“I once had a whim and I had to obey it, to buy a French Horn in a second-hand shop. I polished it up and I started to play it in spite of the neighbors who begged me to stop.” ...
Wow! It’s been a crazy year. For everyone, Friends of the Library of Southport and Oak Island included! Stay-at-home orders, wearing masks and social distancing were the headlines everywhere. For FOLSOI, closure of our used bookstore located in the spacious backroom...
Who keeps track of FOLSOI’s money? I do! I am the new treasurer for FOLSOI. I have been passionate about libraries since I learned to read. Books and reading have been a lifelong love. When I moved to Southport four-and-one-half years ago, one of the first things I...
[Barbee Library’s Life Long Learners Series “The Life and Work of Mark Twain” began on Oct. 22 and concludes Jan. 28; this review covers the Jan. 21 session] French author André Maurois noted that, “There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if...
(Photo by Carolyn Bowers of last year’s performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas) One of the sweetest sounds of Spring for nearly two decades in Southport has been the popular Opera Sunday program presented by Dr. Nancy King, UNCW Professor and Chair,...
