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news & views .......... 4-7 4 live local: Gwenyfar Rohler interviews Rick Caitlin as part of a political Live Local feature, in preparation for an election year.

Come saturday and sunday, when bluegrass takes over the nC Battleship reports on news of the strange and odd. park across the river, hootenannies of the highest caliber will be showcasing the best of the finger-pickers, flat-pickers and clawhammers to the stage. artsy smartsy .......... 8-21 Local, regional and national bands will take the stage in the annual southern 8-9 theater: Gwenyfar Rohler reviews the love story of C.S. Lewis, ‘Shadowlands,’ Coastal Bluegrass Festival, including rhonda Vincent and the rage. Check presented by Big Dawg Productions; Shea out our interview with the bluegrass queen on page 16.

6 news of the weird: Chuck Shepherd

Carver interviews Ed Wagenseller about the season opener for UNCW’s Department of

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Theatre, ‘The Book of Liz.’

10-11 art: Lauren Hodges finds out about the

concert tickets

If you’re not already an encore fan on Facebook, you should be! We’re running a contest on encore’s Facebook page that is simply quite awesome. Just head over to www.facebook. com/pages/Wilmington-NC/encore-magazine/62587327524, and leave a comment about your favorite concert experience. Also include which show you would like to go to, and we’ll enter you in our contest to win a pair of tickets to the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach. We’ll be randomly selecting the winner from the comments one week prior to concert dates. Don’t forget to tell your friends either.

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Be on the lookout for new writings and blogging each and every day, as encore cafe welcomes a host of new writers, including Carly Yansak, Justin Lacy and Claire LaSure!

Yansak will cover just about everything each week in her “Anything. Everything. The World.” blog, while Lacy will be getting the inside sounds from some of the Port City’s best singer/songwriters in “ILMusic.” Lasure will great all of the style news on “The Fashion Beat.” Maro Raye has started “Smorgasbord,” a blog dedicated to all-things culinary.

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Carly Yansak interviews Karen Tunis about the newest modern dance company on the Wilmington scene, NORAK.

13 gallery guide: Find out what exhibitions are hanging at local galleries.

15 film: Anghus loves the grindhouse-style film, ‘Machete.’

16 music: Shea Carver interviews Rhonda Vincent about her show at Battleship Park this weekend.

18-21 soundboard: See what bands and performers are playing in venues all over town.

grub & guzzle .......... 22-26 22-26 dining guide: Need a few suggestions on where to eat? Flip through encore’s dining guide, and read about our

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“The Atlantic had a big article on the inevitability of Israel going to war with Iran over building nuclear weapons. But he White House thinks that strong economic sanctions will bring them to their knees, raise unemployment, and cause their factories to close – the same way those economic sanctions worked right here.”—Jay Leno “According to a new poll, Levi Johnston now has lower approval ratings than John Edwards. Levy said he is disappointed with his low approval ratings and will do everything he can to knock them up.”—Jimmy Fallon “The new taxes are going to put rich people in a very tough spot. Paris Hilton may have to carry her own cocaine. Trump may have to fire the guy who trims that thing on his head.

Warren Buffett may have to move in with his cousin Jimmy Buffett.”—Craig Ferguson

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30 book club review: Tiffanie Gabrielse reviews T. Lynn Ocean’s latest book in the Jersey Barnes series, ‘Southern Peril.’

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he November 2nd election is fast approaching. As part of encore’s election coverage—and to help our valued reader learn more about our potential elected officials’ commitments to our local economy—Live Local sent a survey to the candidates for County Commission, NC State Representative and NC State Senate.

We wanted to learn about their Live Local habits and attitudes. Our first respondent: Rick Catlin, candidate for County Commission (www.rickcatlin.com). Here is how our interview unfolded. encore: Are you familiar with either Buy Local ILM or the national Buy Local movement?

RC: One of my fellow business owners in Dutch Square Industrial Park introduced me to the Buy Local movement during the primary election. I subsequently discussed this issue with the county manager and finance director. The county uses a statewide procurement process to keep prices low. I encouraged them to offer local suppliers the opportunity to match prices. Buying local keeps tax dollars in the county and helps create local jobs. I support efforts to do this when feasible. e: How does your platform support small business, entrepreneurs and Buy Local?

RC: I own a small business (Catlin Engineers and Scientists), which is headquartered here in New Hanover County. Every decision I make as an elected official will have a deep understanding of small business issues. e: Do you feel that it is important for our government and educational institutions (i.e. UNCW, the community colleges and the school system) to source goods from our local area?

RC: I have discussed this with the county manager. They use blanket state contracts for most of their purchases. I have suggested they offer local business the chance to

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RC: I do not support forced annexation. If annexation provided needed services and infrastructure for reasonable costs, forced annexation would not be necessary.

match these prices when possible. I think this needs to become a stronger policy. e: What percentage of your consumer spending do you dedicate toward locally owned businesses (farms and foods included)? Chain stores and restaurants? Shopping on the internet?

RC: The vast majority of our spending is local. I employ close to 30 professionals locally who also spend most of their money here. Over the 25 years I have been in business, I have written almost $100,000,000 in local checks, to local vendors, suppliers and employees. e: Do you support the Main Street Fairness Tax currently in committee in the U.S. House of Representatives? The bill seeks to require all online retailers (like Amazon & eBay) to collect and remit sales tax back to the localities.

RC: While I understand the need to level the playing field between outof-state e-commerce companies and traditional local businesses, I am concerned that collecting and remitting taxes on Internet sales could place a burden on small businesses.

In NC we already have requirements to pay taxes on out-of-state purchases. Enforcement difficulties in one tax law do not readily justify the creation of another more complex requirement. I would like to hear more thoughtful debate before I form a position on this issue. e: What is your position on Titan?

RC: I have serious environmental concerns about this proposed project. I strongly support the state’s decision to require an inte-

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e: Why should encore readers vote for you?

RC: As an environmental engineer, business owner and employer and a volunteer public servant, I have the background, experience and qualifications to bring a business sense and vision as we balance our economy, our environment and quality of life in this special place we live.

COUNTY COMMISSION CANDIDATE: Rick Caitlin will represent the Republican party on the upcoming November 2nd ballot. Photo courtesy of Rick Caitlin.

grated review under SEPA. Furthermore, EPA’s new sulfur dioxide standards will place our region in a “non-attainment” designation. As a new source, Titan will have to control all sulfur dioxide emissions, which may not be possible using coal for fuel. e: What is your position on film incentives in NC? RC: It seems that no matter how hard we try to increase incentives for the NC film industry, we are outbid by other states. At some point, in this endless corporate blackmail, enough is enough. e: How do you feel about annexation?

e: What should encore readers know about you?

RC: My volunteer public service includes: chairman of Wilmington-New Hanover County Ports, Waterways and Beach Commission, and environmental engineer appointed to the State Commission of Public Health My volunteer community service includes: board of directors and executive committee member of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra; board of directors and executive committee member of the Bellamy Mansion Museum; and board of directors of the Alliance for a Regional Concert Hall (ARCH). e: Why are you affiliated with the party that you are representing?

RC: I am running as a Republican because I believe less government is better government, and because I believe we have a fiscal responsibility to our tax payers to be efficient in our government spending. I also hope to represent that our financial survival and business success is inextricably linked to our environmental stewardship.

Gwenyfar Rohler is the author of “The Promise of Peanuts: A real-life fairy tale about a man, a village, and the promise that bound them together.” Available at www.OldBooksonFrontSt.com; profits go to Full Belly Project (www.Fullbellyproject.org).

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Chuck Shepherd digs up the strangest of the strange in world news

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More than a half-million children in the U.S. take antipsychotic medicines and (reported The New York Times in September) “(e)ven the most reluctant (doctors) encounter a marketing juggernaut that has made antipsychotics the nation’s top-selling class of drugs by revenue, $14.6 billion last year, with prominent promotions aimed at treating children.”

In one psychiatrist’s waiting room, observed the Times reporter, “(C)hildren played with Legos stamped with the word Risperdal” (an antipsychotic made by Johnson & Johnson).

(The company, which recently lost its patent on the drug, said it has stopped handing out the toys which it insisted were not toys at all but advertising reminders for doctors.)

my car. Because all I can do is f- up. Because I am a terrible person, and I know it.” Also, “Good bye ... my last words.” That was then; nowadays, Winter says the woman she hit was driving negligently and that construction companies failed to maintain the roadway properly.

Craig Smallwood of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit earlier this year against the makers of the online virtual-world game “Lineage II” for failing to warn him that he would become so addicted to playing it that he would be “unable to function independently in usual daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or communicating with family and friends.” (He claims to have spent 20,000 hours over five years playing.) In August, Judge Alan Kay declined to dismiss the lawsuit and set it for trial.

The Litigious Society

Ironies

Three self-described bisexual men filed a federal lawsuit in April against the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance for disqualifying them from the Gay Softball World Series in Seattle in 2008 because they were not sufficiently gay. Teams were limited to two heterosexuals, and when the men’s team won second place, questions were raised about the three until organizers took them aside and asked “intrusive” questions about their sexual attractions and desires. Ultimately, they were disqualified as being too straight. (The alliance acknowledged that it has no standards for judging gayness level, but explained, as a private organization, that it is not subject to federal law.)

Justine Winter, 17, who was badly injured in a car crash in Flathead County, Mont., in March 2009, filed a lawsuit in July 2010 against the pregnant driver whom she had hit and killed (along with the woman’s 13-yearold son). However, the local prosecutor has already charged Winter with two counts of homicide, based on text messages she had sent her estranged boyfriend minutes before the crash. “If I won (you),” she texted, “I would have you ... and I wouldn’t crash my car.” Also, “That’s why I’m going to wreck

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Between suicide, murder, assault, drunken driving and drug use, the soldiers of the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, at Fort Bliss, Texas, have been statistically in greater peril while stateside than while deployed in Iraq.

“Being back (home) is what we don’t do well,” Lt. Col. David Wilson told The New York Times in July. During the last year in Iraq, the brigade lost only one soldier to combat, but in the previous year stateside, seven were killed and four people died in crimes committed by brigade personnel.

Challenging Times for Labor Unions: At a rally in Washington, D.C., in July denouncing employers who hire nonunion carpenters, many of the chanting protesters were nonunion day workers hired by the carpenters’ union to make the demonstration look bigger, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

In August, Jim Callaghan, a long-time writer on the headquarters staff of the United Federation of Teachers, was fired after trying to organize his colleagues into their own union local. Callaghan said that UFT staff deserve the same protections as the teachers they represent. (A UFT spokesman said most UFT employees are already unionized.)

Compelling Explanations

The Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, Dan Maes, explained in August that he began the campaign supporting “green” programs, such as Denver’s innovative “bike-sharing” project, but that he has rethought his position. Now, he told reporters, environmental programs are, in reality, plots. “(I)f you do your homework and research, you realize that (encouraging people to park their cars and ride bikes in the city) is part of a greater strategy to rein in American cities under a United Nations treaty.”

The New South Wales (Australia) anti-corruption commission, at a hearing in August, got engineer Don Gamage to admit that he “exaggerated” his credentials to get a series of government contracts. Nonetheless, Gamage was defiant: “If I didn’t exaggerate,” he explained, “the people of NSW ... would have

missed (out on) the service and the benefit that I delivered.”

Bruce Tuck, who confessed in December to a series of rapes in Martin, Tenn., and was sentenced to 60 years in prison (and who faces still more charges), tried to withdraw his confession in June, complaining that he was not of sound mind at the time because, though weighing 275 pounds, he was being held in jail on a “lettuce-only” diet. Thus, he said, he was unusually vulnerable when a detective offered him a bag of chips to admit to the charges.

Civilization in Decline

After an historic site along the lower Jordan River was closed for a day in July for public health reasons, an environmental group, EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth (Middle East), called for a permanent suspension until the governments of Israel and Jordan (on either side of the river) assure that it is safe from agricultural discharge and untreated sewage. Facing sites on the river both claim to be where John the Baptist baptized Jesus, and pilgrims flock to the sites to be baptized, as well.

Least Competent Criminals

Lame: Gerald Maxwell, 39, a convicted burglar who was caught in August breaking into the same Sarasota, Fla., home he had broken into last year, quickly tried to explain his innocence to officers. “I was going back in there to leave a thank-you note, because I’m the guy who burglarized this place last year (and) I just got out of jail.” Terrance Mitchell was arrested in Waterloo, Iowa, in July, identified from video as the man who tried to shoplift surveillance equipment from a store.

Mitchell was thus apparently unaware that stores that sell surveillance equipment might operate surveillance cameras.

Update

Michael Peterson was convicted in 2003 of murdering his wife, Kathleen, and sentenced to life in prison in North Carolina, but T. Lawrence Pollard, who was one of Peterson’s lawyers, has relentlessly offered the alternative theory (though not during Peterson’s trial) that Mrs. Peterson was instead killed by a rogue owl one night in her home. Earlier this year, Raleigh’s News & Observer wrote a series on deficiencies in the state’s original investigation (though not about owls), and Pollard filed affidavits in August one by an owl expert that Mrs. Peterson’s injuries were consistent with an attack by “a large bird of prey” and the other by scientists who offered to DNAtest what investigators say might be a faint microscopic “feather” from the crime scene.

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A Journey Through Love and Grief: Big Dawg succeeds in depicting C.S. Lewis’ love story

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ig Dawg Productions currently welcomes William Nicholson’s intimate play “Shadowlands” to their very intimate setting: the new Cape Fear Playhouse on Castle Street. Often depicted as a love story, or sometimes as a journey through grief, the show actually seems like a coming-of-age tale. The protagonists are not adolescents struggling to understand this brave new world of adulthood.

They are adults struggling with the ultimate ideas of fulfillment: love, death, purpose and honesty.

Set in Oxford, against the backdrop of the famous university, the show opens by introducing us to the Dons and their circle. This little enclave of arrested development that university life provides them gets shattered by the entrance of Joy Gresham (Katherine Vernon), an American writer who has been corresponding with C.S. Lewis (Steve Vernon). She goes to Oxford to meet Lewis, and as we discover, to continue her passionate lifelong search for herself.

Steve Vernon convincingly brings to life a reserved, confirmed British bachelor falling deeply in love. Terrified to the core by developing feelings for Joy Gresham, Vernon convinces the audience of any reservations he has. Katherine Vernon plays a vibrant, powerful counterbalance to his calmness— something Professor Riley (Steve Coley) says is “sooo American!” Vernon and Vernon (and, no, they aren’t related!) telegraph their need and desire for each other so beautifully the audience almost anticipates

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Director Robb Mann’s skill becomes evident within the first five minutes of the show.

Mann has long been a craftsman of the unexpected visual irony. He manipulates the notes of subtlety and overstatement, which takes the audience on an emotional ride far from the world outside the door of the theater. To be honest, I have loved Mann’s work since he directed “Heracles” for Ad Hoc Theater Company in the early ‘90s.

A secondary but very important relationship in the script comes with the Lewis brothers. Lewis lives with his older brother, Maj. Warner “Warnie” Lewis, played by Bill Piper. Steve Vernon and Piper effortlessly depict a life-long relationship taken for granted but deeply dependent upon each other. Piper projects his retired military man as one that always has a task: reading the paper, pouring drinks. He’s a calm but stud-

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WHAT LOVE IS MADE OF: Steve Vernon (C.S. Lewis) and Katherine Vernon (Joy Gresham) convincingly portray two lovers struggling to understand a brave, new world of adulthood. Photo courtesy of Big Dawg Productions.

ied foil to Vernon’s introspective Jack.

