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Easing into the Season
Winter ended with a burst of activity here on the Outer Banks as we rolled from the success of the epicurean festival known as Taste of the Beach into full-on preparations for the opening of the 2013 visitor season before diving headlong into the Easter holiday and Spring Break. If these events are any indication, we... Read More
A Wealth of Young Talent & Eggs Galore
A couple of months ago I found myself standing in Glenn Eure's Ghost Fleet Gallery in Nags Head admiring the art and feeling, well, a little humbled. But this was not a typical exhibition of the works of trained and experienced adult artists. This was the annual Dare County Schools Art Exhibition, a show comprised... Read More
A Tilted Axis And The Magic of Music
It's official. As of 7:02 a.m. today the earth's axis has met its annual obligation by tilting in such a way that the sun's center is shifted northward directly over the equator, an event known as the vernal equinox (which is kinda fun to say), and we have now formally exited Winter and entered Spring. Of course, for... Read More
Taste of the Beach: Foodie Nirvana
By the time you read this post less than 24 hours will separate Outer Bankers and thousands of visitors from the first of four consecutive days of epicurean bliss known as Taste of the Beach.From modest beginnings only a few years ago, Taste of the Beach has evolved into what Coastal Living Magazine calls "one of the... Read More
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock
Another great independent film is coming to the Outer Banks courtesy of the Dare County Arts Council (DCAC) and Southern Circuit Film Tour. The documentary film Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock, an insightful look at the life of a groundbreaking civil rights activist, will be shown Wednesday, March 13 at 7 p.m.... Read More