On Friday April 8th, the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher visited The Kempton at Brightmore. Two of the Aquarium’s staff members and a few of the Aquarium’s permanent residents (the animals) came out and presented a program on the Wild Wet Lands. The program educated the residents on all the different animals that live …Read More…
In celebration of Wilmington’s 69th Azalea Festival, Brightmore Independent had its very own Garden Party and Croquet Tournament on Thursday, April 7th. The morning hours worried us with thunderstorms, but Mother Nature blessed us with beautiful sunny skies and dry grass so we could continue with our Azalea Festival festivities. The guests wore their finest …Read More…
On Tuesday Chef Ryan wowed us with his impressive pizza dough slinging skills at The Commons of Brightmore. He whipped up a batch of pizza rolls for us to enjoy and the cheese and pepperoni filled rolls were delicious. In case you don’t have your own Chef to whip up some fresh pizza dough many …Read More…
Brightmore University’s “Armchair Traveler’s” Series opened with its first out of three presentations for the semester with, “Iceland: A 2015 Photographic Journey” presented by Les and Patty Conner, photographers and members of the Cape Fear Camera Club. We thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon of their photos from a professionally guided tour they took in May and …Read More…
Let it snow! We might have not had any snow yet this year in Wilmington, however for some of the residents at The Commons that all changed. We made our own personal snow globes. Snow globes full of trees, snowmen, ice, and flowers now can have a beautiful snowfall with just a shake of the …Read More…
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