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news & views.....................4-8 4-5 op-ed: The Cranky Foreigner takes on American falsities and our blind belief of what we

COVER STORY: Weekend of Film

hear; Mark Basquill believes things are on the up and up.

6 feature story: The Shea Carver reports This weekend the Port City welcomes not one but two independent film festivals for all

on CD Alley, an independent music store closing

cinema buffs—or average movie-goers—to enjoy. Kicking off Friday night, January 29th,

after 15 years in business.

is the hilarious and always-entertaining Found Footage Festival (cover). Read Emily Rea’s

8 news of the weird: Chuck Shepherd

interview with the funny guy behind the festival, Nick Prueher, on page 14.

finds the oddities of crime.

Also hitting the big screen this weekend is the annual DocuTime Film Festival (originally known as DocuFest) on Saturday, January 30th. Read up on all the prestigious documentaries being screened at this year’s event, also on page 14.

Want to see the best in music at Myrtle Beach’s House of Blues? Or UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium? Or Soapbox Laundro Lounge?

Visit, www.encorepub.com, to enter one of our many concert contests, and try for a chance to score tickets to area shows!

best of 2010

The deadline for voting has ended, and all that’s left to do is party. The 2010 Best of Wilmington Awards party will be held Tuesday, February 9th, at Level 5/City Stage beginning at 6:30pm. It is open for the public and promises to be a rip-roarin’ good time for all! Come see who was voted best of the best in all categories, and be sure to view our write-ups of all the winners in four consecutives issues

beginning February 17th. There’s entertainment with our local comedians from Changing Channels, Superkiiids! and Port City Players, plus tons of surprises. And it’s FREE!

late-night funnies

“The Supreme Court today ruled in a five votes to four decision that corporations can now spend as much as they want on political campaigns. In other words, if Exxon or Dow wants to support a candidate, they can give him or her as much money as they want. I can’t see that having any negative repercussions, can you?”—Jimmy Kimmel “Many of you have probably heard the news. NBC and I have finally reached a separation agreement. I knew it was official this morning when NBC dropped off all my CDs and picked up its lava lamp. . . . [And]

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Editor-in-ChiEf: Shea Carver

Art dirECtor Sue Cothran

AssistAnt Editor: Emily Rea

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John Hitt: Downtown, Carolina Beach

ChiEf Contributors: Adrian Varnam, Nicki Leone, Anghus Houvouras, Carolyna Shelton, Rosa Bianca, MJ Pendleton, Claude Limoges, Lauren Hodges, Tiffanie Gabrielse, Tom Tomorrow, Chuck Shepherd

Kris Beasley: Wrightsville Beach, N. Wilmington Shea Carver: Midtown, Monkey Junction Promotions mAnAgEr: John Hitt distribution: Reggie Brew, John Hitt

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12 art preview: Lauren Hodges reveals the details of the new Do It Downtown campaign.

13 gallery guide: See what local galleries

Cover photo provided by Nick Prueher.

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are hanging.

I thought about something today. Over the years I’ve made a lot of fun of Ryan Seacrest, Larry King, Spencer Pratt, Geraldo, David Hasselhoff, Kirstie Alley and Donald Trump.

And here’s the messed-up thing: They all still have shows.”—Conan O’Brien “Well, in political news, the big upset: A Republican was elected to the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, filling a seat once held by Ted Kennedy. So, this could tip the delicate balance of power in the U.S. Senate from the completely incompetent back to the morally corrupt. It is Thursday, January 21st, or as John Edwards calls it, ‘Father’s Day.’”—Jay Leno “President Obama says he blames himself for the upset in the Massachusetts Senate race because he was too remote. Meanwhile, today in Arizona, John McCain couldn’t find his remote.”—David Letterman “During his acceptance speech Tuesday, newly-elected Senator Scott Brown told the crowd that two of his older daughters are both available. Man, so many great American speeches, right? ‘Four score and seven years ago,’ ‘Ask not what your country can do for you,’ ‘I have a dream,’ and now, ‘My daughters are both available.’”—Jimmy Fallon

14-15 film: Emily Rea uncovers two independent film festivals hitting Wilmington this weekend; Anghus is pleasantly surprised by the new Michael-Cera flick, Youth in Revolt.

16-17 music previews: Adrian Varnam interviews Jerald Shynett, a UNCW music professor recently nominated for a Grammy; Renee Glasgo gets the scoop on the Dirk Quinn Band, coming to the Soapbox Friday.

18-21 soundboard: Find out what bands and solo musicians are playing shows in venues all over town.

grub & guzzle..................22-25 22-25 dining guide: Need a few suggestions on where to eat? Flip through encore’s dining guide for the scoop on the Port City’s finest.

extra! extra! ...................26-35 26 feature story: Christina Dore reveals the live production of “The Smoking Show” at the

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28 creative writing: Claude Limoges unveils the latest in her short-fiction series, “An Involuntary Intimate.”

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Itʼs Always Colder at the Windshield Factory...

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ears ago, before I-390 bypassed Mansfield, PA, I found myself at a great breakfast spot on the old main street—one of those places up North where they know what to do with potatoes and onions on a griddle, at breakfast, on a cold morning in January. A regular came in, stamping the snow off his feet.

“Cold enough for you?” the waitress asked.

“Hell,” the guy answered. “You think it’s cold here? The radio said it was 10 degrees colder at the windshield factory.”

“You mean it was 10 degrees colder with the wind-chill factor.” The waitress smiled.

“No,” the guy insisted. “The radio said it’s colder at the windshield factory!”

“Ed, we don’t have a windshield factory in

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“But they said it on the radio!!”

Somewhere in Pennsylvania I suspect there is still a guy who firmly believes that it’s always colder at the windshield factory.

‘Cause they said it on the radio.

Ronald Reagan used to give speeches about the “Cadillac Welfare Queen.” No names or places were mentioned, but the hint was that she was in a Northeastern city. The sub-text was that she was black. “For years she collected 53 welfare checks every month,” he would say. Unfortunately, it was a total lie. The fact is that the closest was a woman who collected five checks and was arrested a few months into

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the scam. But millions of people today still use the story of the “Cadillac Welfare Queen” in arguments about how welfare is essentially a bad idea. (I always loved his use of the word “queen”; It made it a much worse offense than being a “Welfare Mother.”)

The point of this trip down memory lane is that we are in one of those times now. The TV and radio tell us regularly that our President is a Marxist/racist/Communist/Socialist and a Nazi. Fact is, when we all look back, most of us will realize that he is a mildmannered guy, just trying to make everyone happy and not doing it very well. Most of us will realize it, except for the guy in Mansfield, PA, because he heard someone on TV say Obama was a Nazi.

The Republican revolution of the ‘80s was based largely on the idea that governments,

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AMERICAN FALSITIES: Time to stop blaming Reagan for government screw-ups and learn the basics of smart management decisions.

by their nature, are incompetent.

Reagan’s other favorite shtick was the one about “What are the eight scariest words in the English language?” The answer was, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” It was always a good speech. until Lehman Brothers got themselves into trouble and they heard the new scariest words: “I’m from the government and you’re on you own.”

The same thing the people in New Orleans heard the morning after Katrina left town.

And there’s the problem: Sometimes the people who grow fat working an old slogan need it to go away. General Motors cheered Reagan as much as anyone until they needed the government to get into the car-making business. And AIG wanted Reagan’s eight scariest words to go away because they suddenly wanted the government to be in the insurance business. But Reagan’s phrase didn’t go away just because it had served its purpose and was now inconvenient.

So, politicians, beware. At some point this country will join the ranks of every other developed country in the world and demand that its government prove that it can make smart management decisions. This technique of screwing up and then telling everyone that Ronald Reagan warned us, isn’t going to cut it forever. Worse than that, people remember what they never really heard—like the guy who just knows it’s always colder at the windshield factory. ‘Cause he heard it on the radio.

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A Liberal Dose of Optimism: Things are looking up in the overall scheme of things

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year ago a liberal dose of optimism led to President Obama’s inauguration. But while fear can last forever, hope has a short memory. On the far left, optimism has been replaced by frozen cynical detachment. In 2000 that detachment voted for Nader and let Bush return us to the last Ice Age. Last summer it allowed Tea Baggers to Hannitize sound arguments for universal coverage into shout bytes on cost and communism.

Last week, rather than take to the streets, it played elite and lost Teddy’s seat.

Brown’s victory dance brought Hannity, Rush, O’Reilly and Beck to orgasm. Those boys love Brown and crave the good ol’ days of Uncle Ronnie. In 1980 Conservatives elected Reagan because they understood the bold optimism in his calls to tighten our belts, free ourselves of foreign oil, regulate our markets and suck it up for the long haul. Don’t we wish!

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platform that killed Carter. Conservatives elected Uncle Ronnie because he smiled and sounded sure of himself.

The Four Horsemen of Fear sound strong, too. But beneath the bravado they are children looking backward to a found-

from the 95-5 plan they’re on now.)

Today’s conservatives claim the legacy of Reagan’s confidence and charisma, but all that’s trickled down is his Alzheimer’s.

They forget part of the measure of civilized society is how willing it is to “redistribute the wealth� from the few with the guns and money to the many without hope.

We’re measuring up well in Haiti, demonstrating that we can optimistically choose compassion over fear and greed.

Optimism and compassion are the “right stuff� in a world where no matter what any administration does about health care, we’ll all die of something. No matter how many wars we fight, terrorists will kill Americans again. The shouting from the far right and the whining from the far left about health

“It’s time to leave the cold poles of frigid cynicism on the left and frozen fear on the right.� ing father or an Uncle Ronnie, afraid to take a step forward as brothers. Neither these guys nor the GOP offer optimists a thing. Note Rush and Robertson’s frigid response to Haiti’s horror and the GOP’s coldly calculated 80-20 plan for the coming elections. Bash the democrats 80 percent of the time, present their ideas 20 percent. (It’s actually an improvement

care convinced me the poles of both parties are populated by pessimists and lack the “right stuff.�

Utopia is nowhere. But despite last week’s Massachusetts’ Brown-out and the Supreme Court decision granting corporations the right to buy elections, in the last year we inaugurated our first black president. Deserved or not, he won a Nobel Peace Prize. Gitmo is closing. Wall Street and Main Street are warming up. We’ve broken the ice on universal health care. The Marines left Iraq. Our president doesn’t stutter.

Our VP hasn’t shot anyone. Our nation responded quickly to Haiti’s disaster. If this sounds delightfully warm, perhaps it’s time to leave the cold poles of frigid cynicism on the left and frozen fear on the right. Engage!

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The Day the Music Died: CD Alley closes its doors after 15 years in business

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ike so many people, music came into my life first in the form of vinyl—Led Zeppelin vinyl, to be specific, from my older sister’s record collection. It’s how she bribed me to not tell on her while she and her friends lit a J in the backyard during babysitting duties.

“Hey, Shea. Don’t you wanna go listen to records and play in my makeup?” she’d so convincingly ask.

With stars in my eyes, I would be off, dancing to bluesy rock ‘n’ roll, painting my face like a war child, unbeknownst that the oily herb smell permeating the outdoors wasn’t a dead skunk. Thanks to my sister, my love affair with music began very early on—as did my constant patronage to music stores.

Yes, music stores. Remember them? The places people once went to buy records before tapes, before CDs, before mp3 downloads made them obsolete? It’s where I’d also go to buy posters, rock ‘n’ roll magazines, even concert tickets, the protocol consisting of standing in line for a lottery rather than typing in codes on Ticketmaster. com to process an order.

Music was interactive before the Internet. Just ask Fred Champion, proprietor of downtown’s most cozy music haven, CD Alley. “When we first opened, business was really good,” Champion remembered last week, right before announcing the final days of CD Alley’s lifeline. “Over the past 15 years, the store went from thriving to surviving to life support ... to now: pulling the plug. The biggest drop came with the introduction of iPods, and the general buying public made the switch from CDs to downloading and purchasing music online.”

It’s the curse and the fortune of music in its current state: Get it immediately, for less, but

by: Shea Carver without the quality, conversation and interaction of someone whose passion for the art of sound can be shared with, exchanged upon and inspired toward new music. It seems, today, folks depend more on what iTunes is telling them to listen to (“If you like Dave Matthews Band, you may also like Radiohead, The Postal Service or Metallica.”—WTF?) instead of developing their tastes from actual knowledge derived from a living human being, who can profess great sound far better than a motherboard.

Alas, we live in a digital age.

Before digital was deemed superior to analog, there was CD Alley, which opened its doors in October of 1995. Champion bought it from then-owner Sean McCrossin in ‘98, after having worked for McCrossin at his Greenville, NC, store while he schooled at East Carolina University. Music had always played a role in Champion’s life, as he was a musician and avid music-trivia monger—two characteristics that have stuck throughout the years and make for a great record-store owner nonetheless. In fact, Champion’s local gigs around town with his band, Glow in the Dark Scars, added nicely to his music-maestro image. And if ever anyone was in need of something new to hear, he’d be the first person who would come to mind to ask. (My personal beloved suggestion of his was to listen to Ida; “Purely Coincidental” has become one of my favorite tunes since.)

While numerous gigs around town helped mold his face to the CD-Alley name, other moments became golden thanks to his ties to the store. “I think the major milestones are the awesome bands, like Bright Eyes, My

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MUSIC MAN: Fred Champion (left) will be closing the doors to CD Alley on January 31st—but he’ll not be forgotten by the many he’s befriended over the years, including downtown veteran Clark Reedy (right).

Morning Jacket and Benji Hughes, and people that came into my life because of CD Alley.”

In some form or fashion, Champion hosted these bands locally, sometimes in his own apartment, where select few could come to the gigs and see intimate shows that fans today could only possibly dream of seeing with such hit acts.

“CD Alley played a large part [in my social life],” Champion maintained, “and I will miss how easy it is to meet and make friends there.”

As the days of the store dwindle, his memories stay lucid. Some don’t even involve music but a heaping dose of humor.

“Most recently I took some ‘vitamins’ that gave me a panic attack while I was working,” Champion recalled with fondness. “After the few customers in the store left, I went in the back room and did jumping jacks for 10 minutes, and then walked to the Village Market to get a 40-ounce beer to help calm me down.” Thus, the freedom of being an independent-business owner. Yet, as Champion noted, “I need to pay my rent and eat.”

So something’s gotta give, and during such shaky business times, especially those that involve the ghosts of the independent music stores, it has to be CD Alley.

Although the future is uncertain for Champion, it doesn’t mean he will remain idle.

Opportunities always present themselves in various ways. “I would like to do some concert promoting,” he mentioned, something he’d be more than qualified to do considering his knack for good musical taste and a large black book he’s amassed over the years. Having helped around town with numerous gigs, someone with Champion’s booking panache could indelibly help Wilmington’s music scene.

Or he could go completely off the music radar. “I have an uncle in Shelby who breeds miniature horses,” he said, “and could always use an extra hand in extracting semen.”

Until the final witching hour comes, when the last sales are made at the foot of Market, Champion remains humble. “Thank you all—you have allowed me not to have to get a real job for the past 15 years. Now, give your support to Gravity Records.”

Doors close to CD Alley on January 31st, and it “may spill a little over into February,” according to Champion. He’s holding a “Make Me an Offer” sale. “If it is reasonable, I will definitely take it,” he said. Starting the 27th of January, all used CDs/DVDs will go for $5, then the price will drop a dollar each following day (Thursday, $4; Friday, $3; etc.).

As for what must go? Everything! And any left-over inventory will be taken to Champion’s home studio and sold “slowly over the Internet on sites like eBay and Craigslist.”

Send our only downtown music store a fond farewell, and help move out a massive, impressive selection of sound.

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d r i e w e h t f o s w e n

Chuck Shepherd digs up the strangest of the strange in world news

LEAD STORY What Recession? A December USA Today analysis revealed that during the first 18 months of the recent recession, beginning December 2007, the number of federal employees with six-figure salaries shot up from 14 percent of the federal workforce to 19 percent. Defense Department civilian executives earning more than $150,000 went from 1,868 to more than 10,000, and the Department of Transportation, which had only one person earning $170,000 in December 2007, now has 1,690. The average federal salary is $71,206, compared with the private sector’s $40,331.

Compelling Explanations Being the first licensed male prostitute in Nevada (and thus the U.S.), explained “Markus” in a January interview for Details magazine, is to him “a civil-rights thing.” “It’s just the same as when Rosa Parks decided to sit at the front (of the bus) instead of the back.”

Lame: (1) Ex-convict John Stephens told a Floyd County (Ind.) judge in December that he had a full-time job and intended to turn his life around, but had slipped when he tried to rob the Your Community Bank. “If I hadn’t

been watching the news and seeing (other successful) bank robberies,” he said, he wouldn’t have been tempted. He said he was especially impressed by one serial robber, who had made it look easy by vaulting over banks’ counters. (2) In Kansas City, Mo., in December, the mother of Charles Irving tried to protect her 27-year-old son from a charge of being a felon in possession of a gun. She told police (without success) that he had needed the gun to protect her from vampires.

Rod Jetton, a former speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives and creator of Common Sense Conservative Consulting, LLC, was charged with felony assault in December after visiting a woman in her home in Sikeston, apparently for a sexual encounter.

The woman later charged that Jetton punched her in the head and choked her into unconsciousness as his idea of foreplay, but Jetton said the “assault” was consensual, in that she was to utter a pre-arranged “safe word (phrase)” if things got too rough and that he would have immediately stopped. Jetton told police that the woman never spoke the agreed-on phrase “green balloons.”

Ironies (1) Copenhagen, one of the “greenest” cities in the world, endured an added 41,000 extra tons of carbon-dioxide-equivalent in December during the 11-day “climate summit.” The 15,000 delegates required 2,000 limousines (only five of which were electric or hybrid) to get around town, and the world leaders arrived and departed in 140 private jets, some of which had to be “parked” overnight in Sweden because of airport congestion. (2) In December, Obama administration officials, seeking to fulfill a campaign pledge of a more open federal government, held a multi-agency training session in Washington, D.C., on the Freedom of Information Act. The meeting was closed to the public.

A central purpose of the California Milk Board is to convince consumers to buy local dairy products to keep the spending in-state to help California’s farmers, but the board acknowledged in November that its promotion campaign’s advertising contract had gone to an agency in New Zealand. Said a board official: “We have a ... responsibility to spend (taxpayers’) hard-earned dollars as efficiently as we can.”

