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“I

I’d like to get $75 on a loan.”

“Just a loan?” the pawn broker clarified.

“Yeah, I want it back.”

In the land of economics, things tend to be discussed in broad terms. One of the unintended consequences is the human inclination to forget we are discussing individuals and their daily lives, not just theory. When election time rolls around, we see the televised efforts to make the candidates look like they are in touch with and understand the daily reality of “average” Americans. Since 2008, like many people, I have been on an economic roller (Rohler?) coaster.

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In 2010 and 2011, I sold practically everything that wasn’t nailed down in an effort to meet a variety of debts. Since, things have gone up and down. Right now, I am probably at the most stable I have been in a while, which it is not something I am taking for granted. I am watching some of the people closest to me continue to wrestle with the same beasts. As I gradually approach “zero” (meaning getting debts paid off and getting to zero), there are still some interesting and unexpected difficulties and consequences along the way for us all.

In that vein, and also with my 50 new experiences for encore in 2015, this week I

went to a pawn shop for the first time.

I was running errands with a friend, and when he pulled into the parking lot of the pawn shop, he asked if I wanted to come in or wait in the car?

“I’ll come in. This could be interesting.”

“Oh, yeah? Haven’t you been to a pawn shop before?” he asked.

“Nope, first time,” I responded.

I was prepared for the guns and the TVs, but the vacuum cleaners were a surprise.

Who knew you could pawn a vac?

My friend had a really nice, new wireless device that could probably land a jet plane.

The pawnbrokers were clearly intrigued; I don’t think they had seen anything quite like it before.

“You should definitely play with it while it’s here,” my friend jokingly suggested. “But, yeah, I want it back.”

The pawn brokers took it out of the packaging, tested it and grinned. “You said you want $70 for it?”

“No, $75” Pause. Head tilt. “Yeah, we could do that.”

It was scanned, checked for pricing, logged for the police, and a pawn ticket was printed. My friend produced his ID, verified that he would receive the $75, and signed the ticket—acknowledging he had 90 days to come up with $91 to get it back.

“So you have to pay more to get it back?”

I asked when we got back in the car.

“That’s how they make money,” he pointed out, giving me a you-own-a-business-you should-understand-this look. I was just surprised you could get a loan; I thought you sold it outright, like at an antique or jewelry store.

“You also don’t have to come up with the money all at once,” he continued. “If you don’t happen to find yourself with $100 in your pocket—which I rarely do—then you can go in and pay for it like layaway.”

The pawn industry has existed in some form or another as long as we have had currency and debts. In times of economic hardship, it tends to fare better than during times of prosperity. Business Insider reported that from 2008 to 2011 the average pawn loan increased from $80 to $150. So let’s be clear: We are not talking about vast sums of money with long-term plans. This is meeting an immediate need: paying bills, forestalling eviction, food, and, yes, entertainment of various forms that would not otherwise be paid for. Perhaps what I found most fascinating from the Business Insider report was the average pawn customer has a high-school diploma, is in their mid 30s and has an average annual income of $29,000. That flies in the face of my preconceived notion.

Of course, the pawn industry had an unexpected injection of publicity and interest with the 2009 launch of the History Channel’s show “Pawn Stars.” Arguably, people

who never considered the possibility of pawning before have been exposed to it. As well, those who might not have shopped at a pawn shop have been served the idea that the greatest treasures in America are hiding there, waiting to be found.

If my trip this week was any indication, it looks like it’s still the expendable items people have in their homes and the leftovers of past roommates and loves (known as “relationship shrapnel”). It seems to get used primarily to meet shortfalls in life.

My friend commented that it has been a reoccurring go-to for much of his adult life.

The National Pawnbroker’s Association confirms that 80 percent of their customers get loans at least twice a year. I would be curious to know if those coincided with tax season and the holidays. Compared with the stress of overdraft fees, the pain of applying for a short-term loan, or failing to meet your financial obligations, talking to two fairly quiet middle-aged men about selling a vacuum cleaner sounds preferable. (Not that I am recommending this as a long-term financial strategy by any means.) What remains fairly clear is we are talking about people who are not trying to borrow in the thousands.

They’re looking for stopgap money for emergency situations. It’s a reality ignored by people who haven’t and don’t feel that squeeze (the people who talk about economic theory and policy). Part of what makes pawning accessible is it uses something tangible as the collateral for the loan.

At the time I wrote this piece, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is gearing up to release the new regulations for payday lenders, which is another stopgap that preys on those chronically short of cash and credit.

Next week, I will bring you an update on their work and what it will mean.

As we discuss the economic recovery, perhaps instead of talking in really broad terms, we might want to start talking about it in very personal and specific terms. I have written before that a book I keep coming back to is Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin’s “Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence.” Part of what they talk about is that we trade our time and lives for money. Consequently, when we spend it, we are effectively spending so many hours of our lives. I heard a coworker lament several years ago that his teenage son wanted sneakers that cost $140. The kid did not understand how many hours of labor went into that purchase.

Maybe that’s what seems so sad to me about interest and debts repayment: the idea that people are parting with their time and energy to pay bills to a faceless entity that doesn’t care. At least the pawn broker has to look you in the face and talk to you like a human being.

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to protect Heera and mated with her. The male lingered overnight until zookeepers could shoo him away. (2) A frisky male elephant crushed four cars in 10 days in January at Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park — the result, said a park veterinarian, of the stress of the mating season. (Only the last of the four cars was occupied, but no injuries were serious.)

Weird News You Can Use It turns out that a person having a heart attack is usually safer to be in an ambulance headed to a hospital than to already be a patient in a hospital, according to a study by University of North Carolina researchers. It takes longer, on average, for non-ER hospital staff to comply with hospital protocols in ordering and evaluating tests (nearly three hours, according to the study) than it does for ER (and ambulance) staff, who treat every case of cardiac symptoms as life-threatening. Overall, according to a February Wall Street Journal report, the study found the mortality rate for heartattack victims treated in emergency rooms is 4 percent, compared to 40 percent for patients already admitted for other reasons and then suffering heart attacks.

The Continuing Crisis — Uh-Oh: The man hospitalized in fair condition in January after being rammed from behind by a car while on his bicycle happened to be Darryl Isaacs, 50, one of the most ubiquitously advertising personal-injury lawyers in Louisville, Kentucky.

Isaacs calls himself the “Heavy Hitter” and the “Kentucky Hammer” for his aggressiveness on behalf of, among other clients, victims of traffic collisions. The (soon-tobe-poorer) driver told police the sun got in his eyes.

— Elephants in Love: (1) India TV reported in January that a wild male elephant from an adjoining sanctuary had broken into the Nandan Kanan zoo in Odisha, wildly besotted with a female, Heera. The male cast aside two other females trying

Suspicions Confirmed — (1) A January examination of New York City records through NYC Open Data found that the five most common first names of taxicab drivers licensed by the city are five variations in the spelling of the name “Mohammed.” (2) The last McDonald’s burger to be sold in Iceland before the chain abandoned the country in 2009 has been on open display at the National Museum of Iceland and was recently moved to the Bus Hostel in Reykjavik, “still in good condition,” according to the hostel manager. “Some people have even stolen some of the fries.”

— Harvard University medical researcher Mark Shrime documented recently how easily made-up research can wind up in reputable-sounding academic journals — by submitting an article composed by random-generating text software, supposedly about “the surgical and neoplastic role of cacao extract in breakfast cereals” (and authored by “Pinkerton A. LeBrain and Orson Welles”). Of 37 journals, 17 quickly accepted it, some feigning actually having read it, with the only catch being that Shrime would have to pay a standard $500

fee for publication. Shrime warned that some of the journals have titles dangerously close to highly respected journals and cautions journalist (and reader) skepticism.

Least Competent Criminals — Two men remain at large after stealing an ATM from Casino Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, in January. They had smashed through glass front doors, unbolted the machine, put it on a dolly and rolled it to a waiting car (though it briefly toppled over onto one of the culprits). Managers told police the ATM was empty, disabled and scheduled to be moved to another location later that day. A Calgary police officer expressed bemusement at the city’s recent ATM smash-and-grab epidemic, since the machines are hard to unbolt, hard to open and emptied several times a day. “It’s a very ineffective way to make a living.”

— Unwise Robbery Target: Police in Champaign, Illinois, charged Clayton Dial, 23, with robbery on New Year’s night, for carrying a pellet gun into the Kamakura Japanese restaurant and demanding money from the hostess. However, he fled quickly when chef Tetsuji Miwa walked over, holding his large sushi knife. “He saw the blade,” Miwa said later, and “started running.” (Miwa and two co-workers gave chase and held him for police.

A News of the Weird Classic (October 2011) “My ultimate dream is to be buried in a deep ocean close to where penguins live,” explained the former Alfred David, 79, otherwise known in his native Belgium as “Monsieur Pingouin” (Mr. Penguin), so named because a 1968 auto accident left him with a waddle in his walk that he decided to embrace with gusto. (His wife abandoned the marriage when he made the name change official; being “Mrs. Penguin” was not what she had signed up for.)

Mr. Pingouin started a penguin-item museum that ultimately totaled 3,500 items, and he created a hooded, full-body blackand-white penguin outfit that, according to a September (2011) Reuters dispatch, he wears daily in his waddles around his Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek.

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The Power F

of Three:

or Daryl Hance, of The Daryl Hance Power Trio, selling out shows at reputable venues like House of Blues, nationwide tours and even playing in other continents are goals long checked-off his bucket list.

He’s the kind of musician who has a good handle on what he does. Hance began playing guitar back in ‘86 and writing his own songs in ‘97. When he got it in his head he wanted to start his own band, it’s no wonder the music was met with favor and returning audiences.

The trio is scheduled to hit the stage at Lagerhead’s on Thursday, February 19.

The Floridian frontman and guitarist assembled his three-piece in 2010, which consists of Sean Tarleton on bass and Cameron Weeks behind the kit. Releasing their first al-

bum, “Hallowed Ground,” in 2010 and their latest effort, “Land of Trembling Earth,” just last August, the band has been busy touring the East Coast in an attempt to propel their sound past Florida’s state line.

According to Hance, he’s had a lot of solid material up his sleeve for a while.

Throughout his music career, Hance has been known to perform as a one-manband, playing rudimentary guitar parts to a loop station and soloing over it while keeping time with a kick drum—a feat he mentions is not as easy as it sounds.

His real start was playing alongside fellow musician JJ Grey’s band Mofro in the ‘90s, where he cut his teeth playing all over the world.

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“We played all over the place,” Hance says. “We performed at blues festivals in Australia, played all over Europe, did a lot of U.S. tours, even Alaska.”

After a 15-year stint with Mofro, Hance felt the winds of change and wanted to form a group of his own. Thus, he joined up with his current troupe and recorded “Hallowed Ground” (2011) live in the studio. Their second project, “Land of Trembling Earth” (2014), was a one-man job.

“It took me a year-and-a-half to record ‘Land of Trembling Earth,’” Hance remarks. “For this project, I produced everything myself, engineered, played all the instruments, etc.”

In Hance’s case, the exclusory maxim, “You either have it or you don’t,” is something he doesn’t have to worry about.

When it comes to talent and a good musical sense, both being as immeasurable as they are instinctual, Hance is one of the haves. The writing process is something he doesn’t stress over too much.

“I already have a pretty good idea of how a song sounds before I record it,” he says. “So I don’t really look for any particular sound or sounds. It just kind of happens naturally so I just kind of let it come out how it comes out... I just sort of follow my ears until it sounds good to me.”

What’s amazing about this is that the trio’s music is not simple pop songs with a typical format. They are well thoughtout rock-n-roll riffs, with intertwining blues tropes and a ‘60s zest that emanates from the mix. For Hance being “a fan of anything that predates ‘75,” that’s exactly what he’s looking for.

The self-titled track “Land of Trembling Earth” is an instrumental with layers of guitar work and distorted effects, creating a vast, swampy bayou vista sound. The atmosphere is groggy, as if someone were coming out of a deep sleep in the marsh with the first light of day shining on his or her hesitant eyes.

The song ebbs into silence, ushering in the next number, “Beautiful Things.”

Here, the music takes the listener out of

the sludge and into a more contemporary fusion of blues-rock. Songs like “Trembling Earth” (not to be confused with the aforementioned “Land of Trembling Earth”) harken to the likes of CCR and Cream with harmonizing guitar parts and light distortion. The vintage tone Hance acquires here is warm with a little bite to it, and showcases prestige behind his instrument.

As a whole Hance ensures “Land of Trembling Earth” isn’t oversaturated with any one sound; it’s eclectic. The juxtaposition of acoustic ballads like “Misty Rain” and the Clapton-esque opener “Goddamn Girl” gives this sophomore effort a wide array of music to chomp on.

Currently touring the East Coast, the band plans to produce more records, play lots of shows for lots of people and have lots of fun doing it in the future. Playing alongside Hance’s Trio this Thursday will be Wilmington-based Orwin Orioles, a guitar-and-drums duo, comprising JB Boxter and Weeks, Hance’s drummer. Weeks is a busy percussionist, as well as a Wilmington native. Aside form his work with Orwin Orioles and the Daryl Hance Power Trio, Weeks has a third band, called “Turchi.”

Asheville-based, they specialize in North Mississippi style blues-rock.

Orwin Orioles will begin performing every Thursday night at Lagerhead’s (35 North Lumina Ave.), starting in March. They offer a softer sound with a little country twang sprinkled in; Boxter’s vocals create a calm atmosphere, which creates a good contrast with Hance’s upbeat rock outfit. Don’t miss them at Lagerhead’s this Thursday.

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A preview of events across town this week Daryl Hance Power Trio, Orwin Orioles (9pm; Free; blues/rock) —Lagerhead’s, 35 N. Lumina Ave. Trivia with Party Gras Entertainment (9:30pm; Free) —Fox and Hound, 920 Town Center Dr. Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Banks Channel Pub & Grille, 530 Causeway Dr. Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

Friday, February 20 Bobaflex, Victim of the Cause, Of Unsound Mind, Break the Skyline, & Open Wire (6pm; $10-$13; metal) —Cardinal Bands and Billiards, 5216 Carolina Beach Rd. L Shape Lot (7pm; Free; Acoustic mix) —Gabby’s Lounge, 1706 N. Lumina Ave. Dave Tyson (8pm; Free) —Fermental, 7250 Market St. Lunar Tide (8pm; $3-$5; rock) —SeaWitch Cafe & Tiki Bar, 227 Carolina Beach Ave N. Erin Foley (8pm; $15) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

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Rob Nathanson (5:30pm; Free; guitar) —CAM Cafe, 3201 South 17 St.

Dennis Brinson & Kyle Lindley (5:30pm; Free; Songwriters) —Goat and Compass, 710 N 4th St.

Trivia Night (6:30pm; Free) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St. Benny Hill (6:30pm; Free; Jazz) —Sweet & Savory Cafe, 1611 Pavilion Plc. Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors (7pm; $13-$15; Americana Rock) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St. Trivia Night (7pm; Free) —Hoplite Pub and Beer Garden, 720 N. Lake Park Blvd.

Pub Trivia (6pm; Free) —Low Tide Pub, 4540 Fountain Dr. Spectrum Gallery Open House with Live Music (6pm; Free) —Spectrum Gallery, 1125 J Military Cutoff Rd. Tarot Thursdays, Electroswing DJs (6pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy Cafe & Hookah Bar, 1612 Castle St.

Live Music (8:30pm; Free) —The Harp, 1423 S. 3rd St. N.M.O. (9pm; $20-$25; rock/blues) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St. Dennis Brinson (9pm; Free; americana) —Bottega Art & Wine Gallery, 122 Princess St. Andrew Kane and the Alibis, The Wet Boys, Years ‘til Now, Monkey Knife Fight (9pm; $5-$8; rock/country) —Reggie’s 42nd St. Tavern, 1415 S 42nd St. Big Something (9pm; $5; alt. rock) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S Front St. Dos Eddies (9pm; Free; acoustic) —Hell’s Kitchen-Wilmington, NC, 118 Princess St. Clay Whittington (10pm; piano/vocals) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.

Trivia with Sherri ‘So Very’ (7pm; Free) —Whiskey Trail at the Creek, 4039 Masonboro Loop Rd.

Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

Jay Killman (7pm; Free) —Fermental, 7250 Market St.

Porch 40 (10pm; Free; funk/blues) —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.

Cape Fear Acoustic Blues Jam (8pm) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.

Machine Gun (10pm; Free; rock) —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.

The Freeway Revival (8:30pm; Free; americana/blues) —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock St.

Open Mic Night with Dennis Brinson Karaoke with DJ Rob (8pm; Free) —Locals Tavern, 6213 Market St. Unit D

Stoney Creek (10pm; Free; americana) —Goat and Compass, 710 N 4th St.

Karaoke (9pm; Free) —Ibiza, 118 Market St.

Karaoke (8pm; $3-$5) —SeaWitch Cafe & Tiki Bar, 227 Carolina Beach Ave N.

Murphy’s Grand Ole Opry Showcase (9pm; $3) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

open mic (9pm; Free) — Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Kamikaze Karaoke Contest (9:30pm; Free) —Fox and Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.

Who’s Bad (9pm; $12-$15; Michael Jackson tribute) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.

Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

Keith Butler Trio (9pm; Free; jazz) —The Blind Elephant, 21 N Front St Unit F

Songwriter Showcase (7pm; $3) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St. Birthday Improv and Nutt Street Improv (8pm; $3) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. Team Trivia (8pm; Free) —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.

Friday Night Fun House Follies (10:30pm; Free) —Ibiza, 118 Market St.

Saturday, February 21 Bridges in concert (6pm; Free) —Wrighstville Beach Baptist Church, 601 Causeway Dr. Comedy Show (7pm; $20) —Scottish Rite Temple, 1415 S. 17th St.

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Aittala with Stardog (7pm; $0-$5; rock) —Cardinal Bands and Billiards, 5216 Carolina Beach Rd. Mike O’Donnell (7pm; Free; Dance & Classic) —Gabby’s Lounge, 1706 N. Lumina Ave. Paul Obernesser, John Fonvielle (7pm; Free; singer/ songwriter) —Bottega Art Bar and Gallery, 122 Princess St. Tripping the Mechanism with Revolving Beast, Madd Hatters, and Kohmats (8pm; $5-$8; metal) —Reggies 42nd Street Tavern, 1415 S 42nd St. The Hooten Hallers (8pm; Free; rock) —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St. Tyler McKaig (8pm; Free; singer/songwriter) —Fermental, 7250 Market St. Erin Foley (8pm; $15) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. Saturday Night Dance Party (9pm; $5-$10) —Ibiza, 118 Market St. Karaoke with DJBe (9pm; Free) —Low Tide Pub, 4540 Fountain Dr. Josh Oliver with Big Al Hall (9pm; $10-$15; folk) —Bourgie Nights, 123 Princess St. Afroman with The Coastal Collective (9pm; $15; hip-hop) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St. The Fritz (9pm; $5; funk rock) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S Front St. Zion (9pm; Free; reggae) —Hell’s Kitchen-Wilmington, NC, 118 Princess St. Jenny Pearson (9:30pm) —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St. Jenny Pearson (10pm) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St. Dennis Brinson (10pm; Free; Americana) —Longstreet’s, 135 N. Front St. Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St. Live ‘90s Music (10pm; Free) —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St. Flannel Rebellion (10pm; Free; ‘90s covers) —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd. Late Fear with Wills Maxwell (11:45pm; $5) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Sunday, February 22 Wilmington Sacred Harp Singers (1:30pm; Free) —Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th St. New Jerusalem Gospel Choir Anniversary (3pm; Free) —New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 504 S. 6th St.

Monday, February 23 Music Discovery (3:30pm; Free) —Main Library, NHC, 201 Chestnut St. Show Up and Sing (6pm; $5) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Wrightsville Beach, NC

Trivia (7:30pm; Free) —Hell’s Kitchen-Wilmington, NC, 118 Princess St.

LIVE MUSIC 7–10PM

NC Symphony presents Beethoven’s 7th (7:30pm; $24-$55) —Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Rd.

FRI.

FEB 20

Magic Micro Multimedia Monday Open Mic (8pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy Cafe & Hookah Bar, 1612 Castle St.

SAT.

FEB 21

Donna Merritt (9pm; piano) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.

The Dixieland Allstars (6pm; Free; jazz) —Rucker John’s, 5564 Carolina Beach Rd.

Cape Fear Blues Jam (8pm; Free) —Rusty Nail, 1310 S 5th Ave. College Night Karaoke (9pm; Free) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St. DJ Riz (9:30pm) —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St. Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

Wednesday, February 25 Trivia Night (6:30pm; Free) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.

