"Canned" Summer Music Festival

Final Concert of the Canned Summer Music Festival:

September 16th at 5:00 PM The Barbershop Quartet "Four Karat Gold" and Duet "Tuesday's Rain"

Christ Episcopal Church, 252.338.1686, located at the crossing of Church and McMorrine Streets

This is the final concert in this series benefiting The Food Bank of the Albemarle.

Admission is a can of food or $1 donation.

News from Port Discover

Port Discover Partners with Take A Child Outside Week, September 24 – 30
Elizabeth City, NC — Port Discover has become a partner for the national “Take A Child Outside” week, September 24 – 30. During the week people are invited to make a pledge to take a child outside to experience the natural world. As part of the week-long program, Port Discover is hosting an afterschool nature walk on Thursday, September 27 at 4:00 pm. Dr. George Taylor, environmental educator and proprietor of NC EcoTours, will guide children on a nature walk within walking distance of Port Discover.

Reservations are requested for the Take A Child Outside nature walk, September 27. To reserve a spot, contact Port Discover at 252-338-6117. The program is free.

For other opportunities and suggestions for encouraging children in the outdoors, visit http://www.takeachildoutside.org/. This effort was inspired by the book Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. Port Discover will also have suggestions and recommendations available in the Center. In North Carolina, “Take A Child Outside” week is being coordinated by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Port Discover is located at 613 East Main Street, Elizabeth City. Port Discover’s hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Programs can be arranged at other times for special groups. For more information call 252-338-6117 or http://www.portdiscover.org/.

Port Discover is a community-based, non-profit organization, established to enhance the public’s understanding and enjoyment of science through engaging programs, activities, and exhibits. Elizabeth City State University along with the Elizabeth City Area Chamber of Commerce initiated the project that has attracted broad community support, including Elizabeth City Morning Rotary, College of the Albemarle, Albemarle Hospital, Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools. Port Discover is also a member of the NC Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative.

A Day on the River Featuring the Classic Moth Boat

The Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle invite you to participate in the 19th annual “A Day on the River featuring the Classic Moth Boat” Saturday September 15. Free family activities begin at 10:00 am on the Museum Green with children’s crafts such as making a sail boat, a pirate hat, designing a pirate flag and learning to talk like a pirate. Inside the Gaither Auditorium from 11:00 am-1:00 pm enjoy a book reading and signing of "Lindy Lobster" with popular Outer Banks author Suzanne Tate. The Regatta begins at 11:00 am, and races will continue throughout the day featuring classic moth boats and classes for other small boats. At 1:00 pm inside the Auditorium Kevin Duffus will present a lecture: "War Zone: World War II off North Carolina’s Outer Banks."

On sale now and throughout the day are limited edition t-shirts featuring the classic moth boat at $15.00 each.

A Museum benefit dinner will begin at 5:00 pm. Tickets are available through the Museum at $10.00 each. All proceeds from the benefit dinner and the sale of t-shirts and other memorabilia will benefit the Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle.

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. Serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties, the museum is the northeast regional history museum of the North Carolina Division of State History Museums. The Museum of the Albemarle is a regional section of the State History Museum Division, Department of Cultural Resources, State of North Carolina.

ECSU Football

Here is a summary of ECSU's Sept 8th football game against Charleston:

clipped from wviac.typepad.com September 08, 2007 Saturday, 9/8 FB Summaries Charleston 17, Elizabeth City State 8 (CHARLESTON---Charleston (2-1) used a strong defensive effort to knock off 2006 NCAA Division II playoff participant Elizabeth City State. The Golden Eagles held the visitors from North Carolina without an offensive score during the game's first 57 minutes and got a pair of short Josh Culbertson touchdown rushes. Elizabeth City State pulled with 17-8 on a 65-yard Rayburn Morris to Casey Owens touchdown pass with 2:53 left, but the Golden Eagles ran out the clock thanks to four Culbertson rushes that led to a pair of game-clinching first downs. Charleston led 3-2 in a low-scoring first half as Wes Sherrill booted a 22-yard field goal for the Golden Eagles.

Pasquotank Arts Council Gallery - New Exhibit

21st Annual Art Competition
A new exhibit is running from September 9th - October 5th. Featuring over 100 original paintings!!

On Sunday, September 9th from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, there will be an opening reception for this new exhibit at the PAC Gallery, located at 609 East Main Street, Elizabeth City, NC. Come join in the fun and check out the paintings!!

Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm & Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

For more information about the gallery call 252-338-6455 or email maryt@pasquotankarts.org.

Free showing of DVD biography of local resident Alex Haley at new Witherspoon Library, Monday 7 PM

HOPE Group Meeting
Monday, September 10th, 7:00 pm
at
W.C. Witherspoon Memorial Library
The program will consist of a DVD on the life of Alex Haley, an American biographer, scriptwriter and novelist, whose most famous work is Roots. Mr. Haley was a student at Elizabeth City Teachers College from 1937 until 1939. Haley's father taught agriculture at Elizabeth City Teachers College before during and after Alex's years there as a student. During WWII Alex enlisted in the Coast Guard. He learned to write professionally onboard ships and later writing officially for the Coast Guard. Today, a cutter ship serving with the Coast Guard is christened with his name. The film will be biographical and will include excerpts from the last forum Alex Haley presented. You are encouraged to bring guests.

Contact the library first at 252-335-2473 to assure space will be available for your party. The room can hold no more than about 50 persons comfortably.

For more info on the W.C Witherspoon Memorial Library (also known as the Pasquotank-Camden Library), then please click here.

“Tea Party”

Museum of the Albemarle will host a "Tea Party" for children kindergarten through sixth grade, accompanied by an adult, on Saturday, October 6, 2007 from 10:00 am until 12:00 Noon. Dress in your Sunday best and join us for a historic tea party. Hear how the ladies of Edenton helped the Revolution by having their own tea party as told by a Junior Docent costumed interpreter. Have lunch and make a Tussie-Mussie nosegay from real flowers.

Pre-registration and payment is required by Saturday, September 22, 2007. The cost is $25.00 for child and adult or $22.00 for FOMOA members and $15.00 for additional child or $12.00 for FOMOA members. To register or FMI please call 252-335-1453.

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 S. Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. Serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties, the museum is the northeast regional history museum of the North Carolina Division of State History Museums.Department of Cultural Resources, State of North Carolina.

News from Port Discover

Port Discover Toddlers Look at the Beauty of Rainbows

Elizabeth City, NC — Toddlers will learn about the science of rainbows at the September 20 Toddler Time, the Beauty of Rainbows. At the program, children will learn about the color spectrum and make and take home their own rainbow scope.

The program for two and three-year-olds will begin at 9:00; the program for four-and-five-year-olds begins at 10:00 am. Cost for the program is $5.00 per family and reservations are required. Parents or guardians must accompany the child. Reservations can be made by calling 338-6117.

Port Discover is located at 613 East Main Street, Elizabeth City. Port Discover’s hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Programs can be arranged at other times for special groups. For more information call 252-338-6117 or www.portdiscover.org

Port Discover is a community-based, non-profit organization, established to enhance the public’s understanding and enjoyment of science through engaging programs, activities, and exhibits. Elizabeth City State University along with the Elizabeth City Area Chamber of Commerce initiated the project that has attracted broad community support, including Elizabeth City Morning Rotary, College of the Albemarle, Albemarle Hospital, Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools. Port Discover is also a member of the NC Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative.