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• Dreams Reading Group Donations

  From the great folks at Pomegranate Books (Grove Project articles| home page ):

  Dear Pomegranate Friends,
  I am writing to ask your help with the Dreams reading group. As many of you know, Dreams center for Arts Education is an after school arts program offered at the community Arts Center and at various housing communities around Wilmington. […]

• Pedestrian Art - A Public Sculpture Program in Downtown Wilmington

  Creative Wilmington sent this event notice:

  Pedestrian Art - Art Everywhere, Everyday, for Everyone

  

• Stanley Fish on the use of the humanities

  Duke U. postmodernist luminary and literary critic Stanley Fish has a blog at NY Times, and has started a great conversation about the “use” of the humanities with his posting Will the Humanities Save Us? and its follow-up yesterday, The Uses of the Humanities, Part Two. Great discussion about “art for art’s sake”, the instrumental […]

• Radio Silence

  To continue an earlier tirade against inconsiderate behavior, this all-too-common affliction is by no means limited to individuals. Clueless businesses also dispense poor taste. The scene: Nikki’s Steakhouse and Sushi Bar near Mayfaire. The time: Noon. The objective: Sushi for two. The offense: A blaring radio. True, a radio station playing soft music […]

• CSA produce sign-up now available

  You can now sign up for 2008 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) produce boxes through Black River Organic Farm. Pay by Feb. 15 and get a $20 discount. Check it out at the following link (click on “CSA Brochure” on the homepage to sign up):
  http://www.blackriverorganicfarm.com/

• Article on local art secrets

  Lauren Hodges’ piece about local out-of-the-way art, Arty Little Secrets.

• The problem of the Cameron

  Rachel and I talk about the problem of the Cameron Museum.
  We went last night and it was perfectly pleasant. The evening was a trifecta—some of the work was great; afterwards, we got burritos at the funky and incomparable Flaming Amy’s, then stopped by Harris Teater’s on the way home for a twelver of Amstel Light […]

• How to be a Cape Fear Locavore

  Star News blogger Ryan Tuck’s piece about the word ‘locavore’ has got me thinking about the concept. I was unfamiliar with the ‘locavore’ movement until we moved here to Wilmington. Ironically, without knowing quite what I was up to, I experienced the joy of eating locally grown foods while living in the densely agricultural coastside […]

• For the literary political junkie

  Great “Catcher in the Rye” political satire in the Washington Post today. Check out http://blog.washingtonpost.com/stumped/?hpid=opinionsbox1

• Streetwise

  New York has its 5th Avenue and Washington DC’s got Pennsylvania Avenue. Travelers to San Francisco usually visit the famous steep road called Lombard Street. Likewise, Wilmington has its popular haunts, places like Market and Water and Front Streets.
  But look deeper into […]