MONDAY S.I.N. NIGHT $2 Domestics • $3 All Draft Selections • Monday Night Football in the Sports Bar• $4 Flavored Bombs 50% off Apps 6pm til close NEW BELGIUM TUESDAY $3 New Belgium selections (Fat Tire, Ranger IPA) $5 Jameson • Wing Special WEDNESDAY $2.75 Miller Lite, $4 Wells, Half off All Bottles of wine Live Music @ 8pm THIRSTY THURSDAY $2.50 PBR 16oz cans $3.50 Sam Adams Seasonal & Hoppyum Pints $5 Redbull & Vodka, 50¢ Steamed Oysters and Shrimp Thursday Night Football in the Sports Bar FRIDAY $2.75 Michelob Ultra • $3.25 Stella $4.50 José Cuervo Silver • Live Music on the Patio SATURDAY $2.75 Coors Light • $3.25 Red Stripe • $4.50 Ezra Brooks Cinnamon Whiskey • Music on the Patio SUNDAY $3 Coronas/Corona Lite • $10 Domestic Buckets (5) NFL Sunday Ticket in the Sports Bar • $4 Mimosas $4 Bloody Mary’s

After Hours Jam with The Carvers (7pm; Free) —Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th St. Trivia Night (7pm; Free) —Hoplite Pub and Beer Garden, 720 N. Lake Park Blvd.

The Carvers (7pm; Free; rock) —CAM Cafe, 3201 South 17 St.

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Justin Townes Earle, Gill Landry (7pm; $17-$20; singer/songwriter) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.

Birthday Improv and Nutt Street Improv (8pm; $3) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

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

The Republicans (9pm; $5; alt./punk) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S Front St. Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

Acoustic Mix

$2.50 Budweiser Draft $4 Wells 65 Wings, 4-7pm $3.50 Sweetwaters $4.50 Absolute Lemonade 65 Wings, 4-7pm

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

$3.50 Sweet Josie $4 Margaritas $3.50 Pint of the Day $4 Fire Ball $5 Mimosas $5 Car Bombs $5 Bloody Mary’s & Mimosas *Drink Specials run all day

Benny Hill (6:30pm; Free; Jazz) —Sweet & Savory Cafe, 1611 Pavilion Plc.

The Chieftains (8pm; $45-$65; traditional Irish music) —UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

Behind The Garage: Subversive Films & Experimental Music (8pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy Cafe & Hookah Bar, 1612 Castle St.

Mark Daffer

LIVE MUSIC in the courtyard 7 days a week

Tyler McKaig (6:30pm; singer/songwriter) —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.

Zphyros Wind Ensemble (7:30pm; $12-$30) —Church of the Servant, 4925 Oriole Dr.

SAT.

100 S. FRONT ST. 910-251-1832

Drum Circle with Ron & Eric (7pm; Free) —Bottega Art & Wine Gallery, 122 Princess St.

Open Mic (7:30pm; Free) —Goat and Compass, 710 N 4th St.

Dance & Classic

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

Pub Trivia (6pm; Free) —Low Tide Pub, 4540 Fountain Dr.

comedy bingo (7pm; Free) — Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Mike o'donnell Randy McQuay Pop & Classic

FEB 28

Tuesday, February 24

Acoustic Mix

FRI.

FEB 27

Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

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Team Trivia (8pm; Free) —Buffalo Wild Wings Eastwood, 206 Old Eastwood Rd. Karaoke (9pm; Free) —Ibiza, 118 Market St. Murphy’s Grand Ole Opry (9pm; $3) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St. Kamikaze Karaoke Contest (9:30pm; Free) —Fox and Hound, 920 Town Center Dr. Karaoke (10pm; Free) —Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St.

TRIVIA WITH STEVE

Friday ____________________________________________

LIVE __________________________________________ MUSIC Sunday

BREAKFAST BUFFET

9:00 A.m.- 2:00 P.M.• $4 BLOODY MARY’S AND MIMOSA’S 1423 S. 3rd St. DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON (910) 763-1607

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NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE NORTH DAVIDSON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 358-9298 2/19: Temperance League, 6 String Drag 2/22: Bankroll Bird

HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 Hwy. 17 sOUTH, myrtle beach, sc (843) 272-3000 2/20: Sam Hunt 2/21: The Wailers and Rusted Root

THE ORANGE PEEL 101 bILTMORE AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 398-1837 2/19: Dark Star Orchestra 2/20: Magic!

2/21: Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors 2/24: Excision

CAT’S CRADLE 300 E. MAIN STREET, CARRBORO, NC (919) 967-9053 2/18: Lucero; Retox 2/19: The Black Cadillacs; Aaron Carter 2/20: Archbishops of Blount Street 2/21: Sean Watkins, Jill Andrews 2/25: Midnight Plus One, See Gulls, Daddy Issues

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. Cabarrus stREET, raleigh, nc (919) 821-4111 2/19: Soja 2/20: Kat Robichaud and the Darling Misfits 2/21: Who’s Bad 2/22: Partynextdoor 2/24: Shongle MOTORCO MUSIC HALL 723 RIGSBEE AVE., durham, NC (919) 901-0875 2/20: Fancy Ponies 2/21: Cognitive Resonance ZIGGY’S 170 W. 9th st., winston-salem, nc (336) 722-5000 2/19: Phirst Klass 2/20: Dr. Bacon, The Hornitz 2/21: Keller Williams; Groove Fetish 2/22: PWX 2/23: The Green 2/25: Whitey Morgan and the 78s

THE ARTS CENTER 300-G EAST MAIN STREET, CARRBORO, NC (919) 929-2787 2/20: Josh Oliver 2/21: Diali Cissokho, Kaira Ba AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 South Tryon STREET, Charlotte, NC (704) 377-6874 2/20: Who’s Bad NORTH CHARLESTON PAC/COLISEUM 5001 Coliseum dr., n. charleston, sc (843) 529-5000

2/18: Harry Connick Jr. 2/24: Heart 2/25: Tedeschi Trucks Band THE FILLMORE 1000 Seaboard stREET, charlotte, NC (704) 549-5555 2/20: Dark Star Orchestra 2/21: Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil 2/25: Soja

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Prosthetic Sensory Overload:

arts > art

Michael Polomik and Andrew Etheridge re-imagine the human form By: Emily Truss

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ometimes, a grotesque image, no matter how vexatious, conveys a feeling so intriguing that averting the eyes becomes impossible. Those who attend the art exhibit “Suspended Dermis” will experience the unique creations of artists Michael Polomik and Andrew Etheridge.

They will display their own re-imagining of the human form at Bottega Art and Wine (122 Princess St.) in downtown Wilmington this week.

“The name ‘Suspended Dermis’ began as a merger of artwork titles from both Andrew and me,” Polomik says. “We were brainstorming on titles by combining words and themes from our work, and this one stuck out. I’d say this show as a whole is an unsettling yet captivating portrayal of the human form.”

The idea for the theme came from the surrealism both artists strive to convey. For instance, while Polomik was in grad school,

he had a resurgence of some early drawing methods that included old diagrams.

“I always made up environments within the diagram and eventually began using the aesthetic as a means to abstract other recognizable forms,” Polomik says.

A California native, who now lives and works in Raleigh, NC, Polomik always has possessed a passion for art and decided to turn his creative abilities into a career while studying undergrad at UNCW. He knew his pieces left a significant impact on viewers when someone broke into an office at UNCW and stole Polomik’s artwork from the wall, damaging the wall in the process.

He was able to get his artwork back once a witness reported the man to the authorities.

Despite the infamy of someone gaining three felony charges to obtain a piece, Polomik’s work has been featured in art exhibitions all over North Carolina, as well as in several shows in Georgia, California, Virginia, and New York. Polomik also has received his masters in fine arts at Western Carolina University.

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“I know myself now and I have experiences to draw from when I communicate,” he explains. “So my work is more concise and rich.”

During his time at UNCW, the artist met Etheridge. The two shared a common interest in prosthetics and enjoyed working together. This allowed them to create not only a partnership, but a strong friendship as well.

“We live close by in the Raleigh-Durham area currently, and continue to push each other as well as provide a reliable source of constructive criticism,” Polomik says. “It seemed logical to me to push a two-person show for us at a gallery we respected, such as Bottega.”

Etheridge has been inspired by how people throughout history use their bodies to explore and advance the existence of the human race. “I have always loved creating things, but it was not until midway through college that I discovered this is what I want to do with my life,” he says “I found inspiration in the idea of the body, specifically my own body. My entire graduate thesis was a journey through my physical and psychological experience and trying to find the intersections of technology, medicine and art.”

After obtaining his bachelors in arts at UNCW, and his MFA at UNCG, Etheridge began a career in anaplastology. His sculpting and constructing talents allowed him to create prosthesis for patients suffering from trauma or congenital effects.

“After school I didn’t really know what I would do as an artist, but I knew I was interested in prosthetics,” Etheridge says. “I contacted every local prosthetics and orthotics clinic I could find until someone gave me a chance, and started my career in prosthetics with fabricating limbs and braces. Later I was able to prove my passion for the field and became an anaplastologist with the Anaplastology Clinic in Durham.”

The two artists have collaborated several times already. During their first several years, they created an abstract magenta piece that resembled dirty Tupperware.

“It became the foundation for one of my paintings because it was so bad that I had to cover it up,” Polomik admits. “Ever since, we have taken our collaborations seriously.”

The theme of the exhibit will be conveyed through a variety of art mediums. Polomik captures his take on the human form through oil paintings, ink drawings and 2D mixedmedia on paper. Etheridge uses photography and painted silicon sculptures on wall-mounted platforms, covered by bell jars.

“The defining elements of this show will definitely be getting up close and personal

with the human figure,” Polomik says.

“Many of the figures in both of our artworks are around life-size and very detailed. They are portrayed in an unusual manner, creating a particularly surreal environment.”

As diverse as the mediums are for this exhibit, the emotions the artists are hoping to evoke from their viewers will differ as well.

Etheridge’s work will consist of the body’s individual sensory parts reconstructed in a discomforting way that is so realistic it invites the spectator to re-examine his or her own body through a peculiar perspective.

“I love the work I do, not only is it creative and challenging but it is incredibly humbling and rewarding,” Etheridge says. “Every day, I am confronted by the body as individual parts. Though my artwork is meant to repulse and humor, I really hope people can find the thoughtfulness and beauty.”

Polomik aims to elicit feelings of sublimity and grandeur from pieces that depict humans in vulnerable or idealistic settings.

“My goals are to associate these emotions with the processes of study and experience, so my images sort of came to resemble a Caravaggio painting inside of the Matrix,” he says.

There also will be a painting on loan by Polomik, which was bought by the artists’ good friend, Shane Fernando. Fernando has worked as the director of Campus Life and Arts Program at UNCW, and was named director of the Humanities and Fine Arts Center at Cape Fear Community College just last year.

“I want to give Shane a shout out because he’s been like a big brother to me since early in my career,” Polomik admits. “I’m so proud of the success he has achieved in the arts in Wilmington. He’s an inspiration to me.”

Admission to this exhibit is free of charge at Bottega Art and Wine gallery in downtown Wilmington. The exhibit will run through April 11. Viewing hours at Bottega run from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Monday through Wednesday, and from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Thursday through Sunday.

DETAILS:

Suspended Dermis Artwork by Michael Polomik and Andrew Etheridge Bottega Art and Wine Gallery 122 Princess Street

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2165 Wrightsville Ave. Mon.-Sat., noon-7 p.m. www.artfuelinc.com • (910) 343 5233

Artfuel is pleased to host Vol. 40, featuring Kristen Crouch, Rebekah Todd, Todd Carignan, Joanna Frye, and Saggy Jug Pottery.

ArtExposure!

22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC 910-803-0302 • 910-330-4077 Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (or by appt.) www.artexposure50.com

Our next show will feature a selection of our artists' newer works. The show is called "Artists' Choice." It will open with a reception on February 13th from 6-8pm and will show through March 6th. The public is welcome.

On Saturday, March 14th, we will have "Art in Action" going on in the main gallery from Noon- 4pm. This is an opportunity to see artists at work which will include jewelry making, pottery,painting and more!

We will also offer an walk-in class on that day from 11am-1pm for 35.00. Participants will be able to experiment with watercolor and collage techniques with artist Mary Ann Rozear.

New Elements Gallery

201 Princess St. (919) 343-8997 Tues.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-6p.m. (or by appt.) • www.newelementsgallery.com

"Wintersongs" features new work from painters like Ann Parks McCray, Sally Sutton, Janet Triplett, and Priscilla Whitlock.

Snowy landscapes that evoke brisk Winter days are showcased in this exhibit. Wintersongs will remain on display through February 21, 2015.

New Elements Gallery was established in 1985 and features over 60 regionally and nationally recognized artists, with an emphasis on regional/local artists. The gallery frequently leases artwork to the TV and film industry for sets, and they have been included in "Dawson’s Creek," "One Tree Hill," "Revolution," "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" and several Nicolas Sparks films including "Road to Rodanthe" and the recent "Safe Haven."

River to Sea Gallery 225 S. Water St., Chandler’s Wharf (free parking) • (910)-763-3380 Tues.-Sat. 11am-5p; Sun. 1-4pm.

River to Sea Gallery showcases the work of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy Bush. In addition, the gallery represents several local artists. The current show will enthrall visitors with its eclectic collection of original paintings, photography, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry.

“Morning Has Broken” features works by Janet Parker. Come see Janet’s bold use of color and texture to reveal local marsh creeks and structures.

SUNSET RIVER Marketplace 10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 Tues.- Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com

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

WILMA W. DANIELS GALLERY

200 Hanover St., CFCC parking deck, first level 910-362-7431

Cape Fear Community College’s Wilma W. Daniels Gallery is honored to present “Brownie Harris: A 45 Year Retrospective,” a solo exhibition which explores the extensive career of nationally known Wilmington based photographer Brownie Harris.

The exhibition highlights four areas of work: portraits, bromoils, dance and industrial. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Communication Arts and Design, Brownie has seen—and photographed—it all, from JFK Jr to children playing on the beach. His unassuming and respectful approach to all subjects paired with his expert ability to bring a subject to life through lighting and composition are evident throughout the exhibition. Please join us in celebrating 45 years of Brownie. Closing reception will be held February 27, 2015 from 6-9pm. Regular gallery hours are TuesdaysThursdays from 12-5pm and Fridays from 12-3:30pm.

Saturday, February 21, 2015 Kure Beach Pavilion Plunge begins at 3:00pm

SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEEDS YOUR HELP! Warm up with the 5k and cool down with a chilling plunge into the Atlantic Ocean to support Special Olympics New Hanover County. Join us for live music, silent auction, costume contest, DJ, food, art and more! Run/Walk the 5K, Plunge or do both!

POLAR PLUNGE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 11:00am - 3:00pm: Live Music (Bands & DJ) 11:00am - 2:00pm: Chinese Auction 12:30pm: Costume Contest 1:30pm: Run-N-Plunge 5K Run/1 Mile Walk 3:00pm: Plunge Line Up For more information: Special Olympics New Hanover County 302 Willard Street Wilmington, NC 28401 910-341-7253 or TTY Relay 711

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Conjuring Contra:

arts > dance

Cape Fear Contra Dancers will host ContraForce By: Linda Grattafiori

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his Saturday night Cape Fear Contra Dancers will feature the exotic Charleston-based trio ContraForce.

A wild, energetic and kickin’ contra dance band, the three musketeers rock out a sound that is Celtic-based. With an intoxicating addition of Middle Eastern and heavy metal music, their sound takes on a psychedelic feel.

Since 1995 the Cape Fear Contra Dancers have been putting on events centered around the art form locally. The volunteerbased group offer energy-filled, high-stepping extravaganzas the second and fourth Tuesday of each month and one Saturday per month. The open-to-the-public dances, which are usually held at 5th Avenue United Methodist Church in downtown Wilmington, are open to all ages, and beginners are always welcome. Cool clothing and soft- or leather-soled shoes are encouraged. As well, the organization encourages a $20 donation for a one-year membership

($10 for the first year).

What originated as a formal dance (based on English, Irish and Scottish country dancing) in the 1700s, contra changed during the ‘50s to resemble square dancing—then, it changed more when the hippies made it their own and loosened it up. A caller leads the charge in contra and demonstrates the easy-to-learn steps (which are called “figures”), before calling them out throughout the couple- and group-based dance. Participants switch partners throughout, which also creates a social atmosphere.

“Contra dancing is an amusement-park ride we make for ourselves,” Cape Fear Contra Dancers board member and caller Linda Thomas says of her favorite sport. “The best way to learn (especially with ContraForce playing) is, of course to do it!”

Comprising drummer/saxophonist Joey Dorwart, fiddler Andrae Raffield, and guitarist Jimi “Two Nails” Periano, ContraForce aim to “jam and rock the hell out” of a dance they all love. Dorwart and Raffield have played together for years, each young

Wild & Kickin’: ContraFroce will bring a night of dance to 5th Avenue United Methodis Church thanks to the Cape Fear Contra Dancers. Courtesy photo.

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man steeped in his own contra community.

Periano joined in as a wild card and the whole band clicked. In three years, ContraForce has produced three albums of music, “The Rise of the Folk Organism,” “This,” and “Mongrel Vibrations.” Dorwart calls it a mix of classical, video-game, alternative rock, and eclectic world music—and it works.

Booking shows up and down the East Coast, ContraForce thrives on connecting with the good-natured contra communities.

There’s a certain spiritual experience to be had when seeing folks get lost dancing to the music the band creates.

“At a Hanukkah festival, I was meditating while I was playing,” Dorwart said. “I looked up and saw a dozen kids in front of the stage doing this interpretive dance. My whole life is steeped in these kinds of moments with the contra-dance community.”

“In a culture that doesn’t always produce low-pressure social situations, it’s nice to have a community as friendly and openminded as the dance community is,” Raffield adds. “Our music is definitely a mix of everything we have come in contact with and loved.”

They’re music encompasses a sense of

immersion; it’s almost cinematic. One of their influences is Ennio Morricone, who wrote and composed the theme for the classic Western, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”

“ContraForce brings a fresh new take on contra music for dancing,” Asheville-based master dancer, caller and teacher Charley Harvey says. “These young men are innovative musicians who represent what is new and fresh in an ever evolving dance, and bring a new world beat and contemporary sound to what was once called a ‘traditional folk dance.’”

Admission is $10 at the door, $7 for Cape Fear Contra Dance members and $5 for students. The night begins with a beginners workshop at 7:30 p.m., and things get into full swing at 8 p.m.

DETAILS:

Wilmington Contra Dance Featuring ContraForce Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church 409 South Fifth St. Saturday, February 21, 7:30 p.m.

Admission: $5-$10 www.wilmingtoncontradance.info

Foley’s Follies:

arts > comedy

Comedian Erin Foley does two Dead Crow shows this weekend By: Christian Podgaysky

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ith 15 years in the biz, stand-up comedian Erin Foley will make her way to the Port City this weekend, and play two sets on Friday and Saturday at Dead Crow Comedy Room.

Having grown up in a funny, sports-loving Long Island (and later Rhode Island) family, comedy always has run through Foley’s veins. Armed with a blend of observational and personal humor, the comic first tried her routine in NYC. She started out as the opener, warming up for other comics, with 6:30 p.m. spots, doing bits at open-mic nights. Despite the stand-up business’ slow and arduous progression, Foley kept at it.

“It’s extremely long and slow, and I think that’s why a lot of people drop out, because they want this instant gratification,” she says. “I loved it. I think it’s such an advantage to start in New York City.”

Though comedy always has been her intended trajectory, it didn’t stop Foley from landing a few acting gigs. She earned a role in 2000’s Cameron Crowe film “Almost Famous,” as Rolling Stone magazine’s fact-checker. Foley—always searching for humor in life’s moments—recalls her nerves taking over when the pressure of being on set took hold.

“When you’re nervous you can’t say ‘fact check’ properly,” she remembers. “You’re like, ‘flack check,’ ‘fax check...’ I was profusely sweating!”

And that’s the sort of moment on which Foley thrives: Her routines call attention to real-life moments—moments that may happen to anyone, moments that are relatable.

“I think you always have to look at life through something that includes everybody,” Foley descries. “Funny things happen to you all the time where you’re screwing up or something happens. I think the perspective of, ‘Look at this thing that happened to me and might have happened to you.’ That’s what I love about stand-up.”

Whether she’s talking about using outdated music technology at the gym (everyone still runs on the treadmill with a Walkman, right?) or light-heartedly discussing her gluten-free diet, Foley knows how to turn mundane into extraordinary. “[In LA] you’re constantly in a coffee shop where people are picking up a croissant, and they’re like, ‘Is it gluten free?’” Foley quips.

“You’re like, ‘shut up; just get the croissant or not.’ It’s so annoying, I’ve had that experience like 700 times.”

Though she travels for touring, since moving to the City of Angels from New England,

funny foley: Erin Foley will take the stage at Dead Comedy Room this weekend. Courtesy photo.

