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4 meet the winner: Bark Bark dishes on life

CUTEST DOGGIE CONTEST! Yes, it’s true! Everyone thinks they have the cutest dogs—and they may be right.

Year after year it becomes harder to judge our Dog Cover Model Contest from the numerous entries we receive. But someone’s gotta do the dirty work, and only one winner can be crowned. Meet Bark Bark, furry kid of Tom and Morgan McGuire, who loves tennis balls, stuffed animals and belly rubs. Read his interview on page 4, and check out our runners-up on page 5. We’ll be covering Paw Jam in next week’s edition, wherein monies raised from our dog contest goes to the organization behind the event, PAWS of NC! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the 2010 fund-raiser.

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

late-night funnies

“And in a major reversal of U.S. policy, President Obama has narrowed the conditions under which we would use nuclear weapons. He said we’d only use them against Iran, North Korea or FOX News.”—Jay Leno “People were standing in line around the block all weekend to get an iPad. Out in Arizona, John McCain was waiting in line for an IBM Selectric.”

—David Letterman “Michelle Obama held a town hall meeting on C-SPAN to answer questions from kids about her anti-obesity campaign. The most popular question from kids was, ‘Why are you doing this to us, lady?’”—Jimmy Fallon

short-fiction contest

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 Any NC writer is eligible to submit one story, which should be original, unpublished and limited to ten double-spaced pages.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

Entrants should submit three copies of the manuscript. The author’s name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. A separate cover page should give author’s name, address, phone number and the title of the work. Manuscripts will not be returned. Deadline: April 11th. Winners will be announced at the annual Meeting of the

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A $10 fee is required. Make checks payable to the LCFHS. Mail entries, marked Short Fiction Contest, to the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, 126 S. 3rd St, Wilmington NC 28401; (910) 762-0492.

last call for mother’s day entries!

Also, we’re looking for funny, endearing, loving or any other kind of story readers would like to submit about their mothers. The best stories will be featured in our Mother’s Day edition, May 5th, and we’ll choose a winning entry, too, which will receive admission-plus-one into our VIP kickoff party during 2010 Wilmington Restaurant Week.

The party is April 27th, and the deadline for submission is April 20th. E-mail or mail entries to encore, c/o Mother’s Day Contest. Shoud not be longer than 600 words, please.

wilmington restaurant week

It’s here—OK, OK, it’s really only one week away, but it might as well be here! In the pages of encore, we tempt our readers with a plethora of foods offered at discount prices from over 25 participating restaurants in our spring Wilmington Restaurant Week.

Fondue? Check. Burgers? Check. Duck Confit? Check. Seafood? Check. Vegetarian? Check.

Curried Goat? Check. We have it all!

Dear readers, we offer the most and the best deals for anyone wishing to enjoy what our culinary landscape has to offer—and without breaking the bank. So, don’t be confused by other competitors in town trying to imitate encore’s induced-food-coma-of-a-week. It all takes place April 28th-May 5th only. We have the most participants, and we’re featuring their menus on pages 24-29. Go ahead, and plan out lunches and dinners alike, and enjoy the best eats during the original Wilmington Restaurant Week.

with the parentals, Tom and Morgan McGuire, Bel Biv DeVoe’s best advice and his love of tennis balls.

6 runners-up: See the cute faces who gave Bark Bark a run for his money in our annual Dog Cover Model Contest.

news & views................. 8-12

8-9 farmers’ markets: They’re growing all over our region, and we have all of them covered this week!

Visit one or all of them, and support farmers, eat healthier and support our local economy!

11 earth day events: Sarah Boggs gets the 4-1-1 on Earth Day-friendly events taking place the week. The official day is April 22nd.

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

artsy smartsy ................. 14-23

14-15 theater: MJ Pendleton reviews City Stage’s ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrel’ and talks about the upcoming production of UNCW’s ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone,’ opening this week.

16 art: Lauren Hodges interviews Sarah Peacock about the re-opening of Artfuel Inc’s show this weekend..

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

18 film: Anghus gets a nice surpirise from Dreamworks Pixar flick How to Train Your Dragon.

19 music: Adrian Varnam talks to new resident Susan Savia ,who’s already shaking up Wilmington’s music scene with a new concert series.

20-23 soundboard: See what bands and performers are playing in venues all over town.

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2x live local. live small campaign.: Gwenyfar Rohler talks about franchises and to Great Harvest Bread owners John and Suzanne Palmer about their role in the Live Local campaign.

3x-22x classifieds: Let our classifieds help you sell or buy a home or a car. Crossword on page 12.

23x pet of the week: Find out what animals need adopting and other breeds for sale.

grub & guzzle ................. 24-31

24-29 wilmington restaurant week: Shea Carver unfolds every menu for encore’s most indulgent springtime event, taking place April 28th - May 5th.

30-31 dining guide: Need a few suggestions on where to eat? Flip through encore’s dining guide, and read about our featured restaurant of the week.

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32 fact or fiction: Claude Limoges brings us another installation of ‘An Involuntary Intimate.’

33 intern essay: encore intern Sarah Boggs reflects on life after college.

32-39 calendar/’toons/corkboard: Find out where to go and what to do about town with encore’s calendar; check out Tom Tommorow and encore’s annual ‘toons winner, Jay Schiller; read the latest saucy corkboard ads.

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Meet Barkley Rhodes S. McGuire: Connoisseur of all things belly-rubbed, stuffed with cotton and worn on the feet

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very year, when we call for entries for our annual Dog Cover Model Contest, the pictures come pouring in day after day. And why wouldn’t they? All people think they have the cutest dogs in the world. We might agree with each of them, as the contest becomes more difficult to judge each passing year.

As an annual fund-raiser, we hold our contest to help raise monies for PAWS of NC. The nonprofit brings us Paw Jam annually, which focuses on local animal shelters and services that help our furry friends live better lives.

PAWS’ mission is to “facilitate opportunities to raise funding and awareness for no-kill, nonprofit animal rescue organizations in Southeastern North Carolina through the education and empowerment of the public.”

Taking place May 1st at Battleship Park their annual fund-raiser, Paw Jam—which encore will cover fully in its April 28th edition next week—welcomes all four-legged animals and their families to partake in the celebration.

Among them this year will be the winner of our beloved contest.

Meet the dapper Barkley Rhodes S Mc-

by: Shea Carver Guire. We sat down with 8-month-old “Bark Bark,” as he’s often called, in between his obligatory afternoon nap and tennis-ball destroying frenzy to see what his world is like.

Here is how our conversation unfolded: encore: Tell us what you were doing the day the winning photo was taken. What was going through your mind? You looked so blissful...

Bark Bark (BB): We were at Wrightsville Beach, and I was filled up on delicious shells, so I was pretty happy about that. It was the first nice day of the year—you know how it is. e: Is this the first photo contest you’ve entered?

BB: Yip. e: What do you like to do in your free time?

BB: Well I’m an avid sock and shoe collector, so I spend quite a bit of time hunting down the perfect pair. e: Do you have any hobbies you’re exceptionally good at doing?

HOW SWEET IT IS... Bark Bark poses for a shot along Wrightsville Beach, during a day visit with his parentals, Tom and Morgan McGuire.

BB: The word “no.” e: What makes you the happiest?

BB: Belly rubs in the morning.

BB: I am a destroyer of stuffed animals. I bring doom upon soft fluffy squeaky things.

e: If you had a choice to chase squirrels, cats or other dogs, which would you prefer?

BB: Tennis balls—beautiful, beautiful tennis balls.

e: Tell us about your family; how your mommy and daddy found you, from where...

BB: I was born in Burlington, NC, and lived on a farm with my brothers and sisters and some horses. Then, one day, whoops, I lived at the beach, but that was when I was a 10-week-old baby, so, like me, it’s all a little fuzzy. e: Do you have a girlfriend?

BB: I don’t sniff and tell... e: What do you want to be when you grow up?

BB: Well, I’m training to be a therapy dog. I want to help people and be petted at the same time. e: If there was any one thing you could do in the world, without any repercussions, what would it be?

BB: I would play with the door-stopper thingy that goes “BOOOOIIINNNGGGG!” All. Day. Long. e: What’s the best advice you ever received and from whom?

BB: “Never trust a big butt and a smile...”

—Bell Biv DeVoe e. What are your favorite things to do in Wilmington?

BB: Sit outside of Java Dog and get my pet on.

Go to the beach. Kick it with my homies up at the O.P. (Ogden Park). e: What annoys you most?

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e: Do you have a favorite sport and team?

BB: Soccer, basketball, tennis, football—it doesn’t matter. I don’t have any team preferences, I just wanna see a good game. e: What’s most important to you in life?

BB: My parents and their unending supply of treats. e: Walk us through a day in the life of Barkley...

BB: Well, I wake up and get my belly rubbed.

I go for a walk and eat breakfast, hang out with my moms. Around noon, it’s time to wake up my pops, so I hop on the bed and lick his face—that seems to work pretty well. Some days we hit the beach or the dog park, others we just kick it in the back yard.

Then —oh, snap!— it’s nap-in-front-of-the-door time. When it cools off, it’s time for an evening jog, some dinner and TV, and then off to dream land to chase some bunnies (or whatever they are). e: Anything else you want readers to know...

BB: Dogs have feelings, too! Support your local animal shelters and charities, not all dogs have the sweet life I have...

Adopt your new best friend!

Check out the pet of the week in the Exchange page. 23

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Dog Cover Runners-Up! More cute faces to adore and cherish!

MORE TO LOVE: (from bottom right, clockwise) Julia Jensen’s Azalea Belle, Alice, is a 1-year-old flowered shar pei, who was rescued and very happy about being in the runners-up for our dog contest, according to her mama, Julia.

“Although, we think she deserves to win,” she admitted; David Cigrotti’s 8-year-old adopted bassett hound and cocker spaniel mix enjoys lots of sleeping and following his nose on long walks; Kathryn Fincher’s fat body pug, Bear, loves riding in golf carts, walking the neighborhood and especially marking every object on the road; Molly loves femur bones from Pine Valley Market —“her weakness,” mama Christi Ferretti said, “but she has to be careful to keep her girlish figure!” Molly is a lab mixed with Austrailian shepard, according to parents Kathy Webb and Ferretti. They rescued her when she was 8 months old, Now, she is 9.

Rescue an animal today, and learn what unconditional love is all about! Get know our local animal rescues and adoption agencies on May 1st, as they take part in the biggest animal party of the year—Paw Jam. encore will cover it fully in next week’s edition.

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t’s coming back around again: living in simpler, more advantageous ways when it comes to food. Most are already feeling the movement, as shows like Jamie Oliver’s “Food Revolution” help transition the way people think about eating—away from its processed state and into its pure form. Organic harvesting is taking over our land, as farmers focus on growing without pesticides and hormones yet again. We are coming back to the understanding that food shouldn’t be inundated with chemicals and “grow-all formulas,” even if it can make something, like, say, a tomato grow year round. It’s in the ether, as we move back to a time when folks ate what was in season, and when they were healthier because they knew what they put in their bodies wasn’t manufactured at some plant 1,000 miles away from home.

Going local, whether growing a garden, becoming a member of a local communitysupported agriculture program or purchasing from a local farmer, is the way to shop when it comes to food. Not only does it taste better and prove more beneficial nutritionally, most folks know exactly from where their food came. This education and implementation helps sustain our local economy, thus making our community better.

North Carolinians are especially lucky in the sense that their landscape was born of farming hands—was meant for growth and to help them live fruitful lives. Wilmington is a golden land of food sustainability, not only because our coastal town takes pride in harvesting the best seafood, but because the farm land surrounding it is also lush. Just take a look at all the farmers’ markets now available within our immediate region: Riverfront Farmer’s Market, Pine Valley Market’s Farm Fresh Saturdays, Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market, Wrightsville Beach Market, and Carolina Beach will launch one this weekend.

There is no better time to visit one or all of them than this week, as we celebrate National Earth Day on April 22nd. Stop in and thank our farmers for their continuous help in using our land to its best potential.

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by: Shea Carver nity restaurants to go local, too. Stay tuned to encore next week, and find out what Feast on the Southeast is doing to help make this happen.

Happy Earth Day! Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market 10200 US Highway 17 N. Wednesdays, 8am-1pm Located north of town, near Hampstead, Poplar Grove Plantation is the perfect location for a farmers’ market.

Their vast land offers the hominess one would expect, where farmers once plowed and barns beckoned the calls of livestock.

Opening every Wednesday from 8am-1pm, the Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market features dozens of vendors, offering everything from typical fresh produce and proteins, to vegan-baked goods, sugar-free products, confections from 17th Street’s La Gemma Fine Italian Pastries (which makes the best pistachio cream puff in town!), breads, and even products like soy candles and outdoor decor items.

Aside from locally made products, the market also hosts cooking classes from either four-star chef Alexis Fouros or TV chef Skip Laskody. The classes are only $30 a demonstration and include lunch (advance registration required). They will take place every week through June, as well, focusing on a various item weekly, like roasted squash, pan-seared scallops or even a Mother’s Day dinner.

On the second Wednesday of the month Wayne Batten, of Pender County Cooperative Extension, will host Grillin’ in the Grove.

Batten will be cooking items from the day’s market and offering samples to participants who wish to try the food fresh. The extension will also host their free plant clinic the second Wednesday each month to help the public revive their “tired, poor, muddled grasses, which are yearning to grow, for free.”

So much more is offered here, too, throughout the season, such as June 16th’s Family Day. “We’ll have activities for children, including hayrides and pony rides,”

FRESH AND HAPPY: Angela’s Pepper-Pickled Foods sells freshly canned veggies and such to happy customers at farmers’ markets around town, including Poplar Grove (pictured); http://angelasppf.com.

Jeanne Walker, public relations manager of the plantation, said.

“Farmers’ markets are so beneficial,” she continued, “because you get to meet the person who grew, raised, produced and caught your food. The food is always fresher and has more flavor—natural flavor—too.”

Wrightsville Beach Farmers’ Market Old Causeway Drive, across from Post Office Mondays, 8am-1pm Kevin O’Connell operates a “local modified” community-supported agriculture pro-

gram, known as “The Produce Box” (www. theproducebox.com). The business delivers boxes of fresh produce each week, all cultivated from local farms, to its members’ doorsteps. It was a natural fit when the Town of Wrightsville Beach called O’Connell to ask for his help in starting up a farmers’ market on the island.

“The benefits of a local market include knowing the exact origin of your produce, where it was grown and when it was harvested,” O’Connell told encore. “It keeps our monies local, directly benefiting the local economy and the farm from which it was purchased.”

Only a year old, Wrighstville Beach’s Farmers’ Market saw success in ‘09 so much that its has perpetuated its rebirth in 2010. While there are still 15 vendors ready to offer the

best in produce and goods, two new local bakeries, and fresh local seafood and shrimp have been added to the lineup.

Located across from the Post Office, off Old Causeway Drive, the market opens every Monday through September 27th, from 8am-1pm.

Riverfront Farmers’ Market Downtown Wilmington, Water Street Saturdays, 8am-1pm “When you buy local food, you vote with your food dollar,” RT Jones, senior recreation coordinator of the City of Wilmington, told the magazine last week. Quite a few dollars will be spent during the seventh year of the Riverwalk Farmers’ Market; in fact, the dollars will be widening the range of folks who can take advantage of the Riverfront Farmers’ Market, thanks to the 21st Century Farmers’ Market Program.

“This program gives the market the ability to accept electronic payments from customers, including credit, debit and benefit security cards (food stamps),” Jones informed. “In addition to being a convenience for customers, who may not have cash on them at the market, the program strives to make healthy, local-grown foods more accessible to recipients of Food and Nutrition Service Food Stamp Program benefits, as well as increase sales and revenues for our vendors.”

The offerings at the 2010 market haven’t changed drastically from previous incarnations, since the downtown venue has maxed out its space. Forty-six vendors fit along Water Street, wherein 30 will make up farmers/ producers, and the other 16 will be arts-andcrafts vendors. Six of them are new, “offering new products, including fresh homemade pastas and sauces, all vegan baked goods, weather vanes, original art and photography,” according to Jones.

Averaging around 1,700 people a day, the downtown market stays open through December 18th, from 8am-1pm. However, certain events do affect it, like the May 8th Diligence Dash 5k/10k, wherein the hours will be from 9am-1pm. Also, the market won’t be open during Riverfest weekend, on October 2nd.

In earnest, buying local means buying with smarts. “There’s never been a more critical time to support your farming neighbors,” Jones said. “With each local food purchase, you ensure that more of your money spent on food goes to the farmer. Only 18 cents of every dollar, when buying at a large supermarket, goes to the grower; 82 cents goes to various unnecessary middlemen. Buy your food directly from your local farmer.”

Farm Fresh Saturdays Pine Valley Market • 3520 S College Rd. Saturdays, 8am-noon Having transformed their retail space into 85 percent all local and regional products, Pine Valley Market is about supporting the little guy, especially farmers. Their Farm Fresh Saturdays took off last year, and it returns this Saturday the 24th, welcoming a

bevy of vendors.

Among them are Copper Guinea Farm and Kitchen out of Atkinson, NC. “She mills her own organic flour and uses it to make breads,” Christi Ferretti, half owner of the market, said. “She also makes salad dressings and salad kits from the things she grows. Fresh eggs will be available, as well, but quantities will be limited.”

C and A produce out of Sampson County will have green cabbage and collard greens, and the owner will expand to include tomatoes, peppers, squash and zucchini throughout the season. “She will always bring as much NC grown produce as she can get her hands on or grow herself,” Ferretti continued.

PVM will also feature green Vidalia onions out of Georgia, along with freshly milled corn grits from Bear Creek out of Brunswick County. “They [are] made from sweet corn, so the grits are smooth and delicious,” Ferretti promised. “We will be sampling them on the 24th.”

Other products and produce will be offered, as will fresh cut flowers from Castle Hayne Farms. On the fourth Saturday of every month, Pat Bertrand will have her mobile sharpening unit to sharpen knives, and tools.

“The fourth Saturday will be a bigger Saturday, not only featuring the knife sharpening, but showcasing a rotation of NC producers who will bring samples and do demos,” Ferretti promised. “Some folks have committed to every Saturday; others are coming a few times throughout the summer. I will be using our e-mail list to communicate who will be here each week and what they will have.”

Head over to Pine Valley this weekend, on the 24th, for the Farm Fresh kickoff, and sign up for their e-newsletter. Dates continue through May 22, picking up every Saturday in June, July and August.

Carolina Beach Farmers’ Market Carolina Beach Lake Saturdays, 8am-1pm Janet Knott works with the Arts & Activities Committee of Carolina Beach, which opens its first famers’ market this Saturday, from 8am-1pm, and closes the season on

October 9th. Debuting the event was a nobrainer for Knott, after discussing it among committee members.

“We believe not only the residents of the island but residents ‘across the bridge’ will love the opportunity to shop nearby and have access to fresh, flavorful food items,” Knott said.

Their first year will surely impress, as they already have 56 vendors confirmed; however, 30 to 35 will be at the lake during any given week. “We are keeping the percentage of farmers/consumable to artists at approximately 75/25 percent, so artists will be on a rotating schedule,” Knott noted.

With vendors traveling from New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender and Columbus counties, they will be selling everthing imaginable: vegetables, fruits, peanuts and peanut butter, wine, free-range eggs, beef, lamb, goat, rabbit, veal, herbs, jams and jellies, bedding plants, cheese, rum cakes, assorted baked goods, cut flowers, all-natural dog treats, soaps, soy candles, pork skins—”in six flavors—interesting I thought,’ she said— spices, sauces, tomato and vegetable juice, and artists include a silversmith, photographers, jewelers, painters, woodworkers, dollmakers, potters and more.

Knott feels the market will benefit the community tremendously, as shoppers can purchase the best in locally grown products, as well as handmade art, and they will build relationships and connections that will help them as businesspeople.

“Getting to know the farmers who grow your food builds relationships based on understanding and trust, the foundation of strong communities,” Knott asserted.

“You’ll safeguard your family’s health by knowing where your food comes from and how it is grown or raised. This enables you to choose safe food, from farmers who avoid or reduce their use of chemicals, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, or genetically modified seed in their operations.

You’ll help protect the environment, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and packing materials since the foods do not have to travel far.”

OPEN NOW! Fresh from the Farm

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

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

• Honey • Baked goods • Pasta • Pickles • Jams & Jelly • Candy • Art • Crafts • Entertainment

The Farmers Market takes place on Saturdays, April 17 - December 18 from 8am-1pm downtown on Water Street between Market and Princess Streets.

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arth Day is celebrating its 40th anniversary as the U.S.’s greenest holiday of the year. Upon its establishment in 1970, Earth Day marked the beginning of the environmentalist movement and was celebrated by more than 20 million Americans. Today, more than 10 times that number honor Mother Earth on this day, by remembering to conserve, recycle and teach younger generations about the importance of sustainable living.

Wilmingtonians are well known for their conservation efforts, so many are sure to be looking for ways to celebrate April 22nd. Below are just a few the Port City has to offer this year, some before and others after the official Earth Day date— but all geared toward reducing our carbon footprint, nonetheless.

GREEN YOUR PROPERTY WORKSHOP On Wednesday the 21st, the Cape Fear Green Building Alliance, along with the UNCW Sustainability Committee, will host a free workshop at UNCW’s campus to discuss how incorporating sustainable building practices can provide immediate benefits to renters, property owners, developers and managers. A panel of local experts, such as Mark Jabaley of Above and Beyond Energy and Robbie Sutton of Carolina Green Building, will be present to talk about practical, sustainable solutions, and to discuss why converting a property to “green” standards is worthwhile.

Attendees will also learn about the economical and environmental advantages that can result. The building industry is currently undergoing drastic changes, backed by federal legislation that includes incentives for energy efficiency improvements in existing buildings. Green buildings use

disposal of household hazardous waste is harmful to our health and natural resources because it pollutes our streams, rivers, drinking water and groundwater. This waste can also interfere with the treatment process at the landfill and wastewater treatment plants. A complete list of items that will and will not be accepted at the event is available by calling the landfill at 910-798-4400.

by: Sarah Boggs less energy, water and natural resources, create less waste, and are more durable and comfortable for occupants.

Admission is free; however, donations are welcome in support of the Cape Fear Green Building Alliance and UNCW Sustainability Committee. The workshop is scheduled from 6-8pm in room #2017 of the Fisher Student Center on UNCW campus. Visit www.cfgba.org and www.uncw. edu/sustainability or call Kyle Davies at (919) 412-4557 for more information.

GREEN BALL AND FASHION SHOW earthBound Salon and Day Spa will be holding the second annual Green Ball and Fashion Show on Saturday the 24th to celebrate Earth Day. Local designers from the Wilmington area will be designing a green collection for the fashion show, using fabric and clothing remnants. Guests arriving at the event will proceed down a “green carpet” and pose for pictures for the “paparazzi.” Inside, they can enjoy food and beverages from local restaurants and caterers, as well as collect their swag bag full of goodies from local vendors.

They will also have an opportunity to graze the Green Pavilion, where they will learn about businesses in the community that support and aid in having a healthier green lifestyle. The staff of earthBound will be offering spa products and treatments to educate guests about choices in health and beauty.

Tickets are $12 ahead of time and $15 at the door, available at earthBound. Proceeds will benefit the Cape Fear Riverwatch, which works to protect and improve the water

RECYCLE OF LIFE: Art work from Jamin Belmont and Hope Henderson, featuring a barnyard/petting zoo made of recyclable materials, opens on the 23rd at Parallelogram.

quality of the Cape Fear River Basin,” and offers “environmental education, action and advocacy programs for all residents of the Cape Fear River watershed.”

Call earthBound Salon and Day Spa at 910-232-2735 for more information.

HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY New Hanover County residents should mark their calendars, and start cleaning out the garage and tool sheds for the annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, Saturday the 24th. This rain-or-shine event will be held at Wilmington International Airport from 9am until 2pm. Improper

RECYCLE OF LIFE ART EXHIBIT Jamin Belmont and Hope Henderson present “Recycle of Life” at Parallelogram from Friday the 23rd through the end of April. The exhibit celebrates self awareness, community and recycling, and is just in time for this year’s Earth Day festivities. More specifically, Henderson and Belmont have created a faux barnyard/petting zoo installation of sculpture and paintings, which will take up the entire space at 3rd and Castle.

A Kids Fun House event will also be held on Wednesday the 21st at 6pm, before the opening of the exhibit, and the artists invite parents to bring their kids to interact with the artists. It’s a chance to celebrate and encourage the importance of creativity, originality and recycling, by encouraging kids and adults to make their own toys.

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LEAD STORY Computer hardware engineer Toshio Yamamoto, 49, this year celebrates 15 years’ work tasting and cataloguing all the Japanese ramen (instant noodles) he can get his hands on (including the full ingredients list, texture, flavor, price and “star” rating for each), for the massive 4,300ramen database on his Web site, expanded recently with “hundreds” of video reviews and with rereviews of many previously appearing products (in case the taste had changed, he told journalist Lisa Katayama, writing in April on the popular blog Boing Boing).

Yamamoto said he had always eaten ramen for breakfast seven days a week, but cut back recently to five. “I feared that, if I continued at (the sevenday) pace, I would get bored.”

