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this week magazine twVolume 38 Issue 32 m• 8|10|17 - 8|16|17 THE PIRATES ARE COMING FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 11-12 FEATURED PHOTO Feature of the Week This racing blade sail Volume 38 Issue 32 • 8|10|17 - 8|16|17 takes the wind on a Cal-34 in Taylor’s Creek on a recent sail. To see your photograph in this space, email it and a short caption to megan. soult@thenewstimes. 3 COVER STORY com, share it with us on our This Week Plans for this year’s Beaufort Pirate Invasion Magazine social media are in full swing as organizers prepare for two feeds, or mail hard cop- days of scallywags and mischief. ies with a postage-paid envelope if you would like the photograph 4 MOVIE REVIEW returned to you. “The Emoji Movie” may be meh, but it’s not On the cover evil. Pirates take to the streets of Beaufort during a siege of the town during the 2016 Beaufort Pirate Invasion. (Dylan Ray photo) 5 RECIPES A Mexican-themed meal is a sure way to keep things festive and lively around the family dinner CONTACT INFORMATION table. twm is published weekly by Carteret Publishing Co. Inc. 4206 Bridges St., Morehead City, N.C. 28557 ART 6 EDITOR: This month, the Cassie Howe Algeo Gallery will Megan Soult feature the photography of Mary O’Neill and Rick [email protected] Gourley. PHOTOGRAPHY: Dylan Ray [email protected] 7 FOOD AND DRINK GRAPHICS: Sarah Smith Tickets are now on sale for Beaufort Wine & [email protected] Food’s craft beer festival’s event, Beer, Bubbles ADVERTISING: & BBQ. Kim Moseley [email protected] 8 CALENDARS To submit event information, email Megan Soult or write to: Find out what’s happening this week and twm, P.O. Box 1679, Morehead City, NC 28557 beyond on the Crystal Coast and in surrounding areas. Include the event time, date, location including address, admission BLACK price and contact information. FAMILY Find us online at www.carolinacoastonline. 10 com/entertainment, www.facebook.com/ thisweekmagazine or On Monday, Aug. 21, the country will be www.instagram.com/twm_moreheadcity. treated to the astronomical event of a total solar YELLOW eclipse. ADVERTISE WITH US! It’s the best deal on the Crystal Coast. Reach out to 6,000 people across Onslow, Craven and Carteret counties. this week is available FREE at hundreds MAGENTA MAGENTA of local businesses and hotspots. Call Today | 252-726-7081 CYAN CYAN 3 • Pirates set to take over Beaufort this week BY MEGAN SOULT copies of his book from 9-11 a scavenger hunt map. Young NEWS-TIMES a.m. From 11:15-1:15 will be invasion guests will roam the Plans for this year’s Beaufort Mr. Peters and Dr. Schmidt. Mr. sites looking for the pirates on Pirate Invasion are in full swing Furney and Mr. Helm will be the Most Wanted Cards. as organizers prepare for two available from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Then on Saturday afternoon, days of scallywags and mischief. Then Alan Welch and Mr. Jones the invasion re-enactment takes The Beaufort Pirate Invasion will set up from 3:45-6 p.m. place from 2-3 p.m. Official T-shirts will be sold is Friday-Saturday, Aug. 11-12, in The Buccaneer Revue is one 8|10|17 - 8|16|17 downtown Beaufort. of Beaufort Pirate Invasion’s during the invasion at the This year’s invasion was signature events. It features a Dockhouse Park on the Beaufort almost a no-go when organizers barbecue dinner and a pirate waterfront. decided to put their time and talent show. The event starts at Scuttlebutt Nautical Books effort into celebrating the 300th 5:30 p.m. Friday. The dinner will and Bounty is the authorized anniversary of the infamous be a barbecue feast and all the Beaufort Pirate Invasion swag pirate, Blackbeard, which is set fixings. Tickets are $20 per adult store for commemorative post- for 2018, but the community or $10 per child, age 12 and ers and flags. cried out for pirates, so organiz- under. The ticket price includes The invasion comes to a close ers decided to go ahead with the the dinner, beverage, dessert at 7 p.m. Saturday with the final invasion. and the show. Grog will also be event, Parlay on the Waterfront. During the event, many pirate- available for purchase. Tickets Participants will celebrate the themed activities will take place can be purchased online. victory and the end of the pirate for pirates of all ages, as the The invasion continues on invasion as Beaufort returns Beaufort Pirate Invasion is a fam- Saturday. During the mock inva- to peace and prosperity with ily-friendly event. sion visitors will witness living an evening of grog, live music At the pirate encampment, history