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the annual reef/sweetwater Pro-Am turns into a weekend festival Once only a day-long surf contest in Wrightsville Beach, the Reef/SweetWater Pro-Am now hosts a variety of activities in its seventh year. The competition will fill this weekend with an arts fair, games and lots of live music. The action begins on Friday, running through Sunday. Courtesy photo

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—Jay Leno “North Korea has shut down all of its universities for 10 months so students can work in factories. Or, as they call it in North Korea, ‘spring break.’” —Conan O’Brien “We’re celebrating our independence from the British. I hope that in a couple years, we’ll be able to celebrate our independence from the Chinese.” —David Letterman “Glenn Beck gave his last show. After Oprah and Beck, the only emotional woman on TV is me.” —Craig Ferguson “The Senate canceled their vacation to work on the budget. Either they really can’t agree or they’re looking for an excuse to not go on vacation with their families.” —Jimmy Kimmel “They’re cancelling fireworks because it might lead to fire. That’s like cancelling a carnival because it might lead to being abducted by carnies.”—Stephen Colbert on Texas banning fireworks ”Finally, New York state’s gay and lesbian community are free from the burden that was having to set foot in Connecticut in order to get married.” —Jon Stewart “This week, Palin tweeted that her daughter Bristol’s new memoir is quote ‘shocking, refreshing, honest, inspiring, and perfect.’ Of course, she said the same thing about the movie ‘Cars 2.’”—Jimmy Fallon

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Pro-Am becomes a weekend-long party, and Emily Wilson has the insider info.

7 eco-news: Bethany Turner visits Fayetteville, NC, to spend a day in the treetops at ZipQuest, an eco-friendly zipline and canopy tour company.

8 news of the weird: Chuck Shepherd shares the latest odd stories.

artsy smartsy ................ 10-22 10 theater: Shea Carver thinks Opera House Theatre Company scored big with ‘Annie.’

12 art: Lauren Hodges speaks with artist Kristi Howard about her latest jewelry-making class using macabre materials.

13 gallery listings: Check out what’s hanging in local art galleries.

14 music: Shea Carver interviews Nick Bockrath of Philly band Nico’s Gun, playing Soapbox this weekend.

16-19 soundboard: See what bands and performers are playing in venues all over town.

21-22 film: Anghus finds ‘Transformers’ deconstructing the male psyche; Alex Pompliano gets the scoop on Cucalorus’ Local Focus Summer Series.

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live local. live small.

The effort continues among lessons learned

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of my purchasing needs only from local businesses—no chains or big-box stores. I wanted to see what the challenges, successes and surprises would be in the experiment. After the first year, I faithfully continued my experience with a little more relaxation over where to go for this (packaging tape) or that (toilet paper). Since, people have asked on several occasions if I am still locally bound; better yet, they seem shocked when I tell them of my refusal to purchase items from places like Walmart.

Their shock always keeps me searching for better ways and more options for the public to shop with a local conscience. So, here’s a bit of an update on the ongoing challenges I face, along with an attempt to answer a few of the more commonly asked questions.

One of the most intense experiences I had was during my first trip back to a supermarket after a year of not stepping into one. My father had just been released from the hospital; it was 7:30 p.m., and he needed a specific kind of disposable cup.

He was also learning to swallow again, and all the “foods” the doctors wanted him to eat were highly processed (like instant mashed potatoes). I think when people visit a destination like a grocery store regularly, they have a pattern they get into: produce on the left, cereal on aisle five, milk on the far right, etc. After a while many stop noticing things because it interferes with their routine.

Trying to navigate my first trip back to Harris Teeter in over a year almost caused me to have a nervous breakdown. It was so big—and so bright! They had thousands of options for anything, but I found so little of it really desirable. Trying to find mere cups felt com-

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pletely overwhelming. Imagine my plight when I started reading labels; it sent me into a depressive spiral. I found the much-needed cups (which the next day I got at Stevens Hardware for a third of the price).

By the time I made it back to Dad’s house, I was shaking from the whole experience. This must be a smaller version of what people who have never seen a supermarket before go through, I thought. Since, I have calmed down and managed to develop a working routine for Daddy’s grocery shopping—adapted back to it, I guess is the best way to say it. Still, I prefer the farmers’ market and Tidal Creek for my own needs.

The million-dollar question, which I find myself confronted by more often than not is: What do I tell people who still don’t get my Live Local pledge?

One of my father’s doctors was adamant that Walmart was the place to go to get a specific item Daddy needed. Knowing full well that I would cut off a limb before spending one more dime at Walmart in this lifetime, I kept smiling sweetly and inquiring if by chance there wasn’t another possibility, like a small locally owned business, that sold said item?

Though I appreciated the doctor’s concern over saving costs, it would have hit closer to home had we not been billed in excess of $30,000 already.

After a little bit of effort, I eventually located the item elsewhere. While living local takes effort, really, it doesn’t take days of time-consuming effort.

When I owned my tea company, people frequently gave me tea, whether it was high-end blends brought back from their travels or a box of Celestial Seasonings from the supermarket. Seemingly, we saw a like trend after we bought the bookstore.

The first year we owned it, my mother’s boss gave

everyone in the office Barnes and Noble gift cards for Christmas. Even today, I have relatives excitedly sharing with me their favorite books—ones they order through Amazon and have shipped to my house! I have tried repeatedly to explain that I can order books through our distributors or from publishers directly, and that we do, in fact, have wholesale accounts. Alas, it never quite registers.

I plead with anyone who gets a gift card from Amazon or Barnes and Noble to try and buy something used from one of the affiliates who sell through their sites. At least a portion of the money gets passed on to a small business. It might not sound like much, but every little bit does make a difference. The Live Local pledge entails avoiding online shopping unless there is a local connection to the community, i.e. a local business website. It also includes buying gift certificates from local retailers rather than from a big-box store.

Yes, it is frustrating that I try really hard to make choices to invest in my community, yet many people close to me don’t get what I am trying to do.

While I do not want the entire world to think like I do—that is scary and terrifying under the best of circumstances—I believe my efforts are just.

Though it takes a tad more time at first to adjust and change consumer habits, it doesn’t take more money. I have chronicled my experiences and discovered that it frequently is more affordable to shop at small businesses. In the end, the effort pays off for one’s quality of life and community.

For me, I think those are worth the extra effort.

And constantly engaging in dialogue about Live Local—that’s all worth it, too.

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wave riders:

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The annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am turns into weekend festival

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t all began seven years ago.

Local surfer Tony Butler became inspired by the memory of a pro contest he attended as a teenager. He then realized the kids of Wrightsville Beach deserved to have an equally memorable experience. Butler approached one of his friends affiliated with Reef, a surf clothing brand, to pitch his vision. Together they’ve set up the Reef/ Sweetwater Pro-Am in its seventh year along the Wrightsville Beach shore.

And memorable it has become.

Last year alone, the beloved beach played host to around 20,000 onlookers throughout the weekend of the surf contest. This year, with the addition of an art and music festival, organizers are anticipating that number to nearly double. The contest will take place on the beach, from Oceanic to Charlotte streets, starting July 15th. Activities for all ages abound, too, from watching the elite rip up the surf to seeing young guppy divisions enjoy their first moments of the competitive surfing world. The water spectacle will be far from dull.

Sponsor booths will be set up in front of the action, and games and activities planned will be nothing short of hilarious—one involves the systematic pouring of ketchup on the heads of participants, followed by a roll in the sand. The contest is important to the general surfing community, but true to Butler’s vision. The pros provide inspiration for the young surfers and serve as positive role models.

Local pro Ben Bourgeois has been extremely successful throughout his surfing career as the only surfer from North Carolina to have made the ASP World Tour (twice). He’ll definitely be a contender for whom to root.

As the young WB surfer and prospective contestant Jacob Laham puts it, “I may not

by Emily Wilson er Pro-Am Reef/Sweetwat 17 Contest: 7/15 Beach et, Wrightsville Off Oceanic Stre stival: 7/16 Ar t and Music Fe ach Park • Free Wrightsville Be be the best surfer out there, but seeing my friends advance in their heats and pulling for the locals is always the most fun.”

The contest will boast the attendance of world-renowned wave-rider Rob Machado.

Machado is known for his laid-back surf style, and to put it quite simply: He makes it all look easy. Twice ranked among the top three surfers worldwide, he will showcase an amazing skill level and even take to the stage as a featured musician after the competition on Saturday.

In past years, when the contest was only a day event, the community would split into several different after-parties to celebrate the competition. This year organizers are keeping the festivities officially ongoing and providing attendees a full dose of real WB surf culture. They have added an art and music sector to the festival, which will take place at the Wrightsville Beach Park from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 16th.

Completely free to the public, a portion of the art sales will benefit the Hope From Helen Foundation, a nonprofit that contributes to charities which fit in with the pure motives of the local surf community. “[The festival] is about showing everybody what a true surf environment is about,” festival organizer Kelly Barnes says. “We’re about the waves [and] keeping our oceans clean, [as well as] art and really good music.”

MACHADO MAN: World renowned surfer Rob Machado won’t only showcase his skills at the as part of the Pro-Am contest, he will play the art and music festival at Wrightsville Beach Park on Saturday the 16th. Courtesy photo.

Others among the music lineup include surf/reggae band Selah Dubb and the soulful sounds of the hip-hop duo Fuzz & Mac. Pro Surfer Mike Losness will be contributing his vivid, wave-inspired art work to be auctioned alongside other pieces from artists all over the Cape Fear. Food will be provided by Tower 7 and Rita’s Ice for a minimal cost.

Pro-Am supports clean energy, which will be charging both the contest and the festival afterward, showcasing a huge component of the surfing lifestyle: sustainability and shepherding the well-being of our oceans. A local nonprofit, Clean Energy Events will use portable solar-powered generators. “It’s just something we felt would set a good example

while helping us be good stewards of our environment,” Butler explains.

Representatives from the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher and the Surfrider Foundation will be attending and talking about the importance of caring for our beaches appropriately.

The weekend kicks off Friday, July 15th, when the contest gets underway, featuring $20,000 in prizes. Divisions include: amateur guys 15 and up; guys 14 and under; guys open longboard; girls open; girls open longboard; guppy division (a crowd favorite featuring young, beginning surfers); and the Tow-At Air Show.

On Friday evening, folks can enjoy music with Wax Lips and Singlefin at the Palm Room on Oceanic Street, from 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. for $5. On Saturday and Sunday, the surf contests continue, and the music and art festival will be featured Saturday only. More information and registration details can be found online at http://reef.wblivesurf.com.

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zipping along the treetops:

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An adventurous day in ... Fayetteville, NC?

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majestic views. Must be within only a short drive from home, and prefer a natural setting. Would like to learn a bit about the biology of the area, too.

Nestled within 55 acres of untouched forest in Fayetteville, NC, ZipQuest gives curious, adventurous and eco-friendly souls exactly what they’re looking for. The land folks glide through via cables and carabiners has been a part of one family for many years. Eason Bryan’s father discovered it in the 1920s, and decided to buy it in order to protect and preserve the property. Aside from the family and a few Girl and Boy Scout troops, it wasn’t accessible to the public until about a year ago. The land was never timbered or developed, until the Bryan boys and their dad went on what they call a “Y-chro[mosome]” weekend.

“We all went zip lining,” Bryan explains, “and my dad made a side comment that we could do something like that on our land. It got my attention, like a dog with its head turned to the side. I started thinking that we really should do it.”

Thus, the men began looking into builders that could construct a zip line to meet the family’s essential criteria to protect the natural environment, while featuring certain areas as the focal point of the tour. Their search led to S.T.E.P.S., Inc., a challengeand-ropes-course design, construction and guide-training company. According to Bryan, the company created the obstacles so that the fewest amount of trees would be lost.

“In some other courses, underneath each zip line is 50 feet of nothing,” he says. “It destroys the look and feel of the tour.”

Thick and lush in all parts of ZipQuest’s adventure, the Fayetteville forest provided more than any ol’ canopy tour (not to mention, zippers never touch the ground throughout its entirety). In addition to keeping as many trees as possible, the ones that had to come down were not wasted.

“We re-purposed many of the trees,” Bryan explains. “The cable spreaders on the bridges, the benches at our check-in, and all of our parking chocks were built from trees we had to take down.”

S.T.E.P.S., Inc., made sure they safeguarded the health of the trees they used for each platform as well. The bolts used only make four penetrations per platform. Once a year, the course is inspected.

“They can [move the] nuts [along] the bolts and the frame can be expanded to allow for the growth of the tree,” Bryan says.

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by Bethany Turn ZipQuest lls Rd. 533 Carver’s Fa Fayetteville, NC com www.zipquest. ized between each tree so that nothing is carried from one to another. S.T.E.P.S. took lots of care.”

The guides take lots of care, too. They each go through 60 hours of training, and must complete a 90-minute rescue recertification each month.

“We also provide them with a manual of the history and geology of our land and the biology of the trees,” the owner says.

“We’ve been sending a survey after the tour, and guests’ overall satisfaction is at 96 percent. Their satisfaction with the guides is at 97 percent. With only one year under our belt, we’re pretty happy to hear that.”

I got the chance to experience tree-traveling for the first time at ZipQuest. My tour began with a ground-level safety course. It was simple enough to grasp, yet thorough enough that I felt both confident and comfortable. I could tell it was a “safety-first” mentality with my guides; still, they were fun and easy to talk to, as well as knowledgeable of the course and ecology.

It was a very short trek to the first platform. Although I was nervous (I have a fear of falling), I decided to ditch the scaredycat within and go for it. I pushed off of the stump and let the cable take me where it pleased. I found that the ride was smooth, allowed me a view I’d never get from hiking, and offered a welcome breeze on the hot day. Zip-lining is a lot like riding in a convertible, but the feeling is more free. And dare I say it? Way more safe than driving down Wilmington’s Market Street!

The course has eight zip lines, and they each offer a little something different from the last. Our group soared over creeks and encountered many species of plants we’d not normally see. Squirrels, birds and other animals are often sighted as well.

“There’s a wide range of biodiversity,” Bryan assures. “Our property has cypress, which is usually on the eastern side of the state, and mountain laurel, which is obviously from the mountains.”

The Indiana Jones-like rope bridges were over 100 feet long, providing a mentally stimulating experience; traveling to one platform by a zip line lead us to crossing a rope bridge to get to the next. Paired with our guides,

who were truly focused on education (in a fun way), it all made for an exciting day.

Three platforms hosted spiral staircases—in and of themselves beautiful pieces of engineering. One unique helical staircase was on Gloria, a 150-year-old gum tree (each tree of the course has a name). The band of metal used for the staircase was shaped to account for the change of diameter in the tree, and each tread is placed in the metal, so there’s less penetration of the plant. “It’s healthier for the tree and a cleaner install,” the owner says. “And it’s the only one of its kind in the world.”

However, the best part of the tour was the focal point that S.T.E.P.S. so wonderfully highlighted: Carver’s Falls. This 150-feetwide, two-story-tall waterfall is the largest between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Carolina foothills. First, our group crossed in front of it on a 210 foot-long rope bridge I admired every inch of that natural clay waterfall, capturing the cascading water with my camera one step after. The only incentive pushing me forward was knowing if I actually made it to the platform, I’d get to zip above the falls.

ZipQuest has married adrenaline and eco-tourism, thrill and information perfectly.

ZIPPY WORKERS: encore’s very own Bethany turner and Kris Beasley zipped along Carver’s Falls in Fayetteville, NC, as part of the newest eco-friednly tour offered from ZipQuest. Courtesy photo.

“People use their bodies and their brains [at ZipQuest],” Bryan asserts. “I’d describe it as punctuated adrenaline rushes with elements of education.”

The company offers team-building events for one and a half or three hours, complete with a gourmet boxed lunch. ZipQuest surveys the group with a needs assessment first so guides can tailor the events to meet the objective of participants.

Ranked in “USA Today” as one of “Top 10 Great Zip Lines Across the Country,” ZipQuest is bringing people to Fayetteville from all over the nation—something I can’t say I expected of the military town. Bryan says folks have traveled from Florida and Chicago.

“I took an 85-year-old woman zip-lining at the end of September,” he shares. “She had just lost her husband of 60 years in August.

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Government in Action!

“Common sense lost its voice on this one,” concluded a Wethersfield, Conn., city councilman, lamenting the local school board’s having spent at least $630,000 to “resolve” an ethics complaint against the board’s chairwoman all because her son had improperly taken a $400 high school course for free. The town’s ethics board conducted more than 60 hours of hearings over 11 months, incurring $407,000 in legal expenses, and finally voted, 3-2, to uphold the complaint. (However, the ethics board ordered only that the chairwoman reimburse the $400; the school board then voted to pay all her legal expenses.)

“Science does not trump the testimony of individuals,” said Detroit prosecutor Marilyn

Eisenbraun, explaining her office’s decision in April to disregard DNA evidence that the University of Michigan’s Innocence Clinic said exonerates Karl Vinson, 56, who has spent 25 years in prison for rape. Despite the science, Eisenbraun said she had to stick with eyewitness identification by the victim. Although Vinson has been eligible for release for 15 years, the Parole Board keeps turning him down because he refuses to acknowledge guilt. (Update: In July, the Michigan Court of Appeals declined to order either Vinson’s release or a new trial, but did grant him an extraordinary right to appeal, based on the new evidence.)

In June, as five young men gathered around the Mount Tabor Reservoir near Portland, Ore., one urinated in it, thus “contaminating” the 7.2 million gallons that serve the city, and, said Water Bureau administrator David Shaff, necessitating that the entire supply be dumped. Under questioning by the weekly Portland Mercury whether the water is also dumped when an animal urinates in it (or worse, dies in it), Shaff replied, certainly not. “If we did that, we’d be (dumping the water) all the time.” Well, asked the reporter, what’s the difference? Because, said Shaff (sounding confident of his logic), “Do you want to be drinking someone’s pee?”

