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MARK SINNIS, PG. 11 encore intern James McCrea talks “cemetary and western,” departed love and eternities of sorrow with singer-songwriter and master of unique music, Mark Sinnis, as he prepares to cast his shadow over Fermental on July 8. Courtesy photo.

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NEWS>> John Wolfe continues to follow the slow trickle of information about GenX and other chemicals contaminating the Cape Fear River as reported on from last Wednesday’s public forum at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium.

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LIVE LOCAL, LIVE SMALL:

Reflections on the Declaration of Independence and what’s left to accomplish in the U.S. us. Really, we are living the consequences of that meeting. They decided to move forward with a Declaration of Independence, essentially a declaration of war, to sever ties with one of the most powerful empires on Earth at the time.

BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

Now, here we are, still reading their words, still arguing about their meaning. The world has changed dramatically since the late 1700s, yet, still, we look to those words for guidance.

Or has the world really changed?

Here are a few grievances cited as reasons to sever relations with England: “He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. “ He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

FREEDOM FIRE: In 2017, we have the joy of celebrating Independence Day in the air conditioning! Stock photo.

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his is not the hottest July I remember. Of course, last week when John and I were unloading a truckload of compost into a raised bed at 3 p.m., it felt pretty damn hot. But I remember Julys when my clothing stuck to me as soon as I walked out of the house, and the sun baked my shoes to the street.

As a teenager I went through a phase of wearing antique Victorian clothing or reproductions of them that I had made.

I almost had a heatstroke one day in all those petticoats. At least I got to escape inside to air conditioning; I cannot imagine wearing those layers, day in and day out, before AC—especially in our humid hometown. I frequently say, if we had known how great air conditioning was going to be, we would have harnessed elec-

tricity 200 years earlier—maybe even 500 years. Discomfort can be a great motivator.

Our modern relationship with air conditioning required Nikola Tesla to develop the alternating current induction motor. Once that leap forward occurred, a young man named Willis Carrier developed a central air-conditioning system that would change the daily lives of many Americans, especially those of us living in the South or West.

He unveiled his excitement for the public at the Rivoli Theatre in Times Square in 1925.

Afterward, movie theatres quickly became associated with air conditioning and would advertise how cool it was inside on colorful banners and signs. One of my favorite pictures of the now defunct Bailey Theatre on Front Street is exactly that.

My mother spent a summer in Chicago

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with her aunt as a little girl. Not knowing how to entertain a child in the city during the heat, her aunt took her to the movies everyday. This was back when folks paid admission and just stayed as long as they wanted to watch features, newsreels, cartoons, shorts—whatever the theatre had prints of on hand. As an unintended consequence, my mother had an incredible and broad working knowledge of film up to 1954.

No matter how warm we might think it is, this is nothing compared to what life must have been like more than 240 years ago in Philadelphia. In a meeting hall in Philadelphia, delegates of the Second Continental Congress gathered. At any given time 50 or 60 men were present to discuss and debate the future of the colonies—to discuss

“He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

“He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

“He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

“He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

“He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation.

“For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.

“For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.

“For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world.

“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.

“For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury.

“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.

“For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments.

“For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

“He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

“He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

“He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

“He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.”

That’s not all; there is more. But it is interesting to see the grievances enumerated. Many of us have grown up with a nice, packaged idea of the American Revolution—an abbreviated idea of events, such as the Stamp Act, The Boston Tea Party then Lexington and Concord, or in our neck of the woods, Moore’s Creek Bridge.

Many complaints we know because they

fit into neat packages, easy to hand out in our American mythology: taxation without representation, cutting off trade, no trial by jury, etc. When looking at the complaints, the are not small matters. Forced to house soldiers who were not constrained by any rule of law? Transporting people for trial elsewhere? Calling the legislature into session in a time and location they cannot reasonably attend—thereby making it impossible for representation to be part of government? Waging war against your own colonies and subjects? That’s pretty much a point of no return.

Still, there were many loyal to The Crown, convinced these issues could be mediated. The breakup was not made in haste, with a rush of words uttered in anger that could not be retracted. They carefully were thought out, debated and argued in a stifling room, filled with men of all sorts of temperaments. Somehow, they found enough agreement in the complaints and arguments to affix signatures and, thereby, their fates to the document.

Now 240 years later, we sit in our cool, comfortable homes and read of them, barely noticing their names beyond the stars: Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Hancock. Everyone else is a glossy footnote because history is perceived in simplistic terms rather than as the messy, chaotic process

of living and dying we still experience everyday. It’s a hell of an experiment we’ve got going here. No longer is our fate decided by a shadowy figure across the sea.

Rather, we are grappling with the realities of domestic rule of law. We sabotage the very entities we create in our own selfinterest. We have proven time and time again in the last 200-plus years that we are incredibly human and therefore not only fallible, but short sighted and selfish.

The mid-point in the year is frequently a time of reflection and evaluation for me.

What have I accomplished? What is left to do? What do I need to work on? Maybe this year, when we celebrate our independence, we could take a moment to ask ourselves questions about our country— because, friends, we have a lot of work to do to fulfill the promises made all those years ago. Too many children in this country are drinking poisoned water; too many adults can’t read; too many people are unable to provide for their families within the confines of the legal system. We have questions to ask because it’s no longer a great looming shadow across the sea that we have to confront—we must confront ourselves.

Where do we want this country to be in the next 240 years?

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DON’T FORGET DUPONT:

Other chemicals besides GenX threaten our waterways

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PFECA removal by coagulation, ozonation, biofiltration, and disinfection was negligible.”

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ast Wednesday, the StarNews, WHQR, and WWAY hosted a GenX panel at Kenan Auditorium on UNCW’s campus. Much was said in two hours—a lot of info we heard before, even.

A bar graph in his research shows Peak Area Counts for GenX and newly discovered perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids (PFECAs) in the finished water—the same stuff that’s coursing through our taps. The count for GenX was a thin red line on the left-hand edge of the bar graph. PFMOAA’s peak area was about 170,000. PFO2HxA’s peak area was 210,000, and PFO3OA had a peak area of about 220,000, looming darkly to the far right side of the graph.

The panel was made up of a slew of locals and officials. Mike Brown, the chairman of the CFPUA board, was the only CFPUA rep to attend. He defended the actions the board had taken, as the crowd hissed at him. Brown was an easy target to vent some of the crowd’s outrage, although perhaps only because no one from Chemours was present (yet again).

Mayor Saffo was looking ahead to the November elections, while reminding the audience of his early decisiveness.

Woody White declared he is still drinking the tap water, while scientists clearly stated they were not. Nearly everyone at the table had a bottled water.

Dr. Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, with the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, based in Amsterdam, suggested locals potentially use international law to hold the company responsible for their pollution. Apparently, environmental authorities have more funding overseas.

Megan Hunter, an environmental attorney from Ohio, spoke about how the public has protections in place for water through the Federal Clean Water Act. “It’s a hard truth that the scales are often weighted against individuals,” she cautioned. But she noted it’s important to remember the laws in place that protect our environment and our health.

GenX was found in the water entering the Sweeny Water Treatment Plant at an average concentration of 631 nanograms per liter—or parts per trillion. Taking Dr. Knappe’s “one-half of one percent” figure, the math comes out to 126,200 parts per trillion, or 126 parts per billion. That’s 126 drops of GenX and other perfluoronated chemicals for every Olympic-sized swimming pool of water that goes into the plant. For the water leaving the treatment plant, the stuff coming out of our taps, the original paper published by Dr. Knappe informs: “At this drinking water treatment plant,

The bottom line: We know nothing about the three other chemicals, even less than the minutia we know about GenX. They’re a “black box,” according to Dr. Knappe— the only thing published on them is their CAS number—like a social-security number that identifies individual chemicals.

Dr. Larry Cahoon—who joined the panel and has been one of the most outspoken members within the local scientific community—did some digging and found absolutely nothing on them either. What he did find is that GenX is “corrosive.”

“If you pour some on your hand, it’ll burn a hole through it,” he told encore.

The other chemicals don’t have sexy,

So, maybe we should rename the chemicals. How about we call PFMOAA “ChemWAR: What is it good for?” and PFO2HxA can be “ErodedEPA.” And we can refer to the granddaddy of all the baddies, PFO3OA, as “DuPont’s Terrible Enfant.”

DuPont still shares one-third of the discharge pipe in Fayetteville, and according to a schematic Dr. Cahoon showed encore, they still manufacture perflourinated polyvinyl fluoride resins in two places at the Fayetteville Works site.

Until 2015 Chemours was merely a small piece of DuPont’s corporate puzzle. They couldn’t even pollute properly without Daddy DuPont holding their hands. DuPont has been silent about what they are doing to stop the emissions of the chemicals into the river—which many interpret as nothing. If Chemours are contractors of the horrible house that has been built on the banks of our river, DuPont is the architect.

By focusing the spotlight on GenX and Chemours, DuPont and the other toxic chemicals—with their new fun names— get a free pass to continue working in the darkness. They are a big part of this story, too. I would say the biggest.

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Perhaps the most salient takeaway came from the reiteration that our waterways are being contaminated by more than GenX. GenX only makes up one half of one percent of the total load of chemicals in our drinking water. Yes, one half of one percent of the total load of perflourinated compounds found in the Cape Fear River, according to NC State professor Dr. Detlef Knappe. Knappe led the research team that discovered chemicals in our drinking water in the first place. He has reported GenX is a small part of a larger problem.

What does that mean, exactly? Chemours stopped discharging GenX into the waterways. That’s good, right? Well, yes.

Also, it’s a good distraction against higher concentrations of other chemicals—three of them, in fact—being dumped. They’re all PFECAs, and include PFMOAA, PFO2HxA, and PFO3OA. They measured, according to Dr. Knappe’s official report, “2113 times greater than that of PFPrOPrA [or GenX].”

According to Dr. Knappe, the industry generates new chemicals quickly, and makes formulas proprietary (private and exclusive), which forces analytical chemists to become detectives to figure out what’s what. Dr. Knappe reminded of the potential human impacts of GenX— how only very basic animal testing has been done, and no other meaningful health data exists. More so, the EPA hasn’t regulated a new manmade chemical for over 20 years—“the appetite to [do that] is next to zero,” he says.

memorable names like GenX. Maybe that’s part of the reason nobody but the scientists are talking about them. Who, besides people who studied organic chemistry, can remember something with an official name like “Perfluoro-2-methoxyacetic acid”? Most of us can barely pronounce it, let alone remember it.

