From Scrap to Art
Dave Melson pops open a plain looking toolbox and brings out some knives. They’re not like any store bought knives. Beautifully balanced and light in weight, each handle is different and in its own...
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Art and the Human Spirit
Art is a statement of the human spirit. For 39 years the Frank Stick Memorial Art Show has championed that belief, and the 2017 version of the longest running art show on the Outer...
February Events Chase Winter Blues
Forget the rumors about the sidewalks rolling up at night during an Outer Banks winter—there’s something for every entertainment taste this month, and a lot of it. The Dare County Arts Council (DCAC) has...
Jazz for a Good Cause at Kelly’s
Good music for a great cause…that’s what’s coming to Kelly’s Outer Banks Tavern this Friday night, January 13, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. It’s the fourth time now that Dr. Jazz and his...
Hubby Bliven: Behind the Glass
By Amanda McDanel Carrying four rolled-up prints that I need framed, I tread lightly across the yard and knock on the front door. The big beautiful white house stands before me but no one...
Artists of a Feather
By Katrina Mae Leuzinger In the category of unusual medium choices, “acrylic wash on turkey feather” ranks pretty high. The feathers only allow room for the smallest of portraits, require the lightest of...
Mickey McCarthy: An Icon in Outer Banks Photography
By Jesse Fernandez Originally published in the 2015 Holiday issue. Mickey McCarthy has been shooting surf photos for the better part of 40 years. The son of an avid amateur photographer, Mickey caught...
Musical Perfection at DCAC
When the Dare County Arts Council moved into the old County Courthouse, the hope was it would be come a centerpiece for downtown Manteo. That hope has been realized. The latest evidence of that...
35 Years for New World Festival
In 1981 the Christmas Store’s Edward Greene introduced the first New World Festival of the Arts, hoping somehow people would come from the beach to Manteo. That first festival was a success and 35...
Crowder Wows OBX
David Crowder is all about religion—maybe even old time religion, since at one point in his Wednesday night concert at Roanoke Island Festival Park he gathered his musicians around one mike and sang...
