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COVER STORY: RESTAURANT WEEK The time has come! Grab your coats, coupons and favorite dining companions, and step out to enjoy the phenomenal eateries the Port City has to offer—at especially phenomenal prices! One week only, October 21st-28th, is Wilmington Restaurant Week, where over 25 local eateries (such as Cape Fear Seafood Company, left) are offering special prix-fixe menus on 3- and 4-course meals for lunch and dinner. Be sure to check out our full coverage on pages 26-31, and go ahead and make plans for a week of eating, drinking and indulging.

concert tickets

Want to see the best in music at Myrtle Beach’s House of Blues? Or UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium? Visit, www.encorepub. com, to enter one of our many concert contests, and try for a chance to score tickets to area shows! Currently online: Hanson and Hellogoodbye, Social Distortion, The Used, and many more!

comics contest

OK, so we’re keeping our comics contest open for entries through October 31st! That means ‘Toonists must submit several installments of their black-and-white comics, which can be single-paneled or multi-paneled strips (color acceptable). The winner will receive a one-year weekly run as part of encore’s comic line-up, with pay. The ‘toon must have a name and clear concept—the edgier, the better. We prefer ones that are current with the times, especially when delving into local topics. ‘Toonists will also

be required to draw a piece bi-weekly to print alongside the Creative Writing winner’s ongoing series.

We will choose winning and non-winning entries to feature in our first edition of the 2010 year, so many folks will be published! Send us your entries: shea@encorepub.

We accept entries via e-mail only through October 31st.

Winners will be notified by middle of November and will begin working for us in January, 2010.

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In our September 30th (Riverfest) edition of encore, we mistakenly and regrettably printed Amelia Hutchins’ painting “Sadie” sideways. The correct manner in which it was intended to be shown is featured above.

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late-night funnies

“Well, as you probably know, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group of investors who were trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. Speculation was that Limbaugh was considered by the league to be too controversial, you know, unlike Michael Vick, Pacman Jones, coach Tom Cable, Plaxico Burress. The NFL hates controversy.”—Jay Leno “Hey, a new poll just came out that shows that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now more popular than President Obama. Hillary said she’s thrilled to win a popularity contest a year after it matters.”—Conan O’Brien “It’s not a great day for old folks. Today, the Social Security Administration announced there will be no cost of living increase for senior citizens. Social Security is the government’s most popular program.

A couple of years ago, President Bush wanted to privatize Social Security and put all the money in the stock market. That would have worked out. That would be like hiring Michael Vick to look after your dog!”

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6 op-ed: The Cranky Foreigner addresses Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize.

7-8 city council profile: Bethany Turner chats with Charlie Rivenbark while Zach McKeown interviews Ricky Meeks.

9 save the world: Emily Rea gets details on the upcoming VolleyPaws fund-raiser tournament for Carolina Canines.

10 news of the weird: Chuck Shepherd finds the oddities of crime.

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12-13 theater: MJ Pendleton reviews “Elvis...

The King and Me” from City Stage; Anghus reviews Guerilla Theatre’s “Night of the Living Dead.”

14-15 movies: Zach McKeown reveals the upcoming Aniwave film fest; Anghus reviews the average Whip It. 16 art preview: Lauren Hodges gets the scoop on the upcoming Cause for Paws.

17 gallery guide: See what local galleries are hanging.

18-19 music: Lisa Huynh interviews monkeyknifefight; Adrian Varnam gets the scoop on the upcoming Super Unplugged; Bethany Turner covers Grace Potter and The Nocturnals.

20-23 soundboard: See what bands and solo musicians are playing in venues all over town.

24 breast cancer awareness month: Find out what’s going on locally to help raise money for a cure for breast cancer.

grub & guzzle..................24-30 26-31 wilmington restaurant week: It’s

finally here! Find a ton of savings at 28 local restaurants who have posted prix-fixe menus at www.wilmingtonrestaurantweek.com. In honor of the inaugural event, we’ve written about every eatery involved! Plan your dining excursions now!

33-35 dining guide: Need a few suggestions on where to eat? Flip through encore’s dining guide for a few of the Port City’s finest.

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36 book preview: Jill Watson gives readers a look in Michael Thomas’ Man Gone Down and his upcoming reading at UNCW. 38 fact or fiction: Ashley Cunningham delivers her lastest installment of “Ashed.”

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Obamaʼs Nobel: A chance for America to step out into the light

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ometimes someone gets that Big Prize for what doesn’t get into the headlines. As a cranky foreigner, I know that Europe, Mexico and Europe spend a lot more time paying attention to what we do than we do. So when Obama cancelled the Cold War II, it was big news in Europe—but I think it was NFL pre-season here, so we didn’t seem to notice.

Cold War I was very, very good to a lot of rich Americans. They could sell totally nonfunctioning weapon systems to the scaredshitless tax-payer. And if that “incoming whatever detector” didn’t work, and we were all engulfed in an atomic firestorm, who is going to go back to the manufacturer and demand that it be made to work properly?

Selling weapon systems in Cold War I was

by: The Cranky Foreigner like promising heaven to the faithful. If they died and didn’t end up in those fluffy clouds with a new harp, they couldn’t exactly get their money back from the preacher.

The stupid weapon orgy culminated in Reagan’s “Star Wars” thing. The laser that was supposed to blow up incoming missiles over Canada (aren’t neighbors swell?).

There wasn’t a scientist in the world, who wasn’t on crack, who believed it could be done, but somehow the tax-payers’ pockets were about a trillion dollars lighter by the time we fudged it and made it look like we could do it some other way. In the end it was just “nevermind.”

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That orgy ended suddenly when the Berlin Wall came down, and we needed to instantly invent a new war. Unfortunately, the best we could come up with was the “War on Drugs.”

It turned out to be a war on stupid, poor people who lived on the wrong side of the tracks—and that wasn’t a very big hit. At only $60 billion a year, it was hardly worth the bother.

So Bush II’s buddies, pining for the good old days, cancelled the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, (the best thing Reagan ever created), budgeted $17 million for some underground nuclear testing in Nevada and set up new missile bases in Eastern Europe.

Putin responded in kind, and we were back in the Cold War business. “Laissez les bons temps roulez,” as they used to say in New Orleans before Bush took the levee funds

and gave it to the military.

So when Obama announced, as quietly as possible, that we were shutting down this new missile program, and Putin backed down, it was front-page news in Europe: Cold War II was cancelled! (Remember: They lost about 30 million people to wars within my father’s lifetime—and they never had Ronald Reagan, the actor, making movies about how great war was—so they have a much more pessimistic view of the whole process. A continent of surrender monkeys if there ever was one.)

The other big Obama peace news (in the rest of the world) was the Cairo Speech. “Obama Cancels the Fifth Crusade!” We were no longer planning to topple one Middle-Eastern country after another. And, maybe, we didn’t hate all Muslims because of their faith. Those two factors alone meant that Obama had done more for world peace last year than any other person alive.

But the real reason for the Peace Prize is that everyone in the world, outside of America and al-Qaida, wants Obama to succeed. Palestine is desperate for peace, the Chinese really want our economy to improve, Europe wants to make serious climate-change moves, Central America, Africa, they all want America to be . . .

Well, Randy Newman sang it best: “America, America, step out into the light/ You’re the best dream man has ever dreamed/ And may all our Christmases be white.”

In the Hot Seat: Charlie Rivenbark one of five city-council candidates present at public forum

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ell, basically, I’ll start with the easy stuff. Why are you running?” I asked Wilmington City Council candidate Charlie Rivenbark, just as I have with all other candidates during my interviews for encore. However, the answer—or lack thereof—was not what I expected. Rivenbark held a long pause. “Go to the next one,” he said.

I nervously laughed, taken aback by the reply, but complied with his wishes. “OK, how do you plan to address the need for jobs?”

His reply made me nervous. “I think you’re a little confused,” he said.

I quickly processed the thought that, in fact, maybe I was extremely confused. But then it occurred to me that Kevin O’Grady had answered the same question with flying colors a few weeks ago. There must be some sort of mistake, I thought.

“City council, we take part in economic development. We don’t create jobs. We try to, with economic development, we try to bring...”

I cut him off. I now understood where the confusion was. “Well, that’s what I was asking. ‘How do you plan to address it,’ as in, how will you bring businesses here, which will in turn create jobs?” I clarified.

“We have recruiters bring business here,” he replied. “Hopefully, the county will improve the schools where people will want to come here. If people want to come here, they’ll come here.”

Again, I redirected our focus.

“What are your thoughts on the rising green movement and how it will affect Wilmington?”

I posed.

“You know, everybody loves the environment. It’s something that’s fairly new,” he answered. I assumed he was speaking of the green movement as being “fairly new,” not the environment, of course.

He continued. “I have close friends in the Green Coalition. We have a forum on the 14th at Roudabush with the green people ... the average person doesn’t have a clue what it’s all about,” he concluded.

Considering the onslaught of “green” products on the market, the recycling bins peppered all over UNCW’s campus and throughout homes in the city, along with the marketing of hybrid cars and green building supplies now available for common use, I diverted attention to something else, as to not provoke more insult on the knowledge that our citizens obtain daily if only by watching TV commercials.

WWAY reported Rivenbark saying he wanted to copy some of the successes he had while on city council from 1993-2001, so talking about them seemed to be a topic on which he could absolutely elaborate.“Well, we tripled

by: Bethany Turner the capacity of the Sweeney Water [Treatment] Plant. We built roads. There were any number of things that we did, just working with the other members of council,” he vaguely replied. “Go on to the next one.”

And so I obliged, noting the issue of annexation, something that Rivenbark’s campaign Web site, RivenbarkForCityCouncil.com, addresses. Rivenbark stated he has provided services to all Wilmington citizens during a past council experience.

“I’m sure you’re aware there is opposition amongst the residents of Wilmington about the annexation this year,” I began. “Mainly because residents who were annexed in the ‘90s feel they didn’t receive what they paid for....”

“Let me stop you there,” he quipped. “If you can find a neighborhood or any pocket of people who have not received the services promised with annexation, I’ll eat that glass,” he said, nodding in the direction of an aluminum water bottle. “That’s an old wives’ tale. That’s just the anti-annexation people grasping at straws.”

Annexation is a hot topic in this year’s election, as I’m sure it is in every city-council election. Monkey Junction is the next area the city is considering for annexation. In the ‘90s, though, a couple by the name of Gary and Jennie Galloway had their home off Masonboro Sound Road annexed.

“We moved to the Wilmington area in ‘94,” Mr. Galloway said upon inquiry, after my interview with Rivenbark, “and, of course, we had the opportunity to decide where we wanted to live. We didn’t need any additional services; that’s not really what we wanted. So we located here for a lot of reasons, but it was unincorporated, in the county, and we were perfectly happy with the degree of services that we were provided. It was, to me, a great surprise, having come from outside of North Carolina, when they told me we were going to be annexed by the city.

“My first thought was, Well, the people have to agree with that. I can’t imagine that the people will agree. And they said, ‘No, the city can do this unilaterally,’” he continued.

The Galloways are not alone. They told me their neighbors agreed, including County Commissioner Ted Davis Jr. “If Charlie Rivenbark wants somebody else to eat his glass over, all he has to do is talk to Ted Davis,” Mr. Galloway advised.

In an article by Chris Mazzolini printed in the Star-News, Davis was quoted as saying, “I don’t think annexation of an area that doesn’t need services is right because it’s forced annexation.” Mazzolini went on to explain that Davis and his neighbors, like the Galloways, “already had water, sewer, law enforcement and

fire protection when the city came calling.”

In response to Rivenbark’s challenge to find a Wilmington resident who was unhappy with the city services he received, Mr. Galloway shared the following: “We were happy with the services because they were identical to what we already had. The city has provided nothing. We already had our sewer and water infrastructures. Well, they did hire a few more police; however, I think it’s disingenuous for them to say they hired more for the new areas because we don’t need them out here, nor should they be here.”

Mrs. Galloway chimed in, “And our taxes went up.”

“They went up by at least two-thirds. I hate to be so negative,” Mr. Galloway said, “but what we got was more limitations. We used to be able to have a burn permit, but now we can’t burn our trash.” To him, it is the loss of the small freedoms that have made a big difference. “We have a significantly higher tax bill, more restrictions that [we] really didn’t want and no additional services.”

On October 15th, I attended the Stand Up and Vote Candidates’ Forum. None of the incumbents were present, not even Mayor Saffo.

However, Rivenbark was among the five council candidates that did show. In his opening statement, he said the issues he feels are most important are working on lowering property crimes and boosting economic development. When a question was posed about the candidates’ positions on forced annexation, Rivenbark was the only one to answer in favor of it. “I believe the state will amend the laws,” he said, noting that he will vote depending on these laws.

In response to a citizen’s question about taxing, spending and how the candidates “are going to cut this massive, behemoth government,” Rivenbark said, “I think the answer to your question is to consolidate. There are not [many] duplicated services between the city and the county.

But where there are services that are overlapping, and you can show that there are savings, I’m all for it. I always have been. Consolidation is something that I think will come.”

Another concerned citizen posed an important question to the candidates.” He said, “We have seen people leaving city council and [being replaced by] unelected appointees.

My question is, what would you do to change that process?”

Rivenbark responded, “Personally, I didn’t throw my hat in the ring on the appointment. I wanted to run for my seat. If I go on city council, I want it to be because I get the votes to go on city council. And it really pains me when somebody asks the voters to put them there for a two-year or four-year term and then somewhere in the middle, they go somewhere else. I have a real problem with that.”

His aggression was apparent, and his answer seemed sincere.

Finally, another resident of Wilmington spoke, “I want to thank all of you who have come to sit on the hot seat and address the public’s concerns. It’s very commendable of you. I want to address this question to Mr. Rivenbark: Do you have any thoughts as to why the three incumbents did not attend the forum?”

“You would have to ask them that, ma’am,” he politely began. “I won’t dodge a forum or dodge a tax-paying citizen,” he told the audience.

In his closing statement, Mr. Rivenbark said, “It’s easy to say the things that you will do. But actually going down there in the heat of the moment, when you’ve got 50 people screaming at you from the Council of Chambers, you have to look past that. I’m not defending any council, I’m just saying I’ve been there. You have to look past those 50 people and look at the 90-100,000 that are living in the city of Wilmington, and that’s what you have to follow. And you have to go to that table, and you have to be prepared. And when you raise your hand, you better know what you’re doing because you’re affecting a lot of people.

“I’ve never shied away from a tough issue, and I sure as heck have never shied away from making that tough decision. My vote was never for sale. Nobody ever approached me about that, and that’s the way I conduct myself,” he concluded.

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When the People Come Calling...

City-council candidate Ricky Meeks is ready to listen

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or anyone who has spent any amount of time in Wilmington, the name “Ricky Meeks” will most likely sound familiar.

Or if not by the name alone, then by the image of the man walking our streets, waving at passersby, speaking to anyone that would like a word with him and attending nearly every school sports function possible. Ricky Meeks is a man that has lived his entire life in Wilmington. He truly loves our fair city, imperfections though there may be, and now he is running for city council.

In the past Meeks has run for city council five times, New Hanover County School Board four times and once for mayor, which is to say nothing of his political aspirations during his high-school days. He has lost every single one of those races; however, there is something to be said for his determination and fervent belief that he will do well by our city that must be compelling him to continue to run for office after a long-standing series of defeats. In fact, when I had the chance to meet with Meeks for an interview, it became immediately apparent that regardless of his past losses, he is approaching the task at hand with every bit of dedication and passion as his very first candidacy. “This time I think it is going to be different,” he immediately established.

Ricky Meeks believes himself to be a unique candidate for a number of reasons: one of the greatest being the fact that he has an extreme interest in the problems of the average Wilmington native; the other of street-level issues—most likely because he walks those very streets every day of his life.

“I’m not a person to do back-room deals.

I listen to ideas and concerns,” Meeks explained. Though he cautiously admitted to being a registered Republican, he went on to admit that he is a very left-leaning Republican in that he “care[s] about the low-income

by: Zach McKeown people, [their] everyday needs, like transportation and drainage and, you know, all the kinds of needs we have in the city.”

In fact, Meeks went on to explain that he takes great care to tackle issues on a caseby-case basis and that no single approach works for all of the issues that Wilmington faces today and in the future.

I don’t look at Republicans and Democrats as enemies in a country,” he explained. “I just think they’re all Americans, and they want to go home—to a safe home—and have good health and no crime, you know? I think both parties feel that way.”

I asked Meeks if there were any specific issues that spoke to him personally, and not surprisingly, one of two issues that he is most passionate about is public transportation. As an avid user of public transportation, he says he is happy with the current system.

“Eighty percent of me is happy, but the other part is not because we have buses running … that don’t run on Saturdays and Sundays. Saturdays and Sundays I’m looking for them, because we have some residents who could go shopping, go to a movie; if they get sick, they can get on a bus and go to the hospital.”

In addition to expanding the coverage and days that public transit runs, Meeks would also like to see adjacent towns, such as Leland and Belville, contribute monetarily, though obviously to a lesser degree than Wilmington itself. “The whole region is growing,” he pointed out, “and transportation needs to expand with it.”

Meeks’ second highest priority is to change the way the general public is allowed to express their questions and concerns at city-council meetings. Meeks explained that in recent years the council has moved the

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MEET THE CANDIDATE: Ricky Meeks has run for city council numerous times before and even did a mayoral run. He’s back on the ballot for city council, 2009.

public-commentary section of the meeting from the beginning to the very end and has enacted a bizarre series of registration choices, wherein to speak, an individual has to register by noon the day before the meeting—a move which Meeks finds extremely unfair, particularly for working individuals.

Instead of the current system, he is hoping to change the format of public speaking to the system that the New Hanover County School Board uses, where individuals can sign up to speak to the board the day of the meeting and the public-commentary portion is at the very beginning of the session, as opposed to the end.

Upon grappling with more specific and controversial topics that our city faces today, Meeks’ feelings on the Titan cement plant remain wearily positive. “It’s going to create good-paying jobs,” he noted, “but I’m in the middle a little bit. [I’m] for Titan because of paying jobs, but you also have to think of the water and air.”

And like all candidates who have an opinion on the ongoing construction of the convention center, Meeks made it clear he has always supported it—as long as the taxpayers don’t pay for it. “[It’s] going to look good, might be good for the city,” he assumed. “Area hotels are going to benefit.”

Benefits of business always become a point of sale for our city. But not all citizens necessarily stand behind such decisions—one of which right now seems to manifest in the form of annexation.

“I have always been against annexation, ever since 1995, when I ran for council the first time,” Meeks steadfastly maintained. “My philosophy is: When you live in Wilmington, whether [off] Floral Parkway, in my neighborhood or downtown, we’ve got some roads in our city that are in terrible shape, some sidewalks that are in terrible shape. How can the city and town merge in annexation when you can’t take care of what is already in the city?”

Meeks elaborated a different plan he would have taken if he had won in previous council elections. “If I was on council [over] the past few years, and annexation would have come up, I would call a special meeting for those people [affected by it, such as the people] in the Monkey Junction, and let them speak their minds, and let the council members and others listen.

Afterward, I’d want [the council] to address what questions arose.”

While not everything runs as smoothly and simply as we’d like (I mean, shouldn’t our government, local or otherwise, always be held accountable and hear out the people’s wants and needs?), it’s clear Meeks, Republican or otherwise, covets our Constitutional mantra, “for the people.”

“I’m thinking about the future a little bit,” he stated. “We all have to work together to make New Hanover County a good place to be, and a good place to have fun and just have a great life.”

And, really, isn’t that what every resident wants?

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magine daily life as a disabled person: simple, everyday tasks become laborious, time-consuming obstacles. Getting dressed, doing housework, even carrying groceries are frustraing tasks and often too difficult to do alone.

Now imagine the sweet face and wagging tail of a service dog trotting alongside, ready and willing to make the details of life less painful and less stressful—all with an unconditional, loving companionship to boot.

Based in Wilmington, Carolina Canines is an organization, founded in 1996, that trains and places such service dogs throughout the Carolinas. There are currently 34 service dogs that have been placed, all of whom were fostered, trained and then received through an application process.

“Carolina Canines’ [dogs] are taught over 70 different tasks,” Dave Mickler, a board member and two-time service dog recipient, explains.

“The most common task would be retrieving, especially for someone in a wheelchair. Other common tasks would include turning lights on/off, pulling wheelchairs, rising to counters for transactions, loading and unloading washing machines and dryers, and opening doors. . . . I found that my service dog has not only allowed me to do things I hadn’t done prior to receiving her, but she has also ‘opened the door’ to many conversations and interactions with people that wouldn’t have otherwise approached me.”

Mickler has been with Carolina Canines for 11 years now and has personally seen the difference a service dog can make in a person’s daily life. Any individual who experiences mobility limitations can apply for one, although the pups are primarily placed for assistance and companionship.

“Service dogs are trained to help people, not for protection,” Mickler ascertains.

“As a service-dog owner, I’m frequently asked if my dog is trained to protect me. If I were attacked, my dog may defend me, but [that] would be because of our bond, not from training.”

Service dogs are selected as 7-to 10-weekold puppies to be placed with foster individuals, couples or families who have committed to raising the dog for up to 24 months. Training for service takes up to three years per dog. Under the Service Dog Foster Program, fosters can attend regular classes to learn how to train and socialize their puppies.

“Their duties also require that they take the dog in public as part of the conditioning training, then they would turn the dog over to Carolina Canines for advanced training after the dog becomes proficient in basic skills,” Mickler says. “The dog would then be matched with a potential recipient for team training. It takes a special person to become a foster trainer.”

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Beyond the Service Dog Foster Program, the organization also offers Carolina Canines for Veterans, a program started last year at Camp Lejeune that is the only military prison servicedog program in the country. Prisoners work to train the dogs, which is in turn accredited to them as a continuing education units course. Wounded veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan then receive the help they need through placement with a service dog. More programs under Carolina Canines include Carolina Canines for Therapy and Paws for Reading, a program that helps children improve their reading skills.

“It’s not just about what your dog does for you, it’s also the bond created by the closeness of the person-dog team,” Mickler says.

“It is my belief that a service dog should be an entitlement, no different than a wheelchair or prosthesis.”

Unfortunately, nonprofits such as Carolina Canines have struggled greatly throughout

the recession, and the veterans program, for example, currently receives no government funding. To help raise support for this highly effective and worthy organization, Megan Kopka came up with the idea for a volleyball benefit tournament, open to the public.

“I found Carolina Canines at a nonprofit fair, [and] it seemed to be the organization that I could easily involve my family with, including our dog,” Kopka says. “Our love for animals, participating in the community, and to volunteer and serve the special needs/disability community are important to me. I have been playing on a [volleyball] league [for a year], and Capt’n Bills regularly hosts fund-raising events. So I contacted Amy at Carolina Canines and asked if they would be interested in the idea. [I then] asked Debbie at Capt’n Bills her thoughts, and from there was invited to the next board meeting at Carolina Canines.”

The tournament’s specific beneficiaries are three new service dogs, Zebulon, Issachar and Judah, along with their new partners, who need specialized team training. “All three dogs are Labradoodles, chosen for their willingness to retrieve (Labrador) and the antiallergic benefits of a Poodle,” Micker notes.

To help make this event a success, there are two ways the public can get involved with the tournament: play or donate.

“First and foremost [you can] put together a team, and come out and have fun!” Kopka says.

“Volleyball is played at varying skill levels; we see teams made up of families, including children, colleagues building relationships, as well as the regulars at Capt’n Bill’s.”

Donations are also important, with opportunities available to become a sponsor for $100.

“We could also use some help getting promotional items for goodie bags for the players [as well]; we are hoping for 80-160 players,” Kopka adds. “Typical items include gift certificates, key rings or can koozies.”

Advocacy of a program such as Carolina Canines can be a truly life-changing effort, even in the indirect way of playing in a fun, fund-raising volleyball tournament. To see more opportunities for support and volunteering, or to learn more about the organization itself, visit www.

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LEAD STORY The human brain’s 100 billion neurons may have such specific functions that a few electrically charge only upon recognition of a single celebrity, such as Oprah Winfrey or Bill Clinton. UCLA researchers, studying the healthy cells of pre-op epilepsy patients, inadvertently discovered this unusual property, which apparently varies with individuals but remains internally consistent, whether the celebrity is represented by picture, name or sound. Patients were presented “hundreds of stimuli,” one researcher told The Wall Street Journal in October, but “the neuron would respond to only one or two.” For example, neurons were found that reacted only to to Jennifer Aniston, only to “The Simpsons,” only to Mother Teresa.

The Continuing Crisis In 2002, following an acrimonious family debate, the head of late baseball slugger Ted Williams was cryogenically frozen, in the hope that science will some day learn how to revive dead people. An employee

of the Arizona lab that stores the head recently disclosed some inside shenanigans, according to a September report in the New York Daily News. According to the employee, to keep Williams’ head from sticking to the inside of its storage carton, the head was placed on an empty Bumble Bee tuna fish can inside the container, but the can itself then stuck to the head and had to be whacked off with a monkey wrench. (Since the lab’s work is secretive, only first-person reports are likely to emerge on this story.)

High-Maintenance Goddesses: In Ahmedabad District, India, in September, Ramveer Singh Baghel, 35, sliced off his tongue as an offering to the goddess Amba. His sacrifice made him an instant deity in the local temple, delaying his trip to the hospital.

And two weeks later, in a village in Bargarh District, India, a 19-year-old woman cut out her tongue, hoping, she said, that the Shiva temple’s resident goddess would halt the woman’s imminent arranged marriage and allow her to pick someone closer to her age.

Adventure in the Bush: In June, after a monitored, endangered marsupial (a “woy-

lie”) was killed in West Australia, scientists set out to recover the expensive radio collar transmitter it was wearing, but as they approached the signal, a 6-foot-long python swallowed the woylie and collar. The scientists captured the snake, intending to wait for the collar to pass through, but poachers broke into the Department of Environment and Conservation’s shelter and stole the python, surely intending to sell it. According to a June report in The West Australian, the scientists, aided by authorities, eventually picked up the radio transmissions again, arrested one poacher, and freed the snake from its impending life of captivity.

In a delicate, two-hour procedure at a hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., in September, firefighters carefully sawed off the inch-thick metal dumbbell-tightening ring into which a man had inserted his penis three days earlier. He told surgeons his plan was to lengthen the organ, to, as he put it, “make me the chief of my tribe.” By the time he got to the hospital, his member was swollen to more than twice its normal size, and sawing the ring off (without cutting the skin) was the only way to save it.

Bright Ideas The mayor of the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, faced with an overcrowded highway D909 through town, “solved” the problem recently by making the street oneway, sending traffic speedily into the adjacent town of Clichy-la-Garenne. That city’s mayor (a political rival of the Levallois-Perret mayor) reacted by making his portion of D909 one-way back toward LevalloisPerret, creating a dilemma at the city limit.

Other authorities are working to resolve the impasse.

Chutzpah! In the tiny east Texas town of Tenaha, police allegedly extorted traveling motorists by subjecting them to bogus traffic stops, perhaps finding small amounts of

drugs, and then offering to forgo prosecution if the motorists would forfeit their cars and other property. The forfeited items were then sold to fund a special police recreation account. Last year, the ACLU of Texas filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against both the police and local prosecutor Lynda Russell, and in September 2009, Russell asked the state attorney general if she could pay her legal expenses from the alleged extorted recreation account.

