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School has started back up, tourists are headed the other di rection, the temperatures will (hopefully) begin to cool off, and the holidays are in view on the horizon. We absolutely love Autumn in Brunswick County. It seems a little slower, but there’s somehow even more to do than during the summer. Page through this issue and you’ll find a huge variety of activities. Check out our Calendar pages at the end and you’ll find the biggest list of upcoming events we’ve published this year. If history is your bag, check out all the upcoming events at the Brunswick Town State Historic Site. If you like your history with a side of spooky, look into a ghost tour of the Battleship North Carolina. Celebrate our awesome communities at Leland’s Founders Day and Belville’s Fall Festival. Gather your crew and join the Feast of Pi rates in Belvilles Riverfront Park. Hop on your bike and cruise from Navas sa to Belville with the Riverside Ride. Stop in the Leland Cultural Arts Center and check out the creativity of your neighbors at the Brunswick Arts Council Fall Art Show. We have such a treasure chest of options, you’ll need to pick and choose most weekends. So get out there and enjoy!
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Amy is an attorney turned small busi ness owner and her husband is in sup ply chain management. Amy selects the wine they offer while her husband enjoys getting to know the local beer. In order to keep her wine selection fresh, Amy buys from small, organ ic family-owned vineyards, which are either certified organic or are practic ing organic farming, from all over the world. Visiting the wine part of the business, you will find an excellent se lection of moderately priced wines. I picked up a white and a red wine. The white was a 2020 bottle of Pozzan Chardonnay from California’s Russian River Valley area. It was a subtle yet re freshing wine that would pair well with many types of food. The wine had an unmistakable scent of ginger with flo ralTheaccents.redwine was a 2017 South Af rican Cabernet from Noble Hill Vine yards. This wine was a show stopper! Filled with rich, deep aromas of earth tones and dark berries, this wine is something I would serve with a “meat meal.” It was strong from start to fin ish and stayed consistent with what you would expect from the Cabernet grape.Wine, like yoga, has a long history.
Unwined Mixes Yoga With A Wine Bar
Amy and her husband Brian lived in Wake Forest and opened their first wine bar there four years ago. At the same time, their daughter, Jana, was training to become a certified Yoga instructor. Amy is a wine enthusiast and she knows that enjoying wine is a very social thing. “Wine brings people together,” she said. “People like to sample it, talk about how it tastes to them, and share their knowledge with others. I started to think that certain as pects of physical activity do the same thing. People like to walk and exercise with other people who understand how important it is to be active and stay healthy.”Onceher daughter got her teach ing certification, Amy asked her is she wanted to join the family wine business, but bring a whole new dimension to it—wine and yoga. “I’m always looking for fun, new con cepts to try,” Amy explained. “I took two good sources of things that people enjoy and fused them together. Instead of meeting people in a yoga class and going your separate ways after the class is finished, now you can do an hour ses sion of yoga and then meet with your friends after class and enjoy a glass of wine. I think it stretches that hour of relaxing positive endorphins you get when you exercise into additional time to keep stress at a minimum.” But why Leland? Amy smiled as she looked around at the polished gray floor and sleek wine box tables placed across from a comfy couch. She said, “Gary Vidmar, the Executive Director of Economic Development for Leland, played a big part in getting us here. My husband and I like going to the beach. Like so many people, we wanted to re tire and be near water. Plus, people from up North are flooding into Le land and I knew that the demand for this type of concept would be high in this market. Wilmington seemed too saturated with wine bars and it was too busy. Leland has a relaxed atmo sphere. We are located close to several main highways, so people from all over the county can come and enjoy what we have to offer, and the Chamber of Commerce is taking major steps to re vitalize this area. All things considered; this is an ideal location.”
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Each of us has something that we love to do or experience that makes us more than happy, that wakes up the passion inside of us and makes us want to share what we love with others. So it goes without saying that when you find your passion—your true calling, you have to act on it and make it so. That’s exactly what Amy Burkhardt did in July, when she opened up Unwined on the Square in Leland.
Amy has two passions. One is bring ing people together, and the other is maintaining a healthy lifestyle. That’s the attraction of Unwined on the Square. It’s a yoga studio and wine lounge.Butbefore you start wondering how anyone can hold a glass of wine while doing the “Tree” pose or “Downward, Facing Dog,” let me explain.
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The name Yoga comes from the base word “yuj” in Sanskrit, and means to unite. Sanskrit is a classical language originating in South Asia and is the sacred language of Hindu ism. In the Hindu faith, Yoga has been described as a practice to control the senses and the mind. Early Hindu texts suggest that there are four types of Yoga—“Bhakti” meaning devotion, “Jnana” translating to knowledge, “Karma,” or action and “Dhyana” the act of concentration. The Yoga that many people practice today is most closely related to “Dhyana.” Amy and her team offer a variety of classes in the mornings. On Monday, you can try Gentle Yoga and Medita tion from 9:30 to 10:30. Tuesday is a Vinyasa Flow class starting at 9:30. On Wednesday from 10:30 to 11:30, you can do Slow Power Flow, and then come back on Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 for Yin Yoga. And, if you still need more, there’s Vinyasa Flow, on Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 and again on Saturday from 9 to 10. If your mornings are too busy for Yoga, stop in later! You can do Vin yasa on Monday evening from 6 to 7, Gentle Yoga and Meditation on Tues day from 5:30 to 6:30, Flow and Yin on Wednesday from 6 to 7, or Founda tions of Alignment on Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30. In September, Amy and her team will begin offering workshops on Sun days. The first will be a Yoga Basics series for anyone brand new to yoga or coming back to it after some time away. According to Amy, “Even those that have been at tending classes for some time can ben efit from a more de tailed instruction on alignment to enhance their practice. Workshops will be interspersed with Power, Pastry & Prosecco classes a couple times a month!” Unwined is a bright place with a large yoga studio, a small bar area plus inside and patio seating. Located 2163 Britton Road, #120, in the Gate way District (take Village Road to Lee Drive, turn left and then make a quick right onto Britton Road.) The patio is hidden from the street by a beautiful water feature wall and tables with large umbrellas invit ing you to relax with some wine and friends. Amy offers a variety of live musical styles that you can enjoy on the patio on weekends until 9 pm. Find your wine and yoga passions at Unwined on the Square! Call Amy at 910-408-1830 for information on the wine she carries and the yoga class es she offers. Who knows, maybe you can do the Tree pose while holding a glass of wine—I’m willing to find out— are you?
Each has different styles, origins and complexity. Some people enjoy do mestic white wine more than an im ported red; similarly, some people say that yoga is about spiritual balance and connection with a greater power, while still others say it is a form of ex ercise that focuses on breathing, bal ance and relaxation.
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Have you ever wondered if the rumors of ghosts on the Battle ship North Carolina are true? Ask the staff and volunteers at the Battleship, and you’ll hear stories about shadowy figures that disappear as quickly as they appear – or, sometimes, join a guided tour of the battleship in full World War II-era Navy uniform.
But if you want to see for yourself, or just try your hand with paranormal gear like a REM-POD or Phasmabox, now you can. Ghost Hunts USA will return to the Battleship in September and October for special late-night ghost hunts.
