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Until 12/31:

Teacher’s Fund Raffle Ticketsfor sale - Intracoastal Realty Corp raffle to benefit the Teachers Fund.

Buy a ticket for $ 10.00 and win a chance to receive an Ipad 2.

Until 1/2: Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting. Riverfront Park, Downtown Wilmington

Until 1/4: Holiday Lighting of the Battleship. Downtown Wilmington 12/31: New Year’s Eve Cruise aboard Henrietta III Riverboat, Downtown Wilmington

12/31: New Year's Noon Countdown. The Children's Museum, Downtown Wilmington

12/31: Island of Lights New Year's Eve Countdown. Carolina Beach, NC
12/31: New Year's Eve Beach Party & Anchor Drop. Southport

1/13-16: Stripefest, Coastline Convention Center, Downtown Wilmington

1/16: Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. Downtown Wilmington

1/21-22: 4th Annual Cold Stroke Classic. Blockade Runner, Wrightsville Beach

Cuculorus, Wilmington’s famed film festival runs tomorrow through Sunday Nov 13.

Over 80 films and special events celebrate the medium and highlight new directors and actors.

Dance-a-Lorus helps kick off the event with a new show of dance and film at Thalian Hall. City Stage, Jengo’s Playhouse and the Soapbox all host films and events.

See schedule of events at www.cucalorus.org

Films, dance, tours, talks and even a musical about Blue Velvet are all part of this year’s celebration. This year’s 80+ films and events will be spread across four venues. Thalian Hall, City Stage, Jengo’s Playhouse and The Soapbox will all participate.

For those not familiar with our film story, Blue Velvet is the film that put us on the map 25 years ago and has lead to Wilmington being called Hollywood East and having the largest film studio on the East Coast.

Tickets and more can be found at www.cucalorus.org And you can find more films at Film Events

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

With 300 miles of coastline and warm water, North Carolina is the premier surfing spot on the east coast (outside of Florida, at least). The water in the Outer Banks can be rough, but beginners will be perfectly at ease down the coast in Wrightsville Beach, with its friendly waves. Even when the beaches are crowded-and on busy summer weekends, they are-you can still find plenty of surf. If you can't find a place to stay in town, the friendly town of Wilmington, which sits at the mouth of Cape Fear River, is just 12 miles away.
Lessons and rentals: Wrightsville Beach Surf Camp
When to go: May through October
While you're there: Wilmington has some of best seafood restaurants on the coast and is the resting place of the famed battleship USS North Carolina. At the North Carolina Museum at Fort Fisher, visitors can take a journey down the Cape Fear River and learn about coastline habitats.

Information obtained from Away.com