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wooten@starnewsonline.com, fax to 343-2227 or call 343-2218 and leave a message. Fund-raiser: Elevate the Arts to build an elevator in the historic gallery.
Trivia at the Southport Community Building, 2-5 p.m. Jan.
14, $10 at the Visitor's/Center, the Chamber of Commerce, and The Flying Pig Coffeehouse. White Elephant Sale at the Gallery, 8 a.m.
- 1 p.m. Jan.
25 and 26, knick knacks, art work, sports equipment, etc. Contact Joyce Grazetti, 278-7560. Exhibit rooms are closed in January and February; classes are on-going.
www.franklinsquaregallery.org.
Battle of Fort Fisher Anniversary: 10 a.m.-4 p.
m. Jan. 13, the 142nd anniversary of the second battle of Fort Fisher at the historic site located near Kure Beach, 20 miles south of Wilmington.
Events include re-enactors; staff dressed in Confederate and Federal uniforms with musket and cannon firings; lecture programs; special exhibits of artwork and guided tours. Free; donations appreciated. 458-5538; www.
fortfisher.nchistorisites.org.
'A Night At The Gallery': Benefits Habitat for Humanity, 7-9:30 p.m. Jan.
18, a reception and 8 p.m. art auction at the Corporate Canvas Gallery, 107 South Front St.
The benefit will feature music, food, a wine tasting, door prizes and live auction of the original works. $50 per person; 799-3435. Model Railroad Show: and sale by Cape Fear Model Railroad, 10 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Jan. 27; 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Jan.
28 at American Legion Post 10, 702 Pine Grove Drive. Free clinics by Tom Staley. $5 adults; $3 children; free for children 5 and younger.
Ben Jackson, 270-2696; Phil Bernard, 371-9595. 'Rendezvous': 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 3 at Cape Fear Museum, 814 Market St. Dine in one of five galleries with a Hollywood theme and decor.
Rooms highlight movies made in Wilmington. Cocktails and silent auction begin at 6:30 p.m.
with dinner served at 8 p.m. followed by a live auction.
$125. Details: 798-4364. Artists Aid the Animals: Art show will be held Feb.
10 at the American Legion Post 10, 702 Pine Grove Drive. 799-5401; 452-0049. Chocolate Fantasy Adventure: The New Hanover County Department of Aging presents 'A Spoonful of Sugar' 10 a.
m.-4 p.m.
Feb. 3 and noon-4 p.m.
Feb. 4 at the New Hanover County Senior Center, 2222 S. College Road.
Sample sweet treats such as fudge, chocolate-dipped strawberries, cookies, candies and ice cream. Advance: $5 adults and children at the Senior Center. Day of event: $7 adults; $5 ages 5-12 at the door.
Details: 798-6402. Wilmington Garden Show: 9 a.m.
-5 p.m. Feb.
10 and 10 a.m.-5 p.
m. Feb. 11 in the Schwartz Center, Cape Fear Community College, 601 N.
Front St., with vendors, unique gardening displays, presentations and speakers. $7.
Details: 798-7670; www.gardeningnhc.org.
Andy Wood: Local naturalist will present an environmental seminar 11 a.m. Jan.
13 on the wildlife of the Cape Fear River basin. Cape Fear River Watch Office, 617 Surry St. Question and answer session at the end.
Free. Bill Powell: will autograph copies of his new Encyclopedia of North Carolina in the North Carolina Room, Main Library, 2 p.m.
Jan. 14. 798-6305.
'Art in Crisis': UNCW associate professor of art historyAmy Kirschke will speak from her new book in the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church on Lake Avenue at 7 p.m. Jan.
11. Part of the the monthly meeting of The Wilmington Art Association, which invites non-members to attend the book talk. Tom Morris: Author of "If Harry Potter Ran General Electric, True Success, The Art of Achievement" and "If Aristotle Ran General Motors" and motivational speaker 3:30 p.
m. to 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 24 at UNCW Warwick Center. Reception to follow after presentation.
$25; 799-2611. Torme sings Torme: Steve March Torme sings his father's best known songs accompanied by a big band conducted by Steve Rawlins at 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 10 at Odell Williamson Auditorium, Brunswick Community College, 50 College Road, SW, Supply. $27 adults; $25 students, seniors; $10 ages under 12.
