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August 2007 |
| August 2007 |
| Friday, August 3, 2007 |
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Airlie Concert Series
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Jazz concert with the “Sea Pans.” Tickets are $8
adults, $2 children, and free for Airlie members. For
more information contact the Gardens at 910.798.7700.
Airlie Gardens
300 Airlie Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
www.airliegardens.org
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| Friday, August 3, 2007 |
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Mayfaire Music on the Town
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Enjoy music on the lawn with The 360 Degrees. Pets
and coolers welcome. Call 910.256.5131 for more
information.
Mayfaire Town Center
Military Cutoff Rd
Wilmington, NC 28405
www.mayfairetown.com
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| Friday, August 3, 2007 |
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Downtown Sundown Summer Concert Series
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Every Friday night from June 1 through August 3
the FREE concert series, featuring local and
regional bands, will take place in front of the
Federal Courthouse at the corner of Front &
Market streets. Tonight's bands are Vertigo (Tribute
to U2) with Spencer Rush. Concerts are 6pm until
10pm. Food, wine and beer will be available for sale
within a designated area. A portion of the proceeds
will benefit local nonprofit organizations. Call
910.763.7349 for more information.
Downtown Wilmington
Water Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.wilmingtondowntownsundown.com
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| Saturday, August 4, 2007 |
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Viva Las Vegas!
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation presents
Festival of Life: Viva Las Vegas! The event
includes wine tasting, gaming tables, heavy hors
d’oeuvres, and entertainment. Tickets are $75
per person. Proceeds benefit Lower Cape Fear
Hospice & LifeCareCenter. For more
information, visit our web site or call
910.772.5440 ext. 344.
Coast Line Convention Center
501 Nutt Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.hospiceandlifecarecenter.org
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2007 - Sunday, August
5, 2007 |
|
Pal Joey
8:00 PM
Opera House Theatre Company. The penultimate
Rodgers & Hart collaboration introduced the
first anti-hero to propel a musical. Call
800.523.2820 or 910.343.3664 for tickets.
Thalian Hall
310 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.thalianhall.com
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| Friday, August 3, 2007 - Sunday, August
5, 2007 |
|
Must See PPC: An Evening of One Act
Plays
8:00 PM
Playwrights Producing Company. “Ethics of
Love” by Chris Hauge. A spiritual story, a
ghost story, and above all, a love story with
an incarnation twist told in one act from the
point of view of two characters over one year.
“An Hour Before Supper” by Chris Hauge Two
generation of lesbian lovers struggle to close
the chasm of pain, mistrust and
misunderstanding they have experienced.
“Vigil” by Mark Basquill, A Divine Irish
comedy. Tickets are $10.00. Call 800.523.2820
or 910.343.3664. Friday and Saturday
performances at 8:00 PM. Sunday performances
at 3:00 PM
Thalian Hall Studio Theatre
310 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.thalianhall.com
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| Sunday, August 5, 2007 |
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Latino Day at Cape Fear Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
will host Latino Day in celebration of its
first entirely bilingual exhibit, Playing
Together: Games. The Museum will be free to
all visitors from 1 to 5 p.m. Bilingual
volunteers will be on hand throughout the
day to help translate for front Museum
staff, as well as engage Spanish-speaking
visitors as they tour the Museum. The
Learning Center classroom will be open from
1 to 3 p.m., with hands-on family
activities. Also, Radio Fiesta will
broadcast from the Museum. Call 910.798.4350
for more information.
Cape Fear Museum
814 Market Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.capefearmuseum.com
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| Friday, August 10, 2007 |
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The 4th Annual Education Fair
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Education Fair provides a one stop
opportunity for local educators to learn
about available continuing education,
scholarships, mini-grants, and community
resources. This year's event will take
place August 10, 1-5pm at Trask Coliseum
on the campus of UNCW. The event is free
and all local educators are welcome to
attend. For more information please call
the CISCF office at 910.343.1901.
