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The Cape Fear Raptor Center is seeking support to help their programs to soar. Held at the center (9185 US Highway 117 South), the event features a silent auction for massages, bird art and more. Other activities include tours of CFRC, music, food, and the CFRC Bird Team. Tickets are $5, and $2 off with a non-perishable item. Kids 2 years and under get in free. For more details on this hoot of a good time and cause, visit www.capefearraptorcenter.org.

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Cucalorus 21 This week’s encore is full of Cucalorus Film Festival events from Nov. 11-15, including this week’s cover story: ‘Wilmington on Fire.’ Learn more about the documentary and meet its director, Christopher Everett, on page 29. Courtesy photo.

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MUSIC>> Chris Wood talks desire and the everlasting search for greener pastures in The Wood Brothers’ latest album, ‘Paradise.’

See their BAC performance on Sun., Nov. 15. Photo by Alysse Gafkjen.

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The ‘Bus to Lumberton’ offers a dark ride through the visual works of Michael Arcos.

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Theatre>> Bare Bones Productions manages to fit a large cast of characters on its humble stage in ‘Up the Down Staircase,’ which takes a close look at the bureaucracy of the public school system.

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Considering the values and decisions that come with owning a small business by: gwenyfar rohler

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH A CUC: Cucalorus executive director Dan Brawley talks Cucalorus and their newest entrepreneurial program, CONNECT, which launches its first year at Ironclad Brewery. Photo by Saben Kane

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fter 21 years, we have built up the infrastructure to manage a certain volume of information,” Dan Brawley, Cucalorus’ executive director, says as he gestures with his hands at the offices around him in Jengo’s Playhouse— the official headquarters and one of nine venues as part of this week’s five-day independent film festival, Cucalorus.

I must give credit to Brawley. I remember when the Cucalorus office was the spare room in Heinberg Insurance Agency. I remember when it moved, too, and when the first few years in Jengo’s Playhouse was basically a warehouse with a movie screen and computer. But today Cucalorus is something else.

“We get 1,700 submissions, and we track nearly 100 pieces of information for each submission,” Brawley continues. “So we have a huge mechanism; the machinery is big. For

us, we were able to do something here in this first year, on a scale that would be unthinkable for somebody else, using really the same tools.”

Brawley and I are sitting in his office, discussing a new segment to 2015’s festival: “Cucalorus CONNECT.” It’s a conference that celebrates technology and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure that Brawley has cultivated is, of course, more than the physical world of offices, but of systems, practices, hits and misses, and innovation. It is impressive to note the visual clues as to just how far the homegrown international independent film festival has come. This year Cucalorus is partnering with the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to launch the conference. Many are comparing it to the workshops and learning opportunities available at SXSW, but it’s so much more. For Brawley it’s a natural outgrowth of what Cucalorus has been doing for years.

“It fits in really well with the history of Cu-

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calorus—a maker’s festival,” Brawley says— “people getting together who had their hands on the equipment, who beat out some work, and put it on the screen.”

So what does the future of making, innovation and entrepreneurship look like? Where do technology and communication intersect within these three areas? These are among the questions CONNECT will explore during the course of Cucalorus 21. Keynote speakers will include Joan Siefert Rose of The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) and Galen Buckwalter of eHarmony.com. Workshops will look at a wide range of issues related to entrepreneurship, from real estate and alcohol to diversity and capital funding. And of course the 10x10 project will return.

10x10 pairs 10 filmmakers with 10 entrepreneurs, who, during the course of the festival, produce a short film together. The concept was developed by Norwood Cheek at the Atlantic

Film Festival, and originally it linked musicians and filmmakers. He and Brawley brought the project to Cucalorus in 2011 and last year refocused it to work specifically with the business of film rather than musicians.

“Last year we got 20 applications for the 10 spots,” Brawley points out. “This year we got 30. A couple of the groups we put together have continued to work together. It doesn’t matter what you sell—if you sell socks, if you sell insurance, you need video content.”

Brawley concedes that the selection process is pretty subjective. Much like the festival is curated to bring a wide selection of films, the aim with choosing the groups for 10x10 is to bring a range of experiences and lenses through which to view the collaboration process. Not every group is Wilmington-based. For example, this year a group is coming from Asheville to do 3D printing but with sweaters. (“Do you have an arm longer than the other?” Brawley asks.)

Once the groups are selected, they are ran- calls attention to the obstacles faced by Ebola survivors), and “Sightline: The Chair” (live acdomly matched with participating filmmakers. tion, sci-fi).

“The night of the kick off party, we put “I am really excited about the Virtual Reality [names] in bowls and match them up, and give them five days to make a video!” Brawley says, Lounge,” Brawley says. “We will also show a playlist of VR music videos and give away 150 flashing his elfin grin. free headsets to the first people who come to The project remains of interest to particithe lounge. If you want to talk about the future pants because of its quick turnaround and of entertainment, virtual reality is it.” quick approach to critical thinking and brandBrawley picks up a white headset from the ing. “[It provides] some really hard boundaries: Your ideas have to be reasonable, you credenza in his office and snaps a smartphone have to check out what’s on hand and make onto the front of it. “The new headsets are sexy,” he describes. “They’re wireless. I can it happen,” Brawley says. have this in my back pack and play with it anyIt’s one thing to celebrate a finished prodwhere in the world.” uct, but it is another to have groups in active Pegasorus and CONNECT passholders get collaboration doing the work while the festival is in full swing. Hence, the “maker-ness” into the lounge for free; others will need a ticket.

There are only 10 tickets per half-hour block that envelops Cucalorus. during the lounge’s opening hours.

Speaking of which, there is a PlaceMakers The idea of CONNECT is to do just as its title Fair launching as part of CONNECT on Saturday, Nov. 14 (Princess St. block between Front suggests: Pair up people with other people, and and Second). It is basically a street fair for provide them with experiences and knowledge makers, inventors and those interested in the that can help deepen their passions and work creation of “place” and revisioning it for a com- within film. “Maybe you’ll get a job,” Brawley munity. Brawley points out that street fairs are muses about the program. “Maybe you’ll meet increasingly becoming part of the film-festival a filmmaker who you can collaborate with on a experience and that addition is a natural experi- video project...” ment for Cucalorus to explore.

After a bit of reflection Brawley comes to Resources galore will be available for exploration. For example, Elite Innovations Wilmington’s “Makers Space” provides access to tools for metal and woodworking, as well as a 3D printer. It will provide a great opportunity to chat with their team and learn

the point that perhaps the most important part of Cucalorus is the meeting of people—new people, creative people, daring people, brave people. Hopefully that’s the takeaway of the CONNECT experience. For entrepreneurs, Brawley says with no hesitation, “People from

“People from the business community will recognize they can come to Cucalorus and meet some of the most talented, creative minds, not just regionally but from all over the world.”

—Dan Brawley, Cucalorus director about how to utilize their offerings and trans- the business community will recognize they form ideas into products. can come to Cucalorus and meet some of the Of course, if we are discussing technology, most talented, creative minds, not just regioninnovation and film, at some point we have to ally but from all over the world.” wander into the world of virtual reality. As part of CONNECT, there will be a Virtual Reality Lounge set up on Second Street at Ironclad Brewery. The lounge will provide 10 headsets that have smartphones attached to them for folks to enter into virtual worlds that will completely alter reality (because, apparently, alcohol doesn’t alter reality enough). Five projects are slated for screening.

As any entrepreneur will advise: “Plan your work then work your plan, and assume that all of it is a grand experiment in which you are but one variable.” Cucalorus, like many small businesses, has grown organically in adapting to changing conditions and opportunities presented in the most unstable of industries: entertainment. Oddly, they might be perfectly positioned to initiate this next phase of conversation about Brawley, along with Dominic Cincotti from business development here, too.

ExpectVR, Norwood Cheek and Ryan Staake, curated the films, which will immerse viewers directly into another dimension. Showing will be Cucalorus CONNECT Jessica Kantor’s “The Archer” (a silent, black Entrepreneur-inspired programs and white short); Tamsin Glasson and Samantha Storr’s “Clouds Over Sidra” (to be shown and conferences, Nov. 11-15 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Swit- CONNECT passes: $155 zerland on January 21); Tamsin Glasson and Full schedule and individual Samantha Storr’s “Waves of Grace” (which

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Cameron Art Museum cordially invites you to the bread & lights festival kickoff celebration

Party in the Pines Friday, November 20, 2015 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

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t’s near Veterans Day and I’ve been studying the art of war—not the ancient Sun-Tzu treatise. I’ve been studying images and stories about war, from front-page photographs, to how war is portrayed on Monday Night Football, to stories and images generated by combatants themselves.

Last week, I ran across an article about David Shields’ pictorial essay, “War is Beautiful.” The book is subtitled, “The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict” and was termed by one reviewer “a twisted little coffee table book.”

It’s on my Christmas list.

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David Shields collected front-page pictures of the past 14 years of war from the supposedly left-leaning New York Times partly as a response to the media’s war porn addiction. In a November 1 Salon interview, he says the pictures basically convey, “[W]ar’s really cool, really glamorous, really bloodless. They feel to me kind of scarily like military recruitment posters. So, so beautiful.”

Last week a veteran friend shared his concerns about speaking to school children about his military career during a school event for Veterans Day. He’s proud of his service and wants some of the students to choose military careers. Even so, he expressed a frustration about another part of our media diet that turns war into an exciting escape from the boredom of doing your homework: “What I really want to say to these kids is, stop it. Stop playing those games. War is not a visually attractive video game.”

Furthermore, he said, “Thank you for your service? You want to honor veterans? Stop playing those games. Stop making them.

Those virtual games don’t honor real veterans at all. They trivialize war, trivialize both good and bad aspects of military service.”

All that visual razzle-dazzle in virtual reality isn’t the way war works? And doesn’t honor veterans? Trivialize sacrifice? But how will we recruit drone pilots? We can’t leave important work, like military recruiting, to New York Times photographers.

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That’s probably why senators McCain and Flake found the Pentagon has at least 72 contracts paying out millions of dollars since 2012 for the kind of recruiting efforts we see at almost all major professional sporting events. In a College Road traffic jam on the way to the opening reception of the “Invisible Wounds of War” project at UNCW, I heard the breaking news of “Paid Patriotism” investigation. When you see men and women in uniform rapelling into the stadium, parachute-dropping the first pitch, or powerful (and really cool) fighter jets buzzing the stadium before kick-off, it’s not a spontaneous show of appreciation. It’s marketing.

We don’t call it propaganda because after a generation of compulsory patriotism, “Thank you for your service” handshakes, and “Support Our Troops” bumper stickers we are blind to what propaganda looks like. For a culture of highly trained consumers, it’s all advertising to us, even when the product is war.

An NPR interviewer attempted to at least partially defend the practice by suggesting that embedding our military in our major sports wasn’t really a bad thing, it was state-of-the-art marketing, product placement, “like the judges on ‘The Voice’ drinking Coke.”

Republican Senator Flake was taken aback. To my recollection he commented on the inappropriateness of the practice at any level.

I was taken aback when I finally strolled into Randall Library to attend the “Invisible Wounds of War” exhibit spearheaded by local health-care providers Jen Johnson and Kyle Horton. I initially wondered about placing something as important as this project at the library. Libraries are generally lousy marketing. But the openness and solemnity of the venue struck me right away. The stark contrast of the quiet library—with the loud glitz and glamour of war marketed as a glossy graphic novel—hit me in the gut.

In our culture, “Invisible Wounds of War,” are too often bandaged with glossy photographs and slick storytelling.

From November 5 through December 15 UNCW provides an opportunity for some veterans to remove bandages, air out wounds and create space for healing. Their courageous stories are far from propaganda and war porn. At least in my view, to learn about the experience of war, support our troops and thank them for their sacrifice, go to the library. Libraries aren’t marketing or propaganda—they are places to learn.

Recurring Themes (Recent InstancA 2015 decision of the Georgia Supreme es of Familiar Weird Behaviors)

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Court has created a puzzle for drunk driver enforcement. In Georgia (and other states), blood alcohol tests are “voluntary” (to bypass the issue of whether drivers can be forced, or even pressured, to endure a test that ultimately helps to convict them), but the Georgia court has ruled, against custom, that a “consenting” driver might be “too” drunk to appreciate the consent — in which case, the test results would be inadmissible in court. Equally awkwardly, prosecutors would be forced to argue that the drunk driver — too drunk to handle a motor vehicle — was still sober enough to give knowledgeable consent. Atlanta’s WSB-TV reported in October that judges statewide are grappling with the issue.

— Funerals and burials, in the United States and elsewhere, are no longer always so staid. Most famously, one man was, per his instructions, lowered to the ground inside his beloved Cadillac; dressing corpses in fanciful outfits (such as the Green Lantern) is not unheard of. In October, after Mr. Jomar Aguayo Collazo, 23, was killed in a shootout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the family outfitted his body in his favorite blue tracksuit and propped him up at a table in his mother’s tavern (“playing” dominoes and holding a drink and a condom) — as friends and relatives passed by to pay their respects.

— The list of all-time extreme body modifiers would start with the late Dennis “Stalking

Cat” Avner (who incrementally cut, chipped, tattooed, pierced and implanted his body to make himself a human feline) and the similarly obsessive Erik “Lizardman” Sprague, who at one time toured with the Jim Rose Circus. Newer to the scene is Britain’s Ted Richards, 57, working to become a human parrot. With 110 colorful tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue, he currently seeks a surgeon to turn his nose into a beak.

Even without the beak, though, Richard says becoming parrotlike “is the best thing that has happened to me.” (London’s Daily Telegraph, publishing astonishing photos of Richards, asked, rhetorically, whether we’ve reached “peak plastic surgery.”)

— College “Inclusiveness” to the Next Level: “Service” animals (mostly guide dogs) are ones that have been specially trained to provide help for people with disabilities, but untrained “comfort” animals are also privileged for those diagnosed with panic attacks or depression. In an October report on college students hoping to keep their pets in no-animal dorms, The New York Times noted that school officials have entertained student requests for the “comfort” of (besides dogs and cats) lizards, potbellied pigs, tarantulas, ferrets, guinea pigs and “sugar gliders” (nocturnal, flying, six-ounce Australian marsupials). Informal Justice Department guidelines rule out only animals that are aggressive or destructive or that trigger other students’ allergies.

— A chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals undertook one of its favorite consciousness-raising tactics in August, demanding that Pennsylvania officials erect a roadside grave marker near Lancaster at the spot where a tractor-trailer hauling 80 pigs overturned, killing several of them.

The “terrified animals” that suffered traumatic deaths should be memorialized by the community, PETA said. The pigs, of course, would have eventually found their way to a slaughterhouse, and it is possible that the ones euthanized as a result of the accident passed more peacefully than the “survivors.”

A News of the Weird Classic (March 2010)

It’s a simple recipe, said New York City A-list chef Daniel Angerer: a cheese derived from the breast milk of his wife, who (in March 2010) was nursing the couple’s 3-month-old daughter. As a chef, he said, “you look out for something new and what you can do with it,” and what Angerer could do is make about two quarts of “flavor(ful)” cheese out of two gallons of mother’s milk. “(T)astes just like really sweet cow’s milk.” He posted the recipe, “My Spouse’s Mommy Milk Cheese,” but reminded experimenters to “consider cheese aging time.”

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The Search for Paradise: The Wood Brothers head to Wilmington with a new album and stories of desire by: shannon rae gentry

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GREENER PASTURES: See The Wood Brothers perform live at the Brooklyn Arts Center on Sunday, Nov. 15. Photo by Alysse Gafkjen.

lose sittin’ on the front porch, ice cream in my hand, meltin’’ in the sun, all that chocolate on my tongue, and that’s good enough reason to live . . .”

A few years ago, my soon-to-be husband made me a mix CD and included the Wood Brothers’ “Chocolate on my Tongue.” It’s a simple song about the literal and figurative sweet pleasures in life. It features the kind of song writing that brings any listener into the story.

Its imagery managed to make me taste chocolate and maybe even hypnotized me by the thought of a pair of loving

eyes looking my way. Did the inclusion of the song make me fall for my husband? Well, it didn’t hurt.

It’s been almost a decade since The Wood Brothers released their debut studio album “Ways Not To Lose” in 2006, which featured this sweet little ditty. At the time Chris Wood was known as the third man of Medeski, Martin and Wood, while his brother Oliver had six albums with his band King Johnson. When the brothers came together, their roots in folk and Americana storytelling deepened with each project.

Now, with a new album in tow, The Wood Brothers will take to the Port City stage at

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the Brooklyn Arts Center (516 N. 4th St.) collaborative and unique works to date, on Sun., Nov. 15. with Chris playing electric guitar on Chris Wood (bass, vocals and harmon- tracks for the first time. Guest musicians ica), alongside his brother Oliver (guitar like Derek Trucks (guitar) and Susan and vocals) and Jano Rix (drums, vocals, Tedeschi (vocals) make an appearance keyboard, shuitar—a portable percussion on “Never And Always,” along with more instrument with a wide variety of sounds), friends who pop in on other tracks. Thereleased “Paradise” just last month. The matically, the album doesn’t go quite into title—stamped below a sketched image of an optimistic or pessimistic perspective a donkey being led by the proverbial stick of life; it leans more toward a realist’s and carrot—is indicative of the record’s point of view of the pursuit of happiness theme: the search, longing and desire to or fulfillment. reach paradise.

Recorded at Black Key frontman Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye studio in NashIt’s one of The Wood Brothers’ most ville, “Paradise” captures the longing

and inevitable search for greener pastures. The two Wood brothers are no strangers to the drive of wanting and searching for more.

feeling) that inspires the song, and maybe it goes with something else that isn’t finished. There’s so many different ways [a song] can begin.”

“I think desire gets a bad rap,” Chris says. “It’s also why we get up in the morning and do things, too. I think a lot of people go on spiritual quests to get rid of desire, but I expect you can’t. So maybe you have to accept it instead of trying to get rid of it.”

More often than not the brothers collaborate with a producer, who guide musicians through the record-making process. But “Paradise” is the first album The Wood Brothers self-produced entirely on their own.

It wasn’t the concept they set out to tackle per se. Yet, when they started writing and assembling songs they began to notice a theme developing. “There’s a lot of different ways to talk about desire and salvation,” Wood tells, “and so maybe surrender and acceptance to the reality of that is what we’re writing.”

The things that people do in life, Chris says, aren’t necessarily always good or bad. They just affect our lives and perspectives. “American Heartache” reflects upon the idea of not really being happy until one has it all. “Stuck in a dream,” the chorus goes, where everything needed is “blowing in the breeze” and what’s wanted “is just down stream . . . I only feel bad when I can’t have it all.”

“[Producers] can have a lot of influence on the way a record can turn out,” Chris admits. “They have these ideas and make all of these choices along the way that affect the way the album sounds. This is the first time we did all of that. . . . So it just felt very much our own. We really own this record artistically—and literally because we put it out on our own label.”

It’s motivated them even more as musicians and professionals. More so, it’s sparked a different drive for mastering their art. “We live for the creative process,” Chris says. “That’s where the real fun is—besides performing, which we also love and we’re doing now. As musicians, as writers, as artists, we love that process of creating or always thinking about what else we can do. Often we don’t know what that is; we just know what it isn’t based off what we’ve done already.”

In some ways it is one of the more lighter tongue-and-cheek songs, but also very true for Chris. “It’s just another take or version of desire,” he continues, The road to paradise with The Wood “where I’m sure that feeling is strong everywhere, but particularly strong in Brothers leads to the Brooklyn Arts CenAmerica where we always seem to be ter on Nov. 15. For tickets or details, unsatisfied with what we have—and we visit www.brooklynartsnc.com. have a lot.”

Most of the growth and progression he sees within the entire album comes from simply being able to work more closely (literally) with his brother and band mate.

He and Oliver now live in the same city, which allows for less time coordinating schedules and more time spent collaborating. Their ideas grew organically as they began working on the record.

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2013], we kind of had to come up with ideas separately,” Chris explains. “One of us would write the lyrics and the other did the music, and [we would] slap them together. Luckily, a lot of the time that worked. With this record, we could build the song from the ground up together.”

Often, they would jam through a tune to find the story. “Snake Eyes” features a train taking passengers to paradise.

It’s funky instrumentals include electric guitar at the forefront. The band wrote the music first and then the lyrics.

“It was something we all played together at a rehearsal and recorded,” Chris tells.

“It can start with a very simple rhythmic idea or a riff (something that gives you a

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THE BRIGHT SIDE: John Gorka is heading to Southport on his tour with new album, ‘Bright Side of Down’ by Red House Records. Catch him at the Southport Senior Center (1513 N. Howe St. Suite #1) on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $24. Courtesy photo.

Wednesday, November 11 Mystery Music Wednesday (3pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.

Open Mic (6:30pm; Free)

—Addicted to the Bean, 1207 S. Kerr Ave.

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

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

Barry Langston (7pm; $3; Acoustic)

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

Sketch Comedy Show (8pm; $5) —TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St.

Crystal Fussell (9pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

Pool Night (10pm; Free)

—Banks Channel Pub & Grille, 530 Causeway Dr.

Keith Butler Trio (8pm; Free; Jazz)

—Burnt Mill Creek, 2101 Market St.

Live Music on the Patio (8pm; Free)

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

Firedrums Night Fire Dance (8pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.

Jenny Pearson (9pm; Free)

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

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

Ultrafaux (8pm; $0-$5)

Corey Smith (9pm; $20-$25; Country)

Thursday, November 12

Live Music on the Patio (8pm; Free)

Nicole Thompson (7pm; $3; Jazz)

North Carolina Symphony (7:30pm; $26-$71)

—Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.

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

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

—Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 910- 251-1832 —Humanities & Fine Arts Center, 411 N. Front St.

Mobile Deathcamp (7pm; Free; Metal)

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W I N N E R

Wrightsville Beach, NC

LIVE MUSIC 7–10PM THURS.

