW’s premier symphonic band with members from across the university. Symphonic Band performs the finest literature available for winds including traditional wind band repertoire, marches, transcriptions, and the newest 21st century works.

Wind ensemble is composed of the top musicians from each section of the symphonic band. The repertoire for the Wind Ensemble includes works written for concert band and and wind ensemble, as well as standard wind literature. Symphonic

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Band and Wind Ensemble have become an important addition to Wilmington’s musical lands. Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd. JAZZ AT CAM 1st Thurs. through Apr, 6:30-8pm. Eightconcert series has individual seat sales are available for purchase: 910-395-5999.

Enjoy dinner and drinks at the CAM Café (910-777-2363) before or after the concert.

Café reservations are always suggested and appreciated. Mar. 7, Ernest Turner Trio; Apr. 4, Brian Miller Admission: CAM/ CFJS Members: $12, Non-members: $20.

Students with valid college ID: $10. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S 17th St. LISTEN UP BRUNSWICK COUNTY Mar. 1, 7:30pm: Richard Shindell, a singer, songwriter, grew up in Port Washington, NY, and lives in Buenos Aires with his wife, a university professor, and their children. Shindell’s career received a boost in 1997 when Joan Baez recorded three of his songs and invited him to join her 199798 tour. $20. Odell Williamson Auditorium, BCC, 50 College Rd. NW. listenupbrunswickcounty.com STRING ENSEMBLE Mar. 3, 7:30pm: Conducted by Clark Spencer, UNCW String Ensemble is comprised of students in the Department of Music and from across campus. Cultural Arts Building, 5270 Randall Parkway ARTURO AFRO LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE

THE CHIEFTANS Mar. 8, 7:30pm: UNCW Presents and Cape Fear Stage present An Evening with The Chieftains, the legendary connoisseurs of traditional Irish music. Since 1962, they have been six-time Grammy Award winners and acclaimed for re-inventing traditional Irish music on a contemporary and international scale. As cultural ambassadors, their performances have been linked with seminal historic events, such as being the first Western musicians to perform on the Great Wall of China, participating in Roger Water’s The Wall performance in Berlin in 1990, and being the first ensemble to perform a concert in the Capitol Building in Washington DC. In 2010, their experimental collaborations extended to out of this world, when Paddy Moloney’s whistle and Matt Molloy’s flute travelled with NASA astronaut, Cady Coleman, to the International Space Station. Kenan Auditorium (UNCW), 601 S. College Rd. CONCERTS AT CAM Mar. 10, 2pm: Richard Smith live at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC. The British-born virtuoso, now a Nashville resident, is a renowned fingerstyle guitarist who plays everything from Bach to Beatles, barn-burners to ballads, classical to jazz as well as intriguing originals. richardsmithmusic.com, (910) 395-5999. $15 for members and Students, $20 for nonmembers. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St. BONHOEFFER AND BEATITUDES Mar. 10, 5pm: An Organ Evensong, featuring the original organ composition, The Beatitudes: Organ Reflections on the Blessings of Jesus, played by the composer, Roberta Rowland-Raybold. With readings from Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic book, Discipleship, along with reflections by Bonhoeffer scholar, Dr. Wayne

Whitson Floyd. A celebrated soloist and composer, Roberta Rowland-Raybold currently serves as organist and choirmaster at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in North Myrtle Beach, SC. Each of the nine short pieces in this collection is a musical reflection on one of the blessings of the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew. One of the general editors of “The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works,” Dr. Wayne Whitson Floyd, is the author of “The Wisdom and Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.” Following each short organ selection, Dr. Floyd will read a brief comment on the theme of the Beatitude by Bonhoeffer. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1219 Forest Hills Dr.

theatre/auditions MARIAN, THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD Feb. 28 - Mar. 3, 8pm or 2pm matiness on Sunday: “Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood” will be directed by Robin Post. This gender switching/smashing comedic frolic through Sherwood Forest, challenges our notions of gender and the narrative of the male hero and the damsel in distress. Robin Hood is actually Marian in disguise, the Merry Men question their sexual identities and Nottingham’s guards spend more time playing pranks on one another than they do guarding. Hilarity ensues on all fronts while we are confronted with questions

about the reinforcement of the cisgender heteronormative culture in which we live. $6 students $12 for seniors, UNCW employees, and alum $15 for GA. Mainstage Theatre, UNCW, 601 S College Rd. ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE Feb. 28, 7pm: The lady, the legend ...

Patsy Cline (Wilmington native Annie Tracy Marsh) comes glowingly to life in this touching true story affectionately told through letters written between Patsy and her biggest fan turned confidant, Louise Segar (Barbara Weetman). These two unlikely friends met in a Texas honky-tonk in 1961 and shared a heartfelt correspondence until Patsy’s untimely death in 1963.

The story is set against Patsy’s greatest hits, including “Crazy”, “I Fall to Pieces”, “Sweet Dreams”, “Walkin’ after Midnight”, and 23 other great songs and is filled to the brim with down home country humor, heartache, and unexpected friendship.

