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Citizens, researchers and officials react to GenX in the Cape Fear River, a.k.a. ‘Tap Watergate’

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FEAR FROM UNCERTAINTY:

Citizens, researchers and officials react to GenX in the Cape Fear River, a.k.a. ‘Tap Watergate’

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BY: JOHN WOLFE

ecently, since the StarNews broke the report on June 8, my life (like yours, I imagine) has been consumed by the presence of GenX coursing through our waterways. I can’t escape it. Water is necessary for life; therefore, it is everywhere. The deeper I went into the story, the more it felt like staring into the sun: I became blind to anything else. I saw traces of chemicals in my morning coffee, raining from my showerhead, hiding on my toothbrush.

Everywhere.

I stepped outside to clear my head, after wading through every article the Internet offered, and reading about GenX’s effects on rats—changes in size and weight of livers and kidneys, alterations to immune responses and cholesterol levels, weight gain, reproductive problems, and cancer.

As I wandered the shaded streets of my city, a thought occurred: Everybody I encountered had taken a sip of the proverbial Kool-Aid. Tourists gathered at the foot of Market Street to gaze at the river, which provided the tap water they ordered with dinner at one of our local restaurants. They seemed blissful in their ignorance.

call [GenX] a safe substitute.”

StarNews’ Adam Wagner. This was presumably done at Chemours’ request, but when I spoke with Gary Cambre, senior communications manager from Chemours, he told me the county had come to the company with the idea; the county maintained it was mutually agreed upon during my phone call to them (full transcriptions can be read on encore’s Facebook). Stranger, still, there was no audio, video or photos allowed in the closed meeting. (For the record, I tried to slip my audio recorder into Wagner’s bag before he walked in, but he wouldn’t let me; Wagner’s notes can be viewed in full on encore’s Facebook page, too.)

Today, just like yesterday, just like every day last month, before we all knew about it, Chemours continues discharging about 15 pounds of the emerging contaminant and unregulated toxin into the Cape Fear River. GenX is only one of about six perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) that have been found downstream of Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant—situated above the water intake at the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority. Most of these compounds we know even less about than GenX, and some were found in higher concentrations.

The company revealed during a closed meeting with county officials on June 15 at the New Hanover County Government Center they have been releasing the product into the river since 1980 at about 100 parts per trillion (the Safe Drinking Water Act maintains 15,000 parts per trillion of lead is safe). The reveal has been confusing to many, since GenX is technically a “new chemical” they manufacture and is regulated only in that particular process, which has 100 percent emissions. But the GenX seeping into our river has come from another building of Fayetteville Works, where they produce polyvinyl ether. Through the production, GenX is an “unintended byproduct,” and is not regulated. Therefore, they technically can continue discharging it. The biodegredation of the compound is 0 percent, which means, as The Intercept put it, GenX “will remain on Earth long after humans are extinct.”

I walked, carrying a horrifying secret that tinted the world. The cat who sauntered up to me probably drank tap water; her owner might not know about the chemical yet, or how it may have a greater effect on animals than humans.

This is our legacy.

I walked past people’s gardens as they watered their plants. What was lurking in their tomatoes?

I walked past the breweries, to which I admittedly *** am no stranger. How long had they been using public water to craft their beer? How many pints In November of 2016, in the respected Amerihad I consumed? Was the alcohol the only thing can Chemical Society journal, Environmental having an effect on my mind and body?

Letters, a report on GenX findings in the Cape DuPont, the company which originally created Fear River was published—the same study which the chemical, and is now producing it under an off- prompted the StarNews report earlier this month. shoot company, Chemours, filed 16 reports to the Dr. Larry Cahoon, a UNCW biological oceanogEnvironmental Protection Agency under section 8 rapher, confirms the journal’s reputation. “They’re (e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act between damn good at what they do,” he says. The paper, April 2006 and January of 2013. These reports often referred to as “Sun et.al.,” was co-written by stated the chemical posed a “substantial risk of two employees of the CFPUA: Michael Richardinjury to human health or the environment.” The son and Ben Kearns. “We can assume the coIntercept—the publication that originally produced authors knew the results of the tests long before all documents revealed by Edward Snowden the paper was published,” Dr. Cahoon says. when he showcased to the world our governThe questions remain: How long before? Mayment’s hacking of its citizen’s privacy—quoted be months, maybe years? The samples from the Deb Rice, a retired toxicologist from the EPA. Rice results were collected in 2013, so even if the tests said its aftereffects were the “same constellation took months to complete, it still puts knowledge of of effects as PFOA”—or C8, the chemical GenX the findings sometime in 2014 (maybe 2015, to was engineered to replace. DuPont had been us- be generous). Mike Brown, chairman of CFPUA, ing C8, which is used to make Teflon, in the Ohio says the staff found out about initial reports from Valley’s water supply and settled in paying $671 NC State research in May 2016, with final reports million to 3,550 residents in February 2017 in a released in September 2016. class-action lawsuit that had been going on over Fruitless attempts were made to contact Mr. the last decade. Rice said there was “no way to Richardson and Mr. Kearns. According to Mr.

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“Our belief is the GenX level in the drinking water coming from the Cape Fear River is safe, and it does not pose any harm to human health,” said Kathy O’Keefe, Chemours’ product sustainability director. “We have that belief, we are confident in that belief.”

BASIC NECESSITIES: Cynthia Cooke makes the statement loud and clear. Photo by Emily Wilson

Richardson’s business partner, Mike McGill, also whom used to work with CFPUA, “Mr. Richardson had retired when the study came out.”

It’s imperative to note, both water utility directors, Richardson and McGill, recently started their own communications firm, WaterPIO. According to the Wilmington Business Journal’s reports on April 24, 2017, the company “boasts the development of the first emergency notification system that microtargeted customers about boil water advisories, water restrictions, ‘Do Not Use’ notices and sanitary sewer overflows” and “acts as public information liaisons in major emergencies, such as hurricanes, transmission main failures, algal blooms, and contamination from coal ash.”

Mr. Kearns never answered encore’s calls, despite several attempts and voicemails. Until they speak up, there is no way of knowing for certain when the men knew about GenX in such high concentrations—or when (or if) they told their superiors. But we can reasonably say it was well before last week, long before the rest of us knew.

If CFPUA had employees who knew this information, why was it not brought to the public’s attention sooner? Tim Buckland of the StarNews asked the question of NHC County Commissioner Woody White at last week’s press conference, following the closed meeting; he never got an answer. In fact, none of CFPUA’s board was in the room at the press conference—which speaks to a larger issue of transparency.

Even the circumstances surrounding the closed meeting were odd enough to be of mention: no press, save for one local pool reporter,

However, the other six compounds found remain an anomaly. According to O’Keefe, “They’re coming from somewhere, but I can’t speak for other users or manufacturers; I don’t know where.”

CFPUA’s Mike Brown responded in the closed meeting, “You’re saying those other six have been ruled out as coming from your processes?”

“I would not say that,” Mike Johnson, Chemours Fayetteville Works environmental manager, answered. “I’d have to look at those compounds.”

O’Keefe surmised the counties affected, New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender, didn’t want to necessarily hear from the company as much as from regulatory agencies and county governments. “If I were someone in the community, I’m not sure I would trust me coming in and saying everything is safe,” she admitted. “But we’re willing to partner with you as best as we can.”

Woody White, Chairman of the NHC Board of Commissioners, made it very clear: “It’s as simple as that: We want to see you turn the faucet off.”

O’Keefe merely noted, “Hopefully, this is the beginning of discussions.”

Community members and silent protestors, in organizations like Wilmington Progressive Coalition (Strength in Solidarity) and Women Organizing for Wilmington, carried signs that read “Water.

Food. Shelter. In That Order” and “My Babies are Not your Lab Rats” at the press conference.

They made it quite clear they wanted to hear from everyone—because answers and immediate solutions are really what matter. During the press conference, amid promises by the NC DEQ to conduct tests, paid for by Chemours, to ascertain the current level of GenX in the water, White stated, “Day-to-day life is fraught with all kinds of risk—out on the roadway [for instance]. As it was pointed out during our meeting, cooking Brussels sprouts in a pan creates carcinogens. There are risks associated with eating cereal.”

The difference, of course (and I can’t believe I have to make this distinction): Drinking water is not a choice, and driving a car and eating Brussels sprouts are not necessary to life.

here is we don’t know the compounding effects of these other substances,” she stated. “So [in] many of them, we already don’t know what the health effects are.”

While there have been claims reverse osmosis filtration is the only way to filter out GenX, it’s not 100 percent verifiable. When Chemours realized they could begin manufacturing GenX as a substitute for PFOA (C8) in 2009, few studies had been done to appropriate its regulation. In the consent report encore received from the EPA about the regulation of the chemical, it expressed forthright:

Dr. Cahoon calls it the “pucker factor.” Still, he’s reluctant to tell people they absolutely cannot drink the water.

“The company has done limited biomonitering in workers and site monitoring. EPA has reviewed the biomonitering and concluded samples did not take place over a long enough period of time to see if accumulation occurred—and the limit of detection was not sensitive enough to draw any conclusions at this time.”

The replacement for PFOA (GenX) indicates a different and less toxic profile; however, based on the persistence, toxicity and the likelihood this substance may be used as a major substitute, EPA “believes more information is needed on the toxicity and pharmacokinetics of the PMN substance.

“Toxicity studies on the analogs PFOA and PFOS indicate developmental, reproductive, and systemic toxicity in various species. Cancer may also be of concern. These factors, taken together, raise concerns for potential adverse chronic effects in humans and wildlife.”

Perhaps the most important sentence from the document: “The company should make every effort to minimize or prevent any release into the environment of these substances.”

Moreover, the document stated EPA requires people who come in contact with GenX to wear gloves, full-body chemical protective clothing, goggles, and respirators.

GenX is an endocrine disrupter, according to Dr. Cahoon. He had a conversation with Susanne Brander, an ecotoxicologist at UNCW, to confirm it interferes with proper hormone function. “In the environment we find endocrine disrupters frequently affect the sexual development of amphibians, fishes, stuff like that. And they frequently act at extremely low concentrations,” Dr. Cahoon noted.

GenX has a reasonably strong affinity for lipids, fats in the body which make up cell membranes.

Basically, it can soak into body tissues and accumulate over time. Dr. Cahoon continued, “In terms of functioning as an endocrine disrupter, it’s going to stick to the molecules embedded in the cell membranes—hormone receptors, for example.

It also affects immune function. The longer we’re exposed, the more it can build. So it’s not the daily dose, it’s the sum of daily doses, minus your clearance rate.”

That’s the rate at which our bodies dispose the compound. In the case of GenX, half of it passes in about three and a half days. “But a steady intake—you drink water every day, right? So, you know, you’re adding to the pile,” Dr. Cahoon explained.

Madi Polera, a grad student with Dr. Cahoon, says she’s concerned since she’s a woman of childbearing age. “One of the important things

“I think the public should be educated about the options and consider their own situations,” he clarified. “Just because [a carcinogen is present] doesn’t mean you will get cancer. It’s a risk, and some people are more at risk than others. Some of that is age-based, and obviously pregnant women and little kids—I would be most concerned about that demographic. Or if I had a family risk history of cancer of any kind, you might have the genetic risk factor. I’m not a physician, but I’m not drinking the water, either. Why roll the dice?” *** Our Cape Fear River Watch has worked tirelessly to hold accountable people who contaminate our public waters. Just two years ago, Kemp Burdette, the Cape Fear Riverkeeper, followed closely and responded to Duke Energy’s coal ash dump in the Dan River in NC. Cape Fear River Watch, along with other environmental groups, were represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, and gave notice of their intent to sue Duke Energy.

At the time of press, Burdette stated the watch was assuredly exploring legal ramifications.

“There’s a principle in risk management,” Burdette said, “where you try to analyze risks before you do something, rather than trying to analyze it after you’ve done it—and we don’t operate like that. It’s crazy that people say, ‘Alright, we’re going to determine when there’s a risk based on the impacts to human health and the environment, and we’re going to say, ‘Well, OK, looks like we’ve got some real problems here—this cancer cluster— maybe we need to go back in.’”

By the time pollutants have gotten into the river, it’s too late; preventative measures work better than retroactive cleanup. “The big-picture problem,” Burdette stressed, “is the way we are doing things. Until something is found to be harmful, it’s not regulated.”

One positive element of the disaster is it agitated citizens into action. The Facebook group, Wilmington’s Stop Putting GenX into our Water, grew to over 8,000 members in less than a week. The public has inundated it with information as it becomes available.

The Public Education Campaign released its intent to “engage in direct actions, social media campaigns, information gathering, and coalition building.” They will launch a program, eventually, to collect a database across the entire Cape Fear region on C6 and C8 concentrations in blood levels, not to mention collect economic impacts, begin a study on causes of deaths in the region for the last three decades, assist citizens in filing criminal complaints, and more.

DuPont started Chemours in order to separate its Performance Chemicals segment from other businesses within the company. With the impending merger of DuPont and Dow Chemical—which is in the process of seeking the

federal government’s approval—the window of opportunity to hold DuPont accountable is closing, according to Mack Coyle, who started Public Education Campaign. Coyle—an innovator of solar-panel and water-pump technologies and who sat in at the CFPUA board meeting last week—is attending a meeting with Mayor Bill Saffo on Wednesday, June 21, to discuss what or if the city is planning to do anything.

At the press conference last week, former Wilmington Mayor Harper Peterson stood up at the end to announce a “citizen’s conference.” People who didn’t get to ask questions of the elected officials, since they only took questions from the press, could have a say. Among the questions asked: Is it in the groundwater?

Is the city prepared to file a lawsuit if the company doesn’t cease and desist?

Why is the testing on the water being done in Colorado, when UNCW possesses a world-class laboratory in our own backyard?

Who are the elected officials more concerned about: the profits of Chemours or the lives of their constituents?

The latter question came from a real-estate agent who had lost three sales in the last 48 hours from concern about the water.

There was little partisan bickering which has dominated political discussions of late. The crowd seemed to agree, safe drinking water is not a partisan issue. “Politics is what got us here,” said one woman.

Another responded, “If we can’t unite on clean drinking water, we will never unite on anything.”

And she’s right.

“The fact CFPUA was not present to make a statement or answer questions from the press is unacceptable ... I’ll be kind,” Peterson growled.

“The fact they have not communicated in the last week to their customers—you, the citizens—they had no public statement to make. Something is wrong. Collectively, they have failed this community, and by not being here, they continue to fail, and threaten your public health and safety.”

Further igniting outrage, CFPUA announced a decision to raise rates by 2 percent on June 14.

According to reporting by WECT, as of June 16, the board is still discussing whether to approve the increase. Board member Skip Watkins stated, “Citizens will see a reconsideration of that budget.”

Commissioner White told encore at the press conference, the timing of the rates raise “absolutely sent the wrong message” to the community.

Also on June 16, the CFPUA released a resolution which requests the DEQ and EPA further investigate and regulate the company, and immediately modify their permit to prevent discharge of GenX. The resolution asks Chemours to “act responsibly and cease all discharges that contain fluorochemical compounds” until the DEQ and EPA can determine safe levels of concentration.

Peterson, along with other community members, including Kemp Burdette, Dr. Cahoon, Dr. Brander, Adam Wagner, attorney John F. Green, and pediatrician Dr. David Hill will have a commu-

nity forum on Wednesday, June 21, at the Coastline Convention Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. It was announced that efforts are underway to form a coalition of citizens, community stakeholders, professionals, and educators called Clean Cape Fear in coming weeks, too. *** Despite so much uproar, Chemours legally can continue to dump 15 pounds of GenX into our river, into our drinking water. Precious answers are far and few between. The compound cannot be boiled out; CFPUA cannot filter it out, either. Reverse osmosis is the best option, so we hear. The Culligan man has been working overtime recently, and local businesses are...

Ah, Jesus.

Look, I’m not going to keep up the charade of journalistic objectivity because, first and foremost, I’m a writer, and writers have an obligation to tell the truth as they see it. Up until last week, we—the people whom I love and me—were drinking the water. What I have felt since probably mirrors your emotions: anger and incredulity this could happen in a post-Flint, Michigan, world. Confusion by the tsunami of information which nearly drowned me, which I had to swim through hard to make sense of. Fear—the cold, uneasy fear that comes from uncertainty, fear that can only be melted by small sparks of truth.

I tried to nourish necessary hope—to believe this would be an alarm to shock us into a collective realization of how much we are connected to the planet in real and tangible ways, and how important it is to fight for our place. I had hoped the City of Wilmington would live up to its motto to persevere, and our individual experiences will add up to something greater than the sum of its parts, and demand real and lasting change. But such hope must be counterbalanced by a realization this is happening still—and it will keep happening if we lose focus, or choose to ignore it and return to the soft, comforting routine of daily life. It would be an easy choice to make. But, when a corporation which doesn’t give a damn about our health— and made $5.6 billion in 2015—is being fought by a handful of underfunded regulatory agencies and our beloved local scrappy underdog of an environmental advocacy group, we—the people affected by this, the people drinking the water—can’t afford to forget.

Welcome to the new normal in our city by the river. Remember: The river flows deep and strong, and through our veins in more ways than one. We belong to the river just as much as the river belongs to us.

What do you want to see in it?

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LIVE LOCAL, LIVE SMALL: Open letters to Congressman David Rouzer in regards to ‘Tap Watergate’

about our health not protected by freedom of the press? Why are you not demanding actual transparency on behalf of your constituents?

BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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n June 12, 2017, Congressman Rouzer sent the following email to his constituents, regarding the announcement of GenX in our drinking water. Below is an open letter I sent to him in response to the email.

You sent me this email on July 7, 2015: Dear Friends, Over the last six months, House Republicans have worked to protect small businesses and American taxpayers from the onerous rules and regulations coming out of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Supreme Court’s decision requiring the EPA to consider the costs of the regulations it imposes on American families further validates our actions.

June 12, 2017 Dear Friends, I wanted to provide you with an update regarding contamination reports of a chemical compound, commercially referred to as “Gen X,” in the drinking water system of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA).

The EPA is out of control and must be reined in!

As many of you have probably read, this chemical is used to make Teflon and is made by Chemours at Fayetteville Works, about 100 miles upstream from Wilmington. My office has been in contact with the EPA in Washington to make sure they are on top of this—and to ensure all the facts are made plain and transparent to the public.

[Online survey followed: Should the EPA consider the costs of the regulations it imposes on American families?

Yes. No. If you are having trouble, click here.]

We will continue to post updates on Facebook and our website as we learn more.

Sincerely, David Rouzer Dear Congressman Rouzer, I received the email to your constituency regarding the announcement of the contamination in our water supply.

As I hope you realize, this has been forefront in my mind since it became public knowledge last week. I hoped you would weigh in on this issue, as you are our elected voice, and your attention to specific matters carries weight.

So when I read this email, I admit I was baffled—baffled because you stood on a stage in the Odell Williamson Auditorium in Brunswick County in March and told me you believed less government regulation would be better for all of us. That gutting the Environmental Protection Agency—the very agency you have referred this matter to—would make all our lives safer and better. You assured us less government oversight

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was in our best interest, and we should want less taxes and less regulation to allow businesses to care for us.

That was on March 6, 2017.

Now, your answer to the news that a quarter million people have contaminated water is to tell me your office is in communication with the Environmental Protection Agency? I read that email carefully. You did not demand this must stop, immediately.

But you are our voice. And, just so you know, we are screaming for this to stop.

Can you not hear us?

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You tell us you want to make sure the facts are plain and transparent to the public. Yet, the press was effectively muzzled from the meeting between New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick County officials, the CFPUA and Chemours; allowed one local pool reporter—with no audio or visual recording equipment permitted—to take notes that would be distributed to the rest of the media outlets? That hardly qualifies as transparent. Even allowing said reporter an audio recording device would have been an improvement. How is our access to information communicated to public officials

Earlier this year, the House passed the Regulatory Accountability Act (H.R. 185) that would help rein in economically-harmful regulations by requiring bureaucrats to institute regulations based on sound data and at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers. Most recently, the House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 2042) that would help shield families and small businesses from double-digit energy price hikes, by delaying new rules on power producers that pose a significant threat to the economy. Additionally, we’ve fought tooth and nail against rule changes to “Waters of the U.S.” that would greatly expand the EPA’s jurisdiction to include nearly any body of water—including that water puddled in your ditch after a rain storm.

We’re listening to the American people and fighting to get the federal government out of your business.

Sincerely, David Rouzer June 16, 2017 Dear Congressman Rouzer,

Clearly, the Environmental Protection Agency has been in your sights for a while.

Many people have grudge matches in their lives—professional or personal lives. But, perhaps, picking the agency responsible for the safety of the water your constituents and their children and pets drink and bathe in might not be the best target.

It can be tough to learn to say, “I’m sorry. I was a jerk.” Or “I was wrong.”

That learning process is actually the theme of the bulk of children’s and young adult literature—there are some excellent books I could recommend, if you are interested—because, clearly, if you are going to work carefully with the Environmental Protection Agency to put your constituents’ health first and foremost as your priority, you are going to have to apologize to some people. Or you are not going to get anything accomplished.

Here are some opening suggestions: “I’m sorry I voted to gut your budget and make it almost impossible for you to do your job and keep my constituents safe. Please, forgive me. I realize how important the work you do is to the daily lives of the people I represent” “I’m sorry I supported a new boss for

you who wants to destroy the very organization he is appointed to direct. I realize you have dedicated your professional lives to keeping people like those I represent in North Carolina safe. Please, forgive me, because we need to move forward and solve this problem.