Why Africans Remain Impoverished The huge, $27 million statue (“African Renaissance”) being built in Dakar, Senegal, was conceived to boost tourism and be a point of African pride, acting as a magnet for visitors and museum-goers. Problems have arisen (the statue was built by North Korean labor, has no distinct African theme, and features a female who reveals perhaps too much thigh). However, according to a November BBC News dispatch, Senegal’s president Abdoulaye Wade remains optimistic and has declared that, though the concept was his idea, he personally will magnanimously take only 35 percent of the revenue streams generated from visitors.

By 2004 presidential proclamation and 2007 statute, the U.S. government made it clear that no foreign official or family members would be allowed into the country if they are “involved in corruption” regarding oil or other natural resources in their home countries. However, as The New York Times reported in November, Equatorial Guinea’s oil minister (and son of its president) owns a $35 million estate in Malibu, Calif., that he visits regularly in his Gulfstream jet even though the U.S. Justice Department regards him as a major agent of corruption.

(U.S. companies manage Equatorial Guinea’s oil production, and the State Department is reluctant to challenge the country, according to officials cited by the Times.)

Fine Points of the Law In November, Powhatan County, Va., prosecutors dismissed charges against five corrections officers despite evidence that they were involved in inappropriately fondling a K-9 service dog. During training officers are expected to “bond” with their dogs, and one of the men

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was seen “touching the dog’s penis with his hand,” according to a prosecutor. However, Virginia law requires that the state prove “cruelty” to the dog, and the prosecutor, after consulting with veterinarians, concluded that he could not win the case.

Creme de la Weird Russell Vanderwerf, 44, an agent of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was arrested in Metairie, La., in December and charged with damaging property while staying at the Residence Inn hotel. According to police, Vanderwerf had removed the bedroom door to his suite and in its place installed a plywood plank which contained a hole at about pelvis level that had been rimmed in duct tape and which the arresting deputy said appeared to be used “in some sort of sexual act.”

Another guest told police that numerous young men had been entering and exiting Vanderwerf’s room.

Redneck Crime (1) In Morehead, Ky., in December, two men, ages 44 and 18, were charged with theft for allegedly swiping an 18-inch-long bearded dragon lizard from the Eagles Landing Pet Hospital and trying, in two beverage stores, to exchange it for liquor. (2) Daniel Gable, 61, was arrested for breaking and entering a neighbor’s apartment in Fargo, N.D., in December. He had triggered the resident’s “burglar alarm,” which consisted of the stack of empty beer cans the resident places just inside his front door every night. (3) Lawyer Christopher Carroll was charged with misdemeanor battery in December for forcefully belly-bumping lawyer Jonathan Carbary during a courthouse hallway argument in St. Charles Township, Ill. Carroll said it was an accident: “We’re both obese, middle-aged men.”

Update President Obama’s figurine was expected to lead in sales for the second straight year in the traditional “caganer” craft industry in Spain’s Catalonia region. As News of the Weird reported in 2008, the popular statuettes are typically modeled on famous people, each with pants down, squatting to answer a call of nature. They are ubiquitous in Nativity scenes, playfully hidden to encourage children’s where’s-waldo-type guessing, and believed to symbolize “equality” through the universality of bodily functions. Another figurine expected to do well this season is the brand-new Queen Elizabeth.

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Everything’s Waiting for You: Do It Downtown beckons patrons back to the riverfront

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e all know the words to Petula Clark’s famous anthem: “When you’re alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go ... downtown!” Of course, fewer people have been chanting the lyrics ever since the “beautification” project on Front Street got under way, ripping out trees, closing off sidewalks and filling the air with dust. Gorgeous!

As was expected, news is circulating of downtown landmarks like CD Alley and Old Books on Front closing their doors this year, and our brick-lined bohemian streets are starting to feel a bit hostile.

Yet, going quietly into the night has never been downtown’s style. Coinciding with the construction project is a cause of devotion for the area. Reminding people to “do it downtown” (minds out of the gutter, please) are a new collection of billboards, public-service announcements, TV commercials, events and even a popular Facebook page. Business owners have been meeting and planning ways to keep people on the historic sidewalks.

by: Lauren Hodges “It became clear that downtown has not had consistent promotion of the vast creative spirit in downtown to the suburban community by any organization,” Joan Loch of Crescent Moon says. “A healthy economy all 12 months of the year is needed to sustain our vibrant downtown.”

Do It Downtown, a new grassroots marketing initiative, developed after a dozen downtowners collaborated on a North Brunswick Magazine article. The piece listed just a few examples of all of the things to be done downtown. The slightly naughty nickname was inspired from there, and soon after more and more riverfront dwellers joined the cause. The call themselves “The Friends of Downtown.”

On the 26th the Do It Downtown Initiative forum was held at The River Room in the J. Brooks building. The public conversation was moderated by Si Cantwell of the Star-News, and the panel was exciting for all. A downtown gallery owner and 32-year resident was quot-

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ed as saying that, “There has never been so much positive energy directed for the benefit of downtown.” The response was “enthusiastic,” according to Loch, and the program’s Facebook page was flooded with comments from fans pledging their love for various downtown businesses.

“It’s not just a tagline,” Loch says. “It’s a group of live theaters, museums, galleries, tours, cruises, shops, restaurants, nightclubs— and no chain stores.” The independently run businesses and programs include nearly 100 stores, 50 places to eat, and over 25 places to mingle after the sun goes down.

The main goal of the Friends is to promote the creativity and vibrancy of Wilmington’s signature riverfront, encouraging residents and visitors to remember that despite downtown’s history, it won’t last forever without patronage.

“The best way to entice suburbanites to come downtown, to shop and eat, and fill the void caused by the exodus of tourists at the end of tourist season, is to entice suburbanites with something they cannot find

much of out in the suburbs but is abundantly available downtown,” Loch says. “By that I mean the uniqueness and creativity of our live theaters, cool museums, galleries, tours, river walk, quirky one-of-a-kind shops, quirky one-of-a-kind restaurants, tons of live music, comedy, nightclubs and a beautiful scenic riverfront area.”

Getting involved can mean more than just having lunch on Front Street or grabbing some friends for 4th Friday Gallery Nights.

Designated leaders have been assigned for several of the downtown specialties, and contacting them will surely lead to new ways that citizens can help out. Donn Ansell has taken over the live theater initiative; Leigh Muscle has been assigned to museums; Mary Ellen Golden is heading up the galleries; Ray Worrell is marketing the restaurants; and Chris Andrews is leading the rest. In the meantime Wilmington will have to hope that the cheerleading efforts for our historic riverfront will be loud enough to drown out the sounds of cement diggers.

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(Winter: closed Monday) www.pattersonbehn.com pattersonbehn picture framing & design has added an art gallery to their space, featuring several local artists. Currently on display are works

by Bob Bryden, Michelle Connolly, Karen Paden Crouch, Virginia Wright-Frierson, Rachel Kastner, Pam Toll and Katherine Wolf Webb. We offer a large selection of works on paper in numerous media. In addition there are many different gift ideas such as hand gilded table top frames and one of a kind keepsake boxes. The gallery offers something for everybody.

1701 Wrightsville Ave 910 343 5233 Mon-Sat, 12-9pm; Sunday, 1-6pm www.artfuelinc.com www.myspace.com/artfuel_inc Artfuel.inc is located at the corner of Wrightsville Ave and 17th st. Housed in an old gas station, we offer resident artists working in studios alongside a gallery space used to exhibit other artists work.

We hope to connect artists with each other and offer many styles of work to fuel the public’s interest. Currently, Artfuel, Inc. will showcase Volume 22, a graffiti extravaganza, featuring Stevie Mack, Kid Mike, Mathew Curran, Camden Noir and Eye Dee. Live tagging will be done throughout the evening on a wall built specially for the event. All are welcome.

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332 Nutt St, The Cotton Exchange (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm; Sun., 12-4pm www.crescentmoonnc.com Keeping it local! Crescent Moon has partnered with Old Growth Riverwood on Castle Hayne Road to supply hand-made shelving crafted from reclaimed wood from The Cape Fear River for our new display area in the gift gallery. The new display area will be primarily dedicated to the promotion of local glass and metal artists at Crescent Moon. We now have ten local glass artists associated with us. Old Growth Riverwood reclaims lost pieces of history and transforms them into unique and beautiful wood products for home or business. Old Growth Riverwood is committed to being environmentally responsible and does not cut down any living trees to produce their products. This project partnership speaks to a mutual philosophy, of buying and using hand-made and environmentally conscience work when possible.

One reason we love our location within The Cotton Exchange is the reuse of the wonderful historic buildings that have been so much a part of the downtown area.The Cotton Exchange always has free parking for shoppers and diners. Follow us on twitter as CrescentMoonNC or become a fan on our Facebook page!

FastFrame Gallery

1319 Military Cutoff Rd. Landfall Center (910) 256-1105 Mon.-Fri.., 10am-6pm • Sat., 10am-4pm www.fastframeofwilmington.com FASTFRAME Gallery is pleased to present the Second Annual Fill the Cupboard Art Show: “Ordinary View, Extraordinary Vision,” featuring Terry Rosenfelder’s sophisticated oils, M. Matteson Smith’s unique paper sculptures, and Sara Westermark’s original jewelry designs.

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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 New Elements Gallery is celebrating 25 years in downtown Wilmington! Featuring fine art and contemporary craft by regional and nationally recognized artists, the gallery offers changing exhibitions each month. Join us on January 22nd from 6-9 PM for New Beginnings, a collection of recent works by our gallery artists. Enjoy the variety available by over fifty artists, which includes choices in paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood and mixed media. New Beginnings will be on display now through February 20th. New Elements Gallery offers custom framing and art consultation services by appointment.

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Weekend of Film: Two festivals hit the Port City this weekend

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t’s really no secret that our fair city of Wilmington is a bona fide film destination. From the ever-growing Cucalorus Film Festival, to the impressive Screen Gem Studios, to a stellar university film department and popular TV shows like “One Tree Hill” filming around town, cinema-heads perk their ears at the mere mention of our “Hollywood East.”

This weekend two independent film festivals are rolling into town, shaking up the cinematic pot and peppering new flavor to audiences’ likings. Mark these on the calendar, and don’t miss either opporunity to be part of an exciting and talented film community. docutime Film Festival Avid fans of the Wilmington DocuFest have been patroning the event since its incpetion in 2003. Now with a brand-new name—but exact same premise—DocuTime will be held at UNCW’s King Auditorium on Saturday, January 30th, co-presented by the UNCW Department of Film Studies and WHQR 91.3fm Public Radio.

“When I lived in Los Angeles, I was a founding member (over 25 years ago) of the International Documentary Association [IDA],” Paula Haller, chair of DocuTime, explains. “When IDA decided to create its own awards, DocuFest was organized to showcase the documentary-award winners. I put on the first of several DocuFests in Los Angeles, an all-day documentary marathon.

“When I moved to Wilmington from Los Angeles, I brought the DocuFest idea with me. After all, Wilmington is a film town. As a documentary film producer/director myself, I wanted to continue the DocuFest tradition.”

The tradition has grown steadily in amount of films, recognition and followers—so much that the host venue had to be moved to Kenan this year, in order to accommodate an audience that tripled in size last year and the hope of the same for 2010.

“There is an eager, informed public who loves the documentary [genre],” Haller continues. “The commercial movie theaters play very few. Cinematique, Cucalorus, Cine Noir also screen documentaries.”

DocuTime, however, programs documentaries exclusively, all in one day. “And what a day DocuTime is: great stories, great filmmaking [and] a look around the world in eight hours! Australia, Africa, England, Mexico, Canada and the United States.”

The lineup is, as always, selected by Haller, who strives mostly to screen winners and nominees from the IDA Awards. From time to time, she chooses other films, and most every year she includes an animated short from the National Film Board of Canada.

by: Emily Rea

watch at your terrible minimum-wage job, there’s something cathartic about gathering a bunch of people in a theater, projecting it on a big screen and giving people permission to laugh at it.

DocuTime Film Festival UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium January 30th, 10am-6pm Advance tickets: 910-962-4045 or etix.com Students/$6; seniors/$5; all-day pass/$20

Found Footage Film Festival Brown Coat Pub & Theatre, 111 Grace St. January 29th, 8pm 347-255-7350 • $10 www.foundfootagefest.com For this year’s festival, the film is Runaway, short-listed for an Oscar Animated Short nomination that Haller promises is “imaginative animation at its best.”

“Programming for me is a kind of art; you want a good mix of films,” she informs. “This year Mugabe and the White African is a hardhitting investigative, journalistic film, short-listed for an Oscar Feature nomination.”

Other films included in this year’s lineup are the two shorts, Salt and The Solitary Life of Cranes (“beautifully rendered visual poems”); Paper Clips (“an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education, featuring the Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee”); Afghan Star (“a stunning look at Afghan society through the lens of a television show modeled after ‘American Idol’”); and the student film The First Kid To Learn English from Mexico.

DocuTime will be held from 10am-6pm in Kenan Auditorium on Saturday, January 30th.

Complimentary refreshments will be served, and imaginations will be ignited. “[People should attend] to participate in the joy and stimulation of good filmmaking, which can be exciting, vital and informative,” Haller says. “We all love good stories that activate and stretch our minds and perceptions of the world around us, while at the same time entertain us. A challenge for any filmmaker.”

Found Footage Film Festival On a much more light-hearted note and right up the alley of anyone who finds hidden-camera shows to be quite hilarious, the Found Footage Festival (FFF) is celebrating its five-year anniversary—and making its firstever stop in Wilmington. This acclaimed touring showcase of discarded VHS relics, based in New York, will be revealing its brand-new lineup of found footage and live comedy in Wilmington on Friday, January 29th at 8pm at

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AFGHAN STAR will be one of the documentaries screening at the up-coming DocuTime Film Festival. at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium

the Brown Coat Pub & Theatre. encore got a chance to ask funny fella and FFF co-curator Nick Prueher a few questions about the upcoming hilarity. encore: How and from whom did the idea for FFF originate?

Nick Prueher: The Found Footage Festival basically all started with a training video for custodians that I found in the break room of a McDonald’s where I worked in high school.

Out of boredom one day, I popped it in the VCR and just couldn’t believe how ridiculously stupid it was. My first thought was, I have to show this to everyone I know. So I stashed it in my bookbag and immediately showed [fellow FFF curator] Joe Pickett. We just fell in love with this video, and watched it over and over, inviting friends over for viewing parties and adding our own running commentary. That just got us to thinking, If there are videos this dumb right under our noses, imagine what else is out there. And so began our quest to look in out-of-the-way places like break rooms, thrift stores and garage sales for discarded VHS tapes. Five years ago, we decided to take our collection out of the living room and into a movie theater. e: What has your typical response been like from year to year?

NP: To be honest we’re always surprised that people beyond our immediate circle of friends finds this stuff as funny as we do. But for whatever reason, this footage seems to really strike a chord with people. Maybe there’s a sort of uncomfortable familiarity with this VHS relics from the ‘80s and ‘90s that people can relate to. Particularly with training videos and industrial films that you may have had to

e: How will this year be different from years past?

NP: The show we’re bringing to Wilmington is all footage we’ve found over the last year of touring around the country. It’s our biggest and most diverse collection of videos to date, including a montage of bad Saturday-morning cartoons that turned up on VHS, clips from VCR board games, hair and makeup instructional tapes, outtakes from a local furniture commercial, and a brand-new collection of bizarre exercise videos. e: What are you looking forward to the most about this year’s festival?

NP: I’m really looking forward to showing people our VHS Cover Slideshow, in which we show display some of the greatest box covers we’ve found in our 18 years of collecting tapes. e: What has been the most challenging part of your FFF journey thus far?

NP: The hardest part about putting together the show is trying to find footage that makes the cut. We’re very picky . . . It can be a needle in a haystack to find a video that meets our criteria, but when we do find something that’s bad in just the right way, we just can’t wait to show it off to people. e: What is your vision for the future of FFF? NP: Well, I don’t think there’s any end in sight to our material. As long as people with bad ideas have access to video equipment, we’ll be in business for a long time.

There’s a TV show in the works and a book, but mainly we’re just excited about continuing to show our latest finds to people all over the country. e: anything else we should know?

NP: We’re looking forward to hitting some local thrift stores while we’re in Wilmington. If anyone has found footage in or around town, we encourage them to bring it to the show.

We love to hear the stories of how and where people found footage, and we just can’t wait to pop in the videos and see what’s on them.

It’s like Christmas morning for us.

A Nice Start to 2010:

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Youth in Revolt brings sustenance back to the quirky indie film

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Youth in Revolt Starring Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart

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hat a great way to start off the year. It was a rough past year for independent cinema. Most of what I saw could only be described as second-rate dog food not fit for human consumption. I remember a time when the low-budget independents were the highlight of my year. Now I have to sit through

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garbage like Paranormal Activity and be told that “this is the future” of independent cinema. Eff that!

Youth in Revolt is the kind of alternative indie that has been lacking in modern cinema. The kind of out-of-nowhere spasm of creative energy that makes us believe in the power of surprising cinema. I expected nothing from this film when I walked into it; all I knew is that it stars Michael Cera as a nerd who was desperate to get freaky with a member of the opposite sex.

(Sound familiar?)

There was part of me that pitied poor Michael Cera (Or “Mikey” as I call him), playing a monotone variation of the same character in every film—the pithy loser who can’t score. What kind of career is this? How many times can we watch the same guy in the same movie, playing the same damn part?

The answer is three.

After that an actor’s performances become a sad, salient reminder that there is nothing worse than overexposure. Take Seth Rogen. I used to love Seth Rogen.

He was hysterical in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. It was like we were meeting this laid-back guy with razor-sharp wit—a kind of lovable doofus. He wasn’t the primary focus, but he did a great job of being part of the ensemble in a well-put-together

YOUNG LOVE: Michael Cera brings back a welcomed solid performance in Youth in Revolt, starring newcomer Portia Doubleday.

comedy. He’s like a guy that walks into our house for a party. We don’t know him yet, but we want to find out more about him. Then Rogen did Knocked Up. He took center stage. “Hey, look at that!” we say. The guy we wanted to know more about is revealing how damn funny he is.

Awesome. I knew that guy had the goods.

Then he does Pineapple Express. Man, that guy is still funny. He’s killing it. Everyone at the theater is laughing and having a good time.

