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Communique: Commentator Nan Graham | Signs & Such

They are everywhere … Buy This! See That! We're bombarded with signs, but we often miss some of the most interesting ones, according to commentator Nan Graham.

Communique: Wilmington Composer Pursues Film Scoring In L.A. | Elise Seifert

CoastLine: ME TOO Redefining Workplace And Personal Interactions

N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Visits Wilmington

By Vince Winkel • Jun 22, 2018

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More legal support for the state’s poor. That was a point made by North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin in Wilmington on Friday. He was addressing the North Carolina Bar Association’s annual meeting.

Wednesday on CoastLine: Embodied Performance With UNCW Professor Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock

By Caroline DeVries • Jun 22, 2018

Find out how UNCW Professor Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock teaches students to walk in other peoples’ shoes, why she says storytelling can foster cultural understanding, and she has a new book.

CoastLine: Icebergs, Sea Ice, Land Ice And Their Role In The Climate System

By Rachel Lewis Hilburn & Rachel Keith • Jun 21, 2018

By NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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By the year 2100, sea levels could rise three to six feet. That’s according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature just this month. One of the major contributors: ice melting in Antarctica.

Wilmington Now Has Short-Term Rental Ordinance

By Vince Winkel • Jun 20, 2018

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The City of Wilmington now has a short-term rental policy. After batting last night over specific conditions, the council passed the ordinance 4-2 with Councilman Kevin O’Grady walking out before the vote.

Prologue is Taking a Break - But We'll Be Back Soon!

By Caroline DeVries • Jun 20, 2018

WHQR's MC Erny Gallery is undergoing renovations! That being said, this also means that we will be taking a brief break from our monthly Prologue with Ben Steelman. We look forward to resuming Prologue in a beautifully renovated Gallery space later this year. We will keep you all updated on the upcoming Prologue dates and guests as we get closer to project completion.

We'll see you in a few months!

Summer And Heat Have Arrived In Wilmington

By Vince Winkel • Jun 19, 2018

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It’s been a hot few days. Heat indices in the Cape Fear Region have been over a hundred degrees most of the week. Summer doesn't officially begin until Thursday. People still tend to underestimate the effects heat can have on a person.

How to Listen While WHQR's 91.3 is on Low Power…

By Caroline DeVries • Jun 19, 2018

A main component of our transmitter failed on Sunday night. The replacement should be here by the end of the week. In the meantime, please listen to WHQR 91.3 (and, in Myrtle Beach, both 98.9 and 102.3) on your Smart Speaker, the WHQR App or streaming anytime at whqr.org.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience and hope to have our strong signal back soon!

Wilmington City Council Takes On Short-Term Rentals

By Vince Winkel • Jun 18, 2018

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Tuesday night the Wilmington City Council will hold a public hearing on short-term rental regulations. For more than two years, city staff and stakeholders have debated and studied the issue.

Communique: "Southern Fried Bitch" - A Vile Woman We Can Admire

By Gina Gambony • Jun 18, 2018

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LiSTEN to Celia Rivenbark & Elizabeth Michaels from "Southern Fried Bitch"

Stories by humor columnist and author Celia Rivenbark have been adapted for the stage before - but the latest play with her name on it was written as a play from the start, and with a co-author: Kevin Parker. Southern Fried Bitch is onstage at Theatre Now through July 28.

Communique: Guest Commentator Donn Lashley | No Worse For The Wear

By Gina Gambony • Jun 15, 2018

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Guest Commentator Donn Lashley considers the significance of holding hands with his son - and with his father. Listen above, and see Donn's extended commentary below. Donn is the father of two children and the son of one father; he lives in Wilmington.

Department Of Homeland Security Releases Plan To Reunify Families

By Shannon Van Sant • 4 hours ago

The Trump administration has released its plan for reuniting children who have been separated from their parents as a result of the president's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, but in a fact sheet issued on Saturday, it provided no timeline for when those reunifications will happen.

Donald Hall, Former Poet Laureate, Dies At 89

By Jason Breslow • 6 hours ago

Donald Hall, a former poet laureate of the United States whose writing explored everything from nature to mortality to the toss of a baseball, has died at the age of 89.

Hall died on Saturday at his family farm, known as Eagle Pond, in the small town of Wilmot, N.H. His death was announced by his literary agent, Wendy Strothman.

Hall was a prolific author who began writing when he was just 12 years old. Over the course of a career that spanned more than seven decades, he wrote over 40 books, about half of which were works of poetry.