UNCW's Trask Colieum
601 S. College Rd
Wilmington, NC 28403
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| Friday, August 10, 2007 |
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Mayfaire Music on the Town
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us every Friday night on the
concert lawn behind Linens 'n Things
from 6-9pm for the best local music
Wilmington has to offer. Bring your
blanket and lawn chairs, a picnic (or
pick up dinner from one of our fantastic
restaurants), and your friends and
family. Ample free parking is available.
Coolers permitted. No rain dates. Call
910.256.5131 for more information.
Mayfaire Town Center
Military Cutoff Rd
Wilmington, NC 28405
www.mayfairetown.com
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| Saturday, August 11, 2007 |
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“Fitness from the Start”
National Tour with Chef Harry Schwartz
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Bring the family and meet celebrity
chef Harry Schwartz during this
week’s Riverfront Farmer’s Market.
From 8am until 12:30pm, PBS’s Chef
Harry and the colorful the Fitness
From the Start tour bus will be parked
in the old Wachovia building parking
lot on Water Street. Chef Harry will
make healthy watermelon treats from
his tour bus kitchen, with continuous
tastings and special interactive
demonstrations on the hour. Harry’s
goal is to reach out to kids and
parents to help combat childhood
obesity. Free watermelon coloring
books and recipe cards will be
distributed (while supplies last).
Call 910.341.7855 for more
information.
Riverfront Farmers
Market
Water Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.chefharry.com
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| Saturday, August 11, 2007 |
|
Mud Day
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Get down and dirty with our 5th
annual Mud Day. Mud pies, mud
painting, mud baths and much much
more mud. Call 910.254.3534 ext.
107.
Children's Museum
of Wilmington
116 Orange Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.playwilmington.org
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| Friday, August 10, 2007 -
Sunday, August 12, 2007 |
|
Pal Joey
8:00 PM
Opera House Theatre Company.
The penultimate Rodgers & Hart
collaboration introduced the first
anti-hero to propel a musical.
Call 800.523.2820 or 910.343.3664
for tickets.
Thalian Hall
310 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.thalianhall.com
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| Friday, June 1, 2007 -
Sunday, August 12, 2007 |
|
Mary Holloway Seasonal
Interpreter Program
The fort’s longest running
and most successful educational
program features a college
history major giving tours in
Civil War period uniform. Tour
concludes with a musket
demonstration. Named in honor of
late employee who was the first
tour guide at the fort.
Admission is free. Call
910.458.5538 or email
leland.smith@ncmail.net for more
info. All events are subject to
change at the last minute due to
circumstances beyond our
control.
Fort Fisher
State Historic Site
1610 Fort Fisher Blvd. S
Kure Beach, NC 28449
www.fortfisher.nchistoricsites.org
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| Sunday, August 12, 2007 |
|
Hammerheads Soccer Game
6:00 PM
The Wilmington Hammerheads
take on the Bermuda Hogges at
6pm tonight. Tickets are $12
adults/$8 youth. Call
910.796.0076 ext 23 for
tickets.
Legion
Sports Complex
2221 Carolina Beach Rd
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.wilmingtonhammerheads.com
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| Friday, August 10, 2007
- Sunday, August 12, 2007 |
|
Must See PPC: An
Evening of One Act Plays
8:00 PM
Playwrights Producing
Company. “Ethics of
Love” by Chris Hauge. A
spiritual story, a ghost
story, and above all, a love
story with an incarnation
twist told in one act from
the point of view of two
characters over one year.
“An Hour Before Supper”
by Chris Hauge Two
generation of lesbian lovers
struggle to close the chasm
of pain, mistrust and
misunderstanding they have
experienced. “Vigil” by
Mark Basquill, A Divine
Irish comedy. Tickets are
$10.00. Call 800.523.2820 or
910.343.3664. Friday and
Saturday performances at
8:00 PM. Sunday performances
at 3:00 PM
Thalian
Hall Studio Theatre
310 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.thalianhall.com
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| Thursday, August 16,
2007 |
|
2nd Annual Surfers
Healing Camp
Surfers Healing is a
non-profit organization
that seeks to provide the
experience of surfing to
children affected by
Autism. Last year’s camp
took over 100 children
surfing and this year’s
camp is expected to be
nearly twice that size. To
provide this gift to the
children and their
families we need the help
of the Wilmington surfing
community. We are in need
of donations in any amount
and volunteers to support
the event. If you would
like to volunteer on the
day of the event please
contact John Pike at
910.202.3312 or John@easternskatesuply.com
or Brian Hemenway at
910.352-3680.