Nicholson’s script is really the weakest part of the production. The Lewis brothers lost their own mother as children. In real life Gresham had two sons that Lewis adopted when he married her. Rather than providing the director and actors with a reflection from their own childhood to work with, Nicholson has only written Douglas Gresham into the script and omitted his brother David.

Also, Gresham’s work and accomplishments are sold short in this male-dominated landscape. She began college at the age of 14 and published several books, including a discussion on the modern interpretation of the “Ten Commandments” (for which Lewis wrote the introduction). She is a strong personality, and Vernon gives her ounce after ounce of strength, but the script does not do her justice. Presented as a needy opportunist rather than an accomplished woman ahead of her time, it would have been nice

to see her fully recognized for what she brought to the table—obviously something large enough to turn the head of England’s famous lifelong bachelor, C. S. Lewis.

The supporting-cast roster reads like headliners for most local theatre-goers: Lee Lowrimore, Steve Coley, Alisa Harris, Daniel Marks, Langley McArol and Lily Zuckerman. Their craftsmanship is integral to making the depth of change Lewis undergoes more convincing. They help bring home his moment of revelation, when he recognized his love for the fatally-ill Gresham: “If I were married to her, then I would be the most tortured man on earth…” Its honesty shows as a confession that one would make only to his closest friends— and the audience believed it tenfold. This is only one scene showing the ease and simplicity with which the cast relates onstage, and it’s beautiful to watch.

The greatest strength of the production comes from the choice not to succumb to the grief of the characters, but rather find the moments of humor that are the hallmarks of humanity in these people’s lives.

I laughed more than I cried. If only real life had the same balance.

Cheese Balls and Nuns: UNCW Department of Theatre opens with The Talent Family classic, ‘The Book of Liz’

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my and David Sedaris know humor.

They have impeccable keen sensibilities to connect with humans on a fundamental basis by extracting natural comedy out of everyday situations. Laughter easily erupts as they take the sacred and make it eccentric, or tackle the boring and turn it into fascinating fodder.

While the two have seen their own success in comedic art—David’s collection of short stories and essays always remain irreverent and coy, while Amy’s Lucille Balllike mannerisms continue to careen her cult classic “Strangers with Candy”—together they have been penning plays under the name “The Talent Family” since the ‘90s.

Their combined wit and charm continues producing modern-day satire gold.

UNCW’s theatre department will be hosting its first production of the season, showcasing The Talent Family’s “The Book of Liz,” opening September 16th. Written in 2003, the play follows Sister Elizabeth Donderstock of the Squeamish community (parody of the Amish), whose cheese ballmaking operation comes under attack by a new arrival to their town of Cluster Haven.

In an effort to rebel, the sister traipses into a new (under) world, taking a job at Plymouth Crock, a restaurant ran by alcoholics. As one may imagine, absurdity, with equal parts ingenuity, ensues. encore sent questions to director Ed Wagenseller about “The Book of Liz” on the heels of making its debut in Wilmington. encore: Tell me about your first instance with the material—your impressions, attitudes toward it and thought processes on bringing it to stage.

Ed Wagenseller: I first received the script as a present from my wife. I’ve always enjoyed the Sedaris’ work and writings. When choosing the season, many factors [played a role:] length of production time, production slot and material. I thought it would be fun to do a show that is more like sketch comedy, given the fact that we only have three weeks of rehearsal time before opening. It also made me laugh—a lot. e: Why did you decide to go with ‘...Liz’ as the opener for the new season?

EW: It’s a lovable work that met the criteria for a production that would appeal to a student audience and the community as well.

Besides, it runs an hour and 15 minutes, which meant I could stage it in no time. e: Tell me about the cast: How long have you all been working with the material, how is it evolving, and what are they bringing to the story?

EW: The cast is young and enthusiastic. they

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The Book of Liz UNCW Department of Theatre Cultural Arts Building SRO Theatre, UNCW campus Thurs.-Sun., Sept. 16th-19th and 23rd26th, 8 p.m. or Sun. matinees at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $5 -- $12 (910) 962-3500 are all comdecially gifted and bring a lot of youth and exuberance. We live more and more in a sketch-comedy YouTube world, which I think helps a lot. e: So, they’re exceeding your expectations?

EW: They constantly exceed my expectations. They are professional and come in with an attitude of collaboration, and leave their egos at the door. If only I could do the same... e: Obviously, since written by the Sedaris’, a lot of humor takes over in the writing. How are your students learning about comedic delivery and timing, and what do you think is most important when studying it?

EW: They are learning to trust the material.

They are learning that if you want to be funny, you need to be perfect in your timing and delivery. They are learning quite often through failure what works and what flops, which is a lot of fun. I love watching them fail almost as much as I do watching them nail it. e: What about the story do you think most connects with audiences?

EW: The story really picks at stereotypes that most of us carry around whether we know it or not. Most importantly, we are not trying to change the world with this piece—just make [people] laugh a lot and think a little. e: For folks who have yet to attend a show at UNCW, what are they missing?

EW: UNCW has one of the greatest arts facilities in southeastern NC. We have a system to getting shows up [and running] that in my opinion is second to none when it comes to artistically smart and intelligent theatre.

There are so many great production companies in town that do fabulous work. We at UNCW exceed the expectations of audiences constantly with work that has a production value above and beyond what most can produce—and we do it with mostly student labor and actors. We [showcase] more than great actors and a great script; we are a pro-

SQUEAMISHLY ABSURD Senior performance theatre major Erica Lane plays Sister Elizabeth Donderstock in the UNC Wilmington production of ‘The Book of Liz.’ Photo courtesy of UNCW.

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Wilmington’s New Beat: NORAK Dance Company brings new life to old stages

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simple stroll down Front Street shows the creativity exploding from our community. Flyers adhere to surfaces all over downtown, showcasing slam poetry and theatre productions, art openings and music.

Even downtown itself has its own quirky mien, where trendsetters walk the streets aligned with a key fence and public art. The atmosphere provides such aesthetic stimuli that all types of artists successfully sort through their concocted swarm of creation to pull out marvelous displays to ravish the community.

Karon Tunis adds her imprint to the scene, except she’s doing so with a whole new beat.

Tunis has been twirling through the Wilmington dance scene for 12 years, even helping found the Cape Fear School of the Arts.

Her newest endeavor, the NORAK Contemporary and Modern Dance Company, offers a professional dance company that will be original to Wilmington.

“I can guarantee you that what you see on that stage and off that stage, you will have never seen before,” Tunis boasts.

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NORAK Contemporary and Modern Dance Company Auditions: Sept. 18th • 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Hannah Block USO Community Center 201 Second St. So bold, so confident. Many reasons appropriate Tunis’ stamina.

Born from pushing traditional ballet out of the box, contemporary dance incorporates modern movement of the abstract and island dancer. It showcases a mesh of action that could be viewed through all body types, and it leaves out the stiff lines and movements of classical training, becoming earthy, grounded and urban. Also thrown to the wayside: the customary technique of dancers moving only to music. Anything can be used to inspire modern dance because it is based in everything we do. “[Every day], human be-

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ings do their own little dance,” Tunis remarks, smiling affectionatel.

Spoken words, a capella vocalists, live musicians, artists and even Spanish fans add components of sound. In a piece Tunis is currently writing, a drummer will play “musical junk,” consisting of brightly painted Deer Park bottles, garbage-can lids, glass bottles and coffee cans. The dancers move to the cadence and tempo brought to life by the objects, and the goal is, according to Tunis, to “show movement through every outlet besides [traditional] music.”

Beats of all types, such as African style and fusion jazz, will play, too, and the performances will use a lot of apparatus and acrobatic work, bringing a Cirque du Soleil style into play. Tunis will design sets of her own imagination, picking and pulling equipment from Screen Gem studios. Divulging her designs wasn’t something she was too keen upon sharing, but she did hint at one set comprised completely of glass bottles, which will have different colored laser lights shining through them.

NORAK, if anything, sounds more like a theatrical experience. “Yes, it is theatre,” she states, noting seven choreographers behind the curtains who will bring it all to life. Kevin Lee-y Green of local theatre group TechMoja and Tara Wooten-Webb, winner of the 2009 award for Best Contemporary Choreography in NC, are part of the group and have been working on pieces for the opening season since June.

The Hannah Block USO Community Center, one of the oldest theaters in the city, will house the NORAK Dance Company, where dancers will rehearse, practice and perform. Tunis points out that the center has many functions that the community is unaware of.

“It’s not being used to its potential, and I thought housing a dance company there would give it the notoriety it deserves,” she says.

Not only is NORAK bringing a fully developed concept to the community, it will also bring new advantages to its dancers. A company with a venue to call its home is a rarity in itself, but NORAK will offer something else: It will be a working dance company. After the season is up and running, dancers will receive a stipend to show that their work is appreciated. Tunis has also arranged for chiropractors, podiatrists, massage therapists and other pertinent doctors to be available for when the aches and pains kick in—something unavoidable within the profession. “That will be the advantage of being with us,” she notes. “If you’ve got heart and soul, we’ve got the rest of it.”

Auditions for the company open Saturday the 18th, starting at 10 a.m. and running until 2 p.m. Dancers will first perform and prepare a piece of their own and if called back will perform a piece composed by the choreographers. Tunis’ search for raw, new talent stays at the forefront of importance. “I think that if you have a talent, and you think you can move your feet, you should definitely come out and audition,” she says. “The more eclectic movement you bring to this company the better your chances are.”

Wilmington, our artsy haven, has seen many a foot take the stage, many a lip to the microphone and many a painting on the wall.

Yet, after sitting enthralled at the imagery of Tunis’s creative swarm, I get the feeling our town hasn’t see anything quite of this caliber.

“I want this to be the one shock-art that is tasteful,” she says. “It’s not just your typical ‘and I went to the theatre, and I saw a lovely pirouette.’ I want people later to say, ‘Oh, my god! Did you see the girl hanging by the scarf while the guy was playing the violin in the corner?’ I want that to be the effect.”

The season opens in mid-December, with a program called “Cultural Funk” and will continue to run new performances every four weeks until June.

Soup for the Poetʼs Soul: Third installment of ArtSoup, ‘Between the Lines,’ debuts new poetry festival

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rt Soup, Steven Gibbs’ ambitious new arts organization, is ringing in the fall season with a festival for poets, writers, and all fans of the inspired word. The main event of the festivities will be the third version of “Between the Lines,” a chapter book of collected submissions by North Carolina writers and a few from neigboring states. In the midst of planning the workshops, guest speakers and book-release party, Gibbs sat down with encore to talk about the festival, poetry and its under-appreciated art form. encore: As a writer yourself, what can you tell us about the creative climate for writers in Wilmington?

SG: I have been involved in several readings and workshops around town, and have enjoyed working with the mass of writers in the area. We’re all different but support each other. It’s a small town, and, unfortunately, poetry is sometimes an under-appreciated art form.

I had organized a previous series of literary events called “Poetic Discourse,” which was a contest format where poets submitted an entry fee and were given a chance to perform in front of a panel of judges, as well as an onlooking crowd. The winner took all the cash from the entries. It was a great event, but the losers were never too happy. e: Why did you decide to organize a festival for ‘Between the Lines’?

SG: The book is an opportunity to have writers from all over North Carolina and nearby states become part of a larger poetry event.

Sounds simple, I know—but it’s not. So, we decided to make a festival of it all—invite the selected writers to read, release the book, offer word games, host a workshop for any interested poets to have their work

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critiqued, and host a rotating cast of guest speakers. It’s always a free event and open to all ages. In fact, we have a 12-year-old this year [whose work] made it into the book.

All writers are encouraged to bring their books, published or self-published, to the event to sell. It’s all about community. Writers don’t like to talk too much, but we sure like to congregate. e: What has the response been like from the writers?

SG: In this year’s publication, we received more entries than in any of the previous years. We usually post our calls around the state and elsewhere via social media and poetry Web sites or forums. We always have a lot of returning poets, as well as new writers every year. Unfortunately, having more entries means more rejections, but I guess it’s just part of the process. I just wish writers knew how to follow simple guidelines though. e: Which submission traveled the farthest distance?

SG: In the past we’ve had submissions from as far away as the UK. This year, we had one writer send us about a 100 poems from Serbia. I guess a small festival can attract the word-hungry, wherever they are.

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SG: This year is the first year “Between the Lines” has been organized through Art Soup. It’s a small poetic circle, locally, and we have to keep it growing. Luckily. there are several writers who keep the proverbial torch burning when it comes to supporting events. This year we have an outside organization, the Wilmington Writers Forum, hosting our informal workshop. This is a local collective of writers that workshop and trade poems habitually—almost addictively.

I think they feed off of words. They’ve been together for quite some time, and will bring a new level of professionalism to the workshop and to those who attend. e: Who else is involved?

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I also like the “make your own poem” set-up, where we give the crowd a bunch of paper, glue and a pile of words they can make poems from. That’s always fun to see what comes out at the end. I also look forward to the audience and the appreciation of poetry in general. Like I said, it’s often times misunderstood and an under-appreciated art form.

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Currently, Artfuel Volume 24 fetaures artwork by Michael Blaylock, Megan Brezinsky, Jeremy Lea, Scott Ehrhart, Katharine Blackwell & Shannon Geigerich. Show hangs for eight weeks

Caffe Phoenix 35 N. Front Street (910) 343-1395 Monday-Saturday: 11:30am - 10pm Sunday Brunch: 11:30am - 4pm Currently exhibiting raw works on paper by 82 year-old abstract expressionist Edward Meneeley, including one which hung earlier this year in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. Meneeley is represented by the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Tate Modern, London, among others. This show is a fund-raiser for the biography project of the artist’s life with work sold for Art For the Masses prices. For more info, call 910-797-3501.

Crescent Moon 332 Nutt St, The Cotton Exchange (910) 762-4207 Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm; Sun., 12-4pm www.crescentmoonnc.com Crescent Moon has launched our comprehensive Web site, www.crescentmoonnc. com, featuring art from all of our artists. We purposefully designed the site to reflect the vast art glass and metal sculpture that you find everyday at the shop at The Cotton Exchange.

Our goal is to make it easy for our customers to go online to check on the availability of an item for themselves or for gifts. The new site allows our customers to place their orders online, but wait…no putting your credit card out into cyberspace; we call you upon order notification to finalize your order and thank you personally. Remember gift-wrapping is free – always!

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“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.

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.

New Elements Gallery 216 N. Front St. • (919) 343-8997 Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm or by appointment www.newelementsgallery.com “Turning Loose” features the works of Warren Dennis of Boone and Durham artist Nancy Tuttle May through September 18th.

Dennis, a retired art professor from Appalachian University, is known for his playful and sometimes provocative figurative work. His whimsically distorted figures convey a sense of “dramatic presence” within the human condition of everyday people. May is best known for her mixed media abstractions.

Her utilization of color and texture create a visual symphony, and music is often a theme in her work.

Acknowledged as one of Wilmington’s premier art and craft venues, New Elements offers a wide variety of work by regional and nationally recognized artists. The gallery features original paintings and prints, as well as sculpture, craft, jewelry, and custom framing.

Visitors worldwide make a point of returning to enjoy the distinctive collection of fine art and craft and are frequently impressed by the sheer volume of work available at New Elements, much of which is featured on the gallery’s Web site. The gallery offers art consultation services and is committed to finding unique pieces of art.

pattersonbehn art gallery 511 1/2 Castle Street (910) 251-8886 Tues.-Sat. 11am-5pm www.pattersonbehn.com pattersonbehn picture framing & design has added an art gallery to their space, featuring several local artists. Currently on display are works by Bob Bryden, Michelle Connolly, Karen Paden Crouch, Virginia Wright Frierson, Rachel Kastner, Pam Toll and Katherine Wolf Webb. We offer 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 Tues- Sat. 10am-5pm Closed Mon. in winter 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, 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.

