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live local, live small: Breaking down the economics of our vices by: gwenyfar rohler

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ne of the earliest lessons about economics that parents often try to impart is the difference between “wants” and “needs.” Economics, like many things discussed in a perfect bubble, fails to take into account human frailty. We know what our needs are: food, shelter, safety, health care, clothing. But how elaborate do those things need to be to meet our requirements?

Jock and I have definitely figured out that we can subsist on baked potatoes for up to a week and half if we need to.

Naturally, there are days we would much rather have pizza or fajitas.

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Then there is the strange world of clothing. Theorically, it’s something used to protect and shield our bodies from danger. In actuality, it’s one of the most complicated social symbols with which humans communicate.

In addition to these conflicting desires, we have the world of vices: things we want but serve no legitimate survival role Shelter: are we happy with a lean- in our lives. You know them: booze, nonto in the woods? Do we want a modest procreative sex, party drugs, accoutrethree bedroom house, or must we have ments to living that are not purposeful. Of 4 encore | july 15 – 21, 2015 | www.encorepub.com

course, one person’s unnecessary object is another person’s need. I can live without many things but not without books. I am simply an unfilled, miserable, unstimulated person who will shrivel up and die.

By contrast, there are people in this world who will cheerfully tell you they have never actually read an entire book. By definition, books do not provide me with shelter, food or clothing (actually, I could debate all of these points); however, they make my life worth living.

In other words, there is an incredibly fine line between wants and needs for many people. They go beyond where it would appear on paper for the larger population.

ram Heshmat explained behavior economics as taking into account that people are not rational and do not make the best choices in their lives as expected “on paper”: “The rational person is assumed to correctly weigh costs and benefits and calculate the best choices for himself. The rational person is expected to know his tastes (both present and future), and never flip-flops between two contradictory desires. He has perfect self-control and can restrain impulses that may prevent him from achieving his long-term goals.

Traditional economics use these assumptions to predict real human behavior.”

Yeah, that sounds like me. Does it deIn 2014 in Psychology Today, Dr. Shah- scribe you, too?

So, what part do vices play in our economic picture? With the creeping legalization of marijuana, I have started wondering what the potential economic impact is or would be? According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse: “Illicit drug use alone accounts for $181 billion in health care, productivity loss, crime, incarceration, and drug enforcement.”

I’m not real sure how they compute productivity loss but the health care and incarceration costs are interesting to me.

The Washington Post reported over $700 million in sales in 2014, the first year of legalized marijuana sales in Colorado, for the new taxable market place. It is projected for over $1 billion in 2016. “[T]he market generated $63 million in tax revenue, with an additional $13 million collected in licenses and fees,” the paper reports.

Woah.

Those numbers do not include additional monies from increased tourism and headshop sales, like glassware or assorted pot leaf-emblazoned clothing (see first paragraph). In addition, I have to wonder what sort of impact this is having on the $181 billion in healthcare, incarceration and policing costs? NC appears to have a $158 million shortfall this year. I’m starting to wonder if this might provide some relief?

Before people get up in arms about that question, I would like to remind you that part of our state’s economic history is based around tobacco. The loss of tobacco revenue has hit this state quite hard, economically speaking, since the Clinton administration. It was then that caps on domestic tobacco made it harder to compete with foreign tobacco growers. (The U.S. has lost more than half of its tobacco growing farms.)

From a marketing expense standpoint, the tobacco industry spent $9.6 billion on marketing in 2012. That’s a hell of a lot of money going into the economy for a market segment that can’t advertise on TV. Federal and state taxes are about 40 percent of the retail cost of a pack of cigarettes.

Back to humans making rational decisions: Apparently, a 10-percent price increase in a pack of cigarettes only affects sales by 3-to-5 percent (not that I am in favor of lung cancer, mind you). There is a real hole in our state’s economy from tobacco production—and the Golden Leaf Fund, set up to retrain former tobacco farmers, has not filled that gap.

Our great experiment with prohibition of alcohol ended so long ago that my generation only thinks of it as glamorous, rather than what it was: dangerous, disastrous

and financially painful across the middle and lower classes. If you own or manage an establishment with a license to sell alcohol, you and your staff had to have periodic trainings with “The Powers That Be” about booze sales. One of the things I find baffling is an attitude that bartenders are somehow responsible for people wanting to drink excessively, mix booze and drugs, and then do stupid things.

People are more than capable of drinking too much on their own.

This is but one example of our strange and convoluted relationship with alcohol in this country. We still haven’t figured out how to have a happy, peaceful relationship with it. Apparently, Americans consumed over 9 billion gallons of booze in 2012, according to the US Beverage Alcohol Forum. That was almost $198 billion in sales.

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One indication of our local area and government’s understanding of this taxable revenue is the increase in craft breweries here. Jock has actively been lobbying for a Live Local special report on the new breweries, and I think in early August, we will finally be able to take a first-hand look at this phenomenon.

Clearly, vices are big business, not only for industry, but also from tax revenue for governments. Addiction is a real thing, and we as adults can choose to fight or accept. I recently have let go of a 25-plus year love/hate affair with Coca Cola. Dissolving rust on metal with it finally got me to kick the habit—but I have increased my daily coffee dependence as a result. I sat down and figured out that in an average year Jock and I spend $1,460 on coffeerelated expenses. In theory we could put that money toward something else, but the reality is: Neither of us are going to give up coffee—or want to survive living with the other one while trying. For us it has crossed the line into a “need.” It doesn’t matter how much coffee could be taxed; we would still drink two pots a day.

I like to think there is a fair-trade, shade coffee grower in South America whose kids are going to school because of us.

Probably wishful thinking, but we all rationalize what we need to.

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FARE THEE WELL:

2015

Celebrating the 50th—of the Vietnam War and the Grateful Dead by: MARK BASQUILL

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Saint of Circumstance, I took a short, strange trip to the land of Lincoln, Obama and Ernie Banks to celebrate Independence Day. 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the official start of the U.S. war in Vietnam—and the first dissonant vocals and complex improvisations of the Grateful Dead. How’s that for irony?

“American Beauty,” right?

I took the trip because my son invited me to the July 3 Cubs game at Wrigley Field.

(Put ivy on the walls of Buck Hardee Field, string a mess of bars on Carolina Beach Road, that’s the friendly confines.) It struck me that, as our children mature, the fatherfriend line can sometimes safely blur. My first Wrigley game was one of those times.

The Cubs lost, but July 3 also was an anniversary of Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. To this unapologetic abolitionist, the fact that the Cubs fan Wayne Messmer sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” to start the game says something about who carried the day—and why flying flags honoring the former Confederacy on any government building in the United States isn’t a friendly gesture of reconciliation. It’s plain silly.

September 5th, Mac & Juice Quartette July 25th, Zion September 12th, Coastal Collective August 1st, The Possums September 19th, Bullfrog August 8th, Perfect Tommy September 26th, L Shape Lot August 15th, Selah Dubb October 3rd, Eastbound August 22nd, The Flannel Rebellion August 29th, Kennedy Park

On July 4, after dawn, I sipped coffee along Chicago’s riverwalk, in front of a wall with the etched names of Chicago’s Vietnam casualties. “Chicago Remembers.”

A couple with more than a touch of gray approached hand-in-hand. The tall man shakily let go of his wife, ran his hand over a few etched names, took a breath, and cried quietly. Friendship isn’t about the years. I nodded respectfully as he passed.

I think I saw him whistle through his teeth and spit. He will survive.

That afternoon I reconnected with a friend I hadn’t seen in 25 years. Terry is the kind of friend who laughs so kindly at your flaws, it’s impossible to get angry with him or take yourself seriously. The kind of friend that, on the worst night of your life, you stay at his house, bleed on his white carpet, and he never mentions

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it again. Ever. The kind of friend who will ask, “How the hell did we get so old when we’re still so young?” He laughs with you over a bone-in pork-chop sandwich. Both of us look at the world through young eyes in old bodies. It’s not about the years.

After the pork chop, I went to the Field Museum pre-concert festival and tried to score tickets to one of The Dead’s final shows. In younger, more arrogant days I would have hesitated to scrounge for a ticket, concerned about the cultish aspect of Deadheads. Waltzing about with multigenerational tie-dye-friendly folk in Millenium Park, I admired that in 50 years, the band never demanded allegiance, sent anyone to fight a war to defend their flag, forced anyone to drink Kool-Aid, or damned anyone for who they loved, or for their lack of faith. Buy a ticket. See a show.

Go home. It’s art. It’s not voting or going to church. Believe it if you need it. If you don’t, just pass it on.

The preparty rocked, but without a true friend to share the Soldier Field show with in real-time, I would have been an unworthy surrogate for those with a more passionate relationship with the band. The Dead have been friends and playing music together for 50 years; some folks have a relationship with them nearly that long.

My ticket should go to one of them. It’s not about the years. I still had mixed feelings about missing this once-in-a-lifetime gig, being part of history and all, but my son reminded me: “I study improv. Every day is once-in-a-lifetime. And then it’s history.”

My part of history was to feed faithful Deadheads leftover deep-dish pizza and chocolate cake, and watch fireworks from a southside beach. As the tracers flew above Navy Pier, I wondered what kind of real fire killed the friends of the old soldier I’d seen cry at dawn. I watched light dance over the faces of my son and his friend, as pods of southside friends danced to beats I didn’t pretend to recognize.

I jotted these travel notes on the anniversary of the date Thoreau went to Walden Pond. Thoreau was big on the beat of different drummers. Fifty years from now, I hope fewer kids in Chicago, Wilmington and around the world are looking for names etched on a wall. I hope more are dancing to the complex rhythms of life with their incarnation of The Dead.

Fare thee well, friends.

It Pays to Fail

The enormous compensation CEOs of large corporations receive is justified in part by their bringing prosperity to their shareholders, but last year (an excellent one for most investors), two of the nation’s best-paid chief executives “earned” handsome raises despite presiding over losses: Philippe Dauman of Viacom Inc. (paid $44.3 million, stock lost 6.6 percent) and Jeffrey Immelt of General Electric (an 88 percent raise to $37.3 million, stock lost 6.7 percent). CEO Steven Newman of Transocean earned only $14.2 million, according to a June Wall Street Journal report, but that was a 2.2 percent boost — for stewardship that resulted in one of 2014’s biggest flops — Transocean’s 59.9 percent loss for its shareholders.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit

— The Japanese, especially, report a decline of intimacy (for instance, a recent estimate found that about a quarter of 30-year-olds had never had sex with another person) — convenient for a Kyoto research institute’s announcement in June that it had developed a huggable, human-sized, featureless pillow (resembling Casper the Friendly Ghost), with skin-like texture, to serve as an embraceable intimacy substitute. For people with actual lovers, the “Hugvie” (retailing for the equivalent of $80) has a mouth slot for a cellphone to enable running sweet talk with a remote “companion.”

— Redneck Marketing Challenges: (1) Scotty and Beverly Franklin of Springfield, Missouri, are trying to tempt cowboys to actually wear leather boots retrofitted to be open-toed sandals. KHOU-TV (Houston) reported that the Franklins would sandal-up your favorite pair for $75. (2) One of the more reviled consumer products of 2015 is a gun-shaped iPhone case, which so alarms police that it suddenly in early July became hard to find, even at the online Japan Trend Shop, which previously offered models from $5 to $49. Asked one officer, “Why would you want to make yourself look like a threat (to cops)?”

Family Values

In a recent BBC documentary, the son of renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking (Tim, now 36) revealed that his dad is “hugely competitive” and showed him “no compassion at all” when he was growing up. Tim said two of his few avenues of coping with such a famous, oblivious father were when he used to race around in his dad’s specialized (and expensive) wheelchair (pretending it was a go-kart) and, for those deliciously awkward moments, adding cuss words to his father’s synthesized speech software.

Latest Religious Messages

— Jihadists governing ISIS’ Euphrates province recently outlawed the popular hobby of breeding pigeons and threatened violators with flogging and imprisonment.

The ban was initially thought to be aimed at frustrating pigeon-messaging to the outside world, but the published prohibition mentions other justifications — the hobby’s frivolity (wasting time that could better be spent praying) and the special offense to God (because pigeons are “uncovered,” with exposed genitals).

— God Is Love: (1) In a June YouTube video reported by various news sites, Tempe, Arizona, pastor Steven Anderson (Faithful Word Baptist Church) prayed for God to “rip out the heart” of Caitlyn Jenner, for whom Anderson expresses “a perfect hatred” for announcing she was no longer Bruce. (2) On his “700 Club” TV program in June, Pat Robertson patiently explained to a grieving mother why God could have allowed her 3-year-old son to die of illness — that God saw the big picture and knew, for instance, that the kid could have become a serial killer or contracted a hideous disease, and that she should be relieved that God took him early.

Can’t Stop Myself

Esteban Rocha, 51, was arrested in June in Placerville, California, and charged with exposing himself to a woman — about 25 minutes after Rocha had left the Placerville Police Department, where he had dutifully gone to register his location so that police could keep track of him.

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Third annual Reggae Fest welcomes Michael Edge, Morgan Heritage and others by: lindsay smith

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TOSH ROYALTY: Edge Michael, nephew of Peter Tosh, will play Reggae Fest at Beach House this Saturday. Courtesy photo

ood vibes. Jamaica. Bob Marley.

They’re the elements that make up the sounds of reggae. Though it originated from the beaches of “the land of wood and water,” reggae’s relaxed, uplifting energy has spread worldwide.

Those vibes will take over the Beach House (7219 Market St.) on Saturday, July 18, for the third annual Reggae Fest. Performances will include Morgan Heritage with special guest Jemere Morgan, Edge Michael, Zion, and Streets Afire. Along with various roots reggae groups, there will be live painting by Cammeron Batanides.

Returning to the festival for his third year, Edge Michael is known for his super-charged performances. He describes it as “high-level performance—overall, a real happy vibe.”

Continues.” Set for release on July 29, the Peter Tosh original hits close to home for Michael in more ways than one. First off, it’s perhaps one of the most popular songs of the genre. Secondly, Michael is Tosh’s nephew.

Although he never met Tosh face-to-face, he does recall phone calls during childhood.

“He was trying to be strict and tell me to be a good kid,” Michael recalls.

Tosh died in 1987 when Michael was only 4, not leaving much time for the two to bond.

Still, the impact was ever-lasting.

“It is extremely important to me to carry on the Tosh legacy and the legacy of morally conscious music and reggae,” Michael explains. “Why? Because the world needs reference to truth; reference to equal rights and justice; reference to humanity.”

At the festival, Michael will be handing out Michael’s rendition of “Legalize It” is not free copies of his new single, “Legalize It,” too far from the original. However, he does from his new album “Legalize It: The Legacy 8 encore | july 15 – 21, 2015 | www.encorepub.com

stress how his version is more upbeat and lively. Michael also finds the song extremely relevant to the current climate surrounding the legalization of marijuana. He believes there are many positive aspects regarding its legalization.

“The realization becomes more and more evident [through] the legalization of marijuana,” he explains. “In recent times, cancer has been one of the leading diseases and there is evidence that marijuana has healing potential for cancer.”

Along with supporting medicinal use of the drug, Michael references his uncle’s take on “Legalize It” years ago. “In 1972, Peter Tosh said the legalization of marijuana could build a strong economy,” Michael explains. “Fortythree years later, we have proof of that statement in Colorado’s economic growth and the turn around of Colorado after legalization.

Bare in mind, I am not just promoting or cel-

ebrating or arguing the legalization of marijuana. I am advocating its responsible use, not irresponsible use.”

Edge Michael has been singing and playing music since birth. Growing up in Jamaica allowed him to fully tap into his calling to his nation’s roots music. In 1994, he took his first step toward performing outside of Jamaica.

Upon his first release 1996, “Hard Road to Travel,” Michael began working with record label Loco Records, wherein he released six albums. For his eighth studio album, “Legalize It: The Legacy Continues,” Michael switched to JAMZ Inc. in order to reach a wider range of audiences worldwide.

“My career has taken me across the globe and in so many towns, cities, villages,” Michael says. “I see the need for help in so many ways.”

Inspired by the “Almighty,” Michael found-

ed his own charitable organization, The Edge Michael Foundation, in 2004. Monies raised go to children in orphanages in Jamaica.

“I have not kept track of the amount I have helped,” he says. “I only want to give as much as I can—I have no interest as long as it is as much as humanly possible for me and from my external forces.”

As well Michael tries to donate to local charities in towns he tours. He has donated to Wilmington’s own Good Shepherd Center on several visits.

“My perspective is if everyone takes on the perspective to give something toward the less fortunate, that’s something you can donate,” Michael says. “There’s always something you can do. I know I cannot do it all; I am not trying to be a hero. I am simply trying to do my part in being my brother’s keeper. Life would be so much easier for us if we would each do a little to help the unfortunate amongst us—not only with donations but equally as important, the time ... to give.”

Having toured with various reggae stars, including The Wailers, Groundation, Beres Hammond, and Tarrus Riley, Michael enjoys touring most in the name of Jamaican pop. “Bring me a crowd, a microphone and a stage, and I’m happy,” he claims.

Also performing at Reggae Fest is “The Royal Family of Reggae,” known as “Morgan Heritage.” The group has traveled all over the world for more than 15 years, going from festivals to the Caribbean to Europe to Africa. They’re landing at the Beach House for the first time this weekend.