Don’t miss your chance to spend the evening with Patsy and Louise! Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. INTO THE WOODS Mar. 1, 7:30pn: Thalian Association Community Theatre presents a Youth Theatre production of Into the Woods. Written by famed composer Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, West Side Story), the musical blends the plots of several Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault fairy tales in-

cluding Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Cinderella.

Please note: The Sunday performance is a matinee beginning at 3pm. (910) 2511788. chandler.davis@thalian.org. Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, 120 S. 2nd St. STONES IN HIS POCKETS Mar. 1-30: TheatrenNOW dinner presents “Stones in His Pockets”—a comic tragedy followings Charlie Conlon and Jake Quinn, who, like many in their small Irish town, are employed as film extras. Things get dodgy when a local teenager commits suicide after he is humiliated by a movie star.

Two actors take on 15 characters. Dinner and a show with three-course meal, $48.

Show-only option availableable, $20. www. theatrewilmington.com. Doors, 6pm; show, 7pm. TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St. FEMME SPEAK OUT Mar. 1, 7:30pm: A curated performance showcasing women and femmes on the mic, first Friday of every month, to learn from, feel, and understand what the community of women and femme voices has to say. March’s Femme Speak Out will be co-hosted by Anchorlight and the Black on Black Project. Special performances will include poetry in response to the art of Anchorlight’s debit exhibit in Wilmington, Brick Needs Mortar by William Paul Thomas! Featuring special guests; event will be filmed by Honey Head Films! $5 sug-

gested donation. Anchorlight Wilmington (formerly the River Rat), 1 S. Front St. THE BEST OF BROADWAY – A MUSICAL THEATRE REVUE Mar. 3, 3pm: Thalian Association Community Theatre proudly presents our first production at the Leland Cultural Arts Center. Enjoy some of your favorite songs from Tony Award winning shows and a preview of upcoming productions from the Official Community Theatre of North Carolina. 1212 Magnolia Village Way. thalian.org FACT OR FICTION AUDITIONS Mar. 4 & 6, 7pm: Port City Playwrights’ Project holds auditions for its new scriptin-hand production, “Fact or Fiction?” Actors of all ages, including a female who can play a teen, are needed to fill the roles for this March 25 and 26 performance at the Cape Fear Playhouse. Auditions consist of readings from the work of the playwrights who are contributing to this production. Get a head start by going to portcityplaywrights.wordpress. com and downloading the audition sheet.

Questions: portcityplaywrightsproject@ gmail.com. Hannah Block Historic USO/ Community Arts Center, 120 S. 2nd St. UNCW PRESENT S THEATRE WORKS Mar. 9, 2pm: When the class gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms. Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer space for an epic inter-planetary field

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Hop on the Magic School Bus for a ride in Theatreworks USA’s new musical adaptation based on the original book series published by Scholastic. The mission of Theatreworks USA is to create, produce, and provide access to professional theatre for young and family audiences nationwide, including disadvantaged youth and underserved communities. Kenan Auditorium, 601 S College Rd.

art MEET LOCAL ARTISTS Meet working artists, and see works in progress. Everything from sculptures to fine jewelry in this unique location. Free parking, fun for everyone. Over 45 artist’s works to enjoy. Free, and we participate in the 4th Friday Art Walks, 6-9pm, 4th Fri. ea. mo. theArtWorks, 200 Willard St. FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, Wilmington’s premier after-hours celebration of art and culture, 6-9pm, fourth Fri. ea. month. Art openings, artist demonstrations, entertainment and refreshments. Administered by the Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County, numerous venues participate. Full list: artscouncilofwilmington.org HAVE A HEART, SKYWATCH On display at WHQR’s MC Erny Gallery is art by Loulie Scharf through March 8.

Colorful and vivid birds are illustrated via mixed media. A portion of the proceeds from any sale of art benefits WHQR, and a portion of the artist’s proceeds will be donated to SkyWatch Bird Rescue. Mon-Fri, 10am to 4pm. 254 N. Front St., #300 OIL & WATER On display through Mar. 17. Works by Laura Smith and Patricia Barrow are now on display at the Bellamy Mansion. 503 Market St. bellamymansion.org ART OF STYLE W/ANN PARKS MCCRAY Wilmington painter Ann Parks McCray creates vivid, impasto oil paintings that are sometimes abstract and ethereal and other times she creates naturescapes or seascapes with sailboats materializing on the horizon. No matter the subject matter, there is an Ann Parks McCray that speaks to everyone. In this show we pair her work with different furniture vignettes, from modern to contemporary to mid century and beyond. Come see the gallery and Ann Parks McCray as you have never seen them-intertwined with one another, layer upon layer, with art creating the tone for each scene. New Elements Gallery, 271 N. Front St.

tive output of the artist’s plan to produce one sculpture a day for a year (December 2016-2017) and then beyond that time frame. This is the Raleigh-based artist’s first major solo exhibition. Closing Reception: Friday, Mar. 22, 6-9 pm. Gallery Hours: Mon. - Fri., 12-5. Wilma W. Daniels Gallery at CFCC, 200 Hanover St.