Hyperactive Seniors (1) Ella Orko, 86, was arrested in Chicago in August (her 61st arrest) and charged with shoplifting $252 worth of groceries and sundries (including anti-wrinkle cream). (2) Earlier this year, Richard Ramsey, 77, finally fulfilled a dream he said he’d had since age 13: He surgically became a woman. He had been living occasionally as Renee Ramsey following a 20-year military career, partly spent as a Green Beret.

Fine Points of the Law Judge James Morley dismissed animal cruelty charges in September against former Moorestown, N.J., police officer Robert Melia Jr., who had been caught in 2006 attempting to sexually gratify himself using calves’ mouths. Because the state has no anti-bestiality statute, Melia was charged with animal “cruelty,” but Judge Morley said he was uncertain whether the acts were “cruel” or merely confusing. He reasoned that calves would normally recognize an appendage in their mouths as the prelude to food. If the calf could speak, said Judge Morley, it might merely say, “Where’s the milk? I’m not getting any milk.”

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as a simple narrative. Stewart’s charisma and physicality transform the story into performance art. He becomes a clumsy teenager who is, perhaps, experiencing a growth spurt, and his brain hasn’t quite adjusted to distance and space. His walk-thewalk cool is hilarious, and as far as talking

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the talk—well, it’s painful but familiar. He only achieves his cool when he channels Elvis alone in his room.

Stewart has cleverly chosen the Elvis songs which epitomize the longing, the connection and the heartbreak of first love.

Since the actual love affair lasts about five minutes, most of which is a very awkward phone conversation, Elvis’ songs of romanticized love and Earth-shattering heartache are the ideal musical hyperbole for a boy who is in love with love.

Stewart, who is a professional clown in real life, has a true sense of comic timing, as well as physical and facial expressiveness that enhance his monologue and endear him to the audience. When he sings he is not impersonating Elvis’s voice or appearance, but he plays to the audience the way Elvis did, though with a dash of irony.

On Thursday night Stewart stepped into

Brown Co October 2 the audience singing “Love Me Tender” and soulfully Sundays a swore his undying love to Tickets: 91 three different swooning ladies. He was on one knee with another woman, singing “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” and the parody of the performance was so funny that even Stewart had to struggle with keeping a straight face.

Another woman, who had snagged the trademark silk scarf that he tossed during “Kentucky Rain,” leaned over to gently dab the passion-induced sweat.

Though the audience was relatively small Thursday night, it was enthusiastically receptive, and the Elvis fans bopped in their seats and clapped to the beat. The audience’s antics became a part of the performance and affected the success of the production.

Music Director Robert Wilder accompanied Stewart from Massachusetts. He added occasional vocal accompaniment to his impressive keyboarding and, along with Trevor Stewart (guitar) and Daniel Ziglar (drums), provided amusing sound effects and, at times, hammed it up in response to Stewart’s performance.

The set (Scenic Asylum) and the lighting (Dallas LaFon) are simple, but effective and the accompanying slide show (J. Hagenbuckle) is wonderfully mood enhancing. There are, of course, Elvis pictures, but the yearbook-type photos of ‘70s teenagers really bring the absent characters to life. While Stewart sang “Devil in Disguise,” he drew horns, a mustache and a pointy beard on the girl who broke his heart.

This is a warm, fuzzy and funny evening of entertainment, which is almost singularly dependent on Jay Stewart, with the audience as the wild card. Level-5 audiences pretty reliably just wanna have fun, so chances are everyone will.

Undead Comes Alive: Guerilla Theatre presents ‘Night of the Living Dead’ by: Anghus Houvouras

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’m not a big fan of the qualifying statement at the start of a review. It’s not my job to convince readers that my opinion is any more or less valid than any other chucklehead in the Port City. Sure, I went to college (a third-rate state university in the middle of nowhere) and majored in theater, and worked professionally at some of the most renowned repertory theaters in the country (as a carpenter). And sure, I’ve published a book featuring the undead, and written and produced a zombie film currently airing late night on Showtime opposite softcore pornography on Cinemax. Does that make me any more qualified to review “Night of the Living Dead,” the new stage adaptation of the George Romero classic?

I’m kidding, of course. When it’s all boiled down, I’m a fan of both theater and stories of the living dead, so my curiosity was piqued with Richard Davis’ latest production. I count Night of the Living Dead as one of the 10 best movies ever made. A danger of adapting familiar material is breaking free from the preconceived notions. “Night of the Living Dead,” the play, is a bold attempt at adapting Romero’s material, but there’s something inherently flawed with the direction of the adaptation. The cast is effective with a breakout performance from Marquand Ragland as Ben. He managed to bring genuine emotion and range to the role. The supporting cast pulls their weight but has a hard time putting fresh spins on redundant dialogue.

I was impressed with the scope of the production. The space is used well, the one room set creating a claustrophobic little pressure cooker to keep the heat turned up. There’s some interesting use of mixed media. The show opens with a pre-taped sequence in a cemetery, which acts as a bridge between the open world and house that will become her prison. It also serves as a transition between the film and the stage. It was a unique idea and well-executed.

As the show went on, I found myself wanting more conceptualization and less adaptation. In trying to create a faithful adaptation, Guerilla Theatre has staged a show with one hand tied behind its back.

Of course I have to mention the zombies. We only see a small smattering. I wasn’t expecting an army of the undead to rush the stage, but the lack of a strong zombie presence was sorely missed until the show’s conclusion. A couple

of hands reaching in through a window is one thing, but why not blow me out of the back of the theater with the sound of moans and screams as they begin to encircle the house? The tension doesn’t build, nor is it ever present. Tension is what makes a story like “Night of the Living Dead.” And without it, it’s just a bunch of people in a room trying to out-scream one another.

The real issue I had with the show was the creative direction. The show felt caught in the reigns of the familiar. When reduced to just dialogue and a hint of flesh-eating zombies, the material feels porous. The failings begin to show.

Fear is such a vital part of Romero’s original.

I credit the cast for doing their best to try and recreate the spine-tingling chills of the original.

And I admire the attempt to bring some variety to the Wilmington theater scene. However, such a literal adaptation prevents “Night of the Living Dead” from generating anything authentic.

Those readers who haven’t seen the film may find more to like. Credit is due for taking risks; I just wished they would have taken the material somewhere new. Where it did succeed is making me interested in seeing what Guerilla Theatre is going to do next. I think we could use a few more unconventional shows in this town.

For those interested The Browncoat will be doing a special performance on Halloween with door prizes, food, a costume contest and more. More details can be found at www.browncoattheatre.com.

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Art with Depth: Aniwave reaches an eager audience

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apanese animation or “anime,” as it is more commonly described. is a bit of a phenomenon in the United States. Shows like “Dragon Ball Z,” “Pokemon,” “Naruto” and a plethora of others have enjoyed massive success thanks to Cartoon Network and other cable channels. But said shows are really only the mainstream tip of a huge iceberg.

According to Michal Wisniowski, creator and driving force behind Wilmington’s Aniwave Anime Film Festival, it’s time for people to dive in deep and discover some true works of art hidden just beneath the surface, of which many are already familiar.

Three years ago Michal Wisniowski came to the conclusion that there was a serious void in the Wilmington area, wherein there were large groups of anime fans hungry to get together, and discover new films and series to feed their addiction to the medium. Yet, no actual festivals or conventions catered to them outside of Animazement, a yearly convention held in Raleigh.

As it turns out, not only does nature abhor a vacuum, but so does Wisniowski, and so Aniwave, the first and only anime film festival in the Cape Fear, was born.

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showcase artistic Japanese animation rather than mainstream Cartoon-Network-type stuff,” Wisniowski described. He went on to explain that the difference between mainstream and serious Japanese animation is like night and day—the former, though it has its merits, is more about flash over substance. The latter styles of anime sport a very real depth of plot and represent a much more cultural style of art in the same way that one of the original, handdrawn Disney movies represents a unique, artistic American style of animation.

Taking place October 24th and 25th, day one of the Aniwave festival will be held at the Cameron Art Museum in the courtyard or café, depending on the weather. The first event will be a unique anime cosplay picnic, starting at 11am, wherein fans are encouraged to dress up as

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their favorite characters. A professional photographer will be on hand to take plenty of pictures of all of the weird and wild costumes on display during the event, as well as during an official photo shoot starting at 1pm. According to Wisniowski, the turnout for the cosplay event and the festival in general has more than doubled each successive year. Thus, 2009 promises to have a really significant amount of costumed fans. Even so, costumes aren’t strictly required, and people are encouraged to come along even if they’d just prefer to observe from afar.

Following the cosplay picnic and photo shoot, the films will begin showing at 2pm. The first day is geared specifically more toward a younger audience, though Wisniowski made sure to point out that all of the films, regardless of the age group they are inherently illustrated to, are highquality and enjoyable to people of all ages.

The Cameron Art Museum had become a regular host for Aniwave and an extremely important element to the festival, according to Wisniowski. “Parents bring kids and feel a lot safer dropping them off at Cameron for an afternoon versus, you know, dropping them downtown.”

Day two of Aniwave will be held at the downtown Soapbox Laundro Lounge, which is geared more toward an adult audience. Two of the three films to be shown do have an “R” rating, though Wisniowski pointed out that the films are, “not necessarily [risqué] for violence or nudity so much as thematically and conceptually.” Minors will be allowed to attend, but there is an open bar available and, once again, some content may not be appropriate.

The films at the Soapbox will begin at 1pm, running throughout the day. Following the showings, the festival will end with a first for Aniwave: an anime/techno dance finale. It will feature a full-length anime that was made to sync with a Daft-Punk album, wherein each track of the album comprises a chapter of the film. “It

should be really cool, if it works,” Wisniowski remarked.

The dance finale is a new element to the festival, something Wisniowski added after drawing inspiration from anime conventions abroad. In regards to transforming Aniwave into Wilmington’s first full-fledged convention, he stated, “I’m never planning on turning this into an anime con because it’s more of an artgeared thing, but there’s a lot of con elements I would like to add. I would love to add vendors, you know? That would definitely generate more revenue.”

Regardless to changes of venue and additions to the festival made over the past three years, one principle of Aniwave remains constant: keeping it free. The festival at its core is made for local anime fans of all ages, rich or poor or otherwise, and Wisniowski believes that keeping admission completely free not only saves people a few dollars, but also significantly boosts attendance and keeps the festival from running into licensing problems with the films they show.

On a slightly sad note, Wisniowski mentioned that it is becoming markedly more difficult with the economy being what it is to secure sponsors. He is, after all, not being paid to organize this yearly event, and the larger it becomes, the more time and effort it takes on his behalf to keep things in order. This, in combination with his personal employment problems, leaves the future of Aniwave in questionable territory.

Still, this year’s festivities are certain to be a great success due in no small part to the generous support and facilities of the Cameron Art Museum and Soapbox Laundro Lounge, as well as sponsorship from local companies Kathleen Shannon Glancy, P.A., digieffects and AnimEigo.

For parents interested in researching the films that will be shown during Aniwave this year, titles, ratings and synopses, as well as addresses, event descriptions and contact information, are available at the Aniwave site, www.aniwave.com.

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here are a number of personalities in Hollywood that immediately elicit a reaction. When we see a trailer for a movie starring Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts, we have a pretty good idea what we’re walking into: something mainstream with no sharp edges to challenge us. If

we see Brad Pitt or George Clooney on a poster, there’s a good chance we’re going to see something a little more cerebral. Or if we see a movie starring Nic Cage, we know that it may be 90 minutes of pure, unadulterated awful.

Drew Barrymore is someone of whom I’ve never really had a strong opinion. When I walked into an empty theater to see her directorial debut, Whip It, I had a hard time remembering the last movie in which she starred. There was that time when I was trapped on a 10-hour international flight and watched the absolutely miserable Riding in Cars with Boys. I remember seeing a halfhour or so of Charlie’s Angels on cable before changing the channel. The only memorable performance that popped into my head was from The Wedding Singer. Yes, The Wedding Singer. While there’s nothing wrong with her performance as Julia in it, she isn’t exactly known for her acting chops. I wondered if her directing would be equally bland. Unfortunately, it kind of was.

I realize that most actors have the urge to get behind the camera and direct. It’s a natural impulse and a transition that has become inevitable in a time, where Hollywood’s top talents are setting up production companies and developing their own material. Whip It is the kind of movie that makes me question inspiration. Why this movie? Why this script? It’s a fairly predictable affair. The sto-

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ry revolves around a girl named Bliss (Ellen Page) who comes out of her shell thanks to the nebulous sport of roller derby. Take a dozen girls in tight outfits, strap on roller skates, and run around in a circle, beating the hell out of one another, and it’s a movie.

The sport itself is like pro-wrestling without all the sweaty grappling—akin to a visit to a post-apocalyptic Sonic.

The roller-derby girls are a mishmash of clichĂŠs from sports films and chick flicks.

There’s the motherly Missy Mayhem (SNL’s Kristen Wiig) and the saucy Rosa Sparks (hip-hop enthusiast Eve). Most of them are given the bare minimum of characterization. The film is weighted upon Ellen Page’s dainty shoulders. She does a fine job—far more likable than the pregnant, know-it-all, sarcastic bitch she played in Juno. Bliss suffers from “small-town syndrome.� Her life is remarkably unspectacular, having to deal with a beauty-pageant obsessed mother (Marcia Gay Harden) and a quirky father (Daniel Stern). Once she straps on her skates and takes the stage as “Babe Ruthless,� Bliss manages to carve herself a nifty little existence. There’s new friends, new sensations and an emo-band boy who

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makes her weak in the knees. Her journey of self discovery is as by-the-book as any movie we’ve seen in the past 20 years. Every twist is one we’ve sat through before.

Every turn is as clearly telegraphed as the awful choreography of the awkward, staged roller-derby matches.

It’s not a tragedy by any stretch, but, again, I kept asking, “Why?� When George Clooney directed Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, I could see why: inspired material, an unconventional story. Whip It feels more like Tom Hanks’ directorial debut, That Thing You Do. While it’s certainly not a bad film, it is frivolous, frothy and pretty pointless.

Barrymore isn’t terrible in the director’s chair. In fact, Whip It is exactly the kind of film I would expect her to make. It mirrors her fun-loving personality; rarely does it get too serious. Every plot thread is conveniently tied by the film’s final moments. I can honestly say that Whip It isn’t a film I should be too hard on.

Speaking of “hard on,� Ellen Page seems to be working overtime to cement herself as the pretty little indie darling. She passed up the lead role in Sam Raimi’s schlock-fest Drag Me to Hell to work with Barrymore.

Truth be told, I would have rather seen her fighting the undead than butch skater chicks.

Still, there’s merit to her work, and she is quickly becoming one of the most energetic and engaging lead actresses in the biz.

I’d imagine girls would find Whip It more engaging. I wanted to like the movie more than I did. There’s some nice, small scenes, and it does a good job of capturing the quirkier elements of Austin, Texas (one of my favorite cities). Still, I wish Barrymore possessed a more deft touch; her instincts are rather broad. Sure, it’s a light drama about roller derby, but creatively it never lands a serious hit.

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Fright in Fashion: NSALO channels yesterday’s horror films for today’s issues

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s Halloween approaches Wilmington is getting in the mood for some scary stories. The classics are being aroused, obviously: vampires, ghouls and goblins, witches, haunted houses and graveyards. The downtown Ghost Walk is in full swing, as friends and families clutch each other in both delight and fright. But the horrors that befall animals at the hands of the beauty and fashion industries would make for some serious nightmares: make-up testing, fur coats and hats, leather accessories, etc. Yet, there will be no animal animosity at downtown hair house NSALO, where the stylists are on the good side of our furry friends. This month they will be using their talents in a fashion show to support a local animal charity, Adopt-an-Angel.

“In times like these we have a tendency to over look the small things that give life some of our smiles,” Roby Powers says. “This is our opportunity to give back to the people taking time out of life to help these animals and give them the support they need to save even more.”

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Cause for Paws Featuring hair show by NSALO and fashion show by LovesYouKillsYou to benefit Adopt-an-Angel The Cellar • 16 Princess Street October 24th, 7:30 VIP and 8:30 general public The relationship here is more than charitable. The salon and its uber-visionary stylists feel that they owe a lot to animals for inspiring the looks for the upcoming fashion show. At a brainstorming meeting to discuss themes for the event, the horror films of mid-20th century like Cat People and Attack of the Killer Bees were brought up.

“After that, there was no more discussion,” Erica Adams says. “We knew that would be perfect.”

The stylists admit that any movie from the

The Lonely Business: Visual art finds a friend in UNCW’s Creative Writing Department

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“Art can be made out to be a lonely business,” Christiana Guppy, a creative writing

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Re-Vision: A Change of Art

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grad student at UNCW, says. “But it doesn’t have to be. It’s important for artists of all mediums to seek each other out and support each other whenever we can. We’re in the same tribe.” encore talks to Guppy, along with Rochelle Hurt, about the upcoming art show, Re-vision: A Change of Art, featuring visual art from the Department of Creative Writing at UNCW.

encore: Tell us about Re-vision and where the idea generated.

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era would have worked well for the current fashion scene, which has been swimming in retro-euphoria for years. “Everything always comes back around just with new fresher ideas,” Powers says.

Adams adds, “Everything old will be new again. It is the foundation we need to build on and to make our own.”

Yet given the season, they felt that more frightful flicks would get audiences in spirit.

“We wanted to use the idea of taking some of our favorite old films and bringing to today yet still keeping in mind of the time period,” Powers explains.

“Yes, we are pairing classic, elegance and beauty to create modern aesthetics,” Tim Marshburn includes.

Without giving too much away, the stylists gave hints as to what party-goers could expect the models to be channelling. “There are some elements from Killer Bees, of course,” Adams shares. “There is The Creature From the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Mummy, and The Bride of Frankenstein. That’s all I’m gonna give ya.”

Aside from the tricks and treats, Adams points out that there are several reasons to come out to the show. “Word of mouth can be your best friend or your worst enemy,” she says. “In this case, raising awareness is key.

We are letting people know about the millions of animals killed every year and that, with just one action, their lives could be saved.”

“NSALO Salon has always wanted to do this,” Powers notes. “This allows us to have an outlet for our art and how far we can take it.

Plus, everyone loves Halloween!”

Cause for Paws: NSALO’S First Annual Halloween Hair-Fashion Show, featuring the wardrobe designs of LovesYouKillsYou takes place on Saturday, October 24th at The Cellar, located at 16 Princess Street in downtown Wilmington. The show begins at 9pm, with a VIP hour from 7:30-8:30pm ($25 VIP passes or(two for $40). Regular tickets are $10. Buy tickets at NSALO Salon, located at 212 North Front Street or call 910-251-9666. Proceeds support Adopt-an-Angel. Visit www.petfinder. com/shelters/NC343.html to learn more.

a change of perspective but similar in spirit.

We’re interested not only in the idea of revision that we use everyday as writers, but in the idea of seeing old or familiar things, again in new ways—not only transforming our conceptions of those things, but transforming them visually and physically. ... we’re transforming or re-envisioning everything from household items to cultural and spiritual practices.

Chris Guppy: The show itself started a few years ago when a group of students in the MFA writing program at UNCW wanted to band together and create visual art. Janie Miller, a recent graduate of the program, was a great champion for the project in the years she was in the program, and she’s actually been a great help this year, too. Not only is it an opportunity for our program to make ourselves visible in the community where we live, but it’s also important for us to reach out and make connections with other artists in Wilmington.

sculptural representation of the Tree of Life, a sacred symbol taken from the Kabbalah, constructed entirely out of Tinker Toys. Not only are the toys themselves transformed as objects, but the very concept of the Tree of Life, and of spiritual symbols in general, is “revised.”

e: What can we expect to see at the show?

CG: One of my favorite pieces is a bookarts piece by Rachel Jenkins. She’s taken an old book cover and added a fold-out “comic strip” that combines old Peanuts comics and text from an old Rorshach inkblot test book, with responses from subjects filling in the Peanuts kids’ speech bubbles. I think it’s a great example of taking something originally intended for a different purpose and juxtaposing it with something totally disparate, for a new effect. It’s clever and funny.

RH: A great is example of the kind of transformation described above is Chris Guppy’s

e: What is the connection between the Creative Writing Department and visual art?

RH: I think that writers, just like other artists, need creative outlets outside of their professional endeavors. Many of the writers at UNCW are also visual artists, filmmakers, crafters and musicians, so organizing all this creative energy into a show like this one is very important to us. In the writing world at large, visual art and writing have always been, and continue to be in conversation with one another, offering new sources of inspiration and collaborative opportunities, from ekphrastic poetry to biblical paintings, to illustrations in children’s books and graphic novels.

CG: Personally, I find that when I’m not working on my visual art, my writing stagnates, dries up. They feed each other. And on a literal, practical level, a lot of the pieces featured in the show include textual elements.

I have a collage piece that’s a response to a poem. Some of the drawings and collages in the show include ripped pages from journals, or writing scrawled over an image. The combination of word and image engages the whole brain—the right imagistic side, as well as the left verbal side.

Artfuel.inc

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

Currently, Artfuel, Inc. will showcase Volume 22, a graffiti extravaganza, featuring Stevie Mack, Kid Mike, Mathew Curran, Camden Noir and Eye Dee.

Crescent Moon

332 Nutt St, The Cotton Exchange (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm; Sun., 12-4pm www.crescentmoonnc.com Come see why we were awarded a Top Retailer for 2009 by NICHE magazine. We support the North American craft community. We specialize in handcrafted glass and metal art with over 70 artists on display at any one time. It’s a sight to behold in a 465 square foot space. Brilliance, sparkle and whimsy.

Find a fan pull or splurge on a wall platter, buy a gift or treat yourself. We gift wrap for free and offer free gift delivery in Wilmington. Create your own art registry and start collecting what you want today.

We are here to help.

Crescent Moon is located in the Cotton Exchange where parking is free, while shopping or dining. Follow us on Twitter as CrescentMoonNC or become a fan on our Facebook page!

FastFrame Gallery

1319 Military Cutoff Rd. Landfall Center (910) 256-1105 Mon.-Fri.., 10am-6pm • Sat., 10am-4pm www.fastframeofwilmington.com FastFrame Local Artists Gallery is one of the few exclusively local artists galleries in Wilmington.

Located at Landfall Center within minutes of Wrightsville Beach and Mayfaire, FastFrame Gallery features over 20 local artists. The artwork at FastFrame Gallery includes a wide variety of media such as oils, watercolors, ceramics, and jewelery.

Fall Happenings at FastFrame Gallery: Rich vibrant colors reminiscent of autumn leaves as seen in the art of Harry Davis, Ivey Hayes, Deborah Cavenaugh, John Turpin, Emy Lou Baier, Charlotte Davis, Carol Hovey and Joan McLoughlin. Pottery by Carla Edstrom and Caroline Aweeky. Photography

by Conrad Pope and John Sakel. Whimsical paper sculptures by M. Matteson Smith. Earthy toned jewelry by Sara Westermark. Come by and take a look at our new offerings!

Hampstead Art Gallery

14712 Hwy. 17 N. • (910) 270-5180 Mon.-Sat. 11am-5pm, or by appt.

Hampstead, NC “Beautiful; lots of variety.” “Love the place.”

“Beautiful art work.” “Very nice.” “Art rocks your socks, and you know that.” These are just what a few customers had to say about Hampstead Art Gallery.

Come and tell us what you think.

Affordable prices on prints and originals. Local artists with various styles and taste are just excited about having the opportunity to share their work with all art lovers. Our artists offer different sizes from what we have on display and low rates on commissioned work. Christmas is very close, and a family portrait would be a great gift.

Owner Charles Turner invites all artists and art lovers to just hang out in our new Artist Lounge any time. Look for our upcoming Expos and Open House. Hampstead Art Gallery is located in Hampstead on the corner of Factory Road next to CVS Pharmacy.

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 on-site.

Back by popular demand, Kaboo Jewelry designers are bringing hundreds of newly designed pieces to Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, N.C. for a two-day-only trunk sale, just in time for the holidays. Bubbly & Baubles, as the event has been dubbed, is set to take place on Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7, during regular gallery hours, 10am-5pm. Champagne and sweets will be served along with gourmet coffee, tea and

Montage Art & Design

310 N. Front Street, Suite 3 • (910) 763-8011 T-F, 12-6pm; Sat, 12-4pm www.montageartanddesign.com www.montagefineartpublishing.com Exquisite originals and prints from over 50 talented artists. You can also find unique art wear, pottery and metalwork created by artisans from around the region. Montage is highlighted during each and every Fourth Friday Gallery Night in 2009!

In addition, Montage Fine Art Publishing has established an online presence as a high-quality printing company, and provides our artists with unique licensing and publishing opportunities to a variety of U.S. & international commercial clients. All photographic, proofing, printing and shipping services are provided

by Mark & Ian Akin of Wilmington NC. Montage also provides design & consulting services to discerning businesses and individuals, no matter the size, scope or style of the project.

New Elements Gallery

216 N. Front St. • (919) 343-8997 Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm or by appointment www.newelementsgallery.com “Front and Center” will open the night of October 23rd and remain on exhibit through November 21st.

The show will feature a collection of the gallery’s artists including Janet Triplett, Betty Brown, Owen Wexler, Todd Carignan and Michael Van Hout.

The gallery will host an opening night reception on October 23rd from 6-9 as part of the Fourth Friday Gallery Nights.

New Elements Gallery, now celebrating 24 years in downtown Wilmington, is located at 216 North Front Street. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 until 5:30 or by appointment. Enjoy the diverse selection of fine art and contemporary craft by regional and nationally recognized artists, with changing exhibitions throughout the year.

pattersonbehn art gallery

511 1/2 Castle Street (910) 251-8886 • Tues.-Sat. 11am-5pm (Winter hours: closed Monday) www.pattersonbehn.com pattersonbehn picture framing & design has added an art gallery to their space, featuring several local

KABOO JEWELRY TRUNK SHOW happens at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC, November 6-7.

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

Sunset River Marketplace

10283 Beach Dr., SW (NC 179).

(910) 575-5999 • Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm (Winter hours: closed Monday) www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com myspace.comsunsetrivermarketplace This eclectic, spacious gallery, located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, N.C., 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,

other tasty treats.

Wilmington Art Association Gallery

616B Castle St. • (910) 343-4370 www.wilmington-art.org Bob Gera is the Featured Artist for November.

His show of black and white watercolors is titled “Nocturn Collection”. His work has developed an expressionist style emphasizing an incredible sense of balance, theme and composition through line and movement. The subject matter is always intriguing and emotional. His watercolors are very sensuous and one might call them “luminous”. They are extremely moving compositions that create self generated brightness and clarity.

Our Special Event will be Betty Brown. Her show is titled “People and Places”. Betty has studied and painted in some remarkable places and her show features accomplished works in watercolor and oils in several of these places. Betty’s work is outstanding and not to be missed! The reception for these new shows is during the 4th Friday Gallery Walk this month: October 23rd - 6pm to 9pm.

Wanna be on the gallery listings page?

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Monkey Sing, Monkey Rock: monkeyknifefight releases The Filth and the Furry

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canning over song titles “2 Dollar Glory Hole,” “Tickle Me Emo,” and “Smelly Titties” on monkeyknifefight’s MySpace page (not to mention the scattered photographs of monkeys along the sidebar), my outlook on this local punkrock band was left questionable. However, meeting with the band members in person miraculously rationalized all prior suspicions of the weird factor because, well, they just don’t give a damn.

“We see our music as more of a fun punk rock—we don’t take it seriously as far as music goes,” they told me. “At least not to the extent of other punk and metal bands, which is just all angry.”

Sitting down with band members Chuck “Moosecock” Jones, Jaybee (“Johnny Bonobo”), Dave (“Just Dave”) and Mitch (“Dr. Jones”) at Doublewide Skate and Surf Shop where Chuck works, there seemed to be a reoccurring theme to their motivation, and it was pretty simple: to have fun.

