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What’s inside this week

PAGE 14: COVER STORY DivaMade is a local creative women’s exchange, where female artists gather to share their ideas, work and thought processes that lead to so much insightful talent permeating our fair Port City. Now, coming to Bottega Art and Wine Bar on March 15th, with their official artist opening taking place during Fourth Friday Gallery Night, downtown, on the 26th, Diva Made ART will open to the masses. Check out what many of their members have been working on—just in time for National Women’s History Month, nonetheless—including our cover artist Abby Spangel Perry’s “Corporate Rat” (acrylic on canvas, mixed media) and Rachel Kastner’s “Downtown” (oil on cnavas), featured left.

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Want to see the best in music at Myrtle Beach’s House of Blues? Wilmington’s Soapbox Laundro Lounge? Or UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium? Visit, www.encorepub.com, to enter one of our many concert contests, and try for a chance to score tickets to area shows!

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late-night funnies

“Former President Bush, George W. Bush, is now writing a book about his eight years in the White House. And it’s green. It’s entirely made out of old Al Gore ballots. So that will be a keepsake for you there.”—David Letterman “According to USA Today, corruption among government officials in China is running rampant. Yet another idea they stole from us.”—Jay Leno “Karl Rove’s memoir, ‘Courage and Consequence’, is the best-selling book on Amazon. com. The book costs $19.99, and comes with free shipping and mishandling.”—Jimmy Fallon

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ChiEf Contributors: Adrian Varnam, Anghus Houvouras, Carolyna Shelton, MJ Pendleton, Claude Limoges, Jay Schiller, Lauren Hodges, Tiffanie Gabrielse, Tom Tomorrow, Chuck Shepherd, Chirstina Dore, The Cranky Foreigner and Lisa Hunyh

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4 live local, live small: Gwenyfar Rohler is back, proving to our community that living local isn’t as hard—or as expensive—as some may assume. Find out where she visited this week!

6 reader op-ed: Patricia Moyer talks Titan Cement Plant and the continuous fight against its location in Castle Hayne.

8 outreach conference: Shea Carver talks with Terri Nunley about the upcoming Outreach Conference coming to UNCW this Saturday.

16 news of the weird: Chuck Shepherd reports on news of the strange and odd.

artsy smartsy ............10-21

10-11 theater: MJ Pendleton previews Thalian

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It’s back! We’re looking for the cutest dog in Wilmington to feature on our April 28th cover, previewing the annual Paw Jam. The event will take place May 1st at Battleship Park, 11am-5pm.

To enter the contest, here’s what you have to do: Send us a pic of your pooch with a check for $10 per entry (that’s per picture) made out to PAWS of North Carolina, the official Paw Jam organizer. All monies will be donated to the foundation, and if we choose your doggie’s pic, then he or she will grace our cover, and we’ll interview him or her, too, featured inside the pages of encore.

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short-fiction contest

The 19th annual Short Fiction Contest, sponsored by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society and encore, is now open. Writers are encouraged to submit works of fiction-based upon the rich historical lore of the Cape Fear. Stories must be based on historical events or regional lore, and reflect the character, culture and history of the Cape Fear area (Pender, Brunswick and New Hanover counties). Any NC writer is eligible to submit one story, which should be original, unpublished and limited to ten doublespaced pages. Entries will be judged based on literary merit, historical accuracy and suitability for a general audience. The top entry will win $100 in cash. The winner and second and third place will also be published in encore.

Entrants should submit three copies of the manuscript. The author’s name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. A separate cover page should give author’s name, address, phone number and the title of the work.

Manuscripts will not be returned. The deadline is April 11th. The winners will be announced at the Annual Meeting of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society on May 16th. An entry fee of $10 is required. Make checks payable to the LCFHS. Mail entries, marked Short Fiction Contest, to the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, 126 S. 3rd St, Wilmington NC 28401; (910) 762-0492.

mother’s day entries

Also, we’re looking for funny, endearing, loving or any other kind of story readers would like to submit about their mothers. The best stories will be featured in our Mother’s Day edition, May 5th, and we’ll choose a winning entry, too, which will receive admission-plusone into our VIP kickoff party during 2010 Wilmington Restaurant Week. The party is April 27th, and the deadline for submission is April 20th. E-mail or mail entries to encore, c/o Mother’s Day Contest. Shoud not be longer than 600 words, please.

Association’s “You Can’t Take It with You” and Big Dawg Productions’ 14th annual New Play Festival, both taking place this weekend.

13 film: Anghus is loves Tim Burton’s latest romp into Underland, in his latest flick, Alice in Wonderland.

14 art: Lauren Hodges previews Diva Made ART—our cover story this week.

15 gallery guide: Find out what exhibitions are hanging in our local art galleries.

16 music: Adrian Varnam talks to Lincoln Morris about Winoca Records and Big Al and Marching Rams, who is releasing their debut CD this weekend at Green Light Lounge.

18-21 soundboard: See what bands and solo musicians are playing in venues all over town.

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2x profile: Wags for Wishes tops our mustattend nonprofit event of the week!

3-26x classifieds: Let our classifieds help you sell or buy a home or a car. Crossword on page 25.

27x pet of the week: Find out what animals need adopting, and other breeds for sale.

grub & guzzle ...........22-25 22-25 dining guide: Need a few

suggestions on where to eat? Flip through encore’s dining guide, and read about our featured restaurant of the week.

extra! extra! .............26-35 26 feature: Tiffanie Gabrielse talks with

Selene Luna about dwarfism and her venture into the entertainment industry.

29 nonprofit feature: Abbot Shea gets the dish on the nonprofit Dance 4 Liberation and their next fund-raiser benefitting Wilmington’s Houston Moore Terrace after-school program.

30-35 calendar/’toons/corkboard: Find out where to go and what to do about town with encore’s calendar; check out Tom Tommorow and encore’s annual ‘toons winner, Jay Schiller; read the latest saucy corkboard ads.

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Stepping Back in Time: Family-owned and operated department store masters local commitment, customer care

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elcome back to the Live Local, Live Small campaign. The column had to take a brief hiatus due to what one of my friends termed “Catastrophic Building Failure.” However, I was still living locally and spending money with small businesses.

Right before the unexpected condemnation of my bookstore, Jock and I had taken a field trip out to Burgaw to visit Harrell’s Department Store (or as Jock calls it: “Live Local Ground Zero”). Founded in 1903, and still in the same family, Harrell’s is, in my opinion, exactly what buy local is all about. Need a new mattress?

They sell mattresses, made in Fayetteville, NC. Not China—Fayetteville. I bought two pairs of blue jeans made in Tennessee—and

by: Gwenyfar Rohler just to follow up with the statement that they must be more expensive if they were made in the USA, well, they were cheaper than the last pair I bought at Target two years ago.

Harrell’s is frequently referred to in the press as “stepping back in time.” It certainly looks like a 1950’s department store, showcasing a lovely mezzanine where the larger items (like mattresses) and film memorabilia are stored.

Wait—film memorabilia? Aahhh … there’s a story there somewhere. Vernon Harrell, the current assistant manager, worked in the film industry for many years before he returned to

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the family business. Ever wanted a copy of the newspaper from Grouchland? He’s got a few of those for sale, too.

Besides continuing to carry Made-in-theUSA products (and movie memorabilia), Harrell’s has set itself apart by stocking a few other things like sock garters. “I bet you don’t even know what those are,” Vern said to me.

I had to admit that in my 29 years of life, I had yet to encounter a sock garter.

“That’s because you are not in law enforcement,” he said. “We stock them because the sheriff’s department still wears them with uniforms, and they can’t get them anywhere else.”

While we were having a cup of coffee at the coffee bar in the front of the store, one of their longtime customers called about a problem with her washing machine. First, Vern tried to talk her through it over the phone;

then, he wound up the phone call by saying he would stop by her house on the way home from work.

“You know, Lowe’s has never offered to do that for me,” I said.

“Not with out charging you, no.” Vern responded. “But that’s why we are different.”

It really is a family operation. If someone needs something altered or tailored, the astounding and beautiful Mrs. Harrell will do it onsite. (For pudgy ladies, like me, this is a godsend!)

Just a brief thought here for parents of school-aged children: Having trouble finding clothes that fit the school uniform requirements? Harrell’s has those special shirts: solid color, collar, no logos or printing, starting at only $8. Why order it online only to find out it doesn’t fit? Take the kids to Harrell’s, and get a great price and a friendly smile. After 106 years this family has it figured out.

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Doing the Right Thing: A community still fights against Titan

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n response to a February protest against Titan Cement, New Hanover County Commission Chair Jason Thompson noted, “If we did take any action it’s only ceremonial. It is only symbolic. We have no legislative authority.”

Yes, our commissioners, the very group who signed us up for this mess, now say the Titan deal is out of their hands. We disagree.

If they had the power to broker the deal, their opinions matter. That same night, on February 1st, representatives of several groups spoke at the commissioners’ meeting. Kayne Darrell, of Citizens Against Titan, presented a petition signed by nearly 6,000 people who oppose Titan and asked commissioners to pass two resolutions. The first urges Governor Perdue to freeze all Titan permits until the State Bureau of Investigation completes its case of possible corruption. The second requests that DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources) refrain from issuing any permits until courts decide whether the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) applies to Titan’s $4.2 million in incentives. Titan Cement has evaded SEPA, but commissioners know far more today than two years ago when they invited Titan to break ground near the Cape Fear River. Commissioners can, and should take a stand, pass both resolutions and let Governor Perdue know their position has changed.

Although Titan was not on the commissioners’ agenda, hundreds gathered outside the courthouse in downtown Wilmington to rally against Titan. This was no gathering of “tree huggers” as the opposition paints them. Ordinary citizens, including children, seniors, college students, parents, white-and-blue-collar workers, joined together—regular folk who want to keep the coast safe for future generations. Some also describe efforts to stop Titan and protect the air and water for thousands living in coastal Carolina as “hijacking” North Carolina’s economic development process. Again, not true—opponents of Titan do not oppose growth. They just want the county to use incentives to attract green jobs and businesses that pose no threat to tourism or air and water quality.

Since the announcement of Titan’s $4.2 million incentives for cement mining, opposition escalated. The petition presented last month was a cooperative effort of several groups, and more signatures are collected daily. More than 400 health-care professionals, including 200 doctors, have joined forces to keep the plant and its toxins out of the region. Friends of the Lower Cape Fear, StopTitan.org, The Southern Environmental Law Center, the North Carolina Coastal Federation, UNCW’s

by: Patricia Moyer Concerned citizen and encore reader

ECO, Cape Fear River Watch, Citizens Against Titan and other groups, local and statewide, volunteer together to preserve water and air quality in New Hanover and surrounding counties. Dr. David Hill, a Wilmington pediatrician, pointed out to commissioners that North Carolina’s Pediatric Society opposes Titan Cement because of the potential danger to children’s health. The list grows.

Currently The Southern Environmental Law Center’s Web site lists Cape Fear Wetlands as one of its Top 10 Endangered Places in 2010 and Titan Cement as the threat. The risk to the aquifer, the river, the air and potential health costs outweigh the possibility of 40 or 50 jobs. Joel Bourne, a founder of StopTitan. org, reminded commissioners that earlier in the evening, for some 20 minutes, they discussed a traffic increase of 70 vehicles on Gordon Road—but two years ago they barely discussed the 376 dump trucks that Titan would require on a daily basis.

In the weeks since February’s rally, the News & Observer ran several articles questioning the process Titan Cement and the state have followed. The Star News also published several pieces, including an editorial agreeing that we need all of the information about the plant’s potential impact before proceeding. Meanwhile, Lumina News continued its series focusing on Titan. In an interview with Lumina News, Charles Stehman of the North Carolina Division of Water Quality, stated that “because of chromium contamination already in the water supply, there is concern about spreading that chromium contamination out further.”

Momentum among those who oppose Titan is only growing. E-mails between state officials, lobbyists and Titan personnel raised too many questions, and as more information surfaces, valid concerns about Titan’s operations multiply. While Titan was finalizing its $4.2 million deal in New Hanover County, one operation in Florida remained closed by court injunction due to possible benzene contamination. There is also growing doubt that Titan ever considered other locations, which begs the question: Why offer $4.2 million in incentives? Titan also faced lawsuits accusing them of price fixing.

It is a no-brainer to the petitioners. This is our elected officials’ opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to constituents by revisiting their Titan decision. The commissioners need to fix what is clearly broken.

Pass the resolutions. Talk to Governor Perdue. Do the right thing.

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Community United: Outreach Conference steps out to connect

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e are all human beings who act in different ways, and nothing is going to change us from being the people we are and loving the people we love.”

The truth—especially when discussing love—for oneself and for others—can be liberating. Knowledge and education born of truth can only perpetuate a society of compassion, of understanding, of tolerance.

Terri Nunley’s words come with a solid sense of truth: Our world of people must work together to see that discrimination—in any form—becomes a thing of the past. But what are words without call to action?

Collaborative efforts throughout our community will come to fruition on March 20th at UNCW’s Morton Hall, when an Outreach Conference, hosted by members of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexed and Allies community (GLBTQIA), takes place from 1-5pm. Lectures, information booths and an open public forum are slated to take place, and encourage participation and education, according to Nunley, who has helped organize the event.

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DR. BERT JACOBS will speak at the Outreach Conference on AIDS/HIV from 1:15-2:15pm on March 20th. The conference is free and open to the public.

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“Our ultimate goal is to unite our community and work together by actively protesting for our rights,” Nunley, an openly gay advocate, announced. “We must campaign to our local government representatives so they can voice our concerns at the legislative level—and when they do not voice our concerns, we must use our right to vote as a people to change our local government representatives to people who will fight for the GLBTQIA community.

This is a great opportunity to increase awareness and to also meet others.”

The idea for the conference was born last year from a tragic turn of events. After a night of dancing at a downtown, non-gay-affiliated club, two queer individuals, Chet Saunders and Chaz Housand, were brutally attacked by three random men, who were also leaving the club. Saunders and Housand were kicked and punched repeatedly, as their heads were bashed into the curb. It was clearly a hate crime—something our state doesn’t recognize yet as unlawful. Still, the attackers were charged with felony assault.

“This assault inspired members of the queer community to unite and attempt to make changes in terms of safety and equality,” Nunley claimed. Numerous meetings about such issues took place across Wilmington following the attacks. Concerns about equality and justice, and preventing future discrimination and attacks, were at the forefront of attendants’ minds.

“Pastor Greg McCaw from St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church suggested that we figure out a way to unite all the different GLBTQIA groups in Wilmington,” Nunley noted, “to work as a team and fight for our human rights.”

That is exactly what the Outreach Conference has brought forth: a deluge of supporters, including UNCW Pride, Cape Fear Pride, OutImpact, Be your own Queero, a host of dedicated volunteers, as well as a panel of speakers who will make the event educationally enriching. Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the conference comes in the form of admission, which is free.

“We will not ask for donations,” Nunley iterated. “It is free for all organizations to register and attend. . . . We have made it free to encourage all people to attend no matter what [their] socio-economic status is.”

Adding even more gratification to the event is the fact that all of the participating speakers are volunteering their time gratis. Internationally renowned scientist Dr. Bert Jacobs will speak about the lat-

est HIV/AIDS research—a world issue, not just one relegated to the GLBTQI community. Youth counselor and Prop-8 activist Kris Makande will be presenting, as will Kenneth Strickland, dedicated volunteer, who will speak about Cultural Sensitivity to Coming Out. Among the many lecturers and educators, there will also be booths set up throughout Morton’s halls, wherein local GLBTQI groups and organizations are encouraged to provide information to the public about their topics of importance.

The event will help folks network and understand how communities can work harmoniously despite its differences.

Perhaps the most important aspect to drive this point across will come in the open public forum, slated from 2:453:15pm. “I want to brainstorm with the GLBTQIA community,” Nunley said, “to come up with ways that our community can feel more connected, so that we can fight as one entity against discrimination.”

Adding to the event, the trailer for Tab Balis’ documentary Parkview will be shown. The movie follows the tragic death of Talana Kreeger, who was identified as a lesbian, and showcases family-and-friend interviews delving into the mores of religion, which led to the inception of St. Judes Metropolitan Community Church.

Other topics of discussion throughout the conference include: Being Trans: Truth and Consequences; Wilmington GLBTQ Support and Legal Rights; Race and Homosexuality; and Business Support. It will be an informative day of connectivity for all who attend.

“It’s about banning together and changing the laws and behaviors that continue to keep our community locked inside the proverbial closet,” Nunley asserted.