Compelling Explanations In January the California Historical Resources Commission formally claimed, on behalf of the state, about 100 items of property on the surface of the moon having been left behind during the 1969 Apollo 11 landing (since California companies were instrumental in that mission and since only the moon surface itself is off limits to ownership claims

under international law). Among the items declared are tools, a flag, bags of food and bags of human waste left by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Nicolas Damato, 20, filed a lawsuit in March against Media, Pa., police officer Matthew Bellucci for false arrest after a 2008 traffic stop. Bellucci claimed Damato threatened bodily harm (but a judge later dismissed the charge). Damato acknowledged sending two letters to Bellucci’s home, one of which said in part, “God is just, and you will be punished. F you! You are an a! A f a !” (as the words were represented in the Philadelphia Daily News story). Damato said it was not a threat but that he was merely expressing a “religious” opinion.

Louis Woodcock, 23, testified at his Toronto trial in March that he was not involved in the 2005 shooting of a woman, despite being seen on surveillance video approaching the woman and holding his hand inside his jacket until gunshots rang out. He said he often kept his hand inside his jacket to keep from sucking his thumb, which is a habit he picked up in childhood and which did not go

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over well on the street. (The jury, apparently not seeing him as the thumbsucking type, convicted him of manslaughter.)

In February, Jesse McCabe, 29, was spared jail time (probation and community service only) for his conviction in connection with a missing $18,000 in bank deposits he was to have made for his employer in New Port Richey, Fla. Police discovered 13 deposits, from a sixweek period, in McCabe’s home, but all the money was recovered, and McCabe persuaded the judge that he just hadn’t been able to make it to the bank yet.

Ironies Karen Salmansohn, 49, prominent author of selfhelp books for women with relationship and career problems, including “Prince Harming Syndrome” and “How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less Using the Secrets of Successful Dog Trainers,” filed a lawsuit in March against cad Mitchell Leff.

Salmansohn said Leff had strung her along for months with promises of marriage and a baby, but abruptly cut off support when she became pregnant. Said Salmansohn, “I’m a selfhelp author, not a psychic.”

Former baseball star Lenny “Nails” Dykstra recently started accepting clients for his investment advice service, charging $999 a year, according to a March Wall Street Journal report. His Web site discloses that while Dykstra is “NOT” (his emphasis) a “registered” financial adviser, his “proven track record has caught the attention of many.”

(Dykstra filed for bankruptcy in July 2009 to stave off more than 20 lawsuits against him for entrepreneurial ventures gone bad, and in November, the bankruptcy judge denied him the right to reorganize his debts, converting his case to a chapter 7 liquidation.)

In March, Monica Conyers, pleading insufficient funds, was granted a courtappointed lawyer to appeal her bribery conviction stemming from her work as a city councilwoman in De-

troit. Conyers is the wife of John Conyers, the Michigan congressman who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. (Mrs. Conyers arrived in court on the day of her sentencing clutching what reporters said appeared to be a Louis Vuitton handbag that sells for $1,000.)

Government Health Care Follies Britain’s National Health Service in Warwickshire recently assigned Mavis Eldridge to receive care at the Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham for the agerelated macular degeneration she is suffering in her left eye.

The decision was puzzling to Eldridge and her doctors because her right eye is already being treated for the same disorder at University Hospital in Coventry, 20 miles away. University officials said they were booked up.

Paula Oertel, on Medicare, has a brain tumor that had miraculously been in remission for nine years thanks to a type of interferon approved for multiple sclerosis but not for cancer. Medicare had been paying about $100,000 a year for the drug, but when Oertel relocated from one county in Wisconsin to another, 30 miles away, it triggered an automatic, fullscale review of her records, at which point officials realized that her drug was unauthorized and stopped paying. According to a March Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report, her doctors scrambled to find a drug on the “approved” list, but discovered neither a less expensive one nor one nearly as effective, and Oertel’s tumor has returned.

Sexual Confusion A February New York Times/CBS News poll, asking respondents if they approve of gays serving openly in the military, found that 79 percent of selfidentified Democrats approve if openly serving gays are referred to in the question as “gay men and lesbians.”

However, when the openly serving gays are referred to in the question as “homosexuals,” only 43 percent of selfidentified Democrats approve. In March, the government of New South Wales in Australia granted “Norrie” a certificate as the state’s (perhaps the country’s, perhaps the world’s) only official genderless person. Norrie prefers to live that way, and two doctors had certified that the former male is now “physically and psychologically androgynous.”

Creme de la Weird What stunned officials in Polson, Mont., the most wasn’t that Brent Wilson, 53, was charged in March with attempting to illegally acquire ownership of someone else’s house.

It was that Wilson had attempted to register the title as property located on the “third planet from the sun” and as a conveyance from God, in a transaction that has yet to take place (scheduled for the year 6010).

Authorities believe Wilson might have fallen for the elaborate teachings of a scammer who conducts seminars on outsmarting the law governing foreclosures. Wilson was also charged with breaking into the house illegally and changing the locks. Said the recording supervisor of Gallatin County, “I can’t explain why people do what they do.”

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Fauce Meets Facebook: UNCW Department of Theatre presents ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’

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laywright Sarah Ruhl wrote “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” after a man’s phone kept ringing at a café and she wished him dead. “I’m trying to make sense of the times we live in, the Digital Age,” she explained. “An age that feels bodiless, as though there’s no longer any imprint.”

She wrote the play in 1998; since, dependence on cell phones and other gadgets has increased exponentially in the last 10 years. “It’s a Facebook world, where we upload songs, photos and friends that blur the virtual with the real,” according to director Paul Castagno. He has created a multimedia production to reflect this culture, with slideshow, music, and sound effects to blend the real and the surreal—“it’s impressionistic, fauve meets Facebook.”

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Dead Man’s Cell Phone UNCW Cultural Arts Building, Mainstage Theatre Apr. 22nd-26th, 8pm Sunday matinees, 2pm Tickets: $10-$12 • (910) 962-3500 The protagonist, Jean (Erica Lane Mutton), acquires a dead man’s cell phone and tries to insinuate herself into the man’s life.

“She doesn’t have a life, so she creates one,” Castagno said.

“She didn’t have a cell phone, so it was like she was missing a body part,” Mutton added.

When it is revealed that the deceased, Gordon, traded human organs for a living, the metaphor is extended. “Cell phones connect us, just like organs do,” Lauren Mayer, who plays Gordon’s and Dwight’s mother, commented. “The connection we have with our cell phones is the same as we have with our body parts. We should have a more human connection.”

“This play is a romantic comedy with an edge,” Castagno explained. “At the heart of this play is the love story of Jean and Dwight (Charles Johnston). In old-form traditional comedy, you always had the ‘blocking character,’ who prevented the lovers

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from consummating their love. In ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone,’ the blocking character is the cell phone that interrupts, always at the most inopportune times.” Though there are elements of the grotesque, both implied and actual, Castagno is emphasizing a lightness and fluidity in this production.

Ruhl’s genre ambiguity is intentional. “Is this not one of the great joys in life, and in art, for a thing to be simultaneously three or four or five things at once? There is a word in another language, untranslatable, I am sure there is—I think it is in French, or Polish, or perhaps Romanian— that means ‘the ability of an individual or an audience member to take the absurd seriously, yes, to take the absurd quite seriously, and to touch at, to trace, the most grave matters, death itself, with a certain lightness.’”

Technology itself is ambiguous. A cell phone can do just about anything, heck, it even vibrates. But what happens when it is lost, falls in the toilet or goes through a wash cycle? Is there phantom pain like amputees experience? Do cell phones really connect people or maintain distance? Breaking up is no longer hard to do; simply send a text. Cell phones ideally accessorize an ADD generation. UNCW has the resources and talent to produce professional entertainment with attention to detail on every level. This provocative play should not be missed.

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Great Big Stuff: City Stage presents ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’

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n Friday night, there were a lot of people at City Stage anticipating entertainment, and the production of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is entertaining indeed. The primary actors were obviously having so much fun they had to restrain themselves from hamming it up shamelessly or simply collapsing in hysterical laughter. Mike O’Neill is the suave and sophisticated scoundrel Lawrence Jameson. He aced the droll wit and talk/singing (sprechstimme) like a hipper Fred Astaire.

In disguise as a German psychiatrist, he was killer-funny.

The only problem with Amy Tipton (Christine Colgate) is that she doesn’t really take the stage until Act II. How can an actor steal the show when she’s only in half of it? Tipton was adorably wide-eyed, flirty and blonde, as she became entangled in a triangle with the scoundrels. Her singing and dancing were wonderful, as usual, and, though she kept her clothes on, she flashed the audience—a lot.

Though Gray Hawks will probably never have a more unforgettable role than Jesus in “Reefer Madness,” as Freddy Benson, he has his moments. When circumstances compel him to pose as Jameson’s mentally challenged brother, Hawks’ comic talent erupted. He was so ridiculously funny, half of the play’s lines were lost in the laughter of the audience. It didn’t really matter, though, because so much of his comedy is physical.

Madison Weidberg (Jolene Oakes) was the perfect foil for his antics. Her horror was hilarious, particularly the shock and dismay every time he buried his face in her breasts. Weidberg was a comic sensation every moment she was on the stage. Sophie Amelkin (Muriel Eubanks) was funny, too, and very cute with Anthony Lawson, the trés French André.

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HHHHH City Stage / Level 5 21 North Front Street April 23-25, 30-May 2 May 7, 8, 9 , 8pm Tickets: $18-22 • (910) 342-0272 ply incredible! Scenic Asylum has designed and constructed movable walls that transform the stage completely and effortlessly.

The primary settings are an elegant hotel lobby and an equally elegant château drawing room. When the château walls smoothly roll away, a central staircase slides out to access the lobby’s balcony. The other two settings, the château basement and a hotel room, are hidden in walls within walls, like an intricate puzzle box. Very clever!

The music was perfectly performed, as it usually is when under the direction of Chiaki Ito; but, the score isn’t particularly memorable. Choreographer David Loudermilk threw in a few herky-jerky routines—perhaps to reinforce the humor? The country number with Weidberg, though, was spot-on.

Director Robb Mann has assembled an all-star cast; many of the ensemble members have been principles in other productions. But this production needs tightening—tie it up, tie it down. There are too many cheesy and unnecessary sight gags (the Shakespeare sign, the Myrtle Beach poster), which distract from the wit of the script, and there are also too many goodbyes, which make the show too long.

City Stage fans are loyal and forgiving, and everyone always seems to leave happy, so this criticism is intentionally mild. Go see it; as always, it’s fun.

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Revved Up and Re-Fueled: Wilmington’s favorite tattoo parlor and art gallery is back

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he presence of Artfuel’s Sarah Peacock and her alternative art shows was missed last year. In October a startling motorcycle accident, involving coowner Dave Tollefson, shook the little blueand-white house on Wrightsville and Dock, and the usual decked walls took a step out of the spotlight. Peacock held herself personally responsible for his recovery, but she says she couldn’t have done it without the support of her Artfuel family. The tattoo artists in residence held up the appointments while she tended to Toleffson.

“We were already a good group, but through this, we have become very close,” Peacock says. “It has also been a time of great joy; Dave has recovered so well, considering the severity of his medical condition, initially, and witnessing what has been a wonderful experience.”

By February Peacock says that Toleffson was up and moving around, releasing that vivacious energy into the gallery once again. Before she knew it, Peacock was ready to plan another art show.

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Artfuel: Up and Running Again!

April 24th, 7pm 1701 Wrightsville Avenue (910) 343-5233 www.artfuelinc.com “We wanted to resume normalcy after such an unreal time, which has taken six months—much less time than expected by the surgeons,” she says. “We began thinking about our first art show after Dave’s energy level strengthened to the point where he would feel comfortable throughout an opening.”

The Artfuelers put their heads together and began to choose the first artists to show on the gallery walls since Halloween.

Peacock says that the four chosen were easy decisions, based on personal relationships and an assurance that each one

was both reliable and that special brand of Artfuel alternative. “We have shown most of them before,” she says. “We needed to ask people that were prolific in their art.”

Michelle Connolly, Eli Thompson, Todd Carignan and Nicole Nicole quickly sub-

mitted their works, and the show was quickly curated.

It is clear, from the plans for and after this exhibit, that the gallery has not lost an ounce of momentum post-trauma.

Peacock and Toleffson, along with their studio full of talented artists, are already collaborating with other art venues in town, as well as getting their next exhibit into the planning stages. “I think it’s an exciting path to go in.

We are interested to see what opportunities are out there for us.”

Since the shake-up, the owners and artists have come away with one thing in common: a stronger sense of community. As important as it was to Artfuel to support the local art scene before, it has become an even broader mission since the town rallied in support for Toleffson.

The gallery now sponsors the YMCA and continually looks for trauma patients in the area to help.

Peacock herself is emitting a sense of relief; she is exhaling and falling back into the art community that she still loves dearly. “We are still Artfuel,” Peacock says, “in the sense that, although we had a setback, personally, we are back and in full swing again.”

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1701 Wrightsville Ave 910 343 5233 Mon-Sat, 12-9pm; Sunday, 1-6pm www.artfuelinc.com www.myspace.com/artfuel_inc Artfuel.inc is located at the corner of Wrightsville Ave and 17th street. Housed in an old gas station, we offer resident artists working in studios alongside a gallery space used to exhibit other artists work. We hope to connect artists with each other and offer many styles of work to fuel the public’s interest. Currently, Artfuel, Inc. will showcase We’re Up & Running Again, April 24, 7pm. Artists Include: Nicolle Nicolle, Michelle Connolly and Eli Thompson. The show will hang for eight weeks!

Crescent Moon

332 Nutt St, The Cotton Exchange (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm; Sun., 12-4pm www.crescentmoonnc.com Crescent Moon is introducing new stained glass artist, Gerri Insinga, from West Hempstead, NY. Gerri was a frequent visitor to Crescent Moon while visiting their second home in Wilmington, NC. During one of those visits we learned of her stained glass and painted glass art that she has been hand-crafting for thirty years. When she brought us some samples, we immediately knew that she would be a welcome addition to our glass gallery.

Her picture frames are perfectly soldered and then with delicate brush strokes she paints floral and other themed designs to embellish them just right. Look for other one of a kind kaleidoscopes and accessory boxes to be showcased soon by Gerri.

Just In Time for Mother’s Day! Henrietta Glass Mom’s Little Vase is back on display and ready for Mom to put those cherished hand-picked flowers in. Hand blown, measuring 3 inches tall they will fit perfectly on your desk or kitchen counter and they are colorful!

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

Hampstead Art Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

New Elements Gallery

216 N. Front St. • (919) 343-8997 Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm or by appointment www.newelementsgallery.com “Across Time,” featuring the works of Wilmington artists Fritzi Huber and Dina Wilde-Ramsing, combines clay and fiber to give us contemporary interpretations of the past. The archeological/anthropological nature of Wilde-Ramsing’s sculptures are juxtaposed with Huber’s handmade paper, the deckled edges a reminder of ancient remnants, such as a shard or piece of fresco wall.

Acknowledged as one of Wilmington’s premier art and craft galleries, New Elements offers a wide variety of work by regional and nationally recognized artists. Located in historic downtown Wilmington since 1985, New Elements Gallery features original paintings and prints, as well as sculpture, contemporary craft, jewelry, and custom framing.

New Elements Gallery is proud to represent those artists that consistently produce high quality work, and takes pride in the solid relationships that are established between artist and gallery.

We exhibit work by various gallery artists on a rotational basis March through November, often

gaining much attention from area press.

Visitors worldwide make a point of returning to enjoy this distinctive collection of fine art and craft, and are frequently impressed by the sheer volume of work available at New Elements, much of which is featured on the gallery’s website.

New Elements Gallery also offers art consultation services and is committed to helping you find the unique piece of art that represents your style best.

pattersonbehn art gallery

511 1/2 Castle Street • (910) 251-8886 Tues.-Sat. 11am-5pm (Winter: closed Monday) www.pattersonbehn.com pattersonbehn will be featuring the work of Michelle Connolly. Michelle is a remarkably, prolific artist who has managed to stay connected to her inner child by channeling it through her artwork. Though so much of her work comes from her personal memories and her very active imagination- there is also a strong sense of depth and maturity to many of her pieces.

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

Sunset River Marketplace

10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 Tues- Sat. 10am-5pm Closed Mon. in winter sunsetrivermarketplace.com myspace.comsunsetrivermarketplace This eclectic, spacious gallery, located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, N.C.,

features fine arts and crafts by some of North and South Carolina’s most creative, successful artists. Almost every genre is represented here—oil, pastel and watercolor, clay and glass art, fiber art, turned wood, metal works, artisancrafted jewelry and more. Classes, workshops, pottery studio, custom framing, Creative Exchange lecture series and Coffee With the Author series are also offered on-site.

Pastel artist Jane Staszak conducts a weekly class at Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, N.C. The dynamic instruction and exchange of ideas has resulted in a closely knit group who have dubbed themselves the “Pastel Sisters” and their group show, which runs at the gallery through April 24th is titled “Pastel Sisters Show All.” Participating artists are: Nancy Guiry, Brenda Goff, Liz Roberts, Mary Grace Cain, Sue Ruopp, Barbara Riggi Evarts, Sandy Petit and Linda Young. Artist reception: Saturday, March 27th, 3-6pm; public welcome.

Wilmington Art Association Gallery

616B Castle St. (910) 343-4370 www.wilmington-art.org The Wilmington Art Association wishes to thank all of you who visited our annual juried Spring Art Show and Sale last week-end during the Azalea Festival.

Again, it was a successful event with over 350 entries from local artists. Please stop by and visit the Wilmington Art Gallery at 616-B Castle St. where our featured artist, Nancy Jernigan, who is visually impaired, has a colorful show titled “Blind Sited.” Our special event for April is fittingly called “Flowers.”

Wanna be on the gallery page?

Call Shea Carver by Thursday, noon, at (910) 791-0688, ext 1004, to inquire about being included.

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Earnest Action: How to Train Your Dragon is a marvel in design and technique

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omewhere over the past 15 years, since the dawn of computer-generated imagery, the folks at Dreamworks have gone from making some ridiculously cheesy kid movies to crafting some of the most wonderfully kinetic adventures in cinema. And this is from a guy who has all but abandoned Hollywood mainstream animation. How to Train Your Dragon is a hugely successful film—the kind of “across the board” entertainment that few films ever achieve.

First off, let me say that my inner cynic was boiling over the infantile message being delivered. Hollywood has spent the last three decades turning my inner child into a dullard.

He used to be an excitable little scamp, beaming with anticipation for a good time at the movies. Then, there was disappointment after disappointment. I’m not sure when it happened; I think it was around the time they started bringing back monkeys into movies.

This might require some history. W.C. Fields, a comedic pioneer, who turned alcoholism and morbid obesity into a national pastime, once famously said, “Never work with dogs or children.” Many believed that this was because Fields found them difficult to work with. I think it was because the man couldn’t resist the urge to eat them.

Animals have always been a staple of cinema. What movie doesn’t benefit from a cute dog or a cat? I’m sure it was a great thrill to see future President Ronald Reagan playing with a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo. Sure, they smell like month-old rotting garbage and throw their own feces, but, damn it, they are fun to watch.

But then Hollywood decided to stop using animals as gimmicks, and give them their own stories and characters: Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Benji, Flipper, et al. The animals became the focus of the story—and I don’t know about all of you readers, but I begin to have a real problem with movies when Lassie is a far more developed character than Timmy. Remember Timmy? That

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BOY AND HIS DRAGON: The CGI effects are impressive in Dreamworks latest Pixar flick, How to Train Your Dragon.

stupid moron who always managed to get trapped in a well, or a cave, or kidnapped by bandits. And what about his parents? Those neglectful rubes, who always had to rely on their dog to save their children. That isn’t a movie. That’s a social services case waiting to happen. I never understood the proportional logic of pairing the world’s smartest dog with the world’s dumbest people.

Back then, even the smartest dogs could only bark or count by tapping their paws. Monkeys, while more expressive, still lacked the ability to convincingly play a romantic lead. Then, someone came up with an idea so crazy that it just had to work: make the animals talk. Use human actors to dub the dialogue, rub some peanut butter on their gums, and presto!

We have talking animals. This led to some hilarious moments, but the concept lacked any real depth. Sure, we all laugh when we see an orangutan smoking a cigar, but does it provide us with anything other than a cheap laugh?

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The point is: Animals in films can be used as gimmicks, or they can be used as characters. How to Train Your Dragon is that rare film that lets the animal become a character without having to resort to cheap gimmicks. The story is a relatively familiar one: A boy named “Hiccup” lives in a Viking village besieged by dragons.

Fighting these fearsome reptiles is all the fierce warriors know. Hiccup, however, is not a fierce warrior. His father, the aptly named “Stoick,” is. As leader of his people, Stoick guides these great fighters into battle. Hiccup is more of a thinker—an aspiring inventor, who fails to live up to his father’s expectations.

While trying to prove himself, Hiccup inadvertently captures an elusive dragon.

Lacking the savage nature of his peers, Hiccup cannot bring himself to slay the dragon. Instead, he befriends him and helps mend his broken tail. During the time they spend together, Hiccup learns that the dragons are not the bloodthirsty monsters he had been led to believe.

There’s a lot of idiocy in this third-grade ethics lesson. Maybe our enemies aren’t our enemies. Perhaps hundreds of years of generational genocide is nothing more than a simple misunderstanding. Maybe with just a little love and common courtesy, we can all come together hand in hand and enter a new age of understanding. Blech.

Still, the film is earnest in its intentions.

And so incredibly staged. The characters are all three dimensional. The action is top notch. The main dragon, Toothless, is a marvel of design and technique, and feels more real than any Will Smith-voiced shark or Mike Myers-voiced Ogre.

Death at a Funeral

Regal Mayfaire Cinemas 900 Town Center Drive • (910) 256-0556 Call for times • $6.50 - $9.50 (pictured) Aaron (Chris Rock) is a wellmannered and hard working young man, married to Michelle (Regina Hall), and still

living at his father’s home. When his father dies, it is up to Aaron, the oldest son, to organize the funeral and give the eulogy. The funeral takes place in his father’s home and Aaron tries to put on an appropriate expression on his face to welcome his relatives, including his famous writer brother Ryan (Martin Lawrence), and his father’s friends.

But preserving a civil atmosphere will be a hard thing to do, especially, when from the very start, the undertaker makes a horrifying mistake. And Ryan wants to be the celebrity of the event without paying for anything. But those incidents are only minor compared to the information that Aaron and Ryan get from Frank (Peter Dinklage) the mysterious dwarf who is attending the funeral and nobody seems to know. R

The Lightkeepers

111 Cinema Drive • (910) 815-0266 Call for times • $6 - $9 Set in the year 1912 on Cape Cod, a lighthouse keeper who has disavowed any association with females, must deal with the appearance of two attractive women who move into a nearby cottage for the summer.

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WE Fest Film Submissions!

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

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Concerts at 128 South: New Wilmingtonian ups the ante on local music scene

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pring is in the air and that means warmer weather, longer days and new beginnings. But the rebirth of life, after a long and unusually harsh winter, isn’t limited to flowers and gardens; it’s also a time for new opportunities, growth and creativity. In business, sometimes, that means a reassessment or reevaluation of practice, perhaps even a change of direction. For the storefront at 128 S. Front Street in downtown Wilmington, it means a completely new identity.

For years the space attached to the iconic Stemmerman’s Inn has housed several restaurants, including two different Thai businesses and one Lebanese restaurant called: Cedar’s. But within the past few months, 128 S. Front has gotten out of the increasingly difficult and competitive downtown eatery market and has decided to utilize its beautiful room for more specific occasions, as a catering and event space, and just in time for wedding season.

However, unlike other rooms that only serve private functions, the newly-named 128 South is expanding its horizons and planning to market itself as much more.

