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Jimmy Crippen (JC): It came through Crippen’s (the inn and restaurant that the Crippens own and operate in Blowing Rock, NC). We entered The Best Dish in NC [contest] in 2006. When we won that competition, I met the gentleman, Matt Tunnell, who started it. I had one year under my belt with Fire on the Rock, which was a stage show during the Blue Ridge Wine and Food Festival. So, I called Matt.

He loved the idea. “Let me provide all the food!” he said. He got to work utilizing relationships to get all the food we needed to conduct the battle. I feel it’s a great way to promote local—to promote NC agriculture products.

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have the largest selection of NC products in the area—if you want NC products, they’ve got it all.

Even though they’re a large company, they operate like a small company.

Our first featured ingredient was purple sweet potatoes from Stokes County—the president of the company went out to the farm and said, “This is what we’re doing; we’d like to feature your food.”

It’s great to work with people who are not afraid to go to the farmer. If you are a busy restaurateur, it can be hard to have the time to get in your car and go to the farm.

It’s gastro-tourism at its best—traveling the state sampling the creative cuisine of NC! Even just pulling Clarke Merrell of Circa 81 in Morehead City and Anthony Garnett from Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach—they are bringing family, friends and staff members who are staying, eating at other restaurants, shopping and spending money in Wilmington.

e: You work with a lot of chefs; what sort of responses do they have to local ingredients?

JC: Last week we featured shrimp from Mitchell’s Seafood in Sneads Ferry. I loved it. I called my chef back at Crippen’s and said, “From now on I want you to buy this shrimp.”

Since Southern Foods is the biggest supplier, we fill that truck with almost all NC food. One of the chefs said it’s like being a kid in a candy store in there. The chefs get to work directly with that product all day. [Marc Copenhaver of] Marc’s on Market had Battle Shrimp, and he turned around and did the same thing, [saying,] “I want to order that shrimp for my restaurant.”

e: What do you wish the public knew about competition dining?

JC: That’s it’s the most fun you will ever have dining. The most important part of it is that your vote counts. There’s an awful lot of underlying benefits that take place, and one of them is that the chefs get direct feedback. They can’t put out their restaurant’s menu—it’s against the rules. They have to create.

These food shows—I cringe every time these poor chefs have to stand in front of a panel of judges and take criticism. This way they’re telling you by voting. You can see real and instant feedback. I like to say when we have a close vote that they just ran out of laps. It’s like NASCAR: By the time they got to the 500th mile, this guy’s ahead by a hundredth of a mile, but if they went around again, the other guy would be ahead by a hundredth of a mile. They just ran out of laps.

e: People travel to attend these events. How do you think a high-profile, high-end, fine-dining competition has enhanced the image of the local food movement?

JC: The neat thing about independent restaurateurs is that we work with raw product—that means you are not going out and purchasing processed food, heating and serving. It means if you want stock, it’s all raw. That’s what makes it local agriculture, it’s vegetables and chicken bones in a pot.

e: Can you give us an estimate on how you think the competition benefited Wilmington economically?

JC: Every event sold out [for $49-$59 a ticket over two-and-half months, with competitions taking place twice a week.] We rented rooms at Shell Island, rented the venue, and Shell Island kept the bar sales and tips. We rented the mobile food unit and rented from Waste Management. The impact is substantial, [especially during a time of year when] normally a place would not be at full capacity.

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primary, I listened to two folks on downtown’s Riverwalk speak about Mitt Romney. One said, “He got a happy look, but he still don’t look too bright.” The other said, “This is America, dummy. Some of us is born ignerent, but anybody can git ‘lected to it.”

I wanted to offer Thomas Gray’s quote about ignorance being bliss, but remembered what Will Rogers said: “Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.”

I continued walking, admiring the beauty of the day: 70 degrees, low humidity, Carolina-blue sky. Nothing could be finer. I was glad to be here. “Here” beats the heck out of most “theres,” including anywhere in Afghanistan or that lifeless rock that made headlines last week, the “Super Earth.”

I bathed in the sun across from the Battleship’s eyes, drawn to the swirling currents of the Cape Fear. There came a low rumble in the distance. In a few moments, two humming beasts of prey glided leisurely southwest along the river. I nodded salutation to the Marine Cobras crew, silently gave thanks they weren’t hunting me, hoping they fulfilled their duty to protect the Constitution without taking or giving anyone’s life or limb.

After they passed the Battleship, I turned my gaze back to the unperturbed swirls of the river. Tom Waits sang: “Misery is the river of the world.” If he was right, ignorance is its main current. Sometimes when I hear politicians say, “My opponent is out of touch with mainstream America,” I translate it: “He ain’t ignerent.”

Those of us disappointed at the passage of Amendment One might remember both Will Rogers and Gray’s thoughts on ignorance. Many friends expressed outrage, anger, disgust at the outcome. Understandable. A lot also expressed surprise.

Surprise? Seriously?

The vote was placed on a predictably low-turnout spring ballot, every pre-election poll predicted passage, and polling stations were allowed to be placed in 11 local churches, in the buckle of the Bible Belt. It’s sad enough we tolerate cops and churches in public schools but polling places in churches? In 21st Century America?

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by Mark Ba tributor encore con unite us all. I’m pretty smart, even when I’m being abused by ignorance, so I’ve grown careful not to confuse intelligence with ignorance. I’ve also noticed that my surprise often exposes my ignorance. I’m not surprised that 1.3 million (13 percent) of voters decided the Amendment One question for 9.6 million (100 percent) of us. That’s the tactical genius of a frightened, dying minority—not God’s will, democracy-in-action or the moral merit of their cause.

“Esse Quam Videri”—the state motto.

“As it is, not as it appears.” As it is now, partners and children of unmarried heterosexual and homosexual couples will be hurt. Solzhenitsyn was under no illusion that the Soviet Union was Shangri-La. This isn’t communist Russia, and I’m not Solzhenitsyn, but every election exposes that at least some Carolinians prefer a capitalist, conservative, Christian, police state, a Carolina CCCP, to a secular Constitutional republic.

I still love it here. And like Will Rogers, “I never yet met a man that I didn’t like.” (I’ve liked some a lot better than others.) Neither NC’s natural beauty nor our social graces blind me to the fact that we’re the belly of many ignorant beasts. A lot of intelligent, caring Carolinians sincerely believe that homosexuality is a choice—and, worse, a sin. They’re fine with miracles, manna and money trickling down from above, policein-schools, bailing out banks while busting unions, and placing polling stations at immaculate conception. They figure when the oceans rise and oil runs dry, God will provide. They’re certain if they save their money and say their prayers, they’ll go to heaven when they die.

I’m sure I’ll oppose the ignorance of the Carolina CCCP, join a union, work to overturn Citizen’s United and Amendment One, and contribute to progressive campaigns. I’ll start figuring out how we can get churches out of public schools and polling places out of churches. And, I’ll keep in mind my own ignorance, because if ignorance is bliss, then we’re all smiling about something.

NewsoftheWeird with Chuck Shepherd LEAD STORY Gentlemen, Start Your Engines ... and Your Stereos Sophisticated automobile technology makes high-performance engines purr in relative silence, but automakers fear that their most demanding drivers are emotionally attached to the engines’ roar. Consequently, as Car and Driver reported in April, the 2012 BMW M5, with 560 horsepower tempered with sound deadeners, has installed pre-recorded engine noise, channeled into the car’s cabin via the stereo system. A computer program matches the amplitude of the engine’s growl to the driver’s accelerator-revving. In other automobile tech news, Peugeot technicians announced in March that they were preparing “mood paint” for the body of the company’s iconic RCZ model. The paint’s molecular structure would be alterable by heat sensors in the steering wheel and elsewhere that measure a driver’s stress levels.

A calm driver might see his car turn green, for instance but watch out for road-rage red!

The Continuing Crisis With only 30,000 hotel rooms in Rio de Janeiro, and 50,000 visitors expected for the June United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, officials persuaded owners of many of the city’s short-time “love hotels” (typically renting for four hours at a time) to change business plans for a few days to accommodate the delegates. A BBC News stringer reported that the hotels will remove some special fixtures and furniture, such as “erotic chairs” and velvet wall coverings, but that the large, round beds would stay. Fortunately, the conference does not begin until June 13. The night of June 12 (“Lovers Day”) is a big income-producer for short-stay hotels.

The Marine Wounded Warriors Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., generally enjoys excellent support from the community, but in an April report of the Government Accountability Office, Marines complained of a “petting zoo” environment in which civilian charities and advertisers use the battalion to seek out “poster” faces and bodies that “looked the part” of wounded veterans, such as those severely burned or missing limbs. Warriors who suffer post-traumatic stress or brain injuries often appear outwardly “normal” and are likely to be ignored by the support organizations, thus setting a “bad tone” among the wounded.

Not Your Classic Perps: In October, Dr. Kimberly Lindsey, 44, a deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control’s Laboratory Science, Policy, and Practice Program Office, was charged with two counts of child molestation and bestiality involving a 6-yearold boy. In April, Yaron Segal, 30, a post-

doctoral researcher at a physics lab at MIT, was arrested upon arriving in Grand Junction, Colo., after arranging with a woman online to have sex with the woman’s underage daughter (an adventure that was the product of a law enforcement sting). (Two weeks later, Segal was found dead in his jail cell of an apparent suicide.)

Oh, Dear!: At a March Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance, the music continued uninterrupted as two patrons engaged in a fistfight over box seating. Conductor Riccardo Muti “never stopped conducting,” said a patron. “He very gracefully, without missing a beat literally he brought (the second movement) to a very quiet and subdued close.” It costs $8,500 (plus $3,000 annual dues) to join the ultra-prestigious New York Athletic Club, which counts Olympic champions among its upper-crust members. However, an April brawl in a back room, said to have begun over a woman, saw (according to witnesses) fighting “wolf packs” in a “lion’s pit” that resulted in several bloody injuries, with two people sent to the hospital and three arrested.

Names in the News Arrested for felony battery in Bloomington, Ind., in April: Ms. Fellony Silas, 30. Announced as eligible for parole in June by the Kansas Prison Review Board: Mr. Wilford Molester Galloway. Arrested for hit-and-run in April in Roseville, Calif.: Mr. Obiwan Kenobi, 37. Arrested on drug and weapons charges in Clarkstown, N.Y., in April, Mr. Genghis Khan. Among the silly town names uncovered in an April report on SmarterTravel.com: Why, Ariz., Whynot, Miss., Hell, Mich., Pig, Ky., Elephant Butte, N.M., Monkeys Eyebrow, Ky., and Embarrass, Minn. The report also found towns in Wales and New Zealand that are 58 and 57 letters long, respectively.

Bright Ideas Following her recent holiday in the United States, in which she passed through Boring,

Ore. (pop. 12,000), Scotswoman Elizabeth Leighton returned home to suggest that officials in her hometown of Dull, Scotland, arrange for the two towns to become “sister cities,” even though they did not qualify under normal protocols because of Boring’s larger size. (The Oregon town was named for a Civil War soldier, William H. Boring.)

Some villagers in China’s Shandong Province who are too poor or isolated to hook up to home heating fuel service have an alternative, according to a March report by China News Center. They take giant, heavy-duty balloons that resemble 15-foot-long condoms and walk to filling stations to inflate them with natural gas every four or five days.

The danger of explosion is high, but the balloons remain many villagers’ best option.

A Better Reason to De-Fund Planned Parenthood: The organization has survived a controversial de-funding campaign over its limited abortion program, but its Washington state chapter, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, began a quixotic safe-sex campaign in February in which thousands of condoms were distributed with scannable barcodes. The plan was that users would automatically register information about their locations during sex, and, if the users chose, other information about the particular sexual experience they just had. Among the choices: “Ah-maz-ing,” “Rainbows exploded and mountains trembled,” “Things can only improve from here.”

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At the 10th Arab Shooting Championships in Kuwait in March, as medals were presented and winners’ national anthems were played, officials were apparently ill-prepared for medalist Maria Dmitrienko of Kazakhstan. Consequently, her “national anthem” was, inadvertently, the humorous ditty from the movie “Borat.” (Instead of such lyrics as “sky of golden sun” and “legend of courage,” the audience heard “Greatest country in the world / All other countries are run by little girls” and “Filtration system a marvel to behold / It removes 80 percent of human solid waste.”) Dmitrienko reportedly kept a mostly straight face throughout, although Kazakhstan later demanded, and received, an official apology.

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waveringly stand against people who are different. It is not for those who cannot seek to understand varying views. It is a tale of bold strength and unrelenting resilience, reserved for an audience of open minds who can kneel in the face of something disparate—something bigger than themselves—and embrace it for how the story may affect their own lives. Even if the story is blemished.

Simultaneously, this play is neither racy nor crude, not overwhelming or offensive. Yes, “I Am My Own Wife” details the life of a transvestite as she attempts to survive the Nazi regime. The straightforward plot seems a bit eccentric—but it is about a real person. Charlotte von Mahlsdorf did exist, born “Lothar Berfelde,” and she became a gay-rights leader in Hitler’s Germany. The technicalities of her story, teetering on truth and lies, are what feed the play.

Written by Doug Wright following the death of Mahlsdorf (at 74 in 2002), the play garnered the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award in 2004, among other high nods. It is a one-man show that swept Broadway unexpectedly, and will make its debut at Red Barn Studio as young actor Rylan Morsbach takes on his senior thesis.

The theatre major had just finished a hometown performance in Massachusetts of “Scaramouche Jones,” another one-person play, when he looked toward his friend Trey Morehouse for thesis advice.

After reading “I Am My Own Wife” and taking part in a lengthy discussion together, Morsbach settled on the script as his final college project.

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Rylan Morsbach stars as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf in Doug Wright’s ‘I Am My Own Wife.’ Courtesy photo

grappling with some of the darkest corners of Western history,” Morehouse, now director of the production, shares.

The script is built as a series of interviews between Charlotte and the playwright who found himself deeply intrigued with her life. At 15 as a biological male, Berfelde corrected a “mistake of nature,” as he called it, by dressing as a woman and submerging himself in a life of femininity. He transformed into Charlotte then and there. Despite living in an immensely oppressive world, Charlotte disregarded risks and openly defied all gender norms.

The show features 35 characters as Charlotte relays her life’s tale to Wright, including friends, soldiers and a TV talk-show host. “Oddly, Doug wrote himself into the play, and this allows the audience to play an active role in the construction,” Morehouse explains. “It documents German history as seen through the eyes of Charlotte and as recorded by Doug. She came of age during the Nazi regime and lived most of her adult life during the communist rule of East Germany. What and how she survived these two regimes forms the crux of the play.”

The writer visited with his heroine for two years, collecting over 500 pages of transcripts, before he began to realize that perhaps Charlotte’s story wasn’t as heroic as she made it out to be. Further research shed light on false information she may have shared about her life. Dealing with the pain of realizing his idol might have been untrustworthy, Wright stepped away from his work for six years. It took him nearly a decade to realize that the tale he was meant to expose was not just about civil rights but also about individual interpretations of our lives.

In fact, it’s lesser-known subtitle was “Studies for

a Play About the Life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf,” not “The Life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf.” “Our production will focus on the psychological aspects of the play, and we can imagine the set and staging being reflective of the inner mental states of our protagonist, Doug Wright,” the director tells. “The play is from Doug’s point of view as we are seeing his reactions to Charlotte’s story. The blocking, stage pictures, and set revolve around an attempt to understand what is going on in Doug’s mind.”

To prepare for his thesis, Morsbach went further than the average actor to “get into character”—all 35 of them. His research involves historical, cultural and political aspects of the play, as well as Charlotte’s own autobiography and its film adaptation. He pored over documentaries and articles about German history, and even took an introductory course in the language at UNCW. “This show is demanding on all fronts,” Morsbach says. “Technically, intellectually and stylistically, it’s a wonderful acting challenge. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to delineate the various characters vocally and physically. Since the major [roles] in the play are based on real people, I’ve tracked down audio and video recordings of those individuals to build my characterizations from the “original sources.” At this point, I am trying to marry my technical and dramaturgical preparation with a personal connection to each of the characters.”

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aftermath of NC’s passing of Amendment One, we can at least depend on Thalian Assocation to remind us that love—regardless of gender, sexual orientation and preference—conquers all. And in a colorful array of song and dance, nonetheless.

“La Cage aux Folles” opens Thursday night at Thalian Hall—a musical which follows the story of nightclub owner Georges, whose partner Albin moonlights in drag as Zaza in their club in Saint-Tropez. When Georges’ son gets engaged to a lovely lady whose family is über conservative, each family must find a way to stay bound by the same goal—to love and support each other despite their differences. Naturally, in the throes of it all, hijinks ensue. When Georges agrees to masquerade as a hetero couple with Albin, lots of zealous scenarios leave audiences in stitches!

“When I saw the original Broadway production in 1983, I had seen the French film, so I knew the story,” director Tom Briggs says.

“But the addition of the wonderful Jerry Herman (‘Hello, Dolly!’, ‘Mame’) score brought a whole new dimension to it.”

Though “La Cage” (pronounced ka-zh) saw

by Shea Carver s La Cage aux Folle 7 5/17-20, 24-2 0 Chestnut Street Thalian Hall • 31 • $25 (910) 632-2241 l.org www.thalianhal its genesis as a French play in ‘73 before becoming a French film in ‘78, a Broadway musical in ‘83 and another film in ‘96, masked as “The Birdcage,” starring Nathan Lane and Robin Williams, it was a Broadway revival twice in the last decade (2004 and 2010). It has scored Tony Awards for its original and secondary runs, as well as Laurence Olivier and Drama Desk awards. That it was written and directed by gay artists, with a gay couple centering its plot, makes it all the more appealing to our modern-day challenges of same-sex familial acceptance.

“It was done with such good taste and finesse that tourists from Idaho felt comfortable seeing it,” Briggs expands. “It’s won 11 Tonys between the three productions, which is a testament to the strength of the material.”

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COLORFUL BRASS: Lance L. Howell (left) and John Burke star in “La Cage aux Folles,” presented by Thalian Association at Thalian Hall. Photo by Chris Ochs.

While many folks may consider this a nontraditional love story, it couldn’t be further from the truth when considering the foundation of its plot. “It’s about a couple’s devotion to each other, their love for their son, and his love for his parents and for his fiancée,” Briggs explains.

“La Cage” features ballads and big show numbers, all over-the-top, making for spot-on entertainment. Folks can expect amazingly flamboyant costuming, as done by Debbie Scheu, not to mention a 16-piece band directed by Jonathan Barber. Sound design has been a challenge worth enduring for Briggs, seeing as there are nearly as many musicians onstage as there are actors.

“Jonathan Graves is really a magician, and I know it’s going to sound like a million bucks,” Briggs praises, nodding also to Terry Collins who has designed a set which moves fluidly without stopping for blackout scene changes (something of a nightmare to audiences’ stream of attention, which when broken detriments the overall effect). “As always, Debra Gillingham has created some brilliant dance numbers that just take the whole production to another level.”

Technicalities aside, the actors are working double time to ensure their characters connect. Seemingly, it’s not hard to do when considering how likeable they all are. Briggs has taken to Albin above all this time around.

“Although he’s a big drag star on the Riviera, he’s most proud of being a good parent,” Briggs explains. “When the boy he’s raised as his own suddenly turns his back on him because of the bigoted views of his future fatherin-law, it breaks his heart, and ours.”

xp Briggs attests to the underlying skill gu needed to walk the fine line between to appeal of comedy and serious compassion. None will be lost on its viewers. erwise are “Though it’s a farce, it has a big heart,” compasse he says. “Lance Howell [as Albin] has son’s ess done an extraordinary job of keeping is the ma this outrageous character grounded in which saw a reality we can all recognize and em- and throu theology t pathize with.”

John Burke plays Georges, Albin’s as existen partner, whom is bringing a “wonderful Søren Kie sense of the patience and understand- Dostoevs ing,” according to Briggs—something mus—put most definitely needed when thrown has mean into such eccentricities. African Ameri- to it. That can actor Tré Cotton will play Albin’s we break b son, bringing yet another dimension of live withou acceptance to the plot: being from a bi- or codes, is to accep racial, gay family.

“He does a great job of conveying not given his conflicted feelings about his uncon- exist) but ventional parents, whom he loves deeply, and Jean-Pa the girl of his dreams, whom he doesn’t want pher, playw to lose,” Briggs says. elist (who Filling out the cast is Ashley W. Grantham to not be b as the butler-cum-maid and Steve Gallian— most well“the bigot with the just right blend of self-righ- tialist rend teous bombast and arrogance. We’ve seen Nothingne many variations on this character in real life 1944 play during the run-up to the election season—just lenge hum fill in the name,” Briggs attests. and Theat While the show touches on the fun-filled titled “Hu fantasy of running a nightclub full of entertain- 17th and r ing “showgirls” and variety in numbers, its “No Ex message at heart couldn’t be more timely to the lobby North Carolinians or the nation-at-large. Briggs interact in has tirelessly worked to make the characters tion of wha believable, while in turn making the audience it a far-awa laugh with them (maybe at them, occasionally) is it as sim and truly feel for their situations. normalities “It’s rather amazing that the day after daily? The Amendment One passed in North Carolina, encore President Obama came out in support of about the same-sex marriage,” Briggs notes. “So this putting Sa issue is as timely as it gets. One of the things performan I love about ‘La Cage’ is that this couple, who have been together for 20 years and have encore: W raised a son who is now about to get mar- or the scr ried, think of themselves as an old, married you about couple, and so does everyone else in town. Nick Smit My partner and I were together for 23 years, teresting v and people certainly thought it as much a mar- ing and ho riage as those of our straight friends, some of that. This whom went through two or three marriages It’s also during that time. That we were never able to relate to e have a wedding and be gifted an Osterizer this way, y didn’t define what the relationship was at its little perso essence. It never does. So I wouldn’t mind if to deal wit people came out of ‘La Cage’ with a fresh at- just rub u titude about same-sex couples in committed, family mem long-term relationships.” always pe

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guide them through life and lead them to decisions and reactions, which otherwise aren’t dictated by moral and scientific compasses. According to some, this is a person’s essence of being—of existence—and is the makeup of a philosophical movement which saw lots of popularity during WWII, and throughout sectors of the world from theology to art, literature to science. Known as existentialism, its prominent educators— Søren Kierkegaard, Franz Kafka and Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus—put stock in the notion that the absurd has meaning only as far as we give meaning to it. That authenticity only exists as long as we break boundaries and truly find freedom to live without expectation of it—not by values or codes, good and bad. That to accept such is to accept that existence precedes essence, not given by a Creator (since one does not exist) but by simply being.

