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Storytelling Through a Lens: Brooke Shaden explores fine-art photography p. 10 The beauty of photography in its natural essence or in contrived stories of fantasy attract many, including Brooke Shaden who brings her techniques to the forefront of discussion at Wicked Gallery this weekend. Shaden will teach a workshop all day Saturday about fine-art photography and her process. Read the interview with the LA artist on page 10.

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SHOUT OUT Two of our very own staff, columnist Gwenyfar Rohler and editor Shea Carver, have been nominated for the YWCA Women of Achievement Awards! With their selfless dedication to supporting the local arts and charities, Rohler and Carver are a definitive part of the pulse of this community.

Rohler, the owner of Old Books on Front Street, is deeply focused on bettering our area’s lifestyle and business-scape through her daily conduct and ‘Live Local’ column. She gathers folks together educationally through many literacy events and book clubs. As well, Rohler contributes efforts of time and writing talent to the Full Belly Project.

Carver participates with a long list of events and non-profit organizations, including Cucalorus, WE Fest and Empty Bowls. Behind the scenes her work is a tour de force. Aside from successfully sending out the Cape Fear’s alternative publication weekly, she strives to better the city’s offerings with events like Encore Restaurant Week and the Best Of awards. It is her goal to represent our area as a cultural destination, and to raise the bar in every aspect of our community.

The YWCA Women of Achievement Awards takes place Thursday, May 10th at 5 p.m. at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside. To purchase a ticket, visit www.wilmingtontickets.com, or call (910) 799-6820.

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

artsy smartsy..................8-27 10 theatre: Bethany Turner talks to Suzanne Smith of Porch Theatre Company about their latest interactive dinner show, “Totally ‘80’s Class Reunion.”

10 art: Shea Carver interviews fine-art photographer Brooke Shaden about her upcoming workshop at Wicked Gallery.

12 gallery listings: Check out what’s hanging in area art galleries.

14-16 summer camp guide: See the numerous camps going on around Wilmington and beyond, and sign up your chap now for a fun, educational and engaging summer!

18-21 music: Shea Carver interviews Greg Reynolds about the Pleasure Island Bluegrass by the River event; Bethany Turner interviews ‘90s rockers, Collective Soul, who will play House of Blues this week; check out the weekly lineup from multiple, local summer concert series; Alex Pompliano gets the scoop on Taj Mahal Trio’s upcoming Greenfield Amphitheater show—you can win tickets!

22-26 soundboard: See what bands and performers are playing in venues from Wilmington to Jacksonville.

27 film: Anghus finds funny in the latest romcom, “The Five-Year Engagement.”

grub & guzzle...............29-34 29-33 dining guide: Need a few suggestions on where to eat? Flip through our dining guide!

34 dining review Rosa Bianca eats through hubbub at one of Wilmington’s newest Brazilian steakhouses, Gauchao’s.

extra! extra!.................38-55 38 mom: Linda Grattafiori interviews one mom about her love for family, yoga and staying centered.

40 fact or fiction: Anghus reveals chapter

10 in his ongoing fictitious series, “My Career Suicide Note.”

41 crossword: Brain game by Stanley Newman.

42-55 calendar/‘toons/horoscopes/ corkboard: Find out what to do in town with our calendar; check out Tom Tomorrow and the annual ‘toons winner, Jay Schiller; read your horoscope in Freewill Astrology; and check out the latest saucy corkboard ads.

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there are few greater pleasures than lounging in a bathtub, reading The New Yorker. We subscribe to other print magazines, too, like The Small Farm Journal and Heirloom Gardner. But I am really bad about impulse purchases of magazines, especially at Tidal Creek. Also, I enjoy a host of local publications including, of course, encore, the StarNews, Wilma, Going Green and The Greater Wilmington Business Journal to name a few.

I used to work for the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau years ago. Part of my job was to read all the local press for tourism industry-related stories. So, really, I am a fan of local media and not just because I write for them.

It is not lost on any small business owner that advertising sales are what drive publications. There is not a day that goes by we don’t have at least two people come into the bookstore and try to sell us some form of advertising. The hopeful advertising sales are not limited to local magazines but also include theatre programs, telephone directories, an assortment of things for the university and community college, the schools, PTA’s, local sports teams, charity events, websites, fund-raisers, issues and awareness-raising events, or a film that would credit us for who knows what. By no means is that an exhaustive list, either—just a partial example.

About once a month, someone walks in and informs us they are launching a new publication and seeking advertising dollars for it. Now, I like real things—tangible things. Part of my resistance to the smartphone world is financial: I just cannot afford one or the amount of money it would take to support it monthly. A big part of it for me is that I don’t really consider the digital world to be real 4 encore | may 9-15, 2012 | www.encorepub.com

or lasting. Digital photos are enjoyed for a few moments, then when your phone is gone or your platform is out of date, they can’t be rediscovered in a drawer a few years later. Pictures are no longer believable or valuable evidence; Photoshop can so easily and quickly alter images.

I still have my grandparent’s records of Al Jolson, and I still play them on a record player. Can you say that your grandchildren will still be able to play the same downloaded musical recording 80 years from now? Doubtful at best. But talk about value for money—80 years worth of enjoyment from a record that cost less than a buck.

Magazines hold an interesting and special place for many people. Yes, the news weeklies, whether they are national or local, do serve the purposes of directing a cultural conversation and promoting important events. But think about some of the other things print does: It creates a record—a substantial, tangible record. That’s part of why magazines and newspapers reporting on specific historic events are considered to be valuable and collector’s items.

Among my prized possessions is the “Stars and Stripes V-J Day” edition; I know you know what it looks like. It’s the iconic “PEACE” headline six inches tall. We’ve all seen pictures of it. I collect other newspapers and magazines as well, including the announcement of the Kennedy assassination, certain cultural figures I am fascinated by and, of course, one mad scientist who pops up regularly among his numerous innovations with Full Belly.

What does this have to do with Live Local? Quite a bit. If you flip through a theatre program, look at the names on the back of your kids’ sports teams’ shirts, walk through the auction items at a charity gala, or open up encore and Wilma, the majority of the advertising you will see is from small business-

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es. That’s where the money comes from that makes these quality-of-life enterprises happen.

When we do buy advertising, it’s not at the Super Bowl halftime show; it’s here, with companies that pay for jobs here—graphic designers, printers, editors and, yes, writers. So, the next time you see a thank you in a theatre program, which reads, “Please, support our advertisers, they support us,” think about what that really means for a moment.

Then ask yourself if you see an ad for Target, Walmart or Amazon.

Money circulates in our local economy to make the things we want to have here possible. If we don’t keep money here to fund those things, we will lose them. But we live in such a disposable age, I wonder if most people will even notice?

I like reading encore in print. To be honest I look forward to it every Wednesday morning. I like finding something real in my mailbox when one of our magazine subscriptions arrives. I like having copies to frame. I like the crossword puzzle in pen. Most specifically, I like media that connects with something important to me. By reading our local media widely, I try to stay fairly well-informed about our community—that’s a tall order because there is just so much occurring. So much is supported by those magazines and small businesses. It’s a strange but necessary relationship.

In spite of the multitude of websites and online reviews available, the majority of the tourists and the new residents we see still pick up the hard copy magazines and papers from the stands to learn about our community and what is available to them here.

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NewsoftheWeird with Chuck Shepherd LEAD STORY The Ultimate Gated Community Condo developer Larry Hall is already one-quarter sold out of the upscale doomsday units he is building in an abandoned underground Cold War-era Atlas-F missile silo near Salina, Kan. He told an Agence FrancePresse reporter in April that his 14-story structure would house seven floors of apartments ($1 million to $2 million each, cash up front), with the rest devoted to dry food storage, filtered-water tanks and an indoor farm, which would raise fish and vegetables to sustain residents for five years. The 9-foot-thick concrete walls (built to protect rockets from a Soviet nuclear attack) would be buttressed by entrance security to ward off the savages who were not wise enough to prepare against famine, meteors, nuclear war and the like. Hall said he expects to be sold out this year and begin work on another of the three silos he has options to buy.

She married herself in March in front of 45 family members and friends in Fargo, N.D., vowing “to enjoy inhabiting my own life and to relish a lifelong love affair with my beautiful self.” And then she was off on a solo honeymoon. [Herald Sun (Melbourne), 2-27-2012] [Fargo Forum, 3-15-2012]

Can’t Possibly Be True Dan O’Leary, the city manager of Keller, Tex. (pop. 27,000), faced with severe budget problems, was unable to avoid the sad job of handing out pink slips. For instance, he determined that one of Keller’s three city managers had to go, and in April, he laid himself off. According to a March Fort Worth Star-Telegram report, O’Leary neither intended to retire nor had other offers pending, and he had aroused no negative suspicions as to motive. He simply realized the city could be managed more cost-effectively by the two lower-paid officials.

Herman Wallace, 70, and Albert Woodfox, 65, have been held in solitary confinement (only one hour a day outside) since 1972 in the Louisiana State Prison at Angola, after being convicted (via flimsy evidence and a convenient prison snitch) of killing a guard. A third convict for the murder, Robert King, who was in solitary for 29 years but then released, explained to BBC News in an April dispatch what it’s like to live inside 54 square feet for 23 hours a day, for over 14,000 straight days. The lawyer working to free Wallace and Woodfox said the souldeadened men were “potted plants.”

Unclear on the Concept In January, Ms. Navey Skinner, 34, was charged with robbing the Chase Bank in Arlington, Wash., after passing a teller a note that read, “Put the money in the bag now or (d)ie.” According to investigators, Skinner subsequently told them she had been thinking about robbing a bank and then, while inside the Chase Bank, “accidentally robbed” it.

Emanuel Kuvakos, 56, was arrested in April and charged with sending two Chicago sports team executives emails that threatened them with violence for having stolen his “ideas” for winning “championships.” One of the victims was a former general manager of the Chicago Cubs, a team that famously has not won a National League championship in 66 years, nor a World Series in 103.

In April, Arizona (recently the home of cutting-edge legislation) almost set itself up for the impossible task of trying to prohibit any “annoy(ing)” or “offen(sive)” or “profane” language on the Internet. The state House passed the bill, which was endorsed 30-0 by the state Senate, ostensibly to make an anti-stalking telephone regulation applicable to “digital” communications. (Just as the bill was about to go to the governor for signature, sponsors suddenly realized the futility of the bill’s directives, and on April 4th, withdrew it.)

That Sacred Institution A federal court magistrate in Melbourne, Australia, decided to split a divorcing couple’s assets in half in February after listening to tedious details of their 20-year marriage.

The “couple” lived apart except for vacations and kept their finances separate, constantly “invoic[ing] each other,” according to the Daily Telegraph, for amounts as trifling as a $1.60 lightbulb. Though many Americans act as though they are in love with themselves, only Nadine Schweigert became an honest woman.

Questionable Judgments On Feb. 1st, the New Jersey Honor Legion a civic association with more than 6,000 members in law enforcement nominated Frank DiMattina as “Citizen of the Month” for offering his catering hall in Woodbridge, N.J., numerous times for gatherings of police and firefighters. The nomination came three weeks after DiMattina (also known as “Frankie D”) was convicted of shaking down a rival bidder for a school-lunch contract in New York City. Federal prosecutors told the New York Daily News that DiMattina is mobbed up an associate of the Genovese family’s John “Johnny Sausage” Barbato.

Fine Points of the Law Finally, a nationally prominent judge has taken on prison “nutriloaf” as a constitutional issue. In March, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner reinstated a dismissed lawsuit by a Milwaukee County Jail inmate who claimed that the mystery meat gave him an “anal fissure.” Posner wrote that the lower courts needed to rule on whether the food of indeterminate content is “cruel and unusual

punishment,” since (citing a Wikipedia entry) an anal fissure seems “no fun at all.”

Gay Rights in Limbo: The Missouri House of Representatives, after several times rejecting “sexual orientation” as one of the legally prohibited categories of discrimination, managed to find another category in March (to join “race,” “religion” and so forth) that is deserving of special protection: licensed concealedweapons carriers. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in April that Joshua Coman, convicted of having sex with a dog, does not have to register as a sex offender. Activists had urged that the sodomy law on which Coman was convicted be declared unconstitutional, since it appears to equate human-animal sex with man-man and woman-woman sex. However, the Court declined, instead noting that Coman had been convicted of a misdemeanor and that only felons are required to register. [St. Louis Public Radio, 3-11-2012] People With Issues In March, West Des Moines, Iowa, police opened an investigation, with video surveillance, of a 59-year-old employee of the state’s Farm Bureau on suspicion of criminal mischief. According to police documents cited by the Des Moines Register, the man would look through the employee database for photos of attractive female colleagues and then visit their work space after hours and urinate on their chairs. Not only does the man allegedly have a problem, but the Farm Bureau figured it is out $4,500 in damaged chairs.

