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LegaSea Rising, Kidsfest and Mom Has Her Day
LegaSea is an Outer Banks-based community organization formed in 1988 to enable the community to fully understand the impacts of Mobil Oil’s plan to drill 40 miles off Hatteras Island. After extensive research the group concluded that drilling off our shores would put the area's economy and beautiful beaches at risk. ... Read More
Storytelling Festival Brings Tall Tales, Music and Fun to Hatteras
Everyone likes a good story, and the history of the Outer Banks began with what was to become one of the greatest stories ever, the mystery of the Lost Colony. Coupled with a heritage of native-born natural storytellers and yarn spinners, it was perhaps only natural that Hatteras Island would come to host the Hatteras... Read More
Manly Men, Comedy and Motorcycles Frame the Week
SkygazingOne of the many benefits of living on the Outer Banks is the nearly wide open 360 degree horizon view that can be achieved from any relatively modest elevation. It’s not necessary to climb a lighthouse to get a spectacular view (although I highly recommend that too). Many a deck or sand dune will do, and it... Read More
Write, Share And Sing — A Songwriting Workshop Comes To Manteo
The Dare County Arts Council’s “Song to Stage” Songwriting Workshop weekend kicks off Friday night at 8 p.m. at Sugar Creek Restaurant in Nags Head with a concert featuring multi-award winning songwriter and instructor Louisa Branscomb and bluegrass music’s fastest rising new act Nu-Blu. Admission is $10/person with... Read More
Color Rises, Divers Descend And Veggies Go Small
After months of dully schlepping our way through the gray doldrums of Winter, possibly the best thing about the advent of Spring, even better than the warming temperatures, is the sudden explosion of big, bold, saturated colors emerging from the dark brown earth and the branches of otherwise bare trees. Abruptly, our... Read More