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ukulele for peace: Jake Shimabukuro performs Friday evening as part of UNCW’s Intercultural Week

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news & views ................4-6 4 live local: Gwenyfar Rohler explains her love/hate relationship with credit cards. reveals the latest odd stories.

over there?”—Conan O’Brien “President Mubarak says he won’t step down until September, but that he won’t seek another rigged election. He plans to retire to his ranch in Crawford, Texas. Is this guy really leaving in September, or is he just pulling a Leno?”—David Letterman “The big rumor: Sarah Palin said she may run for president. I understand there’s an opening in Egypt.”—Jay Leno ”These days it seems like you can’t have an armed street mob without it turning ugly.”—Stephen Colbert “There was a huge snowstorm in New York yesterday. I was complaining about it all day to my friend in Egypt.”—Jimmy Fallon

One-Man shOW Jake Shimabukuro brings his prodigal talent on the ukulele to Kenan Auditorium this weekend as part of Intercultural Week. Sponsored by UNCW Presents, the show will include Shimabukuro’s original and cover tunes, especially from his latest release, “Peace Love Ukulele.” Read Patti Wilson’s story on page 15.

Photo by Danny Clinch

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It’s coming! We’ll be announcing the winners in our February 16th edition of encore.

The Best Of Party will be at City Stage/Level 5 on Tuesday evening, February 15th, with live entertainment by the funny people of Changing Channels! It’s free! Come prepared to laugh ... a lot. Starts at 7 p.m.

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“While in Egypt, CNN’s Anderson Cooper was attacked and beaten, which raises 2 questions. Is it safe to send our media into these places? And how do we get Glenn Beck

artsy smartsy...............8-21 8-10 theatre: Bethany Turner interviews Don Baker about the scoundrel-ous “Threepenny Opera,” opening at City Stage this week; Gwenyfar Rohler reviews Red Barn’s “Lobby Hero.”

12 art: Lauren Hodges interviews Robert West about Working Films’ receiving the MacArthur Grant.

13 gallery guide: Find out what exhibitions are hanging at local galleries.

14 arts: Rachael Carscaddon gets all the information surrounding Intercultural Week, continuing through Saturday this week.

15 music: See cover story.

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16-19 soundboard: See what bands and

We regret any confusion that may have been caused from the article “Going for the Gold” (January 18th edition). The New Hanover Library NE Extension at Landfall will continue to host the Cape Fear Camera Club’s non-juried Annual Membership Exhibit.

Submissions to this exhibit are open to all members. Projekte Gallery’s juried show presented CFCCs’ 2009/10 ribbon winning photographs; a new addition to the clubs exhibit roster, which was not open to general submissions.

performers are playing in venues all over

PenGuin Wednesdays Check it out! The Penguin has moved stations and has a better signal to serve its listeners. Tune into 98.3FM, and be sure to listen to encore editor Shea Carver with Glenn of The Morning Chill, every Wednesday at 9:15. They’ll keep you informed first on what’s happening in the Port City—followed by great music, too.

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20 film: Anghus reviews more award nominees, “Blue Valentine” and “127 Hours.”

grub & guzzle............24-33 22-29 dining guide: Need a few suggestions on where to eat? Flip through encore’s dining guide!

30-31 valentine’s day menus: Need to make dinner plans for the most romantic holiday of the year? We have you covered.

32-33 lunch bunch: encore staff heads into midtown for lunch with the good ol’ folks at Halligan’s Public House.

extra! extra!...........34-47 34 turning the wheel: The community dance ensemble comes together for a special Valentine’s Day workshop and performance.

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was to give up my credit card altogether.

Maxing it out has succeeded in making it impossible for me to charge things, but somehow that wasn’t quite the plan or what I intended. Like many Americans, I carry a debt that far outstrips my income. However, I do not average three cards. I hold one—and it is not for lavishly entertaining and buying expensive clothing (seriously, I look one step up from a homeless person most days); most of it comes from trying to pick up the extra expenses of running our small family business or meeting the basic needs of our household.

Since November I have been ruminating on the odd concept of the credit card. It was prompted by a commercial I saw for American Express’ “Small Business Saturday.” The basic gist of the commercial contended that because the weekend after Thanksgiving traditionally is the biggest shopping time of the year—aka “Black Friday,” the day that many retail businesses move out of the red and into the black for the year—American Express would give a $25 credit on the customer’s bill for shopping at a small business. Essentially, it urged the public to make a concerted commitment when shopping that weekend to spend money locally; hence “Small Business Saturday.” At first I thought I had gotten it wrong, but they stated it clearly on their website and Facebook page.

Initially, I was excited and tried to line up an American Express card holder to shop, get a credit and get interviewed for this Live Local column (I was not able to participate because I did not have an American Express card). That did not pan out so well for a variety of reasons. Among them: It is hard to find small businesses that take American Express. It is an expensive card to process, and many of the mer-

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chant card services do not offer it.

At the bookstore, we do our processing through our bank, and with the package we have, American Express processing is not available. I groaned the day they announced they had made a deal with Discover, which retail stores hate accepting. All that “cash back” the consumer gets from Discover actually comes from business owners in the form of higher processing fees. Still, the idea that one of the big credit-card companies getting behind the promotion of small business to save our economy had my attention. I was seriously considering accepting the next American Express card offered to me.

Since, three things have occurred that have made me if not reconsider at least stop the motion for the time being. The first came in the form of American Express announcing it would close its NC call center in the Greensboro area. Additional information disclosed that employees would be offered opportunities to work from home or relocate. When I found out the company plans to build a data center somewhere in the state, I ceased my plans on becoming a card holder until more info unfolded. Within a week’s time frame, both Jock and I both had unexpected credit card-related snafus. Jock broke the news of to me first at dinner one night.

“So someone in Africa—we thought at first eastern Europe, but it looks like now Africa—has gotten a hold of a list of stolen credit card numbers,” he says. “They are trying them out on Full Belly’s website to see if they are good. So, it looks like we got hundreds of $1 donations.”

Apparently, they would try out the numbers on the Full Belly site because Pay Pal would tell them immediately if the transaction was good. If it went through, they would begin using the stolen card on other, more expensive purchases. Obviously all of these

fraudulent transactions had to be refunded—and that tedious task had to be done with each transaction, individually. However, Jock was really shocked to find out that Pay Pal got a cut each way—yes, they made money on both the fraudulent transaction and the refund. “Wow!” I responded. “I wonder what it is like to be born without a conscience?”

Three days later, our business bank account was hacked and spent online. Both of these unexpected crises have prompted a lot of discussion at our dinner table about the merits of cash versus plastic. Besides the obvious point of not paying interest when using cash, we are both increasingly concerned about the security of this fake plastic money.

As a retail store owner, I have a love/hate relationship with credit cards. We love that they enable people to make larger purchases—but we still pay a monthly fee for the privilege of processing the credit card and then a percentage for each transaction.

When accounting for cost of inventory and cost of receipts, the processing machine we have to rent or buy, along with paper and ink, is costly. In the end, a $1 book purchased on a credit card will cost me close to $3. We just can’t make it work for such small purchases.

Like a lot of people, I feel that I need a credit card for “emergencies.” I am still contemplating getting an American Express card because they are the only big company out there that is at least giving lip service to small business. For now, I am going to see what they do with that data center near Greensboro and how many people they provide jobs to. I can’t reward them for supporting small business if they are laying off my neighbors. More than anything else, I am paying down the debt and getting out of the imaginary and into the real world by paying cold hard cash.

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newsoftheweird LEAD STORY “Tall, slim, facial symmetry,” “good teeth,” along with classic makeup and dress and graceful movement, might comprise the inventory list for any beauty contest winner, and they are also the criteria for victors in Niger’s traditional “Gerewol” festival except that the contestants are all males and the judges all females. Cosmetics are especially crucial, with symbolic black, yellow and white patterns and stripes (with white being the color of “loss” and “death”). A special feature of the pageants, according to a January BBC television report, is that when the female judges each select their winners, they are allowed to marry them (or have flings), irrespective of any pre-existing marriage by either party.

Can’t Possibly Be True It was a prestigious hospital on a worthy mission (to recruit hard-to-match bone marrow donors to beef up dwindling supplies), but UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester, Mass.) went hardcore: hiring young female models in short skirts to flirt with men at New

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Hampshire shopping centers to entice them to give DNA swabs for possible matches. Complaints piled up because state law requires insurance providers to cover the tests, at $4,000 for each swab submitted by the love-struck flirtees, and the hospital recently dropped the program, according to a December New York Times report.

In December, McCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pa., established a dynamic new program to improve their students’ educational outcomes: racial segregation. At least three of the 11 junior class homerooms were designated as black-only with black girls “mentored” during homeroom period by black female teachers and black boys mentored by black male teachers (on the theory that kids will learn more from people who look like them).

Vietnam veteran Ronald Flanagan, in the midst of expensive treatment for bone cancer, had his medical insurance canceled in January because his wife mistakenly keyed in a “7” instead of a “9” in the “cents” space while paying the couple’s regular pre-

mium online, leaving the Flanagans 2 cents short. Said the administrator, Ceridian COBRA Services, that remittance “fit into the definition in the regulations of ‘insufficient payment’” and allows termination. (Ceridian said it warned the Flanagans before cancellation, but Ron Flanagan said the “warning” was just an ordinary billing statement that did not draw his attention.)

Unclear on the Concept From a December memo to paramedics in Edmonton, Alberta, by Alberta Health Services: Drivers should “respond within the posted speed limits even when responding with lights and siren.” “Our job is to save lives,” AHS wrote, “not put them in jeopardy.” According to drivers interviewed by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News, police have been issuing tickets to drivers on emergencies if they speed or go through red lights.

In January, Thalia Surf Shop of Laguna Beach, Calif. (named by OC Weekly in 2009 as Orange County’s best), ran a special Martin Luther King Jr. promotion featuring “20 Percent Off All Black Products,” illustrated with a doctored photograph of Dr. King, himself, in one of the shop’s finest wet suits (black, of course).

(Following some quick, bad publicity, the shop’s management apologized.)

Questionable State Regulation: William MacDonald, restricted by state law wherever he and his wife relocate to because he is a “registered sex offender,” told The New York Times in January that his case is particularly “galling,” in that his only crime was violating Virginia law by having oral sex with consenting adults, which most legal scholars believe is not a crime (following a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision). (Virginia still believes that its law is valid.) Tennessee, the “second-fattest” state, according to a recent foundation report, continues to pay for obese Medicaid recipients to have bariatric surgery (at an average cost of about

$2,000), but to deny coverage for an overweight person to consult, even once, with a dietitian.

The Redneck Chronicles Johni Rice, 35, eating at a Waffle House restaurant in Spartanburg, S.C., was charged in January with beating up two diners at another table over the quality of their conversation a man and a woman who were discussing “women with hairy armpits.”

Rice was assisted in the pummeling by two other diners, and weaponized food was involved. Among the annual events marking the New Year (similar to the ball-dropping at New York’s Times Square), according to a CBS News report: a pickle dropped into a barrel in a North Carolina town, a dropped bologna in Pennsylvania, a dropped frozen carp in Wisconsin, and, in Brasstown, N.C., the dropping of the opossum. (However, according to Clay Logan, founder of the event, the opossum is merely lowered, not dropped.)

First Things First As of early November, 150 people had been killed by the 2-week-old, erupting Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, and the government had created shelters in stadiums and public halls for 300,000 jammed-together evacuees. By that time, however, some had petitioned authorities to open up private shelter locations so that the displaced could attend to certain romantic, biological needs. Apparently some evacuees had become so frisky that they had left the shelter and returned to their homes in the danger zone just so they could have sex.

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Don Baker, director of City Stage’s “The Threepenny Opera,” says. “It’s about scoundrels—like all of us scoundrels.”

Developed to comment on human characteristics, the musical follows the despicable womanizer and criminal Macheath, played by William Day. “Our protagonist is the biggest scoundrel of all,” Baker explains. “He’s an arsonist, murderer, bomber and thief.”

Macheath works for the city’s underworld leader of bandits, Jonathon Jeremiah Peachum (Zack Simcoe). The criminals steal their way through the streets of Victorian London, bringing to Peachum whatever they can find and receiving a cut of the spoils. Macheath does steal one thing he won’t share: the heart of his boss’ daughter, Polly (Sophie Amelkin). Seducing her with his wily ways, she becomes the crook’s secret bride.

Of course, secrets never last long. Polly tells her parents of the marriage, and it becomes Mr. Peachum’s end goal to have Macheath hanged. Using his powerful influence, the dirty boss convinces many of Macheath’s longtime friends to turn him in to the police for bribes. “[The other characters] are just as disreputable as he is,” the director comments. “[The play] speaks on changeable human nature.”

Macheath’s experience with betrayal is something Baker believes the audience will be able to identify with. “The Threepenny Opera” focuses on a person’s vulnerability to greed and power, and how

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these things affect emotions and actions. In addition to its attention toward human psychology, the musical was developed in a time period very similar to what our current society is experiencing.

“It was written in the turmoil leading up to Hitler and the Great Depression,” Baker says. “In today’s economic upheaval, ‘The Threepenny Opera’ is very close to who we are.”

Bertolt Brecht created the play in 1928 as an adaptation of John Gay’s 200-year old “Beggar’s Opera.” Kurt Weill, an avant-garde composer of the ‘20s, developed the musical score for the show.

Since, audiences viewed “The Threepenny Opera” both on and off Broadway and in Berlin, Paris and Milan. The show is now considered a classic piece of theatre thanks to its booming success as an entertaining satire.

“I’ve wanted to do this play for 45 years because of its politics and what it speaks about,” Baker says.

After a decade of begging City Stage, he finally convinced the venue to take it on. It may be perfect timing for the show, because Baker selected what he feels is an exceptional cast.

“The leads are great,” he notes. “Macheath is a perfect role for William Day because he has that mix of sweetness and danger that he can lay out on stage beautifully. I could not ask for a better Macheath.”

The director also believes Zack Simcoe and Cindy Colucci are “magnificent” as Mr. and Mrs. Peachum, and Sophie Amelkin is “spot-on” as Polly.

Helping Baker bring this production to life are cho-

reographer Kevin Lee-y Green and music director Chiaki Ito, who he both cites as “confident professionals.” Green is the artistic director and co-founder of Techmoja Dance and Theatre Company in Wilmington. His skills have been seen in shows like “The Rocky Horror Show,” “Chicago” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” most recently.

Ito has staggering experience with musical theatre, receiving the honors of Best Music Director

by Independent Weekly of Raleigh for her involvement in “The Rocky Horror Show.” “The music of ‘The Threepenny Opera’ is strangely dissonant and the melodies unpredicatble,” Ito explains.

“The music seems to be influenced by ragtime and jazz and also incorporates operatic style.”

Her work in “The Threepenny Opera” is showcased in the opening scene with the popular jazz tune “Mack the Knife.” Originating from the theatrical piece, Louis Armstrong’s rendition, recorded in 1955, catapulted its fame. But City Stage’s rendition will hang with the best of them.

Poking fun at the faults of humanity, “The Threepenny Opera” is a tragicomedy that will engage the emotions of each audience member. “It has good acting and a good story. [The audience] will have fun, but they’ll also learn who they are,” Baker says.

“The Threepenny Opera” will be at City Stage on the last three weekends of February. The show begins at 8 p.m. every Thursday through Sunday.

Tickets will be discounted during a special opening night price: $9.83 (Thursday the 10th, only).

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Set in the lobby of a Manhattan apartment building, “Lobby Hero” chronicles the events of a few nights on the graveyard shift with a “rent-a-cops” Jeff (Hank Toler) and Will (Darius Bridges). Basically a screw-up, Jeff has spent his life perfecting the type-B personality, which has led him to work for his perfect foil, Will. Will is everything Jeff is not: driven, organized, hardworking, and with a strong and specific personal code. Each character sees New York’s finest in the form of Bill (Cullen Moss), a stereotypical aging and corrupt cop, and his beautiful, young partner, Dawn (Mackenzie Wicker).

In this story of four people just trying to get along through life as best they can, their lives collide painfully, due to Jeff’s selfish and weak nature. Aside from having an ironic title, “Lobby Hero” features a group of fairly mediocre people, who wrestle (as many of us do) with doing the right or wrong thing from questionable motivations.

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Moss, a devastatingly attractive man, for many years has played the young lover and appeared as “Junk,” a reoccurring character on “One Tree Hill.” I last saw him in Red Barn’s production of “The Last Night of Ballyhoo,” where he once again played the young male lover. To see him transitioning to older adult roles, a move that can be hard to make, is beautiful to watch.

As both the oldest character on stage and the most experienced actor, he truly took charge of the situation every time he entered the room.

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The audience was left in no doubt of who the authority figure from NYPD was.

Though Darius Bridges had his startin film, “Lobby Hero” is his first stage show. As Will, the supervisor at the rent-a-cop security firm, he is really the only admirable character that Lonergan has written in the script. Bridges’ strength as an actor is his ability to convey the complexity of Will’s nature through his face and body language—to bring to life the unspoken but very real concerns he is facing.

Mackenzie Wicker gives us Dawn, the symbolically named female rookie cop. She is in so many ways the dawn of a new era of women on the force. As the youngest character in the play, she represents the immaturity of well-intentioned youth. Wicker is strikingly beautiful; it is easy to see how the men swoon over her.

The scenes that she and Toler have together absolutely sizzle—the tension is palpable and the audience is torn trying to decide at whom to look. Director Steve Bakunas made a wise choice in carefully placing them as far away from each other as possible to let them each step closer or retreat as the energy between them changes. His visual representation of the emotion is carefully crafted but only so successful because the actors bring it to life.

The star of this show, without question, is Hank Toler as Jeff. This is a true tour-de-force for Toler since he is on stage throughout the entire show, speaking almost constantly. Jeff is a character given to long-winded, pointless and fairly obnoxious speeches, brought on by nervousness, boredom and a desperation to be respected. These are not the powerful speeches of Arthur Miller nor are they the poetry of Shakespeare. Rather, they are the modern-day slacker version of a Mrs. Havisham (“Great Expectations”) and must have been maddening to memorize.