“It seems like every band around here falls into the same group, the same patterns, and wear the same kind of clothes,” Jaybee said. “We are less concerned about that and more so about playing a good show.”

The band even admitted to having played shows for free, performing alongside a variety of groups from hip-hop to some good ol’ bluegrass.

Their upcoming debut album, The Filth and the Furry, is a compilation of 13 quirky and humorous songs, five or six being what they call “skits.” These skits are storylines that were written out beforehand and later merged with a decided beat. monkeyknifefight has been working on the CD for a year

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with Spring Break 1931 Diesel Downtown • 15 S. Front Street October 23rd, time www.myspace.com/monkeyknifefight and a half now, and have since performed an assortment of shows in Wilmington, Fayetteville, Charleston and Greenville.

Besides the head banging and body-jumping music that monkeyknifefight has created, there are several other parts of their shows that make them so memorable to an audience (and it isn’t just the stalking song “Erectile Dysfunction”). One is the reappearing person inside a gorilla suit, complete with a strap-on dildo. Nicknamed “Rape Ape,” this chimp has inspired a waiting list of fans wanting to wear the monkey suit in the past. Oh, and did I mention the character of “Harry the Hippie Killer”? Every year the band commemorates the death of Jerry Garcia’s (of The Grateful Dead) on August 9 by having a show, and letting loose Harry, who wears a mask, a raccoon hat and a Stone Cold Steve Austin T-shirt.

“The minute it stops being fun, then we will kill it,” the band asserts. And fun it seems to be: on October 23rd, the band will officially release The Filth and the Furry to audiences for the first time. They will be joined with bands Spring Break 1931 and Wax Lips. There will be free giveaways, such as clothing, electric sunglasses, and other prizes from Doublewide and Gravity Records.

They are also collaborating with skate and

MONKEYIN’ AROUND: Fun-loving band monkeyknifefight prepares to take the stage at Diesel Downtown on October 23rd.

music magazine Pink Crack to publish their CD, rather than the typical plastic disc cover of other albums. Pink Crack is exhibiting a whole issue on monkeyknifefight, complete with CD, interview, photo-hunt, word search and other games all based on the band itself. “It’s like Highlights for drug addicts,” Jaybee explained. monkeyknifefight also has other ideas up their sleeves, such as spontaneous shows in parking lots and having scavenger hunt for

their performances, giving hints on Facebook or MySpace (much like the movie Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist). “My original intention was to get us kicked out of everywhere we played,” Jaybee confessed.

“Our inspiration is just mainly us. I’ve been in bands before, and it is stressful. Make music; play shows.” So goes the tagline for monkeyknifefight. Whether it is the fun in the lyrics about the humorous things in life (like forgetting to put on sunblock), seeing the band members dive into the drumset, or rocking to the music with the Rape Ape, the audience member is guaranteed a night of pure, insatiable, fun.

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Jam Evolution: Super Unplugged expands on a familiar Unplugged series

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ventually, in the life of most successful endeavors, there reaches a point when evolution is necessary—albeit for continued growth, or to prevent boredom or stagnation, or perhaps it just seems like the next logical step for a myriad of reasons.

For the popular monthly music series Wilmington Unplugged, that time is now. After a near three-year existence that has seen its growth into an expected and anticipated event each month, Wilmington Unplugged has now teamed up with The Beat Magazine and local public radio station WHQR to present “Super Unplugged,” the first in a series of quarterly

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featuring Madonna Nash, The Devil’s Dove, and Big Al Hall & the Massive Stimulus Package WHQR Gallery, 254 N. Front Street October 25, 7:30pm; cocktail hour, 6:30pm Tickets: 793-3668 or 343-1640; $10 concerts aimed at showcasing some of the highlights of the previous season of monthly showcases.

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“I wanted to do something that was kind of a ‘best of,’ although not necessarily termed that exactly,” Billy Mellon, organizer of the Unplugged series, says. “I envisioned it to be something in which we took artists [who] performed at the monthly shows, who really kind of had the idea of what the entire Unplugged idea was about, and put them onstage together in an environment that was more intimate than the monthly series at the Whiskey [where Unplugged is currently held]. The idea behind Super Unplugged was that maybe if we got people to pay to get in, and put it in a more theatrical atmosphere that focused on the mu-

sical performance, and put it in a cool environment—in this case the WHQR Gallery—then people might pay a little more attention and we could change up the vibe a little.”

Although Mellon says the Super Unplugged isn’t a “Wilmington Unplugged’s Greatest Hits,” his criterion for artists for the inaugural show does reflect a certain level of professionalism, dedication and proficiency displayed during previous performances.

“I looked at those [who] had performed in the past who could perhaps stand on their own and be a draw for the event themselves

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Graceful Indulgence: Grace Potter and The Nocturnals are sure to delight fans

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race Potter is a jewel dug out of a Vermont mountainside, not to be placed inside the setting for a ring but to be marveled at, tossed and shared from one fan to another. Her singing is a talent nearly unmatched by anyone in this decade, similar to that of Janis Joplin. Even when she speaks, her voice is harsh and throaty—but it is the voice of someone we think is a million times cooler than we are, someone we wish we could sit around a bonfire with, just to hear all of her stories.

Potter is a singer, writer and amazing Hammond B3 organ player. She is accompanied by lead guitarist Scott Tournet, drummer Matt Burr, rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco, and bass player Catherine Popper to form Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. The band claims its influences as the “vintage raw sound of The Band, the slow burn of J.J. Cale, the raucous rock of Led Zeppelin, and the rip-yourheart-out lyrics of Lucinda Williams.”

According to the band’s MySpace page, myspace.com/gracepotterandthenocturnals, where some of their studio tunes can be heard, they “find inspiration in any musical art that speaks to the soul.”

This band is a mix of country, Americanroots music and straight-up rock ‘n’ roll, headed by the raspy, sexy voice of Potter that tears a savage hole through the air around her then says it’s sorry through her gentler, softer moments. These moments are almost whispers that linger like a phantom, best heard in “Stop the Bus” from their latest album, This is Somewhere (2007; Ragged Company/Hollywood Records). In this song Tournet’s harmonica welcomes listeners to

(“Jam” continued from previous page.) outside of the Unplugged brand,” he says.

“For example, Madonna Nash has built up a name for herself in the grassroots, countrymusic circles, and she’s been working hard in the business with a good following. I also wanted Big Al Hall involved, who’s like the poster child for Unplugged: He seemingly came out of nowhere and stirred up several different projects while working on his own project. He just came and found an outlet for himself, which he wouldn’t have been able to do, perhaps, without Unplugged.

“And we needed a less country act, which is where Tripp Murphy and Seth Moody come in with the Devil’s Dove. Seth’s been a huge part of the Unplugged community from the beginning, and I wanted to reward and acknowledge him some, too.”

And while the monthly series has been and will continue to be free to attend, Super Unplugged has a small admission that Mellon

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Grace Potter and The Nocturnals Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre October 23; 6pm, rain or shine www.gracepotter.com the bus station; if we didn’t know any better, we’d think we were listening to the archetypal talented vagabond in the corner. The chorus makes one’s blood run warm (these are the moments when Potter’s voice is apologizing for being so powerful in its prime), and the guitar solo is perfect for practicing one’s air skills in front of a mirror.

“Mastermind,” also from This is Somewhere, is the song all the love children will be dancing to at the band’s Wilmington concert on October 23rd at Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre. The kick drum thumps a forceful beat, and the B3 reminds me of a less-cheesy “Crocodile Rock.” A song that is also sure to be a crowd-pleaser is “Mystery Train.” In videos of the band’s live performances, the harmonica elicits cheers from the crowd; this is the song in which they sound most like a jam band. It is also perhaps what helped them receive two nominations at the 2006 Jammy’s.

In contrast, “Treat Me Right,” from their 2006 album, Nothing but the Water, is a piece in which Potter is truly channeling Joplin or even Tina Turner. She is commanding a man to love her, but with her hypnotically entrancing voice, how is he going to resist? Think The Eagles’ “Witchy Woman”; they are speaking of Grace Potter.

and his fellow organizers at The Beat hope will not only give back to the community but to the musicians who work so hard to earn a living playing music.

“We’re giving half of the door proceeds to WHQR, which comes during their pledge drive, to help them remain a big part of our community for music and radio,” he says. “And what we hope is the result, because we are charging a small admission, is that there will be a little bit of money to go to the performers after expenses. We really feel like it’s a win-win.”

Although the WHQR Gallery is the next step, Mellon’s ambition and vision for Super Unplugged goes well beyond even a beautiful 80-person listening room. He hopes that someday soon, Unplugged musicians and patrons will need to move to a more theatrically suited space that showcases the talent of our local music scene in an entirely new way.

“Eventually we’d like to have it in a venue like Thalian Hall or City Stage with a few hundred people in attendance,” he says. “That’s

PENSIVE GRACE: Grace Potter and The Nocturnals play Greenfield Lake on the 23rd.

A fan favorite, and by far the band’s most popular song, is “Apologies.” It opens with the B3, and it is like someone playing alone in a church long after its pews have been emptied. It very much encapsulates the feeling of solitude and pensiveness. Her pleading tone of voice crescendos and decrescendos at exactly the right moments to make the listener’s heart feel invested in the song. Potter sings of what every woman has felt at some time or another.

Her lyrics hit home: “My love is like a blanket/ gets a little bit too warm sometimes…’cause when it got a little too hot in there/ he was always steppin’ out for air.”

Her careful attention to detail and her special

the vision I had when I took over more responsibility in organizing the monthly series a year ago. I wanted it to become an event where people attend just like they do theater. There’s this line that’s always drawn between going to see a band and going to see ‘art,’ and I wanted to take the Unplugged to another level.”

But for those patrons who enjoy the status quo just fine, the monthly Wilmington Unplugged will continue every first Tuesday, offering the same experience and atmosphere that helped create what it is today. Super Unplugged is not meant as a substitution or alternative, only as an addition to the brand that Mellon and others have worked so hard to create.

“The monthly is still going to be about having beers, hanging out in the bar, with a new and rotating crowd and artists having an opportunity to share in new songs that they’ve been working on,” he says. “It has been and will continue to be a workshop environment, with an important social and networking aspect. And that’s

emphasis on the important words makes listening to her music like watching the love scene from a movie play over in our heads. In this song a male character says to his female co-star, “’Cause it’s clear you love another man.”

Potter sings, “You’re damn right.” There is a high-pitched tweak on “right,” like her voice is breaking—like she is telling a lie, or wishing she could love him.

There is obvious pain and heartfelt emotion in her music.

Grace Potter and The Nocturnals strikes every emotion: joy, regret, grief—the list goes on.

This concert will sell out according to its hosts, Greater Good Productions (GGP). And if it doesn’t, it should. This is an entertaining and soulful band, and anyone not in attendance is definitely missing out.

Tickets are still available in advance for $25 from Front Street Brewery, Moxie Floral Design, Tidal Creek Co-op, Yellow Dog Discs and Gravity Records. Tickets bought with cash at Midas on Princess Place or in Monkey Junction will come with a $10 gift certificate to the Beauty Bar Boutique and a coupon for a free burrito from Islands Fresh Mex (while supplies last, of course). Otherwise, they are $30 at the gate. Food, drinks, and Front Street Brewery beer will be available for purchase.

Also, GGP needs volunteers to work the show. Workers will receive free admission and dinner. E-mail diane@greatergoodwilmington.com to sign up today.

something that will make the Super Unplugged possible, where songs and performances are a little more polished and a little more rehearsed and the attention is a little less on the craft and more on the final product.”

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ClaSSy KaraoKe with Mandy Clayton —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 dJ P. FunK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 eriC and Carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 oPen MiC night —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 JereMy norriS & toMMy BrotherS —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 oPen MiC night with gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 dJBe eXtreMe KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838

dJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 KaraoKe with dJ BiKer roB —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 live JaM Featuring MeMBerS oF the woolwine CoMPleX, Coon Phat gravy, and willie and Me —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 KaraoKe with BoB Clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 JeFF and Jude —Bottega Gallery, 208 N. Front St.; 763-3737 dJ JePh Caulter —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St. KaraoKe w/ dJ urBan —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301

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dJ StretCh —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 live MuSiC —Harbor Masters, 315 Canal Dr., Carolina Beach; 458-28200 KaraoKe with JaSon JaCKSon —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 dJBe eXtreMe KaraoKe —Café Basil, 6309 Market Street; 791-9335 dJ don’t StoP —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 KaraoKe Kong —Orton Pool Room, 133 N. Front St.; 343-8878

100 S. Front St. Downtown 251-1832 .0/%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM $2 Budweiser $2.25 Heineken $3 Gin & Tonic Live music w/ JEREMY NORRIS AND FRIENDS .0/%": /*()5 '005#"-- 5"*-("5& 1"35: 25¢ Wings / $5 Sausage and Kraut $4 Tailgate Burgers $4 BBQ Plate PITCHERS OF YUENGLING OR MICH ULTRA $7 PITCHERS OF BLUE MOON OR FAT TIRE $8.50 56&4%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM $2 White Wolf $2.50 Redstripe $3.50 Wells 35¢ Wings at 8pm Live music w/ ROB RONNER 8&%/&4%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM Live music w/ JEREMY NORRIS / TOMMY BROTHERS $2.50 Blue Moons • $2.50 Corona/Corona Light 1/2 Priced Wine Bottles 5)634%": 1/2 PRICE APPS. 4-6PM Live music w/ MIKE O’DONNELL $2 Domestic Bottles • $2.75 Import Bottles $3 Rum and Coke '3*%": LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD $3 Landshark • $3 Kamikaze • $5 Bombs 4"563%": LIVE MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD Rooftop open by 6pm Dance floor open by 10pm 46/%": Live music w/ L SHAPE LOT 3-7 / MEDUSA STONE 8-12 $5 Tommy Bahama Mojitos $2.75 Corona $3.50 Bloody Mary’s • $3 Mimosas ROOFTOP KARAOKE

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gullah roots fri 10.23

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KaraoKe —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 live acoustic —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 Guitarist Perry smith —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 tom rhoDes —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935 KaraoKe with BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ comPose —Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 live music —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 Daniel Parish —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 Fire anD Drum Jam; Psytrance —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 Gullah roots —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838

tori sParKs —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 hiP-hoP niGht —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 oPen mic with Jeremy norris —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 classy KaraoKe with manDy clayton —The Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 Family KaraoKe —Alfie’s, 2528 Castle Hayne Rd.; 251-5707 DJ scooter Fresh —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 DJ lalo —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 Kara Daly —Bottega Gallery, 208 N. Front St.; 763-3737

friDAY, OCTOBEr 23 live music —Harbor Masters, 315 Canal Dr., Carolina Beach; 458-28200 DJ —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172

roB ronner —Henry’s, 2806 Independence Blvd.; 793-2929 DJ mitch —Odessa, 23 N. Front St.; 251-8814 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 latino niGht with DJ —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St. DJ scooter Fresh —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 DJ stretch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 DJ time —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 hiP-hoP DJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 roBBie Berry —Mexican Viejo Bar and Grill, 2013 Olde Regent Way, Leland; 371-1731 DJ will clayton —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219

JUNCTION PUB AND BILLIARDS 1/2 priced select apppetizers m-f 4-7pm MONDAY $10 Bud/Light Buckets $5 Jack Daniels • $4 Capt. Morgan TUESDAY $1 Tacos 4-7pm $3 Mexican Beers $5 Top Shelf Tequila • $7 Patron WEDNESDAY $3 Pints (10 Drafts) $5 Jager Bombs THURSDAY Mug Night $2 Domestic Drafts w/HK MUG $5 Bombers • $4 Jim Beam FRIDAY $3 Select Draft $4 Fire Fly Shooters $5 Red Bull Vodka SATURDAY $2.50 Miller Lt or Yuengling Draft $7.50 Pitcher • $3 Kamikaze $4 Well Drinks SUNDAY $2.50 Bud/Light Draft $7.50 Pitcher • $5 Crown Royal $4 Bloody Mary

CATCH ALL THE ACTION WITH NFL SUNDAY TICKET ON 10 HDTVs and HD big screen Your Team - Every Game, Every Week 118 Princess St • (910)763-4133

5216 Carolina Beach Road MONDAY MADNESS: Domestic Pints: $225 Well Vodka Drinks: $350 FREE POOL AFTER MIDNIGHT TASTY TUESDAYS: CALL NIGHT All call liquors: $400 Drinks or Shots WET WEDNESDAYS: Smirnoff Flavor Liquors $400 Drinks or Shots LATE NIGHT!!!

Domestic Light Beer $225

(Bud Light, Miller Light, Natural, Coors Light)

THIRSTY THURSDAYS: 22 Oz. Domestic Beers $400 FINALLY FRIDAYS: Cream Drinks $450 Blue Moon Draft $325 SATURDAYS: Corona & Corona Lts $250 Cuervo Silver Shots $300 Dox Equix Draft $300 POOL HAPPY HOURS 3pm-6pm $5 per player SUNDAYS: Service Employees Night Jager Shots $325 Jager Bombs $425 Coors Light Bottles $225 FREE POOL AFTER 10pm Every Mon-Wed-Fri Happy Hour Pool!

FREE POOL from 3-5pm!

live music, DJ —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 classy KaraoKe with manDy clayton —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 KaraoKe with BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 melvin anD sayer —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 live acoustic with Dutch —Mugsy’s Pub, 202 Princess St.; 763-3664 sara BlacKer —Bottega Gallery, 208 N. Front St.; 763-3737 cary BenJamin —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 leaFless —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 Gary PFaFF —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 sPicy Jane —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133

ten Dollar thrill Blues BanD —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 maserati, couP De Grace, white tiGer anD the BeD oF roses —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 overtyme —Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 Poe macK —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 Piano show —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 KaraoKe KonG —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 DJ Kahuna —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 DJ rico —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 FriDay niGht Follies —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 eric Puente —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935 BiBis anD BlacK —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666

sai collins —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 Gollum, silver JuDas, Junior Bruce, chilDren oF the rePtile —Lucky’s, 2505 S. College Rd.; 792-1812

SATurDAY, OCT. 24 DJ —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 live Jazz with Benny hill, DJ stretch —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 live music —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 DJBe eXtreme KaraoKe —Café Basil, 6309 Market Street; 791-9335 KaraoKe with BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ will clayton —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 DJ time —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206

Ronnie’s Place

LIVE MUSIC Friday, October 23

OVERTYME 8-11PM

Saturday, October 24

KIM DICSO 8-11PM

Friday, November 6

TOPPINGS & DEAVER 8-11PM

Saturday, November 7

FORTCh 8-11PM

877-330-5050 910-256-2231 wrightsville.sunspreeresorts.com

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

Dance Club & Bar

6745 B Market St., 910-228-8056 OPEN: M-TH 3p-2a, F-SAT 12p-2a, SUN 12p-12a

TUESDAYS Service Industry Night $ 3 Well Drinks WEDNESDAYS Bike Night w/DJ X-Treme $ 1.50 Bud Light Cans THURSDAYS Country Night w/Karaoke Corona/Corona Lite $2.75 FRIDAYS LIVE MUSIC with DJ Xtreme 10/23: BLIVET • 10/30: TBA 11/6: LETHAL INJECTION SATURDAYS Ladies Night w/DJ Xtreme Long Island Ice Teas $5

Sunday: $4 Bloody Marys $4 MiMosas

MOnday: $2 yuengling Pints $3 ruM HigHBalls

TueSday: $3 House HigHBalls

WedneSday: $10 doMestic Buckets

ThurSday:

SUNDAYS COME WATCH NFL FOOTBALL Bloody Mary’s $4 / Domestics $2

$3.50 Margaritas $2 corona & corona ligHt

OCTOBER 31

FrIday:

w/ DJ Xtreme

Costume Contest & Prizes Habitat for Humanity Halloween Poker Run Available for Private Parties Owned by Ronnie Moore formerly of Ronnies Middlesound Inn

$3.50 lit’s

SaTurday: $2 coors ligHt $2.50 kaMikazis 12 Dock St., • 910-762-2827 Downtown Wilmington

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DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 live music —Harbor Masters, 315 Canal Dr., Carolina Beach; 458-28200 DJ eDie —Odessa, 23 N. Front St.; 251-8814 Guitarist Perry smith —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 DJ P money —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 DJ —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 Piano show —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 DJ lalo —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 lixxy Foxx —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 no Dollar shoes —Palm Room, 11 East Salisbury St.; 503-3040 Poetry slam vi —Bottega Gallery, 208 N. Front St.; 763-3737 maD tea Party, sarah Blacker —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

ryan caBrera —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 DJ susPense —Hell’s Kitchen, 118 Princess St.; 763-4133 sam melvin —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 live music —Oceanic, Oceanfront Wrightsville Beach; 256-5551 lovely houses, cornFlowers, little miss saBotaGe —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 chris Bellamy —Wrightsville Grille, 6766 Wrightsville Ave.; 509-9839 DJ Foxxy —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 DJ —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 Donna merritt —Costello’s Piano Bar, 211 Princess Street; 362-9666 GyPsy Fire —Front Street Brewery, 9 N. Front St.; 251-1935

tom rhoDes —Firebelly Lounge, 265 N. Front St.; 763-0141 kim Dicso —Holiday Inn Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Ave.; 256-2231 scott carter anD the eastBounD 40 BanD —Kefi, 2012 Eastwood Road; 256-3558

sunday, OCTOBER 25

Flutist nikki wisniowski —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 DJ BiG kahuna —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 DJ P money —Rox, 208 Market St.; 343-0402 reGGaeton sunDays —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 classy karaoke with manDy clayton —The Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 Benny hill Jam —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 DJ sensation Dale saunDers —Bottega Gallery, 208 N. Front St.; 763-3737

BearD eats Face —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 Pretty Boy thorson anD the FallinG anGels, museum mouth, mourninG is For suckers —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 sunDay niGht Fever —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 DJBe extreme karaoke —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 Galen on Guitar (Brunch) —Courtyard Marriott, 100 Charlotte Ave., Carolina Beach; (800) 321-2211 DJ BiG kahuna —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 aniwave —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

mOnday, OCTOBER 26 karaoke —Level 5/City Stage, 21 N. Front St.; 342-0872 oPen mic niGht —Port City Pub, 121 Grace St.; 251-3791 oPen mic —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616

RACK ‘EM PUB WE ARE A 100% SMOKE FREE RESTAURANT AND BAR Monday MNF All Pizzas $5 in the bar after 6 22oz Domestic Draft Kona Longboard Bottles $250 White Russians$4 Tuesday Live Jazz in the Bar Half Price Bottles of Wine Absolut Dream $5 22oz Yendgling Draft $2 Pacifico $2.50 Wednesday Corona\Corona Light $250 Margarita\Peach Margaritas $4 10 oz domestic draft $1 Thursday Gran Martinis $7 • Red Stripe $250 Friday Cosmos $4 • 007 $350 saTurday Baybreeze\Seabreeze $4 22oz Blue Moon Draft $3 ( Live Music Every Weekend) sunday 16oz Domestic Draft $150 Bloody Marys $4 Mojitos $3 • Appletinis $3 5564 Carolina Beach Rd 452-1212

EVERYDAY $1.50 Fibbers Golden Lager $2 Bud Light Pints- $2 Miller Lite Pints $3 Guinness Pints MONDAY POOL TOURNAMENT- $1.50 Coors and Coors Lite Bottles - $3 Wells and Import Beers $4 Call Drinks $1 Tacos 35¢ wings.

GIVEAWAYS: Panthers Tickets or a Round of Golf TUESDAY Poker Tournament / Free Pool $4 jager shots, $4.99 Chicken Club Pitas WEDNESDAY Fibbers 1¢ Wednesdays / $5 Cover Penny Fibbers Golden Lager pints, $3 Royal Flush Shots $3 SOCO and lime shots $4.99 all burgers, DJ P FUNK THURSDAY LIVE MUSIC ROOT SOUL PROJECT - NO COVER $6 domestic pitchers $8 import pitchers and $3 washington apples FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC w/SE LA DUB $1 domestic pints and 1/2 price apps SATURDAY $4 bombs SUNDAY 1/2 price bottles of wine, 2 Coors Light, Karaoke in the pub, DJ BATTLE in the lounge MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 14 FLAT SCREENS AND A PROJECTOR SHOWING ALL NFL GAMES

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LIVE MUSIC Sunday, October 25

Big Dog & Catfish WillY Marina St. Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-8500

415 South College Road MONDAY MADNESS: Domestic Pints: $225 Miller Light, Yuengling: $350 Well Vodka Drinks: $350 FREE POOL AFTER MIDNIGHT TASTY TUESDAYS: CALL NIGHT All call liquors: $400 WET WEDNESDAYS: Smirnoff Flavor Liquors $400 Drinks LATE NIGHT!!!

Domestic Light Beer $225

DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 DJ richtermeister —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 DJ BiG kahuna —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 oPen mic with viva —El Zarrape, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 DJ P Funk —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 the menzinGers, reD collar, static raDio nJ, the arteries, sister kisser —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

TuEsday, OCTOBER 27 DJ DouBleclick —The Sandbar, 417 S. College Rd.; 791-6080 shaG DJ —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St. karaoke —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 caPe Fear Blues Jam —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888

Feature your live music and drink specials!

(Red Stripe, Heineken, New Castle)

FINALLY FRIDAYS: Cream Drinks $450 Blue Moon Draft $325 SATURDAYS: Corona $250 Cuervo Silver Shots $300 POOL HAPPY HOURS 3pm-6pm $5 per player SUNDAYS: Service Employees Night Bloody Marys $300 Jager Shots $325 Jager Bombs $425 Coors Light Bottles $225 FREE POOL AFTER 10pm

serving Full Food Menu 6am-10pm 7 days a WeeK BAR OPEN ‘TIL 2am Monday-Friday Working Men’s Lunch under $6 bucks

(Bud Light, Miller Light, Natural, Coors Light)

THIRSTY THURSDAYS: Import Beers $300

live acoustic —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 karaoke with DJ Biker roB —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 live music —Henry’s, 2806 Independence Blvd.; 793-2929 karaoke with BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 DJ time —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 live music —Oceanic, Oceanfront Wrightsville Beach; 256-5551 DJ BiG kahuna —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 ron ethriDGe —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 karaoke konG —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 classy karaoke with manDy clayton —Ultra Classics Pool and Bar, N. Hampstead DJ —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 laura meyer —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223

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open Mic nigHt WitH gary allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 DjBe eXtreMe KaraoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff Rd.; 256-3838 jereMy norriS & toMMy BrotHerS —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 Dj Big KaHuna —Club Vida, 105 Wetsig Road; 791-9955 KaraoKe WitH Dj BiKer roB —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 eric anD carey B. —El Zarrape Cantina, 103 Lake Park Blvd.; 458-5255 open Mic nigHt —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 piano SHoW —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 claSSy KaraoKe WitH ManDy clayton —Remedies, Market Street; 392-8001 jj grey anD MoFro —Greenfield Lake Amphitheater

Dj —Shanty’s Beach and Blues Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.; 599-3366 laura Meyer; roger DaviS, ron WilSon —Bottega Gallery, 208 N. Front St.; 763-3737

KaraoKe WitH BoB clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 live jaM Featuring MeMBerS oF tHe WoolWine coMpleX, coon pHat gravy, anD Willie anD Me —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616

Show Stoppers: Concerts around the region HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 HWy 17 S., Myrtle BeacH, Sc 843-272-3000 10/22: Glamour Kills Tour: All Time Low, We The Kings, Hey Monday, Friday Night Boys 10/23: Hanson, Hellogoodbye, Steel Train, Sherwood 10/24: Social Distortion, Middle Class Rut, The Strangers 10/25: Gospel Brunch; Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, Escape the Fate, The Sleeping CAT’S CRADLE 300 e. Main St., carrBoro 919-967-9053 10/21: Dr. Dog, Jeffrey

Lewis10/24: Electric Six, The Gay Blades, Millions of Brazilians 10/25: Galactic, The Hood Internet 10/26: KMFDM, Angelspit 10/27: Pinback, Bellini 10/28: The Black Heart Procession, The Mumlers N. CHARLESTON COLESIUM 5001 coliSeuM Dr., cHarleSton, Sc 843-529-5000 10/23: MercyMe (right), Fee, Jonny Diaz ALABAMA THEATRE 4750 HWy 17 S., n. Myrtle BcH, Sc

Dj p. FunK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 KaraoKe W/ Dj urBan —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 Dj jepH caulter —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.

tHe SWellerS, DeFeater, reviver, SHarKS coMe cruiSin’, ran Dry, WeigHeD DoWn —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500

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843-272-1111 10/25: Eddie Miles (Elvis tribute) AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 SoutH tryon St., cHarlotte • 704-377-6874 10/21: Social Distortion, The Strangers, Middle Class Rut 10/22: Hanson, Hellogoodbye, Sherwood, Steel Train 10/23: Black Ritual, Eastern Sky, Falling I Wake, Deadstar Blues 10/24: Frontiers THE ORANGE PEEL 101 BiltMore avenue, aSHeville 828-225-5851 10/21: Lamb Of God, GWAR, Job For A Cowboy 10/22: Soulfly, Prong, Cattle Decapitation, Mutiny Within 10/23: Grupo Fantasma, The

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Just Beat It: A fund-raising dance for two brave breast-cancer survivors

C

ancer: the phobia of the 21st century.