“I acknowledge I am quoted as saying you are ‘stifling this economy.’ At the time I didn’t understand you were (and are) trying to protect the health of my constituents. I am sorry I failed to understand that. Please, forgive me and help me protect the people who depend upon me put their safety and needs first.”

Or, if you prefer a more personal approach, Congressman. Rouzer, you can try: “I’m sorry I have been trash-talking you. I believed what my buddies said, and I didn’t take the time to get to know you. Now that I need you; it would be awesome if you could continue to make the world a better place and forgive me for trying to destroy everything you have worked for. I am so sorry.”

I know it is hard, but I believe you can do it. Because I really do believe you do care about the people you represent.

You made a vow to us when you were sworn into office, and we need you now more than ever to put us ahead of big business.

Please, don’t tell me your office is talking to the Environmental Protection Agency and then do nothing. That is cowardice, and we deserve better than hastily drafted email that says nothing and a congressman who does less. We deserve answers—but, more, we deserve action. Be our man of action and come out swinging for us. It is not going to be easy, and it will require some fence-mending and bridge-building, but you have both of those skills. We need you to use them on our behalf because right now the people you represent are scared. We are terrified to brush our teeth, wash produce, hydrate our pets, bathe our children, or make a cup of coffee. That’s not what you want for us. Please, as a registered voter, concerned citizen and human who is dependent upon water for daily survival, I ask you to demand that Chemours cease releasing GenX into our water immediately. Please, don’t tell me you’re monitoring it or in close discussions. Please, tell me you have taken a stand on behalf of your constituents. Please, make this your top priority. Please, put us and our children ahead of campaign contributions and big business.

CONGRESSMAN DAVID ROUZER Washington, DC Office 424 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2731 Fax: (202) 225-5773 Brunswick County Office 310 Government Center Drive Unit 1 Bolivia, NC 28422 Phone: (910) 253-6111 Fax: (910) 253-6114 New Hanover County Office 230 Government Center Drive Suite 113 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 395-0202 Fax: (910) 395-0209

Cordially, Gwenyfar Rohler

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CONFRONTING DISASTER: When will we know to evacuate Wilmington?

BY: DAWSON GAUGE

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ack in March 2011, I was sitting at the bagel shop when news of the Fukushima disaster came in over the TV. As I sat there and asked myself if the end of the world was nigh, my imagination got to work, and I pictured how killer waves and the toxic atom might also one day befall the city of Wilmington, where we rely on nuclear electricity produced here on the Carolina coast. It would begin with a once-in-a-century hurricane, which would arrive at lunar high tide, and the power of the waves upon the edifice of the nuclear plant would break the containment around the reactor and release radioactive matter into our surroundings.

What would we do?

I had occasion to revisit this nightmare scenario last weekend, as I was crossing the Cape Fear River on the Memorial Bridge. A friend and I were discussing the shadowy plan, which has been tabled for the mo-

ment, to bulldoze several blocks of homes in the historic district to make way for a new bridge, supposedly necessary and inevitable. A while back someone had circulated a flyer that explained the logic of the new bridge, and it had included two sheets of evacuation maps to show two evacuation scenarios: the hurricane and the nuclear meltdown. The possibility that these two disasters would coincide is considered impossibly remote, but so too was the earthquake-tsunami-radioactive-leak scenario.

Not long after the events of Fukushima, the philosopher Slavoj Žižek addressed the nuclear disaster during a lecture in which he raised a plausible scenario that boggled the political and logistical mind: What if the entire main island of Japan, or at least the area of Greater Tokyo, had to be evacuated completely? Žižek pointed out how close the Japanese had already come to this apocalyptic scenario; the authorities of the Tokyo Electric Power Company had already warned that children, the elderly, and pregnant women

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should not drink the tap water in Tokyo. In other words, there was definitely something to worry about, but the threat is subtle enough that healthy adults will probably not notice anything, or at least won’t get sick enough to sue, or take to the streets.

And there we were, driving over the Cape Fear River and laughing about the evacuation of Wilmington from a super-hurricane. I did not feel like raising the whole nuclear hurricane scenario, nor did I feel like mentioning the more germane matter of what was coursing through Wilmington’s water supply, the mystery toxin known as GenX. Radiation suddenly seems boring by comparison. What if the joke is on us? What if we had to evacuate Wilmington? What if we could no longer drink the water, here in a place where water surrounds us, where the river meets the sea?

The worst nightmares people had about the Titan cement plant have crept back into the vicinity of possibility.

What we ought to find most frightening is precisely the ambiguity of GenX as a toxin which is certainly dangerous, but whose properties are ultimately unfathomable. An almost total absence of independent science clouds the situation tremendously, and it is folly to attempt to read the situation out of the batteries of data produced by the same corporate laboratories where GenX was designed. Though there is no royal road to science, the first step for popular enlightenment on this matter must be an independent scientific inquiry conducted at state universities, separately from the parallel investigation by state authorities. (Of course, as things stand presently, it is much more likely that the bio-technologists at UNC, NC State, UNCW, et al., would find themselves working to design and formulate GenY and GenZ and thus to join the alphabet-soup ranks of “technology transfer” start-ups to

make billions of dollars with patented knowledge produced at the public’s expense. But that’s another story.)

But of course the portents of apocalypse appear in different forms than the ones we imagine and anticipate. From All Saints’ Day 1755 in Lisbon to Sichuan in summer of 2008, from San Francisco 1905 to New Orleans 2005, invariably the major impact that a natural disaster has on human life is mostly to do with the way that they break down the functioning of cities. But where are the screams, where is the debris, to herald this enigmatic poison molecule, this alien matter that cannot be filtered away?

We have reached the point where we can only apprehend the toxicity of our drinking water when it registers a spike in the rates of illness and disease—for the most part, cancers. This is because the regulatory control of utility companies and the giant sectors of toxic industry at large has dwindled to the point where the institutions that commit ecological crimes never really have to say they’re sorry. We can infer this from the outrageous arrogance shown by Chemours (Chem-ours, as in “no admittance except on business”) toward our local institutions and our elected representatives of local and state government. Who told them they could get away with dictating the terms of the meeting where they will answer questions about their own misconduct? If they think their responsibilities begin and end with the walls of a factory up the river near Fayetteville, then it is up to us to show them how wrong that is.

This time, here in Wilmington, on the threshold of summer 2017, we confront an environmental disaster that has arrived, not with a bang, but with a whimper.

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GOVERNMENT IN ACTION!

Harry Kraemer, 76, owner of Sparkles Cleaning Service in London, Ontario, was alone in his SUV recently and decided to light up a cigarette based on his 60-year habit, but was spotted by Smoke-Free Ontario officers and cited for three violations.

Since his vehicle was registered to his business, and the windows were up, the cab constituted an “enclosed workspace.” It took a long legal fight, but in May, the Provincial Offences Court cut Kraemer a break and dismissed the tickets.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) finally prevailed in federal appeals court in February in its Endangered Species Act designation that wetlands in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish should be preserved as a safe habitat for the dusky gopher frog. Landowners barred from developing the land pointed out that no such frogs have been spotted there for “decades,” but have been seen elsewhere in the state and in Mississippi. FWS concluded the St. Tammany area could be a place that dusky gopher frogs might thrive if they decided to return.

THE JOB OF THE RESEARCHER

From the abstract of California State Polytechnic assistant professor Teresa Lloro-Bidart, in an April academic paper, comparing behaviors of native-California western gray squirrels and disruptive (to residents’ trash cans) eastern fox squirrels: “I juxtapose feminist posthumanist theories and feminist food study scholarship to demonstrate how eastern fox squirrels are subjected to gendered, racialized and speciesist thinking in the popular news media as a result of their feeding/eating practices (and) their unique and unfixed spatial arrangements in the greater Los Angeles region....” The case “presents a unique opportunity to question and re-theorize the ontological given of ‘otherness’ that manifests in part through a politics” in which “animal food choices” “stand in” for “compliance and resistance” to the “dominant forces in (human) culture.”

THE CONTINUING CRISIS

Japan is in constant conflict over whether to become more militarily robust (concerned increasingly with North Korea) even though its constitution requires a low profile (only “self-defense”). When the country’s defense minister recently suggested placing females into combat roles, constitutional law professor Shigeaki Iijima strongly objected, initiating the possibility that Japan’s enemies might have bombs capable of blowing women’s uniforms off, exposing their bodies. The ridicule was swift. Wrote one, “I saw something like that in Dragon Ball” (from the popular comic book and TV productions of Japanese anime).

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BRIGHT IDEAS

Organizers of northern Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival (billed as the world’s biggest metal music extravaganza) expect the 75,000 attendees to drink so much beer that they have built a nearly 4-mile-long pipeline to carry 105,000 gallons to on-site taps. (Otherwise, keg-delivery trucks would likely muck up the grounds.) Some pipes were buried specifically for the Aug. 3 to Aug. 5 festival, but others had been used by local farmers for ordinary irrigation.

FINE POINTS OF THE LAW

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CONNECTING WITH ‘HERITAGE’:

Dangermuffin returns to ILM with a new album and evolving Americana sounds BY: SHANNON RAE GENTRY

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ilmington’s culture and heritage is deeply rooted in water. From the Cape Fear River to Wrightsville Beach, Greenfield Lake to Carolina and Kure beaches, many Wilmingtonians and visitors spend a great deal of time communing with this invaluable and precious resource: water.

Whether gliding across river and ocean in a kayak, paddle-boarding, surfing, or quietly meditating along the shoreline, anything that gets folks out in nature is good for the soul—a concept Dan Lotti, lead singer of Dangermuffin, wants their fanbase to open their hearts to when listening to their latest studio album, “Heritage.” Released on March 31, “Heritage” is squarely focused on themes of nature—not just that which surrounds us but an old and deep connection Dangermuffin attempts to pay homage to.

“I’m not much of a surfer,” Lotti admits with a laugh. “For me, it’s a yogic regime.

I’m a big fan of meditation, and I do that on a daily basis. I also incorporate yoga stretches—just the very basic routine to commune and stay grounded.”

The group was founded in 2007, and consists of Lotti (vocals, acoustic guitar), Mike Sivilli (electric guitar) and Steven Sandifer on drums since 2008. Often categorized as a “jam-trio,” “Heritage” features more versatility in sound and instrumentals. They picked up Markus Helander to take over drums, so Sandifer could play world percussion and upright bass. Sivilli did more flat-picking and finger-style acoustics, along with electric guitar and extended vocal harmonies throughout tracks.

Paired with Lotti’s soft-spoken vocals (not unlike Paul Simon at times) and their collective harmonies, there are hints and hues of everything: island-rock, folk, bluegrass, and more.

Dangermuffin will return to the Port City to share their latest work and open for Donna the Buffalo at the Brooklyn Arts Center on Tuesday, June 27.

Lotti and company just finished their tour in northern California and encore caught the singer-songwriter on the road to Tybee Island near Savannah, GA—not far from their original stomping grounds of Charles-

ton and Folly Beach, SC. While here they started “growing the family” of fans playing local bars and clubs.

an herbalist. The concept of “The Sea and the Rose” started one evening in their home kitchen. He describes how she began rubbing fresh rosemary in her hands to release its scent.

“We’re happy to be a part of that music scene that’s very vibrant there in Charleston,” he says.

“Home for us, definitely, is Charleston.”

Dangermuffin returned to Chuck Town, also known as the Holy City, to record a portion of “Heritage” at the Unitarian Church. There was a certain connection to the history and spiritual essence of the space.

Lotti used to live in the very same neighborhood and was all-too familiar with ECLECTIC AMERICANA: Dangermuffin will open (and somewhat sensitive to) its haunted for Donna the Buffalo on Tuesday, June 24, at the energy.

Brooklyn Arts Center. Courtesy photo “We’re all familiar with the ‘haunted Charleston’ and the stories of ghosts and things like that,” he says. “That’s a part of it and an attraction but, to me, when we were recording in the church it really felt as though [the church] was coming alive.”

With their previous four albums, they mostly recorded in a studio where everything is dead quiet to get the highest clarity, of which they still used for drums and other instrumentals heard throughout “Heritage.”

They decided to record some singing and other “peripheral things” in order to capture a different feeling and essence the church could offer. For example, the ceiling was designed to carry reverberations for acoustic singing and it’s heard and felt in the a capella opening of the first track “Ode to My Heritage.”

ligious, each appreciates the rich significance of the 200-plus-year-old church. In fact, they made it a point to attend a couple of services prior to recording as a part of their exchange.

“It seems like the message of this particularly denomination is very open-minded,” Lotti tells. “We’re listening to the sermon and the pastor is quoting Nietzsche, which I thought was very interesting because you’re quoting a father of atheism in the middle of your sermon and that’s very noticeable!”

As pews seemed to fill before him, the presence of the church came alive. The years of collective activity was palpable.

At the very least, the experience left Lotti open to the possibility of ghosts, spirits or “Just the idea of singing in church, you’re psychic energy. going to sing differently,” Lotti observes.

“Everything around you is alive,” he “You’re going to sing to the room, you’re go- clarifies, “and we don’t really see it being to hear the room, and it’s going to react cause we’re kind of caught in this state to your performance. You can go back to of [modern] existence and it’s my hope to the studio and reverb echoes on the voice bring that message out in the music: that to make it sound like that, but it’s not as there’s so much more going on.” organic as actually being somewhere like Lotti wrote many of the songs with that and capturing an energy we definitely the intention to highlight what lies within felt. I think it translated into the record.” our natural surroundings—a significant While no one in Dangermuffin, includ- amount of information and wisdom. Lotti ing Lotti, considers himself particularly re- lives in Asheville, NC, with his wife who’s

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“She said, ‘Smell. You can smell the ocean,’” Lotti recollects. “They call [rosemary] the rose of the sea. And just smelling that made me think of how there’s a lot of rosemary that grows on Center Street on Folly Beach. . . . I think we’ve forgotten a lot of about the value of the past that these lineages have to offer us.”

Stylistically, listeners could call Dangermuffin a roots/rock band, but in another sense it’s folk music because it’s very song-driven, and they incorporate anything from bluegrass to reggae influences.

Sandifer comes from jazz with a historical understanding of it. Lotti is heavily influenced by folk, as it is music of the people and rooted in storytelling. Sivilli is very improv-oriented and influenced by bands like Phish; and while they’ve had a lot success within that genre as well, they’re not quite a jam band either.

“It’s this growing moniker of what we know as Americana music,” Lotti adds.

“What’s Americana? It’s music based on the American experience. Well what is the American experience? It’s so many different influences from all these different places that are now a part of American culture.

So we take the liberties we take based upon those eclectic influences.”

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—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

—The Muse, 208 Market St.

Dos Eddies (7pm; Free; Classic Rock)

Zion Rootz (7pm; Free; Reggae)

Sunset Cruise with Live Music (7:30pm; $27)

Cliff Cash (7pm, 9:30pm; $15; Comedy)

DJ Lord Walrus (9pm; $0-$3; Dance, Hip Hop)

The Adventures of Annabelle Lyn (7pm; $5; Folk)

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St; —Wilmington Water Tours LLC, 212 S. Water St. —Jimmy’s at Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave.

Donna Merritt (9pm; Free; Piano)

Overtyme (7pm; Free; Rock n’ Roll)

Sunset Cruise with Live Music (7:30pm; $27)

Cape Fear Blues Festival (6pm; $5-$49) —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.

Piano Jazz with James Jarvis (7pm; Free)

—The Oceanic Restaurant, 703 S. Lumina Ave.

James Jarvis (7pm; Free; Jazz Piano)

—The Blind Elephant, 21 N. Front St., Unit F

Extreme Music Bingo! w/Party Gras (10pm; Free)

—Fox & Hound, 920 Town Cen. Dr.; 910-509-0805

Laura McLean’s Singer Songwriter Night (7pm; $3)

Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

DJ Lord Walrus (9pm; $0-$3; Dance, Hip Hop)

—Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-763-4133

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St. —Jimmy’s at Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave.

Jeremy Matthews (9pm; Free; Singer-Songwriter) —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

Roots of a Rebellion and more (9pm; $7-$10; Reggae, Rock) —The Calico Room, 107 S. Front St.; 910-762-2091

Karaoke Night (9:30pm; Free)

—Fox & Hound, 920 Town Cen. Dr.; 910-509-0805

Mike Paramore (9pm; Free; Comedy)

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

Jarrett Raymond (6pm; Free; Singer, Guitarist) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

The Cut (6:30pm; Free; Rock)

—Carolina Beach Boardwalk, 100 Cape Fear Blvd.

Sonic Spectrum (6:30 pm; Free; Funk, Rock)

—Wrightsville Beach Park, 321 Causeway Dr.

Open Mic Comedy (7pm; $0-$3)

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Chasing Opal (8pm; Free; Folk, Americana) —Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Taylor Lee (9:30 pm; Free; Bass, Classical, Jazz)

—Bottega Art & Wine, 723 N. Fourth St.

—Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-7634133

Cliff Cash (7pm, 9:30pm; $15; Comedy)

Dubtown Cosmonauts (10pm; $5-$10; Rock)

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Tony Barnes (6pm; Free; Blues, Country)

—Wilmington Water Tours LLC, 212 S. Water St.

—Gravity Records, 612 Castle St.

—Porches Cafe, 1030 Chair Rd., Castle Hayne

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

—The Ogden Tap Room, 7324 Market St;

Cute Boys Club: Comedy Variety Show! (8pm; Free)

Live Music & Great Food (6pm; Free)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Trivia Night w/Party Gras Entertainment (9:30pm; Free)

FRIDAY, JUNE 23

Ejion EP Release Show with DJ Rio (10pm; Free)

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.;

—Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.; 910-509-0805

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—Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 910-251-1832

Artistry in Jazz Big Band (7pm; Free)

—Carolina Beach Boardwalk, 100 Cape Fear Blvd.

Port City Trio (7pm; $3; Jazz)

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

SUNDAY, JUNE 25

Ranse Jones Beach Jam (11am; Free)

—Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

Cape Fear Chordsmen Present ‘Silhouettes’ (7:30 pm; $15)

—UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd.; 910-962-3500

—Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

Cape Fear Blues Festival (12pm; $5-$49) —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.

Books, Beer & Jazz Piano (3pm; Free)

Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations (8pm; Free; Blues)

—Old Books on Front St., 249 N. Front St.

Sunset Kings (8pm; Free; Rock)

Open Mic Night (7pm; $3)

—Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St.

Sunday DJ Pop-up Electrolounge (7pm; Free)

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223 —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

—Flytrap Brewing, 319 Walnut St.

Bellydance Showcase (9pm; $10)

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

Trophic (9:30 pm; Free; Rock; Reggae; Fushion) —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 910-763-4133

Signal Fire (10pm; Cover TBD; Rock, Reggae) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

Draw the Sea and more (10pm; Cover TBD; Metal) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

MONDAY, JUNE 26

Gypsy Open Mic Mondays (8pm; Free)

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

—Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St.; 910-763-2223

Monday Parade: Litt and Friends (9pm; Free)

Ranse Jones Beach Jam (10am; Free)

—Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

Cape Fear Blues Festival (11am; $5-$49) —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.

Cape Fear Chordsmen Present ‘Silhouettes’ (2:30pm; $15)

—UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 601 S. College Rd. 910-962-3500

Old 97’s (7pm; $25-$37.50; Rock; Power-Pop)

—The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.

TUESDAY, JUNE 27

Donna the Buffalo w/ Dangermuffin (6pm; $24-$35; Americana) —Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. 4th St.; 910-538-2939

Comedy Bingo (7pm; Free)

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

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Cape Fear Contra Dancers (7:30 pm; $5)

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Cape Fear Blues Jam (8pm; Free) —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.

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Improv Comedy (7pm; $3)

—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

The Jillettes (7pm; $3; ‘60s/’70s Covers) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St.; 910-231-3379

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—Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St.

Dj Lord Walrus (9pm; $0-$3; Dance, Hip Hop) —Jimmy’s at Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave.

Donna Merritt (9pm; Free; Piano)

—Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess St.; 910-362-9666

Karaoke Night (9:30pm; Free)

—Fox & Hound, 920 Town Center Dr.; 910-509-0805

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CONCERTS OUTSIDE OF SOUTHEASTERN NC

SHOWSTOPPERS

GOES DOWN SMOOTH: Catch the funk, rock, jazz, and soul of Lake Street Dive at Koka Booth Amphitheatre this week in Cary on June 22. Courtesy photo GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 WEST LEE ST., GREENSBORO, NC (336) 373-7400 7/1: Bell Biv Devoe, SWV and BlackSt.