By definition a change must occur during the course of a play, though “Lobby Hero” is in

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To go through this nightly must be excruciating.

If Toler ends this run as a raving dipsomaniac, no one could blame him.

Shane Fernando and Steve Bakunas have yet again collaborated to produce a set that makes the actors shine: from the elevator lights—which ominously warn Jeff of his descent to the mail room where he sorts mail for the residents—or the radiator that Will absently touches to check the heat. Jeff Loy’s inspired and detailed lighting brings the bright lobby, the dark city street, with the fading glow from the lobby windows, into focus.

Lonergan debuted Lobby Hero with Playwrights Horizons, a theatre in New York committed to producing original works and grooming new talent in 2000. He is probably best known for the film “You Can Count on Me,” which he also directed. As a co- writer of “Analyze This,” one may expect that Lonergan can write comedy. He delivers in a series of dry but hyperbolic one-liners (mostly from Jeff) that leave the audience in stitches.

In the 1970’s Tom Stoppard’s “Professional Foul” presented the world with a group of philosophy professors who had dedicated their lives to discussing morality in a perfect vacuum, and were thrust suddenly and violently into confronting these problems in reality and as human beings. The discovery of their own moral failings or strengths created an inspired script. “Lobby Hero” is what happens when mediocre people have to answer the questions: Am I doing the right thing and for the right reasons? Bakunas and the cast have brought a fairly mediocre script (the second act is a predictable train wreck that just won’t stop) filled with fairly mediocre people to life and made it completely fascinating. This is what reality TV aspires to be.

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Working Films celebrates their MacArthur Grant

W

ith aWard season in full

swing, film seems to be on everyone’s mind. Here, in Wilmington, we are lucky enough to have a respectable film industry, and the options aren’t limited to just Screen Gems Studios. A few miles away, located downtown on the corner of 5th and Castle streets, a historic firehouse sits with a small sign outside that reads “Working Films.” The staff inside the building aren’t interested in publicizing summer blockbusters, however. Their specialty is independent and socially conscious films. According to Robert West, executive director and cofounder of Working Films (WF), the company started as a way to emphasize the importance of story-telling.

“Back in 1998, [co-founder Judith Helfand and I were] crammed together backto-back in her small office on the Upper West Side of New York, before the organization had its final name, any funding or staff,” West remembers. “Here is how we described the conspiracy: ‘Working Films will transition social-issue documentaries

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beyond traditional distribution, broadcast and initial releases to further push their impact and potential.’”

More than 10 years later, WF is headquartered in Wilmington and has developed a well-deserved reputation for getting communities involved with the films that impact them. The WF stamp is on widely recognized documentaries like “No Impact Man” and “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.”

With satellite offices in New York and London, the staff has perfected the art of film activism with a simple formula: content plus intent equals change.

“Compelling non-fiction narratives, cou-

ART OF ACTIVISM: Wilmington’s Working Films staff include (l. to r., top to bottom) Molly Murphy, Lynn Casper, Kristin Henry, Robert West and Anna Lee. Photo by Shea Carver.

pled with cutting-edge organizing and activism, results in community and audience engagement—the kind you can measure,” West says. “Excellent documentary films speak in a universal language, in compelling, persuasive and personal ways, vividly illustrating the struggles and triumphs that tell the stories of our lives. Most importantly, we believed, from seeing it firsthand, that these powerful narratives presented unique moments and opportunities for our compatriots—organizers and activists in fights for social justice.”

More recently, their formula has equaled a juicy pay-off in the form of a $300,000 MacArthur Grant. With that money, WF plans to implement a week-long residency for those in the social documentary business, including filmmakers, producers, activists, nonprofit workers and members of the media.

“Following the residency, Working Films will launch and manage a high-profile collabora-

tive campaign between the filmmakers and NGOs [non-governmental organizations] dedicated to the thematic issue at hand,” West says. “The goal is to turn ‘competition’ for space in the media landscape into unprecedented collaboration . . . leveraging multiple opportunities for audiences of social issue films to contribute to civic engagement and propel progressive public policy forward.”

West and his colleagues haven’t yet decided on the location of the residency, but Wilmington is at the top of the list for now.

Local communities will be invited to screen the films, and exclusive celebratory events will be planned for the area.

“The residency will be open to all media and filmmakers, including our colleagues in Wilmington and North Carolina,” West says. “The outcomes from this residency will, we think, redefine the potential for new mutually beneficial relationships between artists and nonprofit organizations committed to social change. We are happy to hear from our Wilmington neighbors about new media and documentary film projects, and can share some good resources with them from the firehouse on Castle Street.”

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Affordable prices on prints and originals.

Local artists with various styles and taste are just excited about having the opportunity to share their work with all art lovers.

Our artists offer different sizes from what we have on display and low rates on commissioned work.

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

New Elements Gallery

216 N. Front St. • 919) 343-8997 Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm or by appointment www.newelementsgallery.com Love Songs hangs through February 19th.

Join us for the festivities as we officially

begin the 2011 Fourth Friday Gallery Night season and our 26th year! This will be a special night indeed, as we feature paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewelry and wood by our extraordinarily talented artists. “Love Songs” conjures up imagery of all the things we collectively love about coastal North Carolina, the peaceful serenity of winter and the friends and family that mean so much to us. And don’t forget, Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away!

New Elements Gallery artist Jane Filer will present her 45’ mural at RDU International Airport during the Dedication Ceremony on February 10th, 10a.m. The mural is titled “Friendly Folks,” and will be unveiled in the Terminal 2 Baggage Claim.

Sunset River Marketplace

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

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

Wilmington Art Association Gallery

616B Castle St. • (910) 343-4370 www.wilmington-art.org The gallery’s featured artist for the month of February is Jean Chasmer, showcasing her very earliest art up until the present time. The show is entitled, “Jean’s Journey,” and is a collection of 60 years of her work.

Also, a special event entitled, “Art of the Camellia is a colorful group of paintings of Camellias rendered by artists of the Wilmington Art Association. This show was organized in conjunction with the Wilmington Tidewater Camellia Club, who chose the top winners. Both shows can be visited until Wednesday, February 23rd.

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around the world in a week:

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UNCW’s Intercultural Week enlightens and engages

J

ust over a year ago, i braced

myself for the first flight of my life. After an eternal wait at the airport due to inclement weather, I settled in for eight hours in air, crossing the ocean, all to begin a six-month study-abroad program in Swansea, Wales. I arrived unscathed, and after settling into my temporary quarters, I submerged myself in their distinct Celtic culture, as well as in others after a month-long spring break touring Europe. It was wonderful and hugely beneficial to experience the richness of other people’s lives around the world. And it’s something that I’ve come to miss.

Rather than spend eight hours on a plane to undergo such an experience, UNCW’s 18th annual Intercultural Week (iWeek) brings a host of ethnologies to Wilmington. Hosting over 20 events during the week, all revolving around this year’s theme, “Shifting Perspectives in the Global Village,� students and community members are encouraged to engage in what life outside of the U.S. offers. “The activities [during the week] are more scholarly and academic—though still fun,� Jennifer Fernandez-Villa, UNCW’s international student services director, says. “The campus community really takes advantage of it.�

On Monday and Tuesday, students, faculty and other community members participated in the beginning of iWeek. Some of the events included “Love in Any Language: Matchmaking via Technology� and the “Lunar New Year Celebration� at Wagoner Hall. Love in Any Language explored perspectives on matchmaking in different parts of the global community and showed how technology affects it. The Lunar New Year Celebration included Asian-themed food, information about studying abroad in Asia and games.

The rest of iWeek offers more fun, too, continuing through February 12th. Contribut-

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by Rachael Cars k Intercultural Wee turday Wednesday - Sa intprogs/ www.unw.edu/ iWeek.htm ing to the intercultural life of UNCW and the surrounding community, Randall Library hosts a month-long exhibit of internationally themed photography, “Window to the World,� hanging through February 28th.

Wagoner Hall will also tip its hat to the culinary adventures and tastes of places across the globe through February 10th.

Here is a run-down of what else can be expected throughout the week.

Wednesday, February 9th Set aside the usual music of every day America—country, hard rock, whatever the preference—and tune into music abroad with Professor Habibi in Lumina Theatre between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.. He’ll play a variety of intercultural tunes from a collection of CDs, including music from Jamaica, Hungary, Peru, Italy, Ireland, among other countries.

Hosted by Foreign Languages and Literatures, the 2006 French film “Indigènesâ€? is coming to Lumina Theatre on the 9th. Directed by Rachid Bouchareb, a French-Algerian, the movie follows the path of four native North African (Indegènes) soldiers during World War II. The film’s primary focus is the discriminatory treatment of the natives—the French recruited some 110,000 North Africans and 20,000 Africans—by the white

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CULTURAL COMMUNION: (l. to r.) Anna Yoshida (Japan) and Kik Sitthimahachaikul (Thailand) participated in the 2010 UNCW iWeek. Courtesy photo from UNCW Marketing & Communications.

French. This event led to a change in the French government years down the road.

Following the film, Dr. P.J. Lapaire will hold a discussion about “Indigènesâ€? afterward. thursday, February 10th Marjorie AgosĂ­n, a professor of Spanish language and Latin American literature at Wellesley College, and a well-known spokeswoman for women in Third World countries, shares her stories about being a child in Chile.

She also explores her life as an author in exile and her fight against the Chilean dictatorship of Pinochet. She’ll speak at 5 p.m. in Bryan Auditorium (Morton 100).

Israel: population approximately 7,353,985 (July 2010 est.) and comparable in size to the State of New Jersey. Scattered throughout Israel are immigrants and refugees from all over the world. To put it best, the nation speaks a variety of languages. Dr. Barry Salwen explores this fascinating nation in his presentation, “Israel: The Smallest Country to Meet in 33 Languages.� Held in the Azalea Coast room in the Fisher University Union, the event takes place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Friday, February 11th Many of us were enthralled

by Stieg Larsson’s literary phenomenon “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo� trilogy. Last semester, UNCW’s ACE Films brought the first book to the big screen. We took a journey with Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander as they battled forces of evil and tried to solve the mystery of a possible murder.

Now, the pair is back as iWeek brings us the second and third installments of the trilogy: “The Girl Who Played with Fire� and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.� This double feature starts at 7 p.m. in Lumina Theatre and is free for students with UNCW I.D. and $4 for non-students.

Also taking place on Friday night is the ukulele concert by Jake Shimbakuro. See page 15 for the full interview with the musician. saturday, February 12th The week-long events culminate in iWeek’s Intercultural Festival, held at The Burney Center, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cultural performances take place on two stages, including a bagpipe concert, Flamenco and Greek dancing. Aligned across the Burney Center, booths will be set up by student organizations, international students, community groups and the like. International students will come donned in traditional dress, offer different styles of food, and they will even write people’s names in their native alphabet upon request.

New this year is the Intercultural Bazaar, in the Warwick Center (adjacent to Burney). “There will be vendors; crafts, jewelry, art, food,� Fernandez-Villa says. “[We’re] having performers meandering through the vendors [so it] feels like a Middle East bazaar.

This is the first time we’ve made it into a marketplace type feel.�

Participation continues to soar during the festival. “We don’t usually track the number of people, but I’ve heard from other[s] over 1,000 usually attend,� Fernandez-Villa says. “It’s an event that people really enjoy, [and it] showcases what UNCW has to offer, all the diversity that’s on campus.�

To get more information about these events, go to www.uncw.edu/intprogs/ IWeek.htm.

ukulele for peace:

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Jake Shimabukuro performs Friday evening

T

he ukulele. relaTively young,

having been introduced circa 1880, the instrument is one that many people wouldn’t be familiar with outside of the islands of Hawaii (unless, of course, they are registered at Kent Knorr’s NC Ukulele Academy, but that’s another story). Traditionally the ukulele is incorporated in Hawaiian music, but thanks to young musician Jake Shimabukuro, he has made it his mission to show people everywhere exactly how diverse this type of guitar can be. Wilmington will have the opportunity to experience an awe-inspiring presentation by Shimabukuro as part of UNCW’s Intercultural Week. when he takes the stage Friday at 8 p.m. in Kenan Auditorium.

While growing up in Hawaii, Shimabukuro picked up the instrument at age four, deciding to uphold the custom and history of the ukulele. He credits his mother as the catalyst for his budding musical passion. “My mom played,” he explains, “and taught me my first few chords.”

His parents recognized his early talent and decided to enroll him at Roy Sakuma’s Ukulele Studios. As his interest sprouted, he strummed mainly Hawaiian music as a child. Later, he welcomed the challenge of playing other genres, like rock, jazz and classical, finding inspiration from the greats: Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Yo-Yo Ma and Pat Metheny. Likewise, the radio had a large part to play in his expanding repertoire, as it enticed him to also pick up on Top 40 rhythms.

“I’d turn on the radio and just play my ukulele along to pop tunes,” he remembers.

“Since the ukulele was the only instrument I had, I had to figure out how to bring out the melody and make it recognizable.”

Imitating pop songs is no easy task when the instrument only has four strings and two octaves—just a minor detail that Shimabukuro learned to adapt and manage. He also found himself drawn to other instruments when he was younger, but only as a stepping stone to improve his skills.

“Playing drums helped me develop some

‘Bill Cosby—Himself,’ inspired me to be a solo performer. Cosby could simply sit in a chair with a microphone, tell stories and entertain millions.”

His loyalty to the music grew as he played intimate performances at coffee shops and local Honolulu venues. These shows piqued the interest of Sony Music Japan, which enlivened Shimabukuro to consider a serious music career. He earned a name for himself on the island with several well-received solo releases. Yet, his recognition soared after a Central Park performance of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” went viral on the Internet.

“It was supposed to air once, but it somehow ended up on YouTube— which had just started out at the time,” he remembers. “Suddenly, people started asking about the Asian guy who plays the ukulele.”

Since, he has played with musicians like Jimmy Buffett, Bette Midler (at a benefit show in front of the Queen of England), Cyndi Lauper and Ziggy Marley.

He’s made TV appearances on “The Late Show with Conan O’Brien,” “The Today Show,” as well as NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “World Café.” His live shows have UKE-STER: Jake Shimabukuro brings his prodigal landed him slots on the Monterey and Playukulele playing to Kenan Auditorium this week as part of boy Jazz Festivals, and performances at the UNCW’s Intercultural Week. photo by Danny Clinch.

Google campus and influential TED conference. Starting February 12th, fans can see strumming techniques and patterns with him performing in a scene in the new Adam my right hand,” he says. “Classical guitar Sandler movie “Just Go With It.” On his current release, “Peace Love Ukuhelped with music reading and notation. Pilele,” Shimabukuro originally intended the ano helped with arranging.”

Shimabukuro was soon motivating himself songs to be solo pieces but decided to exby the example of Bruce Lee’s dedication plore the expansive cohesiveness of a band and range. “I loved Lee’s philosophy and ap- instead. He presents humor on the album plied a lot of his ideas to my approach in mu- with the song “143 (Kelly’s song),” a refsic,” he says. “For example, Lee embraced erence to the pager code for “I love you.” all forms of martial arts and didn’t believe in Other songs display a homage to his herihaving just one style. I love all forms of music tage as a Japanese-American growing up in Hawaii. “Bring Your Adz” tips its hat to an and try not to get locked into one genre.”

To prepare himself for live audiences, ancient Hawaiian tool resembling an axe and Shimabukuro took his cue from comedy used for cutting. The song title is the ukulele legend Bill Cosby. “[His] HBO performance, version of the rock phrase, “Bring your axe

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Shimabukuro has dazzled crowds with his blazing fast dexterity and superb control over the instrument. He transforms simple sounds into a powerhouse of astonishing musical magnitude. His music extends beyond convention and continues to broadcast his passion. It’s also the tool he uses to give back to the island community and send a positive message to generations of up-andcoming musicians.

The uke-playing pro continues his commitment to use his instrument as an emblem for peace around the world. “I’m not sure where I’ll be in 10 years,” Shimabukuro says, “but I’m enjoying everything that is happening in my life at this very moment and extremely thankful for all the wonderful opportunities that have been coming my way.”

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DJ RICHTERMEISTER —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 TRIVIA WITH DUTCH FROM 94.5 THE HAWK —The Coastal Roaster, 5954 Carolina Beach Rd.; 399-4701 LIVE JAZZ —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910509-2026 DJ DANE BRITT —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 TOP 40 DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 OPEN MIC WITH JEREMY NORRIS —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 DJ —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910509-2026 DJ DANE BRITT —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 DJ P FUNK —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 JAZZ WITH BENNY HILL —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 RON ETHERIDGE & JASON WOOLWINE —Barbary Coast; 116 S. Front St., 762-8996

KARAOKE —Gilligan’s; N.C. Hwy. 50, Surf City 910-3284090 DANCE DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 KARAOKE WITH DJ VALERIE —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 DUELING PIANOS —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 DJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 DJ DUSTIN —Odessa, 23 N. Front St.; 251-8814 DJ ERIC (10PM-2AM) —Rumors, 5712 East Oak Island Dr., Oak Island, NC LATINO NIGHT WITH DJ —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 DJ S T R E T C H —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 BRAD HELLER —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 DANIEL PARISH —Holiday Inn Resort (Gabby’s Lounge), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 MICHAEL BERNIER —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 JEREMY NORRIS —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464

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Thursday, February 10

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Friday, February 11

WOMEN’S TENNIS VS USC UPSTATE 2:00pm Saturday, February 12

MEN’S TENNIS VS CAMPBELL Noon WOMEN’S TENNIS VS CAMPBELL 1:00pm Saturday, February 13

MEN’S TENNIS VS LIBERTY Noon WOMEN’S TENNIS VS LIBERTY 1:00pm Tuesday, February 15

MEN’S BASKETBALL VS DREXEL 7:00pm (Sponsored by Gold’s Gym and Fairfield Inn and Suites)

TEAL TUESDAY Wear Teal and Get A Ticket for $9

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CLASSY KARAOKE WITH MANDY CLAYTON —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 FLANNEL REBELLION —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 PHANTOM PLAYBOYS —The Spot (above The Eat Spot), 34 N. Front St.; 763-5366 PEEPSHOW CABARET —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 NOW YOU SEE THEM —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737

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

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LOS CHICOS SON LOCOS: Los Bungalitos celebrate Anti-Valentine’s Day at Juggling Gypsy Cafe this Sunday, February 13.

