February 15, 2017                                                                                          

 


 

  2017 Encore Best Of Awards Party: The Beach Ball!

 

Saturday, February 25

Doors at 6 p.m. / Party at 7 p.m.

Brooklyn Arts Center • 516 N. 4th St.

Tickets: $15 adv / $20 day of

VIP: $40 in adv / $50 day of

 

 Proceeds from ticket sales benefit Surfers Healing!  

 

 

GOT YOUR TICKETS? GET DRESSED!

 

    Still trying to find the right retro beach-bum or greaser attire for the Best Of awards party? We've got some inspiration from vintage fashion expert Karyn Oetting at Second Skin Vintage on Castle Street!

 

 

    "I call it retro Hawaiian-surf-resort-wear," Oetting says of her collection of Palm Beach styles (think: Lilly Pulitzer) and other retro labels made in Hawaii she's started setting aside. Anyone looking for Best Of party attire and inspiration can find good old-fashioned '50s, '60s, '70s, and '80s beach- and surfwear at Second Skin. "And you can never go wrong with a bright Hawaiian shirt or dress."

 

    Dress for the part with some film inspiration:

  • "Beach Party" (1963)
  • "Muscle Beach Party (1964)
  • "Bikini Beach" (1964)
  • "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965)

    "The Frankie and Annette kids wore bathing suits," Oetting reminds of the times set in iconic beach-party films. "You can recreate the look with high-waisted vintage shorts and halter tops (women) or retro-surf shorts and '60s button front for guys. There are also some really iconic characters in those movies that had a fun '60s youth culture style of dress, and we have tons of that, too!"

 

    Find more beach-party inspired fashion at Second Skin Vintage.

 

 

 

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LIVING THE BLUES

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Rows of Criterion Collection films are squeezed into the top shelves of a bookcase and more guitars line the walls: Randy McQuay’s signature Saner cigar box guitar (the body of which is an old NC license plate) and another antique Gibson. The latter is a hollow body he picked up only days ago in Memphis, Tennessee, where he competed once again in the International Blues Challenge (IBC).

 

Two years after winning the IBC, McQuay talked to us about returning to Memphis and recording his latest album, “My Kind of Blues,” released right before the challenge. 

 

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2017 BEST OF PARTY!

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Get your tickets to this year's Best Of Awards party on

Saturday, Feb. 25

Brooklyn Arts Center (516 N 4th St.) and fundraiser to benefit Surfers Healing for $15!


Join us as we honor the nominees and announce the winners of our annual Best of Wilmington readers poll!

 

Proceeds from ticket sales benefit Surfers Healing, whose mission is to enrich the lives of people living with autism by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing. 

 

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