Craig Stinson

THE ARTS IN WILMINGTON CALENDAR / Most Recent Update: February 22, 2025

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Through February 23: Parallel Lives with Big Dawg Productions
Through February 23: Romeo and Juliet with UNCW Theatre
Through March 2: Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Opera House Theatre Company
Through March 2: Big Fish with Rebelle Productions at North Front Theatre
Through March 26: Rachel Gloria Adams: “Bloom for Yesterday” at CAB Gallery
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February 22: The Whitetop Mountain Band at Music On Market
February 22: Living History Day: 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Forks Road at Cameron Art Museum
February 22: Chris Botti at Wilson Center
February 22: Caliente Nights with Wilmington Latin Dance
February 22 – 24: 4th Annual Invitational Joy of Art Show
February 23: Annual Boundless Lecture with Daniel Jones
February 23: Fundraiser for Forward Motion Dance Company
February 23: UNCW String Ensemble at Beckwith Recital Hall
February 24 – 25: AUDITIONS – God of Carnage with Big Dawg Productions
February 25: Plein Air Painters of Wilmington at Airlie Gardens
February 26: Public Tour at Cameron Art Museum
February 26: INDOOR SKETCH MEET with Urban Sketchers
February 26: George Thorogood and The Destroyers at Wilson Center
February 26: UNCW Symphonic Band at Kenan Auditorium
February 27: Live! at CAM Café: Raphael Namé at Cameron Art Museum
February 27: Mary’s Art Explorers: Marcel’s Mouse Museum at Cameron Art Museum
February 27: Alton Brown Live: Last Bite at Wilson Center
February 27: UNCW High School Choir Invitational at Kenan Auditorium
February 27: Presentation & Reading with Parneshia Jones with UNCW Creative Writing
February 27 – March 2: Unreconciled with Big Dawg Productions
February 28: CALL FOR ART DEADLINE: RFQ_PUBLIC ART AT SMITH CREEK PARK
February 28: RATS! at Jengo’s Playhouse
February 28: Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra at Kenan Auditorium
February 28: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk

MARCH 2025

March 1: Cape Fear Swing Dance Society at Hannah Block
March 1 – April 10: CALL FOR ART – The Art League of Leland’s It’s ALL Art show and sale
March 2: Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras at Kenan Auditorium
Through March 2: Rising Starts Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
March 3: Workshop with Waterway Art Association
March 3: CALL FOR ARTISTS DEADLINE: Spring Art Show with Oak Island Recreation Center
March 4 – 5: The Addams Family at Wilson Center
March 5: Public Tour at Cameron Art Museum
March 6: Island Arts Council Poetry Thursday
March 6: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
March 6: Jazz@CAM: The Dominican Jazz Project at Cameron Art Museum
March 6: Emmet Cahill at Thalian Hall
March 6 – 16: Beauty and the Beast Jr. with Wilmington Performing Arts at North Front Theatre
March 7: Workshop with Art League of Leland
March 7: Red Tails at Jengo’s Playhouse
March 7 – 8: Champions of Magic at Wilson Center
March 7 – 16: Alice and Wonderland Jr. with Thalian Association Community Theatre
March 8: Cape Fear Contra Dance
March 9: Reading with David Gessner: The Book of Flaco at Cameron Art Museum
March 9: Grand Opening Reception – 10th Anniversary Art Exhibit with Art In Bloom
March 9: New Orleans Songbook at Thalian Hall
March 9: Chamber Music Wwilmington: Jason Vieaux, Roberto Diaz and Friends from Curtis Institute at Beckwith Recital Hall
March 10: Connections Monday at Cameron Art Museum
March 12: Public Tour at Cameron Art Museum
March 13: Mary’s Art Explorers: How to Catch a Leprechaun at Cameron Art Museum
March 13: Live! at CAM Café: Perry Smith at Cameron Art Museum
March 13: Paul Taylor Dance Company at Thalian Hall
March 13 – 14: Workshop with Art League of Leland
March 13 – 17: AUDITIONS: SIHR THEATRE GENERAL AUDITIONS 2025
March 14: CALL FOR ARTISTS DEADLINE: 2025 ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT: BIRDS OF A FEATHER at Airlie Gardens
March 14: The Righteous Brothers at Wilson Center
March 15: Resiliency@CAM: Community Day at Cameron Art Museum
March 15: AUDITIONS: DANCE AUDITION for the 21st Annual ARTS SENSATION Variety Performance with Forward Motion Dance Company
March 15: Bernstein • Copland • Torke with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
March 15: Mutts Gone Nuts: Unleashed at Thalian Hall
March 16: Meeting of the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild
March 16: Beckwith Recital Series presents Beth Stovall and Elizabeth Loparits
May 16 – 18: Sea Jam 2025 with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
March 17: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
March 18: Meeting of the Cape Fear Camera Club
March 19: Public Tour at Cameron Art Museum
March 20: Big Band Concert at Beckwith Recital Hall
March 20: Wilmington Virtuosi Brass – Live in Concert!
March 20: Sunset Performance Series: Sam Fribush at Cameron Art Museum
March 20: Live! at CAM Café: Robert Bosco at Cameron Art Museum
March 20 – 21: 41st Annual UNCW JazzFest
March 20 – October 5: The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, and Rauschenberg Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
March 21: Scala!!! & Female Trouble: A Night of Chaos, Bad Taste, Big Hair & Cult Cinema at Jengo’s Playhouse
March 21: Natasha Bedingfield at Kenan Auditorium
March 21: 41st JazzFest: Melissa Aldana Quartet at Beckwith Recital Hall
March 21 – 23: Uptilt Film Fest at Thalian Hall
March 21 – 23: The Book of Mormon at Wilson Center
March 22: The Spirit of Jazz in NC: John Brown and Romare Bearden at Cameron Art Museum
March 22: Candlelight Celtic at Thalian Hall
March 22: John Waters The Naked Truth at Kenan Auditorium
Through March 23: Close To Home Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
March 25: Lila Downs at Wilson Center
March 26: Public Tour at Cameron Art Museum
March 26: The 2025 Wilmington Theater Awards
March 26: The Simon & Garfunkel Story at Wilson Center
March 27: Live! at CAM Café: Raphael Namé at Cameron Art Museum
March 27: Mary’s Art Explorers: My Many Colored Days at Cameron Art Museum
March 27: Comedy with Billy D. Washington at Thalian Hall
March 27 – April 13: And Then There Were None with Brunswick Little Theatre
Marc 27 – June 15: Renewal at Gallery Citrine
March 28: Bluegrass Bash at Thalian Hall
March 28: Southern Circuit Series: THE PLAYMAKER at Jengo’s Playhouse
March 28: Chatham Rabbits at Kenan Auditorium
March 28 – April 6: 43rd Annual Juried Spring Art Show and Sale with Wilmington Art Association
March 29: Opening Reception for Spring Art Show with Oak Island Recreation Center
March 29: Cape Fear Chorale presents Liebeslieder at Kenan Auditorium
March 29: Pyrates Parlay Fundraiser with Brunswick Arts Council
March 29: Triple Threat at Jengo’s Playhouse
March 29 – 30: Celebrating Spring / Celebrating Life with The Sea Notes Choral Society
March 30: Book Launch: The Cape Fear Area Painted by Jodie Rippy at Cameron Art Museum
March 30: Fundraiser – Viva Sevilla with Opera Wilmington
March 30: Golden Girls at Wilson Center