Wilmington Art Association Gallery 616B Castle St. (910) 343-4370 www.wilmington-art.org The Wilmington Art Association’s 2011 “Expose Yourself to the Arts” calendar is coming soon. This issue promises to be even more enticing than our last. Look for a notice about a “release party” to be announced soon!

You can pre-order the calendar in advance at the bargain rate of $10. Just stop by the Wilmington Art Gallery, 616-B Castle Street, to prepay and reserve your copy.

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A Grindhouse Riot:

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There’s so much wonderful pulp in theaters right now, I hardly know what to do with myself. Much like Sly Stallone’s “The Expendables,” “Machete” is crafted from classic old-school trash.

I have always enjoyed Robert Rodriguez’s filmmaking. I haven’t universally loved everything he’s ever done, but “Machete” is a movie rooted in grindhouse cinema and harkens back to Rodriguez’s earliest works (“El Mariachi” and “Desperado” immediately spring to mind). This is an unflinching masterpiece—easily the most entertaining, bloody, hysterical riot of 90 minutes featured in any movie this year.

Ever wanted to watch Cheech Marin get crucified? Or one of America’s greatest living actors get shot while caught on an electrified fence? How about watching a woman pull a working cell phone out of an unnamed orifice? I never thought I did until I saw “Machete.” The story is rooted in the realities of the debate over illegal immigration. Being a grindhouse-style film, the “reality” of the situation is quickly abandoned for an all-out satirical assault.

Robert Deniro plays Senator Bob McLaughlin—a shit-stirring conservative who believes that the problems with immigration can be seen staring down the barrel of a gun. When McLaughlin’s campaign begins to circle the drain, his drug cartel financiers hatch a plan to frame the Mexican community by hiring a day laborer to try and assassinate the senator. They hire the right man for the job: Machete, a blade-wielding, gun-toting bad ass who will cut someone to ribbons and piss on the remains. The gig turns out to be a double cross: Machete is shot and framed. The senator basks in the media attention, while the immigrants are hunted down and shot by vigilantes patrolling the border.

“She” (Michelle Rodriguez) runs a proimmigrant movement from a taco truck and is hounded by Agent Sartana (Jessica Alba) who is charged with finding these militant immigrants and deporting them.

Machete soon finds himself the lynch-pin, involving crooked politicians, drug cartels and a militant uprising.

And how does he handle these insurmountable tasks? The only way he knows how: leaving a trail of dead bodies, all the while making sweet love to the ladies.

Rodriguez loads up the cat with notable faces. Watching Robert Deniro trade barbs with Don Johnson makes cinematic magic—a place where the most hideous Mexican drug-lord ninja-master is played

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Machete Starring Danny Trejo, Robert Deniro and Steven Seagall

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BLADE-WIELDING, GUN-TOTING BADASS: Danny Trejo plays Machete, complete with obscene moments of cinematic bliss.

as a talentless whore who dons a nun costume and goes on a machine gun-revenge rampage. It’s straight out of a Russ Meyer movie. I wish more movies like this existed—a throwaway film. It’s nougat: sweet, fluffy, enjoyable but utterly empty.

To celebrate “Machete” is to celebrate violence and sex—two major reasons why we love the movies so much. To realize that safe can often equate to boring helps us indulge those base instincts that rule our tiny little brains. To revel in intentionally awful dialogue makes for moments of indulgence, especially when a stoic, expressionless Danny Trejo utters, “Machete don’t text!” Half an hour later he uses a cell phone to send a message to the villains, and the wonderful Jeff Fahey utters the following with grave sincerity: “Machete just sent me a text.”

“Machete” is also quotable comedy gold.

There are so many obscene moments of cinematic bliss: Machete driving a pimpedout cruiser, leading a small fleet of hydraulically enhanced low-riders toward the enemy hideout. Then using the same hydraulics to launch a car up into the air as the front axel

smashes down on the villains. Ahhh, the action scenes where villains are dispatched with a weed-whacker. Steven Seagall may have 10 minutes of screen time, but those 10 minutes are more entertaining then two dozen films he’s put out over the past two decades.

What makes Robert Rodriguez such a

great director are his earnest intentions. All he wants to do is entertain an audience, and he is gifted in his ability to make his movies with an eclectic cast of characters who make sense to the story. All these characters legitimately feel as if they take place in the same insane world. And though the “lead character,” Danny Trejo, doesn’t have to do much other than stand around looking mean and killing folks, he’s a fantastic onscreen presence. If we’re lucky, we’ll see a couple of “Machete” sequels. I for one would be more than happy to revisit this violent, sex-soaked world.

this week in film MiniDocutime King Hall Auditorium, UNCW September 18th,5 p.m., $5 (free for students)

WHQR Public Radio and the UNCW Department of Film Studies present Mini DocuTime, a special addition to the annual DocuTime festival, bringing acclaimed documentaries to the big screen in Wilmington. Mini DocuTime aims to expand the enjoyment of documentary lovers by presenting an afternoon of films from a bygone era that maintain their relevance even today at UNCW’s King Hall Auditorium.

Schedule: “The River,” written and directed by: Pare Lorentz, 1938—A Depression era film inspired by a map that hung in the office of the Secretary of Agriculture, it traces the path of the tributaries that merge together to form the great Mississippi River. (pictured) “Louisiana Story,” directed by: Robert J. Flaherty, 1948—Nominated for an Oscar and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for its musical score by Virgil Thomson, Robert J. Flaherty’s final masterpiece is a visually stunning, lyrical tribute to a land and its people.

Through the eyes of a young Cajun boy living on the Bayou, Flaherty tells a story of disruption and change when an oil rig brings industry into his pristine world.

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When I Knew

Lumina Theater, Fisher Student Center UNCW Campus • 601 S. College Road www.uncw.edu/lumina Wednesday, 7pm • Free An alternately candid, funny, poignant, and heartbreaking movie, “When I Knew” documents a cross-section of men and women of all ages and lifestyles who invoke the exact moment in their lives—whether as toddlers, grade-schoolers, teens or young adults— when they knew, once and for all, that they were gay. Not rated.

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Music that Matters:

Annual Southern Coastal Bluegrass Festival welcomes headliner Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

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luegrass is music that matters,” Bill Monroe, pioneer of the genre, once stated. With ties to a place and time of simplicity, when electricity barely ran households, people in rural areas, often of mountainous terrain, loved the music because of its inspiration to make them move.

They would dance the flatfoot, buckdance or clog, as the string instruments picked up frenetic pace. When lyrics took over the music, themes of life, love and tragedy, sometimes in the form of gospel, revealed stories that connected people, families and communities. Perhaps from such humble beginnings, it’s easy to deduce bluegrass as an affecting ritual to form bonds; just maybe that’s what Monroe meant.

For bluegrass queen Rhonda Vincent—International Bluegrass Music Association award winner numerous times over in a plethora of categories—the genre not only completed her family bond, it created a lifelong dedication to honoring a tradition of sound.

Having begun her career at the ripe age of 5, Vincent first took the stage at a TV telethon like that of the Jerry Lewis specials.

“My family performed on live TV ... around 5 a.m.,” she remembered, “and I decided that I wasn’t gonna sing. However, my father convinced me to, and I remember seeing myself in the TV monitor as I was singing the ‘Bicycle Song.’ This is but one example of how my mom and dad taught me that no matter how you feel, you find it within yourself to be strong and do your best to complete the task at hand. That has brought me through many tough situations. I am grateful to my parents for their incredible teaching.”

Vincent’s family traveled the states and played together as The Sally Mountain Show, where they experienced much of America’s vast land. “It was a wonderful way to see the world,” she noted. After being asked to perform at the Britt Festival in Oregon, her family packed up their motor home and traveled 40

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Southern Coastal Bluegrass Festival Saturday, Sept. 18th, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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hours one way to perform an hour show before driving back to Missouri.

“It wasn’t a matter of economics,” Vincent said. “We were invited, it was a place we hadn’t seen before, and our family was together. So it was all good.”

Eventually, the starlet’s upbringing in the music industry ventured away from the safe comfort zone that Mom and Dad provided and eventually basked in the fiscal light that drives Nashville’s scene. In what she calls her “musical college years,” Vincent moved to Tennessee and signed to her first major label, Grant. She found pedagogues in James Stroud, Garth Fundis, Jack McFadden and others in the business.

“It was a rare opportunity to learn things you can’t read in a book,” she said. “Both extremes helped to prepare me for the career I have today. In my family band, we played for the love of the music. If someone invited us to play, we were thankful and would make the journey. ... in Nashville, [I] learned it was so little about the music and all about the money. My music became nothing more than a product.”

Regardless, Vincent didn’t let her talent suffer and worked toward equilibrium. She found balance between loving and honing her musicianship and making a career of it with-

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out sacrificing her own virtues.

“I have tried to merge both theories to have the best of both worlds, and the best place I was able to share that theory was when my daughters graduated from high school,” she said. “I told them they will have to make a living and work. So [they should] be sure [they] love what [they] do—select a career that makes [them] excited to greet each day.”

Her daughters, Sally and Tensel, have joined Vincent on the road, along with her band the Rage (to whom Sally’s married to fiddle player Hunter Barry). Though, today the girls have their own group, Next Best Thing, they contribute to Vincent’s music, as do other well-known musicians, such as Dolly Parton and Richard Marx, and even Vincent’s mom. They all can be heard on her 14th studio album, “Taken,” which also happens to be her first independent recording, slated for release at the end of the month.

“I spent some sleepless nights just thinking about whether we had thought of every detail,” Vincent explains of its production. “In the end, the challenge of creating ‘Taken’ has been the most rewarding. We created every

aspect, and I am thrilled with the end result. ... I go into each project with the goal of making it not only better, but also something different, whether it’s a new guest or something that makes it unique. That’s part of the fun for me.”

A varied virtuoso, Vincent’s magnified craftsmanship can be heard and seen on fiddle, mandolin and guitar, and on an expansive catalogue of tunes—country ballads, uptempo bluegrass and even “Mother Maybellesounding guitar riffs and gospel songs.” The undisturbed, raw resonance of each pick and bow layers itself amidst a cadence of homey comfort and pristine, clean vocals. Each instrument provides her an assorted allegiance to bluegrass.

“The tone of an instrument can draw you to it many times,” she noted. Though she writes songs on guitar, to help finesse and interpret them, she stated, “I am most comfortable with the mandolin, probably because I’ve played it since I was 8 years old ... but there’s nothing any better than playing triple fiddles. So I have a few songs that fiddle on stage.”

On September 21st Rhonda Vincent and the Rage release “Taken” on top of the Empire State Building, followed by a performance in Times Square. “I know bluegrass has been in New York City before,” she joked, “but I think it’s the first time for Times Square and the Empire State Building.” Before heading to the Big Apple, they’ll be stopping by Wilmington to headline the Southern Coastal Bluegrass Festival, taking place at the Battleship Park on September 18th, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., and September 19th, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. A host of bands will take the stage throughout the weekend, including No Dollar Shoes, L Shape Lot, Hewlett’s Creek Boys, Country Farm and more. Rhonda Vincent and the Rage will go on at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday night. Tickets can be purchased at www.coastalbluegrassfestival.org, and proceeds go toward staging Thalian Association’s and T.A.C.T.’s theatrical productions.

“Bluegrass music has an authenticity that you won’t find in any other music,” Vincent reminded. “You will hear the actual tone of the wood in the instruments, and the true tone of the voices. I love the honesty it brings.”

Perhaps that’s what Monroe meant when he coined it “music that matters.”

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WeDNeSDAY, SepTembeR 15 open miC w/ gaRy allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 BiBis ellison anD tim BlaCK —Aubriana’s; 115 S. Front St., 763-7773 open miC w/ sean geRaRD (9pm) —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 DJ time —Pravda; 23 N. Front St., Wilmington KaRaoKe —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 JeRemy noRRis —Sunset Cafe, 5500 Market St.; 791-1900 BangaRang w/ loRD walRus & siR niCK BlanD —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 maRK heRBeRt & gaBRielle —Green Light Lounge; 21 N. Front St., Basement ZyRyaB —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269

DJ p. FunK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 KaRaoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 Dualing pianos & lee hauseR —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 DJ hooD —SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401 silveR JuDas, low stanDaRDs, the BlaCKs —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 Jim ashley —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 aCt ii —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 DJ JuiCe —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 KaRaoKe —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 James JaRvis & FRienDs (7pm-8pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607

Ron RonneR —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 KaRaoKe with BoB Clayton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 nutt house impRov —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 DJ —High Tide Lounge, 1800 Carolina Beach Ave., Carolina Bch; 458-0807 open miC night —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 sCi Fi, peRpetual gRoove —Greenfield Lake Amphitheater

THURSDAY, SepTembeR 16 DJ stRetCh —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 open miC w/ gaRy allen —Brass Pelican; 2112 N. New River Dr., Surf City, NC 328-4373 aCoustiC Duo (7-10) —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888

KaRaoKe Kong —Orton Pool Room, 133 North Front St.; 343-8878 top 40 DJ —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 KaRaoKe w/ DJ steve —The Toolbox, 2325 Burnette Blvd.; 343-6988 miKe o’Donnell —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 DJ Don’t stop —Slick and Reds, 2501 S. College Rd.; 798-5355 DJ Be extReme KaRaoKe —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269 KaRaoKe —Rumors, 5712 East Oak Island Dr., Oak Island, NC DJ Battle —Odessa, 23 N. Front St.; 251-8814 DJ gReg —Green Light Lounge; 21 N. Front St., Basement James JaRvis & FRienDs (7pm-8pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607

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monday, September 20 dJ dane Britt —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846 oPen mic night —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 Brett Johnson’s Jam —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 oPen mic night —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866 act ii —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 miKe mains & the Branches —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 Forward motion dance comPany —Cameron Art Museum; 3201 South 17th St., 395-5999

oPen miC W/ BeAu —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 JAmeS JArviS & FrienDS (7Pm-8Pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 DJ time —Trebenzio’s, 141 N. Front St.; 815-3301 DJ riCHtermeiSter —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 HeAtHer mAloney —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223

TUESDAy, SEPTEMBER 21 DAne Britt KArAoKe —Beach House Bar ‘n’ Grill, 7219 Market St.; 689-7219 KArAoKe —Yosake Sushi Lounge, 31 S. Front St.; 763-3172 oPen miC nigHt —Surf’s Bar & Grill; 5500 Market St., 791-9021 KArAoKe —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 oPen miC nigHt —Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Drive; 452-3773 BiBiS elliSon AnD tHe SPAre CHAnge BAnD —The Whiskey, 1 S. Front St.; 763-3088 Benny Hill —Aubriana’s; 115 S. Front St., 763-7773 ron DAllAS (7Pm-10Pm) —Caffe Phoenix, 9 S Front St.; 343-1395 KArAoKe WitH BoB ClAyton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 mAnDoriCo —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 live ACouStiC —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 HootS, HellmoutH —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 root Soul ProJeCt —Duck & Dive, 114 Dock Street, 399-2866 HeAtHer mAloney —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 tHe Bil KrAuSS SHoW —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 CAPe FeAr BlueS JAm —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 KArAoKe Kong —16 Taps, 127 Princess St.; 251-1616 nutt HouSe imProv —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 JAmeS JArviS & FrienDS (7Pm-8Pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607

rADio HAyeS AnD eCHoPoint21 —Goat and Compass, 710 N. 4th St.; 772-1400 DJ eyeCon —SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401 DJ “mr lee” —Carolina Lounge, 5001A Market St.; 791-7595 oPen miC nigHt —Drifters Bar & Grill, 108 Walnut St.; 762-1704

