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9 Wilmington ways to entertain your kid, or inner kid, this weekend

Saturday: ’Park View’A long-simmering documentary about an LGBT Wilmington woman who was murdered 30 years ago gets a preview screening this weekend. “Park View,” from Wilmington filmmaker Tab Ballis, chronicles the savage murder of Talana Quay Kreeger in 1990, an incident many have called a hate crime because of Kreeger’s sexuality. The film also shows how her murder galvanized the LGBT community and is one of the things that led to the founding of the gay-friendly St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church in Wilmington in 1992. Details: 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 515 Queen St., Wilmington. ParkViewProject.com. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]
Saturday: ’Park View’A long-simmering documentary about an LGBT Wilmington woman who was murdered 30 years ago gets a preview screening this weekend. “Park View,” from Wilmington filmmaker Tab Ballis, chronicles the savage murder of Talana Quay Kreeger in 1990, an incident many have called a hate crime because of Kreeger’s sexuality. The film also shows how her murder galvanized the LGBT community and is one of the things that led to the founding of the gay-friendly St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church in Wilmington in 1992. Details: 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 515 Queen St., Wilmington. ParkViewProject.com. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]
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Friday: Leah HawkinsAs part of this weekend’s Exploring Opera Symposium, Opera Wilmington presents its annual Caterina Jarboro Memorial Recital featuring the Metropolitan Opera soprano Leah Hawkins. Hawkins has sung in both “Porgy and Bess” (as the Strawberry Woman) and "The Queen of Spades“ (Masha) in the Met’s current season, and her selections on Friday will include work by Verdi (”Otello“), Puccini (”Madama Butterfly) and William Grant Still (“Songs of Separation”). The recital is named in honor of Jarboro, a Wilmington native who was one of the first great black female opera singers. Details: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Beckwith Recital Hall in the Cultural Arts Building, 5270 Randall Drive, UNCW campus. $30, $15 for UNCW staff, $8 for students and children. 910-962-3500 or OperaWilmington.org.
Friday: Leah HawkinsAs part of this weekend’s Exploring Opera Symposium, Opera Wilmington presents its annual Caterina Jarboro Memorial Recital featuring the Metropolitan Opera soprano Leah Hawkins. Hawkins has sung in both “Porgy and Bess” (as the Strawberry Woman) and "The Queen of Spades“ (Masha) in the Met’s current season, and her selections on Friday will include work by Verdi (”Otello“), Puccini (”Madama Butterfly) and William Grant Still (“Songs of Separation”). The recital is named in honor of Jarboro, a Wilmington native who was one of the first great black female opera singers. Details: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Beckwith Recital Hall in the Cultural Arts Building, 5270 Randall Drive, UNCW campus. $30, $15 for UNCW staff, $8 for students and children. 910-962-3500 or OperaWilmington.org.
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Saturday: Jon Shain & FJ VentreVeteran North Carolina singer and songwriter Shain has been playing around the state since the 1980s, when he was with folk-rockers Flyin’ Mice. He’s been a solo artist for the past two decades, with his most recent release being 2018’s ’’Gettin’ Handy with the Blues: A Tribute to the Legacy of WC Handy.“ Shain has worked with the bassist FJ Venture off and on for the past 30 years. They were featured last year on popular WUNC radio program ”The State of Things“ (which also runs weekdays on Wilmington’s public radio station WHQR) for 2019 album “Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon.” Details: 7-9 p.m. Feb. 22 at Live at Ted’s, 2 Castle St., Wilmington. $10. LiveAtTeds.com
Saturday: Jon Shain & FJ VentreVeteran North Carolina singer and songwriter Shain has been playing around the state since the 1980s, when he was with folk-rockers Flyin’ Mice. He’s been a solo artist for the past two decades, with his most recent release being 2018’s ’’Gettin’ Handy with the Blues: A Tribute to the Legacy of WC Handy.“ Shain has worked with the bassist FJ Venture off and on for the past 30 years. They were featured last year on popular WUNC radio program ”The State of Things“ (which also runs weekdays on Wilmington’s public radio station WHQR) for 2019 album “Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon.” Details: 7-9 p.m. Feb. 22 at Live at Ted’s, 2 Castle St., Wilmington. $10. LiveAtTeds.com