has constituted colorism’s warped mirror and articulate how the exhibited artworks serve as speculative mirrors that offer alternative avenues of self-perception. CAB Art Gallery, 5270 Randall Pkwy. uncw.edu/ cabartgallery

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BRIGHT MORNING: Ann Parks McCray presents “Art of Style,” featuring numerous impasto oil paintings such as “Bright Morning,” at New Elements Gallery, 271 N. Front St., through March 16. Courtesy photo

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West Coast Swing. • Wednesdays, 7pm: Latin Variety Dances. • Thursdays, 8pm: Shag Group Class: Levels 1 & 2, $10 per person, $15 per couple, $5 for military/ students with ID. Babs McDance Social Dance Club & Ballroom, 6782 Market St.

comedy OPEN MIC Wildest open mic in town ... anything goes. (except cover songs). Stand-up comedy, slam poetry, video, live music, odd talents—performances of all kinds.

Hosted by 6-beer Steve. Sign up, 8pm, and runs all night. Juggling Gypsy 1612 Castle St. ILM, (910) 763-2223 daily after 3pm for details. www.jugglinggypsy.com.

GRUFF GOAT COMEDY First Wed. ea. month, Gruff Goat Comedy features Three Guest Comics Under a Bridge. No Trolls. Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry Ln. PRIMETIME COMEDY See some of NC’s best stand-up comedians in a world class venue! This month’s talented performers: Brett Williams, Cordero Wilson, Grant Sheffield, Louis Bishop, and Tyler Wood. Hosted by: Wills Maxwell. N Front Theatre (formerly City Stage), 21 N Front St. LUCKY JOE COMEDY SHOW First Sat. ea. month is free show at Lucky

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1414 S College Rd. LIVE RIFFING AND VINTAGE TV Every Wed. join Dead Crow Comedy for improv night. Join local comedians for a TV party at Dead Crow! An interactive improvised comedy show. 265 N. Front St. DAREDEVIL IMPROV COMEDY TROUPE DareDevil Improv Classes teach you the fundamentals of the funny! Learn to be more spontaneous, trust your instincts, and create one-of-a-kind comedy with an ensemble! (And even if you’re not a “performer,” our classes are a great way to meet people and have a hella good time!)

Details and sign-ups: daredevilimprov. com. Hannah Block Community Arts Center, 120 S. 2nd St. DEAD CROW COMEDY ROOM Mar. 1-2, 7pm/9:30pm: Langston Kerman is an LA-based stand-up comic, actor and writer. Langston’s first half hour special aired in September 2018 as part of Comedy Central “Stand-Up Presents.”

Last month, Langston wrote and starred in a Broadway Video produced presentation for Hulu, “Bust Down,” which also featured Chris Redd, Sam Jay, and Jak Knight.

Additionally Langston released his first comedy album “Lightskinned Feelings,” which was recorded at the historic Punchline Comedy Club in San Francisco. In TV Langston recurs as “Jared” on the HBO hit series “Insecure” from Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore. • Mar. 8-9, 7pm/9:30pm: Chris Gethard is the star of “The Chris Gethard Show” and the host of the popular Earwolf podcast “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People.” Chris starred in the Mike Birbiglia film, “Don’t Think Twice,” and can be seen as ‘Todd’ on Comedy Central’s “Broad City.” Other credits include “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office,” and the film “The Heat.” Chris is also the author of “A Bad Idea I’m About to Do” and “Lose Well.” His first stand-up album (“My Comedy Album”) debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart in 2014. Schedule subject to change/tickets: deadcrowcomedy.com. 265 N. Front St.

film BECOMING AMERICAN Six-week dcumentary film and discussion series on immigration from Cape Fear Museum and the New Hanover County Public Library. Film shown every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. through Mar. 3 that delves into various aspects of how immigration has molded America. Free. Main Library, 201 Chestnut St. www.nhclibrary.org ILM FEMALE FILMMAKERS COLLECTIVE Mar. 1-2: Wilmington Female Filmmakers Collective (WilmFFilm) presents the 3rd Annual Cinema Sister’s International Film Festival (formerly the Chick Flicks Film Festival), and event which focuses on films

and videos of any genre made by women.

This year we have 43 short films with an opening night feature film, “Half the Picture”, from director Amy Adrion, that won an award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. This year Cinema Sisters has films from Spain, Italy, Russia, the UK, Canada, Vietnam, France, Turkey, across the USA and from Wilmington, NC too. Website, film schedule, and prices coming soon. Tickets: $9/block or $/student. $30/full festival pass. $10/Friday night feature and $12/ Friday night afterparty or $18/Friday night feature and afterparty. Jengo’s Playhouse, 815 Princess St.

museums CAMERON ART MUSEUM On exhibit: “A Time When Art Is Everywhere: teamLab,” an art collective and interdisciplinary group of programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians artists and architects, creates digital artworks that bridge art, science, technology, design and the natural world. Designs are immersive interpretations deeply rooted in Japanese art, aesthetic and history.

