"History Tales: Make It, Take It"

Contact: Lori Meads (252) 335-1453
Release Date: IMMEDIATE
End Date: April 14, 2009
"History Tales: Make It, Take It"
(Elizabeth City, NC) The Museum of the Albemarle will hold "History Tales: Make It, Take It" on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, from 3:30 pm until 4:30 pm. Elementary students accompanied by an adult will have the opportunity participate in creative activities centered on the theme of "Wash Day". Participants will wash clothes in a bucket of water, scrub stains away on a wash board, rinse out the soap and wring clothing to hang out for drying. Experience life before washing machines!

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. (252)335-1453. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Closed Mondays and State Holidays. 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.
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Port Discover Looks Inside a Fish

Contact: LuAnne Pendergraft, 252-335-3844, lspendergraft@mail.ecsu.edu
Port Discover Looks "Inside a Fish" at Second Saturday Science, April 11
Elizabeth City, NC — Look "Inside a Fish" at Port Discover's Second Saturday Science, April 11. Leading the program will be Dr. Maurice Crawford, assistant professor of biology at Elizabeth City State University and a specialist in fish ecology. Children will follow food through the digestive system of a fish, identify the organs of fish, and more. "Inside a Fish" is offered at 9:30 am and 11:00 am.

Second Saturday Science is free, thanks to the program sponsor, Gateway Bank. Reservations are required. Second Saturday Science programs are geared toward elementary school aged children. Please call 252-338-6117 for registration.

Port Discover is located at 613 East Main Street, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. 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 visit 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.
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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.