Least Competent Criminals Amateur Hour: CVS supervisor Fenton Graham, 35, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested as the inside man (with two accomplices) in two drugstore robberies in April. Surveillance video showed that in the second heist, the nervous perp evidently failed to take the money with him, and Graham (the “victim”) was seen taking it out to his forgetful partner. Kyle Voss, 24, was charged with four burglaries in Great Falls, Mont., in April after coming upon a private residence containing buckets of coins. According to police, Voss first took the quarters and halfdollars ($3,000), then days later he returned for $700 in dimes and nickels. By the third breakin, the resident had installed surveillance video, and Voss was caught as he came back for a bucket of pennies.

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High’s class reunion, finding the killer is gonna take more than asking, “What would Romy and Michele do?” In fact, solving the crime will require some truly serious sleuthing, and it’s all in the hands of the audience. That’s the premise behind Porch Theatre Company’s brand new dinner theater show. On Friday, May 11th, Brooklyn Arts Center will transform into “The Totally ‘80s Class Reunion.”

It’s been 20 years since our cast of characters have last seen each other, and this year’s reunion finds them still a bit stuck in the era of acid-wash jeans and MC Hammer. Aside from the wardrobes, life has changed, for our cast, all of which will be played by local, recognizable actors and actresses.

Zach Hanner and Seth Moody, musicians from Wilmington bands The Noseriders and Da Howlies, will keep the reunion rockin’ with their ‘80s cover band, Cover Girl. Complete with a live drum machine and mini Moog synthesizer, the comedy dinner show/murder mystery will also become a totally tubular dance party. Aside from serving up audible goodies ‘80s-style, the men of Cover Girl will assume the roles of their own characters. Moody will tickle the keys as Nick Van Heflen, and Hanner will serenade the crowd as the once-band-nerd Shelly Peters.

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Smith, director of Porch Theatre Company, explains. “Shelly had a severe crush on Lorelei in high school; however, she never noticed him.”

Fillmore’s own Lorelei Princess Hopewell, played by Beth Swindell, was a cheerleader, class president, and prom queen. She’s outgoing, highenergy and, not surprisingly, a tad pushy. “Her husband seems to be always on a trip for ‘work,’ which she defends a bit too much,” Smith shares.

“She has never worked a day in her life and is on a mission to find out what she is good at besides having four kids. They live in the mansion on the hill that has 12 bedrooms and eight bathrooms, and she loves to talk about [her life].”

Maxwell Paige II commands the role of Professor Carlton Ford, who will be honored at the reunion for his many accolades, including a Nobel Prize. Caitlin Becka takes on Hattie Eleanor Wood, who was the valedictorian and the editor of “Fillmore News.” “She thrives on order,” Smith says. “As the party-planner extraordinaire, [Hattie’s] organized this reunion and has every moment scheduled for ‘optimal fun.’ Sadly, she has not scheduled in time to get married yet.”

The final screw ball character calls forth actor John Markas as Trevor Lockler, a cut-throat lawyer who’s currently running for town mayor. “The Glide’s [basketball] game was as smooth as silk, and that is where his old nickname comes from: his impressive ability to glide through the air toward the basket,” the director tells.

Smith’s pursuance of a murder mystery at a

class reunion spawned from Porch Theatre’s own fans. She says the overwhelming request, after performing for more than 4,150 people, was for this type of show. It was the cast’s decision to set it in the 1980s.

“As a writer, I am always waiting for the big idea: the fabulous metaphor or the unique perspective that will make people chuckle, and nod and reflect poignantly,” Smith explains. After attending her own school reunion, she went home and jotted this on a piece of paper: “My reunion was what?”

“The adjectives I came up with were: funny, surprising, surreal, entertaining, short, distracting, awkward, touching, fun, strange—and for a few brief moments along the way—nostalgic,” she shares. “In other words, a high school reunion is a lot like life.”

Brooklyn Arts Center will open on Friday at 6:30 p.m. the show begins at 7 p.m., complete with low-country cooking from MOI Catering and a cash bar. Guests are expected to come dressed in their best ‘80s gear: leg warmers, ultra-large hair, high-top sneakers and bright neons. Prizes will be awarded for best costume, cutest couple, smoothest dancer and more. Seating is limited.

Tickets are $45 in advance or $50 on the day of, which includes dinner, tax and gratuity. Admission is available online at www.porchtheatre.com, or by phone at (910) 232-6611 or the Brooklyn Arts Center box office, (910) 538-2939.

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Whether getting carried away into a fantastical existence, interpreting socio-political factors or daydreaming through abstract lines and color schemes of affectation, its sentiments shape our fantasies, fears, dreams and emotions. At least such is the case for fine-art photographer Brooke Shaden.

An East Coast girl from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Shaden resides in the suburbs of L.A. and captures life secluded from manmade structures though impressed from its daily grind. Her photographs have a defined role in their solitude: emote and captivate.

Braden sets up photo shoots down to every dotted “i” and crossed “t.” “I am a big planner, right up until the last detail,” she says.

Far away from the natural world, Shaden executes playful alternative existences to tell her own stories. Often inspired by the lack of drama in her own life—“I have always had a very positive outlook, so in retrospect my life is rather boring”—as well as the illusory sensation of childhood tales, her storytelling is at the hand of imaginative innovation, a digital camera and the help of Photoshop.

“I’ve never had an express interest in photography,” the artist admits. “In fact, I was more drawn to painting as a medium. When I finally found photography, it seemed to me the camera was only a tool, and the end product was what I really wanted to highlight.”

She hopes to avoid the expected stereotypes of her medium: that folks grasp it immediately as only a photograph of an image mandated by its surrounding life. She embraces square-format photography to create her own microcosms of artistry.

“I thought that by creating squares, it was a better-looking glass into a new world, and the standard photographic ratio was instantly set aside,” she notes.

Much of her world is shrouded in an underbelly of morosity, some of it especially grounded in death. However, it isn’t because Shaden herself lives toward the dark side of being. “I have a fascination with examining the life that someone leads after they have died,” she says. “In this way I want to always question what it means to be alive.”

Her realities change often in every setup. Images showcase variations of existence: a body form melting itself among the desert sand; a lone women, almost ghostlike, wearing a dress made of keys, roaming the beach with a lantern; a purple-dressed lady in a field of haze, her face covered by red rope. A sentiment of fanciful bondage and silence emanates from each.

“I know what my end goal is with every photograph, so they can be more specific yet still tell a cohesive story,” Shaden says. “Sometimes I take inspiration from fairy tales, as I think they are incredibly beautiful and innocent, but I always try to add my own, often dark flair to them.”

She orchestrates her shoots across natural landscapes, showcasing a hypnagogic juxtaposition of innate form versus contrived design aesthetic. “My goal is to get as rural as possible—no one in sight and with lots of land, because among nature is where my heart is,” the 25-year-old says. Having grown up in Amish country, this love comes through in every frame. “I feel most alive when I am alone in the woods, or surrounded by wind-blown grass in a field,” she says.

Occasionally, one may notice the remnants of an old building, “abandoned or very neutral so that [viewers] only see a floor and a dark space.” While location definitely has its place in the whole of her surrealistic work, the models—often nude, covered by shadows or swathed in flowy, ethereal dresses—graft the frames with looks of escape, vacancy or meditative empowerment. Paired with illusions of levitation, entanglement and even flight, the whimsy of Shaden’s art masterminds magnificent wonderment.

Having first engaged photography at 17 while in high school, the artist actually found disdain for photography at the onset. Technically, she didn’t have the skill the teacher appointed for taking what was considered a “good picture.”

“We weren’t allowed to shoot people, so I felt creatively stifled,” she says. “It wasn’t until I graduated from college that I picked up my dusty DSLR and began photographing exactly what I wanted—and very frequently at that.”

It was 2008 when she began her “creative journey,” as she calls it, something for which she fell hard and instantaneously. “It gets my imagination out there in a more tangible form,” she says.

“I could be the characters in my own pictures; I could live in the worlds I wanted to live in.”

Shaden dabbles in a “pool of themes” in various contexts, ranging from birth and re-

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IN AND OF EARTH: One of many of Brooke Shaden’s manipulated portraits, which will be discussed at her workshop this weekend at Wicked Gallery. Photo by Brooke Shaden

birth, to life and death, to metamorphosis.

Such is the case in her personal favorite, “A Storm to Move Mountains” (cover photo).

She photographed herself in a red dress, which swells effortlessly in the wind, as if sweeping away worry or hiding anxiety.

“It highlights so many elements of photography that I love, specifically the use of movement and the color red,” she notes. “There are themes hidden in that piece, like how a character will deal with the elements of the world I place her in.”

Though actually trained in English and filmmaking, Shaden is already receiving high praise for her thought-provoking impressions.

She won filmmaker Ron Howard’s “Project Imagin8ion,” wherein eight photographs were chosen to inspire a short film. She currently has a show at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, and is represented in JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, as well as in Morren Galleries in The Netherlands. Recently, her work appeared on the pages of “American Photo” magazine in the article “Master Manipulators.” In only four years, she has become a hot speaker at photography conventions, and she embarks on workshops across the world. It’s something that keeps her a “working artist,” as she gets to share her techniques while helping others become inspired.

“My workshops are full eight-hour days that begin with an hour-long lecture,” she says. “We talk a lot about inspiration and how to find your own style, and we will complete a couple different exercises to start thinking creatively and open ourselves up.”

Shaden also discusses compositing and demonstrates photo shoots. Students get complete comprehension on the possibilities of image manipulation. “When I finish demonstrating, each participant has [his or her] own chance to set up unique photo shoots with the model so they walk away with portfolio pieces,” she says.

Brooke Shaden will be coming to Wilmington on Saturday, May 10th, to Wicked Gallery to teach a seminar.

All levels of photograhy are welcome, from professionals to amateurs. “I give as much one-on-one assistance as any person needs, and I can give the most basic instructions, as well as those that are more advanced,” she explains.

In the end, she will cover everything from advising how to tell stories through imaging, editing processes, developing personal style, finding inspiration, adding texture, troubleshooting and understanding the business of fine-art photography. Wicked Gallery owner Christina Cole couldn’t be more thrilled to host such an extraordinary talent for Wilmingtonians. Cole has actually been pursuing one of Shaden’s workshops for quite a while now.

When she couldn’t make it to New York or L.A., Cole decided to put Shaden on a plane.

“As a photographer I knew it was one of those lifetime chances to work with someone who is a master of her craft but does something extremely different and out of the ordinary from straight-shot model/fashion work,” Cole says. “Instead of, “here are your settings, here is your light, model/family/kid stuff, [Shaden] teaches fine art aspects of the process with interesting subject matter.”

Brooke Shaden’s workshop lasts all day and is $325, and includes breakfast and lunch.

Folks should bring a camera; a tripod and laptop is also encouraged though not required.

As of press, five spots were open, with signup at http://shadenproductions.com. Folks can call Wicked for more information at (910) 960-7306. Shaden’s work can be seen and purchased at brookeshaden.com.

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galleryguide| ARTFUEL.INC 2165 Wrightsville Ave. • (910) 343 5233 Mon.-Sat., noon-7 p.m. www.artfuelinc.com Artfuel.inc is a multimedia studio and art gallery, now located at the intersection of Wrightsville Avenue and Dawson Street.Artfuel’s 30th art show features Tuki Lucero, Jonas Mcluggage, Brian Mergenthaler, Stephen Bode, Nicole Nicole.

ARTEXPOSURE! 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.

FIGMENTS 1319 Military Cutoff Rd. Ste. II 910-509-4289 • figmentsgallery.com

Mon.-Fri.: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

“Figments is an art gallery brimming with unlimited creative vision and talent. We are a community of artists who are passionate about the journey of artful creation. We have an unintimidating art boutique where you can find locally made artwork for your home. We also have a relaxed classroom space where students of all skill levels can learn and grow creatively. Come. Be inspired.

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.

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.

RIVER TO SEA GALLERY 225 S. Water St., Chandler’s Wharf (Free parking) • (910)-763-3380 Tues.–Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 1 - 4 p.m.

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!

