Author: Matt Artz

TR3 Featuring Tim Reynolds Comes Home To Kill Devil Hills [Concert Preview]

Local favorites TR3 featuring guitar virtuoso and Kill Devil Hills resident Tim Reynolds return to their favorite hometown bar live in concert at Port O’ Call this weekend. Reynolds is a two-time Grammy nominee who has called...

[Local Buzz] Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show Opens At Festival Park

The annual Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show opens this weekend at Roanoke Island Festival Park, showing inside the park’s Art Gallery throughout May. Sponsored by the Dare County Arts Council, the annual exhibit features an eclectic mix of locally created...

Outer Banks Spring Restaurant Week Serves Up Full Menu Of Local Flavor

Outer Banks Spring Restaurant Week kicks off on Mothers Day weekend with more than 20 participating restaurants from Duck to Manteo serving up some of their favorite signature flavors at special discounted prices. Held...

[Local Buzz] UNC Pembroke Brings Shakespeare To Roanoke Island Festival Park

UNC Pembroke is bringing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) to Roanoke Island Festival Park this summer. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is a satirical comedy that incorporates all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays...

41st Hang Gliding Spectacular Air Games Event Schedule Announced

Kitty Hawk Kites’ 41st Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games will soar high above Jockey’s Ridge in May. The 41st Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games will take place starting on Friday, May 17...

Movies On The Sound Return This Summer!

The Children At Play Museum in Kitty Hawk is once again presenting Movies on the Sound this summer, where you can see some of your favorite classic family films projected on a large inflatable...

How ‘Manhunter’ Brought ‘Hannibal’ To North Carolina [NC Film]

Fans of the evil genius Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter are eating up NBC’s new series Hannibal, but the horror icon’s first big screen appearance came in a stylish ’80s thriller that inspired the show,...

[BATB 3] ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ Cast Reuniting At Virginia Beach Convention

Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Pinhead, The Crypt Keeper, and The Walking Dead are all coming to Virginia Beach this Mothers Day weekend, along with a family reunion of musician/director Rob Zombie’s brutal 2005 film The Devil’s Rejects at the third Blood...

Weekend Movie Update – April 26, 2013: ‘Pain’ And The ‘Wedding’

Family drama erupts during a Big Wedding in theaters this week, while bodybuilders feel Pain, and Paul Rudd and Tina Fey go back to college at The Pioneer. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for...

OBXE Award Winners High Tide Return To Art’s Place [Concert Preview]

Voted by OBXentertainment.com readers as one of 2012’s Favorite Local Bands in the OBX Entertainment Awards last year, High Tide returns to Art’s Place in Kitty Hawk live in concert this weekend. Art’s has announced that...

‘The Lost Colony’ To Be Awarded Tony Honor For Excellence In Theatre!

The Lost Colony, America’s original urban legend and the longest running outdoor symphonic drama in the country, will be recognized at this year’s Tony Awards when the 76-year-old local production receives a special Honor for...

Less Than Jake To Headline Kelly’s This Summer [Concert Preview]

National recording artists Less Than Jake will take the stage live in concert at Kelly’s in Nags Head this summer. Formed in Gainsville, Florida in 1992, Less Than Jake blends old school punk with...

July 4, 2006 at Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills (photo: Artz Music & Photography)

[Local Buzz] Roanoke Island Festival Park Announces July 4th Celebration

The annual 4th of July Independence Day celebration at Roanoke Island Festival Park this year will feature a live patiotic concert followed by the Town of Manteo’s fireworks display over the park’s Outdoor Pavilion. Pack up...

[Movie Review] ‘Evil Dead’ Reigns In Blood

If you’re a fan of hardcore horror, you have undoubtedly already seen the new Evil Dead, easily the genre’s must-see event of the year, and if you’re not, you might as well stop reading...

‘Arthur Newman’ Trailer, Poster, Release Date Revealed [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, Raleigh, and various locations throughout North Carolina back in 2011, the official trailer and poster for the dark comedy Arthur Newman, starring Colin Firth and Emily Blunt, has been revealed and...

Theatre Of Dare Presents Evening Of One Acts

Theatre of Dare will wrap up their 22nd production season by presenting for the first time a night of One Act Plays, with four performances coming up this week.  Life After Elvis written by Jason Milligan...

Lightkeeper Descendants Relight Bodie Island Lighthouse, Now Open For Tours

The Bodie Island Lighthouse is open for public tours starting today for the first time ever, following a four-year renovation project. An official Relighting Ceremony was held at the lighthouse yesterday, where many of...

New Thriller Teaser Poster Reveals ‘Where The Devil Hides’ [NC Film]

Filmed in and around Wilmington, Currie, Rocky Point, and Burgaw, North Carolina in 2012, The Devil’s Rapture (which was formerly The Occult) has been renamed again, now officially titled Where The Devil Hides. Starring...

[Local Buzz] ECU Brings Children’s Storybook Theatre To Festival Park

East Carolina University (ECU) is bringing their new children’s show “Storybook Theatre Tales from Around the World Part II” to Roanoke Island Festival Park in May.  The production is an interactive theatre for children...

Virginia Beach Culture Shock Weekend Pop Convention Announced

The creators of the successful Blood at the Beach horror convention have announced the first details of Culture Shock Weekend, a new pop entertainment convention coming to Virginia Beach this summer. The first ever Culture...