Jean-Paul Sartre, famed French philosopher, playwright, screenwriter and literary novelist (who rejected the Nobel Prize in 1964, as to not be bound and tied by its expectation) is most well-known for the latter of the existentialist renderings. His works like “Being and Nothingness,” “The Age of Reason” and his 1944 play “No Exit” continue today to challenge humanity on autonomy. Browncoat Pub and Theatre will be adapting his play (originally titled “Huis Clos”) beginning Thursday, May 17th and running three weekends thereafter.

“No Exit” follows three humans waiting in the lobby to the confines of hell, and begin to interact in ways which surfaces a new definition of what hell really is—stripped and raw. Is it a far-away inferno of burning damnation? Or is it as simple as having to live with the grated normalities and anxieties people inflict on us daily? The outcome: Humans are hell. encore spoke with director Nick Smith about the show and the local actors who are putting Sartre’s words into action in this stark, performance-driven play. encore: Why Sartre? Any thoughts of him or the script in general, and what appeals to you about it most?

Nick Smith: I like that it presents such an interesting view of hell. We think of hell as burning and hot pokers, and the lake of fire and all that. This is so much more matter of fact.

It’s also an interesting notion about how we relate to each other. I think if you look at hell in this way, you realize we all go through a dozen little personal hells every day, when we have to deal with people who, for whatever reason, just rub us the wrong way—a co-worker, a family member, a friend of a friend. There are always people we have to be around that we

so it’s been a rewarding challenge to help her in discovering Estelle’s darkness and attitude, but every time she does it, she gets better.

The valet might be something of a throwaway character, but Brendan Carter is just having fun with it, making him creepy and funny all at once—Heath Ledger’s Joker by way of Tim Curry in “Clue,” I think.

The person I can’t wait for people to see, though, is Tony Moore. This is unlike anything he’s ever done. Tony is so much fun, such a big, excitable personality, so watching him bring all that in and play this very restrained, conflicted character has been a delight. I think people will see Tony and his already considerable talents in a whole new way after this.

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8 and 6/1-2, 5/17-20, 25-27 5 p.m. $8-$15 Sun. matinees, tre.com www.guerillathea may not want to. I think it’s fun exploring how the little digs they can make—the little personality ticks—all add up to this idea of hell. e: The characters all arrive in hell and confront their demons. What do you think their interactions and inevitable outcome in dealing with one another says in parallel to society as we know it?

NS: What really fascinates me is the naïveté of these characters. Not one understands why they’re in hell. They all think it’s for a reason other than the one that is revealed in the dialogue. Whether it’s ignorance or just denial—that’s interesting.

Garcin thinks he’s in hell for being a coward and running away from the war, when he’s really there for how he cheated on his wife, the way he fed into her depression with his philandering ways.

Estelle feels a measure of guilt for sacrificing her youth (itself a selfish notion, really) by marrying an older man to help her family— and she’s completely OK with the fact she murdered her baby. It’s appalling, but not at all unusual.

Not to be speaking like a preacher, but I think a lot of people might be surprised when their day comes, and they find out exactly what it was they had done that earned them a ticket to hell. I bet many of them would guess wrong. They all think it’s for a reason other than the one that is revealed in the dialogue. e: Would you say there are philosophical and literal underlying lessons to be learned from this production?

NS: Is there a lesson? If anything, I think it might be a lesson in awareness of who you are and who you’re with. People don’t need to know everything about you. You have to have an awareness of the people who are friends, with whom you can trust and share your secrets, and also an awareness of those who are cool to have a beer with, and that’s about it. As these characters open up to each other, without that awareness, they’re unwittingly giving each other the ammunition they need to truly make this a hell.

Inez will be able to torture Garcin literally for eternity, whether or not she thinks him a

coward—and people really need to be cognizant of that in terms of their relationships. As mentioned above, I think it can make people re-examine what they’ve done “wrong” to see behavior that is truly detrimental. e: Tell me about your cast and how they’re filling out their roles. What are they bringing to the show you otherwise haven’t expected?

NC: It’s been very interesting to watch Susan Auten. She’s so good at the strong female; it’s what got her the Wilmington Theatre Awards nomination for “His Girl Friday,” and in “Tape” she created someone so broken, so vulnerable. Her Inez is the natural evolution of all that: strength and damage, all in one package, and it’s fun to watch her shift them.

This is Monica White’s first time onstage,

e: How have you guided and directed this go ‘round—any significant differences?

NS: Due to some schedule changes at the Browncoat, we’ve had kind of a breakneck rehearsal pace on this play, so I’ve had to put a lot more trust in my actors than normal to make sure they’re doing their prep ahead of time so that in rehearsal we can really work and tweak the performances. Thankfully, outside of Monica, the rest of my cast has been at this long enough to make it easy, which has also given me more time to work with her. e: Are there any surprises or liberties in interpretation you’d like to mention?

NS: We thought about trying to play with the script, adapt it into something with a more specific message, but in the end, Sartre’s words were right the first time, and anything we’d change would just diminish the whole.

There’s an undercurrent in the play of sensuality that we’re trying to play up as it makes for some revealing moments—how awful would it be to have the girl of your dreams willing to do whatever you wanted, but be held back by the creepy girl in the corner who won’t stop watching? So we’re having some fun with that.

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ent, as 11 East Coast artists will tackle the oldest form of printmaking on Carolina Beach at the Big Print Block Party Art Festival. Presented by Cape Fear Press and the Carolina Beach Arts and Activities Committee, the Big Print Block Party—back for its third year—celebrates the classic and intricate process of woodcut printmaking.

“Woodcut relief printing is the oldest form of printing with ink,” says Jennifer Page, event founder and owner of Cape Fear Press. “The process dates back to about 200 A.D. in China with decorative fabric printing. Printmaking as an art medium is unique in that each print is an original even though it exists as multiples—it is not a reproduction of anything else.”

A group of 11 artists—some local, others from as far away as Florida and New York—are participating this year, with three original prints each. These artists have spent months of intricate sketching and

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After months of meticulous planning and sore wrists, the group of artists will finally be able to experience the payoff of their arduous work when a four-ton steamroller will pass over their blocks, creating mirrorimaged prints of their carvings. According to Page— although steamrolling is not the conventional method of woodcut printing— it was the idea responsible for sparking the first Big Print Block Party back in 2009.

“I had always wanted to print a giant

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relief prints with a steamroller. [If] this type of printing is inherently suited for a group of artists, it then seemed obvious that it would be a good public art event as well.”

While planning the first Big Print Block Party, Page enlisted advice from Dennis McNett, a Brooklynbased woodcut artist who does this type of event annually with his students at Pratt Institute.

“I talked about the idea with local photographer Matt Dols of [his collective effort website] Creative Wilmington, and he later told me about a couple of artists who seemed interested in participating [and] gave me a few tips on organizing a public art event,” Page says. “I live in Carolina Beach, so I decided it would be nice to keep it close to home and [hold the festival] in center of town on the east block of Cape Fear Boulevard.”

Shannon Bourne, one of this year’s contributing artists, says the festival provides the Cape Fear community a chance to observe and appreciate an art form of which many aren’t even aware.

“I think a lot of people don’t realize what a huge physical undertaking [woodcutting] is and how much planning is involved,” Bourne says. “It’s fun and different to see art being created on such a large scale, and to see an artist doing work outside the studio.”

The unique process Bourne is referring to goes like this: once the artists bring their finished woodcuts to the festival, rubber rollers are then used to slowly build up an even layer of black ink on the uncut portions. Once the blocks are inked, a layer of muslin (organic, cotton-hemp fabric) is placed on top of the inked block, and handrubbed with a wooden spoon or baren.

This is where the steamroller comes in: It will make four passes over the blocks; its pressure transfers the ink to the fabric. The muslin is then peeled away to reveal the finished product: a stark black-and-whitemirrored image of the original woodcut, the ink beautifully highlighting each cut and carving from the painstaking process its artist endured.

Other local artists and crafters will be displaying and selling art throughout the day as well, and there will also be booths and activities for children. The event is free and open to the public.

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22527 Highway 17N, Hampstead, NC 910-803-0302 / 910-330-4077 Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (or by appt.) artexposure50.com From Wilmington, drive north on Highway 17 and you will encounter an art center unique to our area. Look for the big red barn! A large open space hosts 2nd Friday Opening Receptions each month at 6 p.m.R epresenting over 40 local and regional artists in our member’s gallery, we offer local arts and crafts in our gift shop. ArtExposure presently has studio space rented to five working artists. In addition, there is a frame shop and art supply store. Also available for receptions, weddings, meetings and the like. Along with its large open space downstairs, there is a loft area upstairs suitable for smaller gatherings.

Opening May 11th: solo show featuring the work of watercolorist and local resident, Lynn Padgett. Along with regular art classes and studio time, yoga meet Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. in the loft. Walk-ins are welcome to this gentle yoga class.

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Please visit our gallery in Landfall Shopping Center at 1319 Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington, or look to our website at www. figmentsgallery.com for information on these classes and more: Living Words -- Foundations of Poetry Writing with Michelle Hicks, Studio Oil Painting Workshops and Demonstrations with Alessandro Giambra, Broken Plate Mosaic with Mary Cook, Light and Loose Acrylic on Canvas with Alice Houston, Intro to Clay with Pauline Purdim, Get Wet and Wild with Yupo with Christine Farley, Mixed Media with Artist Michelle Connolly and more!”

new eleMents GAllery 201 Princess St. • (919) 343-8997 Tues.-Sat.: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (or by appt.) newelementsgallery.com “Going Places” is now on display at New Elements Gallery featuring paintings by J. Michael Kennedy, Catherine C. Martin, and Hunter Stephenson. Enjoy these three distinctly different artists in our new gallery space at 201 Princess Street now through May 19th.

Immerse yourself in the peaceful tranquility of J. Michael Kennedy’s “skyscapes,” as the artist focuses on dramatic cloud formations and the interplay of light and colors. You’ll feel the energy of Martin’s alla prima (literally meaning “at once”) style paintings, a technique which allows for a very emotional and expressionist look and feel to her work. Stephenson’s distinctive style combines her effective use of negative space with a looseness of color and form. Her work creates a clean, fresh vision of her subject matter.

The Grand Opening of New Elements’ new location will take place Friday, May 25, 6-9 p.m. with festivities beginning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and remarks from Mayor Saffo at 6 p.m. The event coincides with Fourth Friday Gallery Night and marks the opening of a new exhibition at the gallery, “Outside the Lines,” showcasing works by local artist Michael Van Hout. Hout is a graduate of UNCG and began creating his earliest sculptures in a folk-art

style from found materials. Outside the Lines will feature a variety of Van Hout’s figurative pieces. He has expanded his subject matter to include musicians, portrait heads and people performing everyday activities using his signature wire sculpture techniques. The exhibition will remain on display through June 16th.

orton’s underGround Art GAlleries 133 N. Front • (910) 859-8441 Everyday after 5 p.m. www.ortonsuderground.com America’s oldest pool hall and Wilmington’s finest bar are also the home of Wilmington’s newest art galleries: Gallery North and Gallery South, both hanging local artists year-round, and 10 percent of all art sales goes to the Full Belly Project.

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River to Sea Gallery showcases the work of husband and wife Tim and Rebecca Duffy Bush. In addition, the gallery represents several local artists. The current show is sure to enthrall visitors with its eclectic collection of original paintings, photography, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry.

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

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The next featured show runs through Thursday, May 31. It’s titled “Feed Your Eclectic Soul: A showing of custom design, fine crafts and gently loved pieces from the past.” Sunset River will have a beautiful collection of unusual pillows, textural table runners and other fabric pieces by Beth Pethtal combined with gallery owner Ginny Lassiter’s eclectic eye for incorporating antiques, pottery and contemporary pieces into a warm and cohesive design.

wicked GAllery 205 Princess St. • (910) 960-7306 Tues. 12-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 6:30-11:30 p.m. onewickedgallery.com Wicked is home to Gabriel Lehman’s studios upstairs. Gabriel’s paintings are whimsical and fanciful, yet sometimes dark, putting the viewer immediately in touch with their inner child. We have a great fondness for his exquisite work, and we celebrate the fantastic characters of his artistic world. In our floor-level gallery, we are currently hanging “The Whimsy,” a show with insanely ingenious artists all defining the magical, clever and fantastical whimsy in art. Featuring works from Allison Weeks Thomas, Brittny Roller, Shannon Stamey, Gabriel Lehman and Wendy L. Barber. Show will run through June 18th.

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Fencing Association Est.1997

on 2nd St.

For more info on camp/classes: capefearfencing.com or (910) 799-8642

Horseback Riding Camp Weekly Summer Camp for kids ages 5-12 Lots Of FUN ACTIVITIES Including: Horseback Ce le br at in g Riding, Swimming, Hiking, in Crafts, Archery & So Much More. 37 Ye ar s Op er at io n!

5645 US Highway 117 S. Daily Burgaw, NC 28425 Pick-up & Drop-off 910-259-2412 Available www.ashtonfarmcamp.com

Located at Big Cypress Farm 1336 Lt. Congleton Rd. in Monkey Junction

Daily or Weekly for kiDs age 6- 16 June-July-august Riding-Horseplay-Happiness e Learn th Opportunity to show a e of g a u g n la ! s e champion horse or pony. rs ho Credit cards accepted

Arts CAmp 2012 June 18 - August 3 seven One-Week sessiOns: 9Am - 4:30pm, mOndAy - FridAy

Come & enjoy the fun of Broadway on Second Street during Arts Camp 2012! Be a part of your version of a different Broadway musical each week! Dance, paint, build, sing and act each day! Then, at the end of the week, do your own Broadway musical!

June 18 - 22 June 25 - 29 July 2 - 6 Free t-shirt iF yOu COme this Week July 9 - 13 July 16 - 20 July 23 - 27 July 30 - Aug 3 teen Week

WS11-1490158

Cape Fear

Designed for children who are rising first graders through rising seventh graders.

Cost is $125 per week; T-shirts are available for $15. Children are supervised all day and helped in each project. Friends and family come Friday for the show! All materials supplied including afternoon snack; you provide morning snack and lunch.

www.shadypaddockstables.com 910-520-4150

341-7860

www.wilmingtoncac.org

Kaigan Karate School, Inc. SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM

Keep your child busy and active all day with our fun filled summer camp:

Morning Activities:

Swimming, Bowling, Volleyball, Skating

Lunch & Movie Time Afternoon Activities:

Karate Lessons, Organized Games, Free Play

For more information on all programs visit:

kaigankarate.com

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MAY 19 2 Cents Worth MAY 25 Jessica Coppola

on stage this week

Fridays & Saturdays 7-10PM Outside on the back deck weather permitting

MAY 27 Fortch

138 South Front Street Downtown Wilmington (910) 251-0433

Happy dogs welcomed!

RHYTHM AND BEATS: On Saturday, May 19th, The Oceanic will be transformed from an Atlantic-Coast gem to a true tropical island oasis as Selah Dubb takes the stage. Featuring Mark Evangelist on lead guitar and

joyful, effervescent tunes. Blending a bit of modern-day surf rock into the mix, too, Selah Dubb has already surpassed its 15-year anniversary. With the goal to spread unity, positivity, equality and empowerment, their lyrics always uplift. The band’s upcoming album, “Close Out City,” is expected to be released this summer.

18: UV, THE INTERNATIONAL U2 TRIBUTE 25: SpARE CHANGE

LIVE MUSIC SUNDAY EVENINGS

May 20 - HEART AND SOUL May 27 - BAG OF TOYS

JUNE

M AY

SUMMER MUSIC LINEUP June 3 - MACHINE GUN June 10 - CENTRAL PARK June 17 - MARK ROBERTS June 24 - OVERTYME

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asheville - based

group WorldLine is often compared to the Flaming Lips, U2 and Pink Floyd, there are elements in their sound— borrowed perhaps from their influences— that combine in a fresh way to build a textured alt-rock unique to this band.

Emotional, wailing, ghost-like qualities emerge in the voice of Andrew Schatzberg.

Keyboarding performed by Brian Turner provides the initial intrigue and experimental value. While the guitar is the founding block of any rock band, Naren Schoenacher and Schatzberg’s melancholy riffs sneakily upheave the music of WorldLine into a modern, ethereal aura.

Not to be outdone are the drums of Springs Wade, like quintessential icing on a psychedelic cake. His percussion is erratic and impulsive, confirming that WorldLine’s audience always will be surprised at what comes next.

The group formed in 2011 from some of Asheville’s experienced musicians.Frontman Schatzberg is a studio producer in his not-so-down time. Schoenacher has been an integral part of the city’s cultural scene since the ‘90s with stints in Marsupial, Barnacle, and on his own solo album. Wade is a member of the harder-core Southern rock outfit The Campaign 1984; Mack plays with Pierce Eden and the Dirty Work; and Turner is an accomplished solo pianist in his own right, having composed songs for Disney, Jim Henson and Lucasfilms.

Naturally, once together the five-piece quickly headed into the studio to build their debut album, “Inside the Noise,” which was released just this month. It’s a collection of their varied skills, honed into one identifiable and individual sound. They are currently on tour to promote the endeavor, making a stop at Satellite Bar and Lounge on Saturday, May 19th. encore caught up with Schatzberg in anticipation of the show. e: What’s the idea behind the band name?

AS: I’ve always been really interested in time travel, and a world line describes the relationship between two objects traveling in time and space. Time travel is inspiring on a lot

OUT OF THIS WORLD: The music of the altrock act WorldLine is unearthly and modern.

Courtesy photo

of levels. Sometimes it’s the notion that we wish we could go back in time to change something that might make the world better; other times it’s as simple as a character in a song traveling back in time to change one specific moment they regret. It’s a topic I keep coming back to. e: For such a young act, WorldLine has a pretty unique and mature sound. What are your past musical endeavors that lent such experiences?

AS: Thank you! We’ve all been in bands most of our lives and we’re constantly doing something music related. Several of the guys teach music lessons or play in [multiple] bands.

I have a recording studio in Asheville called Landslide Studio, which is the band’s home. e: How do these experiences bring you guys together?

AS: We’ve all spent a lot of time in studios over the years, so recording this record and experimenting in the studio was a natural progression.

We also got to road test these songs over the last year and we learned a lot from performing them. So between having those experiences, having faith in each other and in the recording process, we were able to make it through more than a year of working on this album. e: When creating songs, how do the layers come to fruition?

AS: The songs have evolved in a few different ways. Often songs are written on an acoustic guitar and then brought into the band setting.

Sometimes we’ve got the structures and arrangements locked in, but we’re still develop-

ing textures and colors for specific sections.

We’ll improvise in the studio until we stumble upon something we dig. Other times we just let the songs develop naturally as we rehearse them. The more we play the songs, the more we come to understand what they need. e: What subjects do you tackle the most in your lyrics?

AS: I think the most reoccurring theme in our music is the idea of hope. Sometimes I start out writing about things that are eating me alive—whether it be about a relationship or something happening in the world. Once I get through the negativity, somehow there always ends up being a hopeful message. Aside from the bigger picture, I’m into writing about California, time travel, rock and roll, and dysfunctional relationships. e: What do you enjoy about performing together (especially since this isn’t your first time around the block)?

AS: For me, music is an escape and a joyful experience, and I hope that comes across in our music. There’s a lot of energy that goes into playing these songs, and to get lost in the music without being boring is what we’re reaching for. At any given moment, you don’t know what’s gonna happen next. We feed off that, and hopefully the audience does, too! e: What do you guys want to accomplish with your music, and what does the future hold for WorldLine?

AS: We hope when people come out and listen to us perform or pop in our album, they’ll get lost in the experience and just be in the moment—that’s all we can hope for. As for the future, as soon as we build that time machine, I’ll have some answers for you.

Tiny Boxes is a jamband to be reckoned with. The act features Ben Lozaga (Gongzilla) on guitar and vocals; Matt Williams (The Ocean, Zansa) on violin, guitar, mandolin and vocals; bassist and vocalist Leo Kishore (Barefoot Manner, Funkuponya); and Kyle Poehling on percussion and vocals (Rebus, Modern Robot). The well-rounded musicians are often joined by special guests at their live shows, including members of The Derek Trucks Band and Umphrey’s McGee. Their Palm Room show will feature new songs, too.

The Vagrant Symphony Juggling Gypsy 1612 Castle St. 5/22, 10 p.m. • free

As a psychedelic folk act, The Vagrant Symphony keeps audiences guessing as no member plays the same instrument from song to song. Not to mention, it’s comprised of a rotating cast of nomadic characters, built in January 2004 in eastern Michigan. They’re a raucous, Bob Dylan-influenced group with an upbeat twist—a fitting backdrop to a night out at the Gypsy.

