Audubon Lecture to be held February 10 at UMO
MOUNT OLIVE | The University of Mount Olive will hold a lecture by Joseph Covington on Birds on the Bayous: John James Audubon in Louisiana. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, February 10, at 7...
View ArticleFriends of the Library to hold annual cruise raffle featuring Duke Ladd Group
The Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library will hold its 11th annual cruise drawing on Sunday, March 15 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Schechter Auditorium of the Kinston-Lenoir County...
View ArticleGallery reception tonight at Arts Center
The Community Council for the Arts invites the public to a reception tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Arts Center located at 400 N. Queen St. This event honors artists exhibiting at the...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Panda Bear and Little Richard
New album: Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper Artist: Panda Bear Label: Domino Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Best known as a member of Animal Collective, Panda Bear (real name Noah Lennox) has spent the...
View ArticleLonesome River Band will take part in bluegrass event
For more than 30 years, Lonesome River Band has set the standard in the bluegrass music world as they tour extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Whether performing on the Late Show with...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: RC & The Moon Pie Band, Pierre Boulez
New album: Individually Wrapped Artist: RC & The Moon Pie Band Label: RCMP Records Rating: 4 stars out of 5 RC & The Moon Pie Band hail from Green Swamp, N.C., and play the kind of...
View ArticleNeuse River Music Fest this weekend
The Neuse River Music Fest, Kinston’s finest bluegrass music event, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Lenoir Community College. LCC has hosted this event for several years, and the community has...
View ArticleRick and Jane Vernon to perform at La Grange library
The Lagrange Public Library will be hosting a classic country music concert featuring Rick and Jane Vernon and Friends at 3 p.m. Saturday. The Vernons will perform classic country hits, featuring...
View ArticleUMO faculty recital set for March 12
MOUNT OLIVE | The University of Mount Olive (UMO) will hold a Faculty Recital on Thursday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hazel Waters Kornegay Historic Assembly Hall located at 207 Wooten St.in Mount...
View ArticleSidewalk Prophets coming to Kinston
NASHVILLE | Dove Award-winning New Artist of the Year, Sidewalk Prophets, are pioneering an unprecedented tour experience that’s making a stop in Kinston March 15. Called the Great Big Family Room...
View ArticlePhilip Gerard to be featured author at UMO Literary Festival
MOUNT OLIVE | The University of Mount Olive English Department and Sigma Tau Delta will hold the 14th annual UMO Literary Festival and poetry slam on March 18 and 19. The event, which is open to the...
View ArticleNorth Lenoir gala set for March 13
The North Lenoir High School drama booster club gala is set for Friday, March 13, at Walnut Creek Country Club. Events begin at 6 p.m. with a social hour and silent auction, dinner at 7 p.m. with a...
View ArticleLibrary to host Jazz and Blues concert Sunday
Friends of the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library present Sunday Afternoon Jazz and Blues with Chris Morden and Friends. The free event will take place in the Schechter Auditorium at the...
View ArticleGQ Quartet to Perform March 28 at the University of Mount Olive
MOUNT OLIVE | The GQ (Girls’ Quartet) is set to perform at the University of Mount Olive on March 28, in the Hazel Waters Kornegay Assembly Hall located at 207 Wooten St. in Mount Olive at 7:30 p.m....
View Article‘Pig out’ in Newport starting Friday
At least for this weekend, it’s perfectly acceptable to pig out, if not even encouraged. The annual Newport Pig Cooking Contest is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, with plenty of entertainment,...
View ArticleCast ready for North Lenoir’s ‘Peter Pan’
The North Lenoir High School drama department’s production of “Peter Pan” will be April 16-19 at Young Allen Auditorium at North Lenoir HIgh School. Tickets are $10 in advance and $6 for students and...
View ArticleMountain Dulcimer workshop is Saturday
Waterbound Dulcimers, a mountain dulcimer club based in Kinston, is sponsoring their 12th annual workshop and concert on Saturday. At the workshop, people who would like to learn to play the mountain...
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