Five children of musician Denroy Morgan make up the band: Peetah, Una, Roy “Gramps,” Nakhamyah “Lukes,” and Memmalatel “Mr. Mojo” Morgan. Although from the United States, their Jamaican roots were prominent influences on their life and music.

Their father, Denroy, would play music from Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Steel Pulse, Third World, and BB King. Their highly creative upbringing inspired the band’s formation.

“Being family and in a band together makes the difficult times much easier than if we were not siblings,” Wendy Morgan,

band manager, says. “So, there’s no difficulty in being family and band mates, rather being a family helps with the difficulties within this life.”

Their first album, “Miracles,” was released under MCA Records in 1994. Thereafter, their eight studio releases came out on VP Records. They decided to release their tenth album, “Strictly Roots,” in the spring, on their own independent label, Cool to Be Conscious Music Group. The transition was a big change for the band, according to Morgan.

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“The difference now, as an independent, is being responsible for making sure as many people as possible either has the album or knows it exists,” Morgan says. “We chose to do an independent release, because we wanted to bring our music to our fans [in] a certain way that we felt could only be done independently.”

This album features new sounds the band has never ventured into exploring before: ‘strict’ roots music with edgy, modern twists.

Morgan Heritage took inspiration from a more global and diverse style of reggae, due to their inspirations of travel and cultures observed over the past year and a half while on on tour.

“One of the biggest inspirations while writing this album was the fans and how diverse reggae music fans are these days across the globe,” Morgan explains.

Both Edge Michael and Morgan Heritage will be among the four bands playing Beach House’s Reggae Fest on July 18, starting at 6 p.m. The live performances will go until midnight, with an after party hosted by DJ Riz until 2 a.m.

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WEdnesday, July 15

Karaoke (9pm; Free)

Pet Names (7pm; Free; Rock)

Guster with Kishi Bashi (5pm; $19$28 Rock)

—Ibiza, 118 Market St.; (910) 251-1301

Chris James (9pm; Free; Acoustic)

—Reggies 42nd St. Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.; (910) 799-6465

Mykel Barbee (6pm; Free; Acoustic)

Some Dudes Duo (10pm; Free; Acoustic)

—Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.; (910) 395-5999

—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, Amphitheater Dr. —The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

Trivia Night (7pm; Free)

—Hoplite Pub and Beer Garden, 720 N. Lake Park Blvd..

Lipsync Battle (7pm; Free)

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

UNCW Summer Jazz Faculty Concert (7:30pm; $6) —UNCW Beck Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr.

Nutt St. Improv (8pm; $3)

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

Tyler Mcaige (8pm; Free; Folk)

—Uprising, 1701 Wrightsville Ave.

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

—Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; (910) 509-3040

Thursday, July 16

Machine Gun (6:30pm; Free; Rock)

—Carolina Beach Boardwalk, 100 Cape Fear Blvd.

The 3 J’s (6pm; Free; Rock)

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

Selah Dubb (6:30pm; Free; Reggae) —Wrightsville Beach Park, #1 Bob Sawyer Dr.; (910) 762-4744

Trivia With Sherri “So Very” (7pm; Free) —Whiskey Trail at the Creek, 4039 Masonboro Loop Rd.

Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands (7:30pm; $10-$15; Jazz)

MONDAY S.I.N. NIGHT $2 Domestics • $3 All Draft Selections • $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 FRIDAY $2.75 Michelob Ultra • $3.25 Stella $4.50 José Cuervo Silver • Live Music on the Patio SATURDAY $2.75 Red Stripe • $4.50 Evan Williams Cherry Reel Cafe Rooftop Concert Series SUNDAY $3 Coronas/Corona Lite • $10 Domestic Buckets (5) $4 Mimosas • $4 Bloody Mary’s

Acoustic Blues Jam (8pm; Free)

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

Some Dudes Duo (8pm; Free; Acoustic) —Sweet N Savory Pub, 2012 Eastwood Rd.; (910) 679-8101

Crystal Fussell Duo (9pm; Free; Acoustic) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; (910) 362-9666

Open Mic Night (9pm; Free)

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

Electroswing DJ’s (All Day; Free)

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.;

Open Mic with Viva Lee (All Day; Free)

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—Bellas Bar LoCAL, 19 Market St.

Friday, July 17

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—Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Rd.; (910) 798-7700

Groove Fetish (6pm; Free; Dance)

—Mayfaire Event Lawn, 6835 Conservation Way;

EVERY Wednesday & Friday from 6-9pm

Shoot to Thrill (6pm; Free; AC/DC cover)

July 15th: Mykel Barbee

Mike Frusia (7pm; Free; Acoustic)

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—Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St.

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

Full Dish (7pm; Free)

—Gabby’s Lounge, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.

BLP (7pm; Free; Rock)

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

Martin & The Maniacs (7pm; Free)

—Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; (910) 399-2796

Jack Jack 180 (7pm; Free; Rock)

July 10th: The Breakfast Club

—Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.

July 17th: Shoot to Thrill

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

America’s Premier 1980’s Tribute

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Andy Sandford (7pm; $13; Comedy) $2.50 Budweiser Draft $4 Wells 65 Wings, 4-7pm $3.50 Sweetwaters $4.50 Absolute Lemonade 65 Wings, 4-7pm

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Thursday

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Jim Nelson Band (8pm; Free; Rock)

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

Live Music (8:30pm; Free)

—Bourgie Nights, 127 Princess St.

Live Music on The Patio (9pm; Free)

—Buffalo Wild Wings, 5353 Carolina Beach Rd.

Andy Sandford (9:30 pm; $13; Comedy) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

The Hatch Brothers (10pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

Friday Night Fun House Follies (10:30pm; Free)

—Ibiza, 118 Market St.; (910) 2511301

Saturday, July 18

International Beach House Reggae Festival (4pm; $26-$37) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.

Music in the Garden (6pm; Free; Acoustic)

—A Tasting Room, 19 South 2nd St.

Reel Rooftop Concert Series (7pm; $5) —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; (910) 251-1832

Timmy Pierce (7pm; Free; Acoustic)

—Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.

The Clams (7pm; Free)

—Fermental, 7250 Market St.; (910) 821-0362

Gaslight St. (7pm; Free; Rock)

—Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; (910) 399-2796

Flannel Rebellion (7pm; Free; Grunge)

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—Fermental, 7250 Market St.; (910) 821-0362

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Phil Kelly (8pm; Free)

Faun and a Pan Flute (8:30pm; $7-$10; Indie classic)

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—Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.

Michael Wolfe and the Wolfgang (7pm; Free) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; (910) 231-3379

Andy Sandford (7pm; $13; Comedy)

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

Randy McQuay (7pm; Free; Americana)

FEST 2015

Saturday, July 18th Music All Day Long from 12pm - 12am

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—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

The Madd Hatters (8pm; Free; Ska) —Ironclad Brewery, 115 N 2nd St.;

Motion City Soundtrack (8pm; $22$122; Rock)

—Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.; (910) 769-4096

The Umphs (8pm; Free)

—Fermental, 7250 Market St.; (910) 821-0362

Saturday Night Dance Party (9pm; $5-$10)

—Ibiza, 118 Market St.; (910) 2511301

WL2F (9pm; Free; Rock)

—Buffalo Wild Wings, 5353 Carolina Beach Rd.

Freedom Hawk (9pm; Free; Rock)

—Reggies 42nd St. Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.; 910-799-6465

Heather Rogers (9pm; Free; Acoustic) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; (910) 362-9666

Tuesday, July 21

Comedy Bingo (7pm; Free)

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

Andy Sandford (9:30 pm; $13; Comedy) —Carolina Ale House Wilmington, 317—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

C College Rd.; (910) 791-9393

Monica Jane (10pm; Free)

Team Trivia & Tap Tuesday (7:30pm; Free)

Joshua Lewis (10pm; Free; Acoustic)

Cape Fear Blues Jam (8pm; Free)

Saturday Night Jive (All Day; Free)

College Night Karaoke (9pm; Free)

Sunday, July 19

DJ Riz (9:30pm; Free)

—Goat & Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; (910) 772-1400 —Lagerhead’s, 35 N. Lumina Ave.; —Bellas Bar LoCAL, 19 market st;

Max Levy and The Hawaiian Shirts (4pm; Free; Jazz)

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; (910) 362-9666 —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; (910) 509-3040

Brent Stimmel (4pm; Free; Acoustic)

Wednesday, July 22

—Goat & Compass, 710 N. 4th St.

Boogie in the Park Concert Series (5pm; Free)

Brennan Simmons (6pm; Free; acoustic)

Blackberry Smoke (5pm; $28-$32; Rock)

Trivia Night (7pm; Free)

—Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre, 1941 Amphitheater Dr.; (910) 341-7855

Mark Roberts Band (5pm; Free; Rock) —Carolina Beach Lake Park, Atlanta Ave.

Satellite Bluegrass (6pm; Free)

—Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; (910) 399-2796

Tyler McKaig (6:30pm; Free; Folk)

—Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; (910) 509-3040

The Beauty Fools (7pm; Free; Americana)

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

Deb Hudson (9pm; Free; Folk)

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

Poppa Soul (All Day; Free; R&B)

—Bellas Bar LoCAL, 19 Market St.;

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Open Mic (All Day; Free)

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—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

—Fermental, 7250 Market St.; (910) 821-0362 —Bluewater Grill, 4 Marina St.

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Trivia With Sherri “So Very” (7:30pm; Free)

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

—Hoplite Pub and Beer Garden, 720 N. Lake Park Blvd..

Lipsync Battle (7pm; Free)

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

Jill & Barry (7pm; Free; Folk)

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

Nutt St. Improv (8pm; $3)

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

Dallas Perry (8pm; Free; Acoustic) —Uprising, 1701 Wrightsville Ave.

Karaoke (9pm; Free)

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—Ibiza, 118 Market St.; (910) 2511301

Some Dudes Duo (10pm; Free; Acoustic) —Palm Room, 11 E. Salisbury St.; (910) 509-3040

Monday, July 20 Trivia (7:30pm; Free)

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

El Escapado (8pm; Free; Punk)

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arts>>art

strength in numbers: Gaeten Lowrie shows new pen-and-inks at Blue Surf Café by: JOSEPHINE BUTLER

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rtist Gaeten Lowrie’s mantra is a familiar one: strength in numbers.

That’s why the Raleigh native started Wilmington’s Thrive Studios in 2009.

The brick-and-mortar studio and gallery space is now shuttered, but the artists that make up this small collective are still collaborating. And Lowrie leads the bill for the group’s latest display of work at Blue Surf Café, now through early August.

“Thrive Studios is a group of like-minded artists, and a lot of our art is what you call ‘nontraditional’ art,” explains Lowrie, a selftaught, self-described “street” artist with a penchant for the canvas, not sidewalks.

“What we’re doing is not like your high-end portraiture work. I call it ‘lowbrow art.’”

Lowbrow doesn’t at all embody the spirit of Lowrie’s work. His paintings are captivating. Bright pigments almost illuminate the page, as if his stained glass-like mosaics are windows to another world.

Prints of these pieces are among those on display at Blue Surf Café. Lowrie also invited Thrive artists Mike Watters, Drew Swinson, Zak Duff, and Hazardo to showcase work.

“Initially, we formed a collective because, like a lot of other nontraditional artists, we were seeking better representation in town,” Lowrie explains. “There’s an advantage to working together: We bring strength in numbers.”

Whlie Lowrie continues to show work alongside his comrades, he also was invited by local gallery owner Joan Loch to display work at Crescent Moon. Specifically, the gallery is the only one in town to feature Lowrie’s signature pen-and-inks.

“When Joan approached me about my work, it was something I actually put on the back burner for years,” Lowrie tells. “I basically had to reteach myself the process.”

Four grueling months later, he has nine original pen-and-inks showing at the downtown gallery. One is titled “The

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River Between Us” (18-x-24 inches, pen and ink). According to Lowrie, it consists of a dialogue of two trees with a river between them; the river is their source of life but ultimately is separates them. Still, the trees slowly grow toward each other, year after year.

wall. This way, his lines still have rough, blown-out edges when he’s working with spray paint.

“I do a lot of spray paint art and stencil work—what we consider graffiti,” he shares. “But we’re not talking about ruining buildings.”

In fact, the artist is working on building something himself: a stronger art community in Wilmington. “The goal of Thrive Studios has always been one of support,” Lowrie notes. “We’re not just there to hang out, which we often do. We’re also there to help each other and represent each others’ work.”

The growth parallels Lowrie’s as well.

He describes his process as laborious and unforgiving. “Unlike paint, the ink cannot be reworked once it’s dry,” Lowrie notes.

In addition to Lowrie, Watters, Swinson, “I have to work on sections at a time, be- Duff and Hazardo, members of Thrive ing careful not to smudge or over-handle Studios include Scott Ehrhart, Zachariah the paper.”

Weaver, Bryan Stacy, Rob Fogle, Robb The last two steps are also time-inten- Hassler, Miranda Duncan, J. Lance Stricksive for the artist. He painstakingly creates land, G. Scott Queen and Jason Jones. what he calls “grout work,” using either paint pens or crow quill pens hand-dipped in India ink. Finally, he adds metallic inks Gaeten Lowrie to highlight different elements. Given the Also showing Thrive Studio artists: reception of his pen-and-ink pieces, it’s Mike Watters, Drew Swinson, Zak hard to believe the artist ever abandoned the process. “In terms of my art, I have a lot Duff, and Hazardo of different styles because I get bored and Blue Surf Café • 250 Racine Dr. Through August 25 mix it up,” he says.

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Lowrie does so quite literally, often layering paint, sand and dirt onto large canvases to mimic the texture of a concrete

what’s hanging around the port city

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Artfuel.inc

2165 Wrightsville Ave. • Mon.-Sat., noon-7 p.m. www.artfuelinc.com • (910) 343 5233 Artfuel is pleased to host Vol. 41, featuring Candy Pegram, Aaron Collier, Eli Thompson, Brian Mergenthaler, and Sarah Collier. Show hangs for eight weeks.

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 Summer camps for children ages 7-11 begin July 8th. The camps run for four days from 10am-Noon.

Entries are now available for the "Artist's Choice Invitational" This show is open to all NC artists. Entry forms and information can be found on the Call for Entries page at www.artexposure50.com. The deadline to enter is July 24th.

New Elements Gallery

201 Princess St. (919) 343-8997 Tues.-Sat.: 11 a.m. - 6p.m. (or by appt.) www.newelementsgallery.com "Timeless Texture" brings together the vivid, mixed-media collages of Rebecca Humphrey and the haunting, encaustic landscapes of Charles Robertson. Humphrey's hand-cast paper and Robertson's pigmented wax both require labor-intensive processes that result in works richly layered with hue and texture. The public is invited to meet the artists and discuss their work. "Timeless Texture" will remain on view until July 18, 2015.

River to Sea Gallery

225 S. Water St., Chandler’s Wharf (free parking)(910)-763-3380 • Tues.-Sat. 11am-5pm; Sun. 1-4pm River to Sea Gallery showcases the work of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy Bush. In addition, the gallery represents several local artists. The current show will enthrall 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 Tues.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm; Sat., noon-5:30pm 910-362-7431

Wilma W. Daniels Gallery is pleased to present "Recent Works by Dallas Thomas."

Thomas’s work is heavily influenced by nonspecific tribal ceremonies and rituals from all over the world, as well as the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the '50s and '60s.

He experiments in wet and dry media, in both small and large scale paintings and drawings. His style is characterized by purposeful mark making and an economy of lines. Thomas cites hip-hop culture as a lifelong influence on his art and credits it for his more aggressive mark making and sense of energy. The gallery will hold a Fourth Friday opening reception on July 24th from 6-9pm.

Admission is free and open to the public; complimentary refreshments are provided.

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reel to reel

cast-iron thud:

films this week

Latest “Terminator” is a sad experience

cinematique

by: ANGHUS

$8-$10, 7pm • www.thalianhall.org

Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. July 20-22: “Love and Mercy”— An unconventional portrait of singer of Brian Wilson (Paul Dano/John Cusak), singer/songwriter of The Beach Boys. Set against the era defining

n insulting, paradoxical, riddled mess... A senseless, poorly written, incompetently directed embarrassment... A master class in how to mismanage a franchise reboot...

“Terminator: Genisys” arrived in theaters last week with little fanfare, other than a ringing endorsement from James Cameron. It’s something that probably would have meant more before having seen “Avatar.”

It’s terrible, which a lot of people predicted based on a heinous marketing campaign that revealed every lazy twist. If filmmakers can’t make a movie look exciting or at least interesting based on a two-minute trailer, the prospects for the finished film are going to be bleak. “Bleak” is a great way to describe “Genisys,” which is so bad it deserves a hyperbolic post-mortem.

There’s so much nonsense in “Genisys” that halfway through the movie it became painstakingly difficult to keep up with the sheer amount of bullshit being heaped at us. We start with the opening that shows John Connor (Jason Clarke) on the precipice of victory over the machines. Thanks to previous “Terminator” movies, he already knows how this scenario plays out. The machines will fall. In a last-ditch effort to survive, they will send back a Terminator to kill his mother, Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke).

Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) will go to save her and launch a series of events that will lead to the birth of John Connor, who will one day take down the machines.

Within the first 10 minutes they wipe the slate clean. Turns out John is suckerpunched by another machine at the very moment Kyle Reese gets sent back. This is where things start to get weird. Instead of just killing John Connor then and there, they transform him into a human/machine hybrid and send him back in time to help create SkyNet (hiding in a killer app called “Genisys”).

