The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in historic downtown Wilson, North Carolina is just a two hour drive from Wilmington.  It’s an easy day trip and worth the visit.  My dad and I visited recently and had a great time.  

Sincerely,   Craig Stinson / Images and Video from April 21, 2021

Arts News

• GWBJ: Wilmington Ranks On MovieMaker’s Best Places To Live And Work
  The Pilot (Southern Pines): Exhibit Features Works of Wilmington Artists
  Port City Daily: Wilmington makes magazine’s ‘Best Places to Live and Work as Moviemaker’ list
  Port City Daily: DocuTime screens ‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ and two shorts at UNCW on Saturday
  Showbiz Cheatsheet: ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘One Tree Hill’ Were Filmed in The Same Town
  StarNews: 25 years ago The Mad Monk, one of Wilmington’s most iconic venues, closed for good
  StarNews: Wilmington venues, arts groups could recoup losses with new program
  StarNews: Wilmington’s piano man: Brian Whitted brings Broadway talent to North Carolina
  StarNews: Thalian Hall to screen classic films this month
  StarNews: For its 19th year, Wilmington’s DocuTime film festival heads to the drive-in
  StarNews: International Space Station thriller ‘ISS’ to film soon in Wilmington
  StarNews: ‘The Black Phone’ horror movie starring Ethan Hawke sets Wilmington production
• StarNews: Wilmington’s John Golden, songsmith and storyteller, passes into legend
• StarNews: Wilmington’s historic Thalian Hall is clinging on during the pandemic. What keeps it going?
  WECT: Ethan Hawke’s horror thriller “The Black Phone” will film in Wilmington next month
• WECT: Effort underway to honor civil rights pioneer Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil with statue
• WECT: CASTING CALL: Extras needed for horror movie, ‘The Black Phone,’ set to film next week
  WILMA Magazine: On Exhibit – Women’s Caucus for Art chapter launches
  WRAL: STATE NEWS ‘One Tree Hill’ actors return to NC city for new series
  Wrightsville Beach Magazine:  A Colony of Creation – Wilmington artist Dick Roberts’ abstract expressionism brings daydream landscapes through layered brushstrokes
  WWAY: The show must go on: Docutime drive-in film festival supports the arts
  WWAY: Film productions line up for Wilmington as 2021 looks to be action packed
  WWAY: Wilmington venue reacts to new COVID-19 grant program for the arts
• WWAY: Arts Council fundraises for life-sized bronze statue of Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil

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