Wilmy Weekly: November 12th

What's Happenin' in Wilmington 👀

Thursday, Nov 12

• 🎨 CAM After Dark: At a Stranger's Table: Cameron Art Museum, 6:30–8pm, $10 for members, $15 for non-members and free for students. A documentary about H-2A farmworkers in eastern North Carolina, followed by a conversation with the artists and the filmmaker.

• 🎸 Live! at CAM Café: Champ Saint-Amand: Cameron Art Museum, 6–8pm. Live music in the café, and your café purchase comes with free gallery admission.

• 🦪 Cape Fear CREW/RCA Annual Oyster Roast: Bradley Creek Marina, 4–7pm, $25 (free for Cape Fear CREW members). Roasted oysters, peel and eat shrimp and live music from Masonboro Sound.

• 🎖️ Not Your First Sergeant's 251st Marine Corps Birthday Celebration: The Eagle's Dare, 6pm. Doors at 6, cocktail hour at 7 and the ceremony at 8. No dress code.

• 🎭 The Reunion in Tauris: UNCW Mainstage Theatre, 7:30pm, $5–$12. A modern take on Euripides' story of two siblings trying to escape a cycle of family violence. It also runs Friday and Saturday.

• 💃 American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Thalian Hall, 7:30pm. The junior company of American Ballet Theatre, with rising dancers between 16 and 21.

Friday, Nov 13

• 🤠 Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives: Wilson Center, doors 6:30pm and show 7:30pm. The Country Music Hall of Famer and five-time Grammy winner brings his band to town.

• 🎷 The Count Basie Orchestra: Kenan Auditorium, 7:30pm, $25–$45. Big band swing and blues led by Scotty Barnhart.

• 🎸 John Morgan w/ Chris Ryan: Bowstring Brewyard, 7–10pm.

• 🎬 Hen: Jengo's Playhouse, 7:30pm, $10. A film told from the point of view of a chicken who escapes an industrial farm and lands at a seaside restaurant in Greece.

• 🎭 Potpourri: Thalian Hall's Stein Theatre, 7:30pm. Harrington Repertory premieres a medley of short plays, including a comedy for anyone owned by a cat. More shows run Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, Nov 14

• 🛍️ CAMmade Holiday Market: Cameron Art Museum, 10am–3pm, $5. More than 40 local and regional makers, and the $5 covers both days.

• 💃 55+ Dance Workshop: Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, 10:30am–noon, free. A gentle warm-up, easy dance moves and a stretch. Call 910-341-7860 to register.

• 🚗 Pistons & Pints: Waterline Brewing, 11am–5pm. A vintage car show with craft beer, food trucks, a vintage clothing market and Mark Sinnis playing 3–5pm.

• 🎟️ BAD Day Music & Arts Festival: Brooklyn Arts District, gates at 11am. The Revivalists, Grace Potter, Greensky Bluegrass, Ripe, Futurebirds and Lady Die, plus art vendors and live mural painting. Kids 12 and under get in free with a ticketed adult.

• 🍴 Taste of Wrightsville Beach: Bluewater Waterfront Grill, 5–8pm, $100 for adults and $25 for kids. More than 35 tasting booths, a silent auction and bluegrass from the Tidestrings, all for Weekend Meals on Wheels.

• 🎻 Beethoven's Fifth Symphony: Wilson Center, 7:30pm. The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra takes on one of the best-known pieces in classical music.

• 🎤 The Drifters: Thalian Hall, 7:30pm. Enjoy well-known classics like 'Saturday Night at the Movies,' 'Under The Boardwalk,' 'Come On Over To My Place' and 'Kissing In The Back Row of the Movies'

Sunday, Nov 15

• 🏃 Battleship Half Marathon, 10K and 5K: Water Street Park, 7am. The half marathon crosses the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and two other area bridges, and every runner gets a shirt and a finisher medal.

• 🛍️ CAMmade Holiday Market (day two): Cameron Art Museum, 10am–3pm. Saturday's $5 still gets you in.

• 🍂 It's a Fall Market: Fermental, noon–4pm. Local artists, crafters, bakers, jewelers and woodworkers in the Cargo District.

• 🐠 NC Aquarium 50th Birthday Splash: Discovery Bay at Independence Mall, noon–4pm. Mermaid meet and greets, face painting and animal encounters to celebrate the Fort Fisher aquarium turning 50.

• 🎸 Les Fontanelles: Live at Ted's, 4pm (doors 3pm). Ages 10 and up.

• 🎷 Sunday Jazz Jam: Fermental, 5–8pm. Jay Killman hosts, and players of every level are welcome to sit in.

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Sushi 101: What Is Sashimi?

Sushi 101 is our ongoing lesson series with Chef James Nash of Tomiko-San. Sashimi is fresh sliced fish served on its own with no rice and no wrapper. Fun fact: sushi technically means the rice, so sashimi isn’t sushi at all. Want to taste the difference? Tomiko-San sticks close to classic Japanese flavors.