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NEWS>>OP-ED

NHRMC Foundation’s The Pink Ribbon Project presents THE SECOND ANNUAL

PACKING AT THE PO:

Making grown-up choices isn’t always easy

Carolina persons of color, such as Reverend Barber, tend to advocate for social justice and the rest of the Constitution, aturday morning before Indepen- leaving white males to support the “Sadence Day I stopped at the post of- cred Second.” fice by Monkey Junction to pick up a I thought of a slew of things to say: “I am certified letter. Monkey Junction’s post ofGroot. Which Guardian of the Galaxy are fice is a popular place on weekend mornyou?” Or “Nice piece—but could you shoot ings. Throughout winter holidays, the little a man on 5th Avenue and not lose votes?” line can get long, and the people slightly Or “Nothing says, ‘Love thy neighbor as harried and impatient, but not dangerously thyself,’ like packing a pistol at the post ofso. This time of year, genial, sometimes fice on a sunny Saturday morning.” downright friendly folks chat while they I declined to exercise my First Amendpick up or mail packages. Today folks ment right partly because of Einstein and were quiet, with a touch of tension. partly because of empathy and compasTwo 60-ish women stood silently dision. This fine 26-year-old American rectly in front of a silent large pot-bellied easily could have been me—had I been man with a small package and small a white kid playing little league in Wilmchild. Armed only with her adorable ington when the Twin Towers went down; smile, the child explored every greeting watched 15 years of the “War on Terror” on card she could get her hands on at the FOX and economy nearly collapse; been rack, just inside the entrance. A part of taught at my church the black president is me couldn’t wait until she discovered the a Muslim, so we must be nearing to the bubble wrap. The inquisitive girl wanend of days; was introduced to our current dered, and I listened to the only source president on reality TV; heard decades of of chatter: a woman talking about a famNRA fearmongering ads (their new one is ily matter in large gestures to a small, fit a beauty—”Closed fist of truth.” Seriousman in camo shorts. ly?); done most everything I was told and My eye drifted nonchalantly from the still see few realistic prospects to turn the child to the man, back to the child, then American dream into a middle-class realthe man. I’m not a scout sniper. I don’t ity. I might not choose to see the universe instantly scan every room I enter for tar- as particularly friendly, either. get and egress opportunities. It takes me After leaving the post office, I drove to a while. Einstein reportedly said, “The Old Books on Front, chatted with friends most important choice we make is whethabout a project in progress, and picked er we believe the universe is a friendly up a James Baldwin book to read for the or hostile place.” I’m cognizant of actual Fourth of July. It’s hard not to weep about threat but do tend to believe the universe America when reading James, but the is basically friendly. tears water my growth.

The woman chatting appeared to be in I described my morning to friends, inher mid twenties, slightly hung over, and cluding the towel-snap snark I kept in piqued about something. The man was my head. A young woman I’d seen play short, solidly built, neither stocky nor sinwith Pineapple-Shaped Lamps said, ewy, wearing a form-fitting olive drab T“You made the right choice, a grown-up shirt, emblazoned with an eagle holding choice.” Her comment made my morning. the “Second Amendment.” Clean cut— Making grown-up choices isn’t easy. Macouldn’t have been more than 26. turity, empathy, compassion, and Einstein My eyes eventually found his sidearm. aren’t easy.

I’m pretty sure it was a Beretta Px4. I’m I drove home, armed with a smile and a no weapons expert, but I pass enough great book. The words of a wizened battlechurches in North Carolina on my long weary Vietnam veteran also helped guide Sunday jogs to tell a Smith & Wesson from me home. He shook his head, “I guess I a Glock from a Beretta. For some reason been fighting my whole life. But life has freewill Baptists prefer imports, while never been fighting me. Wish I figured that Catholics buy ‘Merican. Go figure. out sooner.”

And, yes, the gentleman was white.

I wish my young patriot well.

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BY: MARK BASQUILL

PLAYING THE HITS

Weird News is forever, but this is my last “News of the Weird” column, as I am now exhausted after almost 30 years in the racket. In this final edition, I remember a few of my favorites. My deep thanks to Andrews McMeel Syndication and to readers, who started me up and kept me going. Y’all take care of yourselves. -- Chuck Shepherd (1995) Chesapeake, Virginia, inmate Robert Lee Brock filed a $5 million lawsuit against Robert Lee Brock -- accusing himself of violating his religious beliefs and his civil rights by getting himself drunk enough that he could not avoid various criminal behaviors. He wrote: “I want to pay myself five million dollars (for this breach of rights), but ask the state to pay it in my behalf since I can’t work and am a ward of the state.” In April, the lawsuit was dismissed.

(2002) The Lane brothers of New York, Mr. Winner Lane, 44, and Mr. Loser Lane, 41 (their actual birth names), were profiled in a July Newsday report -- made more interesting by the fact that Loser is successful (a police detective in the South Bronx) and Winner is not (a history of petty crimes). A sister said she believes her parents selected “Winner” because their late father was a big baseball fan and “Loser” just to complete the pairing.

(1996) A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for Lamar, Missouri, on Joyce Lehr’s lawsuit against the county for injuries suffered in a 1993 fall in the icy, unplowed parking lot of the local high school. The Carthage Press reported that Lehr claimed damage to nearly everything in her body. According to her petition: “All the bones, organs, muscles, tendons, tissues, nerves, veins, arteries, ligaments ... discs, cartilages, and the joints of her body were fractured, broken, ruptured, punctured, compressed, dislocated, separated, bruised, contused, narrowed, abrased, lacerated, burned, cut, torn, wrenched, swollen, strained, sprained, inflamed, and infected.”

(2002) From time to time “News of the Weird” reported on the fluctuating value of the late Italian artist Piero Manzoni’s personal feces, which he canned in 1961, 30 grams at a time in 90 tins, as art objects (though, over the years, 45 have reportedly exploded). Their price to collectors has varied (low of about $28,000 for a tin in 1998 to a high of $75,000 in 1993). In June 2002, the Tate Gallery in London excitedly announced it had purchased tin number 004

for about $38,000. (The price of 30 grams of gold in 2002 was a little over $300.)

(1994) The New York Daily News reported in April on a cellblock fight between murderers Colin Ferguson and Joel Rifkin at the Nassau County jail. Reportedly, Ferguson (convicted of six race-related murders on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993) was using a telephone and told Rifkin (a serial killer serving 203 years for nine murders) to be quiet. According to the Daily News source, Ferguson told Rifkin, “I wiped out six devils (white people), and you only killed women.” Rifkin allegedly responded, “Yeah, but I had more victims.” Ferguson then allegedly ended the brief incident by punching Rifkin in the mouth.

(1999) At Last! A Job That Actually Requires Geometry! Commissioners in Florida’s Seminole County and Manatee County passed ordinances regulating public nudity by requiring women to cover at least 25 percent of the area of their breasts and at least 33 percent of the buttocks, with detailed instructions as to the points from which each coverage must be measured. (Refresher for law enforcement: The lateral area of a cone is pi (times) r (times) s where r=radius and s=slant height; for the surface area of a sphere, it’s pi (times) r (squared), and, alas, for a flat surface, it’s length times width.)

(1998) On the day before Good Friday, reported the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Ernesto A. Moshe Montgomery consecrated the Shrine of the Weeping Shirley MacLaine in a room in the Beta Israel Temple in Los Angeles. Inspired by an image he said he had while riding in the actress’s private jet, Montgomery said a subsequent large photograph of him with MacLaine was “observed shedding tears,” which had inspired prayers and testimony of miraculous healings.

(1993) In May, Elk River, Minnesota, landlord Todd Plaisted reported that his tenant Kenneth Lane had fled the area, abandoning his rented farmhouse and leaving behind at least 400 tons of used carpeting, at least 10,000 plastic windows from Northwest Airlines planes, and rooms full of sofas, mattresses and washing machines, among other things. Lane told townspeople he ran a “recycling” company, but there was no evidence of sales. A deputy sheriff driving by the farmhouse the year before saw Lane burying carpeting with a tractor and said Lane merely muttered, “I don’t know what to say. You got me. I can’t even make up an excuse.”

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ARTS>>MUSIC

YOUNG BLOOD:

Tyler Childers tours with latest album, opens for Yonder Mountain String Band BY: SHANNON RAE GENTRY

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hen looking up Tyler Childers’ debut album “Purgatory” (released August 2017), the words “Sturgill Simpson protegé” soon follow. Simpson, along with GRAMMY-winning engineer David Ferguson at his Butcher Shoppe Recording Studio, helped produce the record.

Then 25-year-old Childers had a collection of songs about being in the mountains. He wanted a gritty mountain sound with a modern twist a younger generation could connect to.

Older but none the wiser, the recently turned 26-year-old is quiet and reserved as he recounts his time in the studio.

“As a whole, the experience was something I really enjoyed about having Sturgill and Ferguson all in the same room together,” he tells. “These songs I’ve been playing—some of them for five years—had kind of gotten to the point where it was just the same old song and dance and had to put some fresh life and

look at them.”

Sturgill helped Childers achieve the sound he was going for in “Purgatory,” and found a better way to represent the story and meaning—at least, on a complete record.

“He helped get the songs’ whole point across the best way possible,” Childers adds.

“I was playing ‘Universal Sounds’ solo at pretty up tempo, and he thought maybe it needed to be slowed down a little bit. It’s a song about meditating and focusing on breathing, and the way I was playing it, it really flew by, and it doesn’t really lend itself to get the point across all the best.”

Childers (vocals, acoustic guitar) recorded “Purgatory” with a full band, including Simpson (acoustic guitar, background vocals), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Miles Miller (drums, background vocals), and Russ Pahl (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, Jew’s harp), among others.

Though he’s touring solo without his recording band, Childers plays songs like “Universal

MODERN SOUND: Tyler Childers is touring with his latest album, ‘Purgatory.’ He’ll open for Yonder Mountain at GLA. Photo by David McClister

Sounds” and others just as he originally wrote them. “Purgatory” was more or less an opportunity to play and explore different versions and angles.

“The album is 38 minutes or so of a moment,” he iterates. “You get to listen to an experience one time but each show is its own thing, so if I’m playing a solo set it’s not going to sound like the arrangements on the album.”

Childers is on tour now, opening for the likes of Parker Millsap, Nikki Lane, Sammy Brue, and Yonder Mountain String Band, which lands at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Sunday.

The music of YMSB is what he grew up on, essentially, as a boy from the holler.

Originally from Kentucky, Childers had his “hometown heroes,” like Ricky Skaggs and Larry Cordle. By the time he started high school, he fell in with some friends who were Drive-By Truckers fans.

“That was a huge influence for me,” he says. “I love the Truckers, and I get to open up for them on September 24, so I get to check that off my bucket list. . . . It’s in Hazard, Kentucky—so pretty close to home. It’ll be a special evening for me and my buddies because they’re all coming out.”

Most songs were written between Childers graduating high school and starting a life of his own. He spent his late teens and early twenties kicking around and playing in bars while trying to settle into being an adult, so to speak. The title track is about his journey through uncertain times, “just trying to make something happen.”

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“We all have to have a place and need to have something as far as a career path,” he continues. “I was older and being out on my own—trying to start a career of sorts. Everybody’s gotta do something, and I was trying to make my ‘doing something’ by playing music.”

But “success” is a relative term. Childers would phone home to tell friends and family about his exciting new gigs and tour dates. Most of which he was lucky if he broke even monetarily.

“Doing more than breaking even is even harder,” he observes. “I feel like coming to terms with that meant realizing this is what I want to do regardless. Living a lifestyle that coincides with that made it possible to keep playing.”

Newly married, Childers and his wife, Senora May, spent time living on a farm where they worked for rent. Childers built fences and held down a job at a local brewery between tour dates. “I’d bust my ass,” he says, “play four or five shows and come home. But, ya know, everybody’s gotta eat.”

May is also a singer-songwriter and an all around artist, painter, photographer, etc.

Childers hesitantly admits there could be a husband and wife collaboration one day. “Later,” he adds. “We’ve got plenty of time.”

DETAILS:

Tyler Childers

Opening for Yonder Mountain String Band Sunday, July 9, doors: 4 p.m.; show: 5 p.m.

Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 516 N. 4th St. Tickets: $25-$30 www.greenfieldlakeamphitheater.com

ARTS>>MUSIC

GRAVE INTONATIONS:

Cemetery and western songwriter Mark Sinnis casts his shadow over Wilmington.

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BY: JAMES MCCREA

he imposing figure of Mark Sinnis is onstage, clad entirely in black and strumming an acoustic guitar with weary, tattooed hands—the same hands that wield a straight razor at Beale Street Barber Shop on Castle Street. Looming above him is a long shadow of a cow’s skull, which hangs from his mic stand. His deep voice rises from all corners of the dimly lit room as he croons, “I’ll be waiting in darkness for the light / unanswered questions, the edge of eternity pulling at my mind / I’ll be waiting until the end of the world.” Suddenly, listeners are spirited away from the sunny beach town of Wilmington and brought to the gates of an unknown netherworld, with Sinnis as their tour guide.