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BLACKBOARD SPECIALS

soundboard

a preview of tunes all over town this week

MONDAYS

Poker Night 7pm & 9:30pm

TUESDAYS LIVE

TEAM TRIVIA

8pm

WEDNESDAYS

MONDAYS

POKER NIGHT 7pm & 9pm WEDNESDAYS

LIVE TEAM TRIVIA 8PM - 10PM followed by

PINT NIGHT

Live Music on the Patio

2.75

10PM-12AM

ALL PINTS

JEREMY NORRIS

Monkey Junction 910.392.7224

206 Old Eastwood Rd.

$

FEATURE YOUR LIVE MUSIC FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS CALL 791-0688

(by Home Depot)

910.798.9464

MONDAY 2.50 Budweiser Draft $ 4 Wells 65¢ wings, 4-7 p. m.

$

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

WEDNESDAY 2.50 Yuengling Draft $ 2.50 Domestic Bottles 65¢ wings, 4-7 p. m. $

$

THURSDAY 3.00 Samuel Adams $ 4.00 Margaritas FRIDAY $ 3 Pint of the Day

SATURDAY 5 Sangria & Mimosa’s

$

SUNDAY $ 5 Bloody Mary’s & Mimosa’s *Drink specials run all day N. Water Street & Walnut Street Downtown Wilmington 910-762-4354

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TRACKIN’ THE SHACK: The Shack Band, blending funk, blues and progressive rock, is a four-piece act hailing from Richmond, Virginia. They’ll be at The Whiskey with The Silo Effect on Thursday, May 17th. Courtesy photo

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16

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

KaraoKe with hellz Belle —Marina Cafe, 110 S. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 938-2002

DJ sir nicK BlanD —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776

acoustic Jazz Piano with James Jarvis —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091

Benny hill —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115

KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 DJ Jay —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677

Josh solomon & cary BenJamin —Black Sheep Tavern, 21 N. Front St. (basement); 399-3056

DJBe extreme KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 Jeremy norris —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464 KaraoKe with DJ Brewtal —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499

Gary allen’s acoustic oPen mic —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888

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

Billy Don Burnes, ronnie hymes —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088

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

KaraoKe with DJ rich Delux —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878

Forrest taBor —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 7721400

soiree D’electronica with DJ DroBot

oPen mic niGht with sean GerarD —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677

DJ lorD walrus —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 trivia with DJ —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 live acoustic —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 colleGe niGht with DJ Battle —Brikhouse, 208 Market St.; 523-5833

thurSDAY, MAY 17

FrieD lot —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115

DJ sweat —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd.,

oPen mic niGht with tommy hutchinson

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

Team Trivia wiTh DuTch hawk —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 rockin’ Trivia wiTh ParTy Gras DJ (9 P.m.)

—Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Center Dr.; 509-0805 karaoke —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269 rick Tobey (blues) —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St. morGanTics —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 sea Pans (sTeel Drums) —Holiday Inn Resort (Oceanfront Terrace), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 JuDe eDen 8 P.m.

—Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236 The shack banD, The silo effecT —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 karaoke wiTh DJ Damon —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 oPen mic wiTh Jeremy norris —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 DuelinG Pianos —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 ToP 40 DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 rob ronner —Oceanic, Oceanfront Wrightsville Beach; 256-5551

friday, may 18 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 house/Techno DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 DJ Dr. Jones —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 DJ P funk —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 3420872 Jazz wiTh benny hill —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 sounDPlay —Porters Neck Yoga Spa, 8044 Market St.; 686-6440 Dixie Driver —NC Tarheel Opry House, 145 Blue Creek School Road, Jacksonville; (910) 347-4731 DuelinG Pianos —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 DJ baTTle —Dirty Martini, 1904 Eastwood Rd, Suite 109 DJ milk —Pravda; 23 N. Front St., Wilmington

karaoke wiTh mike norris —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 DJbe exTreme karaoke —Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621 karaoke —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677 karaoke —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 acousTic Jazz Piano wiTh James Jarvis —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 The DesiGn —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 no Dollar $hoes —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 sean GreGory —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 l shaPe loT (acousTic/blueGrass mix) —Holiday Inn Resort (Oceanfront Terrace), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 Da howlies —Airlie Gardens; 300 Airlie Rd., 798-7700 kersTen caPra 9 P.m.

—Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236 Tiny boxes, mac anD Juice —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 Jim ashley —Playhouse 211, 4320 Southport Supply Rd. Ste 1, St. James; 200-7785 The carvers —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796 uv —Downtown Sundown; riverfront downtown, 763-7349 rick Tobey anD Da chickenheaD blues (8Pm-12am Tiki sTaGe); DJ Dane briTT (10Pm-2am insiDe) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 coasTal collecTive, Jah harvesT, amir, cosTel —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 nicole ThomPson —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St. Junk yarD mama —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 DJ —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433 robbie berry —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 7721400 bellyDance showcase —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 selah Dubb —Lazy Pirate Sports Bar and Grill, 701 N. Lake

BLACKBOARD SPECIALS Pub & Grille

Bar & Comedy Room

WedNeSdAY

Wrightsville Beach

LIVE MUSIC

Tuesday

Fridays &

Nutt House Improv 9pm

Saturdays

ThurSdAY

7-10 P.M.

Open Mic Stand-up 9pm

$3 Imports ∙ $4 Guinness $1.50 High Life ∙ $3 Bouron

Wednesdays

Ping Pong Tourney

Thursdays KARAOKE

$2 Red Stripe ∙ $4 Margaritas $4 Dude Bombs ∙ $4 Captain

Fridays

$2 Coors Light • $2.50 Bud Lt Platinum $5 Martinis • $4 Flavored Bombs

Saturdays

$2 Miller Lite • $2 Budweiser $4 Rum & Coke • $3 Surfer on Acid

Sundays

$2 Yuenglings • $2 Bud Lights $5 Jager Bomb • $3 Mimosas Free Pool & Shuffleboard after 9 pm 1/2 Off Late Night Menu @ 10 pm

BanksChannelPub.Com

Outside on the back deck - weather permitting MAY 19 2 Cents Worth

MAY 25 Jessica Coppola MAY 26 Dave Meyer

MAY 27 Fortch

Happy dogs welcomed!

Join us on the deck for cheese fondue, chocolate fondue, and grilled items from our a la’ carte menu.

138 South Front Street Downtown Wilmington (910) 251-0433

Waterfront music series LiVe music on the patio at 4 p.m. every sunday through fall. maY 20

Fri. & SAT. natIonal HeadlInerS 8 p.m.

May 25-26

PAUL HOOPER (hbo comedy festival in las vegas)

June 8-9

ERIN JACKSON

(ellen degeneres show, tbs bitcom series)

Celebrate Craft Beer Month with us!

Heart and Soul

karaoke night

maY 27

5.17 THURSDAY

tueSdayS

5.18 FRIDAY

all 36 drafts just $2.50 Karaoke at 9 p.m.

5.16 WEDNESDAY

with dj be!

bag of toyS

trivia night

June 3

the design

MaCHIne gun

5.19 SATURDAY

live music with the

dutch treet

June 10

Central ParK

complete schedule available at BluewaterDining.com/music or fan us on facebook!

910-256-8500 4 marina st. Wrightsville Beach

Introducing the

tHurSdayS 20% off all craft bottles Rockin’ Trivia at 9 p.m.

The State of Southern Beer.

Paired with delicious food 131 North Front St. • (910) 343-8881

www.fatpub.com

Sea Pans Steel Drum Every Thursday from 7pm-10pm on the Oceanfront Terrace

LiVe MuSiC Gabby’s Lounge 7-10pm

Friday, May 18

Phil hogan Saturday, May 19

MiKE o’DonnEll Friday, May 25

oVERTYME Saturday, May 26

Landfall Center • 1331 Military Cutoff Rd

910-256-3838 wildwingcafe.com

920 Town Center Dr. Mayfaire Town Center (910) 509-0805

TRES ganEY

1706 North Lumina Ave.

(910) 256-2231 877-330-5050 877-330-5050 910-256-2231 877-330-5050• •910-256-2231 910-256-2231

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BLACKBOARD SPECIALS 100 S. Front St. Downtown 251-1832

SuNDay BruNch 10:30-3:00

MoNDay Signature Cocktails $5

TuESDay-ThurSDay $5 glasses of Wine

MoNDay - ThurSDay 1/2 price appetizers from 4-7 at the bar

FriDay & SaTurDay Gourmet Barfood 10:45-until 35 North Front Street Downtown Wilmington (910) 343-1395

MoNday 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6pm $2 Budweiser • $225 Heineken $3 Gin & Tonic TueSday 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6pm $2 White Wolf $250 Redstripe $350 Wells 35¢ Wings at 8pm WedNeSday 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6pm, 1/2 Priced Wine Bottle $250 Blue Moons $250 Corona/Corona Light ThurSday $250 Domestic Bottles, $3 Import Bottles, $3 Rum and Coke 50¢ Steamed oysters and shrimp after 6pm Friday DJ Sir Charles 2nd floor $3 Snow Day • $3 Kamikaze $5 Bombs SaTurday DJ Sir Charles on 2nd floor 10pm $2 Coors Light • $3 Fruit Punch shots SuNday $250 Corona / Corona Light $350 Bloody Marys and Mimosas $4 Margaritas Clay Crotts inside at 9 p.m.

VISIT WWW.RUCKERJOHNS.COM FOR DAILY SPECIALS, MUSIC & EVENTS

MONDAY 22oz. Domestic Draft ALL DAY $5 Pizzas TUESDAY LIVE JAzz IN THE BAR Half Price Bottles of Wine Absolut Dream $5 • Pacifico $250 WEDNESDAY Miller Light Pints $150 Coronoa/ Corona Lite Bottles $250 Margaritas/Peach Margaritas $4 THURSDAY Appletinis $4, RJ’s Painkiller $5 Red Stripe Bottles $250 Fat Tire Bottles $250 FRIDAY Cosmos $4, 007 $350 Guinness Cans $3 Island Sunsets $5 SATURDAY Baybreeze/Seabreeze $4 22oz. Blue Moon Draft $3 Select Domestic Bottles $2 SUNDAY Bloody Marys $4, Domestic Pints $150 Hurricanes $5 5564 Carolina Beach Road, (910) 452-1212

Every Wednesday Bottomless Cheese and Chocolate

$20

per person

W h at e cou ld br ? bett e 885 Town Center Drive MAYFAIRE TOWN CENTER (910) 256-1187

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NFL SuNday TickeT $3 Domestic Schooners $2 Domestic Drafts $9.99 All You Can Eat Wings at the Bar 1/2 Priced Select Appetizers at the Bar

MoNday NighT FooTbaLL $3 Domestic Schooners $3.50 Margaritas TueSday-kidS eaT Free NighT $3.50 LIT’s • $2.00 Domestic Drafts WedNeSday $3 Domestic Schooners $3.50 Margaritas ThurSday $3.50 LIT’s • $2.00 Domestic Drafts Friday-TgiF $3.50 Cosmos $2.00 Domestic Drafts SaTurday-coLLege FooTbaLL $3 Domestic Schooners MoNday- Friday 1/2 Priced Appetizers from 4-7 pm & 9 pm -close at the bar Free Appetizer of the Day with purchase of a non-refillable beverage from 5-7 at the bar.

4126 Oleander Dr. (910) 792-9700

FEATURE YOUR LIVE MUSIC FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS CALL 791-0688

MONDAY $3 Sweetwater 420, $10 Bud/ Bud lt Buckets, $4 Jack, Captain, and Even Williams Trivia From Hell at 7:30 TUESDAY $1 Tacos (4pm-close), $3 Dos XX Amber, $4 Cuervo, Lunazul, Bacardi, Jack and Jim Beam WEDNESDAY 1/2 price wine, $3 Pints, $4 Bombs, $5 Martinis THURSDAY Live Music (10pm-1am) 1/2 Price Wings (4pm-close), $2 Domestic Pints, $4 Jack, Jager, Fireball, Sailor Jerry, $5 Bombs FRIDAY & SATURDAY $4 Shooters, $5 Hell’s Cocktails $10 Party Pitchers SUNDAY Service Industry Night $2.50 Domestic Pints, $4 Jack, Jameson, Jager, and Crown $5 Bombs DUELING PIANOS Every Friday and Saturday Night @ 9:30 1/2 Price apps M-Th (4pm-7pm) Sunday (9pm-close)

Talent Night Every Monday Tell a joke?

Play an instrument?

Sing a song?

We’ve got the venue for you! $2 Domestics 108 Walnut Street, Downtown Wilmington 910-762-1704 www.DriftersOfWilmington.com

Park Blvd., Carolina Beach; 458-5414

Saturday, may 19 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 Dueling Pianos —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 DJ sir nick BlanD —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 House/TecHno DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 Dixie Driver —NC Tarheel Opry House, 145 Blue Creek School Road, Jacksonville; (910) 347-4731 DJBe exTreme karaoke —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 3420872 DJ BaTTle —Dirty Martini, 1904 Eastwood Rd, Suite 109 FilTHy saTurDays wiTH DJ FilTHy —Brikhouse, 208 Market St.; 523-5833 songwriTer oPen mic wiTH JeFF ecker (10Pm-2am) —Lazy Pirate Sports Bar and Grill, 701 N. Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach; 458-5414 guiTarisT mark lyncH (10:30 a.m.-1:30 P.m.)

—Saltworks II, 4001 Wrightsville Ave.; 392-1241 DJ sweaT —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677 karaoke —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 DuTcH TreeT —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 THe Possums —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 Donica anD 40 easT (8Pm-12am Tiki sTage); DJ Dane BriTT (10Pm-2am insiDe) —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 cary BenJamin —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 7721400 mike o’Donnell —Holiday Inn Resort (Oceanfront Terrace), 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 kenneDy Park —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 Travis sHallow —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 rouTine man 9 P.m.

—Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236 asylum —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 2 cenTs worTH/mark —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433

sHow ‘n’ Prove: cHoxmak, kBeezy, P.u.w., anD more —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 Bluegrass Jam —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St. worlDline —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796 knigHTmare (meTal) —Reggie’s, 1415 S. 42nd St. selaH DuBB —Oceanic, Oceanfront Wrightsville Beach; 256-5551 THe noseriDers —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 legree BanD —Black Sheep Tavern, 21 N. Front St. (basement); 399-3056

Sunday, may 20

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BEATS FOR THE HERD: Cattle Drums, a bit hardcore pop-punk act, is rounded out by Sam Judd (vocals), Pat Moore (guitar), Gulab Singh (guitar), Darin Gregory (bass), and Matt Payton (drums). Catch them at Soapbox on Sunday, May 20th. Courtesy photo

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

KaraoKe with DJ party gras —Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Center Dr.; 509-0805

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

trivia with Dutch FroM 94.5 the hawK —The Coastal Roaster, 5954 Carolina Beach Rd.; 399-4701

steven coMpton —Barbary Coast; 116 S. Front St., 762-8996 DruM circle hosteD by perry sMith —Projekte, 523 South 3rd St., 352-0236 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 pengo with beau gunn —Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Drive; 452-3773 brett Johnson’s JaM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 open Mic with Josh soloMon —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 KaraoKe with DJ @-hole —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 3420872 DJ richterMeister —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838

tuesday, May 22 cape Fear blues JaM —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 “it taKes tuesDays to tango” lessons 7-9 p.M. —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 KaraoKe with MiKe norris —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204

the vagrant syMphony —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 eric Miller anD richarD welch —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 7721400 cary benJaMin —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 live acoustic —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 college night KaraoKe —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 the Frog proJect (Jazz) —Rucker John’s, 5564 Carolina Beach Rd.; 452-1212

Wednesday, May 23 DJ Jay —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677 KaraoKe with hellz belle —Marina Cafe, 110 S. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 938-2002 Josh soloMon & cary benJaMin —Black Sheep Tavern, 21 N. Front St. (basement); 399-3056 DJ sir nicK blanD —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 soiree D’electronica with DJ Drobot

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

acoustic Jazz piano with JaMes Jarvis —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 KaraoKe with DJ rich Delux —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 KaraoKe —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 live acoustic —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 JereMy norris —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464 DJbe extreMe KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 KaraoKe with DJ brewtal —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 benny hill —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 gary allen’s acoustic open Mic —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 the eMily Minor banD —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 All entertainment must be sent to music@encorepub.com by Wednesday for consideration in the weekly entertainment calendar. Venues are responsible for notifying encore of any changes, removals or additions to their weekly schedules.

MAN IN WHITE: Following his April release of ‘Blunderbluss,’ Jack White steps out on tour with Alabama Shakes—including a stop in Asheville, NC, at The Orange Peel. Courtesy photo

aMOs’ sOutHend 1423 south tryon street, charlotte, nc (704) 377-6874 5/16: Neon Trees, Awolnation, Twin Atlantic 5/18: Mewithoutyou, Buried Beds, Imaginary Cities 5/19: Final Curse, Pain After Death, Cyonyte, DHR Band, Some Kind of Monster 5/20: Mushroomhead, Hed PE, American Head Charge 5/22: Adrenaline Mob, Kill Devil Hill tHe ORanGe PeeL 101 biltMore avenue, asheville, nc (828) 225-5851 5/17: David Nail, Buchanan Boys, Logan Brill 5/18: The Infamous Stringdusters, ALO 5/19: Jack White, Alabama Shakes 5/20: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo 5/21: Down, Haarp, Black Tusk 5/22: P.O.D., Red, Love and Death, Icon for Hire 5/23: Michael Franti and Spearhead, Nic Cowan Cat’s CRadLe 300 e. Main street, carrboro, nc (919) 967-9053 5/18: Thrice, Animals as Leaders, O’Brother 5/23: St. Vincent, Shearwater tHe FILLMORe 1000 seaboarD street, charlotte, nc (704) 549-5555 5/16: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 5/18: Ross Coppley 5/19: Thrice 5/21: Gogol Boredello 5/23: The Used neIGHBORHOOd tHeatRe 511 e. 36th street, charlotte, nc (704) 358-9298 5/16: Reckless Kelly, Gabriel Kelly

KOKa BOOtH aMPHItHeatRe 8003 regency pKwy., cary, nc (919) 462-2052 5/16: Al Strong Quartet 5/23: Scott Sawyer, Ron Brendle LInCOLn tHeatRe 126 e. cabarrus street, raleigh, nc (919) 821-4111 5/16: Collective Soul 5/17: Animal Liberation Orchestra, Chris Kasper 5/18: Confessor, Parasite Drag, Jonin 5/19: David Allan Coe, Rebel Son VeRIZOn WIReLess aMPHItHeatRe 707 pavilion blvD., charlotte, nc (704) 549-5555 5/17: Styx, REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent 5/19: Drake 5/23: Dave Matthews Band uPtOWn aMPHItHeatRe 1000 seaboarD st., charlotte, nc (704) 916-8970 5/18: Billy Currington, David Nail, Kip Moore HOuse OF BLues 4640 hwy. 17 south, n. Myrtle beach, sc (843) 272-3000 5/17: Theory of a Deadman, Pop Evil, Stellar Revival 5/18: The Marshall Tucker Band GReensBORO COLIseuM 1921 w. lee st., greensboro, nc (336) 373-7400 5/18: Dierks Bentley OVens audItORIuM 2700 e. inDepenDence blvD., charlotte, nc (704) 372-3600 5/23: Jane’s Addiction

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money shot: ‘The Avengers’ appeases comic-book nerds tenfold

by Anghus The Avengers

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s Downey Jr., Chri Starring Robert alo and Evans, Mark Ruff n Scarlett Johansso

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he avengers” is a gi-

ant, two-hour money shot. There’s no other way to put it. Ya know the scene that comes at the end after a lot of sweating and grunting? In this case, the build-up came from six years of Marvel movies laying the pipe for this inevitable crossover. This is the payoff, ladies and gentleman, where willing audiences get sprayed with white, hot pathos. Like all money shots, it’s very gratifying.

There’s a part of me that believed this day would never come. Much of my youth was spent hoping my favorite comic-book characters would be brought to the silver screen. Early efforts were often misguided attempts that lacked the technical acumen to pull off the kind of world-saving feats I had longed to see. When I was a kid in the 1970s, my favorite comic-book heroes were subjected to extremely limited and often pedestrian adaptations. Superman awkwardly flew with wires and a rear projector screen.

The Incredible Hulk’s strength was limited to lifting cars a few feet from the ground.

Other than Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman, which spawned countless masturbatory fantasies of being tied up with her golden lasso, it wasn’t exactly the stuff dreams were made of.

Now, we live in an age where Superman can actually fly faster than a speeding bullet, and the Incredible Hulk can donkey punch a 500-foot-long alien serpent. Thank you, computer animation nerds. With the technical refinements have come endless possibilities. “The Avengers” is the fulfillment of that promise, the kind of epic adventure that even a decade ago would not have seemed possible. It’s not without flaws, but it is very much the most accurate adaptation of a comic book to the big screen.

Director Joss Whedon (“Serenity,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is a pop-culture Cuisinart; he has spent the vast majority of his career dabbling in larger-than-life characters dealing with otherworldly problems.

When Disney handed him “The Avengers,” they gave him every color in the crayon box to play with. “Captain America” (Chris Ev-

A BOY’S DREAM: ‘The Avengers’ brings comic-book heroes to life on the silver screen. Courtesy photo

ans) has emerged from being frozen for 70 years and has a hard time fitting into the modern era. Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) continues to build his business empire while working on saving the world. Bruce Banner, a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), continues his self-imposed exile from civilization as he tries to contain the beast within. And Thor (Chris Hemsworth)—well he’s a god from the mythical realm of Asgard and looks like a romance-novel cover portrait.

The heroes are brought together by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) who heads up a super secret military operation called S.H.I.E.L.D. It turns out Fury’s been messing with an ancient artifact and brings Thor’s evil brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) to Earth. Loki has a plan to enslave humanity and wreak havoc. The super heroes must band together to stop him.

Did you get all that? Christ almighty. It was a chore just typing it. Now, folks who have seen “Iron Man,” “Thor,” “Captain America” and “The Incredible Hulk,” might not require that much explanation. But to those who haven’t: High holy hell are you in for a long two hours.