That’s three.

Then he did Zack and Miri Make A Porno. All right. He went on a little long. The shtick is still funny, but we start to wonder if the guy has an off button. Then Observe and Report. By that time we’re looking at our watches and wondering if the fat bastard is ever going to shut the hell up. When Funny People came out, I was well over it.

At that point Seth Rogen had stayed past his welcome, pissed on my prize-winning orchids and defecated on my dog.

Let’s apply this same logic to Michael Cera.

“Arrested Development”: Hey, check it out. This guy is interesting—like a teenage Bob Newhart.

Superbad: Awesome. This kid is hysterical!

Juno: There he is again, doing that same thing again: the quiet nerdy guy. Still amusing.

That’s three.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Play List: Is he still going? Seriously. I’m beginning to fall asleep.

Year One: He’s still going. Dear, God! He is droning me into an early grave.

Now, finally, Michael Cera has proven that he can be more than a typical nerdy schlep—at least, kind of. Youth in Revolt has Cera in the role of Nick Twisp. Nick is a more streamlined, less likable version of the lovable loser Cera has become known.

Nick is frustrated, strangled by a pisspoor upbringing and an intellect beyond his years. His life changes when he meets the beautiful Sheeni (Portia Doubleday).

His world is subsequently rocked, and his perspective quickly changes. She’s a peculiar breed, obsessed with the French and the thought of an uninhibited roguish lover who will take her away from her boring life. Nick is neither rougish or uninhibited. To compound the problem, Sheeni is already involved with the most eligible bachelor west of the Mississippi: Trent.

Rather than lose the girl of his dreams, Nick decides to turn himself into the kind of man she desires. Thus, Francois Dillinger is born. He saunters around the film without a care in the world, a cigarette clenched between his fingers and a paper-thin moustache. As Nick’s inner wild child, Francois cuts loose on an adventure of sex-fueled rebellion and a penchant for stirring up trouble. Had the movie just been about Nick, I probably would have gone insane. But the dual role for Cera works wonders on the big screen. His Nick is a lovable twit. His Francois is the best kind of ridiculous: fearless and prone to appear just when the movie needs a boost of adrenaline.

Youth in Revolt is a quirky film, but it’s the right kind of quirky. It reminded me of a Wes-Anderson film without the over-indulgent visuals. The movie is raw, well-produced and uproariously funny. Hopefully, this is an indicator of good things to come in 2010—and for Cera.

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Married to an intellectual three decades her senior, 50-year-old Pippa Lee provides comfort to her husband and exquisitely prepared meals to his friends while her sense of identity begins to deconstruct.

Through flashbacks, the film shows the seeds of Pippa’s discontent in a childhood with an addicted mother and her younger self’s years of discovery and experimentation. Is Pippa’s life really the safe haven it seems? Director Rebecca Miller (Arthur Miller’s daughter) treats the common confrontation between mid-life reality and earlier dreams with meticulous care. Starring Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves and Julianne Moore. Rated R

Mayfaire 16 900 Town Center Drive • 910-256-0556 Extraordinary Measures A film inspired by the true story of of John and Aileen Crowley, whose two children had a rare genetic disorder. Rather than give up hope that nothing could help his children, John Crowley found a researcher (Harrison Ford) with a potential cure. John Crowley was a man who de-

fied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his family’s future to pursue a cure for his children’s life-threatening disease. Also starring Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell. PG

Carmike 16 111 Cinema Drive • 910-815-0266 Up in the Air Juno-helmer Jason Reitman’s latest directorial project is an adaptation of Walter Kirn’s book.

George Clooney plays an unapologetic corporate downsizer whose untethered life is consumed by collecting air miles. R All AreA movie listings And pArAgrAph synopses cAn be found At encorepub.com.

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Music to His Ears:

UNCW music professor Jerald Shynett receives Grammy nomination

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by: Adrian Varnam Grammy-Award nominated track comes from their latest album, The Comet’s Tail: Performing the Compositions of Michael Brecker, a tribute record to the late jazz saxophonist and composer, who ironically passed away around the time the songs were being recorded. For Shynett the timing of his passing made the project especially pertinent.

“The process took about a year to complete; we did half in the fall of 2006 and the rest in the following spring,” he said. “The Jazz Surge was slated to perform with him in spring 2007, but he passed away shortly before, giving the project a whole new meaning.

We as musicians are inspired and influenced by the artistry of Mike Brecker, so, personally, for me it was not hard to dig a little deeper for this recording session.”

A UNCW faculty member for over 10 years, Shynett began his career as a freelance trombonist, composer and arranger in Florida, where he performed with artists such as Chick Corea, Slide Hampton, Randy Brecker, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, The

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o matter what it is we do for a living, it always feels great to receive a little recognition from our peers.

For UNCW music professor Jerald Shynett, the recognition comes in the form of a Grammy-Award nomination for arranger Vince Mendoza, for his arrangement of the song “Slings and Arrows.” Shynett performs on the track as a member of the highly regarded jazz group, Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge.

“The nomination has been well-received here on campus—almost as much attention as I got when I wrote some music for ‘One Tree Hill’ last year,” he told encore last week during an interview. “I have been congratulated almost to death over the past few weeks, which is a good thing. I was promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure this month, so that’s also a good thing. Unfortunately, I am still making the same money.”

Although he may be tongue-in-cheek regarding his salary, he certainly isn’t about his art and his contribution as a trombonist in Chuck Owen’s ensemble. The group’s

LIFE IN HARMONY: While Jerald Shynett’s talent and hard work has afforded him accomplishments and recognition, he is quick to share credit with his peers and musical influences.

O’Jays, Ray Charles and many others, including Chuck Owen, whose home base is in central Florida. Although his life and faculty position keep him rooted in North Carolina,

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Shynettt continues to perform and record with the Jazz Surge whenever possible, an association that brings him professional joy and pride.

“This is the Surge’s fourth CD, and I would like to add that the musicianship in this group is very high,” he informed.

“I am a big fan of this group and really proud to be part of something bigger than myself. We have done many concerts in central Florida, so playing live is really our thing.

There are very little overdubs in all of the Surge recordings; most of the music you hear is live.

The band does two or three takes of every composition, and the best one is chosen from that pool.

Every take is damn-near perfect, and ultimately Chuck Owen (the boss) chooses—he’s the real driving creative force behind this ensemble.”

Athough the actual recipient of the Grammy-Award nomination is arranger Vince Mendoza, it’s the brilliant musicianship of Shynett and his colleagues that allow for such recognition to even take place. If it wasn’t for their artistry, camaraderie and inspired contribution to the legacy of Michael Brecker, “Slings and Arrows” would not have secured its place as one of the year’s Best Instrumental Arrangement(s). For Shynett the nominated song is just one piece of a larger tapestry that he says shows some of the best in today’s jazz, and it deserves all the recognition currently being bestowed.

“My personal opinion of this album is that I would buy it even if I was not a proud member of this band,” he noted.

“The writing is sublime, the playing is inspiring, and the guest soloists are some of the movers and shakers in the contemporary jazz idiom. Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge have been making beautiful music for almost 15 years, and I am elated that the band is finally getting its due. In these harsh economic times, we as artists really struggle to find our place in the world. The Grammy nomination gives us hope and some mild encouragement.”

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The sound of Dirk Quinn Band (DQB) has taken on many descriptions: “jazz,” “jazzfunk,” “jazz fusion,” “acid-jazz” and “jazzrock.” Although Quinn is agreeable with textbook classifications, he and his band prefer the term “punk-jazz.”

Since the band’s first gig in January 2007, Dirk Quinn has collaborated with more than 20 different musicians on and offstage. “All great musicians,” he noted. But only in the last two years has the Pennsylvania native stabilized his outfit with established members: Mike Borowski (keys), Stephen Kurtz (bass), Steve Zegray (drums) and of course, himself, Dirk Quinn (guitar).

Reminiscent of the funky vibes and stylistic genius of musical wonders like Led Zeppelin; Santana; John Coltrane; and Medeski, Martin and Wood, the eclectic sound of DQB swing dances into the ear, saturating the brain with nothing short of pure improvisational giftedness.

During our interview last week, Dirk commented, “When you’re onstage the chemistry of the band is essential. There is a comfort with this group of guys I have never had before ... there is never a doubt in my mind that the music is going to be great.”

His sentimental confession evokes a bit of laughter in the background, proceeded by jokes about possible tears and a group hug when Dirk goes on to name the guys his “music brothers.”

Emotional retribution aside, DQB receives a lot of recognition for Quinn’s nasty guitar skills. Comparisons run far, from Eric Clapton, to Jimmy Page, to even Jimi Hendrix. But do not be fooled: DQB is a 100 percent collaborative effort. The band is a very close-knit bunch. It was obvious in our interview that the guys have a tremendous amount of respect for each other. The virtuoso exhibited by each individual member is simply religion by hand.

Their camaraderie is evident in the ease with which DQB is able to drop raw sound without a second’s notice.

“The group is constantly breaking down and rebuilding their music; the sound is always evolving,” Dirk reflected, as evident on their most recent album QuinnTet. A multi-dimensional production, QuinnTet is

by: Renee Glasgow

Dirk Quinn Band with Mac and Juice Soapbox Laundro Lounge • 255 N. Front St. January 29th; 9pm • Admission: TBA

HIGH-ENERGY JAMS: Dirk Quinn Band focuses on jazz-fusion bliss upon each and every performance, keeping it fresh and interactive for the audience.

exemplary of the group’s musical agility. Recorded live, to reveal a more “honest tone,” the album features Quinn’s full band with the addition of members Chris Aschman (trumpet and steel drums) and Ken Ulansey (horns). The inclusion of horns in the songs “Money Bus” and “Good Ol’ Fashioned Gospel Throwdown” leave traces of the progressive jazz/funk/rock style the Dirk Quinn Band revolves around playing. “Davel’s Return” is an awe-inspired harmonic blend with elements of calypso put to bed with funk-rock threads. And Quinn’s “Thursday” offers a nice taste of the signature DQB roadshow.

Dirk Quinn Band executes emotive intricacy in an effortless improvisational jam-band style— something Wilmington concertgoers can expect to see on January 29th. “High-energy improv, the band is showing up to put on a show,” Quinn promised, again hitting on the interview’s go-to term, “high-energy.” The science of a memorable show is contingent on two dominant factors: the chemistry of the band and the energy of the crowd. With this in mind, fans and interested curiosities alike should arrive ready to rock out with the evening’s muse—DQB loves to feast off the energy of an anticipating coterie. They have a way of starting at the level of the spectators and levitating them with phenomenally orchestrated riffs.

For a more penetrating look at DQB, check out their site www.dirkquinn.com. And be on the lookout for a new album, one they’ll be working on come spring.

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a preview of tunes all over town this week

ClaSSy KaraoKe with Mandy Clayton —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 eriC and Carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 KaraoKe with BoB Clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 KaraoKe with dJ UrBan —Ibiza, 118 Market Street; 251-1301 dJ P. FUnK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 dJ JePh CaUlter —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market Street; 791-7595

dJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 KaraoKe with dJ BiKer roB —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market Street; 689-7219 oPen MiC night —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223 JeSSe StoCKton —16 Taps, 127 Princess Street; 251-1616 live MUSiC —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front Street; 763-3088 dJBe eXtreMe KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 JereMy norriS and toMMy BrotherS —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front Street; 251-1832

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FaMily KaraoKe —Alfie’s, 2528 Castle Hayne Rd.; 251-5707 live MUSiC —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 live aCoUStiC —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market Street; 689-7219 toM rhodeS —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front Street; 251-1935 ClaSSy KaraoKe with Mandy Clayton —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 dJ don’t StoP —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 KaraoKe with BoB Clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880

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live music —16 Taps, 127 Princess Street; 251-1616 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 DJ RichteRmeisteR —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 DJ compose —Port City Pub, 121 Grace Street; 251-3791 open mic with JeRemy noRRis —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 fiRe anD DRum Jam; DJ mit, psytRance —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223 hip-hop night —Ibiza, 118 Market Street; 251-1301 live music —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front Street; 763-3088 eRic metts —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front Street; 763-3737 gentlemen scounDRels —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 KaRaoKe —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front Street; 763-3172

KaRaoKe with Jason JacKson —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 guitaRist peRRy smith —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front Street; 343-1395 KaRaoKe Kong —Orton Pool Room, 133 North Front Street; 343-8878 DJ stRetch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front Street; 815-3301 DJ scooteR fResh —The Rhino Club, 125 Market Street; 762-2206 maRcy playgRounD, enemy of mine, foRtune in the sun, unDeR the huDson —Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812

friDAY, jAnuArY 29 Robbie beRRy —Smileys Tavern, 723 N. 4th Street; 399-1669 DJ stRetch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front Street; 815-3301 live music, DJ —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080

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DJ time —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 classy KaRaoKe with manDy clayton —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 live music —Port City Pub, 121 Grace Street; 251-3791 DJ —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front Street; 763-3172 latino night with DJ —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market Street; 791-7595 DJ will clayton —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market Street; 689-7219 piano show —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front Street; 815-3846 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 KaRaoKe with bob clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 fRiDay night follies —Ibiza, 118 Market Street; 251-1301

Tuesday & Wednesday Martini Madness $2 Martinis Music by DJ TiMe Thursday ILM Electrotheque $2 Shots Music by GUeiCe & DST Friday & Saturday Discotheque $4 infused Vodkas Music by DJ DUSTiN CooK Sunday Open Mic $3 Drafts MUSiC BY YoU (instruments provided) 23 N. FroNt St. DowNtowN wilmiNgtoN

DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front Street; 342-0872 melvin anD sayeR —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 KaRaoKe Kong —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 hip-hop DJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 DJ big Kahuna —The Rhino Club, 125 Market Street; 762-2206 DJ scooteR fResh —Rox, 208 Market Street; 343-0402 below the belt —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 Kim Dicso —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front Street; 763-3737 sai collins —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 DiRK Quinn banD, mac anD Juice —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front Street; 251-8500

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

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machine gun —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front Street; 251-8500 gRoovesounD —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess Street; 763-4133 Dim the DaRKlit, oceans oveR monuments, goRenivoRe —Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812 oveRtyme —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front Street; 251-1832 the mantRas —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front Street; 763-3088 Jim ashley anD ZeKe RolanD —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223 tom anD Jane —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 the casseRole —16 Taps, 127 Princess Street; 251-1616 DJ mitch —Odessa, 23 N. Front Street; 251-8814 no DollaR shoes —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front Street; 251-1935 possum cReeK —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street

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miKe anD Jt —Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 the fustics —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th Street; 772-1400 ten below —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558

SAturDAY, jAnuArY 30 KaRaoKe with bob clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 salsa with DJ lalo —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market Street; 791-7595 iamhuman —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front Street; 763-3172 classy KaRaoKe with manDy clayton —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 guitaRist peRRy smith —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front Street; 343-1395 DJ —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front Street; 763-3172

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KaraoKe with Val —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 DJ —Ronnie’s Place, 6745-B Market Street; 228-8056 DJ Foxxy —Ibiza, 118 Market Street; 251-1301 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front Street; 342-0872 DJ P. Money —Rox, 208 Market Street; 343-0402 DJ eDie —Odessa, 23 N. Front Street; 251-8814 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 DJ will Clayton —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market Street; 689-7219 Piano Show —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front Street; 815-3846 DJ tiMe —The Rhino Club, 125 Market Street; 762-2206 liVe MuSiC —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080

liVe MuSiC —Port City Pub, 121 Grace Street; 251-3791 SoulbeaM —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury Street; 503-3040 liVe MuSiC —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front Street; 763-3737 Great ZeuS bearD —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223 PainteD Man —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 JohnStone reGGae banD —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front Street; 251-8500 MiKe o’Donnell —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front Street; 251-1832 lethal inJeCtion —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 liVe MuSiC —Port City Pub, 121 Grace Street; 251-3791 John toPPinGS —Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231

bibiS anD blaCK —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 hiP-hoP DJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 DJ StretCh; liVe JaM with benny hill —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front Street; 815-3301 l ShaPe lot —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front Street; 251-1935 JeSSe StoCKton —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street no Dollar ShoeS —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th Street; 772-1400 SounDClaSh —16 Taps, 127 Princess Street; 251-1616 the FuStiCS —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess Street; 763-4133

sunday, january 31 DJbe extreMe KaraoKe —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front Street; 763-3088 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366

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KaraoKe —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front Street; 342-0872 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 oPen MiC with ViVa —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 DJ biG Kahuna —The Rhino Club, 125 Market Street; 762-2206 DonnybrooK, rhinoCeroS, Down to thiS, KnoCK ‘eM DeaD —Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812 robberS —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223 DJ P. FunK —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 oPen MiC niGht —Port City Pub, 121 Grace Street; 251-3791 oPen MiC with beau —16 Taps, 127 Princess Street; 251-1616

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DJ riChterMeiSter —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 100 S. Front St. Downtown 251-1832

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Galen on Guitar (brunCh) —Courtyard Marriott, 100 Charlotte Ave., Carolina Beach; (800) 321-2211 DJ biG Kahuna —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front Street; 815-3846 SunDay niGht FeVer —Ibiza, 118 Market Street; 251-1301 DJ biG Kahuna —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 anniVerSary Club, trunKS anD taleS —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223 FlutiSt niKKi wiSnioSKi —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front Street; 343-1395 DJ P. Money —Rox, 208 Market Street; 343-0402 JaM with benny hill —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 Dale “Fully autoMatiC SounD MaChine” DJS; MiSS teSS —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front Street; 763-3737

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DJ tiMe —The Rhino Club, 125 Market Street; 762-2206 ClaSSy KaraoKe with ManDy Clayton —Ultra Classics Pool and Bar, North Hampstead DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 traViS Shallow —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 liVe aCouStiC —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 KaraoKe with bob Clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 CaPe Fear blueS JaM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 KaraoKe with DJ biKer rob —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 worrieD MinDS —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223 DaViD tySon —Rucker John’s, 5564 Carolina Beach Rd.; 452-1212

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WEDNESDAy, FEBRUARy 3 karaoke WitH DJ urBan —Ibiza, 118 Market Street; 251-1301 karaoke WitH BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ P. funk —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 North Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 oPen Mic nigHt —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle Street; 763-2223

claSSy karaoke WitH ManDy clayton —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 eric anD carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255

oPen Mic nigHt WitH gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 JereMy norriS anD toMMy BrotHerS —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832

Piano SHoW —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front Street; 815-3846 karaoke WitH DJ Biker roB —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market Street; 689-7219

DJ JePH caulter —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market Street; 791-7595 DJBe eXtreMe karaoke —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff

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Show Stoppers: Concerts around the region

1/29: Delbert McClinton 1/30: Matt Stillwell 2/3: Yonder Mountain String Band (right)

HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 HWy 17 S., Myrtle BeacH, Sc 843-272-3000 1/30: Blues-a-Palooza: Liquid Courage 1/31: Gospel Brunch AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 SoutH tryon St., cHarlotte • 704-377-6874 1/28: Chapel Grove 1/29: Strutter (Kiss tribute) 1/30: The Stranger (Billy Joel tribute), The Elton John Tribute Band

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e u ito eatdand d i n i n g gwhere drink in the port city american Black Horn Bar & kitcHen Enjoy an extensive selection of gourmet soups, salads, sandwiches and specialty Americana in this rustic chic setting. From the dry-rubbed and slow-roasted Better Buffalo Wings to the hardwood smoked Duck Quesadilla, Black Horn offers unique twists on traditional foods. Always family friendly with smoke-free dining, a large arcade gaming area, 23 Hi-Def TV’s and Nintendo Wii. Live music every weekend. 7 days a week, 11am–2am. 15 Carolina Beach Avenue North, “the boardwalk,” Carolina Beach. www.blackhornbarandkitchen.com. (910) 458-5255.

