Cucalorus 31 will have 12 full-feature documentaries at this year's film festival, including 'The Python Hunt.'

Local sleep wellness company, Nuream, began with a mission to improve, provide, and evangelize sleep wellness. Now, they're developing neurosensing fabrics–pillowcases, specifically.

What we do with our time on this planet is just as important as us being here at all. There are philosophies which say we live to suffer in perpetual search for meaning; certain religions teach that meaning and purpose to be discovered through pious revelation of a divine edict. No matter which you, dear reader, adhere to, the search for meaning is a universal quest.  Rose-Mary Harrington has been traveling that journey and has found meaning through her art, play writing to b

Next week, UNCW Writers Week (Nov. 3-7) and North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference (Nov. 7-9) overlap to offer writers and enthusiasts spaces to learn, grow, and enjoy literary storytelling in all forms.

Wilmington's No Kings was one of approximately 2,600 events held nationwide most of which, like ours, remained peaceful.

Gadisse Lee comes from Raleigh for her artist talk and visit this Friday, Oct. 24, as part of her “Conversations in Isolation” exhibit.

Big Dawg's 'Dracula' exceeds every single aspect of the theatrical arts. From the talents shaping the multitude of roles on stage, to the numerous unseen hands that allow it to appear so smoothly. I was left in awe.

CEO Dr. Morris Nguyen starts a movement to reduce mortality from sepsis—worldwide.

Big Dawg Theatre aims for side-splitting laughter over harrowing screams this year when they open “Dracula: A Comedy of Terror” at Thalian's Ruth and Bucky Stein Theatre this coming Thursday, October 16.

Norway’s Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra band kicks off their fall tour in the US this month. Nearly half of Hayde’s tour dates are in North Carolina, with a stopover in Wilmington at Bourgie Nights on October 23. 

With the obvious need for change, it seems Skillmaker is primed to revolutionize an antiquated system. Matt Thies sits down with CEO Robin Cowie to learn more.

Save Sledge Forest has around 12,500 signatures on their petition which they will present at the County Commissioner’s meeting on Monday, October 6. “If I were a county commissioner, I’d think of it as 12,500 votes,” Castle Hayne resident Carrie Bogart notes.

As your friendly neighborhood eclectic, I tapped into what I hoped you needed to hear most right now (because the universe and I have regular coffee dates where we discuss your business). When I say "tapped in," I mean I ask the universe to tell me what the collective needs to hear, and the message came through loud and clear: fear is keeping you stuck. Same. So, what do we do about it?

Rachel Lewis Hilburn and Andy Wood, host a short-form series called “Speaking of Trees,” set to air on PBS’s Sci NC on October 9.

Wilmington remembers Nickolas James David Fenner, followed by a celebration of life at the Thalian Hall ballroom on Friday, Sept. 26.

If you, too, feel like you’re dangerously close to empty, Shannon Rae Gentry asks: Where and how do you refill your cup … err pot, or whatever holds the water, or energy, or soul, that keeps you cooking?

After rattling events on our college campus and community, Shannon Rae Gentry writes about the power of pause, privilege, and purpose in peace.

In the face of tragedy, Wilmington banded together 20 years ago with love, camaraderie, empathy, and determination. Now, that unprecedented strength in the face of unfathomable tragedy may be the very strength we’ll need again and again.

Welcome to Mercury Retrograde and Other Excuses, our little corner of the universe where insight meets irreverence, divine guidance gets a healthy dose of humor, and we explore both the light and those pesky uncomfortable shadows we'd rather ignore. 

Beyond the transparently religious coffee establishments in town, many others are Christian-owned or church-affiliated. Here in the South, faith is a historic and ever-present part of our culture and businesses. But why is it so prominent in coffee shops?