PNC ARENA 1400 EDWARDS MILL RD. RALEIGH, NC (919) 861-2300 7/11: New Kids On the Block, Paula Abdul Boyz II Men

NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE NORTH DAVIDSON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 358-9298 6/21: Los Colognes and Roadkill Ghost Choir 6/24: Band of Heathens and The Kodiak Brotherhood 6/30: The Loudermilks, 6 String Drag and Amigo 7/1: John Paul White and Lera Lynn

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. CABARRUS ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 821-4111 6/23: Old 97’s and Vandoliers 6/30: Red NOT Chili Peppers and Down By Five

THE FILLMORE 820 HAMILTON ST., CHARLOTTE, NC (704) 916-8970 6/22: Blackbear 6/30: In This Moment RED HAT AMPHITHEATER 500 SOUTH MCDOWELL ST., RALEIGH, NC (919) 996-8800 6/24: Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie 6/29: Slightly Stoopid 7/4: The Works 7/9: My Morning Jacket with Gary Clark Jr. MOTORCO MUSIC HALL 723 RIGSBEE AVE., DURHAM, NC (919) 901-0875 6/21: Birds of Avalon 6/22: The Band of Heathens and Lemon Sparks 6/30: Boogarins and more 7/5: Hawthorne Heights

CAT’S CRADLE 300 E. MAIN ST., CARRBORO, NC (919) 967-9053 6/21: Lizzo and Brooke Candy 6/22: Chon, Tera Melos, Covet and Little Tybee 6/22: Beau Bennett, Scriblin’ and more (Back) 6/23: Idlewild South, Chip Robinson and more 6/24: 90s Night with Joe Hero (Back) 6/27: Spiral Stairs and Mac Mccaughan (Back) 6/29: John Paul White and Lera Lynn (Back) 6/29: Weedeater, Black Wizard, Serial Hawk and more KOKA BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE 8003 REGENCY PKWY., CARY, NC (919) 462-2052 6/28: John Mellencamp, Emmylou Harris and more SHAKORI HILLS 1439 HENDERSON TANYARD RD., PITTSBORO, NC (919) 542-1746 6/22: Lake Street Dive, Lawrence and more THE ORANGE PEEL 101 BILTMORE AVE., ASHEVILLE, NC (828) 398-1837 6/22: Steve Katz of Blood, Sweat, and Tears 6/23: The Wholigans 6/28: Bowling For Soup

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ARTS>>ART

PONDERING RAINBOW COMPLEXITIES: Artist Evalyn Boyd Hines debuts new works in ‘Aurora’ at New Elements Gallery

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BY: EMILY TRUSS

nquestionably, the most widely recognized categories of visual arts are representational and abstract, but a third category tends to be misrepresented: non-objective art. While representational art is easily distinguishable, non-objective and abstract are often misguidedly interchange. Regardless of how distorted, abstract art channels concrete subject matter. Non-objective art takes abstraction to another level by discarding the notion.

The subject becomes the colors, lines, textures, and generally the act of painting itself. Opening on June 23, the New Elements Gallery in downtown Wilmington invites guests to take in the vibrant paintings of non-objective artist Evalyn Boyd Hines in her new show, “Aurora.”

“The theme of the show is one of color and line—using them together to create balanced space that is pleasing to my eyes and hopefully to the viewer,” Hines says.

Hines grew up in rural areas around Arkansas and Florida. Between the two very different landscapes, Hines was exposed to a wide array of colors in her surrounding environment, with each passing season, inciting her love of color. Her fascination only grew as she watched a rainbow of colors grow in her mother’s garden and appear in her patchwork quilts, prompting Hines to delve into the world of art. With no access to formal art instruction, Hines’ teachers encouraged her to keep exploring her craft by drawing for extra assignments until she was able to pursue it further in her undergrad studies.

painting has a sort of domino effect of leading her to start another, eventually turning the project into a collection of pieces.

“I never work on just one because when you work non-objective, it’s very easy to overwork a piece,” Hines explains. “I always have several paintings going at once. When I paint, time has no meaning.”

Shirking the concept of time is undoubtedly what enables her to lose herself in the process; layering colors and textures in such a way that reflects a part of herself. “What I enjoy most is turning a blank surface into some emotion I’m feeling when I paint,” Hines adds.

“While studying for my BFA in fine art at Ringling College of Art and Design, I discovered a new world of art and artists I had never seen or even heard of,” Hines explains. “It wasn’t until one of my instructors there introduced me to abstract art that I fell in love with color and form.”

Along with her instructors, Hines was influenced by the work of fellow artists, including Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning,

FOURTH FRIDAY: ‘Evalyn Boyd Hines’ exhibit ‘Aurora,’ opening at New Elements Gallery this Friday, features a series of unnamed non-objective works like the one above. Courtesy image

Helen Frankenthaler, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, and Robert Motherwell. Her non-objective paintings today reflect her explorations of composition in a collage of color and texture. Where the background of one painting is mainly composed of cool blues and greens, pops of warm colors in defined shapes give the foreground an intriguing contrast.

“I paint in acrylic because it dries fast, and allows me to layer the paint,” Hines says. “I love drawing into my paintings. Sometimes with paint, pencil, oil pastels, the blunt end of a brush, or whatever is at hand.”

Whether on canvas, PVC, panel, or paper, Hines doesn’t believe in finishing one painting before starting the next. For Hines, starting one

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The concept of color reflecting our emotions isn’t a new one, but still one that remains prevalent in humanity. Warm colors such as red and orange reflect passionate feelings, while cool colors like blue and violet give off a more subdued vibe. Common phrases such as “seeing red” and “feeling blue” indicate anger and sadness, respectively. Alternatively, bright shades of green and yellow are often associated with happiness.

Guests are invited to ponder the complexity of texture and lines within Hines’ paintings, and discover what feelings or emotions are evoked from color for themselves at the opening reception of “Aurora.” Part of the monthly Fourth Friday Gallery Night walk, “Aurora” will open at the New Elements Gallery on June 23, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Admission is free and all works of art are for sale.

DETAILS:

Aurora by Evalyn Boyd Hines

Opening reception June 23, 6 p.m.

Hanging through July 22 New Elements Gallery • 271 N. Front St. Free www.newelementsgallery.com

WHAT’S HANGING AROUND THE PORT CITY

GALLERYGUIDE ARTEXPOSURE!

22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC (910) 803-0302 • (910) 330-4077 Tues. - Sat. 10am - 5pm (or by appt.) www.artexposure50.com Our annual Artist’s Choice Show will be opening on August 11th. Deadline to enter is June 30th. We must have your entry form, fee and jpegs of your submissions by that date. Our guest juror this year will be Todd Carignan. Download the entry form at artexposure50.com/call for entries. Send jpegs to artexposure50@gmail.com. Any NC artist over the age of 18 is allowed to submit up to two works for consideration.

ART IN BLOOM

210 Princess St. Tues. - Sat. 10am - 6pm (or by appt., Sun. and Mon.) (484) 885-3037 • www.aibgallery.com Art in Bloom Gallery is in a renovated, 19thcentury horse stable and exhibits original art by a diverse group of artists. “Elements of Creation: New Art” features Brian Evans (ceramics), Georgeann Haas (acrylic and mixed media on paper), and Judy Hintz Cox (oil and mixed media on canvas) and continues through July 29.

The gallery is open until 9pm on Fourth Friday Gallery Nights. Special upcoming events include: “Slinging Paint with Mark Gansor” on Saturday, July 22, and Aug. 26, 3-5pm. Mark will create original acrylic paintings on canvas; refreshments served, and it’s open and free to the public.

The gallery is partnering with Checker Cab productions, PinPoint and Platypus & Gnome on art openings and champagne toasts: “Let it Be: Art by Judy Hintz Cox” features large oil and mixed media paintings and opens Wed., June 14, 6-8pm at PinPoint Restaurant, 114 Market St. “I Spy: Art by Naomi Jones” features acrylic paintings of diverse wildlife and opens Thurs., June 15, 6-8pm at Platypus & Gnome Restaurant, 9 South Front St. Both exhibits continue through Aug. 21.

CRESCENT MOON ART AND STYLE

24 N. Front St. • (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thurs. - Sat., 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Sun.., noon - 6 p.m. • Call for appointment!

As a longtime leader in local art curation, Crescent Moon strives to be an ambassador for their artists and to make their customers art collecting, decorating and gift-giving experience an easy one. With an unparalleled selection of individually chosen pieces and an expanded showroom with stunning collections

from both new and returning artists, Crescent Moon has something for everyone.

CHARLES JONES AFRICAN ART

311 Judges Rd., Unit 6-E cjart@bizec.rr.com • (910) 794-3060 Mon. – Fri. 10am - 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm - 4 pm Open other hours and weekends by appointment www.cjafricanart.com AFRICAN ART: Museum quality African Art from West and Central Africa. Traditional African art for the discerning collector.

CURRENT EXHIBITION: Yoruba beadwork and Northern Nigerian sculpture. Appraisal services, curatorial services and educational exhibitions also available.

Over 30 years experience in Tribal Arts. Our clients include many major museums.

EXPO 216

216 N. Front St, Wilmington, NC (910) 769-3899 Wed. – Sun., Noon – 6 PM www.expo216.com A “gallerium,” Expo 216 is part gallery and part museum. Incorporating 5,000 square feet over two floors of a renovation in historic downtown, Expo 216 features thought-provoking art and fashions. Its one-year expositions are theme-driven with the inaugural theme, Ocean Plastic, running until mid 2017. Visitors may experience CSI: Albatross (interactive crime solving), Fashion in Plastic ( nine stunning fashion creations crafted by local designers), The Plastic Age (an insightful history of plastic), What Goes Around, Comes Around (Kanagawa Waves by Bonnie Monteleone), and more.

Expo 216 is a supporter of the Wilmington music scene and provides live music during the Fourth Friday Gallery Nights.

Bush. In addition, the gallery represents several local artists. The current show will enthrall visitors with its eclectic collection of original paintings, photography, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry. “Morning Has Broken” features works by Janet Parker. Come see Janet’s bold use of color and texture to reveal local marsh creeks and structures.

SUNSET RIVER MARKETPLACE

10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 • Mon.- Sat. 10am - 5pm www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com Sunset River Marketplace showcases work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, and houses some 10,000 square feet of oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, art glass, fabric art, pottery, sculpture, turned and carved wood and artisan-created jewelry. There are two onsite kilns and four wheels used by students in the ongoing pottery classes offered by the gallery. A custom framing department is available. There are realistic and abstract art classes as well as

workshops by nationally and regionally known artists.

Now on exhibit: Tarheel Wandering: a Journey in Black & White by Sgraffito Pottery by Raine Midddleton through July 29, and POV: Abstraction: Works in Acrylic by Ginny Lassiter through July 8. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.

CFCC WILMA W. DANIELS GALLERY

200 Hanover St. (bottom level, parking deck) Mon.-Fri., noon-5pm http://cfcc.edu/blogs/wilmagallery Janette K Hopper’s artwork in the “Natural Milieu” of the Wilma Daniels Gallery at Cape Fear Community College is unique and multifaceted. A deeply layered and varied show expresses her love of the sea and forest. Projections, oil paintings, multimedia prints, sounds, a collaborative panel discussion and 3-D installations both interactive and contemplative will fill the gallery with imagery and sound. The show closes on Friday, June 23.

Add a flavor to give it your own twist.

NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY

271 N. Front St. (919) 343-8997 Tues. - Sat.: 11am - 6pm (or by appt.) www.newelementsgallery.com Aurora opens at New Elements Gallery on Fourth Friday, June 23, 2017 with a celebratory reception from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. This exhibit features new work from Wilmington artist Evalyn Boyd Hines. An alumna of the No Boundaries Art Colony, Evalyn Boyd Hines creates electricbright, abstract paintings on panel. Aurora will remain on view until July 22, 2017.

RIVER TO SEA GALLERY

225 S. Water St., Chandler’s Wharf (free parking) • (910) 763-3380 Tues.- Sat. 11am - 5pm; Sun. 1- 4pm River to Sea Gallery showcases the work of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy

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ARTS>>FILM

FILMING IMMORTALITY:

Independent filmmaker Tanya Fermin brings unreal life to Wilmington’s film industry

BY: JAMES MCCREA

isn’t medical? What if it’s something you can’t understand?”

he words “Tanya, I’m losing you,” echo through the interior of Art in Bloom Gallery. The space is populated by cameramen and gaffers coordinating their movements while actors rehearse. The commotion renders the normally tranquil gallery a chaotic mass this evening, but once everything is in order, all falls still as cameras roll. An aging doctor, trying to avoid a mysterious woman who beseeches his help, is shown an image that chills him to the bone. Suddenly, he has no choice but to help her.

Fermin also was moved by her grandmother’s clear recollection of Southern history throughout life. “It was like having an historian right there with you,” she recalls.

“She could tell you about things the history books never covered.”

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The shoot ends and its director, Tanya Fermin, addresses crewmembers who were trying to find her. “It’s like a maze in here,” she sighs, as she makes her way to the exit. Her current TV series, “HAON,” is a supernatural drama she will pitch to Netflix. The story centers around a small girl who begins to exhibit strange abilities, and those who want to protect her from being exploited. Some characters have a range of special abilities, like telepathy and clairvoyance, while the “haons” display longevity that borders on immortality.

“The main villain has been taking advantage of clairvoyants to attain wealth this entire time,” Fermin explains, “but now that he knows haons exist, he thinks they hold the key to eternal life.”

This isn’t Fermin’s first foray as a writer-director. Her short film, “The Arrangements,” made the rounds in 2016, and aired on over 90 stations across the United States. “It’s a true story,” Fermin explains.

“It deals with the passing of a loved one seen through the eyes of the family.” The

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To keep these memories alive, Fermin places characters in “HAON” throughout different eras in time. “We cannot accurately go further than the 1860s in the historical record, due to our heritage,” Fermin explains, “but that’s not going to stop me from showing some things that history tried to hide.”

FERMIN ON THE JOB: Writer and director of “HAON” films newest series in Wilmington, NC. Courtesy photo

film was written for her grandmother, Ophelia M. Pridgen, shortly after her passing.

“She’s my inspiration,” Fermin declares with pride. “I’ve never had writer’s block after I wrote ‘The Arrangements’ for her.”

Pridgen inspired the main concept of “HAON” when she looked at Fermin’s adopted daughter and exclaimed, “I think you’ve been here before.” Upon hearing it, Fermin took the mysterious statement and ran with it.

“You never know an adopted child’s medical history,” she notes. “So you’re warned about not knowing what kind of medical conditions could come up years later. But what if something comes up that

The show’s theme of paranormal longevity affords Fermin the ability to explore these concepts, adding substance to the series’ supernatural elements.

Local sites are chosen for their conceptual similarities to the script: plantations, replicas of Christopher Columbus’ ships, and in particular, the Octagon House in Swansboro. It became a perfect location for filming the pilot episode.

“A drowning took place there,” Fermin explains, “and the first episode opens with a girl drowning. The girl’s name on the tombstone is the same as the character who drowned.”

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The script’s supernatural theme often requires Fermin to shoot in unpleasant locations, such as fetid swamps and abandoned graveyards, but she refuses to back down. “I’m not afraid,” she exclaims. “I’ll pray the ghosts away. I’ll pray the snakes away.”

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The show’s producer, Carol Stephans, has worked with Fermin for years. “She’s always ready to go,” according to Stephans.

Fermin attributes successes of “HAON” and “The Arrangements” to Wilmington’s willingness to help independent filmmakers. It is what keeps bringing her back to the Cape Fear when other states offer better film incentives than NC. A dire side effect of NC’s nulled film tax credit program (axed by former-governor Pat McCrory in 2015), is the lack of jobs for all positions in film, like actors of all stripes in Wilmington. “It’s hard to find older actors because their roles are diminishing,” Fermin tells. To help fill this void, she writes characters of all ages, genders, races, and sexualities. Once written, she casts them appropriately.

“It’s not stereotypical, and they’re not written to conform to stereotypes,” Fermin tells. “They’re actual people who happen to be who they are. And I always have some tough, fierce women characters. It’s just a part of life.”

Pat Gallaher, who plays the main villain in “HOAN,” affirms Wilmington’s value for independent filmmakers. Gallaher met Fermin when they both played police officers in “Sleepy Hollow” and “Two-Eleven,” both of which were filmed in Wilmington. “You don’t have to train someone from scratch to get the job done here,” he says. Gallaher doubles as HAON’s assistant director when not on screen. “We all switch roles,” he says.

Plenty of students from Cape Fear Community College assist the crew, but the level of professionality displayed on set is equal among them. Professionals may run the cameras, while students assist them.

Fermin also called in a special favor from local cinematographer Joe Dunton, who has worked with cinematic luminaries like Stanley Kubrick. Dunton consulted with Fermin on her debut film and encouraged her to use certain angles to provoke emotion. “I think that’s one reason the film did so well,” she explains. “I called him for another favor [for ‘HAON.’]” Pivotal scenes in “HAON” have been filmed at Dunton’s camera shop to honor him.

“HAON” is still in development, but you can follow its progress at www.facebook. com/findthehaon.

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ARTS>>FILM

DEADLY STENCH:

films this week CINEMATIQUE

‘The Mummy’ is worse than hot garbage

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Thalian Hall • 310 Chestnut St. 7 p.m. • $7

BY: ANGHUS

June 21 (also playing Wednesday at 4 p.m.): Cynthia Nixon plays Emily Dickinson in “A Quiet Passion.” She personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. British director Terence Davies (“House of Mirth,” “The Deep Blue Sea”) evokes Dickinson’s deep attachment to her close-knit family, along with the manners, mores and spiritual convictions of her time that she struggled with and transcended in her poetry.

(Rated PG-13, 125 mins)

here are a number of ways to mitigate a miserable movie. You can admire the goals the filmmaker set out to achieve, even if they didn’t quite get there.

You can appreciate the effort put in from the actors, who can sometimes charm their way out of a particularly terrible movie. You can justify the existence of something so foul because you end up enjoying the ludicrous display of terrible being presented to you on the big screen. There are, however, those occasional movies that are so awful they cannot be mitigated and your sense of stink cannot be appeased. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you Tom Cruise in “The Mummy.”

This movie is bad. The kind of bad that shocks. So awful in its construction that it’s a wonder just how something this foul made it through the layers of checks and balances usually applied to a franchise launching a $100,000,000-plus production. The stench coming off of prints of this movie are far worse than the 5,000-yearold rotting flesh of its title character. This is worse than hot garbage. This is an infinite tire fire where the burning vulcanized rubber is topped with adult diapers from a rest home located next to a discount-Indian buffet. The kind of odor that audiences can not only smell, but taste.

I could probably spend a handful of columns plowing through the giant pile of feces that is “The Mummy,” like Laura Dern digging into a pile of Triceratops dung in “Jurassic Park.” Thankfully, I won’t. Let’s start with the most gaping flaw: the casting. “The Mummy” is the perfect film for Tom Cruise … if this movie had been made in 1988. I love Tom Cruise, but he’s fast becoming patently unbelievable in roles requiring him to play anything other than a middle-aged man. In “The Mummy” he plays Nick, a long-distance reconnaissance team leader for the American military. When he’s not tracking the enemy, he’s looking for rare antiquities to steal and sell for profit.

While hanging out in northern Iraq he falls face first into a giant tomb that houses the body of a cursed Egyptian queen, which he idiotically frees. Once he falls into the gaze of Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) he is cursed as she decides the aging Mr. Cruise is going to be the mortal vessel for the ancient God of Death. The rest of the film has Ahmanet chasing down Nick in a case of supernatural stalking that lands in jolly old England.

WRAPPED IN TERRIBLE: ‘The Mummy’ lacks any vision, good writing or scares in the film. Photo credit: Universal Pictures

Nick soon discovers he has stumbled into a battle between good and evil that involves a secret society, a twisted doctor (Russell Crowe) and an ancient dagger needed to complete the ritual. Did I mention the girl that Nick falls in love with after eight minutes and that his best friend dies and comes back as a ghost? It didn’t matter in the movie, so why bother mentioning it in the review?

This was the first film I can remember in a long time where I cringed a lot. I felt bad for Tom Cruise. It was like watching the late, great Roger Moore in his final performance as James Bond in “A View to a Kill,” where he hits on girls 30 years his younger. It’s like watching your charming middle-aged uncle trying to be hip while hanging out with college kids. Cruise seems so out of place in this movie. This is a role that should have gone to any solid male actor in his 20s or 30s. There’s never a scene where I’m not slightly weirded out by Cruise hanging out with a friend, a love interest, and a villain that are all decades younger.

The movie looks abysmal. I can’t remember a film with less fetching visuals. It has the polish and production value of a Lifetime movie. The writing is so simplistic it feels like a story scripted so third graders can follow along. There’s not a single scare in the entire film. And to top it all off, it’s completely bereft of likable characters. Even Cruise’s trademark charisma is useless, invalidated by being far too old for this role.

I never go into a movie hoping for it to be bad. Eviscerating a creative work is never the goal of a critic. But I left the theater in a baffled state and was eager to get in front of a keyboard to share my disdain for this absolute waste of time. This is the first movie I’ve seen in 2017 that really deserves derision.

Hurling trash at “The Mummy” feels fair since it felt like the filmmakers were chucking piles hot garbage at me for two hours.

DETAILS:

The Mummy Rated PG-13 Directed by Alex Kurtzman Starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis

MOVIE MATINEE NHC Main Library 201 Chestnut St. 3 p.m. • Free

June 22: Catch a free family-movie matinee at Main Library, featuring DisneyPixar’s “Cars.” No registration necessary for this free activity. The audience is welcome to bring light snacks to enjoy during the movie. For information contact Julie Criser at jcriser@nhcgov.com or 910-7986303.(Rated G, 116 mins)

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ARTS>>COMEDY

LEVITY OF LIFE:

Local comedian Cliff Cash prepares for live filming of ‘Tough Year’ at Dead Crow

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BY: SHEA CARVER

lifton Cash calls comedy a form of alchemy—a moment of transformation or creation, or the combination of both, even.

“Good comedy is about taking something dark and heavy and inherently unfunny and adding levity to it, finding the angle that can bring you out of the dark place and into the light,” he explains.

