Author: Matt Artz

Ride of Spring – Bike Week Still Roars a Decade Later

It’s been 10 years since the first ‘Bike Week’ was held over a three-day weekend in 2002, highlighted by a Sunday morning cruise around the Wright Brothers National Monument in Kill Devil Hills, sight...

Blood at the Beach Brings Horror to the People

Virginia Beach will get scary this weekend when the first ever Blood on the Beach Horror Convention takes over the Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center on Greenwich Road. Over 40 celebrity guests will be in...

OBX Weekend Movie Update – April 20, 2012

The fairest one of all arrives at the Pioneer, while a new romance meets a new comedy in local theatres this week. Here’s your Outer Banks movie update for the weekend of April 20, 2012! The big...

Meet NC's Addy Miller – The Walking Dead's First Zombie [OBXE Interview]

Meet NC's Addy Miller – The Walking Dead's First Zombie [OBXE Interview]

Born and raised in North Carolina, Addy Miller just turned 12 in January, but she has already made television history as the very first zombie on screen in the opening scene of the first episode of...

Icons of Horror Descend on Virginia Beach!

Icons of Horror Descend on Virginia Beach!

Three of the biggest horror icons of all time will join over 40 other celebrity guests at the first ever Blood on the Beach Convention, April 20-22 in Virginia Beach, making this innaugural event a dream come true...

String Ensemble to Play Festival Park

The 2012 Perfomance Series at Roanoke Island Festival Park continues this month, as the Gate City Camerata, UNC-Greensboro’s premiere string ensemble, will offer two performances in the Indoor Theatre at Festival Park on April...

Vampires, Zombies, and Saints to Invade Va. Beach!

More than 40 celebrity guests are scheduled to be at the innaugural Blood at the Beach Horror Convention April 20-22 in Virginia Beach, including the vampires of The Lost Boys, the zombies and zombie hunters of The Walking Dead,...

OBX Weekend Movie Update – April 13, 2012

The Games begin at the newly digitized Pioneer Theatre this week, while the must-see horror movie of the year takes on the Three Stooges in local theaters starting on Friday the 13th! Here’s your Outer Banks movie update for...

Titanic S.O.S. on View in Hatteras 100 Years Later!

April 14, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Titanic on that same date in 1912, and in honor of the centennial milestone, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on...

2012 Land of Beginnings Festival, April 16-21

The Land of Beginnings Festival, set this year for April 16-21, is an annual celebration of Outer Banks originals which defines who we are as a community. Read on the official schedule of events planned...

End of an Era: Historic Pioneer Theatre Goes Digital

End of an Era: Historic Pioneer Theatre Goes Digital

The digital revolution arrives today at the 94-year-old Pioneer Theatre in Manteo. Owner H.A. Creef Jr. threaded up the final film ever shown on the old projector at the historic theatre on Thursday, March 29, 2012, and only...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – April 6, 2012

The 94-year-old Pioneer Theatre goes digital this week, while a teen sex comedy comes of age in a nostalgic reunion and a 1997 blockbuster gets the 3D treatment. Here’s your Outer Banks movie update...

Chunky Monkey will Rock March of Dimes Benefit

Team Reed Walston for the March of Dimes / March for Babies is having a fundraiser featuring local band Chunky Monkey live on stage, and numerous other family-friendly events set for Saturday, April 14th...

Surfing 'Shoot Out' Returns to Jennette's Pier

The 3rd Annual Catch Surf and Duck Village Outfitters OBX Shoot Out surfing contest is set for May 17-20, 2012 at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. Divisions for this event include Pro/Am Surfing, Bodyboarding and Beater Boarding...