Foley’s enjoyed the 75-degree weather. “You would get tons of snow [when I lived there], but you wouldn’t get the insanity they have now,” Foley remarks of the current bout of blizzards wiping out the northern East Coast. “ It makes you want to stay out in California forever.”

Sunshine hasn’t been the only thing to come out since Foley’s move to LA. For years the comic didn’t use the “she” pronoun when talking about relationships. With so many years in the business, eventually, she become comfortable getting more personal onstage.

“I always knew I was going to talk about it, but it took me eight years because I was coming out personally, and I had to deal with that beforehand,” Foley says. “It’s great. For me as an audience member, I want to leave a show knowing that person. I know people do an hour-and-a-half of observational stuff, and that’s hysterical and great, but I think it’s really interesting to get to know the person.”

Likewise, Foley’s career has taken off, too.

She recently was enlisted to be a punch-up writer for the Ellen DeGeneres-produced NBC sitcom “One Big Happy,” which premieres March 17 at 9:30 p.m. She’s also a regular cast member on TruTV’s “How To Be a Grown-Up,” a comedy that explores the comedic elements of adulthood. Plus, she’s made appearances on shows like “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Chelsea

Lately” and “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.” And she’s released a couple comedy albums.

About a year-and-a-half ago, Foley launched a sports-minded podcast, “Sports Without Balls.” Growing up around New York, the Yankees, Giants, Nicks, and Rangers have long been a part of her life.

The weekly podcast yuks it up with female athletes, sports reporters and other comics.

It takes a look at the most gut-busting happenings in sports from the week.

“Much like stand-up, there’s a real lack of women talking about sports,” Foley says.

“It’s been a labor in love. Hopefully, we’ll maybe develop it into a TV show one of these days.”

Looking toward Wilmington, Foley reports it will be her first time to the Port City.

However, her parents, who currently reside in Florida, have been through during their travels and love the quaint coastal town.

Foley’s main concern upon arrival, aside from getting in on the preliminary March Madness action, is finding a decent place

for a hot cup of joe, an obsession she’s begrudgingly accepted.

“I’ve become an annoying coffee person,” she says. “My ex-girlfriend was obsessed with espresso and finding the right bean, and oh, my God, I’d always make fun of her and joke around with her. Now, I think I’ve become that person. It’s really annoying.”

Check out Foley at 8 p.m. or 10 p.m. this Friday and Saturday at Dead Crow Comedy Room, as part of her “Lady with Pockets” tour.

DETAILS:

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Love Permeates:

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Kevin Lee-y Green debuts original revue, ‘Love Songs’ By: Shea Carver

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ove circulates, penetrates and captivates. It ignites a fire that stirs up passion, whether for another being, a cause or a craft. Kevin Lee-y Green and his late mother and director of the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, Donna Green, have shared their love for the arts for years. In fact, it’s inspired numerous actors, dancers and singers to hone their talents exponentially. Aside from overseeing youth camps and productions for the Thalian Association, through their upstart Techmoja Dance Company, Green and her son have produced shows, like “The House That Gordy Built” and “Dream Girls,” for artists of all ethnicities to be offered a chance to hit the stage. Despite her untimely death last August, Green’s son is honoring his mother the best way he knows how: in spreading her passion for stage craft and to celebrate Black History Month (Donna also served as a member of the Wilmington Black Arts Alliance, the N.C. Black Film Festival and the Cape Fear

Jazz Society, as well as co-chaired the local Martin Luther King Celebration Committee).

Kevin will debut his original script, “Love Songs,” this weekend at TheatreNOW, a show he not only wrote but choreographed and directed as well.

“It’s something that has been in the works for a couple years now,” he says. “It was a suggestion from my mother when we were searching for material fit for Black History Month. She suggested I do a musical revue full of African-American love songs. As always my brain won’t allow me to do anything without making it complicated.”

Kevin has picked a slew of popular songs to help thread the plot. From Billy Paul’s R&B hit “Me and Mrs. Jones,” to Gladys Knight and the Pips’ famed “Midnight Train to Georgia,” a live band will lead the way for a host of dancers and actors. “I’ve taken love songs and arranged them so the storyline shows through,” Kevin explains.

“Love Songs” follows an engaged couple, Vanessa and Eric, whose relationship is following a rocky path. The travel to Georgia

to visit Eric’s family, and their road trip takes them through various states and radio stations, with familiar tunes inspiring reflection on life and love.

“Like so many relationships, it started out ‘perfect,’” Kevin explains, “then, eventually, it began to decline. It is Vanessa’s belief that she can save her relationship by following her fiancé, who’s had no success with work.”

But in Georgia, Vanessa also meets Eric’s high-school sweetheart, Sherry. “Will Eric and Vanessa mend their broken relationship, or will he and Sherry rekindle what was their ‘first love’?” Kevin asks rhetorically. “[It’s a] story of passion, friendship, weakness, yearning, discovery, and infidelity.”

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The cast consists of Kiaren “Flower” Woodards, who will play Vanessa; Woodards actullay flew in from Dallas, Texas, for the role. Redmond Wheeler and Cecily Serene will take on the roles of Eric and Sherry.

Also joining the cast are Terrill Williams, Devon Brown, Adrienne DeBouse, Ian Davis, and Michael Sherrod, among others. A live band will lead the way, backed by Labaron Wallington (drums), Joey Lamb (guitar), Ralik Johnson (bass), and Marcus Suber (keyboard).

They will bring to life pop music spanning the late ‘60s to the early ‘90s.

“The song choices were a given—I say that because they help to develop the characters,” Kevin says. “The most exciting thing about the show is seeing how [the songs] become part of a dialogue.”

One of Kevin’s favorite scenes derives from a young lady (Jessica Small) who discovers a man who will eventually become her love. “Killing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack backs the scene.

“The audience will hear some of the greatest music ever written,” Kevin promises. “Most importantly, it will introduce a new generation to ‘real’ music.”

The TheatreNOW production has been helmed by set designer Jim Wenning, with projections designed by Adiair Parker and costumes by Terrill Williams. “It’s important to me for this to be a success, because it was important to [my mother,]” Kevin says.

“I wish she could be here to see how beautiful it is.”

DETAILS Love Songs

February 19-21, 7:30 p.m. • February 22, 3 p.m.

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A Neighborhood Divided:

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‘Clybourne Park’ gets a special preview at Red Barn Studio Theatre people around her realize,” Meyer tells. By contrast, Lindsay finds herself alienated because of her staunch will to adhere to a certain lifestyle. However, Meyer also has had to bring to life the complexities of Lindsay’s loving side.

Terri Collins is in charge of set design, which mainly consists of the Clybourne Park house. Selina Harvey will be taking on costuming. “Clybourne Park” opens this week, and is sure to give plenty food for thought.

By: Christian Podgaysky

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istening, understanding and a healthy dose of humor, if correctly used, can go a long way in addressing societal issues. At least that’s the perspective of Thalian Association’s latest production “Clybourne Park,” which opens with a special preview this Thursday, February 19 at Red Barn Studio Theatre in honor of Black History Month. Red Barn Studio Theatre may even permit future sneak-preview premieres. The play will debut on Thalian Hall’s Main Stage on March 19.

Having won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, “Clybourne Park” premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2010. Written by Bruce Norris, the play was devised as a spinoff to Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play “A Raisin in the Sun,” which told the story of a black family’s struggles in a Chicago neighborhood. “Clybourne Park” subsequently opened on Broadway in 2012.

The play spans a half-century, and is loosely framed by real-life events that happened in Chicago. The play deals with racism, sexism and classism, among other hot-button issues, by exploring the changes that take place in the Clybourne Park neighborhood.

“Clybourne Park” is rooted in the notion, “Time heals all things,” yet proves it is not necessarily always true. Separated into two acts, which take place in 1959 and 2009 respectively, many of the same themes and struggles remain consistent throughout the production. Each of the actors will take on dual roles, playing different characters during the two acts.

“Somehow, Bruce Norris found a way to make these subject matters extremely comical,” director Joy Ducree Gregory says.

“The audience will have an opportunity to not only laugh at the absurdity of all of the ‘isms’ and phobias, but will hopefully take an inward look at their own views.”

Act I details the experience of a grieving couple Bev and Russ, who lost their son to suicide. Things get hairy when an African American family try to buy their home, and the neighbors and community members begin beseeching them to back out on the deal.

Actress Jane McNeil, whose been featured on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” takes on the role of the multi-faceted Bev. Throughout the show she goes from being a light character, who pretends everything is in order, to having the world’s ugly truths come crashing down on her. “She goes from silly jokes to balling

DETAILS:

Clybourne Park Red Barn Studio Theatre a reflective ensemble: “Clybourne Park” exposes the ongoing social issues by focusing on the various inhabitants of a changing Chicago neighborhood.

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her eyes out to numbness,” McNeil tells.

The role of Bev’s husband, Russ, will be played by J.R. Rodriguez. “I can’t imagine the pain he must feel,” Rodriguez describes. “I hope I’m being respectful to him. His love for his family is overshadowed by his grief. The problem is, he never released it. I want to find the humanity in the man.”

Act II takes place in the same home, which is now being sought out by Steve and Lindsay, a white couple who plan to buy and replace the home. “The play ends in a way that poignantly illustrates not much has changed,” Gregory tells. “One actor, Timothy [Rizor], pointed out during rehearsal that no one in this play listens to each other.”

Rizor, who plays Steve and Karl, notes that his characters fall into the trope of being intelligent bigots. “Their prejudices are based on logic and reason, however warped the logic may be,” he elaborates. “They perceive themselves to be smarter than the issue, and other considerations (community, property values) keep them from realizing their own racial biases.”

Rizor’s characters unfortunately never achieve an arc; instead, they become more steadfast in their beliefs. Conversely, Jake Huber will play Jim and Tom. While his character Jim attempts to bridge the gaps between the characters to a staggering degree, Tom becomes more and more affected by casual racism and attempts to further the conversation.

“I have never been one to allow mistreatment to happen right in front of me,” Huber says. “It has been difficult to stay internally calm during the show’s heated moments, and not react at some of the more venomous mo-

ments. Sometimes my character [Jim] even facilitates racism, which is deeply troubling.”

Steph Meyer, who takes on the role of the often-ignored, deaf Betsy and the imageobsessed Lindsay, has grappled with her characters, too. “Betsy is interesting to me because, while she’s often overlooked, she is more in tune to things and nuances than the

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Show Tunes and Sex Changes:

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Dinosaurs get raunchy in City Stage Co.’s super weird ‘Triassic Parq’ By: Shea Carver

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t’s raucous. It’s raunchy. It’s riotous. It may tip the weirdness scale for which City Stage productions have become known.

And that’s saying something. “Triassic Parq: The Musical” provides a romp through popcultural references, theatre parodies, debates about science and religion, transgender acceptance, identity crisis, and sexual discovery. Oh, yeah: And. It. Has. Singing. Dinosaurs!

Winner of Best Musical at the 2010 New York Fringe Festival, “Triassic Parq” is inspired by the early ‘90s flick “Jurassic Park,” except the writers—Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz and Steve Wargo—make it clear in the show’s opening number that copyright laws could get them sued if they used the original name. However, this show is far-removed from its film counterpart of dinosaurs threatening the confines of humanity. It drives home the point that humanity—err, dino-manity—is often a threat only to itself when lived without hope.

The plot revolves around a modern-day dinosaur theme park, Isla Nublar, off the coast of Costa Rica, where all-female velociraptors and tyrannosaurus rexes roam in their tribe peacefully, blissfully—gossiping, playing, eating their slain goats at “church sacrifice.” Thanks to a lab modification, unbeknownst to them, humans have crossed their genes with amphibian DNA, which means they can mutate sexes spontaneously. Thus, when the tribe becomes tainted by a T-Rex who grows a penis, it forces everyone to ask questions about innocence, faith, science, and their belief in their deity, “The Lab.” While the show’s preposterous dialogue and song-and-dance numbers will have audiences hunched over in laughter and disbelief, the content it covers is quite relevant now (especially with Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner transgendering across the headlines). Though it uses abusrdist humor, it’s a good way to reach the masses with a current message of acceptance—even if that message sometimes gets belabored.

Success can be pointed to the cast who really make these complex creatures come to life: Alyssa Fetherolf’s transformation into a tainted T-Rex 2 feels rather honest. At the onset, she plays a teenager perfectly enamored with her best gal pal, Kaitlyn, a.k.a., T-Rex 1 (Robin Heck). They answer each other’s questions simultaneously and finish each other’s sentences to no avail. Their “love” is innocent, but when Fetherolf grows an appendage—dildo, included—rage and confusion sets in.

T-Rex 2 is the only one who could ameloriate Kaitlyn’s unhinged rage. Yet, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, which is what happens when

Fetherolf has relations with another dino. Heck’s insanity will be quite relatable to any woman who’s dealt with unfaithfulness. And her rage is palpable in song, as heard in her scream-sing “Kaitlyn’s Rampage.”

Fetherolf’s focus on playing her role straight, with a dildo constantly bouncing about and without ever breaking stride, is a feat unto itself.

Through all the choreography, blocking and fast movements put in place by director Rachael Moser and choreographer Kendra GoehringGarrett, Fetherolf’s quite endowed new body part takes up as much stage time as she does.

Yet, it doesn’t take away from the actress; she’s emboldened by the split dichotomy of shedding a little girl’s innocence for dino-dude’s libido.

Her winning rock number, “Dick Fix,” sounds like something SNL’s power duo Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake easily could have coined.

I love Moser’s choice to gender-bend the show. Males play females; females become males. It’s all a mishmash of the Q (“questioning”) in LGBTQIA. One of the greatest scenes comes when T-Rex 2’s reflection in the water is mimicked by Mimeasaurus (Brendan Carter), as he uses his elbow to mirror the dinosaur’s genitalia. In fact, Carter manages to steal scenes left and right, despite his silence as a mime (was some Nietzsche existentialism at work in this character?). Whether acting like a stomped-on rock or miming his rage over a murdered balloon dog, it’s worth keeping a keen eye on Carter’s presence. The chops of a great actor are visible.

The flamboyant, little princess, Velociraptor of Innocence (Brad Mercier), is our heroine of the show. Her birthday into womanhood leads her on a quest to find answers about sexuality and what it all means. She vascillates between believing her religious upbringing or following her thirst for knowledge and science. Like all rebellious teens, she breaks her dependence from Mama Guru, Velociraptor of Faith.

Mama is played with commendable reserved comedic timing thanks to Patrick Basquill. He manages to cross seriousness and ineptitude with braggadocio. It’s like watching Ron Burgundy as a cult leader of a dino-park. And his “Hello, Little Goat” number is sweetly off-putting.

Mercier is cast to near perfection. He is over-the-top as Velociraptor of Innocence and infuses so much energy into the show (“Beautiful Day,” “Power Ballad”) whether speaking in a high-pitched squeal or skipping about from point A to B. Mercier’s vivacity is only matched onstage by Chandler Davis’ Velociraptor of Science. Davis has some of the best lines that will produce boisterous laughs over again. The hip-hop number she leads, “Science,” is the best of the evening.

It showcases a change of pace that the music needs in order to match the modern writing of

the show. While the music is brilliantly played by local band Justin Lacy and the Swimming Machine, the composer should have considered an update in in style across the board. When its rock roots are heard or it treads hip-hop territory, it fires on all engines. And even though it’s musical theatre, cutting back on its ballads, would be a tremendous update. The ballads often bog it down from its quirk.

Led by Amanda Hunter, the band is spot-on, but Hunter also manages to shine from behind her keys as the ostracized Pianosaurus. In fact, she inspires much improv and audience call-back in the show, which is a telltale sign that “Triassic Parq” is on its way to cult-classic status (also, it tips its hat in homage to other well-known productions like “Les Mis,” “Into the Woods” and “The Wizard of Oz”—a nice touch). When audience members cheer for her extemperaneous insight, the tribe bullies Pianosaurus and the audience, which leads to some interesting improv: “Don’t fucking clap for her,” Mama Guru insists.

Oh, and how could I forget? As it’s billing says, “Like all great tales laden with import, it

is narrated by Morgan Freeman.” Yes, “Triassic Parq” gets its initial intro by the man with a “raspy yet soothing” voice—played by a fitting Jake Steward, large freckle makeup included.

Actually, it can’t go without notice that the makeup of this show is a real winner, thanks to Kenneth Rosander. He manages for the cast to merely allude to dinosaurs by making them look modern enough as to believe they’ve been genetically modified. Keeping them in all black is a smart choice so the pop of color in their makeup and hair shine.

DETAILS

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‘The Loft’ intrigues with sex and mystery

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By: Anghus

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ffairs are hard. Am I right? There’s the sneaking around, the mysterious charges on your credit cards, the constant stresses of potentially being caught by your significant other. What’s a guy to do? Well, obviously get together your five best friends to rent a loft in a trendy high rise where you can get your freak on without having to worry about consequences. It’s a plan so crazy, it has to work—except it doesn’t.

Soon enough, their swinging sex pad has a naked dead body and five suspects.

I love a good mystery: one of those great old whodunnits, with sex, drugs and layers of scandal piled high atop one another. “The Loft” is a fun distraction that tries hard to channel old Hitchock thrillers of the 1950s. It never quite achieves its lofty goal, but it is a fun, unpretentious thriller with enough twists and turns to warrant a watch.

Vincent (Karl Urban) is a hunky architect that can’t get enough of the ladies. Chris (James Marsden) is a hunky psychiatrist who becomes obsessed with an escort.

Lou (Wentworth Miller) is a neurotic, introverted hunk who struggles with an uninteresting marriage. Phil (Matthew Schoenaerts) is a hunky lothario, with an impulse-control problem, who likes two things: cocaine and whores—and he’s all out cocaine. Then there’s the oafish buffoon Marty (Eric Stonestreet), who is the Joey Fatone to this version of NSYNC. I don’t want to harp on Eric Stonestreet, who has spent the last decade as part of the very successful “Modern Family,” but he is awful. Just awful—the kind of awful that made me understand why they didn’t show his highly recognizable face in any of the marketing. They were hiding him, and with good cause. Every time he opens his mouth and tries to act like a ridiculous lout, it made me cringe. There are four very effortless actors in “The Loft” and a sore thumb who kept poking me repeatedly in the eye. If they put a more-seasoned, less-abrasive actor in the role, I possibly could have given “The Loft” four stars. However, Stonestreet’s performance is so terrible it could inspire a worstsupporting actor category. (And he would win in a landslide.)

The groundwork of the film is laid out quickly: We meet these lifelong friends and know one of them is a stone-cold killer. There are flashbacks to the events leading up to the murder, which give us little hints about which of them is deranged enough to brutally kill one of their many lovers. Director Erik Van Looy employs a lot of sleight-of-hand to keep the viewers guessing, burying the fairly obvi-

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Hunky-Dory: James Marsden and Wentworth Miller star in the sex- and drug-packed thriller, “The Loft.”

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ous under a pile of blackmail, scorned wives and real-estate development gone wrong.

The third act devolves into a series of “oh, no you didn’t!” moments, and the audience learns that none of these five philandering cheaters’ hands are clean. While it’s not much of a shock to anyone paying attention, it is nice to see a movie that allows its main characters to all be awful people. There’s barely a good guy in the group, which makes for a much more nuanced drama.

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by “The Loft.” It’s a fun mystery that moves along briskly and features some entertaining performances. While I wouldn’t exactly call it a dissertation on monogamy or the sanctity of marriage, it is a wonderful soap opera that is far more interesting than it deserves to be.

I was reminded of last year’s “Side Effects,” a movie that never quite delivered on the promise of a good mystery. “The Loft” does a lot more right than wrong, and with the exception of a horrendous performance from Stonestreet, it really is well-executed and more like a very polished Lifetime movie.

Much of the credit I give to “The Loft” comes from the lack of this kind of product in a crowded cineplex. I’m not gonna say “The Loft” is anywhere as good as a similar film like “Gone Girl,” but it would be nice

to see more thrillers with adult content peppered into the explosion-filled monstrosities released week after week.

DETAILS: The Loft

★★ ★ ★ ★ Starring Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller Directed by Erik Van Looy Rated R

2/16-18: Don’t miss “Deux jours, une nuit” (original title). Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. It stars Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée (95 min., PG-13) 2/18-21: This year’s Oscar-nominated shorts will be playing at Thalian Hall’s Studio Theatre as part of Cinematique.

Animated shorts will play Monday at 4 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Friday at 7 p.m. Live-action shorts will play at 7 p.m. on Monday, 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Documentary block A will plays at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m. Documentary block B will play on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Thursday and Friday at 4 p.m.

2/23-28: In “Whiplash,” a promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist. (117 min., R)

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Serving the Best Seafood in South Eastern North Carolina.

