Van's Place II is joining forces with Albemarle Hopeline to put on a Men's Softball Tournament on Saturday June 14, 2008 at the Elizabeth City Fields. Hopeline is a private, non-profit organization that provides comprehensive and preventive services to victims of family violence, sexual assault and teen dating violence in the counties of Pasquotank, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Perquimans and Gates. This will be thier Annual Fundraising Event.
*First 12 teams taken*
*Softball Nation Bat Rules*
*44 Core, 525 Compression Balls*
3 game guarantee(based on twelve teams)*
*$200.
00 per team(deadline f/payment June 6th)*
*1st, 2nd, 3rd place trophies*
A rain date will announced in the event of bad weather.
Contact:
Bridget Jernigan 252-562-2047 Atlantic Crane Softball Team
David Warren 757-576-2068 Tidewater Softball Team
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Arts & Community Engagements: OPERA ON THE PASQUOTANK
The spirit of the arts truly came alive on the beautiful evening of Saturday April 19, 2008, at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. OPERA ON THE PASQUOTANK featuring Rose Leahr Bowen (Soprano) was presented in the Gaither Auditorium of the museum to a sold out audience. This art event epitomized the nature of the arts as an effective community-building mechanism. The full auditorium was packed with a diverse, excited audience of community residents poised with enthusiasm to embrace a meaningful cause; a fundraising event benefiting the museum sponsored by The Guild of Museum Friends.
Visit MOA on line: www.museumofthealbemarle.com
By Tunde Afolayan
THINK, BELIEVE, PATICPATE
The Arts build Community...
www.tundevisualart.com
Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center Book Signing
at the
Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center
2356 US 17 North
South Mills, NC
Sunday, May 18, 2008
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Ben Casey's passion for the preservation of the environment is especially seen in his new book, Dismal?. A native of nearby Pamlico County, he inspires us with his words and photographs to treasure and preserve nature, including the Great Dismal Swamp and its canal.
If you've never heard of the Great Dismal Swamp, you are in for a visual and verbal treat. If you have had the opportunity to travel this waterway, this book will allow you to relive and savor a wonderful experience.
Especially noteworthy is the historical background information, "Talking with George," (George Ramsey) which Carolyn Casey has written.
Light Refreshments will be served. The book is available at the Dismal Swamp Gift Shop for $24.95.
For more information please contact:
Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center
252-771-8333
dscwelcome@camdencountync.gov
Dr. Tom Vinick Friday Night at The City Wine Sellar
Host: Debbie Malenfant
Location: City Wine Sellar
102 Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 US
When: Friday, April 25, 7:00 pm
Phone: 252-335-1163
Join us Friday night at The Sellar Wine Bar (located inside The City Wine Sellar) for the sounds of the super-entertainer, Dr. Tom Vinick. Dr. Tom hails from the Moyock area and plays "cool baby" 70s cover tunes. Come out for a night of entertainment that will have you singing and shimmying.
Entertainment is from 7-10 pm. Regular deli menu items served from 6-9 pm. The Sellar Wine Bar is Elizabeth City's only non-smoking bar. Enjoy our outside patio seating.
RSVP nice, but not necessary.
Check out other upcoming events at www.citywine.blogspot.com. Call 252-335-1163 for more informaton.
Museum of the Albemarle to Open New "Our Story" Exhibit, May 10 in Elizabeth City
Contact: Elizabeth Evans, Public Relations ConsultantCahoon & Cross Marketing Consultants
Phone: (757) 625-7068 direct line
E-mail: evanspr@cox.net
-- More than 750 artifacts tell the story of Northeastern North Carolina’s Albemarle region --
(Elizabeth City, N.C., April 21, 2008) – Visitors to Elizabeth City will soon have the chance to see a cannon fired by the pirate Blackbeard and step inside a Colonial-era farmhouse, when the Museum of the Albemarle opens a new regional exhibit, "Our Story," in its Madrin Gallery, Saturday, May 10. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled that day at 9:15 am.
The 6,200 square-foot exhibit will showcase more than 750 artifacts that depict the story of the Albemarle region’s watermen, farmers, lifesavers and soldiers. The history and culture of these people will unfold as visitors experience the maritime, canal, railroad, automobile and tourism eras in the Albemarle.
