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  • 9/11 events scheduled

    Area memorial services are scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 11, to remember those who fell victim 12 years ago to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S.

    Day-long events will begin with an 8 a.m. Memorial Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 1100 Eighth Ave. in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

    At 10 a.m., a motorcade will leave the old Lowes Foods parking lot on N.C. 904 at Old Georgetown Road and proceed north for an 11 a.m. ceremony in the Victory Garden at Brunswick Community College.

  • NAACP Freedom Fund banquet Sept. 14

    The Brunswick County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will have its annual Freedom Fund banquet Saturday, Sept. 14, at Brunswick Community College’s South Brunswick Islands Center, 9400 Ocean Highway West in Carolina Shores.

    The event begins with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner and program at 7 p.m.

    Keynote speaker will be District Court Judge James H. Faison III.

    Tickets are $40 each. To purchase tickets, go to www.naacpbc.org or call (910) 253-0923.

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    'Little Shop of Horrors'...

    Opera House Theatre Company is presenting “Little Shop of Horrors” through Sept. 8 on the main stage at Thalian Hall in Wilmington as its final production of the season.

    Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

    Tickets are $25 with $2 discounts for seniors, military and students. Group discounts for 10 or more are available.

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    Band of the Week: The Imitations...

    The Imitations got their start in Wilmington back in the summer of 1995.

    Three friends — Mike Merritt, Mike Miller and George “Buster” Hobbs — were just having fun and showing off their musical skills.

    Within months, they added a fourth member, George Willetts.

    Tony Creech joined the group, adding expertise on soundboard.

    Many shows later, The Imitations have entertained thousands and recorded three CDs: “Back to Carolina,” “Starrin’ ” and “For Real.”

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    'Phlock' to a Buffett-...

    Island attitude will prevail at Phlock to the Beach — A Buffett Style Beach Bash from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Cape Fear Regional Jetport on Oak Island. Gates open at 3 p.m.

    Highlights include food, beverages, a beer garden, games, contests and music by two bands.

    Key Lime Pie, a trop-rock party band from Wilmington, plays from 4 to 7 p.m. with its Southeastern coastal stew of Jimmy Buffett, R&B, soul, beach, blues reggae, country classics and Southern rock and roll.

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    SOLD OUT: Beach Boys surfin'...

    They’re one of the USA’s longest performing groups, and they’re coming to a theater near you.

    The Beach Boys with Mike Love are scheduled to make their Brunswick County debut at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in Odell Williamson Auditorium at Brunswick Community College.

    The concert is now sold out.

    Fifty VIP ticketholders have reserved pricier seats for the first three rows and a chance to meet-and-greet The Beach Boys’ original lead vocalist/songwriter Mike Love.

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    Band of the Week: Fantastic Shakers...

    The third week of September 1978 marked the beginning of an era with the formation of The Fantastic Shakers, known as the South’s finest show band.

    Since that time nearly 35 years ago, The Fantastic Shakers have performed more than 6,000 engagements, including more than 400 wedding receptions, 700 conventions and countless clubs.

    Their performance venues stretch from New York to Florida and throughout the Southeast.

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    ENDIT: Shallotte pharmacists...

    It’s the end-all, be-all cure in a little white jar, and it heals everything from babies’ chafed bottoms to sores on a dog’s back.
    It is ENDIT, and two pharmacists in Shallotte developed the formula.
    Many Shallotte natives may remember William Douglas Roycroft — or Doug, as many called him — as the pharmacist and owner of Shallotte Rexall Drugs and Ocean Isle Pharmacy. Others may remember him for his service to Brunswick Hospital, the Brunswick County Board of Health or the ABC Board.

  • Concerts of the week: Check out the...

    Brunswick County’s free concert and movie series is rounding the bend into its last few weeks for the season.

    The next featured concerts of the season are as follows.

    Ocean Isle Beach (6:30 p.m. Fridays at Museum of Coastal Carolina) — Steve Owens & Summertime, Aug. 16; Sea Cruz, Aug. 23; Band of Oz, Aug. 30

    Shallotte, in Rourk Garden — Coastline Band, 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 29

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    Take a day trip for free program...