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

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Acclaimed Wine List

East oceanfront dining at blockade runner

Award-winning cuisine accompanied by the sounds of breaking surf + a soothing coastal breeze, that's East Oceanfront Dining. Our chef, Ben Ramsey, will pleasure your palate with fresh local seafood, produce from our own gardenscape + other harvest from local purveyors. Chef Ramsey is focused on the best of what our region has to offer and he + his staff are delighted to serve you. You'll dine in the comfort of our

relaxing restaurant or if you choose, our canopied, oceanfront deck provides a memorable ambiance for any evening.

If you're looking for a more casual bite or maybe just a drink or two before dinner, have a seat in the Aquarium Lounge. A great selection of wine, beer or spirits can provide just what you're looking for as you settle in for an evening of coastal culture. For reservations and information concerning best rates and packages, please call 1-800-541-1161.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: The Blockade Runner Beach Resort, 275 Waynick Blvd.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ WEBSITE: www.blockade-runner.com

Elijah’s

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

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

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

eternal sunshine cafÉ

Wilmington’s new unique restaurant, Eternal Sunshine Café, is conveniently located between downtown and Wrightsville Beach, also close to UNCW. It is a great spot to savor a

gourmet breakfast, like cinna-swirl pancakes with coffee cream cheese syrup or a southwest benedict with chipotle hollandaise on a made from scratch biscuit. The lunch menu is filled with fresh delectable salads, sandwiches on house baked breads, and pitas. Come experience the innovative twist on breakfast classics and a casual lunch guaranteed to make you a regular customer. May the tranquility of Eternal Sunshine Cafe’s atmosphere shine upon your face and reinvigorate your day. Serves breakfast all day. Dinner COMING SOON! ■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH: MondayWednesday 7-2, Thursday-Friday 6:30-2, Saturday 7-2, Sunday 8-2 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.eternalsunshinecafe.com

Halligan's Pub

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

With 12 beers on tap and 16 flat screen TVs, you can watch your favorite game and enjoy your favorite drink. Enjoy two locatons: 3317 Masonboro Loop Rd., and 1900 Eastwood Rd. in Lumina Station.

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

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

HENRY’S

A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients. Come early for lunch, because its going to be packed. Dinner too! Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. Henry’s is home to live music, wine & beer dinners and other special events. Check out their calendar of events at HenrysRestaurant.com for details. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ MUSIC: Live Music beginning at 5:30 p.m.

■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com

Holiday Inn Resort

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.holidayinn.com

HOPS SUPPLY CO.

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 10:57 am - 10 pm; Fri-Sat 10:57 am - 11 pm {Bar open until midnight} ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.hopssupplycompany.com

The little dipper

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

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

Ogden Tap Room

Wilmington’s go to Southern Gastro-Pub. With a menu featuring some southeast favorites and a few from the bayou. Ogden Tap Room offers a selection the whole family will enjoy. With 40 beers on tap from around the world, The O Tap is a Craft Beer Enthusiast dream come true. Ogden Tap Room also has a great wine selection as well as a full bar featuring the areas largest Bourbon selection. You are sure to leave Ogden Tap Room a happy camper.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon-Thurs 11:00am-Midnight, Fri & Sat 11:00am-1:00 am, Sunday Noon - Midnight.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Ogden ■ FEATURING: Live Team Trivia Tues 7:30-9:30pm ■ MUSIC: Every Thursday 8:00-10:00 ■ WEBSITE: www.ogdentaproom.com

■ FEATURING: Daily specials and take-home frozen meals ■ WEBSITE: www.pinevalleymarket.com

the trolly stop

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a five-store franchise in Southeastern North Carolina. Since 1976 they have specialized in storemade chili, slaw and various sauces. As of more recently, select locations (Fountain Dr. and Southport) have started selling genuine burgers and cheese steaks (Beef & Chicken). Our types of hotdogs include beef & Pork (Trolly Dog), all-beef (Sabrett), pork smoked sausage, Fat Free (Turkey) & Veggie. Recognized as having the Best Hot Dog in the Best of Wilmington Awards in 2011,2012, 2013, and 2014. Call Individual Stores for hours of operation or Look at our website trollystophotdogs.com Catering available, now a large portion of our business. Call Rick at 297-8416 for catering and franchise information.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ LOCATIONS: Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-3921

Southport (910) 457-7017 Fountain Dr. (910) 452-3952 Boone, NC (828) 265-2658 Chapel Hill, NC (919) 240-4206 - COMING SOON! ■ WEBSITE: www.trollystophotdogs.com

Asian BIG THAI II

From the minute you walk through the door to the wonderful selection of authentic Thai cuisine, Big Thai II offers you a tranquil and charming atmosphere - perfect start to a memorable dinner. For the lunchtime crowd, the luncheon specials provide a great opportunity to get away. The menu is filled with carefully prepared dishes such as Pad Thai (Chicken, Beef, Pork or Tofu pan-fried rice noodles with eggs, peanuts, bean sprouts, carrots, and chives in a sweet and savory sauce) and Masaman Curry (The mildest of all curries, this peanut base curry is creamy and delicious with potatoes, cashew nuts and creamy avocado). But you shouldn’t rush into a main entrée right away! You will be missing out on a deliciously appetizing Thai favorite, Nam Sod (Ground Pork blended with fresh chili, green onion, ginger and peanuts).

hibachi to go

If you want fresh food fast, check out Hibachi To Go! It is a family-owned business with a professional and friendly staff serving the freshest local ingredients. Everything on the menu is done right on-site, from hand trimming the meat to making every sauce! They offer affordable appetizers such as crab, pork, or pineapple wontons, green bean fries, spring rolls, and edamama along with specialties like Teriyaki or Hibachi chicken, hand-trimmed ribeye, scallops, tempura or grilled shrimp, and fresh fish with veggies and rice. Drop by daily for the $4.69 lunch special and $4 sushi. Bring the little ones in on Sundays to the Ogden location and they can eat for only $0.99!

Visit us at our Ogden location where you can dine- in or takeout or our Hampstead location where you can drive-thru, walk-up, or take-out.

■ Serving Lunch & dinner: 11am- 9pm Everyday ■ Neighboorhood: Ogden- 6932 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28411 (910) 791-7800 Hampstead- 15248 Highway 17 North Wilmington, NC 28411 (910) 270-9200 ■ Featuring: $4.69 lunch specials ■ Website: www.hibachitogo.com

kabuki korean cafÉ and sushi

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, off Oleander Drive.

■ FEATURING: Wilmington's only authentic Korean restaurant!

pine valley market

Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch in-house, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market.

Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood.

Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Fri.10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington

And be sure to save room for a piece of their fabulous Coconut Cake! A trip to Big Thai II is an experience that you’ll never forget. If the fast and friendly service doesn’t keep you coming back, the great food will! 1319 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-6588 ■ Serving Lunch: Mon-Fri 11 a.m. -.2:30 p.m.

■ Serving Dinner: Mon-Thur 5 p.m. -.9:30 p.m.; Friday 5 p.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 4 p.m. -.10 p.m.; Sunday 4 p.m. -.9:30 p.m.

■ Neighboorhood: Mayfaire ■ Featuring: Authentic Thai Cuisine ■ Website: www.bigthainc.com

indochine restaurant & lounge

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

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sure to save room for our world famous desert, the banana egg roll! We take pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

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

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

szechuan 132

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

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch Specials

southern thai

Our menu is centered around authentic Thai cuisine and features traditional dishes as well as chef-inspired dishes. We always deliver authentic Thai cuisine mixed with southern hospitality. Thailand can be culturally divided into 4 main regions: North, North Central, Central & South. The diverse topography and cultures lend their way to creating unique cuisines in each region. Meals are prepared by all generations coming together in the kitchen. Recipes are passed on this way through the generations so that the food you are tasting today is influenced by the knowledge of the past.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon - Thur 11am to 3pm and 4:30 to 9:30pm; Fri 11am to 3pm and 4:30 to 10pm; Sat 12 to 10pm; Closed Sunday ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Authentic Thai Cuisine ■ WEBSITE: www.southernthairestaurant.com

thai spice

From the flavorfully mild to the fiery spiced, Thai Spice customers are wooed by the dish that’s made to their specifications. Featuring a tasteful menu of traditional Thai standards to numerous delectable house specials, it’s quickly becoming the local favorite for Thai cuisine. This family-run restaurant is sure to win you over. If you haven’t discovered this gem, come in and be charmed. Whether it be a daytime delight, or an evening indulgence, your visit will make you look forward to your return. Located in Monkey Junction at 5552 Carolina Beach Rd., Ste. G. (910) 791-0044.

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

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

yosake downtown sushi lounge

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

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: 1/2 Price Sushi/Appetizer Menu nightly from 5-7, until 8 on Mondays, and also 10-Midnight on Fri/Sat. Tuesday LOCALS NIGHT - 20% Dinner Entrees. Wednesday 80S NIGHT - 80s music and menu prices. Sundays are the best deal downtown - Specialty Sushi and Entrees are

Buy One, Get One $10 Off and 1/2 price Wine Bottles.

Nightly Drink Specials. Gluten-Free Menu upon request.

Complimentary Birthday Dessert.

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

Dinner Theatre theatrenow

TheatreNOW is a performing arts complex that features weekend dinner theater, an award-winning weekly kids variety show, monthly Sunday Jazz Brunches, movie, comedy and live music events. Award-winning chef, Denise Gordon, and a fabulous service staff pair scrumptious multi-course themed meals and cocktails with our dinner shows in a theatre-themed venue. Dinner theater at its best! Reservations highly suggested. 19 S. 10th Street 910.399.3NOW (3669).

Hours vary.

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

gREEK The greeks

The Greeks is a two-store (going on three), family-ownedand-operated Greek restaurant. Since 2011 Chef Georgios Papanikolaou and his family have been giving unwavering attention to detail to their food, which represents Greek culture. The chef picks fresh local produce and proteins on a daily basis. The spices and herbs are imported from Greece, where they are picked wild from the mountains, sealed and then transported here. The family keeps their Greek roots close to their heart; with each dish they are recreating exactly the same flavors that a person will experience should they be in Greece. With a plethora of recipes to choose from and the best gyro in town, the family hopes to expand without compromising an iota of the experience.

124 Princess St.; 910-343-6933 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday 10:00AM to 3:00PM Tuesday-Sunday 10:00AM to 9:00PM ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown and Monkey Junction ■ WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA: www.the-greeks.com or www. facebook.com/thegreeksnc

Healthy CLEAN EATZ cafÉ

This café is your one stop shop to start living a healthy lifestyle. Everything on the menu is under 500 calories and 10 grams of fat unless you order otherwise.

The café offers dine in, carryout, or get an entire weeks worth of meals by signing up for our weekly prepackaged meal service. We also do customized food prep to fit anyone's diet needs. Stop by Clean Eatz today to start a new you. You only have one life, Make it count!

Lifestyle tip: Resolutions usually fail due to the stress we put on ourselves to change so quickly. Make simple changes one by one. We didn’t get where we are at overnight. Baby lifestyle steps: Eliminate fried foods, drive thrus, alcohol, or sugar first. Add a new goal each week. You got this! 203 Racine drive,Wilmington NC 28403. (910) 452-3733.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday- Friday: 11-7, Saturday: 11-3 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.cleaneatz.net

Indian tandoori bites

Located on College Road, just opposite Hugh MacRae Park, Tandoori Bites offers fine Indian cuisine at affordable prices. Try one of 74 dishes on their lengthy menu, featuring a large range of side dishes and breads. They

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have specialties, such as lamb korma with nuts, spices and herbs in a mild creamy sauce, as well as seafood, like shrimp biryani with saffron-flavored rice, topped with the shellfish and nuts. They also have many vegetarian dishes, including mutter paneer, with garden peas and homemade paneer, or baingan bharta with baked eggplant, flamed and sautéed with onions, garlic and ginger. Join their cozy eatery, where a far east escape awaits all diners, among a staff of friendly and helpful servers, as well as chefs who bring full-flavored tastes straight from their homeland. Located at 1620 South College Road, (910) 794-4540.

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

■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials until 3pm and late night menu from 11pm until closing.

Italian

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

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

ELIZABETH’S PIZZA

A Wilmington favorite since 1987! At Elizabeth’s you’ll find authentic Italian cuisine, as well as some of your American favorites. Offering delicious pizza, salads, sandwiches, entrees, desserts, beer, and wine. Elizabeth’s is known for their fresh ingredients, where even the bread is baked fresh daily.

A great place for lunch, dinner, a late night meal, or take out.

Elizabeth’s can also cater your event and now has a party room available. Visit us at 4304 ½ Market St or call 910-2511005 for take out.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 10am-Midnight every day ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown (Corner of Market St and Kerr Avenue).

■ WEBSITE: www.epwilmington.com ■ FEATURING: Daily specials, kids menu and online coupons.

eddie romanelli's

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South.

■ FEATURING: Weekly Specials ■ WEBSITE: www.RomanellisRestaurant.com

Fat Tony’s Italian Pub

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

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Thursday 11 am10 pm; Friday-Saturday 11 am-Midnight; Sunday Noon-10 pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.fatpub.com

siena trattoria

Enjoy authentic Italian food in a beautiful, warm, casual setting. Whether dining indoors or in our courtyard, Siena is the perfect neighborhood trattoria for the entire family to enjoy. From our delicious brick oven pizza to elegantly prepared meat, seafood, and pasta specials, you will find a level of cuisine that will please the most demanding palate, prepared from the finest and freshest ingredients.

■ SERVING DINNER: at 4 p.m. Daily.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South. 3315 Masonboro Loop Road, 910-794-3002 ■ FEATURING: Family style dinners on Sundays ■ WEBSITE: www.sienawilmington.com

Slice of life

a taste of italy

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Friday 8:00am8:00pm, Saturday 8:30am-7:00pm, Sunday 11:00am6:00pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.ncatasteofitaly.com ■ FEATURING: Sclafani goods, Polly-O cheese, Ferrara Torrone and much, much more!

Jamaican JAMAICA’S COMFORT ZONE

Tucked in the corner of University Landing, a block from UNCW is the hidden gem of Wilmington’s international cuisine scene - Jamaica’s Comfort Zone. This family owned restaurant provides a relaxing blend of Caribbean delights – along with reggae music – served up with irrepressible smiles for miles. From traditional Jamaican breakfast to mouth-watering classic dishes such as curry goat, oxtail, jerk and curry chicken, to our specialty 4-course meals ($12.00) and $5.99 Student meal. Catering options are available.

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

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

Latin American CEVICHE'S

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon - Sun 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ WEBSITE: www.wbceviche.com

San Juan CafÉ

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

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

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

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

Mexican San felipe

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

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

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

Lovey’s Cafe’ menu. The Food Bar—which has cold, organix salads and hot selections—can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for take-out. The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of delicious juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices.

Lovey’s has a great selection of local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness. Lovey’s also carries organic grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. wheat-free and gluten-free products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 am to 6 p.m.. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Rd in the Landfall Shopping Center; (910) 509-0331. “You’ll Love it at Lovey’s!”

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown FEATURING: Organic Salad Bar/Hot Bar, New Bakery with fresh, organic pies and cakes. Newly expanded.

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com

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

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

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) 7622827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

fish bites

Home of the freshest seafood in town, and Wilmington’s only Live Lobster Tank. Try one of our signature entrees like Fish Bites Tuna Filet, Stuffed Flounder or The Fishermans Stew. We have unique appetizers like Oyster Bombs, Shrimp Bombs, or Grouper Cheeks(who knew Groupers had cheeks!!). Have your Fresh Catch prepared to your delight, pan seared, grilled, blackened, broiled or fried. We will accomodate any taste. The Daily Special Board features creative dishes that highlight our Chef’s creative culinary skills. We make a fantastic steamer platter with Crab Legs, Shrimp, Clams, Oysters and Mussels.

The possibilities are endless. We have the largest selection of seafood in the area. Not only are we a seafood restaurant, but a fresh market as well. Take home your Fresh Seafood selection and cook it your favorite way. We also have take out. Don’t forget our made from scratch desserts. Come in and enjoy a fresh beverage from our full service “Bottems Up Bar”. Whether you just need something to curb your appetite or a full meal, we have something for everyone. Daily food specials and Drink Specials offered. Kids Menu available. So come in and enjoy the most amazing seafood you have ever tasted!

6132-11 Carolina Beach Rd. (910) 791-1117 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tue-Sat 11am - 9pm, Sun 11am - 3pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington ■ FEATURING: The freshest seafood in town, and Wilmington’s only Live Lobster Tank!

■ WEBSITE: www.fishbitesseafood.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 wedding receptions, birthday gatherings, anniversary parties and more. Large groups welcome. Private event space available. Family-style to go menu available. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256-5551.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dining on the Crystal Pier.

■ WEBSITE: www.OceanicRestaurant.com

THE PILOT HOUSE

Organic LOVEY’S natural foods & CafÉ

Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for organic and natural groceries and supplements, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious and totally fresh meal or snack. Whether you are in the mood for a veggie burger, hamburger or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte

Seafood DOCK STREET OYSTER BAR

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

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

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

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

SHUCKIN' SHACK

Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar is thrilled to now serve customers in its new location at 109 Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington (910-833-8622). It’s the place you want to be to catch your favorite sports team on 7 TV’s carrying all major sports packages. A variety of fresh seafood is available daily including oysters, shrimp, clams, mussels, and crab legs. Shuckin’ Shack has expanded its menu now offering fish tacos, crab cake sliders, fried oyster po-boys, fresh salads, and more. Come in a check out Shack’s daily lunch, dinner, and drink specials. It’s a Good Shuckin’ Time!

The original Shack is located in Carolina Beach at 6A N. Lake Park Blvd.; (910) 458-7380.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon-Sat 11am-2am; Sun noon-2am ■ NEIGHBORHOODS: Carolina Beach and Downtown ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials, join the mailing list online ■ WEBSITE: www.pleasureislandoysterbar.com

smoothies and more TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAfÉ

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

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

Southern Casey's Buffet

In Wilmington, everyone knows where to go for solid country cooking. That place is Casey’s Buffet, winner of encore’s Best Country Cookin’/Soul Food and Buffet categories.

“Every day we are open, somebody tells us it tastes just like their grandma’s or mama’s cooking,” co-owner Gena Casey says. Gena and her husband Larry run the show at the Oleander Drive restaurant where people are urged to enjoy all food indigenous to the South: fried chicken, barbecue, catfish, mac‘n’cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, chicken‘n’dumplings, biscuits and homemade banana puddin’ are among a few of many other delectable items. 5559 Oleander Drive. (910) 798-2913.

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

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

pembroke's

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

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

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

Rx Restaurant & bar

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

421 Castle St.; 910 399-3080.

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

Sports Bar hell's kitchen

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

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

- Thursday 4-7 p.m.

■ WEBSITE: www.hellskitchenbar.com

Carolina Ale House

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

■ 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

vegetarian/Vegan sealevel restaurant

Having opened in early spring 2013, Sealevel Restaurant is celebrating their one-year anniversary serving your plant-based diet needs. Chef Nikki Spears prepares well-executed, simple, snacky, sandwichy, and seasonally changing meals. From a nearly guilt-free American veggie cheeseburger, to fresh sushi, fish and shrimp “burgers,” falafel, fish tacos and avocado melt pitas, Sealevel caters to the needs of gluten-free, vegetarian,

vegan and lactose-intolerant diets. The restaurant serves organic and local food as much as possible, as well as Med-Leb, and Cal-Mex and Cal-Japanese style foods. Stop by and try one of their new hand-selected, whole-fruit smoothies, as well as specialties like and the Brown Rice Tortilla and Vegan Kale Nachos. Sushi rolls unique to Sealevel Restaurant are served, and vegan and gluten-free desserts like Key Lime Pie, MochaVanilla Frozen Pie, and cookies. Drop by daily for lunch, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., or for dinner, Thurs. - Sat., 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. 1015 S. Kerr Ave. 910-833-7196.

■ SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., daily; Thurs-Sat., 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Closed Tuesdays ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, near UNCW ■ FEATURING: Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, lactoseintolerant and seafood-friendly fare!

■ WEBSITE: www.sealevelcitygourmet.com

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

are offered daily, as well as the coldest $2 and $3 drafts in town. 317 South College Road. (910) 791.9393.

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What’s Not to Love?

Joe’s Oasis brings Pittsburgh deliciousness to southeastern NC By: Rosa Bianca

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ocated at 6400 Carolina Beach Road in the Masonboro Commons shopping center, Joe’s Oasis is derived from the notion that Pittsburghers don’t have enough dining options in the Port City. It’s a pleasant little pub—perhaps a bit dark—and it makes no apologies about being a haven for Steelers fans. Pittsburgh memorabilia adorns the walls, and the waitresses wear goldenrod T-shirts reminiscent of jerseys. Of course, there is the occasional UNC Chapel Hill jersey, which I’m beginning to assume is required by law.

