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THE ELECTRIC HOLIDAY TOUR Chatham County Line’s Dave Wilson talks ‘Fakebook,’ Pandora and Miles Davis

If encore has any readers who are fans of raucous bluegrass, haunting harmonies, and improving the aesthetics of downtown Wilmington’s landscapes, then Thursday night’s show at the Brooklyn Arts Center is for them. North Carolina act Chatham County Line will perform with Johnny Irion, Zeke Hutchins and Jay Brown, all in an effort to entertain and raise funds for a worthy cause. The show will benefit 1,000 People Who Care, an organization dedicated to cleaning and greening our city streets. Dave Wilson, the lead singer of Chatham County Line, says he most appreciates performing for a town with its own culture and personality—perfect for their Electric Holiday Tour. Read more from our interview with the songwriter on page 18. Photo by Paul Bernhard.

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a sad day in any American family when one mourns the loss of such a beloved member, especially between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning. That’s a challenging time for couples anyway: You want to be nice to the person you love more than anything in the world, but, damn it, not stabbing anyone to death before the first java should be considered the height of civilized behavior.

I come from a long line of people who give useful gifts. Frivolous crap that has to be dusted has never been appreciated in my family. Of course, for couples, there has to be a line: A vacuum cleaner is not an acceptable gift. To put it delicately, it sends the wrong message; however, shopping for Jock is a near impossibility. Outside of beer, it is hard to find gifts. Matt at Gravity Records has been helpful over the years with finding good “oldguy music,” but still, one needs variety.

All of this led to the following conversation: “Sweetheart, I know that we don’t do appliances as presents…” I began.

“Or wheelbarrows! I learned my lesson about that one.”

“Right, or wheelbarrows,” I smiled. “But I think that if I had to pick one thing you would really like to have for Christmas, which would bring you genuine happiness, it would be a coffee maker.”

“Yes! Yes it would!” Jock responded much more enthusiastically than I expected.

“I just want to be clear that I think this is very different from a vacuum cleaner. I think you get much more joy from a coffee maker than a vacuum cleaner.”

“Absolutely, and not burning the house down is an added plus.”

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maker—many dangerous under the best of circumstances, but in the kitchen of a wooden house covered in epoxy from a 10-year-old craft project, with the fire load of a house stacked to the rafters with books, he remained justifiably concerned.

“OK, just as long as you are OK with this,” I double-checked.

He nodded with a huge grin on his face. I could almost see his nose twitching at the scent of freshly brewing coffee again. “…And you understand that it will have to be made in the USA and that might take a little while.”

Of course.

For years now, I and other people have been asking for a larger return of American manufacturing. The message being pushed is that if consumers demand it, it will come. Yes, that is a highly simplified version of the necessary events, but consumer demand is key to making American manufacturing manifest.

Probably one of the most high-profile publicrelation wins for “made in the USA” came with Apple’s announcement a few weeks ago that in 2013 they would begin manufacturing a line of Macbooks stateside again. This is a big change from the much-reported position of the deceased Steve Jobs who maintained to President Barack Obama that the making of Apple products would never return to American soil.

Yes, I acknowledge that as a percentage of the Apple portfolio, this will represent less than a drop in the bucket. Rather than complaining how they haven’t agreed to bring the whole kit-and-caboodle home, perhaps we could rally ‘round this decision and make it a success. It could encourage Apple to bring more and more back to us. On GE’s website they show a job map which includes 105 added positions in North Carolina in 2009. Again, a drop in the bucket but at least a move in the right direction

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The made-in-America demand is gaining momentum. I get a striking number of e-mails from, of all unexpected places, Rick Santorum, who urges people to take a pledge to buy only “made in the USA” for Christmas. As of press a little over 2,600 people had signed up for his pledge online.

Though I am grateful he has taken up this torch, I really wish he would have made it the centerpiece of his campaign when he appeared daily in the national media earlier in the year. Alas, better late than never.

All the good news must be balanced with a moment of silence for union workers in Michigan.

Perhaps living in a right-to-work state ourselves, it is hard for us to fathom what a blow recent events have had on American labor. If we realistically plan on moving forward as a country, not only must we bring jobs home, we need to find bi-partisan support for the labor that makes the things we want to use everyday.

Which brings me back to the question: When was the last time you tried to buy a made-in-the USA coffee maker? The closest I could find was BUNN, which offers a few “assembled in the USA” products, which means a high percentage of the contributing parts are made overseas. The Federal Trade Commission oversees the use of made-in-the-USA claims. I have an old-fashioned on-the-stove percolator that I love, but Jock is primarily going to use this pot to brew tea.

The BUNN pot that I asked Steven’s Hardware to order for us will have been assembled in Creston, Iowa. It’s not perfect, but it’s two big steps forward: at least part of the coffee maker contributed to U.S. payroll here, and the purchase was made with a small, local family business. Maybe by the time the microwave blows up, we will finally be able to purchase one made here.

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own advice and thinking like a conservative every Tuesday. Consistent with some psychological research, I feel happier, more secure, more certain of things. I feel, well, right.

I smiled the Tuesday Michigan passed its “Right to Work” laws. “Right to Work” sounds so freeing. I want the right to work!

I don’t want to be banned from working by union thugs. Without these laws, decent people like Tim Cratchit would be banned from working. With these laws, Tim Cratchit (and most of us) can sit in the tank with a half-scrap of coal, and full confidence he has the “right to work.” And he won’t get to pick good old Mr. Scrooge’s pocket every 25th of December, I dare say.

I smiled the Tuesday the senate rejected the UN Disabilities Treaty. Same as Christmas Eve Scrooge, I want people to be treated fairly—especially business people.

As Oklahoma Senator Inhofe said, “I do not support the cumbersome regulations and potentially overzealous international organizations with anti-American biases that infringe upon American society.” I shared his concern about our sovereignty. Most of the countries in the UN don’t buy enough of our stuff or actively seek our destruction. It’s just un-American to agree with a collection of third-world thugs and European wing of the Illuminati.

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He consistently tried to negotiate away our right to work on as many nuclear warheads as we want. Mr. Dole and Mr. McCain lost some skin in combat, but they also lost presidential elections.

Those old losers have no skin in the game now. As aging disabled veterans, they should know that the UN Disabilities Treaty and recently defeated veterans’ jobs bill might give preferential treatment to a particular class of citizens: disabled veterans. That’s tyranny.

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the right to work, not for the tyranny of the nanny state.

Tuesdays I fear falling off the fiscal cliff with socialist lemmings more than the rising seas. I’m more worried about the real wars on terror and Christmas than the fictional wars on workers and women. I lose interest in contemplating the morality of drone strikes and advanced interrogation techniques. I become piqued at the immorality of punishing success with the whip of taxes, and angered by the audacity of threatened teachers strikes that would leave our poor children in ignorance. I’m fine with putting the Center for Race Relations in the Jesse Helms Federal Building.

It’s the season for Christmas miracles, and a couple of them happened on Wednesday, December 4th. Filled with the spirit of Christmas, director Tom Briggs and Thalian Association invited Special Olympians to a special free pre-opening night performance of “Miracle on 34th Street.” Usually, when I take my spirited special daughter to events that require self-control, people stare at her or worse. Dads are sensitive about how people treat their daughters, especially when their Special Olympian daughters tend to giggle and laugh and sing whenever the spirit moves them. The ensemble marveled!

The production glowed! The story and singers hit all the right notes! And no one stared at my daughter, as if to ask why she and spirits of her kind were allowed to walk the earth among the truly living.

I laughed like Scrooge on Christmas morning. Witnessing the “miracle” reminded me the Jesse Helms Federal Building sounds as right as Germany’s Joseph Goebbels School of Communications. The spirit of Christmas can never be at war, but our veterans deserve far better from us for their service. Unions and teachers aren’t pushing us off the fiscal cliff. In fact, the fiscal cliff isn’t that high. It’s only as high as the walls we build between ourselves. When we tear down the walls, the cliff might actually be a small step forward.

I don’t dread next Tuesday, the day itself, because I know that every Christmas Eve good old Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge goes to bed as a conservative and awakes Christmas morning as a laughing liberal. I laughed again—“the father of a long line of laughs!”

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in an episode of Star Trek. Sleek and gunmetal grey, with buttons and blinking lights, they perch over two parking spaces at Tidal Creek Co-op like an invading alien force. But they’re not alien, nor are they science fiction; they might just be the future of transportation.

They’re two Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) charging stations, which were recently installed at Tidal Creek by Progress Energy NC, who will monitor them to examine potential demand for other stations in the future. So far the charging stations haven’t seen much traffic, but Craig Harris, general manager of Tidal Creek, reminds that they were only installed three weeks ago.

“We’re ahead of the curve,” Harris says.

“Right now, the technology in the charging station is more advanced than in the actual electric cars. Now, we have this in place, so when the technology catches up, we’ll be ready.”

Tidal Creek’s marketing department, led by Bethany Rogers, made the stations’ presence known on a new free app called CarStations, available for both iPhone and Android. The data

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by John Wo rn te in encore gathered will help Progress Energy determine the impact these stations have on the grid, as well as to plan for the possible wide-spread adoption of electric vehicles. The installation was funded by a smart grid grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

These PEV stations are level-two charging stations, meaning they charge with a 240-volt circuit rather than the 120-volt outlet found in most homes. They can charge an electric car between three and five times faster than a standard outlet. Progress Energy has installed nearly 40 public access charging stations across North and South Carolina. Besides at Tidal Creek, motorists can find them in Wilmington at Mayfaire Town Center and at the city’s parking deck at Market Street. The company also installed 150 stations at private residences, as part of its “Plugged In” residentialcharging research program.

Harris said the momentum for installing the

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LIGHT WHEELS AHEAD: Tidal Creek Co-op has partnered with Progress Energy to install electric car-charging stations in the parking lot. Photo by John Wolfe.

stations came not from Progress Energy, but from the co-op. “We had been looking for [something like this] for a while, but it was hard to find the right source,” Harris says. “The initial interest came from the management in the building, who then presented it to the board of directors.”

Rogers said that, generally, the people who shop at Tidal Creek are receptive to innovative, green technologies. “Most of our customers are ‘enviro-minded,’” she remarks.

“Many bring their own containers when they shop, [so as not to use plastic bags.] They don’t want to add more waste. They also want organic and locally grown foods.”

Co-ops are autonomous associations of people who unite for benefits to themselves and the group; reasons include cheaper housing, better banking or, in Tidal Creek’s case, healthier and more sustainable food. Formally incorporated in 1982, they don’t sell products with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), hydrogenated oils or artificial sweeteners. The especially put an emphasis on purchasing their products from local growers and small farms so travel time is lessened. Additionally, the coop publishes a newsletter, hosts events, supports local charities, and provides a platform for connection in the community. Tidal Creek banned plastic bags from their stores four or

five years ago. Now, says Harris, they hear of other stores doing the same.

“We want to provide alternatives and be trailblazers,” Harris says.

“We’re more likely to make the step before others.” He hopes other businesses will follow their example and support alternative transportation, citing Wilmington’s air quality issues as a prime motivating factor. “I would like to see a station in every parking lot,” he remarks.

Directly across from the two charging stations is another manifestation of Tidal Creek’s devotion to providing alternative energy choices: the only biofuel pump station east of I-95.

Operated by Piedmont Biofuel from Pittsboro, NC, the building is made of materials pulled out of or saved from entering a landfill. On the roof a garden is growing (or hibernating; it’s rather brown and inactive at present). The biofuel offered here comes primarily from restaurants and large manufacturers who would otherwise dispose of it in a landfill. The company recently patented a process for manufacturing biofuel that uses enzymes to clean the dirtiest grade of oil and convert it into fuel.

Unfortunately, all cars, regardless from where they get their power, are dirty. The electric car may not directly pollute, like most cars with internal combustion engines, but the electricity it runs on still must come from somewhere. Locally and luckily, we get most of our juice from the nuclear plant near Southport, but we still occasionally receive power from the Sutton coal-fired plant on the banks of the Cape Fear (see encore, September 4, 2012, “Don’t Drink the Water”). Although Progress Energy will be transitioning the plant to natural gas in 2014, fossil fuels will still be burned and released into our skies.

Still, some cars are cleaner than others.

The PEV charging stations are a step in the right direction. “It’s a smaller individual carbon footprint,” Rogers says. “Big issues are hard to tackle, but on an individual level this makes a difference.”

Harris has high hopes for the future of electric cars in our area, citing models on the West Coast as examples. “They have chargers spaced so that it’s possible to drive from Seattle to San Diego,” he says.

While a similar feat is currently not possible on the East Coast, perhaps one day, as technology advances and environmental awareness increases, we could drive from New York to Miami cleanly, quietly, and efficiently. Don’t be shocked if it happens.

NewsoftheWeird with Chuck Shepherd LEAD STORY Hair lip Plastic surgeons in Turkey and France told CNN in November that mustache implants have suddenly surged in popularity as Middle Eastern men use their increased lip bushiness to convey power and prestige. Surgeons extract follicles from hairier parts of the body in procedures that cost the equivalent of around $7,000 and show full results in about six months. An anthropology professor told CNN that, by tradition in Arab countries, a man of honor would “swear on my mustache,” use mustaches as collateral for loans, shave off a vanquished foe’s mustache as a reward, and gravely insult enemies with “Curse be upon your mustache!”

Latest Religious Messages At the religious festival of Pon, thousands of Muslims travel to Gunung Kemukus, on Indonesia’s main island of Java, to have the required sexual intercourse with a stranger. The experience, which supposedly brings good fortune, has become heavily commercialized, but nevertheless, about half the participants are “pure,” in that no money changes hands. More than a quick tryst is involved, according to an October Global Mail dispatch. The pilgrims must first pray, then bathe themselves, then select their proper stranger, then bathe themselves afterward (carefully saving the water for later re-use), and finally return seven times at 35-day intervals to refresh their ritual.

According to testimony in Perth, Australia, in November, one retired priest, Thomas Byrne, 80, bit off the ear of another, Thomas Smith, 81, in a brawl over a parking space. Father Byrne and Father Smith are residents of the same retirement home in the Perth suburb of Dianella.

For centuries, some residents of India’s Madhya Pradesh state have allowed themselves to be trampled by garishly dressed animals in periodic attempts to have their prayers answered.

The November “Ekadashi” (the 11th day of certain months of the Hindu calendar) this year began with prayers, followed by the liquoring up of the animals (cows in Ujjain and buffaloes in Bhopal, for example) to “remove their inhibitions,” according to a WebIndia123 report.

Even so, according to local press reports, hardly anyone ever gets hurt.

Cultural Diversity Things People Believe: Personalities are heavily influenced by blood types, according to the Japanese. People with Type A blood are thought to be “sensitive perfectionists and good team players, but over-anxious,” according to a November BBC News dispatch, while O’s are “curious and generous but stubborn.” Some industries market blood-type-specific products ranging from soft drinks to condoms. Names given by their parents heavily influence a person’s fortunes in life, according to many Thais, but that means relief from misery is just an official name-change away, according to a Novem-

ber Wall Street Journal dispatch from Bangkok.

Services-for-fee are available to help find prosperous names, with one smartphone application suggesting five for the equivalent of about $10.

Saudis Remain Freedom-Challenged: In September, officials in Jeddah detained 908 female Nigerian visitors who were not accompanied by appropriate male guardians as required for all females in the kingdom under age 45.