TJ Walsh

nov 12

6-8PM on the Oceanfront Terrace

FRI.

ben & heather

nov 13

Eclectic Mix

SAT.

mike o’donnell Dance & Classic

FRI.

l shape lot Acoustic Mix

nov 14 nov 20 SAT.

nov 21

forrest tabor Eclectic Mix

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

www.RuckerJohns.com VISIT WWW.RUCKERJOHNS.COM FOR FRIDAY MONDAY DAILY SPECIALS, MUSIC & EVENTS Select Appetizers halfMONDAY off $ 4 Cosmopolitan $ 2 Big Domestic Draft Beers $550 Watermelon Martini $ 95 22oz. Domestic Draft ALL DAY 4 RJ's Coffee $ 3 Sam Adams and Blue $5 Pizzas Moon Seasonal Bottles TUESDAY TUESDAY 1/2 off Select Bottles SATURDAY LIVE JAzz IN THE BAR of Wine $ $ 6 All Southern Half Price Bottles of Wine Shiners 5 Absolut Dreams 50 $ Blue$2Moon Draft 3 NC Brewed Bottles • Pacifico Absolut Dream $$5$503-22oz 2 Select Domestic Bottles WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY SUNDAY 1/2 offMiller Nachos Light Pints $150$ Coronoa/ $ 50 5 All$2Flat 50 Breads 1 Domestic Pints Lite Bottles Corona $ 50 $4 Bloody$ Marys 2 Corona/Corona Lt. Margaritas/Peach Margaritas 4 Pints $ 50 $ 50 1 Domestic 4 Frozen Margarita $ 5 White Russians THURSDAY (pick your flavor) Visit our $website Appletinis $4, RJ’s Painkiller 5

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$ (910)-452-1212 3 Guinness Cans Island Sunsets $5 SATURDAY 100 S. FRONT ST. $ Baybreeze/Seabreeze 4 22oz. Blue Moon 910-251-1832 Draft $3 LIVE MUSIC $ 2 Select Domestic Bottles in the courtyard SUNDAY7 days a week $ Bloody Marys 4, Domestic MONDAY S.I.N. NIGHT $2 Domestics • $3 All Draft Selections Pints $150 • $4 Flavored Bombs 50% off Apps 6pm $til Hurricanes 5 close

NEW BELGIUM TUESDAY Carolina Beach Road, $3 New5564 Belgium selections (Fat Tire, Ranger IPA) (910) 452-1212 $5 Jameson • Wing Special WEDNESDAY $2.75 Miller Lite, $4 Wells, Half off All Bottles of wine Live Music @ 8pm THIRSTY THURSDAY $2.50 PBR 16oz cans $3.50 Sam Adams Seasonal & Hoppyum Pints $5 Redbull & Vodka, 50¢ Steamed Oysters and Shrimp FRIDAY $2.75 Michelob Ultra • $3.25 Stella $4.50 José Cuervo Silver • Live Music on the Patio SATURDAY $2.75 Red Stripe • $4.50 Evan Williams Cherry Reel Cafe Rooftop Concert Series SUNDAY $3 Coronas/Corona Lite • $10 Domestic Buckets (5) $4 Mimosas • $4 Bloody Mary’s

REEL LIVE MUSIC: Head down for a free show with dinner at the Reel Cafe (100 S. Front St.) in downtown Wilmington. See Timmy Pierce this Saturday, Nov. 14. Courtesy photo.

Friday, November 13 Duo Piano Concert (6pm; $6)

—UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr.

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

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

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

Ben & Heather (6pm; Free; Eclectic)

—Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.

TRIVIA WITH STEVE

Live Music in the Garden (6pm; Free)

Friday ____________________________________________

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

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

LIVE __________________________________________ MUSIC Sunday

BREAKFAST BUFFET

9:00 A.m.- 2:00 P.M.• $4 BLOODY MARY’S AND MIMOSA’S

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—A Tasting Room, 19 S. 2nd St.

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.

Quinn Dahle (7pm; $14-$18; Comedy)

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

The Chenaults Organ Duo (7:30pm; $15)

—St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St.

Runaway Gin (10pm; Cover TBA; Phish Tribute) —The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

Phil Kelly / Richard Welsh (7pm; Free; Acoustic) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Jason Jackson (9:30pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

Domonique Launey, Stephen Field (7:30pm; $6)

—UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr.

Sean Howard (8pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

Dave Tyson (8pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

Quinn Dahle (9:30pm; $14-$18; Comedy)

Saturday, November 14

Tom and Jane (10pm; Free; Acoustic)

Singer/Songwriter Cookout Jam (1pm; Side dish or donation)

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.;

—Hugh MacRae Park, 1799 S. College Rd.

Jazz on Front St. (6pm; Free)

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

Mike O’Donnell (6pm; Free; Dance)

—Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.

Music and Comedy Open Mic (8pm; Free) Crystal Fussell Duo (9pm; Free; Acoustic)

concerts outside of southeastern nc

Tuesday, November 17

showstoppers

—Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.

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

Music in the Garden (6pm; Free) —A Tasting Room, 19 S. 2nd St.

Chords for a Cause (6pm; $20-$25)

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

End of the Line (7pm; $3; Country)

We Are Forever (7pm; $10-$12)

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

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

Live Music on the Patio (8pm; Free)

Quinn Dahle (7pm; $14-$18; Comedy)

Trivia Night (8pm; Free)

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

—Banks Channel Pub & Grille, 530 Causeway Dr.

Bethany & Balducci (7pm; Free; Acoustic)

Karaoke (9pm; Free)

—Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Timmy Pierce (7pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

Rooftop Performance: VillaNova (9:30pm; Free) —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 910- 251-1832

The Keith Butler Trio (8pm; Free; Jazz)

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

Mike Blair (8pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

Quinn Dahle (9:30pm; $14-$18; Comedy)

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

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

Wednesday, November 18 Open Mic (6:30pm; Free)

—Addicted to the Bean, 1207 S. Kerr Ave;

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz)

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

Laura McLean’s Songwriter Showcase (7pm; $3)

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

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

Live Music (10pm; Free)

Live Music on the Patio (8pm; Free)

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

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

Runaway Gin (10pm; Cover TBA; Rock)

Heather Rogers (9pm; Free; Country/Rock)

—The Whiskey Bar NC, 1 S. Front St.

Rock Reggae Jam Night (10pm; $7) —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.

Sunday, November 15 Books, Beer, & Jazz Piano (3pm; Free)

—Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.

Live Bluegrass (5pm; Free)

—The Shack at Dockside, 300 N. Lake Park Blvd.

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

Donna the Buffalo (9pm; $20-$25; Folk) —Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.; 910-769-4096

Pool Night (10pm; Free)

—Banks Channel Pub & Grille, 530 Causeway Dr.

Mystery Music Wednesday (3pm; Free) —Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

Sunday Bluegrass (6pm; Free)

—Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.

The Wood Brothers (7pm; $20-$30; Folk) —Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. 4th St.

Andrew Jackson Jihad (7pm; $15)

—Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market St.

Open Mic (7pm; $3)

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.

Live Music on the Patio (8pm; Free)

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

Tyler Mck (9pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

DJ Reign (10pm; Free)

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

John Gorka (7pm; $24; Folk)

—Southport Senior Center, 1513 N. Howe St.

Monday, November 16 Live Music on the Patio (8pm; Free)

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

Jazz and Vocal Jazz Ensembles (7:30pm; $6)

—UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr.

OUTTA THIS WORLD: Check out Galactic with Yo Mamma’s Big Fat Booty Band at the Orange Peel in Asheville on Nov. 12. Photo by Tom Dorgan.

Thursday, November 19 Acoustic Blues Jam (7pm; $3)

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

Live Music on the Patio (8pm; Free)

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

Justin Hoke (7:30pm; $6; Classical Guitar)

—UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr.

Firedrums Dance (8pm; Free)

—Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.

Act of Defiance (8pm; $5-$10; Metal)

—Ziggy’s By The Sea, 208 Market Street; 910-769-4096

Evan Baker (8pm; Free; Acoustic)

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

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

Driskill (10:30pm; Free; Folk) —Duck n Dive, 114 Dock St.

NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE NORTH DAVIDSON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 358-9298 11/12: J Boog and Westafa 11/13: Of Good Nature and more 11/14: David Cook and Jillian Jacqueline 11/17: Vilma Palma E Vampiros 11/18: Leon Russell and Abby Owens THE FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., Charlotte, NC (704) 916-8970 11/11: STS9 11/12: Rise Against, Killswitch Engage and letlive 11/14: Nipsey Hussle 11/17: Kamelot, Dragonforce AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 SOUTH TRYON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 377-6874 11/11: Cinderella’s Tom Keifer and Blanco Diablo 11/13: Dwele, John Dillard, Tony Lelo and more 11/14: Firehouse and Teaze, Bad Romeo 11/17: Exodus, Black Ritual and AuxiliA MOTORCO MUSIC HALL 723 RIGSBEE AVE., durham, NC (919) 901-0875 11/12: The Von Trapps and Sye Elaine Spence 11/13: Will Hoge and Sundy Best 11/14: Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba 11/17: Andrew Jackson Jihad

HOUSE OF BLUES MYRTLE BEACH 4640 Hwy 17 S., Myrtle Beach, SC (843) 272-3000 11/13: MIGOS and Gregory 11/14: Jeremiah Reyes 11/17: Brian Roessler

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. Cabarrus st., raleigh, nc (919) 821-4111 11/12: David Cook and Andrew Ripp 11/13: Kelsea Ballerini and Carly Pearce 11/14: Tab Benoit and Edward David Anderson 11/15: Earl Bullard, DJ JOWELL and more 11/17: Badfish and Sun Dried Vibes 11/18: Kevin Gates and Special Guest CAT’S CRADLE 300 E. MAIN St., CARRBORO, NC 11/11: The Story So Far, Basement and Turnover 11/11: Yonatan Gat and Stray Owls (Back Room) 11/13: Idlewild South and Better Off Dead 11/13: Gasoline Stove Band & more (Back Room) 11/14: Music For Fences and more 11/14: Together PANGEA and more (Back Room) 11/17: Skylar Spence, Mark Redito (Back Room) 11/18: David Wax Museum and Anthony D’Amato THE ORANGE PEEL 101 bILTMORE AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 398-1837 11/11: GTA, Rich The Kid and Sweater Beats 11/12: Galactic, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band 11/13: Nappy Roots 11/14: The Infamous Stringdusters and more 11/15: Laura Marling and Band 11/17: GWAR, Guests Battlecross and more 11/18: Slow Magic, Giraffage and Daktyl

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Fresh from the Farm

arts>>art

A Dark Ride:

Filmmaker Michael Arcos creates art installation for Cucalorus 21

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

RUNS THROUGH November 21st, 2015

OPEN RAIN OR SHINE!!

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

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

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

For more information call 538-6223 or visit www.wilmingtondowntown.com

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by: Josephine Butler

n true David Lynch form, Michael Arcos’ latest project is shrouded in mystery. The underground filmmaker isn’t giving away many details about “Bus to Lumberton.”

The art installation and performance piece is directed by Arcos in homage to Lynch’s neo-noir cult classic, “Blue Velvet,” filmed in Wilmington.

Arcos isn’t the first to take on Bus to Lumberton. It’s become a tradition for Cucalorus to invite an artist to reinterpret the 1986 Lynch film in what the festival describes as a “mind-blowing” immersion experiment in an artificial world. In essence, participants may not feel entirely comfortable. As for Arcos, participants can expect a “dark ride.”

“For me, ‘Blue Velvet’ is a really important film,” he says. “It incorporates all the cinematic elements I’d want to see: fear, mystery, being turned on a little bit, and left with more questions than answers. I want to bring all of that to this tour.”

Arcos’ tour starts downtown and makes stops at locations where scenes from “Blue Velvet” were filmed. For those not as familiar with Lynch’s cult classic, Wilmington hot spots like Barbary Coast, Carolina Apartments, Sunset Park, and a warehouse on Front Street (now home to Freaker USA headquarters) all can be seen in the neonoir mystery. However, no locations for the tour are confirmed—it’s a secret, after all.

What Arcos did reveal is who will be joining him. He has invited Yamil Rodriguez, an installation and performance artist based in New Orleans, who, like Arcos, is focused less on the direction of his performers and more on developing an immersive environment that creates a narrative. Most recently Rodriguez directed “Abuse,” where audience members were led into an abandoned strip mall to witness a toxic relationship unfold in reverse.

Joining Rodriguez is Los Angeles-based actress Betsy Holt, who Arcos describes as “fearless.” The actress-turned-writer recently scripted a film based on personal photographs and phone calls recorded by Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander.

But it’s Arcos that truly captivates. He grew up in sunny Miami where he attended Miami Southridge High School, known more for its athletics than its output of promising filmmakers. But it was in the high school’s

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PIRANHA: Anything can be seen on the ‘Bus to Lumberton’ as it drives into town with Michael Arcos’ and his love for ‘Blue Velvet.’

Courtesy photo

idea to Arcos. He suggested incorporating elements from Arcos’ current project into the mix. Thus, “Blue Throat”—a working title for the 2015 Bus to Lumberton, according to Arcos—was born.

old video production lab that he got his start.

He used VHS-based programs, to learn how to edit and make video collages on tape.

To keep the tour personal, Arcos is accepting RSVPs for small groups of four to seven people, with tours happening every The quality and aesthetic of VHS film half-hour from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. The reservastuck with Arcos. After dabbling in sound tion line is 985-790-ROSE. design and music production, he went on “Inevitably, it’s very easy to extract I am to learn, shoot and process 16mm film. His a fan of David Lynch,” he says. “As a filmgoal: “to utilize video and images to tell sto- maker, his work is really liberating, especialries and create narratives.” ly now. He’s doing exactly what he wants to In his tour/art installation/performance be doing and is creating films and visuals piece, dark and obscure narratives reign. without anyone holding him back. . . . His His film “Dream Throat” will make an ap- elements of fear, mystery, sexuality, and pearance as well. Arcos, along with pro- grotesque imagery—I think it’s commentary ducer (as well as friend-turned-girlfriend- on maybe how he perceives the world, and turned-ex-girlfriend) Marnie Ellen, created I can relate to that.”

“Dream Throat” to explore the history and Riders, beware. hauntings of a single room. In a hotel room, Also catch Arcos and Marnie Ellen’s tenants change but the viewer remains.

“Dream Throat” focuses on altercations and short, “No Parents,” screening on Saturday ambiguity of the visitors’ relationships within at Jengo’s Playhouse at 4:15 p.m., which a singular space. Simply put, the viewers will show before “Female Pervert.” are the subject of the experiment, enduring and participating in a brief document of desperation, curiosity and the search for connectivity in the form of emotional and Bus to Lumberton physical resolve. Arcos employs these con- Meet at Barbary Coast, 6 p.m. cepts for Bus to Lumberton and participants 116 S. Front St. should prepare. “It’s going to be a punch in Art installation/performance piece by the gut, for sure,” he warns.

DETAILS:

At least Dan Brawley, executive director of Cucalorus Film Foundation, thinks so. He attended a screening of “Dream Throat” in Baltimore and immediately proposed the

Michael Arcos, Marnie Ellen, Betsy Holt, and Yamil Rodriguez Friday, Nov. 13 • Tours from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., every half hour Limited RSVPs, call 985-790-7673

what’s hanging around the port city

galleryguide Artfuel.inc

Art in bloom

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

Artfuel is pleased to host Vol. 42, featuring work

by Dennis Schaffer, Kyle Page, Mimi Logothetis, and Tuki Lucero. Hangs for eight weeks.

ArtExposure!

22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC (910) 803-0302 • (910) 330-4077 Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 5 pm (or by appt.) www.artexposure50.com ArtExposure will host a Fall Open House on Saturday, November 15th from 11am-4pm. Artists will be working in the main show room and displaying work for sale. A live model will be present for all who wish to paint or draw from life. There will be a tip jar present for the model. Come and participate or just watch the artists at work! Refreshments will be served. ArtExposure offers unique gifts and gift cards that can be used for classes, custom framing, as well as fine art and craft items. Come see us!

210 Princess St. Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 6 pm (or by appt., Sun. and Mon.) (484) 885-3037 www.art-in-bloom-gallery.com

Art in Bloom Gallery is a new gallery located at 210 Princess Street in downtown Wilmington. The gallery presents original art by local, national, and international artists including Elizabeth Darrow (Oil Painting and Collage), Traudi Thornton (Raku and Stoneware), David Klinger (Wooden Boxes), Sherry Hellmer (Decoupage Furniture), and Elisa Agami (Jewelry and Sculpture). Regular hours are 10 am to 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment Sunday and Monday. For more information on special events for the holidays, see www.art-in-bloom-gallery-dot-com, email grantamyn@gmail.com, or call 484 885 3037.

New Elements Gallery

201 Princess St. (919) 343-8997 Tues. - Sat.: 11am - 6pm (or by appt.) www.newelementsgallery.com

The Muse’s Closet features one of a kind items like hand painted silk blouses, upcycled jewelry, whimsi-

cal hats, and hand woven scarves. The Muse’s Closet will remain on view until November 21.

River to Sea Gallery

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

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

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

In the historic fishing village of Calabash, NC, over 10,000-plus square feet of fine arts is showcased.

Clay art and pottery; oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media, pastels and acrylics; plus award-winning metalworks, wood pieces, hand-blown glass, fiber art,

artisan-made jewelry and more. Sunset River Marketplace has become a popular destination for visitors, a gathering place for artists and a center of the community, thanks to its onsite pottery studio, complete with two kilns; a custom master framing department; and art classrooms for workshops and ongoing instruction.

WILMA W. DANIELS GALLERY 200 Hanover Street, CFCC parking deck First level Tues.- Fri., 10am - 5:30pm; Sat., noon - 5:30pm (910) 362-7431

Wilma W. Daniels Gallery is pleased to present the Annual Faculty Exhibition, scheduled through November 14th in Wilmington, NC. The exhibition features 33 works in a variety of disciplines. Participating faculty members include Brandon Guthrie, Jeremy Millard, Deborah O. Quinn, Kevin Dunn, Abby Spangel-Perry, Victoria Paige, Benjamin Billingsley, Casey Scharling, Kirah Van Sickle, Kendall Martin, Jennifer Mace, Geoff Calabrese and Richard Conn. Studio technician Heather McLelland is featured by special invitation.

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Political, Personal, Beautiful:

Nudity delves into empowerment in Cucalorus performance piece, ‘Naked Ladies’

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I want this to be art and for it to be feminist and empowering, but are they? We have to be really careful, right? Just because I get naked and call it ‘art’ doesn’t make it so.

The show is interested in this.”

by: Shea Carver

ucalorus expands annually to become more than just a five-day party of hazy cinema-infused fun. The 21-year-old independent film festival has emerged as an all-inclusive arts event over the years. It will continue to evolve in 2015, too, as it introduces performance art installations that combine cinematography and live storytelling.

Thea Fitz-James’ “Naked Ladies” delves into the issue of body imagery in a provocative nude performance that rears its head with a political edge not easily forgotten.

During her masters studies in performance arts, Fitz-James read “The Explicit Body in Performance” by Rebecca Schneider.

The book explores how women use nudity in performance as both an object and an agent. Thinking back to female artists like Yoko Ono, Carolee Schneeman and Karen Finley, Fitz-James began constructing a naked art piece over six months as a re- BOOBIES ... ER, BARBIES: Thea Fitz-James bares all for performance art piece, “Naked Ladies,” debuting sponse to her own life. in the U.S. as part of Cucalorus 21. Courtesy photo.

“I loved it, and that surprised me—especially since I’m not 100 percent comfortable in a bathing suit as it is,” Fitz-James shame! Like, what?” she surprisingly, rhesays of baring all. Presumptions arose from torically asks. the prospect of doing an all-naked perforAnd so “Naked Ladies” began as a remance show. Some considered it indicative sponse to numerous questions. of Fitz-James being sexually promiscuous.

When Fitz-James queued her own moth“It got me curious about why I was doing er about the art piece, and asked, “Why do this, and what the fuck was going on with women take their clothes off?’, her mom our complete obsession with naked bodies, said without a hitch: “to forget about their with this simultaneous sexist double-stanfathers.” It was the perfect response to start dard—the classic people love cleavage, her show. but if someone breast feeds in public, it’s a “‘Naked Ladies’ is a contemporary exploration about my personal history of being naked—as a kid and young adult—mixed with an historical survey and exploration,” Fitz-James clarifies.

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While barebones nudity is imperative to the message—embracing vulnerability and taking back stigmatic notions of a woman’s body—Fitz-James does have some coverage in a few scenes. She performs in her underwear, with a sheet loosely draped over her, or while wearing just a dress shirt.

“The real vulnerable moments have nothing to do with nudity,” she explains, “but rather a different kind of exposure.

But the show is interested in the assumptions that this can lead to. Assumptions of empowerment are kinda dangerous—like,

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In a day and age when social norms still focus on women’s bodies in a magnitude of ways—I am looking at you, weird Hardee’s/ Carl’s Jr. commercials—the subject is an obsessive one. From Ancient Greek art, to sexual revolutions, to the advent of porn, to women in pop culture, feminist concerns around nudity have been of massive fascination for centuries.

“The same visual devices used in traditional oil painted venues are echoes in contemporary porn,” Fitz-James draws in comparison. “I find that really interesting.

Equally, I love the idea of using the body as a stage: Can I ever escape my own objectification? Probably not, but I can control it—or I can try. . . . When I reperform classic nudes, it’s art. When I bend over in a thong, it’s porn. What’s the difference? Context.”

Fitz-James has approached “Naked Ladies” academically. When the notion of bravery is brought up, it’s a non-issue. In fact, she doesn’t find the approach of performing nude courageous at all.

“It’s actually the easiest thing in the world, and in the context of the show, I wear my nudity like a costume,” she says. “It’s more meditative. It makes me a little nervous, but I think calling it brave is too much.”

Yet, she embraces the liberty it provides tenfold. Empowerment comes from the study of dissecting naked ladies throughout society as a paradox, essentially. To Fitz-James it’s a parallel experience to how women in the world are portrayed overall: to be an object and an agent of a gaze.

For Fitz-James it’s about rising above it— taking back control of her own image, her body, her nudity, to be objectified.

“I think me going to a vulnerable place allows people to do the same,” she says.

“It says: ‘Cool, so people are obsessed with bodies. With my body. Let’s unpack that!

Let’s do it by looking at my body, and using my body as a metaphorical stage.’”

The show gets told with imagery peppered in the background. For instance, Yoko Ono and Karen Finley works make an appearance. Though more a slide show, Fitz-James is working with a projection designer to up the ante.

“For now, by replaying historical body art, and reperforming it simultaneously, the body and the video image come together in an interesting way,” she says. “It’s never as tedious as an academic lecture (hopefully).

But the central question—why women take off their clothes in performance—never quite gets answered, as questions just uncover more questions.”

In her words, it’s like a TED Talk that falls apart. The show starts as an onstage essay before consuming itself to uncover more research. It’s like show and tell that began as a half-hour bit in December of 2013, but

by June 2015 grew into a workshop before moving onto the Edmonton Fringe Festival in August.

“This will be the U.S. premiere,” FitzJames says of its Cucalorus debut. “But I’m hoping to do a fringe tour next summer.”

With the success of “Naked Ladies”— five-star responses from The Edmonton Journal and Global TV—the fit for kooky Cucalorus is dead-on. “It’s experimental in the way that Cucalorus seems engaged with,” Fitz-James says. “There is a similar political engagement, too.”