The ghost hunters with Ghost Hunts USA have lead similar excursions at more than 60 haunted locations across the country, including previous excursions at the Bat tleship. Priding itself on creating immer sive experiences with support for new and experienced ghost hunters alike, the or ganization’s ghost hunters bring their own paranormal equipment, which participants have the chance to use. In fact, many of the organization’s lead ghost hunters start ed as participants at different Ghost Hunts USA events before joining the company in an official capacity. And while looking for signs of spirits remained the focus of the night, the group emphasized the history of the Battleship, and respect for all who served on it, as well. “Yes, this is a Battleship, but it’s also a memorial,” said Ghost Hunts USA ghost hunter and Brunswick County resident Megan Lewis. “That’s the very first thing we always say, is to respect that it’s a me morial, it’s a mu seum. It has a special place in myWeheart.” joined Ghost Hunts USA for a recent ghost hunt at the gatheredtofromhadton,tyBrunswicksometended70ApproximatelyBattleship.peopleatintotal;livedinCounorWilmingwhilemanydrivenhoursotherstatesgetthere.Weina meeting room on the deck of the ship, where the Battleship’s overnight secu rity crew shared the history of the USS North Carolina and the ghost hunters shared tips for a safe and successful experience. We were then divided into smaller groups, and the ghost hunt be gan.With the lights below deck turned off, we used flashlights to follow the team to
Ask the team with Ghost Hunts USA, and you’ll hear about cold drafts of air in the well-enclosed lower levels of the ship, motion-sensor devices that alert when no one seems to be near them, and ghostly voices detected in the background of re cordings or with special recording devices.
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our first stop – the area where a torpedo hit the Battleship in 1942, killing four sail ors, and an area which is normally off-limits to tours. Upon arrival, we turned our flash lights off and adjusted to the pitch black. One of the ghost hunters used special equipment to pick up and then magnify low, voice-like noises, which he recorded and played back to the group. After that, our group moved to the Battleship’s mess hall, where another ghost hunter placed equipment around the room: REM-PODs, which beeped and flashed when the en ergy in an area changes, cat toys which lit up when moved, and a music box which played a haunting tune when someone –or something – was near. And then it was on to the ship’s sick bay, where the group asked questions of the ghosts and used a tablet loaded with Phasmabox software to pick up spirit voices answering. Was that quick, glowing light flashing through a fully darkened room a spirit, or a participant’s smart watch? Was that subtle noise in the background a ghost communicating, or a par ticipant whispering? And just what kept causing the music box to play? Occasionally, an earthly participant would admit to being the culprit; of ten, there was no obvi ous earthly cause. After guided tours, we had the chance to bor row equipment from the ghost hunters and roam the Battleship on our own. We were able to use the REM-PODs and the tablet with Phasma box software ourselves, as well as trying out simpler options like the cat toys or divining rods, which could be used to ask simple “yes or no” ques tions of the spirits. Many of the more ex perienced participants had brought their own equipment, but for those new to ghost hunting – like us – the Ghost Hunts USA team was available to answer questions and demonstrate how to use the different items. Armed with flashlights and divining rods, we set off to explore the darkened Battleship. We had free roam of the ship until 3 am, and were able to come back to the original meeting room at any point for coffee, cool drinks and snacks – or to borrow a different piece of equipment. The Bat tleship’s overnight secu rity team continued with their rounds, pausing to give directions or share stories of previous ghost sightings with the participants. It wasn’t the first time Ghost Hunts USA has been to the Battleship, and it won’t be the last; with multiple ghost hunts already conducted at the site, the team already has additional events planned in the fall, just in time for Hal loween.
“To see a shadowy figure or watch the dark get darker, you never get over seeing that shadow or that apparition,” said Ghost Hunts USA ghost hunter Melissa Majors, who has completed ghost hunts on the Battleship sever al times before and drove from out of state to be here for the latest ghost hunt. “You don’t get a bad feeling here. The spirits here are lovely. Respect is the biggest thing. They lived once; just have respect.”
Moss takes the opportunity to build up new leaders seriously. He said he has a white board at the of fice, and he keeps a word or phrase on it until the concept has been mas tered. The current selection is “at tention to detail.”
Moss said he doesn’t want there to be any hesitation for a business when a dues bill or an invitation to join the Chamber comes.
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consumers about the cost of doing business and that it is money well spent,” Moss said. That means making sure the Cham ber is meeting the needs of the busi ness community, and Moss said there would be an increased focus on net working opportunities, such as Power Connections and Happy Hour High lights. These events give business owners the chance to meet and learn more about what goods and services their fellow members are offering.
Moss said he would love to see the day when people come from other parts of the state to enjoy a venue in Brunswick County, and he hopes to draw more people from Wilmington to the businesses in the northern part of Brunswick County as well.
Moss Leads Chamber Focus On Building Business Relationships
“That’s the goal for the Chamber, to be there for businesses and help them accomplish their goals,” Moss said.
Following service in the U.S. Army, service in the Reserves, and a career in corporate America, Moss found himself downsized, and changed di rections, opening the College Hunks franchise location. Housing and population growth have been good for the moving business, as people move to the area and want to unload furniture and items they no longer need. It’s not all about moving stuff from one place to another though.
“The Chamber also has to educate
While Moss said he plans to build on work already in progress at the Cham ber, he is bringing in new ideas as well, such as doing a 360-degree review of all Chamber events.
His year as Chamber President is off to a good start, and Moss is look ing forward to even more businesses opening and joining the Chamber. He said that anyone who wants to know more about becoming an en trepreneur is encouraged to attend one of the Chamber’s events and talk to other business owners.
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“Extreme growth…that’s what busi nesses rely on,” Moss said. “You’ve got the chance to grow your business as the community grows. A lot of new businesses will keep springing up. You want people to be able to not have to cross the bridge for various goods and services. They can stay here and get it here.”TheNorth Brunswick Chamber represents several areas — Belville, Leland, Navassa, Northwest, Sandy Creek, Town Creek and Winnabow.
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“I don’t think you should ever feel like you tripped and fell into suc cess. You should know how you got there,” Moss said.
“They need to know the owners of the businesses and see the owners en gage,” Moss said.
That can lead to genuine referrals and even more engagement in the business community, Moss explained. It’s about looking for communi ty-minded businesses, such as those which support the local schools, peo ple who donate the resource of their time to speak on leadership topics, and some fundamental business ratio nale — the things that are the hallmark of good “We’rebusiness.justtrying to get everyone to engage in new ways,” Moss ex plained.Mossrelies on core business princi ples, such as those found in Six Sigma and Kaizen, in his everyday business life as well.
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“That is the collective goal for all of us engaged in business in the northern part of Brunswick County, to figure out what we have and what is it that’s not here,” he said.
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With growth comes opportunity, and the North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce stands ready to help new and exist ing businesses meet those opportunities head on. That’s just one of the themes for the year for recently-installed Chamber President, Jeff Moss, who owns the College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving franchise in Wilmington, and is opening a second location as well.
Keeping customers on the Bruns wick County side of the river is im portant to the business leaders in the north end, and it’s something Moss said the Chamber recognizes as well.
“There is no such thing as perfec tion, so we’re doing 360 reviews of everything the Chamber does. We sat down as a board of directors and said how can we do this better,” he said. Members will notice changes to the awards and recognitions process next summer, for example. Members will have just a few choices per cate gory for voting, with the idea that im plementing criteria for eligibility will make the awards more meaningful.
