Culture & Events

In late 2018, she hit the ground running. Exactly what you would expect from a woman who has completed 15 marathons, many half marathons, and 20 triathlons. The “she” in this case is Jenny Ash. [...]

Okay, folks, here’s your Outer Banks trivia question for this issue: What’s feathered, sequined, glittery, over fifty, and thrives on toe-tapping rhythm? Why, it’s the Wright Tappers, of course!

He played with Chuck Berry. Opened for the Grateful Dead, Santana, Pink Floyd, and others. Hung out with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and a galaxy of other stars in the 1960s and [...]

This holiday season we are all looking for that perfect gift. You know, something out of the ordinary. Fortunately for us, there are obx artists all up and down the Outer Banks that specialize in [...]

Some have known him simply as Glenn Eure. Others will remember him when they hear the phrase: “Outer Banks – Living Legend.” The latter description paints a more accurate and [...]

Lead singer Joshua Holland takes his position behind the microphone in a small makeshift music studio in Kitty Hawk. Cueing his fellow band members, he gives a slight nod and the room suddenly [...]

It’s more about the blue than it is the green. Earth Day is the largest environmental movement in the world and is being celebrated this Sunday, April 22nd. It began in the 1970’s and is [...]

On an early October evening in a makeshift Kitty Hawk second-floor studio, tenor saxophonist Alexandra Byers and four of her band mates work through their versions of the jazz standard [...]

The Christmas season is here and many of us are in deep making lists and checking them twice. Set aside the hustle and bustle for a moment or two, make time for the reason we celebrate this [...]

For the past 16 years, First Flight Rotary has been turning a bare field of grass into the non-stop, pig roasting, oyster shucking, all-you-can eat, musically enhanced Oink ‘n Oyster Roast. Ever [...]

Tucked into the Pirate’s Quay Shopping Center in Nags Head is Cloud Nine, a magical place brimming with a kaleidoscope of beads, baubles, and glass pieces tumbled smooth by the sea. It’s a [...]

If you’re lucky enough to have seen The Lost Colony at least once, chances are you have some memory of the first time you experienced the show – whether you happened to be five years old at the [...]

Whether you are a tourist who has just unpacked your bags and is ready for an epic week at the beach, or someone who grew up with sand between your toes and think you’ve seen (and done) it all, [...]

Wanted – all wannabe clam diggers! Here are the basics to get you clam digging on the Outer Banks.

Residents of small towns along Mid-Atlantic waterways excitedly ran to the dock when the massive two story James Adams Floating Theater slowly glided into view behind its two tug boats. This was [...]

Walk into the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) campus on any given day in April and chances are you will find students from across Northeastern North Carolina studying power potential, creating [...]

I know it’s not even March yet but we’ve gotten through the absolute worst of the winter (hopefully…), the days are getting longer, and when I glance out the window I think “wow, it looks warm [...]

Long before TV cameras arrived, Oregon Inlet Fishing Center was a year-round attraction for anglers and families. It boasts the largest charter fleet on the eastern seaboard – 28 offshore boats, [...]

An icon in downtown Manteo, the Pioneer is beloved by the community and has the distinct honor of being the oldest, family-run movie theater in the country.

Years ago, the odds of finding live, community theatre on the Outer Banks were about the same as finding a chest of gold doubloons washed up on the beach. So, a determined group of locals, [...]

Peace. Love. and Rescue. It’s a fitting theme for this year’s Wags & Whiskers Gala, an annual event that celebrates the gift of animals in our lives and raises money for organizations that care [...]

After finishing a lap at the Nags Head YMCA swimming pool, the athlete’s team members await him, arms raised to give high fives and pats on the back. “Good job!” is shouted out all around. A [...]

With the first day of Spring coming up on Friday, the snow flurries and cold winds of winter already seem like a distant memory. Shops are restaurants are beginning to open their doors again, and [...]

Celebrating the holidays with an abundance of community rituals on the Outer Banks has been a long standing tradition for both locals and visitors. With music and pageantry, illumination and art, [...]

The parachutes look small in contrast to the massive, metallic gray aircraft. Excitement is thick in the air as eager children watch hundreds of them descend from the plane, each one carrying [...]

If you want to give something more personal than a store-bought gift and you haven’t been knitting wool scarves since July, we have a couple of  ideas for even the  most [...]

In the days of yore, Old Christmas on the Outer Banks was an imaginative, playful custom observed enthusiastically by the entire community on northern Hatteras island. More accurately, the annual [...]