NOVEMBER
2013
Departments
7 homeplace By Jim Dodson
10 SaltWorks
The best of Wilmington
12 Front Street Spy By Ashley Wahl
14 Stagelife
Features 41 Night Boat to mwanza Poetry by Jennifer Chapis
42 The New Thanksgiving
By Jason Frye We asked a trio of talented Port City chefs to shake up the holiday table. Move over miss Julia!
48 chasing miss chant
By Ashley Wahl The divine mystery woman who shaped Wilmington’s vision of art
By Gwenyfar Rohler
16 omnivorous Reader By Stephen E. Smith
18 on The Fringe
52 The Gathering
By Eric Porterfield A healing conversation on race that began with lunch
54 The hot Ticket
Cucalorus Film Festival for Beginners
58 Story of a house
By Anne Barnhill From front lawn to back bedroom, the Lewis house of Forest Hills is the ultimate kid-friendly home
69 November almanac
By Noah Salt A month of well-earned rest and a feast of Sir Winnie’s best one-liners, just in time for the holidays
By Jamie Lynn Miller
21 She Talks Funny By Ann Ipock
23 Spirits
By Frank Daniels III
24 lunch With a Friend By Dana Sachs
27 accidental Southerner By Nan Graham
28 man on the Town By Jason Frye
30 Notes From the porch By Bill Thompson
33 Birdwatch
By Susan Campbell
34 Salty Words By Isabel Zermani
36 Sporting life By Tom Bryant
38 excursions
By Virginia Holman
70 calendar
November happenings
74 port city people Out and about
79 accidental astrologer By Astrid Stellanova
80 papadaddy’s mindfield By Clyde Edgerton
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Salt • November 2013
The Art & Soul of Wilmington