What's Happening this Weekend in Wilmington Area and Surrounding Beaches

Artrageous Summer Festival & Artwalk at Lumina Station
Friday, June 18Saturday, June 19Enjoy a day of good old-fashioned summer fun with plenty to do for the whole family! This spectacular art show and sale will feature work from local area artists, live music, art demonstrations, sidewalk shopping, sales and more! This exciting event will help support the Community Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington. Artrageous Giveaway! Enter to win a Lumina Station Shopping Spree & Baldhead Island Weekend Retreat! WHERE: Lumina Station, 1900 Eastwood Rd., Wilmington, NC. WHEN: Artrageous Preview Party at Fountainside Art Gallery - Friday, June 18, 6pm-8pm. Artrageous Summer Festival & Artwalk - Saturday, June 19, 10am-6pm. HOW MUCH: Tickets $25 before June 18. $30 at the Door. Tickets available for purchase at Fountainside Art Gallery, 910.256.9956. Artrageous Summer Festival & Artwalk - FREE! INFO: http://www.luminastation.com/

Blueberry Festival - enjoy blueberry shakes, ice cream, cakes, pies and plain old blueberry at the annual festival in Burgaw town center. There will be crafts, music, food and music. The town goes Blueberry crazy... The festival is from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Military kids and families get to enjoy a day of fishing and fun. Saturday is the Step Up for Soldiers fifth annual children's fishing tournament. It's at the Kure Beach pier from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. You can get in free to the splash inflatable water park in Carolina Beach.

This weekend you can learn every thing you've always wanted to know about the Battleship North Carolina. Volunteers will be stationed throughout the ship holding one-on-one conversations with visitors. General admission gets you the tour.

How good are your wrestling skills? Saturday the North Carolina Beach Wrestling State Championships are coming back to the Carolina Beach boardwalk. The event is open to both men and women of all ages. It starts at 10 a.m. Go to http://www.ncwrestling.org/beachchampionships.html to register.

What's Happening this Weekend in Wilmington and local Beaches

Water Garden Tour is taking place all over Wilmington showcasing private and public water gardens. Tickets can be obtained at the Arboretum on Oleander Drive in Wilmington and are $ 15.00.

It will be interesting to see the gardens which include rain water capture gardens and body soaking pools with all kinds of fountains. This is a benefit tour to benefit the Ability Garden...

Carolina Beach will host its annual Beach Party Blast with bands performing Saturday and Sunday right on the beach just beyond the boardwalk.

Bands will perform at 10 - 5 pm each day.

Sunday night on the Riverwalk there will be a band performing - free of charge - with local vendors on hand also. 4 pm on...

What's Happening this Weekend in Wilmington, NC and Local Beaches

What's Happening this Weekend in Wilmington, NC and Local Beaches

Orange Street Arts Festival - 60 artists including jewelry , crafts and art - 15th year for this festival, Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 10 - 5, along Orange Street between Front and 2nd Streets.

NC Aquarium is having a program - Breakfast at the Aquarium where you can have breakfast with your favorite sea creature - Aquarium - Fort Fisher.

Cape Fear Comedy Festival will feature local, national performers of stand-up and improv. On Friday there will be an Improv Comedy Showcase at the Nutt Street Comedy Room at 7:30 pm. There will be workshops and Showcase at City Stage at Level 5 on Friday and Saturday from 6:30 pm and on.

Downtown Sundown Concert Series will take place on the riverfront on Friday from 6 - 10 pm. Various bands will perform. This event is free.

Carolina Beach - begins Fireworks by the Sea - Live music a 6:30 at the Boardwalk Gazebo in Carolina Beach, fireworks at 9 pm on Fridays, Special Shows on Friday May 28, Saturday July 3 and Friday Sept 3. There will be bands all those days. For further info see www.pleasureislandnc.org

Happy Friday Humor....

Boudreaux and Marie came for counseling after 20 years of marriage. When asked what the problem was, Marie went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage.Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking Marie to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as Boudreaux watched with a raised eyebrow. Marie shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.The therapist turned to Boudreaux and said, 'This is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?'Boudreaux thought for a moment and replied, 'Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish.'

Carolina Beach, NC Amusements set to open for weekend

The beach will certainly be the star of this Holiday weekend but there are a few other things to see. The amusement park will open this weekend with 20 rides. The price is $ 20.00 for the day. It includes all rides. It is directly adjacent to the Carolina Beach boardwalk. On Hamlet street there will also be waterslides this year - a new attraction. It will be open on Friday May 28,2010.

WILMINGTON, NC and Beaches Farmers Market List

Wilmington, NC and its beaches - Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach are all in the swing of summertime and with that comes the fresh veggies and fruits grown by local farmers and purveyors. There are an abundant number of Farmers Markets in the area. Check out the days and locations below:

Carolina Beach Farmers Market - Saturday at the Lake on Lake Park Blvd in the center of Carolina Beach. About 25 to 30 vendors each week from New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender and Columbus counties will offer baked items, peanut butter, free-range eggs, free-range chicken, pork, beef, goat and rabbit. And, she added, there’s one headed from Virginia for the market.

Riverfront Farmers' Market
Saturday, 8:00a to 1:00p
at Riverfront Park, Wilmington, NC
The Riverfront Farmers' Market is a curbside market featuring local farmers, producers, artists and crafters. Products offered include: fresh fruits and berries, vegetables, plants, herbs, flowers, eggs, cheeses, meats, seafood, honey, baked goods, legumes, pickled items, jams and jellies, wine, art, crafts, and more.

Leland

Leland to launch farmers’ market this summer
It will be held noon to 5 p.m. the third Sunday of every month at Leland Town Hall. The first one is June 20.

Poplar Grove Farmers Market - Porters Neck Farmers Market at Poplar Grove Plantation
Wednesday, May 26 8:00a to 1:00p
at Poplar Grove Plantation, Wilmington, NC
The market carries a fresh selection of in-season fruits and vegetables, plants, cut flowers, eggs, cheese, sausage, crab cakes, baked goods, nuts, pickles, herbs, honey, and a lovely assortment of beautiful crafts. Rain or shine.

Wrightsville Beach Farmers Market

The Wrightsville Beach Farmers’ Market, which began in June, 2009, provides an opportunity for residents and visitors of Wrightsville Beach to purchase fresh, locally grown produce. The community setting and social atmosphere promote quality of life while offering a venue for local growers to offer their produce. The market, located on Old Causeway Drive across from the Post Office, is held each Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. beginning the first Monday in May through the last Monday in September

HUSBAND DOWN

A husband and wife are shopping in their local supermarket. The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart.
"What do you think you're doing?" asks the wife.
"They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans," he replies.
"Put them back! We can't afford them," orders the wife.
They carry on shopping.
A few aisles farther on the woman picks up a $20 jar of face cream and puts it in the basket.
"What do you think you're doing?" asks the husband.
"Its my face cream. It makes me look beautiful," replies the wife.
Her husband retorts, "So does 24 cans of Budweiser, and it's half the price."
Cleanup on aisle 25: We have a husband down!