I stopped by on a Saturday night to find a full house for a charity event to raise money for Stand Up for Soldiers. I took a seat at an unbused table and gave the waitresses a few minutes to catch up. I’ve seen this at successful bars before: Every so often the dishwasher gets full and there’s nowhere to put any more empty glasses until the back of the house catches up. I pushed three pint glasses to the far side of the table and

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silently took note of what a great night they were having.

I ordered a beer, watched them raffle off a guitar and listened to the band figure out feedback issues before looking at the menu.

Joe’s menu is as Pittsburgh as the decor, with an emphasis on pierogi and sandwiches meant for steelworkers. I’d like to take this moment to tell anyone considering eating at Joe’s Oasis that it is not for the lactose intolerant. Cheese, sour cream and butter are the order of the day. Dairy is ubiquitous.

I ordered a trio of appetizers, which arrived surprisingly quickly given the crowd.

The pierogi of the day, which contained a cheeseburger twist, was a particular treat.

While a standard pierogi resembles a ravioli stuffed with mashed potatoes, Joe’s special was a beautiful mix of flavors, creating a new take on the barroom favorite. The ground beef, bacon and cheese stuffing gave the expected flavor, but the kicker came with the generous topping of melted butter and caramelized onions. That sweet, salty mix made the whole thing pop.

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The pretzel bites were nice, though the beer-cheese dipping sauce was a bit pasty and bland. However, butter once again came to the rescue. The pretzels were so thoroughly drenched that any additional sauce seemed superfluous. Once you have bread and butter, what more do you need?

My favorite item of the night was the baconcheddar potato pancakes. Seared to a perfect crisp, without a hint of burning, they had a nice balance of flavors. Most importantly, the kitchen resisted the urge to oversalt them.

That’s a huge problem in bar food, and I appreciate its restraint.

I made a second trip to Joe’s shortly after, but this time with a Pittsburgher in tow for an authenticity check. He immediately commented that the bar was far too clean and that any real Pittsburgh bar has a layer of soot from steel-mill smoke. I don’t know how one imports steel-mill soot. I tend to give extra points for cleanliness, so let’s call that minor failing of authenticity another check mark in Joe’s column.

We ordered a few appetizers. My Pennsylvanian companion found the standard pierogi a little too doughy; he preferred a thinner pasta shell. The potato skins didn’t leave much

of an impression either. The veggie quesadilla was a surprise success.

It’s tough to keep cooked vegetables crispy, especially once they’re surrounded by melted cheese. However, the onions and peppers had snap left in them.

The big hit were the gouda macand-cheese bites: spoonfuls of deepfried macaroni and cheese that can be eaten by hand. The gouda makes for a surprisingly subtle and elegant taste that is somehow not overshadowed by the intensity of deep frying.

It’s one of the better appetizers I’ve had in quite some time.

I ordered “Isalay’s Ham Sandwich,” which I proceeded to order “sloppy.” Sloppiness entails heating the deli sliced ham in a frying pan with barbecue sauce then covering it with sweet relish. The relish proved so overpowering that the barbecue sauce made a bigger impression on my fingers than my tongue. Its sharp, cloying flavor was a bit too much. I suggest letting the ham speak for itself.

My companion ordered a traditional Pittsburgh favorite: the Steelworker’s Stack.

For those unfamiliar, it’s a hearty sandwich stacked several inches high with meat (and in this case a fried egg). My friend tells me it was delicious, but he was quick to point out that the grilled bread was a non-traditional ingredient. (In his version, steel workers don’t have time to wait for toast during lunch hour, and the Steelworker’s Stack has to be made quickly.) While he said he missed the soggier version, he found Joe’s variation delicious still.

I’ll find a few excuses to make my way to Joe’s Oasis over the next year. I think I’ll pencil in the Steeler’s/Raven’s game just for the fun of it. It’s a welcoming atmosphere with swift service and a friendly neighborhood vibe—a likable pub with cold beer and a fun menu.

There’s nothing here not to love.

DETAILS: Joe’s Oasis

6400 Carolina Beach Rd. Sun.-Wed., 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thurs-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-12 a.m.

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A Golden Debut: Joel Perry’s first novel dishes on what might have happened to missing Oscars By: Tiffanie DiDonato 32 encore |february 18 – 24, 2015 | www.encorepub.com

act or fiction: The one person to ever have the most Oscars was a 61-year-old man named Willie Fullgear. He had no ties to the Hollywood industry at all and made his living repairing and recycling unwanted objects.

Fact.

In a conclusion fit for the big screen— as far as the most silly crime stories of the new millennia go—Mr. Fullgear reportedly came across 10 unmarked packing crates that contained (you guessed it) 52 gilded statuettes. He found them while digging through a trash bin near a coin laundromat in Los Angeles’ Koreatown.

Here’s the issue: The famous scandal involves 55 stolen Oscars. So, where are the remaining three? Wilmington author Joel Perry has a theory in his debut novel—just in time for the Academy Awards, which will screen this Sunday night on ABC at 7 p.m.

In “Stealing Arthur,” released by Bear Bones Books, Perry concocts a tale that takes the reader through Hollywood on the day of the biggest party of the year: awards night. There’s intrigue, murder, humor, sex, romance, celebrity dish, and most importantly, redemption that plays out for Perry’s characters. From Skid Row to Hollywood’s Walk of Fame (including all the desperate wannabes in between), “Stealing Arthur” is a jaunt through the boulevard of broken dreams that gives an amusing suggestion regarding where the missing three statues are.

“My favorite stories involve storylines when characters intertwine in ways that are surprising, fun and tragic,” Perry explains. “I want to feel like I had a really good meal when I finish a book. I want some violence, because I like to be shocked. I want to laugh, so I like humor in there, and I want to cry, so I like some sadness, too. When I write, I want all these things in my work as well. I want people to laugh, gasp, cry, and even have their eyes wide open and a hand over their mouth thinking, Oh, my God!” Originally from Jacksonville, NC, Perry has been writing for 30-plus years. His previous works include several how-to guides and a host of humorous essays, like “Funny That Way” and “That’s Why They’re in Cages, People!” Of those 30 years in writing, he spent 28 years living in Los Angeles, where he wrote and produced syndicated prep material for DJs in the Hollywood area. Comedy not only runs deep in his writing (there’s a scene in “Stealing Arthur” that involves Angelina Jolie, the bathroom, the award show, Dolce & Gabbana, and a tampon that will leave you rolling!), but it seems to flow easily through him onstage as well. Read-

ers also can watch Perry on YouTube performing as a stand-up comedian. It’s no surprise he was a comedy writer within the company of Washington’s Gross National Product either.

“With $700 in my pocket and all my belongings that I could fit in my father’s WWII duffle bag, I traveled to Hollywood from New York City,” Perry says. “Before that I lived in Washington, D.C. There’s a bus station in New York that (maybe still) has two crates of my vinyl records I left behind, because it weighed me down.”

After a convergence of personal and unfortunate events, it would be Wilmington that eventually would call Perry and his husband home again. He maintains that even East Coat dwellers can appreciate his West Coast-centered read. “Even if you don’t live in Los Angeles, you’ll know where the places are,” Perry insists.

He’s a man who writes simply for the joy of writing and telling a good story. It’s not about the money (Perry just received his license to sell insurance in order to make ends meet), and it’s not about the fame. To Perry, it’s about delivering memorable characters that somehow end up feeling like a family, because to him, that’s where the humanity is.

Perry confesses a personal dream about his work—one he hasn’t told anyone else. It begins with a lonely trip inside a cab in a city he cannot name with certainty. Every character he has created in “Stealing Arthur” sits beside him.

“They all lined one side of the street and were looking at me as I sat in the cab,” he recalls. “They were watching me leave. Each one followed the cab down the road with their eyes; I could feel them looking at me through the glass window. It was as if they were wondering, Well what now? Where do we go from here? What do we do now without you?

I’ll never forget it. It was sad.”

Perry’s voice trails off. In every way

possible his characters within the novel mean a lot to him—perhaps,have in some way have become a part of his world. He has spent years perfecting the story and though he never agonized over researching details about the original event (partially, because the heist was so massively covered by the media, there was no secret left unturned), Perry instead concentrated heavily on making sure each and every character weaves their way in and out of the story seamlessly. They all, as he explains, are composed of those he knows personally, those he has known of, and bits and pieces of himself.

“Everyone is looking for something that will make them whole, and that to me, is a story most people can relate to,” Perry says. “[When reading, ‘Stealing Arthur’] I want readers to have a really good time. It’s all about the glamour, the glitz and the gutter.”

On February 22, Perry will be hosting his own version of Hollywood’s biggest night at Old Books on Front Street at 3 p.m. H e’ll have fun Oscar trivia, treats, a reading from “Stealing Arthur” and of course, a copy-signing session. It’s bound to be more entertaining than an A-lister’s accidental wardrobe malfunction—promise.

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1241 Military Cutoff Rd. Teens will model outfits they have made at least partly out of discarded library books at the Runway Show for New Hanover County Public Library’s Fashion Design Contest.

The public is invited to this free event, which will be emceed by Scooter Hayes, Youth Services Librarian. Judges for the contest will include Deborah Scheu, Costume Designer for Opera House Theatre Company and many other stage and film productions, and Ashley Duch of ADG Fashion & Wedding Stylist. Outfits will be judged on use of library books, style, functionality, construction, and modeling. . Prizes will be awarded to the top three designs. The winning designer will receive two tickets to NCSU’s College of Design Art 2

Wear show! Registration for the contest was open to teens ages 13 to 18, working individually or in teams of two.Contact Scooter Hayes shayes@ nhcgov.com 910-798-6393. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS 2/25, 11am: Festival of Flowers: A Set Table, presented by Fiore Fine Flowers and Paysage Home at Bakery 105 Events & Catering, 105 Orange Street in Wilmington. Guest presenter, Pina Cate, along with Matthew Robbins, will do a presentation highlighting what flowers can add to a home.

Robbins, senior partner and creative director of Matthew Robbins, is author of “Inspired Weddings” and works with Martha Stewart. Tickets

for A Set Table are $150 per person and proceeds benefit Lower Cape Fear Hospice. To learn more about Robbins, visit www.matthewrobbinsdesign. com. Sponsorships are still available by contacting Champion at 796-8047 or email Lindsey.champion@lcfh.org. 105 Bakery, 105 Orange Street • 2/26, 4:30pm: Renowned master pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel will be the featured presenter for the 2015 Lower Cape Fear Hospice Festival of Flowers. Ben-Israel, known to fans of Food Network’s “Sweet Genius,” will show attendees how to make edible flowers at Coastline Convention and Event Center, 501 Nutt Streetn. Guests will create their own edible floral masterpiece to set atop a cupcake to take home. Tickets are $50 per person. Complementary valet service will be available. www.hospicefestivalofflowers.org and click on the “Registration” link on the main page.

PENDER WEDDING EXPO 2015 2/28, 10am: Come out and join us for the area’s first wedding expo! Here you will find local wedding professionals ready to make all your wedding dreams come true. Enjoy a day of browsing, shopping and tasty samples from over 30 vendors all under one roof! Florist-Cake Decorators–Photographers-Wedding Planners-Caterers and many more! $3 in advance; $5 at the door. 910-4707307. Middle District Association Building, 1821 NC Hwy 53 W. ENCORE BEST OF AWARDS 2/28, 6pm: Celebrate with the best of the best! encore magazine and DREAMS of Wilmington are pleased to announce encore’s Best of 2015 80s Dance Party and Awards Show! Hosted by the hilarious Pineapple Shaped Lamps! Join us as we honor the nominees and announce the winners of our annual Best of Wilmington readers poll! Proceeds from ticket sales benefit DREAMS, a nationally award-winning nonprofit dedicated to building creative, committed citizens, one child at a time, through providing youth in need with highquality, free-of-charge programming in the literary, visual, multimedia and performing arts. Tickets $12/adv or $15/door. www.encoredeals.com.

Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews, 516 North 4th St. ROMEO AND JULIET’S NEXT FAKE WEDDING 2/28, 1-4pm: The RiverRoom is hosting our next fake wedding. Newly engaged couples throughout the Southeast are invited to experience a handson bridal show alternative with hand-selected wedding professionals in action. Couples will have the opportunity to meet some of Wilmington’s top vendors while getting inspiration, ideas & establishing important relationships for their big day.

Our bridal party cast will be dressed in Romeo & Juliet inspired attire with modern-day elements from one of Wilmington’s best bridal shops. Couples can purchase raffle tickets for our amazing prize raffle benefiting the NICU at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. All proceeds raised in the raffle will benefit local, needy children in the NICU! Cash tickets will be available at 3 for $5, 7 for $10 and $15 for $20. Event will sell out so get your tickets in advance! One purchased ticket is good for two guests! RiverRoom, 18 S Water St. SKEET SHOOT AND PIG PICKIN’

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We’re excited to announce that RealWord Outdoors’ David Pait, who will be our guest speaker, and special guest Christian WaterFowlers Association. Ticket price: $10 per person (under 12 yrs Free) includes BBQ plate, sides, drink and Raffle Entry for a Remmington Shotgun, Door Prizes and Vendors. Lots of Activities: Kids BB Shooting Range, Archery, Turkey Shoot, fun, fellowship, food and more! Bring your own ammo and skeet are $1/10 skeet. Online Ticket sales available: www.fcbcb.org/2014/skeet-shoot. Friendly Community Baptist Church, 1730 US Hwy 117 N. IRISH HISTORY 3/1, 2pm: Prepare for St. Patrick’s Day with an afternoon of Irish history, dance, music, and food!

No advance reservations are being taken for this free public library program. Dr. Paul Townend will open the program with an overview of the five big topics of Irish History: Who were the Irish? Ireland and the Vikings; the Scots-Irish; alcohol and the Irish; and the globalized Irish. Dr. Townend joined UNCW’s faculty in 2001, where he is Associate Professor of British and Irish History. Dr. Townend’s remarks will be followed by entertainment by Slainte, UNCW’s Irish Dance Club, and by the Port City Irish Band. The Harp, an authentic Irish pub located at 1423 S. Third Street, will offer refreshments. Contact Teresa Bishop, tbishop@ nhcgov.com / 910-798-6371. NHC Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. CAPE FEAR BEER FESTIVAL 3/7, noon: Join us for the 5th Annual Cape Fear Beer Festival in historic downtown Wilmington North Carolina. We’re gearing up for a great beer fest that will feature over 100 great American Beers, Ciders and a few Wines. Enjoy unlimited sampling on this epic day of beer. The Cape Fear Beer Festival is a true beer tasting (and wine) event featuring a wide variety of beer styles from the most creative brew masters in the world.

We’ll be pouring their tasty creations inside the Wilmington Convention Center along the scenic Cape Fear River. Wilmington Convention Center, 515 Nutt Street • Cape Fear Casks at Ironclad Brewery, 6-9pm, 3/6. Cask only brews served by 12 Breweries. We will serve up select specialty brews to a limited crowd. 200 Tickets available and they will go fast. • Ballast Point • BroomTail • IronClad • Foothill • Troegs • Abita • Front Street • Blue Point • Triangle • Big Boss • Natty Green’s • Legend.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVAL AND PARADE 3/14, all day: Commemorating the life of the great apostle of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day has become one of the most popular cultural events in the United States. Join us for the Annual Guinness St. Patrick’s Day Festival & Parade, on Saturday March 14th, 2015 in Downtown Wilmington. Festivities start at 11:00am with the 15th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, hosted by the Friends of Hibernian’s. The parade begins at N. Front St. traveling south to Dock St., then circling back north on Water St. Spectators can view the parade all along the streets that the parade will be marching through. The announcements will be presented from the Festival area Main Stage on Water St, in front of the Federal Building. Immediately following the parade, the festival begins with live music and traditional Irish dancing. Entertainment included in the day’s festivities include, Barleycorn & Rye, The Walsh Kelley School of Irish Dancing, Blarney Broughs and the UNCW Slainte Irish Dance Club. Food and beverages will be available for sale, as well as crafts vendors. This event is presented by The Downtown Business Alliance, Bring It Downtown and CoolWilmington.com, with sponsorship by CBS WILM, Cumulus Radio, Encore Magazine, Guinness Beer. For more informa-

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charity/fundraisers AZALEA FEST VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Cape Fear Volunteer Center is seeking volunteers for the North Carolina Azalea Festival. Assisting with any aspect of the festival. These responsibilities may include helping with The Azalea Sweep, Vendor Set Up, Command Center, Stage Setup, Street Fair Barricade/Traffic, Information Booth, Food Vendor Barricade/Traffic, Street Fair Parking Lots, Vendor Liaison, Children’s Area, Parade Marshal, Loaders, Security, Parade Line Splitter, Bands Helper, Queen Helper, Float Helper, and many more. Volunteers are needed Saturday, April 4th, 2015 through Sunday, April 12th, 2015.

A minimum of 600 volunteers are needed with a maximum of 826 volunteers. Supervision will be provided by long-term volunteers. Cape Fear Volunteer Center, 214 Walnut Street. Times are flexible.

NC RAINBOW RUN 3/7, 7:30am: The NC Rainbow Run is a fun run in Burgaw, NC to raise money for homeless LGBT+ youth. The race is on March 7th, 2015 and is at Old River Farms, Burgaw, NC. All registration fees will go to the Open House in Wilmington, NC. The race is being directed by two high school students, Josefina Gordon and Irene Cho. Check out our website to get signed up to run or to volunteer. Admission: $15 for kids 12 and under, $25 for students $35 for everyone else. Old River Farms, 8711 Old River Road MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY 3/7, 6:30pm: Venture down the Rabbit Hole with hosts Cape Fear Literacy Council and Audi Cape Fear to a Wonderland evening of fun and fantasy, as we raise funds to make literacy a reality for hundreds of adults this year. Partnering with hundreds of volunteer tutors and other generous supporters, CFLC provides small group classes and one-to-one tutoring to help the nearly 40% of adults in the Cape Fear Region who struggle to read this page. By providing reading, writing, spelling, math, computer and English language instruction, CFLC offers an opportunity for men and women to better themselves, their children and families, and their community. Highlights of our 30th annual gala include a magical adult “high tea,” fantasy-inspired elegant chef tastings, silent and vocal auctions, Wonderland garden games, our ever-popular photo booth, and an evening of music and dancing under the stars with special musical guests Blivet. All-inclusive Gala tickets are $125 each. Reserved tables are available upon request. Seating is limited at this exclusive tea party, and we expect another sell-out crowd, so purchase your tickets today. For more information, to become a sponsor, donate an auction item, or volunteer, contact us at info@cfliteracy. org or 910-251-0911. Audi Cape Fear, 255 Old Eastwood Road STEP UP FOR SOLDIERS 3/7, 10:30am: 30 teams will take to their grills, forks in hand, secret recipes folded and stashed in pockets, all for the glory of the title and the satisfaction of knowing they’ve helped to raise a significant amount of money for Step Up For Soldiers. The competition will start with a level playing field: everyone will have the same meats, be in the same location and have the same time constraints. But thrown into the mix will be individual rubs, sauces or marinades, grill temperatures and methods of cooking that will leave someone going home with braggin’ rights for the next year. The

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Three bands: Junkyard Mama opens, next is local favorite Kenny Reeves and TrainWreck, and the headliner will be one of the hottest bands in the Southeast – The Mark Roberts Band. In addition, there will be raffles, a 50/50 and educational displays plus more food and drink for purchase. Gates open at 10:30am and prizes will be awarded at 4:00pm. N Lake Park Blvd. and Atlanta Ave., Carolina Beach.

43RD ANNUAL CAR SHOW 3/7, 9am, Independence Mall: Open to the public for free. Participants can expect to view over 100 antique automobiles from throughout the Cape Fear region. Registration opens at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 11:30 a.m. Judging begins at noon with the Trophy Award Ceremony scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Pre-registration is $15, day-of-show registration is $20. Pre-registration forms are now on the club’s website: www.capefear.aaca.com. As is customary, owners of modified cars are welcomed and compete for awards. Trailer parking is available and there are numerous eating places in and around the mall. The Antique Automobile Club of America was founded in 1935 and is the oldest and largest such club in the United States. The North Carolina Region of AACA is comprised of 14 local chapters. Cape Fear Chapter was chartered in 1972 and its members own over 140 antique automobiles. Several are state and national award winners. Independence Mall, 3500 Oleander Dr. SALUTE TO OUR STARS AND STRIPES 3/14, 6:30pm: Join us for an evening of food, drink, and live entertainment! This event combines good company and great fun with a worthy cause.