SUNSET RIVER MARKETPLACE 10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179) (910) 575-5999 Tues.- Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

sunsetrivermarketplace.com This eclectic, spacious gallery, located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, NC, features fine arts and crafts by some of North and South Carolina’s most creative, successful artists. Almost every genre is represented here—oil, pastel and watercolor, clay and glass art, fiber art, turned wood, metal works, artisan-crafted jewelry and more. Classes, workshops, pottery studio, custom framing, Creative Exchange lecture series and Coffee With the Author series are also offered onsite.

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’s upstairs is home to Gabriel Lehman’s studios, showcasing his fanciful yet dark paintings. In our floor-level gallery, we are hanging “The Whimsy,” a show with ingenious artists defining the magical, clever and fantastical whimsy in art. Featuring Allison Weeks Thomas, Brittny Roller, Shannon Stamey, Gabriel Lehman and Wendy L. Barber. Runs through June 18th.

May 12th, 9am-5pm, workshop with fine art photographer Brooke Shaden. She’ll teach how to compose and edit, and provide a DVD tutorial to take home. Breakfast and lunch provided. $325/person; reservations required!

Itinerary available on our website. (Also, see cover story on page 10.)

Still the best view on Wrightsville Beach.

Located in the Holiday Inn Resort with outdoor dining and ocean views Wrightsville Beach, NC 910-256-2231

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Summer Camp

All summer long June 8-August 24 7:30am-6:00pm

Pay by the day!

25 /day

$

Summer 2012 Camps

for one child

Hammerheads Soccer: August 6 – 9, 9-noon. Ages 5 - 12. Fee includes a Hammerheads T-shirt, a soccer ball, a ticket to the next Hammerheads home game, skills competition, & professional coaching.

Lacrosse: June 25-29, 5 - 8 p.m.

Ages 11-14, rising 5th-8th grades. Teaching the fundamentals, including stick skills and drills, proper catching and throwing, rules of game and sportsmanship.

QuickStart Tennis: June 11-14 & June 2528. Ages 6-10. Time depends on age group.

Tennis pro Jackie Jenkins will instruct.

Performance Club: Jun 25-29, Jul 9-13, Jul 30-Aug 3, Aug 6-10, 1-4 p.m. led by Performance Club director LJ Woodard.

Art Camp (ages 7+) Jun 18-22, Jul 9-13, Jul 23-27 and Jewelry Camp Jul 30 – Aug 3. (ages 11+) Camps meet 9 a.m.-noon.

All supplies and daily snack included.

Pre-registration is required for all camps!

AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Nurture the mind, body and soul by merging the wonders of the outdoors with strength based curriculums.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SUMMER CAMP

MOUNTAIN TO SEA Ages 14 & up An 18 day course linking several outdoor adventures over hundreds of miles.

Traveling from the rugged mountains of western NC and ending in the barrier islands and Atlantic Ocean, participants will be led through one incredible journey combining backpacking, rock climbing, rafting, sea kayaking, and surfing!

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(price includes three drinks and two snacks)

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FAMILY SKATE NIGHTS

Saturday Nights can 7:00-10:00 All you za!! z $7.50 admission eat pi

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Offering a variety of different camps including: Adventure Camp

Dive into Summer Fun with UNCW Youth Camps

Basketball Camp

Chemistry • Forensics Engineering • Robotics History • Literacy and MarineQuest

Nature Camps

An EEO/AA Institution

registration fee

Skating, Games, Movies, and More!

Art Camp

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AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PARKS AND RECREATION

British Soccer: June 18 - 22 and July 9 13. Fee includes a soccer ball and a T-shirt.

Fees and times vary depending upon age.

40/day

$

Day Camp Skate Camp & Beginner Skateboard Clinics Tennis Camp For more information, call 341-7855 or visit WilmingtonRecreation.com

Cape Fear Soccer Club is excited to announce the following Soccer Programs: Week #1 – July 9th thru 13th Week #2 - July 23rd thru 27th CFSC Soccer Tryouts and Academy Evaluations

Cape Fear Soccer Club (CFSC) offers competitive soccer in the U11 to U18 age groups and Academy Development Program in the U8 to U10 age groups. May 21st thru 24th, 2012

CFSC Summer Camps

Make the game really come alive for you as a soccer player. Open to U5 - U15 Boys and Girls – July 9th thru 13th

CFSC Summer Soccer Skills Training Program

Prepares players to have a successful fall season.

Open to U9 to U15 Boys and Girls - June and July.

Training: 2 x a week (14 sessions)

3v3 Soccer Blast

Cape Fear Soccer Club is excited to announce the 1st annual 3 v 3 Soccer Blast Tournament. June 16th and 17th, 2012

910.392.0306 Visit www.CapeFearSoccer.com Email academy@capefearsoccer.com Call

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4 WEEKS ONLY! Ages 7-13

June 18 July 29

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

5 Weeks of Half & Full Day Summer Camps Available

Pearsall Activity Center 3902 Market St.

Includes:

910.791.8221 or www.fsow.org

Art Buzz Kids Summer Camp

$100 deposit is required when signing up.

MORE INFO: www.wineanddesignus.com/ Wilmington_Art_Buzz_Kids.html

910-313-2600

The Museum School

SUMMER MASTER ART CLASSES

For Middle & High School Students cameronartmuseum.com/masterclasses

910.395.5999 Ext. 1024

VISUAL ART •DRAMA • SONG WRITING

July 9th-13th - Beach Bum- for ages 4-6 July 16th-20th - By the Sea- for ages 7-12 July 30th- August 3rd - Welcome to the Jungle- for ages 4-6 Aug. 6th-10th - Out of Africa- for ages 7-12

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DANCE • PHOTOGRAPHY • CREATIVE WRITING

Tricks, Shirts, Field Trips, Magicians and more!

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Have your child Experience a Real Difference in Camp this summer!

For rising 1st—8th Graders • June 11—July 6 8:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m. • $125 Per Week* *Extended care is available: 7:45—8:30 a.m. & 4:00 –5:30 p.m. *Additional charges apply.

Register online: 910.791.6179 myrtlegrove.org • mgpowercamp.com Register your child for more than one week and receive a discount.

Myrtle Grove Presbyterian Church FLC/GYM, 800 Piner Road

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Beginning Fencing Camp July 16-20 9 am – 5 pm Ages 8-18 $195

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on 2nd St.

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

Arts CAmp 2012 June 18 - August 3 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 n! io at er Op

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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!

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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.

341-7860

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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:

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Pleasure Island celebrates Bluegrass by the River

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by Shea Carver Bluegrass Pleasure Island by the River Fisher Air Force May 12th, Fort t Dr. • 118 River Fron Recreation Area y of $10 adv/$15 da andnc.org sl www.pleasurei

hough rooted in celtic and

mountain music, bluegrass certainly has its place on our coastline. In fact, the genre garners a great following locally, as judged by many bands spreading their fascinating staccatic, rhythmic soundscapes and festivals bringing in record-breaking crowdss.

This weekend, the first annual Pleasure Island Bluegrass By the River will revel in old-timey music at the Fort Fisher Ft. Fisher Air Force Recreation Area on Saturday the 12th. Sitting on the Cape Fear River, a breathtaking backdrop will add to the lively sounds.

“We have a history with the Ft. Fisher Air Force Recreation Area,” says Greg Reynolds, Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce’s assistant director. “We appreciate the natural beauty and beautiful sunsets the location has to offer.” Previously, they have utilized the locale for their Seafood Blues and Jazz Festival, as well as their annual summer concert series.

“We actually are responsible for the construction of the large stage that the base allowed us to construct and enlarge a few years back,” Reynolds says. “Because of the stage size and proportions, we are able to attract larger and better-known artists.”

Five bands will take over from noon to after 8 p.m., bringing twangy, rolling rifts through the breeze of the waterway. First up, going on at noon, will be South of K, straight out of Kure Beach, followed by the swinging, Western country of the Mystery Hillbillies out of Winston Salem, NC. The Donna Hughes Band, whose songs have been recorded by Alison Krauss and Union Station, will go on at 2:20 p.m., followed by Smithfield, NC’s very own Ted Jones and the Tarheel Boys at 5:20 p.m. From Harlan, Kentucky, headliners Cumberland River will shut down the day’s festivities with their gruff rock-slanted ‘grass.

The best part of the festival is the price: $10 tickets are available now (910-4588434)and go up to $15 if purchased at the gate, which opens at 11:30 a.m. Kids 12 and under are admitted free with adult supervision. Reynolds offers some insight as to what folks can expect aside from excellent music and camaraderie throughout the day.

Looks like lots of funnel cakes, fried pickles and, of course, cold brews will be flowing! encore: Tell me why you decided to add a bluegrass festival to your roster this year.

Greg Reynolds: For years Thalian Association had a bluegrass festival in late October at the Ft. Fisher Air Force Recreation Area. In 2010, they moved to the Battleship for reasons unknown to us. In 2011, there wasn’t a bluegrass festival held, [but] we had a free

summer bluegrass concert scheduled at Ft. Fisher, which got rained out.

At the re-scheduled event, we did not expect much of a turnout (being an off-date, not marketed heavily), but we had a huge turnout. Between that and others requesting we pick up the bluegrass festival, we met with our board of directors and decided to have it as a spring shoulder event between the Chowder Cook-off and the Carolina Beach Music Festival. e: How did the band selection process go?

GR: We spent countless hours looking for what we felt would work best for our “known” audience. We inquired about better-known acts, which would require higher ticket prices, as well as 100 percent traditional bluegrass. In the final analysis, we feel we have put together an affordable and diverse interpretation of bluegrass through the years.

South of K and Ted Jones and the Tarheel Boys represent the traditional, gospelinspired realm of bluegrass, while the Mystery Hillbillies bring you a variety of fun—from Patsy Cline to rockabilly and bluegrass fare. Donna Hughes has written hundreds of songs that have been recorded by wellknown artists (Alison Krauss actually plays on Donna’s latest album). To round it out, we are bringing a young and enthusiastic group of men from Harlan County, Kentucky, who hit it big with the self-titled theme song to the FX program “Justified.” e: You’re having an “open jam” as well. Is this open to the public and how will it work?

GR: As with a lot of bluegrass festivals and fiddlers conventions, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes music going on—“pickin’ and grinnin’” as we call it, and we want to foster this same atmosphere. In addition to the great music on the stage, we encourage musicians to bring their instruments and voices to participate in the open jam that will be going on all day at the [rec area’s onsite restaurant,] Beach House (inside and outside on the deck). It is open to anybody at the festival who cares to participate and/or listen.

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CUMBERLAND RIVER: The Harlan County Kentucky boys will headline the festival on Saturday, May 12th, taking the stage at 7 p.m. Photo by Hope River

play instruments, and are going to begin jamming and hope that the “desire” hits others to sit down and pick for awhile. We will also encourage the folks who finish playing onstage to step over to the Beach House and share a little more with the folks, and allow them to get to know the music and bands just a little better. We hope to have some clogging demonstrations (planned and otherwise), just to help set the tone for this anticipated family-fun event. e: I read you’re also having workshops; what exactly is the “wash-tub bass” workshop and who will lead it?

GR: We are working on a number of workshops that are still up in the air (as of press), including the wash-tub bass workshop. It is our intention to offer as much exposure to the “bluegrass world” as possible, and it is all free with the price of admission. e: What can be expected of the festival per activities, and how many vendors do you have selling goods?

GR: We have scheduled mule-drawn wagons for rides from the parking lot to the front gate (walking may be faster). We have an array of antique tractors, as well as a display of old farming implements and artifacts.

We will also have our popular KidZone, complete with an inflatable bouncy house, face-painters for the kids and more. You can also get a little shopping in at the many and varied arts and crafts vendors, as well as having a glass of wine or a bottle of beer.

A p s a a While coolers (and pets) are not allowed, t the food selection this year is outstanding! H Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar from Carolina p Beach will be serving up delectable peel-n- c eat shrimp, while the folks at Miracle Temple t Farms will be providing ribs, BBQ, turkey t drumsticks and more. Of course, it would not be a festival without the fine culinary selec- Y tions from Greek Boys or the fried pickles, “ funnel cakes and tea from N.C. Sweet Tea. p We will also have gourmet popcorn from i David’s Karolina Kettle Corn, as well as the w Kona-Ice Entertainment Vehicle serving up everyone’s favorite frozen creations. l w e: What will monies from tickets sales go w toward?

3 GR: As with all of our events, the Pleasure w Island Chamber of Commerce cannot live T off membership dues alone. In order to k keep our membership prices as low as t possible and, more importantly, to bring l visitors to our region through our events to help promote commerce with our member w businesses, we put on a number of events throughout the year. We start in the spring s with the Chowder Cook-Off (April), fol- y lowed by Bluegrass by the River (May), s then the Carolina Beach Music Festival “ (June) and the famous Seafood Blues & g Jazz Festival (October).