All it takes is a wayward glance away from the stage to be transported back to Wilmington. But why break the illusion?

Sinnis, with a long musical history leading him from the goth-punk scene of the ‘80s to traditional country music, infuses his tales of departed love and eternities of sorrow with just as much Joy Division as Johnny Cash. Christening his style “cemetery and western,” he brings his unique sound to Wilmington. encore recently talked to Sinnis about his musical history and what brought him to our coast. encore (e): How would you define cemetery and western music for someone completely unfamiliar with such a concept?

Mark Sinnis (MS): Cemetery and western is a tag given to me back in 2005 by Doktor John Ambrose. He reviews a lot of gothic and alternative bands in the New York/New Jersey area. I love that tag because back in the day I used to describe my band Ninth House as “Johnny Cash meets The Cure.” After that review I ran with cemetery and Western as my sound.

Basically, it’s taking the darker side of gothic alternative music and mixing it with traditional country and western. On a more mainstream level, I think Johnny Cash did a really good job with that in his later work on American recordings with Rick Rubin. e: Who are your creative influences— musical, stylistic or otherwise?

MS: My influence is very wide ranging, from old-school punk music, like Joe Strummer, to country singer Merle Hag-

gard. As I get older, my music has mellowed out a little bit, but it still retains a lot of punk angst from back in the ‘80s. I like everybody from Elvis as a performer to songwriters like Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. I am a self-taught musician, so my music tends to be on the simpler side, and I like that. I tend to gravitate more toward people who write with simplicity than jam bands. I am now playing and writing music for 29 years, and I would say my music is a biography of my life. I try to write about things that matter to me on a personal level without trying to conquer the world’s problems. I try to tell a story but not be very direct in the process. It’s nice to leave a little open to interpretation.

first acoustic album in 2008. I still enjoy keeping it dark. Some of my favorite songwriters write like that. Hank Williams and the Carter Family—country music when it was good as a whole—have been writing songs like that for a long time. e: How much punk/goth makes its way into your current work?

MS: A lot of my earlier work makes its way into my set today. I still play some songs I played [before]; I just rework them.

I think it’s awesome when you can take a song written on an acoustic guitar, have four guys play to it, and it can sound much heavier. Then you go back onstage and play that same song acoustically.

e: What brought you to Wilmington? e: You perform solo, as well as with full bands. How does your approach to MS: I lived in New York City for 14 years performing differ in each setting? and was ready to leave city life behind. I MS: Since I write all the songs, it is moved up to the mountains in upstate New easy for me to play them in various set- York for seven years to get away from city tings. I can get onstage with an acoustic life, but a divorce, the high cost of living, guitar and play them by myself. Or I can and time for a lifestyle change made me play them with my eight-piece country band, 825, or with my three-piece rock band, Ninth House. While they are the same songs, I would say Ninth House is just a little more energ[etic] and heavier.

I love when songs can have two different sounds, kind of when a band plays unplugged. I would say everything pretty much stays the same in both settings, just some arrangements could be a little different.

want to leave New York altogether. So I started to explore the South that I really loved. I lived down South when I was in the military and really enjoyed it. I explored different areas of North Carolina and everything pointed to Wilmington.

I love that it is on the coast, like where I grew up on Long Island, but it’s more laid-back and affordable. I love that there are exploding brewery, food and music scenes. So here I am!

DETAILS:

Mark Sinnis

Sat., July 8, 8 p.m.

Fermental 7250 Market St. Free

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e: What led you to transition from performing in a punk/goth context to that of country-western?

MS: When I started playing punk in 1988 I had no idea what I was doing. I played trumpet as a child but never had any formal training on bass, guitar or vocals. I was in the Air Force, and I told my friends I was going to start a punk band; they basically laughed at me. But I bought a bass guitar, learned how to play a few simple songs, and before I knew it, I was playing in a four-piece punk band, Apostates, in NYC. They were very short-lived, lasting about two years. I found myself wanting to write in a more darker tone, so I moved the band into a gothic direction.

But I always had that Elvis/Roy Orbison/ Johnny Cash influence from years before, so I quickly started to incorporate that into gothic music. I would date that sound back to around 1991-’92; I really started to explore the country side when I released my

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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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WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5

Mykel Barbee (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

Kure Beach Hoop Dance Jam (7pm; $5) —Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Ave.

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

—The Blind Elephant, 21 N. Front St., Unit F

Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

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

Devour The Day + Sons of Texas (8pm; $12; Rock) —The Blue Eyed Muse, 208 Market St.

Carpoolparty (9pm; Free; Dance, Electronic)

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

DJ Lord Walrus (9pm; $0-$3; Dance, Hip Hop) —Jimmy’s at Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave.

Karaoke Night (9:30pm; Free)

—Fox and Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.; 910-509-0805

Gruff Goat Comedy Night (8pm; Free)

—Waterline Brewing Company, 721 Surry Lane

THURSDAY, JULY 6

Mykel Barbee (3pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

—Wrightsville Beach Brewery, 6201 Oleander Dr.

Josh Lewis (10pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

Josh Lewis (5:30pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

A Class Act (7pm; $3)

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

—Duck & Dive, 114 Dock St.

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

—Henry’s Restaurant, Independence Blvd.

—Wrightsville Beach Park, 321 Causeway Dr.

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FRIDAY

MONDAY

$2 Select Domestic • $3 Draft $4 Flavored Bombs 1/2 Price Apps Live Music from Tony and Adam

SOUTHERN SOUL: The Trongone Band is bring their four-piece southern rock ‘n’ soul-Americana-jams to The Whiskey in downtown Wilmington this Thursday, July 6. Doors open at 8 p.m. Check Facebook for details and updates. Courtesy photo.

$2.50 PBR 16oz cans $3.50 Sam Seasonal and Hoppyum IPA draft $5 Redbull and Vodka 1/2 price wings Live music from Josh Solomon

SUNDAY

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Zion (9:30pm; Free; Reggae)

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

Polar Bear Blues Band (9:30pm; $5-$7)

Justin Fox (7pm; Free; Americana)

The Coastal Collective & Friends (9:30pm; $7; Jazz, Hip-Hop, Electronic)

—Pleasure Island, Carolina Beach Blvd.

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. —The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

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—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

Dj Lord Walrus (9pm; $0-$3; Dance, Hip Hop) —Jimmy’s at Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave.

Earthling and Mortal Man (9pm; $5-$10; Rock) —Reggies 42nd St. Tavern, 1415 S. 42nd St.; 910-799-6465

Josh Lewis (10pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Lagerhead’s, 35 N. Lumina Ave.

FRIDAY, JULY 7

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

—Bourgie Nights, 127 Princess St.

Liquid Culture presents Cut Rugs and More (9:30pm; $10)

—Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.; 910-762-2091

Groove Fetish (10pm; Cover TBD) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

SUNDAY, JULY 9

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

—Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.; 910-76-BOOKS

Tony Barnes (6pm; Free; Country)

Yonder Mountain String Band and Tyler Childers (5pm; $25-$30; Bluegrass, Americana)

Josh Lewis (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

DJ Pop-up Electrolounge (7pm; Free)

Piano Jazz with James Jarvis (7pm; Free)

Benny Hill Jazz Jam (7pm; Free)

Big Jay Oakerson (7pm, 9:30pm; $18; Comedy)

Piano Jazz with James Jarvis (7:30pm; Free)

Loosewheel Bluegrass Jam (7pm; $3)

Sunday Funday (9pm; Free)

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave. —Moe’s Original BBQ, 5818 Oleander Dr. —Bottega Art & Wine, 723 N. Fourth St.

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Loose Jets, Waul and more (9pm; Free)

—Greenfield Lake, 1941 Amphitheater Dr.

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223 —Burnt Mill Creek, 2101 Market St.; 910-599-4999 —Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 111 Grace St. —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

—The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.; 910 762-2091

MONDAY, JULY 10

The Dwarve, Richie Ramone and Zodiac Panthers (9pm; $14-$16; Rock)

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

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

Owen Ni (9pm; $0-$10; Electronic, Dub Techno) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

Gypsy Open Mic and $2 Micros (8pm; Free)

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

David Wesley Band (9:30pm; Free)

TUESDAY, JULY 11

Groove Fetish (10pm; Cover TBD)

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

—Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-763-4133 —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

9 Dime Entertainment & Music Group (10pm; Free)

—Palm Room, 11 E. Salisbury St.; 910-509-3040

SATURDAY, JULY 8

Big Jay Oakerson (7pm, 9:30pm; $18; Comedy) —Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Cross Creek (7pm; Free; Acoustic Duo)

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St.

17 South (7pm; $3)

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

Seneca Guns (7pm; Free; Rock)

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

Mark Sinnis (8pm; Free; Rock, Alt-Country)

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

Hank, Pattie & the Current (8pm; Free; Bluegrass)

Comedy Bingo (7pm; Free)

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

Tues Night Contra Dance (7:30pm; $5)

—5th Ave. United Methodist Chu., 409 S. 5th Ave.

Dream Version + The Nevernauts (9pm; Free; Rock n’ Roll)

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

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12

Rob Ronner (6pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter)

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

—The Blind Elephant, 21 N. Front St. Unit F

Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

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

The Jillettes (7pm; $3; Classic)

—Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

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

Alternative Vision (9pm; $5; 90s Tribute)

Karaoke Night (9:30pm; Free)

—The Blue Eyed Muse, 208 Market St.

Gallons Of Pork (9pm; Free; Bizarre Melodic Multigenre)

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

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

—Fox and Hound, 920 Town Center Drive; 910509-0805

CONCERTS OUTSIDE OF SOUTHEASTERN NC

SHOWSTOPPERS

GROOVE TO RALEIGH: Folks can catch Gary Clark Jr. and My Morning Jacket (above) this Sunday, July 9, at Red Hat Amphitheatre in Raleigh. Courtesy photo GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 WEST LEE ST., GREENSBORO, NC (336) 373-7400 7/18: Roger Waters 7/29: Straight No Chaser and Postmodern Jukebox NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE NORTH DAVIDSON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 358-9298 7/9: Rooney, Run River North and Messenger Down THE FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 7/15: Rumours THE UNDERGROUND-FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 6/29: Otherwise 7/8: Prowess 7/9: Blake Gray, Hunter, Brandon, and more 7/10: Washed Out RED HAT AMPHITHEATER 500 SOUTH MCDOWELL ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 996-8800 7/4: The Works 7/9: My Morning Jacket with Gary Clark Jr. 7/14: Tedeschi Trucks Band 7/15: MercyMe 7/18: Primus and Clutch MOTORCO MUSIC HALL 723 RIGSBEE AVE., DURHAM, NC (919) 901-0875 7/5: Hawthorne Heights 7/7: The Beast, Young Bull and Jondoe 7/8: Good Vibes Only Music Festival 7/14: Folk Soul Revival and Ellis Dyson

PNC ARENA 1400 EDWARDS MILL RD. RALEIGH, NC (919) 861-2300 7/11: New Kids On the Block, Paula Abdul Boyz II Men LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. CABARRUS ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 821-4111 7/6: Nance, 3AM, Northside Rocky and more 7/7: The Breakfast Club and 8 - Track Minds 7/8: Gourmet Collective Showcase 7/12: Whitey Morgan 7/13: The Wailing Souls and Pure Fiyah Reggae Band 7/14: Galactic Empire, Dangerkids and more CATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CRADLE 300 E. MAIN ST., CARRBORO, NC (919) 967-9053 7/6: Matt Phillips & the Back Pocket, Chris Frisina (Back) 7/7: Shwifty Cat and more (Back) 7/8: Swear And Shake and Caroline Rose (Back) 7/9: Window Cat and Zoocru (Back) 7/9: Washed Out and Dega 7/13: Raveneye (Back) 7/14: Jennifer Knapp (Back) 7/14: Kasey Chambers and Garret Cato 7/15: P3 LVL 3 EXP (Back) KOKA BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE 8003 REGENCY PKWY., CARY, NC (919) 462-2052 7/8: Sturgill Simpson and Adia Victoria 7/14: Willie Nelson & Family with Brooke Hatala THE ORANGE PEEL 101 BILTMORE AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 398-1837 7/6: TRiG Live, DeeLayne and Sounds by Migo 7/7: Rip Haven and Kellen Heller 7/11: Steve Earle & The Dukes with The Mastersons 7/14: Tom Segura 7/17: Raekwon and Free The Optimus 7/22: Ashley Heath, Devils In Dust and more

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PETAL TO THE METAL:

Airlie Gardens opens sculpture exhibit featuring Matthew Leavell

“I

BY: EMILY TRUSS

f there is any theme or message to my work at all, it would be one of redemption,” Virginia artist Matthew Leavell says—“not in a dogmatic, loaded sense of the word but in a more literal sense. My work is often created from salvaged components that bring their own story and character to a piece.”

