Pat Garber to sign new book PAWS AND TALES at Books...
Pat Garber will be autographing copies of her newest book PAWS AND TALES at Books to be Red this Saturday (Dec 6) from 12:30 to...
Melinda Fodrie Sutton to show photos of Ocracoke’s daily beauty Nov...
November 2014
By Ruth Fordon
Rising artist, photographer Melinda Fodrie Sutton will have her first gallery opening on Nov. 26 at Down Creek Gallery, 260 Irvin...
Artists paint Ocracoke
By Connie Leinbach
After a week of painting pictures—an activity she had never done before—Ruth Fordon of Ocracoke found she played Pickleball better.
“I hit the...
The great Ocracoke October artists’ incursion
By Peter Vankevich
In early October, one may have noticed several artists at work throughout the village.
My curiosity was piqued--enough to recall Redford and Newman,...
Heart like a river: local author keeps ancestor’s Civil War stories...
September 2014
By Peter Vankevich
Islander-author Pat Garber might not be here had it not been for Gen. George Armstrong Custer.
She revealed this Aug. 19 during...
Gaskill takes fig cake bake-off traditional honors, Vankevich innovative
September 2014
A Fig Cake Bake-off and end-of-summer celebration in Community Square Aug. 15 salvaged some of the festivities of the canceled July 4 on...
Ten Thousand Breakfasts: A tale of Wonder by Ann Ehringhaus
Book review by Peter Vankevich
What’s it like to run a bed and breakfast? This is a thought that many have fantasized over. Ann Ehringhaus...
‘A Tale of Blackbeard’ is the talk of Ocracoke
June 2014
By Connie Leinbach
The revival of the play “A Tale of Blackbeard” after a 20-year hiatus is the talk of Ocracoke.
An original musical...
Why nine years later is Katy Mitchell singing the blues?
review by Peter Vankevich
When Katy Mitchell was 15, she entered Ocracoke’s Sound¬side Studios to record her first album, “Baby It’s You,” which was released...