(Women older than that are allowed merely to carry notarized permission slips from husbands, sons or brothers.) That the Nigerians were in the country only to make the required Muslim Hajj pilgrimage did not deter Saudi authorities.

Saudi immigration officials in November began a text-messaging service to notify husbands if a woman attempts to leave the country (at an airport or across a border) without the official “yellow sheet” authorizing her departure.

Update: Japanese and Chinese traditions absolutely reject the idea of reusing wooden chopsticks, and for many years Japan’s (and then, China’s) forests easily met chopstick demand. But Japan requires 23 billion pairs a year, and China 63 billion, which the wood industry (even China’s) eventually could not provide.

In 2011, Korean-born Jae Lee built a factory in Americus, Ga., near forests of poplar and sweet gum trees that proved the ideal combination of softness and hardness for the sticks.

In 2011 and early 2012, he supplied Japanese, Chinese and Koreans with 20 million pairs of “Made in U.S.A.” chopsticks every week. (In June, Georgia Chopsticks LLC was inexplicably closed by court order, even though its sales had remained brisk.)

Questionable Judgments Police were seeking a 6-foot-3 man concerning an attempted child-abduction in November after a father intervened as the man led the father’s 2-year-old daughter toward an exit of the Fashion Square mall in Charlottesville, Va. The father alerted Fashion Square’s security, and the cops took the man into “custody,” which turned out to mean escorting him off the property and warning him not to return (catch and release?).

Questionable Product Launches: The Demeter Fragrance Library (maker of such “classic” scents as “Dirt,” “Crayon” and “Laundromat”) has added to its line with “Sushi” cologne, reported the website FoodBeast.com in November. Fortunately, the scent is not that of raw fish, but “cooked sticky rice,” seaweed, ginger and lemon essences. A company called Beverly Hills Caviar recently installed three vending machines in the Los Angeles area that sell nothing but varieties of caviar (ranging from pink mother of pearl ($4) to Imperial River Beluga ($500 an ounce).

Perspective “In beautiful La Jolla Cove,” wrote The New York Times in November, describing the cliffside-vista community near San Diego, “art

galleries and coffee shops meet a stretch of unspoiled cliffs and Pacific Ocean” unspoiled, that is, until recently, when seagulls took over.

Now, because of California’s showcase environmental regulations, use of the cove has been restricted, and cleaning the bird droppings from the land is subject to a permit-application process that might take two years. Some residents profess not to mind (“Smells just like the ocean,” said one, “but maybe a little ‘heightened’”) while others are appalled (“As soon as we pulled up, it was like, this is awful”). Even though the smell grows “more acrid by the day,” according to the Times, residents’ and visitors’ only short-term hope is for cleansing by the traditional winter rains (which, fortunately, do not require California permits).

People Different From Us Update: There was no one more different from us than Dennis Avner, last reported here in 2005. Having transformed his body through surgery, tattoos and implants, he had almost completely adopted the persona of a cat (“Stalking Cat,” as he was known in the body-modification community). Mr. Avner had tiger-stripe tattoos covering most of his body, dental implants sharpened to points to resemble tiger teeth, and metal-stud implants around his mouth to hold his long, plastic whiskers. Ear and lip surgery had made his head more catlike, and special contact lenses made his eyes appear as ovals. Mr. Avner passed away in Las Vegas in November at the age of 54, reportedly of suicide.

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world will see if the long-predicted Mayan apocalypse is real. Friday marks the end of the Mayan calendar. If, in fact, a wayward planet called “Nibiru” is set to collide with Earth, Wilmingtonians should find solace in knowing there will be an art show catered specially for the cataclysmic event.

Local artists Sarah Collier and Candy Pegram encourage everyone to take shelter at Bottega Art and Wine, downtown Wilmington for the 12.21.12 Art Show. They will display a collection of new works that address the “end of times” theme but with a tongue-in-cheek twist in undertones. The one-nightonly show and apocalypse party features around 30 new works from both artists.

“We have a very dry sense of humor, so it was hard to come up with [a theme] that wasn’t ridiculous,” Collier says. “Finally it was the show date that prompted the name; the show opening was scheduled for the Nostradamus/Mayan Calendar hoo-ha, so it seemed like the perfect jumping-off point for us.”

A self-proclaimed drifter between Wilmington and Nashville, Tennessee since the 1970s, Collier has built a reputation for herself locally with vintage, collage-like paintings and mixed-media work. She is known to collect advertisement images from the ‘50s and ‘70s, which she incorporates into her art-

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work. While her work usually broaches the broad theme of human relationships, there are also underlying social commentaries within these pieces.

“As a kid from the 1970s, I feel like visual imagery was really taking hold of our world,” Collier says. “My memories are TV commercials, magazine and family photos; I spent hours in the fabric store with my mom looking at pictures of women in stylish clothing. I feel like media is the way I think and reference the world around me.”

For the 12.21.12 show, Collier has created a series of large collage pieces that reflect “on the apathy our culture exhibits” but also operate on many different levels. Ultimately, she describes her paintings as “hopefully funny.”

“Humor is my ultimate goal,” Collier notes. “Funny lets you step lightly into your feelings. It is important to me to have the viewers make their own experiences with the works. Hopefully, they start with a laugh.”

When she isn’t painting, Collier and her husband dedicate time to their business, The Charm School Dropout, for which they travel the country doing national juried art shows.

A North Carolina native since birth, Candy Pegram moved to Wilmington in 1998 and fell in love with the city. She figured it would be a great location to pursue her artistic ambitions.

“I spent a couple years studying photography,”

Pegram says. “Then in 2000 I started refinishing wood and that kind of pushed my creative side into a different direction. I began experimenting with actually painting my doodles on old boards and that’s how it all started.”

Typically using sanded-down wood as a canvas, Pegram’s folk-art style incorporates hefty strokes and bold outlines that evoke a powerful collective pop-culture memory of childhood toys, cartoons and characters. Pegram says her paintings “tend to strike a random yet unidentifiable and familiar chord that hopefully reminds us of our youths, when life was saturated with color and endless wonder.”

She describes her style as a hybrid of folk and pop art. That is, “if someone forgot about that offspring and left them out in the rain and they became all weathered.”

Similar to Collier’s muse, Pegram is also a huge fan of old advertisements from the ‘40s and ‘50s.

“I really dig the colors that were used then,” she says. “I love old movies—the old-movie channel comforts me like nothing else.”

Bottega will be serving up drinks and light fare all night; all works by Collier and Pegram will be available to purchase throughout the evening.

“Come socialize, buy some drinks and buy some art like there is no tomorrow, because there will be no tomorrow,” Pegram says. “The Mayans said so, and what they say goes.”

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galleryguide| tional experience for those enrolled in our art programs. This show will be up through the end of December.

There will not be a 4th Friday reception in December, but the gallery will resume a normal 4th Friday exhibition schedule in January. For more information, contact bguthrie@ cfcc.edu or 362-7431.

ARTFUEL.INC 2165 Wrightsville Ave. (910) 343 5233 Mon.-Sat., noon-7 p.m. www.artfuelinc.com Artfuel.inc is a multimedia studio and art gallery, now located at the intersection of Wrightsville Avenue and Dawson Street. Celebrating one year at their new location, Artfuel Inc. host Vol. 33, featuring Todd Carignan, Scott Ehrhart, Sabrina Buchanan, and Cyndi Buell.

ARTEXPOSURE! 22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC 910-803-0302/910-330-4077 Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (or by appt.) artexposure50.com Look for the big red barn and visit a unique space in the Hampstead area just 4 miles from beautiful Topsail Island. We represent over 40 local and regional fine artists in our member’s gallery and offer local arts and crafts in our gift shop. ArtExposure presently has studio space rented to seven working artists. In addition, there is a frame shop and small art supply store.

Check out our website to see the latest in new classes as well as our regular art classes and studio time. Yoga classes meet Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. in the loft. Walkins welcome! A large open space hosts 2nd Friday Opening Receptions each month at 6 p.m. In November, The Sneads Ferry Patchwork Quilters are featured and their beautiful quilt work will be on display for the rest of the month. In December, we will actually have a 1st Friday Opening on December 7th. This will be an open show for our artists and every piece in the main area will be under 300.00. We also have some beautiful handcrafted gifts in our gift shop. We will close on December 23rd and reopen on January 15th.

CAPE FEAR NATIVE 114 Princess St. • (910) 465-8811 Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. www.capefearnative.com Cape Fear Native features the works of local artists and craftspeople inspired by nature. Here you’ll find original paintings on canvas and reclaimed river wood, handmade jewelry, local photography, sail bags, pottery, wood products, tiles, note cards, historic maps, books and our exclusive Wilmington city map tees/totes/prints. Our featured artist this month is Samantha Evans, whose exquisite handmade jewelry designs are influenced by the sea and nature’s creations. Evans’ work will be featured through December 27. Register to win a free piece!

NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY

HOLIDAY SHOW: Now showing as part of New Elements’ annual Holiday Show, “A Line Celebration”

by Valerie Lennon, Mixed Media, 24” x 18.” Courtesy photo

FIGMENTS GALLERY 1319 Military Cutoff Rd. Ste. II • 910-509-4289 http://figmentsgallery.com Tues.-Fri.: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Figments Gallery represents fantastic local and international artists. We feature an eclectic mix of work in a salon style gallery. From funky outsider art to soothing traditional pieces, it’s truly a feast for your eyes! The second Friday of each month features a new exhibit and open house. We’re having a December Jewelry Trunk Show featuring jewelry by Lynette Ashby, Samantha Evans (Reborn), Cameron Johnson, Michelle Scibetta, and Melissa Tyson Upham. Exhibit hangs through December 22nd. Call to artists for new exhibit, February 8th, 2013, “Go Figure!” We’re looking for 2D or 3D art with the artist’s interpretation of the human figure. Submit images to info@figmentsgallery.com for review.

201 Princess St. (919) 343-8997 Tues.-Sat.: 11 a.m.6p.m. (or by appt.) newelementsgallery. com New Elements Gallery is now exhibiting its 28th Annual Holiday Show. Over 40 gallery artists are featured, including Bruce Bowman, Fritzi Huber, Nancy Tuttle May, Ann Parks McCray, Hiroshi Sueyoshi and Michael Van Hout. A wide variety of work is available, ranging from paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewelry, fiber, metal and wood.

New Elements Gallery is located at 201 Princess Street in historic downtown Wilmington. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 6pm, and during the month of December on Mondays from 11am to 6pm.

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

River to Sea Gallery showcases the work of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy Bush.

In addition, the gallery represents several local art-

ists. The current show is sure to enthrall visitors with its eclectic collection of original paintings, photography, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry.

Our current exhibit “Morning Has Broken” features works by Janet Parker. Come see Janet’s bold use of color and texture to reveal local marsh creeks and structures. Experience Wilmington through the eyes of a local!!

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10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 Tues.- Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. sunsetrivermarketplace.com This eclectic, spacious gallery, located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, NC, features fine arts and crafts by some of North and South Carolina’s most creative, successful artists. Almost every genre is represented here—oil, pastel and watercolor, clay and glass art, fiber art, turned wood, metal works, artisan-crafted jewelry and more. Classes, workshops, pottery studio, custom framing, Creative Exchange lecture series and Coffee with the Author series are also offered onsite.

WILMINGTON ART ASSOC.

120. S. Second St. Mon.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. www.wilmington-art.org The Wilmington Art Association (W.A.A.) proudly announced the opening of their new permanent exhibit gallery space at the historic Hannah Block USO building at 120 S. 2nd Street, downtown Wilmington in August. The art work changes monthly so drop by and see what’s new, the gallery has great north light!

Sign up for three-day workshop in January with Joanne Anderson—a nationally known figurative artist. Featured in Watercolor Magazine, a signature member of the American Watercolor Society and still quite proficient in teaching in all media, Joanne has extensive teaching and workshop experience.

Open to all members is the poster contest for the WAA Annual Spring Show at the Azalea Festival.

Again, see website for details.

HANOVER GALLERY 200 Hanover St., CFCC parking deck, first level 910-362-7431 Tues. and Thurs., 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Wed., 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

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CCL’s Dave Wilson talks ‘Fakebook,’ Pandora and Miles Davis

by Bethany Turner Chatham County Line Thurs., Dec. 20th Brooklyn Arts Center 516 N. 4th St. doors: 7 p.m., show: 8 p.m. $16-25 • www.etix.com

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a drawling singing voice, Dave Wilson of Chatham County Line is the musical equivalent to a retired backwoods miner. He’s got a lot of time-honored wisdom to share, and there’s a lot of color in the way he sings it. Filter in rousing harmonica, lively ivories and harmonies that intrigue, and CCL is shaking up the international bluegrass world.

In 1999 the foursome began right here in NC. They’ve performed on a UK late-night show alongside The Raconteurs, Nick Cave and Bon Iver. Festivals like Merlefest, Shakori Hills and Bristol Rhythm and Roots welcome CCL regularly. This past July the group released its sixth album, “Sight and Sound,” featuring some of their most energetic—and even haunting and provocative—works yet.

Comprising Dave Wilson (guitar, harmonica, vocals, most songwriting), John Teer (mandolin, fiddle, vocals), Chandler Holt (banjo, guitar, vocals) and Greg Reading (bass, pedal steel, piano, vocals), the band is embarking on their annual Electric Holiday Tour. They’ll stop at Brooklyn Arts Center on Thursday, December 20th with Johnny Irion, Zeke Hutchins and Jay Brown also taking the stage.

The show will double as a fund-raiser for the local charity 1,000 People Who Care, an organization dedicated to the enhancement of public space in downtown Wilmington. A donation is included with ticket purchase, which is $16 in advance, $18 on the day of, and for $25 folks can get balcony access with holiday drinks and appetizers. encore had a chat with Wilson just in time for the BAC event. ith insightful lyrics and

HOBBY TURNED CAREER: Chatham County Line began as a gig to entertain the band itself, then blossomed into an international bluegrass sensation. Courtesy photo

e: How has the band’s sound evolved since?

DW: At the very beginning we used to do shows where we would bring this big bluegrass songbook, “Fakebook,” as it’s called, and just turn the pages and play all the staples of bluegrass to learn the way our instruments were made famous by certain people. From that point, in the songs that I wrote and that we wrote together for the first record, we were really trying to be The Del McCoury Band Jr. After, people started taking us seriously. We kind of just follow our muse now, and whatever songs get written, we develop in our own musical style and don’t attempt to sound like anyone. In the time the third and fourth records came out, it was about coming into our own as a band and realizing that we have our own sound.

e: Do you recall one of the first moments you realized you had international fans?

DW: For a lot of years there were little hot beds of people overseas who followed American music, and we would get e-mails encore (e): From the time the band formed asking for us to come overseas and play until it was signed, quite a few years ticked shows. It was really one of our first trips there that we actually were playing to more by. What kept you guys going?

Dave Wilson (DW): That was the early days, fans than we would in America, except for and Greg and I were playing with Tift Merritt our home-base area. We got to meet some for a little while, so we were really too busy to of those people who’d sent us e-mails in the do anything serious with this band. We would early days and they were like, “Thank you just kind of get together for fun in the peri- for coming over! We looked forward to this ods that Greg and I were off the road. We’d day!” It’s just an insane thing—they take it play Mellow Mushroom shows and beach-bar really serious over there, and they’re really stuff, just so we could learn what in the world respectful. I think it was one of those moments when it felt like what we’re doing matit was we were trying to do together. tered in this great big world.