Cancer can’t be caught, but it does spread, and so does the fear of being its next unsuspecting victim. Doctors can’t tell us how we got it or why we got it. Sometimes, we don’t know it’s spreading all over our bodies until it’s too late. Yet, even when the odds of not getting cancer are working for us, we can still get it; and, even when the odds of surviving cancer are workings against us, we find ways to beat it.

“Cancer doesn’t discriminate,” Cathy Jordan lamented blatantly. Jordan is the woman responsible for organizing a dance to be held on October 25th at Reel Café, which will raise money for two young women battling the disease: 24-year-old Kim Sibbach and 25-year-old Victoria Oliver. “Kim and my daughter are the same age, and just think of it as a mother—it could easily have been my child,” Jordan continued.

Kim Sibbach had been thinking about reenrolling in school to finish her broadcastjournalism degree when she was diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer that had spread tumors throughout her body. Sibbach was a perfectly normal, blond and bubbly girl. Breast cancer didn’t run in her family; why would she

Breast cancer can raise concerns about body image and comfortable expression of intimacy in a couple.

Relevant reading and counseling can often help alleviate these concerns for both partners.

Call or write for further information.

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by: Tess Malijenovsky

Courage for Kim and Victoria’s Victory A fund-raiser for breast-cancer survivors Reel Café • 100 South Front St. October 25th, 7-10pm Tickets: $10 or $18 for two before; and $12 or $20 for two day of the event

photo by tESS MALIJENoVSKy

LOVEY’S

BRAVE BATTLE: Kim Sibbach and Victoria Oliver (left to right) keep a positive attitude in the midst of their diagnoses.

be scheduling mammograms at age 24?

Kim celebrated her “cancerversary”—as she and her friends call it—in August, a one-year celebration since the beginning of her diagnosis, her hormone therapy (a series of shots that kill all the estrogen feeding her tumor and, as a result, also induces menopause), and her mastectomy.

“God gave me something that I can handle because, apparently, I’m strong enough to,” Sibbach admirably believes. “I bounced back from my mastectomy ridiculously fast. Youth has worked in my favor.”

Victoria Oliver faced a similar bleak reality when she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer that develops from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell that typically fights diseases in the body) and forms tumors around larger organs. “[The tumor] was about 10 to 12 centimeters; it was really big. When [the doctors] saw the tumor they were like, ‘OK, well it’s probably everywhere. You have a 50/50 chance to live.

And, I’m 25,” Oliver recalled from her doctor’s visit in April, where she was addressing a painful pressure in her chest area.

“The day I saw the scan of what [the tumor] looked like, I mean, it covered my whole heart.

Looking at something so foreign in your body ... it’s weird, and that was scary. I was just in shock, and I had no emotion,” Oliver confessed. Miracu-

lously, the cancer hadn’t spread anywhere else in her body as tumors that size usually do.

Hopelessness overwhelms many of us when cancer stamps our lives, but these young women, with their whole lives ahead of them, should be examples to all that a positive attitude is everything in winning the war against the disease.

“If you have cancer, try to stay positive,” Oliver advised. “Try to stay focused on good things that are going on, and don’t look at the bad. If you’ve got cancer, you’ll deal with it in your own way.”

“Attitude is apparently half the battle,” Sibbach added. “It’s just something I had to deal with. I can’t change it, [so I] might as well make the most of it and be awesome.”

Both girls smiled, even laughed, showing gratitude for the “fortunes” of their situations and the success of their treatments.

“I think after I found out, and they told me chemotherapy melts lymphoma pretty quickly, that kind of made me feel better about it,” Oliver noted. “After the first treatment of chemo, I had no more pressure in my chest. It totally went away. I’m very thankful for that drug.”

Kim, too, praised the power of modern medicine: “There are no words. Breast cancer used to be kind of, like, a death sentence. You had it, and you died from it. Now people are living for decades after being diagnosed.”

“Since I was diagnosed, there’s been a new test to see if the tomoxifen [anti-estrogen medicine] is working,” Sibbach continued. “Without that test they wouldn’t have known that the tomoxifen wasn’t working as well as it was supposed to. I would have never had the shots, and I’d still be on the tomoxifen, waiting for it do these great things that wouldn’t happen.”

However, the wonders of modern medicine come at a price, an extremely high price. “My heart just wants to do something, and, you know, there’s not a whole lot you can do when someone’s sick like that,” Jordan sympathized. “But, if I can help them pay these tremendously huge expenses, than that’s all I can do.”

Hence, the dance at Reel Café will be held October 25th from 7pm-10pm, which will raise money for Kim Sibbach and Victoria Oliver, and the costly medical treatments that they depend on for survival. All ticket sales go directly to both girls, as well as toward a percentage of the bar tab. Any money paid for admission is tax deductible. Cash or check is accepted, with checks being written to Caring for Kim or Victoria’s Victory.

Local band Soulbeam will be performing live, all for a good cause: celebrating life.

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Wilmington Restaurant Week 2009: Eat. Drink. Indulge. by: Shea Carver Aubriana’s

3-Course Dinner, $30 115 S. Front Street • (910) 763-7773 www.aubrianas.com While they have had a prosperous first year in business, according to many a diner return, what remains most integral to Aubriana’s is how they’ve managed it despite the odds stacked against them. First, there was opening in the midst of a recession, which proved to be nothing more than small apples compared to the loss they felt after their beloved executive chef, Hakim Clemmons, passed suddenly last spring. However, Aubriana’s— named after Clemmons’ lovely daughter—has continued trekking forward, carrying over the original chef’s vision with pride and devoted culinary care. Now Chef Alex Succop carries the fine-dining torch and has prepared a threecourse dinner for only $30 for Wilmington diners during 2009’s Restaurant Week.

Diners choose the first course from the following: 1) House salad of cascade greens, tomato wedges, cucumbers, purple onions and Asiago cheese, finished with a choice of house-made fire roasted tomato and bacon vinaigrette, minted citrus vinaigrette or stilton blue-cheese dressing; 2) Caesar salad with hearts of romaine, tossed with house-made Caesar dressing, anchovies, capers and croutons, topped with shredded parmigiano-reggiano cheese; or 3) Roasted tomato hummus served with a delicious twist of fresh vegetables.

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ost major cities have a Restaurant Week: seven days of pure indulgence, where the city’s eateries offer exquisite deals on cuisine of all calibre, from the fine-dining to the casual fare, for foodies and regular ol’ eaters alike. During the seven-day feast, lunch and dinner prove to be anything but boring, whether feeding one, two or a family of four. Wilmington, NC, has now joined the ranks of providing diners with a Restaurant Week to call their own, taking place October 21st-28th only. Sponsored by yours truly, encore magazine, along with DineWilmingtonOnline, The Country Vintner and Boulder Beer, between the 21st and 28th, diners can flock to participating establishments and cash in their Restaurant Week Passes (free to print out at www.WilmingtonRestaurantWeek.com) to receive superior savings on prix-fixe meals (excluding tax and gratuity) from Wrightsville Beach to downtown. To prepare one, two or all seven days of dining, here is what our 28 participants are offering. It’s sure to be a fabulous week of eating, drinking and indulging—take advantage of the savings and the tasty fare!

The second course will consist of one of the following options: 1) Grilled-to-order filet mignon, topped with caramelized onions and served over roasted garlic mashed potatoes with sautéed broccolini, finished with a Cabernet red-wine reduction; 2) Sunburst mahi-mahi, which is a cashew-encrusted fillet, served with with citrus-scallion mashed potatoes, sautéed spinach and vanilla mango berre rouge; or 3) Pesto shrimp pasta, served with sautéed shrimp, garlic, shallots and cremini mushrooms, deglazed with white wine and tossed with slow roasted tomatoes.

The final course will be dessert, wherein diners choose between vanilla-bean cheesecake and double-chocolate peanut-butter pie.

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LINGUINI LOVE: Bluewater Waterfront Grill will be offering their seafood linguini as a choice of entrées during Wilmington Restaurant Week.

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3-Course Dinner for Two, $39.99 3-Course Dinner for One, $19.99 4 Marina St. • Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-8500 www.BluewaterDining.com Bluewater Waterfront Grill has become a hotspot for its panoramic views of the Intracoastal Waterway, where diners aren’t only

treated to fine ambience but cuisine that matches it. The two-story restaurant serves casual American fare, from baby-back ribs to char-grilled steaks, fresh fish to delicious homemade desserts. And while the food remains filling, the sail masts at the nearby marina set the pace for laid-back, luxurious relaxation, especially when paired with a nice glass of wine or cocktail.

Dinner during Restaurant Week embraces savings whether dining solo or with a special someone. In fact, date night couldn’t get any better when dining for under $40, starting off with lobster dip for two, served with fried flat-

bread wedges. A choice of entrée follows for the second course: 1) Ten-ounce ribeye with pancetta vinaigrette, served with Bluewater beans and rice; 2) Rotisserie chicken breast with parmesan mashed potatoes; or 3) Bluewater’s seafood linguini.

Dessert makes up the third course, as diners can enjoy the Peanut Caramel ‘Puck,’ served with cinnamon ice cream and chocolate sauce; or hot-chocolate soufflé cake with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce.

Buoy 32 Bistro

3-Course Dinner, $30 224 Causeway Dr., Wrightsville Beach Reservations accepted • (910) 256-5124 Buoy 32 is headed by Chef Eric Gephart, who has been practicing his culinary expertise for four years, having studied at the Culinary Institute of America, interning at The Harbourside in Auckland, New Zealand, and serving as an executive sous chef at Culinary Concepts, in Naples, Florida. Buoy 32 is one of Wrightsville Beach’s newer dining establishments, where Gephart has already received accolades as a Best New Chef in Wilmington 2008, noted from the People’s Choice Awards from DineWilmingtonOnline. com and as one of Wilmington’s top ten chefs ‘09, according to the Star-News.

“Creating memories with every bite,” according to the chef, Gephart takes pride in not only serving authentic Southeastern cuisine but doing so with the freshest ingredients, including using local fish and vegetables grown from his girlfriend Jenny’s garden.

Thus, Restaurant Week diners will revel in quality food here.

Starting off the three courses will be a cup of She-Crab soup or a soup of the day, or a wedge of Romaine, served with smoked bacon, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, blue cheese crumbles and choice of dressing.

Course two will be a choice of: 1) Asian Oktoberfest-marinated local grouper over jasmine rice with braised cabbage and a pineapple miso Buerre-Blanc or 2) The chef’s nightly entrée, which changes daily.

The third course will be chef’s dessert, also changing nightly.

Caffe Phoenix

3-Course Lunch, $15 4-Course Dinner, $27 9 South Front Street • (910) 343-1395 Reservations accepted • thecaffephoenix.com Caffe Phoenix has been a part of Wilmington’s foodscape since 1989. Offering wonderful cuisine, along with a lengthy wine list and fine cocktails, made from their oneof-a-kind award-winning mixologist, Joel Finsel, they’ve incited many memories for local townsfolk time and time again. Whether dining on their patio for lunch or inside their open dining area, where work from local artists graces the walls and changes monthly for an aesthetic unmatched by many local eateries, Caffe Phoenix plays up its menu by using fresh ingredients along with creative recipes.

Chef Steve Kohlstedt, along with sous chefs Carson Jewell and Dylan Morgan, have

CAFFE DINING: Along Front Street, be sure to enjoy lunch or dinner at Caffe Phoenix during Restaurant Week, where the ambience is airy at their outdoor patio tables and the food exquisite.

worked up quite a menu for Wilmington’s first annual Restaurant Week by giving diners the choice of having lunch or dinner at a reasonable prix-fixe rate. For lunch, diners will choose between a first course of soup or salad, a second course of any one entrée on their regular lunch menu; and a third course of their decadent chocolate mousse, all for a mere $15.

Their dinner menu will boast four courses for only $27, offering a Caesar salad or mixed greens, with red onion, cucumber, sprouts and lemon vinaigrette, first; cup of their daily soup, secondly. Thirdly, diners will choose one of the following: 1) Spinaci con prosciutto, which is linguine and fresh spinach, tossed with thin ribbons of imported prosciutto ham, fresh basil, garlic, parmigiano, and pine nuts; 2) Vegetarian lasagna, made with fresh pasta sheets, layered with spinach, tomato, basil, mozzarella, ricotta cheese, and house made marinara; 3) Chicken marsala, which is 12 ounces of tender chicken breast sautéed with cremini mushrooms, shallots, garlic, and laced with cream over linguine; 4) Pork tenderloin “Phoenix,” featuring sliced medallions sautéed with prosciutto, fresh sage, sun-dried tomatoes, and cream, served over creamy risotto with asparagus tips; or 5) Linguine milanese, featuring sweet Italian sausage and jumbo shrimp tossed with fresh tomato, basil, spinach, parmigiano cheese, spices, and olive oil.

The fourth course will be dessert—a taste of chocolate mousse.

Cape Fear Seafood Company

3-Course Dinner, $24.99 5226 S. College Road Ste 5 • (910) 799-7077 www.capefearseafoodcompany.com Having opened in the Monkey-Junction area in January 2008, Evans Trawick has always adored seafood. And why wouldn’t he, living so close to the Atlantic where fresh fish has always been at his fingertips? Trawick, a Burgaw native, took his passion for the sea

and combined it with a culinary delight to, well, up the ante on the traditional ideas of what Southern seafood should be.

Sure, Cape Fear Seafood Company has the standard fried combo platters, po boys and traditional fish fare expected below the Mason Dixon Line. But, as our reviewer, Ms. Rosa Bianca has noted, “There is a reason this small, locally owned restaurant has been winning awards, and making the foodie people sit up and take notice. The dinner menu shows evidence of a confidently creative person in the kitchen.”

Diners will be able to indulge by tasting the best from Trawick during Restaurant Week.

It all starts with the choice of a first course: 1) Soup of the day, which is always hot and house made; 2) Mixed greens salad, tossed in a white balsamic vinaigrette; or 3) Caesar, with fresh romaine lettuce tossed with housemade parmesan-garlic croutons and drizzled in a special Caesar dressing.

The second course gives diners an option between land or sea: 1) Broiled sea scallops, cooked in either a lemon pepper or Cajun style, served with rice and green beans; 2) A 10-ounce hand-cut ribeye, grilled and topped with a Cabernet demiglace, served with a handful of golden fried shrimp, potatoes and green beans; 3) Cape Fear shrimp and grits, featuring sautéed prawns, applewood smoked bacon, tomatoes, and mushrooms over creamy cheese grits; or 4) Catch of the evening, where the freshest harvest is selected daily by their staff and prepared to diners’ specifications, grilled, blackened or broiled, with rice and green beans.

The third course will tickle the sweet tooth, as folks can choose between Key lime pie, a classic from the Keys, made here in the Junction, or cheesecake from the Company—not the factory (provided by Island Cakery).

Caprice Bistro

3-Course Dinner, $25 10 Market Street • (910) 815-0810 Reservations accepted • capricebistro.com Just in case any one needs introduction to Wilmington’s Best French Restaurant, as

voted time and again from encore readers’ Best-Of Poll, Caprice Bistro is a treasure to Wilmington’s culinary scene. Aside from their simple-chic mien, where tables are adorned with white sheaths and servers dressed in all black, they also offer a modern martini bar upstairs, where mixologists manage to make some of the finest drinks in town.

Yet, at the heart of the establishment is Thierry Moity’s hands in the kitchen and wife Patricia’s gracious hospitality to everyone who enters Caprice’s doors. The Moity’s success as restaurateurs in other large cities have carried over to Wilmington with much appreciation. Chef Moity has made fine French cuisine accessible to all foodies, offering a rich, lovely pate, mussels to die over (served in an array of sauces, nonetheless), and everything from rabbit to escargot, beef to poultry, pasta to stews. Their offerings for Restaurant Week remain scrumptiously teasing to every taste bud—something that will surely bring diner after diner returning frequently for some of the best food in town.

Course 1: A choice of Terrine “Maison”—a homemade French country-style pate; steamed Mussels “Mariniere”; or escargot, sautéed with garlic in a Roquefort cream sauce.

Course 2: A choice of Duck Confit, served with an organic mixed green in a balsamic reduction; Salmon with mousse of flounder “en croute” in a beurre-blanc sauce; or Steak Frites, featuring a New-York strip “au poivre,” served with frites.

Course 3: A choice of dessert, featuring Profiterolles “au chocolat”; homemade sorbet; or crepes “ Patou.”

Deluxe

3-Course Dinner, $30 114 Market St. (910) 251-0333 • www.deluxenc.com Reservations accepted.

Aside from having one amazing wine list, Deluxe has maintained itself one of downtown’s best fine-dining establishments for 10-plus years. It’s a steal to walk out of here with a $30 dinner, mainly because everything Deluxe does is indicative of the second syllable of their name: luxe!

Course one will start off the meal with either a cup of their daily, homemade soup, a grilled Caesar salad or a small Deluxe salad.

Course two will offer a choice of salmon, served with cannelloni beans, curried chorizo and braised rocket greens; or veal, served with Holly Grove goat cheese mashed potatoes, garlic-braised organic baby spinach, finished with a chimichuri sauce and Spanish EVOO; or vegetable melange, featuring grilled veggies and black-bean cakes served with coconut sticky rice, baby spinach, and a mango-jalapeño salsa.

Dessert is always a pleasure here, too, so course three will not disappoint, as it will be served according to the chef’s daily recipe.

On top of making fine food, the bartenders are always making fine drinks as well, and the staff here prove attentive, friendly and

more than willing to make every diner’s experience one to relish.

East (inside Blockade Runner)

3-Course Lunch, $15 4-Course Dinner, $25 275 Waynick Blvd., Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-2251 • www.blockade-runner.com Reservations suggested • Excludes Saturday Located in Blockade Runner hotel on Wrightsville Beach, East is a restaurant that offers ocean-front views and fresh sea flavors.

Whether dining inside for a romantic evening, or enjoying the moonrise over the Atlantic on their outdoor patio, the restaurant emulates relaxing opulence.

The food complements the vibe tenfold, as fresh seafood specials make their way onto the menu daily. Thanks to Chef Mark Lawson, a 41-year-old classically-trained chef with 24 years in the kitchen, East will be carrying on an appreciation of the sea during Restaurant Week. Lawson and his staff are promoting a three-course lunch and four-course dinner to locals and visitors alike.

For lunch, folks will be able to enjoy a cup of their Carolina Seafood Chowder, a creamless blend of of local seafood, potatoes, vegetables and rich lobster broth. Their second course boasts local speckled trout, stuffed with brie and North Carolina mountain apples, skillet roasted and served with a mesculin green salad, crisp roasted potatoes and a warm bacon vinnaigrette. Their third course will melt all sweet teeth in the decadence of a chocolate pecan torte.

After indulging upon a lovely lunch, dinner will beckon diners back, starting with a cup of Tuscan minestrone with polenta dumplings, followed by a spinach salad with maple-balsamic vinaigrette, pears and candied pecans.

The main course can be chosen out of three options: 1) A certified Angus beef Ossobucco, served with yukon gold mashed potatoes, roasted root vegetables and a rich borolla demi-glace; 2) Procuitto-wrapped chicken, pan seared and served with a butternut squash and baby potato hash, finished with a cranberry and orange relish; or 3) Porcini-dusted salmon, served with leek mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus and red-wine butter sauce.

Dessert will wrap up the final course, as Tiramisu is served with cinnamon whip cream.

Eddie Romanellis

2-Course Lunch, $9 3-Course Dinner, $16 5400 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, NC (910) 799-7000 503 Old Waterford Way, Leland, NC (910) 383-1885 www.RomanellisRestaurant.com Known for their Italian-inspired fare, Eddie Romanellis just celebrated 16 years in Wilmington. Their housemade sauces and dressings, served alongside fresh pasta dishes and varied entrees, have satiated the local palate, garnering them many Best-Of wins, according to encore readers, spanning a good five years or more.

An LM Restaurant—sister to Henry’s, Blue-

DROP THE ANCHOR: Making a stop at Buoy 32 Bistro in Wrightsville Beach will be a pleasing culinary experience, thanks to Chef Eric Gephart’s hands in the kitchen.

water and Oceanic—Romanellis continues pleasing diners with their casual and comforting food, made fresh to order, and sold at prices that remain reasonable for any budget. Romanellis will kick off Restaurant Week by offering a lunch special, starting off with a choice of soup or salad, followed by their second-course options: 1) Fried green tomato sandwich (available at the Wilmington location only); 2) Port City salad; 3) Grilled and chilled shrimp sandwich: or 4) Buffalo chicken wrap.

Whether choosing to dine for lunch, dinner or both, none will be dissatisfied. Romanellis’ three-course dinner begins with a choice of appetizer (or forego the app for dessert instead): 1) Crab dip (truly some of the best Wilmington has to offer!); 2) Artichoke dip; 3) Fried green tomatoes (available in Wilmington only) or bruschetta (available in Leland only); or 4) Homemade potato chips (ask for their blue cheese dressing to dip ‘em in).

Soup or a salad will round off the second course, while the third offers one of four varieties in Wilmington: 1) BBQ ribs; 2) Grilled shrimp skewers; 3) Parmesan chicken; or 4) Chef’s flatbread of the day. In Leland, the third course consists of one of three options: 1) Any pasta dish; 2) Chef’s chicken special; or 3) Chef’s beef special.

For diners who pass on the appetizer, dessert will be chef’s choice at Wilmington’s and Leland’s location.

Fat Tony’s Italian Pub

4-Course Lunch or Dinner, $16.99 Downtown: 131 N. Front St. • (910) 343-8881 Near UNCW: 250 Racine Dr. • (910) 452-9000 www.fatpub.com Fat Tony’s draws the youngsters, the young professionals, the families and, well, practically everyone in Wilmington to its pub, not only for a brew but a hearty meal, too. It’s only apropos that its name “honors a spirit

of congeniality and the tradition of trusted friends,” according to the lovely story listed on its Web site (fatpub.com). It’s no wonder they’ve had to open two restaurants locally (downtown and near UNCW’s campus off Racine Drive) to keep all their friends happily interacting. After all, their reasonable prices and large portions of sandwiches, pizzas and pastas have amassed them a fanbase that’s forever growing.

During Wilmington’s Restaurant Week, Fat Tony’s will continue appealing to the masses by dolling out a variety of meals, starting with a first course of appetizer choices: 1) Half order of stuffed mushroom caps, filled with either pesto sauce or chopped meatballs and topped with melted mozzarella; 2)Half order of porchetta dulce, which is honey-coated Italian sausage wrapped in dough, cut into medallions, and served over a bed of marinara; or 3) Half order of mozzarella sticks served with marinara.

The second course will cleanse the palate with a choice of a side or Caesar salad, followed by two options for the entrée: 1) Spinach or beef lasagna, featuring layers of either spinach or beef, cheese, pasta and marinara sauce; or 2) Penne alla Vodka, featuring grilled shrimp in a homemade creamy, tomato sauce spiced with pepper vodka and served over a bed of penne noodles.

The fourth course is either dessert or an after-dinner cocktail: homemade Tiramisu or a glass of wine.

Hell’s Kitchen

Lunch, $8 3-Course Dinner, $12.99 118 Princess Street • (910) 763-4133 www.hellskitchenbar.com Hell’s Kitchen has its roots planted firmly in Wilmington’s film industry, once acting as a bar on the hit series “Dawson’s Creek.” Rather than simply doing away with the faux watering hole, it opened to the public and continues to serve not only as a sports bar, live-music venue and meeting place for a brew, but their food is something to take note of as well.

It’s not a far cry to honor Hell’s Kitchen burgers as some of the best in town, mainly because the fresh Angus beef is ground onpremise, so the burger can be cooked from rare to well done (something most burger joints don’t/can’t offer). Diners during Wilmington Restaurant Week will be able to choose between one of many of Hell’s Kitchen’s burger varieties for lunch: hickory, chedder, black and bleu, mushroom bacon swiss, baja or Carolina, served with choice of side, beer-battered or waffle fries, potato chips or deli salad, and a drink for only $9.

For dinner, the kicthen opens up their entrée menu, where three courses run for only $12.99. Folks can choose from a side or Caesar salad, cup of soup or chili for their first course. The second course is Chicken Parmesan, served with a side of marinara spaghetti and garlic bread.

Dessert comes last, featuring Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, with a choice of toppings. A drink comes with dinner, but diners can substitute a glass of wine should they choose.

Henry’s

4-Course Dinner, $20 2508 Independence Blvd. • (910) 793-2929 www.henrysrestaurant.com Another of the LM Restaurants, Henry’s is celebrating 10 years of service to Wilmington in 2009. The eatery hails carefully-crafted American cuisine from Chef Jason Ivady, backed by a friendly staff who treats everyone like a regular, in a casually rich environment, speckled with sandstone and hand-painted walls, alongside a “stunning 100-year-old Brunswick-style tiger-oak bar.”

Offering live music on Tuesdays and Fridays in the bar and patio, the ambience, paired with delightful cuisine appeals to all palates. Their Restaurant Week offerings are sure to not disappoint, starting with a choice of appetizer for the first course: Onion crisp, calamari or crab dip (again, something LM Restaurants excel in making most tastefully).

Their second course will offer a choice of soup or salad, followed by one of the following entrées: 1) Any blackboard special; 2) Parmesan-crusted chicken; 3) Harvest salad; or 4) Henry’s terrific noodles.

To finish off the meal will be one of Henry’s decadent mini desserts (just go for chocolateanything, and the satisfaction is guaranteed!).

Hieronymus Seafood

4-Course Dinner, $25 5035 Market St. • (910)392-6313 www.hieronymusseafood.com Hieronymus Seafood—winner of encore’s Best Seafood for many years consecutively—does coastal cuisine right. They’re a place that has brought Wilmingtonians together over hearty, healthy and home-grown meals for over 30 years. Owned and operated by Dawn and Skip Hames, the restaurant works with local fisherman to bring in the freshest of catches, and they even harvest fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs to make up old family recipes for their appetizers, side dishes and desserts.