“The Avengers” is extremely entertaining for somebody like me (i.e. a nerd), who has been reading comic books since he was seven and has seen every Marvel movie multiple times. Just the idea that a movie exists combining so many beloved characters makes it feel like something new—but that’s the only part of “The Avengers” that feels fresh. The

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plot, the characters and the villains are all remarkably trite. Everything engaging or interesting about these heroes is brought to the screen by some very charismatic actors. Ruffalo, Downey Jr, and Evans are the reason “The Avengers” work. They are so much better than the paperthin material they’ve been given.

There’s so much “phoning it in” in this movie, one would think it was sponsored by AT&T. Jackson looks half asleep. Jeremy Renner, Hawkeye, is a talented actor with nothing to do. Like Lynda Carter, Scarlett Johanson will no doubt launch countless masturbatory fantasies. She’s a fantastic actress, but she feels slightly out of place in this cinematic universe.

The film has two extremely talky acts that will test the patience of anyone unfamiliar with these characters. The third act is where the movie finally opens up and feels like comicbook panels are being brought to life. It’s a sprawling, epic battle that pits Earth’s mightiest heroes against the universe’s most generic alien armada. It’s an impressive, thrilling piece of action filmmaking that made me recall the last act of movies like “Transformers 3” and Peter Jackson’s “King Kong”: An amazing third act almost redeemed its loquacious first and second acts.

Fortunately Joss Whedon is pretty damn good with the talky bits. “The Avengers” is about the climax, and it really works overtime to give audiences a happy finish. The core cast showcases a lot of charisma, and it’s a lot funnier than one might think. It’s a great start to the summer, and goes to show that there’s still a lot of entertainment value to be adapted from our favorite comic characters.

Monsieur Lazhar, Coriolanus Cinematique • Thalian Hall 310 Chestnut Street • 7:30pm, $7

5/16-18 (in Studio Theatre): “Monsieur Lazhar” tells the story about a death of a teacher and Bachir Lazhar, a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, who goes to the school to offer his services as a substitute teacher. Quickly hired to replace the deceased, Bachir finds himself in an establishment in crisis, while going through his own personal tragedy. The cultural gap between Bachir and his class is made immediately apparent but little by little, Bachir learns to help this group of shaken yet endearing kids.

Rated PG-13. 1 hr. 34 min. In French with English subtitles.

5/21-23 “Coriolanus”: Updating William Shakespeare’s late-period tragedy from ancient Rome to the 21st century of guerrilla insurgencies, instant polling and 24-hour news networks, Ralph Fiennes takes a bracingly modern and naturalistic approach to Shakespeare, delivering a story that speaks strongly to our own polarized, volatile times. Rated R. 2 hours, 2 minutes.

Kooky Subversive Film Series 5/20, 8 p.m. • Free!

Juggling Gypsy • 1612 Castle St. 5/20: Kooky is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Sverák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the story of a six-year-old asthmatic boy whose parents force him to throw away his favorite toy, an old teddy bear named Kooky. In the boy’s fantasy, Kooky comes to life in the landfill, escapes into a mysterious forest and begins its journey amongst the rough-and-ready creatures of the forest.

Cucalorus Film Festival

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Jengo’s Playhouse • 815 Princess St. Cucalorus Film Festival is now accepting entries for their annual event. Entry fee is $25. Cucalorus accepts entries on a rolling basis, anytime of the year. Completed entry form for each submission; DVD in a package that includes: title, entrant’s name and contact details, hi-res production photo for publicity, entry fee and one inappropriate collage. NC filmmakers can enter for free!

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full selection of other delicious entrees including seafood, steak and pasta, as well as a wide assortment of burgers, sandwiches(Halligan’s Cheese Steak), and salads. And if you are looking for a friendly watering hole where you can raise a glass or two with friends, new and old, Halligan’s Public House boasts a comfortable bar where fun-loving bartenders hold court daily and blarney fills the air. Stop by Halligan’s Public House today, “When you’re at Halligan’s.... you’re at home.” With 12 beers on tap and 16 flat screen TVs, you can watch your favorite game and enjoy your favorite drink.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

7 Days a Week Mon-Wed 11:30 am - 2:00 am Thurs-Sun 11:30 am - 2:00 am ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Masonboro Loop ■ FEATURING: THE Best Rueben in Town!, $5.99 lunch specials, Outdoor Patio ■ WEBSITE: www.halligansnc.com

HENRY’S

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

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

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Daily blackboard specials.

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

HolidaY iNN RESoRt

Oceans Restaurant located in this oceanfront resort is a wonderful find. This is the perfect place to enjoy a fresh Seafood & Steak dinner while dinning outside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Chef Eric invites you to experience his daily specials in this magnificent setting. (910) 256-2231.

1706 N Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach.

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

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

K’S CafE

Visit us in our new location on the corner of Eastwood and Racine - 420 Eastwood Rd, Unit 109.

“Where the people make the place” If you’re looking for a warm and friendly atmosphere with awesome home-cooked, freshly prepared meals, you can’t beat K’s Cafe. Serving Breakfast (from $3.50) and Lunch (including daily entree-and-two side specials for $6.95), and dinner. K’s Cafe is the best deal in Wilmington. They offer chargrilled burgers, including their most popular Hot Hamburger Platter smothered in gravy! They also offer great choices such as fresh chicken salad, crabcake sandwich, soups, and even a delicious Monte Cristo served on French toast bread. K’s also offers soup, sandwich and salad combos and a great variety of homemade desserts. On Sundays they offer a great brunch menu which changes every week. A variety of choices will be on the menu such as Shrimp and Grits and

Eggs Benedict. Visa and Mastercard accepted.

Give K’s Cafe a try...you won’t be sorry. 420 Eastwood Rd., Unit 109, 791-6995. Find us on Facebook or on our website, www.ks-cafe.net.

■ SERVING BREAKFAST & LUNCH: 7 DAYS A WEEK. Open for dinner Wed. thru Sat. evenings ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Ever-changing brunch

tHE littlE diPPER

Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size.

Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street.

(910) 251-0433.

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

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

PiNE VallEY MaRKEt

Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop and butcher. Now, Kathy Webb and Christi Ferretti are expanding their talents into serving lunch in-house, so folks can enjoy their hearty, homemade meals in the quaint and cozy ambience of the market. Using the freshest ingredients of highest quality, diners can enjoy the best Philly Cheesesteak in Wilmington, along with numerous other sandwich varieties, from their Angus burger to classic Reuben, Italian sub to a grown-up banana and peanut butter sandwich that will take all diners back to childhood. Served among a soup du jour and salads, there is something for all palates. Take advantage of their take-home frozen meals for nights that are too hectic to cook, and don’t forget to pick up a great bottle of wine to go with it. 3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD. ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

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

tRollY StoP

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is a family owned franchise with six locations. Since 1976 they specialize in storemade chili, slaw and sauces, and as of more recent – a variety of gourmet sausages and burgers (at participating locations). The types of hot dogs include Beef & Pork, All Beef, Smoked Sausage, Fat-free Turkey (at participating locations), and Soy. Sausages include Bratwurst, Mild Italian, Spicy Beef and Polish Kielbasi. Locations are: 121 N. Front Street open Monday

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thru Saturday 11 a.m. ‘til 4:30 p.m. CLOSED SUNDAYS; (910).251.7799. 94 S. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach open Wednesday thru Friday 11 a.m. ‘til 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. ‘til 4 p.m. CLOSED MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. (910) 256-1421. 4502 Fountain Drive, (910) 452-3952. open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. MondaySunday; South Howe St. in Southport, open Tuesday thru Fri. 11 ‘til 3, Sat. 11 ‘til 4 CLOSED SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS (910) 457-7017.

Catering cart available all year from $350. Call Steve at (910) 520-5994.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Throughout the Port City ■ FEATURING: Dog friendly locations

ficient 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:

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

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.indochinewilmington.com

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

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

HiRo JaPaNESE StEaKHoUSE

What better way to celebrate a special occasion or liven up a dinner out than to dine in a place where every meal is an exciting presentation.

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

■ SERVING DINNER: Open Mon. thru Thurs.

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Hibachi style dining.

■ WEBSITE: hirojapanesesteakhouse.com/ hibachi

iNdoCHiNE REStaURaNt & loUNGE

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

Indochine brings the flavors of the Far East to the Port City, combining the best of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine in an atmosphere that will transport you and your taste buds. Relax in our elegantly decorated dining room, complete with antique Asian decor as well as contemporary artwork and music. Our diverse, friendly and ef-

From the flavorfully mild to the fiery spiced, Thai Spice customers are wooed by the dish that’s made to their specifications. Featuring a tasteful menu of traditional Thai standards to numerous delectable house specials, it’s quickly becoming the local favorite for Thai cuisine. This familyrun restaurant is sure to win you over. If you haven’t discovered this gem, come in and be charmed. Whether it be a daytime delight, or an evening indulgence, your visit will make you look forward to your return. Located in Monkey Junction at 5552 Carolina Beach Rd., Ste. G. (910) 791-0044 ■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tue.-Th.: 11:30am – 9:30pm; Fri.-Sat.: 11:30am – 10:00pm; Sun.: 11:30am – 9:00pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Wilmington South ■ WEBSITE: www.ThaiSpiceWilmington.com

FRENCH CaPRiCE BiStRo

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

■ SERVING DINNER: Sun.- Thurs.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.capricebistro.com

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is serving authentic, homemade French cuisine to dine in or to go. Everything on their menu is under $10, and is a healthy alternative, while eating a savory meal or sweet treat. Open at 7 am Tuesday through Friday, and 8 am Saturday & Sunday, Our Crêpes & More offers a delicious variety of breakfast combos, quickly served or to take out. A must try: the Nutella Croissant!

On the Savory side, the St-Malo, Quebec, Forestiere Royale or Tahiti are among the most popular. Their homemade Ratatouille, South France type Sub like the Pain Bagnat are worth the detour too! On the sweet side, The Versailles, Mt-Blanc or Crazy Nutella (with homemade Nutella ice cream) will make you come back for more! They also serve Fresh Salads or Soups depending on the seasons, amazing all natural Homemade Sorbet & Ice Cream, Croissants & Chocolate Croissants. With free WiFi and live French radio, Our Crepes & More is a pleasant and casual place to unwind. Our Crepes & More can accommodate large parties!

■ OPEN: TUESDAY – FRIDAY 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown, 3810 Oleander Drive (at the corner of 39th Street) ■ FEATURING: Vegetarian and gluten-free options. Free Wi-Fi. ■ WEBSITE: www.ourcrepesandmore.com

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Tue-Thu 11am2pm, 5pm-10pm; Fri 11am-2pm, 5pm-11pm; Sat 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-11pm; Sun 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-9pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown.

■ FEATURING: Lunch buffet, which now serves South Indian cuisine ($7.95 daily) ■ WEBSITE: www.tandooribites.net.

ITALIAN A TASTE OF ITALY

The authentic Italian cuisine served at Taste of Italy has scored them Best Deli in the Port City for years running now. The Guarino family recipes have been passed down from generation to generation to brothers Tommy and Chris, who serve breakfast, lunch and dinner to hungry diners. They also cater all events, from holiday parties to corporate lunches, including hot meals, cold trays, handmade desserts and an array of platters, from antipasto to cold cuts. In addition, Taste of Italy sells Scalfani products, Sabrett hot

dogs and Polly-O cheeses in their market, all the while serving top-notch hot and cold items from their delicatessen. Located at 1101 South College Rd., P. 910-392-7529, F. 910-392-9745 www.ncatasteofitaly.com Open M-F 8:00am – 8:00pm, Sat. 8:30am-7:00pm, Sun. 11:00am – 6:00pm.

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.ncatasteofitaly.com

EDDIE ROMANELLI’S

is a family-friendly, casual Italian American restaurant that’s been a favorite of Wilmington locals for over 16 years. Its diverse menu includes Italian favorites such as Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Baked Ziti, Rigatoni a la Vodka and, of course, made-from-scratch pizzas. Its American influences include tasty burgers, the U.S.A. Salad and a 16oz. Marinated Rib Eye Steak. Romanelli’s offers patio dining and flat screen TVs in its bar area. Dine in or take out, Romanelli’s is always a crowd favorite. Large parties welcome. 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. (910) 383.1885.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Sun.- Thurs.

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

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

ELIZABETH’S PIZZA

A Wilmington favorite since 1987! At Elizabeth’s you’ll find authentic Italian cuisine, as well as some of your American favorites. Offering delicious pizza, salads, sandwiches, entrees, desserts, beer, and wine. Elizabeth’s is known for their fresh ingredients, where even the bread is baked fresh daily. A great place for lunch, dinner, a late night meal, or take out. Elizabeth’s can also cater your event and now has a party room available. Visit us 4304 ½ Market St or call 910-251-1005 for take out.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.giorgios-restaurant.com.

SLICE OF LIFE

“Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza.

We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.”All ABC permits. Visit us downtown at 122 Market Street, (910) 251-9444, in Wrightsville Beach at 1437 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 101, (910) 256-2229 and our newest location in Pine Valley on the corner of 17th and College Road, (910) 7991399.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT:

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

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown,

Downtown and Wilmington South.

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

LATIN AMERICAN SAN JUAN CAFE

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Mon Sat. 11am-2:30pm and from 5-10pm. Closed Sunday.

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

ORGANIC LOVEY’S MARKET

Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for Organic and Natural groceries and supplements, or a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious and totally fresh meal or snack.

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Café open: Mon.-Fri., 11am–6pm; Sat. & Sun., 11am6pm(salad bar open all the time). Market hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-7pm; Sat., 9am-6pm; Sun., 10am-6pm ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown ■ FEATURING: Organic Salad Bar/Hot Bar, New Bakery with fresh, organic pies and cakes.

Newly expanded.

■ WEBSITE: www.loveysmarket.com.

TIDAL CREEK CO-OP KITCHEN

Come dine-in or take-out from the newly renovated Co-op Kitchen at Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market. You can fill your plate or box with hot bar and salad bar items that are prepared fresh daily in our kitchen. Made-to-order sandwiches, like the Tempeh Reuben, are served hot off the Panini grill. The Co-op Café offers organic smoothies and fresh juices; local wheatgrass shots; fair trade organic coffee, lattes, and chai tea; and our newest addition of Lenny Boy kombucha tea on tap. Don’t forget our baked-

from-scratch baked goods! The Co-op Kitchen provides menu items that appeal to everyone, regardless of dietary demands.

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEAFOOD DOCK STREET OYSTER BAR

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

Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington.

Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. (910) 762-2827.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

■ WEBSITE: www.dockstreetoysterbar.net

EAST

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

Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256-2251.

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

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

brunch.

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HIERONYMUS

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

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

WEBSITE: www.hieronymusseafood.net

OCEANIC

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

Private event space available. Family-style to go menu available. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. (910) 256.5551.

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

WEBSITE: OceanicRestaurant.com

SPORTS BAR CAROLINA ALE HOUSE

Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for award-winning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNCW, this lively sports-themed restaurant. Covered and open outdoor seating is available. Lunch and dinner specials are offered daily, as well as the coldest $2 and $3 drafts in town. 317 South College Road, Wilmington, NC. (910) 791.9393.

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

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

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■ WEBSITE: CarolinaAleHouse.com

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FOX & HOUND PUB & GRILLE

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Serving up the best bar food for any local sports fan, Fox & Hound has appetites covered. Located next to Mayfaire Cinema 16, it’s no question that Fox is a great place to go on date night, or to watch the big game on one of the restaurant’s six large projection screens and 19 plasma televisions. Guests can also play pool, darts or video games in this casual-theme restaurant. For starters, Fox offers delicious appetizers like ultimate nachos, giant Bavarian pretzels and spinach artichoke dip. In the mood for something more?

Try the hand-battered Newcastle fish ‘n’ chips or chicken tenders, or the grilled Mahi-Mahi served atop a bed of spicy rice. From cheeseburgers and sirloins to salads and wood oven-inspired pizzas, Fox has plenty to choose from for lunch or dinner. Finish the meal with a 6-inch Great Cookie Blitz, a chocolate chip cookie baked fresh to order and served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and Hershey’s syrup. 920 Town Center Drive, (910) 509-0805.

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

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THE FORTUNATE GLASS

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

The Fortunate Glass Wine Bar also presents a small menu of creative tapas, global cheeses, cured meats and decadent desserts to accompany and compliment any wine selection.

■ SERVING EVENINGS: Tues.-Thurs. 4pm-12am Fri. 4pm-2am; Sat. 2pm-2am; Sun. 2pm-12am ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Free Wine Tasting: Tues. 6-8pm.

Sparkling wine specials and half-price select bottles: Wed. & Thurs. Monthly food & wine pairing events.

■ WEBSITE www.fortunateglasswinebar.com

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

(910) 798-2913.

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11am to 9pm and on Sundays from 11am to 8pm.Closed Mon. and Tuesdays.

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

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

(910) 763-4133.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11am-2am daily ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Dueling pianos Thurs., Fri., and

Sat. nights. and 1/2 priced select appetizers M-TH 4-7pm ■ WEBSITE: www.hellskitchenbar.com

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■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: Open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11am to 9pm and on Sundays from 11am to 8pm.Closed Mon. and Tuesdays.

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

restaurant’s six large projection screens and 19 plasma televisions. Guests can also play pool, darts or video games in this casual-theme restaurant. For starters, Fox offers delicious appetizers like ultimate nachos, giant Bavarian pretzels and spinach artichoke dip. In the mood for something more? Try the hand-battered Newcastle fish ‘n’ chips or chicken tenders, or the grilled Mahi-Mahi served atop a bed of spicy rice. From cheeseburgers and sirloins to salads and wood oven-inspired pizzas, Fox has plenty to choose from for lunch or dinner. Finish the meal with a 6-inch Great Cookie Blitz, a chocolate chip cookie baked fresh to order and served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and Hershey’s syrup. 920 Town Center Drive, (910) 509-0805.

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

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HEll’S KITCHEN

This is downtown Wilmington’s Sports Pub! With every major sporting package on ten HDTVs and our huge HD projection screen, there is no better place to catch every game in every sport. Our extensive menu ranges from classics, like thick Angus burgers or NY-style reubens, to lighter fare, such as homemade soups, fresh salads and vegetarian options.

Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with free WiFi, darts, and did we mention sports? Free lunchtime delivery on weekdays; we can accommodate large parties. (910) 763-4133.

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

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■ WEBSITE: CarolinaAleHouse.com

FOX & HOUND PUB & GRILLE

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■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11am-2am daily ■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown ■ FEATURING: Dueling pianos Thurs., Fri., and Sat. nights.

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it’s all greek: St. Nicholas gears up for 20-year festival

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The offerings run far and wide at the 20th annual Greek Festival, hosted at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church off College Road this weekend. Bringing in over 20,000 people, to say it’s popular may be an understatement.

“It’s an event that the entire city of Wilmington can call their own!” Basile Katsikis, the festival spokesperson, says. “We in the Greek community want to share our culture, history, entertainment and faith with the people of southeastern NC.” Having seen enormous growth over the past two decades, the festival embarks on dancing, music, mingling and more food than one could possibly indulge in one setting.

Which is why spreading it over three days, Friday, May 18th through Sunday the 20th, seems rather fitting.

“It’s grown so quickly, stretching the outer boundaries as far south as Myrtle Beach,” Katsikis says. “It’s a huge task to feed tens of thousands of people who come through our gates—and to make sure that everyone leaves with smiles on their faces.”

Hundreds of volunteer hours are what make it go off without a hitch. Giving and sharing time, ideas, hard labor and recipes become the foundation of its appeal. “It’s what our community is and always has been about: giving and sharing!” Katsikis claims.

Culinarians are sated annually at St. Nicholas by the appointed head chef and staff who work toward bringing traditional Greek foods to the forefront of flavor. John Poulos and John Psilos head the kitchen in 2012, with Matt Kirby manning the gyro booth, as vol-

by Shea Carver Festival 518-20: Greek ch k Orthodox Chur St. Nicholas Gree Road 6085 S. College ! parately priced se Entr y: $3; food lot, g in rk K-Mar t pa Free shuttle from on daily. beginning at no unteers roll out dough, skewer meat, bake, cook and clean. From Greek-style chicken to shish kabobs, lamb gyros and even lamb shank (oven baked on the bone with a hint of garlic, that is), a feast made for the gods is on the menu. Pork souvlaki and Greek-style snapper and calamari will be served, too. “All of our seafood is prepared by Poseidon—The Greek God of the Sea himself,” Katsikis quips.

Perhaps one of the most coveted tastes from the shindig comes in the form of sweets.

The pastries always manage to mesmerize, especially the traditional loukoumades, doughy fritters sweetened with honey.

“Tia Saffo and her volunteer of ladies put together thousands of pastries,” Katsikis says. “These people have spent timeless hours preparing for this year’s festival as they have in the past—God bless them!”

Prices for the food vary, but start as low as $2.50 (Greek potatoes) and work up to $13.50 (the sampler platter, featuring a little bit of everything). “I grew up on this food!”

Katsikis recalls. “This is what most Greeks eat on a daily basis—it’s what our forefathers brought over to America from Greece when they emigrated.”

It’s a taste of what can’t normally be found in local restaurants either. The joviality of the festival adds a bonus.“The food at the festival is special,” he confirms. “Plus, you get the sounds, smells and atmosphere. It’s like at a party in a festive village in Greece— something you’ll never forget!”

GET YOUR GREEK ON: Local folks will don their Greek garb for the ever-popular Greek Festival, while guests dine on delectable fare. Courtesy photo

Entertainment takes place throughout the three-day soiree. Lazaros will play traditional tunes from all areas of Greece, peppered with popular, well-known music. Youth will showcase traditional costumes and choreography, too, at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the 18th; 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on the 19th; and 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on the 20th. Many of the dances represent a variation of sentiments, from protest to new beginnings, celebration to historical significance.

