Carlos Miguel Prieto, a distinguished conductor with an international career spanning more than 20 years, will join the North Carolina Symphony’s artistic leadership as Artistic Advisor beginning in the 2021/22 season. As the Symphony’s music director search continues, Prieto will help ensure […]

Coastal Women’s Shelter is busy planning the first benefit fundraising event of 2021, the CarolinaEast Health System Run For The Shelter scheduled for Saturday, June 19, 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the run had to be cancelled in 2020 but it’s […]

Good day, New Bern Now Readers, Today is Love Conquers All Day, National Chocolate Macaroon Day, National Egg Day, National Itch Day, and Repeat Day. Hmm, I was trying to come up with a fun way to explore these observations days, but […]

Can You Solve a Clue? Gather Your Team! The New Bern Historical Society invites you to test your sleuthing skills in an all new, family friendly outdoor history hunt! On Saturday, May 22 at 10 a.m., teams will gather at New Bern […]

Support the Bicentennial Celebrations and Old Saint Paul Catholic Church Celebrating the bicentennial of the Catholic Church in NC, three of these art books were made by Dr. John McQuade. The cover is made using an ancient technique called encaustic art which […]

My walking buddy Mary and I were on a Saturday morning power stroll through New Bern’s downtown and historic district when we arrived at the corner of Pollock and Middle Streets, in front of the Pepsi Store. Mary quickly checked the traffic […]

When my ride-on mower gave up the ghost awhile back, I hired a landscaping company to cut the grass and trim my lawn every few weeks. They did a great job but eventually ran out of customers in my neighborhood. Subsequently, the […]