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The first event is later this month and features one of the products that put Brunswick County on the map, but may not be very familiar to most of us — In digo. Carolina Blues: Indigo on the Cape Fear will explore the process used by skilled enslaved African labor to extract this valuable dye from the indigo plants, and delve into the science behind dye production. Visitors will have a chance to view and work an active fermentation vat, and dyeing demonstrations will occur throughout the course of the program.
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“There are so many great reasons to visit Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson in the fall,” said Assistant Site Manager/ Programs Coordinator Shannon Walker. “We’re out of the summer tourist season, and it’s a perfect time for locals to get out and explore — minus the heat and the crowds. It’s personally my favorite time of the year at the site because we are so busy with educational and interpretive programming - and I find myself spending much of October dressed in 18th century clothing.”
As temperatures drop and it’s more comfortable moving around outdoors, it’s a wonderful time to explore one of our community’s greatest treasures, the Brunswick Town/Fort An derson State Historic Site. And while any time on that beautiful property is a great time, the fine folks at Brunswick Town have organized a series of events to make the experience even more fun, and maybe even teach visitors something new.
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The event kicks off at 11 am on Saturday, Sept. 17. In October, Brunswick Town hosts two events, one of which gives visitors the rare chance to experience the historic site at night. Port Brunswick Day returns on Sat urday, Oct. 22 at 10 am and features Living historians interpreting what life was like in the lower Cape Fear in fall of 1767. The event is free and great fun for all ages. Later, as the sun goes down, experi wick Town at night with the 6-8 pm. You may even see a few “spectres” from Port Brunswick past…Though the pathways will be lit by lantern and firelight, flashlights are recommended. This event is free and all ages are welcome. “These events are not about war or battles - but the ordinary people and oc currences of life in the Cape Fear in the 1760s. Our goal is for the visitor to see that though the circumstances may have been different, the individuals who lived here were not much different than they,” said
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Don’t throw the jack-o-lanterns away after Halloween this year, take them to Brunswick Town and blow them up! The Great Pumpkin Blowout returns to Brunswick Town on Saturday, Nov. 5 be ginning at noon. If you forget and throw yours away, never fear, pumpkins will be available for pur chase at the event for $10 each. Not only do you get to watch others’ pumpkins ex plode using the same technology used to detonate Civil war-era torpedoes, but when it’s your pumpkin’s turn you get to press the button! Pump kins with minimal carving offer the best explosions, but they can work with all types. So maybe buy an extra pumpkin, forgo the carving, and bring it out to blow up. This event is first come, first served, and all proceeds go towards funding edu cational programming at Brunswick Town/ Fort Anderson State Historic Site. “Our November event, “The Great Pumpkin Blowout” is unique in that it com bines science, history, and lots of squash to create a fundraiser that is used to sup port all our site events and programs,” Walker said. “We’ve been fine-tuning our torpedo arming technique over the years, and with each event the explosions are just a little bigger, and the pumpkin shrap nel seems to go just a little farther. It’s al ways a fun day - not just for visitors, but for staff too, even though we do get a bit gross from the pumpkin guts and gunpowder.”InDecember, Brunswick Town dress es up for the holidays. On Friday, Dec. 9 from 4-7 pm you’ll have a chance to to experience a peaceful evening amongst the ruins of St. Philips Church as it is decorated in its holiday finest, with candlelight and greenery. The vis itor center and gift shop will remain open during the course of the evening for a little Holiday shopping. At an 18th Century Christmas, from 1-5:30 pm on Sunday, Dec. 11, visitors can explore how the American colo nists celebrated Christmas. Costumed interpreters will provide guided tours of St. Philips Anglican Church through out the afternoon. During the program, you can enjoy 18th century inspired refreshments, participate in tradition al games, or try your hand at 18th century themed crafts. The highlight of the evening will be an authentic period can dlelit service in the ruins of St. Philips, followed by the firing of the Christmas Gun. The ser vice will begin promptly at 5 pm and will conclude by 5:30 pm. There is a $5 charge per person for those over the age of 12; admittance for those 12 and under is $2 per child. Tick ets may be purchased online in advance or at gate the evening of.All events at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson are sub ject to change and cancella tion. COVID safety guidelines will be followed as advised at the time of the event.
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The Feast of the Pirates has long, and appropriately a little bit sordid, history. “The Feast of the Pirates took place in Wilmington for three years (1927-1929),” said Fornes. “Tourists from all over the region, as many as 28,000, traveled to the Port City. They had the pleasure of watching histor ical reenactments, boat races, com petitions, and various parades. The reenactments ranged from George Washington’s ceremonious entrance into the city in 1791, to Blackbeard’s march to City Hall. Excessive alcohol consumption and public drunkenness during the 1929 festival, however, caused concern for committee mem bers and other city officials. Neverthe less, it was the Great Depression that put the final nail in the coffin for the Feast of Pirates.” The Wilmington Harbor enhance ment Trust revived the idea of a pirate festival in 2005. “We started out on Friday with a Pirates Ball, and on Sat urday we had a sword fighting group during the day and a lighted flotilla in the evening. This was in conjunction with Riverfest. In 2014 we decided to add history to our festival thus bring ing back the Feast of the Pirates,” said Fornes. “The festival was held in downtown Wilmington 2014-2016. In 2017, we decided to relocate to Brunswick County to share the pi rate heritage there.” This year’s Feast will add a new event for children. “This year we are adding a Most Wanted Poster to hand out to the children. They have to find all the pirates on the poster to receive their booty,” Fornes said.
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Feast of the Pirates Scalawags Invading Riverfront Park!
Avast me mateys, there be pirates on the horizon and they be headed our way! On Saturday, Sept. 17, Belville’s Riverfront Park will full of pirate-themed fun as the 2022 Feast of the Pi rates comes ashore from 10 am to 5 pm. This year’s event will have pirate encampments, reenactors, sword fighting, Sea Shanty groups, black powder cannon and musket demonstrations, food and merchant vendors as well as many activities for the wee lads and lasses, said Stephanie L. Fornes, President of the event’s or ganizer, Wilmington Harbor Enhancement Trust, Inc.
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Celebrate the Town of Leland’s 33rd birthday with the return of the Founders Day Celebration, Sept. 10 from 3-9 pm in Founders Park, 113 Town Hall Drive. The event features live mu sic, carnival rides, family games, food trucks, and fireworks. Local businesses and non-profits (in cluding the Leland Magazine crew!) will host family games including Giant Jenga, Buckyball, Giant Connect Four, Bocce Ball, Hungry Hippo, a Velcro wall Challenge, and many more. Carnival rides will include a carousel, Jitterbug Swings and a rock wall. The games and carnival rides are free for all to enjoy. Food trucks will include Cheesesteak Hustle, S’mores and More, Dixieland Ket tlecorn and Snowies. General parking is available at North Brunswick High School, located at 114 Scorpion Drive NE. Free shuttles will take participants to and from the event site. Lawn chairs and blankets are wel come, but please leave the pets at home. This event will require some road clo sures, so be aware that Town Hall Drive will be closed from 10 am to 10 pm, Perry Av enue will be closed to the public (residents of Perry Avenue will still have full access to their property during the event) from 10 am to 10 pm, and Old Fayetteville Road will be closed from 8:30-9:30 pm for the fireworks display. Entertainment Schedule 3 pm - Mayor’s welcome 3:15 pm - Masonboro Sound 5 pm - Gump Fiction 7 pm - Carolina Casuals 8:45 pm - Fireworks!