However, knowing when to pull back the artist’s hand seems most challenging for Fitz-James. With constant news-making headlines focusing on women always—i.e., free the nipple campaign and Miley Cyrus revenge porn—she is having a hard time refraining from constant additions to “Naked Ladies.”

“There keeps being more naked ladies, more media obsession,” she excites. “The show aims to simultaneously educate, but also provide a safe space for us to ask what the fuck is up with bodies. It’s about my life and my body, and my deep desire to have my body be understood as part of a large history of bodies—one that is political, personal, traumatizing, and beautiful. Hopefully, this is what the audience takes away.”

To follow “Naked Ladies,” use #NakedLadiesThePlay on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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CLASS IN SESSION:

‘Up the Down Staircase’ debuts with large ensemble of young talent

by: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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here are many theatre companies in Wilmington that provide educational or children’s theatre components to their work, but few approach it in quite the way Penny Kohut of Bare Bones Productions does.

Kohut is a born educator, so it really comes as no surprise that when she won the use of Big Dawg’s Cape Fear Playhouse for two weekends, she used the opportunity to produce a play about a teacher.

Though well regarded in the late 1960s, Bel Kaufman’s “Up the Down Staircase” doesn’t have the kind of name recognition now it once had. Kaufman (granddaughter of the great storyteller Sholem Aleichem) published the novel in 1964 to great success: a mulit-month run on the New York Times Bestseller’s list, a film adaptation in 1967 with Sandy Denis (of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” fame) and a stage adaptation by Christopher Sergel of Dramatic Publishing. It follows a young teacher in the 1960s through her first, tumultuous year at an inner-city school in New York.

Meet Kaufman’s doppelganger: Sylvia Barrett (Dori Schoonmaker). She is fresh from grad school, having done her thesis on Chaucer. It is unclear why exactly she took a job at an inner-city high school; is it the only one she could find? Did she want to teach? What ever has brought her here, it is the first day of the new term, and she is clearly unprepared for a classroom filled with energy, hormones and adolescent angst. The administration— represented by the faceless voice over the intercom of Dr. Clarke (Richard Benedict), and the very real presence of Mr. McHabe (Stuart Pike) and Miss Finch (Emily Graham)—definitely see the school as a battleground. They have an obsession—a borderline pathological one—with bureaucracy. Some of the other adults are a little harder to pin down: the handsome poet teaching English across the hall, Paul Barringer (Stephan Raeburn), and the school guidance counselor, Ella Friedenberg, (Laurene Perry). Thankfully, Barrett stumbled upon a wonderful mentor next door, the veteran teacher, Bea Schachter (Linsey McGrath).

The plot is predictable: Students are difficult, but the administration is worse, and Miss Barrett considers leaving for an easier option.

Nevertheless, she discovers she’s making a difference and in the end decides to stay. We like to give praise to people who make those decisions; though, that doesn’t tend to translate legislature appropriating more resources for education.

There are several things striking about this show. First, this is a huge cast (28 performers!) to fit on the relatively small Big Dawg stage. Kohut uses this to her advantage as a director, and makes the audience an extension of the classroom. The chaos swirls around us, creating a sense of Miss Barrett’s overwhelming daily life.

Kohut uses space well. Despite having no scene changes, the constant pressure of the administration is felt: McHabe could burst in anytime, or Miss Finch could materialize from thin air. Neither of them are offering constructive assistance, they just constantly criticize.

The stage is pretty bare except for the chalk board, and the teacher’s desk and chairs for the students, which serves to reinforce the point that this is an under-funded school. It is a bleak setting; yet the cast fill it with such joie de vivre I almost forgot just how bleak it really was and how bleak their futures really look.

Schoonmaker as Miss Barrett is a good choice: She has class, sophistication and just enough naiveté to really make her believable.

It is quite convincing to watch her slowly fall for these wonderful yet challenging students.

A couple of standouts really grab the audience’s attention, too.

parts. The performances underscore that point beautifully. Standouts aside, it wouldn’t work if they weren’t working well together; it would fall terribly flat. The cast’s energy and drive makes it come alive. Though we can guess the outcome 10 minutes into the show, the way Kohut and her cast invigorate it makes us want to hang in to see just how they are going to do it.

It’s hard to watch this piece and not be hit with the realization that a half-century later our education system has not advanced very much. Perhaps being reminded of how little progress we have made will stir us to work harder for real change.

DETAILS: CLASS ACT: The massive cast of ‘Up The Down Staircase’ earns an A+ for their first run at Big Dawg. Courtesy photo.

The subtext of this show is that all these people and pieces somehow fit together to make a bizarre system work (in spite of itself).

Together, they are greater than the sum of their

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Kyler Schoonmaker as the neglected Jose Rodriguez had the lady next to me openly sighing and expressing concern for him every time he came onstage.

Gracie Cole’s Alice Blake, the young romantic infatuated as much with the idea of love as handsome Mr. Barringer, is almost a ‘60s mod-girl version of the Lady of Shallot.

She’s whimsical, drifting and withdrawn into her private world.

Theo Townsend plays the self-proclaimed class clown of Lou Martin with phenomenal geekiness. His antithesis, Harry A. Kagen (Nolan Heath), is the living image of Neil Kellerman from “Dirty Dancing”: suit, tie and far more self-assurance than substance.

But it is the resident bad boy, Joe Ferone (Daniel Stinson), who steals the young teacher’s heart. She is actually not supposed to be much older than these kids (as they remind her), and it is not impossible for her concern to be a little more motivated by the old story of wanting to save him from himself. Against all his better judgement, he finds himself accepting her encouragement and belief in him, and contemplates that there could be something more in the world. Schoonmaker and Stinson play it well, and balance the tension carefully.

When the scale tips, the flood of relief they both feel is palpable.

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Holding up a Mirror to All:

Julian Sands will share the work and celebrate the life of Harold Pinter at UNCW Sands observes. “This is entertainment, there is nothing dry or academic about the evening.

You don’t have to know anything about Harold Pinter and his work in order to enjoy it. It’s really holding up a mirror to us all.”

by: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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arold Pinter, 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, is best known for his dramatic writing (1957’s “The Birthday Party,” 1964’s “The Homecoming,” 1981’s “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”). According to English actor Julian Sands, Pinter— who challenged 20th century norms of structure and style—revealed intimate and sacred muses via poetry, too.

Malkovich and Sands since have taken the show to New York—for what they thought would be a 10-night engagement. They ended up playing 50 shows (Ben Brantley at the New York Times adored it). “. . . And all roads lead to Wilmington,” Sands notes. (It is more than a little overwhelming to have Julian Sands cracking jokes over the phone.

“He was very protective and possessive of his poetry because he knew how intimate and personal it was,” Sands notes.

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One can only imagine what an honor it would be to be asked by the poet himself to read his prized writings. That’s exactly what happened to Sands in 2005.

Pinter was four years into a losing battle with esophageal cancer and unable to fulfill an engagement to present his work. Enter the stunning, charming and incredibly talented Julian Sands to be his stand-in.

If a stand-in is needed, Sands is probably the best for whom anyone can pray. Handsome looks aside, his résumé impresses: “Gothic,” “Warlock,” “Room with a View,” “Arachnophobia,” “Naked Lunch,” “The Sun Also Rises,” “Miss Marple,” “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” and currently he appears as Dr. Crane on FOX’s hit TV series “Gotham.”

But Pinter has been a lifelong performer of other people’s work (frequently Samuel Beckett’s, to be more specific). He has very clear opinions on how such work should be performed, too. “[Pinter] wasn’t thrilled he was too ill to do the recital he had committed to,” Sands tells. “My doing it on his behalf was conditional on spending some pretty intense time with him and being tutored in what he wanted. His ear for the language was quite unlike anyone else I’ve come across. It was a tremendous masterclass from Harold to me that allows me to present this material with authenticity and authority.”

For Sands the 2005 stand-in was supposed to be a “one off,” as he put it. When Pinter passed away in 2008, Sands resurrected the material as a tribute to the man and his work.

The response was tremendous. While collaborating with John Malkovich, Sands began to formalize the idea of a full-on Pinter performance. The result became “Julian Sands: A Celebration of Harold Pinter.”

“Our premise very much that, in the plays

Julian Sands: A Celebration of Harold Pinter

CREATIVE SOUL: Julian Sands will perform his tribute to Harold Pinter in ILM on Nov. 7 at UNCW. Photo by Baldur Bragason.

for which he received the Nobel prize, Harold’s particular voice was always oblique, but in his poetry, it is there in a very unfiltered way.”

Sands pauses.

“He revealed himself,” he continues. “In interviews, too, in some of the prose and some the quotes, we are able to present a very fulfilled portrait of his life and work, and it is surprising.”

Then, in his very understated, very British way, Sands adds, “It surprises me every time I do the show. That’s why I keep going on the road; I love the material.”

Malkovich and Sands mulled over how to best present the tribute. There were questions to be answered: Would Sands actually play Pinter the way Hal Holbrook plays Mark Twain—or Jeffrey Combs plays E. A. Poe? In the end, they decided Sands would not ever assume to persona of Pinter.

“It’s me [and] the audience, sitting by the campfire telling the story of life and work of Harold Pinter,” Sands assures. “Harold has a habit of hovering around, his spirit infuses his work.”

Malkovich and Sands thought long and hard over what work they would present of Pinter’s. Would it cover poetry, prose, diary letters, confessions from colleagues, friends and family, scripts...?

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But it all started in Edinburgh.

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is one of the most famous theatre festivals in the world— an incubator of new work showcased from around the globe. It has spun off numerous fringe festivals in other parts of the world.

Many (now)famous shows debut at Edinburgh, as a testing ground for audiences.

Sands and Malkovich headed to Edinburgh with their tribute to Pinter. They literally stood on a corner, armed with posters, united as a two-person street team, like excited school boys who put together their first play.

“John and I handed out flyers on the Royal Mile there,” Sands recounts. “And people came to see the show, and we had very nice response.”

It is an image that should inspire joy within every creative soul: that somehow, no matter how successful and famous someone gets (and arguably these two men are both pretty successful and famous), they still get an adrenaline rush over innovating success or enduring failure. Isn’t it a natural part of the creative drive?

Obviously, the audience at Edinburgh liked it. And, though, Pinter’s plays could indicate the show to be a dark evening in theatre, what came from it is a very funny and engaging experience.

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SECRET LOVERS:

Chris Marino pushes UNCW students to stretch intellectual muscles in “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore”

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by: SHEA CARVER

t was a shock to much of Wilmington when UNCW theatre professor Chris Marino stepped down as executive director from Dram Tree Shakespeare after its debut show, “Macbeth.” With a successful run at McEachern’s Warehouse on Front Street in September, “Macbeth” had sold-out performances, and lots of buzz circled about Marino’s vision for upping the ante in community theatre.

Though Dram Tree hasn’t announced their replacement, Marino has been quick to shift his role within the community, with plans to start his own professional theatre company in the coming year.

“It will most likely base itself out of UNCW and be a mix of professional actors from out of town and local actors, with students making up the apprentice core,” Marino tells.

Though he wants to focus on William

Shakespeare, he also looks to expand the work they do with language-based plays and even original pieces—“such as a ‘Southern gothic’ play with music I have been working on,” he continues. “I also have connections to the UK, so I would like to bring some collaborators from there as well.”

First, however, Marino has to juggle multiple tasks, including the opening of John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” in Chicago in January and John Ford’s “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” with his students at UNCW this week.

“John Ford and John Webster were collaborators, and I see a lot of Webster’s influence in the writing,” Marino says of working on both simultaneously. “As far as process, as with all classical plays, we start with the text and build from there.

These plays live and die by their text, so we work diligently to make the text clear and active.”

Though it’s Marino’s first time tackling the Ford production, it certainly isn’t his first Jacobean play. By winter’s end, he will have done three back to back. encore interviewed Marino via email about “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore,” which opens Nov. 12 at the Mainstage Theatre in UNCW’s Cultural Arts Building. encore (e): Tell me why you chose this play for the season. What makes it a good learning production for students?

Chris Marino (CM): Last year I taught a class on Jacobean playwrights, it was by far the favorite play of the group. I think they were blown away by how comprehensible the language was and its obvious similarities to some of the archetypes and themes in popular shows, like ‘Game of

will impact viewers.

CM: The quick rundown is Giovanni and Annabella, who are brother and sister, proclaim their love for each other and embark on a secret love affair. While this may be As for learning, it is a huge mix of verse, the story most people condemn, the real and fairly complicated prose. This type of villains are yet to reveal themselves and text really requires students to stretch are not whom they appear to be. both their intellectual and acting muscles.

The audience can expect a much funnier e: You’re a Shakespeare fan and teach- story than one would be led to believe from er; “‘Tis Pity...” has much of the same a Jacobean tragedy. The ending is quite stylings of the Bard’s work, a la “Ham- shocking and one of the most famous surlet,” “Othello” and “Romeo and Juliet.’ prise reveals in Jacobean theatre.

Can you expand on the similarities?

CM: In many cases Ford lifted either di- e: The audience will be 7 feet away from rectly from Shakespeare, or wrote in his the actors onstage. Why approach the show with such close proximity? What rhythm.

For example, take Capulet in Act 3, do you hope to achieve?

Scene 5 in “Romeo and Juliet”: “Thank CM: The play was written for spaces like the “Cockpit” and “Blackfriars” in the Lonme no thankings.” don of the 17th century. These were very Then Putana in Act 1, Scene 2, in “‘Tis intimate, almost claustrophobic spaces Pity”: “leave me no leaving.” where they could control light and sound.

Ford will sometimes transpose a scene The texture and energy of the writing is inbut keep the setting. In “‘Tis Pity,” there is timate, so we have set up that relationship a balcony scene like in “Romeo and Juliet,” with the audience—or in this case 64 lucky but instead of a scene about the discovery people who get there early enough to sit on of love, it is about giving up on love. the stage.

Thrones.’ They were also struck by how funny it was. It’s considered one of the most famous plays of the post-Shakespeare Jacobean era.

e: Why do you think audiences will connect with it?

CM: While the central plot is a love story between a brother and sister, it is still very human in its sensibility. The play makes us confront some rather uncomfortable things in ourselves. I do think they will understand why, in this world of the play, Giovanni and Annabella fall in love.

The costumes are a nod to the original practices of the 16th and 17th century. Ace: Give me a basic plot overview and tors would have worn expensive, fashionthe themes it highlights that you think forward garments, so we have taken our cue from that. The clothes did not always fit the character, so the actor had to work very hard indeed to manifest it through performance. Think of trying to perform Juliet in a Versace gown—you get the idea.

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e: How is set and costuming helping this world come to life?

CM: The set has the feel of a runway show or intimate rock concert. We wanted something that the play could resonate against and not be too prescriptive. Ford moves locations quite a bit, so the space needed to morph with the audience’s imagination.

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convulsing cucalorus:

Curator Aaron Hillis talks about the Convulsions block of movies at the 21st film festival

years. This year he has curated the Convulsions block of the 2015 festival. We asked him to tell us about the block and onvulsions (noun). 1. a sudden, viohis love affair with Wilmington’s favorite lent, irregular movement of a limb or film based festivity.

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by: Anghus

of the body, caused by involuntary contraction of muscles. 2. a violent social or political upheaval.

Cucalorus’ most irreverent block of films is the Convulsions block, which is curated

by Aaron Hillis, who is no stranger to the world of film. It’s in his DNA. Hillis has movies in his marrow down to the molecular level. He’s written about film for a litany of respectable publications in print and online, from The Village Voice to Indiewire to Spin.

He’s also the owner of Video Free Brooklyn, twice voted the best video store in New York City. Brooklyn Magazine recently named Hillis one of 100 most influential people in New York’s most influential burrough.

Cucalorus has been making use of Hillis’ programming skills for a number of

encore (e): How did you first become involved with Cucalorus?

Aaron Hillis (AH): My first Cucalorus was as an invited filmmaker in 2007. I co-directed the documentary feature “Fish Kill Flea” (which premiered a few months earlier at SXSW). I had such a strange dream of a time in Wilmington that I’ve been back every single year. Somewhere along the way, I began hosting and programming for the festival and now sit on the board of trustees. e: Tell me about the Convulsions block at this year’s festival.

AH: “Convulsions” takes a walk on the dark side, offering an adults-only cinematic

experience of twisted, adventurous pleasures. This year’s four selected features and curated shorts block couldn’t be more eclectic, whether it’s satanic heavy-metal horror (“The Devil’s Candy”) or a bloody Japanese schoolgirl fantasy from another dimension (“TAG”). e: What makes the Convulsions block a destination for Wilmington film fans?

What separates it from other films/ blocks at the festival?

AH: Convulsions will inevitably feature the rowdiest films, crowds and introductions, with weirder thrills than the other Cucalorus blocks. Although there are plenty of films at the fest for every member of the family, Convulsions is a perverted, oneeyed leprechaun in a shiny bikini that runs in a giant hamster wheel to keep the lights on at Thalian Hall. Who knows if and when you curious misfits will get another chance

to see these incredible films! e: Which film in the block is your personal favorite and why?

AH: There’s no way I could pick just one favorite film from my block. Who is your favorite family member? (I can name my favorite family member: my cousin, Javier.)

What’s your favorite joke? (I can name my favorite joke: The one with the punchline “Rectum, damn near killed him.”) Fortunately, it’s finally possible this year to see every single Convulsions screening—and if you do, you’ll get a special reward from me during the closing-night karaoke costume dance party.

For more information on the Convulsions Block, check out the website at www.cucalorus. org. Anghus has reviewed three of the films from this block over the next two pages, or download the encoreGO app by texting “encore” to 77948 and access all listings on your smartphone.

WEIRDLY MESMERIZING: ‘TAG’ brings surreality to cinema by: Anghus

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ou can’t judge an independent film by the same standards as a studio movie.” I remember hearing that line in a conversation about reviewing film-festival movies a few years back. There’s truth to this sentiment. A traditional Hollywood movie tries to adhere to a very strict formula; there’s very little deviation from a clearly established storytelling structure. Film festival fare is often something different. There are films that mirror more traditional filmmaking and do it really well (like “Nina Forever”—see page 25), and there are movies that experiment with the craft and push the envelope. Then there are those movies that leave audiences slack-jawed and every so often asking, “What the fuck am I watching?”—which aptly describes “TAG.” And I do not say that as a criticism—far from it.

“TAG” is a polarizing rollercoaster of a movie. It’s a visceral, sensory overload— a bloody, over-the-top, live-action cartoon that takes off running from the start and sprints to the finish line.

Mitsuko is a high-school student riding

on a bus with her fellow classmates. A violent wind kicks up and tears the bus in half, killing everyone onboard except Mitsuko.

Covered in blood, surrounded by 40 bifurcated bodies, she flees into the wilderness to try and stay one step ahead of the wind.

She cleans herself up and heads back to civilization, only to find her classmates at school seemingly unharmed.

Was it a bad dream? The product of an overactive imagination? Mental illness?

The movie settles down for a few minutes to introduce us to Mitsuko’s friends before once again devolving into insanity. This pattern continues for most of the movie, as Mitsuko jumps from reality to surreality with greater frequency. As her reality changes, so does the actress portraying her. At first she’s a private school student. Then a bride.

Then a runner in a marathon. Just when we think we’re getting a handle on things, the board gets flipped and the pieces are rearranged.

For some movies, this kind of disconcerting shift would be a liability. “TAG,” however, is a movie dependent on forward momentum. Like a shark, it would die if it stopped moving.

Eventually, the movie pumps the brakes

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OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION: Sion Sono’s film, ‘TAG,” offers little logic to a resolution but makes for a wild ride. Courtesy photo.

and provides us with an explanation for the craziness we have witnessed. I was surprised how effective it was. Sometimes I watch a film like “TAG” and expect little logic to the resolution. Yet, there’s a lot of emotion in the movie’s final moments. Writer/ director Sion Sono accomplishes a great deal in “TAG.” This movie could easily be written off as exploitation cinema, but Sono has crafted a main character that is surprisingly human and well played by all three actresses who portray her: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda and Erina Mano.

less in the best possible way, like a weird, bastard love child of Takashi Miike and Gaspar Noé. For those who are willing to take this savage ride, it’s well worth the price of admission. Some people might not be able to handle the bumps and frequent narrative jack-knife turns, but for me, it was mesmerizing.

DETAILS: TAG

★★★★★

Starring: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano Directed by: Sion Sono Fri., Nov. 13, 10 p.m.

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death becomes her:

Relationships with the living and dead thrill in ‘Nina Forever’

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by: Anghus

othing sabotages a relationship like a clingy ex. It starts off with everything clicking, but then the memory of a past relationship ends up sabotaging what could have been a meaningful, long-term commitment. This is the main dilemma in “Nina Forever”: being haunted by an ex-girlfriend. It also doesn’t help if the ex-girlfriend is dead.

Rob (Cian Barry) loses Nina, the love of his life, in a car accident. He becomes despondent and tries to take his own life in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. He tries to piece his life back together, but it’s difficult for him to move on. He still mills about with his dead girlfriend’s family, feeling some kind of obligation to them.

Holly (Abigail Hardingham) works with Rob at the local market and becomes fixated with him. It makes sense; she’s obsessed with morbidity and he’s a living, breathing open wound. Work flirtation transitions into casual dating, and before too long, these young, sexy people are doing what young sexy people do: baw chicka wah wah.

Once things turn sexual, the relationship takes on otherworldly complications. Nina (Fiona O’Shaughnessy), Rob’s dead ex, shows up

in bed—a pale, rotting corpse covered in blood. This is normally where a scary movie turns into a violent bloodbath, but “Nina Forever” isn’t that kind of movie. Nina doesn’t murder Holly or Rob; instead, she belittles Rob on his latest sexual conquest, sarcastically tearing Holly down like a scorned lover, looking to make some emotional scars. The scene where Nina shows up is genuinely freaky, and not just because of the blood and festering wounds. Nina’s presence is so surreal that neither Rob nor Holly know exactly how to process the strange occurrence.

Although it causes some friction at first, Holly decides to embrace the strange entanglement and take Nina head on. This leads to some awkward moments of sexual tension between the three of them. Nina continues to appear whenever they have sex, so Holly decides that she should become part of their lovemaking.