MADONNA NASH —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866 TOM NOONAN AND JANE HOUSEAL —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 STEADY EDDIES —Grand Union Pub, 1125 Military Cutoff;2569133 BEN SOLLEE —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 VILLANOVA —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 EATHAN HANSON —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 JAKE SHIMABUKURO —Kenan Auditorium UNCW Campus; 313-2584 FULL DISH —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 LJ JOHNSON —Jamaica’s Comfort Zone, 417 S. College Rd.; 399-2867

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 KARAOKE —Gilligan’s; N.C. Hwy. 50, Surf City 910-3284090 DJ —Odessa, 23 N. Front St.; 251-8814 DJ DANE BRITT —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 DJ —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd., 910-509-2026 DJ P MONEY —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402

DJ S T R E T C H —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 DJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 DJ KEVIN —The Dive, 6 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 458-8282 DUELING PIANOS —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 JERRY POWELL —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 DANCE DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 VALENTINE’S BELLY DANCE SHOW WITH VATRA GITANA —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 SWIFT WATER BAND —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558 FORTCH —Holiday Inn Resort (Gabby’s Lounge), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 TRAVIS SHALLOW & RON ETHERIDGE —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866 TIM BLACK & CAITLIN BECKA —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 HIP HOP —Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236 MARK DAFTER —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 SALSA W/ DJ LALO —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595

PERRY SMITH (BRUNCH 12-2) —Aubriana’s; 115 S. Front St., 763-7773 DJ P MONEY —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 KARAOKE —Green Light Lounge; 21 N. Front St., Basement GALEN ON GUITAR (BRUNCH) —The Coastal Roaster, 5954 Carolina Beach Rd.; 399-4701 MICAH PHELPS KENNEDY —The River Rat, 1 S. Front St.; 763-1680 LOS BUNGALITOS —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 PENGO WITH BEAU GUNN —Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Drive; 452-3773 OPEN MIC NIGHT —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 BRETT JOHNSON’S JAM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 DJ TIME —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 DJ RICHTERMEISTER —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 INDIE MUSIC NIGHT —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 KARAOKE WITH PARTY GRAS DJ —Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Centre Dr.; 509-0805 KARAOKE —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 KARAOKE W/ DJ DANE BRITT —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 OPEN MIC NIGHT —Surf’s Bar & Grill; 5500 Market St., 791-9021 CAPE FEAR BLUES JAM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 DJ “MR LEE” —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595

DJ EYECON —SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401 COLLEGE NIGHT KARAOKE —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 DARSOMBRA WITH SKULL STORM, MEMPHIS WITCH, AND BEARD OF ANTLERS —Reggie’s, 1415 S. 42nd St.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 DUELING PIANOS —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 BANGARANG W/ LORD WALRUS & SIR NICK BLAND —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 MARK HERBERT & GABRIELLE —Green Light Lounge; 21 N. Front St., Basement KERSTEN CAPRA —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 THE GET DOWN JAM WITH THE CASSEROLE —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 WILMINGTON ICON (SINGING CONTEST) —Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Centre Dr.; 509-0805 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 KARAOKE WITH MIKE —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 JIM ASHLEY OPEN MIC NIGHT —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 KARAOKE W/ DJBE EXTREME —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 MIKE ADAMS —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 DOUGLAS SHIELDS AND THE X FACTOR, DICKKICKER, AND BARRON —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 LIVE JAZZ —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910509-2026 JEREMY NORRIS —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464 OPEN MIC NIGHT —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 KARAOKE —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 SPIDER MIKE —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737

All entertainment must be turned in to encore by noon every Thursday for consideration in the weekly entertainment calendar. Venues are responsible for notifying encore of any changes, removals or additions to their weekly schedules.

showstoppers: Concerts around the region

Valentine ’s Day Menu Amuse Bouche

Medjool date with walnut & goat cheese

First Course

ClAssiC loBster Bisque topped with sweet corn relish & finished with cream sherry roAsted Beet sAlAd with goat cheese, preserved lemon vinaigrette, toasted almonds CornBreAd Fried oysters pickled cherry pepper aioli, truffled red pepper coulis

intermezzo KID AT PLAY: Kid Rock will take the stage at North Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday, February 16.

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CAT’S CRADLE 300 e. mAin sT. cArrboro, nc (919) 967-9053 2/10: Tapes and Tapes, Oberhofer 2/11: NC Comedy Arts Festival 2/12: Ballyhoo!, Iration, Fiction 20, Doco 2/14: Yann Tiersen with Shannon Wright THE ORANGE PEEL 101 bilTmore AVenue AsheVille, nc (828) 225-5851 2/9: Galactic, Corey Glover, Corey Henry, Orgone 2/10-11:Yonder Mountain String Band 2/15: Josh Ritter and The Royal City Band with Scott Hutchinson

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 e. cAbArrus sT. rAleigh, nc (919) 821-4111 2/11: Corey Smith with Matt Stillwell 2/12: David Allan Coe with Rebel Son 2/15: Lotus with Sci Fi

DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER The AmericAn TobAcco DisT. 123 ViViAn sTreeT DurhAm, nc (919) 680-2787 2/12: Jerry Seinfeld

NORTH CHARLESTON COLISEUM 5001 coliseum Dr. norTh chArlesTon, sc (843) 529-5000 2/16: Kid Rock with Jamey Johnston

HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 highwAy 17 s. n. myrTle beAch, sc (843) 272-3000 2/11: Buckcherry

AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 souTh Tryon sT. chArloTTe, nc (704) 377-6874 2/11: Sugar Glyder 2/12: Whitechapel 2/13: Good Day Reflection

THE CAROLINA THEATRE 309 w. morgAn sT. DurhAm, nc (919) 560-3030 2/12: Harlem Gospel Choir

second Course

seAFood risotto shrimp, calamari, oysters, and crayfish topped with fresh arugula, tomato vinaigrette PAn seAred duCk BreAst cranberry gastrique, roasted apple couscous, grilled baby bok choy sliCed Angus BeeF tenderloin with mocha demi glaze, smoked bacon & chive mashed potatoes, crispy asparagus

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lover’s dArk ChoColAte torte

CheeseCAke with fresh cherries, whipped cream & chocolate shavings inverted apple pie with vanilla ice cream and caramel drizzle. $27.99/person

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In addition to our acclaimed fine dining menu, the Valentine’s Day Prix Fixe Menu is also available this Friday and Saturday night!

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Wilmington’s Breakfast and Lunch restaurant for over 20 years is now open for dinner.

Along with your old favorites we are offering homemade Pulled Pork BBQ, slow cooked Beef Brisket, and our new Shrimp’n’Grits.

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solid academy nominees: ‘Blue Valentine’ and ‘127 Hours’ showcase great acting depth

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t’s february. It’s tIme to revIew my

annual “marathon of nominated films.” It’s an interesting and often daunting cinematic endurance test. Some years I find myself invigorated by the process. Others, I end up with a serious case of film fatigue. 2010 has been one of those years that has tested my patience.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the nominees. A lot of good movies are in the mix, but not one that I would call “great.” Maybe that’s the way it should be. In an ideal world, 10 films would be nominated for Best Picture, all of them with a valid claim for the Oscar. Yet, as I review the nominees, I’m left with a lot of good movies that seem to fall apart in the third act (“Inception”), novel concepts that never meet their full potential and a lot of solid movies that never achieve greatness (“True Grit”).

If it was up to me (and it isn’t), I’d hand every award to “Black Swan.” I can understand the argument being made for “The King’s Speech,” especially as it picks up momentum after winning awards from the Screen Actors and Directors guilds. There’s also a valid case to be made for “The Social Network,” which is still the best executed film of all the nominees. However, “Black Swan” is a crazy, weird, disturbing romp that has more passion than all the other nominees combined.

Two more films up for awards this year are “127 Hours” and “Blue Valentine.” Each embodies the aforementioned values of passion and endurance. Both are small, intimate pieces, at times incredibly difficult to watch, and both follow the trend of being interesting misfires. “Blue Valentine” has been receiving attention for the strong performances from Ryan Gosling (“The Notebook”) and Michelle Williams. The movie itself is something of a mess, but the acting is top notch. Williams has proven herself an extraordinary onscreen presence. She also possesses a maturity in the roles she picks. We don’t see her in screwball comedies or big-budget summer blockbusters. She steals scenes in movies like “Shutter Island” and “Brokeback Mountain,” or pops up as a glowing ingénue in “I’m Not There.” There are few actresses in the business with her kind of integrity.

“Blue Valentine” does nothing to change that. She’s marvelous in it—simultaneously fragile, stunning and a little heartbreaking as Cindy, a wide-eyed beauty who loses a little luster over the course of her relationship with Dean (Gos-

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ADVENTURE AND LOVE: James Franco (“127 Hours”) and Michelle Williams (“Blue Valentine”) are up for Best Actor and Actress nominees from the Academy. Courtesy photos.

ling). Their relationship charts an uneasy but familiar course. Two star-struck kids meet and fall for one another. The film cuts back and forth between the courtship period and the more stifling maturation of their marriage. We see the moments that made them and the moments that break them. “Blue Valentine” is an emotional sucker punch—difficult to watch at times, even making me shift uncomfortably. That’s not a bad thing, mind you. But the stark reality of the film, the unflinching depiction of sex, and the kind of slow dissolve that their relationship turns into drained me in the end. I liked “Blue Valentine,” but I never need to see it again.

“127 Hours” is another film that delves into “stark reality.” Based on the novel “Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” by Aaron Ralston, the movie depicts the horrific events of Aron Ralston (James Franco) and a rock-climbing adventure that nearly killed him. Directed by Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and simplistically staged, the movie is made or broken by one’s like or dislike of actor James Franco. Me? I love the guy. How many actors are nominated for a Best Actor Oscar the same year they appear on “General Hospital”?

Aron’s a thrill chaser. The kind of rock-climb-

ing, mountain-biking adrenaline junkie for which Red Bull was created. On his most recent journey to Canyonlands National Park, he ends up in an accident that leaves his arm pinned under a boulder. He will spend the next five days trapped there, slowly descending into madness as he tries to save himself from the inevitable.

Much like “Blue Valentine,” this is not an easy

watch. And much like “Blue Valentine,” I doubt I’ll be watching it a second time. These are “experience” films. Viewers take a journey with the characters, learn about their lives, and see the key moments that led them to this point. Both films dabble with flashbacks and a non-linear story structure; although, “127 Hours” takes more creative liberties by delving into the surreal as Aron begins to lose touch with reality.

I’m a big fan of Danny Boyle, despite my loathe for “Slumdog Millionaire”—and with every fiber of my being. “Trainspotting” and “28 Days Later” remain two of my favorite films.

“127 Hours” is a very loud film inside a quiet frame. He manages to work a lot of style into a film that spends roughly an hour pinned into a crevice with one character. A lot of “127 Hours” reminded me of “Into the Wild,” another film that followed tragic events of a young mind eager to explore the open road.

Like most of the other Best Picture nominees, I found a lot to like in “127 Hours” but little to love. James Franco is deserving of the praise. He carries the weight of the movie on his shoulders and does so with a level of nuance I didn’t think him capable of. I always liked the guy on screen, but his performance here is a revelation. Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” is less revelatory but no less impressive.

In a year where the Best Picture feels a little flat, the Best Actor and Actress categories are brimming with career-defining moments and performances well worth watching.

reel to reel this week in film Beer Wars

Subversive Film Series Juggling Gypsy •1612 Castle St. (910) 763-2223 • Sundays, 8pm • Free

The 2009 documentary focuses on the American beer industry. In particular, it covers the differences between large corporate breweries, namely Anheuser-Busch, the Miller Brewing Company and the Coors Brewing Company opposed to smaller breweries like Dogfish Head Brewery, Stone Brewery and other producers of craft beer. Also covered is how advertising and lobbyists are used to affect the beer market, implying that these things harm competition and consumer choice.

Casino Jack

Cinematique Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut Street Mon-Wed, through 2/9, 7:30pm, $7 Two-time Academy-Award winner Kevin Spacey gives the performance of a lifetime in “Casino Jack,” a riotous new film starring Spacey as Jack Abramoff, a man hell bent on acquiring all that the good life has to offer.

He plays in the same game as the highest of rollers and resorts to awe-inspiring levels of conning, scheming and fraudulent antics to get what he wants. 108 min. Rated R.

The Roommate

Regal Mayfaire Stadium 16 900 Town Center Drive • (910) 256-1857 Call for times • $6 - $9 An emotionally unstable college freshman (Leighton Meester) grows obsessed with her unsuspecting roommate. Danish director Christian E. Christiansen’s Englishlanguage debut. (Also known as the “Single White Female” of 2011.)

All AreA movie listings And pArAgrAph synopses cAn be found At encorepub.com.

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22-29 DINING GUIDE 30-31 VALENTINE’S DAY MENUS 32-33 LUNCH BUNCH

what’s for dinner?

Find it in the premier dining guide for the Port city

EUBEN CORNED BEEFRKRET PINE VALLEY MA Rd. 3520 S. College 3 9 (910) 791-93

Corned beef Reuben on Sweet and Savory’s rye bread with Swiss cheese kraut, house-made thousand island dressing and our new house made chips. Courtesy photo.

american BRIXX WOOD FIRED PIZZA

A shortdrive from the beach, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Mayfaire Town Center is a fun, friendly neighborhood restaurant. Serving the best brick-oven pizzas around, Brixx also offers a fine selection of signature focaccia sandwiches, pastas, fresh salads and desserts. Stop in for a quick lunch, or kick back on the patio with one of 24 beers on tap or 14 wines by the glass. 6801 Main Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. (910) 256-9677.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Sat. 11am–1am; Sun. 11am – 11pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: 2-for-1 pizzas and apps after 10pm ■ WEBSITE: www.brixxpizza.com

BLUEWATER

Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie.

Dine inside or at their award-winning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sun. during the summer months. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256.8500.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon-Fri 10am-11pm; Sat & Sun 10am - 11pm.

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■ FEATURING: Waterfront dining ■ MUSIC: Music every Sun. in Summer ■ WEBSITE: bluewaterdining.com.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch time delivery downtown

CHRIS’ COSMIC KITCHEN

Drop your anchor at The George on the RiverWalk, your destination for complete sense indulgence. Watch the historic Cape Fear River unfold before you while you enjoy the best in Southern Coastal Cuisine. The menu combines elegance, creativity and diverse selection of steak, pasta, salad and fresh seafood, including the best Shrimp n’ Grits in town. Warm in the sun on the expansive outdoor deck sipping an exotic, colorful martini, or unwind at the spacious bar inside boasting extensive wine and martini lists along with weekday appetizer specials from 4:00pm-6:30pm. Don’t forget to try downtown’s best kept secret for Sunday Brunch from 11am-3pm. You are welcome to dock your boat at the only dock’n’dine restaurant downtown, grab a trolley, or enjoy our free, front door parking (ask for pass!) Why satisfy when you can indulge? Find the George on the RiverWalk at 128 South Water Street, 910-763-2052.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues. - Sat. 11am - 9 pm. Enjoy Sunday Lunch and Brunch 11am - 3pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Sunday Brunch / Wilmington’s only dock’n’dine restaurant.

Serving breakfast all day as well as lunch and handmade cheesecake, Chef and Owner Chris Lubben loves to make many of his menu items from scratch. Whether you’re in the mood for a fluffy 3-egg Omelet, Shrimp & Grits, Prime Rib Sandwich or Andes Mint Cheesecake, Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is your “Out of this World” Breakfast/Lunch Destination. Evening restaurant rental is available, as well as a Personal Chef service. Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is located at 420 Eastwood Rd, Unit 109, on the corner of Racine Dr. and Eastwood Rd. (910) 792-6720.

Follow us on Twitter @CosmicKitchen.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH: 8am-4pm Tues-Sat.; Sun. Brunch 9am-2pm. Closed Mon. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Take out, call (910) 792-6720 ■ WEBSITE: www.CosmicKitchenOnline.com.

C.G. DAWGS

For great traditional New York style eats with Southern charm look no further than C.G. Dawgs. You will be drawn in by the aroma of fine beef franks served with witty banter and good natured delivery from the cleanest hot dog carts in Wilmington. Sabrett famous hot dogs and Italian sausages are the primary fare offered, with a myriad of condiments for all of your mid-day or late night cravings.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 11am - 5pm.

Sat. at the farmers market. Thurs.- Sat. nights on Market St. between Front and 2nd St. from 10pm - 3:00am. Fibbers on Sun. nights until 3am.

THE GEORGE ON THE RIVERWALK

■ WEBSITE: www.thegeorgerestaurant.com

HENRY’S

A local favorite, Henry’s is the ‘place to be’ for great food, a lively bar and awesome patio dining. Henry’s serves up American cuisine at its finest that include entrees with fresh, local ingredients. Come early for lunch, because its going to be packed. Dinner too! Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people.

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Everything you need for the perfect Valentine’s Day ONE NIGHT PACKAGE Enjoy a relaxing Valentine’s Day right here in lovely Wrightsville Beach, NC. This is your chance to show that special someone how you really feel.

We invite you to choose from one of our beautiful waterfront rooms, with just the right touches added to make your getaway for two even more memorable.

Packages start at $159

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Henry’s is home to live music, wine & beer dinners and other special events. Check out their calendar of events at HenrysRestaurant.com for details. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun. - Mon.11am-10pm; Tues.- Fri.: 11am - 11pm; Sat.: 10am - 11pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ MUSIC: Live Music beginning at 5:30pm ■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com.