Brixx Wood Fired Pizza A short drive from the beach, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Mayfaire Town Center is a fun, friendly neighborhood restaurant. Serving the best brick-oven pizzas around, Brixx also offers a fine selection of signature focaccia sandwiches, pastas, fresh salads and desserts. Stop in for a quick lunch, or kick back on the patio with one of 24 beers on tap or 14 wines by the glass. Brixx is also a late-night destination, serving 2-for-1 pizzas and appetizers after 10 p.m. Open until 1 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 p.m. on Sunday.6801 Main Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. 910256-9677. www.brixxpizza.com.

BlUeWater A sprawling two-story restaurant located on the Intracoastal Waterway, Bluewater offers spectacular panoramic views. Watch all types of boats cruise past your table, and relax to the sound of sail masts lightly touching at the nearby marina, all while enjoying the casual American menu. Dinner mainstays include baby back ribs, char-grilled steaks, fresh fish, and delicious homemade desserts. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC . 910.256.8500.

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tHe GeorGe on tHe riVerWalk 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!) Lunch and Dinner Tues-Sunday. Why satisfy when you can indulge? Find the George on the RiverWalk at 128 South Water Street. 910-763-2052 or online at www. thegeorgeontheriverwalk.com

Hells kitcHen This former Dawson’s Creek stage set has been turned into a lively pub in the heart of Downtown Wilmington. Their extensive menu ranges from classics like a thick Angus burger or NY style reuben to lighter fare such as homemade soups, fresh salads, and vegetarian options.

Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game on the big screen, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with a pool table, darts, weekly trivia, and live music on the weekends. Offers limited lunchtime delivery during the week and can accommodate large parties. M-Sat 11am until late, opens Sundays at noon. 118 Princess St, (910) 763-4133

HenrY’s

A local favorite and must-see for visitors, For great traditional New York style eats Henry’s award-winning decor features beautiwith Southern charm look no further than C.G. fully hued stacked sandstone, a hand painted Dawgs. You will be drawn in by the aroma of ceiling and a gorgeous 100-year-old Brunsfine beef franks served with witty banter and wick-style tiger oak bar. At dinner, modern good natured delivery from the cleanest hot American offerings include slow roasted prime dog carts in Wilmington. Sabrett famous hot rib, rotisserie chicken, signature crab cakes, dogs and Italian sausages are the primary and delectable seafood dishes. Lunch feafare offered, with a myriad of condiments for tures include deli sandwiches made with fresh all of your mid-day or late night cravings. You Boars Head cold-cuts, delicious salads, and may find them daily at their new location on fresh bread. Save room for the homemade the boardwalk of Market and Water St. from strawberry shortcake! HenrysRestaurant.

11am to 5pm. Saturdays at the farmers mar- com. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmket. Thursday-Saturday nights they are on ington, NC. 910.793.2929.

Market St. between Front and 2nd St. from 10pm to 3:00am. Then they finish the week HolidaY inn resort The Verandah Café Restaurant located in off at Fibbers on Sunday nights until 3am. To busy to leave the office? Ask about their lunch this oceanfront resort is a wonderful find. This time delivery service for downtown!! is the perfect place to enjoy a fresh Seafood 22 encore | january 27-february 2, 2010 | www.encorepub.com

& Steak dinner while dinning outside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Chef Eric invites you to experience his daily specials in this magnificent setting. Open daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. 256-2231 Wrightsville Beach

keFi Kefi, founded in 1981 by a group of friends, has a long-standing tradition as a favorite local watering hole. This Wrightsville-Beach eatery is open at 6am for breakfast, offering everything from omelets and pancakes, to shrimp and grits. Take a break from the beach and visit Kefi’s, where their menu features a variety of salads and sandwiches. There is even a “working man’s lunch,” served Monday through Friday, all for under $6. At night Kefi comes alive by serving dinner with a Southern flare. From the fried pickles appetizer to their the shrimp or oyster Po’boy to their nightly dinner specials, there is something that will make your taste buds sing. Then stick around for live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; nightly drink specials are offered. Go online at www.kefilive.com for more info and full music schedule. Open 6am-2am, seven days a week, with full ABC permits. Lunch deliveries available in the Wrightsville Beach area. Located at 2012 Eastwood Road, 910-256-3558.

tHe little diPPer Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Open Tuesday-Sunday, serving dinner at 5pm. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street • (910) 2510433

Pine ValleY market Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch in-house, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market. Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood. Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. Mon.-Fri. 10am-7pm; Sat.

9am-6pm; closed Sunday. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD.

melloW mUsHroom Now a smoke-free restaurant, mellow out and relax in the comfortable atmosphere that Mellow Mushroom offers. From the giant psychadelic ‘shroom located in the bar area to the Cadillac hanging on the wall, this restaurant is far from ordinary. The open kitchen brings live entertainment as pizza dough flies in the air.

Their hand-tossed, spring-water dough brings new meaning to pizzas and calzones—healthy!!

With 20 drafts and an array of microbrews, domestic and import bottles, Mellow Mushroom has an extensive beer list and full bar. Also, check out their lunch specials and variety of sandwiches. Their menu also caters to everyone and offers many vegetarian dishes. Live jazz on Wednesdays. Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-10pm; Sun., 12pm-9pm. 4311 Oleander Drive, 4523773.

stickY FinGers riB HoUse Sticky Fingers is known for the best authentic Memphis-style ribs, wings and barbecue in town. It’s no secret that slow, low-temperature smoking produces mouth-watering, tender ribs, chicken and pork. Sticky Fingers smokes everything right here in the restaurant and has received national praise for award-winning ribs. The restaurant was recently featured in Bon Appetit, Southern Living and Food and Wine, and had fantastic television exposure on CNBC’s “The Today Show,” and the Food Network. Locals voted Sticky Fingers “Best Ribs” in Wilmington. Sticky Fingers Catering has become an obvious choice for company picnics, office meetings or social gatherings for parties of 15 to 5,000 people. They offer both full service and simple drop-off options to meet anyone’s catering needs. 5044 Market Street, (910) 452-7427.

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

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prepare flavorful dishes inspired by the cultural richness of Malaysia, Thailand and authentic China. We’re now serving traditional dim sum, and good health special vegetarian dishes, such as Soy Peking Ribs, homemade tofu and homemade Malaysian sponge cake. We are dedicated to branding the exotic flavors of fresh ingredients and a romantic spice in all of our cooking techniques. Our friendly staff is always willing to help customers, and we serve beer and wine for lunch and dinner. Banquet and tatami rooms are available for large parties. Open Monday through Saturday, 11am-10pm; and Sunday 3pm-10pm. 4403 Wrightsville Avenue; 910-313-1088. www. doublehappinessrestaurant.com.

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

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Yo SAkE Located on the second floor of the historic Roudabush building in downtown Wilmington, Yo Sake features the best sushi along with a full pan-Asian menu served amid fabulous Tokyo vogue décor. Entrees include Sake Bombed Duck, Tea Rubbed Salmon and Grilled Beef Tenderloin. The bar boasts an extensive wine list including 16 sakes and fantastic specialty drinks like the Wilmington-famous Pomegranate Ginger Mojito. Don’t forget to try the Fresh Mango Cheesecake or the scrumptious Coconut Banana Ice Cream, and, if you ask nicely, they just might drop a scoop of the Lychee Sorbet into a glass of champagne for you. Open everyday 5pm-2am. Dinner served 5-11pm. Ask about our late night menu. Live entertainment nightly Tuesday -Saturday beginning at 10:30pm. 33 South Front Street, downtown Wilmington. (910) 763-3172. Visit us at www.yosake.com.

CAribbEAN jAMAiCA’S CoMFort ZoNE

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 early-bird specials last from 4-6pm, where diners can choose two: shrimp, chicken or steak.

Open Monday thru Thursday 4pm-10pm; Friday and Saturday 4pm-10:30pm; and Sunday 11am-10pm. Located at 222 Old Eastwood Road (910) 794-1570. Please visit the Web site at hirojapanesesteakhouse.com.

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

Come in and enjoy our many menu selections, our warm décor, smoke-free atmosphere, excellent service and our smooth reggae music. Operating hours are: Sunday 3:00pm – 8:00pm; Wednesday – Saturday 11:45am – 9:00pm (Closed Monday and Tuesday).

Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is family owned and operated. Check us out at www.jamaicascomfortzone.com or call us 910-399-2867.

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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

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pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden, or be entertained every Friday night with a Balinese dancer. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), 2519229. Indochinewilmington.com.

FrENCH 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 lightfare and full menus are served. Art is always on display in the sofa bar, so be sure to inquire frequently about their artist show receptions.

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

italian antOniOS PiZZa anD PaSta Antonio’s Pizza and Pasta, simply known as Antonio’s, is anything but simple. From scrumptious appetizers to signature pizza to some of the best traditional Italian pasta dishes in town, it’s the perfect place to enjoy a cozy dinner for two or bring the whole family in for pizza and fun. Offering beer and wine at their Monkey Junction and Porter’s Neck location and live music Friday and Saturday nights with all ABC permits at their Leland location, Antonio’s has thought of everything for you to enjoy your dining experience with them. Monkey Junction across from Super Walmart off South College Road (910) 792-0000, Porter’s Neck Shopping Center next to Kiva Grill off Market Street (910) 686-7774, Cross Creek Commons across from Magnolia Greens (910) 383-0033. www.antoniospizzaandpasta. com

eDDie rOmanelli’S A marvel of architecture with an open display kitchen that adds to the stunning ambiance of the dining room. Eddie Romanelli’s offers lunch (Oleander Dr), dinner and late night menu (Oleaner Dr). The diverse menu is casual American with Italian influences, featuring favorites such as 16oz. Marinated Rib Eye Steak, Stuffed Pork Chop, Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Shrimp and Crabmeat Cannelloni, unique California-style pizza and more.

RomanellisRestaurant.com. 5400 Oleander Drive, Wilmington. 910.799.7000 and 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. 910.383.1885

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

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

Slice Of life “Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza. We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. We have the largest tequila selection in Wilmington. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.” Stop by for lunch dinner, or a latenight treat, open from 11:30am until 3am, seven days a week, 365 days a year, all ABC permits.

122 Market Street between Second and Front, downtown Wilmington. 251-9444. Visit our 2nd location at 1437 Military Cutoff rd., next to PT’s!

256-2229 www.grabslice.com.

OrGanic lOVeY’S marKet Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for natural and organic groceries, or just a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious, and totally fresh snack. Whether they are in the mood for a veggie burger, a bean burrito or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte café menu at Lovey’s.

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

Specializing in bulk sales of produce, grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices, Lovey‘s also carries grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. Wheat-free, gluten-free, products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries and wholesome pet foods. For anything shoppers want that is not in stock, Lovey‘s will be happy to find it.

Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday, 9am to 7pm; Saturday, 9am to 6pm; and on Sundays, 10am to 6pm. Café hours: Monday-Friday, 11am–6pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am-6pm. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Road; 910-509-0331. Online at www. loveysmarket.com.

tiDal creeK cO-OP Tidal Creek Deli offers a wide array of exceptional and unusual organic foods, all of which taste as good as they are for you. The salad bar and hot bar incorporate flavors from around the world; each item is prepared by hand using only fresh and local ingredients.

The chefs are constantly experimenting to create new and exciting dishes. Choose from made to order smoothies with almond butter and hemp milk, salads with locally grown greens or, special order a wedding cake made from scratch to your specifications. Whatever your tastes, Tidal Creek Deli is a place to rejuvenate the mind and body while enjoying the company of a friendly and relaxed organic community.

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

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

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

Our smoke free lounge is eco-friendly and offers light fare nightly. 275 Waynick Blvd. Wrightsville Beach. 910-256-2251.

HierOnYmuS Proving that excellent seafood isn’t just for the eateries at Wrightsville Beach, Hieronymus Seafood is the stop for midtown Wilmington seafood lovers. In business for 27 years strong, Hieronymus has made a name for itself by consistently providing excellent service and the freshest of the fresh in oceanic cuisine. Complete with a full-service bar and a fireside oyster bar, it’s the place to be if you are seeking top-quality attributes in atmosphere, presentation, flavor and ingenuity.

Signature dishes include Oysters Hieronymus and the Scallops Fra Diavlo. Hieronymus has all ABC permits and also provides catering.

Voted “Best Seafood” in 2007. 5035 Market Street; 392-6313.

catcH mODern SeafOOD When Wilmingtonians think of fresh, flavorful seafood, they flock to Catch. Couples enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the bar, professionals meet for business meetings and locals come for their favorites. The understated décor and friendly service create a warm and relaxing atmosphere. In this quaint bistro, Catch serves New American seafood with Asian influences.

Customers enjoy unique flavors and modern creations, matched with the best local seafood and organic produce in the Cape Fear. Some seasonal offerings include soft-shell crabs, grouper nuggets, summer flounder, N.C. shrimp and Carolina catfish. House specialties range from broiled miso-glazed wild salmon to crispy fried oyster platters. No reservations accepted. Open Mon-Fri., 11am – 2pm for lunch and now open for dinner Wed-Fri. only from 5:30pm – 9pm (BYOB). 215 Princess Street, downtown Wilmington. Catch is chef-owned and -operated. (910) 762-2841 or www.catchwilmingtonnc.com.

Ocean Grill

Oceanic Breathtaking panoramic views. Oceanic’s third floor private banquet room provides a spectacular lookout over the Atlantic Ocean, Wrightsville Beach and Masonboro Island.

With its own restroom & bar facilities, it is perfect for wedding receptions, birthdays and corporate functions. Oceanic is a classic seafood house specializing in local seafood.

Choose from a selection of seafood platters, combination plates and daily fresh fish. For land lovers, try steaks, chicken or pasta. OceanicRestaurant.com. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. 910.256.5551

reel cafe For eight years, the Reel Café has been Wilmington’s premier restaurant and nightlife location, because it has something for everyone. Enjoy dining in our restaurant, live music in our courtyard Oyster Bar, dancing in the second-floor danceclub or cocktails on the Rooftop Bar overlooking the Cape Fear River.

We offer lunch, dinner and a late-night menu.

Lunch has a variety of salads, sandwiches and steamers. Our dinner menu has a wonderful variety of burgers, sandwiches, pastas and steaks. We also have delicious seafood entrées and salads, or try the specials prepared daily by our chef. Whether it’s a delightful meal, live music or the downtown nightlife, The Reel Café is the place to be. Located at 100 S. Front Street, the Reel is also available for banquets and private parties. Call for details: 251-1832.

SOutHern Hall’S trOPicana reStaurant Hall’s is a Wilmington tradition! Originally opened in 1901 as a drug store, Hall’s has been serving the Downtown community for over 100 years. We serve traditional Southern fare, including a classic breakfast with the accompaniments you’ve grown to love.

Lunch includes a Southern buffet MondayFriday with pork, chicken, all the fixin’s, and a special addition every day! Don’t forget our unique menu, which includes everything from specialty sandwiches to fried seafood. Most importantly, at Hall’s everything is fresh! Open Monday-Friday, 7am-2pm (buffet 11-2), and Saturday from 7am-12:30pm with breakfast and menu items only. 421 Castle St. 910-7622210.

PinK PiG cafe

Located next to the Golden Sands hotel in Downtown Wilmington’s newest dining opCarolina Beach, the Ocean Grill offers three tion has arrived! Serving breakfast and lunch distinct dining experiences: a spacious din- all day, the Pink Pig offers a full menu featuring ing room with wonderful views of the Atlan- good ol’ fashioned cookin’ along with a few of tic Ocean, a patio bar in the covered patio our own innovations. For breakfast, try one of area, and a open-air Tiki Bar on the pier. You our tasty country plates or a sandwich stacked will find a full menu inside, and appetizers, high with your favorite items. For lunch, try sandwiches and a full selection of bever- our already-famous Redneck Reuben, and you ages on the Tiki Bar menu. Serving lunch on can’t go wrong with our real pit-smoked barSaturday and Sunday, and brunch on Sun- becue sandwiches. C’mon in try for yourself! days from 10am-2pm. Lunch 7 days a week Open Tues-Sat, 8am-8pm, and Sun., 10ambeginning May 22nd. Live music calendar: 6pm. 124 Princess St, Downtown. 910-399www.oceangrill.us. Tiki Bar open at 11am 7 6096 other sporting events. We have plenty days a week. 1211 S. Lake Park Blvd, Caro- of seating and a fun atmosphere for the whole lina Beach; (910) 458-2000. family. In Racine Commons, 910-409-9860. encore | january 27-february 2, 2010 | www.encorepub.com 25

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George shook his head. Since the camera had remained planted like a tick in the ladies room, he had not slept. He had begun to smoke again. The memory of watching the receptionist miscarry and closing that image for a pie chart proved inescapable.

A noncommittal shrug, then the white coat went out through swinging doors, murmuring, “Call the family.”

George rubbed his face and left.

