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Viking River Cruise Raffle
Win The Vacation Of Your Dreams - A Viking Rhine or Danube River Cruise! Support Thalian Association Productions & Youth Theatre Arts Education Programs Win your choice of an 8 day Rhine or Danube River Cruise Tickets are $50 & only 750 will be sold (what a deal)! Join us for the ticket drawing at a free cocktail party hosted by Viking Cruises and AAA April 22, 2026 at 6:00 pm at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center. You do not need to be present to win.

Images captured in downtown Wilmington by Cape Fear Camera Club members over a period of several years.

In commemoration of America's 250th anniversary, the Bellamy Mansion Museum is hosting an art exhibition by local artist James C. Horton, which includes over 40 original paintings and drawings that highlight historic scenes and places from around the region and country that help tell America's story. Visitors can view the exhibit free of charge any time the museum is open (M-Sun. 10 am-4 pm). Please stop by the Carriage ​House Visitor Center to gain admission. Art is available for purchase and an Artist's Reception will be held on February 27th (6-8pm). Visit bellamymansion.org/exhibits for more information or email info@bellamymansion.org if you have questions.

The Burgwin-Wright House is pleased to welcome two sisters, Annie Ingram and Hiedi Woessner, to our gallery for their show “Salt Sisters: Marsh to Mellow.”

Their artworks will be on display and for sale in our art gallery through March 21. Admission is free. The gallery is open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm.

About the Show
“Salt Sisters: Marsh to Mellow” is a celebration of place, peace, and sisterhood. For sisters Annie Ingram and Hiedi Woessner, the coast has always been their happy place - a space to breathe, reflect, and feel grounded.

Though their styles differ, their inspiration is shared. Hiedi paints calming, expansive ocean scenes that invite stillness and quiet reflection. Annie’s current work captures the colorful, joy-filled rhythms of the marsh, alive with movement, warmth, and light.

Now living near one another along the coast of North Carolina, the sisters often paint with their toes in the sand, translating the same shoreline into two distinct emotional experiences - one mellow, one vibrant - connected by salt air and shared memory.

The Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens is thrilled to launch its annual diaper drive to benefit the Diaper Bank of North Carolina.

During the month of March, local residents are encouraged to bring donations of diapers, packaged baby wipes, adult incontinence products, formula and other hygiene items to the Burgwin-Wright House. Although they remain one of the most basic and essential needs for children and their families, diapers and wipes still aren’t affordable for all those who need them. Through donations coordinated by its Lower Cape Fear branch, the Diaper Bank of North Carolina supports families that might otherwise have to choose between care for their children and food on the table. This year’s high-priority needs are infant diapers (sizes 4, 5, 6 and 7), toddler pull ups (sizes 3T/4T and 4T/5T), tampons, adult pullups (diaper-style with tabs are not accepted) and bed pads.

The Diaper Drive accepts opened and unopened packs of diapers and pull-ups for children and adults. Baby wipes, pantyliners, diaper cream and formula are also accepted, but must be brand new and unopened. Tab or diaper-style adult products are not accepted at this time. Donations can be dropped off March 1-31 in the Burgwin-Wright House visitor center Monday through Saturday between 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. It is located at 224 Market Street, at the corner of Third and Market Street in downtown Wilmington.

For more information about the work of the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, visit ncdiaperbank.org.

Explore the waters on a custom pontoon boat around Masonboro Island and Wrightsville Beach. Captained by a naturalist ,this one hour trip provides a combination of natural history and local flora and fauna ecology

We’re giving Saint Patrick’s Day a proper weekend celebration 🍀 Join us Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17 for festive drinks and food specials and, of course, good ol’ liquid gold! 

Drink Specials:
🍀 Irish Breakfast Shot – Jameson and butterscotch with an orange juice back and a crisp piece of bacon 
🍹 Irish Mule – Jameson, ginger beer, and lime 
🧊 Frozen Green Daiquiri – Bacardi and lime juice 
🍋 High Horse Limeade Margarita – our spirit-free, infused twist on a classic 

Food Specials:
🍕 Reuben Pizza 
💚 Green Sugar Zeppole 
🍫 Mint Chocolate Cannoli 

Don’t forget to wear green! 😉 

Get your green ready and kick off the shenanigans early at our Saint Paddy’s Prelude Party on Sunday, March 15th!

From 3–6 pm, Harken Here Folk Ensemble will be filling the brewery with all the pre–St. Patrick’s Day vibes you could ask for. This talented four-piece brings rich vocals, mandolin, violin, and guitar together for the kind of toe-tapping folk tunes that pair perfectly with a pint in hand.

Also rolling through from 3–6 pm is Kimchi Taco with their full lineup of bold Korean-Mexican fusion favorites — plus a special Irish-inspired Spice Bag feature just for the occasion. Trust us… you’re going to want to try this one.

We’ll be pouring all your favorite Flytrap brews from 1–8 pm, so grab your crew and start the celebrations early at your neighborhood brewery.

Sláinte, friends — let’s pre-game the proper way.

The first of three concerts to be presented at the historic Temple of Israel. On March 15 the concert is Organ and Strings with John Sullivan and Dockside Strings with Dan Sanchez. On June 28 the concert will be Country and Bluegrass featuring End of the Line and on August 30 Paulo Gauldi and band will present Jazz in the Afternoon. All concerts will be followed by a wine and cheese reception.