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COVER STORYCarteret County Partnership for Children will

present Dancing with our Stars, which will raise money for county children.

RECIPESAmericans love their coffee. Millions drink at

least one cup per day. Learn to make a specialty coffee drink with these tips.

MOVIE REVIEW“The Witch” is a slow-burning 1600s horror thrill-

er so bone-dry it would only take a match for the whole movie to go up in flames.

CALENDARSFind out what’s happening this week and

beyond on the Crystal Coast and in surrounding areas.

FOOD AND DRINKDuck enthusiasts can come together and

enjoy a night all about their favorite waterfowl during Taste of Core Sound Feb. 26.

ARTThe Swansboro Historical Association hopes to

start fundraising for the planned heritage center Feb. 28 with the help of Bland and Ann Simpson.

AROUND TOWNFans of “Downton Abbey” will be able to

give the show a proper send-off with the Webb Memorial Library’s Finale Tea Party.

MUSICThe American Music Festival of Carteret

County continues its 26th season with Magnolia Baroque in an all-Bach performance.

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This issue:This Week Magazine will start using the space where “On the cover” used to be to feature pho-tos from community members. To be featured, photograph hap-penings around town or scenes of the Carteret County area and send them to us using any of our contact information on the facing page. Look for more changes in the weeks to come as our staff works on revamping the magazine.

The American Music Festival of Carteret County continues its 26th season at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the History Museum of Carteret County in Morehead City with Magnolia Baroque in an all-Bach performance.

This concert is dedicated to the late Nan Cullman, for her years of enthusiastic sup-port and sponsorship of the American Music Festival.

Magnolia Baroque is the largest Baroque perform-ing group to perform for the Eastern North Carolina audi-

ence in many years. It’s not a typical symphony orchestra, but a real Bach-like Baroque Symphony Orchestra.

This concert will feature “Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor.” Magnolia Baroque will also play Bach’s “Harpsichord Concerto in A Major” and “Violin Sonata in G Major.”

The audience might recognize “Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen” featuring baroque trumpet and singing by Hanna Carter, sopra-no.

In addition to the featured soloists (baroque trumpet and

soprano), the Magnolia Baroque ensemble consists of two vio-lins, a viola, a violone, a vello, a theorbo, a Baroque flute, a trumpet and a harpsichord.

The American Music Festival provides fine music for Eastern North Carolina.

This is not possible without community support, which comes from season ticket pur-chasers, individual donors, advertisers, local businesses and grants from the Carteret County Arts Council, the N.C. Arts Council, the Olde Towne Rotary Club, the N.C.

AMF to continue with Magnolia Baroque in an all-Bach performance Feb. 27

Community Foundation and a media partnership with Public Radio East. Gifts and grants make possible special out-reach performances in area schools.

Tickets for the concert are $30 and are available at the door, by mail or online. Discounted $15 tickets are available for students, full-time teachers and active-duty military with ID.

Both season tickets and individual concert tickets may be reserved by calling 252-728-6152. Mail orders should be addressed to AMF, P.O. Box 1099, Beaufort, N.C. 28516. Online tickets are available at americanmusicfestival.event-brite.com.

For additional informa-tion, visit the American Music Festival website at www.amer-icanmusicfestival.org.

Magnolia Baroque will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the History Museum of Carteret County in Morehead City as part of the American Music Festival’s 26th season. (americanmusicfestival.org photo)

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Americans love their coffee. Millions of people drink at least one cup of coffee per day and many get their caffeine fix with a specialty coffee drink.

Dairy milk is a great com-plement for any cup of coffee. It’s both a tasty addition and a way to add essential nutrients to a mug. Every type of dairy milk, whether low-fat, fat-free or organic, contains nine essential nutrients, including high-quality protein. In fact, milk is the top food source for three of the four nutrients of concern, nutrients Americans, including children, are most lacking: calcium, potas-sium and vitamin D.

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strongly brewed coffee drink mixed with steamed milk. The best way to make one is to brew a dark-roast blend in a French press and mix with equal parts steamed milk.

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(Spicy latte)How to make a latte

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BY CHUCK WATERSCONTRIBUTOR

For years, fans of “Downton Abbey” have marked their cal-endars on Sunday nights to catch weekly installments of the pop-ular British upper-crust “soap opera” airing on PBS. The show is coming to an end, and fans will be able to give the show a prop-er send-off with Webb Memorial Library in Morehead City.

To ensure a fitting dénoue-ment, Webb Memorial Library and the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City are hosting a “Downton Abbey” Finale Tea Party from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6.

The show, which is set in post-Edwardian England circa 1925, chronicles the fortunes and foibles of the aristocratic Crawley family and their ser-

vants, who reside at the fiction-al country estate of Downton Abbey in Highclere Castle.

During the event, there will be music from Gale Swann at the piano, teas and treats (brewed and confected by Libby Liles of the Kindred Spirit Gift Shop and Green Gables Tea Room) and “games of wit and challenge.”

The festivities will also include continuous screenings of “Downton Abbey” episodes in the cinema room and partici-pants are encouraged to attend in period garb, as prizes will be awarded for those sporting the best coiffure and costume. As icing on the biscuit, guests will also receive keepsake memen-tos.

“Good taste is timeless, and we appreciate the romance of an era when the sun never set

on the British Empire,” said Kitty Brawley, of Webb Memorial Library. “Plus, it’s fun. We did this last year and it was a ball and thought it was only fitting to send the show off in the grand stuff, which it deserves.”

