OPS Art Show and Auction slated for Saturday
Ocracoke Preservation Society has been collecting dozens of small canvases of art for their art auction fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday (Jan....
Nags Head artist Suzanne Morris paints Ocracoke
By Peter Vankevich
One day in mid-October, Ocracoke village was suddenly filled with artists from early morning until well into the afternoon.
They were a group...
Paws and Tales: Pat Garber’s case for anthropomorphic fiction
December 2014
By Peter Vankevich
Pat Garber’s latest book, Paws and Tales (Schroeder Publications), is a work of fiction; a novel narrated by Kali, a sailor...
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...