During the company’s team-building games, the manager and receptionist had discovered that as kids they both used to watch “Davey and Goliath.” It had done something for George, whose talk tended only toward the growth of what they all relied on: pieces of paper depicting a pyramid

its jaws over one end and tried to lift the bone. Not a budge. The cat let go, licked its chops and gulped.

Jack’s chair groaned. “No damn cat’s gonna get my Christmas ham bone.”

Chad’s eyes watered. “What’re you gonna do with an old ham bone? For Chrissake, Pop, just leave it alone.”

Hearing the door open, the cat scrammed over the fence. When everyone was gone, George watched out the door. The cat crept back, tried repeatedly, and finally gripped the bone in its jaws.

It sprang atop and cleared the fence, and the cat and bone were gone.

What George never knew was that gobbling. That scatting with the bone— or that being gobbled, like Chad had known.

One window in the office building stayed lit that night. Behind pulled blinds George turned on his computer, settled into his chair, lit another cigarette, sipped his scotch and brought up the day’s restroom footage.

by: Claude Limoges with a disembodied eye. He’d always had a supremely thin veneer—ask about kids or spouses, feign interest. The games taught better ways to fake it. “Oh, Davey,” Cheri would say, as George spilled the creamer and rolled his eyes, swiveled his head and talked three octaves higher, making her squeal in laughter. Then he’d smile, thinking of the camera and the strange freedom he had found in it. No meaning—only private purpose—a nether kind of wealth. Through the camera, he had planted a flag on his own small and tender moon.

These days at work he had earned himself the facetious title of a real swell guy, since a rumor had spread of a huge Midnight Wishes bouquet in a real crystal vase in Cheri’s room—sent anonymously, but the delivery man had let Ruth Oglesby in on who. By midday George could not turn down a corridor without hearing whispers and getting furtive looks. While talking business the men kept giving him a “you devil, you” look. The women avoided his eye, as if to meet it would instantly turn them into Lady Godiva. They simply had to know what it was about George that had made Cheri succumb to him, even while they panicked at the prospect of learning the secret directly.

George stood as usual at the breakroom counter, pouring creamer into his coffee and whistling, fine at first with being the company’s reputed gangster of love. After all, it meant the truth was not coming out.

George knew to where his father would have escaped. After Chad, the golden son, was found, The Salute spent days out by Frying Pan Shoals. When Jack finally came home, he was seriously scuffled, scales stuck everywhere on him as if he’d become a fish. Still, he spent days afterward laconically dwelling inside the rhythm of tossing out a line and reeling. Marilyn sank into her gin and African violets. In his room George, the invisible son, looked for answers inside the lyrics of Rush.

In the barrel-of-monkeys game, there was utter faith in the ability of monkeys to pull each other out of a barrel. Having lived through a wholesale tumbling of monkeys, George could not say, really, if any

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* * * of them had ever tried again to get back out of the barrel. Chad was gone, his father was gone, his mother might as well be gone. Perhaps George was the closest to a recovery, and coming upon that thought made him light up again once clear of the hospital’s sliding doors.

For hours he drove around town. That was the first time he had visited a hospital since his father passed a decade ago. His mother constantly threatened to throw out all of his father’s papers, as George put off going through them, hoping a fire would do it. Manila folders of words hammered out in clumsy letters often X-ed out, officious, in a borrowed voice—that was what was left of the great Jack Fincannon. Everything else—his clothes, his chair, his cologne, even his firstborn son—was gone.

“Will you look at that cat trying to get that ham bone,” Jack had said during their last Christmas together.

The family looked out the sliding-glass door. The ham bone, discarded from the previous night’s dinner, dwarfed the cat.

Hips poking through the fur, the cat eased

Like a shanty Martin leaned forward on his canes as he took the elevator up to the second floor of the gym. His fingers fumbled with the thin tongue of gray hair combed radically over to the right side of his head, a sore attempt at hiding the quarter-size strawberry birthmark on his temple.

While Martin sat on a weight-lifting bench and began alternately lifting each leg as the therapist had shown him, he tried to gauge what the tattoo was on the arm of the girl who was pedaling the devil out of the stationary bike. She bolted off the bike and threw him a second’s glare before he realized that was no tattoo.

In the next second, she was gone, and he was wondering what George Fincannon’s girlfriend was doing with a bad bruise on her arm. Then he thought about the rumors at the office and wondered no more. That bruise was George trying to hold on to her and failing.

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

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Green 17 Tour

FLOGGING MOLLY (ADV) $ 21.00 / (DOS) $ 24.00

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27

96.1 WKZQ presents

ALICE IN CHAINS w/MIDDLE CLASS RUT

(ADV) $ 40.00 / (DOS) $ 42.00

FRIDAY, MARCH 10

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DISTROYERS

(ADV) $ 29.50 / (DOS) $ 32.50

SUNDAY, APRIL 24

DELBERT McCLINTON

w/JIM QUICK AND THE COASTLINE BAND (ADV) $ 20.00 / (DOS) $ 23.00

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Smoking Allowed: Come be part of ‘The Smoking Show’ at The Gypsy

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efore I ever began working at The Juggling Gypsy Entertainment Parlor back in November 2008, I knew as a patron this wasn’t any typical bar or locale here in Wilmington. The Gypsy—as many of us affectionately refer to it—is a venue that loves existing in a state of perpetual change. When someone walks in now, they will see vibrant, bubbling hookahs, the walls littered with diverse local art work, an expanding menu selection and a steady fluctuation of sundry people from belly dancers, to fire spinners, to just the curious, average guy.

Another aspect that now makes The Juggling Gypsy stand out from any other bar, restaurant or music spot in Wilmington is that we can still find lit cigarettes and cooked shisha (flavored tobacco) indoors—and it’s on camera.

A lot of people, and sometimes especially Gypsy patrons, may find the idea of a live Web cam in their safe artist haven unsettling. But pushing aside Big-Brother theories and paranoia, The Gypsy is ac-

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by: Christina Dore tually using this as a loophole against the January 2nd, 2010, statewide smoking ban by putting on “The Smoking Show.”

“The Smoking Show” is a live Web production set in The Juggling Gypsy, wherein patrons sign in as performers and smoke away with their cigarettes or “rented props” (a. k. a. hookahs) while nestling in The Gypsy’s unpredictable atmosphere.

This production is supposed to appeal to those who might consider themselves “smoking fetishists”—people who admire the art of smoke.

However, anyone can view it, whether they’re fans of one of the featured Gypsy acts or those who happen to stumble upon “The Smoking Show.” The show always presents video, but audio is only on for certain events like Wednesday’s open mic, or when a touring band or performer requests it.

“I don’t feel like an actor or anything; I just feel like it’s a slice of life in such a cool place,” Gypsy patron and musician Ivan Christo says.

In accordance with the smoking ban and Section 130A-498 (b1), the local government may not prohibit smoking in places such as private homes and vehicles, cigar shops, private clubs and others, including “a motion-picture, television, theater or other live-production set. This exemption applies only to the actor or performer portraying the use of tobacco productions during the production.” (8).

“Cigar shops are exempt, though,” Ted Roberts, the Gypsy’s resident open mic host, says. “The rich, white people who are in the legislative go there and so do their friends. College kids and artists come here, and we’re not exempt because we don’t affect them, and that’s just how the laws work. So now we’re doing something that cannot just be ignored.”

New Hanover County Attorney Wanda Copley was unavailable for comment, but in previous interviews with WECT, Copley states that if county officials decided to add more regulations in the area, they would not be allowed to restrict smoking in certain places, like private residences and others. Therefore, since no additional smoking regulations have been passed at this time, The Juggling Gypsy is acting on a non-existent exemption.

“If Wanda Copley says the exemption doesn’t exist, then essentially what she is

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A SMOKIN’ GOOD TIME: Visit The Juggling Gypsy and be part of The Smoking Show, an ongoing live production where patrons are the stars—and enjoy a smoke at the bar.

saying is that people who wish to smoke in their own private homes or their cars are not exempted and should be fined up to $200 for breaking the law,” manager Denny Best, who has been a staunch combatant in this controversy, argues.

I see the varied responses of The Gypsy’s clientele, whether I’m behind the bar or on the other side. The feedback is mixed but overall very positive and supportive.

There have been patrons and one or two regulars who choose to frequent The Gypsy less, due to the camera’s presence and the required consent form everyone has to fill in upon entering The Gypsy. Yet, there are also the regulars and newcomers who applaud The Gypsy’s creativity, and are just pleased to find a place to smoke while drinking a good chilled beer or an aromatic glass of wine.

“I don’t feel like [the camera is] even there,” Christo says. “I’m not worried about being watched or anything like that because if you look online, the resolution of the video isn’t that big. I actually wish there were more and better cameras, and audio was on more for the events and shows.”

Manager Best has noticed the steady customer base and the slight growth—“I think more people are coming in now be-

cause they have found a place where they are still allowed to do what they’ve always done before the ban. They can just sit and smoke at a bar without any hassle.”

While Best is aware of the disconcert the camera might create for some people, the idea of getting rid of the camera doesn’t seem likely, even if hookah bars are finally included in the exemption.

“We may improve it and make it so people can sit comfortably without being directly in the camera view,” he says.

“But, really, the camera and ‘The Smoking Show’ is a cool idea and can be used for greater things that The Gypsy might come up with in the future. We’re always getting new ideas here.”

To be part of “The Smoking Show,” go to www.thesmokingshow.com or www. ustream.tv/jugglinggypsy, or get more info on the show and other Gypsy events at www.jugglinggypsy.com. There is also a live interactive chat room that guests can participate in.

Better yet, visit The Juggling Gypsy, sign the release form once, agreeing to be a performer and to be in the presence of other smoking performers. Patrons then sign the returning-artist sheet every other visit after that. That way anyone can sit and enjoy a beer or a hookah and all the live entertainment this venue loves to provide for the Wilmington community.

Saturday February 20, 2010 Pleasure Island’s Carolina Beach Boardwalk Next to the Courtyard Marriott 11:00am-3:00pm

Come take a chilling plunge into the Atlantic Ocean to support Special Olympics New Hanover County Join us for an afternoon of live music, art, food, a silent auction, classic car show and much, much more!

In order to plunge you must raise a minimum of $50 ($30 for students w/proper ID)

2010 Spring Season Leadership Lecture Series 2/15/10

Jonathan Kozol, education activist and National Book Award winner, “Joy and Justice: An Invitation to Serve the Children of the Poor”

3/22/10

Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm, “Green Business: The Next Frontier”

Costume Contest judging begins at 1:00 Come and join the fun – our athletes need your support!

www.plungenhc.com For more information:

Special Olympics New Hanover County 302 Willard Street Wilmington, NC 28401 910.341.5876 or TTY Relay 711

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Arts in Action Performance Series 2/18/10 Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile With master mandolin player Chris Thile at the helm, bluegrass, folk and traditional music unite.

3/19/10 Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story Signature literary program of New York’s Symphony Space, broadcast live each week on National Public Radio, comes to the UNCW stage. Co-presented with the Department of Creative Writing and the Katherine Buckner Lecture Series

OPEN FOR LUNCH AND DINNER

3/26/10 Chris Potter’s Underground One of the jazz world’s master saxophonists. Co-presented with the Department of Music’s 28th Annual UNCW Guest Artist Jazz Festival 4/11/10 Kronos Quartet A striking combination of unique musical vision with a fearless dedication to experimentation.

Co-sponsored by UNCW Cultural Arts and Chamber Music Wilmington

Serving “Private Reserve” steaks starting at $1399 steaks

wings

ribs

salads

In the Cotton Exchange Downtown Wilmington

762-4354

Tickets & Information Kenan Box Office 910.962.3500

FREE PARKING

www.uncw.edu/presents

www.paddyshollow.com

An EEO/AA institution. Accommodations for disabilities may be requested by contacting 910.962.3285 three days prior to the event.

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where to be, what to do in Wilmington and beyond

Events STOP TITAN RALLY If you want to breathe clean air, drink safe water, andare against 300-plus dump trucks on our roads daily, toxic mercury in our air and waterways or having a 3,000 acre strip mine destroying our wetlands, join us at the Stop Titan Rally, Mon 2/1, 4:45-6:30pm.

Speakers starting at 5:30pm, in front of the County Courthouse, at 3rd and Princess streets.

Wear red, bring a sign and be a part of the growing opposition to Titan Cement. kaydee@ec.rr.com; 910612-9031. www.facebook.com/citizensagainsttitan FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation presents Festival of Flowers, 9:30-11:30am, 1/27, Hilton Wilmington Riverside, 301 N. Water St. Fiore Fine Flowers lead designer Lonnie Taylor will demonstrate how to create beautiful household arrangements, and discuss latest design trends in flower arranging and help participants create a floral arrangement to take home. Mimosas, coffee, fresh fruit and croissants served. Don’t forget your clippers. Individual tickets: $30. Hostess reserved tables of eight: $300. Proceeds benefit Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter. hospiceandlifecarecenter.org or 796-8099 x. 6.

UNCW warmly invites you to return to your alma mater for Homecoming. Enjoy a weekend full of events to welcome you back to campus as you reconnect with friends and faculty and show your Seahawk spirit!

There will be 15+ events from Fri/Sat., 1/29-30. Most events are free (or a marginal cost), but registration is required. 2010 Alumni Association Awards program: 7pm, 1/29, Warwick Center Ballroom. Open to the community; $25/person and includes dinner and open

2/1: Stop tItAN RALLY

bar with wine and beer. Tickets can be purchased until 1/27: www.uncw.edu/homecomingtix, or by calling 1-800.596-2880 • Free alumni receptions ; various times and locations 1/30 (see web site) • TEALgate pregame party: 4pm, 1/30, outside Trask Coliseum: Celebration before the men’s basketball game against Towson University. Tickets including all you can eat and drink (including beer and wine) and a basketball game ticket are $22 per adult, $14 ages 3-12 and free for three and under. TEALgate admissiononly tickets, including all you can eat food and beverages are $12 per adult, $5 age 3-12 and free for 3 and under. TEALgate packages are available at www.uncw.edu/homecomingtix, or by calling 1-800-596-2880.Limited number of TEALgate tickets available at the door • 2010 Homecoming Celebration, after the men’s basketball game 1/30, Burney Center: Free event open to all alumni and their families, but attendees are required to register online for complimentary tickets. Food, refreshments and live entertainment will be included. www. uncw.edu/homecoming

the controversy continues over titan American building a cement plant in Castle Hayne, and our locals continue to rally against it, including one taking place Monday the 1st. Anyone who wishes to be a part of it should meet at the County Courthouse at 4:45-6:30pm, where speakers commence in opposition to titan Cement plant. Wear red, bring a sign and a voice!

Kaydee@ec.rr.com or (910) 612-9031.

UNCW HOMECOMING 2010

TIDAL CREEK EVENTS Organic on a Budget with Cortney Shallow, Wed., 2/3, 6-7pm, Tidal Creek Community Ctr., free. We’ll discuss how you can buy organic foods on a budget by evaluating the foods you consume everyday and which products makeup the core of your diet. Let’s prioritize, buy in season,

shop at your local co-op, look for sales and coupons, buying in bulk, and shop local farmer’s markets. • Becoming a Food Citizen with Produce Manager, Ali LinthicumThurs, 2/18, 6-8pm, free.A practical guide to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA’s). The class is for anyone interested in learning more about becoming an active participant in becoming part of the local food scene and building it’s economy. 910799-2667. www.tidalcreek.coop 56TH BARGAIN SALE The Junior League of Wilmington’s 56th annual Bargain Sale: Sat., 2/13, 7:30am-1:30pm, at National Guard Armory, 2221 Carolina Beach Rd. Cost: $3/person.

Pre-sale held, Fri., 2/12, 6-8pm—offers shoppers a sneak peek and first dibs on all merchandise, with the exception of children’s items. Cost: $6/person and all merchandise will be twice the marked price.

Indoor mega yard sale offering the general public an opportunity to purchase gently used items at below bargain price: clothing for children and adults, toys, books, home décor, furniture, electronics and appliances.

UNCW PRESENTS ARTS IN ACTION 2/18: Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and his new band the Punch Brothers. Grammy-nominated group combines the talents of the hottest young pickers in modern bluegrass—Gabe Witcher, Naom Pikelny, and Paul Kowert—to create a fresh, cutting-edge sound that seamlessly blends bluegrass traditions with breathtaking innovation • 3/19, Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, the signature literary program of New York’s Symphony Space broadcast live ea. wk. through National Public Radio, is performed live on the UNCW stage. Hosted by David Rakoff, Selected Shorts presents fine actors reading classic and bold new short fiction. (910) 962-3500 or 800732-3643, 10am-6pm, Mon-Fri. SILVER COAST WINERY Artistry of Joanne Geisel and Phil Meade. Both of these fine artists will have award-winning selections on exhibit. Joanne’s landscapes and still life paintings capture beautiful locations, changing moods and have a unique perspective. While Phil’s inspiration is derived from the weathered dune fences, wild flowers, the ocean, inland waterways and formal gardens.

Collectively these two artists will captivate you with beautiful compositions through 4/15. • Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Wonderful Silver Coast, award -winning wines and handmade, gourmet chocolates

by Lake Champlain Chocolates out of Burlington, Vermont. Lake Champlain chocolates produces allnatural, preservative-free chocolates, and supports overall human health and wellness. They champion efforts to eliminate any form of exploitation connected to the production of cocoa products and share the belief that no one should be harmed in cocoa farming.

Sat., 2/6: 5 eatings throughout the day beginning at noon w/last seating at 4pm. RSVP rqd, $15/person.

(910) 287-2800. www.silvercoastwinery.com or 910287-2800.

DOWNTOWNERS NETWORKING EVENT First Wed. ea. month, 5-6:30pm, Front Street Brewery.

Free appetizers throughout the networking event, and free beer tastings at 6pm. Great opportunity for people who live and work in the downtown area to get to know each other! 9 N. Front Street www.FrontStreetBrewery. com Several downtown businesses & organizations showcased at each meeting. Ellie Craig: 910-251-1935, or ecraig7@aol.com

Charity/Fund-raisers LUMP TO LAUGHTER Lump to Laughter is an annual swap and shop, where hundreds of donated, gently-used items are swapped among participants. The fee to swap is $25, with all proceeds going to the Lump to Laughter Angel Fund, wich provides funancial assistance to women in need

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during breast-cancer treatment. There will be door prizes, raffle items and a silent auction. 1/30, 10am2pm ,at Poplar Grove Plantation, HWY 17 N., Scotts Hill. www.lumptolaughter.org.

