New Bern WTEB to shift to core programming July 1
Public broadcasting cuts press New Bern radio WTEB to reduce costly shows including Prairie Home Companion and Thistle and Shamrock. Station will replace with lower cost programs, retain news and select music, add Weekend Edition and Whad Ya Know among changes.
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New Bern
WTEB
St. Louis
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Kathleen Beal
Prairie Home Companion
Michael Feldman
Monitor Radio
Christian Science Monitor
Olsen
O.K
Sun Journal
Beaufort Hammock House to anchor Old Homes Tour weekend
Beauforts 1700 Hammock House, Beauforts oldest home, will return for the Old Homes Tour this weekend with Beaufort Historical Association guides urging early ticket purchases. The West Indian style building is among the towns most storied sites and the event requires about 400 volunteers and 2000 tickets have been printed. The house, named for its hummock location, served as an inn for mariners and travelers and is tied to legends of Blackbeard and pirates while hosting ships entering Old Topsail Inlet.
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Beaufort
Collins
Lianne Keeney
Crystal Coast Civic Center
Old Topsail
Keeney
Ann Carter
Blackbeard
Beaufort area homes tour and antique show schedule
Beaufort and Crystal Coast venues host a multi day homes tour and antique show from 10 a m to 5 p m Friday and Saturday with extended hours for certain events and a separate antiques show session. Admission ranges from four to fifteen dollars with various charges. Live music dance performances and a cruise are also listed with a schedule.
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Beaufort
Crystal Coast Civic Center
Morehead City
Pocahontas rises in Disney tale with nuanced story
The Pocahontas film is praised for reworking historical facts into a worthy, tightly wound narrative. It features strong storytelling from its opening Sailors’ chorus through the central clash between English settlers and Powhatan lands, highlighting the tale’s dramatic reshaping.
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Pocahontas
Disney
Pocahontas review blends romance withDisney spectacle
The film juggles contradictions from glory to bittersweet endings while following a tight plot. It delivers Disney style entertainment with a romantic lead, comic relief, vivid color, and top animation. The opening sequence races through rhymed scenes as English ships prepare for sea.
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Glory, God and Gold
Virginia Company
Disney
Boyz II Men to Play Sunday at New River Station
Jacksonville confirms Boyz II Men will headline a 7 30 p m outdoor concert at New River Marine Corps Air Station with guest Adina Howard. Tickets cost 21 dollars, on sale at the station Moore's Barbecue in New Bern chambers of commerce in Kinston and Greenville and McDonald’s in Atlantic Beach Morehead City and Cape Carteret. Free parking starts at 3 p m gates open 6 p m rain or shine seating on grass and alcohol free.
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Jacksonville
Boyz II Men
New River Marine Corps Air Station
Adina Howard
Moore’s
New Bern
Chambers of Commerce
Kinston
Greenville
McDonald’s
Atlantic Beach
Morehead City
Cape Carteret
West Side Story opens ECU summer theater slate
East Carolina Summer Theater begins a three play run at McGinnis Theater Greenville with Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Tony is played by Tom Stuart Maria by Alecia with Jay Norman directing and Robbins choreography. Tickets range 22.50 to 7.50 and reservations are at 919 328 6829.
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Greenville
East Carolina
Leonard Bernstein
Neil Simon
Joseph Kesselring
McGinnis Theater
5Th Street
Tom Stuart
Tony
Alecia
Maria
Jay Norman
Juano
New York
Jerome Robbins
Red White and Blueberry Festival Comes to New Bern
The Downtown Business and Professional Association hosts the 2nd annual festival in downtown New Bern with blueberry sampling from 5 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center and recipes judged for cash prizes in bread dessert and miscellaneous at 4 p.m. in Bear Plaza events include a bluegrass performance from 6 to 7 30 p.m. and an open rehearsal of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown at the Saax Bradbury Playhouse with a July 6 opening.
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Downtown Business and Professional Association
New Bern
First Baptist Church Family Life Center
Pollock Street
Family Life Center
Grassy Creek Bluegrass
Bear Plaza
River Bank
Chelsea
Robert Gaskins
el Mex
New Bern Civic Theater
Man
Charlie Brown
Saax Bradbury Playhouse
Pollock St
Business and
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Jim Kelso
Beaufort Historical Ass
James Allen Rose
Harkers Island
Betty
Gilles Cloutier
Department of Forensic Anthropology
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Carter
Movie Review
Boyz S Men
Wayna Morris
Nate Morris
Shawn Stockman
Michael S. McCary
New River Air Station
Yes
New River
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