Details: 755-7420. Thalian Hall concerts: Marcus Belgrave plays a jazz tribute to Louis Armstrong 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 ($25/$18, see story on page 9). Four-time Grammy nominee David Frishberg plays piano tunes that are alternately jazzy, funny and melodic 8 p.
m. Jan. 20 ($25/$28).
Tiempo Libre plays Latin jazz 8 p.m. Jan.
26 ($26/$20). 343-3664 or www.thalianhall.
com. New Orleans Jazz: 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 11 at Odell Williamson Auditorium, Brunswick Community College, 50 College Road, Supply. Marcus Belgrave also performs gospel.
$27 adults; $25 students, seniors; $10 ages under 12. See story on page 9. 755-7420.
Carolina Piano Trio: Jan. 13 UNCW Year of the Arts, Chamber ensembles performs works by P 0x00E4 rt, Beethoven and Shostakovich. 8 p.
m. in the Recital Hall, UNCW, Cultural Arts Building. $15, $12 senior citizens and UNCW faculty/staff /free for students with a valid ID.
962-3500; www.uncw.edu/arts.
Coastalfolk Concert: folk music trio Molasses Creek, from Ocracoke Island at Kenan Auditorium, UNCW, 8 p.m. Jan.
20. Also featuring local folk artists John Golden, Mark Teachey, Anne Haley and Catesby Jones. $15; $10 seniors and students.
962-3500. Jazz festival: The 27th N.C.
Jazz Festival will be held Feb. 1-3 at the Wilmington Hilton Riverside, 301 N. Water St.
Traditional jazz musicians perform in cabaret-style seating. $175 includes admission for concerts on Friday and Saturday, and patrons musical brunch; $30 for Feb. 1 concert; $50 each for Feb.
2 and 3 concerts. Advance registration recommended. Details: 793-1111, 8 a.
m.-5 p.m.
; www.capefearjazz.com.
N.C. Symphony: Kenneth Frazelle's 'The Swans at Pungo Lake' 8 p.
m. Feb. 2 in Kenan Auditorium, UNCW, 601 S.
College Road, Wilmington. $22; $31; $39. Details: 962-3500.
Wilmington Singles Club: 8 p.m. Jan.
12 dance at American Legion, Pine Grove Road. DJ Buddy Langley. $8; $10 others.
No jeans. 798-4048; singles-club@earthlink.net.
Cape Fear Contra Dancers: 7:30 p.m. Jan.
13 dance at Riverside Park Community Building, Castle Hayne. $8, $5 students. Gaelstorm Band from Myrtle Beach, caller Dean Snipes from Charlotte.
Teaching session at 7:30 p.m. 270-3363.
Open Dance: Social ballroom dance Jan. 13 at Lion's Gate Clubhouse, 1800 Eastwood Road, 6:30 p.m.
beginners lesson in Argentine Tango; 7:30-10 p.m. open dancing.
Singles and couples. $10. Smoke and alcohol free.
799 1694; acusabda@att.net. Wilmington Singles Club: 8 p.
m. Jan. 19 dance at American Legion, Pine Grove Road.
Two's Company. $8; $10 others. No jeans.
798-4048; singles-club@earthlink.net. Cinematique: 'The History Boys,' Jan.
22-24: Based on the Tony-winning play, it follows a group of friends in 1980s Yorkshire as they apply to Oxford and Cambridge. 'Shut Up Sing,' Feb. 5-7: Documentary about country supergroup The Dixie Chicks (who once played Thalian Hall, by the way).
'The Last King of Scotland,' Feb. 19-21: Forest Whitaker plays Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in a potentially Oscar-nominated performance. 'Volver,' Feb.
26-28: Legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's latest, starring Penelope Cruz. 'The Aura,' March 5-7: Thriller about a taxidermist who plans bank robberies he never commits, until he does. All movies screen at 7:30 p.
m. at Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. $7.
Proceeds benefit Thalian Hall and public radio WHQR. 343-3664, 343-1640, www.thalianhall.
com or www.whqr.org.
Lumina Theater: All films below screen in the Fisher Student Center on the campus of UNCW. www.uncw.
edu/lumina. INTERNATIONAL SERIES: ACE BLOCKBUSTER SERIES: 'Saw III,' 7 and 10 p.m.
Jan. 12, 1 and 4 p.m.
Jan. 13: Latest flick in the horror franchise. 'The Prestige,' 7 and 10 p.
m. Jan. 19, 1 and 4 p.
m. Jan. 20: Dark tale of two rival magicians.
'Running with Scissors,' 7 and 10 p.m. Jan.