FIRST BOOK First Book-New Hanover County is organizing a fund-raiser to be hosted by Children’s Museum of Wilmington. Art work created by young people at Community Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington will be sold to benefit First Book – New Hanover County. 116 Orange St., Fri. evening through Sunday afternoon 2/7. nd coupons, Kickoff Coffee & Dessert, 6:30-8:30pm, Fri. to honor markets. • artists and sponsors (RSVP rqst). First Book-New Manager, Ali Hanover County promotes and facilitates distribution ctical guide of new books to children in literacy programs in New CSA’s). The Hanover County. Carol Barre: Cbarre1250@ec.rr. more about com ming part ofHEART STRINGS onomy. 910- Heart disease awareness and outreach campaign, “From Our Hearts to Yours.” Our goal: raise awareness that heart disease and related illnesses of the vascular nual Bargain system (such as high blood pressure and stroke) are ional Guard the number one killers of women. 2/7: Heart Strings, $3/person. Music for the Soul feat. members of the Wilmington shoppers a Symphony Orchestra, the Stanley Baird Group, the andise, with Fayetteville State University Choir, and Guest Artist : $6/person and Conductor Dr. Marvin Curtis, Dean Earnestine arked price. M. Raclin School of the Arts, Indian University in neral public South Bend, Indiana. Held at Historical St. Stephen ed items at A.M.E. Church on Redcross St., 4pm. Net proceeds and adults, re-distributed to “at-risk” women in the community to ctronics and provide them with gift cards to local pharmacies and grocery stores. Caroline Nunley: (910) 762-1177 ext.

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nd his newAMERICAN RED CROSS HAITI FUND-RAISER nated group American Red Cross is contributing an initial $1 million g pickers in dollars from its International Response Fund to assist Pikelny, and communities impacted by the earthquake in Haiti, and edge sound is prepared to take further action as local responders ditions with assess the situation. It’s made available all of the d Shorts: A relief supplies from its warehouse in Panama, which ature literary would provide for basic needs for approximately 5,000 e broadcast families, including tarps, mosquito nets and cooking s performed sets. You can help the victims of the earthquakes in avid Rakoff, Haiti and other countless crises around the world ding classic each year by making a financial gift to the American 500 or 800- Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. Donations to the International Response de. Both of Fund can be sent to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box g selections 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or made by phone ife paintings at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) moods and or www.redcross.org. You can also mail or deliver nspiration is monetary contributions to the Cape Fear Chapter of wild flowers, the American Red Cross, located at 1102 South 16th al gardens. St., Wilmington, NC 28401. At this time, the American ate you with National Red Cross is not accepting volunteers to travel • Celebrate to Haiti. The Red Cross is only deploying volunteers oast, award specially trained to manage international emergency chocolates operations. If you would like to volunteer for your local Burlington, Red Cross chapter and/or receive training in local and roduces all- domestic disaster preparedness and response: www. nd supports arccapefear.org or 910-762-2683. y champion n connectedFEAST AGAINST FAMINE d share the 8th Annual Fund-raiser for Full Belly Project for a coa farming. globally-inspired evening of cuisine, beer and wine, beginning at the live music of “Tanstrum,” and silent and live $15/person. auctions feat. new art by George Pocheptsov, a com or 910- week in the Dominican Republic, and much more.

See our award-winning inventions, and learn more about our expanding mission to benefit farmers and entrepreneurs in developing nations. 2/20, 6-10pm, eet Brewery. Coastline Conference & Event Center, 501 Nutt St. $50 g event, and in advance from www.fullbellyproject.org or 910-452ty for people 0975. $60 at door. Includes dinner, beer, and wine. get to know eetBrewery.WINTER WILMINGTON OLYMPICS rganizations Wilmington Area Hospitality Association (WAHA) 0-251-1935, hosts 1st Annual Hospitality Olympics at the Blockade Runner Resort on Sun., 2/28, which coincides w/last day of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC. noon-4pm (reg. at 11:30am) and will feature teams from hospitality and tourism businesses throughout the Wilmington area including New Hanover, Pender & Brunswick counties. Proceeds will fund a scholarship to the Hospitality Program at the Cape Fear Community shop, where College. Open to public, free admission. Area re swapped businesses will be donating prizes to be raffled, with $25, with all raffle ticket sales funding the scholarship.Refreshments Angel Fund, available for purchase; events will be moved indoors men in need if it rains. http://wilmhospitality.blogspot.com/

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HOME TOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Home Tour spotlights beautiful properties around Wilmington, exploring a range of styles and periods. Volunteers are needed to give our visitors the best experience possible. Two shifts available on Sat, 12:45-3:30pm and 3:15-6pm, or Sun., 12:45pm-3pm or 2:45-5pm. Docents and House Captains needed to take a role and make this event succeed. aimee@ historicwilmington.org or call (910) 762-2511.

Theater/Auditions DESSERT THEATRE There’s a new taste sensation coming to Wilmington in January: a treat for the taste buds and the funny bone. It’s ‘Dessert Theater,’ at New Hanover County Senior Resource Center on four Friday afternoons.

Think dinner theater, only smaller: a combination of coffee, sweet treats and live theater, feat. two bite-sized comedies by award-winning playwright Kathryn Martin, 2pm. $8/person. Seating limited; RSVP (required): 910-398-7871. “Driving My Daddy” will be performed 1/29. “Date Night” and “Murder at Teatime” will be performed— all done by Wilmington actors. 2222 S. College Rd., 910-398-7871 or www. kathrynmartin. net.

LOVE ON THE ROCKS “Love on the Rocks,” the first show of our 2010 season., consists of four short plays about the difficult (and sometimes comical) search for love. Show dates are 2/4-7, 11-14 and 18-21. Plays include: “Fixing Up Mom” by Kathryn Martin—A daughter arranges a meeting between her widowed mother and a widower, both of whom have definite ideas (and a list!) about what they are looking for in a prospective mate. “Ships” by Jay Hanagan—A man and a woman, each married to other people, meet by chance and discover that they have more in common with each other than they do with their respective spouses. “The Marriage Proposal”

by Anton Chekhov—A middle-aged bachelor comes to his neighbor’s house to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage. Comic misunderstandings and arguments ensue. “Not Since Baltimore” by Bert Sherman—A widower explores the bewildering world of internet dating.Ken Cressman: 910-471-0242.

Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St. THE TAFFETAS Thalian Association presents the musical The Taffetas: A Musical Journey Through the Fabulous Fifties.Drected and choreographed

by David T. Loudermilk with music direction

by Jonathan Barber, runs 2/4-14 at the Hannah Block 2nd Street Stage, 120 S. 2nd St., downtown Wilmington; Thurs/Fri/Sat, 8pm, and Sun, 3pm. A delightful revue taking us back to the 1950’s where the girl group of the title “four sisters from Muncie, Indiana” is making its national television debut. A tribute to the sounds of The McGuire Sisters, The Fontane Sisters and The Chordettes nd more! $20 w/senior, student and group discounts. 910-251-1778.

Has opened for Tony Bennett, Chris Botti and Maceo Parker; headlined the All Canadian Jazz Festival, receiving the 2007 Canadian Smooth Jazz Award for Female Vocalist of the Year and was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album OPERA HOUSE SEASON 25th Anniversary Season. The first two shows will be performed at the Scottish Rite Temple, 1415 South 17th St. The rest of the season will be performed on the Main Stage of Thalian Hall. Nunsense: Book, Music, and Lyrics by Dan Goggin., Wed., 2/17-21 and 2/2628. The Little Sisters of Hoboken have been struck by tragedy. Fifty-two sisters have succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God—an outrageously wacky show packed with music, dancing, jokes and nun-puns. Shows at 8pm, except Sun. matinees at 3pm.

A FUNNY THING...

Brunswick Little Theatre (a non-profit, all volunteer organization) will donate 10 percent of its profits from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Forum to the Brunswick County Historical Society. A Funny Thing... shows at Odell Williamson Auditorium at 7:30pm, 2/18-20, and 3pm, 2/21.www.brunswicklittletheatre. com. Tickets: 1-800-754-1050, ext 416 or go www. bccowacom,$15 for adults, $10 for students 12 and over with school ID’s, $10 for Brunswick Community College Staff, and $6 for children under 12.

OPERA HOUSE THEATRE CO. AUDITIONS Auditions on Sat., 3/27, for “Five Guys Named Moe,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “The Music Man,” and “The Secret Garden.” Auditions for children 13 and younger, 9am-11am; audition for teens and adults over 13 at 11am. Lucile Shuffler Center, 2011 Carolina Beach Rd. Prepare song and sheet music (an accompanist will be provided). Also prepare to dance. Roles in all five shows are available for men and women in a wide range of ages; there are multiple roles available for children in Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, and The Secret Garden. Opera House: (910) 762-4234.

CEREMONIES IN DARK OLD MEN AUDITIONS The Seed of Abraham Outreach Ministries/K.I.M. & Company is proud to announce auditions are being

1/30: OVARY ACTION FOR HAITI

The comedy show returns to help the people of Haiti by holding a benefit performance on the 30th at Nutt Street Comedy Bar below Soapbox Laundro Lounge. Comedians include all folks who previously took part in Ovary Action, along with founders Brooklin Green and Amy Kennedy. Monies will go to American Red Cross Haiti. The show takes place from 8-9pm, with a suggested donation of $10 at the door. RSVP: (910) 251-8500.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” will be staged at the Minnie Evans Arts Center, 605 Halyburton Memorial Pkwy, 7pm, Fri/Sat., 2/5-6, and 2pm, 2/7, by students from Myrtle Grove Middle School.

Tickets: $7/adult and $5/child and are available at the door. Dana Harrison: (910) 350-2100 x125.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES UNCW’s Women’s Studies and Resource Center sponsors “The Vagina Monologues,” based on playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women throughout the world. It celebrates women’s sexuality and strength as well as exposes the violence and indignities that women endure. Play dates: 2/11 and 2/13 at 7pm , w/2pm matinee on 2/14. All performances held in Lumina Theater. Ticket s: $8 for students/$10 general admission. Proceeds benefit the Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc. and the Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc. www.vday.org.

THALIAN HALL RAINBOW ROOM The Rainbow Room seats appx 125 persons. Tickets: www.thalianhall.org, (910)343-3664 or (800)523-2820.

2/12-14: Kellylee Evans (www.kellyleeevans.com).

Judges including Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau, Kurt Elling and Dee Dee Bridgewater awarded Kellylee Evans 2nd place, out of 140 finalists, in the international Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition at the Kennedy Center.

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Church, 1201 Organe St. TVI Productions: (910)2513797 ARTS POETICA AUDITIONS Musicians! Actors! Singers! Performers of all kinds needed! Get paid! Auditions for CFCC’s highly acclaimed Arts Poetica 3: 2/1, 3, 7pm at CFCC Black Box, across from PPD. Marlowe Moore: mmoore@ cfcc.edu or Gena McKinley, gmckinley@cfcc.edu.

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU AUDITIONS Thalian Association will hold auditions for the Pulitzer Prizewinning comedy “You Can’t Take It With You,” by Kaufman and Hart, Mon/Tues, 2/8-9, 7-9:30pm. Roles for women and men in their 20s through 70s, including an African-American couple 30s-50s and a female ballet dancer 20s-30s. No prepared material required; you’ll be asked to read from the script. Drected by Tom Briggs, runs for 8 performances 3/18-28 at Hannah Block 2nd Street Stage in the historic USO, 120 S. 2nd St., downtown Wilmington, where auditions will be held. Character breakdown: www.talian.org.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF The Upper Room Theatre Company, the first Christian community theatre company in Wilmington, will hold open auditions for the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” on Mon, 2/8, 7pm., with call backs on 2/9, at 7pm. Candidates for vocal parts should come with a prepared musical number from the show. 8 year olds to adults; held at Lutheran Church of Reconciliation’s Ministry Center, 7500 Market St. Performances on 4/23-30 and 5/1-2.

Comedy OVARY ACTION Ovary Action Stand-up Comedy is back! Benefit show to raise money for the Haitian people, featuring al previous ovary comedians and founders Brooklin Green and Amy Kennedy. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Haiti. Come on out laugh, mingle, all while supporting a great cause! Enjoy a great night out and laugh with these funny and fabulous female stand-up comics for an all-girl comedy night! No matter what your sex, these comedians can entertain anyone! 8- 9pm, 1/30, at Nutt Street Comedy Bar at Soapbox LaundroLounge, 255 N. Front St. $10 suggested donation at the door. RSVP: 910-251-8500. www.myspace. com/ovaryactioncomics or ovaryactioncomics@gmail. com.

CABINEER’S PROMOTIONS Cabineer’s Promotions: $10 sweepstakes entry.

Winner will get a night on the town (hotel for choice of 3 cities), $50 travel expense and 2 tickets to a comedy show. Drawing held 3/6, a 3 Diva’s and Nick Comedy Show. Takes place at Wilmington Sportsmen’s Club, • Comedy show at Wilmington Sportsmen Club, featuring comedians from Comic View, Def Comedy Jam and HBO: TP Hearn, Preacher Man and Grave Digger. 10pm; doors at 9pm. Early bird tix, $10 thru 1/31; $15 thereafter or $20 at door. www.etix.com. 111 Caste Street. 910-200-3683 or daddycabineers@aol. com.

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Music WILMINGTON SYMPHPONY 2/6, 8pm, at Kenan Auditorium on the UNCW campus, w/Steven Errante, conducting; Will Piner, alto saxophone; and Allison Freeman, piano. The 5-yr. Beethoven cycle continues with his incomparable Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92, one of the hallmarks of classical repertoire. Winners of the 33rd Annual Richard R. Deas Student Concerto Competition also share the spotlight. www.wilmingtonsymphony. org. Tickets: (910) 962-3500 or 1-800-732-3643 weekdays, noon-6pm. Reserved seats: $23, $21, and just $4 for students and youth under 17.

NC JAZZ FESTIVAL NC Jazz Festival, 2/4-6, will celebrate 30 years with concerts by more than a dozen traditional jazz artists who perform in a cabaret-style setting at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside’s newly renovated ballroom. Thursday night kickoff: “Styles of Jazz” concert vocalist Stephanie Nakasian & the Hod O’Brien Trio; New Orleans style jazz by the Duke Heitger Sextet; and local favorites Grenaldo Frazier (piano, vocals) and Kevin Kolb Quartet. Fri/Sat nights: 14 world-renowned musicians, including guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli (www.benedettoguitars.com/players_bucky. php), Butch Miles on drums (www.butchmiles.com), pianist Hod O’Brien (www.hodobrien.com), and Duke Heitger on trumpet (www.dukeheitger.com).

Other all-star jazz musicians include: Mark Shane (piano; www.shanepianojazz.com); Frank Tate (bass; www.atlantajazzparty.com/Tate.html); Tom Fischer (reeds; www.tomfischermusic.com); and John Allred (trombone; www.myspace.com/johnallredmusic).

Back by popular demand are festival favorites Anat Cohen (reeds; www.anatcohen.com); Ed Polcer (trumpet/cornet; www.edpolcer.com); Joe Ascione (drums; www.joeascione.com);; John Cocuzzi (vibes and piano;http://www.johncocuzzimusic.com/music. html); Herman Burney (bass; www.hermanburney. com); and Stephanie Nakasian (vocalist; www. stephanienakasian.com). Saturday morning: musical birthday cruise along the Cape Fear River with New Orleans style jazz and North Carolina barbecue.

Thurs. tickets: $30 per person; $15 student rate.

Fri/Sat: $50 general admission; $25 military rate; $15 student rate, each night. Patron tickets: $175 each, include admission to Fri/Sat concerts and the Patron’s Musical Brunch with all-star musicians (Sat). Patrons may include Thurs. night’s special event concert for a total ticket price: $200. 910-793-1111 or visitwww. ncjazzfestival.com. Tickets at Audio Lab (5732 Oleander Dr., Wilmington; 910-392-1200).

CHATHAM COUNTY LINE Bluegrass vets from Chatham County play Bowers Performing Arts Center in Whiteville, NC, to benefit area high scool music programs. 2/6, $12.50 for adults/$5 for students, K-12, w/student ID. www.sccnc.edu or Kelly Jones, (910) 642-5168.

VALENTINE BIG BAND DANCE Saint Thomas Preservation Hall, 208 Dock Street Wilmington is having a Valentine Big Band Dance featuring The Wilmington Big Band and Babs McDance on 2/11 from 6-10pm. $25/person. Ticket proceeds go to the installation of an elevator in the building. The Valentine Big Band Dance will feature dance lessons, food, beer and wine tasting and art auctions. Casual attire is appropriate. www.ValentineBenefit.com.

GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA The Glenn Miller Orchestra plays Duplin County Events Center, Fri, 2/12, 8pm. Under the direction of Larry O’Brian (clarinet) and consists of five saxophone players, four trumpeters, four trombonists, and three rhythm musicians (piano, bass and drums). Plus, the Moonlight Serenaders are the vocal front for the band. Dance bandleaders back in the Swing era of the 1930s and 40s. Duplin County Events Center, HWY 11 (across from James Sprunt Community College), Kenansville, NC, $30/Table Seats. $10-$20. Student and military discounts available. (910) 275-0009. www. ticketmaster.com.

JESSYE NORMAN Four-time Grammy Award winner Jessye Norman performs 2/14, UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium, 8pm.

2010. Revered as one of the preeminent vocalists of our time, Jessye Norman garnered early acclaim for

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CAROLINA SHAG CLUB DJs play favorite beach music and shag tunes every Sat, 8pm to close. $4/members; $6/guests. Carolina Shag Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd. Carolina Beach, NC 620-4025

The NC Jazz Festival returns with a bevy of talent to the Hilton Riverside, donwtown, February 4th through the 6th. From the kickoff concert on Thursday night featuring top-notch musicians, to the weekend’s shows with local favorites Grenaldo Frazier and Kevin Kolb Quartet, to out-of-towners Frank Tate, Tom Fisher, Stephanie Nakasian and more, the scope of music will be unforgettable. Tickets range from $30-$200. (910) 793-1111. her portrayal of the title role in Verdi’s Aida, the first of numerous leading dramatic roles she made uniquely her own. Norman’s upcoming performance will feature the work of American masters, such as Eubie Blake, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington.