Help be a building block to a stronger, better community, and attend the free event: 1-1:15pm 1:15-2:15pm 2:15-2:45pm 2:45-3:15pm 3:15-3:30pm 3:30-4pm 4-4:30pm 4:30-5pm

Meet and Greet Bert Jacobs: AIDS/HIV Ryan Burris: Wilmington GLBTQ Support and Legal Rights: Open Forum Break Kristen Makande: LGBTQ History Kenneth Strickland: Sensitivity in Coming Out Being Transgendered presented by Ali Drake and Priscilla Sanna Drake

d r i e w e h t f o s w e n Chuck Shepherd digs up the strangest of the strange in world news

LEAD STORY War Is Hell: The day before British army chef Liam Francis, 26, arrived at his forward operating base in Afghanistan, the Taliban shot down the helicopter ferrying in food rations, and Francis realized he had to make do with supplies on hand. In his pantry were only seasonings, plus hundreds of tins of Spam. For six weeks, until resupply, Francis prepared “sweet and sour Spam,” “Spam fritters,” “Spam carbonara,” “Spam stroganoff” and “stir-fried Spam.” He told the Daily Telegraph that he was proud of his work but admitted that “morale improved” when fresh food arrived.

Questionable Obsessions In November, Jim Bartek, 49, of Maple Heights, Ohio, announced he was ending his streak of 524 consecutive days in which he listened to the album “Nostradamus” by the heavy-metal group Judas Priest. In February, Hilary Taylor, 63, of Great Yarmouth, England, revealed that she had been bequeathed her uncle Ken Strickland’s collection of 3,000 watering cans. Strickland, who also kept meticulous records of the holdings, died in January.

Leading Economic Indicators Details about Britain’s biggest marijuanaimporting operation emerged in March following the conviction of its three managers in Southwark Crown Court. The enterprise earned the equivalent of as much as $300 million at such a rapid clip that the partners apparently were unable to use much of it, despite buying real estate, jewelry and expensive cars. An inspector said Scotland Yard found “moldy” cash “rotting away,” hidden under floorboards. “(I)t was no good to anybody.”

Recession’s Over: Among the items on display in February at the Verona Luxury Fair in Verona, Italy: a hand-crafted billiards table covered in gold sheets; an armchair topped with the skin of 20 crocodiles; a 24carat gold racing bike; a boat with a Ferrari engine; a golden coffin (with cell phone); and a diamond-studded wedding gown in pink chinchilla fur.

use his 600 specially rigged plots that collect and separate urine and feces. Chang’s farm conserves water and facilitates recycling.

Animals With Issues: Ashley Saks’ 2-yearold basset hound Roxy was resting comfortably in Jacksonville, Fla., in November following a vet’s removal, one by one, of the 130 nails she had compulsively swallowed.

The polar bear Aisaqvaq produced two cubs in December at Quebec’s Zoo Sauvage de Saint-Felicien. Aisaqvaq had given birth to another the previous December, but had eaten it. In November, maritime rescuers were called to ocean waters off the coast of Darwin, Australia, to rescue an adult cow that was dog-paddling around and, according to a seaman, “not in a good mood.”

Natural Selection: Female cane toads are choosy at mating, according to a recent article in Biology Letters. A desirable male is permitted to hop onto the female’s back and start the process, but the female is also able to inflate sacs in her body to bloat herself so large that males slide off before completing insemination. (Also, to test the strength of the male’s grip, the researchers encouraged necrophilia: The scientists doused dead female toads with pheromones to measure males’ horniness.) Female short-nosed fruit bats in China’s Guangdong Province show their preference for certain males by fellating them, according to an October journal article. Researchers observed that licked males were able to copulate longer, thus improving the likelihood of insemination. (The scientists also confirmed that bats mate while upside down.)

after pass. On the bioprinter’s equivalent of a sheet of paper, and under laboratory conditions, the cells fuse together and grow for weeks until an organ substantial enough for research use is created (and ultimately, substantial enough for human transplants). The bioprinter is faster than growing such organs from scratch, which scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have been doing for several years.

Fine Points of the Law If you’re wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun and walk into a store to rob it, but there are no employees there to rob, and you abort, is that an “attempted robbery”?

Sanjuan Reyes, 22, and two teenagers were arrested in Joliet, Ill., in January and charged with attempting to rob the Supermercado Viva Mexico. Two acted as lookouts while the youngest, wearing a ski mask and wielding an air pistol, entered the store. Apparently, the only employees on duty were in the back room. The boy waited for a minute or so, then bailed out, and the three fled emptyhanded. Joliet’s deputy police chief said a crime was committed.

Unclear on the Concept In March, sheriff’s deputies in Kissimmee, Fla., detained a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was working undercover but who had aroused suspicions of residents of a neighborhood.

After investigating, the deputies discovered that in order to guard his identity as an ICE agent, the man was posing as an FBI agent.

[Orlando Sentinel, 3-4-10] Least Competent Criminals Jonathon Smith, 27, was arrested in March in Fairbanks, Alaska, shortly after his release on bail on charges that he tried to buy three trucks from local dealers using forged checks. His latest arrest came at Seekins Ford, where, according to police, he was trying to buy yet another pickup truck with a forged check. Falmouth, Mass., police hired John Yarrington as a confidential informant on Feb. 16, setting him up with $100 in marked bills to make a cocaine buy from dealer Cory Noonan, which Yarrington completed. He left the scene, but less than 10 minutes later, before Noonan could be arrested, Yarrington returned and, according to police, attempted to buy more cocaine on his own.

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22nd Century Already?

Later this year, manufacturer Organovo, of San Diego, will begin shipping its $200,000 ink-jet-type printers that create living organs for patients needing transplants. The 3-D “bioprinter” works by spraying extracted microscopic cells on top of each other, in pass

Mad Dogs, Horseplay, Monkey Business, Having a Cow Pigs Livin’ Large: Among the items that celebrity farmer Cathy Gieseker bought with proceeds from the $12 million Ponzi scheme she, in February, was sentenced for perpetrating (prosecutors called her the “Midwest Madoff”) was a $900 tanning bed for her “show” pigs. Farmer Chang Chung-tou, of Yunlin County, Taiwan, drew praise from environmentalists in December for having “toilet”-trained almost all of his 20,000 pigs to encore | march 17-23 , 2010 | www.encorepub.com

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Don’t Miss the Bliss: Thalian Association presents ‘You Can’t Take It with You’

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ou Can’t Take It with You,” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, was written and produced during the Great Depression and won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. “With financial times the way they are,” Tom Briggs, director of Thalian Association’s latest production, said.

“It speaks as loudly today as it did then.”

Frank Capra adapted the play to film, which won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director in 1938. “The play is a classic with a real moral,” Briggs continued. “It says something we all need to be reminded of now and then: ‘Don’t let life pass you by, don’t wait too long to get what you want. There’s more to life than making money and going to work every day. For your soul, you have to make room for some fun and bliss in your life.’” “...Take It with You” is a funny story about

by: MJ Pendelton

You Can’t Take It with You Preview Hanna Block Second Street Stage 120 S. 2nd Street March 18-28, 8pm • Sundays, 3pm Tickets: $20 • (910) 251-1778 or www.etix.com two very different families. The eccentric Sycamores are delightfully crazy, and the conventional Kirbies are unhappy. The conflict arises when Alice Sycamore and Tony Kirby fall in love. Alice is the only member of the Syca-

TAKE IT ALL! (l. to r.) Laurene Perry, Courtney Harding, Lori Winner and Joe Gallison star in Thalian Association’s production of ‘You Can’t Take It with You,’ directed by Tom Briggs. Photo by Chris Ochs

more family who “goes out into the world and deals with it,” Briggs explained.

“She is sensible and rational,” and recognizes that the two families are “from two separate worlds,” Ashley Cashwell (Alice) added.

Tony admires the “openness” of the Sycamores, which has “a daily beauty,” Henry Philip Blanton (Tony) said.

These disparate families are familiar to almost everyone. “Your family was either kind of crazy, and you were embarrassed or no fun at all, and boring,” Briggs remarked.

Moss Hart, in fact, referred to his own mother as “a distant drudge.”

Joe Gallison, who plays Grandpa Sycamore, also played the part in college. “I love the play, and I love the fact that this time I don’t need makeup,” he laughed. Grandpa “just has it all figured out and has made his peace with the world,” he added. One day, Grandpa simply walked away from his job and never went back. His hobby is collecting snakes and, though the prop master wanted to borrow a few from the Serpentarium, fortunately, the realism was deemed unwarranted.

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There are enough bizarre characters in the cast to satisfy the unconventional and entertain the audience, including a Russian duchess, a guy who makes fireworks in the basement, a drunken actress and a Russian ballet instructor.

“Some of the characters are over-the-top,” Briggs said. The challenge for the director and the actors is “finding the reality in which they exist.” Briggs doesn’t seem to mind a bit of wackiness, but he doesn’t want “cartoon-y.”

He saw a production of “You Can’t Take It with You” as a teenager and has always wanted to direct it.

“I know what I want, but it’s a process. It’s easier to produce a great big musical because it doesn’t have to look like real life,” he said.

There is no doubt he is up to the challenge.

The Wilmington theater community seems determined to make us happy. Almost every play this season churns out feel-good entertainment—a welcome relief from the rather bleak reality of life at the moment. The cold and rain have obscured spring and forsythia, daffodils, and redbud trees are blooming unnoticed.

Theater tickets may be considered a luxury, but the pursuit of happiness is an inalienable right. That is the message in this play or, as Tom Briggs suggests, “Find a way to follow your bliss; your soul needs it.”

Play Days:

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Big Dawg welcomes 14th annual New Play Festival

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t’s spring, and once again Big Dawg Productions is producing the New Play Festival. In the past there have been adult and youth festivals, but Big Dawg is currently concentrating on nurturing local budding playwrights ages 8 to 18.

“The Playwrights Producing Company was sponsoring adult writers,” Ken Cressman, artistic director, said, “and Guerilla Theater is now showcasing new, local (adult) playwrights.”

Thus, Big Dawg encourages the children. Their plays are submitted and the theatre company “chooses the ones with the best potential.” Selected young talents attend workshops, revise their plays and improve their writing.

This year there will be five one-act plays, featuring two new plays by Emily Milkes and Madison Godfrey. Milkes’ play, “The Auditions,” is about students auditioning for a school play. Godfrey’s play, “Picture Day,” reveals the importance and angst involved with class pictures. “The Love Raft,” by Lily Radack. is an allegory of young love and an encore production. Emily Shucavage’s “When Will the Violence End” has also been produced by Big Dawg before. The award-winning playwright is currently majoring in theater at NYU. Her play is not a comedy like the other festival plays; the premise is an analysis of the Middle East situation from differing cultural perspectives.

The final play is not a youth contribution. “The Takeover” was written by Virginia Davis who “was instrumental in helping to create the New Play Festival, which guides emerging playwrights to find their voice and improve their writing.” The 14th Annual New Play Festival is “a tribute to her amazing legacy.” Davis died last fall and, according to Christy Grantham, president of the Board of Directors of

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Sundays, 3pm Tickets: $10-$15 • (910) 341-7228 Big Dawg Productions, “Ginny was a tremendous asset to Big Dawg, where she served on the board for many years, and really helped build the New Play Festival into a strong and vital part of the Big Dawg season. She helped many playwrights get started, and I’m sure we will continue to see her influence on them for many years to come. She was very passionate about theater—she was an inspiration, and she will be missed.”

In her obituary, which Davis wrote herself, she revealed her devotion to theater: “After family, came her love of theater and her desire to become a playwright.

Some of her plays made it to Off-Off Broadway, but never to Big Time Broadway. She continued to write, well into her 80s, which can only be attributed to her German heritage. In lieu of flowers or wordy testimonials, go see a play in some local nonprofit theater.”

Davis’ advice to support local theater is essential to its very existence. Big Dawg not only entertains with its productions, it also encourages young playwrights to explore their talent. English author and playwright Graham Greene once noted, “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” Buying a ticket and attending the New Play Festival may just open a door. parent & child lass!

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A Furious Frenzy:

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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland offers spectacular 3D action

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spent a lot of last week discussing literary adaptation. I’m hardly a literary purist, but I take great exception at how lazy the modern generation of filmmakers have been adapting material. The prime example I’ve been using is Where the Wild Things Are, an abomination of a film. And why? Because Spike Jonze decided to take a simple story, and overcomplicate it with a bunch of pop psychology and broken home nonsense. When I heard Tim Burton was tackling the classic children’s story Alice in Wonderland, I wondered if we’d see the same kind of emo posturing and bastardization of the material.

Liberties have been taken. There’s no other way to say it. This is not the Alice in Wonderland of yesteryear.

Burton has kept the characters, and the framework of the story and woven in his own twists and turns. Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is an imaginative young girl, inspired by a pioneering father. She is plagued with dreams of falling into a magical world populated with the most peculiar creatures.

Soon the dreams of youth make way for the grim reality of life. As a young woman, Alice has lost her father and finds the rest of her family less forgiving of her particular eccentricities. She is betrothed to a rather unimpressive bore. But as a young woman with few prospects, an arranged marriage to a Lord seems to be an opportunity too good to pass up. Just as Alice is forced to make the most important decision of her life, she finds herself once again distracted by a White Rabbit. She follows him into the rabbit hole, and we’re treated to some very familiar insanity.

Wonderland is about as fully realized as one could expect. With the advance in virtual cinema, Burton is able to translate Lewis Carroll’s insane world into a living, breathing land. The three-dimensional landscape is exceptional, a reason to go to the cinema alone. Like Avatar the movie feels very much like a theme-park ride.

There is so much spectacle to behold—a cornucopia of sight and sound. Most 3D movies seem to use the technology as a crutch. But, slowly, the toolbox has started to be used for its original intent: to create the impossible. And, finally, the impossible is finding storytellers capable of taking up that challenge.

The story follows a more unfamiliar path: Alice’s venture into Wonderland is

by: Anghus

Alice in Wonderland Starring Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter

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SEEING RED: Helena Bonham Carter, as the Red Queen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, shines among the many idiosyncratic cast members.

her second voyage. She doesn’t remember the first, leading the inhabitants to wonder if she is indeed the same Alice. This is vital since the real Alice needs to return in order to restore order to the kingdom. According to legend, Alice will use the Vorpal sword to slay the Jabberwocky (a reference to a poem in Through the Looking Glass) and end the rule of the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). Johnny Depp shows up as the Mad Hatter, his character being equal-parts creepy and frightening, yet somehow still endearing.

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The whole film feels very much like The Wizard of Oz: a magical world, a girl trying to find her way home, a collection of overthe-top supporting characters to guide her on her quest. It’s not horribly original, but it’s highly enjoyable. Burton’s Alice in Wonderland will probably be a love-it or hate-it affair. The movie is well-paced, the storytelling has broad appeal. There’s enough fantasy, comedy and action to entertain just about anyone. In fact, I can’t name many mainstream films with this much appeal.

Yes, literary purists may very well choke on the bile churned up by Burton’s take on the tale: the Mad Hatter as a noble, sword-toting freedom fighter; Alice in a suit of magical armor, fighting a dragon.

Sure, it’s kind of ludicrous. But it works. Burton does such a great job bringing all the characters to life. From the freefloating Cheshire Cat to the appropriately silly Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the special-effects artists have helped make a cavalcade of crazy that captures the tone of Wonderland (or “Underland,” as it’s called in the film).

I’ll be more than happy to concede that Burton is in danger of becoming a one-trick pony. He’s a master of the macabre and does an impressive job of creating bizarre worlds at which audiences can marvel; however, he still has some shortcomings in the delivery.

His most emotional films are still his earliest. Edward Scissorhands is a wonderful fable. Sleepy Hollow is a fun thrill-ride. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an insane piece of family entertainment that falls apart on subsequent viewings. And his interpretation of Sweeny Todd is a predictable romp. Alice in Wonderland feels like the most complete vision of Tim Burton’s psyche since Scissorhands, but it lacks a strong emotional core.

There is still so much opportunity for 3D filmmaking. Alice in Wonderland is by far the most successful example of what the medium is capable of achieving. Unlike Avatar, Alice in Wonderland lacks pretension. It’s an unabashedly fascinating film of furious frenzy.

Remember Me

Regal Mayfaire Cinemas 900 Town Center Drive • (910) 256-0556 Call for times • $6.50 - $9.50 (pictured) Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family.

Tyler didn’t think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day

he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. But soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart. Remember Me is an unforgettable story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of one’s life. PG-13

The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

Juggling Gypsy’s Subversive Film Series 1612 Castle Street • (910) 763-2223 Sunday, March 21st, 8pm • free Never-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman. Half a century later, investigators have unearthed his casket and reopened the case.

WE Fest Accepts Film Submissions!

The Wilmington Exchange Festival XIV (We Fest) is currently accepting film submissions for this years event. The deadline is May 1st for all submissions. The festival takes place May 27th-31st at the Soapbox Laundro Lounge. The festival begins at 3pm every day. All entries must be in .mov or .avi format on a DATA dvd or HARDDRIVE. Mail to: Attn We Fest Film: 4905 Brenton Ct, Wilmington, NC 28412 joevideos@yahoo.com.

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Sugar and Spice: DivaMade shows what women are made of

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he art chapter in women’s history just isn’t as thick as it should be, despite the rich tradition of female creativity. Local artist and activist Bonnie England points out that women weren’t even studied in art history until 1960, which might account for the missing pages of the past. “It is astonishing to know that women were once prohibited to attend art school,� she says. “Which kept them in a long, dark tunnel with reduced artistic options. Their activity was controlled and interfered with; the value of their works were questioned and nearly always relegated to the background.�

England was voted this year’s Best Artist in the 2010 encore Best-Of poll, standing as a shining example of how far female artists have come in terms of recognition.

