TARBORO —
Art exhibit: Tarboro Artists Guild “Painting the Town” – an exhibit planned with a focus on town’s 250th anniversary. Continues until Sept. 25 at Hobson Pittman Gallery in Blount-Bridgers House.
Art exhibit: Sept. 10 to Oct. 24. Collector Bob Newton from Farmville will bring an exhibit of the Eastern Carolina Railway that will be installed in the Hobson Pittman Gallery in Blount-Bridgers House in time for History Day, Saturday, Sept 25. Gallery reception Sunday, Sept. 12, 2-4 p.m.
Book reading: Mary E. B. Smith will talk about her book, "The Scent of Gardenia: A Killing in Princeville," Saturday, Sept. 18, 2 p.m. in the Princeville Museum, 310 Mutual Blvd. Sponsored by the Perry-Weston Institute.
Art Exhibit: Thursday, Sept. 23 by Greenville artist Richard Wilson, a SouthWest Edgecombe High School graduate, at Saint Anne's Chapel.
History Day, Saturday, Sept. 25 to include Town of Tarboro's 250th birthday party.
Tour of Homes: Saturday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets: $20, avaliable at Edgecombe County Memorial Library, Blount-Bridgers House, the Tarboro-Edgecombe Chamber of Commerce.
Music: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. Sara Dew of Tarboro will open for Gloriana at N.C. State Fair in Raleigh.
Great Tarboro Art Bazaar: Nov. 5-28 at Blount-Bridgers House. Members-only preview party Thursday, Nov. 4, 6 to 9 p.m. Open to public Nov. 5-28.
Art exhibit: Annual Hobson Pittman exhibit showing works that were the subject of an extensive collection conservation endeavor. Dec. 10 to Feb. 28, 2011, at Hobson Pittman Gallery in Blount-Bridgers House.
Note: The Blount-Bridgers House and the Hobson Pittman Gallery are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday and 2-4 p.m. Sundays. Call 823-4159 for information or go online at www.edgecombearts.org.
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Tar River Children’s Choir celebrates 20 years tonight
Who would believe a children's choir from our Rocky Mount area would give concerts in such places as the Washington DC’s National Cathedral, NYC's Riverside Church, Phildelphia's Church of the Holy Trinity, Charleston's Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and Williamburg's Bruton Parish and that they would sing with symphony orchestras and symphonic band?
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Tarboro native ‘Cooter’ in Selma tonight
Tarboro native Ben Jones, better known as either “Cooter” from the television series “Dukes of Hazard” or as a former two-term representative in Congress from Georgia’s 4th District, will join Nathan Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys tonight at 7 at the Rudy Theatre in Selma.
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NC Boys Choir coming to Tarboro May 11
The North Carolina Boys Choir, one of the relatively few existing boys choirs in the country, will perform in Clark Hall at Calvary Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is free.
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Former Tarboro resident to be featured at Greenville gallery
Chip Hemingway grew up in Tarboro.
It is, he says, the place where his father, Dr. George C. Hemingway, shared his love of the outdoors with him and where so many of his values were established.
“It was a great place to grow up,” he said, noting that his father and mother, Lynn, have only been gone for about two months after relocating to Wilmington. -
‘Our Town’ opens in McIntyre tonight
“Our Town,” a heartfelt and humorous story that compels the audience to stop and enjoy the simple things in life, will be presented both this weekend and next by the Tar River Players (TRP).
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ECC drama class sets shows tonight, Saturday
Edgecombe Community College’s (ECC) drama classes will perform two plays geared to engage, entice and entertain the entire community tonight and Saturday morning.
In honor of one of the most famous Elizabethan playwrights, William Shakespeare, the ECC Acting II class will perform in “An Evening with the Bard: Scenes from Four Great Plays.” -
Beach music, BBQ and more at ECC Saturday
With The Embers, The Holiday Band and the Chairmen of the Board providing the music, a full slate of activities is on-tap at the fourth annual Beach Music and BBQ Festival on April 21 at Edgecombe Community College’s Tarboro campus.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate for the festivities, sponsored by the Edgecombe Community College Foundation. -
Spring Garden Symposium less than a month away
The annual Blount-Bridgers Spring Garden Symposium, scheduled for May 10, comes after an unusually mild winter, but certainly not forgetting what many of the featured gardens on the tour went through during last year’s hurricane season when Irene ripped her way through the county and through Tarboro’s historic district. Having overcome that major weather event; residents recall how quickly most of those devastated
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St. Anne’s hosting two events this weekend
There are activities both Saturday and Sunday at St. Anne’s Chapel, with The Tar River Boys and Chambergrass playing Saturday and an open jam Drum Circle on Sunday.
Some of the best Bluegrass in the region will get under way at 7 p.m. Saturday and if you pick, bring your instrument and join the combined bands on stage for a big Bluegrass jam finale. -
Country music show kicks off busy local weekend
An evening of country music tonight at Edgecombe Community College kicks off what looks to be a busy weekend in and around Edgecombe County. Tonight’s show is the fifth of six concerts in the 2011-12 Edgecombe Performance Series.
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Tar River Children’s Choir celebrates 20 years tonight