“These are the children of the community that also happen to be one of the best dance troupes in the United States,” Katsikis boasts. “Many Greek churches in the

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U.S. and Canada have competing dance troupes, and ours is just unbelievable. I’m proud of these kids, they are taught by Zaharoula Katsikis, a UNCW student and parishioner of our community.”

Cooking demonstrations given by various chefs skilled in the art of Greek cuisine will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Entry into the festival is $3 at the gate, but monies collected go toward the March of Dimes. It’s a mandate of the annual Greek Festival to connect benevolently.

“We are proud to give back to the community that we belong to,” Katsikis says.

“Is there anything better? Saving Babies Together—that’s the March of Dimes catchphrase—what a great organization that does so much to help those who can’t help themselves.”

More information can be found at www.

StNicholasGreekFest.com, where a printable menu is available. Folks who cannot attend the event can benefit from the festival’s inaugural drive-through service; just look for the signs, choose your food and place the order for at-home enjoyment.

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cherry at the Pleasure Island Brewery Invitational. My coworkers and I got a free pass to come in, set up a hookah tent and blissfully partake in the brews, music and all-around good vibes (pun intended). The Pleasure Island location supplied a unique outdoor atmosphere, with the Atlantic Ocean’s salty breath filling our lungs, the cool grass nestled in between our sandaled feet, leashed dogs nuzzling the bottom of their master’s plastic sample cup, and the union of the city and beach folks of Wilmington and Pleasure Island.

Regarding this year’s move to downtown Wilmington, festival organizer and founder of Good Vibes Brewery, Paige Snow, pays tribute to Carolina Beach. “The place has been great for us. It’s the home for Good Vibes and has been the home for the festival. However, we see the location change as a great way to build our brand, as there’s only so many people we can bring to Carolina Beach. In the past, the festival could max out to 700 to 800 people. We don’t want to go overboard, but we think a 2,000-person festival is a good number.”

Testing the downtown waters, Pleasure Island Brewery Invitational has transformed to the “Carolina’s Brewery Invitational,” settling down by the river on Front Street, specifically on the 29,000 square-feet of property surrounded by the town’s beloved “key fence.” The event will welcome all types of beer but will have great emphasis on local and regional Carolina breweries.

“I really think North Carolina is up there with Colorado and California when it comes to great, innovative breweries,” Snow says. “This state is bringing in the biggest names, like West Coast brewery Sierra Nevada, and having a major impact on the craft beer movement.”

Festival favorites will be on hand, from Duck Rabbit to Lonerider to Highland.

Snow and co. has also gone out of its way to find unknowns to the Wilmington area.

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pany is a new one out of Durham, and the founder [Erik Lars Myers] recently visited Wilmington and launched a guide on craft beer, [“NC Craft Beer and Breweries.”]

We’ve also been talking with Ass Clown Brewery (Charlotte) and Aviator Brewing (Fuquay-Varina). I am very much for pouring beer that isn’t found here in town.”

The Carolina’s Brewery Invitational will overall be the same as the previous Pleasure Island festivals, only with minor changes and more ambition. Snow assures the festival always has been and will be a family-friendly event, where responsible people can bring their children. Unfortunately, no pets will be permitted due to the city ordinance.

When it comes to the live music, there will be not just one band but four playing—three of them nationally touring groups. Snow aims for the festival to reach the same level as the Asheville’s Winter Warmer Beer Festival. Wilmington group Selah Dubb will share their surf rock reggae, a genre very much appreciated among the beach community. Eclectic Nashville band Moon Taxi, known for “evoking the musical revolution of the Sixties and Seventies,” are stopping by to promote their newly released album, “Cabaret.” Festival attendees will get a dose of The Features, a Tennessee group that has opened for acts like Manchester Orchestra. Finally, hailing from San Fran-

cisco, Monophonics will be playing some psychedelic soul and funk for the festival’s after party.

“There will be five hours of beer, then the brewers will shut down and the after party begins,” Snow explains. “Before we could never really have an after party, but this year is different, as this is also the two-year birthday celebration for Good Vibes Brewery . . . the after party is free to everyone.”

Lots of locals have come together to support the event, too. Artists, entrepreneurs and chefs are lending a hand to make the event more dynamic.

“Thrive Studios has done all of our artwork, and Art Slab plans on doing live painting during the festival,” Snow says proudly. “We’re thrilled to have Freaker America showing up with their products and their amazing [box truck]. There’s also the plan to have food trucks that provide local, sustainable barbecue and seafood for the festival, thanks to Chef Keith Rhodes [of Catch and Phun Seafood Bar].”

Something can be enjoyed by everyone who attends, as the Carolina’s Brewery Invitational will take place at 101 N. Front Street, Saturday, May 19th, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. The after party will commence 8:15 p.m. and last until 10 p.m. While the after party is free, general admission for the festival itself is $30. All attendees that are 21 and up and have a valid ID will have the opportunity to taste beer from all the visiting breweries; free admission for children 12 or under.

“There’s things to look out for and music to listen to,” Snow says. Most importantly, “there’s no generic filler and no schwag beer” allowed.

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“Kings Of Cool” is a musical tribute show to Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe and the King himself, Mr. Elvis Presley. They’ll be rocking and rolling all season long at Shanty’s Beach Club on Lake Park Boulevard.

The musical variety show was co-written by the Ohio-born Bruce Deveraux and Marc Matney who is originally from Kansas. Both of the natural-born entertainers have been cruising the Wilmington stand-up, theatre and music scene for well over a decade. “The script provides a foundation, but the show is very interactive and full of improvisation,” Deveraux—who plays Rat Pack star Dean Martin—says. “I have Italian roots and have been impersonating the stars forever, so it was wonderful to rise to the challenge of doing Dean Martin!”

Deveraux’s last project was founding Red Rum Mysteries, a theater company which focused on murder-mystery dinner shows. He and Matney have worked together on creative projects in the past and wanted to bring some theatrical magic to Carolina Beach for the summer. They looked south for inspiration. “Myrtle Beach has show after show, but there’s nothing on [Pleasure Island,]” Deveraux says.

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who was looking for a tribute show to perform at his venue which is situated right in the center of Carolina Beach. After he secured an atmospheric locale—complete with a slightly old-fashioned, stylish mien, with glitter balls, a wooden dance floor and a small, raised stage—the missing link was finding someone to play Marilyn. Twenty-fiveyear-old Amber Underwood will showcase a shiny platinum blonde wig and an innate talent for the stage. Born in New Mexico, Underwood moved to Wilmington six years ago to pursue her artistic career as a painter and singer.

“People were always saying to me, ‘You look so much like Marilyn Monroe!’ When my fiancée saw an advert for a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, he answered it without even telling me!” Underwood exclaims. “Then, everything just fell into place so easily; it feels like destiny.”

Underwood talks passionately about her love of Monroe as a figure who personifies both beauty and tragedy. The two traits walk a fine line together. “I had cancer at 22,” Underwood tells, “and so life has already taught to embrace the hard times. Marilyn lived a double life in many ways, so much sadness. Yet, she was always there for her public with big smiles and so much energy.”

Already in the band PWM, Underwood has developed her singing to match the infamous, breathy voice the screen legend is known for im-

buing. Covering classics such as “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” and “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” Underwood will provide a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

For father-of-two, Marc Matney playing Elvis is almost like second nature after years of being an Elvis impersonator. “Elvis actually died on my birthday,” he says—“when I was out shopping for my first guitar as a kid.”

With a lifelong background in music, it was Matney who coached the trio along their musical journey to be able to perform these legendary stars.

Donning a classic Elvis outfit, Matney belts out rock ‘n’ roll numbers with an uncanny resemblance and an obvious love of the King. “One of the best things about being Elvis is that you get all the love and affection people feel for him,” Matney says.

“It’s wonderful!”

“These stars can withstand the test of time without a problem,” Deveraux adds. “Their music is so well-loved, generation after generation—the show appeals to young and old alike. We want to make people smile, and that’s just what ‘The Kings of Cool’ does!”

The show lasts an hour and a half, and the next performances will be on May 18th and the 25th at 8:30 p.m. Tickets can be bought in advance from Shanty’s Beach Club (910-233-3266) for $20 or at the door for $25.

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events BICYCLE MONTH Wed., 5/16: Ride of Silence. 6:30pm. Registration is at Empie Park. This is a national event in honor of cyclists killed or injured while riding. • Sat., 5/19, 8am: Six-park Metric Century. Starts at Halyburton Park. Full ride is 62 miles, stopping at six parks in New Hanover County (River Road Park, Snow’s Cut Park, Carolina Beach State Park, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, and Greenfield Lake). • Sat., 5/26, 8am: Brunswick County Metric And Half Metric Century. • Thurs., 5/29, 5:30pm: Cape Fear Cyclists Sunset Barbeque for members and families.

Empie Park. We will welcome riders from the Cabot Dairy Community Tour, as they follow the East Coast Greenway from Florida to NY. • Wed., 5/30: Bike to Work Day. Workers in Southeastern North Carolina are encouraged to ride their bikes to work. Companies will be encouraged to accommodate bike riders by allowing casual dress, bike parking and other amenities that may help facilitate a safe and enjoyable commute by bike.

HEALTHY CAROLINAS EXPO Carolina Farmin’ presents a Healthy Carolinas Expo, 9am-2pm, 5/16. with experts answering questions and offering free screenings in visio, blood pressure, nutrition and more. Healthy food samples available! 10:30: Ask the Doctor; 1pm: Get Moving Seniors demo. (910) 362-9405.

HISTORIC WILMINGTON FOUNDATION Under the Kudzu, Fri., 5/18, 6 pm: documentary

film & talk by filmmaker Claudia Stack. The story of two Pender County Rosenwald Schools and their students and teachers. The film was a Director’s Choice winner at the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival. Williston School Auditorium. Refreshments after the film. • Historic Wood Window and Painting for the Historic Building Workshop, 5/19, 9:30 am – 12:30pm. Christopher Yermal of Old School Rebuilders, LLC will conduct a hands-on workshop about restoring & maintaining historic

compatible infill & adaptive reuse projects, Awards of Merit & the Brinkley Preservationist of the Year. Reception follows. Historic New Hanover County Courthouse, 24 North Third St. • Guided walking tour of Wilmington’s First Streetcar Suburbs-Carolina Heights and Carolina Place, 5/26, 10:30am-12:15pm. Inaugural tour is free, meet at 17th and Market. Reception to follow at HWF offices. Please call to RSVP. • Most Threatened Historic Places List 2012 Announcement, 5/29, 11am. Dr. Jeffrey Crow, NC State Historic Preservation Officer Debut of the new most threatened historic places display. Site TBA, check our website for update. • James and Rosalie Carr Plaque Dedication. Date TBA, In case you cyclers are unaware, May is Bicycle Month check our website• 5/31, 6:30pm: Spring Shrimparoo: Friendrasier and membership in New Hanover County! A host of events are planned event with shrimp, beer, and music on the through the 29th, including the Ride of Silence on the waterfront deck! HWF members $20, non16th at 6:30 p.m. at Empie Park. If you can’t make it, members join at the door. Raffle Prizes!

5/19: SIX-PARK METRIC CENTURY

be sure to head over to Halyburton on the 19th at 8 a.m. for a massive 62 mile ride across six parks—River Road, Snow’s Cut, Fort Fisher and Greenfield Lake.

Need more info? Go to http://www.nhcgov.com and click on their calendar. wood windows. Tom Blanch will present a painting demonstration for historic buildings. Join us at this historic site. Free. Site: Historic Tileston School, 412 Ann St. Call HWF to RSVP. • HWF Preservation Awards Ceremony, 5/24, 6:30pm. Awards to be presented for restoration, rehabilitation,

INDIE EXPO The Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews is excited to announce, with Edge of Urge and DREAMS of Wilmington, an Indie Expo, feat. local art, fashion, music and design on Saturday, June 2, 1-9pm. Fashion icon Edge of Urge and arts education leader DREAMS of Wilmington, a local nonprofit dedicated to building creative, committed citizens, one child at a time, through high-quality, free-of-charge programming in the literary, visual, and performing arts, along with 30 extraordinary fashion designers and pop-up shops, artists, and musicians, will fill the BAC with their gorgeous work and a sense of community.Interested in being a vendor? heather@brooklynartsnc.com

FIREWORKS BY THE SEA Fireworks by the Sea. Music at 6:30pm; fireworks at 9pm. Join us for the first weekly fireworks display throughout the summer. Free music at the gazebo and on CB Boardwalk weekly. Free. 910458-8434; www.pleasureislandnc.org/fireworksby-the-sea.

AIRLIE GARDENS Airlie Gardens has announced the dates of its 2012 Spring Bloom, an annual event where the public garden extends its hours so visitors can revel in the new growth and colors of the season.

During Spring Bloom—through 5/19— visitors may explore and enjoy Airlie Thurs-Sat. for two additional hours, until 7pm. Airlie showcases approximately 100,000 bulbs in all stages of bloom throughout the spring season—azaleas, tulips, daffodils, spring blooming trees, camellias and more. Admission: $5 for adults and $3 for children, 6-12. Airlie Gardens’ 2012 concert series starts May 4, w/performances held on the first and third Fridays, 6-8pm, May-September, w/ a variety of musical genres, from folk to dance to soft rock. Tickets are $8 for adults, $2 for children and free for Airlie members. 910-798-7700 or airliegardens.org.

ORANGE STREET ARTS FESTIVAL Wilmington’s largest downtown arts festival returns for its 17th year this Memorial Day weekend, Sat., 5/26, 10am-6pm; Sun., 5/27, 10am5pm. Over 55 artists from the area and around the state, SC, Virginia, and Tennessee will show

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oil /watercolor paintings, pottery, jewelry, wood, glass and paper creations on Orange Street between Front and Second, and inside the newly renovated Historic USO. The public is invited to tour the World War II exhibits while visiting these inside artists. Food, beer and wine tent, live entertainment, and special programs at the Children’s Museum. Fund-raiser for Thalian Association. www.thalian.org HOBBY GREENHOUSE 6/1, 9am: Hobby Greenhouse Spring Plant Sale in Forest Hills. All plants grown by members; portion of profits go to scholarships for local community college horticulture students. Free. Fri. and Sat. 9am-6 pm; Sun. 12-5pm. 2318 Metts Ave. • Hobby Greenhouse Summer Plant Sale in Forest Hills.

All plants grown by members; portion of profits go to scholarships for local community college horticulture students. Free. Fri. and Sat. 9am – 6pm.

2318 Metts Ave. www.hobbygreenhouseclub.org.

Jennifer Keeling: hobbygreenhouse@aol.com COASTAL WATER GARDEN TOUR Coastal Water Garden Tour 2012, 6/2-3, 9am4pm: Showcases waterfalls, fishponds and a miniature railroad on some of the region’s loveliest properties. All proceeds from the self-guided event will benefit the Ability Garden, an accessible gardening/horticulture program based at the New Hanover County Arboretum. Tickets, with maps and driving directions to each site, $13 through 5/15; after, $15. Water feature aficionados can pick up tickets the Arboretum’s front desk or in the Arboretum Gift Shop, as well as at Stone Garden and The Transplanted Garden. Includes eight new gardens. Ability Garden relies on the event’s proceeds to support many of its educational programs and activities. The organization’s outreach extends to nursing homes, elder day care, schools and other local facilities. 910-798-7660 http://newhanover.ces.ncsu.edu/index.php?page=site 5TH ANNUAL GAY PRIDE WEEK Now organizing the 5th annual Gay Pride Week for 6/7-14. Week of celebration includes film festival, educational workshops, ecumenical services at St. Jude MCC Church, potluck picnic and Rainbow Pride March and downtown festival with music and entertainment. Pride March on 6/10 on riverfront, beginning and ending at the Lennon Alton Federal Building. Afterward, a concert kicks off celebration! Businesses who want to be a part of the march are welcomed to bring a 3 x 5 foot banner to advertise their company; no entry fee.

Great way to promote your business and show your support for diversity. www.wilmingtonpride. com.Wilmingtonpride@gmail.com.

MILLER MOTTE COLLEGE 7/20, 7pm: Miller Motte College will have their annual graduation ceremony w/over 1200 in attendance. Students from medical, dental, cosme-

Calendar entries are due every Thursday by noon for consideration in the following week’s encore. Entries are published for free two weeks out from event date according to space.

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20th season festival performing “Shades of Shakespeare {featuring 12th Night},” directed

by Cherri McKay, Fri-Sun, 5/25-27 , Tues-Thurs, 6/5-7, and Mon-Thurs, 6/11-14. • The annual adult company performs “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” directed by Steve Vernon (and first performed in 1993). Guest appearances from locals (Steve and out of town CFSOTG alumni. Shows: Fri-Sun, 6/1-3, 8-10 and 15-17, with Thurs-Sun shows, 6/21-24 and 28-7/1. Thursdays are CFSOTG Actor Appreciation Nights. Gates at 6:30pm. Come early, picnic or enjoy a snack from our concession. To Greenfield Lake Amphitheater take Carolina Beach Rd to Tennessee Ave. 910399-2878. www.capefearshakespeare.org

tology, esthetics, massage therapy, business, IT, accounting, criminal justice and paralegal will be participating in the ceremony. Guest speaker will be Farad Ali from the “Minority Business Enterprise Center” of the NC Institute of Minority Economic Development. 1 Estelle Lee Pl.

charity/fund-raisers BEAT THE HEAT North Carolina Branch, Give2thetroops, Inc, 249-E Third St. NC Branch of Give2thetroops is now collecting items for care packages for deployed troops in its “Beat the Heat” campaign.

Items needed include snacks such as jerky, tuna in pouches, protein powdered drink mixes, nuts, granola bars, dried fruit, single serving drink mixes to add to bottled water, dri-release tee shirts, white socks, small electric fans, cool wraps, eye drops, chapstick, DVDs, sports equipment and toiletries. Monetary donations are also needed for postal costs. Complete list: www.give2thetroops.org or 252-321-8227 CHANGING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION “Changing Lives through the Gift of Education,” Thurs., 5/17, with hopes to raise $250,000 for student scholarships. Event will feature inspirational stories from students and brief remarks from keynote speaker Randy Kibler, President and CEO of Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits. According to the Fall 2011 survey, more than 18% of students who did not complete their program of study listed “financial hardship” as their reason for leaving school. Luncheon begins at 11:30am; ends 1pm. Schwartz Center, downtown Wilmington. (910) 362-7207 or www.cfcc. edu/foundation.

15TH ANNUAL WSO GOLF CLASSIC 5/22: 15th annual Wilmington Symphony Golf Classic at Eagle Point Golf Club. Exclusive 18hole course designed by Thomas Fazio and No. 48 on Golf Digest’s annual ranking of America’s 100 greatest golf courses, featuring 7,170 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. Plus stunning scenery, great amenities and fabulous food. RSVP: www.wilmingtonsymphony.org/otherevents.html CF LITERACY COUNCIL 5/22, 11am: Cape Fear Literacy Council and New Hanover County Public Library announce an informational program about the social and economic impact of illiteracy on New Hanover County. Speaker Bob Vitagliano, adult literacy tutor and tutor trainer, will also describe ways you can help combat the problem through tutoring and

volunteering with the Cape Fear Literacy Council.

Cape Fear Literacy Council is located at 1012 South 17th St. 910-251-0911. http://www.cfliteracy.org. Free program is at Northeast Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd, 11am, Tues, 5/22. 910798-6323 or dhodder@nhcgov.com.

NEWBRIDGE BANK BRIDGE TO BRIDGE CFCC Foundation and Sea Devil Athletics are proud to partner with NewBridge Bank to bring the Wilmington community the Inaugural “NewBridge Bank Bridge to Bridge 4.0 run / 1.0 walk”.

4-mile course will take participants from the Isabel Holmes Bridge to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge through some of the most scenic areas of downtown Wilmington, 6/14, 6:30pm. The finish line leads participants inside the Schwartz Center to celebrate a great finish accompanied with food, beverages and community supporters. Proceeds will support student scholarships at Cape Fear Community College. 910-362-7191 or 910-3627042.

RUN FOR HOPE 5K WALK/RUN 6/2, 8am, second annual Run for Hope 5K Walk/ Run will be held at Mayfaire Towne Center, beginning at TrySports. Race for runners and walkers will benefit Women of Hope. Registration fees,

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theatre/auditions THE FOREIGNER Sergeant “Froggy” LeSeuer arrives at a rural Georgia fishing lodge along with his friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So “Froggy”, before departing, tells everyone that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. The fun begins as the other guests, assuming Charlie cannot understand a word they are saying, speak freely around him revealing more than they shouldevil plans, two-faced behavior, relationship drama and many other damaging revelations. What he overhears fuels nonstop hilarity and leads the play through a series of uproarious circumstances!

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I AM MY OWN WIFE 5/17-20: Red Barn Studio’s “I Am My Own Wife,” by Doug Wright and performed by Rylan Morsbach; directed by Trey Morehouse. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play in 2004, “I Am My Own Wife” tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi regime and the repressive East German government. The one-man show unfolds as a series of interviews conducted by the playwright, who discovers that Charlotte’s heroism is more complicated than it at first appears. 1122 S. 3rd St.) $10-$12. Tickets available at door an hour before curtain (910) 762-0955 BROWNCOAT PUB AND THEATRE See page 11.

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BIG DAWG ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WANTED An invitation has been issued to the general public to apply for the recently vacated position of Artistic Director of Big Dawg Productions. Big Dawg is seeking to replace outgoing Artistic Director Ken Cressman, who resigned after five terrific years as AD. Ken has contributed enormously to Big Dawg’s growing reputation as one of Wilmington’s leading theater companies and was instrumental in helping Big Dawg establish in its own theater at the Cape Fear Playhouse on Castle Street, after many years of renting out space at Thalian Hall.