England’s expressionist fingerpaint collection has a strong following in Wilmington, but the woman behind the brush has something of a fanbase herself. As a member of DivaMade, formerly known as the Creative Women’s Exchange, England is never without the support of her artistic sisterhood.

by: Lauren Hodges

Diva Made Exhibition of ART

Featuring numerous artists from DivaMade, the local Creative Women’s Exchange Bottega Art and Wine Bar 208 N. Front St Opens March 15th Artist reception: March 26th • 6-9pm “The group materialized after conversations between the four of us [founders] led to an expressed need and desire to be part of an all-female network of creative minds,â€? she says. “We wanted to support one another in artistic endeavors.â€?

The fabulous four include England, Dixon Stetler, Monika Winters-Sanchez and Jude Eden. From the first meeting, a spark was created and the network eventually grew into a large collection of female artists from all mediBLACK BIRD (oil on canvas, detail) by Bonnie England hangs among many other DivaMade member paintings at their first exhibit at Bottega, opening the 15th.

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ums: chefs, theater mavens, jewelry designers, singer/songwriters, interior designers and, of course, visual artists. The group thrives on the barter system, with members offering up their skills in exchange for a variety of creative services. One recent example was a Web design traded for a painting workshop. England’s favorite aspect of her group is the feedback she receives at the group’s roving house parties. “Typically, women artists are also juggling careers, children, home maintenance, social agendas, cooking, cleaning and the like,�

England notes. “We band together to offer a platform where [women] can find strength, encouragement, direction, praise and support. Women need a place to discover their own artistic voice; it is necessary in order to grow as artists.�

England insists that DivaMade was not founded in order to exclude men. Each member has several close male friends in the art community and are gender-blind when it comes to supporting art. However, the bonding between women in creative mode has proven invaluable for the members in a world still largely dominated by male influence. “Historically, female artists have been marginalized and overlooked,� England says. “Look at the Guerrilla Girls, and all of their efforts to expose sexism and wage cultural warfare to tirelessly fight for fairness. It’s a real and existing need.�

England and her fellow divas see a sisterhood of artists as vital to every art community. “Supportive female artists who cultivate new ideas, share common history and create undiluted art is the backbone of a community. Without it, a multitude of programs, enrichment and otherwise, would cease to exist!�

In honor of Women’s History Month, the divas have been busy formulating an art show to celebrate female artists. The ladies are eager to show off the multitude of talent that the group has managed to collect since it began. An old hat at curating exhibits from her Bottega days, England started by sending out a call for 2D art within the DivaMade contact list. The response came quickly. All four founders submitted pieces for the exhibit, along with members Abby Spangel Perry, Kate Cathey, Rachel Kastner, Gayle Tustin, Pamela Toll, Rachel Willoughby, MJ Cunningham, Kelly Marquis, Erica Morgan, Leigh Fowler and Angela Johnson. “Each artist has a distinct style and artistic ability,� she says. “There will definitely be enough diversity to make for a very interesting and strong exhibit of female work.�

Diva Made Exhibition of ART will open March 15th, at Bottega Gallery & Art Bar, with an artist reception on Friday, March 26th, from 6-9pm. Most artists will be in attendance, light hor d’oeurves will be served, and live music by female performers. DivaMade meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at the GreenLight Lounge. Women of all creative mediums are invited to attend. E-mail bonbonart@hotmail.com for more information.

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1701 Wrightsville Ave 910 343 5233 Mon-Sat, 12-9pm; Sunday, 1-6pm www.artfuelinc.com www.myspace.com/artfuel_inc Artfuel.inc is located at the corner of Wrightsville Ave and 17th st. Housed in an old gas station, we offer resident artists working in studios alongside a gallery space used to exhibit other artists work. We hope to connect artists with each other and offer many styles of work to fuel the public’s interest. Currently, Artfuel, Inc. will showcase Volume 22, a graffiti extravaganza, featuring Stevie Mack, Kid Mike, Mathew Curran, Camden Noir and Eye Dee. Live tagging will be done throughout the evening on a wall built specially for the event. All are welcome.

14712 Hwy. 17 N. • (910) 270-5180 Mon.-Sat. 11am-5pm, or by appt.

Hampstead, NC “Beautiful; lots of variety.” “Love the place.”

“Beautiful art work.” “Very nice.” “Art rocks your socks, and you know that.” These are just what a few customers had to say about Hampstead Art Gallery. Come and tell us what you think.

Affordable prices on prints and originals. Local artists with various styles and taste are just excited about having the opportunity to share their work with all art lovers. Our artists offer different sizes from what we have on display and low rates on commissioned work.

Owner Charles Turner invites all artists and art lovers to just hang out in our new Artist Lounge any time. Look for our upcoming Expos and Open House. Hampstead Art Gallery is located in Hampstead on the corner of Factory Road next to CVS Pharmacy.

Crescent Moon 332 Nutt St, The Cotton Exchange (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm; Sun., 12-4pm www.crescentmoonnc.com Local fused glass artist, Michelle Arthur premiered at Crescent Moon just in time for the 2009 holiday, and has recently expanded her work at the gallery to include jewelry, Christian crosses, votives and platters. Her handcrafted designs are created using fine hand-rolled glass with iridescent and dichroic finishes, as well as with a pinch of island sand. Michelle’s unique style and artistic flair can be seen at Surf’s Bar and Grill Restaurant in all of the magnificent custom lighting designed by her.

New to the gallery, Steven Kitra’s 12” Spirit Ball and his scented hand-blown diffusers. A full line of Kitra’s Art Glass can be found year round at Crescent Moon.

Crescent Moon is located in The Cotton Exchange where parking is free while shopping or dining. Follow us on Twitter as CrescentMoonNC, or become a fan on our Facebook page!

New Elements Gallery 216 N. Front St. • (919) 343-8997 Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm or by appointment www.newelementsgallery.com New Elements Gallery presents Color Stories, a collection of recent works by the gallery’s artists, including Bruce Bowman, Nancy Carter, Richard Garrison, Jack Ketner and Sally Sutton.

Exhibition Show will hang through March 20th.

New Elements Gallery changes its exhibitions each month to coincide with Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, which takes place next on March 26th.

to her inner child by channeling it through her artwork. Though so much of her work comes from her personal memories and her very active imagination- there is also a strong sense of depth and maturity to many of her pieces. The show will be hanging through March 18th.

The gallery also carries works by Bob Bryden, Virginia Wright-Frierson, Rachel Kastner, Pam Toll, and Katherine Webb, as well as a large selection of works on paper in numerous media.

Sunset River Marketplace 10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 Tues- Sat. 10am-5pm • Closed Mon. in winter sunsetrivermarketplace.com myspace.comsunsetrivermarketplace This eclectic, spacious gallery, located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, N.C., features fine arts and crafts by some of North and South Carolina’s most creative, successful artists.

Almost every genre is represented here—oil, pastel and watercolor, clay and glass art, fiber art, turned wood, metal works, artisan-crafted jewelry and more. Classes, workshops, pottery studio, custom framing, Creative Exchange lecture series and Coffee With the Author series are also offered on-site.

616B Castle St. (910) 343-4370 www.wilmington-art.org The Wilmington Art Association is holding its 28th annual Spring Art Show and Sale during the Azalea Festival week activities. Check out the beautiful art work on display at Perry Hall at St. James Episcopal Church, 313 Dock Street. Free and open to the public on Friday and Saturday, April 9th and 10th, 10am-5:30pm, and Sunday, April 11, noon-4pm.

Currently showing is Gordon Webb, photographer, radio producer and scriptwriter. Webb’s art photography will hang through March 24th.

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Clawhammering Away: Big Al and the Marching Rams release old-timey sounds on new CD

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or years now, friends and musical colleagues Lincoln Morris and Kevin Rhodes have been staples of the local music scene. From their involvement in founding such influential bands as Mosquito Mite and Lamont Skylark, to Rhodes’ association with the creation of Wilmington Unplugged, and now to their collective participation in the formation of their new record label, Winoca Records, these men have been as much a part of Wilmington’s recent musical history than just about anyone. Now, with the collaboration with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex “Big Al” Hall within the past couple of years, Morris and Rhodes have expanded their reach into more traditional landscapes.

This month Winoca Records will release the debut album from Big Al Hall and March-

ing Rams—the newest musical project of by: Adrian Varnam Hall, Morris, and Rhodes, along with bassist Jones Smith and Barnraiser Tiffany Reece Big Al and the Forsythe. Recently, encore spoke with guiMarching Rams tarist Lincoln Morris about the collaboration. e: How is this project different than others Green Light Lounge • 21 North Front Street that you’ve done with your friends Alex Hall March 20th • 5pm and 7pm and Kevin Rhodes?

Admission: $20 LM: This project is a bunch of old-time music Includes pizza, coffee and Big Al’s new CD that Alex taught us all. They’re round-peakstyle clawhammer banjo tunes—and they’re really old and from a specific place in Virginia. ful, while others are dark. They really have a I wish I could be more specific as to exactly wide range of texture and feeling. where. But, after we recorded his original tunes for his second record, we were like, e: What made you want to do this project “Let’s just go somewhere to record these with Alex? tunes, as well.”

LM: It was the songs themselves—but more So we went up to Richmond to the Sound of how well he knows them. They almost of Music studio, set up and played most of seem to be a part of who he is and what he the tunes just once in one take, without even does. To not do these songs would be missreally mixing. And, then, we had it mastered, ing a big part of Alex’s talents. I mean, he’s and now we’re putting it out this Friday. a very talented songwriter, but these songs are what helped form his songwriting, I think. e: How would you describe the music?

I never even really played old-time music beLM: I’d say it’s traditional, I guess, but with fore or even experimented with it before he drums. Although they’re more percussive- taught them to me, so that in itself has been sounding than rock drums—and the bass is a great experience. very prominent. I’m not really sure old-time purists will really dig it, but I think the songs e: What do you bring to this project not are really familiar, if that makes sense. And being from a traditional and old-time backI think pretty much everyone else will like it ground? because of that.

LM: Well, the cool thing about this muAlex has got a great voice, and he’s just sic is that, basically, everything I’ve ever a ridiculous banjo player. The music just has done—whether rock or country or anything this warm and live feel to it. else—really without me even knowing it is e: And the songs are all traditional and public domain tunes?

LM: Yea, exactly. All the songs were written somewhere between, like 1913 and 1925. e: What do the songs speak of, in terms of subject matter?

LM: They’re sort of rural songs, really.

They’re all archetypal with rural imagery—animals, nature, water. Almost universal stuff.

Some are really whimsical, while others are almost gothic. Some are charming and play-

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based on music like this. With the type of guitar that I play, it was so easy for me to play these tunes. These tunes are the roots of American music. They’re the same chords that I’ve played in everything I’ve done, even though I’ve never played folk music before.

For me this whole thing has been an opportunity to rediscover guitar playing. e: What’s the response been like from crowds?

LM: Phenomenal. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a band where people are hearing about it,

ODE TO YESTERYEAR: Hear the fascinating sounds from Big Al and his Marching Rams—sounds that are driving Wilmington music fans mad with rhythm. CD released Saturday.

and coming out and enjoying it quite the way it’s been with this band. People who normally would say that they don’t like “banjo music” are saying, “Wow, this is great!” We almost rock-style it at times—it’s fast, it’s energetic, it’s positive. People just seem to respond to it. I’m having a blast, and everyone in the band and everyone in the crowd seem to as well.

But so much of the response is a direct result of Alex himself. He’s a big presence and has such an open generosity to his character that it just opens that flow between audience and performer. It’s so genuine, and I think people just respond to that. e: And will this record carry the name of your newly formed local record label, Winoca Records?

LM: Yea, this is our first official release, and we’re doing a lot to really make this special and brand ourselves as a grassroots kind of label. We’re doing a lot of the art by hand; all of the albums we have now have vinylprint covers. Alex did the art himself and cut the liners. Kevin [Rhodes] and I did all of the printing, and so it’s a limited-edition version of what Winoca Records is going to put out later. We’re really involved, and invested in this as a whole and excited to be sharing it with everyone.

Big Al Hall and Marching Rams will perform two shows this Saturday, March 20th, at the Green Light Lounge to celebrate the release of their debut CD. At 5pm, the band will offer a special all-ages show. Admission includes a family-pass, complete with handprinted CD, pizza for the kids from Slice of Life, and coffee from the folks at Winoca Records. At 10m, the band will headline their second performance, joined by opening band, The Barnraisers.

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DJ P. Funk —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 karaoke —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 karaoke with BoB Clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ —High Tide Lounge, 1800 Carolina Beach Ave., Carolina Bch; 458-0807 James Jarvis & FrienDs (7Pm-8Pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St., 763-1607 DJ JuiCe —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 nutt house imProv —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 oPen miC night —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223

eriC anD Carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 uPstarts, rogues —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 smooth oP —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 Casserole —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 ten Below —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 Jeremy norris —Grand Union Pub, 1125 Military Cutoff; 910-256-9133 traDitional irish musiC trio —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 Paul grimshaw —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647

Piano show —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 oPen miC night with gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 karaoke w/ DJ Biker roB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 DJBe karaoke —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 Ballyhoo —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558

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Dane Britt —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 Hip-Hop DJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 BeacH & SHag nigHt —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 KaraoKe w/ BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 roBBie Berry —Smileys Tavern, 723 N. 4th Street; 399-1669 DJ p. Money —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 guitariSt perry SMitH —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 live Belly Dancing —Arabian Nights, 117 Grace St.; 763-3456 will revo —Francesco’s, 839 S. Kerr Ave.; 793-5656 piano SHow —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 DJ Scooter FreSH —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 claSSy KaraoKe witH ManDy clayton —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001

iaMHuMan —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 DJ —Ronnie’s Place, 6745-B Market St.; 228-8056 KaraoKe w/ DJ val —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 Scavenger Hunt BeneFit —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 criMe in Stereo, overlooKeD, atlaS, tHe wonDer yearS —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 3 incHeS oF Fury, pHySical graFFeeti —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 SoulBeaM —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 BaBy Dance —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 l SHapeD lott —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 JoHn toppingS —Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231

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SALSA LESSONS at 9:30 with live DJ

$2.75 Import Bottles, $3 Rum and Coke

$2 Tequilla - $3 Corona - $4 Margarita’s

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SATURDAY BEAcH & SHAG NiGHt, 8:00 BESt iN BEAcH & SHAG MuSic & DANciNG

LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD $3 Landshark • $3 Kamikaze • $5 Bombs 4"563%":

LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD Rooftop open by 6pm Dance floor open by 10pm 46/%": $5 Tommy Bahama Mojitos $2.75 Corona $3.50 Bloody Mary’s • $3 Mimosas

JaMeS JarviS & FrienDS (7pM-8pM) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-7631607 Dane Britt KaraoKe —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 live acouStic —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 KaraoKe —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 KaraoKe witH BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 KaraoKe w/ DJ Be —Ultra Classics Pool and Bar, North Hampstead cape Fear BlueS JaM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 traviS SHallow —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 KaraoKe Kong —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 DJ DouBleclicK —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 DJ “Mr lee” —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 KaraoKe witH DJ BiKer roB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204

March 21st

BAND Of Oz 4-8pm

Private Parties are available for booking 791-7595

Fri., March 19

l SHape lOT 7-10PM Sat., March 20

jOHN TOppiNGS 7-10PM Fri., March 26

OVeRTyMe 7-10PM Sat., March 27

Mike O’DONNell 7-10PM 877-330-5050 910-256-2231 wrightsville.sunspreeresorts.com

toP 40 W/ DJ lil ManDy —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301

DJBe KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838

WEDNESDay, march 24

act ii —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647

oPen Mic niGHt WitH Gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 KaraoKe —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 DJ Juice —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206

eric anD carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 Piano SHoW —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 trez Bluz —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.; 910-343-3341

All entertainment must be turned in to encore by noon every Thursday for consideration in the weekly entertainment calendar.

Venues are responsible for notifying encore of any changes, removals or additions to their weekly schedules.