Tickets go on sale, Thurs., 10/1: $75 (Reserved Section A); $55 (Reserved Section B); $15 for UNCW Students with a valid ID (limit 1 per student). www.uncw.edu/arts or 910-962-3500 or 800-732-3643.

PUNCH BROTHERS Contemporary bluegrass group the Punch Brothers, feat. celebrated mandolinist Chris Thile, performs at Kenan Auditorium on Thurs., 2/18, 8pm. Eclectic, highenergy performance will showcase the integration of bluegrass instrumentation with the spontaneity and strictures of contemporary classical music for which the group is so well known. Comprised of five fiercely talented young, acoustic musicians whose musical backgrounds include rock, folk, country, bluegrass and classical music—is named after the Mark Twain short story Punch, Brothers, Punch! Tickets: $20 for the general public; $16 for senior citizens and UNCW employees; $8 for non-UNCW students; and $6 for UNCW students. Group discounts are available. Kenan Box Office: 910-962-3500 or 800-732-3643 or www. uncw.edu/presents.

WILMINGTON AREA REBUILDING MINISTRY Wilmington Celebration Choir, directed by Pillar Recording artist, Joey Gore, will be hosting a concert to benefit the Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM) on 2/20, 7pm at the Pine Valley United Methodist Church Family Life Center. WARM brings together interfaith volunteers, civic and community groups, businesses and local government agencies to make vital home repairs and help keep elderly, disabled and low-income homeowners living independently in their own homes across ive counties in the Southeastern NC regions: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender. Wilmington Celebration Choir, a professional Christian music choir based out of Wilmington, NC, is made up of over 70 voices representing 19 different churches located in Southeastern NC. Joey Gore: 910-392-9315

Dance BALLROOM DANCING Silver Coast Winery feat. award-winning Ballroom Dancers Jim Sterner and Donna Rosen, from Myrtle Beach, to give a series of four classes: 4 consecutive Sun. afternoons, through 1/31, 2-4pm. First hour will be instruction and the second hour will be dance with individual help from Jim and Donna. $45/person for all classes, prepaid. (910) 287-2800. www. silvercoastwinery.com. 6680 Barbeque Rd., Ocean Isle Beach SINGLE’S CLUB Wilmington Singes Club: 2/5: DJ Robert Clemmons, Am. Legion (Members $8; Guests $10); 2/12: Modern Knights Band (Members $10; Guests $12); 2/19: DJ Buddy Langley, Am. Legion (Members $8; Guests $10); 2/26: DJ Baby Boomer, Am. Legion, (Members $8; Guessts $10). Music 8-11pm. No shorts, miniskirts or denim jeans, please. Kathleen Abbott: 232-3315 or www.wilmingtonsingles.blogspot.com

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76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639 ARGENTINE TANGO 7:30pm every Friday. $5 cover at the door, includes beginners lesson. Ramada Inn, New Carolina Lounge, 5001 Market St. Details: 790-8597.

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

Art WHERE THE LINES CROSS “Where the Lines Cross” exhibition on display through 2/4. Boseman Gallery transformed into a large-scale sculpture! Installation art describes an artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional work designed to transform the perception of a space. The basis of this installation is to break down barriers between fields of design and use aspects from each field to create a collaborative, site-based work—compilation feat. work of student artists made of diverse materials, from newspaper to plastic bags to wood to wax, etc.

Artists include: Diana Brenson, Tricia Chacon, Kristen Cheshire, Meredith Connelly, Danielle Dewar, Stella Duplass, Sean Klein, Elizabeth McAdams, Randy Seller, Maggie Sumney, Alexandra Widman, and Anne Marie Wilson. Gallery Hours: Mon.- Sat., 10am-8pm, Closed Sun. 910-962-7972 or www.uncw.edu/presents

BOTTEGA ART BAR EXHIBITS: Jazz Rode: A Solo Exhibition, Through 3/7, w/ opening reception on Fri, 1/15, 6-8pm. Designing surf art is just one of this local artists amazing talents—also includes; Intaglio, Lithography, Mixed Media and Painting and will all be displayed in this eclectic exhibit at Bottega Gallery. EVENTS: Start 9pm unless noted; free. • 1/27: Weekly Wine Tasting 7pm (Roger Davis & Ron Wilson music) • 1/28: Eric Metts • 1/29: Kim Dicso • 1/30: Live Music • 1/31: Miss Tess performs. 208 North Front St.; 910-763-3737. www. bottegagallery.com NO BOUNDARIES IN’TL ART EXHIBIT Through 2/19: “No Boundaries International Art Exhibit: inspired creations from Bald Head Island Art Colony, November 2009” will hang at Acme Art Studios, an eclectic artist’s co-op located at 711 North Fifth Ave., downtown Wilmington. Participating artists include: Elizabeth Bender, Shawn Best, Michelle Connolly, Maria Earnshaw, Bonnie England, Ev Boyd Hines, Fritzi Huber, Randall Leach, Wayne McDowell, Dick Roberts, Loulie Scharf, Vicky Smith, Abby Spangel Perry, Dixon Stetler, Pam Toll, Gayle Tustin, Wayne McDowell, Michael Van Hout; and international artists, Leon Patchett from Scotland, and German artist, Stefan Nuetzel, currently residing in Austria.

PARALLELOGRAM’S SCIENCE/FICTION Parallelogram Art Gallery presents Science/Fiction, an exhibit that ushers viewers into the new decade with a look at the brilliantly imagined future of humanity, 1/22-2/19. Feat. nuclear cooling towers, interspecies relationships, robotic imagery alongside intricacies of human anatomy, with artwork by Kitty Lund, Eddie Whelan, Jonathan Lewis, Whitney Lewis, Erin Hayward, Julian Bozeman, Delia Dykes, and Tae Lee. Focuses on all things science and fiction, related as a glimpse into a new decade of art. Closing reception on 2/19 will feature food, drink, live musical performances from the future! 523 South 3rd St., Wed-Sat, 1-5pm. paralellogram@gmail.com or paralellogram.com.

JOHN GOLDEN ARTWORK The Golden Gallery, 311 North Front Street, in The Cotton Exchange, hosts John Golden’s artwork, featuring his Rovinato Series. 10 images from Rovinato Series have been picked up to be published by McGaw Graphics. They will be included in their 2010 hard-cover catalog and will debut at the upcoming West Coast Art & Frame show in Las Vegas at the end of this month. John: 200-3067; www.facebook.com/photo. php?pid=1663903&id=746821154&op=1&view=all& subj=272737182512&aid=-1&oid=272737182512

ART WORK NEEDED Cape Fear Community College is currently seeking artwork from local artists for an upcoming arr auction to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Action will be held on Fri., 1/29, noon-2pm, n the CFCC Cafeteria in the Health Sciences Building at 215 N. 2nd St. in downtown Wilmington. All proceeds from the auction will benefit Doctors Without Borders in support of Haiti Earthquake relief. Artwork and fine crafts will be on display by 8am on 1/29 for those who want to sneaka peek at the items ahead of time. Cash donations in lieu of bidding will also be accepted. Ben Billingsley: bbillingsley@cfcc.edu.

ENVISAGE STUDIOS Envisage Gallery and Studios is now open. We are seeking artists and art to fill this unique art/theatre space. We have Artist studio, display, and consignment space available. Whether you need a little space or a lot of space we can fill your needs. Located in the historic Friendly’s Department Store building at 615 Castle St. and open to the Cape Fear Playhouse. Susan or Scott Oakley: 910-352-1070 or envisagegallery@ec.rr.com.

CONCRETE OF IMAGES: BACK FROM IRAQ UNCW’s Randall Library will showcase photography of Iraq War veteran Sgt. Eric Edmundson during the month of January. “A Concrete of Images: Back From Iraq” collects photographs of civilian and military life in Iraq captured during the wounded veteran’s tour of duty. Edmundson’s photography has been on display at the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, at the Pentagon, the Russell Senate Building and at VA hospitals and colleges across the nation.

ART STUDIO FOR RENT Arty Studio for Rent, Wabi Sabi Warehouse. Make art in the heart of Wilmington’s Soda Pop District! $150 rent, w/all utilities, wireless Internet, and other lively creative types nearby. Dan Brawley: dan@ cucalorus.org ART WITH LOUIS DEWITT Draw/Paint from a Photo: $50/4-wks. Mons: 2/1-22, 2-4:30pm. Bring a photo and learn how to translate it into a drawing or an acrylic painting. Visual skills, light, space, color and composition will be covered. • Collage Magic: $50/4 wks. Weds: 2/2-23, 10am-12:30pm. earn collage skills and techniques using found papers and materials. • Oil Pastels: $50/4-wks. Tues., 2/2-23, 24:30pm. Explore the vibrant colors of oil pastels: learn basic skills of shading, color overlay, blending, light and shadow. • Watercolor – $50/4-wks, Weds., 2/3-24, 10am-12:30pm. Learn basic watercolor skills: mixing and blending colors, light and shadow, wet and dry brush techniques and basic drawing skills. • Drawing: $50/4-wks. Weds, 2/3-24, 2-4:30pm. Learn drawing basics: line, shading, composition and drawing what you see. Maximum 5 students. • Drawing: $50/4-wks.

Sat., 2/6-26, 10am-4:30pm. Learn drawing basics: line, shading, composition and drawing what you see. • Acrylic Painting: $50/4-wks. Sat., 2/6-27, 2-4:30pm. Explore acrylic painting: color mixing, brushwork, gradations, light and shadow. Material lists for all classes; max 5 students, all classes. Lois Dewitt: loislight@bellsouth.net or www.free-onlineart-classes.com BIANNUAL FACULTY ART EXHIBITION Bi-Annual Faculty Art Exhibition: Through 2/19. The Art Gallery: in the Cultural Arts Building at UNCW. Carlton Wilkinson, Gallery Director, Dept. of Art & Art History University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Ave. 910-962-7958 or e-mail: wilkinsonc@ uncw.edu. Next exhibition: Photographing America: 2008-2009, 2/26-4/2.

KEYS NEEDED Wabi Sabi Warehouse is currently seeking submissions for a juriedexhibition based on ‘keys.’ Symbolic or literal, this theme is wide open for interpretation. We welcome all media, including performance,creative writing, and ice sculpture—providing artwork fits throughthe door and doesn’t attract vermin. The only common denominatoramong selected works is the key. Submissions inspired by the Key Fenceinstallation in downtown Wilmington will be given special consideration. Jurors: Richard Scieford, President, North Carolina Museums Council Bob Unchester, Exhibition Manager, Cameron Art Museum Pam Toll, UNCW., 4/18. Exhibition dates: 5/7-6/12. Selected artists notified by 4/25. Email questions, comments, and up to 3 jpeg images to: dixonstetler@gmail.com STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE Thrive Studios, a new cutting-edge hybrid studio and

gallery, has nine artist studio spaces available for rent . Each is 8’x 8’, $200/mo. w/ 1-year lease.

Join our artist collective and let your career thrive!

Gaeten Lowrie: 919-696-4345 or Scott Ehrhart: 407-257-5299.

Museums BATTLESHIP NC Battleship NC: How Did they Maneuver that Ship? Power Plant Program, 2/6, 12:30-5pm.

Learn in detail about the ship’s eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers, four sets of General Electric turbines and reduction gears, steam and diesel powered service turbo generators, along with electrical distribution and water distillation.

You’’ve never seen the ship like this before! Feat. classroom presentations and behind-the-scenes tour of engineering spaces. $50 fee; Friends of the Battleship members and active military are $40. Fee does not include admission to the ship for the regular tour.For adults only and not appropriate for or for adults who may have difficulty climbing flights of stairs. 910-251-5797 or www.battleshipnc.com.

CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM Cool down in front of “Anaconda Splash” exhibit in the indoor tropical jungle. See, photograph and even touch rare animals assembled from all over the planet in beautiful simulations of their natural environments. Meet colorful jungle birds, crocodiles, king cobras, black mambas and many more. Open from 11am-5pm, Sat. from 11am-6pm. 20 Orange Street at Front Street on historic downtown riverwalk. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

BELLAMY MANSION Bellamy is one of NC’s premier architectural and historic treasures, built as city residence of prominent planter, Dr. John D. Bellamy. Antebellum architecture: a mix of Greek Revival and Italianate styles. Open for tours Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm; closed Mons. Guided tours on the hour; selfguided audio-tours also available. Current Exhibit: “Walking in the Footsteps of: Gen. William T. Sherman.”

Adults, $10; children 5-12, $4; group tours, $8 (20+ requires reservations). 251-3700 ext. 104; www.

BellamyMansion.org.

LATIMER HOUSE Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm. Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am.

126 S. Third St. Adults $8, children $4. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for more than 130 years. Interests and activities for all ages including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively children’s area, and spectacular scale models. Housed in an original 1882 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. Groups receive special guided tours.

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

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Going to the Movies: Experience the history of a century of movie-going in the Lower Cape Fear region. Explore where people went to the movies.

Discover how the theater experience has changed over the years. Watch some of the first films local residents may have seen.Free w/admission. • Conservation Matters. Explore the art and science of artifact conservation. Discover what it is, who does it, and why it matters to museums. A selection of beautifully conserved furniture and other wooden objects from the Museum’s permanent collection will be on display.

• Cape Fear Treasures: Drink. Glimpse a selection of drinking vessels, as you explore treasures from Cape Fear Museum’s collection. From 18th-century bottles, to fancy teapots, to modern-day souvenir mugs, discover objects that help tell the stories of liquid consumption through time. Going to the Movies • EVENTS: Learning Center: Playing With Math, 1/30.

Measure, estimate, identify, reason, plot, and predict

your way through interactive mathematics activities.

Come play with math to discover how it figures into your everyday life. Design your own math button to take home! Open Saturdays 10am-4pm. Free w/admission.

Ages 5 to 12. Parental participation is required. • New Hanover County Residents’ Day: Residents are admitted free to the Museum the first Sunday of every month. • Volunteer Open House: 1/6, 10am-noon. Drop by and discover how to become part of this dedicated corps. Opportunities are available in the Museum Store, working with the historic collection, and as an education docent. • Volunteer Open House is held the first Wednesday of every month. Museum open Mon. through Labor Day 2009. Hours: 9am-5pm Tues-Sat. and 1-5pm, Sun. Admission is $6 for adults; $5 for students with valid ID and senior citizens; $5 special military rate with valid military ID; $3 for children 3-17; and free for children under 3. Museum members are always free. New Hanover County residents’ free day is the first Sunday of each month. 814 Market St. CAMERON ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Toying with Art is an exhibition of toys designed and fabricated by more than 50 artists.

Remains open through 3/28. Brings together several different kinds of toys: games, robots, plush toys, puppets and action figures all come together in this exciting exhibition. • Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection. Feat. art from the Cameron Art Museum’s collection: paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, furniture, decorative arts, from the museum’s permanent collection. Configuration will change through the year as individual works are rotated.• EVENTS: Movement Lab w/Karola Luttringhaus, Sun., 1/31, 2/28, 3-4:30pm.

Suggested Cost: $15 cash and checks only, checks payable to Alban Elved Dance Company. Workshops focus on physical freedom and creativity, geared toward anyone who wishes to learn more about how to generate movement from within, trusting yourself, identifying and following stimuli that inspires movement; includes partner work, such as contact improvisation, story-based movement creation, movement analysis, spatial relationships, basic release work, and more. Appropriate for all body types and experience levels; attend all labs, several or just one lab. Bring layers of clothing for various activity levels.

Schedule: www.dynamic-body.net/workshops.html.

• Jeff Phillips, cabaret, “Finishing the Hat,” Thurs, 2/4, 7-8pm. Program admission: CAM Members: $5, Non-members: $8. Jeff Phillips’s cabaret, “Finishing The Hat,” is a musical journey of standards and musical theater favorites sure to delight audiences of all ages.

Working with musical director Lorene Walsh, Phillips

has put together an evening of pure entertainment which includes My Funny Valentine, I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face, and more! Refreshments available by donation • Yoga: Every Tues. at 6pm and Thurs. at 12pm; $5/members; $8/non-members.

Exercises to enhance relaxation, breath control and meditation with Sara Jo Nelson. Wear comfortable clothing, bring a yoga mat. Beginners welcome. • Tai Chi, Wed. 12pm. $5/members, $8/non-members.

A slow, meditative form of exercise designed for relaxation, balance and health taught by Martha Gregory. Wear comfortable clothing. Beginners welcome • South 17th Str. and Independence Blvd. Regular museum hours: Tues/Wed/Thurs/ Fri.: 11am-2pm, Saturday and Sunday: 11am-5m.

Members free;$8 non-members; $5 Students with valid student ID card; $3 Children age 2 -12 www. cameronartmuseum.com or (910)395-5999.

NC AQUARIUM EVENTS: Aquarist Apprentice: 1/30, 2pm; 2/6, 13, 20, 27, 2pm. Find out what it is like to be responsible for the aquarium critters. Join staff on a behind-the-scenes tour, learn about our animals and their diets, and assist our staff in the preparation of food and feeding of some of our animals. For ages 10 and up. Ages 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult. $2/participant.

Aquarium admission included. • Behind the Scenes Tour: 1/31, 2pm; 2/4, 18 at 11:30; 2/6, 20 at 11am; 2/7, 14, 21, 28 at 2pm; and 2/10, 24 at 3:30pm. Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at an Aquarium? Space for animal holding, husbandry, life support systems, and access to exhibits is hidden behind the aquarium walls. Children between 8 and 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. $15/ participant. Aquarium admission included. • Children’s Discovery Time: Crabs; 2/4, 10am, Amphibians; 2/18, 10am, Shark. Creatures come alive in this story-telling and critter-creating program. For pre-school children. $5/child. Parents pay admission only. • Sea Squirts Breakfast and Playtime with the Fishes: 2/19, 8am.

Toddlers and parents invited to come explore the Aquarium from 8-9am before we open our doors to the general public. Kids ages 1-3 will get to meet some of our animal friends up-close, hear a fishy story, and have playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room. Also enjoy a breakfast surrounded by our aquatic friends. $15 (includes the admission for the day). $5/children ages 2-3. Members pay $7/participant. • Scout Days: 2/20, 9am-4pm, Boy Scouts-Reptiles and Amphibians Program. Each date will focus on programs in which the scouts can complete some of their patch or badge requirements. Scouts can attend with a parent or with their troop, but must have adult supervision.

