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Old friends, a well-traveled table, a summer evening to remember By Jim Dodson On a fine summer night not long ago, seven friends came to supper on the porch. They arrived bearing good wine, [...]

Savvy, smart and best known by their nasal “caw-caw” By Susan Campbell So you might think that a crow is a crow, right? Well, not exactly. It is not quite like the term “seagull,” which is the [...]

The fate of sea turtles may depend upon the aid of those who love them Story & Photographs by Virginia Holman Long Odds Nearly 15 years ago, around midnight, I stood on a beach in Tortuguero [...]

After 16 years as the head of Wilmington’s acclaimed film festival, Dan Brawley knows the people who make the movies are the real stars of the show By Dana Sachs Every year, Dan Brawley, [...]

A millennial family wants for nothing in their custom tiny house on wheels By Isabel Zermani   •   Photographs by Rick Ricozzi In recent years, the tiny house trend has become something of a [...]

Thalian Association brings history to life on the USS North Carolina By Nicholas Gray When I brought Chandler Davis onboard as managing director of City Stage two years ago, I knew she would be [...]

In 1996, one Ultimate Frisbee team became National champs of nastiness: Wilmington’s Port City Slickers By David Gessner During my 17 years playing Ultimate Frisbee, I watched the sport change. I [...]

Reflections on the Fourth By Clyde Edgerton Dog 1: What was all that shooting last night? Dog 2: Wasn’t shooting, it was fireworks. July 4th. It was going until after midnight. I know. What is [...]

Covet not thy neighbor’s grass. Just go hire the right organic lawn care specialist By Wiley Cash I’m standing on my lawn in Wilmington, North Carolina, recalling the time I heard a mindfulness [...]

My Gypsy Lover Based on the novel by Prosper Merimee, George Bizet’s opera Carmen tells the story of a young Spanish soldier who is seduced by the wily and exotic gypsy Carmen. High drama, [...]