Southport Magazine

Story By Carla Edstrom  If you have walked into The Painted Mermaid in Southport or browsed the Boiling Spring Lakes Neighbors Market, chances are you have come across one of artist Margo Flynn’s brightly painted fish, or engaging big-eyed mermaids.

Story By Brian Tully, MS We are moving into a new phase of the NC re-open plan, and this phase includes the re-opening of gyms. The gyms have been closed approximately six months now. Many of you have found alternate

Looking for fresh seafood, produce, or something to spruce up the house? Look no farther than The Marketplace on Howe/Fish Peddler at 310 North Howe Street. And if that’s not enough, some specially  procured NC regional items (liver mush anyone?)

While looking through the Oak Island Recreation Center’s upcoming offerings, I noticed a workshop called Soothing the Space that was described as using yoga to help deal with grief and loss. I was intrigued. I was familiar with yoga as

The ferry is finally open again! After a maintenance shut down beginning in the spring and delayed by the COVID restrictions, the Southport-Fort Fisher ferry began running again in mid-August, and we are so glad so have it back. The

It almost sounds like the plot of movie— Woman leaves the corporate world to buy a taproom and bottle shop at the beach. I’m not sure the LifeTime version would include a plague and a hurricane, but those things have

For some people, it’s who you know that opens new doors of opportunity. For others, it’s their chocolate cake. Pastry chef Amanda Schall landed her first local client when she made her fiance’s new boss a chocolate cake. Schall had moved

I find glass to be exceptionally mesmerizing. The structure is hard and yet very delicate. Just like so many things in life, glass has to be challenged under fire and melted down before being formed and created into a beautiful work

On average, we spend about 1/3 of our lives, approximately 25 years, sleeping. Well, we should. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) most adults fall short of getting enough sleep. For some, it just isn’t a priority.

As the temperature drops a bit and we head into fall, why not enjoy a day of golf on a beautiful course while supporting literacy in Brunswick County?  Brunswick County Literacy Council (BCLC) will celebrate 30 years of golf for