We also offer a lot of free events A throughout the year with our weekly fire- b works series at the boardwalk (along with g free concerts at the gazebo stage); 15 weeks c of free Sunday night movies by the lake, as c

well as the free summer concert series on the second and fourth Fridays of June, July s and August. These programs would not be i possible without the generous support of the t w Town of Carolina Beach and Kure Beach. w b

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After almost 20 years, Collective Soul’s youth still resonates er

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the five original members

of Collective Soul were not even that.

They were kids growing up outside of Atlanta in Stockbridge, Georgia, who had a passion for music, though they didn’t necessarily see it as a career. What they were really doing was helping out a friend, frontman and songwriter Ed Roland, who called them together to record a few of his original songs.

His intent was to sign with a publishing company, not a record label. But when an area college radio station took hold of the demo that contained “Shine,” their future was written for them.

“We certainly didn’t see Rock Song of the Year 1994 coming,” bassist Will Turpin quips.

“Once the commercial station in Orlando picked it up, it was kind of like a snowball going downhill. It wasn’t going to stop, and it was going to get bigger and bigger.”

By the time Atlantic Records signed Collective Soul, Turpin believes any company would have cashed in on the band. “Shine” was well on its way to being a hit, having sold 35,000 on an independent label. The boys were stupified when “Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid” went gold—little did they know it would achieve double-platinum status. Much less, their true debut, 1995’s “Collective Soul,” reached triple platinum.

Like the startle of shell shock, the band went from a basement recording set-up to scaling the Billboard Hot 100 in a couple of years. “I think it’s hard to predict that kind of success no matter what it is,” Turpin says.

“But the way the circumstances came together for us, it was definitely a surprise.”

Collective Soul emerged in a time when America’s grunge scene demanded an uplifting boost—and fans latched onto the band’s progressive sound. The spirited riffs of Joel Kosche and Dean Roland still meld with distinct, coarse vocals and an optimistic message.

“Ed is the primary songwriter and the strength behind the lyrics, which are amazing,” Turpin notes. “There are a lot of songs that we as a band know specifically what Ed was thinking about, even though his style of writing lays it out there where almost anybody can borrow the song for their own per-

FOREVER YOUNG: Though Collective Soul

will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, the creative process of the band remains the same.

Photo by Joseph Guay

sonal experiences.”

With a number of records upon Collective Soul’s impressive résumé, the group was able to produce a greatest hits album, “7even Year Itch,” in 2001. By then, they’d already collaborated on a recording with Sir Elton John, and “Heavy” from 1999’s “Dosage” had held a then-record top spot of 15 weeks on the charts. After the release of “7even Year Itch,” Collective Soul parted ways with Atlantic Records to form their own label: El Music Group.

“My goals when we got signed were very short-term,” the musician recalls. “You’re very young; you’re in a rock band—we weren’t egotistical by any means, but we definitely thought we deserved the success of a great rock band. Then you grow and get older, and your perspectives change. I’ve seen a lot of friends who were in as good of bands as Collective Soul or better, and success doesn’t really come for them. And you see maybe there’s a lot more to it than just making great music. There’s timing, and there’s other people you have to be surrounded with to be successful. You become more appreciative of where you are. I’m really fortunate to be able to create music for a living.”

Beginning sMay 11th in Florida, Collective Soul will embark on a national tour in which they’ll perform “Dosage” in its entirety, as well as a few new tracks. The closest stop to Wilmington is at House of Blues in Myrtle Beach on Sunday, May 13th (though they’ll be at The Fillmore in Charlotte on Tuesday, May 15th, and Raleigh’s Lincoln Theatre on Wednesday, May 16th).

It’s rumored that fans believe “Dosage” is the best release of the group’s repetoire.

Sounding like a combination of Cage the “We all love that album,” Turpin shares. “I Elephant and The Civil Wars, the Charlottegotta be honest—probably, as a band, we based folk-blues artist Remy St. Claire startwere clipping as good as we ever have on ed writing his first lyrics when he was 6 years that record, as far as recording and creative old. At 15 he began charming coffeehouses processes [go].” audiences with his voice and guitar. At the As well, Collective Soul will debut brand Savannah College of Art and Design, he new songs to live audiences. “Fans will be ditched classes for midnight sessions at local able to hear the evolution of the music, and bars. Thus, he dropped out and recorded they can draw their own conclusions about his first bit of tunes, entitled “The Black And White EP,” self-released in June 2011. what it is that they hear,” Turpin says. “But I won’t be able to put a finger on it because I still feel like, energy-wise and creative-wise, I Rookie of the Year do the same thing I did 20 years ago.”

Soapbox Laundro-Lounge Turpin and his band mates create by feel.

255 N. Front St. Songs come about naturally; each verse fits 5/15, 7:30 p.m. • $7-13 and the group can tell. They won’t set out to change their style. “We’ve always been an extremely eclectic band anyway—nobody’s ever been able to peg Collective Soul’s sound,” the bassist explains. “We have so many different styles that we lend from, and I think that will continue in the new stuff. If you hear 12 new songs, you’re gonna hear three or four different styles, and that’s just the way we are. We’re funky; we’re rock; we’re laid-back; we’re all those things.”

The members of Collective Soul are no longer 23. They have wives and children, and focus on spending quality time with those who matter most. Though their lives have All the way from Fayetteville, NC, Rookie morphed and adjusted from what once was, of the Year is a mostly solo effort from the foundation is still the same. They’re just singer/songwriter Ryan Dunson. The acoustic indie-pop of Rookie of the Year recalls the good ol’ Stockbridge boys in the end. sounds of Brightwood and Holiday Parade, “A lot has happened in our lives, but I still while the Goo Goo Dolls and Relient K rank feel like that young kid—invincible,” Turpin among Dunson’s influences. Other artists declares. “I think people need to know that performing with ROTY during the Soapbox we’re all very close. We grew up in the same show will be Young Bloods, Sunday Night little town in Georgia. We feel the same way Scene and City Under Siege. about a lot of things, certainly musically. We All weekly music is listed on the soundboard pages. are what the word means: We’re a band.” encore | may 9-15, 2012 | www.encorepub.com 19

MAY 11 Cosmic Groove Lizard Duo MAY 12 Jessica Coppla MAY 19 2 Cents Worth

on stage this week

MAY 25 Jessica Coppola

LIVE MUSIC

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

MAY 26 Dave Meyer

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

Happy dogs welcomed!

In riverfront park • music starts at 6 p.m.

11: THE VOLTAGE BROTHERS

MAY

From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 13th, the Intracoastal Waterway will come alive with the sounds of The Central Park Band—or at least the part of our ICW on which Bluewater Grill rests. Renowned for its amazing views—really, Bluewater won Best Outdoor Dining in the 2012 encore readers’ poll—Bluewater hosts quite the vivacious crew on Mother’s Day. Based in Clayton and Raleigh, NC, The Central Park Band performs a vast repertoire: jazz, R&B, funk, beach, modern pop and classic rock. Folks can expect to hear covers of everything from The Beatles to the Black Eyed Peas!

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LIVE MUSIC SUNDAY EVENINGS

May 13 - CENTRAL PARK 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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OCEANIC SUMMER MUSIC SERIES MAY

10 Mykel Barbee 12 Travis Shallow 17 Rob Ronner

19 Seluh Dubb 24 Mykel Barbee 26 Seluh Dubb 31 Rob Ronner

JUNE

02 Seluh Dubb 07 Mykel Barbee 09 Mike Frusha

(910) 256-5551 • 703 S. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach www.oceanicrestaurant.com

world music’s finest:

//MUSIC

Blues legend Taj Mahal and his trio of music-makers play Greenfield Lake

W

ith almost

50

years in the

music business, few American artists have done more to influence the blues genre than Taj Mahal. One of the most legendary artists of the past halfcentury, his global vision and appreciation of history have helped fused together his roots sound with music from the Caribbean, India and Africa. Presented by The Penguin, Mahal will bring his Grammy-winning mixture of gruff croons, finger-picking guitar and wailing harmonica to the Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on May 11th.

Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Mahal grew up in a musical household, his father a jazz musician of Jamaican ancestry and his mother a schoolteacher and gospel singer from South Carolina. Fascinated by the music he heard from around the world on his father’s shortwave radio, Fredericks picked up his first guitar in his early teens.

Even in youth he was always committed to expanding his horizons. His distinctive, fingerpicked steel guitar lines and tropical beats transcend time, and fill the musical gap between African and American culture. He took on the name “Taj Mahal” after it came to him in a dream. It would follow him as he graduated from performing at coffeehouses to touring the world.

Mahal’s uncompromising style and dedication has influenced blues artists for decades and is credited with one of the first American musicians to embrace (what is now called) world music into his own. Throughout his career, Mahal has dabbled in acoustic blues, rock, folk, jazz, gospel, reggae, various African styles of music, even traditional Caribbean sounds on his expansive list of albums.

In 1968, he was personally invited by The Rolling Stones to play their Rock and Roll Circus concert alongside John Lennon, The Who, Eric Clapton and Marianne Faithfull.

His most recent album, “Maestro,” was released to positive reception and earned a 2008 Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Mahal told encore that although he will be premiering new tunes on this tour, he’s merely expanding his playlist and has no current plans for a new album.

Recently, now five decades into his storied career, Mahal publicly expressed his distaste for playing indoor venues such as theatres, stating that his music is best experienced out-

no

by Alex Pomplia io Tr Taj Mahal Amphitheater Greenfield Lake 6 p.m.

Sat., May 11th, v/$35 day of Tickets: $30 ad om www.tajmahal.c

PROGRESSIVE MUSIC GROUP THUR. MAY 10 @ THE SOAPBOX - $20 ADV / 8PM

YO GOTTI w/ ZED ZILLA SAT. MAY 12 @ THE BRIKHOUSE - $12 ADV / 8PM THE AGGROLITES w/ THE SPEED KINGS

THUR. MAY 24 @ THE SOAPBOX - $15 ADV / 7PM

BLACKBERRY SMOKE w/ MEDUSA STONE

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MAHALING AROUND: Taj Mahal will play Greenfield Lake Amphitheater this Saturday, with tickets selling fast! Courtesy photo

doors. Fortunately, Greenfield Lake Amphitheater should serve as the ideal place for the blues virtuoso’s performance.

“Outdoor people are with the natural elements and find it easy to express themselves by dancing together in groups or solo,” Mahal says. “[They’re also] generous with vocal exclamation and vocal encouragement about the music.”

Taj Mahal Trio—consisting of Bill Rich on bass and Kester Smith on drums, along with Taj Mahal—will play Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Saturday, May 11th. Tickets can be bought ahead of time at Gravity Records. It’s completely expected to sell out—so secure them now!

