Easter Egg Hunt Tryon Palace

Easter Egg Hunt on the South Lawn

Saturday, April 4, 2015 – 2:00pm to 4:00pm The hunt is on! The Easter bunny’s trail of eggs leads to Tryon Palace, where hundreds of eggs will be scattered throughout the expansive South Lawn. Children ages 12 and younger are welcome to join the hunt […]
Bear Plaza New Bern

New Bern Receives Tree City, USA Award….Again!

For the seventeenth year in a row, the City of New Bern has been awarded designation as a Tree City, USA by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, NC Forest Service. Thurman Hardison, Director of Parks & Recreation was […]
New Bern Waterfront

Weekend Happenings in and around Town

20th – 22nd: Shrek The Musical JR, Fri – Sat: 7:30pm; Sun: 2:00pm at the New Bern Civic Theatre. Call 252-633-0567. 21st: 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament benefiting Promise Place at the Walter B. Jones Park in Havelock. Call 252-636-3381. 21st: Eleventh World Wide Instameet, 2:00pm […]
Coastal Photo Club Competition

Bi-Annual Major Photography Competition presented by Coastal Photo Club

The Coastal Photo Club is based in New Bern and includes members from all over eastern North Carolina including Oriental, Newport and Wilmington. The club is a teaching organization and boasts amongst its membership every level of photographer. We have weekend snapshot […]
Artwork Craven County Schools

K-12 Student Art Returns to Tryon Palace Showcasing Local Talent

Free exhibit showing in Duffy Exhibition Gallery through March 24 Artwork by students from area schools is currently featured in the annual K-12 Student Art Show, presented by the Craven County Schools visual arts educators and held in the North Carolina History Center’s […]
Hoagy Carmickle

April Happenings with the Craven Arts Council

Child Abuse Prevention Opening Ceremony. April 1st at 8:30 am Located at the Bank of the Arts. Guest speaker-Roman Rys, ECU Student & former foster child  “Strong Communities Raise Strong Children”. At the Gallery: Hoagy Carmichael. Hoagy Carmichael was one of the […]
Instameet New Bern NC

Eleventh World Wide Instameet, East North Carolina

#WWIM11_ENC When: Saturday, March 21 at 2pm Where:  The historic, picturesque town of New Bern, North Carolina. We’ll meet in Union Point Park under the gazebo. Wait, what’s an InstaMeet? Since the earliest days of Instagram, people have been meeting up to […]