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MUSIC>> Alabama’s Banditos are exploring new soundscapes in rock ‘n’ roll on their sophomore album, ‘Visionland,’ which they’ll play from when they open for St. Paul & the Broken Bones on July 28 at GLA. Photo by Nicole Mago

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TAKE THE TROLLEY: The Free Downtown Trolley one way to get around downtown Wilmington without a car. Courtesy photo

entioning Wilmington’s public transportation system at a party is the equivalent of bringing up the U.S. spy plane that China captured in 2001: Suddenly, everyone is an armchair expert on international law—though, they hadn’t really thought much about it until the day after the incident hit the news.

has a new survey for improving bus service.

WDI specifically cited the Downtown Trolley of interest to downtown stakeholders and included a note about the changing face of downtown: “Please, be aware WAVE is currently building a new transit center at Campbell and 3rd streets (at the former U-Haul location).

The new facility is expected to open in Spring 2018. Once finished, the transfers that occur on North 2nd Street between Princess and Market streets will move to the new transit center.”

Public transit is similar around here; lots of opinions about what is wrong with it and what should be done. But when pressed, the majority of middle-class residents haven’t taken the bus in recent memory. Why would they?

They have a car. Or it takes too long. Or it I know: It sounds very reminiscent of Stadoesn’t go where they want. Or they don’t lin and the “Five-Year Plans.” But as a maneven know that it goes to a destination they ageable block of time, five years is probably desire. pretty realistic for trying to plan and impleLast week I got an email from Wilmington ment changes in an area growing as quickly Downtown Inc. (WDI) notifying WAVE Transit as Wilmington. Officially titled “Wave Transit 4 encore | july 26 - august 1, 2017 | www.encorepub.com

5-Year Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP),” the Wave website explains the plan: “Every five years we are required by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of our entire system in order to improve service for our customers. A new plan is now due, and in March of 2017 we began the planning process, which will conclude in March of 2018.

The final product is a document that will guide Wave Transit through 2022.”

The last SRTP was finished in 2012. It is available on Wave’s website. Actually, it makes for a very interesting read. Among many things requested by riders was improved access to the beaches. Clearly, they listened; in October 2014 I had a great adventure taking the bus from downtown Wilmington to Carolina Beach and back. That

route currently runs Monday through Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Sundays, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Among recurring comments from respondents surveyed was connection between walkability of our city and ability to utilize public transit. In other words: If it is not safe to cross the street, buses will be utilized less, or riders will ride around another section of the route, in order to disembark on a side of the street that does not require crossing at a dangerous point. Just take a moment and visualize trying to cross Market Street by Costco, with a baby in a stroller and holding the hand of a toddler simultaneously.

Similar challenges for pedestrians exist in numerous parts of Wilmington: College Road, Shipyard Boulevard, Independence Boulevard, 16th and 17th streets. Jane

provided freedom as a teenager, I won’t ride in city limits now because, frankly, I am too scared. If we want to promote transportation alternatives and contribute to a cleaner, healthier community, we have to make walkIn addition to safe pedestrian access, a lot ing, cycling and mass transit safe and acof emphasis was put on better bus-stop ame- cessible. Here are two easy steps anyone nities: signage, trash cans, benches, lights, can take to help make it a reality: shelters, etc. It all makes sense: Standing in 1. Ride the bus to work one day. It requires the rain at 6:45 a.m., waiting to catch a bus to getting outside your comfort zone. See how work would cause more than a few people to long it takes to get there, who you meet on call in sick for the day. At the time of the last SRTP almost 60 percent of the respondents the bus, and what parts of our city you dissurveyed did not own a vehicle and relied on cover you haven’t seen before. I am willing Wave. Teens who do not yet have a license to bet it is different than you expect. or cannot afford a car, people who can’t 2. Next, take the survey Wave Transit has Jacobs (urban activist and author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”) would agree: The walkability of a city determines the livability of a city.

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drive because of physical or mental reasons (blindness, epilepsy, partial paralysis, etc.), the elderly and those who cannot afford insurance are but a few examples of reliance upon the bus system to get to work, school, health care facilities, and grocery stores.

posted online (www.wavetransit.com/shortrange-transit-plan/) for the new five-year plan. It is a very good and thought-provoking survey, aimed at trying to create scales of need and desirability, such as longer service hours or more frequent stops.

On a related but not identical note, one of the ongoing issues in discussion in downtown Wilmington is parking and the perception of parking. Personally, I spend a lot of time preaching the good word about the Brunswick Connector to an assortment of new arrivals in Brunswick County. To me, it looks like a slam dunk: Drive to one of the big shopping centers in northern Brunswick County. Park. Take the bus across the bridge, and read a book while everyone else gets irritated in traffic. Disembark downtown for an afternoon of fun, food and friendship. Catch the bus back and avoid worrying about both parking and bridge traffic.

In addition, there is a survey specifically for the free Downtown Trolley that runs the loop downtown. Even more fun and exciting, they have an interactive map to request new stops or points of service. It is very visual and makes the service area and components really clear.

Wilmington is growing and changing. We are not the same city now that we were five years ago, let alone 10 years ago. If anyone wants to be a part of making positive growth, please, make your voice heard.

Together we can create a safer community that serves all of us.

Visit www.wavetransit.com/short-rangeIt seems with a little bit of marketing, the transit-plan to take the survey. same arguments could be made for coming downtown from the outlining areas of town.

The current Second Street hub sees at least six of the routes stop there. Simple advertising utilizing math could be very helpful: $2 to ride the bus (less for students and seniors) versus $1.25 an hour to park, cost of car ownership and operation, cost of gas to drive ... you get the idea.

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In addition to walkability, one of the ongoing conversations we have in this community is bicycle transportation and safety. Our buses are equipped with bike racks so commuters and recreators can take their bicycles to help with further transportation or recreation. However, not only is pedestrian safety in question, but so is cyclist safety. There have been numerous high-profile deaths of cyclists in recent years. Though my bicycle

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he weekend before Made in America Week (MIAW). I met a new friend for brunch. My new friend manages a large timber farm in West Virginia. He explained the sophisticated process of developing a plan, securing permission and federal grants to rotate cuts, steward the land, ensure wildlife habitats remained serviceable homes for squirrels, deer, opossums, snakes, and returning black bears of the woods. He shared complex and well-thought-out plans to steward the environment, our most valuable resource.

I reflected on our conversation during Made in America Week. First, on Tuesday July 18, a colleague guided me to the White House Facebook site and showed me a post promoting MIAW. She saw me cringe and said, “See, you’re just a hater. How can you possibly not support the Department of the Interior celebrating our tradition of using public lands for recreation? Not support Made in America Week?”

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I wake up every morning looking for ways to support potentially positive initiatives of POTUS 45. I read encore’s “Live Local, Live Small” column, which focuses on keeping our local economy and region afloat. I buy American. I support the president’s initiative to buy American. I even support Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s statement: “At the U.S. Department of the Interior we are taking this opportunity (Made in America Week) to promote and strengthen America’s tradition of outdoor recreation on public lands.”

Zinke’s statement isn’t a deplorable bit of fake news. America does have a long tradition of outdoor recreation on public lands, but the 36-second video embedded in the post was cringeworthy. It seemed more like an advertisement for full range of military style all-terrain vehicles with loud motors and huge tires, jet-powered boats, and supersized RVs. The ads are clearly inconsistent with the Department of the Interior’s mission statement: “The Department of the Interior protects and manages the nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage; provides scientific and other information

about those resources; and honors its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities.”

As well-intentioned as the spot may have been, it was neither well-thoughtout nor complex. But it could have been worse. The brief spot could have shown a made-in-America Humvee, fully equipped with a 60-caliber machine gun and flying the Stars and Bars with the encouragement to “come to Nantahala National Park and get some!” It could have highlighted its “special commitment to American Indians” by highlighting American-made Winchesters, Gatling guns and bulldozers that won the West, and helped relocate the nuisance populations of Cherokee, Sioux and Lakota.

I reflected about the conversation again on Wednesday when I drove past a new stretch of razed greenery along River Road. On the bright side, I love seeing more of our beautiful Cape Fear River. As clear-cut developments progress, we will enjoy sunset views of the river from along the southern end of New Hanover County. On the questionable side, I’m not sold this local development is well-thought-out. American-made machinery of habitat destruction seem to be tearing down pine trees and replacing them with half-million dollar homes, restaurants, movie theaters, and shops at a rapid pace.

We’re human. We build. But it seems, as we build, some already rich folks will make more money, and wildlife we like—such as our lovely herons—will become part of the appeal of owning property along the river.

Flora and fauna we don’t like—that don’t fit our development vision (nuisance populations of gators, snakes and weeds), much like the First Nations—will be rooted up, relocated and/or killed. I’m not sure it’s a complex plan.

Readers who are Carolina born and bred, consider this: For every loblolly pine that falls, a Yankee driving a Prius with a “Co-Exist” bumper sticker, listening to Gina Gambony on WHQR, ready to start another Shakespeare company, will rise up in its place.

Come to think about, it’s the kind of plan I could get behind it.

DIGITAL COCKTAIL

If you visit Dawson City in Canada’s Yukon Territory, you can’t skip one of its famous traditions: sipping on a Sourtoe Cocktail at the Sourdough Saloon. The drink, conceived in 1973, comprises the cocktail of your choice garnished with a pickled amputated human toe. (“You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow, but your lips have gotta touch the toe,” says “toe master” Terry Lee.) On June 18, one of the saloon’s toes went missing when a patron, who identified himself as “a drunken fool,” took the digit (specifically, a second toe). Although the thief mailed the toe back with an apology, Travel Yukon has launched a campaign for an “insurance toe,” saying, “Our toe was returned, but we can always use backups!”

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PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US

A China Southern Airlines flight between Shanghai and Guangzhou was delayed for five hours on June 27 after an 80-yearold passenger, identified only as Qiu, was spotted tossing coins into the engine as she boarded “to pray for a safe flight.” Passengers already onboard were asked to deplane while crews searched inside the engine and around the area, ultimately finding nine coins totaling the equivalent of about 25 cents. Local news outlets estimated the cost of the delay and the search at $140,000.

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it have been overconsumption of caffeine that provoked Londoner Kit Lovelace to scan all 236 episodes of “Friends” to chronicle how much coffee each character drank? Lovelace told the Huffington Post in June he was disappointed that no one had ever collected data about the characters’ coffee habits, so he meticulously studied how much they drank, how their consumption changed over the years and how much they spent on coffee. (Spoiler alert: Phoebe drank the most coffee, and collectively the group spent more than $2,000 on joe over the course of the 10-season series.)

A California man’s 2,000th visit to Disneyland in Anaheim on June 22 made him a celebrity in the park. Jeff Reitz began

visiting Disneyland every day after receiving an annual pass as a gift in 2012. At the time, he was unemployed, but he continued his habit even after finding a job, using the $1,049 Disney Signature Plus Passport.

“Until today, cast members would think I looked familiar, but now they know who I am,” Reitz said. “It’s been positive, it’s been a motivator, it’s been my workout gym. This past year I’ve lost about 40 pounds.”

A serial underwear thief in Tokyo was finally snagged July 4 when he was caught on surveillance video stealing nine women’s undergarments that had been hung out to dry. Yasushi Kobayashi, 61, told police that he’d been lifting lingerie for 20 years because he enjoys wearing them.

Police found more than 1,000 pieces during a serach of his home.

GREAT ART!

Police in St. Petersburg, Florida, were hunting in late June for the artist tagging buildings with ... butt cheeks. At least 20 downtown fanny paintings, sporting from two to seven buttocks, have been reported.

“It’s not very creative,” sniffed one office worker. “The bottom line is, whoever is doing this is destroying property,” Assistant Police Chief Jim Previterra said. Property owners are wiping the butts away as fast as they appear, but police say the vandal, when caught, will have to pay for cleanup.

ODD HOBBIES

The Wall Street Journal reported in June on a small group of enthusiasts who participate in the esoteric sport of container spotting — discovering and documenting unusual shipping containers. Spotting a distinctive box “is analogous to the satisfaction that bird-watchers get from spotting a very rare breed of bird,” noted Matt Hannes, who maintains the Intermodal Container Web Page. Unusual boxes, known as unicorns, include those with outdated names or logos, or sporting discontinued colors, and those from very small shipping companies. Charles Fox of Indianapolis may be an extreme hobbyist: On his honeymoon, he spent two 12-hour days taking photos of a variety of boxes in Belgium. Mrs. Fox was not amused.

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Banditos head to ILM’s Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, open for St. Paul & the Broken Bones BY: SHANNON RAE GENTRY

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here is an art form to marrying work from a popular debut album with all other preceding records. The more records a band releases, the more puzzle pieces they have when creating a new set list that works night after night.

“I get bummed if I go see a band and they don’t play anything off the album I know—I know that feeling as well,” Banditos’ Stephen Alan Pierce II (vocals, banjo) admits over the phone. “That was one of the more difficult things to do with this album. When we were with Lucero at the beginning, we were trying to find a happy medium of putting out new stuff but also knowing there are going to be people who know the first album, too, and just want to hear those [songs].”

The rugged rock, bluesy and soulful outfit of Banditos have spent 2017 on and off the road with backing bands like Lucero and St. Paul and the Broken Bones. Their sophomore album, “Visionland,” dropped in the middle of their tour in June. Pierce and the rest of the six-piece outfit will open for St. Paul and the Broken Bones this Friday at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater.

Pierce is joined by longtime friends Corey Parsons (vocals, guitar), powerhouse vocalist Mary Beth Richardson (tambourine), Randy Taylor Wade (percussion), Jeffery Daniel Vines (bass), and Jeffery David Salter (electric guitar, lap steel). Pierce says showcasing “Visionland” with this leg of the tour is about getting the point across of where they’re going in sound, while giving fans familiar work.

So far “Golden Grease,” “Waitin’” and “Still Sober (After All These Beers)” from 2015’s self-titled debut record work well with their continued progression toward rock ‘n’ roll on “Visionland.”

“I think it’s been pretty easy to pick out which songs to continue to play,” Pierce says. “Maybe someone else who hears the album will disagree. . . . But that’s where

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Reviews for “Visionland” have been consistently positive—and not only for the work itself but what Banditos as a band is contributing to Southern rock. Pierce credits their wide range of interests and dabbling in everything from the traditional to the obscure like Japanese jazz part of the appeal.

They wanted to bring a weird mashup.

“We [don’t] listen to the same thing, and constantly try to find something that’s crazy and translate it,” he says. “We all listen to things that push our boundaries of understanding. . . . I guess we’ve just been architects of music and try to find some new way to twist it.”

For the most part, everyone lives in Nashville now, except for Pierce and Vines, who settled back in their home state of Alabama. Though they were old friends and played together for many years, their first album was still a learning process—to gel as a band, work together as a team and collaborate on writing. “[The first album] was a lot more sporadic in times we got together to write,” Pierce says. “On this one, we pretty much just set aside a month or two of us camping out at my place or going up to Nashville to Jeff’s house. Wake up, eat, and get to writing.”

Before “Visionland” Parsons, Pierce and Richardson would come together with a bunch of lyrics and generic chord progressions. Then everyone else would add to it.

However formed from the start. Songs progressed in ways Pierce say wouldn’t have happened had they not all been together.

“I also feel like I experimented a lot with some different sounds,” he continues. “I got an amp now and pedals, and started getting more strange with the banjo. I decided to get more into its textures.”

The title track itself features a unique instrument they borrowed as well: the sitar. Pierce used it to play over the banjo melody. “It was really fun,” he continues. “It opened my eyes to seeing that we’ve got a lot of different songs and a lot of different themes. And I can expand on sounds; I don’t have to just have a banjo. I can have some weird instrument on a couple of songs.”

The Banditos brought on pianist Earl Poole Ball, who has associations with Johnny Cash and the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll

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and visual for Banditos thus far. Aptly named after a defunct theme park in Alabama, the intro is a ‘60s psychedelic throwback, featuring summertime melodies before buildhimself. “He actually turned down working ing up throughout the album—almost like with Elvis at one point because he was too slowly reaching the top of a roller coaster busy,” Pierce tells. “He has an incredible before the big drop. history.”

While it tends to touch on current events

COMING TOGETHER: Banditos’ banjo player Stephen Pierce talks latest album and tour before heading to GLA on July 28. Photo by Nicole Mago.

as a whole and overarching themes of how people need to unite, “Visionland” is named after a park that was once a “glimmer of hope” for Birmingham. Pierce visited it as a preteen; a couple bandmates even worked there a bit. Some took tickets at the carou“We didn’t actually know who Earl was,” sel while others did less luxurious jobs, like Pierce admits. “He was just some cool dude cleaning vomit out of the photo booth. in a Hawaiian shirt, playing keys. We were “It was on the other side of town that talking about getting to the point where we needed to add secondary instruments. . . . normally didn’t have much going for itself,” [Our friend] walked up, grabbed Earl and Pierce describes. “It was this incredible new water park with themed rides, roller set him at our table.” coasters and whatnot. . . . It was [a place] Ball picked out three songs he wanted to where everybody finally had something to play keys on, including “Healing Slow”—on do. But then there was a corrupt mayor that which he played organ for the first time. “He kind of had his hands in the money of it. . . . kept joking: ‘I always wanted to play an or[Visionland’s story] correlates with the state gan part, but I’ll be damned if there wasn’t of world at the moment.” always a better organ player in the room,” Pierce recalls. “It was really cool because he got to try something new, and he killed it.