WEDNESDAy, SEPTEMBER 22 oPen miC W/ gAry Allen —Rusty Nail, 1310 S. 5th Ave.; 251-1888 BiBiS elliSon AnD tim BlACK —Aubriana’s; 115 S. Front St., 763-7773 Jeremy norriS —Sunset Cafe, 5500 Market St.; 791-1900 DJ time —Pravda; 23 N. Front St., Wilmington oPen miC W/ SeAn gerArD (9Pm) —Soapbox Lounge, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 KArAoKe —Katy’s, 1054 S. College Rd.; 395-6204 DJ P. FunK —Fibber McGee’s, 1610 Pavilion Pl; 509-1551 BAngArAng W/ lorD WAlruS & Sir niCK BlAnD —Red Dogs, 5 N. Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach; 256-2776 mArK HerBert & gABrielle —Green Light Lounge; 21 N. Front St., Basement ZyryAB —Banks Channel Bar & Grille, 530 Causeway Drive; 256-2269 ron ronner —Reel Cafe, 100 S. Front St.; 251-1832 DJ HooD —SideBar; 18 S. Front St., 763-1401 KArAoKe —Wild Wing Cafe, 1331 Military Cutoff; 256-3838 ACt ii —Dead Dog Saloon, 760 Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach, SC; 843-839-3647 ron WilSon & roger DAviS (7Pm), Jim Seem (10Pm) —Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St.; 763-3737 Jive turKey —Mellow Mushroom, 4311 Oleander Drive; 452-3773 lionHeArt, DonnyBrooK!, CAll to PreServe, StAnD uniteD, overlooKeD —Soapbox Upstairs, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 DuAling PiAnoS & lee HAuSer —Rum Runners, 21 N. Front St.; 815-3846

Show Stoppers: Concerts around the region THE ORANGE PEEL

101 Biltmore Avenue ASHeville, nC (828) 225-5851 9/17: Billy Bragg, Darren Hanlon 9/18: Shooter Jennings & Hierophant, The Band Of Heathens 9/19: Chrisette Michele, Aftah Party 9/21: Jamie Lidell, Twin Shadow 9/22: Jimmy Eat World, Civil Twilight

CAT’S CRADLE 300 e. mAin St. CArrBoro, nC (919) 967-9053

9/15: Jay Clifford, John Wesley Satterfield 9/16: Shooter Jennings & Hierophant 9/17: The Old Ceremony Record Release Show, Lifted Praise Gospel Singers 9/18: Billy Bragg, Darren Hanlon 9/19: JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys, Chrissie Hynde and JP Jones, Amy Correia 9/20: CocoRosie 9/22: Pac Div, Kooley High, Actual Proof, King Mez, Dow Jones (with DJ Complete)

TWC ARENA 333 eASt trADe St. CHArlotte (704) 522-6500 9/18: Lady Gaga

DJ JuiCe —The Rhino Club, 125 Market St.; 762-2206 KArAoKe WitH BoB ClAyton —Midtown Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr.; 792-6880 JAmeS JArviS & FrienDS (7Pm-8Pm) —The Harp; 1423 South 3rd St.,763-1607 nutt HouSe imProv —Nutt Street Comedy Room, 255 N. Front St.; 251-8500 oPen miC nigHt —Juggling Gypsy Cafe, 1612 Castle St.; 763-2223 KArAoKe —Ibiza, 118 Market St.; 251-1301 DJ —High Tide Lounge, 1800 Carolina Beach Ave., Carolina Bch; 458-0807 lionel loueKe trio —Kenan Auditorium UNCW Campus; 313-2584

All entertainment must be turned in to encore by noon every Thursday for consideration in the weekly entertainment calendar. Venues are responsible for notifying encore of any changes, removals or additions to their weekly schedules.

HOUSE OF BLUES 4640 HWy 17 S., myrtle BeACH, SC (843) 272-3000 9/18: 1999 - Prince Tribute 9/19: Gospel Brunch

ROAD RUNNER MOBILE AMPHITHEATRE 820 HAmilton Street CHArlotte, nC (704) 549-5555 9/18: The Black Crowes

LINCOLN THEATRE 126 e. CABArruS St. rAleigH, nC (919) 821-4111 9/16: The Movement, Mambo Sauce, 5th Generation 9/17: Holy Ghost Tent Revival, House of Fools, Paleface 9/19: Drive-By Truckers, The Henry Clay People, American Aquarium 9/22: Bassnectar, Eskmo, Filastine

KOKA BOOTH AMPH. 8003 regenCy PArKWAy CAry, nC (919) 462-2052 9/18: Foxy Family Reunion Show: Charlie Wilson, Chrisette Michele, Will Downing 9/22: Crosby, Stills & Nash

TWC PAVILION AT WALNUT CREEK 3801 roCK QuArry rD. rAleigH, nC (919) 831-6400 9/18: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ZZ Top

AMOS’ SOUTHEND 1423 SoutH tryon St. CHArlotte, nC (704) 377-6874 9/17: Flyleaf, Story Of The Year 9/18: Sounds Of Seattle Featuring: Ten, Badmotorfinger

RALEIGH AMPHITHEATER AND FESTIVAL SITE 500 SoutH mCDoWell St rAleigH, nC (919) 831-6400 9/17: The Black Crowes

ALABAMA THEATRE 4750 HWy 17 SoutH n. myrtle BeACH, SC (843) 272-1111 9/18: Patty Loveless

VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE 707 PAvilion BlvD. CHArlotte, nC (704) 549-5555 9/19: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ZZ Top

THE FILLMORE CHARLOTTE 820 HAmilton Street CHArlotte, nC (704) 549-5555 9/17: Big Head Todd and the Monsters 9/19: Brian Culbertson

CAROLINA THEATRE 309 W. morgAn St., DurHAm (919) 560-3030

9/18: Jeanne Robertson (Comedian)

5001 Market Street

EvEryday spEcials 2 Miller Lite Bottles $150 PBR Pints $ 3 Cherry & Blueberry Bombs $ 2 Bud Light Draft $ 3 Drifter Shots $ 50

Monday - Service Industry Night

(Special and Draft of choice for $6.99 TuEsday - $2 Wells WEdnEsday- 100 oz. PBR or Bud Light ONLY $10 • $1 Tacos Thursday - Margaritas $3 Friday - $3 Wells saTurday - $5 L.I.T. sunday - Bucket of Beer Specials

WEEKly EvEnTs WEdnEsday – KaRaOKe Thursday – LIve MuSIC Fri. & saT. – LIve MuSIC saTurday

CORN HOLe TOuRNaMeNT: 1pm sign up; 2pm start - $10/team.

2nd place gets $10, 1st gets the rest!!

sunday

ENTERTAINMENT 6 NIGHTS A WEEK!!

Monday nighT FooTBall Trivia & Taco Tuesdays DJ Karaoke Every Sunday

Every Wednesday JereMy norris SEPTEMBER 16 dave Meyer & Co. SEPTEMBER 17 ForresT TaBor SEPTEMBER 18 ForTCh OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK DINING, TAKE-OUT & DELIVERY 11:30 am to 10:30 pm UPSTAIRS DINING, PATIO & BAR 11:30 am ‘til

BeeR PONg TOuRNaMeNT: 1PM sign up; 2PM start - $10/team. 2nd place gets $10, 1st gets the rest!!

5500 Market Street,

108 Walnut Street Phone (910) 762-1704

(910) 791-1900

Facing Old Eastwood

(attached to the Ramada Inn)

910-791-7595

Tuesday - Shag Night Free Shag Lessons w/ Brad White Beginner 7:30 Intermediate 8:00 Dancing till 11:00 $5 cover $2 Domestics $3 Imports Thursday - Ladies Night Free Line Dance Lessons with Barbara Braak @ 7:30 $2 Coors Light $5 Martini List $5 cover Friday - Salsa Night Begins with Argentine Tango Lessons @ 7:30 $5 cover Salsa Lessons @ 9:30 & DJ Lalo Open till 2:30 $2 Tequila Shots $3 Corona saTurday Salsa @ 9:00 with DJ LaLo $2 Coors Light $3 Dos XX PrivaTe ParTy Booking 910 791-7595

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e d i u g g n i din american 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 2for-1 pizzas and appetizers after 10pm Open until 1am Monday through Saturday and 11pm on Sunday.6801 Main Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. (910) 256-9677. www.brixxpizza.com.

BLUeWaTer Enjoy spectacular panoramic views of sailing ships and the Intracoastal Waterway while dining at this popular casual American restaurant in Wrightsville Beach. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, succulent seafood lasagna, crispy coconut shrimp and an incredible Caribbean fudge pie. Dine inside or at their award-winning outdoor patio and bar, which is the location for

their lively Waterfront Music Series every Sunday during the summer months. Large parties welcome. Private event space available. BluewaterDining.com. 4 Marina Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC . (910) 256.8500.

cHriS’ coSmic KiTcHen cosmicKitchenonline.com Serving breakfast all day as well as lunch and handmade cheesecake, Chef and Owner Chris Lubben loves to make many of his menu items from scratch. Whether you’re in the mood for a fluffy 3-egg Omelet, Shrimp & Grits, Prime Rib Sandwich or Andes Mint Cheesecake, Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is your “Out of this World” Breakfast/Lunch Destination. Evening restaurant rental is available, as well as a Personal Chef service. Chris’ Cosmic Kitchen is located at 420 Eastwood Rd, Unit 109, on the corner of Racine Dr. and Eastwood Rd. OPEN: Tuesday-Saturday 7am4pm & 5pm-9pm. Sunday Brunch 9-2. Closed Monday. Take-out calls welcome, 792-6720.

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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.

Thursday-Saturday 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!!

FLaT eddie’S Are you ready to eddie? FLAT eddie’s upbeat, modern dining room & bar makes eddie’s the new “it” place to dine in Wilmington for New American Cuisine. Why FLAT eddie’s? Their signature flatbreads! These flavorful creations start with scratch-made dough, stretched thin and piled high with ingredients like roma tomatoes, succulent shrimp and luxurious cheeses.

All sandwiches and burgers are under $8 and their entrees are unique and bold. FLAT eddie’s bar serves up $2 and $3 beer and cocktail specials daily. Private dining area available.

Large groups welcome. Family-style meals to go available. FlatEddiesRestaurant.com. 5400 Oleander Drive, Wilmington . (910) 799.7000.

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Pine Valley Market has reigned supreme in servicing the Wilmington community for years, securing encore’s Best-Of awards in catering, gourmet shop. 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.

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

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

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. (910) 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 every-

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thing 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.

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 Tuesday-Sunday, 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

meLLoW mUSHroom 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, spring-water 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, (910) 452-3773.

TROLLY STOP Trolly Stop Hot Dogs are family owned with six locations. Since 1976 they specialize in homemade chili, slaw and sauces. Dogs include Smithfield (beef & pork), Southern Dog, Sabrett (all beef), Northern Dog, Carolina Packers Pork Dog (smoked sausage), Oscar Mayer 98% Fat Free Dogs (turkey) and Light Life Veggie Dog (soy). Locations are: 126 N. Front Street Open six days including Thurs., Fri., and Sat. night from 10pm-3am; 343-2999, 94 S. Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach 115pm 7days a week, 6pm-9pm Sun-Wed, and 6pm-3am Th-Sat. 256-1421; 4502 Fountain Dr., 452-3952. Open at 11am on Sat.; South Howe St. in Southport, 457-7017; 103A Cape Fear Blvd in Carolina Beach, 458-5778. Catering cart available all year from $300. (910) 297-8416.

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

You won’t regret it. Big Thai One (1001 N. 4th St. in the Brooklyn Arts District; 763-3035): Lunch M-F, 11-2. Dinner M-Th 5-9, F-Sa 5-10, Closed Sunday. Big Thai Two (1319 Military Cutoff Rd. inside Landfall Center; 256-6588): Lunch M-F 11-2:30, Dinner M-Th 5-9, F-Sa 510, Sunday 5-9.

dOuBLe haPPineSS Double Happiness offers the Port City fine Asian dining at reasonable prices. Now under new management, the restaurant will serve flavorful dishes, prepared by the cultural richness of authentic China. Serving items like traditional dim sum and gourmet home-style cooking, Double Happiness is still dedicated to branding the exotic flavors of fresh ingredients and a romantic spice in all of their cooking. Their friendly staff will always go the extra mile to help diners enjoy their experience. Beer and wine is served for lunch and dinner, and Double Happiness is open Monday through Saturday, from 11am to 3pm and 5pm to 10pm; closed Sundays. 4403 Wrighstville Avenue; (910) 313-1088.

SZeChuan 132 Craving expertly prepared Chinese food in an elegant atmosphere? Szechuan 132 Chinese Restaurant is your destination! Szechuan

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

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 4pm-10:30pm; and Sunday 11am-10pm. Located at 222 Old Eastwood Road (910) 7941570. 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), (910) 251-9229. Indochinewilmington.com.

euRO FuSiOn PReSS 102 espresso. Panini. Martini.

Rome and Paris meet Manhattan and San Francisco in this new Euro-American eatery and martini bar in the heart of historic downtown Wilmington. Nestled inside the Hotel Tarrymore on the corner of Second and Dock streets, Press 102 offers the finest espresso and French press coffee made exclusively from locally roasted beans and more Panini creations this side of Tuscany. Boasting more than a hundred different wine labels and an endless vari-

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ety of freshly pressed fruit and herb inspired martini cocktails foodies also enjoy a sophisticated evening menu that includes shrimp and grits made with red-eye gravy and a perfectly grilled New York strip bathed in a basil caramel and white balsamic reduction. Glass tile and eclectic mirrors make for a cozy bar and bistro seating at Press 102 and up to 60 guests can also enjoy outdoor patio seating surrounded by flowers and passersby. Large parties of up to 120 are welcome in the Veranda Room overlooking Dock Street. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner Tuesday through Saturday 7am – close and Sunday brunch from 10am til 2pm. Takeout calls welcome. 399-4438.

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french cAPrIce BISTrO Wilmington’s finest French cuisine can be found at Caprice Bistro, a small informal neighborhood restaurant, serving hearty food in generous portions at affordable prices. Simple is the atmosphere in the bistro, as plain white plates and tables dressed in white paper make up the decor. However, the food is far from simple, as a combination of fresh ingredients and innovative preparation delight the taste buds with a plethora of unique appetizers, entrées and desserts. The service is fast, efficient and non-intrusive, and the ambience is friendly and unpretentious. After dinner, be sure to venture upstairs into their cozy and relaxing sofa bar for an after-dinner martini, or enjoy your meal there, as a light-fare and full menus are served.

Art is always on display in the sofa bar, so be sure to inquire frequently about their artist show receptions. Voted “Best French Restaurant” three years in a row! 10 Market Street, downtown Wilmington, (910) 815-0810.

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

GIOrGIO’S ITAlIAn reSTAurAnT Giorgio’s is a locally owned, one-of-a-kind restaurant. Offering age-old traditions and timeless recipes, perfection is accomplished by combining the perfect cuisine and atmosphere for a dining experience that is not soon forgotten. With over 50 years of cooking experience under one roof, the smells of old-fashioned home cooking float through the air creating that comforting feeling of home-away-from-home!