So, be a luv and purchase tickets today, $20 each. Cash or check only will be accept-ed, and tickets are available at the library at 812 Evans St. in Morehead City, 252-726-3012, and at Kindred Spirit Gift Shop and Green Gables Tea Room, 937 Harkers Island Road in Straits, 252-838-8814.

Tickets are limited to 65 guests, and please consider that last year’s tea was sold out.

All proceeds will benefit the

Across the pond, they prefer teaWebb Memorial Library to host finale event for ‘Downton Abbey’ fans

From left, Ann Murphy and Jessie Allen don costumes for “Downton Abbey” events at Webb Memorial Library. The library will host a “Downton Abbey” Finale Tea Party for the show’s end from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Crystal Coast Civic Center. (Contributed photo)TEA | CONTINUED ON 7

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BY JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Set under gray Puritan skies in a deathly autumn, “The Witch” is a slow-burning 1600s horror thriller so bone-dry it would only take a match for the whole movie to go up in flames.

“A New England folktale” is how the opening titles describe writer-director Robert Eggers’ impressively rigorous feature debut. The film doesn’t just take place in early 17th cen-tury America, but it has effec-tively summoned the night-mares and superstitions of the era, much of which Mr. Eggers faithfully reproduced from various historical sources.

The subject here is less witches as some supernatural fright than the Puritan psy-chology that dreamed them. Do not expect broomsticks.

A family, led by a pride-ful patriarch, William (Ralph Ineson, terrific), is banished from the plantation after his stubborn refusal to accept common law as above his own, superior piety. “I would be glad of it,” he seethes when threatened with expulsion.

Our images of the settle-ment are fleeting. The eldest of the five children, Thomasin

(Anya Taylor-Joy, in a breakout performance) peers backward as the wooden gates close behind them as they ride out. The picture is drained of color and the score (by Mark Korven) is eerie and discor-dant: trouble waits outside the gates.

After setting up a scrappy existence in the wilderness, misfortunes mount. The crops die, and when Thomasin takes the newborn out near the for-est, the child vanishes. That night, after frantic searching, an image flickers of a witch-like figure floating toward a full moon.

A spell of mysterious source seems to have settled over the family that spookily manifests in various farm animals: a rab-bit in the woods, a bloody chick in an egg. Eventually, a goat and a crow get in on the act. A suitably creepy set of toddler twins is here, too.

As things get steadily worse and demons seem literally at the door, the faith of the fam-ily is tested. Suspicions begin falling on Thomasin, a fair, pale-white girl whose growth into womanhood is drawing the curious gaze of her young-er brother, Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw). Could she be a witch?

The spell is cast over the viewers, too, as the authen-tically resurrected world of “The Witch” transports them to a time of suffocating fear, born out of a harsh, new land and hardened religious fervor.

Taking place decades before the Salem witch trials, “The Witch” is a kind of horror cham-ber piece, a stripped-bare pre-quel to the forces that propel Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.

The characters speak in the formal diction of the period – lots of “thees” and such. It’s a kind of time travel, for those looking for a far grimmer trip to colonial America than New England tourist attractions afford. It is, to say the least, not a barrel of laughs.

However, what makes “The Witch” more than a mere museum reclamation project is Ms. Taylor-Joy.

The movie is in many ways seen through Thomasin, who stands apart from her devotee family. Wide-eyed and rebel-lious, she more resembles a girl of today.

Whether she is, in fact, a witch remains in suspense. But we witness how Puritan paranoia and misogyny turns a pretty young woman like

Review: ‘The Witch’ a haunting prequel to Salem

Thomasin into a fearsome seductress in the eyes of her family.

When the combustible “The Witch” finally lets itself ablaze, the brutal and surpris-ingly sober finale is also – and more thrillingly – Thomasin’s awakening.

Drawn by the lure to break free of her upbringing, to “live

deliciously,” she turns out to be something scarier than the Puritans could fathom: a teen-ager.

“The Witch,” an A24 release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “disturbing violent content and graphic nudity.” Running time: 92 minutes. Three stars out of four.

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Carteret County Partnership for Children will present Dancing with our Stars, which will raise money for county children.

The event starts with a dance competition at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Crystal Coast Civic Center and will feature a night of glam and glitter, includ-ing food, a silent auction, games, local celebrities and entertain-ment. Doors for the event open at 5:30 p.m.

Dancers win the competition by getting votes from the public. One dollar equals one vote, and the couple who has raised the most money for the Partnership for Children wins at the end of

the night. Sponsorships and table sales

also count as votes. To vote for a favorite dancer, go the Carteret County Partnership for Children’s website www.cart-eretkids.org, click on events at the top of the page and follow the links to the dancer of one’s choosing.

After the awards have been given out, the dance floor will be opened to guests to dance to the tunes and talent of Spotlight Events Services.

To purchase a table or tickets, call the Partnership for Children at 252-727-0440 and ask for Constance Sowers.

Dancing with our Stars event to raise money for childrenThe event will feature more

than dancing. Restaurants will offer finger foods and heavy hors d’oeuvres to attending guests.

There will be an open bar stocked with wine, beer and soft drinks donated by Mutual Distributing Co., RA Jeffries and CBCC/Coke Consolidated.

There will also be games that can be played in between watch-ing the dancers. Those who play games, such as Head and Tails, can win the prize of a week-long stay in Banner Elk during peak leaf season.

Eventgoers can enter in a drawing for prizes including locally made jewelry by Jasa Jones of DP Jewelers.

