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KIDZink Magazine
The march issue of KIDZink magazine, a magazine by kids, about kids and for kids and their families
By: Shea Carver - March 3rd, 2010
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By: encore Staff - June 10th, 2009
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By: encore Staff - November 13th, 2009
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By: encore Staff - November 13th, 2009
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Free Stuff and Contests
By: encore Staff - March 16th, 2010
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February concert contests:
win tickets to BEN FOLDS, GEORGE THOROGOOD and more!
By: encore Staff - March 16th, 2010
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Encore Exchange
Wags for Wishes:There is no denying it: Wilmington is a pet-friendly town. When inside Edge of Urge, downtown, shoppers are greeted by Blueberry—owner JessIe Williams’ adorable pooch. Blue is often laying about, helping Jessie—or at least acting as her muse—as she designs the latest trends for Wilmington fashionistas.
By: Shea Carver - March 16th, 2010
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Features
Community United:“We are all human beings who act in different ways, and nothing is going to change us from being the people we are and loving the people we love.”
By: Shea Carver - March 16th, 2010
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Standing Tall:For as long as I can remember, my family has told me great things come in small packages. It’s been drilled into me. It was fed to me morning, noon and night during my childhood. As a damn proud little person, I often wondered throughout: How accessible is this giant world before me?
By: Tiffanie Gabrielse - March 16th, 2010
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Live Local
Stepping Back in Time:
Welcome back to the Live Local, Live Small campaign. The column had to take a brief hiatus due to what one of my friends termed “Catastrophic Building Failure.” However, I was still living locally and spending money with small businesses
By: Gwenyfar Rohler - March 16th, 2010
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Opinion
Doing the Right Thing:
In response to a February protest against Titan Cement, New Hanover County Commission Chair Jason Thompson noted, “If we did take any action it’s only ceremonial. It is only symbolic. We have no legislative authority.”
By: Patricia Moyer, Concerned citizen and encore reader - March 16th, 2010
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Theater
Don’t Miss the Bliss:“You Can’t Take It with You,” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, was written and produced during the Great Depression and won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. “With financial times the way they are,” Tom Briggs, director of Thalian Association’s latest production, said. “It speaks as loudly today as it did then.”
By: MJ Pendleton - March 16th, 2010
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Play Days:
It’s spring, and once again Big Dawg Productions is producing the New Play Festival. In the past there have been adult and youth festivals, but Big Dawg is currently concentrating on nurturing local budding playwrights ages 8 to 18.
By: MJ Pendleton - March 16th, 2010
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Movie Reviews
A Furious Frenzy:I spent a lot of last week discussing literary adaptation. I’m hardly a literary purist, but I take great exception at how lazy the modern generation of filmmakers have been adapting material. The prime example I’ve been using is Where the Wild Things Are, an abomination of a film. And why? Because Spike Jonze decided to take a simple story, and overcomplicate it with a bunch of pop psychology and broken home nonsense. When I heard Tim Burton was tackling the classic children’s story Alice in Wonderland, I wondered if we’d see the same kind of emo posturing and bastardization of the material.
By: Anghus - March 16th, 2010
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Music
Clawhammering Away:For years now, friends and musical colleagues Lincoln Morris and Kevin Rhodes have been staples of the local music scene. From their involvement in founding such influential bands as Mosquito Mite and Lamont Skylark, to Rhodes’ association with the creation of Wilmington Unplugged, and now to their collective participation in the formation of their new record label, Winoca Records, these men have been as much a part of Wilmington’s recent musical history than just about anyone. Now, with the collaboration with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex “Big Al” Hall within the past couple of years, Morris and Rhodes have expanded their reach into more traditional landscapes.
By: Adrian Varnam - March 16th, 2010
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Save The World
Wilmington: Liberate!There it is again—another commercial featuring some current or ex-politician, calling on us to help out with some tragic event that occurred in a remote area of the world. Most of us respond. We send a text to some obscure number worth $10 on our next cell-phone bill. We usually feel like we’ve committed an act that is bigger than ourselves, all without ever leaving the couch.
By: Abbott Shea - March 16th, 2010
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