HOLIDAy INN RESORT

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

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.-Sat..

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Waterfront dining ■ WEBSITE: www.holidayinn.com.

KEFI

founded in 1981 by a group of friends, has a long-standing tradition as a favorite local watering hole. This Wrightsville-Beach eatery is open at 6am for breakfast, offering everything from omelets and pancakes, to shrimp and grits. Take a break from the beach and visit Kefi’s, where their menu features a variety of salads and sandwiches. At night Kefi comes alive by serving dinner with a Southern flare. From the fried pickles appetizer to their the shrimp or oyster Po’boy to their nightly dinner and drink specials, there is something that will make your taste buds sing. Full ABC permits. Located at 2012 Eastwood Road, (910) 256-3558.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: 6am-2am, seven days a week.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Working Man’s Lunch for under $6 Mon.-Fri.. Lunch deliveries available in the Wrightsville Beach area.

■ MUSIC: Fri., Sat. and Sun. nights.

■ WEBSITE: www.kefilive.com

THE LITTLE DIPPER

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

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

MELLOW MUSHROOM

Mellow out and relax in the comfortable atmosphere that Mellow Mushroom offers. From the giant psychadelic ‘shroom located in the bar area to the Cadillac hanging on the wall, this restaurant is far from ordinary. The open kitchen brings live entertainment as pizza dough flies in the air. Their hand-tossed, spring-water dough brings new meaning to pizzas and calzones—healthy!! With 20 drafts and an array of microbrews, domestic and import bottles, Mellow Mushroom has an extensive beer list and full bar. 4311 Oleander Drive, (910) 452-3773.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: MonSat, 11am-10pm; Sun., 12pm-9pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: lunch specials, a variety of sandwiches and vegetarian items.

■ MUSIC: Live jazz on Wednesdays.

■ WEBSITE: www.mellowmushroom.com

TROLLy STOP

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs are family owned with Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The six locations. Since 1976 they specialize Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes in homemade chili, slaw and sauces. Dogs with a global variety of cheeses, meats, sea- include Smithfield (beef & pork), Southern food, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. Dog, Sabrett (all beef), Northern Dog, CarThe warm and intimate dining room is a great olina Packers Pork Dog (smoked sausage), place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in Oscar Mayer 98% Fat Free Dogs (turkey) appetizers and desserts outside on the back and Light Life Veggie Dog (soy). Locations deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jel- are: 126 N. Front Street Open six days lyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties including Thurs., Fri., and Sat. night from of any size. Located at the corner of Front and 10pm-3am; (910) 343-2999, 94 S. Lumina Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Ave, Wrightsville Beach 11-5pm 7days a Front Street. (910) 251-0433. week, 6pm-9pm Sun-Wed, and 6pm-3am ■ SERVING DINNER: Tues.- Sun. 5pm Th-Sat. (910) 256-1421; 4502 Fountain Dr., ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown 452-3952. Open at 11am on Sat.; South ■ FEATURING: 70s menu every Friday Howe St. in Southport, (910) 457-7017; ■ MUSIC: Fri. & Sat. in summer 103A Cape Fear Blvd in Carolina Beach, ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com (910) 458-5778. 1250 Western Blvd., Unit 24 encore | february 9-15, 2011 | www.encorepub.com

L-4 Jacksonville, (910) 228-0952. Catering cart available all year from $300. (910) 297-8416.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ 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 BIG THAI AND BIG THAI TWO

Now with two convenient locations to serve you, Big Thai features authentic Thai cuisine in a fun, relaxing atmosphere. Their delectable menu includes items such as Pineapple Fried Rice with Cashews, Roasted Duck in Red Curry, and several options for vegetarians and vegans. And don’t forget to try their famous Coconut Cake, made fresh in-house.

You won’t regret it. Big Thai One (1001 N. 4th St. in the Brooklyn Arts District; 7633035): Lunch M-F, 11-2. Dinner M-Th 5-9, F-Sa 5-10, Closed Sun.. Big Thai Two (1319 Military Cutoff Rd. inside Landfall Center; 256-6588) ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Open for Lunch M-F 11-2:30; Dinner M-Th 5-9; F-Sa 5-10; Sun. 5-9.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown and North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Vegetarian/vegan options.

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 4-7pm enjoy half-priced nigiri and half-priced regular makimono. Nigiri makimono combos are only $7.50, while earlybird specials last from 4-6pm, where diners can choose two: shrimp, chicken or steak.

Located at 222 Old Eastwood Road (910) 794-1570. Please visit the Web site at hirojapanesesteakhouse.com.

■ SERVING: DINNER. Open Mon. thru Thurs. 4pm-10pm; Fri. and Sat. 4pm10:30pm; and Sun. 11am-10pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Hibachi style dining.

■ WEBSITE: www.hirojapanese.net

INDOCHINE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.- Fri. 11am- 2pm; Sat. 12pm - 3pm for lunch. Mon.- Sun. 5pm - 10pm for dinner.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Balinese dancer every Fri. night.

■ WEBSITE: www.indochinewilmington.com

CaRiBBEan jAMAICA’S COMFORT ZONE

Wilmington’s Authentic Caribbean Restaurant conveniently located at 417 S. College Road in University Landing. We offer exquisite Caribbean cuisine to satisfy your taste buds, whether they are for spicy Jamaican jerk chicken, mellow flavors of our curry chicken, curry goat or our ox tail skillfully flavored by our Jamaican chefs.

Come in and enjoy our many menu selections, our warm décor, smoke-free atmosphere, excellent service and our smooth reggae music. Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is family owned and operated. Call us 910399-2867.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: Sun., 3pm.– 8pm; Tues.

- Sat. 11:45am – 9pm. Closed Mon. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Breakfast served all day.

■ MUSIC: Live Music every First Fri. ■WEBSITE: www.jamaicascomfortzone.net

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Espresso. Panini. Martini. Rome and Paris meet Manhattan and San Francisco in this new Euro-American eatery and martini bar in the heart of historic downtown Wilmington.

Nestled inside the Hotel Tarrymore on the corner of Second and Dock streets, Press 102 offers the finest espresso and French press coffee made exclusively from locally roasted beans and more Panini creations this side of Tuscany. Boasting more than a hundred different wine labels and an endless variety of freshly pressed fruit and herb inspired martini cocktails foodies also enjoy a sophisticated evening menu that includes shrimp and grits made with red-eye gravy and a perfectly grilled New York strip bathed in a basil caramel and white balsamic reduction. Glass tile and eclectic mirrors make for a cozy bar and bistro seating at Press 102 and up to 60 guests can also enjoy outdoor patio seating surrounded by flowers and passersby. Large parties of up to 120 are welcome in the Veranda Room overlooking Dock Street. (910) 399-4438.

■ serVING BreAKFAsT, LUNCH & DINNer: Tues. - Sat. 7am – close and Sun. brunch from 10am til 2pm.

■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Downtown ■ FeATUrING: Takeout ■ WeBsITe: www.Press102.com

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

Voted “Best French Restaurant” three years in a row! 10 Market Street, downtown Wilmington, (910) 815-0810.

■ serVING DINNer: Sun.- Thurs. 5:00 - 10pm.; Fri. and Sat., 5pm - Midnight.

■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Downtown ■ FeATUrING: Upstairs sofa bar serving cocktails and lighter fare.

■ WeBsITe: www.capricebistro.com

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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, madefrom-scratch pizzas. Its American influences include tasty burgers, the U.S.A. Salad and a 16oz. Marinated Rib Eye Steak. Romanelli’s offers patio dining and flat screen TVs in its bar area. Dine in or take out, Romanelli’s is always a crowd favorite. Large parties welcome. 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. (910) 383.1885.

■ serVING LUNCH & DINNer: Sun.- Thurs. 11am - 10pm.; Fri. & Sat. 11am - 11pm ■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Wilmington South.

■ FeATUrING: Weekly Specials ■ WeBsITe: RomanellisRestaurant.com.

GIOrGIO’s ITALIAN resTAUrANT

Giorgio’s is a locally owned, one-of-a-kind restaurant. Offering age-old traditions and timeless recipes, perfection is accomplished by combining the perfect cuisine and atmosphere for a dining experience that starting @ $30/30 min. is not soon forgotten. With over 50 years of cooking experience under one roof, the smells of old-fashioned home cooking float through the air creating that comforting 10am-10pm • 7 days a week! • Gift Certificates! feeling of home-away-from-home! From old world style dishes to modern day creations, 26 encore | february 9-15, 2011 | www.encorepub.com

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the menu showcases multiple flavors that will tempt the palate of the most discriminating connoisseurs. A Monkey Junction landmark for over 12 years! 5226 S College Rd.,Wilmington (910) 790-9954.

■ serVING LUNCH & DINNer: Mon.Thurs. 11am. - 9:30am; Fri. 11am-10:30pm; Sat. 12pm-10:30pm Sun. 11:30am - 9:30pm ■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Wilmington South ■ FeATUrING: Daily specials, kids menu and online coupons.

■ WeBsITe: www.giorgios-restaurant.com.

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“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: 11:30am-3am, 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

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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! www.sanjuancafenc.com ■ serVING LUNCH & DINNer: Mon-Sat. 11am-2:30pm and from 5-10pm.

Open Sun from 5pm-10pm.

■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Midtown ■ FeATUrING: Nightly specials ■ WeBsITe: www.sanjuancafenc.com

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Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for natural and organic groceries, or just a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious, and totally fresh snack.

Whether they are in the mood for a veggie burger, a bean burrito or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte café menu at Lovey’s. The food bar—which has cold salads and hot selections that can be eaten in the café seating or boxed for takeout—can be enjoyed all day long, while the

juice bar offers a wide variety of juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of produce, grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices, Lovey‘s also carries grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. Wheat-free, gluten-free, products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries and wholesome pet foods.

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

Stop by Lovey’s Market Mon. through Fri., 9am to 7pm; Sat., 9am to 6pm; and on Sun., 10am to 6pm. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Road; (910) 509-0331.

■ serVING LUNCH & DINNer: Café open: Mon.-Fri., 11am–6pm; Sat. & Sun., 10am-6pm.

■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Midtown ■ FeATUrING: Food bar featuring hot and cold selections.

■ WeBsITe: www.loveysmarket.com.

TIDAL CreeK CO-Op Tidal Creek Deli offers a wide array of exceptional and unusual organic foods, all of which taste as good as they are for you.

The salad bar and hot bar incorporate flavors from around the world; each item is prepared by hand using only fresh and local ingredients. The chefs are constantly experimenting to create new and exciting dishes. Choose from made to order smoothies with almond butter and hemp milk, salads with locally grown greens or, special order a wedding cake made from scratch to your specifications. Whatever your tastes, Tidal Creek Deli is a place to rejuvenate the mind and body while enjoying the company of a friendly and relaxed organic community. Located at 5329 Oleander Drive, (910) 799-2667.

■ serVING BreAKFAsT, LUNCH & DINNer: Mon-Sat 8am-8pm ■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Midtown ■ FeATUrING: Salad and hot bar.

■ WeBsITe: www.tidalcreek.coop.

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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 “BohemianChic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfortable in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. (910) 762-2827.

■ serVING LUNCH & DINNer: 7 days a week.

■ NeIGHBOrHOOD: Downtown ■ FeATUrING: Fresh daily steamed oysters.

■ WeBsITe: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

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

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■ WEBSITE: www.blockade-runner.com

HIERONYMUS

Proving that excellent seafood isn’t just for the eateries at Wrightsville Beach, Hieronymus Seafood is the stop for midtown Wilmington seafood lovers. In business for 27 years strong, Hieronymus has made a name for itself by consistently providing excellent service and the freshest of the fresh in oceanic cuisine. It’s the place to be if you are seeking top-quality attributes in atmosphere, presentation, flavor and ingenuity. Signature dishes include Oysters Hieronymus and the Scallops Fra Diavlo. Hieronymus has all ABC permits and also provides catering. Voted “Best Seafood” in 2007. 5035 Market Street; (910) 392-6313.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Fireside oyster bar.

■ WEBSITE: www.hieronymusseafood.com

OCEANIC

Voted best seafood restaurant in Wilmington, Oceanic provides oceanfront dining at its best. Located in Wrightsville Beach, Oceanic is one of the most visited restaurants on the beach. Choose from a selection of seafood platters, combination plates and daily fresh fish. For land lovers, try their steaks, chicken or pasta dishes. Relax on the pier or dine inside. Oceanic is also the perfect location for memorable wedding receptions, birthday gatherings, anniversary parties and more.

Large groups welcome. Private event space available. Family-style to go menu available.

703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach.

(910) 256.5551 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dining on the Crystal Pier.

■ WEBSITE: OceanicRestaurant.com

SPORTS BAR CAROLINA ALE HOUSE

Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for award-winning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNCW, 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, Wilmington, NC. (910) 791.9393.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: CarolinaAleHouse.com

Tapas for Two! Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Treehouse, a place to share food and wine with someone you love

308 S. Lake Park Blvd Carolina Beach, NC 28428• 910-458-6033 www.treehousebistrocb.com

HELL’S KITCHEN

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

Open late 7 days a week, with free WiFi, darts, and did we mention sports? Free lunchtime delivery on weekdays; we can accommodate large parties. (910) 763-4133.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11AM - late. Sun. at noon.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Dueling pianos every Wed., Fri., and Sat. nights.

■ WEBSITE: www.hellskitchenbar.com

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//FOOD FEATURE

Restaurants across town prepare for Valentine’s Day

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alentine’s day quickly approaches,

meaning love permeates the air in Wilmington stronger than before—and thanks to the aroma of delicious and decadent cuisine, too! Whoever said the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach had the right idea.

That saying is also applicable for those in hopes of winning over the hearts of the ladies.

That said, folks who want to impress a date this February 14th are in luck. Several of the Port City’s finest restaurants are offering special menus with mouth-watering delicacies guaranteed to keep sparks flying throughout the night. Whether an Angus steak or fresh, local seafood is desired, fondue or a 17-course meal—yes, 17 courses!—there’s something appetizing for all close by.

The Bridge Tender

1414 Airlie Road • 910-256-4519 thebridgetender.com $20.99 - $33.99 per person RSVP necessary The Bridge Tender, set along the Intracoastal Waterway, offers a romantic view and delectable a la carte choices for carnivores and seafood lovers alike. A few of their entrées, out of the seven listed on the menu, include: a 12-ounce certified Angus prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli and a horseradish cream sauce; bacon-wrapped scallops and grilled grouper, served with a jumbo lump crab bruschetta, asparagus and brown rice pilaf, drizzled with a balsamic reduction. Five choices are also available for appetizers, including Oysters Rockefeller, served with spinach, hollandaise, and applewood bacon.

The Little Dipper

138 South Front Street • 910-251-0433 littledipperfondue.com $95 - $140 per couple • RSVP necessary The Little Dipper is an excellent choice for any fondue feigns, serving several choices of entrées in addition to their regular menu.

Various combinations, including chicken, shrimp, lobster ravioli, lobster, scallops, tuna and homemade vegetable dumplings will be available as entrées to feast on with the tastiest cheeses on hand for dipping. Included with each meal are salads, cheeses, an entrée, dessert and a bottle of wine or champagne.

Circa 1922

8 North Front Street • 910-762-1922 circa1922.com $45 per person • RSVP necessary

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by Sarah Crand rscaddon Ca and Rachael Circa 1922 is perfect for omnivores everywhere! As part of a four-course meal, along with two scrumptious seafood entrées such as locally caught and grilled Topsail triggerfish and seared Maine scallops, the restaurant will offer two salad options, one including a live salad composée, complete with the finest local lettuces and herbs, topped with cheese and crisp vegetables cut to order. Carolina braised pork and lobster claw are one of the four specialty appetizers available.

Dessert has yet to be announced, but is included in the meal. Coming from the restaurant that brought chocolate sushi to popularity, it’s easy to expect something great!

Manna

123 Princess St. 910-763-5252 mannaavenue.com $100 per couple • RSVP necessary Manna is offering a selection of five-course meals including eats that, at one point or another, have been considered aphrodisiacs in American and other cultures. One of three luscious appetizers to choose from is the lamb lollies, polished with a lemon and caraway seed oil.

A few of the four savory entrées presented include Cornish hen ballotine, with braised and caramelized endive; striper with crispy carrot paper, citrus vinaigrette and mascarpone risotto; and scallops and vanilla with cauliflower puree, red navel orange supremes, poached cauliflower, and caperberries.

The four-course dessert items, playfully named “Fourplay” and given numbered “bases,” include honey and apples, followed by berries, chamomile gelee, cream, then crème brulée and finished with chocolate pâté and truffles.

Caprice Bistro

10 Market Street • 910-815-0810 capricebistro.com $39.95 per person • RSVP necessary Caprice Bistro will be appealing to folks who fancy brasserie French fare, as they dish out three-course meals of exquisite appetizers, entrées and desserts. One of the five specialty appetizers to choose from includes their classic escargots sautéed with garlic and Roquefort cream sauce.

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CHARCUTERIE TAPAS: Treehouse Bistro serves tapas of all sorts, such as a charcuterie and cheese plate. They’ll also offer a special Tapas for Two Valentine’s menu. Courtesy photo.

Entrées boast six options, including their delicious duck confit, served with balsamic reduction, sautéed potatoes and salad; a lush lamb cassoulet; or their famous Waterzooi— an assortment of Belgian style seafood.

There is a wine corkage fee of $25 per bottle for those who wish to bring their own selection.

Aubriana’s

115 South Front Street • 910-763-7773 aubrianas.com $50 per person • RSVP necessary Aubriana’s will offer a four-course meal, including a salad with roasted tomatoes, hearts of palm, and Artisan mix greens, dressed in a truffle tomato vinaigrette and an appetizer of chorizo sausage and Oyster Rockefeller dip, with whole wheat pita.