A 53-year-old man committed suicide in May by wading into San Francisco Bay, 150 yards offshore, and standing neck-deep until he died in the 60-degree water, with police and firefighters from the city of Alameda watching from shore the entire time. Said a police lieutenant, “We’re not trained to go into the water (and) don’t have the type of equipment that you would use ....”

KGO-TV attributed the reluctance to budget cuts that prevented the city’s firefighters from being recertified in water rescues.

Title IX of the federal Civil Rights Act requires universities to offer “equal” intercollegiate athletic access to females, even though finding that many serious female athletes is difficult on some campuses. The easiest subterfuge, according to an April New York Times report, is to pad women’s teams with whimsically enlisted females and in some cases, with males. Said former university president (and Health and Human Services Secretary) Donna Shalala, “Those of us in the business know that universities have been end-running Title IX for a long time, and they do it until they get caught.” Sample dysfunctional result: When University of South Florida added football (100 male players) a few years ago, it was forced to populate more female teams, and thus “recruited” 71 women for its cross-country team, even though fewer than half ran races and several were surprised to know they were even on the team when a Times reporter inquired.

Great Art! Britain’s Ben Wilson is one artist with the entire field to himself the only painter who creates finely detailed masterpieces on flattened pieces of chewing gum found on London sidewalks. Frequently spotted lying nearly inert on the ground, working, Wilson estimates he has painted “many thousands” of such “canvases,” ranging from portraits and landscapes to specialized messages (such as listing the names of all employees at a soon-to- be-closed Woolworth’s store).

According to a June New York Times dispatch, Wilson initially heats each piece with a blowtorch, applies lacquer and acrylic enamel before painting and sealing with more lacquer. And of course he works only with tiny, tiny brushes.

Police Report Gregory Snelling, 41, was indicted in June for the robbery of a KeyBank branch in Springfield, Ohio, which was notable more for the foot chase with police afterward.

They caught him, but Snelling might deserve “style” points for the run, covered as he was in red dye from the money bag and the fact that he was holding a beer in his hand during the entire chase.

The Aristocrats!

Brent Kendall, 31, was arrested in June in Coralville, Iowa, and charged with criminal mischief after he allegedly reacted to a domestic quarrel with his live-in girlfriend by cutting up items of her clothing and urinating on her bed and computer. An employee of Bed, Bath and Beyond at the St. Davids Square shopping center in Radnor, Pa., reported to police on June 5 that, for the second time in two weeks, he had come across a bag (estimated to weigh about 35 pounds) behind the store, filled with human vomit.

Criminals With Chutzpah It was a 2004 gang-related murder that had frustrated Los Angeles police for four years until a homicide investigator, paging through gangbangers’ photographs for another case, spotted an elaborate tattoo on the chest of Anthony Garcia. Evidently, that 2004 killing was such a milestone in Garcia’s life that he had commemorated the liquor store crime scene on his chest. The investigation was reopened, eventually leading to a surreptitious confession by Garcia and, in April 2011, to his conviction for first-degree murder. (Photos from Garcia’s several bookings between 2004 and 2008 show his mural actually evolving as he added details until the crime scene was complete enough that the investigator recognized it.)

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Opera House Theatre Co. charms with ‘Annie’

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within the audience after being subjected to a live performance of “Annie.” Aside from the obvious host of cute kids running around, singing and acting facetiously adorable, there is an uplifting spirit threading its lines, awaiting every tuned-in ear and, more importantly, deflated heart in need of hope. It all sounds rather cheesy, especially when considering 21st century cynicism. Yet, if “Annie” holds any truth, it’s the timeless nature of optimism. It beckons people at every turn in life, even during their deepest, darkest hours.

The story of “Annie” should be well-known to most: Little girl lives in an orphanage in the ‘30s, amidst the aftermath of the fated Great Depression. Her orphankeeper, Ms. Hannigan, likes to hit the sauce frequently, which only fuels her disdain for all the girls in the home.

Thus, Ms. Hannigan relinquishes any nurturing normalcy of child-rearing and uses the orphans as maids to clean the facility top to bottom.

Enter Grace Farrell, the secretary to billionaire Oliver Warbucks. Around Christmastime, Farrell is summonsed to find an orphan to stay in Warbucks’ lap of luxury for two weeks—all as a measure of goodwill, so to speak. This is a far cry from the tyrannical businessman known for his die-hard Republican values; “family caretaker” has never been a title on his résumé. Within a week, changes begin to occur within Warbucks thanks to that freckled-faced, cheerful red head.

The Opera House Theatre Company hit a major win with “Annie.” The story line eerily parallels today’s political landscape, wherein government grapples to bring our country out of a failed economy of crashing stock markets, incessant business closings and faulty unemployment rates.

More importantly, the show completely proves why the OHTC scored 2011’s Best Theatre Company from encore readers: Head to toe, “Annie” squeals, “Showstopper!”

To say the kids in this production are talented simply would do no justice. The orphans all gel from the minute the curtain lifts and throws them into “Hard Knock Life.”

Their choreography aligns to near perfection. When it doesn’t, it’s even more acceptable. After all, the spontaneity of orphans breaking out in song and dance needs to be

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Heather Setzler, Emilia Torello and J.R. Rodriguez gel in ‘Annie.’ Courtesy photo.

believable. The boisterous facial expressions move every orphan as much as her feet—if not more. Each girl fulfills her role memorably here.

Ms. Hannigan brilliantly sloshes and slushes along thanks to a captivating Cindy Colucci. Colucci has the power to carry any musical on her shoulders because of her amazing pipes. She also has that sixth thespian sense, seemingly knowing when to hold back and allow the material to flow organically. I love her version of Ms. Hannigan.

Desperation oozes from her every pore, but not in a pathetic way—in a defeated if not relatable way. She blows the roof off when she takes to “Easy Street” with her partners in crime, Rooster (Jason Aycock) and Lily St. Regis (Caitlin Becka). The outcome is saucy brilliance. Aycock and Becka are the perfect faux parents to Annie—conniving criminals amped up when looking to steal the show and dumbed down to farmer bumpkins when hoping to steal Annie. Their transitions are lovely. My only quip is that Becka is starting to get pigeon-holed into sexpot roles, a la her last few performances in “Ragtime” and “Chicago,” both of which were super! But I’d love to see her expand her acting catalog.

The only character running neck and neck to Colucci’s Hannigan is the commanding power that J.R. Rodriguez breathes into Daddy Warbucks; it also comes with unexpected grace. Perhaps it’s because Rodriguez has Warbucks in the bag from taking on the role nearly a dozen times. He knows how to make the billionaire appropriately intimidating and agreeably soft. His version of “NYC” showcases a man in love with lights, city and action, and learning that beyond those sparkling skyscrapers are people’s dreams—dreams he could help come true.

Heather Setzler’s Grace Farrell is understated at all of the right moments. Setzler makes Grace the all-encompassing professional, without too much emotive power.

Her love for Annie isn’t lost, however, as she often reacts naturally in ways a mother would to a child. Setzler’s soprano voice carries with ease through many songs, just as her character’s name implies. She holds the “behind the scenes” power to Warbucks’ well-oiled machine, and Setzler comfortably wills the marionette controlling the play’s story at the right places.

What could “Annie” be without an adorable red head spouting early 20th century sayings like “golly gee” and “leaping lizards” with undeniable aplomb? Emilia Torello nails the solemnity of love lost without the bitterness often associated with it. Torello plays it upbeat and cool, while dialing down the spunk factor that I’ve seen of previous Annies. I expected more cheekiness of the lead role.

Though she wasn’t the shiest of the bunch, it wasn’t as brazen watching her ball her fist at other orphans or taking to the title of “runaway” as an expected firecracker.

Her voice proves worthy of even the highest crescendos, showcasing trained talent that will take her across many stages if she sticks to live theatre.

Other roles adding a grandiose wistful take to the timeline include John “Perk” Perkinson as President Roosevelt. Perkinson teeters the line on being optimistically inspiring and downright likeable. Though his role doesn’t have tons of stage time, it’s memorable in its comedy. (If only the ensemble singing among our current administration could transform Washington politicos into agreeable human beings, we’d be set!)

It can’t go without notice that the entire cast, especially the backup singers and dancers, are as noteworthy as any lead onstage. “Hooverville” will ring closer to home to today’s political climate than need be, but these dancers certainly put a worthy kick to it all. My only qualm: I would have liked to see more ensemble dancing during “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here.”

Aside from singing along to childhood memories of my own (“Maybe” and “Never Fully Dressed (Without a Smile)), the cast pulls off a menagerie of color, style and elegance. The band incites many tickles of the keys, blows of the horns and demanding orchestral moments.

In return, the audience complies with doe-eyed wonder; plastered smiles permeate children’s and adults’ faces alike. The professionalism OHTC brings to “Annie” cannot be matched. The scene changes, furniture and backdrops are spot-on in showcasing the 1930’s with formal moxie—as is the magnificent costuming, courtesy of Juli Harvey. From the ragged orphans to the streamlined staff uniforms of the Warbucks household to the pajamas of Ms. Hannigan: All of it works!

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//ART

making memories: Kristi Howard’s jewelry brings out the vampire within

F

eathers may be the queen bee

of material in jewelry right now, but something far edgier is on the horizon. Pieces of bygone birds withstand the chance of becoming yesterday’s trend once pieces of human beings start showing up around town.

“Be creative and follow your beloved to the barber shop and steal a lock of his or her hair,” local artist Kristi Howard incites.

“Bring your little ones’ saved baby teeth or channel your inner vampire, and steal a few drops of blood from that special someone—anything that you can think of to use to create a sentimental and unique piece of wearable art.”

An easy reminder of Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton’s matching blood-vial necklaces from their brief marriage a decade ago, more goes into the art of Kristi Howard than mere shock value. Simply, she worships unappreciated items, often rescuing old and damaged tomes from the trash.

She’s applying a “reduce, re-use, recycle” attitude to the little trimmings from bathroom

whatever they wanted. Just like my book shrines, it’s taking a traditional form of expression and turning it on its ear a little.

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e: Why would people want to learn to do this?

KH: If they want to explore historical fashion in a new way, if they want to create a one-ofa-kind wearable memento of something or someone they love or have lost, and if they want to play around with mixed-media techniques.

wastebaskets, making macabre art with Victorian tradition woven in for romantic flair.

We spoke with Howard about her ongoing jewelry-making classes and inspiration for her work last week. encore: Last time we talked, you were saving a collection of water-damaged books from a Catholic school library and turning them into mini shrines. Where does your obsession with the “trash to treasure” motif come from?

Kristi Howard: I feel that some things should be preserved. Some things are precious, and just because they have become sepa-

ECCENTRIC KEEPSAKE: “St. Lucy” by Kristi Howard, featuring a tooth, fake nails and vintage materials. Courtesy photo

rated from the person who owned them, or because they have been damaged or worn by the passage of time, does not mean they should be thrown away.

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e: Now you’re showing people how to make jewelry with their loved ones’ hair, teeth and blood. Where on earth did you get that idea?

KH: My “Memento Mortis” class grew out of a discussion that I had with Christina Cole at [One Wicked Gallery] about Victorian hair and mourning jewelry. The Victorians didn’t really have easy access to photos the way we do now, so it was pretty common for lovers or friends to exchange locks of hair.

Sometimes this hair was made into jewelry, especially if the person had died.

I wanted to take this a little further and give people a way to create a piece of meaningful jewelry to memorialize or commemorate

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e: What makes this jewelry more significant than, say, a photograph?

KH: Today, we take for granted that we can have photographs of the people that we love, something that reminds us of them whether they are still with us or whether they have shuffled off this mortal coil. Most of us have tiny cameras attached to our phones, even, and can document every single person we encounter every day, should we choose to do so. If we want a special picture of that loved one to carry around in our wallets or to wear around our necks to keep their visage close and our thoughts upon them, we can print one out in the comfort of our own homes. The Victorians did not have that luxury. e: Well, they had cameras.

KH: The process of photography in the midto-late 1800s was much more complicated than point and shoot, and it was very expensive. The average Victorian-era Jane Doe would not be able to afford a photograph of her lover or her beloved departed relative. At the same time, though, the romantically morbid cultural mores of the time made people crave small, personal reminders that they could wear or carry to celebrate or commemorate loved ones. An industry grew up around the making of sentimental jewelry containing bits of a loved one’s hair, scraps of their clothing and other relics, which were much more accessible than photographs. e: What kind of fashionistas or artists do you see rocking this look?

KH: Fun, eclectic people with lots of different ideas to offer. They play, laugh, probably make a little bit of a mess. Everyone will have a complete, one-of-a-kind little piece of art.

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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. Vol. 27: Works by Mike Brown, Eli Thompson, Carissa Iris, Kit Furderer and Tiffany Walls.

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35 N. Front Street • (910) 343-1395 Sunday-Thursday: 11:30am - 10pm Friday & Saturday: 11:30am - midnight Sunday Brunch: 11:30am - 4pm In our commission-free gallery, we are proud to feature Mark Bannerman. When not teaching the children well in Whiteville, Mark creates stunning multi-media works. Currently on display are 20 great fish from King Mackerel to Rainbow Trout made into startlingly life-like quality from common ordinary objects like pins, yarn, a dissected alarm clock, paint, glitter and a whole host of background documents paying homage to each species of aquatic wonder. Join him for a reception Thursday June 2nd from 6-9 pm for complimentary light bites and generous wine specials. For more information, please visit www.caffephoenix.com. The show will hang through June 24.

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332 Nutt Street • (910) 762-4207 In the Cotton Exchange Monday-Saturday: 10am-5:30pm Sundays: noon-4pm www.crescentmoonnc.com A retail gift gallery specializing in fine handcrafted art glass and metal sculpture. Rick Satava, known worldwide for his blown glass “jellyfish” has introduced a new line of petro glyph and gold nautilus “baskets.” Layered with intricate design, these small to large vessels are an art collectors must have. Introduced to glass blowing in 1969, Rick opened his own studio in 1977.

Well-known for his vivid colors and unique portrayal of nature, Satava’s works are included in numerous public and private collections throughout the world. Remember gift wrapping is FREE. Think of us for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and your own décor. Located in The Cotton Exchange where parking is FREE while shopping or dining. Follow us on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook by searching Crescentmoonnc!.

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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.

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//MUSIC

Philly players embrace the funk, the rock, the psychedelic and more

T

he unsung hero behind popular

music today tends to be the producer. Aside from a colorful movie starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, the behind-the-scenes creative types perform undercover. However, the reason most producers in the biz are successful is due to musical talents running deeper than production, a la Danger Mouse and Rick Rubin.

Such is the case for Philadelphia’s Nicos Gun, an eclectic group of performers who dreamed of a world where punk rock and Michael Jackson were happily married. Though Nicos Gun became its offspring, its drummer, Harry Zelnick, didn’t imagine participating in any role outside of producer. That is until band mates Barney Cortez (singer/guitar player) and Nick Bockrath (guitarist/keyboardist) caught onto his talents.

Combined, the group had years of production and performance experience under their belts. Their sounds and style results in music pulsed with variety. This week, encore sits down with the band’s guitarist, singer, keyboardist, bassist, sample-maker

by Shea Carver Nicos Gun 0 rs: 9 p.m. • $7-1 Fri., 7/15 • Doo o-Lounge Soapbox Laundr com www.nicosgun. and looper, Nick Bockrath—also known as “Bart”—to learn more about their sound, vision and story. encore: I understand you all met as producers for a Li’l Wayne track. Tell me how your lives as musicians differ from that of producers?

Nick Bockrath: Back in the day before the band, Barney and Harry worked on some hip-hop together. A big blessing of this band is that Harry came from a production background, and the rest of us come from a player’s background, being in lots of bands and learning different instruments. I’ve learned so much from him—and now I’m part of the process and think and work in a “producer”

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FROM THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE: Philadelphia’s Nicos Gun will play the Soapbox this Friday. Courtesy of Mackme.com.

NB: It’s so important nowadays. Everyone is so ADD with consuming entertainment in general that having a visual component to your music can only add to the experience mindset. The common thread really is just for them and what we are conveying. Mak[writing songs] and making them sound as ing music videos is such a fun process for us; we have friends that are so talented at good as they can on a record. film and we have a lot of fun putting imagery e: Your sound envelops layers of rock, to the songs. We just wrapped a video for pop, hip-hop, dance infusion, funk, etc. “Soldier” that should be out soon (maybe This kaleidoscope certainly makes it hard by the time this is being read) that our friend to pigeon-hole you. How do you all signify Joe Belack did. It’s gonna be sick. your style? I read on your website you say, e: What’s been your most beloved video “Punk Jack”; can you expand on this?

NB: We are just influenced by a lot of differ- yet? ent types of music and art. We’ll go through NB: They’re all cool for different reasons. phases where we get really into a certain era “Party Cult,” also directed by Belack, was or a certain vibe, and it influences what type shot in our loft. Before we moved in, it was of material we’re making or playing since a film studio, and they left all sorts of weird we’re constantly creating new stuff. So it’s shit here that we could use. “We are Fluoall just a reflection of that week of our lives rescent” was directed by our friend Shane Clark, and he had everyone get painted up or whatever.

Right now, we’re working on finishing sev- like zombies and wear full SWAT gear with eral releases, one actually being an acous- guns in the North Philly hood. We actually tic/psychedelic album, which is very differ- got real guns pulled on us during that shoot. ent than what people are used to hearing from us, but a side that is a big part of what e: Gives a whole new perspective to your we love. We never want to be stuck in a cer- namesake... tain sound because we are constantly grow- NB: Yeah, I will never forget it. ing. What inspires us and what’s happening around the world is constantly changing. e: Tell me about your catalog of music— “Punk Jack”—[a fusion of punk rock and Mi- previously released and new stuff.

NB: We have so much material we’re about chael Jackson]—we said almost as a joke. to put out—about four releases’ worth right e: You folks really embrace the music vid- now. Until then, Barney and I burn handmade eo—something going to the wayside now CDs [for which] we make different covers that MTV caters more toward reality TV. Tell out of magazines and collages to sell at me about your fascination with the compo- shows, so each is one of a kind. nent and how it acts as a catalyst to buildAdditional writing from Shannon Rae Gentry. ing your band’s sound.

