Arts & Entertainment

Ongoing

Oak Island Art Guild exhibit, Oak Island Recreation Center, 3001 Oak Island Drive, 6:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday. Exhibit renewed every 60 days. For more information call exhibit coordinator Miriam Pinkerton at 278-5562.

Ongoing through Aug. 3

Robert Delford Brown, “Meat, Maps and Militant Metaphysics,” Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington. This is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition. For more information, call 395-5999.

Ongoing through May 9

Kevin Beck pastels, Sunset River Marketplace, 10283 Beach Drive SW (NC 179, Calabash. For more information, visit www.sunsetriverstudio.com.

Ongoing through May 10

“High School Show,” Franklin Square Youth Gallery, Southport. More than 100 students will have their work on display. For more information, call 457-5450.

Ongoing through May 10

Members show with featured painters Elsie Jordan and Michael Caiazza and featured potter Betsey Mitchell. Upstairs Youth Gallery hosts the high school show. Franklin Square Gallery, Southport. For more information, call 457-5450.

Ongoing through May 10

UNCW Department of Art and Art History Spring 2008 Senior Show, through May 10, UNCW Cultural Arts Building Art Gallery. The show includes 18 graduating studio art majors. Hours are 12-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call Mary Browning at 962-3440; Carlton Wilkinson at 962-7958 or Aaron Wilcox at 962-7609.

Ongoing through June 15

Art of Phyllis Arnold, Silver Coast Winery, Ocean Isle Beach. Arnold is a Sunset Beach resident. Her work has been displayed in England, Italy, Brazil and throughout the U.S.

Every Wednesday

Free paint-ins, Waterway Art Association, Calabash Firehouse. Two Wednesdays each month will have live models. For more information, call Marilyn at 575-7981 or visit www.waterway.org.

April 26 through May 11

6-8 pm, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, first solo show by Andre Kohn in two years: “Moments,” 1900 Eastwood Road in Lumina Station on the way to Wrightsville Beach. For more information, call the gallery at 256-9956. View the exhibit online at www.fountainsidegallery.com, e-mail: info@fountainsidegallery.com.

April 29-May 2

Times vary each day, Cape Fear Woodcarvers Club exhibition, New Hanover County Senior Center, 2222 South College Road, Wilmington. In conjunction with SilverArts program of the Senior Games. For more information, call 798-6221 or visit www.capefearcarvers.com.

Every Monday

6:30 p.m., Bridge, Mahjong, Scrabble, Shallotte Senior Center, Main Street. For details, call 842-5297.

Every Monday

12:30-4 p.m., Mahjong, sponsored by the Golden Girls Society, for women 50 and older. For locations and other details, call 575-3642.

Every Tuesday

6:30 p.m., Elks charity bingo, Calabash Elks Lodge, 937 Carter Drive, Calabash. Doors and kitchen open at 5:15 p.m. Separate smoking and non-smoking rooms. For more information, call 579-4600.

Every Tuesday

6:30 p.m., cards, Mahjong, various locations; sponsored by the Golden Girls Society, for women 50 and older. For locations and other details, call 575-3642.

Every Tuesday

7 p.m., seniors’ bridge game, Shallotte Senior Center, Main Street. Members and new arrivals welcome. Reservations: Ruth Shupe, 575-4962 or Nancy Gibbs, 754-2216.

Every Friday

12:30 p.m., Bingo, Boiling Spring Lakes Community Center. For more information, call 845-3693 or e-mail bslcc@atmc.net

Every Friday

10 a.m., Duplicate Bridge, Sunset Beach. Call 754-9169 for details.

Every Friday

7 p.m. Bingo, Shallotte Moose Lodge, 253 Holden Beach Road (half-mile east of Wal-Mart.)ee^Doors open at 5:30 p.m. For details, call 754-4921.

Ongoing

10 a.m., Mahjong, Boiling Spring Lakes Community Center. For more information, call 845-3693 or e-mail bslcc@atmc.net

April 25

6:30 p.m., youth talent show, Boiling Springs Lake Community Center. Open to third through eighth graders. Prizes given. For more information, call 845-3693 or e-mail bslcc@atmc.net

Ongoing

Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, House of Blues, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., every Friday and Saturday. For more information visit www.hob.com or call (843) 272-3000.

