Upcoming Events

Honor Our Heroes!

Sunday, September 12 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Pacifica Senior Living invites all military, law enforcement, emergency response teams, firemen AND the general public to attend a BBQ with all the extras as well as The Sea Cruz Band. To enjoy the music, food and beverages, RSVP by September 9 at 910-452-1114.

Fireworks & Entertainment

Carolina Beach Boardwalk

Thursday, September 2 and Friday, September 3

Don’t miss the chance to see Fireworks by the Sea at Carolina Beach! At 6:30 on Friday at the Gazebo, Mojo Collins presents the blues followed by fireworks. Saturday’s 6:30 entertainment features country music with the Drew Smith Band, followed by a double fireworks show! Events are free and weather permitting.

Museum Exhibits

Land of the Long Leaf Pines

Land of the Longleaf Pine is the first chapter in Cape Fear Museum’s core exhibit, Cape Fear Stories, which presents the history, science, and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear region. Explore the fascinating history of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear region. More information Cape Fear Museum.

Fun For Kids

Saturday, August 21, for ages 5-12, 10:00-4:00 pm.

The Learning Center: The Five Senses

Kids will find that discovery smells great as they see, smell, hear, touch, and even taste this fun science. Hands-on experiments are sure to keep everyone interested and intrigued. More information Cape Fear Museum.

Saturday, August 28, for ages 5-12, 10:00-4:00 pm.

The Learning Center: The Five Senses

Kids will find that discovery smells great as they see, smell, hear, touch, and even taste this fun science. Hands-on experiments are sure to keep everyone interested and intrigued. More information Cape Fear Museum.

Fireworks Blast At Carolina Beach

Thursday, August 19, Sunset

Near Carolina Beach Boardwalk

Watch the fireworks over the sea near the Carolina Beach Boardwalk AND enjoy live entertainment provided by Soul Power Posse, a band specializing in Funk and R & B. It’s all free, provided by the Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce and Boardwalk Makeover.

Thursday, August 26, Sunset

Near Carolina Beach Boardwalk

Watch the fireworks over the sea near the Carolina Beach Boardwalk AND enjoy live entertainment provided by the Radio Flyer Band, appropriately specializing in Beach music! It’s all free, provided by the Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce and Boardwalk Makeover.

LIVE Sit-Com

Monday, August 30, 9:00 p.m.

Brown Coat Pub & Theatre

Sides!,  a live sit-com that follows five actors sharing one apartment, returns for a new series. How they balance, careers, love lives and day jobs provides plenty of fodder for this comedy treatment. More information at Brown Coat Pub & Theatre.

Theatre


Movies

Monday, August 16-Wednesday, August 18 7:30  p.m.

I Am Love

Tilda Swinton stars in this movie that Ty Burr, writing in The Boston Globe, says “may be too much for some people, but isn’t that why we go to the movies and what we rarely get: Our feelings writ huge? The movie could be “Sex and the City’’ with clothes and emotions that are lived in rather than bought, or “Twilight’’ for grown-ups who dare to act and who know the real monsters live in our hearts. It is cinema as opera, and subtlety is for the weak.” In Italian and Russian with English subtitles. Tickets $7.00. Thalian Hall box office: 910-632-2285 or 800-523-2820.

Monday, August 23-Wednesday, August 25 7:30 p.m.

Please Give

The performances by Catherine Kenner and Amanda Peet are praised in this film by The New York Times movie critic Manohla Dargis. ”Few American filmmakers create female characters as realistically funny, attractively imperfect and flat-out annoying as does (the film’s director Nicole) Ms. Holofcener, Dargis says. “They may remind you of your friends, your sisters or even yourself, which makes them attractive and sometimes off-putting, an unusual, complicated mix.” Rated R. Tickets $7.00. Thalian Hall box office: 910-632-2285 or 800-523-2820.