The Ocracoke Square Dance: a living tradition
By Philip Howard
The OcraFolk Music and Storytelling Festival in June, the Ocracoke Independence Day celebration on July 3, and the Ocracoke Fig Festival in...
Ocrafolk Festival hits a high note
Text and Photos by Peter Vankevich
The three-day Ocrafolk Festival went out, to riff on American poet T.S. Eliot, not with a whimper but...
Ocrafolk Festival set for June 7 to 9
The 2024 Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival will be held on the grounds of the Berkley Manor June 7 to 9.
The 24th annual celebration...
Vince O’Neal continues generations of decoy carving
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
When visiting Vince O’Neal’s workroom on Cedar Road, in addition to work benches and tools of the craft, one...
New book highlights Ocracoke Island characters
By Peter Vankevich
One of the appealing aspects of living on Ocracoke is meeting or hearing about a cast of characters that visit or...
Local DJs put their unique spin to WOVV broadcasts
Editor's note: This story was originally published in two issues of the print paper in the summer of 2023.
By Patty Huston-Holm
One of the benefits...
Coyote to return for several concerts
Marcy Brenner and Lou Castro, also known as the musical duo Coyote, will play several upcoming concerts in the Deepwater Theater before and after...
Gary Mitchell mines island music gems in new radio show
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
WOVV, Ocracoke’s Village Voice community radio station, has been around for 12 years and Gary Mitchell has been on...
Chronicling the emotional toll of Hurricane Dorian
By Connie Leinbach
What was it like to go through a devastating hurricane like Dorian that inundated Ocracoke Island three years ago?
The answers might be...
Sonya Allen: Communicating through art
By Peter Vankevich
For many people, creating art is therapeutic, a nice respite from the many demands and challenges of daily life.
What is depicted...