26, 1 and 4 p.m. Jan.
27: Based on Augusten Burroughs' memoir about his wildly unconventional upbringing. 'The Departed,' 7 and 10 p.m.
Feb. 2, 1 and 4 p.m.
Feb. 3: Martin Scorsese's gleefully violent crime epic starring Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and an off-the-hook Jack Nicholson. $2 UNCW students with ID, $4 public.
ACE INDEPENDENT CINEMA: 'The Science of Sleep,' 7 and 10 p.m. Jan.
13: Michel Gondry's whimsical tale of a man who has trouble separating his dreams from reality. 'U.S.
vs. John Lennon,' 7 and 10 p.m.
Jan. 20: A documentary on the life of music legend John Lennon and how it came into conflict with the American government. 'Renaissance,' 7 and 10 p.
m. Jan. 27: Futuristic French mystery involving corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research.
Independent Cinema is free. MEDIA CRISIS SERIES: 'Salvador,' 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 17: Oliver Stone film about a journalist who drives to El Salvador to cover the country's military dictatorship. 'Control Room,' 7:30 p.
m. Jan. 24: Documentary that examines whether America is radicalizing or stabilizing the Arab world.
'Shattered Glass,' 7:30 p.m. Jan.
31: Chronicles the rise and fall of Stephen Glass, a journalist caught making up parts of his stories. 'All the President's Men,' 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 7: Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as 'Washington Post' reporters as Woodward and Bernstein, who helped break the Watergate case. Q A sessions follow Media Crisis screenings.
Free. ACE FILM CONCERT SERIES: 'Incubus,' 9 p.m.
Jan. 20. Concert film featuring the popular rock band.
Free. 'The Full Monty': Jan. 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28.
Fifth floor at City Stage, 21 N. Front St. Six unemployed steel workers with nothing to lose form a male striptease act in this musical adapted from the British film.
$20, $18, $15, $10. New Year's Eve special tickets include show, open bar and buffet. 342-0272.
'Polaroid Stories': Guerilla Theatre presents an experimental play that requires the audience to actively participate. 8 p.m.
Jan. 18-21 and 25-27 at The Soapbox Speakeasy Micro-theatre, 255 N. Front Street, downtown Wilmington.
$10. Jan. 21 is a 'pay what you can' performance.
233-9914. Comedian Daniel Tosh: 10 p.m.
Jan. 27 at Kenan Auditorium, UNCW, 601 S. College Road.
Doors open at 9 p.m. $10.
962-3842. 'Crowns': Presented by The Thalian Association 8 p.m.
Feb. 1-3 and 3 p.m.
Feb. 4 at Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. Hats become a springboard for an exploration of black history and identity.
$20; $18 students and seniors. Details: 343-3664. 'Squabbles': Jan.
19-20, 26-27, Feb. 23-24, March 2-3. Two-act comedy, in a readers/dinner theater at Mainsail Restaurant in Surf City.
$40, includes dinner with a choice of New York Strip or crab cakes, dessert, basic gratuity and show. Reservations required one week in advance. 327-0223.
Spencer Pottery: Gallery of clay works by nine local artists. Hours: 10 a.m.
-5 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
211 N. Howe St. behind Ricky Evans Gallery.
620-5954; spencerpotteryinc.com. Sunset River Marketplace: 'Retrospective: Ruth Rosenthal,' an exhibition of paintings, original prints and enamel works, through-Feb.
11. Rosenthal, a native of New York City, passed away in 2005 at the age of 89. Hours: 10 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Saturday. 10283 Beach Drive SW (N.C.
179) in Calabash. 575-5999; www.sunsetrivermarketplace.
com Bottega Art and Wine: Bonnie England's first annual studio sale Jan. 16-Feb. 3.
208 N. Front St. 7-10 p.
m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 1 p.m.
-midnight. Thursday-Saturday. 763-3737; www.
bottegagallery.com. Cameron Art Museum: March 9-11.
'Printed in Beauty' - including work by Warhol and Matisse - exhibited through April 1. 'Darryl Lauster: Recreating,' an installation of objects by Houston artist and art history instructor Darryl Lauster, Jan. 12-April 15 (part of the Galleria Cases series).
'Floored!', a continuing exploration of the enduring traditions and contemporary innovations of the textile industry, including everything from Persian carpets to contemporary work using unconventional materials, Jan. 19-April 1 (Hughes Wing).
Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.
m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.