Choosing to dine in their raw bar or formal area will always be a treat, especially during â&#x20AC;&#x153;Râ&#x20AC;? months, when local oysters become prime cuisine. During Wilmington Restaurant Week, all diners will be treated to the crĂŠme dĂŠ la crĂŠme of the Hieronymus menu, as a four-course meal will only run $25. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what to expect: Course one: Choose from crab dip or fried calamari.

Course two: Choose from a garden or Caesar salad, or a cup of their famous homemade She-Crab soup.

Course three: Choose from their blackened mahi, seafood combo (fried or grilled; choice of two: shrimp, flounder, oysters, scallops, or clam strips) or stuffed chicken.

Course four: Their homemade strawberry shortcake will titillate the tastebuds exquisitely, as will the almond Hershey delight for those who prefer a chocolate ending.

Islands Fresh Mex Grille

3-Course Lunch, $6.99 260 Racine Dr. â&#x20AC;˘ (910) 799-2109 www.islandsfreshmexgrill.com With a motto that stands for being â&#x20AC;&#x153;simply better in every way possible,â&#x20AC;? Islands Fresh Mex takes â&#x20AC;&#x153;fast, casual dining to a higher level, while keeping everything simple and fresh.â&#x20AC;? They build the best tacos, quesadillas, burritos and nachos with produce and meats that come at the highest quality possible.

Their â&#x20AC;&#x153;American fiesta in the Caribbeanâ&#x20AC;? atmosphere draws diners into the airy establishment for lunch and dinner. And the fact that they remain an eco-friendly restaurant, using biodegradable materials to serve the food in, makes them even more appealing in our everevolving green society.

During Restaurant Week Islands will bring even greater savings to the people, aside from providing an already impressively priced menu. Enjoy a three-course lunch for around $7, starting with chips and a side of queso or guacamole. The second course allows diners to choose one of their eight burritos, including the Jamacian Jerk chicken, Philly steak, Buffalo chicken, Southwest chicken, ground beef, steak, tilapia or a vegetarian variety. A chocolate chip cookie rounds out dessert, and the meal also comes with a fountain drink.

Little Dipper

4-Course Dinner, $25 138 S Front St. â&#x20AC;˘ (910) 251-0433 Reservations recommended. www.littledipperfondue.com Little Dipper became Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first fondue restaurant a few years back. Today, it remains one of the most sought-after dining experiences in town, thanks to a lovely, modern atmosphere, exceptional staff (who have taken encoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Waitstaff award in the readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poll) and, of course, succulent food.

Fondue, as so many know, is an experience, not just a quick dinner. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social interaction, where creating a meal with friends at each individual table requires a hefty palate of indulgence. Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant Week will provide a perfect opportunity to enjoy it, not only at a fraction of the cost but especially

ROMANELLI REVERIE: The bruschetta at Eddie Romanellis (available at Leland location as part of Restaurant Week) makes a fantastic, dreamy start to a three-course dinner.

with loved ones who thrive on relaxing and memorable dinners. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wise to make reservations, too, as Little Dipper is known to pack in foodies.

The first course consists of cheese fondue in: Switzerlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Original, Cheddar Ale, Baja Cheddar or Tuscan Sun-Dried Tomato, served with assorted breads, fruits and veggies.

The second course will be either soup or salad, consisting of a chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salad, Caesar salad or mushroom salad, or carrot-ginger soup.

The third course allows diners to choose between dipping saucesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;creamy horseradish, marinara, Asian ginger, wasabi lime, creamy dill, au pouivre and spicy curryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;followed by one of the following: 1) Pleaure Island: Asian potstickers stuffed with chicken and veggies, filet mignon and sashimi tuna; 2) Figure 8: Filet mignon, chicken and pork tenderloin; 3) Wrightsville: Filet mignon, chicken and shrimp; 4) Sunset: Shrimp, filet mignon and assorted ravioli; or 5) Masonboro: Assorted ravioli, marinated portabellos and seasonal vegetables.

The fourth course is something most diners find heavenly and sinful alike, as milk chocolate, half chocolate/half peanut butter, mocha and Amaretto dark chocolate, white chocolate or the turtle fondue becomes a bath for strawberries, bananas, pineapple, marshmallows, pretzels and cream puffs.

tive service, fine wines and signature dinners, including the finest of seafood, beef and poultry, not to mention prime cheeses and chocolates. Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local hotspot will be offering lunch and dinner as part of Restaurant Week, so diners during all hours of the day can take advantage of the savings.

Their three-course lunches last from noon to 3pm, starting with a cheese fondue, followed by a salad and finished with ... well, what else? Chocolate!

The four-course dinner will run $27 per person, starting again with a cheese course, followed by a salad course. The main entrĂŠe will consist of teriyaki-marinated sirloin and shrimp, garlic and herb chicken, and spinach artichoke ravioli.

Again, the meal will be completed with more chocolateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;something The Melting Pot has been coercing customers with for years upon years, garnering many, many returns.

Nikkiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fresh Gourmet and Sushi

4-Course Lunch or Dinner, $14.95 16 S. Front St. â&#x20AC;˘ (910) 772-9151 www.nikkissushibar.com Highly acclaimed for its quality and creatively prepared sushi, Nikkiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fresh Gourmet and Sushi Bar, located downtown on Front Street,

on Racine Drive and at Independence Mall, has won Best Sushi and Best Vegetarian according to encore readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consecutively for the last five years. Their daily rolls and fresh ingredients make the Japanese delicacy pure indulgence upon every bite.

As part of showcasing their most beloved fare, all three sushi bars will be participating in Restaurant Week with a four-course lunch or dinner, available for a mere $14.95 a person.

The meal begins with a cup of miso soup or the soup of the day, or a house salad, served with their homemade ginger dressing (a family recipe, nonetheless). The second course consists of an appetizer of shumai, which are sweet, seafood dumplings.

The third and fourth courses showcase the best of Nikkiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sushi and specialty rolls, starting with a Sakura Love Roll, consisting of spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, mango and avocado, wrapped in soy paper and topped with wasabi mayonnaise, and a sweet and spicy sauce. The meal will be finished off with one piece of tuna sushi and a piece salmon sushi.

Nikkiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hibachi Steakhouse

Early-Bird 4-Course Dinner for One, $16.95 4-Course Dinner for two, $39.95 1055 Military Cutoff Rd., Suite 100 (910) 509-8998 Reservations recommended.

Brought to Wilmington from Johnny Chen, sushi chef and owner of the Nikkiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fresh Gourmet locations, is the Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse, where food and entertainment become a culinary treat for diners.

Located in the Renaissance Shopping Plaza, Nikkiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hibachi Steakhouse pairs the best in Japanese-style cooking with chefs who are trained to be interactive along the family-style hibachi grills. Diners are seated eight to a table, and are treated to a four-course meal as chefs flip the food, set it on fire and serve it fresh-to-order.

During Restaurant Week, an early-bird special for one can be enjoyed for only $16.95, available from 4-6pm only, which includes a hibachi combination of two meats, along with soup, salad, fried rice and vegetables.

Diners who want to enjoy a meal for two can be treated to a hibachi combination dinner, featuring steak, chicken, scallops and shrimp, served with soup, salad, fried rice and veg-

Affordable daily lunch specials & weekend breakfast specials Desserts available daily from our in house pastry chef

The Melting Pot

3-Course Lunch, $17 4-Course Dinner, $27 885 Town Center Dr. â&#x20AC;˘ (910) 256-1187 www.themeltingpot.com One of Mayfaireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest restaurants of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 will tickle the fancy of fondue lovers yet again, as The Melting Pot joins the ranks of Wilmington Restaurant Week. The three-decade old chain is one of 142 locations across 37 states being franchised to carry on the interaction of fondue dining.

The Melting Pot offers private tables, atten-

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etables for only $39.95, Reservations are recommended during weekend outings, as the steakhouse tends to fill up rather quickly.

To finish it all off is dessert of either an Almond Joy turtle tart or raspberry sorbet with assorted berries.

Oceanic

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

3-Course Dinner for One, $19.99 3-Course Dinner for Two, $39.99 703 S Lumina Ave. • (910) 256-5551 www.OceanicRestaurant.com Perhaps one of the most renowned restaurants in Wilmington for its oceanfront view, Oceanic situates itself directly on the Atlantic, where eating fresh seafood on the Crystal Pier coincides perfectly with breathing fresh sea air. It’s no wonder the restaurant has made its way up the encore Best-Of polls, satisfying diners with Best Seafood and Best Outdoor dining over the years.

In celebration of Wilmington Restaurant Week, folks will enjoy many courses of culinary delight, stating off with a lobster dip for two, served with fried flatbread wedges.

Course two offers a choice from one of the following: 1) Marinated sirloin steak, grilled and served with herb-parmesan French fries; 2) Wood-frilled grouper, served with citrus balsamic-warmed vinaigrette, bok choy chiffonade and hush puppies; or 3) Parmesancrusted lemon chicken, tossed in linguini with fresh basil, chopped tomatoes and olive oil.

A choice of dessert will be served lastly, including either cream-cheese-filled carrot cake or a Key-lime tartlet.

ONE STICKY SLAB OF RIBS: Sticky Fingers is offering a 3-course dinner for only $19.99, including a BBQ combo plate or a half-slab of ribs as second course.

Priddyboys

Lunch, $8 3-Course Lunch or Dinner, $5.99 419 S College Rd # 37, (910) 799-4400 Face it: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, did right by inventing the bread-and-meat concoction so many of us live off of day by day. And what would Wilmington Restaurant

Week be without including the gnosh-friendly meal on a menu?

Of course, one of Wilmington’s most beloved sandwich shops, Priddyboys, will be tempting diners with their famed “priddy” eats during October 21st and 28th. For lunch or dinner, folks can order a Juniorboy sandwich (which comes in so many varieties, including some of Wilmington’s best chicken and egg salads, along with cold cuts and vegetarian options), a cup of soup (again, something they do well, in chowder, potato, broccoli and cheese, and chicken noodle varieties), along with a drink and a fresh baked cookie for dessert. It comes at a meager price that anyone, college student to a family of four, can afford: costing only $5.99.

The Priddyboys on College Road is the only location that will redeem Restaurant Week passes, so be sure to stop by and order up in the University Landing locale.

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3-Course Lunch, $15 3-Course Dinner, $30 2 Market St. • (910) 763-7227 www.riverboatlanding.com Located at the foot of Market, on the bank of the Cape Fear River, Riverboat Landing, sister restaurant to Caffe Phoenix, another Restaurant Week participant, has been around for over 25 years. The building itself is an architectural gem, dating back to 1856, featuring nine two-person private balconies overlooking the Cape Fear. It’s a lover’s destination, to say the least.

Having most recently reconstructed their menu after undergoing new ownership, their lunch-and-dinner offerings do not disappoint.

A three-course lunch will only cost $15, offering a soup or salad course, along with any entrée from their lunch menu (including crab cakes, crispy duck leg confit and even fish ‘n’ chips), and dessert, featuring either chocolate chunk bread pudding or raspberry sorbet.

Dinner will also consist of three courses for $30, including a first course of Tuscan bruschetta, Caesar salad or a Riverboat house salad. The second course will consist of either balsamic-and-herb-marinated bistro steak, or skillet-roasted salmon, or grilled marinated portobello mushroom.

3-Course Dinner, $30 301 N. Water St. • Hilton Wilmington Riverside (910) 343-1818 • ruthschris-wilmington.com Reservations accepted.

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse isn’t new to the carnivorous eaters. In fact, it’s a haven for indulging among the best Angus beef, and since it opened its doors in Wilmington’s Hilton Riverside a year and a half ago, it’s been satiating many ribeye, filet and porterhouse taste buds incomparably.

Its inclusion in Wilmington Restaurant Week will surely bring out the diners who have an inkling to experience fine dining at very reasonable prices. Their three-course dinner, for a mere $30, will keep the bank account stocked and the belly happily full, beginning with a choice of their steakhouse salad, with iceberg, romaine and baby lettuces, cherry tomatoes, garlic croutons and red onions; or enjoy a cup of lobster bisque.

Following will be one of three choices for the main entrée, including: 1) Petite filet, serving the most tender cut of corn-fed Midwestern beef, broiled expertly; 2) Braised short ribs, served with roasted peppers and onions in a New-Orleans-style barbecue sauce; 3) Ovenroasted double chicken breast, stuffed with garlic-herb cheese and served with lemon butter; 4) Sautéed New Orleans style barbecued shrimp, served in reduced white wine, butter, garlic and spices, on a bed of garlic mashed potatoes; or 5) Moist and tender Atlantic salmon, poached under the broiler. All entrées will be served with a choice of creamed spinach or mashed potatoes (served family-style).

Substitutions to accompaniments can be made for an additional $2 per side dish.

Siena Trattoria

4-Course Dinner, $40 a couple 3315 Masonboro Loop Road (910) 794-3002 Reservations recommended.

Known as “the perfect neighborhood trattoria,” Siena is located in the Courtyard at Masonboro, a few doors down from Mason’s Haunt. Their warm, casual setting makes dining with friends and family cozy and inviting.

Their menu ranges from pasta to pies, including “some of the best pizza in Wilmington,” according to one diner who reviewed it favorably on chowhound.chow.com. Of course, during Wilmington’s Restaurant Week, folks will be treated to something even greater than the best pizza in town.

The Italian culinary expertise will surely shine through as a four-course dinner will be served for only $40 a couple!

The first course will consist of one of the following: 1) Calamari fritti, served with mild or hot marinara; 2) Zuppa di cozze, featuring mussels steamed with garlic, and white wine, served with fresh baked pizzette; 3) Salsiccia e fagioli, sweet or hot sausage sauteed and served over cannellini beans

with marinara sauce; or 4) Insalata Caprese, fresh homemade mozzarella and ripe tomatoes, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and fresh basil pesto.

It will be followed by a Siena salad for the second course, and the main entrée can be chosen between a host of many: 1) Chicken marsala; 2) Pollo Siena; 3) Fettucini Alfredo with shrimp or chicken; 4) Chicken or salmon piccata; 5) Lasagna; 6) Linguini primavera; 7) Fettucini primavera; and 8) Pappardelle de carne.

To top off such an exquisite balance of flavor will be any dessert from their menu, as well as a cup of coffee. A perfect ending to a perfect meal!

nie’s pecan pie, a double fudge brownie sundae or baked apple almond crumb.

Wrightsville Grille

South Beach Grill

3-Course Dinner, $28.95 100 S. Lumina Ave. • Wrightsville Beach (910) 256-4646 www.southbeachgrillwb.com South Beach Grill has been serving up unique beach fare to the crowds at Wrightsville for many years. Taste the distinction between good and great during Restaurant Week as Chef James Rivenbark prepares really delightful eating.

Starting the four-course dinner will be a choice from the following: 1) Oyster Rockefeller soup, a spinach and cream base filled with fresh, plump oysters accented with sambucca liqueur; 2) Makers Mark Salad or crisp spinach, sliced bosc pears, mandarin orange supreme, garnished with gorgonzola crumbles and spiced walnut halves, dressed with a warm Makers Mark and honey dressing; 3) Stuffed petite portabellas, filled with sautéed spinach, garlic and fine herb boursin cheese, topped with spiced panko bread crumbs finished with Black truffle oil and a balsamic glace; 4) Rosemary shrimp, chargrilled and skewered over a smoked cheddar polenta cake accompanied with a hearty saffron tomato basil sauce.

The second course, a la the main entrée, takes its inspiration from land, sea and garden, suiting the flavors of omnivores everywhere.

Choose one from the following: 1) Duck Duo features char-grilled duck breast and confited duck leg quarter over wild rice and roasted mushrooms, accented with a balsamic maple glaze and a pomegranate reduction; 2) Ginger Candied Grouper, pan-seared, served atop fried sweet chili jasmine rice, grilled marinated baby bok choy, and finished with a soy caramel; 3) Two Way Fillet features a blackened fillet, topped with melted gorgonzola crumbles, while its counterpart is chargrilled and finished with a Cabernet reduction demi glace, both accompanied with a lobster and shrimp risotto; 4) Wild Forest Mushroom Ravioli comes over-stuffed with wild forest mushrooms, over a butternut squash ancho chili cream sauce, garnished with a crispy pancetta.

To finish it off, diners can choose one of South Beach’s decadent desserts: 1) Crème Brulee, with Kahlua and Frangelico liqueur custard, topped with caramelized sugar; or 2) Blackberry cobbler, topped with vanilla bean and mint ice cream.

The Restaurant Week offer is not valid on

LIFE OF SUSHI: Indulge on freshly prepared sushi from Yo Sake (featured above) and Nikki’s Fresh Sushi and Gourmet, both making the ‘must-stop list’ during Restaurant Week.

Saturday, nor in conjunction with any other offer from South Beach Grill.

Sticky Fingers

3-Course Dinner, $19.99 5044 Market Street 910-452-RIBS • www.stickyfingers.com Having scored encore’s Best Ribs many years consecutively now—as well as BestOf awards across the entire South, including Savannah, Jacksonville, Chattanooga and Charleston—it’s only apropos that barbecue of some sort ends up on a Wilmington Restaurant Week menu. After all, living below the Mason-Dixon Line means enjoying the best of pork and its accompanying sides.

Sticky Fingers will be fulfilling the cravings of barbecue fiends in town, starting with a halfportion of any of their following appetizers: 1) Savannah Dip, featuring spinach, artichokes and mozzarella topped with diced tomatoes and grated Asiago cheese, served with fresh chips and salsa; 2) Sticky Potato Skins, featuring barbecue pork or smoked chicken, cheddar cheese and barbecue sauce; 3) Cheddar Fries, topped with queso, melted cheddar and mozzarella cheese, bacon, jalapeños and tomatoes; or 4) Fried Onions, served with a special dipping sauce.

The second course will be light, offering a house or Caesar side salad, if only to make room for the main entrée: ribs! Diners will enjoy a half slab of ribs in one of their signatures sauces or rubs (Memphis Style Wet, Memphis Style Dry, Tennessee Whiskey, Habañero Hot or Carolina Sweet) or any of their barbecue platters (up to $12.99), of which both meals come served with two sides To continue the lip-smakin’ delight, the final course is a Sticky dessert: peach cobbler, Er-

3-Course Dinner, $17.99 6766 Wrightsville Ave # J (910) 509-9839 www.wrightsvillegrille.com Wrightsville Grille is many things: a bar, a gathering place for Sunday football (in which the Steelers are their home team), but, most importantly, it’s a restaurant providing hearty happiness by the spoonful. In fact, the goal of Wrightsville Grille, at least according to their Web site, is to redefine what a neighborhood bar and grille should be. And in their underfive-year infancy among our locale’s foodscape, the family-owned establishment has managed success, Specializing in upscale American cuisine, Wrightsville has it all: burgers, sandwiches, poultry, fish and beef, pasta, daily specials, desserts, and the list could go on forever.

During Restaurant Week, they’re making their menu most appealing by using only the freshest ingredients to present prime cuisine.

Here’s what folks can order: Course 1: A mini Greek salad, featuring mixed greens with roma tomatoes, Kalamata olives, red onions, cucumbers, feta cheese and a choice of homemade dressings; or choose from two homemade soups, which could include any of the following: Southwestern chicken corn chowder, New England clam chowder, Wrightsville Grille gumbo, Manhattan clam chowder, beef vegetable, cream of chicken and rice, navy bean and ham, black bean and ham, chicken noodle, French onion, beef stew, cheesy baked potato, cream of tomato basil, minestrone, chili or potato leek.

Course 2: Choose an entrée: 1) Mediterranean grilled shrimp, served with black Kalamata olives, diced tomatoes, artichoke hearts and red onions served over couscous; 2) Caribbean-style Jerk chicken, seasoned with our secret spicy seasoning, over red beans and rice, and a vegetable of the day.

Course 3: Choice of one dessert: double

layer chocolate fantasy cake, covered with thick and creamy double chocolate icing, dressed with chocolate flakes; or a Wrightsville Grille specialty, Banana Xango, a cross between banana cheesecake and banana pudding, wrapped in a tasty fried shell, dusted with cinnamon and served with vanilla ice cream and caramel.

Yo Sake

4-Course Dinner, $25 33 South Front St., 2nd Floor (910) 763-3172 www.yosake.com Yo Sake has set a trend for modern, chic dining, not only in their updated Asian cuisine but with their restaurant’s decor that can match any fine-dining in a major metropolis.

Their menu spans everything from sushi to Pad Thai, satays to braised coconut chicken, and desserts, such as their coconut ice cream, that simply melts all worries away in seconds flat.

A four-course meal here can be enjoyed any evening during Restaurant Week, wherein diners can choose an appetizer or sushi roll for their first course (try the Shanghai Firecrackers—spicy breaded shrimp—or their Chilled Salad roll, featuring sliced cucumber, crab, avocado, cream cheese, sprouts and egg with sunomono sauce).

The second course will consist of soup— tomato ginger bisque, Yo Sake chicken noodle or miso—or a salad.

The third course will be an option from any of Yo Sake’s entrées, including their famed Yo Sake Duck two ways, a grilled duck breast and leg of confit served with baby bok choy and an apricot, almond risotto and orange marmalade or even their Thai-style pork chop, a Hoisen marinated, bone-in 12-ounce tenderloin, served with a wasabi potato cake and marinated asparagus. Their menu varies, so the choice may not be so easy.

Dessert comes last, and as noted, their coconut and banana ice cream is heavenly. But for those not keen on the delicate flavor, try the mango cheesecake or lychee sorbet.

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Three dealers specializing in antique furniture, Elegant Glass Heisey, Art Glass, Flow Blue, Majolica, Staffordshire, Silver Pottery, Framed Artwork and Vintage Jewelry 910-815-6788 • 533 & 535 Castle St. OPEN: Monday - Saturday 10-5, Sunday 1-5

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u itodeateand drink in the port city d i n i n g gwhere american Black Horn Bar & kitcHen

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

Brixx Wood Fired Pizza A short drive from the beach, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Mayfaire Town Center is a fun, friendly neighborhood restaurant. Serving the best brick-oven pizzas around, Brixx also offers a fine selection of signature focaccia sandwiches, pastas, fresh salads and desserts. Stop in for a quick lunch, or kick back on the patio with one of 24 beers on tap or 14 wines by the glass. Brixx is also a late-night destination, serving 2-for-1 pizzas and appetizers after 10 p.m.

Open until 1 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 p.m. on Sunday.6801 Main Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. 910-256-9677. www.brixxpizza.com

BlUeWater

A sprawling two-story restaurant located on the Intracoastal Waterway, Bluewater offers spectacular panoramic views. Watch all types of boats cruise past your table, and relax to the sound of sail masts lightly touching at the nearby marina, all while enjoying the casual American menu.

Dinner mainstays include baby back ribs, chargrilled steaks, fresh fish, and delicious homemade desserts. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC . 910.256.8500

c.G. daWGs For great traditional New York style eats with Southern charm look no further than C.G. Dawgs.

You will be drawn in by the aroma of fine beef franks served with witty banter and good natured delivery from the cleanest hot dog carts in Wilmington. Sabrett famous hot dogs and Italian sausages are the primary fare offered, with a myriad of condiments for all of your mid-day or late night cravings. You may find them daily at their new location on the boardwalk of Market and Water St. from 11am to 5pm. Saturdays at the farmers market. ThursdaySaturday nights they are on Market St. between Front and 2nd St. from 10pm to 3:00am. Then they finish the week off at Fibbers on Sunday nights until 3am. To busy to leave the office? Ask about their lunch time delivery service for downtown!!

tHe GeorGe on tHe riVerWalk Drop your anchor at The George on the RiverWalk, your destination for complete sense indulgence.

Watch the historic Cape Fear River unfold before you while you enjoy the best in Southern Coastal Cuisine. The menu combines elegance, creativity and diverse selection of steak, pasta, salad and fresh seafood, including the best Shrimp n’ Grits in

town. Warm in the sun on the expansive outdoor deck sipping an exotic, colorful martini, or unwind at the spacious bar inside boasting extensive wine and martini lists along with weekday appetizer specials from 4:00pm-6:30pm. Don’t forget to try downtown’s best kept secret for Sunday Brunch from 11am-3pm. You are welcome to dock your boat at the only dock’n’dine restaurant downtown, grab a trolley, or enjoy our free, front door parking (ask for pass!) Lunch and Dinner Tues-Sunday. Why satisfy when you can indulge? Find the George on the RiverWalk at 128 South Water Street. 910-763-2052 or online at www.thegeorgeontheriverwalk.com

Hells kitcHen

This former Dawson’s Creek stage set has been turned into a lively pub in the heart of Downtown Wilmington. Their extensive menu ranges from classics like a thick Angus burger or NY style reuben to lighter fare such as homemade soups, fresh salads, and vegetarian options. Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game on the big screen, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with a pool table, darts, weekly trivia, and live music on the weekends. Offers limited lunchtime delivery during the week and can accommodate large parties. M-Sat 11am until late, opens Sundays at noon. 118 Princess St, (910) 763-4133

HenrY’s

A local favorite and must-see for visitors, Henry’s award-winning decor features beautifully hued stacked sandstone, a hand painted ceiling and a gorgeous 100-year-old Brunswick-style tiger oak bar. At dinner, modern American offerings include slow roasted prime rib, rotisserie chicken, signature crab cakes, and delectable seafood dishes. Lunch features include deli sandwiches made with fresh Boars Head cold-cuts, delicious salads, and fresh bread. Save room for the homemade strawberry shortcake! HenrysRestaurant.com. 2508 Independence Boulevard, Wilmington, NC. 910.793.2929.

HolidaY inn resort

The Verandah Café 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. Open daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. 256-2231 Wrightsville Beach

keFi

Kefi, founded in 1981 by a group of friends, has a long-standing tradition as a favorite local watering hole. This Wrightsville-Beach eatery is open at 6am for breakfast, offering everything from omelets and pancakes, to shrimp and grits. Take a break from the beach and visit Kefi’s, where their menu features a variety of salads and sandwiches. There is even a “working man’s lunch,” served Monday through Friday, all for under $6. At night Kefi comes alive by serving dinner with a Southern flare. From the fried pickles appetizer to their the shrimp or oyster Po’boy to their nightly dinner specials, there

is something that will make your taste buds sing.

Then stick around for live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; nightly drink specials are offered.

Go online at www.kefilive.com for more info and full music schedule. Open 6am-2am, seven days a week, with full ABC permits. Lunch deliveries available in the Wrightsville Beach area. Located at 2012 Eastwood Road, 910-256-3558.

tHe little diPPer

Wilmington’s favorite fondue restaurant! The Little Dipper specializes in unique fondue dishes with a global variety of cheeses, meats, seafood, vegetables, chocolates and fine wines. The warm and intimate dining room is a great place to enjoy a four-course meal, or indulge in appetizers and desserts outside on the back deck or in the bar while watching luminescent jellyfish. Open TuesdaySunday, serving dinner at 5pm. Reservations are appreciated for parties of any size. Located at the corner of Front and Orange in Downtown Wilmington. 138 South Front Street • (910) 251-0433

Pine ValleY Market

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

Mon.-Fri. 10am-7pm; Sat. 9am-6pm; closed Sunday.

