While India Mahal is okay, Wilmington’s always had a dearth of really good Indian food. So I’m glad to see a new restaurant moving into the space that was Big D’s burger biker bar on South College across from Hugh MacRae Park. It’s called Tandoori Bites: Fine Indian Cuisine, and I hope it lives up [...]
From Old Books on Front Street downtown, by way of a friend:
Do you own a hand truck? Little red wagon?
Location:22 n front to 221 n front
Time:8:05AM Saturday, February 27th
Do you own a hand truck? Little red wagon? Do you have 20 minutes on Saturday to help your favorite neighborhood bookstore?
Moving day is fast approaching! [...]
From the Where’s My Midwife folks, a great fundraising event this coming Saturday February 20th
Mardi Gras Masquerade and Silent Auction
Local midwifery advocates seeking community support and a raging good party this Saturday, Feb. 20th at the Mardi Gras Masquerade and Silent Auction! No admission fee required. Complete with Jambalaya (and other culinary treats), [...]
The North Carolina Arts Council has launched an online public survey to gather the opinions of New Hanover County and Wilmington-area residents on the role of the arts in the area and the importance of an arts council to the region.
The arts council seeks participants to complete the three-page online survey from now until March [...]
Local business leader and entrepreneur Tom Looney on this region’s worrying association with Detroit:
Detroit and the Carolinas: Economically Hard Hit Areas.
During White House talks this week on the deep economic problems being faced by millions of Americans, the Carolinas and Detroit were singled out as being particularly “hard hit areas.” To be lumped with Detroit [...]
A post on stoptitan.org makes Huffington Post! Things are heating up here in River City:
Yuna Shin: Can Grass Roots Organizations Take On a Corporate Giant?.
Press release from the city of Wilmington:
Beginning today, the city has opened a hotline for citizens to report
stormwater pollution. The hotline is another way the city is raising
awareness of the city’s new stormwater regulations, which went
into effect in November, 2009.
The new regulations outline what should not be discharged into the storm
drainage system, [...]
A press release from an organization being formed to bring law enforcement groups together around environment crimes. Interesting.
RALEIGH – The Honorable Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice; the Honorable George E.B. Holding, United
States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina; Stacey
H. Mitchell, Chief of the Environmental [...]
The new Mugshots app on Star News online site is gross. You can’t go all high-minded and Fourth Estate in one day’s letter from the editor — as editor Robyn Tomlin did in her don’t-cry-for-us-journalists piece a week or so ago, in which she patted the paper on the back for the good job they [...]
Exploring Creative Writing is a four-week class designed to equip writers with the tools and community they need to grow as artists.
Exploring Creative Writing.
We are excited to announce that we’ve found a space in the Brooklyn Arts District of Wilmington, NC to hold what we hope will be the first of many Creative Writing Workshops.
Looks [...]
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