You can send your news of special events, workshops, meetings, etc. on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands to donna@islandfreepress.org. Please send as a document or plain text in press release format. Please do not send only PDFs of posters or other announcements. You can send these for illustration, but we need text. We must receive your announcement at least one week before the event.
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Author Marjorie Hudson to hold book signing at Buxton Village Books on June 1
Award-winning author Marjorie Hudson will be coming to Buxton Village Books for a book signing event on June 1 at 2:30 p.m. Hudson is sharing her new novel, Indigo Field, which was recently nominated for a National Book Award. Hudson is both a writer and teacher, and she has also served as the Copyediting Manager at Algonquin Books, written for publications such as Garden & Gun and Our State Magazine, and teaches a wide array of writing courses. Indigo Field is a Southern story with a…
Find out more »Dare County Library’s 2023 Summer Reading Program
This year’s Summer Reading theme is “ALL TOGETHER NOW” around which Ms. Donna and Ms. Tammy have many fun, engaging and educational programs planned. Guidelines: Register in-person, by phone, or online anytime Each child's name will go on a chart at their preferred Library location For each day a child reads, they place a sticker on their chart Any reading counts: books, audiobooks, eBooks, reading aloud to your child, magazines, newspapers, even cereal boxes! 40 Days of reading = a FREE Prize…
Find out more »23rd Annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival returns on June 2-4
The 23rd annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival will be held on Ocracoke Island, NC on the grounds of the Berkley Manor and surrounding properties, June 2-4, 2023. The celebration features musicians, storytellers, artisans, and characters of Ocracoke Island and beyond. 2023 Performers include Cold Chocolate, Burnett Sisters Band, Larry and Joe, Fiddin Earl White, Blue Cactus, Josh Goforth, Donald Davis, After School Surf Club, Wyldwood, Beleza, Raphael Papo & Caroline Felkins, Berto & Vincent, Martin Garrish, Molasses Creek, Coyote,…
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