3520 S. College Road, (910) 350-FOOD.

MelloW MUsHrooM

Now a smoke-free restaurant, mellow out and relax in the comfortable atmosphere that Mellow Mushroom offers. From the giant psychadelic ‘shroom located in the bar area to the Cadillac hanging on the wall, this restaurant is far from ordinary. The open kitchen brings live entertainment as pizza dough flies in the air. Their hand-tossed, springwater dough brings new meaning to pizzas and calzones—healthy!! With 20 drafts and an array of microbrews, domestic and import bottles, Mellow Mushroom has an extensive beer list and full bar.

Also, check out their lunch specials and variety of sandwiches. Their menu also caters to everyone and offers many vegetarian dishes. Live jazz on Wednesdays. Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-10pm; Sun., 12pm-9pm. 4311 Oleander Drive, 452-3773.

stickY FinGers riB HoUse Sticky Fingers is known for the best authentic Memphis-style ribs, wings and barbecue in town.

It’s no secret that slow, low-temperature smoking produces mouth-watering, tender ribs, chicken

and pork. Sticky Fingers smokes everything right here in the restaurant and has received national praise for award-winning ribs. The restaurant was recently featured in Bon Appetit, Southern Living and Food and Wine, and had fantastic television exposure on CNBC’s “The Today Show,” and the Food Network. Locals voted Sticky Fingers “Best Ribs” in Wilmington. Sticky Fingers Catering has become an obvious choice for company picnics, office meetings or social gatherings for parties of 15 to 5,000 people. They offer both full service and simple drop-off options to meet anyone’s catering needs. 5044 Market Street, (910) 452-7427.

trollY stoP

Trolly Stop Hot Dogs is family owned and operated with six locations throughout North Carolina. A family tradition for over 30 years specializing in homemade chili, slaw, burritos, tea and sauces. Smithfield all meat, Sabrett all beef, Oscar Mayer fat-free and Litelife veggie hot dogs. Try their unique “burger slab dog,” which is a burger in a unique shape.

94 S. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach, 256-3421; Cape Fear Blvd. in Carolina Beach, 458-7557; 111A South Howe St., Southport, 457-7017; 121 N. Front St., downtown Wilmington, 343-2999; 784 King St., Boone, NC, 828-265-2658; 4502 Fountain Dr., 910-452-3952. Call individual stores for hours of operation.

tHe UnderGroUnd

Appropriately located “underground” on the corner of Market and Front streets in downtown Wilmington, this lively restaurant and bar serves a variety of choices that includes everything from a Southwestern Chicken Caesar Wrap or a Buffalo Chicken Quesadilla to a Reuben with Potato Salad.

In addition to a full bar with an interesting martini and shooters menu, Underground also offers a selection of draft and bottled beers. The atmosphere is friendly and casual yet elegant, and it’s a great place to bring the family or join friends for a cocktail at night. Open Monday, 11am-5pm; Tuesday-Friday, 11am-2am; and Saturday, noon-2am, with a full menu served till midnight. Live music every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and karaoke every Wednesday! Check our Web site for a current events list www.myspace.com/undergroundwilmington! 103 Market Street, Corner of Front and Market, downtown Wilmington, 763-9686.

asian doUBle HaPPiness Double Happiness offers the Port City fine Asian dining at reasonable prices. We prepare flavorful dishes inspired by the cultural richness of Malaysia, Thailand and authentic China. We’re now serving traditional dim sum, and good health special vegetarian dishes, such as Soy Peking Ribs, homemade tofu and homemade Malaysian sponge cake. We are dedicated to branding the exotic flavors of fresh ingredients and a romantic spice in all of our cooking techniques. Our friendly staff is always willing to help customers, and we serve beer and wine for lunch and dinner. Banquet and tatami rooms are available for large parties. Open Monday through

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Saturday, 11am-10pm; and Sunday 3pm-10pm.

4403 Wrightsville Avenue; 910-313-1088. www. doublehappinessrestaurant.com.

-Saturday beginning at 10:30pm. 33 South Front Street, downtown Wilmington. (910) 763-3172.

Visit us at www.yosake.com.

caribbean

SZECHUAN 132

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

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. Open Monday thru Thursday 4pm-10pm; Friday and Saturday 4pm10:30pm; and Sunday 11am-10pm. Located at 222 Old Eastwood Road (910) 794-1570. Please visit the Web site at hirojapanesesteakhouse.com.

iNdoCHiNE rEStAUrANt ANd 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, or be entertained every Friday night with a Balinese dancer. Located at 7 Wayne Drive (beside the Ivy Cottage), 251-9229. Indochinewilmington.com

Yo SAkE

Located on the second floor of the historic Roudabush building in downtown Wilmington, Yo Sake features the best sushi along with a full pan-Asian menu served amid fabulous Tokyo vogue décor.

Entrees include Sake Bombed Duck, Tea Rubbed Salmon and Grilled Beef Tenderloin. The bar boasts an extensive wine list including 16 sakes and fantastic specialty drinks like the Wilmington-famous Pomegranate Ginger Mojito. Don’t forget to try the Fresh Mango Cheesecake or the scrumptious Coconut Banana Ice Cream, and, if you ask nicely, they just might drop a scoop of the Lychee Sorbet into a glass of champagne for you. Open everyday 5pm-2am. Dinner served 5-11pm. Ask about our late night menu. Live entertainment nightly Tuesday

jAMAiCA’S

CoMFort

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Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is Wilmington’s Authentic Caribbean Restaurant conveniently located at 417 S. College Road in University Landing. We offer exquisite Caribbean cuisine to satisfy your taste buds, whether they are for spicy Jamaican jerk chicken, mellow flavors of our curry chicken, curry goat or our ox tail skillfully flavored by our Jamaican chefs. Come in and enjoy our many menu selections, our warm décor, smoke-free atmosphere, excellent service and our smooth reggae music. Operating hours are: Sunday 3:00pm – 8:00pm; Wednesday – Saturday 11:45am – 9:00pm (Closed Monday and Tuesday). Jamaica’s Comfort Zone is family owned and operated.

Check us out at www.jamaicascomfortzone.com or call us 910-399-2867.

french CApriCE BiStro

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

italian ANtoNioS piZZA ANd pAStA

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

CAFE BASil itAliAN grill

Cafe’ Basil Italian grill the only authentic New York style Italian cuisine in south east North Carolina.

Owners Nick and Vincent DiNapoli are the real deal, two brothers from New York who brought all their family cooking secrets with them. The menu is filled with all your favorite traditional Italian entrees

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like home made Lasagna, Chicken Parmesan, Veal and Chicken Marsala to raviolis, stuffed shells and the best bowl of pasta you ever had. Plus they have grilled entrees including steaks and chops. The atmosphere is warm and inviting with dark woods and red brick through out, right down to the newly opened full service bar. There are nightly drink specials and live music every weekend in the piano bar.

They’re also able to cater your next party or business function in the private banquette room. With nightly blackboard specials, drink specials, scrumptious deserts and an early bird special every day from 4 to 6. Cafe Basil will soon become your second home.

One mile north of the College road over pass 10 minutes from downtown and Porters Neck. Open Mon-Sat, 4 pm-closing. Closed Sunday. For information and reservations call 910-791-9335.

EddiE roMANElli’S

A marvel of architecture with an open display kitchen that adds to the stunning ambiance of the dining room. Eddie Romanelli’s offers lunch (Oleander Dr), dinner and late night menu (Oleaner Dr). The diverse menu is casual American with Italian influences, featuring favorites such as 16oz.

Marinated Rib Eye Steak, Stuffed Pork Chop, Mama Romanelli’s Lasagna, Shrimp and Crabmeat Cannelloni, unique California-style pizza and more. RomanellisRestaurant.com. 5400 Oleander Drive, Wilmington. 910.799.7000 and 503 Olde Waterford Way, Leland. 910.383.1885

SliCE oF liFE

“Slice” has become a home away from home for tourists and locals alike. Our menu includes salads, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, homemade soups, subs and, of course, pizza. We only serve the freshest and highest-quality ingredients in all of our food, and our dough is made daily with purified water. We have the largest tequila selection in Wilmington. Voted “Best Pizza” and “Best Late Night Eatery.” Stop by for lunch dinner, or a late-night treat, open from 11:30am until 3am, seven days a week, 365 days a year, all ABC permits. 122 Market Street between Second and Front, downtown Wilmington. 251-9444. Visit our 2nd location at 1437 Military Cutoff rd., next to PT’s! 256-2229 www.grabslice.com.

Mediterranean NAgilA: tHE koSHEr MoroCCAN CAFE

Nagila, The Moroccan Café, is a quaint, neighborhood dining place, located on Wrightsville Avenue, near Canady’s Sporting Goods. Internationally recognized Chef Shai Shalit brings the finest dining experience and superb eclectic tastes rarely experienced even in those larger metropolitan cities.

Stop by for lunch and try his homemade pita bread, prepared fresh daily, stuffed with any filling of your choice. With lunch specials starting at just $5.95 and dinner specials starting at $9.95, Nagila is affordable and authentic, serving the most fantastic tahini and hummus, as well as chicken Moroccan soup that will warm your stomach. For the less adventurous guests, Shai can prepare an unbelievable steak or a pita hamburger—one not easily forgotten. Finish your dinner with a delicious piece of Baklava and a wonderful Turkish coffee or tea. Come on in and try out Wilmington’s newest, relaxing surroundings—that of a Moroccan oasis. Reservations: 233-1251 or 798-9940. Open Sunday-Thursday; Lunch 11am4pm; Dinner 4pm-until. Open for lunch on Friday at

11am - call for closing time. Closed Friday evening to Saturday evening for shabbos. Open Saturday night - call for times.

organic loVEY’S MArkEt

Lovey’s Market is a true blessing for shoppers looking for natural and organic groceries, or just a great place to meet friends for a quick, delicious, and totally fresh snack. Whether they are in the mood for a veggie burger, a bean burrito or a chicken Caesar wrap, shoppers will find a large selection of nutritious meals on the a la carte café menu at Lovey’s. The food bar—which has cold salads and hot selections that can be eaten in the café seating or boxed for take-out—can be enjoyed all day long, while the juice bar offers a wide variety of juices and smoothies made with organic fruits and vegetables.

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

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

tidAl CrEEk Co-op

Tidal Creek Deli offers a wide array of exceptional and unusual organic foods, all of which taste as good as they are for you. The salad bar and hot bar incorporate flavors from around the world; each item is prepared by hand using only fresh and local ingredients. The chefs are constantly experimenting to create new and exciting dishes. Choose from made to order smoothies with almond butter and hemp milk, salads with locally grown greens or, special order a wedding cake made from scratch to your specifications. Whatever your tastes, Tidal Creek Deli is a place to rejuvenate the mind and body while enjoying the company of a friendly and relaxed organic community.

seafood doCk StrEEt oYStEr BAr

Voted Best Oysters for over 10 years by encore readers, you know what you can find at Dock Street Oyster Bar. But we have a lot more than oysters!

Featuring a full menu of seafood, pasta, and chicken dishes from $4.95-$25.95, there’s something for everyone at Dock Street. You’ll have a great time eating in our “Bohemian-Chic” atmosphere, where you’ll feel just as comfortable in flip flops as you would in a business suit. Smoke Free! Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. 762-2827 www. dockstreetoysterbar.net.

EASt At tHE BloCkAdE rUNNEr HotEl

The Blockade Runner offers an array of seasonal seafood specials, certified Angus beef, lobster menu on Friday evening plus a spectacular Sunday brunch. Romantic al fresco dining is available on our dinner deck located in the center of a lush garden

overlooking the ocean far away from the traffic and noise. We offer live entertainment on Saturday evening and Sunday brunch. Our smoke free lounge is eco-friendly and offers light fare nightly. 275 Waynick Blvd. Wrightsville Beach. 910-256-2251.

HIERONYMUS

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

Signature dishes include Oysters Hieronymus and the Scallops Fra Diavlo. Hieronymus has all ABC permits and also provides catering. Voted “Best Seafood” in 2007. 5035 Market Street; 392-6313.

CatCH MOdERN SEafOOd

When Wilmingtonians think of fresh, flavorful seafood, they flock to Catch. Couples enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the bar, professionals meet for business meetings and locals come for their favorites. The understated décor and friendly service create a warm and relaxing atmosphere.

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

OCEaN gRIll

Located next to the Golden Sands hotel in Carolina Beach, the Ocean Grill offers three distinct dining experiences: a spacious dining room with wonderful views of the Atlantic Ocean, a patio bar in the covered patio area, and a open-air Tiki Bar on the pier. You will find a full menu inside, and appetizers, sandwiches and a full selection of beverages on the Tiki Bar menu. Serving lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and brunch on Sundays from 10am-2pm. Lunch 7 days a week beginning May 22nd. Live music calendar: www. oceangrill.us. Tiki Bar open at 11am 7 days a week. 1211 S. Lake Park Blvd, Carolina Beach; (910) 458-2000.

OCEaNIC

Breathtaking panoramic views. Oceanic’s third floor private banquet room provides a spectacular lookout over the Atlantic Ocean, Wrightsville Beach and Masonboro Island. With its own restroom & bar facilities, it is perfect for wedding receptions, birthdays and corporate functions.

Oceanic is a classic seafood house specializing in local seafood. Choose from a selection of seafood platters, combination plates and daily fresh fish. For land lovers, try steaks, chicken or pasta.

OceanicRestaurant.com. 703 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. 910.256.5551

REEl CafE

For eight years, the Reel Café has been Wilmington’s premier restaurant and nightlife location, because it has something for everyone. Enjoy dining in our restaurant, live music in our courtyard Oyster Bar, dancing in the second-floor danceclub or cocktails on the Rooftop Bar overlooking the Cape Fear River. We offer lunch, dinner and a late-night menu. Lunch has a variety of salads, sandwiches and steamers. Our dinner menu has a wonderful variety of burgers, sandwiches, pastas and steaks. We also have delicious seafood entrées and salads, or try the specials prepared daily by our chef. Whether it’s a delightful meal, live music or the downtown nightlife, The Reel Café is the place to be. Located at 100 S. Front Street, the Reel is also available for banquets and private parties. Call for details: 251-1832.

southern Hall’S tROpICaNa REStaURaNt Hall’s is a Wilmington tradition! Originally opened in 1901 as a drug store, Hall’s has been serving the Downtown community for over 100 years. We serve traditional Southern fare, including a classic breakfast with the accompaniments you’ve grown to love. Lunch includes a Southern buffet Monday-Friday with pork, chicken, all the fixin’s, and a special addition every day!

Don’t forget our unique menu, which includes everything from specialty sandwiches to fried seafood. Most importantly, at Hall’s everything is fresh! Open Monday-Friday, 7am-2pm (buffet 11-2), and Saturday from 7am-12:30pm with breakfast and menu items only. 421 Castle St. 910-762-2210.

pINK pIg CafE

Downtown Wilmington’s newest dining option has arrived! Serving breakfast and lunch all day, the Pink Pig offers a full menu featuring good ol’ fashioned cookin’ along with a few of our own innovations. For breakfast, try one of our tasty country plates or a sandwich stacked high with your favorite items. For lunch, try our already-famous Redneck Reuben, and you can’t go wrong with our real pit-smoked barbecue sandwiches. C’mon in try for yourself! Open Tues-Sat, 8am-8pm, and Sun., 10am-6pm. 124 Princess St, Downtown. 910-399-6096 other sporting events. We have plenty of seating and a fun atmosphere for the whole family. In Racine Commons, 910-409-9860.

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presents

The Blues, Rock, Soul, & Funk of:

JJ Grey & Mofro Like Florida’s state flower, the orange blossom, musician JJ Grey’s songs are fascinating, beautiful, and complex.

Both are products of the same ground: the rich, fertile and ancient soil of the Sunshine State. Born and raised just outside of Jacksonville, Florida, Grey comes from a long tradition of Southern musical storytellers and, like the best of the great Southern writers, he fills his songs with details that are at once vivid and personal, political and universal. His multi-textured music overflows with dynamic rhythms and thought-provoking lyrics. From raw funk to deep soul, blues and rock, JJ and his band Mofro

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Literary Action: Michael Thomas reads from his latest award-winning fiction, Man Gone Down

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here was a time when Michael Thomas was just another name. Another name of another writer who sits in coffee shops, scribing in longhand what he believes to be his magnum opus every day, just like the guy across the room or down the street.

But this year he is the winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel Man Gone Down, which was published in 2007.

Libraries in capitals and major cities throughout the world nominate novels based on their literary merits, and Man Gone Down was nominated by Barbados, one of the smaller libraries on the eligible list to make nominations. When he made it from the full long list of nominees to the short list, many critics put him in last place against novels

by: Jillian Watson

Michael Thomas Reading

Man Gone Down UNCWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kenan Hall 1111 October 22nd, 7pm Free like The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot DĂ­az, which had previously won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wondered if the London bookmakers were taking bets,â&#x20AC;? he says, completely serious, during our interview last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was

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gonna hedge it and bet on the long shot, me, and then bet on the smart money, which would have been me coming in last.

I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even think I was going to make the short list. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even nominated for anything in my own country.â&#x20AC;?

Sure enough, slow and steady won the race, and Thomas won $100,000 and a nice trophy donated by Waterford Crystal.

His triumph also led to the publication of his book around the world.

Man Gone Down chronicles four days in the life of the narrator, an unnamed black man from Brooklyn, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggling to be a writer, as his bi-racial marriage is falling apart, which also may result in losing his children if he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come up with the money they need for a new apartment and tuition for school. It also questions the idea of grasping on to the American Dream when the realities of the world concretely stand in the way of that dream.

Critics have drawn similarities between Thomas and his narrator, even though the piece is fiction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t myself,â&#x20AC;? he replies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are events that are similar, but the character that contemplates those events is very different. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re similar, I guess, in the manner or the way in which we speculate about things, not that we

come up with the same conclusions. . . .

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a creation, something over there, and even if you are writing autobiographically for dramatic effect or to stitch together a narrative, chronologically your life probably doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, or the characters donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, or the setting doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, or the conclusions or what happened. People who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an imagination have a difficult time with understanding what an imagination placed on actual events does.â&#x20AC;?

Thomas says that he never came close to giving his narrator a name in the novel, though he may have had one for himself.

He feels it is his way of attributing authors he admires who also wrote about nameless narrators. In fact, his novel is filled with allusions and quotes from authors he admires, ranging from James Baldwinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nobody Knows My Name to Ralph Ellisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Invisible Man to the poetry of T.S. Eliot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it is characterization,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then again, I think if people put it on me then it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fiction. Like Eliot talks about, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m aware of the tradition Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m coming out of, and I try to pay tribute to it in dialogue and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outside of the narrative. . . . Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a conduit, hopefully, for other people.â&#x20AC;?

Thursday night Thomas will be reading from his award-winning novel Man Gone Down in Kenan Hall on the UNCW campus. Many aspiring writers walk the halls of the building every day, myself included, hoping to find a spark of inspiration and a budding writing career akin to what Thomas has achieved.

When I asked for advice at the end of our meeting, he quickly said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quit,â&#x20AC;? and then after a troubling pause resumed, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do it because you want to make something, because you want to make literary work and for no other reason. Not that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get an agent, not that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get it published, not that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to make a dime off of this, not that anybody else is even going to like it, but because you have some kind of compulsion or vision that you need to articulate.â&#x20AC;?

Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first vision has successfully been articulated, and he is now working on a nonfiction piece, though he says he already has plans for another work of fiction in the future.

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Edge of Urge 18 Market Street OLIVER 1055 Military Cutoff Rd # 103 Main Street Sports Cafe 1055 International Way Port City Tanning 5725 Oleander Dr A-6 Firebelly Lounge 265 N Front Street The Reel Cafe 100 S Front Street

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Thursday, October 22 Mix 97.7 presents

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Ashed, Part 20: Voices from the inside

B

efore the accident, before Laura, before time decided to stop, I can remember riding around for hours, playing back seat to my parents’ destinations. We drove the day into the night, and the night was always my favorite. The sky crowded the moon until it folded layers in to the night of a million other places besides here.

Mom always tells me that weird shit happens on a full moon. She swears more people at her hospital have babies, and more people die on a full moon. And every time she tells me this—which is every time there is one—I end up convincing myself into trouble just because.

But before the trouble, before the deaths, before I grew up and out of the loop, I can remember my parents in the front seat of the car, having patchwork conversations while trees ran along the blue blanket sky like a hemline.

Tunnels through mountains and bridges above oceans, the back seat was such a lazy adventure. All that time alone, I could explore the world. Inside and out. I didn’t even know where we were going most times, through towns so far away but so familiar, I had lived pretend lives in several houses that jutted out of the borders and outlines of each city limit.

I don’t know which city I am in right now, only that it’s in a state of confusion and almost-panic that I am fueled by each day, an area where, each night, my limits are tested by silence. I walk to the pay phone to call my mother. On the way I think about what Doc said. I trip over the idea of her and my father both coming here to scrape up what’s left of their little North-Carolina scum. If I do get out of here soon, it will be because of them. And not because they take me but because if they show up together, I will gladly say goodbye to Laura before they even ask me to. I know they will ask me to; they hate her as much as I love her. The problem here being that I thought I had given her as much of a farewell as possible in the last seconds of the tide. I can’t be held responsible for the way she keeps coming back. I wish my parents could still ground me. I have been too high for too long.

I slide what change I have through the slot and let my fingers walk over numbers, crunching them as I wait for the voice on the other tin can to say “hello.” If it rings more than three times, I’ll know she isn’t there.

Ring. I breathe it in as it passes. Ring. I breathe out as it goes.

“Hello,” she says, and it sounds almost like a question.

“Hey, Momma, it’s me,” I answer. She proceeds to make over this call like it’s coming from beyond the grave, and I instantly remember the way she looks when she gets excited about something having to do with me. It’s been so long since I have seen it, my stomach starts to tickle itself inside-out, and I feel like

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a child again.

“How’re you doin’ today, baby?” she asks me once the rush dies down.

“Better now, I suppose,” I say. I mean it, too.

She would know if I didn’t.

“That’s what I like to hear from my girl. You think you’ll be ready to come home soon?” she asks.

“Well, that’s what I mean to ask you about, Momma. Doc Hall says you called the other day and told him you and Daddy were coming here to get me,” I say. The whisper of a breath is the only thing I hear for too many seconds to remain sure of this phone call.

“I don’t know what to tell you, stinky, I never talked to your doctor the other day. I didn’t even really know parents were allowed to call in to the center, or you know I would have somebody there on the phone every single day.”

The tickle in my tummy becomes a lump in my esophagus. The child in my voice becomes a monster in my head. “What the fuck do you mean?” I ask. I can hear myself about to flip on her, and I don’t want to, so I just wait.

“Laura, baby, calm down. I don’t know why he would have told you that, but there has to be some sort of explanation. Maybe he got you mixed up with another patient,” she says. She is trying to over-rationalize because she knows how irrational I can be if left to my own devices.

“But he said you and Daddy were coming.

He told me bold-faced and all.”

“Honey, I haven’t spoken to your father since the accident. We could barely even speak then, do you not remember us yelling back and forth in the emergency room?” she asks. I remember Daddy yelling.

“I kinda tried to block that shit out, Ma. So you’re telling me that neither one of you are coming?” I ask, still a small bit hopeful.

“Not until they tell me I can, sugar. And I don’t know whether your father will be coming at all.”

Click. I don’t mean to slam the line down, but I don’t know what else to do. I take backward steps away from the bad-news box and try to collect my wits before making another move.

What the fuck. What’s up, Doc? If boredom murders the heart of our age, disappointment rapes the mind of our innocence. And I feel like the whore at the receiving end of a very bad joke. I play these thoughts through on repeat as I make my way to that old dirty bastard Doc Hall, and I march into his office bruised already by my battle for clarity. I get to his door, but I am caught off guard by what’s inside.

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‘Mardi Gras Misfortune.’ A typical evening at Mardi Gras begins to go bad when you are drawn into a fortune tellers booth. During the fortune the

CFCC HARVEST HEALTH FAIR CFCC’s 2009 Harvest Health, Wellness and Safety Fair.Visit over 60 vendors with information about how to stay healthy and safe in your day to day life. Topics addressed include heart health, nutrition, blood pressure screenings, diabetes screenings, self-defense, smoking cessation and much more. Free food, drinks, games, door prizes, manicures and martial arts demos. The fair will be held on 10/21, 10am-2pm, CFCC Schwartz Center.

Admission free to public. (910)362-7332.

UNCW PRESENTS ARTS IN ACTION 10/21: Composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (known as DBR) displays his dazzling talent and innovation for one amazing evening w/solo and duet works from his recent recording, etudes4violin&electronix, featuring keyboardist Wynne Bennett and Elan Vital, aka DJ Scientific, on turntables and laptop. www.uncw.edu/presents.

Season tickets are priced at $42 for non-UNCW students; $29 for UNCW students; $80 for UNCW employees and alumni and senior citizens; and $99 for all others. Choose-Your-Own-Series option offers 10 percent savings for ticket purchases to at least three different events at Kenan Auditorium.

Individual tickets go on sale 8/19 with special savings for students and senior citizens. 962.-3500 or 800-732-3643, 10am-6pm, Mon-Fri. LYCEUM ACADEMY’S HAUNTED HOUSE Lyceum Academy of New Hanover High School will host its annual Haunted House fund-raiser

10/21: HARVEST HEALTH FAIR

by “Bigg B” of Coast 97.3; Proceeds benefit the Black Arts Alliance. Coast Studio Line: 7630973. Admission: $5/$3 w/ student ID.

Harvest Health, Wellness and Safety Fair features over 60 vendors with information about how to stay healthy and safe in your day-to-day life. Topics addressed include heart health, nutrition, blood pressure screenings, diabetes screenings, self-defense and smoking cessation, among much more. Free food, drinks, games, door prizes, manicures and martial-art demos are also held on on the 21st, 10am-2pm, at CFCC Schwartz Center—free admission. (910) 362-7332. group is cursed and placed under a voodoo spell.

10/22-10/25, 10/29-10/31, 7pm, $10 cash only.

Located at 5325 Market Street. Contact: Gale Parra, eparra@ec.rr.com COAST POETRY JAM Come enjoy the fall edition of the Coast Poetry Jam, which kicks off with some of the hottest poets in and around the Port City on 10/22 at 8pm. Produced by “Yo Girl Sandra” and hosted

GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS Carolina ArtsFest presents the Golden Dragon Acrobats, a Chinese troupe of acrobats, jugglers, and contortionists on 10/23, Duplin County Events Center, 195 Fairgrounds Drive, Kenansville, NC 28349. Tickets: $24/adults, $12/children, $12/military, groups of 10+ get 10% off; Duplin County Events Center box office 910-275-0009 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Contact: John Vogt, 910-275-0009.

TIDAL CREEK EVENTS Sat., 10/24, 9am-12pm. Kids’ Day. Live music, games and healthy treats. Kids can come in costume! • Thurs., 10/29, 5:30pm. How Toxins Make You Fat and Keep You Sick and Tired. Discover the negative impacts toxins have on your body and quality of life. Learn how to regain your health, desired weight, energy and vitality.

Register for all classes at customer service: 799-2667. Limited seating. www.tidalcreek.coop

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CHOWDERFEST Waterford of the Carolinas of Leland is hosting it’s 1st annual ChowderFest on Sat., 10/24, 11am-4pm.

Chowder cook-off, live music, kids area, food court and beer garden. Winner will receive $500, a trophy, and of course the recognition of the best chowder in town! waterfordlifestyle.com HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL Poplar Grove Plantation’s 2009 Halloween Festival is a howling good time for Halloween fans, fun for the fearless and fearful alike. For thrills and chills take the haunted hayride or dare to enter the haunted barn. What if you’re afraid of the dark? There’s plenty to do for everyone: rides, games, food, afternoon hayride, non-scary Kiddie Funhouse with puppet show, pony rides, and fortune tellers.

