All That Jazz
Max Levy and the Hawaiian Shirts
Cameron Art Museum
Jan. 8, 6:30 p.m.
$5-$12
This trio of college musicians will perform a blend of cool jazz and blues in the next installment of the Jazz @ the CAM series. Tickets are $8 for members of the CAM or Cape Fear Jazz Society, $12 for nonmembers, and $5 for students. Call 910-395-5999 to buy tickets, or buy at the door.
Show of Chopin
Ivan Moshchuk encore
Church of the Servant
Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m.
$12-$30
Following a November 2013 performance in the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Beckwith Recital Hall with the Attacca String Quartet, the Russian-American pianist returns to Wilmington for a solo performance featuring the late works of Chopin. Presented by Chamber Music Wilmington, tickets are $12 for students, $30 for adults. Call 910-343-1079 for more information.
Here Come the Brides
Winter Bridal Expo
Wilmington Convention Center
Jan. 11, noon
$5
Learn about local wedding vendors courtesy of the Carolina Wedding Guide. One bride-to-be will win a complete Clinique makeup package for the bride, maid of honor and four bridesmaids. Free tux rentals will also be awarded for one groom-to-be, his best man and four groomsmen, from Cape Fear Formal Wear. Call 910-259-8323 for more information.
For the Birds
Abbey Nature Preserve
Poplar Grove Plantation
Jan. 15, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
$10
Keep an eye out for a red-cockaded woodpecker or belted kingfisher while hiking the North Carolina Birding Trail at Abbey Nature Preserve. The trail includes pine and hardwood forest habitat as well as a millpond that draws wading birds. Pre-registration for the event, organized by Halyburton Park, is required. Call 910-341-0075 or email
[email protected] for more information.