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BLACKBOARD SPECIALS

soundboard

a preview of tunes all over town this week

MONDAYS

Poker Night 7pm & 9:30pm

MONDAYS

POKER NIGHT 7pm & 9pm

TUESDAYS LIVE

TEAM TRIVIA

8pm

WEDNESDAYS

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

GREAT AMERICAN ORCHESTRA: Playing at Thalian Hall on Friday, May 11th, The John Brown Jazz Orchestra prides itself in showcasing traditional compositions from the Great American Songbook, such as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Courtesy photo 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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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 KARAOKE WITH HELLZ BELLE —Marina Cafe, 110 S. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 938-2002 ACOUSTIC JAZZ PIANO WITH JAMES JARVIS —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 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 DJ SIR NICK BLAND —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 KARAOKE WITH DJ RICH DELUX —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 BENNY HILL

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

GARY ALLEN’S ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 TRAVIS SHALLOW —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 7721400 WATERSHED —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH SEAN THOMAS GERARD —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 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 LIVE ACOUSTIC —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133

DIRTY DAKOTAS, THE REPUBLICANS —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223

THURSDAY, MAY 10 DJ LORD WALRUS —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 ROCKIN’ TRIVIA WITH PARTY GRAS DJ (9 P.M.) —Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Center Dr.; 509-0805 DJ SWEAT —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677 TRIVIA WITH DJ —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 COLLEGE NIGHT WITH DJ BATTLE —Brikhouse, 208 Market St.; 523-5833 FRIED LOT —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion

Plc.,256-0115

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 KARAOKE —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269 LIVE ACOUSTIC —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 OPEN MIC WITH JEREMY NORRIS —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 YO GOTTI, ZED ZILLA, ATM QUOTE, QUA KWEEN, DUM’D DOWN —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 CAPE FEAR BLUES SOCIETY ACOUSTIC JAM —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St. VILLA VERDE, DESERT NOISES

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

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

COMEDY (6:30-8:30) —Barista Cafe, 225 S. Water St.; 399-3108 PROJECT X: JUICEDON, MIKEY BEATS, DR. STEPPA —Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. 4th St.; 538-2939 LUKAS NELSON, THE PROMISE OF REAL —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 THE ROYAL TINFOIL, MUSEUM MOUTH —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 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 KARAOKE WITH DJ DAMON —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 MYKEL BARBEE —Oceanic, Oceanfront Wrightsville Beach; 256-5551

REMY ST. CLAIRE —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 JIMMY MOWERY —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 TAJ MAHAL TRIO —Greenfield Lake Amphitheater EL JAYE JOHNSON AND THE PORT CITY ALLSTARS (JAZZ) —Bellamy Mansion; 503 Market St., 251-3700 THE VOLTAGE BROTHERS —Downtown Sundown; riverfront downtown, 763-7349 COSMIC GROOVE LIZARD DUO —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433 ONE PAPER CRANE —Playhouse 211, 4320 Southport Supply Rd. Ste 1, St. James; 200-7785 THE JOHN BROWN JAZZ ORCHESTRA —Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St.; 632-2241 FUTUREBIRDS —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 2518500 HIPSLACK —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 MACHINE FUNK —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 DRUNKEN PRAYER, JIMMY NATIONS —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796 JIM ASHLEY —Barista Cafe, 225 S. Water St.; 399-3108

FRIDAY, MAY 11 DJ DR. JONES —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 DUELING PIANOS —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 HOUSE/TECHNO DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 DJ P FUNK —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 3420872 DJ BATTLE —Dirty Martini, 1904 Eastwood Rd, Suite 109 ACOUSTIC JAZZ PIANO WITH JAMES JARVIS —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 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 JAZZ WITH BENNY HILL —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 GRANT FARM, MEMBERS OF DREW EMMITT BAND/ADRIENNE YOUNG AND LITTLE SADIE —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 ROOT SOUL PROJECT

BLACKBOARD SPECIALS Pub & Grille

Wrightsville Beach

Tuesday

$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

LIVE MUSIC

Fridays & Saturdays 7-10 P.M. Outside on the back deck - weather permitting MAY 11 Cosmic Groove Lizard Duo MAY 12 Jessica Coppla 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

Bar & Comedy Room

Introducing the

WEDNESDAY Nutt House Improv 9pm

THURSDAY Open Mic Stand-up 9pm

FRI. & SAT. NATIONAL HEADLINERS 8 p.m.

May 18-19

SAM MORRIL (WINNER LAUGHING SKULL FESTIVAL)

May 25-26

PAUL HOOPER (HBO COMEDY FESTIVAL IN LAS VEGAS)

The State of Southern Beer.

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

www.fatpub.com

SATURDAY, MAY 12 DUELING PIANOS —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 DJBE EXTREME KARAOKE —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 DJ SIR NICK BLAND —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 3420872 DJ BATTLE —Dirty Martini, 1904 Eastwood Rd, Suite 109 KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 SONGWRITER OPEN MIC WITH JEFF ECKER (10PM-2AM) —Lazy Pirate Sports Bar and Grill, 701 N. Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach; 458-5414 FILTHY SATURDAYS WITH DJ FILTHY —Brikhouse, 208 Market St.; 523-5833 GUITARIST MARK LYNCH (10:30 A.M.-1:30 P.M.) —Saltworks II, 4001 Wrightsville Ave.; 3921241 DJ SWEAT

WATERFRONT MUSIC SERIES LIVE music on the patio at 4 p.m. every Sunday through fall.

MAY 13

Celebrate Craft Beer Month with us!

CENTRAL PARK

karaoke night

MAY 20

5.10 THURSDAY

TUESDAYS

5.11 FRIDAY

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

5.9 WEDNESDAY

with dj be!

HEART AND SOUL

trivia night

MAY 27

5.12 SATURDAY

BAG OF TOYS

hipslack

live music with the

bibus ellison band

JUNE 3

MACHINE GUN

Complete schedule available at BluewaterDining.com/music or fan us on Facebook!

910-256-8500 4 Marina St. Wrightsville Beach

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

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

LIVE MUSIC Gabby’s Lounge 7-10pm

Friday, May 11

CLAY & MIKE Saturday, May 12

KERSTEN CAPRA Friday, May 18

PHIL HOGAN Saturday, May 19

Landfall Center • 1331 Military Cutoff Rd

910-256-3838 wildwingcafe.com

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

MIKE O’DONNELL 1706 North Lumina Ave. (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

MOXOLOGY SUN. & MON. $5 Specialty Cocktails TUESDAY $2.00 Blue Point Draft 13 - $5 Wines per glass / $20.00 per bottle WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY $3.00 Seasonal Draft 13 - $5.00 Wines per glass / $20.00 per bottle SUNDAY $5.00 Mimosas $5.00 Bloody Mary MONDAY - THURSDAY ½ price Apps from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Served at the bar only 35 N. FRONT ST. 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)

—Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677

HOUSE/TECHNO DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 MIKE PINTO, THREE LEGGED, FOX ELATION —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 SINGLEFIN, NAUTILUS —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269 CARY BENJAMIN —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 TRAVIS SHALLOW —Oceanic, Oceanfront Wrightsville Beach; 256-5551 DONNA HUGHES, CUMBERLAND RIVER —Fort Fisher Military Recreation Area, Pleasure Island, 458-8434 WES SAYER (6:30-8:30) —Barista Cafe, 225 S. Water St.; 399-3108 JESSICA COPPOLA —Little Dipper, 138 S. Front St.; 251-0433 MACHINE FUNK —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 BIBIS ELLISON BAND —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 BARRY & WILSON & TWO GUYS FROM RALEIGH —Ted’s Fun on the River, 2 Castle St. THE CRITTERS, DOOMSTER —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796 MYSTIC RIVER (9:30) —Locals Tavern, 6213 -D Market Street; 523-5621 LOWTECH ARMY —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 7721400

SUNDAY, MAY 13

Talent Night Every Monday Tell a joke?

Play an instrument?

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SUSAN SAVIA —Elijah’s, 2 Ann St.; 343-1448 TRAVIS SHALLOW —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 KARAOKE KONG —Black Sheep Tavern, 21 N. Front St. (basement); 399-3056 REGGAE SUNDAYS WITH DJ DR. JONES —Brikhouse, 208 Market St.; 523-5833 SATELLITE BLUEGRASS BAND —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796 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 DANGERS OF STEREO (CLASSIC ROCK & BLUES COVERS) —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 DJ TIMBO —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219

DJ BATTLE —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 PERRY SMITH (BRUNCH 12-2) —Aubriana’s; 115 S. Front St., 763-7773 KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 BENNY HILL AND FRIENDS —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 CENTRAL PARK —Bluewater Grill, 4 Marina St.; 256-8500

MONDAY, MAY 14 STEVEN COMPTON —Barbary Coast; 116 S. Front St., 762-8996 KARAOKE —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677 ACOUSTIC JAZZ PIANO WITH JAMES JARVIS —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 KARAOKE —Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001 KARAOKE WITH DJ @-HOLE —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 3420872 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 DJ RICHTERMEISTER —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838

TUESDAY, MAY 15 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 KARAOKE WITH DJ PARTY GRAS —Fox and Hound Pub & Grille, 920 Town Center Dr.; 509-0805 TRIVIA WITH DUTCH FROM 94.5 THE HAWK —The Coastal Roaster, 5954 Carolina Beach Rd.; 399-4701 BILLY DON BURNES, RONNIE HYMES —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, YOUNG BLOODS, SUNDAY NIGHT SCENE, CITY UNDER SIEGE —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 LIVE ACOUSTIC

ShowStoppers:

Concerts outside of Southeastern NC

WAR RAGES ON: Coheed and Cambria, whose music follows the storyline of ‘The Amory Wars’ by frontman Claudio Sanchez, will play Lincoln Theatre on Sunday, May 13th. Photo by Chapman Baehler

ANTIQUE CROONER: Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, also known as POTR, evoke old-time feelings as Nelson’s voice seems wise beyond his age. Catch the rock-blues act at The Whiskey on Thursday, May 10th. Courtesy photo

—Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838

—Browncoat Pub and Theatre, 111 Grace St.; 341-0001

COLLEGE NIGHT KARAOKE —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 CARY BENJAMIN —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088

JOSH SOLOMON & CARY BENJAMIN —Black Sheep Tavern, 21 N. Front St. (basement); 399-3056 BENNY HILL —Sweet & Savory Cafe; 1611 Pavilion Plc.,256-0115 JEREMY NORRIS —Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old Eastwood Rd.; 798-9464 DJBE EXTREME KARAOKE —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 LIVE ACOUSTIC —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 DJ —Charley Brownz, 21 S Front St.; 254-9499 GARY ALLEN’S ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 KARAOKE WITH DJ BREWTAL —Liquid Room, 23 Market St.;910-343-3341 BAND OF DRIFTERS —Satellite Bar & Lounge, 120 Greenfield St.; 399-2796

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 KARAOKE WITH HELLZ BELLE —Marina Cafe, 110 S. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 938-2002 ACOUSTIC JAZZ PIANO WITH JAMES JARVIS —Calico Room, 107 S. Front St. Wilmington, 762-2091 DJ JAY —Sharp Shooters, 2109 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville; (910) 346-2677 KARAOKE WITH DJ RICH DELUX —Orton’s Underground, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 DJ SIR NICK BLAND —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 KARAOKE

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LINCOLN THEATRE 126 E. CABARRUS STREET, RALEIGH, NC (919) 821-4111 5/11: House of Fools, Regan Montbleau Band, Jason Adamo Band 5/12: NC Beer and Band Festival; Unknown Hinson, Hank Sinatra 5/13: Coheed and Cambria, Moving Mountains, Pianos Become the Teeth 5/14: 2 Skinnee J’s, Royal Teeth 5/15: Reckless Kelly, Gabriel Kelly 5/16: Collective Soul HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 HWY. 17 SOUTH, N. MYRTLE BEACH, SC (843) 272-3000 5/12: Big Head Todd and the Monsters 5/13: Collective Soul (see page ??)

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dark yet funny: ‘The Five Year Engagement’ defies expectant rom-coms

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elationship comedies are

often a mixed bag, mainly because of their predictability. Guy meets girl. Guy gets massive hard on for girl.

Guy must overcome a series of obstacles in order to make this seemingly impossible connection a reality. “The Five Year Engagement” deviates from the traditional romantic comedy by starting the film with an already established relationship while chronicling a slow, painful implosion of a relationship destined for failure. It’s a hilarious movie, on par with “Bridesmaids” as one of the best ensemble comedies in recent years.

Tom (Jason Segel) is an up-and-coming San Francisco chef who is on track to run his very own restaurant. Violet (Emily Blunt) is a psychology student working on her doctorate. A random encounter at a New Years’ Eve party turns into a whirlwind romance.

Within the first five minutes of the movie Tom has proposed, Violet has accepted, and a series of random events unfold that continue to postpone the nuptials. The basic problems of wedding planning are soon compounded by life-changing moments that transplant the happy couple from picturesque San Francisco to a cold and barren Ann Arbor, Michigan. Violet gets her dream job in the psychology program at the University of Michigan, forcing Tom to put his career goals on hold. Soon, he goes from the most avant-garde kitchens in the Bay area to slinging sandwiches for minimum wage.

Tom doesn’t take to suburban life very well. He begins to wither in the cold tundra.

When outside of his comfort zone, he descends into mountain-man madness: grows a thick beard, begins hunting deer and brewing mead. As he becomes more detached from his normal social circles, their relationship becomes increasingly strained.

This is, of course, the very core of a good comedy. If everything went swimmingly, we wouldn’t exactly have an interesting movie, now would we?

All the credit for “The Five Year Engagement” goes to Segel (“The Muppets,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”). He not only lent his earnest comic styling to the film, he also helped write the screenplay. While Segel is the anchor, Blunt (“The Devil

ENGAGING COUPLEDOM: Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Chris Pratt and Alison Brie make ‘The FiveYear Engagement” a hit. Courtesy photo

Wears Prada,” “Sunshine Cleaning”) is what makes “The Five Year Engagement” set sail. She’s a gifted actress with comedy chops, who radiates every time she’s onscreen. It’s easy to believe any red-blooded male would fall head over heels for her. And that’s a good thing, because, for a majority of the film, she’s an uncompromising, career-driven shrill who pushes Tom to the brink of sanity and beyond.