New this year, on Sat. 10/24, 2pm.

Dandiest Dog Costume Contest: Bring family dog all gussied up.

Prizes awarded by Pups Play N’ Stay. Poplar’s costume contest for people of all ages takes place Sat., 24th, 6pm. Admission is free. www. poplargrove.com.

EMPLOYEE VENDOR FAIR New Hanover County Schools invite local businesses and orgs to participate in 1st annual NHCS Employee Vendor Fair. Opportunity to market services/products to NHCS employees. 10/29; 3pm6pm; Brogden Hall, New Hanover High School, 1307 Market St. Contact Crystal Buie; (910)2544317 by 9/11 to participate.

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BATTLESHIP EVENTS Batty Battleship’s Halloween Bash: Carnival Festivities, 10/27, 5:30-8:30pm. 1st annual Batty Battleship’s Halloween Bash now accepts sponsorships. Games, face-painting, bean-bag toss, going fishing, crafts, pictures, ghost stories and even a mini haunted house! Inflatable Bouncer on the Fantail! Heather Loftin: 910-2515797, ext. 3004 • Ghost Ship: Tour guides will take you through the

ship as you learn who the ghosts can be and why they are still haunting the Battleship. Ghosts and Zombies (actors) are needed for “Ghost Ship” to volunteer. You must be available for 2-3 rehearsal nights, 1 media night, and show dates (8 evenings in all). No previous acting experience is required, but it is preferred. Must be 18 or over. Media night for Ghost Ship will be Oct. 13th. Ghost Ship show dates are: 10/16th-17th, 23rd-24th, and 30th. Just remember, the ghosts don’t care how loud you scream! $10 per person. Daily Hours: 8am-8pm.

Highways 17/74/76/421 on Cape Fear River.910251-5797, visitwww.battleshipnc.com ORTON PLANTATION CAMELLIA SHOW Orton Plantation Gardens and Tidewater Camellia Club will proudly present its 2009 Fall Camellia Show & Festival at Orton Plantation Gardens, 9149 Orton Rd. SE, Winnabow, NC 28479 on Friday and Saturday, 10/30-31, 10am-5pm. Tickets: $9/person or $12 for a 2-day pass. On Friday, October 30th, Orton hosts presentations by regional camellia specialists, local horticulturist/host of TV show “Grow Your Own,” Dr. Bruce Williams will lead a garden walk and an excellent selection of Orton live oaks and camellias will be available for purchase. Saturday, October 31st, will feature the Judged Camellia Show as well as the plant sale.

The Tidewater Camellia Club Show at Orton will attract exhibitors from all over the Southeastern United States. These camellia experts will display hundreds of blooms representing many varieties for evaluation by American Camellia Society judges. The public will be able to view all of these magnificent flowers. Abi Blackerby: 910.371.6851. www.ortongardens.com. Richard Buggeln: 910392-1803. www.tidewatercamelliaclub.org CAMERON ART HAUNT 2009 HAUNT 2009 on 10/30 at 8pm is a Halloween costume party, with proceeds benefiting the art museum and featuring music, costume contests and a raffle. Ticket price includes beer and wine.

Tickets limited to the first 300 revelers. cculbert@ cameronartmuseum.com or phone Caroline Culbert: 910-395-5999 ext. 1023.

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH The CFCC Native American Heritage Month begins in November and hosts a variety of culturally unique and interesting events. Throughout the month of November a Native American Artifact Exhibit will be available for viewing at the CFCC Lib. 11/7; 9am-1pm @ CFCC Lib.: Point ID. The public can bring in arrowheads and other suspected NA artifacts to be identified. • 11/9-11/13; 3-5pm @ Wilmington Children’s Museum: Native American Craft Activities. • 11/10; 2-4pm @ CFCC Health Sciences Building, Rm. L-107: State and Federal Recognition Lecture. • 11/11; 1:15pm @ Schwartz Center - Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper talks about his WWII experiences. • 11/13; 3pm @ CFCC Lib.: Waccamaw-Siouan Dance Exhibition.

• 11/14; 10am-2pm @ CFCC Lib.: Ray LittleTurtle tells a selection of stories. • 11/16; 1pm @ Health Sciences Building, Rm. L-107: Native American Culture Lecture. • 11/17; 2pm @ HSB, Rm. L-107: Town Creek Burial Mound Lecture. • 11/21; 9am1pm @ CFCC Lib.: Point ID. David Hardin, Public Info. Officer, CFCC. (910)362-7020.

FESTIVAL LATINO 2009 11th annual Festival Latino will take place Sat., 11/7 at 11am-8pm at Hugh MacRae Park. The day long celebration will give residents the opportunity to share in the diverse Latino cultures of the Cape Fear region. Will offer food from Latino countries, entertainment, kid’s activities, and arts and crafts.

Contact Lucy Vasquez: 910-264-4915.

POLISH FESTIVAL St. Stanislaus Church in Castle Hayne, 4849 Castle Hayne Road (Hwy 133) will be celebrating its 12th annual Polish Festival on Sat., 11/7, 11-5pm on the

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church grounds. Admission is free, and there is plenty of parking. Look forward to genuine Polish foods including kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, pierogi, potato pancakes, Polish beer, and home baked desserts as well as a variety of crafts and souvenirs. The Polka Plus Band of Raleigh to play. Games, face painting and pony rides. Festival-goers are invited to try their luck on the raffle, the grand prize of which will be $1,500 cash with second and third prizes of $1,000 and $500 respectively. ststanspolishfestival.org MOORES CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD 11/7 @ 7-9pm: Moores Creek presents its annual candlelight tour while drama students from Topsail High School reenact the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. Fought on Feb. 27, 1776, the battle was the most significant battle to date of Revolutionary War. Alternate rain date: 11/14.

Fee but RSVP required.

NC WRITERS’ FALL CONFERENCE One of the country’s largest conferences dedicated to writing, the North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference is held at Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort in Wrightsville Beach. Keynote speaker is Cassandra King, author of best sellers “Queen of Broken Hearts” and “The Same Sweet Girls.” speaknig Fri. @ 8:30pm. More than 30 writers and editors will lead workshops, master classes, and panel discussions on different writing topics. Registration is not limited; sign up at www.ncwriters.org or 919-251-9140.

TAILGATE PARTY SUNDAYS 4pm - CLOSE MONDAYS 7pm-CLOSE

25¢ Wings and

5 Sausage and Kraut $ 4 Tailgate Burgers $ 4 Barbecue Plate $

Sides: Potato Salad, Slaw, or Baked Beans Pitchers of Yuengling or Michelob Ultra: $7 Pitchers of Blue Moon or Fat Tire: $8.50

11 FOOT PROJECTION SCREEN on the patio 100 S Front St Downtown Wilmington 910-251-1832

JUGGLING GYPSY CAFE Upcoming events: 10/25, “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” 8pm. 10/26, BC’s Fireside Ghost Stories.

10/30, ; Bellydance Gothica Showcase featuring Vatra Gitana, 9pm; $5. 10/31, Halloween Night Fire Show & Variety, 8:30pm; $5. 11/17, Merchants of Vision Tatto & Graffiti Fashion Art Show, 6-10pm.

(910)763-2223 or www.jugglinggypsy.com.

Charity/Fund-raisers SOUP FOR THE TROOPS DineWilmingtonOnline.com presents the 3rd annual “Soup for the Troops,” 11/7 at Mayfaire’s Event Field beginning, 11am. Feat. locally-owned Wilmington restaurants providing soup samples to the community for $2 per sample, continuous live entertainment throughout the day, beer tent sponsored by Main Street Brewing Company, and children’s area with entertainment and activities. www.wilmingtonsoupforthetroops.com.

RED AND WHITE TASTE AND TOAST Cape Fear’s American Red Cross is holding their Red and White, Taste and Toast, an evening of wine tasting, on 10/23, 6:30-9:30pm at the Beau Rivage Clubhouse, 649 Rivage Promenade. Tickets are $35/person or $60/couple. Silent auction. Proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross programs and services, serving the Cape Fear region for more than 100 years. 910-762-2683 CAPE FEAR GUARDIAN AND LITEN ACME Art Studios hosts a benefit for Cape Fear Guardian and Liten Association, Fri., 10/23, 6-9pm.

Percentage of sales will go to benefit the Cape Fear GALA. Representatives from GALA will be on hand to answer questions about the program.

Light refreshments will be served. 711 North 5th Ave, downtown Wilmington. www.cfgala.org VOLLEYPAWS TOURNAMENT Volleyball tournament to benefit Carolina Canines for Service, Inc. Capt’n Bill’s, Sat., 10/24, 11:30am check-in, 12pm tourney starts. 4-person co-ed teams; 3 levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced.

Reg. through 10/23 at Capt’n Bill’s. Pre-reg. is $100. Same day reg. is $120. T-shirts and prizes to all who participate. Capt’n Bill’s: (910) 762-0173. www.volleypaws.org www.carolinacanines.org For sponsorship opportunities: Dave: (910)392-9896 or Megan: (910)409-4430.

CARDS OF HEART TEA PARTY Meet Alice, the King and Queen of HeARTs, the March Hare and more Wonderland characters as they help Creations by Justine celebrate the original works of 54 local artists who have created the Cards of HeART card decks! Participate in the art auction and buy a deck of cards or two to benefit First in Families of SENC. High Tea, wine and food, 4-6pm, auction begins at 6pm. To preview the donated

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artwork on auction: creationbyjustine.com AUTUMN SALE Fund-raiser for UNCW’s Community Outreach Projects Book Drive 2009 and Cuerpo Sano and Mente Sana. Plants, books, ceramics and homemade goodies for sale. Raffle of ceramic pieces. Tidal Creek Cooperative Market; Sat. 10/24; 9am-5pm. www.uncw.edu/fll/LBC.html

10/24: BIG DAWG YARD SALE

in 2001, nearly 6.5 million phones have been collected, and more than 76,000 phones with 228 million minutes of service have been put into the hands of domestic violence victims. A simple act of recycling could be a lifesaver for someone else. HopeLine DVAM Information Center, www. verizonwireless.com/hopelineDVAM. BIG DAWG YARD SALE Big Dawg Productions, a nonprofit theater company, will hold an end-ofseason Yard Sale/Rummage Sale to raise money for our new theater on Sat. 10/24 in the parking lot at 613 Castle St. beginning at 9am. We have surplus furniture, dishware, glassware, props and costumes, plus many donated items. 471-0242: donate items for the sale.

Big Dawg Productions, a nonprofit theater company, will hold end-of-season yard and rummage sale to help raise money for our new theater on the 24th of October. Sale will be at 613 Castle Street, beginning at 9am, featuring furnitures, dishware, glassware, props and costumes, along with other donated items for sale. To donate or for questions, call (910) 471-0242.

JUVENILLE DIABETES WALK Join Mayfaire for the walk to cure Juvenile Diabetes beginning with a 5K (3.1 mile) walk and ending with a day of food, games, and entertainment. All activities and the walk start/finish will take place on the Mayfaire Event Lawn behind World Market & HH Gregg and adjacent to the Melting Pot. 10/24: registration, 8:30am; walk starts, 9:30am. Erin Mabry, 910-509-9899, or emabry@jdrf.org HALLOWEEN WALK TO FIGHT ARTHRITIS 10/25, 1:30-4:30pm: 4th Annual Wilmington Arthritis Walk at Hugh MacRae Park. The Artritis Walk raises funds and awareness to fight arthritis, the nation’s leading cause of disability. There will be a 1mile and 3 mile course, raffles, food, bounce house, and Halloween costume contest for kids, dogs and adults with prizes. Walkers who raise $25+ get a t-shirt. Contact: Jennifer Loper, 910-332-1580 or www.wilmingtonarthritiswalk.org.

PRESERVATION NC CONFERENCE 2009 annual conference including keynote speaker Sarah Susanka, architect and author of “Not So Big House” and “Not So Big Remodeling.” Cape Lookout and riverfront tours, historic preservation and small town revitalization, retention of original materials in restoration. 10/29-31 in New Bern, NC. Online reg. now open. www.presnc.org/Events/ Annual-Conference/ ST. JUDE’S METROPOLITAN COMM. CHURCH 7th annual Masquerade Ball: Mardi Gras theme: crowning of the Mardi Gras King & Queen, $100 prize for best Mardi Gras costume, 50/50 raffle, raffle for prizes, food, beer/wine, DJ dancing. 10/30, 8pm-12am. Hannah Block/USO Community Center, 120 S. 2nd St. $25, available at the door or at St. Jude’s.

THE HAUNTING OF CASTLE HAYNE Bring the family to the Haunting of Castle Hayne, 10/31, 6-9pm. Free trick or treat for children, face painting, balloon animals, costume contest, music.

Haunted Hayride @ $5/rider, discount for costumed riders. No pets. Concessions for sale. Businesses welcome to participate in trick/treat give-away.

Contact 910-264-1812 THE AMAZING SCAVENGER RACE Project Uplift is holding The Amazing Scavenger Race to raise money on 10/31, 8am-5pm. Food, live entertainment, a giant yard sale and a farmer’s markers. Rules and entry forms: 910-383-1724 HALLOWEEN PANCAKE BREAKFAST Halloween morning, 10/31, pancake breakfast will be held at O’Charley’s, 5104 S. College Rd., to benefit the Cape Fear Literary Council, 7-10am.

Tickets: $5. 910-251-0911 / info@cfliteracy.org.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), and it’s a great time to donate old cell phones. Since Verizon Wireless launched HopeLine

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY Cape Fear Region Chapter of the Association of Fund-raising Professionals announces National Philanthropy Day awards reception: a breakfast on 11/4, Blockade Runner Resort Hotel in Wrightsville Beach. Breakfast, 7:30am, doors, and the awards ceremony at 8:30am.

Winners also featured in the Greater Wilmington Business Journal. Laurie Taylor, (910) 7967944.

FALL BAZAAR MISSION FUNDRAISER Windermere Presbyterian church is hosting its bi-annual mission fund-raiser Sat. 11/7, selling all kinds of items from furniture to toys to plants. All proceeds benefit Yahweh Center Children’s Village and Dr. Tavassoli, pastor and missionary to christian churches in Iran. 104 Windemere Rd off Eastwood Rd. Matthew Coleman, 910-791-5966, or www. windermerepresbyterian.org.

Theater/Auditions LEVEL 5 AT CITY STAGE PSA Elvis… The King and Me: 10/21-25; 8 pm. Written and directed by Jay Stewart. • Hank Williams: Lost Highway: 10/28-31, 11/1-7. Written by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik. Directed by Don Baker. Thurs-Sat, 8pm; Sun. matinees, 3pm. Tickets: $20/$22. RSVP: 910-342-0272. www.citystageatlevel5.com NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Stage adaptation of George Romero’s horror classic “Night of the Living Dead.” Fright Night Double Feature with original 1968 independent film after the play. 10/21-25 & 28-31; 8pm Wed-Sat, 5pm on Sundays. $15/general admission, $10/students. www.browncoattheatre.com; 910-341-0001.

CHARLOTTE’S WEB Brunwick Little Theatre’s youth division, Stagestruck Players, will present Charlotte’s Web at 7:30pm on 10/23 and 10/30, 3pm on 10/24, 10/25, 10/31 and 11/1 at Virginia Williamson Event Center at Odell Williamson Auditorium on the campus of Brunswick Community College under the direction of Debbie Skillman. Tix: $15/adult, $10/students, $6/children under 12. Debbie Skillman: (910)457-5651. www. brunswicklittletheatre.com.

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW Journey Productions presents “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” an eerie fable and sometimes wickedly funny adaptation of the classic tale that recounts the infamous myth of the headless horseman and his inopportune victim Ichabod Crane. 10/23, 8pm; 10/24, 3pm, 8pm; 10/25, 3pm; 10/28, 8pm; 10/29, 8pm; 10/31, 3pm, 8pm; 11/1, 3pm. Tickets: youth $7, adults $10. Located: Upper Room 1871 Tileston, 412 Ann St. 910-762-6393, or journeywilm@yahoo.com NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH In this classic courtroom drama by Ayn Rand, Karen André is on trial for the murder of her boss and lover, Bjorn Faulkner. The prosecution presents their case, witnesses are called and questioned, the defense responds, and the audience becomes the jury. 10/29–11/1, 11/5–8, 11/12–15 at Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St. 8pm, Thurs.-Sat., 3pm, Sun. Stay for a “talkback” with the cast and crew after every Sun. performance. Tickets at Newcastle Antiques Center, 606 Castle St., 10am-5pm, Mon.Sat. $18, $15/seniors, $10/students & teachers.

(910)471-0242 THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO

The Red Barn Studio Theatre, 1122 S. 3rd Ave., presents The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, directed by Linda Lavin with sets by Steve Bakunas and Shane Fernando. The Last Night of Ballyhoo features Barbara Wilder, Eleanor Zeddies, Cullen Moss, Rachael Moser, Lee Lowrimore, Isabel Heblich and Henry Philip Blanton. Performances are through 11/29. Tickets: $23-25. (910) 7620955.

SNEADS FERRY AUDITIONS Sneads Ferry Community Theatre will hold open auditions for Staged Readers Theatre on Thurs.

11/5 and Fri. 11/6 at 7pm at the Sneads Ferry Community Center, 126 Park Ln. This will be a cold reading of 2 one act plays: “Ada Gives First Aid”

by Eunice Merrifieldand “Neglected Husbands’ Sewing Club”by Peg Lynch. Scheduled show: 1/9,10, and 16,17, 2010. Karen Sota: thestar@ embarqmail.com or 910-327-0546 CALL FOR ARTISTS Cape Fear Community College seeks film makers, animators, and choreographers to participate in its annual Arts Poetica spring performances. Small stipend. Marlowe Moore or Gena McKinley: mmoore@cfcc.edu or gmckinley@cfcc.edu.

Comedy COMEDY SHOW Cabineer’s Promotions is presenting a Comedy Show 11/7 at Wilmington Sportsmen’s Club, 1111 Castle St., featuring comedians Daran Howard, Marvin Hunter and Bigg B. Doors open at 9pm, show starts at 10pm. Tickets: $10 until 10/30, $15 from 10/31-11/6 and $20 at the door. Call 910-200-3683.

HEROES OF HUMOR NC comedians Kyle Davis, Crraig Travis, & King Rich (Justice League of Comedy) return to Nutt St. Comedy Room for special DVD taping of stand-up comedy show. 255 N. Front St., basement of The Soapbox. Sat., 11/21; 8pm. $5/person. (910)2517881 or 888-727-NUTT

Music/Concerts DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN Violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) goes head-to-head with collaborator DJ Scientific (Elan Vytal) and keyboardist Wynne Bennett. DBR performs from his album etudes4v iolins&electronix at 8pm, 10/21, Kenan Auditorium.

Meet-the-artist reception follows.

LIVE AT THE LAKE CONCERT SERIES Fall concert series at Greenfield Lake Park in Downtown Wilmington. The mission of the series is to bring diverse entertainment to the area and raise money for Downtown-focused nonprofit orgs. Upcoming concerts include: Railroad Earth, 10/23. Alejandro Escovedo, 11/14. Tix avail. www. greatergoodwilmington.com, Front St. Brewery, Moxie Floral Design, Tidal Creek Co-op, Yellow Dog Discs, Gravity Records. 3-Pass tix/$50.

WILMINGTON SYMPHONY SEASON Wilmington Symphony Orchestra’s Masterpiece Season: Sat. evenings, 8pm: 10/24: Triumphant, Adventurous, Spellbinding—Haim Avitsur, trombone and shofar—plays Rimsky-Korsakov’s brilliantly colorful Russian Easter Overture, Prokofiev’s famous Lieutenant Kije -Symphonic Suite. Tickets: Kenan Auditorium Ticket Office at (910) 962-3500 or 1-800-732-3643. Season tickets are $90, $80,and $20 for youth and students. Single concert tickets are $23, $21 and $4 for youth and students. www.wilmingtonsymphony.org.

CAPE FEAR CHORDSMEN Cameron Art Musuem present the Cape Fear Chordsmen on 10/29 at 7pm. A Wilmington barbershop quartet, starting in 1988, is dedicated to quality singing, and continues to showcase and preserve the art form of four-part a capella singing.

Selections include their signature song ‘Up the Cape Fear River.’ Refreshments are available by donation. Admission: $5 TALLIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Cameron Art Museum presents the Tallis Chamber

Orchestra on Sun. 11/1 at 2pm. The TCO concert will feature the following compositions: “Autumn from the Four Seasons,” by Antonio Vivaldi featuring violinist Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi andConcertino Pastorale by John Ireland. $5.17th St. Ext. and Indepedence Blvd.

COLORS OF THE RAINBOW 3rd annual Colors of the Rainbow Concert to benefit Autism will be held at Poplar Grove Plantation, 11/7, 12-4pm. Join in helping promote autism awareness with great food, music and fun. Admission is free.

Beer garden, silent auctions, cash raffle, pony rides, face painting and more. Musical acts will include Deblois, End of the Line, Al’s Place Bluegrass Band, anbd Wood Work. www.asapcares.org NY METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE UNCW’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is presenting The Met: Live in HD at Lumina Theatre at UNCW with a total of nive live performanes.

Tickets purchased per performance or for the entire season and schedule: www.uncw.edu/metopera.

910-962-3195.

NOMMO: A THEATRICAL PIECE The UNCW Dept. of Music presents Nommo: A Theatrical Piece. Composed and directed

by Joe Chambers, UNCW professor, Nommo incorporates the percussive sounds of legendary jazz group M’Boom with dance by members of the Dance Cooperative & UNCW’s dance program, and readings by 2 poets. M’Boom will reunite for the performance. $15/public & UNCW employees; free/students with valid UNCW ID. Kenan Auditorium, 10/30, 7:30pm. (910)962-3500

Dance MOVEMENT IMPROV On Sun. 10/25 from 3-4:30pm at CAM, move, free your spirit, sweat your prayers, find your inner self, explore and play in the community circle dance.

No dance experience is needed for these informal movement sessions. No shoes, unless soft-soled dance shoes (no sneakers, etc). Karola Luttringhaus, Artistic and Executive Director of alban elved dance co. hosts these sessions. Cost: $5, cash and check only. www.dynamic-body.net WILMINGTON SINGLES CLUB All dances at the American Legion, Post 10; 702 Pine Grove Dr. 10/23: The Colours Band ($10/12) • 10/30: DJ Buddy Langley ($8/10) . Western Night!

Denim jeans & boots allowed! Music 8-11pm. www. wilmingtonsingles.blogspot.com. Ken Batchelor: 910.392.0718.

COUPLES TANGO Start your weekend with a tango; bring your dance partner to the Cameron Art Museum for this four-part series of fun morning sessions with Kent Boseman, tango instructor. Wear loose fitting clothing and come prepared to dance in your socks.

Classes meet on Sat. 11/7,28,12/5 and 19, 11-1pm.

Cost: $60/couple, pre-reg rqd by 11/3, daphne@ cameronartmuseum.

DANCE-A-LORUS The Dance Cooperative and Cucalorus present “Dance-a-lorus,” an evening of innovative dance.

Concert on 11/11 at 7:30pm, at City Stage—an exciting and experimental collaboration of choreographers, dancers and filmmakers. Tix $15/ person. www.cucalorus.org or (910)343-5995.

WILMINGTON SALSA CLUB Meets 8:30-10pm, Wed. Feat. Salsa, Bachata, Merengue w/Dawn Cattaneo. Beginner through advanced, $10/person. Singles/couples welcome, ages 18 and up. 105 Wetsid Rd. (910) 471-6809.

CAROLINA SHAG CLUB DJs play favorite beach music and shag tunes every Sat, 8pm to close. $4/members; $6/guests. Carolina Shag Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd. Carolina Beach, NC 620-4025 76’ERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Modern Western Style Square Dance. Club meets Thurs. nights at 7pm at the Senior Center for a new workshop on square dancing. Info: 270-1639 ARGENTINE TANGO

7:30pm every Friday. $5 cover at the door, includes beginners lesson. Ramada Inn, New Carolina Lounge, 5001 Market St. Details: 790-8597.

Art VISIONS OF YESTERDAY The Golden Gallery presents “Visions of Yesterday” featuring memories of barns, houses and “filling stations” from Southeastern North Carolina.

Original watercolors by Mary Ellen Golden and photography by John W. Golden. Mary Ellen: 7624651. megolden@ec.rr.com.

RE-VISION: A CHANGE OF ART UNCW’s MFA Creative Writing art show. Deals with pieces of art made from found materials. Fri., 10/23; 6-9pm; Parallelogram, corner of 3rd and Castle St. Including MFA Student readings, refreshments.

Exhibit lasts until Fri., 11/13. Hours are 1-6pm

10/25: MOVEMENT IMPROV

From 3-4:30pm at Cameron Art Museum, Karola Littringhaus will be teaching a movement improv class, encouraging participants to move and free their spirits, sweat their prayers and find their inner self in a community dance circle. No dance experience is needed, and no shoes required, unless they’re soft-soled dance shoes. Admission is only $5 Wed.-Sat. Volunatry donations benefit DREAMS of Wilmington.

ACME BENEFIT ACME Art Studios, 711 N. 5th Ave., will be hosting a benefit for the Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Assoc. www.cfgala.org on the next 4th Fri. 10/23, 6-9pm. Percentage of sales will benefit the Cape Fear GALA. Representatives from GALA will be on hand to answer questions about the program.

Rachel Kastner is featured artist that month. Light refreshments.

FARMSTEAD ART SHOW Original paintings in oil and watercolor as well as colorful quilts from king size to crib size will be on display and for sale. Artist Terry Formyduval presents paintings from his new Fashion Series. Mia McLamb displays her new quilt designs for the first time in public, along with paintings in watercolor and oil.

1-4pm, Sat., 10/24. Free. 2nd floor of Farmstead Golf Links clubhouse, 541 McLamb Road, Calabash.

NOTHING TO HIDE PHOTO EXHIBIT “Mental Illness in the Family” is a touring photo-text display, created by award-winning Family Diversity Projects of Amherst, Mass. Provides people coping with mental illness and their families an opportunity to come out of the shadows and into the public eye.

Compelling stories of children, sublings, parents and extended family members demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and stigma. Exhibit displayed through 10/31 on the first floor of Westside Hall at UNCW. ARCHITECTURAL FOLLY DESIGNS Cameron Art Museum calls for architectural folly designs by architects and artists. Winning designers will construct their projects on the museum grounds (Pyramid Park). Structures on view for 6 mos. Limit 3 designs/entrant. Ea. winning design receives $1500 honorarium/materials fee. May be submitted in any media or form, but electronic images preferred.

Deadline: 11/2 and construction period Dec. 2009Jan. 2010. www.cameronartmuseum.com ART CONTEST Contestants are asked to respond creatively to natural steps in an artificial world, emphasizing the importance of natural moments in a world where each day is more artificial than the last. Submissions accepted now through 11/6, at 5pm. To submit,

e-mail entries as attachments to naturalsteps. contest@gmail.com. Include name, e-mail address, phone number and brief personal statement in the body of the e-mail. Guidelines: poetry—any form, one pg max. limit 5 entries; flash fiction—250 word limit, limit 2 entries; photography—any format, limit 10 photographs; art—photos of original art only, any medium, limit 10 entries per contestant. Winners will be announced at the Natural Steps Event on Sat., 11/14 at the WHQR Gallery, 254 N. Front St., Suite 300. Prizes will vary.

