Ocracoke Alive continues the community cultural activities it began last winter this year with Flavia Burton’s presentation of her adventures in South Africa from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 18) in the Ocracoke School.
Running through March 28, activities during the day and evening at various locations will include art, music, dance, creative writing, wellness and cooking classes as well as films, concerts and presentations.
A special emphasis this year will be the offering of more activities to draw in the Latino community, said Ocracoke Alive Executive Director David Tweedie.
“When we asked the community what they were interested in, they wanted multicultural offerings,” he said.
To that end, he said, the activities this year include Latin dancing, along with a couple of community dances, some cooking classes, coffee conversation hours, creative writing in Spanish and yoga in Spanish.
The online schedule will be translated into Spanish.
Among the new additions this year are Games/Puzzles for Families & All Ages in the Ocracoke Community Library; Ocracoke Philosophical Salon with Philip Howard; A visit with homing pigeons; Seamanship and knots; Hand building Pottery Angels; Improv Theater for Adults; soapmaking; A performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” by the Mended Wing Theater Company; a jazz concert; a seminar on “Envisioning the Future of Ocracoke”; and the North Carolina premier of Ben Knight’s new documentary “The Best Day Ever.”
The schedule is subject to change and some classes with limited capacity require registration.
For the detailed list of all activities and to sign up, visit the calendar here: www.ocracokealive.org.
