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Local arts council awards $100K in grants

WILMINGTON — Roughly 29 nonprofit agencies and 26 area artists will benefit from a $100,000 windfall allocated by the Arts Council of Wilmington/New Hanover County in its latest round of...

Simon Rex, lady parts, cyborgs: Cucalorus Film Fest turns the big 3-0, kicks off mid-week

WILMINGTON — The pearl is the traditional gift for a 30-year anniversary and at the center of Wilmington’s annual independent film festival celebration, kicking off...

Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks coming to Wilmington next summer

WILMINGTON — Two of country’s long-standing acts are coming through Wilmington’ Live Oak Bank Pavilion next summer. READ MORE: George Thorogood & The Destroyers coming to...

George Thorogood & The Destroyers coming to Wilson Center

WILMINGTON — The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College is bringing classic rock ‘n’ roll act George Thorogood & The Destroyers to...

Capturing their moments: Photography exhibits in Winston-Salem center seniors, veterans by empowering them with cameras

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Wilson Center to bring Grammy-winning trumpeter to town

WILMINGTON — The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College has announced a winter concert from Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti. The show will take...

‘Violently erased’: PBS documentary examines legacy of Wilmington’s 1898 coup

WILMINGTON — Descendants of the victims and perpetrators of the 1898 Wilmington coup share their views of the massacre’s historical legacy in a new...

On election night, the guy who took down Mark Robinson

PHOTO: Louis Money, second from right, with the...