-9 p.m. Friday.
3201 S. 17th St. 395-5999; www.
cameronartmuseum.com. Corporate Canvas Art Gallery: A one-woman show by Barbara Scalia through Jan.
27 featuring more than 24 acrylic paintings based on the theme 'rituals.' Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11 a.m.
-6 p.m., Saturday 11a.
m.-5 p.m.
107 S. Front St., 762-6552; www.
corporatecanvas.com. Golden Gallery: Cotton Exchange, 307 N.
Front St. 'From Sunrise to Sunset,' new photographs by John W. Golden of Cape Fear River sunsets and sunrise at Wrightsville Beach.
Original watercolors by Mary Ellen Golden and sea-themed jewelry by metalsmith Melissa Manley. Jan. 10-Feb.
14. Hours: 10 a.m.
-5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 1-5 p.
m. Sunday. 762-4651.
Leather Emporium: Mountainbird presents new sculpture and artful accessories. Show runs through Feb. 1.
5739 Oleander Dr. 681-0650. SmallSpace: 114-A Princess St.
Photography retrospective by Mark Taylor, '30 Odd Years,' on display. On the third Wednesday of each month, a different local artist working in a wearable medium (jewelry, textiles, etc.) 763-2662.
Spadefish Gallery: N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher, 900 Loggerhead Road, Kure Beach.
Features the work of the No Boundaries international art colony. 458-8257. University Union Exhibit Series: 'Naturally Inspired,' watercolors on Yupo paper by Sally Bullers and the sculptures of Bambi Chappell at the Warwick Center Lobby Gallery, UNCW, through Feb.
5. Opening reception 5-7 p.m.
Jan. 12. 962-7972; www.
uncw.edu/presents. Wilmington Gallery at Newcastle: 615-B Castle St.
Artists' cooperative that features the work of more than 50 area painters, potters and jewelry makers. Hours are 10 a.m.
-6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-5 p.
m. Sunday. 343-4370 Yard Art Party: Kids Art Activity Jan.
27 at The Gallery Upstairs 2-4 p.m. $5 material fee.
The Fat Pelican, 27 S. Lake Park Blvd. 228-1818.
Defelice Art Gallery: Italian painter Antonio Casavecchia's art is on display at the gallery. 109 E. Fremont St.
, Burgaw 259-8705. The Pasta Grille: Emerging Artists of the Hampstead Art League Joan Bown, Jean Cook, Karna Goodridge, Janine Hurst, Marilyn Smith and Patsy Upchurch are showing nixed media at the Pasta Grille , Country Club Road, Hampstead through February 23. Opens daily at 3:30 p.
m. 513 Country Club Road, Hampstead. 392-7831; Joan Millette, 270-9610 to exhibit.
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site: N.C. 133 between Orton Plantation and Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal.
The town of Brunswick was founded as a port town in 1726, and Fort Anderson was built as Wilmington's defense in the Civil War. Includes historic war ruins and a visitors' center with artifacts and other memorabilia. 10 a.
m.-4 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday. Free. 371-6613.
Ingram Planetarium: 7625 High Market St., at the intersection of N.C.
179 and N.C. 904, Sunset Beach.
The planetarium offers astronomy, science and theater programs with a new video show about the history of the moon. The Paul Dennis Science Hall has exhibits on several subjects, including the solar system, light and energy, and math. Explore the upper and outer realms with the planetarium's sky shows.
Laser Music Shows: Images and light patterns choreographed to music appear on the Plantarium dome, through Jan. 13. Laser Vinyl, classic music show at 3 p.
m.; educational laser show about Perseus and Andromeda at 4 p.m.
; Laser Zeppelin at 5 p.m. and Laser Pink Floyd at 6 p.
m. Jan. 11-13.
$7 adults; $5 seniors and students K-12 with college ID; $3 children ages 3-5. 575-0033; www.ingramplanetarium.
org. Museum of Coastal Carolina: Museum Plaza, 21 E. Second St.
, Ocean Isle Beach. Natural history museum of the coastal Carolinas.Exhibits include dioramas of coastal creatures, American Indian artifacts, Civil War relics and a giant sea turtle exhibit.
The museum also has a touch tank with live sea animals and snakes. Educators can schedule weekday school group visits by appointment. Children's programs are held 10:30 a.
m. weekly for ages 4-10. Learn about the ocean reef and sea turtles Jan.
13. Hours: 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through February.
$7 adults, $5 seniors and students, $3 ages 3-5. 579-1016; www.museumofcc.
org. N.C.
