Family Fun
Nature Play in the Park
Cape Fear Museum
Saturday, Sept. 26, 1-4 p.m., Free
All who attend the Cape Fear Museum’s Nature Play in the Park program will have an opportunity to paint with water, create a nature journal and explore the various sights and sounds of the natural world. The event is part of national Take a Child Outside (TACO) week. To learn more, contact Amy Thorton at 910-798-4355 or at
[email protected]
Bach and Brahms
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Opening Concert
UNCW Kenan Auditorium
Saturday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., $6-$27
Join the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra for an evening of song. The concert will begin with Bach’s “Symphony in D” composed in 1775 and conclude with Brahms’ “Symphony No. 1,” which premiered a century later. For tickets, call the Kenan Auditorium box office at 910-962-3500.
Purposeful Play
A Field Day in the Park
Optimist Park
Sunday, Sept. 27, 3 p.m., Free
Coastal Horizons Center, a nonprofit clinic that provides mental health services, such as substance-abuse counseling, will offer HIV and hepatitis C testing during the event. The program will also feature food, kickball, dodgeball, sack races, cornhole and other games. For details, contact Montrel Miller at 910-216-6080 or at [email protected]
Afternoon Boating
Behind the Scenes Cruise of Wrightsville Beach
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 3 p.m., $32
The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents a two-hour cruise that will take passengers along Banks Channel and the Intracoastal Waterway. The tour will pass Airlie Gardens and Harbor Island. Register by Sept. 25. For more information, call 910-962-3195 or visit http://uncw.edu/olli/