Individuals interested in applying for the position of Artistic Director are invited to forward a letter of interest and their résumé via email: abigdawgpro@gmail.com.

FINDING NEMO Come join the Performance Club at Wrightsville Beach! Be in a show, no auditions! “Finding Nemo” is a tuition based theater-program led

by LJ Woodard. Performance Club meets on Thurs., through 5/31 from 4-5pm (ages 5 – 9yrs) and 5-6pm (ages 10 – 13yrs). Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation Office, 256-7925. www. townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

LEGALLY BLONDE 6/6-10, 15-17 and 22-24: Opera House Theatre Company presents ‘Legally Blonde,” w/ book

by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin. Based on the novel

by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Perky, sweet, and strikingly blonde sorority girl Elle Woods is dumped by Warner, her college sweetheart, for someone more serious. Unwilling to give up on love, Elle follows Warner to Harvard Law School., and proves by her hard work and determination that being true to your self never goes out of style. (910) 6322285, www.thalianhall.org. Season tickets and gift certificates are ordered through our office, (910) 762-4234. All shows at Thalian Hall. WedSat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm.

A CHORUS LINE 7/4-8, 13-15 and 20-22: Opera House Theatre Company presents “A Chorus Line,” conceived and originally directed and choreographed by MichaelBennett, w/book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante; music by Marvin Hamlisch; and yrics by Edward Kleban. A bare stage in an empty theatre, casting for the chorus of a new Broadway musical is almost complete. It’s down to 17 finalists, but only 8 are needed for the show. During the audition, the director asks the performers to talk about themselves—each of the usually anonymous chorus members steps into the spotlight to tell their story. (910) 632-2285, www.thalianhall.org. Season tickets and gift certificates are ordered through our office, (910) 762-4234. All shows at Thalian Hall. Wed-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm.

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joined by the Champion Quartet “17 Below”, the 2011 Carolinas District winner. Advance tickets are $15/adults, $10/students, and children under 6 are free. Tickets are available at the door for $17. Come join us at Kenan Auditorium on the UNCW Campus for a cruise ship journey of songs in the classical barbershop style. Don at 910-7995850 or John at 910-793-1180.

comedy IMPROV ACADEMY Intensive workshops beginning in June! Learn Exactly the methods of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Kristen Wig from Groundlings, UCB, and Second City.

Professional Comedy Instruction. 347-468-2614; four two-week sessions to choose from.

CABINEER’S PROMOTIONS 6/23: Comedy Show and ‘70s Party at The Sportsmen Club. Two early-bird tickets, $15 (through 5/20); $10 5/21-6/8; otherwise $15 adv and $20 at door. Mother’s and Father’s Day: 2 for $15 tickets now before they’re gone! Show feat. comedian J Smooth, known for his Tina Turner act. Comedian Poochie will host the evening. Don your best ‘70s attire; free fish, 7-8pm (must have a ticket to receive meal)! 910-200-3683. Ticket locations: Wilmington Sportsmen’s Club, 910-3438977; or Johnson’s Groceries, 910-254-0350

CF SHAKESPEARE ON THE GREEN Cape Fear Shakespeare on the Green presents its 20th season anniversary festival and its freeto-the-public Shakespeare plays. Two benefit concerts for CFSOTG will take place at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: 5/26—Todd Snider; and 6/23–G. Love Special & Sauce.

AZALEA COAST CHORUS The Azalea Coast Chorus is looking for a new director; current director is retiring. Four-part cappella harmony, barberhsop style, singing chorus with 17 members, and we meet on Monday nights.

New members are welcome to join us. 910-2701519 or rspaven@gmail.com

DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER • 6/3: Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will perform an evening of bluegrass music and comedy Tickets on sale now! • 7/8: Crosby, Stills and Nash, with tickest on sale 4/13. • 7/31-8/5: Christie Brinkley stars as Roxie Hart in “Chicago.” Catch her red-handed during a a full week of eight performances. • 8/21: Duran Duran in support of new album, All You Need is Now. Tickets on sale 3/30, 10am • Jethro Tull will perform 9/29. In April, Anderson will release a newly-recorded sequel to Jethro Tull’s seminal 1972 album Thick as a Brick, followed by a solo tour that will feature him performing both the original album and its new sequel back-to-back live in their entirety. Tickets go on sale 3/16, at 10am. DPACnc.com, 919-680-2787

CAPE FEAR CHORDSMEN 5/19, 1:30pm and 7pm: The Cape Fear Chordsmen, Wilmington’s barbershop group, presents their annual spring show! The Chordsmen will be

WECT SOUNDS OF SUMMER Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation hosts WECT Sounds of Summer Concerts at Wrightsville Beach Park. Bring picnic, lawn

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chairs, and blankets for an evening of music and fun! Thursday, 6-8:30pm, 6/21-8/9. 910-2567925 or www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

MUSIC INSTRUCTION Music instruction at Modern Music with Lucian Rowland, who has 20 years experience as a professional recording and performing musician. Private lessons available for guitar, mandolin, banjo, and bass. (910) 508-1111 or rockinrowland@hotmail.com.

dance WILMINGTON SINGLE’S CLUB 5/18 : DJ Buddy Langley, Am. Legion Post 10 • 5/25: DJ Lee Pearson, Am. Legion Post 10. Music from 8-11pm. Admission: DJ dances $8/10;

5/18: LADIES OF THE CAPE FEAR So many wonderful women are worth recognizing in our community. Many will have their faces enshrined in painting come Friday the 18th, as Ladies of the Cape Fear’s second annual reception is held at the Terraces at Sir Tyler. Photographed and painted by Kenny Barnes, over a dozen women are honored for their prominent work and impact on our area. Taking place at Terraces at Sir Tyler, Frances Weller will emcee the event, with music by Susan Savia. Tickets: $35-$50.

Band dances $10/12. No shorts, miniskirts or denim jeans. Dale Thompson (910) 619-1054.

LINE DANCING Line dancing is ideal for singles and for partners of non-dancers. Classes held in four-week sessions, Sun., 4-5pm, in the Fran Russ Rec Center located behind Town Hall at Wrightsville Beach Park. Session 1: 6/3, 10, 17, & 24, 2012.

Session 2: 8/5, 12, 19, & 26, 2012. Pre-reg: 910-256-7925. www.towb.org.

TECHNIQUES IN MOTION 2012 Techniques In Motion School of Dance classes and camps offered, 6/4-7/27. Tap and ballet, hip-hop and musical theatre, and more!

Camp schedules available in studio lobby and on website: www.techniquesinmotion.com7993223 TANGO WILMINGTON Tango classes and social dancing, Fridays, Carolina Lounge of Ramada Inn. 5001 Market Street (between College and Kerr). 7:30-9:30pm. $5 lounge entrance includes beginners’ lesson, 7:30.

76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639 CAROLINA SHAG CLUB DJs play favorite beach music and shag tunes every Sat, 8pm to close. $4/members; $6/ guests. Carolina Shag Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd. Carolina Beach, NC 620-4025 SURFER TANGO Salsa on 2 NYC style, Thurs, 8pm, $5/person at Orton’s Pool Hall. Lesson at 7pm; all welcome and no partner needed. Surfertango@gmail.com www.surfertango.com

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

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

art LADIES OF THE CAPE FEAR 5/18, 7pm, the second annual Ladies of the Cape Fear Reception will be held at the Terraces at Sir Tyler. Frances Weller will emcee the unveiling of the paintings followed by a reception, heavy hors d’oeuvre and musical guest Susan Savia. Exhibiting paintings recognizing prominent Wilmington women in “Mistress of the Household” style portraits honoring a southern tradition of the past. 2012 honorees: Neesha Allen, Dolly Humphrey Pearson, Lisa Ballantine, Elizabeth Redenbaugh, Mary Barto, Bertha Boykin Todd, Helen Brumbaugh, Katherine Weller, Francine DeCoursey, Laura Wilson, Nan Graham, Ronna Zimmer, Cynthia McNeil. $35 ea./$50 for 2. www.ladiesofthecapefear.eventbrite.com or by calling Kenny Barnes Studio at 910-392-4214.

ARTFUL LIVING GROUP Artful Living Group located at 112 Cape Fear Blvd., 910-458-7822. info@artufllivinggroup. com. May: Ortrud Tylor’s Oil Paintings • June: Candy Pegram’s folk art. Opening, 6/7, 6:308:30pm. • July: Gabriel Lehman’s whimsical paintings. Opening, 7/5, 6:30-8:30pm. • Aug: Mike Bryand’s Photography. Opening, 8/2, 6:308:30pm. • Sept: Melanie Heinrick’s photography on metal. Opening, 9/6, 6:30-8:30pm.

BRUNSWICK QUILTERS 5/19, 10am-4:30pm; 5/20, 11am-4pm: Brunswick Quilters to present “A Galaxy of Quilts” in Southport at The Brunswick Center, 1513 North Howe St. Feat. more than 100 quilts and quilted items made by guild members. Also a queen-size raffle quilt, “Aegean Star”, a Judy Martin pattern made by guild members. Select vendors will be offering fabrics, patterns, sewing machines and quilting accessories for sale. Boutique and resale booths; vote for fave quilt! brunswickquilters.com. Dan Johnston: 910-575-6682 BIG PRINT BLOCK PARTY Big Print Block Party Art Festival. Giant woodcuts printed with a steamroller, live! 5/19,10am-5pm, Cape Fear Blvd. Carolina Beach. The festival showcases ten local and regional artists printing GIANT 4’ x 6.5’ woodcuts onto fabric with a paving roller. More local artists will be selling their fine art at booths alongside the event. There will be free art activities for kids. Steamroller printmaking is a great public art event and typically only seen in large cities or universities.10x10’ spaces for $80.

Apply online: CapeFearPress.com.

K-12 DISPOSABLE CAMERA PHOTOS Ordinary Magic: Disposable Camera Photographs

by New Hanover CountyK-12 students will be on view at the Art Gallery at the Cultural ArtsBuilding, UNCW, 5/24-8/31. An opening reception will be 5/24, 5:30-7pm in the gallery space. The reception is free and open to the public. Additionally, the gallery will be open Monday through Thursday from noon until 4 p.m. during the summer. In the spring of 2012, one hundred disposable cameras were distributed to public and private schools throughout New Hanover County. The resulting 2,700 photographs by K-12 students comprise

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Ordinary Magic consisting of one print from each school and a slide show of all the photographs taken throughout the project.

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

Dates: 5/25, 6/22, 7/27, 8/24, 9/28, 10/26, 11/23, 12/28. Galleries: 621N4TH Gallery, Acme Art Studios, Bottega Gallery & Art Bar, Calico Room, Cape Fear Native, Caprice Bistro, Checker Cab Gallery, Five Star Tavern, Golden Gallery, MC Erny Gallery at WHQR, New Elements Gallery, Old Books on Front Street, Opera Room & Gallery, Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts, Projekte, Riverside Dental Arts, Wicked Gallery, Wilmington Wine. www.wilmingtonfourthfridays.com.

RYAN LEWIS Art Soup, a local nonprofit arts organization, and Bottega Gallery present “Melodic Owl Dreams: a presentation of abstract paintings, featuring work

by Wilmington artist Ryan Lewis.” On display from May-July 2012, with opening reception on Fri., May 25th, 6-9pm, during the monthly Fourth Friday Gallery Nights event. Utilizing thick, bright, chaotic brushstrokes alongside three-dimensional form, Lewis’ recent series of paintings showcase an interpretation of sound and emotion illustrated on canvas with paints, inks, cassette tapes, reel to reel tape and more. Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St. 910-763-3737 EL JAYE ENTERPRISES El Jaye Enterprises and the Community Arts Center will host its Fourth Annual Cape Fear Community Arts Expo on Sat., 6/2, at the Hannah Block USO Community Arts Center, 120 S. Second St. Event will be a day-long celebration and exposition of art, including ceramics, pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, spoken word and music. Free art show, 1-5pm, and the day will conclude with an admission-only concert, 6-9pm, feat. jazz, blues, world music, poetry and prose.

Local and regional artists are invited to participate.

Regi/applications available online: www.ElJayeEnterprises.com, or by calling 910-799-2321 or 910352-6527. Deadline: 5/29, 5pm. Space is limited so please register early to secure your spot. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Community Arts Center and educational programs they offer to the community.

621N4TH Michelle Connolly and Colleen Ringrose will showcase their latest works at 621N4TH Gallery. On display through May, in the new body of work

by Michelle Connolly, encouraged by Colleen Ringrose, she has explored a different medium: encaustic—just another way to express the potential she sees in the discarded material she salvages and makes into paintings. Watermarks and wallpaper from the 1930’s have influenced Ringrose’s new body of work. Like Connolly she is a “digger” finding her images in old and discarded books; inspiration for these new paintings comes from an unlikely source, a book for stamp collectors from 1936. 621 North Fourth St. SUNSET RIVER MARKETPLACE Runs through 5/31, 10am - 5pm, Mon. - Sat. Feed Your Eclectic Soul: A showing of custom design, fine crafts and gently loved pieces from the past.

Includes unusual pillows, textural table runners and other fabric pieces by Beth Pethtal combined with

gallery owner Ginny Lassiter’s eclectic eye for incorporating antiques, pottery and contemporary pieces into a warm and cohesive design. 10283 Beach Dr. SW, Calabash, NC. 910-575-5999 IVEY HAYES UNCW is the first college in the state to host the artwork of native son Ivey Hayes, as the result of a campus effort headed by the Ann Flack Boseman Gallery. 16 pieces will hang in the Azalea Coast Room of the Fisher University Union. The work will be on permanent exhibition, with new pieces rotating in each academic semester through 6/30/2012.

5/20: CIVIL WAR SKIES Our very own Cape Fear Museum hosts Cape Fear Skies on the third Sunday of every month at 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. All age “kids” can enjoy the discovery of what the nightfall looked like in the 1860s during the war.

They’ll learn what astronomical events took place during a realistic planetarium experience! The cost is free with museum admission, $4-$7. Visit the museum online at www.capefearmuseum.com for more info. The museum is located downtown at 814 Market Street.

ART FOR THE MASSES AFTM 2012, 10th anniversary, will take place 10-5, Sat., 11/17, Burney and Warwick centers on the UNCW campus. All-original fine art priced at $250 or less, with UNCW student art also available for purchase. AFTM is free and open to the public, with a requested $3 door donation to help fund public arts projects at the university. Artists exhibiting at AFTM will retain 100 percent of the proceeds; register starting in July. Info/reg. materials: www.uncw.edu/artforthemasses. Artists’ fees will be used to fund the event following year.

BOTTEGA EVENTS Now showing Ryan Lewis’ latest works through July.• Tues (4pm-midnight): Starving artist night and open paint. • Wed (4pm-mid.): Weekly wine tastings, 7pm. bottegaartbar@gmail.com. 208 N. Front St. 910-763-3737. bottegagallery.com.

PROJEKTE “Under Pressure,” feat. recent CFCC printmaking students present in a variety of print techniques including woodcut, linocut, drypoint, engraving, mezzotint, etching and aquatint. Hosted by Ben Billingsley—CFCC Art Dept. Exhibit runs through 5/29. • 5/30: BlackSun/PinkEclipse, hosted by Lexi Nichole and Charlie Lockyer of Mort Vivant Photography. 5:30-9pm, feat. local artists in photography, painting, drawing, pixel art and more. www.MortVivantPhotography.com • Four-week, audience and special-guest-artist -judged competitive film festival to take place this summer, starting in June. All submissions must be received by 5/21, $10 (includes two tickets for ea. night of fest); late submissions will be accepted up to 5/27, but with an additional fee, and may not be in consideration for the grand prize. Fantastic prizes; open to area high school, community college, and university students, anong any struggling artists still striving for significant name recognition who aren’t yet working steadily in the industry, making a living off their art. Screening a selection from the entries each Tues., 6/5-29, with gala awards ceremony held fourth and final week.1st-3rd and honorable mention awarded. DVD format please.

• Call to artists: Displayed concurrently during film fest, student/local artist black and white photography exposition: “Chiaroscuro.” Now accepting entries for the strictly photography show! Open to all photographers, and must be submitted by 5/20. Send up to 5 .jpeg images or drop them by the gallery. The show will be juried according to the definition of Chiaroscuro, an Italian term, which quite literally translates to “light-dark.” All details: Starr Porter, assistant director: 910-5995618; starrporter@rocketmail.com. • Every Mon in June: TV Video and Stills Porductions presents Spotlight Talent Search. Only 5 acts per night, no profanity, one selected forwrad to next week w/audience participation and judges’ decisions, participants notified day of performance with 15 min. minimum to perform. Prizes up for grabs and finale winner crowned. • Weekly events: Live music Wed-Sat; Mon: drum circle, 7-8pm; Sun.

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Metamorphosis open mic, 9pm ;Tues, Projektion Theater Film Series, sundown; Wed, Soiree d’Electronica, 9pm; Thurs. wine tasting, 7pm. 523 South 3rd St. 910-508-8982. theprojekte.com

museums/programs USS BATTLESHIP 5/16-19: USS NC Battleship Association Crew Reunion, an organization of the Battleship’s former crew members and their families • 5/19, 1-3pm: Meet the Authors book siging, Ship’s Store, free (admission not included). Meet authors Cindy Horrell Ramsey, “Boys of the Battleship NORTH CAROLIN”A and David Seagraves, “Uncommon Hero: The John Seagraves Story.” • 5/19, 8am5pm: Battleship Alive (included w/admission).

“Living History” brings historical events, places and persons “alive” for the public by demonstrating various aspects of the past and allowing interaction with the interpreters.Gives insight into the daily life and routine of the crew • 5/28, 5:45pm: Memorial Day Observance, free. An emotional ceremony, preceding and concluding with military musical arrangements provided by the Army Ground Forces Band, and a 21-gun salute. www. battleshipnc.com. Jct of Highways 17/74/76/421 on the Cape Fear River.

ROSIE THE RIVETER Wide-ranging exhibit featuring myriad roles of American women during WWII, as personified by the iconic symbol of Rosie the Riveter, has opened at the William Madison Randall Library at UNCW. Free, 9am-5pm, Mon-Thurs., 9am-noon, Fri. Exhibit contains artifacts, collectibles, memorabilia, posters, books, periodicals, and art work.

Most is loaned from the professional collection of Captain Wilbur Jones, Wilmington-native author and military historian who grew up here during the war, and serves as chairman of the WWII Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition. The remainder is from Randall Library sources. 910-962-7462.

Jerry Parnell: ParnellG@uncw.edu. 910-962-3276.

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Through 7/15: Cape Fear Treasures: “Shoes” takes a glimpse into a selection of footwear from Cape Fear Museum’s permanent collection. 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries featuring spectator oxford pumps, lace-up boots, satin slippers, Air Jordans and more! • Shopping Around Wilmington: In an era before mega-malls, online ordering and big-box stores, shopping in Wilmington centered around downtown. Museum will explore ways in which increasing suburbanization changed people’s retail experiences. • Toys and Games (through 9/9): View historical images of people at play and toys and games from our collection, and play with a variety of interactives.

Adults and children alike enjoy viewing toys from

the past, and you can enjoy playing together as a family. EVENTS: Volunteer Open House held first Wed. of mo. Opportunities are available in museum store, working with the historic collection, and as an education docent. • New Hanover County Resident’s Day: Residents admitted free first Sun. ea. mo. • Learning Center: Pirate Invasion 5/19, 26, 1-4pm; all ages. Discover the world of pirates as you make and hoist your own Jolly Roger, get a pirate tattoo, and make a Lego pirate ship. • Creative Chemistry, 6/9, 16, 23, 30, 1-4pm. Is Explore solids, liquids, and gases and experiment with mixtures! Unravel a colorful mystery and experiment with acids and bases. • Cape Fear Skies: A realistic planetarium experience the third Sunday of each month w/admission. 5/20: Civil War Skies, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30pm. All ages; discover the night sky of the 1860s and the astronomical events that took place. • 6/17: Greek Myths & Legends, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30pm, all ages. Explore the night sky while listening to Greek star-inspired stories. • Stormfest, 6/2, 10am-4pm. Free, open to public. Meet meteorologists from area news stations; learn about weather phenomena, how to predict it, and what it’s like to be on TV! Find out how to prepare for dangerous weather, and discover the resources local governments offer to help with storm response and recovery. Organized by the National Weather Service. • Grownup Game Night, 6/15, 7-10pm. $5 for members; $7 for non-members; memberships available on game night. Bring some friends, grab some appetizers and a seat, and get your game on! Admission includes access to great games (instructions if needed!), snacks and drinks, and a visit to the Museum’s Toys and Games exhibit.• Hours: 9am5pm through Labor Day, Tues-Sat; 1-5pm, Sun. $7 for adults; $6 for students with valid ID and senior citizens; $6 special military rate with valid military ID; $4 for children 3-17; and free for children under 3. Museum members admitted free. 814 Market St. 910-798-4367. www.capefearmuseum.com.