Maritime Museum: 116 N. Howe St., Southport.
A treasure chest of memorabilia of the vast nautical history of the Lower Cape Fear area. Includes a library containing out-of-print books on everything nautical. 9 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday. $2 adults ages 16-61; $1 ages 62 and over; free under 16. 457-0003; www.
ah.dcr.state.
nc.us. Orton Plantation: N.
C. 133 between Wilmington and Southport. Once a leading rice plantation in the 18th century, Orton Plantation now hosts 20 acres of gardens open to the public.
8 a.m.-6 p.
m. daily. $9 adults, $8 senior citizens, $3 children ages 6-16, free for ages 5 and under.
371-6851; www.ortongardens.com.
Airlie Gardens: 300 Airlie Road, near Wrightsville Beach. Navigate 67 acres of gardens filled with plant life native to the area. 9 a.
m.-5 p.m.
daily. $5 adults; $3 ages 6-12; free second Saturday of each month to New Hanover County residents. 798-7700; www.
airliegardens.org. Battleship North Carolina: Battleship Road, located off U.
S. 74 west, 1 mile after the Isabelle Holmes Bridge. Take a self-guided tour into the depths of this memorial to North Carolina veterans.
Open 8 a.m.-5 p.
m. daily. $12 adults, $6 ages 6-11, free ages 5 and under, $10 ages 65 and older and active military.
251-5797; www.battleshipnc.com.
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts: 503 Market St. Spring Docent Training begins Jan. 20 through Feb.
27 with a Neighborhood Walking Tour. Sessions on 19th century Wilmington, architecture, preservation, African-American history and urban slave life, customer service and creating your own tour; morning and afternoon volunteer shifts available; contact Madeline Flagler, 251-3700, ext. 104.
The house of a premier southern planter in the Civil War era, the Bellamy Mansion features history and art exhibits, as well as one of the most intact surviving slave quarters in the urban South. 10 a.m.
-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, $8 adults, $4 ages 5-12, free for 5 and under; $21 three-house passport ticket for Bellamy, Latimer and Burgwin-Wright houses.
251-3700; www.bellamymansion.org.
Burgwin-Wright House Museum: 224 Market St. Built in 1770, Revolutionary War history is the draw for this Georgian white-porched beauty. British Gen.
Charles Cornwallis occupied the house shortly before his surrender. 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
$8 adults; $4 for children ages 5 to 12. 762-0570. Cape Fear Museum: 814 Market St.
, 343-4350. Hours: 9 a.m.
-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.
m. Sunday. 10 a.
m. Living Small: Crafting Miniatures through Dec. 31.
An interactive exhibit of tiny treasures, trinkets, and technologies. A New Perspective on the Civil War: Feb. 15-May 18.
Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection and Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright. Playing Together: Games June 18 June-Sept.
3, explore and play games from around the world and across the centuries. Feb. 3: Rendezvous, a fund-raising event.
6:30 p.m. cocktails and silent auction begin; 8 p.
m. dinner, followed by a live auction. $125, 798-4364.
$6 adults; $5 students and seniors; $3 children ages 3-17; free for members of the museum; free day first Sunday of each month for New Hanover County residents. Cape Fear Serpentarium: 20 Orange St. New 'Leaping Lizards' exhibit includes Komodo the giant dragon lizard and a colony of the world's lone venomous lizards.
Learn about and view reptile behavior firsthand. 11 a.m.
-5 p.m. daily except 11 a.
m.- 6 p.m.
Saturday. Feedings with lecture: 3 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $7 per person; free for ages 2 and under. 762-1669; www.
capefear Children's Museum of Wilmington: 116 Orange St. Seven interactive exhibits encourage learning through play. 9 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
Closed on Mondays, except for on school holidays. Admission: $7 children; $7 for adults. 254-3534; www.
playwilmington.org. Fort Fisher State Recreation Area: 1000 Loggerhead Road, Kure Beach.
10 a.m. Hiking, education events, off-road vehicles and swimming are all lures to this nook of nature.
Participants must pre-register for programs by calling the park office. All programs are free, but space is limited in some events; reservations are recommended. 458-5798.
Latimer House/Museum: 126 S. 3rd St. The house museum from the Victorian period.
Open for tours 10 a.m.-4 p.
m. Monday through Friday, noon-5 p.m.