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e: That’s got to be rewarding.

DW: It was just a hobby for so long, and we did it to entertain ourselves—but to be able to make a living entertaining other people is a whole different ball game. I don’t know how to describe it. e: Along the same lines, you guys encounter fans in each new place you visit, America included.

DW: One of the single greatest things for us has been Pandora, because people are playing similar types of music, and then one of our songs will come through on rotation. There was a period there right when everybody starting using that service that literally every night someone would come up after the show and say they found out about us via Pandora, and they bought one of our records, and that’s why they’re out at a live show to see us.

We love making records. We love being in the studio, putting those albums out, those little snapshots of who we are at a certain time.

But, really and truly, we love to play onstage.

That’s where we gain the most fulfillment. e: What’s your favorite venue?

DW: That is a really good question. I don’t know if I can identify the venue—I mean the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro is probably one of my personal favorites—but it’s more a style of venue. I’m a huge fan of small towns and getting to see the local culture that place represents. When we go to a town that has resurrected their Main Street movie theater and turned it into a music venue or an arts or multiuse space, that is literally one of my favorite venues to play in.

It’s not just about the band or the stage, it’s also about the community, which is more powerful than all those things individually. It all can come together and just really create a special, special evening.

e: I read Chandler said you guys can find space and silence in your music. Can you discuss how resting and dynamics can make a song more compelling?

DW: That really comes mainly from the jazz world, where people like Miles Davis realized that the silence and the parts you do not play are equally as important as those that you do.

It’s like a dramatic pause in speaking; silence has a greater effect on people, I think a lot of times, than the noise or the words or the music. That really comes from experience.

I think when we first started out, everybody was just banging that instrument to get the most out of it at all times—and we still do get a little excited sometimes. As you get a little more experience in playing music, you realize you don’t have to play all the time, and sometimes that has greater impact.

e: What are some other lessons you’ve learned over the years?

DW: I never got very nervous or anything like that before playing a show, but the most important lesson is watching your heroes get up there, or someone who’s really done it for a long time—almost like I feel like we have now—and realizing it’s just another extension of your day. It’s not this crazy—well, it is a special thing—but it’s not an anomaly.

If you just got a guitar and played your first show, you’d probably freak out. But it’s more a daily occurrence; it’s very much a “fact of life” for me to get on a stage and jam for people and play some songs that I wrote either by myself or with my friends. It gets to the point now when we’re off the road that it’s almost harder to not do it. Like Bob Dylan: It’s in his blood, and he’s never gonna stop.

e: Do you feel that it’s in your blood?

DW: At this point, I do, yeah. More than anything, I love playing shows, and I love the camaraderie that comes with playing with friends and people that you’ve known for years and years. That’s really what makes the holiday tour something that is even more special than a normal tour for us, because we get to hang out with some old friends and twist music in a new and different way.

e: Could you name an up-and-coming bluegrass band that you’d recommend?

DW: Locally there’s a band called Mandolin Orange that is a duo, and sometimes they play with more people, but they are great. The guy in the band writes just great songs, and as far as acoustic music, they are the shit.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20

—Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677

KARAOKE

BAR PONG WITH SHANNON PARK —Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621

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

COLLEGE NIGHT W/ DJ PRUITT & DJ SBZ

TOM NOONAN

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—Pravda; 23 N. Front St., Wilmington

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

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

COMEDY NIGHT

TUESDAY Sweetwater $3.00 $ 4.50 Absolute lemonade 65¢ wings, 4-7 p. m.

KARAOKE WITH MIKE NORRIS

CHATHAM COUNTY LINE: JOHNNY IRION, ZEKE HUTCHINS, JAY BROWN —Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. 4th St.; 5382939

—Billy Goats, 6324 Market St., 392-3044 MONDAY $ 2.50 Budweiser Draft $ 4 Wells 65¢ wings, 4-7 p. m.

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

MIKE O’DONNELL

KARAOKE 1423 S. 3rd St. • 763-1607

256-3838

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

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

KARAOKE —Brass Pelican; 2112 N. New River Dr., Surf City, NC 328-4373

OPEN MIC (COMEDY) —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551

LIVE TEAM TRIVIA —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464

ERIC MILLER & FRIENDS —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400

KARAOKE DYLAN LINEHAN —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

GENE GREGORY —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888

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

ROLLING TRIVIA

ACOUSTIC JAZZ PIANO WITH JAMES JARVIS

—Five Star Tavern, 106 N. 2nd St.; 762-1533

KARAOKE

OPEN MIC —BOTTEGA GALLERY, 208 NORTH FRONT ST.; 763-3737 FRIED LOT

—Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269

—Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091

ROCKIN’ TRIVIA WITH PARTY GRAS DJ (9 P.M.)

KARAOKE W/ MIKE

—Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Center Dr.; 509-0805

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TRIVIA

KERSTEN CAPRA

—Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,2560115

OPEN MIC —Brass Pelican; 2112 N. New River Dr., Surf City, NC 328-4373

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

BINGO

TRIVIA WITH STEVE (8:30PM)

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

KARAOKE —Reggie’s, 1415 S. 42nd St.

LIVE MUSIC

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

KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001

NIKKI TALLEY

—Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 —Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 —Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236

DJ KEYBO —SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401

KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001

MOST GOLDEN, ASTRONAUTS ANONYMOUS, FREE CLINIC

—Rucker John’s, 5564 Carolina Beach Rd.; 452-1212

—Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878

—Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21

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

DJ DANE BRITT

CLAY CROTTS

KARAOKE WITH DJ DAMON

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

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

JENNY PEARSON

DJ MILK

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

—Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236

OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH TOMMY HUTCHINSON (8PM)

MIKE O’DONNELL

UPSTARTS & ROGUES

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

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

GO RADIO, SUMERLIN, THE SUMMIT, FUTURE GHOSTS 7:30PM

—Pravda; 23 N. Front St., Wilmington

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

DJ SHANNON

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—Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621

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—Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff;

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

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

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

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DANIEL PARRISH

—Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796

DASH, D&D SLUGGERS, MANIMALS —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

CARLA STANLEY —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.

HOUSE/TECHNO DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301

DJ DR. JONES —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776

DJ BATTLE —Dirty Martini, 1904 Eastwood Rd, Suite 109

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BLIND LEMON PLEDGE 9:30PM

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

—Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25

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

—Lagerheads, 35 North Lumina Avenue Wrightsville Bch; 256-0171

BLACKS, HALF MAST —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

ONWARD, SOLDIERS; MIKE BLAIR & THE STONEWALLS, JUSTIN LACY & THE SWIMMING MACHINE, BIG AL HALL 10PM —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

DJBE EXTREME KARAOKE (9PM) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607

—The Pub at Sweet and Savory, 2012 Eastwood Rd.; 679-8101

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DJ RYRY, RAVELATIONS —Hooligans Pub & Music Hall; 2620 Onslow Dr., Jacksonville, (910) 346-2086

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

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St. —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 2563838

HOUSE/TECHNO DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301

MAC AND JUICE TRIO —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23

JESSE STOCKTON AND TOM SHAW KARAOKE WITH DJ PARTY GRAS —Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Center Dr.; 509-0805

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

OPEN MIC W/ JOHN INGRAM —Wired on Wrightsville, 3901 B Wrightsville Ave., 399-6977

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 KARAOKE —Brass Pelican; 2112 N. New River Dr., Surf City, NC 328-4373

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

MODE: A NEW OPEN MIC WITH BENJAMIN BAKER

IMPROV/ TRIVIA

—Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236

—Holiday Inn Resort (Oceanfront Terrace), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

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

BEHIND THE GARAGE MUSIC 10PM

KARAOKE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22

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

—Billy Goats, 6324 Market St., 392-3044

BENNY HILL

—SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401

REGGAE

DJ TIME

—Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,2560115

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

—Lazy Pirate Sports Bar and Grill, 701 N. Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach; 458-5414

SONGWRITER OPEN MIC WITH JEFF ECKER (10PM-2AM)

—Elijah’s, 2 Ann St.; 343-1448

OVERTYME

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—Lazy Pirate Sports Bar and Grill, 701 N. Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach; 458-5414

PIANO —Circa 1922, 8 N. Front St.; 762-1922

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

PIANO —Blockade Runner Beach Resort, 275 Waynick Blvd., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2251

BEN MORROW MARK LYNCH (ACOUSTIC GUITAR, 11AM2PM) —Deluxe, 114 Market St., 251-0333

KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001

KARAOKE WITH HELLZ BELLE —Marina Cafe, 110 S. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 938-2002

PERRY SMITH (BRUNCH 12-2)

GUITARIST MARK LYNCH (10:30AM1:30PM)

—Aubriana’s; 115 S. Front St., 763-7773

—Saltworks II, 4001 Wrightsville Ave.; 392-1241

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

KARAOKE W/ JEREMY NORRIS

FESTIVUS PARTY

—Carolina Ale House; 317-c College Rd., 791-9393

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

OPEN ELECTRIC JAM (AMPS AND DRUMS PROVIDED)@4:00PM

DJ JAY

—Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621

VELVET JANE

DJ BATTLE

—Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677

TRAVIS SHALLOW

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

—Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091

MAC & JUICE

L-SHAPE LOT (3PM); CLAY CROTTS (8PM)

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

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

JEREMY NORRIS

CHRIS LUTHER (JAZZ)

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

—Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888

BENJI TEMPLETON

SATELLITE BLUEGRASS BAND

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

—Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796

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THE POSSUMS CHRISTMAS JAM AND BENEFIT

JERRY POWELL

—Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 2563838

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

—Holiday Inn Resort (Oceanfront Terrace), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231

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OPEN MIC (COMEDY)

EDDIE ELLIOT 7-10 —The Pub at Sweet and Savory, 2012 Eastwood Rd.; 679-8101

DJBE EXTREME KARAOKE —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 2563838

KARAOKE WITH HELLZ BELLE —Marina Cafe, 110 S. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 938-2002

BAR PONG WITH SHANNON PARK —Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621

DJ KEYBO —SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401

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

LIVE TEAM TRIVIA —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464

ROSANNAH —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 All entertainment must be sent to music@encorepub.com by Wednesday for consideration in the weekly entertainment calendar. Venues are responsible for notifying encore of any changes, removals or additions to their weekly schedules.

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‘Rise’ requires people to believe

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www.blackartsalliance.org The Black Arts Alliance will present NC Black Film Festival, 3/14-17, in its 12th year. The juried invitational of indie films by African-American filmmakers welcomes submissions through December 31st in features, shorts, animations, documentaries and more. Prizes of $500 awarded in ea. category. Submission requirements: www.blackartsalliance.org.

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h, the holidays! a time of year

when our senses are overloaded with sentimental schmaltz. When I fight the urge to unleash my inner Grinch in the wake of countless Christmasthemed movies, television specials and animated holiday spectaculars that try to teach us that even if we’re gigantic assholes, we can find redemption one night a year as long as we’re willing to believe in a fat man in red velvet and/or little baby Jesus. For the record, I believe in neither.

Maybe that’s why holiday-themed movies are like dull kicks to the groin for me.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with “Rise of the Guardians.” It’s an amazing looking piece of hyperactive, computeranimated chaos—a fine example of what can be done with virtual cinematography.

And the concept is clever in its own simple way. This is basically “The Avengers” with public-domain imaginary characters— a world where our hopes and dreams are guarded by an all-star team including Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher), among others. They come together to help save the world from dastardly evil and make children believe in the power of hope.

Excuse me one moment while I vomit into the nearest receptacle.

There’s a new recruit to the Guardians, a brash and unreliable piece of work known as Jack Frost (Chris Pine). Jack has a mysterious past he’s in search of.

He’s reluctant to buy into the theme of unity presented by the other Guardians.

That is until a common foe forces them to work together, which probably sounds familiar because this was the exact plot of “The Avengers.”

Anyway, the villain is a living, breathing boogeyman by the name of “Pitch Black’ (Jude Law). Pitch wants to take away the hopes and dreams of children everywhere, and replace them with terror and nightmares because that’s what poorly developed villains in holiday movies do. They want to ruin the holidays because in their minds victory is making everybody else miserable. That’s why every holiday movie villain is, by nature, an asshole: because they’re not out for money or revenge.

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A Late Quartet, A Royal Affair

RISING HEROES: The holiday tale harkens the claymation shows from the ‘60s mostly by the Rankin/Bass Productions. Courtesy photo

Those are concepts I understand. They just want to piss in the punch bowl, which makes them a royal dick.

Being seemingly imaginary beings, the Guardians require people to believe in them in order to exist. If children stop believing in them, they lose their powers and cease to be. There’s a weird, unintentional theology at play here: Powerful deities can only exist if they can convince enough people to buy into their existence, which seems like a plot point cribbed from “Clash of the Titans.” There’s a lot of cribbing going on here. “Rise of the Guardians” may be the least original movie I’ve seen this year. And that’s saying something. I sat through “Men in Black 3” and “Battleship.” The basic setup: “The Avengers” meets “Clash of the Titans” and pour on 10 gallons of sugary confection to make a holiday-themed kid film.

The world of “Rise of the Guardians” is fully realized and quite beautiful. And the very familiar voice actors do a nice job of creating interesting characters. The whole thing feels like one of those claymation specials from the late 1960s, like “A Year Without a Santa Claus” or “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” A movie where they take a familiar story and add some insane elements to make something mental.

There’s nothing in “Rise of the Guardians” that comes close to achieving the kind of awesome insanity of Cold Miser, but not for lack of trying. You get a Russian, sword-wielding Santa Claus and an Easter Bunny who comes from Australia and throws boomerangs. The whole affair seems marketed towards 8-year-old boys, which seems obvious, I suppose. No one is making these animated fantasy pieces with someone like me in mind. As a fairly immature adult, I was pretty bored with the film.

Not because of it’s simplicity but for its lack of originality. So much of “Rise of the Guardians” feels like oft-traveled territory.

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THE LITTLE DIPPER

Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines.

The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street. (910) 251-0433.

■ SERVING DINNER: Open every day at 5 p.m.

Memorial Day - Labor Day. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: 70’s menu every Tues.; Special prix fixe menu on Thurs.; 25% off a’ la cart menu on Fri. from 5-7 p.m. and half price bottles of wine on Sun. ■ MUSIC: Fri. & Sat. in summer ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com

PINE VALLEY MARKET

Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch in-house, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market. Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood.

Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

Mon.-Fri.10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Closed Sun. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South ■ FEATURING: Daily specials and take-home frozen meals ■ WEBSITE: www.pinevalleymarket.com

TROLLY STOP

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a family owned franchise with six locations. Since 1976 they specialize in storemade chili, slaw and sauces, and as of more recent – a variety of gourmet sausages and burgers (at participating locations). The types of hot dogs include Beef & Pork, All Beef, Smoked Sausage, Fat-free Turkey (at participating locations), and Soy. Sausages include Bratwurst, Mild Italian, Spicy Beef and Polish Kielbasi. Locations are: 121 N. Front Street open Monday thru Saturday 11 a.m. ‘til 4:30 p.m. CLOSED SUNDAYS; (910).251.7799. 94 S. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach open Wednesday thru Friday 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. CLOSED MON. AND TUES. (910) 256-1421. 4502 Fountain Drive, (910) 452-3952. Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. MondaySunday; South Howe St. in Southport, open Tuesday thru Fri. 11 until 3, Sat. 11 until 4 CLOSED SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS (910) 457-7017. Catering cart available all year from $350. Call Steve at (910) 520-5994.