With the help of musician, promoter and area newcomer Susan Savia, 128 South hopes to add another moniker to its rĂŠsumĂŠ: upscale music venue and concert hall. “I’m doing this for the sheer delight of having a fantastic music venue similar to the Birchmere or the Ram’s Head in the Washington, DC area,â€? the new Wilmington resident says. “You know, something like a house concert that’s unique—something where people can come listen to the music and not have to wear earplugs and scream over the musicians. We want to make it a really viable concert venue in Wilmington

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Robert Lighthouse with Phyllis Tannerfrye Thursday, April 22nd • 128 S. Front Street All seats, $15 • 6:30pm, doors (919) 886-6889 concertat128s@gmail.com

and make it a destination, hopefully trying to raise the bar on music in town.�

Savia says she was inspired and encouraged by the success of Wilmington Unplugged, a monthly songwriters’ showcase that she has frequented since her move here earlier in the year. She says the support shown to the performers and the quality of music helped convince her that Wilmington’s music scene could sustain such a venue. In fact, she had Unplugged in mind when she conceived the first concert, an intimate evening with Swedish blues artist Robert Lighthouse and South Carolina lowcountry songstress Phyllis Tannerfrye. “I found out about Robert Lighthouse performing in South Carolina, just two hours away, and thought that I’ve got to find some way to get him here,� she says. “I originally approached Billy Mellon and Wilmington Unplugged about doing it, but they had a lot going on this month. With Billy’s blessing, I approached 128 South after a Do It Downtown meeting, and they said they’ve really been looking to do these types of events. I wanted to do something like this before we moved here, but I never expected it to happen within only a couple months.�

In what she hopes will be at least a bimonthly series to start, Savia’s “Concert

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NEW FACE (AND SPACE) ON WILMINGTON’S MUSIC SCENE: Susan Savia stands in the new events space 128 South, downtown Wilmington, where unique concerts will be held, so “people can listen to the music and not have to wear earplugs and scream over musicians.�

at 128 South� begins its inaugural concert this week with Lighthouse and Tannerfrye, two critically-acclaimed blues, folk and Americana artists. As the series grows and receives support from patrons, Savia plans to feature local artists, as well as nationally touring acts, perhaps even expanding into genres of art beyond music. She says that she simply wants to give the Wilmington community what it wants and deserves, while supporting downtown, and providing

one more feather in the cap of a growing and vibrant arts community. “We want to bring people downtown that may not normally come downtown and work with other local businesses to try to help everyone,� she says. “It’s kind of a ‘It takes a village’ idea—to give Wilmingtonians something they currently don’t have on a regular basis right now. I’m testing the waters here, putting it out there for everybody, and hoping that they will return with the reciprocity of saying, ‘Yes, we would love to do this with you! Let’s have these concerts, let’s support the arts, and let’s do it in an affordable way, in an elegant setting, and maybe launch a career now and then of an artist coming through—or maybe even one of our own.�

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a preview of tunes all over town this week

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21

oPen Mic niGht with Gary allen

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DJ P. Funk

—Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 oPen JaM w/ Steve toDD

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

—Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040

DJ

eMMitt - nerShi —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

—High Tide Lounge, 1800 Carolina Beach Ave., Carolina Bch; 458-0807

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DJ Juice

—16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616

—The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206

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karaoke

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

—Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301

Piano Show

—Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341

—Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846

THURSDAY, APRIL 22

karaoke —Brass Pelican; 2112 N. New River Dr., Surf City, NC 328-4373 oPen Mic w/ Sean GerarD (9PM) —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 JaMeS JarviS & FrienDS (7PM-8PM), JiM aShley’S oPen Mic —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-763-1607 JereMy norriS —Sunset Cafe, 5500 Market St.; 791-1900 karaoke with BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJBe karaoke —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 karaoke w/ DJ Biker roB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204

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eric anD carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 roGer DaviS, ron wilSon —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 nutt houSe iMProv —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

DJ coMPoSe courteSy oF artiSt

—Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551

—Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 toP 40 DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 JaMeS JarviS & FrienDS (7PM-8PM)

MADONNA NASH, (2009) nominated “Female Country Artist of the Year” at the Carolina Music Awards, will be performing Saturday at The Beach House.

—The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-763-1607 live MuSic —Romanelli’s, Leland; 383-1885

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Tom Rhodes —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935 Jazz —Boca Bay, 2025 Eastwood Rd; 256-1887 acousTic duo (7-10), BReTT Johnson’s Jam (10) —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 dJ icon —Mansion on Market; 6317 Market St., 395-5028 Family KaRaoKe —Alfie’s, 2528 Castle Hayne Rd.; 251-5707 open mic —Brass Pelican; 2112 N. New River Dr., Surf City, NC 328-4373 open mic —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 dJ don’T sTop —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 FRied loT —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc., 910-256-0115 dJ RichTeRmeisTeR —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 Fuzz & mac —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776

dRagon seeKs paTh, millenium FunKon & ByRzenix —Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812 TigeR escape V pRedaToR, FRacTal FaRm, Jesse sTocKTon —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 diRTy liTTle heaTeRs, moRTal man, The needles —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 singeR/songwRiTeR showcase w/ KoosTic Thang! —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 myKel BaRBee —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 B-side BReaKdown —Black Horn Bar, 15 Carolina Beach Avenue N.; 458-5255 FoRTch —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 hip hop nighT: dJ BaTTle & FRiends —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 soul poweR posse —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 Tom noonan and Jane houseal —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 machine gun (11:30 am- 1:30 pm) —Commons Amphitheater; UNCW Campus

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—The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-763-1607

—Murphy’s Irish Pub; off I-40 @ exit 385 (at the Mad Boar Restaurant), 285-8888

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dJ (hip-hop/dance) —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776

—The Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988

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dJ ced —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 KaRaoKe w/ BoB clayTon —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 KaRaoKe w/ dJ sTeVe —The Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 classy KaRaoKe wiTh mandy clayTon —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 nuTT sTReeT open mic —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 FiRedance & dRums @ daRK, dJ miT psyTRance —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 guiTaRisT peRRy smiTh —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 KaRaoKe —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 dJ “mR lee� —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 dJ sTReTch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 KaRaoKe Kong —Orton Pool Room, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878

FREE FOOD at the bar during Happy Hour 5-7pm MONDAY Sloppy Joes and Salad $2 Domestic Drafts, $3.50 Margaritas, $3.75 Select Imports TUESDAY Hot Dogs & Chili w/ Tortilla Chips $2 Domestic Drafts, $3.50 LIT’s, $3.75 Select Imports WEDNESDAY Chicken Fajitas & Salad $2 Domestic Drafts, $3.50 Margaritas, $3.75 Select Imports THURSDAY Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo & Salad $2 Domestic Drafts, $3.50 LIT’s, $3.75 Select Imports FRIDAY Buffalo Wings & Salad $2 Domestic Drafts, $3.50 Cosmo’s, $3.75 Select Imports Restrictions apply, see store for details

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TUESDAY Live Jazz in the Bar Half Price Bottles of Wine Absolut Dream $5 • PaciďŹ co $2.50 22oz Yendgling Draft $2 WEDNESDAY Corona\Corona Light $250 Margarita\Peach Margaritas $4 10 oz domestic draft $1 THURSDAY Gran Martinis $7 • Red Stripe $250 FRIDAY Cosmos $4 • 007 $350 Harps bottles $250 SATURDAY Baybreeze\Seabreeze $4 22oz Blue Moon Draft $3 Select domestic bottles $150 SUNDAY Domestic Draft Pints $150 Bloody Marys $4 White Russians $4 5564 Carolina Beach Rd 452-1212

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Jesse sTocKTon —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866 Johnson’s cRossRoad

—Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355

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

—Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872

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dJ icon

—Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846

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

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liVe music

—Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880

—Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839

dJ

BiBis and BlacK —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 masonBoRo sound —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc., 910-256-0115 leThal inJecTion —Big D’s American Saloon; 6745-B Market St. woRRied minds —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 caRy BenJamin —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 anThony RycKman —Murphy’s Irish Pub; off I-40 @ exit 385 (at the Mad Boar Restaurant), 285-8888 John FonVielle —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433 The mulleTs —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647

—Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 FusTics —Grand Union Pub, 1125 Military Cutoff; 910-256-9133 Ten Toes up —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 Jam sandwich (8-11) —Buffalo Wild Wings, Monkey Junction; 392-7224 smooTh op —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558 dJ Time —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 KaRaoKe w/ dJ Val —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 dJ sTReTch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 laTino nighT wiTh dJ —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 dJ ced —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206

—Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 liVe Belly dancing —Arabian Nights, 117 Grace St.; 763-3456 melVin and sayeR —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 dane BRiTT —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 dJ scooTeR FResh —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 dJ —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172

liVe music —Henry’s, 2806 Independence Blvd.; 793-2929

1/2 priced select apppetizers m-f 4-7pm MONDAY $10 Bud/Light Buckets $4 Jack Daniels • $3 Capt. Morgan TUESDAY $1 Tacos 4-7pm • $3 sauza $15 margarita pitchers $3 Mexican Beers $5 Top Shelf Tequila • $7 Patron WEDNESDAY $3 Pints (10 Drafts) $5 Jager Bombs • $2 wells THURSDAY Mug Night $2 Domestic Drafts w/HK MUG $5 Bombers • $4 Jim Beam $3 pinnacle flavored vodkas $3.50 MicroBrews FRIDAY $3 Select Draft $4 Fire Fly Shooters $5 Red Bull Vodka SATURDAY $2.50 Miller Lt or Yuengling Draft $8 Pitcher • $3 Kamikaze $4 Well Drinks SUNDAY $2.50 Bud/Light Draft $8 Pitcher • $5 Crown Royal $4 Bloody Mary

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RoBBie BeRRy —Southpaw Sports Bar, 123 Princess

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Ron & Woo —Barbary Coast; 116 S. Front St., 762-8996 Gypsy FiRe

Classy kaRaoke WiTh manDy ClayTon

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—Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001

—Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 Dj —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 RoBBie BeRRy —Smileys Tavern, 723 N. 4th Street; 399-1669 TWo CenTs WoRTh —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433 The paul GRimshaW BanD —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 Full Dish —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc., 910-256-0115 BalD FuRy —The Wild Hawg Saloon; 14870 US HWY 17 N., Hampstead 270-1704 masonBoRo sounD —Brixx Pizza; Mayfaire Towne Center, 6801 Main St. 256-9677 Benjy TempleTon —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 ReGGae niGhT: CRuCial Fiyah —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 BiBis ellison anD The spaRe ChanGe BanD —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838

Dj sTReTCh; live jam WiTh Benny hill

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088

—Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301

The BReakFasT CluB

live Belly DanCinG

—Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

—Arabian Nights, 117 Grace St.; 763-3456

The Company sTRinGs, Boss nova, Damona WaiTs, Rio BRavo

kaRaoke W/ BoB ClayTon

—Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812

—Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880

key lime pie (8-12)

Dj

—Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219

—Ronnie’s Place, 6745-B Market St.; 228-8056

RooT soul pRojeCT —Black Horn Bar, 15 Carolina Beach Avenue N.; 458-5255 GloRia spilleRs, TiFFani paiGe, vonneGuTRaDe —The Blend; 5226 S. College Rd. Unit 8, 799-8899 oveRTyme

—Holiday Inn Resort (Gabby’s Lounge), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231

Saturday, aPrIL 24 GuiTaRisT peRRy smiTh

leiGh ann’s BeaCh paRTy —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 Dane BRiTT —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 BeaCh & shaG niGhT —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 kaRaoke WiTh BoB ClayTon —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 iamhuman

—Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395

—Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172

Dj sCooTeR FResh

Dj p. money

—The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206

—Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402

piano shoW

Dj iCon

—Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846

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

100 S. Front St. Downtown 251-1832 .0/%":

1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6pm

2 Budweiser • $225 Heineken $ 3 Gin & Tonic

$

(attached to the Ramada Inn)

910-791-7595

Tuesday

Shag Night

Thursday

$ 50

1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6pm 2 Blue Moons 2 Corona/Corona Light 1/2 Priced Wine Bottles $ 50

$ 50

5)634%":

2 Domestic Bottles, $ 75 2 Import Bottles, $ 3 Rum and Coke

$

'3*%":

LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD 3 Landshark • $3 Kamikaze $ 5 Bombs

$

4"563%":

LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD Rooftop open by 6pm Dance floor open by 10pm 46/%":

5 Tommy Bahama Mojitos $ 75 2 Corona $350 Bloody Mary’s $ 3 Mimosas $

—Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301

The GeoRGe Davis BanD

Dj RiChTeRmeisTeR

FusTiCs —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866

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

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

huCkleBeRRy

masonBoRo sounD

Bess RoDGeRs, lelia BRoussaRD

—Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400

—Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Drive; 452-3773

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

sTehl DuBB

tueSday, aPrIL 27

TRavis shalloW —Grand Union Pub, 1125 Military Cutoff; 910-256-9133 john ClaRk (9-10), TRansTRum(W/peRRy smiTh) 10pm

Ladies Night

Free Line Dance Lessons with Barbara Braak @ 7:30 $2 Coors Light $5 Martini List $5 cover

LIVE MUSIC GABBY’S LOUNGE Fri., April 23

OVErTYME 7-10PM

Sat., April 24

Friday

rANdY McQuAY 7-10PM

Salsa Night

Fri., April 30

Begins with Argentine Tango Lessons @ 7:30 $5 cover Salsa Lessons @ 9:30 & DJ Lalo Open till 2:30 $2 Tequila Shots $3 Corona saTurday Beach & Shag DJ 7:30 Salsa @ 11:00 till Close $2 Coors Light $3 Dos XX PrivaTe ParTy Booking 910 791-7595

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MIKE & LEON 7-10PM Sat., May 1

Ed TOrrES 7-10PM 877-330-5050 wrightsville.sunspreeresorts.com 910-256-2231

—Grand Union Pub, 1125 Military Cutoff; 910-256-9133 sTeph. DiG iT.

—Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737

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

paRkeR & poWell

BlooD BomBeR, pavliChenko, auDaCiTy, monkey kniFe FiGhT

—Murphy’s Irish Pub; off I-40 @ exit 385 (at the Mad Boar Restaurant), 285-8888

—Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

ChaTham CounTy line, noRa jane sTRuTheRs

RanDy mCQuay

—Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

sunDay niGhT FeveR

FReeDom haWk, Colossus, Champion oF The sun, salvaCion, venGeR —Reggie’s, 1415 S. 42nd St. Dsp —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 kaRaoke W/ Dj val —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 sTeve ToDD & sam mellon

—Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 Galen on GuiTaR (BRunCh) —Courtyard Marriott, 100 Charlotte Ave., Carolina Beach; (800) 321-2211 DjBe kaRaoke —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 ‘BehinD The GaRaGe’ musiC

—Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141

—Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 jam WiTh Benny hill —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 FluTisT nikki Wisnioski —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 Dj CeD —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 oveRTyme —Bluewater Grill, 4 Marina St.; 256-8500

oRGanix

monday, aPrIL 26

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

open CReaTe niGhT —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 open miC niGhT —Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 open miC W/ Beau —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 ColBy Wahl anD FRienDs —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 aCT ii —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 open miC WiTh viva —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 james jaRvis & FRienDs (7pm-8pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-763-1607 Dj iCon —Mansion on Market; 6317 Market St., 395-5028 open miC niGhT

—Tangerine; 300 N. Lake Park Blvd. Carolina Beach 707-0202

silveR juDas, enemy oF mine, hellBRoTh, unDeR The huDson

5001 Market Street

8&%/&4%":

$ 50

Dj Time

—Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846

—Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040

2 White Wolf 2 Redstripe 3 Wells 35¢ Wings at 8pm

1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6pm

$

Dj BiG kahuna

soulBeam

Free Shag Lessons w/ Brad White Beginner 7:30 Intermediate 8:00 Dancing till 11:00 $5 cover $2 Domestics $3 Imports

56&4%":

FoRTCh —Sunset Cafe, 5500 Market St.; 791-1900

The BuRninG anGels —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223

—Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812 Tom RhoDes

maDonna nash (8-12) (piCTuReD) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 The speeD kinGs —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935 soul poWeR posse —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558 RanDy mCQuay —Holiday Inn Resort (Gabby’s Lounge), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231

Sunday, aPrIL 25 kaRaoke W/ Dj BaTTle —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 kaRaoke —Sunset Cafe, 5500 Market St.; 791-1900 Dale “Fully auTomaTiC sounD maChine” Djs —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737

—Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866

kaRaoke WiTh BoB ClayTon —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 BiBis ellison anD The spaRe ChanGe BanD —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 live musiC —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 james jaRvis & FRienDs (7pm-8pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-763-1607 live aCousTiC —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 Cape FeaR Blues jam —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 kaRaoke W/ Dj Be —Ultra Classics Pool and Bar, North Hampstead Top 40 W/ Dj val —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 The Bil kRauss shoW —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 inDy musiC niGhT —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 RooT soul pRojeCT —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866 kaRaoke konG —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 kaRaoke WiTh Dj BikeR RoB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 RaDio hayes anD eChopoinT21 —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 nuTT house impRov —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 Dane BRiTT kaRaoke —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 kaRaoke —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 Dj “mR lee” —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 Dj iCon —SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401 TRavis shalloW & Woo —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28

gOgglez PizanO

eric anD carey B.

OPen Mic nigHt

DJ P. funK

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

—El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; nutt HOuSe iMPrOv

—Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.;

5tH WeDneSDay BanD —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; PianO SHOW —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846

—Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 KaraOKe WitH BOB claytOn

KaraOKe —Brass Pelican; 2112 N. New River Dr., Surf City, NC 328-4373 JereMy nOrriS —Sunset Cafe, 5500 Market St.; 791-1900 OPen Mic W/ Sean gerarD (9PM)

—Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.;

Concerts around the region

JiM aSHley’S OPen Mic

HOUSE OF BLUES

JaMeS JarviS & frienDS (7PM-8PM) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-763-1607 DJBe KaraOKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 KaraOKe W/ DJ BiKer rOB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 OPen Mic nigHt WitH gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 Jive turKey —Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Drive; 452-3773 tOM rHODeS —Black Horn Bar, 15 Carolina Beach Avenue N.; 458-5255

DJ

tHe fuSticS

—High Tide Lounge, 1800 Carolina Beach Ave.,

—Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341

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

4/23: Trace Adkins

4/24: Dog Day Afternoon (Benefit) 4/24: Delbert McClinton 4/27: Ben Harper and Relentless7, Alberta Cross

TWC ARENA 333 eaSt traDe St. cHarlOtte 704-522-6500

4/22: Bon Jovi, Dashboard Confessional

THE ORANGE PEEL

N. CHARLESTON COLESIUM 5001 cOliSeuM Dr., cHarleStOn, Sc 843-529-5000 4/23: Casting Crowns, Tenth Avenue North, Caleb 4/24: The Goo Goo Dolls, The Rocket Summer (PAC)

LINCOLN THEATRE

126 e. caBarruS St., raleigH

919-821-4111

4/22: Enter The Haggis, Caravan of Thieves 4/23: ZOSO, Backseat Confidential 4/24: The Breakfast Club 4/27: Motion City Soundtrack, A Rocket To The Moon, Sing It Loud, I Was Totally Destroying It 4/28: Emmitt-Nershi Band

ALABAMA THEATRE

4750 HWy 17 SOutH, n. Myrtle BeacH,

Sc 843-272-1111

101 BiltMOre avenue, aSHeville 828-225-5851

4/24: George Jones

4/21: Brother Ali, Fashawn, BK-One, Dow Jones 4/23: Railroad Earth 4/24: Todd Snider, Great American Taxi 4/30: Telepath, Dubconscious & Axum

GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 WeSt lee St., greenSBOrO 336-373-7400 4/23: Goo Goo Dolls

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

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

Carolina Bch; 458-0807

Show Stoppers:

—Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,910-763-1607

763-2223

cOurteSy Of artiSt

—Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551

DJ Juice —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 KaraOKe —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301

TWC PAVILION AT WALNUT CREEK 3801 rOcK Quarry rD., raleigH 919-831-640 4/23 - 4/24: Widespread Panic

CAT’S CRADLE 300 e. Main St., carrBOrO, nc 919-967-9053 4/21: Jay Clifford, Steven Fiore, Jeremy Current 4/22: Needtobreathe , Will Hoge, Matt Hires 4/23: The Old Ceremony, Benji Hughes 4/24: Edwin McCain, Delta Rae 4/25: Frightened Rabbit, Maps & Atlases, Bad Veins 4/26: Quasi, Let’s Wrestle 4/28: Clipse, XV, Ninjasonik

AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 SOutH tryOn St., cHarlOtte 704-377-6874

CAROLINA THEATRE

4/21: Never Shout Never, The Cab, Hey Monday, Every Avenue, The Summer Set 4/24: Firehouse, Superglide 4/28: Porcupine Tree (Above) 4/30: Southend Comedy Cavalcade;

4/22: Kelley Lovelace, Rivers Rutherford, Rodney Clawson & Tim Nichols

Bruce Bellile, Chesney Goodson, Steven Forrest, Kevin Alderman, Jonathan Dunn, Dave Neils

309 W. MOrgan St., DurHaM 919-560-3030

CARY’S BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE 8003 regency ParKWay, cary 919-462-2052 4/30: My Morning Jacket, Preservation Hall Jazz Band

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29-31 Dining Guide

Eat. Drink. Indulge! encore presents spring’s most indulgent event, Wilmington Restaurant Week

T

he most delicious week of spring arrives April 28th, wherein seven days of sheer indulgence will take place, thanks to encore’s original Wilmington Restaurant Week. More than 25 local eateries have culled a host of special menus, showcasing their finest eats for a price that can’t be beat!

It’s a way for diners to enjoy Wilmington’s foodscape without breaking the bank, all the while supporting our local economy.

From four-course fine dining, to casual lunches for two, in cuisines ranging from seafood to fondue, Latin American to Asian, steaks to vegetarian options, Wilmington Restaurant Week has every palate covered.

Diners should remember to make reservations ahead of time to ensure a seating, and prix-fixe prices do not include tax or gratuity.

Go to encore’s Restaurant Week’s Web site, WilmingtonRestaurantWeek.com, to print out the Wilmington Restaurant Week Pass, available on every participant’s menu page. Or flip over to page 5 or 29 and tear out the pass.

Some restaurants require the pass for prixfixe redemption, so bring it along.

Now, for the reveal: Here is how our favorite restaurants are tempting our tastebuds this spring!

Jamaica’s Comfort Zone 417 South College Road (910) 399-2867‎ 4-course lunch: $12/person 3-course dinner: $30 For the perfect late-in-the-week, need-alittle-spice lunch or dinner eat spot, Jamaica’s Comfort Zone packs a punch of flavor sure to beat away those culinary blahs. Reasonable prices and generous portions don’t hurt this Caribbean café’s chances of becoming one of Wilmington’s most popular eateries.

Better yet, they will certainly appeal to the foodies: Just try their curried goat and sautéed oxtails.

They’ve been open for over a year and certainly have a loyal fanbase. Wilmington Restaurant Week will bring more to the table, for sure, especially after one bite of their Jamaican Patty, served in a beef, chicken or vegetable variety. This starts off the four-course lunch, followed by their miniature curry vegetable rolls or a cup of their homemade chicken, vegetable or mannish (goat) water soup.

Course three comes in the form of Jerk or brownstew chicken, or curry steamed or Jerk vegetables. Entrées receive a choice of two sides, including a salad, plantains, confetti rice, steamed rice or cabbage. The fourth

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Wilmington Restaurant Week April 28th - May 5th Prix-fixe offers vary by restaurant www.wilmingtonrestaurantweek.com course can be chosen from apple streusel cheesecake, sweet potato cheesecake, passion fruit sorbet or mango sorbet.

To kick dinner up a notch, go for the whole Jamaican Comfort Zone experience. Their three courses for $30 will serve a starter dish from one of the following: West End Sunset Shrimp, Ackee & Saltfish or Escoveitch Chicken Salad. Course two features red snapper, served steamed, or escoveitch- (like ceviche) or fricassée- (stewed) style; Red-Stripe chicken; plantain-stuffed Jerk pork; or Jerk/ BBQ ribs. All come served with a choice of two sides, including steamed okra, confetti rice, steamed rice or cabbage.

Dessert will not disappoint either! Try the Comfort Zone’s coconut gizzadas (a pinchme-round, Jamaican pastry), passion fruit or mango sorbet, or an ice creme punch.

A $4 surcharge will be added to any shared Wilmington Restaurant Week plates.

Wrightsville Grille 6766 Wrightsville Avenue (910) 509-9839 3-course dinner: $16.99/person They’re known as a place that does “common things uncommonly well,” whether enjoying a brew and a burger at their expansive bar or a family meal in their dining area.

Wrightsville Grille opens seven days a week at 11am, serving some of Wilmington’s most memorable crab cakes.

Their Wilmington Restaurant Week threecourse dinner is one that will make anyone’s wallet do a happy dance, and the quality of food that comes along with it will impress.

Starting off the meal will be the choice of a shrimp salad—seasoned shrimp, served over mixed greens with papaya and mango, drizzled with an Oriental dressing—or a cup of soup, chosen from one of two of their daily specials (such as chili, French onion, chicken noodle, etc.).

The second course consists of a grilled 10-ounce New York strip, served with a vegetable of the day and choice of rice or potato.

For seafood fans, opt for their teriyaki-glazed

FISH FOOD: Jamaica’s Comfort Zone serves up colorful and tasteful food, straight from the Caribbean.

Welcome them to their first Wilmington Restaurant Week, and enjoy fresh flavors prepared with ease.

pineapple shrimp, served with stir-fried veggies, basmati rice and toasted almonds.

Leave room for dessert, as they’ll be serving either their decadent chocolate dessert of the day or a slice of their fresh and cool key lime pie.

Hieronymus Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar 5033 Market Street (910) 392-6313 4-course dinner: $25/person They’ve scored encore’s Best Seafood category many times before, not to mention they have served Wilmington diners for 31 years with culinary dedication. Their recipes don the freshest ingredients, some even picked straight from the family farm, and their seafood is purchased locally.

Wilmington Restaurant Week at Hieronymus will do nothing shy of titillate the tastebuds, as their first course starts off with a choice of crab dip or calamari, followed by a garden or Caesar salad, or a cup of their famous She-Crab soup—something that is richly enamouring on the palate.

The main course will be either blackened mahi, a seafood combo (grilled or fried, featur-

ing a choice of two: shrimp flounder, oysters, scallops or clam strips) or stuffed chicken.

To finish off the meal, diners can enjoy their homemade, insanely sinful strawberry shortcake or a slice of their Almond Hershey Delight.

Siena Trattoria 3315 Masonboro Loop Road (910) 794-3002 4-course dinner for 2: $40 One of Wilmington’s coziest restaurants stays tucked away in suburbia, off of Masonboro Loop Road, among housing developments, schools and churches. It’s a perfect spot, really, to maintain a homey, family atmosphere, which proves welcoming to all appetites. Aside from serving some of Wilmington’s best pizza, Siena’s entrées do little to disappoint and a lot to tantalize, as they use fresh ingredients, especially from local farmers’ markets when in season.