Saturday, closed Sunday; $8 adults, $4 students. Walk and talk tours of historic downtown Wilmington are also offered: 10 a.m.
Wednesday and Saturday, $9 adults; $3 students. 762-0492; www.latimer N.
C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher: U.S.
421 just beyond Kure Beach, 20 miles south of Wilmington. View fish, reptiles and mollusks from the far reaches of the planet and from your neighborhood ocean and marshes. 9 a.
m. to 5 p.m.
daily. 10 a.m.
Children's Discovery Time - Turtles story-telling and critter-creating program for pre-school children. $4 per child. Parents pay admission only.
$8 adults; $7 seniors; $6 ages 6-17; free for ages under 6, Aquarium Society members and registered N.C. school groups.
458-8257; www.ncaquariums.com.
Thalian Hall: 310 Chestnut St. Cultural and political center built in the mid-19th century that has been visited by the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody, Oscar Wilde and Tom Thumb. Unguided tours foray into the lobby, while guided tours journey backstage and into the studio theater, ballroom, gallery and City Hall.
Unguided tours are noon-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2-6 p.
m. Saturday. Guided tours by appointment only.
Call for rates. 343-3660; www.thalianhall.
com. Wilmington Railroad Museum: 501 Nutt St. Features artifacts, three model train layouts and a life-size brick red caboose and steam locomotive.
Newest exhibit is a collection of track sections from the early 1800s to the present. 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
$5 adults; $4.50 seniors (60 and up) and military; $3 for ages 2-12. 763-2634; www.
wrrm.org. Wrightsville Beach Museum of History: 303 W.
Salisbury St., Wrightsville Beach. Highlights beach memories of bygone days with photos and artifacts.
Exhibits include information about the barrier islands and the interaction of townspeople and the environment. 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.
m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m.
Sunday, $3 adults; children free. 256-2569. Poplar Grove Plantation: 10200 U.
S. 17, Scotts Hill. Restored peanut plantation.
Tour the restored home, the weaving and blacksmith buildings, and the farmyard. 9 a.m.
-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.
m. Sunday. $8 adults; $7 seniors and military; $5 students ages 6-15; free for ages 5 and under; adult group rates available for 15 or more, advanced notice requested.
686-9518, ext. 26; www.poplargrove.
com. Moores Creek National Battlefield: 40 Patriots Hall Drive, Currie. The park is the site of the dramatic Revolutionary War patriot victory that led to the end of British authority in the colony of Carolina.
Walk the road the soldiers walked, and read about the battle in exhibits off branching paths. 9 a.m.
-5 p.m. daily.
Free. 283-5591; www.nps.
gov/mocr. Pender County Museum: 200 W. Bridgers St.
, Burgaw. The area's history is depicted at this museum through displays featuring such items as furniture, quilts, photographs and paintings. The museum, operated by the Pender County Historical Society, is open 1-4 p.
m. Thursday and Friday; by appointment Saturday. 259-8543.
Topsail Island Missiles and More Museum: 720 Channel Blvd., Topsail Beach. Bumblebees don't know that aerodynamically, they shouldn't be able to fly.
Working from this knowledge, a top-secret missile project was launched at Topsail after World War II, testing and building a new design that led to supersonic capabilities. Explore Topsail's part in the project through color videos, missile models and one of the actual project missiles that washed ashore nearly 50 years after its end. 2-4 p.
m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Free; donations accepted.
328-8663. Walking Tour: Southport ghost and history tales. Tour starts half hour before sunset from the foot of Howe St.
Waterway Park. $10; $5 children. 540-4790 Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington: Costumed guides lead you on a walking tour of 'haunted' sites through old Wilmington.
Hours: 8:30 p.m. daily and 6:30 p.
m. Tuesday-Saturday. $12 adults; $10 seniors, students and military; free for children 6 and under.
794-1866. Haunted Pub Crawl: Tour some of Wilmington's 'haunted' pubs. Hours: 7:30 p.
m. Tuesday-Saturday. $15; reservations required.
602-6055. 'Henrietta III' Riverboat: Narrated sightseeing cruises 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday-Sunday; Cruises with lunch, dinner, dancing, 'murder mystery' and 'Comedy Redneck Wedding.' Please call for schedule and reservations. All cruises board 30 minutes before departure from the foot of Dock Street along South Water Street.
Private charters available. 343-1611; (800) 676-0162; www.cfr Historic District Walk and Talk Tour: 10 a.
m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, beginning at Latimer House, 126 S. Third St.
