Community Calendar, Aug. 5 through Aug. 7

Published 9:12 am Saturday, August 3, 2019

MONDAY, Aug. 5

Rip Currents and Beach Hazards Information. 9:30 a.m. Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, 48310 NC 12, Buxton. Station 35. Free. Beach safety program for all ages.

A Day at the Beach: 100 Years of Swimwear. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Through Sept. 30. Roanoke Island Festival Park. Vintage swimwear from late 1800s through 1980s. Free.

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Pocosin Arts and Crafts Camp: Outrageous Origami. 9 a.m. 202 Main St., Studio One, Columbia. Register: pocosinarts.org. $75 per week sliding scale.

Backyard Birds. 11 to Noon. Elizabethan Gardens, 1411 National Park Dr., Roanoke Island. Program free with admission: Adults $9; youth 6 to 17, $6; children under 5, $2. Through Aug. 15.

Harmony Café. 12:30 to 3 p.m. Dare County Center, 950 Marshall C. Collins Dr., Manteo.

Pocosin Arts Summer STEAM Camp. 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Automated Wood Cutting. Pocosin Arts, Columbia. Register: pocosinarts.org. $75 per week sliding scale.

Outer Banks Shag Dance Club meets every Monday, 6 to 9 p.m., at Duck Woods Country Club, 50 South Dogwood Trail, Southern Shores. For information, obxshagclub.com.

Manteo Rotary Club. 6 p.m. Hungry Pelican, 205 Budleigh St., Manteo.

VFW Post 10950. 7 p.m. Colington Fire Department, 108 Schoolhouse Rd., Colington.

AL-ANON. 7 p.m. Unitarian Church, Kitty Hawk, corner of Kitty Hawk Rd. and Herbert Perry Rd., 831 Herbert Perry Rd. Open Meeting.

 

TUESDAY, Aug. 6

Yoga on the Green. 7:30 a.m. Town of Duck Green

Yoga on the Lawn. 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Dowdy Park, 3005. S. Croatan Hwy., Nags Head. Through Sept. 24

Birding the Barrier Island. 7:30 to 9 a.m. Hatteras Island Ocean Center, MP 71, Hatteras village. Free.

Avon Farmer’s Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Beach Klub, Avon. Continues weekly through Sept. 3

Leatherneck Breakfast. 9 to 10:30 a.m. Jolly Roger Restaurant, 1036 N. Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills. For reservation, email info@marinevetsobx.org.

Fun with Frogs. 11 to Noon. Elizabethan Gardens, 1411 National Park Dr., Roanoke Island. Program free with admission: Adults $9; youth 6 to 17, $6; children under 5, $2.

SCORE, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, 101 Town Hall Dr., Kill Devil Hills. For information, call (252) 256-9717.

Food Pantry of the Albemarle. Scranton. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Brace Community Outreach, 4240 Hwy. 264, Scranton.

North Banks Rotary Club. 1 p.m. Luncheon meeting. The Ramada Plaza Oceanfront, 1701 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills. Visitors RSVP to nbanksrotary@gmail.com

Salty Dawgs Lecture. 2 p.m. JR Shanty Co. presents sea shanties. Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, Hatteras village, close to ferry docks. Free.

Criminal Record Expunction Clinic. 2:30 to 4 p.m. Dare County Center, 950 Marshall C. Collins Dr., Manteo. Legal Aid of North Carolina webinar with attorney. Free but must register. Call toll free 1-866-219-5262 to register.

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 2 to 7 p.m. Lowe’s OBX, 1500 N. Croatan Hwy., Kill Devil Hills.

National Night Out and Blood Drive. 5 to 8 p.m. Lowe’s OBX, 1500 N. Croatan Hwy., Kill Devil Hills.

Outer Banks Pirates Parrot Heads. 6 to 8 p.m. Hurricane Mo’s, 120 W. Kitty Hawk Rd., Kitty Hawk. “Partying for a Purpose.”

BINGO, First Flight Lions Club. 2706 N. Croatan Hwy., Kill Devil Hills. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m.

 

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7

Dynamic Flow on the Green. 7:30 a.m. Town of Duck, 1200 Duck Rd. Natural, practical and playful calisthenics. Free. Find out more at moveunbound.com. Through Sept. 4.
Guided Hikes. 9:30 a.m. to 11ish. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. Slow-paced nature hike, about 2 miles. Free.

Secotan Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hwy. 345, 2.5 miles south of Hwy. 64 intersection on way to Wanchese.

Butterflies. 11 to Noon. Elizabethan Gardens, 1411 National Park Dr., Roanoke Island. Program free with admission: Adults $9; youth 6 to 17, $6; children under 5, $2.

Grub Club. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St. John United Methodist Church, Avon. Kids of all ages invited for a free midday meal while school is out. Through Aug. 21.

American Red Cross Blood Drive. Noon to 6 p.m. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Kitty Hawk.

History for Lunch: Look Again 2.0 More Photos and Some Stories. 12:15 p.m. Museum of the Albemarle, 501 S. Water St., Elizabeth City. Eric N. Blevins, photographer at the Museum of History in Raleigh, will share color and black and white images from the museum’s collection that did not make the cut for the exhibit Look Again, which is on loan to the Museum of the Albemarle through Oct. 5. Bring a lunch.

BINGO. Baum Senior Center, 300 Mustian St., Kill Devil Hills. 1 to 3 p.m. Summer Concert Series. 6 to 8 p.m. Dowdy Park, 3005 S. Croatan Hwy., Nags Head. The Side Project performing. Free. Open to the public. Every Wednesday through Aug. 28.

BINGO. Colington Volunteer Fire Dept., 108 Schoolhouse Rd., Colington. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games begin at 6:30 p.m.

BINGO. Cape Hatteras Anglers Club, 47231 Light Plant Rd., Buxton. Doors open 6 p.m. Games: 7 p.m. (252) 995-4253.

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