Community Calendar

The Friends of the New Bern Craven County Public Library will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1125 Pinetree Dr. from 9 am to 6 pm on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27. You will find fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults with prices ranging from 50 cents for children's books to $3 for hard cover adult books. You will also find a large collection of musical CD's.

The Friends of the New Bern Craven County Public Library will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1125 Pinetree Dr. from 9 am to 6 pm on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27. You will find fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults with prices ranging from 50 cents for children's books to $3 for hard cover adult books. You will also find a large collection of musical CD's.

The Friends of the New Bern Craven County Public Library will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1125 Pinetree Dr. from 9 am to 6 pm on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27. You will find fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults with prices ranging from 50 cents for children's books to $3 for hard cover adult books. You will also find a large collection of musical CD's.

The final day of the Friends of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library has special pricing all day. We provide the bag and you fill it with as many books as it can hold for just $5! It's a great way to stock up for beach and vacation reading.

Credit cards are accepted with a minimum $10 purchase.

As part of our celebration of America’s 250th, the Beaufort Historic Site is excited to announce a special lecture/workshop series beginning April 11 during the Carteret County, NC Master Gardener Volunteers’ Plant Sale on the Historic Site grounds. Walk-ups will be welcome, but we appreciate an RSVP so we know how many to expect. This introductory lecture and demonstration will be FREE and will also outline how the new series will engage participants beginning with the Site’s interpretive colonial gardens through the creation of medicinal remedies for the treatment of ailments using historic botanicals, tools, and techniques.

The series will be led by Apothecary-Surgeon, Dr. Charles Brett, who specializes in interpreting 17th and 18th century Medicine with a focus on British North America and Maritime medical practices, surgery, and apothecary. He has conducted similar lectures and workshops at Tryon Palace for over 7 years, and we are pleased to have him present this living history experience. Prior to Tryon Palace, he was with Colonial Williamsburg as an Adjunct/Apprentice in the Pasteur and Galt Apothecary Shop.

Please join us on April 11 at 11:00 AM to learn more about how you can have fun with history at the Beaufort Historic Site. For more information or to RSVP please call the Welcome Center at 252-728-5225.

Tryon Palace is excited to welcome back Dr. Antwain K. Hunter to the North Carolina History Center!

Explore the fragile and uncertain realities faced by African Americans navigating freedom. Participants will consider how individuals and communities balanced resistance, adaptation, and hope while living within structures that could shift at any moment. Through historical analysis and discussion, the lecture invites audiences to reflect on how this delicate balance shaped the pursuit of dignity, citizenship, and freedom.

Dr. Hunter participated in our panel discussion following the special preview screening of the PBS docuseries “The American Revolution” in Cullman Hall. He brought his insight and expertise, and he had multiple engaging discussions with audience members during the question and answer session.

Dr. Hunter is a historian and author. He is an assistant professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His first book, A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715-1865, explores the legal and community dynamics of free and enslaved Black people’s firearm use. Hunter highlights how they pragmatically used their weapons in a variety of beneficial ways, including subsistence hunting, self-defense, agricultural labor, and rebellion. Further, individual enslavers—backed by the legislature and county courts—tried to use Black people’s armed labor for their own benefit and protect themselves from perceived threats. This examination of race, firearms, and the law offers a compelling look at the American past and better contextualizes the present.

Eastern North Carolina’s premier all-ages comic book and collectables show, the G3ektacular 2026 Comic Book & Toy Show will feature a fantastic line-up of vendors (comic books, toys, collectables, manga, etc.) and creators. A benefit raffle will also be held with all proceeds being donated to the Hero Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to helping comic book creators in need. On-Site Food Truck! Free Admission! 10am to 4pm.

Join us at the elegant Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach for a brunch celebrating Kristy Woodson Harvey’s newest book, Summer State of Mind, and get into the summer spirit! This extra-special brunch in honor of the book’s launch will be held on Sunday, May 3rd, beginning at noon. Kristy Harvey will speak about Summer State of Mind and will be signing books during the event.

Tickets are $75 + tax ($80.06 per person) and include brunch and a copy of Summer State of Mind. A cash bar will also be available for guests who wish to enjoy a mimosa, Bloody Mary, or wine with their brunch.

Tickets are limited, and advance purchase is required.

Join us for a fantastic presentation from Chris Sweeney, the award-winning journalist and author of "The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne".

Sweeney’s book describes the fascinating and remarkable true story of the world’s first forensic ornithologist—Roxie Laybourne (born in Fayetteville & raised in Farmville), who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers.

Tickets are now available, and they're free! Reserve your ticket on Eventbrite here: https://tinyurl.com/chris-sweeney.

Questions? Contact Emma at erepp@farmvillenc.gov