Author: Matt Artz

May The 4th Be With You: Celebrate Star Wars Day in Kitty Hawk!

May the Fourth be with you! For fans of the Star Wars movie franchise, the date of May 4 each year has been adopted as the official holiday celebrating all things that we love...

Brew and Arts Series Returns To Outer Banks Brewing Station

The popular Brew & Arts summer art show series benefiting Outer Banks Children at Play Museum returns to the Outer Banks Brewing Station in Kill Devil Hills on Mondays this June through August. Kids and...

David McCullough Wright Brothers Book, Tom Hanks HBO Miniseries Preview

The subject of the next miniseries event from HBO and Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goatzman hits close to home, as HBO has acquired the rights to The Wright Brothers, the new book...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – May 1, 2015: ‘The Avengers’ Return

The Avengers reassemble in theaters this week in Disney and Marvel’s action-packed superhero sequel Age of Ultron (rated PG13), opening this Friday locally at the historic Pioneer Theatre in Manteo and R/C KDH Movies 10 in...

Hatteras Wildlife Protection Environmental Assessment Released

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) released today, for public review, the Seashore plan which reviews wildlife protection buffers for public access.   This environmental assessment (EA), prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy...

Outer Banks National Parks Tourism Creates Economic Benefits

A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2014 shows that over 2.8 million visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial spent more than $170...

Mike Love To Play Outer Banks Brewing Station [Concert Preview]

National recording artist Mike Love will be live in concert at the Outer Banks Brewing Station in Kill Devil Hills in May. Love was born and raised on the island of O’ahu in Hawaii...

‘OBXE TV’ Ep. 43 – Outer Banks Bike Week 2015 [Video]

Season 2 of our original Outer Banks entertainment news series OBXE TV continues with Episode 43, filmed on location at various events throughout the area during Outer Banks Bike Week 2015, celebrating its 13th year...

Jefferson Starship Headlines Lost Colony Outer Banks Concert Series

Jefferson Starship, featuring two of the original members of the iconic rock band Jefferson Airplane, is coming to the Outer Banks for the first time, live on stage at the historic Waterside Theatre on...

National Park Service Updates Cape Hatteras ORV Management Plan

National Park Service Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac announced this week that, consistent with 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, a legislation-driven review and analysis of the Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Management Plan for Cape...

New Dolphin Signs Installed At Jennette’s Pier And NC Aquarium

The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Jennette’s Pier, and the Outer Banks Community Foundation have teamed up with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research (OBX CDR) to develop and install informational graphic...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – April 24, 2015: Ageless ‘Adaline’

Adaline is ageless in theaters this week, and an animated alien just wants to get Home at the historic Pioneer. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of April 24, 2015! At the historic Pioneer Theatre in...

Bike Week 2015 Rolls Onto Outer Banks [Video / Photo Gallery]

The 13th Annual Outer Banks Bike Week rolled onto the Outer Banks, kicking off on April 18 and running through April 26, with various events, rides, and parties happening throughout the area all week....

Cape Hatteras National Seashore 2015 Lifeguard Season Announced

National Park Service Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac announced today that Cape Hatteras National Seashore has contracted the Seashore’s lifeguard operations to serve the visiting public during the 2015 summer season.  Operations of...

Outer Banks Forum Announces Playbill Artist Contest Winner

The Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts and the Dare County Arts Council are pleased to announce the winners of their second annual art competition to select the Forum’s Playbill cover. George Wood’s...

The Wright Brothers' first flight on December 17, 1903 in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, photographed by John T. Daniels.

Tom Hanks Producing Wright Brothers Miniseries For HBO!

The subject of the next miniseries event from HBO and Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goatzman hits close to home, as HBO has acquired the rights to The Wright Brothers, a new book...

US News World Report Ranks Outer Banks Best Family Beach Vacation

U.S. News and World Report recently released its list of the 10 Best Family Beach Vacations in the USA, giving the Outer Banks, North Carolina the No. 1 top spot! The site has this to...

Dare Arts Council Announces Rock The Cape Music Festival Lineup

Dare County Arts Council Announces Music Lineup and Festival Plans For The Third Annual Rock The Cape Music Festival and Arts Exposition in Avon NC Dare County Arts Council will host the third annual Rock The...

Sue Artz with Jon Bender and Don Bridge of Theatre of Dare on the set of the OBX Entertainment series 'OBXE TV' on April 16, 2015. (photo by OBXentertainment.com)

‘OBXE TV’ Ep. 42 – Theatre Of Dare [Video]

Season 2 of our original Outer Banks entertainment news series OBXE TV continues with Episode 42, featuring an all new interview with our special guests Don Bridge and John Bender from Theatre of Dare.  Don...

‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Teaser Trailer Arrives! [Trending]

Just one day after Disney unveiled a second trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Warner Bros. has answered with our first ever look at the upcoming superhero epic Batman v Superman: Dawn of...