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Dare County Arts Council
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
Artrageous Celebrates 30 Years of Children’s Art
Dare County Arts Council’s longest running kids’ art program, the Artrageous Kids Art Festival, will be celebrating its 30th year on Saturday, May 11 from 10am-3pm at Dowdy Park in Nags Head. Stained glass making, painting, beading, and blacksmithing are just a few examples of the 20 plus high-quality kids art activities that will take place at the free, family-friendly event. This year’s theme, A Big, Bright, Beautiful World, will provide children with the opportunity to cre
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Dare County Arts Council
- Aug 30, 2018
- 4 min
Surfalorus Film Festival Announces Lineup
In less than a month, the 7th Annual Surfalorus Film Festival returns to the Outer Banks for three nights of stellar surf films, live music, surfcraft, shapers, surf-inspired art, some fire and tons of family-friendly fun. Film curators selected Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s pioneer surf documentary Momentum Generation, Outer Banks local Logan Marshall’s OUTER and Graham Nash’s Can’t Steal Our Vibe to be featured at Surfalorus, which will be held September 20-22. “We were blow
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Dare County Arts Council
- Apr 23, 2018
- 2 min
Dare County Arts Council Announces Entertainment for 29th Annual Artrageous
Presented by PNC Bank Dancers, a choir, and multiples bands will take the stage at the 29th Annual Artrageous Kids Art Festival on Saturday, May 12 at Dowdy Park in Nags Head. From 10am to 3pm, Artrageous guests will enjoy entertainment by the Nags Head Elementary School choir, Static Attitude, student bands from the Mustang Outreach Program, Atlantic Dance, reggae band Sensi Trails with guest Holden McOwen, and Washington, DC based high-energy pop rock band Sub-Radio. “We’re
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Dare County Arts Council
- Apr 5, 2018
- 2 min
May First Friday To Celebrate Latino Culture
Dare County Arts Council and Mano al Hermano will host a Latin-themed First Friday at DCAC’s Gallery in downtown Manteo on Friday, May 4 from 6pm-8pm. Mano al Hermano is co-hosting the May First Friday celebrations with DCAC to increase opportunities for integration and cross-cultural understanding. “We are thrilled to be part of such a fun opportunity to bring our community together,” said Mano al Hermano Executive Director Ama Frimpong. The centerpiece of the event is the o
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Dare County Arts Council
- Mar 30, 2017
- 1 min
News from Major and the Monbacks
Huge news from Major and the Monback's who will headline at the Grand Opening of Dowdy Park on Saturday, May 13 which includes our annual Artrageous Kids Art Festival. Major And The Monbacks sign with Yep Roc Records, an influential record label based in Hillsborough, NC that's been releasing music for two decades. A Note From The Band:
I'm sitting in the van, with Savannah in the rear view mirror thinking what a long and strange ride it took to find Yep Roc records. It onl
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