The supporting cast is almost too numerous to list, all of them contributing to a movie that is consistently killing it with one joke after the next. There are so many standout performances, it feels almost unfair to single out only a few. I’d be remiss if I didn’t talk about Chris Pratt (“Moneyball”) and Alison Brie (“Community”), each of whom manage to slay every scene they’re in as a the personification of an oppositesattract couple who somehow manage to become the enviable and unflappable pair that weather every storm. Their relationship defies all odds and almost serves to torment Tom and Violet, who can’t manage to find the time to get married while their friends have stumbled into bliss.

There are so many other noteworthy comedic presences: Brian Poeshn (“The Sarah Silverman Program”) as a foul-mouthed restaurant owner and pickle connoisseur; Chris Parnell (“Saturday Night Live”) as an emasculated stay-at-home dad with a penchant for knitting; Mindy Kaling (“The Office”), John Rhys Ifans (“Notting Hill”)

Kevin Hart (“Think Like A Man”). The movie is literally brimming with talent. All manage to develop distinct personalities and develop interesting characters in spite of limited screen time. More than anything else, I was impressed with the attention to detail with every character.

The movie gets dark and goes to some places few romantic comedies tread. That’s not a bad thing; it’s the unconventional staging and damn-near depressing depths which makes “The Five Year Engagement” so entertaining. It’s not always pretty, but it’s ridiculously committed to entertaining the audience.

While I’d be lying if I said the third act wasn’t remarkably predictable or that the conclusion isn’t as inevitable as the sun rising in the morning, the execution here is top notch. The cast is phenomenal in this foulmouthed, occasionally heartwarming tale of the torturous limbo that exists between the proposal and the alter.

5/14-18 (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.

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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

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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

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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

Kickoff 7:00 pm • Legion Stadium • Gates open at 6:00 pm

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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

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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 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. Monday-Sunday; 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.

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CAPRICE BISTRO

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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 efficient staff will serve you beautifully presented dishes full of enticing aromas and flavors.

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

■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER:

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

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

■ WEBSITE: www.indochinewilmington.com

THAI SPICE

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 family-run 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

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

OUR CRÊPES & MORE

The Crêperie of Wilmington !Our Crêpes & More a family owned and operated French Crêperie, is serving authentic, homemade French cuisine to dine in or to go. Everything on their menu is under $10, and is a healthy alternative, while eating a savory meal or sweet treat. 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.

SATURDAY & SUNDAYS 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

(Monday Closed.)

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

INDIAN TANDOORI BITES

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 11am-2pm, 5pm10pm; Fri 11am-2pm, 5pm-11pm; Sat 11:30am-2pm, 5pm11pm; Sun 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-9pm.

■ NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown.

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

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) 799-1399.

■ SERVING LUNCH, DINNER & LATE NIGHT: 11:30am3am, 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

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. WheatFree 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., 11am-6pm(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.

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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

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■ SERVING LUNCH & DINNER: 7 days a week.

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

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EAST

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

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

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

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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.

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OCEANIC

Voted best seafood restaurant in Wilmington, Oce-

anic 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.

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SMALL PLATES 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.

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SOUTHERN CASEY’S BUFFET

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

SPORTS BAR

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CAROLINA ALE HOUSE

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

317 South College Road, Wilmington, NC. (910) 791.9393.

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

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

in Wilmington.

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FOX & HOUND PUB & GRILLE

ema 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 MahiMahi 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

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.

Serving up the best bar food for any local sports fan, Fox & Hound has appetites covered. Located next to Mayfaire Cin-

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

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Myrtle Beach’s Gauchao’s sets up shop in Wilmington

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by Rosa Bianca ilian Gauchao’ s Braz rascaria ur Ch Steakhouse reet 6317 Market St • Price: $$$ (910) 399-6228 ol uchao’ s has a co Bottom line: Ga execution. concept but poor

am not a fan of chain-style res-

taurants. Please, consider that whilst reading this review. Really, I loathe them.

In my defense, I didn’t choose to hate them at random. I didn’t put these restaurants in a hat with mosquitoes, flat tires, and people who talk during movies and just happen to draw the restaurants. Chain restaurants often have bland, lifeless menus—dishes made by a committee rather than a chef.

They often ignore local products and produce—a commitment to standards and practices over customer satisfaction.

Unfortunately, a number of these reasons are displayed at Gauchao’s, the newly opened Brazilian steakhouse located in Ogden on a particularly busy chunk of Market Street. Even the simple research one must do before endeavoring to review a restaurant sparked my ire. Just check their website, www.gauchaobraziliansteakhouse.com. More garish than informative, it gives only rudimentary data. Diners who wish to know more will have to set foot on the property. Though it bills itself an “authentic churrascaria,” having never been to Brazil, I cannot state with any certainty this is correct. But I sincerely have my doubts.

For anyone unfamiliar with the style of service offered in a churrascaria, dinner consists of two basic parts. First comes the salad bar.

“Salad bar” is something of a misnomer. The four-sided apparatus is well-stocked, but only one of the four sides carries the accoutrements of salad. The other three are laden with bread, artisan cheeses, sushi, mashed potatoes, black beans and even broiled salmon. It isn’t quite as bizarre or unsettling as seeing brownies on the salad bar at Harris Teeter, but it is at least a little strange.

The salad bar proves to be inoffensive, though during my visit the gouda clearly sat out in the air a little too long. It was saved by the bread, which offered a pleasant mix of crusty and doughy. While the Brazilians aren’t

known for their sushi, for a restaurant which doesn’t specialize in seafood, I can’t say it was bad. And the broiled salmon was probably one of the evening’s highlights.

However, churrascarias are known for their second course. Waiters bring meats on skewers and slice them tableside. In the case of Gauchao’s, 15 different meats navigate the dining room. Lamb, pork, beef and chicken are whisked from the kitchen by highly efficient staff. Patrons are given small cardboard disks to signal them: green on one side to beg for more and red on the other to beg for rest. The novelty of this style of service doesn’t wear off as quickly as one might imagine. Still, novelty can only mask so many flaws.

Just because a restaurant lets diners try 15 different items doesn’t mean everyone will like 15 different items. I found most offerings disappointing. Multiple beef dishes arrived routinely under-seasoned and overcooked, including both the top and bottom sirloin. If the garlic steak had any garlic on it, I remained blissfully unaware. The pork ribs had such a high gristle-to-meat ratio that, for a moment, I couldn’t believe I was still in North Carolina.

Surely we have better pork to offer!

The picanha, billed as a signature steak dish of Brazil, arrived at my table twice. The first was dry and overcooked, with little seasoning to recommend it otherwise. I tried two bites and pushed it aside, knowing full well it wasn’t getting any better. When a second waiter arrived minutes later and offered

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me the picanha before I could object, I received a beautiful slice of mid-rare beef, juicy and succulent. I appreciate their never-giveup approach, but that kind of inconsistency doesn’t impress me.

One high note proved to be the chicken drumsticks. Moist and flavorful, the meat cascaded off the bone. Should I find myself back at Gauchao’s, I’ll be telling the chicken-leg guy to remember where I’m sitting—and to come back early and often.

Pleasantly, I was deceived by the dessert menu. I selected something called “Papaya Cream,” and expected some form of custard.

It wasn’t just a concoction of my mind—the photo on the menu implied as much. What I received seemed more like nearly-melted papaya ice cream. The consistency proved strange, but likely because we north of the equator don’t have any dishes of that temperature and texture. The sensation was odd, but I rather liked it.

Gauchao’s dining room is beautifully appointed and as clean as I’ve ever seen. That’s

particularly impressive considering they’re not just handing people plates at the tables. Establishments with salad bars routinely feature messy floors. It isn’t their fault. When children and careless adults prepare their own plates, likely a mess will ensue. Not so at Gaucho’s.

And the copper sunburst sculpture hanging over the salad bar is a marvel rarely seen in local restaurants. It’s worth a look.

In addition, the staff couldn’t have been more gracious or helpful. If anything, they tried too hard. At least three times my silent request to stop receiving new slices of meat were ignored as servers offered cuts in spite of the red disk prominently displayed on my table. This in no way upsets me, as I was still free to say no. I hope I never become so jaded that merely saying a few words to a waiter feels like a chore.

While reasons for a restaurateur to be proud are not reasons for a patron to frequent his establishment, the $33 price tag seems rather steep for the unimpressive and the mediocre.

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mother mary: Compassion, discipline and fun “I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be…”

-The Beatles, “Let It Be”

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Mary Elizabeth Barwick, wife, yogi and celebrated mother. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13th. Courtesy photo ary elizabeth barwick slipped

a positive pregnancy strip in her husband’s stocking just a few Christmases ago. The following summer, the not-too-young couple welcomed baby Will into their world.

“Billy and I were married in October 2006,” Barwick explained. “I skipped my next cycle and guessed I might be pregnant. When I saw the strip was positive, I cried. And honestly, it was a selfish cry because I realized we would not be going to Italy as we’d planned. But then I was excited at the prospect of being a mother, and Billy was excited too. I think of my heart center as a lotus flower, and motherhood has opened another petal of my heart.”

That fall the Barwicks attended a James Taylor concert at Greenfield Amphitheater and Taylor sang “Sweet Baby James.” “I was holding Will in my arms, and Taylor held my gaze as he sang. I thought over and over, ‘He’s singing that song to us.’”

With her husband Billy singing and playing guitar for the band Shine, and the whole family loving music, young Will was singing Elvis tunes at age 2, which thrilled his mother. Now at 4, he sings The Beatles, which thrills his father.

A thunderous note of discord flooded the Barwick household recently when a plumbing fixture burst and the floors were destroyed. Will curled up on his upstairs bed and told his mother not to worry.

Barwick, one of Wilmington’s most admired physical therapists and yogi masters, explained how her faith in God, yoga practice, physical therapy career and her own mother have helped balance discipline with compassion in handling difficult times and making important decisions.

As the only girl of three children raised on a country farm in New York by Joe and Charlotte Moran, Barwick learned discipline from years of gymnastics.

Practicing five days for four hours daily proved a giant step in helping her seek internal higher ground.

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self,” Barwick said. “I’d feel crushed emotionally, but still try again that sixth time and finally make it. I learned to ride out emotional swings and stay focused.”

Perseverance with gymnastics led to a small scholarship at the prestigious Ithaca College, but Barwick was not happy and talked with her mother, whose previous MO was detachment. Utterly miserable, the young Barwick confided that she felt lonely and unwanted by her peers.

“My mom told me not to worry because some of her friends who were picked on in school and considered nerds went off to have great adventures in their lives,” Barwick said. “From that point on my mom really helped guide me. On a spiritual level, she is the most important person in my life.”

Mono hit the student during her first semester at Ithaca and zapped her energy so she could no longer compete in advanced gymnastics. Her father, a geophysicist, was also struck financially due to a recession. Determined to see his daughter finish college, he drove a semi-truck cross-country to pay her tuition. Barwick followed his lead. “I decided I’d taken my body as far as it would go,” she said. “Now it was time to deepen my spirit.”

At that time, she had a rare and numinous (presence of the divine) dream. “In my dream, I was in my backyard and the phone rang,” she said. “I ran but couldn’t get to it quickly enough. When I got inside, my mom had answered the phone and hung up. “‘Mom, who was it?’ “‘It was God. He wanted to talk with you.’ “‘C’mon Mom, who was it?’

“Three times she said it was God, so I asked, ‘What did He say?’

“Suddenly, the dream evolved into an ethereal realm. I was told not to worry about my career; I would blossom into it. I felt petrified and criticized because I was told I needed to work on three things.

At this point of fear, I was taken to another realm of consciousness, and I was no longer clear of its

meaning, except I knew I had to keep working on myself at a spiritual level.”

Hearing about this unusual dream, Barwick’s mother signed her up for a workshop on body work and massage at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Surrounded by new friends, Barwick celebrated her 21st birthday there and said it was a lifechanging experience. “I learned the spirit of yoga,” she explained, “the art of relaxing around my resistance. I learned that yoga wasn’t about doing the hardest postures. There was a whole other realm beyond that.”

With her mother also practicing yoga and encouraging her daughter, one thing led to another (Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, 1994; first yoga program coordinator for Appalachian State University, 1995) and Barwick graduated from the rigorous physical therapy program at UNC-Chapel Hill. Since ‘97, Barwick has taught for the Wilmington Yoga Center part-time and worked full-time in an outpatient orthopedic setting for New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After her publication in Advance for Physical Therapy and Rehab Medicine (August 6, 2010), the hospital awarded Barwick September employee of the month.