demonstrations, sword and good cheer. It all takes which is at Lynn Eury and fights, cannon firing, black pow- place on the waterfront at the John Newton Park beside Grayden Paul parks, invasion der weapons displays, a mock the Dockhouse Restaurant. visitors can see how pirates live trial and much more. Admission to the event is free. while not sailing on the open Aspiring young pirates can waters. For more information about enjoy spontaneous shenanigans the Beaufort Pirate Invasion or They will be able to watch as nefarious characters roam the pirates go about their daily rou- to purchase tickets, visit www. streets and shops, engaging in beaufortpirateinvasion.com. tines, preparing meals, making mock battles, bursting into song ropes, cleaning weapons, tying There are many pirate-themed and posing for photographs. activities happening during the knots and more. Andrea Bordeaux of the Shadow Players Stage Combat Group At the merchandise tent at Beaufort Pirate Invasion. Here is The encampment is open in Raleigh duels with scoundrels on the field of battle during John Newton Park, participants a full schedule of events. from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday can purchase Most Wanted the 2016 Beaufort Pirate Invasion. This year’s invasion is Friday- and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Cards. These cards will act as See Pirates / Page 11 Saturday, Aug. 11-12. (Dylan Ray photo) When not observing the pirate lifestyle, invasion visitors can listen to live music and wit- ness other pirate entertainment It’s Not Just an Escape on the main stage and at John Newton Park. It’s an Experience At the Dockhouse Restaurant, invasion visitors can dine with pirates during the event, Lunch with Blackbeard and Friends from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday. Participants can enjoy a box lunch while meeting some of Beaufort’s most notorious pirates. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased online. Located at Drive Thru • Take Out • Eat in Dining Local authors can also be found at John Newton Park dur- 108 Middle Lane ing both days of the invasion. NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH The authors will be available Beaufort to meet and greet and copies ON SUNDAYS! of their books will be available for sale. From 9-11 a.m., Steve Reservations Required Peters and Bill Furney will be on site. From 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 Book Online Catering p.m. will be Mr. Peters and Jae Helm. Then from 1:30-3:30 p.m. BeaufortEscapeRoom.com Home Cooked Vegetables, will be Sophia Fairsword and Apple Cobbler & Banana Pudding Susan Schmidt. Scheduled for 3:45-6 p.m. is Chrissy Lessey and or call 1507 Live Oak Street Joey Jones. Authors will set up again 252•722•9925 Beaufort, NC 28516 Saturday. Mr. Peters will sign (252) 728-1953 • www.rolandsbarbecue.com • 4 this week 8|10|17 - 8|16|17 (AP photo) Review: ‘The Emoji Movie’ may be meh, but it’s not evil BY LINDSEY BAHR or in emoji parlance, simply emotions and can’t stick to the whether or not this is some big smartphones, and kids won’t get ASSOCIATED PRESS “meh.” one he’s supposed to have, like smartphone advertisement, it a better understanding of how It does not come close to his parents Mary Meh (Jennifer only kind of is. There’s a whole their smartphone works. But it’s There are five stages of grief achieving the joy and wonder Coolidge) and Mel Meh (Steven journey through the Spotify app, pretty inoffensive on the whole. in preparing to watch “The of, say, “Toy Story,” “Inside Out” Wright), who deadpan lines and they have to get through a It doesn’t dare go to the depths Emoji Movie.” or “The Lego Movie,” although like “I’m so mad at you right dance competition in the Just that a Pixar rendering might, or The first is denial that this it appears to borrow heavily now.” Also, should we be think- Dance app to get where they’re lean very far into meta-clever- actually exists. The second is from all in its central conceit ing about the implications of going, and there is a line that ness. Instead it stays surface BLACK anger that now even storytell- that anthropomorphized emojis aging and procreating emojis? seems to have been written level and in that way feels very, ing has been reduced to those have families and ambitions but Probably not, but it’s still a par- by marketing folks about how very young. It’s about being reductive blobs. The third is bar- also exist solely to serve a par- ticularly weird and uncomfort- illegal malware can’t get into yourself and the importance of gaining that, hey, they made ticular smart phone owner.