Reese shows up in 1984 to discover that a liquid metal T-1000 is waiting for him, and immediately it erases the storyline of the original “Terminator.” It turns out the machines just keep sending robots back into the past. They sent one back to kill young Sarah Connor when she was 9, but it’s all right: another Arnold model T-800 was sent back to save her. Now they’re buddies. She calls him “Pops.” So this Terminator apparently knows everything that’s going to hap-

MACHINE AND MAN: Emilia Clarke and Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘Genisys.’ Courtesy photo

pen in the future. Instead of Kyle Reese saving Sarah, falling in love and planting the seed that will one day be the leader of resistance, they don’t.

This would be the first “What the F*ck” moment of the movie. There’s about a dozen more throughout the turgid wreck of a feature. The second is when we learn that the next part of the plot involves Sarah and Kyle using a time machine to propel them from 1984 to 2017. That is when SkyNet goes live and Judgement Day occurs. The time machine is a ramshackle, homemade version of the same device that sent Kyle and the Terminator back in the first place. It is apparently easy enough to be assembled from parts bought at a 1980s Radio Shack.

I couldn’t quite figure out why they needed to go forward to 2017. Instead of a 30-plus year head start to put together a plan to stop SkyNet, they decide to thrust themselves into an uncertain future. It gives them 72 hours to save the world. I’m not sure which was more stupid: the plan or the hackneyed writers who thought this was a good idea.

Nothing feels real. It looks like it was shot on a sound stage. There’s a helicopter chase sequence that feels like a cut scene from a PlayStation 2 game. There’s no excuse for a major summer blockbuster to look this cheap. I’ve seen more inspired cinematography in homemade pornography.

“Terminator Genisys” is the worst blockbuster ever made. It’s a joyless waste of a movie that will hopefully fail badly enough to let studios know this kind of franchise malfeasance will not be tolerated by the ticket-buying public

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selections of Wilson’s music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost. Do not miss this eloquent portrait of one of pop music’s most influential musicians. (PG13, 2 hours).

family movies

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July 17: Cool off with free family movies on Friday afternoons this summer! PG-rated films are scheduled weekly through August 7. No registration is needed for these free film screenings You may bring light snacks and covered drinks to enjoy during the movies, and a blanket or towel in case you want to settle down and watch on the floor. Julie Criser: 910-798-6362

Watching “Genisys” is a sad experience.

It made me pine for the good old days when Arnold had presence and charisma (before being the governor of California made him dead in the eyes). He’s so bad in “Genisys.”

They try to make him likable and give him a few moments of levity, but they all land with the cast-iron thud of a T-800 Exoskeleton.

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cRAZY OVER ‘CRAZY FOR YOU’:

Opera House’s big song-and-dance show provides perfect escape into sheer entertainment by: Shea Carver

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oing into their third show of the season, Opera House Theatre Company is highlighting the pop and classical standards of Gershwin brothers Ira and George, in the award-winning musical “Crazy for You.” Running through July 26 at Thalian Hall, the show is loosely based on the 1930’s Gershwin musical, “Girl Crazy,” composed by George with lyrics written by Ira. The show was reimagined by a creative team, including Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent and Susan Stroman, who kept only a handful of the original numbers when it emerged as “Crazy for You” on Broadway in ‘92. It also was the last project approved by Ira’s widow (Ira died in ‘83 and George in ‘37) before her death in 1991.

The show follows a young Manhattanite, Bobby Child (Jason Aycock), whose primary dream in life is to dance for the Zangler Follies, which just wrapped its season at the Zangler Theatre on Broadway. Child becomes friends with all the Zangler showgirls, despite having made a not-so-good impression on Bella Zangler (Richard Bunting) himself. Child’s mother has different ideas for her privileged son: She wants him to marry well and be a successful business man. She sends him off to foreclose on an old theatre the family bank owns in Deadrock, Nevada, where Child meets and falls head over hills in love with the town tomboy, Polly Baker (Kendra Goehring-Garrett). Only problem: Baker and her father own the theatre that Child’s been sent to close. A host of characters show up to help Child put on a show to help save the theatre, in order for him to win the girl of his dreams. Farce and comedy ensue to leave the audience fully entrenched for two hours.

Quite simply: The storyline of “Crazy for You” basically exists to set up all of the large song-and-dance numbers across 15 scenes of this highly enjoyable show. What a job director/choreographer Ron Chisolm has done to fully captivate with this large cast of unstoppable talent! The obvious choice to cast local dancer Jason Aycock as the lead does not go unnoticed. Aycock has moves that challenge any dancer in town (after all, he did grow up as a proclogger and works for his family’s dance business). Aycock’s tap dancing astounds, as well as his chemistry with the showgirls in “I Can’t Be Bothered Now” and “Nice

Work if You Can Get It.” His simpleton charm eschews the haughty upbringing his character should exude, making him lovable all the way through. His comedic chops shine greater when onstage with Bunting’s Bella Zangler. Their doppleganger scene in “What Causes That?” may seem to garner easy laughs, but it also magnifies their talent as individuals and as peers.

Goehring-Garrett as Polly is a spitfire of action with an irresistable tell-it-like-itis attitude. She absolutely steals every scene with her down-home lure—not to be mistaken with naiveté. When she sings “Someone to Watch Over Me,” her vulnerability peeks through despite the toughas-nails veneer she puts forth to the outside world. More so, audiences will be left agape at Goehring-Garrett’s vocal reach.

She’s such a bright star on every stage, but she really shines when she gets to maximize all of her strengths: characterization, singing and dancing.

Without a doubt, “Slap That Bass” is the showgirls’ standout scene. With standup bassist Emily Gittings onstage slapping the strings, each showgirl becomes a bass on her own. As they vertically stretch rope from from head to toe, the men of Deadrock begin to “play” them. Its awe reminds me of the puppeteering scene in “Chicago” and garners deserved loud applause.

Every element of this show is eye and ear candy. Not only are the actors in tune with the characters they’re playing and singing for, but the orchestra, led by Lorene Walsh, tickles every sense, thanks to George Gershwin’s thoughtfully composed music. We not only hear every piano trickle and percussive pelt and knock, we see the sounds illuminated by every toe point and shimmy the actors dance. Their moves are punctuated by careful light design by Dallas LaFon, and their legs are dressed in the best, thanks to Debbie Sheu. Sheu

has outdone herself with costumes indicative of the Depression era, from the dusty, Gingham prints and chaps and leather fringe of the West, to the sequins, fur and tailored suits of the Big Apple. And Terry Collins’ set moves effortlessly from big city to Wild West without a hitch.

To put it best: I’m crazy over “Crazy for You.” It hits every mark of escapism that sheer entertainment should do.

DETAILS:

Crazy For You

Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut Street July 17-19, 24-26, 8 p.m.; matinees at 3 p.m.

Tickets: $29 www.thalianhall.org

Though Aycock and Goehring-Garrett’s chemistry is amiable, a volt of energy invigorates the show each time Courtney Poland and Christopher Rickert appear.

Their electric—even if predictable—love awakens the laid-back mining town of Deadrock. Rickert as a hotheaded saloon/ hotel owner puts him front and center at many misfortunes, often ones he incites.

The frenzy is heightened yet balanced by the beautifully adept Poland. Her beguiling appeal makes the number “Naughty Baby” one of my favorites of the night.

The ensemble in this production is as important as any main character. So many quips and one-liners happen because of their controlled chaos. Every “famous gunfight of the West” scene adds a jolt of fun to the show, loud shots fired and all.

The men in Deadrock who enact these scenes—especially Brad Mercer (Junior), Sloan Friedman (Sam) and Bradley Barefoot (Moose)—truly are a hoot.

Of course, the Zangler Follies couldn’t exist without the glitzy glamour and careful demure exuded by the showgirls.

Standouts include Beth Swindell as Patsy, whose high-pitched voice accentuates her air-headed snippets of dialogue.

Heather Setzler (Tess) grounds the talent as the leader of the showgirls, and she holds her own with every high kick and octave imaginable.

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Depth in life and work: Big Dawg’s ‘Maytle’s World’ gets under the skin by: Gwenyfar Rohler

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ig Dawg Productions has a busy summer celebrating the cultural life of our great state. They are reviving “The Hermit of Fort Fisher” by NC playwright David Wright—only this time it will show as an outdoor drama at Greenfeild Lake. The show sold out two runs last year at Big Dawg’s Cape Fear Playhouse and in Brunswick County. The same week that “The Hermit...” opens, they will launch Beth Henley’s “Miss Firecracker Contest” at the Cape Fear Playhouse on Castle Street. In the midst of all the excitement, Big Dawg has taken on a truly lovely and unique project that touts the cultural heritage of our state. “Maytle’s World” is a lyric memory piece by and about our NC Poet Laureate, Shelby Stephenson.

Born outside Benson, NC, in 1938, Stephenson’s life story spans several worlds: the Depression and WWII, the post-war years in America and rising tide of education, and the power of having strong family roots in a world of social mobility. In a way his life embodies

much of the message of the 20th century in America: possibility, determination and selfknowledge.

It’s not a traditional play in the sense of memorized lines, performers playing individual characters, and the piece moving forward in chronological order, while the protagonist battles conflict. “Maytle’s World” is a view of Stephenson’s in rural NC with his brother, Paul Jr. (Steve Rasson), father (Lee Lowrimore), mother Maytle (Deb Bowen), and a host of others (brought to life by Rassin).

Much of Stephenson’s work is autobiographical, drawing heavily on his experiences with tobacco farming, hunting with his father, and then his mother’s slow demise. Rather than telling a story in order, the script moves in and out of visual moments brought to life through poetry. It is like seeing a poem stand up from the page, walk across the room and talk to the audience. Do not expect traditional dialogue; there are lyrical exchanges. Sometimes one character responds to another, and other times Stephenson takes the audience through time to view a moment of sunlight that can never be seen the same way twice.

Though they are not tasked with traditional performances, the actors create very real characters. Rassin, especially, brings to life assorted neighbors and friends mostly through the use of hats, as well as his voice and body. He never leaves the stage area for a full costume change, which make the differentiations more challenging and thus showing more of his own craft.

Deb Bowen’s Maytle has to hold her own as the only woman onstage. Indeed that is a good metaphor for the position of women in that male-dominated world. Stephenson obviously reveres his mother, which comes through clearly (hence the title). But his father is his hero, and Lowrimore plays Paul Sr. with incredible charisma. He guides the ensemble with the certainty of the family patriarch. I personally would follow him into the deepest, darkest woods, and believe he and his pack of hunting dogs would get us home safely. I also wouldn’t want him mad at or disappointed in me. The respect that he commanded as head of the family is clear.

Director Steve Coley brings forth the narrator, Stephenson, reading from a battered composition notebook—like a young poet recording the world about him. Definite highpoints of the show are Coley singing traditional songs a cappella (“The Fox,” “I Got a Pig”). Coley’s Stephenson loves his big brother, adores his mother and is also conflicted about his own history.

The set is simple: a recliner, hat stand, desk and chairs, from which we see stairs built to an attic, dogs sent hunting in the woods, tobacco-curing in a barn, and more.

It’s as if the desk that Stephenson writes at is a window into a much greater world than anyone imagines possible.

The Cameron Art Museum is really a

wonderful location for an event like this, as it brings together so many strands of our state’s cultural life. However, the acoustics in the reception hall are awful, and the language is so rich, textured and precise that to lose one word is a disservice to the work.

The use of language is so evocative, powerful and beautiful, it is heartbreaking when he describes tragic, life-changing moments. His mastery of the poet’s trade and tools brought to life as a ballad singing out in front of you is a deeper reflection of his work. After an evening of “Maytle’s World,” audiences will have no doubt as to why his appointment as Poet Laureate was celebrated widely by our state’s literary community.

As an evening of artistic exploration blending performance, poetry and traditional music, it is a wonderful celebration of NC. With most of his adult life centered around teaching, if anything, this work reminds is that one of the most powerful teaching tools is to sit at the feet of a master craftsman.

What Stephenson paints with language defies my ability to describe. Much like lifetimes could be spent studying Whitman, Frost or Longfellow—and still not plumb the depths of the craft—the same can be attributed to Stephenson’s work. It is not that his story is unique; it is, rather, that his story resonates so deeply with people, and he tells it in a way that his words get into our skin and bones.

DETAILS:

Maytle’s World

Wed., July 15 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $5 - $12 Cameron Art Museum 3201 S 17th Street www.cameronartmuseum.org

+ tax Limited Time at the following Dairy Queen locations:

• 1517 Dawson St., Wilmington • 5901 Oleander Dr., Wilmington • 5701 East Oak Island Drive, Long Beach • 106 Southport-Supply Rd. SE, Supply, NC 28462

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Exceeding Expectation: Red Barn’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ delivers artistic merit by: Gwenyfar Rohler

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halian Association’s summer series at the Red Barn Theatre is an unqualified success. First, they hosted the phenomenal Billie Holiday show, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” and now they’re putting on a wonderful production of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

Albee is a complicated playwright for Americans. He in many ways embodies the discontent and frustration of post-war America and the detente of the Cold War. Though he has never fit comfortably into any mold or school of thought, even when receiving awards for his work, he eschews attempts at labels (“I am not a gay writer. I am a writer who happens to be gay.”). Somewhere in the midst of confusion and human fallibility he manages to bring forth very real and frightening aspects of the human psyche—aspects and survival strategies that many of us would rather pretend we didn’t employ. Somehow Albee’s depiction is so mesmerizing we keep coming back for more. Since 1962 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” has fascinated, horrified and captivated audiences. Thalian’s current production succeeds on all three counts.

Meet George (Ron Hasson) and Martha (Katherine Vernon), a middle-aged faculty couple at a small New England college in the early ‘60s. (Notice the nice little allusion to the Washingtons that Albee threw in there? Yep, the whole show is like that—you really have to pay attention to mine the gems.) This couple has been together for a very long time, and they embark upon shorthand communication that appears to say one thing, but communicates something else actually. Vernon and Hasson have wonderful body language between them to underscore the script and really sell that point.

It is well past midnight, and the couple has just returned from a faculty party. Martha announces she invited the new hire and his wife for drinks. Enter Nick (Hal Cosec) and Honey (Maria Katsadorous). At the begining of their adult lives, and Nick’s professional career, the couple is full of promise and desperate to make a good impression on the faculty, especially Martha (the president’s daughter).

With very little fanfare they find themselves launched into the twisted, desperate world of George and Martha, to be used as playthings in the couple’s newest game with each other.

On your marks, get set ... Go! Cosec and Katsadorous act out their roles

as if genuinely baffled by the turn of events.

Is it hard to see Cosec as a handsome, charming, renaissance man—the athlete and scientist rolled into one? No, not at all. The man has charisma for days, coupled with his boyish good looks and sly smile. His Nick has clearly played the game of life by the rules and received honors and prizes, including a rich, beautiful, young wife.

Katsadorous gives us a depiction of Honey as a lovely, innocent, young woman who has perfected the art of keeping her secrets and everyone else’s. Though Martha discounts her early on, falling for the veneer that Honey wears, it is Honey who sees through the façade long before anyone else. I have seen productions where Honey was played as a stupid airhead, but I like Katsadorous’ choice better; it deepens the work and intensifies the script. One has to wonder what deeper secret she is keeping (even more awful than the one revealed in Act II)? Her work with Cosec is really strong; they have the easy comfort of people who have built a lifetime of trust, from childhood even. It’s a dependence, it’s a certainty, and when it is shattered, it is physically shocking to both of them.

In any show he directs, one should listen to the soundtrack, beginning with the pre-show music, very carefully. In this case, it started with The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” to set the tone for the evening.

This is a tough show that comes with a lot of expectations. Don’t expect a rehashing of the movie. This production is better! It puts more emphasis on the script and the subtlety of the struggles between the four actors onstage, and it truly utilizes Nick and Honey as mirrors for George and Martha. The performances are incredible. For a night of artistic merit, this is a winner.

Powerful Characters: Katherine Vernon brings out the spitfire in Martha in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Courtesy photo.

DETAILS:

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Thurs.-Sat., July 16-18, 20-25, 7:30 p.m.

Sun., July 19 & 26, 3 p.m.

Red Barn Studio Theatre are essential to this show, and between Law1122 S 3rd Street son and the cast, they have nailed it. If you know Lawson’s work, that’s not surprising; www.thalian.org • Tickets: $25 music and sound are key tools in his arsenal.

Ben Fancy has built a really lovely set for the show, complete with sconces and builtin bookcases. As befits a university professor’s home, the place is overflowing with books (even under the sofa and chairs). A genteel-down-at-heal-feel permeates the space—greater expectations that have not been achieved. It’s a good mirror for the inner world of George and Martha. And that is the heart of the show: the world these people manifest. The performances by Vernon and Hasson are nuanced, layered and powerful.

It’s a four-person script, so everyone has to be present in every moment, but from Martha and George, especially, the moment-tomoment intensity must be real and palpable.

Vernon and Hasson exceed expectations.

Director Anthony Lawson is blessed with a talented, hardworking cast. Among his many strengths as a director are a strong eye and a tuned ear. By a strong eye, I mean his blocking really paints the picture of shifting allegiances within the script. Audiences who follow closely can see the energy strengthen and dissolve between the characters based upon where they are in relation to each other.

