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Wilmingtons BIg Dawg Productions stages “Always a Bridesmaid" through Sunday at Thalian Hall’s Ruth and Bucky Stein Studio Theater.

"The Moors," a 2017 exo-comedy by Jen Silverman, plays April 7-10 in UNCWs Main Stage Theater in the Cultural Arts Building.

Bensusan will perform with Wilmingtons Forward Motion Dance March 3 at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center.

The comedic play runs in the Stein Studio Theater at Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington through Sunday, Dec. 19.

Wilmington will get its first taste of winter this weekend, but whatever your cold tolerance, there are plenty of fun events going on indoors and out.

Plenty of fun awaits with a host of Azalea Festival events, and a few weekend things away from the festival.

The symphony, which began as the UNCW Community Orchestra in 1971, hopes to start playing full concerts again this fall.

Kindra Steenerson, a part-time instructor in the theater department, directs this production of "Talleys Folly," one of a trilogy of plays about the Talley family of Lebanon, Missouri, which includes Wilsons acclaimed "Fifth of July." But this show shines moonlight on only two characters: Matt Friedman, a Jewish immigrant accountant from St. Louis, and Sally, the once-promising daughter of the Talley clan -- wealthy, conservative and Protestant. Played by UNCW theater students Davis Wood and Me...

There are few ways more effective to connect with people than through music. Take a simple, familiar melody and share it, urging folks to join in. The music takes over, whatever your troubles, especially when one hears the same music pouring out of those around you. The North Carolina Symphony, the state’s largest performing arts organization, is counting on that in these extraordinary times. With venues closed due to the pandemic, the staff and players are tasked with seeking ways to reach t...