Historic Building Enjoys Second Act As Art Center's New Home in Elizabeth City, NC

Contact:
Elizabeth Evans, Cahoon & Cross
Phone: (757) 420-6944 ext. 317
eevans@cahoonandcross.com
Historic Building Enjoys Second Act As Art Center's New Home in Elizabeth City, NC
(Elizabeth City, NC, March 31, 2009) – For the past nine years, the old Lowry-Chesson Building stood shuttered and vacant on Elizabeth City's attractive Main Street thoroughfare – a far cry from its days as a turn-of-the-century opera house and a flagship department store.

This spring, the handsome three-story, red brick building re-opened with great fanfare as The Center, the stylish new home for Arts of the Albemarle (AOA) and a climatic second act for the 1897 building.

The $3.2 million project was much anticipated by the AOA board of directors, which raised most of the money through private donations. [read more]

2009 Potato Peeling Contest

"Artie the Spud" invites you to show off your artistic sculpting talents at this year’s Potato Peeling Contest in downtown Elizabeth City. Scheduled for May 16, 2009, beginning at 10:30 am, up to 28 teams will carve the skins from a bucket of spuds in the hopes of engraving their names onto the "Best in Show" canvas.

So, round up some aspiring spud artists and form a collage (team) of artisans to showcase your potato peeling craftsmanship. Call it an art or call it a craft, we call it a "palette-able" gallery of good fun!

Attached is a registration form. Please complete and mail it, along with your registration fee, to NC Potato Festival, P.O. Box 364, Elizabeth City NC 27907-0364.

Whether you are a critic, a collector, or simply an appreciator, this is a good opportunity for team building and a great way to "draw" exposure to your business. It's easier than paint by numbers!

Call Lauren at 252-333-2064 for more information or visit www.ncpotatofestival.com.

2009 Potato Peeling Committee: Lauren Outlaw, Charlotte Underwood, Pauline Berard, Geraldine Weeks, Maureen Donnelly, Deborah Malenfant, Cindy Williams, Peggy Langley

Announcing the Free Book Stimulus Plan & list of events

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 2009

Announcing FreeBookStimulusPlan.com
Increase Your Karmic Footprint

Wanda Jewell has a problem. After serving nearly 20 years as Executive Director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) she is overrun with books. All kind of books; finished copies and galleys, advance reading copies, advance reader editions, paperback and hardbound, slip-covered and not, limited editions, signed and unsigned, personalized and not. Books here, books there, books, books, everywhere…and each publishing season brings more. It was while she was contemplating the management of her extensive personal library, (with the television news on in the background) that Wanda had her “Aha!” moment: How to weed her collection and support her southern indie bookstores at the same time? In a flash of Obama-induced inspiration, Wanda created her own Free Book Stimulus Plan.

Books can be purchased anywhere. So why shop at indie bookstores? Because buying a book at your local indie bookstore doesn’t just stimulate your reading, it stimulates your local economy. Shopping local is an investment in your own neighborhood and good karma all around. And because you can get a free book!


Hoping to stimulate sales at indie bookstores, Wanda is dismantling her personal library and offering it to shoppers one free book at a time. Beginning April 2nd, readers who purchase a book at a SIBA-member indie store and send her a copy of the receipt will receive book from her collection completely free of charge. Visit FreeBookStimulusPlan.com for details and a list of participating bookstores. Print out the request form on the site and mail it in with a copy of your store receipt (the receipt must include the name of the store). That is all you have to do to get a free book from Wanda’s personal library.

This offer is open only to consumers living in the contiguous United States. Completed form with receipt must be mailed to Free Book, 3806 Yale Ave., Columbia, SC 29205 and only while supplies last. Consider this a challenge to deplete Wanda’s library – she doubts it can be done!

Here is all that Wanda asks in return. Visit FreeBookStimulusPlan.com; Pass it on. Post to blog. Pay it forward. Print to press. Play the 411. Shout it out. Share the news. Spread the word. Soapbox it up. Tweet & Retweet. Facebook & Myspace. Get the word out. Free Book for Shopping Southern Indie Bookstores! Increase your karmic footprint!

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PAGE AFTER PAGE BOOKSTORE UPCOMING EVENT LIST

Wednesday April 1st

Page After Page is the official Wine pourers at City Wine Sellar's Wine Tasting!! Come join the fun!! - and this is no April Fools Joke!!

Wednesday April 8th

Come join the Newly inspired Writers Group 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Celebrate Library Week with us!! April 13th - 17th

Tuesday April 14th - 10:00 am - Storytime - in the ECSU Library

Thursday April 16th - 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm - ECSU Library Lobby

We will be setup and selling books!!

Saturday April 18th 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Meet the Author - Ned Cline - author of The Walter Davis Story

"One Man who made a difference"

Mr Cline will discuss & sign copies of his book - Please call to reserve your copy - 252-335-PAGE(7243)

Wednesday April 22nd 6:00 pm

Pampered Chef Party!!!