Ongoing

8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, Le Grande Cirque, The Palace Theatre, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Also 10 a.m. Wednesdays and 2 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, call (843) 448-9224 or visit www.palacetheatremyrtlebeach.com.

Ongoing

6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, “The Magical Spirit of Ireland,” The Palace Theatre, Myrtle Beach, S.C. For more information, call (843) 448-9224 or visit www.palacetheatremyrtlebeach.com.

April 27

“Toybox,” a christian allegory about hope and salvation, Camp United Methodist Church, 4807 Main Street, Shallotte. Lunch at 12:30 p.m. in fellowship hall. Reservations needed. Play presented in the sanctuary at 1:30 p.m. $10 for lunch and play. $5 for play only. For more information, call 754-4840 or Donna Williamson at 754-6619.

Every Monday

7-9 p.m., Southporters Square Dance Club, Virginia Williamson Elementary School. For details, call Tanya or Ric Aguilar at 383-0721 or visit www.southporters.org.

Every Wednesday

7 p.m., beginner line dancing, Boiling Spring Lakes Community Center. $3 per person. For more information, call 845-3693 or e-mail bslcc@atmc.net

Every Friday

7-10 p.m., Shallotte Wheel and Dealers, western square dance club, Shallotte Middle School cafeteria. Call Tom and Susan Morgan at 842-9106 or Ilene Simmons at 754-4764.

April 25

6:30 p.m., Society of Brunswick Shaggers, line dance instruction begins. Dance begins at 7 p.m., Moose Lodge on Long Beach Road, Oak Island. DJ Bill Ruth. $2 for SOBS members and $5 for guests.

April 26

7:30-9:30 p.m., Cape Fear Contra Dancers Tuesday night dance, Fifth Avenue United Methodish Church on South Fifth and Nun in Wilmington. $3 per person. For more information, call 270-3363 or visit www.wilmingtoncontradance.info.

7:30-11 p.m., Cape Fear Contra Dancers monthly contra dance, Riverside Park Community Building, Castle Hayne. $8 per person. $5 for students. Live band Bill and Libby Hicks. For more information, call 270-3363 or visit www.wilmingtoncontradance.info.

April 29

7:30-9:30 p.m., Cape Fear Contra Dancers Tuesday night dance, Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church, S. Fifth Ave. at Nun Street, Wilmington. $3 per person. For more information, call 270-3363 or visit www.wilmingtoncontradance.info.

Every Thursday

6:30-8 p.m., Boiling Spring Lakes Community Center. Family karaoke night. Children younger than 14 require supervision. For more information, call 845-3693 or e-mail bslcc@atmc.net

April 23

7 p.m., comedian Marshall Brandon, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C. Not intended for children. For more information, contact the CCU Office of Student Activities and Leadership at 349-4165.

April 26

11 a.m., Kure Beach Street Festival. Starts on Avenue K in front of the pier. Concludes with fireworks display at dusk. For more information, visit www.townofkurebeach.org.

1-7 p.m., Dog Day Afternoon, House of Blues, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., to benefit the North Myrtle Beach Humane Society. Includes an afternoon of live local entertainment and an outdoor art auction on the Sugar Shack Deck. Free admission, donations accepted at the door to benefit the Humane Society. For more information visit www.hob.com or call (843) 272.3000.

April 27 through May 4

3-5:30 p.m., horse-drawn wagon tours, Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington. 30-minute, afternoon narrated tour of North Carolina’s oldest rural cemetery. The fee is $10 for adults and $8 for children 12 and younger. For all events, participants should park outside the gate and meet at the entrance gate at the end of North 15 Street. Please phone the cemetery office at 7620-5682 to make a reservation.

Every Friday, Saturday

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Museum of Coastal Carolina. Preschoolers morning out, 10:30 a.m. Seven themed galleries about the coastal region. Live animals include touch tank, live snakes and birds. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for senior adults ages 60 and older, $6 for students K-12 and with college IDs, and $5 for preschool ages 3-5. Groups should call for reservations and instructions. For details, call 579-1016 or visit www.museumofcc.org.

Ongoing temporary exhibit

Cape Fear seashells, Cape Fear Museum of History and Science. Explore seashells found