Space is limited. $1/Boy Scout, $8/adult. • Breakfast

w/the Fishes, 2/13, 8am. Coffee, juice, pastries and bagels are provided for guests, and after breakfast participants are invited to feed some of our aquarium critters.$15 (includes the admission for the day). $5/children ages 2-5. NC Aquarium Society Members: $7/participant. • Daddy and Me, 2/6, 27, 9am. Dads and their children interact and learn together about aquarium animals.

Afterward, enjoy free playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room. Adults/kids: 1-3, $13/one adult and one child ($1 ea. add. child) Admission included. • Mommy and Me, 1//30; 2/9, 20, 23, 9am. Moms and children interact and learn together about aquarium animals. Afterward, njoy free playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room.

Adults/kids: ages 1-3, $13/adult and one child ($1 ea. add. child) Admission included. • Aquacamp: Animal Valentines, 2/13, 9am-3:30pm. 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. Children, 7-10; live animal presentations and more are all part of this exciting program.Snacks provided. Bing a bag lunch. $40/participant. AquaCamp Transportation: Limited from the Monkey Junction area to and from Aquacamps. Only 13 children per day.Fee and pre-reg rqd. • That’s a Moray Valentine Dinner, 2/14, 6:30pm. Exclusive evening for just 26 couples, feat. a four-course dinner, a souvenir photo and dancing while surrounded by the magic of the ocean. Private tables for two placed in front of captivating exhibits such as Cape Fear Shoals, Sharktooth Ledge, Hawaiian Fishes, and Moon Jellies. RSVP table/exhibit on a first-come, first-serve basis. (910) 458-8257, ext: 218 or 202 or terry.bryant@ncaquariums. com or emily.bullock@ncaquariums.com • Prereg all events! • U.S. 421, less than a mile from the Ft. Fisher ferry terminal. Hours: 9am-5pm daily. Admission: $8 adults; $7 seniors; $6 ages 6-17. Free for children under 6; registered groups of N.C. school children, and NC Aquarium Society members. ncaquariums.com.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM The Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach.Visitors to the cottage will find a scale model of Wrightsville Beach circa 1910, exhibits featuring the early days of the beach including Lumina Pavilion, our hurricane history and information about the interaction between the people and our natural environment which have shaped the 100 year history of Wrightsville Beach. 303 West Salisbury Street. wbmuseum.com.

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

Sports Recreation BIRD TOURS 100-acre lake within a larger city park is one of the great birding destinations of the Southeast and a featured portion of the NC Birding Trail. See Wigeon, Gadwall, Cormorants and Egrets roost in and around the Bald Cypress, and more! Traditionalists walk their way the 5 miles around the lake, guidebook in hand. Or do a guided 1-hour tour on the lake itself comfortably seated in River Watch’s electric canoe. Led by trained and experienced birders, River Watch offers birding tours of aboard an electric boat that can fit 6 passengers comfortably. Tours on Wed/Thurs/Sundays through March, weather permitting, or by special app. The onehour tours leave the dock at 10am, 11am, noon and 1pm with a special “roosting hour” tour leaving apprx 3:30pm. Group prices available; RSVP recommended. $15/person. 910-762-5606 or 910-200-4002.

FENCING CLASSES Six Week Beginners’ Fencing Class: Mon/Wed. Starts 2/1. 6:30pm, and will run for six weeks. Taught by Head Coach Greg Spahr, classes are from 6:30-7:30pm; costs $40. Meets in the lower level of Tileston Gym at St. Mary’s, corner of 5th and Ann streets in downtown

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Wilmington. All equipment is supplied by the CFFA. Beginning fencing classes include the basic elements of fencing, the history of the sport, foundational techniques, conditioning, refereeing, and tournament strategy. www.capefearfencing.com or contact Head Coach Greg Spahr at: 910 799-8642.

FRIENDS OF OAKDALE CEMETARY Bird Watching Tour: Sat., 2/13, 8am. Go birding throughout Oakdale Cemetery with noted ornithologist, Dr James Parnell. A retired professor of biology at UNCW, Dr. Parnell is the author of numerous books and articles on birds, among which is Birds of the Carolinas, which he co-authored. $8/non-members; free for members. Pay at the gate upon arrival. Cash or check only. Presented by the Friends of Oakdale Cemetery.

GOOD SHEPHERD GOLF TOURNEY Local golfers will come together and play in the 7th annual Good Shepherd Center Golf Tournament to benefit the homeless, Mon., 4/19, at Nicklaus Course, Country Club of Landfall. All proceeds benefit Good Shepherd’s work with the hungry and homeless. Serve as an Event Sponsor or a Team/Individual Champion.

Independent golfers/teams needed: $225 for single entry or $800 for a foursome. However, this year we encourage you to be a Team or Individual Champion and seek individual sponsors for your Team with the goal of raising $1600 per team, or $450 as an Individual Champion. Scott Litten: 763-4424, x113 or gscresources@bellsouth.net.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PARKS & REC Adult Flag Football League Register Now. Registration ends February 5th or when the league becomes full.

Games are played on Sun., beginning 2/14 • Beginner shag lessons on Sun., Fran Russ Recreation Ctr, no partner needed. Next class starts 2/7 • Beginner II Bridge Lessons, Thurs, 10am-noon, 3/11-4/8. • Intermediate II Bridge Lessons, Thurs, 12:30pm– 2:30pm. 3/11-4/8 • Currently registering for group tennis lessons, adult, youth, and tots. Classes meet Mon/Wed, at tennis courts at Wrightsville Beach Park. Adult, Youth ages 9-12, and Tots ages 68. • Yoga: Tuesd/Wed, 6:30pm. Classes meet in the Fran Russ Recreation Center. • Pilates. Mon/ Wed/Frid, 10:15-11:15am. Beginner Pilates on Tues/Thurs, 7:30-8:15am. • Low Impact Aerobics. Mon/Wed/Fri, 8-9am and 9-10am. All ages welcome, catered toward ages 60+.

• Tone & Stretch. Tues/Thurs, 8:30-9:15am.

All ages welcome, catered towards Ages 60+.

• Boot Camp fitness class meets Tues/Thurs, 6-7am. 910-256-7925; pre-registration rqd.

Wrightsville Beach Park.

Film SUBVERSIVE FILM SERIES All movies are free at Juggling Gypsy on Castle Street, Sundays, 8pm. 1/31: Plan 9 from Outerspace: Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop human kind from creating the Solaranite. the worst movie ever made.

763-2223

Kids Stuff MIGHTY PINTS YOUTH BASKETBALL Boys and girls, ages 5-7, will be able to sign up for Might Pints Basketball through 2/12 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, where games are played.

Costs is $20/child; must show birth certificate when registering. 401 S. 8th St. (910) 341-7866.

SCIENCE FAIR New Hanover County Schools will hold its annual Science Fair on Thurs., 1/28, at Murray Middle School, 655 Halyburton Memorial Pwy. Grades 3-12 will enter their projects in various categories such as biology, earth science, physical sciences, and technology.

Appx. 35 judges from local agencies including: GE, City of Wilmington Storm Water Services, Airlie Gardens, Cooperative Extension, Cape Fear Museum, NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, NC Soil and Water Conservation District, and Cape Fear River Watch, will judge the students’ entries. Judging will take place from 4:15-6pm. Viewing, 6-7pm. Followed by an awards ceremony at the Minnie Evans Arts Center, 605 Halyburton Memorial Pkwy, 7:15-8pm. (910) 254-4335.

MATHCOUNTS New Hanover County Schools will conduct its annual middle school Mathcounts competition, 1/29, at Dale K. Spencer Building, 1802 South 15th St, from 9:30am12:30pm and is open to the public. 7 New Hanover County Schools’ middle schools will participate as they rival against each other in this rigorous math competition. Schools will be represented by two teams comprised of four students each. After four months of practicing math warm-ups, stretches, and problems-of-the-week, the students will battle their way through Algebra, probability, statistics and other math-based problems. Elizabeth Murray, K-12 Math Resource Specialist: (910) 254-4240.

HALYBURTON PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS Nature programs for preschoolers, ages 2-5: Winter

1/29: FREE YOGA

The Wilmington Yoga Center is holding a 220-hour yoga teacher training on the 29th. All donations collected during the yogathon go toward Kunga Yoga programs that benefit underserved populations. Past recepients include St. Jude’s Children Hospital, American Cancer Society, Boys and Girls Club and more! Call (910) 350-0234 or log onto www. wilmingtonyogacenter.com for further details.

CINEMATIQUE Cinematique of Wilmington, a series of classic, foreign and notable films co-sponsored by WHQR and Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., proudly announces its upcoming slate of films. Admission: $7. All films are screened in Historic Thalian Hall. • 2/3-7: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee—Married to an intellectual three decades older than herself, 50-year old Pippa Lee provides comfort to her husband and exquisitely prepared meals to his friends while her sense of identity begins to deconstruct.Starring Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, & Julianne Moore.

Rated R, 90 minutes.

CUCALORUS’ EVENING AT THE OSCARS Cucalorus, amed one of the Top Ten Film Festivals in the United States by the Brooks Institute, will host an “Evening at the Oscars,” 3/7, at Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, which will feature a live broadcast of the Academy Awards alongside food, drink, and a chance to socialize with Wilmington’s red carpet personalities.

Entertaining interludes from some of Wilmington’s most celebrated talents punctuate an evening of creative celebration: Jonathan Guggenheim, Bibis Ellison, Cullen Moss, Matt Malloy, Sandy Vaughan and other surprises. www.cucalorus.org or 910-343-5995 to RSVP.

in the Forest, Mon/Tues, 2/8-9, 10-11am. • Nocturnal Animals, Mon/Tues, 2/22-23, 10-11am. • Radical Reptiles, Mon., 3/1 and 3/2, 10-11am • Camouflage in Nature, Mon/Tues, 3/15-16, 10-11am • Signs of Spring, Mon/Tues, 3/29-30, 10-11am. Cost for all: $3/child; pre-ref rqd. 4099 S. 17th St. 341-0075.

FIT FOR FUN CENTER Teddy Bear Picnic, Fri., 2/12, 10am-noon, doors at 9am. $5 child/adults free! Bring your favorite teddy bear to this fun event. We will dance, play games, and more! 302 S. 10th St. 910-341-4630.

Seniors SENIOR DAY TRIPS Ingram Planetarium and the Museum of Coastal Carolin, Ocean Isle Beach, NC. 1/29: Call for times.

Cost: $12/person. Join us for a day at the planetarium to learn about the stars above. Lunch will be on your own. Space limited. Deadline: 1/26. 341-7253. All trips meet and depart from 302 Willard Street located near Greenfield Lake.

DR. MARY ANN CAWS Dr. Mary Ann Caws, professor of lit, English and French at City University fo NY, will speak on “Some Varieties of Religious Representation, from the Pieta of Avignon

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to Dali and Warhol.”, 1/29, 7pm. Free and open to publish. St. James Episcopal Parish, 25 S. 3rd St., in the Great Hall. Market Street, between 3rd and 4th streets. Gail Jackins: gail@stjamesp.org

Lectures/Readings UNCW PRESENTS LECTURES SERIES Speakers include an award winning novelist and poet, an acclaimed political journalist, a National Book Award winner and social justice activist, and a green business advocate and CEO.Lectures are Mon., 7pm, UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium,followed by Q&A and book signing.

2/15: Jonathan Kozol—oy and Justice: An Invitation to Serve the Children of the Poor. Amid the passion of the civil rights campaigns of 1964 and 1965, author Jonathan Kozol moved from Harvard Square into a poor black neighborhood of Boston and became a fourth grade teacher in the Boston public schools. He has devoted the subsequent four decades to issues of education and social justice in America. www. uncw.edu/presents. Tickets are $9 for the public and free to UNCW students and employees. 962-3500 or 800-732-3643.

POMEGRANATE BOOKS Join NC author Jenifer Bubenik, Thurs., 2/18, 7pm, and ride along as she recounts the tales of her solo backpacking journey from Belize to Ecuador in her new release, Thoughts From the Chicken Bus. Armed with little more than hiking boots and pepper spray, the twenty-nine year old set out solo to Central America; with the goal to push her job and relationship out of her mind. 4418 Park Ave. (910) 452-1107

Classes/Workshops FREE YOGA 220 hr Yoga Teacher Training beginning 1/29; all donations collected during the Yoga-thon will benefit Kunga Yoga programs for underserved populations. Past recipients include St. Jude’s Childrens Hospital, American Cancer Society, local Red Cross Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Wilmington, local HIV organizations and globally for orphans from Jamaica, Rwanda and India. 910350-0234 or www.wilmingtonyogacenter.com CREATIVE WRITING CLASS Exploring Creative Writing is a four-week class designed to equip writers with the tools and community they need to grow as artists. Meets for two hours and reads, will do collaborative and individual writing exercises and discuss topics relevant to writers today. Writers of all experience levels and from all genres are welcome. 4-week workshop: 2/13-3/6, Sats., 9:30-11:30am. $60; class sizes are limited to 12 to ensure the highest level of individual attention.

RSVP by 2/6. Jason: bjasonfrye@gmail.com. Lauren: lafrye@gmail.com. explorecretivewriting.wordpress. com.

PET FIRST AID The pet first aid class is being offered on Sat., 2/20, 9am, Cape Fear Chapter. The class is 3.5 hours long and includes a comprehensive cat or dog first aid book for everyone registered, as well as a free DVD with step-by-step demonstrations on how to manage a variety of urgent care situations. Register: www. arccapefear.org or (910) 762-2683 ext.327.

Clubs/Notices HISTORIC WILMNGTON FOUNDATION Historic Wilmington Foundation’s 44th Annual Membership Meeting will be held Thurs., 1/28, at the Historic Tileston School, 412 Ann St. in Upper Room 1871 at 5:30pm. At 6:45pm guest speaker, Erick Montgomery, Executive Director of Historic Augusta and Author of “Thomas Woodrow Wilson: Family Ties & Southern Perspectives,” will give a talk on Woodrow Wilson’s ties to Wilmington. Reception will follow.

RSVP: (910)762-2511.

ROMANTIC CARRIAGE RIDE Treat your sweetheart to a moonlight carrige ride for two through historic downtown Wilmington. Surprise him or her with a red rose, a box of chocolates, and a French evening coach. Private RSVP. 910 251-8889.

WEDDING GIVEAWAY

Saint Thomas Preservation Hall (208 Dock Street) is giving a free wedding 2/14to a marine injured in Afghanistan. All costs have been donated by local merchants and citizens. On 2/11, Saint Thomas Preservation Hall is having a Valentine Big Band Dance.

Ticket Donations are $25 and money will benefit the cost of the wedding, plus to fund the installation of a handicap access elevator at the hall. More info and tickets are available at www.ValentineBenefit.com or 910-763-4054.

AZALEA FEST CAKE CHALLENGE NC Azalea Festival announces the addition of the Azalea Cake Challenge to the annual fest. Local bakers will be challenged to construct elaborate “centerpiece cakes” featuring themes which represent the best of the Azalea Festival. Contestants representing local bakeries, restaurants and catering services will compete in the professional division, while novice bakers can also compete in the amateur division. Cakes in both categories will be critiqued by a pro judging team of local baking experts and Azalea Festival celebrities.

Event ticket-holders will be invited to judge in “people’s choice” categories, and can sample cakes in the pro category. Takes place: Sun. 4/11, noon-4pm, Cape Fear Community College’s Schwartz Center. Find out how to enter: www.ncazaleafestival.org JR LEAGUE OF WILMINGTON Jr. League of Wilmington’s 56th annual Bargain Sale Sat., 2/13, 7:30am-1:30pm, National Guard Armory, 2221 Carolina Beach Rd. Cost: $3/person. Jr. League will hold a pre-sale, Fri., 2/12, 6-8pm, so shoppers get a sneak peek and first dibs on merchandise, with the exception of children’s items. Cost: $6/person and all merchandise will be twice the marked price. Bargain Sale is an indoor mega yard sale, offering general public an opportunity to purchase gently used items at below bargain prices—clothing for children and adults, toys, books, home décor, electronics and more.

Bring shopping bags; cash only! Proceeds help fund community grants. 910-367-7185 WRIGHTSBORO FIRE DEPT. CELEBRATION Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling of the Carolina Coast will participate as a sponsor of the Wrightsboro Volunteer Fire Department’s annual BBQ cook-out to benefit the volunteer organization’s 60th anniversary on 2/13. Starting at 11am, firefighters will raise much needed funds while preparing BBQ dinners and the trimmings at 3515 N. Kerr Ave. Open to the public and family-friendly, w/tours of the fire station and displays of fire trucks and equipment. BBQ beef, pork or chicken and slaw, hush puppies, green beans, potatoes, and tea for only $6. BBQ by the pound will be sold for $7 and BBQ sandwiches are available for $3 ea. Scott Nicholas: 910-452-7290. www.pdrestoration.com .

CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL GAMING SOCIETY The Cape Fear Historical Gaming Society is committed to making the study of history more enjoyable by the recreation of military and political conflicts in form miniature, card and board games. CFHGS meets ea. month offering a free event to all who are interested.

We endeavor to recreate a historical event or to explore a hypothetical scenario based on “what might have been…” 2/13, “A Day at the Colosseum”—Relive the glory and horror of gladiatorial combat of ancient Rome.

Each player one or two 1” tall Gladiator miniatures pitted against a similar opponent. No equipment, materials, money or experience rqd. to participate.

Walkups welcome.Gamesmaster: Michael Newbanks; Rules: a New system by the Gamesmaster; Scale: 25mm If you would like to run a game, or if you would like us to bring a game or particular scenario to the table, please let me know! Held at Cape Fear Games, 2/13, 3608 Oleander Dr., (910) 798-6006. www. capefeargames.comhttp://games.groups.yahoo. com/group/capefearminis MILITARY FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Wilmington, North Carolina now has two Military Family Assistance Centers at 2412 Infantry Road and 3114 Randall Pkwy, as part of the North Carolina National Guard. Family Assistance Centers assist servicemembers and their families with benefits and services they are eligible for such as counseling, tax preparation, financial planning and free or low cost child and youth programs. Supports service members of the Guard, Reserve Active Duty and their families with benefits and services they are eligible to receive. “www.nc.ngb.army.mil or (910) 343-1775.

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