Show Stoppers:

3/21: Deerhunter, Schooner, Free electric State 3/23: rX Bandits, the Builders and the Butchers, zechs Marquise

HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 HWy 17 S., Myrtle BeacH, Sc 843-272-3000

ALABAMA THEATRE 4750 HWy 17 SoutH, n. Myrtle BeacH, Sc 843-272-1111

Concerts around the region

& the High Score 3/21: Billy Jonas 3/22: Megadeth, testament, exodus

3/19: George thorogood & the Destroyers, Damon Fowler 3/20: Badfish, Scotty Don’t and Full Service 3/25: Widespread Panic

THE ORANGE PEEL 101 BiltMore avenue, aSHeville 828-225-5851 3/17: G. love & Special Sauce, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad 3/18: George thorogood & the Destroyers, Damon Fowler 3/19: Jamey Johnson, Jerrod niemann 3/20: David allan coe, Mic Harrison

AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 SoutH tryon St., cHarlotte 704-377-6874 3/17: alkaline trio, cursive 3/18: Manic, another Day Falls, unsung Hereo 3/19: the Stranger, the elton John tribute Band 3/20: G. love & Special Sauce, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad 3/23: Matt Kearney, ingrid Michaelson, cara Salimando

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 e. caBarruS St., raleiGH 919-821-4111

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roGer DaviS, ron WilSon —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 oPen Mic niGHt —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 nutt HouSe iMProv —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 DJ JePH caulter —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 DJ —High Tide Lounge, 1800 Carolina Beach Ave., Carolina Bch; 458-0807 JaMeS JarviS & FrienDS (7PM-8PM) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910763-1607 KaraoKe WitH BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ P. FunK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 acouStic niGHt: tyler McKaiG —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616

HarPer Blynn —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 Mac anD Juice —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 KaraoKe W/ DJ BiKer roB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204

3/20: Drifters, coasters, Platters 3/21: eddie Miles

3/18: Ballyhoo, Murphy’s Kids, 5th Generation 3/19: Weener, vaseline, Bug 3/20: airiel Down, sometimez Why?, idiom, adam Pitts, Kill van Kull 3/23: Badfish, Scotty Don’t, Full Service, Fayuca 3/24: Sister Hazel, the Kin

CAROLINA THEATRE 309 W. MorGan St., DurHaM

919-560-3030 3/18-3/21: the Mikado 3/23: George thorogood & the Destroyers

CAT’S CRADLE 300 e. Main St., carrBoro 919-967-9053 3/18: Black lips, Box elders 3/19: cuntry Kings 3/20: the rosebuds, Mount Weather

N. CHARLESTON COLESIUM 5001 coliSeuM Dr., cHarleSton, Sc 843-529-5000 3/17-3/18: Jesus christ Superstar 3/19:(Pac) charleston county Schools’ all-star rock Band, Mark Wood 3/20: (Pac) Moody Blues

GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 WeSt lee St., GreenSBoro, 336-373-7400 3/18-3/21: “Dixie’s tupperware Party”

Flaming Amy’s is looking for Wilmington’s next Big star!

We need a song/jingle to use in radio and television advertisements, and we want YOU to write it!

Bands, Singers, Closet Music Makers…ANYBODY. Just put together a 30-60 second song or jingle, Burn it to a CD and drop it off at any Flaming Amy’s or Gravity Records.

Taking submissions through March 31st, 2010

Pick up entry forms and details at any Flaming Amy’s or Gravity Records.

Winning song will be used for Flaming Amy’s commercials and advertising.

Top 10 entries will be asked to perform their song/jingle live at Soap Box. Winner will be chosen by our Celebrity judges, musical experts form Gravity Records and some help from the live audience!

All Top 10 winners will receive a Flaming Amy’s Gift Bag

1st place: $200 CASH MONEY and $100 Flaming Amy’s Cash 2nd place: $150 CASH MONEY and $75 Flaming Amy’s Cash 3rd place: $100 CASH MONEY and $50 Flaming Amy’s Cash

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e d i u g g n i n di american Brixx Wood Fired Pizza A short drive from the beach, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Mayfaire Town Center is a fun, friendly neighborhood restaurant. Serving the best brick-oven pizzas around, Brixx also offers a fine selection of signature focaccia sandwiches, pastas, fresh salads and desserts. Stop in for a quick lunch, or kick back on the patio with one of 24 beers on tap or 14 wines by the glass. Brixx is also a latenight destination, serving 2-for-1 pizzas and appetizers after 10 p.m. Open until 1 a.m.

Monday through Saturday and 11 p.m. on Sunday.6801 Main Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. 910-256-9677. www.brixxpizza.com.

BLUeWaTer Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie. Dine inside or at their award-winning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sunday during the summer months. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach , NC . 910.256.8500.

cHriS’ coSmic KiTcHen cosmicKitchenonline.com Serving breakfast all day as well as lunch and handmade cheesecake, Chef and Owner Chris Lubben loves to make many of his menu items from scratch. Whether you’re in the mood for a fluffy 3-egg Omelet, Shrimp & Grits, Prime Rib Sandwich or Andes Mint Cheesecake, Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is your “Out of this World” Breakfast/Lunch Destination. Evening restaurant rental is available,

as well as a Personal Chef service. Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is located at 420 Eastwood Rd, Unit 109, on the corner of Racine Dr. and Eastwood Rd. Closed Monday. Open TuesSat. from 8am-4pm with Sun. Brunch from 9am-2pm. Take-out calls welcome, 792-6720.

Follow us on Twitter @CosmicKitchen.

c.G. daWGS For great traditional New York style eats with Southern charm look no further than C.G. Dawgs. You will be drawn in by the aroma of fine beef franks served with witty banter and good natured delivery from the cleanest hot dog carts in Wilmington. Sabrett famous hot dogs and Italian sausages are the primary fare offered, with a myriad of condiments for all of your mid-day or late night cravings. You may find them daily at their new location on the boardwalk of Market and Water St. from 11am to 5pm. Saturdays at the farmers market. Thursday-Saturday nights they are on Market St. between Front and 2nd St. from 10pm to 3:00am.

Then they finish the week off at Fibbers on Sunday nights until 3am. To busy to leave the office? Ask about their lunch time delivery service for downtown!!

FLaT eddie’S Are you ready to eddie? FLAT eddie’s upbeat, modern dining room & bar makes eddie’s the new “it” place to dine in Wilmington for New American Cuisine. Why FLAT eddie’s? Their signature flatbreads! These flavorful creations start with scratch-made dough, stretched thin and piled high with ingredients like roma tomatoes, succulent shrimp and luxurious cheeses.

All sandwiches and burgers are under $8 and their entrees are unique and bold. FLAT eddie’s bar serves up $2 and $3 beer and cocktail specials daily. Private dining area available.

Large groups welcome. Family-style meals to go available. FlatEddiesRestaurant.com. 5400 Oleander Drive, Wilmington . 910.799.7000.

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This former Dawson’s Creek stage set has been turned into a lively pub in the heart of Downtown Wilmington. Their extensive menu ranges from classics like a thick Angus burger or NY style reuben to lighter fare such as homemade soups, fresh salads, and vegetarian options. Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game on the big screen, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with a pool table, darts, weekly trivia, and live music on the weekends. Offers limited lunchtime delivery during the week and can accommodate large parties. M-Sat 11am until late, opens Sundays at noon. 118 Princess St, (910) 763-4133.

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HenrY’S A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest and offers daily blackboard specials that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients. Come early for lunch, because its going to be packed. Dinner too! Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. Henry’s is home to live music, wine & beer dinners and other special events. Check out their calendar of events at HenrysRestaurant.com for details. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. 910.793.2929.

Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street • (910) 251-0433

Pine VaLLeY marKeT

The Verandah Café Restaurant located in this oceanfront resort is a wonderful find.

This is the perfect place to enjoy a fresh Seafood & Steak dinner while dinning outside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Chef Eric invites you to experience his daily specials in this magnificent setting. Open daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. 256-2231 Wrightsville Beach.

Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch in-house, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market. Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood. Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. Mon.-Fri. 10am-7pm; Sat. 9am-6pm; closed Sunday. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD.

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Kefi, founded in 1981 by a group of friends, has a long-standing tradition as a favorite local watering hole. This Wrightsville-Beach eatery is open at 6am for breakfast, offering everything from omelets and pancakes, to shrimp and grits. Take a break from the beach and visit Kefi’s, where their menu features a variety of salads and sandwiches. There is even a “working man’s lunch,” served Monday through Friday, all for under $6. At night Kefi comes alive by serving dinner with a Southern flare. From the fried pickles appetizer to their the shrimp or oyster Po’boy to their nightly dinner specials, there is something that will make your taste buds sing.

Then stick around for live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; nightly drink specials are offered. Go online at www.kefilive.com for more info and full music schedule. Open 6am-2am, seven days a week, with full ABC permits. Lunch deliveries available in the Wrightsville Beach area. Located at 2012 Eastwood Road, 910-256-3558.

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. Open Tuesday-Sunday, serving dinner at 5pm. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size.

Mellow out and relax in the comfortable atmosphere that Mellow Mushroom offers.

From the giant psychadelic ‘shroom located in the bar area to the Cadillac hanging on the wall, this restaurant is far from ordinary.

The open kitchen brings live entertainment as pizza dough flies in the air. Their handtossed, spring-water dough brings new meaning to pizzas and calzones—healthy!!

With 20 drafts and an array of microbrews, domestic and import bottles, Mellow Mushroom has an extensive beer list and full bar.

Also, check out their lunch specials and variety of sandwiches. Their menu also caters to everyone and offers many vegetarian dishes.

Live jazz on Wednesdays. Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-10pm; Sun., 12pm-9pm. 4311 Oleander Drive, 452-3773.

TroLLY SToP Trolly Stop Hot Dogs are family owned with six locations. Since 1976 we specialize in homemade chili, slaw and sauces. Dogs include Smighfield (beef & pork), Southern Dog, Sabrett (all beef), Northern Dog, Carolina Packers Pork Dog (smoke sausage), Oscar Mayer 98% Fat Free Dogs (turkey) and Light Life Veggie Dog (soy). Locations are: 126 N. Front Street Open six days including Thurs., Fri., and Sat. night from 10pm-3am; 343-2999, 94 S. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach, 256-1421; 4502 Fountain Dr., 4523952. Open at 11am on Sat.; South Howe St. in Southport, 457-7017; 103A Cape Fear Blvd in Carolina Beach, 458-5778. Catering cart available all year from $300. 910-297-8416.

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asian Double Happiness Double Happiness offers the Port City fine Asian dining at reasonable prices. We prepare flavorful dishes inspired by the cultural richness of Malaysia, Thailand and authentic China. We’re now serving traditional dim sum, and good health special vegetarian dishes, such as Soy Peking Ribs, homemade tofu and homemade Malaysian sponge cake.

We are dedicated to branding the exotic flavors of fresh ingredients and a romantic spice in all of our cooking techniques. Our friendly staff is always willing to help customers, and we serve beer and wine for lunch and dinner.

Banquet and tatami rooms are available for large parties. Open Monday through Saturday, 11am-10pm; and Sunday 3pm-10pm.

4403 Wrightsville Avenue; 910-313-1088. www.doublehappinessrestaurant.com.

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, or be entertained every Friday night with a Balinese dancer. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), 251-9229.

Indochinewilmington.com.

sZeCHuan 132 Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination! Szechuan 132 has earned the reputation as one of the finest contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Port City. Tastefully decorated with an elegant atmosphere, with an exceptional ingenious menu has deemed Szechuan 132 the best Chinese restaurant for years, hands down. 419 South College Road (in University Landing), 799-1426.

Hiro japanese steakHouse What better way to celebrate a special occasion or liven up a dinner out than to dine in a place where every meal is an exciting presentation. Knowing that a meal should be more than just great food, Hiro adds a taste of theatre and a amazing atmosphere to everyone’s dinning experience. Also serving sushi, Hiro surprises its guests with a new special roll every week and nightly drink specials to complement it. From 4-7pm enjoy half-priced nigiri and half-priced regular makimono. Nigiri makimono combos are only $7.50, while early-bird specials last from 4-6pm, where diners can choose two: shrimp, chicken or steak. Open Monday thru Thursday 4pm-10pm; Friday and Saturday 4pm-10:30pm; and Sunday 11am-10pm.

Located at 222 Old Eastwood Road (910) 794-1570. Please visit the Web site at hirojapanesesteakhouse.com.

inDoCHine restaurant anD 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

Caribbean jaMaiCa’s CoMFort Zone Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is Wilmington’s Authentic Caribbean Restaurant conveniently located at 417 S. College Road in University Landing. We offer exquisite Caribbean cuisine to satisfy your taste buds, whether they are for spicy Jamaican jerk chicken, mellow flavors of our curry chicken, curry goat or our ox tail skillfully flavored by our Jamaican chefs. Come in and enjoy our many menu selections, our warm décor, smoke-free atmosphere, excellent service and our smooth reggae music. Operating hours are: Sunday 3:00pm – 8:00pm; Wednesday – Saturday 11:45am – 9:00pm (Closed Monday and Tuesday). Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is family owned and operated. Check us out at www.jamaicascomfortzone.com or call us 910-399-2867.

FrenCH CapriCe bistro Wilmington’s finest French cuisine can be found at Caprice Bistro, a small informal neighborhood restaurant, serving hearty food in generous portions at affordable prices.

Simple is the atmosphere in the bistro, as plain white plates and tables dressed in white paper make up the decor. However, the food is far from simple, as a combination of fresh ingredients and innovative preparation delight the taste buds with a plethora of unique appetizers, entrées and desserts. The service is fast, efficient and non-intrusive, and the ambience is friendly and unpretentious.

After dinner, be sure to venture upstairs into their cozy and relaxing sofa bar for an afterdinner martini, or enjoy your meal there, as

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a light-fare and full menus are served. Art is always on display in the sofa bar, so be sure to inquire frequently about their artist show receptions. Voted “Best French Restaurant” three years in a row! 10 Market Street, downtown Wilmington, 815-0810.

italian antonios piZZa anD pasta Antonio’s Pizza and Pasta, simply known as Antonio’s, is anything but simple. From scrumptious appetizers to signature pizza to some of the best traditional Italian pasta dishes in town, it’s the perfect place to enjoy a cozy dinner for two or bring the whole family in for pizza and fun. Offering beer and wine at their Monkey Junction and Porter’s Neck location and live music Friday and Saturday nights with all ABC permits at their Leland location, Antonio’s has thought of everything for you to enjoy your dining experience with them. Monkey Junction across from Super Walmart off South College Road (910) 7920000, Porter’s Neck Shopping Center next to Kiva Grill off Market Street (910) 6867774, Cross Creek Commons across from Magnolia Greens (910) 383-0033. www.antoniospizzaandpasta.com

eDDie roManelli’s Eddie Romanelli’s is a family-friendly, casual Italian American restaurant that’s been a favorite of Wilmington locals for over 16 years. Its diverse menu includes Italian favorites such as Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Baked Ziti, Rigatoni a la Vodka and, of course, made-from-scratch pizzas. Its American influences include tasty burgers, the U.S.A. Salad and a 16oz. Marinated Rib Eye Steak. Romanelli’s offers patio dining and flat screen TVs in its bar area. Dine in or take out, Romanelli’s is always a crowd favorite. Large parties welcome. RomanellisRestaurant.com. 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. 910.383.1885.

giorgio’s italian restaurant Giorgio’s is a locally owned, one-of-a-kind restaurant. Offering age-old traditions and timeless recipes, perfection is accomplished by combining the perfect cuisine and atmosphere for a dining experience that is not soon forgotten. With over 50 years of cooking experience under one roof, the smells of old-fashioned home cooking float through the air creating that comforting feeling of home-away-from-home! From old world style dishes to modern day creations, the menu showcases multiple flavors that will tempt the palate of the most discriminating connoisseurs. A Monkey Junction landmark for over 12 years! www.giorgios-restaurant. com. 5226 S College Rd.,Wilmington 910790-9954.

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. We have the largest tequila selection in Wilmington. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.” Stop by for lunch dinner, or a late-night treat, open from 11:30am until 3am, seven days a week, 365 days a year, all ABC permits. 122 Market Street between Second and Front, downtown Wilmington. 251-9444. Visit our 2nd location at 1437 Military Cutoff rd., next to PT’s! 256-2229 www.grabslice.com.

organiC loVeY’s Market Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for natural and organic groceries, or just a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious, and totally fresh snack. Whether they are in the mood for a veggie burger, a bean burrito or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte café menu at Lovey’s. The food bar—which has cold salads and hot selections that can be eaten in the café seating or boxed for take-out—can be enjoyed all day long, while the juice bar offers a wide variety of juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables.

Specializing in bulk sales of produce, grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices, Lovey‘s also carries grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. Wheatfree, gluten-free, products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries and wholesome pet foods. For anything shoppers want that is not in stock, Lovey‘s will be happy to find it.

Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday, 9am to 7pm; Saturday, 9am to 6pm; and on Sundays, 10am to 6pm. Café hours: Monday-Friday, 11am– 6pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am-6pm.

Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Road; 910-509-0331. Online at www.loveysmarket.com.

tiDal Creek Co-o Tidal Creek Deli offers a wide array of exceptional and unusual organic foods, all of which taste as good as they are for you.

The salad bar and hot bar incorporate flavors from around the world; each item is prepared by hand using only fresh and local ingredients. The chefs are constantly experimenting to create new and exciting dishes. Choose from made to order smoothies with almond butter and hemp milk, salads with locally grown greens or, special order a wedding cake made from scratch to your specifications. Whatever your tastes, Tidal Creek Deli is a place to rejuvenate the mind and body while enjoying the company of a friendly and relaxed organic community.

seafood doCK sTReeT oYsTeR BaR Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters! Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street. You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfortable in flip flops as you would in a business suit. smoke-free! Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. 762-2827 www.dockstreetoysterbar.net.

easT aT THe BLoCKade RUNNeR HoTeL The Blockade Runner offers an array of seasonal seafood specials, certified Angus beef, lobster menu on Friday evening plus a spectacular Sunday brunch. Romantic al fresco dining is available on our dinner deck located in the center of a lush garden overlooking the ocean far away from the traffic and noise. We offer live entertainment on Saturday evening and Sunday brunch. Our smoke-free lounge is eco-friendly and offers light fare nightly. 275 Waynick Blvd. Wrightsville Beach. 910-256-2251.