I don’t know how there was always a better organ player in the room.”

Banditos Experiments on “Visionland” were aplen- Opening for St. Paul & the Broken Bones ty.They tried autoharp on various songs and July 28, Doors at 6 p.m.; Show at 7 p.m. a backwards guitar solo that happened to Greenfield Lake Amphitheater work out at the end of the title track. Some 1941 Amphitheatre Dr. didn’t make the cut, though, like clapping Tickets: $31-$36 www.greenfieldlakeamphitheater.com rhythms ended up being too “poppy.”

It was by accident the band connected with Ball. They were at a bar one evening, taking a break from the studio and discussing their next steps with a local friend. Ball happened to be playing at the joint.

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FOLK ROCK: Singer-songwriter Elonzo Wesley and company will play at The Whiskey in downtown Wilmington on July 29. Check Facebook for details and updates on the show. Photo by Amelia Winchester

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Josh Lewis (6:30pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Dr.

—Seawitch, 227 Carolina Beach Ave.

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

THURSDAY, JULY 27

Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

—Wrightsville Beach Brewery, 6201 Oleander Dr.

—The Blind Elephant, 21 N. Front St. Unit F —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

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Che Apalache (7pm; $3; Singer-Songwriter)

Elena Woodard (3pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) Mykel Barbee (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

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

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Lumina Festival: NC Guitar Quartet’s Carmen Suite (7:30pm; $6-$20)

Music and Fireworks (6:30pm; Free)

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Perpetual Groove Acoustic (8pm; Cover TBD) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

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Open Mic Comedy (7pm; $0-$3)

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

Feather (7pm; Free; Soft Rock)

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

Trivia with Sherri ‘So Very’ (7pm; Free)

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Bridge To Grace and Seasons After (8pm; $10$17.50; Rock) —The Blue Eyed Muse, 208 Market St.

Costello’s Live Music (9pm; Free)

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

Primate Fiasco (10pm; Cover TBD; NOLA Funk) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

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—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

Piano Jazz with James Jarvis (7pm; Free) —Bottega Art & Wine, 723 N. Fourth St.

Erica Rhodes (7pm, 9:30pm; $13; Comedy)

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

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

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

Seneca Guns (7pm; Free; Rock)

—Seawitch, 227 Carolina Beach Ave.

Justin Fox (7pm; Free; Americana)

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

Pub Night with DJ Sherri ‘So Very’ (7pm; Free) —Brunswick Forest, Cape Fear National Clubhouse, 1281 Cape Fear National Dr.

Matt Philips (8pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Hey Johnny Park (8pm; Free; Foo Fighters Cover) —Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St.

Children Of The Reptile, Knightmare, Infinity Fortress (9pm; $7; Metal)

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

Sean Howard Band (9:30 pm; Free; Jazz, Soul)

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

Dance Party w/ Port City Shakedown (10pm; Free) —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.

Costello’s Live Music (10pm; Free)

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910362-9666

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James Jarvis (6pm; Free; Ambient Jazz Piano) Erica Rhodes (7pm, 9:30pm; $13; Comedy)

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

Justin Cody Fox (7pm; Free; Americana)

—Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 910-251-1832

Spare Change (7pm; Free; Rock, Party) —Seawitch, 227 Carolina Beach Ave.

Plenty Pastures (Kyle Lindley & Nick Simon) (7pm; $3; Indie, Folk) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Jenny Pearson (7pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

Roadside Glorious (8pm; Free, NOLA Rock) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Josh Lewis (9pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 111 Grace St.

Nevernauts and Static Drive (9pm; $7; Rock) —Reggie’s 42nd St. Tavern, 1415 S 42nd St.

Stereotype (7pm; Free; Eclectic Covers, Dance) —Seawitch, 227 Carolina Beach Ave.

Josh Lewis (12pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Havana’s, 1 N. Lake Park Blvd.

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

Reggae Sunday with D.H.I.M. (3pm; Free)

—Wrightsville Beach Brewery, 6201 Oleander Dr.

Benny Hill Jazz Jam (7pm; Free)

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Open Mic Night (7pm; $3)

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

Piano Jazz with James Jarvis (7:30pm; Free) —Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 111 Grace St.

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—Brunswick Forest, Cape Fear National Clubhouse, 1281 Cape Fear National Dr.

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—Buffalo Wild Wings, 140 Hays Lane #B15

Gypsy Open Mic (8pm; Free)

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

Monday Parade: Litt and Friends (9pm; Free) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

Costello’s Live Music (9pm; Free)

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

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Mariachi Martes! Block Taco Tuesday (6pm; Free) —BlockTaco, 120 Greenfeild St.

Comedy Bingo (7pm; Free)

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

Chris Frisina (7pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —The Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.

Trivia with Sherri ‘So Very’ (7:30pm; Free) —Carolina Ale House, 317-C College Rd.; 910-791-9393

Costello’s Live Music (9pm; Free)

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

Alternative Vision (10pm; Free; Alt Rock)

Slomo Dingo CD Release (7pm; $5; Rock)

Costello’s Live Music (10pm; Free)

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

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Elonzo Wesley (10pm; Cover TBD; Indie String) —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.

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MONDAY, JULY 31

Bland Sawyer (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

$3.50 Red Oak Draft $4 Wells 65 Wings, 4-7pm

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

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

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ONCE A DREAMER, ALWAYS A DREAMER: DREAMS of Wilmington celebrates student work of past and present in ‘A Glance Back’

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BY: EMILY TRUSS

n 1996 Tracy Wilkes established a safe, fun-filled environment for ILM children to explore, create and flourish. Two decades later, DREAMS of Wilmington has welcomed more than 1,000 children and their families with open arms, and helped every student realize his or her full potential. On Friday, July 28, DREAMS will celebrate their 20th anniversary with a new exhibit called “A Glance Back.” They will display work from both former and current students in an effort to reconnect with past students, teachers, board members, staff, and volunteers, while giving the public an inside look at what great things have been going on at the arts nonprofit.

“The show will be representative of DREAMS, in that there will be all different types of visual mediums represented,” says Bess Butterworth, director of marketing and community outreach for DREAMS. “I can

moment I let my rebellious guard down and welcomed the program with an open mind,” Waterman recalls. “The place was the equivalent of Disney Land for the arts.”

tell you there will be plenty of prints and photographs, as well as some pieces from our sculpture and pottery classes.”

Currently, the DREAMS staff doesn’t have a set number of artwork that be on display, as they continue to find more incredible work tucked away in their archives. As well there current summer campers continue to create new work on a weekly basis, which may make an appearance on the walls.

With 15 outreach sites throughout Wilmington, DREAMS offers over 60 classes per week in art, music, photography, and performing arts. The center even offers classes in specialized areas, like sewing and design, upcycling furniture, jewelry making, and gardening, in accord to the students’ everexpanding interests. Butterworth’s

Thanks to DREAMS, Waterman had her poetry published in a book, art work hung in downtown Wilmington, and even made her first CD by age 11. She her saw goals become a reality.

“If that kind of support doesn’t give a child the mindset that anything is possible, I don’t know what will,” she tells. “I got to see my first Broadway musical, ‘Wicked,’ with DREAMS, and I was captivated ever since—eventually becoming an actress here in Wilmington, participating in dozens of productions, all due to that passion DREAMS first ignited within me.”

THE ART OF FAMILY: DREAMS of Wilmington have changed hundreds of young lives throughout the years through the arts. Courtesy image.

favorite aspect is the diversity of talents that come together under one roof. The possibilities are innumerable.

“A cardboard dragon propped up by six students could fly past my office, or I could wander in to discover the hallway floor is completely covered in glitter,” Butterworth explains. “There could be a rock band made up of 8- to 11-year-olds performing in the lobby or a student could be choreographing their very first piece in the dance studio.”

DREAMS believes children and teens who thrive in school are more compassionate, and possess a strong sense of community when involved in the arts.

They regularly invite artists from all over the world to give students a broader perspective and insight on the possibilities of pursuing a craft professionally.

“Including our outreach sites, we currently have around 140 students enrolled in classes at the DREAMS building,” Butterworth adds. “This number will grow with the coming academic year. Many of the very first DREAMers now have children of their own whom they plan to enroll in DREAMS.”

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One alumni student, Tranelle Waterman, started classes at DREAMS when she 9 years old. “My life was forever changed the

After Waterman graduated aout of DREAMS, she returned to the center to teach theatre. Now pregnant with her first child, she is actually having her baby shower at DREAMS. Thus even as adults, DREAMS support continues.

“A fellow DREAMer, who attended the program with me, had her wedding at dreams,” Waterman adds. “That place impacts your life and heart forever. I am still very close to my classmates from over a decade ago.”

DREAMS recently launched their 20/20 campaign on their website with a goal to accept as many $20 donations as possible. Better yet, an anonymous benefactor has pledged to match all funds raised up to $100,000.

“Our plans are to continue to grow while, at the same time, nurturing the relationships we have made along the way,” Butterworth says. “We have a saying here at DREAMS: Once a DREAMer, always a DREAMer.” “A Glance Back” opens Friday evening and is open to the public.

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IMMERSIVE IMPRESSIONS:

Artists convene in Wilmington to figure out new applications of virtual reality media more experimental performances, including social interaction. Immersion is a bit of an anomaly, in that it’s more focused on he concept of 3D cinema has come the medium than it is thematically-orienta long way since the archaic image ed. But it’s still just as theoretical and inof a blue-and-red bespectacled au- terdisciplinary.” dience gasping at monster movies in the Dan Brawley runs Cucalorus’ residency ‘50s. Within the last decade, movie theaters across the world have been offering program, which hosts five to six formal new sensorial experiences once relegated residencies per year. The residency’s to specialized IMAX theaters. But these pastel-painted living quarters are located emergent technologies are far from exclu- in Wilmington’s Soda Pop district, in close vicinity to Jengo’s Playhouse and Wabi sive to Hollywood.

Sabi Warehouse on 9th and Princess For the last four years, right in our com- streets. Each residency focuses on a spemunity’s backyard, Cucalorus has been cific theme, with last year’s being sexuality showcasing independent filmmakers that and gender, social justice and sexual asutilize new media, like virtual reality, pan- sault. To better enable potentially difficult oramic filming and other user-interactive dialogues, Brawley maintains a supportenvironments. Beginning with the short- ive, tight-knit group by fostering communal film showcase Visual/Sound/Walls in dialogue while sheltering the participants 2013, Cucalorus maintains a foothold in from public scrutiny during what are often highlighting VR experiences that elude intensely personal exercises in creative neighborhood movie theaters. To further expression. such explorations, Cucalorus and The “We began this residency with everySchool of Making Thinking organized “Imone acting out a one-minute long performersion,” a residency program in which artists from across the country convened mance,” he describes. “Then everyone in Wilmington to explore artistic applica- puts their name in a hat and randomly tions of virtual reality and similar user-in- draws someone else’s name. Each artist teractive media, including 360-degree film has to put together [his or her] own vercameras, headsets similar to the Oculus sion of the other artist’s performance [by Rift, and consumer-level programs like acting it out]. The initial performances are great, but the re-interpretations always tell Google Cardboard. us more about everyone involved.”

Sophie Traub is an instructor at The In the case of Immersion, 16 artists are School of Making Thinking—an experiparticipating from a wide spectrum of cremental conceptual arts and performance college based out of New York City. She ative disciplines: filmmaking, acting, sound divides her time between teaching and engineering, sculpting, etc. Because of the performing in theatre and cinema. Cur- highly personal subject matter, as well as rently, she is in Wilmington participating the possibility of inducing discomfort (or in the residency while acting as a facilita- even nausea) via sensorial experimentator for the school. The School of Making tions, the residency’s work is currently off Thinking began offering classes year- limits to the public. Although the experiround in 2011, and additionally hosts two ments may seem perilous, Brawley affirms to three artist residencies annually. The the residency’s goal is to push artists into program examines the creative process dangerous conceptual places in a safe itself, followed by intense theorizing once and loving environment. the work is complete. “Immersion” marks “The reason we come together is to exthe first formal collaboration between the plore the concept of collaboration,” BrawSchool of Making Thinking and Cucalorus, ley says. “While we focus on building crealthough Traub flew down to Wilmington ative skill and discovery, everything we to act as emcee for the actual film festival learn from other artists is more important. last year.

It’s a fluid and organic communion of ac“Our classes are generally perfor- cidental and intentional incidents. Every mance-oriented,” Traub explains, “ranging moment can be a joyous discovery.” from mainstream to experimental. Our last Los Angeles-based filmmaker Tchaiko residency, ‘con/text,’ looked at the practice Omawale attends the residency in hopes of performing texts, be it spoken word or of using VR to heighten the emotional

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connection between herself and anyone who watches her films. Her work explores themes of self-harm and eating disorders in a semi-autobiographical manner that lends itself to forming a powerful shared experience.

wherein two users could meet one another in a virtual space by wearing motion-capture suits, and interact with digital avatars created from full-body scans of each participant.

Staake’s extensive history in the medium allows him to assist residents in realizing their ideas with as few technical difficulties as possible. As part of the demonstration, he performed a full-body digital scan of performer Naima Ramos-Chapman using Matt Pearson, a Brooklyn-based proonly an iPad and a VR peripheral. duction designer, is part of the residency “It ranges from video shot on 306-deas well. Having created large-scale installations for MAC Cosmetics and Under Ar- gree cameras to any experience where the mour, he lends his talents in creating land- user can make decisions and interact with the material,” Staake describes. “I like to scapes both physical and intangible. proactively get involved in bringing VR to “We’re all trying to experiment with new filmmaking. It’s a great way to bring people media in different fields,” he points out. together.”

“Some of us will come out of this with finCucalorus’ next artist residency, “Playished pieces, but some may end up with entry points to larger projects. We’re also ing With Food: Eating Our Work,” runs examining how students can use this tech- from August 4 through the 14. Artists will examine the use of edible material in art nology in educational settings.” and question the concept of consumption.

Another New York City-based artist, Anyone interested in applying can contact Ryan Staake, returns to Wilmington after Cucalorus by email at programming@cuparticipating in “Wandering the Sphere: calorus.org or by calling 910-343-5995.

Crossing the Interactive Threshold in Live-Action VR” as part of the 19th annual Cucalorus Film Festival in 2013. With Immersion, Staake has explained the technical applications of VR in an exclusive Playing With Food: Eating Our Work workshop. His expertise in the medium has been refined by making music vid- Artist residency program, Aug. 4-14 eos for artists like Young Thug, J. Cole To apply: programming@cucalorus. and Booka Shade. Staake’s innovative org or 910-343-5995 use of panoramic videography and other user-interactive media is apparent. He demonstrates the concept by sharing footage from experimental VR dating events, “I want to explore the question of what the liberated black body looks like,” she explains, “in front of and behind the camera, using my body and exposing myself.”

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BREATHING THE FOURTH DIMENSION: Grey Pascal installs new multimedia show, prepares for performance piece on Friday

BY: SHEA CARVER

“D

id I just hear chickens?” I ask local artist Grey Pascal last week, as we walk through Wilma Daniels Gallery on CFCC’s campus to talk about his latest exhibit, “Vital Archives.”

“Well, it may be this.” He motions with a finger toward a cluster of bright white orbs— some perfectly circular, others convex; some illuminated with LED lights, others hollow; some emitting sound, others silent.

Three or four individual sculptures make up each cluster, with four or five clusters scattered throughout the bottom floor of the New Hanover Street Parking Deck where the gallery is located. They hang from Pascal’s handbuilt rafters fit with wire off the gallery ceiling.

A video projector hides in an orb, as it screens video onto a convex shape.

“That’s Shane and Beth,” he says. “They’re actually laughing, but I alternated the sounds between regular and slow speed to give pause to the moment itself—a moment on a loop.”

Shane Fernando, executive director of CFCC’s WIlson Center, and his best friend, Beth Crookham, local jazz singer who also works in film, are having a 3- or 4-second humorous exchange. Their laughter doesn’t sound like a cackle one may expect to hear with vibrancy and bounce. Instead its curtailed speed creates a dull bass interspersed with creaks, like that of a door opening in a horror movie.

“It’s so easy to just bypass a moment like this,” Pascal continues, “but, because of changing its pace, it makes everyone stop and listen more intently.”

“But where are the chickens coming from?” I press again. “I don’t think it’s this video.”