Lots of door prizes!! Come check out and use some great cookware and utensils and meet Judi Tate our areas own Pampered Chef!!

Friday April 24th & Saturday April 25th

The Currituck Home Flower and Garden Show

Meet the author!! Lena Gallitano co-author of The North Carolina Birding Trail Guides will hold a discussion and book signing hosted by us on Saturday April 25th 11:00 am

Please call to reserve your copy - 252-335-PAGE(7243)

Saturday May 2nd 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Meet the Author - Mark A. Anderson - Author of The Homza's Son - a story of a boy growing up with supernatural powers - exciting read!

Mr. Anderson will discuss & sign copies of his book - Please call to reserve your copy - 252-335-PAGE(7243)


For more information on Page After Page Bookstore and their events please call 252-335-PAGE (7243) or check out their website or check out their myspace page.

Antique Auction Saturday, April 4th @ 10:00 am

Antique Auction

April 4th, 2009 @ 10:00 am
Preview: 8:00 am - 10:00 am

We will be selling the remaining contents of the Antique Market.

Location: 418 N Hughes Blvd, Elizabeth City, NC

Tools, Books, Records, Depression Glass, Paintings & Prints, Various Sofas, Empire Sofa, French Provincial Sofa, Marble Top Tables, Art Deco Oak China Cabinet, Brass/Iron Headboard, Victorian Square Grand Piano, Oak Kitchen Cabinet, Oak Dresser w/ Mirror, Oak Dresser, Various Bookshelves, Larger Corner Office Desk, Parlor Chairs, Pine Desk, Various Dressers, Oak Curio Cabinet, Glass Front Bookshelf, Jelly Cupboard, Glass End Table, Short Secretary, Teak Office Desk, New Kitchen Buffet, Trunk, AC Units, Hoosier Cabinet, Larger Corner Cabinet, Jewelry, Lamps, Knives, Swords, Buffet & Much Much More!

**All Items subject to change**

10% Buyers Premium Cash/Good Check

Online Preview: www.coppersmithauction.com

Coppersmith Auction Company
252-331-5814
Now accepting consignments for upcoming auctions! We will buy individual items or entire household.
Rick Ladich NCAL7664

Check Out: Pelican Marina's Amenities

The Pelican Marina can offer:

*Showers for $5.00
*Laundry for $1.50
*Restrooms available
These are available in a climate controlled, well stocked, well kept upstairs.

*Wireless Internet available throughout the property for free
*Public Computer with Internet for free
*Potable Water available with a hose for free
*Back Deck with marina, harbor, and downtown view
*Ice, Live Bait, Fishing Supplies, Tobacco, Beer, Drinks, Snacks, and Water Sports Equipment for sale
*Waste Pump-out available for $10.00
*We are a stop along the Farm Fresh shuttle route

*Marine Supplies
We are the largest marine supply store in the area.
A huge amount of merchandise available in stock, with most everything else available next day through a no cost special order.

The Pelican rents slips by the month or by the night.

Our nightly rate is a flat $35.00 per night.
That flat nightly rate is all inclusive.
Includes electricity, water, wireless internet, restrooms, showers, and even laundry.

Dinghy's are welcome to moor on the back porch, on the end of the t dock, or in any available spot.

A very convenient anchorage is right off the marina as well.

Of course, we are also less than 5 minutes from Mariner's Wharf by foot.

Thank You for your time.

Josh Owens
GM/Dockmaster
The Pelican Marina, Inc.
43 Camden Causeway
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-335-5108
252-333-1848 facsimile
pelican@thepelicanmarina.com - email

Note from Page After Page Bookstore

Dear Writers and Poets,

March 10th's writing group left me so inspired, I moved the "complete by" date of my own novel from December to June. Quite an amazing decision, considering that I'm a lifelong procrastinator. Even if there were only three of us sitting in that little corner of the bookstore, we came up with a lot of ideas and goals. One of our main goals is to be published--preferably by the end of this year. But the biggest goal we all have is to keep motivated and see our projects to the very end.

Some other items we discussed were:

- workshops and author meetings every quarter
- talking with local writers
- marketing, especially self-marketing (a skill a lot of writers need to develop)
- publishing with a small press or going with the big houses
- monthly research projects (where we will research an area or trend of the publishing industry and present it to the rest of the group)

Sounds like something you'd be interested in? If so, join us! We'll be meeting Wednesday, April 8 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm.

Susan Hinkle and Ellie Dorsey

Page After Page Bookstore
111 So Water Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-335-7243 - phone
252-338-3782 - fax
pageafterpage@mchsi.com - email

Member of:
ABA: American Booksellers Association
SIBA: Southeastern Independent Booksellers Association
www.Indiebound.org
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