beachbites
Ann ual River
to Sea Bike Ride
Saturday, May 7
13
may
what’s happening this month on the azalea coast
22nd
8:30 a.m.
(910) 798-7165
S u n day Mo n day T u e s day We d n e s day T h u r s day F r i day S at u r day
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Girls Inc. of
Wilmington Annual
Luncheon, noon to 1
p.m., Warwick Center
at UNCW.
www.girlsincof
wilmington.com
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www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM
Family
Symphony
Concert
Kenan Auditorium
4 p.m., FREE
Cruise of the Lower
Cape Fear Bird
Islands, www.
nc.audubon.org
Men’s Adult
Outdoor Summer
Basketball
League registration
begins.
www.wbparksand
recfoundation.com
Wrightsville
Beach Farmers’
Market opens
8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
www.wbparksand
recfoundation.com
Lower Cape Fear
Historical Society’s
Run for the
Roses: A Kentucky
Derby Party
4:30 p.m., Thalian Hall
Ballroom
(910) 762-0492
www.hslcf.org
NPR’s Carl Kasell
at WHQR’s “funraiser”
luncheon
Wilmington
Convention Center
(910) 763-8239
Mayfaire’s Music
on the Town
Concert Series, 6-9
p.m. www.mayfaire
town.com
Airlie Gardens
Concert Series
6-8 p.m. www.airlie
gardens.org
Wounded Warriors Appreciation
Ball — Dance Workshops, 6:30 p.m.
UNCW Burney Center.
www.azaleacoastncusadance.org
The Assistance League of Greater
Wilmington’s Blue Jean Ball, Jeans and
Jewels. Wilmington Convention Center.
algreaterwilmington@yahoo.com.
Stamp Out
Hunger Food
Drive (Letter
Carriers’ Food Drive)
2 – 6 p.m. Food
Bank of Central
and Eastern North
Carolina.
www.helpstamp
outhunger.com
The Cape Fear
Comedy Festival
May 18-21, 8 p.m. at
Soapbox Laundro
Lounge.
www.capefear
comedyfestival.com
Mother’s
Day
Memorial
Day
Audubon NC Free
Birding Tours
Every Friday
through August on
Wrightsville Beach.
www.ncaudubon.org
April 29-May 8
The Musical
Pinkalicious
Limited seating
— reserve your
seats early.
www.performance
clubkids.com
(910) 338-3378
Wrightsville
Beach Museum
of History 15th
anniversary
Shrimp-a-roo at
Lumina Hall on Old
Causeway Drive.
wbmuseum.com
Battle of the
Shops
noon to 5 p.m.
1888 Skate Club
www.1888skate
club.com
The Wilmington
Family YMCA/
Wilmington
Orthopaedic Group
5k benefiting
Girls on the Run
and STRIDE
For more information
and registration, visit
www.active.com.
Wilmington
Hammerheads
vs. Charleston
Battery, 7:30 p.m.
at Legion Stadium.
www.wilmington
hammerheads.com
St. Nicholas Greek
Orthodox Church
Greek Festival
May 13-15. See page
55 for more info.
Murder Mystery
in THE LIBRARY
www.porch
theatre.com
Kyle Petty
Charity Ride
Across America
arrives in Wilmington
for an overnight
stop. Raises
funds for Victory
Junction Camp.
www.facebook.
com/kpcharityride
Black River
Nature Cruise
Four-hour Black River
adventure, May 11
and 25, narrated
by Audubon North
Carolina.
www.cfrboats.com
Wilmington
Sharks
Coastal Plain League
baseball team hosts
Fayetteville in their
season opener.
www.wilmington
sharks.com
Mondays @ the
Mansion
Wilmington: Lost but
Not Forgotten with
Beverly Tetterton.
7:30 p.m.
www.bellamy
mansion.org
27th Annual
Lobster Fest
Noon to 5 p.m.
at Church of the
Servant, 4925 Oriole
Drive, Wilmington.
Last day for order/
payment is May 26.
www.cos
episcopal.com
Last day to order
fresh Maine
lobsters for the
27th Annual Lobster
Fest. Live for $18 or
cooked for $20 plus
more dinner options.
www.cos
episcopal.com
Summer Jazz
Series at the
Bellamy Mansion
Museum begins with
Grenoldo Frazier,
6:30 p.m. Beverages
and gourmet snacks
available.
www.bellamy
mansion.org
Mondays @ the
Mansion
The Slave Cabin
Project with Joseph
McGill of the National
Trust, 7 p.m.
www.bellamy
mansion.org
Top: WBM File photo. Bottom:Courtesy 27th Annual Lobster Fest