This year Surfers Healing has been working with encore and official Best Of hosts Pineapple-Shaped Lamps in preparation for the party on Feb. 25, 6 p.m., at Brooklyn Arts Center. So, will you be a greaser or a surfer for The Beach Ball? Continue reading LET’S GO SURFING, NOW… Celebrate the Best Of 2017 at the The Beach Ball fundraiser to benefit Surfers Healing WB
The first couple of weeks of February were quite busy for Wilmington attorney Deborah Butler. Butler was sworn in to fill NC House Rep. Susi Hamilton’s 18th District seat on Monday, Feb. 6. Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Hamilton to NC secretary of natural and cultural resources. Butler, who unsuccessfully challenged Thom Goolsby for his Senate seat in 2012, was one of 10 people considered to … Continue reading NEW REPRESENTATION: Deborah Butler takes seat and action in the NC House of Representatives
Chatting up funny lady Paula Poundstone ahead of her stopover in Wilmington this week. Continue reading LOOKING AT POSSIBILITY: Paula Poundstone brings comedic perspective to Cape Fear Stage
“We attended the march in DC,” Wilmington resident and artist Lauren Lassiter describes. “It was without a doubt the most beautiful event I’ve ever participated in.” Lassiter and her friends went to the US capital prepared with a list of supplies. They walked through the crowds of women and men with their names and emergency contact numbers written on their arms in Sharpie. “We didn’t … Continue reading HEAR OUR VOICE: 10 Actions in First 100 Days has local postcard-writing meetup Thursday
“I’m the kind of guy who jumps in the water and then learns how to swim,” Brandon Rougeau says over the phone. It’s not where we start our conversation but it certainly summarizes how he and his three-piece rock band, Sunset Kings, are approaching 2017. Rougeau (guitar, vocals), Nick Simon (drums) and Stephen Luther (bass) have committed themselves to release two original songs each month … Continue reading 12 MONTHS, 24 NEW SONGS: Sunset Kings set lofty goals for 2017, play Satellite this Saturday
This week Charleston, South Carolina’s SUSTO will release their sophomore album “& I’m Fine Today” on January 13. Named for the record, their winter tour will bring them north to our own port city’s Bourgie Nights (127 Princess St.) on January 14. Lead singer Justin Osborne admits they wanted to marry a few different sounds on this album, including but not limited to folk, psychedelic … Continue reading MULTI-LAYERED: SUSTO’s Justin Osborne digs into latest album ‘& I’m Fine Today’ before ILM show
Though a lot of readers might agree not much good came of 2016, here’s at least one: Carolina Pine Songwriter Sessions. Started by Wilmington’s Carolina Pine Productions, the monthly (save for December’s holiday break) songwriter sessions debuted last September. “There’s a lot of talent there,” singer-songwriter and guitarist Cara Schauble says of November’s session. “People come out of the woodworks all over the place; there’s … Continue reading NEW SONGS OF THE NEW YEAR: Fourth Carolina Pine Songwriter Session features Cara Schauble and others at BAC
Whether encore readers are enthusiastically celebrating the end of this past year or happily welcoming the beginning of another, all sorts of fun ways await to celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in the Port City. Here are a few highlights… Continue reading ARE WE THERE YET? Where to celebrate the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017 in ILM
Dex Romweber will welcome the New Year at the Winter BBQ at Good Hops Brewing in Carolina Beach on Jan. 1, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The event will benefit The Hope Center of Wilmington. Continue reading A BRIDGE TO 2017: Dex Romweber pays tribute in latest album ‘Carrboro,’ heads to Good Hops on New Year’s Day
Last time encore spoke with Raleigh-based musician and cofounder of NC Music Love Army cooperative Jon Lindsay, North Carolina was making national news for House Bill 2. The singer-songwriter helped organize an NC tour with social-justice advocate Mike Allen in July. They stopped in at Brooklyn Arts Center, along with more than two dozen local and regional artists for a Stand Against HB2 concert. “There’s … Continue reading ANOTHER CALL TO ACTION: NC and ILM musicians gather for Hate-Free by the Sea benefit concert
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