    “Infernal Machines” were introduced into warfare by Confederate forces during the Civil War.

    A program on this innovation, which we now call torpedoes, will be presented at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.

    The free program, “Mine Games: Torpedo Warfare in the Cape Fear,” is the final of 2nd Saturdays summer programs organized by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources at historic sites and museums statewide.

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    Buy a brick to help build pet...

    Anyone who has ever experienced the unconditional love and devotion of a pet also knows the devastating heartbreak of that final goodbye.

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    Go aboard Battleship N.C. for...

    Learn how different ships named North Carolina had an important role from the Civil War to World War II aboard the Battleship North Carolina this weekend.

    “Battleship 101” consists of interactive family fun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.

    Battleship 101 visitors engage with ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship as they create dialogue on specific subjects relative to daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas.

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    Ladrick sings at Old Bridge on...

    Soloist Linda Ladrick will perform at a free concert from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Old Bridge, 109 Shoreline Drive W. in Sunset Beach.

    Ladrick, accompanied by Kathryn Parker, will perform songs from the Great American Songbook, consisting of songs from 20th Century America.

    Ladrick is a native New Yorker with an extensive musical resume. Parker is the director of music ministries at Seaside and recently received her certificate in music ministry.

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    Author signing at Pelican Books on...

    Author Daniel Morton will be at Pelican Bookstore in Sunset Beach from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, to sign copies of his latest book, “Eyes of the Ocean.”

    The book focuses on Jim Fender, who has it all: a house on the beach, a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a business deal that promises to make him extremely wealthy. He’s on top of the world — but that’s all about to change.

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    Band of Oz hits Shallotte with...

    In the mid-1960s, a fledgling musical group of school chums calling themselves The Avengers was born in the Pitt County town of Grifton.

    The group was described as a “guitar and keyboard group playing the sock hops at area schools, private parties and an occasional club whenever the owner would risk having them.”

    The group implemented a horn section in the late 1960s, significantly altering its music and regional renown as Band of Oz.

    In late 1976, Band of Oz hit the road, traveling extensively in the Southeast playing the club circuit.

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    Seaside choir gives veterans center...

    LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — Marlen Mapes wore patriotic colors when she visited the Veterans Welcome Home and Resource Center last week.

    She also had in hand $1,776 to give to the nonprofit center, whose staff of dedicated volunteers provide assistance to veterans in the region when they often can’t get help anywhere else.

  • '39 Steps' auditions Aug...

    Brunswick Little Theatre will hold auditions for “The 39 Steps” on Aug. 6.

    If you mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel and add a dash of Monty Python, you have “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre.

    This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, more than 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance.

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    Jim Quick & Coastline entertain...

    Singer/songwriter Jim Quick is the front man for Jim Quick & Coastline, a band rooted in the Cape Fear region and along the Grand Strand.

    Coastline, though not a true beach band, performs more R&B and shag songs.

    Quick, inspired by his childhood years growing up “between the swamplands and sand hills of southeastern North Carolina,” has been touring the Southeast for more than 15 years, playing nearly 300 shows a year. He has released more than 11 albums, including his latest, “Down South.”

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    Cross over to Old Bridge...

    Local vocalist Mandee Williams will once again entertain Sunset Beach at the Old Bridge Preservation Society’s next Summer at the Old Bridge concert Thursday night, July 25.

    “Welcome to the Movies, the Sequel,” will be presented as part of the society’s Family Fun Nights series, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Old Bridge at 109 Shoreline Drive W. in Sunset Beach.

    Williams’ encore performance will be accompanied by pianist Lynn Wood and drummer Brooks Morgan.

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    Old Bridge cookbook featured in Our...

    If asked, anyone who lives or visits Brunswick County knows and would say emphatically that the best cooks and bakers in the world live here. Now they are being recognized.

    Each month the editorial staff of Our State magazine highlights a regional cookbook, and this month’s feature is the Old Bridge Preservation Society’s Old Bridge Cookbook.