Until her death in 2013, oil painter Ra mona Batsford Bendin was one of the area’s most prominent artists. Originally from New York, she lived in coastal North Carolina since 1990, finding much of her inspiration from the local coastline and marshlands. She was a lifetime member of the American Artist Professional League and was elected to New York’s Hudson Valley Art Association. Locally, she was a member of Brunswick Arts Council, Wilm ington Art Association, Associated Artists of Southport, and Waterway Art Associa tion.Throughout her career, her peers award ed her many prestigious honors, including the Award of Excellence, National League of American Pen Women; Mrs. John New ington Portrait Award, Hudson Valley Art Association; Best In Show, Nation al League of American Pen Women; and First Place, Associated Artists of Southport Spring Show.
Brunswick Arts Council will present its 22nd Annual Fall Art Show and Sale from Sept. 26 through Oct. 8 at the Leland Cultural Arts Center (LCAC). The show will be on display in the multi-purpose/exhibition space of the center, 1212 Magnolia Vil lage Way, Leland.
The annual art show will include works by adult members and non-members of Brunswick Arts Council (BAC) and other arts groups, including the Art League of Leland (ALL), Waterway Arts Association, Oak Island Art Guild, Art Association of Southport, and Coastal Camera Club) and will include 2 -dimensional works in oils, watercolor, pastel and mixed media as well as 3-dimensional works.
New this year, we are encouraging the submission of 2- and 3-dimensional works from our local youth artists ages 13-18.
Art Show Judge Each year a prominent regional artist is asked the serve as judge for the show. This year, Sharon Wozniak Spencer, an award-winning artist, painter, educator, ex hibitor and instructor at the Cameron Art Museum and Cape Fear Community Col lege, will serve as judge. Sharon earned her BFA in art school at The University of Maryland (1990), an MA in art education at The Ohio State University (1996), and her MFA at the San Francisco Academy of Art University (2017). Sharon was an artist in resident for the Hope Center in Wilming ton where she created a series of paintings about those in need, and she was an intern for the Cameron Museum of Art, where she had a show and discussion on “Faces of HerCourage.”current group show, Eden Village a Collective Exhibition, which she put to gether through the Wilson Center and the Wilma Daniels Gallery at CFCC, is a ben efit show for Eden Village of Wilmington. More information is available on her web site, www.swspencer.com Art with Heart Donations
Arts Council Show Comes To LCAC
There will be more than $3,000 awarded in a variety of categories, including new categories for our teen entries and a new one-time award for this year only: Best Oil Award. This is being given by family in honor of Ramona Batsford Bendin.
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The show is open to the public with free admission during regular business hours at LCAC, from 9 am to 9 pm Monday through Thursday and 9 am to 3 pm Fri day and Saturday. The show is juried and an awards reception will be held on Fri day, October 7 from 6-8 pm. Awards
Artists who are interested in participat ing are asked to visit the Brunswick Arts Council website, brunswickartscouncil. org, for details and a prospectus. All entry information and fees must be received by Sept. 23, mailed to: Mary Beth Livers, Fall Art Show, 3651 Heron Circle, Southport, NC 28461 and received by that date OR hand delivered to Brunswick Arts Council on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at the LCAC.
This year, we are asking artists to do nate a piece of their work to the “ART with HEART” Art Auction Event to benefit New Hope Clinic. New Hope Clinic is a volun teer driven non-profit organization that provides free health care (medical, dental, eye and pharmacy services) to low-income, uninsured individuals across the county. The ART with HEART Event will be held on Oct. 23 in Southport. Donated artwork will be accepted LCAC on Sept. 24; artists may drop off donations with their show submis sions. Visit www.newhopeclinicfree.org for more information about the clinic.
Art Show Reception Oct. 7
The coordinator of this year’s exhib it is Lee Selbe, with assistance from Joeli Franks (LCAC), Ricardo Perez (ALL), Shane Miller (Visual Arts Coordinator for Bruns wick County Schools), Jamie Lynn Robin son (BAC Board Member) and Mary Beth Livers (BAC).
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The show also includes a reception and awards presentation on Friday Oct. 7 from 6-8 pm at the Leland Cultural Arts Center. The public is invited to attend the show anytime during the week and to at tend the reception on Friday. We are open and are taking every precaution to protect our employees and our customers, Please stay safe
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“Nature and my wish to do something to bring attention to climate change in spire me to keep creating,” said Kristen Dorsey, multimedia artist. “I feel that climate change is the most crucial issue that humankind faces today, and art has always been a way to express the zeit geist. My hope is that my art reminds us that we are not the sole inhabitants nor the owners of our Earth home,” said Dorsey. “I hope that giving a face to the animals and energies of the natural world reminds us that our most crucial task, globally, is to work together to save our home. I’d like to provoke a sense of won der and admiration for the natural world that makes the hard work ahead feel wor thy of our labors,” she said.
Being from the small coastal New En gland town of Waterford, Connecticut, Dorsey spent summers on the Niantic River beaches. She moved to southeast ern North Carolina in 2017 after spend ing 40 years in the mid-Atlantic area and her discharge from the US Marine Corps. “My late husband Tim and I began vaca tioning in southeastern North Carolina in the early 2000s, and we had a grand plan to work hard, retire early, and relocate to the area. After Tim’s death in 2012, I found myself single and tired of the long Mid-Atlantic winters, and in 2017 I thought, ‘if not now, when?’ I love this area and its thriving, eclectic art scene.”
Having a long successful career as a graphic artist and animator didn’t stop Dorsey from creating fine art. “I began by drawing in graphite and color pencil as a young artist and eventually expand ed into watercolor painting, which I pre fer to acrylics or oils,” she said. “My art is nature-centric, and watercolor allows for such a wide range of expression. There is a pop ular notion that watercol or is the most challenging and unforgiving of the paint mediums. However, I find that looking at the wa ter as the primary catalyst — versus the pigment — offers me more potential for creativity and creative expression than other forms of Dorseypaint.”was trained as a graphic designer and digital media artist in the USMC when computer graphics systems replaced drafting tables. “I attend ed art school in the eve nings, taking graphic art and design classes while on active duty. Following my tour of duty, the Depart ment of Defense recruited me and I worked as a digital media artist for the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pen tagon as part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Intelligence Briefing Team. I then worked as an animator for GE Aerospace, now Martin Marietta, as a contractor to the
CIA.”With one of her favor ite artists being Georgia O’Keefe, it’s no wonder that Dorsey has made a name for herself using an imal skulls and bones to create one-of-a-kind 3D wall“Aroundsculptures.2012, a friend showed me some animal bones that he’d found over the years while hik ing. These bones fasci nated me, and I saw faces and shapes within them. When I told him a deer pelvis looked like some indigenous people’s cere monial masks, he handed it to me and said, ‘Have at it!’ I made my first bone art wall piece from that pelvis and laughed in de light when it was com plete. ‘Nobody will ever buy this,’ I thought, but the piece sold a few weeks later in a street art show,” she said. “I’ve continued to use bones, wood, plant material, shells, and natural pigments to create these 3D wall hang ings. At this point, people often give me natural, found objects, and I gather the rest while kayaking and hiking. I keep
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Kristen Dorsey’s Unusual Artistic Medium STORY BY CARLA EDSTROM Nature has always been an excellent muse for artists, and our local area in particular seems to encourage artists of all kinds to stroll around with sketch pads and cameras searching to get just the right subject. It’s not unusual to see people painting out side on the street corner. And with such a beautiful coastline, it’s natural to want to bring attention to environmental causes. Art has always been a vehicle to promote change.
www.LelandMag.com /September 2022/ Leland Magazine 17 the objects stored on shelves in my ga rage until a mental image — often in the form of a dream — urges me to start an other. These wall hangings cause strong reactions in most people — they either love them or hate them — and they’ve earned several awards in local art shows. For me, these pieces give nature a face, and it’s harder to ignore something that looks back at us.”