Wrightsville
Beach
www.SurfersHealing.org
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| Friday, August 17,
2007 |
|
Airlie Concert
Series
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dance concert with
“Buddy Skipper and the
Jetty Jumpers.”
Tickets are $8 adults,
$2 children, and free
for Airlie members. For
more information contact
the Gardens at
910.798.7700.
Airlie
Gardens
300 Airlie Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
www.airliegardens.org
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| Friday, August
17, 2007 |
|
Free Summer
Concert
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Come and listen to
a free concert held
every year at Fort
Fisher Military
Recreation Area. Bring
your chairs, blankets
and kids and enjoy a
concert along the Cape
Fear River. Call
910.458.8434 for more
information.
Fort
Fisher Military
Recreation Area
118 Riverfront Rd
Kure Beach, NC 28449
www.pleasureislandnc.org
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| Friday, August
17, 2007 |
|
Mayfaire Music
on the Town
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us every
Friday night on the
concert lawn behind
Linens 'n Things
from 6-9pm for the
best local music
Wilmington has to
offer. Bring your
blanket and lawn
chairs, a picnic (or
pick up dinner from
one of our fantastic
restaurants), and
your friends and
family. Ample free
parking is
available. Coolers
permitted. No rain
dates. Tonight's
band is Tommy B.
& the Stingers.
Call 910.256.5131
for more
information.
Mayfaire
Town Center
Military Cutoff Rd
Wilmington, NC 28405
www.mayfairetown.com
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| Saturday,
August 18, 2007 |
|
YMCA Kid's
Triathlon
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Youth athletes
aged 5-13 years
old compete in
swimming, running
and biking events.
Fun for the whole
family to enjoy.
Call 910.251.9622.
YMCA
2710 Market Street
Wilmington, NC
28401
www.wilmingtonfamilyymca.org
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| Saturday,
August 18, 2007 |
|
Barefoot
Beach Cleanup
&
Celebration
4:00 PM - 6:00
PM
Take off your
shoes and kick
up your heels
and help
celebrate
Wrightsville
Beach’s
distinction as
America’s
Favorite Beach
(Barefoot Wine
poll)! A Beach
Cleanup
gathering to
help keep
Wrightsville
Beach clean and
barefoot-friendly
will take place
from 4pm-6pm
just south of
the
Crystal/Oceanic
Pier, in
conjunction with
the East Coast
Wahines
Championships.
Then from 8pm
until 10pm,
there will be a
celebration at
Tower 7 Baja
Mexican Grill (1
Stone Street,
Wrightsville
Beach) with live
music by
national
recording artist
Jill Cunniff. To
attend the
celebration, you
must be over 21
and RSVP online
and in advance
at
www.barefootwine.com/beachrescue.
Crystal
Pier
Lumina Ave
Wilmington, NC
28480
www.barefootwine.com/beachrescue
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| Saturday,
August 18,
2007 |
|
2nd
Annual Juice
& Jazz
7:00 PM -
11:00 PM
Easter
Seals UCP and
the Wilmington
Wine Shoppe
are pleased to
present the
second annual
"Juice
&
Jazz"
wine tasting
to benefit
children and
adults with
disabilities.
Enjoy a great
evening out
while
supporting
programs and
services that
help people
with
disabilities
live, learn,
work and play
in our
community. For
tickets or
more
information,
visit our
website
www.nc.eastersealsucp.com
or call
Ariadne Harris
at
910.790.5921 x
103.