Wilmington Restaurant Week will offer a deal to duo diners who are looking to enjoy fresh, filling and familiar Italian for only $40 a couple. Their first course comes with a choice of one appetizer: calamari, arancini (rice balls), inslata caprese (mozarella, basil and tomatoes) and broccoli rabe di salsiccia (sausage and broccoli rabe, served in their homemade marinara).

A Siena salad will cleanse the palate, consisting of caramalized onions, roasted red cmykc

peppers and shaved parmesan, while the third course will be hard to choose from: lamb stew, chicken or shrimp fettucini Alfredo, salmon Mediterraneo, lasagne, ravioli bolognese or risotto con mascarpone di pollo (chicken and mascarpone cheese in creamy risotto).

The meal will be complete after choosing one dessert from their menu (go with the simply decadent tiramisu!) and a cup of coffee.

Verandah Cafe 1706 N. Lumina Avenue (located inside the Holiday Inn Resort) 3-course lunch: $12/person Allow Wilmington Restaurant Week to feel like a culinary vacation by making reservations at Verandah Cafe in Wrightsville Beach, located inside the Holiday Inn Resort.

The cafe has expansive views of the Atlantic Ocean, something sure to uplift the spirits during any lunch. Plus, their culinary craftsmanship comes through tenfold, as they treat every meal like a fine-dining experience.

A three-course midday break here will transform any day from hum-drum into something special, starting off with a cup of their lobster bisque or a soup of the day. Their main entrée comes dressed as an arugula salad—made with peppery arugula, roasted pine nuts, cranberries, mushrooms, roasted red and yellow peppers, and bacon-wrapped scallops in a citrus vinaigrette. Or choose their six-ounce Angus filet, roasted in a coffee pasilla chile broth, served with risotto and a veggie of the day.

Dessert will knock the “vacation” up a notch, thanks to Verandah’s banana cheesecake, served in a tortilla, or an individual mousse cup in chocolate, orange or lemoncream flavors. It ends the meal perfectly.

All meals are served with iced tea or soda, and coffee, as well as rolls with butter.

Yo Sake 31 South Front Street (910) 763-3172 4-course dinner: $25/person With a menu that touts Japanese-fusion food, Yo Sake appeals to the sushi-loving, vegetarian-loving and food-in-general-loving crowds. Their menu varies, offering the standards (pork eggrolls or sesame-encrusted tuna), the exotic (BBQ duck lettuce wraps or miso drunken noodles), and oh-so-much sushi (from standards to specialty rolls). They offer a chic atmosphere, complete with cosmopolitan anime art work, and a drink menu to simply love: sake, wine, beers and specialty drinks, like the Pomegranate Mojito.

For only $25 per person, Yo Sake is offering up a four-course dinner during encore’s Restaurant Week, complete with appetizer, soup and salad, entrée, and dessert courses. Appetizers included range from sesame-seared tuna, to fresh steamed edamame, as well as firecracker shrimp and crispy tuna rolls.

Miso soup, tomato-ginger bisque, or a local, organic vegetable soup provide the perfect second course. A house salad is also available for the waist-watchers of the bunch.

Diners can choose their entrée accordingly: savory Pad Thai, with choice of protein; Fiery Beef, served with noodles or rice; a Caterpillar Roll; a Vegetable Tempura roll; Sashimi Sampler; panang curry, with choice of protein; mykcmyk

pineapple-grilled chicken; Asian spiced beef tenderloin; (gasp!) teriyaki-glazed salmon; or shrimp and pineapple fried rice. Lychee sorbet, toasted coconut ice cream, chocolate-banana wontons and mango cheesecake top off this decadent dinner.

More than just a restaurant, Yo Sake has become a destination for the hip, the foodies and almost all Wilmingtonians. Restaurant Weekers need to mark it on their muststop list.

The Melting Pot 885 Town Center Drive (910) 256-1187 4-course dinner: $25/person Offering up traditional fondue fare, from cheesy indulgences to full-flavored dinner options, the Melting Pot is one of the South’s best places for anything from a chocolate fix to a full-on funky feast. Gather up your favorite dining pals and make sure to book a reservation early, because this pennies-onthe-dollar dining deal is a decadent treat that is sure to leave you melting for more.

On the menu for this year’s Restaurant Week is a full four-course dinner for only $25 per person, which is an absolute steal for this typically pricey experience. The first course offers a cheese fondue, with choices ranging from the spicy fiesta cheddar to the sultry spinach artichoke parmesan, as well as regular cheddar, a Wisconsin style blend and traditional Swiss.

The second course is a palate-cleansing salad, with a choice of house, Caesar, spinach-mushroom or California.

Next comes the entrée, featuring their Signature Selection, with filet Mignon, white shrimp, teriyaki sirloin, chicken breast and cedar-plank salmon; the Chicken Trio, with chicken breast, Cajun chicken and garlicchili chicken; or the Seafood Trio, with white shrimp, scallops, and cedar-plank salmon.

Rounding out this indulgent feast is the coveted chocolate fondue dessert, served with chocolate-peanut butter or the sinful dark chocolate-white chocolate, Yin Yang.

Mixto Contemporary Latin 21-47 S Water St (910) 399-4501 Lunch: Buy one, get one 1/2 off 4-course dinner: $30 A new restaurant located downtown Wilmington in the old Water Street location, Mixto proves to be just that: a mix of great food from Latin American countries, all wrapped up in the contemporary techniques of Chef Eric Gephart. Originally of Buoy 32 fame, Gephart is no newcomer to Wilmington Restaurant Week. Last fall he churned out a plethora of fine seafood dishes. This year he shows off a different side of his culinary studies, while drawing from his many years of owning and running restaurants.

Mixto sates spicy, comforting and homey palates, which get teased by Gephart’s contemporary twist. His molé sauce offers endless depth of earthy flavors and hearty affection, and his dedication to using primarily local ingredients makes every dish all the more flavorful.

During Restaurant Week, Mixto diners can enjoy a buy-one, get-one half-off lunch.

Choices can be be made from any of their

DOWN BY THE RIVER: Elijah’s Cape Fear Riverfront dining makes anything more enjoyable, but especially one of their many sandwiches offered during lunch or seafood prepared most exquisitely for dinner.

lunch selections. Try the panouchos for only $8—a crispy corn tortilla topped with blackbean puree, shredded chicken, lettuce, guacamole, Mexican cheese and salsa fresca, served with rice or beans. Or taste Yolanda’s Tamales, for only $7.50, featuring a traditional corn-based dough, wrapped in a husk of corn or plantain-steamed, served with rice or beans and a choice of cheese, pork and red chili, or chicken and green chili.

During dinner the price remains humble, too, for such fine-quality dining. A mere $30 offers a four-course meal, including an alcoholic beverage. Choose an appetizer from their tempting menu (try the ceviche), followed by a choice of soup or salad, an entrée (the dry-rubbed pork is complete heaven!), and a dessert to share. The cocktail of choice can be Sangria, house wine or a Mexican beer.

The meal will impress so much, especially when sitting along the Cape Fear River on their open patio, that diners are sure to return more than once during Restaurant Week.

Elijah’s 2 Ann Street (910) 343-1448 2-course lunch: $14.95 3-course dinner: $28.95 Located on the downtown Riverwalk, Elijah’s Casual American Grill and Oyster Bar has a fantastic blend of downtown energy and riverside flair. With a sophisticated menu and classy clientele—not to mention the unbeatable view—Elijah’s has its diners aching for more.

For a truly blissful experience, try the soft shell crabs with a chilled glass of pinot grigio. Yum. Honestly, though, no matter what is ordered, the outcome of sheer satisfaction always shows on a diner’s face upon leaving the restaurant. Restaurant Weekers will be enveloped by their tempting lunch and dinner options.

The first of two courses during lunch begins with a cup of either the Carolina Chowder or Elijah’s Red Chowder. Or enjoy their house salad, mixed lettuce, red onion, sliced mushrooms, carrots, cucumber and tomato, with one of their homemade dressings; a Caesar salad, served with classic romaine lettuce, shredded Romano cheese and garlic croutons, with house made dressing; or a spinach salad, served with carrots, tomatoes, walnuts, dried cranberries, blue cheese crumbles and raspberry vinaigrette.

Diners choose one from the second-course menu: turkey reuben, featuring smoked turkey breast, sauerkraut, Swiss and 1000 Island dressing on soft rye bread; chicken salad sandwich, served with almond chicken salad atop soft, toasted rye, topped, with lettuce, tomatoes and toasted almonds; Elijah’s chef salad, which comes with mixed iceberg and spring lettuce, served with Virginia ham, smoked turkey, Swiss and cheddar cheeses, carrots, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, olives and egg, with your choice of one of our homemade dressings; or the fresh catch of the day.

Elijah’s three-course dinner comes with one starter: fried calamari, Buffalo shrimp or homemade mac-and-cheese, served with a blend of aged, sharp white cheddar, parmesan and cream cheese, with diced Virginia ham, tossed with baby pasta shells. Choosing the second course will prove as difficult, featuring: chicken and shrimp linguini, with blackened chicken breast, served with sautéed shrimp and scallions, atop fresh linguini in a parmesan cream sauce; stuffed pork, showcasing eight ounces of center-cut loin chop, with cornbread and sausage stuffing, finished with apple-cider reduction and served with fresh seasonal vegetables; or shrimp panned in butter, with large shrimp sautéed in a garlicbutter white-wine sauce, with scallions and diced tomatoes, served with seasoned rice and fresh vegetables.

Dessert comes with a choice of one: Chocolate Delice, with a chocolate and raspberry sauce, or apple pie, served with vanilla ice cream, cinnamon and whipped cream.

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South Beach Grill 100 South Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach, NC (910) 256-4646 3-course dinner: $29.95/person If an intimate, casual, beachy atmosphere sounds like the right ticket for Wilmington Restaurant Week, then South Beach Grill can definitely satisfy the most extravagant of cravings. Both their lunch and dinner menus are widely varied, with Southern favorites like fried pickles, and more surprising dishes, such as sweet potato-crusted flounder. During Restaurant Week, Chef James Rivenbark has turned up the volume, showing off his trained culinary skills.

Folks will enjoy a three-course dinner, including a first course choice of: pan-seared black-pepper-crusted diver scallops, over an avocado and honey toast, finished with a fire-roasted tomato concasse; rosemaryskewered shrimp, over a smoked cheddar polenta cake, finished with a hardy saffron tomato basil sauce; or roasted summer vegetable bruschetta, over garlic-herb crostinis, finished with a sweet balsamic glaze.

The second course proves as enticing, featuring five-spice rubbed tenderloin, over bacon gorgonzola risotto, finished with a blackened tomato coulis; ginger candied grouper, over kalamata olive, diced tomato, and spinach couscous, finished with a pinot grigio lemon garlic sauce; or chipotle seafood linguine, featuring sautéed shrimp, scallops and fresh mahi, tossed with spinach, mushrooms, diced tomatoes and linguine, in a white-wine chipotle butter sauce.

The finalé will make the sweet tooth dance in happiness. Diners can choose from South Beach’s sweet cherry pie and vanilla ice cream; Lewis Farms’ strawberry shortcake; or homemade key lime pie.

Cape Fear Seafood Company 5226 S. College Road Suite 5 (910) 799-7077 2-course lunch: $12/person 3-course dinner: $30/person Of its many successes, Cape Fear Seafood Company does one thing flawlessly: seafood. Its inventive menu practically speaks for itself, with the succulent Figure 8 Stuffed Flounder and decadent Grouper Saltimbocca, among other favorites. From the picky to the downright persnickety, this sophisticated seafood bistro is sure to please everyone stepping through its doors.

Locally owned and operated, the Monkey Junction restaurant saw great success last Restaurant Week—so any diner who missed out on their tasty show should go ahead and plan on a seating this go ‘round.

Lunch can’t be beat at only $12 a person.

The first course will be a cup of their homemade soup of the day, their roasted red pepper and crab bisque or their Caesar salad.

Their second course offers a Cajun favorite, Jambalaya, made with shrimp, scallops and andouille sausage, okra, onions and tomatoes, served over rice; or go for their Calabash-style fried shrimp platter, served with fries and cole slaw.

Dinner will be a more extravagant affair, as three courses will run a mere $30 a person.

Again, their first course includes the soup of the day, their crab bisque, Caesar salad, crab

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DON’T SKIMP ON THE SHRIMP: Cape Fear Seafood Company knows seafood—so well, in fact, that Restaurant Weekers will score killer deals on items like shrimp and grits. Make a reservation now.

dip or spicy Buffalo shrimp. Plate two comes in one of many flavors: Cape Fear shrimp and grits, featuring sautéed prawns, applewood smoked bacon, tomatoes and mushrooms, served over creamy cheese grits. Or choose the honey BBQ salmon, served with green beans and choice of side (whipped potatoes, rice pilaf, French fries, cole slaw, onion rings, hush puppies and asparagus). Their Smith Island crab cakes is also an option, featuring twin lump-crab galettes, pan-seared and finished with a velvety lemon buerre blanc sauce, served with green beans and choice of side. If Cajun still tempts, then go for the aforementioned Jambalaya for dinner, too.

Dessert cools things down with a slice of key lime pie or a serving of their crème brulée.

Aubriana’s 115 S. Front Street (910) 763-7773 3-course dinner: $30 For a chic, candle-lit dinner, complete with white linen tablecloths, Aubriana’s is the place to make a reservation. One of Wilmington’s finest dining spots, the artsy space boasts a “melting pot of America’s best culinary traditions.” From lamb to hummus, lobster to shrimp, Chef Alex Succop knows how to please a diner.

Dinner starts with a choice of salad. The Caesar includes hearts of romaine, tossed with house-made Caesar dressing, with anchovy filets, capers, croutons and shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano. Aubriana’s house salad contains a spring mix of greens, tomato wedges, purple onions and Asiago cheese, finished with one of their homemade dressings.

Course two will engage the palate even further into Aubriana’s unforgettable experience. The crab and spinach potato gnocchi ala vodka comes with sautéed, jumbo lump crab meat and spinach, with Italian potato dumplings tossed in a classic creamy ala vodka sauce. For those who wish for a different flavor, choose the Ashley Farms chicken breast. The all-natural North Carolina chicken comes pan-seared then roasted with spring vegetables, in natural pan jus, and red bliss

and Yukon gold mashed potatoes. And any rich palate will be happy with the spring lamb rack, marinated and then drizzled with jalapeño mint gastrique, served with herb-roasted fingerling potatoes and a medley of spring vegetables.

Peanut butter pie or chocolate lava cake will finish the meal off memorably.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House 301 North Water Street (910) 343-1818 3-course dinner: $35/person Internationally renowned for its Prime USDA Choice steaks, Ruth’s Chris Stea House completely lives up to the hype. Serving an unbeatable menu of traditional flair in a modern atmosphere, Ruth’s Chris ranks consistently high for its clear-cut chop-house vision: They only offer the most premium cuts of meat, cooked to perfection, and served with family-style sides just as tempting. Reserve a seat for Restaurant Week today, as they packed it out last fall!

Their appetizer selections allow diners to choose one: the Steak House Salad, featuring iceberg, romaine and baby lettuces, with grape tomatoes, garlic croutons and red onions, or a cup of their richly decadent Lobster Bisque.

The entrée to follow will feel like a special occasion—in fact, it will be. Ruth’s Chris offers a choice of their filet and lobster tail, featuring a six-ounce cut of corn-fed Midwestern beef and a six-ounce cold-water lobster tail; or their 16 ounce New York Strip will be as delectable, with a full-bodied texture that is slightly firmer than a ribeye. For those who aren’t keen on red meat, Ruth’s Chris offers a double-stuffed chicken breast, filled with garlic-herb cheese, served with lemon butter.

They’re also offering a tender Atlantic salmon, poached under the broiler. The entrées will be served with a choice of creamed spinach or mashed potatoes, and substitutions to accompaniments can be made for an additional $2 per side dish.

The meal ends on a high note with dessert.

Ruth’s Chris offers their chocolate Sin Cake, featuring chocolate and espresso, a delicious slice of their homemade chocolate cake, or a slice of cheesecake with fresh berries.

Katy’s Great Eats

1054 South College Road (910) 395-5289 Lunch or dinner for two: $22 For down-home food in a casual, bar atmosphere, visit Katy’s Grill and Bar, also known as Katy’s Great Eats, located in the heart of midtown, off of College Road. Well-known for its inexpensive gourmet wings, this local favorite also serves up country classics, like fried green tomatoes and okra, and they serve one mean burger, too, in a variety of ways. Their Restaurant Week specialties will make anyone take a seat in their cozy digs and be happy for dinner for two at only $22.

True Southern hospitality begins with the choice of an appetizer to share: homemade chips or onion rings, fried pickles or jalapeno buttons. Katy’s sandwich and seafood selection follows the tried and true, as well as the adventurous, and makes for a filling second course. Diners choose two of the following: Monterey chicken sandwich, featuring bacon, Ranch and Monterey Jack cheese; the Colorado chicken sandwich (editor Shea Carver’s fave), featuring tomato, grilled onions, bacon, sour cream and provolone cheese; or the Beach Burger, featuring American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo. For those wishing to indulge the freshness that is Katy’s seafood, taste the fried shrimp platter, served with fries and slaw.

Ending the meal with a slice of their Mermaid Pie will beckon diners back alone, as it comes with a slice of whipped chocolate pie, swirled with toffee, and topped with Oreo crumbles and pecans.

Caprice Bistro 10 Market Street (910) 392-6313 3-course dinner: $25/person During encore’s fall Restaurant Week, Caprice Bistro packed the house. They were booked practically every night of the week, as their three-course meal could not be beat.

The consistent level of quality food makes Caprice top-notch all-around. Chef Moity provided a choice of appetizer, entree and dessert, all chocked full of a divinity of flavors. The escargot, duck confit and profiteroles can send anyone into food-coma heaven. Paired with great wine or champagne and fabulous company, it will become one of many Restaurant Week highlights.

Again taking Best French Restaurant 2010, they’re back for spring’s Restaurant Week.

Words of advice: Make reservations early.

Their three-course dinner only runs $25 a person and starts with the choice of: salad meli melo, featuring organic field mixed green lettuce, with a dijon vinaigrette and crostinis; homemade country pate; or escargot, served in a Roquefort, garlic-cream sauce.

Course two offers a choice of: poisson “du jour,” Caprice’s fish of the day, which varies; their insanely decadent duck confit, served with sautéed potatoes and mesclun; or the steak “au poivre,” served with pomme frites.

To end it all without regret comes dessert, again, with the choice of one: chocolat profiteroles, sorbet “maison” or crème brulee.

Flaming Amy’s Bowl 4418 Shipyard Boulevard (910) 799-6222 Dinner for two: $26

Like its sister of a Burrito Barn, Flaming Amy’s Bowl goes a different route: Rather than master the burrito, they’re mastering noodle and rice bowls, a la Mongolian-style grilling.

Here’s how it works: Pick your ingredients— freshly chopped veggies, meats, sauces and starches—take it to the grill, and they’ll cook it up before you for the perfect meal.

Repeat upon seconds and thirds.

It’s a make-your-own-meal-style restaurant, where you’re the chef, and they provide prime fillings. Located on Shipyard Boulevard, make it a pit stop between April 28th and May 5th, especially when considering dinner for two only rings in at $26. Here’s what you’ll get: two soft drinks or two bottled beers, two cups of hot ‘n’ sour soup, two dinner buffets and one brownie cheesecake dessert.

The eatery is new to the Wilmington Restaurant Week spring event, so stop in for a hearty welcome, and leave planning your next trip with your favorite dining companion.

Spaghetti bolognese, eggplant parmesan or wild mushroom pesto stands tall beside hummus and Greek spinach pie. Hamburgers and the hamburger steak also comforts the most pesky of eaters here.

Conveniently located at College at 17th Street, welcome owner Huseyin Ozogul to town, a restaurateur who opened and ran restaurants in Raleigh before going East Coast bound. His culinary skills are sure to impress, and his Restaurant Week menu will be revealed in next week’s edition.

Catch 6623 Market Street Lunch; 11am-3pm Dinner: 5pm-10pm 4-course dinner: $29/person Chef Keith Rhodes and his wife, Angela, opened Catch with a simple idea: to serve the best local ingredients with a modern twist. They support North Carolina’s organic farmers, local fisheries and sustainable fishing practices to help stimulate the local economy. Their high-quality food continues comforting locals time and again.

Winning encore’s Best Chef many years now in a row, Rhodes produces palate-pleasing menu items, such as North Carolina sweet potato salad and red miso-broiled salmon.

Decades of experience assure his creations are anything but ordinary, and his four-course dinner for Restaurant Week will be a debut success, for sure.

Diners can choose an appetizer for starters, including Firecracker Shrimp, served over a romaine nest with a spicy sherry cream sauce; or pimiento cheese and shrimp dip, served with olive oil crostinis; or the crispy pork pot stickers, served in a Grand Marnier and chili sauce.

Course two comes in the form of soup or salad. Rhodes will serve a curry catfish chowder, featuring a mild curry flavor and micro cilantro, or a hibachi salad, served with organic greens, mixed vegetables and ginger-sesame dressing.

Finishing off the palate will be a joy of sweetness in the form of a warm chocolate bundt cake, served with Jasmine whipped cream and coco nibs; or Gnarly Head merlot-poached d’anjou pear, served with vanilla, rose cream and curry almonds.

Food this good comes with only one stipulation: Diners must make reservations for Friday- and Saturday-evening dinner (and they’re encouraged other nights as well).

Henry’s 2508 Independence Boulevard (910) 793-2929 3-course dinner for two: $39.99 For a local favorite, offering up classic American staples in a friendly, inviting atmosphere, check out Henry’s, located in Barclay

FLAT BUT HEIGHTENED WITH FLAVOR: FLAT Eddie’s offers the new sandwich: flat bread, topped with artisan ingredients, like smoked chicken and mandarin oranges. Try one come Restaurant Week.

Commons off Shipyard Boulevard. The ambiance is casual-chic, and the staff is nothing less than warm and inviting to every diner.

Henry’s menu offers a cross between mom’s kitchen (think grilled cheese BLT or fried bologna sandwiches) during lunch and grandma’s home cooking (meatloaf, roast chicken dinner, and many noodle and seafood dishes). They have also started new “Crate to Plate” daily specials, featuring meals made from local seafood and vegetables, also one of their features during Wilmington Restaurant Week.

Great food at great prices is what’s waiting at Henry’s, and dining in deuces means saving bigger bucks! The first round begins with a choice of an appetizer to share, including Henry’s famously rich crab dip, their crispy and savory calamari or fried onion crisps.

Course two features two entrées from their Crate to Plate blackboard specials, which change daily, and feature locally grown vegetables and locally harvested seafood.

The third course will allow couples to share a large dessert or two minis from the Henry’s menu. Desserts are homemade and they change daily, so be sure to ask about the selections upon visiting.

Eddie Romanelli’s 503 Olde Waterford Way Leland, NC 28451-4147 (910) 383-1885 2-course lunch: $8/person 3-course dinner for two: $35 Eddie Romanelli’s serves up scratch-made traditional Italian fare at affordable prices, with hefty servings and fantastic service to boot.

Their Leland location is serving up meals in droves, as their daily specials ($5 specialty pizzas on Monday!) or Sunday brunches keep visitors lining up at Eddie’s door.

During Wilmington Restaurant Week, the Leland location will have people crossing the bridge without fail—for lunch and dinner,

nonetheless. Lunch can’t be beat for only $8, starting off with a cup of their daily soup or a house salad, served with one of their housemade dressings. Folks can then choose from: a Tuscany sandwich, topped with Prosciutto ham, sliced tomato, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil and balsamic vinegar on garlicand-herb-toasted focaccia bread; chicken Parmigiana; a meatball sub; or Romanelli’s spaghetti and meatballs.

Dinner only runs $35 a couple, starting off with an appetizer to share, including bruschetta, served with fresh Roma tomatoes, basil and olive oil on crostini, topped with balsamic reduction; fried cheese, which is hand-breaded mozzarella, lightly fried and served with marinara; or Italian (Prosciutto, tomatoes, mozzarella and Kalamata olives) or American (bacon, spring onion, cheddar and Monterey Jack) potato skins.

Their house or Caesar salad comes before the main course, which consists of two of the following: eggplant rollatini, featuring eggplant lightly breaded and fried, rolled up and filled with spinach and ricotta, topped with marinara and mozzarella; or rigatoni a la vodka, which comes with Prosciutto, sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms, in a vodka cream sauce; or Mama Romanelli’s lasagne, layered with Italian sausage, ground beef and meatballs, three cheeses, covered with homemade marinara; or shrimp fra diablo, served with penne, sautéed shrimp, feta cheese and fresh mozzarella, in a spicy marinara.

The final course comes with spoons for two, as a dessert from Romanelli’s menu will be chosen to share. Among the contenders: sixlayer chocolate cake, tiramisu, Double Decker ice cream pie or strawberry Dream Cake.

De Lara Mediterranean Cuisine 3715 Patriot Way (near the intersection of S. College Road and 17th Street) Deal reveal next week!

Visit De Lara and make a stop at many countries all over the globe. The newest 17th Extension addition brings a touch of variety to midtown diners, from Italian dishes to Mediterranean cuisine to American favorites.

