Commentaries

Take one empty storefront in downtown Wilmington, add lights, a coat of fresh paint, and a lot of youthful energy, and what you get is an unusual art show opening Saturday night on Front Street... It's called This is Viral. WHQR's Megan Williams examined the infection...

By Megan V. Williams

There's little left of the "weedy" South commentator Nan Graham remembers. But she's always on the lookout for vanishing specimens in today's landscape of carefully-tended trees and manicured hedges... she loves her landscape on the wild side.

By Nan Graham

Wilmington, NC – Nan Graham, our life-long Southerner, has her own website at www.nangraham.com.

Commentator Ede Baldridge sometimes gives the impression of having done everything... but this week she discovers a hidden jewel of the region, with the help of her maiden name...

Ede Baldridge brings us the people and places of Southeastern North Carolina every other Tuesday.

On Friday, March 17th, the Empty Bowls fundraiser will try to fight hunger, one locally-crafted bowl at a time. Organizers expect to hand out nearly 15-hundred bowls in the course of the lunch... an order which has kept local potters very busy. WHQR's Megan Williams recently visited UNCW ceramics professor Vicky Smith in her studio, to learn what goes into making a bowl...

By Megan V. Williams

Wilmington, NC, March 10, 2006 – Vicky Smith teaches ceramics at UNCW.

Commentator Charles Boney talks about the architecture of walkable cities.

By Charles Boney

Wilmington, NC – Charles Boney and his family are happy to live in the historic district of downtown Wilmington.

As spring grows nearer and people start thinking about planting new trees, commentator Barbara Sullivan shines a light on crimes in the plant world.

By Barbara Sullivan

Wilmington, NC – Commentator Barbara Sullivan lives and gardens in downtown Wilmington.