Dorsey’s work cab be found at The Ar tisans Gallery on Howe Street in South port. Check out her website Kristen DorseyArtist.com.
And in giving nature a face, Dorsey spends a lot of time figuring out how to proceed with her creations. She often puts them on a shelf until the muse influences her creation. “In the case of my 3D wall art, when I am given or find an ob ject that so clearly has a face, I feel compelled to make that face more obvious to the view er. I place the object (skull, drift wood, shell, etc) on a table in my art studio and look at it, some times for days, often for months, until the vision of its expression is clear. Then I begin,” said Dors ey. “I’ll complete the parts that I can see clearly with my inner vi sion, then I wait again for further inspiration,” she said. “There is always a point during the cre ative process where I think, ‘this is crap,’ and want to scrap it. But through the years I’ve come to understand that I just need to push through until I see the merit in each piece. I’m not sure I have a favorite piece, but per haps I’m happiest with the pieces that came closest to the inner vision I had when I felt compelled to create them,” she said. “Nature is my influence and my muse. When I capture or see an image that won’t leave me alone, I try to ex press what fascinates me by describing my awe through the vehicle of paint.”
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Community Riverside Bike Ride Ride The Gullah-Geechee Corridor
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Get a little exercise, learn some local history and explore the riverside communities of northern Brunswick County at the 2nd Annual Brunswick Heritage Riverside Ride on Saturday, Sept. 24. This event is a 16-mile bike ride along northern Brunswick County’s Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor from Phoe nix Park in Navassa to Belville Riverwalk Park in Belville and back. Various age groups and experienced levels of cyclists are welcome to partici pate in this ride but must be able to ride 16 miles at a casual pace. Helmets are required and cyclists should give their bi cycle a thorough safety inspection prior to the event. There is no cost to partic ipate. Check-in for the ride will be held between 6:45 and 7:15 am, with partic ipants departing from Phoenix Park at 7:30 am. There will be a 15-20-minute break at Belville Riverwalk Park before beginning the return half of the ride.
Pre-Registration for the event is re quired and participation is capped at 200 participants. No day-of registration will be offered. Find out more and register at https://www.gocoastnc.orgParkingatPhoenixPark is limited, so participants who are able to carpool are encouraged to do so. There is also a Park and Ride lot at the Food Lion, 1735 Reed Road NE, Leland, that is 2.7 miles from Phoenix Park.
The mission of the Native Plant Festival is to educate the public on the benefits and importance of na tive plants for our local ecosystems, and to promote and support native plant growers to increase demand and supply of native plants in our re gion.
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The on-site Festival at the Arbore tum will feature hands-on activities from educational exhibitors such as Wilmington’s Heal our Waterways, NHC Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict, Native Plant Society-SE Chapter, Cape Fear Museum, Airlie Gardens, Alliance for Cape Fear Trees, Coastal Composting Council, NHC Beekeep ers, NC Forest Service, NC Coastal Federation, Cape Fear’s Going Green, NHC Vector Control, Friends of the NHC Arboretum, Yaupon Tea Com pany, NCWF Island Wildlife Chapter, New Hanover and Brunswick Exten sion Master Gardener Volunteers. The Arboretum will also host native plant experts in its Education Center. The speaker schedule is as follows: 11 am — Nature at Home, Matt Collogan, Consumer Horticulture Agent, NC Cooperative Extension 12 noon — TBD 1 pm — Keynote Speaker, Title: Coastal Landscaping Design, Mada lyn Baldwin, Assistant Research Pro fessor, NC State University, Coastal Dynamics Design Lab 2 pm — The Importance of Natives for Birds, Charley Winterbauer, NC Native Plant Society, SE Chapter Where To Buy Plants will not be for sale at the Arboretum, however, Shelton Herb Farm is hosting several vendors, in cluding Yemma Farms, Above the Briery, Flytrap Jones, Wild Meadow Farm and Grizz’s Nursery. Native Plants will also be available for sale at various vendors through out the Cape Fear Area, including: Blooms+Branches, 5523 Oleander Drive; Carolina Girl Nursery, 7026 Market Street; The Garden Shop by Wild Magnolia Designs, 1942 Moss Street; Tinga Nursery, 2918 Castle Hayne Road; and Wild Bird and Garden, 3501 OleanderDocentsDrivewill be available in the Arbo retum’s Native Plant Garden to speak with visitors about how they can add well adapted native plants to their own gardens to help support in sects and wildlife. There will also be a wonderful Seed Swap booth where you can receive free seeds!
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The Native Plant Alliance will host the 7th Annual Native Plant Festival at the New Hanover County Arboretum, 6206 Olean der Drive, Wilmington, on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 am to 3 pm. Volunteers will also be on hand at the Arboretum Plant Clinic and at Shelton Herb Farm, 340 Goodman Road NE, to answer gardening-related questions.
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Civil War-Era Letters Between Husband and Wife Subject of Roundtable Lecture
Jack Davis is a popular Civil War speak er, an award-winning American historian, a former professor of history at Virginia Tech, and the former Director of Programs at the school’s Virginia Cen ter for Civil War Studies. He has written more than 40 books on the Civil War, is the only threetime winner of the Jefferson Davis Prize FrancesthewasHistory,ConfederateforandawardedJulesandLandry Award for Southern history. It will be a festive occasion when the Round Table begins its 13th season on the Tuesday after Labor Day. For more information about the meeting, becom ing a member, or volunteering for this non-profit organization of 1,100-plus members, please email president John Butler at Brunswickcwrt@gmail. com, or call him at (404) 229-9425. You can also visit the group’s Face book page for additional information, news, and updates.
The Brunswick Civil War Round Table starts its new season on Tuesday, Sept. 6 with a program that features popular guest speaker and renowned historian Jack Davis. His unique presentation is entitled “The Letters of General Gabriel Wharton and his Wife ‘Nannie’, 18631865.” The meeting will be held at Hatch Auditorium on Caswell Beach, at the site of Fort Caswell. Everyone is welcome. Registration begins at 6:15 pm, and the program starts at 7 pm. The visitor fee is $10, and can be applied toward the $25
Looking for a fresh, more personal perspective on history? First person accounts written by those who were there are often great, but even better is the heartfelt correspondence of a hus band and wife during the social and political upheaval of the Civil War. The first speaker of the Brunswick Civil War Round Table’ s new season brings a glimpse into this personal window on history. annual membership dues.. Between March 1863 and July 1865, Confederate newlyweds Brigadier Gener al Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne “Nannie” Radford Wharton wrote an amazing 524 letters. They were discovered in an attic, and unknown until recently. Separated by twenty years in age and differing opinions on a myriad of subjects, these educated and articulate Confederates wrote frankly and perceptively on their Civil War world, sharing opinions on generals and poli ticians, the course of the war, the fate of the Confederacy, and life at home. They discussed their uncertain loyalties, the shifting gender roles brought on by war, changing relations between slave own ers and enslaved people, the challenges of life behind Confederate lines, the pain of marital loss, the definitions of duty and honor, and more. Both facts and senti ments are on full display during this emo tionally charged presentation.