Tables of attendees will be able to bid on an array of des-serts they can share. There will be raffle items and unique

silent-auction items, such as an overnight shrimping expe-rience with local commercial fishermen. The winner will get to keep the fish and crabs they catch along with up to 50 pounds of shrimp.

There will also be two chil-dren’s birthday packages. Grandmaster Dong’s Martial Arts is offering a birthday party package at their facility for up to 15 children that includes an appearance of a super hero of your choice. Crystal Coast Gymnastics is offering a birth-day tumbling party at their facil-ity.

Participants can bid on a round of golf with the mayor of Beaufort or a half-day fishing trip with Island Girl Charters.

The Carteret County Partnership for Children is a nonprofit organization dedi-

cated to serving children from birth to age 5. Programs that Dancing with Our Stars will ben-efit are: Story Explorers, Baby Steps, Better Beginnings, Reach Out and Read, education schol-arships, and resources and men-toring for child care providers.

Meet the dancersFrankie and Ray Harris:

Mrs. and Mr. Harris are both natives of Martin County. Mr. Harris is from the small com-munity of Bear Grass, and Mrs. Harris is from Everetts. Mr. Harris is a graduate of N.C. State University, serving as director of the Cooperative Extension Service in Carteret County for many years before retirement. Mrs. Harris graduated from East Carolina University and contin-ues to work with Onslow County Schools. They have one son, Al, who resides in Wilmington with

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his wife, Lori. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harris

enjoy all sorts of water activi-ties, including water skiing, jet skiing, boating and swimming. Mr. Harris is a people person, and meeting and greeting peo-ple is high on the list of things he enjoys. He serves as an auc-tioneer for many local business and fundraising functions. Mrs. Harris loves reading and experi-menting with new recipes in the kitchen. They both love to travel and shag dancing, which is what has brought them to the event. They are avid shaggers at SOS in Myrtle Beach.

Toni and Isabella Oberci: Toni Oberci is the owner and executive chef at Crab’s Claw Oceanfront Caribbean Restaurant on the Atlantic Beach boardwalk. She has been in business for 18 years. She loves going to con-certs and cooking, of course. Isabella Oberci, is Toni’s daugh-ter and partner for this event. She is a fourth grader at St. Egbert Catholic School. Isabella loves to dance, act and sing and has, in fact, taken dance lessons

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for over six years. She also loves going to concerts and just hang-ing out with friends.

Nikki and Kevin McCarthy: Mrs. and Mr. McCarthy moved to Carteret County to be closer to family and to enjoy life at the coast. They have a 5-year-old daughter, Lala, and two rescue dogs, Wrangler and Fred. Mrs. McCarthy is a stay-at-home mom, and Mr. McCarthy is with Mike Toler Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, who they are representing at the event. Mrs. McCarthy has a few years of dance education behind her, along with some kick-line experience. Mr. McCarthy says he’s a fabulous dancer … after a few cocktails. Their hob-bies include making goofy vid-eos, staying fit, grilling and riding in their topless Jeeps, of course.

Sharon Culpepper and Kenny Castro:

Ms. Culpepper is a sergeant with the Atlantic Beach Police Department. She has lived in Carteret County since 1975 and is currently working on a two-year associates degree in crimi-nal justice. She was married for

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18 wonderful years to the late Deputy Joey Culpepper and has four children: Amy, Elizabeth, Josepha and Casey, and nine grandchildren. She loves to spend as much time as possible with her family, but when the weather is warm and she’s not working, she can be found on the shore of Radio Island with a fishing pole in her hand. Ms. Culpepper has no formal dance experience but loves it with a passion. She says, “I’ll dance anytime I get the chance.”

Mr. Castro is originally from the Bronx, N.Y., but found his way to Carteret County via the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. In addition to working with the Atlantic Beach Police Department, he is attending Carteret Community College, finishing a degree in criminal justice. He is the proud dad of three daughters: Alysha, Briana and Summer.

Shannon Henry and Rodney Leary: Ms. Henry and husband, Phillip, are the own-ers of Grandmaster Dong’s Martial Arts in Morehead City. Originally from Richmond, Va., she came to North Carolina to study education of the deaf and hard of hearing. She is a gradu-ate of East Carolina University and mother to three children: Laurel, Liam and Kian. She loves painting and drawing, reading, scuba diving, biking, hiking and snowboarding. She volunteers with Project Superhero ENC and serves as a board member with the Carteret County Partnership for Children. Ms. Henry has quite a bit of dance experience under her belt, including ballet, tap, jazz and theatrical dance.

Her partner, Mr. Leary, is a native of Carteret County, grad-uating from West Carteret High School and Carteret Community College. He works full time as a computer technician and part

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time as an event deejay. Mr. Leary served as Dancing with our Stars deejay in the 2015 event, playing a huge role in the event’s success. He is also the founder of a volunteer group, Project Superhero ENC, who he is representing at the event. He is married to his wife of 11 years, Sarah, and has two daughters, Emma and Ava.

Rebecca Marson and Matt Lara: Ms. Marson is a self-pro-claimed fitness enthusiast, com-peting in several marathons and triathlons. She is the owner of Crystal Coast Gymnastics in Newport and is representing the business in this year’s event. She is also a practicing nurse anes-thetist and Army veteran. She is a 13-year resident of Carteret County and enjoys running in her spare time. Ms. Marson is not new to ballroom dance. She and for-mer partner Corky Odum took home the Judges Choice award in the 2015 competition.

