Art exhibit: At Edgecombe County Memorial Library featuring several area black artists throughout February for Black History Month.
African American Read-In: from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Edgecombe County Memorial Library's Pender Room. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by library.
An Afternoon with Michael Cunningham: Rescheduled to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 7. Book signing and mini hat and hair fashion shows at Edgecombe Community College's Mobley Atrium, sponsored by Edgecombe County Memorial Library, funding by Furman/Mathewson Memorial Trust Fund. Space is limited; call library (823-1141) to reserve a seat.
Play: "Pretty Fire" by Charlayne Woodard, performer by the Tar River Players Friday-Saturday, March 5-6 at 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 7 in McIntyre Auditorium, Edgecombe Community College. Tickets: $10; students, seniors and groups of 10 or more, $5. For more information, contact Ann Davis at 823-4707.
Auditions: 7 p.m. March 8-9 for Tar River Players’ production of "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling. Six women, various ages, 18-75. McIntyre Auditorium, Edgecombe Community College. Auditioners will read from the script that will be provided. Performance dates: April 23-May 2. For more information, contact Roberta Cashwell at 641-1717.
Music: Scholarship Showcase 1000. Rescheduled to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20 in Edgecombe Community College's McIntyre Auditorium. Six finalists in North Carolina Music Network's scholarship competition for $1,000 to use towards the musical goal of their choice. Contestants are Kaitlyn Flythe of Tarboro; Erin Strickland, Rocky Mount; Jamie Bryant, Williamston; Liz Holt, New Bern; Captured Hearts Trio, Emily, Jessica and Amanda King, Rich Square; and Kelly Marie Frizzelle, Ayden. Tickets $10.
Music: Second annual Beach Music and Barbecue Festival at Edgecombe Community College campus. Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 26. Paul Craver, emcee. Holiday Band, Tommy Black and Blooz, and Legends of the Beach. Shag contest, classic cars, great pig cook-off with grand prize of $400.
Edgecombe Community College's fifth Edgecombe Performance Series: All performances will be in ECC's Keihin Auditorium.
Doc Watson: 8 p.m. Friday, March 19. Tickets: $30 and $25.
The Drifters featuring Rich Sheppard: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 17. Tickets $25 and $20.
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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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