Cash has had quite a year to turn heavy topics of his life into a platform of release. In the spring of 2016, his father passed away unexpectedly and then his dog died. In the spring of 2017, he endured a divorce and essentially lost his home. In between, Cash has traveled 24,000 miles in his car across the US, touring comedy clubs and doing standup shows. He says laughing at tragedy strips its power.

“I’m realizing, as I get older and hopefully wiser, I don’t really know what is good and what is bad,” he notes. “Maybe there is no good or bad. I miss my father, for example, but everyone passes away. . . . One short joke I say is, ‘I lost my dad recently, and it’s been really hard.

Christmas was especially hard. It was my first Christmas without him but I knew he was looking down on me (long pause)—because that’s what he did every Christmas.”

In reality, Cash looked up to his father. It’s the wordplay that turned Cash onto the joke.

Still, it wasn’t easy to do. “It was honestly hard to pull the humor out of that loss, and I’m still working on it,” he tells. “I think those things present themselves to you over time.”

The support and unconditional love Cash received from family and friends during that time proved the existence of something greater: profound love. Cash learned about his father’s humility and kindness in ways he hadn’t before.

“I got to hear stories about great things my father had done that he would never have told anyone himself,” Cash says. “I realized by the end of it, maybe my father was enlightened. I think suffering can lead to awakening. I also think, until we are ready to awaken, we will continue to suffer.”

In regard to such eye-opening experiences, Cash will be filming four shows this weekend at Dead Crow Comedy Room with Corey Chandler Productions. It will be titled “Tough Year.” Despite the fact he misses everything he’s lost, Cash holds gratitude toward the lessons he’s endured. Somehow, he has churned out bits from such instances that have helped

BRINGING LAUGHTER TO STRANGERS: Cliff Cash has traveled 24,000 miles in the last year with his standup; this weekend he comes home. Courtesy photo

grow a fan base in a hard-wrought career path.

“Comedy is my passion,” he states. “That is my job—it is what I show up to do. All of those people in the crowd might be going through something 10 times more difficult than what I’m going through. It is my responsibility to make them forget that for an hour—to make them laugh, to allow them to be present, to allow them to feel joy. If I can make them feel better, that makes me feel better.”

Cash holds true to transparency in his stints.

He tweaks his shows day to day, sometimes trying out new material and blending it with what he knows sticks and is a tried and true crowd-pleaser.

“I think one thing an audience appreciates almost as much is the actual humor is vulnerability,” he tells. “I think there’s a pretty fine line between being a private person and a dishonest person. You can be one without the other but it’s tricky . . . I feel like, if I can live my life in a way that is open and transparent and inherently honest, it helps me align a form of integrity that makes me feel like I’m on the right path.”

At Dead Crow, Cash will present almost an hour of stand up for two shows a night at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Not one to shy away from modern-day topics, folks can expect verbiage on Trump, HB2, religion, homophobia, racism, bad television, relation-

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ships/divorce, loss, death.

“You know, hilarious stuff,” he quips. “Writing comedy about death, divorce, racism, homophobia, and heavy subjects helps me to figure out how to feel, and I hope it helps the audience to navigate some of their emotions as well. . . . if someone doesn’t agree with my stance on an issue, they can still like the joke.

That is my ultimate goal for writing. I think it’s the hardest kind of comedy to perform, but it’s definitely the kind that I’d like to be known for.”

So far Cash has traversed 21 of 59 national parks—12 of which he has visited this year while driving from Florida to Georgia, to Texas and Louisiana, New Mexico and Arizona, California to Missouri, Arkansas to West Virginia, Pennsylvania to New York and more.

He stopped counting the amount of shows he’s done since the New Year at about 170.

“I was fortunate enough to do some of the best shows in cities where I shared the stage with people like Ron Funches, Ari Shaffir, Greg Fitzsimmons, Sam Morril, and others,” he notes.

Fans have followed Cash on social media by clicking on his hashtags “#MillionMileMercedes,” “#NeverEndingTour2017” and “#EveryNationalPark.” He wants to put 1,000,000 miles on his car, and takes the opportunity in his travels to bike, backpack, camp, and hike. He also has taken up photography, which he sells at his shows. He hashtags short-nature videos which inspire his pics under “#Your15SecondsofZen.” “I think I’m the only comedian in the country who has photography as their merch,” he tells.

“Comedy, until you become really famous, is about as lucrative as being a babysitter, so having something else to sell really helps keep gas in the tank and rice in the pot.”

Plus, he gets to meet a host of interesting folks nationwide: a 70-year-old hippie from a campground in Alabama; a 22-year-old adventurer from Humboldt County, California, and a map maker, each in hostels; French girl and German guy traveling together; a Canadian girl riding her bike across the country; even a hummingbird on top of a mountain. “It was a spiritual experience in Northern California,” he tells. “I’ve heard people say completely insane and hilarious things, and I’ve seen the good and the bad.

I lost count of how many waterfalls I’ve seen now, sunsets and sunrises, seeing two of the world’s most significant caves and some of the most famous parks on earth—snorkeling in the crystal clear springs in Florida.”

Cash notes much of it will make it into his shtick at one point or another. He never struggles to talk about his adventures, whether on-

stage or off.

“When you’re living this way, it takes time to get things just right,” he clarifies. “I feel super fortunate to be able to see all these beautiful places and things and bring laughter to strangers. There is definitely a price to pay, most recently my marriage, but I feel like this is what I’m meant to do. If you told me at 10 years old or 36 years old that part of true love is picking between your soulmate and your dream, I would tell you that you’re wrong. I hope one day I’ll have both.

For now, a dream seems like a hell of a consolation prize. I’ll take it.”

He has his sites set on greater aspects, too. He hopes “Tough Year” becomes a network show at some point—picked up by Netflix, HBO or Amazon Prime. He does have options in the bag, but remains mum on revealing any new details. This weekend he is happy just to be home, visiting his family in Oak Island and playing to people who have supported him since his start six-and-a-half years ago at Dead Crow.

“I love this city; I love this club,” he notes.

“Dead Crow is incredible—a perfect setting for standup with low ceilings, brick walls, dark basement-type vibe. It’s the kind of space where comedy just really works well. The owners, Timmy and Cole, and the staff really understand the building blocks of how a show is supposed to be, and do a great job of making things come together. They’ve trained the crowds to understand that, too, so their are also incredible.”

Cash, ever present to social-justice and political issues, has decided along with Dead Crow to donate some of the proceeds from this weekend toward the fight for clean water in the Wilmington area, in light of Tap Watergate (pages 4-8). Details were not hashed out at press time.

Readers can follow Cash at @Cliffcashcomedy and or visit his website at www.cliffcashcomedy.com.

DETAILS: Tough Year

Comedy by Cliff Cash Dead Crow Comedy Room 265 N Front St. June 23-24, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Opening act: Drew Harrison Tickets: $13 www.deadcrowcomedy.com

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FAMILY NIGHT - CAROLINA BEACH GAZEBO STAGE 6:30—8:30 - TUESDAY, JUNE 27th

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21st & JUNE 28th

THURSDAY, JUNE 22nd FIREWORKS AT 9:00 PM THE CUT Music from 6:30-9:30 Carolina Beach Boardwalk SATURDAY, JUNE 24th—8 am—1 pm CAROLINA BEACH LAKE

SUNDAY, JUNE 25th MOVIES AT CAROLINA BEACH LAKE PARK 8:45 PM

ARTISTRY IN JAZZ FREE CONCERT FRIDAY, JUNE 23rd 7:00—9:00 PM CAROLINA BEACH BOARDWALK

STORY TIME BY THE SEA

STORIES CRAFTS & GAMES TUESDAY, JUNE 27th 10:00—11:30 AM KURE BEACH OCEANFRONT PARK

FRIDAY, JUNE 23rd 6:30—8:30 pm

910.458.8434 WWW.PLEASUREISLANDNC.ORG

SNAKE MALONE & THE BLACK CAT BONE Ft. Fisher Air Force Recreation Area

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Ballyhoo w/Jordan miller formally of the Movement Kaylin Stereotype Almost Kings w/ Jarad Sales Villa*Nova Cowboy Mouth Jim Quick and the Coastline Band Falcon Heart Zion Morning Fatty Seneca Guns Lone Star Blues Band Band on Fire

JUL 29 AUG 5 AUG 12 AUG 19 AUG 26 SEP 2 SEP 9 SEP 16 SEP 23 SEP 30 OCT 7 OCT 14 OCT 21 OCT 28

Justin Cody Fox Wax Imperials Mike Carrado Band Fossil Rockers Trifecta The Possums Mac and Juice Quartet Broadcast 90 (90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Covers) Dung Beatles featuring Tom and Mike Gossin from Gloriana Flannel Rebellion Villa*Nova/Almost Kings Signal Fire Machine Gun Port City Shakedown

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SOUTHEASTERN NC’S PREMIER DINING GUIDE

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RISE BISCUITS DONUTS

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BLUEWATER WATERFRONT GRILL Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie. Dine inside or at their award-winning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sunday April - October. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC. (910) 256-8500.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Waterfront dining ■ MUSIC: Music every Sunday in Summer ■ WEBSITE: www.bluewaterdining.com BLUE SURF CAFÉ Sophisticated Food…Casual Style. We offer a menu that has a heavy California surf culture influence while still retaining our Carolina roots. We provide a delicate balance of flavors and freshness in a comfortable and inviting setting.

We offer a unique breakfast menu until noon daily, including specialty waffles, skillet hashes and unique breakfast

• www.risebiscuitsdonuts.com sandwiches. Our lunch menu is packed with a wide variety of options, from house roasted pulled pork, to our mahi sandwich and customer favorite, meatloaf sandwich. Our dinner features a special each night along with our favorite house entrees: Braised Beef Brisket, Mojo Pork and Mahi.

All of our entrees are as delicious as they are inventive.

We also have a full beer and wine list. Come try the “hidden gem” of Wilmington today. 250 Racine Drive Ste. 1, Wilmington 910-523-5362.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER: Monday to Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Breakfast served until noon each day!

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily Specials, Gluten Free Menu, Gourmet Hot Chocolates, Outdoor Patio, New Artist event first Friday of every month and Kids Menu.

■ WEBSITE: www.bluesurfcafe.com CAM CAFÉ CAM Café, located within the CAM delivers delightful surprises using fresh, local ingredients. The café serves lunch with seasonal options Tuesday thru Saturday, inspired “small plates” on Wednesday nights, an elegant yet approachable dinner on Thursday and brunch every Sunday.

Look for a combination of fresh, regular menu items along with daily specials. As part of dining in an inspiring setting, the galleries are open during CAM Café hours which makes it the perfect destination to enjoy art of the plate along with the art of the museum. 3201 S 17th St. (910)

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■ SERVING LUNCH, BRUNCH & DINNER: Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-2pm; Thursday evening, 5pm-9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.camcafe.org THE DISTRICT KITCHEN & COCKTAILS A new addition to the Brooklyn Arts and downtown area, The District Kitchen & Cocktails is serving fresh, seasonal menus in a polished casual atmosphere. We feature locally sourced ingredients when available. For lunch, we offer delicious burgers and sandwiches, while dinner features steaks, chops and seafood all handcrafted by executive chef Luke Poulos. Within blocks of CFCC and the Riverwalk, The District welcomes diners to enjoy inspired wines, craft cocktails and NC draught beers at their renovated bar and restaurant, located at 1001 N. 4th St. 910-(910) 769-6565 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.-Thurs.11am-9pm, Fri.-Sat., 11am-10pm. Lunch menu served ‘til 4pm.

■ SERVING BRUNCH: Sunday 11am-3pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Brooklyn Arts District ■ WEBSITE: www.districtnc.com ELIJAH’S Since 1984, Elijah’s has been Wilmington, NC’s outdoor dining destination. We feature expansive indoor and outdoor waterfront dining, with panoramic views of riverfront sunsets. As a Casual American Grill and Oyster Bar, Elijah’s

offers everything from fresh local seafood and shellfish to pastas, sandwiches, and Certified Angus Beef selections.

We offer half-priced oysters from 4-6 every Wednesday & live music with our Sunday Brunch from 11-3. Whether you are just looking for a great meal & incredible scenery, or a large event space for hundreds of people, Elijah’s is the place to be.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11:30-10:00; Friday and Saturday 11:30-11:00 ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington Kids menu available THE FELIX CAFE The Felix Cafe is a restaurant experience like no other in Wilmington, N.C. Our eatery is a unique and relaxing gem situated near the port, and at the edge of Sunset Park on Burnett Blvd. We believe fine dining doesn’t have to come with all the fuss. From our homemade soups to the locally sourced produce, we let the ingredients speak for themselves in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Folks will enjoy the outdoor seating, our vibrant staff, the colorful interior, and our cabana style tiki bar. You will come here as a customer and leave as a friend. 2140 Burnett Blvd. (910) 399-1213.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun.-Wed..: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Sunset Park, Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Daily specials, full bar,freejazz and wine tastings on Thursdays ■ WEBSITE: www.thefelixcafewilmington.com; facebook.

com/thefelixcafewilmington 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 it’s going to be packed. Dinner too! Henry’s Pine Room is ideal for private functions up to 30 people. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. (910) 793.2929.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.henrysrestaurant.com

midnight}; Brunch ALL DAY Sunday 9:57am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.hopssupplycompany.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

JOHNNYLUKES KITCHENBAR Good eats, good drinks, and great times is what JohnnyLukes KitchenBar is all about. JohnnyLukes KitchenBar serves Wilmington, NC a variety of 19 rotating craft beers on tap, a hand selected eclectic American wine list, fun cocktails, and of course, exceptional food. Our two-story layout brings the best of both worlds under one roof.

Downstairs at JohnnyLukes KitchenBar pair your beer or wine with our Parmesan Crusted Pork Chop, Chicken Pot Pie, Ribeye, or one of our many main entrees and sharable plates. Or, join us upstairs at JL’s Loft and pair a beer with one of our multiple burgers, JL’s roast beef sandwich, meatball sandwich, or one of our many appetizers (we recommend both!). So next time you are looking for a new and exciting restaurant in Wilmington, NC where you can experience both great craft beer and amazing food, be sure to head over to JohnnyLukes KitchenBar and JL’s Loft!

5500 Market Street, Suite 130. (910)-769-1798 ■ OPEN: JohnnyLukes KitchenBar: Mon to Sun: 11:30am to 10pm; JL’s Loft: Mon to Sun: 11:30am to 2am ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.johnnylukeskb.com

HOPS SUPPLY CO. The combination of chef-inspired food and our craft bar makes Hops Supply Co. a comfortable and inviting gastropub that attracts guests of all types – especially a local crowd who can feel right at home whether ordering a classic favorite or trying a new culinary delight! At HopsCo, we are dedicated to the craft of excellent cuisine and delivering hops in its most perfect form, exemplified by our selection of craft beers. As hops are the heart of flavor for beer, our local seasonal ingredients are the soul of our culinary inspired American fare. 5400 Oleander Dr. (910) 833-8867.

■ OPEN: Mon-Thurs 10:57 am - 10 pm; Fri-Sat 10:57 am - 11 pm {Serving Brunch 10:57am – 3pm & bar open until

THE LITTLE DIPPER Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street. (910) 251-0433.

■ SERVING DINNER: 5pm Tue-Sun; Seasonal hours are open 7 days a week, Memorial Day through October

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Tasting menu every Tues. with small plates from $1-$4; Ladies Night every Wed; $27 4-course prix fixe menu on Thurs.; “Date night menu,” $65/couple with beer and wine tasting every Fri. and half price bottles of wine on Sun. ■ MUSIC: Mondays and Memorial Day-October, 7-9pm ■ WEBSITE: www.littledipperfondue.com PINE VALLEY MARKET Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s BestOf awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch in-house, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market. Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood. Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Fri.10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun. ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: South Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Daily specials and take-home frozen meals ■ WEBSITE: www.pinevalleymarket.com RISE Serving up the best dang biscuits and donuts in Wilmington, Rise is not any typical breakfast spot. Our donut menu includes an assortment of ‘old school, new school, and our school’ flavors; and our buttery, flaky biscuits filled with country ham, bacon, sausage, fried chicken, and fried

eggplant “bacon” are crave-worthy. Lunch is on the Rise with our new chicken sandwiches on potato rolls and fresh salads. 1319 Military Cutoff Rd. (910) 239-9566 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.- Sun. 7 a.m. – 2 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ WEBSITE: http://risebiscuitsdonuts.com THE TROLLY STOP Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a five-store franchise in Southeastern North Carolina. Since 1976 they have specialized in storemade chili, slaw and various sauces. As of more recently, select locations (Fountain Dr. and Southport) have started selling genuine burgers and cheese steaks (Beef & Chicken). Our types of hotdogs include beef & Pork (Trolly Dog), all-beef, pork smoked sausage (Carolina Packer), Fat Free (Turkey) & Veggie. Recognized as having the Best Hot Dog in the Best of Wilmington Awards in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Call Individual Stores for hours of operation or check out our website at www.trollystophotdogs.com. Catering available, now a large portion of our business. All prices include tax. Call Rick at 297-8416 for catering and franchise information.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ LOCATIONS: Wilmington, Fountain Dr. (910) 452-3952 Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-3921 Southport (910) 457-7017 Boone, NC (828) 265-2658 Chapel Hill, NC (919) 240-4206 ■ WEBSITE: www.trollystophotdogs.com

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GENKI SUSHI Welcome to Genki Sushi, an inviting and unique dining experience in the heart of Wilmington. We serve the freshest, most authentic sushi and traditional Japanese favorites. In the mood for sushi and authentic Japanese food? Look no further then Genki Sushi. From fresh nigiri to custom rolls,

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everything is homemade, including all of our sauces. We look forward to meeting each and every one of you and can’t wait for you to try our delicious Japanese cuisine. You can make a reservation through OpenTable (you must have a reservation for Friday and Saturday nights), or just walk in during our open hours Sunday through Thursday. At Genki, everyone is welcome! 4724 New Centre Dr. #5, Wilmington. (910) 796-8687.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Closed Monday, Tues-Sat 11:30a.m. - 2:00p.m. 5:00p.m.

- 9:30, Sunday 5p.m. - 9p.m.

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tues.- Fri. 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.; Sat. 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. for lunch. Mon.- Sun. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. for dinner.

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

NIKKI’S FRESH GOURMET For more than a decade, Nikki’s downtown has served diners the best in sushi. With freshly crafted ingredients making up their rolls, sushi and sashimi, a taste of innovation comes with every order. Daily they offer specialty rolls specific to the Front Street location, such as the My Yoshi, K-Town and Crunchy Eel rolls. But for less adventurous diners looking for options beyond sushi, Nikki’s serves an array of sandwiches, wraps and gyros, too. They also make it a point to host all dietary needs, omnivores, carnivores and herbivores alike. They have burgers and cheesesteaks, as well as falafal pitas and veggie wraps, as well as an extensive Japanese fare menu, such as bento boxes and tempura platters. Daily dessert and drink special are also on order. Check out their website and Facebook for more information. 16 S. Front St. (910) 771-9151.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Thurs., 11am10pm; Fri.-Sat., 11am-11pm; Sun., 12pm-10pm. Last call on food 15 minutes before closing.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.nikkissushibar.com/ OKAMI JAPANESE HIBACHI STEAK HOUSE We have reinvented “Hibachi Cuisine”. Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse in Wilmington, NC is like no other.

Our highly skilled chefs will not only cook an incredible dinner, but they will entertain you on the way. Our portions are large, our drinks are less expensive, and our staff is loads of fun. At Okami Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse, we are committed to using quality ingredients and seasoning with guaranteed freshness. Our goal is to utilize all resources, domestically and internationally, to ensure that we serve only the finest food products. We believe that good healthy food aids the vital functions for well-being, both physically and mentally. Our menu consists of a wide range of Steak, Seafood, and Chicken for the specially designed “Teppan Grill,” to the taste bud tingling Japanese Sushi, Hand Rolls, Sashimi, Tem-

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pura dishes and Japanese Noodle entrees. This offers our guests a complete Japanese dining experience. Check out our all you can eat sushi menu and daily specials at www.okamisteakhouse.com!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday - Thursday 11am - 2:30pm / 4pm - 10pm; Friday 11am - 2:30pm / 4pm 11pm; Saturday 11am - 11pm; Sunday 11am - 9:30pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ WEBSITE: www.okamisteakhouse.com SZECHUAN 132 Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination! Szechuan 132 has earned the reputation as one of the finest contemporary Chinese restaurants in the Port City. Tastefully decorated with an elegant atmosphere, with an exceptional ingenious menu has deemed Szechuan 132 the best Chinese restaurant for years, hands down.

419 South College Road (in University Landing), (910) 799-1426.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Lunch Specials ■ WEBSITE: www.szechuan132.com YOSAKE DOWNTOWN SUSHI LOUNGE Lively atmosphere in a modern setting, Yosake is the delicious Downtown spot for date night, socializing with friends, or any large dinner party. Home to the never-disappointing Shanghai Firecracker Shrimp! In addition to sushi, we offer a full Pan Asian menu including curries, noodle dishes, and the ever-popular Crispy Salmon or mouth-watering Kobe Burger. Inspired features change weekly showcasing our commitment to local farms. Full bar including a comprehensive sake list, signature cocktails, and Asian Import Bottles.