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■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Throughout the Port City ■ FEATURING: Dog friendly locations

at Wrightsville Beach and Downtown Wilmington. Buy a hot dog, we’ll throw in an extra for your pooch. (Without bun.)

■ WEBSITE: www.trollystophotdogs.com

ASIAN SZECHUAN 132

Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination! Szechuan 132 has earned the reputation as one of the finest contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Port City. Tastefully decorated with an elegant atmosphere, with an exceptional ingenious menu has deemed Szechuan 132 the best Chinese restaurant for years, hands down. 419 South College Road (in University Landing), (910) 799-1426.

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

HIRO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE

What better way to celebrate a special occasion or liven up a dinner out than to dine in a place where every meal is an exciting presentation. Knowing that a meal should be more than just great food, Hiro adds a taste of theatre and a amazing atmosphere to everyone’s dinning experience. Also serving sushi, Hiro surprises its guests with a new special roll every week and nightly drink specials to complement it. From 4-7 p.m. enjoy half-priced nigiri and half-priced regular makimono. Nigiri makimono combos are only $7.50, while early-bird specials last from 4-6 p.m., where diners can choose two: shrimp, chicken or steak. Located at 222 Old Eastwood Road (910) 794-1570.

■ SERVING DINNER: Open Mon. thru Thursday 4 p.m.-10 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. 4 p.m.-10:30 p.m. and Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Hibachi style dining.

■ WEBSITE: hirojapanesesteakhouse.com/ hibachi

INDOCHINE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

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

Indochine brings the flavors of the Far East to the Port City, combining the best of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine in an atmosphere that will transport you and your taste buds. Relax in our elegantly decorated dining room, complete with antique Asian decor as well as contemporary artwork and music. Our diverse, friendly and efficient staff will serve you beautifully presented dishes full of enticing aromas and flavors. Be sure to try such signature items as the spicy and savory Roasted Duck with Red Curry, or the beautifully presented and delicious Shrimp and Scallops in a Nest. Be sure to save room for our world famous desert, the banana egg roll! We take pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

Tues.- Fri. 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.; Sat. 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. for lunch. Mon.- Sun. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. for dinner.

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

TAMASHII SUSHI AND SPOONS

The area’s first sustainably-sourced Sushi and Asian Fusion restaurant features sushi and tasting spoons which offer portions of poke, tartare, and ceviche styles from around the world. Our chef uses locally sourced and line-caught offerings of only the highest quality to create a fresh flavor like no other. Come sample his traditional sushi, as well as signature fusion rolls like the Aloha Roll, made with tempura shrimp, toasted coconut, crispy bacon, charred pineapple and macadamia nut brittle.

Our contemporary atmosphere also showcases dishes from our full kitchen such as Miso-Mustard Sterling Silver Pork and small plate offerings. Try a Wasabi or Thai Basil martini or a wine, craft beer, or sake from our unique full-bar list. Tuesdays you can get a half-carafe for the price of a glass! We are located at 4039 Masonboro Loop Road, suite 1A at the junction of Navajo Road in Masonboro Commons. Open from 4:30 to 10:00 Monday through Thursday, and until 11:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Just drop in or call 910-703-SAKE for a reservation.

Every Tuesday, all night, ladies night. $5 Appetizer Specials, $7 Drink Specials, $2 Spoons.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Lunch is served on Thursday and Friday 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Dinner is served Mon.-Th.: 4:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat: 4:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South ■ FEATURING: Special Lunch Menu featuring $10 combos of sushi roll and choice of soup or salad.

“Green Fish” sustainable menu plus a $5 bar menu Monday - Friday 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

■ WEBSITE: www.sushiandspoons.com

THAI SPICE

From the flavorfully mild to the fiery spiced, Thai Spice customers are wooed by the dish that’s made to their specifications. Featuring a tasteful menu of traditional Thai standards to numerous delectable house specials, it’s quickly becoming the local favorite for Thai cuisine. This family-run restaurant is sure to win you over. If you haven’t discovered this gem, come in and be charmed.

Whether it be a daytime delight, or an evening indulgence, your visit will make you look forward to your return. Located in Monkey Junction at 5552 Carolina Beach Rd., Ste. G. (910) 791-0044 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tue.-Th.: 11:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat.: 11:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.; Sun.: 11:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

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

INDIAN TANDOORI BITES

Located on College Road, just opposite Hugh MacRae Park, Tandoori Bites offers fine Indian cuisine at affordable prices. Try one of 74 dishes on their lengthy menu, featuring a large range of side dishes and breads. They have specialties, such as lamb korma with nuts, spices and herbs in a mild creamy sauce, as well as seafood, like shrimp biryani with saffron-flavored rice, topped with the shellfish and nuts. They also have many vegetarian dishes, including mutter paneer, with garden peas and homemade paneer, or baingan bharta with baked eggplant, flamed and sautéed with onions, garlic and ginger. Join their cozy eatery, where a far east escape awaits all diners, among a staff of friendly and helpful servers, as well as chefs who bring full-flavored tastes straight from their homeland. Located at 1620 South College Road, (910) 794-4540.

TuesdayThursday 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5 p.m.-10 p.m.; Fri 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5-11 p.m.; Sat 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 5-11 p.m.; Sun 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 5 p.m.9 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown.

■ FEATURING: Lunch buffet, which now serves South Indian cuisine.

■ WEBSITE: www.tandooribites.net.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

IRISH THE HARP

The Harp offers the finest in traditional Irish family recipes served in a casual yet elegant traditional pub atmosphere. We are proud to use the freshest, locally sourced ingredients whenever possible to bring you and yours the best of traditional Irish fare! We also offer a fully stocked bar featuring your favorite Irish beer and spirits. Located just beside Greenfield Lake Park in downtown Wilmington is a lovely Irish pub committed to bringing traditional Irish food and music to the Cape Fear area.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER Monday-Friday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sat 11 a.m. – 11 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD Greenfield Park ■ FEATURING Home-made desserts, ½ priced bottles of wine on Tuesday and the best pint of Guinness in town.

■ MUSIC Live music every Fri.; Live Irish music 1st Fri. of each month.

■ WEBSITE www.harpwilmington.com

ITALIAN A TASTE OF ITALY

The authentic Italian cuisine served at Taste of Italy has scored them Best Deli in the Port City for years running now. The Guarino family recipes have been passed down from generation to generation to brothers Tommy and Chris, who serve breakfast, lunch and dinner to hungry diners. They also cater all events, from holiday parties to corporate lunches, including hot meals, cold trays, handmade desserts and an array of platters, from antipasto to cold cuts. In addition, Taste of Italy sells Scalfani products, Sabrett hot dogs and Polly-O cheeses in their market, all the while serving top-notch hot and cold items from their delicatessen. Located at 1101 South College Rd., P. 910-392-7529, F. 910-392-9745 www.ncatasteofitaly.com Open M-F 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Sat. 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER: M-F 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Sat. 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Ponatone, Pandora, Torrone and gift baskets of all sizes!

■ WEBSITE: www.ncatasteofitaly.com

EDDIE ROMANELLI’S

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

Waterford Way, Leland. (910) 383.1885.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South.

■ FEATURING: Weekly Specials ■ WEBSITE: www.RomanellisRestaurant.com.

ELIZABETH’S PIZZA

A Wilmington favorite since 1987! At Elizabeth’s you’ll find authentic Italian cuisine, as well as some of your American favorites. Offering delicious pizza, salads, sandwiches, entrees, desserts, beer, and wine. Elizabeth’s is known for their fresh ingredients, where even the bread is baked fresh daily. A great place for lunch, dinner, a late night meal, or take out. Elizabeth’s can also cater your event and now has a party room available. Visit us 4304 ½ Market St or call 910-2511005 for take out.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

Open 10am-Midnight every day ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown (Corner of Market St and Kerr Avenue).

■ WEBSITE: www.epwilmington.com ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South ■ FEATURING: Daily specials, kids menu and online coupons.

■ WEBSITE: www.elizabethspizzawilmington.com.

PIZZETTA’S PIZZERIA

Family-owned and operated by Sicilian cousins Sal and Vito, Pizzetta’s Pizzeria has become Wilmington’s favorite place for homey, authentic Italian fare served with precision and flavor like none other.

Made daily from family recipes, folks will enjoy hand-tossed pizzas——gourmet to traditional—— specialty heroes and pastas, homemade soups and desserts, and even daily blackboard specials.

Something remains tempting for every palate, whether craving one of their many pies or a heaping of eggplant parm, strombolis and calzones, or the famed Casa Mia (penne with sautéed mushrooms, ham, peas in a famous meat sauce with cream).

Just save room for their buttery, melt-in-your-mouth garlic knots! Ending the meal with their pastry chef’s carefully crafted cannolis, Tiramisu or gourmet cheesecake, alongside a cup of freshly made espresso or cappuccino, literally makes a perfect end to one unforgett able and desirable meal. Located in Anderson Square at 4107 Oleander Dr., Unit F, Wilmington (910-799-4300) or coming soon Pizzetta’s II, 1144 Cutler’s Crossing, Leland (in Brunswick Forest next to Lowe’s).

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER: ILM location: Mon.Sat., 11 a.m., and Sun., noon. • Leland location: Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat., 11 a.m.

-11 p.m.; Sun., noon - 9:30 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown Wilmington and coming soon, Brunswick Forest in Leland ■ FEATURING: Homemade pizzas, pastas, soups and desserts, all made from family recipes!

■ WEBSITE: www.pizzettas.net

SLICE OF LIFE

“Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza. We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.”All ABC permits. Visit us downtown at 122 Market Street, (910) 251-9444, in Wrightsville Beach at 1437 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 101, (910) 256-2229 and our newest location in Pine Valley on the corner of 17th and College Road, (910) 799-1399.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT:

11:30 a.m.-3 a.m., 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

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

JAMAICAN JAMAICA’S COMFORT ZONE

Tucked in the corner of University Landing, a block from UNCW is the hidden gem of Wilmington’s international cuisine scene - Jamaica’s Comfort Zone. This family owned restaurant provides a relaxing blend of Caribbean delights – along with reggae music – served up with irrepressible smiles for miles. From traditional Jamaican breakfast to mouth-watering classic dishes such as curry goat, oxtail, jerk and curry chicken, to our specialty 4-course meals ($12.00). Cook Dana Keels, from Clarendon prepares flavors to please every palate.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER: Tuesday - Saturday 11:45am - 9:00pm and Sunday 1:30pm 8:00pm Sunday. Monday - Closed ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown – University Landing 417 S. College Road, Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Weekly Specials updated daily on Facebook ■ WEBSITE: www.jamaicascomfortzone.net

LATIN AMERICAN SAN JUAN CAFE

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

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

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

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

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MEXICAN LOS PRIMOS

Considered Wilmington’s first Authentic Mexican restaurant, Los Primos is quickly gaining a large following among the community. It’s entirely home cooked menu features local favorites such as tacos dorados de pollo, coctel de camarones, pozole and a selection of the best tacos a la parrilla north of Mexico. This restaurant is an absolute must for anyone who wants to taste the true favors of Mexico. Located at 3530 Carolina Beach Rd., between the two intersections of Independence Blvd. and Shipyard Blvd. (910) 859-8145 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Thurs.: 10:30am-8pm; Fri.-Sat.: 10:30am-9pm; Sun.: 10:30am-6pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South ■ FEATURING: Chiles Rellenos, Tamales, Pollo Enchilado, Mole con Pollo, Azado de Res ■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/Restaurantprimos

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ORGANIC LOVEY’S MARKET

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supplements, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious and totally fresh meal or snack.

Whether you are in the mood for a Veggie Burger, Hamburger or a Chicken Caesar Wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte Lovey’s Cafe’ menu. The Food Bar-which has cold salads and hot selections can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for take-out. The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of juices and smoothies made with Organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of Local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness. Lovey’s also carries Organic Grass-Fed and Free-Range meats and poultry. Wheat-Free and Gluten-Free products are in stock regularly, as are Vegan and Vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 am to 6 p.m.. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Rd in the Landfall Shopping Center; (910) 509-0331. “You’ll Love it at Lovey’s!”

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Organic Salad Bar/Hot Bar, New Bakery with fresh, organic pies and cakes.

Newly expanded.

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com.

TIDAL CREEK CO-OP KITCHEN

Come dine-in or take-out from the newly renovated Co-op Kitchen at Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market. You can fill your plate or box with hot bar and salad bar items that are prepared fresh daily in our kitchen. Made-to-order sandwiches, like the Tempeh Reuben, are served hot off the Panini grill.

The Co-op Café offers organic smoothies and fresh juices; local wheatgrass shots; fair trade organic coffee, lattes, and chai tea; and our newest addition of Lenny Boy kombucha tea on tap. Don’t forget our baked-from-scratch baked goods! The Co-op Kitchen provides menu items that appeal to everyone, regardless of dietary demands.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon. - Fri. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

■ WEEKEND BRUNCH: Sat & Sun, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

■ SALAD BAR: Mon. - Sun, 9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

■ SANDWICHES: Mon. - Sun, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

■ BAKERY & CAFE: Mon. - Sun, 8 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown

■ FEATURING: indoor/outdoor seating, free Wi-Fi ■ WEBSITE: www.tidalcreek.coop

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 comfort able in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. (910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

EAST

The Blockade Runner offers an array of seasonal seafood specials, certified Angus beef, lobster menu on Fri. evening plus a spectacular Sun. 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. Our lounge is eco-friendly and offers light fare nightly. 275 Waynick Blvd. Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256-2251.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach.

■ FEATURING: Lobster menu on Fri. ■ MUSIC: Live music on Sat. evening and Sun.

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■ WEBSITE: www.blockade-runner.com

HIERONYMUS

Hieronymus Seafood is the midtown stop for seafood lovers. In business for over 30 years, Hieronymus has made a name for itself by constantly providing excellent service and the freshest of the fresh in local seafood. It’s the place to be if you are seeking top quality attributes in atmosphere, presentations, flavor and ingenuity. Signature dishes include Oysteronymus and daily fresh catch specials. Hieronymus has all ABC permits and also provides catering services. Voted “Best Seafood” in 2011. 5035 Market Street; 910-392-6313; hieronymusseafood.com ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Fireside oyster bar.

■ WEBSITE: www.hieronymusseafood.net

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OCEANIC

Voted best seafood restaurant in Wilmington, Oceanic provides oceanfront dining at its best.

Located in Wrightsville Beach, Oceanic is one of the most visited restaurants on the beach. Choose from a selection of seafood platters, combination plates and daily fresh fish. For land lovers, try their steaks, chicken or pasta dishes. Relax on the pier or dine inside. Oceanic is also the perfect location for memorable wedding receptions, birthday gatherings, anniversary parties and more. Large groups welcome. Private event space available. Familystyle to go menu available. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256.5551.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dining on the Crystal Pier.

■ WEBSITE: www.OceanicRestaurant.com

SMALL PLATES THE FORTUNATE GLASS

The Fortunate Glass Wine Bar is the perfect place to explore the beauty of wine while tasting a variety of tapas in an intimate environment. The wine menu focuses on wines from all regions, with 50 wines by the glass and approximately 350 wines available by the bottle, including some of the best boutique and cult wines, to everyday values that work with any budget. There are over 30 beers available featuring some of the best craft selections. The serene ambiance of The Fortunate Glass, created by the beautiful wall murals, the elegant copper and glass tile bar, castle-rocked walls and intimate booths enhances the experience of any selection you choose. The Fortunate Glass Wine Bar also presents a small menu of creative tapas, global cheeses, cured meats and decadent desserts to accompany and compliment any wine selection.