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Saturday: Arson Daily North Carolina band Arson Daily keeps getting better and better. On the potent new video for their song “Pipe Dream,” the Raleigh rockers juxtapose compelling weirdness (and at least one reference to Wilmington-shot film “Blue Velvet”) with a poppy groove and lyrics both disenchanted and empowering: "American dreams/ Are not what I need/ So if you’re selling the dreams/ Don’t even bother with me.“ The band -- Zach Dunham on guitar and vocals, Adam McLean on drums and Quincy Platt on bass -- is releasing a new album, ”Late Reflections,“ in March. Their show at Bourgie Nights will feature songs off the upcoming record, including ”Pipe Dream“ and the chill, driving ”Signs.“ Details: 9 p.m. Feb. 22 at Bourgie Nights, 127 Princess St., Wilmington. $10, $15 for a two-pack. ArsonDaily.com [KENDALL ATWATER]
Saturday: Arson Daily North Carolina band Arson Daily keeps getting better and better. On the potent new video for their song “Pipe Dream,” the Raleigh rockers juxtapose compelling weirdness (and at least one reference to Wilmington-shot film “Blue Velvet”) with a poppy groove and lyrics both disenchanted and empowering: "American dreams/ Are not what I need/ So if you’re selling the dreams/ Don’t even bother with me.“ The band -- Zach Dunham on guitar and vocals, Adam McLean on drums and Quincy Platt on bass -- is releasing a new album, ”Late Reflections,“ in March. Their show at Bourgie Nights will feature songs off the upcoming record, including ”Pipe Dream“ and the chill, driving ”Signs.“ Details: 9 p.m. Feb. 22 at Bourgie Nights, 127 Princess St., Wilmington. $10, $15 for a two-pack. ArsonDaily.com [KENDALL ATWATER]
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Saturday & Sunday: Art for All The 10th annual Art for All event holds court at the Brooklyn Arts Center this weekend, with 57 local and regional artists selling original art: paintings, pottery, jewelry, woodwork, photography, graphics and more, with everything priced under $500. The A&M Red (Saturday) and WilmyWoodie (Sunday) food trucks will serve up grub, and coffee and other beverages will be available. Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 22 and noon-5 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. Fourth St., Wilmington. $5 admission, good for both days; free for ages 12 and under. BrooklynArtsNC.com. [STARNEWS FILE]
Saturday & Sunday: Art for All The 10th annual Art for All event holds court at the Brooklyn Arts Center this weekend, with 57 local and regional artists selling original art: paintings, pottery, jewelry, woodwork, photography, graphics and more, with everything priced under $500. The A&M Red (Saturday) and WilmyWoodie (Sunday) food trucks will serve up grub, and coffee and other beverages will be available. Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 22 and noon-5 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. Fourth St., Wilmington. $5 admission, good for both days; free for ages 12 and under. BrooklynArtsNC.com. [STARNEWS FILE]
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Friday & Saturday: D.C. BennyVeteran comic D.C. Benny is a master of the meandering autobiographical story, peppered with memorable characters and building to a big payoff. A recent example is a very funny yarn about “a seven-year vendetta with a neighbor over a parking space” that included, among other things, slices of baloney left on the hood of a car. (“As bad as it is for the digestive system, if you leave it on the hood a car for three and half days it adheres to the paint.”) Benny has gotten more than 14 million views for a video titled “white boy rips it at the Apollo,” appeared on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” starred in multiple national commercials and co-hosts the storytelling podcast “Tall But True” with fellow comic Ben Bailey. Details: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22 at the Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St., Wilmington. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 910-399-1492 or DeadCrowComedy.com
Friday & Saturday: D.C. BennyVeteran comic D.C. Benny is a master of the meandering autobiographical story, peppered with memorable characters and building to a big payoff. A recent example is a very funny yarn about “a seven-year vendetta with a neighbor over a parking space” that included, among other things, slices of baloney left on the hood of a car. (“As bad as it is for the digestive system, if you leave it on the hood a car for three and half days it adheres to the paint.”) Benny has gotten more than 14 million views for a video titled “white boy rips it at the Apollo,” appeared on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” starred in multiple national commercials and co-hosts the storytelling podcast “Tall But True” with fellow comic Ben Bailey. Details: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22 at the Dead Crow Comedy Room, 265 N. Front St., Wilmington. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 910-399-1492 or DeadCrowComedy.com