From old world style dishes to modern day

creations, the menu showcases multiple flavors that will tempt the palate of the most discriminating connoisseurs. A Monkey Junction landmark for over 12 years! www.giorgios-restaurant.com. 5226 S College Rd.,Wilmington (910) 790-9954.

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! (910) 256-2229 www.grabslice.com.

JAmAIcAn JAmAIcA’S cOmfOrT ZOne 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, 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 at (910) 399-2867.

lATIn AmerIcAn SAn JuAn cAfe San Juan Cafe offers the finest authentic Latin American cuisine in Wilmington. Our laidback bar is the perfect spot to relax, watch surfing movies and listen to the music of the islands, while our candle-lit dining room creates a great atmosphere to bring a date for a romantic evening. With dishes from countries such as Puerto Rico, Columbia, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela to name a few, we have something for everyone! Tues-Sat, 11am2:30pm and 5pm-10pm; Sun., 11am-4pm brunch. Closed Mondays. 3314 Wrightsville Avenue (910) 790-8661.

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

Where can you listen to live bands on 2 stages, eat great food, peruse arts & crafts and custom cars, attend a skate board competition, watch fireworks, entertain the kids for FREE, run the river, participate in a wine race, go on a treasure hunt and get invaded by Pirates?

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No Impact Man:

An Evening with Colin Beavan Presented in conjunction with the Synergy Common Reading Program and co-sponsored by University College

7 p.m. Monday, September 20 Kenan Auditorium $9 Self-proclaimed environmentalist and author Colin Beavan launched a year-long project in which he, his wife and his two-year old daughter went off the grid and attempted to live in the middle of New York City with as little environmental impact as possible. The point of the project was to experiment with ways of living that might both improve quality of life and be less harmful to the planet, and also provide a vehicle by which to attract broad public attention to the range of pressing environmental crises.

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; 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. Located at 5329 Oleander Drive, (910) 799-2667; www.tidalcreek.coop.

SEAFOOD DOCK STREET OYSTER BAR “Terrifically entertaining…a balanced blend of information and humor.” –Los Angeles Times

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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. ! Located at 12 Dock St in downtown Wilmington. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. (910) 7622827. 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 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; (910) 392-6313.

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

SPORTS BAR CAROLINA ALE HOUSE Voted best new restaurant AND best sports bar of 2010 in Wilmington, Carolina Ale House is the place to be for award-winning food, sports and fun. Located on College Rd. near UNCW, this lively sports-themed restaurant is home to over 40 HD TVs and the biggest HD projector TVs in Wilmington. Covered and open outdoor seating is available. Lunch and dinner specials are offered daily, as well as the coldest $2 and $3 drafts in town. Carolina Ale House serves its full menu from 11a – 2a daily.

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

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

Whether meeting for a business lunch, lingering over dinner and drinks, or watching the game, the atmosphere and friendly service will turn you into a regular. Open late 7 days a week, with free WiFi, darts, weekly trivia and Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments, and did we mention sports? Free lunchtime delivery on weekdays; we can accommodate large parties. MSat 11am until late, open Sundays, noon. 118 Princess St, (910) 763-4133. www.hellskitchenbar.com

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ctober is co-op month. What better way to jump-start the local excitement for Wilmington’s own Tidal Creek than a contest aptly called “My Co-op Rocks!”?

This is the second annual video contest offered by the National Cooperative Grocers Association, and all co-ops nationwide can participate. So, readers who have a crafty imagination, a steady hand, and a healthy appetite and appreciation for Tidal Creek co-op’s delicious organics, well, grab a video camera and start rolling.

My Co-op Rocks! lasts throughout September, and entries will be eligible to win in two categories: Peoples’ Choice and Judges’ Choice. Submissions do not have to follow specific themes; creativity is key to this competition. Last year, the staff of Tidal Creek

by: Claire LaSure won 2nd place for their video, “Yo, NCGA co-ops!” “‘MTV Cribs‘ was our inspiration,” cogeneral manager Jessica Burtt says, laughingly. They have already started brainstorming for this year: a possible Beach Boys theme to tie in Wilmington’s location on the coast.

Tidal Creek first incorporated its co-op in 1982 off Wrightsville Avenue and has been located off Oleander Drive now for seven years.

Thanks to its 3,000 owners, their “new” building remains triple the size of the old and allows the co-op to have shopping carts for the first time. Being an owner brings in many financial

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Sell your gold on Mondays and receive an additional 5%!

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benefits, including shopper savings, for an annual equity share purchase of $30. Being an owner also shows a willingness to support locally owned businesses, foods and grocery profits. Fortunately, for the occasional and the new customer, not everyone who shops at the co-op must be an owner.

The ability to share ownership in a local business is not the only reason why Tidal Creek “rocks,” so to speak. Their business model, according to Burtt, is that “power is in the people.” Through a trickle-down process, owners are represented by the very staff running the store aisles. Owners have the opportunity to vote on a community board of directors, who in turn manage the general manager, who manages the Tidal Creek staff.

“It’s not higher-up executives making decisions about how they can make profits and make their investors rich,” Burtt explains.

“It’s about how we can serve our community. ... from the products on the shelf, to having a bike rack, to supporting certain organizations.”

When shopping the packed aisles of Tidal Creek, browsing the rich produce selection or perusing the succulent salad bar, customers have no need to raise eyebrows or have worries of the deceptively delicious. The co-op is committed to buying a standard of goods so certain ingredients, such as high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, artificial colors and flavors, and preservatives, will never be seen on their shelves. A dedication to organic, all-natural and gluten-free products and foodstuffs also keeps many customers coming back for more.

Tidal Creek pays particular attention to bringing Wilmington products from the southeastern region. Yet, food from all over North

Carolina can be found in the store, too.

Christina Mckenzie, front-end manager, feels that the co-op’s ability to cultivate community is what adds extra advantage over the competition.

“This is a place that you can visit with others, get to know new folks in the community, while enjoying the benefits of the products we carry,” she says.

To boost public gathering and offer a quiet place of dining, conversation or study, Tidal Creek also boasts a small café, which serves an ample assortment of coffee, tea, espresso, smoothies and fresh juices.

“What I love, too, is that you really do see friends and family reuniting in the aisles and then sitting down and having a cup of coffee,” Burtt adds.

Tidal Creek’s work in the community is not yet finished. For those individuals whom coop shopping is a way of life and weekly staple, Tidal Creek is a health-food haven. It also serves as a resource for more knowledge on living an organic lifestyle. The store offers numerous articles and pamphlets, featuring topics on soy food, oils and grass fed beef.

Their Web site, www.tidalcreek.coop, also features recipes and a “how-to” section.

“We want people to cook at home and eat really good food,” Burtt says, “and experiment and try and share recipes. There’s so much joy in cooking and sharing a meal with friends and family, sitting down to the table and having that community at the table.”

Putting community first, it makes sense for Tidal Creek to remain a contender for My Co-op Rocks! Wilmington residents can give back to the cooperative that is always giving forward by helping make a video showing why Tidal Creek rocks! Last year, the staff video was the only entry submitted.

“We really want other people to submit stuff!” Burtt says with a smile. Winners will be announced on October 16th, and the community can rate videos online for the Peoples’ Choice award. In both categories, a first-, second- and third-place entry will receive one of three great prizes: an iPad, $500 co-op gift card, and a co-op customized Flip Side HD. Contest rules and more information can be found at www.MyCoopRocks.coop.

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27 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes author 28 Rear of a ship 30 Verb ending 31 Dawn goddess 32 Marsh plants 36 Virginia city 38 Make a decision 41 Just adequate 42 Sanctifies 45 Happy as __ 46 Idi Amin adversary 47 American Beauty director 48 Success-vs.-failure phrase 52 Actor Stephen 53 Fencing swords 54 Summertime coolers, for short 55 Eucalyptus eater 56 “Turn up the heat!”

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Book Club Review: Jersey Barnes in peril

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t some point during the scalding heat of August, reader reviews turned from glowing to diffused in regards to our favorite Jersey Barnes.

Now, somewhere in the scorching corridors of hell, a snowball remains unscathed. Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third book within the Jersey Barnes series fails to deliver the heat we hoped it would.

Within â&#x20AC;&#x153;Southern Perilâ&#x20AC;? we watched Jersey still unable to withstand the call of duty and retire as usual when an influential friendâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a lady justice from the South Carolina Supreme Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;calls for a favor from Jersey and her investigative clan. Her brother, Morgan, just inherited one of Wilmingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most vogue and expensive restaurants located on Bradley Creek, named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Argoâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s.â&#x20AC;? Mixed into the plot, both their parents have died under circumstances that seem, of course, increasingly suspicious. Morganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apartment has been burglarized, his car searched, and someone seems to be following him around town, putting his life in peril (hence, the title).

Truth be told, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perilâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possess much of a deep mystery beyond this point. Whether one is trying or not, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredibly easy and kind of obvious who done it by the second act. All this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter, and its frivolity has no bearing on why readers remained ultimately disappointed in the read. No. No. Disappointment stemmed from a much more deep-seeded need: for some good olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fashioned, steamy summer sex.

Duke â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oxâ&#x20AC;? Oxendine, a Lumbee Indian bartender, who is Jerseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marine-buddyturned-piping-hot boyfriend, was totally and inexcusably missing in action. For a chunk of the summer, Ox went off to tend to his teenage daughter who readers were intro-

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His absence may not have left Jersey down and out, but it did leave Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s readers starved for affection. In fact, for Jessica Staruck, Charisma Stephens and new contributor Stephanie Dauphlin, the lack of Oxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence was the round in the chamber that caused â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perilâ&#x20AC;? to fire a blank. Despite the wild action-packed gunplay, overdramatized tactical maneuvers and tricked-out hearse we have come to love, this time it just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The absence of Ox dimmed the thrill of the third installment,â&#x20AC;?

Dauphlin wrote in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The specific sexual intensity we live vicariously through with Jersey just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there. If there is a fourth book, will he return, and why in Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name did you decide to leave Ox out? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way of pulling together real-life Wilmington landmarks in her backgrounds was still present and it did continue to give a downhome feeling. Though Ox exemplified what I found to be the real draw of Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series: character. He is for Jersey what Mr. Big was to Carrie Bradshaw in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sex and the City.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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Always happy to engage her readers, Ocean responded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Southern Peril,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I chose to remove Ox from most of this book so that I could go a bit more in depth into the relationship between Jersey and

her Dad, Spud,â&#x20AC;? the author noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Also, it was to set up the fourth in the series ...

Absence can definitely make people focus on priorities and who they love. Jersey draws on Ox for many things, and in this case she realizes that she wants their relationship to be more. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give you a spoiler for the fourth book.â&#x20AC;?

Does this mean marriage? Any future proposal plans will have to wait for another publisher to pick up the series. Jersey may be able to save Wilmington time and again, kick some serious ass, root out terrorist groups and capture the heart of a steaming hot Marine, but there is one thing Jersey cannot do: escape the effects of the economy. Alas, Ocean informed me that as of now Jersey Barnes is on official hiatus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was the publisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (St. Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Press) decisionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not mine,â&#x20AC;?

Ocean confessed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Due to the economy, book sales are down across the board, and all publishers have dropped so many of their new series in favor of promoting their bestselling, established series. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad news for lots of authors.â&#x20AC;?

Apparently St. Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Press failed to get the memo: Jersey Barnes cannot retire. Although, I have a feeling she wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t All encore book club reads are available at Pomegranate Books and Two Sisters Bookery for 15 percent off when mentioning the encore book club.

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where to be, what to do in Wilmington and beyond

Events LELAND UNDER THE LIGHTS Leland Under the Lights 7th annual Car Show and Cruise-In, Sat., 9/18, 5-10pm, rain or shine.

Brunswick Forest, Route 17 (5 minutes south of Wilmington). Exhibit spaces assigned and marked by noon, Sat., 9/18. Exhibits must be set up and vehicles removed by 2:30pm. Vendors must exhibit until close of the show. Spaces appx: 10’ x 10’, 10’ x 20’. Vendors mustprovide all displays, tables, tents, chairs, etc. Limited space for food vendors.

Exhibit space fee payable to: North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, $25/10’ x 10’ space. Online registrations: www.nbchamberofcommerce.com.

Sponsorships also needed for the event!

FLU SHOTS The New Hanover County Health Department will give flu shots on Sat., 9/18. Beginning Mon., 9/20, appts. available, 8am-6pm, Mon-Thurs. Appts: 798-6646 to make an appointment. Takes only 20 min or less.

UNCW PRESENTS UNCW Presents proudly announces its 2010/11 season of performances and lectures, Sept-Apr., at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium. Subscriptions/tickets on sale now through Kenan Box Office (962-3500) and online at www.etix.com. Mon., 9/20: An Evening

with Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man and this year’s UNCW Common Reading book, a yearlong experiment, when he and his wife attempted to buy nothing, waste nothing and reduce their carbon footprint to zero • Wed., 9/22: Jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke displays his distinctive blend of jazz and West African harmonies and rhythm, inspired from playing music during his childhood in the West African country of Benin. www.uncw.edu/presents.

Season tickets: $40 for non-UNCW students; $29 for UNCW students; $88 for UNCW employees and alumni and senior citizens; and $107 for all others. Choose-Your-Own-Serie also available: $4 off the public ticket price for ticket purchases to at least three different performances at Kenan Auditorium.

SEPT. BEER DINNER Tues, 9/21, 6:30-9pm: Sept. Beer Dinner, feat. a Front Street Brewery 4-course meal prepared by our chef using local and sustainable products will be paired with four outstanding FSB brews by our Brewmaster.

Proceeds benefit Cape Fear River Watch, which will be accepting new memberships, raffling a cruise on beautiful Greenfield Lake, and auctioning a tour of our great Cape Fear River! $49.99! RSVP: 910251-1935 or ecraig7@aol.com.

TIDAL CREEK EVENTS Events taking place at Tidal Creek Co-op off Oleander Dr. www.tidalcreek.coop or (910) 799-

2667. Schedule: Sun, 9/26, 4pm, Tidal Creek Annual Meeting. Welcome our new board members and hear updates on the state of the co-op.• Fri., 10/1, Alive at Five, 5pm, Last Alive at Five of the season!

Tidal Creek Lawn FIRST ANNUAL ISLAND DAY First annual Island Day celebration: 9/26, 1-5pm, around the lake at Carolina Beach. A day of fun for all citizens on Carolina and Kure beaches. Think Andy Griffith but “beach style”—red checkered tablecloths, hot dogs, sack races, dunking booth, and a host of other family activities, topped off with some great music and lots of family and friends.

Also needed: volunteers and help from non-profit organizations, groups and individuals that might want to provide family-related displays or activities, or simply help with event organization. Christine Higgins: 910-458-7397 or chris@fishbonedesigns. us. Rain date 10/3.

FARMERS’ MARKETS Riverfront Farmers’ Market on Sat., 8am-1pm.

Remains open every Saturday (except October 2 Riverfest) through 12/18, 8am-1pm, downtown.

Features local farmers, producers, artists and crafters. Products offered include fresh fruits and berries, vegetables, plants, herbs, flowers, eggs, cheeses, meats, seafood, honey, baked goods, legumes, pickled items, jams and jellies, wine, art, crafts, and more. N. Water St. (between Market &

Princess streets). • Pine Valley Market’s Farm Fresh Saturdays: 5/22, and every Sat., from June-August.