The ear is the other piece: This is a show with a specific rhythm. If the cadence isn’t there, it won’t work. In the film, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, a strong series of sound effects crescendo when George talks about the car wreck. Sound and rhythm

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southeastern nc’s premier dining guide

grub & guzzle

jamaica’s comfort zone • 417 S College Rd #24 • (910) 399-2867

American BLUEWATER

Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie. Dine inside or at their awardwinning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sunday April - October.

Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256.8500.

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

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

Blue surf cafÉ

Sophisticated Food…Casual Style. We offer a menu that has a heavy California surf culture influence while still retaining our Carolina roots. We provide a delicate balance of flavors and freshness in a comfortable and inviting setting. We offer a unique breakfast menu until noon daily, including specialty waffles, skillet hashes and unique breakfast sandwiches. Our lunch menu is packed with a wide variety of options, from house roasted pulled pork, to our mahi sandwich and customer favorite, meatloaf sandwich.

Our dinner features a special each night along with our favorite house entrees: Braised Beef Brisket, Mojo Pork and Mahi. All of our entrees are as delicious as they are inventive.

We also have a full beer and wine list. Come try the “hidden gem” of Wilmington today. 250 Racine Drive Ste. 1, Wilm-

ington 910-523-5362.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday to Saturday 8:30

a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.bluesurfcafe.com

buffalo wild wings

If you’re looking for good food and an atmosphere that’s fun for the whole family, Buffalo Wild Wings is the place! Award winning wings and 20 signature sauces and seasonings.

Plus…salads, wraps, flatbreads, burgers, and more. Tons of Big screen TVs and all your favorite sports. We have daily drink specials, a HUGE draft selection, and Free Trivia all day every day. Come in for our Weekday Lunch Specials, only $5.99 from 11am-2pm. Visit us for Wing Tuesdays with 60 cent wings all day long, or Boneless Thursdays with 60 cent boneless wings all day long. Buffalo Wild Wings is a great place to dine in or take out.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: 2 locations-Midtown (910-798-9464) and Monkey Junction (910-392-7224) ■ MUSIC: Live music Friday and Saturday in the Summer ■ WEBSITE: www.buffalowildwings.com

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

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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.

■ 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 it’s going to be packed. Dinner too!

Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com

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

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

pine valley market

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

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

HOPS SUPPLY CO.

the trolly stop

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

■ OPEN: Mon-Thurs 10:57 am - 10 pm; Fri-Sat 10:57 am - 11 pm {Serving Brunch 10:57am – 3pm & bar open until midnight}; Brunch ALL DAY Sunday 9:57am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.hopssupplycompany.com

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.

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

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

porary artwork and music. Our diverse, friendly and efficient staff will serve you beautifully presented dishes full of enticing aromas and flavors. Be sure to try such signature items as the spicy and savory Roasted Duck with Red Curry, or the beautifully presented and delicious Shrimp and Scallops in a Nest. Be sure to save room for our world famous desert, the banana egg roll! We take pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

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

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

KYOTO ASIAN GRILLE

Kyoto Asian Grille specializes in crafting mouth-watering food and providing superb customer service. We serve a plethora of Asian cuisines, from Chinese to Japanese to Thai, and have an unwavering commitment to flavor. All of our ingredients are fresh, cooked to order, with artistic culinary flair. We also serve everything from sushi to traditional Chinese dishes, a plethora of curries to Pad Thai, hibachi and teriyaki dishes, and more. Come give us a try where you will find nothing in the freezer but the ice cream. Open for lunch

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), allbeef (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, 2014 and 2015.

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).

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.

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!

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 contem-

and dinner, Monday through Saturday. Located at 4102 Market Street, (910) 332-3302.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon - Thu: 11am - 3pm and 5pm - 9:30pm or Fri - Sat, 11am - 3pm and 5pm - 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: An array of Asian cuisines, from Japanese to Chinese, Thai and more.

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

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thai spice

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

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

Indian kabob and grill

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

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

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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

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!

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Welcome to Kabob and Grill, downtown Wilmington's only fine Indian restaurant. Located on Water Street, overlooking the Cape Fear River, Kabob and Grill innovatesexotic flavors of Indian kabobs and curries. Kabobs are baked to perfection in our "tandoor" clay oven fresh, daily. We take pride in offering a great selection of vegetarian entrees made with healthy spices, vegetables and herbs. We also serve vegan and gluten-free items, all aromatic and full of flavor. Our professional chef ensures our lavash and extensive menu appeals to all palates, whether choosing vegetarian, chicken, lamb, goat, or seafood. Our dining area is modern and upscale, yet steeped in Indian tradition. We have a full-service bar and are open seven days a week. We do take-out, delivery and welcome private parties. Live music and dance every Saturday. Please, check our website or facebook page for more information. www.kabobandgrilldowntown.com - 5 S. Water Street, (910) 833-5262.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Lunch Sunday through Saturday 11am-3pm. Dinner Sunday through Thursday 5-10pm, Friday & Saturday 5-10:30pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Innovative Indian recipes, made fresh daily.

■ WEBSITE: www.kabobandgrilldowntown.com

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 have specialties, such as lamb korma with nuts, spices and herbs in a mild creamy sauce, as well as seafood, like shrimp biryani with saffronflavored 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) 7944540.

■ 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

Italian eddie romanelli's

Eddie Romanelli’s is a family-friendly, casual Italian American restaurant that’s been a favorite of Wilmington locals for over 16 years. Its 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/Leland ■ 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 ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials until 3pm and late night menu from 11pm until closing.

Slice of life

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

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

a taste of italy

Looking for authentic Italian cuisine in the Port City? Look no further than A Taste of Italy Deli. Brothers, Tommy and Chris Guarino, and partner Craig Berner, have been serving up breakfast, lunch, and dinner to local and visiting diners for twenty years. The recipes have been passed down from generation to generation, and after one bite you feel like you’re in your mamas' kitchen. Along with the hot and cold lunch menu, they also carry a large variety of deli sides and 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 $6.99 Student meal. Catering options are available.

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

Organic lovey's natural foods & cafÉ

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

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

Specials: TUES NIGHT: 1/2 price wine by the glass WED NIGHT: $3 Draft night SUNDAY BRUNCH: 10am - 3pm SUNDAY DINNER: 5pm - 9pm OPEN TUES - THURS 5PM - 10PM FRI AND SAT 5PM - 10:30PM www . rxwilmington . com

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Mexican San Felipe Mexican Restaurant

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!

Independence Mall, 3522 Oleander Dr - Wilmington, NC (910) 791-9277 and 1114 New Pointe Blvd - Leland, NC (910) 371-1188.

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

la costa mexican restaurant

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

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

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

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Seafood catch

Serving the Best Seafood in South Eastern North Carolina.

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

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Acclaimed Wine List ■ WEBSITE: www.catchwilmington.com

■ MUSIC: Outside Every Friday and Saturday

SHUCKIN' SHACK

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

try 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.

oceanic

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH:

Mon – Sat 11am – 11pm, Sunday 10am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dining on the newly renovated Crystal Pier ■ WEBSITE: www.OceanicRestaurant.com

The pilot house

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

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

Large parties welcome. Private event space available. 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

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

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

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com

Dock Street oyster bar

Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters! Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street. You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfort able in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.

(910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

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.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.TheShuckinShack.com

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 to Tropical 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. (910) 769-3939.

■ 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

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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

pembroke's

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

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

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

Sports Bar hell's kitchen

This is downtown Wilmington’s Sports Pub! With every major sporting package on ten HDTVs and our huge

A new way to play with your food." It isn't just a catch phrase—it is what we do at Dig & Dive. Locally sourced, high-quality food is what we bring to the table. From our specialty "pork wings," tossed in our famed bourbon-barrell Kentuckyaki sauce, to our fresh ground chuck burgers, to our dogs and sausages, and even salads and kids menu, there's something for everyone to enjoy. We pair it with an expansive craft beer selection—including a large selection of NC brewed beers—and we give you the most unique and fun atmosphere in Wilmington, thanks to our soft-sand volleyball courts, outdoor and indoor dining. Hands down, we're the best place in town to ... Eat. Drink. Play. 3525 Lancelot Lane. 910-202-9350.

■ SERVING LUNCH & Dinner: Sun.-Thurs., 11am-midnight; Fri.-Sat., 11am-2am.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, off Market Street and Darlington ■ FEATURING: Burgers, dogs, build-your-own French fries, sandwiches, craft beer, volleyball courts.

■ WEBSITE: www.DigandDive.com

vegetarian/Vegan sealevel restaurant

Summer! Organic berries abound in our area and at Sealevel Restaurant in smoothies, desserts and beverages. Local organic strawberry lemonade, Key West limeade and Carolina Blueberry Sky Sour mixer are now being sold by the pint to sweeten, lighten, and heighten the mood at lunchtime—or to take home and combine with spirits and cracked ice for your next cocktail hour. Need to find the perfect gift? The summer wind carries you to Sealevel; shopping is a breeze when you gift prepaid lunches. Monitor our Facebook page to find out the daily fish filet, which is always local and exceptionally fresh (not to mention hand-chosen by your chef, Nikki Spears, for your health and enjoyment)! To those who haven’t (yet!) tasted our superb handcrafted and eclectic offerings, visit us for our lentil burgers, portobello melts, gluten-free Mexican pizzas, and numerous sushi rolls, like the Redneck Roll. 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: Vegetarian,Vegan, Seafood, Gluten-Free ■ WEBSITE: www.sealevelcitygourmet.com

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ABOVE: Venus flytraps are indigenous to Carolina Beach State Park, where a carnivorous plant hike is offered for free every Saturday and Sunday. Courtesy photo

nflation tends to get the best of our wallets annually, with rising prices across the spectrum of survival: shelter, groceries, utilities, gas, etc. In southeastern NC, there’s never a shortage of places to go and things to do. Yet, for the cash-strapped, sometimes it can be hard to fork out a $25 concert ticket or a $50 dinner.

Thus welcome to encore’s first edition of “Freeloading ILM”—dedicated to highlighting a host of freebies across town, which cost you zelch! From educational hikes to music, children’s storytime to salsa dancing, here are only a few ways to save a buck and engage in our coastal town’s activities. Just show up and enjoy on the days and times designated, and you can thank us later with a five—a high-five, of course.

~EDUCATION & RECREATION~ BE A TOURIST IN YOUR OWN HOMETOWN Multiple locations • Across town The Wilmington Beaches Convention and

Visitors Bureau have been on top of providing free stuff to locals for years. Their annual “Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown” used to be held the first Sunday in March, annually. It welcomed locals to enjoy numerous museums, attractions, tours, and the like for free all day long. In 2014 the bureau evolved the event to be year-round. Local hotspots—such as the county-owned Airlie Gardens and Cape Fear Museum—began offering free admission the first Sunday of every month, 365 days a year.

“Some of the attractions are free year-round; others offer designated free days throughout the year,” communications/public relations director Connie Nelson relays. “Some are free for residents only; some are free to all visitors.”

Nelson says some of the most popular freebies include Fort Fisher Historic Site and its recreation area, located south of Carolina Beach.

Hidden gems like the NC Military History Museum, Wrighstville Beach Museum of History and Wilmington’s municipal parks are included, too.

“Attractions with designated free days [also] include the NC Aquarium at Fort Fish-

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er,” Nelson continues, “as well as Cameron Art Museum, Bellamy Mansion, Jungle Rapids and Burgwin-Wright House. They offer free days for residents and/or service personnel that change each year.”

Locals can access all participants and the times and dates of free (or practically free) admission at www.GoWilmingtonAndBeaches.com.

CARNIVOROUS PLANT HIKE Carolina Beach State Park Flesh-eating plants don’t always conjure images of “The Little Shop of Horrors.” The Venus flytrap—which the famed Broadway show and movie is based on—has greater celebrity on a local scale. The plant is indigenous within 60 to 75 miles of Wilmington; though, it can be found in other areas of the eastern U.S. and even in Canada.

Each Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. in the spring, summer and fall (2 p.m. during winter months) folks can learn all about its history, preservation and propogration methods, with

a free hike through Carolina Beach State Park (1010 State Park Rd.; 910-458-8206). “The Venus flytrap was first introduced to the world in an April 2, 1759 letter penned by none other than Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs,” park superintendent James Helms says. “Governor Dobbs wrote a friend in England, naturalist Peter Collinson saying, ‘We have a kind of ‘Catchfly sensitive,’ which closes upon anything that touches it. It grows in the Latitude 34, but not in 35—I will try to save seed here.’”

Other carnivorous species exist in the park: pitcher plants, bladderworts, sundews, and butterworts. Basically, the difference between the flytrap and the others come down to how active the flytrap is.

“Others are more passive in that they don’t move or only slightly move,” Helms clarifies.

“The Venus flytrap is one of the very few that exhibits motion to actively trap its prey. . . . two hinged lobes [are] at the end of each leaf. On the inner surface are hair-like projections called ‘trichomes’ that cause the lobes to snap shut when prey comes in contact with them.”

Hikes are just under an hour, often welcoming up to 40 people, with the average group ranging from eight to 12. Folks will learn about the plants’ differences, habitat and range, as well as educational facts.

NATURE WALKS AND TALKS Across Wilmington and beaches Audubon NC offers bird walks every Monday morning at 9 a.m., lead by the Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards. Walks last about two hours and start at Beach Access 43 in the gazebo at Wrightsville Beach. The walk goes along the perimeter of a large nesting colony of American Oystercatchers, Black Skimmers, Common Terns, and Least Terns.

“All birds that migrate here from Central America,” says Marlene Eader, Audubon volunteer coordinator. “This year we have a total of over 400 nests.”

Onlookers get to see the action up close without disrupting the habitat. Though the walk is free, parking is $2.50 per hour in Wrightsville Beach (insert sigh here).

After exploring nesting sites, folks can learn about Sea Turtles with Wrightsville Beach’s Turtle Talks every Tuesday at 7 p.m. through August. Held at the NC Coastal Federation building (309 W. Salisbury St.), next to the Wrightsville Beach Museum, participants will learn about the turtle’s exoskeleton, migrating and breeding habits and more.

No reservations are needed.

Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project also of-

fer talks at the Carolina Beach State Park visitor center at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and at Ocean Front Park (105 Atlantic Ave.) on Mondays at 7 p.m. They cover sea turtles nesting and hatching areas, and enlighten on how to help protect them. For more information, contact (910) 458-8206.

Cape Fear River Watch (617 Surry St.) hosts free activities on the first and second Saturdays of each month. On the first Saturday, a pancake breakfast starting at 8 a.m. is followed by a guest speaker in the field of history or ecology of the Cape Fear region at 9 a.m.

These seminars are managed by CFRW’s executive director, Frank Yelverton. He says the seminars average 40 attendees, and cover anything from maintaining healthy garden habitats to water runoff. “[We] educate over 500 folks per year on different environmental topics and bring together fellow river lovers, while our Second Saturday Clean Ups remove hundreds of pounds of trash from our community each year,” Yelverton explains. On the second Saturday of each month, CFRW hosts organized cleanups along various rivers and streams of the Cape Fear River in New Hanover or Brunswick counties.

The CFRW lists a full schedule of events at www.capefearriverwatch.org

~ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT~

MUSIC Multiple locations • Across town

As far as free music goes, you can’t throw a stone without hitting a guy with a guitar playing for free somewhere in this town! We all know the go-to summer concert series: Friday nights’ Downtown Sundown (Riverfront Park area) and Mayfaire’s Music on the Town (6835 Conservation Way); first and third Sundays’ Boogie in the Park (Ocean Front Park 105 Atlantic Ave.) and Summer Fireworks By the Sea and Gazebo Music Series in Carolina Beach. Plus, there’s WECT’s Sounds of Summer at Wrightsville Beach Park (1 Bob Sawyer Dr.) on Thursdays.

But there are a plethora of other hot spots to get a fix for free performances.

Satellite Bar & Lounge (120 Greenfield St.) has its weekly Sunday Bluegrass jam, as well as acts on Friday and Saturday evenings without a cover charge. Goat & Compass (710 N. 4th St.) has multiple local favorites featured weekly, with Tuesday Open Mic Nights becoming more popular. Gravity Records (612 Castle St.) has added more free live in-store shows to their Facebook page.

Speaking of records, whether you’ve been a collector for years or you’re just getting into vinyl, the Juggling Gypsy (1612 Castle St.) hosts Vinyl Tap: A Vinyl Record Meetup every other Wednesday, with the next meetup on July 15 at 8 p.m. Turntables are provided, with all genres and bands welcome. The Opera Room (119 Grace St.) welcomes folks to bring their own vinyl to share with others on Tuesday, and Turntable Tuesdays also are in full swing at Palate (1007 N. 4th St.) from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

“You can basically be your own DJ,” manager Andrew Bopes says. “We’re all music fans and initially set it up much like our bottle shop—curated records for folks to choose from. We’ll have about 15 to 20 people come in and [bring] anything from funk to hip-hop to newer Indie music.” Palate even invites the occasional food truck to set up shop.

SALSA DANCING San Juan Cafe • July 15, 10:30 p.m.

Jaime Zurita of Sabor Productions is getting folks moving at San Juan Café (3314 Wrightsville Ave.) every other Wednesday, beginning at 10:30 p.m. Free salsa dance night brings a heft of spice to any ordinary weekday. It also provides new ways to meet other dancers and learn new moves.

“People love the energy that’s around when we get together to listen and dance to Latin music with our friends,” Zurita notes. “It starts with learning your first step, then your second, then your third . . . it’s a great feeling and is addictive. Combination after combination, you will be hooked.”

Though they don’t host workshops during dance nights, the production company does bring performers and teach lessons outside its social dances. “However, if anyone has any questions about salsa or bachata or merengue, we have no problem showing them the basics,” Zurita assures.

San Juan’s dance night welcomes all ages, races, and levels, from beginners to advanced.

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“We have had up to 30 or 40 people,” he notes.

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Folks can check the Sabor Productions Facebook page to keep up to date on San Juan salsa night (next one is Wednesday, July 15). Plus, they list other events, including family-friendly picnics at Hugh MacRae Park, where they cook out, play volleyball and soccer, and of course dance.

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MARKET Riverwalk • Daily, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

The Historic Downtown Marketplace started in 2010 and opens in early April (the weekend after Azalea Fest) to run through October.

Featuring multiple vendors weekly, the marketplace showcases handmade arts and crafts, from woodwork and garden art, to ceramics and jewelry, dog apparel and more. Overseen by the City of Wilmington, the marketplace helps “create a vibrancy along the river,” according to downtown services specialist Kimberly Adams.

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“Our goal is to create more of a festive atmosphere on Sundays, when it is otherwise quiet,” she elaborates. “Out of 45 vendors, only half are marketplace regulars. The other set up

during the week at their convenience.”

The vendors are juried, too, in order to ensure high-quality goods are being sold. In fact, they’ve welcomed a multitude of professionals, from a graphic artist with the New York Times, to a stained-glass artist whose client list included Glen Close’s family and the Angus meat family. As of last week, their silversmith, Melissa Manley, received an arts grant to learn from expert Celie Fago in polymer clay and metal techniques in Vermont. Manley will return to Riverfront Park’s Sunday marketplace to sell her handmade art “It’s a great platform for local artists who are a big part of the wonderful fibers that make up this city,” Adams says. “I get calls from artists throughout NC who want to participate.”

They want to participate for good reason, too. Vendors can make anywhere from $300 to $1,000 in a day among the tented and openair setup. There aren’t street closures, either, so everyone who comes upon it can access it easily, whether it’s a weekday or Sunday.

For more information about the market, contact Kim Adams at (910) 254-0907.

~KIDS & FAMILY EVENTS~ NHC PUBLIC LIBRARY Multiple locations • Across town From 2013-14 the New Hanover County libraries served 30,580 children and 6,263 adults with hundreds of free programs, some weekly, monthly, year-round, and others with varied schedules. Right now summer programs are in full swing.

Approximately 120 programs have been added since June 13 and will continue through August 8. In June alone, Susan DeMarco, librarian at the NHC Main Library, says among the 137 children’s programs, overall attendance was 3,446—an increase of 374 from last year.

“We expect to have close to 2,500 participating in our summer reading program before August 8,” DeMarco continues. “The summer theme is ‘Superheroes,’ and the program has been very popular.”

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It takes place every Wednesday through August 5, as well as Mondays at the Carolina Beach Library (300 Cape Fear Blvd.), and will end with a Superhero Fun Run (TBA).

There are no fees or registration required for superheroes-in-training, but there are separate craft events so kids can construct masks, capes and more.

The Main Library (201 Chestnut St.) also has its monthly Film Club in a three-part series.

Plus, they do Build It workshops, to help kids brush up on problem-solving skills (next one is July 20, 3 p.m., hosted in conjunction with Cape Fear Museum). They also show family movies on Fridays at 2 p.m. at Main Library and at 3 p.m. on Wednesdays at Northeast Regional

Library (1241 Military Cutoff Rd.); concessions are welcome. Also coming up Tuesday, July 28 is the Totally Teen at Northeast Regional, along with the Super Villain Syndicate for Teens at Myrtle Grove (5155 S College Rd.).

A calendar of free activities for children, as well as teens and adults, can be found at www. nhclibrary.org. It also includes events presented by county and city departments, like the 4-H Food Detectives, Cape Fear Museum and fire department.

SPLASH PAD 750 Bess Street • Downtown Sure, the city pools may charge a buck to get cooled down this summer, but the Splash Pad on the northside of downtown is absolutely free. Kids can stay cool for the rest of the summer at 750 Bess Street, across from the Wilmington Police Department. With geysers and water cannons galore, fully automated equipment and zero depth, kids of all ages can play safely. They’re open Mondays through Sundays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (weather permitting) until September 9. For more information, call (910) 343-3682.

STORYTIME FOR KIDS NHC libraries • Multiple locations Ocean Front Park • Kure Beach The NHC libraries host upward of 17 weekly storytimes year round. Family Yoga Storytime is most popular downtown, but there also is Pre-school Storytime at the Northeast Regional (1241 Military Cutoff Rd.) and Myrtle Grove branches (5155 S College Rd.) for ages 3 to 5, as well as Art Storytime on Tuesdays at Myrtle Grove for ages 5 to 10. They include activities revolving around books, music and pre-literacy development.

Free reading-based programs are offered for children at Story Time by the Sea at Ocean Front Park (105 Atlantic Ave.) in Kure Beach.

The stories are paired with activities for boys and girls each Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and feature an appearance by princesses and friends from favorite fairy tales.

Barnes & Noble (750 Inspiration Dr.) hosts a slew of storytimes, too, including Tuesday toddler groups at 10 a.m., “Magic Tree House Stories” every third Thursday, along with a special Saturday series. On July 18 they will host one revolving around “Star Wars.” Kids and adults of all ages can join in for activities, trivia, and even come dressed in character for prizes.

More dates are upcoming, too.

Not to neglect valuable math and science skills, parents and their kids (ages 3 to 6) can learn more in both areas through reading, interactive stories, hands-on experiments, and exploration stations at Airlie Gardens (300 Airlie Rd.). Pre-school Math and Science at Airlie Gardens starts at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, with pre-registration required by calling 910-798-6365.

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nine lives of xen: The Secret History of Cats Part 2: 1888 by: ANTHONY D. LAWSON

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eople had a real hard time in London in 1888. Food was scarce and people were dying every day. Good thing I’m not a person. Not that it was a Sunday parade for cats either. Scarcity of food affected us just as much—well, maybe not as much, but we did feel the pain.

A cat can live quite some time without any actual physical food, the essence keeps us alive. The thing is we still feel the hunger. If we don’t eat real food, our stomachs start to cramp and it feels like the stomach is digesting itself. No one wants to live forever if they’re starving the whole time.

We had to be very careful where we went looking for food back then. There was a crazy old lady with red hair who would chase cats and put them in her oven—with meat being so scarce and all. If you were unlucky enough to be caught off guard, you would end up in one of her pies. Luckily for us, she wasn’t very fast.

Back then, it really was an “us”; I hadn’t taken to my solitary ways yet. I ran with a small group. We looked out for each other while scrounging for food. More times than not we found sanctuary in the alleyways of Whitechapel. Rowdy pubs overran with drunken patrons who never finished their meals made for excellent waste to sift through. Life was pretty good for a while, being a part of an allycat gang. As August rolled around, our good time was drawing to an end.

It was the dog days (God, I hate that term) of summer. August was at an end and the nights were still uncomfortable. Sleep didn’t come easy to any of us, so we spent most of the time patrolling the allies, looking for anything edible. The night hadn’t been going well—not so much as a scrap in sight. Just around 3 a.m. a man in a shabby coat started calling out to us. “ ‘ere puss, puss,” he said. “Come ‘ere now luvs.”

Always ones to mistrust humans, we kept our distance, but something caught our attention. There was a distinct crinkling sound behind his back. “’ere now, you’ll want this.”

He produced a lump wrapped in butcher’s paper and laid it down in front of us. Lying on the paper was a giant hunk of fresh bleeding meat. The man backed away, raising his

hands as he went. “Don’t mean you no harm, luvs. Just wanted you to know you have a friend.”

We watched as he left, but as soon as he was gone our eyes dropped to the feast.

There were probably many things we should have been suspicious of, but hunger got the best of us: We tore into the tender offering.

About an hour later, after we finished our meal, we heard a commotion coming from one alley over. The meat made us complacent so none of us felt up to investigating. Maybe if we had taken the time, things wouldn’t have ended up the way they did.

A week later I was wandering around by myself when I was confronted by the shabby man again. “I’m not gonna ‘urt ya, luv.” His voice was eerily soothing. “‘Member me now, don’t ya?”

Despite my instincts that had kept me alive for so many years, I walked over to him. “I’ve got another present for ya. But just for you now; there’s not enough for all, you see.”

He set down a small piece of newspaper and unfolded the edges. Glistening on the middle of the print was wat appeared to be half a kidney. “Go on, now; you must be hungry.”

I waited to see if he would walk away again. When I realized that he was standing his ground, I waited the slightest of moments before slowly approaching the organ. I sat there and ripped it into small pieces as he watched on.

As he walked away, I felt the once tantalizing meal in my stomach turn to stone. It weighed me down as I sauntered around the alleys at a miniscule pace. It wasn’t long before I heard a commotion that lifted me out of my daze. Someone had cut up poor ‘ol Annie. She was known by us for her tendency to throw us scraps whenever she had the chance. She never smelled very nice, but she always had a smile and a biscuit. Sometimes that’s enough to endear yourself to a person forever. Now, she was sprawled on the damp, trash-ridden alley, life oozing out of her onto the stone. The nice bawdy lady that no one had the decency to cover up, just lying there for everyone to see.

No one took notice of me as I circled around and pushed past the parted legs to get a better look at our former benefactor.

Poor Annie’s head barley clung onto the rest of her body, but for what it’s worth it was still there. It appeared that whoever did this removed something from the giant wound they had produced on her abdomen. It was quite possible that she no longer had her…

The thought stopped there. The stone in my stomach made its way up, and I turned away from the body to spare it the further indignity. The contents of my stomach now lay next to the brutalized body.

It was too much to handle. By the end of the month, I jumped onto a ship and set off for America.

The reason I tell you all of this is because I thought I had seen the worst humanity had to offer that night. One look into the shabby man’s eyes and I knew fear like I never knew before. I was comforted it could never get worse. But when I saw Mr. David’s memories, as I transferred his essence to M., I knew I was wrong.

Anthony David Lawson is the author of “Novel,” as well as a local playwright, director and actor. He will write a piece of prose presented in parts every other week in encore throughout 2015, entitled “The Nine Lives of Xen.

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“That’s a good puss. You have all of Hell in you, don’t you?”

The question didn’t even register. The fresh meat was too tantalizing a distraction.

“You have all of Hell in you, and that’s what I want.”

His hand was suddenly on top of my head, softly stroking down my back. My aversion to being touched is not something that came with age, I have never liked it. For some reason, between his soothing voice and generous gift, I allowed the contact.

“I know about you and your kind. I want you to help me. Let me see the Hell in your eyes.”

He gently grabbed the scruff behind my neck and lifted my head up. He lowered his own so that he could stare into my eyes. I’m not sure if he ever saw the “Hell” he was looking for, but I certainly saw the devil in his.

“Go, now, puss. Tell your friends how nice I b’ens to you.”

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happenings & events across wilmington

to-do calendar

events

MEGA BIZMIX BUSINESS EXPO

7/16, 5:30pm: Showcase of Chamber business member products and services in a relaxed, casual atmosphere.

Featuring displays, giveaways, food, beverages and great networking! Coastline Conference and Event Center, 501 Nutt Street

BAKERY FEST 2015

Celebrating three years of Uprising Bakery, with facepainting, corn-hole, art show, silent auction, and live music with Tyler Mckaig, Dallas Perry, Brett Johnson, Randy McQuay, Travis Shallow, Bob Russel, and Victoria Boron. noon-midnight on 7/18, Uprising, 1701 Wrightsville Ave.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT

7/25, 5pm: Family Fun Night, featuring the 2015 Summer Art Exhibit: Guardians of the Garden, is a special afterhours event where both young and young at heart will enjoy an evening filled with games, crafts, garden tours, nature activities, scavenger hunt, food trucks, music by Mr. Mark and more! Get your tickets in advance - they go up to $9/person on event day. Tickets are just $5 in advance and $9 on event day. Children age 3 and up must have a ticket. Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Road

SUMMER JAMBOREE

8/1, all day: Beach Community Worship Service is hosting at 1st Annual Summer Jamboree. Fun-filled, water play day for the whole family! We will have games, wa-

ter slides, a dunking booth, water ballons, prizes and much, much more! We will be selling food plates and raffle tickets for great prizes...but there is no cost for fun!

Donations are appreciated. 5 North 4th Street

charity/fundraiser HIPPIE BALL

7/25, 7pm: Join us at the grooviest party of the summer!

The 4th annual Hippie Ball will be held on Saturday, July 25th at UNCW’s Warwick Center. This fun event celebrates the best that the 60’s/70’s era has to offer. Feel free to get decked out as a free-spirited flower child as you groove to the outta-sight sounds of Blivet. Prizes will

be given for the best-dressed hippies and best dancers.

Far-out food, drinks and auction items will have you saying, “Right On!” Sponsorship opportunities are available now! Please message us if you would like to sponsor this fun event, donate an item for our auction or receive additional info. UNCW’s Warwick Center Ballroom, 601 S. College Road

theatre/auditions MAYTLE’S WORLD See page 20.

WENDIGO

7/16-19, 23-26, 8pm; Sun., 5pm: “Wendigo” follows four lifelong friends taking a yearly hunting trip. But as they try to help one of their number deal with a trauma in his past, they fail to realize that this time, they’re the ones being hunted. $15. browncoattheatre.com. Browncoat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace Street

CRYSTAL BRIGHT AND THE SILVER HANDS

7/16, 7:30pm: Wildly eclectic, engaging and creative, Crystal Bright takes inspiration from myriad sources for a rather cinematic listening experience. From klezmer rave-ups to Latin-flavors and Danny Elfman-esque gothic soundscapes, there’s no shortage of twists and turns across the span of a performance. This special night will include acrobatics, body painting, the artwork of DividingMe Photography, who inspired her latest album.

Accordion, musical saw, concertina, piano, Taiko drum, adungu (Ugandan harp), and various other instruments, with operatic and soulful vocals. http://crystalbrightandthesilverhands.com. CAM Contemporaries Members: $10. Non-CC Members: $15. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th St. www.cameronartmuseum.org

THEATRE NOW ANNIVERSARY PARTY

7/20, 6:30pm: Celebrate TheatreNOW’s third birthday with a little comedy, music and cake. Free Admission.

Bar and Kitchen goodies all $3. TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St. www.wilmingtontheatre.com

SUMMERS AT SEABREEZE

Through 7/25, Fri-Sat, 6pm: In the era of segregation, African-Americans had few options when it came to enjoying the beautiful waters of our coastal home. Fortunately, the place they did have was Seabreeze. And from it’s birth at the turn of the century to it’s ultimate demise after decades of revelry, Seabreeze has been the center of many amazing stories, a lifeline for it’s residents and the spot where many a carefree day was spent. This multi-media piece, crafted from the tales of those that were there, celebrates the storied history of this cultural touchstone. Special musical arrangements and recordings provided by Wilmington Walk of Fame Star recipient, Grenoldo Frazier. A 3-course low-country/ beach-inspired meal included with dinner ticket. Conceived, written, and directed by Zach Hanner. TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St. $34 adults; $26, seniors and children under 12; $20 for show only. Free valet. www. theatrewilmington.com

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? See page 21.

CRAZY FOR YOU See page 19.

HERMIT OF FORT FISHER

7/29-8/2, 8pm: The play tells the true life story of “the Fort Fisher Hermit,” Robert E. Harrell. At the age of 62, Harrell found himself a failure at everything in his life. Divorced and estranged from his wife and family, with numerous business ventures having soured, Harrell left his home in Shelby, NC, in the summer of 1955. Three months later he resurfaced in the marsh areas around Fort Fisher, just south of Wilmington and began living in an abandoned

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ammunition bunker, without utilities, income or regular source of food.For 17 years, he lived off the land and “the kindness of strangers,” all while dispensing his own philosophical and psychological teachings to the numerous tourists and other visitors to his camp. By 1972, the State Department of Tourism estimated that Harrell had become the second biggest tourist attraction on the southeastern coast of NC, after the Battleship USS NC. Harrell’s mysterious death in 1972 served only to heighten his reputation. Children under 6, free; $20 GA. Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, 1941 Amphitheater Drive.

PAGE TO STAGE

7/29, 6:30pm: Page to Stage Unlimited is an organization comprised of writers, actors and producers dedicated to producing and sharing original, locally-written works with the greater Wilmington community. In association with CAM, a series of readings featuring a mix of comedy and drama written and performed by Page to Stage’s more than 40 local members will happen the last Wednesday of each month. Ask questions and give feedback in a nurturing environment to Page to Stage.

Cameron Art Museu, 3201 South 17th Street

IMPOSSIBILITIES

7/30-8/2, 7pm and 10pm: Magical Comedian Chris Collins and Mentalist Erik Dobell have spent a combined 40+ years traveling from South Dakota to South Korea entertaining NFL football players and celebrities at private and public events. For their new project, they wondered what would happen if a Magician and a Mind Reader worked together as a duo? The result is the show Impossibilities: An Evening of Magic, Mind Reading and Mayhem which will be playing at TheatreNow, 19 S. 10th St. www.theatrewilmington.com

comedy COMEDY AT CALICO

Wed., 9pm: Comedy Showcase at The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St., in downtown Wilmington. Come see some of the funniest guys in the region and potentially win cash prizes. An open mic show with a different headliner every week! Hosted by Reid Clark.

