John Moseley, historian and manager of the NC Maritime Museum in Southport, presented his program “Daughters of the Sky”: The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in the Cape Fear at Harper Library on March 9,2023. This unique military program trained the first...
What an amazing Sunday afternoon! To a capacity crowd of about 200 people, UNC WOOP! (UNCW’s Opera Outreach Project) presented an afternoon of music and storytelling to residents of Southport, Oak Island and St. James communities. The program was presented by...
FOLSOI and BNC share a common goal; we learn together, grow together and make friends together. Jeff Sherman, president of the Brunswick Newcomers Club (BNC), welcomed 29 new members, and Carol Brolley, president of FOLSOI, as the guest speaker, at the well-attended...
On Sunday afternoon, January 22, 2023, FOLSOI held a Volunteer Appreciation event at the St. James Community Center. FOLSOI President Carol Brolley shared, “The heart of every organization is people. In the non-profit world, the people are our volunteers. We at Friend...
Many of us have stories in our heads that never make it onto the printed page. Those who do complete this mysterious process – including Jeff Siebold, Jean Heller, John Graves, and Teri Brown, the “Authors We Adore by the Sea” – shared their methods at FOLSOI’s recent...
This year’s FOLSOI Annual Meeting and Southport Book Festival: “Authors We Adore by the Shore,” was a success in anyone’s book! We filled the Southport Community Center with attendees intrigued to hear from award-winning local authors Teri M. Brown, John Graves, Jean...
