Community Calendar

The Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center is seeking 2D and 3D artists for the 10th Annual ARTfall Juried Art Show and Sale to be held October 17 – 25, 2025.
The show will be open Fri. & Sat. Oct. 17th & 18th, Mon. – Sat. Oct. 20st – 25th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The public is invited to attend the Artists Award Presentation and Reception Thurs. Oct. 16th 6:00 – 8:00 pm in the lobby museum of the Historic USO Building. Awards will be presented for First, Second, Third Place, Honorable Mention, and People’s Choice with cash prizes totaling $525.00.
Only original artwork completed within the last two years will be considered for exhibition. Original artwork is the artist’s sole creation and is not, in whole or in part, a copy of any other person’s work or photograph. Preference is given to artists from the Lower Cape Fear region. The deadline for submissions is September 22, 2025.
ARTfall will be judged by award-winning artist Benjamin Billingsley. Benjamin holds an MFA from UNC-Greensboro and has exhibited work in the United States, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, and Japan. Ben has taught studio art and art history at Cape Fear Community College since 2001 and in 2006 received the Marilyn Goodman Anderson Endowed Award for Excellence in Teaching. Ben is a frequent curator at the Cameron Art Museum. He has also served as a judge for many prestigious regional exhibitions, including Wilmington Art Association’s Azalea Festival Spring Show at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center, and Orange Street ArtsFest.

The Greek Festival Drive Thru is Back! Held October 24-26, we invite you to stop by and grab some delicious homemade Greek cuisine from the comfort and safety of your own car.

Hours of Operation:
Friday: 11 am - 7 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm
Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm

The Greek Festival Drive Thru is Back! Held October 24-26, we invite you to stop by and grab some delicious homemade Greek cuisine from the comfort and safety of your own car.

Hours of Operation:
Friday: 11 am - 7 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm
Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm

On November 15th from 10-2 the Hoggard High School STAE program will have its 3rd annual Holiday Market. We will have over 40 vendors including Bad B's Book truck and Twisted Drop Coffee. Come get all of your holiday shopping done and support this amazing program. https://sites.google.com/.../danielletocci/english-ii-stae_1

Due to the tremendous success of last year’s inaugural event, Wilmington’s VegFest 2019 will span two days. An exciting lineup of speakers and vegan celebrities will be on hand to educate, showcase and inspire with a variety of family-friendly activities that focus on the vegan lifestyle. In addition to demos, speakers and some 50 vendors, attendees can look forward to food trucks, craft beer and live music. Education Day is set for Saturday, March 30th from 10 am until 5 pm at the venue Events! On Front which is located at 130 N. Front Street. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn all about the benefits and how-tos of a plant-based lifestyle. The festivities continue on Sunday March 31st at the Coastline Convention Center where vendors and demos will further showcase all things vegan. In case you missed it, 2019 was declared the “Year of the Vegan” by several major news outlets. Forbes predicts that 2019 will be the year that more people embrace a plant-based lifestyle and The Economist says that veganism will be this year’s most popular topic. Here’s your chance to discover what all the buzz is about! Tickets for the 2-day festival are $10. Kids under the age of 18 get in for free with a paying adult. Two nonprofits, Wilmington Vegan and North Carolina Farmed Animals Save are working directly with Helene Greenberg, the executive director and promoter of Triangle VegFest/NC Vegfests. For more information on Wilmington VegFest or how to become a sponsor, please visit: https://wilmingtonvegfest.com/ Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ncvegfests/