HIeRoNYMUs Proving that excellent seafood isn’t just for the eateries at Wrightsville Beach, Hieronymus Seafood is the stop for midtown Wilmington seafood lovers. In business for 27 years strong, Hieronymus has made a name for itself by consistently providing excellent service and the freshest of the fresh in oceanic cuisine. Complete with a full-service bar and a fireside oyster bar, it’s the place to be if you are seeking top-quality attributes in atmosphere, presentation, flavor and ingenuity. Signature dishes include Oysters Hieronymus and the Scallops Fra Diavlo.

Hieronymus has all ABC permits and also provides catering. Voted “Best Seafood” in 2007. 5035 Market Street; 392-6313.

oCeaNIC Voted best seafood restaurant in Wilm-

ington, Oceanic provides oceanfront dining at its best. Located in Wrightsville Beach, Oceanic is one of the most visited restaurants on the beach. Choose from a selection of seafood platters, combination plates and daily fresh fish. For land lovers, try their steaks, chicken or pasta dishes. Relax on the pier or dine inside. Oceanic is also the perfect location for memorable wedding receptions, birthday gatherings, anniversary parties and more. Large groups welcome.

Private event space available. Family-style to go menu available. OceanicRestaurant. com. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. 910.256.5551

soUTHeRN HaLL’s TRopICaNa ResTaURaNT Hall’s is a Wilmington tradition! Originally opened in 1901 as a drug store, Hall’s has been serving the Downtown community for over 100 years. We serve traditional Southern fare, including a classic breakfast with the accompaniments you’ve grown to love. Lunch includes a Southern buffet Monday-Friday with pork, chicken, all the fixin’s, and a special addition every day! Don’t forget our unique menu, which includes everything from specialty sandwiches to fried seafood. Most importantly, at Hall’s everything is fresh! Open Monday-Friday, 7am-2pm (buffet 11-2), and Saturday from 7am-12:30pm with breakfast and menu items only. 421 Castle St. 910-762-2210.

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 awardwinning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNCW, this lively sportsthemed restaurant is home to over 40 HD TVs and the biggest HD projector TVs in Wilmington. 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. Carolina Ale House serves its full menu from 11a – 2a daily.

CarolinaAleHouse.com. 317 South College Road, Wilmington, NC. 910.791.9393.

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or as long as I can remember, my family has told me great things come in small packages. It’s been drilled into me. It was fed to me morning, noon and night during my childhood. As a damn proud little person, I often wondered throughout: How accessible is this giant world before me?

Selene Luna, actress, comedian, model, burlesque dancer and all-around wonder woman, truly puts what I have been bred to believe into action. Half Betty Paige, a dash of Betty Boop and two equal parts Lucille Ball, Luna exemplifies talent of all dimensions. Most importantly, her accomplishments in the arts prove that the world can be conquered by those of all shapes and sizes.

Last week, I had the distinct honor to sit

by: Tiffanie Gabrielse down with her, and discuss life on and off the stage. Often compared to Gypsy Rose Lee, Dita Von Tease and labeled as the “Gen Xversion” of the unforgettable Marlene Dietrich, Luna stands at 3 feet, 10 inches tall, but her inspiring ideology on life—and her passion to defy social norms—dwarfs the tallest of sky scrapers. Known to use her identity as a little person to propel her work, Luna paves the way for all individuals, coast to coast, to conquer the performing arts.

With a résumé that includes movie, television and stage roles, such as The Velvet Hammer Burlesque, My Bloody Valentine, Van Helsing, The Guardian, WWE RAW and the unforgettably funny “Cho Show,” Luna’s

ENTERTAINING A BATTLEFIELD: Selene Luna has worked tirelessly to become the next Gyspy Rose Lee or Dita Von Tease, standing tall at only 3 feet 10 inches. Photo coutresy of Keri Smith Esguia.

main goal is to share her knowledge and personal experiences so that we all may learn from them.

“Everything I do is taken from my life experiences,” Luna said to me from Los Angeles. “I write my own stuff. I try to make everything as universal as possible.” She spoke like a true spitfire. She was ready for anything, and her honesty became addicting.

“My message in entertaining is that I’m very, very proud and happy with my circumstance. Sure, its been a difficult road. Everyone has a hard time, everyone has a story, but the difference with me is, I like to do it with pizzazz!”

A native to East Los Angeles, Luna grew up underprivileged. Unable to afford family outings, she and her parents would instead entertain their evenings by cruising Hollywood Boulevard. In a time when movie stars

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would freely walk in the open without fearing the paparazzi, Luna found an outlet.

“That was our entertainment. That’s when Hollywood became an influence for me,” Luna continued to divulge. “At that age I didn’t know or understand what was different about me. I’m the only little person in my family. People would point or stare when I walked out of the house.

I wasn’t treated different at home, so I didn’t get what the big thing was. Now, I want people to stare at me on my terms.

I thought, I’ll give you something to look at. I was in a body that I couldn’t manipulate. So, I thought, Fuck ‘em! I’ll give ‘em show biz!”

But be forewarned: Entertainment is not the only benefit we gain by getting to know Selene Luna. Through her various works, as written in Pocket Venus and Say It to My Face!, we can also subscribe to the belief that self-acceptance and equality is the key to every form of success. We can learn to become activists and stand up tall for what we believe in.

“The gay community inspires me. From day one it was the gay community that embraced and related to me,” Luna expressed. “They never allowed me to get away with being a victim. From San Francisco to Los Angeles to New York, my peers that I collaborate a lot with—I got to hand it to my drag queens; they are all very strong and intelligent, and have high standards for quality and being who you are! They are the most ethical people I’ve ever known, and they don’t let anyone tell them otherwise! Confidence is the sexiest thing. Everyone out there, quit your whining! Or I‘ll give you something to whine about!”

In a society where everyone wants to plummet into victim mode, where it’s easier to be coddled and complain, Luna demonstrates how we all can overcome obstacles and shape a position for ourselves in life despite any circumstance.

Importantly, she binds West-Coast glamour with our energetic Port-City vitality by using enriching perspectives.

Check out Selene Luna and find out where she’s performing next by visiting www.seleneluna.com. Yes, like the rest of the world, she has Facebook, too.

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Wilmington: Liberate!

Student-founded fund-raiser zeros in on local kids’ program

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here it is again—another commercial featuring some current or ex-politician, calling on us to help out with some tragic event that occurred in a remote area of the world. Most of us respond. We send a text to some obscure number worth $10 on our next cell-phone bill. We usually feel like we’ve committed an act that is bigger than ourselves, all without ever leaving the couch.

There is no denying it: People like to help— as long as it remains effortless. The businessman wants to get his same cup of coffee at the same java shop, and if there is a donation tin by the register, he might contribute his change.

The college student wants to go out to his favorite bar on any given night, get the cheapest beer possible, and if part of his tab can go to charity, then he feels all the better for getting plastered.

But where does the latter ever happen?

Where does a $25 bar tab turn into a $1000plus donation for people in need? Actually, right here in Wilmington.

Aileen Haugh, a Communication Studies major at UNCW, started Dance 4 Liberation (D4L) to do just that. D4L is an organization dedicated to hosting parties that offer a place for people to dance, and enjoy themselves, while putting the money spent on drinks and door fees towards helping people in need.

The first Dance 4 Liberation (D4L) event occurred in November 2009, to help raise money for Friendship Bridge, an organization dedicated to offering micro-financing for the small business ideas of women in war-torn countries, and their workings in Guatemala. The idea became a project with a need for a venue almost instantaneously. Through friends, Haugh was able to work out an arrangement with the owner of Charley Brownz (21 South Front Street).

“Actually the same day that I thought of the idea, it all came together,” Haugh says.

“It was amazing how much people wanted to be a part of it and help out.”

The first event turned out to be a huge success, with a line around the block. By raffling gift certificates from local businesses, like Tidal Creek, and taking donations at the bar, D4L raised over $1,300 for Friendship Bridge—far more money than anyone anticipated.

“I didn’t initially have any plans of continuing the project, but because it was so successful and so much fun, I thought, Why not keep doing this?” says Haugh.

So it did keep on keeping on.

At the second of its events, held last January, D4L raised $1,100 for the Lakota Sioux of South Dakota. The monies went to the impoverished Indians living on the Rosebud Reservation. During the same month, D4L teamed up with the local nonprofit record label MixGrotto.

Along with the release of MixGrotto’s monthly

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Dance 4 Liberation Fund-raiser for Houston Moore Terrace afterschool program March 18th • 9pm ‘til Charley Brownz • 21 S. Front Street Featuring live music from: James Ethan Clark, DJ Yung, MX0KST, Snuff Daddy and Trevor Brown mix tape sales—money that was sent to the Philippine Red Cross to help rebuild after the typhoon hit in September 2009—D4L helped make the fund-raiser very successful.

Though Haugh runs most of the events, she teams up with Katelin Kight, Jeph Hinshaw and Annie Segrest to help them go off without a hitch. “We have four main people,” Haugh says, “but we have so many other people that help out and contribute. It’s cool because everyone is really enthusiastic, and everyone has different talents to offer.” Talents like graphic design and video editing makes promoting the event much easier for the crew.

And D4L owes a lot of its success to the way they promote. For every event they make a video to describe the cause at hand and to show people where the money is going. The videos are shared through Facebook, and, with word-of-mouth advertising, they tend to build a lot of hype.

People know D4L promises a great time, but that’s not what the party is about. “We are out there to have fun and enjoy ourselves, as always, but what’s important to me is that we expose our cause,” Haugh explains. Restoring that social balance is the central focus of every event, and the organization makes sure to communicate that whenever they get a chance.

This month, on March 18th, at Charley Brownz, D4L is doing it a little differently: They’re raising monies that will be pumped back into the local community—to help an area of Wilmington that gets overlooked as often as it gets avoided. The Houston Moore Terrace is a public housing project in town, and its children can use some help. Their after-school program runs off of volunteers and little else. What D4L wants to do this time is raise enough money to give the help after-school program an occasional field-trip and even calculators to help the kids as they do their homework.

“For this upcoming fund-raiser it’s most important for us to get parts of the Wilmington community involved that do not know we exist,” Kight says, “and build lasting relationships with lasting contributions.”

So does it take a commercial featuring

STUDIOUS AND CHARITABLE: (l. to r.) Katelin Kight, Aileen Haugh and Jeph Hinshaw are UNCW students who have helped Dance 4 Liberation become a fund-raising success for many causes. They’re bringing it back home on March 18th, where funds raised go to the local Houston Moore Terrace after-school program.

Photo courtesy of ZAM! Party

Bono and a phone number for us to help?

Let’s hope not. He and the rest of U2 were apparently busy this week.

D4L is not about people responding to an international crises with national sponsors.

It’s about students doing what they do best: partying and, somehow or other, making the world a little bit better for the cost of a beer.

Join D4L on Thursday, March 18th, at Charley Brownz and Kick-it for the Kids. The event starts at 9 o’clock and will feature the live music of James Ethan Clark, DJ Yung MZ0KST, Snuff Daddy and Trevor Brown. So stop by, support the Wilmington community, enjoy a cocktail, and make a difference!

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where to be, what to do in Wilmington and beyond

Events COASTAL LIVING SHOWCASE This year’s Coastal Living Showcase, Sat., 3/20, 10-5pm and Sun., 3/21, 11-4pm at the Schwartz Center, will features over 90 vendors showcasing their services and wares.

Find everything from beautiful jewelry and pottery to rain barrel technology to the perfect hurricane shutters for you home.

In addition to vendors there will be great door prizes and raffles. All proceeds from the show will go back into the community to support such organizations as Boys and Girls Home, health care for teens through WHAT and scholarships for students at Cape Fear Community College. Visit www. wilmingtonwomansclub.com

expo will feature wildlife art and decoy displays; book signings by regional outdoor writers; hunting and fishing products; boats and accessories; truck and ATV

3/20-21: COASTAL LIVING SHOWCASE

Taking place this Saturday and Sunday, the Coastal Living Showcase will help spruce up your home for the upcoming spring and summer seasons. Peruse over 90 vendors, who will be showcasing and selling everything from rain-barrel technology to hurricane shutters. Door prizes and raffles will take place, and proceeds from the show benefit our local Boys and Girls Home. More info: www.wilmingtonwomansclub.com.

CAPE FEAR WILDLIFE EXPO Outstanding fishing, hunting, boating, and camping opportunities in Wilmington & North Carolina’s Cape Fear Coast provide an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise. On 3/20-21, the 2nd Annual Cape Fear Wildlife Expo comes to Wilmington. During the 2-day expo, more than 100 exhibitors will showcase products and services for outdoor enthusiasts. Billed as a family event, the

displays; fly-fishing and decoy-carving demonstrations; conservation exhibits; outdoor sports guides and outfitters. Coastline Conference & Event Center (501 Nutt Street). Sat. 3/20, 9am-7pm, Sun. 3/21, 9am-

5pm. Admission $6 for one day or $10 for both days. Children 10 years old and younger get in free when accompanied by an adult. Ample parking is available at nearby parking lots and garages. www.capefearwildlifeexpo.com, 910-795-0292 or 910-327-0309.

TIDAL CREEK CO-OP EVENTS Sat. 3/20 from 11am-3pm: Spring Food Fair. Samples, demos, raffle, and a spinach cook-off. Sat. 4/3: Nature’s Way Farm Tour. A great family outing! Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids under 12. • Join us as we tour one of our local producers. There are several baby goats to see and pet, and of course great cheese products to purchase right off the farm. Register with Tidal Creek Coop. $10 Adults / $5 Kids 12 and under.

Natures Way Farm, Hampstead. 910-799-2667, www. tidalcreek.coop.

HERB AND GARDEN FAIR An annual rite of spring, Historic Poplar Grove Plantation offers everything you’ll need to get started having fun in your garden. Top quality regional farms sell fresh herbs, annuals, perennials, hanging baskets and more, all locally grown. In addition to the great greens you’ll find goats milk cheese, herbal soaps, hand crafted lawn furniture, fountains, birdbaths and one-of-a-kind garden whimsies to make you smile. Fun, educational classes in cooking, nature arts and gardening, as well as an early morning bird hike are offered ($5 per class or hike). Admission to

the fair is free. Come on out to the old plantation for a great start to the spring season. Sat. 3/27 from 9am-5pm. Sun. 3/28 from 10am-4pm. 10200 US 17.www.poplargrove.com. 910-686-9518 ext. 26 BURLY WINE DINNER 3/31 at 6pm. Aubriana’s will be hosting the annual Burly Dinner, featuring Burly wines, such as the Burly Cabernet Sauvignon 2004, as well as many others.

Dinner, including selections such as foie gras and Margaret duck breast, will be served. $80 per person. aubrianasdowntown@gmail.com.

AZALEA FESTIVAL The 63rd Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival will be held 4/7-11. Festival highlights include: Concert

by Goo Goo Dolls and Collective Soul on Thurs. 4/8 at 8pm at UNCW’s Trask Coliseum (tickets $45)., as well as Montgomery Gentry on Fri/, 4/9 at Trask Coliseum at 8pm (tickets $45); Azalea belles dressed in colorful hoop skirts; 2-hour parade; juried arts and craft shows; visiting ships; traveling circus; fireworks; street fair and more. New to this year’s festival is the Azalea Cake Challenge, a contest whereby professional and amateur cake artists are challenged to construct “centerpiece cakes” based on festival themes. Signature events include the Azalea Garden Tour (4/9-11). The 2010 Azalea Home Tour (4/10-11) showcases nine private homes of historical and architectural interest. Schedule and tickets www. ncazaleafestival.org or call 910-794-4650, or stop by the Festival ticket office (5725 Oleander Dr., Unit B7, Wilmington). For a free 2010 Official Visitors Guide to Wilmington & NC’s Cape Fear Coast: (866)266-9690 or www.gocapefearcoast.com.

HOBBY GREENHOUSE CLUB 4/9-11, 6/4-5, 9/10-11: Hobby Greenhouse Spring Plant Sale in Forest Hills. All plants grown by members; portion of profits go to scholarships for local community college horticulture students. Free. Fri. and Sat. 9am–6pm. www.hobbygreenhouseclub.org or email hobbygreenhouse@aol.com.

