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Visit your favorite places in Wilmington at 50% off retail
By: encore Staff - November 13th, 2009
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By: encore Staff - February 3rd, 2010
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KIDZink Magazine:
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By: encore Staff - February 2nd, 2010
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Features
Bring on the Sugar Coma!For centuries chocolate has been celebrated as everything from a natural fatigue-fighter to a supposed aphrodisiac. More recently, research has found that in moderate amounts it may help lower blood pressure, as well as boost serotonin levels in the brain, making for a generally healthier, happier sweet-eater. This weekend Wilmingtonians can celebrate chocolate for yet another reason: It’s quite simply delicious! Hence, the 8th annual Wilmington Chocolate Festival comes back to town, readying its visitors to partake in the sugar coma expected to arise.
By: Sarah Boggs - February 2nd, 2010
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Music
Peek-a-Boo:“Lllllladies aaaand Gentlemen! Bbbrrrace yourseeeeelves [drumroll begins]! Soapbox presents [drumroll gets louder, before suddenly stopping]: The Peepshow Caaaabaret!”
By: Renee Glasgow - February 2nd, 2010
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Opinion
Writ with Blood...It’s Sunday morning—usually a good time for I-95 South out of DC. But it was a mess. All those “mad-as-hell tea party” folks had beed listening to Glenn Beck on the Mall. It was bold stuff. Obama was either Hitler or Stalin. But either way he was shredding the Constitution—the whole document, it seems, so there was no need to be specific about which Articles. The Tea Baggers were heading home, stuck in traffic, in their SUVs. Glenn told them to write something on their rear windshields. So I’m staring at “Writ with the Blood of Patriots. Taken by the Pen of Congress.”
By: The Cranky Foreigner - February 2nd, 2010
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Earth to Obama:
The American people simply do not matter to Barack Obama. He said so himself as he attempted his first State of the Union Address, declaring, “[W]hen I ran for President, I promised I wouldn’t just do what was popular; I would do what was necessary.” This was a nice way of saying he had heard the overwhelming opposition to his Big Government agenda—and he has decided to plow ahead anyway.
By: Bill Wilson - February 2nd, 2010
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Theater
Sock-Hop Sounds:Ah, the Fifties—back when men were men, women were ladies, and children were seen but not heard. “The Taffetas” is set in 1956. Eisenhower was president, World War II and the Korean War were over, and Disneyland had just opened. Our teeth were fluoridated by Crest, “the pill” prevented pregnancy, and Miss Clairol significantly increased the blonde population. Television was family entertainment: “The Ozzie and Harriet Show,” “Father Knows Best” and “The Mickey Mouse Club.” Though advertising was increasing, consumerism had not yet completely consumed us.
By: MJ Pendleton - February 2nd, 2010
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Lackadaisical Love:
According to Sophocles, “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is ‘love.’” Everyone wants to love and be loved. The wisest lovers adjust to the ever-changing faces and landscapes of their love and value it even more. Sadly, statistics suggest that most people seek new love when the old one becomes obsolete. Intimacy and familiarity have little value when a younger, fresher, more exciting relationship is available. Sometimes the attraction is just in the difference. Big Dawg’s four, funny, one-act plays are not about infidelity, but they do explore the search for companionship that never seems to end.
By: MJ Pendleton - February 2nd, 2010
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Movie Reviews
Unleashing the Fury?“God doesn’t like you. In fact, he probably hates you.”—Tyler Durden, Fight Club.
What a great line. The concept of accepting that The Almighty exists is tough enough on the logic sector of the psyche. Having to philosophize the concept that God might find us rather unpleasant is enough to make the logic part of our brains spasm until we’re quivering in the fetal position, sucking our thumbs. Legion decides to explore this basic premise, albeit taking the most ridiculous angle humanly possible: a super-violent, shoot-out zombie hybrid film. The results are, at best, mixed.
By: Anghus - February 2nd, 2010
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Art
Bricks in the Wall:It seems that residents of Wilmington are always running into the painted walls of Cynthia O’Neal: in the bathroom at Slice of Life, in the New Castle Art and Antiques district, and along the side of the florist building on Kerr Avenue. Even coming-and-going visitors become acquainted with her work in the Wilmington airport. With 28 public murals in the area finished, O’Neal has been busy making a name for herself as the town muralist with her relaxing designs that pay tribute to Wilmington’s natural beauty. “I want Wilmington on the map as one of the best mural cities in the country,” she asserts.
By: Lauren Hodges - February 2nd, 2010
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