A local farmer from Clinton will have a variety of local and regional produce. Castle Hayne farm flowers, too. www.pinevalleymarket.com, 3520 S College Rd. • Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market on Wed., 8am-1pm. Everything is locally grown or made: in-season fruits and vegetables, plants, cut flowers, eggs, cheese and mroe! Through 12/15, rain or shine. 10200 U.S. 17, a mile from the I-40 bypass.(910) 686-9518ext. 26. • Wrightsville Beach TRINITY GO Farmers’ Market, Monday, 8am-1pm, through 9/6, feat. vendors of local produce, shrimp and seafood, etc. • Carolina Beach Farmers’ Market open every Saturday, 8am-1pm, feat. over 40 vendors, 75/25 farmers to arts and craft vendors, selling everything from produce to flowers, jewelry to photography.

THE RUFFI

Charity/Fund-raisers CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH Organization fund-raising opportunity: Raise monies for your group or charity and also support the Cape Fear River Watch by selling beautiful “coffee table” books about Wilmington. bbb27604@yahoo.com or 910-254-1342.

HISTORICAL WILMINGTON’S 5K HWF5K Run/Mile Walk for Preservation, Thurs., 9/16, 6:30pm. Brand new course, run along Wilmington’s Riverwalk! Start/finish on Nutt St. in front of the Coastline Convention Center. Runner/ Walker: $25 ($30 day of race). Team: Min. 5: $20/ person. Aimee: (910) 762-2511

MOVIN’ FO

THE SECRET GARDEN TOUR FIGHT GON Secret Garden Tour feat. 15 gardens, large and small, in restored mansions and small cottages with lush landscaping, water features, mown lawns, small nooks and hidden crannies. From the downtown area to hidden gardens in the historic Westbrook-Ardmore district, 9/17-18, 10am-4pm.

Tickets, which are good both days: $15 (before 9/13) and $18 after . Ticket is map with directions to all the gardens. www.hslcf.org, or tickets available at Transplanted Garden, House of Wine and Cheese in Leland, Curb Appeal in Southport, Barnes & Noble, Lou’s Flower Patch and A Proper Garden.

910 762-0492

PEDALING FOR PEANUTS Blue Clay Bike Park, Castle Hayne, N.C., 9/18, Pedaling For Peanuts Mountain Bike Race. held in support of the Full Belly Project, a non-profit SEA TURTL organization dedicated to empowering countries by training local people to manufacture cheap, easy-to-use machinery intended to increase income by adding value to local crops. Feat. a six-hour endurance race pitting riders against one another in four classes (men’s solo, women’s solo, men’s duo and co-ed duo). Cost : $40 for the men’s and women’s solo divisions ; $70 for men’s duo and coed duo. Pre-reg.: www.pedalingforpeanuts.com.

Competie for more than $1,000 in prizes. Austin Fenwick, (828) 243-7867.

CREATING A MEMORIAL GARDEN Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter and the New Hanover County Arboretum Ability Garden present “Creating A Memorial Garden,” a workshop 14TH ANNU for grieving people, 9am-noon, Sat., 9/18 in agency’s Heritage Garden, 1414 Physician’s Dr. Workshop includes a presentation showcasing small and container gardens, gardening demonstrations, a walk through the Heritage garden and labyrinth, and resource materials. Facilitators:Lorraine Perry, Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter Healing Arts Coordinator and Bereavement Counselor and a New Hanover County Arboretum Ability Garden horticultural therapist. $15; 796-7991 to register.

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WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, rain or shine event, 9/18, 9am: Men, women and children will put on their high heel shoes and take to the streets of Wilmington to protest sexual and gender violence in our community and show their solidarity with victims, an event that benefits the Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc. Educators, students, law enforcement officers, elected and appointed officials, members of the faith based community, fathers, brothers, and uncles are encouraged to participate. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a community and family event and women and children are encouraged to walk.

Men are encouraged to wear high heels but it is not required for participation. Many men choose to wear a pair of their wife’s or daughters shoes around their neck. Check-in starting at 8:30am at Elijah’s Riverside Deck. Walkers are encouraged to register so they will receive a shirt, but they are welcome to register the day of the event. $25 or $15 for students. Prizes awarded for the most money raised (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) and several raffle items! walkamileinhershoes.org.

TRINITY GOLF INVITATIONAL Trinity Children Foundation present the Trinity Children Golf Invitational on 9/21, at River Landing in Wallace, NC. 9am Shotgun Start; 50/50 Cash Hole Par 3; Car Hole Par 3; Closet to PinLongest Drive; Classic Car Drawing; Raffles. www.trinitychildren.com.

THE RUFFIAN FOUNDATION Fund-raiser at Una Luna Art Galler, Chandler’s Wharf, on Fri., 9/24, 7pm, featuring new art work by Robin Hix, wine tasting, food and raffle prizes. Music by The Schoolboys (classic rock, Southern and blues rock). To benefit the the growing feral cat sanctuary of the Ruffian Foundation. $5 donation at door, as well as cat food, bedding, medical care and other cat-related needs/items.

MOVIN’ FOR MYELOMA 2nd annual Movin’ For Multiple Myeloma 5K Run/Walk, 9/25, 9am, Carolina Beach State Park.

Proceeds support the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Prizes awarded for ea. age category, as well for best costume and for the team that raises the most money! Register: Rachel Marshall 910-512-0353 or onetuffwilkins@yahoo.com.

FIGHT GONE BAD CrossFit Coastal presents Fight Gone Bad 5, 9/25, 10am-2pm, 5726 Market St. An event to help raise funds and awareness for cancer research and to assist wounded veterans. CrossFit Coastal has partnered with the Livestrong Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project for one-day workout to take place throughout various affiliates nationwide. Also held: silent auction. Companies can make contributions now! To participate as an athlete: www.fgb5.org and register with our CrossFit Coastal team. Athletes encouraged to solicit donations via email on the Fight Gone Bad Web site. After party with food (pig roast), music, refreshments, games and prizes. Item donations: Ezekiel Martinez, Ezekiel@crossfitcoastal.com.

Sponsorship: info@crossfitcoastal.com SEA TURTLE BENEFIT GALA Benefit for the Sea Turtle Program on Masonboro Island, Sat., 9/25, at a historic setting overlooking Masonboro Sound.Four live bands, 5-10pm, including Jason Andre, The Castaways, Zion and John Sweeney’s Band. Seafood and local fareprovided by area restaurants and hotels.Title sponsor: Hope From Helen. Live auction and raffle, hosted by Coastal Estuarine Reserve Foundation), supported by For Masonboro Island and Masonboro. org. Goal is to preserve the natural habitat and keep the uninhabited island open for people to enjoy. Tickets: $75 (limited number available). www.formasonboroisland.org Lisa Weeks: (910) 262-5998.

14TH ANNUAL BEACH SWEEP Pleasure Island Parrot Heads 14th Annual Beach Sweep, Sat., 9/25, as part of New Hanover County’s Big Sweep affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Begins 9am at Carolina Beach Gazebo and the Kure Beach Pier. Britt’s doughnuts, coffee and juice available. Papa Murphy’s pizza available as well as discounts at local restaurants for lunch. After, PIPH Party with a Purpose at the Lazy Pirate, 701 N Lake Park Blvd, Carolina Beach, 8pm. Music by Full Dish Band, raffles, silent auction with proceeds going to the American Red Cross Cape Fear Chapter and

American Legion Post 129. Over 21 only. www. piph.com or 910-392-2663

Theater/Auditions BROWN COAT PUB AND THEATRE “Frankenstein is Dead” by Justin Cioppa: 10/1417, 21-24 & 28-31,8pm. In this terror filled play by local author Justin Cioppa, Victor von Frankenstein has fled Europe after unleashing an unspeakable horror on his homeland. En route to the new world, his ship is caught up in a hurricane leaving him shipwrecked on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

9/15-26: THE TITLE OF THE PLAY

(no sandals or flip-flops). Bring tap shoes if you have them. The production, directed and choreographed

by David T. Loudermilk with music direction by Jonathan Barber, runs 12/9-19 at Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington.

GuestsPassion, excitement and intimacy! Start of our 16th season feat. the Debussy Quartet, Francaix Clarinet Quintet & Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro. Kenan Box Office:910-962-3500 or www. chambermusicwilmington.org

THE TITLE OF THE PLAY Local actor/director Anthony David Lawson has penned his first play, “The Title of the Play,” produced at the Browncoat Pub and Theatre on 111 Grace St., 9/15-26, Thurs-Sun, only. The story revolves around an accomplished playwright whose new work has started to test the limits of his sanity. Having to deal with past personal issues, the lines of reality start to blur for our protagonist. Starring Morganna Bridgers, Molly Lankford and Anthony Lawson. Tickets: $5-$10, 910-341-0001 or browncoattheatre.com.

CAPE FEAR CHORALE The Cape Fear Chorale, under the direction of Jerry Cribbs, is currently accepting new members for Fall 2010. 910-791-2121 or www.capefearchorale.org to request information.

Written by local actor and director, Anthony Lawson takes on a story about an accomplished playwright who finds himelf diving into the depths of insanity. Starring Lawson as the lead, along with Morganna Bridgers and Molly Lankford, the show takes place Thursdays through Sundays, 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 5 p.m. Tickets are $5-$10. www.browncoaththeatre.com Even as he is nursed back to health by the kindly unsuspecting residents of this rural area, his dark past stalks him from the shadows.Tickets: $10, $5 for students • PCP Talent Search, Weds., 810pm. Looking for dancers, spoken wordsmiths, hip-hop and R&B performers, comedy and more.

Download entry form: portcitypromoters.shutterfly. com/talentsearch. (910) 763-4138. • Thursday Night Live, 10pm. Brand new sketch comedy show featuring the talented members of Pineapple Shaped Lamps, $5. 111 Grace St., www.guerillatheatre.com or 910-341-0001 SHADOWLANDS See page 8.

UNCW THEATRE DEPT. See p. 9 SNEAD’S FERRY COMMUNITY THEATRE “U.S.A.” a dramatic revue by John Dos Passos.

Present by Staged Readers Dessert Theatre, Sat., 9/18 & 25, Sun., 9/19 & 26, 3pm. Doors open 30 min. before; $12, incl. dessert, show, drinks. RSVP: (910) 327-2798. Snead’s Ferry Comm. Ctr., 126 Park Lane.

BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Thalian Association presents the Wilmington premiere of the musical “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” 9/23-10/3, Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington; Thurs-Sat, 8pm; and Sun., 3pm.

“Buddy” chronicles the three years in which the rock ’n’ roll pioneer Buddy Holly became the world’s top recording artist, feat. timeless hits as “Peggy Sue,” “That’ll Be the Day” and “Oh, Boy.” Director: Tom Brigg. Music Direction: Jonathan Barber,. Stars Justin Cody Fox as Buddy Holly, with Benjamin Baldwin, Benji Smith and Gary Steele as The Crickets. $25 w/senior, student and group discounts offered. 910-632-2285 or etix.com.

AUDITIONS! Wilmington’s only studio theater for children and young adults announces auditions for local performance troupe! Sun., 9/26, 1-5pm. Ages 7teen are encouraged to audition. No need to prepare any material. Looking for both singers and actors. www.performanceclubkids.com. Performance Club Studio Theater: 6624 Gordon Rd, Studio B. WHITE CHRISTMAS NOTICE Thalian Association will hold auditions for the Wilmington premiere of the musical “White Christmas,” Mon/Tues, 9/27-28, at Community Arts Center, 120 S. 2nd St. in downtown Wilmington.

Ages 7-15, 7pm sharp; no prepared material rqd.

Ages 16-60s, 7:30-9:30pm.Prepare a song of your choice to sing a cappella and be prepared to dance

PORCH THEATRE Porch Theatre Company & Front Street Brewery presents “Mystery on the High Seas” dinner theater. Mutiny, mayhem, dancing, all the grub you can handle. Sunny Skyzies has done everything she can to keep her struggling travel agency afloat, and now she’s promoting an exclusive cruise package traveling to Playa del Ventosa—but there is no such beach! Runs Thurs. Sept, 6:30pm at Front St. Brewery. 9 N. Front St. $35. Menu: fresh summer salad, Jerk chicken w/pineapple salsa and chimmichuri flank steak, calypso black beans and rice, and Key Lime mousse. • Thurs., 10/21 and 28, 6:30pm: Clue! Mystery Dinner Theatre Halloween Special. Face-paced, family-friendly whodunnit adaptation of CLUE. Suspicious characters, deadly weapons and sinister rooms. Adults: $40 or Kids: $20. 910-232-6611 or porchtheatre. comFront Street Brewery Restaurant, 9 N. Front St., downtown. Costumes welcomed! Celebrity and youth judges to pick the best dressed! Prizes include: complimentary nights at Angie’s Bed and Breakfast in Historic Downtowns Wilmington, iPod, collection of Celia Rivenbark’s books, and gift certificates to local eateries! 910-232-6611. porchtheatre.com

Comedy NUTT ST. COMEDY ROOM Every week at Nutt St: Tues. and Wed. Improv with the “Nutt House” troupe ($5 cover and $1 Front St draft beer);Thurs. Open Mic Stand-up; Fri. and Sat.: Nationally Touring Comedians: 9/10-11: Quarterlife Tour ($8-$10) • 9/17-18, Southern Comedy Quartet Live, taping both nights (for the film “3 Weeks in September”) HBO ($10-$12) • 9/24-25: Mark Evans ($8-$10) • 9/1-2: James Adomian (Last Comic Standing-Finalist) w/ Andy Sanford ($10-$12) • 15-16: Steve Hofstetter ($8-$10) • 11/19/20: Jesse Joyce (Comedy Central, Last Comic StandingFinalist) ($10-$12). 255 N. Front St, basement of Soapbox. www.nuttstreet.com. 910-520-5520

Music DANA AND SUSAN ROBISON Kickoff to Southern Bluegrass Festival: Dana and Susan Robinson, intimate voices, intricate and powerful guitar and banjo playing with a handful of fiddle and mandolin thrown in. 9/17, Surfer’s Restauran, 1643 N. Howe St, Southport, 910-4548252. Doors at 6:30, music at 7:30. Appetizers, dessert, and beverages (incl. beer & wine) will be available for purchase throughout the evening. $15/person, or $25/couple. capefearconcerts@ gmail.com or 910-842-5160

PERPETUAL GROOVE Perpetual Groove at Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre, 10/15, 8:30pm, with local outfit Sci-Fi. Playing jazzrock, neo-psychedelia, R&B, trance electronica, progressive rock, and anthemic arena rock, their large catalog of original music offers something for everyone, but the band is also known for their eclectic range of covers, including everything from Peter Gabriel to Modest Mouse to Michael Jackson.

The addition of a professional light show and stage production creates an atmosphere unlike any other.

Tickets: $15. All ages. 910-341-4604 ROCK FOR THE CURE Fourth annual Rock for the Cure breast cancer benefit concert presented by the UNCW Communication Studies Society, Fri. 10/15, 7-10pm, second floor of The Reel Café in downtown Wilmington. Admission is $5; all proceeds benefit the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation’s Pink Ribbon Project.

The Schoolboys, a local classic and modern rock band, will provide entertainment. www.student. uncw.edu/rockforthecure.

Dance SURFERTANGO A dance for the passionate! Friday intro tango lessons at Wilmington Athletic Club, 6:15-8:45pm. $15/couple. Wednesday Night Tango at Midland Seafood, 4106 Oleander Dr. (bar area). Lesson: 7:30pm; dancing: 8:30-10pm. $5/person; couples encouraged. surfertango.com WILMINGTON SINGLES CLUB 9/17, DJ Buddy Langley, Am. Legion, Post 10 • 9/24, The Carolina Band, Am. Legion, Post; “Luau theme dance”—wear your tropical attire. Music, 8-11pm.