Featured among the artifacts are such finds as the cannon recovered the ship purported to be Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge; a Charles Wilson Peale miniature portrait brooch of Joseph Hewes, a North Carolina signer of the "Declaration of Independence"; a miniature replica of the James Adams Floating Theatre, the inspiration for author Edna Ferber’s popular novel, "Show Boat"; and a horse-drawn "steam pumper" fire engine that was used in Elizabeth City through the 1920s.
Visitors will also enjoy learning how early farming families lived by exploring the Jackson House, a 1755 farmhouse that spanned both the Colonial and Federal time periods. The farmhouse and nearby 1840 smokehouse are original structures from the area.
"Our Story" was made possible through the Museum of the Albemarle’s capital campaign that raised more than $1.5 million in private funds.
The Museum of the Albemarle (www.museumofthealbemarle.com) is located at 501 South Water Street in Elizabeth City, N.C. The northeastern regional branch of the North Carolina Museum of History, the museum interprets the history of 13 counties in northeastern North Carolina, considered by many to be the birthplace of English America. Admission is free. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. For information, call (252) 335-1453.
Elizabeth City is located in northeastern North Carolina on the Pasquotank River, halfway between Norfolk, Va., and the Outer Banks. Elizabeth City has six National Register Historic Districts and is home to the Museum of the Albemarle, Arts of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City State University Planetarium and Port Discover Hands-on Science Center. Nature-based travelers are drawn to the area’s proximity to the Dismal Swamp and the abundance of outdoor recreational offerings. For travel information and suggested itineraries, call the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-866-ECity-4U (1-866-324-8948) or (252) 335-5330 or go to www.DiscoverElizabethCity.com
The press is invited to attend a preview tour of "Our Story," Thursday, May 8 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Museum of the Albemarle.
If you can attend, please contact:
Elizabeth Evans, Cahoon & Cross
(757) 625-7068 direct line; evanspr@cox.net
Thomas Spagnol, Museum of the Albemarle
(757) 335-1453, Thomas.spagnol@ncmail.net
Friday, April 18, 2008
Dismal Swamp State Park Offers North Carolina Visitors New Access For Experiential Travel
Contact: Elizabeth EvansPublic Relations Consultant
Cahoon & Cross Marketing Consultants
Phone: (757) 625-7068 direct line
E-mail: evanspr@cox.net
(Elizabeth City, N.C., April 18, 2008) – Nature lovers now have a convenient new departure point for hiking, mountain-biking and paddling expeditions into one of North America’s great wetland forests – the Dismal Swamp.
Earlier this spring, the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation opened a new visitor center at the Dismal Swamp State Park in Camden County. Although the state has managed the 14,344-acre park as a natural area since 1974, the opening of the new facility marks the first time visitors can access the Dismal Swamp in North Carolina.
"There has been access in Virginia, but none in North Carolina until now," said Joy M. Greenwood, superintendent of the Dismal Swamp State Park. "Now visitors can enjoy a little green space between southeastern Virginia and Elizabeth City."
At one time the Dismal Swamp covered nearly 1.2 million acres in North Carolina and Virginia. Today, the swamp is considerably smaller, totaling more than 125,000 acres. This includes 111,000 acres of the Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Dismal Swamp State Park is located on Highway 17, adjacent to the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center, a popular rest stop for motorists and recreational boaters. To reach the new state park visitor and education center, travelers must walk over a short swing-span bridge across the Dismal Swamp Canal.
On the other side, the new facility features a small exhibit hall that interprets "The Changing Face of the Dismal Swamp." Exhibits focus on the native populations that inhabited the region; the European explorers who first ventured into the swamp; the workers who dug the Dismal Swamp Canal, once a major transportation route; enslaved people who sought refuge in the wetlands; and commercial loggers.
The exhibit hall offers a bounty of information on the natural history of the Dismal Swamp. Kids will enjoy stepping onto a simulation of the soft, spongy peat that lies beneath the swamp’s surface and investigating the footprints and clues left by the animals that reside in the forest.
After touring the visitor center, step outside to walk along a raised boardwalk, or go for a longer hike among the 16.7 miles of hiking and mountain-biking trails into the park’s interior. Paddlers can use the state park to launch canoes and kayaks for excursions along the historic Dismal Swamp Canal. Native stands of Atlantic white cedar thrive in the Dismal Swamp, as well as deer, river otters and rare plants. Migratory, neo-tropical birds and a significant number of butterfly species also make the state park home.