33 S. Front St., 2nd Floor (910) 763-3172.

■ SERVING DINNER: 7 nights a week @ 5PM; Sun-Wed until 10pm, Thurs until 11pm, Fri & Sat until Midnight.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: 1/2 Price Sushi/Appetizer Menu nightly from 5-7, until 8 on Mondays, and also 10-Midnight on Fri/Sat. Tuesday LOCALS NIGHT - 20% Dinner Entrees.

Wednesday 80S NIGHT - 80s music and menu prices.

Sundays are the best deal downtown - Specialty Sushi and Entrees are Buy One, Get One $10 Off and 1/2 price Wine Bottles. Nightly Drink Specials. Gluten-Free Menu upon request. Complimentary Birthday Dessert.

■ WEBSITE: www.yosake.com. @yosakeilm on Twitter & Instagram. Like us on Facebook.

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Live music every Thursday night on the dock, 1/2 priced oysters every Wednesday from 4-6pm and Sunday Brunch with live music from 11:30am-3pm every Sunday in our main dining room.

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BEACH BAGELS Beach Bagels is “the” favorite spot for breakfast and lunch in Wilmington. Get a taste of a New York-style bagel by the beach. We make our bagels the traditional way: kettleboiled then baked and always made with love. Enjoy something simple like a traditional BLT, or spice it up and try our AnnieWB: turkey breast, bacon, Swiss, lettuce, tomato, mayo, onions, and jalapeños. Not in the mood for a bagel?

Don’t worry, we have ciabatta bread, croissants, kaiser rolls, biscuits, and wraps. Whatever you’re looking for, we have you covered. Don’t forget to make your lunch sandwich a combo for only $1.50,. and get a small drink, potato salad or chips and a pickle spear. Come see us at 5906 Oleander Drive or 7220 Wrightsville Avenue—right before the drawbridge on the way to beautiful Wrightsville Beach.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown & Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Homemade bagels, biscuits, croissants, sandwiches, and more!

■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/Beach-Bagels-301865953202309/

BREWPUB BILL’S FRONT PORCH

Welcome to Bill’s Front Porch Brewery & Restaurant, where you’ll find fine handcrafted beers, creative yet informal cuisine, and friendly, attentive service in a casual, upscale atmosphere. We’re passionate about producing distinctive, full-flavored handcrafted beers, accompanied by fresh–from–scratch New American cuisine in a comfortable, casual atmosphere. Our goal has always been to provide food and beer that is inspired, consistently crafted and presented by a knowledgeable and courteous service staff.

Our commitment to support the communities in which we do business goes to the heart of what differentiates Bill’s Front Porch from other restaurants. But it is because of you, our guests, that we have been able to make this all happen. 4238 Market St. 4-10 Mon-Wed; 4-11 Thurs; 1111 Fri-Sat; 12-10 Sun. 910-762-6333 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown/Market St. ■ FEATURING: Homemade craft beer, bar food and entrees.

■ WEBSITE: www.billsfrontporch.com

DINNER THEATRE THEATRENOW TheatreNOW is a performing arts complex that features weekend dinner theater, an award-winning weekly kids variety show, monthly Sunday Jazz Brunches, movie, comedy and live music events. Award-winning chef, Denise Gordon, and a fabulous service staff pair scrumptious multicourse themed meals and cocktails with our dinner shows in a theatre-themed venue. Dinner theater at its best!

Reservations highly suggested. 19 S. 10th Street (910) 399.3NOW (3669). Hours vary.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Dinner shows, jazz brunches, and more ■ WEBSITE: www.theatrewilmington.com

IRISH THE HARP Experience the finest traditional Irish family recipes and popular favorites served in a casual yet elegant traditional pub atmosphere. The Harp, 1423 S. 3rd St., proudly uses the freshest ingredients, locally sourced whenever possible, to bring you and yours the most delicious Irish fare!

We have a fully stocked bar featuring favorite Irish beers and whiskies. We are open every day for both American and Irish breakfast, served to noon weekdays and 2 p.m. weekends. Regular menu to 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. weekends. Join us for trivia at 8:30 on Thursdays and live music on Fridays – call ahead for schedule (910) 7631607. Located just beside Greenfield Lake and Park at the south end of downtown Wilmington, The Harp is a lovely Irish pub committed to bringing traditional Irish flavor, tradition and hospitality to the Cape Fear area.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Greenfield Lake/Downtown South ■ FEATURING: Homemade soups, desserts and breads, free open wifi, new enlarged patio area, and big screen TVs at the bar featuring major soccer matches worldwide.

■ WEBSITE: www.harpwilmington.com

ITALIAN

ANTONIO’S Serving fresh, homemade Italian fare in midtown and south Wilmington, Antonio’s Pizza and Pasta is a family-owned restaurant which serves New York style pizza and pasta.

From daily specials during lunch and dinner to a friendly waitstaff ensuring a top-notch experience, whether dining in, taking out or getting delivery, to generous portions, the Antonio’s experience is an unforgettable one. Serving subs, salads, pizza by the slice or pie, pasta, and more, dine-in, take-out and delivery! 3501 Oleander Dr., #2, and 5120 S. College Rd. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m. - 9

p.m. and Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. (Sun., open at 11:30 a.m.)

■ NEIGHBORHOOD DELIVERY OFFERED: Monkey Junction and near Independence Mall ■ WEBSITE: www.antoniospizzaandpasta.com FAT TONY’S ITALIAN PUB Fat Tony’s has the right combination of Italian and American influences to mold it into a unique family-friendly restaurant with a “gastropub” feel. Boasting such menu items as Veal Saltimbocca, Eggplant Parmigiana, USDA Prime Sirloin, and award-winning NY style hand-tossed pizzas, Fat Tony’s is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Their appetizers range from Blue Crab Dip to Grilled Pizzas to Lollipop Lamb Chops.

Proudly supporting the craft beer movement, they have an ever-changing selection of microbrews included in their 27tap lineup – 12 of which are from NC. They have a wide selection of bottled beers, a revamped wine list, and an arsenal of expertly mixed cocktails that are sure to wet any whistle. Fat Tony’s offers lunch specials until 3pm Monday through Friday and a 10% discount to students and faculty at CFCC. They have two pet-friendly patios – one looking out onto Front Street and one with a beautiful view of the Cape Fear River. With friendly, excellent service and a fun, inviting atmosphere, expect to have your expectations exceeded at Fat Tony’s. Find The Flavor…..Craft Beer, Craft Pizza!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Monday-Thursday 11 am-10 pm; Fri.-Sat., 11 am-Midnight; Sun., noon-10 pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.fatpub.com ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials until 3pm and late night menu from 11pm until closing.

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 highestquality 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 125 Market Street, (910) 251-9444, in Wrightsville Beach at 1437 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 101, (910) 256-2229 and in Pine Valley on the corner of 17th and College Road, (910) 799-1399.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11:30 a.m.-3 a.m., 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, Downtown and Wilmington South.

■ FEATURING: Largest tequila selection in town!

■ WEBSITE: www.grabslice.com

LATIN AMERICAN

SAN JUAN CAFÉ Offering the most authentic, gourmet Latin American cuisine in Wilmington. With dishes from countries such as Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Cuba you’ll be able to savor a variety of flavors from all over Latin America. Located at 3314 Wrightsville Avenue. 910.790.8661 Follow us on Facebook/Twitter for live music updates!

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

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

MEXICAN

EL CERRO GRANDE In January, El Cerro Grande will celebrate 25 years serving authentic, delicious Mexican cuisine to the greater Wilmington area. With an ever-evolving menu, they have introduced eight new exclusive soft tacos as part of Taco Fiesta! They churn out mouth-watering enchiladas, fajitas,

quesadillas, chef specialties, and more, in a colorfully inviting dining room marked by a friendly staff and attention to detail. Check out El Cerro’s daily drink and food specials at their three different locations, including $3.50 margaritas on Tuesdays off Military Road, on Wednesdays at 341 S. College Road, and on Thursdays at 5120 S. College Road. Mondays feature fajita dinners for 10.99 at all locations, and they even have karaoke every Wednesday at 341 S. College Rd, starting at 6 p.m. Serving lunch and dinner daily.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon.-Fri., open at 11 a.m.; Sat-Sun., open at 11:30 a.m.

■ LOCATIONS: 341 S. College Rd., 910-793-0035; 5120 S. College Rd., 910-790-8727; 1051 Military Cutoff Rd., 910-679-4209 ■ WEBSITE: www.elcerrogranderestaurant.com

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LA COSTA MEXICAN RESTAURANT With three locations to serve Wilmingtonians, La Costa is open daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m with lunch specials. Their full dinner menu (from 3 p.m. on) offers the best in Mexican cuisine across the city. From top-sellers, like fajitas, quesadillas and burritos, to chef’s specialty items, like molcajete or borrego, a taste of familiar and exotic can be enjoyed.

All of La Costa’s pico de gallo, guacamole, salsas, chilechipotle, enchilada and burrito sauces are made in house daily. Add to it a 16-ounce margarita, which is only $4.95 on Mondays and Tuesdays at all locations, and every meal is complete.

Serving the Port City since1996, folks can dine indoors at the Oleander and both Market Street locations, or dine alfresco at both Market Street locations. 3617 Market St.; 8024 Unit 1 Market St.; 5622 Oleander Dr. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs until 11 a.m. 10 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. until 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown and Ogden ■ WEBSITE: lacostamexicanrestauranwilmington.com

ORGANIC

LOVEY’S NATURAL FOODS & CAFÉ Lovey’s Natural Foods & Café 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, organic salads and hot selections—can be eaten in the newly expanded Lovey’s Cafe’ or boxed for take-out. The Juice Bar offers a wide variety of delicious juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables. Specializing in bulk sales of grains, flours, beans and spices at affordable prices. Lovey’s has a great selection of local produce and receives several weekly deliveries to ensure freshness. Lovey’s also carries organic grass-fed and free-range meats and poultry. wheat-free and gluten-free products are in stock regularly, as are vegan and vegetarian groceries. Lovey’s also carries Wholesome Pet Foods. Stop by Lovey’s Market Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 am to 6 p.m.. Located at 1319 Military Cutoff Rd in the Landfall Shopping Center; (910) 509-0331.

“You’ll Love it at Lovey’s!”

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington in the Landfall Shopping Center ■ FEATURING: Organic Salad Bar/Hot Bar, Bakery with fresh, organic pies and cakes.

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com

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SEAFOOD AND DINER New to the NOMA corridor, Buster’s Calabash Seafood and Diner features a large menu of seafood that will sate all fishy palates. From fresh catfish and flounder to shrimp, and scallops, oysters and crab cakes, it’s all found in one spot. They also offer sandwiches, fajitas, and wraps, so there is something for everyone. Their daily blue-plate specials help keep the belly full and the wallet light, while their daily breakfast buffet and special Sunday brunch buffet (6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.) keeps the early and midday risers just as full. 6309 Market St, North Wilmington. 910-769-2018 ■ SERVING BREAKFAST LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week, Mon-Sat, 6:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Reservations available.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Calabash-style seafood and more!

CAPE FEAR SEAFOOD COMPANY Founded in 2008 by Evans and Nikki Trawick, Cape Fear Seafood Company has become a local hotspot for the freshest, tastiest seafood in the area. With its growing popularity, the restaurant has expanded from its flagship eatery in Monkey Junction to a second location in Porter’s Neck, and coming soon in 2017, their third location in Waterford in Leland. “We are a dedicated group of individuals working together as a team to serve spectacular food, wine and spirits in a relaxed and casual setting,” restaurateur Evans Trawick says. “At CFSC every dish is prepared with attention to detail, quality ingredients and excellent flavors.

Our staff strives to accommodate guests with a sense of urgency and an abundance of southern hospitality.” Cape Fear Seafood Company has been recognized by encore magazine for best seafood in 2015, as well as by Wilmington Magazine in 2015 and 2016, and Star News from 2013 through 2016. Monkey Junction: 5226 S. College Road Suite 5, 910-799-7077. Porter’s Neck: 140 Hays Lane #140, 910-681-1140. Waterford: 143 Poole Rd., Leland, NC 28451 ■ SERVING LUNCH AND DINNER: 11:30am-4pm daily; Mon.-Thurs.., 4pm-9pm; Fri.-Sat., 4pm-10pm; Sun., 4pm-

8:30pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, north Wilmington and Leland ■ WESBITE: www.capefearseafoodcompany.com CATCH Serving the Best Seafood in South Eastern North Carolina. Wilmington’s Native Son, 2011 James Beard Award Nominee, 2013 Best of Wilmington “Best Chef” winner, 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 to name a few. Larger Plates include, Charleston Crab Cakes, Flounder Escovitch & Miso Salmon. Custom Entree request gladly accommodated for our Guest. (Vegetarian, Vegan & Allergies) Hand-crafted seasonal desserts.

Full ABC Permits. 6623 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28405, 910-799-3847.

■ SERVING DINNER: Mon.-Sat. 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Acclaimed Wine List ■ WEBSITE: www.catchwilmington.com 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

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Dinner Daily: Tuesday - Saturday starting at 5pm Sunday Brunch: 10am-2pm featuring DIY Mimosa = 1 bottle of sparkling wine and a mason jar of hand squeezed OJ

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & SUNDAY BRUNCH: Mon – Sat 11am – 11pm, Sunday 10am – 10pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach ■ FEATURING: Dine on renovated Crystal Pier.

■ WEBSITE: www.OceanicRestaurant.com

chicken, barbecue, catfish, mac‘n’cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, chicken‘n’dumplings, biscuits and homemade banana puddin’ are among a few of many other delectable items. 5559 Oleander Drive. (910) 798-2913.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.caseysbuffet.com RX RESTAURANT & BAR Located in downtown Wilmington, Rx Restaurant and Bar is here to feed your soul, serving up Southern cuisine made with ingredients from local farmers and fishermen. The Rx chef is committed to bringing fresh food to your table, so the menu changes daily based on what he finds locally. Rx drinks are as unique as the food—and just what the doctor ordered. Join us for a dining experience you will never forget! 421 Castle St.; 910 399-3080.

■ SERVING BRUNCH & DINNER: Tues-Thurs, 5-10pm; Fri-Sat, 5-10:30pm; Sun., 10am-3pm and 5-9pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ WEBSITE: www.rxwilmington.com

THE PILOT HOUSE The Pilot House Restaurant is Wilmington’s premier seafood and steak house with a touch of the South. We specialize in local seafood and produce. Featuring the only Downtown bar that faces the river and opening our doors in 1978, The Pilot House is the oldest restaurant in the Downtown area. We offer stunning riverfront views in a newly-renovated relaxed, casual setting inside or on one of our two outdoor decks. Join us for $5.00 select appetizers 7 days a week and live music every Friday and Saturday nigh on our umbrella deck. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. 910-343-0200 2 Ann Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm and Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm. Kids menu ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Riverfront Downtown Wilmington ■ FEATURING: Fresh local seafood specialties, Riverfront Dining, free on-site parking ■ MUSIC: Outside Every Friday and Saturday ■ WEBSITE: www.pilothouserest.com

PEMBROKE’S A seasonally inspired and locally sourced Southern cuisine dining experience, Pembroke’s was created by the owners of downtown’s Rx Restaurant. Pembroke’s focuses on the same values and excellent service as its sister restaurant, purveying local companies for the best in seafood, proteins and produce. They work with local fisherman and farmers to ensure your meal will be freshly grown and hand chosen. A new dinner menu is churned out daily to ensure the chefs are working with the freshest ingredients. Plus, the bartenders are creating new drink menus daily as to never bore your taste buds. 1125 A Military Cutoff Rd. 910-2399153.

■ SERVING BRUNCH & DINNER: Open for dinner TuesSun, 5pm-close, with live music Fri-Sat nights. Sunday brunch, 10am-3pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: North Wilmington ■ WEBSITE: www.pembrokescuisine.com

SHUCKIN’ SHACK Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar has two locations in the Port City area. The original Shack is located in Carolina Beach at 6A N. Lake Park Blvd. (910-458-7380) and our second location is at 109 Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington (910-833-8622). The Shack is the place you want to be to catch your favorite sports team on 7 TV’s carrying all major sports packages. A variety of fresh seafood is available daily including oysters, shrimp, clams, mussels, and crab legs. Shuckin’ Shack has expanded its menu now offering fish tacos, crab cake sliders, fried oyster poboys, fresh salads, and more. Come in and check out the Shack’s daily lunch, dinner, and drink specials. It’s a Good Shuckin’ Time!

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Carolina Beach Hours: Mon-Sat: 11am-2am; Sun: Noon-2am, Historic Wilmington: Sun-Thurs: 11am-10pm; Fri-Sat: 11am-Midnight ■ NEIGHBORHOODS: Carolina Beach and Downtown ■ FEATURING: Daily lunch specials. Like us on Facebook!

■ WEBSITE: www.TheShuckinShack.com

CAROLINA ALE HOUSE Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for award-winning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNC W, this lively sports-themed restaurant.

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

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11am2am daily.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.CarolinaAleHouse.com

SOUTHERN

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

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JAX 5TH AVE. DELI & ALE HOUSE Locally owned and operated, Jax offers a laid-back atmosphere, welcoming foodies, sports fans, and craft beer enthusiasts alike. We provide a full eclectic menu of quality Boar’s Head sliced meat and cheeses, and feature unique items like our smoked salmon deviled egg, a legendary Italian sandwich, and famous pita pizzas that bake up lite and crispy. 20 HDTVs feature premium sports packaging for all the games! Supporting local craft breweries with 24 drafts and over 100 different bottles and cans, enjoy it all inside the shiny silver building or outside on the dog-friendly patio at 5046 New Centre Dr. Carry out: 910-859-7374.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: Full menu until 2am daily.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, near UNCW ■ FEATURING: Daily food and drink specials.

■ WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/ JaxFifthAveDeliAleHouse

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GRUB & GUZZLE>>FEATURE

BEARD BURGERS:

foodtastic events ROSE’ & GOSE

The competition is on to find a healthier, more sustainable burger

Saterday, June 24, 5 p.m.

BY: ALLISON BALLARD

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he Blended Burger Project from the James Beard Foundation has lofty goals for one of our favorite meaty meals: Make it healthier and more sustainable. For chefs it provides an opportunity to get creative. Bud Taylor at The Bistro at Topsail, for example, has fashioned a burger with local ground beef and confit mushrooms. He’s added an innovative topping knowns as shitake “bacon,” made via a process he’s unwilling to share. As well, Wrightsville Beach Brewery’s David Owens offers a unique quinoabased blend for special sliders.

The two local restaurants are among more than 300 participants across the country who are vying for top spots in online polling. In North Carolina, there are 12 restaurants offering a burger for votes this year. The burgers are available until July 31, which is when the contest ends. Foodies who cast an online ballot will be entered to win a trip for two to the 2018 Blended Burger event at the James Beard House.

It is the third year the James Beard Foundation will host the contest. Each chef agrees the project offers a chance to try something new and see how locals respond to the burgers. The results could offer real-world rewards, too. The top five chefs win a trip to the James Beard House in New York City, where they showcase their skills at a special event next year. (Beard, by the way, was one of the early champions of American cuisine, and a number of cookbooks and food awards bear his name.) The Greenwich Village site acts as a space for visiting chefs to perform their craft.

Just this month, they are hosting events with chefs from Miami, FL, and Charleston, SC, to Philadelphia, PA, and Chicago, IL. Last December PinPoint Restaurant in downtown Wilmington participated in a NC Christmas with others on the docket. On June 12 Raleigh’s Ashley Christensen of Poole’s Diner was joined by fellow Best Chef: Southeast award-winner Tandy Wilson for a multi-course dinner. Being able to cook at the Beard House is an honor for any chef, and both Taylor and Owens have their eyes on the prize.

Taylor dubbed his burger “The Goom-

GOOMBA BURGER: The Bistro at Topsail and Wrightsville Beach Brewery have put their hats into James Beard’s national Blended Burger Project competition. Courtesy photo from The Bistro at Topsail.

ba,” after the mushroom character in the Super Mario Bros. universe. It’s made with Mills Family Farm beef, blended with slow-cooked oyster and portobello mushrooms, served on a house-made bun and topped with Havarti cheese, shitake “bacon,” lemongrass aioli, heirloom tomato, and baby arugula.

“Yeah, it’s great,” Taylor confirms.

“Won’t tell ya how we make it.”

Owens’ “Blended Burger” slider is a result of the vegan/vegetarian compromises he often makes in his home kitchen.

It’s got a veggie base of quinoa, red potato and mushroom, but with a brawny bit of ground beef and lamb. It’s topped with a cashew cheese and specially-made condiments—a tomato jam and goldenraisin mustard to amp up the umpf in place of traditional red-and-yellow stuff.

Mushrooms in the mix make ground beef more environmentally friendly, while adding a plant-based component that’s still meaty and toothsome. The addition of 25-percent mushrooms contributes vitamins while reducing fat and calories. A DIY video on the James Beard website suggests sautéing a half-pound of finely chopped (or food-processed) mushrooms to a pound of ground beef for burgers. The idea was first conceived by the Culinary Institute of America’s

Healthy Menus R&D Collaborative in conjunction with Mushroom Council (of course).

To try the The Goomba, folks can sail down to The Bistro at Topsail (602 Roland Ave.) in Surf City for dinner Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Aside from their burger, it’s a fine-dining farm-to-table restaurant with awards for its seasonal menu and extensive wine list.

Wrightsville Beach Brewery (24 Greenville Ave.) opened earlier in the year with an eclectic menu, featuring everything from entrees to innovative pizzas. Diners can try their Blended Burger from 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. seven days a week.