Enjoy live music by The Wilmington Big Band, dancing, party buffet and a silent auction. Black tie or period attire optional. All event proceeds will benefit Cape Fear Museum’s new Outdoor Learning Environment. Cape Fear Community College Union Station, 502 N. Front Street

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SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK

2/20-3/1, Fri-Sat at 7:00pm, Sun at 3pm. This production, directed and choreographed by Judy Greenhut and Music Direction by Michelle Reiff, runs February 20-March 1, 2015. Based on the Emmy® Award-winning Saturday morning animated educational cartoon series and pop culture phenomenon which aired on ABC-TV from the 1970’s -1980’s, Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR. follows Tom, a nerve-wracked schoolteacher who is anxious about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as “Just A Bill,” “Three is a Magic Number,” and “Conjunction Junction.” Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, 120 S. Second St. DEARLY BELOVED Written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten, Directed by Randy Davis. The Futrelle sisters are throwing a wedding. Frankie has almost made herself sick with elaborate preparations for her daughter Tina Jo’s antebellum inspired wedding and the rumor mill in their small town of Frayo, TX is working overtime! February 19-22, Thursday-Saturday 8pm, Sunday Matinee 3pm. Price: Gen Admission $20, Seniors/military/ students $18, Thurs., $15. Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle Street SWEENEY TODD 2/25-3/1, 3/6-8: Widely acknowledged as Sondheim’s masterpiece, this macabre musical thriller is set in the dark, feral streets of 19th century London. The story begins with Benjamin Barker’s return home after 15 years of unjust imprisonment in a penal colony. Filled with loathing for the lecherous judge who destroyed his life, he joins up with Mrs. Lovett, the proprietress of a failing pie shop, changes his name, and begins to exact his razor-sharp revenge. Combining comic turns and chilling drama, an inventive score and hauntingly romantic songs, Sweeney Todd offers a fascinating portrait of a man driven to madness by injustice. Don’t miss this tasty, thrilling theatrical treat that has simultaneously shocked, awed, and delighted audiences across the world. Opera House Theatre Company. Tickets: (910) 632-2285 or online at thalianhall.org. Main Stage of Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances begin at 8pm. All Sunday performances begin at 3pm. $29.

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TOP O’THE MORNIN’ TO YA “Top O’ The Mornin’ To Ya” with Faith & Begorrah, by Penny Kohut Feb 27-Mar 21,7pm. Doors open at 6pm. Tickets $28. $18 Show only. @ TheatreNOW 19 S. 10th Street near Cape Fear Museum Faith & Begorah are Irish morning talk show hosts on location in Wilmington, NC. This is Kathie Lee and Hoda on Irish whiskey and loads of trouble! Show segments include interviews with “celebrities”, live music, and much fuss over “Film”ington, NC. Interactive fun abounds with this zany duo. Studio audience is treated to an Irish-inspired 3-course meal with ticket price. TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th Street ROBIN HOOD 3/5, 7:30pm: Robin Hood: A Tale of Two Hoods is sure to appeal to all ages, written by Danielle Bringard and the P.E.T. Project Company.A tale filled with an amusing array of strong personalities, witty dialogue and surprising plot twists.This story brings together, the familiar gang of merry rascals and a coven of merry souls who are unaware that each other exists as outlaws in Sher-

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ORLANDO JONES’ SUNDAY FUNNIES Sunday Funnies with Orlando Jones at TheatreNOW. Not only is Orlando Jones’ character back from “the dead” on the FOX TV series, “Sleepy Hollow”, but he’s calling Wilmington home and bringing the funny to Sundays at TheatreNOW with Sunday Funnies and to kick off his 2015 Comedy Tour. Tickets are $30. Cliff Cash is opening. March 1 & 8, 6pm. www.theatrewilmington. com. 19 S. 10th Street

NC SYMPHONY’S BEETHOVEN’S 7TH 2/23, 7:30pm: Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor.

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia. RimskyKorsakov: Russian Easter Overture. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7. David Glover, conductor. Preconcert Talk at 6:20 pm. Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Road

PSL PRESENTS 3/11, 8pm: Pineapple-Shaped Lamps presents an evening of original sketch comedy! Bar and kitchen will be open! TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th Street

wood Forest.They find themselves aiming for the same targets, the evil Prince John (Patrick Basquill) and his henchman the notorious Sheriff of Nottingham (Caylan McKay). A story every underdog can connect with proving that heroes can come in all shapes, sizes, and genders. A Journey P.E.T.presented by Cape Fear Shakespeare on the Green. General Admission $12 Thursday March 5, at 7:30pm Thursday March 12, 7:30pm Fridays & Saturdays March, 6, 7, 13, 14 at 8pm;

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NEW JERUSALEM GOSPEL CHOIR 2/22, 3pm: Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist Church Youth Adult Choir will perform along with other groups. Food will be served afterward. New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 504 S. Sixth Street

DEAD CROW COMEDY CLUB Ongoing schedule: Mon, Comedy Bingo and $1 tacos; Tues, free Crow’s Nest Improv (long-form),

EVERY SONG HAS A STORY 2/22, 2pm: Phil Furia will reveal the stories behind some of the most famous songs from clas-

MUSIC DISCOVER 2/23, 3:30pm: Parents and young children are invited to hear musicians from the North Carolina Symphony’s string quartet read a children’s book, followed by an interactive musical demonstration.

Afterwards, everyone can try playing their favorite musical instrument in the instrument zoo! This free Music Discovery program is sponsored by PNC’s Grow Up Great initiative, promoting literacy and arts education for preschoolers and their families. Susan DeMarco, sdemarco@nhcgov.com / 910-798-6353. Main Library, NHC, 201 Chestnut Street THE CHIEFTAINS 2/25, 8pm: Six-time Grammy-award winning legends of Irish music storm the stage with an exclusive unprecedented performance in southeastern NC! UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Road SOUP TO NUTS LIVE!

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2/26, 6:30pm: It might be cold outside, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be sizzling with the soul-filled sounds of Travis Shallow at our next Soup to Nuts Live! concert. WHQR welcomes Wilmington native singer/ songwriter Travis Shallow, known for his soulful Americana, to the MC Erny Gallery on February 26 for a performance you will never forget. Formerly part of the critically acclaimed acoustic trio, A Few Good Liars, Shallow recently recorded his first solo album at Tweed Studios in Oxford, Mississippi. Known around Wilmington for his â&#x20AC;&#x153;powerful and hauntingâ&#x20AC;? voice, we look forward to the epic performance heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be giving in just a month at Soup to Nuts Live! Admission: $10. MC Erny Gallery at WHQR, 254 North Front Street TINSEL TOWN BALL 2/28, 7pm: Celebrate the glitz and glamour of Hollywood in the 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s! Â Swing to the sounds of the Wilmington Big Band. Indulge in a signature Stork Club Cocktail. Bid on a dazzling collection of gifts in both Live and Silent Auctions. The Upper Room 1871, 412 Ann Street WILMINGTON SYMPHONIC WINDS 3/1, 7pm: Performing the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest wind band repertoire. Select virtuoso musicians from the Wilmington and Long Bay Symphony Orchestras, US Marine Band, UNCW and CFCC faculty and area expert instrumentalists under the direction of Dr. John LaCognata continue their regionally and nationally acclaimed Inaugural Concert Season. Works by Shostakovich, Reed, Nelson, Ticheli, Alexander. Featured is a tour de force for the concert band, Symphony No. 1 in Bb by Paul Hindemith composed for the United States Army Concert Band, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pershings Ownâ&#x20AC;? of Washingon D.C. Experience a spectacular showcase of sound and musicality unique to our eastern seaboard. Admission: $6: students/senior citizens.

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UNCW WINDs/CHAMBER WINDS 3/5, 7:30pm: Conducted by John P. LaCognata, Wind Symphony is UNCWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier symphonic band. Its members consist of students from across the university campus, including both mu-

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FEBRUARY 19: BLUE 13 Love big song and dance numbers? Bollywood? Hiphop? Well, meet Blue13: Fire and Powder, a modern dance troupe known for their urban take on classic theatre, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeo and Julietâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Side Story.â&#x20AC;? The two will combine in this Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance, as the dance troupe merges the classic tales with a live drum line and Indian soundtrack at 7 p.m. at UNCWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kenan Auditorium. Tickets are $5 to $25 and can be bought by logging onto www.uncw.edu/presents. sic majors and non-music majors. Wind Symphony performs the finest literature available for winds including traditional wind band repertoire, marches, transcriptions, and the newest 21st century works. Wind Symphony regularly features guest soloists and guest conductors. Chamber Winds is comprised of the top musicians from each section of the Wind Symphony. The repertoire for the Chamber Winds includes works written for concert band and wind ensemble, as well as standard wind literature written for smaller ensembles of all sizes. Under LaCognataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baton, Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds have become an important

BLUE13: FIRE AND POWDER 2/19, 7pm: With their modern, colorful energy and theatrical performances, Blue13 has been established as one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most innovative and unique dance troupes.

Known for signature urban and Bollywood dance styles, Blue13â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fire & Powder is an imaginative adaptation of Romeo and Juliet bound to delight lovers of hip-hop, Bollywood and Shakespeare. Featuring a live drum line and energetic Indian soundtrack, this show fuses Bollywood with Hollywood, remaining true to Indian heritage while maintaining a modern edge. Admission: $5-$25. Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Road

ELKS CLUB DANCE SOCIAL 2/20, 7:30pm: Come dance with us at the Elks Club. DJ and Singer Tony LaFalce has more than 4,000 songs and will glady play your requests for all kinds of music: Â Ballroom, Latin, Shag, Nightclug, Country, and Line Dancing. Â More info call Tim Gugan 371-5368. Admission: S17.00 member couples, $20.00 guest couples. 5102 Oleander Dr. OVER 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DANCE 3/10, 7:30pm: Live music by Lenny Frank. Â Bring finger food or 2-liter drink. Â All ages welcome.

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2/20, all day: Friday, February 20th 3 - 9 p.m.; Saturday, February 21st 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come enjoy downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cutting-edge art show! Art for All is a BAC community event that provides an outlet for local and regional fine artists to share their talents and sell incredible artwork to the public at exceptional prices--all pieces $25 to $250.

Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews, 516 North 4th Street NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY Wintersongs features new work from painters like Ann Parks McCray, Sally Sutton, Janet Triplett, and Priscilla Whitlock. Snowy landscapes that evoke brisk Winter days are showcased in this exhibit. Wintersongs will remain on display through 2/21. 201 Princess St. LIFE IS BUT A DREAM Abstract, figurative and collage works by Elizabeth Darrowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a 1967 graduate of Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio) where she majored in painting. Â She has been working in oil and collage throughout her career, usually in the manner of Abstract Expressionism. In the past few years she has had shows to benefit Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospitality House, Airlie Gardensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Butterfly House, The New Hanover Humane Society, and Canines for Service. Her work is in numerous private collections around the country, as well as being part of the permanent collection of The Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, The Cumberland County (NC) Public Library, and in the collections of Duke University Medical Center, R.J. Reynolds, Lowes, Wells Fargo Bank, BB&T, SAS, Sara Lee, Inc., and Nations Bank. MC Erny Gallery at WHQR, 254 North Front Street EVALYN BOYD HINES ART EXHIBIT 2/23, all day: Spectrum Gallery at the Forum, is hosting an exhibit featuring the vibrant, abstract works of Evalyn Boyd Hines. Her work will be featured through the month of February. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are from 11-5 Monday-Saturday, except Thursdays when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re open until 8pm with live music and refreshments. 1125-J Military Cutoff Rd.

ANN LINDBERG: IN THE PINES This exhibit of paintings and mixed media drawings based on map imagery of the longleaf pine ecosystem is generously supposrted by a Charles L. Cahill Research Award. CAB Art Gallery Cultural Arts Building UNCW, 601 South College Rd.

NAGASAKI TO NORMANDY 2/25, all day: An exhibit of photographs spanning seven decades by a globe-trotting Wilmington native will be on display through March 26 in the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, 120 S. Front St. Titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nagasaki to Normandy: Seven Global Decades of Images of War and Peace, Peoples and Cultures,â&#x20AC;? the exhibit is the work of Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., a Wilmington author and military historian. A retired Navy captain, former assistant to President Gerald Ford and World War II historical tour leader, Jones took photographs in dozens of countries all over the world from 1956 to 2014. His wide variety of images cover the people he encountered, landscapes and cityscapes, cultural sites and the aftermaths of wars, both ancient and modern. While his historical specialty took him to numerous World War II battlefields in Europe and the Pacific, some of which are featured in the show, Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; photographs span a much broader range. Examples include street life in Hong Kong and Japan in the 1950s, ruins of medieval castles along the Rhine, and the present-day waterways and domestic life of Holland. Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; travels have taken him to 30 countries on four continents, plus most of the major island groups in the Pacific, and to dozens of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest cities, from Amsterdam to Tokyo. He is a member of the Cape Fear Camera Club and of the Wilmington Art Association. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

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For more info on prices and weekly social events, visit www.babsmcdance.com or call 395-5090. 76â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639 CONTRA DANCE Tuesday night dances, 5th Ave United Methodist Church on South 5th Ave at Nun, 7:30-9:30pm.

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TANGO WILMINGTON Tango classes and social dancing, Fridays, Carolina Lounge of Ramada Inn. 5001 Market Street (between College and Kerr). 8-9:45pm. $5 lounge entrance includes beginnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lesson, 7:30. Â

2/26, 5:30pm: Containment: Lidded Forms is an international exhibition juried by Mark Hewitt, which features lidded work made entirely of clay. Lecture by Mark Hewitt at 6:30. CAB Art Gallery Cultural Arts Building UNCW, 601 South College Rd. ARTFUEL VOL. 39 Artfuel is pleased to host local art work from Sharon Lafond, Liz Sullivan, Ann Garrett and Vicki O. Live music will be performed by Morris Cardenas, and food and drink will be provided. Come support our local artists. Artfuel Inc., 2165 Wrightsville Ave. SUSPENDED DERMIN 3/4, 4pm: Suspended Dermis is an exhibition of artworks by artists Andrew Etheridge and Michael Polomik. Andrew and Michael both began their arts careers together in Wilmington about 12 years ago, both venturing out to advance their creative studies and work. They have since exhibited widely and worked in prosthetics, honing their studies of both anatomy and materials. Their unique approaches to figurative artwork are both technically challenging and thought provoking, amassing a strong critical acclaim. This show is not one to miss. Bottega Art & Wine Gallery, 122 Princess Street FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT “Fourth Friday Gallery Night” is now coordinated by The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County, feat. 16 local art galleries and studios that will open their doors to the public in an after-hours celebration of art and culture, from 6-9pm, every fourth Friday of the month through 2014. Rhonda Bellamy at 910-343-0998, 221 N. Front St. Suite 101. artscouncilofwilmington.org

museum POWER PLANT 3/14, noon: Power Plant. $65 per person. $60 for members or active military. Join us for an in-depth program on the Battleship’s propulsion, electrical and distillation systems. This program features classroom presentations and a behind-the-scenes tour of the ship’s turbines, boilers, diesels, evaporators and more. The tour is limed to ages 16 & older. Bring your camera! Reservations required— Space is limited to 32 people. Battleship North Carolina, 1 Battleship Road CAPE FEAR MUSEUM Exhibits: Make It Work, through 9/13/15: Encourages visitors to explore the six types of universal simple machines to learn how they make work easier. Lift levers, work with wedges, and encounter other maritime-related hands-on activities. View historic objects and images from the museum’s collection related to Wilmington’s boat and ship building history and make connections to simple machines. Sponsored by Landfall Foundation. • Fort Fisher: 150 Years, through 7/13/15: Includes hundreds of artifacts that document the history of Fort Fisher and its changing role in the community. View a selection of objects and images that shed light on the past 150 years. Examine artifacts from when Fort Fisher was a battle site. See some of the different the ways the site has been used since 1865. • World War II: A Local Artist’s Perspective: In time for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing and the Normandy campaign, Cape Fear Museum will be exhibiting one of the region’s most powerful collections of World War II artifacts. • Cape Fear Stories presents artifacts, images, models, and 3D settings to explore people’s lives in the Lower Cape Fear from Native American times through the end of the 20th century. • Michael Jordan Discovery Gal-

lery, Williston Auditorium, giant ground sloth, Maritime Pavilion and more! 910-798-4370. Hours: Tues-Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. $5-$8. Free for museum members and children under 3. New Hanover County residents’ free day is the first Sun. ea. month. 814 Market St. capefearmuseum MISSILES AND MORE MUSEUM Topsail Island’s Missiles and More Museum features the rich history and artifacts of this area from prehistoric to present time. Exhibits: Operation Bumblebee, missile project that operated on Topsail Island shortly after World War II; Camp Davis, an important antiaircraft training center during WWII located near Topsail Island; WASPS, group of young, daring women who were the first female pilots trained to fly American military aircraft during WWII; Pirates of the Carolinas, depicting the history and “colorful” stories of 10 pirates in the Carolinas including the infamous Blackbeard; Shell Exhibits, and intricate seashells from all over the world as well as Topsail; and more! 720 Channel Blvd. in Topsail Beach. Mon-Fri, 2-5pm; after Memorial Day through Sat, 2-5pm. 910-328-8663 or 910-328-2488. topsailmissilesmuseum.org.

CF SERPENTARIUM World’s most fascinating and dangerous reptiles in beautiful natural habitats. See “Bubble Boy” a 12-foot saltwater crocodile, and “Sheena”, a gigantic Reticulated Python big enough to swallow a human being whole! There are dozens of other incredible live specimens, from huge anacondas to deadly bushmasters from the Amazonian jungle. King Cobras 15 ft long erect their hoods and amaze you. Black Mambas, Spitting Cobras, Gaboon Vipers, Puff Adders, Fer-delances and more! Over 100 species, some so rare they are not exhibited anywhere else. New Christmas exhibit features “Chomp” a gigantic alligator snapping turtle with a head the size of a basketball. Also brand new is the Inland Taipan from Australia, the snake having the world’s deadliest venom. Winter schedule is Wed-Sun, 11 am - 5 pm (until 6 pm on Saturday). Address: 20 Orange St., across from the Historic Downtown River Walk, intersecting Front and Water Street.

(910)762-1669. www.capefearserpentarium.com WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM The Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach. Visitors to the cottage will find a scale model of Wrightsville Beach circa 1910, exhibits featuring the early days of the beach including Lumina Pavilion, our hurricane history and information about the interaction between the people and our natural environment which have shaped the 100 year history of Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256-2569. 303 West Salisbury St. wbmuseum.com.

WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Children’s Hall, and spectacular model layouts. House in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and afterhours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd Mondays at 10:30am, only $4 per family and access to entire Museum. Admission only $8.50 adult, $7.50 senior/military, $4.50 child age 2-12, and free under age 2. North end of downtown, 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634, www.wrrm.org.

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

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Sessions will take place on March 12, 19 and CAMERON ART MUSEUM FILM CLUB 26, and participants must do all three sessions and Exhibits: State of the Art/Art of the State Film Club teaches kids how to make their own opens 9/20—curated by Peter Eleey, MoMA pre-register to join. The classes are free and kids will movies! Over the course of three lively, interacP.S 1, NY; Laura Hoptman, Dept. of Painting learn how to create their own story, develop narrative tive sessions, participants work with each other and Sculpture, MoMA, NY; and Heidi Zuckskills, practice problem-solving and learn team work! and director Mr. Scooter to create a short film. erman Jacobson, Nancy and Bob Magoon Call 910-798-6393 for more information.

Through creating their own story on film, CEO and director, Aspen Art Museum. The children develop narrative skills, practice exhibit is a representation of living artists’ negotiating conflicts, and learn about self-selected artwork from across the state of the parts of a story, all of which helps North Carolina. Hangs through 2/12/15. • Matter them en- gage with literature when they read, for of Reverence: 11/15: For over forty years, Hirokids ages 10 to 15. Sessions will take place on shi Sueyoshi (Japanese, b. 1946) has worked in March 12th, 19th, and 26th. Participants must atthe medium of clay. This exhibition explores the TEACH TENNIS TO LARGE GROUPS tend all three sessions, and must pre-register usevolution of his art and philosophy as well as his 2/20, 1:30pm: Learn how to teach tennis to ing the online calendar at www.nhcgov.com, or by major influences including Isamu Noguchi, Peter large groups. Free for Teachers, PE Teachers, calling 910-798-6393, or by emailing Mr. Scooter Voulkos and Ruth Duckworth. Featuring work After-school coaches or volunteer coaches for at shayes@nhcgov.com. Main Library, NHC, 201 from CAM’s permanent collection as well as after-school middle school programs. Teachers Chestnut Street loans from private and public collections includearn credit hours for attending. J.T. Hoggard High ing the Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, the BEHIND THE GARAGE School, 4305 Shipyard Blvd Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC and the Asheville Behind the Garage Series: Subversive Films & ExArt Museum, Asheville, NC. Free for members. • CF BACKYARD NATURALIST PROGRAM perimental Music. Subversive films shown every 3/12, 6pm: Join NCSU Cooperative Extension Corner of South 17th St. and Independence Blvd.