Leavell used piles of scrap materials to create a vividly colorful and dynamic sculptural exhibit currently on display at Airlie Gardens. “Imagine” covers different concepts for guests to explore.

“The pieces fall into four genres, with the intent being to appeal to a wide audience,” Leavell says, “both young and old, those accustomed to attending art functions, and those yet to do so.”

At the heart of Leavell’s creative process is the desire to illustrate an alternative perspec-

Little Rock last month, and ‘Fluidity’ was created specifically for ‘Imagine.’”

tive of beauty and worth in our world, one that shows through each area of the exhibit.

It represents complex, magnificent creations born from seemingly useless, mundane items.

Another area features a twisting and winding neon garden of Leavell’s whimsical, botanical sculptures.

Leavell’s current display of work is larger than what he’s displayed before. The exhibit also takes a slightly different turn as the title of the show comes into play.

“Finding a broken, rusted, discarded piece of iron that society has cast away and regarded as worthless and using it as an integral piece in a beautiful work of art is both personally fulfilling and an analogy of the nature of life in general,” Leavell explains.

“There are three pieces, including the title piece ‘Imagine,’ created from salvaged heavy cast-iron components, combined to form either a word, a flower, or a jellyfish,” he elaborates. “These are decidedly more masculine and trend toward the world of steampunk.”

With a background in welding, Leavell knew steel, with its durability and ability to retain a variety of shapes, held a number of possibilities. He starts with a question in mind: “What is the most interesting thing can I make with this pile of material?”

“I enjoy working with predefined shapes,” Leavell continues, “and profiles and actual salvaged objects, manipulating and combining them to create something new and different.”

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The final area of the exhibit is a quirky and colorful representation of birds. “‘Birdpalooza’ is a twisted, eccentric, interactive habit for our feathered friends that looks as if it could have been torn from the set of a Tim Burton adaptation,” Leavell divulges.

SALVAGED MATERIAL: Matthew Leavell’s sculptural art debuts at Airlie Gardens and remains on display through September. Courtesy photo

One area of the exhibit features steel sculptures made as “a direct reaction” to photographic artist Fabien Oefner’s high speed work of paint flying through the air. He includes two forays into this interpretive art form. “[I have] a large circular piece named ‘Synergy’ and a twisting red spire named ‘Fluidity,’” Leavell tells. “‘Synergy’ has been exhibited only once before at an event in

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Each sculpture is individualized with eclectic composition. “I see such components as representative of the broken pieces of a life, a relationship, a project, a dream, a city, a nation, or a world,” Leavell says. “I absolutely relish the process of sorting through the rubble of broken, failed, and discarded things, and finding the raw materials necessary to create something altogether new and different.”

Guests can explore Leavell’s vibrant and delightfully quirky world of steel creations at the historic Airlie Gardens until September 30. The gardens are open seven days per from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults, or $5 with proof of New Hanover County residency, $3 for children between 4-12 of age, and free for children age four and under. More of Leavell’s work and upcoming exhibit schedule can be found at his website matthewjleavell.com.

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Tickets: $3-$9 On display through Sept. 30

WHAT’S HANGING AROUND THE PORT CITY

GALLERYGUIDE ARTEXPOSURE!

22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC (910) 803-0302 (910) 330-4077 Tues. - Sat. 10am - 5pm (or by appt.) www.artexposure50.com Our annual Artist’s Choice Show will be opening on August 11th. Deadline to enter is June 30th. 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.

ART IN BLOOM

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, 19th-century 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” on Saturday, July 22, and Aug. 26, 3-5pm. Mark will create original acrylic paintings on canvas; refreshments served, and it’s 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 and opens Wed., June 14, 6-8pm at PinPoint Restaurant, 114 Market St. “I Spy: Art

by Naomi Jones” features acrylic paintings of diverse wildlife and opens Thurs., June 15, 6-8pm at Platypus & Gnome Restaurant, 9 South Front St. Both exhibits continue through Aug. 21.

CRESCENT MOON ART AND STYLE

24 N. Front St. (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

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As a longtime leader in local art curation, Crescent Moon strives to be an ambassador for their artists and to make their customers art collecting, decorating and gift-giving experience an easy one. With an unparalleled selection of individually chosen pieces and

an expanded showroom with stunning collections from both new and returning artists, Crescent Moon has something for everyone.

CHARLES JONES AFRICAN ART

311 Judges Rd., Unit 6-E cjart@bizec.rr.com (910) 794-3060 Mon. – Fri. 10am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 4 pm Open other hours and weekends by appointment www.cjafricanart.com AFRICAN ART: Museum quality African Art from West and Central Africa. Traditional African art for the discerning collector.

CURRENT EXHIBITION: Yoruba beadwork and Northern Nigerian sculpture. Appraisal services, curatorial services and educational exhibitions also available.

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EXPO 216

216 N. Front St, Wilmington, NC (910) 769-3899 Wed. – Sun., Noon – 6 PM www.expo216.com A “gallerium,” Expo 216 is part gallery and part museum. Incorporating 5,000 square feet over two floors of a renovation in historic downtown, Expo 216 features thoughtprovoking art and fashions. Its one-year expositions are theme-driven with the inaugural theme, Ocean Plastic, running until mid 2017. Visitors may experience CSI: Albatross (interactive crime solving), Fashion in Plastic ( nine stunning fashion creations crafted by local designers), The Plastic Age (an insightful history of plastic), What Goes Around, Comes Around (Kanagawa Waves by Bonnie Monteleone), and more. Expo 216 is a supporter of the Wilmington music scene and provides live music during the Fourth Friday Gallery Nights.

NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY

271 N. Front St. (919) 343-8997 Tues. - Sat.: 11am - 6pm (or by appt.) www.newelementsgallery.com Aurora is on display at New Elements Gallery. This exhibit features new work from Wilmington artist Evalyn Boyd Hines. An alumna of the No Boundaries Art Colony, Evalyn Boyd Hines creates electric-bright, abstract paintings on panel. Aurora will remain on view until July 22, 2017.

of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy Bush. In addition, the gallery represents several local artists. The current show will enthrall visitors with its eclectic collection of original paintings, photography, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry. “Morning Has Broken” features works by Janet Parker. Come see Janet’s bold use of color and texture to reveal local marsh creeks and structures.

art classes as well as workshops by nationally and regionally known artists.

Now on exhibit: Tarheel Wandering: a Journey in Black & White by Sgraffito Pottery

by Raine Midddleton through July 29, and POV: Abstraction: Works in Acrylic by Ginny Lassiter through July 8. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.

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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

200 Hanover St. (bottom level, parking deck) Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm http://cfcc.edu/blogs/wilmagallery Janette K Hopper’s artwork in the “Natural Milieu” of the Wilma Daniels Gallery at Cape Fear Community College is unique and multifaceted. A deeply layered and varied show expresses her love of the sea and forest.

Projections, oil paintings, multimedia prints, sounds, a collaborative panel discussion and 3-D installations both interactive and contemplative will fill the gallery with imagery and sound.

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RIVER TO SEA GALLERY

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

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ARTS>>THEATRE

MIGHT FOR RIGHT:

67-year-old classic, ‘Camelot,’ opens Wednesday BY: SHEA CARVER

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amelot does not live in a certain time or place; it is a legend,” according to Shane Fernando, who is directing the timeless classic on the Thalian Hall stage for Opera House Theatre Company. The show opens Wednesday night, and proves its timing rather perfect in a world wrought with political turmoil and injustices practically every nanosecond.

The musical is adapted from T. H. White’s “The Once and Future King,” and is based on King Arthur’s legend, from marrying his love-at-first-sight, Guinevere, to founding the Knights of the Round Table and ruling Camelot, to watching the fall of his empire.

In the height of its popularity in the ‘60s, US President John F. Kennedy was known for playing the famed soundtrack nightly, and especially was taken by the line, “Don’t let it be forgot / that once there was a spot / for one brief, shining moment / that was known as Camelot.”

“It rose on the American scene during an era of great disillusionment at the assassination of the president,” Fernando tells.

“We still live in a fast-changing, unstable world. It must not be forgotten how fragile freedom is and how justice can be, at times, hard to find.”

And so “Camelot” tackles such themes of a nation ruled by honor and justice, using their “might for right,” instead of fighting for greed and power. King Arthur founds the Knights of the Round Table (a good metaphor to today’s world leaders), and among them sweeps in a knight unlike another, Lancelot (Christopher Rickert). Lancelot falls for the queen, and vice-versa, leading

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“I have taken many cues from contemporary dance and operatic scenic designs I have enjoyed around the world and pulled them together for our look,” he notes. Jason Aycock is behind the energetic and youthful choreography, while Scott Davis is using light to paint the sets and actors.

The story begins with King Arthur (Sam Robison) meeting Guinevere (Heather Setzler) in a magical forest. Unbeknownst to the soon-to-be-queen, their arranged marriage would actually lead to love. They fall head over heels within minutes of meeting.

“The first scene when Guinevere and Arthur meet [is] so innocent and dear,” Setzler describes, “and shows the promise of what could be.”

Setzler calls Guinevere the people’s queen—much like Di was the people’s princess before her untimely death. “Like Diana, Guinevere is friendly and festive with people and well liked,” she explains. “As in Diana and Charles’ relationship, there is infidelity between Guinevere and Arthur. Of course in modern times, Chuck and Di just divorced—as opposed to sentencing someone to burn at the stake!”

When the show progresses, we see King Arthur construct his army of knights, including a young, dashing, bombastic Frenchman, Lancelot. The same electricity of connection reignites within Guinevere upon meeting Lancelot. Only she thinks, at first, it’s a distaste for the knight’s pomposity. Af-

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Rickert calls the OHTC show more earthy and less glamorous. Yet, Fernando is taking the 67-year-old musical and updating it with design elements that traverse post-Roman Britain, the Celts, punk rock, and even including modern updates. “I want the audience to not see this as a historical flashback, but a theme that has lived and still lives within the world,” he tells. An abstract set is being designed by Terry Collins, Fernando looks to cull a monumental feeling, even organic and interpretive.

“Romance and love are never easy,” Fernando puts it lightly. “It takes work and nurturing to thrive, and is worth fighting to protect. . . . [‘Camelot’] is a tragedy, and on the surface it appears that love doesn’t survive, but in fact love does win in the long haul. . . . The people lose the battle within their own time, but the concept is passed onto the next generation, with the prayer that they will be successful.”