DEAD CROW COMEDY CLUB

Ongoing schedule: Mon, Comedy Bingo and $1 tacos; Tues, free Crow’s Nest Improv (long-form), 8pm; Wed, Nutt House Improv Show, 9pm, $3; Thurs, free open-mic night, 9pm; Fri-Sat, national touring comedians/comediennes, 8pm/10pm $10-$15; Sun, closed. • 11:45pm: Late Fear with Willis Maxwell, Wilmington’s Late Night Talk Show, taped every 1st and 3rd Saturday night at midnight in the Dead Crow Comedy Room, Late Fear is a hilarious and fun showcase for Wilmington’s creative talent and small business. • 7/17, 9:30pm; 7/18, 7pm and 9:30pm: Andy Sandford—After making his Late Night debut on Conan O’brien, New York comedian Andy Sandford is heading to Dead Crow Comedy Room.

Sandford is a founding member of Beards of Comedy, Comedy Central, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Adult Swim. Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front Street.

music/concerts UNCW JAZZ FACULTY CONCERT

7/15, 7:30pm: Members of the UNCW Department of Music faculty, alumni and workshop staff perform as part of the annual summer jazz workshop. Directed by Frank Bongiorno, the ensemble includes Natalie Boeyink, Michael D’Angelo, Tom Davis, Justin Hoke, John LaCognata, Jerald Shynett, Mike Waddell and more. Tickets are available one hour prior to performance at the Cultural Arts Building box office. UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Drive

SUMMER JAZZ WORKSHOP CONCERT

7/17, 7:30pm: The concluding concert for the Summer Jazz Workshop Concert. See (and hear!) North Carolina’s finest middle and high school jazz students. UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Drive

REGGAE FESTIVAL See pages 8-9.

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH OPERA ILM

7/18, 10am: Spend the morning exploring the world of OW’s upcoming production of Rigoletto. Tour the set & costume shop, meet members of the cast & crew, and

more! UNCW Cultural Arts Building, 5270 Randall Drive

BYRON MARSHAL

7/19, 4pm: Ogden Baptist Church Academy of Music and Music Ministry Presents: Byron Marshall in Concert with guests Nancy King & Constance Paolantonio Sunday, July 19, 2015 @ 4 PM Ogden Baptist Church is located at 7121 Market Street in Wilmington Free Admission Donations are welcome to sponsor a new music scholarship internship program between the CFCC Department of Music and the OBC Music Academy. Details: (910) 686-7488.

RIGOLETTO

7/24, 8pm: Opera Wilmington presents Verdi’s tragic masterpiece, Rigoletto. Corruption, lechery and revenge abound in this lush and dazzling production, set in 16th century Mantua. Sung in Italian, with English supertitles, Verdi’s score tells the heartbreaking tale of a deformed court jester who ultimately fails in protecting his beautiful daughter, Gilda, from an unfavorable Duke. Optional Opening Champagne Reception, 6pm | July 24 Optional Closing Cast Party, 6pm | August 2 Tickets: $40 (Opening Reception - $50 | Closing Party - $40) Purchase tickets at Kenan Box Office: 910-962-3500 / 800-732-3643 OR online: www.etix.com. UNCW Cultural Arts Mainstage Theatre, 5270 Randall Dr.

CAPE FEAR BLUES CRUISE

7/24, 7:30pm: Flagship event of the annual Cape Fear Blues Festival. 3 bands on 3 decks with 3 cash bars and edible delights by Angie’s Catering. Listen to the Blues in air-conditioned comfort or walk the decks for unparalleled views of the historic Wilmington riverfront. Performers include Elliott & The Untouchables (Columbia SC), The Rusted Rails (Raleigh NC), and IBC Solo Champion Randy McQuay II (Wilmington NC). One of the largest inland cruises of its kind in the southeast U.S.! Tickets on sale now. Info at 910-350-8822. Henrietta III Riverboat, 101 S. Water St. #1

ACOUSTIC BLUES WORKSHOP

7/25, noon: Tad Walters will perform solo at this workshop, a sanctioned event of the Cape Fear Blues Festival. Raised in Raleigh NC, he took on the guitar at age 12, adding harmonica by the time he was 14. He’s a member of the Music Maker Foundation’s Next Generation Artist program and has performed with Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Billy Boy Arnold, Dave Myers, John Jackson, John D. Holeman, Big Bill Morganfield, Willie Smith, and Hubert Sumlin. With a deep respect for Piedmont Blues, Tad teaches guitar and harmonica while appearing at festivals all across the Carolinas. Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.

PORT CITY BLUES SHOWCASE

7/25, 8pm: Blues takes center stage on Saturday July 25th in the Port City and Hell’s Kitchen is the place to be for the real deal Blues. This 4 band, all-local lineup of Wilmington Blues musicians includes Snake Malone and The Black Cat Bone, Slippery Jake Horton and the Sliders, Max Levy and The Hawaiian Shirts and Jason Thompson. Free, 8pm. Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.

CAPE FEAR BLUES JAM

7/28, 8pm: The Cape Fear Blues Society hosts this weekly gathering of area blues musicians inside of the Port City’s favorite juke joint, The Rusty Nail. Amps, drums, keyboard, mics & PA are provided - just bring your instrument. Friendly faces, plenty of seats, free parking, and blues all night long! Info at 910-251-1888 or www.capefearblues.org. Rusty Nail, 1310 S 5th Ave.

TALLIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

7/30, 7:30pm: The Tallis Chamber Orchestra continues to celebrate their 10th season with a summer concert of Classics and Pops at the Cameron Art Museum. Music

by Joseph Haydn, Leroy Anderson, Ennio Morricone, John Williams and more. Free concert with donations accepted for the Pancoe Art Education Center. Freedonations accepted for Pancoe Art Education Center.

Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th Street

MUSICAL PROGRAM

8/1, 5pm: Choirs, soloists and groups from area churches will appear on this program. Central Missionary Baptist Church, 702 Red Cross St.

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Black River Cruise Sunday, July 19th @ 11am - $55 Cruise up to the Black River in comfort. The Black River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 50 miles long.

We will travel approx. 14 miles above Wilmington to reach this waterway. In recent years, the Black River has returned almost entirely to its natural condition and is now used primarily by sportsmen, hunters, and fishermen. This cruise is especially designed for wildlife & bird lovers & any nature photograhers. Captain Doug will be your guide and introduce you to this wonderful hidden gem in your backyard.

This cruise is 4 hours - $55

Pirate School Mondays 11am: Kids $17 & Adults $5 Great for ages 3 to 12 years - 50 min adventure on the high seas of the Cape Fear River. Come aboard if you dare & meet Captain NoBeard & her crew!

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songs and will gladly play your requests for all kinds of music: Ballroom, Latin, Shag, Nightclub, Country, Rock and Roll, Line dancing. For more info, call Tim Gugan, 371-5368. Admission: S17.00 member couples, $20 guest couples. Elks Club, 5102 Oleander Dr.

IRISH STEP DANCE

Traditional Irish Step Dancing Beginners to Championship level ages 5-adult! Mondays nights. The studio is located at 1211 South 44th St. www.walshkelleyschool. com.

BABS MCDANCE STUDIO

Premier social dance studio featuring group and private lessons in shag, swing, hip-hop, Latin, foxtrot, cha-cha, belly dancing, ballroom, Zumba—weekly with various pricing. For more info on prices and weekly social events, visit www.babsmcdance.com or call 395-5090.

76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB

Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639

CONTRA DANCE

Tuesday night dances, 5th Ave United Methodist Church on South 5th Ave at Nun, 7:30-9:30pm.Social dance for all levels; singles and couples, families, college and high school students and folks of all dancing abilities are invited to come. $4. (910) 538-9711.

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 beginners’ lesson, 7:30.

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ART STORYTIME

7/28, 10am: Art Storytime is a new program for children ages 5 to 10, and Mr. Max is taking it off campus! On 7/28 kids will listen to a story by the Minnie Evans Bottle House at Airlie Gardens, then create art based on the book. Art Storytime is free, and materials are provided by the Friends of NHC Library. Admission to Airlie Gardens is free to children attending this special event.

Space is limited so please preregister on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org or call 910-798-6393. Contact Max Nunez, mnunez@nhcgov.com / 910-798-6393. Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Road

WATERCOLOR WEDNESDAY

Watercolor Wednesday continues at the Kure Beach Community Center - this 4-week watercolor class runs from June 10th through July 1st and is open to all levels of aspiring painters. Classes are taught by Kure Beach’s own award-winning, international artist Ken Withrow.

Class is held from 12:30-2:30pm and the cost to participate is $30 per person per 4-week session. Registration forms and a list of needed supplies can be found at Town Hall or by emailing parks@tokb.org. Bring your completed registration form and payment to the first class. Kure Beach Community Center, 118 N. 3rd Ave

AN ARTIST’S VIEW

Spectrum Gallery presents “An Artist’s View”, featuring the works of July’s artist in residence, Phil Mead. He describes his landscapes and still life paintings as “Realistic Impressionism”. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 10am-6pm, and Thursday, Friday, 10am8pm. Live music and light refreshments every Thursday evening from 6-8pm. Spectrum Gallery, 1125 J Military Cutoff Rd.

PEPPER MILL SHOP ART SHOW

DALLAS THOMAS: RECENT WORKS

Cape Fear Community College’s Wilma W. Daniels Gallery is pleased to present Recent Works by Dallas Thomas. Thomas’s work is heavily influenced by nonspecific tribal ceremonies and rituals from all over the world. Thomas incorporates dramatic mark making and energy into his paintings, citing hip hop culture as a major influence for his work. The gallery will hold a Fourth Friday event on July 24th from 6-9 pm. Admission into the gallery is free. Regular gallery hours are TuesdaysFridays 10-5:30pm and Saturdays 12-5:30pm. Wilma W. Daniels Gallery, CFCC, 411 N. Front St.

FOUNTAINSIDE ART EXHIBITION

7/25, 10am-4pm, at Lumina Station. Created to celebrate local artists in our community, and feat. original works of art from specialty, hand-selected artisans displayed along our sidewalks. Live jazz by the Doug Irving Trio.

Browse boutiques, and grab a delicious bite to eat from a restaurant while you shop great local art! Includes a variety of giveaways, to include a $500 value prize basket, filled with gift cards and goodies from Lumina’s merchants. Raffling a custom, handmade surfboard by Havoc Board Sports and a “Dog Lover’s Gift Basket” from Ali’s K9 Clips! All proceeds benefit local non-profit Surfer’s Healing, which enriches the lives of people living with autism by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing! http://bit.ly/LuminaFountainside. Lumina Station, 1900 Eastwood Road

Flytrap Brewing presents a “spicy, handcrafted art show” from local artist, Kelly Sweitzer’s Peppermill Shop.

Foodie artwork, inspired by puns. Sweitzer’s work will be on display through August 31. Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut Street

ARTFALL ARTIST SUBMISSIONS

Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center is seeking 2D artists for the 1st Annual ARTfall Juried Art Show and Sale to be held 10/14-18. ARTfall will be one of the events during the ARTblast Festival, a local tradition celebrating the performing and visual arts at various locations in downtown Wilmington. The ARTfall Exhibition will be open to the public 10am - 5pm daily during the ARTblast Festival with an artists’ reception and awards presentation Thursday October 15th 6 - 8 pm.

The deadline for applications and online registration is September 30. Only original artwork completed within the last two years will be considered for exhibition. An original artwork is the artist’s sole creation and Is not, in whole or in part, a copy of any other persons work or photograph. Preference is given to artists from the Lower Cape Fear region. Submission guidelines, application and exhibition details: www.wilmingtoncommunityarts. org or slherrick@thalian.org.

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

museums CAPE FEAR MUSEUM

Exhibits: Reflections in Black and White Exhibit: Free for members or with general admission Reflections in Black and White will highlight Cape Fear Museum’s large collection of photographs. The exhibit will feature a selection of informal black and white photographs taken by black and white Wilmingtonians after World War II, before the Civil Rights movement helped end legalized segregation. Visitors will have a chance to compare black and white experiences and think about what people’s lives were like in the region during the latter part of the Jim Crow era. • 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. • 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. • Summer PopUps! Movement Challenge: 7/20-24, 10am and 2pm, free with admission Experiment with force and motion! Work together to lift loads, move weights, and use simple machines. • Backyard Explorers, 7/27-31, 10am and 2pm, free with admission Explore our natural world in the Museum’s Discovery Gallery! Build a Venus Flytrap puppet, pretend to be a beaver, and make a nature journal to take home. • Furs and Skulls: 8/3-7, 10am and 2pm, free with admission Investigate the critters that live in the Lower Cape Fear! Examine beaver furs and skulls and compare them to other local animals.Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St. capefearmuseum• Sky Quest, 7/26, 1:30pm: Come discover the exciting world of astronomy in Cape Fear Museum’s digital planetarium as we take a virtual journey to explore our solar system

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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.• Girls in Science Camp: From test tubes to safety goggles, this camp is explosive! Our science camp encourages girls to explore the world around them using hands-on activities and experiments. They will learn the basics of biology, chemistry, and physics in a fun and educational environment. At the end of the week, the girls will take home their science journals to show friends and families a plethora of new experiments! Ages 5-9. www.playwilmington.org 116 Orange St. 910-254-3534

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM

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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.

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Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Children’s Hall, and spectacular model layouts. House in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and after-hours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd 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. 910-7632634, www.wrrm.org.

LATIMER HOUSE

Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm, and Sat, 125pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. $4-$12.

The Latimer House of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is not handicapped accessible 126 S. Third St. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org

CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM

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One of NC’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (18171896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, itf ocuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action.910-251-3700. www.bellamymansion.org. 503 Market St.

CAMERON ART MUSEUM

Exhibits: Matter of Reverence: For over 40 years, Hiroshi Sueyoshi (Japanese, b. 1946) has worked in the medium of clay. This exhibition explores the evolution of his art and philosophy as well as his major influences including Isamu Noguchi, Peter Voulkos and Ruth Duckworth. Featuring work from CAM’s permanent collection as well as loans from private and public collections including the Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC and the Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC. Free for members. • Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Claude Howell (March 17, 1915 – February 3, 1997). ClaudeLIVE focuses on the life and work of one of North Carolina’s most notable artists. Howell holds an established place in the vanguard of North Carolina art. A brilliant colorist and meticulous draftsman, he is best known for his intimate examination of the southern coast: the quality of light and life of its people. For over fifty years, Howell kept journals chronicling his daily life in Wilmington and his international travels through twenty-three countries.

He wrote brilliant radio commentaries inspired by his journal entries which were produced by WHQR Public Radio. Additionally, he established the art department of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and was teacher, mentor, arts activist and philanthropic leader, using his great energy and will for the betterment of the arts in NC. South 17th St. and Independence Blvd. TuesSun,10am-5pm; Thurs: 10am-9pm. Museum members free, $8 non-members, $5 students with valid ID, $3 children age 2 -12. • CAM Café hrs: Tues-Sat, 11am-3pm; Sun, 10am-3pm; Thurs. dinner. 910-395-5999. www. cameronartmuseum.org

BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE

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

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ed Python that can swallow a human being whole! Giant Anaconda weighs 300 lbs, w/15 ft long King Cobras hood up and amaze you. See the Black Mamba, Spitting Cobras, Inland Taipans, Gaboon Vipers, Puff Adders, and more! Over 100 species, some so rare they are not exhibited anywhere else. One of the most famous reptile collections on earth. Open everyday in summer, 11am-5pm (Sat. till 6 pm); winter schedule, Wed-Sun. 20 Orange St. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

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Behind the Garage Series: Subversive Films & Experimental Music. Subversive films shown every Sunday at 8pm, followed by experimental musical guests. 8PM: Controversial, eye-opening and entertaining films & documentaries shown weekly. 10PM: Experimental, avant garde, noise, and other unclassfiable musical performances at 10. Hosted by Karl Tyler Perry. Juggling Gypsy Cafe & Hookah Bar, 1612 Castle St

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7/22, 7pm: The great Renée Fleming stars as the beguilng femme fatale who captivates all of Paris! Mayfaire Theatre, 900 Towne Ctr

REEL WILMINGTON

The Reel Wilmington film series is focused on films that have been shot here in the Port City area. This series will be a six week program featuring family friendly films that are free to the public. The films will be shown in Bailey Theater Park on Saturdays, starting at 8:30pm. Bailey Theater Park is located in downtown Wilmington at 13 N. Front St.. http://www.cfifn.org/reel-wilmington/ . The public should feel free to bring their own folding chairs.

This event is sponsored by Wilmington Downtown Inc., Downtown Business Alliance, Slice of Life, Front Street Brewery, Port City Java and Cool Wilmington. For additional information or comments, contact Richard Gehron at richardg@cfifn.org or (910)200-2438.

kids’ stuff SUPER VILLIAN SYNDICATE

Teens! The theme for Summer Reading Club 2015 at New Hanover County Public Library is “Every Hero Has a Story,” but what’s a superhero without a nemesis? Create your own super villain identity, and plot water warfare against hordes of superheroes! No preregistration is needed for these free Super Villain meetups; 5:30pm.