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Saturday: Kidz ExpoGot kids? If so, you’ll want to know all about StarNews Media's 2020 Kidz Expo. The annual event for children -- from toddlers to tweens -- and their families features loads of fun activities, as well as an appearance by Sean Ryan Fox, star of hit Nickelodeon series “Henry Danger.” Fox will be available for pictures with fans, and the Kidz Expo also features vendor booths, food and drink, bounce houses, games, face painting and much, much more. Details: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Wilmington Convention Center, 515 Nutt St. $7 in advance, $10 at the door, or $21 and $30 for a family four-pack. Free for kids 3 and under, military family discounts available. [STARNEWS FILE]
Saturday: Kidz ExpoGot kids? If so, you’ll want to know all about StarNews Media's 2020 Kidz Expo. The annual event for children -- from toddlers to tweens -- and their families features loads of fun activities, as well as an appearance by Sean Ryan Fox, star of hit Nickelodeon series “Henry Danger.” Fox will be available for pictures with fans, and the Kidz Expo also features vendor booths, food and drink, bounce houses, games, face painting and much, much more. Details: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Wilmington Convention Center, 515 Nutt St. $7 in advance, $10 at the door, or $21 and $30 for a family four-pack. Free for kids 3 and under, military family discounts available. [STARNEWS FILE]
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Sunday: N.C. Filmmakers SeriesShot in the Wilmington area in 1985, mostly around Southport and at Orton Plantation, “Crimes of the Heart” is one of the most-lauded films ever made in Southeastern North Carolina. It garnered three Oscar nominations (best actress for Sissy Spacek, best supporting actress for Tess Harper and best adapted screenplay for Beth Henley) while winning a Golden Globe for Spacek (best actress in a comedy or musical). On Sunday, “Crimes of the Heart” screens at the University of North Carolina Wilmington as part of the ongoing North Carolina Filmmakers Series. After the movie, there will be a Q&A with the construction coordinator for “Crimes of the Heart,“ Jeff Schlatter. Based on Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film chronicles the drama of the very different Magrath sisters (played by Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Spacek) when they convene after the youngest is jailed for shooting her husband. Details: 3 p.m. Feb. 23 at King Hall Auditorium, UNCW campus. Free.
Sunday: N.C. Filmmakers SeriesShot in the Wilmington area in 1985, mostly around Southport and at Orton Plantation, “Crimes of the Heart” is one of the most-lauded films ever made in Southeastern North Carolina. It garnered three Oscar nominations (best actress for Sissy Spacek, best supporting actress for Tess Harper and best adapted screenplay for Beth Henley) while winning a Golden Globe for Spacek (best actress in a comedy or musical). On Sunday, “Crimes of the Heart” screens at the University of North Carolina Wilmington as part of the ongoing North Carolina Filmmakers Series. After the movie, there will be a Q&A with the construction coordinator for “Crimes of the Heart,“ Jeff Schlatter. Based on Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film chronicles the drama of the very different Magrath sisters (played by Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Spacek) when they convene after the youngest is jailed for shooting her husband. Details: 3 p.m. Feb. 23 at King Hall Auditorium, UNCW campus. Free.
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All weekend: ’The Comedy of Errors’ University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Department of Theatre presents Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, in which two pairs of twins, both separated in childhood, are reunited in unlikely fashion. Director, UNCW theater professor and Shakespeare expert Christopher Marino leads an all-student cast, and he’s setting the show in turn-of-the-century New York while giving things a darkly quirky, Tim-Burton-esque vibe. Details: 8 p.m. Feb. 20-22 and 27-29, 2 p.m. Feb. 23 and March 1 at the Mainstage Theatre in the Cultural Arts Building, UNCW campus. Tickets are $15; $12 for seniors, UNCW alums, faculty and staff; and $6 for students. 910-962-3500 or UNCW.edu/arts/tickets.html
All weekend: ’The Comedy of Errors’ University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Department of Theatre presents Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, in which two pairs of twins, both separated in childhood, are reunited in unlikely fashion. Director, UNCW theater professor and Shakespeare expert Christopher Marino leads an all-student cast, and he’s setting the show in turn-of-the-century New York while giving things a darkly quirky, Tim-Burton-esque vibe. Details: 8 p.m. Feb. 20-22 and 27-29, 2 p.m. Feb. 23 and March 1 at the Mainstage Theatre in the Cultural Arts Building, UNCW campus. Tickets are $15; $12 for seniors, UNCW alums, faculty and staff; and $6 for students. 910-962-3500 or UNCW.edu/arts/tickets.html
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