Charity/Fund-raisers EMPTY BOWLS 3/19: Local community members will come together and share a meal of delicious soup and bread at the Empty Bowls event. Area potters and restaurants will give of their time and resources to help fight hunger in our community. Community members will purchase tickets for a meal of delicious soup and bread. Local restaurants will be making the soup and local potters will be creating ceramic bowls. Ea. ticket holder will select a bowl and will take it home as a reminder of the meal’s intent to fight hunger. Proceeds go toward helping both Good Shepherd Center and Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard. Good Shepherd Center works to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless in the Wilmington community, while Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard focuses on providing non-perishable emergency food to the hungry in the area. (910) 7634424 x101, dj.goodshepherd@gmail.com or www. goodshepherdwilmington.org

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BEST FRIENDS 1-MILE WALK/5K RUN Sat. 3/20, 10am, EARRS and YWCA will host a Best Friends 1-Mile Walk/5K Run, starting at Holly Tree Elementary School. Dog owners are encouraged to walk the 1 mile course or run the 5k course with their dogs. There will be water for human participants and special water stations along the way specifically set up for the dogs. The event is designed to bring together friends, service dogs, pet dogs, families, and all who want to walk for peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all! The entry fee is $10 for individuals and $25 for a family of three or more which includes free gifts for you and your dog. Checks should be made out to YWCA Lower Cape Fear. To pre-register, stop by the YWCA at 2815 S. College Road or visit www.ywcalowercapefear.org. You may also register the day of the event at Holly Tree Elementary School, 3020 Web

Trace. 910-799-6820.

BUDWEISER WING FLING 14th Annual Budweiser Wing Fling—Battle of the Wings—will take place at Battleship Park near the USS North Carolina on 3/20. Benefits local Wilmington charity WRAAP (Wilmington’s Residential Adolescent Achievement Place) an after-school program helping local children improve grades, test scores, graduation rates, and community spirit. Headlining Wing Fling is ‘The Breakfast Club’ from Atlanta, GA. Several local Wilmington restaurants will be serving wings and competing for the top prize of best wings in Wilmington!

Advance purchase tickets are available for $15 general admission and $25 VIP. Parking lots open at 9:30am and transportation to Battleship Park is available from Cape Fear Community College and from the River Taxi at the bottom of Market Street. 910-617-9164. www.

Wilmingtonwingfling.com.

AZALEA FESTIVAL TEA Cape Fear Volunteer Center marks 3/21 as the date for this year’s Azalea Festival Children’s Tea, at Saint Thomas Preservation Hall, 208 Dock St., must be purchased in advance. By RSVP only and a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets: $30 ea. and can be purchased by check only through the Cape Fear Volunteer Center.

Checks should be made out to Cape Fear Volunteer Center and mailed or delivered to 925 S. Kerr Suite K Room 2, Wilmington NC 28403. Tickets can also be purchased at the Azalea Festival office this year. One seating: 3:30-5pm. Tea will feat. Azalea Belles, Azalea Princess and her Court and a special guest, Hello, Kitty.

Proceeds benefit the operations of the Cape Fear Volunteer Center.

a Farmer’s Market sneak preview, local products and food, area “green” businesses and organizations, music, vintage and second-hand fashion, and more. 30 percent of proceeds benefit the Cape Fear River Watch, PenderWatchandtheNCCoastalFederation.Persons or groups interested in a yard sale, crafter, or exhibitor application should visit www.greatergoodwilmington. com or 910-409-5771.

BRINGING BACK GREENFIELD LAKE On Sat. 3/27, UNCW and the Cape Fear River Watch will host a day of Recreational Eco-Events at Greenfield Lake from 10am-4pm at 617 Surry St. The day will be packed with events for everyone including: paddle boat time trials, environmental science stations, arts and crafts, and live music. the park is dog friendly and there will be a dog trick competition running throughout the day. Admission is $10 per family, or $5 per person.

Admission gets you pizza lunch and entry to all of the day’s events. All proceeds benefit Cape Fear River Watch. Lindsay Leblang: 954-803-9697 or at lml2429@ uncw.edu.

RELAY FOR LIFE SURVIVORS’ RECEPTION Anyone living with a diagnosis of cancer is invited to attend the Annual Relay for Life Cancer Survivors’ Reception, 2-4pm, Sun. 3/28, at the McKeithan Building on the CFCC North Campus at 4500 Blue Clay Road.

RSVPs should be done by 3/23 by e-mailing wjb4relay@

3/17-18: AUDITIONS

Seven poems that reveal the everyday relaities of black women, all presented as different colors of the rainbow, will be performed in the fall at UNCW as part of the Off-Broadway production “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.” Auditions takes place this Wednesday and Thursday, 6:30-8:30pm, at Randall Library. Crew positions available, too: (910) 962-4274.

WILMINGTON TWESTIVAL Wilmington Twitterers invite you to the annual Twestival event. Hosted this year

by The River Room at 18 S Water St., this event will take place from 5:30-10pm on 3/25 and will benefit Concern Worldwide.

Attendees will enjoy refreshements and food from local businesses and restaurants, while being entertained by local acoustic bands, wii bowling tournaments, silent raffle, and a Twitter Blue themed photo booth.Z1075 and Surf98.3 will have live broadcasts from event. Cost: $20, attendees receive a t-shirt, two drink tickets, and a raffle ticket.

Additional tickets can be purchased at the event.

Ty Downing: 910-332-4163, ty@perspectiveim.com. wilmingtontwestival.com

WHQR SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE The WHQR Spring Pledge Drive (through 3/26) needs some help answering pledge phones, supporting member challenge, providing food and more • Volunteer to answer phones; make a donation to our Member Challenge by calling 910-343-1640; make a Corporate Challenge—you’re telling WHQR listeners that your business supports a non-profit community resource they rely on every day. In exchange for a small corporate donation, you’ll receive on-air promotion in thanks for your support. Ongoing research continues to show that ourlistenerssupportbusinessesthatsupportus.Please call or email David Howell (343-1640 or dhowell@whqr. org). • Help Feed Our Volunteers: We are looking for food donations from caterers and restaurants to feed our hardworking volunteers (catering, pizza, breakfast, sandwiches, drinks and more). Please email or call Tony Ventimiglia if you are able to help or have questions (343-1640 or tventimiglia@whqr.org).

RUN FOR THE RED EVENT American Red Cross Cape Fear Chapter presents Run for the Red 5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Fun Walk at Mayfaire Town Center (outside TrySports), 3/27, 8am.

Register: www.arccapefear.org or fill out brochure and mail/fax back to the chapter. All proceeds from the race will go directly to the Cape Fear Chapter to support the disaster-related community services that the Red Cross provides. Autum Mihm: autum.mihm@ arccapefear.org or 910-762-2683 ext. 361 GREATER WILMINGTON RECYCLE REVIVAL Greater Good Productions, in partnership with WECT, is proud to announce the first annual Greater Wilmington Recycle Revival, 3/27, 11am-5pm at Legion Stadium (rain date: Sun., 3/28). The Revival will be a celebration of everything second-hand, recycled, and environmentally friendly that contributes to an overall healthy and sustainable community. Free event centers around a massive community yard sale that will provide spring cleaning and fund-raising opportunities to area families, civic groups, clubs and churches. Also feat. artists and crafters that work in recycled or earth -riendly materials,

yahoo.com or calling 395-5538The Survivor Reception is a preliminary event to the 2010 New Hanover County Relay for Life, which is scheduled for 6:30pm Fri. 4/23 thru 1pm Sat. 4/24 at Ashley High School Stadium. www.newhanoverrelay.org.

SUNSET RIVER MARKETPLACE FASHION SHOW Calabash, N.C. art gallery Sunset River Marketplace is set to host a fashion show and luncheon to benefit Brunswick Family Assistance Program (BFA)—a private nonprofit agency that provides a range of programs to low-income families in Brunswick County. Fashions from Victoria’s Ragpatch, with store manager Roseanne Hodge making the dynamic presentation. Calabash Garden Tea Room caters luncheon. Door prizes from local merchants and restaurants, and a silent auction.

Fashion show and auction: 3/29, 11am-1pm. Tickets: $25. Proceeds will go directly to Brunswick Family Assistance Program (www.brunswickfamilyassistance. org). Sunset River Marketplace: 10283 Beach Drive S.W. (N.C. 179) in Calabash, N.C. 910-575- 5999 or www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT 4/4 and 4/18, 3-5pm. Bring in a canned good or non-perishable food item and get a free book (publisher’s advanced copy). This event is sponsored

by Grandmothers for Peace, and all food goes to local food banks. We have fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books available. Just bring in a canned good, every first and third Sunday of each month, preferably between 3pm and 5pm.

HOME TOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Home Tour spotlights beautiful properties around Wilmington, exploring a range of styles and periods. Volunteers are needed to give our visitors the best experience possible. Two shifts available on Sat, 12:45-3:30pm and 3:15-6pm, or Sun., 12:45pm-3pm or 2:45-5pm. Docents and House Captains needed to take a role and make this event succeed. aimee@ historicwilmington.org or (910) 762-2511.

SEA DAWGS VOLUNTEERS The Wilmington Sea Dawgs are looking for elite level

volunteers (ages 15-18) for the 2010 season. Volunteer duties will consist primarily of concessions operations, selling tickets, helping with equipment, assisting the staff, setting up and tearing down operations, etc. The Wilmington Sea Dawgs’ games are generally played on weekends at the Schwartz Center. The most promising “Teen Elite” volunteer applicants will complete an interview process. Applications are available on the website www.wilmingtonseadawgs.com.

Theater/Auditions FOR COLORED GIRLS... AUDITIONS Auditions for the popular off-Broadway production “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” will be held at UNCW on 3/17-18.

Production needs co-director, choreographer and music director. Written by Ntozake Shange in 1975, “For Colored Girls” won an Obie Award for the best off-Broadway play, and was also nominated for Tony, Grammy and Emmy awards. Features seven poems that reveal the everyday realities of black women, all presented as different colors of the rainbow while dancing, moving and singing. Auditions take place from 6:30-8:30pm in Randall Library Auditorium.

McLaughlin-Smith: 910-962-4274 or smithkm@uncw. edu. Cast and crew positions are voluntary.

Rehearsals scheduled for August, and the play will run in November.

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU See page 10.

SELECTED SHORTS The popular public radio series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story comes to the UNCW stage on Fri. 3/19 at 8pm in Kenan Auditorium. The signature literary program of New York’s Symphony Space, Selected Shorts offers some of the finest actors of the American theatre reading contemporary and classic short fiction. Acclaimed actors Russell Joel Brown, Patricia Kalember and David Rakoff will read threestoriesbySouthernwritersaboutlifeintheSouth.

Tickets: Kenan Box Office 910-962-3500, www.uncw. edu/presents. Box office hours are 12-6pm, Mon.-Fri. and one hour prior to the event.

NEW PLAY FESTIVAL See page 11.

DESSERT THEATER Dessert Theater, an afternoon of bite-sized entertainment and sweet treats, returns to the New Hanover County Senior Resource Center on four Friday afternoons in March.Enjoy coffee, dessert and two comedies by award-winning playwright Kathryn Martin at each 2pm performance. $8 per person. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Call 910-398-7871.

OPERA HOUSE THEATRE CO. AUDITIONS Auditions on Sat., 3/27, for “Five Guys Named Moe,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “The Music Man,” and “The Secret Garden.” Auditions for children 13 and younger, 9am-11am; audition for teens and adults over 13 at 11am. Lucile Shuffler Center, 2011 Carolina Beach Rd. Prepare song and sheet music (an accompanist will be provided). Also prepare to dance. Roles in all five shows are available for men and women in a wide range of ages; there are multiple roles available for children in Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, and The Secret Garden. Opera House: (910) 762-4234.

MULLIGAN’S WAKE DINNER THEATER Mulligan’s Wake is an interactive, portable dinner theater. Dress up or down for the funeral and be prepared upon arrival to meet a crazy Irish-Catholic family who has all gathered for a final, over-the-top farewell celebration. Audience members can interact with the cast, join in or sit back and relax. There will be a traditional dinner and then a wake to honor the memory of dear ole’ Rory. This Irish celebration is full of drinking, toasting, dancing and singing. The Beam Room at Front Street Brewery. 910-232-6611 or porchtheatre.com WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PERFORMANCE CLUB Givestudentsanoutletfortheircreativitywithstructured theater games. Kids can exercise their imagination and have fun by performing. Tuesdays, 4/6-5/25. Grades K-2nd and 3rd-5th. Meets in the Fran Russ Recreation Center. Pre-registration required. Call 910-256-7925.

READERS THEATRE AUDITIONS Sneads Ferry Community Theatre, 126 Park Ln. 3/18 and 19 at 7pm. This will be a cold reading, 3 men and 3 women needed. Readers theatre requires no memorization and few rehearsals! This is your chance

to “get your feet wet” in theatre! Planned show dates for this theatre are 4/24 and 25 and 5/1 and 2. Contact Katina, 910-328-2534.

AUDITIONS FOR MUSICAL GODSPELL Thalian Association Children’s Theater (TACT) will hold auditions for the musical Godspell on Sat. 3/20 at 10am. Open to ages 11-18. Prepare a song to sing a cappella and be prepared to dance (no sandals or flipflops). The production, directed and choreographed by Kendra Goehring-Garrett with music direction by Linda Carilse-Markas, runs 4/30-5/9 at the Hannah Block 2nd Street Stage, 120 S. 2nd St. where the auditions will be held. Suzanne Ralke-Smith: 910-232-6611, dylansparents@yahoo.com

Comedy PORT CITY’S TOP COMIC 2010 Nutt Street Comedy Room and Comedy by the Beach present, the third annual Port City’s Top Comic standup comedy contest and comedian networking event. Each comedian will be given between five to seven minutes to perform on 5/14,15, 21 or 22. These are the dates for the preliminary rounds of Port City’s Top Comic held at Nutt Street Comedy Room . Each of these nights 16 comics will perform and only 4 will advance to the Semi-Finals on 5/26 at City Stage at Level 5. Of the 16 that perform at the Semi-Finals, 8 will advance to the finals on 5/27 at City Stage. Only one comic will emerge as Port City’s Top Comic. This comedian will win a trophy for being the top comic along with other prizes that will be announced via email in the coming weeks. supercatmatt@gmail.com.

NUTT ST. COMEDY ROOM Tuesdays and Wed. Improv with the “Nutt House” troupe ($5 cover and $1 Front St draft beer), Thursdays Open Mic Stand-up, Fridays and Saturdays Nationally Touring Comedians. All shows 9pm, 8pm doors. 255 N. Front Str. 910-251-7881

Music/Concerts HOPE COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR The Hope College Chapel Choir will perform music of the 16th-20th centuries, both sacred and secular, modern and old, for both mixed and women’s choir.

Sat. 3/20 at 7:30pm at St. Andrew’s Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1416 Market St. Sharon Miller, 910-752-9693, ext. 212.

HANSEL AND GRETEL UNCW’s Opera Outreach Project, UNC-WOOP!, presents the opera Hansel and Gretel at 8pm Sat. 3/20 at Kenan Auditorium. Hansel and Gretel was written by 19th century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Marchenoper, or fairy tale opera. The libretto was written by Humperdinck’s sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimms Brothers’ story about the brother and sister who find themselves lost in the forest, where the Witch casts a spell on them and begins to “fatten them up” for dinner. But Hansel and Gretel are saved by their own ingenuity and by working together.

Performed in English and appropriate for all ages, including young children. Tickets available through the Kenan Auditorium: 910-962-3500.

CHRIS POTTER AND QUARTET AT UNCW Celebrated saxophonist Chris Potter and his quartet, Underground, perform Fri. 3/26 at 8pm in Kenan Auditorium. His supercharged and eclectic Underground quartet features young stalwarts Craig Taborn (keyboards), Adam Rogers (guitar) and Nate Smith (drums). The performance is sponsored by the UNCW Arts in Action Performance Series and cosponsored by the Department of Music’s 28thAnnual JazzFest. Potter will also give a jazz clinic for UNCW students from 2:30-3:30pm and a question and answer session from 3:45-4:45pm in the Beckwith Recital Hall on Thurs. 3/25. Free and open to the public. UNCW Presents: 962-3285 or www.uncw.edu/presents.

Tickets to the performance are $22 for the general public; $18 for senior citizens and UNCW employees; $10 for non-UNCW students; and $6 for UNCW students. Group discounts are available. Kenan Box Office at 910-96-3500 or www.uncw.edu/presents.

CAPE FEAR CHORALE Cape Fear Chorale will present 2010 Spring Concert on 3/28 at 4pm at Grace Methodist Church, 401 Grace St. The Chorale, soloists, and 13 instrumentalists will perform F. Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of

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Christ. www.capefearchorale.org.

Gloria: 910-799-5401.

SONG WRITING CONTEST Put together a 30-60 second song or jingle, on a CD and drop it off with an entry form.

Submissions through 3/31. Top ten will be asked to perform their submission at The Soapbox where the winner will be selected

by Gravity, celebrity judges and the crowd. All entries must be family friendly. Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn and Bowl should be mentioned.

Cash prizes for 1st-3rd.

CALL TO AUTHORS Art Soup, a non-profit arts organization in Wilmington, NC is currently seeking published or self-published authors and poets to participate in an annual, large outdoor arts festival, Sat. 9/11. The Wilmington Art Walk is an artist market throughout the streets of the historic downtown area, featuring visual artists, crafts, music and more. Literary participants are welcome to sell and sign copies of current or previous work at individual booths in a special section of the festival dedicated to writers. Spaces available at a discounted rate of $35 per participant. Call 910-620-2047 or email info@art-soup.org.