■ SERVING EVENINGS: Tues.-Thurs. 4 p.m.-12 a.m. Fri. 4 p.m.-2 a.m.; Sat. 2 p.m.-2.a.m.; Sun. 2 p.m.-12 a.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Free Wine Tasting: Tues. 6-8pm.

Bubble and wine specials: Wed. & Thurs. Monthly food & wine pairing events.

■ WEBSITE www.fortunateglasswinebar.com

SOUTHERN CASEY’S BUFFET

In Wilmington, everyone knows where to go for solid country cooking. That place is Casey’s Buffet, winner of encore’s Best Country Cookin’/Soul Food and Buffet categories. “Every day we are open, somebody tells us it tastes just like their grandma’s or mama’s cooking,” co-owner Gena Casey says.

Gena and her husband Larry run the show at the Oleander Drive restaurant where people are urged to enjoy all food indigenous to the South: fried chicken, barbecue, catfish, mac‘n’cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, chicken‘n’dumplings, biscuits and homemade banana puddin’ are among a few of many other delectable items. 5559 Oleander Drive. (910) 798-2913.

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

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

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 UNC W, this lively sports-themed restaurant. Covered and open outdoor seating is available. Lunch and dinner specials are offered daily, as well as the coldest $2 and $3 drafts in town. 317 South College Road. (910) 791.9393.

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

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

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■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com

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he traditions we experience every

holiday keep our souls warm in happiness for life. Whether receiving shoes filled with goodies on December 6th’s St. Nick’s Day, putting those elves on the obligatory shelves (or toilets or chandeliers or wherever else you creative folks decide) or lighting the Menorah to recite blessings as a family throughout Hannukah, traditions remain magical fulfillments of life we yearn for and cherish every year.

As we do each holiday season, we asked our readers and encore staff and writers to share some of their favorite ways to celebrate in their households.

We hope everyone finds as much joy and spirit in reading them as we did. More so, we hope they inspire new traditions while carrying on the old. Mostly, we wish everyone a happy holiday and a prosperous new year to follow—one filled with love, health and more memories to come.

Nicole Duncan

James Gould

My husband and I have been together 12 years and never had a Christmas tree, just because it was the two of us. But this year we finally got a Christmas tree and went all out for decorations so our precious little girl can see all the lights and learn that Christmas is about starting new traditions as we continue to grow as a family. It’s gonna be the best Christmas ever.

John Burke

@Statonator (John Staton) We all gather ‘round the wrapping-paper bonfire.

Bethany Turner

We have the lights off my father’s tree when he was small. We always light them on Christmas. While Daddy was alive, we were always afraid if they did not light we would lose. The lights have outlasted Daddy, so each year we set off balloons to remember our family that has passed and then light Daddy’s lights to remember him and keep him close to us.

My little brother and I always bake cookies on Christmas Eve, even to this day—though Santa may not be the one chowing down. (Historically my sugar cookies are much prettier.) My mom lets us open one present on the 24th, which is usually a new pair of Christmas pajamas, and we all settle in to watch “The Grinch” or classic Rankin and Bass films.

Now that I’m older, I like to play Santa. My parents usually put all the presents out early for looks these days. But in the middle of the night, I bring down all the gifts I’d been storing, and even add to their stockings.

Who doesn’t love to wake up to an unexpected pile of presents on Christmas morning?

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Baking and bagging Christmas cookies and stapling money to the bags, and handing them out to homeless people. Why? Because it’s fun and awesome.

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Putting up all the Christmas decorations with my mom, because I live in Wilmington and my parents live two hours away. So it’s nice when I am home for Thanksgiving to help with this every year!

I look forward to taking a picture in front of the Christmas tree on Christmas with my family. I’ve done it every year since I was four.

It is no longer a tradition for us, as my grandparents have been dead for over a decade, but my father used to take the baby Jesus out of their manger scene and hide it someplace too high for them to reach. He had the advantage of being about 6 inches taller than his father (and his mother came in at 5’1”) so there was little they could do about this irksome holiday tradition.

John Hitt

My favorite tradition growing up didn’t involve cookies or carols or family. Operation “Intercept Santa” was all my own.

The strategizing began on Christmas Eve, when I would develop plans and diagrams, outlining the best timing and route to get me an audience with The Big Guy. I would have to leave my bedroom at just the right moment, taking care to avoid the creaky third step. Absolute silence was essential. Santa was easily spooked.

Before bed, candy would be ingested by the fistful to give me enough energy to stay alert and ready. I would stare at the ceiling from my top bunk, prepared at a moment’s notice to spring into action, waiting for any noise from the rooftop that could possibly be hoofs. I heard them often, but told myself the sounds were only tree branches and squirrels. To be sure, I would listen for the “whooshing” sound I imagined

Lights every year. We put together a float, save lots of tennis balls throughout the year and give out candy and tennis balls to the kids watching the parade. It is very fun and festive this was our third year participating.

Kris Beasley

We started a new one this year: We went out in our boat to look for a Christmas tree to chop down. After anchoring up to three spots, me, my husband, Alan, and daughter, Brooke, found one we all FAMILY TRADITION: The Beasley family traveled by boat to cut liked. Alan chopped it down down their own Christmas tree in 2012. Courtesy photo and we dragged it onto the boat. It’s up with lights and just had to accompany Santa’s magical trip we love it! Was a nice family time. down the chimney.

I never heard it. Inevitably, I would wake Cynthia White Lee up at 6 a.m. in a panic, unsure if I had missed Santa brings a new Christmas ornament Santa or not. When I got downstairs to find each year. Only the box is in the stocking; presents scattered around the living room, the he has hung it on the tree. The kids have to happy feeling of getting cool stuff was always hunt for the ornament. We have over 150 clouded by something resembling animosity.

Hallmark-esque ornaments on a 9’ tree, so How did this guy get the better of me every it’s not a simple task! year? He clearly used some sort of trick or sleeping spell to keep me from seeing him. Danielle Branham “I’ll do better the next year,” I’d tell myself.

As crazy at it sounds, my family gets “Maybe even sneak some coffee from the together and we have poker tournaments y pot in the kitchen.” and poker games going on Christmas Eve, I never did get to meet Santa, but I’m glad after our White Elephant/gag-gift party. Even I tried. My childhood memories were built on mystery and wonder. As I grew older, myster- Grandma will play and won’t feel guilty beaties were solved, and I stopped wondering as ing her grandkids and taking our money. It’s kind of a weird tradition, but, hey, my family much. But it’s nice to remember. is a little bit crazy

Kelley Jo Cartwright-Morman

We have the usual Christmas traditions, watching the Charlie Brown special, decorating the tree, wrapping presents, but we have one that I don’t believe anyone else has.

Several years ago when my kids were little, for some reason my husband came up with the “Christmas Possum” story. Yes really. He always entertains them with stories just off the cuff, but this one has lasted quite a while, considering the girls are 14 and 18 now. The story goes like this: The Christmas possum comes one night before Christmas (we choose a random night usually), and the kids leave trash for him under the tree (nothing gross, just papers and wrappers and such, with the occasional empty Jell-O box). In exchange for these lovely treats left for him, he leaves dimes. Yes, only dimes.

My oldest daughter lives in Kentucky, and I had my mom leave her some dimes with her Christmas presents last year. It may sound weird, but this is one of our favorite holiday traditions.

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Mark Basquill Starting on the first of the four Sundays of Advent we eat a hearty dinner lit by sparse candles. Following dinner we sit by the fireplace (when we’ve been fortunate enough to have one; otherwise we use our imaginations.) I’ll have a Guinness or egg nog and we’ll all read the First Stave of “A Christmas Carol” aloud. We do the same for each of the next three Sundays and finish the tale on Christmas Day. This marks the 21st year of a tradition started the year our oldest was born.

Our children have helped us read since they were 5. In impatient years we skip some of the lengthy descriptive paragraphs, but every year we do all the voices, accents and affectations expected of such a tale!

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Chapter 25: Prologues and Eulogies

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met my wife in high school. act-

ually, that’s not entirely true. I met my wife when she was in high school. I was 29 and recovering from a five-year film bender that had left me disgruntled, penniless and uncertain about the future. I met my wife at the perfect time: when I believed there was nothing new left to this world. She would prove otherwise.

It was a time when I thought every bridge had been burned and every world I’d ever inhabited had been laid to waste. The thing about bridges, even burned ones, is that they take us some place different. We spend so much time looking back across these expanses and considering where we‘ve been. We think about what could have been done differently, or mistakenly believe there‘s no way back. But that’s not true. If we build enough bridges straight ahead, we can eventually get back from where we started.

The sad reality is: Everything ends. People die. Relationships dissolve. Love fades.

Careers can be killed. And what we don’t really see at the time is that it is our futile

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attempts to preserve something that usually end up killing it. It’s a desperate need to cling to the familiar, to stave off the inevitable. We cling to expectations so tightly, we end up murdering the very thing we are trying to save. Fate is a concept I never bought into. Destiny is for suckers. The idea that we just stumble into a future is a sickening thought.

However, I do believe in the importance of timing.

Ten years after I started this journey, I found myself in an unfamiliar place. Desperate to forge ahead and let go of the anger and resentment that had been hanging over me—to abandon the need for validation. To look back at the events of my life and see humor where tragedy once resided. To laugh at the insanity in which I so

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willingly participated. To think of every person that helped shape my life and remember them fondly—even the ones I spent so much time claiming to hate.

I was never one for dispensing advice because I had always been so poorly qualified to do so, but I know this much: Look where you are and ask yourself: Am I happy? When the answer is “yes,” every poor decision, every stumble, every catastrophic error in judgment, had to happen to get you there. That isn’t fate, destiny or kismet. It is simply accepting that not everything will always go according to plan.

What good story does?

When something ends, we often first examine it with the kind of cold logic of a postmortem medical exam. Parse through the evidence and look for a single reason to explain the tragic outcome; a moment or event that set everything in motion. We try and convince ourselves that there was something we could have done to avert disaster. As time passes, we’re able to see the bigger picture and realize the signs of that imminent demise were pretty obvious.

Further down the road, with any luck, we fondly look back and remember everything with a certain degree of levity. To find those

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moments where we were unable to contain laughter or the ones where we were driven to tears.

With any luck we are able to remember even the most tumultuous times and consider them good memories.

I don’t believe in regret, but I understand missed opportunities. Mine was not forming better bonds with the people I have so reverently written about. The ones whose stories I’ve told so many times over the years of the funny, unique, grating and often heartbreaking cast of characters who populated my life. I spent so much time cataloguing their behaviors and taking note of their peculiarities, but I never took the time to really get to know them. I never forged a friendship that lasted one minute longer than the end of a wrap party. I never had a relationship deeper than the bottom of a drink. Sometimes I feel as if this isn’t even really my story, but theirs. The truth is: I’m the least interesting character in this piece—a witness to my own autobiography.

I wish I could tell them how much it all meant to me. That my life turned out well in no small part to their involvement. Eventually, I found a moral to this story. I learned that things don’t always end up as we plan them to be. I learned that gutters are lined with people who have the best intentions.

We can choke on our dreams, even. I learned how fame is fleeting at the drivethrough of a Taco Bell. A drug addict taught me even the most wretched of souls can still believe in redemption. I was schooled on life by a woman obsessed with death.

I want to tell these people at some point that stressed out, perpetually frustrated ball of anxiety finally got his priorities straight and ended up with a pretty enviable life.

I still write—a lot, actually. Every so often I get paid for a few articles here and there—a screenplay option once in a blue moon. I don’t know if one could still call it a “career”; I lack the kind of ambition it takes to have one. The kind of frantic pace and abandonment of roots that makes it possible to succeed. There will always be part of me that wonders what would have happened had circumstances been different.

That melancholy that lingers over when applying metrics to life.

My career died. But I came out the other side with a life. It’s not a bad trade.

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27). Indulge in the model railroading hobby and Admission charge. Prepaid reservations required. enjoy the operating O, O27, HO and G scale Board at the foot of Dock and Water streets in layouts. Vendors offer trains, scenic supplies Downtown Wilmington. 910-343-1611 or 800and railroading memorabilia. Free clinics offered 676-0162; www.cfrboats.com • New Year’s Eve

by Tom’s Train Station in Cary. There will also be Party Cruise aboard the Royal Winner Princess door prizes and raffles. Hours: Sat., 10am-5pm & II. Boards at 10pm; returns 12:30am. Cruise to Sunday 10am-4pm. Admission charge. American watch the midnight fireworks with desserts, party Legion Post 10 (710 Pine Grove Rd.). 910-270favors, dancing, fireworks, and champagne toast.

2696. www.capefearmodelrailroadsociety.org Cash bar. Departs from Carolina Beach Marina, Carolina Beach. Admission charge. Reservations required. 910-458-5356; www.winnerboats. com/Happy_New_Year.html. • New Year’s Eve Gala. 7pm-1am. City Stage Productions presents “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” a musical comedy CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM and New Year’s gala at Thalian Hall. Enjoy the UNCW Creative Writing Graduate Student Asperformance, a buffet, open bar, party favors, and sociation is accepting donations via IndieGoGo midnight toast. Admission charge. Thalian Hall, for their several community outreach programs 310 Chestnut St., Wilmington. 910-632-2285 or and travel to AWP 2013. The fundraiser, dubbed 800-523-2820; www.thalianhall.org. • A Night at *Share the Word, met its original goal of $2,500 The Moulin Rouge. Two seatings: 6pm & 9pm. well ahead of its 1/1/2013 deadline. As of writTickets include show, meal, party favors, and ing, over 30 generous backers have helped champagne toast at Wilmington’s newest dinner raised $2,890 in just a few weeks. It is the hope theatre. Advance reservations; admission charge. of the CRWGSA to exceed this goal in order to TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St., Wilmington. Adstrengthen the literary community in Wilmington mission charge; tickets required. 910-399-3669; and abroad. The hope is to reach $3,500 to build www.theatrewilmington.com on these original goals. Incentives for donors including grab bags of stickers and bookmarks, FORT FISHER 148 ANNIVERSARY t-shirts; books by UNCW faculty members and 1/19: Multiple cannon blasts will mark the comalumni UNCW CRWGSA is a non-profit student memoration of the 148th anniversary of the Battle organization at UNCW that provides channels for of Fort Fisher’s “Sheppard’s Battery: Confederits Creative Writing MFA students to share work, ates Defending the Left Flank,” a living history program that focuses on the Confederate defenders at Sheppard’s Battery and at the fort’s “Bloody Gate.” Civil War re-enactors display Calendar entries are due every Thursday camp life and talk with visitors about the life of the by noon for consideration in the following Confederate infantry and artillery troops during the January 1865 campaign. Drills and firing demweek’s encore. Entries are published for onstrations, including the site’s rifled and banded free two weeks out from event date 32 pound cannon atop Sheppard’s Battery. Free, 10am-4pm. Speakers include local historian Ernie according to space.

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DOLPHIN DIP Dolphin Dip, Roland Ave Beach Access, Surf City, NC, Tues, 1/1, 11am-until.Join thousands in Surf City to watch or take part in the “Dip” into the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean for the bravest at heart to start the New Year. Wear your craziest costume or your tiniest bikini to compete for fabulous prizes. The fun starts at 11am; we swim 12pm. www.dolphindip.net.