On the opposite end of the gallery hangs a different set of clustered orbs. On a video projection is another of Pascal’s friends, Crystal Bright. He recorded only a few seconds of her screaming but slowed it down with one split second flashing into regular motion. The sound creates what I thought were chickens.

But we are not at the gallery to talk barn animals. Pascal, a multimedia, found-object installation atrist and performance artist, will have his reception this Friday as part of downtown’s Fourth Friday Gallery Walk.

The orb project began when Pascal, now approaching his late 30s, was a spring chicken, so to speak. At 20 years old, he remembers sitting in a coffee shop and reading a horoscope

that explained how molecules of our first breaths move in and out of our lungs, but remain with us for life.

to interact with the clusters, he is open to folks joining him in a sacred space he will have sectioned off on Friday evening to be a part of his performance art piece. It will be treated like a normal moment in a time, without pretention, without over-the-top antics, without any expectation. “I feel like performance art has such a stigma,” Pascal says. Known for his nude art performances, he will be clothed this go round.

“It blew me away,” he recalls. “And the more I thought about it, I said, ‘If that’s true, it’s very likely every single breath we’ve taken our entire lives have molecules in them. I started thinking about all kinds of experiences: fights, laughter, even mundane things, like talking while washing dishes.

We carry those moments in the air that’s moving in and out of our lungs right now. Empirically, we carry them with us until the day we die.”

At the time Pascal also was fascinated by the idea of a fourth dimension. While artists work in 2D and 3D, and we live in 3D, Pascal went deeper into thinking about the unknown.

We wouldn’t recognize it if it were true, but could we be part of fourth dimension? Are we a small extension of a larger whole?

“An analogy I used to help people understand it is: If you’ve got a two-dimension surface, like this table [he presses all five fingers of his hand on it] and your perception is limited to this tabletop—as in you’re in the tabletop— these five fingers pressed on it are five different things from your view,” he explains. “But the greater truth is: They are one—literally, attached to a hand. You can understand why it would seem the digits are individual if they were viewed from inside the table. I thought about the possibility of us being part of a larger, four-dimensional creature. We might be connected in a literal, physical way to a fourth dimension.”

Pascal began working at Lens Crafters while continuing to pursue installation and performance art. In 2009 the company used a machine that would dispose of polycarbonate shavings, a byproduct that came from making eye-glass lenses.

“I spent years collecting the shavings the machine would dispose of from cutting the prescription into the back of the lens,” Pascal notes. “That machine no longer exists; it’s obsolete.”

From 2009 through 2012, Pascal filled 20 or 30 containers of multiple shapes and sizes with the polycarbonate shavings. What looked like dandruff fluff overflowed at his house and art studio in ACME. After sketching and dreaming

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HANGING ON: Grey Pascal installs one of his cluster of orbs. His art reception and a performance piece takes place Friday. Photo by John Larsen

about what to do with it, after years of collecting resources needed to make the multimedia project work—video projectors, lights, recordings, moments shared by friends—after finding the commitment to tackle it, “Vital Archives” came to fruition. He made orbs from the shavings, lit some with LED lights, hid projectors in others and grouped them, with each cluster showing a moment in time that creates a breath of love, a breath of laughter, a breath of life, a breath of fear, and so. The fourth dimension idea manifested naturally, back from the horoscope that intrigued him more than 15 years prior.

“Symbolically, my orbs and their shapes represent air sacs of the lungs of a four-dimensional creature,” Pascal notes. “When a fourdimensional shape presses itself into three dimensions, you’d have a perfect sphere in both, as seen in my circular orbs. But anything that isn’t perfect, you’d have varied shapes, oblong shapes, openings and holes of air sacs. While the orbs are all separate pieces to our eyes, theoretically, they are cross-sections of a four dimensional being.”

Even what viewers think they see within the orbs themselves are misleading. While they seem pillowy and cloudy, soft to the touch, they’re actually rough and scratchy.

Though made of a plastic chemical, they aren’t reactive.

“The texture is so intriguing,” Pascal tells.

“You just wanna touch it. You don’t know what it is. It’s curious, which is why I liked it.”

Though he isn’t encouraging gallery visitors

“I want it to be casual and subtle, with nuance, and not have a barrier between performer and people who will be there,” he continues. “I will be talking like I am now—conversational—there’s no rule book about how to do this. If I am with someone, and another person speaks to me, I will speak to them as well. I can look away and interact naturally, as if I am with friends. I want to make it more accessible.”

The real beauty of the interaction comes from the crux of Pascal’s theme: Everyone who converses with him will walk away with a molecule of the show in their lungs forever.

“They can even forget the show completely after, but it won’t matter,” he says. “Our exchange and breath will live on as long as they’re breathing.”

Each person who participates in the performance piece will receive a small glass bottle attached to twine, to hang around their necks.

Inside is a seed from Pascal’s favorite hibiscus plant, from his new oxagon-shaped home in Burgaw, located on 2 acres that will be used as a venue for large-scale art installations and eventually an artist residency.

“The seed will produce beautiful brilliant red flowers,” he explains, for folks to plant and help purify the air in their own homes or to keep in the bottle. “The air in [the bottle] means it’s not truly empty, like our lungs.”

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We must have your entry form, fee and jpegs of your submissions by that date. Our guest juror this year will be Todd Carignan. Download the entry form at artexposure50.com or call for entries. Send jpegs to artexposure50@gmail.com.

Any NC artist over the age of 18 is allowed to submit up to two works for consideration.

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210 Princess St. Tues. - Sat. 10am - 6pm (or by appt., Sun. and Mon.) (484) 885-3037 www.aibgallery.com Art in Bloom Gallery is in a renovated, 19thcentury horse stable and exhibits original art by a diverse group of artists. “Elements of Creation: New Art” features Brian Evans (ceramics), Georgeann Haas (acrylic and mixed media on paper), and Judy Hintz Cox (oil and mixed media on canvas) and continues through July 29.

The gallery is open until 9pm on Fourth Friday Gallery Nights. Special upcoming events include: “Slinging Paint with Mark Gansor” Aug. 26, 3-5pm. Mark will create original acrylic paintings on canvas; refreshments served; open and free to the public.

The gallery is partnering with Checker Cab productions, PinPoint and Platypus & Gnome on art openings and champagne toasts: “Let it Be: Art by Judy Hintz Cox” features large oil and mixed media paintings at PinPoint Restaurant, 114 Market St. “I Spy: Art by Naomi Jones” features acrylic paintings of diverse wildlife at Platypus & Gnome Restaurant, 9 South Front St. Both exhibits continue through Aug. 21.

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EXPO 216

216 N. Front St, Wilmington, NC (910) 769-3899 Wed. – Sun., Noon – 6 PM www.expo216.com Last chance to see the phenomenally successful Ocean Plastic exhibit before it closes. July 28 ends the one-year run of our inaugural exhibit.

The final Fourth Friday Gallery Night features a pop-up auction, music by The Swing Shifters, and appearances by Bag Lady and Ninja Turtle, who will be distributing small gifts. After that, Expo 216 is closed for the month of August to install our coming Death & Dying exhibit which will open on September 6. At which point, normal business hours will resume. Meanwhile, join us for our Second Annual Fashion Show on August 18. Tickets are free on our website.

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.

ally known artists.

Now on exhibit: “Take a Little Coast Home With You,” a collection of small coastal-themed paintings, designed for easy transport home.

Runs from August 1 through Sept. 9; features original works by 24 artists who have been invited to participate in the special event. Reception to meet artists on Thurs., Aug. 3, 5-7 p.m.

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200 Hanover St. (bottom level, parking deck) Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm http://cfcc.edu/blogs/wilmagallery Wilma Daniels Gallery will feature Grey Pascal’s Vital Archives installation. Pascal’s floating pieces, made from recycled plastic materials, attract the eye and give the onlooker a sense of warmth and curiosity, while his work with distorted audio and visual displays creates an eerie, yet familiar, image of our own lives and experiences. Pascal is known for his large and intriguing installations and his performance pieces that engage and astound audiences. Vital Archives continues this tradition. Pascal will give a live performance Friday, July 28.

10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 Mon.- Sat. 10am - 5pm www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com Sunset River Marketplace showcases work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, and houses some 10,000 square feet of oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, art glass, fabric art, pottery, sculpture, turned and carved wood and artisan-created jewelry. There are two onsite kilns and four wheels used by students in the ongoing pottery classes offered by the gallery. A custom framing department is available. There are realistic and abstract art classes as well as workshops by nationally and region-

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NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY

271 N. Front St. (919) 343-8997 Tues. - Sat.: 11am - 6pm (or by appt.) www.newelementsgallery.com Horizons opens at New Elements Gallery on Fourth Friday, July 28, 2017 with a celebratory reception from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. This exhibit features new work from internationally recognized Plein Air painter Priscilla Long Whitlock. Whitlock is often inspired by local landscapes, especially the drama of marshes as they change with the ebb and flow of the tides. On view until August 19.

PEACOCK FINE ART

224 S. Water St. #1A • (910) 254-4536 Monday through Sunday, noon - 6 p.m. www.peacocksfineart.com.

Adjacent to the River to Sea gallery, Features paintings by Wilmington based plein air painter Jim Bettendorf. Local scenes of Wilmington and surrounding areas cover the walls. Original oil paintings and a selection of giclée prints available for purchase. Open daily from noon to six.

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A FULL RANGE:

Alchemical Theatre reveals comedy, reverence, and human experience in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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hakespeare devotee Christopher Marino must not sleep: He teaches full time, has a family, works with Shakespeare’s texts—which is labor-intensive, to say the least. Yet, he still finds time to found a new theatre company: Alchemical Theatre of Wilmington. For their premiere, Alchemical partnered with the Lumina Festival of the Arts at UNCW to produce the Bard’s comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Of Shakespeare’s humorous works, “Much Ado” has gotten significant screen time in the last few decades. Kenneth Branagh did a star-studded production in 1993, and Joss Whedon’s 2012 modernization made Shakespeare fans out of “Firefly” groupies. Director Christopher Marino uses his director’s note to explore issues around selecting a time and place to set a production of Shakespeare. I agree with the question he asks: “What is the world of play?” For this show, he sets “Much Ado” loosely in Wilmington in 1865. As an illustration of power, both held by a victor and of one gender over another, it is quite fitting.

The show opens with the removal of a flag that looks like Fort Anderson’s Battle Flag. In its steag flies Old Glory, decorating the stage with Union bunting. The scene is set. The Union has taken the town and the Confederacy has lost. Leonato (Fred Grandy) finds himself hosting the conquering hero, Don Pedro (Thadd McQuade), whose retinue includes Count Claudio (Mike Steele) and Benedick (Ashley Strand), all dressed in Union blue. In addition, he brings as prisoners his brother, Don John (Christopher Marino), dressed in

Leonato, of course, has a daughter of betrothed age, Hero (Esther Williamson), who Claudio falls for like a ton of bricks. The Prince arranges the match and the countdown to the wedding commences. But how do they amuse everyone until the big day? How about setting up confirmed bachelor Benedick with the sharp-tounged spinster-in-training, Beatrice (Lyndsay Rose Kane)? They clearly are meant for each other but both are too damn unbending to let nature take its course—but the course of true love never did run smooth.

Even as Beatrice and Benedick’s friends try to bring them together, Don John and his cronies hit upon a plan to destroy Claudio’s impending marriage. Borachio has seduced Margaret (Arianna Tysinger), Hero’s maid. He convinces her to act out a scene with him at the window late at night and answer to Hero’s name.

Don John brings Claudio and the Prince to the garden to watch, and they are convinced Hero is not a virgin and has been playing Claudio for a fool.

One of many choices that come out of this setting is the motivation for Don John.

Frequently, he is played as a sadist who enjoys making trouble for the sake of making trouble. In this rendition, Marino and Crittenden’s hatching of the nefarious plan looks and sounds much more like the soldiers in “The Great Escape,” as they remind each other their duty is to do everything possible to undermine the enemy—even from captivity.

This is a Shakespearean comedy, so

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some serious themes explored as well. Audiences cannot sustain two hours of crescendo; there have to be moments of reflection to balance emotions and process experiences. Otherwise, the message gets lost in a continual pursuit of a laugh that has no substance.

gray, Borachio (Tyler Crittenden) and Conrade (Josh Browner) in various agriculturally inspired rags. Visually, it is a reminder of the war that turned brother against brother and sets the motivation for much of what follows.

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Part of what I like about Marino’s production is he doesn’t rush the sobering moments.

Standing before Hero’s grave was deeply moving—even for the audience members who knew she wasn’t dead. Tysinger’s Margaret sings a lament for Hero that is haunting. Beatrice’s call to arms on behalf of Hero’s honor is legitimate and painful—because it isn’t played for laughs but for every woman who has watched her life derailed by the double standard of behavior for men and women in our society. Though it is not as pronounced now as it was in 1865, or 1600 for that matter, it is still real. Those moments of humanity are what make the comedy funnie. It is real and human rather than contrived and forced.

Adrian Varnam and Joel Lamb provide a musical accompaniment to the show that rides the waves of emotion and enhances the audience experience. From their “accidental” playing of Dixie at the beginning of the show to the STRAND TALL: Ashley Strand nails physical funeral dirge, they bring an atmosphere that comedy in Alchemical Theatre’s ‘Much Ado.’ Photo adds aural depth and color. Using bluegrass

by Janet Adamson and old-time country as a starting point, they riff on songs that the audience will recognize. evil will be avenged—and by the clowns. They use the music as almost an additional Enter Dogberry (Ed Wagenseller), the con- character conversing with the actors onstage, stable in charge of the watch. He looks and but without overwhelming or upstaging. It is a sounds, for all the world, like a carpetbagger delicate balance but executed beautifully. with newfound power he does not remotely I am a very opinionated fan of the greatest comprehend. Dogberry is one of my favorite writer the English language has ever known. characters, and Wagenseller breathes new Making the Bard’s work and language accessiand hysterical life into him. I could watch the ble to people is a chief aim of live performance. scenes over and over—which says a lot, conBut giving full reign to the depth, meaning and sidering the comedic lengths Beatrice and brilliance of scripts that reveal the full range of Benedick go to in their battles of love and war. the human experience in one evening should “There was a lot of physical comedy on be the goal. This cast achieves it seamlessly. that stage!” my date exclaimed with a hearty Of the three major Shakespeare productions laugh. “A lot.” that have been produced in town this year, this “I really don’t think you can have Ashley one, without a doubt, is my favorite.

Strand onstage and not have physical comedy,” I responded.

Both Strand and Kane left me in stitches with laughter. There cannot be a single inch of the set that does not get mauled by them climbing, “hiding” from other characters, listening in, or exploring their inner feelings in ways no psychiatrist would sanction.

DETAILS:

Much Ado About Nothing

July 27 and 29, 7:30 p.m.

UNCW Cultural Arts Building, Mainstage Theatre • 5270 Randall Dr. Tickets: $15-$25 “Much Ado” is very funny, but there are www.alchemicalwilmington.com

ARTS>>COMEDY

THE REAL REWARD:

Erica Rhodes dishes breakups, life lessons and new narratives at Dead Crow a beast and true love is its own reward.”

BY: SHANNON RAE GENTRY

As a writer, Rhodes used to think in order for her jokes to work with a live audience, they needed to work in writing. However, what seems to lack luster on the page shines brighter onstage.

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omedian, actor, writer, producer, and all-around Jacqueline-of-all trades, Erica Rhodes has a lot of balls in her court. While Rhodes is wrapping up a couple appearances on Fox’s “Punchline,” ABC’s web series “The Off Season” is now streaming for summer audiences. She plays one of two siblings (Jack and Laurie), who inherit a motel from a distant relative.

The dilapidated property turns out to be more than what they bargained for.

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“I used to just sit, write jokes, and come up with clever punchlines,” she continues.

“Now, I write a lot more on my feet. . . . I feel like it’s the only way to write now.”

Being the same person onstage as she is off has been the most helpful lesson thus far in developing her act. For the most part, her fellow comics have been generous with advice and feedback, too. They support each other and respect the time and energy the job takes. While the industry itself is still mostly male-dominated, what Rhodes feels has changed (in her favor) is desire for more diversity.

All the while, Rhodes is nose-deep in the developing stages of another project.

Though she’s remaining mum on its details.

“To me, [in development] just means a lot of meetings,” she quips.

Acting was something Rhodes started doing early in her career. She got her start as a guest writer and actor for NPR’s “Prairie Home Companion.” Her first role came at age 10, voicing the conscience of Garrison Keillor.

“I learned a lot while working on [‘Prairie Home Companion,’]” she says. “I would write for the show a couple of months here and there and act, and it was always sort of sporadic. I guess I never had a normal schedule—that’s for sure. Right now I would say my focus is standup.”

It’s a relatively new endeavor but one Rhodes has been primarily focused on for about five years. She’ll have four shows at downtown Wilmington’s Dead Crow Comedy Room this weekend.