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The Cape Fear Civil War Round Table invites the public to what promises to be a fascinating talk by author Harold M. Knudsen on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Harbor Church, 4853 Masonboro Loop in Wilmington. Harold Knudsen is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has written the thought-provoking “James Long street and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War.”
LTC Knudsen analyzes Longstreet’s wartime record through the prism of his own U.S. Army experience as a combat veteran in the Middle East and as an artillery officer stationed in Germany opposite the Soviet army. His many Army school experiences also provided him with the profes sional expertise to take a closer look at GeneralLongstreet.James Longstreet is per haps the most controversial of all Confederate generals. He was born in South Carolina, grew up in Geor gia and graduated from West Point in 1842, a classmate and close friend of U.S. Grant, who graduated in 1843. Grant and Longstreet served togeth er at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, and Longstreet was a guest at Grant’s wedding. Longstreet served with distinction in the Mexican War and continued his career in the U.S. Army until his state seceded from the Union in As1861.amajor in the “Old Army” he had a relatively high level of experi ence in command of larger forma tions of soldiers, unlike most of the officers at the beginning of the Civ il War. He commanded a brigade at First Manassas and soon rose to com mand of larger formations, ultimately becoming a Lieutenant General and commander of the 1st Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. He served in that role right through to the sur render of the southern army at Appo mattox.General Robert E. Lee’s called him “My Old Warhorse,” and Longstreet played a pivotal role in almost all of the great battles of the eastern the ater of the war, especially at Gettys burg. His performance at Gettysburg, where he commanded the Confeder ate forces that assailed the Union left at Little Round Top, and then, on the following day, the ill-fated assault on the Union center on July 3 known as “Pickett’s Charge,” fixed his place in history.According to LTC Knudsen, the Civil War is replete with aspects and firsts that suggest it was the first modern war. Initially, the war was fought ex tensively with Napoleonic tactics, but a few professional Army officers worked to improve the tactics, oper ations, and strategies which made the Civil War the precursor of the 20th Century World Wars. Like Grant and Sherman, the well-known modern Union generals, it was General Long street who made some of the most profound modern contributions to the art of war. Unlike Grant and Sherman, how ever, Longstreet’s legacy became the victim of the post war movement in the South known as the Lost Cause; he was punished for becoming a sup porter of certain Re construction bills, the 13th and 14th Amendments, and accepting postings with Republican Grant’s Adminis tration. His military record, especially at Gettysburg, was attacked by Lost Cause proponents who viewed his pol itics as scandalous and traitorous. Ignoring the politics, and looking at Longstreet’s body of work by com paring it to modern military doctrine reveals several large scale innova tions. His defensive tactics showed a clear evolution during Antietam, culminating at Fredericksburg with World War I lethality. His offensive tactics at Chickamauga were similar, if not the forerunner, to World War II tactical level German armored tac tics. Other areas show progressive applications with artillery, staff work, force projection, and operational lev el thinking known today as Opera tional Art. LTC Knudsen will present these modern innovations by touching on the evolution of war by linking com parisons from the Napoleonic era, WWII and beyond, back to the Civil War, an analysis which shows that through the experience of command in sever al battles, Longstreet evolved his thinking. General Longstreet was not the sole agent of all modern change away from Napoleon ic method during the war, but his contribu tions were very signif icant, done on a large scale, and do show Longstreet was a modern thinker un paralleled in the Confederate Army. Come and learn about Longstreet nd consider the evidence for this new appreciation for Longstreet’s gener alship.Doors open at Harbor Church at 6:30 pm. For more information about membership, visit the Cape Fear Civil War Round Table website at http:// www.cfcwrt.org.
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SEPT 8 Youth Fishing Derby - Oak Island Pier Open to youngsters up to age 15, this free fishing tournament offers priz es for most caught, largest fish, scariest fish and ugliest fish. Participants will fish from 5:30-7 pm, and need to bring their own pole and bait. Email rgor don@oakislandnc.gov or call 910-2784747 for more information.
The Brunswick County NAACP hosts the inaugural festival, at 2778 Cox Landing Road in Bolivia. The festival will include music, cultural food, per formances and more, 10 am to 5 pm.
SEPT 14 Leland Green Sweeps
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SEPT 17 Carolina Blues: Indigo on the Cape Fear at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson Carolina Blues will explore the pro cess used by skilled enslaved African labor to extract this valuable dye from the indigo plants, and delve into the science behind dye production. Visitors will have a chance to view and work an active fermentation vat, and dyeing demonstrations will occur throughout the course of the program. The event is from 11 am to 2 pm at the site, 8884 Saint Philips Road SE, Winnabow.
Kayak Adventures — Three Sisters Swamp
Southport’s Annual Children’s Crab Derby Registration begins at 8:30 am at the city dock on W. Brunswick Street. The catch-and-release event begins at 9 am, and there will be prizes awarded in age groups for most crabs caught and largest crab. The derby is open to youth through age 16, and participants should bring their own bait, string, and crab net.
The Leland We Don’t Know Tour
SEPT 20 Intro to Birding
SEPT 16 Free Concert - Spring Lake Park Head out to Boiling Spring Lakes’ Spring Lake Park to listen to the Chance Union Band, 6-8 pm at the park. There will also be a BSL Fire Rescue food fundraiser.
It’s the Firefighters versus Police Officers, with each cooking for brag ging rights! Shop for baskets and bowls, and try some chili at the Le land Cultural Arts Center. The event
SEPT 11 9/11 Remembrance — VFW Post VFW Post 12196 will host its annu al remembrance of the events of Sep tember 11, 2001, on Sunday, Sept. 11 beginning at 8:30 am in Leland’s Founders Park, 113 Town Hall Drive. The public is invited. If you would like to take part in reading some of the names, or if you have friends or family that you would like to be remembered that day, contact VFW Post 12196 at vf wpost12196@gmail.com.
Learn more about stormwater during a presentation at the Leland Cultural Arts Center, then join Leland Town staff in cleaning up the Town’s parks and wa terways. Hours are 9-11 am, and regis tration is required.
This kayak tour takes 6-7 hours, and is meant for intermediate-level paddlers. The Black River where the Three Sisters Swamp lies is home to 2,000 year old bald cypress along with flora and fauna unique to this area. The cost is $75-$100, depend ing on if participants bring their own kayak. The tour sets out at 8 am. Email recreation@townofleland.com for more information.
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SEPT 10 Founders Day — Town of Leland Celebrate the Town of Leland with this annual festival. The day includes live music, carnival rides, family games, food trucks, and fireworks (at 9-ish pm). The fun starts at 3 pm at Founders Park on Town Hall Drive.