HOMES FOR HEROES Homes For Heroes, Inc. is raffling off an AR-10 Winchester 308 with 200 rounds, scope and stand (Harris bipod) included. Raffle tickets are $10 dollars each, $45 for 5, or $90 for 10. The winner will be drawn at Orton’s on Dec. 22, 2012.

Tickets are available at Orton’s and various retailers around Wilmington. Homes for Heroes is a nationally recognized non-profit whose mission is to provide or coordinate financial assistance and housing resources to military personnel, police officers, firefighters, and first responders in need.

Through its growing network of contractors and donors, Homes for Heroes provides assistance to those who serve our country and communities every day. While the raffle is a state-wide contest, activities will be sponsored locally by Orton’s, Jameson Irish Whiskey and Men, Ink. Orton’s: 133 N. Front St.

MUGS FOR JUGS Front Street Brewery’s Mugs for Jugs Breast Cancer Awareness fund-raiser, 1/19, 11:30ammidnight, with all net proceeds going to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation’s Pink Ribbon Project. Project provides local women that qualify for their program with free mammograms, and women who have recently being diagnosed with breast cancer Free Comfort Bags. Event feat. commemorative mugs and t-shirts for sale, reverse raffle, games, a silent auction, photobooth, and a dunk tank with Brewmaster Kevin Kozak, guest dunkees and more, Ellie Craig: 910-251-1935.

SAVE THE NIGHT MASQUERADE BALL You are invited to a black tie masquerade ball. An evening supporting the Centre of Redemption, a non-profit organization in Wilmington, NC that serves as a home for underage pregnant girls rescued from sex trafficking. Dance in the New Year and enjoy an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, dessert, a champagne toast, and a silent auction. $250 at St. Thomas Preservation Hall, New Years Eve 9pm-1am.

theatre/auditions VIRGINIA, THE MUSICAL 12/20, 7pm: North Topsail Elementary has received a $1000 grant from Macy’s to put on the production of “Yes, Virginia the Musical.’

Join us for the spectacular performance on December 20th at 7pm, the Multipurpose room.

THE CITY CLUB AT DE ROSSET The Historic Wilmington Foundation will receive $100 donation for every membership sold to City Club at de Rosset through 12/31. City Club’s memberships will be $450, 70% off from normal $1500. 910-343-1880, ext 206. memberservices@cityclubatderosset.com

THEATRE NOW 12/21-22: A Christmas Carol Dinner Theater through 12/22. Preview tickets $38/$32. Tickets $48/$38.Ticket includes show and meal. Gratuity

and beverages not included. Doors open at 5:30.

Show at 6:30. • Children’s Theater Super Saturday Fun Time. Kid’s live adventure and variety show. Saturdays. Doors open at 11am. $8/$1 off with Kid’s Club Membership. Drop off service available.Tickets available online at www.theatrewilmington.com or by calling 910.399.3NOW

needed; cold reading. Performance, 2/22-24 and 3/1-3: Cast of characters: Nick: young man in his late 20’s or 30’s: nice looking boy-next-door type guy; sarcastically funny; Aida: Nick’s grandmother: A very simple, loving woman whose life has been about her family; Frank: Nick’s grandfather: Very proud of where he has come from; a former carpenter; Emma: Nick’s grandmother: She has a sense of herself and is not afraid to share her opinions; Nunzio: Nick’s Grandfather: A loving family man and great story teller; and Caitlin: young lady in her mid-20- 30’s. Irene King: 910329-0077 or irenkin9@embarqmail.com

MONTY PYTHON Directed by Justin Smith with music direction by Chiaki Ito and choreography by Judy Greehnut.

12/29-31, 1/3-6 & 10-12. All shows at 8pm except Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $25 ($20 on Thursdays). Special New Year’s Eve Gala: 100 each, includes show, hors d’oeuvres, open bar, DJ, dancing, and karaoke!TICKETS: (910) 6322285 orwww.thalianhall.org

WILMINGTON THEATER AWARDS The second annual StarNews Media Wilmington Theater Awards are Wed., 1/9, 8pm, Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. in downtown Wilmington. Featuring performances by some of Wilmington’s most talented thespians and the presentation of awards for Best Musical, Best Play and more.

Celebrating everything dramatically enticing will Come early and get your picture taken on Land Rover Cape Fear’s red carpet and photo be the name of the game come January 9th, as screen. Hosted by Zach Hanner, with music diStarNews Media holds their annual Wilmington Therection by the Thalian Association’s Jonathan ater Awards ceremony at Thalian Hall. They’ll award Barber. After party at TheatreNOW. $15, tickets available on www.WilmingtonTickets.com, tons of greats, from Best Musical to Play, Actor to at the StarNews (1003 S. 17th St.) and atthe Actress, Lighting Design to Costumes and so much Thalian Hall box office (632-2285 or www. more! Get $15 tickets now through WilmingtonTickThalianHall.org). 343-2343.

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World League Football pro-cheerleader to lead the Schedule: 1/5: Les Troyans (noon). way! The Wrightsville Beach Parks and Rec will be Rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s offering line dance lessons with Inez Eason starting vast epic, last performed at the house January 6th, and taking place every Sunday from 4 in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wrightsville Beach Recreation and Marcello Giordani; Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces. • Center. Folks will be able to take four lessons; no 1/19: Maria Stuarda, w/mezzo-soprano partner is necessary. Pre-registration is required. Call Joyce DiDonato, , director David McVic910-256-7925 to register and pay fees. ar, Elza van den Heever and Maurizio Benini conducts. $30/ea; $20 for OLLI members. www.uncw.edu/metopera or 910playing orchestra concerts, many of the Wilming962-3195 ton Symphony musicians also provide music for WILMINGTON SYMPHONY AUDITIONS Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, with Youth Orchestra and Junior Strings, will hold auditions for new-members in January. Auditions held Mon., 1/14. Youth Orchestra (9th-12th grades) and Junior Strings (6th-8th grades) auditions held Thurs, 1/10 in evening. Applications and required music at www.wilmingtonsymphony.org, or by calling the symphony office at 910-791-9262. Appointment

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Dance Dance in in the the New New Year Year at at our our Black Black Tie Tie Masquerade, Masquerade, benefiting benefiting The The Centre Centre of Redemption– a night on the town with all the trimmings. of Redemption– a night on the town with all the trimmings.

Enjoy music, open bar, hors d’ oeuvres, dessert, champagne toast, silent auction, Enjoy music, open bar, hors d’ oeuvres, dessert, champagne toast, silent auction, and provide help where it’s really needed: in our own backyard. and provide help where it’s really needed: in our own backyard.

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times assigned upon application. Musicians for the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra are local instrumentalists and include UNCW music faculty and students who rehearse and present orchestral repertoire drawn from the eighteenth to twentieth-first centuries. Ten concerts a year conducted by Dr. Stephen Errante; annual free family concert and other special events. In addition to

The Centre of Redemption is a Wilmington safe house The Centre of Redemption is a Wilmington safe house for domestic minor survivors of sex trafficking who are for domestic minor survivors of sex trafficking who are pregnant. These young women have no one else pregnant. These young women have no one else to turn to. Won’t you start their year – and yours – to turn to. Won’t you start their year – and yours – with a gift of hope and support? with a gift of hope and support?

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special occasions such as weddings and receptions, either in small groups or as soloists. Youth Orchestra participates in approximately four concerts per year. Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra and Junior Strings is to enrich the lives of Cape Fear area youth by providing talented young musicians with unique orchestral training and performing opportunities.

WILMINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY 1/22, 7pm: The Wilmington Choral Society is holding open rehearsals for its Spring Concert. We will be performing Mozart’s Requiem. Rehearsals are held at Cape Fear Christian Church. Everyone with an interest in singing is welcome; no audition required. Rehearsals held at Cape Fear Christian Church Jenn Beddoe: jennbeddoe@gmail.com CHAMBER MUSIC ILM Chamber Music Wilmington’s 18th season offers four classical subscription concerts and two classical house concerts. Subscribe and save to receive: program notes in advance, first priority to the salon concerts and special notifications to “Meet the Artist” opportunities and pre-concert conversations, www.chambermusicwilmington. org. Single tickets, $25. Student & Military discounts available. Kenan Box Office: 910-9623500. • 1/27: Warm up the winter with some French sunshine! Woodwind quintet, Ventus, takes you into the captivating world of French wind music with a concert of light-hearted, humorfilled, full throttle virtuoso antics for flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, and bassoon, w/Debussy, Poulenc, Milhaud, Dukas, and Ibert. 7:30pm, Beckwith Recital Hall. etix.com MUSIC INSTRUCTION Music instruction at Modern Music with Lucian Rowland, who has 20 years experience as a professional recording and performing musician. Private lessons available for guitar, mandolin, banjo, and bass. (910) 508-1111 or rockinrowland@hotmail.com.

dance BABS MCDANCE December: 12/19, West Coast Swing (7-9pm); 12/20, Hustle (7-9pm); 12/21: Swing, Shag and Country Party; 12/28, 8pm-’til: Ballroom Party; 12/31: New Year’s Eve Party. 2 Dj’s blending the

worlds of Shag, Swing, and Country Western together to create our theme as we bring in the New Year. Complimentary champagne, snacks, cash bar, party favors, after-midnight breakfast with a tip of your cap to a country-themed breakfast buffet. $40/person; only 80 tickets available. Babs McDance Social Dance Studio, 6782 Market St. (910) 395-5090 info@babsmcdance.com MOMMY AND ME DANCE CLASSES Wilmington School of Ballet is offering Mommy & Me Dance classes! Take a fun class with your little one and introduce them to the magic of dance while enjoying the company of other moms and babies in one of our large colorful studios. Class is set to music and will focus on developing a movement vocabulary, coordination, balance, rhythm, stretching, and basic kinetic skills. Yoga-style acrobatics are incorporated to help with flexibility and increased range of motion for both children and adults! (910)794-9590 LINE DANCING CLASSES Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation Department is offering beginner Line Dancing lessons with Inez Eason, a former NFL-World League Football Professional Cheerleader. Line Dancing lessons are open to anyone at any age.

No partners are needed for this fun dance style, and with 1-hour classes held on Sunday afternoons, you can bring the whole family! 4 lessons per session beginning Sunday, January 6th from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wrightsville Beach Recreation Center. Call 910-256-7925 for more information. Pre-registration requested. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. (910) 256-7925.

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 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 SURFER TANGO Salsa on 2 NYC style, Thurs, 8pm, $5/person at Orton’s Pool Hall. Lesson at 7pm; all welcome and no partner needed. • Couple class, 5-wk series, one class a week, $35/couple for series or $10 drop in. Tuesday nights at 7:00-8:15pm, 10/2, the aerobics room at the Magnolia Rec Center..Guaranteed fun! Pre-reg. www.surfertango.com CONTRA DANCE Tuesday night dances, 5th Ave United Methodist Church on South 5th Ave at Nun, 7:30-9:30pm.

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

TANGO WILMINGTON Tango classes and social dancing, Fridays, Carolina Lounge of Ramada Inn. 5001 Market Street (between College and Kerr). 8-9:45pm. $5 lounge entrance includes beginners’ lesson, 7:30.

art/exhibits CHECKER CAB Checker Cab Gallery Barb Scalia’s exhibit “Grimm Memories” continues through January in the main gallery. • Nicolle Nicolle’s remote exhibit “No Blushing After Dark” at Costello’s Piano Bar can be viewed any evening after 7pm through Jan. 11th. The gallery will hold a Reception at the new location as part of the December Fourth Friday Gallery Walk on December 28. Open Tuesday

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT Fourth Friday Gallery Nights 2012 are free monthly events where local galleries, studios and art spaces open their doors to the public in an afterhours celebration of art and culture. Self-guided tours feature exhibitions of various artistic genres, as well as opening receptions, artist discussions, demonstrations, live music, wine, food and other traditional and nontraditional art-related activities.

Dates: 12/28. www.wilmingtonfourthfridays.com.

ARTISTS NEEDED Harbor Island Arts presents an art exhibition, Arboretum atrium space, 1/9-5/22. Ongoing exhibit of 2D art work depictingbutterflies, perennial gardens and herbs to coincide with the opening of these new areas at the Arboretum. Art work will be for sale, sold through the gift shop and displayed throughout the Hutaff Building Atrium Gallery Space. Application for submissions must be in by 1/4. Work must be submitted ready to hang with wire Jan 9th. Art work will be there on a 4-5 mo. contract sold through the gift shop w/ Arboretum collecting 30% commission. HarborIslandArts@hotmail.com.

LIGHT LURE UNDERWATER Courtney Johnson: Light Lure Underwater Pinhole Photographs of NC Piers, UNCW Art Gallery at the Cultural Arts Building, 1/17-2/22/13. Opening receptionwith wine and hors d’oeuvres will WILMINGTON ART ASSOCIATION be held from 5:30-7pm, 1/17. Free and open to The Wilmington Art Association (W.A.A.) proudly ReleaseHolidayAd.pdf 11/27/12 7:26 PM PM the public. Gallery will be open Mon/-Fri., noonReleaseHolidayAd.pdf 11 new 11/27/12 7:26 announces the opening of their permanent 4pm. Light Lure features underwater photographs exhibit gallery space at the historic USO building

CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB EXHIBIT The Cape Fear Camera Club will have its annual photo exhibit at the Northeast Branch Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd., from December 8, 2012 through 1/19. Exhibit is free and is available during Library hours. The beautiful photographs on display are works done by Club members. www. capefearcameraclub.org.

A SENSE OF PLACE WHQR 91.3fm’s MC Erny Gallery at WHQR: “A Sense of Place: Light, Land, Marsh and Sea,” feat. paintings by Virginia Belser and David A. Norris. On display until 1/4/13. A portion of the proceeds from any sale of art benefits WHQR. The exhibit will host an additional reception on 12/28 as part of the Fourth Friday Gallery Nights in downtown Wilmington. Regular gallery hours are Monday – Friday from 10am-4pm. 254 N. Front St. third floor.

PROJEKTE Through 1/19: Projekte Gallery in Wilmington is pleased to present “Flesh and Bones” by local artists Darren Mulvenna and Shannon Limburger. “Flesh and Bones” introduces new bodies of work that feature what is not about death or gore, but the raw beauty of what is under the skin.

• Crissie McCree’s latest CD, “New Day,” 1/12., 9pm. Crissie has been living in NC for the past four years and moved to Wilmington this summer. The night will include live music, appetizers, a charity raffle, and more. CD will be available for purchase. • Weekly events: 2nd and 4th Wed, open mic; 1st and 3rd Wed, Projektion Theater Film Series, feat. subversive and foreign films and documentaries, 8-10pm; Thurs., “Just A Taste,” free weekly wIne tasting and live music; 1st & 3rd Fri., Kersten Capra 9:30pm; 4th Fri., Brazilian Bossa Nova with Rafael Name & guests, 9pm12pm.. 523 South 3rd St. 910-508-8982. www. theprojekte.com

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HIDDEN BATTLESHIP Hidden Battleship: 1/12, 8:30am-12:30pm, 1:305:30pm (also offered 10/12/13) $50/person. $45 for friends members or active military.Behind-thescenes tour of un-restored areas of the Battleship. The four-hour tour consists of small groups with guides. Guests explore the bow (officers’ country and boatswain locker), third deck (Radio II, brig, after gyro, storage rooms, ammunition handling, Engineer’s office, torpedo area), Engine room #1, and climb inside the fire control tower to the top of the ship. The Azalea Coast Radio Club will be in Radio II to explain their work on the ship’s radio transmitters. It’s the tour that brings out the “Indiana Jones” in all of us, without the snakes!