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soundboard a preview of tunes all over town this week at the Don’t Flo m! a Mainstre WEDNESDAY, JUlY 13 Kinlaw & Johnson Band —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 Gary allen’s acoustic open Mic —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 Jazz JaM —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 open Mic niGht —Genee’s, inside America’s Best Value Inn, 4903 Market St.; 799-1440 KaraoKe with dJ Brewtal —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 roB ronner —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 dJ sir nicK Bland —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 live Jazz —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910509-2026 dJBe eXtreMe KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 Kent Knorr —Blockade Runner Beach Resort, 275 Waynick Blvd., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2251 roGer davis & ron wilson —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 JereMy norris —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464 open Mic niGht —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 the Get down JaM with the casserole —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 Kersten capra —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

GETTIN’ DOWN ON THE FARM: The Wilmington three-piece Fractal Farm will be digging up some folk rock to add to their indie style, then serving up the goods at Soapbox Laundro-Lounge this Thursday, July 14.

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live acoustic —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 open Mic niGht with sean Gerard —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

THURSDAY, JUlY 14 dJBe eXtreMe KaraoKe —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269 dJ Battle —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 trivia with party Gras dJ —Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Centre Dr.; 509-0805 KaraoKe with scott —Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 live Jazz —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910509-2026

dJ lord walrus —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 trivia with dJ —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St., 763-1607 duelinG pianos —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 MiKe o’donnell —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 suMerlin, laKeview drive, cavatica —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 firedance and druMs at darK, plainclothes at 11 p.M. —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 Jesse stocKton —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 the lizzy ross Band, Miss lady, MarK ferrer, papa froosh, fortch, Brent stiMMel —Live on Grace, 121 Grace St; 399-4390

fractal farM, Bronzed chorus, eszett, octopus Jones —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 laMpinG shades, sinGlefin —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 top 40 dJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 KaraoKe —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 open Mic with JereMy norris —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 l shape lot —Carolina Beach Boardwalk; 910-458-8434

FRIDAY, JUlY 15 house/techno dJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 dJ dr. Jones —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776

KaraoKe —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 DJ —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910509-2026 KaraoKe —Gilligan’s; N.C. Hwy. 50, Surf City 910-3284090 Dueling Pianos —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 DJ P FunK —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 live Music —Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236 artist syMPosiuM —Drifters Bar & Grill, 108 Walnut St.; 762-1704 susan savia —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 acoustic Jazz Piano with JaMes Jarvis —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 DJ willie stylez —Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 Jazz with Benny hill —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 DJ Battle —Dirty Martini, 1904 Eastwood Rd, Suite 109 MeloDious thunK —Bellamy Mansion; 503 Market St., 251-3700 Bryant anD Dave oF harvest —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 Jason MarKs p some folk —Henry’s, 2806 Independence Blvd.; ay, July 14.

793-2929 transMission FielDs, the greatest oF these —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 the surge —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558 Forrest taBor —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 inner city Bears —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 girlz girlz girlz (80s hair BanDs triBute) —Downtown Sundown; riverfront downtown, 763-7349 the M-80s —Mayfaire Music on the Town, Mayfaire Town Center velvet Jane (8 P.M.-12 a.M., tiKi stage); DJ Dane Britt (10 P.M.-2 a.M., outsiDe) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 tyler siMMons —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433

the wax liPs, singleFin —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 neil criBBs —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 BlinD leMon PleDge —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 40 east —Boar’s Breath Saloon, 6400 Carolina Beach Rd., 791-1010 MasonBoro sounD —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 nicos gun —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 Bella vita —Playhouse 211, 4320 Southport Supply Rd. Ste 1, St. James; 200-7785 Brent & MiKe —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 BlacK hellatones, couP De grace —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 the DynaMic therMotones —Airlie Gardens; 300 Airlie Rd., 798-7700

SATuRDAy, July 16 DJ —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910509-2026 KaraoKe —Gilligan’s; N.C. Hwy. 50, Surf City 910-3284090 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 KaraoKe with FreDDie —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 DJ sir nicK BlanD —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 house/techno DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 KaraoKe with DJ MicK —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 DJ Battle —Dirty Martini, 1904 Eastwood Rd, Suite 109 raDio cult —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 Dueling Pianos —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 JaMes ethan clarK anD the renegaDes, charlie the horse —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 the Fustics —Grand Union Pub, 1125 Military Cutoff;2569133 ron etheriDge —Henry’s, 2806 Independence Blvd.; 793-2929

huFton Brothers, Dirty DaKotas, unit six, Maren Parusel —Hollister 47, 6845 Carolina Beach Rd., 799-6647 Jesse stocKton —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 Millenia FunK’n —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 the MooD (8PM-12aM, tiKi stage); DJ Dane Britt (10PM-2aM, insiDe) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 Bear Bones —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 420 B ProJect —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 stuMP sounD —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 MuseuM Mouth, PretenD surPrise, Mortal Man —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 Benny hill —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 DJ Kevin —The Dive, 6 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 458-8282 harvest —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 BlinD leMon PleDge —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 irvine —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558 Dave Meyer —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433 MasonBoro sounD —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269

SuNDAy, July 17 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 Benny hill anD FrienDs —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 Perry sMith (Brunch 12-2) —Aubriana’s; 115 S. Front St., 763-7773 l shaPe lot (3PM); clay crotts (8PM) —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 central ParK —Bluewater Grill, 4 Marina St.; 256-8500 chris BellaMy —Shell Island Resort, 2700 N. Lumina Ave., 256-8696 raBBle n’ reBellion, shoot the Blitz —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 DJ Battle —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 galen on guitar —The Coastal Roaster, 5954 Carolina Beach Rd.; 399-4701

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Open Mic nighT —Drifters Bar & Grill, 108 Walnut St.; 762-1704 KARAOKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 KARAOKe wiTh DJ @-hOle —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 p-FunK AnD cheDR DAnce pARTy —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 Open Mic nighT —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 DJ RichTeRMeisTeR —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 pengO wiTh BeAu gunn —Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Drive; 452-3773 Open Mic wiTh JOsh sOlOMOn —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 BReTT JOhnsOn’s JAM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 ROOT sOul —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269

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KinlAw & JOhnsOn BAnD —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 gARy Allen’s AcOusTic Open Mic —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 JAzz JAM —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 Open Mic nighT —Genee’s, inside America’s Best Value Inn, 4903 Market St.; 799-1440 KARAOKe wiTh DJ BRewTAl —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 KARAOKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 ROB ROnneR —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 DJ siR nicK BlAnD —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 live JAzz —Cameo 1900; 1900 Eastwood Rd.,910-5092026 DJBe eXTReMe KARAOKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 JusT Me, FRAcTAl FARM —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 sAi cOllins —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 JeReMy nORRis —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464 Open Mic nighT —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 The geT DOwn JAM wiTh The cAsseROle —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 KeRsTen cApRA —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 live AcOusTic —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 Open Mic nighT wiTh seAn geRARD —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 All entertainment must be sent to music@encorepub. com by Wednesday for consideration in the weekly entertainment calendar. Venues are responsible for notifying encore of any changes, removals or additions to their weekly schedules.

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examination of the male psyche: ‘Transformers’ boasts hot women, fast action and stupidity

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he worlds which michael bay

create are maddening, bizarre places where all characters are idiots, with the exception of the hottest girl on set. Bay’s “Transformers” films have made a strong argument that hot women and robots that turn into cars and trucks are more deserving of our respect than any character with a penis—unless the robots have penises.

I can’t be entirely sure. This subject is never really tackled in the films. It pains me since I had a dozen “crankshaft” jokes I could have dispensed at any time.

Michael Bay gets a lot of flack for making “guy movies”—explosionfilled, testosterone-fueled action, with objectified supermodels parading around in their underwear. To the casual observer, these high-gloss spectacles would seem to be the product of an immature male mind.

It is my assertion after watching “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” that Michael Bay is a self-loathing male who isn’t celebrating manliness but deconstructing it.

It explains why the men in the “Transformers” films are all so stupid.

No one could create characters this dense or moronic without trying to say something. Take Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf). The last time we saw Sam he was reluctantly drawn back into the war between Autobots and Decepticons, despite his best efforts to create a normal life for himself. Now, he’s a college graduate looking for a job, desperate to do something that matters. This is difficult since “office jockey” isn’t as fulfilling as “saving the world from an alien invasion.” Sam is still the awkward, lost millennial searching for meaning. He spends most of the movie wearing an entitlement complex the size of a cinder block around his neck, expecting life to hand him great things. Bay’s statement about men: The younger generation are a bunch of whiny, spoiled babies.

Sam heads out into the big city to find a job.

The only job he can find is in a mail room for a crazy corporate tycoon named Bruce Brazos (John Malkovich). Bay uses Brazos to symbolize the middle-aged man. He’s a crazy, obsessive-compulsive control freak who fancies himself a martial arts alpha male. Brazos is all ego—a giant, self-tanned phallus who has used cunning and intelligence to gain wealth and prosperity. Yet, all he yearns for is a fight.

He’s a hairless ape, with all the gold-trimmed trappings of modern society but struggles with

by Anghus ark of the Moon Transformers: D Beouf, Rosie Starring Shia La g teley, Ken Jeon Huntington-Whi

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Dempsey) is another super wealthy character who seems to have it all: looks, charm and unlimited funds. Still, he, too, is unfulfilled. He can have any woman he wants, but the one he pines for is Carly. Later in the film, we learn that Dylan has been working for the bad guys—a decepticon sympathizer, as it were. Bay once

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reel reel this week in film Time of the Gypsies Subversive Film Series Juggling Gypsy •1612 Castle St. (910) 763-2223 Sundays, 8 p.m. • Free 7/17: “Time of the Gypsies” is a 1988 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica.

It tells the story of a young Romani man with magical powers who is tricked into engaging in petty crime. It is widely considered to be one of Kusturica’s best films.

Everything Must Go, Cave of Forgotten Dreams Cinematique Thalian Hall Studio Theatre 310 Chestnut Street • 7:30 p.m., $7 7/13: Will Ferrell stars in a drama based on a short story by Raymond Carver. Nick is a career salesman whose days of being on top are long gone. The same day Nick gets fired, he returns home to discover his wife has left him and dumped his possessions on the front yard. 97 min; R. 7/18-20: ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ is a breathtaking documentary from Werner Herzog follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. 90 min. G. BOYS WILL BE BOYS: Michael Bay’s latest addendum to ‘Transformers’ invokes a maelstrom of typical penis envy and deconstruction of masculinity. Courtesy photo.

his natural male instincts.

Bay becomes a lot less subtle in his analysis of the male member by introducing us to one of Brazos’ employees, Jerry Wang (Ken Jeong). Wang is a frenzied, manic, tiny man, but he seems hellbent on confrontation. He attempts to impose his miniscule will onto those around him, and if the metaphor of the small penis isn’t clear enough, Bay has him pull out two gigantic guns to sell it visually. Yes, Wang is the personification of penis-envy.

The only sane person in the movie is Sam’s disproportionately hot girlfriend Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley). She has a promising career, a can-do attitude, and an ass that would make a Tibetan monk weep. Her boss, on the other hand, exists only for Bay to further deconstruct the institution of man. Dylan (Patrick

again helps deconstruct the modern man by showing us how quick we are to compromise our integrity (see previous remark about Huntington-Whiteley’s ass).

At this point, the giant fighting robots in 3D and the massive battle for the fate of the Earth is a backdrop for his male characters to revert to form and regress to mindless violence. And toward the end of the movie, when it looks like evil is going to win, who ends up saving the planet but Carly. How? She goes to the villainous Megatron and plays to his ego, telling him he’s being used like a little bitch. Megatron gets angry and turns on his evil partner just in time to save the world from destruction. Of course, Megatron is too stupid to realize he’s being played until it’s too late. Wait a second. Really stupid … manipulated by a beautiful woman …

I guess Transformers do have penises.

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is packed to the brim with mind-boggling action, some impressive 3D visuals, and the most subversive examination of the male psyche since “Rocky IV.”

Cucalorus Summer Series Local Focus: Benedict Fancy Jengo’s Playhouse 815 Princess Street • (910) 343-5995 7/16, 7 p.m. $8, www.etix.com ($12 at door) Held in Jengo’s backyard, feat. Wilmington-based filmmakers who have a feature in production, Cucalorus re-introduces the “Local Focus” program. Ben is an award winning filmmaker who has relocated from England and has been teaching film studies and video production elective classes at Cape Fear Academy. His documentary is about the 25th anniversary of American absurdist filmmaker David Lynch’s cult classic ‘Blue Velvet,’ which was shot in Wilmington, NC in 1985.

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

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cinephiles rejoice!

Local Focus showcases works in progress courtesy of Cucalorus

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Film Festival may not be until November, but local cinephiles still have a reason to rejoice in the summer heat. On July 16th and 23rd, the fourth annual Local Focus installment of the Cucalorus Summer Series will celebrate the productions of two local filmmakers at Jengo’s Playhouse. The Summer Series profiles Wilmington-based filmmakers who have feature films in production by screening a retrospective of their work.

On the 16th, the work of Benedict Fancy will be showcased. From across the pond, Fancy is an award-winning filmmaker from England who currently teaches film studies and video production classes at Cape Fear Academy. His current project is a featurelength documentary about the 25th anniversary of David Lynch’s cult classic “Blue Velvet,” which was shot in Wilmington in 1985. At the end of the night, Fancy will screen a short excerpt of teaser footage of “It’s a Strange World—The Filming of

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Blue Velvet.”

According to Fancy, the documentary archives the stories and experiences from the film crew who helped create Lynch’s bizarre and haunting masterpiece. It also highlights the film’s influence on Hollywood East’s film industry.

Meg Lansaw will conclude the Local Focus Summer Series on the 23rd. Lansaw is a director, writer and producer from West Virginia who began her career in the entertainment industry when she moved to Wilmington in 2001 and launched her pro-

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Lansaw currently serves as the secretary of Cucalorus Film Festival’s Board of Directors and as festival shorts programmer. Recently, she has worked as a production assistant on various projects, such as “Eastbound and Down,” “The Secret

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Lansaw will be premiering footage from “11:11” on the 23rd. The film received the second-place award for Best Screenplay at the 2008 Appalachian Film Festival.

Lansaw described the film as “a narrative ensemble piece about the interconnectivity of lives and the effects timing and decision-making have on destiny.”

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LOVEY’S CAFE H toff Road, Suite 1319 Military Cu (910) 509-0331 arket.com www.loveysm

Grilled chicken wrap, with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and parmesan in a warm whole wheat tortilla. Also enjoy the full-service and organic hot/cold salad bar in the expanded cafe.

AMERICAN BLUEWATER

Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie. Dine inside or at their awardwinning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sun. during the summer months. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256.8500.

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

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

CATCH

Serving the Best Seafood in South Eastern North Carolina.

Wilmington’s Native Son, 2011 James Beard Award Nominee Chef Keith Rhodes explores the Cape Fear Coast for the best it has to offer. We feature Wild Caught & Sustainably raised Seafood. Organic and locally sourced produce & herbs provide the perfect compliment to our fresh Catch. Consecutively Voted Wilmington’s Best Chef 2008, 09 & 2010.

Dubbed “Modern Seafood Cuisine” we offer an array Fresh Seafood & Steaks, including our Signature NC Sweet Potato Salad. Appetizers include our Mouth watering “Fire Cracker” Shrimp, Crispy Cajun Fried NC Oysters & Blue Crab Claw Scampi, Seafood Ceviche & Conch Fritters to name a few.

Larger Plates include Plancha grilled Painted Hills Steaks, Blackend Red Drum Filet, Charleston Crab Cakes, Tempura OBX Scallops, Flounder Escovitch & Pan roasted Queen Trigger fish. Custom Entree request gladly accommodated for our Guest. (Vegetarian, Vegan & Allergies) Hand Crafted seasonal desserts from Alan DeLovely. Full ABC Permits. 6623 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28405.

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■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon-Fri 11am-2pm and Mon. Sat. 5pm-9pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Acclaimed Wine List

BUFFALO WILD WINGS

If you’re looking for good food and an atmosphere that’s fun for the whole family, Buffalo Wild Wings is the place! Award winning wings and 20 signature sauces and seasonings.

Plus…salads, wraps, flatbreads, burgers, and more. Tons of Big screen TVs and all your favorite sports. We have daily drink specials, a HUGE draft selection, and Free Trivia all day every day. Come in for our Weekday Lunch Specials, only $5.99 from 11am-2pm. Visit us for Wing Tuesdays with 50 cent wings all day long, or Boneless Thursdays with 60 cent boneless wings all day long. Buffalo Wild Wings is a great place to dine in or take out.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: Mon-Sat 11am-2am and Sun 12pm-2am ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: 2 locations-Midtown (910-798-9464) and Monkey Junction (910-392-7224) ■ MUSIC: Friday and Saturday nights at both locations.

■ WEBSITE: www.buffalowildwings.com

C.G. Dawgs

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 11am– 5pm. Sat. at the farmers market. Thurs.- Sat. nights on Market St. between Front and 2nd St. from 10pm – 3:00am.Fibbers on Sun. nights Until 3am.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD Downtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch time delivery downtown

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!) Why satisfy when you can indulge? Find the George on the Riverwalk at 128 South Water Street, 910-763-2052.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.thegeorgerestaurant.com

HALLIGAN’S

“Failte,” is the Gaelic word for “Welcome,” and at Halligan’s Public House it’s our “Motto.” Step into Halligan’s and enter a world of Irish hospitality where delicious food warms the heart and generous drink lift the spirit. Be sure to try Halligan’s house specialty, “The Reuben,” number one with critics and of course our customers. One bite and you’ll understand why. Of course, we also serve a full selection of other delicious entrees including seafood, steak and pasta, as well as a wide assortment of burgers, sandwiches(Halligan’s Cheese Steak), and salads. And if you are looking for a friendly watering hole where you can raise a glass or two with friends, new and old, Halligan’s Public House boasts a comfortable bar where fun-loving bartenders hold court daily and blarney fills the air. Stop by Halligan’s Public House today, “When you’re at Halligan’s....you’re at home.” With 12 beers on tap and 16 flat screen TVs, you can watch your favorite game and enjoy your favorite drink.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

7 Days a Week Mon-Wed 11:30 am - 2:00 am Thurs-Sun

11:30 am - 2:00 am

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Masonboro Loop ■ FEATURING: THE Best Rueben in Town!, $5.99

lunch specials, Outdoor Patio ■ WEBSITE: www.halligansnc.com

HENRY’S

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

Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. Henry’s is home to live music, wine & beer dinners and other special events. Check out their calendar of events at HenrysRestaurant.com for details. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

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

HolidaY iNN RESoRt

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

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER:

Sun.-Sat..

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

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 fourcourse meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street. (910) 251-0433.

■ SERVING DINNER: Tues.- Sun. 5pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: 70s menu every Friday ■ MUSIC: Fri. & Sat. in summer ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com

PiNE VallEY MaRKEt

Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch inhouse, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market. Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood. Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. 3520 S. College

Road, (910) 350-FOOD. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

Mon.-Fri.10am-7pm; Sat. 9am-6pm. Closed Sun. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South ■ FEATURING: Daily specials and take-home frozen meals ■ WEBSITE: www.pinevalleymarket.com

tEMPtatioNS EVERYdaY GoURMEt

Temptations Everyday Gourmet draws diners in by droves thanks to their creative menu selections, an extraordinary inventory of fine wines (over 300 varieties all without restaurant markups) and trained staff that go beyond culinary excellence. Recognized as Best Lunch Spot by WWAY in 2011, as well as having its chef, Michael Comer, touted among the top three best chefs in Wilmington, according to StarNews’ Taste of Wilmington 2010, Temptations offers two locations to serve Wilmingtonians.

Located in Hanover Center for 25 years, signature items include their Homemade Chicken Salad and Turkey, Brie and Apple Sandwich, as well as their Porter’s Neck location’s Pimiento Cheeseburger.

The Porter’s Neck location also serves an expanded dinner menu, which changes weekly. Their daily features, including specialty soups, salads, quiche and paninis, keeps patrons busy choosing healthy, fast foods whether dining onsite or back at the office. in fact, ask Temptations about their Office Party Menu for your next gathering. Their gourmet retail shop provides unique gourmet gift items featuring many locally made specialty foods, chocolates and goodies.

■ SERVING LUNCH: Hanover Center, 3501 Oleander Dr., Ste 13. Mon.-Sat., 11am – 6pm (Closed Sundays) ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Porter’s Neck Center, 8207 Market St., Ste F. Mon. Wed., 10am-8:30pm; Thurs.-Sat., 10am-9pm. Dinner features begin at 5pm.

(Closed Sundays) ■ NEIGHBORHOODS: Midtown and North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.temptationseverydaygourmet.com ■ FEATURING: An expanded dinner menu, at the Porter’s Neck location, which changes weekly.

tRollY StoP

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a family owned franchise with six locations. Since 1976 they specialize in homemade chili, slaw and sauces, and as of more recent – a variety of gourmet sausages and burgers (at participating locations). The types of hot dogs include Beef & Pork, All Beef, Smoked Sausage, 98% Turkey, and Soy. Sausages include Bratwurst, Mild Italian, Spicy Beef and Polish Kielbasi. Locations are: 126 N. Front Street Open seven days from 11am-4pm, late night hours are Thurs., Fri., and Sat. night from 10pm-3am; (910) 343-2999, 94 S. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach 11-5pm 7days a week, 6pm-9pm Sun-Wed, and 6pm-3am Th-Sat. (910) 256-1421; 4502 Fountain Dr., 4523952. 11am-7pm Mon-Sun; South Howe St. in Southport, (910) 457-7017 (CLOSED FOR THE SEASON UNTIL EASTER WEEKEND); 103A Cape Fear Blvd in Carolina Beach, (910) 458-5778; 1250 Western Blvd., Unit L-4 Jacksonville, (910) 2280952, opened Mon-Sun 11am-9pm. Catering cart available all year from $300. (910) 297-8416.

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at Wrightsville Beach and Downtown

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

■ WEBSITE: www.trollystophotdogs.com

ASIAN BiG tHai aNd BiG tHai tWo

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

You won’t regret it. Big Thai One (1001 N. 4th St. in the Brooklyn Arts District; 763-3035): Lunch M-F, 11-2. Dinner M-Th 5-9, F-Sa 5-10, Closed Sun.. Big Thai Two (1319 Military Cutoff Rd. inside Landfall Center; 256-6588) ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Open for Lunch M-F 11-2:30; Dinner M-Th 5-9; F-Sa 5-10; Sun. 5-9.

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

SZECHUaN 132

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

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

HiRo JaPaNESE StEaKHoUSE

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

■ SERVING DINNER: Open Mon. thru Thurs.

4pm-10pm; Fri. and Sat. 4pm-10:30pm and Sun. 11am-10pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Hibachi style dining.

■ WEBSITE: www.hirojapanesesteakhouse. com/hibachi

iNdoCHiNE REStaURaNt & loUNGE

If you’re ready to experience the wonders of the Orient without having to leave Wilmington, join us at Indochine for a truly unique experience. Indochine brings the flavors of the Far East to the Port City, combining the best of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine in an atmosphere that will transport you and your taste buds. Relax in our elegantly decorated dining room, complete with antique Asian decor as well as contemporary artwork and music. Our diverse, friendly and efficient staff will serve you beautifully presented dishes full of enticing aromas and

flavors. Be sure to try such signature items as the spicy and savory Roasted Duck with Red Curry, or the beautifully presented and delicious Shrimp and Scallops in a Nest. Be sure to save room for our world famous desert, the banana egg roll! We take pride in using only the freshest ingredients, and our extensive menu suits any taste. After dinner, enjoy specialty drinks by the koi pond in our Asian garden. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), (910) 251-9229.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

Tues.- Fri. 11am- 2pm; Sat. 12pm – 3pm for lunch. Mon.- Sun. 5pm – 10pm for dinner.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.indochinewilmington.com

EURO FUSION PRESS 102

Espresso. Panini. Martini. Rome and Paris meet Manhattan and San Francisco in this new EuroAmerican eatery and martini bar in the heart of historic downtown Wilmington. Nestled inside the Hotel Tarrymore on the corner of Second and Dock streets, Press 102 offers the finest espresso and French press coffee made exclusively from locally roasted beans and more Panini creations this side of Tuscany. Boasting more than a hundred different wine labels and an endless variety of freshly pressed fruit and herb inspired martini cocktails foodies also enjoy a sophisticated evening menu that includes shrimp and grits made with red-eye gravy and a perfectly grilled New York strip bathed in a basil caramel and white balsamic reduction.

Glass tile and eclectic mirrors make for a cozy bar and bistro seating at Press 102 and up to 60 guests can also enjoy outdoor patio seating surrounded by flowers and passersby. Large parties of up to 120 are welcome in the Veranda Room overlooking Dock Street. (910) 399-4438.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER:

Wed. - Sat. 8am - until and Sunday brunch from 9am-3pm, ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Wilmington’s Best Panini, according to encore readers ■ WEBSITE: www.Press102.com

FRENCH CaPRiCE BiStRo

Wilmington’s finest French cuisine can be found at Caprice Bistro, a small informal neighborhood restaurant, serving hearty food in generous portions at affordable prices. Simple is the atmosphere in the bistro, as plain white plates and tables dressed in white paper make up the decor. However, the food is far from simple, as a combination of fresh ingredients and innovative preparation delight the taste buds with a plethora of unique appetizers, entrées and desserts. The service is fast, efficient and nonintrusive, and the ambience is friendly and unpretentious. After dinner, be sure to venture upstairs into their cozy and relaxing sofa bar for an after-dinner martini, or enjoy your meal there, as a light-fare and full menus are served. Art is always on display in the sofa bar, so be sure to inquire frequently about their artist show receptions. Voted “Best French Restaurant” three years in a row! 10 Market Street, downtown Wilmington, (910) 815-0810.

■ SERVING DINNER: Sun.- Thurs.

5:00 – 10pm.; Fri. and Sat., 5pm – Midnight.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Upstairs sofa bar serving cocktails and lighter fare.

■ WEBSITE: www.capricebistro.com

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OUR CRÊPES & MORE

Try something different to eat! Our Crêpes & More, a family owned and operated French Crêperie, is serving authentic, homemade French cuisine to dine in or to go. Everything on their menu is under $10, and is a healthy alternative, while eating a savory meal or sweet treat. Whether it’s for breakfast, lunch, or an afternoon treat, everything on the menu is available. On the Savory side, the Uzès, Quebec, Tahiti or Provencale are among the most popular. Their homemade Ratatouille, South France type sub like the Pain Bagnat or CroqueMonsieur are worth the detour too! On the sweet side, The Versailles, St- Tropez or Crazy Nutella (with homemade Nutella ice cream) will make you come back for more! They also serve Fresh Salads or Soups depending on the seasons, amazing all natural Homemade Sorbet & Ice Cream, Croissant & Chocolate Croissant. Open all day with free WiFi and live French radio, Our Crepes & More is a pleasant yet casual place to unwind. Our Crepes & More can accommodate large parties! STARTING JUNE 5th OPEN SUNDAYS FOR BRUNCH! ■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER:

Monday, 9am to 5pm, Tuesday through Saturday 9am-8pm. Sunday brunch ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Vegetarian and gluten-free options. Free Wi-Fi..

■ WEBSITE: www.ourcrepesandmore.com

for over 16 years. Its diverse menu includes Italian favorites such as Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Baked Ziti, Rigatoni a la Vodka and, of course, made-from-scratch pizzas. Its American influences include tasty burgers, the U.S.A. Salad and a 16oz.

Marinated Rib Eye Steak. Romanelli’s offers patio dining and flat screen TVs in its bar area. Dine in or take out, Romanelli’s is always a crowd favorite.

Large parties welcome. 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. (910) 383.1885.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.- Thurs.

11am – 10pm.; Fri. & Sat. 11am – 11pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South.

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

ELIZABETH’S PIZZA

A Wilmington favorite since 1987! At Elizabeth’s you’ll find authentic Italian cuisine, as well as some of your American favorites. Offering delicious pizza, salads, sandwiches, entrees, desserts, beer, and wine. Elizabeth’s is known for their fresh ingredients, where even the bread is baked fresh daily.

A great place for lunch, dinner, a late night meal, or take out. Elizabeth’s can also cater your event and now has a party room available. Visit us 4304 ½ Market St or call 910-251-1005 for take out.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

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

■ WEBSITE: www.epwilmington.com

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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

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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! 5226 S College Rd.,Wilmington (910) 790-9954.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

Mon.- Thurs. 11am. – 9:30am; Fri. 11am-10:30pm; Sat. 12pm-10:30pm Sun. 11:30am – 9:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South ■ FEATURING: Daily specials, kids menu and online coupons.

■ WEBSITE: www.giorgios-restaurant.com.

SLICE OF LIFE

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT:

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

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

LATIN AMERICAN SAN JUAN CAFE

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

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon Sat. 11am2:30pm and from 5-10pm. Open Sun from 5pm10pm.

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

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ORGANIC LOVEY’S MARKET

Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for Organic and Natural groceries and supplements, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious and totally fresh meal or snack. Whether you are in the mood for a Veggie Burger, Hamburger or a Chicken Caesar Wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte Lovey’s Cafe’ menu. The Food Bar-which has cold salads and hot selections can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for takeout. The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of juices and smoothies made with Organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of Local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness.

Lovey’s also carries Organic Grass-Fed and FreeRange meats and poultry. Wheat-Free and GlutenFree products are in stock regularly, as are Vegan and Vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9am to 7pm; Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 10am to 6pm. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Rd in the Landfall Shopping Center; (910) 509-0331. “You’ll Love it at Lovey’s!”

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Café open: Mon.Fri., 11am–6pm; Sat. & Sun., 11am-6pm(salad bar open all the time). Market hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am7pm; Sat., 9am-6pm; Sun., 10am-6pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Organic Salad Bar/Hot Bar, New Bakery with fresh, organic pies and cakes. Newly expanded.

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com.

SEAFOOD DOCK STREET OYSTER BAR

Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters! Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street. You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfort able in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. (910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

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EAST

The Blockade Runner offers an array of seasonal seafood specials, certified Angus beef, lobster menu on Fri. evening plus a spectacular Sun. brunch. Romantic al fresco dining is available on our dinner deck located in the center of a lush garden overlooking the ocean far away from the traffic and noise. Our lounge is eco-friendly and offers light fare nightly. 275 Waynick Blvd. Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256-2251.

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

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

Sun.brunch.

■ WEBSITE: www.blockade-runner.com

HIERONYMUS

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

■ WEBSITE: www.hieronymusseafood.net

OCEANIC

Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for award-winning food, sports and fun.

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

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

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

projector TVs in Wilmington.

CASEY’S BUFFET

■ WEBSITE: CarolinaAleHouse.com

In Wilmington, everyone knows where to go for solid country cooking. That place is Casey’s Buffet, winner of encore’s Best Country Cookin’/Soul Food and Buffet categories. “Every day we are open, somebody tells us it tastes just like their grandma’s or mama’s cooking,” co-owner Gena Casey says. Gena and her husband Larry run the show at the Oleander Drive restaurant where people are urged to enjoy all food indigenous to the South: fried chicken, barbecue, catfish, mac‘n’cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, chicken‘n’dumplings, biscuits and homemade banana puddin’ are among a few of many other delectable items. 5559 Oleander Drive. (910) 798-2913.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11am to 9pm and on Sundays

1/2 price Appetizers Tacos, Burritos, and Sandwiches

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5 South Water Street Downtown Wilmington 910-399-4501

CAROLINA ALE HOUSE

SOUTHERN

MONDAY - FRIDAY 5-7pm

Pura Vida!

SPORTS BAR

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

■ WEBSITE: OceanicRestaurant.com

HAPPY HOUR

Saturdays 6-9pm

from 11am to 8pm.Closed Mon. and Tuesdays.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING:For adventurous palates, pig’s feet and chitterlings.

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

FOX & HOUND PUB & GRILLE

Serving up the best bar food for any local sports fan, Fox & Hound has appetites covered. Located next to Mayfaire Cinema 16, it’s no question that Fox is a great place to go on date night, or to watch the big game on one of the restaurant’s six large projection screens and 19 plasma televisions.

Guests can also play pool, darts or video games in this casual-theme restaurant. For starters, Fox offers delicious appetizers like ultimate nachos, giant Bavarian pretzels and spinach artichoke dip. In the mood for something more? Try the hand-battered Newcastle fish ‘n’ chips or chicken tenders, or the grilled Mahi-Mahi served atop a bed of spicy

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Every Tuesday

This is downtown Wilmington’s Sports Pub! With every major sporting package on ten HDTVs and our huge HD projection screen, there is no better place to catch every game in every sport. Our extensive menu ranges from classics, like thick Angus burgers or NY-style reubens, to lighter fare, such as homemade soups, fresh salads and vegetarian options. Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with free WiFi, darts, and did we mention sports? Free lunchtime delivery on weekdays; we can accommodate large parties. (910) 763-4133.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11am – late. Sun. at noon.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Dueling pianos every Thurs.,

Fri., and Sat. nights. and 1/2 priced select appetizers m-th 4-7pm ■ WEBSITE: www.hellskitchenbar.com

5-7pm

Dog, Dine & Wine

Friday and Saturday live music - listing the musician every week, 7-10pm Sunday 1/2 price wines great spot to come out and enjoy the outdoors!! Cheese, chocolate and wine - mighty fine!!

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Bring your dogs, eat or just meet and greet $5 glass pours on featured wines, weekly drink specials and dog treats.

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rice. From cheeseburgers and sirloins to salads and wood oven-inspired pizzas, Fox has plenty to choose from for lunch or dinner. Finish the meal with a 6-inch Great Cookie Blitz, a chocolate chip cookie baked fresh to order and served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and Hershey’s syrup.

920 Town Center Drive, (910) 509-0805.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 11am– 2am, daily ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: $5.99 lunch specials and free pool until 2p.m. and $5 cheese pizzas after 10 p.m., both Mon.-Fri. ■ MUSIC: Trivia with Party Gras Entertainment DJ every Thursday at 9pm ■ WEBSITE: foxandhound.com

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digging out of downtown:

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Kornerstone Bistro temps diners with homemade local foods

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asual-fine dining experienCes

beckon foodies throughout Wilmington. As I live in the downtown area, I often default to one of the many wonderful restaurants within walking distance of my house.

It’s perfect because I can grab coffee, dinner, ice cream and fudge all without setting foot in a car. The downside to downtown life is that I often miss all the other great places around Wilmington, like Kornerstone Bistro, a Mediterranean-style eatery in the Porter’s Neck area.

Kornerstone offers what I appreciate and look for in a restaurant: fresh local produce, organic meats and seafood—and homemade everything. And to think I didn’t even know the place existed until I tagged along on another lunch bunch culinary adventure a few weeks ago.

Full disclosure: Mediterranean is one of my favorite varieties of food. Needless to say, I was on board full-throttle before the lunchbunch train even left the station.

Walking into the restaurant, I immediately noticed the décor. The wood and granite-top tables seemed to shine in the natural light beaming from the large windows aligning the walls. As I mused over the ambience, fresh baked pizza wafted from the wood-fired oven alongside the smell of fire-roasted garlic. It was intoxicating to all of my senses.

Immediately, we were relieved we wouldn’t have to choose between the many wonderful options listed on Kornerstone’s extensive menu. Chef Adam Baker took care of us by preparing courses reflecting the eclectic restaurant.

First, our kind waiter and hostess brought fresh bread with spinach pesto. I love spinach, and I have never seen it presented in pesto form at a local restaurant. It won specialty points in my book. Our appetizers continued with bruschetta, which was light and refreshing as the finely diced tomatoes tasted crisp and

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cool mixed with herbs and lots of garlic, all atop toasted, homemade grain bread.

Keeping up with the local and seasonal offerings, our salads arrived with a base of arugula, topped of with a grilled peach, goat cheese, pine nuts and lightly drizzled with lemon vinaigrette. Luck be on our side that day, as Chef Baker was testing the dish to be a part of his North Carolina Best Dish entry. (He’s serving the salad throughout the month of July.)

A perfectly portioned course, like the appetizers before it, I ate the entire salad. It was filled with sweet flavors amped up by the peppery

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KORNERED IN DELIGHT: Kornerstone Bistro’s catch of the day, grouper, was seared to perfection, locking in the juicy flavor and punctuating it against fresh spaghetti squash, pearl onions and potatoes. Don’t forget dessert when it involves dark chocolate bread pudding, served with vanilla ice cream and strawberries. Photos

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greens and citrusy dressing. Best of all, I did not feel overwhelmed by it when considering the thought of more food coming.

And there was more food coming…

As I’ve said before, nothing beats a crispy thin crust when it comes to pizza. Anyone can create a personalized brick-oven masterpiece at Kornerstone; however, as it were, we had a trifecta of Neapolitan-style pies delivered to our table without having the stress of trying to decide how to top them. Weighing in first was the Toscano, with pepperoni and Italian sausage, which definitely had spice and bold flavors from the meat, but without the puddle of residual oil one might expect. My personal favorite, as well as Shea’s and Bethany’s, the Santorini, came with tangy feta cheese, olives, red onion, pepperoncini and artichoke hearts.

Piled high with basil pesto, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes and mouth-watering mozzarella, the Genoa pleased the crowd from its heartiness.

One of Kornerstone’s prized dishes—as noted not only from its staff, but also from our coworker, Jennifer, who claimed a friend’s frequent dining habit to Kornerstone just for this one dish—shrimp fra diavolo sat before us, overflowing in a pink sauce. It was creamy and spicy, punctuated by al dente penne pas-

ta, bedded with perfectly plump local shrimp.

Spicy dishes are hard ones to sell in my opinion for two reasons: Some chefs don’t go the distance and it’s like any other pasta dish, while others maliciously try to burn the taste buds off the palate. Such was not the case here. The spicy “Brother Devil” tomato cream sauce had a tasty fire without licking the sun’s surface.

Rounding out our entrées was admittedly everyone’s favorite moment of lunch: the fish of the day. Chef Baker delivered a perfectly seared piece of grouper, served over spaghetti squash, pearl onions and potatoes.

Spaghetti squash is one of my favorite pasta substitutes, and it was done extremely well here, devoid of heavy sauce, which allowed all of its subtle flavors to shine. The seasoned ingredients tasted fresh, simple and perfect.

It may just be the best prepared grouper I’ve had in town.

Before finishing, our brilliant chef came out to greet us, explaining a bit of his culinary philosophy and then sending out a unique dark chocolate bread pudding topped with ice cream and strawberry. Using white bread, Chef Baker crafts a chocolate custard for the bread to soak in until time to bake. Warm and almost fudge cake-like, we did not consider an ounce of guilt or shame as we all shoveled forkful after forkful of the sweet confection into our mouths. Baker told us he has a white chocolate version, which he prefers, served with blueberries or berry compote. We responded: “Next time.”

And, without a doubt, there will be a next time. In fact, many of them.

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difficulty be damned!

‘BITCH’ isn’t so bitchy between the lines

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by Tiffanie Gabr of BITCH: In Praise Difficult Women ur tzel

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college. My university had inadequate parking for those with physical limitations. Everyday I walked with my books further than what my body could handle. I did it without complaint, at first. Then my professors would eye me as I entered through their classroom doors late. I grew tired of it. Eventually, I thought, Screw it. If they weren’t going to provide handicapped parking spaces, I would make my own.

Behind the wheel of my roadster, I eyed the flat empty grass parallel to the fire lane beside the entrance to the English department building. I shifted my gaze to the clusters of cars around me and the absence of a place to put it in park. I was done with the entire situation. I stepped hard on my gas pedal, rolled my car over the grass and parked up to the door. James Bond would have been proud. I made it to class on time. Thirty minutes in, two male po-

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lice officers knocked on my professor’s door, interrupted his lecture and asked me to step outside for a moment.

“You can’t park here,” one said. “You have to park somewhere else.”

“Where?” I said politely and waited for an answer, but neither could provide one “Find me a place and I’ll gladly move there. Until then, you’re wasting the money I paid for this class.”

Thus, I sent a letter to the chancellor regarding federal funding requirements, which stated how proper handicap parking is a necessity. The next semester, I had all the parking I needed. It was a moment that would make one of my new favorite authors, Elizabeth Wurtzel, proud.

In her sophomore read, “Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women,” Wurtzel does more than celebrate strong and defiant females throughout the course of history; she builds a temple to them that is long, long overdue. I stumbled upon the book while out with a few friends (two men, go figure) and devoured every letter of her unadulterated literary prose. It reverberates like penetrating slam poetry and, so, unequivocally earned its mention in an article.

A graduate from Harvard, New Yorker journalist and societal critic, Wurtzel is known for her first book, “Prozac Nation.” Published in 1994—and made into a 2001 movie, starring Christina Ricci— her body of work details, as Wurtzel stated once, “a small personal tale of one girl’s mental hell.”

Taking a different magnitude, “Bitch” evaluates the

behaviors of biblical femme fatales to present-day pretties. It defends their break from societal limitations, which have undervalued and misunderstood them. Public flowers—like Princess Diana, to hardcore train wrecks, a la Courtney Love, among more quarrelsome vixens—run amuck in this seriously thought-provoking work. It’s biting, sharp and has passion that explodes like napalm when Wurtzel delivers the book’s main theme: Female forte and influence has been annexed and misinterpreted by male writers, theologians and scholars since the era of Eve. And it’s time for a reversal.

Best yet, she declares war with her words without apology. Among its authentic arguments and controversies are the defense of Hillary and Bill Clinton’s marriage, O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown’s relationship, to Amy Fisher and even the Queen of Sheba. Some readers have criticized the suicidal glamorization, which can alienate readers.

As EW.com points out, “She identifies with suicidal women like the poets Anne Sexton and Plath.”

Perhaps men everywhere, maybe even some meek women, will hem and haw that this book‘s premise only proclaims another annoying feminist manifesto. I can hear them now, “It’s a page-turner for bra burners!” At the end of the day, it’s an opinion given without truly allowing her words a fair chance at comprehension. Wurtzel’s purposeful message about being fervently difficult is something from which many can learn. It’s ammo—a real bitch for any book collection. And I love my bra.

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35 It means “passing through” 38 Walk __ line (tread carefully) 39 It holds fish and ships 40 False rumor 41 Baloney 42 What holds drinks at 62 Across?

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82 Part of many rapper’s names 83 Gee follower 85 Comparative suffix 86 21st-century starter 87 Like some turkey stuffing 88 Demolition chemical 89 Adjust accordingly 92 Dog catcher’s dilemma?

96 Ore ending 97 Sea northeast of Borneo 98 Williams of Happy Days 99 Sri Lanka export 100 Old atlas abbr.

101 Encouragement from a count?

103 Returnee’s query 104 Circle of light 105 Range: Abbr.

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110 Dessert mastermind?

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10 Peers through a window 11 __ the side of caution 12 Circle of light 13 Have good intentions 14 Exodus author 15 Family member 16 New Haven student 17 Hotbed 19 Nevada/Arizona lake 20 Ottoman officers 22 African hunter 27 Russian villas 28 In 29 Golf-bet loser, after the 18th green?

30 Congenial 31 __ Raceway (Pennsylvania auto track) 32 Euro predecessor 33 Equinox mo.

34 Point of view 35 Pirate artist’s activity?

36 Antiseptic element 37 Made amends 43 Matures 44 Poetic preposition 45 Wide width 49 Aesop title character 51 Sheeplike 53 “How many times __ man turn his head”: Dylan 54 Sounds of surprise 55 Siesta taker 56 Special pleasure 57 Tic-tac-toe nonwinner 58 Carrot kin 61 __ law (medieval code) 64 They may be “welcome” 66 Email ender at 7 Down 68 Prefix for plop

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Part 14, The Brown Jug

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he ciTy of san francisco, like

many iconic American cities, is symbolized by imagery. One can easily define this magnificent borough by its intimidating structures, such as the red towers that loom over either end of the Golden Gate Bridge or the isolated island of Alcatraz, home to many of our most infamous characters, sitting empty and cold among pummeling bay waves. Tie-dye and the aura of hippiedom; peace, love and happiness amongst the freaks of Haight/Ashbury still decorate many minds, though those days are long gone. Or maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not imagery but, instead, power, such as the words of men like Harvey Milk or the power of acceptance, like for those known to frequent the Castro district long before acceptance was posh.

However, very seldom do the bowels of San Francisco come to mind. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be found highlighted in any tourism guide or memory.

Perhaps, that is because its seediness comes in droves. For several blocks one may discover modern structures of corporate giants only to stumble upon an alleyway oozing with homelessness and hunger, signifying one of the many neighborhoods of desolation scattered in-between. Just as quickly, gargantuan structures reappear and fool most into believing that what lies in-between is nothing more than a figment of a feverish nightmare.

It was the in-between I was looking forâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a little seedy bar named the Brown Jug hidden somewhere along Eddy Street, not the hardest hit, economically speaking, in the metropolitan area but showing signs of age nonetheless. Shadows of where mighty letters once spelled proud names of businesses that frequented those buildings could still be seen imprinted on the faded façades. Trash overspilled from one too many waste baskets that lined corners along Eddy Street, and as I traveled further into the belly of the beast, convenience store windows transformed from bright, transparent glass into bar-lined cell doors and pawn shops began making regular appearances.

As the cabbie slowed his vehicle far away from the safety and security of Mongoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s palatial pad, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but stare at some drunkard who stumbled through ripped, tattered vinyl doors of the bar only to grab a street post, whirl a 180 and promptly hurl on the cracked cement sidewalk, his sludge sliming its deep crevasses. Poor puking bastard didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have the wherewithal to hide in shadows away from countless â&#x20AC;&#x153;securityâ&#x20AC;? cameras that could make him a YouTube star instantaneously. I shook my head with a slight smile and paid the cabbie, then stepped out

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into stagnant air, taking a deep whiff.

Outside of the vinyl doors, the Brown Jug was another nondescript dive bar nestled a little too closely to the curb. I shoved my way through the deteriorating doors and was instantly bombarded by blinding light, hard on sober eyes, but kept at high octane so drunks wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stumble, and crack their skulls open on the aged and splintered bar and attempt to sue for every last penny. Beyond the light was the primal scream of AC/DC playing the same familiar chords that have carried them through three decades of popularity amongst classic rockers. Their monotony was accompanied by the crash of pool balls dancing off one another, and as I glanced at the scratchladen table, the figure that resided at the far end of a chipped pool cue was none other than Archibald Killigrew himself.

He was easily recognizable by his unkempt nature, a trademark throughout Fessiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, and though he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a picture of health, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but feel that Mongo slightly exaggerated his situation. He still had long hair, after all these years, flowing over his shoulders like a greasy, dust-laden waterfall, spiraling and kinking in different directions and looking much like a female porn starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bush from the Seventies. His face was haggard, strained with years of lonely omnipotence, cheekbones tight against gaunt skin, which drew dark crescents under his eyes, making the sockets seem somewhat hollow. Fessi had grown a wiry, pubic-looking moustache and beard, which hid most of his dry, cracked lips. Several pimples highlighted his pale skin. Some were red and irritated, freshly squeezed, while others boiled with whiteheads and were ready for rupture.

If physical features didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give him away, then clothing did. Fessi still wore boots his grandma sent him as a birthday gift in college, made obvious by the left bootâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seal: silver duct tape that spiraled around the sole and toe. His right boot had only enough lace to cinch half of it together.

His gothic attire was typical: black jeans made even darker at the hips by smeared stains of some sort. A black T-shirt, tattered with holes around the collar and under each armpit, only made noticeable when he raised his arms in cheer at some obscure soccer match that was playing out on TV. And a trench coat, straight out of Columbine, still filled with the sadness of

high school, engulfed his slightly malnourished frame, which made the way he pounded half a beer after the soccer goal that much more incredible.

I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come here to stare. As he tilted the remainder of beer to guzzle, I shouted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fessi, you ugly pimply bastard. Your grandmother told me to tell you hi after I made her come, and we smoked a butt together in bed.â&#x20AC;?

Fessi sucked down the rest of his beer and slammed his glass on the corner of the pool table, turning in my direction and letting out a hellroaring belch. He wiped foam from the pubic hair that lined his face and responded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who in thâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hell.â&#x20AC;? Realization set in. His eyes swelled, immediately filling those deep dark sockets with hope for the first time in what might be ages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What thâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fuck are you doing here?â&#x20AC;? he shouted and ran across the sticky concrete floor. As I extended my hand, Fessi rared his arm back instead, and let it fly, slugging me in my arm, almost the exact spot where Mongo connected earlier, now bruised and swelling with the love of friendship.

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the brakeman’s cotillion:

//HISTORICAL FICTION

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t thAt moment, the firemAn

from No. 205, Three-Fingered Eddie, was tapping a steam wrench heavily into his gloved left hand.

A crowd of fifty or so railroad engineers, firemen, brakemen, conductors, trackmen, signalmen, and a few stray porters had reached a verdict even if the Esteemed and Exalted Executive Board of the Brotherhood of Retired Engineers, Firemen and Brakemen, sitting in special session, had not.

Just then, someone in the crowd mumbled the word ‘liar’ loud enough for that evening’s chairman, Old Blind Mike, to hear. He stopped the proceedings.

“Now I ask you all again to quit that,” said Mike, his voice booming out across the open dark spaces of Freight Building B. (You know the one—off on its own siding by the Cape Fear River, across the railyard from the Atlantic Coast Line’s Union Depot at Red Cross and Front streets in Wilmington.)

“For one thing,” said Mike, brushing his long gray moustaches with a calloused index finger, “This is 1901, not 1861, nor 1066. And this, brothers, is no way for railroad men to act.”

The mob quieted. Their silence told what they knew: Every man on the ACL had a right to a solemn hearing before the board when he was accused of ungentlemanly conduct. Just then, a train whistle was heard in the yard, and the engineers and conductors in the crowd reflexively checked their pocket watches, each forgetting for a moment that with just the pale light of a few brakemen’s lanterns to light the scene, there was little use of looking at watches.

The crowd stood around a wood express crate—the kangaroo court’s witness stand.

Sitting on it was the defendant, a young man of 21. He had been on the railroad just six months.

His coveralls still had clean spots, and the steel eyelets of his boots still shined. He still had ten fingers and two eyes.

At stake was his repute among his peers.

Exoneration would mean a return to his normal status among his brother railroadmen, perhaps even some degree of respect. A guilty verdict was another matter. A beating might be the easiest part of his punishment. He knew he risked much more than that. There are a million places on the line for a man to get pinched, crushed, run over and scalded and the risk is constant. The attentiveness of one’s peers prevented such accidents, or least prevented death. It was important to a railroad man that the people he worked with cared if he lost a hand, or his life.

The board was made of up old-timers who spent their cracker barrel days sitting with their like on discarded express crates down at the

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by Mark Schreine Union Depot, watching the comings and goings, telling old stories and critiquing current operations. And when there arose a dispute of honor among the working men (these arose more frequently than many would like) the oldtimers served as an impartial and trusted—and secret—board of judgment.

The mob had heard the young man’s story once, and had made up their minds. But the patience of the board, like an hour of an old man’s day, was longer than young men at first realize.

“Son, you know the charge against you: lying to a brother railroad man,” Mike said. “This is a serious charge. Just so we get it right, tell your story again.”

The young man coughed. At the sound of that, Mike, with a gesture, set someone in motion who offered the young defendant a dipper of water. His lips were wet and trembling, and so the young man reached into his back pocket for a kerchief, but found none there. He wiped his mouth on his sleeve, and then began to speak.

“As I said before, I am not a liar.” He sat up straighter and looked not at the board but at the whole crowd. “It happened, just as I told Gabby and Runt yesterday—I was indeed a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones. I was invited to a cotillion at Airlie, and I shared a personal confidence with Commodore Vanderbilt’s great-granddaughter.”

The murmuring and scoffing arose again.

Mike raised his hand and there was quiet.

“I regret nothing,” the young man said, “except for maybe telling you all about it to begin with.”

The shrill sound of steam was heard from an engine on the siding alongside the building, but no one bothered about it. The young man began to speak.

“It all began about a day ago, Thursday, February 23, 1901. I was greasing some couplers on a boxcar, not far from this very spot.

“As you all know by now, at 10:17 precisely, Pembroke Jones’ special train came into the yard. You know the one, with the latest everything, with the electric lights on the tables in the dining car and the special silver buckets every passenger gets, kept constantly full of ice to cool their drinks. It’s the train Mr. Jones, the great Mr. Jones of Wilmington, Airlie, Manhattan and Newport uses to bring his high-society friends down. We all have seen it, and even Lefty here knew it was coming since Orville over at the telegraph office told him he heard down the line that it was bringing a bunch of

New York folks down on account of it being Washington’s Birthday on Friday and the stock exchange and the banks would be closed, and this would give them three days for recreation.

“As you know, given the class of the clientele aboard, they pull that train not to one of the regular passenger platforms, but to its own siding down near this end of the yard. You know, to keep the fine people away from the riffraff and traffic of the Union Depot.

“Well, now, the sight of that gorgeous machine pulling in pretty much brought all work nearby to a stop. And I watched, too, as it glided in, set its brakes, and the people started to get off and the porters began handling the luggage.

“It was about then that I saw her. A woman in a light-green dress, with hat to match. It had this ridiculous pheasant feather that went way up in the air. But she was walking the wrong way down that platform. Toward my direction, down to the end. I figured that was strange because Mr. Pembroke’s special carries about two porters for every passenger, so you’d think someone would have set her right.

“But I watched her. She was walking to the end of the platform, and I could tell from her pace she had no idea that that platform is nearly six feet off the ground. So I moved over to where she was heading, as quick as I could.

She must’ve seen the top of my cap—actually, she told me later that that was what did it—and she realized where she was. And she stopped fast, and just in time, her toes being just over the edge of the platform and into space. But, stopping so fast, she was unsteady and rocked a bit back and forth. I thought she might lose her balance. It was then that she dropped it.”

The board’s junior member, Coalhouse Joe, interjected.

“By ‘it,’ you are referring, are you not, to the alleged jewel-encrusted purse?” he said.

“I am,” the young man said. “She didn’t fall, but in regaining her footing she dropped the purse, and it fell down among the ballast stones next to the track.

“I leaned over and picked it up. I held it in my hand. It wasn’t much larger than a paper envelope. About the same shape. And not considerably heavier. But it was, as I live and breathe, made of solid gold. It had gems on the corners, green ones and red ones. There was a green one in the middle of one side, big as a dime.

The white ones around it must have been diamonds. There was a gold chain to carry it by.

“So I stood back up, reached up and gave it to her. She says, ‘Thank you, sir.’ I saw her bright eyes, for just a moment. I might have touched the brim of my cap in salute.

“I went back to work and didn’t think anything of it. When my shift was over, I went by to

see Orville in the medieval fortress of paper he calls a telegraph office to talk baseball, as he had shown me a dispatch last week about the new team in Baltimore, the Orioles. This time, he hands me an envelope and then shuts the window. I guess he figures it isn’t proper for brakemen to receive telegrams.

“I open the envelope and inside the slip says, ‘Please proceed home soonest,’ no return address. I was heading that way, so I didn’t know what to think. Just then, as soon as I’ve read it, Orville opens the window again, thrusts out his pudgy arm and snatches the message from my hands, saying something like, ‘Company charge, company property.’ He then closes the window and ignores my pounding on it. As you fellows are well aware, Orville came down with the flu and is still laid up and under quarantine.

That office of his is such a wreck that for a full day now nobody can find anything, even that telegram. But as you see, I still have the envelope.”

He pointed to a nearby crate that served as the evidence table of the kangaroo courtroom.

“Ah, yes, Exhibit A,” said Randolph, retired immediate past chief conductor of the line, and as such an ex-officio member of the board.

“An empty telegram envelope with your name scrawled on it. It does appear to be Orville’s hand, but that, brakeman, is proof of nothing. Perhaps it once contained winnings from gambling with Orville on baseball?”

The young man waited for a reaction from the crowd, but there was none this time. The floor was still his.

“The telegram was real. Because it explains what happened next. So I walk home to my room at Mrs. Wright’s boarding house. I go up to my room, fill the basin, shave, and contemplate getting a glass of beer. And then there’s a knock on the door.

“I open the door and it’s a funny little man.

Black suit and a small, neat round hat. He asks me if I’m me. He has an English accent, I suppose. I say yes.

“He hands me a stiff card. On it is written something like ‘Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones request the honor of your company at dinner.

Cotillion to follow.’”

The little man, the young man said, quickly took the card back.

“That seems to happen to you a lot,” heckled a wrinkled old switchman known around the yard as The Pope.

“Yes, well, we stare at each other through the doorway for a few seconds, I am about to say fella you got the wrong henhouse, when he says the strangest thing I’ve ever heard.

He says, ‘An invitation to dinner is the highest social compliment. And you’ve been invited to Airlie, an extreme compliment. Such invitations

are like the laws of the Medes and Persians —that’s what he said—‘Like the laws of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.’ He said I should think carefully about declining.

“I took a moment to think. I’ve got no where to be until midnight, and the thought of a free meal seemed fine, and I figured if it was a mistake, I’d get through at least the soup before anybody figured it out. So I says okay, fella, and he barges into the room.

“He’s got boxes and bags. Lays them on the bed. The whole time, he’s right at work.

‘Madame has sent these things,’ he says.

‘They are to be borrowed, not kept’—he says that twice. He says there’s a carriage outside. Wash. Dress. Be at the street in no more than 20 minutes.

“And then he leaves. I was half-washed as it was, and I finished up. I opened the boxes and bags. There were fancy shoes, with socks and garters. A black suit, with those cut-away tails. A boiled shirt and white tie.

A waistcoat. I put them on, then I open the drawer of the bureau I only open on Friday nights and pull out the silver comb and brush my mother gave me.

“When I was done, I looked at myself in the mirror. I was a gentleman. It was more than the clothes. I read books, you know.

You all rib me about it. But in that moment, I thought, could I be more than I am? I’m proud to be a brakeman. But in those stiff clothes, though, I felt right, comfortable. A half-hour before I was a cinder-stained wretch, like we all are. Just then, I was a prince.”

The young man stopped speaking for a moment. The crowd urged him to go on.

“Through the open window I heard a horse whinny and remembered the carriage. I had just 90 seconds left of the 20 minutes the little man had given me. I ran out the door, down the stairs, out the street door to the curb. The horses had just taken a step. I bounded to the carriage door, opened it and climbed in, and sat across from the little man.

“The little man and me didn’t speak the whole trip. I looked at the scenery. We rode past the edge of town and then down the Shell Road. By this time it was dark. And the moonlight glinted off the oyster shells.

After awhile, we were in Airlie. The Spanish moss hung from the giant live oaks. You could smell the saltwater and feel the breeze from the sound. Out in the darkness there were bright electric lights at a big house.

Chinese lanterns with candles in them led up both sides of a long, curving drive. As we got closer, I could hear music. And people laughing and talking. The house was big, but bright, with high arched windows, set in a garden with a little Greek temple.

“The carriage stopped at the house, and the little man opened the door for me and pushed out the step. He pointed toward the door of the big house, where a line of people were queued up. They were dressed as I was, in our evening clothes. I watched the front of the line as we moved in. They shook hands with a very proper looking lady in a full

blue dress and went inside. I practiced in my mind. ‘Good evening, so pleased …

“Before I knew it, I was in front of the lady.

I stuck out my hand. I began ‘Good evening …’ Before I could get another word out, she says welcome to The Lodge, that she is Mrs. Jones. She calls me by my name and says I am Miss Sloane’s guest. She says how nice it was I could come at short notice and how grateful she was that I could give up my evening for them. She says to me that I should particularly enjoy the dancing, and that she was obliged since dancing men are at such a premium. It was also wonderfully confusing.

“She whispers in somebody’s ear and then arrives another little man in tailcoat and white tie, with a silver tray of drinks. He showed me inside, though a great hall, lined with mirrors and decorated with flowers on little tables. How bright and warm it was.

“It was just then, I remember, that I reached for my watch. But I had forgotten it. I had to get back for the midnight train to Baltimore. I asked this second little man what time it was.

He didn’t say anything, but pointed to this enormous cabinet clock halfway down the long hallway. Just as I looked at it, it began to chime out nine o’clock.”

“At the end of the hall, this second little man takes me through a set of doors into an enormous ballroom. We were outside, but still inside. A sort of large tent, made of wood and canvas with a floor as nice as the inside of any house. The walls were hung with white tarlatan.

Countless loosely flowing ropes of longleaf pine and smilax were strung from the ceiling to the walls, each covered with strings of bright electric bulbs. In one corner of the room, concealed behind palms and screens, was an orchestra. In another were tables heaped with little boxes, all wrapped in pink ribbon and bows.

“The little man hands me a drink, and takes me to an old man with a bushy mustache. ‘The Colonel,’ he says. The little man points at me with his thumb, nods to the Colonel and walks away. Then, the Colonel clasps two meaty hands around one of mine and says, ‘You’re the gentleman we all heard about. Why, didn’t you know just last August at Newport, Mrs. Oliver H.P. Belmont dropped her purse in six fathoms of water while stepping off old Pem’s yacht. The captain hired a diver to retrieve it. Mrs. Belmont gave the diver remuneration, of course. But Miss Sloane insisted you must be our guest tonight, and there is no person able to say no to such a sweet spirit as hers.’

“And then he claps me on the back so hard he almost knocks the wind out of me.

He says, ‘As everyone knows, dancing men are always at a premium at these sort of affairs, so I expect you to do your part. Especially so since the colony here is out of its element, down South, we should say. You do dance, don’t you? Silly, men of caliber in Pem’s railroad must dance, I should figure, hey? I should ask what you do. The uxor asked me that earlier and I told her you must one of those up-and-coming vice presidents of something-or-other Pembroke is always

going on about. You probably eat figures for breakfast and have tickertape for blood.

That’s the sort of man I like.’

“He kept on talking and we kept on walking around the room. I heard the big clock in the hallway chime the quarter hours. Ten o’clock. I was introduced to the StuyvesantFishes, John Jacob Astor, a funny foreign fellow named Tesla. Eleven. I asked when do we eat and I got looks and some lady whispered to me that no polite party serves before midnight.

“I met a French marquis and an Italian count. Eleven-thirty. I thought we had seen everybody until he brought me to a little knot of people. I could tell they were different, younger. The Colonel taps a woman on the shoulder, the group departs and she turns around. It is the woman from before, the one with the purse. ‘Young sir,’ the Colonel says, ‘Allow me to introduce you to Miss Lila Vanderbilt Sloane. I dare say, you have already met!’

“She was a vision in peach silk. Dark hair.

A little tiara with a feather in it. Eyes as bright as an open firebox door at midnight. Before I could do anything, she grabbed my hand.

‘Oh, thank you,’ she said. ‘You must know how important your kindness was to me.

That purse means a great deal to me. It is important on account of associations.

“She led me to a settee and we sat down.

She said a dear, dear friend gave her that purse. She said, ‘He was in the First Volunteer Cavalry with Mr. Roosevelt, you know, one of those people the dreadful papers called the Fifth Avenue Swells. We lost him in ’98 in Cuba, at Las Guasimas. That purse is all I have of him.’

“She said how grateful she was for my help and how she wouldn’t know what do if she lost that purse. Just then, she starts to cry. I reached into my pocket and give her my big, red brakeman’s handkerchief. She dabbed her eyes with it.”

In Freight Building B, the scene was silent except for a dripping sound coming from an old boiler in the corner.

“She composed herself and says that it’s nearly midnight, so dinner is about to be served and shouldn’t we find our seats. Just then the big clock in the hall struck midnight, and inside the ballroom a half-dozen little men were marching through it, each one banging a tiny gong.

“I looked at her and said, ‘I want to thank you for the evening, but I must go. I’ve got a train to catch. We looked at each other for a moment, and she nodded affirmatively and waved goodbye with her gloved hand.

“I raced out of the ballroom, down the hall, and out the big front door. There weren’t any carriages. But off the carriage circle, a group of men were busy around a fire. As I drew close, I could see their long, hot fire was built beneath an enormous sheet of boilerplate, maybe 10 feet square, which was held off the ground by three-feet tall iron posts at its four corners. While one team of men poured hundreds of oysters onto the hot metal and

covered them with wet burlap sacks, another crew was busy shoveling steamed oysters into coal scuttles, which they gave to runners who hurried them into the house. A handsome man with a moustache and wearing an evening suit of clothes stood there directing things and joking with the folks. Since then, I thought that man was probably Pembroke Jones himself.

“In any event, I told one of the workers my troubles, and he pointed across the way. If I ran down the line he showed me for a quartermile, I would reach the Wilmington Sea Coast Railroad tracks. If I was lucky, the car that had brought in the oysters from the sound might still be waiting there, and I could ride it back to Wilmington. I ran.

“I was as lucky as he said. The car was there. I talked and pleaded my way aboard. I sweated every moment as that danged car chugged back into Wilmington. Invoking the Brakeman’s Code, I got a set of work clothes from the brakeman and a solemn promise for him to return my borrowed clothes to Mrs. Pembroke on his next trip.

“Luckily some traffic held up my train at a crossing, and I was able to hop into the caboose. During the ride to Baltimore I told the story to the crew. We know now how fast news travels on the ACL, because we came back from Baltimore this morning, and I was immediately hustled in here and told I was being charged with telling a tall tale. The rest you know.”

After a moment’s silence, One-Eyed Gus, the eldest member of the board, coughed loudly into his kerchief and then wiped his nose.

He spoke: “The boy tells a good story. There are some facts that can be corroborated. Yes, Pembroke Jones, that magnate of rice and rails, is in residence at his estate, Airlie. And yes, I do believe the business about picking up the dropped purse. But, no, you do not have this alleged telegram. Where is this ‘little man’?

The suit of clothes is conveniently gone, and it is a documented fact the men on the Ocean View line are notorious fibbers, so there is no use seeking them as witnesses. Therefore, I must say, in the absence of any true corroborative detail, we must find that you have, perhaps after an evening of a few of those glasses of beer you say you only contemplated, made the whole thing up.”

Just then, a rustle started at the back of the crowd. Among the pack of soiled engineer’s and brakemen’s caps, a bald head crowned by a green eyeshade moved through, followed closely behind by a yellow felt hat from which sprung a long, frivolous peacock’s feather. The persons under the eyeshade and the peacock feather eventually pushed their way forward, emerging in front of the seated members of the board.

“Look here,” said the man wearing the green eyeshade, “I have enough work to do at the ticket desk without serving as the lostand-found department, too. But my lady here insisted on being taken to the owner. So, I’ll ask you-all the silly question she’s been asking me—Which one of you owns this here red handkerchief?” encore | july 13-19, 2011 | www.encorepub.com 37

weekly calendar| Events BLOCKADE RUNNER EVENTS Family Nights have begun at the Blockade Runner Resort on Wednesday evenings. Live music, food, and entertainment, offering three different themes over the next 10 weeks. 6pm: buffet style dinner and music while relaxing over our beautiful lawn. Plenty of kid activities! Schedule: 7/13, 8/3, 8/24: Luau w/entertianment by Kent Knorr, relay races, hula hoop games, lawn games, coconut bowling. Hawaiian-themed menu w/ pork, wahoo, rice, veggies and more! • Shrimp-a-roo: 7/20, 8/10 and 8/31: Entertainment by The Casserole Band, picnic/lawn games, badminton, croquet, bocce ball and more. A shrimp picnic, with cole slaw, potato salad, s’mores and more! • Southern Picnic: 7/27, 8/17: Entertianment w/Steel Pan Music, sack race, tug of and lawn games. Southern fried chicken, BBQ beef brisket, mac and cheese, deviled eggs, banana pudding and more! RSVP: 910-256-7105 TASTE THE OLIVE WINE TASTINGS Free Friday wine tasting, Fri., 6-8pm. Tastetheolive. com. Taste The Olive, 1125-D Military Cutoff Rd., The Forum Shops 910-256-OILS(6457) PLEASURE ISLAND FIREWORKS At dusk, fireworks light the sky over the Carolina

7/13: FAMILY NIGHT

Chef Mark Lawson and the crew of Wrighstville Beach’s Blockade Runner are hosting family night throughout the summer, including a luau-themed evening on the 13th, starting at 6 p.m. There will be a buffet-style dinner, featuring a Hawaiian-style menu, including pork, wahoo, rice, veggies, dessert and more! There will be plenty of entertainment and family games, too. Call 910-256-7105 for pricing and reservations.

Beach Boardwalk. Make a weekend of your visit to Pleasure Island (Carolina Beach, Kure Beach). Arrive Thursday for live music and fireworks at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk.Enjoy carnival-style rides and games at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk.

910-458-8434; www.pleasureislandnc.org; www. carolinabeachgetaway.com PRO/AM SURF COMPETITION See page 6.

FARMERS’ MARKETS Weekly Farmers’ Markets feat. plant, food and crafts vendors;: Riverfront Farmer’s Market Sat., Downtown Wilmington, Water St., 8am-1pm.

April-Dec. www.wilmingtonfarmers.com • Carolina Beach Farmer’s Market Sat., Carolina Beach Lake, through 9/3; 910-458-7490 • Wrightsville Beach Farmer’s Market Mon., Causeway Dr., through 9/5, 8am-1pm. 910-2567925 • Poplar Grove Plantation Farmer’s Market Wed., 10200 US 17 N., Wilmington, through 12/14. Live music w/Cindy Rhodes; Pender County Master Gardeners clinic 2nd Wed/ea. mo. Grillin’ in the Grove cooking classes 4th Wed. ea. mo.(chefs: 7/27: Susan Boyles, Seasoned Gourmet); $30 pre-reg; 9:30am-12:30pm. RSVP: 917-969-2430. poplargrove.com.

RECYCLING RALLY It’s now illegal for North Carolina residents to throw away computers, phones, cameras, fax machines and other electronic equipment. Verizon Wireless Wilmington Call Center will have a Recycling Rally on 7/28 to collect recyclable electronics, as well as glass, plastics and aluminum. Off Converse Dr. on Shipyard Blvd., 7:30am -2pm.

CAROLINA FIT FEST 7/30, noon: Carolina Fit Fest is celebrating athletics, fitness, martial arts, MMA, and wellness at Hugh MacRae Park in Wilmington, NC on 7/30. Free to the public. www.CarolinaFitFest.com.

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ILM MARKETPLACE Historic Downtown Wilmington Marketplace, at corner of Market/2nd street every Sunday, is a citysupported event in conjunction with the Riverfront Park Sales Vendors Program. Artists, crafters and other vendors will join together each week to showcase original handcrafted arts and crafts and locally grown produce. Musicians will also be on hand to perform. June-Aug., 4-8pm. For a fee of $50, sales permits are granted to artists, crafters and musicians who create and sell and their art in Riverfront Park throughout the year with the exception of Sundays and festivals. To learn if you qualify for an annual Riverfront Park permit or if you wish to participate in the Historic Downtown Wilmington Marketplace: Kim Adams, (910) 254-0907.

Charity/Fund-raisers VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED New Hanover Reg Med. Center has opportunities for volunteers interested in driving the Courtesy Van or Shuttle Carts. Drivers take passengers between the main NHRMC campus and nearby offices. Defensive Driving class is supplied. Valid NC driver license with no violations required. Shuttle drivers can volunteer on either the Cape Fear or New Hanover Campus, transporting patients and visitors from parking lot to entrance. Safe driving class is supplied. Valid NC driver license with no violations required. Eileen McConville: 910-815-5317 OR eileen.mcconville@ nhrmc.org.