APRIL 2025

April 1 – 24: Samantha Spalti Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
April 2 – 15: SEACOAST ARTISTS GUILD ANNUAL SPRING ART SHOW and SALE
April 3: A Reading with Visiting Writer Gabrielle Calvocoressi with UNCW Creative Writing
April 3: Jazz@CAM: Jazz Legacy Project Presents Billie Holiday ft. Maria Howell at Cameron Art Museum
April 3 – 13: Blithe Spirit with UNCW Theatre
April 4: Tab Benoit at Kenan Auditorium
April 4 – 6: Workshop with the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild
April 4 – 6: Hadestown Teen Editition with Ashley High School Theatre
April 4 – 13: Mary Poppins with Thalian Association Community Theatre
April 5: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
April 5: Opening Reception for Samantha Spalti at Leland Cultural Arts Center
April 5: The Raleigh Ringers at Music On Market
April 5: Alt-Zalea Fest
April 4 – 6: Azalea Art Sale
April 6: City Ballet presents Jubilee at Kenan Auditorium
April 6: Beckwith Recital Series presents Dmitri Vorobiev
April 8: FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS—Spring Tour 2025 at Jengo’s Playhouse
April 9: New Member Coffee at Cameron Art Museum
April 10: Workshop with Waterway Art Association
April 10: Comedy with Darren Carter “The Party Starter” at Thalian Hall
April 10: Opening Reception for Spring 2025 Senior Exhibition at CAB Gallery
April 10 – 13: North Carolina Black Film Festival
April 10 – May 9: Spring 2025 Senior Exhibition at CAB Gallery
April 11: Iron & Wine at Wilson Center
April 11 – 12: Workshop with Art League of Leland
April 12: Wilmington Dance Festival at Kenan Auditorium
April 12: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
April 14: Our Planet Live at Wilson Center
April 15: Meeting of the Cape Fear Camera Club
April 15: Beth Hart at Wilson Center
April 18: Southern Circuit – North Putnam at Jengo’s Playhouse
April 18: 21st Annual ARTS SENSATION! with Forward Motion Dance Theatre
April 19: Women and The Wind at Jengo’s Playhouse
April 19: Kanekoa at Thalian Hall
April 19: Cape Fear Contra Dance
April 21: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
April 21 – 23: Clue at Wilson Center
April 22: ARTS Day 2025
April 24: No Quarter – Honoring The Led Zeppelin Legacy at Thalian Hall
April 25: Larry The Cable Guy at Wilson Center
April 25: The Great Gatsby Ballet by the World Ballet Company at Kenan Auditorium
April 25 – May 4: Fame Jr. with Thalian Association Community Theatre
April 25 – September 7: We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
April 26: Spring Art Market at Leland Cultural Arts Center
April 26: Art at the Harbor Way Gardens
April 26: The Drifters at Thalian Hall
April 26: Menopause The Musical 2 at Wilson Center
April 27: Handel’s Messiah with UNCW Choirs
April 27: Ivalas Quartet with Chamber Music Wilmington
April 27: UNCW Dance Company at Kenan Auditorium
April 27: Sing On! Welcomes, Blessings & Benedictions with Wilmington Choral Society
April 27 – May 6: Wilmington Jewish Film Festival
Through April 27: Elizabeth Chant Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
April 29: Workshop with Art League of Leland

MAY 2025

Memorial Weekend with Smith Island Art League
May 1: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
May 2: Sesame Street Live! Say Hello at Wilson Center
May 2 – 3: The First Day Of Spring with Theatre For All
May 2 & 4: Wilmington Voices presents Considering Matthew Shepard at Kenan Auditorium
May 2 – 4: Ten-Minute Miscellany with Port City Playwrights
May 3: Errante: A Celebration Symphony with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
May 4: Youth Orchestras with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
May 5 – 11: Emerald Isle Artist Retreat with Wilmington Art Association
May 6 – 31: Five Brush Strokes Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
May 8: Opening Reception Five Brush Strokes at Leland Cultural Arts Center
March 8 – 23: SCOTOPIA Play Festival with Mouth Of Babes Theatre
May 9: Design NC at Cameron Art Museum
May 9: Gaspard & Dancers at Thalian Hall
May 11: Stravinsky: The Firebird with North Carolina Symphony
May 11: Mother’s Day Concert with Tallis Chamber Orchestra
May 13 – 14: Workshop with Art League of Leland
May 15 – 16: Workshop with Art League of Leland
May 16: Dessert Theater Fundraiser with Cape Fear Chorale
May 16 – 25: Legally Blonde with Thalian Association Community Theatre
May 17: Triple Threat at Jengo’s Playhouse
May 17 – 18: Muralfest with Carolina Beach Mural Project
May 18: Lost And Found with Wilmington Symphonic Winds at Kenan Auditorium
May 19: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
May 20: Meeting of the Cape Fear Camera Club
May 21: Napoleon Dynamite Live! at Wilson Center
May 22: Cathy Ladman at Thalian Hall
May 22 – September 1: 2025 Studio Art Faculty Biennial at CAB Gallery
May 24 – 25: 29th Annual Orange Street ArtsFest
May 29 – 31: It’s ALL Art 2025 Show and Sale with Art League of Leland
May 31: Cape Fear Contra Dance
May 31 – June 1: Sleeping Beauty with City Ballet

JUNE 2025

Docutime Film Festival
Shakespeare On The Green
Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Opera Wilmington
June 1 – 8: Port City Music Festival
June 3 -25: Marybeth Bradbury Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
June 4: Ledisi – Love You Too at Wilson Center
June 5: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
June 5: Opening Reception Marybeth Bradbury at Leland Cultural Arts Center
June 5 – 22: More Fun Than Bowling with Brunswick Little Theatre
June 7: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts
June 16: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
June 17: Meeting of the Cape Fear Camera Club
June 18: New Member Coffee at Cameron Art Museum
June 19 – June 21: Leanne Morgan at Wilson Center
June 19 – July 6: Hairspray with Opera House Theatre Company
June 21: ALMOST QUEEN: A Tribute to Queen at Kenan Auditorium
June 21: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
June 28: Social Dance with Cape Fear Contra Dance
June 28: Triple Threat at Jengo’s Playhouse

JULY 2025

Summer Show with Smith Island Art League
Lumbee Film Festival
July 2: Stars & Stripes with North Carolina Symphony
July 8: Diana Krall at Wilson Center
July 8 – 31: Ellen McNair Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 10: Opening Reception Ellen McNair at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 11: Latin Social Dance at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 17 – 27: 9 to 5 The Musical with Opera House Theatre Company
July 19: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
July 19: Summer Art Market at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 21: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
July 21: Jason Isbell and the 400 unit at Wilson Center
July 26: Cape Fear Contra Dance
July 30 – August 10: Vivace International Music Festival
July 31 – August 17: The Hallelujah Girls with Brunswick Community Theatre

AUGUST 2025

Oak Island Art Guild Arts & Crafts Festival
August 2: Open House at Leland Cultural Arts Center
August 2 – 27: Instructor Showcase Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
August 14 – 24: Oklahoma! with Opera House Theatre Company
August 16: Cape Fear Contra Dance
August 18: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
August 23: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
August 25: Brit Floyd – Wish You Were Here at Wilson Center
August 28: Reception for 2025 Studio Art Faculty Biennial at CAB Gallery

SEPTEMBER 2025

Write Wilmington! with UNCW Creative Writing
September 3 – October 2: Andy Alvarez Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
September 6: Opening Reception Andy Alvarez at Leland Cultural Arts Center
September 13: American Craft Walk
September 15: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
September 17 – 20: Landfall Art Show & Sale
September 18 – 19: CAPE FEAR ARTS IN MOTION with Forward Motion Dance Company
September 20: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
September 25: Opening Reception for Mauricio Naya at CAB Gallery
September 25 – October 29: Mauricio Naya at CAB Gallery
September 27: Cape Fear Contra Dance
September 29: Soweto Gospel Choir at Wilson Center

OCTOBER 2025

Writers’ Week with UNCW Creative Writing
October 4 – 30: Lourdes Rosas Rasdall Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
October 9: Opening Reception Lourdes Rosas Rasdall at Leland Cultural Arts Center
October 9 – 16: Red Velvet with Brunswick Little Theatre
October 11: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
October 20: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
October 25: Cape Fear Contra Dance

NOVEMBER 2025

Cucalorus Festival
Arts By The Shore with Oak Island Art Guild
Thanksgiving Show with Smith Island Art League
Coastal Carolina Clay Guild Annual Pottery Sale and Show
November 1 – 25: Art League of Leland Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
November 6: Opening Reception Art League of Leland at Leland Cultural Arts Center
November 11: Veterans Day Dance at the USO with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
November 13: Opening Reception for Fall 2025 Senior Exhibition at CAB Gallery
November 13 – December 12: Fall 2025 Senior Exhibition at CAB Gallery
November 15: Cape Fear Contra Dance
November 17: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild

DECEMBER 2025

December 2 – 20: Kristen Dorsey Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
December 4: Opening Reception Kirsten Dorsey at Leland Cultural Arts Center
December 4 – 21: Greetings with Brunswick Community Theatre
December 6: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
December 6: Holiday Art Market at Leland Cultural Arts Center

JANUARY 2026

CFCC Humanities International Film Festival

FEBRUARY 2026

North Carolina Jazz Festival

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