A few of the three gratifying entrée choices include the frutti di mare risotto: shrimp, clams, and lobster, with hearts of palm, roasted tomatoes and artichoke hearts. For the meat lover, Angus filet of beef topped with a chorizo spinach sauce and grilled shrimp skewers, in addition roasted garlic mashed potatoes and sautéed broccolini.

Dessert options include a red velvet cheesecake and an Italian cherry shortcake.

Press 102

102 South 2nd Street • 910-399-4388 press102.com $27.99 per person • RSVP necessary In addition to their regular menu, Press 102 offers something special for Cupid’s favorite day of year. From a choice of three appetizers and three entrées, appetites will be fully sated.

The meal starts with an amuse bouche (a bite-sized hors d’ouevre) of Medjool date with walnut and goat cheese, followed by the first course options: classic lobster bisque, roasted beet salad or cornbread-fried oysters (served with pickled cherry-pepper aioli and truffled red-pepper coulis).

The intermediate palate-cleanser of lemon sorbet will prepare the palate for course two: seafood risotto, pan-seared duck breast or sliced Angus beef tenderloin.

Course three features outstanding dessert choices, like the “Lover’s Dark Chocolate Torte,” garnished with fresh cherries, whipped cream and chocolate shavings—an impeccable choice for chocoholics.

Treehouse Bistro

308 S. Lake Park Blvd Carolina Beach, NC 910-458-6033 treehousebistrocb.com $5 - $16 per tapa • RSVP necessary Treehouse Bistro will be serving zesty tapas for two for folks who wish to go beachside for a romantic evening this Valentine’s Day. The bistro has a delightful wine list, superior personal

service, thanks to owner Shawn Underwood, and tapas of all sorts, from fine cheese to a carefully crafted charcuterie plate.

Underwood also writes a weekly e-mail blast full of insight into the latest gourmand trends, which reflects the Treehouse Bistro’s menu. Be sure to sign up; it’s full of personality, so it’s like reading an unexpected letter from a friend.

aganza, featuring a wine pairing with every bite. Though specifics on the menu haven’t been revealed, have faith that this will not disappoint! In fact, it’s being coined the “gastronomical event of the year!”

For $150 a person, tax, gratuity, wine and 17 courses are included. Be sure to e-mail Pious Choi, owner of the Wine Sampler, at piouschoi@bizec.rr.com to RSVP to “A Night to Remember.” The dinner is open to 24 people only and begins at 6:30 p.m. at Little Pond Catering on Princess Place Drive.

Blockade Runner Beach Resort

East Restaurant 275 Waynick Boulevard Wrightsville Beach 910-256-2251 blockade-runner.com Dinner $35 per person • RSVP necessary One night hotel package: $159 Blockader Runner Beach Resort’s East Restaurant has prepared a special menu with appetizers, salad, an entrée and dessert for the holiday of love.

Starting off the meal will be either fivespice calamari, artichokes Française and lobster bisque. A salad comes next, followed by the main course options: flat iron steak, mahi-mahi, Frenched chicken saltimbocca and Hong Kong-glazed salmon.

For dessert, the options are Godiva chocolate mousse and three-berry and Amaretto trifle.

Upgrade the night with Blockade’s special package, which includes waterfront accomodations, the four-course dinner for two, movie tickets to Regal Cinemas in Mayfaire, breakfast for two the next day, as well as a special Valentine’s Day gift.

Crow Hill

9 S. Front St. • 910-228-5332 crowhillnc.com $27.99 per person RSVP recommended In addition to serving their regular menu, Crow Hill will be welcoming lovers with an a la carte Valentine’s Weekend Menu, offered Friday through Monday! Appetizers consist of lamp lollipops, served with seared foie gras, phyllo dough and cherry gastrique; smoked trout rillettes, with whole grain mustard, pickled red onion, cornichos and mixed greens with crostini; or buttermilk-fried quail, with lentils studded with Benton’s bacon.

Entrées can be chose from a porcinicrusted filet mignon, served with creamed spinach, mashed poatoes demi-glace; panseared driver scallops, with parsnip puree, lemon-shallot-steamed spinach and Champagne beurre blanc; or crispy duck breast, served with vanilla poached pear, fingerling potatoes and fennel pollen honey.

Pine Valley Market

3520 S. College Rd • 910-350-FOOD pinevalleymarket.com $50-$70 RSVP by February 10th The folks over at Wilmington’s famous gourmet market have a lot of yumminess

Verandah Cafe at the Holiday Inn Resort

decadent and rich: Lobster bisque will be served as part of many V-Day menus, including Caprice Bistro, Press 102 and Verandah Cafe’s chowder-style. Stock photo.

up their sleeves come Saturday the 12th.

They’re featuring two seatings, 6-8 p.m. or 810 p.m., as part of their V-Day Dinner Club.

The four-course meal comes with an appetizer course, feauring items like beef carpaccio, Oysters Rockefeller, butter-poached lobster and shrimp and grit “‘tini.”

Course two will be a light salad choice, from the classic Caesar to mixed greens and spinach to a Colombian variety, served with iceberg lettuce in a zesty lemon vinaigrette, covered in julienned Swiss cheese, green olives, vine-ripened tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.

The main attraction comes with course three: seared duck breast with a cherry balsamic reduction over roasted fingerling potatoes; braised lamb shank (with wild mushroom ragout over Manchego polenta—yum!); chicken marsala; PVM’s award-winning paella for two; blackened double-cut pork chop; and Ancho-crusted filet.

A dessert to share includes raspberry creme brulee, flourless chocolate torte, coconut rum cake and banana bread pudding!

The Wine Sampler and Little Pond Catering

17-course wine dinner: $150 per person RSVP: piouschoi@bizec.rr.com If there were ever a mac-daddy of foodie events for this town to relish, this may just be it! The Wine Sampler is pairing up with Tommy Mills of Little Pond Catering on Friday, February 11th, for a 17-course extrav-

1706 N. Lumina Avenue Wrightsville Beach 910-256-2231 wrightsville.sunspreeresorts.com $24.95 - $29.95 per person RSVP recommended Take the chance to dine outside on Wrightsville Beach (should the weather allow it, of course), as Holiday Inn Sunpree Resort’s Verandah Cafe will offer a threecourse menu for only $25 to $30 a person.

Course one comes with two appetizer choices: lobster chowder or arugula salad.

Course two will provide three choices, two of which are veal scallopini or pecan-pesto grouper, and dessert includes a heart-shaped chocolate mousse with pear filling and raspberry sauce.

Paddy’s Hollow is

located downtown in historic Wilmington, tucked away in the Cotton Exchange.

We are a favorite with locals and tourists.

Family owned and operated since 1982.

Open for Lunch & Dinner • Steaks, Ribs, Seafood, Sandwiches & Salads

Ask about eorur Custom rd Loyalty Ca M-T 11:30AM to 9PM F-S 11:30AM-10PM Sun. 12PM - 5PM • 910-762-4354 In the Cotton Exchange, Downtown Wilmington • FREE PARKING

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Halligan’s serves pub fare and a few upscale surprises

T

hough TradiTional public houses

focus only on serving pints and quarts (hence the phrase, “mind your p’s and q’s”), today, many pubs have become as much about serving good food as ale. Yet its most important element hasn’t waned: bringing locals together for a hefty dose of spirited interaction.

Wilmington offers its citizens a new “home away from home” thanks to Masonboro Loop’s Irish public house, Halligan’s.

Owned and operated by B.T. Corrigan and Randall Willard, they opened the old Bouchée location last fall. Response has overwhelmed them in all the right ways.

“To me, an Irish pub represents a place where family and friends can get together, and have good food, good drinks and good times,” he says. “I feel we have captured this because of the amount of repeat business we are getting.”

With the Corrigan family rooted in County Mayo, Ireland, keeping their neighborhood pub Irish-inspired came without second thought. Since Corrigan had helped his brother open Irish pubs of the same name in their home state of New York, it made sence for Halligan’s to carry the family tradition south upon Corrigan’s move.

When walking in the restaurant, dark wood emits a cozy mien of hearty indulgence and light-hearted camaraderie.

Beer signs and sports regalia hang on the walls, alongside the family crests of both owners.

“The crest was designed by my sisterin-law,” Corrigan says, “and represents our Irish heritage and my three brothers who are all New York firemen.” In fact, the pub’s namesake refers to a tool firemen use for forcible entry into buildings.

Working in the restaurant industry for 20 years, Corrigan clearly had the foresight to choose key players to help his restaurant succeed. On Halligan’s team is Chef Aaron Cannon, who actually is no stranger to the restaurant’s kitchen. Cannon worked in the building when Mason’s Haunt resided there two years ago. His return has ensured many praises from customers thanks to his classic Irish-American menu.

“My personal favorite is the Philly cheesesteak,” Corrigan notes. Yet he shared

by Shea Carver c House Halligan’s Publi Loop Road 3317 Masonboro 9 (910) 791-101 c.com www.halligansn

that most customers adore Halligan’s Reuben and lollipop chops, both of which proved favorites during the encore Lunch Bunch held a few short weeks ago. The corned beef fell apart in chunks, exactly the way the brisket should when cooked properly. (Pressed corned beef doesn’t do justice to the classic sandwich, in my opinion.) Piled high with sauerkraut on marble rye, with a classic Russian dressing, Halligan’s version easily ranks in the top of Wilmington’s best.

“It tastes just like how I would make it at home,” Kris Beasley, encore’s ad rep and self-claimed foodie, food-lover and cook, notes. Corrigan also noted the delectability of Halligan’s corned beef and cabbage, served once a month or so as a special.

The lollipop chops at Halligan’s could rival any five-star restaurant’s delivery. Cooked with perfect care, a nice medium rare, the chops are grilled over an open flame and served with a garlic-herb lemon sauce.

Consisting of about four ounces each, the meat tenderly melted in every bite.

Naturally, fish and chips made an appearance at our table—what would pub grub be without the staple? Comprised of Atlantic cod, they were served crispy from the light and tangy Harp lager batter. Irish-cider-glazed salmon came braised with an apple cider ale and rosemary butter sauce, while the Masonboro pasta dish kicked up the spice, thanks to sweet Italian sausage

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FOOD COMA: Halligan’s Pub in midtown Wilmington offers delectable lollipop lamb chops (above), as well one of the best Reubens in Wilmington (left, top).

Also on their menu: Masonboro Pasta and Irish cider-glazed salmon. Photos by encore staff.

sautéed with chicken and served in a fresh spicy herb tomato-cream sauce over al dente penne. Though the Gaelic steak came more well done than preferred (our bad for not specifying temperature), the Irish whiskey and peppercorn cream sauce made up for it in flavor: piquant, rich and earthy.

Of the side items served with most dishes, including a potato of the day, vegetable medley and French fries, Halligan’s sweet potato fries cannot be matched. Cut somewhere between shoe-string and steak fries, they maintained the crispiest texture of any we’ve tasted before them. The flavor wasn’t masked by extra sweetness either—a la brown sugar, maple butter or cinnamon-anything.

Chef Cannon stuck to allowing the

potato’s natural sugariness shine. Kudos for doing it right!

“A doctor came in one day and ordered them as his side,” Corrigan shares, “and he called later to tell us they still tasted exceptional three hours after they’d be sitting untouched.” Whatever Chef Cannon does to ensure their dead-on crunch needs to be patented.

Though the Lunch Bunch wanted nothing more than to delve into Halligan’s ale menu, mid-workday duties called. However, with an expanded, covered outdoor patio to host an overabundance of happy customers, Halligan’s beckons many a return. They serve 12 beers on tap, like McSorley’s or Smithwick’s Irish Ale, as well as offer half-price wine-bottle Wednesdays. Though they’re located near Pine Grove and Masonboro Loop roads’ numerous housing developments, the heart of the restaurant appeals to all of Wilmington, not just its surrounding suburbanites.

As anyone would imagine, they have a massive St. Patty’s Day celebration coming up next month, too. Stay tuned for the details.

Until then, Corrigan may have his dream come true: good food, good friends, good times.

FISHING FOR DELIGHT: Halligan’s also serves the pub-grub classic: Atlantic cod fish and chips!

Photo by encore staff.

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Valentine’s Day welcomes heartfelt movement

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by Linda Grattaf rkshop HeartDance Wo ive Dance Cooperat 118 S. 17th St. . - 5:30 p.m.

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there are people of all ages, colors, class and creative abilities interweaving their words, visual art and soulful movement for personal and social transformation. For such heart-centered work, it is only appropriate that the makings of Wilmington’s HeartDance high school performance will begin on Monday, Valentine’s Day and encompass the entire week.

Celebrating 20 years of bringing people from all walks of life together, Turning the Wheel, a national nonprofit organization, relies on the enthusiasm of volunteers to facilitate and support its work. Therefore, potential facilitators for the HeartDance production are being offered a workshop on Sunday, February 13th.

Alana Shaw, founder and artistic director of Turning the Wheel (based in Boulder, Colorado), will orchestrate the workshop with Suzanne Palmer and Holly Hubbard, co-directors of Turning the Wheel Wilmington. Perry Smith will improvise the music. The all-day workshop is geared toward [people 16 years and older,] and will encourage participants to express their own personal story in a creative and nurturing environment.

“One of the underlying principles of Turning the Wheel (TTW),” Smith said, “is that the container you are in as a group has to be one of love and trust.”

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Palmer explained. “We gently ask people to move (as in modern dance), and open up to these emotions and trust that the body will help them deepen their understanding of themselves and those in their circle.”

Palmer was dancing in Boulder when she met TTW’s founder Shaw. “She created a community and generated a performance based on the experience of everyone in the room around a certain

“This Turning the Wheel workshop will train participants to facilitate a heart-felt high-school performance.”

—Perry Smith, musical accompanist subject,” Palmer said. “We would think about the idea, write about it, and move to it with some directed structure to give it cohesiveness.”

One really powerful subject was the idea of giving up personal power to someone else, as in the case of Palmer’s C-section at her daughter’s birth.

This idea required Palmer to trust that someone else would truly care for her and her daughter. But

it could be as simple as giving up one’s power when the light turns green and the driver in front isn’t paying attention. The variations in response to different ideas can be huge and must be respected.

“We often find that our best fit is with specialneeds groups,” Smith said. “We worked with participants at the Arboretum’s Ability Garden for several weeks. We would form a big circle on the lawn and just move.”

Smith is considered an “incredible gift” as he follows the improvisational mode of the dancers. He has a special knowing of when to pump the music up, and make it rhythmic and strong, countered with moving all that out of the way to provide a relaxing sound that encourages deeper exploration.

Other core members of TTW include Smith’s wife and yoga therapist Heather Till and UNCW’s dance instructor Nancy Carson. Smith plays for Carson’s classes, including those ethnic dance lessons sponsored by World Culture Through Music’s associate professor John Rack.

All of TTW’s core members will welcome participants for the HeartDance workshop on February 13th. It will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Dance Cooperative, 118 S. 17th Street in Wilmington. For more information, call Palmer at 910512-4702 or e-mail palmersuz@bellsouth.net.

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//BOOKS

New encore book club read turns up the drama

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into their house in my home town, more than 15 years ago, we have been collectively feuding with one of our neighbors. At first, it started off with small, ridiculous things. During the fall they’d throw their leaves over the fence and onto our property. In the winter, they’d do the same with the snow. Then they became more brazen. Random bits of trash found their way onto our yard, my father’s truck was egged, and from behind the bushes that marked our property line, our dogs were teased with squirt guns. Did I retaliate? I was a budding angry teenager defending my family—of course I did!

During a sleepover, my best friend Amy and I snuck out of the house at 3 a.m. Unknown to my parents who were fast asleep, we made our way over to the neighbor’s family vacation camper and sat beside its septic tank. Out of our pockets we took three packs of the most notorious pieces of gum available on the market at the time, Bubblicious. We chewed each piece until our jaws ached. One by one we formed a sticky, nas-

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The next day, we sat out on the porch and watched with smiles as the neighbors discovered our revenge. We heard them bitch and moan about it all the way back inside the house.

I have a ton more stories of the backand-forth urban warfare that took place, but what’s significant to share is the feud ultimately needed mediation at our city’s police station. So, when I stumbled across “Love and a Bad Hair Day” by author Annie Flannigan, and noticed it centered around a feuding family that makes the Hatfields and McCoys look like the Vienna Boys’ Choir, I had to include it in the encore book club.

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“Love and a Bad Hair Day” takes us to fictitious Verbena, North Carolina, and practically makes us an honorary citizen. For generations the O’Malleys and the Hadleys have been Verbena’s most infamous feuding family. Jolene Hadley Corbett owns the only hair salon in Verbena. She spends her free time with her best friend, Emma, her son and her elderly grandmother. She’s comfortable with her small-town life, its small-town drama, and under no circumstances will she shut up about her obsession for hair. Then

the sudden death of Howdy O’Malley, the stingy manager of the town’s most popular hotel and all-day breakfast “South Winds Trav’O’Tel and All-Day Buffet,” brings Jolene’s secret crush, Ryman O’Malley (Howdy O’Malley’s grandson) back into town. His burning desire to tear apart South Winds forever, collapse the local economy and win the long-time family feud one and for all remains of utmost importance. Unexpectedly, his ideal demise of the Hadleys doesn’t quite happen the way he expects. Jolene Hadley has had a fire burning high and bright for Ryman since he felt her up in the pool when she was 14.

When she spots him again after years passed, he’s a lot taller and sexier than she could have ever imagined. Like an erupting volcano, all her old feelings rapidly gush to the surface again. Needless to say, it throws a wrench in Ryman’s cold-hearted plans.

Readers of Annie Flannigan often note the chemistry in her work.

“Love and a Bad Hair Day” may not appear to be all that deep—or all original for that matter—but the novel hopefully provides a cute romp with an energetic heroine and comical villains. Admittedly, I’m not too much into chick-lits, but this read seems simply fun—something we could all use a little more of nowadays.