July 21: Ready the Water Blobs! July 28: Stockpile

Sponge Bombs! Aug 4: Final Super Villain Mission Briefing! We’ll put your Super Villain skills to the test at the 2nd Annual Superhero Fun Run on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Myrtle Grove. Super Villains will lurk along the course to hurl water balloons at kid Superheroes! Youth Services Librarian Scooter Hayes shayes@nhcgov.com 910-7986393. New Hanover County Myrtle Grove Library, 5155 S. College Rd.

VISUALLY IMPAIRED SURF CAMP NIGHT

7/16, 6pm: Indo Jax Surf Charities is celebrating it’s annual Visually Impaired Surf Camp this year with a onetime, one-of-a-kind event. Come share the stoke of surfing with Indo Jax Surf School, Blind Professional Surfer Derek Rabelo, and our visually impaired surfers! We will be watching Beyond Sight- Derek Rabelo’s story a film made about blind surfer, Derek Rabelo’s, journey to surf Pipeline. The Walking On Water Team along with Derek will be there to help with our Visually Impaired kids and to tell us more about his story. Dubtown Cosmonauts will be laying down some groovy tunes! Also, the niece of Helen Keller, Keller Johnson will be there to speak as well! Raffles, silent auction, face painting, and tons of fun. Super kid-friendly event! Event sponsored by The Blockade Runner Beach Resort, Alerttile, Eye Care Center, and The Helen Keller Foundation. Proceeds go to Indo Jax Surf Charities a Wilmington based 501c3.

JUGGLING MONEY

7/18, 10am: Juggling money isn’t just for grown ups!

Paul Miller of Flow Circus pulls off juggling feats and magic tricks while telling an adventure story in which hard work and smart choices lead to big rewards. The 30-minute program for ages 3 to 5 introduces basic financial literacy concepts in a memorably playful way.

Variety entertainer Paul Miller performs everywhere from off Broadway to Disney Cruise Lines. He has been using the juggling arts to promote active learning and play as Flow Circus since 1999. Learn more at www.

FlowCircus.com. NHC Library offers free programming with the goal of helping parents prepare children to be successful and self-sufficient in a 21st century world.

Free family program supported by PNC Grow Up Great (https://www.pnc.com/grow-up-great). Scooter Hayes at shayes@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6393. New Hanover

County Myrtle Grove Library, 5155 S. College Rd.

STORYTIME BY THE SEA

Wed., 10am: Join characters from Fairytales and Dreams by the Sea at Ocean Front Park for stories, crafts, and games. Free, fun activities for both boys and girls, as well as time for photos with the Princesses.

Come dressed as your own favorite character to add to the fun. Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Avenue

BUILD IT WORKSHOP

7/20, 3pm: School age kids are invited to stretch their problem-solving skills with fun, hands-on building challenges and games. Jameson McDermott of Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is the presenter at this free library program. NHC Library offers free programming with the goal of helping parents prepare children to be successful and self-sufficient in a 21st century world.

Space is limited at this program and preregistration is required. Contact Julie Criser, jcriser@nhcgov.com / 910798-6303. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

YOUTH WOOD BAT LEAGUE

7/20, 9am: The Youth Wood Bat League is a great learning program to get ready for the Spring Season! Learn from the most experienced baseball staff in the area in a competitive yet instructional environment...swinging a wood bat. We hope to see you all out there on the diamond! Coastal Athletics, 2049 Corporate Drive S.

ILM HAMMERHEADS SOCCER CAMP

7/27, 9am: For boys and girls ages 5 - 12. The goal of the Wilmington Hammerheads and the Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation Department is to provide the highest quality soccer coaching program to the youth of our community. We are dedicated to teaching the fundamental skills and advanced technical and tactical play necessary to enhance each player’s game. Admission: $115 WB Residents, $140 Non-Residents. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., 1 Bob Sawyer Drive.

SUMMER SCIENCE DAY CAMP

Put on your lab coat and step into the life of a scientist with the folks who use science to make the Arboretum a beautiful place to learn. We’ll mix learning with fun while exploring ENERGY through plants, wind, water, biofuels, electricity & robotics. Highlights include building a work-

ing lamp you can take home, a field trip, creating a robot to save the beach & tons of experiments! Age Group: 9 - 12 Year Olds Cost: Non-Club Members - $75, 4-H Club Members - $50 Space is Limited 4-H Science Camp, July 28-30, 8:30am-2:30pm NHC Arboretum 6206 Oleander Dr. 910-798-7660 Website for the Science Camp is: http://newhanover.ces.ncsu.edu/4-h-camp/ Contact: Leslie Dill, NHC 4-H Agent.

B-BALL BY THE SEA CAMP

Basketball by the Sea is a developmental camp for players of all levels and abilities. Campers will learn different aspects of the game with emphasis being placed on fundamentals and personal fitness development.

Campers will learn new drills to improve their overall skill level in an enjoyable, energetic, and positive camp atmosphere. Campers will be divided into groups according to age and ability to ensure appropriate level of instruction. Admission: $115 WB Residents, $140 NonResidents. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., 1 Bob Sawyer Drive.

KIDS’ MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP

July 27-31, 9am-2:30pm for Grades 1-6 completed If you are looking for a summer camp full of creative ways to celebrate the Christian faith, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church is hosting a summer camp for singing, acting, dancing, staging, and set design and will culminate with a performance of “Ultimate Superstar”.

Registration forms may be downloaded on the church’s website: www.welcometowesley.com or picked up at the church office: Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church 1401 S. College Rd. Forms may either be mailed to this address or brought into the church office by the registration deadline of June 15. $80 registration fee covers the cost of the camp plus the camp t-shirt. Wesley Memorial United Methodist, 1401 S College Road

YOUTH ART CAMP

Youth Art Camp, for ages 7 & up, explores a variety of crafting & art techniques including composition, design and color concepts. Students will get hands on experience in painting, bead making, mosaic glasswork, wirework, wire bending, wrapping, crimping, stringing, and much more! Admission: $150 WB Residents, $185 NonResidents. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation

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For boys and girls ages 8-10. Does your child love to cook? Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation has stirred up something just for them, a FUN hands-on youth cooking camp! This program aims to teach kids creative and simple recipes that will encourage healthy living and good nutritional choices. It can help build selfesteem, team building, and even motivate them to cook for you! Admission: $150 Wb Residents, $180 Non-Residents. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., 1 Bob Sawyer Drive

PERFORMANCE CLUB CAMP

The Riverfront Farmers’ Market is a curbside market featuring local farmers, producers, artists & crafters.

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For boys and girls ages 9-15. This one-week camp at the Parks and Rec studio is an intense musical theater experience for the young performer who wants to be part of a children’s theatrical Broadway production.

The Broadway Workshop consists of rehearsal in voice, projection, dance and scene work combined with Musical Theater fun. A final showcase will be presented on the last day of camp for all to shine. Admission: $140 WB Residents, $175 Non-Residents. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., 1 Bob Sawyer Drive

LACROSSE CAMP

For boys and girls ages 11 - 14. Cape Fear Academy Head Coach Paul Gilbert leads the Summer Lacrosse Camp at Wrightsville Beach Park. His team of instructors includes local area middle school and high school coaches. The goal of this camp is to teach the fundamentals of lacrosse to youth in a fun and positive way.

Sessions will consist of stick skills and drills teaching proper catching and throwing techniques. In addition to teaching rules of the game, sportsmanship will be taught, modeled and rewarded. Admission: $140 Wb Residents, $175 Non-Residents. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., 1 Bob Sawyer Drive

4-H FOOD DETECTIVE

• Fruits • Vegetables • Plants • Herbs • Flowers • Eggs • Cheeses

• Meats • Seafood • Honey • Baked goods • Pickles • Jams & Jelly • Art & Crafts

COME JOIN US FROM 8AM - 1PM! Riverfront Farmers’ Market is now on the corner of North Water and Princess Streets

Kids ages 6 to 12 are invited to use their superhero powers of sight, touch, smell, and taste to solve food mysteries at this free library program! New Hanover County Cooperative Extension 4-H Agent Leslie Dill is the puzzle master. Space is limited for this program so please preregister on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6385. Contact Susan DeMarco, sdemarco@nhcgov.com / 910-798-6353.

PARENT AND CHILD ART CAMP

For children ages 7 & up with a parent, is the camp you’ve been waiting for! Explore the creative world of art with your child while enjoying quality time together.

You will work together on several projects throughout the week. Admission: $270 WB Residents, $300 Non-Residents. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., 1 Bob Sawyer Drive

BUG’S LIFE WITH CAPE FEAR MUSEUM

7/30, 3pm: School age kids are invited to investigate creepy, crawly creatures of the Lower Cape Fear. Pepper Hill of Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is the presenter at this free library program. NHC Library offers free programming with the goal of helping parents prepare children to be successful and self-sufficient in a 21st century world. Space is limited at this program and preregistration rqd. Contact Julie Criser, jcriser@nhcgov. com. 910-798-6303. Main library, 201 Chestnut St.

The beginner camp covers history, footwork, bladework, tactics, and rules, and finish with an in class tournament.

All fencing equipment is supplied by the Association.

Camp cost is $195 plus $10 USA Fencing membership if you are not already a member. Membership will be good through July 31, 2016. Students need to provide their own lunch. Camp will provide snacks, water, and gatorade. Camp is for ages 8-18. Tileston Gym at St. Mary, 5th and Ann

CF FENCING CAMP

The beginner camp covers history, footwork, bladework, tactics, and rules, and finish with an in class tournament.

All fencing equipment is supplied by the Association.

Camp cost is $195 plus $10 USA Fencing membership if you are not already a member. Membership will be good through July 31, 2016. Students need to provide their own lunch. Camp will provide snacks, water, and gatorade. Camp is for ages 8-18. Tileston Gym at St. Mary, 5th and Ann

UP AND ACTIVE

7/20, 6pm: Move your body, move your mind. One hour of music, games, and fun in the lawn area of Ocean Front Park. Music and games provided by Lynne and DJ Wave. Face painting with P3 Planning. Stick around for Turtle Talks under the pavilion. Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Avenue.

readings/lectures POETRY AND WINE NIGHT

7/15, 7pm: Enjoy a tasty glass of wine and some stellar poetry from UNCW MFA students Isabelle Shepherd, Alexa Doran, Austin Allen and Becky Eades. A Tasting Room, 19 South 2nd Street

BARNES AND NOBLE

Every Friday night we have a family story time with activities. • Toddler Story Time, 10am, every Tuesday for toddler story time and coloring. • 7pm: Join us every third Thursday of each month as we talk about Magic Tree House stories and adventures and enjoy crafts and activities. • Join us every third Thursday of each month as we talk about Magic Tree House stories and adventures and enjoy crafts and activities. • American Girl Night, every second Thursday of each month to talk about American Girl stories and enjoy crafts and activities. • 7/9, 9am: Join us for a nostalgic journey and relive iconic moments in pop culture from the 1960s. Explore the books, toys, games, music, movies, TV and fashion that shaped the decade and participate in a fun-filled Barrel Full of Monkeys contest. Come dressed in 1960’s clothing! Call for times 910-509-1880. • 7/17, 7pm: “Bello!” (That’s how Minions say, “Hello!”) Sign up now (in store at Info Desk) for our Minions Fun event. Become a certified Minion and attend Villian-Con in our store to help search for the most despicable villain to follow. Activities and giveaways round out the fun. • 7/18, 9am: Fans of all ages are invited to join us for exclusive products, activities, cosplay and trivia. Enter for a chance to win a Star Wars character standee while participating in this fun-filled day. Come dressed as favorite character.

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of Japanese comic books and graphic novels. Enjoy a special offer, activities and giveaways. Please call for event times: 910-509-1880. • 7/24, 7pm: Fangirls unite and celebrate fandom. Get introduced to the women of Marvel, enjoy cosplay, giveaways and much more!

Come dressed as your favorite character. • Throw Back Thursday: 1980’s, 7/24, 9am; 1990’s, 7/31, 9am: Join us for a nostalgic journey and relive iconic moments in pop culture from the 1980s. Explore the books, toys, games, music, movies, TV and fashion that shaped the decade.

Come dressed in 1980’s clothing! Call for event times.

• 7/24, 7pm: Fangirls unite and celebrate fandom. Get introduced to the women of Marvel, enjoy cosplay, giveaways and much more! Come dressed as your favorite character • 7/26, 3pm: Celebrate Americas bestselling author with a special offer on all adult, kids and teen books by James Patterson, plus activities. Please call for event times: 910-509-1880. • 7/28, 7pm: In celebration of the newly discovered Dr. Seuss book What Pet Should I Get?, kids of all ages are invited to help us decide what pet we should get at a special. • 7/31, 7pm: A celebration of Theodor Seuss Geisel, known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss. There’s fun to be done! Lots of crafts, games and activities. Special visit by Cat in the Hat himself! Bring your cameras! Barnes & Noble , 750 Inspiration Drive

CAPE FEAR CREW LUNCHEON

7/17, 11:30am-1pm: Cape Fear CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) will hold its July lunch at Pine Valley Country Club. Cape Fear CREW is an organization committed to advancing the careers of women in commercial real estate. Members represent every aspect of the commercial real estate industry, including, but not limited to law, leasing, brokerage, property management, finance, acquisitions, and engineering. This month, our guest speaker will be Lindsey Roberson, Assistant District Attorney for New Hanover and Pender Counties, who will speak about human trafficking. Guests are welcome. Jennifer Bolton (772-5490) to register for the meeting. $25 for members; $15 for guests - includes lunch. 500 Pine Valley Drive

FLICK OR FICTION BOOK CLUB

7/20, 6:30pm: This month’s book: Ender’s Game. Book available at Old Books on Front St 15% discount for club members. 249 N. Front St.

OCEAN SAFETY TALK

Through August 17th, Kure Beach Ocean Rescue will be leading Ocean Safety discussions on Monday mornings at the Ocean Front Park Pavilion. The program starts at 10 am and is designed to give a brief overview of beach and ocean safety to those unfamiliar with our coastal environment. 105 Atlantic Avenue

GOING GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK CLUB

8/4, 6pm: “Crossroads of the Natural World: Exploring North Carolina” with Tom Earnhardt. Books available at Old Books on Front St at discount to book club members. 249 N. Front St.

classes ZUMBA AT 31 FITNESS

Wed and Fri., 6:30pm; Sat, 10am; only $7 to dance in; approx. 55 minutes. Athletic (supportive) shoes are required. Wear something you are comfortable sweating in! • Kids classes, Mondays, 4pm, through 8/3. Lynn Molina, instructor. 4209 Oleander Dr.

RESTORATIVE YOGA

Fridays, 9:15am: Restorative Yoga uses props and long hold times in gentle poses to open the body in a more passive way. The class is open to anyone who wants to feel better, refresh and rejuvenate their body, mind and spirit. Breathing techniques and meditation is also incorporated into the class for a deeper effect. South East Dance Academy, 220 Avondale Ave.

MIND AND BODY WORKSHOP

7/18, 1:30pm: Interactive session designed to improve your overall health through well balanced eating, disease prevention and starting an exercise regimen. Wear comfortable clothing. New Beginning Christian Church, 3120 Alex Trask Dr.

YOGA OF GANESHA

7/19, 6pm: Ganesha is a Hindu diety known as the Remover of Obstacles. Come explore the symbolism &

beauty of Ganesha with Maria Borghoff through discussion, yoga, mantra & meditation. Sunday, July 19 6-8pm at Exhale Yoga and Wellness Studio: $20 in advance or $25 at the door. 919-612-0856 for advanced registration!

Exhale Yoga and Wellness Studio, 16 South Front Street

POTTERY CLASSES

7/20, all day: Registration for all pottery classes beginning August 3. Morning and evening classes for all skill levels meet twice a week for 8 weeks. Contact orangestreetpottery@gmail.com to register. Hannah Block Community Arts Center, 120 S. Second Street

WINE AND DESIGN FREE CLASS

7/21, 5:30pm: Join us for the Grand Reopening of the Leland Wine and Design. The ribbon cutting and open house begins at 5:30 with refreshments and half-off coupons for upcoming classes. At 7 p.m. a free mini class will be offered for the first 30 people who register at ww.wineanddesign.com/location/leland-nc/home. Wine and Design of Leland, 503 Olde Waterford Way

WATER KEFIR AND AB THERAPY CLASS

7/22, 5:30pm: Join us for an evening of Belly Love—from the inside, out! Ryanna Battiste with GRUB. will lead us in a Water Kefir brewing demonstration! Enjoy some tasty samples of homemade Water Kefir, a fizzy drink packed with probiotics & learn how you can brew your own in just a few easy steps! Following, West Meadow Spa’s Esthetician, Tracy Meyer, will give a demonstration of an Abdominal Therapy treatment using De La Terre Skincare Herb Rich Clays, Minerals & Teas to promote lymphatic circulation in the belly & the whole body! $10 entry fee. 910-799-8282. West Meadow Spa, 3304 Wrightsville Ave.

HEALTHY ORGANIC LAWN

7/25, 9am: “Have a Healthy Organic Lawn” event. We will hold workshops on the hour throughout the day, hold a demonstration of turf treated with and without our products and processes, and we will have a meet-andgreet with local lawn care companies who share our values in taking a natural approach to land care. Purpose of our event is to provide a framework and a forum for people to learn, ask questions, and come to terms with the simple things that need to be done to get your landscape firing on all cylinders. Progressive Gardens, 6005 Oleander Dr.

