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Things to do for Jan. 23-24

Staff Writer
Wilmington StarNews

WED., JAN. 23

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe in Concert: 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show at Brooklyn Arts Center, 516 N. Fourth St., Wilmington. Also appearing are Andy Frasco & The U.N. Tickets: $25-$45, available online at ttps://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1789392?utm_medium=bks. 

Jenny Scheinman's Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait: Is a beautifully coordinated melding of music and film. It is a vivid image of small town life, morphing back and forth almost imperceptibly between black-and-white and color. In this new live music and film piece, acclaimed musician Jenny Scheinman invites us into the captivating visual world of H. Lee Waters, who documented over 118 small towns in the southeast between 1936-1942. 7:30 p.m. at Kenan Auditorium, UNCW, 515 Wagnoner Drive. Tickets, $20, $35, $50. Details: 910-962-3500.

Thalian Association Community Theatre: Holding auditions for a special presentation Neil Simon’s farce, "Rumors," 7 p.m. at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, 120 S. Second St., downtown Wilmington. Audition participants need to be prepared to read from a provided script. All roles are available.

THU., JAN. 24

Northside Town Hall meeting: Hosted by the Blue Ribbon Commission, in partnership with local organizations and community partners, 6-8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Grace St., Wilmington. The evening’s discussion will focus on the leading concerns identified by a community health assessment done in the Northside in 2018. Those topics include food, housing, healthcare, safety, community relations, and education. The public is invited, and refreshments will be available. For more information on the Northside Health assessment and its results, visit http://bit.ly/NorthsideReport.

"Almost, Maine": Presented by Brunswick Little Theatre. "Almost, Maine," surreal play by John Cariani comprised of a series of loosely connected stories about love. It's set in the fictional town of the title, which takes its name from being "almost" in Canada (among other reasons). In one story, a woman carries around the pieces of her broken heart in a bag. 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24-26 and 3 p.m. Jan. 27 at Brunswick Little Theatre, 8068 River Road SE, Southport. $20, $12 for students. 910-447-2586 or BrunswickLittleTheatre.com. 

UNCW Department of History Presents: A Public Symposium featuring Susan P. McCaffray, UNCW, George Munro, Virginia Commonwealth University, Christopher Ely, Florida Atlantic University, discussing McCaffray's new book, "The Winter Palace and the People: Staging and Consuming Russia's Monarchy, 1754-1917." 5 p.m. at Randall Library Auditorium, UNCW. Free, open to the public. 910- 962-3307.

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