Philip Gerard

Gerard is the author of Our State’s Civil War series. He has published fiction and nonfiction in numerous other magazines, and is the author of two historical novels set in North Carolina. He is the chairman of the department of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He lectures widely on the art and craft of writing history-based stories. His book, Creative Nonfiction: Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life, is a standard in college classrooms across the country.

"Reflections in Black and White" Photo Exhibit

Arts

Cape Fear Museum Photo Exhibit Portrays Separation and Similarity

An exhibit of photographs in Wilmington powerfully shows the not-too-distant past, and a city where people were segregated, but more similar than they realized.

Travel

The Art of Earth and Fire at Mark Hewitt’s Potter’s Studio

The pilgrimage to a Pittsboro potter’s studio will change you. Step inside the kiln, tour the workshop, and leave with a new understanding of an old craft.

Central

Dinner & an Air Show at The Pik-N-Pig

Carthage: where barbecue meets takeoffs, landings, and stories of skyborne bravery.

Eastern

Bird Island’s Mailbox Holds Letters to the Sea

Like a message in a bottle, the notes inside the seaside mailbox at Bird Island contain the stories and secrets of those who seek a spiritual connection.

History

History: The Great Oyster War

In 1890, tensions between native Ocracokers and marauding outsiders came to a head. At the center of the conflict? A small but valuable shellfish.

Central

Whiskey Roads

Moonshine once flowed through Wilkes, Davie, and Davidson counties, ferried by daring drivers in fast cars. Drive these narrow, winding roads for a taste of the area’s outlaw past.

Eastern

Glimpse the Past and Present from the Hertford Swing Bridge

Sure, there are faster ways to get where you’re going. But why pass up the opportunity to cross Hertford’s one-of-a-kind swing bridge?

Arts

The Hammered Dulcimer Finds Its Home on the Blue Ridge

An instrument that’s come to sound distinctly like the North Carolina mountains claims a long history in faraway lands.

Arts

Wilmington Establishes Itself as an Artistic City

Planted squarely between a river and an ocean, Wilmington’s relative isolation inspired a thriving artistic community.