ART CLASSES

Classes by Lois DeWitt, lois.deitt@gmail.com; 910-5478115. $80 for 4 weeks. Mon, 10am: Sunrise and Sunset—Paint the Beach! Bring a photo to recreate. • Tues., 10am: Water Color Flowers—Inspiration From Your Garden. Bring photos of your garden beauties to recreate.

• Wed., 10am. Pet Portrait—Draw Your Pet! Bring a photo of our furry friend to rereate. • Thurs, 10am: e will explore your interests and I will guide you through drawing and painting projects that will inspire you to get going on a fun track of creating art! • Fri., 10am: Zentangle –Inspired Drawing! Meditative drawing method that engenders calm and well-being, create amazingly beautiful drawings. • Sat., 10am: Stamp and Stencil 3-hr. workshop, $40. Create an awesome painting using the stamp and stencil method I use in my own paintings. Contact Lois for supply list or to find out if materials are supplied.

Sun Room, 6905 Southern Exposure

JOURNALING WITH THE TAROT

8/5, 7pm: Journaling with the Tarot is a fun, interactive

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Wednesdays at the Hannah Arts Center (old USO building) in downtown Wilmington at 120 S. Second St. Two classes, 5-5:55pm and 6-6:55pm. Cost is $5 per class, cash only. Parking is available. All ages are welcome.

Most of my clients range from 19 to 85.

clubs/notices VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

7/16, 6:30pm: Vacation Bible School. Monday- Wednesday nights at Rachel Freeman School, 2601 Princess Place Drive. Thursday night at Macedonia Baptist Church. 3701 Princess Place Drive

GIRL SCOUTS VOLUNTEER MIX AND MINGLE

7/20, 5:30pm: Think you want to be a Girl Scouts volunteer? Learn about all of the volunteer opportunities locally at our Volunteer Mix & Mingle at 5:30 p.m. on Mon., July 20 at the Girl Scouts Wilmington Service Center at 2250 Shipyard Blvd, Suite 3, Wilmington. With food, prizes, networking opportunities, tours of our Mobile Program Vehicle and our basic training class and registration on the agenda, you’ll be set to choose your volunteer role and get started building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts Wilmington Service Center, 2250 Shipyard Blvd, Suite 3.

BACKGAMMON NIGHT

7/8, 8pm: Play backgammon and meet people, call 4093475 for details. Olympia Restaurant, 5629 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

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 offered 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.

WINE TASTING

Thurs/Fri, 5pm: Our weekly wine tastings feature six selections for your tasting pleasure. Try before you buy to load up your home cellar, or choose your favorite wine from the lineup and purchase a glass to enjoy at our tasting bar or in our garden seating. Cheers! A Tasting Room, 19 South 2nd Street

FERMENTAL

Weekly wine and beer tasting, Fridays. Free. • 7/18, 6pm: As part of their monthly brewery series, Fermental welcomes representatives from Quest Brewing of Greenville, SC for an another adventurous evening of beer tastings, giveaways, live music, food trucks and more. Event features a variety of Quest Brewing beers on draught in the beer garden as well as an ample offering of craft cans and promotional items from the brewery and brewery represen-

tatives. Big Mac’s Funky Lil Kitchen will sell handcrafted American Cuisine, 6pm. Live music begins at 7pm with The Umphs—a local troupe of modern musicians. Fermental, 7250 Market St. www.fermental.net.

SMALL PLATES NIGHT

Mon: Small Plates Night - $25 6-Course Flight ($35 inc. 2 oz. wine pairing) - $5 single plates / $6 Specialty Mojito.

YoSake, 33 S Front St.

TAPAS TUESDAY

$10 Tapas from 5:30 - 7:00 Every Tuesday! Half Off Craft Cocktail List and Select Wines. Catch, 6623 Market Street

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 micro-brews. 605 Castle St. 910202-4749. www.wilmingtonwine.net.

RED BANK WINE

Red Bank’s wine of the week, Sat., 1-4pm. 1001 International Dr. 910-256-9480.

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AZALEA COAST EXECUTIVE NETWORK

Meets the first Monday of each month at 5:30pm 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.

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

culinary FARMERS’ MARKETS

Fruits, vegetables, plants, herbs, flowers, eggs, cheese, meats, seafood, honey and more! Poplar Grove, Apr-Nov, Wed, 8am-1pm. 910-686-9518. www.poplargrove.com

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• Riverfront Farmers’ Market open on Water St., downtown, every Sat., through Dec., 8am-1pm. Food, arts & craft vendors and live music. www.wilmingtondowntown.com/farmers-market • Carolina Beach Farmer’s Market every Sat., May-Sept, 8am-1pm, around the lake in Carolina Beach.

Free parking; vendors align the lake, from artists and crafters and musicians. www.carolinabeachfarmersmarket. com.• Wrightsville Beach Farmers’ Market, 21 Causeway Dr. Fresh NC-grown produce, seafood and other locally produced consumables. A variety of unique craft vendors have also been added to the market this year. Mon., 8am-1pm, first Mon. in May- Labor Day. • Town of Leland Farmers’ Market at Leland Town Hall, alternating Sundays, 11am-3pm, May-Aug. This market is focused on local food and agricultural products. • Oak Island Farmers’ Market, Mon., April-Nov., 7am-1pm. Middletown Park, Oak Island • Southport Waterfront Market, Wednesdays, May-Sept., 8am-1pm. Garrison Lawn in Southport, NC. • St. James Plantation Farmers’ Market, Thurs., May-Oct., 4-7pm, at the Park at Woodlands Park Soccer Field.

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Free wine tasting, Tues. 6-8pm. • Sparkling wine specials and discounted select bottles, Wed. & Thurs. • Monthly food and wine pairings. 29 South Front St.

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.

support groups 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

TREMOR SUPPORT GROUP

Wednesdays, 4pm: Support Group for individuals with essential tremor and their families and friends. New Hanover County Senior Center, 2222 S. College Rd.

WIDOW’S AND WIDOWER’S SUPPORT GROUP

The W Meet-up: “Because Life Goes On and So Must We.” For more information please contact Ann LaReau 910-4702378 or Gayle Ginsberg 910-471-1660. Home Instead Senior Care, 2505 S 17th St.

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.

VISUALLY IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP

Blind/Visually Impaired Support Group. For more information please contact Jennifer Delong-White 910-251-5743.

NHC Sr. Ctr., 2222 S. College Rd.

CROHNS AND COLITIS SUPPORT GROUP

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Local Crohns & Colitis Support Meeting. For more information, call 910-620-0191. Hospitality House,1523 Physicians Drive.

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!

GAMBLER’S ANONYMOUS MEETING

Tues., 6:30pm: “Do you think you have a Gambling problem? Is gambling causing stress in your life? Do you often gamble recklessly until your last dollar is gone? Does gambling cause you anxiety? There is help! Come join Wilmington Gambler’s Anonymous and take the first step to getting your 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.

THRIVE

A Christ-Centered 12-Step Support group, helping people overcome “Hurts, Habits and Hang-ups.” 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 910-791-3859 or www.lifecc.com. 3500 Oleander Dr.

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. Details: 399-5905 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 North 16th Street

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., Bldg B

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 919406-9300, or visit us at www.triangleoa.org. Wednesdays at Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Bldg B

CHADD

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

Pine Valley United Methodist Church 3788 Shipyard Blvd., 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) 2326744 or cvp@yahoo.com. Free; meet others with psoriasis and get educated on resources and program assistance.

MS SUPPORT GROUP

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.

tours LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR

Saturdays, 1:30pm: Have you ever wanted to meet authors living and dead, tour locations from books, poems, and plays? Explore the rich culture of this talented Southern town with a 90 minute walking tour of the literary history of downtown Wilmington, NC. Visit “The Two Libraries”, walk the streets of your favorite novels, and stand where Oscar Wilde did when he lectured here. Cost $8: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1282390. Old Books on Front Street, 249 N. Front St.

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.

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) 251-8889 or www.horsedrawntours.com

FLASHLIGHT TOUR

7/18, 8pm: Historical walking tour of North Carolina’s oldest rural cemetery will be given by local historians, Chris Fonvielle, Ed Gibson and Superintendent Eric Kozen. Each of these gentlemen will lead you through the cemetery and speak about the history of Oakdale, Civil War veterans, Funerary Art as well as a taste of Oakdale’s prominent citizens. Tour is from 8-10pm. Cost is $15/person and you must supply your own flashlight. Tour is cancelled in the event of inclement weather. Oakdale Cemetery, 520 N. 15th Street

ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOURS

Saturdays: The tours showcase the architectural, social, and cultural history of two of Wilmington’s historic neighborhoods. The Streetcar Suburbs tour tells the story of Wilmington’s first two suburbs, Carolina Place and Carolina Heights, and their restoration and renewal. These neighborhoods developed around the City’s streetcar route. The Forest Hills tour focuses on the first automobile oriented suburb which originally developed outside the city limits.

The tours last approximately 1 ? hours. We recommend reservations. Call 910-762-2511 or email membership@ historicwilmington.org for more details and to ensure a place on the tour. The Forest Hills tour begins at Forest Hills Elementary School, 602 Colonial Drive (parking area), and the Streetcar tour begins at Temple Baptist Church, 1801 Market Street (parking lot). The cost is $10, $5 for students.

Special tours for groups of 2 or more are available--call us to arrange your group’s tour!

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20)

“Stop Making Sense” was originally the name of the film and music soundtrack produced by the Talking Heads in the 1980s; now, it is the central theme of your horoscope. I think your brain would benefit from a thorough washing. That’s why I invite you to scour it clean of all the dust, cobwebs and muck that have accumulated there since its last scrub a few months ago. One of the best ways to launch this healing purge is to flood all the neural pathways with a firehose-surge of absurdity, jokes and silliness.

As the wise physician of the soul, Dr. Seuss, said, “I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

When you read a book that has footnotes, you tend to regard the footnotes as being of secondary importance. Although they may add color to the text’s main messages, you can probably skip them without losing much of the meaning. I don’t recommend this approach in the coming days. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, footnotes will carry crucial information that’s important for you to know. I mean this in a metaphorical sense as you live your life, as well as in the literal act of reading books. Pay close attention to the afterthoughts, digressions and asides.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

The English word “quiddity” has two contrary definitions: It can refer to a trivial quibble, or it can mean the essential nature of a thing—the quality that makes it unique. I suspect that in the coming weeks you will get numerous invitations to engage with quiddities of both types. Your first task will be to cultivate an acute ability to know their differences. Your second task: Be relentless in avoiding the trivial quibbles as you hone in on the essential nature of things.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

“A poet must not cross an interval with a step when he can cross it with a leap.” That’s an English translation of an aphorism written by French author Joseph Joubert. Another way to say it might be: “A smart person isn’t drab and plodding as she bridges a gap, but does it with high style and brisk delight.” A further alternative: “An imaginative soul isn’t predictable as she travels over and around obstacles, but calls on creative magic to fuel her ingenious liberations.” Please, use these ideas during your adventures in coming weeks, Cancerian.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

“A failure is a person who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience,” wrote American author Elbert Hubbard. In light of this formulation, I’m pleased to announce you are likely to achieve at least one resounding success in coming weeks. At this juncture in your destiny, you know exactly how to convert a past mistake into a future triumph. A gaffe that once upon a time brought you anguish or woe will soon deliver its fully ripened teaching, enabling you to claim a powerful joy or joyful power.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

The poet Mary Ruefle describes reading books as “a great extension of time, a way for one person to live a thousand and one lives in a single lifespan.” Are there other ways to do that? Watching films, plays and TV shows, of course. You also can listen to and empathize with people as they tell you their adventures.

Or you can simply use your imagination to visualize what life is like for others.

However you pursue this expansive pleasure, Scorpio, I highly recommend it.

You are set up to absorb the equivalent of many years’ experience in a few short weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Sagittarian rapper Nicki Minaj is not timid about going after what she wants. She told Cosmopolitan magazine that she’s “high-maintenance in bed.” Every time she’s involved in a sexual encounter, she demands to have an orgasm. In accordance with the current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to follow her lead—not just during your erotic adventures but everywhere else, too. Ask for what you want, preferably with enough adroitness to actually obtain what you want. Here’s another critical element to keep in mind: To get exactly what you want, you must know exactly what you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

A college basketball player named Mark Snow told reporters that “Strength is my biggest weakness.” Was he trying to be funny? No. Was he a bit dim-witted?

Perhaps. I’m not really interested in what he meant by his statement. Rather, I want to hijack it for my own purpose, which is to recommend it as a meditation for you in the coming weeks. Can you think of any ways that your strength might at least temporarily be a weakness? I can. I suspect if you rely too much on the power you already possess and the skills you have previously mastered, you may miss important clues about what you need to learn next. The most valuable lessons of the coming weeks could come to you as you’re practicing the virtues of humility, innocence and receptivity.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

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July is barely half over, but your recent scrapes with cosmic law have already earned you the title of “The Most Lyrically Tormented Struggler of the Month.” Another few days of this productive mayhem and you may be eligible for inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records. I could see you being selected as “The Soul Wrangler with the Craziest Wisdom” or “The Mythic Hero with the Most Gorgeous Psychospiritual Wounds.” It’s my duty to let you know that you could also just walk away from it all. Even if you’re tempted to stick around and see how much more of the entertaining chaos you can overcome, it might be better not to. In my opinion, you have done enough impossible work for now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“People who have their feet planted too firmly on the ground have difficulty getting their pants off,” author Richard Kehl said. That’s good advice for you in coming weeks. To attract the help and resources you need, you can’t afford to be overly prim or proper. In fact, be willing to put yourself in situations where it would be easy and natural to remove your pants, throw off your inhibitions, and dare to be surprising. If you’re addicted to businessas-usual, you may miss opportunities to engage in therapeutic play and healing pleasure.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

In Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone with the Wind,” Rhett Butler delivers the following speech to Scarlett O’Hara: “I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again, and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken—and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.” Your oracle for the near future, Aquarius, is to adopt an approach that is the exact opposite of Rhett Butler’s. Patiently gather the broken fragments and glue them together again. I predict that the result will not only be as good as new; it will be better. That’s right: The mended version will be superior to the original.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Australian actress Rebel Wilson has appeared in several successful movies, including “Bridesmaids,” “Bachelorette” and “Pitch Perfect.” But she didn’t start out to be a film star; mathematics was her main interest. While serving as a youth ambassador in South Africa at age 18, she contracted malaria. At the height of her sickness, she had hallucinatory visions that she would one day be “a really good actress who also won an Oscar.” The visions were so vivid she decided to shift her career path. I foresee the possibility that you will soon experience a version of her epiphany. During a phase when you’re feeling less than spectacular, you may get a glimpse of an intriguing future possibility

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FOR FREE CONSULTATION

Available for your next CD or Demo 33 year veteran Producer/Engineer

200 album credits

Dreaming Of A Career In The Music Industry?

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

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WISP Salon & Spa

1650 military Cutoff Rd., Suite 104 Kristy Ward, Hair Stylist 910.200.3960 Wisp_Hair@yahoo.com

SPRING SPECIAL

Paradise Bodyworks & Day Spa

$10 OFF any one service over $70.

Not valid w/any other discount 3803 Peachtree Ave.

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A Night ON the tOwN

STRIPTEASES

5’5”, 36DDD, Very Assertive

cost a lot more than a good meal at the Brewery $6.99 Lunches, $8.99 Dinners.

For Executives and Refined Gents Brunette Model/Social Companion

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DWI ASSESSmENTS now in Leland

Day, Evening, and Weekend Appointments Available.

Front Street Brewery 910.251.1935

910-508-9261

FrontStreetBrewery.com

Now Hiring

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www.brunswickdwi.com 9 North Front Street, Downtown Wilmington FABULOUS ENTERTAINmENT

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In-Out Calls • Casual Events Two Girl Show • Bachelor Parties 24/7 Dancers • Serious Inquiries Only Now Hiring

4weeKS - ONlY $50

Exotic Dancers

910-726-5323

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Handyman Services Reliable Workmanship Quick, Accurate, Quality Service

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Installation & Repairs

Creating organization and organization systems for your life, home, and business

•Kitchens •Bathrooms •Entryways •Fireplaces •And More

Martin J Murray - 35 years experience

Free Estimates

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Call 910-540-6949 MartyJMurray55@aol.com

910-616-0470

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1442 Military Cutoff Road, Building B • (910) 256-0940 encore | july 15 – 21, 2015 | www.encorepub.com 47

Ironclad Brewery used 33 local companies to restore a 90 year old building in historic downtown Wilmington. We purposely selected local companies because Ironclad Brewery understands that using local labor creates jobs and opportunities in our region. Come check out the quality workmanship of the local labor force when you visit Ironclad Brewery. Drinking fresh craft brewed beer is good but enjoying it in a building that has been brought back to life is an experience. On behalf of Ironclad Brewery we thank you for supporting your local breweries.

Book your party at Ironclad for FREE! Birthdays, anniversaries, corporate events for up to 400 people.

No fees, contracts or deposits!

The recent legislation changes have made distilleries a viable business in Wilmington. Ironclad Brewery is seeking expertise and potential business partners with in depth knowledge of the distillery business.