Manteo Christmas Celebration Kicks Off Outer Banks Holiday Season

The Town of Manteo will kickoff the Outer Banks holiday season with their annual Christmas Celebration happening the first weekend of December.   The festivities will begin on Friday, Dec. 4, with the Boat...

Dare Arts Council Announces Joint Chicamacomico Historical Art Project

Outer Banks artists will have a unique chance to combine their creative talents with local history in the coming year as part of a joint venture between the Dare County Arts Council (DCAC) and...

Dare County Arts Council Veterans Exhibit Receives Surprise Addition

The Friends of the Outer Banks History Center received a welcome surprise addition to the Family Traditions of Service exhibit that is currently on display upstairs in the Dare County Arts Council, 300 Queen...

Wright Brothers Memorial Entrance Fee Waived on Veterans Day

National Park Service Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac announced today that Wright Brothers National Memorial will be joining national park units across the country in honoring current and former servicemen and women and...

Theatre of Dare Bringing ‘Wonderful Life’ To Kill Devil Hills

Theatre of Dare is coming home for the holidays. The organization, currently celebrating its 25th season of community theatre on the Outer Banks, will perform It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at...

Outer Banks Veterans Week 2015 Schedule of Events Released

As part of Outer Banks Veterans Week, Dare County Arts Council has published a schedule of events and ceremonies for veterans this month, which you can find below.   For the third consecutive year, Dare...

Outer Banks Women’s Club Launches 2015 Christmas Angel Gift Project

It’s Outer Banks Woman’s Club Angel Gift Program time again. Shown below is the late Julia Haywood (left) and Gwen White (right), the project co-founders in 1987. With them two years ago, is Emily...

Theatre of Dare Going To ‘Our Town’

As their twenty-fifth anniversary season continues, Theatre of Dare is pleased to present Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Our Town.   The classic American play is considered by many to be the best American...

Keepers of the Light Amphitheater Opens at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

On Saturday, November 7, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m., Cape Hatteras National Seashore celebrates the dedication of the new Keepers of the Light Amphitheater near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, North Carolina. The...

UNC CSI Presents ‘Our Underwater Heritage’ Lecture Series

The UNC Coastal Studies Institute will host the eighth presentation in the “Our Underwater Heritage” Lecture series on November 4, at 6pmat the UNC CSI campus site on Roanoke Island.   The lecture series,...

Elizabeth II Taking Voyage to Elizabeth City

The Elizabeth II, whose homeport is Roanoke Island Festival Park, will be docked on the Elizabeth City waterfront this week, Oct 22-25. The 16th Century representative ship will start her outreach voyage, weather permitting, to...

Celebrate International Wolf Awareness Week

International Wolf Awareness Week will be celebrated at the National Wildlife Refuges Visitor Center, located at 100 Conservation Way on Roanoke Island, with singer/songwriter and naturalist Terri Bocklund. Cry Wolf is a free, one-hour...

Dare Arts Council Hosting Sea Turtle Clay Workshop

Dare County Arts Council is pleased to present a polymer clay workshop with artist Cyndi Buell, creating sea turtle pendants and sculptures. Cyndi says, “Sea turtles are some of our oldest living creatures on...

Thriller ‘Wait Until Dark’ Begins Theatre of Dare 25th Anniversary Season

Theatre of Dare will kick off their 25th anniversary year, as well as the Outer Banks Halloween season, this weekend with the classic thriller Wait Until Dark. Read on for the official press release...