At present, Barwick continues to receive accolades from numerous people: her house repairmen, co-workers, clients, and especially hers husband and son. “We fly a lot back and forth from Wilmington to my parents’ home in Drummond, Montana, and Will loves to fly,” she said. “He says he wants to be a jumbo jet airplane pilot when he grows up.

We read to Will every night and Billy is teaching him to play chess. Never underestimate the intelligence of a 4-year-old. Will has a little cheat sheet for every piece on the chess board and how it moves.”

So what is Barwick’s measure for the future of her son? “I wish contentment for Will,” she said. “I want him to be a giver, not a taker in the world. I wish for him compassion, strong spirit and faith to carry him through all the ups and downs of life.”

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Yet a dozen students from New Hanover High School and one from Laney High applied to do that and much more in the Coastal Champions program.

While other teens are headed to the mall or the beach for leisure time, the Coastal Champions make the most of their spring Saturdays. The students, ages 14 to 17, meet early, travel together to the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher and spend hours immersed in hands-on activities, exploring the natural world and developing skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

The Aquarium’s Coastal Champions program is in its second year and receives funding from Connect a Million Minds, Time Warner Cable’s 5-year, $100 million philanthropic initiative addressing America’s declining proficiency in STEM. Each week brings new adventures and learning opportunities to the Coastal Champions. They calculate ratios used to make salt water for Aquarium operations, weigh and measure fish food for optimal animal health, learn and share conservation facts with Aquarium visitors and more.

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Gabriela Gutierrez knows there are other things she could be doing with her time, but said the Coastal Champions

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program is where she’d rather be.

“I enjoy every second I have been here,” said Gabriela. “I love the ocean and it is a great opportunity to help and learn at the same time.”

The Coastal Champions share what they see and learn through blogging, videos and posts on the program’s Beach Reach Facebook page. “After spending a morning at UNC-W, we learned that harbor seals are an important part of the ocean ecosystem, and are also great divers,” one post read.

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Chapter 10: The Safety of Structure

by Anghus

ntributor, Fact or Fiction co thly in encore published bi-mon

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walked into the bathroom, shut the

door, dropped my head into my hands, my pants around my ankles and started to cry. This was something I hadn’t done since my sophomore year of high school while attending the funeral of a classmate. She had died from a brain hemorrhage, the result of a hard fall while roller skating. I had held everything together well until I recalled the first time I had seen her on the other side of a schoolyard fence, twirling in the sunlight.

She bathed in the warm glow of the afternoon sun. This was a stark contrast to the cold, lifeless body that laid before me in an open casket.

Unraveling in the bathroom wasn’t exactly a stretch for me. I came from a long line of men who believed that emotions were something to be kept under control. When you laugh, you laugh with respect and dignity, keeping the volume to a minimum. More importantly, you try your hardest to avoid tears.

If you’re not strong enough to suppress their flow, they must be saved for the private quarters or the quiet solace of a darkened corner.

Such was the conclusion to day one of my first feature. It was a mind-bending cocktail of exhilaration and exhaustion. The entire day was a blur. I remember talking.

A lot. So much words began to lose their meaning. Directing traffic, directing actors, coordinating with every department; there were so many questions, and it was my job to have an answer. When I didn‘t have it, I made up one.

Film shoots are all about momentum. You have to manufacture it and then keep it going.

Once you stop, you’re dead—like the bus in

that movie that can’t go below 55 miles per hour. Eeither keep moving or explode.

Twelve hours later, I left the set and found my quiet corner: the bathroom. It was like I had never left the set. Every sense betrayed me. I could still hear their voices even though I was very much alone.

Maybe it is a nervous breakdown. My mother had one years earlier. After all, mental illness does have a genetic component.

My thoughts felt like madness. Even after removing myself from the stress of it all, it lingered. I could hear full conversations in my head. When I closed my eyes, I could only see the bold type of Times New Roman on script pages and the washed-out purple ink of receipts. Everything appeared in clips and phrases. I couldn’t hold onto a single thought; they flashed and faded. My thoughts kept violently shifting to obscure images from the corners of my mind: bloody knuckles after a childhood fight, passages from film books I had been reading at a feverish pace prior to shooting.

“Most people don’t know what they want or feel. And for everyone, myself included, it’s very difficult to say what you mean, when what you mean is painful. The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yours… As an artist, I feel that we must try many things…

We must dare to fail.” (John Cassavetes) Film quotes turned to biblical passages being read by a priest, as I scanned the faces of funeral attendees from my time as an altar boy.

“When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory’” (Corinthians).

Then, the scattershot array of images and voice-overs made way for the clarity of doubt.

What was I thinking? How did I expect to pull this off?

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I was a director who had never directed and a producer who had never produced.

My entire crew was a band of inexperienced misfits, every single one with the word “aspiring” in front of their job titles. My makeup artist came from a department store.

The wardrobe mistresses were a couple of community theater darlings. My cinematographer was a wedding photographer, who had never shot anything other than portraits and landscapes. The entire enterprise was being funded with a meager amount of inheritance money left to me by a great uncle I had never met, and supplemented with the income of a full-time job, which I still was still working during the shoot. Eighty-hour weeks and an unmanageable level of stress; breaking down was a foregone conclusion.

And it was only day one.

Momentum had given me 12 hours. Once I stopped, everything came crashing down around me. I spent the next hour in the bathroom in tears, dealing with a strange

mix of emotions. I was happy in the most perverse of ways—sort of. I had set a goal and kept it. I was making my first feature film. In spite of every hurdle and difficulty, I had managed to pull it altogether. A little happiness with a pinch of pride—but I was exhausted. Tired served with a side of disappointment. This was work—labored, difficult, stressful work for 12 hours a day. I’d never had a job I’d given a damn about it.

Those other jobs only lasted eight hours a day; when I left they didn‘t linger. A day of work in the film business is 12 hours from start to stop, and that’s not counting the time worrying in the morning before arrival and the two hours it will take to decompress when done. It’s a wonder why everyone in this business is on drugs.

I’m ill-suited to dispense advice. I can’t talk of success with any sense of legitimacy, but I have learned this much: Everything is in a state of decay. The minute you put something together, it is mere moments away from falling apart. Success is a matter of structure, holding it all together when everything is on the perpetual precipice of disaster. Even the minor tragedies of your own design. Success is simply defined; all you have to do is hold it together.

Slowly, I began to recover. My mind slowed, the images and voices making way for blissful ignorance. This was helped by a steady pour of alcohol. I don’t think I’d ever slept better—the kind of sleep reserved for patients recovering from surgery or Olympic marathon runners the day after a race.

I woke up the next morning, poured myself eight cups of coffee into a big gulp thermos and started planning out my day. I had hit my breaking point and shattered. More importantly, I had picked up the pieces and managed to reassemble them into something recognizable.

Falling apart is remarkably easy. Putting it together requires far more resolve.

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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.

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, 10am-2pm: 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. • 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 summer master classes for middle and high-school students. • 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. 910-395-5999 (ext. 1008 or 1024).• Tai Chi, Yoga and Zumba! Beginners are always welcome. dmoore@cameronartmuseum.com.

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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 col-

lection. 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 5/12, 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. • Grown-up 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: 9am-5pm 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.

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. • Annual Shrimperoo fundraiser, Sun., 5/9, 6-8pm, at Lumina Hall. Motts Channel is providing the shrimp and Middle of the Island is catering the rest of the menu. There will be live music. It is a fun, beach-community event. Tickets: $20 w/beer and wine sold by glass. 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. Housed in an original 1882 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level. Groups receive special guided tours. Facilities can also be booked for meetings or mixers, accommodating groups of up to 150. • 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. Museum admission only $6 for adults, $5 for seniors/military, $3 for children 2-12, and free under age 2. Located at the north end of downtown at 505 Nutt St. 910-763-2634 or www.wrrm.org.

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. 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 11am6pm. 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 occupation of Wilmington. Now a museum, itfocuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action. • 5/10, 7pm: Thomas Day, Cabinet Maker: Man in the Middle with Laurel Sneed. Laurel Sneed will discuss her research, including interesting Wilmington connections, on master cabinet maker Thomas Day. The photography exhibit: Thomas Day, Free Man of Color, based on the book of the same name, is currently in the Bellamy Mansion’s exhibit space. • 6/4, 9/17 and 12/17: Spring Tea at the Bellamy, 2pm. Tea service with finger sandwiches and sweets while listening to the romantic music of Susan Savia. $35; 10% discount at gift shop that day and access to the Tim Buchman photography exhibit at the Bellamy.

RSVP: 910.251.3700 ext. 103. Proceeds go to operations of Bellamy Mansion Museum. www. bellamymansion.org. 503 Market St 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.

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5/13: MOTHER’S DAY CRUISE

Wilmington Water Tours hosts a Lazy Day Mother’s Day Cruise on Sunday the 13th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Mothers and their families will enjoy a champagne brunch and cheers to everything Mom kisses to make better, scolds to discipline and encourages to improve. The cruise boards at the riverwalk downtown, 212 South Water Street.

Advance reservations are required so give the folks a call at (910) 338-3134 to book and pay. Also, be sure to check out WWT’s other cruises throughout the summer, from Eagle Island to Saturday sunsets and acoustic spotlight!

WILMINGTON WATER TOURS 5/13: Captain’s Lazy Day Mother’s Day Cruise. 1pm-3pm. Treat Mom to a champagne brunch cruise of the storied Cape Fear River. Admission charge. Advance reservations. Boards at 12:45pm from Riverwalk at 212 S. Water St. • 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 Dinner 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. 5/10, Jim Nelson; 5/11, Jesse Stockton; 5/13, Mother’s Day Brunch with Plan B, $35; 5/17, Robby Berry 5/24, Daniel Parrish; 5/25, Cover Girl ‘80’s Music; 5/31, Clay Crotts; 6/1, Zach Hanner. Full onboard bar! RSVP. Wilmington Water Tours, 910-338-3134. www.wilmingtonwatertours.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.

BIOLOGICAL WONDERLAND HIKE 5/12-13: Biological Wonderland Hike. 10am.

Is Mom into plants? Join a park ranger to learn about different habitats that exist within Carolina Beach State Park and how each habitat affects the plants and animals that call the park home.

Free. Meet at Flytrap Trail Parking Lot, Carolina Beach State Park, Carolina Beach. 910-4588206. www.ncparks.gov

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 four/six-person co-ed volleyball tournament and a bocce ball tournament. All players will receive a t-shirt, and prizes awarded to the players from the winning team in ea. division. Prereg: townofwrightsvillebeach.com.

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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., Wilmington, NC 28401

SUBVERSIVE FILM 5/20: Kooky is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Sv?rák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion

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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

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CINEMATIQUE See page 27. • Plays weekly at Thalian Hall main stage, 310 Chestnut St. 7:30pm, $8 (unless otherwise noted) • 5/28-30: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: From the director of Chocolat and The Cider House Rule, when Britain’s leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize a sheikh’s (Amr Waked) vision of bringing fly-fishing to the desert, he immediately thinks the project is both absurd and unachievable. Rated PG-13. 1 hr. 52 min.

kids’ stuff 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,

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5/15: MARY ALICE MONROE Barnes and Noble in Mayfaire Town Center will feature a book-signing and reading with author Mary Alice Monroe. Promoting “Beach House Memories,”the story follows a family at the end of the summer in Charleston, SC. Its matriarch holds onto closely to her retreat at her family’s seaside cottage to help overcome the stress of her family and daily expectations. Monroe has written over a dozen novels, non-fiction titles, as well as children’s books. She’ll promote “Beach House Memories” on Tuesday, May 15th at 7 p.m.

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, 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.