DARIUS RUCKER Darius Rucker will be performing at the House of Blues, Myrtle Beach on 4/10. Tickets will go on sale Fri. 3/26 at 11am. Tickets are $37.50 in advance and $42.50 the day of the show. livenation.com, 843-272-3000, houseofblues. com/myrtlebeach.

ZIABIRD SPRING CALENDAR Get Dressed for the Derby’ Hat Social featuring Joanne Miranda designs 4/1, 6-8pm at Ziabird. • 5/8, 125pm, Trunk Show with Wilmington clothing designer Amanda DeLeon. New Spring looks. • 5/9, 12-5.

Mother/Daughter Day at Ziabird and Lumina Station • 5/38-7/5. Ivey Hayes artwork at Ziabird. • 6/3, all day celebration. E-commerce website launch, magazine cover, 1 year anniversary. • 6/12, 12-5 pm. Trunk Show with Moonrise jewelry, designers of the real orchid line of jewelry. • 7/9-8/18. Andrea Peterson’s artwork at Ziabird. 1900 Eastwood Road • 910-208-9650.

SAM BUSH BAND Atlantic Rim Entertainment presents Sam bush Band in concert with Missy Raines at Greenfield Lake Ampitheatre 4/17. Tickets are $35 available at www. atlanticrimentertainment.com. 910-399-1820 or info@atlanticrimentertainment.com.

CF CHORALE ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS The Cape Fear Chorale, under the direction of Jerry Cribbs, is currently accepting new members for Fall 2010. 910-791-2121 or www. capefearchorale.org to request information.

PORT CITY POTTERY & FINE CRAFTS Cotton Exchange in downtown Wilmington, w/ handmade, one-of-a-kind, 3-D art, crafts and more by jury-selected coastal North Carolina artisans. Open: Mon.-Sat., 10-5:30pm; Sun., 11-4pm. 307 N. Front St./763-7111, portcitypottery.com

Dance

Museums

THE CIRCLE Free form movement session every friday 67:30pm at Dance Cooperative 118 S. 17th st.

Free or $5 donation suggested albanelved@ albanelved.com. No experience needed. www. albanelved.com BABS MCDANCE NEW SCHEDULE West Coast Swing: Mondays 6-7pm • Rumba: Mondays 7-8pm • Basic Shag: Tuesdays 6-7pm • Night Club Two Step: Tuesdays 7-8pm • Basic Salsa: Tuesdays 7-8pm • Progressing Salsa: Tuesdays 89:30pm • Swing & Lindy: Wednesdays 6-7pm • Cha Cha: Wednesdays 7-8pm • Mambo: Wednesdays 8-9:30pm • Waltz: Thursdays 6-7pm • Progressing Shag: Thursdays 7-8pm • Foxtrot: Thursdays 7-8pm • Argentine Tango: Thursdays 8-9:30pm. Check out full schedule at babsmcdance.com.

FIREHOUSE STUDIO BELLY DANCING Bellydance Classes at the Firehouse Pilates Studio, Mon. nights. Private and semi-private, $50 for an hour and a half instruction and $30 a piece for two people for same duration. divyawaters@yahoo.com or 910-620-3566.

CAROLINA SHAG CLUB DJs play favorite beach music and shag tunes every Sat, 8pm to close. $4/members; $6/guests. Carolina Shag Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd. Carolina Beach, NC 620-4025 76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639 WILMINGTON SALSA CLUB Salsa Lessons, 8:30pm, Wed., Garibaldi Night Club, 4418 Market St., Wilmington, NC • 8pm, Fridays, Sywanyk’s Night Club 222 Henderson Ave., Jacksonville, NC. Dawn: (910) 471-6809 DANCE LESSONS AT CAROLINA LOUNGE Tues, 7:30pm, shag lessons with Brad and DJ Lee Pearson. • Fri., 7:30pm, Tango workshop with Paula.

9:30pm, salsa lessons with DJ Lalo. • Line Dancing lessons with DJ Lee and instructor Barbara Braak 7:30pm. Cover charge $5, lesson free. • Sat., Latin ryhthm. Doors open 9pm. 5001-a Market St, (910) 790-8598

Art AN EVENING OF ART AND WINE FastFrame Gallery at Landfall Center is pleased to present Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Art Inspired by and of the Earth, 3/19-4/30, featuring artwork by Carol Hovey, Ann Lees and Cindy Weaver, three of

the area’s most sought-after artists. Artists opening reception: Fri., 3/19, 5-7:30pm, with wine tasting by WineStyles and appetizers by The Sandwich Pail.

1319 Military Cutoff Road, 910-256-1105. www. fastframeofwilmington.com or www.myspace.com/ fastframe86 KEY HANGING Please join artist Dixon Stetler, DREAMS and local artists as we hang thousands keys on the Key Fence at Front and Princess Streets. Mayor Saffo will show his support of this public art project by hanging the Key to the City. DREAMS students, their families, and other community participants will hang the rest.

Drumming and dancing students perform as we turn the corner onto Front Street, perhaps even cross the finish line. This event has been made possible due to a donation of 6000 keys from the Ilco-Kaba key factory in Rocky Mount, NC. Wilmington’s own recycling plant, Southern Metals, has also joined the project by donating 43 pounds of keys (we haven’t even counted this yet!) This key hanging is free and open to everyone. Please bring keys and/or paperclips, if you have them.

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHTS Fourth Friday Gallery Nights 2010, 6-9pm on the fourth Friday of each month: 3/26, 4/23, 5/28, 6/25, 7/23, 8/27, 9/24, 10/22, 12/26. No admission. All ages. Several downtown galleries, studios and art spaces will open their doors to the public in an after-hours celebration of art and culture. The Art Walk is a self-guided tour featuring exhibitions of various artistic genres including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, photography, metals, ceramics, mixed media and more. Includes opening receptions, artist discussions, live music, wine, food and other traditional art-activities. www. wilmingtonfourthfridays.com.

RON CURLEE II The Center for Visual Arts in Greensboro presents A Series of Work on Canvas by Artist Ron Curlee II. Ron Curlee II is an artist who specializes in large abstract art work on canvas, as well as being an accomplished interior designer and published poet. Display will be open through 3/26, with an opening reception Fri. 3/5 at 6pm. 336-333-7485, www.greensboroart.org.

DIVA MADE EXHIBITION OF ART Diva Made, a creative women’s exchange is proud to present our first all female art exhibit, “Diva Made Exhibition of Art” at Bottega Gallery & Art Bar. Among the participating artists are Diva Made co-founders, Monika Winters-Sanchez, Dixon Stetler, Bonnie England, and Jude Eden, as well as Diva Made members Abby Spangel Perry, Kate Cathey, Rachel

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Kastner, Gayle Tustin, Pamela Toll, Rachel Willoughby, MJ Cunningham, Kelly Marquis, Erica Morgan, Leigh Fowler and Angela Johnson. Dates for the exhibit are 3/15-4/25, with an opening reception to be held Fri. 3/26, 6-9pm with most artists in attendance, light hors d’oeurves and live music by female performers. Diva Made: “a creative women’s exchange” hosts meet and greet meetings the first Wednesday of each month at The Green Light Lounge (female owned) on Front St. Meetings are held from 7-9pm and are informally informative, supportive, encouraging and of course, creative! Membership is free and open to the female public. www.divamade.com.

PHOTOGRAPHING AMERICA The Art Gallery in the Cultural Arts Building at UNCW will be holding Tom Rankin’s exhibit Photographing America through 3/31. Tom Rankin is Director of the Center for Documentary Studies and Associate Professor of the Practice of Art and Documentary Studies at Duke University. A photographer, filmmaker, and folklorist, Rankin is formerly Associate Professor of Art and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi and Chair of the Art Department at Delta State University.

910-962-7958.

KEYS NEEDED Wabi Sabi Warehouse is currently seeking submissions for a juried exhibition based on “keys.” Symbolic or literal, this theme is wide open for interpretation. We welcome all media, including performance, creative writing, and ice sculpture—providing artwork fits through the door and doesn’t attract vermin. The only common denominator among selected works is the key. Submissions inspired by the Key Fence installation in downtown Wilmington will be given special consideration. Jurors: Richard Scieford, President, North Carolina Museums Council Bob Unchester, xhibition Manager, Cameron Art Museum Pam Toll, UNCW., 4/18. Exhibition dates: 5/7-6/12. Selected artists notified by 4/25. E-mail questions, comments, and up to 3 jpeg images to: dixonstetler@gmail.com ARTISTS AID THE ANIMALS 6th annual Artists Aid the Animals art show and sale is seeking artists and fine craftsmen to particiapte in a two day show on 6/5-6 at the Elks Club at 5102 Oleander Drive. Deadline: 5/4. Art or craft does not have to be animal related. Space is limited to approx. 80 artists, so early entry is important. Cost for the 2-day event is $125 per booth, or $200 if sharing booth with other applicant. Pictures of your work must be submitted alone with an autobiography and your application.

E-mail normat1@bellsouth.net with cc to llefrog@ aol.com. For application form, visit pchsdreams.org.

Please enter “Arts and Crafts show” in subject line.

CAMERON ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Toying with Art is an exhibition of toys designed and fabricated by more than 50 artists.

Remains open through 3/28. Brings together several different kinds of toys: games, robots, plush toys, puppets and action figures all come together in this exciting exhibition. • Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection. Feat. art from the Cameron Art Museum’s collection: paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, furniture, decorative arts, from the museum’s permanent collection. Configuration will change through the year as individual works are rotated.

• Through 6/20: Recollection: The Past is the Present: Visual and thematic references of the past while being rooted firmly in the present connects the art work of Amalia Amaki, Lillian Blades and Beverly Buchanan to the historical-tinged quilts by African American women in the exhibition. Admission charge. EVENTS: Thurs. 3/18 6pm opening, 7pm film screenings begin.

Recollection: The Past is Present. The contemporary work of Amalia Amaki, Lillian Blades and Beverly Buchanan dovetails and resonates with quilts made by members of the Mississippi Cultural Crossroads collective, which are on loan for this exhibition from the Mississippi Museum of Art. • Diana Hume George, author. Thurs. 3/25, 8pm. Free, donations appreciated.

Diana Hume George is the author or editor of eight books of nonfiction and poetry, including The Lonely Other, The Family Track, and Phantom Breast, as well as two literary studies, Oedipus Anne, The Poetry of Anne Sexton, and the Pulitzer-nominated Blake and Freud. • Movement Lab with Karola Luttringhaus Sun. 3/28 3–4:30pm. $15, cash and checks only, checks payable to Alban Elved Dance Company. Karola Luttringhaus, choreographer and dancer of Alban Elved Dance Co. offers a movement lab workshops focuses on physical freedom and creativity. Labs are geared toward anyone who wishes to learn more about how to generate movement from within, trusting yourself, identifying and following stimuli that inspires movement.

Appropriate for all body types and experience levels.

Bring layers of clothing for various activity levels. Visit www.dynamic-body.net/workshops.html. • Hand and Wheel Pottery Techniques: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3/29–5/19 9am-12pm. $250 orTuesdays and Thursdays 3/30–5/20 6pm–9pm. $250. Hiroshi Sueyoshi teaches handbuilding, wheel throwing, glazing and finishing techniques. Class size is limited. Open to all skill levels, ages 16+. Call 910-395-5999 ext. 1000 or email ckilian@cameronartmuseum.com. • Yoga: Thursdays at 12pm. $5 members, $8 non-members.

Exercises for relaxation, breath control and meditation with Sara Jo Nelson. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. Beginners are always welcome. • Tai Chi:Wednesdays, 3/10 & 24, 12pm. $5 members, $8 non-members per class. A slow, meditative form of exercise designed for relaxation, balance and health

with Martha Gregory. Wear comfortable clothing.

Beginners are always welcome. • Kids @ CAM: Sat. 3/13, 12-3pm. $3 per child (family membership), $5 per child (non-members), adults free. Come out and drum, dance and sing with Perry Smith and friends. Perry will guide us through movement games, take turns drumming and more. No pre-registration necessary.

• South 17th Street and Independence Boulevard. ww.cameronartmuseum.com or 910-395-5999.

BELLAMY MANSION MUSEUM African-American History Day, Sat., 03/27, 10AM- 4pm.

Experience the domestic life of the mansion from a 19th century perspective. The Bellamy’s household included eleven family members and nine enslaved African-Americans who lived on the site and worked throughout the house. Learn about their lives as well as those of the free blacks and hired slave artisans who built this grand house, the carriage house and the slave quarters. Admission: $10 for adults, $4 for children 5-12, free children under 5. Students with ID $3 for this event only. • Bellamy is one of NC’s premier architectural and historic treasures, built as city residence of prominent planter, Dr. John D. Bellamy. Antebellum architecture: a mix of Greek Revival and Italianate styles. Open for tours Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm; closed Mons.

Guided tours on the hour; self-guided audio-tours also available. Current Exhibit: “Walking in the Footsteps of: Gen. William T. Sherman.” Adults, $10; children 5-12, $4; group tours, $8 (20+ requires reservations).

251-3700 x104; BellamyMansion.org.

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM Museum is in the process of renovating its core exhibit space to make room for a new, immersive exhibit experience. EXHIBITS: Land of the Longleaf Pine will open 4/2. • Going to the Movies Exhibit—Experience the history of a century of movie-going in the Lower Cape Fear region; where people went to the movies, how the theater experience has changed over the years, etc. • Conservation Matters—Explore the art and science of artifact conservation; what it is, who does it, and why it matters to museums. Beautifully conserved furniture and other wooden objects from the permanent collection on display. • Cape Fear Treasures: Drink Exhibit—Glimpse a selection of drinking vessels, as you explore treasures from Cape Fear Museum’s collection. From 18th-century bottles, to fancy teapots, to modern-day souvenir mugs,and more! EVENTS: Discover how to become a volunteer. Opportunities are available in the Museum Store, working with the historic collection, and as an education docent. Open House is held the first Wed., every month. 910-7984366. • New Hanover County residents are admitted free to the Museum the first Sunday of every month, 1-5pm. • Learning Center: Light & Sound Sat. 3/20 and 27. Why is the sky blue? Explore fun mysteries of light and color and even make an object disappear!

What does your own voice sound like? Create a model eardrum and conduct exciting experiments with sound.

The Learning Center is open Saturdays 10 am-4pm.

Activities are free with Museum admission. Appropriate for children ages 5 to 12. Parental participation is required. • Cape Fear Skies: Objects in Space Sun. 3/21, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 pm. 3….2….1…Blastoff! Venture into Cape Fear Museum’s portable planetarium and explore the night sky in the daytime. Journey into the depths of outer space to discover comets, meteors and asteroids. Cape Fear Skies is offered three times every third Sunday. • Community Conversation: Industry & Environment Tues. 3/23, 7pm. Where do business and nature intersect? How do we balance economy and public health? Listen to three different perspectives (historic, economic, public health) on the topic then participate in a lively discussion.

Conversation moderated by WECT’s Jon Evans. $5 for Museum members, $7 for nonmembers. Mix and mingle with light refreshments before and after the 7pm presentation. • Conservation Workshop: Photos & Paper Sat. 3/27, 9am-12pm. Work with Museum Curator Barbara Rowe to explore the basics of caring for your letters, newspapers and photos. Learn to deacidify and encapsulate a document. Take home your own photo and paper conservation starter kit.

Workshop: $40/member; $50/non. Part one of a three part conservation workshop and lecture series Space limited-pre-reg. • Family Workshop: Sticky Science Sun. 3/28, 2:30pm. From pine tree resin and magnets, to silly putty and static electricity, investigate the science behind all things sticky. Concoct your own sticky masterpiece. Experimentation, discovery and exploration for the whole family. Hands-on workshops are $4/plus Museum admission, for children ages 5 to 12. Parental participation is required. 814 Market St.• (910) 798-4370 • www.capefearmuseum.com

NC AQUARIUM AT FORT FISHER Behind The Scenes Tour: Sat. 3/20 at 11am, Sun. 3/21 at 2pm, and Sun. 3/28 at 2pm. Accompany aquarium staff on a guided tour of animal quarantine, life support, food preparation, and access areas. Limited to 10 participants. Children under 8 are not permitted. $15.

Pre-registration required. • Children’s Discovery Time, Thurs. 3/18 at 10am: Reptiles. Creatures come alive in this story-telling and critter-creating program. For pre-school children. $5. Parents pay admission only.

Pre-registration required. • Mommy and Me, Sat. 3/20 at 9am. Moms and their children interact and learn together about aquarium animals. Afterwards, you can enjoy free playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room, which will be reserved just for program participants.

Ages 1-3. $13 for one adult and one child ($1 for each additional child). Pre-registration required. • Salt Marsh Exploration, Sun. 3/28 at 3:30pm. Hike the salt marsh trail and view first-hand the activities of marshdwelling animals and the variety of plants found in this rich environment. $15t, $7 for Aquarium Members.