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“There are hundreds of light cues, sidelights, robotics, haze, dry ice, hand held instruments (for shadow puppetry, by Gina Gambony), and other striking effects,” Fernando tells. “It will feel like a cross between a visit to a Matisse exhibition and a rock concert—colorful, larger than life, and at times intimidating.”

ROYAL MATRIMONY: King Arthur (Sam Robison) and Guinevere (Heather Setzler) wed in ‘Camelot,’ also starring Tony Rivenbark as King Arthur’s magical tutor, Merlin. Photo by EJM Photography

The famed score will be led by Lorene Walsh and her orchestra. “While there are production elements that are new and innovative for the piece, the music is sacred,’ Fernando notes.

Yet, folks will walk away from the show ter a jousting battle that produces a bit of a with a powerful message to digest—one miracle, she realizes it’s love. that may hit close to home on some level.

“I mean, I know he brought someone That’s the magic of “Camelot”: It’s not a back to life, and that’s pretty sexy, but im- place or a time. It is the past, present and mediately in love?” Setzler quips. “I try to future. find times in the scenes prior to walk that “You have to admire the world [King Arlove-hate line with [Christopher]. A ‘he’s so thur’s] trying to create,” Setzler says. annoying but there’s something about him’ “Even during the last scene,” Fernanvibe, so that it seems more believable when do adds, “King Arthur tells a young boy they finally connect.” that Merlin told him about a future where It’s Rickert’s first time playing the lead world leaders sit around a ‘round world’ knight of all knights. While the show vocally rather than a ‘round table’ with the hope challenges his baritone more than his tenor, they protect freedom and justice, and use it’s also teaching him about the meshing might for right.” of arrogance with humility and sincerity. A self-righteous and confident man, Rickert’s Lancelot must show his condescension isn’t malicious—only in service to his king, Camelot whose wife he happens to also love.

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“My favorite scene is in Act 2, and it just shows the longing and sadness in Lancelot and Guinevere,” Rickert tells. “It expresses the true tragedy of the story: These people love each other but also love the king. Life puts them in an unwinnable situation.”

July 5-9, 14-16, 21-23, 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m.

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MICHAEL BAY FATIGUE:

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Latest ‘Transformers’ provides heinous action sequences

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July 10-12 (also playing Wednesday at 4 p.m.): Persistent wheelerdealer Norman (Richard Gere) falls in with an Israeli politician (Lior Ashkenazi) on the rise in “Norman.” When the politician is elected prime minister, Norman rises in esteem with the New York Jewish community, even though his social connections might only be a sham.

Gere is funny and charming in this delightful semi-screwball comedy.

(R, 78 min.)

une has been a rough month. I had to give “The Mummy” an extra long golden shower and kick “Rough Night” out of bed for eating crackers. Knowing the fifth “Transformers” film was on the cinematic horizon made me a little uneasy.

Michael Bay films are traditionally terrible—the kind of awful that produces a palpable dread whenever he infects the pop culture circulatory system with diseased narratives. I’m not sure what mortal sin we committed to be cursed with five terrible Michael Bay “Transformers,” but based on how bad the “The Last Knight” is, it must have been something heinous.

Bay has been making movies for over two decades. Let me correct that statement: Bay has been making the exact same movie for over two decades. I can’t think of a director who has exhibited so little growth in over 20 years of making films. What’s worse: As he has become more successful and ably assert more creative control, the movies have gotten worse. I could make a strong argument that 1997’s “The Rock” was his most coherent and entertaining of flicks, even if the plot was recycled and some plot points were dumber than the collective IQ of Daytona Beach during spring break.

“Transformers: The First Knight” is the kind of movie that is not only bad but baffling. The film opens with a flashback to jolly old England. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are getting their asses handed to them. Their only chance of survival rests with Merlin (Stanley Tucci), who goes to a Transformer living on a mountain and asks for his help. He gets a magical staff to control a robot dragon and saves the day. It’s such a strange opening—because it’s the third “Transformer” movie that has explained to audiences the Transformers have been hanging out on or around Earth for awhile now. The second “Transformers” movie had them on Earth 10,000 years ago, trying to drain the sun of all its energy. The third one used the moon landing as a major plot point.

So the Transformers have apparently been on Earth a long-ass time. Yet, we still know so painfully little about them—five damn movies have given us a ridiculous amount of credible information about where the Transformers come from and, more importantly, why they want to get back to Cybertron. It’s a place that looks like a Radio

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Shack exploded before being wrapped in fiber-optic lighting. Optimus Prime headed back to the planet to confront his maker and get some answers. Meanwhile on Earth, the government continues to hunt down any and every Transformer because of potential threat. Oh, and Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg) tries to protect his Autobot friends.

The one thing I can say for the “Transformers” movies is they’re remarkably consistent. The plots consist of nonsense, with each subsequent installment contradicting whatever came before it. And they’re 30 to 45 minutes longer than need be. The Transformers are never really treated as characters but as giant junky looking versions of Jar Jar Binks stumbling through the background without much purpose. Their human characters get more screen time but are just as useless as the robots. There’s always a female character who is quickly and unapologetically sexualized, whether it’s appropriate for the characters or not.

There’s also a lot of action in the films.

This is the one and only point where anyone could actually spend time debating quality.

I used to like Bay’s style of directing action, but it hasn’t grown at all. The blend of computer-generated characters with real-life explosions feels like it’s been done. There’s nothing in “The First Knight” that stands out as a “must see” or anything other than perfunctory.

My review could be reduced down to shrugs and barely audible grunts for the most part. Barely anything in the film war-

rants the effort to make a sound. Anthony Hopkins appears and manages to walk away cinematically unscathed—hopefully, with a very big check he will donate to a charity that helps kids with ADHD. Lots of people will cite “franchise fatigue” for the failings of “The First Knight,” but the truth is: It’s Michael Bay fatigue. If we can still find joy in the eighth “Fast and Furious,” we can find joy in another “Transformers”—if only they hired a filmmaker who was capable of eliciting joy from an audience.

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Transformers: The Last Knight Rated PG-13 Directed by Michael Bay Starring Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel

July 17-19 (additional 4 p.m. screening on the 19): Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, Anne takes a crossroad trip from Cannes to Paris and unexpectedly finds herself with a business associate of her husband. A seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure, replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance.

Starring Diane Lane, Alex Baldwin and Arnaud Viard. (PG, 92 min.)

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

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

BLUE SURF CAFÉ Sophisticated Food…Casual Style. We offer a menu that has a heavy California surf culture influence while still retaining our Carolina roots. We provide a delicate balance of flavors and freshness in a comfortable and inviting setting. We offer a unique breakfast menu until noon daily, including specialty waffles, skillet hashes and unique breakfast sandwiches. Our lunch menu is packed with a wide variety of options, from house roasted pulled pork, to our mahi sandwich and customer favorite, meatloaf sandwich. Our dinner features a special each night along with our favorite house entrees: Braised Beef Brisket, Mojo Pork and Mahi. All of our entrees are as delicious as they are inventive.

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

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Gourmet Hot Chocolates, Outdoor Patio, New & COCKTAILS Artist event first Friday of every month and Kids A new addition to the Brooklyn Arts and downtown Menu. area, The District Kitchen & Cocktails is serving ■ WEBSITE: www.bluesurfcafe.com fresh, seasonal menus in a polished casual atmosphere. We feature locally sourced ingredients CAM CAFÉ when available. For lunch, we offer delicious burgCAM Café, located within the CAM delivers deers and sandwiches, while dinner features steaks, lightful surprises using fresh, local ingredients. The chops and seafood all handcrafted by executive café serves lunch with seasonal options Tuesday chef Luke Poulos. Within blocks of CFCC and thru Saturday, inspired “small plates” on Wednesthe Riverwalk, The District welcomes diners to enday nights, an elegant yet approachable dinner joy inspired wines, craft cocktails and NC draught on Thursday and brunch every Sunday. Look for beers at their renovated bar and restaurant, located a combination of fresh, regular menu items along at 1001 N. 4th St. 910-(910) 769-6565 with daily specials. As part of dining in an inspiring ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.-Thurs.11amsetting, the galleries are open during CAM Café 9pm, Fri.-Sat., 11am-10pm. Lunch menu served ‘til hours which makes it the perfect destination to 4pm. enjoy art of the plate along with the art of the mu■ SERVING BRUNCH: Sunday 11am-3pm seum. 3201 S 17th St. (910) 777-2363.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Brooklyn Arts District ■ SERVING LUNCH, BRUNCH & DINNER: Hours: ■ WEBSITE: www.districtnc.com Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-2pm; Thursday evening, 5pm-9pm ELIJAH’S ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown Since 1984, Elijah’s has been Wilmington, NC’s ■ WEBSITE: www.camcafe.org outdoor dining destination. We feature expansive indoor and outdoor waterfront dining, with panTHE DISTRICT KITCHEN

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■ 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.

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■ 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.

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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) 251-0433.

■ SERVING DINNER: 5pm Tue-Sun; Seasonal hours are open 7 days a week, Memorial Day through October ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Tasting menu every Tues. with small plates from $1-$4; Ladies Night every Wed; $27 4-course prix fixe menu on Thurs.; “Date night menu,” $65/couple with beer and wine tasting every Fri. and half price bottles of wine on Sun. ■ MUSIC: Mondays and Memorial Day-October, 7-9pm ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com 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 frozen 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 Rick at 297-8416 for catering and franchise information.

■ 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 in Wilmington, NC is like no other. Our highly skilled chefs will not only cook an incredible dinner, but they will entertain you on the way. Our portions are large, our drinks are less expensive, and our staff is loads of fun. At Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse, we are committed to using quality ingredients and seasoning with guaranteed freshness.

Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure that we serve only the finest food products. We believe that good healthy food aids the vital functions for wellbeing, both physically and mentally. Our menu consists of a wide range of Steak, Seafood, and Chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill,” to the taste bud tingling Japanese Sushi, Hand Rolls, Sashimi, Tempura dishes and Japanese Noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japanese dining experience.

Check out our all you can eat sushi menu and daily specials at www.okamisteakhouse.com!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday - Thursday 11am - 2:30pm / 4pm - 10pm; Friday 11am - 2:30pm / 4pm - 11pm; Saturday 11am - 11pm; Sunday 11am - 9:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.okamisteakhouse.com SZECHUAN 132 Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an ele-

gant 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 & Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Homemade bagels, biscuits, croissants, sandwiches, and more!

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

BREWPUB

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Art: Flora/Fauna by Gaeten Lowrie

Little Explorers: My Five Senses

Comedy: Big Jay Oakerson

Artisan Marketplace is open-air and features local art, music, crafts, and more each weel from10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., now through October in Riverfront Park.

Using his signature pen-and-ink style, Gaeten collages together dreamlike landscapes, waterfalls, wildflowers, butterflies, sea turtles, and the like in his solo exhibition, featuring instrumental jazz and Catch the Food Truck.

Young Wilmingtonians ages 3 to 6, can enjoy interactive circle time, conduct exciting experiments and play games related to this week’s theme: My Five Senses.

Jay Oakerson’s comedy is raw, compelling and honest to the core, as he prepares to take Dead Crow Comedy audiences on a journey of brutal truths.

Signing and Reading

Art: HDW Marketplace

Noted author Anne Barnhill reads from her new novel, “The Beautician’s Notebook” by Moonshine Cove Press. Folks can get a book and meet the author!

Thursday, July 6, 6 p.m. • Free Flytrap Brewing • 319 Walnut St.

Friday, July 7, 10 a.m.

Free w/admisison Cape Fear Museum • 814 Market St.

Fri.-Sat., July -7-8, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Dead Crow Comedy Room 265 N. Front St. •$18 Literary: Anne Barnill

Sunday, July 9, 10 a.m. • Free Riverfront Park • 5 N. Water St.