Readers can visit jamesbeard.org/ blendedburgerproject/vote for more info.

DETAILS:

James Beard Blended Burger Project

Local participants: The Bistro at Topsail 602 Rosland Ave. Wrightsville Beach Brewery 24 Greenvile Ave. More details and voting at jamesbeard.org/blendedburgerproject/vote

To celebrate Rose’ & Gose, Fermental welcomes wine and beer lovers for an early evening dedicated to these historic and refreshing libations.

Featuring a variety of Rose’s available for sipping and sampling commingled with a hefty dose of Gose on draught throughout the evening, including limited releases and everyday favorites showcased alongside live bluegrass music from The Conservation Theory and fresh food options from Steviemack’s International Food Company.

A delicate dive into seasonal splendor, Steviemack’s IFC food truck will arrive at 5 p.m. and live music by Conservation Theory starts at 7 p.m.

Call 910-821-0362 for details.

LITERACY LUNCHEON

Wednesday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.

Pine Valley United Methodist Church • 3788 Shipyard Blvd.

Price: Donations requested www.cfliteracy.org

The eigth Annual Literacy Luncheon celebrates Cape Fear Literacy Council’s vision to open doors and change lives through adult education. Enjoy a tasty lunch, a performance by CFLC’s Readers’ Theater, and a humorous and educational presentation of “Our Slippery Mother Tongue: A Light History of English” by keynote speaker Dr. Elliot Engel.

Help CFLC meet their Challenge Grant with Live Oak Bank mathcing match every sponsorship and donation up to $25,000!

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EXTRA>>BOOKS

CARPE LIBRUM: ‘The Clansman’ suffers from blasé writing

BY: GWENYFAR ROHLER

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ilmington’s literary community keeps gaining accolades (two National Book Awards nominees in 2015) and attention in the press. With multiple established publishers in the state (Algonquin, John F. Blair) and new smaller presses gaining traction (Eno, Bull City), it is timely to shine a light on discussions around literature, publishing and the importance of communicating a truthful story in our present world.

Welcome to Carpe Librum, encore’s biweekly book column, wherein I will dissect a current title with an old book—because literature does not exist in a vacuum but emerges to participate in a larger, cultural conversation. I will feature many NC writers; however, the hope is to place the discussion in a larger context and therefore examine works around the world.

The Clansman Thomas F. Dixon Jr., 1905 Two years ago I realized there were a lot of films I thought I had seen—because I had seen so many clips from them throughout my lifetime. Similarly, there are books I think I have read—because their stories are so well-known in literary and popular culture.

I set off on a tear of watching films I felt like I knew. At the top of the list were the complete works of Leni Riefenstahl and “Birth of a Nation.” Though readers might not know Leni Riefenstahl’s name, they likely have seen her work. Most of the “B” roll of Nazi Germany, Nazi rallies and Hitler giving speeches is used in various documentaries comes from her work, specifically her two most well-known films: “Triumph of the Will” and “Olympiad.”

Riefenstahl has remained a source of confusion and fascination for me for much of my life. She wasn’t charged as a war criminal, but rather as a “fellow traveler”; however, she

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“Birth of a Nation” is a distressing movie, certainly, but it is also not as obvious and simple as I thought. Actually, for a storytelling vehicle, it is way ahead of its time. Still, each weekend I talk about the book and the author—and I haven’t read the book. Somehow it seems disingenuous, doesn’t it?

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never recanted or apologized for work with the Nazi party. “Triumph of the Will” is one of the most famous propaganda films ever made, and a recruiting tool, especially for Hitler youth, and it would be hard to match. I have seen so many clips from it and read so much about it, I really thought I had seen it. When I sat down to watch, I was started by how different the film taken in its entirety was from its short selections.

But I found myself haunted by another film I really thought I knew, yet realized I hadn’t entirely: “The Birth of a Nation”—the D.W. Griffith silent film. I talk about it every weekend on the Literary History Walking Tour in regard to “The Clansman” by Thomas F. Dixon—the book from which the film was made.

Published in 1905 by Thomas F. Dixon, a Baptist minister originally from Shelby, North Carolina, “The Clansman” is the second in a trilogy of historical romances about the Ku Klux Klan. It has been out of print for years, so finding copies of it is easier said than done, but there I was in 2016, trying to track down a novel best remembered for its overtones of hate rather than the quality of the work. I discovered it had been reissued as an academic book used in college classes in 2001—and it is mostly read from a scholarly standpoint. I acquired a used copy that has been heavily underlined and annotated for a college class.

I read an average of a book a day. Yet, it took me forever to get through “The Clansman.” To begin with the cover was embarrassing, and I didn’t want to been seen in public with it. Now, I walked around with copies of Holly Hughes’ “Clit Notes, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure” and “The Vagina Monologues” without a moment of compunction. But carrying a book with a Knight Rider on the cover in full robes, with the title “The Clansman” in bold, italic script, was more than I was prepared to face.

I was expecting something like “Gone With the Wind”: so romantic and compelling it sweeps up readers in the story completely that they have to stop periodically to remind themselves the depiction of the relationships between the white and African-American characters was so far from reality as to be painfully laughable. Nonetheless, it’s a charming fantasy.

And that’s what it is: a fantasy to visit and find escape a little from a modern world that lacks grace, charm and honor.

Both films, “The Birth of a Nation” and “Gone with the Wind,” are among the most successful and popular films ever released. The book “Gone with the Wind” is incredibly compelling and easy to understand how it won the Pulitzer.

Not so with “The Clansman.” I was prepared, if not for a romanticized view of the past, then an angry, vile call to arms. What I got instead was really quite blah. To begin with, Dixon has no idea how to write female characters—how women think or talk to each other. The book follows two families, the Camerons and the Stonemans, through the immediate aftermath of the Civil War and an inevitable “Romeo and Juliet”-like romance between two young persons from the families. We can tell Dixon understands the feelings of a young man in love, and the decision faced from a man looking to marry and start a family. As to how a young woman in a similar situation would react is clearly beyond him. He views Thaddeus Stevens as the greatest enemy the South could face—and is pretty upfront with his dislike for Stevens’ African-American housekeeper who also was his common-law wife.

But would this book move me to violence? I really can’t see it. As a highly simplified view of the wrongs done in the South by the victors following the Civil War, it is an interesting insight into the way human nature can filter events for its own ends. But as a piece of writing shrouded in awe with far-reaching impact, it was surprisingly disappointing.

But would I have known had I not gone to the source material? No. That is why original sources remain so important—especially in an age of cut and paste and repost.

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ANTIQUES AND TRADE MARKET

First Sat. of June, July, Aug., Sept. and Oct., 10am-4pm. Outdoor: $15, every 10x10. Indoor: $20. every 10x10. Make RSVP today.

Food vendors welcome. American Legion Post 167, 16660 Hwy US 17, Hampstead.

Download: ncalpost167.org.

ARTISAN MARKET

Historic Downtown Marketplace (Marketplace) each Sunday, 10am-3:30pm through Oct. in Riverfront Park. Local artists bring an amazing shopping experience to downtown Wilming-

ton, right on the water in the heart of downtown with art, music, crafts and more. As the Marketplace continues to grow, it becomes an economic contributor to the downtown providing locals and tourist alike with a unique shopping option and a valuable downtown experience. Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St.

KURE BEACH MARKET

Enjoy beautiful ocean views as you shop for locally grown produce and handcrafted goods at the Kure Beach Market. Held throughout summer months on Tues., 8am 1pm at Ocean Front Park, through Aug. 29, excluding July 4. 105 Atlantic Ave.

COMMUNITY COMPANIONS

SUMMER BLOCK PARTY

Join us as we celebrate our Crosspoint Plaza June 21, 4:30pm: Fun, new social group for InSummer Block Party! We will have free food, dependent young adults with any type of disfree drinks, music, raffles, and more! Particiability between the ages of 18 and 30! Group pants include: Lithe Core Pilates Studio, Soul will meet at the dRC office as well as other fun Shoetique, Thrive Athletic Wear, The Girl’s venues in the community for special events.

Style boutique, Brent’s Bistro, plus music This is a great opportunity to meet new people from DJ Illiad, vegan pizza from Slice of Life, and have fun in a safe, relaxed atmosphere. and wine from Elephant Ears. 910-795-5634.

Helpful information will be shared to support Crosspoint Plaza, 7110 Wrightsville Ave. having fun in Wilmington on a fixed budget.

To join the group or to request additional in- HALF UNITED POP-UP SHOP formation please contact Jennifer Overfield: Half United is hosting their first ever pop-up 910-815-6618 or Jennifer.Overfield@drc-cil. shop! We’re so excited to host a week-long org. disAbility Resource Center, 140 Cinema event to fight hunger! To kick off the event on Drive, Ste. C June 23, 6pm, we will have a night filled with live music, a food truck, and drinks! Want a custom signature Half United bullet necklace?

We’ll have a “Build Your Own Bullet Necklace Bar” to create your perfect necklace! Don’t forget, every product you purchase will give 7 meals to those in need! Also takes place June 24-25, 11am. Christian Black: christian@halfunited.com. 314 Walnut St., #1000 WORLD REFUGEE DAY

June 24, 9am: Celebrate the freedom and success of our local refugees at World Refugee Day in Wilmington. Since 2010, the Interfaith Refugee Ministry (IRM-W) has helped resettle over 550 refugees in Wilmington from 9 countries with the aid of its volunteers and other community partners. There will be a soccer tournament, with local teams competing ($10/player), will take place along with pickup style soccer games for children. Live performances by Shaolin Martial Arts, Yoga with Heather Till, multicultural children’s activities, face-painting, and family games. Concessions available. For more information: IRMWAdvisorycouncil@gmail.com.

Wilmington Family YMCA, 2710 Market St.

charity/fundraisers WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY

Wine Down Wednesday on June 28, 6-8pm, benefits Paws Place Dog Rescue. We’ll have five wine and food stations set up throughout the store for you to enjoy for a $5 donation.

We’ll be showcasing meal ideas for 4th of July!

music/concerts KURE BEACH BOOGIE IN THE PARK

Free concert series at Kure Beach’s Ocean Front Park from 5-7pm on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of May through October. Bring your beach chair or blanket and enjoy the show!

Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Ave.

DOWNTOWN SUNDOWN

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6:30pm to 10pm and feature both local performers and touring bands. Food, beer and wine available for sale. Outside beverages, food, coolers and dogs are prohibited. Rain or shine, so check Facebook for updates. Riverfront Park, 5 N. Water St. LELAND SPRING CONCERT SERIES

Thurs., 6:30pm: Leland Municipal Park for our concert series and be prepared to dance!

Bring a blanket/lawn chair, beverages and your friends and family! Local food trucks will be on site selling food! No smoking or e-cigarettes are allowed on Town property. Leland Municipal Park, 102 Town Hall Dr.

CAPE FEAR BLUES FESTIVAL

The Cape Fear Blues Festival is June 23-25 and features a wide variety of events, including the Sunset Blues Cruise, live blues at the Downtown Sundown Concert Series, a Blues Workshop, an Acoustic Blues Gathering at Ted’s, a Blues Concert & All-Day Blues Jam under the Rusty Nail tent, and live club shows every night! Artists include James Armstrong, Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations, Randy McQuay, Jon McDonald, Spider Mike Bochey, Dry Pond Blues Band, Coastal Blue Band, Brett Johnson & The Most, Slippery Jake & The Bad Brakes, Jaime Michele’s Blues Connection, and the East On Ashland Avenue Blues Band. Schedule, venues, plus Cruise and Concert ticket links at www.capefearblues.org or call 910-251-1888. Free events throughout the weekend!

CAPE FEAR CHORDSMAN SILHOUETTES

June 23, 7:30pm: Kenan Auditorium welcomes Cape Fear Chordsmen to the stage on Friday June 23rd at 7:30 and Saturday, June 24th at 2:30 PM for their show “Silhouettes.”

The Cape Fear Chordsmen is a fraternity dedicated to quality singing in the barbershop style. “Silhouettes” is their 2017 Annual Show. Two friends meet and are on a quest for true love. Through it all they are, along with their chorus, (Cape Fear Chordsmen) preparing for an appearance on the local radio show, WXYZ’s vaudeville hour. Come out and see the show for a good laugh and find out the meaning behind the name “Silhouettes!”

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theatre/auditions THE REAL CELIA

“The Real Celia: Aging Like a Fine Box of Wine”

by Celia Rivenbark, directed by Beth Swindell. through July 22, Fridays and Saturdays, 7pm; doors, 6pm. Tickets $18-$42; show only or dinner ticket, served with three-course meal.

Celia Rivenbark is back with a new hilarious show for the summer written specifically for the TheatreNOW stage. This time it really is all about the “real” Celia. TheatreNOW, 19 S. 10th St.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

June 23-25: Lyrics by Tim Rice; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The greatest rock opera ever created sets the greatest story ever told to music. This timeless work tells the story of the last seven days of Jesus Christ, beginning with his arrival in Jerusalem and ending with his crucifixion. Jesus is revealed as a complicated man with an all-too-human soul, his

doubts and his troubles illuminated. As Judas begins to question the motivations and methods of Jesus, he tries valiantly to save his friend and, ultimately, betrays both Jesus and himself. With its parallel to contemporary celebrity worship and iconic award-winning score, Jesus Christ Superstar illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart. Ticketss: $32. (910) 632-2285 or thalianhall.org CAPE FEAR SHAKESPEARE ON THE GREEN

25th summer season of Wilmington’s annual free-to-the-public Cape Fear Shakespeare on the Green festival, in association with the City of Wilmington. “As You Like It “is Shakespeare’s light-hearted satire on the popular genre of the pastoral romance. It contains many of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters. Performances are staged each weekend at 8pm, Thurs.-Sun., through June 25.

Thurs. performances benefit Actor Appreciation Night. The Shakespeare Youth Company kicks off its 13th season performing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Shakespeare’s timeless comedy of magic, mystery, fantasy, and imagination. Performances are staged; Tues.Thurs.. June 20-22 at 8 pm. Picnic or enjoy a snack from concession. Gates at 6:30pm.

Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, 1941 Amphitheater Dr. Rain or shine; bring an umbrella and a towel. 910-399-2878. capefearshakespeare.com.

BUILD A BETTER WEB

June 24, 3pm: Rags to Riches Theatre presents a play based on traditional African tales about Ananse the Spider, “Build a Better Web.” This engaging, interactive play will entertain all members of the family, even

toddlers. No registration needed; free family event for Young Audiences uses music, improvisation, and audience participation to bring famous stories from history and literature to life. The non-profit traveling theatre troupe from Durham, NC, has been a favorite with library audiences since 1993. http:// rags-to-riches.org. NHC Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. For information contact Susan DeMarco at 910-798-6303 or sdemarco@nhcgov.com.

film LELAND MOVIE SERIES

Sat. 8:30pm: Join us in the park and watch a family movie under the stars. Bring a blanket, your lawn chairs, a picnic and your family, but please no pets or alcohol. Smoking is prohibited on Town Property. Concessions will be available for purchase. Leland Municipal Park, 102 Town Hall Dr.

MOVIE MONDAY

Beat the heat and catch a free film on selected Monday afternoons this summer at the Northeast Library. Annice Sevett at asevett@ nhcgov.com or 910-798-6371. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

CARS

Catch a free family movie matinee at Main Library! This week we’re showing “Cars,” Disney-Pixar. It’s rated G and runs 116 minutes.

No registration is necessary for this free activity. The audience is welcome to bring light snacks to enjoy during the movie. Julie Criser at jcriser@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6303. 201

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Southeast, all while playing bingo along with the words they say! Win prizes and enjoy discount tacos! Hosted by Louis Bishop with in-booth side kick comedian Lew Morgante.

Dead Crow Comedy Club, 265 N. Front St.

June 26, 3pm: Creative teens ages 13 to 18 will work together as a group to create an original Minecraft movie over the course of a week! The workshop is free but space is lim- COMEDY NIGHT June 21, 9pm: Mike Paramore has a smooth ited, so please register in advance at http:// delivery and powerful punchlines, which make libcal.nhclibrary.org/event/3219818 or by him a force in stand-up comedy, which is very calling 910-798-6393. Group will meet every apparent in his debut album “The Things We afternoon for five days. Participants must atTell Ourselves,” available now on iTunes and tendn atll sessions to create the story on Amazon. He’s opened for comedians like DaMonday, build the set on Tuesday, rehearse mon Wayans, Cash Cab’s Ben Baily, Jon Loon Wednesday, film on Thursday, and record vitz, and Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharoah. audio on Friday. Scooter Hayes at shayes@ In addition to performing at the 2010 Stellar nhcgov.com or 910-798-6393. NHC Myrtle Awards and being a part of the 2012 Just for Grove Library, 5155 South College Rd. Laughs Festival, Mike was a finalist in the 2014 World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas, the winner of the 2015 Cleveland Comedy Festival, the winner of the 2016 Laughing Devil Festival in New York City, the winner of the 2017 Laugh DEAD CROW COMEDY ROOM Fest’s best in the midwest competition. he was June 23-24, 7pm/9:30pm: Clif Cash (read the featured on AXTV’s Live at Gotham in NYC, story on page 18). Dead Crow Comedy Room, and is a featured comedian on FOX’s hit show 265 N. Front Street “Laughs.” Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.

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The wildest open mic in town ... anything goes. (except cover songs). Stand-up comedy, slam poetry, video, live music, odd talents—performances of all kinds. Hosted CAPE FEAR CONTRA DANCERS by 6-beer Steve. Sign up, 8pm, and runs all Come on out for two hours of energetic, connight. Juggling Gypsy 1612 Castle St. ILM, temporary American country dancing with live (910) 763-2223 daily after 3pm for details. music by Box of Chocolates band—fiddle, www.jugglinggypsy.com. percussion, guitar, dulcimer, bass, mandolin and more! Dress cool & comfortable, softCOMEDY BINGO soled shoes. Come solo, with friends or a Brent Blakeney headlines comedy bingo at partner, all ages welcome. 2nd and 4th Tues, Dead Crow, Tuesday nights, 8pm. Free show 7:30pm. 5th Ave. United Methodist Church, featuring the best comics from all over the

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art FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHT

Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, Wilmington’s premier after-hours celebration of art and culture, 6-9pm, fourth Friday of ea. month. Features art openings, artist demonstrations, entertainment and refreshments. Administered by the Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County, numerous venues participate.

Full list: artscouncilofwilmington.org

FULL FRONTAL

Showcases the naked human body in all sizes, media, and interpretations. Through an uncensored celebration of the nude form, we ask why the human body is still considered taboo by many, and discuss where the line—if there is a line—of nudity is drawn in the art world. Exhibition on display through July 31.

Kristen Crouch: WabiSabiWarehouseILM@ gmail.com/910-398-7893. 19 N 9th St.

NATURAL MILLIEU

Wilma W. Daniels Gallery presents Natural Milieu: An Altered Point of View, Recent Works and New Genre Collaborations by Janette K Hopper, through June 23, with closing reception, 6-9pm, during June’s Fourth Friday Gallery Night. Also a panel discussion and Q&A entitled “Perspectives on Overpopulation, Loss of Biodiversity and Stewardship” on Wednesday June 14 from 4-6pm with science and artistic representatives. This deeply layered and varied show expresses Hopper’s love of the sea and forest through projections, oil paintings, multimedia prints, sounds, a collaborative panel discussion and 3-D installations. www.janettekhopper.com. 200 Hanover St. www.cfcc.edu/danielsgallery.

MEET LOCAL ARTISTS

Meet working artists, and see their works in progress. Everything from sculptures to fine jewelry in this unique location. Free parking, fun for everyone. Over 45 artist’s works to enjoy. Free, and we participate in the 4th Friday Art Walks 6-9 pm on the 4th Friday ea. mo. theArtWorks, 200 Willard St.

A SHOW OF HANDS

Hands say as much about a person as a face does, as a body type does, as a personality does. Do you agree? Come check out Anna Mann’s first photography show. The theme is, well, hands. These black and white portraits show a wide range of personalities from all around the Port City. A Tasting Room, 19 S. 2nd St.

RUTH AVA LYONS

New exhibition “Oceanic Alchemies” can be seen at Expo 216 from now through the end of our Ocean Plastic exposition (July 31). Lyons took the original photographic images of a degraded coral reef at the Great Barrier Reef/ Australia, where she was an Artist in Residence at Heron Island Research Station. She then put color back into the images digitally and applied mixed media, which symbolically resuscitated the coral to its original, vibrant state. Expo 216, 216 N Front St.

ARTHIVE FEATURED FIVE”

With creative displays and installations. The Featured Five: Darren Mulvenna, Gaeten Lowrie Lance Strickland, Brigitte Hunn, Jahde Justad and Nick Mijak with his studio debut!

Art Hive Gallery and Studio, 122 S Front St.

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ELEMENTS OF CREATION

New Art by Brian Evans, Georgeann Haas, and Judy Hintz Cox.” View Brian’s large sculptural ceramics; Georgeann’s acrylic paint, collage, and mixed media on paper; and Judy’s oil paint and mixed media on canvas. Violinist, Shirley Lebo will play. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit continues through July 29. Art in Bloom Gallery, 210 Princess St.