Members $8/guests $10. www.wilmingtonsingles. blogspot.com. Kathleen: 232-3315.

NORAK CONTEMPORARY MODERN DANCE See page 11.

CONTRA TEMPO UNCW feat. an educational and community residency with acclaimed Latin dance company, Contra Tempo for two weeks, 9/20–10/2. Feat. live performances, master classes, free Salsa workshops, films, lectures and an in-school artist residency at Bradley Creek Elementary School.

Los Angeles-based dance company fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, West African and hip-hop to create an invigorating blend of physically intense and politically astute dance-theater. Ensemble has a passionate commitment to educational outreach, all for free during UNCW residency. Performance: Sat., 10/2, at Kenan Auditorium, feat. three critically acclaimed Contra-Tempo works, as well as a new work by students from New Hanover County schools. www.uncw.edu/arts. Courtney Reilly: 910-962-2082 or reillyce@uncw.edu.

NC SYMPHONY The NC Symphony presents world premiere of new work by celebrated Welsh composer Gareth Glyn in opening concert, “Ceremonial Splendor.” Music director Grant Llewellyn; from Handel to Tchaikovsky.

Kenan Auditorium, UNCW, Sat, 9/18, 8pm. Tickets: $25 to $50. www.ncsymphony.org or call 919-7332750.

TRAINING WITH HEART Turning the Wheel’s Training with Heart one-day workshop will explore creative ways to nurture personal and community development. Participants can expect to move, play, write, sing and learn as they delve into a richly informed model of interacting with potent tools for the classroom, workplace or home life. Led by Alana Shaw and Suzanne Palmer, with live musical accompaniment. Sunday 9/26, The Dance Cooperative, 118 S. 17th Str., 9:30am5:30pm. $60 one day, additional $35 for 2 graduate credit hours in education. “Dancing our Way Home,” a 350 page manual for facilitating movement/theatre improvisation, additional $35. Teen Scholarships (16 & older) are available. Suzanne Palmer: 910-5124702 or 910-343-0692.

CHAMBER MUSIC WILMINGTON Frst concert of Chamber Music Wilmington, 9/26, 7:30pm, Beckwith Recital Hall, UNCW Campus. French Impressions. Ciompi Quartet &

CAPE FEAR CONTRA DANCERS Cape Fear Contra Dancers presents Tuesday Night Contra Dances every 2nd and 4th Tues. at 7:309:30pm at the 5th Ave United Methodist Church,

SOUTHERN BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL See page 16.

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of Ramada Inn, 5001 Market St., 7:30-9:30pm $5 includes beginners’ lesson, 7:30Ppm • Second Sat. Milongas: Ballroom DanceSport, 4523 Franklin Ave., 8pm lesson, 9-1 dancing, $10 • 4-Wk. Intermediate Tango Course, Ballroom DanceSport, Sun. 10/10, 12/14, 2-3:30, $40 for the set + evening practicas(followed by 7-8:30pm practicas at Doris and Jack’s house. Ellen: eb18781@hotmail.com CAROLINA LOUNGE DANCE LESSONS Tues.: Shag Night. Free Shag Lessons with Brad White. Beginner 7:30pm, Intermediate 8pm. Dancing till 11pm. $5 cover. • Thurs.: Ladies Night. Free Line Dance Lessons with Barbara Braak 7:30pm.

5 cover. • Fri.: Salsa Night. Begins with Argentine Tango Lessons, 7:30pm. $5 cover. Salsa Lessons, 9:30pm & DJ Lalo. Open till 2:30am. • Sat.: Salsa w/DJ LaLo, free, 9pm till close. Carolina Lounge, 910 791-7595.

BALLROOM DANCESPORT LESSONS Beginner Ballroom: Wed, 6:30pm, 9/15, or Sun, 5pm 9/19. Shag, Mon, 7pm, 9/20. Rumba Tues, 7, 9/21. Waltz Wed, 7:30, 9/22. Thur, Salsa II, 9/10. Friday Night Dance Club & Every Friday, 7:30-10:30, $7, $5/college w/ID. Less than 1 mile from UNCW. 4523 Franklin Ave, Singles & couples.

Across from Cinema Dr, corner of Kerr& Franklin.

BallroomDanceSportNC.com or 910-799-2001 BELLYDANCE CLASSES Bellydance classes held Thurs. evenings, 6:307:30pm at the Firehouse Pilates Studio. Marie: 910-620-3566 or divyawaters@yahoo.com 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

409 South 5th Ave. in Downtown Wilmington.

Admission is $3; offers live band and caller, dress casually, family atmosphere with contemporary American Folk Dance. Singles and couples are

invited to come. Date are: 9/28; 10/12, 26. Phoebe Hood: 270-3363.

TANGO WILMINGTON Tango Wilmington: Fri. Practicas: Carolina Lounge

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 BABS MCDANCE NEW SCHEDULE 7-8pm • Basic Shag: Tues. 6-7pm • Night Club Two Step: Tues. 7-8pm • Basic Salsa: Tues. 78pm • Progressing Salsa: Tues. 8-9:30pm • Swing & Lindy: Wed. 6-7pm • Cha Cha: Wed. 7-8pm • Mambo: Wed. 8-9:30pm • Waltz: Thursdays 6-7pm • Progressing Shag: Thurs. 7-8pm • Foxtrot: Thurs.

7-8pm • Argentine Tango: Thurs. 8-9:30pm. Check out full schedule at babsmcdance.com.

Art ART WORKSHOPS Drawing and painting workshops w/Lois DeWitt.

Individual tutoring available: $25/2-hour session. loislight@bellsouth.net. Workshops: $20—Paint From A Photo, Tues., 3-5pm. Bring your favorite photo or printed image, learn basic painting skills to turn it into your own beautiful painting! • Watercolor, Wed., 11am-1pm. Wet and dry brush, expressive brushstroke, light and shadow washes, spray and splash! Learn watercolor basics or refresh your painting skills. • Drawing, Wed., 3-5pm, or Sat., 11am-1pm. Line, shading, composition and how to draw what you see. Learn the basics or refresh your drawing skills. • Acrylic Painting, Sat., 3-5pm. Color mixing, brushwork, gradations, light and shadow.

Learn basics or refresh painting skills.

UNCW ANN FLACK BOSEMAN GALLERY UNC Wilmington’s Ann Flack Boseman Galleryannounces its 2010-11 exhibition calendar, covering a diverse collection of media. Hanging through 9/2: A Hive’s Mind: Dance with the Honey Bees. Artwork from UNCW students and artists around the US. Feat. concepts are pollination; honey, the accidental sweetener,;a house of wax; or a perfumed world to pervade the space in 2-D and installation art pieces. • Women’s Work: through 9/30 in Warwick Center Lobby Gallery. Meditation on what “Women’s Work” traditionally was, what it is now and what that term is coming to mean. Part of WILD (Women in Labor Daze), a week-long event celebrating motherhood through music, art, theater, comedy and more. • Photo Stories: Through 9/30.

Reception: Thurs., 9/16, 6-7:30pm, Boseman Gallery (Fisher University Union, 2nd Floor). The UNCW Photography club and student creative writers are combining their efforts for this exhibition to explore that moment when the shutter drops. About the

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interrelatedness of the arts and of the source of creativity itself, the narrative in this exhibit won’t be told frame by frame but will braid. Shane Fernando: (910) 962-7972 or fernandol@uncw.edu.

SILVER COAST WINERY Silver Coast Winery displays the works of Amy Hautman, 9/17-1/15/2011. Hautman shows fine technical mastery of watercolor and oil mediums in precise brushstrokes of large scale flowers, enticing doorways, luscious grapevines and dramatic landscapes. She vividly portrays the emotional power of nature. All proceeds from sales at show will be donated to Carolina Health & Humor Association, dedicated to promoting health, healing and well being through humor for 24 years. 6680 Barbeque Rd NW Ocean Isle Beach, NC. (910) 287-2800. www.silvercoastwinery.com EDWARD MENEELEY Edward Meneeley, 82-year-old internationally renowned artist, is now showing a new series of abstract expressionist paintings, “Biography,” at Caffe Phoenix, located at 35 N.Front St. Reception: Sun., 9/19, 4-6pm. 18-painting exhibition , 9/30.

Funds raised go toward writing of the artist’s biography by CaffePhoenix curator Joel Finsel, who was awarded a NC Arts Council grantin 2010 for this project. Works reasonably priced.

DANCE 4 LIBERATION 9/23: Dance 4 Liberation presents Electric Eco Fusion, The Calico Room, 8pm-2am. Feat. recycled jewelry auction (four different incredibly creative jewelry makers!), body art by tattoo artist (painting models head to toe in the design of the elements), raffles and music by Alligator, Sean Thomas Gerard, David Adusei. $5, w/proceeds supporting UNCW Environmental Concerns Organization.

FOURTH FRIDAY GALLERY NIGHTS Fourth Friday Gallery Nights 2010, 6-9pm on the fourth Friday of each month: 9/24. No admission.

All ages. Several downtown galleries, studios and art spaces will open their doors to the public in an after-hours celebration of art and culture. The Art Walk is a self-guided tour featuring exhibitions of various artistic genres including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, photography, metals, ceramics, mixed media and more. Includes opening receptions, artist discussions, live music, wine, food and other traditional art-activities; www. wilmingtonfourthfridays.com.

LET’S FACE IT Elizabeth Darrow’s “Let’s Face It,” new figurative paintings in oil, fresh array of characters, both humorous and poignant, set in her colorful world of gesture, pattern, and texture. 621N4TH Gallery. 621 N. 4th St., (910) 520-3325. 621n4th.com. 11am-5pm, weekdays, or by appt. Through October.

CALL TO ARTISTS Bottega and Projekte galleries present “Paperazzi,” a co-curated exhibit consisting of 2D nd 3D works of art created entirely on paper by local and regional artists. Paperazzi’s opening is paired with an entertainment filled evening of Masquerade and Mayhem to take place at both venues Friday, 10/29, beginning at 7pm, with events and games scheduled throughout the night. Guests and artists are encouraged to dress up as their favorite movie star or iconic figure on October 29th, as the red carpet will be rolled out and the papparazzi will be out in full force to photograph the starlets throughout the evening. Planned activities: scary movies, pumpkin bowling, tarot card reading, photo boothsl, live musical performances, costume contests and more! Prizes, candy and Halloween-inspired refreshments served. Interested artists should send 3-5 .jpeg images of any medium on paper to either bottegaartbar@gmail.com or theprojekte@gmail. com by 10/5. Artwork on exhibit at both galleries through 11/21.

BOTTEGA EVENTS EXHIBIT: “Flow,” a watercolor exhibition. Participating artists: Cindy Agan, Elizabeth Bender, Lon Bennett, Edgardo Bianchi, Marianne Fischer, Janette K Hopper, Robbie Kass, Clair Martin, Teo Ninkovic, Amber Whittington and Michele Wuensch. Artist reception: Fri., 9/24, 6-9pm. Artwork hangs 10/16 • EVENTS: 9/18: Between the Lines Poetry Festival • Mon.: Open Paint and Create (bring art in progress).

• Tues: Starving Artist Night • Wed. Weekly Wine Tastings • Fourth Friday Poetry Slams, 7pm. • Call to artists: Now taking submissions for “Horror Shorts” for our Halloween event on Oct 30th to:

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bottegaartbar@gmail.com. Films must be less than 15 mins, on DVD and submitted by October 15th 208 N. Front St. 910-763-3737, www.bottegagallery. com. www.myspace.com/bottegagallery.

ART SOUP CALL TO ARTISTS Art Soup, a nonprofit arts organization, is currently assembling a regional artists directory on its Web site, www.art-soup.org. Any interested artists can send three simple bits of info for free listing/link: name, genre of art, and a link to their Web site to be included. Send info: Film, Visual, Performance, Literary, etc. Ongoing project will be continually updated as a tool for galleries, buyers and other artists to find, locate, purchase and network with Cape Fear area creativists. info@art-soup.

Museums BATTLESHIP As part of the 100th Anniversary of Boy Scouts of America we want you to come and enjoy Battleship Alive, on Sat., 9/25, where ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship engage visitors in specific subjects and areas including: gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley, engineering, and daily shipboard life.

Demonstrations and activities will help satisfy the Historic Signaling Merit Badge requirements 5 and 6. Free with admission. For groups of 10 or more with one person paying, adults are $10 (ages 12 and up). Ages 6 through 11 are $5. Hwys 17/74/76/421 on Cape Fear River across from historic downtown Wilmington. 8am-5pm. Ticket sales stop one hour before closing. www.battleshipnc.com.

SOUTHPORT MARITIME MUSEUM North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport Schedule: 9/18—Rice Creek Kayak tour with The Adventure Company, 8:30am. Local history from a different perspective while paddling Rice Creek, a protected blackwater tributary of Town Creek, feat. remnants of plantation crops, beautiful landscapes and hear histories of our first inhabitants through modern fishermen that use the area today. Includes basic kayak lesson, guided tour, kayak paddle and life jacket rental. $45/person.$15 for single and $30 for double w/own gear. Reg: 454-0607. • 9/21: 3rd Tuesday Night Program—”Members Potluck,” 79pm. Bring dish and friend to Southport Community Building. NC Maritime Museum at Southport.

• Fall Into History Series, a 6-week program to learn natural and cultural history of the region, in gardens, museums and historic sites. Bus leaves the museum 9am, returns noon. $35/members, $45/non-members. Reg: 910-457-0003. 9/23: Airlie Gardens; 9/30: Green Swamp Preserve. 116 North Howe St. www.ncculture.com. 910-457-0003 BURGWIN WRIGHT HOUSE 18th century Burgwin-Wright House Museum is the oldest museum house in NC, restored with 18th and 19th century decor and gardens. Colonial life is experienced through historical interpretations in kitchen-building and courtyard. 3rd and Market.

Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. Last tour, 3pm. Admission rqd. (910) 762-0570. burgwinwrighthouse.com.

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NC AQUARIUM Aquarist Apprentice: 9/18 & 25, 2pm. Learn about Aquarium animals, what they eat, how they live, and how to care for them. Then, assist aquarists with food preparation and help feed the animals. Limited opportunity; open to 10 participants, ages 10 and up. Ages 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult. $25, 13 and up; $23, ages 10-12. • Behind the Scenes Tours, 9/23, 11:30am; 9/19, 26, 1pm.

Space for animal holding, husbandry, life support systems, and access to exhibits is hidden behind the aquarium walls. If you have ever cared for a home aquarium, you may have some idea of what it takes to operate a collection of salt and freshwater exhibits, with hundreds of animals. Children between 8 and 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Fee: $15./ages 13 and up, $13/ages 8-12. • Mommy and Me, 9/16, 30, 9am. Moms and their children interact and learn together about aquarium animals.

Adults and kids ages 1-2. Fee: $13/one adult and one child ($1/additional child). • Extended Behind the Scenes Tour, Mon., 9/15, 20, 22, 2pm. Cape Fear Shoals, during an expanded tour behind the scenes.

Get a birds-eye view of this 235,000 gallon tank as sharks, stingrays, moray eels, and other fish swim below! Children under 8 are not permitted. Children between 8 and 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. $20/ages 13 and up, $18/ages 8-12.

• Children’s Discovery Time, 10am. 9/23, Sharks.

Creatures come alive in this story-telling and crittercreating program. For ages 3-5. $11/child. Parents pay admission only. • Sea Squirts Breakfast and Playtime with the Fishes: Fri., 9/17, 8am. Toddlers and parents invited to come explore the Aquarium from 8am-9am, before opening our doors to the general public. Ages 1-3 will get to meet some of our animal friends up-close, hear a fishy story, and have playtime in our Freshwater Wonders Room.