Through Sept. 8, 2019. CAM Café open and serving delicious menu with full bar, 5pm-9pm. Tues.-Sun., 11am-2pm; Thurs. nights, 5pm-9pm 910-395-5999. cameronartmuseum.org. 3201 S. 17th St. CAPE FEAR MUSEUM Hundreds of toys and games are on view in PlayTime!—classics, like Lincoln Logs, toy soldiers, an Erector set and a Mr. Potato Head, and even old faves like wooden tops, blocks and dolls. Remember those toys that, for whatever reason, we just had to have? Some of those fad favorites like the Rubik’s cube and 1960s Liddle Kiddle dolls are on exhibit along with toy figures from fast food kids’ meals. Explore toy history in custom label books. Play, create, and imagine in Cape Fear Museum’s newest exhibit, PlayTime! Engage with museum educators in these short, drop-in programs. Activities change weekly and may include puzzles, games, blocks, and more. Adult participation is required. Fun for all ages! Free for members or with general admission • Camera Collections! With today’s smart phones and digital cameras, photography is everywhere. Until the invention of the camera in 1839, there was no way to instantly capture the environment around you. In less than 200 years, cameras have progressed from complicated contraptions only used by professionals, to simple boxes with a roll of film anyone could operate, to handheld computers that create digital images shared with the world. 86 cameras and 145 photographic accessories showcases changes in technology and styles, from late 1800s-early 2000s. www.capefearmuseum.com. $8/ adults, $7/seniors, college & military, $5/ youth. CF Museum, 814 Market St. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM WB Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to pre-

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

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WILMINGTON RR MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Children’s Hall, and spectacular model layouts. House in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level.

By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and after-hours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd Mon. at 10:30am, only $5 per family and access to entire Museum. Admission only $9 adult, $8 senior/military, $5 child, ages 2-12, and free under age 2. 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634. www.wrrm.org.

LATIMER HOUSE Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm, and Sat, 125pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. $4-$12. Latimer House of Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is not handi-

capped accessible 126 S. Third St. BURGWIN-WRIGHT HOUSE 18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in the heart of Wilmington’s Historic District, is the oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th and 19th century decor and gardens. Colonial life is experienced through historical interpretations in kitchen-building and courtyard. 3rd/Market St. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. Last tour, 3pm. 910762-0570. www.burgwinwrighthouse.com.

BELLAMY MANSION One of NC’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (18171896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children.

After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, it focuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action. 910-251-3700. www.bellamymansion. org. 503 Market St. BATTLESHIP: FIREPOWER Mar. 9, 8sm: A top to bottom exploration of the Battleship’s firepower systems.

Learn how the early computers and radar found and tracked targets, where ammunition was stored, how the 16-inch, 5-inch, 40mm, 20mm, 1.1 guns were loaded and

fired. The day-long program includes lunch. Battleship North Carolina, 1 Battleship Rd. battleshipnc.com

kids stuff SNAKE AND TURTLE FEEDING A brief presentation about the live animals on display in the events center and then watch them feed. At least one snake and turtle will be fed during the demonstration.

Ages: 3 and up. First Wed. of every month.

Cost: $1. Halyburton Park, 4099 S. 17th St. LITTLE EXPLORERS Ages 2-5: Bring your kids to the park and discover nature through stories, songs, hands-on activities, hikes and crafts. Your children will delight in the many nature themes we explore each month. Space is limited and pre-registration is required for these popular programs. $3/participant.

Springing Into Spring, 2/28-3/1, 10-11am • Green in Nature, 3/14-15, $3/person, 1011am • What Does a Tree Need? 3/2829, 10-11am • Amazing Animal Acrobats, 4/11-12, 10-11am • Homey Habitats, 4/2526, 10-11am. Halyburton Park, 4099. S. 17th St. NATURE IN A NUTSHELL Topics correlatw with the weekly Little Explorers program theme. Our nature themes will be brought to life through stories, songs, games, hikes, and other hands-on activities. Please dress for the weather(including closed-toe shoes) to

be ready for outdoor fun! This is an extension of our current Little Explorers classes for those who would still like to sign up for these popular programs. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. $3/participant.. Wintery Wonders: 3/2, 3/16, 3/30, 4/13, 10-10:30am, ages 2-5, $3/person.

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Halyburton Park, 4099. S. 17th St. TEEN GAME NIGHT Mar. 1, 6pm-9pm: Ages: 13-17, free. First Friday of month through May 3. Video games, board games, other activities, and refreshments. Pre-registration is required.

MLK Center, 401 S. 8th St., 910.341.7866 Register online: wilmingtonrecreation.com INDOOR OBSTACLE COURSE Mar, 6, 10am & 2pm: Ages: 5 & under. $5 per child (included with general admission). No pre-registration required. Over and under, down and around. Test your speed ad have fun using large motor skills!