FLAT Eddies 5400 Oleander Drive (910) 799-7000 2-course lunch: $9 • Dinner for two: $20 Featuring toppings like roasted Roma tomatoes, peppadew peppers and smoked chicken, FLAT Eddie’s flatbread sandwiches are more than just the restaurant’s namesake, they’re its essence. Still, they have sandwiches, soups, salads and entrées, among their famed flatbreads, so everyone can choose something they love.

The café’s polished atmosphere and large bar area offers a refined but reasonably priced menu. New to the Port City, Flat Eddie’s boasts itself a must-sample-everything establishment, and it’s possible to do so come April 28th through May 5th. Nothing will make the wallet happier than a $9 lunch.

Their first course starts with a cup of their daily soup or a house salad. Lunch comes flat, but gets topped with many artisan ingredients to heighten the flatbread’s flavor. Diners can choose from: house-roasted Roma, featuring mushrooms, red onions, provolone and blue cheese over pesto; smoked chicken, with grilled asparagus, dried cranberries, mandarin oranges and roasted garlic, over creamcheese and ricotta; pork BBQ, featuring sweet roasted corn and crackled onions over BBQ sauce with sharp cheddar; Mediterranean, with roasted red peppers, Kalamata olives, and spinach with feta cheese crumbles; grilled shrimp, with Roma tomatoes, fennel and shredded mozzarella over red sauce with a balsalmic glaze; or the Flat Eddie, topped with eggplant, red onions, dried Romas and peppadew peppers, over pesto Alfredo sauce with three cheeses.

Dinner for two costs a mere $20 and includes the same menu as lunch, except diners get a choice of two desserts, too, which change daily.

The Little Dipper 138 South Front Street (910) 251-0433 4-course dinner: $25 Fondue is an interactive meal. It’s for lovers. It’s for family. It’s for girlfriends sharing a night on the town. Downtown’s Little Dipper offers up the best in cheeses, veggies, meats and chocolates, melted properly and cooked even more carefully so, to the most decadent flavor, the tastebuds are treated to a simultaneous rush. Last fall, the Little Dipper’s Restaurant Week menu provided a steal of a deal, considering fondue can run up a nice check. Thus, the spring event becomes all the more exciting, making Little Dipper affordable, fun and oh-so entertaining for everyone—and guaranteed to be unlike any other meal in town.

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BURRITO HEAVEN: Flaming Amy’s will appeal to carnivores and herbivores during Wilmington Restaurant Week, as they offer a surf ‘n’ turf burrito or a veggie-stuffed quesadilla.

Locally owned and operated, the staff simply swoons its diners; be a part of the movement, especially at only $25 a person for a four-course meal. It all starts with a cheese course, offered in one of many flavors (Switzerland’s Original, Cheddar Ale, Baja Cheddar, Tuscan Sun-Dried Tomato) and served with assorted breads, fruits and veggies.

Course two comes in the form of a chef’s salad, romaine with Caesar, a mushroom salad, or a cup of soup.

The entrée selection comes with creamy horseradish, marinara, Asian-ginger, wasabilime, creamy dill, au pouivre and spicy curry sauce selections, along with proteins that can be cooked in either peanut oil or chicken broth. Choose from the: Pleasure Island, featuring Asian potstickers, stuffed with chicken and veggies, filet mignon and sashimi tuna; Figure 8, served with filet Mignon, chicken and pork tenderloin; Wrightsville, served with filet Mignon, chicken and shrimp; Sunset, with shrimp, filet Mignon and assorted ravioli; or Masonboro, served with assorted ravioli, marinated portabellos and seasonal vegetables.

The Little Dipper’s fourth course may just be the showstopper! Folks will enjoy chocolate fondue (milk, half chocolate-half peanut butter, mocha and amaretto dark chocolate, white, the turtle or NY-style cheesecake and berries) during their final course. It’s indulgence at its finest, for sure.

Port City Chop House 1981 Eastwood Rd (910) 256-4955 4-course lunch or dinner: $26.50/person New to our Restaurant Week table is Wilmington’s Best Steak, as judged by readers of encore magazine for many years running now. Welcome Port City Chop House to

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the lineup. They have been serving diners the best cuts of meats for years now—and that includes not only prime selections of beef but fresh fish and shellfish that cannot be beat. From certified Angus filet Mignons to bone-in strip steaks to a wonderful cowboy ribeye, ordering red meat is luxury here. Pair it with a style or preparation, like their Oscar (steamed crab meat, asparagus and bearnaise) or au poivre (cracked peppercorn and brandy cream sauce), among other choices, and the experience will be one to relive again and again.

Wilmington diners can start off their meal with the Chop House’s spinach and artichoke dip, a Greek version, served with feta, sundried tomatoes and garlic bread. Course two will be a choice of one: house salad, featuring mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, red onion, cheddar and croutons, served with homemade dressing; or a Caesar salad, made with romaine lettuce, Caesar dressing, croutons and parmesan cheese.

Course three is one of three entrées: shrimp pasta, made with jumbo shrimp, spinach and sundried tomatoes, tossed with cavatappi pasta in a light butter sauce; certified Angus beef café strip, a 10 ounce strip filet, cooked to desired temperature; grilled herb chicken, served with chicken breasts, topped with Prosciutto, muenster and herb oil.

End the meal in “Seventh Heaven,” with a warm sweet biscuit, topped with vanilla ice cream, with raspberry or blueberry sauce.

Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn 4002 Oleander Drive (910) 799-2919 Lunch or dinner for two: $22 Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn also joins the Restaurant Week ranks for the first time, bringing forth their wide-mouthed burritos and things to Wilmingtonians at deals that can’t be beat! From their overstuffed Double Bypass or their Thai-Me-Up burritos, to their vegetarian chili bowls and homemade salsas, a Flaming Amy’s meal takes top hon-

ors in this town. Don’t believe us? Well, they won Best Burrito yet again in encore’s BestOf poll, so, really, enough said.

They take Mexican to all new levels, adding flair from other styles of cuisine, and punching it with a hefty dose of kitsch and humor. And they’re family-friendly, so bring the kids, too.

Dinner for two can be enjoyed for only $22, and includes two beers or soft drinks. Start off with a choice of dip: guacamole, freshly prepared avocado, lemon juice, onion and jalapeno; homemade hot cheese dip; or black bean cheese, a hot and spicy black beancheese dip. All dips are served with warm, yellow tortilla chips.

The second entrée will appease carnivorous and herbivorous alike. Their Surf ‘n’ Turf Burrito comes with marinated steak, shrimp, Jack and cheddar cheese, lettuce, sun-dried tomatoes and a balsamic bleu-cheese dressing. The Grilled Veggie with Red Pepper Hummus Quesadilla is topped with a red-pepper and garlic hummus, marinated and grilled portabello mushrooms and eggplant, served with rice, beans and yogurt dressing on the side.

Dessert will rock everyone to the bone, thanks to Amy’s famous Bananas Elvis—a banana with peanut butter, honey and chocolate chips, rolled up in a flour tortilla, then deep fried ‘til crispy, topped with a little more honey and chocolate fudge, served with vanilla ice cream.

Blue Plate 121 Grace Street Wilmington, NC 28401 (910) 399-4352 3-course lunch or dinner: $9.99 Historic downtown Wilmington has a bevy of restaurants, it’s true. Now adding to it is the down-home comfort of a diner. The newly opened Blue Plate promises hearty and heartening food fit for blue-collar workers and white-collar diners alike. Set to honor the port hands and construction men who poured their hearts into constructing downtown, Blue Plate serves up mid-century comfort food at an honest, reasonable price. With favorites such as dry-rubbed ribs and salmon croquettes, their fare is worth a second helping.

Have a taste of the Blue Plate for only $9.99 a person for lunch or dinner. The three courses start off with a side salad from their salad bar, where fresh ingredients include a variety of vegetables and proteins alike.

The second course features their famous fried green tomato and a broiled tomato, followed by the main event: the Blue-Plate Sampler. Diners will get a little bit of everything in this meal, including a made-from-scratch salmon croquette, a piece of rosemary chicken and a portion of dry-rub ribs. Their ribs aren’t to messed with, either, as the pork is dry-rubbed with the most savory of seasonings, not to mention the smoky flavor that resonates throughout every bite.

Pilot House 2 Ann Street (910) 343-0200 2-course brunch for two: $15 3-course dinner: $35 Located right on the Cape Fear River in downtown, the Pilot House is the perfect spot for a romantic evening out or a celebra-

tory dinner with friends. The view is unbeatable, and the menu is undeniably good. With its innovative spin on Southern classics, the Pilot House is sure to turn first-timers into every-weekers. (Grilled. Duck. Breast.

Enough said.)

Open at 10am, the Pilot House now serves brunch seven days a week until 3pm, which is part of the Wilmington Restaurant Week special, including two brunch entrées for only $15, with a choice of a non-alcoholic beverage. The Pilot House breakfast features scrambled eggs, potato hash and bacon, served with fresh fruit and toast. The country breakfast comes with a cider-pepper glazed pork chop, served with scrambled eggs, potato hash and fresh fruit. Or choose their french toast, a classic sourdough serving, topped with cinnamon and brown sugar, served alongside bacon and fresh fruit. The corned beef hash is house-made, topped with poached eggs and hollandaise, served with toast and fresh fruit. For those who prefer their breakfast “fancified,” the Pilot House’s quiche of the day will be as exquisite.

The three-course dinner for $30 will also impress diners, starting with an appetizer: crab dip; herb-fried calamari, served with with peach chutney and horseradish sour cream; fried green tomatoes, made with cornmeal batter, pan fried, with cayenne pepper creme fraiche; or low-country spring rolls, made with collards, country ham, shrimp, julienne vegetables, with hot-and-sour dipping sauce.

The second course includes one of the following: shrimp and grits, made with shrimp, Kielbasa sausage, mushrooms, scallions, low-country seasoning and fried grit cakes; a porter house chop features 12 ounces of grilled pork, basted with apple-cider glaze, served with vegetables; sweet-potato grouper, topped with fried sweet potato crisps, over mushroom ravioli, organic greens and balsamic vinaigrette; grilled, marinated flank steak, served with with buttermilk onion rings and vegetables; or garlic chicken and pasta.

Diners take heed: Leave room for a slice of Caribbean fudge nut pie, fresh fruit cobbler or classic bread pudding, served with bourbon and brown-sugar butter sauce.

Priddyboy’s 419 South College Road (910) 799-4400 3-course lunch: $5.99 With oversized portions and the freshest of ingredients, Priddyboy’s has all the qualities expected of a locally founded and local-loved lunch spot. Serving up gourmet grilled sandwiches that are overloaded with yumminess, and underpriced for their size, this Port City staple will leave everyone aching for more upon every visit. Their homemade chicken, tuna and egg salads have proven delicacies along the lunch-scape of our town, and their sandwiches come stacked with hefty cuts of meat and tons of fresh vegetables.

Wilmington Restaurant Week customers will get a Juniorboy Sandwich (in any flavor: turkey, ham, roast beef, veggie, homemade tuna, chicken and egg salads, and so much more), a cup of soup, such as their clam chowder, cream of broccoli, chicken noodle or cream of potato; a fresh-baked cookie; and a non-alcoholic beverage. This may seem somewhat odd to those who don’t take sweet cmykc

tea seriously, but to the Southerners out there who can’t kick the habit: Priddyboy’s makes it right!

EAST 275 Waynick Boulevard Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 (910) 256-2251 3-course lunch: $15/person 4-course dinner: $25 Whether you’re craving a romantic oceanfront dinner for two or a quick lunch with your family, EAST restaurant will be just what you’re looking for during encore’s Wilmington Restaurant Week. Delight your taste buds with local seafood specials while watching the moonrise over the tides.

With award-winning cuisine, and breathtaking views of the beach and their ocean front gardens, EAST, located in Wrightsville Beach’s Blockade Runner, is sure to please at any time and for any occasion.

EAST’s three-course lunch includes a tender baby spinach salad, tossed with a warm white balsamic and cranberry vinaigrette, garnished with a crisp gnocchi, warm prosciutto, vine-ripened tomatoes and shaved parmesan.

The second course inspires the seafoodloving crowd, as EAST serves thyme-seared Atlantic salmon, presented atop lemon risotto and baby greens beans, finished with a brandy lobster sauce.

Folks should make a point to save room for tiramisu, made with sweetened Mascarpone, layered with espresso-dipped Lady Fingers and served with a mocha crème anglaise and berry coulis.

Dinner will be a vacation away from the norm, too. Their grilled vegetable terrine comes served with baby house-grown greens and Provencal vinaigrette, followed by an appetizer of Artichokes Francaise. The egg-battered artichokes, sautéed in olive oil and finished with a white-wine lemon-butter sauce, make for a second course unlike any other around town.

Their jumbo lump crab cake, sautéed and served with haricot vert and lobster foam, will send the whole meal over the edge into culinary bliss. As will dessert: Tarte au Tatin, featuring caramelized apples and short pastries, served with crème anglaise and berry coulis.

Fat Tony’s Italian Pub 131 North Front Street (910) 343-8881 250 Racine Drive (910) 452-9000 4-course lunch or dinner: $18.99 Pizzas, pastas, and over 30 beers on tap. Homemade garlic bread, stuffed mushrooms, and tiramisu. Mouth watering yet?

Fat Tony’s, located downtown and on Racine Drive, offers delectable Italian fare in an energetic pub atmosphere. With a friendly staff, live music, and fun events every few weeks, there’s no doubting Fat Tony’s status as a Port City classic.

Come Wilmington Restaruant Week, they’re sure to turn the dining deals upside down, just like they did last fall. Just look at their menu: The first course starts with a half-order of: stuffed mushrooms, filled with either their delicious pesto sauce, or chopped meatballs mykcmyk

Couples can choose from Ale House’s desserts to share, like their Turtle Caramel Cheesecake, with creamy fudge-layered NYstyle cheesecake with a graham-cracker crust, smothered in caramel and walnuts; Apple Pie a la Mode, featuring Granny Smith apples in a flaky crust, served with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a creamy caramel sauce; or Ale House Mud Pie, a rich dark fudge brownie, topped with Oreo cookie ice cream and drizzled with a smooth caramel topping.

BBQ SMACKDOWN: Carolina Ale House is going late-night between April 28th and May 5th, offering any couple dinner for two for only $24 after 10pm—all of which includes a choice of appetizer, entrée (inlcuding Sweet Mountain BBQ Platter) and dessert.

and topped with melted mozzarella; porchetta dulce, a honey-coated Italian sausage, wrapped in dough, cut into medallions and served over a bed of marinara; or mozzarella sticks, served with marinara.

Next, diners can cleanse their palates with a side or small Caesar salad. For dinner, folks will choose from spinach or beef lasagna, layers with either choice of filling, cheeses, pasta and marinara sauce; or shrimp and penne pasta, featuring flavorful grilled shrimp, diced tomatoes and penne noodles in pesto sauce.

The final course can be either dessert, featuring their homemade tiramisu, or an alcoholic beverage, featuring a glass of wine (house red, white or Chianti), or a Sam Adams Summer Ale draft beer.

While no reservations are required at Fat Tony’s, they are accepted—and for that matter recommended during this food-frenzy week!

Carolina Ale House 317-C College Road (910) 791-9393 Late-night dinner for two: $24 Winner of encore’s Best Sports Bar and Best New Restaurant awards, Carolina Ale House undeniably lives up to the hype. The menu is extensive, serving classic bar food, like burgers and some of the Port City’s tastiest fries, to finger-sticky ribs and six different kinds of pizza. Throw in a flat-screen in every direction and 28 beers on tap, and it’s gastronomic paradise after 10pm.

Diners can get a late-night dinner for only $24, starting with one of the Ale House’s appetizers to share. Whether choosing jumbo chicken wings, peel-and-eat shrimp or creamy spinach dip, among many other selections, the portion size and quality will start the meal off right. The second course allows a choice of two: blackened London broil, topped with a dollop of horseradish cream sauce, and served with mashed potatoes and fresh veggies; sweet mountain BBQ platter, featuring slowly cooked pork, rubbed with special dry seasonings and basted with sweet mountain honey BBQ sauce, and served with fries and slaw; or blackened mahi mahi, prepared island style in a citrus vinaigrette and mango salsa, served with beans, rice and fresh veggies.

Banks Channel Pub and Grille 530 Causeway Drive Wrightsville Beach, NC (910) 256-2269 3-course dinner: $25/person Located in Wrightsville Beach, with a great view of its namesake, Banks Channel Pub and Grille is a classic, no-frills sports bar and grill, which just happens to have incredible food at bar-food prices. Diners can watch the game inside, or enjoy a cold pint outside on the patio, while listening to some live music and snacking on a black bean quesadilla or a prosciutto and pepperoni sandwich.

Dinner will offer more than gastro-pub fare, though, as diners will be treated to some of the best seafood, Southern and contemporary cuisine in the area. Banks Channel’s three-course dinner begins with an appetizer course. Choose from little-neck clams with andouille sausage in a fennel broth; squid stuffed with crab and marcona almonds, over a sweet red-pepper coulis; meatloaf bruschetta with fried onion straws and smoked ketchup; or deviled eggs with pea shoots.

Course two offers one of three salads from which to choose, including arugula, marcona almonds, goat cheese, fennel, sliced pear and an orange-fennel vin; wine-poached peach salad with an herbed ricotta dressing; or Southwestern taco salad with blackened Ahi tuna.

The main act will come out to impress with a vengeance, featuring one of the following: hind chicken quarter, brick-grilled over a panzanella salad with pan au jus; seared prawns over a a pea-and-bacon risotto; or a crab cake over fettuccine, with balsamicmarinated portabella mushrooms, baby spinach and chili peppers, tossed in a white-wine butter sauce.

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A short drive from the beach, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Mayfaire Town Center is a fun, friendly neighborhood restaurant. Serving the best brick-oven pizzas around, Brixx also offers a fine selection of signature focaccia sandwiches, pastas, fresh salads and desserts. Stop in for a quick lunch, or kick back on the patio with one of 24 beers on tap or 14 wines by the glass. Brixx is also a late-night destination, serving 2-for-1 pizzas and appetizers after 10 p.m. Open until 1 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 p.m. on Sunday.6801 Main Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. 910-256-9677. www.brixxpizza.com.

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

All sandwiches and burgers are under $8 and their entrees are unique and bold. FLAT eddie’s bar serves up $2 and $3 beer and cocktail specials daily. Private dining area available. Large groups welcome. Family-style meals to go available. FlatEddiesRestaurant.com. 5400 Oleander Drive, Wilmington . 910.799.7000.

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

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

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cHriS’ coSmic KiTcHen cosmicKitchenonline.com Serving breakfast all day as well as lunch and handmade cheesecake, Chef and Owner Chris Lubben loves to make many of his menu items from scratch. Whether you’re in the mood for a fluffy 3-egg Omelet, Shrimp & Grits, Prime Rib Sandwich or Andes Mint Cheesecake, Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is your “Out of this World” Breakfast/Lunch Destination. Evening restaurant rental is available, as well as a Personal Chef service. Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is located at 420 Eastwood Rd, Unit 109, on the corner of Racine Dr. and Eastwood Rd. Closed Monday.

Open Tues-Sat. from 8am-4pm with Sun. Brunch from 9am-2pm. Take-out calls welcome, 7926720. Follow us on Twitter @CosmicKitchen.

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

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HenrY’S A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest and offers daily blackboard specials that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients.

Come early for lunch, because its going to be packed. Dinner too! Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. Henry’s is home to live music, wine & beer dinners and other special events. Check out their calendar of events at HenrysRestaurant.com for details.

2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. 910.793.2929.

HoLidaY inn reSorT The Verandah Café Restaurant located in this oceanfront resort is a wonderful find. This is the perfect place to enjoy a fresh Seafood & Steak dinner while dinning outside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Chef Eric invites you to experience his daily specials in this magnificent setting.

Open daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. 2562231 Wrightsville Beach.

KeFi Kefi, founded in 1981 by a group of friends, has a long-standing tradition as a favorite local watering hole. This Wrightsville-Beach eatery is open at 6am for breakfast, offering everything from omelets and pancakes, to shrimp and grits.

Take a break from the beach and visit Kefi’s, where their menu features a variety of salads and sandwiches. There is even a “working man’s

lunch,” served Monday through Friday, all for under $6. At night Kefi comes alive by serving dinner with a Southern flare. From the fried pickles appetizer to their the shrimp or oyster Po’boy to their nightly dinner specials, there is something that will make your taste buds sing. Then stick around for live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; nightly drink specials are offered. Go online at www.kefilive.com for more info and full music schedule. Open 6am-2am, seven days a week, with full ABC permits. Lunch deliveries available in the Wrightsville Beach area. Located at 2012 Eastwood Road, 910-256-3558.

THe LiTTLe diPPer Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Open Tuesday-Sunday, serving dinner at 5pm. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size.

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

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. 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 takehome frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. Mon.-Fri. 10am-7pm; Sat. 9am-6pm; closed Sunday. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD.

meLLoW mUSHroom Mellow out and relax in the comfortable atmosphere that Mellow Mushroom offers. From the giant psychadelic ‘shroom located in the bar area to the Cadillac hanging on the wall, this restaurant is far from ordinary. The open kitchen brings live entertainment as pizza dough flies in the air. Their hand-tossed, spring-water dough brings new meaning to pizzas and calzones—healthy!! With 20 drafts and an array of microbrews, domestic and import bottles, Mellow Mushroom has an extensive beer list and full bar. Also, check out their lunch specials and variety of sandwiches. Their menu also caters to everyone and offers many vegetarian dishes. Live jazz on Wednesdays. Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-10pm; Sun., 12pm-9pm. 4311 Oleander Drive, 452-3773.

TroLLY SToP Trolly Stop Hot Dogs are family owned with six locations. Since 1976 they specialize in homemade chili, slaw and sauces. Dogs include Smighfield (beef & pork), Southern Dog, Sabrett (all beef), Northern Dog, Carolina Packers Pork Dog (smoked sausage), Oscar Mayer 98% Fat Free Dogs (turkey) and Light Life Veggie Dog (soy). Locations are: 126 N. Front Street Open six days including Thurs., Fri., and Sat. night from 10pm-3am; 343-2999, 94 S. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach, 256-1421; 4502 Fountain Dr., 452-3952. Open at 11am on Sat.; South Howe St. in Southport, 457-7017; 103A Cape Fear Blvd in Carolina Beach, 458-5778. Catering cart available all year from $300. 910-297-8416.

aSian doUBLe HaPPineSS Double Happiness offers the Port City fine Asian dining at reasonable prices. Now under new management, the restaurant will serve flavorful dishes, prepared by the cultural richness of authentic China. Serving items like traditional dim sum and gourmet home-style cooking, Double Happiness is still dedicated to branding the exotic flavors of fresh ingredients and a romantic spice in all of their cooking. Their friendly staff will always go the extra mile to help diners enjoy their experience. Beer and wine is served for lunch and dinner, and Double Happiness is open Monday through Saturday, from 11am to 3pm and 5pm to 10pm; closed Sundays. 4403 Wrighstville Avenue; 910-313-1088.

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

Hiro jaPaneSe STeaKHoUSe What better way to celebrate a special occasion or liven up a dinner out than to dine in a place where every meal is an exciting presentation. Knowing that a meal should be more than just great food, Hiro adds a taste of theatre and a amazing atmosphere to everyone’s dinning experience. Also serving sushi, Hiro surprises its guests with a new special roll every week and nightly drink specials to complement it. From 47pm enjoy half-priced nigiri and half-priced regular makimono. Nigiri makimono combos are only $7.50, while early-bird specials last from 4-6pm, where diners can choose two: shrimp, chicken or steak. Open Monday thru Thursday 4pm-10pm; Friday and Saturday 4pm-10:30pm; and Sunday 11am-10pm. Located at 222 Old Eastwood Road (910) 794-1570. Please visit the Web site at hirojapanesesteakhouse.com.

indocHine reSTaUranT and LoUnGe If you’re ready to experience the wonders of the Orient without having to leave Wilmington, join us at Indochine for a truly unique experience.

Indochine brings the flavors of the Far East to

the Port City, combining the best of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine in an atmosphere that will transport you and your taste buds. Relax in our elegantly decorated dining room, complete with antique Asian decor as well as contemporary artwork and music. Our diverse, friendly and efficient staff will serve you beautifully presented dishes full of enticing aromas and flavors. Be sure to try such signature items as the spicy and savory Roasted Duck with Red Curry, or the beautifully presented and delicious Shrimp and Scallops in a Nest. Be sure to save room for our world famous desert, the banana egg roll! We take pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden, or be entertained every Friday night with a Balinese dancer. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), 251-9229. Indochinewilmington.com.

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

French caPrice biSTrO Wilmington’s finest French cuisine can be found at Caprice Bistro, a small informal neighborhood restaurant, serving hearty food in generous portions at affordable prices. Simple is the atmosphere in the bistro, as plain white plates and tables dressed in white paper make up the decor. However, the food is far from simple, as a combination of fresh ingredients and innovative preparation delight the taste buds with a plethora of unique appetizers, entrées and desserts. The service is fast, efficient and non-intrusive, and the ambience is friendly and unpretentious. After dinner, be sure to venture upstairs into their cozy and relaxing sofa bar for an after-dinner martini, or enjoy your meal there, as a light-fare and full menus are served. Art is always on display in the sofa bar, so be sure to inquire frequently about their artist show receptions. Voted “Best French Restaurant” three years in a row! 10 Market Street, downtown Wilmington, 815-0810.

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zas. Its American influences include tasty burgers, the U.S.A. Salad and a 16oz. Marinated Rib Eye Steak. Romanelli’s offers patio dining and flat screen TVs in its bar area. Dine in or take out, Romanelli’s is always a crowd favorite. Large parties welcome. RomanellisRestaurant.com. 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. 910.383.1885.

GiOrGiO’S iTalian reSTauranT Giorgio’s is a locally owned, one-of-a-kind restaurant. Offering age-old traditions and timeless recipes, perfection is accomplished by combining the perfect cuisine and atmosphere for a dining experience that is not soon forgotten. With over 50 years of cooking experience under one roof, the smells of old-fashioned home cooking float through the air creating that comforting feeling of home-away-from-home! From old world style dishes to modern day creations, the menu showcases multiple flavors that will tempt the palate of the most discriminating connoisseurs.

A Monkey Junction landmark for over 12 years! www.giorgios-restaurant.com. 5226 S College Rd.,Wilmington 910-790-9954.

Slice OF liFe “Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza.

We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. We have the largest tequila selection in Wilmington. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.” Stop by for lunch dinner, or a late-night treat, open from 11:30am until 3am, seven days a week, 365 days a year, all ABC permits. 122 Market Street between Second and Front, downtown Wilmington.

251-9444. Visit our 2nd location at 1437 Military Cutoff Rd., next to PT’s! 256-2229 www.grabslice.com.

JaMaican JaMaica’S cOMFOrT ZOne Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is Wilmington’s Authentic Caribbean Restaurant conveniently located at 417 S. College Road in University Landing.

We offer exquisite Caribbean cuisine to satisfy your taste buds, whether they are for spicy Jamaican jerk chicken, mellow flavors of our curry chicken, curry goat or our ox tail skillfully flavored by our Jamaican chefs. Come in and enjoy our many menu selections including our daily offering of a four-course meal for $12.00. Operating hours: Sunday 3:00pm – 8:00pm; Monday - Closed; open Tuesday – Saturday 11:45am – 9:00pm. Live Music every 3rd Friday. Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is family owned and operated. Check us out at HYPERLINK “http://www. jamaicascomfortzone.com” www.jamaicascomfortzone.com or call us at 910-399-2867.

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Eddie Romanelli’s is a family-friendly, casual Italian American restaurant that’s been a favorite of Wilmington locals for over 16 years. Its diverse menu includes Italian favorites such as Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Baked Ziti, Rigatoni a la Vodka and, of course, made-from-scratch piz-

Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for natural and organic groceries, or just a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious, and totally fresh snack. Whether they are in the mood for a veggie burger, a bean burrito or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large

selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte café menu at Lovey’s. The food bar—which has cold salads and hot selections that can be eaten in the café seating or boxed for take-out—can be enjoyed all day long, while the juice bar offers a wide variety of juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables.

Specializing in bulk sales of produce, grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices, Lovey‘s also carries grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. Wheat-free, gluten-free, products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries and wholesome pet foods.

For anything shoppers want that is not in stock, Lovey‘s will be happy to find it.

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

Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Road; 910-5090331. Online at www.loveysmarket.com.

Tidal creeK cO-OP Tidal Creek Deli offers a wide array of exceptional and unusual organic foods, all of which taste as good as they are for you. The salad bar and hot bar incorporate flavors from around the world; each item is prepared by hand using only fresh and local ingredients. The chefs are constantly experimenting to create new and exciting dishes. Choose from made to order smoothies with almond butter and hemp milk, salads with locally grown greens or, special order a wedding cake made from scratch to your specifications.

Whatever your tastes, Tidal Creek Deli is a place to rejuvenate the mind and body while enjoying the company of a friendly and relaxed organic community.

SeaFOOd dOcK STreeT OYSTer bar Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters! Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street.

You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfortable in flip flops as you would in a business suit. ! Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. 762-2827 www.dockstreetoysterbar.net.

eaST aT The blOcKade runner hOTel The Blockade Runner offers an array of seasonal seafood specials, certified Angus beef, lobster menu on Friday evening plus a spectacular Sunday brunch. Romantic al fresco dining is available on our dinner deck located in the center of a lush garden overlooking the ocean far away from the traffic and noise. We offer live entertainment on Saturday evening and Sunday brunch.

Our lounge is eco-friendly and offers light fare nightly. 275 Waynick Blvd. Wrightsville Beach.

910-256-2251.

hierOnYMuS Proving that excellent seafood isn’t just for the eateries at Wrightsville Beach, Hieronymus Seafood is the stop for midtown Wilmington seafood lovers. In business for 27 years strong, Hieronymus has made a name for itself by consistently

providing excellent service and the freshest of the fresh in oceanic cuisine. Complete with a fullservice bar and a fireside oyster bar, it’s the place to be if you are seeking top-quality attributes in atmosphere, presentation, flavor and ingenuity.

Signature dishes include Oysters Hieronymus and the Scallops Fra Diavlo. Hieronymus has all ABC permits and also provides catering. Voted “Best Seafood” in 2007. 5035 Market Street; 392-6313.

Oceanic Voted best seafood restaurant in 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 wedding receptions, birthday gatherings, anniversary parties and more. Large groups welcome. Private event space available. Family-style to go menu available. OceanicRestaurant.com. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. 910.256.5551

SOuThern hall’S TrOPicana reSTauranT Hall’s is a Wilmington tradition! Originally opened in 1901 as a drug store, Hall’s has been serving the Downtown community for over 100 years. We serve traditional Southern fare, including a classic breakfast with the accompaniments you’ve grown to love. Lunch includes a Southern buffet Monday-Friday with pork, chicken, all the fixin’s, and a special addition every day!

Don’t forget our unique menu, which includes everything from specialty sandwiches to fried seafood. Most importantly, at Hall’s everything is fresh! Open Monday-Friday, 7am-2pm (buffet 11-2), and Saturday from 7am-12:30pm with breakfast and menu items only. 421 Castle St. 910-762-2210.

SPOrTS bar carOlina ale hOuSe Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for award-winning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNCW, this lively sports-themed restaurant is home to over 40 HD TVs and the biggest HD projector TVs in Wilmington. Covered and open outdoor seating is available. Lunch and dinner specials are offered daily, as well as the coldest $2 and $3 drafts in town. Carolina Ale House serves its full menu from 11a – 2a daily. CarolinaAleHouse. com. 317 South College Road, Wilmington, NC. 910.791.9393.

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An Involuntary Intimate, Part 9: The Storm

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f a human could have seen the hog’s hooves slicing through pickerel weed— fat hocks white as death, feet cloven, triangles of legs daintily treading water in the dark, nostrils slurping and spitting, water glugging against trunks of pine, racing, sweeping up logs and branches, nudging rafts of detritus that were crawling with snakes and clinging spiders—then a human would have thought of ballet. The pig’s hoof hit the back of a two-foot alligator, which sawed its body into the depths and rolled with the current. Splayed as a flying lizard, it was the most substantial matter the hog’s hoof had hit since the aluminum siding ripped and crumpled into the roil of water that swept a 1,000 screaming

by: Claude Limoges hogs into a race for the sea. The hog that grazed the alligator’s back was 50UB280, home of the four pork chops, bar code 1LL523469, which would have ended up being wrapped in plastic at the Vittle Viking grocery store on Route 270 in only two weeks. From there, it would have traveled to to Dola Watkins’ formica table— that is, if there had been no such thing as storms.

If there had been no such thing as storms, the water table would not have gone berserk so that the lagoons containing every porcine emission for the past two weeks reached piss-and-shit capacity, flowing deliriously into the tributaries feeding into the Black. If there had been no such thing as storms, a twister wouldn’t have rent open the side of the vast metal pen containing 1,000 hogsm and 50UB280 would not have struck its hoof on the back of a two-foot alligator, its scaly arm sporting a plastic band that spelled “A-1-3-0.”

Hog 50UB280 had lived slightly to the south of the hog that Jack poked, and would indeed still be living to the south of the hog that Jack poked if there had been no such thing as storms.

No one else had dared to go near the beast. It lay in the muddy grass, huffing, snorting, moaning like a woman, more dead than alive. The dogs barked at it.

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George and Chad pushed each other toward it. The neighbor quipped about ham and bacon for everybody. They stood in Jack Fincannon’s backyard, which had become the bank of the still-swelling Black River, all staring at this representative of 100s of 1,000s of hogs, which had recently overwhelmed, with tear-jerking pungency, the rotten-egg smell of the paper plant.

Indeed, before the storm hit, complaints had been streaming into the news. It was a marvelous thing, trying to connect this washed-up heap that could have been mistaken for a naked diva—the whitish-pink skin seemingly so warm and soft—with the stench that could so rudely remind a man of his own old urine.

The worst environmental, agricultural and human disaster the state of North Carolina had ever seen hurled three feet of water into the rivers and left 50 people, a 100,000 hogs, 500,000 turkeys, and 2 million chickens dead. Thousands of homes were gone; roads, bridges, dams, schools, churches and stores destroyed.

Corn, soybeans, tobacco, cotton crops and the shrimp harvest all wiped out. Mats of dead fish choked tributaries. The ground was still too soggy to bury the dead, and in some cemeteries coffins rose from their plots and bobbed in filthy floodwaters along with chicken and hog carcasses.

And the water was still rising.

While the boys hid in their rooms, Marilyn had peeled potatoes all through the hurricane, as if that would keep the world together. She kept hearing them say on television that the hurricane was going to veer. Her husband was watching, too, with her mother Lila—all of them wide-eyed at two o’clock in the morning, watching a green swirl the size of New Hampshire creep toward the coast.

Jack yawned. “Looks like a giant snot ball.”

Marilyn swatted his head. “Did you put gas in the truck?”

“How many times’re you going to ask that?”

“What if the river rises?”

“Both of you hush,” Lila said. “The weatherman’s saying something.”

“The trough is very strong,” said the weatherman. “Again, that should help it

move out to sea. If we can just get it to jog slightly farther east—” Lila said, “Yea you just get it to turn, there, boy.”

By six that morning, the names of daycares rolled across the screen—Cuddle Me Careful, Huggie Bear, Pendleton Preschool, ABC Learning Center—all closed. Already grubby and bleary-eyed, the anchorman stumbled out each name as if a parent might snatch up and deposit a child under taped windows and a boarded up door.

The weatherman changed from talk of veering to talk of moving swiftly through.

“Boy, I hope it doesn’t stop,” he said.

“Wow, that would be awful. I mean, that would really bring a stop to life as we know it.”

At seven o’clock, the wind picked up, the sky turned gray, and Marilyn asked Jack, “Did you put gas in the truck?”

“Am I stuck with two women in the house and 20 gallons of water and—ahha, no beer. I’m so happy I could just...”

Marilyn rummaged for her cigarettes.

“You’re already driving me crazy, and it hasn’t even got here.”

“Don’t worry,” he said, shaking his finger, “as soon as this blows over, I’m back to work.”

That covered all the after-storm obligations: the raking, nailing, cleaning and hauling. He’d be in for it anyway, first their house, and then Lila’s beach cottage on the island. He scratched his whiskers and glared at Marilyn.

By noon—while the radio announced 70,000 homes without power, 20-foot waves and the piers gone—Jack’s refugee mother-in-law doddered around their house, big-eyed and thin-skinned, as if she’d just hatched, muttering, “I didn’t get all the sheets on the beds. You should have let me stay.” Jack imagined the stooped, blue-haired woman going from room to room, pulling the corners of each bed tight while the cottage sailed out to sea.

Claude Limoges has a book out and new poems published. Learn more at http://claudelimoges.blogspot.com

Intern Essay: Saying goodbye to college and hello to the ‘real world’

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n college it became customary for me to pack up my life and move across town every four months or so. Starting in the fall of 2005, I’d move from my parents’ house to my wee little dorm room, and back every few months as semesters of classes and summer breaks passed. With each move I’d feel a numbing rush of anxiety and uncertainty, followed by a period of renewed energy and lust for life upon settling into my new digs. After the first couple of years, my mind and my soul became accustomed to these moves, and the anxiety about moving all but disappeared. I looked forward to it.

I couldn’t wait to pack everything up, load it all into my beat-up, old Pontiac, and haul it all across town or across campus, usually with the windows down and O.A.R. on the stereo.

I’d unpack and rearrange it all over again. It was, for lack of a better word, “fun.” These moves were an opportunity for me to shake the dust off my soul for a few brief days before settling again into routine.

After a few weeks of living in each new place, I’d find myself itching for that feeling, that excitement that came with walking through my new front door and having an empty canvas in front of me—a canvas upon which I could paint my life in whatever shapes and shadows I deemed appropriate for my current mindset. By my senior year of college, I realized that the scurrying around the small towns of East Tennessee from dorm to apartment to house was just a cover-up, a temporary high that eventually faded and left me strung out, facing the real and unavoidable hole in my soul: I wanted out. I couldn’t wait to throw away my East Tennessee comfort zone in favor of completely new surroundings: grassy plains or shiny skyscrapers or peaceful beaches or something other than the hilly vistas and industrial buildings of the place I’d spent all 22 years of my life. I was ready to take my newfound guilty pleasure on the road—for real, this time.

So I left.

After walking across a stage one overcast afternoon in May and receiving a rolled up piece of blank paper, I spent a few drunken weeks living out of my car, and crashing on the couches and floors of friends until I decided it was time. I packed up my tired car once more—I’d become a pro at this point, everything I owned fit comfortably into my trunk and backseat—and drove to Oak Island, where I rented a house I couldn’t afford, and spent my days waiting tables, reading on the beach, and whittling away at my life savings for a summer and fall of freedom.

It was fantastic—for a while.

by: Sarah Boggs Then I felt it again. The fake-paneled walls of my three-bedroom beach bungalow finally collapsed in on my heart, and I needed out.

The island wasn’t home anymore; it never really was. I spent a few weeks back in Tennessee with my parents and siblings, but that wasn’t home either. I was facing a fullblown existential crisis: I didn’t have a home anymore. Each passing day spent in my old bedroom at my parents’ just doused a little more of the fire I had left in me. I felt like a failure, a loser who was forced to move back in because of lack of funds.

So I moved again. I pooled my Christmas and birthday money, borrowed a few $100 from the ‘rents and drove once more to the coast. I shacked up with my boyfriend in a new apartment in Ogden and tried yet again to uncover some happiness in this so-called “real world.” I landed a sweet internship here at encore, and a not-too-shabby serving gig at a higher-end chain restaurant in midtown. I started meeting people, making friends and living the sort of life I lived and loved in college, sans the school work and binge drinking. Well, sans the school work anyway. I’d spend my mornings running and doing a few hours’ work at encore, then I had the afternoons free to explore downtown or catch some sun on the beach. My nights were spent at the restaurant, working and goofing off with the people who’d eventually grow from coworkers to drinking buddies to full-on friends.

I’ve been here for four full months now, and I don’t want to leave. Yes, I’m switching apartments next month, but only so I can be closer to the heart of this Port City so I can get to know it better and, hopefully, become one of its mellow, artsy, beach-loving citizens. I’m so stoked with my life I can hardly contain myself some days. I’m so in love with this town, I want to just wrap it all up in a bandana, tie it to a stick, and take it with me wherever I go. It’s strange, though, having become so accustomed to the vagrant lifestyle, loving so much to run away from boredom and stress, now to be dismissing my vagabond ways in favor of permanency.

I’ve spent so much of my life waiting for the day I could just leave my hometown and find a new place to call home. I think I’ve found that place, my home—a historic town at the junction of a river and an ocean that’s sparkling with cafés,theatres and patches of pristine nature all beckoning me to stick around and have a drink or two.

What’s not to love?

So here I am, Wilmington, just a girl, standing in front of a city, asking it to love her.

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Events TIDAL CREEK PROGRAMS 4/24: Re-Use Yard Sale. 8-11am, Free.

Tidal Creek Lawn. This is a time for the community to come together and buy, sell, or trade all that stuff that you may be finished with, but others may have a use for.

Anyone is welcome to sell but is responsible for set-up, sales transactions and clean up. You must leave with anything you bring with you that doesn’t sell. Call Bethany, 910-799-2667. • 5/1: Gluten Free Day. All gluten-free items in the store will be on sale, there will be demos, and lots of info on going gluten free. Free. Tidal Creek CoOp. • 5/7: Alive at Five. 5pm, Free. Tidal Creek Lawn. Bring your chairs and blankets for a free beer tasting and live music. • 910-799-2126, www.tidalcreek.coop.

PARADE OF HOMES The 2010 Parade of Homes’ focus is “Building Dreams” with homes representing the ability of Cape Fear area builders to make the desire of homeownership come true. Whether you would like to live in New Hanover, Brunswick or Pender Counties, you’re sure to find the home of your dreams. You are welcome to visit the homes during the two weekends of the Parade—4/24-25

and 5/1-2, from 12-5pm each day. As always, all homes are open for touring free of charge. Visit www. wilmingtonparadeofhomes.com.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY

4/24: RE-USE YARD SALE

Still have items to rid from spring cleaning? Well, Tidal Creek is hosting a community yard sale on the lawn at their co-op grocer, from 8am ‘til 11am this Saturday.

Buy, sell or trade goods. Anyone is welcome to sell but must set up, make all sales transactions and clean up after the sale is finished. Take anything that doesn’t sell back afterward. (910) 799-2667.

4/24: New Hanover County residents should mark their calendars and start cleaning out the garage

and tool sheds for the annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Day, Sat. 4/24 from 9am until 2pm. Rain or shine at Wilmington International Airport. Items accepted at the HHW Event: Auto Batteries, Mercury (thermostats/thermometers), Cell Phones, Motor Oil & Antifreeze, Household Cleaners, Pesticides & Herbicides, Fluorescent tubes, Electronics (TV’s, Computers, etc), Fuels, Rechargeable Household Batteries, Solvents, Fertilizers. Not accepted at the HHW event: Paint, Furniture, Ammunition, Medications, Asbestos, Propane Gas Cylinders, Smoke Detectors, Industrial Materials, Trash, Appliances, Tires, Sharps (hypodermic needles), Commercial/ Business Waste. Many items can be brought to the New Hanover County Landfill year-round.

Auto batteries, motor oil/antifreeze, appliances, sharps and up to 5 tires per household (no businesses) can be dropped off at no cost.

Landfill at 5210 US Hwy 421 North, open MonFri, 7am-5pm, and Sat, 8-11:45am. Liquid paint accepted 8:30am-4:30pm at the Waste to Energy facility for a minimum price of $5 or $55.65 per ton, whichever is greater. The Waste to Energy facility: 3002 US Hwy 421 North. 910-798-4400.

HOMESCHOOL PROM Fri. 4/30: Christian Home Educators of Wilmington present 2010 CHEW Homeschool Prom at Northside Baptist Church Family Life Center located at 2501

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N. College Rd. Doors at 7pm and the prom endsSALVATION at 11pm. 2010 CHEW Homeschool Prom open to all homeschoolers, their parents and guests in New Hanover and surrounding counties. No need to be a CHEW member to attend. Parents attend at normal ticket price. Theme : “An Evening In Paris.” Music by a DJ; prom chaperoned by parents. Heavy hors d’oeuvre with vegetarian options. Attire will beTHRIFTY G formal or semi-formal, reflecting a Christian teen environment. Homeschool students and alumni in grades 7 and above and their guests are welcome to attend. Advanced tickets through 4/28: $20. At door: $25. Ty Parker, owner of Bliss Photography, will do prom portraits on site. Bliss Photography will offer 5x7’s at $5 and 8x10’s at $10. Order portraits from www.vibephotography.net. S. Harrell at 910632-9454 or nanny_on_call@yahoo.com.

ORTON PLANTATION EVENTS Art at Orton. 4/30-5/2. Orton Plantation Gardens and Harbor Island Arts present Art at Orton, an art show and sale showcasing local professional and emerging artists, working in all mediums. Three day event, 4/30-5/2, 9:30am-4:30pm. Regular garden admission, $9 for adults and $8 for seniors.

Charity/Fund-raiser FANBOY COMICS FOOD DRIVE Beginning Wed. 4/21-Sun. 4/25, Fanboy Comics will be collecting food donations for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC. Event coincides with the release of company wide events for two of comic’s greatest publishers, Marvel and DC Comics: Marvel with The Heroic Age, and DC with Brightest Day. These events provide a perfect ‘jumping-on point’ for readers old and new alike. With a donation of canned food (four cans suggested) brought to Fanboy Comics between 4/21 and 4/25, customers will receive a Marvel Heroic Age limited edition comic, door hanger, and poster while supplies last. In addition, with a purchase of Green Lantern issue #53 and Flash issue #1, customers will get a Green Lantern and Flash ring with their food donations. Don’t miss out on these limited edition collectibles and a chance to help those in need! Contact Thomas Gilbert (910) 452-7828, fanboycomics@bellsouth.net.

CONSIGN AND DESIGN FASHION SHOW 4/21: 11am or 1pm, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Market St. Luncheon and fashion show to benefit Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, Wed., 4/21,11am and 1pm. Spring fashions by area consignment shops will be featured, and a raffle will be held for fabulous gift baskets and cash prizes. RSVP required, $20 per person, and can be made online at www. capefearhabitat.org, or in person at Cape Fear Habitat, 20 N. 4th St., Suite 200. Kitty at 910-7624744 or info@capefearhabitat.org.

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RELAY FOR LIFE Sign up now to participate in the New Hanover County Relay for Life, set for 4/23-24 at Ashley High School Stadium. Join a team or start your own by registering online at www.newhanoverrelay.org. BREAKFAS Relay for Life begins at 6:30pm on Fri. 4/23. This year’s theme is “Vacation in a Cancer-Free World.”

Cancer survivors walk the first lap around the track, followed by caregivers. At 9pm a luminary ceremony honors the thousands of people represented by the luminaries that line the track. Bands play until midnight and movies are shown on a big screen all night, while participants continue walking the track.

Team members not walking camp in the field beside the track, and join others as they celebrate life and honor and remember their friends and loved ones who are living with or have died from cancer. Activities continue until 1pm on Sat. 4/24, when a birthday party will be held for cancer survivors. At 10am on Sat. 4/24, the Kids Walk begins, providing a chance

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for children up to age 15 to participate in a variety of activities as well as walk the track in honor or memory of someone. www.newhanoverrelay.org AUTISM SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE Registration now open for the 2010 Autism Society of NC Annual Conference. This year’s program features current findings on autism that are relevant across the lifespan. The conference will be held 4/23-24 at the Sheraton Chapel Hill. www.autismsociety-nc.org GREEN BALL AND FASHION SHOW See page 11.

SALVATION ARMY SPRING FLING 4/24: Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Spring Fling, “Remembering America.” 11am-2pm at the Senior Center, 2222 S. College Rd. Silent Auction 11am12pm, luncheon 12-1pm, fashion show by Dillard’s 1pm. Tickets $20. 799-4766. Benefits Salvation Army Men’s & Women’s Shelter.

THRIFTY GARDENER TOOL SALE 4/24: Planners for the area’s newest outdoor family event are seeking donations of good quality, used garden tools to peddle at bargain prices. Held in conjunction with Arboretum in the A.M., 8am-12pm on Sat. 4/24 at the New Hanover County Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Dr., the Thrifty Gardener Used Tool Sale will feature everything from hand tools, caddies and accessories to electric- and gas-powered trimmers, mowers and more. Sale proceeds will benefit the Arboretum Foundation. Arboretum in the A.M. highlights include hands-on gardening projects, educational demonstrations and children’s activities sponsored and coordinated by the Children’s Museum of Wilmington. Valerie DeSanti at vdesanti@ec.rr.com or 470-8180; or Extension Agent John Wooldridge, 798-7664 or john_wooldridge@ncsu.edu.

QUARTER AUCTION Tues. 4/27: 2nd Annual Quarter Auction at St. Mark Catholic Church Parish Hall (1011 Eastwood Rd.). Doors at 6pm for preview of Auction Items, auction begins at 7pm. Consultants from Pampered Chef, Party Lite, Homemade Gourmet, Southern Living,Premier Jewelry, Mary Kay, Park Lane Jewelery, Dove Chocolates and more will have items valued between $10-$100 for raffle for only $.25-$1. Advance tickets $5 Tickets at the door $7, includes one numbered paddle. Additional paddles for sale for $5. Plan to bring your own quarters to “bid” on items. Refreshments available for purchase. Ticket and refreshment sales to benefit local Charities. Sponsored by Fr. Waters Columbiettes. Jill Gigliotti 233-7018.

COASTAL CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENT 18th Coastal Classic Celebrity Golf Tournament presented again by First Citizens Bank, held 4/305/1. Coastal Classic has raised more than $2.2 million to support New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Tournament continues tradition of fun, entertainment and great golf! On Friday, 4/30, sponsors and guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a very special day of golf at the newly opened Cape Fear National at Brunswick Forest. On Saturday evening, Landfall Hampton Inn & Suites will host a Tournament Wrap-Up Party, featuring the Mulch Brothers Band and other celebrity talents. Proceeds from this year’s Tournament will benefit Cardiac Services at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. www.nhrmc.org.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FASHION SHOW Mayor Bill Saffo, radio celebrity Harvard Jennings, CFCC President Eric McKeithan, and television news anchors Marcy Cuevas, Frances Weller and Kim Ratcliff will model fashions from the Vintage Values Resale Shops on 4/30 at the 18th annual Domestic Violence Shelter and Services Silent Auction and Fashion Show at the Wilmington Hilton Riverside. Auction items: lunch with author Wanda Canada, beach house/condo packages, artwork, jewelry, an area World War II-site guided tour, and Disney Hopper passes. Auction viewings begin at 11:30am and 6pm. Fashion shows, hosted by WECT-TV6 and WSFX-Fox 26 anchor Jon Evans, begin at noon and 7pm, and feature the foregoing celebrities and other area models. Luncheon tickets are $40 per person or $320 for a table of eight.