Parents and kids will enjoy breakfast surrounded by our aquatic friends. Fee: $15/ages 13 and up, $13/ages 3-12, $5/age 2. Pre-register for all programs! 910-458-7468; 900 Loggerhead Rd. Kure Beach. ncaquariums.com CAPE FEAR MUSEUM EXHIBITS: Conservation Matters: Explore the art and science of artifact conservation. Discover what it is, who does it, and why it matters to museums. A selection of beautifully conserved furniture and other wooden objects from the Museum’s permanent collection will be on display.• Grooming: Glimpse a selection of personal grooming items, as you explore treasures from Cape Fear Museum’s collection.

From wooden hair curlers to strawberry lip gloss, discover objects that help tell the stories of grooming through time. • Going To The Movies: Experience the history of a century of movie-going in the Lower Cape Fear region. Explore where people went to the movies. Discover how the theater experience has changed over the years. Watch some of the first films local residents may have seen. • Cape Fear Treasures: Drink—Glimpse a selection of drinking vessels, as you explore treasures from Cape Fear Museum’s permanent collection. From 18th-century bottles to fancy teapots to modernday souvenir mugs, discover objects that help tell the stories of liquid consumption through time. • Land of the Longleaf Pine: Step into the forest and be transported to a time centuries ago. Explore the longstanding presence of Native Americans in the area, discover why Europeans came to the region, and learn how people made a living from the longleaf pine. Discover colonial Wilmington, while “window shopping” in a merchant’s store and examining imported goods that arrived on ships to Wilmington’s bustling port. Explore life during the American Revolution, as you experience different perspectives on independence. EVENTS: Volunteer Open House held first Wed. of mo. Opportunities are available in museum store, working with the historic collection, and as an education docent. • New Hanover County Resident’s Day: Residents admitted free first Sun. ea. mo. • The Learning Center’: Ocean Adventures—9/18, 25: Learn why the estuary is called the “ocean’s nursery.” Use various magnification tools to examine sea life up close. Open Sat., 10am-4pm. Free w/admission.

Ages 5-12; parental supervision advised. • Cape Fear Skies: Deep Sky Objects, Sun. 9/19, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30pm. Venture into the museum’s portable planetarium and explore the night sky in the daytime. Ofered three times every third Sunday.

Free w/admission; appropriate for all ages. Parental participation rqd. • 2010 NC Shell Show Sat/Sun., 9/25-26, Members of NC Shell Club and shell enthusiasts, from up and down the east coast will present exhibits for viewing and judging in more than 20 categories. Free w/ admission. Museum closed Mondays until Memorial Day 2011TuesSat, 9am-5pm; Sun, 1-5pm. $6 for adults; $5 for students w/valid ID and senior citizens; $5 special military rate w/valid military ID; $3 for children 3-17; free for children under 3. Museum members free.

814 Market St. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF WILMINGTON Activities vary every day of the week: Messy Mondays and Exploration Stations, Kids Cooking Club and Fetch!, Muddy Buddies and Toddler Time, Gross Saturdays and Gardening Club! • The Children’s Museum is presenting a new weekly event called Cardio Chaos to promote a healthy lifestyle by getting children involved in fun, structured physical activity. Offered at the Museum every Sat. at 11am; free admission for ages 4 and up. • Tiaras and Treasues, 9/19, 1-5pm. Welcoming pirates and princesses to enjoy the red carpet, arts and crafts, story-time, games, tattoo parlor, a princess beauty salon, dancing with Cape Fear Cotillion and museum-wide Treasure Hunt. Special arrival of a surprise, 3:30 p.m. Family-friendly silent auction.

Members: $20/child; non, $25/child. Parents/ guardians, free. 16 Orange St. (910) 243-3534.

young woman distraught by the reality around her, constantly dreams of her own demise. Seeking: Men 18-27 and 45-56, Women 18-27. Young couple with romantic interest to play lead roles. Headshot: Allen Failla, 234 Braxlo Lane. Saf8410@uncw.edu CINEMATIQUE WHQR’s Cinematique takes place every week, Mon.-Wed., 7:30pm, at Thalian Hall.

Tickets: $7; etix.com or at box office. 9/15, Winter’s Bone: Tense, naturalistic thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father • Special screening of hilarious documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, in Archives Theatre, 9/2024, 7:30pm • 9/26-29, The Girl who Played with Fire: The second installment in the “Millennium” trilogy following The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Mikael Blomkvist is about to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden. www. whqr.org.

THREE-DAY FILM PRODUCTION WORKSHOP Three-Day Fil Production Workshop: 9/24, 25, 26, 9am-6pm. Location TBD. Producer Tom Kane offers the definitive course for aspiring producers, directors, production managers, assistant directors, writers, actors, documentarians, indy filmmakers, industry executives, and anyone wishing to begin a career in film or video production. tomjkane@mind. net or 541-324-3364. filmtvworkshops.com.

FRONT STREET FILM NIGHT Free of charge, meet filmmakers, support the local film community and enjoy 1/2-price apps.

• 9/29, “The Morrison Project”—Documentary filmmaker Amy Morrison Williams digs deep into the painful, troubled past of her own family to understand a modern day tragedy —her father, Jean Morrison. Free! 9 N. Front Street. 7pm. Chris Andrews: (910)251-1935 or citybuddha@hotmail. com. frontstreetfilmnight.com SUBVERSIVE FILMS Showing at the Juggling Gypsy, 1612 Castle St., 8pm, free admission. 9/19: Gogol Bordello NonStop • 9/26: The Decline of Western Civilization I CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVAL 16th annual Cucalorus Film Festival passes are on sale, $75-$300. Festival takes place 11/11-14, welcoming 1,000s of filmmakers and film fans from all over the world, for screenings, workshops and social events. Core venues include: Thalian Hall, City Stage Theater and Jengo’s Playhouse. Final schedule released in early October. • Cucalorus is also looking for a resident artist to develop and lead hands-on filmmaking workshop for elementary students that will result in a 30-sec. short film or commercial.

Artist also participates in Globar Perspectives, a prograph of shorts for high-school students and Kids-a-lorus. Apply w/workshop proposal, previous film work with youth and a drawing of children in the future. Submissions sent: Cucalorus Film Festival, Outreach Resident Artist, 815 Princess St., Wilm, NC 28401. Stipend and housing included. Deadline: 9/20. (910) 343-5995. cucalorus.org.

KIDS FILM SUBMISSIONS WANTED The 16th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival is searching for films of all genres made by kids and for kids under

the age of 18. Selected film’s will screen at KIDSA-LORUS, a short film block taking place during the festival 11/10-14. Films must be 7 minutes or shorter. Entries are free and should include a dvd copy of the film and a list of the title, runtime,

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So, UNCW has officially started its classes. That means students are buzzing with intellectual and creative stimulation. Of the ilk, Allen Faila, who is currently working on his senior thesis in film. He needs men, ages 18-27, and women, ages 45-56, who are interested in helping film his project, “MAERD,” to send headshots to 234 Braxlo Lane. The story involves a distraught women who dreams of her demise. For more information, saf8410@uncw.edu. description of film, director’s age, name and contact information. Submissions must be postmarked by Fri., 10/1, and mailed to: Cucalorus Film Festival c/o KIDS-A-LORUS, 815 Princess St., Wilmington, NC 28401

Lectures/Readings GUNS, GOLD AND CIVIL WAR Presenting the Teaching American History Series with Pulitzer Prize winner TJ Stiles speaking on “Guns, Gold and the Civil War.” Free and open to the public. Fri., 9/17. UNCW, Kenan Auditorium.

POMEGRANATE BOOKS Readings/Booksignings: Rick Rothacker, 9/28, 7pm, author of “Banktown: The Rise and Struggles of Charlotte’s Big Banks.” Follows two of the nation’s largest banks—Bank of America and Wachovia—from their origins to their rise to the top of the financial work. • Children’s Bilingual Storytime, 9/18, 11am: “Curious George”: first in English, then en espanol! 4418 Park Ave. 910-452-1107.

POWER BREAKFAST SERIES Topic: The Business of Sports, 9/21. Breakfast and networking, 7:30-8:30, w/panel discussion, 8:3010am at Hilton Wilmington Riverside, 301 N. Water St. Wilmington would seem to be an ideal place for minor league and college sports programs. $35/seat or $350/a table of 10. RSVP: 910-343-8600 x201 or wilmingtonbiz.com.

Classes/Workshops THE HISTORY OF ILM IN BLACK AND WHITE The History of Wilmington in Black and White, an 8-week course feat. Dr. Tim Tyson, historian and acclaimed author of Blood Done Sign My Name; music w/Mary D. Williams, Afro American historian studies performer and gospel vocalist; panel and

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internationally renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar will attend. Workshops range from beginner to advanced and cover topics such as herb walks, storytelling, classic kitchen remedies, drumming, seasonal living, self-esteem. Cost: $275, w/additional costs for meals, lodging, and intensives. Applied for continuing education credits for nurses. www.sewisewomen.com 877SEWOMEN.

TECHNIQUES IN MOTION Techniques in Motion upcoming class schedule: Tues, Pilates, 7:45-8:45pm. • Wed., Adult Hip-Hop Workout, 7:45pm-8:45pm • Thurs, Adult Tap, 7-8pm. • New: Musical Theatre for all ages, Wed., 7:15-8:15pm. 5202 Carolina Beach Rd. (910) 799-3223. www. techniquesinmotion.com. The Village at Myrtle Grove Shopping Center, Ste 5543-100

AFRICAN DRUM CLASS Weekly African drum class every Tues., $10. Activity center of Wesley Memorial United Methodist church,1401 S. College Rd., on the corner of Peachtree and College Rd. Activity center-gym. isn ext building over (across 47th street). Double doors facing Peachtree, 6pm-7:30pm. Djembe, dunduns, sangbans, and ashikos available.

HALYBURTON CLASSES/PROGRAMS Pre-reg rqd. 4099 S. 17th St. 910-341-0075 or www.halyburtonpark.com. Classes: All classes $65 for 10-wk sessions. Pilates w/Ellen Longenecker: Wed., 9/22-11/24, 6pm $65/person for 10-wk session. • Thurs., 9/23-12/2, 6pm, intermediate/advanced classes. • Yoga classes: Tues., 9/21-11/30, 6pm. Instructor:Yuna Shin • Wed., 9/22-11/24, 9am. Instructor: Ellen Longenecker • Wed., 9/2211/24, 7pm. Instructor: Ellen Longenecker. • Thurs., 9/23-12/2, 7pm. intermediate/advanced classes.Instructor:Yuna Shin. • Fri., 9/24-12/3, 9am.

Instructor: Jamie Annette. Halyburton Park: 4099 S. 17th St, Wilmington. (910) 341-0075 or www. halyburtonpark.com • Programs: Birding Trail Programs links birders with great birding sites across the state. Monthly exploration along the Coastal Plain Trail; appx 2-mi hike. Transportation from Halyburton included. $10/participant. 9/16, 8am-noon: Carolina Beach State Park. • Children, ages 6-10, learn with about the plants and animals living in the park through fun, hands on activities. $3/participant. 9/25, 2-4pm: Fossils from the Deep—Discover what once inhabited the oceans of the world by hunting for fossils. We will learn all about the ancient creatures’ life styles, how to identify fossils, sift for fossils, and later, build an ancient craft. • Bring your “Little Explorers” out to the park and discover nature through stories, songs, hands-on activities, hikes and crafts. $3/participant. Schedule: 9/27 and 28, 10-11am, Nature Detectives; 10/4 and 5, 10-11am, Fall in the Forest.

HUMANISTS/FREETHINKERS WORKSHOPS Adult education classes: Introduction to Humanism.

Humanism is not just atheism, but a non-theistic positive life stance with an evolving tradition going back to ancient Greece, Buddhism, Confucius, and the Enlightenment and Romantic movements. Course leader: Michael Werner, past president of the American Humanist Association, and a faculty member of the Humanist Institute. Classes held Monday nights, 7-9pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wilmington, Annex Building, 4313 Lake Ave. 9/20: What is the Basis for Morals? We will look at various ethical models, how they have all been brought into question, and what modern ethical theory and science tells us. • 10/4: What is a Humanist life?

How do we “do” Humanism? How do we build an integrated, whole life of meaning and purpose, feeding our romantic longings without losing religious/intellectual integrity? All classes are stand alone and participants can enter course at any time; register: 910-409-5507

Clubs/Notices CONSTITUTION WEEK The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter would like to announce that Constitution Week is 9/17-23. Upcoming events celebrate the week: Mon., 9/20th, chapter will put on a program for the 4th/5th grade students of Carolina Beach Elementary School to promote the Constitution through student interaction. • 4pm bell-ringing and handing out Constitutions at the USS NC. • 9/25: Members will be attracting beach goers on Freeman Park by sharing their knowledge of the Constitution and handing out Constitutions.

NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED! The Cape Fear Region Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals announces its call for nominations for the 2010 National Philanthropy Day awards reception through 10/1. Nominations can be submitted from the Cape Fear Region.

Nomination forms: www.wilmingtonbiz.com/ philanthropy. Awards categories include: Individual / Family Philanthropist of the Year; Philanthropic Organization of the Year; Professional Fundraiser of the Year; Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year; and their newest category Youth Fundraiser of the Year. Winners honored at the breakfast on 11/4 and featured in the Greater Wilmington Business Journal. Awards reception breakfast: Thurs., 11/4, at Wilmington Hilton Riverside, downtown Wilmington. Breakfast and networking at 7:30am and awards ceremony at 8:30am. Leigh Muscle: leighmuscle@gmail.com CORVETTE SHOW Cape Fear Corvettes will hold its 3rd annual Corvette Show on Sun., 9/19, at Jeff Gordon Chevrolet in Wilmington. Dash plaques for the first 100 Corvettes registered. Trophies for Corvettes in all age groups and many categories such as best paint, engine, interior and more. Lots of great door prizes, food and music. Registration at 9am, judging at noon and trophies at 3pm. $20/Corvette; show free to the public. www.capefearcorvettes. com.

FEDERAL POINT HISTORIC PRES. SOCIETY The Federal Point Historic Preservation Society holds membership meetings once a month, 7:309pm, at the Federal Point History Center, 1121-A N. Lake Blvd. Public invited. Schedule: 9/20: Rob Evans of NC Dept of Agriculture talks about The Venus Flytrap, which only grows within 60 miles of Wilmington. (910) 458-0502.

SOIL TO SOUL 9/25 Kombucha 101: Learn the benefits and how to make this fizzy elixir! $15, includes discounts on supplies, 4-5:30pm. • 9/29 Wheatgrass Class: Learn the benefits and how to juice your own. $40, includes wheatgrass kit and discounts on juicers, 6-7pm • Every Thursday morning in Sep: Ashtanga Yoga w/Larry Hobbs. Class begins, 8:30am, by donation. Pre-register Soil to Soul, 6005 Oleander Dr. (910) 920-9890. www.soiltosoulonline.com

CAPE FEAR ORCHID SOCIETY Cape Fear Orchid Society, an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to the cultivation and education of orchid, meets the 2nd Wed. every month at Arboretum. Feat. expert speakers, refreshments and plants for sale and exibition of plants by members. 9/15, 7pm at the Arboretum, featuring Walkter Off, speaking on “Historica Cattleyas and the Peopl Who Created Them.” cfosorchidsnc@gmail.com, (910) 798-7670 or www.capefear.org

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