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A FRAME OF MIND GALLERY A Frame of Mind Galley is honored to show the work of local artists, author and world traveler David D. Hume and Italian-American artist Marina Baldo. Baldo’s miniature landscapes through Dec. 2012. Stop by during gallery hours to view these works as well as works by other local artists. 1903 Princess St. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat., 10am-3pm. (910) 251-8854

by Johnson taken with low-tech pinhole cameras constructed out of cookie tins, fishing line and waterproof putty. Pulled down by fishing weights, the pinhole cameras were lowered into the Atlantic Ocean off all 19 fishing piers along the NC coast. Images capture the light, mystery and exploration imbedded in the historic North Carolina coastal tradition. Supported by a Charles L. Cahill Research Award. Arts building located on the groundfloor of the Cultural Arts Building, near the building’s mainentrance on the corner of Randall Parkway and Reynolds Drive on UNCW campus.

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NC AQUARIUM Ongoing events: Aquarist Apprentice, Behind the Scenes Tour, Breakfast with the Fishes, Mommy and Me, Canoeing the Salt Marsh, Surf Fishing Workshop. Pre-reg. classes.• Catch Santa in his scuba gear diving with rays, eels and sharks during the Aquarium’s scheduled dive shows at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 and Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 and at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Dive shows are free with Aquarium admission. The Aquarium will be closed on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25 and reopens at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26. 910-458-8257; www. ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher. 900 Loggerhead Rd, Kure Beach.

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Fragments of War , feat. scraps of fabric, torn paper, tattered flags, a uniform patch, which tell us about people’s Civil War experiences. Closes May 5, 2013. • Cape Fear Treasures: Campaigning through 1/13/2013: Feat.

Rutherford B. Hayes’ 1876 presidential campaign button, 1884 Cleveland campaign ribbon, 1976 Jimmy Carter political button, editorial cartoon on toilet paper commenting on North Carolina’s U.S. Senator Jesse Helms’ tenure and more. Shopping Around Wilmington: In an era before megamalls, online ordering and big-box stores, shopping in Wilmington centered around downtown.

Museum will explore ways in which increasing suburbanization changed people’s retail experiences. EVENTS: Volunteer Open House held first Wed. of mo. Opportunities are available in museum store, working with the historic collection, and as an education docent. • Explore the Civil War, Sat., 12/22, 29, 1-4pm. Free for members or w/admission. Investigate the contents of a

Civil War soldier’s haversack and consider how the items compare to your own daily life needs.

Try on reproduction Civil War clothing and play a Blockade Runner board game. • New Hanover County Resident’s Day: Residents admitted free first Sun. ea. mo. •Hours: 9am-5pm through 9/10; Tues-Sat; 1-5pm, Sun. $7 for adults; $6 for students with valid ID and senior citizens; $6 special military rate with valid military ID; $4 for children 3-17; and free for children under 3. Museum members admitted free. 814 Market St. 910-7984367. www.capefearmuseum.com.

CAMERON ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS: From Gatehouse to Winehouse: Inside the Artist’s Workplace: Minnie Evans, Elisabeth Chant and Claude Howell,” Pancoe Art Education Center’s Seagrove and Contemporary Pottery in the Exhibition Cases • Jazz at the CAM Series w/Cape Fear Jazz Societythrough 4/2013, 6:30-8pm, 1st Thurs. ea. mo. in Weyerhaeuser Reception Hall. Individual: CAM/CFJS Members: $7 or nonmembers: $10; students, $5. 1/3: Sir Manuel & The Weather Channel Boyz, fusion jazz.

2/14: Julie Rehder & Jack Krupicka Quartet. 3/7: Roger Davis, Nina Repeta and Madafo Lloyd Wilson. 4/4: Doug Irving Quartet. • CLASSES: Life Drawing every Tues., 6-9pm, and Wed., 9:30am12:30pm. Group meets in Reception Hall. Participants provide own dry drawing materials and watercolors. $70/7-wks. • Museum School classes, 910-395-5999 (ext. 1008 or 1024). • Tai Chi and Yoga! Beginners are always welcome. Corner of South 17th St. and Independence Blvd. TuesSun,11am-5pm; Thurs: 11am-9pm. Museum members free, $8 non-members, $5 students with valid ID, $3 children age 2 -12. www.cameronartmuseum.com. 910-395-5999.

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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. 256-2569.

303 West Salisbury St. wbmuseum.com.

WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Children’s Hall, and spectacular model layouts. Housed in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and after-hours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd Mondays at 10:30am, only $4/ family and includes access to entire Museum. Admission for 2012 only $8.50 adult, $7.50 senior/ military, $4.50 child age 2-12, and free under age 2. North end of downtown at 505 Nutt St.910763-2634, on 10/13-14, 10am: Fun for all ages!

Drive trains, learn how to build models, check out merchandise, free whistles for kids, entertainment, refreshments, and more! Great family event benefits the Wilmington Railroad Museum. Only $5 per person, kids under age 5 free!

LATIMER HOUSE Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. 126 S. Third St. Adults $8, children $4. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM Cool down in front of “Anaconda Splash” exhibit in the indoor tropical jungle. See, photograph and even touch rare animals assembled from all over the planet in beautiful simulations of their natural environments. Meet colorful jungle birds, crocodiles, king cobras, black mambas and many more.

Open from 11am-5pm, Sat. from 11am-6pm. 20 Orange Street at Front Street on historic downtown riverwalk. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

BELLAMY MANSION One of NC’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, itf ocuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action.www.bellamymansion.org. 503 Market St

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

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Mon, Little Sprouts Storytime, 10am, and Go Green Engineer Team, 3:30pm. • Tues., Kids Cooking Club, 3:30pm • Wed., Preschool Science, 10am; Discover Science, 3:30pm; and Mini Math, 4pm. • Thurs. StoryCOOKS, 10am; and StART with a Story, 3:30pm • Fri., Toddler Time, 10am; and Adventures in Art, 3:30pm • Sat, Discovery Fitness, 4pm; Sun., Young Writer’s Club 2pm • Drop off gently used books at our Museum to be used for a good cause. Ooksbay Books uses book collection locations to help promote literacy, find a good use for used books, and benefit nonprofits.• 12/31: New Year’s Noon, 11am-1pm. Celebrate with us on New Year’s Eve and day! Count down to the New Year with the Children’s Museum December 31st and January 1st 11-1pm! Confetti, noise makers and lots of fun – “midnight” celebration will occur at noon. Free with admission or membership! • Jammie Jam PJ

bring a special stuffed friend! Make dreamcatchers, play some board games, and settle in for a cozy storytime. • 1st annual Pizza Putt fundraising night, 2/8, 7:30-9:30pm, kids ages 21 and older.

Mini golf throughout museum. 18 holes, 18 pizzas and 18 beers to sample. $18 • Chinese New Year, 2/10, 1-3pm. Celebrate the year of the snake—stories, activities, and food that celebrate the beginning of the Chinese New Year. Create lucky red messages using traditional Chinese characters make paper lanterns, create a snake from the animal Zodiac, and more. Be sure to pick up a lucky red envelope with a New Year’s challenge inside, too. Free with admission or anytime membership. www.playwilmington.org

sports/recreation GENTLE YOGA The Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation Department is offering Gentle Yoga with Nancy Hayes. Gentle Yoga focuses on gentle movements and relaxation and is suitable for all levels of fitness. Weekly 1-hour classes will begin Tuesday, January 8th at 10:30 a.m. in the Fran Russ Recreation Center. This class is offered on the token system. Tokens can be purchased at the Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation office.

For more information on the class or purchasing tokens, please contact Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation at (910) 256-7925 . www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

WILMINGTON WATER TOURS 2 hour Eco/History Cruise Tues-Sat, 10am. Eagle’s Island Cruises 50 minute narrated cruises on the hour at 12, 1, 2, 3 & 4 pm daily Mon- Sat. • See the beauty of the Cape Fear River, Sunset Cruise on Tues & Wed w/light narration. Departs 6pm for 2 hours. • Acoustic Spotlight on our Sunset Cruise is on Thurs-Sat., 6-8pm, w/different local musician. • Starlight Cruise, Thurs-Sat, 8:30pm for hour. See the unique lights of Wilmington after dark from the river. Wilmington Water Tours, 212 S. Water St. 910-338-3134. www. wilmingtonwatertours.com CAPE FEAR FENCING Cape Fear Fencing Association (CFFA) will offer an adults beginners’ fencing class in January, 2013. Limited to adults ages 18 and older with both cardiovascular and toning benefits, fencing is a great way to meet those New Year’s resolutions to get in shape. Starts 1/8, 7pm, and runs 6 weeks. Taught by Head Coach Greg Spahr, Tues/Thurs, 7-8pm; $55, which includes a $5 fee to USA Fencing to cover insurance. Meets in the lower level of Tileston Gym at St. Mary’s on the corner of 5th and Ann streets in downtown Wilmington. All equipment is supplied by the CFFA. Be-

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film SUBVERSIVE FILM SERIES Dec 23: A Christmas Carol—classic on Charles Dickens’s novel, it stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, the old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature and then learns real compassion when 3 ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. The Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle Street, every Sunday at 8pm for free.

NC BLACK FILM FEST SUBMISSIONS The Black Arts Alliance will present NC Black Film Festival, 3/14-17, in its 12th year. The juried invitational of indie films by African-American filmmakers welcomes submissions through December 31st in features, shorts, animations, documentaries and more. Prizes of $500 awarded in ea. category. Submission requirements: www. blackartsalliance.org.

THEATRE NOW MOVIE NIGHTS Movie Night, Sundays at 6:30pm (check website for weekly listings): Big screen movies, w/ kitchen open for some tasty treats, feat. fresh food options. Home to the non-profit organization, Theatre Network of Wilmington, Inc., whose mission includes theatre arts education to school aged children. Theatre NOW: 10th and Dock streets.

Tickets: www.theatrewilmington.com.

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PERFORMANCE CLUB WB Parks & Rec presents winter/spring sessions of Performance Club for kids ages 5-14, featuring performances of “Peter Pan” and “Grease” at the Fran Russ Recreation Center. No auditions necessary, but space is limited to 15 students per age grou: “Peter Pan” Thurs., 1/17-3/14. K-3rd grade 4-5pm (max 15 students) ; 4th-5th 5-6pm (max 15 students). Session II: “Grease,” Thurs., 4/4/-5/30. K-3rd grade 4-5pm (max 15 students); 4th-5th, 5-6pm (max 15 students) . Pre-reg rqd.

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lectures/readings HOMEGROWN AUTHORS: HENRY TON 1/8, 6:30pm: Henry Tonn will speak about Remembrance of Things Past, his new anthology of short pieces of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about wars from the American Civil War to the present.

Henry will be accompanied by Dick Daughtry, a veteran of World War II present at the liberation of Buchenwald. Copies of the book will be sold at the program, and the Friends of the Library will serve refreshments. The free program is at Northeast Regional Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

classes/workshops COMEDY WORKSHOP A Standup Comedy Workshop with comedian Manny Oliveira begins 1/5 at the Comedy Cabana in Myrtle Beach. Manny has been teaching standup comedy for many years and his workshops have been featured in USA Today, CNN, TBS and in articles and feature stories in many other publications and news services. Details about the workshop are included in the attached folder. Comedy Cabana: (843) 449-4242 JOB SEARCH TOOLKIT Identify the qualifications employers are look-

ing for and demonstrate them on your resumes, cover letters, applications, LinkedIn profile and 30-second elevator pitch. First in a free 3-part Job Search Boot Camp series. • 1/22, 6pm: Identify what may be getting your job applications screened out, and learn how to get through to decision-makers. Second in a free 3-part Job Search Boot Camp series. • 2/5, 6pm: Craft an individualized job search strategy that demonstrates your qualifications, highlights your strengths, and minimizes distractions. Learn how to access the 70%+ of job opportunities in the hiddenmarket. Last in a free 3-part Job Search Boot Camp series presented by Elisabeth Sanders-Park at Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.Ms. Sanders-Park is President of WorkNet Solutions, www.worknetsolutions.com, and author of The 6 Reasons You’ll Get theJob. These workshops are free courtesy of the speaker and the Friends ofthe Library. Space limited; pre-reg rqd: www.nhclibrary.org.

BRIDGE LESSONS Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation Department is offering beginner Bridge lessons with Marie Killoran. Bridge lessons are open to anyone at any age. Players will be introduced to the basics of bidding and playing bridge. 5 lessons per session held on Thursdays from 10am-noon, at the Wrightsville Beach Recreation Center. Beginner I will begin Thurs., 1/10. Beginner II will begin Thurs., 2/28. 910-256-7925/pre-reg rqd. Monday – Friday, 8-5pm.

clubs/notices TOPSAIL CHAMBER ANNUAL DINNER Topsail Chamber Annual Dinner, Sat., 1/26, 6-8pm, the Surf City Welcome Center. Tickets $25/person. 910-524-2679 HUMANISTS AND FREETHINKERS The Humanists and Free Thinkers of Cape Fear will celebrate both the Winter Solstice and what has long been considered the end of the Mayan calendar (and believed by some to be the end of the world!) at the Olympia Greek Restaurant, on Frid., 12/21, 6pm.The group brightens up the longest night of the year with a “re-gifting” exchange, so search your home for that novel holiday item you no longer need but think would amuse someone else. 5629 Oleander Dr. Open to the public, but those interested do need to make reservations by visiting www.meetup.com/ humanism-182. As always, donations for Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, are appreciated.

GAMBLER’S ANONYMOUS MEETING Gambler’s Anonymous Meeting of Wilmington.

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Dosher Memorial Hospital has announced the formation of a new Lymphedema Support Group. Meets 2nd Floor Conference Room of Dosher Hospital, 924 N. Howe St., Southport.

Goal of support group is to provide support, tips and ideas to help reduce limb size and visible symptoms of the disease. Led by registered occupational therapist Ginne Boyle, OTR/L CLTLANA. Open discussion and a question and answer period. Meets monthly, free of charge to those who attend. Registration encouraged Ginnie Boyle at (910)454-4708 orginnieboyle@ dosher.org.

SEXUAL ABUSE TRAUMA SUPPORT GROUP A support group to help survivors of sexual abuse define trauma, make sense of post-trauma reactions (regaining safety, control, trust and personal value), and heal for the long term.

Mondays, January 7th –February 18th, 5:306:30pm. No cost for attendance! Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons Center, 615 Shipyard Blvd. Register by 1/4 contacting Lauren Slusher, LCSW-A, VSPat 910-392-7460. Space is limited!

CAPE FEAR KNITTERS Cape Fear Knitters, the Wilmington chapter of The Knitting Guild of America (TKGA) meets the third Sat. ea. month, 10am-noon. Gerri: 3713556. Judy: 383-0374.

DIVORCE CARE DivorceCare – SACPC’s next series will begin Tues., 1/8, 6:30pm. Video seminar and support group for those experiencing the grief of separation and divorce. Seminar sessions include topics such as: “Facing Your Anger,” “Facing Your Loneliness,” “Depression,” “New Relationships,” and “Forgiveness.” This program will provide a means of support and recovery for people who are working through the pain that comes with the breakup of a marriage. Divorce Care Ministry: 762-9693

VETERAN’S WRITING COLLECTIVE Open to all active-duty military, veterans, and family members, the Veterans Writing Collective encourages the art of writing and conducts monthly workshops offering honest, positive feedback on members’ poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, drama, and journaling. 1/12, 2-4pm, at Methodist University in Trustees Building, Room 340. Robin Greene: rgreene@ methodist.edu.

