Community & Events

THURSDAY, OCT. 14 Brett EldredgeLive Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park, 10 Cowan St. • $25-$39 Country crooner Brett Eldredge will be bringing his sounds to Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park on Thursday evening. Known for five number-one singles, “Don’t Ya,” “Beat Of The Music,” “Wanna Be That Song,” and “Love Someone,” Eldredge […]

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — “​​I did not know that I was gonna end up being so passionate about farming,” Alma Galloway said as she walked the grounds of her family’s 125-acre farm.  Located 40 minutes west of Wilmington in Hallsboro, Galloway Farm is a fourth generational farm. It has been in her husband’s family since 1944 […]

THURSDAY, OCT. 7 Port City Taste Craft Cocktail WeekVarious bars and restaurants • $7-$14 Port City Daily hosts restaurant week for two weeks every winter and launches periodic specialized spinoff weeks throughout the year. Through Oct. 10, Craft Cocktail Week continues and features 30 specialty drinks from almost 20 participants. Sponsored by End of Days Distillery, […]

THURSDAY, SEPT 30 Hubb’s Corn MazeHubb’s Farm, 10276 US Hwy 421, Clinton • $14-$20 Fall has officially arrived, which means all the harvest-time activities are in full swing, including at Hubb’s Farm, an hour north of Wilmington. Open through Nov. 7, the Hubb’s Farm Corn Maze includes a 4.5-acre pumpkin patch, farm animals, human foosball, […]

THURSDAY, SEPT. 23 Govt. Mule and Trombone Shorty & Orleans AvenueLive Oak Pavilion, 10 Cowan St. • Tickets: $28 and up For 25 years, Gov’t Mule has made an imprint on the Southern jam band scene. Led by Warren Haynes, the band — Matt Abts, Danny Louis, and Jorgen Carlsson — started as Haynes’ side […]

THURSDAY, SEPT. 16 The Shadow We CreateCameron Art Museum, 1301 S. 17th St. Ext. • Admission: $8-$10 Cameron Art Museum (CAM) opened two new exhibitions last week, including “The Shadow We Create” featuring works by three artists, Jan-Ru Wan, Mary Bowron and Wille Cole. The exhibit showcases sculptures and prints that delve into ideas on […]

WILMINGTON —  Earlier in the week, local tech company nCino announced a million-dollar pledge to the local branch of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina — which serves over 800 partner agencies, including soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and programs in Wilmington, Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, Durham, and the Sandhills. The donation to […]

THURSDAY, SEPT. 9 Tracy Shedd + Pinky VerdeOcean Grill and Tiki Bar, 1211 S. Lake Blvd. • Free Two indie rockers will take over the pier at Ocean Grill and Tiki Bar on Thursday night, offering up live sounds beachside, starting at 7 p.m. Tracy Shedd has released six studio albums, played with many greats […]

WILMINGTON — Wilmington’s Riverfest committee announced Friday on social media it would skip the 2021 three-day event, slated to take place the first weekend in October in downtown Wilmington. “As the COVID-19 cases in New Hanover County continue to rise, the Riverfest Board has been monitoring the guidelines from the North Carolina Department of Health […]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 A Time Capsule in Jazz: Photography by Maurice Martinez Genesis Block, 20 Wrights Alley • Free UNCW professor emeritus and award-winning artist Maurice Martinez has put on display rare and never-before-seen photos in the exhibit “A Time Capsule in Jazz.” Martinez told WHQR he found the photos he had taken between 1954 and […]