Pre-registration required. • Alligator Egg Hunt, Sat. 3/24 at 10am and Sat. 3/27 at 1pm. Kids get to see a live baby alligator and learn about these fascinating animals. They create their own special alligator egg basket and then go search for candy filled “alligator eggs.” Recommended for kids 3 - 10. Limited space is available. $8 per child plus admission. Adults will need to pay admission to Aquarium. Pre-reg rqd. 900 Loggerhead Road • www.ncaquariums. com • 866-301-3476 CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM Cool down in front of “Anaconda Splash” exhibit in the indoor tropical jungle. See, photograph and even touch rare animals assembled from all over the planet in beautiful simulations of their natural environments.

Meet colorful jungle birds, crocodiles, king cobras, black mambas and many more. Open from 11am-5pm, Sat. from 11am-6pm. 20 Orange Street at Front Street on historic downtown riverwalk. (910) 762-1669 or www. capefearserpentarium.com.

LATIMER HOUSE Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am - 4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. 126 S. Third St. Adults $8, children $4. 762-0492. www. latimerhouse.org WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for more than 130 years. Interests and activities for all ages including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively children’s area, and spectacular scale models. Housed in an original 1882 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. Groups receive special guided tours. Facilities can also be booked for meetings or mixers, accommodating groups of up to 150. Admission only $6 for adults, $5 for seniors/military, $3 for children 2-12, and free under age 2. Located at the north end of downtown at 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634 or www.wrrm.org.

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

BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE 18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in the heart of Wilmington’s Historic District, is the oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th and 19th century decor and gardens. Colonial life is experienced through historical interpretations in kitchen-building and courtyard. 3rd and Market streets. Tues-Sat, 10am4pm. Last tour, 3pm. Admission rqd. (910) 762-0570. www.burgwinwrighthouse.com.

Sports/Recreation BIRDING TRAIL HIKES NC has diversity of bird habitats and over 440 bird species throughout the year, making it a great place hike bird trails. Each hike is apx. 2 miles; transportation from Halyburton Park included. • 3/18, Brunswick

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Town, 8am-noon, $10 • 4/15: Holly Shelter Gameland Greentree Impoundment, 8am-noon, $10/person. www.halyburtonpark.com

Gadwall, Cormorants and Egrets roost in and around the Bald Cypress, and more! Traditionalists walk their way the 5 miles around the lake, guidebook in hand. Or do a guided 1-hour tour on the lake itself comfortably seated in River Watch’s electric canoe. Led by trained and experienced birders, River Watch offers birding tours of aboard an electric boat that can fit 6 passengers comfortably. Tours on Wed/Thurs/Sundays through March, weather permitting, or by special app. Tours leaves 10am, 11am, noon and 1pm with a special “roosting hour” tour leaving apprx 3:30pm. Group prices available; RSVP recommended. $15/person. 910-762-5606 or 910-200-4002.

CAPE FEAR SAIL AND POWER SQUADRON The Cape Fear Sail & Power Squadron will be hosting the 2010 District Annual Meeting and Change of Watch 3/19-22 at the Blockade Runner at Wrightsville Beach. The Cape Fear Sail & Power Squadron is a non profit organization dedicated to safe boating education and promoting high standards of navigation and seamanship. www. capefearpowersquadron.org.

ROWING CLASSES CFCC offers Rowing on the River: An Introductory Course in Recreational Rowing, the class is a foursession introduction to rowing, held in partnership with the Cape Fear River Rowing Club. Course provides knowledge and skills required to participate safely as a member of a rowing crew. Some classroom participation, but majority of course on the water.

3/22-4/7: Mon/Wed, 5:-7:30pm. Students must be able to swim at least 50 yards and possess enough upper body strength to return to a rowing boat after entering the water. Wear athletic clothing, appropriate to weather conditions, which allows freedom of leg and arm motion. Socks rqd. Morris Elsen: melsen@ cfcc.edu or 362-7301. Class size of 8.

HALYBURTON PARK PROGRAMS Halyburton Park is located at 4099 S. 17th St. 910341-0075 or TTY Relay 711 www.halyburtonpark. com • Signs of Spring: Ages 2-5, $3 per child. Mon. 3/29 10-11am, Tues. 3/30 10-11am. Learn what happens during spring with plants and animals that live in the forest by taking a nature hike, then doing a fun spring craft. • Spring in the Long Leaf: Ages 6-10, $3 per child. Sat. 3/20 1:30-3pm. As winter comes to a close, plants and animals prepare for the weather ahead as hints of warmer temperatures and longer days approach. Explore the long leaf forests’ inhabitants and discover how they are preparing for a new season. Later, we will bring our knowledge into the classroom as we build our spring craft. • Discovery Hike: Sat. 3/27,1:30-2:30pm. Join park naturalist as we hike into a Long Leaf Pine Savannah. Explore nature up close as we discuss the many properties of this type of ecosystem. $1/participant. • Snake and Turtle Feeding: Wed. 3/17, 4-4:30pm. Enjoy a brief presentation about the live animals on display in the Events Center and then watch them feed. At least one snake and a turtle will be fed during the demonstration. Ages 3 and up. $1/participant.

SEA DAWGS SPRING BREAK SKILLS CAMP The Wilmington Sea Dawgs will be hosting a spring break basketball camp. All boys and girls ages, 7-16, are welcome to unleash their basketball potential.

3/29-4/2 at Wilmington Family YMCA, 2710 Market St. $90 clinic fee for single participants at a special YMCA membership discount, and $115 for single participants at a community rate. Before and after care for participants is available at a nominal charge.

Registration forms at Sea Dawgs Web site or at the YMCA.The clinic includes a Wilmington Sea Dawgs T-shirt, two tickets to a Sea Dawgs home game during the 2010 season, team photo with coaching

3/18-21: NC BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

ISAAC BEAR GOLF CLASSIC Isaac Bear Early College High School is sponsoring the First Annual Golf Classic on 4/17 at Magnolia Greens. Awards and prizes are available. Limited space and Sponsorships available. Fees are only $85 per player or $340 per team, which includes 2 carts, green fees, lunch, BBQ dinner, drinks and goody bags for all players. A Silent Auction will also be held on-site. Proceeds benefit high school students who are attending Summer Camps and Leadership Programs. Call Erik Bron at 350-1387 ext. 200 to reserve your cart.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PARKS & REC Adult Flag Football League Register Now. Registration ends February 5th or when the league becomes full. Games are played on Sun. • Beginner shag lessons on Sun., no partner needed. • Beginner II Bridge Lessons, Thurs, 10am-noon, Intermediate II Bridge Lessons, Thurs, 12:30pm–2:30pm. • Currently registering for group tennis lessons, adult, youth, and tots. Classes meet Mon/Wed, at tennis courts at Wrightsville Beach Park. Adult, Youth ages 9-12, and Tots ages 6-8. • Yoga: Tuesd/Wed, 6:30pm.

• Pilates: Mon/Wed/Fri, 10:15-11:15am. Beginner Pilates on Tues/Thurs, 7:30-8:15am. • Low Impact Aerobics. Mon/Wed/Fri, 8-9am and 9-10am. All ages welcome, catered toward ages 60+. • Tone & Stretch.

Tues/Thurs, 8:30-9:15am. All ages welcome, catered toward ages 60+. • Boot Camp fitness class meets Tues/Thurs, 6-7am. • Cape Fear Cotillion—Lessons in ballroom and popular dance along with etiquette and social skills! Thurs. afternoons, 4/8-5/6, 3-7 and 8-12 years old. • Performance Club—structured theater games, kids can exercise their imagination and have fun by performing. Tues. afternoons. Grades K-2nd and 3rd-5th.• Adult Co-ed Softball League. Reg. ends 3/19 or when the league becomes full. Games are played on Sat/Sun 3/27 & 3/28. • Wrightsville Beach Shag Lessons. Beginner shag lessons on Sun. All classes at Fran Russ Rec Ctr. unless otherwise noted.

Wrightsville Beach Park: 256-7925.

Film NC BLACK FILM FESTIVAL 9th annual NC Film Festival (formerly Cine Noir Film Festival) is a 4-day juried and invitational competition & screening of independent films by African-American filmmakers with guest artists, panel discussions, workshops, and more. Genres include features, shorts, animation, and documentary films. Sponsored by the Black Arts Alliance.Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington. 910-6127832; www.blackartsalliance.org; www. cameronartmuseum.com.

Taking place at Cameron Art Museum, the 9th annual NC Film Festival showcases features, documentaries and animation by Africa-Americans, presented by the Black Arts Alliance. Opening night reception is the 21st ($10), featuring the distinguished filmmaker of the year, Scott Saunders, who made the opening night film, Black Dynamite, screening at 7pm. Festival pass is $25 and individual screenings are $5. staff, competition skills, and professional coaching. wilmingtonseadawgs.com or 910-791-6523.

BIRD TOURS 100-acre lake w/NC Birding Trail. See Wigeon,

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LUNAFEST 9th annual National Touring Film Festival: Short Films By, For, About Women, fund-raising festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers, and bringing women together in their communities, will be hosted by Luna Moms Club Powered by Stroller Strides at Brown Coat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St. on 3/26-27, 8pm. This unique film festival highlights women as leaders in society, illustrated through nine short films by women filmmakers. The films range from animation to fictional drama, and cover topics such as women’s health, motherhood, body image, sexuality, cultural diversity, and breaking barriers. All proceeds from Lunafest will benefit the Breast Cancer Fund. $20 Advance/$25 at the Door includes dinner from Blue Plate. Available to purchase at Brown Coat Pub & Theatre. 800-691-6154.

Kids Stuff EGG HUNT Preregister for our preschool friendly egg hunt!

Children will have a chance to hunt for eggs with others in their age group. We will have a guest bunny helping them along the way, a special snack, and other fun activities! Wed. 3/24 from 10am-12pm.

Doors open at 9am, pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

EGG HUNT AT FIT FOR FUN Egg Hunt at Fit For Fun for children ages 5 and under.

302 S. 10th St. Wed. 3/24 10am-12pm. $5 per child.

Children will have chance to hunt for eggs with other preschoolers with the help of a guest bunny. Special snack and other fun activities will be provided. 910341-4630.

DR. SEUSS WEEK AT MAYFAIRE Kid-Friendly activities by the Children’s Museum, crafts from Michales, book readings at Barnes&Noble and the opportunity to see and purchse limited edition Dr. Seuss prints! Purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win one of two limited edition Dr. Seuss prints, values at over $500 each. 3/26-4/3 at Mayfaire Town Center. www.mayfairetown.com.

HALYBURTON PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS Nature programs for preschoolers, ages 2-5: Signs of Spring, Mon/Tues, 3/29-30, 10-11am. Cost: $3/child; pre-ref rqd. 4099 S. 17th St. (910) 341-0075.

SPRING EGGVENTURE Spring Eggventure at Halyburton Park, 4099 S. 17th St. Thurs. 4/1 from 1-4pm. Egg Hunts will take place at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30pm. Space is limited, preregistration encouraged. Ages 3-10, $5 per child.

Programs and activities for the day include Animal Eggs and Nests, Egglympics, Storytime, and Spring Nature Hike. 910-341-0075.

MONTESSORI MARINE SCIENCE AND ART CAMP This 1/2 day program delights children with a hands on sea life experience in the safety of The Montessori classrooms and outside environment. Water safety issues are explored with a child friendly approach.

Art projects,experiments and music go hand in hand with each “sea critter” or environmental topic that is introduced. Sea life offered by Hieronymus Fishing Charters. Ages 3-6 years. We will work with your vacation schedule. Lhieronymus@aol.com.

Seniors SENIOR DAY TRIPS Tryon Palace, New Bern, NC. 3/26, 830am-5:30pm.

Call for cost. Tryon Palace was originally built between 1767 and 1770, as the first permanent capitol of the colony of NC and a home for the Royal Governor and his family. Explore the palace and its beautiful gardens. Tryon Palace offers 14 acres of gardens with 3 centuries of gardening history. Lunch on your own. Limited 14 participants. Deadline: 3/22.

341-7253. All trips meet and depart from 302 Willard Street located near Greenfield Lake.

Lectures/Readings TWO SISTERS BOOKERY MARCH MADNESS Children of all ages are invited to a Mad Hatters Tea Party, 9:30-10:30am, Sat., 3/20, in celebration of the recent release of the movie Alice in Wonderland.

Author and storyteller Brooks Preik will be reading selections from the book and showing several different versions that are available for purchase at the bookstore. Come in costume and a prize will be given for the best costume. Cinnamon tea and homemade cookies will be served. A pair of free tickets to the movie and a beautiful, newly illustrated version of Alice in Wonderland will be among the door prizes. RSVP: 762-4444. • Karen Spears Zacharias is on the program Fri. 3/26 from 2-4pm with a discussion of the stories in her newest book Will Jesus Buy Me a Doublewide? (‘Cause I Need More Room for a Plasma TV). She will also be signing copies of the book. Delicious homemade goodies will be served. www.twosistersbookery.com • 318 Nutt St., 762-4444.

UNCW PRESENTS LECTURES SERIES Lectures are Mon., 7pm, UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium,followed by Q&A and book signing. • 3/22: Gary Hirshberg—Green Business: The Next

Frontier. Author Gary Hirshberg has been a proponent of environmental and social change for over 25 years.

From his early days as an educator and activist to his current position as CEO of Stonyfield Farm—the world’s largest organic yogurt company, and one netting $300 million in annual sales—Hirshberg’s positive outlook has inspired thousands to recognize their ability to make the world a better place. www. uncw.edu/presents. Tickets are $9 for the public and free to UNCW students and employees. 962-3500 or 800-732-3643.

UNCW BUSINESS ALUMNI MIXER/SPEAKER In celebration of UNCW Cameron School of Business (CSB) - Business Week 2010 on Tues. 3/23 at 5:30pm all CSB alumni and retired faculty are invited to attend a complimentary mixer with great food and drinks in the Computer Information Science Building on the UNCW Campus. On Wed. 3/24 at 7am the CSB Alumni Chapter is hosting a Speaker Breakfast with Keynote Speaker David Swain in the Burney Center on the UNCW Campus. David Swain, Founder of Swain & Associates, will speak about entrepreneurship and discuss his outlook on the local economy. Cost for the breakfast is $5 per person. To register: www. uncw.edu/CSBtix. 910-962-2587.

TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE AND CONFERENCE Tech pros will have the opportunity to come together with UNCW faculty and students to network, explore the latest technologies and hear from experts on issues in the field as part of the 2010 Wilmington Information Technology Exchange and Conference (WITX). Focus on Internet and data security, 3pm, Thurs., 3/25, in the Computer Information Systems building on campus. Open to the public; free unless otherwise noted. Topics include: Building Mobile Phone Applications, Creating an End-to-End Identity Management Architecture and more. Registration fee of $25. www.uncw.edu/wilmit. Keynote speaker presentation at 4pm, vendor showcase highlighting various technologies and products, with more than 30 exhibits by UNCW students and faculty as well as technology businesses, which will open at 5pm.

A food and refreshment tent will also be open to participants at 5pm.

FINANCIAL PLANNING SEMINAR The New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation is holding a financial planning seminar on Thurs. 3/25, featuring specialists who will help you make a well-informed decision. The seminar will be held in the NHRMC Auditorium from 5:30-6:30pm. Panelists will include Rob Wagner, managing director of RSM McGladrey, Inc.; Chad Pearson, certified financial planner for UBS; and Jim Connell, certified senior advisor with Connell & Associates. Participants will be able to ask questions of the experts and get answers to questions about estate taxes and IRA conversions. Visit www. nhrmcfoundation.org. Reservations are required and can be made online or by calling 910.815.5144.

Classes/Workshops POPLAR GROVE Classes: Pilates, Mon. 4:30-5:30pm • Colored Pencil Drawing, Wed. 3/17 6:30-8pm. $30 • Glass Bead Making, Sat. 3/20, 4/10, 4/24, 5/8, 5/29 11am4:30pm. $175. 18 and up. • Wire Wrap Beading, third Wed. of each month 11am-12pm & Mon. 3/29, 4/26, 5/17, 6/21 6-7:30pm. $35 • Bracelet -Making, first Wed. of ea. month 11am-12pm & Mon. 4/12, 5/3, 6/7 6-7:30pm. $50. • Rug Hooking, 3-week class through 3/29 Mon. 10am-12pm. $50. • One Stroke Painting, 4-week class: 4/1-22, 4/29-5/20 Thurs. 6-8pm. $60.

• Zentangle Art & Design, 4-week class, through 4/6 Tues. 10am-12pm. • Tae Kwon-Do, Tues. & Thurs.

6-7pm. $75/month. • Self Defense for Adults, Wed. 1-2:15pm, 5:45-7pm. $40/4 classes. • 910-686-9518 x26, poplargrove.com CREATIVE WRITING CLASS Exploring Creative Writing is designed to equip writers w/tools they need to grow. Each week we will meet and read, do collaborative and individual writing exercises and discuss topics relevant to writers today. Writers of all experience levels and from all genres are welcome. The three-week workshop will run from 3/20-4/3. We’ll meet each Saturday from 9-11:30am. Class will meet at 621 North 4th St., the historic Modular Graphics building.

The cost is $60 and class sizes are limited to 12 to ensure the highest level of individual attention. www. explorecreativewriting.wordpress.com; bjasonfrye@ gmail.com or lafrye@gmail.com or 910-431-0274.

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