Excerpts from Letters to the Editor of the current issue of Our State Magazine:
“My husband and I really enjoy the magazine and the superb job of journalism you display.”
“Thank you for the great job you do in highlighting the interesting places in North Carolina.”
“Thank you for providing us with such an incredible treasure each month. [...]
Having recently watched the film “WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price” by Robert Greenwald, I’ve been in a state of despair for days.
I’m buying my tickets today for jazz guitarist and classy crooner John Pizzarelli, who’ll be at Thalian Hall with his quartet at the end of this month:
John Pizzarelli Quartet
Friday, Jan 30 8:00p
From Pizzarelli’s site:
“It’s been rumored that the Great American Songbook is making a comeback. As far as I’m concerned, it never left.”
-John
The Solid Waste Advisory Board made recommendations to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners last month about the fate of WASTEC, a costly, inefficient (and polluting) trash incinerator in the area.
Those recommendations are being considered by the commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday, the 20th.
From the North Carolina Writers Network:
The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first- and second-place winners with prizes of $250 and $100 respectively. Winners and finalists will be considered for publication in the North Carolina Literary Review.
This year’s final judge will be Kat Meads, a native of eastern North Carolina now living in California, Mead’s [...]
Snow’s Cut Monthly reports that Carolina Beach may get a Brew-Thru! If you’re not familiar with these Outer Banks phenomenons, it’s a drive-thru beer, wine and soda store. You pull into a garage surrounded by refrigerated shelves not unlike what you see in the beer aisle of a grocery store. Order a 12-pack, and a nice [...]
Every once in a while I actually remember to pick up the activity calendar for the New Hanover Public Library, and this month I’m glad I did! Here’s a list of some of the cool stuff they’ve got going on in January:
Deadline is January 12th to nominate yourself or someone you know to represent Wilmington on ABC’s Extreme Makeover.
Here’s an e-mail forwarded from our friends at WHQR below, and details below that. And feel free to post your juicy application details here as well as a comment.
I am an associate producer for ABC’s [...]
Carolina Beach is cool. Especially this time of year, when the crowds have gone and the place resumes its laid-back, do-your-thing residential feel.
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