Kitty Mitchell opens new art gallery
Text and photos by Connie Leinbach
Island artist Kitty Martin Mitchell has opened a studio and art gallery at 271 Irvin Garrish Highway, across from...
Ocracoke events for week of Tuesday, June 1, to June 6
Tuesday, June 1Coyote Music Den, 13 Cabana Dr: Coyote Backyard Concert, 8 pm, featuring Kim France. All concerts are free; tips welcome at www.paypal.me/coyotemusicden or donate/more...
Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival set for June 4 to 6
The 21st annual Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival from June 4 to 6 will be different this year and in a new location.
The celebration...
A spiritual endeavor: The art of drum fishing
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Text and photos by Michael Lydick
It’s 10:30 at night, and I’m standing up to...
Events on Ocracoke May 17 to 23
Live music and other events on Ocracoke Island, N.C., are slowly coming back.
Tuesday, May 18Ocracoke Waterways Commission meets at 6 p.m. in the Ocracoke...
Heard on Ocracoke: Beleza
By Peter Vankevich
“Beleza, Tudo Beleza.”
“Beautiful, everything beautiful” is a local greeting in Brazil’s Salvador, capital of the northeastern state of Bahia where Humberto...
Nathan Spencer: A native talent for waterfowl carving
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Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
Nathan Spencer, this year’s Ocracoke Waterfowl...
Winnie Blount, matriarch of one Black family on Ocracoke
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By Connie Leinbach
Among the unusual street names on Ocracoke is one named Winnie Blount...
Jerniman’s opens its restaurant
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By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke got a new eatery on Friday when Jerniman’s opened their restaurant...
Message in a bottle found on Ocracoke came from Canada
By Connie Leinbach
Flotsam bottles containing messages are one of those treasures that beachcombers dream of finding.
Roy and Ann Huntley of Raleigh, who have a...