MUSIC SAVES LIVES BLOOD DRIVE 7/15, 11:30am-3:30pm: The Music Saves Lives Blood Drive. All presenting donors will receive a VIP Access Pass to the Vans Warped Tour and American Red Cross T-shirt. All presenting donors are also automatically entered in a drawing to win a free Vans Warped Tour ticket and an iPad2. The Blood Drive will take place just inside the main entrance of Independence Mall, off Oleander Dr. NC COASTAL LAND TRUST 7/16, 9am: Public is invited to get an up close look at insectivorous plants such as the Venus Fly Trap at the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s annual Fly Trap Frolic on Sat., 7/16 from 9-11am At the nature trail behind Alderman Elementary (corner of Independence Boulevard and Canterbury Road).

Here, guests can view an array of native insectivorous plantssuch as the Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plants, and Sunbursts. Stanley Rehder, Mr. Flytrap, will speak at 9:30am, and Phil Garwood, Dr. Rocks of CFCC, will speak at 10am. Free. Nancy Preston: (910) 790-4524 or nancy@coastallandtrust.org.

CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH 7/16: Third Saturday Paddle: The Basin at Fort Fisher.

We will have a sign up page on the website soon with maps and more details, and we’ll send a link out in the next newsletter so look for those, sign up, and keep your fingers crossed for good conditions. 617 Surry St. (910) 762-5606 ACOUSTIC SOUP 7/30, 7pm: Acoustic Soup, an evening of art & music, Live on Grace, 121 Grace St, 910-399-4390. www.liveongrace.com. Art Soup presents Acoustic Soup, featuring Devils Dove, Big Al Hall, Kim Dicso, Jim Ashley and Adam Carswell. Coupled with silent auctions, live painting and an artist area where local artists will sell their creative wares. Art Ball machine will be on site too! $2 suggested donation. Art supplies always accepted as donation. 910-620-2047 or www. art-soup.org ACUPUNCTURE HAPPY HOUR Wed., 5-6:30pm, Center for Spiritual Living, 5725 Oleander Dr., F1-1, in Oleander Oaks. 100 percent of proceeds benefit the Wounded Warriors Battalion at Camp Lejeune. (910) 392-0870.

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Theatre/Auditions OPERA HOUSE THEATRE CO. “Annie”: See page 41.

STORYBOOK THEATER The Performance Club Studio Theater presents Storybook Theater! “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” series 7/16-17; “Pinkalicious” series, 7/23-24; Dr. Seuss Stories, 7/30-31, 1pm and 3pm. Tickets onsale at Learning Express Toys on Military Cutoff Rd. $7/each. Interactive 30 minute shows are ideal for ages 2 and up and includes a cast of Wilmington’s finest young talent! www.performanceclubkids.com or 910-338-3378.

ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE Cape Fear Theatre Arts, in association with Island Passage, presents “Always...Patsy Cline,” by Ted Swindley, 7/17-20, 24-27, 29-31; 8/1-3, 7-10, 8pm.

The Harbourside Pavilion on Bald Head Island, $32.50 available at The Sail Shop at 96 Keelson Row on Bald Head Island, www.citystagenc.com or call 910-264-2602 or 910-457-6844. More than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963, the show is based on a true story about Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in 1961. Feat. “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Sweet Dreams,” “Walking After Midnight” and more! Directed by Justin Smith, w/musical direction by Chiaki Ito. Starring Emily Gardenhire as Patsy Cline and Barbara Weetman as Louise Seger.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS BUMP Productions proudly presents Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” 7/21-24, 29-31 and 8/5-7 at City Stage, 21 N Front St.. Tickets are $15 ($18 for table seating). Classic tale of friendship and laughter between six Southern women stars Lance Howell, Anthony Lawson, Robb Mann, Tony Moore, Michael O’Shaughnessy and Alex Wharff in drag. Directed by Steve Vernon. RSVP: 910-342-0272.

SNEAD’S FERRY COMMUNITY THEATER Open auditions for “First Baptists of Ivy Gap,” by Ron Osborne, Thurs., 7/21, and Fri., 7/22, 7pm. At the Sneads Ferry Community Center (126 Park Lane).

Cast of 6 women needed (20 years or older). Bring a small photograph of yourself. Show dates: 9/9-11, 16-18. A comedy/dramaopens in the fellowship hall of a small church in Tennessee, during World War II. Six women gather to roll bandages for the soldiers and plan the church’s 75th anniversary. Irene King:910329-0077 or irenkin9@embarq.com

BIG DAWG PRODUCTIONS Big Dawg Productions: Auditions for the murder mystery “Murder By Natural Causes” on Mon/Tues, 7/18-19, at the Hannah Block USO/ Community Arts Center, 120 S 2nd St. in Wilmington beginning at 7pm. Cold reading from the script. Headshots/ resumes or recent snapshots are appreciated, but not required. Show dates: 9/15-18, 22-25, & 2910/2, at the Cape Fear Playhouse. Pamela Grier will direct. • 7/28-31, 8/4-7, 11-14—“Moonlight and Magnolias,” a comedy about the golden age of Hollywood and the making of the blockbuster film “Gone with the Wind.” $18 GA ($12 Thurs performances) $15 seniors/students. 910-3417228 or www.bigdawgproductions.org. Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St. OLIVER Brunswick Little Theatre will present the musical “Oliver” at Odell Williamson Auditorium at 7:30pm, 7/29, 30 and 8/5, 6 and at 3pm; 7/31 and 8/7. $15/ adults, $10/students 12 and over w/ school IDs, $10/BCC staff, and $6/children under 12. 1-800-7541050, ext. 7416. www.brunswicklittletheatre.com.

BROWNCOAT PUB AND THEATRE CFIFN presents Sunday Cinema exclusively at the Browncoat: Sunday at 7:30pm. Browncoat partners with the Cape Fear Independent Film Network to bring you the finest in independent cinema from around the world. Each week, we will screen a new independent film along with an accompanying short. Admission: $3 and proceeds will benefit local filmmakers and the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival. • Browncoat Jeopardy Trivia: Sunday at 9:30pm. Test your knowledge in Wilmington’s best team trivia experience. No cover charge. Great prizes every week. • Browncoat Karaoke: Fri/Sat/Sun at 10pm for downtown Wilmington’s best karaoke experience.

Be a star on our stage with genuine theatre lighting, state of the art equipment and a song list of more than 150,000 songs! No cover! • Guerilla Theatre presents... The Spaghetti Catalyst, a comedy by Milo Schucavage. 8/11-14 & 18 - 21, at 8pm Tickets are $10 if purchased online or $15 at the door. • Every Wed, 10pm, Open Mic Comedy Night at the Browncoat Pub and Theatre 111 Grace St. Anyone welcome to come out and tell all your best jokes because at this comedy club. You can tell however many jokes you like and stop whenever you like. Hosted by local actor and comedian Kameron King. 111 Grace St. 910-341-0001 or browncoattheatre.com.

PORCH THEATRE DINNER THEATRE Mulligan’s Wake Comedy and dinner theatre: 7/14, 21; 8/4, 6:30pm. Dining audience members are treated like friends and family of Rory Mulligan and

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are encouraged to be part of the show. Dress up or down for the funeral and be prepared upon arrival to meet a crazy Irish-Catholic family who has all gathered for a final, over-the-top farewell celebration. All shows presented while audiences eat a 3-course meal at Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St. Reservations req., (910)232-6611. www.porchtheatre.com.

CAPE FEAR THEATRE ARTS Ruthless! The Musical by Marvin Laird, book and lyrics

by Joel Paley, 7/13-17; shows at 8pm, with Sundays at 3pm. • How-to-fall-in-love-in-10-minutes-or-less Play Series, 10 new plays by local playwrights 7/2731, 8/3-7, 10-14; shows at 8pm, with Sun. at 3pm.

Shows, 8pm; Sun., 3pm. Shows in Studio Theatre at Thalian Hall! Tickets: www.thalianhall.com or 910-632-2285. $14-$17.

Comedy CRAZY COMEDY SATURDAY 8/6: Crazy Comedy Saturday will feature Hypnotiq and Eli (as seen on the “Monique Show”) and will be hosted by King Rich. $10 early bird tickets through 7/30; $15 thereafter, and $20 at door. Available at Johnson’s Groceries (910-254-0350) and the Wilmington’s Sportsmen’s Club (910-343-8977), 1111 Castle St., where the event is held.

NUTT ST. COMEDY ROOM Tickets: $8 adv/$10 day of 7/15-16: Kyle Kinane from Comedy Central • 7/29-30: Tracy Smith from Comedy Central • Every Wed. Nutt House Improv Troupe, doors 8pm, showtime 9pm, no cover charge.

Auditions for group held 7/16, 1-3pm. Selected performers askedback to train weekly, working to become a member of Wed. night shows. Call for audition time slots: 251-7881. • Thurs. Open Mic Stand Up, doors 8pm, showtime 9pm, no cover charge. • Stand Up Comedy workshops: Learn the art from the stage of Wilmington’s only full time comedy club. A beginners/Intermediate class will be formed every 6 weeks, covering the basics, incl. public speaking and a comedy showcase in a professional comedy club at end of 6 week classes. Ages 16

and up. 910-520-5520. $100/6-wk commitment.

Taught by Timmy Sherrill, club owner/working comedian. 255 N. Front St, basement of Soapbox. www.nuttstreet.com. 910-520-5520

Music/Concerts STONE SOUP CONCERTS Thurs., 7/14, 7:30pm, Songwriter Showcase at Live on Grace, feat. original music of The Lizzy Ross Band (in duo form), with Miss Lady, Mark Ferrer, Papa Froosh, Fortch, and Brent Stimmel. One more act to be determined. Free, Live on Grace, 121 Grace St. Listening Room Concert. • Thurs., 7/28, 7:30pm, Beau Rivage Resort, Sciarra Room. $15 w/Ken Kolodner (hammered dulcimer, fiddle, hammered mbira) and his son Brad Kolodner (banjo, banjola, fretless banjo, guitar, fiddle) performing Appalachian and original music. Full menu available in the Sciarra Room, with free desserts. RSVP: info@stonesoupconcerts. com.

DOWNTOWN SUNDOWN Downtown Sundown takes place in front of Federal Building every Friday throughout the summer.

Concerts are free; concessions sold on premise; no coolers, no pets, no chairs. 7/15: Girlz Girlz Girlz 80’s Hair Band Tribute • 7/22: Slippery When Wet: The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute • 7/29: Cosmic Charlie: Grateful Dead Tribute LEE BRICE IN CONCERT Fri., 7/15: Lee Brice Live in concert w/special guest Brian Davis at Greenfield Lake Amphitheate. The backcountry South Carolinian will be performing his album, “Love Like Crazy”, which was released in 2010. Doors at 5 p.m., show at 6:30 p.m. www. etix.com or hellyeahwilmington.com.

KURE BEACH CONCERT SERIES Free Summer Concert Series held at the Fort Fisher Military Recreation Area in Kure Beach, second and fourth Fri. of June, July and August, 6:30-8:30pm.

Bring blankets and chairs for the whole family. Picnics welcome; no pets or beverages. Beverages for sale.

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CF BLUES FESTIVAL 7/29-31: 16th Annual Cape Fear Blues Festival.

Schedule: 5/29, 5:30pm: CF Blues Cruise on Henrietta III riverboat (Water St. at Dock ) when blues soloist Rick Tobey entertains prior to boarding (boards at 7pm; departs at 7:30pm).Cruise down the Cape Fear River and hear three bands on three decks with three cash bars and heavy appetizers. Feat. Rickey Godfrey, Ten Dollar Thrill and Tampa Blue. $49. RSVP: 910-3508822 or www.wilmingtontickets.com. Post cruise party at Rusty Nail Saloon, 1310 S. 5th St.at 9pm w/The Treblemakers. • 7/30: Free blues workshop at Finkelstein Music, 6 S. Front St., 11am. Raleigh-based blues guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Eric Manning will share stories of his adventures and travels, followed by an outdoor set with his band E-Train & The Rusted Rails, who will perform jump blues and rockabilly music at The Cellar (35 N. Front Street). 910-7625662 • 8pm: Studebaker John and the Hawks at The Rusty Nail. Chicago blues veteran and recording artist.

Local favorite Spider Mike Bochey opens. Adv. $8 at www.capefearblues.org or www.wilmingtontickets. com; $10 at door.• 7/31: All-day blues jam at noon under tent at Rusty Nail. Hosted by Cape Fear Blues Society. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. No coolers; no pets allowed. Beverages and food available for sale all day. Musicians can reserve a performance slot: 910-383-1247. The Jam culminates at 6pm with the Finkelstein Music Guitar Giveaway—a Gretsch Electromatic Pro Jet guitar ($850 value).Raffle tickets: $1 ea. with proceeds supporting the projects and programs of the Cape Fear Blues Society.

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

WINOCA FEST 8/27, noon-11pm: WinocaFest, a celebration of music, community and culture, at USS NC Battleship Park. Feat. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings w/The Felice Brothers, Those Darlins, Hammer No More the Fingers, Mandolin Orange, Onward, Soldiers and The Old Ceremony. Wide-range of organizations on site to share current projects and to promote socially and environmentally conscious efforts of the Wilmington community. Free space provided to community organizations as a way to highlight and grow support for their creative endeavors. Children under 15, free. $30/adv at Gravity Records or on Winoca Record’s website, www.winocarecords.com.

Portion of proceeds will benefit several downtown renewal and beautification projects through the nonprofit 1,000 People Who Care.

WECT SOUNDS OF SUMMER Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation hosts WECT Sounds of Summer Concerts at Wrightsville Beach Park, 321 Causeway Dr, Wrightsville Beach. Bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy music in the park Thurs, 6:30-8pm; 7/21 and 8/4 (in the event of inclement weather, concert rescheduled for the following Thursday). 910-256-7925 or www. townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

Saturday & Sunday 10am – 2pm

In the Cotton Exchange steaks

www.pleasureislandnc.org. Schedule: 7/22, Cowboy Chrome (Country Rock and Blues); 910-458-8434

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Dance TECHNIQUES IN MOTION Summer 2011 classes and camps: through 7/29.

Dance Camps: Mon-Fri,9am-noon.$125/student/ camp. • 7/18-22: “American Girl,” ages 6-10. • Classes: Mon-Thurs, afternoons and evenings.

Rec summer programs offer the opportunity to try a new discipline without a full-year commitment, make new friends and stay in shape. Schedules at front desk.799-3223 or via email.799-3223 or www. techniquesinmotion.com.

SHAG LESSONS No partner is needed for these lessons that meet on Sun, 5pm. Next session begins Sun., 8/7.

Classes are held in the Fran Russ Recreation Center located at Wrightsville Beach Park. Pre-reg requested. Wrightsville Beach Parks & Rec: 2567925.

CONTRA DANCE Tuesday night dances, 5th Ave United Methodist Church on South 5th Ave at Nun, 7:30-9:30pm.

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

TANGO Classes and social dancing, Fridays, Carolina Lounge of Ramada Inn. 5001 Market Street (between College

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

Art CALL FOR ARTISTS Artists wishing to participant in the Wilmington Art & Craft Show, Nov. 26-27, in Wilmington should contact Lynn Wettach at Holiday Art Shows, Inc. lynn@holidayartshows.com. HolidayArtShows.com ZIABIRD Ziabird is hosting Wilmington artist Miles Lewis for a show of original artwork entitled “Sea Creatures,” through 8/31. Opening reception, Thurs., 7/14, 68pm. • Metalsmith, Samantha Barnett of Reborn Designs in Wilmington http://reborndesignsbysb. com/html/about.html will showcase her collection of enamel and metal jewelry (see attached image) Sat., 7/23, noon-5pm. Lumina Station, 1900 Eastwood Road, Ste. 9. 910-208-9650. www.ziabird.com CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB Cape Fear Camera Club presents two exhibits: Capturing the Light, hanging at UNCW Cultural Arts Gallery; UNCW’s Cultural Arts Building. Hangs through 8/11; Mon-Thurs, noon-4pm. • Images of Distinction 2011: Top photographs selected from 2010-11 ribbon winners from Cape Fear Camera Club.Hangs at Caffe Phoenix at 35 N. Front St. through 7/31.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Art in the Arboretum slated for 10/8-9. Dozens of new and returning sculptors, painters and artisans.

6206 Oleander Dr. Arboretum: New Hanover County Cooperative Extension complex. Indoor-outdoor exhibit and sale takes place, 10am-4pm, both days and inc. live performances by popular local musicians, artists’ demos and a plant sale to benefit the Ability Garden program. Show planners currently are seeking exhibiting artists, with an emphasis on 3-D pieces in metal, wood, clay, glass and stone.

Entry forms will be available in early July. Helps support the Arboretum’s wide range of educational and public service programs. $5 entry, available at the Arboretum. Members and children under 14 are free. (910)798-7670.