Mr. Lara is origi-nally a California native, but came to Carteret County as a Marine at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. He has lived in the area for more than 25 years and works as a substitute teacher and vol-leyball coach. Mr. Lara loves surfing, hiking, motor-cycle riding and ballroom dance. He is a ballroom dance instruc-tor at Carteret C o m m u n i t y College.

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How will Mrs. Patmore’s bed and breakfast fare? Will Moseley and Spratt’s new jobs pan out? All is fair game for gossip and commiseration at the “Downton Abbey” Tea Party Finale.

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Find the full calendar online at carolinacoastonline.com by hov-ering the pointer over TWM and choosing the “Calendar” option, or on a mobile device, choose “Calendar” from the drop-down menu.

Kids and FamilyDADDY/DAUGHTER DANCE 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the old Beaufort Elementary School cafeteria, 801 Mulberry St., Beaufort. Register online at ccpr.recdesk.com or call 252-808-3301.

STORY TIME AND PRE-K PLAY 9-10 a.m. Mondays. Story time in the classroom followed by open play in the gymnasium for children ages birth to 5 years. All children must be accompa-nied by an adult, as supervision is not provided. This is a time for parents and children to socialize and play. Please bring any sup-plies needed such as diapers, wipes, bottles and more. For more information, call 252-354-6350.

BEHIND THE SCENES: AQUARIUM AT A GLANCE noon-12:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, at the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. Visit animal food preparation areas, animal holding areas and labs and get a look at the Living Shipwreck exhibit from above. This event is for those ages 5 and older. For more information, visit www.ncaquariums.com or call 252-247-4003.

TODDLER FISHING TIME 9:30-10:20 a.m. and 10:30-11:20 a.m. Wednesdays at the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. Bring your little ones for a special time together enjoy-ing stories, crafts, songs, pup-pets and animal encounters. This event is free with admis-sion, and registration is not required. Different themes and animal topics are offered each week. For more information, call 252-247-4003 or visit www.ncaquariums.com.

BEHIND THE SCENES AQ UA R I U M C LO S E ENCOUNTERS 2-3:30 p.m. Saturdays at the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. Visit labs and holding areas, help with food preparation and feed the animals in this thorough behind-the-scenes tour that includes a look at the Living Shipwreck from above. This event is for ages 8 and older and costs $20 per person. For more informa-tion, call 252-247-4003 or visit www.ncaquariums.com.

ArtSINGING BOWLS CONCERT Saturday, Feb. 27, at Craving Art Studio in Beaufort. The class will be taught by Bright Walker, and registration is now open. For more information, contact Craving Art Studio at www.crav-ingartstudio.com or 252-728-0243.

ART FROM THE HEART SHOW runs through 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, in the Morehead Plaza between Arendell and Bridges streets. Entries featured will include oils, acrylics, pastels, water media, drawings, mixed media, photography, computer-generated art, fiber arts, jewelry, sculpture, pottery, all types of 3-D art, wood, metal and glass. For more information, contact the Arts Council of Carteret County at P.O. Box 2294, Morehead City, N.C. 28557, or call 252-726-9156 and leave a message for a council representative.

ART SHOW WITH COLEMAN DANCE AND SALLY BARNES 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturdays through March in the Mattie King Davis Art Gallery. For more information, call 252-728-5225 or visit www.beaufor-thistoricsite.org.

WEEKLY ART CLASSES 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mondays and 1-4 p.m. Thursdays. Arts & Things offers art classes in watercolor, drawing, oil painting, pastel painting and acrylic painting on the Morehead City waterfront. For more information, call Arts & Things at 252-240-1979.

OPEN ART STUDIO 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Sessions are offered by Carolina Artist Gallery and hosted at Mulberry Street Studio, 801 Mulberry St. in Beaufort. Studio sessions are free and open to artists of all abilities. Artists will need to bring supplies and park in back of the building. For information, visit www.kather-inewiggs-artandphotography.com or call Crystal Wasley at 252-571-9266.

FUNDAMENTALS OF ART: 9-11 a.m. and noon-2 p.m. Wednesdays, at Mulberry Studio, 801 Mulberry St., Beaufort. Learn about the basics of art to be able to create your own. Explore dif-ferent media: watercolor, acrylic, pencil, pen and ink. All ages and experience levels welcome. Participants must bring their own materials. For more information, contact Katherine Wiggs at katherine.

wiggs@gmail.com or call 252-571-9266.

Music and TheaterLEON RUSSELL CONCERT 8 p.m. Friday, March 11, at Carteret Community Theatre. Tickets for the show range from $35 to $55. To purchase tickets or for more informa-tion, visit carteretcommunity-theatre.com or call 252-497-8919.

CRYSTAL COAST CHORAL SOCIETY REHEARSALS 7 p.m. Tuesdays until April. The rehearsals will be held in the fellowship hall of Swansboro United Methodist Church, 665 W. Corebett Ave. This is a mixed-voice community cho-rus. Ages range from teens to senior citizens. For informa-tion, call 910-324-6864 or visit www.crystalcoastchoralsoci-ety.org.

Food and DrinkSPAGHETTI DINNER 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at the Leon Mann Jr. Enrichment Center in Morehead City. The dinner includes spaghetti with meat-balls, a salad, a breadstick and dessert. The event is pre-sale only and costs $8 a plate. For more information, call 252-247-2626.