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

lectures/readings OLD BOOKS ON FRONT STREET The Going Green Book Club Selections for the next few months: Environmental Book Club: 6/5, “World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse” by Lester R. Brown (2011); 7/3: “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things,” by William A. McDonough & Michael Braungart (2002). Books available and members receive a 15% off. • • Bloomsday: Staged reading of the play within the book, feat. Jef Pollock, of both The Scoop Ice Cream and Hotdogs and Changing Channels fame, will be directing. We still need performance readers: (910) 409-5047. Festivities are 6/17, 4:30pm, Old Books on Front St. The Scoop will be serving a hotdog inspired by Ulysses, maybe a Bloomsday Ice Cream, and of course we will be purchasing delicacies from Sugar on Front St! Bloomsday celebrates James Joyce’s contribution to literature! • Melissa Wilgis’ “A Humble History; Black and White Photography”—Celebrating National Historic Preservation Month, A Humble History is a collection of black and white images, processed and printed by hand in a traditional darkroom. Imagine doorknobs, windows, paint flakes,

fixtures and tools are intriguing clues to a humble history that’s within our sight. (910) 76-BOOKS (26657) • www.OldBooksOnFrontSt.com

ANDREA SEABROOK NPR’s ace Capitol Hill correspondent is coming to Wilmington to speak at WHQR Public Radio’s annual fundraiser luncheon, 5/9. Andrea Seabrook has covered Congress since 2003 and is known for her critical, insightful reporting. Public radio fans will also remember Andrea as the host of the weekend edition of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered in 2006 and 2007 as well as the host of NPR’s live coverage of the 2008 Presidential election. Mary Bradley: mary@whqr. org or 910-343-1640.

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

Schedule: 5/15, 7pm, reading and singing w/ Mary Alice Monroe, Beach House Memories.

Author of over a dozen novels, several nonfiction titles, and children’s books, her best-sellers reflect a commitment to the natural world through literature.

• 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 suring historian.

WHAT IS JUSTICE 5/11, 7pm: The lecture is part of the St. James Lecture Series in honor of Mr. Cy Hogue—a longtime St James parishioner and well-respected lawyer. St. James Episcopal Parish, 25 South Third St., in the Great Hall , followed by a reception. William Taylor, CBE, QPM, CCMI, will speak about “What is Justice?”— in a multicultural world. Free and open to the public.

JASON CLAMME Jason Clamme of Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter will speak onend-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

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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. WICKED WORKSHOP See cover story.

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 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/ twohr session; materials included. Sat, 11am-1pm.

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.

OUR STATE CIVIL WAR STORY WANTED Individuals are invited to submit their family stories to the collection.The arrival of the Civil War in the spring of 1861 altered NC’s history forever. Our State magazine is inviting NCs to share their personal family stories from the Civil War by submitting those to “North Carolina Stories of the Civil War: An Online Collection.” Information and submission instructions may be found online, www. ourstate.com. Stories will be collected through May 31, and displayed at OurState.com in the history section. The collection is proudly presented

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ARIES (21 Mar. – 20 April) On the one hand, you’re facing a sticky dilemma that you may never be able to change, no matter how hard you try. On the other hand, you are engaged with an interesting challenge that may very well be possible to resolve. Do you know which is which?

Now would be an excellent time to make sure you do. It would be foolish to keep working on untying a hopelessly twisted knot when there is another puzzle that will respond to your love and intelligence. Go where you’re wanted TAURUS (21 April – 20 May) From an astrological perspective, it’s the New Year season; you’re beginning a fresh cycle. How would you like to celebrate? You could make a few resolutions—maybe pledge to wean yourself from a wasteful habit or self-sabotaging vice. You could also invite the universe to show you what you don’t even realize you need to know. What might also be interesting would be to compose a list of the good habits you will promise to cultivate, and the ingenious breakthroughs you will work toward, and the shiny yet gritty dreams you will court and woo.

GEMINI (21 May – 20 June) “My father-in-law was convinced that his sheepdogs picked up his thoughts telepathically,” writes Richard Webster in his article “Psychic Animals. “He needed only to think what he wanted his dogs to do, and they would immediately do it. He had to be careful not to think too far ahead, as his dogs would act on the thought he was thinking at the time.” To this I’d add that there is a wealth of other anecdotal evidence, as well as some scientific research, suggesting that dogs respond to unspoken commands. I happen to believe that the human animal is also capable of picking up thoughts that aren’t said aloud. I suspect that you’re in a phase when it will be especially important to take that into account. Be discerning about what you imagine, because it could end up in the mind of someone you know!

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CANCER (21 June – 21 July) Your right and left brain have rarely been on such close speaking terms as they are right now. Your genitals and your heart seem to be in a good collaborative groove as well. Even your past and your future are mostly in agreement about how you should proceed in the present. To what do we owe the pleasure of this rather dramatic movement toward integration? Here’s one theory: You’re being rewarded for the hard work you have done to take good care of yourself.

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LEO (22 July – 22 Aug.) A South African biologist was intrigued to discover an interesting fact about the rodent known as the elephant shrew: It much prefers to slurp the nectar of pagoda lilies than to nibble on peanut butter mixed with apples and rolled oats. The biologist didn’t investigate whether mountain goats would rather eat grasses and rushes than ice cream sundaes, or whether lions like fresh-killed antelopes better than Caesar salad, but I’m pretty sure they do. In a related subject, Leo, I hope that, in the coming weeks, you will seek to feed yourself exclusively with the images, sounds, stories and food that truly satisfy your primal hunger rather than the stuff that other people like or think you should like.

VIRGO (23 Aug. – 22 Sept.)

There are only a very few people whose ancestors were not immigrants. They live in Africa, where Homo sapiens got their start. As for the rest of us, our forbears wandered away from their original home and spread out over the rest of the planet. We all came from somewhere else! This is true on many other levels, as well. In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you Virgos to get in touch with your inner immigrant this week. It’s an excellent time to acknowledge and celebrate the fact that you are nowhere near where you started from, whether you gauge that psychologically, spiritually or literally.

LIBRA (23 Sept. – 23 Oct.) “When I’m good, I’m very good,” said Hollywood’s original siren, Mae West, “but when I’m bad I’m better.” I think that assertion might at times make sense coming out of your lips in the next two weeks. I’d like to offer a variation that could also serve you well. It’s articulated by my reader Sarah Edelman, who says, “When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m batty, I’m better.” Consider trying out both attitudes, Libra, as you navigate your way through the mysterious and sometimes unruly fun that’s headed your way.

SCORPIO (23 Oct. – 21 Nov.) The Weekly World News, my favorite source of fake news, reported on a major development in the art world: An archaeologist found the lost arms of the famous Venus de Milo statue. They were languishing in a cellar in Southern Croatia. Hallelujah! Since her discovery in 1820, the goddess of love and beauty has been incomplete. Will the Louvre Museum in Paris, where she is displayed, allow her to be joined by her original appendages and made whole again? Let’s not concern ourselves now with that question. Instead, please turn your attention to a more immediate concern: the strong possibility that you will soon experience a comparable development, the rediscovery of

and reunification with a missing part of you.

SAGITTARIUS (22 Nov. – 21 Dec.) Seventeenth-century physicians sometimes advised their patients to consume tobacco as a way to alleviate a number of different maladies, from toothaches to arthritis. A few doctors continued recommending cigarettes as health aids into the 1950s. This bit of history may be useful to keep in mind, Sagittarius. You’re in a phase when you’re likely to have success in hunting down remedies for complaints of both a physical and psychological nature. But you should be cautious about relying on conventional wisdom, just in case some of it resembles the idea that cigarettes are good for you. Always double check to make sure that the cures aren’t worse than what they are.

CAPRICORN (22 Dec. – 20 Jan.) Outer space isn’t really that far away. As astronomer Fred Hoyle used to say, you’d get there in an hour if you could drive a car straight up. I think there’s a comparable situation in your own life, Capricorn.

You’ve got an inflated notion of how distant a certain goal is, and that’s inhibiting you from getting totally serious about achieving it. I’m not saying that the destination would be a breeze to get to. My point is that it’s closer than it seems.

AQUARIUS (21 Jan. – 19 Feb.) When most Westerners hear the word “milk,” they surmise it has something to do with cows. The fact is, humans drink milk collected from sheep, goats, camels, yaks, mares, llamas and reindeer. Many grocery stores now stock milk made from soybeans, rice, almonds, coconut, hemp and oats. I’m wondering if maybe it’s a good time for you to initiate a comparable diversification, Aquarius. You shouldn’t necessarily give up the primal sources of nourishment you have been depending on. Just consider the possibility that it might be fun and healthy for you to seek sustenance from some unconventional or unexpected sources.

PISCES (20 Feb. – 20 Mar.) You wouldn’t want to play a game of darts with an inflatable dartboard, right? If you were a smoker, you’d have little interest in a fireproof cigarette. While a mesh umbrella might look stylish, you wouldn’t be foolish enough to expect it to keep the rain out. In the spirit of these truisms, Pisces, I suggest you closely examine any strategy you’re considering to see if it has a built-in contradiction. Certain ideas being presented to you—perhaps even arising from your own subconscious mind—may be inherently impractical to use in the real world.

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cepting 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.

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-reg; seating limited! Feat. women from all walks of life in NC and beyond participating in “Called to Be a Diva— Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (Dressed, Inspired, Virtuous, Anointed).” Speakers: 1st Lady Kathy Campbell; Apostle Amanda Bryant; author and Senior Pastor Kathern Ann Thomas; Senior Ambassador Patricia Melvin; Elder Theresa Huffman; Rev. Lisa McDow; Dr. Myra Sawyer; Sister Margaret Devareux. $20 w/ 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.

clubs/notices CAPE FEAR PARROT CLUB Cape Fear Parrot Club meets monthly. Schedule: 5/19, Picnic 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

culinary 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.

Daily Lunch Combo’s for $7.00

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.

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.

MOTHER’S DAY RIVERBOAT LUNCHEON 5/13: Mother’s Day Riverboat Luncheon Cruise.

12pm-1:30pm. Board an authentic riverboat and treat Mom to a deli buffet lunch and narrated scenic tour of the Cape Fear River. Admission charge.

Pre-paid advance reservations required. Boarding begins at 11:30am. Henrietta III, riverfront at S. Water & Dock Streets. 910-343-1611; 800-6760162; www.cfrboats.com FIRE ON THE DOCK 5/15-16; May 22: A new “Got To Be NC” dining competition sponsored by the N.C. Department of Agriculture features an Iron Chef-style cook-off 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. On 5/22, one chef

walks away with a cash prize and bragging rights.

Shell Island Resort, Wrightsville Beach. Tickets: $59. competitiondining.com WINE 4 PAWS FUND-RAISING 5/15: Guest speaker is Elaine Garber, owner of World Premier Wines, who imports an exciting array of wines, most notably from South Africa, France, and Spain. Feat. France Le Dog Wines.

Proceeds benefit local, no-kill shelters. $20, Balcony on Dock, 33 S. 3rd St. www.thewineseries. com. 910-262-6725, 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 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/

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M to Treat MO ay Buffet er’s D our Moth aturing fe RIMP, FRIED SH CRAB DEVILEDCURED HAM, EGG, DEVILEDEY, ROAST BEEF TURK Plus all the regular items!

WEEKLY SPECIALS WENESDAY Meatloaf: 11am-9pm Chicken Gizzards & Chicken Livers: 11am-4pm Carved Ham: 4pm-9pm THURSDAY Brunswick Stew: 11am-4pm Baked Spaghetti: 11am-4pm Hamburger Steak: 4pm-9pm Deviled Crab: 4pm-9pm SERVING SQUASH CASSEROLE FRIDAY BBQ Pork Ribs w/red sauce: 11am-4pm Fried Shrimp: 4pm-9pm Deviled Crab: 4pm-9pm Carved Roast Beef: 4pm-9pm SATURDAY Hot Wings, Fried Pork Chops, Hamburger Steak: 11am-4pm Fried Shrimp: 4pm-9pm Deviled Crab: 4pm-9pm Carved Roast Beef: 4pm-9pm

Over 20 Homestyle Vegetables and Fresh cooked Eastern North Carolina BBQ Pork cooked daily

ALSO SERVED DAILY...

SUNDAY Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef, BBQ Chicken, Dressing, Ovenbaked Cornbread, Homemade Biscuits

Fried Chicken, Baked Chicken, Chicken & Pastry, Catfish, Whiting, Clam Strips, Fat Back, Crinkle Fries, Pig’s Feet, Chitlins, Rutabagas, Green Beans, Mac-N-Cheese, Sweet Potato Soufflé, Cabbage, Boiled Potatoes, Corn, Field Peas, Turnips, Collards, Baked Beans, Green Peas, Lima Beans, Rice, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Coleslaw, Potato Salad, Pan Fried Okra, Rolls, Hushpuppies, Apple, Blueberry & Peach

Cobbler, Cherry Cheesecake, Banana Pudding and Ice Cream encore

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WILMINGTON

(910)798•2913 • 5559 Oleander Dr. Between Dogwood Lane & French Street, across from the batting cages

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OPEN: Wednesday-Saturday • 11am-9pm, Sunday - 11-8pm CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY