Wilmington Creative Calendar April 17 - April 20, 2008

Looking for something fun to do around the area? Check out the upcoming events on the Creative Calendar!

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Creative Calendar
April 17 - April 20, 2008

THURSDAY APRIL 17, 2008 Avant-Garde Cinema 7:00PM Avant-garde Cinema night will survey recent and historical short films by experimental James + Dunne Fashion Show 7:00PM The Grey Gardens Spring Fashion Show will have an ECCENTRIC GLAMOUR MFA Thesis Reading 7:00PM MFA Thesis Reading, featuring: Chitescu, McNeil-Manasco, Ronfeldt 7th Annual Arts Sensation 8:00PM Here it comes again! The 7th annual Arts Sensation is on board at City Stage A Forgotten Treasure 8:00PM An afternoon in the attic becomes an adventurous treasure hunt for a lonely, lazy Fire and Drum Jam 8:00PM Come on as the weather gets nice, bring your drums and fire toys, or just come enjoy Free Salsa Lessons @ Club Vida 8:30PM Every Thursday Night at 8:30 by Wilmington's Premier Salsa Instructors 6 more event on this day... FRIDAY APRIL 18, 2008 Fire Up Your Board for Fundraising 8:30AM Turn Their Passion Into Action! with Gail Perry, MBA, CFRE, author Basic Earring or Stringing 11:00AM Learn to make earrings & pendants, using several different techniques. Cape Fear Jazz Society 3:00PM musician, Lee Venters on the history of the Bossa Nova and short performance Walk the Labyrinth 7:00PM The labyrinth is an archetype, a divine imprint, found in all religious traditions in various Theatre, Culture, and Community 7:00PM UNCW theatre students studying the relationship between dramatic performance REEL TEAL Film Festival 7:00PM Be a part of the only film festival in Wilmington, North Carolina, run by students Mike Blair LIVE 8:00PM Mike will be back at the Connection Internet Cafe from 8 to 10pm. 8 more events on this day... SATURDAY APRIL 19, 2008 Backyard Butterflies 9:00AM Play outside while learning how to create a backyard home for wildlife. Celebrating WISE WOMEN 9:30AM Celebrating WISE WOMEN A CRONING Ceremony OF JOY! 2nd Annual Celebration on Castle 10:00AM The New Castle Street Art and Antique District is sponsoring the 2nd Celebration On Castle. Actor's Lab with Susan Nickkels 10:00AM Los Angeles based Casting Director and Manager, Susan Nickells is offering Doo-Wop Festival 11:00AM Our first Doo-Wop Festival at Silver Coast Winery. Come enjoy, the great music ACME Art Studios Spring Show 1:00PM ACME Art Studios Spring Show and Open House IN THE MOOD 4:00PM It's stockings-with-seams, jitterbugging that makes you check your pulse, 19 more events on this day... SUNDAY APRIL 20, 2008 Appraisal Fair 11:00AM The New Castle Street Art and Antique District is sponsoring an Appraisal Fair. Cape Fear Skies 1:30PM 3.2.1.Blast off! Venture into Cape Fear Museum's portable planetarium and explore. Max and Ruby 2:00PM Ruby, a seven-year-old rabbit, loves her Grandma very much and wants to do History of the Bossa Nova 3:00PM Lee Venters on the history of the Bossa Nova and short performance by Vermillion Sands Surfing Films from the 60's 3:00PM If the surf's flat, join UNCW's Randall Library for an afternoon reflecting, musing Requiem by Gabriel Fauré 4:00PM The Cape Fear Chorale presents Requiem composed by Gabriel Fauré Teen Night Sundays 6:00PM At Teen Vida, Wilmington's Hottest DJ's play all of your favorite music.

1st Annual Top Gun Challenge, Scheduled for July 11th-12th, 2008

1st Annual Top Gun Challenge, Scheduled for July 11th-12th

Winston Salem, NC – The Top Gun Challenge is an event that features North Carolina’s elite high school quarterbacks. Registration for this event is open to all incoming High School Quarterbacks. Registration information, if not mailed directly, can be found on the following link NY) http://ultrasonicsports.com/NC/northcarolina.html

The Challenge will be held July 11th-12th in Winston Salem, NC at Wake Forest University. Each Quarterback will be evaluated, instructed, and tested in 7 events that will produce the QB1 Top Gun Champion. Quarterbacks will only be competing against quarterbacks from their state with the champion moving on to the Top Gun Challenge Championship in Tulsa, OK July 25th-26th.

Event one, Mental Testing, challenges each quarterback’s understanding of the game and assesses his leadership qualities. Event two, Physical Testing, is a mini-combine format that tests over-all athleticism, strength and speed.

Events three through seven, On-The-Field-Events, tests the speed, mobility, accuracy and arm strength of each quarterback. These 5 on-the-field-events will be held Saturday, July 12th, 7:00 at Wake Forest University. Friends, family and high school football fans are invited to attend this portion of the challenge.

The Top Gun Challenge has been held in Northwest Arkansas for the past five years but has expanded this year to include nine states (NY, PA, NC, CO, OH, NJ, CO, OK, OR) and a Top Gun Championship in Tulsa, OK.

The Top Gun Challenge is a Darin Slack Quarterback Academy Event. DSQA began training quarterbacks in 1988. Since its inception, The Academy has trained over 16,000 aspiring athletes, and has seen many go on to excel at the collegiate and professional levels, most recently, Matt Flynn of the 2007 BCS National Champion LSU Tigers.
No matter the outcome, the 2008 Top Gun Challenge promises to be one of the best. For more information on the Top Gun Challenge, please contact Mike Malloy at 570-262-2846 or by email at mmalloy@ultrasonicsports.com. You can also visit www.topgunqb1.com or www.quarterbackacademy.com.