Fit For Fun, 302 S. 10th St. BLARNEY BEAN BAG GAMES Mar. 4, 10am-10:30am and 2-2pm: Ages: 5 & under, $5 per child (included with general admission). No pre-registration required. Try your luck tossing bean bag “coins” and “clovers” in our March-themed games! Fit For Fun, 302 S. 10th St. CIRCLE TIME GAMES Mar. 8, 10am and 2pm: Ages: 5 & under. $5 per child (included with general admission). No pre-registration required. Children are invited to enjoy early literacy ac-

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UPCOMING EVENTS: FRIDAY, MARCH 1 | 4:00 P.M. Baseball vs Valparaiso

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 | 12:30 P.M. Softball vs North Carolina A&T

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 | 3:00 P.M. Softball vs Lehigh

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 | 2:00 P.M. Baseball vs Valparaiso

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 | 10:00 A.M. Softball vs UMBC

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 | 12:30 P.M. Softball vs Lehigh

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SUNDAY, MARCH 3 | 2:00 P.M. Baseball vs Valparaiso

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 | 4:00 P.M. Baseball vs Toledo

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 | 4:00 P.M. Baseball vs Toledo

CAPE FEAR FENCING ASSOCIATION Mar. 5, 6:30pm: 6 week beginning fencing classes in the basement of the Tileston gym. Class will meet for approximately 1 hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays, All fencing equipment provided, students should wear loose fitting clothing and sneakers.

Class covers history, footwork, bladework, tactics, and rules, Olympic Fencing history, and finishes with an in class tournament Appropriate for ages 8 - 80. Cost is $50 plus a $10 membership through USA Fencing at usafencing.org good until July 31, 2019. Taught by Internationally accredited instructor whose students have won gold medals at world championships.

Tileston Gym, 5th and Ann streets.

AUTHOR READING: Mesha Maren will read from her book, “Sugar Run,” at Pomegranate Books on February 28 at 7 p.m. Courtesy photo

tivities through books, songs, finger plays, and rhymes. Fit For Fun, 302 S. 10th St. ULTIMATE TEEN TIME Mar. 8, Apr. 12, May 10: 6:30pm: Ages: Middle School Students. Program is offered on the 2nd Friday of the month. Free.

Pre-registration is required. Space is very limited so please register early. Activities include sports, XBox, karaoke, board games, refreshments and more. Maides Park, 1101 Manly Ave. 910.341.7867. Register online webreg.wilmingtonnc.gov CIRCLE TIME GAMES Mar. 8, 10am: Ages: 5 & under, $5 per child (included with general admission). No pre-registration required, 10am-10:30am / 2pm-2:30pm. Children are invited to enjoy early literacy activities through books, songs, finger plays, and rhymes. Fit For Fun, 302 S. 10th St. SPRING EGGVENTURE Apr. 18, 9am-noon: Join the eggcitement at Halyburton Park. Programs and activities for the day inclulde Animal Eggs, and Nests. Egglympics, Story time, and Spring Nature Hike. Space limited and pre-registration required. Egg Hunts will take place at 9:30, 10:30, and 11:30 for children age 2-3-4-5- and 6-9. Total 9 egg hunts. $5/ participant. Deadline: Apr. 11. Halyburton Park, 4099. S. 17th St.

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

with walkers. Choose your own pace and distance. Free and open to anyone. YMCA Midtown, George Anderson Dr. WB SCENIC TOURS Thurs., 10:30am: WB Scenic Tours birding boat cruise of Masonboro Island and Bradley Creek. Guided eco-cruises are educational boat tours designed to increase conservation awareness about local wildlife and sensitive coastline habitats in New Hanover County. Topics explained during the boat ride will include: salt marsh function, wetland plants, and strong emphasis on shorebird/water bird ecology and identification. Birding tours are best when scheduled at low tide. • Sunset Tour of WB, Thurs., 5pm: Sunset with Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours departs from the Blockade Runner Dock. Routes vary with season, weather, and whim on the Basic Sunset Cruise but may include Masonboro Island, Bradley Creek, Money Island or some other combination. Water, marsh, Shamrock, sunset – it’s a simple combination but very satisfying. Also, from experience, this is the best time to sight dolphins in the bay. RSVP: 910-200-4002 or wbst3000@gmail.com. WB Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

HIKES AND BIRDING First Friday bird hikes, ages 5/up; free.

3/1, 4/5, 9-10:30am: Bird-watch around Halyburton Park the first Friday of each month. We’ll search for migrants, residents, and point out year-round species too. These walks are for beginner birders and all are welcome. • Greenfield Lake Hike, 2/28, 8am-noon, 16 and up, $10. • Abby Nature Preserve, 3/21, 8am-noon, 16 and up, $10. • Holly Shelter Gamelands, 4/11, 8am-3pm, 16 and up, $10. Halyburton Park, 4099. S. 17th St.

