Boo, New Bern Now’s Mascot We’ve already received requests for what’s happening during Halloween in New Bern. The City of New Bern is celebrating Halloween on Wednesday, October 31st. So far, our calendar for the weekend before has these Halloween related events: 25th – 27th: 22nd Annual Ghostwalk, Spirited Through Time, Thurs: 6:30pm – 9:30pm; [...]
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The Coastal Women’s Forum monthly dinner meeting will be on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at The Chelsea Restaurant starting at 5:30 p.m. Our guest speaker is Life Coach Diahanna White. For reservations visit our website, http://www.coastalwomensforum.com. Reservation deadline is Monday at noon. Please email Pam Duval with any questions. Coastal Women’s Forum provides an opportunity for [...]
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America’s Megayacht Venue – SeaFair – will be stopping in historic New Bern, North Carolina to host the inaugural New Bern Art Fest, in participation with the 32nd MUMFEST. The event will mark the unveiling of The SeaFair Collection, a traveling exhibition of contemporary works presented by the established Florida-based art fair organizing firm, International [...]
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Ara Gregorian and Robert McDonald Opens Its Inaugural Season in New Bern, October 12 The Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival opens its inaugural season in New Bern with a concert on Friday, October 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the North Carolina History Center’s Cullman Performance Hall at Tryon Palace. This concert will feature internationally-renowned musicians [...]
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Although Swiss Bear and the New Bern Police Department work closely to insure the public’s safety and security during festival week-end, one of my biggest concerns was for the safety of festival-goers as they stream across the Alfred A Cunningham Bridge. Many people park on the James City side of the Trent River and walk [...]
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October 19, 2012 Cullman Hall, North Carolina History Center The next Music Among Friends installment of the Tryon Palace Performing Arts Series features the Cavani String Quartet on October 19, 2012 in the Cullman Hall of the North Carolina History Center. Since winning the nation’s highest chamber music competition, the Naumberg competition, and attaining residency [...]
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Have I mentioned how much I love my job? Although it’s more like an adventure than anything else! Laura Johnson and I went “gemmin’” at the Homeplace of New Bern this afternoon. As you can see from the video, it was a “fun-time” had by all, even a few spectators enjoyed seeing what gems were [...]
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I’m really looking forward to this weekend. It’s going to be difficult to decide what events to attend as there’s so much happening! What are your plans? 28th: New Bern Breakfast Rotary Oktoberfest, 5:30-9:30pm, at the New Bern Farmers Market. For more information call 252-633-5925. 28th – 30th: Friends of the Library Bi-Annual Book Sale, [...]
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We received a special invitation from School Teacher, Anitra Thomas, to visit her 2nd grade class to talk about community service. This was the first time I’ve been asked to visit a classroom. Since I don’t have any children, I have to admit, I was a bit nervous. I reached out to New Bern Now’s [...]
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We are happy to announce that the October – December Quarterly Ledger publication is available online, in color! Hardcopies will be distributed throughout the Greater New Bern area next week. Some people think that New Bern Now is staffed with a lot of people. I’m proud of the fact that five of my friends (with [...]
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