The first concert at Greenfield Lake’s new amphitheatre did not go off without glitches. It’s safe to say, however, that most people left the venue content and inspired by Tift Merritt’s tight set of country rock tunes.
The day didn’t start so well. As opening act Chatham County Line played its harmonizing neo-bluegrass, the crowd baked […]
Anyone catch the major Puff Piece on Tift Merritt in today’s S-N? A Q&A written in the first person, it features lots of exclamation points as if it was written by a 13-year-old girl (and maybe it was), plus riveting questions like:
“Are you someone who uses the same purse all the time or are you […]
I wonder how lame the movie reviews in Encore Magazine can get. Have you even made it through a piece by Anghus Houvouras? This week, for example, is supposedly devoted to Will Farrell’s new flick, Step Brothers. You’d never know it, though, because Fungus has keyboard diarrhea for seven paragraphs and a review of the […]
I sometimes listen to WAAV 980 am (The Wave) during my drive to work. The talk program from 8am-10am is hosted by Rhonda Bellamy, who I find fair and impartial and engaging. Her show focuses chiefly on local issues and she often interviews relevant guests, but she also might discuss national politics, gas prices, the […]
Ann Wright is a pretty remarkable woman, what with 13 years of service in the Army/Army reserves and 16 as a diplomat in U.S. embassies as diverse as Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She retired from the Army with the rank of Colonel and in 2001 volunteered to re-open the U.S. embassy in Kabul. Like many Americans, she […]
Known as the sport for a lifetime, tennis directly impacts a person’s health and quality of life. That’s a cheeseball cliché taken from some geeky tennis website, but one that is true for thousands of dedicated Wilmingtonians.
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Like its predecessor, Flaming Amy’s Bowl is a true original. In fact, it’s any restaurant you want it to be. While it carries a vague Mongolian Grill theme that suggests Oriental food, it’s also possible to visit Italy, Mexico, […]
When you live in an area that is susceptible to hurricanes, you sort of learn about them through osmosis. And while most folks don’t worry about hurricanes much in their day to day lives, all remember the biggies with vague pronouncements about direct hits, or mongo storm surges.
Airlie Gardens, with its acres of natural beauty, is one of Wilmington’s great treasures. And its finest feature is the magnificent Airlie Oak, a tree that sprouted the same year Michelangelo became the chief architect of St. Peter’s Basilica.
On behalf of the Grove Project allow me to officially jump on the UNCW baseball bandwagon. For those not keeping up with this, the team has won 21 consecutive games, boasts a 22-4 record, and is ranked in the Top 20 for the first time in school history.
This is heady stuff for a program that […]
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