“To me, [standup] is the most creatively fulfilling thing,” Rhodes says, “because I’m always evolving my act. I’m always writing and performing, and it’s all my creation, which feels really good. That excites me the most.”

Rhode’s act evolves as her life does, so a routine or joke is never necessarily finished. Whereas a film or TV show eventually wraps, comedy is an evolving expression of creativity. Acting is like playing a part in someone else’s vision.

“That’s why I would like to eventually have my own show,” she tells. “I would love to apply my own life story to the show where I’m basically playing myself.”

Since going all in with standup, Rhodes has learned it’s best to stick to what she knows rather than what might seem like a funny or “hot topic.” She talks about her

BUSY BEE: Writer, actress and standup comic Erica Rhodes is heading to Dead Crow Comedy Room this weekend. Photo by Bruce Smith.

passions and what’s going on in her life. As of late, funny anecdotes include a recent breakup.

“I say, ‘I went through a breakup—but that’s great because it means it was a real relationship!’” she tells. “Usually, I’m like, ‘It’s over!’ And he’s like, ‘Who’s this?’”

Rhodes also muses over breakups in the digital age. In other words, we live in a place where there is no real escape from a former love.

“It used to be, ‘Sorry it didn’t work out, have a nice life. Goodbye,’’” she says. “Now it’s, ‘Sorry it didn’t work out; I’ll see you online … forever.’”

Like every comedian who wants to packa show with laughs, Rohdes says there’s a fine art to knowing how to get them. It could come with a new punchline, or switching up a word or two.

“Also, the placement [in the routine] can be so important,” she adds. “I often find if a joke isn’t working it could just be in the wrong place in my act, and I might need to put it somewhere else. I also try to do ‘callbacks’ [to previous jokes] in my acts. So it’s kind of like a puzzle.”

Rhodes used to run jokes by her manager or close friends, but she found it sometimes made her lose faith in the work before trying out with an audience. Now she goes all in with new material in front of live audiences. While some people are more naturally funny than others, Rhodes insists it’s not as intimidating as it seems.

“I honestly feel like more people could do [standup],” she observes. “It’s not as hard as people think it is. It’s scary but also the worst thing that can happen is people don’t laugh. Why is it so awful? Nobody dies; no one gets hurt.”

There is a technique behind writing a joke, organizing it in a routine, understanding its timing and executing it onstage, which can be learned and improved upon. A sign of a good show, however, is having jokes not anyone could say and be funny.Delivery is key in one joke she’s been working on about “Beauty and the Beast.” Rhodes thinks it sends the wrong message.

“Belle falls in love with the Beast and then the Beast turns into everything she could ever want—a hot prince with tons of money,” Rhodes explains. “We shouldn’t be teaching little girls that if you love someone enough they’ll change into everything you’ll ever want. . . . Basically, I think ‘Beauty and the Beast’ should end with her falling in love with the Beast, and then the Beast just stays

“It’s sort of complicated because I feel in some ways you’re at an advantage being a woman just because there are fewer of you,” she says. “Whereas for some guys who try to get on shows, it’s way harder.

But as a woman, they’re like, ‘Oh, we need a woman!’”

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ARTS>>FILM

GREAT POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY: New ‘Spider-Man’ succeeds in lifting the franchise

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July 26 (additional 4 p.m screening on 26): “My Cousin Rachel” features Rachel Weisz and Sam Claftin in a dark romance of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin. He believes she murdered his guardian, but his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms. (PG-13, 106 min.)

’ve always been a fan of “Planet of the Apes.” It was a perfect piece of science fiction that straddled a line between genius and ludicrousness. 1968 was a great year for science fiction, especially monkey-based stories. Both “Planet of the Apes” and “2001: A Space Odyssey” came out, and provided some surreal and occasionally heavy-handed examinations of what the future holds.

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (2014) brought us more traditional tale of apes vs. mankind. The simian flu, created by Franco in the first film, made apes smarter but was wiping out humanity. Some survivors want to find a way to live in peace with the apes.

Some apes want to pay humanity back for the cruel testing done to them. There are all sorts of interesting grey areas explored and ideological questions raised. And audiences who didn’t care about that kind of thing at least had monkeys running around, firing machine guns. Truly, there was something for everyone.

“War for the Planet of the Apes” is the bleakest of the series and an absolute mental movie. There are so many moments I marveled over; it’s an unconventional and riveting piece of mass-market entertainment.

Intelligent apes are the main characters in a movie that showcases the brutality of war and worthlessness of revenge.

This time Caesar is trying to protect his clan from the incursions of a military unit desperate to eradicate them. Apparently there are still humans that haven’t gotten over the whole “simian flu ending human-

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The new “Planet of the Apes” films have taken a grittier approach to the concept of an intelligent ape/human conflict (except for the one with Marky Mark, which was so terrible I’m reluctant to even mention its existence). “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011) was an interesting character study of Caesar (Andy Serkis), the ape who gains human-like intellect after being tested on by James Franco, the world’s sexiest genetic scientist. The first movie was a traditional story; a standard narrative about a flawed scientist trying to cure a horrible disease and enduring the consequences of trying to play God. It’s not alluded to very often, but James Franco basically destroyed life on Earth as we know it because he wanted to treat his father’s Alzheimer’s disease. (We all knew the world would ultimately be destroyed by Franco. It was only a matter of time.)

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ity” thing. They won’t be happy until they’ve killed a whole bunch of apes. The paramilitary group of raging fascists are led by the Colonel (Woody Harrelson), who believes humanity’s only hope involves a monkeymurder orgy. After he captures almost all of the intelligent apes, he decides to not kill them but use them as slave labor to build a wall made of rock and sticks.

Say what, now?

Apparently, they need to build a wall at their base to help protect them from an impending attack from another group of humans who think he’s gone too far and have decided he needs to die.

My major complaint with “War for the Planet of the Apes” is some of the silly plotting. Amazingly enough, most disbelief I had with the story didn’t come from the apes but the humans—nonsensical decisions and actions by human characters that happen solely to forward the plot. For instance, there’s a military base seemingly anyone can walk in and out of without being discovered. There’s also a rock-and-stone wall that gets built only to be utterly demolished within seconds of the final battle beginning.

All gripes aside, there’s also a lot of weird and wonderful here. The ape characters are rendered so well, both visually and in terms of character development. They have been brought to life with game-changing levels of technology. It’s not just that animators can bring apes to life virtually onscreen, it’s the way they act and the emotions they’re able to convey. The apes are actually better developed than human characters who aren’t

given a lot to do. Harrelson convincingly chews scenery and conveys menace as Colonel. He’s a solid villain with some decent motivation.

There are some absolutely brutal and beautiful moments in this unique blockbuster. I can’t think of a franchise in the 21st century that has provided so many interesting, surreal and haunting moments. The recent movies may not have been perfect, but they sure as hell provided some thought-provoking, engaging and unconventional stories that feel extremely fresh in the stale landscape of franchise film.

DETAILS:

War for the Planet of the Apes Rated PG-13 Directed by Matt Reeves Starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn

July 31-August 4 (additional 4 p.m screening on 2): German soldier Stefan Brandt goes on a mission to investigate exiled German Monarch Kaiser Wilhelm II in “The Exception.”

As Brandt begins to infiltrate the Kaiser’s life in search of clues, he finds himself drawn into an unexpected and passionate romance with Mieke, one of the Kaiser’s maids whom Brandt soon discovers is secretly Jewish.

The stage is soon set for a breathtaking showdown, as secrets are revealed, allegiances are tested, and Brandt is forced to make the ultimate choice between honoring country and following his heart. (R, 107 min.)

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AMERICAN BLUEWATER WATERFRONT GRILL Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie. Dine inside or at their award-winning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sunday April - October. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256-8500.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon-Fri

11a.m. - 11 p.m.; Sat & Sun 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Waterfront dining ■ MUSIC: Music every Sunday in Summer ■ WEBSITE: www.bluewaterdining.com BLUE SURF CAFÉ Sophisticated Food…Casual Style. We offer a menu that has a heavy California surf culture influence while still retaining our Carolina roots. We provide a delicate balance of flavors and freshness in a comfortable and inviting setting. We offer a unique breakfast menu until noon daily, including specialty waffles, skillet hashes and unique breakfast sandwiches. Our lunch menu is packed with a wide variety of options, from house roasted pulled pork, to our mahi sandwich and customer favorite, meatloaf sandwich. Our dinner features a special each night along with our favorite house entrees:

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photo courtesy of Lindsey A. Miller Photography Braised Beef Brisket, Mojo Pork and Mahi. All of our entrees are as delicious as they are inventive.

We also have a full beer and wine list. Come try the “hidden gem” of Wilmington today. 250 Racine Drive Ste. 1, Wilmington 910-523-5362.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.bluesurfcafe.com

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, BRUNCH & DINNER: Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-2pm; Thursday evening, 5pm-9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.camcafe.org

CAM CAFÉ CAM Café, located within the CAM delivers delightful surprises using fresh, local ingredients. The

THE DISTRICT KITCHEN & COCKTAILS A new addition to the Brooklyn Arts and downtown

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

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11:3010:00; Friday and Saturday 11:30-11:00 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington Kids menu available THE FELIX CAFE The Felix Cafe is a restaurant experience like no

other in Wilmington, N.C. Our eatery is a unique and relaxing gem situated near the port, and at the edge of Sunset Park on Burnett Blvd. We believe fine dining doesn’t have to come with all the fuss.

From our homemade soups to the locally sourced produce, we let the ingredients speak for themselves in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Folks will enjoy the outdoor seating, our vibrant staff, the colorful interior, and our cabana style tiki bar. You will come here as a customer and leave as a friend.

2140 Burnett Blvd. (910) 399-1213.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Sunset Park, Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Daily specials, full bar,freejazz and wine tastings on Thursdays ■ WEBSITE: www.thefelixcafewilmington.com; facebook.com/thefelixcafewilmington HENRY’S A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients. Come early for lunch, because it’s going to be packed. Dinner too! Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com HOLIDAY INN RESORT

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

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.-Sat. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Waterfront dining ■ WEBSITE: www.holidayinn.com HOPS SUPPLY CO. The combination of chef-inspired food and our craft bar makes Hops Supply Co. a comfortable and inviting gastropub that attracts guests of all types – especially a local crowd who can feel right at home whether ordering a classic favorite or trying a new culinary delight! At HopsCo, we are dedicated to the craft of excellent cuisine and delivering hops in its most perfect form, exemplified by our selection of craft beers. As hops are the heart of flavor for beer, our local seasonal ingredients are the soul of our culinary inspired American fare. 5400 Oleander Dr. (910) 833-8867.

■ OPEN: Mon-Thurs 10:57 am - 10 pm; Fri-Sat 10:57 am - 11 pm {Serving Brunch 10:57am – 3pm & bar open until midnight}; Brunch ALL DAY Sunday 9:57am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.hopssupplycompany.com JOHNNYLUKES KITCHENBAR Good eats, good drinks, and great times is what JohnnyLukes KitchenBar is all about. JohnnyLukes KitchenBar serves Wilmington, NC a variety of 19 rotating craft beers on tap, a hand selected eclectic

American wine list, fun cocktails, and of course, exceptional food. Our two-story layout brings the best of both worlds under one roof. Downstairs at JohnnyLukes KitchenBar pair your beer or wine with our Parmesan Crusted Pork Chop, Chicken Pot Pie, Ribeye, or one of our many main entrees and sharable plates. Or, join us upstairs at JL’s Loft and pair a beer with one of our multiple burgers, JL’s roast beef sandwich, meatball sandwich, or one of our many appetizers (we recommend both!). So next time you are looking for a new and exciting restaurant in Wilmington, NC where you can experience both great craft beer and amazing food, be sure to head over to JohnnyLukes KitchenBar and JL’s Loft! 5500 Market Street, Suite 130. (910)-769-1798 ■ OPEN: JohnnyLukes KitchenBar: Mon to Sun: 11:30am to 10pm; JL’s Loft: Mon to Sun: 11:30am to 2am ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.johnnylukeskb.com THE LITTLE DIPPER Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street. (910) 2510433.

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through October ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Tasting menu every Tues. with small plates from $1-$4; Ladies Night every Wed; $27 4-course prix fixe menu on Thurs.; “Date night menu,” $65/couple with beer and wine tasting every Fri. and half price bottles of wine on Sun. ■ MUSIC: Mondays and Memorial Day-October, 7-9pm ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com PINE VALLEY MARKET Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch inhouse, 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 fro-

zen meals ■ WEBSITE: www.pinevalleymarket.com RISE Serving up the best dang biscuits and donuts in Wilmington, Rise is not any typical breakfast spot.

Our donut menu includes an assortment of ‘old school, new school, and our school’ flavors; and our buttery, flaky biscuits filled with country ham, bacon, sausage, fried chicken, and fried eggplant “bacon” are crave-worthy. Lunch is on the Rise with our new chicken sandwiches on potato rolls and fresh salads. 1319 Military Cutoff Rd. (910) 239-9566 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.- Sun. 7 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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

Recognized as having the Best Hot Dog in the Best of Wilmington Awards in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Call Individual Stores for hours of operation or check out our website at www.trollystophotdogs.com. Catering available, now a large portion of our business. All prices include tax. Call

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■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ LOCATIONS: Wilmington, Fountain Dr. (910) 452-3952 Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-3921 Southport (910) 457-7017 Boone, NC (828) 265-2658 Chapel Hill, NC (919) 240-4206 ■ WEBSITE: www.trollystophotdogs.com

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

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www. genkisushiwilmington.com INDOCHINE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE If you’re ready to experience the wonders of the Orient without having to leave Wilmington, join us at Indochine for a truly unique experience. Indochine brings the flavors of the Far East to the Port City, combining the best of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine in an atmosphere that will transport you and your taste buds. Relax in our elegantly decorated dining room, complete with antique Asian decor as well as contemporary artwork and music. Our diverse, friendly and efficient staff will serve you beautifully presented dishes full of enticing aromas and flavors. Be sure to try such signature items as the spicy and savory Roasted Duck with Red Curry, or the beautifully presented and delicious Shrimp and Scallops in a Nest. Be sure to save room for our world famous desert, the banana egg roll! We take pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

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

Mon.- Sun. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. for dinner.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.indochinewilmington.com NIKKI’S FRESH GOURMET For more than a decade, Nikki’s downtown has served diners the best in sushi. With freshly crafted ingredients making up their rolls, sushi and sashimi, a taste of innovation comes with every order. Daily they offer specialty rolls specific to the Front Street location, such as the My Yoshi, K-Town and Crunchy Eel rolls. But for less adventurous diners looking for options beyond sushi,

Nikki’s serves an array of sandwiches, wraps and gyros, too. They also make it a point to host all dietary needs, omnivores, carnivores and herbivores alike. They have burgers and cheesesteaks, as well as falafal pitas and veggie wraps, as well as an extensive Japanese fare menu, such as bento boxes and tempura platters. Daily dessert and drink special are also on order. Check out their website and Facebook for more information. 16 S. Front St. (910) 771-9151.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Thurs., 11am-10pm; Fri.-Sat., 11am-11pm; Sun., 12pm10pm. Last call on food 15 minutes before closing.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.nikkissushibar.com/ OKAMI JAPANESE HIBACHI STEAK HOUSE We have reinvented “Hibachi cuisine.” Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse is like no other.

Our highly skilled chefs cook an incredible dinner while entertaining you on the way. Our portions are large, our drinks are less expensive, and our staff is loads of fun. We are committed to using quality ingredients and seasoning with guaranteed freshness. Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure we serve only the finest food products. We believe good, healthy food aids vital functions for well-being, both physically and mentally. Our menu consists of a wide range of steak, seafood, and chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill.” We also serve tastebud-tingling Japanese sushi, hand rolls, sashimi, tempura dishes, and noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japanese dining experience. Our all-you-can-eat sushie menu and daily specials can be found at www.okamisteakhouse.com! 614 S College Rd. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Thurs., 11am-2:30pm / 4-10pm; Fri., 11am-2:30pm / 4pm11pm; Sat., 11am-11pm; Sun., 11am-9:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.okamisteakhouse.com SZECHUAN 132 Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination! Szechuan 132 has earned the reputation as one of the finest contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Port City. Tastefully decorated with an elegant atmosphere, with an exceptional ingenious menu has deemed Szechuan 132 the best Chinese restaurant for years, hands down. 419 South College Road (in University Landing), (910) 799-1426.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch specials ■ WEBSITE: www.szechuan132.com YOSAKE DOWNTOWN SUSHI LOUNGE Lively atmosphere in a modern setting, Yosake is the delicious Downtown spot for date night, socializing with friends, or any large dinner party. Home to the never-disappointing Shanghai Firecracker Shrimp! In addition to sushi, we offer a full Pan Asian menu including curries, noodle dishes, and the ever-popular Crispy Salmon or 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.

BAGELS BEACH BAGELS Beach Bagels is “the” favorite spot for breakfast and lunch in Wilmington. Get a taste of a New York-style bagel by the beach. We make our bagels the traditional way: kettle-boiled then baked and always made with love. Enjoy something simple like a traditional BLT, or spice it up and try our AnnieWB: turkey breast, bacon, Swiss, lettuce, tomato, mayo, onions, and jalapeños. Not in the mood for a bagel? Don’t worry, we have ciabatta bread, croissants, kaiser rolls, biscuits, and wraps.

Whatever you’re looking for, we have you covered.

Don’t forget to make your lunch sandwich a combo for only $1.50,. and get a small drink, potato salad or chips and a pickle spear. Come see us at 5906 Oleander Drive or 7220 Wrightsville Avenue— right before the drawbridge on the way to beautiful

Wrightsville Beach.

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

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

BREWPUB BILL’S FRONT PORCH Welcome to Bill’s Front Porch Brewery & Restaurant, where you’ll find fine handcrafted beers, creative yet informal cuisine, and friendly, attentive service in a casual, upscale atmosphere.

We’re passionate about producing distinctive, full-flavored handcrafted beers, accompanied by fresh–from–scratch New American cuisine in a comfortable, casual atmosphere. Our goal has always been to provide food and beer that is inspired, consistently crafted and presented by a knowledgeable and courteous service staff. Our commitment to support the communities in which we do business goes to the heart of what differentiates Bill’s Front Porch from other restaurants. But it is because of you, our guests, that we have been able to make this all happen. 4238 Market St. 4-10 Mon-Wed; 4-11 Thurs; 11-11 Fri-Sat; 12-10 Sun. 910-762-6333 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown/Market St. ■ FEATURING: Homemade craft beer, bar food and entrees.

■ WEBSITE: www.billsfrontporch.com

CARIBBEAN JAMAICA’S COMFORT ZONE Tucked in the U-shape of University Landing, a block from UNCW is Wilmington’s fave Caribbean restaurant, serving diners for over nine years.

Family-owned and -operated, Jamaica’s Comfort Zone provides a relaxing atmosphere along with a blend of Caribbean delights. Our guests have graced us with numerous compliments over the years: “explosive Caribbean culinary experience”; “every year we are here on vacation—you are our first stop”; “flavors just dance in my mouth.”

From traditional Jamaican breakfast to mouth-watering classic dishes such as Brownstew chicken, curry goat, oxtail, and jerk pork, our selections also include many vegetarian and select seafood options. Student meal options are $6.99, and catering options are available. University Landing, 417 S. College Road, Wilmington SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues-Sat., 11:45am-9pm. Closed Sun. and Mon. NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown WEBSITE: www.jamaicascomfortzone.net, and follow us on Facebook or Twitter

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 fabu-

lous service staff pair scrumptious multi-course themed meals and cocktails with our dinner shows in a theatre-themed venue. Dinner theater at its best! Reservations highly suggested. 19 S. 10th Street (910) 399.3NOW (3669). Hours vary.

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

IRISH THE HARP Experience the finest traditional Irish family recipes and popular favorites served in a casual yet elegant traditional pub atmosphere. The Harp, 1423 S. 3rd St., proudly uses the freshest ingredients, locally sourced whenever possible, to bring you and yours the most delicious Irish fare!

We have a fully stocked bar featuring favorite Irish beers and whiskies. We are open every day for both American and Irish breakfast, served to noon weekdays and 2 p.m. weekends. Regular menu to 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. weekends. Join us for trivia at 8:30 on Thursdays and live music on Fridays – call ahead for schedule (910) 763-1607.

Located just beside Greenfield Lake and Park at the south end of downtown Wilmington, The Harp is a lovely Irish pub committed to bringing traditional Irish flavor, tradition and hospitality to the Cape Fear area.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.harpwilmington.com

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

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

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

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

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

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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: Largest tequila selection in town!

■ WEBSITE: www.grabslice.com

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

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

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

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

MEXICAN EL CERRO GRANDE In January, El Cerro Grande will celebrate 25 years serving authentic, delicious Mexican cuisine to the greater Wilmington area. With an ever-evolving menu, they have introduced eight new exclusive soft tacos as part of Taco Fiesta! They churn out mouth-watering enchiladas, fajitas, quesadillas, chef specialties, and more, in a colorfully inviting dining room marked by a friendly staff and attention to detail. Check out El Cerro’s daily drink and food specials at their three different locations, including $3.50 margaritas on Tuesdays off Military Road, on Wednesdays at 341 S. College Road, and on Thursdays at 5120 S. College Road. Mondays feature fajita dinners for 10.99 at all locations, and they even have karaoke every Wednesday at 341 S. College Rd, starting at 6 p.m. Serving lunch and dinner daily.

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

■ LOCATIONS: 341 S. College Rd., 910-7930035; 5120 S. College Rd., 910-790-8727; 1051 Military Cutoff Rd., 910-679-4209 ■ WEBSITE: www.elcerrogranderestaurant.com LA COSTA MEXICAN RESTAURANT With three locations to serve Wilmingtonians, La Costa is open daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m with lunch specials. Their full dinner menu (from 3 p.m. on) offers the best in Mexican cuisine across the city. From top-sellers, like fajitas, quesadillas and burritos, to chef’s specialty items, like molcajete or borrego, a taste of familiar and exotic can be enjoyed. All of La Costa’s pico de gallo, guacamole, salsas, chile-chipotle, enchilada and burrito sauces are made in house daily. Add to it a 16-ounce margarita, which is only $4.95 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: lacostamexicanrestauranwilmington. com

ORGANIC LOVEY’S NATURAL FOODS & CAFÉ Lovey’s Natural Foods & Café is a true blessing for shoppers looking for organic and natural groceries and supplements, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious and totally fresh meal or snack. Whether you are in the mood for a veggie burger, hamburger or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte Lovey’s Cafe’ menu. The Food Bar—which has cold, organic salads and hot selections—can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for take-out. The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of delicious juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness.

Lovey’s also carries organic grass-fed and freerange meats and poultry. wheat-free and glutenfree products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 am to 6 p.m..

Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Rd in the Landfall Shopping Center; (910) 509-0331. “You’ll Love it at Lovey’s!”

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com

SEAFOOD CAPE FEAR SEAFOOD COMPANY Founded in 2008 by Evans and Nikki Trawick, Cape Fear Seafood Company has become a local hotspot for the freshest, tastiest seafood in the area. With its growing popularity, the restaurant has expanded from its flagship eatery in Monkey Junction to a second location in Porter’s Neck, and coming soon in 2017, their third location in Waterford in Leland. “We are a dedicated group of individuals working together as a team to serve spectacular food, wine and spirits in a relaxed and casual setting,” restaurateur Evans Trawick says.

“At CFSC every dish is prepared with attention to detail, quality ingredients and excellent flavors.

Our staff strives to accommodate guests with a sense of urgency and an abundance of southern hospitality.” Cape Fear Seafood Company has been recognized by encore magazine for best seafood in 2015, as well as by Wilmington Magazine in 2015 and 2016, and Star News from 2013 through 2016. Monkey Junction: 5226 S. College Road Suite 5, 910-799-7077. Porter’s Neck: 140 Hays Lane #140, 910-681-1140. Waterford: 143 Poole Rd., Leland, NC 28451 ■ SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER: 11:30am-4pm daily; Mon.-Thurs.., 4pm-9pm; Fri.-Sat., 4pm10pm; Sun., 4pm-8:30pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, north Wilmington and Leland ■ WESBITE: www.capefearseafoodcompany.com 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) Handcrafted seasonal desserts. Full ABC Permits. 6623 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28405, 910-7993847.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Acclaimed Wine List ■ WEBSITE: www.catchwilmington.com DOCK STREET OYSTER BAR Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters! Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street. You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfort able in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. (910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net OCEANIC Voted best seafood restaurant in Wilmington, Oceanic provides oceanfront dining at its best.

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

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

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

Featuring the only Downtown bar that faces the river and opening our doors in 1978, The Pilot House

is the oldest restaurant in the Downtown area. We offer stunning riverfront views in a newly-renovated relaxed, casual setting inside or on one of our two outdoor decks. Join us for $5.00 select appetizers 7 days a week and live music every Friday and Saturday nigh on our umbrella deck. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. 910-3430200 2 Ann Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11am9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm and Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm. Kids menu ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Riverfront Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Fresh local seafood specialties, Riverfront Dining, free on-site parking ■ MUSIC: Outside Every Friday and Saturday ■ WEBSITE: www.pilothouserest.com SHUCKIN’ SHACK Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar has two locations in the Port City area. The original Shack is located in Carolina Beach at 6A N. Lake Park Blvd. (910-4587380) and our second location is at 109 Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington (910-8338622). The Shack is the place you want to be to catch your favorite sports team on 7 TV’s carrying all major sports packages. A variety of fresh seafood is available daily including oysters, shrimp, clams, mussels, and crab legs. Shuckin’ Shack has expanded its menu now offering fish tacos, crab cake sliders, fried oyster po-boys, fresh salads, and more. Come in and check out the Shack’s daily lunch, dinner, and drink specials. It’s a Good Shuckin’ Time!

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

■ WEBSITE: www.TheShuckinShack.com

SOUTHERN CASEY’S BUFFET In Wilmington, everyone knows where to go for solid country cooking. That place is Casey’s Buffet, winner of encore’s Best Country Cookin’/ Soul Food and Buffet categories. “Every day we are open, somebody tells us it tastes just like their grandma’s or mama’s cooking,” co-owner Gena Casey says. Gena and her husband Larry run the show at the Oleander Drive restaurant where people are urged to enjoy all food indigenous to the South: fried chicken, barbecue, catfish, mac‘n’cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, chicken‘n’dumplings, biscuits and homemade banana puddin’ are among a few of many other delectable items. 5559 Oleander Drive. (910) 798-2913.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.caseysbuffet.com RX RESTAURANT & BAR Located in downtown Wilmington, Rx Restaurant and Bar is here to feed your soul, serving up Southern cuisine made with ingredients from local farmers and fishermen. The Rx chef is committed

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

■ SERVING BRUNCH & DINNER: Tues-Thurs, 5-10pm; Fri-Sat, 5-10:30pm; Sun., 10am-3pm and 5-9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.rxwilmington.com PEMBROKE’S A seasonally inspired and locally sourced Southern cuisine dining experience, Pembroke’s was created by the owners of downtown’s Rx Restaurant.

Pembroke’s focuses on the same values and excellent service as its sister restaurant, purveying local companies for the best in seafood, proteins and produce. They work with local fisherman and farmers to ensure your meal will be freshly grown and hand chosen. A new dinner menu is churned out daily to ensure the chefs are working with the freshest ingredients. Plus, the bartenders are creating new drink menus daily as to never bore your taste buds. 1125 A Military Cutoff Rd. 910-2399153.

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

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

SPORTS BAR CAROLINA ALE HOUSE Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar

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

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com JAX 5TH AVE. DELI & ALE HOUSE Locally owned and operated, Jax offers a laidback atmosphere, welcoming foodies, sports fans, and craft beer enthusiasts alike. We provide a full eclectic menu of quality Boar’s Head sliced meat and cheeses, and feature unique items like our smoked salmon deviled egg, a legendary Italian sandwich, and famous pita pizzas that bake up lite and crispy. 20 HDTVs feature premium sports packaging for all the games! Supporting local craft breweries with 24 drafts and over 100 different bottles and cans, enjoy it all inside the shiny silver building or outside on the dog-friendly patio at 5046 New Centre Dr. Carry out: 910-859-7374.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/ JaxFifthAveDeliAleHouse

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Festival of the Arts JULY 14-30, 2017

FEATURING EVENTS IN OPERA, THEATRE, DANCE, FILM, MUSIC, VISUAL ART AND PERFORMANCE POETRY Tickets $10 - $50 plus FREE film screenings, gallery reception, and salsa party Events at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium, Beckwith Recital Hall, Mainstage Theatre, and Amphitheater

JULY 14

UNCW Summer Jazz Workshop with Special Guest Jeff Coffin

JULY 15

COAST Poetry Jam

JULY 16

Dance Cooperative Summer Showcase

JULY 19 & 26 Cucalorus

Outdoor Film Screenings

JULY 20

Seahawk FAM: Broccoli Brothers Circus

JULY 20

Mozart Jubilee

JULY 21, 23, 28, 30 Opera Wilmington’s

Carmen

JULY 22, 25, 27, 29

Much Ado About Nothing

JULY 22

Wilmington Latin Dance Salsa Party

JULY 23

Ernest Turner Piano Trio

JULY 26

NC Guitar Quartet’s Carmen Suite

JULY 27

Seahawk FAM: The Light of the Water

JULY 27

Betty Brown Retrospective Reception

JULY 29

International Ballet Showcase

Information and tickets available at uncw.edu/arts/lumina and 910.962.3500 Accommodations for disabilities may be requested by calling 910.962.3500 at least three days prior to the event. An EEO/AA institution.

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HAPPENINGS & EVENTS ACROSS WILMINGTON

TO-DO CALENDAR

events

ANTIQUES AND TRADE MARKET

First Sat. of July, Aug., Sept. and Oct., 10am-4pm.

Outdoor: $15, every 10x10. Indoor: $20. every 10x10. Make RSVP today. Food vendors welcome.

American Legion Post 167, 16660 Hwy US 17, Hampstead. Download: ncalpost167.org.

ARTISAN MARKET

Historic Downtown Marketplace (Marketplace) each Sunday, 10am-3:30pm through Oct. in Riverfront Park. Local artists bring an amazing shopping experience to downtown Wilmington, right on

the water in the heart of downtown with art, music, crafts and more. As the Marketplace continues to grow, it becomes an economic contributor to the downtown providing locals and tourist alike with a unique shopping option and a valuable downtown experience. Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St.

KURE BEACH MARKET

Enjoy beautiful ocean views as you shop for locally grown produce and handcrafted goods at the Kure Beach Market. Held throughout summer months on Tues., 8am-1pm at Ocean Front Park, through Aug. 29. 105 Atlantic Ave.

charity/volunteer BIG BUDDY FUNDRAISER

July 28, 6pm: The Cape Fear Volunteer Center would like to invite you to an evening of FUNdraising at the Lazy Pirate. There will be music, dancing, volleyball, corn hole, door prizes, 50/50 raffle, and more! Proceeds benefit the Big Buddy Program. For over 50 years Big Buddy of the Cape Fear has been providing positive role models and quality learning experiences for the under-served children of the Cape Fear Region. Lazy Pirate Island Sports Grill, 701 N Lake Pk Blvd.

DO IT FOR THE LOVE OF YOGA BENEFIT

July 30, 1pm: All levels, all ages yoga event to benefit “Do it for the Love” charity Founded by Michael & Sara Franti. Come join us for amazing 2hr yoga event led by Noelle & Jess of Wilmington Yoga Center for this donation-based class. Do it For the Love charity organization raises money to send terminally ill adults, children, and veterans to ANY live music performance by anyone in North America. Follow Facebook for weather delays, changes and updates. The Shell, 14 Harnett St.

music/concerts KURE BEACH BOOGIE IN THE PARK

Free concert series at Kure Beach’s Ocean Front Park from 5-7pm on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of May through October. Bring your beach chair or blanket and enjoy the show! Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Ave.

DOWNTOWN SUNDOWN

Downtown Sundown Concert Series, presented

by Outdoor Equipped, runs each Friday night through Sept. 1. Free concerts are from 6:30pm to 10pm and feature both local performers and touring bands. Food, beer and wine available for sale.

Outside beverages, food, coolers and dogs are prohibited. Rain or shine, so check Facebook for updates. Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St.

LELAND SPRING CONCERT SERIES

Thurs., 6:30pm: Leland Municipal Park for our concert series and be prepared to dance! Bring a blanket/lawn chair, beverages and your friends and family! Local food trucks will be on site selling food! No smoking or e-cigarettes are allowed on Town property. Leland Municipal Park, 102 Town Hall Dr.

LUMINA FEST: GUITAR QUARTET

July 26, 7:30pm: Since it began touring in 1991, the NC Guitar Quartet has showcased the virtuosic and intimate sounds of the classical guitar in exciting and innovative ways. The NCGQ performs music of contemporary classical guitar works, many with influences of jazz, rock, pop, and world music, making their sound both unique and widely accessible. Some of NCGQ’s most notable performances include their Eastern U.S. tour, Raleigh’s Artplosure Festival, Smedes Parlor Concert Series at St. Mary’s College, the North Carolina Bach Festival, Page Walker Concert Series, and Craven Art Council’s Young at Heart Series. NCGQ also performs extensively at colleges and universities, including the University of Toledo, and UNC Wilmington. Playing “Carmen Suite,” arranged for four guitars by William Kanengiser. UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, Cultural Arts Building, 5270 Randall Dr. http://uncw.edu/arts/lumina/festival.html

LUMINA FEST: CARMEN

July 28-29, 7pm; July 30, 3pm: Opera Wilmington’s “Carmen” showcases Bizet’s intoxicating masterpiece, Carmen. Starring Chelsea Keane Holmes as the free-spirited and beguiling gyspy, Michael Rallis as Don José, her obsessive lover, Elizabeth McKay Field as Micaëla, his devoted sweetheart,

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Marine Science Camp Explore • Boogie board • Coastal Ecology Kayak • Surf • Paddleboard

Specials: TUES NIGHT: 1/2 Price wines by the glass WED NIGHT: 1/2 Price Draft beers

Dinner Daily: Tuesday - Saturday starting at 5pm Sunday Brunch: 10am-2pm featuring DIY Mimosa = 1 bottle of sparkling wine and a mason jar of hand squeezed OJ

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and John Callison as the dashing bullfighter, Escamillo. Sizzling sets, dazzling costumes, and a brilliant orchestra and chorus all guarantee an unforgettable evening of love, lust and murder. Sung in French with subtitles, and English dialogue. All performances take place at UNCW Cultural Arts Building Main Stage, 60 S. College Rd. Tickets are purchased at Kenan.

Skype, finished up in-person in summer 2016, and then took it on tour to New York City, Cambridge, London, Athens and now Wilmington, NC. $10.

Weyerhaeuser Reception Hall at Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde, and directed by David Heck. July 28-August 26, Fri. and Sat., 6pm doors, show at 7pm. Oscar Wilde’s Faustian tale of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth is updated as a bold, stylish, and bloody contemporary thriller. London, 1988: Preternaturally handsome Dorian Gray has his portrait painted by his college classmate, the on-the-rise artist Basil Hallwood. When their mutual friend Henry Wotton offers to include it in a show, Dorian makes a fateful wish—that his portrait should grow old instead of him—and strikes an unspeakable bargain with the devil. Tickets: $18-$42 ($42 come w/three-course meal). TheatreNOW,19 S. 10th St.

theatre/auditions LUMINA FEST: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, “Much Ado About Nothing” is a quick-witted tale of romance, miscommunication and intrigue. A feuding couple are tricked into falling in love while a betrothed couple’s relationship is in jeopardy due to the work of a deceitful rival. It all comes right in the end, but on the way we see some of the best of Shakespeare’s comic characterization and wordplay. As one of our staples in the Lumina Festival of the Arts, the Cultural Arts Building Mainstage Theatre will host five performances of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” with 7:30 p.m. shows each night, July 27, & 29. Tickets: $5-$25. UNCW Cultural Arts Mainstage Theatre, 5270 Randall Dr.

MAKE TROUBLE’S JULIUS CAESAR

July 30, 3pm: Make Trouble (https://www.maketrouble.org) boot camp wrap-ups of a summer actor training intensive and repertory company in Shakespeare, Ensemble and Devising. The group is in Wilmington in July 2017 with two intensive, condensed, one-week Make Trouble Bootcamps for high school and college students. The college group will perform scenes from “Julius Caesar.”

CAM is pleased to partner with Make Trouble and UNCW’s Department of Theatre for this first-time Wilmington program. Free and open to the public, donations appreciated. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th St.

DUOMUŽI – “ANTONY & CLEOPATRA

July 27, 7pm: Don’t miss out on Duomuži (www. duomuzi.com) an ensemble company of three, all from Shakespeare troupe Make Trouble: Colleen Sullivan, Ronald Prokeš and Luke Robbins.

Two-man production of “Antony & Cleopatra” is a 90-minute, stripped-down version of one of Shakespeare’s most epic tragedies—an experience of intimacy & truth. A story of love and the fragility of human relationships, in all of its devastating messiness. They rehearsed for nine months on

12 ANGRY MEN

Aug. 3-20, Thurs-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm: In this

uniquely American classic, one man refuses to succumb to prejudice so that 12 men can prevent a miscarriage of justice. A character study of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, the action centers on juror 8, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. He sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong, but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Sherman L. Sergel’s adaptation of the Emmy winning television play by Reginald Rose is as relevant today as the original broadcast was in 1957. Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St. $15-$22. www.bigdawgproductions.org.

SOUTH PACIFIC

Aug. 2-6, 11-13 and 18-20, 8pm, with Sun. matinees at 3pm: Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, the show brings island life during World War II to the stage through deeply felt drama, unconventional love affairs, and some of the most recognizable songs in Broadway history. “Bali Ha’i”, “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair”, “There is Nothing Like a Dame”, “Younger Than Springtime”, “I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy”, and “Some Enchanted Evening” are just the beginning. The heart of this musical is two parallel love stories, each tested by the dangers of war and the perils of discrimination.

Hilarious, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking, South Pacific’s portrayal of prejudice and war is as relevant today as when it first thrilled audiences and won both the Tony for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. $32, www.thalianhall. com. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St.

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Sat. 8:30pm: Join us in the park and watch a family movie under the stars. Bring a blanket, your lawn chairs, a picnic and your family, but please no pets or alcohol. Smoking is prohibited on Town Property. Concessions will be available for purchase. Leland Municipal Park, 102 Town Hall Dr.

MOVIE MONDAY

Beat the heat and catch a free film on selected Monday afternoons this summer at the Northeast Library. Annice Sevett at asevett@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6371. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

FAMILY MOVIE MATINEE

Thurs. 3pm: Catch a free family movie matinee at Main Library! Visit the online calendar at www. nhclibrary.org for movie title, rating, and length.

No registration is necessary for this free screening. Audience is welcome to bring light snacks to enjoy during the movie. Julie Criser: jcriser@ nhcgov.com or 910-798-6303. NHC Library, 201 Chestnut St.

LUMINA FEST: CUCALORUS SCREENING

July 26, 8:30 p.m.: “Bound By Sea”: The ocean is a powerful force. She teaches us about failure, but also about success. How to fall, and how to get back up. Jack Viorel fell in love with the ocean at a young age. The ocean saved his life. Now, he is giving back and using the ocean as a tool to save others from whatever they are struggling with. Join Jack and his daughter Gabby as they travel to four oceans of the world to share their love of surfing while helping those in need. Documentary about the cost of charity on a family. While the husband and 9-year-old daughter travel the globe teaching children in need how to surf, the wife is left at home to pay for the trip and pick up the pieces. Filmed

on location in: North Carolina, India, California, & Norway. Free! UNCW Outdoor Amphitheatre, 601 S College Rd. ONE WORLD, ONE SKY: BIG BIRD’S ADVENTURE

July 30, 1:30, 2:15, 3pm: From China to America, Sesame Street’s Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, explore the night sky!

Free for members or with general admission.

Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

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The wildest open mic in town ... anything goes. (except cover songs). Stand-up comedy, slam poetry, video, live music, odd talents—performances of all kinds. Hosted by 6-beer Steve. Sign up, 8pm, and runs all night. Juggling Gypsy 1612 Castle St. ILM, (910) 763-2223 daily after 3pm for details. www.jugglinggypsy.com.

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Brent Blakeney headlines comedy bingo at Dead Crow, Tuesday nights, 8pm. Free show featuring the best comics from all over the Southeast, all while playing bingo along with the words they say! Win prizes and enjoy discount tacos! Hosted

by Louis Bishop with in-booth side kick comedian Lew Morgante. Dead Crow Comedy Club, 265 N. Front St.

GRUFF GOAT COMEDY

On the first Wednesday of every month, Gruff Goat Comedy features Three Guest Comics Under a Bridge. No Trolls. Hosted by Blaire Postman.

August 2 2017’s line up includes: Louis Bishop (Host, Comedy B*ngo at Dead Crow; Cape Fear Comedy Festival); Wills Maxwell (Host, “What Did We Miss?”, WWAY); & Timmy Sherrill (“Secrets & Lies” and Winner, Charleston Comedy Festival).

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SEAHAWK FAM: THE LIGHT OF THE WATER

July 27, 10:30am: A new piece by local choreographer Karola Luettringhaus and musician Perry Smith is an interdisciplinary performance in dance, film, sculpture, costuming and creative music. Intriguing imagery, and original physicality merge with multi cultural sounds played live on a variety of electronic, acoustic and home made water instruments. The piece examines the many aspects of water, it’s characteristics and meaning for our lives. Performance format gives audiences of all ages food for thought and opportunities for participation. Go on a journey and follow water around the globe, from droplet to ocean to deep sea creatures, from splashing, and bathing, to drinking and considerations for environmental stewardship. www.karolaluettringhaus.com/ the-light-of-the-water.html or uncw.edu/uncwarts.

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Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier after-hours celebration of art and culture, 6-9pm, fourth Friday of ea. month. Features art openings, artist demonstrations, entertainment and refreshments. Administered by the Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County, numerous venues participate. Full list: artscouncilofwilmington.org

FULL FRONTAL

Showcases naked human body in all sizes, media, and interpretations. Through an uncensored celebration of the nude form, we ask why the human body is still considered taboo by many, and discuss where the lineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if there is a lineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;of nudity is drawn in the art world. Exhibition on display through July 31.

MEET LOCAL ARTISTS

Meet working artists, and see their works in progress. Everything from sculptures to fine jewelry in this unique location. Free parking, fun for everyone. Over 45 artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works to enjoy. Free, and we participate in the 4th Friday Art Walks 6-9 pm, 4th Friday ea. mo. theArtWorks, 200 Willard St.

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vibrant state. Expo 216, 216 N Front St. IMAGES OF DISTINCTION RECEPTION

New exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oceanic Alchemiesâ&#x20AC;? can be seen at Expo 216 from now through the end of our Ocean Plastic exposition (July 31). Lyons took the original photographic images of a degraded coral reef at the Great Barrier Reef/Australia, where she was an Artist in Residence at Heron Island Research Station. She then put color back into the images digitally and applied mixed media, which symbolically resuscitated the coral to its original,

Cape Fear Camera Club and Bellamy Mansion present the 7th Annual Images of Distinction Exhibit. This exhibit is the culmination of our monthly competitions, featuring the top 4% of the juried images. A vast array of subjects, both local and worldwide, are represented including landscapes, wildlife, and architecture.Opening reception: Fri,, July 28, 6-9pm, free refreshments and wine. Exhibit on display through August 28. $5 suggested donation to view the exhibit at Bellamy, Tues.Sun., 10am-5pm. 503 Market St

ARTHIVE FEATURED FIVEâ&#x20AC;?

With creative displays and installations. The Featured Five: Darren Mulvenna, Gaeten Lowrie Lance Strickland, Brigitte Hunn, Jahde Justad and Nick Mijak with his studio debut! Art Hive Gallery and Studio, 122 S Front St.

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New Art by Brian Evans, Georgeann Haas, and Judy Hintz Cox.â&#x20AC;? View Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s large sculptural ceramics; Georgeannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acrylic paint, collage, and mixed media on paper; and Judyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil paint and mixed media on canvas. Violinist, Shirley Lebo will play. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit continues through July 29. Art in Bloom Gallery, 210 Princess St.

CONTROLLED CHAOS

Leland Cultural Arts Center proudly brings a collection of four Wilmington artists in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Controlled Chaos,â&#x20AC;? featuring Joan Mcloughlin, Francisca Dekker, Gabriel Lovejoy, and Bradley Carter.

Controlled Chaos runs through August 6. Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way

FLORA/FAUNA

Flytrap Brewing presents an exhibition from local

self-taught artist Gaeten capturing the boundless inherent beauty within nature. Using his signature pen & ink style, he collages together dreamlike landscapes, waterfalls, wildflowers, butterflies, sea turtles and the like. These alcohol inks result in prismatic stained-glass-like qualities, utilizing brightly colored jewel-tones. Series is the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pacifistic protest to the horrors of pollution, climate change, and other man-made atrocities. On display through August 31. 319 Walnut St. PED ART

Pedestrian Art public sculpture series a program of The Arts Council of Wilmington/NHC, features the installation of 10-12 sculptures throughout downtown Wilmington each year. The 2017 program is made possible through support from the City of Wilmington, The Artworks, Craige & Fox LLC, Art in Bloom Gallery, the Dreams Center for Arts Education, and the Downtown Business Alliance. Amy Grant: grantamyn@gmail.com, 484-885-3037; or Rhonda Bellamy: info@artswilmington.org, 910343-0998.

LUMINA FEST: BETTY BROWN RETRO

July 27, 5:30pm: A survey of the past several decadesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work by this noted Wilmington artist. In addition to her best-known work in watercolor, she has also explored printmaking, artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books, and mixed media. Her expressive watercolors feature figurative work, area coastal imagery, and views from overseas group painting excursions. UNCW, Art Gallery, Cultural Arts Building, 601 S. College Rd.

POP-UP AUCTION

July 28, 6pm: During Fourth Friday Gallery Night.

Closing event for Ocean Plastic. Pop-up auction for select art and props throughout the evening. Live music and auctioneering by The Swing Shifters.

Bag Lady and Ninja Turtle will be here in person

passing out small gifts! Expo 216, 216 N. Front St. OCEAN AND EARTH

July 28, 6pm: WHQR presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ocean and Earth - Works by Mark Bannerman and Alex Walker.â&#x20AC;?

This show exhibits the work of two artists who find common ground in breathing new life into objects, either natural or man made, which have outlived their original purpose or form. In their hands, these castaways and debris become foundation and/or elaboration for sculptures and paintings representing life in, on, and above the earth and her oceans. MC Erny Gallery, 254 N. Front St.

NATIONAL DANCE DAY OPEN HOUSE

July 29, 10am: National Dance Day at the Dance Coopetrative Open House Celebration.Event is in celebration of National Dance Day, an inspiration of the Dizzy Feet Foundation, which encourages Americans of all ages to incorporate dance into their lives! Include free classess! Free refreshments! Free door prizes. Classes:10-11:30 Contemporary Ages 13+; 10-10:45 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creative Movement/Ballet Ages 3-6; 11:30-12:30 Loosen Up Stretch - Not For Dancers Only! Ages 10+; 11:30-12:30 Kids Hip Hop Ages 6-12; 1-2 Musical Theater / â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watch a Rehearsalâ&#x20AC;? Open to all; 2:30-3:30 African Ages 10+; 2:30-3:30 Kids Jazz Ages 6-12. Dance Cooperative, 5202 Carolina Beach Rd. Ste. 17

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formed around the world. He founded Theodore Constant Dance Academy to bring his teaching and expertise to students on both coasts. Join us for a showcase performance featuring students and faculty from TCDA’s first Summer Intensive in Wilmington. UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

museums/education CAMERON ART MUSEUM

Exhibits: Beyond the Horizon: Exploring our evolving perceptions of the natural world, contemporary artists Maya Lin, Teresita Fernández, Jason Mitcham, and Colby Parsons employ unique mediums to unearth human interaction with the landscape. The four nationally and internationally renowned artists in Beyond the Horizon all aim to explore natural phenomena while challenging perception in the viewer. Lin’s artwork interprets the world through a modern lens, using technological methods to visualize and convey the natural environment; Fernández work delves into the psychology of looking and she is often inspired by rethinking the meaning of landscape and place; Mitcham’s work with animation began with his desire to incorporate time into a painting; Parsons’ work explores the distortion and textual qualities of video projection in intersection with clay. “From the Fire” (on view through Aug. 27) feat. Rick Beck, John Littleton, Pablo Soto and Kate Vogel celebrates the 55th anniversary of the studio glass movement, the influence of Littleton and the current innovative processes in contemporary glass.

Landscapes From the Collection: Our relationship to the land has inspired artists for centuries.

Ranging from 1855 to 2002 the 14 artworks from

CAM’s permanent collection in Landscapes from the collection illustrate the varied styles and lasting influence of nature within the fabric of our shared cultural landscape. On view in conjunction with Beyond the Horizon, this exhibition features the artwork of John Beerman, Elliott Daingerfield, Francis Speight, Richard Stenhouse, Anthony Thieme and William Aiken Walker. Also on view is contemporary work on loan from San Francisco artist Daniel Kilpatrick. CAM Café open and serving delicious menu with full bar, 5pm-9pm.

Tues.-Sun., 11am-2pm; Thurs. nights, 5pm-9pm 910-395-5999. cameronartmuseum.org. 3201 S. 17th St. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM

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

STARRING CAPE FEAR

New Hanover County’s Cape Fear Museum is proud to showcase highlights of the region’s film history with the opening of its newest exhibit, Starring Cape Fear! Visitors can explore the history of the local film and television production industry from the 1980s to the present day. View artifacts from several productions including Firestarter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill and Tammy. See a cape and the ear from Blue Velvet, an Iron Man 3 mask, and the jet ski beloved by Kenny Powers (Danny McBride)

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WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM

Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Children’s Hall, and spectacular model layouts. House in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and afterhours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd Mon. at 10:30am, only $5 per family and access to entire Museum. Admission only $9 adult, $8 senior/military, $5 child, ages 2-12, and free under age 2. 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634. www.wrrm.org.

LATIMER HOUSE

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

CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM

World’s most fascinating and dangerous reptiles in beautiful natural habitats, feat. a 12-foot saltwater crocodile, “Bubble Boy” and “Sheena,” a 23-ft long Reticulated Python that can swallow a human being whole! Giant Anaconda weighs 300 lbs, w/15 ft long King Cobras hood up and amaze you. See the Black Mamba, Spitting Cobras, Inland Taipans, Gaboon Vipers, Puff Adders, and more! Over 100 species, some so rare they are not exhibited anywhere else. One of the most famous reptile collections on earth. Open every-

day in summer, 11am-5pm (Sat. till 6 pm); winter schedule, Wed-Sun. 20 Orange St., across from the Historic Downtown Riverwalk, intersecting Front and Water St. 910-762-1669. capefearserpentarium.com.

BELLAMY MANSION

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

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BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE

18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in the heart of Wilmington’s Historic District, is the oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th and 19th century decor and gardens. Colonial life is experienced through historical interpretations in kitchen-building and courtyard. 3rd/Market St. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. Last tour, 3pm. 910-7620570. burgwinwrighthouse.com.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

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; Adventures in Art, 3:30pm Drop off gently used books at our museum to be used for a good cause. Ooksbay Books uses book-collection locations to help

promote literacy, find a good use for used books, and benefit nonprofits. playwilmington.org. 116 Orange St., 910-254-3534.

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hour where young kids and parents/caregivers can hear and try out some French words. Free and no advance registration is needed. Main Library Children’s Room at 910-798-6303 or sdemarco@ nhcgov.com. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St. SUMMER POP-UPS

Offered 11am-2pm; free for members or with general admission. Discover science and history Appropriate for ages 4-10, but all ages welcome. in the Museum galleries at this drop-in program.

Dock the Dog and Dock Street Kids for 10 excitSummer Pop-ups offer quick activities that are deing episodes of Super Saturday Fun Time, 3pm, signed to encourage discovery through play and TheatreNOW’s live theatrical show featuring local hands-on learning. Admission is free for members history and mystery and super guest stars, hosted or with general admission. Parental participation

by Captain Coy T. Plunkett (Zach Hanner). Live is required. Programs are approximately 20-30 music, games, cartoons, short films, and his faminutes with a new theme each week. Free for vorite surf “nuggets.” Dock Street Kids and their members or with GA. Cape Fear Museum, 814 always-hungry dog, Dock, solve adventures. ParMarket St. ents can even drop off kids ages 5+. Kid-friendly snacks and drinks available for purchase. Custom CAM SUMMER CAMPS birthday packages with a chance to interact with Meet Cameron Art Museum’s Summer Art Camp characters and step onstage in the action. Shows: teacher, Sarah Richter, and take part in sample Aug. 19; Halloween, Oct. 28; Christmas, Dec. 16. art projects that will be offered at different camps 19 S. 10th St. throughout the summer. Great opportunity to learn more about CAM’s summer camp program while SATURDAY STORY HOUR having fun and exploring the museum with your Miss Shannon will lead interactive story hours for family. No pre-registration necessary. Parental sukids ages 3-6 on the first and third Saturdays of pervision required at all times. Admission by donaMay at the Main Library in downtown Wilmington. tion. CAM, 3201 S. 17th St. Saturday Story Hour is free and no pre-registration is needed. Opens with a picture book and end KIDS IN KITCHEN CAMP with a project or activity at the end, and include Culinary adventure, whipping up a new and tasty time to play, learn, and laugh in between. Each creation to add to our very own recipe book! From child should bring a participating adult. Shannon veggies to desserts, kids are taking over the kitchVaughn: 910-798-6303. svaughn@nhcgov.com. en! Ages 4-9. Email kking@playwilmington.org.

201 Chestnut St. $125-$150. All camps start at 9 am and end at 1 pm.; early drop off begins at 8:50 am. Kathleen FRENCH PLAYGROUP King: 910-254-3534, ext 102 Thurs., 10am: Chantez! Jouez! Rencontrez des nouveaux amis! Sing, play, and meet new friends ZUMBA FOR KIDS at French Playgroup at the main library! Informal Licensed Kids instructor Shirley Melito will teach SUPER SATURDAY FUN TIME

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Space is limited and pre-registration is required: www.nhclibrary.org or 910-798-6385. Parents are required to sign a safety waiver for each child prior to the start of the class as a precaution. Meaghan Weiner: mweiner@nhcgov.com. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

SKY QUEST

Sky Quest events are free for members or with general admission. Step inside the museum’s digital planetarium and enjoy a special film every Friday afternoon all summer long. All ages. Space is limited. Adult participation required. June 30: One World, one Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

MUSEUM EXPLORERS

11am: 1st program; 2pm: 2nd program. Free for members or with general admission. Ignite your curiosity! Discover history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear through interactive science investigations, hands-on exploration and unique artifacts. Our activities are designed to stimulate curiosity and encourage families to have fun together. Themes vary. Ideal for ages 5 and up.

Approximately 45 minutes each time slot. Adult participation is rqd. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

DISCOVERY LAB

2:30–4pm: Free for members or with GA. Investigate, experiment, and explore! In the Discovery Lab, the whole family can drop-in for fun, quick experiments and hands-on investigations. Themes vary. Ideal for ages 5 and up. Adult participation is rqd. CF Museum, 814 Market St.

COASTAL ATHLETICS CAMPS

Indoor/outdoor youth instructional facility for base-

ball, softball, and lacrosse here in Wilmington, NC. During the summer, we offer daily camps for ages 6-12 for baseball, softball, and lacrosse instructed by former pro and collegiate athletes. 8am-12pm daily (you may choose to extend the stay until 4:30pm)$40/day or $175/week (additional $20 per day for extended stay). Camp includes a snack and drink for each child daily. (Children signed up for extended stay must bring a lunch.) 910-4525838 to sign up or www.coastalathletics.net. July 24-28: Baseball Ages 8-12 // Lacrosse Ages 8-12; July 31-August 4: Baseball Ages 8-12 // Softball Ages 8-12; August 7-11: Baseball Ages 6-9 // Lacrosse Ages 6-9; August 14-18: Baseball Ages 8-12. 2049 Corporate Dr. St. ESCAPE THE BASEMENT

Teens find clues and solve puzzles to escape the Main Library’s dark and musty basement before time runs out! This intense challenge experience has a lot of thrills and chills, and features low lighting in some areas. 6 participants, ages 13-18.

Free, participants must prereg. and may only attend one session. www.NHCLibrary.org/910-7986303. Scooter Hayes, shayes@nhcgov.com/910798-6393.

CHILDREN’S ACTING CLASSES

Kids ages 7-10 are invited to play interactive improv games and learn basic theatrical concepts and acting skills at this free program series. Besides being fun, participating in improv games has been proven to promote confidence, collaboration and creativity! Free group meets weekly on Tuesday afternoons f through July 18, 2pm.

Participants don’t have to attend every class, but should register for each class; space is limited. www.nhclibrary.org or 910-798-6373. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

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STORY EXPLORERS

CAM, every Thurs., 10-10:30am: Admission by donation. Bring your infant, toddler or preschooler for story time, gallery exploration and an art project! georgia@cameronartmuseum.org for more info. 3201 S. 17th St.

NEWSPAPER CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGE

July 19, 2pm: Design a new book shelf for the library out of newspaper. How can light newspaper hold up a stack of heavy books? Free activity is or kids ages 5-12. Pre-reg. on the calendar at www.NHCLibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6385.

Meaghan Weiner: mweiner@nhcgov.com. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

YMCA KIDS TRIATHLON

15th annual Wilmington Family YMCA Kid’s Triathlon presented by Dimock, Weinberg and Cherry, DDS and Engineering Software Solutions. Kids ages 5-13 are invited to swim-bike-run at the Wilmington Family YMCA. The swim takes place in the Y’s pool with the bike and run course being out and back in the Forest Hills neighborhood. With full event production by SetUp Events, the participants get the ultimate triathlon experience! All participants receive a finishers medal and tshirt with trophies awarded to the top 3 male and female in each age division. Wilmington Family YMCA, 2710 Market St.

LEGO: WE DO ROBOTS

July 27, 2pm: Families of young engineers and scientists will work together and bring LEGO to life. Use kid friendly programming tools to build and program your first robot. Space is limited.

Appropriate for visitors aged 5-7 years old and an adult helper. Pre-registration required. Free for members or with general admission. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

GIANT LEGOS

Build a colossal structure with Giant Legos! Families are invited to have fun in Story Park next to Main Library this summer, on Tuesdays after regularly scheduled storytimes. No registration is necessary for this free activity. Librarian Julie Criser at jcriser@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6303. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St

LEGO CAR BUILDING

Aug. 2, 2pm: Design, build, and race your Lego car against the clock and other competitors! This special Lego activity is for kids ages 5 to 12. Participation is free but space is limited, so please register on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6385. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6385. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

outdoors/recreation BLACKWATER ADVENTURE CRUISE

Two-hour cruise up the Northeast Cape Fear River, still largely unchanged and underpopulated as it was when Wilmington was colonized in the late 1600’s. Cruising through the Castle Hayne Aquifer and by the Bluffs of the Rose Hill Plantation. A narrated cruise based of the history and ecology of the area. 910-338-3134. Wilmington Water Tours, 212 S. Water St.

MASONBORO 1-HOUR CRUISE

Wed., 12:30pm: Narrated cruise of Masonboro Island. Masonboro Island is the largest marine sanctuary in the Cape Fear region. It is home to both endangered plant and animal species. $25 per passenger. Reservations required. Wrights-

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HARBOR CRUISE

Weds, 3pm: Set sail on the Shamrock for a cruise around Wrightsville Beach’s Harbor Island—the island which separates the barrier island of the beach proper from the mainland. Locations of historical, ecological and cultural note will be featured. Learn what year the first buildings on Wrightsville Beach were built. Additionally, learn about the different types of marsh grasses, shorebirds, and fish we have teeming in the water surrounding the beach. RSVP rqd. $15-$25. WB Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

BLACK RIVER NATURE CRUISE

Sightseeing for four hours on the Black River w/ scenic wilderness, narration on the plant and wildlife, and a river that appears almost as it did to the early explorers! Families, nature enthusiasts and photographers alike will enjoy the slow-moving, amber-colored waters, framed by spectacular swamp forests highlighted with seasonal wildflowers and relict old-growth cypress trees.Led by Capt. J.N. Maffitt w/narrator Andy Wood, coastal ecologist and author. Pack snacks, lunch, and drinks, or purchase a meal from Anne Bonny’s Bar & Grill at our barge before the tour. $40-$50: http:// cfrboats.com/cruises/#blackriver. Foot of Water and Dock sts.

TECH ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK

Clear your calendar - It’s going down! The tech industry invades Legion Stadium on Thursday, July 27, 6pm. Wilmington Sharks take on Wilson Tobs!

Want to watch baseball, enjoy all-you-can-eat hotdogs and mingle with some fellow techies!? Open to everyone in the Wilmington tech and startup scene! Gates at 6pm; games at 7pm. $16, includes entry to the game, all-you-can-eat hotdogs

and chips, water and fun. No refunds at any time.

Legion Stadium, 2149 Carolina Beach Rd. Jessica Pham at jessica@techtalentsouth.com.

classes CAPE FEAR YOGA

River to Sea Gallery hosts a Cape Fear kids yoga class taught by certified yoga instructor Heidi Thompson. Classes are $10 per person and are Sun., from 10-11am. Space is limited and reservations are required. Message or call 910.763.3380 to reserve your spot todayRiver to Sea Gallery, 224 S Water St., ste. 1A.

ART CLASSES

Lois DeWitt.$100/4 (two-hour). Pen and ink drawing, 10am/2pm, Fri.—Crosshatching, dot and line techniques. • Drawing, Thurs., 10am-noon. Thurs., 2-4pm. Sat., 10am-noon. Line, shading, composition and how to draw what you see. For beginners or refreshing your drawing skills. • Acrylic Painting Basics, Tues., 10am-noon; 2pm-4pm. Learn all about palette, color mixing, brushwork, painting light and shadow and create a beautiful painting the very first time. • Watercolor, Wed., 10am-noon; 2pm-4pm. Wet and dry brushstrokes, light and shadow washes, spray and splash! For beginners or refreshing your water color painting skills. Sun Room, 6905 Southern Exposure. www.free-onlineart-classes.com (click on Wilmington Art Classes).

910-547-8115 or loislight@bellsouth.net

PAPERMAKING CLASSES

Wed., 6pm: Adults explore different papermaking techniques so you can make each sheet of paper unique. All materials included, but we encourage bringing in some of your own materials that you

can include into your paper—such as flat mementos and plants. See samples on our Facebook and website. Adult and children classes held on Sat., 2pm. Sign up: www.alunaworks.com. Aluna Works, 603 Castle St. CAPE FEAR WINE AND PAINT

Fri., 6pm: River to Sea Gallery hosts a Cape Fear Paint & Wine class taught by exhibiting gallery artist Rebecca Duffy Bush. Classes are $40/person.

Class will be held 6-8pm. Includes two glasses of wine or beer, a gorgeous view and a finished painting for you to take home. Space is limited and reservations are required. 910.763.3380 to reserve your seat today. www.capefearpaintandwine.weebly.com, $40 with 2 drinks, $35 without.

River to Sea Gallery, 224 S Water St., Ste 1A

SUNRISE BEACH YOGA

Make every Thursday morning special with an all levels oceanfront yoga practice. Sand, Sun, & Sea unite with Body Mind, & Soul. Sunrise Ocean Yoga Flow at Ocean Front Park, Thurs., 7:30-8:30am, June 1-Aug. 31. $10 per class; $2 mat rental fee.

Tamara Cairns. 105 Atlantic Ave.

POWER YOGA

Join us for power yoga on Sundays at Capt’n Bill’s, 3pm. Drop in fee of $8. Bring your own mat. 4240 Market Street

FALL PREVENTION WORKSHOP

Hosted by Home Instead Senior Care with guest speakers: 101 Mobility, Kings Pharmacy & Compounding & Lab and Pivot Physical Therapy. Information will be provided on the Geri Fit fitness program offered by the Senior Center. NHC Senior Resource Center, 2222 S.College Rd.

RESTORATIVE SOUNDBATH

Sun., 6:45pm: 2-hour restorative class will include Thai therapeutics, sacred sound with instruments and voice, and meditation. Eddy and Mary will offer serenades as you passively receive yoga supported by blocks, bolsters and blankets in restorative postures and thai massage-assisted yoga therapeutics. Mary was trained in Thai Yoga Therapy by Sudevi Linda Kramer of the Vedic Conservatory. Rachael Crawford Goolsby, LMBT and Thai Yoga Massage Therapist, will also be offering her skilled hands in Thai Assists and massage. No experience necessary. $25-$30. Longwave Yoga, 203 Racine Dr. #200.

ADULT TENNIS CLINICS

Summer Adult Clinics requires pre-registration.

3.0-3.5 Doubles Strategy Clinics, Mon., 5:30pm6:30pm. Cost: $11. Beginner 2 Clinics: Must be in 2.5-3.0 rating ranger. Mon., 6:30pm-7:30pm. Cost: $11. 910-341-4631 or www.empiepark.com. 3405 Park Ave.

MUSEUM BUILD IT

July 26, 2pm: Cape Fear Museum staff present “Build It!” at Pleasure Island Library. The program is free and no registration is required to attend.

Free program, kids ages 6 - 12, to put their design, engineering, and problem-solving skills to the test. The fun, hands-on challenges and games will range from constructing tall towers to building the ultimate miniature glider. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6385. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

INTRO TO WORDPRESS WEBSITES

July 26, 3pm: Learn the basics of creating a website with Wordpress at this free workshop with Reference Librarian Annice Sevett. Space is limited, so please register on the calendar at www.NHCLibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6371. Wordpress. com offers designs and support for individuals and businesses wanting to open a blog, website, portfolio or store online. Offering free to low cost service and lots of sharp looking templates, Word-

press proudly announces that its software powers 28% of the Internet. Annice Sevett at asevett@ nhcgov.com or 910-798-6371. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd

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BEGIN THE CONVERSATION CLINICS

Lower Cape Fear Hospice will host free Begin the Conversation clinics from 10-11 a.m. the third Fri. of ea. mo., Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Dr. Free, 18 and older, will provide attendees information and resources to think about and plan for future healthcare decisions.

Attendees will receive specific strategies for initiating conversations that can significantly reduce family stress and improve quality of care. Advance directives supplied so healthcare instructions can be legally documented. Jason: 910-796-7943 or jason.clamme@lcfh.org.

DIVE INTO READING

Through July 31, 9am: For the first time ever, we are pairing up with Winter Park for a school supplies drive! Throughout the month we will be collecting pens, pencils, markers, and any new school supplies to donate. Winter Park provides all of their students with new school supplies at the beginning of the year and we want to help! Bring any new school supplies in and receive a discount off your daily admission! Children’s Museum of Wilmington, 116 Orange St.

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

BACK ON WATER STREET FOR 2017

DOWNTOWN - Each Saturday April 15 - Nov. 18 • 8:00am - 1:00pm (no market Oct. 7, due to Riverfest)

BOOK CLUB

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Join a different kind of book club! This weekly meeting offers book lovers a chance to meet and compare notes about favorite books and authors.

Attendance is free and advance registration is not needed, just drop in! Librarian Teresa Bishop at tbishop@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6385. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

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DIVE INTO READING BOOK DIRVE

July 31, 9am: For the first time ever, we are pairing up with Winter Park for a school supplies drive!

Throughout the month we will be collecting pens, pencils, markers, and any new school supplies to donate. Winter Park provides all of their students with new school supplies at the beginning of the year and we want to help! Bring any new school supplies in and receive a discount off your daily admission! Children’s Museum of Wilmington, 116 Orange St.

clubs/notices CAPE FEAR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

Every Mon., join our coffee club. It will be hosted weekly by Angela Pollock and most Mondays with Darien Brooks. This will give adults with or without disabilities an opportunity to work on social skills in a typical, relaxed environment. Please share and stop by! Luna Caffe, 604 Castle St.

\WILMINGTON FENCING CLUB

Adults meet Tues/Thurs, 7:45-9pm, and Youth meet Wed, 6:45-7:45pm. Class is open to the community, beginners welcome, and all equipment is provided! Sessions are 6 weeks long and the cost is just $5 per class! Fencing incorporates agility, strength, coordination, balance, and timing. In fencing, physical ability is just as important as having a strong mental edge. Competitors of a fencing match wear protective gear including a jacket, glove, and head gear. Sport of fencing features three different levels, which are categorized by the type of weapon used in each level. The weapons used include the epee, foil, and the saber. Fencing is an aerobically challenging sport. In

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order to condition one’s body, initial fencing training consists of challenging conditioning exercises.

Express YMCA, 11 S. Kerr Ave. BOARD GAME NIGHT

Thurs., 6pm: Join the Wilmington Board Game group and the Wilmington Board Game Meetup group for a night of Board Games and more. No experience necessary. Bring your own game or select one from our free Demo Library. www.facebook.com/groups/CFGBoardGames. Cape Fear Games, 4107 Oleander Dr., Ste D.

ST. PAUL’S

Fourth Wed. of every month at 5:30 p.m. for Taizé, an ecumenical sung and silent participatory prayer service designed to achieve a contemplative state through music, song, and silence. Midweek Holy Eucharist: Every Wed. at 12:10 p.m. for Holy Eucharist followed by community lunch (suggested donation, $5). Choral Evenson every second Wed., followed by supper and Christian Formation discussion. Evensong is a sung service of evening prayer, psalms, canticles, and scripture readings. Ancient part of the Anglican tradition, ever renewing the soul. Sung by Choir of St. Paul’s. spechurch.com. 910-762-4578. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St.

SMART DEVICE MEETUP

Fri., 10am: Stressing out over a ‘smart’ device?

Interested in reading ebooks? This weekly meeting offers tips and hands-on help with the devices in your busy life. Bring your technology questions, fully charged device, library card, and the passwords to any accounts you want to explore. Attendance free; space limited, so please register, www.NHCLibrary.org or 910-798-6385. Librarian Teresa Bishop at tbishop@nhcgov.com or 910798-6385. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N.

Lake Blvd.

BIRTH CIRCLE

Every 3rd Sat. come for our Birth Circle, something always different every month. Check out website for more details of what we have in store this month & exact time of each event! www.thebumpandbeyond.com. Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM

We explore God using the methods and guidance of Moses, Jesus, the prophets and a rich sampling of delightful saints including Theresa of Avila, Meister Eckhart and Thomas Aquinas. We will meet twice a month for fellowship, poetry, instruction in spiritual practices, group meditations and playful spiritual fun. First and third Sundays of each month, 2pm. Parking on 15th St. Respond to me, John Evans, at insightbuilders@gmail.com.

Morning Glory Coffeehouse, 1415 Dawson St.

LA LECHE LEAGUE

Sat., 10am, meetings are informal and open to pregnant women, mothers, babies and children. If you have questions or just would like to meet other breastfeeding mothers, this is the meeting for you.

La Leche League Leaders are experienced mothers who have breastfed their own babies and who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League International to help mothers and mothersto-be with all aspects of breastfeeding. Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

NHC HAZWAGON

New Hanover County encourages residents to safely dispose of toxic materials with its new mobile collection unit, the HazWagon. stationed various days at three different locations in New Hanover County to collect household hazardous waste and electronics free of charge. Residents

can bring items to the following locations each week: Mon., 10am-2pm, at Ogden Park ball fields; Wed., 10am-2pm at Wrightsville Beach Municipal Complex in the Farmers’ Market field by the recycle center; Fridays at Carolina Beach Mike Chappell Park (in the south side of the park across from the tennis courts), 10am-2pm.

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC

Format of Magic: The Gathering tournaments, held on Friday nights in gaming stores and associations all across the world. They are designed to be a beginner-friendly introduction to organized play. Standard format. $6 fee paid towards prize support for event. Prizes are a pack per win and also if you complete all 4 rounds. Event begins at 7pm, reg. begins at 6pm. Arrive early for event reg. Free play, $6 entry fee first FNM Free. Cape Fear Games, 4107 Oleander Dr., Ste D.

culinary FERMENTAL

Free tasting every Friday, 6pm. Third Wed. of each month feat. musical and brewing talents alongside an open mic night, as well as the opportunity for homebrewers to share, sample, and trade their creations: an evening of beer and an open stage. PA and equipment provided. All genres and beer styles. 4pm, free. www.fermental. net 910-821-0362. 7250 Market St.

RIVERFRONT FARMERS’ MARKET

Sat, 8am-1pm: An open-air market in historic downtown Wilmington, NC along the banks of the Cape Fear River. Featuring local growers and producers selling vegetables, fruits, baked goods, seafood, honey, meats, eggs, plants, NC wines, pickled products, goat cheese, cut flower bouquets, dog treats, herbs and more. Artisan works of pottery, jewelry, woodwork, silk screened clothing, home décor, leather goods, all-natural bath, body & home products. www.riverfrontfarmersmarket.org. 5 N. Water St.

POPLAR GROVE FARMERS’ MARKET

JAPANESE HIBACHI STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI

On the front lawn every Wed., 8am, at Poplar Grove Plantation. One of the special qualities of a farmers’ market is the interaction with the farmers growing and producing fresh produce, landscaping & bedding plants, or meeting herbalists growing herbs and mixing scented salves and oils, bakers creating homemade cookies and desserts, and artisans making handmade soaps, cutting boards, jewelry, and accessories for home, hearth and garden. Locally prepared foods and drinks will keep you satisfied while you’re here, and make an easy lunch or dinner when you leave. Vendors vary somewhat weekly. 10200 US Highway 17.

BEER BINGO

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

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

NEMA LOUNGE AND EATERY

Check With Our Staff About Our All You Can Eat Sushi Menu 614 S. College Rd. • (910) 399-3366 www.okamisteakhouse.com hours of operation can be found on our website

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Hump Day Happy Hour: 5-7 pm every Wednesday at NeMa Burger & Pizza Lounge! $5 Angus beef burgers and $2.50 16 oz Buds/Bud Lights.

Martini Tastings every Friday and Saturday, 4-8 pm. 5 tastings + one small order of NeMa Fancy Fries, $20/person. NeMa Lounge & Eatery, 225 S. Water St. Chandler’s Wharf.

FREE BREWERY TOURS AND TASTINGS

3pm, 3:45pm, 4:30pm everyday at Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St. Learn how we brew our beer, meet our brewers and get two free samples.

tours LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR

Explore the rich culture of our 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. Saturdays, 1:30pm, Old Books on Front St. 249 N. Front St. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/1282390

CONFEDERATE WALKING TOURS

Experience Wilmington’s people, history and architecture in the late antebellum period and during the conflict, conducted by noted Wilmington historian Bernhard Thuersam Walk in the footsteps of George Washington, James Monroe, Daniel Webster, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and more. Indepth 90-minute tours are by appt: 910-619-4619 or bernhard1848@gmail.com. Personalized tours downtown and local forts available. Foot of Market St. www.cfhi.net.

CAM WEEKLY EXHIBITION TOURS

Cameron Art Museum allows participants to explore current exhibitions with Anne Brennan, CAM’s executive director, in a new series of public tours. Free for CAM members. Wed., 1:30pm.

3201 S. 17th St.

INSIDER’S TOUR

Explore the history of your community at Cape Fear Museum. Take the Insider’s Tour offered the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am. Tours are free with admission and include a “behind the scenes” sneak peek. Pre-registration is required: 910-798-4362 or cfmprograms@nhcgov.com.

Free w/general admission or membership. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

GHOST WALK

6:30 & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington. Nightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Admission charge. Water & Market sts. RSVP rqd: 910794-1866. hauntedwilmington.com

HISTORY WALKING TOUR

A two-hour exploration of downtown Wilmington with author Dan Camacho! A $10 donation is suggested. www.bellamymansion.org or email info@ bellamymansion.org with any questions. Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St.

BELLAMY MANSION

Guided tours start on the hour, as well as selfguided tours, which start at any time. Mondays is only self-guided tours.* Follow curved oyster-shell paths through our lush Victorian garden shaded by 150-year-old magnolia trees. Climb the stairs to the elegant main entrance surrounded by soaring columns and gleaming windows. Hear the stories of the Bellamy family, as well as those of the free and enslaved black artisans who built the home and crafted intricate details throughout the house. Know that you are walking through history. Bellamy Mansion Museum, one of NCs most spectacular examples of Antebellum architecture.

Adults $12; senior and military discount, $10; students, $6; children under 5 free. Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St.

support groups TRANGENDER SUPPORT GROUP

Facilitated by licensed therapists in a private and safe location. Four free monthly support groups for parents and family, children and teens, young adults, and older adults. All are phone screened

for safety. Group information is given at the time of the screening. Please contact Nova Swanstrom MA, LPA for more information. (910) 343-6890 x3009 WILMINGTON PRIDE YOUTH GROUP

Middle school and high-school students: Wilmington Pride and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation have joined together to create and facilitate a youth group for children/youth (middle school and high school) who are LGBTQIA, plus straight allies. A safe space for kids to talk about orientation, gender, racial equality, political consequences, religion, self harm and self-care. Needed: youth facilitators, especially those who are trained to work with kids, and speakers to talk about important topics. Meets Thurs., 7:30pm, UU Congregation of Wilmington, 4313 Lake Ave, (across from Roland Grise Middle School). Sue Graffius: dre@ uufwilmington.org).

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

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

Support groups for men and women follow at 8 pm. The meeting is in the Extension located across from Branches bookstore and the church auditorium. Jodie: 910-547-8973, 791-3859 or Lifecc.com. 3500 Oleander Dr.

EXPECTING MAMA’S CIRCLE

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

The Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

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Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Support Group, free, facilitated by TR Nunley and Jamie Alper. This group will focus on the mental health needs unique to transgender and gender non-conforming adolescents (13 years old -18 years old). Topics covered will include but are not limited to: understanding one’s own gender, bullying, discrimination, and violence, family dynamics, coming out, being misgendered, handling invasive personal questions from others, safety and safe spaces, anxiety and mood stability. Nova Swanstrom first at (910) 442-8480 x3009 with Delta Behavioral Clinic.

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Are you feeling as daring about romance as I suspect? If so, I’ve composed a provocative note for you to give to anyone you have good reason to believe will be glad to receive it. Feel free to copy it word-for-word or edit it to suit your needs: “I want to be your open-hearted explorer. Want to be mine?

We can be in foolishly cool-drooling devotion to each other’s mighty love power. We can be in elegant solid-gold allegiance to each other’s genius.

Wouldn’t it be fun to see how much liberation we can whip up together? We can play off our mutual respect as we banish the fearful shticks in our bags of tricks. We can inspire each other to reach unexpected heights of brazen intelligence.”

You still have a wound that never formed a proper scar. (We’re speaking metaphorically here.) It’s chronically irritated. Never quite right. Always stealing bits of your attention. Would you like to do something to reduce the distracting power of that annoying affliction? The next 25 days will be a favorable time to seek such a miracle. All the forces of nature and spirit will conspire in your behalf if you formulate a clear intention to get the healing you need and deserve.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

In his poem “The Initiate,” Charles Simic speaks of “someone who solved life’s riddles in a voice of an ancient Sumerian queen.” I hope you’re not focused on seeking help and revelations from noble and grandiose sources like that, Gemini. If you are, you may miss the useful cues and clues that come your way via more modest informants. Please, be alert for the blessings of the ordinary. As you work on solving your quandaries, give special attention to serendipitous interventions and accidental luck.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

For many years, the Tobe Zoological Park in China housed a “praying panther” named Ato. The large black feline periodically rose up on her hind legs and put her paws together, as if petitioning a higher power for blessings. I suggest we make her a spirit ally in the coming weeks. I hope she’ll inspire you to get your restless mind out of the way as you seek to quench your primal needs. With the praying panther as your muse, you should be able to summon previously untapped reserves of your animal intelligence and cultivate an instinctual knack for knowing where to find raw, pristine satisfaction.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

During the four years he worked on painting the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo never took a bath. Was he too preoccupied with his masterpiece? Modern artist Pae White has a different relationship with obsession. To create her fabric art, she has spent years collecting more than 3,500 scarves designed by her favorite scarf-maker. Then there’s filmmaker James Cameron, who hired an expert in linguistics to create an entire new language from scratch for the aliens in his movie “Avatar.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Scorpio, I approve of you summoning this level of devotion—as long as it’s not in service to a transitory desire, but rather to a labor of love that has the potential to change your life for the better for a long time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers,” wrote author James Baldwin. Even if you’re not an artist, I encourage you to make it your purpose in coming weeks. Definitive answers will at best be irrelevant and at worst useless. Vigorous doubt and inquiry, on the other hand, will be exciting and invigorating. They will mobilize you to rebel against any status quos that have been tempting you to settle for mediocrity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You’re in a phase of your cycle when the most useful prophecies are more lyrical than logical. So here you go: three enigmatic predictions to help stir up the creative ingenuity you’ll need to excel on your upcoming tests. 1. A darling but stale old hope must shrivel and wane so a spiky, electric new hope can be born.

2. An openness to the potential value of a metaphorical death will be one of your sweetest assets. 3. The best way to cross a border is not to sneak across bearing secrets but to stride across in full glory with nothing to hide.

Do you really have to be the flashy king or charismatic queen of all you survey? Must all your subjects put on kneepads and prostrate themselves as they bask in your glory? Isn’t it enough for you to simply be the master of your own emotions, and the boss of your own time, and the lord of your own destiny? I’m not trying to stifle your ambition or cramp your enthusiasm; I just want to make sure you don’t dilute your willpower by trying to wield command over too wide a swath. The most important task, after all, is to manage your own life with panache and ingenuity. But I will concede this: The coming weeks will be a time when you can also probably get away with being extra worshiped and adored.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Years after he had begun his work as a poet, Rainer Maria Rilke confessed he was still finding out what it took to do his job. “I am learning to see,” he wrote.

“I don’t know why it is, but everything enters me more deeply and doesn’t stop where it once used to.” Given the current astrological omens, you have a similar opportunity, Pisces: to learn more about how to see. It won’t happen like magic.

You can’t just sit back passively and wait for the universe to accomplish it for you. If you decide you really would like to be more perceptive—if you resolve to receive and register more of the raw life data that’s flowing toward you—you will expand and deepen your ability to see.

Dear Hard Worker: Our records indicate you have been neglecting to allot yourself sufficient time to rest and recharge. In case you had forgotten, you are expected to take regular extended breaks, during which time it is mandatory to treat yourself with meticulous care and extreme tenderness.

Please, grant yourself an immediate dispensation. Expose yourself to intensely relaxing encounters with play, fun and pleasure—or else! No excuses will be accepted.

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If extraterrestrial beings land their space ship on my street and say they want to meet the creatures who best represent our planet, I will volunteer you Libras.

Right now, at least, you’re nobler than the rest of us, and more sparkly, too.

You’re dealing smartly with your personal share of the world’s suffering, and your day-to-day decisions are based more on love than fear. You’re not taking things too personally or seriously, and you seem better equipped than everyone else to laugh at the craziness that surrounds us. Even if aliens don’t appear, I bet you will serve as an inspiring influence for more human beings than you realize.

Does being a role model sound boring? I hope not. If you regard it as an interesting gift, it will empower you to wield more clout than you’re used to.

Aquarian novelist James Joyce had a pessimistic view about intimate connection. Here’s what he said: “Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself, the soul being unable to become virgin again and not having energy enough to cast itself out again into the ocean of another’s soul.” My challenge to you, Aquarius—in accordance with the astrological omens—is to prove Joyce wrong. Figure out how to make your soul virgin again, so it can cast itself out into the ocean of another’s soul. The next eight weeks will be prime time to achieve that glorious feat.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

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