The Historic Downtown Wilmington

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$3.50 Sweetwaters $4.50 Absolute Lemonade 65 Wings, 4-7pm

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

Sunday, July 9, 1 p.m. • Free Old Books on Front 249 N. Front St.

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

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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

DINNER THEATRE

THEATRENOW TheatreNOW is a performing arts complex that features weekend dinner theater, an award-winning weekly kids variety show, monthly Sunday Jazz Brunches, movie, comedy and live music events.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Dinner shows, jazz brunches, 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 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

Serving seasonally inspired, locally-sourced Southern Cuisine.

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Proudly purchasing all of our seafood, protein, and produce from local fishermen, vendors, and farmers.

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Dinner Daily: Tuesday - Saturday starting at 5pm Sunday Brunch: 10am-2pm

1125 A, m ILItAry C utoff r d . • (910) 239-9153 www . PEmBrokESCuISInE . Com

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Thurs-

day 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 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.

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JUL 29 AUG 5 AUG 12 AUG 19 AUG 26 SEP 2 SEP 9 SEP 16 SEP 23 SEP 30 OCT 7 OCT 14 OCT 21 OCT 28

Justin Cody Fox Wax Imperials Mike Carrado Band Fossil Rockers Trifecta The Possums Mac and Juice Quartet Broadcast 90 (90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Covers) Dung Beatles featuring Tom and Mike Gossin from Gloriana Flannel Rebellion Villa*Nova/Almost Kings Signal Fire Machine Gun Port City Shakedown

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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,

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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

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bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness. Lovey’s also carries organic grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. wheat-free and gluten-free products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries.

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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) 5090331. “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

BUSTER’S CALABASH SEAFOOD AND DINER New to the NOMA corridor, Buster’s Calabash Seafood and Diner features a large menu of seafood that will sate all fishy palates. From fresh catfish and flounder to shrimp, and scallops, oysters and crab cakes, it’s all found in one spot. They also offer sandwiches, fajitas, and wraps, so there is something for everyone. Their daily blue-plate specials help keep the belly full and the wallet light, while their daily breakfast buffet and special Sunday brunch buffet (6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.) keeps the early and midday risers just as full. 6309 Market St, North Wilmington. 910-769-2018 ■ SERVING BREAKFAST LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week, Mon-Sat, 6:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Reservations available.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Calabash-style seafood and more!

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 ex-

cellent 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

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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.

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Tiya Miles weaves tiny threads into a bigger story in ‘The Cherokee Rose’ find the diary of a missionary woman who lived and worked on the plantation. They also find answers to their questions both acknowledged and denied. It is a pretty powerful testament to the written word traveling across time.

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

Welcome to Carpe Librum, encore’s biweekly book column, wherein I will dissect a current title with an old book—because literature does not exist in a vacuum but emerges to participate in a larger, cultural conversation. I will feature many NC writers; however, the hope is to place the discussion in a larger context and therefore examine works around the world.

“The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts”

By Tiya Miles John F. Blair, 2015, pgs. 256

Tiya Miles’ novel, “The Cherokee Rose,” is refreshing. That might be a surprising word used to describe a book subtitled “A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts.” Regular readers of the column have probably noticed I love both mysteries and historical fiction. “The Cherokee Rose” blends both genres to create ghost story mystery around The Cherokee Rose Plantation— a.k.a. “The Hold House”—in northern Georgia.

Jinx Micco is living in Oklahoma after walking out on her history Ph.D. She has carved a niche for herself around the Cherokee and Creek as a tribal historian.

An accusation veiled as a challenge sends her to Georgia to investigate Mary Ann, a young Native American woman who disappeared from tribal records around the time of the forced Indian relocation of the early 19th century. Jinx sets off on a road trip to the plantation to try to find some answers. Unbeknownst to her, the plantation has just come up for sale by the state of Georiga, which has ceased operating it as a museum.

The two-fold loss is felt through the local community: the loss of income from tourists coming to the plantation and the silencing of the history of the Cherokee in

The “refreshing” descriptor I used earlier comes from Miles’ writing more than the story. Miles manages to address some very sensitive and heavy-weight topics without dancing around them or beating her audience over the head repeatedly. For example, the Hold Planation was owned by a slave-owning Cherokee. The painful reality of black Indian slaves is far too underaddressed in American history. It is complicated and doesn’t fit comfortably into any of the established narratives we have about slavery, African Americans or Native Americans. But it was real and part of our shared history. the area. But an Atlanta debutante, Cheyenne Cottrell, has decided it is exactly what she wants. More so, she has the family resources to buy the property and open it as a boutique bed and breakfast.

Fresh from an interior-designing job in Atlanta, she hits up local real-estate mogul Mason Allen (favorite son of the county and most well-connected of Plantation Princes) who wants the property. It never occurs to him he won’t win the local auction, nor that he would lose to an African American woman from Atlanta. No surprise he begins terrorizing her to try to get her to leave as soon as she takes possession of the house.

In the midst of all the upheaval, a third woman arrives: Ruth Mayes, a freelance writer from up north, who is looking for a story about the plantation’s history, sale and future—and maybe her own.

There are a lot of concurrent themes in the novel; one is how each of the main characters tries to control “the story.” Cheyenne is an anorexic control freak, but she also has a very specific story in her mind of who her ancestors connected with the plantation were and idyllic lives they must have lived, in spite of being people of color during slavery. Ruth is in clear denial of her own past, but also of any possible happy ending for the plantation’s inhabitants or herself. She mirrors the past so strongly she becomes the bridge: The ghost of Mary Ann Battis appears. Three women

The role of missionary schools in the early 19th century and the power of lit-

eracy—a skill that could mean the difference between being able to forge a pass to leave the plantation or not—is another subtle exploration Miles uses. There is also a romance that blossoms between two of three women in the book. It is not the focus but a natural progression for them, and it adds dimension and never comes close to veering into a story about their coming out.

These two women have passed the gateway and are at a different part of their lives, which is refreshing: to see mature lesbian romance handled as a story element rather than the entirety of the plot. I know it is surprising to think adults can have additional interests besides the defining characteristic that puts them in a single box (i.e. gay, Native American, botanist, etc.) but we do.

Love is important but so is our ouvre.

I love how Miles weaves all the threads together to make them what they are: parts of a bigger quilt and parts of a bigger story than these three women ever imagined.

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HAPPENINGS & EVENTS ACROSS WILMINGTON

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ANTIQUES AND TRADE MARKET

First Sat. of June, 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, excluding July 4. 105 Atlantic Ave.

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July 12, 6pm: Andrew Pierce of Wilmington Elite Networking powered by Rockstar Connect will be NC COASTAL FEDERATION hosting the next event. Each participant will get July 12, 7pm: In-depth look at what the NC free entrance into the event and light delicious Coastal Federation is doing to protect and restore complimentary appetizers will be served on a first water quality in the surrounding region of the come first serve basis. Hundreds of attendees Wrightsville Beach office. Priorities: to reduce the will participate and Rockstar Connect networking volume of polluted stormwater runoff that make its events are widely known as the preeminent funcway into local waterways. In partnership with the tions to friend “successful and intriguing people”.

City of Wilmington, Town of Wrightsville Beach The swapping of business cards is encouraged and others, federation has completed a number and remember you have to give in order to get. of projects reducing stormwater pollution as part Free! www.rockstarconnect.com. Might As Well of implementation of the Bradley and Hewletts Bar and Grill, 250 Racine Dr. Creeks Watershed Restoration Plan. Learn more about the Bradley and Hewletts Creeks Watershed Restoration Plan and how they are functioning and future projects that will break ground in the upcoming months. Orientation for newcomers, 5-6:30pm. Jessica Gray, coastal outreach associate: jessicag@nccoast.org or 910-5092838 ext. 204. Fred and Alice Stanback Education Center, 309 West Salisbury 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.

theatre/auditions THE REAL CELIA

“The Real Celia: Aging Like a Fine Box of Wine”

by Celia Rivenbark, directed by Beth Swindell. through July 22, Fridays and Saturdays, 7pm; doors, 6pm. Tickets $18-$42; show only or dinner ticket, served with three-course meal. Celia Rivenbark is back with a new hilarious show for the summer written specifically for the TheatreNOW stage. This time it really is all about the “real” Celia. TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St.

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Through Sun. July 23, Thurs.-Sun., 8pm. Thalian 910-798-6371. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, Association Community Theatre and the Friends 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA are pleased FAMILY MOVIE MATINEE to announce a partnership that will bring a month Thurs. 3pm: Catch a free family movie matinee of live theatre about Nvaymen aboard a cargo at Main Library! Visit the online calendar at www. ship during WWII to the fantail of the Battleship nhclibrary.org for movie title, rating, and length. during July 2017. Tickets: $15-$50. USS BattleNo registration is necessary for this free screenship NC, 1 Battleship Rd. ing. Audience is welcome to bring light snacks CAMELOT to enjoy during the movie. Julie Criser: jcriser@ July 5-9, 14-16, 21-23, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. Fall in nhcgov.com or 910-798-6303. NHC Main Library, love all over again with Broadway’s sweeping tale 201 Chestnut St of passion, chivalry, and betrayal. Insisting that might FOR right will be the law of his land, King Arthur and his new queen, Guinevere, create a realm where idealism can flourish even in the Dark Ages. Their glorious kingdom attracts the DEAD CROW COMEDY ROOM bravest and most gallant knights to court, includ7/7-8, 7pm/9:30pm: Big Jay Oakerson: Known ing the dashing Lancelot du Lac—launching the for Comedy Central hour special “Big Jay Oakermost fabled love triangle of all time. $32: (910) son: Live At Webster Hall,” filmed at the legend632-2285 or thalianhall.org. Thalian Hall, 310 ary music venue in NYC providing the perfect Chestnut St. heavy metal vibe for the show. Jay’s comedy is raw, compelling and honest to the core, as he takes viewers on a journey of brutal truths about his relationship with his teenage daughter, sexual tension between him and his best friend LELAND MOVIE SERIES Dave and advise to women on how to delicately Sat. 8:30pm: Join us in the park and watch a handle a man with an unfortunate penis size. His family movie under the stars. Bring a blanket, second album with Comedy Central Records, your lawn chairs, a picnic and your family, but “The Crowdwork Sessions: What’s Your F@#king please no pets or alcohol. Smoking is prohibited Deal?!” was recorded in 2013 live at The Stand. on Town Property. Concessions will be available $18. Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 North Front for purchase. Leland Municipal Park, 102 Town St. www.deadcrowcomedy.com Hall Dr. OPEN MIC

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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

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.

COMEDY BINGO

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.