TASTE OF CORE SOUND- REDHEAD SOCIETY EDITION 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island. Wine and cheese starts at 6 p.m., and the program starts at 7:30 p.m. The pro-gram, “Duck Hunting on Core Sound: Cedar Island, Hog Island and Core Banks” will be led by Jerry Gaskill and other Cedar Island duck hunters. The menu will include stewed oysters, stewed duck, scallop fritters, seafood casserole, collards and sweet potatoes, light rolls and fig cakes. There will also be a silent action with a decoy carved by contempo-rary carver Joey Eubanks and the heritage decoy from the Fulcher family collection. For more information, call 252-728-1500.

EventsCOUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE RECRUITMENT FOR FOSTER/ADOPTIVE PARENTS To learn about how to become a foster or adoptive parent for a child, call the County Department of Social Services at 252-728-

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CALENDAR | FROM PAGE 12 NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR3181 ext. 6176.

FRIDAY NIGHT DANCES 7:30-11 p.m. first and third night of the month at the Leon Mann Jr. Enrichment Center in Morehead City. For adults over 50. The cost is $5 a person. For more infor-mation, call 252-247-2626.

CRYSTAL COAST LASER LIGHT DANCE SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA 7-10 p.m. Tuesdays at the Emerald Isle Community Center, 7500 Emerald Drive. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. From 7-8 p.m., the program will be geared toward family-friend-ly entertainment. Children 12-15 can be dropped off. To learn how to become a sponsor, contact Sarah McNally at 252-354-6350 or smcnally@emeraldisle-nc.org. Learn more at www.emeral-dowlproductions.com or by calling 252-764-7628.

SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM: SHRINE OF CATHANAR 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays. There is a gathering for craft and art. The SCA is a recre-ational and educational global organization that attempts to recreate the arts of war in the Middle Ages. To find a specific address and activities planned, contact the SCA. The local branch for Carteret and Craven counties are open to every-one of all ages and locations. There is no cost to attend the activity. For more information, visit www.ShireofCathanar.org, email shirecathanar@gmail.com, jprice208@gmail.com or monicaamende@gmail.com, or call Thomas De Luna (AKA Jerry Price) at 252-648-0937 or Bridgit Macha Ruadh (AKA Monica Amende) at 216-256-1495.

Local heritageTURKEY SHOOT 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the South River Fire Department. There will be chili, dessert and a drink. The event costs $7. The event is sponsored by the South River-Merrimon Auxiliary.

FIRST THURSDAYS 10:30-11:30 a.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Newport Historical Museum. Event will feature stories and oral history from Newport residents.

EducationABOUT BOATING SAFELY Saturday, Feb. 27, at Carteret Community College. This class will be taught by certified instructors of the Morehead City Coast Guard Auxiliary. This NASBLA-approved seminar will meet requirements nec-essary to satisfy N.C. boating laws for recreational boating certification. The course is for

beginning boaters or for the more experienced boater who may wish to remain current on boating requirements and regulations. The fee for materi-als is $25 with a family discount available. For more informa-tion or to enroll, contact Ben Crabtree at 252-808-3091 or benandlibbie1@embarqmail.com. Space is limited, and pre-registration is strongly encour-aged.

BUILD YOUR OWN STAND-UP PADDLE BOARD 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27-Tuesday, March 1, at the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center in Beaufort. Participants have the opportunity to build their own stand-up paddleboard constructed from cedar and plywood. These boards will be custom fit to their size and be a source of pride and enjoy-ment. These are fun to build and fun to paddle. Once the course is over, the builder will be responsible for varnishing or painting their new boards at home. This four-day course runs for four straight days. Students also have the option to take the course on two consecutive weekends Feb. 27 and 28 and March 5 and 6. The course fee is $1,000. The minimum age is 16 years old. All courses are limited in size. Advance registration required. For more information, call 252-728-7317. Additional dates include: Saturday-Tuesday, Oct. 8-11.

CAPE LOOKOUT FLY FISHERS CASTING CLINIC 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday Feb. 27, at the Morehead City Parks and Recreation Center. The dem-onstrations will be on the field behind the recreation center. During this free clinic, come and learn from some fly cast-ing instructors, learn some new techniques or learn to fly a cast rod for the first time. Feel free to bring a fly rod. For more information, contact Ken Eiler at 336-209-1614 or dogtired@ec.rr.com.

SUMMER SCIENCE SCHOOL REGISTRATION OPEN 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort. Summer Science School investigates the coastal environment and North Carolina’s rich maritime history. The N.C. Maritime Museum offers students the opportunity to learn about the natural and maritime history of coastal North Carolina through creative, hands-on experienc-es. Courses are offered from June through July. There is an emphasis on small class size. Students travel with instruc-tors by van or boat to field sites. Only registered children may attend classes. Lodging facility not available; parents or guardians must provide transportation to and from

class daily. For more informa-tion, call 252-728-7317.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY FLOTILLA 20-02 While volun-teering, participants will learn how to perform free boat safe-ty checks as a vessel exam-iner, become an instructor or teaching aide for local boating safety classes, become a boat crew for on-water missions, become a Radio Watchstander who works directly with active-duty Coast Guard personnel manning the communication radios at a Coast Guard sta-tion or become a chef in the food services program. Chefs will board Coast Guard ships to prepare meals for the crews. Participants will also learn how to verify buoys and aids to navigation on local water-ways and educate the public and businesses about protect-ing the marine environment. To become a uniformed volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary member in Flotilla 20-02 in Morehead City, call 252-393-2869 or email lhorton4@ec.rr.com.