The visitor center also includes an auditorium and classroom, where staff will conduct interpretive programs. Combined, the new facilities represent a $3.5 million investment from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, the principal funding source for state parks capital projects and land acquisition. For additional information call (252) 771-6593 or go to http://www.ncparks.gov/
A visit to the Dismal Swamp State Park is an ideal departure point for touring nearby offerings in Elizabeth City. Located in northeastern North Carolina on the Pasquotank River, Elizabeth City has six National Register Historic Districts and is home to the Museum of the Albemarle, Arts of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City State University Planetarium and Port Discover Hands-on Science Center. For travel information and suggested itineraries, call the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-866-ECity-4U (1-866-324-8948) or (252) 335-5330 or go to http://www.discoverelizabethcity.com/
Joe Gosman Friday Night at The City Wine Sellar
Host: Debbie Malenfant
Location: City Wine Sellar
102 Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 US
When: Friday, April 18, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Phone: 252-335-1163
Joe and the guys will be jammin' this Friday night. Joe Gosman always draws such an eclectic crowd to The City Wine Sellar. Maybe it's because he is talented enough to cover a wide variety of musical genres, making everyone happy...from twenty-somethings to sixty-somethings. So, whatever "something" you are, we guarantee you'll have a good time.
Bring an extra nine bucks and buy his CD, "Where is Home." Check him out at www.myspace.com/joegosman or www.joegosman.com.
Joe will entertain from 7-10 pm at The City Wine Sellar, Bakery, Deli & Wine Bar (located in Downtown Elizabeth City, corner of Main & Water Streets). Regular deli menu items served from 6-9 pm. The Sellar Wine Bar is a non-smoking inside venue; however, smoking is allowed in the cafe seating area.
RSVP nice, but not necessary.
Check out other upcoming events at www.citywine.blogspot.com. Call 252-335-1163 for more informaton.
MAY 3rd 2008 IS FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
MAY 3rd 2008 IS FREE COMIC BOOK DAYEarth 383 Comics and Games
212 N. Martin L. King Jr Drive
252-331-7686
earth383comicsandgames@hotmail.com
Contact:: Duf Franco
Worldwide Free Comic Book Day Comes to Elizabeth City with Comics for All Ages!
Earth 383 Comics and Games in Elizabeth City is one of thousands of comic book shops around the world celebrating the comic book art form on Saturday, May 3rd. On Free Comic Book Day, over two million comic books will be given away by participating stores, introducing as many people as possible to the wonders of comic books!
"The wide array of comic books being published today ensures that readers of all ages — children, teens, and adults – can find something appropriate that will stir their imaginations," said Duf, owner of Earth 383 Comics and Games.
Now in its seventh year, Free Comic Book Day has proven to be a smashing success, spreading the word that comics are terrific reading. "Even if you have never picked up a comic book, stop into Earth 383 Comics and Games, because you never know what you will end up finding."
"We at Earth 383 want to spread the word that comics are alive and well in 2008," Franco continued. "Comic books and graphic novels are considered hip, hot and smart." Comic Books have propelled to the front ranks of pop culture, many being adapted into movies. Ironman hits the big screen on May 2nd, the day before Free Comic Book Day. "The first weekend of May is going to be a big day in the comic book world."
Regular updates, information about comic books, and a list of participating publishers and their free comics are all online at www.FreeComicBookDay.com.
Free Comic Book Day kicks off at 10:00 am MAY 3 and runs until 7:00 pm at Earth 383 Comics and Games, 212 North Martin l. King Jr Drive. Cook out begins at noon and door prizes all day. Everything in the store is on sale. Call 252-331-7686 for more information.
Amateur Fight League presents Fight to the Finish I
For more information please call Fitness Warehouse at 252-331-2850.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
8th Annual “Breakfast with a Friend”
American Red Cross fund raiser
8th Annual "Breakfast with a Friend"
CPOA (Cardwell St. behind Pizza Hut)
7:00 am - 10:30 am
$6.00 per person
Bette Lou Campbell
American Red Cross
252-335-2185
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