Current Events Week of July 27-Aug 2
Monday, July 27:
Summer Reading Program celebration at the library! We will dress up in our super hero costumes and have some yummy treats! Thanks to all who have been attending! The party starts at 6:30 pm.
A Tale of Blackbeard! The show starts at 8pm; get in line by 7 if you want to see it tonight! It's in the Ocracoke School gym with a whole new set design. Singing, dancing, and swordfighting pirates woo talented village girls on the eve of Blackbeard's final battle at Ocracoke! If you saw it last year, you need to see it again – there's a new Blackbeard, new pirates and village girls, and even a new song! The show runs Monday nights, July 6 – August 17. For presale tickets and more info visit http://www.ocracokealive.org.
Tuesday, July 28:
Babies, Toddlers & Preschooler Summer Reading Program, 9am at Ocracoke Library. Come for a story & easy craft!Coyote Plus One howls again! This week is a special Plus 3 Ocrachicks show with guests Jamie Tunnell Carter, Sundae Horn (me!), and April Trueblood. We'll be singing many of our favorites from Ocrachicks and Women's Opry shows of yore. Lucky Lou gets to share the stage with 4 women! The show starts at 8pm at the Community Center, and admission is $15 (free for kids under 12.) Not on Ocracoke? The live show will be broadcast on the web at concertwindow.com/coyote (cost = $1). Isn't technology amazing?
Wednesday, July 29:
Super Hero Training! Meet at 10:45 in the library. We will walk over to the gym at 11am for a special super hero training with librarian Allison from the main library in Washington, NC. All are welcome! Ages 0 and up! Wear your super hero best! This is the grand finale event of the Summer Reading Program.
Expose Yourself to Art at Down Creek Gallery! All are welcome to the art opening, 5 – 8pm, with live music by Desiree Ricker, and refreshments, too! Featured artist Barbara Adams will be showing her newest paintings portraying Ocracoke and the natural elements of the Outer Banks and surrounding areas from 5pm-8pm. Barbara says she “tries to paint weekly. There is a beauty in this little village that has always inspired my painting. The people are real, friendly, and capturing small town life with a brush and paint can be a challenge.”
Barbara work consists of oils, watercolors, and resin. She has been known to add elements such as raised surfaces and images on wooden boards and canvas, which she then coats in resin to complete the piece. She has built her own frames out of seashells and found objects.
“I enjoy capturing light and shadows which sometimes leads me to new challenges and techniques. With a combination or mixture of impressionism in the background, I attempt to bring out a realist image," she said.
The Ocrafolk Opry is back for its 15th season at Deepwater Theater. Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for youngens. Show starts at 8pm; doors open at 7:30pm. Performers this week include, but are not limited to, Molasses Creek, Rob Temple, Philip Howard, and yours truly.Thursday, July 30:
Come out to see and hear Molasses Creek in concert at Deepwater Theater! The show starts at 8pm (doors open at 7:30); admission is $15 adults/$7 kids.
Friday, July 31, Saturday and Sunday, August 1 & 2:
We'll post updates if we find out something's going on!
Be sure to check out the Current's Live Music calendar! Find out where your favorite musicians are playing! Just click here.
Events this week and every week......
If you're bummed because you missed the Ocracoke Friends of the Library Used Book Sale last week, cheer up – the sale goes on through the month of July during the library's public hours! Cheap books! Monday – Friday, 3 –7pm (on Wednesdays, they're open 'til 8), and Saturday, 9am-1pm.
Free and informative summer programs!
Stop by the National Park Service Visitor Center to find out about free ranger programs for all ages, and also when the lighthouse is open!
Ocracoke Preservation Society offers a Porch Talk program every Tuesday and Thursday at 1pm, and a special Kids' Program with a talk and craft every Wednesday at 1pm. There are also regularly-scheduled Museum Tours. Call 252-928-7375 for more information or click here.
The Ocracoke Foundation sponsors weekly Outdoor Classroom Programs every Wednesday at 10am at NCCAT. More info here.
Ocracoke Alive welcomes you aboard the Skipjack Wilma Lee for dockside talks on Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays at 11am.
Looking ahead....
It's Fig Season! Celebrate at the Ocracoke Fig Festival and Fig Cake Bake-Off on August 14th! Find out all about it (including a sample fig cake recipe) here.
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