Brent Blakeney headlines comedy bingo at Dead Crow, Tuesday nights, 8pm. Free show featuring ELEMENTS OF CREATION the best comics from all over the Southeast, all New Art by Brian Evans, Georgeann Haas, and while playing bingo along with the words they Judy Hintz Cox.” View Brian’s large sculptural cesay! Win prizes and enjoy discount tacos! Hosted ramics; Georgeann’s acrylic paint, collage, and

by Louis Bishop with in-booth side kick comedian mixed media on paper; and Judy’s oil paint and Lew Morgante. Dead Crow Comedy Club, 265 N. mixed media on canvas. Violinist, Shirley Lebo Front St. will play. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit continues through July 29. Art in Bloom Gallery, GRUFF GOAT COMEDY 210 Princess St. July 5, 8pm: Three of the best comedians in the Carolinas tell their jokes with host Blaire Post- CONTROLLED CHAOS man under the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge at Leland Cultural Arts Center proudly brings you Waterline Brewing Company. Admission is Free. a collection of 4 Wilmington Artist in our upcomLaughing is awesome. So is cool beer. Waterline ing July show “Controlled Chaos” featuring artBrewing Company, 721 Surry Lane ist Joan Mcloughlin, Francisca Dekker, Gabriel Lovejoy, and Bradley Carter. Controlled Chaos opens to the public on July 2 and runs through August 6th with an opening reception on July 12, 6-8pm. Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way CAPE FEAR CONTRA DANCERS Come on out for two hours of energetic, contem- FLORA/FAUNA porary American country dancing with live music July 6, 6pm: Flytrap Brewing presents “FLORA/

by Box of Chocolates band—fiddle, percussion, FAUNA,” an exhibition from local self-taught artist guitar, dulcimer, bass, mandolin and more! Dress Gaeten capturing the boundless inherent beauty cool & comfortable, soft-soled shoes. Come solo, within nature. Using his signature pen & ink style, with friends or a partner, all ages welcome. 2nd he collages together dreamlike landscapes, waand 4th Tues, 7:30pm. 5th Ave. United Methodist terfalls, wildflowers, butterflies, sea turtles and Church, 409 S. 5th Ave. the like. These alcohol inks result in prismatic

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Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, Wilmington’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: artscounCAMERON ART MUSEUM cilofwilmington.org Exhibits: Beyond the Horizon: Exploring our FULL FRONTAL evolving perceptions of the natural world, conShowcases the naked human body in all sizes, temporary artists Maya Lin, Teresita Fernández, media, and interpretations. Through an uncenJason Mitcham, and Colby Parsons employ sored celebration of the nude form, we ask why unique mediums to unearth human interaction the human body is still considered taboo by with the landscape. The four nationally and intermany, and discuss where the line—if there is a nationally renowned artists in Beyond the Horizon line—of nudity is drawn in the art world. Exhibiall aim to explore natural phenomena while chaltion on display through July 31. Kristen Crouch: lenging perception in the viewer. Lin’s artwork WabiSabiWarehouseILM@gmail.com/910-398interprets the world through a modern lens, using 7893. 19 N 9th St. technological methods to visualize and convey the natural environment; Fernández work delves MEET LOCAL ARTISTS into the psychology of looking and she is often Meet working artists, and see their works in proginspired by rethinking the meaning of landscape ress. Everything from sculptures to fine jewelry in and place; Mitcham’s work with animation began this unique location. Free parking, fun for everywith his desire to incorporate time into a painting; one. Over 45 artist’s works to enjoy. Free, and we Parsons’ work explores the distortion and textual participate in the 4th Friday Art Walks 6-9 pm on qualities of video projection in intersection with the 4th Friday ea. mo. theArtWorks, 200 Willard clay. “From the Fire” (on view through Aug. 27) St. feat. Rick Beck, John Littleton, Pablo Soto and RUTH AVA LYONS Kate Vogel celebrates the 55th anniversary of the New exhibition “Oceanic Alchemies” can be studio glass movement, the influence of Littleton seen at Expo 216 from now through the end and the current innovative processes in contemof our Ocean Plastic exposition (July 31). Lyporary glass. Landscapes From the Collection: ons took the original photographic images of a Our relationship to the land has inspired artists degraded coral reef at the Great Barrier Reef/ for centuries. Ranging from 1855 to 2002 the 14 Australia, where she was an Artist in Residence artworks from CAM’s permanent collection in at Heron Island Research Station. She then put Landscapes from the collection illustrate the varcolor back into the images digitally and applied ied styles and lasting influence of nature within mixed media, which symbolically resuscitated the fabric of our shared cultural landscape. On the coral to its original, vibrant state. Expo 216, view in conjunction with Beyond the Horizon, this 216 N Front St. exhibition features the artwork of John Beerman, ARTHIVE FEATURED FIVE” Elliott Daingerfield, Francis Speight, Richard

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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. www.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) in Eastbound & Down. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St. Tues.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun.,1-5pm.

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

LATIMER HOUSE

Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 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 23ft 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 everyday 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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Dock the Dog and Dock Street Kids for 10 exciting episodes of Super Saturday Fun Time, 3pm, TheatreNOW’s live theatrical show featuring local history and mystery and super guest stars, hosted by Captain Coy T. Plunkett (Zach Hanner).

Live music, games, cartoons, short films, and his favorite surf “nuggets.” Dock Street Kids and their always-hungry dog, Dock, solve adventures. Parents can even drop off kids ages 5+. Kid-friendly snacks and drinks available for purchase. Custom birthday packages with a chance to interact with characters and step onstage in the action.

Shows: Aug. 19; Halloween, Oct. 28; Christmas, Dec. 16. 19 S. 10th St.

SATURDAY STORY HOUR

Miss Shannon will lead interactive story hours for kids ages 3-6 on the first and third Saturdays of May at the Main Library in downtown Wilmington.

Saturday Story Hour is free and no pre-registration is needed. Opens with a picture book and end with a project or activity at the end, and include time to play, learn, and laugh in between.

Each child should bring a participating adult.

Shannon Vaughn: 910-798-6303. svaughn@nhcgov.com. 201 Chestnut St.

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.

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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. 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.

SUMMER POP-UPS

Offered 11am-2pm; free for members or with general admission. Discover science and history in the Museum galleries at this drop-in program.

Summer Pop-ups offer quick activities that are designed to encourage discovery through play and hands-on learning. Admission is free for members or with general admission. Parental participation is required. Programs are approximately 20-30 minutes with a new theme each week. Free for members or with GA. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

CAM SUMMER CAMPS

Meet Cameron Art Museum’s Summer Art Camp teacher, Sarah Richter, and take part in sample art projects that will be offered at different camps throughout the summer. Great opportunity to learn more about CAM’s summer camp program while having fun and exploring the museum with your family. No pre-registration necessary. Parental supervision required at all times. Admission by donation. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.

3-D FLOWER CRAFTS

Teens and tweens ages 12-18 are invited to get crafty making three dimensional paper flowers at Pleasure Island Library. Materials will be provided, but participants may want to bring additional colored pencils or markers. Free but space is limited, so register on the calendar at http://libcal.nhclibrary.org/event/3341635 or by calling 910-798-6385. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@ nhcgov.com or 910-798-6385.

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.

KIDS IN KITCHEN CAMP

Culinary adventure, whipping up a new and tasty creation to add to our very own recipe book! From veggies to desserts, kids are taking over the kitchen! Ages 4-9. Email kking@playwilmington.org. $125-$150. All camps start at 9 am and end at 1 pm.; early drop off begins at 8:50 am. Kathleen King: 910-254-3534, ext 102

SUNSHINE CAMP

Children who are coping with the death of a loved one are invited to Lower Cape Fear Hospice’s Sunshine Camp 2017. Led by LCFH counselors and trained volunteers, this transformational camp combines fun activities with grief education and emotional support, free of charge. Sunshine Camp 2017 provides a unique opportunity to increase levels of hope and especially, to learn that you are not alone. Meet friends facing similar circumstances; honor and memorialize loved ones; parachute playing, games, expressive art and so much, more; process grief in healthy ways; and enhance self-esteem. July 10-14 Rising fourth and fifth graders; July 24-28 rising sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Space limited: 910-796-7991 for application. Phillips LifeCare and Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Dr. STRAW ROCKETS

July 5, 2pm: Join Miss Meaghan for an hour designing and testing rockets! Kids ages 5 to 12 will have fun learning some basic science principles about the ways force, velocity, and angles affect flight. Activity is free and no registration is needed to attend. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@nhcgov. com/910-798-6385. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

ZUMBA FOR KIDS

Licensed Kids instructor Shirley Melito will teach this 45-60 minute Zumba class for kids ages 5-12. Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothes to move in. Space is limited and pre-registration is required: www.nhclibrary.org or 910798-6385. Parents are required to sign a safety waiver for each child prior to the start of the class as a precaution. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@ nhcgov.com. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

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July 6, 10:30am: Join us for a madcap journey to a world where science and story collide! Ever wonder how the big bad wolf can “blow” a house down? ​Learn about the Monster that ate Grandma and learn what happens to the food you eat!

Dragon Magic or Dragon Science? Learn all about it in the Insane Tale of the Ice Tower! These and many other questions and answers await you in The Insane Science of Fairyland! Singing Rods! Air Vortexes! Chemistry and Alchemy!

UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

PAMLICO JOE & CLEAN WATER FLOW

July 8, 2pm: Join Joe and the gang, as they sing, play guitar and percussion, and teach kids about caring for the environment! Free concert will feature audience participation and promote reading and positive character traits. It’s perfect for families with children in preschool through 5th grade. No registration is needed to attend this free event. Notice that Please Island Library will close at 1pm, as usual on Saturdays. Doors will open at 1:45 pm for the event. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@nhcgov.com. www.pamlicojoe.com.

NHC Myrtle Grove Library, 5155 South College Rd.

COASTAL ATHLETICS CAMPS

Indoor/outdoor youth instructional facility for baseball, 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

10-14: Baseball Ages 8-12 // Softball Ages 8-12; July 17-21: Baseball Ages 6-9 // Lacrosse Ages 6-9; 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. S. EDIBLE SCIENCE CAMP

July 10, 9am: Tantalize your taste buds with crazy experiments! Edible science camp encourages kids to explore the world using hands-on activities and tasty recipes. They will learn the basics of biology and chemistry in a fun and educational environment. Learn how ice cream is made, make s’mores using the sun, and learn how our bodies digest our food! Ages 5-9. Registration: Camp slots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Registration forms are available at the front desk or you can email kking@playwilmington.org.

Camp Pricing: $125-$150. Camps start at 9 am and end at 1 pm; early drop off begins at 8:50 am. Kathleen King at 910-254-3534 ext 102. Children’s Museum of Wilmington, 116 Orange St.

ART IN THE STORY PARK

July 11, 11:30am: Let your creativity flow, while painting on easels and making chalk drawings!

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. Tuesday Storytimes at the Main Library are 9:30 am for babies, 10am for toddlers, and 10:30am for preschoolers. Julie Criser at jcriser@nhcgov.com or 910798-6303. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut 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 but participants must prereg. and may only attend one session. www.NHCLibrary. org/910-798-6303. Scooter Hayes, shayes@nhcgov.com/910-798-6393.

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. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

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.

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.

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. Instructor: 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. New

LITTLE EXPLORERS: MY FIVE

July 7, 10am: Meet your friends in Museum Park for fun hands-on activities! Enjoy interactive circle time, conduct exciting experiments, and play games related to a weekly theme. Perfect for children ages 3 to 6 and their adult helpers. Brought to you by PNC Growing Up Great. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

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.

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

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Hanover County Senior Resource Center, 2222 S.College Rd. ART CLASSES

Lois DeWitt.$100/4 (two-hour). Pen and ink drawing, 10am/2pm, Fri.—Crosshatching, dot and line techniques. Sun Room, 6905 Southern Exposure. www.free-online-art-classes.com (click on Wilmington Art Classes). 910-547-8115 or loislight@bellsouth.net

CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGEMENT

July 5, 2:30pm: Legal Aid of North Carolina presents an informational video that explains the state’s laws and procedures for having charges removed from criminal records. The program is free but space is limited. To attend please register on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6301. After the video presentation, audience members will be able to ask general questions of an attorney via Skype.

Individuals will not get specific legal advice at this workshop, but if they qualify for expungement they can follow up with Legal Aid of NC directly at http://www.legalaidnc.org. Main Library, NHC, 201 Chestnut St.

CHILD CUSTODY CLINIC

July 11, 2:30pm: Legal Aid of North Carolina offers this free informational clinic for people filing child custody actions. Please preregister on the calendar at www.NHCLibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6301. Participants will learn the requirements for filing a custody action in North Carolina, and receive a packet of forms and information. Brief Q&A session with a virtual attorney will conclude the clinic. Contact the organization by calling 866-210-5262, or visit their website at www.legalaidnc.org. Natasha Francois: nfrancois@nhcgov.com. NHC Main

Library, 201 Chestnut St 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.

