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Kathy Mattea and Blues Traveler to perform on OBX stages.

Welcome to the New Musical Hot Spot!

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
I keep being surprised by the musical plenty that has blessed the Outer Banks this summer. Already, Straight No Chaser and Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys have performed before Outer Banks audiences.! ATTENTION: CHANGE OF VENUE !Due to the threat of inclement weather and extreme heat the venue for the Kathy... Read More
Red Nose Wine Festival funds community assistance efforts.

Red Noses, Local Food and Dare Devils

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, July 10, 2013
"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale."Elsa SchiaparelliThankfully, there are those who document the practice of eating well so that others can later share in the... Read More
Kathy Mattea plays Waterside Theatre on 7/21

Ralph Stanley, Kathy Mattea Coming To OBX

By Michael Lay | Sunday, June 30, 2013
Waterside Theatre, the area's newest musical venue and home to Roanoke Island's very own Tony Award-winning theatrical production, The Lost Colony, welcomes two Grammy Award-winning artists to the Outer Banks as part of the PNC Bank Presents: Live At The Waterside Concert Series. On Sunday, July 7 at 8 p.m. Dr. Ralph... Read More
Fireworks viewed from the Roanoke Sound. (Photo: Dale Penny)

An OBX 4th of Fireworks, Food and Fun

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, June 26, 2013
This blog is from 2013. Click here to see the 2014, 4th of July blog!The Fourth of July week is typically the visitation pinnacle of the Outer Banks summer, and with good reason. Straddling that all-too-brief zone of relaxation between the end of one school year and preparations for the next, by early July the beach's... Read More
Audience with the Queen? Visit ElizabethanGardens.org.

Piracy, a Big Swim and the Queen's Tea!

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Last Friday, as we once again officially crossed the somewhat ephemeral threshold of Summer, it occurred to me that I've witnessed quite a few of these seasonal transitions on the Outer Banks since first moving here in 1993. But my Outer Banks connection goes back even further, to those much anticipated family... Read More