Sponsored by Lower Cape Fear Historical Society; $9, $3 students. 762-0492. Horse-drawn trolley/carriage: Narrated horse-drawn trolley and carriage tours of Historic Wilmington with costumed driver.
Water and Market streets. Hours: 11 a.m.
-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.
m.-4 p.m.
Sunday. $11 adults; $5 children under 12; no reservations. Springbrook Farms, 251-8889.
Trolley Tours: Eight-mile, 45-minute, narrated tour of Old Wilmington departing from Dock and Waterstreets. Tours depart on the hour 10 a.m.
-5 p.m. weekends only.
$10 adults; $5 children, 2-12. Private charters available year round. 763-4483.
Wilmington Adventure Tours: Start off your learning journey in a seated orientation to Wilmington's history, founding, culture, architecture, commerce and preservation and then take a casual stroll through the old part of the city to discuss. 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m. daily from Riverfront Park.
Adults, $10; 6-12, $5. 763-1785. Birding Boat Tour: 6-8:30 p.
m. Wednesday, avian naturalist Joe Abatte will guide a birding boat trip to discover the lives of shorebirds. See the vivid plumage of shorebirds in the summer.
$35 per person, children 12 and under half price. Greenfield Lake birding trips, 11 a.m.
every Thursday at Greenfield Lake. $15. 341-0836; www.
adven Hiking: Adventure Pathways Program. Hike a different trail 8 a.m.
third Monday every month with an experienced trail guide. Approximately 2 miles. $10.
Transportation from Halyburton Park is included. 341-0836; www.adventurepathways.
com. Ballroom DanceSport: Ballroom and social classes for beginners, wedding preparation, waltz, Foxtrot I and II, tango, swing, shag and rumba rhythms. Singles and couples.
Classes start the second week of January. Register, 799-2001. Artist's Way: Artist's Way at Work discussion groups 13 Tuesdays beginning 6:30 p.
m. at the Main Library. Two Artists Way discussion groups will meet weekly from Jan.
16 through April 10. The groups will use books by Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan to explore ways of revitalizing creativity in their personal lives, careers, and artistic or creative endeavors. Free, plus cost of books.
201 Chestnut St.; 798-6323. Gourds: make a coiled pine needle rim.
Four-hour class teaches the basic techniques of coiling with large leaf pine needles; includes how to start a coil, two different stitches, floating coils across an opening, and finishing. $35 kit includes a gourd and all materials needed to finish project. 10 a.
m.-2:30 p.m.
Jan. 29. $15 registration fee.
Art on the Wild Side Gallery, 3910 Oleander Drive; 791-3312. Art for Adults: taught by M. Matteson Smith, winter session 8 weeks; Intro to Watercolor 6:30 - 9:00 p.
m. Jan. 24, Wednesdays; Watercolor Workshop 6:30 - 9 p.
m. Jan. 23, Tuesdays and Mat Cutting Workshop 6:30 -9 p.
m. Thursdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 23, at the Community Arts Center's temporary home, 20 N.
Fourth St. 397-0866; 341-7860. Paint-in: General admission $1, or paint from the model for $5.
Every Wednesday 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.
m., with the model on first and third Wednesdays. Calabash Fire Hall, Calabash.
575-5330. Argentine Tango: 7:30-10 p.m.
every Sunday beginners lessons. Ramada Inn, Mandalay Lounge, 5001 Market St. Free.
790-8597. Comedy: No performance requirement. This class at Cape Fear Community College will study comedy by exploring many different aspects.
It will consist of various genres of sitcom, stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy. 1-4 p.m.
Sundays, January 21-April 8; 12 weeks; $60. 362-7196. Actor's Tool Belt: Cape Fear Community College will help you learn what you need to get started in acting-from headshots, resume, research and performance.
Improvisation is practiced to enhance acting skills and allow students to think beyond basic acting theory. Agent and casting mail out required. Mondays, 6-9 p.
m. Jan. 22-April 9.
$60. 362-7196. Improvisation for beginners: At Cape Fear Community College, learn the basics of improv.
Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. Jan.
23-April 10. $60. 362-7196.
Improv Games: Learn a ton of improv games. Sundays, 4-7 p.m.
Jan. 21-April 8, $60. 362-7196.
African Dance and Drum: Taught by Cheick Sissoko, a native of the Ivory Coast. Free weekly dance class Saturdays with live drumming, noon-1:30 p.m.