REIKI RELAXATION MEDITATION

July 10, 6:30pm: Special guided Reiki meditation.

Feel the pulse of the Universe as you energize and cleanse our physical body and your aura.

Feel the very essence of the Earth’s energy coming through your Chakras as we lift ourselves through the vibrating sound of a crystal quartz singing bowl with the lighting of candles as we meditate on each Chakra. Donation—pay what you can at the door. HARMONY: A Wellness Center & Yoga, 3504 N. Kerr Ave.

lectures/literary 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 deci-

sions. 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.

OPIOID ADDICTION

Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illicit drug heroin as well as prescription pain relievers oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl and others. Opiod addiction is so widespread that public health officials call it a national epidemic. Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and Certified Clinical Supervisor Kenny House of Coastal Horizons will speak about the rapidly growing problem of opioid addiction at this free informational program. Advance registration is requested on the calendar at www.nhclibrary. org, 910-798-6301. Mary Ellen Nolan: mnolan@ nhcgov.com or 910-798-6307.

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.

TEEN BOOK SWAP

July 7, 2pm: Teens are invited to show up and find a new summer read to take home and keep!

The Library will offer a selection of Advanced Reader Copies, and participants are welcome to bring books they’ve enjoyed to trade with their

peers. Books will range from middle grade to young adult content. No registration is required to attend this free meet up. Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6385. NHC Pleasure Island Library, 1401 N. Lake Blvd.

ANNE BARNHILL

July 9, 1pm: Noted author Anne Barnhill reads from her new novel, “The Beauticians Notebook,” 2017 Moonshine Cove Press. Previous work includes: “Queen Elizabeth’s Daughter: A Novel of Elizabeth 1,” “At the Mercy of the Queen: A Novel of Anne Boylen,” “Coal Baby,” “At Home in the Land of Oz,” “What You Long For.” Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front 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.

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.

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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 are 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 mothers-to-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. Resi-

dents 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.

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 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.

HANNAH BLOCK USO OPEN HOUSE

July 4, 1pm: You’re invited to the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center’s open house! Join us as we celebrate Independence

and proper wearing of an accurate period look, demonstrated with a carload of Victorian clothing--from the undergarments on out--dressing a live model step by step. Everything Katie discusses can be applied to any decade, including when and how to use reproductions and pieces from other decades. The “I Love Vintage!” Social Club meets once a month at Second Skin Vintage, 5-6pm. Sip and shop with complimentary light food and drink. Events are free. Second Skin Vintage, 615 Castle St.

Day with moves taught by the Cape Fear Swing Dance Society and a special documentary film, “Home Away From Home”—The USO At 2nd and Orange. Free donuts and coffee will be provided, as well as sodas on sale for 5 cents each!

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.

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. 910821-0362. 7250 Market 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.

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.

I LOVE VINTAGE: HISTORY IN COSTUMING

July 11, 5pm: Welcoming history and textiles expert Katie Allen (many of you know her as the artist behind Lifted Millinery). Her show-and-tell style discussion will touch on research, assembly,

POPLAR GROVE FARMERS’ MARKET

On the front lawn every Wed., 8am, at Poplar

2 locations to serve you 7220 Wrightsville Avenue 910-256-1222

5906 Oleander Drive 910-769-4232

Serving Breakfast and Lunch 6:30 AM to 2:00 PM every day.

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6505 Market St., Wilmington

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Auto Sales Dept. 910-520-0096

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2006 VW Passat 2.0T

2007 Mazda 3 S

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2002 Jeep Liberty Sport 4x4 Auto, 6 Cyl., Sunroof, Alloys, Tilt, Cruise, All Power

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2010 Hyundai Sonata SE

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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.

AYCE OYSTER ROAST

Every Friday for All You Can Eat oysters, shell on shrimp, fried shrimp, hushpuppies and slaw.

Only $34.95. Local oysters. Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

NEMA LOUNGE AND EATERY

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.

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. In-depth 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.

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 oystershell 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

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discount, $10; students, $6; children under 5 free. Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St. HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS

Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions. Market and Water sts. $12/adult, $5/child. (910) 251-8889. www. horsedrawntours.com

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.

STREETCAR SUBURBS TOUR

July 8, 10am: Historic Wilmington Foundation’s Guided Architectural Walking Tours showcase the architectural, social, and cultural history of the neighborhood in which they takes place. The Streetcar Suburbs tour tells the story of Wilmington’s first two suburbs, Carolina Place and Caro-

lina Heights, which grew around the city’s streetcar route. Architectural styles you’re likely to see include Colonial Revival, American Bungalows, Craftsman Style homes, Tudor Style, Dutch Revival, and Ranch houses. Tours last approximately 1 ¾ hours. Pre-reg. required. 910-7622511 or membership@historicwilmington.org by the preceding Friday at 4pm to reserve your spot. Cash only; tours will not take place if it is raining or if there are no pre-reg. $10/person.

The Streetcar Suburbs tour begins at Temple Baptist Church, 1801 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 selfcare. 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).

CHADD

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

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Life Community Church, located inside Independence Mall, will have a Celebrate 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. For more information. contact Jodie at 910-547-8973, 7913859 or Lifecc.com. Life Community Church, 3500 Oleander Dr.

COPING WITH DEATH OF A SPOUSE

Lower Cape Fear Hospice will offer a no cost grief program for those coping with the death of a spouse or partner. The group will meet through Wed. June 21, noon-2pm. Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Dr. Pre-reg. is rqd; (910) 796-7991. Get help with difficulty dealing with the loss of a loved one through compassionate care, educational and enrichment opportunities that support many types of loss in safe and familiar environments.

Because of our generous donors, these caring, no cost groups, camps and workshops are available to all. www.lcfh.org.

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Thurs., 6pm: Meets in Classroom C, Ground Floor. Men and spouses welcome. Discussion/ programs. www.wilmingtonprostatecancersupportgroup.com. 910-792-9953.

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 your stories with each other and have any pregnancy and birth related questions answered in a supportive and caring environment. The Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20)

Unless you were raised by a pack of feral raccoons or a fundamentalist cult, now is a perfect time to dive in to your second childhood. Is there a toy you wanted as a kid but never got? Buy it for yourself now! What were the delicious foods you craved back then? Eat them! Where were the special places you loved? Go there—or to spots that remind you of them. Who were the people you were excited to be with? Talk with them. Actions like these will get you geared up for a full-scale immersion in innocent eagerness. And that would be just the right medicine for your soul.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

What I wish for you, Taurus, is toasted ice cream and secrets in plain sight, with a sacred twist of humorous purity. I would love for you to experience a powerful surrender, a calm climax, and a sweeping vision of a small but pithy clue. I very much hope you will get to take a big trip to an intimate turning point not too far away. I pray you will find or create a barrier that draws people together instead of keeping them apart.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

In Dr. Seuss’s book, “Horton Hatches an Egg,” an elephant assumes the duty of sitting on a bird’s egg, committed to keeping it warm until hatching time. The nest is located high in a tree, which makes the undertaking even more incongruous. By the climax of the tale, Horton has had to persist in his loyal service through a number of challenges. But all ends well, and there’s an added bonus: The creature born is miraculously part-bird, part-elephant. I see similarities between this story and your life right now, Gemini. The duty you’re carrying out doesn’t come naturally, and you’re not even sure you’re doing it right. If you keep at it till it’s completed, you’ll earn a surprising reward.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

It’s prime time for you to break through any inhibitions you might have about accessing and expressing passion. To help you in this righteous cause, I’ve assembled a batch of words you should be ready to use with frequency and sweet abandon. Consider writing at least part of this list on your forearm with a felt-tip pen every morning so it’s always close at hand: “enamored, piqued, enchanted, stirred, roused, enthused, delighted, animated, elevated, thrilled, captivated, turned-on, enthralled, exuberant, fired up, awakened.”

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Matt Groening, creator of the cartoon series “The Simpsons,” says a great turning point in his early years came when his Scoutmaster told him he was the worst Boy Scout in history. While this might have demoralized other teenagers, it energized Groening. “Well, somebody’s got to be the worst,” he triumphantly told the Scoutmaster. “Instead of the earth opening up and swallowing me, instead of the flames of hell fire licking at my knees, nothing happened. And I was free.” I suspect you may soon be blessed with a comparable liberation, Leo. Maybe you’ll be released from having to live up to an expectation you shouldn’t even live up to. Or maybe you’ll be criticized in a way that will motivate your drive for excellence for years to come.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Nineteen of my readers who work in the advertising industry signed a petition to request I stop badmouthing their field. “Without advertising,” they testified, “life itself would be impossible.” In response, I agreed to attend their re-education seminar. There, under their tutelage, I came to acknowledge that everything we do can be construed as a kind of advertising. Each of us is engaged in a mostly unconscious campaign to promote our unique way of looking at and being in the world. Realizing the truth, I now feel no reservations about urging you Virgos to take advantage of the current astrological

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

In 2003 the American Film Institute announced the creation of a new prize to honor acting talent. Dubbed the Charlton Heston Award, it was designed to be handed out periodically to luminaries who have distinguished themselves over the course of long careers. The first recipient of the award was, oddly enough, Charlton Heston himself, born under the sign of Libra. I hope you’re inspired by this story to wipe away any false modesty you might be suffering from. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable moment to create a big new award named after you and bestow it upon yourself. As part of the festivities, tell yourself about what makes you special, amazing, and valuable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Here’s your riddle: What unscratchable itch drives you half-crazy? But you’re secretly glad it drives you half-crazy, because you know your half-craziness will eventually lead you to an experience or resource that will relieve the itch. Here’s your prophecy: Sometime soon, scratching the unscratchable itch will lead you to the experience or resource that will finally relieve the itch. Here’s your homework: Prepare yourself emotionally to fully receive and welcome the new experience or resource. Make sure you’re not so addicted to scratching the unscratchable itch that you fail to take advantage of the healing it’s bringing you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

The best way to go forward is to go backward; the path to the bright future requires a shadowy regression. Put another way, you should return to the roots of a triumph in order to find a hidden flaw that might eventually threaten to undo your success. Correct that flaw now and you’ll make it unnecessary for karmic repercussions to undermine you later. But please don’t get all solemn-faced and anxious about this assignment. Approach it with humorous self-correction and you’ll ensure that all goes well.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Are you familiar with the psychological concepts of anima and animus? You’re in the midst of being intoxicated by one of those creatures from inner space.

Though you may not be fully conscious of it, you women are experiencing a mystical marriage with an imaginal character that personifies all that’s masculine in your psyche. You men are going through the analogous process with a female figure within you. I believe this is true no matter what your sexual orientation is. While this awesome psychological event may be fun, educational, and even ecstatic, it could also be confusing to your relationships with real people.

Don’t expect them to act like or live up to the very real fantasy you’re communing with.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

As a recovering save-the-world addict, I have felt compassionate skepticism towards my fellow junkies who are still in the throes of their obsession. But recently I’ve discovered that just as a small minority of alcoholics can safely take a drink now and then, so can a few save-the-world-aholics actually save the world a little bit at a time without getting strung-out. With that as a disclaimer, Aquarius, I’m letting you know that the cosmos has authorized you to pursue your own brand of fanatical idealism in the coming weeks. To keep yourself honest, make fun of your zealotry every now and then.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

The potential breakthrough I foresee for you is a rare species of joy. It’s a gritty, hard-earned pleasure that will spawn beautiful questions you’ll be glad to have awakened. It’s a surprising departure from your usual approach to feeling good that will expand your understanding of what happiness means. Here’s one way to ensure that it will visit you in all of its glory: Situate yourself between the fabulous contradictions in your life and say, “Squeeze me, tease me, please me.”

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