FitnessJUNIOR SAILING PROGRAM ONLINE REGISTRATION 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort. The Junior Sailing Program uses sailing to teach boating safety, seamanship, navigation and sailing techniques. The pro-gram promotes self-reliance, awareness of safety, adapt-ability to the forces of nature, developing self-confidence, sportsmanship and respect for others, boats and the sea. The Junior Sailing Program at the N.C. Maritime Museum offers two week sailing ses-sions starting in early June for youth ages 8 and older. Using the fun of sailing, the program teaches seamanship, from basic to more advanced, and competitive racing culminat-ing in Regatta Week. Online registration is available 24 hours a day until the sessions are full. For more information, call 252-728-7317.

YOUTH TENNIS CLINICS WITH TONY PEREIRA 4-5 p.m. Mondays at the Emerald Isle Community Center. The five-week season will be $60 for students between the ages of 7 and 13. For more informa-tion, call 252-354-6350 or visit www.emeraldisle-nc.com.

BALLROOM MADE EASY 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Center. Each month offers two Tuesdays of instruction and two Tuesdays of practice. The classes are offered by John and Penny DeFino. The class is $40 per couple per month. For more information, call Don Wells at 252-772-3282.

Morehead CitySNAPPERZ GRILLE AND BAR: 4EverAll 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27.

Atlantic BeachAMOS MOSQUITO’S: Karaoke 5-9 p.m. Thursdays.

Beaufort CRU WINE BAR: Hank Barbee 8-11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26; and Blue Moon Jazz 8-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. RIBEYES: Morris Willis 6 p.m. Tuesdays.

Cedar PointHARRIKA’S BREW HAUS: Tastings 6-9 p.m. each Thursday; Music and $3 Drafts 7-10 p.m. Fridays, includes open microphone, live karaoke and duets or solo acts with $3 draft beer; and Biergarten 7-10 p.m. Saturdays featuring live entertainment for visitors to enjoy while sipping beer.

Emerald IsleTHE IRISH PIRATE: Karaoke with Daniel Sheehan 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25; 4EverAll 8-11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26; and Naked Knees 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27.

AREA SPORTS CALENDARThursday, Feb. 25

High School Basketball State Playoffs 1A Boys 2nd round: Wallace-Rose Hill at East Carteret .....................7 p.m. 1A Girls 2nd round: East Carteret at Pamlico ......................................7 p.m. 2A Girls 2nd round: Croatan at T.W. Andrews ......................................7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 27High School Basketball State Playoffs 1A Boys 3rd round: East Carteret hosts TBA if advance ....................7 p.m. 1A Girls 3rd round: East Carteret vs. TBA if advance .........................7 p.m. 2A Girls 3rd round: Croatan vs. TBA if advance ..................................7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 1High School Boys Tennis Havelock at West Carteret (Island Beach & RC) ......................... 3:30 p.m. East Carteret at Ayden-Grifton ..............................................................4 p.m.High School Baseball Jayvee: Havelock at Croatan .................................................................4 p.m. Varsity: Havelock at Croatan. ................................................................7 p.m. Jayvee: East Carteret at West Carteret ................................................5 p.m. Varsity: West Carteret at East Carteret ...............................................7 p.m.High School Softball Jayvee: Havelock at East Carteret ........................................................4 p.m. Varsity: Havelock at East Carteret ........................................................6 p.m.High School Girls Soccer Jayvee: Croatan at New Hanover ..........................................................5 p.m. Varsity: Croatan at New Hanover. ...................................................6:30 p.m. Varsity: West Carteret at New Bern .....................................................6 p.m.High School Lacrosse Havelock at West Carteret ....................................................................6 p.m. Croatan at South Brunswick .................................................................6 p.m.High School Basketball State Playoffs 1A Boys regional semifinal: East Carteret hosts TBA if advance ....7 p.m. 1A Girls regional semifinal: East Carteret vs. TBA if advance .........7 p.m. 2A Girls regional semifinal: Croatan vs. TBA if advance ..................7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 2High School Boys Tennis Swansboro at Croatan (Fort Benjamin Park) ............................... 3:30 p.m.High School Softball Varsity: West Carteret at Croatan .........................................................5 p.m.High School Girls Soccer West Carteret at D.H. Conley ......... Jayvee at 4:30 p.m.; Varsity at 6 p.m. Varsity: East Carteret at Kinston ...........................................................6 p.m.

Thursday, March 3High School Baseball Jayvee: Hoggard at West Carteret ........................................................5 p.m. Varsity: West Carteret at Hoggard ........................................................6 p.m. Varsity: Swansboro at Croatan. .............................................................7 p.m.

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Duck enthusiasts can come together and enjoy a night all about their favorite waterfowl during Taste of Core Sound at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island.

The event, which is on Friday, Feb. 26, starts with a dinner followed by the pro-gram, “Duck Hunting on Core Sound: Cedar Island, Hog Island and Core Banks,” led by Jerry Gaskill and other Cedar Island duck hunters.

The program promises to be entertaining and informative for those who love the tradi-tion of duck hunting.

“Jerry Gaskill is one of Down East’s best storytellers, and he knows all about the old days hunting off Cedar Island because he and his fam-ily were there and lived it,” said Pam Morris of the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center.

The event will start at 6 p.m. with wine and cheese. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., while the program begins around 7:45 p.m.

Dinner will include stewed

oysters, stewed duck, scallop fritters, seafood casserole, collards and sweet potatoes, light rolls and fig cake.

Before the program, event goers can participate in a live and silent auction. The live auction will feature a heri-tage decoy donated by Tommy Fulcher. It’s a Core Sound red-head made by Roy and Eldon Willis, of Stacy.

