As a fellow gigging musician, Mark Herbert notes how David Dixon's “The Musician's Gold Mine” shares valuable perspectives.

PLANT NATIVE : Alliance for Cape Fear Trees host free tree distribution event this Friday and (if you’re lucky) Saturday. Photos by Jeff Hall Photography Having grown up in rural Mount Airy, NC, I now covet the treasures of the natural world that surrounded our single-wide trailer. Acres of trees on land that belonged to my grandfather (and his grandparents); where his three children (including my mother) grew up priming tobacco; and where they would continue to live and buil

Mouths of Babes Theatre hosts Open House and Showcase this Sunday at Wilmington’s Hope Recovery Community Center.