November Art Opening Reception - Raffa Paglia

This Friday night we are hosting our second Monthly Artist Series opening reception with a chance to meet local artist Raffa Paglia.

Raffa's company is called CBboards and among many pieces will be his miniature scale moon, made primarily of recycled and repurposed materials, and a portion of it will also be filled with garbage collected on our local beaches.

The vision of his project is to make us more aware of our surroundings and the effect that each of us can have on the environment.

Come out this Friday @ 7 p.m. for the reception and see more of his work, snack on some free hors d' oeuvres, and catch Surf Cinema's "Surf Movie: Reels 1-14" at 8 p.m.

What are you planning for the next 2 years?

Chance are, these a couple of these folks will have something to say about it if you live in Carolina Beach. At least, that is what we hope. Part of our community effort here is to get you involved in what happens to your community. There is no better place to start than understanding who you vote for and what they tell you and what they actually do when they get the chance. This isn't about politics as much as it is about action and change. Regardless of what you choose to believe about politics, disdain or rally, it effects you locally more than nationally.

So, if nothing else, come out and meet these people. Say hello. And if nothing else, expose yourself to the people that may be making the decisions for our community over the next couple of years.

Surfrider Foundation 25th Anniversary Celebration

Surfrider Foundation is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this week on Oct. 9th with a pretty cool little shindig that features an art auction and a few music performances. If you are in the California area this week it might be worth your time and definitely a good party.

We won't be able to go, and likely few of you will either, but it is a great opportunity to highlight the local chapter and let you all know how you can learn more about participating locally in protecting our coast and waters. The Cape Fear Chapter is a very active group and the cause is as good as any out there, and as active.

Congrats Surfrider Foundation on 25 years of raising awareness in protecting our waters and coast and thank you.

October Feature Artist Opening Reception!

Part of our community effort here at Surf House is about creating event opportunities that provide an outlet for our guests to meet each other and socialize in a group environment.

Our monthly art receptions are perfect for just that!

Beyond showcasing great local talent you get a chance to buy art at 10% off for one night only! So come on out this Friday, at 7 p.m. and meet Erin Whittle, our first feature artist!

Erin is a local photographer who you would kill to have shoot your wedding, but beyond that she has collective quite the portfolio of work which you can find here if for some reason you decide you cannot get here all OCTOBER!

Seriously peeps, we are evening dropping some free appetizers on the bar to round you all up and get you here. Oh yeah, did I mention there is Surf Cinema to follow at 8 p.m.? And we serve beer and wine?? Just to let you know.

Are you a follower yet?

If you are not - find us here.

We are going to be announcing a TON of specials all fall and winter through our facebook page. So pass us along to your friends so you can get everyone together at the shop and enjoy a bunch of specials throughout the season ahead!

Stay posted for more!

MOVIE NIGHTS this WEEK

The Cinema Series has been great the last couple of weeks and we have had a lot of requests to make it a regular Friday showing as well.

So, by popular demand you can come out on EITHER Thursday or Friday to catch a great film.

Friday's movies will be encore showings of the previous week's feature Thursday showing.

Thursday food specials are $2 tacos (chicken or tuna)!

Fridays are 1/2 price Tuna Tacos with additional specials introduced weekly!

Come out this week for Thursday's movie (One California Day) or Friday's (Picaresque)!

Surf House Loves "Rosa Loves"

We love Rosa Loves! In conjunction with our core belief of community-active endeavors, Rosa's theme basically shouts WAY ABOVE US.

With their main focus centered on "the common thread" that unites us all together, they create t-shirts for specific causes with YOU in mind. They hope and dream and pray that as their shirts are introduced into society, we as a people will jump on the wagon of something so much greater than ourselves.

Through their quasi-donations, causes and organizations are given the opportunity to thrive or even just survive. So basically what we are saying is check them the doodle out and get involved in something bigger than yourself!

Surf Cinema is a HIT!

Surf Cinema's First Night WAS AWESOME! Not only was the turnout for the night incredible but the film was INCREDIBLE. We have already gotten a couple emails requesting an encore performance somewhere down the line. It was a very cool vibe in the shop and so we decided to upload this video to let people see for themselves.

The idea for Surf Cinema was to give our community a place to get together and share in the aspects of the lifestyle that brought them to the coast. Cinema selections will range from surf to documentary in nature and focus on the philosophies that we adopt here at the shop on environmental causes and community.

But, if none of that floats your boat, it's still a really great time.

Check it out. Every Thursday. 8 p.m. through the fall and winter.

Blog for a Cause!

We have decided to open up our blog lines to our a Swell Cause program in an effort to create a more significant voice in our community.

Based on an overwhelming influx of interest and sheer number of efforts that we have found, it made it a no brainer to use the blog as a vehicle to communicate on a continual basis. Just three weeks into our operations, our guests have expressed a strong desire to stay informed on local efforts in which they can become involved and have asked us to get involved.

So we are.

For those of you looking to follow our shop events more closely, we will continue to use the main site and our facebook page as vehicle for those items.

We hope you will find this a good resource for information on what is happening here locally, and use it perhaps as a way to create similar efforts in your communities - no matter where you are. Thanks again group for all the support!

SURF CINEMA STARTS TOMORROW!!!

SURF CINEMA has its premiere showing on THURSDAY!
BEER and WINE will be ON-PREMISE ALSO with food specials!!

Movie will begin between 8:00-8:15 p.m. and runs 74 mins. so plan your night accordingly.

Should be a good turnout and we are going to be adjusting the seating configuration a little based on the movie screen, so come early if you want a good table and something to eat.

See you there kids.