This year’s contemporary decoy is donated by Joey Eubanks, one of the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild’s most honored next-generation carvers.

The silent auction will include sports items from Neuse Sports, decoys and hunting collectibles.

“We hope everyone will come help us celebrate the end of duck season on Core Sound to enjoy this wonderful meal of game and seafood cooked by our Down East ladies,” said Dr. Ike Southerland, chair-man on the board of directors and founder of the Redhead Society that hosts the winter Taste of Core Sound.

“This event is an annual

Taste of Core Sound to feature program on duck hunting

gathering to continue our efforts to uphold the history

From left, Monroe Gaskill, Luther Gaskill and Tom Gaskill are a few members of the Gaskill family who practiced duck hunting off Cedar Island. Jerry Gaskill will discuss hunting practices during the Taste of Core Sound program. The program starts at 7:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. (Contributed photo)

and art of decoy carving,” he said.

“By having a heritage decoy and a contemporary decoy for the live auction, we are hon-oring both the past and the future of decoy carving,” he continued.

The sponsors for the event are Neuse Sport Shop of Kinston and Trader Construction of

New Bern.Tickets for Taste of Core

Sound are $100 per couple if they are members of the museum and $125 per couple for nonmembers.

The ticket price includes a year membership to the muse-um. Tickets can be purchased by calling 252-728-1500.

Blue Moon JazzBlue Moon Jazz will perform from 8-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Cru Wine Bar in Beaufort. (File photo)

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The Swansboro Historical Association hopes to start fund-raising for the planned heritage center in the old town hall with an appearance at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, by N.C. author and musician Bland Simpson and his wife and frequent collaborator, Ann.

Mr. Simpson, a teacher since 1982 in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Cre-ative Writing program and the pro-gram’s director from 2002 to mid-2008, will read from and discuss the duo’s latest endeavor, Little Rivers and Waterway Tales, a book that paints poetic word pictures of many of the state’s lesser-known but treasured streams, including the White Oak River that has always given Swansboro its identity and character.

Mrs. Simpson, the photogra-pher for the book, will show slides of the area, some of which are in the book.

Mr. Simpson has strong ties to the area, as his grandfather was from Tar Landing, and Mrs. Simp-son was born at Camp Lejeune and grew up in Sea Level.

In addition, Mr. Bland is a longtime member of the board of directors of the N.C. Coastal Fed-eration, and he and the Coastal Cohorts – Don Dixon and Jim

Simpsons to start fundraising for museum

Wann – have many times per-formed their rollicking, critically acclaimed musical, “King Mack-erel and the Blues are Running,” as a fundraiser for the organization and for the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island.

He’s an environmental activist and supporter of historic preserva-tion and is donating his time for the event.

There’s no cost for admission to the special event in the Com-munity Room at the current town hall at 601 W. Corbett Ave., but Amelia Dees-Killette, a Swans-boro Historical Association Board of Directors member, suggests a $5 contribution for the heritage center or the museum.

The Swansboro Historical Association late last month signed a $1, one-year lease with the town to establish the center in the his-toric Emmerton School building. Unitarians built the Emmerton School in 1927. It was home to municipal offices until 2014, when operations moved to the new town hall in the former St. Mildred Catholic Church.

Under the plan, the Swans-boro Historical Association will share the building with a church for the next year or two at least. According to plans presented two years ago, the rear portion of the building, from the west corner east to the Bicentennial Room, would eventually be renovated to include a conference room and open exhibit area.

In that 2013 presentation, Swansboro Historical Association members said the center should be “kid-friendly” and – because there are many documents, arti-cles, photographs and oral histo-ries – research-oriented. Funding for the project would come from private donations and grants.

Ms. Dees-Killette said the tim-ing of the Simpsons’ appearance couldn’t be better.

“When he was here last year doing his music, we talked, and he suggested that after his book came out might be a good time for him to come,” she said. The book came out last year, and the timing worked out for Swansboro

Bland Simpson, right, and his wife, Ann, left, will start fundraising events for the Swansboro Historical Association’s planned

Heritage Center at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. (Contributed photo)

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The deadline to apply for the Mary B. Regan Community Artist Residency award is set for Tuesday, March 15.

This is the second cycle for the grant that honors Ms. Regan’s four decades of leadership as executive director at the N.C. Arts Council and her long-held beliefs in the importance of the contributions of artists and the transformative potential of creativity to commu-nity life.

The Community Artist Residency pairs artists with members of a community to develop a project that develops from their interac-tion. The innovative program ele-vates the importance and value of artists to community life. Funds for the program will provide $12,500 for the residency to support plan-ning and implementation costs related to the proposed project.

Applicants for the 2016-17 community artist residency will propose an up to one-year project that engages a North Carolina com-munity in a meaningful way involv-

ing targeted groups in extended activities and culminating in public events and the creation of artwork sited in public settings. Projects may address local or regional issues or be exclusively aestheti-cally focused but should not focus primarily on school-age children as the audience.

Examples include choreogra-phers working with community members to create a dance work commemorating a local event, public artists designing solutions

to environmental issues in part-nership with local water and pub-lic works departments and more.

Initial proposals must demon-strate a clear project idea, articu-late achievable goals and summa-rize the applicant’s qualifications and interest in the project. Finalists will be invited to interview.

To learn more and to apply by the March 15 deadline, visit www.ncarts.org/Grants/Grants-for-Art i sts/Mary-B-Regan-Community-Artist-Residency.

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Historical Association, too, as the organization just signed the lease for the museum.