CAMERON ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Out of Fashion, Hughes Wing, Through 8/19; In 1815, when the first cotton mill was established in Lincoln County, NC, it stood as one of the physical and symbolic cornerstones of an industry that would come to define the economic and cultural being of NC. Following the offshore exodus of the 1990s, today NC is rebuilding through hybrid development, with one of the fastest growing markets in the state being the export of intermediate/unfinished goods that overseas firms turn into finished products. These materials are in a raw, in-between state—their promise yet to be realized—much like the textile industry of the 21st century, and our current understanding of it. • Julie VonDerVellen, Hughes Wing, Through 8/19; Represents the first museum exhibition featuring work by this emerging artist, Julie VonDerVellen, a recent MFA graduate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. A close inspection of these seemingly pedestrian garments of everyday wear reveal highly crafted, intricate constructions made entirely of handmade paper derived from recycled cotton clothing. Garments evoke memories; memories evoke garments. • Exhibition tours every Wed. at 12:30pm Sun. at 2:30pm. • Tours led by staff docents. Museum adm. • 5/19, 10am2pm: 1st North Carolina Company E. Open to the public, newly formed 1st North Carolina Company E has made CAM its home site. Monthly civil war activities on the museum’s grounds—drills, rifle firings and more. • 5/18-19: Coastal Carolina Clay Guild Spring Show and Sale, Weyerhaeuser Reception Hall. Reception and preview on 18, 6-8pm, $10; 19, 10am-5pm, free and open to

public. Twenty-five CCCG members, including well-known potters Hiroshi Sueyoshi and Don Johns will be exhibiting and selling their work at the show. • Thirsty Thursday with Young Patrons 5/17, 5:30-7:30. A gathering features a bar menu, cash bar, live entertainment by Mike Blair and free access to galleries. Free to Young Patrons, $10 for Non-Young Patrons unless joining at the door. Childcare $8/child includes food, fun art activities and short films. Bo Dean: bodean@ cameronartmuseum.com • Thalian and CAM Partnership in “La Cage Aux Folles,” 5/17 (see cover story). Contact Thalian Hall Box Office and mention “Cameron Art Museum” 910.632.2285, and they’ll donate $10 per ticket sold to your membership for opening night only! • 5/19, noon-3pm: Kids at CAM, $3/child (members), $5/child (non-members), adults free! Includes special guest artist and children’s author, Cammeron Batanides, who will give readings from her new book, Meet Panda; the sweet story of a young girl meeting her new puppy Panda for the first time.• CLASSES: Life Drawing every Tues., 6-9pm. Group meets in Reception Hall. Participants provide own dry drawing materials and watercolors. $70/6-wks.

• Museum School One-day Watercolor Workshop with Betty Brown Saturday, 5/19, 10am4pm. • Hand and Wheel Pottery Techniques: Mon/Wd, 5/30-7/29, 9am-noon, or Tues/Thurs, 5/29-7/26, 5:30-8:30pm. CAM Members: $250; Non-members: $300. Hiroshi Sueyoshi teaches handbuilding, wheel throwing, glazing and finishing techniques. Class size is limited. Open to all skill levels, ages 16+. • Museum School: New classes. www.cameronartmuseum.com/adult.php or call 910-395-5999 (ext. 1008 or 1024).• Tai Chi, Yoga and Zumba! Beginners are always welcome.

5/17: CAM AND THALIAN

Thalian Association will be donating $10 of every ticket sold on opening night of “La Cage aux Folles” (5/17) to the Cameron Art Museum. Just call up to order your tickets at 910-632-2285 and mention the CAM—viola!

Donation made! This flamboyant show marries the best of all musicals: glamorous entertainment with a heart-filled story at its core. Check out the cover story on page 10.

Also be sure to check out other events going on at CAM this week, from Young Patrons Thirsty Thursday to the watercolor workshop at the Museum School. dmoore@cameronartmuseum.com.

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Tues-Sun,11am-5pm; Thurs: 11am-9pm. Museum members free, $8 non-members, $5 students with valid ID, $3 children age 2 -12. www.cameronartmuseum.com or 910-395-5999.

NC AQUARIUM Exotic Aquatics Gallery has added white-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata) to its collection.

The Exotic Aquatics Gallery traditionally features non-native marine species. Guests can learn more about the life cycle of a jellyfish while viewing these beautiful animals. Educates the public on the importance of well-balanced ecosystems. • Events: Aquarist Apprentice, Behind the Scenes Tour, Breakfast with the Fishes, Mommy and Me, Canoeing the Salt Marsh, Surf Fishing Workshop. Pre-reg. classes. 910-458-8257; www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher. 900 Loggerhead Rd, Kure Beach.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Mon, Little Sprouts Storytime, 10am, and Go Green Engineer Team, 3:30pm. • Tues., Leading to Reading Literacy Class , 9am, and Kids Cooking Club, 3:30pm • Wed., Preschool Science, 10am; Discover Science, 3:30pm; and Mini Math, 4pm. • Thurs. StoryCOOKS, 10am; and StART with a Story, 3:30pm • Fri., Toddler Time, 10am; and Adventures in Art, 3:30pm • Sat, Discovery Fitness, 4pm; Sun., Acting Club 2pm. • Drop off gently used books at our Museum to be used for a good cause. Ooksbay Books uses book collection locations to help promote literacy, find a good use for used books, and benefit nonprofits. www.playwilmington.org WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM The Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach. Visitors to the cottage will find a scale model of Wrightsville Beach circa 1910, exhibits featuring the early days of the beach including Lumina Pavilion, our hurricane history and information about the interaction between the people and our natural environment which have shaped the 100 year history of Wrightsville Beach. 256-2569. 303 West Salisbury St. wbmuseum.com. (910)256-2569

WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for more than 130 years. Interests and activities for all ages including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively children’s area, and spectacular scale models.

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facilities are fully accessible and on one level.

Groups receive special guided tours. Facilities can also be booked for meetings or mixers, accommodating groups of up to 150. • Story Times designed for younger visitors first and third Mon, 10:30am. $4 per family is charged to cover program costs and includes access to the rest of the Museum. Located at the north end of downtown at 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634 or 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. 126 S. Third St. Adults $8, children $4. 762-0492. www.latimerhouse.org CAPE FEAR SERPENTARIUM Cool down in front of “Anaconda Splash” exhibit in the indoor tropical jungle. See, photograph and even touch rare animals assembled from all over the planet in beautiful simulations of their natural environments. Meet colorful jungle birds, crocodiles, king cobras, black mambas and many more.

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

BELLAMY MANSION One of NC’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture, built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the

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ner Cruise w/buffet by Front Street Brewery. Captain will be share light stories of the Wilmington area, but mostly you will be enjoying the evening with some relaxing music and a calming float down the river. • Acoustic spotlight on the river, a relaxing cruise down the Cape Fear with live music.

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

All students planning to participate in an athletic program and cheerleading in the 2012-13 school year must have a state-mandated screening exam.

The New Hanover County Health Department will be offering these exams on certain days and times for each school. Boys will attend on the 24th of May and girls on the 7th of June. Log on to www.nhcs.net/ athletics to see the specified dates and times for each school listed in order to prepare an appointment.

sports & recreation WILMINGTON WATER TOURS Eagle’s Island Cruises 50 minute cruises on the hour at 1,2 & 3pm daily Tues-Sat See the beauty of the Cape Fear River, and enjoy snacks and drinks for sale onboard. • Saturday’s Sunset Din-

Water Tours, 910-338-3134. www.wilmingtonwatertours.com WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PARKS & REC Tennis lessons for youth & adults, tennis ladder, cape fear cotillion, performance club, bridge workshops, line dancing, shag lessons, youth art & jewelry camp, youth tennis camp, youth lacrosse camp, youth soccer camp, adult basketball league, kayaking & SUP workshop, NC Coastal Shore-

bird workshop, yoga, pilates, boot camp, tone & stretch, and low impact aerobic classes. 910-2567925 or www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

ALLIGATOR ALLEY TOURS Cape Fear River Adventures with Captain Charles Robbins feat. tour of Cape Fear, departing from the downtown dock and headed through the gorgeous waters of the old Wilmington rice plantaions toward Alligator Alley. See nature, learn a little history and hopefully spot an alligator or two. Cape Fear Riverwalk between Orange and Ann Streets, 10am-sunset. RSVP: 910-620-0296. www.capefearriveradventures.com. Also Children’s Fishing, Sunset Cruises, GeoCaching and Three Sisters Swamp Cypress Tree day trips.

ATHLETE SCREENINGS Free athletic screening examinations are being offered to New Hanover County Schools athletes and cheerleaders by physicians in the New Hanover-Pender County Medical Society in conjunction with the New Hanover County Health Department and NHCS. All North Carolina students who plan to participate in athletics or cheerleading during the 2012-13 school year must undergo a state-mandated screening examination. Boys’ exams: Thurs., 5/24 girls’ exams, Thurs., 6/7 at the New Hanover County Health Department located at 2029 South 17th St. The only free exam dates for 2012-2013 school sports. Students should report to the NHC Health Department at the following dates and times:www.nhcs.net/athletics for dates and times per school.

LOWER CAPE FEAR HISTORY CRUISE 5/20: Four hour cruise along the Cape Fear River, w/narrators Chris Fonvielle, Richard Lawrence,

Jack Fryar, Leslie Bright and John Golden point out over 50 histric sites as we cruise down the river. A fund raiser for the Federal Point Historic Preservation Society,. We sail aboard the Royal Winner Princess II from the Carolina Beach docks.

Rebecca at 910-458-0502. Lower Cape Fear History Cruise, fphps@yahoo.com TOURNEYS AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 6/2: 32nd annual Surf, Sun, Sand Volleyball and Bocce Ball tourneys at Wrightsville Beach park and Rec. Includes a six or four-person co-ed volleyball tournament and a bocce ball tournament. All players will receive a t-shirt, and prizes will be awarded to the players from the winning team in each division. Prereg. required. www. townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

HALYBURTON EVENING NATURE SERIES Enjoy a Wednesday evening in the park with your family learning about nature. Programs are presented by the North Carolina Aquariums and Halyburton Park Naturalist. 6/13: Birds of a Prey, two presentations at 6:30pm & 7:30pm. $5/participant. Pre-registration required. Get a close look at live birds of prey from the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter. A Peregrine Falcon, Barred Owl and Eastern Screech Owl will be introduced as you learn about these amazing birds. • 6/27, 6:30pm: Snakes of North Carolina, $5/participant. Preregistration required. Discover the many species of snakes living in the coastal plain of North Carolina during this presentation by Keith Farmer with the N.C. Herpetological Society. A wide variety of venomous and non-venomous snakes will be on display. 341-0075.

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MOVIES AT THE LAKE Free Weekly Movies at the Lake. 8:45pm. Free.

Outdoor family films shown Sunday evenings during the summer months. Carolina Beach Lake Amphitheater. 910-458-8434. pleasureislandnc.org SUBVERSIVE FILM SERIES 5/20: Kooky is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Sv?rák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the story of a six-year-old asthmatic boy whose parents force him to throw away his favorite toy, an old teddy bear named Kooky. In the boy’s fantasy, Kooky comes to life in the landfill, escapes into a mysterious forest and begins its journey amongst the rough-and-ready creatures of the forest. • 5/27: Behind the Burly Q is a film documentary looking back at the golden age of Burlesque - one of America’s most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century. This documentary film reveals the story of burlesque by telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men) who lived it. Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St., free CUCALORUS ACCEPTING ENTRIES Cucalorus Film Festival is now accepting entries for their annual event. Entry fee is $25. Cucalorus accepts entries on a rolling basis, anytime of the year. Completed entry form for each submission; DVD in a package that includes: title, entrant’s name and contact details, hi-res production photo for publicity, entry fee and one inappropriate collage. NC filmmakers can enter for free! Jengo’s Playhouse, 815 Princess St., 28401

culinary FIRE ON THE DOCK 5/16; May 22: A new “Got To Be NC” dining competition sponsored by the N.C. Department of Agriculture features an Iron Chef-style cookoff each evening. Two coastal N.C. chefs create three courses each, based on a secret ingredient revealed to them that day. Diners taste each

course blind and select the winner alongside a team of culinary and celebrity judges.Finals on May 22; one chef walks away with a cash prize and bragging rights. Fifteen dinner competitions will be held at Shell Island Resort, Wrightsville Beach. Tickets: $59. www.competitiondining.com ILM GREEK FESTIVAL 5/18-20: Wilmington Greek Festival. Traditional Greek food, cooking demonstrations, music, dance and marketplace. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Wilmington. 910-392-4444; www. stnicholasgreekfest.com FEAST DOWN EAST BUYING CLUB Enjoy the quality, value and convenience of the Feast Down East Buying Club. It costs nothing to join. The benefits are immeasurable. It is a great way to eat healthier, while knowing you support your local farm families and community. Log on at www.FeastDownEast.org and start buying fresh local food, sourced from Southeastern NC farms. Choose a pick-up spot, and check out at the online cashier and you are done! Orders must be placed by 11am Monday for Thursday delivery.

Consumer pickup is Thursday 3:30-6pm at: the Cameron Art Museum, THE POD (located next to Dunkin Donuts on UNCW campus) or the Burgaw Historic Train Depot.

CAROLINA BREWERY INVITATIONAL 5/19, The Carolina’s Brewery Invitational. Downtown Wilmington, 101 N. Front St. (the corner of Water and Princess streets; the site of the demolished Wachovia building & adjacent parking lot), from Pipeline Event Management, Spotlight Consulting Services, and Good Vibes Brewery. Emphasis on displaying local and regional breweries throughout North and South Carolina, with lineup of live music with Selah Dubb, Moon Taxi and The Features, from 3-8pm. 20 high end Breweries, showcasing only Carolina’s best micro-brews, unlimited sampling with ticket purchase, live art, food provided by Catch, businesses and craft vendors on site and more. After-party from 8-10pm, open to the general public without an admission fee. Beer fest: $25 early-bird; $30 through 5/18; $35, day of. www.goodvibesbrew.com/2012beer-festival

and delights! Culinary Adventures Tour with food writer/chef Liz Biro; under a mile, wear comfortable shoes. Top Chef Farmers Market Tour and Cooking Class, Heart of Downtown, Drinks Downtown, Downtown Brunch Stroll, Foodie Shopping Tour, Custom and Special Group Tours and more! $25 and up! www.lizbiro.com. 910-545-8055

kids stuff MEET PANDA “Meet Panda, the friendly story of an American Pit Bull” is a full color, 22-page hardback children’s book, written and illustrated by local artist Cammeron Batanides. Released to the public on June 1st; $19.99. Follow the sweet story of Panda as she finds not only a new home but a friendship with her new owner Sophie, as well. www.meetpanda.net WB MUSEUM CAMPS British Soccer Camp, Hammerheads Soccer Camp, Lacross Camp, QuickStart Tennis, Performance Club, Art and Jewelry and more! (910) 256-7925 www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

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HAPPY LITTLE SINGERS Now in Leland! Sing, dance and play with your little one! Early childhood music and movement for 6 mo. to 6 yrs. Leland Parks and Recreation Classroom Building, Thursday 9:30am. Also, Downtown Community Arts Center, Tuesday 9:15am and Carolina Beach Parks and Recreation Building Tuesday at 11:30am $10 per family. Drop ins welcome. www.happylittlesingers. com or 910-777-8889.

CAPE FEAR MUSEUM SUMMER CAMPS

Museum is offering the following six hands-on, exciting week-long camps! Ages 5-6: Incredible Insects: Delve into the world of the 6-legged creatures among us. • Dinos and More allows children to discover dinosaurs and their modern relatives!

• Ages 7-8: In Science Masters, campers take on the role of different scientists to explore the how’s and why’s of what they do! • Ages 7-10: Time Travelers will discover different eras of our region by exploring the Museum’s collection, investigating time capsules, cracking codes, creating toys and more! • Ages 9-10: Cape Fear Wild uncovers just how wild our region is! Eco-minded campers explore animals, plants and the wild weather of the Cape Fear Region! • Ages 11-14: In Museumology, campers design and install their own exhibit for Cape Fear Museum by selecting artifacts and telling their stories. eekly camp fees are $70 for members and $90 for non-members. *Museumology is $90 for members and $110 for non-members. www.CapeFearMuseum.com or 910-798-4362.

NATURE PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOLERS For ages 2-5, $3/participatnt. Little explorers will enjoy nature through stories, song, hikes, crafts and more. 5/21-22, 10-11am: Birds. 6/5-6, 1011am: Silly Snakes. 6/18-19, 10-11am: Beautiful Butterflies. 4099 S. 17th St. 910-341-0075. www. halyburtonpark.com.

NEW SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Through 5/24: The School of the Arts was developed to give school-aged students a chance to explore and experience the Arts in a professional setting. We teach students the skills for making excellent theater (singing, dance, set-building, costumes, props, acting) but also how to use those skills in a “real-world” setting (school,

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CAROLINA FARMIN’ PIG PICKIN’ Wilmington’s fave local grocer, Carolina Farmin’, will throw a Pig Pickin’ for its neighborhood and consumers on Sun., 5/20, 11am-3pm. BBQ pulled-pork plates are only $2; music and cornhole games, too. 2101 Market St. carolinafarmin.com WEEKLY FARMERS’ MARKETS Riverfront Farmer’s Market Saturdays, Downtown Wilmington (Through Dec.; www.wilmingtonfarmers.com); Carolina Beach Farmer’s Market Saturdays, Carolina Beach Lake (5/12-9/15; 910431-8122); Wrightsville Beach Farmer’s Market Mondays, Causeway Dr. (Through 9/3; 910-2567925; Poplar Grove Plantation Farmer’s Market Wednesdays, 10200 US 17 N., Wilmington (Through 11/22; www.poplargrove.com). Feat. over three dozen food, arts and crafts vendors.

Music feat. every week with Cindy Rhodes on hammered dulcimer.Cooking classes: 5/23, 6/6, 20, 7/11, 25, 8/15, 29, 9/12, 26, 10/31 and 11/7.

THE WINE SAMPLER Every week we have five wines available to taste during sampling hours, Thurs., 3-8 pm, Fri., 3-9 pm, and Sat., 11 am-7 pm. Each week we arrange a set of five wines, which we offer a 10% discount as well toward purchase. 4107-C Oleander Dr. (910) 796-WINE (9463). thewinesampler.com CULINARY ADVENTURES TOUR Eat your way through Wilmington’s food history

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home, relationships). Classes start 4/5 and generally meet Thurs, 4:30-6:30pm with two additional rehearsals on Wednesdays in May. Our final production, 5/24, 7pm, will be determined upon the ages of students enrolled. A class schedule will be given out on our first day.First Christina Church, 900 Gum Branch Road, Jacksonvile, NC. 910-545-2296.

BEGINNER SKATEBOARD CLINICS 5/26, 6/9, 6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 10:30amnoon: Beginner Skateboard Clinics. The Greenfield Grind Skatepark is offering beginner clinics for youth ages 7-12. Class will be split into small groups to facilitate personalized instruction. Each clinic will be taught by Skatepark staff. Greenfield Grind Skatepark, Greenfield Lake(behind 302 Willard St.) $15/participant includes a pass to skate free for that day plus 2 free day passes. Skater will become familiar with his/her equipment. Identify potential safety hazards. Begin to understand the “setup” of a skatepark. Establish and begin to develop fundamental skateboarding skills. Helmet and pads requred. Pre-reg: 362-8222 CITY OF ILM SUMMER CAMPS Summer is around the corner...what are your plans for your kids? The City of Wilmington is offering a variety of camps including: Adventure Camp, Art Camp, Basketball Camp, Day Camp, Nature Camps, Skatepark Camp, Special Olympics Camp and Tennis Camps. 341-7855 or www.wilmingtonrecreation.com

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The Going Green Book Club Selections for the next few months: Environmental Book Club: 7/3: “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things,” by William A. McDonough & Michael Braungart (2002).

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and UNCW will Books available and members receive show Wagner’s epic opera, Der Rin des Nibelungen, a 15 percent off. • Bloomsday: Staged live in HD at the NY Met the 20th through the 25th. reading of the play within the book, feat.

All fours parts of the Ring cycle will air, equaling to Jef Pollock, of both The Scoop Ice Cream and Hotdogs and Changing Channels 16 hours of opera. Also showing will be a docufame, will be directing. We still need permentary about the making of “Wagner’s Dream.” formance readers: (910) 409-5047. FesThe opera will show at King Hall Auditorium,with tivities are 6/17, 4:30pm, Old Books individual tickets selling $10-$20; package tickets go on Front St. The Scoop will be serving for $70-$85. See UNCW’s website, www.uncw.edu/ a hotdog inspired by Ulysses, maybe a Bloomsday Ice Cream, and of course we metopera, for more information. will be purchasing delicacies from Sugar on Front St! Bloomsday celebrates James 9:30am. Free, open to public.John Nelson at 399Joyce’s contribution to literature! • Melissa Wilgis’ 7020 or fjn39@ec.rr.com.

“A Humble History; Black and White Photography”—Celebrating National Historic Preservation POMEGRANATE BOOKS 5/19, 11am: Bilingual Story Time Harold and the Month, A Humble History is a collection of black Purple Crayon/ Harold y el Lapiz Color Morado— and white images, processed and printed by hand Children’s classic about finding one’s way home. in a traditional darkroom. Imagine doorknobs, winRead in English and Spanish with the help of the dows, paint flakes, fixtures and tools are intriguing UNCW Latino Book Club. • 5/26, 3pm: Latino clues to a humble history that’s within our sight.

Book Club discusses Death at Solstice: A Glo(910) 76-BOOKS (26657). www.OldBooksOnria Damasco Mystery by Lucha Corpi—Chicana FrontSt.com detective Gloria Damasco uses her “dark gift” WWII HISTORY LECTURE of intuition to solve cases, this time the theft of 5/18, 10am: The under-studied and almost fora family heirloom from the Oro Blanco Winery gotten China-Burma-India theater of operations in in California’s Shenandoah valley. A fun read World War II will be discussed at the 5/18 meetfor the start of summer. Readings and discusing of Southeastern North Carolina’s WWII Resion in English. All are welcome. • 5/23, 10am: membered Group, at the New Hanover County Breastfeeding Cafe—Sponsored by the Port City Senior Center, 2222 South College Rd. Led by Breast Feeding Project, this informal get together Ken Brooks, be w/fellowship and refreshments is inspired by the book of the same name. Come to relax, network and learn in a breast feeding friendly atmosphere. http://www.portcitybreastfeedingproject.org

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BARNES AND NOBLE All events are free and open to the public and Barnes and Noble in Mayfaire Town Center.

