3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (618+ words) The holiday known as Juneteenth dates to June 19, 1865, when Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned that they were free, an awareness than came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery by signing the Emancipation Proclamation into law....

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (618+ words) The holiday known as Juneteenth dates to June 19, 1865, when Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned that they were free, an awareness than came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery by signing the Emancipation Proclamation into law....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (237+ words) Wilmington, NC – The Cucalorus Film Foundation, in partnership with the Silver Pride Circle of the Cape Fear, has announced the return of the Silver Pride Cinema Festival, a two-day celebration of LGBTQ+ film and community, taking place May 29-30, 2026, at Jengo’s…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (467+ words) One of Wilmington's most enduring celebrations of movie-making returns this weekend. From May 1-3, the N.C. Black Film Festival, presented by Wilmington's Black Arts Alliance and now in its 24th year, is hosting multiple screenings of films from Black artists, and exploring the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (797+ words) It's the first weekend of May, which means that Wilmington's music card is really starting to fill up. We've got one of downtown's most popular free concert series starting back up, as well as touring shows at some of the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (755+ words) It's the first weekend of May, which means that Wilmington's music card is really starting to fill up. We've got one of downtown's most popular free concert series starting back up, as well as touring shows at some of the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (131+ words) WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Anime fans will have a new Port City destination this summer. A one-day convention dedicated to Japanese animation and pop culture will take place on Sunday, June 28, at the Hotel Ballast in downtown Wilmington. The Wilmington Anime-Fest 2026 convention…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (244+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– From Azaleas to Queens, everything you can think of showed up at the North Carolina Azalea Festival. From Friday to Sunday, Front street was packed out as thousands of people walked the all day to participate in…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (884+ words) Concert season in the Wilmington area is like spring. It starts slowly with a trickle of shows in March, then bursts fully into life each April. True to form, April in Wilmington is busting out all over, musically speaking. In…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (583+ words) It's officially springtime — or it will be as of 10:46 a.m. Friday, March 20, which is the time of this year's vernal equinox. Fittingly, there's a lot of stuff going on in the Wilmington area this weekend. The schedule is heavy on…...