Friday, September 11, 2026

Free back-to-school movie night in Southport

Duke Energy will host a free screening of the family film “IF” at the Brunswick Energy & Education Center in Southport later this month. (Courtesy production still)

SOUTHPORT — Duke Energy will host a free screening of the family film “IF” at the Brunswick Energy & Education Center in Southport later this month.

The movie will begin on Friday, Aug. 21, 6 p.m. at 8520 River Road SE. The event is free and open to the public, as the PG-rated movie follows a girl who discovers imaginary friends left behind as children grow older. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski and Cailey Fleming.

Doors will open before the screening for self-guided tours of the center’s exhibits about energy, the environment and the Brunswick Nuclear Plant. Concessions will be provided by the plant’s chapter of North American Young Generation in Nuclear.

The event will conclude the center’s inaugural Discovery Days season.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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