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Saturday February 19, 2011 Pleasure Island’s Carolina Beach Boardwalk Next to the Courtyard Marriott 11:00AM-3:00PM

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2/12-13: WINE AND CHOCOLATE PAIRING

Silver Coast Winery will be hosting a chocolate and wine pairing perfect for Valentine’s Day! Taste Silver Coast’s award-winning wines and gourmet truffles from Lake Champlain Chocolates out of Burlington, Vermont.

Love has never tasted so decadent—and there’s only five seatings available on Saturday and Sunday, the 12th and the 13th. Just call Silver Coast to reserve a space for $15 a person: (910) 287-2800.

LOVE BOAT CRUISE Explore the scenery of Masonboro Island and the Wrightsville Beach Harbor aboard the M/V Shamrock. $25/person, includes beverage and chocolate. • Cruises offered 2/11-14, 11am-4pm, RSVP. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours also offers a regular shuttle service to Masonboro Island, Harbor Cruises, Guided Nature Tours, Custom Charters, and Sunset Cruises. WWW.capefearnaturalist.com. captainjoe@capefearnaturalist.com” captainjoe@ capefearnaturalist.com. (910) 200-4002 WINE/CHOCOLATE PAIRING Silver Coast Winery announces annual wine/ chocolate pairing for Valentine’s Day, with Silver Coast award-winning Wines and handmade, gourmet truffles by Lake Champlain Chocolates out of Burlington, Vermont. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 12th-13th, five seatings throughout each day, noon-4pm. Prepaid RSVP: $15/person. (910) 2872800. silvercoastwinery.com ROMANTIC CARRIAGE RIDE 2/11-14: Treat your sweetheart to a moonlight carriage ride for two just in time for Valentine’s Day. Surprise him or her with a red rose, a box of chocolates, and a French evening coach.

Market & Water streets, downtown. 251-8889 or

horsedrawntours.com SWEETHEART CRUISE 2/12: Henrietta III Sweetheart Cruise, include buffet meal and cash bar aboard NC’s largest riverboat.

Dinner/dance cruise. Sat., 6:30-9:30pm. Boards half hour before cruise; advance prepay RSVP: (910) 343-1611. cfrboats.com VALENTINE’S CRUISE ‘Valentine’s Cruise aboard The Wilmington Fast

Cat: Chocolate, champagne, and a cruise of the Cape Fear River aboard the first and finest state-of-the-art catamaran to serve Wilmington. Sat, 4pm-6pm, or Sun, 2pm-4pm.

DANCE AND ROMANCE DATE NIGHT 2/13: Dance & Romance-Date Night w/ The Carolina Piano Trio, 7:30pm. Dance and romances by American crossover composers Chick Corea & Fred Hersch.

Latin love songs from Spanish romantic Joaquin Turina. $30, active military and student discounts, $12 each Beckwith Recital Hall, UNCW campus. 910-962-3500 or 1-800-732-3643

NC AQUARIUM DINNER That’s Amoray! 2/14, 6:30pm. Limited to 26 couples, this romantic Valentine’s Day evening features a candlelit fourcourse dinner with accompanying wine, a commemorative photo, and dancing under the sea.

Book a room at the Courtyard Marriott in Carolina Beach for you and your sweetheart. Transportation to and from venues provided by the Aquarium. $200-$400/couple, dependant on table location.

910-458-8257 ext 218 or 202.

Events UNCW PRESENTS UNCW Presents proudly announces its 2010/11 season of performances and lectures, Sept-Apr., at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium. Subscriptions/ tickets on sale now through Kenan Box Office (962-3500) and online at www.etix.com. Fri., 2/11: Jake Shimabukuro transforms the ukulele into an instrument of incredible virtuosity, playing lilting original compositions, pop and American songbook standards. • Mon., 2/13: Temple Grandin shares her insights on human and animal minds in Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism, increasing the public’s understanding of autism and animal behavior, Grandin draws from her experiences with autism to design humane livestock facilities and to articulate the singular ways in which individuals with autism experience the world.

WILMINGTON DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC SERIES The Wilmington Downtown Economic Series takes place Thurs., 2/17, 11am-1:30pm, at Wilmington Convention Center. Feat. keynote speaker Kurt Weigle, President & CEO of the Downtown Development District in New Orleans. Mr. Weigle will discuss New Orleans’ recovery, revitalization and economic development. $50 or $40 through 1/14. (910) 763-7349 or mail checks payable to: Wilmington Downtown, Inc. P.O. Box 2235, ILM, NC 28402.

THALIAN HALL Fri.-Sun., 2/18-20: Susan Werner—brilliantly creative singer-songwriter likely holds the world speed record for building rapport with an enraptured audience. A Rainbow Room Attraction, four sets, Friday thru Sunday, table seating, limited capacity. • Thur., 2/24: Danny Ellis: 800 Voices—Narrative musical concert spans days of loneliness to the revelatory joy that music brought to a young lad, w/shades of Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen and James Taylor blending w/ a singularly unique Celtic voice from Dublin. www. thalianhall.org 910-632-2285. 310 Chestnut St. FAFSA DAY Sat., 2/19: More than 100 locations across the state, high school seniors planning to attend a U.S. college in the fall of 2011 can receive help in completing and submitting their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms at FAFSA Day. The UNCW event will take place, 9am-noon, Bear Hall.

Completion of the FAFSA form is a requirement to be considered for all federal and most state financial aid for college, including grants and scholarships.

Participants do not need to be planning to attend the college hosting the event. Reg: FAFSA Day, 866-866-CFNC, or visiting CFNC.org/FAFSAday.

FT. ANDERSON STATE HISTORIC SITE Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site will re-introduce two historical time periods when it presents “Wanted: Preparing for War: the 146th Anniversary of the Fall of Ft. Anderson and the 245th Anniversary of the Stamp Act Crisis,” 2/19-20.

Highlights of the two-day program include special guided tours of Battery B (normally closed to the public) and a presentation by Dr. Chris Fonvielle on “Building Up for War: Constructing the Cape Fear Defenses.” Tour tickets: $5 each for ages 12 and up. Proceeds benefit the site’s gun emplacement project. Free and feat. Civil War infantry and artillery demonstrations, sutlers (vendors), a blacksmith, and a period photographer. Opens at 9am, Sat; with three tours of Battery B planned throughout the day.

Free hot cider/cookies available for visitors. Gates open at 6pm fpr vignettes. On Sun., site opens at 11am, w/two tours of Battery B planned for that day. Gene Oakley presents “Engines of War” at 2:15pm. (910) 371-6613 or www.nchistoricsites. org/brunswic/brunswic.htm.

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My name is Jerry and I was once in a kennel in a shelter in Pender Co with a buddy named Ben. We were the Ben & Jerry “Cherry Garcia� duo. The shelter is undergoing renovation, so we were moved to the vet office and my buddy Ben has been adopted.

Now I am all alone waiting for my “furever home.� I am very sweet but shy, so I need some TLC so that my true self can shine. That is where you come in. If you are looking for a handsome, gentle, sweet, neutered, heartworm negative, up-to-date on vaccinations boy to share your life with, then here I am. Valentine’s Day is coming up so share a little love with a homeless canine. My weight is about 40-50 pounds so won’t take up much space.

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New Hanover County Schools will once again host the 17th annual Coming Together Conference on Mon., 2/21, 8am-3:30pm, at Snipes Academy of Arts and Design, 2150 Chestnut St. Partnership between NHCS, the Family Support Network of Southeastern North Carolina and the disAbility Resource Center. Local, state and national presenters share and educate parents, teachers, administrators, community members and other professionals on the latest information and issues concerning the education of students with disabilities. Participants also are informed about support groups, agencies, and up-to-date information on serving children with disabilities. Lots of workshops and two nationally renowned keynote speakers: June E. Downing, Ph.D., Professor Emerita & educational consultant and Kirk Martin, author, behavioral consultant & founder of Celebrate Calm.

254-4454.

STYLE GIRL SPRING FASHION PREVIEW Style Girl’s Spring Fashion Preview: Thurs., 2/24, 7-9pm, at Blue Hand Home / The Forum. Fashion, beauty and design w/live models. Hosted by Style Girl Jess James, celebrity hair stylist Steven Ward, Amy Kennison of MAC Cosmetics, Blue Hand Home’s design team and your favorite boutique owners and designers. Also taking place: mini-makeovers, massages by Hannah Simmons, feather hair extensions by Cheryl Kent Hair, and sweet treats from The Dessert Divas, with wine and bubbly courtesy of Feel Better Now. $17: www.stylegirljessjames. com!. First 25 guests to purchase tickets will be entered to win the “Spring in Style” grand prize!

EVENING AT THE OSCARS Get dressed to the nines and hit the red carpet!

Cucalorus Film Foundation’s second ever “An Evening at the Oscars” takes place 2/27, 7:3011pm, at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside. Food and cocktails by manna, a Red Carpet paparazzi gauntlet hosted by Style Girl Jess James, a cashprize Oscar pool, a curated silent auction and other fun surprises. Oscar pool is a perfect way to show support for Cucalorus, test your penchant for film and win some extra cash. Red Carpet coverage by Jess James and Best Dressed declared by Edge of Urge.Two festival alumni have been nominated for Academy Awards this year: “God of Love” for Best Short Film (Live Action), by Luke Matheny, and “Dogtooth, directed by Giorgos Lanthimos, for Best Foreign Film: Greece. Fundraiser to support the foundation’s annual film festival (11/10-13), w/ proceeds helping to pay for technical fees, filmmaker travel and other costs associated with producing the festival. www.cucalorus.org or (910) 343-5995.

Charity/Fund-raisers 90 DAYS TO EARTH DAY Attention Grades K-12: 3rd Annual 90 Days to Earth Day challenge is underway. Idea is to pick up as much litter as possible until Earth Day, April 22, focusing on trash that is closest to making its way into our life support system—the ocean. Streams, creeks, rivers, the Intracoastal Waterway and beaches are the target of Ocean Cure’s annual 90 Days to Earth Day challenge. Participating grades will have the opportunity to win prizes donated by local area

businesses, with those completing a photo or video essay of their trash collection efforts being eligible to win the grand prize, a week-long surf camp and Engrain surfboard. www.engrainsurfboards.com.

Rules and registration forms: www.OceanCureInc. org. To donate prizes: Kevin Murphy—910-431-0594 or kmurphsbu@gmail.com HOLLY TREE CARDINAL STRUT The 2nd annual Holly Tree Elementary Cardinal Strut, Sat., 3/5, 8am. Includes 5k, 10k & 1.2 mile fun run.

Proceeds go to benefit Holly Tree Elementary PTA and Jake Hatton Field project (Jake was student who died last year from cancer). Sydney Jones: 619-7119 QUE-SERA-SERA 2/11, 6-10pm—Benefit for the Lower Cape Fear Hospice, featuring visual and performing artists.

6-8pm: Preview art from Mio Reynolds, Barb Scalia, MJ Cunningham, Todd Carigan and more.

8-10pm: Shows from Dance Cooperative, Wilm.

School of Ballet, Dreamers, Sweet Adelines and St. Mary Gospel Choir. Tickets: $30; Darcy Law, (910) 520-1525.

HEAD START—READ SMART Sponsored by NHCCA/Head Start , the read-in is Sat., 2/12, 1-3pm, in the John H. McCoy Auditorium.

Reading and poetry jams occur in various classrooms for children ages 3-18. A special read-in for adults will begin at 1:15 in the auditorium. Refreshments served and free books distributed to all children and adults in attendance. Free to the general public.

Caroline Nunley: 762-1177.

LOCKS OF LOVE “Valentine’s Day Locks of Love” is an opportunity for CFCC students and people throughout the community to contribute to Locks of Love, a public nonprofit organization that provides vacuum fitted hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Held at CFCC’s North Campus, 4500 Blue Clay Rd, Castle Hayne, on Mon., 2/14, 10am-1pm.

Blunt cut and hair shaping provided for free with the donation of their hair. Hair must be at least 10” long, clean and dry. It cannot be bleached. It can be dyed or permed, however. Those who do not have long hair or have a desire to have their hair cut may contribute through either a monetary contribution or the purchase of a Locks of Love Bear by GUND. www.locksoflove.org.

SUPPORT OUTREACH MINISTRY 2/18: Christian music concert, offering free grilled chicken and fun for entire family! Activities for all ages. Calvary Chapel of Wilmington, 2831 Carolina Beach Rd. 910-791-1858. tammyritter@ holygrounds.com MARDI GRAS FUND-RAISER/SILENT AUCTION 2/19, 7-10pm, Crow Hill, 9 S. Front St. Please join Where’s My Midwife? and Women In The Center for a grand celebration of Mardi Gras. Music and dancing, masks and beads, a cash bar, and some real New Orleans treats. Silent Auction feat. gift certificates, art, handmade jewlery and more. (910)538-2573 CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF WILMINGTON 2/19, 7pm-midnight: Feeding Friend-zy Event.

St. Thomas Preservation Hall, 208 Dock St., downtown Wilmington. Join us for an amazing

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evening w/music, cocktails, dinner, auction and dancing. Proceeds go to The Children’s Museum of Wilmington. $50/person. www.playwilmington. org or 910-254-3534 x 107.

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Jr Achievement of the Cape Fear Region is rolling out the red carpet and inviting company employees, schools, friends, and family members to participate in Hollywood Bowl-a-Vard, Sat., 2/26, at Ten Pin Alley. Great team builder and provides employers an opportunity to make a significant impact on the community while building staff morale. Associates from organizations and groups of all kinds form teams, set the personal fund-raising goal of raising $100 ($500 per team) and have a great time enjoying bowling, prizes, networking, crazy contests and having fun. To sponsor : Erin McNally at 910-7623690.

NC MARITIME MUSEUM Museum moving from Southport location at 116 N. Howe St. to nearby Fort Johnston, corner of Moore St. and Davis St. Volunteers needed to catalog, pack and move artifacts. (910)457-0003. www. ncmaritimemuseum.org.

5K FOR PAWS4PEOPLE Wilmington Chapter of paws4people, a non-profit foundation that trains and certifies Service and Assistance Dogs, sponsoring 2nd annual 5k and 1 mile fun walk. 4/3, 9am

Theatre/Auditions CITY STAGE THEATER City Stage Announces it’s 2010-11 season as well as changes within the company! We have a new box office number for ticket reservations: (910) 264-2602. citystagenc.com. Three Penny Opera: 2/10-13, 18-20, 25-27. $16-$22. All shows at City Stage, downtown Wilmington. (910)264-2602. citystagetheatre@gmail.com.

RED BARN STUDIO See page 8.

SNEADS FERRY COMMUNITY THEATRE Three one-acts with dinner for two weekends only, $25. Sat, 2/12, 6pm; Sun., 2/13, 2pm; 2/19, 6pm; 2/20, 2pm. (Doors open 30 minutes before curtain.) Prepaid RSVP by 2/9 and 16, 6pm: 910-327-2798. Seating limited to 50/night.

Sneads Ferry Community Center 126 Park Ln., sneadsferrycommunitytheatre.com SUNDAY FUNNIES Kathryn Martin’s Sunday Funnies, feat. three oneact comedies about romance, 3 and 7pm. Sun, 2/13-27, Playhouse 211, Southport. Tickets $19 orchestra, $15 general admission, online at www. playhouse211.com, 910-200-7785. Playhouse 211 is at 4320 Southport-Supply Road (Hwy. 211), Suite 100, St. James Plaza, St. James.

BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson. Music and

2/10: HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Guerilla Theatre presents its 50th production on February 10th with “His Girl Friday,” directed by Nick Smith. An adaptation of the 1910 Howard Hawks-directed film, the show tells the story of an editor in love with his best reporter—who also happens to be on the verge of quitting her job and getting remarried. Thus, editor goes into manipulative mode to try and win her back. Tickets are $10, and the show runs Thursday -Sunday through February 26th.

HIS GIRL FRIDAY Guerilla Theatre presents its 50th production, His Girl Friday, at the Browncoat Pub & Theatre. Directed

by Nick Smith (A Piece of My Heart, Frankenstein is Dead) from his adaptation of the 1940 Howard Hawks-directed film, written by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, His Girl Friday is the story of Walter Burns, the hard-boiled editor of The Morning Post. When he discovers his best reporter – and ex-wife – Hildegard “Hildy” Johnson is about to quit the paper and get remarried, he springs into action, conspiring to get her on the biggest story of the year—all so he can buy time to win her back. Stars Susan Auten, Tony Moore, Shane Bates, Charles Auten (Catastropolis) and others. 2/10 (opening night gala w/food, drinks, etc.)-13, 17-20 and 24-26.

7:30pm; show at 8pm. Sun shows at 5pm. $10 at door. www.browncoattheatre.com.

BIG DAWG PRODUCTIONS

Big Dawg Productions’ 2011 Season: 2/10-13—A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” a tragicomic romance between two people whose relationship is depicted in a series of letters spanning multiple decades. The troupe plans to recruit multiple celebrity couples, from TV and film stars to local media personalities (and possibly elected officials). 910-341-7228 or www. bigdawgproductions.org. Cape Fear Playhouse, downtown Wilmington. 613 Castle St.

Lyrics by Carol Hall. The energetic and bawdy Broadway hit recounts the (mostly) true story of the Chicken Ranch, a Texas brothel. It’s business as usual for Miss Mona and the girls until Melvin P. Thorpe, a crusading television anchor, turns his cameras at the house of ill repute. Small town vice faces off with righteous indignation in this funny look at sex and politics in the Lone Star State. Leave the little ones at home. 2/16-20; 25-27. (910) 632-2285. www.thalianhall.org (click calendar) 310 Chestnut Street. Monday-Saturday, 2pm-6pm Season tickets and gift certificates available year round at Opera House office. (910) 762-4234. operahousetheatre@yahoo.com

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MID-WINTER’S EVE Written by Zach Hanner and directed by Cherri McKay, Journey Productions presents “Fraktured Faery Tales for A Mid-Winter’s Eve,� the latest selection celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Classic tales, such as “Emperor’s New Clothes� are given a contemporary update a la “Project Runway,� while “Hansel and Gretel� devolves in to a cooking contest where the secret ingredient is—children!