Halyburton
Events Center
4099 S. 17th
Street
Wilmington, NC
28401
www.nc.eastersealsucp.com
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| Friday,
August 17,
2007 -
Sunday,
August 19,
2007 |
|
Disney’s
High School
Musical
Disney
Channel’s
Emmy
Award-winning
movie
musical
quickly
became the
most popular
program in
the
channel’s
history with
the original
soundtrack
recording
flying to
the top of
the
Billboard
charts. The
production
is directed
and
choreographed
by Kevin L.
Green with
music
direction by
Chiaki Ito.
Tickets are
$15.
Performances
are Friday
and Saturday
at 8pm;
Saturday and
Sunday at
3pm. For
tickets call
910.962.3500
UNCW,
Kenan
Auditorium
601 S.
College Rd.
Wilmington,
NC 28403
www.thalian.org
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| Thursday,
August 16,
2007 -
Sunday,
August 19,
2007 |
|
Veronica's
Room
8:00 PM
Big
Dawg
Productions.
This
thriller
chiller
had a
successful
revival
Off
Broadway.
It’s a
totally
absorbing
spider’s
web
entwining
fantasy
and
reality.
Tickets
are
$15/$12.
Call
800.523.2820
or
910.343.3664.
Thalian
Hall
Studio
Theatre
310
Chestnut
Street
Wilmington,
NC 28401
www.thalianhall.com
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| Saturday,
August
18, 2007
-
Sunday,
August
19, 2007 |
|
11th
Annual
East
Coast
Wahine
Championships
Surf
competitions
in
shortboard,
longboard,
pro
longboard,
advanced
shortboard,
bodyboard,
and
novice
divisions.
Also, a
surf
clinic
will be
held.
Entries
are
limited.
More
information
can be
accessed
via
www.eastcoastwahines.com
or via
email at
anne@eastcoastwahines.com
or erin@eastcoastwahines.com.
Crystal
Pier
South
Lumina
Ave.
Wrightsville
Beach,
NC 28480
www.eastcoastwahines.com
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| Friday,
August
17,
2007 -
Sunday,
August
19,
2007 |
|
Pal
Joey
8:00
PM
Opera
House
Theatre
Company.
The
penultimate
Rodgers
&
Hart
collaboration
introduced
the
first
anti-hero
to
propel
a
musical.
Call
800.523.2820
or
910.343.3664
for
tickets.
Thalian
Hall
310
Chestnut
Street
Wilmington,
NC
28401
www.thalianhall.com
|
| Friday,
August
24,
2007 |
|
Mayfaire
Music
on
the
Town
6:00
PM -
9:00
PM
Join
us
every
Friday
night
on
the
concert
lawn
behind
Linens
'n
Things
from
6-9pm
for
the
best
local
music
Wilmington
has
to
offer.
Bring
your
blanket
and
lawn
chairs,
a
picnic
(or
pick
up
dinner
from
one
of
our
fantastic
restaurants),
and
your
friends
and
family.
Ample
free
parking
is
available.
Coolers
permitted.
No
rain
dates.
Tonight's
band
is
Mirage.
Call
910.256.5131
for
more
information.
Mayfaire
Town
Center
Military
Cutoff
Rd
Wilmington,
NC
28405
www.mayfairetown.com
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| Saturday,
August
25,
2007 |
|
Flavor
of
the
Past:
Entertaining
Wilmington
9:00
AM
-
4:00
PM
Experience
a
century
of
arts
and
entertainment!
Local
restaurants
pair
with
historic
sites
to
bring
Wilmington's
creative
past
to
life.
Dance,
music,
theater
and
visual
arts
are
showcased
in
this
unique
and
tasty
twist
on
history
tours.
Tickets
are
$35
through
August
10
and
then
$50.
Group
discount
available.
Call
910.798.4385
for
more
information
or
for
individual
and
group
ticket
sales
call
910.798.4362.
Various
Downtown
Sites
www.capefearmuseum.com
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