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December Calendar of Events
December 2013 Calendar of Events Now-12/08 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cape Fear Festival of Trees Join the Cameron Art Museum for an unforgettable Christmas spectacular. The museum will be filled with 25 decorated Christmas trees music food and dancers from the Wilmington Ballet Companys production of The Nutcracker for this joyful event that benefits…
Read MoreA Summer’s Rest
Four generations of Smiths and Holmans share ties to land and water in this memoir embroidered with early childhood memories old photos and essays and the anecdotal history of the family’s eldest daughter Nancy Rose Smith.
Read MoreUltra Running
Intimidating unrelenting challenging and tough uphill and down the Uwharrie Mountain Run is all of the above yet so many runners register that the race website crashes. This years contenders chosen by lottery include a few veteran locals.
Read MoreVintage Summer Rest
A new chapter unfolds for a pair of historic cottages on Summer Rest Road listed in the 1985 collection Historic Architecture of New Hanover County North Carolina.
Read MoreRena’s World
Rena MacQueen is a nationally-known local artist. Life on Summer Rest Road colored her idiom. Learn why.
Read MoreGhost Trees
Stoic reminders of a bygone time climate and river a forest of dead cypress trees fringes the Lower Cape Fear River Basin. Explore the past for a better understanding of this regions geologic future.
Read MoreThe Genteel Life
For nearly 30 years Bobby Harrelsons family and closest friends have enjoyed the spoils found on 875 acres deep in the heart of west Pender County. Thanksgiving traditions and Sunday school picnics notwithstanding quail huntings the thing here.
Read MoreBattlefield by Candlelight
Over the bridge and up 421 in Pender County lies the site of North Carolinas pivotal Revolutionary War battle. This months annual illumination of Moores Creek Battlefield offers the chance to see the battlefield in a whole new light.
Read MoreRoadside Attraction
A throwback to a bygone era awaits travelers on North Carolina Highway 421 North where one of everything can be found at Eagle Island Fruit and Seafood Market.
Read MoreGame Time
Off the wing or off the hoof four local chefs build tantalizing plates both big and small by taming wild game for todays savvy diner.
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