“It’s the first event since we signed the lease, and it just seems a great way to start our fundraising, with someone like Bland, who’s such a great sto-ryteller, and Ann, who is a great photographer,” she said. “It’s an opportunity for the community to come together, and we can all hear about and see slides of many of the things that will be represented in the museum.”

For example, Mr. Simpson’s chapter on the White Oak, from which he read during a concert he performed for the Seaside Arts Council last year, includes stories of a lost cemetery in the Croatan National Forest,

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The Beaufort Art Market in Beaufort will exhibit works by members of the Coastal Carolina Plein Air Painters throughout the month of March.

“Impressions en Plein Air: A Coastal Carolina View” opens at 5 p.m. Friday, March 4, and contin-ues through Thursday, March 31.

During the reception, visitors will be able to meet the paint-ers: Susan Cheatham, Janet Dixon, Susan Henry, Eleanor McArver and Karen Rawson.

Like the founders of Impressionism, the artists fre-quently gather en plein air to study the scenic variety of Eastern North Carolina. The artists focus their much of their attention on the way light interacts with the surrounding environment and develop their subjects within the interplay of shadow and high-light.

Ms. Dixon is a self-taught art-ist who has studied with lead-ing regional artists in Delaware, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. She has been recognized nation-ally and internationally for her work and is a signature member of Watercolor Society of North Carolina.

She has been published in the book How Did You Paint That? 100 ways to paint People & Figures-Volume 2. She has won best in show and first place awards in var-ious exhibitions in North Carolina and nationally.

In 2013, Ms. Dixon attended the Cape School of Art, which focuses study on the perception and use of color and light. She is an active member of the Coastal Carolina Plein Air Painters.

Ms. Henry began her art edu-cation in high school and contin-ues her studies to this day. She

majored in art in college and grad-uated from Penn State with her master’s degree. More recently, Ms. Henry has studied with Mary Ericson of Nanaatuck House, Don Demers of the Hudson River School and Rob Longley, Anastasia Egeli and John Ebersberger of the Cape Cod School, all in Maine.

She has exhibited her work at the 2015 National Juried Bank of the Arts show and at several local galleries. In addition to her pur-suit of art, Ms. Henry has owned a marine graphics business in Oriental for 34 years. She’s pas-sionate about traveling the coast “capturing the light of a nautical moment in time.”

She is a member of Coastal Carolina Plein Air Painters, N.C. Plein Air Painters, Plein Air Painters of Maine and the American Impressionist Society.

Ms. McArver received a bache-

Reception to feature art of plein air painterslor’s in painting from UNC-Chapel Hill. She continues her studies cur-rently, regularly taking workshops given by nationally known artists like Sally Strand, Margaret Dyer, Susan Sarback, Peggi Kroll Roberts and Mr. Ebersberger.

Now painting mainly in oil and pastel, Ms. McArver seeks to capture a moment in time or place seeking the effect of light in nature. She has won several local and regional awards. She is a member of N.C. Plein Air Painters, Coastal Carolina Plein Air Painters, Carolina Artist Gallery, Arts Council of Carteret County and the Art Pack Critique Group.

Ms. Rawson has been studying art for more than 50 years. She started plein air painting five years ago and loves the adventure of painting outdoors. She has stud-ied with N.C. artists Ed Macomber, Richard Christian Nelson and Dan

Nelson, and also Mr. Ebersberger, of Maryland.

She received first prize at the Twin Rivers Artists Association 2015 show in New Bern. She is a member of Coastal Carolina Plein Air Painters, Twin Rivers Artists Association and Bank of the Arts.

Ms. Cheatham is inspired by the natural beauty of the places she has visited and sailed to. She enjoys studying the eternal con-tinuance of nature and exploring the link between it and the soul. She hopes her work will instill the same inner peace in the viewer as the creation process does for her. Ms. Cheatham is a member of the Coastal Carolina Plein Air Painters.

Beaufort Art Market is at 129 Middle Lane in Beaufort. For more information, call 252-838-1896 or visit www.beaufortartmarket.com.

discussion of the importance of Hofmann Forest, a section on the preservation and use of Jones and Huggins islands and features tales from and a couple of photos of the Clyde Phillips Fish House and its pink neon shrimp sign.

Other chapters in the book deal with the Trent River, South River, Taylor’s Creek in Beaufort and New River in Jacksonville. There

are also chapters on streams else-where in the state, from the Pas-quotank in the northeast, where Mr. Simpson grew up, to the Black River in the southeast.

It’s not, however, just a trav-elogue, but an ode to regions and their people, a book full of history and tales both tall and small, and tributes to those hardy souls who live in out-of-the-way places.

New Bern society to hold yard sale

The New Bern Historical Society’s 26th annual ABC, (Attic-Basement-Closet) indoor yard sale is from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Knights of Columbus building in New Bern. Admission is free.

Everything from dishes to dolls to door knobs will be sold at this one-day-only sale. Society presi-dent Nelson McDaniel is expect-ing this to be one of the largest ABC sales ever, as donations have overflowed storage spaces.

This year there is an abundance of furniture, much of it in excellent

condition. Furniture shoppers are reminded to come prepared to transport their purchases as it will all have to be removed by 1 p.m.

Collection for the sale is ongo-ing. To donate items or for infor-mation, call 638-8558 or email AdminOffice@NewBernHistorical.org. Bring donations to the soci-ety’s office at 511 Broad St., New Bern. For help with larger items, call to make arrangements.

Proceeds will benefit the edu-cational programs of the New Bern Historical Society, a nonprofit organization.

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