Author: Matt Artz

‘American Idol’ Winner Scotty McCreery Coming To Manteo [Concert Preview]

Youngest male winner in American Idol history, Garner, North Carolina’s own Scotty McCreery is coming to Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo live in concert Labor Day weekend! Since becoming American Idol’s youngest male winner in...

‘Banshee’ Season 2 Teaser Trailer Revealed [NC Film]

Filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina and in parts of South Carolina, Cinemax has revealed an intense first official teaser for Season 2 of the hit series Banshee, along with four new promo...

Have Tea With The Queen At Elizabethan Gardens

You can have an audience with Queen Elizabeth I in the beautiful setting of  The Elizabethan Gardens each week this summer, where you will enjoy Her Majesty’s sumptuous desserts, refreshing iced tea, and delightful antics....

‘We’re the Millers’ Fires Up First TV Spot [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Warner Bros. Pictures has officially released the first TV spot online for the upcoming action comedy We’re the Millers, starring Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter, Emma Roberts, Ed...

Keller Williams Returns To Outer Banks Brewing Station [Concert Preview]

Fredericksburg, Virginia’s “one-man-jam-band” Keller Williams returns to Kill Devil Hills live in concert at the Outer Banks Brewing Station in August. Those who’ve followed Keller Williams’ recording career to date know that he has given each...

Blues Traveler Headlines Roanoke Island Festival Park [Concert Preview]

Grammy Award winners Blues Traveler will be live in concert this week at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo. Eighteen years after scoring the Grammy Award winning, harmonica-laced Billboard Top Ten breakthrough hit that came to define pop...

‘The Conjuring’ Haunts Theaters [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema’s The Conjuring from director James Wan (Saw, Insidious) is now playing in theaters, with a sequel already announced in development.  You can...

Ozzie Artz of Kill Devil Hills starred as "Baby Virginia Dare" in the christening scene in 'The Lost Colony' on August 18, 2007. (photo: Artz Music & Photography)

‘The Lost Colony’ Announces Virginia Dare Baby Auditions

The most important date in the history of Roanoke Island is August 18, 1585.  It was on that date the Eleanor Dare gave birth to Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the...

Kathy Mattea Concert Relocated To Kill Devil Hills [Concert Preview]

The Kathy Mattea concert scheduled for this weekend at the Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island has changed venues to the First Flight High School Auditorium in Kill Devil Hills. .  Due to the threating...

Learn To Fly At 2013 Wright Kite Festival

Kitty Hawk Kites’ 35th Annual Wright Kite Festival will color the sky above Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills this weekend. Featuring kite making, stunt and power kite lessons, and huge show...

Weekend Movie Update – July 19, 2013: ‘Conjuring’ Scares From NC

The scariest movie of the year – filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, arrives theaters this week, along with the latest adventure from DreamWorks, the newest fighters of the undead, and a new Bruce Willis action comedy sequel,...

Rehab Returns To Kill Devil Hills [Concert Preview]

Rehab rolls back into Kill Devil Hills to take over The Pit for their annual Outer Banks summer concert this August. The band is best known for their 2007 radio hit ‘Bartender (Sittin’ at a...

ABC Christmas Movie Brings Mary-Louise Parker To Wilmington [NC Film]

We got official word yesterday that ABC’s new Hallmark Hall of Fame holiday movie Christmas in Conway, starring Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, RED 2, RIPD), will be shot in Wilmington, North Carolina in August. Read...

Catherine Mary Stewart and Lance Guest star in 'The Last Starfighter'.

Stars Remember ‘The Last Starfighter’ Three Decades Later

On July 13, 1984, the young stars of The Last Starfighter saw their careers blast off into outer space, as a friendship was born that carries on three decades later. Today marks the 29th anniversary...

[Local Buzz] Get Caught In ‘Charlotte’s Web’ At Festival Park

UNC Pembroke invites you to get caught in Charlotte’s Web live at Roanoke Island Festival Park this week. UNC Pembroke will present the classic and memorable story Charlotte’s Web based on the story by E.B....

Weekend Movie Update – July 12, 2013: Monsters vs. Robots

It’s the ultimate battle of giant robots against even bigger monsters in theaters this week, while Adam Sandler and Chris Rock play Grown Ups, and a different group of Monsters visit The Pioneer. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update...

[Local Buzz] See Shakespeare’s Complete Works (Abridged) In Manteo

UNC Pembroke is bringing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) to Roanoke Island Festival Park this month. The University of North   Carolina at Pembroke’s University Theatre, in partnership with the Roanoke Island...

[Movie Review] ‘Monsters University’ Is Scary Good Fun

The lovable frightsters Mike and Sulley, voiced by Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers) and John Goodman (Rosanne, The Babe) respectively, are back in Disney Pixar’s Monsters University, a candy-colored prequel the...

Outer Banks Pro Surfing Contest Returns Labor Day Weekend 2013

The annual Wave Riding Vehicles Outer Banks Pro surfing contest returns to Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head this year on Labor Day Weekend! Dates for the 2013 Outer Banks Pro have been announced to...

‘Iron Man 3’ Blu-ray Details Revealed [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Marvel announced today that Iron Man 3 will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this September. Click here to read our review of Iron Man 3, and then scroll down...