Sunday at 8pm, followed by experimental musiand the NC National Estuarine Research Reserve Tues-Sun,10am-5pm; Thurs: 10am-9pm. Museum cal guests. 8PM: Controversial, eye-opening and for their Cape Fear Backyard Naturalist Program members free, $8 non-members, $5 students with entertaining films & documentaries shown weekly. to explore our urban environment and the plants valid ID, $3 children age 2 -12. • CAM Café hrs: 10PM: Experimental, avant garde, noise, and and animals that make up our local habitat.

Want Tues-Sat, 11am-3pm; Sun, 10am-3pm; Thurs. dinother unclassfiable musical performances at 10. to encourage your children or grandchildren to ner. 910-395-5999. www.cameronartmuseum.org Hosted by Karl Tyler Perry. Juggling Gypsy Cafe & get outside and explore the living world around Hookah Bar, 1612 Castle St BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE them? 12 week program will give you an aware18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in ness of the incredible biodiversity surrounding us the heart of Wilmington’s Historic District, is the and the opportunity for you to discover how you fit oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th into our urban environment; runs from 3/19-6/6. and 19th century decor and gardens. Colonial life Meets every Thursday evening, 6-8pm, Wilmingis experienced through historical interpretations GREAT FRIEND 2 KIDS AWARDS ton Homebrew Supply Co. Six guided field trips, in kitchen-building and courtyard. 3rd and Market 2/18, noon: Join us for the feel-good event of every other Sat. morning, which will dive even furSt. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. Last tour, 3pm. Admisthe season! The Children’s Museum of Wilmingther into our local ecosystems. Field guides, field sion rqd. (910) 762-0570. www.burgwinwrightton announces the fourth annual Great Friend 2 trip supplies, and all other materials are included. house.com.

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outstanding contributions to strengthening and advancing the interests of our children. This magical event is essentially four surprise parties one after another--and one you won’t want to miss.

Union Station Windell Daniels Hall at Cape Fear Community College, $75 per person, $600 per table/8. Make reservations at www.playwilmington. org or call the Children’s Museum of Wilmington at (910) 254-3534. With Guest Speakers and Featured Awardees. Wendell and Linda Murphy, who will accept the Award for Innate Love of Learning.

COMEDY KIDS 3/3, 4pm: Is your kid hilarious? Mr. Scooter is organizing improvisation and comedy games for ages 8 and older at Myrtle Grove Library. While they crack each other up, participants will also be creating and telling stories through dialogue, articulating ideas, working with peers, and developing their vocabularies. The program is free and you don’t have to register in advance. This event is fro 4PM to 4:45PM. Contact Scooter Hayes shayes@nhcgov.com 910-798-6393. Myrtle Grove Public Library, 5155 S. College Rd. THEATRE NOW Children’s Theater Super Saturday Fun Time. Kid’s live adventure and variety show. Saturdays. Doors open att 3pm. $8/$1 off with Kid’s Club Membership. Drop off service available.Tickets: www.theatrewilmington.com or 910-399-3NOW MEETUPS FOR TEENS Lower Cape Fear Hospice will host free MeetUps for Teens from 5-6:30 p.m. Wed, March 4, at Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Dr. Teens may attend one, two or all three workshops. Pizza will be served. Meet other young people who have experienced the death of someone special. A permission form must be signed by a parent or guardian. Pre-reg. mandatory. 910-796-7991. When leaving a message, please leave your name, phone number and indicate the specific program you wish to attend. www.lcfh.org or facebook.com/lcfhospice RAP CLUB 3/10, 3:30pm: Choose the beat! Write the lyrics! Record the song for NHC Library’s forthcoming Rap Club album! Why? Because it’s fun, and because research proves that playing with rhyme boosts reading skills. For kids ages 8 and up. Must pre-register using the online calendar atwww.nhclibrary.org, or by calling 910-7986393, or by emailing Mr. Scooter at shayes@ nhcgov.com. Myrtle Grove Public Library, 5155 S. College Road.

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THE STORY OF MR. WILLIAM POLITE 2/20, 1pm: Learn the fascinating story of Mr. William Polite, head waiter at the best local hotels: The Seashore and Oceanic at Wrightsville Beach and The Orton in Wilmington. Also an entrepreneur, Mr. Polite owned a catering company and developed Polite’s Pepper Sauce and Polite’s Canning Company. Program is for children ages 5-9. Free. Space is limited; call 910-256-2569 to register. www.wbmuseum.com. Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, 303 W. Salisbury St. ETERNAL LIFE 2/20, 2pm: Join Brightmore of Wilmington [www.

BrightmoreofWilmington.com] for “Eternel Life: Could It Be That God Didn’t Intend You to Age?” presented by International Christian Science speaker and teacher Mark Swinney as he discusses the spiritual approach to aging. This program is part of Brightmore of Wilmington’s Brightmore University Series offering lifelong learning and enrichment opportunities for Wilmington’s active seniors. Brightmore University is a component of the community’s Fitness and Wellness Program, chosen the Best of the Nation by the National Association of Home Builders receiving the 2015 Best of 50+ Housing Gold Award. ,The lecture will take place at Brightmore Independent in the Fitness Center. Brightmore of Wilmington is a retire-

ment community offering a continuum of on-site lifestyle choices for people age 62+. Space is limited. RSVP by Wednesday, February 18th by calling (910) 350-1980. Brightmore of Wilmington, 2324 41st Street THE POT BELLY STOVE 2/21, 2pm: The public is invited to enjoy the telling of the history of C. F. Pope High School based on experiences, stories, and facts, told by the members of the Class of 1964, through song and personal stories, with introductions of former students, faculty and staff. Burgaw Elementary School Gym, 400 North Wright Street WINNIE THE POOH 2/21, 3pm: Brunswick Little Theatre is proud to present the Disney Musical Winnie The Pooh KIDS, a Let’s PLAY! Children’s Theatre Workshop Production, February 20-22. Shows will be 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday and 3 pm Saturday and Sunday. Special “Pooh’s Picnic Seating” is available right up front for our smaller guests. Tickets are only $5 with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items for Matthews Ministry. Tickets and more info at www.brunswicklittletheatre.com.

Brunswick Little Theatre, 8068 SE River Road

2/26, 11am: Book talk with Tony Rivenbark, “Images of America: Thalian Hall.” Thalian Hall is one of the oldest and most beautiful theaters in America. Forming the east wing of Wilmington’s iconic city hall, this dual-purpose building has been at the center of the community’s cultural and political life since it first opened in 1858. Thalian Hall is the only surviving theater designed

by John Montague Trimble, one of America’s foremost 19th-century theater architects. It was built at a time when Wilmington was the largest city in NC. Thalian Hall is the embodiment of a tradition of performance that stretches back for over two centuries. It has hosted Shakespearean tragedies, musical concerts, and even boxing and wrestling events.

Latimer House, 126 S. 3rd Street

2/26: BOOK TALK The one and only Tony Rivenbark penned a book in 2014, “Images of America: Thalian Hall,” and will be reading from it at Latimer House (126 S. Third St.) on Thursday, February 26, as part of their new Book Talk programming. Rivenbark, who’s been the executive director of Thalian Hall for 35 years, will speak about NC’s official theater, as well as its iconic city hall and the inspiration of performing arts and political life that’s surrounded it since its opening in 1858.

NEIL SHUBIN 2/23, 7pm: The UNCW Honors College hosts the lecture “Your Inner Fish” by Dr. Neil Shubin on Monday, February 23, at 7 PM in the Burney Center on the UNCW Campus. Shubin discovered the 375-million-year-old ‘Tiktaalik roseae’ fossil, considered to be an important transitional form between fish and land animals, and is the host of the recent PBS series “Your Inner Fish”. Free and open to the public. No tickets required. UNCW, Burney Center, 601 S. College Road

IRISH HISTORY LECTURE 3/1, 2pm: Prepare for St. Patrick’s Day with an afternoon of Irish history, dance, music, and food!

No advance reservations are being taken for this free public library program. Dr. Paul Townend will open the program with an overview of the five big topics of Irish History: Who were the Irish? Ireland and the Vikings; the Scots-Irish; alcohol and the Irish; and the globalized Irish. Dr. Townend joined UNCW’s faculty in 2001, where he is Associate Professor of British and Irish History. Dr. Townend’s remarks will be followed by entertainment by Slainte, UNCW’s Irish Dance Club, and by the Port City Irish Band. The Harp, an authentic Irish pub located at 1423 S. Third Street, will offer refreshments. Contact Teresa Bishop, tbishop@ nhcgov.com / 910-798-6371. NHC Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

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3/3, 7pm: In the critically acclaimed memoir-turned Netflix series Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman recounts the year she spent in a correctional facility. Kerman’s book is a compelling and moving conversation about the women she met while incarcerated, raising issues of friendship and family, codes of behavior, and the almost complete lack of guidance for life after prison. Now, Kerman advocates for change in the prison system, speaking to groups that include federal probation officers, public defenders, and formerly incarcerated people. Admission: $10. UNCW, Burney Center, 601 S. College Road

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Enjoy a brief discussion about Energy & Holistic Healing benefits for pets. Christine will then lead a guided meditation and send distant healing for your beloved pets. You will have a chance to share your healing intention for your pet. Please bring a current photo of your pet. Do not bring your pet unless you pre-arrange with Christine. Love donation donated to local animal rescue. Admission: Love donation - $10 Suggested. Eastern Therapeutic Center, 3333 Wrightsville Ave, Suite M

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ers fundamentals. What you need to know about our coastal environment is held on the second Sa., 2/28, 8am-1pm. Course closes with a 2-hour training cruise to tie everything together and show you firsthand what the local waterways are like. $70 per person or 2 family members can share the textbook at the discounted price of $115. Visit our website capefearboatingcourse.org to learn more and enroll. Email the class registrar at weteachboating@gmail.com if you have questions. Cape Fear Community College, 411 N Front St.

TAVERNAY’S APPRAISAL CLINIC 2/18, all day: It’s Appraisal time! Know the value of your jewelry. Independent appraiser, Mark Burns is coming to Tavernays in February…. so get out your jewels and come on in… we’ll not only clean your jewelry and make it shine, we’ll let you know it’s value. Tavernays Jewelers, 4412 Wrightsville Ave

PARENT AND CHILD YOGA Through 2/22, 3pm: Parent & Child Yoga. Improve overall health, reduce anxiety, enhance brain function, build attention span, deepen impulse control, strengthen bond betwen parent & child. 8 week workshop - $100 (approx. $12/class Certified Yoga Instructor: Wortley Whitehead. Exceptional Educators, LLC, 5022-C Wrightsville Avenue

FROM VISION TO MANIFESTATION 2/21, 10am: Global Prophetic Center From Vision to Manifestation Empowerment Workshops for Growth. Saturday, February 21, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Held at Global Prophetic Training Center, 115 Wright St. 855-409-7522 or email info@globalprophetic.org

FROM PAGE TO PUBLICATION Feb. 22 – Mar. 22, Sun. 2-4:30 p.m. (5-week class). This workshop teaches participants how to pursue publication in a variety of arenas, from local magazines, self-created blogs, to national literary and popular magazines. Learn the pros and cons of contests, and then practice and prepare one written work by first fine tuning a chosen piece, preparing for submission, and then gaining the confidence to send your work out into the world. Take the plunge. Instructor: Margo Williams. Admission: Call for fees. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th Street

BOAT SAFELY ON THE WATERWAYS The Cape Fear Sail & Power Squadron, “America’s Boating Club,” will present its comprehensive introductory boating course beginning on Sat., 2/21, at the Cape Fear Community College. The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators approved and USCG recognized course is presented on a single Saturday (8am-4:30pm).

Satisfies the NC safe boating education requirement for anyone less than 26 years of age. Cov-

WRITERS UN-BLOCK 2/22, 2pm: Christine Moughamian presents an interactive workshops for writers of all levels.

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new spark, or a beginner building self-confidence, you’ll benefit from participating in this workshop.

Join award-winning writer Christine Moughamian for fun activities designed to let your creative juices flow! Fee: $25. Register on the Pomegranate Books Facebook page, call (910) 452-1107 or, visit the store at 4418 Park Ave. BEGINNER COMPUTER CLASS 2/23, 10am: 2/23: Introduction to Computers; 2/25: Introduction to Microsoft Word; 3/2: Internet and Email Basics; 3/4: Resume Rebuild and Online Job Searching. 10am - 11am. All classes are free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Computer Room Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm. Sat., 10am-2pm. Summer Camp reg: Mar 16, $15/week. Financial assistance available.

Maides Park, 1101 Manly DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS Beginning Feb. 24 – Mar. 31, Tues. 9am-noon.

Learning to draw what you see is the first step towards creating a successful painting. “Drawing Fundamentals” focuses on measuring, finding shapes and values, creating depth and rendering textures. Instructor: Todd Carignan. Admission: Call for fees. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th Street WINE AND PAINT WITH JAHDE 2/24, 3/3, 7pm: A group paint lesson with Jahde and a glass of wine for $30. Call for reservation.

Includes canvas, paint, glass of wine, paint lesson and fun. 910-833-5182. Bellas Bar LoCAL, 19 Market Street PRESCHOOL MATH AND SCIENCE 2/24, 3:30pm: Play, learn, and explore math and science with your child! Kids ages 3 to 6 and their parents will learn about patterns and sounds

through an interactive story time, hands-on experiments, and exploration stations. This free program is offered three times in January at different New Hanover County Library branches. Please use the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org to register for the session of your choice. Raquel Fava rfava@nhcgov.com / 910-798-6365. New Hanover County Myrtle Grove Library, 5155 S. College Rd. HULA HOOP DANCE CLASS Learn to hoop with rockin music and a guaranteed danceable groove - if you love to dance, then you’ll love hoop dance! (Added bonus: an hour hooping can burn up to 600 calories!) No experience needed and hoops provided. Classes taught at the Community Center on Wednesday evenings, 6:30-7:30 pm by Suzi McLean. Suzi is a registered nurse with over 35 years experience in a variety of Healthcare settings and a lifelong passion for combining fitness with fun.suzimclean169@gmail. com to reserve your hoop; $5/person/class. Kure Beach Community Center, 118 N. 3rd Ave PRUNING WORKSHOP 3/1, 2pm-4pm. This workshop will involve some indoor instruction and outdoor demonstrations in the gardens. It is open to the public and there is no charge. NHC Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Drive BACK TO BASIC GARDENING 2/23, 3/2, 9, 6pm: Need some help with that jungle you call a backyard? Pruning enough or too much? Bored at home on a dull winter’s evening? Come and learn some new gardening skills or refresh your old ones. Classes start February 23rd, Monday evenings from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at the Arboretum Auditorium, $10 per session or $50 for the whole series. Advance registration required, for more information call; (910) 798-7660.

New Hanover County Arboretum Auditorium, 6206 Oleander Dr. BLUEBIRD WORKSHOP 3/7, 9:15am: Join us for a free program on the Eastern Bluebird. Learn all about one of our area’s most vibrant songbirds, their habitat and food preferences, and how to attract them to your yard. Nesting season is right around the corner! Wild Bird & Garden (Wilmington), 3501 Oleander Dr (Hanover Center)

WEDNESDAYS: AA Have a friend, family member or are you struggling with sobriety? Let Alcoholics Anonymous help! They hold meetings every Wesnesday in the Fellowship Center at 5901 Wrightsville Avenue at 7 p.m. The support group helps folks struggling with the past and with addiction. It’s a closed meeting for those who have a desire to stop drinking. For more information, visit www.aa.org.

FAMILY SCIENCE SATURDAYS 3/10, 10am: Celebrate Pi Day and Albert Einstein’s birthday as you measure, estimate, identify, reason, plot, and predict your way through interactive mathematics activities. Play with math to discover how it figures into your everyday life. Design your own math button to take home! Parental participation required.

Free for members with admission. Cape Fear MuILM OPTIONS DISCUSSION GROUP seum, 814 Market Street 2/18, 6:30pm: The Wilmington Options DiscusORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING 101 sion Group meets monthly on the 4th Wednes3/11, 7pm: Hear from local experts in the exdays. February’s special meeting will feature Tim panding organic farming scene in New Hanover Reazor of Dallas TX who will discuss actionCounty. Matt Collogan, educator and organic able stock and option trades and will be held on farming advocate, and Evan Folds, President of Wednesday February 18th at 6:30 PM. Details Progressive Gardens Inc., are strong advocates (910) 799-7887. $5 - $7. Wilmington Executive for small, organic farms, backyard gardens and Development Center, 1241 Military Cutoff Trail the use of innovative agricultural techniques.

36 GOLD DISTRICT PRAYER CONFERENCE Come learn about these environmentally friendly 2/23-3/1: Services will be 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23-27. gardening ideas and how our backyard gardens Theme: Christian in Spite of Everything: The Posican help to protect our coastal waters, wildlife and tion of Liberty - Stand Fast! Feb. 23 - Pre-musical habitats. Join the discussion as experts bring life program with host choir Echoe Specials, Greater to coastal topics such as oyster farming, sea level Lover Chapel Church and more. Pastor Grace rise, gardening with native plants, and pressing isHinton of Greater Faith & Love Ministry, Fayettesues such as Titan Cement and the hardening of ville will be the speaker. Feb. 24 - Evangelist Misour coast. All presentations take place at the Fred sionary Barbara Williamson of Refuge Temple, and Alice Stanback Coastal Education Center in Clinton. Feb. 25 - Pastor Theodore Jones of Life Wrightsville Beach from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Changing Ministry Family Worship Center, WilmThe Speakers Series is free to members with a ington. Feb. 26 - District Missionary Day with suggested $10 donation for non-members. Fred Missionary Louvenia Haynes, presiding. Feb. 27 and Alice Stanback Education Center, 309 West - Carolyn McAuley of Well of Life Ministry of DeSalisbury Street liverance, Fayetteville. Youth Explosion day will be ZUMBA W/LYNN MOLINA 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 28. “Facing the Giant” will be Mon/Wed/Fri, 6:30pm; Sat, 10:30am: Join Lishown at 9 a.m. A Bible quiz with Clyde Haynes. censed Zumba® Instructor, Lynn Molina! Bring Black history with Missionary Barbara Taylor. Rewater and a smile and shake it with us!! $5 Drop enactment “Kenny and the Giant” short story by in rate. Danceworks, 4209 Oleander Drive Kenneth Peterson. At 1 p.m. Feb. 28 a youth theme: “Two Ways - Two Choices; Give God a ART CLASSES Chance! The guest speaker will be Evangelist MisArt Classes with Lois DeWitt, professional art insionary Cathy Lois Tearry of Fayetteville. Superinstructor. Water color, basic drawing, drawing with tendent’s Day will be March 1. The speaker at the colored pencils, finding your inner artist, and oil 11 a.m. worship service will be Superintendent pastels. Small classes, individual guidance. 6905 A.E. Peterson, Presiding. 910-515-3590. Greater Southern Exposure. 910-547-8115.

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2/28, 10am: New Hanover County Public Library invites quilters, knitters, crocheters, and fleececrafters to drop in at this blanket bee, to create blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or in need. All blankets and donated materials will go to the New Hanover/Brunswick/ Pender chapter of Project Linus. Blanketeers may bring sewing machines and crafting tools, projects in progress, and kid-friendly cotton fabric, yarn, fleece, or batting to work with or donate.

Non-crafty volunteers are also welcome to drop in for part or all of the blanket bee. Patricia Dew, Myrtle Grove Library manager, at 910-798-6328 orpdew@nhcgov.com. www.projectlinus.org.

Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. AA SOBRIETY MEETINGS Trudge through roadblocks rooted in past trauma(s), regardless of cause.

Discussion (closed meeting for those with a desire to stop drinking). Fellowship Center (next to Intergroup), 5901 Wrightsville Ave. Wed. meetings, 7pm.

NC AZALEA FEST SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT 3/14, 7:30pm: Junior high school students from area high schools compete in this annual Scholarship Pageant based on a private interview with judges, evening gown competition and on-stage presentation. BB&T and the Azalea Festival Youth Committee (AFYC) sponsor the North Carolina Azalea Festival Scholarship Pageant. The winner is the recipient of the Beverly Anne Jurgensen Scholarship Award, named after the beloved Past President of the North Carolina Azalea Festival.

AFYC conducts fundraisers year-round to obtain proceeds for the annual event and to present the pageant. Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Road FAMILIES ANONYMOUS Thursdays, 7:30pm: A worldwide 12-step recovery fellowship has started a new group in Wilmington for families whose lives are affected by a family member’s use of mind-altering substances or related behavioral problems—especially helpful to parents struggling with an addicted child. Through meetings, literature and a caring fellowship, FA can help parents develop the skills to cope with this family disease and bring serenity back to their lives. No dues or fees are required for membership. First names only are used at meetings to preserve individual anonymity. Advance notice is not necessary to attend a meeting. Visitors are welcome. 609-238-0174 or email clark@milioti. com. Wilmington Treatment Center, 2520 Troy Dr. About the FA organization: www.familiesanonymous.org or 847-294-5877 or 800-736-9805. All calls and contacts are confidential.