SEPT 8 Cape Fear Civil War Round Table Author Harold M. Knudsen leads a discussion on “James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confed erate General Who Fought the Next War.” Doors open at Harbor Church, 4853 Masonboro Loop in Wilming ton, at 6:30 pm. For more information about membership, visit http://www. cfcwrt.org
William C. (Jack) Davis, popular Civil War speaker, an award-winning Ameri can historian, and author of more than 40 books on the Civil War, leads a pro gram called “The letters of General Gabriel Wharton and his Wife Nannie: 1863 – 1865.” Meetings are held at Hatch Auditorium on Caswell Beach. Registration opens at 6:15 pm and the program begins at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome to join; the visitor fee is $10 for any meeting, and that fee can be applied toward the $25 annual mem bership dues. For more information, email Brunswickcwrt@gmail.com.
SEPT 6 Brunswick Civil War Round Table
SEPT 3 Go Jump In the Lake 5K and 1.5M Fun Run/Walk
SEPT 8 Artists Reception — Leland Cultural Arts Center Celebrate the artwork of Chris Bloom, Ann Hair, & Deborah Appleby. This free event runs from 6-8 pm at the Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way, Le land.
Brunswick Arts Council Fall Art Show
This popular program includes information shared at Town Hall, fol lowed by a bus tour of town, led by Mayor Brenda Bozeman. The tour runs from 9 am to noon, and regis tration is required as seats generally fill up quickly.
We’ve included events here that were scheduled at press time, but please remember that all events, dates and times are subject to change. For programs offered through the Town of Leland, visit https://apm.activecom munities.com/townofleland/ to register online or call 910-385-9891.
Gullah Arts Festival
The Brunswick Arts Council’s 22nd Annual Art Show and Sale features more than $3,000 in awards for sub mitted artwork. Art may be viewed during the Leland Cultural Arts Cen ter’s normal business hours. The Center is at 1212 Magnolia Village Way.
SEPT 27 Take your newly learned birding how-tos to the great outdoors in this birding outing, 9-10:30 am. The cost is $25.
SEPT 17 World War II Living History Go back in time with the N.C. Mar itime Museum at Southport and ex perience the Cape Fear region during wartime. Learn how close to shore the enemy got and what precautions were taken for military members as well as civilians. How did our region assist in the war effort? How can we still see some of these aspects of maritime his tory today? The free, drop-in program will be held from 10 am to 4 pm.
OCT 1 Fall Festival — Belville Enjoy music, children’s activities, and educational and historical infor mation sessions, all at beautiful Riv erwalk Park.
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Learn how to use the standard equipment used for observing our fine feather friends; the program is 9-11:30 am at the Leland Cultural Arts Center. Outings are scheduled for programs in the field on Sept 27 and Oct 24. The cost is $25.
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The Southport Rotary Club invites participants to run, walk, or roll, then jump in the lake! Visit www.southpor trotary.com for more information and to register.
OCT 1 Bowls and Baskets — Chili Cook-off
Live Oak Bank Pavilion 10 Cowan St., Wilmington Aug 6 — Nate Bargatze: The Raincheck Tour Aug 26 — Darius Rucker
Sept 16 — Miles Atlas Sept 17 — Dawn Hayes Sept 23 — Adam Fenton Sept 24 — Bad News Birds Sept 30 — Austin BEER AND WINE
Town of Leland/Parks & Recreation Check out http://bit.ly/lelandevents for more information on classes and programs, including painting, pottery, jewelry-making, acting, dance and more.
OCT 4 National Night Out — Leland Police Department Meet and greet with your local po lice department, and enjoy live enter tainment, games and food trucks, all at Founders park on Town Hall Drive, 5:30-7:30 pm.
BSL Neighbors Market — next to The Office in Boiling Spring Lakes Local vendors sell the products, along with produce and baked goods, all next door to The Office Coffee and Wine Bar. Upcoming market dates are the Sept 3, Sept 17, Oct 1, Oct 15, and Oct 29, 9 am to 1 pm.
The group welcomes artists of all kinds and meets monthly (except in summer months) 4-6 pm at the Leland Cultural Arts Center, 1212 Magnolia Village Way.
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site 8884 St. Philip’s Rd. SE, Winnabow
OCT 1 Captain Charlie’s Children’s Fishing Tournament
Thursdays 2-5 pm, Fridays 11 am - 5 pm; Saturdays 10 am - 5 pm; and Sun days 10-4 pm; Produce and fresh sea food, seasonings and all things related to seafood, with the beautiful back drop of the Brunswick River.
Town of Leland/Parks & Recreation
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The Joyce 1174 Turlington Ave. Sept 3 — Sky Parlor Sept 9 — Wes Hunter Sept 10 — Hatch Brothers
ONGOING EVENTS
Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar 1175 Turlington Ave, Suite 101, Leland Full menu available for dine-in or takeout — also hosting live music, ka raoke and trivia. The 1174JoyceTurlington Ave. Check Facebook for specials and de tails on music and trivia nights. Local’s Tavern 1107 New Pointe Blvd., Leland Music Bingo on Wednesdays, start ing at 7 pm. Specials are posted on Facebook. Bridgewater Wines 1132 New Pointe Blvd., Leland Tuesday Trivia is at at 6:30 pm (res ervations required). Checkout the great food menu, and Sunday brunch spe cials; call 910-408-1900 to order takeout. Blossoms Restaurant (Magnolia 1800Greens)Tommy Jacobs Dr. Reservations are encouraged; call 910-383-0998. Check Facebook for drink and food deals and special events. Brunswick Beer Xchange Co. 113 Village Road, Leland Check Facebook for live music, food truck appearances, trivia nights and wine tastings.
Check out http://bit.ly/lelandevents for more information on classes and programs, including painting, pottery, jewelry-making, acting, dance and more.
LIVE MUSIC AND ENTERTAIN MENT Live @ The Park at Founders Park, Le land Take your own blankets or chairs for these free concerts or movies on the lawn.Sept 22 — Carolina Soul Band, 6:30 pmSept 24 — Disney’s family-friendly film, “Luca,” starting at 8 pm Odell Williamson Auditorium at Brunswick Community College 150 College Road NW, Bolivia Oct 8 — The Return: A Beatles trib uteOctband18 — Forever Motown: a tribute to the music of Motown Nov 8 — Petty Fever: a Tom Petty tribute Wilson Center at Cape Fear Communi ty College 701 N. Third Street in Wilmington Sept 10 —Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitSept 13 —Boy George & Culture Club
The third of three birding classes of fered by the Town of Leland includes another outing to view birds in their natural habitats. The cost is $25, and the program is 9-10:30 am.
Children compete for fun prizes at the Southport City Pier on Bay Street, 9 am to 12 noon. Visit http://www. southportnc.org for details on the age groups and tournament rules.