SOUTHEASTERN NC GREEN PARTY MEETING 1/10: The Southeastern NC Green Party is having its second meeting. We are alocal chapter of the NC Green Party. Roxanne: 910-515-9697.

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CAPE FEAR WEDDING ASSOCIATION Meet and greets the third Wed. ea. month. $25, members free. capefearweddingassocia tion.com

YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF NHC Meet the 1st and 3rd Tues. ea. month at the downtown public library, third floor, 6:30pm.

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Club meets third Tues. each month, Sept thru June, 7pm at Cape Fear Community College, McCloud Bldg, room S002. www.capefearcameraclub.org WILMINGTON PRIDE YOUTH GROUP Wilmington Pride Youth Group and GLBTQIA Youth meets 3rd Fri/mo., 5:30-7:30pm, downtown ILM (call for specific location). A safe, discrete location for youth to discuss various topics that effect the gay youth population. After group, play video games and socialize with friends. Free for people 25 and under. TR Nunley: 910-538-0234 or Wilmingtonpride@gmail. com. www.wilmingtonpride.com. Parents are welcome to meet facilitators and see the space.

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1/12: VETERANS WRITING COLLECTIVE Veterans who enjoy expressing themselves with the written word now have an outlet to do so with encouragement and support. The Veteran’s Writing Collective is open to all active-duty military, veterans and family members. They’ll meet for monthly workshops with honest, positive feedback in poetry, nonfiction, fiction, journaling, memoir, etc. The first meeting is January 12th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Trustees Building Room at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC. Contact Robine Greene: rgreene@methodist.edu

CHEF’S TABLE Award-Winning Executive Chef Mark Lawson meet you at the tablefor a fabulous formal affair—a meal as entertaining as it is delicious. Join us at the Chef’s Tasting Table featuring a special presentation by the chef and decadent fare prepared just for your party. Reservations required; limit 10 people: (910) 256-2251. $85/person.

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STEP UP FOR SOLDIERS 1/26/2013: thirty teams will take to their grills, forks in hand, secret recipes folded and stashed in pockets, all for the glory of the title and the satisfaction of knowing they’ve helped to raise a significant amount of money for Step Up For Soldiers. Competition will start with everyone using same meats, at same location, with same time constraints. Thrown into the mix will be individual rubs, sauces or marinades, grill temperatures and methods of cooking that will leave someone going home with braggin’ rights for the next year. Cook-off will step it up a notch with a pre-contest party on Friday evening featuring two bands, Train Wreck and Beachbilly Brothers, along with food and drink with all open to the public for a nominal admission fee. Carolina Beach Lake at the junction of Lake Park Blvd. and Atlanta Ave. Admission on Saturday is free. Tickets purchased to sample the BBQs after the double-blind judging is completed. Sat. bands, The Cut along with the headliner (to be determined). Raffles, arts and craft vendors plus more food and drink for purchase. Gates at 11am and prizes will be awarded at 2pm. All to benefit Step Up For Soldiers.Rose McConville at rosemc110@gmail.com or call 910-547-0087.

FOOD SAFETY CLASS Food Safety Class for Restaurant Manager offered right techniques for handling, preparing, serving and storing foods safely during the ServSafe Food Safety for Restaurant Managers class offered in three sessions on 1/28, 2/4 and 2/11 at the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce at 4433 Long Beach Rd. Sessions will start at 12:30pm and end at 4:30pm. Students who successfully complete the class and the exam receive a certificate from the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation often seen prominently displayed in restaurants. Fee of $115 is required to cover the cost of the text book, exam and classroom instruction. Books must be picked up in person at the Cooperative Extension office prior to the beginning of the class. 910-253-2610 to register THE WINE SAMPLER Every week we have five wines available to taste during sampling hours, Thurs., 3-8 pm, Fri., 3-9 pm, and Sat., 11 am-7 pm. Each week we arrange a set of five wines, which we offer a 10% discount as well toward purchase. 4107-C Oleander Dr. (910) 796-WINE (9463). thewinesampler.com

ARIES (21 Mar. – 20 April) Isaac Newton is regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history, but the time he spent as a member of the English Parliament was undistinguished. The only public comment he ever made while serving was a request to close the window because he was cold.

Basketball star Michael Jordan had a similar schism.

In the prime of his outstanding career, he took a year off to try playing baseball, which he did poorly. After analyzing 2013’s astrological aspects, Aries, I’m guessing that you should cultivate a firm intention to avoid doing what Newton and Jordan did. Keep playing to your strengths and emphasizing what you love. Don’t get sidetracked by peripheral concerns.

TAURUS (21 April – 20 May) In 2013, I’d like to help you cultivate an even more reliable relationship with your intuitions and hunches than you already have. You may not need much guidance from me, since the astrological omens indicate this will happen quite naturally. There’s another kind of inspiration I hope to offer you in the coming months: clues about how to be “bad” in ways that will give your goodness more vigor. When I say “bad,” I’m not referring to nastiness or insensitivity, but rather to wildness, playfulness and experimentation. Here’s one further service I want to provide, Taurus: helping you build a greater capacity to receive gifts, blessings and support GEMINI (21 May – 20 June) In the year 1900, few people believed human beings would ever fly through the sky in machines. Most scientists thought such a feat was impossible. For years the Wright Brothers had a hard time convincing anyone to believe their flights were actually taking place, even though they had photos and witness reports as documentation. Although the leap you’ll be capable of in 2013 isn’t quite as monumental as the Wright Brothers’, it could be pretty important in the history of your own life. You may also have to deal with skepticism akin to what they had to face. Be true to your vision, Gemini!

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CANCER (21 June – 21 July) In 2013 I predict you will see why it’s wise to phase out an influence you have loved to hate for far too long. Uncoincidentally, you will also have a talent for purging emotional burdens and psychic debris that you’ve been holding on to since the bad old days. No later than your birthday, if all goes well, you will be free from a subtle curse you’ve been casting on yourself; you will finally be attending to one of your long-neglected needs; and you will have turned some rather gawky, halfassed wizardry into a smooth and silky magic.

LEO (22 July – 22 Aug.) In 2013 I pledge to help you raise your lovability. It’s not that you are unlovable now, of course, but there’s always room for improvement, right? If people become even more attracted to you than they already are, then you’re likely to get a lot of collaborative and cooperative work done. You will thrive as you and your allies work on projects that make your corner of the world a better and more interesting place. So what are the first three actions you could take to raise your lovability?

VIRGO (23 Aug. – 22 Sept.) First question: Have you ever thought to yourself, I’m afraid I will never achieve my noblest dreams or live according to my highest ideas? Answer: There’s a very good chance in the coming year you will banish that fear from the sacred temple of your imagination. Second question: Have you ever wondered if maybe you unconsciously undermine the efforts of people who are trying to assist you? Answer: In the coming months you should discover exactly what to do to prevent such a thing from happening. Third question: Do you know the single most important question you should be asking in 2013? Answer: I predict you will figure that out sometime in the next three weeks.

LIBRA (23 Sept. – 23 Oct.) In 2013 I will be encouraging you to journey into the frontiers and experiment with the unknown. I will seek to inspire you to go in search of teachings you’ve needed for a long time. Are you ready for this expansion, Libra?

Are you feeling a natural urge to explore forbidden zones, discover missing secrets and mess with your outmoded taboos? As you might imagine, doing this work would motivate you to develop a healthier relationship with your fears. To bolster your courage, I suggest you find some new freedom songs to sing.

SCORPIO (23 Oct. – 21 Nov.) In 2013 I will do what I can to ensure that your fiscal biorhythms are in close alignment with the universal cash flow.

You should have pretty good instincts about this worthy project yourself, Scorpio. So there’s an excellent chance your wealth will increase. The upgrade will be especially dramatic if you are constantly scheming about how you can share your riches and benefit other people with your generosity. I think there will also be an interesting fringe benefit if you maintain maximum integrity as you enhance your access to valuable resources: You will develop a more useful relationship with your obsessive tendencies.

SAGITTARIUS (22 Nov. – 21 Dec.) In 2013 I pledge to conspire with you to achieve more mixtures, connections, accords and unifications than you ever thought possible. I will furthermore be a

fount of suggestions about how you can live well in two worlds. I will coach you to create a peace treaty with your evil twin and your nemesis. I will help you develop a knack for steering clear of other people’s bad ideas and sour moods. I can’t, of course, guarantee that you will never again experience a broken heart, but I swear I will do everything I can do to heal the broken part of your heart that you’ve been suffering from.

CAPRICORN (22 Dec. – 20 Jan.) When he was 21, the Capricorn writer Jack London set off to prospect for gold in the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He had a rough time there. Malnourished, he suffered from scurvy and leg pain. To make matters worse, he didn’t find much gold and returned home broke. On the other hand, he met scores of adventure-seekers who told him stories of their travels. These tales served as rich, raw material for his novel, “The Call of the Wild,” published in 1903. It made him famous and is generally regarded as his masterpiece. I’m guessing you will begin a similar trajectory in 2013, Capricorn. Events that may at first seem less than successful will ultimately breed a big breakthrough.

AQUARIUS (21 Jan. – 19 Feb.) I can’t force you to seek more pleasure in 2013. I won’t nag you to play harder and explore the frontiers of feeling really good. However, I will say this: If you don’t plan to put yourself into at least partial alignment with the cosmic mandate to have maximum fun, you may not get the best use out of the advice I’ll be offering though my horoscopes in the coming year. Please, consider the possibility of ramping up your capacity for pure enjoyment.

PISCES (19 Feb. – 20 Mar.) The study of ancient Mayan civilization owe a lot to the fact that Americans started buying lots of chewing gum in the late 19th century. Huh? Here’s the connection: For a long time, chicle was one of the prime ingredients in Chiclets, Juicy Fruit, Bazooka bubble gum, and many other brands of chewing gum. Chicle is obtained from the sap of sapodilla trees, which grow in abundance in Central America and Mexico. Over the decades, workers harvesting the chicle accidentally found many Mayan ruins covered in overgrown vegetation, then told archaeologists about their discoveries. I foresee a metaphorically comparable sequence happening in your life during 2013. In unexpected ways, you will be put back in touch with and benefit from lost, forgotten or unexplored parts of the past.

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SCREEN GEMS STUDIO Tour the movie studio, and see where films and TV shows like “One Tree Hill” and “Dawson’s Creek” are/were filmed. Sat-Sun at noon and 2pm. 343-3433.

HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON Take a “Trip With Triplett” and learn the history of this wonderful city with a retired Cape Fear History teacher. 910-392-6753/rltriver@yahoo. com to schedule a walk! $3/children or $8/ adults. www.tripwithtriplett.webs.com

AIRLIE GARDENS Enjoy the 67 beautiful acres of Airlie Gardens year round. Operating hours are Tuesday - Sunday, 9am - 5pm. Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for children. 910-798-7700 or www.airliegardens.org.

HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions.Market and Water streets. $12 for adults, $5 per child. (910) 251-8889 or www.horsedrawntours.com

HOLLYWOOD LOCATION WALK Tour one of America’s largest living film sets; historic downtown Wilmington. This fun-filled 90 minute walking tour will lead gue sts to actual movie & TV locations. Tours will depart Tues., Thurs., Sat. and Sun. afternoons at 2pm. Reservations are required, $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, students or military and children 6 or under are free. 910-794-7177, www.HollywoodNC.com.

HENRIETTA III CRUISES An elegant, 3 tiered boat offering sight-seeing, lunch and dinner cruises, site seeing tours and a Sunset Dinner Cruise June-Aug. On the riverfront. April-Oct: Narrated sightseeing cruises 2:30pm 1-1/2 hours Tuesday-Sunday, Narrated lunch cruises 12:00 noon 1-1/2 hours TuesdaySaturday. May-Oct: Murder Mystery Dinner

ANYTIME: OAKDALE CEMETERY TOUR There are so many ways to enjoy the history of Wilmington, especially through various tours. If you haven’t seen one of our most historic cemeteries, then make an appointment to take a stroll through the grounds, led by Robin Triplett. Learn about many of the souls who are resting there and how their lives impacted Wilmington. Tours are only $3 for children and $8 for adults. Contact Robin at 910392-6753 to schedule a tour.

Cruises, Tuesday & Thursday evening 2 hours 6:30 pm; Apr-Dec: Friday evening dinner cruises 2-1/2 hours 7:30 pm, Saturday evening dinner cruises 3 hours 6:30 pm. 343-1611. www.cfrboats.com 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 South-

eastern North Carolina. 793-6393 or History@ wilburjones.com

Market streets. Reservations required: 910794-1866; www.hauntedwilmington.com

TOURS OF OLD WILMINGTON Walking tours start at the end of Market and Water streets on the Cape Fear River. Times: 9am, 11am and 1pm, Wed-Sat., or Sun/Mon/ Tues by appt. $12 for adults, free for children 12 and under. Seniors are $10. Provide step-on tours for bus tours and group-walking tours. Due to weather, call to check on times etc: 910-409-4300. http://touroldwilmington. blogspot.com

ORTON PLANTATION Live oaks bordering garden walks, sculptured shrubs and seasonal flowers. Grounds open 8 am - 6 pm. daily. Fees: $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3 ages 6-16, under 6 free. 15 miles south of Wilmington. 371-6851. ortonplantation.com

THALIAN HALL TOURS In addition to a full schedule of performances, self-guided tours of the theater are offered Mon-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 2-6pm. Guided tours by appt. 343-3664.

WILMINGTON TROLLEY Eight mile, 45 minute narrated tour aboard a nostalgic, motorized trolley. Downtown. 7634483.

OAKDALE CEMETERY TOUR Take a “Trip With Triplett” through tranquil Oakdale Cemetery chartered in 1852.

Walk the peaceful pathways and learn about the lives of the people that rest there. 910-392-6753 or rltriver@ yahoo.com. $3/children or $8/adults. www. tripwithtriplett.webs.com GHOST WALK 6:30pm & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington. Nightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Admission charge. Meets at Water &

HAUNTED COTTON EXCHANGE TOURS Haunted Cotton Exchange Tours: Open 7 days a week, year-round, w/multiple tour guides leading the way, 10am-10pm. Call for specific tour times: 910-409-4300 TOUR OLD WILMINGTON Tour Old Wilmington’s history walking tours.

Open 7 days a week, year-round, with multiply tour guides leading the way, 10am-10pm. Call for specific tour times. 910-409-4300 WILMINGTON WATER TOURS 2 hour Eco/History Cruise Tues-Sat, 10am. Eagle’s Island Cruises 50 minute narrated cruises on the hour at 12, 1, 2, 3 & 4 pm daily MonSat. • See the beauty of the Cape Fear River, Sunset Cruise on Tues & Wed w/light narration.

Departs 6pm for 2 hours. • Acoustic Spotlight on our Sunset Cruise is on Thurs-Sat., 6-8pm, w/different local musician. • Starlight Cruise, Thurs-Sat, 8:30pm for hour. See the unique lights of Wilmington after dark from the river.

Wilmington Water Tours, 212 S. Water St. 910338-3134. www.wilmingtonwatertours.com

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