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Odell Williamson Auditorium Is Back!
An empty theatre is a strange, kind of eerie place. That feeling also scales with size, so walking around the empty, quiet, 1500-seat Odell Williamson Auditorium bordered on spooky. With no audience in the seats and no set pieces on
Whiskey In A Week?
“Hey, come over here. You’ve got to see this guy. He’s in his booth wearing his kilt.” Ok, well, that’ll get my attention. The lovely and talented Lisa and I were enjoying the 4th of July Festival in Oak Island’s
Battleship North Carolina Floats Again
“Well, it’s not something you can rehearse,” said Captain Terry Bragg, executive Director of the Battleship North Carolina just after the first flood gates were opened and water began to flood into the basin holding the 80-year-old, 728-foot long, 36,600-ton
Preserving History One Beat At A Time
A metronome is a necessary tool for musicians to help them keep time in their music. The classic triangle-shaped wooden boxes with a swinging pendulum commonly sit on top of pianos. Metronomes have changed throughout history, and there are several
Freedom Day In Southport: Celebrating Past Lives to Honor Them in the Present
By: Elizabeth Flora On a sunny June Saturday in Southport, folks gathered at the John N. Smith Cemetery where the Southport Historical Society hosted the Reflections of The Past in celebration and recognition of Juneteenth. In the opening statements made
Paddling Through History
“Does that guy have sticks tied to his kayak?” I thought to myself. Yes, yes he did. I didn’t give it much more thought. Having lived on oak Island almost 30 years, strange things aren’t so strange to me any
Historical Quilting
Southport Historical Society is teaming up with Brunswick Community College to create a quilt that will represent Southport’s history! The “Color Me Southport” quilt blocks will be based on local artist Patt Carney’s original illustrations of 30 of Southport’s iconic landmarks from
The Writing Academy
Gerald Decker Teen Scene, Inc. The Writing Academy was one of the first items in the mission statement when I first started Teen Scene in Alabama in 2004. Due to health issues, it was never implemented. After a successful first
Loving The Challenge
As an artist, I hear people say all the time that they are not creative. But this just isn’t true. Every one of us has some sort of creative talent. Creative people fix cars and others solve world problems. But
Where The Sky Meets The Sea
Thwop thwop thwop … my heart was racing (in a good way) long before the rotors started to move for a recent helicopter flight over my local area. I’ve always been a geek for flying, since I first sat in