FENCING TOURNAMENT Mar. 9, 9:30am: The Cape Fear Fencing Association will be hosting the Battle of the Ironclads fencing tournament on March 9th, 2019. Events fenced will be Open foil at 9:30 am, Open epee at 12:30 pm, and Open sabre at 3:30 pm. Possible competitors should see the tournament listing on askfred.net. Spectators are free and very welcome. Tileston Gym, 5th and Ann streets

lectures/literary BOOK READING WITH MESHA MAREN Feb. 28, 7pm: Local author Wiley Cash will introduce Mesha Maren and her novel, “Sugar Run.” Set in 1989, Jodi McCarty

is 17 and sentenced to life in prison. Released 18 years later, she finds herself at a Greyhound bus stop, reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian mountains, she goes searching for someone she left behind, but on the way, she meets and falls in love with Miranda, a troubled young mother. Free.

Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave. BOOK TALK WITH ANN HUTTEMAN Feb. 28, 11am: Cape Fear Historical Society presents a book talk with local historian Ann Hutteman. She will speak on her book, “Oakdale: North Carolina’s First Rural Cemetery.” Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington was founded in the mid 19th century with its first burial in 1855. Suggested donation is $5 for non-members.

Luncheon is $15 and catered by A Thyme Savor. RSVP by Mon. prior to lunch. Latimer House, 126 S. Third St. lcfhs.org BEHIND THE SCENES GALLERY Mar. 1, 11am: Curious to know more about how the museum’s exhibitions are put together? Join us for a gallery talk with Holly Tripman Fitzgerald, Chief Curator, and gain a behind-the-scenes perspective on our current exhibitions and CAM’s collection with Nearer to Nature (on view through March 10, 2019). CAM Members: free; Museum admission all others.

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Feather, Robin R. Salmon, VP of Art and Historical Collections/Curator of Sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens offers insight and will discuss how the subjects of birds relates to the purposes of Brookgreen Gardens, several of the works in Brookgreen’s exhibition, Birds in Art, and the sculpture of Grainger McKoy in the Brookgreen collection. The work of artist Grainger McKoy is currently on view in CAM’s exhibition Recovery in Flight: Sculptures of Grainger McKoy (on view through March 10, 2019). www.cameronartmuseum.org, by phone and at CAM’s Visitor Services desk. CAM Members and Students with valid ID: $10, nonmembers, $15. Weyerhaeuser Reception Hall, Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.

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Our passion is to help your daughter to reach her full potential! Longwave Yoga, 203 Racine #200 MINDFULNESS STRESS REDUCTION Through Mar. 13, 6:30-7:30pm: Cultivate a different relationship between you and the things that challenge you, and relies completely upon tools you have. Specifically, mindfulness helps you access the ability to be non-judgmental, compassionate, patient, present and aware.

8-week MBSR program focus and intention is to reconnect you with that inner wisdom and deep knowing that resides within you. McKay Healing Arts, 4916 Wrightsville Ave. www.mckayacupuncture.com

YOGA FOR TWEENS Mar. 7, 6pm: Yoga for Tweens! A playful, casual and very active class encouraging tween to explore their creativity. Dynamic postures presented in a simple step-bystep format. No experience is necessary, and this yoga class is offered to tweens only, ages 11-14. Wilmington Yoga, 5329 Oleander Drive, Ste. 200 SPIRITUALITY & ART Mar. 11, 6:30pm: The exhilarating evening will feature McKoy sharing the amazing story of how his faith and spirituality has led him to become one of the worlds’ most celebrated wood carving artist. McKoy’s exhibition, “Recovery in Flight: The Sculptures of Grainger McKoy” is currently on display at the Cameron Art Museum. Do not miss the opportunity to see his incredible work in person before it closes on March 10. St. James Parish is located at the corner of Market and 3rd St. downtown Wilmington. 25 S. 3rd St.

classes/seminars ADULT CRAFTERNOONS New monthly meet-up for adults who enjoy crafting. Drop in on the first Monday afternoon of every month at the Northeast Library. A different usable craft project will be featured each month. Free program, with all supplies provided by a Friends of NHC Library LEAD Award. Reserve spot on calendar at www.NHCLibrary.org or 910-798-6371. Librarian Annice Sevett: asevett@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6371.

1241 Military Cutoff Rd. CRAFTEEN MINI GARDENS Crafty teens are invited for snacks and miniature garden making at Northeast Library. Hands-on workshop is free but space is limited. To make sure there are enough seats and supplies, register on calendar, NHCLibrary.org. 910-798-6371.

NHC NE Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. DIY IPHONE FIX Sundays through May, 1pm: A short workshop, with all the parts, tools, and knowhow provided to fix a broken screen to a working one! Our two hour Repair Cafe is a workshop that shows the basics of iPhone repair in a controlled environment, so you

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don’t have to worry about messing something up, or never putting it back together again. We’ll go over the 5 tools required for any iPhone repair, prepare instructions for your specific model iPhone, then show you how to properly open it, replace the necessary components, check for water damage or other potential problems. Finally, we’ll show you how to reassemble, and properly test for functionality! Seating is limited.