Dinner tickets are $50 and $400. Tickets are available at the Vintage Value shops at 609 Castle St.; 413 S. College Rd.-University Landing; and 5226 S. College Rd.-Monkey Junction; or www.domesticviolence-wilm. org. Diane Lomax at 910-343-9969, ext. 17; dvdevelop@earthlink.net.

4/30: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FASHION SHOW

Be a part of the Domestic Violence Fashion Show, as they sport some of the hottest looks from their Vintage Value’s locations for their annual fund-raiser.

It’s a cause combining charity with style, featuring celebrity models, such as Frances Weller and Kim Radcliff from WECT, Mayor Bill Saffo, CFCC President Eric McKeithan and more! Tickets are $40 for the luncheon or $50 for dinner. (910) 343-9969.

BOCCE BALL TOURNAMENT The Brigade CORPs (Club of Rising Professionals) has opened registration for its 4th Annual Beach Bocce Ball Tournament, a major fundraiser for the Brigade Boys & Girls Club. The tournament will be held Sat. 4/24 at Captain Bills Backyard Grill located at 4240 Market St. Teams can sign up for one of two flights taking place at 10am and at 2pm, where each team will play a minimum of two games.

Registration for the tournament is $60 for a team of two. UNC Wilmington and Cape Fear Community College students with a valid student ID qualify for a discounted price of $50 per team. All participants will receive a free T-shirt. To register: www.brigadebcg.org or Angie Hill at 910-392-0747 or at ahill@brigadebgc. org. Proceeds benefit Brigade Boys/Girls Club.

BREAKFAST FOR CHILDREN’S CHAMPIONS Support Smart Start of New Hanover County Tues.

4/27 at The Burney Center at UNCW. Registration 7:15am, Program begins 7:30am. Guest speaker: Tony Womack is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop recognized for his speed and base-stealing prowess as well as his game-tying hit in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 in the 2001 World Series. Smart Start of New Hanover County seeks to build bridges to develop, sustain and enhance health, family support and early education services for all children, ages birth to five. The Breakfast for Children’s Champions is a wonderful opportunity to show your support for the services that Smart Start of New Hanover County provides for young children and their families!

CAPE FEAR ROLLER GIRLS New season on Sat. 4/24. Spectators are guaranteed an unforgettable evening as they witness the CFRGs in a fast paced, high action competition; trackside seating is available for thrill seekers! Twenty percent of door proceeds will help provide free and confidential services for victims of sexual assault, through the Rape Crisis Center. The bout will take place at Jellybeans Skating Rink –5216 Oleander Dr. Doors open at 6pm and bout starts promptly at 7pm.

Tickets will be $10 in advance and $12 at the door, and may be purchased at Jellybeans Skating Rink, Gravity Records, or Double Wide Skate and Surf Shop. Fans are encouraged to bring chairs. New to roller derby? Not a problem! Pre-bout demos and explanations will be provided. Join the Cape Fear Roller Girls and special guests, The Speed Kings, at Front Street Brewery following the bout! www. capefearrollergirls.com; www.skatejellybeans.net SPRING PHLING Pleasure Island Parrot Heads’ 12th anniversary Spring Phling 2010, 4/30 & 5/1 nightly hosted by the Lazy Pirate, 701 N Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach. Proceeds to Benefit Cape Fear River Watch & Nourish NC. Fri. 4/30, 7-10pm, entertainment by Latitude from Myrtle Beach with raffles and a silent auction at the Lazy Pirate in Carolina Beach. • Sat. 5/1 from 1-4pm, PIPH annual boat cruise on the Winner Cruise Queen in the Carolina Beach boat basin cost is $25 per person. Now taking reservations.

This is a BYOB cruise with snacks provided by PIPH. 392 2663 or www.piph.com. Send cruise

reservations check $25 for each person with cruise names to PIPH, PO Box 643, Kure Beach, NC 28449 and please give a contact phone number or email.

• Sat. 5/1 at 8pm we will be entertained by Big Fish at the Lazy Pirate. PIPH will once again have raffles and a silent auction for our charities. Come out and join us as we celebrate 12 years of Partying With A Purpose. Everyone Welcome! 910-392-2663.

BELK SPRING CHARITY SALE Belk will hold its annual Spring Charity Sale on 5/1, 6-10am, benefit local charities, schools and nonprofit organizations throughout the company’s 16-state market area. In exchange for a $5 donation, customers will receive a ticket admitting them to the Charity Sale and entitling them to merchandise discounts ranging from an extra 15-70% on purchases throughout the store, including special savings on rarely discounted brands. Customers will also receive $5 off their first purchase of $5 or more at the event, and Belk cardholders will receive double rewards points for card purchases. Belk Elite card holders receive triple rewards. First 100 customers in each store will receive free Belk gift cards ranging in value from $5 to $1,000. In addition, all participating charities and schools will be automatically registered to win one of three $1,000 donations from Belk in a company-wide drawing. Participating local charities will sell the Charity Sale tickets prior to the event and all proceeds from each $5 ticket sold will be retained by the charity. Beginning 4/23, tickets may also be purchased at Belk stores with all donations equally divided among the participating charities and schools.No limit to the number of tickets charities can sell, and no limit to the amount of money that can be raised.

ACOUSTIC SOUP 5/1, 3-7pm: Art Soup, a local nonprofit arts organization, presents Acoustic Soup: a philanthropic afternoon of live music and organic wines at Wilmington Wine, 605 Castle St. Enjoy an afternoon with acoustic music on the back porch w/Zeke Roland, According to Oscar, Bryan Galecki, Brandon Guthrie, the Stonewalls, Lynn Casper and Josh Moore. Creatively coupled w/an organic wine tasting, raffles and more this event is a soft, kick off celebration/fund-raiser for Art Soup, a recently established nonprofit group. $2 donation appreciated. Proceeds go to federal nonprofit status fees for Art Soup, a local arts organization promoting events and education. 910-202-4749.

Theater/Auditions, etc.

GUERILLA THEATRE PRESENTS COBB 4/21-24; 8pm. Brown Coat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St. Under the direction of Windy Wenderlich, Guerilla Theatre has assembled an All-Star cast to portray perhaps the greatest baseball player of all time, Ty Cobb, in Lee Blessings nostalgic masterpiece: Cobb. $10 general admission, $5 students, available by calling 910-341-0001, or online at browncoattheatre.com. Richard Davis, 910-233-9914, guerillatheatre@gmail.com FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Upper Room Theatre Company, Wilmington’s Christian community theatre company, will perform the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” on 4/23-25, 30 and 5/1-2 at Lutheran Church of Reconciliation’s Ministry Center, 7500 Market Street. Performances will be held at 7pm on 4/23, 24, 30 and 5/1, with 3pm matinee performances on 4/25 and 5/2. Tickets: $6 for children under 12, $8 for adults and can be ordered online at upperroomtheatre.org or by stopping by 7500 Market St. Portion of ticket sales donated to a local charity. Laura Frank at (910) 686-9203.

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS 4/23-25, 30, and 5/1-2, 7-9. City Stage at Level 5, 21 N. Front St. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, directed by Rob Mann. Tickets: $18, $20, and $22. Students/ Seniors, $2 off. All shows @ 8pm. Call 910-342-0272 for reservations.

MULLIGAN’S WAKE DINNER THEATER Mulligan’s Wake is an interactive, portable dinner theater. Dress up or down for the funeral and be prepared upon arrival to meet a crazy Irish-Catholic family who has all gathered for a final, over-the-top farewell celebration. Audience members can interact with the cast, join in or sit back and relax. Traditional Irish dinner and then a wake to honor the memory of

dear ole’ Rory—celebration full of drinking, toasting, dancing and singing. 910-232-6611 or porchtheatre. com OPERA HOUSE SEASON 25th Anniversary Season. The first two shows will be performed at the Scottish Rite Temple, 1415 South 17th St. The rest of the season will be performed on the Main Stage of Thalian Hall. Five Guys Named Moe: Book by Clarke Peters. Music and Lyrics by Louis Jordan. 4/28-5/2 and 5/7-9. His woman left him, he’s broke, and it’s almost 5 o’clock in the morning; Nomax slumps in his chair, drowning his misery. Suddenly, five hipsters appear—Big Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, Little Moe, and No Moe—to deliver the lessons Nomax needs, lessons in the mysteries of life and love. Featuring 20 of his greatest up-tempo, sing-along musical sensations, including “Saturday Night Fish Fry,” “Let the Good Times Roll”, and “Caldonia.” All performances at 8pm, except for Sun. matinees, 3pm.

CEREMONIES IN DARK OLD MEN The Seed of Abraham Outreach Ministries, In association with Kids in Media Program (K.I.M.) and TVI Video and Stills Production L.L.C. & Company, presents “Ceremonies in Dark Old Men” 4/29–5/2 at the Brown Coat Theater, 111 Grace St. Thurs. 4/29 at 6pm–Opening Night Reception. 7pm–Performance Begins. 4/30 @ 8pm, 5/1 @ 8pm, and 5/2 @ 3pm.

Contact Beverly Judge, 910-251-3797, tvivideo@ yahoo.com. http://ceremoniesindarkoldmen. shutterfly.com.

GODSPELL Thalian Association Children’s Theater (TACT) presents the musical “Godspell.” Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, Godspell features a sparkling score by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) that includes the international hit “Day by Day” as well as “Turn Back, O Man,” “All Good Gifts” “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” and “All for the Best.” Drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, “Godspell” is a groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love. The production, directed by Kendra Goerring Garrett with music direction by Linda Carlise Markas, runs for seven performances: 4/30 at 7pm, 5/1 at 3 & 7pm, 5/2 at 3pm, 5/7 and 8 at 7pm and 5/9 at 3pm at the Hannah Block 2nd Street Stage, 120 South 2nd St. Tickets are $10, general admission at the door.

Suzanne Smith, 910-232-6611.

GOODBYE CHARLIE Big Dawg Productions presents the comedy “Goodbye Charlie,” 5/6-9, 13-16 and 20-23 at the Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St. Charlie Sorel was a womanizer and a despicable human being.

After he’s killed by a jealous husband, he comes back to life as a woman, and now he’s even worse!

This hilarious play by George Axelrod (writer of The Seven Year Itch) stars Melissa Stanley and Tony Moore, directed by Ken Cressman. Thurs.Sat. shows 8pm, Sun. matinee 3pm. Tickets are $18; $15 for students and seniors, available at the Newcastle Antique Center, 606 Castle St. or call 341-7228 or www.bigdawgproductions.org.

Opening night Thurs. 5/6 is pay-what-you-can ($5 minimum please).

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE 5/6-6/24: 6:30pm, Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St. $35 includes dinner, performance, tax and gratuity. Join all of your favorite characters from the world’s most famous whodunit board game as their criminal capers come to life onstage. This fast-paced farce will leave audiences ‘dying’ with laughter!

Murder, madness, mystery, and mayhem. Seven suspects, six weapons… how many bodies? Limited seating. Reserve online at www.porchtheatre.com or call 910-232-6611.

Comedy COMEDY WORKSHOPS Stand-Up Comedy Workshop: Sat, 4/24 and 5/1, 10am-1pm. Gain focus, get feedback, writing exercises and the Open-Mic experience.This workshop is focused on getting you to your first Open Mic. This workshop will also give you a forum to try out material, create new material and overcome performance anxiety. Ending in a live showcase

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performance.• Sketch Comedy Writing Workshop: Saturdays 4/24 and 5/1 from 2-5pm. In this workshop we will brainstorm as a group to develop and perform sketch comedy for a live showcase.This workshop culminates with a live showcase performance. • Instructor Brooklin Green is a graduate of Chicago’s Second City Conservatory and a regional finalist in Nick At Night’s Funniest Mom 3. Must be 18 or older to attend. $120 for each workshop. Location: Uptown @ Myrtle Beach Mall. Register at www.

CarolinaImprov.com/enroll.

Friday Gallery Walk 6pm • 4/26- Open Create Night • 4/27, Starving artist night • 4/28, Weekly Wine Tasting • See Soundboard for live music listings. • Call to artists: Currently taking submissions for summer’s exhibitions—New works created by our animal loving artists. Those who have been inspired by a pet or any animal that has been a companion, even if only for a moment, are encouraged to submit. Please note, we are not necessarily looking for images of these animals specifically (although that is fine too) but think of other ways to express these memories (a park, their toy, fire hydrant, etc…) All styles, medium & creative processes welcome.Submit by 510 jpeg images by 5/15. Proceeds from this exhibition will be donated to local shelters. • Looking for pieces for a watercolor exhibit.

Anything goes. Please also submit 5-10 jpeg images by 7/15. 208 N. Front St. 910-7633737. bottegagallery.com.Bottega Gallery & Art Bar, 208 N. Front St. 910.763.3737, www.bottegagallery.com, www.myspace. com/bottegagallery.

SIDES Every Mon. at 9pm: Wilmington’s only live sitcom: Sides. $5 admission, All new episode each week.

Browncoat Pub & Theater at 111 Grace St. 910-4715690.

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

Music/Concerts WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sat. 4/24, 8pm, Kenan Auditorium the Wilmington Symphony’s season of masterpieces draws to a memorable close as soloists Marina De Ratmiroff and Christopher Johns lend their virtuoso talents to Richard Strauss’ breathtaking “Zerbinetta’s Aria” from Ariadne auf Naxos, and Ottorini Respighi’s passionate and soulful Adagio con variazioni for cello and orchestra. Conductor Steven Errante presents concert preview at 7pm, providing background about the composer and discussion of some prerecorded highlights of the music to be played. Kenan Auditorium Ticket Office: 962-3500 or 800-732-3643 or www.wilmingtonsymphony.org/Tickets. Reserved seats are $23, $21, and just $4 for students and youth under 17. • Dinner before the Concert! Concert-goers can also enjoy a pre-concert buffet dinner on Sat. 4/24 at 6pm in the Madeline Suite on the UNCW campus. $28/person. Must be pre-paid with check or credit card before 12pm 4/21, 791-9262.

MOZART ON MARKET The Music on Market Fine Arts Series presents Mozart on Market on 4/24 at 7:30pm in the sanctuary of St. Andrew’s Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1416 Market St. The magic of Mozart’s music, presented by the Music Ministry with the Church Chorale, Elisabeth MacKay Field, guest soloist, with piano, organ, and guest instrumentalists. Contact Sharon Miller, Artistic Director at 910-762-9693 ext. 212.

FREE FAMILY CONCERT On Sun. 4/25 at 4pm at Kenan Auditorium on the UNCW campus, the annual Free Family Concert is presented with the spotlight on young performers. Bring the kids and grandkids, and introduce them to the joy and excitement of an orchestra concert as Steven Errante conducts the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra in exhilarating performances of classics like Wagner’sRide of the Valkyries and the much more contemporary Video Games Live. A performance by the Wilmington Symphony Junior Strings directed by Jane Tierney opens the matinee program. Sunday’s matinee is free; however, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. www.wilmingtonsymphony.org or (910) 791-9262

BABS MCDANCE NEW SCHEDULE West Coast Swing: Mon. 6-7pm • Rumba: Mon. 7-8pm • Basic Shag: Tues. 6-7pm • Night Club Two Step: Tues. 7-8pm • Basic Salsa: Tues. 7-8pm • Progressing Salsa: Tues. 8-9:30pm • Swing & Lindy: Wed. 6-7pm • Cha Cha: Wed. 7-8pm • Mambo: Wed. 8-9:30pm • Waltz: Thurs. 6-7pm • Progressing Shag: Thurs. 7-8pm • Foxtrot: Thurs.

7-8pm • Argentine Tango: Thurs. 8-9:30pm. Full schedule: babsmcdance.com.

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

BELLY DANCING CLASS Sat. 4/24 @3pm, belly dancing class for teens & adults for $15 per person. Register by phone or in person at Techniques In Motion School of Dance, 5202 Carolina Beach Rd. 910-799-3223. www. techniquesinmotion.com CAROLINA SHAG CLUB DJs play favorite beach music and shag tunes every Sat, 8pm to close. $4/members; $6/guests. Carolina Shag Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd. Carolina Beach, NC 620-4025 76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639

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

WILMINGTON SALSA CLUB Salsa Lessons, 8:30pm, Wed., Garibaldi Night Club, 4418 Market St., Wilmington, NC • 8pm, Fridays, Sywanyk’s Night Club 222 Henderson Ave., Jacksonville, NC. Dawn: (910) 471-6809

Dance

CAROLINA LOUNGE DANCE LESSONS Tuesdays: Shag Night. Free Shag Lessons with Brad White. Beginner 7:30pm, Intermediate 8pm.

Dancing till 11pm. $5 cover. • Thursdays: Ladies Night. Free Line Dance Lessons with Barbara Braak @ 7:30pm. $5 cover. • Fridays: Salsa Night. Begins with Argentine Tango Lessons @ 7:30pm. $5 cover.

Salsa Lessons @ 9:30pm & DJ Lalo. Open till 2:30am.

• Saturdays: Beach & Shag DJ @ 7:30pm, Salsa @ 11pm till Close. Carolina Lounge, 910 791-7595.

WILMINGTON SINGLES CLUB APRIL EVENTS 4/23: Modern Knights Band. Spring Fling Casual Dance. Members $10, guests $12. • 4/30: DJ Buddy Langley. Members $8, guests $10. All events held at American Legion, Post 10. Kathleen at 910-2323315. www.wilmingtonsingles.blogspot.com.

THE CIRCLE Free form movement every Friday, 6-7:30pm at Dance Cooperative 118 s.17th st. Free or $5 donation suggested albanelved@albanelved.com.

No experience needed. www.albanelved.com

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Art AUTISM AWARENESS EXHIBIT

4/23: Golden Gallery, Cotton Exchange. An insightful exhibit will be hanging for the 4/23 Gallery Walk in Downtown; a collection of paintings done by Caryn Croom, manager of Golden Gallery, alongside her autistic son. This collection of artwork is a progressive series, begun several years ago as a form of art therapy. Contact Caryn Croom at 910-762-4651, caryncroom@hotmail.com DIVA MADE EXHIBITION OF ART Diva Made, a creative women’s exchange, presents first all female art exhibit, “Diva Made Exhibition of Art” at Bottega Gallery & Art Bar. Among the participating artists are Diva Made co-founders, Monika Winters-Sanchez, Dixon Stetler, Bonnie England, and Jude Eden, as well as Diva Made members Abby Spangel Perry, Kate Cathey, Rachel Kastner, Gayle Tustin, Pamela Toll, Rachel Willoughby, MJ Cunningham, Kelly Marquis, Erica Morgan, Leigh Fowler and Angela Johnson. Hanging through 4/25. divamade.com.

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHTS Fourth Friday Gallery Nights 2010, 6-9pm on the fourth Friday of each month: 4/23. No admission.

All ages. Several downtown galleries, studios and art spaces will open their doors to the public in an after-hours celebration of art and culture. The Art Walk is a self-guided tour featuring exhibitions of various artistic genres including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, photography, metals, ceramics, mixed media and more. Includes opening receptions, artist discussions, live music, wine, food and other traditional art-activities; www. wilmingtonfourthfridays.com.

UNCW SENIOR ART SHOW An exhibition of work by UNCW seniors at the Art Gallery in the Cultural Arts Building, 601 S. College Rd., to celebrate the work made by the graduating seniors. The exhibition is comprised of mostly two-dimensional work, including photography, print-making, drawing, and painting in oil and acrylic.

Because of the variety of artists in the collection, the pieces cover many categories of subject matter.

Three-dimensional work in the exhibition includes sculpture by Mark Krucke and ceramic pieces by Stella Duplass. Reception is free and open to the public, exhibition will run until 4/30. Contact Erica Furr at ecf9486@uncw.edu.

BOTTEGA EVENTS CALENDAR EXHIBIT: DivaMade: Featuring works from women of the DivaMade art collective. • EvEnTs: 4/21: Weekly Wine Tasting • 4/22, Open mic, will move to Mondays for “Open Create Night” • 4/23- 4th

RECYCLE OF LIFE Jamin Belmont and Hope Henderson presents “Recycle of Life” at Parallelogram through 4/30, celebrating self awareness, community, and recycling. More specifically, Henderson and Belmont have created a faux barnyard / petting zoo installation of sculpture and paintings which will take up the entire space at 3rd and Castle. Opening: day after Earth Day on 4/23, 7-10pm. A Kids Fun House event will be held on Wed. 4/21 at 6pm where the artists invite parents to bring their kids to interact with the artists who hope to express the importance of creativity, originality and recycling, encouraging kids and adults to make their own toys. Contact: Hope Henderson, 910-619-9899, countedsheepproductions@gmail.com; or Joel Finsel 910-797-3501, joelfinsel@gmail.com.

MEET ARTSHAK’S ARTISTS 5/1: The Artshak Gallery will add to the summer art offerings in the Southport area with their new “Meet Our Artists” series and invites the public to attend the first event on Sat. 5/1 from 2-8pm. The first of this series will be hosted by Wilmington artists and sisters Gail Powell-painter, and Lynne Powell, jeweler. This is a rare opportunity to spend some time with individual artists represented by the gallery and to see a major showinf of their work normally only available at their private studios. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free. The Artshak is located at 822 N. Howe St. in Southport. Thom Seaman: 910-457-1757 or Lynne Powell at 910-508-3784.

ARTISTS AID THE ANIMALS 6th annual Artists Aid the Animals art show and sale is seeking artists and fine craftsmen to particiapte in a two day show on 6/5-6 at the Elks Club at 5102 Oleander Drive. Deadline to enter is 5/4. Art or craft does not have to be animal realted. Space is limited to approx. 80 artists, so early entry is important. Cost for the 2-day event is $125 per booth, or $200 if sharing booth with other applicant.

Pictures of your work must be submitted alone with an autobiography and your application. E-mail normat1@bellsouth.net with cc to llefrog@aol.com.

Application form: pchsdreams.org. Enter “Arts and Crafts show” in subject line. Gloria at 910-7995401.

ART OPENING AT SILVER COAST WINERY The Silver Coast Winery is proud to display the works of Suzanne C. Hunady through 6/14. Sue’s work reflects talent in several mediums including but not limited to Water Colors and Acrylics. Silver Coast Winery is a full winemaking facility housing an eclectic art gallery, unique gift shops, with beautiful picnic grounds. Private parties as well as corporate parties and weddings are welcome.

Tours and tastings on Mon.-Sat., 11am–6pm; Sun., 12-5pm. www.silvercoastwinery.com or 910-2872800.

CALL TO AUTHORS Art Soup, a non-profit arts organization in Wilmington, NC is currently seeking published or self-published authors and poets to participate in an annual, large outdoor arts festival, Sat. 9/11. The Wilmington Art Walk is an artist market throughout

the streets of the historic downtown area, featuring visual artists, crafts, music and more. Literary participants are welcome to sell and sign copies of current or previous work at individual booths in a special section of the festival dedicated to writers.

Spaces available at a discounted rate of $35 per participant. Call 910-620-2047 or email info@artsoup.org.

Museums CAMERON ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Opening Reception: North Carolina Collects: The Real McCoy. Thurs. 4/22, 6-7pm member opening, 7-8pm public. North Carolina Collects: The Real McCoy on view 4/23-9/12 is the first in a series of exhibitions featuring private collections of North Carolina collectors.The exhibition will feature cookie jars, vases and decanters ranging from the 1930’s to the 1970’s and will include rare, one-of-a-kind examples of McCoy pottery. • Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection, through 5/9. Features selected paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, furniture, decorative arts and other objects drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition’s configuration will change throughout the year, as individual works are rotated. • Recollection: The Past Is Present, through 6/20. The exhibition’s visual and thematic referencing of the past while being rooted firmly in the present connects the art work of Amalia Amaki, Lillian Blades and Beverly Buchanan to the historical-tinged quilts by African American women in the exhibition. • CLASSES: Yoga Classes: Thurs. at 12pm. $5 members, $8 non-members. • Tai Chi Classes: Wed., 12pm. $5 members, $8 non-members per class. • EVENTS: Original, devised, student theatre, 4/24, 3pm and 4/29, 7pm. CAM members $5, Non-members $8. Students in UNCW’s theatre department offer a performance on the topic of social justice/injustice. This original work of short performance pieces is woven together using music, dance, and drama. • The Poetry of Time in Visual Images, Ann Parks McCray, painter/poet. 4/25, 3pm.

CAM members $5, Non-members $8. Participate in an informal writing and visual experience with painter and poet Ann Parks McCray exploring art work and memory as inspiration for poetry. McCray teaches at CFCC. • Lenard D. Moore, M.A. presents “Cultural Writing: Using Music and Visual Art in Poetry,” 5/2, 3pm. Free. Moore is a poet, essayist, fiction writer, playwright and book reviewer. • George Smart presents “Mayberry Modernism: North Carolina’s Modernist Legacy,” 5/3. Reception: 6pm; lecture: 6:30pm. AIA and CAM Members: Free. Public: $8 • “Kid”cademy: Wed., 3:30-4:30pm, through 5/12.