Live Music 🎸

Thursday

• Cameron Art Museum | Champ Saint-Amand (Live! at CAM Café) | 6pm–8pm

• The Bend | Will Desmaris | 6pm–9pm

• Seven Mile Post | Adam Carswell | 8pm–11pm

Friday

• Rooster & The Crow | Paige Bacon | 6pm–9pm

• Bowstring | John Morgan w/ Chris Ryan | 7pm–10pm

• The Bend | Cape Fear Rising | 7pm–10pm

• Seven Mile Post | Justin Cody Fox Band | 7pm–10pm

• Dram Tree Tavern | Wheelhouse | 7pm–10pm

• Kenan Auditorium (UNCW) | The Count Basie Orchestra | 7:30pm–10:30pm

• Live at Ted's | Eternally Grateful | 8pm

Saturday

• Brooklyn Arts District | BAD Day Music & Arts Festival | 11am–11pm

• Waterline Brewing | Mark Sinnis (Pistons & Pints) | 3pm–5pm

• Mad Mole Brewing | The Graes | 5pm–8pm

• Bowstring | Fudge with Skiff & Figure 8 | 7pm–10pm

• Avenue B | Taylor Lee Trio | 7pm–10pm

• Live at Ted's | Ward Davis (Solo Acoustic) | 7pm

• Thalian Hall | The Drifters | 7:30pm

Sunday

• Rooster & The Crow | Eric Metts | 12pm–3pm

• The Rusty Nail | Blue Sunday with Rhythm Bones | 3pm–6pm

• Dram Tree Tavern | Dram Fam Jam Band | 3:30pm–6:30pm

• Live at Ted's | Les Fontanelles | 4pm

• Fermental | Sunday Jazz Jam | 5pm–8pm

Food Trucks 🚛

CHEF DRIVEN
November 12 | DrumTrout Brewing Co. | 5:30pm–8pm

EASTSIDE
November 12 | Biggers Market | 5pm–8pm
November 13 | Mad Mole Brewing | 5pm–8pm

PORT CITY QUE
November 12 | NAPA Auto Parts (Burgaw) | 11am–2pm
November 13 | Hudson Hardware (Castle Hayne) | 11am–2pm

SMOOTHIE STAR
November 12 | UNCW | 11am–2pm

WILMYWOODIE
November 12 | LBC Bottle Shop (Hampstead) | 4pm–8:30pm
November 13 | LBC Bottle Shop (Hampstead) | 4pm–9:30pm

PEPE'S TACO TRUCK
November 13 | Flytrap Brewing | 6pm–10pm

RUDE BWOYS JERK BBQ
November 13 | DrumTrout Brewing Co. | 5pm–8pm

WELL-FED ED
November 13 | Corning Inc. | 11am–1pm

Truck schedules can change, so check their socials before you head out.

Wilmington News and Updates

The Flaming Amy's building on Oleander Drive is on the market: Cape Fear Commercial has the 0.8-acre site listed at $2.5 million to buy or $170,000 a year on a ground lease, and the listing pitches it as a retail, restaurant or bank site for redevelopment. Flaming Amy's Burrito Barn has been in the building since 2000 and remains open, WilmingtonBiz reports. The property is owned by a Texas LLC that bought it last year for $2 million.

The Club at Midtown is open: The private racquet and social club celebrated its grand opening Nov. 6 at the former Holly Tree Racquet Club site. WWAY reports 11 air-conditioned indoor pickleball courts, four covered outdoor courts, two clay tennis courts, golf simulators and a pool, plus a members-only restaurant and bar.

The Cucalorus Film Conference is back for year two: Workshops, panels and a Sunday keynote brunch with Seed&Spark founder Emily Best are set for the GigSalad Lounge at the Coastline Center. Organizers plan to announce a new $1.2 million fund for mid-budget films. The festival itself runs Nov. 19–22.

CFCC training drills run Saturday: Active shooter and mass casualty exercises are set for 7:30am–5pm at North Campus and Union Station downtown with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office. Neighbors near North Campus may hear sounds like gunfire, and the downtown drills are indoors.

Civil War relics turned up in Carolina Beach: A Cape Fear Explorers team member found several bullets, an 1864 naval artillery fuse and what is believed to be a sabot from a Parrott artillery shell, the nonprofit posted on Facebook. The fuse still shows its date, a naval anchor and the letters "ORD.D," which the group says stand for Ordnance Department.

UNCW students put the Veterans Memorial Reef to the test: The reef sits about five miles off Wrightsville Beach and serves as both a marine habitat and a final resting place for veterans. Four coastal engineering seniors used more than a decade of offshore wave data to recreate storm conditions in a wave flume and see how the memorial units hold up when stacked and arranged in different ways. Their findings could help future units be placed for better long-term stability.

Looking Ahead

Monday, Nov 16 | Hello Arts Festival: Celebrating CFCC Music and Arts, Wilson Center (7pm)
Thursday, Nov 19 | The 32nd Cucalorus Film Festival starts downtown and runs through Sunday, with Dance-a-lorus opening night at the Wilson Center (7pm)
Thursday, Nov 19 | The Second City "Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue", Kenan Auditorium (7:30pm)
Saturday, Nov 21 | Skates-giving, The Skate Barn's free 30th anniversary party and potluck, Hampstead (all day, potluck at 2pm)
Saturday, Nov 21 | World Ballet Company: The Nutcracker, Kenan Auditorium (7pm)
Sunday, Nov 22 | Divine & Delectables Dessert Fest and Dogfest, Waterline Brewing (noon)
Friday, Nov 27 | Island of Lights: Lighting at the Lake, Carolina Beach Lake Park (5pm)
Saturday, Nov 28 | North Carolina Holiday Flotilla boat parade and fireworks, Wrightsville Beach Park (6pm)

Weather 🌡️

Friday
47🌡️63 | ☀️0% | 💨NW 10 mph
Saturday
40🌡️57 | ☀️0% | 💨NW 10 mph
Sunday
35🌡️58 | ☀️0% | 💨N 6 mph
Monday
36🌡️58 | ☀️2% | 💨N 6 mph

🌊🌡️ Ocean temperature = 69°F