Outside of bed, Rob and Holly begin to find some level of relationship normalcy. Though it’s far from perfect, they both make every

EARNEST ENSEMBLE FLICK: ‘Actor for Hire’ is a perfect film festival screening

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by: Anghus

ollywood: It’s a place where people go to make dreams come true. Unfortunately, the greater Los Angeles area is better known for nightmares than dreams. Beyond the glitter and glam is a urine-soaked cesspool where legions of attention whores desperately seek out validation, like a junkie in need of a fix. These poor, damaged souls wander around from audition to audition, like the walking dead, with their headshots and résumés clutched in their sweaty palms as they mumble lines from a freshly printed set of sides. If there is a hell on Earth, surely it is Los Angeles— and the damned that inhabit it are actors waiting for a big break.

pattern baldness is limiting his potential to find work. All of that changes when he discovers a wig that seemingly solves all his problems. With new synthetic hair providing much-needed confidence, Jesse nails an audition and gets a part on a network pilot. The celebration is short-lived when he catches his girlfriend making sweet love to a chicken. With his life in a perpetual state of disarray, Jesse finds some comfort with a new method-acting roommate, pinning much of his hopes on the one role he’s been able to land.

Jesse, with his bald head and hangdog expression, reminds me of a West Coast Charlie Brown. Watching him suffer countless indignities almost screams “wah! wah!” on trombone. I almost can see the black cloud forming over his furrowed Jesse (Jesse O’Neill) is one of those poor brow. The story isn’t exactly anything new. bastards who auditions by day and waits Sometimes it seems there are as many tables by night. Unfortunately, his male films about the behind-the-scenes process

some really well-developed characters. For a movie with an extremely jarring plot point, there’s more raw, honest drama in it than many movies that try and tackle the same topic without the benefit of an oozing, mean spirited metaphor.

FOREVER-N-EVER: ‘Nina Forever’ is genuinely freaky in all the right ways. Screening at the Cucalorus Film Festival on Nov. 11. Courtesy photo.

effort to work around Rob’s rotting ex-lover.

Sometimes it means switching from white sheets to red to hide the blood stains, or becoming extra vigilant with the Pine Sol, as Holly tries to scrub every last remnant of Nina away from Rob’s life.

The brilliance of “Nina Forever” is never allowing the premise to devolve into outright camp. Nina is never played for cheap laughs; she is very real and very sickening. There is a lot of dark comedy at work in the movie, but directors Chris and Ben Blaine never go for easy jokes. At its core, “Nina Forever” is a relationship film with

of the movie business as there are young actors desperate for their first break. What helps separate “Actor for Hire” is a broader approach to the comedy.

At its core, “Actor for Hire” reminded me of Doug Liman’s “Swingers.” There’s a vibe and feeling that echoes the independent classic. “Swingers” was more about the characters that inhabit the Hollywood wannabe actor scene. “Actor for Hire” is a more satirical examination of the process of being an up-and-comer. It’s a more situational, broader approach to the same type of story, and relies on the traditional comedic set-up and delivery—like a bastard love child of “Swingers” and “Bowfinger.”

Jesse’s journey to finally finding success is entertaining, but there are some nifty little subplots that manage to steal the movie away. A cutaway noir sequence, featuring Jesse’s roommate Jandreas, is the kind of strange, meta moment that makes “Actor for Hire” more than a traditional comedy. If I was lobbing any real criticisms here, it’s that I find its supporting characters more interesting than the protagonist. While Jesse’s

The greatest lesson filmmakers could take from “Nina Forever” is how important it is to respect the premise. On paper, this is a movie that seems ripe for parody, but the whole thing is played with deadly seriousness, which in turn makes it that much more effective. “Nina Forever” is an excellent film: top-notch storytelling with earnest performances. Kudos to the cast who manage to make the whole bloody affair so engaging.

DETAILS:

Nina Forever ★★★½★

Starring: Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry Directed by: Chris and Ben Blaine Wed., Nov. 11, 9:30 p.m.

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story is entertaining, the cavalcade of supporting characters truly shine. Whether it’s Jesse’s acting friends trying to deliver the perfect audition tape or the dickhead agent who’s only interested when things are going well, the characters draw in the audience.

Jesse often times gets smothered by the ridiculous supporting cast who steal scenes left and right.

I like “Actor for Hire.” It’s an apt film for Cucalorus (or any film festival)—an earnest independent comedy with an ensemble cast working overtime for entertainment.

DETAILS:

Actor for Hire ★★★½★

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Sharing A Voice:

Cucalorus’ Voices exposes socially conscious issues from across the globe

by: Shannon Rae Gentry

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rom quirky to serious, funny to thought-provoking, Cucalorus reaches a broad audience. Its Voices program will appeal to the socially conscious movers and shakers, as its films use cinematography and shoe-string budgets to tell provocative stories. It’s always a collection that educates and enlightens, and often provides an introduction to issues from around the world.

With more than half a dozen films to see in the Voices block, this year features North Carolina-based stories as well. Take James Henry Jones, for instance—the state’s first black school board chairman during integration in 1969. “Chairman Jones—An Improbable Leader” will screen Sat., Nov. 14 at Thalian Hall’s Black Box Theatre. Christopher Everett’s “Wilmington on Fire” (read more on page 29) also sheds new light and perspective on the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot and the lasting impact those events have even today. There are films that take audiences across oceans, too, as seen in “Sailing a Sinking Sea” (Sat. Nov. 14 at Thalian Hall, Black Box). It introduces viewers to the Moken nomads of the Andaman Sea and Mergui Archipelago of Thailand and Myanmar.

Here are a few others to consider over the next five days:

Bedevil

Sunday, Nov. 15 at 10:45 a.m.

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Religious persecution is nothing new, but director Sam Carroll discovered a modernday witch hunt in Great Falls, South Carolina. “People are really crazy around here,” Darla Wynn explains about refusing to venture outside far, much less alone. In fact, she hasn’t done so in many years. Wynn is a wiccan high priestess, a celebrated figure and volunteer within the pagan community.

We learn quickly the tides changed for her in Great Falls when she sued the town in 2003 to stop the council from using prayer at their meetings. Oh, and she won.

Soon after, Wynn became locally known as the “Great Falls Witch.” The very unpopular court ruling made her a target for harassment, death threats and attacks.

Carroll uses a lot of newspaper clippings

to help illustrate this in his film, “Bedevil,” which in some ways prevents the flick from building a little momentum in the beginning.

Yet, the inclusion of clippings—alongside old photos and archival images—acts almost as a scrapbook of events and Wynn’s life in Great Falls.

The movie captures the image and typical tone of a Southern small-town America in its pace alone. Everything is slow. Wynn’s story is peeled layer by layer, allowing audiences time to mull over and chew in between her accounts and others’. It trudges through the uncomfortable distance that deep religious differences puts between people. It’s often filled with disdain rather than tolerance, compassion or empathy.

“Bedevil” shows Wynn as a hermit almost a decade after she stopped going out into the community. It also follows her to work with a nearby pagan prison ministry and showcases her limited interactions with nature, to which her faith connects her. She is in poor health, broken by isolation and poverty. Though Wynn has attempted to share her story in the past by writing a book, she wants the documentary to create understanding and empathy that could make the community safe for her again.

As the storyline progresses, audiences are introduced to compassionate neighbors, as well as former inmates who admire and respect Wynn’s work with them. There are townspeople who, to say the least, don’t feel the same way. Threats come and go, and even cats were killed and strung up by her home. They even beheaded her African grey parrot. “They trophied his head and wrote a note on it, ‘You’re next,’” Wynn explains.

It was the tipping point to her locking herself away, literally and figuratively.

Barely leaving her home, even becoming a phone-sex operator for income, Wynn is now clearly ready to put this chapter of her life to bed.

Trichster

Friday, Nov. 13 at 1:15pm Thalian Black • 310 Chestnut St. Tickets: $10-$20

Trichotillomania, or “trich,” involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out hair from the scalp, eyebrows or other areas of the body. Roughly 15 million Americans live with it.

Produced by Amanda Giordano and

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A SORT OF DYNASTY: ‘The Anthropologist’ is a matriarichal journey through cultures and climate change. Courtesy photo.

UNCW film studies graduate Carolyn Maher, “Trichster” follows seven people from ages 8 years old to late in their 20s, each affected differently by “trich.” The film doesn’t just introduce a conversation about a relatively unheard-of condition, but also the Western world’s relationship between body image and self worth.

One of the most poignant moments in “Trichster” is the interview with 8-year-old Grace Romitelli, alongside her parents and siblings. “I don’t want a bald sister, because I think girls should have hair,” Romitelli’s sister tells. “I mean, you’re not going to die from it, but she’ll feel like she wants to die if somebody makes fun of her.”

Romitelli’s mother looks at her and asks what she would do if that would happen. “I would just stay in the house until it grows back,” she answers.

The cinematography by Katie Maul is incredibly complementary to the film. It uses raw imagery of red, scabbed skin from constant picking, to thinning patches of hair, covered with bandanas, hats or wigs. They are intimate, private and painful, but help illuminate the depth of this psychologically based condition, and how it’s not easily controlled or brought to an end.

“Trichster” is an honest crash-course to trichotillomania for those who are unfamiliar with it. It’s also a reminder that human suffering isn’t just defined by physical pain, but can be buried deep within.

The Anthropologist

Sunday, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m.

Thalian Black • 310 Chestnut St.

Tickets: $10-$20

“The Anthropologist” is a story of matriarchal dynasties in the field. Yet, it also happens to tackle one of the greatest and politically polarizing issues of our time: climate change. It starts with an introduction to Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist in the world, who appeared publicly and on TV numerous times throughout her tenure in the 1960s and ‘70s.

Then we meet anthropologist Susie Crate in present day, who sets out with her teenage daughter, Katie, to uncover the world from Siberia to the South Pacific.

Crate studies communities impacted by climate change. Audiences get to see and experience the plights of third-world people who Crate meets regularly. Farmers in Siberia who rely on the stability of their land are noticing and voicing concerns over melting permafrost due to rising temperatures. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Katie explains the issue to her American peers who sometimes have a hard time accepting the facts because their families don’t.

Often visually forward, the film explores beautiful landscapes and remote villages with the Crates, while Margaret Mead’s daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson (also an anthropologist), often narrates from her own perspective of her mother and her work. Much like a mother would pass along her knowledge—whether her daughter wanted it or not. Directors Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger have captured what it means to study human nature, how we learn from our cultures (and related experiences) and families, and made it relevant to the ongoing debate to stop climate change.

For Cucalorus Voices Block, Nov. 11-15, and full schedule, visit www.cucalorus.org

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AN EXTRAORDINARY HIGH: ‘Dough’ bakes in drug culture with budding friendships

women, an audience of all ages, to examine how it could be perceived in a universal way. “I’ve been thrilled to see that the response is so positive,” he says.

by: CHRIS PENDERGAST

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arijuana is used as a vehicle for many to connect. Whether ingested to liberate the mind, relieve ailments or merely relax, it’s becoming more socially and culturally acceptable as states in the U.S. legalize its use recreationally and medicinally.

Of course, its use in comedy has never waned, either. This year’s Cucalorus welcomes the British dramedy “Dough” to its lineup on Fri., Nov. 13 at 1 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 15., at 10:15 a.m., at Thalian Hall. It uses marijuana as a vehicle to tell a story of an unlikely friendship, an all-kosher UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS: “Dough” uses bakery and the extraordinary high that marijuana to bring together new pals Ayyash soon follows.

Set in England’s East End, “Dough” begins with Nat Dayan played by Jonathan Pryce (“Game of Thrones,” “Pirates of the Caribbean”), an elderly Jewish Orthodox man who, since his wife died, seems warm toward only two things in this world: his bakery, passed to him from his father, and his young granddaughter. But Dayan is also suffering from the loss of customers, a lack of employees, and the threat from Sam Cotton—the competitor next door—to take over his property.

Ayyash, played by newcomer Jerome Holder, a young Muslim refugee from Darfur, finds himself in a different situation with a conflict of a strangely similar fate. He lives with his mother, in a small apartment with a caving roof. Pressured to support his family, he becomes a local drug dealer. His higher-up demands him find a cover job to explain for all of the extra income. So, Ayyash begins to work for Nat at Dayan & Son’s Bakery.

One night, while trying to juggle dealing and baking, Ayyash’s cannabis becomes a special ingredient in the dough. The flattened Dayan & Son’s suddenly begins to rise and expand once the locals discover they now make one hell of a challah.

“Dough” took over three years and nearly 13 different drafts to become what it is now: a full-length independent film.

Award-winning director John Goldschmidt (“Just One Kid,” “Spend Spend Spend”), a veteran in the British film industry, wanted to find a project that was culturally relevant and could be received by an audience universally.

(Jerome Holder) and Nat (Jonathan Pryce) in this British dramedy. Courtesy photo

A graduate from the Czech National Film School and The Royal College of Arts, his first project, “World In Action,” was a current affairs documentary drawing similarities to the investigative journalism as seen on America’s “60 Minutes.” Goldschmidt always immersed himself into controversial films, drama documentaries, TV movies, and true stories. When he decided to take on commercial fiction, he still wanted it to have the same edge of his other works.

“I wanted to do a piece that had something to say, but could also entertain,” he explains. “In films dealing with cannabis, you are promised that people will have a good time. My major focus is to have a film that is entirely accessible.”

Late writer Jez Freedman—winner of the International Emmy Sir Peter Ustinov Award for best unproduced script in “The Storyteller”—won over Goldschmidt with “Dough.” Freedman built gentle, kind, humorous, and likable characters. The story remains relatable, no matter who watches.

It takes the social concept of marijuana and stretches it across Jewish traditions and Muslim tendencies.

“I found that this film would appeal to the United States because it’s a topical conversation, being that cannabis is legal in some states and illegal in others,” Goldschmidt says. “In the UK, it’s a topic that the police are starting to take less seriously, too.”

But it’s not just the marijuana that holds “Dough” together. The parallel between the two religions is a unique and

“Dough” is a quiet film, with gentle Jewish humor easily noted in a Woody Allen or Cohen Brothers flick. Its two main characters parallel as well: externally with age and color and internally with race and beliefs. “I’d say that it’s a buddy movie,” Goldschmidt explains, “involving the most unlikely buddies, overcoming the utmost adversity.”

DETAILS: Dough engaging aspect in the film. “I am not a religious person,” Goldschmidt confirms.

“But ‘Dough’ still seems to be about faith just as much as it’s about the heart of two totally different characters who overcome adversity together.”

At its core, the movie works because of the heart of its characters. It deals with two surprising heroes involved with one uncommon and particularly illegal factor.

Both actors play their respective roles perfectly. Pryce becomes Nat, with a contemporary Jewish appearance that showcases an aggressive, underlying anger and fear through his deep, raspy voice.

Holder meets his counterpart’s performance with a gorgeous depiction of Ayyash, a young man the audience can empathize with. He’s a dealer that doesn’t delve into his own stash, showcases a depth of emotion through his wide, innocent eyes that manage to pierce the soul.

“While Pryce is the major actor in the industry, Jerome Holder suddenly became the star of the show,” Goldschmidt recalls.

In a film festival in Vienna, Holder was recognized on the street and stopped for autographs. “They absolutely loved him,” the director continues.

The film has been doing extraordinary at screen-testings, which Goldschmidt decided to put a unique spin on as well. He brought in a variation of people: men and

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Females leading Film: Cucalorus’ Vanguard adds a feminine touch

by: Shannon Rae Gentry

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he Cucalorus Film Festival received about 1,700 submissions from 60 different countries for its 21st season.

Picking and choosing what to include in the lineup never comes easy.

“There are hundreds of great films that we loved, and we just don’t have the resources or the time to share them all,” executive director Dan Brawley says. “We start with some framework, some goals and guidelines for how many films in each program. I love this part of my job: mixing and matching until we have the right combination of content and vision, laughter and heartache.”

There are almost two dozen films to be featured in this year’s Vanguard program for pioneering directors and emerging artists.

Perhaps most impressive: Half of them are directed by women. With small overall representation of women in the film industry, combined with ongoing struggle for equal pay, these growing numbers represent the start of ambitious goals for Cucalorus in the coming years: to take measures in budget and programming decisions that help cultivate a stronger female voice in film.

“We decided to make a more transparent commitment to supporting and developing female directors this year,” Brawley says. “You don’t have to spend too much time watching credits to discover that women aren’t well represented in the mainstream film industry.

We want to see that change and we know that film festivals are the incubator for new talent and new ideas.”

Cucalorus uncovers a few hot films every year that come as a surprise to Brawley, and he’s eager to see which films audiences fall

in love in 2015. One he expects to shine is “It Had to Be You,” playing Sat., Nov. 14, at 7:15 p.m. at CFCC Union Station (411 N. Front St.). Directed by Sasha Gordon, the romantic comedy follows Sonia, who is blindsided by a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Chris.

It’s a satirical exploration of cultural expectations of women and their romantic lives, often based on Gordon’s own experiences.

“The inciting incident in the film, the shock of the proposal, is very much based on my own life when my husband proposed (or tried to),” she tells. “Rather than seeing hearts and hearing violins, I was filled with a panic and terror reserved for climactic horror movie scenes. . . . Keep in mind, this was a man I loved very much.”

Gordon is not the first or only woman whose reaction to a marriage proposal greatly clashed with cultural expectations or norms. Sonia is an amalgamation of Gordon and the friends she’s known to be strong.

They’re ambitious and often unconventional, and many don’t consider marriage a number one goal in life—if one at all.

“I tend to gravitate toward women with a great sense of humor and wonder,” Gordon explains. “I love when people go through life with that awe/wonder in tact. One of my best friends, though brilliant, is still quite naive and silly. I wanted to celebrate that in Sonia’s whimsy.”

Unfortunately, Gordon won’t be able to attend The Female Filmmakers Party—a social hour starting at 5 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 14, to celebrate female filmmakers at Cucalorus. Hosted by the Wilmington Female Filmmakers Collective, it is one of more than 50 events added to the schedule this year, held at Ironclad Brewery, which will host CONNECT and the first ever Virtual Reality Lounge (read more on this in Live Local, pages 4-5).

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“I’ve found that at most of the festivals I’ve been to so far, there’s a real effort being made in programming to combat this issue,” she says. “I think it’s great that more female voices are being heard, and I feel lucky to be a part of this new wave of filmmakers.”

Anyone planning to attend the Female Filmmakers Party will meet Canadian Ingrid Veninger, director of “He Hated Pigeons,” which is slated to play Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. at Thalian Main. “I plan to attend every party,” Veninger says with excitement.

All of the existing and new events represent networking opportunities for her, which could lead to a new collaborator, an actress for her next project or a venue to screen her film.

“People make everything happen. So I hope to meet as many people as I can.”

Veninger has encountered countless talented female peers and mentors annually during her treks to Wilmington’s independent film festival. She praises Cucalorus programmers for continuously making that representational growth a priority.

“This year I can’t wait to see new films by Marquette Jones, Kira Bursky, Leslie Cunningham, Jen Ray, Mandi Edwards, Alison Bagnall,” she lists. As part of the Vanguard block, among several others, Veninger looks forward to screening “Female Pervert” (directed by Jiyoung Lee) on Sat., Nov. 14, at 4:15 p.m. at Jengo’s Playhouse (815 Princess St.). “Every film at Cucalorus gives you something to talk about,” she adds.

Veninger attended her first Cucalorus in 2013 with her fourth feature in tow, “The Animal Project.” This year she’s bringing a film with a character she wrote specifically for actor Pedro Fontaine. Fontaine is flying in for the post-screening question-and-answer session. The director first met Fontaine in March 2014 while attending the FEMCine

ON LOCATION: Ingrid Veninger handpicked actor Pedro Fontaine for ‘He Hated Pigeons,’ screening at Thalian Main on Nov. 14.

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women’s film festival in Santiago. He was her translator for the Q&A session.

“After the festival we shared some emails, and I just had a hunch,” she divulges. “Even though I had never seen Pedro act in anything, I wanted to write a lead role for him.

He committed before there was a script.”

“He Hated Pigeons” was shot on location in Chile throughout last summer, and the film uses natural visuals and expansive landscapes. Veninger envisioned a man in a red pick-up truck journeying from the north to the south of Chile—from the Atacama Desert to Patagonia. Themes of uncertainty of the future emerge out of love and loss—and the theme of impermanence ties directly into why the movie is presented with an ever-changing music score. “I always like to incorporate real-life events from the shoot into the fictional scripted narrative,” Veninger explains. “‘He Hated Pigeons’ was no exception.”

A live score will be played at the Cucalorus screening, performed by classically trained flutist and multi-instrumental looper, Rozalind MacPhail. Veninger originally met the performer in St. John’s Newfoundland and again at the Cucalorus Artist Residency last year. “I saw Rozalind perform and she was amazing,” she says.

“Experience cinema and live score magic at Thalian on Saturday.”

For all films in the Cucalorus Vanguard Block, visit www.cucalorus.org, or download the encoreGO app by texting “encore” to 77948 and access all listings on your smartphone.

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SCREENING LOCAL HISTORY:

‘Wilmington on Fire’ documents new testimony about the 1898 race riots

by: Shannon Rae Gentry

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ilmington Coup D’état. Wilmington Massacre. The Race Riot of 1898. While there are multiple ways to reference one of North Carolina’s most infamous and bloody events, the story remains the same: On November 10, 1898, a heavily armed mob of white citizens (with the support of the NC Democratic Party) left many dead or exiled from what was a thriving African American political leadership in Wilmington.

It’s known as one of the only successful coups in United States history—a leap into the white supremacy movement and Jim Crow segregation laws of the American South.

Though books have been written on it—and even the 1898 Memorial Park erected at 1018 N. 3rd St.—“Wilmington on Fire” is the first full-length film made about the history-making event. It’s also one of the most locally relevant and important documentaries to be shown at the 2015 Cucalorus Film Festival. “Wilmington on Fire” will make its debut on Sat., Nov. 14 at Thalian Hall.

Director Christopher Everett walks viewers through the events preceding that fateful fall day and highlights its lasting impact on victims’ families. Many people killed were business and property owners, who lost their land to the white people who overthrew them. Elected black leaders were replaced with white leaders, and direct descendants were left with a politically and economically altered future.

Everett includes interviews with historians and researchers, including LeRae Umfleet, who presented her own book, “A Day of Blood,” about the coups at the Bellamy Mansion in October. Everett also included testimonies from victim descendents, like Fay Chaplin.

Granddaughter of Thomas C. Miller, Chaplin sees and walks along Wilmington property today, knowing it was once her family’s—but more so should have been hers. It’s one of many testaments as to why it’s time to consider restitution owed to these families.

“I want people to walk away after viewing this film to realize what happened back in 1898 and how that event shaped the future we live in today, and hopefully,

they will see why compensation is important,” Everett says. “Other things should be tangible to African Americans in Wilmington, such as the creation of a business district, access to resources and capital to start businesses and create infrastructure, schools, etc. But that is my dream that may never happen.”

The impetus to create “Wilmington on Fire” began with the personal desire and need to tell the story from the perspective of the African American victims and their families. Everett believes their views have not been considered.

“Most of the writings aren’t from that perspective,” he verifies. “I also knew there was more to the story; I wanted to really show people the process and steps ON FIRE: Director Christopher Everett uncovers that the coups leaders took to pull off this history and missing legacies in ‘Wilmington on Fire.’ event and how it just wasn’t something Courtesy photo. that happened in Wilmington, but took place all over the state of North Carolina.” them really knew what happened to their At the time of the coups, Democratic grandparents or great-grandparents until and Republican parties were completely they got older. different from today in values and ten“This event and story pretty much was ants. Republicans were the liberal party of the time and Democrats were conser- kept hidden from them,” he says. “The vative. “Even though they are different lack of curriculum in schools is one of the today,” Everett adds, “they are still similar reasons why most may not know about in regards to turning their backs on the the event today. They may have heard African American community when they things, but they really don’t know the real deal and the factors involved in it.” need them the most.”

One contributing factor highlighted was The government’s role at the time is often questioned and referenced through- the propaganda and misleading journalout the film, which is why Everett doesn’t ism of the time. Negative portrayals of see memorials as enough to close the the African American community laid the chapter in history. Though he had to cut it foundation for the coups. According to one from the theatrical version of the film, dis- interviewee, propaganda perpetuates the cussions pertaining to the 1898 Memorial belief that victims of police brutality and Park and the memorial’s rectifying power the like “deserved what they got.” (or lack thereof) will be on the DVD’s boIt’s a stark parallel to what we see connus features section. tinue to see today in news headlines, a Everett relates 1898 to current politically la Ferguson and Baltimore. “Media hasn’t charged issues, like voter ID laws, which changed at all—especially as it relates many believe target low-income African to the imagery of African Americans,” Americans. “But the effects are not just with Everett adds. “The same stereotypes fuvoting,” he says, “it’s also with economics. eled by media back in 1898 are still going Look at African Americans in Wilmington strong in the media today.” and the amount of businesses they own: Original and often graphic illustrations It’s very little. It’s not just in Wilmington; are used throughout “Wilmington on look throughout North Carolina.”

Fire.” Everett invited Charlotte artist and Though some people, especially Wilm- illustrator Wolly McNair to help complete ingtonians, may see the events of 1898 the story. “While putting this documenand their dirty details as common knowl- tary together, I wanted the visuals to be edge, Everett learned otherwise through a little different but mixed with archival his research and interviews. Of the three materials,” he says. “One of the main readescendents he interviewed, none of sons for doing it also was that some of

the things we highlight in the film [didn’t have] archival photos, such as people getting killed, dead bodies, women hiding in the cemetery, etc. They were important to the story and I wanted people to have a visual of certain events.”

Everett wants to incorporate more art to contribute to the film, such as an exhibition held in tandem with screenings.

He also worked with executive producers Sean “OneSon” Washington and Ja’Nese Jean on the soundtrack to the film.

“I pretty much used my own money to fund this film and did a couple of crowdfunding campaigns,” Everett tells. “I got the rest of the finishing funds earlier this year from a private investor, but I pretty much put everything I had into this project, from top to bottom.”

A partial showing of “Wilmington on Fire” will also play on Wed., Nov. 11, 7 p.m. at International Longshoreman Association (1305 S. Fifth Ave.). For the Record: In Memory of the Victims of the Wilmington, NC Massacre of 1898 will include music, guest speakers, artists, poets, and more. For more, visit www.facebook.com/events/497419240425587.

DETAILS:

Wilmington on Fire

Cucalorus Film Festival Saturday, Nov. 14, 3:45 p.m.

Thalian Hall Main Stage 310 Chestnut St. Tickets: $10-$20 Passes: $45-$300 www.cucalorus.org

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grub & guzzle

eternal sunshine café • 420 Eastwood Rd • (910) 791-6995

American BLUEWATER waterfront grill

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

Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256-8500.

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

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

Blue surf cafÉ

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

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

We also have a full beer and wine list. Come try the “hidden

gem” of Wilmington today. 250 Racine Drive Ste. 1, Wilmington 910-523-5362.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday to Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.bluesurfcafe.com

CAM cafÉ

CAM Café, located within the CAM delivers delightful surprises using fresh, local ingredients with a Chef Jessica Cabo twist. Awarded “Best Food” by the local Wilmington Food & Wine Festival. Under her influence the café serves a West Coast interpretation of local dishes. The café serves lunch with seasonal options Tuesday thru Saturday, Internationally inspired Tapas on Wednesday nights, elegant yet approachable dinner on Thursday and brunch every Sunday.

Look for a New England Lobster Roll in the summer and Miso Short ribs as winter evening signature dishes. As part of dining in an inspiring setting, the galleries are open during CAM Café hours which makes it the perfect destination to enjoy art of the plate and art of the museum. 3201 S 17th St. (910) 777-2363.

■ SERVING LUNCH, BRUNCH & DINNER: Hours: Tues-Sat 11 am– 3 pm; Wed./Thurs 5 – 9 pm; Sunday Brunch 10 am – 3 pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.camcafe.org

elijah's

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

As a Casual American Grill and Oyster Bar, Elijah’s offers

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

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

eternal sunshine cafÉ

Wilmington’s new unique restaurant, Eternal Sunshine Café, is conveniently located between downtown and Wrightsville Beach, also close to UNCW. It is a great spot to savor a gourmet breakfast, like cinna-swirl pancakes with coffee cream cheese syrup or a southwest benedict with chipotle hollandaise on a made from scratch biscuit. The lunch menu is filled with fresh delectable salads, sandwiches on house baked breads, and pitas. Come experience the innovative twist on breakfast classics and a casual lunch guaranteed to make you a regular customer. May the tranquility of Eternal Sunshine Cafe’s atmosphere shine upon your face and reinvigorate your day. Serves breakfast all day.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH: MondayWednesday 7-2, Thursday-Friday 6:30-2, Saturday 7-2, Sunday 8-2 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.eternalsunshinecafe.com

Halligan's pub

“Failte,” is the Gaelic word for “Welcome,” and at Halligan’s Public House it’s our “Motto.” Step into Halligan’s and enter a world of Irish hospitality where delicious food warms the heart and generous drinks lift the spirit. Be sure to try Halligan’s house specialty,

“The Reuben,” number one with critics and of course our customers. One bite and you’ll understand why. Of course, we also serve a full selection of other delicious entrees including seafood, steak and pasta, as well as a wide assortment of burgers, sandwiches (Halligan’s Cheese Steak), and salads. And if you are looking for a friendly watering hole where you can raise a glass or two with friends, new and old, Halligan’s Public House boasts a comfortable bar where fun-loving bartenders hold court daily and blarney fills the air. Stop by Halligan’s Public House today, “When you’re at Halligan’s....you’re at home.” With 12 beers on tap and 16 flat screen TVs, you can watch your favorite game and enjoy your favorite drink. Enjoy two locatons: 3317 Masonboro Loop Rd., and 1900 Eastwood Rd. in Lumina Station.

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

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

HENRY’S

A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients. Come early for lunch, because it’s going to be packed. Dinner too!

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown

■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com

Holiday Inn Resort

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

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

HOPS SUPPLY CO.

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

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

The little dipper

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

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

select locations (Fountain Dr. and Southport) have started selling genuine burgers and cheese steaks (Beef & Chicken).

Our types of hotdogs include beef & Pork (Trolly Dog), allbeef (Sabrett), pork smoked sausage, Fat Free (Turkey) & Veggie. Recognized as having the Best Hot Dog in the Best of Wilmington Awards in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Call Individual Stores for hours of operation or Look at our website trollystophotdogs.com Catering available, now a large portion of our business. Call Rick at 297-8416 for catering and franchise information.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ LOCATIONS: Downtown Wilmington (910) 251-7799

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

Asian indochine restaurant & Lounge

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

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

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

and dinner 4:30 to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. Stop by Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 10 p.m. 4102 Oleander Drive, Suite 2, at the corner of 41st Street, behind the Hess gas station. 910-350-3332.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, off Oleander Drive.

■ FEATURING: Wilmington’s only authentic Korean restaurant!

KYOTO ASIAN GRILLE

Kyoto Asian Grille specializes in crafting mouth-watering food and providing superb customer service. We serve a plethora of Asian cuisines, from Chinese to Japanese to Thai, and have an unwavering commitment to flavor. All of our ingredients are fresh, cooked to order, with artistic culinary flair. We also serve everything from sushi to traditional Chinese dishes, a plethora of curries to Pad Thai, hibachi and teriyaki dishes, and more. Come give us a try where you will find nothing in the freezer but the ice cream. Open for lunch and dinner, Monday through Saturday. Located at 4102 Market Street, (910) 332-3302.

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

Okami Japanese hibachi Steakhouse

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

Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure that we serve only the finest food products. We believe that good healthy food aids the vital functions for well-being, both physically and mentally. Our menu consists of a wide range of Steak, Seafood, and Chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill,” to the taste bud tingling Japanese Sushi, Hand Rolls, Sashimi, Tempura dishes and Japanese Noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japanese dining experience. Check out our all you can eat sushi menu and daily specials at www.okamisteakhouse.com!

pine valley market

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

the trolly stop

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a five-store franchise in Southeastern North Carolina. Since 1976 they have specialized in storemade chili, slaw and various sauces. As of more recently,

kabuki korean cafÉ and sushi

Family-owned and operated, Kabuki Korean Café and Sushi is Wilmington’s only authentic Korean restaurant, freshly renovated and boasting a brand new menu! They feature delectable Korean BBQ, and are best known for traditional items like their bibimbop and bulgogi. But they also feature a large variety of Asian cuisine, from fresh sushi to fried rice to teriyaki dishes, dumplings, edamame and more. Open daily, Kabuki welcomes diners for lunch from 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday - Thursday 11am 2:30pm / 4pm - 10pm; Friday 11am - 2:30pm / 4pm - 11pm; Saturday 11am - 11pm; Sunday 11am - 9:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.okamisteakhouse.com

southern thai

Our menu is centered around authentic Thai cuisine and features traditional dishes as well as chef-inspired dishes.

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

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

szechuan 132

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

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

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

thai spice

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

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

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

yosake downtown sushi lounge

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

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: 1/2 Price Sushi/Appetizer Menu nightly from 5-7, until 8 on Mondays, and also 10-Midnight on Fri/Sat. Tuesday LOCALS NIGHT - 20% Dinner Entrees.

Wednesday 80S NIGHT - 80s music and menu prices.

Sundays are the best deal downtown - Specialty Sushi and Entrees are Buy One, Get One $10 Off and 1/2 price Wine Bottles. Nightly Drink Specials. Gluten-Free Menu upon request. Complimentary Birthday Dessert.

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

Dinner Theatre theatrenow

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

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tions highly suggested. 19 S. 10th Street (910) 399.3NOW (3669). Hours vary.

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

Healthy Clean Eatz CafÉ

This café is your one stop shop to start living a healthy lifestyle. Everything on the menu is under 500 calories and 10 grams of fat unless you order otherwise. The café offers dine in, carryout, or get an entire weeks worth of meals by signing up for our weekly prepackaged meal service. We also do customized food prep to fit anyone's diet needs.

Stop by Clean Eatz today to start a new you. You only have one life, Make it count!

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

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

NEMA LOUNGE AND EATERY

Open since the summer of 2015, Nema Eatery and Lounge boasts the delicacies of Chef Mark Borkowski. Serving bold flavors in a variety of menu items from grass-fed burgers to artisan pizzas to small plates, the Nema team takes diners across the world through palate-pleasing menu items, including their “fancy” fries, doused with truffles and parmesan.

Burkowski takes pride in hand-crafted food, while the Nema staff offers helpful, friendly knowledge. They offer vegan, gluten- and allergy-friendly fare, and specialize in Taco Tuesdays (gourmet tacos, $3.50 ea.), Wine Down Wednesday (half-ff bottles of wine) and Thirsty Thursday (25 percent off all beers). They offer live music every Friday and Saturday nights, and open for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays (11 a.m. - 3 p.m.). 225 S. Water St. 910-769-3709.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER AND BRUNCH: Tues.-Thurs., noon-10 p.m.; Fri., noon-midnight; Sat., 11:30 a.m. - midnight; Sun., 11:30am - 10 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown, Chandler’s Wharf ■ FEATURING: Worldly eats, including vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free items ■ WEBSITE: www.nemalounge.com

Indian kabob and grill

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

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.kabobandgrilldowntown.com

Located on College Road, just opposite Hugh MacRae Park, Tandoori Bites offers fine Indian cuisine at affordable prices.

Try one of 74 dishes on their lengthy menu, featuring a large range of side dishes and breads. They have specialties, such as lamb korma with nuts, spices and herbs in a mild creamy sauce, as well as seafood, like shrimp biryani with saffron-flavored rice, topped with the shellfish and nuts. They also have many vegetarian dishes, including mutter paneer, with garden peas and homemade paneer, or baingan bharta with baked eggplant, flamed and sautéed with onions, garlic and ginger.

Join their cozy eatery, where a far east escape awaits all diners, among a staff of friendly and helpful servers, as well as chefs who bring full-flavored tastes straight from their homeland. Located at 1620 South College Road, (910) 794-4540.

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

irish THE HARP

Experience the finest traditional Irish family recipes and popular favorites served in a casual yet elegant traditional pub atmosphere. The Harp, 1423 S. 3rd St., proudly uses the freshest ingredients, locally sourced whenever possible, to bring you and yours the most delicious Irish fare! We have a fully stocked bar featuring favorite Irish beers and whiskies. We are open every day for both American and Irish breakfast, served to noon weekdays and 2 p.m. weekends.

Regular menu to 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. weekends.

Join us for trivia at 8:30 on Thursdays and live music on Fridays – call ahead for schedule (910) 763-1607. Located just beside Greenfield Lake and Park at the south end of downtown Wilmington, The Harp is a lovely Irish pub committed to bringing traditional Irish flavor, tradition and hospitality to the Cape Fear area.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.harpwilmington.com

Italian eddie romanelli's

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South/Leland ■ FEATURING: Weekly Specials ■ WEBSITE: www.RomanellisRestaurant.com

Fat Tony’s Italian Pub

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

Proudly supporting the craft beer movement, they have an ever-changing selection of microbrews included in their 27-tap lineup – 12 of which are from NC. They have a wide selection of bottled beers, a revamped wine list, and an arsenal of expertly mixed cocktails that are sure to wet any whistle. Fat Tony’s offers lunch specials until 3pm Monday through Friday and a 10% discount to students and faculty at

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CFCC. They have two pet-friendly patios – one looking out onto Front Street and one with a beautiful view of the Cape Fear River. With friendly, excellent service and a fun, inviting atmosphere, expect to have your expectations exceeded at Fat Tony’s. Find The Flavor…..Craft Beer, Craft Pizza!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Thursday 11 am10 pm; Friday-Saturday 11 am-Midnight; Sunday Noon10 pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.fatpub.com ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials until 3pm and late night menu from 11pm until closing.

Slice of life

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

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

a taste of italy

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

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

Jamaican JAMAICA’S COMFORT ZONE

Tucked in the corner of University Landing, a block from UNCW is the hidden gem of Wilmington’s international cui-

sine scene - Jamaica’s Comfort Zone. This family owned restaurant provides a relaxing blend of Caribbean delights – along with reggae music – served up with irrepressible smiles for miles. From traditional Jamaican breakfast to mouth-watering classic dishes such as curry goat, oxtail, jerk and curry chicken, to our specialty 4-course meals ($12.00) and $6.99 Student meal. Catering options are available.

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

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

Latin American CEVICHE'S

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & BRUNCH: Mon-Sat 11am9pm, Sunday Brunch 9am-3pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ WEBSITE: www.wbceviche.com

san juan CafÉ

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

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

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

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

Mexican la costa mexican restaurant

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

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

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

San Felipe Mexican Restaurant

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

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

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

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

Organic lovey's natural foods & cafÉ

Lovey’s Natural Foods & Café is a true blessing for shoppers looking for organic and natural groceries and supple-

ments, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious and totally fresh meal or snack. Whether you are in the mood for a veggie burger, hamburger or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte Lovey’s Cafe’ menu. The Food Bar—which has cold, organic salads and hot selections—can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for take-out.

The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of delicious juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness. Lovey’s also carries organic grass-fed and freerange meats and poultry. wheat-free and gluten-free products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop

by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 am to 6 p.m..

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

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com

visit our Facebook page for tasting room hours and special events: www.facebook.com/broomtailcraftbrewery

NEW hours:

Wednesday 4-9 pm • Thursday 4-9 pm Friday 4-10 pm • Saturday 2-10 pm Sunday 2-8 pm

whole foods market

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

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

Seafood catch

Serving the Best Seafood in South Eastern North Carolina.

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

Dubbed “Modern Seafood Cuisine” we offer an array Fresh

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

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

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

Dock Street oyster bar

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

(910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

Downtown Wilmington > 115 N. 2nd Street

Over 10,000 square feet of space Two floors of bars and seating Stage, sound system and 12ft HDTV Comfortably holds more than 400 guests No cost to book your event

6404 Amsterdam Way, Suite 100 Wilmington, North Carolina www.broomtailcraftbrewery.com

www.ironcladbrewery.com 910-769-0290

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oceanic

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH:

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

The pilot house

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

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

Large parties welcome. Private event space available. 910343-0200 2 Ann Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm, FriSat 11am-10pm and Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm. Kids menu ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Riverfront Downtown Wilmington

■ FEATURING: Fresh local seafood specialties, Riverfront

Dining, free on-site parking ■ MUSIC: Outside Every Friday and Saturday

SHUCKIN' SHACK

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.TheShuckinShack.com

smoothies and more Tropical smoothie cafÉ

Tropical Smoothie Café’s menu boasts bold, flavorful food and smoothies with a healthy appeal, all made to order from the freshest ingredients. Our toasted

wraps, sandwiches, flatbreads and gourmet salads are made fresh with highest quality of meats and cheeses, topped with fresh produce and flavorful sauces, available for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The fun atmosphere and unparalleled hospitality brings customers back to Tropical Smoothie Café again and again. At Tropical Smoothie, we are guided by one simple belief: When you eat better, you feel better and when you feel better, all is better. It's part of our mission to inspire a healthier lifestyle by serving amazing food and smoothies with a bit of tropical fun. 2804 S. College Road, Long Leaf Mall. (910) 769-3939.

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

Southern Casey's Buffet

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

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

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

Rx Restaurant & bar

Located in downtown Wilmington, Rx Restaurant and Bar is here to feed your soul, serving up Southern cuisine made with ingredients from local farmers and fishermen. The Rx chef is committed to bringing fresh food to your table, so the menu changes daily based on what he finds locally. Rx drinks are as unique as the food—and just what the doctor ordered. Join us for a dining experience you will never forget! 421 Castle St.; 910 399-3080.

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

pembroke's

A seasonally inspired and locally sourced Southern cuisine dining experience, Pembroke’s was created by the owners of downtown’s Rx Restaurant. Pembroke’s focuses on the same values and excellent service as its sister restaurant, purveying local companies for the best in seafood, proteins and produce.

They work with local fisherman and farmers to ensure your meal will be freshly grown and hand chosen. A new dinner menu is churned out daily to ensure the chefs are working with the freshest ingredients. Plus, the bartenders are creating new drink menus daily as to never bore your taste buds. 1125 A Military Cutoff Rd. 910-239-9153.

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

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

Sports Bar Carolina Ale House

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

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

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

TVs in Wilmington.

■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com

dig and dive

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

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.DigandDive.com

hell's kitchen

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

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

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

- Thursday 4-7 p.m.

■ WEBSITE: www.hellskitchenbar.com

vegetarian/Vegan sealevel restaurant

Shop for gifts while you’re waiting on your to-go order or for the cook to fix your food. How about a lentil patty melt with fresh, handcut potato chips or a crisp salad for lunch?

If you’re looking for a high-fiber plate, we’ve got you covered: the brown-rice tortilla—which is gluten free, vegan and chockful of crunchy vegetables and creamy smoky eggplant spread and avocado—will surely suit you! With a side of creole-spiced organic red beans or our superb vegan purple coleslaw, it will be over the top! Vegan heaven exists: We serve sushi rolls and desserts especially to suit your preferences. Seafood lovers are mad about the shrimp burger, soft crab slider and the frequently featured Caribbean-spiced shrimp tostada, which combines the aforementioned purple slaw, spicy Jerk sauce, and cool avocado, and organic refried lentils on a crispy corn tortilla. Please stop in for lunch six days (not Tuesday/closed) from 11 am to 2 pm, and dinner Thursday through Saturday, 5 pm to 9 pm 1015 S. Kerr Ave. 910-833-7196.

■ SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., daily; Thurs-Sat., 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Closed Tuesdays ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, near UNCW ■ FEATURING: Vegetarian,Vegan, Seafood, Gluten-Free ■ WEBSITE: www.sealevelcitygourmet.com

Kick-off Football Season at Halligan’s!

17 BIG SCREENS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK ‘TIL 2AM!

Sunday Brunch from 11am - 2pm

Tailgate Menu & Drink Specials! .60¢ Wings Every Thursday & Sunday.

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grub & guzzle>>cucalorus feature

SHAKEN OR STIRRED? Film festival expands its sipping events

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by: JOEL FINSEL

ver wondered why some drinks are shaken and others stirred? Well, Cucalorians can sample the difference on Friday at 4:15 p.m. as part of their “Cuctails” program, hosted by John Parra of Fox Liquor Bar in Durham, at downtown’s Bourgie Nights (127 Princess St.). Though the program launched a few short years ago, this year it has an official name and an official curator: James Martin—“Sipologist” blogger and documentary filmmaker from Atlanta.

(Full disclosure: As a bartender at Manna—where the cocktail seminars began a few years ago—I helped design menus, trained staff and led the inaugural seminars.

However, for 2015, the festival has brought in barmen and women from notable establishments and forums from out of town to partake. Why? Because there’s been a cocktail renaissance, baby!)

During Parra’s slot, he will explain how the two techniques of shaken and stirred yield

vastly different results. Attendees will learn which classics are associated with each.

The second seminar on Friday begins at 5:30 p.m. with Manna’s own Ian Murray, an award-winning mixologist. His presentation is a tasting tour of New Orleans’ tipples, including the venerable trio: Vieux Carre, De La Louisiane and Sazerac. All three use many same ingredients but in different ways.

Friday’s nightcap happens at the Blind Elephant (21 N. Front St.). Bartender Curtis Huff will present the history of bourbon, paired with a tasting flight. In fact, that’s the beauty of Cuctails: All events include a tasting (most are limited to 15 people).

Saturday’s programming begins with a secret screening of “The New Orleans Sazerac,” directed by curator James Martin. It starts at 3 p.m. at Bourgie Nights, and Manna’s Murray will be stirring samples for up to 80 people before the 20-minute film. A question-and-answer session will follow.

By delving into the storied history of the

CUCTAILS CURATOR: James Martin, “Sipologist” blogger and documentary filmmaker, will hold a secret sreening about the New Orleans Sazarec on Saturday, 3 p.m. Courtesy photo.

Sazerac—conceived by a Creole apothecary named “Peychaud”—Martin comes close to presenting the full history of the drink in his documentary. He and his team filmed it over the summer at Tales of the Cocktail, the world’s biggest cocktail industry convention. Fittingly, the film boasts many big names, including the man who coined the genre for the scholarly study of cocktails/mixology: David Wondrich. Other industry heavyweights include Chris McMillan, Ted Breaux and Anne Tuennerman.

A prescreening of Martin’s film confirms there’s neverending knowledge available on the subject. Even Martin was surprised to learn something new from the film— “including how there was once a completely separate cocktail called the ‘Sazerac’ made with cognac,” he tells. “So, the idea of going out for a Sazerac, at one point in history, meant going to get a drink at the Sazerac bar. It didn’t necessarily mean you were going to order the rye-whiskey classic we think of today.”

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ture can be but also how flexible.

John Parra will be back behind the stick on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. at Bourgie Nights for two final seminars. Interested persons can register online to learn more about amaros (Italian word for bitters), digestifs and other herbal liqueurs. At 6 p.m., Parra will lead a discussion on barrel-aging cocktails, how to pre-batch, and the flavor impact of wood on the palate.

Most of the drinks at this year’s festival—as served in the filmmakers lounge and Jengo’s Playhouse’s backyard—will be made with Larceny, a wheated bourbon, meaning there is no rye mixed in with the majority corn mash. It’s then aged in toasted oak barrels for six to eight years. Larceny is named after John E. Fitzgerald, who supposedly opened his distillery near railroad tracks on the banks of the Kentucky River. He then sold his holdings during prohibition to Pappy Van Winkle. In reality, Fitzgerald was a treasury agent, one of the only men during prohibition with keys to the whiskey-barrel storage warehouses.

Lighter barrels, from which he famously sampled, became known as “Old Fitzgerald” barrels. How much of this is true? The portal to find out is www.cucalorus.org.

Joel Finsel will happily come to your house and mix and talk about drinks with you and your friends.

Reach him at Joelfinsel@gmail.com.

DETAILS: Cuctails

Flights served at each event; limited to 15 people unless otherwise noted. See box office for limited tickets; passholders must make reservations.

Shaken vs. Stirred: Fri., Nov. 13, 4:15 p.m. • Bourgie Nights • 127 Princess St. New Orleans: Fri., Nov. 13, 5:30 p.m.

Bourgie Nights • 127 Princess St. Bourbon: Fri., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.

The Blind Elephant • 21 N. Front St. Secret Screening: Sat., Nov. 14, 3 p.m.

Bourgie Nights • 127 Princess St. (Open to 80 people) Barrel Aging: Sat., Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m.

Bourgie Nights • 127 Princess St. www.cucalorus.org

MAIN ATTRACTIONS & SPECIAL EVENTS

Shana Tucker:

ChamberSoul Cello & Songs

FRIDAY

November 20 AT 7:30PM A Resident artist with Cirque Du Soleil, Shana Tucker will wow the house with her sultry blend of Jazz Folk and Acoustic Pop.

Tickets available through the Thalian Hall Box Office by calling 910.632.2285 or online at ThalianHall.org Media Partners

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to-do calendar events CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVAL

11/11-15: The 21st annual Cucalorus Film Festival and Conference is a showcase of film screenings and special events that celebrate and explore creativity in all mediums. Named on of the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2014” by MovieMaker Magazine, Cucalorus attracts thousands of cultural travelers, hosts over 300 attending artists, and screens over 200 films during the five-day event. Programs are diverse (something for everybody!) and focus on emerging artists, music videos, dance, international cinema, works-in-progress, social justice, and

family-friendly selections. www.cucalorus.org.

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CONTEMPLATION GARDEN

11/11, 1pm: Al Hight, Director of the New Hanover County Arboretum and County Extension Agent announces the dedication of a new garden within the Arboretum – The Durwood Baggett Contemplation Garden, to honor and serve the five branches of the United States Armed Forces.

The dedication will take place on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, Veteran’s Day, at 1:00PM in the garden at the Arboretum. The garden is named for Durwood Baggett, retired Major in the US Army and Reserves, Bronze Star recipient and veteran of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Mr. Baggett is also a previous County

Extension Agent for New Hanover County. He is 92 years young. The Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr. Danyce Dicks at 910-798-7662, or via e-mail at ddicks@nhcgov.com. Also check the Arboretum’s website: nhcarboretum.com.

VERY MERRY CRAFTED MARKET

The Leland Cultural Arts Center, in partnership with the Friends of the Leland Cultural Arts Center, is looking for exciting, engaging arts and crafts for our holiday market: A Very Merry Crafted Market! Do you have your wares ready to sell for the holiday crowds? The LCAC is ready for you! Twoday event on 11/13-14, run by our professional LCAC staff and FLCAC volunteers. What makes it different from all the other markets, especially for artists? We take care of ALL the hassle! That’s

right, you drop off your creations and we set everything else up—including display, publicity, and sales. The LCAC understands that the holidays are an artist’s busiest time of year. No entry fee. Friday, 11/13, special ticketed preview party with food, drinks, music, and the opportunity to shop the market first! Artists are encouraged to attend the Preview Party (free of charge), to mix and mingle with guests and shoppers! Sat., 11/14, will be free and open to the public. www. townofleland.com/lcac-special-events.

holiday events GINGERBREAD AND LANTERNS

11/21, 10am: For the 2015 season the Cameron Art Museum (CAM) has reframed their holiday festival with a focus that resonates with their mission in the arts. The museum continues with a twoweek celebration, now referred to as the bread & lights gingerbread & lantern festival at CAM that will showcase the creativity of artists, designers, bakers, and performers. The bread & lights festival begins with the traditional kick-off celebration of Party in the Pines on Fri., Nov. 20 and ends on Dec. 6. Within the two-week period will be a procession of special events and performances for both families and friends to enjoy (listed below).

This community event features a display of gingerbread creations by all ages and artist-made lanterns. It strengthens cultural connections between the community and the arts and hopes to inspire the artist within. bread & lights festival is a CAM fundraiser with all proceeds going to Cameron Art Museum’s educational mission.

Two competitions, Art of Gingerbread Exhibition & Competition and the Art of Illumination Exhibition & Competition will run for the entire bread & lights festival from Nov. 21-Dec. 6. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th St.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS CRUISE

11/27,12/4, 5:30pm: Join us during the wonderful Holiday Season for a boat cruise at twilight to enjoy the lights that adorn downtown. We will have local musicians playing and singing Christmas carols. The Wilmington is a 49 foot handicapped accessible power catamaran with a spacious bathroom and a full bar. We are located on the riverwalk in between the cross streets of Orange Street and Ann Street. Call (910) 338-3134 for reservations and any questions you may have.

Wilmington Water Tours, 212 S. Water St.

CHRISTMAS TRAIN AND LIGHT SPECTACULAR

11/28, 6:30pm: A festive walk-through show on Fridays & Saturdays from Nov. 27 through Dec. 27. Enjoy 20,000 twinkling lights, holiday music, specially decorated layouts & features, visit with Santa, hot cider & cookies afterward! $5 each.

Kids under age 2 free. Wilmington Railroad Museum, 505 Nutt Street

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HOLIDAY FLEA AT BAC

12/4-6: The three-day event offers the perfect holiday shopping opportunity, featuring regional antique, vintage, upcycled, and retro vendors, selling everything from art to jewelry, accessories to home goods, and more. $5 for three days, Dec. 4, 3-9pm; Dec. 5, 10am-5pm; Dec. 6, noon-5pm.

Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 North 4th St.

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12/4, 4pm and 7pm; 12/5, 10am: This 60-minute narrated version of the classic Christmas tale tells the story of a young girl named Clara. With the help of her godfather, a mysterious clockmaker, she is transported to a magical realm where she journeys through the land of sweets, witnesses a daring battle, and meets the Sugar Plum Fairy. A perfect holiday tradition for the entire family. Tickets: $20/$15. All shows presented by New York’s Ballet for Young Audiences are narrated and only last about one hour. They are the perfect introduction to ballet for young children or grumpy husbands. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St.

CAPE FEAR FESTIVAL OF TREES

12/5, 9am: Lower Cape Fear Hospice’s annual decorated tree display, Cape Fear Festival of Trees, has a new venue this year. The trees will be disbursed through the lower and upper mezzanine areas of the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher.

Admission to the aquarium includes the festival, which will contain at least 25 uniquely decorated trees. Children 2 and younger get in free. Groups of 10 or more are eligible for discount. NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, 900 Loggerhead Road

A VERY MERRY SHOWBOAT

12/5, 10am and 1pm: Free with USS NC Battleship admission. Enjoy a new holiday tradition! Kids can fly a flag (US or NC) with Santa—then Santa and the Battleship’s captain will sign your certificate of authenticity. Type your Christmas wish list on a vintage typewriter using authentic WWII USS NC radio message paper.

Call the North Pole in the Battleship’s main radio room. See Santa’s journey being tracked in the Combat Information Center. Create Christmas cards for veterans in VA hospitals. Great photo ops! A great way to start your holiday season! $6-$12. 1 Battleship Rd.

TUBA CHRISTMAS CAROLS

12/6, 3pm: Ring in the holidays with Tuba Christmas Carols! Directed by Daniel Johnson, this annual event is a Wilmington must-see and perfect for everyone in the family! Located in front of the Sears wing. Independence Mall, 3500 Oleander Dr.

CAROLINA NUTCRACKER

12/6, 3pm: A Carolina Nutcracker is the area’s only full-length ballet staging of the holiday favorite. Set in Wilmington at the Bellamy Mansion exactly 150 years ago, it features historical characters from the period along with all the beloved traditions of the original ballet. Performances will feature a live professional orchestra and children’s chorus. A must-see for the whole family!

Humanities and Fine Arts Center, CFCC Campus, 411 N Front St.

A TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS

“A Trailer Park Christmas,” by Rachel Klem and Jeffrey Moore. Originally produced in Durham, NC & 2014 at TheatreNOW, November 20-December 20, Friday and Saturday at 7pm. Sundays (starting in December) at 3pm. Tickets $22-$40 with discounts for seniors and students.

Adult $40, Senior/Student $36, $22 show only.

The residents of Whispering Pines Trailer Park are back with their open latch holiday gathering.

Will Memaw drink too much of Lorraine’s special punch? And what to do with all the fruit cake? Will an impending hurricane spoil their celebrations?

Meet all the colorful trailer park residents and enjoy a delicious comfort food inspired 3-course meal by TheatreNOW’s award-winning, Chef De-

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nise. TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St. SANTALAND DIARIES

Panache Theatrical Productions will present SantaLand Diaries at the Red Barn Studio Theatre Nov 27-29 & Dec 4-6, 11-13, 18-20. The story, written by David Sedaris and adapted by Joe Mantello, is that of disgruntled elf Crumpet and his misadventures working for the popular Macy’s holiday attraction. Featuring Anthony Lawson as Crumpet and The “Not Ready for Christmas” Carolers. Tickets are available by calling 910-2511788 or visiting www.thalian.org. Red Barn Studio Theatre, 1122 South 3rd St.

charity/fundraisers OWL HOWL FUNDRAISING

11/14, 9am: Massages, Bird Art, and Much More! Tours of CFRC vendors, music, food, and of course, The CFRC Bird Team! Come spend a day so we can “Spread Our Wings”! Pre-Owl Howl tickets online, $3/person online through November 7th at midnight! Under 2 years of age is free; $5/person with $2 off with a non-perishable item. Cape Fear Raptor Center, 9185 US Highway 117 South

CHORDS FOR A CAUSE

11/14, 6pm: Chords For a Cause is a 501-3c non-profit organization whose main purpose is to raise money for local and national charities and also to build and support the local music industry by promoting various concerts during the year.

The Chords For a Cause Board of Directors has decided to support JDRF with its fall event. Many of you know JDRF is a charity whose sole function is to raise money to fund research to more effectively treat and eventually cure Type I Diabetes Mellitus. Type I Diabetes Mellitus mainly effects young children and is a life-threatening illness, which has no cure at this time. These young children have to live with constant carb counting, blood sugar monitoring, and usually require 3-4 insulin injections every day. We want to raise funds to support all those families living with type one diabetes knowing that the money raised will go directly to fund research to better treat and eventually cure this disease. $20 adv/$25 door!

Ziggy’s By the Sea, 208 Market St.

PATRIOT RUSH 5K

11/14: Crisp weather and a Fast, Flat course.

What more could you want? The course offers Lots of turns with a long finishing straightaway, great for competition! Come walk or run with us!

Fun signs along the whole route will engage kids of all ages to the finish line. Families, strollers, & wheels are welcome! Awesome prizes and giveaways with more than $1000 in cash and gift cards, plus the one-and-only authentic black powder horns and custom dog tags. Guaranteed fastest awards ceremony in Wilmington, one hour after the race starts. Come. Run. Rejoice/eat.

Leave. Feel the rush. Wilmington Christian Academy, 1401 N. College Rd.

OUT OF DARKNESS WALK

11/15, 12:30pm: The 4th Annual Walk for Suicide Prevention at Wrightsville Beach Park supports the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s research and educational programs, survivors of suicide loss initiatives, and raises funds and awareness for suicide and mental illness. Check in/Registration begins at 12:30 pm. Wrightsville Beach Park, #1 Bob Sawyer Dr.

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PAGE TO STAGE

11/11, 6:30pm: Page to Stage Unlimited is an organization comprised of writers, actors and producers who are dedicated to producing and sharing original, locally-written works with the greater Wilmington community. In association with Cameron Art Museum, a series of readings with a different theme each month, featuring a mix of comedy and drama and performed by Page to Stage members will be offered. Our season ends with a Brad Field retrospective entitled “A Field Day” and will feature an assortment of his writings. The public is welcome to attend to enjoy and give feedback to Page to Stage’s more than forty local members. For more information about the group visit: https://www.facebook.com/ pagetostageunlimited?_rdr=p. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th St.

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL

An encore of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” to benefit the Thalian Association Community Theatre at the Blockade Runner runs November 13 & 14. Cocktails at 6pm; dinner at 7pm; and show at 8pm. Takes place at EAST Ocean front dining. $60 includes dinner, show and $25 donation to Thalian Association Community Theatre, 910-2562251. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill recounts Billie Holiday’s life story through her poignant voice and moving songs. The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of the greatest jazz singers of all-time, as she shares her loves and her losses, in a final performance, four months before her death. Among the songs that will be performed: “God Bless the Child”, “What a Little

Moonlight Can Do,” “Strange Fruit” and “Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness.”

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GOD CAN MEND ON BROKEN PIECES

11/28, 7pm: Stage play bring together music, song, poetry, acting, and dance to show that “God Can Mend on Broken Pieces!” Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Road

CINDERELLA

12/3, 7pm: This enchanting adaptation of an iconic fairy tale tells the story of Cinderella, a young woman forced into servitude by her evil stepmother. This kid-friendly (and husbandfriendly) abbreviated version of the classic tale features talented dancers, exquisite scenery, and beautiful costumes. A perfect introduction to ballet for the entire family. Tickets: $20/$15. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St.

11/13: QUINN DAHLE He’s made appearances on “The Tonight Show,” Comedy Central, Showtime, and even is in talks to create a sitcom based on his own life. Quinn Dahle is a standup comedian from L.A. by way of Minnesota.

Known for his improvisational crowd work, his act at Dead Crow Comedy Room this Friday will keep audiences laughing at his smart, clean wit. Two shows are slated for 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., with tickets only $14 in advance or $18 the day of the show. Head over to deadcrowcomedy.com to purchase.

MURDER AT THE COUNTRY CLUB

12/5, 6pm: From the pens of Wilmington writers Ryan PC Trimble and Chelsea Deaner comes a hilarious comedy that pokes a little fun at southern festivals and challenges audience members to guess the killer before show’s end. Don’t miss this live, interactive murder mystery brought to you from the producers at Wilmington’s Finest Dinner Theater: Theatre Now. Show information: Doors open at 6pm - show starts at 7pm. Cash beer and wine bar available, must show valid ID to purchase beer/wine. Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way

comedy DEAD CROW COMEDY CLUB

Ongoing schedule: Mon, Comedy Bingo and $1 tacos; Tues, free Crow’s Nest Improv (longform), 8pm; Wed, Nutt House Improv Show, 9pm, $3; Thurs, free open-mic night, 9pm; FriSat, national touring comedians/comediennes, 8pm/10pm $10-$15; Sun, closed. • 11:45pm: Late Fear with Willis Maxwell, Wilmington’s Late Night Talk Show, taped every 1st and 3rd Saturday night at midnight in the Dead Crow Comedy Room, Late Fear is a hilarious and fun showcase for Wilmington’s creative talent and small business. • Quinn Dahle: 11/13, 7 and 9:30pm: With appearances on The Tonight Show, Showtime, Comedy Central, Lopez Tonight and Carson Daly, Quinn is a smart, clean and witty stand-up comic with impeccable timing. He has worked with such names as Robin Williams, Drew Carey, Tim Allen, Dane Cook, Dana Carvey, Norm McDonald, Jon Lovitz, Bill Maher, and Frank Caliendo. • Dov Davidoff: 11/20, 6:30pm; 11/21, 9:30pm: Variety’s Top 10 to Watch and His comedy album, “The Point Is...”, was voted one of the top 10 comedy albums of the year on iTunes and in Punchline magazine. Dov starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in the film Invincible, and has been seen on any number of TV shows.

Davidoff has performed on The Tonight Show, and has had his own Comedy Central specials, including a 1/2 hour special, and his 1hr special.

Dov is now touring the country with what will be become his latest one hour comedy special, and finishing a memoir to be published by St Martin’s Press. • 11/28, 7pm and 9:30pm: Watch Ester Steinberg every week on the hit reality series “Funny Girls” on Oxygen where she is mentored

by Bill Burr and Margaret Cho. She’s also been on Comedy Central, Key and Peele.Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front Street.

COMEDY AT CALICO

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

Hosted by Reid Clark.

SKETCH COMEDY SHOW

11/11, 8pm: Wilmington, NC’s award-winning comedy troupe Pineapple-Shaped Lamps presents another installment of their hit monthly sketch comedy show, PSL Presents! Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we get together and showcase our newest original material, featuring some of the best talent from the local comedy and theater community! This month, our guest host is Amy Smith! As always, tickets are just $5 and a full bar and bar menu will be available. For more information, visit http://www.pineappleshapedlamps.org/ or email contact@pineappleshapedlamps.org.

TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St.

music/concerts CHENAULTS ORGAN DUO

11/13, 7:30pm: Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault, duo-organists, have performed extensively throughout the United States and in Europe. Specializing in works written for two performers, the Chenaults have commissioned and premiered over forty organ duets. Because of their unique and refreshing repertoire, combined with their exciting and sensitive artistry, the Chenaults are in demand as recitalists and have established themselves as America’s leading duo-organists.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. Sixteenth St.

ILM SINGER/SONGWRITER COOKOUT & JAM

11/14, 1pm: CIone Music Company of Wilmington proudly presents the first annual Cookout and Jam for Wilmington Singer/Songwriters. Family, friends, kids welcome! Bring your voices, guitars, keyboards, percussion instruments. We will have a signup sheet for you to add your name to the lineup. To help offset the cost of food, this year we are going to put out a donation bucket. We will have hot dogs and burgers and all the fixins you can eat. If you want to contribute and bring a side dish, please do. Will have coffee, water, and tea.. BYOB if you care to bring your own spirits.

This is going to be a super fun jam in the park!

Be sure to put it on your calendar! We will be at Shelter #1 AND we will have a merch table for those performing in the lineup to sell CDs. Side dish or donation bucket for the food. Hugh MacRae Park, 1799 S. College Rd.

UNCW JAZZ ENSEMBLE

11/14: Two great jazz ensembles perform jazz instrumental and vocal standards and more! $6 general public (includes tax) / free to students with valid UNCW ID. UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Drive

JUSTIN HOKE

11/19, 7:30pm: Justin Hoke performs selections from his new CD Open Sky, which includes works

by Barrios, Satie, Scarlatti, Brouwer and more.

Open Sky was made possible by a grant through the Arts Council of Wilmington. Free for UNCW students. UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Drive

CAROLINA PINE MUSIC FEST

11/20 at The Brooklyn Arts Center—Mike Blair and the Stonewalls, Rebekah Todd and The Odyssey, Beta Radio, and The Midatlantic. 11/21 at Satellite Bar and Lounge—Will Daube, DRISKILL, Margot in the Night Box, Heather Rogers, Scoundrel’s Reunion, Chris Frisina, Sean Richardson, Mac & Juice, Fuzz Jaxx, Sean Thomas Gerard, and Roy G. Biv & The White Noise. 11/22 at The Art Factory: Nina Repeta with Roger Davis & Mike Waddell, Jim Ashley, Elephant Convoy, Kyle Lindley, Dirty White Rag, Randy McQuay, The Paper Stars, The Brothers Egg, and Stray Local.

Price per day or weekend pass, www.facebook. com/CarolinaPineMusicSeries.

WSO

11/21, 7:30pm: Mozart’s Symphony No. 28, composed in his teens, radiates an aura of fully formed genius. Paul Hindemith’s masterful Symphony: Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter) is drawn from his opera about an artist caught in the world of politics. Tubist Daniel Johnson brings the heavy metal for Vaughan Williams’ Tuba Concerto - one of the composer’s most popular works, and essential repertoire for professional tubists.

Box Office: 910-962-3500. www.wilmingtonsymphony.org UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.

METRO OPERA PRESENTS LULU LIVE IN HD

11/21, noon: James Levine conducts the Met’s new production of Lulu. Extraordinary, Marlis Peterson has excited audiences around the world in her portrayal of the title role. A wild journey of

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love, obsession, and death! Mayfaire Theatre, 900 Towne Center UNCW CHAMBER CHOIR

11/29, 5pm: “Conducted by Joe Hickman, UNCW Chamber Choir performs standard choral repertoire and holiday music, including a movement from Bach?s motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Giuseppe Verdi’s O Padre nostro, and Franz Biebl?s Ave Maria. Traditional holiday music will include unaccompanied arrangements sacred and secular.’’ Complimentary tickets to all concerts are available one week prior to each concert at the NE Branch Library of New Hanover County. Frank H. Kenan Chapel in Landfall

JIVE ACES WITH SATIN DOLLZ

Tuesday, December 1 at 4pm and 7:30pm. The United Kingdom’s number one jive and swing band is bringing a holiday spectacular to the Mainstage. Known for their high energy Jump Jive music, The Jive Aces performed for Her Majesty the Queen as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and for the London Olympics.

They combine a mixture of fresh arrangements of swing, Jive, and R&B classics with a selection of superb swinging originals. $40/$32/$22. Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut Street

UNCW DEPT OF MUSIC HONORS

12/2, 7:30am: Join the Department of Music in a celebration with performances by outstanding vocal and instrumental students in the music department. A reception follows in the Cultural Arts lobby. UNCW Beckwith Recital Hall, 5270 Randall Dr.

JAZZ AT CAM

12/3, 6:30pm: The sixth season of the popular seven concert series offers a mixture of musicians from Wilmington and around the state performing a range of jazz genres for your listening pleasure. Purchase seats on CAM’s website: www.cameronartmuseum.org, by phone (910) 395-5999 or in person. Check schedule for date changes. Cameron Art Museum, instersection of 17 St. and Independence Blvd.

UNCW CHAMBER WINDS

12/4, 7:30pm: Conducted by John P. LaCognata, Wind Symphony is UNCW’s premier symphonic band; members consist of students from across the university. Wind Symphony performs the finest literature available for winds including traditional wind band repertoire, marches, transcriptions, and the newest 21st century works.

Chamber Winds is comprised of the top musicians from each section of the Wind Symphony; repertoire includes works written for concert band and wind ensemble, as well as standard wind literature. Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds have become an important addition to Wilmington’s musical landscape. $6 general public / free to students with valid ID. Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Rd.

UNCW HONOR BAND FESTIVAL FINALE

12/5, 3pm: Conducted by John LaCognata (UNCW director of bands) and Tom Jenner (Millbrook High School director of bands), the 6th annual UNCW Honor Band Festival concludes with a finale concert by North Carolina’s finest high school band students. Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Road

OLLI NEW HORIZONS BAND

12/7, 7:30pm: The OLLI New Horizons Band of Wilmington, in cooperation with the UNCW Department of Music, provides an opportunity for adults of all ages to make music in a concert band format. Experienced musicians and beginners alike are invited to participate. Kenan Auditorium (UNC Wilmington), 601 S. College Rd.

NC SYMPHONY

11/12, 7:30pm: Enjoy the majesty of favorite Russian composers, with conductor Grant Llewellyn, Di Wu on piano, playing Shostakovich: Festive

Overture, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6. Humanities and Fine Arts Center, CFCC campus, 411 N Front St. IRISH STEP DANCE

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

BABS MCDANCE STUDIO

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

76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB

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

CONTRA DANCE

Tuesday night dances, 5th Ave United Methodist Church on South 5th Ave at Nun, 7:30-9:30pm.

Social dance for all levels; singles and couples, families, college and high school students and folks of all dancing abilities are invited to come. $4. (910) 538-9711.

arts/exhibits THE SKY IS THE LIMIT

11/12, Spectrum Gallery is hosting an artist’s opening reception for Jodie Wrenn Rippy’s show, “The Sky Is the Limit” featuring her works using light and color to illustrate a variety of coastal skies. Live music will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. Spectrum Gallery, 1125 J Military Cutoff Rd.

WAA GENERAL MEETING

11/12: Please join the WAA November 12, 2015 for our General Meeting. The meeting is open to the public. Social, 6:30 pm; business meeting, 7pm; educational program, 8pm. This month’s program is with Justine Ferreri, ceramic artist par excellence, who will discuss her technique in building her wonderful, witty and whimsical creations. New Hanover County Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Drive

CFCC STUDENT ART SHOW OPENING

Flytrap Brewing presents a Student Art Show featuring a variety of works and mediums from Cape Fear Community College Art Students. On November 12th from 6-9pm, kickoff the CFCC Art Student exhibition. Instrumental guitarist Jay Killman and the Funky Fresh Food Truck will dish out tunes and local street food 7-10. Flytrap Brewing will donate a portion of sales to the CFCC Fine Arts Department. Student work will be on display through December 31, 2015. Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut Street

RENEGADE ARTISAN MARKET

11/14, 10am: Renegade Artisan Market is a holiday explosion of quality local handmade goods, which will benefit DREAMS. DREAMS Center for the Arts - Garage, 901 Fanning Street

THE MUSE’S CLOSET

Through Nov. 21: The Muse’s Closet features one of a kind items like hand painted silk blouses, upcycled jewelry, whimsical hats, and hand woven scarves. New Elements Gallery will host an opening reception on October 23rd, from 6pm to 9pm, in conjunction with Wilmington’s Fourth Friday Gallery Night. The public is invited to meet the artists and discuss their work. The Muse’s Closet will remain on view until November 21, 2015. Now celebrating 30 years, New Elements Gallery is located at 201 Princess Street, the corner of 2nd and Princess, in his-

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Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015 11:00am — 8:00pm

Make your reservations early! 910.343.0200 Dinner includes your choice of soup, salad, entrée with three sides, and dessert.

Vegetarian options available.

Soups Carolina Bisque, Butternut Squash, or Country Ham & Collard Salads – Mixed Greens with Apple, Roquefort, Seasoned Croutons, & Sherry Vinaigrette – Caesar Salad, Homemade Croutons, with Imported Reggiano Cheese Entrées – Oven Roasted Turkey with Giblet Gravy – Spiced Smoked Ham with Maple Glaze Accompaniments – Candied Yams – Collard Greens – Mashed Potatoes – French Green Beans – Sausage & Cornbread Stuffing Desserts Caribbean Fudge Pie, Pecan Pie, or Pumpkin Pie Adults - $26.95 • Children (under 12) - $12.95 A 20% gratuity will be added to all parties

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toric downtown Wilmington. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11am-6pm or by appointment. 201 Princess St. NO BOUNDARIES INT’L ART COLONY

11/21, 6pm: Inspired by the artist colony Sveti Joakim Osogovski in Kriva Palanka, Macedonia, NO BOUNDARIES INC. was founded in 1998

by Wilmington artists Pam Toll, Gayle Tustin and Dick Roberts. NO BOUNDARIES, a non-profit 501(c)3, sponsors an international artist colony for two weeks in November every two years in Wilmington and on Bald Head Island. Participating artists have come from many countries including Macedonia, Bulgaria, Canada, Holland, France, Scotland, Germany, Iraq, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Serbia, Peru, Argentina, and Wilmington’s Sister Cities in Barbados, China, and England. American artists participate on a rotating basis by invitation and application. Wilma W Daniels Gallery, CFCC, 200 Hanover Street

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Karen Paden Crouch and Mark Weber will be having a show at ACME Art Studios from Nov. 27th - Dec.18th. The show features paintings based on sculptures by Karen and pieces she has sculpted based on Mark’s work. The opening reception is Friday, Nov. 27th from 6-9pm. Acme Art Studios, 711 N 5th Ave.

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT

“Fourth Friday Gallery Night” is now coordinated by The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County, feat. 16 local art galleries and studios that will open their doors to the public in an after-hours celebration of art and culture, from 6-9pm, every fourth Friday of the month through 2014. Rhonda Bellamy at 910-343-0998, 221 N. Front St. Suite 101. artscouncilofwilmington.org

museums CAPE FEAR MUSEUM

Exhibits: Collection Selections: Smoking; closes 1/10/16: For centuries, people have smoked tobacco and other substances for religious, social, and medical reasons – and simply for pleasure.

Cape Fear Museum’s collection includes over 200 artifacts related to smoking, from 18th century clay pipe fragments to 20th century lighters, ashtrays, matchbooks and cigarette advertisements. Come view a selection of this diverse collection of objects. • Reflections in Black and White, closes 5/17: Cape Fear Museum’s newest in-house exhibition, Reflections in Black and White, features a selection of informal black and white photographs taken by black and white Wilmingtonians after World War II before the Civil Rights movement helped end legalized segregation. Visitors will have a chance to compare black and white experiences and reflect on what people’s lives were like in the region during the latter part of the Jim Crow era. Examine midcentury cameras and photographic equipment and experience the “thrill” of opening a replica camera store photo envelope, a rare experience in today’s digital world. Flip through some recreated pages from Claude Howell’s scrapbooks, and take your own photograph in a 1950s setting.

• For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 11/10-1/7/16: For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights examines the role that visual culture played in shaping and transforming the struggle for racial equality in America from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. Through a compelling assortment of photographs, television clips, art posters, and other historic artifacts, For All the World to See traces how images and media disseminated to the American public transformed the modern civil rights movement and jolted Americans, both black and white, out of a state of denial or com-

placency. • Family Science: Little Indians, 11/14, 10am: Discover ancient technologies used in hunting, travel, leisure, and trade. Examine local Native American potsherds and make your own clay pot to take home. Parental participation required. Free for members or with general admission. 10am: PreK; 11am and noon: Ages 5-14.

910-798-4370. Hours: Tues-Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. $5-$8. Free for museum members and children under 3. New Hanover County residents’ free day is the first Sun. ea. month. 814 Market St. capefearmuseum INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR EXHIBIT

11/5, 6pm: Invisible Wounds of War exhibit will feature veterans’ writing and photography both from workshops conducted locally and digital anonymous contributions of writing statewide.

Working with Jen Johnson, veterans have designed self-portraits, written in short form from prompts, and also collected photographs from their service that speak to their Invisible Wounds.

The exhibit is an exploration of psychological, moral, and spiritual injuries from war that is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Randall Library, UNCW, 601 S. College Rd.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

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

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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM

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

WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM

Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Children’s Hall, and spectacular model layouts. House in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and after-hours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd Mondays at 10:30am, only $5 per family and access to entire Museum. Admission only $9.00 adult, $8.00 senior/military, $5.00 child age 2-12, and free under age 2. North end of downtown, 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634, www. wrrm.org.

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LATIMER HOUSE

Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered MonFri, 10am-4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. $4-$12. The Latimer House of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is not handicapped accessible 126 S. Third St. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org

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World’s most fascinating and dangerous reptiles in beautiful natural habitats, feat. a 12-foot saltwater crocodile, “Bubble Boy.” and “Sheena”, a 23ft long Reticulated Python that can swallow a human being whole! Giant Anaconda weighs 300 lbs, w/15 ft long King Cobras hood up and amaze you. See the Black Mamba, Spitting Cobras, Inland Taipans, Gaboon Vipers, Puff Adders, and more! Over 100 species, some so rare they are not exhibited anywhere else. One of the most famous reptile collections on earth. Open everyday in summer, 11am-5pm (Sat. till 6 pm); winter schedule, Wed-Sun. 20 Orange St, across from the Historic Downtown Riverwalk, intersecting Front and Water Street. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

BELLAMY MANSION

One of NC’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (18211907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, itf ocuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action.910-251-3700. www.bellamymansion.org. 503 Market St.

CAMERON ART MUSEUM

Exhibits: José Bernal: Obra de Arte, through 2/26: First retrospective of Cuban born-American artist José Bernal (1925-2010). Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Bernal excelled at both music and

visual art as a child and, after receiving his Master’s Degree, began his teaching career while continuing to produce his artwork. In 1961, Bernal was arrested for unpatriotic behavior for refusal to work in the sugar cane fields. After this incident, Bernal and his wife Estela secured visas for themselves and their three children to leave Cuba for America and, by 1962, relocated to Chicago. Although he rarely exhibited, Bernal worked prolifically, producing hundreds of works throughout his lifetime and exploring the various mediums of painting, collage, assemblage and

SIGN UP NOW: WB TURKEY TROT

Gonna be around Wrightsville Beach for Thanskgiving? Make plans to participate in their 5K or 1-mile fun run as part of oa fundraiser for CF Habitat for Humanity. Registration is currently open for both the 5K ($35) and fun run ($15); children 5 and under can register for free. Top three males and females in three categories (divided by age), along with Best Individual Costume, Best Team Spirit/Costume, Biggest Team and Fastest Team. Visit https:// its-go-time.com/2015-wrightsville-beach-turkey-trot.

ceramics. • Response is the Medium through 1/10/16: In 1977 interactive art pioneer Myron W. Kruger stated, “The beauty of the visual and aural response is secondary. Response is the medium!

As an art form, this is unique. Instead of an artist creating a piece of artwork, the artist is creating

a sequence of possibilities.” The exhibition Response is the Medium explores the innovative ways artists are utilizing technology, perception and audience interaction in creating their work.

Media artists Brian Knep, Daniel Rozin and Purring Tiger (Aaron Sherwood and Kiori Kawai); metalsmith Gabriel Craig and composer Michael Remson. CAM Café hrs: Tues-Sat, 11am-3pm; Sun, 10am-3pm; Thurs. dinner. 910-395-5999. www.cameronartmuseum.org BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE

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

Admission rqd. (910) 762-0570. www.burgwinwrighthouse.com.

sports/recreation WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TURKEY TROT

11/26, 8am: Burn off those pre-Thanksgiving calories with the Wrightsville Beach Turkey Trot presented by The Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity. This race is fun for the whole family with a 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run. You can run or walk either race distance. The course is along The Loop, which is flat and fast taking you through Wrightsville Beach.

Cape Fear Habitat has a tried and tested partnership approach that makes families of all faiths in need of affordable housing a key part of their own housing solution. Cape Fear Habitat works with volunteers and donors who invest time and money into the partnership – so that families can help build, then buy, their own home on terms they can afford. Since 1987, Cape Fear Habitat has been able to meet the challenge of providing safe, decent, and affordable housing with more than 165 hardworking families in New Hanover and Pender counties. Proceeds raised from the Turkey Trot help build more homes in the Cape Fear area! The Loop at Wrightsville Beach Seawater Lane NOTES FROM THE FIELD: BIRDS OF PREY

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11/14, 9:15am: Join Wild Bird & Garden and avian researcher Tyler Michels for a program on the latest research and discoveries on Northern Harriers, Swainson’s Hawks, and Ferruginous Hawks. Tyler has extensive field experience with a wide variety of bird species – come and hear about the latest research on these fascinating birds. You’ll learn a lot, and you’ll love the pictures! Wild Bird & Garden (Wilmington), 3501 Oleander Dr. (Hanover Center)

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BEHIND THE GARAGE

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

SHORED UP

11/11, 7pm: Written and directed by Ben Kalina, award-winning film “Shored Up” takes us to the heart of this climate change controversy, following communities in New Jersey and NC where politics, economics and science collide. Beginning 3 years before Sandy hit and following the debates over beach replenishment and other attempts to hold back the sea, Shored Up is a convincing call for action along our coasts. Do we continue to develop as we have in the past, ignoring clear risks and danger? Or, do we allow science to guide our policies for the future—before it’s too late? Film will be followed by group discussion, led by federation staffer and film participant, Tracy Skrabal. The event is free for federation members and a suggested $10 donation for nonmembers. You can register for this event online below or in-person at the Coastal Education Center. Donations can be made in-person at the Coastal Education Center on the night of the event or in advance. All proceeds will benefit the federation’s education programming. NC Coastal Federation, 309 W. Salisbury St.

COMING HOME

11/18, 4pm: Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution in China, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past.

Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband’s return. (P-13, 1 hour 51 minutes).

Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut Street

kids’ stuff COTILION’S HOLIDAY ETIQUETTE PARTY

11/14, 4pm: Get your children polished up for Thanksgiving dinner and all upcoming holiday parties and events! Go to dinner or do some holiday shopping while your children brush up on introductions, party etiquette, dancing, gift giving/

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receiving, thank you notes and will practice table manners with a 3 course dinner! This is a one time event and fills quickly. Registration is currently open Contact Tracee Meyer 910-262-7447/ traceemeyer@gmail.com. Judges Rd. Event Center, 311 Judges Rd. Unit 2B. PRESCHOOL MATH AND SCIENCE

11/17, 3:30pm: Play, learn and explore math and science concepts at this interactive storytime, which includes hand-on science experiments and exploration stations. The program is designed for children ages 3 to 6, and each child must be accompanied by an adult. It’s free, but space is limited and preregistration is required on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org. Raquel Fava (rfava@nhcgov.com) or Krista Dean (kdean@ nhcgov.com) at 910-798-6368. Myrtle Grove Public Library, 5155 S. College Rd.

PILLOW BUDDIES

11/19, 3:30pm: Make a no-sew fleece pillow buddy to enjoy on chilly winter nights. This crafting session is for families with kids in elementary school. Attendance and materials are free, but you must preregister each child making a pillow buddy on the calendar at www.nhclibrary. org. Children’s Librarian Julie Criser at jcriser@ nhcgov.com or 910-798-6303. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

MESSY HANDS TODDLER ART

11/19, 10am: Toddlers will get their hands into art at this new activity at New Hanover County’s Main Library! It’s scheduled for a half hour on the first and third Thursday mornings of September, October, November and December. Kids ages 2 to 4 can explore a variety of artistic media and methods at their own pace, focusing on the process rather than a product. Messy Hands Toddler Art is a free activity but space is limited, so please

preregister for each session you want to attend with your toddler, on the calendar at www.nhcgov.com. Each child must be accompanied by an adult, and everyone should dress in clothes that can get messy! New Hanover County Ready to Read Library Outreach Ladies, Raquel Fava (rfava@nhcgov.com) or Krista Dean (kdean@ nhcgov.com) at 910-798-6368.

THEATRE NOW

Children’s Theater Super Saturday Fun Time.

Kid’s live adventure and variety show. Saturdays.

Doors open att 3pm. $8/$1 off with Kid’s Club Membership. Drop off service available.Tickets: www.theatrewilmington.com or 910-399-3NOW

lectures/readings BARNES AND NOBLE

Every Friday night we have a family story time with activities. • Toddler Story Time, 10am, every Tuesday for toddler story time and coloring.

• 7pm: Join us every third Thursday of each month as we talk about Magic Tree House stories and adventures and enjoy crafts and activities.

• Join us every third Thursday of each month as we talk about Magic Tree House stories and adventures and enjoy crafts and activities. • American Girl Night, every second Thursday of each month to talk about American Girl stories and enjoy crafts and activities. • Barnes & Noble , 750 Inspiration Drive

FLICK OR FICTION BOOK CLUB

11/16, 6:30pm: This month’s book: “Being There.”

Book available at Old Books on Front St 15% discount for club members. 2016’s book: Gone with the Wind. Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.

FEARLESS PIRATES OF THE CAPE FEAR

11/16, 7:30pm: Author, historian, and descendent of the Newton family, Brooks Newton Preik will talk about the “Fearless Pilots of the Cape Fear River.” Federal Point History Center, 1121 N. Lake Park Blvd.

HOLDING HOPE

11/17: HOLDING HOPE In honor of Veteran’s Day 2015, and in conjunction with the Invisible Wounds of War Project, Marion Gittings will give a lecture at UNCW’s McNeill Hall, within the Health and Human Sciences Department.

A psychotherapist and suicide prevention coordinator, Gittings’ lecture will take place in tandem with Jen Johnson’s presentation, “Healing the Invisible Wounds of War.” The project works with veterans on mindfulness, photography and writing. The lecture is free and open to the public.

11/17, 6:30pm: In conjunction with the Invisible Wounds of War Project, Marion Gittings, MSW, LCSW who is the Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Wilmington VA and a psychotherapist in private practice will present on suicide prevention strategies. This lecture is being offered with Jen Johnson’s presentation, Healing the Invisible Wounds of War through mindfulness, writing and photography. UNCW McNeill Hall College of Health and Human Sciences, room 1051

Multipurpose Room. invisiblewoundsnc.com.

classes/workshops

BRIDGING GAP TO WHOLE PERSON CARE

11/20, 6:30pm: Invisible Wounds of War NC project proudly welcomes Kennita Carter, MD who is the Acting Director of the Integrative Health Coordinating Center, Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC. More information is available at invisiblewoundsnc.com.

UNCW McNeill Hall, College of Health and Human Sciences Room 1051, Multi-Purpose Room.

GOING GREEN BOOK CLUB

12/1, 6pm: Winter Count, by Barry Lopez. Books available at Old Books on Front St at discount to book club members. Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.

BASIC TAX PREP WORKSHOP

11/14, 10am: Learn the basic steps of filing individual tax returns at this free Library workshop with Kamila Blessing of H & R Block. Topics will include: who must file, what forms to use, claiming dependents, and basic deductions. There will be time for questions, and participants may wish to bring previous years’ tax records for their own reference. Kamila Blessing is a Master Tax Adviser and Instructor at H&R Block’s University Landing office, and an Enrolled Agent licensed to represent taxpayers before the IRS. Preregistration is requested for this free workshop, on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org. Walk-ins will be accepted if space permits. Participants are welcome to bring bag lunches. Justine Roach at

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12/8-9, 9am: Adaptive Leadership is a practical leadership framework that helps individuals and organizations adapt and thrive in challenging environments. It is being able, both individually and collectively, to take on the gradual but meaningful process of change. It is about diagnosing the essential from the expendable and bringing about a real challenge to the status quo. During this two day nonprofit leadership academy you will learn about smart risk-taking, how to have courageous conversations, how we get in our own way as leaders, and much more! Adaptive Leadership emerged from thirty plus years of research at Harvard University by Dr. Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, defining the frontier of leadership training and development. Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.

BALANCE AND BREWS

11/11, 6:30pm: For 11/11, our wish is for you to join us for Balance and Brew! No better way to wind down from your day than with a view overlooking Wrightsville Beach within the cozy walls of one our favorite hang outs. Join Taylor White for an all levels vinyasa class followed by a social hour including a brew provided by The Post Cafe! A portion of your proceeds will benefit Wavesforwater.org. Bring own mat; cost: $15.

Portion of the proceeds will benefit wavesforwater.org. Registration is limited to 15 people. The Post Cafe, 708 South Lumina Ave

SHRED AND PROTECT

Protect yourself from identity theft by bringing your personal documents and records to be safely shredded at no cost to you. Guidelines: This event is for those who live, work or play in Wrightsville Beach. No businesses, please.

There is a five (5) box or bag maximum per person. Staples, paper clips, and thin folders can be shredded along with the paper documents.

No three-ring binders. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation, 1 Bob Sawyer Dr. 910-256-7925. parksandrecreation@towb.org. www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com

FALL ECONOMIC SERIES

11/19, 5:30pm: Downtown’s Changing Skyline: A Six-pack of Projects. Blair Booth - Sawmill Point Apartments; Tom Davis - CityBlock Apartments; Brian Eckel - 101 North Third; Lee Perry - Water Street Deck Redevelopment; Todd Saieed - Pier 33 Apartments; Chuck Schoninger - Restaurants + Marina. Hear from six investors changing the face of Downtown. This panel of experts will talk about development trends for new housing, office, hospitality and retail space in Downtown and provide insight about their projects. Individual tickets start at $20 (by Nov. 5) and include appetizers and two beverages. Tables and sponsorships are available with premium seating and branding options. Make plans today to join downtowners and other civic leaders at this informative and enlightening session! Coastline Conference and Event Center, 501 Nutt St.

CFFA BEGINNING FENCING

Cape Fear Fencing Association 6 week beginning fencing class starts August 18th at 6:30 pm in the basement of the Tileston gym, 5th and Ann streets.. Class will meet for approximately 1 hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays, All fencing equipment provided, students should wear loose fitting clothing and sneakers. Appropriate for ages 8 80. Cost is $50 plus a $10 membership to USA Fencing good until July 31, 2016. Taught by Internationally accredited instructor.

clubs/notices NANOWRIMO

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November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. It’s like a month-long Ironman Triathlon for aspiring writers. If a novel is simmering in the back of your head, this free introductory program will help you get ready to crank out your first draft! The NaNoWriMo challenge is to write 50,000 words during November, in the virtual company of thousands of other would-be novelists around the world. On 10/31 at Northeast Library a panel of local writers who have already done the NaNoWriMo crunch will talk about their experiences and share their best tips for staying sane while getting the words on the page.

Librarian Carla Sarratt is planning NaNoWriMo events at NHC Library for the first time this year, and looks forward to sharing information about Self-e, an online tool the Library offers where writers can self-publish e-books at no charge.

Carla Sarratt at 910-798-6341 or csarratt@nhcgov.com. Explore Self-e at http://nhcpl.libguides. com/writes, and learn more about NaNoWriMo at http://nanowrimo.org. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd N. BRUNSWICK NEWCOMERS ASSOC.

11/13, 9:30am: The North Brunswick Newcomers Club (NBNC) meets 2nd Friday of each month September through June. We meet at Brunswick Community College. Refreshments and social time begins at 9:30 followed by the program and general meeting at 10:00 am. A sample of our programs for this upcoming year: Steve Vernon from Big Dawg Productions, Neil Brooks Director of Parks, Recreation, and Environmental Program for the town of Leland, Rebecca Albin from The First Tee of Brunswick County, Daphne Holmes from the Cameron Art Museum, and Jay Barnes from the N. C. Aquarium Society. We are a social organization helping members become familiar with the area, its culture, history, and lifestyles.

Our organization is a great way for people new to the area to connect with others through the meetings and the small activity groups included but not limited to golf, theater, dining out, fishing, walking, etc. Go to www.nbnewcomers.org to join and learn more about our organization. Brunswick Community College, 2050 Enterprise Dr NE

TIDEWATER CAMELLIA CLUB

Camellia Plant Sale Begins 10am; Bloom Display noon-4pm. Free show. Enter your Camellia Bloom and win a prize! Help provided by experts. Plant care demonstrations. www.tidewatercamelliaclub.org. New Hanover County Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Drive

CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB

Club meets third Tues. each month, Sept thru June, 7pm at Cape Fear Community College, McCloud Bldg, room S002. www.capefearcameraclub.org

CAPE FEAR KNITTERS

Cape Fear Knitters, the Wilmington chapter of The Knitting Guild of America (TKGA) meets the third Sat. ea. month, 10am-noon. Gerri: 3713556. Judy: 383-0374.

CAPE FEAR WEDDING ASSOCIATION

Meet and greets the third Wed. ea. month. $25, members free. www.capefearweddingassociation.com

YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF NHC

Meet the 1st and 3rd Tues. ea. month at the downtown public library, third floor, 6:30pm. Ages 18-35.

COUPON CLUB

Wilmington Coupon Club meets monthly, second Monday, at 6pm Come exchange coupons and learn how to save money. www.wilmingtoncouponclub.com

culinary FARMERS’ MARKETS

Fruits, vegetables, plants, herbs, flowers, eggs, cheese, meats, seafood, honey and more! Poplar Grove, Apr-Nov, Wed, 8am-1pm. 910-686-9518. www.poplargrove.com • Riverfront Farmers’ Market open on Water St., downtown, every Sat., through Dec., 8am-1pm. Food, arts & craft vendors and live music. www.wilmingtondowntown. com/farmers-market • Carolina Beach Farmer’s Market every Sat., May-Sept, 8am-1pm, around the lake in Carolina Beach. Free parking; vendors align the lake, from artists and crafters and musicians. www.carolinabeachfarmersmarket.com.

• Oak Island Farmers’ Market, Mon., April-Nov., 7am-1pm. Middletown Park, Oak Island • Southport Waterfront Market, Wednesdays, May-Sept., 8am-1pm. Garrison Lawn in Southport, NC. • St. James Plantation Farmers’ Market, Thurs., MayOct., 4-7pm, at the Park at Woodlands Park Soccer Field.

FERMENTAL

Weekly wine and beer tasting, Fridays. 7250 Market St. www.fermental.net.

WINEDOWN WEDNESDAYS

Free tasting of wine from around the globe. Every week hosted by a winery representative or vendor to teach you about the selections. All wines offered at a discount as well as an additional 10%off 6 packs and 15%off cases. Come winedown after a long humpday. Palate Bottle Shop & Reserve, 1007 N. 4th St.

WINE TASTING

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

Branch service area. Beth Gaglione, Wilmington Branch Director, at 910-251-1465 ext. 2205; bgaglione@foodbankcenc.org. foodbankcenc. org/ChefsFeast.

FEAST DOWN EAST BUYING CLUB

Enjoy the quality, value and convenience of the Feast Down East Buying Club. It costs nothing to join. The benefits are immeasurable. It is a great way to eat healthier, while knowing you support your local farm families and community. Log on at www.FeastDownEast.org and start buying fresh local food, sourced from Southeastern NC farms.

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

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

TASTING HISTORY TOURS

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

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

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

910-622-6046.

PORT CITY SWAPPERS

Port City Swappers is a monthly food and beverage swap where members of a community share homemade, homegrown, or foraged foods with each other. Swaps allow direct trades to take place between attendees, e.g., a loaf of bread for a jar of pickles or a half-dozen backyard eggs.

No cash is exchanged, and no goods are sold.

Diversify your pantry and go home happy and inspired while meeting your neighbors! facebook. com/PortCitySwappers.

WILMINGTON WINE SHOP

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

NONI BACCA WINERY

and Browncoat Theatre & Pub, as well as beer from us. $10 pitchers: Bartender’s choice. All day.

Sour Night: $1 off select sour ales. • Beer Infusement Thurs.: Come see what ingredients Randall the Enamel Animal is enhancing upon delicious beer. Free.

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Tasting room open seven days a week, 10am- FAMILIES ANONYMOUS 9pm (Mon-Sat) and 12-5pm (Sun.). Taste a flight Thursdays, 7:30pm: A worldwide 12-step recovof 6 or 9 wines; over 70 wines made on premery fellowship has started a new group in Wilmise to sample at any time, served by the glass or ington for families whose lives are affected by a the bottle. • Thurs.-Sat.: Specials at the bar on family member’s use of mind-altering substancglasses and bottles of wine that run all day, but es or related behavioral problems—especially the crowd begins to gather around 7pm. Craft helpful to parents struggling with an addicted beer selection, too. We also make special label child. Through meetings, literature and a carwines for weddings, corporate gifting, birthdays, ing fellowship, FA can help parents develop the reunions, or any event. 910-397-7617. skills to cope with this family disease and bring serenity back to their lives. No dues or fees are RED BANK WINE required for membership. First names only are Red Bank’s wine of the week, Sat., 1-4pm. 1001 used at meetings to preserve individual anonymInternational Dr. 910-256-9480. ity. Advance notice is not necessary to attend a FORTUNATE GLASS meeting. Visitors are welcome. 609-238-0174 or Free wine tasting, Tues. 6-8pm. • Sparkling wine email clark@milioti.com. Wilmington Treatment specials and discounted select bottles, Wed. Center, 2520 Troy Dr. About the FA organization: & Thurs. • Monthly food and wine pairings. 29 www.familiesanonymous.org or 847-294-5877 or South Front St. 800-736-9805. All calls and contacts are confidential.

CAPE FEAR WINE AND BEER Beer Church Sun.: Purchase select beer and OVEREATER’S ANONYMOUS keep your glass for free. 1st Mass starts, 1pm; Wednesdays, Pine Valley United Methodist 2nd Mass , 8pm Free. • Beer Flights, Massage Church. OA is a 12-Step organization for anyand Monday Night Nitro Massage Monday: one suffering from compulsive overeating, an5-8pm, $10 for 10 minutes with our licensed therorexia, bulimia, or any food/eating-related issue. apist, Josh Lentz. Beer Flights: nine 5 oz samples We have helped thousands of people stop their for $18. • Monday Night Nitro: $1 off nitrogen self-destructive habits and start living healthy, pours. Free. • Wed: BYOT (Bring Your Own Trivrewarding lives. There are over 30 meetings a ia): The next wave of pub trivia. Prizes include gift week in the greater Triangle area. We have no certificates to Chop’s Deli, Memory Lane Comics, dues, fees, or religious affiliations. Come and

CHEF’S FEAST

11/16, 7pm: The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina at Wilmington will host the inaugural Chef’s Feast event on Monday, November 16, 2015 at the Terraces at Sir Tyler (1826 Sir Tyler Dr.). The event will raise funds to provide meals for the nearly 75,000 people living with food insecurity in the Wilmington area. Chef’s Feast will showcase a decadent array of local, signature dishes. Ticket price is $80 for a single ticket and $150 per couple. Special thanks to presenting sponsors Harris Teeter, AARP and media partners WILMA and the Greater Wilmington Business Journal. Proceeds benefit the nearly 75,000 people living with food insecurity in the Wilmington

11/16: CHEF’S FEAST Chef Vivian Howard of Chef and the Farmer in Kinston, NC—the focus of the PBS award-winning program, “A Chef’s Life”—will be featured along with local Top Chef Keith Rhodes of Catch at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC’s inaugural Chef’s Feast at Sir Tyler Terraces.

The event will be a fundraiser for the food bank, in an effort to provide nearly 75,000 meals to families in need. Signature dishes, an open bar and silent auction are included in the ticket price: $80 for singles or $150 for couples. Beth Gaglione: 910-251-1465, ext. 2205.

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Third Tuesday of each month. There is no charge to attend the meeting, and drop-ins are welcome.

Contact the LFANC at info@lupusnc.org or at 877-849-8271, ext. 1. For more information, visit www.lupusnc.org. This group provides participants with an opportunity to receive introductory information about lupus, encourage the expression of concerns, provide an opportunity to share experiences, encourage and support positive coping strategies, and emphasize the importance of medical treatment. Meeting programs vary from guest speakers to DVD presentations and open group discussion. Northeast Regional Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Road

OCD/ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP

The first Thursday Dr. Savard does an educational presentation and the third Thursday is member led. Everyone 18 and older is welcome. Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B

CAREGIVERS AND COFFEE

Free monthly meeting on the third Friday of each month, 9:30am. Every day, staff and volunteers of Lower Cape Fear Hospice see the challenges faced by those caring for loved ones. Caregivers and Coffee was created to offer caregivers assistance and encouragement. Each month, LCFH will offer a Caregivers and Coffee session where caregivers can come, share their experiences, encourage each other and learn about valuable resources and support. Meetings will be facilitated by hospice staff, but will also feature topics selected by the group, including visits from other community organizations. Caregivers and Coffee will include informal conversations, learning opportunities and coffee. Chris Scott at 796-7927 or chris.scott@lcfh.org. Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Drive

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MEET UP

Lower Cape Fear Hospice will host a free MeetUp for high school students from 5-6:30 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 3, at Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Drive in Wilmington. Pizza will be served. MeetUps are an opportunity for teens to interact with other young people who have experienced the death of someone special. Often being around others who have been through a similar experience enables participants to talk about what they are experiencing. The meeting helps emphasize that teens are not grieving alone and others understand and can support them on their grief journey. To attend, a permission form must be signed by a parent or guardian. Pre-registration is mandatory. (910) 796-7991. www.lcfh.org or facebook.com/lcfhospice

TREMOR SUPPORT GROUP

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

HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

12/7, 1pm: Lower Cape Fear Hospice will offer free holiday grief workshops, Hope for the Holidays, in December. Workshops will be 5-7 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 1, and 1-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7.

Both workshops will be at the Dr. Robert M. Fales Hospice Pavilion, 1406 Physicians Drive in Wilmington. Ggrief group discussions include understanding the grief process; coping with loss; defining realistic expectations for the holidays; and suggestions for creating new holiday traditions.

Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 796-7991. When leaving a message, please leave your name, phone number and indicate the specific program you wish to attend. Donations are appreciated. www.lcfh.org or facebook.com/lcfhospice

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AA SOBRIETY MEETINGS

Trudge through roadblocks rooted in past trauma(s), regardless of cause. Discussion (closed meeting for those with a desire to stop drinking). Fellowship Center (next to Intergroup), 5901 Wrightsville Ave. Wed. meetings, 7pm.

VISUALLY IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP

Blind/Visually Impaired Support Group. For more information please contact Jennifer Delong-White 910-251-5743. New Hanover County Senior Center, 2222 S. College Rd.

CROHNS AND COLITIS SUPPORT GROUP

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

TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP

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

GAMBLER’S ANONYMOUS MEETING

Tues., 6:30pm: “Do you think you have a Gambling problem? Is gambling causing stress in your life? Do you often gamble recklessly until your last dollar is gone? Does gambling cause you anxiety? There is help! Come join Wilmington Gambler’s Anonymous and take the first step to getting your life back in control.” Ogden Baptist Church, 7121 Market St.

THRIVE

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

Contact information: Pastor Jim Snider 910-7913859 or www.lifecc.com. 3500 Oleander Dr.

ALZHEIMER’S ASSOC. SUPPORT GROUP

For family caregivers. It’s not appropriate for people with dementia to attend. The group meets the fourth Monday of every month, 2pm. Free. Details: 399-5905 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 North 16th Street

OCD/ANXIETY DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP

7pm: Building B. Group meets the first and third Thursday of each month. Open to adults 18 and older. Family members welcome. The first Thursday of each month is an educational presentation by Dr.Savard. Third Thursday is member led.

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

PFLAG

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

tours LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR

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

HOLLYWOOD LOCATION TOURS

Tour one of America’s largest living film sets; historic downtown Wilmington. This fun-filled 90 minute walking tour will lead gue sts to actual movie & TV locations. Tours will depart Tues., Thurs.,

Sat. and Sun. afternoons at 2pm. Reservations are required, $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, students or military and children 6 or under are free.

910-794-7177, www.HollywoodNC.com.

HENRIETTA III CRUISES

An elegant, 3 tiered boat offering sight-seeing, lunch and dinner cruises, site seeing tours and a Sunset Dinner Cruise June-Aug. On the riverfront. April-Oct: Narrated sightseeing cruises 2:30pm 1-1/2 hours Tuesday-Sunday, Narrated lunch cruises 12:00 noon 1-1/2 hours TuesdaySaturday. May-Oct: Murder Mystery Dinner Cruises, Tuesday & Thursday evening 2 hours 6:30 pm; Apr-Dec: Friday evening dinner cruises 2-1/2 hours 7:30 pm, Saturday evening dinner cruises 3 hours 6:30 pm. 343-1611. www.cfrboats.com

THALIAN HALL TOURS

In addition to a full schedule of performances, self-guided tours of the theater are offered MonFri, 12-6pm, Sat 2-6pm. Guided tours by appt.

343-3664.

WILMINGTON TROLLEY

Eight mile, 45 minute narrated tour aboard a nostalgic, motorized trolley. Downtown. 763-4483.

GHOST WALK

6:30pm & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington. Nightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm.

Admission charge. Meets at Water & Market streets. Reservations required: 910-794-1866; www.hauntedwilmington.com

TOURS OF WWII SITES

Wilmington author and military historian Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., now leads customized, personalized guided tours of World War II sites in Southeastern North Carolina. 793-6393. History@wilburjones. com

HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS

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

CONFEDERATE ILM WALKING TOURS

Confederate Wilmington Walking Tours. Experience Wilmington’s people, history and architecture in the late antebellum period and during the conflict, conducted by noted Wilmington historian Bernhard Thuersam. Walk in the footsteps of George Washington, James Monroe, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens and more. Learn the deep background about war attitudes, preparations, forts along the Cape Fear and city defenses, local leaders and military units, blockade running, ironclads and Fort Fisher. The in-depth 90-minute tours are by appointment only, Sunday through Saturday; 910-619-4619, or bernhard1848@gmail.com for current prices. Step-on and personalized tours downtown and local forts available. Tour begins at the foot of Market Street. www.cfhi.net. Foot of Market and Water streets.

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20) “I demand unconditional love and complete freedom,” wrote Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun. “That is why I am terrible.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I’m offering you the chance, at least temporarily, to join Šalamun in demanding unconditional love and complete freedom. Unlike him, you must satisfy one condition: Avoid being terrible. Can you do that? I think so; although, you will have to summon unprecedented amounts of emotional intelligence and collaborative ingenuity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You have the answers you need, but you keep sniffing around as if there were different or better answers to be had. Moreover, you’ve been offered blessings that could enable you to catalyze greater intimacy, but you’re barely taking advantage of them—apparently because you underestimate their potency. Here’s what I think: As long as you neglect the gifts you have already been granted, they won’t provide you with their full value. If you give them your rapt appreciation, they will bloom.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) tried to earn a living by selling pencil sharpeners, but couldn’t make it. In frustration, he turned to writing novels. Success!

Among his many popular novels, 27 of them were about a fictional character named Tarzan. The actor who played Tarzan in the movies based on Burroughs’ books was Johnny Weissmuller. As a child, he suffered from polio and rebuilt his strength by becoming a swimmer. He eventually won five Olympic gold medals.

Burroughs and Weissmuller are your role models in the coming weeks, Gemini.

It’s a favorable time for you to turn defeat into victory.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Artist Andy Warhol had an obsession with green underpants. In fact, that’s all he ever wore beneath his clothes. It might be fun and productive for you to be inspired by his private ritual. Life is virtually conspiring to ripen your libido, stimulate your fertility and expedite your growth. Anything you do to encourage these cosmic tendencies could have an unusually dramatic impact. Donning green undies might be a good place to start. It would send a playful message to your subconscious mind that you are ready and eager to bloom.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In the coming weeks, take special notice of the jokes and humorous situations that prompt you to laugh the loudest. They will provide important clues about the parts of your life that need liberation. What outmoded or irrelevant taboos should you consider breaking? What inhibitions are dampening your well-being? How might your conscience be overstepping its bounds and making you unnecessarily constrained? Any time you roar with spontaneous amusement, you will know you have touched a congested place in your psyche that is due for a cleansing.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) For each of the last 33 years, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Los Angeles has selected a “National Hero Dog.” It’s an award given to a canine that has shown exceptional courage in helping or rescuing people. In 2015 the group departed from tradition. Its “National Hero Dog” is a female cat named Tara. Last May, she saved a 4-year-old boy by scaring off a dog that had begun to attack him. I’m guessing you will soon have an experience akin to Tara’s. Maybe you’ll make a gutsy move that earns you an unexpected honor. Maybe you’ll carry out a dramatic act of compassion that’s widely appreciated. Or maybe you’ll go outside your comfort zone to pull off a noble feat that elevates your reputation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) According to cartoon character Homer Simpson, “Trying is the first step towards failure.” I don’t agree with that comic advice. But I do think the following variant will be applicable to you in the coming weeks: “Trying ‘too hard’ is the first step

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toward failure.” So, please, don’t try “too hard,” Libra! Overexertion should be taboo. Straining and struggling would not only be unnecessary but counterproductive. If you want to accomplish anything worthwhile, make sure your default emotion is relaxed confidence. Have faith in the momentum generated by all the previous work you have done to arrive where you are now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Elsie de Wolfe (1859-1950) was a pioneer in the art of interior design. She described herself as “a rebel in an ugly world.” Early in her career, she vowed, “I’m going to make everything around me beautiful,” and she often did just that. In part through her influence, the dark, cluttered decor of the Victorian Era, with its bulky draperies and overly ornate furniture, gave way to rooms with brighter light, softer colors and more inviting textures. I’d love to see you be inspired by her mission, Scorpio. It’s a good time to add extra charm, grace and comfort to your environments.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) At the age of 36, author Franz Kafka composed a 47-page letter to his father Herman. As he described the ways that his dad’s toxic narcissism and emotional abuse had skewed his maturation process, he refrained from lashing out with histrionic anger. Instead, he focused on objectively articulating the facts, recounting events from childhood and analyzing the family dynamic. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you write a letter to your own father—even if it’s filled with praise and gratitude instead of complaint. At this juncture in your life story, I think you especially need the insights that this exercise would generate. (P.S. Write the letter for your own sake, not with the hope of changing or hurting or pleasing your dad. You don’t have to give it to him.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Shizo Kanakuri was one of Japan’s top athletes when he went to compete in the marathon race at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Partway through the event, fatigued by sweltering heat, bad food and the long journey he’d made to get there, Kanakuri passed out. He recovered with the help of a local farmer, but by then the contest was over. Embarrassed by his failure, he sneaked out of Sweden and returned home. Fast forward to 1966: Producers of a TV show tracked him down and invited him to resume what he’d started. He agreed. At the age of 74, he completed the marathon, finishing with a time of 54 years, eight months. I think it’s time to claim your own personal version of this opportunity, Capricorn. Wouldn’t you love to resolve a process that got interrupted?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In most sporting events, there’s never any doubt about which competitor is winning. Each step of the way, the participants and spectators know who has more points or goals or runs. But one sport isn’t like that. In a boxing match, no one is aware of the score until the contest is finished—not even the boxers themselves. I think you’re in a metaphorically comparable situation. You won’t find out the final tally or ultimate decision until the “game” is complete. Given this uncertainty, I suggest you don’t slack off, even a little. Keep giving your best until the very end.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) One night as you lie sleeping in your bed, you will dream of flying through the sunny summer sky. The balmy air will be sweet to breathe. Now and then, you will flap your arms like wings, but mostly you will glide effortlessly. The feeling that flows through your body will be a blend of exhilaration and ease. Anywhere you want to go, you will maneuver skillfully to get there. After a while, you will soar to a spot high above a scene that embodies a knotty problem in your waking life. As you hover and gaze down, you will get a clear intuition about how to untie the knots. Whether or not you remember this dream, the next day you will work some practical magic that begins to shrink or dissolve the problem.

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