Thurs at 7:30pm, Fri/Sat at 8pm and Sat/Sun at 3pm. 2/17-20 and 25-27. $11. Also: a special family night showing, 2/23, $7, 7:30pm. Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 310 Chestnut St. 910-362-2285. ThalianHall.org NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNCW has partnered with the National Theatre in London to bring high-definition broadcasts of National Theatre Live to Wilmington. Performances are filmed live in HD onstage in London and broadcast via satellite to more than 300 cinemas around the world, including the new OLLI building on S. College Rd. Schedule: FELA!: King Lear: 2/22, starring Derek Jacobi; Frankenstein: 3/30, directed by Danny Boyle; The Cherry Orchard: 3/30, Chekhov’s masterpiece (shown live). All shows are at 2pm. $18 for OLLI members, $28 for nonmembers and $10 for students. OLLI membership: 910-962-3195 or www.uncw.edu/olli.

DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-A-LONG BLOG Guerilla Theatre, in conjunction with Pineapple Shaped Lamps, holds open auditions for the stage adaptation of Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog,� 2/14-15, at the Community Arts Center on 2nd and Orange, 7-10pm. Please be prepared for cold readings from the script, movement and dance, and vocal selections from the show.Production dates are 4/7-23. Directed

by Wesley Brown. 910-341-0001 or web6336@ gmail.com.

PERFORMANCE CLUB Performance Club Studio Theater presents “Smells Like Teen Spirit�: A Collection of Classic Teen Movies Scenes. Parts still available! Join a class in February and be a part of this unique and fun show! Classes offered weekly Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Ages 10-Teen. Young Actors-no singing required.

338-3378 or www.PerformanceClubKids.com 6624 Gordon Rd. Studio B.

Comedy COMEDY CABANA 2/9-10: Headliner Scott Angrave, w/openers Mark Smith and Cooter Douglas, 8pm. $15. • 2/11: Headliner Scott Angrave, w/openers Mark Smith and Cooter Douglas, 8pm, and 10:15pm, $15. • 2/12: Love & Laughter Valentine’s PackageHeadliner Scott Angrave, w/openers Mark Smith and Cooter Douglas, 8pm, and 10:15pm, $20; reserved seating, long -stem rose, box of chocolates • Love & Laughter Valentine’s Package, Mon, 2/14: Headliner Dale Jones, w/Jodi White & Cooter Douglas , 8pm. $20; reserved seating, long -stem rose, box of chocolates • 2/15-17: Headliner Dale Jones, w/Jodi White & Cooter Douglas , 8pm, $15. • 2/18-19: Headliner Dale Jones, w/Josh Copen & Cooter Douglas Showtimes: 8pm and 10:15pm, $15. • 2/20 Headliner Dale Jones, w/Josh Copen & Cooter Douglas, 8pm.

NUTT ST. COMEDY ROOM Schedule: 2/11-12: (BET/Chapelle Show) Dominique, show time 8pm, $10 advance/$12 door • 2/18-19: Crackers of Comedy Tour, show time 8pm, $8 advance/$10 door œ• 2/25-26: Rory Scovel (Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon), show 8pm, $8 advance/ $10 door • 3/4-5: Andy Hendrickson (NY comedian) 8pm show, $8 advance/ $10 door • Every Wed. Nutt House Improv Troupe, doors 8pm, showtime 9pm, no cover charge. • Every Thurs. Open Mic Stand Up, doors 8pm, showtime 9pm, no cover charge. 255 N. Front St, basement of Soapbox. www.nuttstreet. com. 910-520-5520

Music/Concerts NC JAZZ FESTIVAL 2/17-19: Annual NC Jazz Festival features 15 traditional jazz artists, performing in a cabaret-style setting. Admission charge/advance RSVP: (910) 793-1111. ncjazzfestival.com.

PASSION AND FIRE 2/18: Symphony performs Tchaikovsky’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Fantasy Overture; Haydn’s ‘La Passione’; Stravinksy’s ‘Firebird’ Suite. Admission charge; UNCW Kenan, (910) 962-3500. www. ncsymphony.org.

HOUGHTON COLLEGE CHOIR Houghton College Choir performa at the Little Chapel on the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church (USA) in Wrightsville Beach (2 West Fayetteville St) on Fri., 2/25, 7:30pm. Concert is a part of their 2011 Mid-

2/11: DJ Buddy Langley, American Legion Post 10 • 2/18: Family Jams Band, American Legion Post 10.

Valentine’s Dance (wear red) Members $10; Guests $12. • 2/25: Tony & Diane, American Legion Post 10.

Admission for all dances (unless otherwise noted) are: Members $8; Guests $10. Details: Ken Batchelor @ 392-0718. www.wilmingtonsingles.blospot.com

Atlantic Tour. Dr. Brandon Johnson, Director of Choral Activities at the college, will conduct. Feat. choral music of all varieties, all ages. free and a free-will offering for the choir will be accepted.

ACOUSTIC SOUP 2/26, 6pm: Acoustic Soup: an evening of music, art and beer, hosted by Art Soup and Satellite Lounge, 120 Greenfield St. Music featuring Upstarts & Rogues, Kyle Lindley, Anthony Garguilo, Michaela Basilio and The Blarney Broughs. Musical showcase is creatively coupled with craft beer sampling, raffles, auctions, live painting and an artist area where local artists will sell their creative wares.$2 suggested donation appreciated. 910620-2047. art-soup.org PILLAR MUSIC GROUP 2/26, 6pm, Pillar Recording artists Paula Green, Sherry Watkins, Willing Heart, Angie Payne and Mike Kelly, directed by Joey Gore. Admission is free. A love offering taken to support the choir’s mission trip to South Africa. Wesley Memorial United Methodist , 1401 S. College Rd. A love offering will be taken to support the choir’s mission trip to South Africa STAN JAM 2/26, 5pm-midnight: The second STAN Jam Concert & Art Auction will be hosted at Projekte Art Gallery.

3rd St. and Castle St , downtown Wilmington. $5 donation at the door. 30 percent of art sales go to the Stop Titan Action Network. Local artists still needed! Bonnie England at theprojekte@gmail. com or 910-352-0236 or Sarah Gilliam at sarah@ stoptitan.org / 910-777-9834. Tentative Musical Line-up: 7pm: Mike O’Donnell (acoustic folk); 7:45 DJBe (rock); 8pm Karl Metzger (classical piano); 8:45 Jim Ashley (Rock Acoustic); 9pm Kim Disco (Folk Rock); 9:45 Politics of Confession (Experimental); 10pm Goodbye Babylon (special acoustic set); 10:45 Blind Lemon Pledge (rock/ blues). Contributing artists: Sherri Criminger, Susan Kranyik, Abby Spangel Perry, Veronica Plankers, Heather McClelland, Louise Girodano, Cammeron Batanides, and Annie Bennett.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Chamber Music Wilmington presents “Phantom of the Opera’ on 2/27, 5pm, at First Presbyterian Church, 3rd St. Advance tickets at Kenan Box Office: 910-962-3500; $10-$35. See legendary film star Lon Chaney in the newly restored 1929 horror classic w/international organist Dorothy Papadakos, who improvises the score on the famous E.M. Skinner pipe organ.

OLLI NEW HORIZONS BAND OLLI New Horizons Band, Dr. John LaCognata, conductor. Mon. Through 5/22, weekly rehearsals on Mon., 7-9pm at the UNCW Cultural Arts Building Band Room, #1080. Open to adults with prior band experience and want to play music just for the fun of it. Percussionists needed. No tryouts required!

Spring concert scheduled 5/33. Sponsored by the UNCW Dept of Music and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Betty Garrett: 910-686-7345.

Cost: members, $79; non-members, $109.

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AZALEA COAST NC USA DANCE Join us for our Social Dance and lesson, hosted by the Azalea Coast NC USA Dance chapter on Sat, 2/12, at New Hanover Senior Center, 2222 S. College Rd. Social dance lesson begins at 6:45pm, then dance to our custom mix of ballroom & latin music from 7:30-10pm. Admission, w/lesson, no partner needed: $8 members, $10 non-members, $5 military with ID, $3 students with ID. (910)7998566, AzaleaCoastDance@aol.com. www. azaleacoastncusadance.org BALLROOM DANCESPORT LESSONS Shag and Beginner Ballroom starts Feb 2223. Thurs Tango, Valentine Gift Certificates, Group/private.Single/couple. Ballroom DanceSport Dance Studio. Next Friday Night Dance Party, 2/11, 7:30 $7 $5/College w/ID. Less than 1 mile from UNCW, 4523 Franklin Ave. Across from Cinema Dr. Corner Kerr/Franklin. www.BallrooomDanceSportNC. com.910 799-2001 NEW HANOVER CTY RESOURCE CENTER Ballroom and Latin dancing lessons In March: 2:30 Beginner Ballroom,;12:30 Ballroom I;1:30, Ballroom II,.Singles & couples. 2222 College Rd. Reg. required. 910-799-2001 ARGENTINE TANGO Free lesson begins at 7:30pm, Fri, followed by regular dance. Cover charge $5. Carolina Lounge at Ramada Inn on Market St. 910-791-7595.

CONTRA DANCE Cape Fear Contra Dancers hold their regular Tues. night dance at the 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.

Art IVEY HAYES UNCW is the first college in the state to host the artwork of native son Ivey Hayes, as the result of a campus effort headed by the Ann Flack Boseman Gallery. 16 pieces will hang in the Azalea Coast Room of the Fisher University Union. Members of the media and the public invited to press conference: 2/9, Azalea Coast Room. Sixteen pieces will be unveiled for this initial exhibit. The work will be on permanent exhibition, with new pieces rotating in each academic semester through 6/30/2012.

UNCW ANN FLACK BOSEMAN GALLERY UNCW’s Ann Flack Boseman Gallery announces its 2010-11 exhibition calendar, covering a diverse collection of media. All-Student Show: 2/17-3/10, w/recption on Thurs., 2/17, 6-7:30pm, Boseman Gallery (Fisher University Union, 2nd Floor). Juried exhibition feat. student work, including drawings,

watercolors, oils, photography, acrylics, ceramics, sculptures and experimental media. A UNCW alumnus/alumna is selected to juror the show and select the awards, including Best of Show, which is purchased for the University Union Permanent Art Collection. Shane Fernando, (910) 962-7972 or fernandol@uncw.edu.

CALL TO ARTISTS: HARBOR ISLAND ARTS

Harbor Island Arts, a nonprofit arts organizations focused on bringing local art into the community for fund-raising efforts, is asking artists to submit their work. Specifically, they want garden scenes of New Hanover County Arboretum Extension. The work can be any size. Just e-mail HarborIslandArts@hotmail. com for the application and more info regarding the project. Please, send a picture of your artwork, too.

ASSOCIATED ARTISTS CALL FOR ENTRIES Associated Artists of Southport, NC is accepting entries thru 2/11 for Spring Art Show, 2/28-3/26.

David D. McCormick (2D) and Denise Bramley (3D) will judge. Work to be displayed at Franklin Square Gallery. franklinsquaregallery.com or harlyn@ec.rr.com.

CAFFE PHOENIX ‘Earth Songs’ featuring oils, watercolors and pastels

by Wilmington artist Gail Powell. Showing through February 13th. Caffe Phoenix, 35 N. Front St. 910 343-1395 ARTFUL LIVING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Artful Living Group, an innovative art center located in Carolina Beach, is now taking registration for creative workshops to be taught by experienced art instructors. “Art After School For Kidsâ€? is taught by Brianna Cox, with an emphasis on creativity, visual expression, and material exploration. Works from artists such as Georgia O’Keefe are incorporated in fun, hands-on crafts designed for students ages 5-10. Class will meet for six, one-hour sessions with new projects designed for each session. Cost: $90, all materials provided. Limited to 10 students. Tues, 4:30-5:30pm (3/1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 4/5). • “Introduction to Broken Plate Mosaicâ€? is taught by Mary Beth Cook, who specializes in various paint, ceramic, and textile applications, to 3-D “found-objectâ€? as subjects of art as expression. Series of three, two-hour classes and introductory course in the application of broken plate mosaic to functional household items. Three sessions is $60 plus $30 for supplies; limited to 10 students. Sat, 10am-noon.

(2/19, 20 and 3/5). • Other workshops: Introduction to Decoupage and Intermediate Decoupage taught

by Lubica Filip, European artist/crafter whose pieces are featured in Muddy Rose Gallery in Pittsburgh; and Beginning Watercolor Painting taught by Ginny Wagner, and more. 910-458-7822/info@ artfullivinggroup.com

CALL TO ARTISTS Looking for paintings of garden scenes, particularly ones that depict the New Hanover County Arboretum Extension and are recognizable as having been done in this garden. All garden scenes will be considered. Can be any size. If interested please contact HarborIslandArts@ hotmail.com for an application form and attach an example of your work.

Harbor Island Arts is a local non profit arts organization committed to bringing local art into the community and fund-raising for local non profits.

ARIES SUBMISSIONS WANTED SCC’s Journal Aries—southeastern community college’s journal of arts and literature—is currently seeking submissions for the 2011 fall issue.

Writers can submit their work as an attachment via email to aparker@sccnc.edu year round. All genres accepted. Aries is published annually and strives to showcase NC writers. All poetry submissions are automatically entered for the Royce Ray Poetry Prize, which awards $100 to the writer, plus a reception and certificate. Allison Parker: aparker@sccnc.edu or 910-642-7141, ext. 380 NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY New Elements Gallery’s newest exhibition, Love Songs, on display through 2/19. Feat. artists: Vicki Gates, Kyle Highsmith, Catherine Martin, Nancy Tuttle May, and Greg Osterhaus. Love Songs conjures up imagery of all the things we collectively love about coastal NC, the peaceful serenity of winter and the friends and family that mean so much to us. 16 North Front St., downtown Wilmington. www.newelementsgallery.com ART OF THE CAMILIA Through 2/23: Art of the Camelia at Wilmington Art Association Gallery, 616 Castle St. .Exhibit is a joint venture with Wilmington’s Tidewater Camellia Club. The Camellia Club was charged with selecting the top paintings, awarding prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, to WAA artists. Fabulous display of floral artistry. Public reception on 4th Friday, 1/28, 6-8pm, w/wine and appetizers. Open Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm.

(910)685-6600 CODY JUSTUS Cody Justus is featured artist at Caprice Bistro Sofa Lounge for February 2011. Mr. Justus brings a distinct aesthetic to Wilmington’s art scene as he transposes his postmodern sense of paint and material onto his art objects. Part canvas, part sculpture, his work combines conceptualism, minimalism, deconstructivism, and the American painting of the late 60’s and 70’s with current aesthetic narratives, centering on something unique yet cohesive.

JEAN’S JOURNEY Jean Chasmer’s show “Jean’s Journey� featured at Wilmington Art Association Gallery. A retrospective of her artistic career over past 60 yrs. 616 Castle St. Regular hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm.

ECHOES OF THE DREAM WHQR 91.3FM is pleased to announce new exhibition titled Echoes of the Dream: Sharing the Journey of 3 Women Artists, feat. new work by three gifted local artists, Eunkyung Cazier, Linda

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Hartman and Kelley Morris. The show will remain on display until 4/1. A portion of the proceeds from any sale of art benefits WHQR Public Radio. 3rd floor of The Warwick Building at 254 N. Front St. NEW BLOOD FOR THE OLD BODY “New Blood for the Old Body: Photographs from the New Agrarian Movement. “Photography Exhibition

by Trace Ramsey. Hangs at Tidal Creek Coop, 7213 Market St. through 4/2011. Presented by Art Soup , Trace is an artist, activist, and farmer living in Silk Hope, NC. His highly skilled photographs tell the story of the craftsmanship and joy of farming.

He has an amazing eye for composition, balance, and contrast. His artistry connects us to the hard work and wonder of working with the earth. www. cricketbread.com CALL TO ARTISTS W.A.A. Juried Spring Art and Sale, sponsored annually by the Wilmington Art Association during the Azalea Festival, is open to both amateur and professional artists. At St. James Episcopal Church on Dock Street, 4/8-10. Anyone 18 and over may compete, and any two-dimensional artwork may be submitted with the exception of computer-generated works and stained glass. Non-refundable entry fees: $30 for W.A.A. members and $40 for non-members.

Official “Prospectus,” including detailed guidelines is available on the W.A.A. website: www.wilmington-art. org. Judges by noted painter and workshop instructor Mike Rooney and photographer Brownie Harris COLLECTED WORKS OF ABIGAIL BLACKERBY Art Soup presents The collected works of Abigail Blackerby: an art exhibition at Marc’s on Market.

Hangs through summer 2011 and features a variety of abstract work—bright, vibrant and utilizes an intelligent use of color and composition to create intense, abstract forms and cityscapes. Art Soup is an arts education and event organization whose mission is to provide, educate and promote the performance and appreciation of the arts in the Cape Fear region of North Carolina.

PORT CITY POTTERY & FINE CRAFTS “The World of Miniatures” will be featured at Port City

Pottery & Fine Crafts in The Cotton Exchange through January. Our co-operative of 18 local artists have woven large baskets, thrown large pots, created huge quilts, embellished large gourds, turned wooden bowls, created silver jewelry, fiber art and more.

Now they have produced replicas of their work in miniatures! Our winter hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am-5:30pm and closed Sundays during Jan/Feb. 910-763-7111. www.portcitypottery.com BOTTEGA EVENTS EXHIBITS: Continuing the Form: An Exquisite Corps Exhibition, feat. Benjamin Billingsley, Drew Craven, Todd Carignan, Rachel Kastner, Colleen Ringrose.

The work featured in this show consists entirely of what is known as ‘Exquisite Corpses’ - works of art created through a collaborative process where each artist only sees a fragment of the preceding artist’s work and has to use that as the starting point for their own contribution, thus continuing the form in their own vision. Artwork on exhibit through 1/15.

• EVENTS: Tues: Open-mic night ; 2/8: Atlantis open-mic night • Wed.free weekly wine tastings, 7pm • Thurs 2/10: Wilmington Writers Forum & Jean Jones Presents Poetry, 7pm • Call to artists: Submissions for our Spring 2011 exhibition—recent or new works created by people with developmental and physical disabilities. All styles, medium and creative processes welcome. 2 jpeg images by 3/1.

208 N. Front St. 910-763-3737, www.bottegagallery. com. www.myspace.com/bottegagallery.

PROJEKTE EXHIBITS: Projekte’s Studio Sale, through 2/27, Gallery owner Bonnie England her employees and interns, Zak Duff, Starr Porter and Justice Baker have cleaned out their studios to make room for new art. Great art at low prices. Opening reception Fri., 2/11, 6-9pm, with live music, hors d’ouevres, and wine tasting. Call to Artists: Submissions accepted for “Ten Stories” narrative art that tells a story. EVENTS: The Creative Exchange, 2/12, 2-5p, $10/booth, artist keeps all sales. Chocolate and Wine Pairing, 2/12, 7-9pm. Full Moon Goddess Gala, 2/19, 2-5p, an all female celebration and event for women and by women encompassing the healing

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STAN JAM, a fundraiser for Stop Titan, 2/26, 5p12a, involving local musicians and artists donating their talents all day: Blind Melon Pledge, Goodbye Babylon, Kim Dicso among performers. Donations to benefit Stop Titan Action Network. ONGOING: Yoga: Sat, 11a-12:30p, Sun, 11a-12p, 3p-4p, Mon, 6:30-7:30p, Tues, 6:30-7:30p, ‘pay-what-you-can” • Art classes: Tues, 1p-3p. • Wed Life Drawing Class, 6-8pm, $10/class. • 1st Wed of ea month: Diva Made Collective, a discussion group for and about creative women; 7-9pm, free. • Thurs Wine Tastings, 6-8pm, Free. • Thurs Jazz: CFCC Jazz Ensemble performs 8p-10p, free. • Every other Friday, Brazilian Music w/Raphael Name, 9p-12a, free • Fourth Friday Gallery Walk, 6-9pm, free • 1st Sat of month: Hip Hop Nite w/local and regional acts, 9p-12a, free • 2nd Sat of every month, The Creative Exchange, 2-5p, $10 booth rental for artists, free to public • Every Fri and Sat, Live Music, 9p-12a, free.523 S 3rd Street, 910-763-1197. www.theprojekte.com

Museums NC MARITIME MUSEUM Third Tuesday Evening Adult Programs. 2/15: Southern hospitality specialist Becky Shuford.

7-9pm, Southport Community Building. Advance reg. recommended: (910)457-0003. www. ncmaritimemuseum.org.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF ILM EXHIBIT: Magnetic Minds Science Exhibit combines the elements of schoene with a host of new handson activities , feat. creation of ramps and slides, magnetic pulleys, building and racing cars, and more.

EVENTS: Feeding Friend-zy: 2/18, 7pm-midnight, St. Thomas Preservation Hall, 208 Dock St. Music, cocktails, dinner, auction and dancing. Proceeds go to The Children’s Museum of Wilmington. $50/person. www.playwilmington.org or 910-2543534 x 107 • Cape Fear Cotillion is coming to the Museum—A fun and interactive way to have good attitudes, respect and consideration for others.

Taught by Tracee Meyer. 5-wks, 3-7 yrs old. Thurs, 4-4:45pm, 2/3-3/3. • Jr League of Wilmington presents Read to Me Festival, Sat., 3/5, 10am-3pm.

Free, geared toward children ages 3-8 and their families. To promote and celebrate literacy and learning. Feat. appearances by No Sleeves Magic and Growing Readers, among others. Free pizza; each child receives free book. www.capefearcotillion. webs.com. 910-262-7447. Mon-Sat, 9-5pm; Sun,15pm. (910)254-3534, info@playwilmington.org. 116 Orange St FIREPOWER PROGRAM Firepower Program at Battleship NC, 2/19, 9am5pm. Learn about and explore the Battleship NC’s power house of armament, a stimulating program that will discuss the Ship’s 16-inch and 5-inch guns from the gun houses to the ammunition loading compartments; the 40mm and 20mm guns, and the weapons that they replaced (1.10 and 50 caliber guns). Presenters will discuss the various types of fire control equipment (directors/optical range finders, radar, computers) and how main and secondary battery plotting rooms and the combat information center operated. For adults only (ages 16 and up);

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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.

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NC AQUARIUM EXHIBIT: Thank the ocean through a breathtaking new exhibit, showcasing photography of sting rays, waves, fishermen and such by world-famous photographers Scott Marshall, Logan Mock-Bunting and DJ Struntz. $8 ages 13-61; $7 ages 62 and up; $6 ages 3-12. Free admission for: children under 2; registered groups of N.C. school children, and NC Aquarium Society members. EVENTS: Aquarist Apprentice, Sat., 2/5, 19, 2pm. Behind-the-scenes tour to learn about Aquarium animals, what they eat, how they live, and how to care for them. $25/ ages 13 and up, $23/ages 10-12. Admission included. • Behind the Scenes Tour, Wed., 2/2, 23, 11:30am; 2/6, 13, 20, 27, 2pm. Space for animal holding, husbandry, life support systems, and access to exhibits is hidden behind the aquarium walls. Fee: $15/ages 13 and up, $13/ages 8-12. Admission included. • Extended Behind the Scenes Tour, Fri., 2/9, 11, 14, 18, 2pm.

Visit top of our largest exhibit, the Cape Fear Shoals during expanded tour behind the scenes. $20/ages 13 and up, $18/ages 8-12. Admission included. • Children’s Discovery Time: 2/23, 10am (Crabs).

Creatures come alive in this story-telling and critter-creating program. Ages 3-5. $11 child.

Admission included. Daddy and Me, Sat., 2/26, 9am. Afterwards, you can enjoy free playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room, which will be reserved just for program participants. Different animal topics will be offered each date. For adults and kids ages 1-2. Fee: $13/one adult and one child ($1/add. child) Admission included.

• Mommy and Me: Sat., 2/19, 9am. Moms and their children interact and learn together about aquarium animals and enjoy free playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room, which will be reserved just for program participants. Fee: $13/adult and one child ($1/ea. additional child).

Admission included. • SeaSquirts Breakfast and Playtime with the Fishes, 2/18, 8am. Toddlers and their parents are invited to come explore the Aquarium, 8-9am. Fee: $15/ages 13 and up, $13/ages 3-12. Admission included. $5/age 2.

• AquaCamp, 2/12, 8am-3:30pm. Ever wonder how animals pair off in the ocean? Come to this camp and discover all the amazing adaptations animals have for finding mates and keeping dates. Games and activities demonstrate just how hard it is to survive, even with plenty of fish in the sea. Snacks provided. Kids need bring a bag lunch. $40/participant. 2/21, 8:20am-3pm.

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MY ISRAEL 2/17, 7pm: “My Israel” by Yulie Cohen. Film and discussion with filmmaker. Lumina Theater. Cohen sets out to know the imprisoned Palestinian gunman who shot her and fellow El Al personnel in 1978. A moving portrayal of forgiveness and reconciliation, and a refreshing portrait of Mid East politics.Lisa Pollard: pollardl@uncw.edu

Kids Stuff

FIT FOR FUN Fit For Fun Center, 302 10th St. 341-4630. www. fitforfuncenter.com • Dinosaur Dance! (for kids ages 5 and under), Fri., 1/28, 9am-noon. $5/child. Adults free; dance for all of our dinosaur fans! Music, games, a special snack, and crafts! • Hearty Party! (for kids ages 5 and under), Mon, 2/14, 9am-noon, $5/child; adults are free! Celebrate Valentine’s Day! There will be lots of fun activities and crafts to make on this special day. • Make it Mondays arts and crafts classes on first Mon. of the month, starting in Feb; 11-11:30am or 2-2:30pm. $5 to play and participate in class. Age for participants: 2-5 years (may be some small parts) • Big Kids Too-Day, for ages 6-10!

There have been many inquiries about having a day for older children to play with the younger children.

Regular programming and set up for children 0-5.

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First/third Thurs.of month, 1-4pm in Feb. $4/child, ages 6 mo. - 10 yrs of age.

NO SLEEVES MAGIC Michael Rosander with No Sleeves Magic will be at Zaxby’s on 17th St for Kids NIght with Rosander on 2/10, 5-8pm, showcasing walk-around illusions. Be sure to wear “A Magic or Art Exchange Camp” T-shirt and win a magic trick! • He’ll perform at Chick-fil-A in Monkey Junction as part of Pirate Night, 2/15, 67pm, sharing Pirate Stories with Calico from ‘Pirates Have Problems.’

KIDS’ BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION 2/26, 2pm-4pm. Craft activities and story time.

A read-in features the book “Of Thee I Sing” by President Barack Obama. Free child’s admission with library card and a paying adult; otherwise regular admission charges apply. Sponsored

by Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Children’s Museum of Wilmington. 910-254-3534; www. playwilmington.org YOUTH BASKETBALL Registration for Mighty Pints Youth Basketball at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 401 S. 8th St., through 3/1. Girls: Ages 5-7; Boys: Ages 5-7 (participants must be 5, 6 or 7 on 4/30/11), $20/child. Practices begin March 2011. Games will be played at Martin Luther King Jr. Center.Ryan Tunstall: 341- 0057.

Lectures/Readings CFGBA PRESENTS STORMWATER MGMT IN NC 2/9, 6:30pm: Stormwater management will continue to be a hot-button issue in NC. From bacterial contamination issues at the Coast to thermal pollution in trout waters in the Mountains, North Carolina still has many challenges for stormwater managers. Presentation focuses on the research conducted by Dr. Bill Hunt’s research team. Topics include recent research findings on bioretention, wetlands, permeable pavement, swales, filter strips, and cisterns. Encompasses research on indicator bacteria in stormwater practices in Wilmington, a research study on permeable pavement in the mountains (which currently is not credited by NCDENR), and novel ways to manage stormwater on highways. Jessica Gray: jessica.g@cfgba.org DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC SERIES Kurt Weigle, president and CEO of the Downtown Development District in New Orleans will be speaking

at the Wilmington Convention Center, Thurs., 2/17, 11am-1:30pm. Jambalaya and other cajun dishes at the event. Performance by CFCC Jazz Combo. $50/person. $400/table of 10. 763-7349.

LUNCH WITH AN AUTHOR 2/17, 11:30am: Lunch with an author celebrates local and statewide authors while providing scholarships to qualified students at CFCC. On Thur, 2/17, 11:30am-:30pm at McKeithan Center at CFCC North Campus, apprx 15 authors from across the Carolin. Tickets are $50 and include: lunch with an author, autographed book, souvenir bag and more.

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• “Knit Wits, the crafting group open to all,” Wed nights, 6:30pm. • Story Teller’s Open Mic on Sunday evenings ,starting in February • Monthly art shows starting this spring. Our first show will be with Alice Brock, the real Alice behind Arlo Guthrie’s hit song “Alice’s Restaurant.” (Last Friday in March) • Also feat.

Wilmington’s First Vend-a-Quote Machine—each quote comes with a $1 off coupon toward purchases • Literary Jukebox will be fully functional by 1/10 that’s the goal. Old Books on Front St: 249 N. Front St. (910) 76-BOOKS PETER MAKUCK Award-winning poet and visiting professor Peter Makuck will read from his poetry, 7pm, Thurs.

2/24, Kenan Hall 1111; UNCW. Peter Makuck is the author of seven books and chapbooks of poetry and founded the national poetry journal Tar River Poetry in 1978 and served as editor of the journal until 2006. Other upcoming events: Reading by poet Kim Addonizio, 7pm,. Thurs, 2/10, Kenan Hall 1111 • Lookout Books Launch Event, feat. a reading by author Edith Pearlman, 7pm, Thurs, 3/3, Morton Hall Auditorium • Reading by fiction visiting writer Paul Lisicky, 7pm, Mon., 4/4, Kenan Hall 1111. Events free and open to the public. Receptions sponsored by the department and book signings sponsored by Pomegranate Books will follow readings. Department of Creative Writing: 910-962-7063.

LIBRARY CARD DRIVE 2/26, 12noon-1:30pm. AKA Sorority will give prizes to children who sign up for a library card. Parent/legal guardian must show a photo ID and proof of residence in New Hanover County to apply for child’s card.

African-American Read In follows at the Children’s Museum. New Hanover County Public Library, 1st floor Main Branch, 201 Chestnut St. 910-798-6303; www.nhclibrary.org MRS. BERTHA TODD 2/26, 2pm-4pm. Wilmington leader/teacher Mrs. Bertha Todd’s memoirs (“My Restless Journey”) provide insight into school integration and race relations in Wilmington. Retired from the New Hanover County Schools, Mrs. Todd is a civic leader in human relations and human services. Her book will be available for sale and autographing. Proceeds benefit Elderhaus and Dreams of Wilmington. New Hanover County Public Library, 2nd floor Main Branch, 201 Chestnut St., 910-798-6305; www. nhclibrary.org

Classes SOUTHEASTERN CAMERA SUPPLY Every Wednesday, 6:30pm-8pm, night, Wilmington photographer Gary Allen offers classes on digital photography at the Southeastern Camera in Wilmington. Different topics ea. week, small classes, a great learning experience. 313-2999 or Gary at gary@garyallenphoto.com. $30. 1351 S. Kerr Ave. PERFORMANCE CLUB Performance Club Studio Theater announces weekly ongoing classes for young performers ages 5-Teen.

Learn all aspects of performance including improv, voice, movement, scene study, audition skills, Glee, musical theater and more! Join in February and be a part of our Hollywood “Oscar” Showcase. • Film Biz workshops for adult and child actors interested in getting into the business. Join Agent Jackie Pressley of Capital Artists Agency and Director LJ Woodard to learn the ins-outs including information on resumes, headshots, auditions, representation and more! $55 for Adults, $95 Adults w/Child. February 5th, 1-4:30pm 6624 Gordon Rd. Studio B.338-3378 or www.PerformanceClubKids.com to register.

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KEY ELEMENTS OF STARTING A BUSINESS 2/15, 6-8pm: ‘The Key Elements of Starting a Successful Small Business,’ presented by Douglas Tarble, Small Business Center of CFCC, with a live ASL interpreter. Free. Cape Fear Community College Health Sciences/Learning Resource Center/Library Building, Room L 107, 415 N. 2nd St. Pre-reg. required to get directions and a parking pass at www. cfcc.edu/sbcOlga.Mancuso@ASLplace.com SOAR LIKE A SEAHAWK UNCW invites the community to “soar like Seahawks” for a day. As part of UNCW’s weekend festivities for its Homecoming celebration, free classes will be offered to the public on Sat., 2/19, 1:30-4pm. The Tealin’ Like a Student program, new this year, offers community members of all ages the opportunity to spend time on campus and participate in the UNCW experience. 30 classes taught by members of the UNCW faculty. Two programs offered for children while their parents attend the adult classes. Literacy Live will offer a workshop and fun activities about rain forests for children ages 4-8. Children ages 10-14 can join Marine Explorers to explore the ocean realm at UNCW’s Center for Marine Science. It is requested that Literacy Live participants be accompanied by a parent or guardian. All participants should arrive 20 minutes early to turn in waivers. Waivers are required for children and can be downloaded from the registration website: www.uncw.edu/alumni/ 2011homecoming.html YOGA BY DONATION Surf Camp now offers yoga classes by donation.

Mon.: Beginner class w/Jennifer Robancho, 5:456:45pm • Tues.: All levels class w/Katie Serino, 5:45-6:45pm. WB Surf Camp Headquarters, Ogden Business Park. 7213 Ogden Business Lane, Ste 214.

Classes open to everyone. (910) 256-7863 or www. wbsurfcamp.com/yoga.asp DRUM LESSON Weekly Drum classes held Sun., 3pm, Juggling Gypsy Cafe1612 Castle St. Focusing on Middle Eastern and Arabic rhythms, Matt W. instructor. Lessons come with handout sheets, and instructional CD. Matt :(910) 620-8291 or email info@jugglinggypsy.com.

Weekly drum jams Thursday night at 7:30pm.

DANCE CLASSES Techniques in Motion School of Dance begins new adult classes: Morning workout, Tues, 1011am, $45/mo. or $115/clas card (10 classes, receive 11 free!). $10 reg. fee. • Yoga, Sun, 3-4pm w/Jennifer Robancho. Techniques in Motion: 5543-100 Carolina Beach Rd. 910-799-3223. www. techniquesinmotion.com.

Clubs/Listings YWCA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT Nominations are now being accepted for the 27th annual YWCA Cape Fear Women of Achievement Awards, which honor women and youth who demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities, as well as excellence, accomplishments and commitment in their careers, schools and communities. Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender county may be nominated in nine categories: arts, business, communications, education, environmental, health & wellness, public service, volunteer and the Rachel Freeman Unsung Hero Award. Seniors in high school are nominated in the Youth Leader Category (awards include a $1,000 scholarship). Deadline: 3/15,5pm. www.ywca-lowercapefear.org or 799-6820.

DORIS BETTS FICTION PRIZE Doris Betts Fiction Prize: Submissions accepted through 2/15. First-prize winner $250 and publication in the North Carolina Literary Review. Finalists will also be considered for publication in the NCLR. Guidelines: online at www.ncwriters.org.

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER ILM Thurs., 2/24, 12:30-4pm: The Assistance Leagueof Greater Wilmington’s fund-raiser: afternoon of games —bridge, pinocle or any other game for your table.Shell Island Resort, 2700 N. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach. $25/person includes light refreshments, dessert, coffee and prizes and a fabulous view of the ocean. Proceeds support philantrhopic programs in the community. Advance reg.: Nancy Tillett, 686-3902.

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