OVEREATER’S ANONYMOUS Wednesdays, Pine Valley United Methodist Church. OA is a 12-Step organization for anyone suffering from compulsive overeating, anorexia, bulimia, or any food/eating-related issue. We have helped thousands of people stop their selfdestructive habits and start living healthy, rewarding lives. There are over 30 meetings a week in the greater Triangle area. We have no dues, fees, or religious affiliations. Come and see how we can help you! Call 919-406-9300, or visit us at www. triangleoa.org. 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B CAREGIVERS AND COFFEE Free monthly meeting on the third Friday of each month, 9:30am. Every day, staff and volunteers of Lower Cape Fear Hospice see the challenges faced by those caring for loved ones. Caregivers and Coffee was created to offer caregivers assistance and encouragement. Each month, LCFH will offer a Caregivers and Coffee session where caregivers can come, share their experiences, encourage each other and learn about valuable resources and support. Meetings will be facilitated by hospice staff, but will also feature topics selected by the group, including visits from other community organizations. Caregivers and Coffee will include informal conversations, learning opportunities and coffee. Chris Scott at 796-7927 or chris.scott@lcfh.org. Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Drive PORT CITY PLAYWRIGHTS The Port City Playwrights’ Project will meet on alternate Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. Playwrights and screenplay writers at all levels of development are welcome. PCPP is currently planning Ages and Stages. Late March staged reading of members’ works will be followed by discussions with the audience. The location of the Saturday meetings is usually McAlister’s Deli, 740 South College Road, Wilmington, with occasional sessions at a member’s home. For additional information, email Executive Director Susan M. Steadman, Ph.D., at portcityplaywrightsproject@gmail.com or http://portcityplaywright.wix.com/pcpp.

TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP Transgender Support Group, 1st Thurs./mo., 7-8pm. For more information please contact Therapist Nova Swanstrom: 910-343-6890. You must talk with Nova first before coming to a support group meeting!

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life back in control.” Ogden Baptist Church, 7121 Market St. FOCUS ON YOU SUPPORT GROUP Aims to provide an emotionally safe space where women with cancer and their families can connect with others in the same situation. Women of Hope uses education to empower women through early detection and continuing support throughout their treatment. Survivorship Support Group is for female cancer patient who is in any stage of treatment. Caregiver Support Group is for anyone affected by a loved one’s cancer diagnosis. Meets 2nd/4th Thurs, 6:30-8pm. Friendly Community Baptist Church, 1730 US Hwy. 117, Burgaw. Penelope at penelope@womenofhopenc.org.

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THRIVE A Christ-Centered 12-Step Support group, helping people overcome “Hurts, Habits and Hangups.” Thrive meets every Monday evening at 7pm at Life Community Church (LCC) inside Independence Mall. Large group begins at 7pm and men’s and women’s small groups begin at 8pm The meetings are in the Extension, which is next to Sears and across from Branches Bookstore.

Contact information: Pastor Jim Snider 910-7913859 or www.lifecc.com. 3500 Oleander Dr. DOCTOR WHO WEDNESDAYS Come in to watch Doctor Who episodes every Wednesday night. Come in Cosplay, be a dork, be a geek, nerd out, but most of all be a Whovian!

Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace Street ALZHEIMER’S ASSOC. SUPPORT GROUP For family caregivers. It’s not appropriate for people with dementia to attend. The group meets the fourth Monday of every month, 2pm. Free.

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AZALEA COAST EXECUTIVE NETWORK Meets the first Monday of each month at 5:30 pm for networking, dinner at 6 at Henry’s, 2508 Independence Blvd. Wilmington. Female business women networking and professional development. Dinner is dutch $15; annual membership $24. Details 762-8562. Henry’s Restaurant Wilmington NC, 2508 Independence Blvd.

OCD/ANXIETY DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP 7pm: Building B. Group meets the first and third Thursday of each month. Open to adults 18 and older. Family members welcome. The first Thursday of each month is an educational presentation

by Dr.Savard. Third Thursday is member led. Free.

Details: 763-8134. Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B

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3/21 Local Brews Local Grooves - The Ultimate Craft Beer & Music Festival 3/28 Ledisi with Raheem DeVaughn and Leela James 4/11 Aaron Lewis

4/17 moe.

4/18 Blackberry Smoke 4/20 All Time Low 5/8 Flogging Molly

… and much more, visit hob.com/myrtlebeach for complete listing!

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS OA is a 12-Step organization for anyone suffering from compulsive overeating, anorexia, bulimia, or any food/eating-related issue. We have helped thousands of people stop their self-destructive habits and start living healthy, rewarding lives. We have no dues, fees, or religious affiliations. Come and see how we can help you! Call 919-406-9300, or visit us at www.triangleoa.org.

Wednesdays at Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB Club meets third Tues. each month, Sept thru June, 7pm at Cape Fear Community College, McCloud Bldg, room S002. www.capefearcameraclub.org CAPE FEAR KNITTERS Cape Fear Knitters, the Wilmington chapter of The Knitting Guild of America (TKGA) meets the third Sat. ea. month, 10am-noon. Gerri: 371-3556.

Judy: 383-0374.

CHADD Wilmington Area CHADD meets on the 2nd Mon-

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

Free. Pine Valley United Methodist Church 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B. http://www.WilmingtonCHADD.org PSORIASIS SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 2nd Sat. of month at Port City Java in Harris Teeter on College and Wilshire, 5pm. Christopher: (910) 232-6744 or cvp@yahoo.com. Free; meet others with psoriasis and get educated on resources and program assistance.

CAPE FEAR WEDDING ASSOCIATION Meet and greets the third Wed. ea. month. $25, members free. capefearweddingassociation.com YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF NHC Meet the 1st and 3rd Tues. ea. month at the downtown public library, third floor, 6:30pm. Ages 18-35.

WILMINGTON MS SELF HELP GROUP MEET Meets the 2nd Thurs. ea. month at 7pm in the New Hanover Rehabilitation Hospital, 1st floor conference room, behind the Betty Cameron Women’s Hospital on 17th Street. Open to all with Multiple Sclerosis, family and friends. Handicapped accessible parking and meeting room. Affiliated with the Greater Carolinas Chapter of the National MS Society. Burt Masters, (910) 383-1368.

PFLAG PFLAG Meeting is first Mon/mo. at UNCW, in the Masonboro Island Room #2010, 7pm.

HOLLYWOOD LOCATION TOURS Tour one of America’s largest living film sets; historic downtown Wilmington. This fun-filled 90 minute walking tour will lead gue sts to actual movie & TV locations. Tours will depart Tues., Thurs., Sat. and Sun. afternoons at 2pm. Reservations are required, $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, students or military and children 6 or under are free. 910794-7177, www.HollywoodNC.com.

HENRIETTA III CRUISES An elegant, 3 tiered boat offering sight-seeing, lunch and dinner cruises, site seeing tours and a Sunset Dinner Cruise June-Aug. On the riverfront. April-Oct: Narrated sightseeing cruises 2:30pm 1-1/2 hours Tuesday-Sunday, Narrated lunch cruises 12:00 noon 1-1/2 hours TuesdaySaturday. May-Oct: Murder Mystery Dinner Cruises, Tuesday & Thursday evening 2 hours 6:30 pm; Apr-Dec: Friday evening dinner cruises 2-1/2 hours 7:30 pm, Saturday evening dinner cruises 3 hours 6:30 pm. 343-1611. www.cfrboats.com THALIAN HALL TOURS In addition to a full schedule of performances, selfguided tours of the theater are offered Mon-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 2-6pm. Guided tours by appt. 910343-3664.

GHOST WALK 6:30pm & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington. Nightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Admission charge. Meets at Water & Market streets.

Reservations required: 910-794-1866; www. hauntedwilmington.com HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions.Market and Water streets. $12 for adults, $5 per child. (910) 2518889 or www.horsedrawntours.com

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WINE TASTING Ongoing bi monthly wine tasting event taking place on the first and third Thurs. of each month.

A Tasting Room will be pouring a new selection of high quality small production wines and chef Tomm Mills will prepare tasty nibbles to pare for your enjoyment. Wines can be ordered that night and we will shedule convenient delivery right to your door. We are looking forward to tasting with you! The Front Room @ Little Pond Caterers, 2016 Princess Place FERMENTAL Weekly wine and beer tasting, Fridays. Free. 910821-0362 for details. 7250 Market St., www.fermental.net.

WINE AND DESIGN ON WHEELS 2/24, 6:30pm: On Tuesday 2/24, join us for Wine and Design on Wheels from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. We will be painting a Wrightsville Beach scene while enjoying wine bar specials. Register on the Wine and Design website. The cost is $30 and covers all painting materials and instruction.

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HOMEBREW COMPETITION Wilmington Homebrew Competition welcomes anyone who has a winning recipe to try and take home Best In Show. Their beer will go on tap at Front Street Brewery, where they’ll have the opportunity to brew the winning recipe on Front Street Brewery’s 10 Barrel Brewing System. Entry fee: $10 per entry; make checks payable to Front St. Brewery. Deadline is Wednesday, February 25th. Entrants will receive an individual entry to the Award Ceremony at Ziggy’s By The Sea

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(208 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401) and entry into the VIP Homebrewers Bottle Share after the awards are announced. Spectator tickets will be available for $5 at Ziggy’s by the Sea. Local Band The Coastal Collective will also be performing. Medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category above, as well as one overall Best of Show award. The Best in Show beer will be brewed and distributed locally by the Front St. Brewery. Beers will be judged on Saturday, February 28th, with the awards ceremony being held Sunday, March 1st at Ziggy’s By The Sea from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Requirements: One 6-pack of 12-oz plain brown unmarked bottles or the equivalent, i.e., growlers, flip-tops, etc. If kegs are entered, all dispensing equipment must also be provided and will be returned. Each entry must include this completed form, and each bottle must have the below completed bottle forms cut out and attached with rubber band only. www.FrontStreetBrewery.com. 910-251-1935. Front Street Brewery, 9 N Front St. DOWNTOWN DIVAS DRAG BRUNCH 3/1, 1pm: If you were missing Drag Brunch since the close of Perkeo, here’s your chance to catch up with Tara Nicole Brooks and her coterie of amazing drag performers! Doors open at 12:30, show starts at 1 and wraps up around 3. Admission is $10 and brunch is a la carte. Bar is open!

Come and enjoy some of the finest performers in the Southeast and they display their finest garb and perform your favorite songs! TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th Street WINEDOWN WEDNESDAYS Free tasting of wine from around the globe. Every week hosted by a winery representative or vendor to teach you about the selections. All wines of-

fered at a discount as well as an additional 10%off 6 packs and 15%off cases. Come winedown after a long humpday. Palate Bottle Shop & Reserve, 1007 N. 4th St. FEAST DOWN EAST BUYING CLUB Enjoy the quality, value and convenience of the Feast Down East Buying Club. It costs nothing to join. The benefits are immeasurable. It is a great way to eat healthier, while knowing you support your local farm families and community. Log on at www.FeastDownEast.org and start buying fresh local food, sourced from Southeastern NC farms.

Choose a pick-up spot, and check out at the online cashier and you are done! Orders must be placed by 11am Monday for Thursday delivery.

Consumer pickup is Thursday 3:30-6pm at: the Cameron Art Museum, THE POD (located next to Dunkin Donuts on UNCW campus) or the Burgaw Historic Train Depot.

TASTING HISTORY TOURS Tasting History Tours of Pleasure Island; guided walking tours. From its beginnings as a tourist destination, the island has weathered destructive fires, tragic hurricanes, naval battles and more.

Tasting History takes you through the streets of Carolina Beach and into a few of the restaurants to taste some of what the locals have to offer.

Join us for an afternoon of interesting history and tasty eats. $32.50, www.tastinghistorytours.com.

910-622-6046.

PORT CITY SWAPPERS Port City Swappers is a monthly food and beverage swap where members of a community share homemade, homegrown, or foraged foods with each other. Swaps allow direct trades to take place between attendees, e.g., a loaf of bread for

a jar of pickles or a half-dozen backyard eggs. No cash is exchanged, and no goods are sold. Diversify your pantry and go home happy and inspired while meeting your neighbors! facebook.com/ PortCitySwappers.

WILMINGTON WINE SHOP Join us to sample five new delicious wines we’ve brought in just for our customers during Free Friday Wine Tasting, 5-8pm. Have a bottle or glass of your favorite with friends afterwards in our cozy shop or on the back deck. And beer lovers don’t fret, we’ve got a fridge full of craft and microbrews. 605 Castle St. 910-202-4749. www.wilmingtonwine.net.

NONI BACCA WINERY Tasting room open seven days a week, 10am-9pm (Mon-Sat) and 12-5pm (Sun.). Taste a flight of 6 or 9 wines; over 70 wines made on premise to sample at any time, served by the glass or the bottle. • Thurs.-Sat.: Specials at the bar on glasses and bottles of wine that run all day, but the crowd begins to gather around 7pm. Craft beer selection, too. We also make special label wines for weddings, corporate gifting, birthdays, reunions, or any event. 910-397-7617.

CAPE FEAR WINE AND BEER Beer Church: Purchase select beer and keep your glass for free. 1st Mass starts, 1pm; 2nd Mass , 8pm Free. • Beer Flights, Massage and Monday Night NitroMassage Monday: 5-8pm, $10 for 10 minutes with our licensed therapist, Josh Lentz. Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples for $18. • Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen pours. Free.

• BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, and Browncoat Theatre & Pub, as well as beer from us. $10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice. All day. Free wine tasting: from 5-7 PM, with two whites and two reds. Free • Beer Infusement Thurs.: Come see what ingredients Randall the Enamel Animal is enhancing upon delicious beer. Free.

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20): There are many different facets to your intelligence, and each matures at a different rate. For example, your ability to think symbolically may evolve more slowly than your ability to think abstractly. Your wisdom about why humans act the way they do may ripen more rapidly than your insight into your own emotions. In the coming weeks, I expect one particular aspect of your intelligence to be undergoing a growth spurt: your knowledge of what your body needs and how to give it what it needs.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What is the proper blend for you these days? Is it something like 51 percent pleasure and 49 percent business? Or would you be wiser to shoot for 49 percent pleasure and 51 percent business?

I will leave that decision up to you, Taurus. Whichever way you go, I suggest you try to interweave business and pleasure as often as possible. You are in one of those action-packed phases when fun dovetails really well with ambition.

I’m guessing that you can make productive connections at parties. I’m betting that you can spice up your social life by taking advantage of what comes to you through your work.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1900 the world’s most renowned mathematicians met at a conference in Paris. There the German whiz David Hilbert introduced his master list of 23 unsolved mathematical problems. At the time, no one had done such an exhaustive inventory. His well-defined challenge set the agenda for math research throughout the 20th century. Today he’s regarded as an influential visionary. I’d love to see you come up with a list of your own top unsolved problems, Gemini. You now have extra insight about the catalytic projects you will be smart to work on and play with during the coming years.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Spanipelagic” is an adjective scientists use to describe creatures that typically hang out in deep water but float up to the surface on rare occasions. The term is not a perfect metaphorical fit for you, since you come up for air more often than that. But you do go through phases when you’re inclined to linger for a long time in the abyss, enjoying the dark mysteries and fathomless emotions. According to my reading of the astrological omens, that’s what you’ve been doing lately. Any day now, however, I expect you’ll be rising up from the Great Down Below and headed topside for an extended stay.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When faced with a big decision, you might say you want to “sleep on it.” In other words, you postpone your final determination until you gather more information and ripen your understanding of the pressing issues. And that could indeed involve getting a good night’s sleep. What happens in your dreams may reveal nuances you can’t pry loose with your waking consciousness alone. Even if you don’t recall your dreams, your sleeping mind is busy processing and reworking the possibilities. I recommend that you make liberal use of the “sleep on it” approach in the coming weeks, Leo. Revel in the wisdom that wells up in you as you’re lying down in the dark.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1962 Edward Albee published his play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” It won numerous awards and is still performed by modern theater groups. Albee says the title came to him as he was having a beer at a bar in New York City. When he went to the restroom, he spied the words “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” scrawled in soap on the mirror. I urge you to be alert for that kind of inspiration in the coming days, Virgo: unexpected, provocative and out of context. You never know when and where you may be furnished with clues about the next plot twist of your life story.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Edward III, a medieval English king, had a favorite poet: Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1374 the king promised Chaucer a big gift in ap-

The AFI (27 Across), or American

preciation for his talents: a gallon of wine every day for the rest of his life. That’s not the endowment I would have wanted if I had been Chaucer. I’d never get any work done if I were quaffing 16 glasses of wine every 24 hours. Couldn’t I instead be provided with a regular stipend? Keep this story in mind, Libra, as you contemplate the benefits or rewards that might become available to you.

Ask for what you really need, not necessarily what the giver initially offers.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To make the cocktail known as Sex on the Beach, you mix together cranberry juice, orange juice, pineapple juice, peach schnapps, and vodka. There is also an alternative “mocktail” called Safe Sex on the Beach. It has the same fruit juices but no alcohol. Given the likelihood that your inner teenager will be playing an important role in your upcoming adventures, Scorpio, I recommend that you favor the Safe-Sex-on-the-Beach metaphor rather than the Sex-on-the-Beach approach. At least temporarily, it’s best to show a bit of protective restraint toward the wild and sometimes erratic juvenile energy that’s pushing to be expressed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” a lawyer hires a man named Bartleby to work in his office. At first Bartleby is a model employee, carrying out his assignments with dogged skill, but one day everything begins to change. Whenever his boss instructs him to do a specific task, Bartleby says, “I would prefer not to.” As the days go by, he does less and less, until finally he stops altogether. I’d like to propose, Sagittarius, that you take inspiration from his slowdown. Haven’t you done enough for now? Haven’t you been exemplary in your commitment to the daily struggle? Don’t you deserve a break in the action so you can recharge your psychospiritual batteries? I say yes. Maybe you will consider making this your battle cry: “I would prefer not to.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” That’s what American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson advised. Even if you’re not naturally inclined to see the potential wisdom of that approach, I invite you to play around with it for the next three weeks. You don’t need to do it forever. It doesn’t have to become a permanent fixture in your philosophy. Just for now experiment with the possibility that trying lots of experiments will lead you not just to new truths but to new truths that are fun, interesting and useful.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The art of the French Aquarian painter Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) appears in prestigious museums. He isn’t as famous as his fellow impressionists Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro, but he wielded a big influence on them both. His career developed slowly because he had to work a day job to earn a living. When he was 50 years old, he won a wad of free money in the national lottery, and thereafter devoted himself fulltime to painting. I’m not saying you will enjoy a windfall like that anytime soon, Aquarius, but such an event is possible. At the very least, your income could rise. Your odds of experiencing financial luck will increase to the degree that you work to improve the best gifts you have to offer your fellow humans.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “It isn’t normal to know what we want,” pioneering psychologist Abraham Maslow said. “It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.” That’s the bad news, Pisces. The good news is that you may be on the verge of rendering that theory irrelevant. In the coming weeks, you will be better primed to discover what you really want than you have been in a long time. I suggest you do a ritual in which you vow to unmask this treasured secret. Write a formal statement in which you declare your intention to achieve full understanding of the reasons you are alive on this planet.

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Jekyll and Hyde

a Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse M U S I C A L

7 PM MARCH 1 8, 2 0 1 5 K E NA N A U D IT O R I U M ETIX.COM | 910.962.3500

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AUDIO ENGINEERING CLASSES Music Recording, Mixing, Pro Tools, Studio Production Classes offered in Jan., Apr. and Sept.

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as much as you want while enjoying the FULL Menu Til MIDNIGHT Every Night At the Brewery!

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Guitar Pickers • Buy • Sell • Trade • Consignments • Repairs • Lessons 2841 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC

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Wilmington Friends/Quakers Meeting Silent Worship... “gathered together in My Name” First Days (Sundays) 10-11 a.m.

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Paddy Moloney

The Chieftains and special guests

02.25.15 | Kenan Auditorium | 8 p.m.

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Six-time Grammy Award winning legends of Irish music storm the stage with an exclusive unprecedented performance in southeastern NC!

Tickets: $65 | $55 | $45 reserved seating

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world-class performances

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An EEO/AA Institution. Accommodations for disabilities may be requested by contacting the box office at least 3 days prior to the event. For a complete listing of campus events, visit uncw.edu/happenings.

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DREAMS of wilmington

party with the best of the best! encore’s 2015 best of wilmington awards and 80’s Dance party benefiting DREAMS of wilmington

February 28th at the brooklyn arts center

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