METAL AT THE MANSION

June 23, 6pm: Opening reception of Metal at the Mansion, featuring art by Gale Smith & Anne Cunningham. Light refreshments will be available. This event is free and open to the public. Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St.

museums/education CAMERON ART MUSEUM

Exhibits: Beyond the Horizon: Exploring our evolving perceptions of the natural world, contemporary artists Maya Lin, Teresita Fernández, Jason Mitcham, and Colby Parsons employ unique mediums to unearth human interaction with the landscape. The four nationally and internationally renowned artists in Beyond the Horizon all aim to explore natural phenomena while challenging perception in the viewer. Lin’s artwork interprets the world through a modern lens, using technological methods to visualize and convey the natural environment; Fernández work delves into the psychology of looking and she is often inspired by rethinking the meaning of landscape and place; Mitcham’s work with animation began with his desire to incorporate time into a painting; Parsons’ work explores the distortion and textual qualities of video projection in intersection with clay. • “From the Fire” (on view through Aug. 27) feat. Rick Beck, John Littleton, Pablo Soto and Kate Vogel celebrates the 55th anniversary of the studio glass movement, the influence of Littleton and the current innovative processes in contemporary glass. • Landscapes From the Collection: Our relationship to the land has inspired artists for centuries. Ranging from 1855 to 2002 the fourteen artworks from CAM’s permanent collection in Landscapes from the collection illustrate the varied styles and lasting influence of nature within the fabric of our shared cultural landscape. On view in conjunction with Beyond the Horizon, this exhibition features the artwork of John Beerman, Elliott Daingerfield, Francis Speight, Richard Stenhouse, Anthony Thieme and William Aiken Walker. Also on view is contemporary work on loan from San Francisco artist Daniel Kilpatrick.• CAM Café open and serving delicious menu with full bar, 5pm-9pm. Tues.-Sun., 11am-2pm; Thurs. nights, 5pm-9pm 910-395-5999. www.cameronartmuseum.org. 3201 S. 17th St.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM

Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach. Visitors to the cottage will find a scale model of Wrightsville Beach circa 1910, exhibits featuring the early days of the beach including Lumina Pavilion, our hurricane history and information about the interaction between the people and our natural environment which have shaped the 100 year history of WB. (910) 256-2569. 303 W. Salisbury St. wbmuseum.com.

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Opening for Dustin: SLIPPERY JAKE & THE BAD BRAKES

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A delicious buffet of southern favorites & Great beer and wine specials! Live Music by Dallas Perry. *BEST Riverfront spot for the FIREWORKS!* PRIVATE RESERVED TABLES: OPEN SEATING (FAMILY STYLE):

$130/table (Up to 2 guests per table) $65 for Adults (13 and older) $260/table (Up to 4 guests per table) $15 for Child (12 and under) GET YOUR TICKETS AT ELIJAH’S RESTAURANT OR CALL 910-343-1448 FOR MORE INFO!

RANDY MCQUAY Fri. 6/23 @ Sunset Blues Cruise Sat. 6/24 @ The Rusty Nail

JON MCDONALD BLUES WORKSHOP Sat., 6/24 @ Finkelstein Music

ALSO PERFORMING: Slippery Jake & The Bad Brakes, Brett Johnson & The Most, Spider Mike Bochey & Friends, Dry Pond Blues Band, Coastal Blue Band, Jaime Michele’s Blues Connection, and East On Ashland Avenue Blues Band..

EVENTS: Downtown Sundown Concert, Outdoor/Indoor Concerts & All-Day Blues Jam at The Rusty Nail, Sunset Blues Cruise, Blues Workshop at Finkelstein Music, Acoustic Blues at Ted’s Fun on The River.

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Tickets: www.capefearblues.org or call Rusty Nail (910-251-1888).

In cooperation with Wilmington Downtown Inc. and support from The Rusty Nail, Finkelstein Music & Fender Guitars, Lee Oskar Harmonicas, WHQR 91.3fm, Ted’s Fun on The River, Encore Magazine, Wilmington & Beaches CVB, StarNews Online, Salt Magazine, Blues Festival Guide 2017.

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Daily Cruises & Private Charters Live Music on our Sunsets

Thurs 6/22 - Tyler McKaig Sat 6/24 - Kim Dicso

Boarding @ 7pm - Departure @ 7:30pm

Simply the best way to wind down your day or kick start your night...Tasty drinks from our bar. Try our Famous Rum Punch or A Frozen Smoothie or Daiquiri.

Sunset Blues Cruise with Randy McQuay

Friday June 23rd @ 7PM

Join us for an intimate night on the water with Randy McQuay. He has the proud distinction to say he has been one of the winners of the International Blues Challenge that takes place in Memphis every year.

Heavy apps & one of our famous rum punches included with price $49 per person

Sunday, June 25th Civil War-History Cruise w/ Dr. Chris Fonvielle

Located on the riverfront in historic downtown Wilmington, between Orange & Ann Streets For a complete list of scheduled Tours, Excursions, and Fees, visit

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Visit us on the Riverwalk!

212 S. Water Street

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STARRING CAPE FEAR

New Hanover Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cape Fear Museum is proud to showcase highlights of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film history with the opening of its newest exhibit, Starring Cape Fear! Visitors can explore the history of the local film and television production industry from the 1980s to the present day. View artifacts from several productions including Firestarter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dawsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek, One Tree Hill and Tammy. See a cape and the ear from Blue Velvet, an Iron Man 3 mask, and the jet ski beloved by Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) in Eastbound & Down. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St. Tues.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun.,1-5pm.

WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM

Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for 125 years. Interests and activities for all ages, including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, and spectacular model layouts. House in an authentic 1883 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. By reservation, discounted group tours, caboose birthday parties, and after-hours meetings or mixers. Story Time on 1st/3rd Mon. at 10:30am, only $5 per family and access to entire Museum. Admission only $9 adult, $8 senior/military, $5 child, ages 2-12, and free under age 2. 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634. www.wrrm.org.

LATIMER HOUSE

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

The Latimer House of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is not handicapped accessible 126 S. Third CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM

Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most fascinating and dangerous reptiles in beautiful natural habitats, feat. a 12foot saltwater crocodile, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bubble Boyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheena,â&#x20AC;? a 23ft long Reticulated Python that can swallow a human being whole! Giant Anaconda weighs 300 lbs, w/15 ft long King Cobras hood up and amaze you. See the Black Mamba, Spitting Cobras, Inland Taipans, Gaboon Vipers, Puff Adders, and more! Over 100 species, some so rare they are not exhibited anywhere else. One of the most famous reptile collections on earth. Open everyday in summer, 11am-5pm (Sat. till 6 pm); winter schedule, Wed-Sun. 20 Orange St., across from the Historic Downtown Riverwalk, intersecting Front and Water St. 910-762-1669. capefearserpentarium.com.

BELLAMY MANSION

One of NCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, it focuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action.910-251-3700. www.bellamymansion. org. 503 Market St.

BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE

18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum in the heart of Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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/Market St. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm.

Last tour, 3pm. 910-762-0570. burgwinwrighthouse.com.

CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MUSEUM

Wed., Preschool Science, 10am; Discover Science, 3:30pm; and Mini Math, 4pm. â&#x20AC;˘ Thurs. StoryCOOKS, 10am; and StART with a Story, 3:30pm â&#x20AC;˘ Fri., Toddler Time, 10am; and Adventures in Art, 3:30pm â&#x20AC;˘ Drop off gently used books at our museum to be used for a good cause. Ooksbay Books uses book collection locations to help promote literacy, find a good use for used books, and benefit nonprofits. www.playwilmington.org. 116 Orange St., 910-254-3534.

kids stuff SUPER SATURDAY FUN TIME

Appropriate for ages 4-10, but all ages welcome. Dock the Dog and Dock Street Kids for 10 exciting episodes of Super Saturday Fun Time, 3pm, TheatreNOWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s live theatrical show featuring local history and mystery and super guest stars, hosted by Captain Coy T. Plunkett (Zach Hanner). Live music, games, cartoons, short films, and his favorite surf â&#x20AC;&#x153;nuggets.â&#x20AC;? Dock Street Kids and their alwayshungry dog, Dock, solve adventures. Parents can even drop off kids ages 5+. Kid-friendly snacks and drinks available for purchase.

Custom birthday packages with a chance to interact with characters and step onstage in the action. 2017: Summer Show, Jun. 24; Back to School Show, Aug. 19; Halloween, Oct. 28; Christmas, Dec. 16. 19 S. 10th St.

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Miss Shannon will lead interactive story hours for kids ages 3 to 6 on the first and third Saturdays of May at the Main Library in downtown Wilmington. Saturday Story Hour is free and no pre-registration is needed. Opens with a picture book and end with a project or activity at the end, and include time to play, learn, and laugh in between. Each child should bring a participating adult. Shannon Vaughn: 910-798-6303. svaughn@nhcgov.com. 201 Chestnut St.

STORY EXPLORERS

CAM, every Thurs., 10-10:30am: Admission by donation. Bring your infant, toddler or preschooler for story time, gallery exploration and an art project! georgia@cameronartmuseum. org for more info. 3201 S. 17th St.

FRENCH PLAYGROUP

Thurs., 10am: Chantez! Jouez! Rencontrez des nouveaux amis! Sing, play, and meet new friends at French Playgroup at the main library! Informal hour where young kids and parents/caregivers can hear and try out some French words. Free and no advance registration is needed. Main Library Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Room at 910-798-6303 or sdemarco@nhcgov.com.

NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

MUSEUM EXPLORERS

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11am: 1st program; 2pm: 2nd program. Free for members or with general admission. Ignite your curiosity! Discover history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear through interactive science investigations, hands-on

exploration and unique artifacts. Our activities are designed to stimulate curiosity and encourage families to have fun together.

Themes vary. Ideal for ages 5 and up. Approximately 45 minutes each time slot. Adult participation is rqd. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St. DISCOVERY LAB

2:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4pm: Free for members or with GA. Investigate, experiment, and explore! In the Discovery Lab, the whole family can dropin for fun, quick experiments and hands-on investigations. Themes vary. Ideal for ages 5 and up. Adult participation is rqd. CF Museum, 814 Market St.

SUMMER POP-UPS

Offered 11am-2pm; free for members or with general admission. Discover science and history in the Museum galleries at this dropin program. Summer Pop-ups offer quick activities that are designed to encourage discovery through play and hands-on learning. Admission is free for members or with general admission. Parental participation is required. Programs are approximately 20-30 minutes with a new theme each week. Free for members or with GA. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

CAM SUMMER CAMPS

Meet Cameron Art Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer Art Camp teacher, Sarah Richter, and take part in sample art projects that will be offered at different camps throughout the summer. This is a great opportunity to learn more about CAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer camp program while having fun and exploring the museum with your family. No pre-registration necessary. Parental supervision required at all times. Admission by donation. Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St.

DROP-IN CRAFTS

June 21, 10am: Families with kids are invited to get creative in the Main Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Room on June 21. Miss Julie is cleaning out her craft supply cabinets! Drop in anytime between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon and see what you can make with the wide variety of supplies that will be available for use in the room. Free family activity and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to register. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Librarian Julie Criser at 910-798-6303 or jcriser@nhcgov.com. NHC Main Library, 201 Chestnut St.

SEWING AND CIRCUITS

June 21, 3:30pm: Explore crafting with LED lights! Create a wearable, light-up felt pin and learn how to incorporate conductive thread and LEDs into craft projects. Instruction and materials provided. No previous sewing/crafting knowledge required. Ages 8-12. Adult participation is required. Space limited. Pre-registration required. Sponsored by a Cape Fear Museum volunteer. Reg.: www.capefearmuseum.com/programs/workshop-sewing-circuits. Free. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

LEGO CAR BUILD AND RALLY

June 22, 1:30pm: Design, build, and race your Lego car against the clock and other competitors! Afterwards the Library is screening the Š Disney-Pixar animated film CARS. Special Lego activity is for kids ages 5 to 12. Participation is free but space is limited. www.nhclibrary.org or by calling 910-7986303. Julie Criser at jcriser@nhcgov.com.

MAGIC TREEHOUSE TRIVIA

June 23, 2pm: Super fans ages 7 and older

are invited to test their knowledge and compete for the title of Magic Tree House Master!

This popular series of over 50 chapter books introduces young readers to myths, legends, American history, and ancient civilizations through the adventures of Jack and Annie and their magical tree house. Space is limited and advance registration is required to participate in this free event. Registration opens: www. nhclibrary.org or by calling 910-798-6393.

Miss Moe, 910-798-6393 or mweinman@nhcgov.com.

3-D FLOWER CRAFTS

Teens and tweens ages 12 to 18 are invited to get crafty making three dimensional paper flowers at Pleasure Island Library. Materials will be provided, but participants may want to bring additional colored pencils or markers. Free but space is limited, so register on the calendar at http://libcal.nhclibrary.org/ event/3341635 or by calling 910-798-6385.

Meaghan Weiner at mweiner@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6385.

SKY QUEST

Sky Quest events are free for members or with general admission. Step inside the museum’s digital planetarium and enjoy a special film every Friday afternoon all summer long. All ages. Space is limited. Adult participation required. June 25: Epic Space Battles. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

MUD DAY

June 24, 9am: Messiest fun you can imagine! Celebrate International Mud Month at our annual Mud Day event! Squish, stomp, and slide in the mud, make mud pies in our mud kitchen, explore Magic Mud and other new gooey concoctions. Mission of International Mud Month is to connect children to the joy of playing in nature; come see how we put our own Children’s Museum spin on playing in the mud. Wear a bathing suit or old clothes and bring a towel and a change of clothes. We’ll have a rinsing area to clean off. Children’s Museum of Wilmington, 116 Orange St.

HENNA FOR TEENS

June 24, 2pm: Experience henna with special guest presenter Akruti Pancholi! This hands-on session will teach teens the art of henna, using authentic, all natural techniques.

Henna is a flowering plant, as well as the dye made from the plant, and the temporary body art that can be produced with the dye. Free workshop is for ages 13 to 18. Space limited and advance registration RQD: http://libcal. nhclibrary.org/event/3234170. Scooter Hayes: shayes@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6393.

SUNSHINE CAMP

Children who are coping with the death of a loved one are invited to Lower Cape Fear Hospice’s Sunshine Camp 2017. Led by LCFH counselors and trained volunteers, this transformational camp combines fun activities with grief education and emotional support, free of charge. Sunshine Camp 2017 provides a unique opportunity to increase levels of hope and especially, to learn that you are not alone. Meet friends facing similar circumstances; honor and memorialize loved ones; parachute playing, games, expressive art and so much, more; process grief in healthy ways; and ehance self-esteem. June 26-30 Rising Second and third graders; July 10-14 Rising fourth and fifth graders; July 24 - 28 rising sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Space is limited: 910-796-7991 to get an application.

Phillips LifeCare and Counseling Center, 1414

Physicians Dr. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

June 26, 6pm: “Discovering the God of the Universe.” For more information please contact: Sheryl Temoney 910-619-9846 of by email at Sheryltemoney@gmail.com. Silver Lake Baptist Church, 4715 Carolina Beach Rd.

outdoors/recreation BLACKWATER ADVENTURE CRUISE

Two-hour cruise up the Northeast Cape Fear River, still largely unchanged and underpopulated as it was when Wilmington was colonized in the late 1600’s. Cruising through the Castle Hayne Aquifer and by the Bluffs of the Rose Hill Plantation. This is a narrated cruise based of the history and ecology of the area.

910-338-3134. Wilmington Water Tours LLC, 212 S. Water St.

MASONBORO 1-HOUR CRUISE

Wed., 12:30pm: Narrated cruise of Masonboro Island. Masonboro Island is the largest marine sanctuary in the Cape Fear region. It is home to both endangered plant and animal species. $25 per passenger. Reservations required. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

YOUTH STRENGTH TRAINING & CONDITIONING

A program offered to middle and high school athletes to help them stay in shape during the off season. Participants will be taught the proper form when it comes to speed and resistance training with an emphasis on injury prevention. This program is designed to help young athletes become quicker, stronger, and faster. The summer is a pivotal time for athletes to develop and perfect their craft.

Designed for serious athletes that are looking to gain a competitive edge by outworking the competition. The program will be led by former college/professional athletes. Mon/ Wed, through Aug. 16, 9:30-10:30am. Ages 13-17 (Entering grades 7-12). Fee: $108 WB residents/$144 non-residents. Drop-In: $10 WB residents/$12 non-residents. Wrightsville Beach Park, 321 Causeway Dr.

CIVIL WAR CRUISE

June 25, 11am: Dr. Chris will be on board as our guest speaker & civil war historian cruising up the main branch of the Cape Fear River. Come and join the expedition of where Willaim Hilton & his men were attacked by the natives, he marked a tree on the mount with an X to show it was Mount Skerry. Wilmington Water Tours LLC, 212 S. Water St.

classes HARBOR CRUISE

Weds, 3pm: Set sail on the Shamrock for a cruise around Wrightsville Beach’s Harbor Island—the island which separates the barrier island of the beach proper from the mainland.

Locations of historical, ecological and cultural note will be featured. Learn what year the first buildings on Wrightsville Beach were built.

Additionally, learn about the different types of marsh grasses, shorebirds, and fish we have teeming in the water surrounding the beach.

RSVP rqd. $15-$25. Wrightsville Beach Scenic Tours, 275 Waynick Blvd.

CAPE FEAR YOGA

River to Sea Gallery hosts a Cape Fear kids

yoga class taught by certified yoga instructor Heidi Thompson. Classes are $10 per person and are Sun., from 10-11am. Space is limited and reservations are required. Message or call 910.763.3380 to reserve your spot todayRiver to Sea Gallery, 224 S Water St., ste. 1A. PAPERMAKING CLASSES

Wed., 6pm: Adults explore different papermaking techniques so you can make each sheet of paper unique. All materials included, but we encourage bringing in some of your own materials that you can include into your paper—such as flat mementos and plants.

See samples on our Facebook and website. • Adult and children classes held on Sat., 2pm.

Sign up: www.alunaworks.com. Aluna Works, 603 Castle St.

CAPE FEAR WINE AND PAINT

Fri., 6pm: River to Sea Gallery hosts a Cape Fear Paint & Wine class taught by exhibiting gallery artist Rebecca Duffy Bush. Classes are $40/person. Class will be held 6-8pm.

Includes two glasses of wine or beer, a gorgeous view and a finished painting for you to take home. Space is limited and reservations are required. 910.763.3380 to reserve your seat today. www.capefearpaintandwine.weebly.com, $40 with 2 drinks, $35 without. River to Sea Gallery, 224 S Water St., Ste 1A

SUNRISE BEACH YOGA

Make every Thursday morning special with an all levels oceanfront yoga practice. Sand, Sun, & Sea unite with Body Mind, & Soul. Sunrise Ocean Yoga Flow at Ocean Front Park, Thurs., 7:30-8:30am, June 1-Aug. 31. $10 per class; $2 mat rental fee. Instructor: Tamara Cairns. 105 Atlantic Ave.

POWER YOGA

Join us for power yoga on Sundays at Capt’n Bill’s, 3pm. Drop in fee of $8. Bring your own mat. 4240 Market Street

LANDLORD/TENANT RIGHTS

June 22, 2:30pm: Legal Aid of NC offers this free informational clinic about tenants’ rights.

Preregister on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.com or by calling 910-798-6301. Participants will watch an instructional video. At the end of the video, you will have an opportunity to ask general questions to a volunteer attorney through the webinar. You will also have the opportunity to request a callback from Legal Aid to see if you qualify for additional help. Main Library in downtown Wilmington, 201 Chestnut St. Natasha Francois: 910-7986306.

FALL PREVENTION WORKSHOP

Hosted by Home Instead Senior Care with guest speakers: 101 Mobility, Kings Pharmacy & Compounding & Lab and Pivot Physical Therapy. Information will be provided on the Geri Fit fitness program offered by the Senior Center. New Hanover County Senior Resource Center, 2222 S.College Rd.

lectures/literary BEGIN THE CONVERSATION CLINICS

Lower Cape Fear Hospice will host free Begin the Conversation clinics from 10-11 a.m. the third Fri. of ea. mo., Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Dr. Free, 18 and older, will provide attendees information and resources to think about

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and plan for future healthcare decisions. Attendees will receive specific strategies for initiating conversations that can significantly reduce family stress and improve quality of care. Advance directives supplied so healthcare instructions can be legally documented.

Jason: 910-796-7943 or jason.clamme@lcfh. org.

OPIOID ADDICTION

Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illicit drug heroin as well as prescription pain relievers oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl and others. Opiod addiction is so widespread that public health officials call it a national epidemic. Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and Certified Clinical Supervisor Kenny House of Coastal Horizons will speak about the rapidly growing problem of opioid addiction at this free informational program. Advance registration is requested on the calendar at www.nhclibrary.org, 910-798-6301. Mary Ellen Nolan: mnolan@nhcgov.com or 910-798-6307.

POP UP LIBRARY

June 26, 10am: New Hanover County Public Library is taking the library outside! This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Library’s outreach team will stage a Pop-Up Library in the Northern Regional Park in Castle Hayne on two Mondays in June. They’ll bring along a selection of popular books for readers of all ages to borrow, and offer assistance with borrowing eBooks to read on mobile devices and other online library services. Library card registration will be offered at each PopUp Library. Adults over age 18 can get free cards for themselves and their minor children

by showing a photo ID and proof of residency in New Hanover County. Pop-Music & Movement Storytime for young kids at 10:30 am; ongoing activities for school age kids, provided by NHC Parks & Gardens and Cape Fear Museum; Consumer Health Librarian Mary Ellen Nolan will be available to chat about health and wellness research and learning resources available through the Library. http://parks. nhcgov.com/park-information/locations. Susan DeMarco at 910-798-6353 or sdemarco@ nhcgov.com. Northern Regional Park, 4700 Old Ave. HARRY POTTER TURNS 20

June 26, 3pm: If your children already love Harry Potter, or if you’re ready to introduce them to the world of Harry Potter, bring them to this magical program based on the first book, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

Ages 8 and older. It’s free and no registration is required. Don’t forget to dress up as your favorite character for a photo! Library’s celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UK release date. If this event is a hit we’ll do it all over again in 2018 for the US release. Miss Shannon: 910-798-6373, or email svaughn@nhcgov.com. Northeast Regional Library, NHC, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.