Schedule: 5/24, 1-6pm, meet and greet w/Skipper Funderburg, Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast.

Surf aficionado, Funderburg is a renown Cape Fear coast pioneer surfer and waterman. He has been humorously writing about surfing for over 40 years and serves as the native preeminent surfing historian. • 6/12, 7pm, reading and singing w/Dorothea Benton Frank, Porch Light (release date!). New York Times best selling author is back with her latest low-country novel.

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JASON CLAMME Jason Clamme of Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter will speak on end-of-life planning at the annual Meeting of the Funeral ConsumersAlliance Coastal Carolinas. Northeast library/ Pine Room, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd. free to the public. May 24, 1:30pm. Rebecca Taylor: bectreks@aol.com WOMEN IN BUSINESS 5/24: 10:30am: “The Making of Magnificence: Women in Transition and How to Navigate the Road Ahead” with guest speaker, Sarah Levitt.

Series provides an avenue for businesswomen of diverse occupations to help them grow personally and professionally through leadership, education and networking. Attendees are mix of business owners, presidents and CEO’s in addition to sales, healthcare, customer service, financial professionals and more. Press 102, 102 S. 2nd St., ‘til 1pm. $40: 910-350-1211. www.womeninbusinessnc.com PARENTING BOOK CLUB A new book club is forming with a focus on enhancing family life through an exploration of the science behind child development. Meetings held

the first Thurs. ea. month, 6-7pm. Old Books on Front St. Objective is to engage the community in meaningful discussion about ways to foster healthy family living and to inspire personal growth and connection. Jessica: 336-420-2887 or jesscooper1@yahoo.com

classes/workshops OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE 5/20-25: The Department of Film Studies and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNCW present Wagner’s epic opera Der Ring des Nibelungen, the complete Ring cycle, recorded Live in HD at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and shown in high definition. All four parts of the Ring cycle, more than 16 hours of opera, as well as Wagner’s Dream, a documentary film on the making of this cutting-edge new production, UNCW’s King Hall Auditorium. Ind.: $10 film or $18-$20/opera. Packages: $70-$85 for all showings. uncw.edu/metopera. Schedule: 5/20, 4pm: Wagner’s Dream, companion documentary

by Susan Froemke, about the enormous theatrical and musical challenges of staging opera’s most monumental work—Wagner’s dream of a perfect Ring. • 5/21, 1pm: Part I: Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), the gods of Valhalla clash with underworld dwarves and brawny giants, with disastrous consequences. • 5/22, 1pm: Part II: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), a mysterious hero Siegmund finds shelter in the strangely familiar arms of a lonely woman named Sieglinde. Their forbidden love leads Wotan’s daughter, the warrior maiden Brünnhilde, to defy morality and intervene on behalf of the hero. • 5/24, 1pm: Part III: Siegfried, young hero Siegfried grows up in the wilderness, raised by Alberich’s conniving brother Mime. He puts together the broken pieces of the sword Nothung, uses it to slay the fearsome dragon Fafner, and takes the Ring for himself. To fulfill his destiny, he must overcome one more opponent—Wotan.

• 5/25, 1pm: Part IV: Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Siegfried and Brünnhilde’s love is torn apart by the curse of the Ring. A trio of scheming humans separates the two heroes in a desperate attempt to steal the Ring for themselves. Their villainous plan fails, but they succeed in murdering Siegfried.

FIGMENTS GALLERY Upcoming workshops: 5/19, Broken Plate Mosaic; 5/26: Intro to Working with Clay; Every Tues in May: Foundations of Poetry Writing; every Thurs in May, Oil Painting; Most Tues and Sun in May, Acrylic • April-June: Figments Art Boutique will have poetry classes with Michelle Hicks every Tues in May and June, 7pm. Students will encounter guided poem starters and free writing, instruction on poetic form, exploration of contemporary poets, and supportive workshop. Advanced poets can polish manuscripts and receive guidance in seeking publication. Materials: Journal, pen/ pencil, folder. $25/class. Figments Gallery, 1319 Military Cutoff Rd, Landfall Center. 910-509-4289.

Figments Art Gallery, Landfall Shopping Center, 1319 Military Cutoff Rd. ARROW FINE ART SUPPLIES 5/19, 11am: Learn to draw with Master Artist Charles Liese, professor Parsons School of Design , State University of New York, Syracuse University; llustrator, Harlequin Romance, Double Day & Dell Books, Fundamentals of Drawing. Register early; limited space: $30 at reg. Arrow Fine Art Supplies616-A Castle St. 910-399-4248 LABOR DOULA TRAINING Labor Doula Training at Carolina Beach Commu-

nity Acupuncture, 6/29-7/1. Certification program to help empower women so they can have the healthiest and best birthing experience with their babies. Childbirth education class based on midwifery model of care and evidence-based practices. 910-200-8646.

ART CLASSES Professional instruction with Lois DeWitt, MFA. Over 30 years of art teaching experience. Small classes, individual tutoring available. loislight@ bellsouth.net. Four weeks, $80. Watercolor: Mon, 11am-1pm; or Sat., 3-5pm. • Artful Cooking, 4wks, $150. Mon, 2-5pm. Sketch a still life using the ingredients from recipes from my toaster oven cookbook. Then, we will cook the ingredients and eat them! Bring a beverage of your choice. • Collage: Tues, 11am-1pm. • Portraiture—Drawing With Pencil, Tues, 3-5pm. shading, lighting, capturing the character of a face and rendering details to create a beautiful portrait. • Painting Your Garden—Acrylic Painting , Wed., 11am-1pm. Basics and how to paint flowers, leaves and your floral landscape. Working from photos or on site. • Coastal Subjects—Oil Painting, Wed., 3-5pm: Skills for depicting North Carolina beaches, rivers, ocean, and local sites. Work from a photo or on site. • Draw and Paint Kid’s Workshop- $20/ two-hr session; materials included. Sat, 11am1pm. Ages 6-12 experiment with different drawing and painting materials. A small class, each child is guided towards learning drawing and painting skills towards producing an awesome completed drawing or painting project at the end of the session.

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 5/18-19: The “Sister to Sister Ministry” of New Beginning Christian Church, 3120 Alex Trask Drive, Castle Hayne, will host its first Women’s Conference in May. Guests can pre-register; seating limited! Feat. women from all walks of life in North Carolina and beyond participating in “Called to Be a Diva—Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (Dressed, Inspired, Virtuous, Anointed).” Speakers include: 1st Lady Kathy Campbell, New Beginning Christian Church; Apostle Amanda Bryant, Miracle Temple Deliverance Ministries; author and Senior Pastor Kathern Ann Thomas of Atlanta, GA; Senior Ambassador Patricia Melvin, International Embassy of Holiness; Elder Theresa Huffman, Union Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. Lisa McDow, Esq., St. John AME Zion; Dr. Myra Sawyer, Mt Moriah United Holy Church; Sister Margaret Devareux, New Beginning Christian Church. $20 incl. materials and meals. Performances by Miss BJ Williams, Ms. Kimberly McDuffie, and New Beginning Christian Church’s own music ministries. Workshops, breakfast, luncheon, vendor displays, exhibits and more! NBCC at: (910) 228-6070 or (910) 336-6116.

ARIES (21 Mar. – 20 April) “My soul is a fire that suffers if it doesn’t burn,” said Jean Prevost, a writer and hero of the French Resistance during World War II. “I need three or four cubic feet of new ideas every day, as a steamboat needs coal.” Your soul may not be quite as blazing as his, Aries, and you may normally be able to get along fine with just a few cubic inches of new ideas per day. But I expect that in the next three to four weeks, you will both need and yearn to generate Prevost-type levels of heat and light. Please, make sure you’re getting a steady supply of the necessary fuel.

TAURUS (21 April – 20 May) Here’s a great question to pose on a regular basis during the next three weeks: “What’s the best use of my time right now?” Whenever you ask, be sure to answer with an open mind. Don’t assume that the correct response is always “working with white-hot intensity on churning out the masterpiece that will fulfill my dreams and cement my legacy.” On some occasions, the best use of your time may be doing the laundry or sitting quietly and doing nothing more than watching the world go by. Here’s a reminder from philosopher Jonathan Zap: “Meaning and purpose are not merely to be found in the glamorous, dramatic moments of life.”

GEMINI (21 May – 20 June) “Sometimes I think and other times I am,” French poet Paul Valery said. Most of us could say the same thing.

From what I can tell, Gemini, you are now entering an intensely “I am” phase of your long-term cycle—a time when it will be more important for you to exclaim “woohoo!” than to mutter “hmmm;” a time to tune in extra strong to the nonverbal wisdom of your body and to the sudden flashes of your intuition; a time when you’ll generate more good fortune by getting gleefully lost in the curious mystery of the moment than by sitting back and trying to figure out what it all means.

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CANCER (21 June – 21 July) Don’t pretend you can’t see the darkness. Admit to its presence. Accept its reality. And, then, dear Cancerian, walk nonchalantly away from it, refusing to fight it or be afraid of it. In other words, face up to the difficulty without becoming all tangled up in it. Gaze into the abyss so as to educate yourself about its nature, but don’t get stuck there or become entranced by its supposedly hypnotic power. I think you’ll be amazed at how much safety and security you can generate for yourself simply by being an objective, poised observer free of melodramatic reactions.

LEO (22 July – 22 Aug.) It’s OK with me if you want to keep the lion as your symbolic animal, Leo, but I’d like to tell you why I’m

The ARIA “Summertime” (10 Across) is the first song performed in the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess. RAYONS (76 Across) are considered semi-synthetic because

proposing you switch over to the tiger, at least for now.

People who work with big cats say that lions tend to be obnoxious and grouchy, whereas tigers are more affable and easy to get along with. I think in the coming weeks it’ll be important for you to be like the tiger.

During this time, you will have an enhanced power to cultivate friendships and influence people. Networking opportunities will be excellent. Your web of connections should expand. By the way, even though lions are called kings of the jungle, tigers are generally bigger, more muscular, and better fighters.

VIRGO (23 Aug. – 22 Sept.)

In 1977, the first Apple computers were built in a garage that Steve Jobs’ father provided for his son and Steve Wozniak to work in. (You can see a photo of the holy shrine here: tinyurl.com/AppleGarage.)

I suggest you think about setting up your own version of that magic place sometime soon: a basement, kitchen, garage, warehouse, or corner of your bedroom that will be the spot where you fine-tune your master plan for the coming years—and maybe even where you begin working in earnest on a labor of love that will change everything for the better.

LIBRA (23 Sept. – 23 Oct.) I have a head’s up for you, Libra. Do your best to avoid getting enmeshed in any sort of “he said/she said” controversy. (Of course, it could be a “he said/he said” or “she said/she said” or “trans said/intersex said” brouhaha, too—you get the idea.) Gossip is not your friend in the week ahead. Trying to serve as a mediator is not your strong suit. Becoming embroiled in personal disputes is not your destiny. In my opinion, you should soar free of all the chatter and clatter. It’s time for you to seek out big pictures and vast perspectives. Where you belong is meditating on a mountaintop, flying in your dreams, and charging up your psychic batteries in a sanctuary that’s both soothing and thrilling.

SCORPIO (23 Oct. – 21 Nov.) In some Australian aborigine cultures, a newborn infant gets two names from the tribal elders. The first is the name everybody knows. The second is sacred and is kept secret. Even the child isn’t told. Only when he or she comes of age and is initiated into adulthood is it revealed. I wish we had a tradition similar to this. It might be quite meaningful for you, because you’re currently navigating your way through a rite of passage that would make you eligible to receive your sacred, secret name. I suggest we begin a new custom: When you’ve completed your transformation, pick a new name for yourself, and use it only when you’re conversing with your ancestors, your teachers or yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (22 Nov. – 21 Dec.) Please, raise your hand if you have ever sought out a romantic connection with someone mostly because of the way he or she looked. You shouldn’t feel bad if you have; it’s pretty common. But I hope you won’t indulge in this behavior any time soon. In the coming weeks, it’s crucial for you to base your decisions on deeper understandings—not just in regards to potential partners and lovers, but for everything. As you evaluate your options, don’t allow physical appearance and superficial attractiveness to be the dominant factors.

CAPRICORN (22 Dec. – 20 Jan.) The 21st flight of the 4.5-billion-pound Space Shuttle Discovery was supposed to happen on June 8, 1995.

About a week before its scheduled departure, workers discovered an unforeseen problem: Northern Flicker Woodpeckers had made a mess of the insulation on the outer fuel tank. They’d pecked a couple of hundred holes, some quite deep. To allow for necessary repairs, launch was postponed for over a month. I’m choosing this scenario to serve as a useful metaphor for you, Capricorn. Regard it as your notice not to ignore a seemingly tiny adversary or trivial obstacle. Take that almost-insignificant pest seriously.

AQUARIUS (21 Jan. – 19 Feb.) It’s official: Dancing increases your intelligence. So says a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Unfortunately, research found that swimming, bicycling, and playing golf are not at all effective in rewiring the brain’s neural pathways. Doing crossword puzzles is somewhat helpful, though, and so is reading books. But one of the single best things you can do to enhance your cognitive functioning is to move your body around in creative and coordinated rhythm with music. Lucky you: This is a phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to have more impulses and opportunities to dance. Take advantage! Get smarter. (More info: tinyurl. com/DanceSmart.).

PISCES (20 Feb. – 20 Mar.) Your animal totem for the next phase of your astrological cycle is a creature called a hero shrew. Of all the mammals in the world, it has the strongest and heaviest spine proportionate to its size. This exceptional attribute makes the tiny animal so robust that a person could stand on it without causing serious harm. You will need to have a backbone like that in the coming weeks, Pisces. Luckily, the universe will be conspiring to help you. I expect to see you stand up to the full weight of the pressures coming to bear on you—and do it with exceptional charisma.

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Stories will be collected through May 31, and displayed at OurState.com in the history section. The collection is proudly presented by Visit Kinston.

ARTS COUNCIL OF ILM The Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County is now accepting applications for NC Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program subgrants through June 15. Provides citizens access to quality arts experiences, and using a per capita based formula, the program provides funding for the arts in all 100 counties of the state through partnerships with local arts councils. Applications are available for non-profit organizations whose purpose is to promote and develop diverse cultural arts programming in New Hanover County.Funding priority is given to qualified arts organizations (theaters, galleries, choral societies, festivals), arts in education programs conducted by qualified artists, and other community organizations that provide arts programs in the county. Grassroots funds are not generally awarded to arts organizations that receive funding through the North Carolina Arts Council’s State Arts Resources.

Projects must occur between July 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013. Application forms and grant guidelines are available: www.artswilmington.org. Awards announced in September. 910-343-0998 or artscouncilofwilmingtonandnhc@gmail.com.

CAPE FEAR PARROT CLUB Cape Fear Parrot Club meets monthly. Schedule: 5/19, Picnic • 6/16, Basic avian nutrition , short video social time. • 7/21: Household dangers and toxins, short video and social time. Ces Erdman: 910-386-6507 or cesnc1978@hotmail.com NC WRITER’S NETWORK 6/2, 930am-noon: Memoir as Poetry, a hands-on, writing workshop with Jo Barbara Taylor, author of “One or Two Feathers,” “Jack and Jill” and “Cameo Roles.” Northeast Regional Library, 1241 Military Cutoff Rd.; joetaylor414@gmail. com $15 (NCPS members) / $25 (nonmembers).

Send check to Gail Williamson, Workshops Chair, 227 E. Homestead Dr., Lexington, NC 27292 WILMINGTON PRIDE BOARD MEETINGS Wilmington Pride Board meetings, 3rd Tues/mo. at BuenaSpace, 7:30-8:45pm TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP Transgender Support Group, 1st Thurs./mo., 7-8pm. For more information please contact Therapist Nova Swanstrom: 910-343-6890. You must talk with Nova first before coming to a support group meeting!

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

Meets every Tuesday, 6:30-8pm. Ogden Baptist Church: 7121 Market St. 12-step meeting for people that have or think they may have a compulsive gambling problem. Contact: Casey 910599-1407 LYMPHEDEMA SUPPORT GROUP Dosher Memorial Hospital has announced the formation of a new Lymphedema Support Group.

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Hospital, 924 N. Howe St., Southport. Goal of support group is to provide support, tips and ideas to help reduce limb size and visible symptoms of the disease. Led by registered occupational therapist Ginne Boyle, OTR/L CLT-LANA. Open discussion and a question and answer period. Meets monthly, free of charge to those who attend. Registration encouraged Ginnie Boyle at (910)4544708 orginnieboyle@dosher.org.

CAPE FEAR KNITTERS Cape Fear Knitters, the Wilmington chapter of The Knitting Guild of America (TKGA) meets the third Sat. ea. month, 10am-noon. Gerri: 371-3556.

Judy: 383-0374.

AD/HD SUPPORT GROUPS ADHD Support Group: Wilmington Area CHADD meets on the 2nd Monday of every month from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Pine Valley United Methodist Church, 3788 Shipyard Blvd., Building B. This FREE support group is open to anyone affected by ADHD. For more information, go to www.WilmingtonCHADD.org.

PSORIASIS SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 2nd Sat. of month at Port City Java in Harris Teeter on College and Wilshire, 5pm. Christopher: (910) 232-6744 or cvp@yahoo.com. Free; meet others with psoriasis and get educated on resources and program assistance.

CAPE FEAR WEDDING ASSOCIATION Meet and greets the third Wed. ea. month. $25, members free. capefearweddingassociation.com YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF NHC 1st and 3rd Tues. ea. month at the downtown public library, third floor, 6:30pm. Ages 18-35.

COUPON CLUB Wilmington Coupon Club meets monthly, second Monday, at 6pm. Echange coupons and learn how to save money. wilmingtoncouponclub.com CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB Club meets third Thurs. each month, Sept thru June, 7pm at Cape Fear Community College. www.capefearcameraclub.org WILMINGTON NEWCOMERS CLUB The Wilmington Newcomers Club meets monthly at 9:30am on the 2nd Thurs ea. month at the Coastline Convention Center, 501 Nutt St. Sign up for our satellite groups, where members can follow their particular interest and make new friends along the way—bridge clubs, dinner groups, business networking groups, etc. 910632-8315, www.wilmingtonncnewcomers.com.

WILMINGTON PRIDE YOUTH GROUP Wilmington Pride Youth Group and GLBTQIA Youth meets 3rd Fri/mo., 5:30-7:30pm, downtown ILM (call for specific location). A safe, discrete location for youth to discuss various topics that effect the gay youth population. After group, play video games and socialize with friends. Free for people 25 and under. TR Nunley: 910-5380234 or Wilmingtonpride@gmail.com. www.wilmingtonpride.com. Parents are welcome to meet facilitators and see the space.

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

AIRLIE GARDENS Enjoy the 67 beautiful acres of Airlie Gardens year round. Operating hours are Tuesday - Sun-

day, 9am - 5pm. Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for children. 910-798-7700 or www.airliegardens.org.

HAUNTED COTTON EXCHANGE TOURS Haunted Cotton Exchange Tours: Open 7 days a week, year-round, w/multiple tour guides leading the way, 10am-10pm. Call for specific tour times: 910-409-4300 TOUR OLD WILMINGTON Tour Old Wilmington’s history walking tours. Open 7 days a week, year-round, with multiply tour guides leading the way, 10am-10pm. Call for specific tour times. 910-409-4300 HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions.Market and Water streets. $12 for adults, $5 per child. (910) 2518889 or www.horsedrawntours.com HOLLYWOOD LOCATION WALK Tour one of America’s largest living film sets; historic downtown Wilmington. This fun-filled 90 minute walking tour will lead gue sts to actual movie & TV locations. Tours will depart Tues., Thurs., Sat. and Sun. afternoons at 2pm. Reservations are required, $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, students or military and children 6 or under are free. 910-7947177, www.HollywoodNC.com.

HENRIETTA III CRUISES An elegant, 3 tiered boat offering sight-seeing, lunch and dinner cruises, site seeing tours and a Sunset Dinner Cruise June-Aug. On the riverfront. April-Oct: Narrated sightseeing cruises 2:30pm 1-1/2 hours Tuesday-Sunday, Narrated lunch cruises 12:00 noon 1-1/2 hours TuesdaySaturday. May-Oct: Murder Mystery Dinner Cruises, Tuesday & Thursday evening 2 hours 6:30 pm; Apr-Dec: Friday evening dinner cruises 2-1/2 hours 7:30 pm, Saturday evening dinner cruises 3 hours 6:30 pm. 343-1611. www.cfrboats.com TOURS OF WWII SITES Wilmington author and military historian Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., now leads customized, personalized guided tours of World War II sites in SE North Carolina. 793-6393. History@wilburjones.com TOURS OF OLD WILMINGTON Walking tours start at the end of Market and Water streets on the Cape Fear River. Times: 9am, 11am and 1pm, Wed-Sat., or Sun/Mon/Tues by appt. $12 for adults, free for children 12 and under. Seniors are $10. Provide step-on tours for bus tours and group-walking tours. Due to weather, call to check on times etc: 910-409-4300. http://touroldwilmington.blogspot.com THALIAN HALL TOURS In addition to a full schedule of performances, selfguided tours of the theater are offered Mon-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 2-6pm. Guided by appt. 343-3664.

WILMINGTON TROLLEY Eight mile, 45 minute narrated tour aboard a nostalgic, motorized trolley. Downtown. 763-4483.

GHOST WALK 6:30pm & 8:30pm. Costumed guides lead visitors through alleyways with tales of haunted Wilmington. Nightly tours at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Admission charge. Meets at Water & Market streets.

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Drs. Curley, Smith & Associates I, P.A. 2029 Olde Regent Way, Leland NC 28451 In Leland… by Waterford Harris Teeter

910-371-9490

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