Author: Matt Artz

Weekend Movie Update – Sept. 1, 2017: ‘Cars’ Takes A Victory Lap

The animated world of Cars is back for one more lap around the track playing locally this week, while the Pioneer gets Lucky. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of Sept. 1, 2017!...

Busch Gardens Williamsburg 2017 Highlights [Video / Photo Gallery]

It has been a few years since my family visited Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, so we were beyond excited to be able to return to the theme park for a quick but thrilling one-day...

'Let's Go', filmed on the Outer Banks, NC

Outer Banks Short ‘Let’s Go’ Wins Hampton Roads 48-Hour Film Project Awards

A talented crew of Outer Banks filmmakers brought home big prizes in this year’s Hampton Roads 48 Hour Film Project, winning awards for Best Cinematography and 2nd place Best Film, while also gaining nominations for...

Live Boxing Coming To Kelly’s, Nags Head [Interview]

Live boxing is coming to Kelly’s in Nags Head this September. We recently caught up with the Outer Banks’ best known local fighter and trainer David “Do or Die” Derby to get the details...

2017 Outer Banks Pro Surfing Event Returns To Nags Head Labor Day Weekend

The 2017 WRV Outer Banks Pro Surfing Championship returns to Nags Head this Labor Day Weekend. The WRV Outer Banks Pro is an official World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Qalifying Series (QS) event, drawing top rated...

Weekend Movie Update – Aug. 25, 2017: Murder on the ‘River’

There’s murder in the Wind in theaters this week, while a hero takes a Leap into the world of ballet. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of August 25, 2017! Avengers co-stars Elizabeth...

‘Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ Season 4 Ep. 5 Previews

Season 4 of the locally filmed National Geographic Channel (NatGeo) reality competition series Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks continues with Episode 5, titled “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”, and we have two official previews and two...

New World Festival of Arts 2017 Award Winners Announced

Perfect summer weather, over 75 world-class artists, and the backdrop of the Manteo waterfront provided the ideal setting for the 36th Annual New World Festival of the Arts on August 16 and 17. Mixed media...

Roanoke Island Festival Park To Host Girl Scout Day Event

The 5th Annual Girl Scout Day will be held on Saturday, September 30, from 10am to 4pm at Roanoke Island Festival Park. The event includes Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts.  During the event, girls...

‘Good Behavior’ Season 2 Trailer Unveiled [NC Film]

Currently filming in Wilmington, North Carolina, our first look at the upcoming Season 2 of the TNT drama series Good Behavior has arrived online, teasing more of the “tainted love” story to come. Good Behavior stars...

Weekend Movie Update – Aug. 18, 2017: ‘Hitman’ Faces A ‘Kidnap’

The Hitman has a bodyguard in theaters this week, while Halle Berry goes rogue as one tough mother, Adam Driver gets Lucky, Brie Larson enters a Glass Castle, and The Apes take over the Pioneer Here’s...

‘Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ Season 4 Ep. 4 Previews

Season 4 of the locally filmed National Geographic Channel (NatGeo) reality competition series Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks continues with Episode 4, titled “Dethroned”, and we have two official previews and a clip for you to...

Surfalorus Film Festival 2017 Lineup Announced

The Surfalorus Film Festival will bring an eclectic array of local, regional, national, and international surf films to the Outer Banks when it returns for its sixth year September 21-23. The free, family-friendly event will...

Choral Festival Concert Coming To Kill Devil Hills

The Eastern Carolina Concert Society (ECCS) is sponsoring a Choral Festival Concert on Sunday, August 27, 4 p.m., at Outer Banks Presbyterian Church, 907 S Croatan Highway, Kill Devil Hills, Milepost 8.5, featuring e...

Elizabethan Gardens To Celebrate Virginia Dare History And Birthday

North Carolina has long embraced its Elizabethan history, and in Dare County, residents celebrate the August 18 birth of Virginia Dare, the first child of English parentage born in the new world to the ill-fated Elizabethan...

‘Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ Season 4 Ep. 3 Previews

Season 4 of the locally filmed National Geographic Channel (NatGeo) reality competition series Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks continues with Episode 3, titled “Karma’s a Fish”, and we have an official preview and a clip for...

Weekend Movie Update – Aug. 11, 2017: ‘Annabelle’ Lives

The Creation of horror’s newest creepy doll is revealed in theaters this week, while another Nut Job gets even nuttier. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of August 11, 2017! Another prequel to The...

Lukas Nelson And Promise Of The Real Return To Kelly’s, Nags Head

National recording artists Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real are set to return to the Outer Banks this September, live in concert at Kelly’s in Nags Head. The band is touring in support...

‘North Carolina In The Great War’ Exhibit Opens At Festival Park

A new exhibit, “North Carolina in the Great War” opens this Monday (Aug. 7) at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo. Nearly 61,000 North Carolinians were drafted in 1917 and 1918 for a world...

Celebrate National Aviation Day At Wright Brothers Memorial

Wright Brothers National Memorial and the First Flight Society invite you to celebrate National Aviation Day on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills. The park will be...