BY THE SEA By the Sea: Through 7/16. A celebration of summertime at the coast. Works by many of our gallery artists will be displayed in this theme-based show, including Chip Hemingway, Nancy Tuttle May, Catherine Martin and Greg Osterhaus. New Elements Gallery, 216 N. Front St. newelementsgallery.com FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHTS Free monthly event feat. downtown galleries, studios and art spaces open after-hours in celebration of art and culture. Dates: 7/22, 6-9pm, fourth Friday of each month. Self-guided tour; exhibitions of all types, opening receptions, demonstrations, artist discussions, live music, wine, food and other traditional and non-traditional art-activities. www. wilmingtonfourthfridays.com AN EVENING OF AESTHETICS 7/27, 7pm-midnight: An Evening of Aesthetics offers a night of artists, craftsmen, and collectors to come together, hang out, buy art, and have a good old fashioned fun time. With around 20 table vendors selling paintings, jewelry, sculpture, painted ceramics, photography, and more and live performances by local (and returning) band, Deadly Lo Fi, it is sure to be bigger and better. Open to the general public; $3 admission at door. Complimentary drinks and appetizers be available. Paint-n-Play Ceramics Studio, 1021 S. Kerr Ave, EXHIBIT ON THE COMMONS UNCW Boseman Gallery announces the exhibit Sculpture on the Commons through 7/28. Three outdoor sculptures, created by students in assistant professor Andi Steele’s Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture classes, can be seen on the Campus Commons. Created from a variety of materials, including steel, wood and found objects. The pieces

were selected through a juried process by faculty of the UNCW Art & Art History Department, co-sponsors of the exhibit. Shane Fernando: fernandol@uncw.edu or 910.962.7972.

everything they do so they will be comfortable and confident in any situation they find themselves. Wed., 4-4:45pm, Through 7/27. Hrs: Mon-Fri., 9am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. 910-763-3387. playwilmington.org

COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER GALLERY 2011 Gallery Exhibition featuring local artists Niki Hildebrand’s stained glass work. Exhibition runs through 8/27. • Ms. Hildebrand will offer a lecture on the history of glass, how this medium began, different techniques in glass and their use, the making of glass and Hildebrand’s own work as a contemporary artists, Wed.9/21, 10am,. Community Arts Center; lecture is $15. • Classes: Copper Foiling Stained Glass, 8/10.

Leaded Lights Stained Glass, 9/21. Classes being offered at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center. www.wilmingtoncac.org or 341-7860.

BATTLESHIP NC Navigate: Battleship 101. A NC 2nd Saturday program, 8/13, 10am-4pm. As part the Department of Cultural Resources of ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship engage visitors in specific subjects and areas including: gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley, engineering, and daily shipboard life. Free with Battleship admission. NC Dept of Cultural Resources will present a varied mix of artists, musicians, reenactors, historic sites, and museums in the second year of its popular “2nd Saturdays” summer program.

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BOTTEGA EVENTS Exhibition of Industrial Art: Work by Edgardo Bianchi, Jeff Bridgers, Michelle Connolly, Amy Guthrie, Brandon Guthrie, Clair Hartmann, Dunkin Hill, Charles Kernan, Grey Pascal, Kayla Peterson, Nickolas Phillips, Ryan Stokes, Mark Taylor, Brian Turner and Karen Wiles. Hangs through 7/23. • EVENTS: Mon: Open Paint and Game night • Tues: Starving Artist night • Wed.free weekly wine tastings, 7pm. • 7/22: Atomic Line art opening, 6pm (4th Friday Gallery Nights) w/music from Charlie the Horse and Nick White. • 7/28: 4th Thursday Poetry Showcase/Slam.

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PROJEKTE EXHIBIT: CUMULONIMBUS, a sky themed art. • EVENTS: Mon/Tues/Sat/Sun: Yoga, PWYC, 6.307.30pm. Wed: Figure Drawing, $10/class, 6-8pm.

First Wed of each Month: DivaMade Collective, a meet n greet for creative women, 7.30-9.30pm. Every other Thur: UNCW Film Nite, sometimes political, always controversial, 7.30-11pm. Second Sat of each month: The Creative Exchange, local artists sale and swap, 2-5pm. • Every 3rd Friday: Live Bossanova w/Raphael Name, 7p-11p. • Every Fri/Sat: Live Music, 8-12am. Free unless noted otherwise. 910-763-1197, theprojekte@gmail.com, www.theprojekte.com. 523 S 3rd St.

Museums CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF ILM Exhibit opening: Forest Friends Toddler Treehouse.

Dress up like forest animals and explore the museum’s latest exhibition w/puzzles and challenges. • Mon: Trash to Treasues, 10am; Muddy Buddies, 3:30pm.

• Tues: 10am: Leading to Reading Literacy Classes; 3:30 Going Global Cooking Club • Wed. 10am Preschool Science; 3:30pm, Fetch! Challenge. • Thurs: 10am, Cooking Club; 3:30pm, Book Club. • Fri: 10am, Toddler Time; 3:30pm, Adventures in Art. • Sat: 10am, Music Club; 3:30pm, Cardio Class. • Language Immersion Camps: One week, half-day for 3-8 year olds; French or Spanish. Playgroup approach.

French: 7/27-7/1, 8:30-noon. Tuition: $160/child/week sibling discounts available. Enrollment forms: www. accentsonfun.com. • Cape Fear Cotillion: Reg. 3-7 yr-olds for fun and interactive way to have good attitudes, respect and consideration for others in

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

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NC AQUARIUM NEW EXHIBIT! Exotic Aquatics Gallery has added white-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata) to its collection.The Exotic Aquatics Gallery traditionally features non-native marine species. Guests can learn more about the life cycle of a jellyfish while viewing these beautiful animals. This exhibit educates the public on the importance of well-balanced ecosystems. Invasive species can easily disrupt that balance by cutting off resources to other species, changing the chemical makeup of the water, and ultimately causing a shift in the entire food web. This affects every aspect of the way humans enjoy the ocean, from seafood cultivation to a simple day at the beach. • Events include: Extended Behind the Scenes Tour, Aquarist Apprentice, Behind the Scenes Tours, Dinner with the Fishes, Canoeing the Salt Marsh, Slat Marsh Crabbing, Suf Fishing Workshop. See details online. • Camp-Wildlife Rescuers: 7/18-22 and 2529, ages 5-6 and 10-12, 8:30-3pm. Whether it’s protecting water, wildlife, or the environment in general, campers will learn steps to care for and conserve wildlife and wild places, and why it’s so important. Lessons focus on threatened animals and local and global actions taken to protect them. $210/non-members or $189/members.

• Coastal Crusaders, 7/18-22, ages 13-14, 8:30am-3pm. By exploring natural environments and participating in Aquarium care, campers gain a better understanding of how to investigate and preserve the environment we all share. Activities include canoeing, fishing, swimming, and animal care. $260/non-members, or $234/members.

Pre-reg all camps.• www.ncaquariums.com. 900 Loggerhead Rd, Kure Beach. (910) 458-8257 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

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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.

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Now a museum, itfocuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action. • Summer Jazz Series: Bring your blankets or chairs and relax on the lawn! Beverages and gourmet snacks available; donations appreciated. 7/15, 6:30pm: Melodius Thunk (Susan Savia). 910-251-3700. www. bellamymansion.org. 503 Market St CAPE FEAR MUSEUM EXHIBITS Through 2/2012: B.W. Wells: Pioneer Ecologist: Explore the breathtaking nature photography of ecologist B.W. Wells and discover his passion for the flora and fauna of the Lower Cape Fear region. • Through 9/5: Pirates: Welcome to a world of swashbucklers, scallywags, and scurvy sea dogs. Encounter pirates of the New World—a motley mob that ruled the waters from the Carolinas to the Caribbean. Meet Stede Bonnet and, aye, Blackbeard himself. Play pirate games, learn to speak like a pirate, and uncover a rich buried treasure of pirate facts and fiction.Free w/admission. • EVENTS: Volunteer Open House held first Wed. of mo. Opportunities are available in museum store, working with the historic collection, and as an education docent. • New Hanover County Resident’s Day: Residents admitted free first Sun. ea. mo. • Learning Center: Pirates Invasion, 7/16, 30, 1-4pm; ages 5 to 12 (parents must attend); free w/admission. Discover the world of pirates as you make and hoist your own Jolly Roger, get a pirate tattoo, and make a Lego pirate ship. • Cape Fear Skies: Portable planetarium and explore the night sky in the daytime. 7/17, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30.

Summer Constellations, Free w/admission.

Investigate summer constellations and learn how to locate these “seasonal pictures.” • Summer camps: Half day explorations of regional history and science, ages 5-12.$70/members or $90/non-members. RSVP: 910-798-4362.

7/18-22, 9am-noon: Mini Adventures, ages 5-6.

Design your own invention, investigate the stars, and even become a “bubbleologist.” • Astro Adventures, ages 9-10, 7/25-29, 9am-noon.

Journey through the cosmos by visiting planets, stars, and other celestial objects in our Starlab planetarium. Design and test your own model rocket, build a planisphere, and investigate what makes up a comet. • Summer Shorts—Handson adventures for groups of 10 or more children, ages 5-14. $5. 60-minute programs available through 8/5: Eco-Adventures, Start Search, Pirates, Ahoy, and Dino-mite! 7/12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 and 30, 9:30am, 11am and 1pm. RSVP: 910-798-

Argghh! Shiver me timbers! Cape Fear Museum is offering a host scallywag fun at the Learning Center’s program on the 16th: Pirate’s Invasion. Free with museum admission, kids will discover what makes these outlaws of the sea such a compelling group—tattoos, Legos and Jolly Roger included! The activities are best enjoyed by ages 5 to 12 (parental supervision required), from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 814 Market Street.

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Theatre Camp! Ages 7-14. Involves all aspects of theatre with a presentation at the end of the week.

Technical training in music, drama, voice and dance. Friends School of Wilmington 350 Peiffer Ave. (910) 792-1811 ARTSEA CAMP UNCW hosts ArtSea, a week-long summer camp, ages 12-16. Two sessions: 7/18-22. A variation of the popular MarineQuest summer camps uses the marine environment as artistic inspiration while also teaching students about conservation and stewardship.

Students learn different artistic interpretations of marine plants, animals and habitats and then work in the studio to create their own masterpieces. Field excursions on foot and by kayak, including trips to the beach, marsh, maritime forest and barrier islands; sketching of marine wildlife, watercolor painting of coastal landscapes, surf art and more.

Guest artists will instruct in different mediums, including Virginia Wright Frierson, Michael Van Hout and Peggy Cleary. Housing available for residential students, but students may also commute. Tuition for residential: $725; commuter: $495. Includes lunch, transportation, studio fees and supplies. http://uncw. edu/dpscs/marinequest/ArtSea.htm.

CAPE FEAR FENCING SUMMER CAMPS The Cape Fear Fencing Association’s summer camps—Beginner: 7/18-22, half-day; 7/25-29, 9am-5pm. • Advanced: 7/18-22, half day; 7/25-29, 9am-5pm. • Advanced Foil Camp (exp. rqd): 8/1-5, 9am-5pm • Advanced Saber/Epee (exp. rqd): 8/8-12, 9am-5pm.All camps in the lower level of Tileston Gym at St. Mary’s, corner of 5th and Ann Streets. www. capefearfencing.com or 910-799-8642.

WRIGHSTVILLE BEACH CAMPS Art and Jewelry Camp: Youth ages 7 & up and 11 & up., 9am-noon in rec center. Supplies and a daily snack are included in the fee. Art:7/25-29; Jewelry:

8/1-5. • Youth Tennis Camp and Quick Start Tennis at the Wrightsville Beach Park Tennis Courts, w/ pro Jackie Jenkins. Fees and tiimes vary depending upon age. • Performance Club, ages 4-14, w/ Performance Club director LJ Woodard. Meets in the Recreation Center. Fees and times vary depending upon age.

Reg: 910-256-7925 LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH X GAMES Life Community Church Summer X Games, 7/27-30, 6-8pm. Feat. extreme summer games for children age four up to fifth grade. There is no charge to participate in the fun, but advanced registration is requested at Branches Bookstore in the Sears wing. Independence Mall, off Oleander Dr. CUCALORUS SUMMER FILM CAMP Summer Film Camp, ages 10-14. Behind the camera training, exploration of music video production and editing. 4-day intensive camp w/industry professionals at the helm, students will spend one week working in tight knit groups creating music videos for local bands. Local bands will be performing live at Jengo’s Playhouse so that campers can experiment with concert style filming and meet the members of the bands. Red Carpet Screening Party at Jengo’s Playhouse. Camp, 9am-3pm, 8/1-4. $495, incl. lunch and snacks, DVD copy of the finished music video, and 5 tickets to the Red Carpet Screening Party at Jengo’s, 8/6. Jill Tefft: development@cucalorus.org or 910-343-5995.

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7/28, 11:30am: Women in Business Speaker Series with Stefanie Zizzo, Career/Life Coach, Author & Speaker .Each month, a woman speaker is brought in to share expertise and provide insight to local Women In Business. jenna@mccoll-associates.com. www.mccoll-associates.com/wibjuly OLD BOOKS ON FRONT STREET “Knit Wits, the crafting group open to all,” Wed nights, 6:30pm. • Story Teller’s Open Mic on Sunday evenings • Art on display as part of Fourth Friday Gallery stop downtown, the fourth Friday every mo. with new exhibitions and artist receptions. • “Shaun Mitchell Show “—a late-night format talk show (Read: NOT “G- Rated”) hosted by Wilmington’s renown poet & playwright, Shaun Mitchell , 7:30pm. All episodes will be posted on YouTube, but seating will be set up for a live audience. www.youtube.com/user/ OldBooksonFrontSt Old Books on Front St: 249 N. Front St. (910) 76-BOOKS

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Aspiring writers who would like to get some inside scoop on how to get published, or simply need guidance on current or previous stories and ideas are meeting at the Myrtle Grove Library on July 15th. The guest of the day will be mystery novel author Wanda Canada (“Island Murders,” “Cape Fear Murders”). Meeting is at 2 p.m. at 5155 S. College Road; free and open to the public!

FACT OR FICTION FRIDAY 7/15, 29, 8/19, 2pm: Fact or Fiction Friday is your chance to meet local authors and ask questions about writing and publishing. Today’s guest is Wanda Canada, author of the mystery novels Island Murders (2001) and Cape Fear Murders (2003). Both books are available at New Hanover County Public Library and local bookstores. The free program is at Myrtle Grove Library, 5155 S. College Rd. 910-798-6328.

GOING GREEN ENVIRO BOOK CLUB Cape Fear’s Going Green is sponsoring a new book club to encourage discussion of environmental topics, meeting the first Tues. ea. month at Old Books on Front Street. Next meeting: 8/2 to discuss “Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years On Earth, Mark Hertsgaard, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.” Future meeting dates: 9/6, 10/4, 11/1 and 12/1. Upcoming titles posted: www.goinggreenpublications.com/ calendar.html PARENTING BOOK CLUB A new book club is forming with a focus on enhancing family life through an exploration of the science behind child development. Meetings held the first Thurs. ea. month, 6-7pm. Old Books on Front St. Objective is to engage the community in meaningful discussion about ways to foster healthy family living and to inspire personal growth and connection. Jessica: 336-420-2887 or jesscooper1@yahoo.com

Classes/Workshops SQUIRE SUMMER WRITING RESIDENCY 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency, 7/14-17, Hilton Riverfront in historic downtown New Bern. Reg. open. The Squire Summer Writing Residency offers an intensive course in a chosen genre (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry), with 10 hour-and-a-half sessions over the four days of the program. Registrants work in-depth on their own manuscript samples, as well as their colleagues’, while also studying the principles of the genre with their instructor. Other features include faculty readings, panel discussions and open mike sessions for residents. 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency, Jul. 14-17 at the Hilton Riverfront in historic downtown New Bern. Registration is now open. www. ncwriters.org or by calling 336-293-8844.

GRAMERCY PREP Gramercy Prep is teaching two SAT prep courses this summer in Wilmington. Each course is one week long Mon-Fri, 9am-12 noon. The first course is 7/18-22, and second, 8/8-12. 910-465-9445. www. gramercyprep.com.

FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER SEMINAR Miller Motte College will host a free “First Time Home Buyer Seminar,” sponsored by Envision Mortgage.

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ILM REGIONAL HEALTH/SAFETY SCHOOL Nonprofit committed to providing important safety and health info to the public. 61st annual event stakes place 7/27-29 at the Best Western Coastline Inn, downtown. Great opportunity for employers and employees in many industries to learn about safety and health in the workplace. Attendees will receive 10 hours of MESH credit; hosts the region’s largest Safety Expo.Mini social on Wed. night, a Moonlight Shrimp-A-Roo Cruise on Thurs, and speakers on Fri: NC Dept of Labor Commission, Cherie K. Berry and the CH2Mhill staff. wilmingtonsafetyschool.com TAI CHI Tai Chi, Mon., 6:30pm, Scottish Rite Temple, 1415 S. 17th St. Taught by Karen Vaughn, LAC, 3rd gen.

Tien Shan Pai disciple. $15/class. (910) 392-0870 NC WRITERS’ NETWORK NCWN meeting, 7/13, 6pm. Old Books, 294 N. Front St. Writer Anne Russell will discuss her writing and the use of dialog in writing. She is the author of seven published books, a dozen produced plays, four televised documentaries, poetry, short stories, a screenplay, and numerous newspaper columns and magazine articles. Elizabeth Humphrey at eking31@ aol.com. • Wilmington Coastal Area Writing Group, 7/20, 1pm. TBA where. Planning meeting for the organization of a Wilmington coastal area writing group based on interest. The group will choose a place to meet that is central to all those who plan to attend. Not necessary to be published to join; Concentrate on fiction writing. Christine Parker at Christineparker999@gmail.com. ncwriters.org WILMINGTON HOME BUILDERS ASSOC. DIY Home Makeover After Hour: 7/14, 4-8pm at the Coastline Convention Center. From staging and decorating ideas to a variety of simple remodeling projects and outside living spaces this after hours event is open to the public and will draw thousands from the Cape Fear Region. (910) 799-2611.

WRITERS AND WELLNESS GROUP Life Writers and Wellness Group, (formerly “Grace in the Word”) meets 3rd Tues., 7-8:30pm. Schedule: 7/19. 5041 New Centre Dr, Ste 122. 910-2624454. writingdoctor7@gmail.com. www.meetup. com/Life-Writers-Wellness-Group/910-262-4454 or mountainbirdministry@yahoo.com.

CAPE FEAR ROWER CLUB Classes for beginners: Two, three-hour morning sessions, 8-11am, on Sat/Sun. Students become familiar with boats and equipment, learn proper technique on a rowing machine, and then experience on-the-water rowing instruction. No previous rowing nec. but know how to swim. 7/23-24. Wilmington Marine Center, 3410 River Rd. $60/two sessions.

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