beachbites
13
january
what’s happening this month on the azalea coast
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www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM
Cape Fear Audubon
Presents Bonnie
Manteleone,
who will speak on
The Ocean’s Plastic
and Oil Cocktail
Halyburton Park
7-8:30 p.m.
halyburtonpark.com
Martin Luther
King Day
The Great Fire
of 1934 ripped
through Wrightsville
Beach, consuming
103 buildings in less
than 3 hours.
New Years Day
New Year’s
Noon!
The Children’s
Museum of
Wilmington 1-5 p.m.
(playwilmington.org)
Cape Fear Museum
(814 Market Street),
New Hanover
County
Residents’ Day:
Residents admitted
FREE, 1-5 p.m.
capefearmuseum.
com
North
Carolina’s
Symphony per-forms
Beethoven’s
“Eroica” at UNCW’s
Kenan Auditorium
8-10:15 p.m. ncsym-phony.
org
Metropolitan
Opera Live in
HD: La Canciulla
Del West (Puccini)
at UNCW’s Lumina
Theater, 1 pm.
uncw.edu/lumina
Family Reading Night, New Hanover
County Public Library Main Campus Cape
Fear Room 6:30-7:30 p.m. (nhcgov.com)
Men’s Adult Spring Flag Football
League Registration Begins. Play starts
Feb. 13. www.townofwrightsvillebeach.com
2011 Invitational Striper
Tournament, Jan 14-15. A catch and
release tournament to help support Cape
Fear River Watch’s efforts to restore the Cape
Fear River Striped Bass Fishery. www.cfrw.us
Frank Vignola’s Tribute to Django
Reinhardt, Thalian Hall Rainbow Room,
Jan 14-16. thalianhall.org
3rd Annual
Cold Stroke
Classic
Stand-up paddle
board race. 2 divi-sions
— 3.5 mile
recreational course
or 7 mile Elite course.
www.coldstroke
classic.com
Glory Enough
for All: 146th
Anniversary of the
Battle of Fort Fisher.
Enjoy speakers,
demonstrations and
tours. Free. www.
nchistoricsites.
org/fisher
Cape Fear
Model Railroad
Show and Sale,
American Legion
Post Sat. Jan. 29, 10-
5 pm. / Sun. Jan. 30,
10-4 pm. capefear
modelrailroad
club.org
Home EXPO and
Remodeling
Show, Cape Fear
Community College
Schwartz Center Sat.
10-5 p.m. /Sun. 12-4
p.m. wilmington
homeexpo.com
ART RIFFS:
Mona Lisa
Mini-lecture series
at Cameron Art
Museum, 1 pm.
cameronart
museum.com
4th Annual
William H. Craig
Race For Life
Jan. 29 at Autumn Hall.
proceeds go to The North
Carolina Victory Junction
Camp. www.active.com
to register.
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