UNCW ART GALLERY Art Gallery at UNCW will be hosting an exhibition of paintings by artist Sofia Kifle in the Cultural Arts building through 11/5. Reception held on 11/5, 5-7pm. 601 S. College Ave. Carlton Wilkinson at (910)962-7958 or wilkinsonc@uncw.edu.

NATURE WARS The Independent Art Company will open its exhibit of Abby Spangel Perry’s artwork entitled “Nature Wars” on 11/5 and will run until 12/13 at the Wabi Sabi Warehouse, 19 N. Princess Street. Artist reception on Fri., 11/6; 7-9pm. www.abbyspangelperry.com CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB Exhibition of photographs at New Hanover County Public Library’s NE Branch, 1241 Military Cutoff Road from 11/5-23. Local group of 100+ members, both amateur and professional, promises a show which represents their diverse talents and interests.

The public is welcome during regular library hours: 9am-8pm Mon.-Tues.; 9am-6pm Wed.-Thurs.; and 9am-5pm Fri. and Sat. www.capefearcameraclub. org PHOTOGRAPHING AMERICA CONTEST UNCW’s Dept. of Art and Art History are holding a photography contest entitled: “Photographing America.” Photos must express the state of contemporary American life, which includes all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Cash award will be made for Best of Show, Juror’s Award and Honorable Mention. Deadline for entries: postmarked 11/13. Entry fee: $35. www.uncw. edu/art/academics-gallery.html PHOTO EXHIBIT AT FORT FISHER AQUARIUM NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher: “A Look at Life Through a Lens,” photography by Matt Lettrich on display through November in the new Spadefish gallery art exhibit.The exhibit showcases photographs of coastal landscapes with unique lighting and perspectives. Admission: $8 adults; $7 seniors; $6 ages 6-17. Free for: children under 6, registered groups of N.C. school children, and NC Aquarium Society members. 9am-5pm daily; South of Kure Beach on U.S. 421. David Barney, 910-458-8257 ext. 245. www.ncaquariums.com.

CALL TO ARTISTS Artist Dixon Stetler is beginning a public art project in downtown Wilmington. In order for the project to proceed, Stetler is asking that friends, family and community members donate unused/miscut keys. 56,000 keys are needed for completion. To donate keys, drop boxes are located at Cameron Art Museum, Tidal Creek Co-op, UNCW Art Dept, Folk’s Cafe and Jengo’s Playhouse. Mail to: 2067 Harrison Street, Wilmington NC 28401. Dixon Stetler (910)520-4546 or Dixonstetler@gmail.com.

CAPE SIDE MARKET Cape Side Market arts and crafts fair. Last Saturday of every month, 10am-4pm; Hanover Center. www. capesidemarkets.com

Museums NC AQUARIUM EXHIBITS: Albino Alligator at Fort Fisher—a new, rare jewel, approximately four years old, is five feet long and weighs about 23 pounds. CONTESTS: Win 2 tickets to NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher’s Trick or Treat Under the Sea event, taking place 10/28-29; 5-8:30pm. Post your best/most creative Halloween constume (past or present) on the fan photos section of aquarium Facebook page. Photos posted on Facebook wall will automatically post in fan photo section. Costumes must be appropriate.

Contest closes 10/21. http://tinyurl.com/ncaff1986.

EVENTS: Behind the Scenes Tour, $15; Salt Marsh and Crabbing, ages 7+, $16.; Mommy and Me/ Daddy and Me, adults and kids aged 1-3, $13/pair,

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$1/add’l child; Aquarist Apprentice, ages 10+, $25; Children’s Discovery Time, pre-school age only, $5.

Behind the Scenes Tour, $15/adult, $13/youth (8yo & up); Canoeing the Salt Marsh, ages 8+, $25; Breakfast with the Fishes, $15 ages 6+, $5 ages 2-5. Pre-reg all events: ncaff. registrar@ncmail.net or 910-4587468. Event prices do not include admission, NCA members get a discount. Near the mouth of the CF River, on U.S. 421, less than a mile from the Ft. Fisher ferry terminal.

Hours: 9am-5pm daily. Admission: $8 adults; $7 seniors; $6 ages 6-17.

Free for children under 6; registered groups of N.C. school children, and NC Aquarium Society members. www.ncaquariums.com.

Free to members and $5 for non-members. 12/9-20: “Holiday” John O’Daniel exhibit, feat. items that belonged to Captain O’Daniel. 116 N. Howe St. / 910-457-0003.

PENDERLEA HOMESTEAD Farmstead promotes local farm history of NC. Sat., 1-4pm. 10 mi. west of Burgaw, off NC Highway 11. 284 Garden Rd. 285-3490. penderleahomesteadmuseum. org.

Sports/ Recreation PORT WRESTLING CLUB Port City Wrestling Club has been established in Wilmington, NC to provide a safe and friendly environment for kids of all ages to learn wrestling skills and techniques, improve overall fitness and use teamwork to accomplish long and short-term goals. PCW provides instruction for beginner, moderate and advanced student athletes. The mission of Port City Wrestling is to improve the caliber of wrestling in eastern North Carolina by providing college level instruction for the serious student-athlete to improve and expand their knowledge of the sport. Visit www. portcitywrestling.com, 6019 Oleander Dr. For rates and more info email portcitywrestling@ me.com.

LATIMER HOUSE Victorian Italiante style home built in 1852, the restored home features period furnishings, artwork and family portraits. Tours offered MonFri, 10am - 4pm, and Sat, 12-5pm.

Walking tours are Wed and Sat. at 10am. 126 S. Third St. Adults $8, children $4. 762-0492. www. latimerhouse.org WILMINGTON RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore railroad history and heritage, especially of the Atlantic Coast Line, headquartered in Wilmington for more than 130 years. Interests and activities for all ages including historical exhibits, full-size steam engine and rolling stock, lively children’s area, and spectacular scale models. Housed in an original 1882 freight warehouse, facilities are fully accessible and on one level.

Groups receive special guided tours.

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

CAMERON ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection. Feat. art from the Cameron Art Museum’s collection: paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, furniture, decorative arts, from the museum’s permanent collection. Configuration will change through the year as individual works are rotated. • Winning IDEAs: Selected Product Designs 2008, through 10/25—Collection of International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) winners. Selections made by an int’l jury of professional designers and academics. • CLASSES: Yoga: Every Thurs.; 12pm; $5/members; $8/non-members. Exercises to enhance relaxation, breath control and meditation with Sara Jo Nelson. Wear comfortable clothing, bring a yoga mat. Beginners welcome. • Tai Chi, Wed. 12pm. $5/members, $8/non-members. A slow, meditative form of exercise designed for relaxation, balance and health taught by Martha Gregory. Wear comfortable clothing. Beginners welcome. South 17th St. and Independence Blvd.

Regular museum hours: Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri.: 11am-2pm, Sat/Sun: 11am-5pm. Members free: $8 non-members; $5 students w/valid student ID card; $3. Children age 2-12 www.cameronartmuseum. com or (910)395-5999.

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

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

BellamyMansion.org. • Offers a backdrop to create a holiday event of historic proportions. Mansion is one of our state’s premier historic treasures, featuring lush gardens, grand columns, wrap-around porches, brass chandeliers, Victorian-style carpets, ornate molding, and marble fireplaces.

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

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 11am5pm, Sat. from 11am-6pm. 20 Orange Street at Front Street on historic downtown riverwalk. (910) 762-1669 or www.capefearserpentarium.com.

NC MARITIME MUSEUM NC Maritime Museum at Southport hosts regular Monthly Adult Programs on the 3rd Tues. of each month at 7pm at the Southport Community Building.

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LADIES CITY AMATUER GOLF TOURNAMENT Wilmington Municipal Golf Course, 311 Wallace, will hold the Ladies City Amatuer on Sat., 10/24 with 3 divisions: junior girls. ladies, and senior ladies.

Entry fee is $45 per player/$20 for juniors/ Deadline 10/13 or first 120 entries. 8:30am shotgum start, trophies will be awarded. Contact 910-791-0558 or www.wilmingtonmuni.com.

WATERFORD VILLAGE SHOPPES Waterford Fresh Market: Thurs. 8-1pm, feat. Shelton Herb Farms, Restless Wind Nursery, Green Acres, My Porch Dawg, Tarheel Beef Co., Lisa’s Farm Fresh Produce, Castle Hayne Farms, Orchid Scapes, Earnest Swart and more! Waterford Village Shoppes . Vendors can rent spaces for anywhere b/n $10 and $200 depending on weekly/monthly/annual contracts. Electricity is not available for vendors.

Imports or flea market/yard sale type items are not allowed. Homegrown and homemade items only may be sold at the Market. Arts and crafts vendor applications will be reviewed by the Market Committee for approval. Lisa Britt: 910-392-9325 or brittl@theharrelsoncompany.com • Accepting applications for Belville Fall Festival at Waterford Village Shoppes, schedule for 11/7. Lisa Britt: 910392-9325 ADVENTURE PATHWAYS Adventure Pathways presents its Fall programs. • Paddling, Rice Creek. Wed., 11/4; 9:30am-2pm.

Experience black water paddling right in our backyard. A great intro. to one of the best paddling spots just minutes from downtown Wilmington. $20/person; $10 if you have your own canoe/kayak.

Pre-registration is required and space is limited.

(910)341-0836 or www.adventurepathways.com PILATES CLASSES Techniques In Motion School of Dance has pilates classes every Mon.-Wed., 9am-10am and Mondays at 7:30pm-8:30pm. Location: 5202 Carolina Beach Rd. Contact: Terrie Batson, 910 799-3223 or www. techniquesinmotion.com WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH PARKS & REC Adult Flag Football League: Games are played on Sundays. • Tennis Lessons. Currently registering for group tennis lessons, adult, youth, and

tot. Classes meet Mon/Wed at Tennis Courts at Wrightsville Beach Park. Adult, Youth ages 9-12, and Tots ages 6-8. • Yoga. Tues/Wed, beginning at 6:30pm. Meet in the Fran Russ Rec. Center • Pilates: Mon/Wed/Fri, 10:15-11:15am. Beginner Pilates on Tues/Thurs, 7:30-8:15am • Low Impact Aerobics. Mon/Wed/Fri, 8-9am and 9-10am. All ages welcome, catered towards Ages 60+. • Tone & Stretch. Tues/Thurs, 8:30-9:15am. All ages welcome, catered towards Ages 60+. • Boot Camp fitness class meets Tues/Thurs, 6-7am. • Cape Fear Jr. Cotillion. Lessons in ballroom and popular dance along with etiquette and social skills! Thurs. afternoons. Through 10/22. Grades 3-5th and 67th. Pre-reg. required. • Performance Club: Outlet for reativity. Structured theater games, kids exercise imagination and perform. Tues. afternoons, through 10/27. Grades K-2nd and 3rd-5th. Through 11/12. Pre-reg. • Beginner Bridge Lessons. Thurs, 10am–12pm 10/15–11/12. Meets in the Fran Russ Recreation Center. Pre-reg. required: 910256-7925 •Intermediate Bridge Lessons. Thurs, 12:30-2:30pm. through 11/12. Meets in the Fran Russ Recreation Center. Pre-reg. required: 910256-7925.

Film CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVAL Hailed as one of MovieMaker magazine’s “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals.” Call for entries:Seeking independent filmmakers and video artists. 35mm, various video formats. Sneak peek: Billy Was a Deaf Kid, Crying With Laughter, Easier with Practice, Entre Nos, Mississippi Damned and more to come!

A final list of films to screen at Cucalorus 15 is on page 15. Festival passes: cucalorus.org.

THE HORSE BOY Documentary about a husband and wife who go to the ends of the earth to find a way into their autistic son’s life. A favorite at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the companion to Rupert Isaacson’s best-selling book of the same name. Brought to Wilmington by Space4Grace, a local autismawareness nonprofit. 11/1-2 at 6 and 8pm. The Studio at Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. Tickets: $12/advance, $15/door. Proceeds help fund Putting the Pieces Together conference on 3/27 for autism awareness and education. HorseBoyMovie.com, PTPT4Autism.org, Amanda: 910-297-1815.

Kids Stuff GREAT PUMPKIN HUNT The Great Pumpkin Hunt at Maides Park. Face painting, arts & crafts, cookie decorating, hay rides, “My Precious Pumpkin” contest, safe trickor-treating (Wilm. Police Dept.). Pumpkin Hunt & Pinatas: Ages 3-6; 11:30am. Ages 7-9: 12pm. $3/child. Registration required: (910)341-7867. 1101 Manly Dr. TRICK OR TREAT UNDER THE SEA NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher invites businesses and organizations to sponsor booths at the 7th annual “Trick or Treat Under the Sea.” Event has been expanded to two nights: 10/28 and 29. Features indoor trick-or-treating for children from 5-8:30pm.

Booth space is available for $75/day. Vendors may attend one or both nights. Sponsors decorate booths and provide enough treats for the several hundred children expected each night. Sponsors bring their own tables, decorations and power cords. Special Events Coordinator: Terry Bryant at 910-458-8257 ext. 218. www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher.

KIDS YOGA Kids Yoga w/Goo: 6-wk after-school program, Thurs., 4:15pm – 5:45pm. Through 10/29, ages 6-11. Wilmington Yoga Center, 5329 Oleander Dr., above Tidal Creek Co-op. Feat. theme built around postures and reinforced w/science and art activities. Parents: basic yoga class held in the room next door, 4:30-5:30. Pre-regi. rqd for kids yoga. $95, 6-weeks. Adult Basic yoga drop-in, $14. Stephanie “Goo” McKenzie: smckenzie@ wilmingtonyogacenter.com, 910-350-0234 or www. wilmingtonyogacenter.com.

HALLOWEEN FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Halloween for the Miss Castle Hayne Scholarship Program, lot 5601 Castle Hayne Rd. in Castle Hayne.

Mon - Fri 11am - 2am Sat & Sun 12pm-2am

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762-4354 FREE PARKING

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THIS WEEKEND: Thurs. DANIEL PARISH Fri. CARY BENJAMIN Sat. TOM RHODES Thurs. 29 Dave Myers

Fri. 30 Medusa Stone Unplugged Sat. 31 No Cover

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Bring the family to the haunting; free trick-or-treat for children, face painting, balloon animals, costume contest, music. Haunted Hayride for $5/rider, discount for costumed riders. No pets. Concessions for sale. Seeking local businesses to participate in free candy give-away; contact Pollyanna Likens (910)264-1812.

SCARY CREEPY CRITTERS Halyburton Park will be having a Scary Ceepy Critters class for kids.Certain animals have received the reputation of being scary, spooky, and down right creepy. What better time than Halloween to discover the world of bas, spiders, and other feared critters.

Learn the real truth about these misunderstood creature. Later, the group wil take a hike and build a spooky craft. The class will be held on 10/31, 1:303pm for kids ages 6-10. Cost: $3/child. Pre-register at www.halyburtonpark.com or 910-341-0075.

ACE TENNIS PROGRAM Boys and girls, ages 8-18 years. old. All levels!

Practices held Mon/Wed/Fri, 4:30-6pm. Games and practices held at tennis courts, Martin Luther King Center, 401 S. 8th St. 910-341-7803 or 910-3410057.

NC AQUARIUM OFFERS SCOUT DAYS At Kure Beach, Boy and Girl Scouts are invited to visit the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher during our Scout Days, which offers diverse programs that focus on an aspect of the marine environment. The programs are tailored to help scouts complete their patch or badge requirements. Costs are $15/Girl Scout, $12/Boy Scout, $8/adult • 10/24, 9 am-1pm: Boy Scouts learn the basics of oceanography including the importance of studying marine environments with the Oceanography program. • 10/24, 1 pm5 pm: Boy Scouts are introduced to the role of an environmentalist in the Naturalist program by observing, identifying, and classifying local flora and fauna. 458-7468 or www.ncaquariums.com

Lectures/Readings CRISIS MANAGEMENT WEBINAR Talk, Inc. will host a free Crisis Management webinar on Thurs., 10/22 from 12-1pm. “Crisis Management: Avoid A Crisis by Planning for One,” will discuss how to mitigate damage, organize supporters and manage the media in the midst of a crisis. To register visit: www.talkincblog.com.

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

by Q&A and book signing. 10/26: Matt Bai—The Generational Change in American Politics and Society: Obama and Beyond. Matt Bai is one of the most widely respected and widely read political journalists in America. After working for five years as a national correspondent for Newsweek, Bai now writes for the New York Times Magazine. www.uncw. edu/presents. Tickets are $9 for the public and free to UNCW students and employees. 962-3500 or 800-732-3643.

TALK ON TANZANIA 10/26 @ 6pm, New Hanover Room of main branch of library on Chestnut St.:To mark the anniversary of the historical meeting 140 yrs. ago of American journalist Henry Morton Stanley, and Dr. David Livingstone, a Scottish explorer and missionary at present day Tanzania, the Sister Cities Association of Wilmington (SCAW) is hosting a slide presentation and disucssion of modern Tanzania. Call Marrilyn Cantarella, 343-5226 to reserve a spot.

STOP NC ANNEXATION Cathy Heath, co-director of the Stop NC Annexation Coalition, will give information and answer questions regarding annexation at our next League of Women Voters of the Lower Cape Fear luncheon meeting on Tues., 10/27, 11:30am at McAlister’s Deli, 740 S. College Rd. All of our meetings are open to the public. Contact: Lois Basilier, 910-520-4494.

COVENANT FORUM Covenant Forum “The Word and the World: Lectures and Worship on Faith and the Environment will be held at St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church on 11/7 at 7pm and 11/8 at 8:30am, 11:30am and 5pm. Lectures are open to the general public and

are free of charge. (910)762-9693 ext. 202.

advanced classes offered on weekends. Every Sunday join local artist’s for Bead Therapy. Please call 910-799-2928 or check out www.aplacetobead. com for times and prices.

Classes/Workshops GPS CLASS The US Coast Guard Auxillary will hold a two day course on how to use an GPS device on 10/21 and 10/24. Lois: 620-0247 or Barry:515-1685.

COASTAL NAVIGATION CLASS The US Coast Guard will offer a 6 lesson course 10/26-11/19 in which students will learn to read and understand coastal navigation charts, how to read and correct compass hedings, using navigator tools and instuments, and learn about piloting and dead reckoning. The course meets from 7-9pm Mon. & Thurs. at Cape Fear Community College, Downtown Campus. Cost: $50, includes text, workbook and navigational chart. To register call Lois: 620-0247 or Barry:515-1685.

PORTERS NECK YOGA TEACHER TRAINING Porters Neck Yoga Teacher Training 2009 with Kersten Mueller RYT500. Aug 2009- Feb 2010.Yoga Alliance Certified 200 Hour Vinyasa Training Program.

Become the living essence of yoga in our 6 month intensive yoga teacher training program. Weekend Intensives include a vast array of information in a non-traditional way of learning, hands on assists, anatomy labs, and a group of students to build the foundation of your training.Tuition: $2000, for more info email portersneckyogaspa@yahoo.com or call 910-686-6440 (includes yoga classes @ the studio). Porters Neck Yoga Reflexology Certification:3 month Certification: 9/18-20, & 10/16-18, 11/13-15 with Monique Mueller, Certified Reflexologist and Instructor. This in depth Reflexology Certification Course is based on the Zollinger’s BodySystems Method of Reflexology. 14-week training designed to provide all the necessary skills and knowledge.Tuition: $740 ($650 if reg by 8/15).

For more info email portersneckyogaspa@ yahoo.com or call 910. 686.6440.

ENGLISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS Every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am. The ESOL group is sponsored by the Cape Fear Literacy Council and teaches English to Spanish speakers. Arwen Parris: 910-509-1464.

Clubs/Notices MIDDLE SCHOOL REDISTRICTING FORUM New Hanover County Schools will hold three public forums on the issue of middle school redistricting.

Parents and other interested members of the community are invited to attend these forums to express their viewpoints on redistricting to the members of the New Hanover County Board of Education. 10/19; 7pm, Noble MS. 10/27; 7pm, Williston MS. www.nhcs.net HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LOWER CAPE FEAR The Historical Society of the Lower Cape Fear will hold its fall membership meeting on Sun., 10/25 at 3pm at the Wilmington Light Infantry Building in Wrightsville Beach. Parking is available across the Street at Robert’s Grocery. Members, former members and prospective members of the Society

NOW: HOLIDAY PARADE

City of Wilmington is looking for community groups, school organizations, bands and businesses to participate in the Wilmington Holiday Parade, which is held on the 6th of December at 5:10pm. The entry deadline to be a part of the fun is November 18th. Entry forms and the parade route can be found at www.wilmingtonnc.gov, and only 100 entrants are accepted. Call Tammy Skinner at (910) 341-4602..

BEGINNERS’ FENCING CLASS The Cape Fear Fencing Association (CFFA) will offer its next beginners’ fencing class will start Mon. 11/2 at 6:30pm and will run for six weeks. Taught by Head Coach Greg Spahr, the six-week class will be held Mon. and Wed. evenings from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and costs $40. The class will meet in the lower level of Tileston Gym at St. Mary’s on the corner of 5th and Ann streets. All equipment is supplied by the CFFA. Beginning fencing classes include the basic elements of fencing, the history of the sport, foundational techniques, conditioning, refereeing, and tournament strategy. Graduates will have the option of continuing to fence with the CFFA which offers fencing Tues., Wed. and Thurs. evenings at 7:30 p.m.

ART CLASSES Award-winning artist and art teacher, Hanna Mathis teaches: • Arts & Consciousness: Exploring mindfulness and deeper awareness through art. Guides adult students on a journey of selfdiscovery, meditation, peace, balance, intuition, and healing through inspired art experiences including creating mandalas and expressing dream images.

A variety of art materials and techniques are explored. Tues., 6:45-8:45pm twice monthly. Class is ongoing. Full Moon Art Studio & Show Space, 4709 Wrightsville Ave. (purple house near College Rd.), Wilmington. Reg.: www.fullmoonart.net or (910) 599-1894.

ST. MARY SCHOOL ART CLASSES The St. Mary Adult School, located in the Tileston Building at 412 Ann Street downtown, offers fun monthly courses (4weeks workshop) and is now registering students. The school offers a variety of art classes including Italian language . Next class begins the first week in each month;tuition is $80.

Alessandro Giambra at liberoalex@hotmail.com or (910) 431-4063. All proceeds will be used to support the Tileston Building and the ministries it supports.

A PLACE TO BEAD Beading classes and parties for all ages! Basic stringing and basic earring making offered weekly.

Precious Metal Clay and multiple wire wrapping classes offered monthly. Special projects and

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are welcome. The meeting is free and refreshments will be served. For information call 762-0492.

YWCA YWCA Bridge club, Mon: 12:30-3:30pm. Open to all players new to duplicate and those with less than 50 points. Marie Killoran: 452-3057 or Shirley Dail: 799-4287 • Aquatics, adult and kids exercise programs available • Scrabble Club meets Thurs. at 6:30pm, YWCA Bridge Center in Marketplace Mall. Bruce Shuman: 256-9659 or Gary Cleaveland: 458-0752. www.scrabble-assoc.com • Chess Club meets Thurs.at 6:30pm. David Brown: 675-1252 or 343-8002; at the Bridge Center, 41 Market Place Mall. www.wilmingtonchess.com • MommiePreneurs, a network/support group of women entrepreneurs, meet the 1st Wed. of month at YWCA. 2815 S. College Rd; 910-799-6820. www.ywca.org CAPE FEAR KNITTERS Wilmington chapter of the Knitting Guild of America holds monthly meetings the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10am-noon, at UNCW, Bear Hall, Rm 208. Open to all interested in the skill of knitting. We will teach those interested in learning and help current knitters increase their knowledge and skill. Judy Chmielenski: 910-383-0374. www.tkga.com YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF NHC Meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month at the downtown public library, third floor, 6:30pm. Ages 18-35.

HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TOURS Narrated horse drawn carriage and trolley tours of historic Wilmington feature a costumed driver who narrates a unique adventure along the riverfront and past stately mansions. Daily continuous tours offered Mon-Thurs 11am-10pm.

Market and Water Streets. $11 for adults, $5 for children under 12. Call 251-8889 or visit horsedrawntours.com

S-ANON Meets Tuesdays @ 8pm. A support group for family and friends of sexaholics. Universal Unitarian Fellowship 4313 Lake Ave. 910-5205518 wilmingtonsanon@bellsouth.net or www. sanon.org HOME EDUCATION ARTS HEArts (Home Education Arts) is a Wilmington, NC based homeschool group for families interested in using creative, integrated techniques to facilitate learning at home. We are a fully inclusive, nonsectarian group that embraces diversity. Members plan park play dates, fieldtrips, parties, classes and spontaneous activities. We meet online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ HEArts_HomeEducationArts/. Sheree Harrell: 910.632.9454.

CAPE FEAR ROLLER GIRLS Love to Roller Skate? If you are interested in playing roller derby, being a derby referee, or derby volunteer please contact the Cape Fear Roller Girls: info@capefearrollergirls.com or visit our website www.capefearrollergirls.com. All skill levels welcomed!

HOLIDAY PARADE PARTICIPANTS WANTED City of Wilm. looking for community groups, school organizations, bands and businesses for the Wilmington Holiday Parade to be held on Sun., 12/6; 5:10pm. Entry forms and parade route maps are now available: www.wilmingtonnc. gov. Entry deadline: Wed., 11/18; 5pm.

Only 100 entries will be accepted. Tammy Skinner, tammy.skinner@wilmingtonnc.gov or (910)341-4602.

CAPE FEAR CAMERA CLUB The club meets the third Wed. of each month, Sept. thru June @ 7:30pm UNCW campus in the Cultural Arts Building. www.capefearcameraclub. com or www.creativewilmington.com. Jerry Guba 392-2559.

NANNY NETWORKING Wilmington Nanny Support Group is a free nannynetworking, support and educational group for local in-home child care providers, who meet as needed daily online at: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/WilmingtonNannySupport/ and weekly at 100 per series. All classes begin the week of September 14, 2009.Halyburton Park on 17th Street Extension; nannyoncall@yahoo. com or 910.632.9454 WILMINGTON NEWCOMERS CLUB Open to new residents in Brunswick, New Hanover & Pender Counties. Meets 2nd Thursday of month at 9:30am at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center, 5001 Market Street, between Kerr Ave. and New Centre Drive. Nancy Brennan (910) 270-6062; nabrennan@charter.net HOME EDUCATION ARTS HEArts: Home Education Arts is a homeschooling group which enables children to learn other subject matter through the Arts. Sheree Harrell, 632-9454, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ HEArts_HomeEducationArts/ CAPE FEAR WEDDING ASSOCIATION Meet and greets the third Wednesday of each month. $25, members free. capefearweddingassociation. com CELEBRATE RECOVERY WOMEN’S GROUP Overcoming hurts, habits, hang-ups together!

First Thurs. of the month, 7:30pm at Connection Café Mtg. Room 250-1 Racine Dr.; 910-297-7854 Sponsored by Grace Harbor Church PSORIASIS SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 2nd Saturday of the month at Port City Java in Harris Teeter on College and Wilshire, 5pm.

Christopher: (910) 232-6744 or cvp@yahoo.com.

Free; meet others with psoriasis and get educated on resources and program assistance.

AD/HD SUPPORT GROUPS CHADD volunteers facilitate support groups for people affected by AD/HD. Meets second Mon. of ea. month at the YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear (S. College Road at Holly Tree), 7-9pm. Adult Support Group for adults meets monthly on the second Tues. at the same place and time. Free and available on drop-in basis to residents of New Hanover, Pender, and Brunswick.Karen: WilmCHADD@aol.com.

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