Sept 15 —Wheel of Fortune Live Sept 16 — Kyiv City Ballet Sept 24 — Grand Funk Railroad
Oct 1 — Wilmington Symphony Or chestra: Duo pianists with Domonique Launey and Elizabeth Loparits
Oct 18 — Tootsie Visit https://wilsoncentertickets. com for more information. Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 1941 Amphitheatre Drive, Wilming tonSept 8 — Built to Spill Sept 11 — Dawes & Bahamas Sept 28 — COIN: Uncanny Valley TourSept 30 — Umphrey’s McGee
Riverwalk Marketplace
There is plenty to do and see, with historic ruins, great information on the site’s history, and some of the most beautiful riverfront property in the County. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm, Tues day through Saturday. NC Maritime Museums - Southport, 204 E. Moore Street Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays. Sensory Saturdays (low light and quiet time in the muse um) are the first Saturday of the month, 10 am to noon. Visit www.ncmariti memuseum.com. Art League of Leland (ALL) at the Leland Cultural Arts Center
Oct 2 — The Wood Brothers Oct 6 — The famous Stringdusters Oct 16 — The Wailers Oct 19 — Amos Lee Oct 22 — Steep Canyon Rangers
OCT 4 Birding in Brunswick
Oct 28 — Big Something Oct 29 — Big Something
Hand crafted espresso drinks, fresh made all day breakfast sandwiches and delicious donuts. MR. BAGELMEISTER 1105 New Pointe Blvd, Leland 910-383-8383
BRODEE’S DOGS BREW HOUSE 103A Village Rd NE, Leland (910) 523-5121
THE FOREST RESTAURANT Cape Fear National at Brunswick Forest 1281 Cape Fear National Dr., Leland 910-383-3283
Hot dogs and specialty craft beers CAPE FEAR SEAFOOD CO Waterford 910-399-6739Leland, American seafood, signature dishes, hand cut fish, steaks and chicken, freshly made desserts all served in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere. CHINGON TAQUERIA 1132 New Pointe Blvd, Leland (910) 3408-1221 Mexican Food & Drink
www.BlueEarthWorks.com Handmade, one of a kind pieces you can use everyday. Glazed with food safe glazes. Available at: THE PAINTED MERMAID • 817 N Howe Street, Southport COFFEE JUST TASTES BETTER IN A HAND-MADE MUG Handcrafted Pottery dining guide
FARMHOUSE KITCHEN 1120 E. Cutler Crossing, Leland Southern Style, Breakfast & Brunch (910) 408-1676
FIVE GUYS 2028 Olde regent way, leland (910) 833-1997 Burgers, Shakes and more!
FIVE GUYS 2028 Olde Regent Way, Leland (910) 833-1997 Burgers and More! APPLEBEE’S 1113 New Pointe Blvd, Leland 910-371-6315 Full-service chain bar &grill providing hearty American eats in an informal setting BLOSSOMS RESTAURANT
1132 New Pointe Blvd, Leland (910) www.bridgewaterwines.com408-1900
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CHRISTOPHER’S STEAKHOUSE AND SEAFOOD 2013 New Regent Way Ste 200, Leland (910) 782-8498 Steakes, Seafood, Salads, Sandwiches DUNKIN DONUTS 1132 New Pointe Blvd, Leland 910-383-8383
FAMILY PIZZA & SUBS 1735 Reed Rd NE, Leland 910-371-2611
Magnolia Greens Golf Course 1800 Tommy Jacobs Dr., Leland 910-383-0998 Breakfast- Saturday & Sunday | Lunch –Tuesday – Sunday | Dinner – Wednesday – Saturday BRIDGEWATER WINES
Free Wine Tastings Thursdays and Fridays 3-6pm, Saturdays 1-5pm and Sundays 12-3pm
FALCONE’S RESTAURANTITALIAN 2013 Olde Regent Way, Leland 910-371-3442 Authentic Italian Fare FIREHOUSE SUBS 3572 Leland Town Center Dr., Leland (910) 408-1007
FUZZY PEACH 1109 New Pointe Blvd, Ste 4, Leland 910-371-1238 Frozen Yogurt GAYLYN’S DINER 322 Village Rd, Leland (910) 371-3533 Breakfast and Lunch HWY 55 BURGERS, SHAKES AND FRIES 1114 New Pointe Blvd, Leland 910-371-2707 Retro-themed chain with 1950’s sodafountain look ISLAND FRESH-MEX GRILL 2013 Olde Regent Way, Ste 110, Leland Serving frshly made burritos, quesadillas and more Mexican JADE GARDEN 1735 Reed Rd, Leland 910-383-0880 Chinese
JIMMY JOHN’S 503 Old Waterford Way 104-A, Leland 910-399-7007 Sub sandwiches
JERSEY MIKE’S 2029 Olde Regent Way, Leland 910-523-5300 Sub sandwiches
MIYABI JR EXPRESS 1108 New Pointe Blvd #110, Leland (910) 769-2358 Hibachi, Sushi NEW DAY CAFE 497 Olde Waterford Way Ste 100, Leland (910) 769-9036 Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner PANARA BREAD 2024 Olde Regent Way, Leland Suite 110 (910) 274-0358
PIZZETTA’S PIZZERIA 1144 E. Cutlar Crossing, Leland 910-371-6001 Pizza, Italian, Bar
Peruvian Charcoal Rotisserie Chicken PIZZA HUT 112 K Village Rd NE, Leland 910-371-9547
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1114 New Point Blvd, #140, Leland 910-371-1188 Mexican Food and Drink SHIRLEY’S DINER 112 Village Rd. NE, Leland 910-371-2890 SHUCKIN’ SHACK OYSTER BAR - LELAND 1175 Turlington Ave Suite 101 Leland, North Carolina (910) 221-5522 SIX HAPPINESS ASIAN RESTAURANT 1114 New Pointe Blvd, Leland Japanese,910-371-0021Sushi, Asian SMITHFIELD’S CHICKEN ’N BAR-B-Q 2020 Olde Regent Way, Leland WOK AND ROLL 2013 Olde Regent Way, Leland 910-371-9025 Chinese YUMMI YUMMI 112 Village Rd NE, Leland 910-371-0077 Chinese We couldn’t resist the Meatloaf Benedict Special at New Day Cafe If you don’t see your establishment in our Dining Guide, please send an email with your restaurant name, address, phone number and a brief describtion to editor@lelandmag.com Come see our vast cheese selection Including Humbolt Fog and Truffle Tremor, two California goat cheeses we know you’ll love OPEN: Mon.-Fri. 9 am - 5 pm Saturday 9 am - 4 pm. 417 N Howe St Suite B, (910) 477-6387 SouthportCheeseShop.com
PORT CITY JAVA 511 Olde Waterford Way 1112 E Cutlar 910-383-1238,CrossingLeland Coffeehouse chain with house-roasted, organic, breakfast items, sandwiches. P.T.’S OLDE FASHIONED GRILLE 1035 Grandiflora Dr, Leland 910-399-6808 Burgers, sandwiches and fresh-cut fries FELIPE RESTAURANTMEXICAN
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THE JOYCE IRISH PUB 1174 Turlington Ave, Ste 101, Leland 910-408-1400 Irish Pub, Burgers, Beverage LELAND SMOKEHOUSE 503 Olde Waterford Way Ste 100, Leland (910)228-5008 BBQ, Wings, Ribs LOCAL’S TAVERN 1107 New Pointe Blvd, Leland 910- 769-1289 American Bar/Pub, Music M + K’S KITCHEN 403 Village Rd NE, Leland 910-833-8030
PAPI’S CAFE 1108 New Pointe Blvd #140, Leland (910) 408-1662
32 Leland Magazine/September 2022/ www.LelandMag.com EXPERIENCE YOUR LOCAL SYMPHONY WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2022 2023 SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW ON SALE! Concerts are in Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College Visit WilmingtonSymphony.org for more information or call Wilson Center at (910) 362-7999