, Wilmington School of Ballet, 3834 Oleander Drive. Free weekly drum class, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.
-9 p.m., Folks Cafe at 12th and Princess.
Donations accepted. 547-0259; cheicksoko@yahoo.com.
Beading classes: Jewelry Beading classes for all ages. Basic stringing and basic earring-making offered weekly. After school classes on Wednesday.
Demo classes 5:30-6 p.m. Thursday.
Beginners lampwork and wire wrapping offered once a month. A Place to Bead, 835 S. Kerr Ave.
799-2928; www.aplacetobead.com.
Joy of Painting: Finish a painting per class Bob Ross style. 9 a.m.
-1 p.m. Saturdays.
YMCA, 2710 Market St. 251-9622. Life Drawing: 7-9 p.
m. Thursday at Bottega Gallery, 208 N. Front St.
Needs models and interested artists. Bonnie England or Steve Gibbs, 763-3737. Metalsmithing: Private jewelry lessons, Independent Art Company, corner of Ninth and Princess streets.
Beginning metal working techniques such as sawing, piercing, texturing and soldering copper and silver. Cost: $200 for four two-hour sessions. 538-1246; www.
melissaman Mountainbird Pottery: Mentorship style classes and individual or group tours of a working studio. Visitors can experience clay during one-time sampler classes with their works of art shipped to their homes when completed. Healing hands clay classes for groups and special needs individuals.
173 Arlington Drive. 297-7854. Racine School of the Arts: Call for times, dates and costs.
Acrylic and oil painting; pottery, drawing, multimedia art; watercolor; metalsmithing. 203 Racine Drive. 452-2073.
Shag: Beginners shag Fridays at 7 p.m. $25 for a four-week course.
Advanced lessons taught one Saturday a month. Carolina Shag Club, 103 N. Lake Park Blvd.
, Carolina Beach. 620-4025. Poplar Grove Plantation: Drawing, oil painting, jewelry, one-stroke painting, cork wreath, rug hooking, stained glass, pine needle weaving and basket weaving classes and workshops.
Cultural Arts Center, 10200 U.S. 17 N.
686-9518, ext. 26; www.poplargrove.
com. 'Crazy for You': Coastal Carolina University's Department of Theater will hold auditions for this musical 1-5 p.m.
Jan. 13 and 14 at Wheelwright Auditorium. Auditions are open to the community.
(843) 349-6469; searnest@coastal.edu. Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts: 503 Market St.
Spring Docent Training begins Jan. 20 through Feb. 27 with a Neighborhood Walking Tour.
Sessions on 19th century Wilmington, architecture, preservation, African-American history and urban slave life, customer service and creating your own tour; morning and afternoon volunteer shifts available; contact Madeline Flagler, 251-3700, ext. 104. Independent Art Company: seeks artists working in all media to submit proposals for exhibitions for the 2007 gallery season.
Exhibitions last one month and are artist organized, hung and conceived. Submissions accepted on DVD, CD, via e-mail or in person. Submissions should include one poem in any style.
Corner of Ninth and Princess streets. 520-4546; independentartcompany@hotmail.com.
PEDestrian ART Sculpture Project: Now through Jan. 15 PEDestrian ART is accepting submissions from artists for this temporary outdoor sculpture exhibition that will be on view for six months. $10 entry fee.
www.pedart.com; www.
pedestrianart.com; 251-9296; director@tabularasa-nc.org.
Young Artists Competition: The Wilmington Sister City Commission is seeking children to create artwork representing the theme: 'Do we live in an open and accessible world for all?' Participants must be between the ages of 13 to 18 years old at the time of the deadline (April 30) to be eligible. Artwork must be hand delivered no later than Feb.
28, to Wendy Larimer, Sister City Commission, City of Wilmington, Parks, Recreation and Downtown Services office, 302 Willard St. (next to Greenfield Lake Park). 762-2611 ext.
216; czechlewski@wilmingtonchamber.org. Artist wanted: 2D and 3D artists to participate in the 25th Annual Juried Spring Art Exhibition.
Dates for the show are April 13-15 during the North Carolina Azalea Festival. The show will be at Perry Hall, St. James Church, 313 Dock Street.
www.wilmington-art.org ; Kay Bilisoly, kzart@bellsouth.
net. Couples Show: Bottega Gallery, 208 North Front St. is currently accepting submissions for a February art exhibit featuring art work created by couples.
763-3737; www.bottegagallery.com.
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