Lead Tech Service, 225 S Water St, Suite D. leadtechservice.com STORYTELLING ALCHEMY Mar. 4, 1pm: In many traditions and cultures storytelling is a part of the spiritual learning experience. Wisdom is gained through fables, parables and folktales. The fables and fairytales of our youth have the power to reach past our conscious blocks directly to the heart, conveying transformative messages that are valuable to one’s own journey. Workshop is designed to enable the participant to take a tragic or challenging story from their own life and transform it into a fairytale, with a happy ending, fostering liberation and empowerment! Conjure your own happy ending; discover transformative meditation and journaling techniques; delve deeply into your unconscious to reveal what limits you; learn about spell-craft that can shatter those limitations; and tap into your own creativity for lasting changes. Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Ave. YOGA FOR YOUNG LADIES Mar. 6, 7pm: 5-week series for middle and high school girls is designed to help young ladies manage the increasing pres-

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Cost: $10. Halyburton Park, 4099. S. 17th St. ACCESS BARS CLASS Mar. 9, all day: What if you could change your whole life in just an hour, all while lying down and relaxing? Thousands of people all over the world already have and Access Bars practitioner and teacher, Aubrey Clay, will be offering an all day, intensive workshop that will certify you with a new set of healing tools that you can use on yourself and those around you. All levels of experience in healing, metaphysics, spirituality, and paths are welcome $350 for first time ($175 for anyone who is re-taking the course). 8 CEUS for continued education class. Register: Aubrey Clay, 630-2920216. accessconsciousness.com/en/ public-profiles/aubrey-glaskin-clay.www. aubreyclay.com. Blue Lagoon Wellness Center, 1202 Floral Pkwy

clubs/notices THE NEW HANOVER NAACP Feb. 28, 7pm: There will be a presentation by the North Carolina African American Heritage Committee on the “Green Book”, the annual guidebook used by African American road-trippers, published from 1936-1966 during the Jim Crow era, when open and often legally prescribed discrimination against non-whites was widespread. This discrimination resulted in a variety of dangers and inconveniences along the road; anything from refusal of food and lodging to arbitrary arrest. The “Green Book” was a guide to

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20)

South Koreans work too hard. Many are on the job 14 hours a day, six days a week. That’s why a new concept in vacations has emerged there.

People take sabbaticals by checking into Prison Inside Me, a facility designed like a jail. For a while, they do without cell phones and Internet and important appointments. Freed of normal stresses and stripped of obsessive concerns, they turn inward and recharge their spiritual batteries. I’d love to see you treat yourself to a getaway like this—minus the incarceration theme, of course. You’d benefit from a quiet, spacious, low-pressure escape.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

The astrology column you’re reading is published in periodicals in four countries: the U.S., Canada, Italy, and France. In all of these places, women have had a hard time acquiring political power.

Neither the U.S. nor Italy has ever had a female head of government. France has had one, Édith Cresson, who served less than a year as Prime Minister. Canada has had one, Kim Campbell, who was in office for 132 days. That’s the bad news. The good news is the coming months will be a more favorable time than usual to boost feminine authority and enhance women’s ability to shape our shared reality. And you Tauruses of all genders will be in prime position to foster the outcome. Homework: Meditate on specific ways you could contribute, even if just through your personal interactions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

A 19-year-old guy named Anson Lemmer started a job as a pizza delivery man in Glenwood, Colorado. On his second night, he arrived with a hot pizza at a house where an emergency was in progress. A man was lying on the ground in distress. Having been trained in CPR, Lemmer leaped to his rescue and saved his life. I expect that you, too, will perform a heroic act sometime soon, Gemini—maybe not as monumental as Lemmer’s, but nonetheless impressive. And I bet it will have an enduring impact, sending out reverberations that redound to your benefit for quite some time.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Scientist Michael Dillon was shocked when he learned some bees can buzz around at lofty altitudes where the oxygen is sparse. He and a colleague even found two of them at 29,525 feet— higher than Mt. Everest. How could the bees fly in such thin air? They “didn’t beat their wings faster,” according to a report in National Geographic, but rather “swung their wings through a wider arc.” I propose we regard these high-flying marvels as soul animals for the coming weeks.

Metaphorically speaking, you will have the pow-

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er and ingenuity and adaptability to go higher than you’ve been in a long time.

experience than you have in a long time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

When Europeans invaded and occupied North America, they displaced many indigenous people from their ancestral lands. There were a few notable exceptions, including five tribes in what’s now Maine and Eastern Canada. They are known as the Wabanaki confederacy: the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac, Maliseet, and Abenaki. Although they had to adjust to and compromise with colonialism, they were never defeated by it. I propose we make them your heroic symbols for the coming weeks. May their resilient determination to remain connected to their roots and origins motivate you to draw ever-fresh power from your own roots and origins.