KURE BEACH TURTLE TALK

June 26, 7pm: Join the Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project at the Ocean Front Park Pavilion on Mondays (6/12-8/28) at 7 pm for an engaging educational discussion about our local nesting sea turtles. Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Ave.

clubs/notices CAPE FEAR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

Every Mon., join our coffee club. It will be hosted weekly by Angela Pollock and most Mondays with Darien Brooks. This will give adults with or without disabilities an opportunity to work on social skills in a typical, relaxed environment. Please share and stop by! Luna Caffe, 604 Castle St.

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC

Format of Magic: The Gathering tournaments, held on Friday nights in gaming stores and associations all across the world. They are designed to be a beginner-friendly introduction to organized play. Standard format. $6 fee paid towards prize support for event. Prizes are a pack per win and also if you complete all 4 rounds. Event begins at 7pm, reg. begins at 6pm. Arrive early for event reg. Free play, $6 entry fee first FNM Free. Cape Fear Games, 4107 Oleander Dr., Ste D.

BIRTH CIRCLE

Every 3rd Sat. come for our Birth Circle, something always different every month. Check out website for more details of what we have in store this month & exact time of each event! www.thebumpandbeyond.com. Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM

We explore God using the methods and guidance of Moses, Jesus, the prophets and a rich sampling of delightful saints including Theresa of Avila, Meister Eckhart and Thomas Aquinas. We will meet twice a month for fellowship, poetry, instruction in spiritual practices, group meditations and playful spiritual fun. First and third Sundays of each month, 2pm. Parking on 15th St. Respond to me, John Evans, at insightbuilders@gmail.com. Morning Glory Coffeehouse, 1415 Dawson St.

LA LECHE LEAGUE

Sat., 10am, meetings are informal and are open to pregnant women, mothers, babies and children. If you have questions or just would like to meet other breastfeeding mothers, this is the meeting for you. La Leche League Leaders are experienced mothers who have breastfed their own babies and who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League International to help mothers and mothers-to-be with all aspects of breastfeeding. Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

NHC HAZWAGON

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New Hanover County encourages residents to safely dispose of toxic materials with its new mobile collection unit, the HazWagon. stationed various days at three different locations in New Hanover County to collect household hazardous waste and electronics free of charge. Residents can bring items to the following locations each week: Mon., 10am2pm, at Ogden Park ball fields; Wed., 10am2pm at Wrightsville Beach Municipal Complex in the Farmers’ Market field by the recycle center; Fridays at Carolina Beach Mike Chappell Park (in the south side of the park across from the tennis courts), 10am-2pm.

WILMINGTON FENCING CLUB

Youth & Adult Classes available. Adults meet Tues/Thurs, 7:45-9pm, and Youth meet Wed, 6:45-7:45pm. Class is open to the community, beginners welcome, and all equipment is provided! Sessions are 6 weeks long and the cost is just $5 per class! Fencing incorporates agility, strength, coordination, balance,

and timing. In fencing, physical ability is just as important as having a strong mental edge.

Competitors of a fencing match wear protective gear including a jacket, glove, and head gear. Sport of fencing features three different levels, which are categorized by the type of weapon used in each level. The weapons used include the epee, foil, and the saber.

Fencing is an aerobically challenging sport.

In order to condition one’s body, initial fencing training consists of challenging conditioning exercises. Express YMCA, 11 S. Kerr Ave. BOARD GAME NIGHT

Thurs., 6pm: Join the Wilmington Board Game group and the Wilmington Board Game Meetup group for a night of Board Games and more. No experience necessary. Bring your own game or select one from our free Demo Library. www.facebook.com/groups/ CFGBoardGames. Cape Fear Games, 4107 Oleander Dr., Ste D.

ST. PAUL’S

Fourth Wed. of every month at 5:30 p.m. for Taizé, an ecumenical sung and silent participatory prayer service designed to achieve a contemplative state through music, song, and silence. • Midweek Holy Eucharist: Every Wed. at 12:10 p.m. for Holy Eucharist followed by community lunch (suggested donation, $5). • Choral Evenson every second Wed., followed by supper and Christian Formation discussion. Evensong is a sung service of evening prayer, psalms, canticles, and scripture readings. Ancient part of the Anglican tradition, ever renewing the soul. Sung by Choir of St. Paul’s. spechurch.com. 910-762-4578.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St.

LULA ROE EVENT

June 24, 11am: Check out the Lularoe Multi Consultant Event! 18 local area consultants have come together in one place to help you find your favorite Lularoe styles, colors, and prints! Door prizes will be given to the first 20 people! We are very excited and hope you will be too! Lularoe is a clothing brand that is tailored to fit all body shapes and sizes! Clothes can be styled different ways and look great!

American Legion Post 129, 1500 Bridge Barrier Rd.

CAPE FEAR GAMES EXCHANGE

June 24, 1pm: Bring any gaming items, comics, RPG, tabletop minis or “geek culture” items. You’ll trade with other people for the items they brought or you can barter with Store Credit, but no cash is allowed to be exchanged. The event will run from 1pm-4pm in the back rooms. We will have tables set up for your games to be displayed on. Cape Fear Games, Ste D, 4107 Oleander Dr.

BASEBALL APPRECIATION WEEK

Coastal Athletics is a youth instructional facility for baseball, softball, and lacrosse here in Wilmington, NC. This is a week dedicated to give back to the players, parents, and Wilmington community members that help make the season possible. We have many fun discount nights with local restaurants and entertainment establishments planned for the week of June 26th-30th and will also be passing out goodie bags from our facility starting Wednesday June 28th! Please check for updates and more details at http://www.coastalathletics. net/ and on Facebook @ Coastal Athletics

by Fletcher Bates! For any questions you can give us a call at 910-452-5838 or email fletcher@coastalathletics.net. Coastal Athletics, 2049 Corporate Dr. S.

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June 28, 10am: NC Coastal Federation is offering an opportunity to participate in efforts to protect and restore salt marsh and oyster habitat, enhance public access and recreation, expand shellfish enhancement activities at the Morris Landing Clean Water Preserve in the Stump Sound area of Onslow County.

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culinary FERMENTAL

Free tasting every Friday, 6pm. • Third Wed. of each month feat. musical and brewing talents alongside an open mic night, as well as the opportunity for homebrewers to share, sample, and trade their creations: an evening of beer and an open stage. PA and equipment provided. All genres. All beer styles.

4pm, free. • Rose and Gose, June 24, 5pm: A sampling of refreshingly dry rose’ style wines alongside a superb selection of lightly tart Gose ales—unrivaled option for the coastal temperatures this time of year, these beverages invigorate the palate and quench the taste buds in a display of fruits and finishes that few other drinks can parallel. Rose’ and Gose also hold a rich, worldly history in alcohol production and consumption; both seeing a recent

rise in popularity among the contemporary American drinking culture. Food truck w/ Steviemack’s IFC, 5pm, and live music from Conservation Theory, 7pm. 910-821-0362.

7250 Market St. RIVERFRONT FARMERS’ MARKET

Sat, 8am-1pm: An open-air market in historic downtown Wilmington, NC along the banks of the Cape Fear River. Featuring local growers and producers selling vegetables, fruits, baked goods, seafood, honey, meats, eggs, plants, NC wines, pickled products, goat cheese, cut flower bouquets, dog treats, herbs and more. Artisan works of pottery, jewelry, woodwork, silk screened clothing, home décor, leather goods, all-natural bath, body & home products. www.riverfrontfarmersmarket.org. 5 N. Water St.

POPLAR GROVE FARMERS’ MARKET

On the front lawn every Wed., 8am, at Poplar Grove Plantation. One of the special qualities of a farmers’ market is the interaction with the farmers growing and producing fresh produce, landscaping & bedding plants, or meeting herbalists growing herbs and mixing scented salves and oils, bakers creating homemade cookies and desserts, and artisans making handmade soaps, cutting boards, jewelry, and accessories for home, hearth and garden. Locally prepared foods and drinks will keep you satisfied while you’re here, and make an easy lunch or dinner when you leave. Vendors vary somewhat weekly. 10200 US Highway 17.

BEER BINGO

Every Thursday night for beer bingo. No charge for cards. Great prizes. Food and drink specials. Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

AYCE OYSTER ROAST

Every Friday for All You Can Eat oysters, shell on shrimp, fried shrimp, hushpuppies and slaw. Only $34.95. Local oysters. Capt’n Bills Backyard and Grille, 4240 Market St.

NEMA LOUNGE AND EATERY

Hump Day Happy Hour: 5-7 pm every Wednesday at NeMa Burger & Pizza Lounge! $5 Angus beef burgers and $2.50 16 oz Buds/ Bud Lights. • Martini Tastings every Friday and Saturday, 4-8 pm. 5 tastings + one small order of NeMa Fancy Fries, $20/person. NeMa Lounge & Eatery, 225 S. Water St. Chandler’s Wharf.

FREE PIG PICKIN

June 24, 3pm: Celebrate the opening of brand new luxury townhomes with a traditional pig pickin’, giveaways, and live music!

Free to all—join us for a fun afternoon in the sun! Myrtle Landing Townhomes, 7220 Myrtle Grove Rd.

tours LITERARY HISTORY WALKING TOUR

Explore the rich culture of our talented Southern town with a 90 minute walking tour of the literary history of downtown Wilmington, NC. Visit “The Two Libraries.” Walk the streets of your favorite novels, and stand where Oscar Wilde did when he lectured here. Saturdays, 1:30pm, Old Books on Front St. 249 N. Front St. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/1282390

CONFEDERATE WALKING TOURS

Experience Wilmington’s people, history and architecture in the late antebellum period and during the conflict, conducted by noted Wilmington historian Bernhard Thuersam Walk in the footsteps of George Washington, James Monroe, Daniel Webster, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and more. In-depth 90-minute tours are by appt: 910-619-4619 or bernhard1848@gmail.com. Personalized tours downtown and local forts available. Foot of Market St. www.cfhi.net.

CAM WEEKLY EXHIBITION TOURS

Cameron Art Museum allows participants to explore current exhibitions with Anne Brennan, CAM’s executive director, in a new series of public tours. Free for CAM members. Wed., 1:30pm. 3201 S. 17th St.

BELLAMY MANSION

Guided tours start on the hour, as well as selfguided tours, which start at any time. Mondays is only self-guided tours.* Follow curved oyster-shell paths through our lush Victorian garden shaded by 150-year-old magnolia trees. Climb the stairs to the elegant main entrance surrounded by soaring columns and gleaming windows. Hear the stories of the Bellamy family, as well as those of the free and enslaved black artisans who built the home and crafted intricate details throughout the house. Know that you are walking through history. Bellamy Mansion Museum, one of NCs most spectacular examples of Antebellum architecture. Adults $12; senior and military discount, $10; students, $6; children under 5 free. Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St.

HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS

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Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions.

Market and Water sts. $12/adult, $5/child.

(910) 251-8889. www.horsedrawntours.com INSIDER’S TOUR

Explore the history of your community at Cape Fear Museum. Take the Insider’s Tour offered the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am. Tours are free with admission and include a “behind the scenes” sneak peek.

Pre-registration is required: 910-798-4362 or cfmprograms@nhcgov.com. Free w/general admission or membership. Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St.

GHOST WALK

6:30 & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington. Nightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Admission charge. Water & Market sts. RSVP rqd: 910-794-1866. hauntedwilmington.com

HISTORY WALKING TOUR

A two-hour exploration of downtown Wilmington with author Dan Camacho! A $10 donation is suggested. www.bellamymansion. org or email info@bellamymansion.org with any questions. Bellamy Mansion Museum, 503 Market St.

support groups TRANGENDER SUPPORT GROUP

Facilitated by licensed therapists in a private and safe location. Four free monthly support groups for parents and family, children and teens, young adults, and older adults. All are phone screened for safety. Group information is given at the time of the screening.

Please contact Nova Swanstrom MA, LPA for more information. (910) 343-6890 x3009

WILMINGTON PRIDE YOUTH GROUP

Middle school and high-school students: Wilmington Pride and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation have joined together to create and facilitate a youth group for children/youth (middle school and high school) who are LGBTQIA, plus straight allies. A safe space for kids to talk about orientation, gender, racial equality, political consequences, religion, self harm and self-care. Needed: youth facilitators, especially those who are trained to work with kids, and speakers to talk about important topics. Meets Thurs., 7:30pm, UU Congregation of Wilmington, 4313 Lake Ave, (across from Roland Grise Middle School). Sue Graffius: dre@uufwilmington.org).

CHADD

Wilmington Area CHADD meets on the 2nd Monday of every month from 7-9pm at the Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B. This free support group is open to a growing group of parents, grandparents and individuals affected

by AD/HD who understand what it takes to face its daily challenges. Free. Pine Valley United Methodist Church 3788 Shipyard Blvd., bldg B. WilmingtonCHADD.org

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Life Community Church, located inside Independence Mall, will have a Celebrate Recovery meeting every Monday evening at 6:30 pm starting with fellowship followed by a large group meeting at 7pm. Support groups for men and women follow at 8 pm.

The meeting is in the Extension located across from Branches bookstore and the church auditorium. For more information.

contact Jodie at 910-547-8973, 791-3859 or Lifecc.com. Life Community Church, 3500 Oleander Dr. COPING WITH DEATH OF A SPOUSE

Lower Cape Fear Hospice will offer a no cost grief program for those coping with the death of a spouse or partner. The group will meet through Wed. June 21, noon-2pm. Phillips LifeCare & Counseling Center, 1414 Physicians Dr. Pre-reg. is rqd; (910) 796-7991.

Get help with difficulty dealing with the loss of a loved one through compassionate care, educational and enrichment opportunities that support many types of loss in safe and familiar environments. Because of our generous donors, these caring, no cost groups, camps and workshops are available to all. www.lcfh.org.

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Thurs., 6pm: Meets in Classroom C, Ground Floor. Men and spouses welcome. Discussion/programs. www.wilmingtonprostatecancersupportgroup.com. 910-792-9953.

EXPECTING MAMA’S CIRCLE

Sat, noon: Come chat with other pregnant mamas who are going through the same thing as you! Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Breastfeeding USA counselor, and Postpartum Doula, Jess Zeffiro will moderate a free Pregnancy Meetup Group. Expectant mothers are invited to pop into the group at any time to share their stories, ask questions, and connect with great area resources. Share your stories with each other and have any pregnancy and birth related questions answered in a supportive and caring environment. The Bump & Beyond, 890-3 S. Kerr Ave.

PFLAG

PFLAG Meeting is first Mon/mo. at UNCW, in the Masonboro Island Room #2010, 7pm.

TEEN TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP

Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Support Group, free, facilitated by TR Nunley and Jamie Alper. This group will focus on the mental health needs unique to transgender and gender non-conforming adolescents (13 years old -18 years old). Topics covered will include but are not limited to: understanding one’s own gender, bullying, discrimination, and violence, family dynamics, coming out, being misgendered, handling invasive personal questions from others, safety and safe spaces, anxiety and mood stability. Nova Swanstrom first at (910) 442-8480 x3009 with Delta Behavioral Clinic.

ARIES (Mar. 21–April 20)

There are places in the oceans where the sea floor cracks open and spreads apart from volcanic activity. This allows geothermally heated water to vent out from deep inside the earth. Scientists explored such a place in the otherwise frigid waters around Antarctica. They were elated to find a “riot of life” living there, including previously unknown species of crabs, starfish, sea anemones, and barnacles. Judging from the astrological omens, Aries, I suspect that you will soon enjoy a metaphorically comparable eruption of warm vitality from the unfathomable depths. Will you welcome and make use of these raw blessings even if they are unfamiliar and odd?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

I’m reporting from the first annual Psychic Olympics in Los Angeles. For the past five days, I’ve competed against the world’s top mind-readers, dicecontrollers, spirit whisperers, spoon-benders, angel-wrestlers, and stock market prognosticators. Thus far I have earned a silver medal in the category of channeling the spirits of dead celebrities. (Thanks, Frida Kahlo and Gertrude Stein!) I psychically foresee that I will also win a gold medal for most accurate fortune-telling. Here’s the prophecy that I predict will cinch my victory: “People born in the sign of Taurus will soon be at the pinnacle of their ability to get telepathically aligned with people who have things they want and need.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

abandon at least 30 percent of your inhibitions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

I don’t know what marketing specialists are predicting about color trends for the general population, but my astrological analysis has discerned the most evocative colors for you Libras. *Electric mud* is one. It’s a scintillating mocha hue. Visualize silver-blue sparkles emerging from moist dirt tones. Earthy and dynamic!

“Cybernatural” is another special color for you. Picture sheaves of ripe wheat blended with the hue you see when you close your eyes after staring into a computer monitor for hours. Organic and glimmering! Your third pigment of power is “pastel adrenaline”: a mix of dried apricot and the shadowy brightness that flows across your nerve synapses when you’re taking aggressive practical measures to convert your dreams into realities. Delicious and dazzling!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Do you ever hide behind a wall of detached cynicism? Do you protect yourself with the armor of jaded coolness? If so, here’s my proposal: In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to escape those perverse forms of comfort and safety. Be brave enough to risk feeling the vulnerability of hopeful enthusiasm. Be sufficiently curious to handle the fluttery uncertainty that comes from exploring places you’re not familiar with and trying adventures you’re not totally skilled at.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars,” writes Jack Gilbert in his poem “Tear It Down.” He adds that “We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows.” I invite you to meditate on these ideas. By my calculations, it’s time to peel away the obvious secrets so you can penetrate to the richer secrets buried beneath. It’s time to dare a world-changing risk that is currently obscured by easy risks. It’s time to find your real life hidden inside the pretend one, to expedite the evolution of the authentic self that’s germinating in the darkness.

While reading Virginia Woolf, I found the perfect maxim for you to write on a slip of paper and carry around in your pocket or wallet or underwear: “Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small.” In the coming weeks, dear Gemini, I hope you keep this counsel simmering constantly in the back of your mind. It will protect you from the dreaminess and superstition of people around you. It will guarantee that you’ll never overlook potent little CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) breakthroughs as you scan the horizon for phantom miracles. And it will help When I was four years old, I loved to use crayons to draw diagrams of the solar you change what needs to be changed slowly and surely, with minimum system. It seems I was already laying a foundation for my interest in astrology.

How about you, Capricorn? I invite you to explore your early formative memories. disruption.

To aid the process, look at old photos and ask relatives what they remember.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your past can show you new Now that you’ve mostly paid off one of your debts to the past, you can go clues about what you might ultimately become. Potentials that were revealed window-shopping for the future’s best offers. You’re finally ready to leave when you were a wee tyke may be primed to develop more fully. behind a power spot you’ve outgrown and launch your quest to discover fresh power spots. So bid farewell to lost causes and ghostly temptations, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Cancerian. Slip away from attachments to traditions that longer move you I often ride my bike into the hills. The transition from the residential district to and the deadweight of your original family’s expectations. Soon you’ll be open spaces is a narrow dirt path surrounded by thick woods on one side and a empty and light and free -- and ready to make a vigorous first impression steep descent on the other. Today as I approached this place there was a new sign on a post. It read “Do not enter: Active beehive forming in the middle of the when you encounter potential allies in the frontier. path.” Indeed, I could see a swarm hovering around a tree branch that juts down LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) low over the path. How to proceed? I might get stung if I did what I usually do.

I suspect you will soon have an up-close and personal encounter with some Instead, I dismounted from my bike and dragged it through the woods so I could form of lightning. To ensure it’s not a literal bolt shooting down out of a join the path on the other side of the bees. Judging from the astrological omens, thundercloud, please refrain from taking long romantic strolls with yourself Aquarius, I suspect you may encounter a comparable interruption along a route during a storm. Also, forgo any temptation you may have to stick your finger that you regularly take. Find a detour, even if it’s inconvenient. in electrical sockets. What I’m envisioning is a type of lightning that will give you a healthy metaphorical jolt. If any of your creative circuits are sluggish, PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) it will jumpstart them. If you need to wake up from a dreamy delusion, the I bet you’ll be extra creative in the coming weeks. Cosmic rhythms are nudging you towards fresh thinking and imaginative innovation, whether they’re applied to lovable lightning will give you just the right salutary shock. your job, your relationships, your daily rhythm, or your chosen art form. To take VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) maximum advantage of this provocative luck, seek out stimuli that will activate Signing up to read at the open mike segment of a poetry slam? Buying an high-quality brainstorms. I understand that the composer André Grétry got inoutfit that’s a departure from the style you’ve cultivated for years? Getting spired when he put his feet in ice water. Author Ben Johnson felt energized in the dance lessons or a past-life reading or instructions on how to hang-glide? presence of a purring cat and by the aroma of orange peels. I like to hang out with Hopping on a jet for a spontaneous getaway to an exotic hotspot? I approve people who are smarter than me. What works for you? of actions like those, Virgo. In fact, I won’t mind if you at least temporarily

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