Ages 6 to 10. Limited enrollment, 8 students per session. Members $60, Non-members: $90. Explore the galleries and make exhibition-inspired artwork.

• South 17th St. and Independence Blvd. Tues/ Wedn/Thurs/Friday: 11am-2pm. Sat/Sun: 11am5pm. Museum members free, $8 Non-members, $5 Students with valid student identification card, $3 Children age 2 -12. cameronartmuseum.com or 910-395-5999.

ARBORETUM IN THE AM 8am-12pm Sat. 4/24 at the New Hanover County Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Drive, will feature hands-on gardening projects, demonstrations and workshops. The agenda also includes a used gardentool sale offering top quality equipment at bargain prices, as well as a full slate of children’s activities.

Admission is free. Besides providing practical tips and demonstrations for turf management, raised vegetable beds, container gardening and herb growing, extension experts will be on hand to answer participants’ questions. Meanwhile, youngsters will keep busy with an adventure scavenger hunt, sunflower-potting sessions and garden-themed crafts. Valerie DeSanti at vdesanti@ec.rr.com or 4708180. Proceeds benefit the New Hanover County Arboretum.

CALL FOR PRESERVATION NOMINATIONS Historic Wilmington Foundation will be presenting the 2010 Annual Preservation Awards Thurs. 5/20 at 6:30pm at the Historic New Hanover County Courthouse downtown. All nominations must be submitted by 4/28, 2010. Mark your calendars to be a part of this historic event. Visit the Foundation’s Webs ite to review the categories and fill out a nomination form. (910) 762-2511. www.historicwilmington. org.

CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM Cool down in front of “Anaconda Splash” exhibit in the indoor tropical jungle. See, photograph and even touch rare animals assembled from all over the planet in beautiful simulations of their natural environments.

Meet colorful jungle birds, crocodiles, king cobras, black mambas and many more. Open from 11am5pm, Sat. from 11am-6pm. 20 Orange Street at Front Street on historic downtown riverwalk. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

LATIMER HOUSE Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. 126 S. Third St. Adults $8, children $4. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for more than 130 years. Interests and activities for all ages including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively children’s area, and spectacular scale models. Housed in an original 1882 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. Groups receive special guided tours.

Facilities can also be booked for meetings or mixers, accommodating groups of up to 150. Admission only $6 for adults, $5 for seniors/military, $3 for children 2-12, and free under age 2. Located at the north end of downtown at 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634 or www. wrrm.org.

NC MARITIME MUSEUM AT SOUTHPORT The North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport hosts regular Monthly Adult Programs on the 3rd Tues. of each month at 7pm at the Southport Community Building. Free to members and $5 for non-members.116 N. Howe St. / 910-457-0003.

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM EXHIBITS: • Conservation Matters- Explore the art and science of artifact conservation. Discover what it is, who does it, and why it matters to museums. A selection of beautifully conserved furniture and other objects from the Museum’s permanent collection will be on display. • Going To The Movies- Experience the history of a century of movie-going in the Lower Cape Fear region. Explore where people went to the movies. Discover how the theater experience has changed over the years. Watch some of the first films local residents may have seen. • Cape Fear Treasures:Drink- Glimpse a selection of drinking vessels, as you explore treasures from Cape Fear Museum’s permanent collection. From 18th-century bottles to fancy teapots to modern-day souvenir mugs, discover objects that help tell the stories of liquid consumption through time. • Hours: 9am5pm Tues-Sat. and 1-5pm, Sun. Admission is $6 for adults; $5 for students with valid ID and senior citizens; $5 special military rate with valid military ID; $3 for children 3-17; and free for children under 3. Museum members are always free. New Hanover County residents’ free day is the first Sunday of each month. 814 Market St. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM The Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach. Visitors to the cottage will find a scale model of Wrightsville Beach circa 1910, exhibits featuring the early days of the beach including Lumina Pavilion, our hurricane history and information about the interaction between the people and our natural environment which have shaped the 100 year history of Wrightsville Beach. 303 West Salisbury Street. wbmuseum.com.

BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE 18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in the heart of Wilmington’s Historic District, is the oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th and 19th century decor and gardens. Colonial life is experienced through historical interpretations in kitchen-building and courtyard. 3rd and Market streets. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. Last tour, 3pm. Admission rqd. (910) 762-0570. www.burgwinwrighthouse.com.

Sports/Recreation SPORTS BANQUET AND CEREMONY

Please join us on Sun. 5/2 for Wilmington’s most prestigious Sports Banquet and Ceremony as the Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame honors the 2010 Inductees at the Burney Center at UNCW. The 2010 inductees are: Wrightsville Beach’s own International Surfing Great, Ben Bourgeois; New Hanover Coaching Legend, Joe Miller; Boxer and Legendary Trainer, Sherriedale Morgan (Posthumously); One of the 50 Most Influential Figures in ACC Basketball (Charlotte Observer) Winning UVA and Davidson Basketball Coach and current ECU Athletic DirectorTerry Holland. Our Master of Cermonies this year is exPhilidephia Eagles player and sought after Public speaker, Kevin Reilly. See www.kreilly.com. Please join us at this great event. Call 910-795-1224.

5/8 at Bill Smith Park in Oak Island between 10am12pm.Coaches will be present to answer questions and to meet new swimmers. Practices will be held Mon.-Fri. at the Baptist Assembly, Caswell Beach, beginning 5/24. Practice times vary depending the age of the swimmer. Registration forms may be obtained at http://marlinswimteam.com. If registration is mailed, it must be postmarked on or before 5/1. Fees are $125, which includes a cap and team t-shirt. Swimmers will also need to purchase a team swimsuit. Call Coach LouAnn Hadlock at 269-4186. • The Marlins swim team is currently seeking sponsorships for children who might not otherwise be able to participate in the program. The cost for sponsorship is $175 which includes the cost of registration and a team swimsuit. Contact Julie Stiller at either 612-3198 or jcstiller@ec.rr.com.

MARITIME MUSEUM GOLF CLASSIC Two charity golf tournaments to help raise funds for the move and renovation of the NC Maritime Museum to Ft. Johnston in Southport NC. Members Club at St. James Plantation, 4/22 and 28, 11am shotgun. friendsncmmsouthport.org.

FENCING CLASS Cape Fear Fencing Association (CFFA) will offer its next beginners’ fencing class starting Tues. 5/4 at 6:30pm and will run for six weeks. Taught by Head Coach Greg Spahr, the six-week class will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-7:30pm and costs $40. The class will meet in the lower level of Tileston Gym at St. Mary’s on the corner of 5th and Ann streets. All equipment is supplied by the CFFA. Beginning fencing classes include the basic elements of fencing, the history of the sport, foundational techniques, conditioning, refereeing, and tournament strategy. Graduates will have the option of continuing to fence with the CFFA which offers fencing Tuesday, and Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.capefearfencing.com or contact Head Coach Greg Spahr at: 910 799-8642.

HALYBURTON NATURE PROGRAMS Free, pre-reg rqd. 4099 S. 17th Street 910-3410075 or www.halyburtonpark.com. Ages 16 and up! Alligators, 4/27, 9am-4pm. Alligators and humans occupy the same habitat in Southeastern NC. Program discusses behavior and biology of alligators, beginning ta Halyburton Park and going to Lake Waccamaw State Park; led by Mike Campbell of the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission. Free • Birds, 4/29 , 9am-4pm. Coastal NC is a major breeding spot for neo-tropical migratory birds Learn to identify birds by sight and sound, as well as learn about the biology, habitat requirements and life cycles of these well traveled birds. Free but pre-reg. is rqd. (910)341-0075 • Discovery Hike: Sat. 4/24 1:30-2:30pm. Join park naturalist as we hike into a Long Leaf Pine Savannah. Explore nature up close as we discuss the many properties of this type of ecosystem. $1/participant. • Fossil Hunt–Rocky Point Quarry: Fri. 4/23 10:30am-5pm. John Timmerman and Theresa Celia Mowrey will lead this hunt for ancient life forms. Fossils that we will be hunting for include sand dollars, seashells, shark teeth and other marine life. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather. Closed toed shoes are required. The quarry has some rough terrain, and there may be some extensive walking on uneven, rocky and or steep grades. Any and all fossils found by participants are fair game to keep by their finders. A small day pack, a nail apron to put fossils in, small bottles for fragile finds, a chipping hammer or other tools to pry fossils loose are helpful but not crucial. Many fossils are simply laying on the surface of the ground ready to collect. In addition, you may want to bring bottled water and lunch or a snack. $5/participant.

• Alligators: Tue. 4/27 9am-4pm. This program will discuss the behavior and biology of alligators. We will begin at Halyburton Park and then venture to Lake Waccamaw State Park to observe alligators in the wild. This workshop is led by educator Mike Campbell of the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission.

4/24: YMCA HEALTHY KIDS DAY

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PARKS & REC Beginner II Bridge Lessons, Thurs, 10am-noon • Intermediate II Bridge Lessons, Thurs, 12:30pm– 2:30pm. • Currently registering for group tennis lessons, adult, youth, and tots. Classes meet Mon/Wed, at tennis courts at Wrightsville Beach Park. Adult, Youth ages 9-12, and Tots ages 68. • Yoga: Tues/Wed, 6:30pm. • Pilates: Mon/Wed/ Fri, 10:15-11:15am. Beginner Pilates on Tues/Thurs, 7:30-8:15am. • Low Impact Aerobics. Mon/Wed/Fri, 8-9am and 9-10am. All ages welcome, catered toward ages 60+. • Tone & Stretch. Tues/Thurs, 8:30-9:15am. All ages welcome, catered toward ages 60+. • Boot Camp fitness class meets Tues/Thurs, 6-7am. • Cape Fear Cotillion—Lessons in ballroom and popular dance along with etiquette and social skills! Thurs. afternoons, 4/8-5/6, 3-7 and 8-12 years old. • Performance Club—structured theater games, kids can exercise their imagination and have fun by performing. Tues. afternoons. Grades K-2nd and 3rd-5th.• Wrightsville Beach Shag Lessons.

Beginner shag lessons on Sun. All classes at Fran Russ Rec Ctr. unless otherwise noted. Wrightsville Beach Park: 256-7925.

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Always working toward betterment and strengthening families, YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day includes fun, engaging and creative activities to help families promote healthy living and wellness. Outdoor activities last from 9am12:30pm; Dive in Movie from 12:30-2:30pm at indoor pool; and health booths, raffles games and more will also take place. (910) 241-9622.

Free. • Birds: Thu. 4/29 9am-4pm. Learn to identify these birds by sight and sound, as well as learn about the biology, habitat requirements and life cycles of these well traveled birds. Free.

MARLINS SWIM TEAM REGISTRATION The Marlins Swim team will begin registration on Sat. 5/1 at Smithville Park in Southport and Sat.

YMCA HEALTHY KIDS DAY The Wilmington Family YMCA Healthy Kids Day will be held on Sat. 4/24, 9am to 2:30pm, YMCA, 2710 Market St. National YMCA event is the nation’s largest health day for children, with more than 1,700 YMCAs across the country participating, and all activities are free and open to the community. YMCA Healthy Kids Day includes fun, engaging and creative activities for kids and families to promote healthy relationships, wellness and healthy living. Resources will also be provided to help parents get back to the basics of healthy living and making everyday healthy choices for their families. Event will have outdoor activities from 9am-12:30pm, and a “Dive in Movie” from 12:30- 2:30pm at the indoor pool. Activities include health booths, outside games, face painting, bouncy castle, raffles, zumba classes and a Kids Zone Open House. Healthy Kids Day also kicks off YMCA summer program registration to the Wilmington community with a Summer Camp Information Booth; families will be able to learn about our outstanding summer programs, register and receive 50 percent off Camp High Hopes and Camp Kirkwood registration fees. Complete listing of session dates and times available: www. wilmingtonfamilyymca.org. 251-9622.

MARINE SCIENCE AND ART CAMP This 1/2 day program delights children with a hands on sea life experience in the safety of The Montessori

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classrooms and outside environment. Water safety issues are explored with a child friendly approach.

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

JUNIOR RANGER DAY 4/24, 10am-5pm, Moores Creek National Battlefield.

Children will be able to learn about the duties of a park ranger, and will earn a patch and ranger badge through fun, educational activities. Opportunities will also be available for children to become Junior Rangers through exploration of the park, learning to be caretakers, and discovering the adventure that is the Park Ranger job. Contact Moores Creek National Battlefield, 910-283-5591.

UPPER ROOM THEATRE CO. SUMMER CAMP The Upper Room Theatre Company has announced the summer camp schedule for its Kids’ Musical Theatre (KMT). The camp, intended for children and teens in first through eighth grade, will take place from 6/28-7/27. The program will run from 9am-1pm daily in the Lutheran Church of Reconciliation’s Ministry Center, 7500 Market St. The camp schedule is as follows: 6/28-7/2: Hannah Montana; 7/5-9, Peter Pan; 7/12-16, The Lion King; and 7/19-23, Annie. $15 onetime, non-refundable registration fee for individuals; $25 one-time, non-refundable registration fee for siblings (one fee covers two siblings) plus $95 per week. A 10% discount is offered if sibling attends the same week of Camp KMT. Scholarships are available on as needed basis. Contact Kate Santhuff, KMT Camp Director, at info@upperroomtheatre.org or call (910) 686-9203.

PANANCEA ADVENTURES CAMP Panacea Adventures’ “Let It Go” Program Offers Adventure Therapy for Obese Youth in SENC. Wilderness therapy develops self confidence, while fostering weight loss. Just in time for First Lady Michelle Obama’s national initiative to combat childhood obesity, Wilmington’s Panacea Adventures is launching an adventure camp to address the problem here. “Let it Go” merges multiple therapeutic models with a thorough nutritional curriculum to achieve improved mental and physical health for youth at risk of becoming obese. The first program will host eight children, ages 13 to 17, and will begin in late April. “Let It Go” will engage the children and their families for six months with periodic wilderness adventures and weekly group meetings. The adventures will be led by professional wilderness guides (certified in wilderness medicine) and a licensed therapist, and will include sea kayaking, surfing, white water rafting, rock climbing and hiking. In-town sessions will focus on physical training and family nutrition with each discussion led by a registered dietitian, therapist and physical trainer. The cost for the program is $6,200 per child (includes weekly group/family counseling and nutrition classes) and the organization is seeking grants, contributions and sponsors so that no child is refused based on an inability to pay.

Lectures/Readings POMEGRANATE BOOKS 4/22, 7pm. Pomegranate Books for a reading and booksigning by Michelle Boyajian, for her debut novel, Lies of the Heart. Michelle is an alumnus of UNC-Wilmington’s celebrated MFA in Creative Writing program, where she received the Austin Robert Hartsook Fellowship in Creative Writing. Her short stories have appeared in and Timber Creek Review and were nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Free. . • Sat. 5/1: Storytime with Captain Tim Dillinger & The Pickpocket Pirate10:30am. Parents, bring your kids and your cameras! Wilmington’s favorite pirate and re-enactor, Captain Tim Dillinger, will read stories from his much-lauded collection, The Pickpocket Pirate dressed in his finest pirate attire. 418 Park Ave. (910) 452-1107 MARIANNE SMITH BOOK SIGNING On Sat. 5/1 from 2-5pm, Marianne Smith will be at Silver Coast Winery signing her wonderful new book “On The Other Side” which is a story about a young German girl, her family and friends. On hand, in the beautiful Silver Coast barrel room will be a

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small band playing some German music to provide the perfect background for Marianne’s talk. Visit www.silvercoastwinery.com or call 910-287-2800.

Directions: 7 miles north of the South Carolina border on Hwy 17, take 904W -- 2nd right onto Russtown Rd, 4th right Barbeque Rd.

Workshops/Classes GREEN YOUR PROPERTY WORKSHOP See page 11.

POPLAR GROVE Classes: Pilates, Mon. 4:30-5:30pm • Glass Bead Making, Sat. 4/24, 5/8, 5/29, 11am-4:30pm. $175.

18 and up. • Wire Wrap Beading, third Wed. of each month 11am-12pm & Mon. 4/26, 5/17, 6/21 6-7:30pm. $35 • Bracelet Making, first Wed. of ea. month 11am-12pm & Mon. 5/3, 6/7 6-7:30pm. $50.

• One Stroke Painting, 4-week class: 4/29-5/20 Thurs. 6-8pm. $60. • Tae Kwon-Do, Tues. & Thurs.

6-7pm. $75/month. • Self -Defense for Adults, Wed. 1-2:15pm, 5:45-7pm. $40/4 classes. • 910-686-9518 ext. 26, www.poplargrove.com SOIL TO SOUL EVENTS 4/24: 11am-12pm-Essential Oils 101. What are they? How are they used? Did you know you can heal yourself using aromatherapy with essential oils?

Class costs $20. Go home with (1) 15ml bottle of the Essential Oil of your choice. • All classes will be held at Soil to Soul, 6005 Oleander Dr. See www.

ProgressiveGardens.com or call 910-395-1156.

THEOLOGY PUB For five weeks, starting on 4/26 young adult Christians in the greater Wilmington area have a chance to attend a unique event, known as Theology Pub. Discuss the topic of “Is the church alive?” at The Beam Room at Front Street Brewery. Various religious leaders and scholars present a subtopic related to the overall subject ea. wk. Discussion to follow every presentation with moderation from the group organizers. Food and refreshments from Front Street Brewery while at the events. Fletcher Wells, Associate Rector, St James Parish, 910-763-1628 or fletcher@stjamesp.org.

BOATING COURSE Did you know effective 5/1 NC Senate Bill 43 will require all boat operators under the age of 26 to take an approved boating course to be able to operate their boat or PWC legally? The

call 910-799-2928 or check out www.aplacetobead. com for times and prices.

Clubs/Notices GAMBLER’S ANONYMOUS Wilmington Gambler’s Anonymous Meeting, 6:30pm, Cape Fear Presbyterian Church. 2606 Newkirk Ave. Casey F.: (910) 599-140 YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF NHC Meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month at the downtown public library, third floor, 6:30pm. Ages 18-35.

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. Daily continuous tours offered 10am-10pm. Market and Water streets. $12 for adults, $5 per child. (910) 251-8889 or www. horsedrawntours.com S-ANON Meets Tuesdays @ 8pm. A support group for family and friends of sexaholics. Universal Unitarian Fellowship 4313 Lake Ave. 910-520-5518 wilmingtonsanon@bellsouth.net or www.sanon. org HOME EDUCATION ARTS HEArts (Home Education Arts) is a Wilmington, NC based homeschool group for families interested in using creative, integrated techniques to facilitate learning at home. We are a fully inclusive, nonsectarian group that embraces diversity. Members plan park play dates, fieldtrips, parties, classes and spontaneous activities. We meet online at: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/HEArts_HomeEducationArts/. Sheree Harrell: 910.632.9454.

CAPE FEAR ROLLER GIRLS Love to Roller Skate? If you are interested in playing roller derby, being a derby referee, or derby volunteer please contact the Cape Fear Roller Girls: info@ capefearrollergirls.com or visit our website www. capefearrollergirls.com. All skill levels welcomed!

WILMINGTON NEWCOMERS CLUB Open to new residents in Brunswick, New Hanover & Pender Counties. Meets 2nd Thursday of month at 9:30am at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center, 5001 Market Street, between Kerr Ave. and New Centre Drive. Nancy Brennan (910) 270-6062; nabrennan@charter.net

4/22: POMEGRANATE BOOKS Michelle Boyajian will be reading from and signing her debut novel, Lies of the Heart on Thursday at 7pm. Boyajian is an alumnus of UNCW’s Creative Writing Program, where she received the Austin Robert Hartsook Fellowship in Creative Writing. She was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her short stories.

The bookstore is located at 418 Park Avenue, and the event is open to the public and free.

Cape Fear Sail and Power Squadron, an affiliate of the US Power Squadrons, is offering America’s Boating Course, to the public on three consecutive Saturdays, 5/5, 15, and 22. Classes at CFCC, Room L-107, 8am-1pm. Cost: $30. Information provided on recreational boating and will include lessons on boat handling and basic seamanship. Course meets NC state specific and National Association of State Law Administrators requirements. Certificate issued upon successful completion of the course. Peter Dahl at 681-1106 or Alan Smith at 762-2906. www. capefearpowersquadron.org.

A PLACE TO BEAD Beading classes and parties for all ages! Basic stringing and basic earring making offered weekly.

Precious Metal Clay and multiple wire wrapping classes offered monthly. Special projects and advanced classes offered on weekends. Every Sunday join local artist’s for Bead Therapy. Please

CAPE FEAR WEDDING ASSOCIATION Meet and greets the third Wednesday of e a c h m o n t h . $ 2 5 , m e m b e r s f re e . capefearweddingassociation.com YWCA YWCA Bridge club, Mon: 12:30-3:30pm. Open to all players new to duplicate and those with less than 50 points. Marie Killoran: 452-3057 or Shirley Dail: 799-4287 • Aquatics, adult and kids exercise programs available • Scrabble Club meets Thurs.at 6:30pm, YWCA Bridge Center in Marketplace Mall. Bruce Shuman: 256-9659 or Gary Cleaveland: 458-0752. www. scrabble-assoc.com • Chess Club meets Thurs. at 6:30pm. David Brown: 675-1252 or 3438002; at the Bridge Center, 41 Market Place Mall. www.wilmingtonchess.com • MommiePreneurs, a network/support group of women entrepreneurs, meet the 1st Wed. of month at YWCA. 2815 S. College Rd; 910-799-6820. www. ywca.org

PSORIASIS SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 2nd Saturday of the month at Port City Java in Harris Teeter on College and Wilshire, 5pm.

Christopher: (910) 232-6744 or cvp@yahoo.com.

Free; meet others with psoriasis and get educated on resources and program assistance.

AD/HD SUPPORT GROUPS CHADD volunteers facilitate support groups for people affected by AD/HD. Our Parent Support Group for parents of children with AD/HD meets the second Mon of ea. month at the YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear (S. College Road at Holly Tree) from 7-9pm. Our Adult Support Group for adults who have AD/HD themselves meets monthly on the second Tuesday at the same place and time. Free

and areavailable on a drop-in basis to residents of New Hanover, Pender, and Brunswick Counties.

Karen: WilmCHADD@aol.com.

CAPE FEAR KNITTERS Wilmington chapter of the Knitting Guild of America holds monthly meetings the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10am-noon, at UNCW, Bear Hall, Rm 208. Open to all interested in the skill of knitting. We will teach those interested in learning and help current knitters increase their knowledge and skill. Judy Chmielenski: 910-383-0374. www.tkga.com CREATIVE WOMEN’S EXCHANGE The Creative Women’s Exchange, a newly formed group of creative minds with a mission to be Wilmington’s primary catalyst of creative inspiration and support for women through events, workshops, monthly meetings, mentorship, projects and the open exchange of ideas and services will be resuming monthly meetings. The Greenlight Lounge from 79pm. 21 N. Front St. www.creativewomensexchange. com or (910)352-0236.

CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB Club meets the third Wed. of each month, Sept. thru June @ 7:30pm on UNCW Campus in the Cultural Arts Building. www.capefearcameraclub.org for more info.

NEWCOMERS CLUB The Wilmington Newcomers Club meets monthly at 9:30am on the 2nd Thurs ea. month at the Coastline Convention Center, 501 Nutt St. Sign up for our satellite groups, where members can follow their particular interest and make new friends along the way—bridge clubs, dinner groups, business networking groups, etc. 910-632-8315, www. wilmingtonncnewcomers.com.

Tours/Destinations AIRLIE GARDENS Enjoy the 67 beautiful acres of Airlie Gardens year round. Operating hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 9am5pm. Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for children. 910798-7700 or www.airliegardens.org for more info.

SCREEN GEMS TOUR Sat-Sun at noon and 2 pm. 343-3433.

GHOST WALK 90 minute tour through downtown haunted sites.

Nightly at 8:30 pm, plus Tues-Sat at 6:30 pm. Tours begin at Market and Water Sts. 602-6055.

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 or History@wilburjones. com SPRINGBROOK CARRIAGE/TROLLEY TOURS Narrated horse-drawn tours of historic Wilmington by a costumed driver. Enjoy a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions. Open daily, 10am-10pm. Market & Water streets. $12 per adult, $5 per child under 12. Tours leave continuosly throughout the day without a reservation. 910 2518889. www.horsedrawntours.com.

WILMINGTON ADVENTURE TOUR Adventure tour of downtown, daily 10am-2pm.

Market & Water St. (763-1785).

HENRIETTA III HENRIETTA III: 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 THRU OCTOBER - Narrated sightseeing cruises 2:30 pm 1-1/2 hours TuesdaySunday, Narrated lunch cruises 12:00 noon 1-1/2 hours Tuesday-Saturday. MAY THRU OCTOBER - Murder Mystery Dinner Cruises, Tuesday & Thursday evening 2 hours 6:30 pm; APRIL THRU DECEMBER, 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 MOORES CREEK NAT’L BATTLEFIELD: This National Park commemorates and preserves the site of the Revolutionary War battle of Moores Creek fought in Feb. 1776. Visitors Center with exhibits & audio visual program, 2 self-guided trails, picnic area. Daily 9am-5pm. Free 910-283-5591.

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