May 09 Thursday
Bring your old family photos to the Trenton Public Library on Thursday, May 9 at 4:00 p.m. and have them scanned with staff assistance. Participants are requested to bring a maximum of ten items/pictures to be scanned. Personal flash drives will be provided for scan storage.
All walk-ins are welcome; no appointments are necessary. For more information, contact Head of Technical Services Carolyn Schulman by phone at 252.527.7066 ext. 135 or by email at cschulman@neuselibrary.org!
Live Music at the Library!
The Morehead Brass Consortium will perform at the Bogue Banks Public Library on Thursday May 9th from 5:15 – 6:30pm. During a 25 minute intermission, guests can visit Spoondrift (located in the Library building), which will be open for the event.
From Rondeau (the Masterpiece Theatre theme) to Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, jazz standards like Blue Moon and The Way You Look Tonight, as well as The Beatles and Kenny Rogers making an acoustic appearance, you'll learn something about a variety of musical genres and have as good of a time as the five musicians! The Morehead Brass Consortium includes Darryl Falls (tuba), Rebeccah Haines (French horn), Norm Waligora (trombone), Dave Robertson (trumpet), and Ralph Wade (trumpet).
Sponsored by the Friends of the Bogue Banks Public Library
The Gig in the Park is a spring concert series in Wilson, NC. Every other Thursday from April 11 - June 6. Join us at the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park from 6 PM – 9 PM.This spring concert series is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a chair or blanket. There will be food trucks along with beer and wine for purchase. Please no outside beverages or coolers.
Art & Surprises, a unique event hosted by New Bern Breakfast Rotary to benefit the Rotary-Habitat for Humanity partnership to build home #80 in the Pembroke Community. Guests will enjoy socializing, music, refreshments, and a cash bar during the evening. Every 15 minutes, 10 tickets will be drawn and the holder of each ticket will have a chance to select a piece of art (paintings, photography, pottery, glass, wood, jewelry, ceramic, and more!) to take home. Everyone attending gets to go home with something! Alternatively, there will be "Surprise Bags" holding gift cards, smaller art pieces, bottles of wine, or something equally interesting! Tickets for our 50/50 Raffle will be available for purchase for five prizes ($3,500 to $400). Drawing will take place on June 27 and winners do not have to be present.
The Unitarian Coastal Fellowship of Morehead City is pleased to announce a Social Justice Film Series about various social justice topics, from racial justice to environmental issues to LGBTQ+ rights. Showings will take place in the church’s sanctuary. All films will be free to the public, and there will be ten films in total. Check our website and social media for full list of films.
May 10 Friday
The Coastal Carolina Chapter, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is recruiting new members during its Spring Membership Drive from April 1 to May 31, 2024.
Coast Carolina Chapter is an all-volunteer, nonprofit military, veterans organization and is seeking enthusiastic, dedicated individuals who want to “continue to serve” and give back to their community. While we support MOAA’s national goals, our chapter’s focus is serving the needs of military members, veterans and their families in Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Green, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico, and Pitt counties.Membership is open to those who hold or have ever held a warrant or commission in any component of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and their surviving spouses.
Our chapter offers college scholarships for military dependents and supports a wide range of veteran related community activities such as Toy for Tots, the North Carolina Veterans Home in Kinston, local high school JROTC and ECU’s ROTC programs, and Wreathes Across America (WWA).
To learn more about our chapter please visit www.CCMOAA.org or email CCMOAA@outlook.com attention Mike Kennedy.
Our members make a difference!We look forward to hearing from you and joining the Coastal Carolina Chapter!
The City of Greenville is seeking artwork submissions to honor the their 250th Anniversary. Artwork should be based on the theme: "What you enjoy most about Greenville." There will be monetary rewards for winners in multiple age groups. The City of Greenville will reserve the right to reproduce the art for public display and the art will be part of an exhibit in the fall at City Hall.
Artwork submissions on 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper. Participants will upload the artwork digitally or deliver it to City Hall (200 W 5th Street). Submissions are eligible from the entire community for ages 18-under.
Entry Deadline: May 10, 2024
Please donate ALL through the month of May. Our Eastern NC migrant workers who pick our fruits and vegetables need long sleeve cotton t-shirts during the hot summer months. They need protection from the sun, chemicals, and cuts. Please donate new or gently used t-shirts all sizes for men and women.
Oriental's new exhibit explores the long history of lighthouse lore in our area and of the seven lighthouses from Corolla down to Oak Island along the North Carolina Coast. The Steamer Oriental went aground on the Outer Banks near the site of the original Bodie Island Lighthouse.
What will you learn? What lights a lighthouse...what do the various patterns and colorings of the lighthouses mean...which lighthouse and keeper's home was moved... which lighthouses are still in operation...what it's like being a keeper...were there female keepers?