Do you find it a challenge to commit to an entirely plant-based diet? If so, you might appreciate flexitarianism, which is a less-perfectionist approach that focuses on eating vegetables but doesn’t make you feel guilty if you eat a bit of meat now and then. In general, I recommend you experiment with a similar attitude toward pretty much everything in the coming weeks. Be strong-minded, idealistic, willful, and intent on serving your wellbeing—but without being a maniacal purist.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

If you gorge on sugary treats and soft drinks, you ingest a lot of empty calories. They have a low nutrient density, and provide you with a scant amount of minerals, vitamins, protein, and other necessities. Since I am committed to helping you treat yourself with utmost respect, I always discourage you from that behavior. But I’m especially hopeful you will avoid it during the next three weeks, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. Please, refrain from absorbing barren, vacant stuff into the sacred temple of your mind and body—including images, stories, sounds, and ideas, as well as food and drink.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Charles Grey was the second Earl of Grey, as well as Prime Minister of England from 1830 to 1834.

His time in office produced pivotal changes, including the abolition of slavery, reform of child labor laws, and more democracy in the nation’s electoral process. But most people today know nothing of those triumphs. Rather he is immortalized for the Earl Grey tea he made popular. I suspect in the coming weeks, one of your fine efforts may also get less attention than a more modest success. But don’t worry about it. Instead, be content with congratulating yourself for your excellent work. I think it’s the key to you getting proper appreciation for your bigger accomplishment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

At a young age, budding Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath came to a tough realization: “I can never read all the books I want,” she wrote in her journal. “I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.” Judging by current astrological omens, I can imagine you saying something like that right now. I bet your longing for total immersion in life’s pleasures is especially intense and a bit frustrated. But I’m pleased to predict in the next four weeks, you’ll be able to live and feel more shades, tones, and variations of

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Capricorn javelin thrower Julius Yego won a silver medial at the 2016 Summer Olympics. How did he get so skilled? Not in the typical way. He gained preliminary proficiency while competing for his high school team, but after graduation, he was too poor to keep developing his mastery. So he turned to YouTube, where he studied videos by great javelin throwers to benefit from their training strategies and techniques. Now that you’re in an intense learning phase of your cycle, Capricorn, I suggest you, too, be ready to draw on sources that may be unexpected or unusual or alternative.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

The first edition of “Action Comics,” which launched the story of the fictional character Superman, cost 10 cents in 1938. Nowadays it’s worth 3 million dollars. I’ll make a bold prediction that you, too, will be worth considerably more on December 31, 2019 than you are right now.

The increase won’t be as dramatic as that of the Superman comic, but still: I expect a significant boost. And what you do in the next four weeks could have a lot to do with making my prediction come true.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Until the 16th century in much of Europe and the 18th century in Britain, the new year was celebrated in March. That made sense given the fact that the weather was growing noticeably warmer and it was time to plant the crops again. In my astrological opinion, the month of March is still the best time of year for you Pisceans to observe your personal new year. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to start fresh in any area of your life. If you formulate a set of New Year’s resolutions, you’re more likely to remain committed to them than if you had made them on January 1.

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Cameron Art Museum allows participants Featuring music from Roger Davis, 12pm; to explore current exhibitions with Anne Jason Ashby, 2pm; The Blarney Brogues, Brennan, CAM’s executive director, in a 5pm; and Boba Funk, 8pm. Food trucks new series of public tours. Free for CAM will be CheeseSmith and 2 Bros Coastal members. Wed., 1:30pm. 3201 S. 17th St. Cuisine. Rotating selection of rare and LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR limited beers on draft alongside everyday Explore the rich culture of our talented favorites and a cast of giveaways, includSouthern town with a 90 minute walking ing glassware, and swag from wineries/ tour of the literary history of downtown breweries. Plus, a limited anniversary colWilmington, NC. Visit “The Two Libraries.” laboration with New Anthem Beer ProjWalk the streets of your favorite novels, ect. www.fermental.net. 910-821-0362. and stand where Oscar Wilde did when 7250 Market St. he lectured here. Saturdays, 1:30pm, Old FREE BREWERY TOURS AND TASTINGS Books on Front. 249 N. Front St. www.

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support groups WILMINGTON PRIDE YOUTH GROUP Grades 7-12: Wilmington Pride Youth Group is a safe space for youth who identify as LGBTQIA+ and their straight allies.

An adult supervised, safe space for kids to talk about orientation, gender, racial equality, political consequences, religion, self care. Also a great opportunity to meet and socialize with peers from the greater Wilmington area. Meets Thurs., 7pm.

Needed: youth facilitators, especially those who are trained to work with kids, and speakers to talk about important topics. wpyg2016@gmail.com.

ANXIETY / OCD SUPPORT GROUP Group meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd. Building B. Christopher Savard, Ph.D., with Cape Fear Psychological Services, gives a presentation the 1st Thursday of each month. 3rd Thursday meeting is member led. Everyone 18+ welcome. 910-763-8134 MS SUPPORT GROUP Those with MS, families and friends welcome. Meets 2nd Thursday each month, 7 p.m., 1st floor conference room, New Hanover Rehabilitation Hospital, 2131 S. 17th St., Wilmington (behind Betty Cameron Women’s Hospital). Sponsored by Greater Carolinas Chapter, National MS Society.

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